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18 . TIIE MORNING . OREGOJiTATf, FRIDAY, MARCH a, 191o. , I ijs fi JITNEY EARNINGS TOTAL $2.57 DAILY Tab Kept by Traffic Experts on 247 Machines Crossing Bridges in 8 Hours. 337 CARS USED IN SERVICE Tabulations Gathered for Council Show Increased Congestion on Streets and Heayler Cse or Spans Over Hirer. Two hundred and forty-seven Jitney nuitiiiiuutin aiiu uuoi-ii i i i " (, &u bridges over the Willamette River take in an average 01 c-.ai eucn in an eib"i hour day. according to the results snown in a siuay or me juiiay uusi i i . i. .. a r .... i . i i r . T ' r 1 .! fl.1 t i n lie engineer XAirKpuLricn. 111c hbuics regarding earnings and many other interesting races uuu nguico ncio cleaned by a corps of traffic experts who passed several days on the bridges Keeping aoeoiuio u uji mt juiicju. -The -study in tabulated form was presented yesterday to Commissioner X'lecK ana win De sent oy nun iw m i-ouncii. V The Investigations show that there Mm UOW Ofl JllliejS 1U - Ul Liauu. -v o said the earnings as shown for the 247 rars crossing me oriuges is a ran .iveragw lur an 1110 jimcja. awh.w - about 90 cars In the jitney service that f I If not LTUbD IUC Ul luffcco. .. . i . L- II , a 1.1.1 tli.ir Intjl l he streetcar revenue to the extent of .'ibout SS in an eigni-nuur uay. ct the J2.67 the jitneys are operating on an average of about 32 miles a day. Tha iirnrpc an e iven do not mean that no Jitney is earning more than i:.67 in an eight-hour day. It means that that amount Is the average tak- . v. i l -. .-1 ,1 i.t--i linn T II Illg ctfrj i in lift i in" iun..iu...t..v. ...... A aa nr.At.DtAa nnlv II fpW 1 11 d 1 1 I IHDM I-DI " hours In a day. Inasmuch as the city lroposes to ueai iui jn-njo - . . I A I 1 f I. a ; m T t- o u wnoie insteau ui emij :ire considered important. It is said . . . . . .i : . a I . . r a nialrA khi'Ii i oriianu la 1110 mm. vnj w .. .....- a study of the new street transporta tion ousiness- . . : a .a rtnllnnn nil h I 1 raillt CAUri la, oliv. v.. bridges, counted the Jitneys crossing us well as the numter oi pasatMigci in each car. Careful check was made nf these. In this investigation and a subsequent investigation 'on the West Side the number, description, name of th driver and complete data of im portance in identifying Jitney3, was secured by the experts. Every jitney In the city was listed. The list shows the exact number f hours the car is being operated and the amount of money being taken in. toiinlloi Treated as Problem. Remarkable increases in traffic on the bridges and on the streets of the business district on the West Side are p. own in the report. Jitneys passing Fifth and Washington streets between 8 A. M. and 4 I'. M. are estimated at 12,466. This, together with 1476 auto mobiles not in the Jitney service indi cates an increase in traffic over the corresponding date In 1914 of 1912 vehicles or 236 per cent. "I desire to call your attention to the total Increase in automobile and gen eral traffic respectively." says Mr. Kirkpatrick In his report. "This in ' crease does not necessarily cause any great amount of congestion on the bridges, but the Influx of the trans river routes with the West Side lines i-auses a congestion throughout the business district which I consider a errlous problem." t ,, . The report shows that on the Broad way bridge the Jitneys have caused a -3 per cent Increase In traffic. Twen tvseven Jitneys of which one is a bus, operate over this bridge. In an eight hour day they carry 977 passengers or an average of 36.1 passengers for each Jitney. In an hour there are 33 Jitneys . ross the bridge. In the same time there are 52 streetcars carrying a total of 8380 passengers. Brldae Traffic lrrM 1 B, On the Steel bridge there are si Jit ney automobiles and eight jitney buses. They carry an average of 43.3 Pass enger. In an eight-hour day. They . ause a 30 per cent increase in traffic ,,vfr the traffic of a year ago." The .itv took a traffic survey on the bridges a year ago and the figures se ,ured then are being used for the comparisons now. On -the Burnslde bridge there are two Jitney automobiles and five Jitney buses They cause a nine per cent traffic Increase and carry an av;raKe nf 130.7 passengers each in an eight- 1"Tne?e5rare 69 Jitney autos using the Morrison bridge. In an eight-hour day thev carrv an average of 20 passengers ,-arh. Tliey cause a 21 per cent In crease In traffic. Ovar the Hawthorne bridge. ! Jit X automobiles and eight buses are ..rating." They carry an a verage . f 7.S passengers In an eight-hour day ru.d cause a 40 per cent Increase in traffic . TWO CHINESE ARRESTED T-roprlctors of Medical Company Are Held for Misuse or Mails Charge. Leo Gee Wo and Hoey Ton Hing. Chi nese who conduct the C. Gee o Chi nese Medical Company, were rr""d j -terday by United States Deputy Mar shal McSwain and Postoffice Inspector Morse, charged with using the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. Both were indicted by the recent Fed eral grand Jury. , The Chinese medical concern has rre nuently been in trouble, bom with U rederal and local authorities. As tons -go as 1912 the managers were indicted on substantially the same grounds, it U charged that medical examinations are inducted by the Chinese doctors that are not only worthless, but ex pensive to patients, and that operations mount to fraudulent practices. Bail has been arranged for the two Chinese accused, PERS0NAL MENTION.' Dr. V. C Coe, of Bend, is at the Ore gon. G. A. Over, cf Eugene. Is at the Nor tonia. " N. E. Nelson, of Seattle. Is at the Oregon. Paul Zumwalt. of Oakesdale. is at the N'ortonia. &. W. Clark, of Borne. Italy. Is at the Portland. t E. Sumner, of Lake Grove, is at the Perkins. J. K. Anderson, of The Dalles. Is at tlie Portland. Captain Robert Jones, of Florence. Is st the Perkins. Sylvester Piper, of Racine, Wis., is at the Seward. Homer A. Rogers, of Hood River, is st the Portland. T. TV. T.nak. a Sllverton timberman, is st the Perkins. The Washington State College bas ketball team is registered" at the Ore gon. . W. E. Tate, a business man of Wasco, is at the Imperial. . Dan J. Moore' a hotelman at Seaside, is at the Multnomah. ' , G. C. Flavel, a business-man of Asto ria, is at the Portland. Richard S. Smith, an attorney of Eu gene, is at the Imperial. R. S. Shaw, a lumber dealer of As toria, is at the Imperial. . T. B. Swayne, a business man of Her miston, is at the Seward. Frank Tate, a psychologist of . San Francisco, is at the Seward. Alfred V. Cavanaugh, a manufacturer of Berkeley, is at the Isortonia. ' McDonald, a tourist from Van couver. B. C, is at the- Cornelius. Rev. A. W. Rider, a minister who re STAR AT PAXTAGES SAYS . COMING TO PORTLAND IS LIKE COMING HOME. Georgia Cooper. To comb to Portland is just like coming home, says pretty Georgia Cooper, who is co-starring with Landers Stevens in WIHard Mack's latest dramatic success, "Unwritten Law," at Pantages this week. Before Misg Cooper was abjo to tread the boards she -was carried by her proud parents, Fred Cooper, one of the veteran min strels, and Georgie Woodthrope. a Booth-Barrett ingenue, who found much favor in the eyes of Portland audiences in the days of the New Market Theater. N With Wallace Eddinger. one of New. York's stars, .Miss Cooper alternated In the titular part of "MUle Lord Fauntleroy" when that play was first brought to Portland. sides in Los Angeles, is at the Corne lius, s , W. J. Kroder, an Insurance man of San Francisco, is at the Multnomah. F. E. Brown, a prominent tobacco dealer of St. Louis, is at the .Seward. Judge George Turner, of Spokane, was registered at the Multnomah yesterday. George Edward Lewis, -of Sioux Falls, D., is registered "at the Nortonia with his family. i T. D. Taylor. Sheriff of Umatilla County. 13 registered from Pendleton at the Imperial. J. L. Knott, arl engineer In the Gov ernment service at Eureka, Cal., is at the Cornelius. - P. K. Gordon,- general agent of the Sunset Route, is registered from San Francisco at the Multnomah. J. M. Pendas, manufacturer of the Webster -cigars, and his chief salesman. C. W. McCormick, are registered from New York at the Oregon. Tourists now fill a major portion of the hotel registers. A record kept by Carl C--Monroe, clerk at the Seward, shows that nearly every Eastern state is represented in his hotel daily: and the same record would apply to any of the downtown hotels. CHICAGO. March 4. (Special.) Mrs. Russell Hawkins, of Portland. - Or., is registered at the Congress Hotel. GU Pi BANK WONDERS 10 LD WHITE BLACKBERRIES' PRODI CCD. SAYS F. BOEIil.K IN TALK. Lecture Delivered In Hall of Library Is Illustrated by Stereoptlron Vlewa of Wlsards Plants. "Blackberries are called black be cause they . are blue, to distinguish them from blueberries. which are black," commented Mark Twain to a companion who was showing' him through his garden. But what would he great humorist have remarked If he had come across ripe blackberries which were white? Such berries are being produced at the Luther Burbank experimental farms at Santa Rosa, Cnl. Picture in your mind calla lilies that are sweet scented, dahlias fragrant with the perfume of violets, gladioli flowers that grow all around the stem, pineapple-flavored quinces, thornless blackberry vines, corn of rainbow-hued leaves, tomatoes that grow under the ground and potatoes that grow on top, cherry and plum seedlings one year old bearing fruit, chestnut-bearing-seedlings seven months old. and you Just have an A. B. C. idea of the many things that Luther Burbank has pro duced. F. Boegle, of the Burbank Corpora tion,' addressed a large audience for an hour and a half in the hall of the Central Library yesterday afternoon and brought out the foregoing facts. He illustrated each statement with colored stereopticon pictures. He brought out that Mr. Burbank has keener perception of the relative value of plant specimens than any other man living. Mr. Burbank has spent more - than $250,000 on experi ments and devoted all his life from childhood to his work. The number of experiments and great amount ot spec imens, sometimes 250.000 plants of one variety to get a simple specimen, are almost beyond comprehension, he said. Yet Burbank was born no longer ago than 1849. in Massachusetts. . The Burbank potato. Mr. Boegle said, brings 818,000.000 to farmers annually. Pictures of many crossed fruits, flowers and vegetables were shown. SYRIAN RELIEF. FUND $250 Contribution of $50 Is Made by Ladd Tilton. A contribution of ISO by Ladd & Tilton. bankers, yesterday swelled the fund for- the relief of the starving people . in Syria to a total f 8.60 ac cording to announcement of A. Atlyeh, chairman of the committee in charge of the relief work. Mr. Atlyeh ex pressed himself as delighted with the way the money was coming In. - "I will send what money I have re ceived Immediately to New York for forwarding to Syria," he said, "and any money taken In later will be sent at that time." I 111 raw imilimr. Ill wM -x r m "T A otinouette ,y x uur JT LUX C X' 1 CC You L Likeness MEIER Jk FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES - CD N . A u u Oh il a 0) a o o xsx a CD !) Women's $3 to $4 Shoes, Pair $1.69 Third Floor, Sixth-St. Bids. MEIER & FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES, TO $2 BLACK DRESS GOODS, 59c Third Floor. 6th-St. Bldg. IAIS7 1913 Tn& Quality Stoue op Portland nfOvA SixUN, "Morrison, Aider Ota. B MKIKIi & FRANK'S 1SO0TH FHIDAV SURPRISE SALES $5-$6.50 Lingerie gf Waists at $1.48 Fifth Floor. Msth-St. Hlda. MKItll A FRNK'S mnPTII Fit IDA V Sl'HIMIISI-3 PALEM NEW "TIPPERARY" HATS AT $3.50 Second Floor, 6th-Mt. Hid. --'iA?! r 1 " ; - m. to mil attmmk?mmr&?m ? f n fj n M ft f 7 mZM D Mb H Ii i u ii il n lr A if A SURPRISE REDUCTIONS IN ALL SECTIONS MEIER Jt FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES ' $1.50 TO $1.75 HOUSE DRESSES AT 98c Fifth Floor, th-t. Bids. MEIER FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE. SALES MISSES' AND SMALL WOMEN'S WASH DRESSES, $1.98 . ' Fifth Floor, Slxth-St. Bldg. M 10 1 Kit & FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY' SURPRISK SALES WOMEN'S $1 FABRIC GLOVES, PAIR 39c . 2r.e. 3."c Fabric Oloves, black, white and colors. 3'i to IVi, liSC- -r-Flrst Floor, Utll-st. Bldg. MEIER & FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Women's 25c to 35c Hosiery, Pair 19c First Floor, Slxth-St. Illdg. MEIER & FRANK'S 1308TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Women's $1 Cotton Union Suits, 35c Second Floor, 6H1-M. Bldg. i III I iLil T' I ItHII mVIUTT "T" KIER FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY MnPIIISK SALES MEN'S $2 AND $2.50 PANTS. PAIR $1 Temporary Annex, 2d Floor. m - MEIER . FRANK'S 1 .TOOT It FRIDAY MniMtlSK SM.I'.H MEN'S UP TO $4.50 en w ciiidtc ci on 31111 oiinxi-v, ?i..i.v Tempornry Anne., I'irxl l lii'ir I 7 MEIER &. FRANK'S 1.10DTH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES WOMEN'S $2.50 to $4 LONG GLOVES, PAIR $1 1 - First Floor. ttth-St. Bids. MEIER FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES WOMEN'S 50c TO $6 KERCHIEFS ONE-HALF PRICE First Floor, Sixth-St. Bldft. MEIER -Ftt-VNK'S 1300TII FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES NEW 59c COVER-ALL APRONS, FRIDAY 39c Second Floor, Oth-S. Bids. MEIER & FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES 59c to $1.25 FANCY WHITE APRONS, 39c - ' Second Floor, 6th -St. Bids'. MEIER FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES 25c TO 75c RIBBON REMNANTS AT 14c First Floor, Oth-St. Bids. MEIER FRANK'S 130UTH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES NEW 50c TO 65c NECKWEAR, 39c ... First Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. METER fc FRANK'S I300TH FRIDAY". SURPRISE SALES '225 New Dresses A MKIFiR FHAMv'S J300TH FRIUAV M lirRIK Stl.F.S MEN'S 25c "FIBER WEAR" SOCKS, 21c ' Teraporary Annr, KlrM l'loor mfrX-LAinnui HBj,WITi-W7aTiiWiBP M Elicit FRANK'S 1.1U0TII FRIDAY SI III'RIM: SAI.I MEN'S $5 ALL-WOOL SWEATERS AT $3.69 Temporary Annex. First Flour MEIER & FRANK'S 1300TH FHII1AY SlRPnUlC SALES BOYS' $1.50 AND $2 KNICKERBOCKERS, 98c Temporary Annex, 2l I-lor MEIFR FRANK'S 13O0TR FRIDAY SURPRISE NAI.E BOYS' $1.50 AND $2 FELT HATS AT 9Sc Temporary inn, Sfwmd I lMr. BOYS' AND GIRLS' 50c BOOKS, 17c 25c Toy Bucks, "Susie Sunbonnet." 'I.lttlp Knrl." er Sr4 l p to BooUs for Boys. WH in lot. t-holee. r-h, 5f V 1.5U OrlBlnal editions, eopyrtshted novels. ie-liil, iD , Bookstore Sixth Floor, Slxth-M. Rliis,. MEIER & FRANK'S .SOOTH FRIDAY SURPRfSE SALES INFANTS 98c CROCHETED SACQUES, FRIDAY 59c Second Floor, Slxth-St. Bids'. aStCBBCnaBDnHBOi MEIER FRANK'S 13OTn FRIDAY SIHPRISE SALES ALL METAL PICTURE FRAMES AT ONE-HALF PRICE -Temporary AimeNl- Ia'loor O JL Fashioned of Linen and Cotton Voiles We illustrate three styles above. Scores of others. See them. . . t-oil ri n r loor, . im' MEIER FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES $1.35 EMMERICH FEATHER BED PILLOWS, 98c Temporary Annex, th Floor. (f) o CD 721 CD r-r- cn o 2 CD h o o a cn k- P tn o C0 MEIER A FRANK'S 13O0TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES MEN'S AND WOMEN'S $5 SILK UMBRELLAS, $3.69 First Floor, 6th-St. Bids. MEIER A FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES, $2.25 AXMINSTER 27x54 RUGS, $1.69 Temporary Annex, 7th Floor. - '-.'-.' - - MEIER A FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES ' $4.50 TO $6.25 WILTON RUGS, TO CLOSE $3.95 Temporary Annex, Tth Floor. MEIER A FRANK'S 1300TII FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Child's $1.59-$2.75 Bloomer Suits, 98c . 2.0i and H3.BO Bloomer Suits, white nnd colors, $1 .OS 4.50' and 5 Bloomer Suits, kiKh Srade, trimmed. ..50 Second floor, sixtn-ai. out. MEIER A FRANK'S 130HTII FRIDAY SURPRISE MI.KS UP TO 40c FANCY CHINA PLATES, 10c Teniporarj Annex, 4th Flowr. MEIER A FRANK'S 13t)0TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SILKS $16-$24 TRAVELING BAGS, SUITCASES, $8.95 Temporary Annex, filh FIor. MEIER A FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Children's 59c-98c I . Rompers at 29c MEIER A FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY SURPRISK Stl.F.S .$14.50 TO $18 CHASE AUTO ROBES, $8.75 17.50 to 8.50 Steamer Rubs. Surprise Sale Pr'cc. 4 .J)."J I I s MEIER A' FRANK'S 13C0TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES $4.50 CUT GLASS FERN DISH, $2.99 ' Temponry Annex, 4ih Floor. MEIER A FRANK'S 1300TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES 15c AND 20c CONVENT EMBROIDERY, YARD 10c 25e Swiss Flomiclnic. 17 Sn. irtdc. r a,i,,we"T'J1ii 10c lc French Yals. ll-n-nr halt ta yds. IK)c, jd. g 50e and 75c Swlaa Infants' tJounclntr. 25 In. TI". TJ- J First Floor, Slxta-St.xlas. MEIER FRANK'S 1308TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES Butternut Butter The Roll, 65c Second Floor, Slxth-St. Bids. H MEIER FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY 8URPRIS1. SALF.S $2 AND $2.25 NET CURTAINS, FAIR Trraporsry Annex. Oth Floor. Minced Clams. Ellmore best pack. No. 1 cans, per I fin dozen, J1.10; can. Coffee, "Challenge," OC( .lbs 95c lb Macaroni or Spaghetti. Or egn make, 10 tent 71,l packages for ' 2't Sardines, American pack. In oil or mustard, 'A OnP cans. 6 for Bnttcr, Blue Ribbon brand, fancy Oregon make, OQp ro.ll for Cream of Wheat, pop- I Cn ular cereal, package ' Shredded C'ocoanut, in I Cf -lb. packages " Nnptha Soap, Econo- I On my brand. bars for ' Brooms, good grade, 4 ORn rows sewing (. Tomato Catsup, Blue I Qp Iiabel or Snider's, bottle Waffle Flour and Iron, Clow's flour and Grlswold waffle iron, a regular II combination; while DCp an v ironH remain.... Owu Purr Food Krcrcry, Basement, Slxth-St. Buildlns. MEIER A FRANK'S 1309TH FRIDAY S( UPRISE SALES $1.50 TO $9 ODD LACE CURTAINS, PAIR 75c TO $4.50 Trmponrj Anno, !h r"lor. ...... -.-vw 1'M.fvwTci m.iin v v ' nPII ! . M 4 t.t-l( 1?' -Tl T-1 1'. I V (K r f V X nn'e-iu s.s a - ALL CHILDREN'S SULKIES, ONE-HALF PRICE Temporary Anscx, Nik I-loor 111 mm s