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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1915)
EGOAs Saturday, aprie 10, 1913. L ABDR AND GRANGE EXPECTED 10 HELP pert this measure, and furthermore tha Tuesday. April 13. be declared the da in which each and every member of onl association will give eight hard nour work for the passage of said bond Issu with the full realization that it will nrt only put bread and butter in the mouth of thousands, but stimulate the reau market and sound the keynote or proE ress and success. ' Opposition of Union Leaders! lo Road Bond Issue, Not Backed by Members. . OFFICIOUSNESS NOT LIKED JUNK SALE TAB PROPOSED Companies Seek Law to Curb "Whole sale Theft of Copper Fitting. Kvidence gathered by detectives of th telephone, telegraph, -electric light an railroad companies showing that Junl peddlers are buying copper wire an brass fittings stolen from the companies is to be used by the companies in ai tempting to get the City Council to pa? an ordinance requiring these dealers t make daily reports of their purchase to the police. The measure wr pre sen ted to the Council yesterday an willbe considered nert Wednesday. ' Second-hand dealers- tr required tf make daily reports of purchases, bu at present the junk dealers who do no have a place of business are not re quired to make such reports. As a re suit, it is said, the property of th companies Is stolen and sold to th L..vlnrldlfrs. No record can be found b fnion labor and the grans oom ' - ,. - 4fc i wlv, , fceinr counted on by good roads advo- , , th -,, conMr an cates to support the road bonds atl jrass recently many depredations hav Tpwards of 60 Per Cent of Organ ized and yearly AH tnorgan. ized 'Workers Kelied On to . Cad Kavorable Votes. nitvt Wednesday's election. Alany of the granges already have Indorsed the proposal and hundreds of organized laboring men have given their individual indorsements to the The unorganized laboring men. It Is i believed, will support the bonds in large numbers. They will reap the most direct benefit from the expendl- J ture of th l,Ioi,uvu inai is i pemlrd through the bond issue. Members of the various labor unions declare that fully 60 per cent of the onr.nlrod laboring men are in favor of th bonds and that they will vote for the issue. These men resent the at- tempt of officials of the Central Labor Council, it is said, to control the vote - ... -i ..ntinn Thv in- or inn eniuo vi .w... - rf . ist that they will vote as they please. Offlclousaesa Is Reseated, 'Thnu feliows needn't think that Ihey can carry my vote around in their vest pocket," declared a member of the Klectricgl workers inion jsiciuj. Like many others, he does not want to go on record publicly on thia question for fear of offending the leaders of the labor organization who rt boycotting the bond issue because Commissioners Lishtner. Holman ana iioiorooM. re fused to grant a minimum wage of 3 a. day on the road work. I nroDose to vote for the bonds,' declared Joe Houser. a member of the Barbers' Union. "I have peen over some f these roads in Multnomah County and I know that they are in terrible condition. I was glad to get off of ibem. Thev need to be hard-suriaceo "I am convinced that the money. nnHer Roadmaster l'eon's direction, -will not be wasted. T.t will furnish been - reported. It is said that largi SCHEDULE OF GOOD ROAD; NEXT WEDNESDAY'S S til 19 A. M. Farmers' meeting at God 2 P. M. Lents Grange. K. E. Co 2 P. M. Women voters at Centi 8 P. M. Orpheum Theater, John will speak. Pictures vi 8 P. M. Good Roads headquart SUN 12 Noon Westminster Presbyteri Schuyler streets, Joh 2 P. M. Latourell schoolhouse, t.SO P. M. Vernon school, Twenty xeon, speaker. S P. M. At Commercial Club, rat merce. t P. M. At Gresham, speakers t THE 12 Noon-fc-Oreeon Civic League a Yeon and C C. Chapnj 3 P. M. Parent-Teacher meetlnJ Coovert, speaker. 3 P. M. Peninsula school. A. 3 P. M. Kernwood school. Fra 3 P. M. Sunnyside school, C C. 3 P. M. Chapman school, John S P. M. American Institute of B B. Yeon, speaker. supplies of brass fittings have bee stolen and 'electric wires have bee cut down by thieves. The stuff is sol to the wagon Junk dealers, the thieve aome honest employment at fair wages knowing that they cannot safely se to many workingmen, and we an kno . i ha tltpr need it. Vno'w will vote for the bonds. I don't ARBOR DAY CELEBRATED know of anyone who has the right to Children Meet at Several School and Receive Garden Seeds. . tell them how to vote. Frlatera Not Dominated. Tho Multnomah Typographical Union -1 w, .ofricif in take tha advice of the leaders of organized labor who are Celebration of Anbor day yesterda .ii.mntinir tn defeat the plan to pro- iras not formally observed In th worir for the unorganized men. I schools of Portland, owing to th The Typographical union embraces all Spring vacation, but an informal cele the organized printers. As a body, they .bratlon under the auspices of the City lecided not to take a position on the Beautiful committee of the Rose Fes bond question at all. allowing their tival Association culminated with the members full discretion in voxmg. i planting or garoens ana euruus n.nv r the members are supporting l many of the school children. the bond issue, however. At Ladd, Holladay, Fulton Park, Ken Members of the Socialist party, too, ton, Woodstock and other schools par are flocking to thfe support of the ties of from 60 to 70 pupils assembled bonds. It is predicted that fully 75 to receive seeds, which they took home per cent of the Socialists in Portland to plant in the gardens which they will vote for them. have been getting in readiness for sev- I am in favor of the bonds, said I eral days. Paul Turner, a prominent Socialist, I The prize in the City Beautiful con. v.sterrtavv "because It will furnish. I test wae awarded to Donald Fee work for the unemployed. As & mem-1 naughty, 485 East Forty-fifth street, ber of the Socialist party, I favor all I who is a seilior in Washington High legitimate hnnrt issues exceDtlne those School. The essay dealt with the intended to aunnort organized militia planting and care of roses. or to build armeries." I The garden planting at the homes Mr. Turner is a former National or- I of the school children is to be loiiowea rantzer for the Socialist party and now I un under the auspices of tne city Beau is organizer for the State of Washing- I tiful committee with planting of flowep. ton. lie ie author of the anti-capital gardens and snruos next punishment measure, passed at the I later on . the grounds or tne janoa last election. Kecentiy ne mspeciea i scnoois. the work being done in the county He declares that he never saw work-" JWIN CALVES WEIGH 126 ingmen s camps in Doner cuuuiuuu uu the men better satisfied. Miss Willda Buckman, a prominent member of Lvening Star Grange, who represents large property interests. strongly in favor of the bond issue and Rood roads, and does not hesitate to say so. Record in Weight and Size Said to Have Been Broken for Guernseys. A Guernsey cow belonging to David Tautfest,. 194 East Eigjiteentn street We need the hard-surface roads in North, has given birth to twin, caives nntit-" h declared vesterdav-1 which Mr. Tautiest says are recora and it would seem that the proposed breakers for size. The two calves, born bond issue Is the best and easiest way Tuesday, were weighed by Mr. Taut- to get the hard-surface roads in this test and together tipped me scales at county. I am strongly In favor of the 136 pounds. ine owner 01 mo bond issue and these good roads it Is I says that the ordinary can 01 mat nrnDosed to construct. I breed weighs only about 4V or so . I noun us. ' I in adrlilinn tn being of large size. The bonds will enasie tnese roaos th, two calves are said to be well de to be built this year and we shall notle)opea everyway. The mother cow nave 10 wan ior nve years or more, i ls a0ove the ordinary Size. .Besides, the maintenance cost ot tne present macadam trunk roads that it is planned to pave will more than pay the interest charges, so there is no ob jection whatever to the proposed bond issue, in my opinion. "There is some unjust suspicion about Mr. Benson and others who are leading the good roads movement In this coun ty, but it is a common thing to ques tion the motives of men who work for the benefit of the public. I-hope the bond issue will carry. We need the j hard-surface roads, and the men need the work the construction of the roads will require. We are sure to Tiear all kinds of reports about the motives of the men who are leading the good- roads movement just before the elec tion, but we should pay no attention to them, as they are circulated for a purpose. REALTY BOARD FAVORS BOXDS Jlesolution ' Indorsing Road Issue! Adopted by unanimous Vote. fnanlmous Indorsement of the pro-l Tosed road bond issue was given yester-l dav by the Portland ltealty Board. As even member of the board was in favor of the plan, there was no discus sion of the question. A resolution wasj presented and after being read oncel was adopted, it reads as follows: "Whereas. The members of the Port land Really Board are active and alive) to any and all movements that may affect the realty situation, and "Whereas. We believe that good reads re hand in hand with prosperity and that bad roads depress land values and breed nothing cut poverty, and "Whereas. The leading financiers of our city and county have urged and In dorsed the proposed bond issue of Jl. riO.OCO to be voted upon April 14 for the permanent improvement of highways in Multnomah County as the most expedi ent avenue In sight for the relief of ((pressed business condition and to putl bread and butter in the mouths or thou sands, as well as an Important under taking for the future prosperity of ourl ceuntv and state: "Be it therefore resolved. That we. the Portland Reslty Board, most heart- II v indorse said proposed bond issue and pledge ourselves to consult our city and county property listings and write each and every client; also the grocery. man and butcher, urging them to aup-1 WIDOW OF PIOXEER PORT- T Jt f v L 4 - a V . 1 f Aire. Jennie 1'. as, Mrs. Jennie F. Zan. aged 63 vears, died yesterday at her resi dence, JS7 Nartllla street, follow ing an illness ef eight weeks due tn narvoutiiess. Mrs. Zan via ith widow ot Frank Zan, one of the founders of Zan Bros., Inc., a a pioneer manufacturing estab- lishment of Portland, who died eight years ago. since ner hus band's death Mrs. Zan has been living quietly with her daughter. Miss Begina V. Zan, passing the Winters In California. Mrs. Zan was a member ot the congregation of St Mary's Ca thedral and her funeral will be held from there Monday morning. Interment in the Zan plot In St. Mary's Cemetery will follow. The funeral arrangements hsve not yet been completed. Besides her daughter, a son, Mano Zan, of Seattle, who was present at her death, survives. TCTnTTryroaUs. How does Multnomah County compare on this score? ' I'm almost ashamed to say it, but this county has only 3V4 miles of hard-surfaced road outside of the Portland city limits. . . Value Elsewhere Cited. , Mr. Yeon then explained "the pros perity that has . attended good roads improvement in King County and the Puyallup Valley. He said there i only one remedy for the cry of high taxes and that was to create more land value. There is no quicker and surer way of doing this, he said, than to encourage the increased cultivation of rural lands by the construction of good roads. He explained how much more it would cost to maintain macadam roads than to pave the roads under the bond issue, told who is to pay for the pro posed pavement and how great a pro portion of the money spent will be kept at home.. "A revolution in road building is upon us, brought about by new condi tions, and we must face it and solve it," said County Commissioner Holman. "For the past 10 years other communi ties have been working on the solution. while we have watched their experi ments. Now we can profit by their railures, and do those things which have proved elsewhere both econom ical and expedient. Economy la Asserted. "Xo thinking person, who Is correct ly informed as to the facts, and who is honest in his convictions, will con tend that it is not "financially econom ical to improve by hard surface the mam roads of Multnomah County. "What a blessing It is that we can make this Improvement when there are not less than 10,000 men out of employ ment in our city, many of whom have wives and little children dependent upon them, and that we can, by voting these bonds, spread the cost over 1 years, rather than Tay for them in five years, by direct taxation, as we will be forced to do if the bonds fail to pass. , "Now. when the commercial enter. prises all over the country are at a standstill, is the time to make public improvements. The laborer must be employed, and he who gets the profits in the years ot plenty must provide for the needy when depression prevails in the land. It is the responsibility of wealth. If we do not provide work properly and economically handled, we must provide for the distressed through our relief department and charitable organizations. Further Work. I Promised. If the bonds are voted, and the 70 miles of main traveled roads are paved, those funds provided for In the budget for their improvement and mainte nance will be released, so that those roads which are remote from the cen ters of population can be properly traded, drained and repaired out of this surplus. "Then after the country roads are all in excellent condition. In addition to properly meeting the demands of ordinary commerce, they will have made available to the tourists- and sightseers of the world those -unsurpassed treasures of nature with which we are blessed. We have snow-capped mountains, great fir forests, magnifi cent rivers, wondrous waterfalls, fer tile valleys, ocean beaches and a per fect Summer climate. God has been generous with us. Let us utilize the good things he has put here, and let1 us encourage the tired and the weary to come here to rest and recuperate." Berlin Reports Finding Dnm-Dnms. BERLIN, April J. Germany army headquarters today said: "On Sudel kopf. on the western front, dum-dum bullets were found on a man of the French 334th Regiment, wh was aksn prisoner." ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT When your shoes pinch or your corns and bunions ache so that you are tired all over, get Allen's Foot-Ease, the standard remedy- for the last 2S years. and shake it into your shoes. It will take the sting out of corns and bunions nd give instant relief to Tired. Aching, tfwollen. Tender feet.. Sold -everywhere. c. Don't accept any substitute Adv. Today Is CANDY DAY at Bargain Circle, Between the Elevators, Main Floor Trading Stamps Will Be Given on Charge Accounts if Paid in Full by the 10th of Each Month BOOK FILLING EVENT for Stamp Savers . Olds, Wortman &King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 BOOK FILLING EVENT for Stamp Savers Double Trading Stamps With Cash Purchases of 10c or More Made TODAY AMOver ike Store! Increase the purchasing power of your dollars and add to your incomeSave Ji-fC Green Trading Stamps and choose U !' I oi X Drugs and Toilet Articles Undeirpriced for Today from thoubands of High-Crade Premiums without a cent of cost. Self interest should prompt you to investigate this GREATEST OF ALL PROFIT-SHARING PLANS DO IT TODAY! Get the S.UH. Trading Stamp Habit! SpecialSaleof Waists 4 Splendid Bargains Department, Second Floor This notable sale of dainty Waists will make friends for our popular Waist Section, Scores of styles to select from. WAISTS AT $1.39 Many dainty styles shown in this lot. High and low necks, long; and short sleeves. Made from fine, sheer marquisettes, lawns, batistes, etc. All' sizes CP l OQ in the lot, Priced special today H --- 17 WAISTS AT $3.95 In this assortment are many of the season's newest models, with new long or short sleeves. Trimmed- with tucks, etc. Crepe de chine, tub fl O Off ailks, taffetas. Special at ,ipOZfiJ WAISTS AT $5 Attractive new model of shadow laces, rets, Georgette crepes, crepe de chine and Voiles. Trim'd with hand-em broidery, silk bands, fhf etc. Priced at only vtf WAISTS AT $6.75 Exquisite new models in laces, pussy willow taffetas, crepe de chine and other materials. Daintiest of . styles imaginable. In all fl?? 9 ' CZ colors. Priced atPw Men'sStoreSpecials for TOD A Y Conveniently located just inside our Mor rison-street entrance. Come in and get ac quainted with this popular store for men Men's $1.50 Shirts At $1.15 Main Floor A good opportunity to sup ply your Shirt needs. One thousand men's new soft-cuff Shirts, beautifully tailored in generous sizes for comfort, as well as style. These are made from finest of ma terials and the assortment of patterns and colorings leaves nothing to be desired. Shown in sizes from 14 up fi Y t J to 16. Regular ?1.50. Shirts P-L JLJ Men's $1.25 Union Suits 95c Shown in 3 Different Styles Main Floor Better buy the season's Underwear today and take advantage of this special reduction in price. Men's light-weight ribbed Union Suits in sizes from 34 up to 50. Short sleeves, knee length; sleeveless and knee length or short sleeves and three-quarter length. Perfect in fit and finish. Regular $1.25 (CSf garments, specially priced for Saturday's sale at only eJ'eJIV Special Showing of Men's New Soft Hata at $2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 Men's New Stiff Hats for Spring, Priced Now at $2, $3 and $4 Men's New Wash Ties in Handsome Patterns, Priced at 25c and 50c Boys' $6.50 Suits $4.95 Boys' 2-Pant Suits $6.50 Main Floor Our famous OWK Blue Serge Suits for boys are made to withstand the hardest kind of wear. They are hand- tailored throughout, with full- lined pants. Smart, new stitched-belt Norfolk s with patch pockets. Splendid $6.50 Suits. Ages 6 to ql QtZ 18 years. Priced Main Floor These excellent Suits are from one of the largest makers of boys' cloth ing in America.' The styles are distinctive and the fabrics the best to be had. The extra pair of pants makes the suit wear practically double. Ages 6 to 18 years. Boys' 2- Q EZ pant Suits. Priced Jli Bojs and Children'a New Rah-Rah Hats Priced at 50c up to $1.50 Boys' Straw Hats in the Latest Shapes, Priced at 50c up to $6.50 New Spring Suits for Men and Young Men $15 to $25 We handle several of the best makes on the market clothes that are hand-tailored throughout with the best of lining and trimmings. Especially interesting are the smart, new English models with soft-roll lapels. Many other styles both in conservative and ultra- stylish models. Beautiful new cassimeres, tweeds and worsteds. Young fellows will find here the season's most advanced styles, reasonably priced. Men's and young men's Suits at $15, $20, $25. v Main Floor Substantial savings on standard lines of Drugs and Toilet Articles. Make out your list and take advantage of these prices. Ask for Green Stamps. 15c Pears' Unscented Soap at 15c 4711 White Rose Soap at 12(i $1.00 Imported Bocabella Castile Soap priced special, the bar, C5 10c Monkey Scouring Soap at 5 10c Hand or Kitchen Sapolio at 70 25c Massatla Talcum Powder 1 1 i 25c Imperial Talcum Powder J2( 50c Dora Bourjois Powder at 39( 25c Petro, 1-pound jar, now at 1 00 25c Denver Mud on sale at 150 50c size, .300; $1-00 size at 000 25c Pasteurine Tooth Paste at 150 50c Cold Cream in jars now U80 25c Ricksecker's Cold Cream 150 50c Swamp-Root on sale at 390 10c Fluff's Moquct, for hair, at 50 $2 Hot Water Bags and Syringes $1.25 Main Floor An extra special of fering for today's splendid quality Hot Water Bags and Syringes grades usually selling at $1.75 and $2.00 priced for to- II Off day at the low price V KLEEN-1T Cloths for Silver Main Floor Special reduced prices on Kleen-It Cloths today. 5c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 30 10c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 70 15c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 100 20c Kleen-It Cloths at, each, 150 Special Showing Bath ing Caps at 25c to 75c 50c bottle pure Olive Oil at 3K0 25c Hospital Cotton now at 180 50c Sanitary Napkins now at 350 50c Phenolax Wafers now at 350 25c Tooth Brushes at only 150 25c Vel-Chamel for cleaning 150 25c Lyons' Tooth Fowder now 150 50c Sempre Giovine now only SK0 50c D. & R. Cold Cream now 350 35c Fletcher's Catstoria only 230 25c Packer's Tar Soap now at 140 25c Corylopsis Talcum now 120 15c Toilet Paper, full 1500 sheets to the roll, on sale today at 100 50c Hair Brushes on sale at 300 $1.50 Hcddon's Toilet Water at 3t 10c Fairskin Oatmeal Soap at 70 50c Fitch's Hair Tonic now 350 50c Sterne's Rouge on ale at 280 75c Pompeian Massage Cream 490 25c Lustrite Salve and Enamel K0 25c Graves' Tooth Powder at 150 25c Bathaswect on sale now at 170 5c Emery Boards on sale at 20 10c Jergen's Old-Fashioned Gly cerine Soap on sale at, cake, 70 Good grade Whisk Brooms at 100 $1.00 Hair Brushes 50c Main Floor Again today we place on sale extra good quality rubber cushion Hair Brushes the standard $1 grade atlC Demonstration Borden's Milk Main Floor Borden's Malted Milk is not only healthful and invigorat ing, but a delightful beverage as well. Stop at the booth and try a glass. Special prices during the demonstration. Note reductions: -Regular 60c size on sale at 400 Regular $1.00 size on sale at HO0 $3.08 hospital size now at $2.98 Free Treatment Maurine Toilet Goods in the Rest Room, Second Floor Well-groomed, dainty,' fair and wholesome without any appearance of make-up this is what every woman seeks. Maurine softens the skin and causes disappearance of blackheads and large pores. Visit the' restrooms on the second floor and receive a FREE TREATMENT. New 1915 Models in Royal Worcester, Bon Ton, Gossard Front-Lace, Nemo and Bicn Jolie Corsets Dept. Second Floor TODAY! A Wonderful Sale of ' Women's New Spring Footwear At $2.95 Also a sale of Men's Shoes in New Coats for Little Tots $2.85 to $10.5O Department, Second Floor All mothers should see these pretty little Coats, for the styles are de cidedly out of the ordinary. Shown in shepherd checks, stripes 5-and in new plain colors and black. Scores of dainty styles to choose from. All are attractively 'trimmed in the latest effects. Ages 2 to 6 yrs. ? 7 I CH Prices, $2.85 to ? tfaiJl C h i 1 d r e n's new Summer Dresses in charming styles. Our showing is now complete with ,the season's newest models. Girls9 New Spring Coats $4.98 Up to $16.50 Department, Second Floor New lines just received. The smartest styles shown in Portland, as you will agree when you see them. Dainty black moire Coats in Empire effects; others in box-back and belted styles. Many in the new checks, also novelty plaids and the popular plain weaves. Exceptionally well made and nicely f tZf trimmed. Ages 6 to 14 years. Prices, $4.98 up to f X Ua 1 ' We have just received many beautiful new White Dresses for girla from 6, to intermediate. The daintiest styles we have ever shown. Sale of Dinner Sets and Fancy China Department, Third Floor black and tan leathers and late lasts grade worth up to $5.00 At $3.85 Shoe Dept., Main Floor Fruit Saucers, Plates and Oat meals, assorted patterns, S fl values to $3 dozen, each Fruit Saucers, Plates and- Oat meals, assorted patterns,, t tZg values to $6 dozen, each -- DINNER SETS $5.50 set of 50 pieces, white, semi-porcelain, 'on sale at $4.10 $18.00 set of 60 pieces, Bavarian China, on sale now at $14.30 $36.00 Set of 60 pieces, French China, neat design set $28.20 JIaviland & Co. decorated ' Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Bouillon Cups and Saucers at one-half the usual prices. Note prices below: $ 4.25 Bet of 6, now 6 for $2.25 $ 6.00 set of 6, now 6 for $3.00 $ 7.50 set of 6, now 6 for $3.75 $ 9.00 set of 6, now 6 for $4.50 $12.00 set of 6, now 6 for $6.00 A good assortment of patterns from which to make selections. Double Stamps with Purchases. Special Sale Garden Needs 3rd Floor Regular $3.00 Lawn Mowers on special sale today at only $2.50 25 feet of Garden Hose, one-half-inch, with nozzle, special, $2. IS Garden Hoes, regular size, long handles, on sale today at only 22c Garden Spades, long or short handles, on sale today at only iS0 Regular $1.00 Axes, assorted sizes, long handles, on sale at only 750 $2 IroningBoards $1.59 Third Floor Strongly con structed and well braced. Has adjustable sleeve board attach ment. Regular $2 f CZCk Board. Special at P