10 THE -MOTtXIXG OREGONIAX. TUESDAY, MAT 18, 1913. METER COST PUT AT $96,853 ANNUALLY Point Made That Increase of Business Will Keep Expendi tures Rising Constantly. 15-YEAR TOTAL $1,452,800 Jailmate Made That 3000 New Ser vices Are 1 Icq ul rod Yearly and. That Entire Investment Will Be Lost in 15 Years. ' t ESPKnrn nES iwoivnn CITV-WIDB MKTKIl SC'HKMli. Initial cost for purchase and Installation of 43, 000 meters 352,000 Cost of metering? new services at the- rate of ;;000 annually for the next 15 years 37D.000 Cost of replacing original 43,000 meters when they wear out at the end of 15 years from now 352,600 Cost of replacing within lo years the 14,000 me ters now in service. . . 117,600 Cost of reading meters for 15 years 255.000 lower part of the container remained intact only 200.000 gallons was iost. The entire cargo consisted, of 700.000 gallons, brought here for use by dis tillers, who extract various grades of alcohol from the syrup. The accident has already cost the Importers a. large sum. The remainder of the cargo vas brought to Philadelphia and pumped into tank cars. DRINKING BY BOYS PROBED Court In Academy Town Orders In quiry of Minister's Cliargc. CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.. May 10. In court here recently Judge Gillan di rected the grand jury to make a rigid examination into the complaint of Rev. F. W. Bald, pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, Mercersburg, that boy's are frequently seen drunk on the streets of that town. The names of the boys were given in a letter to court. The complainant informed the court that a Mr. Doub was cognizant of the occur rences. The court told 'the grand jury to fix a time to investigate the charges and instructed the jury to subpena. Rev. Mr. Bald, Mr. Doub, the boys named in the letter and any other person whom the jury finds could give information. The judge said: "I want you to make this investigation as thorough as you can, and find out where these boys got the liquor, if they had any." Alercersburg Academy is located close to Trinity Reformed Church, and a remonstrance against the granting of license to the two Mercersburg hotels was filed last February. Changes in Juvenile Court Per sonnel Drastic. HOME SALE TO BE URGED Total $1,452,800 Note Fifteen years is the av erage life of a water meter. Some wear out sooner and some last longer. Kntire present In vestment will be wiped out, therefore. In 15 years, requiring complete duplication of system. This shows that the average an nual cost of water meters will bo ?9t.853.3?. Using the minimum figures given by Commissioner aly it is shown that the annual cost of a city-wide water meter system in Portland will be $96,853.33. This amount, which is an average, will have to be raised from water users, and will Increase with the increase in the growth of the city and the water bu reau. Taking 400 recently-discarded water meters as a basis, it is said the average life of a water meter is 13 years. Some last longer and some wear out sooner, much depending, of course, upon the use. Portland now has 14,000 water meters. There are 43,000 unmetered cervices. The cost of metering these 43,000 services would be $352,600. This Is based upon Commissioner Daly's as sertion that water meters can be pur chased for $5.80 each and can be in stalled for $2.40 each. The last meters purchased by the city cost $8.40 instead of $5.80. There is an average increase of 250 new services in Portland each month, or a total of 5000 a year. To meter these new cervices each year would cost $25,000. To read meters is an un certain quantity, but, figured on the basils of the present cost in the Port land water bureau, the figure will be $17,000 a year. iollowing these figures out it is shown that, in addition to the original cot of $352,600 for 43.000 meters, there will be $25,000 a year for new services, or a total of $375,000 for services added during the next 15 years. At the end of the 15 years the original 43,000 meters will be worn out and the entire Investment will have to be duplicated. Within 16 years also the present 14, 000 meters will have worn out and will therefore, that 15 years from now Port land will be in the same position as it is today with 14,000 good meters. (3.000 meters worn out, 3000 other leters wearing out each year costing 25,000 to replace, and 3000 new services meter each year. Figuring all these costs along with c cmi vi ineier-reaaing ior is years is snown the entire expenditure is ,-i w,a a ins la ine aiiiouni w men ill actually be invested for the meter stem. Of this total investment $725 wiped out at the rate of about $50,000 year, with nothing in return excepting ne saving or water from lawns and ,'uoens to aump into the eewers. PASTOR ALLEGED, ELOPER Mississippi Minister and Pretty Girl of Congregation Gone. COLUMBUS. Miss., May 10. Rev. James Wilson, pastor of Piney Grove Baptist thurch, one or the largest congrega tions in the state, and Miss Odell Rodg ers, a member of his congregation, 17 years old and unusually attractive, are being sought as the principals in an elopement. The couple disappeared re cently, but the fact only became public everal days later. Rev. Mr. Wilson (stands high as a preacher and is an orator and evangelist. He is 35 years old and was popular with his congrega tion. Miss Rodgers is the daughter of Newton Rodgers. a prominent citizen. A posse of Piney Grove's citizens, head ed by the girl's father, has gone in tsearch of the elopers. Rev. Mr. Wilson has been married twice. His first wife died several years go, leaving three children, all living. The second wife is living, with four children of the minister's second union, the last being born only two month ago. Rev. Mr. Wilson has been pastor jti i-iney urove ror about five years. The searching party has found no trace of the missing couple. A dispatch from Vernon said the supposed elopers had been teen there, but is unconfirmed. .Searchers have gone there to run down the rumor. BILLY, JR., LEANS JO BAT SUNDAY'S SOX I'XDfXIDKD AS PCUMT'S ATTRACTIONS. TO 'Pa" Stun n KleJd InalnKa to Umpire, Worries That It's for Full Nine While "Mi" . Too Damp. NEW TORK, May 10. "Aw, let me stay out there. Ma." William Sunday, Jr., pleaded at the ball game at To- towa. Oval, when Ma started to call Pa Sunday in off the field, where he was umpiring. "Never you mind now. Bill. He said he'd umpire only four innings, and here it's the fifth. I tell you it's too damp for him out there." said Mrs. Sunday, as she rose in her seat and waved, to the Rev. Mr. Sunday to come in. "Now, isn't he just like a big kid! Of course, he won t notice me calling him he's having too good a time, and he Just knows he ought not to be out on that damp ground. Pa! Pa! Come over here a minute!" Mrs. Sunday almost shouted in her anxiety. But Fa was busy counting strikes and was tem porarily deaf. "Gee. but that little wop catcher for Newtown is some player." Bill shouted, "but that Paterson pitcher has the juice all right." "No! I don't want & lollypop thank you. They're for girls," said Paul Sun day In an insulted tone, turning to shout for a runner who came over the plate. Paul, though only 7 years old. is every inch a man. His bright blue eyes snap with anger when his brother play fully calls him "dearie. "He doesn't like to be kissed, either,' said Bill, with a mischievous wink. "Of course, he lets papa and mamma kiss him, but just let anybody else try! He's some little fighter. All got to say when I want him to do any thing is: 'I'll kiss you if you don't Paul," and, gee! you'd ought to see him hustle!" and Bill chuckled. "Well. I'm thankful the game is over at last," sighed Mrs. Sunday. "Pa, you ought not to have stayed out there so long," she said, placing her hand gently on Billy s shoulder. "Why, Ma. the game didn't take o long and they needed me out there I guess. You know when things are so close and it's toward the end well I wouldn't want to feel I'd run off and' left them to dispute, especially after everything went off so nicely. Pa smiled, then continued: "They didn't throw any . pop-bottles at the umpire today, did they Ma? No kick ing on decisions. There was only once when I wasn't absolutely sure; that was when that fellow overran third base and the other fellow was out at first that was pretty close." "They put a few over on you. Pa, when the catcher pulled the ball so it would cut the corners," Paul said. "Not much!" Pa replied emphatically "Maybe you think so, but remember, : was standing right in back of the pitcher." "Do you know Paul's a southpaw? He's catcher for his team, the Winona Midgets." and Mrs. Sunday patted her golden-haired son lovingly as she spoke. "Well. I'm first baseman on my team We call ourselves the Cubs, and I'm the captain," said Bill. "Couse, I play basketball and football and tennis out home, but I like baseball best. Maybe some day, when I've finished college, I'll be a baseball player, like Pa was only he can bat lefty and I can't Here his voiced lowered, but he bright ened up immediately. "Guess I'll go to Princeton. I've always liked that college pretty well. It's not' so long till I'll be ready to go. I start in a high school next September. I- don know if I'll change my mind and be a preacher; I don't think so. Paul would like that better. Our team's called th Cubs, after the Chicago Nationals. like them better than any other team in either of the leagues except, may be. the White Sox. "But I like Chicago. They've got a Republican Mayor there! Out in Chi cago the women vote. too. You bet, I m strong for woman suffrage. don't know any man who could vote better than my mother!" and Bill fired up with pride as he said it. "Say, aren't you a suffragette? Why don' you make speeches if you are? I would if I was a woman and wanted to vote. "If you'll come out in the backyard 1 11 snow you how I can pitch. I m better catcher, though. That's all yo need td play first base." and Bill race out to the yard, with Paul at his heels, both pulling on their gloves as they ran. SEA OF SYRUP SPREADS Salvage Company Trying to Reclaim 200,000-Gallon Body. PHILADELPHIA. May 10. Shovels and brooms are being wielded by a large force of men in an effort to save -'uo.ooo gallons of molasses which flowed over an acre of ground at Mar cus Hook several days ago through the bursting of an oil tank in which the syrup had been stored. A local sal vage company has undertaken the strange task, and those in charge of the work say that they are determined to recover all of the sweet flood even if it is necessary to gather up the earth on which it-is spread. The tank which burst was filled with 500,000 gallons of molasses pumped Into it from the British steamship Manx Isles, from Cuba. It had previ ously been used for the storage xf oil and whs found not strong enough for yrup, which has a greater specific gravity than petroleum. The break oc . rurred half way up the tank and the eyrup ran in all directions. As tn JUDGE RETAINS FEW Mr. Cleeton Announces That Mr. and Mrs. Sam White Will Take Charge of.JF'razer Institution; Mr. Bulger Switched. Drastic changes in the personnel of the Juvenile Court force are contained n the list of appointments announced yesterday by County Judge T. J. Clee ton. who next Saturday will replace Judge Gatens as Judge of the Juvenile Court. Mr. and Mrs. Sam White will have harge of the Frazer Detention Home, Mr. White will be superintendent and Mrs. White will act as matron, in harge of the girls. John M. Brunner will be assistant to Mr. White. The only two employes retained at the home are Miss Evelyn Poujade and Miss Annie McKay. Mr. White once before had charge of the home and resigned after an un favorable report on his work had been made by an advisory committee fro the Juvenile Court. Airs. Tnoroman to Re Transferred. Mrs. Margaret Thoroman, present su perintendent of the home, will take charge o a special department for the purpose of finding 'homes for depend ent children. Judge Cleeton said yesterday he ex pected to recommend to the County Commissioners that the Frazer Home be sold and that delinquent children be taken care of in smaller institutions. o be known as county schools, each capable of providing for 10 or 12 chil dren. They also will be separated from dependent children, most of whom will be located in private homes as soon as possible. Harry Bulger will become chief pro bation officer for boys in place of Peter Mcintosh, who has occupied this position for five and a half years. Mr. Buieera chief assistant will be H. Maltimore Dukes, at present a deputy county clerk. Mr. Dukes formerly was a deputy United States Marshal. Mr. Bulger to Combine Work. Mr. Bulger at present is a special county officer, in charge of insane cases. In his new position he will combine the work of handling insane and Juvenile Court cases. . Other deputies to be appointed are: James F. Cassidy. a labor man, and Creed T. Evans. W. J. Jefferies. one of the deputies at present, will be re tained for a time. Most of the new appointments do not take effect until June 1, and until that time the mem bers of Judge Gatens" force 'will be retained. Kugene Willis, at present clerk of the County Court, also will be chief clerk of the Juvenile Court, taking the place of Miss Harriet Morton, who has esigned. Miss Jessie Vereteeg will be his assistant. Miss M. L. Butler, Mrs. A. K. Cos- griff and Miss Mary C. Chambers will be retained at their present positions. THE "INDIANA" STATE SOUVENIR SPOON AND OTHERS NOW AT 9cZ t 'lien per Butter Is Koreeast. CHICAGO. May 11. The European war will make butter cheaper to the American consumer, according to the prediction of J. A. Walker, president of the Blue Valley Butter Company. "Denmark, New Zealand and Siberia, great exporters of butter, have found it difficult to ship their product to the countries now at war," he said. "In my travels about the country I have noticed quantities of foreign butter. When the season of butter production is at its height I believe that there will be a general depression in the but ter market." EDDIE F0Y HALED TO COURT Comedian Caught in Race Bet Raid With Ear to Phone. NEW YORK. May 9. Five court at tendants, two newspaper reporters and nine spectators crafted their necks this morning when Eddie Foy, the comedian. was arraigned in xorkville court on the charge of making: and receiving bets. The spectators were Frederick Strauss and eight others, arrested with Foy in the raid on a room on the fourth floor of 1463 Broadway. Magistrate Ten Eyck discharged Foy and the other eight men, but held Strauss for further examination on the charge of maintaining and keeping gambling house. Strauss protested he had only just entered the room to look for his brother when the police entered. Twenty-three of the 34 arrested in the raid were discharged in night court. The comedian was not at all promi nent in his own trial. In the first place, he was, to all legal purposes, Ed ward Fitzgerald, 68 years old, of New Rochelle, such being the account he gave at the station house; and, in the second place, his counsel and Detectives Brady and Morris, who made the raid, did all the talking. Morris testified that when he entered the room the de fendant, Fitzgerald, sat at a phone with' the receiver to his ear. He. Morris he said, took away the receiver and re corded two bets on horses offered by one Cohen at the other end of the line. After this counsel moved for dismissal of the defendant, and the motion was granted on the ground that the mere taking a bet is not against me law. BIG WARSHIP BID IGNORED $6,000,000 Profit Offer by Greece Refused by Argentina. NEW YORK, May 10. Argentina's patriotic pride in her new super dreadnought Moreno, which sailed from Newport News. Va.. is strong. Not even a prompt profit of about $6,000,000 could induce the South American republic to sell this warship, the largest afloat, which was built at Camden. N. J. The offer was made by Greece through an agent in this city, acting on instructions of the Greek minister in Paris, whose government was will ing to pay 3,500.000 for the American. built vessel. The cost to Argentina for the construction of the Moreno was about $12,000,000. Greece was not the only country that made bids for the immediate transfer of the dreadnought for monetary con siderations that would have netted Ar gentina a large profit. Italy, it is understood, was another nation which was anxious to add the great sea-fighting machine to its navy, although her offer was not as large as that made by the Athens government. Smartness In Court Costly. CHICAGO. May 11. Thomas Fiohrer. 7321 South May street, was arraigned before Judge Wade in the Englewood court today, charged with disorderly conduct, on complaint of his wife. Catherine. "Will you stop drinking?" the Judge asked Rohrer. "I can't do that. I couldn't get along without wa ter, tea or coffee." said Hohrer. "Oh, wclh, you are one of those smart fel lows you'll get nothing stronger than coffee where you are going $200 and Costa." r Husband and Cash Gone. CHICAGO. May 11. Mrs. Caroline Ball's first husband left her some in surance when he died. Her second courted her like a gentleman, was kind to her and gave her much ad vice. He married her a week ago. They lived at 4147 Michigan avenue, "I had $100 deposited in the Contl nental Trust &. Savings Bank." she told Lieutenant James Larkin yester day. "He persuaded me to draw the money out of that bank and open Joint checking account at the First Na tional, and now he's drawn out my $1500 and has left me. He dresses well and Is a masseur and an expert on mental diseases. Cat Adopts rive Orphan Muskrats. BELLFONTAINE, O.. May 10 A John King s home in lelverton a eat has adopted a family of five orplia muskrats, mothering these along with her three kittens. tut Quality Store or Portland Attar Sta. Out-of-Town Mail Orders Filled From ThL and All Our Ads If Received Within Three Day of Date Of publication. Telephone XJe Where Quantities Are Limited or You Are in a Hurry. "We give our out-of-town customer the same privilege of buying from our 1tly advertisements &a those who live In the city. Moreover, our method 1 not it "mail order iyiwrn," it l, rather, a ystrnatiz,;d nhoppin- service which t lie per sonal attention of a trained chopper to the filling of every mull order. Tour order la studied and promptly filled with a much "IntIllRent Intere! if you were here yourself. Should you come In person we will hf Kind, upon rfquoM, to have one of our experienced choppers asntnt and conduct you to as many of the 75 different departments as you choose. There is no charge. T he News of This Event Is Spreading Over the City Like a Forest Fire! P To Close Out Entire Stocks in Both Builtnc paratory to Opening Our New Store f imm numn Contract Merchandise," Silk Maid" Hose and Groceries Excepted) All day yesterday, from the opening to the closing hour, both buildings were filled with people, eager to share in the Removal Sale bargains. And there is every indi cation that today will be even greater than yesterday, for more and more people are hearing of the good news. Make the most of this wonderful opportunity. You Must Bear in Mind That Our Stocks of All Kinds of Worthy Merchandise Are ISfoiv at Their Best Goods That Are New and for Spring and Summer Use! It is quite out of the question to mention specific items; sufficient to say that the sale is a store-wide one embracing every department. No matter what you need to wear, for. play or for the home, it is here at a compelling discount. Four Neu Very Pretty Models in Our "Wirthmor" Waists at $1.00 Today Wirthmor Waists sell at one dollar always, and they are always in a class apart from and vastly superior to other Waists obtainable at this price. The care of work manship, the neatness of finish, the pretty refined styles all distinguish them from the ordinary dollar Waists. ' In fact, from their general appearance, as well as from their inherent merit, which insures long and satisfactory wear, these Waists are very much like one would expect to buy for a higher price. Because of our large outlet, the maker has confined the sale of these Waists for this city to us, where they can always be found in the newest and most-wanted styles. "Wirthmor" Waists Are Sold Here Exclusively They Are Always One Dollar and Always Worth Ivlore Fifth Floor, Mxth-St. Bide. Our Kodak Shop Is Now in Our 6th Street Building, Ar cade Main Floor. rHB "INDIAN." STATU SOlVEMIl SI'OO.X ANU OTIIKIIS .NOW AT Of" LONG FAST BROKEN 30 Pounds Goes After 32 Days Without Food. 2 CRACKERS FIRST MEAL Mrs. Bello McArthur Says She Keels Fine; Overfeeding Gives TXciors livelihood. She Avers, Resuming Regular Meals. CHICAGO, May 11. Although it was the first real food she had eaten in 32 days, Mrs. Mae Belle McArthur, of 334 East Fifty-fifth street, munched a. cracker without haste when she broke her fast- .Two soda crackers and a bit of apple sauce made up the menu. "If half of the people would fast a few days each month," she said, "most of the dpctors . would nave 10 go out of business. Two-thirds of them make a. livelihood because people cat too much." Thirty Pounds C. Mrs. McArthur had not eaten except a few stalks of celery since January 22. when she weighed 155 pounds. Now she weighs 125, and, although her fac was slightly pinched, she felt in ex cellent health, -she. declared. She had lost 80 pounds in 32 days. "I feel clear-headed." she told a re porter. "My mental efficiency is Im proved and the stuffy feeling that an noyed me when I was naavy is cone. I always find myself stronger after a fast." Mrs. McArthur refused to take seri ously the scores of letters which she has received, -warning- her- that she might suffer permanent injury from her fast. She declared she was not alarmed, as she had tried the experi ment several times before. In 1909 she went without food 40 days and reduced 33 pounds. Later in the same year she reduced 19 pounds in 18 days. Fut Brings Health. Mrs. McArthur believes that fasting is necessary in order that the system may be kept properly cleansed. . She declares she has found the road to health and a long life. "Each human being, she said after her first cracker, "has a weight at which he is most efficient, happy and healthful. Overweight greatly dis counts all of these. "Overeating is a habit that brings much suffering, sorrow and sickness makes us old and burdensome over works the human mechanism, which results In early ageing and premature death. More deaths are caused by over feeding than starvation. One caramel will sustain the body for 24 hours. Very little food is required for one to live. "The ancient wise men knew this nd established obligations for their people to fast to keep them happy and not for any reason associated with religion. Hanger Not Troublesome. Mrs. McArthur said she was not seri ously bothered by sensations of hunger. "I set a day for beginning a fast and when the time arrives my mental atti tude Is tuch that I do not want food. "I have used up all the fat on my body and I am now consuming tissue. In the early days of my fast I experi enced a feellm? of unrest a sort of unsatisfied feeling. But when the fat Is gone there Is a different feeling which tells me It Is time to resume eating." Mrs. McArthur commented upon the fasting experiments of Professor Carl son, of the University of Chicago. "The burning sensation in his stom ach which he speaks of after a six days' fajst was caused by bile, and could have been neutralized by lrmon juice," she said. I BROKER, DROPPED, FAINTS Trade Board Member and Writer llii by Probe of Reports. CHICAGO, May 12. Samuel Hay mond. a member of the Board of Trade, and O. E. Moody, a news writer, v.ero denied the privileges of the floor of the Board recently by C. II. Oanby, president, after an investigation into the source ot stories which have bicn sent from there. Haymond fainted when informed of the ruling, and it was announced iHter that he would be allowed on the floor. Directors of the Board have con ducted an inquiry Into a series of sen sational rumors, which began with the commencement of the war and were brought to a climax in a report that President Wilson had been assasi-inatcd, an extra session of Congress called and war declared by Italy on Austria. G. W. KENNEDY RETIRES A hoha fide quitting business sale at the Kennedy Piano Company. Magnifi cent, new uprights, players and grands, famous makes, sold at almost your own price, 226 Third, near Salmon. Adv. HORROR ASTOUNDS GERMAN Professor Rcrues to Traoli ;clhe IdraU Afler 1-usilania. noCHKTKR. N. Y., May 12. lohn V. Coar. professor of German at the University of rtocheter, refuse, re cently to teach his classes, explaining to them that under the present cir cumstances he felt unable to do o. because of the sinking of tha Lusi tania by a German submarine. rr. Coar' yaid he did not feel able to teach the ideal of Goethe and Schil ler, ro wholly Incompatible with pres ent conditions. He said he intended to prepare a statement for publication later. WOMAN SHEDS LEGS, LEAPS Men ho Try Rescue Battle In Wa ter to Sine Her. MARIKTTA, Ohio. May 12. Miss Anna Wcrtrnbaker. ;red ."D. removed her cork legs, climbed upon the railing of the Ohio Kivcr bridge one day, re cently about 4 o'cloek and jumped int'j the river lrom a height of 75 I'eet. Women on a streetcar iroaalni; tho bridge witnes.-ed the act and fainted. Two men in a boat saw the woman leap and went to her reseuc. She fought them off. but they pulled her out of tho river. She sustained a broken arm and internal Injuries but was ruuhed to th hospital, w here pli sieia ns say she will recover. She 1-ft a note rnying her homo was in Parkers-burs. W. Va. The hert of h pretty girl may be as chilly uh a do'ii nose. Some men are cood liooaiibe they rind it cheaper than Veinir had. SKIN ORMENTS RESIN OL STOPS T How This Wonderful Ointment End Itching and Heals Skin Eruptions. The i-oolhing, healing mrdienAJon in Hrj-inol Ointment and fte.ilno! Soap pen etrates the tiny pores of the ?kln.clnrr them ot Impurities and Mops itching instantly. Iicsinol positively and speed ily heals eczema, rashcx. ringworm and similar eruptions and elejirs away dis figuring pimples and blackheads, wlieH other treatments prove almost uelei,i. Ilcsinol Is not uu experiment. It is vonderfully suecesf tjl for fklu trtvi les that it hat. h. i n used by othr loctors all over the country for twenly ....... fnr ,L In Don't Visit the California Exposition Wl-lioijt m eUppij f Allrn'r I- ot - Kn ir, ri" ant ir rp mivikr i I i- i- "n U m Into Hi" !t f '-s in tint r--In i I ilr"J. arMn f-"t AUi pvv -1' t vtA.'i. l-.'it N). Mm- l;4'v il! ; . " II'' "i r. nt the JO x ptt-1 1 in s. t..i.t In Allen i 1 -'ooi