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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1915)
THE MOEXDfG OBEGONIA3NV WEDXESDATv OCTOBER 20, 1915. 13 PLUMBING MEASURE TO COME UP TODAY Owners of Buildings Make Ef fort to Have Action Post poned for. Two Weeks. BILL OPPOSED STRONGLY Janitors and Residents Would Be Restricted in Making Minor Re pairs, Is View Independents fear "P'reezeout." The City Council will take action today on the plumbing ordinance the measure that has been causing so much controversy for these last few weeks between the master plumbers and the building: owners of the city. , Whether the measure will be passed. defeated or postDoned for two weeks to give the Council a chance first to act on the plumbing; code which will be up November 1 for consideration. naa not Deen determined last night. A strong effort was beinir made yesterday by the building: owners op posed to the bill to have it postponed. Attempts also were made to eret the plumbers, who are supporting it, to agree 10 sucn a programme. It is contended that the code first should be passed and placed in opera tion and that the ordinance governing the .methods under which the provi sions of tlje code are to be carried out snouia be considered afterwards. Home Omen Object, To. Building owners and home owners who are in the habit of doing their own odd jobs of plumbing are up in arms against the pending ordinance. on the ground that it would reauire them to take out a license at a cost of 12 and to provide a bond of $2090 even ior the smallest and most inex pensive piece of work. Here are the provisions of the ordi nance that .have aroused all the eb Jection: Section 3. Within the meaning of this ordinance, any person, Xlrm or corporation "Who agrees to do or who does any plumbing work ror another, either in person or througii n agent, servant or employe, shall be deemed to be a contracting and employing plumber; provided; however, that a person working aa a Journeyman In the employ of ny otner person, nrm or corporation en caged in the plumbing business as a con tracting and employing plumber shall not be considered to be a contracting and em ploying plumber so long as he confines his worn wnony to tnat or his employer. Section 2. No person, firm or corpora tion shall engage in business as a contract. Ing and employing plumber in the City of Portland without first obtaining a license lid riling a Dona as nerelnarter provided. Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation nesiring to engage in business as a contract ing and employing plumber shall mkf an. plication to the Auditor of the City of Port land for a license, and such license shall be iseuea to such person, firm or corporation upon the payment of the sum of pro--vlded, however, that no license shall be is sued until the applicant therefor shall file with the Auditor a bond in the sum of S2000, with surety or sureties, to be approved by the Mayor, conditioned that such applicant will faithfully c-imply with all ordinances -f the City of Portland. Robert H. Strong, manager of the Corbett estate, has led the opposition to the measure. He points out that by its provisions the owners of apart- ment-houses, hotels, office buildings and the like will be required to take out licenses and pay $12 each, besides depositing a, bond of $2000 to permit one of their employes ta do a job of plumbjng. Janitors Able to Do Small Jobs. Mr. Strong says that the engineers and janiters in business buildings are competent to do small plumbing jobs that are required every day and that it :s unjust to require them to pay a license. Another point of attack is the ab sence of. any requirement of an tit initiation. He points out that anyone who is w(llliig to pay $12 and who can furnish a $2000 bond can go into the plumbing business or do plumbing. No examination of an applicant's quali fications, is required. "Under the present law," says Mr. Strong "a permit is required for every job of plumbing, and a city inspector must pass on the work before it can be used. The new code carries the same provisions. 1 believe that will go much farther to safeguard the interests of the people ttian the proposed law which Is backed by the principal con tracting plumbers. The leading plumbers of the city de Clare that the measure is intended to protect the life and the health ot the people, inasmuch as it would confine the plumbing aotivities to competent and experienced persons. It is a sanitary measure," they are ue. The small plumbers, who fear they cannot get a $2000 bond, contend that the instrument was dratteq to "freeze them out of business. agents throughout the Pacific North west. Q. W. Griffin, of Eugene, is registered at the Imperial. C. Hallender, of Astoria, is registered at the Portland. II E. Whitaker, ef Colorado Springs, Is at the Nortonia. F. D. Robinson, of Lewiston. Idaho, is at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Boise, of Salem. are at the Portland. William Williams, of Tacolt, Is reg istered at the Oregon. . Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Seymour, of Dallas, are at the Seward. O. G. Cumbers and family, of The Dalles, are at the Nortonia, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Myers, of Dallas, are registered at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Squires, of Thorn ton, Wash, are at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Le Grow, of Athena, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson, of Rose- bnrg, are registered at the Cornelius. John Irwin, District Attorney of Klamath County, Oregon, was In Port land .yesterday from Klamath Falls and palled on District Attorney Evans for a visit and chat. Mr. Irwin brought Mrs. Irwin to Portland to undergo a surgical operation at one of the local hospitals. CHICAGO. - Oct.-19. (Special- Ore gon persons registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: From Portland, at the Congress, G. M. Duncan; at the Great Northern, F. D, Lewis; at La Salle. W. H. Warrens. From Lakeview, at the Great North ern, Dan Jones. ROTARIANS IN EXERCISES TALKS ON ATHLETICS FEATTHE OF j CLUB LUNCHEON". MAN BELIEVED STRANGLED Joseph Fisher Found Dead at Rear j of Saloon. Joseph Fisher, aged 51, a laborer. who was found dead in a passageway at the rear of the Nelson & Ssplidspel saloon at ol North Third street at 7 o'clock yesterday, bears evidence of having been strangled to death. The police were notified yesterday morning by Henry Donray, a lodger in me loaging-nouse aoove me saloon, who looked out a window and saw the body. The man evidently had been dead several hours. Motorcycle Offi cers Morris and Tully and Assistant I City Physician Harding had the body taken to the morgue. It is thought possible that the man may have become Intoxicated and fallen in such a way that hia clothing stran gled him. V. M. C. A. Director, Jndce MeCredie, I Flawdem Stoft, Martin Hawkins d W. A. Gose Speakers In a dining-room decorated with." a display of all manner of athletic ma terial, the Rotary Club yesterday lis tened to a series of addresses on the various major athletic aporta of the United States, and closed the meeting with a series of "setting-up" exercises under the direction of A. M. Grllley, physical director of the Portland T. M. C. A. Judge W. -TV. McCredie talked on baseball, touching humorously on the plight of the Beavers at the bottom of the list this year. He declared that Portland's 40 per cent of the gate re ceipts in Salt Lake City recently, when the Beavers lost all six games, was I larger than the 60 per cent of the gate receipts in Portland a short time be fore when Portland had won eight games. "It isn't beeause Portland is a poorer baseball town than Salt Lake City," he said. "It's just because the fans won't turn out to watch a team that is sliding into the cellar. Salt Lake City had a coming team and her fans turned out to watch it." Plowden .Stott spoke on football, ex pressing his hope that the severance of athletic relations between Stanford and Berkeley would bring about a resump tion of intercollegiate football instead of Rugby at Stanford. Martin Hawkins talked on trt-ck athletics and W. A. Goes on tennis. CALL ISSUED FOR PUPILS Registration in Plight School Slow at Arletn. Although registration has been rath er slo-v at the Arleta night school, the pupils are being given the full benefit or the courses thev have chosen, ac cording to one of the teachers. 11 14 expttcieq inai a misfl auuiuer v& students will enroll before the end of the season and the officials are anxious to have those intending to enter to do so as early as possible, so classes may be made up for the term. - As soon as classes large enough to warrant it are formed, new studies will be added. NOT A PARTICLE PERSONAL MENTION. A. o. Hunter, of Bend, is at the Fort- land. F. Nilson, of Medford, Is at the Nor tonia. s. 's. Tabor, of Salem, is at the Nor tonia. F. Jennings, of Bend, la at the Im- perlul. A. M. Lara, of Bend, is at the Cor nelius. A. Gray, of Seattle, is at the Mult nomuh. G. M. Thompson, of Seattle, is at the Oregon. , J. M. Hawkins, of Albany, Iff at the Seward. "V. C. Knighton, of Salem, is at the Seward. V. K. Taylor, of Corvallis, is at the Carlton. V. E. Martin, of Salem, is at the Perkins.- Charles Reed, of lone, is at the I'erkina. j. Mathy, of McJJ ianville. Is at the Perkins. P. J. McMurray. of Tacoma, is at the i'et kins. Oscar Hayter, of . Dallas, ia at the Portland! J. If. Vincent, of Madras, is ' at the Imperial. G. W. Bingham, of Salem, is at the Imperial. J. H. Dunlop, of Cascade Locks, ia at the Oregon. L. If. Frank, of Aurora, is at the Cornelius. F. C. BldweU. of Fort Canby. is at the Carlton. C. K. Pratt, of Weiser. Idaho, is at the Carlton. B. N. Hawks, of Spokane, is at the Multnomah. F. M. Fletcher, of Seattle, Is at the Multnomah. George H. Baxter, of Creswell, is at .the Cornelias. Alfred T. Bonney. manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and 75 Oregon agents left yesterday afternoon en a seeeial train for fce attle xu -attend a convention of their OF DANDRUFF A FALLING OR HAIR 25-Cent "Danderine" Makes Hair Thick, Glossy, Wavy and Beautiful. Save Your Hair! Double Its Beauty in Just a Fevy Moments. Within ten minutes after an applica tion of Danderine you cannot find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair I and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be after a I few weeks use, when you see new I hair,, fine and downy at first yea r I but really new hair growing all over the scalp. Danderine is to the hair what fresh shewers of rain apa sunshine are te vegetation. It goes right to the roots, invigorates and strengthens them. Its exhilarating, stimulating and ltfe-pror ducing' properties cause the hair te j grow long, strong ana Deauiuui. A little Danderine immediately dou bles the beauty of- your hair. No difr ference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, lust moisten a cietn witn Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect is amaz ing your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of I abundance; an incomparable luster. softness and luxuriance. Get a SS-eent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toi- let counter, and prove that your hair is as pFetty and soft as any that It has been neglected or injured by care less treatment that's all you surely can have beautiful hair and 'ots of It if you will just try a llttla Danderine. Adv. Halloween Novelties of All Kinds- Favors, Invitations, Table Decorations, Score Cards, Masks, Caps, Seals, Etc., 1st Floor Ice Skates and Skating Shoes, Football and Athletic Goods in Best Makes, &th Floor Model Grocery on the 4th Floor TRY OUR SPECIAL, 25e LUNCH Served in the Basement, 1:30 to 2:30 Daily. Meet vour friends HERE. Exclusive Portland Agents for the Celebrated Gossard Front-Lace Corsets. New Fall Models Now Beady. Olds, Woriman & King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Pacific Phone Marshall 4800 Home Phone A 6231 J Exclusive Portland Agents for Richardson's Fin Table Linens recognized the World Over as the standard of quality. OUR ANNUAL DOLL SALE is now in progress in Toyland, on the Fourth Floor SPECIAL LOW PRICES NOW . IN FORCE Wednesday Sales Basement Store! Double Trading Stamps With All Basement Cash Purchases Made Today Embroidery Sale Edges and Insertions Worth Up to 25c Special, the Yard at-Q Basement Underprice Store Exquisite new embroideries ct less than half price! Hundreds of yards in this notable offering all ft'sh, crisp stock bought especially for this event. Edges and insertions in various widths and unlimited choice of designs; many in dainty new small effects. Fine quality nainsooks, muslins and cambrics. Don't neglect this oppor tunity to buy beautiful embroideries for the holiday work. Grades Qg on sale here, Wednesday worth to 25q a yard, priced for this sale at w Buy Outing Flannels Now 7c Grades, Special at 5c Yard 15c Grades, Special 11c Yard PURE WHITE OUTINGS in 36 inch width. Splendid heavy qual ity usually selling at 15c, f Tf O on sale today at, the yard X Xt 10c OUTINGS 7t0 YARD Mill Ends 27-inch Outings in a heavy grade and choice patterns. Also 27-inch pure white Outings in ex cellent grade for gowns, 7fo( pajamas, etc. 10c grade WASH MATERIALS W&c. PERCALE 1O0 36-inch standard quality Percale in light, dark and medium colors. A great variety of patterns. Priced special today, the yard, at X COTTON FOULARDS 27- inches wide in attractive pattern? and colors. 10c grade 5s ENGLISH LONGCLOTH 36-inch width, fine soft finish,, 12 yards to the piece, $1J50 qual. fl f OQ itv en sale today at JJ4.Vi7 MANUFACTURER'S "IRREGULAR" MAKES in high-grade Bedspreads 260 of them in this lot on sale TODAY AT BIG REDUCTIONS- Basement WHITE or CREAM Opting Flannels in medium weight ad soft finish, 25 inches Cg wide-. 75e grade at, the yard 12,ic OUTINGS 00 YD 27-inch widths in extra heavy grade pure white Outings also 36-inch width colored Outings in lengths Ckg up to 10 yards. Special, yd. FEATHER PILLOWS 16'jx23!'2 in. Pillows now, ea 400 !Sx26-inch Pillows now, each 730 21x27-inch Pillows wow, each 050 22x28-inch Pillows at, each $1.19 STANDARD SHEETINGS 8- 4 Unbleached Sheeting, yd. 230 9- 4 Unbleached Sheeting, yd. 270 10-4 Unbleached Sheeting, yd. 300 ' 8-4 Bleached Sheetings, yard 250 9-4 Bleached Sheeting, yard 280 10-4 Bleached Sheeting, yard 310 Sale Extraordinary of Girls' School Shoes Sizes 9 to 2 at $1.69 the Pair Sizes 312 to 6 at $1.98 the Pair Basement Underprice Store This is the largest single purchase of Children's Shoes we have ever made for the Basement Store and the sale priees are way under what you ordinarily have to pay for shoes of this quality. Dependable makes in wide, comfortable lasts that afford plenty of room for growing feet. Patent and gunmetal leathers. Children's Shoes in 3J f ?Q I Children's Shoes in sizes 9 to 2, pair P sizes Zhi to 6, pair $1.98 Women's Union Suits 45c Full Range of Sizes Basement Women's medium-weight Union Suits, low neck and short sleeves or high neck and long sleeves. Nicely finished and perfect j MJJJs fitting garments. Priced special for SjCZf Wednesday at the low price of only Girls' 50c Fleeced Union Suits Special at 38c Basement 4 timely sale of Children's warm Winter Union Suits. High neck, long sleeves, ankle length, drop seat. Full bleached cotton with soft .warm fleeee. They come in O sues 4 to 16. Priced Wednesday, suit OOi Children's "Rushline" Hose 12VaC Pair Basement Underprice Store These splendid stockings are noted for their good wearing qualities. Made in lxl rib with seamless feet, reinforced heel and toe and are guaranteed fast black. We have them in a complete range of sizes for boys fi& to 10 wars. Pair lggT Aluminum Ware Special reduced prices en medium-weight SWISS ALUMINUM COOK ING UTENSILS. This ware is unequalled for finish and is 99 pure aluminum. Npte the following bargains in Aluminium Cooking Utensils: HIGH-GRADE SWISS ALUMINUM LIPPED KETTLES 75c Four-quart Size, now for 490 90c Six-rqua.rt Size, now for 580 $1.10 Eight-:quart Size, now for 770 $1.25 Ten-quart Size pow for 830 HIGH-GRADE SWISS ALUMINUM BERLIN KETTLES 90c Berlin Kettle (covered) at 580 $1.10 Berlin Kettle, 4-qt. size, 770 $1.25 Berlin Kettle, 6-qt. size, 830 $1.40 Berlin Kettle, 8-qt. size. 030 $1.65 Berlin Kettle, 10-quart SI. 10 GRAY ENAMELED WARE Set of three Sauce Pans, one each in sizes 1, 2 and 3-quart. Set for 350 17-quart Dish Pans, special at 350 No. 7 Tea Kettles, special now 350 SALE OF TRLANGLE FLOOR OIL MOPS with HANDLE ' 35c Each "'r'ff i i i i ni j i w.,,.1. , - ....f $3.00 Electric Irons A t $2.25 Basement The above price also includes stand. Iron ex actly as illustrated. Guaranteed in every respect. Usual selling price $3,00. Com- 2 O Off? plete with cord at ePWeeWJ Remarkable! This Sale of Coats $15 to $18 Grades $9.98 $18.50 to $27.50 Grades $24.98 Basement LOT 1 A little over a hundred Coats in this special line. Corduroys, Astrakhans, tweeds and novelty mixtures n twtt and smartest models of the season, mostly in three-quarter and full length styles. Lined throughout with dependable linings and effect ively trimmed. All sizes for women and misses, $15.00 to fi?0 Q43 $18.00 Coats on sale api70 Basement LOT 2 Women's and Misses' Winter Coats in the new est models some with belts, oth ers in plain loose-back styles. Ma terials include corduroys, ' baby lamb, plushes, etc,; in black and in desirable colors. AH are lined throughout with high-grade satin linings. Excellent $18.50, $20.00, $25.00 and $27.50 Cf i QO Coats on sale at PXff-IO Girls9 $6.50 Winter Coats $2.98 Basement Underprice Stare Good serviceable Coats for girls te wear to school odd lines and not more than one or two of a style. Made from the desirable mixed tweeds in dark patterns. Sizes mostly CJO QO for girls 8 and 10 years of age. Coats formerly $5 and $6.50 ip&.J& Women's Woof Serge Dresses at $3.98 Girls' Dresses at Manufacturers' Cost Basem't Attractive street Dresses for women. Made from excellent grade wool serge in black, blue and brown effectively trimmed. In good, practical styles for general wear; easily worth $7.50, Wednesday at $3.98 Basement Manufacturer's Sample lines of Girls Winter Presses to be closed out at the actual prices asked at the factory. Great va riety of models from which to choose jn wool serges and cordu roys and a good range of sizes. X , i lip 35c RIBBONS At 18c ' Basement And now for a rousing sale of Ribbons, the like of which we have never offered in the Base ment heretofore! Over 6000 yards, make up this notable offering beautiful ribbons for the holiday fancy work, for trimmings, for sashes and girdles for every pur pose. These are of excellent qual ity, all silk and 5 to 6 ins. t wide." 35c grade today at O C $l-5 Handbags At 95c Basement Women's, leather Hand bags in all the fashionable new shapes on sale Wednesday at very special price. Extra well made, strong frame with inside fittings. Bags such as usually sell Q at $1.50 offered at, each fOC 65c Neckwear At 19c Basement Women's Novelty Neckwear, manufacturers' samples and duplicates of the latest Fall and Winter styles. Several hun dred pieces in this remarkable of fering for Wednesday. Neckwear made to sell at 35c, 50e and1 65c to be closed out in one day t Ckg at- your choice of lot Men's Wear Specials $1.5Q Union Suits Special 89c Men's One-Piece Pajamas 98c MEN'S UNION SUITS in a time ly sale Wednesday at a saving every man should take advantage of. Heavy grade ribbed cotton, lined with soft warm fleece. Styled with Cooper's closed crotch. All sizes. $1.50 QQ. LTnion Suits, special nowOlC Boys' Raincoats Ages 6 to 14 Special $2.48 Basement This lot is limited to 100 Coats all we could get to sell at this price. Smart new models of guaranteed rainproof ma terials especially desirable for school wear. Cut in full-length styles and shown in tan color. Sizes for boys 6 to C0 O 14 years of age. Priced special for this sale at only epaWe4i-0 Boys9 Fleece Lined Union Suits a 1 48c Basement Boys fleece-lined, close-ribbed Union Suits in proper weight for Winter wear. These are made in standard sizes and are extra well finished. All sizes for boys from 6 to 14 years of age. MEN'S PAJAMAS in one-piece style. Made from good heavy quality outing flannel in neat pat terns. These garments are ex ceedingly comfortable. Shown in a complete assortment of sizes. All are nicely finished. QQj Priced very special, eacheSt MEN'S RAINCOATS $5.45 Guaranteed rainproof materials. Full length styles, well tailored; splendid Coats for general use. Shown in serviceable tan color and in sizes 36 up to 46. On sale i CZ in the Basement Underprice Store Wednesday for only apOeTsrO $2.48 Hat Shapes at 83c Basement Millinery Fashionable tricornes, small, close fitting turbans, soft brims, rolling brims, straight brims, drooping brims in fact, practically all the wanted styles are represented in this offering. Black, black-and-white and all colors. Shapes worth O no to S2.48 on sale now forOwV Girls' and Misses' Tarns, Special at 75c Basement 200 Tarns to go Wednesday at a reduced price. Very new and smart for school wear. Velvets and corduroys in black, black-and-white, bright red, garnet, green, brown and navy. One day 750 Another Great Silk Sale 50c and 75c Qualities Offered at Yd. THE BASEMENT SILK STORE offers for Wednesday's selling about 6000 yards of beautiful new silks at half and less than half the usual selling . prices. This sale presents a splendid opportunity for- thrifty buyers to economize on the new dress waist or petticoat and also makes possible great sav ings in silks for the holiday sewing. In the assortment are the popular Faille Silks in various colors, silk and cotton poplins in plain and brocaded effects, printed pongees in a great variety of designs especially attractive for waists and dresses, silk and cotton crepe de chine and a vast assortment of novelty silks in faney stripes, plaids, cheeks, etc. Not a yard worth less than 50c most all are O Sg 65c and 75e grades on sale Wednesday in the Basement Silk Store at the low price of, yard 52-in. Broadcloths in Black and Colors, $1.5Q Grade 98c Notions, Small Wares ReducedoZlZS in Circle Floor lOO-Yd. Spool Silk, in Black, White and Colors, 5c Spool 25c Skirt Markers at only 100 15c Folding Coat Hangers at JO0 5c Hairpin Cabinets for only 40 Clark's O, N. T, Darning Cotton on sale Wednesday at, 6pool 20 15c Woman's Sew-On Hose Sup porters on sale, the pair, at 100 Hap Nets, with or without elas tic, put up 5 in package, at 100 10c Curling Irons, special at 70 10c Cotton Belting in black or white, special, the yard, at 60 15c Girdle Foundations now 100 15c Hose Supporters, pair at 100 5c Fancy Cube Pins at only 30 5c Sheet of Cube Pins, only 30 15c Bone Hair Pins, ",i dos. 90 35c Shopping Bags, each at 210 5c Common Pins, two pkgs, 50 25c Women's Fancy Round Gar ters, special low price, pair 180 5c Collar Supports, 2 cards 50 10c Featherbone at, the yard 80 5c Stay Binding, all sizes, placed on sale Wednesday, 2 belts for 50 10c Bias Seam Tape for only 50 20c Kid Hair Curlers, only 130 5e pkg. Wire Hair Pins at 20 25c Pin Cushion, Holder at 100 5c Safety Pins, two cards for 50 5c Needles, all sizes, 2 pkgs. 50 5c Indian Linen Tape, the bolt 30 15c Stay Binding, 25 yards, 100 5c Bone Collar Buttons, 2 c'ds 50 Set 4 Collar. Cuff Buttons 1O0 10c Pearl Buttons, the card 50 25c Clinger Waist Belts at 140 JOc stocking Darpers, each at 70 25c Sleeve Protectors, pair 150 5c Wire or Wood Hangers at 30 10c Wooden Hangers, each, at 50 15c Sanitary Belts, each at 1O0 15c Sanitary Aprons, each at 100 10o Shoe Trees, special, only 70 10c Colored Skirt Braids, five yds. per bolt, silk finish, bolt 50 5c King's Basting Cotton at 40 Naiad Dress- Shields Reduced Naiad No. 3 regular, pair at 150 Naiad No. 4 regular, pair at 170 Naiad No. 5 regular, pair at 200 65c Bolero, style 85, each at 4O0 $1.00 Brassieres, all sizes, at 750