Morning Oregonian., April 29, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

TITE MORNING OliEGOXTAIt. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, -1916.
CARNEGIE
HONORS
2 OREGON HEROES
William A. Salisbury, Albany,
and C. B. Baker, Portland,
v Are to Get Medals.
SWIMMER'S LIFE SAVED
I'ifly-tno Acts in Various Parts of
'nnntry Arc Kecognized. 1 9 of
Those Mentioned Losing
' Their Lives in Jtescues.
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T?IT?BUF.G. April 23. Two Oregon
men, William A. Salisbury, of Albany,
and Clair B. Baker, of Portland, were
among those to whom the Carnegie
Hero fund Commission awarded medals
today for heroism.
Both attempted rescue of Archie O.
Ramsden from drowning, at Albany,
July IS, 1911.
Fifty-two arts of heroism in various
parts of the country were recognized.
In ten cad'- silver medals were award
ed, and in -41 cases bronze medals,
nineteen of the heroes lost their lives,
and to the dependents of ten of these,
pensions aggregating .6060 a year were
granted: and to the dependents of eight
of the others who lost their lives,
sums totaling J6000, to be applied sub
ject to the direction of the Commission
in various ways, were granted.
In addition to these money grants,
in three cases sums aggregating $6000
were appropriated for educational pur
poses, payments to be paid as needed
and approved; and in 24 cases awards
aggregating 20.0uu were made for oth
er worthy purposes. Payments in these
rases will not be made until the bene
ficiaries' plans for the use of the
awards have been approved by the
commission.
ALBANY. Or., April 28. (Special.)
William A. Salisbury, to whom a, Car
negie medal has been awarded for his
heroism in saving Arch Ramsden from
drowning, is foreman in a local print
ing office. For many years he was
prominent in professional baseball. He
pitched for the champion Portland
team of the old Northwest League in
1901 and 1902 and at one time was with
the Philadelphia Nationals.
Mr. Baker is a passenger conductor
on the Southern Pacific, running on
trains 14 and 13 between Portland and
Xtoseburg. He is married and lives,
with his wife and two children. In the
Sunlight Apartments on East Belmont
treet-
On the afternoon of Sunday, July 15,
3 911, he, together with several other
men, went swimming in the Willamette
near Albany. He entered a swimming
race with William Salisbury and Elba
Burnett, of Albany. When nearing the
goal Salisbury heard Arch Ramsden,
who had become exhausted in deep wa
ter, call for help. Salisbury started to
ward him. The other swimmers did
not notice the situation until they
reached a nearby boathouse, and heard
Salisbury call lo them. m
Ramsden hadgone down three times
Before Salisbury reached him, and then
he caught Salisbury. The two went
down twice before Baker reached them.
Baker succeeded in pulling Ramsden
away and swam with, him to a gravel
bank near by.
Meanwhile Burnett had reached Salis
bury. Both men were exhausted from
their efforts in the race and from their
subsequent struggles. Burnett man
aged to keep Salisbury's head above
water until Baker returned and assisted
them to a boat. All the swimmers recovered.
FRANK HAMILTON SUICIDE
Perkins Hotel Patron Leaves Xote
of Apology.
Leaving a note sayinsr that his act
was prompted by financial and phys
ical ruin, a man registered at the Per
kins Hotel as Frank Hamilton, of Bal
lard, Wash., and Boston. Mass.. shot
himself just below the heart at S:30
last night and died on the way to the
Good Samaritan Hospital.
Hamilton had attired himself in a
new blue serge suit of good quality.
nd had arranged his belongings with
the nicest of care. Even his shoes were
carefully removed, tied together, and
placed in a corner.
Assistant City Physician Lewis,
Lieutenant Harms, Detectives Moloney
and Tichenor, and Patrolmen Sebum
and Holland were dispatched to the
hotel from headquarters.
"Dear Gentlemen." the man had
written, evidently just before killing
himself. "I am financially and physi
cally ruined. Despair drove me to this.
Kindly dispose of my body as of a
pauper. There are nono dependent on
me. Neither do I, up to this date,
ow anybody.
The note concluded with an apology
to the hotel management and the city
authorities for the trouble the writer's
death would cause.
A. II. Brah Ont on Bond. .
MARSH FIELD, Or.. April 28. (Spe
cial.) A. H. Brash was arraigned in
Justice Shuster's court today and
charged with misappropriation of
money belonging to the Union Meat
Company. He asked for a continuance
until Monday and was released, on a
$750 bond.
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OREGON POLITICAL GOSSIP
O. Laurgaard, Builder of Tumalo Project, Only Engineer in Race for Legis
lature Ex-Boy Mayor to Speak at Jackson Club Meeting More Can
didates for Delegate Promise to Support National "Woman Suffrage
Plank Other Political News.
OF ALL the 1 10 Republican and
Democratic candidates from the 29
Representative districts In the
state for the 60 places in the lower
House of the next Legislature, only
one Is a. civil engineer. The lone en
gineer in the race is O. Laurgaard, of
Portland, who is a candidate for one of
tne 1-Republican nominations for Rep
resentative from Multnomah County.
Mr. Laurgaard was the engineer in
charge of the construction of the
Tumalo irrigation project in Central
Oregon, which was built by the state
in 1913 and 1914 after the 1913 Legis
lature had appropriated $4 5,000 for the
work. Mr. Laurgaard built it for $27.
000 under the eslimatecfcost, and aa an
unsolicited tribute to his work, tne
desert land board adopted the follow
ing resolution of appreciation:
"Whereas, the members of the desert
land board fully appreciate that the
successful completion of the Tumalo
irrigation project has been made posj
sible by the ability, energy, industry
and faithfulness of the project engi
neer, O. Laurgaard, an-J
"Whereas, the project engineer is
about to sever nig connection with the
eaid project, due to its completion;
therefore,
"Be it resolved. That the desert
land board hereby extends it sincere
thanks and hearty appreciation to
Mr. Laurgaard for the tireless en
ergy, the excellent engineering and
constructive ability, the unsparing at
tention to details, the rigid economy
displayed by him through his connection
with the Tumalo project, and heartily
congratulates him upon his splendid
success In his dlfficilt position as proj
ect engineer, and be it further
"Resolved, That the secretary be and
Is hereby authorized and directed to
spread these resolutions upon the
minutes of the Uesert land board and
to forward a copy signed by this board
and by Oswald West, ex-(;overnor of
Oregon, and A. M. Crawford. ex-Att--ney-General,
to O. Laurgaard at Laid
law. Or."
The resolution was signed by Gov
ernor Withycombe, .Secretary of State
Olcott. State Treasurer Kay. Attorney
General Brown. State Engineer Lewis
and by ex-Governor West and ex-Attorney-General
Crawford.
Mr. Laurgaard is a candidate upon
this record. His platform follows:
"If I am nominated and elected. I
will, during the term of my office,
serve, to the best of my ability, the
best interests of the state as a whole
by . urging the application of sound
business principles to state affairs; will
favor the enactment of conservative
laws for rural credits, good roads, de
velopment of state resources, develop
ment and protection of Oregon manu
factories. Industries and labor, and such
other legislation as will tend toward
efficiency and economy."
Mr. Laurgaard Is 36 years old, a
graduate of the University of Wiscon
sin, married, has lived In Oregon since
1905 and in Portland since 1910. He
wa assistant engineer on the Okano
gan, Wash., Government project and
was engineer in charge of the Con
connully dam of the same project.
He is at present consulting engineer
on the Suttle's Lake project in Cen
tral Oregon, the Paisley project in
Southern Oregon and the Brewster,
Wash., project. He is a member of
various engineering societies, the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, Wisconsin
Society. Sons of Norway. Masons and
other fraternal organizations.
Younger members of the Jackson
Club, a Democratic political organiza
tion, are arranging a programme for
next Monday night's meeting of the
club. Nate Casler, ex-boy Mayor of
Portland, will be one of the speaking
attractions. Other speakers will include
Shirley D. Parker, candidate for dele
gate to the Democratic National Con
vention: Gilbert M. Hedges, of Oregon
City, candidate for re-election as Dis
trict Attorney of Clackamas County;
Judge W. N. Gatens, if he is in town,
and as an added feature, a- debate on
some public question by teams of Reed
College debaters. There will also be
a musical programme, with numbers by
Daniel J. Wilson, baritone: Gay Kel
ley and Ethel Kissel, formerly of
Weber's orchestra, on the violin and
piano; Mrs. A. Campbell Martin, so
prano, and Mrs. R. F. Cough, contralto
soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Justus H.
McLaughlin. The newsboys duet also
may sing. College and high school stu
dents and young people in general are
especially invited to attend. Members
of the programme committee are: Will
iam M. Hudson, Horace L. McCoy, Lil
lian Hackleman. Edwin Thomas, A. F.
Flegel, Jr., J. K. Carson and John Howe.
Mrs. S. M. Blumauer. Dr. J. Francis
Drake and E. JJ. MacNaughton. candi
dates for School Director, will speak at
the regular weekly meeting of the Ore
gon Civic League, in the Oregon build
ing, at noon today. They have been
asked to discuss the following ques
tions: "Is it possible to reduce the cost per
capita without reducing the efficiency
of the schools?"
"Should we have free textbooks, and
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O. Laurgaard, Candidate for Ttrp
i rexrntatlve in Legislature From
' Multnomah County.
should Oregon print her own text
books?" "Is vocational. trainingi efficient and
practical?
"What do you consider the value of
the survey?
""Should there be a limit placed on
night schools?"
The Sellwood Republican Club will
meet at Wall's Hall. East Thirteenth,
street "and Lexington avenue, at 8
o'clock Monday night. Wallace Mc
Camant will be the principal speaker.
The meeting is open to all Republican
voters.
Supporters of E. V. Littlefield have
organized a Littlefield for Congress
Club to work in behalf of his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for Representative in Congress from
the Third District, comprising Multno
mah County. Officers of the club are
Frank McCrillis. president; Wilmot K.
Royal, vice-president, and William I.
Harrison, secretary. Headquarters of
the club are at 909 Wilcox building.
The Oregon committee of the Na
tional Suffrage Association, of which
Mrs. Frederick Kggert is chairman,
has received more favorable replies
to its letters of inquiry addressed to
all candidates lor delegate from Ore
gon to the Republican, Democratic and
Progressive National conventions, ask
ing if they will support woman suf
frage planks in the party platforms.
Answers in the affirmative were re
ceived yesterday from C. W. Fulton,
David E. Lofgren and David M. Bunne,
of Portland; C. P. Bishop, of Salem,
and Samuel D. Peterson, of Milton, all
Republicans.
A political debate in which the speak
ers will be women of four different
political affiliations will be the feature
of a meeting at the W. C. T. TJ. Social
Center. 171' Eleventh street, to be
held at 8 o'clock tonight under the
auspices of the labor department of
the W. C. T. U. Mrs. G. L Buland
will tell why s-he is a Republican. Mrs.
Maria L. T. Hidden will discuss her
reasons for being a Democrat. Mrs.
Adah Wallace Unruh will tell "why she
is a Prohibitionist and Mrs. Jennie M.
Kemp will argue as an Independent.
Miss Charlotte Sherlock will play on the
violin. The general public is invited
to attend the meeting.
As pressure is being brought to
bear on the Kentucky Klick to with
draw the name of Senator George E.
Chamberlain as Democratic candidate
for Vice-President on the slate of can
didates it has indorsed, and to substi
tute the name of Governor Major, of
Missouri, there will be a meeting of
the Klick at 8 o'clock tonight at its
headquarters.
The Inner Circle and all members
of the Outer Circle are requested to
be present, together with all Missouri
ana who are instrumental in placing
Governor Major's name on the Demo
cratic ballot for the Vice-Presidential
nomination.
The Bolo Club has indorsed Charles
B. Moores for Secretary of State, and
Fred G. Buchtel for Railroad Commis
missioner, from the Western Oregon
district.
Proposed fishing legislation was dis
cussed, at a meeting of the- Anglers'
Club in the Oregon building last night.
Conrad P. Olson, A. W. Orton, Robert
S. Farrell. C. W. Hudson, B. D. Sigler
and John C. Shillock, candidates for
State Senator, and D. C. Lewis, Joseph
H. Page. A. C. Callan. Plowden Stott,
Carlton E. Spencer and Herbert Gor
don, candidates for Representative,
were among the speakers.
DANCE 'TRIM' PROPOSED
XKW ASSORTMENT IX SPOKAXE
AROl'SKS CRITICISM.
Mayor FlemlnK Sujm After Some Illgh
iTirn Are Rounded I'p Styles ,
Will Be Revised.
SPOKANE, Wash.. April 28. tSpe
cial.) The "fox trci shiver," the
"walk the dog," the "eeter totter." the
"wiggle waggle" and the whatnot are
going to come in Toy some "trimming"
at the hands of the city offiicals, it
was definitely announced by Mayor
Fleming today.
A few years ago when the city com
missioners passed an ordinance, which
Is still in effect, it was the "bunny
hug." the "turkey trot," the "Texas
Tommy" and other terpsichorean
novelties of the time that were brought
into closer observation and restriction.
"The ordinance does not say any
thing about these fox-trot things, but
as soon as we round up a few high
waymen and I have more men to spare
I intend to send the detectives around
to these public and quasi-public dances
and give the styles a careful inspec
tion." said Mayor Fleming.
The matter of a public dance censor
was called to the attention of Commis
sioner McBroom this morning through
a letter written by Adelbert Bartlctt, a
dancing instructor.
"I shall, if necessary, acquaint myself
wth the late steps." the Commissioner
said, "and if they are as awkard and
sugtresttve as it Is reported they shall
eurtly be stopped."
TROUT LOSS IS FEARED
Master I'isli Warden Speaks ol
Spring Flood Danger.
A repetition of the high water of
lt94, a not improbable occurrence In
the opinion of R. E. Clanton, Master
Fish Warden, would mean a great loss
to the state in young trout. Mr. Clan
ton was in Portland yesterday, coming
from Bonneville, where he has been
constantly at work cleaning out the
ponds and doing other constructive
work at the hatchery. A great amount
of damage was done the natural feed
ing ponds by the Winter storm.
Egg taking has been done with great
difficulty this Spring, he also explained,
owing to the frequent rains and conse
whlch the eggs are taken. The trout
quent freshets In those streams from
eggs are taken from fish in the streams
and lakes of Klamath and Lake coun
ties, and the salmon egsrs from fish in
the Willamette and Its tributaries. Two
sets of racks have been placed on the
MrKenzie River.
Jt has not yet been determined Just
how many young fish have been lost
to the state through the Winter storm
at Bonneville. The natural feeding
ponds were either filled or otherwise
damaged, and workmen have been
cleaning them out since the storm.
The subsidiary station at Herman
Creek, four miles above the Cascades,
is intact, and the fish there are in good
condition.
A pproximafely 1. BOD, 000 sockeyes
have been transplanted in Wallowa
Lake this Spring from the Bonneville
hatchery. There are still at the two
hatcheries between two million and
three million trout and five or six
million salmon.
OAKLAND SALVAGE IS PLAN
Attempt to Pull Craft orr Brighton
Beacli to Be Made Sunday.
NEIIALEM, Or.. April 2S. (Special.)
A wrecking tug from San Francisco
will attempt on Sunday to pull the
lumber schooner Oakland off the point
on Brighton Beach, where she has
rested since the night of March 22.
The vessel had been abandoned in a
storm off tne Oregon coast, the crew-
being taken to Everett by the steamer
Saginaw, and the Oakland drifted
ashore here. She was considerably
damaged.
Third Wage Increase Granted.
rOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa.. April 28
The Bethlehem Steel Company an
nounced today a voluntary increase of
10 per cent in the wages of its 21,000
employes. This is the third 10 per cent
advance given the men In the last 10
months and will add $170,000 to the
monthly payroll St the company.
GMAfJOHMEflGE
ABERDEEN CONVENTION TODAY
SIGNALIZES COUNTY REUNION.
Effort to Secure Roosevelt National
Delegates Expected, but I'nin
structed Delegation Favored.
ABERDEEN. Wash., 'April 28. (Spe
cial.) Whether Grays Harbor County
shall send an uninsrructed delegation
to the North Yakima convention, and
the settlement of a fight which has
arisen among the Hoquiam delegation,
promises to be the features . of the
county Republican convention v which
meets here tomorrow. The selection! of
24 delegates to the state convention,
and the adoption of a platform will be
the main business of the convention.
It is regarded as certain that Alex
ander Poison, of Hoquiam, will be rec
ommended for delegate from the Third
Congressional district to the National
convention at Chicago in June, and
that the candidacy of John G. Lewis,
this city, for Governor, will be in
dorsed. "
The convention, of which it is ex
pected T. B. Bruner, .of Aberdeen,
will be temporary Oairman. and E.
Arthaud, Hoquiam, temporary secre
tary, will signalize a merger of the
Progressive and Republican parties in
this county, many former Progressives
being delegates to the convention.
It is considered prosable that an ef
fort will be made to instruct the dele
gates to the state convention to work
for an instructed Roosevelt delegation
to Chicago, but the sentiment for an
unlnstructed delegation is large, and is
likely to prevail.
ORPHEUM SEASON ENDS
FRIT7.I SCHEFP AND BONITA ARE
FAREWE1L STARS TONIGHT.
Circuit Will Be Back in September In
New Home. Management Says.
Players Signed to Return.
The Orpheum Theater will close its
season tonight, three weeks earlier
than usual, owing to lease of the build
ing by Ackerman & Harris, who have
made the theater a unit of its Hippo
drome circuit. M. Meyerfeld, Jr., presi
dent of the Orpneum circuit, has noti
fied Carl Relter. manager of the Or
pheum, that the Orpheum would resume
in Portland nexj; September either in
its own theater or in a leased building.
Mr. Meyerfeld has extensive realty
holdings in Portland, and it is reported
that he is negotiating to exchange
some of this property for an uptown
site suitable for a theater.
Martin Beck, general manager of the
Orpheum, also has announced that "the
Orpheum is in Portland for good" and
that the circuit would have a theater
here next season. Further assurance
that the Orpheum in closing tonight is
merely halting for the Summer is
shown by the fact that vaudeville stars
who have appeared at the Orpheum this
month have contracts calling for their
appearance at the Portland Orpheum
early next year.
Fritzl Scheff is the star of the clos
ing show, and will sing farewell at the
Orpheum tonight. The extra attrac
tion is the act offered by Bonita, who
has been decorated as New York's most
beautiful and most popular actress, and
Lew Hearn. her comedian partner.
BOAT AND DOG BURNED
Three Men Aboard Narrowly Escape
by Swimming to Near Shore.
FLORENCE? Or., April 28. E. A. de
Schweinitz, superintendent for the
Miami Quarry Company; C. E. Gilbert
and Mr. Barnes had a narrow escape
from drowning Wednesday, when the
engine of the launch in which they
were going from Florence to the jetty
back-fired. They were a mile above the
jetty when the fire started, and were
unable to extinguish it. Messrs. Gilbert
and Barnes put on life preservers.
Mr. de Schweinitz had none, but re
turned to the burning launch after
leaving it to rescue a dog tied on board.
Unsuccessful in the rescue and burned,
he gave up and swam ashore.
BRITISH ARE ANNIHILATED
Turks Overcome Four Cavalry
Squadrons Near Suez Canal.
BERLIN. April 28. (By wireless to
Tuckertown. N. J.) Turkish troops
annihilated four British cavalry squad
rons, about 800 men, in a battle April
or ine Dues (.anal.
This information was contained In an
official report issued by the Turkish
War Department under date of April 27.
Two Arrested; Liquor Seized.
Several bottles of high-grade wine,
part of a barrel of wine and a quantity
of bottled liquors were seized last night
in a raid on an alleged blind pig at
288 Fourth street by Patrolmen Litzen
berg and Clement. Lyman Stevens and
Mrs. A. Burns were, arrested and
charged with violating the prohibition
law.
Silver Miners'' Wages Increased.
DURANGO, Colo., April 28. A volun
tary, increase of 25 cents a day in
wages, announced by the Sunnyside
Mining Company, was attributed by
the miners today to the advance in the
price of silver. More than 300 men
are affected.
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MRS. ROSS TO SEE CHILD
JIDGB GATENS ALLOWS MOTHER
PART CUSTODY OF GIRL.
Condition Is That 'Woman Refrain
Front Free Love Relations "With
Tonus Bank Clerk.
k A modification of the decree of di
vorce given Dr. It. M. Ross will be
signed by Circuit Judge Gatens today,
awarding the mother. Mrs. Daisy Ross,
the partial custody of 9-year-old Betty
Ross. The mother will have the care
of the youngster until the close of the
present school term, and the father
will have the child during the Purryner
vacation period. Next Kail other ar
rangements will be made by the court.
The protest of Dr. Ross to this ar
rangement has been vociferous, and
appeal to the Supreme Court is threat
ened by Attorney G. E. Hamaker.
Though he admits that the mother
loves the child. Dr. Ross says he does
not want her to have his daughter be
cause of her avowed allegiance to doc
trines of free love and birth control,
which he is afraid she will instill into
the mind of the child, together with a
dislike for him. -
Judge Gatens intimated he would
have preferred to have allowed the
father custody of the girl four or five
days a week, and the mother the privi
lege of having the child over week
ends, when school did not interfere,
but this was impractical, as Dr. Ross
is now living at Mosier, Or., and Mrs.
Ross is in Portland.
One strict condition imposed by
Judge Gatens, and which Mrs. Ross
promised to live up to, was that she
was not to see a young hank clerk
named Crosman, with whom her rela
tions had been questioned. With him
she had become a disciple of Emma
Goldman, it has been charged.
MART BOOTH RENT RAISED
'Spieling' Jy Producers Forbidden
by Amendment to Law.
By unanimous vote, the City Council
yesterday passed amendments to the
Yamhill-street public market ordinance,
increasing the rental on booths from
10 cents a day to 15 cents, commenc
ing Monday, and also setting forth somf
other rules.
One change is to the effect that rn
person on the market or in private
markets along the street shall do any
'"spieling" or "hawking." It was pro
posed at, first to limit use of the mar
ket to producers able to speak English,
but this was stricken out when City
Attorney LaRocho ruled that such a.
move -was contrary to the Constitution
of the United States.
POSTCARD HAS MYSTERY,
Mr. Clarke's Picture Clipped From
Tlie Oresonian and Sent to Him.
With no address except a picture of
himself and "Portland, Or.," D. G.
Clarke, of Woodard Clarke & Co., re
ceived a card yesterday from a friend
in San Francisco. The picture was one
which had been clipped from a recent
issue of The Oregonian and pasted on
the back of the card.
The friend whose signature Mr.
Clarke was unable to make out wrote:
"It's nice to meet a familiar face
when one is far from home even if
only seen in The Oregonian."
The card was dated 4-26-'16.
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The can in which Ghirardelli's Ground
Chocolate is packed is responsible for
much of this product's videspread
popularity. It absolutely bars dust,
dirt, insects and foreign odors, all of
which frequently and easily find their
way into ground chocolate sold in
bulk. To be sure of best quality and
protected quality insist upon
Ground Ooco1a.t
In K-lb- 1-lb. and 3 -lb. hermetically sealed cans.
There's a double economy in buying the 3-lb. can.
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