Morning Oregonian., May 23, 1916, Page 7, Image 7

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COOS -VOTE FAVORS
$362,000 OF BONDS
high school. The association has a com
mittee at work which probably will re
port at the next meeting. May 31.
The nearest cariine to the Franklin
High School is the Mount Scott, on'East
Fiftieth street, which is about five
blocks from the grounds, and it is de
sired to get the Richmond line extended.
flETHODISTS DECIDE
TO KEEP EPISCOPACY
There will be more than 1000 students,
it is said, .at this building in the Fall,
and later probably 2000 when all the
units are finished, and the additional
streetcar facilities will be needed, it
Jmatilla and Union Counties
Give Tremendous Majorities
; Against Road Issues.
is urged.
lans fndorsed Which May Re
unite Church Branches
of North and South.
Another effort, it is said, will be made
to obtain the extension of Benton street
rom the south line of McMillen's addl
ion to the intersection of Hassalo and
Adams street by property owners along
the thoroughfare. They desire this ex
tension so they may have more direct
communication with the Harriman
bridge
ADVOCATES NOT DISMAYED
ITour former attempts to open this
street have failed, but it is said they
IVELY DEBATE IS HELD
have won over several property owners
who heretofore have been opposed to
the improvement.
THE MORNING OREGOXIATf, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1916.
Opposition to Creating New Indebted
ness Im General in Counties Re
jecting Measures, Though Need
of Highways Admitted.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Complete returns from the 58
precincts in Coos County give a ma
jority in favor of gund roads bonds
of 618. As soon as the count was
completed the County Court issued an
order of the election being carried. The
county precincts, with a few excep
tions, those in the northern portion
of the county, including Lakeside,
Templeton, Kentuek and Haynes In
let, and a few others, voted heavily
against the bonds, and the success
was due entirely to the heavy votes in
tlio cities. Coquille had a handsome
majority, and Bandon gave the bonds
a great boost, being nearly a three-to-one
majority.
The issue calls for the expenditure
of $362,000 for lining and grading, and
It is not expected the fund will pro
vide for any hard surfacing.
The money will be expended between
Marnhfield and Coquille, Coquille and
Myrtle Point, Bandon and Coquille,
J'orth Bend and North Inlet, Bandon to
the Curry County line.
The argument In favor of bonding
was that money spent from the bond
issue would release the usual road
levies to be expended upon branch
roads and the following were named
for extra service in the next three
years: Coquille to Fairview. Alleghany
towards Loon Lake, Myrtle Point to
Powers, North Inlet to the Douglas
county line near Reedsport.
State funds which are expected for
1917 have been promised for a trunk
line leading toward Douglas County
through Middle Fork canyon.
BOXD OPPOSITION IS GENERAL
Only Two of- 3 6 Union County Pre
cincts I'avor Issue.
LA GRANDE. Or., May 22. (Special.)
While the official canvass of the
400,000 bond issue in this county for
the purpose of hard-surface pavement
has not been made, the fact remains
that the issue was defeated in the spe
cial election here by about five to one.
The vote is 2900 against, 600 for it.
Official returns may increase the ma
jority.
Two precincts favored the bond issue
Perry, a mill town in. the Canyon,
and one precinct in La Grande 3-1
others overwhelmingly snowed the
proposition under.
hue supporters of the bonds were
beaten worse than they anticipated
they saw comparatively slight chance
to win. The towns and country pre
cincts, with the exceptions noted, were
equally strong in their disapproval of
the bonds. Opposition developed purely
on the matter of bonding. The Union
County Good Roads Association, which
advocated the issue, announced tonight
that it proposed to conduct a campaign
of education ' for better roads, and in
due time bring the good road question
before the voters again.
UJLVTILLiA RESULT IS DECISIVE
Advocates of Good Roads Will Work
for Tax.
PENDLETON. Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Complete returns from 63 out of
64 precincts in Umatilla County give
a vote of 4029 to 1056 against the
million-dollar road bond measure.
Practically every section of the
county, not excepting the west end,
where a big majority was expected
turned down the issuance of the bonds,
In the east end of the county, in the
south end and north of Pendleton
tremendous majority was rolled up
against the measure. In several pre
cincts, Holdrnan. Vinson and Vansycle,
not a single vote was cast in favor of
the bonds. The greatest surprise of
the election was the fact that the
towns of Echo, Stanfield and Hermls
ton, in the west end, cast majorities
against the measure. In Pendleton the
.bond -lost heavily.
The. decisive defeat of the bond
measure is not taken by the principal
opponents of the measure as an indi
cation' that Umatilla County is op
posed to good roads. .In fact, many
of these same men declare they will
support a good roads tax.
SIDEWALK DOOR LAW IS UP
Regulation of Size Based Upon Area,
of Street Proposed.
Regulation of the size of doors open
Jng on sidewalks on the basis of the
area of the sidewalk and street is pro
posed in an ordinance submitted to
the City Council yesterday by Commis
sioner Dieck. The. measure is aimed
to take the place of the present ordi
nance, which permits construction un
der fixed dimensions regardless of the
width of the walk or street.
The measure as proposed by Com
missioner Dieck has been approved by
the board of "building appeals and is
claimed to be viie only'proper way of
handling the problem of sidewalk
doors.
V1AN ENDS HER LIFE
MRS. ALBERTINA KECK DROWHS IX
WATERING TROUGH.
Body Found IVear Multnomah by Boy
on Way to Water Com Finan
cial Worries Are Canne,
Mrs. Albertina Keck, aged 66, com
mitted suicide yesterday in West Port
land on the Sprunk ranch, about a mile
from Multnomah station, on the line of
the Oregon Electric, by drowning her-
elf in a cattle watering trough. Worry
over financial difficulties is supposed
to have been responsible for the wom
an's self-destrucuon.
She left home In West Portland.
where she had quite large property In
terests, about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing to visit the home of a neighbor.
After leaving the house of her neigh-
Dor, she was not seen again until her
body was found in the watering trough
in the afternoon. When found she had
evidently been dead three or four hours.
She was found by Chester Hicks, aged
iu years, when he was driving the cows
to water.
Mrs. Keck was living at the home of
a stepson, Phillip Dieter.
It is said that a Portland attorney.
who had handled her rroDertv for her.
had benefited through mismanagement,
and the worry of her loss resulted in
suicide. It also is stated that she was
formerly an Inmate of the State Insane
Asylum, her discharge from that in
stitution occurring only a few months
ago.
Mrs. Keck had another steoson in
Portland, Amel Dieter, and a step
daughter living in Seattle. She. was a
widow.
EXPLOSION KILLS GIRL
MISS LI I. A PATTOJf. OK HALSEY.
BI R.VKU WHEN STOVE HIRSTS.
Fatal InjurlpM Sustained at Gathering
of Former Albany People at
Kort Benton, Mont.
'ALBANY-. Or.. May 22. (Special.)
As the result of burns sustained when
a stove exploded yesterday. Miss Lila
Patton. of Halsey, Or., a former Albany
girl ana graduate of the Albany High
School, died this morning in a hospital
at Kort. Benton, Mont. This was the
word received here tonight from Lonia,
Mont., where Miss Patton had been
visiting at the home of her sister. Mrs,
Olin Stalnaker, also formerly of Al-
Dany.
Delanzon C. Smith, who served sev
eral years as Deputy Sheriff of Linn
County, was injured in the same acci
dent, and with Miss Patton was take
to the hospital at Kort Benton. His
injuries are not considered .dangerous.
A large number of former residents
of Albany are residing near Lonia, and
yesterday some of them gathered at the
home of Ernest Howard, where the
stove exploded. Only meager details
of the accident were given in messages
reaching here.
Miss Patton was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. P. Patton, of Halsey. She
resiaea in Aioany while attending high
school here, and was well known lo
cally. D. C. Smith is a son of D. S.
Smith, who served several terms as
Sheriff of Linn County.
GRAHAM SUIT DISMISSED
ACTION" AGAINST J. I. SPREC'KELS
AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC LOST.
NEW PLEA DELAYS PENALTY
Man of 38 Aliases, Up for Sentence,
Decides on "Not Guilty."
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 3. (Spe
cial When George Lee Thorne, alias
W. A. Hilton, and 37 other names, was
xH.Ken oetore juage K. ti Back, of the
Superior Court today, to receive sen
tence on a charge of forgery to which
he confessed and pleaded guilty sev
. eral days ago, ha asked permission to
change his plea from guilty to not
guilty. Thorne is the notorious crim
inal who escaped from the county jail
by filing off part of the bolt with a
manicure file.
His trial probably will begin Wed
nesday, there being a right of way
trial on now.
Federal. Judge Bran Holds That Old
Agreement RcgardliiK Properties
Was Properly . Made.
j Federal Judge Bean yesterday dl'
missed the suit of R. A. Graham
against the John D. Spreckels & Bros.1
Company and the Southern Pacific
Company ' for an accounting of the
properties of the Coos Bay, Roseburg
& Eastern Railway and the Beaver Hill
coal mine.
In dismissing the suit. Judge Bean
held that the agreement which Mr.
Graham in the late 90s entered into
with the Spreckels Bros.' Company,
whereby he promised to pay the com
pany $523,000 in six months, in lieu of
which his interest in the Coos Bay
companies was automatically to be
turned over to the bpreckels Bros.
Company, had been made voluntarily
after negotiations with able counsel
and full knowledge of the facts.
The properties later were sold by the
Spreckels company to the Southern Pa
cific for $1,300,000.
W00DLAWN G. A. R. MAN DIES
Li. G. Reynolds, Oddfellow Member,
to Be Buried Today!
Lemuel G. Reynolds, an old reeiden
of -Portland, and veteran of the Civil
War, died Sunday at his home, 845 De
Pauw street, in the Woodlawn district,
at the age of 1. He came to Oregon
3a years ago. and has lived at vood
lawn for the past 10 years.
Mr. .Reynolds was a member of Ben
Butler Post, G. A. R.: Peninsula Lodge,
No 128. and Golden Rule Encampment,
Oddfellows, Patriarchs Militant, Canton
Portland No. 1. of Portland. He was
the father of Clarence E., Ralph W. an
Harry E. Reynolds, of this city. Th
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock from Dunning's chapel, 41
East Alder etreet. and interment will
be madein Lone Fir Cemetery.
CAR SERVICE , IS SOUGHT
Extension of Iticlmioiul Trolley to
Franklin Scliool Urged.
The Franklin Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation has taken up the matter of the
extension of the Richmond streetcar
line to the grounds of the new Frank
lin High School. At present this car
line ends at East Forty-first street,
which, is about 11 blocks from the new
Card From Mr. Spencer.
PORTLAND, Or., May 22. (To th
Editor.) I beg sufficient space in th
columns of The Oregonian to thank th
voters of the state for the support
given me at the polls Friday in my
candidacy for Delegate-at-Large to.th
National Republican Convention, and
to express my appreciation and grat
itude to the many friends, neighbors
and associates who so earnestly
sisted me in my ambition for that
honor. - AKTHUR C. SPENCER.
Board of Bishops Is Given Power
to Decide If Present Confer
ence Sliall Meet Again to
Consider Unity Plan.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. T.. May 22.
Action of widespread importance to
Methodism was taken today by the gen
eral conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, which, by an overwhelm
ing majority, voted against abolishing
the missionary episcopacy, and later
decisively indorsed plans that may lead
to the unification of the Methodist
Church In the North and South before
the next quadrennial session.
Lively debate marked the proposal to
advance all missionary bishops to the
grade of bishops, with full powers, and
to elect no more bishops whose Epis
copal authority is limited to the foreign
mission field.
J. Frank Hanly, of Indianapolis, in
troduced a resolution signed by himself
and 11 others asking that a recommen
dation of the delegates and missionary
representatives from Southern Asia be
ndorsed. The resolution ' urged that
the electidn of a missionary bishop for
Singapore be indefinitely postponed
pending reassignment of the territory
under the missionary bishops. The con
ference approved the postponement.
Resolution la Defeated.
Eventually the resolution was de
feated by an almost unanimous vote.
In the selection of two missionary
bishops for Africa, it was provided that
one, who is to supervise the work in
Liberia, must be of African descent.
A deadlock over both offices resulted
ballot, but the withdrawa
mber of negro candidates, it
rtually assures the election
of Alexander P. Camphor, of Birming
ham, Ala., as bishop of Liberia.
The votes for the other missionary
bishops were divided between Ebons
Johnson, of Sioux City, la., with 297
ij. Crowther, of NewYork, depart
ment secretary of the board of foreign
missions. 216, and Albert E. Smith.
president of Ohio Northern College,
Ada, o., 122,
The board of bishops was given the
power to decide if the present confer
ence shall meet again in 1918 to consid
er the plan for Methodist unity. Other
wise, the proposal will not reach the
Northern church officially until 1920.
when the next " general conference
meets.
Bishops to Be Retired.
Almost the only obstacle to the pro
posal was immediately removed by the
action of Bishops Earl Cranston. John
W. Hamilton and Joseph F. Hartzell,
who ar to be retired at the end of
this session. If the session were pro
longed until 1918 they could not be
legally retired until that time.
jhe threo bishops in turn appeared
before the delegates and asserted that
if the movement for the union of.
Methodism would thereby be advanced
they would willingly ask to be retired
t once. The conference received the
announcement with great enthusiasm.
William J. Bryan. ex-Secretarv of
iaie aenverea an address today in
wnicn he advocated woman suffrage,
temperance and world peace. He said
he had hoped that international dis
putes might be lifted from the field
of force to that of negotiation, in
vestigation and arbitration.
on the first
of numbe
was said, vir
1800 FARMERS AT RALLY
Industrial Clubs Gain Interest and
Governor Is Heard.
SALEM, Or.. May 22. (Special.) In
a report received by Superintendent of
Public Instruction Churchill, from L.
P. Harrington, field worker for the
State Department of Education, the
latter said that interest in the in
dustrial club rallies which are being
held in different parts of the state is
great.
At a rally held at Tygh Valley In
Wasco County recently 1800 persons
were In attendance. Governor Wlthy
combe was one of the speakers at the.
meeting. Others who spoke were:, J.
T. Harper, president of the Tygh
Valley Farmers' Union; H. C. Seymour,
of the Oregon Agricultural College, and
A. R. Chase, Wasco County Agricul
turist.
FLIPPED COIN . ENDS SUIT
Witnesses and Jury Selected Are
Sent Home When Case Is Called.
EUGENE, Or.. May 22. (Special.)
Justice was done and the taxpayers of
Lane County were saved expense to
day, when two litigants who appeared
for trial of a case flipped a coin and
settled the issue.
The case was that of R. W. Dele-
mater against W. M. Rhodes. Both
live near Creswell. Before Justice of
the Peace Wells they talked the mat
ter, involving $110, over between them
selves. Finally the difference amounted
to 5. Neither would give in. A third
party suggested that they toss a coin.
The case was settled. The witnesses
and Jury, which ' had been selected,
went away disappointed.
CHILD DROWNS IN DITCH
Two-Year-Old Daughter of Twin Falls
Family Is Victim.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Left alone in the yard for a
short time by an older child, with whom
she was playing. Ruby, the 2-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Farer, re
siding near Twin Falls, toddled from
a foot-bridge spanning an irrigation
ditch and was drowned. The ditch run
ning near the house was only some two
feet wide, a foot and a half deep, but
very swift.
' The parents missed the child, and,
searching frantically, found the body
200 feet from the point where she fell
in. Funeral services were held today.
How the Texas Tube test
happened !
I
' T nettled Bill Parr considerably !
So many Motorists had carelessly stated
that 4 'all Tire Tubes are iust Rubber. ' '
He determined to show some folks the difference.
in a way they would never forget,
There were four Cars at the door, and their Owners
or Drivers at his elbowl
To these he said, ,
"Boys, how strong do you think' this Goodrich
Brown Tube actually is ?
4 'Do you believe it is strong enough to tow Mr.
Oden's five passenger Car, with four people in it, from
here for 20 blocks ?
"You don't, eh !
"Well now here's a bit of a Bet I want to make
with any, or all, of you.
"I will bet you a Dinner that this little old regular
Goodrich Tube (34x4) will not only tow Mr. Oden's
Car, but will tow all three of your Cars, fully passen
ger ed, through the streets, for the full 21 blocks
(more than a mile and a half) starting and stopping as
many times as the crowd makes it necessary.
"I will, if you Gentlemen are agreeable, line up
all four of your Cars, right here and now, take three
regular Goodrich Tubes hap-hazard out of their boxes,
tie one tube between each two Cars, (which means
hauling three Cars on the first Tube) and tote You-all
that way to 'The Corners.
"Are you willing to bet a Dinner that any one of
the three Tubes will 'go broke' on the way, or show a
flaw which would leak Air, or prevent its being used for
its original Tire purpose afterwards ?
"You are, eh ?
"Well, the Bet's on !
"Come along, and you be the Judges."
THE Dinner was a very Cheerful Affair.
As Oden said afterwards (when putting up
his share of the Bet) "you could have bet me
a Million on that, Parr, and I'd have taken you up, even
if I had to borrow the Million.
"I don't see how the blamed Tubes ever did hold
out, especially going up Saco St. under such a strain.
4 'With eight people in the last three Cars, and a
total load of over 8,800 pounds I sure thought to hear
something snap before second block.
"Whaddye put into that brown Goodrich Rubber
anyhow, to make it liang together like that ? "
Fritz said that what puzzled him most was. the
brown Rubber Tubes "not being all stretched out of shape
after such a tug, even if they did hang together at the
finish.
"Look you," said he, "when we released the load,
after the Haul, they instantly snapped back into just
three-quarters of an inch longer than they were at the
start I
"And that H of an inch, they took up again in less
than two hours rest."
"W!
'ELL, boys, ' ' Bill Parr remarked, as
he smoothed out a wrinkle in his well
filled vest, "that'll stop the Artrument
about all Tire Tubes being 4just Rubber,' won't it ?
"If the Brown Stuff that toted all you Heavyweights,
and your Cars, for 21 Blocks without a Sign of Heavy
Duty afterwards, isn't something MORE than 'Just
Rubber,' like other Tubes, then you'd better buy the
'Just Rubber kind hereafter.
"I'm going to ask all of you to sign your names to
this 'Texas Tire Tube Test, ' just to show that you have
taken part in a regular Exploit which is mighty well
worth recording."
So indeed they did, and here is the affidavit !
AFFIDAVIT
This certifies that we. the undersigned, took part in
and witnessed, the Texas tube test referred to in the adver
tisement entitled 44 How the Texas Tube Test Happened ! "
that the test was made on date of Nov. 1 1, at Waco. Texas,
the distance covered being twenty-one blocks and that the
result was as described.
Signed W. M. ODEN
J. M. NASH
B. A. FRITZ
; W. A. PARR
Subscribed and sworn to before me by W. M. Oden,
J. M. Nash, B. A. Fritx and W. A. Parr, this the 3rd day of
May, A.D. 1916, at Waco, Texas.
Signed J. G. WREN.
Notary Public,
McLennon County, Texas.
Now what think You of these GOODRICH Tire
Tubes that could bear up under such a gruelling test ?
Reflect that they cost you no more than the "ordin
ary1 ' Tubes you so carelessly accept !
GOOPMCM ,
INNER-TUBES '
T&"
Tire
Car Stopped fop Fight.
OREGON CITY. Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial) Sheriff Wilson. Deputy Frost
and a deputy sheriff from Multnomah
County, today arrested In Portland J.
Matson. C. E. Montgomery, H. Fedder
Bon, Mrs. H. Fedderson and Viola Von
Laderges on a charge of vagrancy.
The party was bound for Portland In
an automobile last night and at Glad
stone stopped the machine and started
a general free-for-all fight in the
middle of the road. Mr. and Mrs.
Feedderson are alleged to have started
the affair. Jilontgoniery ownd the. car.
THREE ON ORPET JURY
FOUR HlDKEI) VENIREMEN EXAM-
INED FOR MURDER TRIAL..
State Will Call o Wltaeu Stand Deaf
Mite Who Saw Pair Klaa Day
Marlon Lambert Died.
W AUK EGA N. III., May 22. The sec
ond week of the trial of Will Orpet,
University of Wisconsin student, who
Ik charged with tho murder of his
former sweetheart, Marion Later t.
opened today with the resumption of
examination of prospective Jurors.
After a" week's work, during which
time about 400 veniremen were ques
tioned, three Jurors have been sworn
for service in the case. It is expected
that the Jury will be completed before
the end of the week.
It became known today that David
James, the deaf mute, who declared at
the coroner's Inquest that he saw two
persons kiss while standing in the
snow In Helm's Woods at dawn of the
day which was Marion Lambert's last,
will be called by the state to take the
stand against Orpet. It had been be
lieved the state attached little value
to the testimony.
James testified he did not pee tho
young people clearly, but said the man
left the spot alcne. He was unable
to identify Orpet as this man,
married Saturday in Euegene to John
Long, proprietor of the City Laundry
and they will live here. MarJorie Roe,
formerly of Kasson, Minn., was mar
ried to Lyle Jensen, of the Junction
City Co-operative Creamery Company
in Eugene, today, and have gone on a
honeymoon.
Cupid Pays Junction City Visit.
JUNCTION CITY. Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Two pairs of newly weds turned
out in three days Is the record for
this small town. Dagmar Nielsen was
M1LWAUKIE BONDS SOLD
Portland Firm Pays $211 Premium
on $20,000 Issue.
MILWAUKIE. Or.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Morris Brothers, i-t Portland,
have taken the $20,000 school bond is
sue of the Milwaukie district, paying
a premium of $211. The directors are
pushing preparation for the erection
of the proposed eight-room school
house, for which tentative plans have
been prepared. It will be one story.
Efforts will be made to get the con
tract let and work started as early
as possible to the new building will
be ready for school in the Kail.
School wil- close the present year
next week. The four-year high school
will have lis first graduating class
this year. Preparations are in prog
ress on the Annual, 'he high-school
students' publication.
Cherryville Memorial Planned.
SANDY, Or., May 22. (Special.)
The following programme will be
given in the Cherryville Cemetery on
Memorial day, at 2 o'clock in the aft
ernoon: Opening song, "Star-Spangled
Banner." congregation; prayer, W. 8.
Runyan: song, Mildred and Genevieve
Rugh; Scripture reading, W. S. Run
yan; recitation, Lincoln's Gettysburg
address. Miss Grace Shank: song,
ladies' . quartet; recitation. Miss Lil
lian Northup: addresa. ParnH Averlll;
song, ladles' quartet: brief sketch of
veteran . of the Civil War buried in
Cherryville Cemetery. George Couper;
flag salute, by children, led by Mr
Couper; song, "America." by congrega
tion, r -,
Klamath Falls Sends Bandages.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. May 22.
(Special.) The local branch of 'the
allied relief committee finished the
shipment today of 2000 bandages to Sun
Francisco headquarters, to be forward
ed from there to the French. German
and English armies. More will be sent
later. The work was started here
through the interest of Mrs. W. Paul
Johnson, of this city. Sessions are
held two afternoons each weok.
AGENCY SUPERVISOR WANTED
An old line Life Insurance Company, doing a large
business in Oregon, wants an experienced life in
surance salesman to find and instruct agents and
write personal , business. State age, experience
and personal production in first letter. Salary,
commissions and expenses to a high-class man.
Communications treated strictly confidential. Ad
dress Supervisor, S 606, Oregonian.
Beautiful New
Taffeta Petticoats
Just In Special J C A
Tuesday Only . . ip.OU
Regular $6.00 Striped Taffeta Petticoats in
Copenhagen, navy and rose, some with black
stripes, others with" white ; beautifully made and
smartly styled. Very full skirts with wide
flounces, tucked and fluted. The new costumes
call for petticoats, so purchase yours while this
splendid opportunity is offered.
Tuesday, Only $4.50
lAore New Sweater?
Arrived Today ....
$4.50 up
A Charge
Account
"Your
Privilege
'Outfitting i
Was hi rig -
,ton' Street
at
Tenth
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