Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1917)
( 1 DEAD, 2 INJURED WHEN HOTEL BURNS Albert Cox, 17, Victim at Cher ry Grove and Several Are t. Hurt by Jumping. . ORIGIN OF FIRE NOT KNOWN Presence of Tonth In Doomed Struc ture Not Realized and Tragedy Only Revealed 'When Body ot Lad Is Discovered. FOREST GROVE. Or.. March 4. (Spe cial.) Albert Cox, aged 17, wu burned to deatb In a fire which destroyed a hotel and a store building at Cherry Grove, south ot here, last night. Two men were seriously Injured. They were: D. G. McDonald, a blacksmith, severe ly burned about the face. Nels Peterson, leg broken In Jumping- from second-story window. Several other persons sustained bruises and minor injuries In Jumping from upper-story windows. The fire was discovered at 10:30 o'clock and within a few minutes the upper story was a mass of flames. Origin of Fire Not Known. The origin of the fire is not known and an inquiry, which was conducted today by Justice of the Peace Harding, of Gaston, failed to clear up the ques tion. The management of the hotel thought Cox was attending a dance in Gaston and. consequently, no effort was made to rescue him and it was not until after the fire was out that his death was dis covered. The body was found on the steel springs of the mattress, indicat ing that he had been overcome by moke while asleep. Cherry Grove is six miles northwest of Gaston. The town was founded by August Lovegren four years ago when he erected a sawmill there and built a spur railroad from Gaston. The popula tion is approximately 800 and there is no water system. Gaston Men Give Aid. Calls for assistance sent to Gaston last night were responded to by rs Baker and Carver, who dressed the njuries of the victims. The property loss is estimated at $3000 for the hotel and fl&00 for the store. VICTIM'S ACXT LN" PORTLAND Mrs. F. N. Ackerman Lives at 142 Curry Street. Alfred B. Cox was the nephew of Mrs F. N. Ackerman, 142 Curry strent, Portland, and the son of Arthur B. Cox, who is thought to he Hying at or rear The Dalles. The boy's mother had bei i dead about five years and the father, broken in health, had sought recovery In The Dalles country. Hit Bister, Mrs. Ailine Mercer, formerly lived at The Dalles, but recently moved to Hillsboro for the Winter. The Cox home is near Cherry Grove Alfred Cox had been learning the lum ber mill business and was engaged for a time at the sawmill there. The hotel was owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Milton. The store building was owned by Eric Fredeen and leased to A. Astlund, who carried a stock of shoes. Most of the goods were saved. OREGON STATUTE VAGUE SUPPORT OK KO-RE S IDEXT POOR NOT SIADE CLEAR. Counties Authorised to Send Bills to State. Bnt no Provision Is Made for Payment. SALEM, Or., March 4. (Special.) The last Legislature left the law re lating to the support of non-resident poor in the same peculiar status that it was left by the Legislature of 1915. The Legislature of 1915 failed to make any appropriation for the care of non resident poor, but also failed to repeal the law in that respect. Consequently provision Is made' by law that such class of poor shall be cared for by the counties and the bills to be forwarded to the state, but no ap propriation was made to carry out the requirements of the act as far as the state was concerned. Only one claim came in for that pur pose during 1915-16, this being a small one from Clackamas County, but the 1917 Legislature paid no attention t that claim, not making an appropria tion to care for It or taking any action on the law. Counties may still go ahead and for ward their bills to the state, but they have no assurance of ever being repaid. EDWARD OHMANN IS DEAD Bear Creek Dairyman Stricken In Night After Apparent Recovery. BANDON, Or, March 4. (Special.) Edward Ohmann, aged 50 years, a prom inent dairyman of the Bear Creek sec tion, was found dead in bed this morn ing. He spent Saturday plowing in the field and in the evening took violently 111, but later apparently recovered and fell asleep. An autopsy Is to be held to determine the cause of the death. He is survived by a wife, fivo children, two sisters. Mrs. Thomas White, of Bandon. and Mrs. A. L. Holder, of San Francisco; a brother, Oscar Ohmann. of North Bend, and his mother, who is past 80. The funeral will be held Tuesday. "World Progress" Lecture Toplo. President Busbnell gave an illustrat ed lecture Friday night on "World Progress." The address was the re sult of several years of original re search work along sociological lines. He showed the phenomenal progress in the last century of temperance, deraoc rasy. abolition of slavery, develop ment of big industries, inventions and social welfare organizations as com pared with that of the preceding 0 centuries. He concluded with illus trations of the social settlement work in enicagp and other lara-e cities. MUCH EXTRA WORK IN MARCH It's between seasons now, when few persons perspire as much as ho.lth h mands. The result is double work for the kidneys, for the kidneys must throv out waste matter from the system that ib eliminated mrougn tne pores when persons perspire. Overworked, weak or disordered kidneys need help now j ' " 4 ..i.auiuB, t u.., wriies. "Whenever I need a kidney remedy I rely on Foley Kidney Pills. They have dha wona meir wtigai in sola to me." r UMATILLA COUNTY FARMERS DEDICATE GRAIN ELEVATOR AT PENDLETON. :77' BUILDING WHICH COST 35,000 HAS CAPACITY OP 100,000 BUSHELS. PENDLETON, Or., March 4. (Special.) In the presence of a largo number of Umatilla County farmers and prominent Northwest grain authorities, the new $35,000 concrete grain elevator of the Farmers' Union Grain Agency was dedicated at Pendleton Saturday. A flag raising a the Initial ceremony. An Interesting talk on the elevator was given by F. C. Burrell, of the Burrell Construction Company, builders of the elevator. The structure required more than 1600 barrels of cement, and has a capacity of 100,000 bushels of wheat. Addresses were made by R. O. Earn hart, H. J. Rosenberg and W. W. Harrah. The celebration was closed with a banquet. It was announced today that the farmers contemplate the construction of additional storage room in connection with their elevator and the es tablishment of a flouring mill. A discussion of bulk grain handling was held in the afternoon. SCHOOL TRAINING UP Corvallis, Marshfield and Sa lem Heights Plan Drills. 3 HOURS WEEKLY REQUIRED ew' Law Allows Governor to Fur nish Arms and Accoutrements but Makes No Provision for Procuring Them. SALEM. Or., March 4. (Special.) Apparently ready response will be re ceived from a number of sections of the state to the provisions of an act of the recent Legislature providing for military training in the high schools. Word was received here today hat the Corvallis High School has the pro posal under consideration. High schools at Marshfield and Salem also are plan ning on taking up a similar move, and it is expected still others will be heard of before the law goes into effect in May.' Under the provisions of the act whenever 20 or more students in a high school are desirous of taking mil itary training, and a competent in structor is furnished by the board, ap plication may be made to the Gover nor. The Governor, upon ascertaining that the provisions of the -law have been complied with, may provide for arms, accoutrements and swords to be provided at the expense of the state, but the high school district to provide for expenses of transportation. The district also is to provide a suitable place for drilling. At least three hours a week must be devoted to the training, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is to designate the number of credits to be given in studies for the time ex pended in drilling. The measure does not make such mil itary training compulsory. Consent of the parents is a factor in the training, and only such students who are willing and have the consent of their parents are to participate in the training. The law seems to be hazy on one point, requiring the state of Oregon to furnish the arms, accoutrements and swords, but making no appropriation, nor any provision as to where such paraphernalia shall come from. MILITIA TO BE AWAKENED (ContlnuedFrom Klrat Page.) enough; that in the presen. tune of Na tional stress it is necessary to develop efficient military units, so that if called upon tor -National duty the Oregon Na tional Guard will be able to make a good showing. Anything less than com plete efficiency, it is declared, is unsat isfactory to the general staff officers. At yesterday's meeting, conditions in the Guard were discussed and found to be unsatisfactory in several of the or ganizations. The staff members ex pressed disappointment with attend ance at drill, and with the support given the various units by the public. . "The conclusion reached," said Gen eral White, "Is that all commanding officers of the various units will be required to enforce fully the pecula tions in connection with drills. If they fall they will be ordered to make a showing as to their efficiency or they will not be allowed to remain in the service. One Portland Company to Go, "One Infantry company stationed at Portland will be transferred to another point on recommendation of the regi mental commander. Other companies which fail to qualify will be trans ferred at an early date unless they show a better attendance at drills. Officers who fail to make good under the new regulations will be dismissed from the service or transferred to the reserve. - "The verdict reached is that Port land ' has failed to support the seven companies of the Third Infantry sta tioned here, and there Is apparently no publlo interest In these companies. Pub THE MORNTXa OREGONTAJT JIONDAT, 3IARCII " - -; i . t - , - l - - - .".v-,. ij'' lj lic Inertia and the failure of the cap tains to get their men out to drills are responsible for the action Just ordered. "Eastern Oregon cities are being con?, sldered for one or more units and transfers will probably be ordered as soon as arrangements are made." Attendance at drills, it was recorded, is unsatisfactory in the companies sta tioned at Dallas, Woodburn, Salem, Me Minnville, Cottage Grove, Ashland and Roseburg. At Woodburn and Dallas detached or platoon posts may be formed if it is found necessary, at Sil verton for Woodburn, and at Independ ence for Dallas. Strength Is Prescribed. It will be necessary to have 41 men and two officers for a company having a detached post, and 33 men and one officer for that post. An allowance will be made to cover the increased cost where a platoon post Is decided upon and put in. An armory at any of the points up the state where any compan. of the Third Infantry is found to be lagging will not serve to keep the organization if it shall fail to meet the requirements. "The new policy will be pushed vig orously with the idea that the present situation requires serious action." said General White. "Men who have obli gated themselves and are members of the Guard must drill, and those who come into the service must do so with the serious intention of drilling. "The preparedness idea is abroad; It has been talked and preached through out this country for the past two years, and here we have Just the facilities needed for the preparation of men who desire to fit themselves for useful ness should their country call upon them for service. "Our patriots are shouting about uni versal service, which we all earnestly pray for one day, but they fail to recog nize the only means now at hand for pre paring for service, through enlistment in the Guard and attendance at drills. It is about time the patriotic fervor gets past the talking stage and men enlist in the units planned for National defense who will be called to the colors in time of war." Three Companies May Go. Just what Portland compariy is to be removed and the point to which it will be transferred is not yet given out. That will be decided by Colonel May. It is rumored that unless' a better show ing Is made. Portland may soon have but a single battalion of the Third Infantry, and that three companies may be transferred to Eastern Oregon points. A short period will be allowed, however, for the commanders of the organizations to recruit and get their forces up to full strength after the transfer of the first company. It Is pointed out that the loss of a single company involves a financial loss as well. Each such unit brings in no Isbs than 15000 a year of Federal money, and any city of the 'state which loses a company should reckon upon this financial aspect of the case. In good condition, according to the reports coming before the General Staff at yesterday's meeting, are one com pany of coast artillery, three companies of Infantry, one battery of field artil lery, one troop of cavalry, one machine gun company, one headquarters com pany, one supply company and a sani tary detachment of the Third Infantry. Portland. Corvallis Company Satisfies. One infantry company at Corvallis is the only silfch unit outside of Portland that is Jn a satisfactory condition. However, it should be- said that im provement has been noted in the com panies stationed at McMlnnvllle and Salem.. Coast artillery companies at Hood River Astoria, Tillamook Marshfield, Medford, Eugene, and the headquarters and two companies at Albany are in good shape. This is also true of the sanitary detachment at Roseburg, while improvement is noted in the com pany at Medford- The First Company at Ashland Is not in satisfactory shape. To assist in the work of building UP the Guard, a recruiting office on a large scale will be opened In Portland for all branches of the National Guard service. Officers will be on duty every night, and information will be given out as well as enthusiasm developed to prevent the widespread transfer of Portland units of the Oregon National Guard. Society to Meet at Trinity. The Good Fellowship Society of Trin ity Episcopal Church will have their usual monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 P. M., at the parish house. Nineteenth and Davis' streets. Mrs. Lola G. Bald win will give a talk on her work. Light refreshments will be served. LEGISLATION I fiiUCH SHUT OUT AT CLOSE! Many Administration Meas ures Fail Because of Tan gle In Congress. TEN SUPPLY BILLS PASS Appropriations of $511,000,000, However, Are Lost, Including Rivers and Harbors Bill Work of Session Is Summarized. APPROPRIATION BILLS THAT ICCCKEOBD AND VAILED. Passed. Naval I5J6.009.000 Postofflee 1JO.000.000 Invalid pensions 160,000.000 Legislative, executive Judicial , 40.000,000 Fortifications , , 61.000,000 Agricultural ......... 86.000,000 District o( Columbia., 18.000,000 Indian 12.000.000 Diplomatic and con-; aular 6,000,000 Urgent deficiency .... 6.000.00Q Failed Army bill .. appropriation .(270,000,000 Sundry civil appropri ation Dill General deficiency.... Rivers and harbors... Military Academy .... 139,000.000 62,000,000 29,000,000 1.380,000 WASHINGTON. March 4. Of the leg islation ou the Administration pro gramme proper, only the revenue bill and the measure giving civil govern ment to Porto Rico and American citi zenship to its Inhabitants, got through the legislative tangle at the close of the session. Among the Administration bills which failed were the measures to sup plement the Adaroson law, the bill to enlarge the Interstate Commerce Com mission, the Webb bill to legalize joint foreign selling agencies, and conserva tion legislation, including the general dam bills and water power bills. Bills which do not form part of the original programme, but which were pressed unsuccessfully by Cabinet officers and Administration leaders Included amend ments to the shipping act to give the President power--to commandeer ships, a drastic espionage bill which passed the Senate but was never taken up in the House, and amendments to the Fed eral reserve act tq increase reserve bank gold holdings and decrease mem ber bank reserves. Drastic Liquor Law Passed. Congress provided for the payment of 125,000,000 for the Danish West In dies. Among important enactments which were not specifically included in the Administration programme was the bill abolishing saloons in the District pf Columbia and the rider on the Post office appropriation bill making it a crime to transport liquor in interstate commerce into a prohibition state. Although the Senate filibuster stopped the passage of appropriation bills, carrying in all about 1511,000,000, Congress managed to get through in its three-months' session 10 other sup ply measures, with a total of nearly J 1.200,000,000. Appropriation measures that failed Included the Army appro priation bill, carrying J270.000.000., the sundry civil appropriation carrying $139,000,000; the general deficiency, $62,000,000; the rivers and harbors bill, $39,000,000, and the military academy, $1,360,000. Some Appropriations Passed. The bills passed were: Naval, $535, 000,000; Postofflee, $330,000,000; invalid pensions, $160,000,000; legislative, exec utive and Judicial, $40,000,000; fortifi cations, $51,000,000; agricultural, $26, 000,000; District of Columbia, $13,000. 000; Indian, $12,000,000; diplomatic and consular, $5,000,000, and urgent defi ciency, $5,000,000. President Wilson was at the Capitol in the closing hours of the session, signing bills as they were delivered to his office. Among the measures to which the President attached his signature were the naval and agricultural bills, a reso lution providing for a $150,000,000 bond issue to speed up warship construction, a resolution postponing until July 1 the effectiveness of the prohibition fea ture ot the Postofflee bill, a resolution appropriating $3,000,000 to continue work on the Alaskan railroad and more than a score of minor resolutipns and bills. The last measure signed provided a pension for the widow pf Major-General Frederick Funston. J. P. FRIZZELL, 69, DIES PIONEER OF 1863 PASSES AT SALEM AFTER LONG ILLNESS. it Membership Held In Presbyterian Church and In Fear Branches ( Masonle Order. SALEM, Or., March 4. (Special.) Jason Porter Frizzell, one of the best- known pioneers of this section, died at his viome, 245 North Bummer street. In this city, at 10 o'clock this morning after a lingering Illness. Mr. Frizzell was born in Springfield, Mo., August 6, 1848, and came with his parents to Oregon, arriving in Salem in December, 1852. During the journey overland his father, grandfather, uncle and aunt perished on the plains during the cholera epidemic ot that year. In the Spring of 1853 his mother and her six children settled on a donation land claim in Polk County, near McCoy. In 1873 Mr. Frizzell married Miss Louisa Baskett at Rickreal, and settled on a farm pear Perrydale, where he lived until 1888, when with his wife and two daughters he . removed to Salem, where he had since resided. Bis wife died in Salem in 1889. In 1892 he married Miss Alicia B. McFadden. of Salem, who survives him, together with two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd T. Reynolds and Mrs. Otto Head rick, and a young son, Ronald J. Friz zell. Mr. Frizzell was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and held mem berships in Salem Lodge No. 4. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Multnomah Chapter No, 1, Royal Arch Masons; De Molay Commandery No. 6, Knights Templar, and Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Portland. The year following his coming to Salem Mr. Friczell organized the City View Cemetery Association, he and his two daughters holding the enur. stock. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:80 o'clock at the First Presbyieiian Church in this city, the Rev. Carl El liott officiating. Services also will he held by the Mason, 5, 1917. . ': ..- Copyright -Why pay more? If you can be assured of correct style, unquestioned qual ity and a perfect fit at popular cost, why pay more? Kirschbaum Clothes $15, $20, $25 and Up. Pure woolens-chemically tested; London shrunk by cold-water process; hanoHailored and sewed with silk. Let us show you. PHEGLEY & CAVENDER At the Sign of the Cherry Tree.' Cor. Fourth and Alder Sts. BOARDS NEED SPACE Shift Required on Third Floor of Capitol Building, NEW DEPARTMENTS ADDED Limit Raised on Salary Roll of In dustrial Accident Commission, Enabling Scope to Be Broad enedOffices Available. SALEM. Or., March 4. (Special.) The recent Legislature removed from the Industrial Accident Commission the limit of, 825,000 a year for salaries to employes, which was imposed when the act was originally passed. In place of that limitation a new limit of ten per cent of the receipts is placed upon the commission to cover all of Ita admin istrative expenses. This new rule will enable the com mission to broaden out to a certain ex tent as the work increases, declared one of the commissioners today, but will not grant any great number of extra assistants. With the increase in the work of that commission and added duties to other commissions now on the top floor of the State Capitol, it begins' to appear as though it will require some acute thinking to arrange the building to house a of the per.- demands which are made. Secretary Olcott has charge of the eapitol building and the disposition of the office-room and it is probable that requests will be made from a number of sources during the next few months for more space. loa Industrial Accident Commission, with its growing business, probably wijl ask tor additional room. The new highway commission, if It Is jriven the amount of money neces I had spells like that, too ' instead of coffee. Now I sleep better, smile of tener, and nerves behave. Never knew how harmful coffee was 'til I quit it. Why don't you try Postum?" "There's a Reason" y. .. ; .' ' ' : V .... ; V u' . 1 xV i i r mi. A . tunstus Co. sary to do any material amount of road building will probably need more floor space. - The Publlo Service Commission, which has its offices on the same floor, will have two new departments in May. one of these to take care of the grain Inspection work and the other to handle the work that will come under the "boom bill." Each of these' new acts will mean mora employes and It la probable that the Commission may de sire to. increase its office space. The State Capitol now contains a large number of vacant rooms on the south side of the third floor. These were built in where the old state li brary was located, and are usee for committee rooms by the Legislature, but it is possible the regular depart ments of state government may have to encroach on these before the year la over. FISHING LAW ASSAILED LOSS OF THOUSANDS AJfNTJALLY TO OPERATORS ASSERTED. Pnget Sonnd Canneries Able to Profit Wnen Horns Packers Are Barred. Basis ot Complaint. ASTORIA, Or.. March 4. (Special.) Lopal fishermen and cannerymen are complaining bitterly over the provision in the recently passed state tishing law which forbids sales during the closed season of fish caught at sea beyond the three-mile limit. They assert that this law will cause a loss of thousands of dollars annually to the fishermen of this section. During the past few years trolling for salmon outside the mouth of the river has developed into an important industry. Last year in the period known as the closed season, between August 25 and September 10, one can nery paid approximately $50,000 to fishermen for salmon taken by trolling beyond the three-mile limit. According to the new law these fish cannot be sold to the local packing plant, but the purse seiners and trollers representing Puget Sound plants can operate off the mouth of the Columbia River and send thsir catches to the Sound canneries. Feeling Tough, Jim- lazy, blue, no 'pep' until nstaet Postam , AUTO THEFTS COMPLEX CHANGED NUMBERS lUKB OWNER SHIP BARD TO TRACE. Detective Bays Not Mere Than, 15 Ont of 20 Cars Taken Can Be Re coveredPrisoner Aids. Few new developments were reached yesterday in the expose of alleged wholesale automobile thievery, for which Ray p. Gould and L. H. Law rence are under arrest. accused of stealing 29 cars. Owing to the thor ough manner in which stolen cars were disguised, Frank Beatty, a private de tective in charge of the investigation, stated that not more than 15 of the automobiles presumed . to have been stolen could be recovered and returned to their owners. Lawrence lent every assistance In untangling the ownership snarls of stolen cars, said Mr. Beatty, and in throwing light on the methods em ployed by himself and Gould. An in stance In point was Gould's application for eight Oregon licenses at one time, early in January of this year. During a visit with relatives in Washington, it is said, Gould some how contrived to secure the factory numbers of cars assembled and sold from the Ford plant in Seattle. Return ing with these car numbers, he is al leged to have filed off the numbers of eight stolen cars, stamping the stol en factory numbers in with dies. Gould, alleged moving spirit in the spurious transactions, was formerly employed by the Ford Automobile Com pany. The arrests were made by Constable Mark Peterson, on information fur nished by Private Detective Beatty, who was employed to represent the in terests of McCargar, Bates & Lively, an Insurance firm. Czar Nicholas of Russia is fond of fish of any kind. He is especially par tial to Provencal dried codfish, sea soned with oil. pepper and garlic. Even better the Czar'likes kabeljau. codlings prepared in oil. Read The Oreg'onlan classified sds. wife gave me .