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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1917)
TIIE 3IORXING OREGONIAX. MONDAY, 3IAY 7, 1917. U-BOAT TRAPS MADE BY PORTLAND MAN PORTLAND GIRL WHO HAS BEEN WON AS BRIDE BY YOUNG NEW YORKER, WHOSE SUDDEN RISE IN BUSINESS IS MODERN MERCANTILE EPIC. H. G. Rich Withholds Details of Electrical Mine Device to Destroy Divers. PLANS ARE AT WASHINGTON nventor Declares That Contrivance May Be Laid In Any Sort of Harbor as Means of Protec tion Against Attack. Oregon's bit in fighting the U-boat menace may be to supply plans for a submarine trap and mine device which will provide important elements in com bating the menace and giving protec tion for our harbors. It is possible that the invention sub mitted by H. G. Rich, of Portland, may be one of the several devices referred to by William L. Saunders, chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, when he announced a few days ago that an adequate provision against the sub marine menace appeared probable. Mr. Rich, who came from Coos Bay recently to Portland to place before the bureau of industreis and manufactures of the Chamber of Commerce the plans for the small silo which will be do nated by him as one of the devices which will help in conserving the sup ply of stock and chicken food and keep ing milk and egg production at a maxi mum on the small farms, is the inven tor whose device is offered to the Gov ernment. , TJ-Boat Trap Invented. Mr. Rich has already placed his de vice and plans for its manufacture be fore the Government. He was not able, of course, at this time to give specific information as to what it may consist of to the bureau in the Chamber, but the work that his submarine trap and mine will do, according to his general outline," will be to guard and protect all channels, coves and inlets on the coasts and prevent hostile U-boats from en tering at any point. Mr. Rich is in touch, with the Wash ington authorities through the activity of Senator George E. Chamberlain. Be fore sending complete plans and spe cifications of construction Mr. Rich de aired to ascertain through the Indus tries and manufacturing bureau of the Portland Chamber of Commerce the manufacturing facilities of Portland with a view of obtaining a Govern ment order here of at least a number of the parts that go to make up the trap and mine. Shipbuilding facilities are not avail able owing to the machinery being too large for light manufacture. Facilities for light work, such as automobile manufacture and foundry facilities for light castings, will, however, fill tho requirements in supplying essential parts of the trap and mine device. Details Are Withheld. The vital factor in a device of this character is keeping the construction a secret, consequently no detailed infor mation as to the type and construction is available. In general, the trap and mine is of a flexible type and will fit into any channel or inlet, according to Mr. Rich regardless of the depth and weather conditions, and will absolutely guard the locality from submarine operation also, it will save a large corps of patrols as a single patrol can serve a large area. An electrical cable, connected to the trap area and laid to a central point on shore or an anchored patrol, gives instant alarm when any section of the trap or mine springs into operation thus enabling a patrol outfit to be on the spot and take care of the hostile craft caught by the trap. Operation la Electrical. The mine is electrically operated and. when a submarine comes in any con tact with the trap, it closes an electric circuit that causes about 1000 pounds of high explosives to be discharged on the submarine which, unconscious of any danger, comes in contact with the set trap without jar or any indication of meeting aa obstruction, and the re suits that follow prevent any knowl edge of what caused the loss of the submarine. This factor may be a great advan tage to this country or the allies that have the trap or mine in charge, as the Installations will be kept secret and the mystery will be guarded as to what became of submarines that never returned. Mr. Rich proposes to turn all plans and specifications over to the govern ment free of charge, aa, being beyond the age limit for personal service in the ranks, he feels like doing bis bit along the line of his profession. RED CROSS CLASS IS SET Mrs. S. T. Hamilton Will Give In struction In Knitting: Tomorow. All details are completed and materl a 13 on hand and tomorrow morning irom s:so to 1Z Mrs. a T. Hamilton will be at the military relief workroom of the Portland chapter, American Red Cross, eighth floor of Llpman, Wolfe & Company, to give instruction in knit ting. The work will be concentrated on socks, bed socks, cotton knitted wash cloths and wipers or snonsrers. Mrs. Hamilton has done a great deal of knitting in Canada for the British Red Cross. The knitting classes will be held every Tuesday and Friday from s -.iu to a o clock. Mrs. Thomas D. Honeyman is in charge of the work on surgical dress ings and application may be made to her. The really big Red Cross event of today Is the lecture to be given at the roaaway neater at 8:15 by Dr. RalDh C. Matson on "Impressions of the Eu ropean war. X. . f - 1 i v . " ir t v I it, , , j - . - f 'Hfcr 4 ' j ! !L. 'jtr4 & -, .'-V'-- ' f jr 3 ? - ."' ' . 3 f- rx' ' ' ' " . . !sir; - " , ( , i " 's. ;.:... ' J - , ; J - ? j v c - . : ; - ' k'rw . : : l v ; ) , L 1 '34 MMil - Sr ViJ LUMBER SHIPS LOAD Two Cargoes for San Pedro Mere Than 1,500,000 Feet. WAPAMA WILL SAIL TODAY G. L ALLEN TO WED Miss Katherine Warner Will Become Bride in June. CEREMONY TO BE IN EAST Fiance's Meteoric Rise to Presidency of Pyrene Manufacturing Com pany Makes Sensation In World of Salesmanship. Photo by Underwood. Above Minn Katherine Warner. From Snapshot Photograph Made of Her Yesterday by a Staff Photographer of The Oregonlan. IIHow C. Lonia Allen, of f York, 33 Years Old, President of Big- Concern. REDUCING SUGAR IN DIABETES To demonstrate to Life Ins. Coa and Phy sicians that sugar waste and symptoms can ' be checked In many cases oC Oiabetea and lives prolonged, we will donate the treatment for a limited number, age 46 and over, show ing 5 per cent of sugar or more anticipating It will in most cases show reduction of 00 per cent in 50 days, urinalysis to be made by a competent analytical chemist and mailed us every 15 days. All names withheld. Ful ton's Diabetic Compound (Fulton's Compouud No. 2) la the agent. it is saving life insurance companies thous ands by prolonging lives et old policy holders who have developed sugar and accompany ing symptoms. For reports on cases in which the sugar loss and symptoms were checked and lives prolonged 5 to 15 years and still living, write John J. Fulton Co., San Fran rliico. rrngglsts supplied by nearest whole saler. Jho further notice for 6u days. Miss Katherine Warner, daughter of Mrs. D. D. Warner, 724 Hancock street. in Irvington, will leave this week for New Tork City to become the bride in June of C Louis Allen, president of the Pyrene Manufacturing Company, whose meteoric rise in busines the last two years has been a sensation in the busi ness world and especially of the world of expert salesmanshfp. Miss Warner's engagement was an nounced quietly a few days ago by relatives of Portland, and the an nouncement explained in a measure the trip of Mr. Allen to the Pacific Coast early in January, when he spoke before the Portland Ad Club. ! Mr. Allen's rise from salesman to president of his company in less than two years made him one of the most talked-of young men in business . of the day, and several magazines and newspapers devoted generous space to an account of the modest young man's rise. He is only 33 years old. Inlsst Warner O. A. C. Graduate. Miss Warner is a graduate of Port land Academy and of the 1915 class of the Oregon Agricultural College, and the romance which takes her on a pre- bridal tour to New Tork City this week was begun about two years ago. when she was visiting with relatives in New York and casually met Mr.. Allen. Mr. Allen continued to press his suit notwithstanding his sudden rise to in ternational business notice and the be trothal resulted from his recent tour to the Coast. Miss Warner, who Is a do mestic science expert, has been at tached to the Portland public schools and it was not until she made known her plans for leaving that the engage ment was announced. Mr. Allen is a resident of Aberdeen, S. V., and is only 33 years old. al though he is at the head of a firm whose business runs into six figures annually, lie became a salesman with his company on reaching the East and his immediate success in his own ter ritory, won him the berth of sales manager within a year. Wedding la Set for Jane. In less than another year his board of directors recognized his ability and rewarded it with making him president of the concern a year ago last Feb ruary. As the "most successful sales man" of the year, he was featured by business writers and business experts so persistently that his success became an International by-word among am bitious salesmen. The' engagement to Miss Warner, a Portland girl, capped the year of notice that had been ac corded to him and the wedding is set for late in June in New York City. Miss Warner was reared in Portland and has a host of friends. She was educated in the public schools before attending Portland Academy and the Agricultural College. Mrs. Warner will attend her daughter at the wedding, and there will be a number of other relatives at the ceremony. Mrs. Lewis Lamberson, of Portland, is an aunt of the bridegroom-elect. by Henry Andrew, operator of the Sweet Briar Ranch. The horse was shot by Patrolman Park shortly after the accident. DREDGE HANDJS RESCUED Three Guardsmen Save Willamette Worker Who Then Shows Fight. A dredge hand, employed on the dredge that is working in the lower harbor, attempted to whip a trio of Na tional Guardsmen Saturday night after they had rescued him from the cold waters of the Willamette. The dredge hand, whose name the police failed to get, was intoxicated and tried to walk the pipe line from shore to the dredge. He had proceeded but a short distance when he fell into J.he river. He was sinking for the second time when Corporal White and two privates rescued him. The dredge hand showed strong inclination to fight when pulled from the river. Patrolman Frei berg reported. FISH RUN STARTING WELL St. Helens Fishermen Take Fiftv Tons First Four Days. ST. HELENS. Or.. May 6. (Special.) The first four days of the fishlna: season have been successful for the fishermen operating out of St. Helens, the catch having been more than 60 tons. The fish are of good quality and average zu pounds each, and the fish ermen are paid 10 cents a pound, so that more than $1000 has already been paid. The run is. heavy and fish buyers anticipate a good season. RUNAWAY TEAM KILLED Milk Driver Slightly Injured by Crashing Into Car. Joe Leu. mllkwagon driver, was slightly injured, one of his horses was killed and the other so badly injured that it had to be shot, when, his team crashed into a Mount Scott car at East Fiftieth and Division streets. Leu told police officers that the brakerod on the wagon refused to work, and that the team becoming frightened ran away. The horses raced down Division street and crashed into the rear car of a Mount Scott train. Leu was taken to the Emergency Hospital In the police automobile and his injury, a cut on the forehead, was dressed by Dr. Rose. Leu is employed Declaration of War Increases Dif ficulty of Securing Vessels for Lumber Carrying, but Sev eral Are on Way North. More than 1.500.000 feet of lumber will be taken, out of the Columbia River for San Pedro aboard two steam ers, which were shifted down the river yesterday for loading. The vessels are the 'steamer Shasta and the steamer Daisy Freeman, both of which got into the river last Thurs day. The Shasta, which is in the serv ice of Dant & Russell, was shifted from the inman-Poulsen mill down the river to Kalama yesterday, where she will complete a cargo of 900,000 feet. The Daisy Freeman, of the Freeman Steamship Company, completed dis charging general cargo here and was taken down the river to Westport. She will take out about 800,000 feet of lum ber. . The steamer Wapama. which is due to leave St. Helens for California ports today, will take out 1.000,000 feet of. Oregon fir in addition to passengers. There are several other vessels now loading lumber at Portland and Co lumbia River mills. These vessels in the aggregate will take out several million feet, thereby contributing to the general activity in lumber ship ments. Although a somewhat increased dif ficulty in securing vessels for lumber carrying on the Coast has been experi enced as a result of the declaration of war by the United States, there are nevertheless a good list of vessels due to handle lumber cargoes here in the near future. Tha steamers Necanicum and Tiver ton will be here shortly from San Pedro and will load lumber for the Cal ifornia trade. The two vessels to gether can handle well over 1.000,000 feet of lumber. The Necanicum is in the service of the Hammond Lumber Company and the Tiverton is operating for the Beaver Lumber Company. WHEAT MOVED TO RAILROADS Million Bushels Remaining In Snake River Warehouses. LEWISTON, Idaho, May 6. (Special.) Steamer Inland Empire, of The Dalles-Celilo Transportation Company departed from Portland May 4 and will arrive at Lewiston May 7 or 8, at which time it will be placed In the service of the- O.-W. R. & N. Company to work in connection with steamers Spokane and Lewiston in the movement of grain now in Snake River ware houses. "There are remaining in the rlvr warehouses more 1,000,000 bushels of grain to be handled by the boats, said h.. It. Budd, superintendent of water lines, "and the boats are now moving about 12,000 bushr-ls dally." Wages for deckhands, formerly $35 a month with board and room, have advanced to $60 a month. SHIP PLANT SITE INSPECTED Portland Lawyers "Visit T a com a Properties, but Tell No Plans. TACOMA. Wash.. May . (Special.) Clarence M. Eubanks and F. L. Phipps, Portland lawyers, headed a party of Portland men who spent Friday and a part of yesterday in Tacoma looking over a site on which to locate a yard for the building of wooden ships. They were impressed with a strip of ground offered to them on the tldeflats by John L. Roberts, president of the Puget Sound Iron & Steel Works. Mr. Eubanks or his associates would not discuss the situation, and realty men who met them would not say that the visitors had made a decision re garding the purchase of tha tldeland site. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DU .. stay ..May ..May ..May 18 . . May IS CAPITAL'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IS SELDCTCD 31 A V v I H - T. v if...-kAi.. yf, c - DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From. Breakwater ......Ban Francisco Northern Pacific 6an Francisco Beaver .loe Angeles , P. A. Kllburn ....San Francisco Roao City los Angeles , DUE TO DEPART. Name. For Date. Wapama ........ .Sm Dleco ..... May Yale i?.F. for 1-.A.-8.D May Harvard S.F. for I-.A.-S.D May Breast water Ioe An re lea .... May Northern Pacific .ban Francisco ...May 1 Beaver ...Las Angeles 1 F. A. Kllburn ....San Francisco ...May 1 Klamath ........ .San Diego ..... May 1 Hose City ban Francisco ...May 1 Pacific Coast Shipping Notts. ASTORIA, Or. May 6. (Special. The steamer F. A. Kllburn sailed today for Francisco, via Coos Bay and Eureka, carry In freight and passengers irom Portland and Astoria. The steam schooner Klamath sailed today for San Francisco, with a cargo of lumber from tit- Helens. The barge Monterey, laden with fuel oil for Portland, is due tonight from California In tow of tha tug Navigator. ABERDEEN. Wash.. May 6. (Special.) The steamer Helena arrived from San Fran cisco and Is loading at the Hulbert Mill. Tha steamer Chehaus, carrying a -lumber cargo, and with the new steamer Santa Elena In tow, cleared for Fan Francisco. The Santa Elena carried a lumber cargo. Her machinery will be Installed at San Fran cisco, after which she will be placsd in the coastwise cargo-carrying trade by her own ers, W. R. (irace Co. MIm Elizabeth Kettenbaeh. LEWISTON, Idaho, May 6. (Special.) Miss Elizabeth Ket tenbaeh, of Lewiston, Idaho, said by Senator Borah to be the most attractive youngr woman in Washington, has received the highest graduating: class honors at the National Park Seminary at "Washington. From a student body of 3 40 Miss Kettenbaeh was chosen "Queen of the May." The honor is based upon beauty and scholarship. She is the first stu dent from the West upon whom this honor has ever been con ferred. Miss Kettenbaeh has attended the seminary two years. Her mother, Mrs. William F. Ketten baeh, will go' to Washington to attend the graduating exercises. NOW YOU CAN BUY SNOW FLAKE SODAS BY THE BOX Everybody is anxious at this time to buy in the most economical way in a way that realty saves and does not waste, When you buy SNOW FLAKES in this big wooden box you get BIG VALUE for your money, and SNOW FLAKES are good till the last one is gone. Your grocer will recommend your buying SNOW FLAKES in our new ECONOMY BOX because he knows that you will be pleased with the saving you make and the excellent quality of the crackers. THIS BIG WOODEN BOX OF DAINTY SNOW FLAKES can be bought from all grocers for $1.15. Ask your grocer to show you this box you will be surprised at its size and the quantity of crackers it contains. Have a box sent home TODAY. SNOW FLAKES always have been popular, and they will be more pop ular still now that they are sold in this big wooden box as well as in the familiar red packages. PACIFIC COAST BISCUIT CO. Portland, Oregon oift ask to Grac&sns DANCERS ATHIP CLEVER fixe: work ox roller skates is novel event ox bill. Great Big Potato In our dining-cars to the place it now holds." he adds. H. B. JAMISON'S LEG BROKEN will be given, on the same terms, to the general public. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. May 6. Ballad Steamers W. F. Herrin. for San Francisco: Shasta, for Fan Pedro vts Kalama: Daisy Freeman, for San Psdro via Westport. ASTORIA. May 6. Sailed at midnight Steamer Rose City, for 8an Francisco and Fan Pedro: at 7 A. M. bteamsr Klamath. for San Xlesro. via way ports: at 11 A. M. Stsamsr F. A. Kllburn. for Baa Francisco, via Coos Bay and Eureka- SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. Arrived at 1 P. M. Staanter J. A. Cbanslor.- from Port land: at 3 P. M. Steamer Northern Pa cific, from Flavel. EUREKA, May 6. Arrived at 10 A. M. and sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer Breakwater. from 6an Francisco lor Coos Bay and Port land. BAN PEDRO. Mar 6. Sailed Steamer Bsaver. for Portland via San Francisco. Arrived steamer F. H. Buck, from Port land. . MARRHFIELD. Or., Msy 6. Special.) The steam schooner Bandon arrived from Bandon at b o clock this morning. Tides at Astoria Monday. High. Low. 0:22 A. M 9. feet 7:31 A. M. 06 foot 1:38 P. M 7.1 feet7:ia P. M 8.S test Singing Violinist Has Unusual Array ot Iaarrnmenta Aerobatlc Art la at Hapld-Flre Klad. Bert and Hazel Skatelle maybe aren't headlined as the most particular and Illuminating star act in the vaudeville act that the Hippodrome In the new bill that opened yesterday, but they have an act that is about the most startling thing of Its kind that the average vaudeville fan ever had the privilege of watching. They are on roller skates and any one who has gone through the tyro stage In learning to handle rollers knows that a person who can aance on them is pretty clever. But then we have all seen the experts who figured out gliding, swooping, circling waltses and thought they were pretty clever. hlch they may have been. The Skatelle duo goes everybody one bet ter. Ward -Bell and Ward have an acro batic stunt that Is tremendously speedy and full of comedy stunts. Interspersed with clever dancing. Henri Kubkck. singing violinist, has several startling freak Instruments among which is a banjo that looks like a cross between a Danjo ana a inner, and with which he Is able to make an excellent Imitation of a Hawaiian steel sruitar. "Uninvited" is a bright society sketch, featuring Cathryn Chaloner and company. Is an engaging story oi clever a-irl. who outwitted a sharper. Anita Arllss, former muBicai comeay star, has a delightful' revue or songs, nast and present. She is assisted by Arthur Alton. "A Duo in Contrast" are La Vere and Palmer, with a singing and talk ing sketch that is entirely worth while. Another eDlsode In "The Great Secret" is featured in the photoplay half of the new bill. Cathlamet Alan's Brother Killed. CATHLAMET, Wash.. May 6. Spe cial.) William Stuart, County Court Commissioner, last week received word that his brother, Henry Stuart, a vol unteer In the Fiftieth Canadian Bat talion, had been killed on April 10. Al though an American, Mr. Stuart had been fighting with the Allies for sev eral months. Jefferson High Athletic Coach Suf fers Injury in Ball Game. Homer B. Jamison, member of the teaching staff of Jefferson High School, ex-University of Oregon athlete and now coach of tha Jefferson athletic teams, sustained a fracture of both bones in his left leg at the ankle Sat urday while playing a game of baseball with the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club team against Mount Angel at Mount Angel. Or. ar. Jamison was sliding Into second base when he turned his ankle and it snapped. The Joint was thrown out badly and the break of both bones also sustained. He was brought by automobile to Portland and taken to the Sellwood General Hospital, where his leg was set. Bootlegger Sent to Penitentiary. LEWISTON. Idaho. May 6. (Speclat) Harry Floyd, charged with violation of the prohibition law. was found guilty by a Jury In the District Court and will be sentenced to the State Peni tentiary. Margarie Floyd, his wife, was arrested upon the same charge, pleaded guilty three weeks ago. BODY TO GO TO WASCO Burial of Late W. M. Barnett Will Be Held at Old Home. The body of W. M. Barnett, one of tha early residents of Waaco, who died at the Good Samaritan Hospital Satur day following an operation, will be sent to Wasco today for burial. Mr. Barnett was 1 years of age. He had lived In Eastern Oregon most of his life, settling there first as a farmer. Later he went Into the milling business, then established a general merchandise store, and last went Into the banking business. In whlqh he was actively en gaged at the time of his death. Mr. Barnett Is survived by a widow and eight children. One of the daugh ters is married and lives in this city The body is at the Finley Undertak ing Establishment. RAILWAY OFFERS LAND USE "BIG BAKED POTATO" GOES Waste Causes New Order Regarding Service on Dining Cars. Hazen J. Titus, the irrepressible dln-Ing-car superintendent of the Northern Pacific and the man who made the "big baked Dotato" famous, has pulled an other rare piece of advertising and In cidentally contributed substantially to the food conservation campaign. In a circular issued yesterday Mr. Titus advised the public that until after the war the Northern Pacific will quit serving "great bigs" In the interest of food economy. He points out that these potatoes are so "great" and so "big" that it Is a physical Impossibility for any one individual to eat a whole po tato, with the result that a large por tion of each one Is wasted. "Upon the resumption of normal con ditions we Bhall be glad to restore the Southern Paclflo to Permit Farming of 100,000 Acres. More than 100,000 acres of productive land in Oregon. Washington. Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota belonging to the Northern Pacific Rail road will be farmed this year, as result of an offer recently made by J. M. Hannaford, president of tha road. to its employes. Under terms of Mr. Hannaford's of fer all employes will be permitted to raise foodstuffs on any of the com pany's idle land, without cost, during the present crop season. Some of the Northern Pacific right of way. which ordinarily is kept green and attractive Ilka a park, will be plowed up and planted to potatoes and other klnda of vegetables. After the employes have had a chance at the land, all that remains unused More than 7,000 marriage licenses were Issued in New York City during the last vear. 10 PEMCIX A stasia VENUS Is bought by all who want the best. 17 perfect black decrees, and 2 copying for every pos sible purpose. Blue Band VELVET The Supreme sc. PENCIL American Lead Pencil Co.,N. Y. iia: AGEDWOMAN Run Down and Feeble Made Strong by VinoL So many people in Portland and vicinity are In Mrs. Wickersham'a con dition we ask you to call at our store and get a bottle of Vinol, and If It falls to benefit we will return your money. In her eighty-second year Mrs. John Wick e rah am. of Russellvllle, Pa., says: I was in a run-down, feeble condition and had lost flesh. A neighbor aaked me to try Vinol. and after taking two bottles my strength returned"; I am gaining in flesh, it has built up my health and I am feeling fine for a woman of my age. so I get around and do my housework." The reason Vinol was so successful in Mrs. Wickersham'a case was because It contains beef and cod liver peptones. Iron and manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates, the very elements needed to build up a weakened, run down system and create strength. Right here In Portland we have seen such excellent results from Vinol that It is a pleasure to know it Is doing so much good for old people In other parts of the country. The Owl Drug Co., Portland, also at the leading drug store In all Oregon towua.