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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1917)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY,' 3IAY 11, 1917. 11 AUDITOR WORK HEARS COMPLETION Hundreds of Men Are Speed ing, Following Settlement of . Financial Problems. FURTHER DELAY UNLIKELY Structure Is Believed Certain to Be Finished by July 1, In Tim for Convention of National Edu- , cation Association. V Settlement of all the financial diffi culties in connection with the Public Auditorium construction has resulted In work being resumed at full speed. With hundreds of men hastening: every feature of the work the structure is rapidly assuming completed shape with o further delays in view. It is cer tain now that the building- will be en tirely finished by July 1, In time for the National Education convention. Since J. A. Fouilhoux, architect on the 'building-, has left for the officers' training camp at the Presidio, M. H. "Whltehouse has assumed complete charge of the architectural end of the Job. City Commissioner Baker also is giving a large part of his personal at tention to the work so as to keep every thing moving toward the point of com pletion. The interior is now far enough along to give an excellent idea of how it will look. The plastering Is finished, deco rations are being completed and the whole Interior is being painted and presents a very attractive appearance. "Within a few days all scaffolding will be out of the main auditorium. Pipe Organ Is Shipped. Word has been received that the pipe organ has been shipped and will be here within a short time along with a double crew of experts to put it In. The organ chambers have been com pleted and the heat has been turned on to dry out the rooms so there will be no delay in Installing the organ as soon as it gets here. The contractor building the remov able floor will start laying the floor at once. As soon as this Is finished the floor will be taken out and the main auditorium chairs will be set in place. Chairs for the balconies are already In the city. The steam plant is in op eration, drying out the plastering. The lobby has been completed except for the marble work, which will be started at once. The marble Is on the way to the city. Work of laying the massive rranite steps on the Third street side will be started as soon as the founda tions are finished, which will be before the end of this week. Wiring Is Completed. The heating and ventilating work Is practically complete and the wiring Is ready for installation of the fixtures "and switchboard. These have been manufactured and are ready for plac ing. Work was started yesterday on con struction of the cement floor In the basement. The stage is nearlng com pletion, as are the scenery galleries, dressing rooms and other parts. Work is being hurried on the public comfort station In the basement. Doors and windows will be ready for setting In place within a short time. PERSONALMENTION. W. Pollak. of Albany, is at the Ore gon. Jj. G. Hill, of Spokane, is at the Is'ortonla. W. D. Harney, of Chicago, Is at the Cornelius. W. r. Harney, of Chicago, Is at the Cornelius. Norrls Morgan, of Prineville, is at the Imperial. H. L. Planter, of San Francisco, 13 at the Carlton. H. H. Hook, of Harrlsburg. Or., is at the Perkins. O. C. Henderson, of Amity. Or, is at the Washington. J. M. Tuttle, of San Francisco, CaL, Is at the Carlton. William N. Varlen, of Burns, Or.. Is at the Nortonia. W. D. Chamberlain, of Pendleton, Or., Is at the Imperial. George Schmidt, Warrenton, Or., Is at the Multnomah. L,. E. Osborn, of Bandon, Or is regis tered at the Carlton. Guy Adams registered from The Dal les at the Perkins. Carl E. C. Fischer, of Springfield, Or., Is at the Cornelius. W. E. Tallant, of Astoria, is regis tered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thompson, of 34otfioimL Jron WILL ADVANCE Buy now and save that additional fifty cents. The Hotpoint Iron was the first to be constructed with an attached stand. Probably no other feature means quite so much to the women. It eaves lifting a heavy Iron onto a stand, and back again, innumer able times during each ironing. And it saves scratching the pol ished face of the Iron by slam ming it onto a stand; keeps it nice and smooth, so it's a pleasure to iron. Guaranteed One Year Price $4.50 ' UNTIL JUNE FIRST Complete with. Cord and Plug. nnrs i u CI o ELECTRIC CO Palmer, Or., are registered at the Washington. W. Moore, of Baker. Or., is regis tered at the Perkins. Miss Augusta Thomas, of Milwaukee, Wis., is at the Cornelius. E. A. Plumrr.er, of Tacoma, is regis tered at the Multnomah. - C. H. Hudelson, of Gooding. Idaho, is registered at the Portland. Mrs. F. A. Seufert. Jr.. of The Dalles. is registered at the Imperial. C. F. Heywood, well known mariner. registered at the Multnomah. H. R. Newport, of Hermiston. Or.. is registered at the Perkins. O. B. Frank, of Chehalls. Wash., is registered at the Cornelius. , M. C. Carpenter, of Alameda, CaL, Is registered at the Nortonia. M. F. Sammarstan from Oakland, CaL. is registered r.l the Washington. E. T. Halton, a prominent merchant of Silverton, Or., is at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Miller, of Riverside. CaL, are registered at the Carlton. Mrs. A. B. Kelsey. a merchant of Salem, Or., is registered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Swartley regis tered at the Imperial from Corvallis. Or. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Herries. of Bloom- ington, CaL. are stopping at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. F. t Putnam, of Des Moines, la, are registered at the Cor nelius. Miss Madeline Ballons. of La Grande. Or., registered at the Portland yes terday. Mrs. J. I. Havens, of Hoaulam. Wash., is spending a few days at the Nortonia. A. W. Stone, manager of the Apple- growers' Association of Hood River, ur, is registered at the Oregon. Moritz Thomsen. millionaire grain man of Seattle, spent yesterday at the Multnomah and then returned to the Sound. F. C. Harley, Mayor of Astoria. Or.. who has been registered at the Port land for the last two days, returned to his home. Dr. M. Skern, of Pendleton, Or- stopped off at the Oregon on his way to the Officers Reserve Corps at the Presidio, Ban Francisco. Edgar A. Wolz, Jr., secretary-treas urer of the Hotel Men's Letter Credit Association, is registered at the Mult nomah from New York City. ROAD MEETINGS BILLED THREE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE STUMP. Itineraries Are Extensive and Speak- Inar Will Continue Up to En of Election. Both Eastern .and Western Oregon are included in the itineraries that have been arranged for extensive speech-making tours by Oregon's three State Highway Commissioners S. Ben son, E. J. Adams and W. L. Thompson for the week of May 21-26, inclusive. The following schedule of meetings has been arranged for Messrs. Benson and Bowerman: Stay 21 7:80 P. M., Sandy. May 22 11 A. M.. Hubbard: 3 P. M.. Ger- vais; 7:30 P. M., Mount Angel. May -23 It A. M.. Turner; 8 P. M., Ma rlon; 7::;0 P. M-, Jefferson. May 24 11 A. M.. Tangent; 8 P. M.. Shedd; 7:30 P M.. Halsey. May 25 11 A. M.. Harrlsburg: 8 P. M.. Junction City; 7:30 P. M., Eugene. May 28 10 A. M.. Cobum: 8 P. M.. Cress- weil; 7:80 P. M., Springfield. Another speaker probably will ac company Mr. Adams who will make ad dresses at the following points: May 21 T:0 P. M., Cottage Grove. May 22 7:30 P. M.. Newport May 23 7:30 P. M.. Toledo. May 24 8 P. M. Yamhill; 7:30 P. M.. Newberg. Following his Newberg meeting, Mr. Adams will leave for a whirlwind trip through Gilliam and Wheeler counties and will conclude the campaign with a meeting at Eugene, his home town, June 2. REFUNDING PLAN DRAFTED Council Proposes to Wait One Year Before Taking Up Bonds. A measure providing a system whereby refunding bonds and trans fers of funds in sinking: funds can.be used as a means of taking up im provement bonds as they fall due, was decided on by the City Council yester day. - The measure will be prepared at once for submission to the voters at the city election June 4. The measure is a compromise on the measure proposed by City Auditor Bar bur and overcomes opposition from the buyers of bonds who contended that the original measure was unfair inas much as it cut short the life of bonds sold to them largely on the strength of assurances from the City Treasurer that the bonds would have a life of from six to seven years. This measure would' not be effective for a year. MOTHERS' DAY IS SUNDAY V. V. C. A. Plans to Honor Parents at Vesper Service. Mothers" Day will be observed at the Y. W. C. A. and vesper service on Sun day at 4:80 o'clock. Mrs. Helen E. Starrett, who has been for 30 years at the head of t.ie Starrett School for Girls in Chicago, and who Is principal emeritus of that -school, though now a permanent resident of Portland, will give a talk on "Modern Problems for Girls Today." Mrs. Star rett also will read from some of the modern poets. Including i- few verses of her own. Mrs. Jane Burns Albert will sing. Social hour, 6:0 o'clock. Every girl Invited. PAVING WORK AUTHORIZED Broadway Property Owners Are Per mitted to liet Contract. Permission was granted by the City Council to the owners of property on Broadway between Stark and Taylor streets yesterday to make repairs to the pavement on Broadway. The own ers will let a contract and the city will attend to the engineering and inspec tion. At first It was planned for the city to do the work and assess the cost against the property owners. The own ers all signed a petition to this effect. However, when plans began shaping along this line it was found that there were so many legal complications that the handling of the work directly by the property owners under city super vision was the safest methods College President Emeritus Dies. ELLKNSBURG, Wash., May 10. Rev. Dr. .Walter Quincy Scott, president emeritus of Ohio State University and prominent in religious work In New York City for many years, died at his home here last night. He leaves a widow and a eon, Quincy Scott, secre tary of the Red Lodge, Mont., Chamber of Commerce and formerly a cartoon ist on the New York newspaper, W Your order for the new L JWWi Encyclopaedia Britannica printed Jf M if on genuine India paper must be sent us on or before Saturday, Pify Vslf May 6 W$mm if you expect to obtain a set. (It may be that the last set will be gone a day or two earlier.) or neVerl When the last set is sold, no more can be offered printed on genuine India paper because there is no more India paper. 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Primed for the fray and ready to meet his enemies face to face, F. C. Harley, the picturesque Mayor of As toria, left Portland last night for his home city, -where he will today appear as the defendant in two court hearings. Mayor Harley is charged with par ticipation in a. street fight and also with assault. He will answer the first charge this morning and the second this afternoon. Both charges. Mayor Harley contends, were trumped up by his political opponents, who have, he says, allowed their petty feelings to run away with their better Judgment. The controversy arose at the last meeting of the Astoria City Council, when Mayor Harley, Just home from an Eastern trip, accused the Council of blundering by changing the character of a bond Issue which he says will cost the taxpayers of Astoria $53,860 ad ditional, including interest charges on the sinking fund. . "I want It understood that I do not wish to reflect upon the Integrity of Frank Patton, the Astoria banker, who represented the Kastern bond house in handling the bond matter before the Council." said Mr. Harley, as he was slipping away from the Hotel Portland last night to catch his train tor Home, "The members of the Council are en titled to most of the blame in the mat ter for switching from the original pro gramme of serial bonds to the flat 20- year bonds. Mr. Patton was. I believe, taken advantage of by the bond com pany which he represents, and the of ficials of the bond company, not Mr. Patton, should share the blame along with the members of the City Council." Mr. Harley's exoneration of Mr. Pat ton was voiced when he was shown a copy of an Astoria newspaper contain ing his message on the bond matter, to gether with editorial comments. HOSEMEN'S TEST MAY 28 Examinations .Will Provide Ellgl bles for Coming Year. An examination for hosemen in the fire bureau has been set for May 23. From the list of men passing the ex amination, all appointments to the fire service will be made during the com ing year. The examination will consist of men tal tests, physical examination, athletic tests and tests in bravery. The weights In the examination have been an nounced as follows: Spelling, 6 points; arithmetic, 5; penmanship, 6; mental test, 5; physical condition, 25; athletic test. 25; personality and references, 25. Applications for the examination will be received up to within a few days of the examination. Aberdeen Girl to Serve. ABEEDEEK, Wash.. May 10. (Spe cial.) Miss Frances Douglas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Douglas and one of the best known young women of the city, has entered the University of Washington Ked Cross corps with the intention of going to France this Fall as a nurse. She Is a graduate of the local high school and of Bryn Mawr. NECK AND WRIST SLASHED Window Cleaner Attempts Suicide on Washington Street. Possessed of an hallucination that he should commit suicide, Joe Cavalero, a window cleaner, living at 387 Front street, tried to end his life yesterday morning on Washington street by slashing his neck and wrists with a stiletto. It was feared at first he would die, but reports from the hospital yester day afternoon indicated that Cavalero would recover. A ladder fell upon Cavalero's head several weeks ago. apparently derang ing his mind. He Is married and has two children, both young boys. He Is 40 years of age and has lived in Port land 12 years. CURIO GIVEN TO MUSEUM Vertebrae of ..Whale TJsed by Alas kans for Chopping Block. An ancient chopping block made of the vertebrae of a whale and used by Alaskan Indians was added yesterday to the city museum at the City Hall. It was donated by Rev. George E. Lewis, of Highland Church, and H- S. Jones. The block is about two feet in diameter and came from the Herschel Islands, where it was used by the first chief Eyak, of the Eyak slaves. The donors carried the relic out of Alaska on their backs, having obtained it from a descendant of Eyak- Good Health Makes a Happy Home Good health makes housework easy. Bad health takes all the happiness out. Hosts of good women and good mothers drsg along In dally misery, back aching, worried, "blue." tired and worn, because they don't know what alls them. These same troubles .come with weaK kidneys, and. if the kidney action is distressingly disordered, there should be no doubt that the kidneys need help. Don't neglect yourself. There may be danger of dropsy, gravel, stone In the kidney, or Bright's disease. You can't afford to give up. Try to avoid overwork and worry. Get more fresh air and exercise. Walking is good. Read cheerful books and think of cheerful things. Get a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are safe and reliable. 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