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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1919)
TIIE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919. Vuur Union Suits Interwoven Hose Double Heel and Toe Revised chedule Net Prices GUP CASING! TON TESTED "' TUBE: t Standardized and Uniform Throughout the United States VACUUM There's a style here for you in one of our new fall overcoats. YouH find all the new models here in Hart Schaffner 6?Marx overcoats. Men who appreciate the best styles, best quality and newest fabrics will find them here. You know what the Hart Schaffner & Marx label stands, for; it's a guar antee of your satisfaction. Every Model Every Size Overcoats and Raincoats $30andupto$100 Ml MifilpMw Copyright 1M9 Hart Scfcaffaer & Mara Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Qualitj and Service Gasco Bid?. Fifth and Alder ASTOI AVERTS STRIKE CONTRACTORS AXD BCILDIXG TRADERS SIGX PACT. Scale of Wages and Working Con ditions to Continue in Effect I mil April,!. ASTORIA. Or, Oct. 3. (Special.)- Labor conditions In the building trades of Astoria have been agreed upon for a period of six months and there will be absolutely no danger of a tie-up in construction work as a result of strikes or labor controver sies between now and the first day or next ApriL This condition Is the result of a. conference between com mittees representing the contractors and the building; trades craftsmen. The meeting was a most harmonious one. There was no controversy any kind, as both sides were entirely satisfied with the scale of wages and the working conditions now in force. Each side, however, expressed a de sire for a specified period so that all kinds of improvement work can pro cced without danger of interruption. Accordingly, at the session a mo tion was unanimously adopted, pro vlding that the wace scale for lines of building trades craftsmen shall continue as at present for period of six months beginning on October 1. A committee consisting of three contractors and three craftsmen was appointed to draw up this formal agreement to be signed by the off! cers of the various organisations. Another matter In line with this sane policy of added harmony be tween the employers and employes also was agreed upon at the meeting last evening. It was that after the wage agreement is signed, the con ference committees shall name an ar bitration board, comprising three con tractors and three workmen, to adjust any grievances which may arise from time to time, the rulfng of this arbi tration board to be final and binding upon all concerned. "Charlie Boston," surveyed him very coldly. "Chinese are no more superstitious than American." he drawled andd the youth faded away. Three hundred members of the Chinese Merchants' Association, with black blands on their arms, stood be fore the house while the funeral serv ice was read within and followed their own friends to his temporary grave in Evergreen cemetery. The Christian minister of the Chinese mis sion read the service. HOLT'S WILL IS MYSTERY RUMOR SAYS GROCER LEFT ALL TO ALBANY SLAYER'S WIFE. WEDDING LEADS TO JAIL C. L. STEWART, BRIDEGROOM FACES FORGERY CHARGE, ill AMERICAN FUNERAL HELD SEW YORK ClilXESE OF NOTE GOES TO ANCESTORS. Re. "Nearer, My God, to Thee' places Weird Wail of Tom-Toms as Last Rites Said. The wailing of the tomtoms, which had for several hours drowned out the roar of the elevated from the fu neral chamber that served to remind all Chinese to speak softly while the spirit of Lee Koo aian passed over to his ancestors, died away at 1 P. M. yesterday afternoon. There was si lence for a moment in Moot street. Then the jangle of heathen instru ments gave way to Nearer My God to Thee." Three hundred Chinese mourners bared their heads, while the American crowd ceased for a time its pushing and jostling. Through the heavy gold and black which shoruded the doorway of No. 6 Mott street, they brought the body of Lee Koo Man, In a plain black casket and placed it in a plain Amer ican hearse, whose only Chinese trap pings were sheets of paper over the lanterns inscribed with Chinese char acters. "The Chinese have all the Ameri can customs now." said "Charlie Bos ton," the man about town of Mott street, who was pressed into service to explain the proceedings. Reporters who remember the days when a wed ding or a funeral in Chinatown was a prise assignment, good for a column at least, and strange paraphernalia which accompanied the great ones of Chinatown to their resting places, sighed over the loss of another treas ure of the good old days. Aside from the torn toms and the Chinese inscrip tions on the purple ribbons across the pillows of asters and lillies, composed by Bowery florists for the occasion, there was little of the picturesque left In Lee Koo Man's funeral. "Say. I heard they sent over a whole wagon full of boose and cakes to the cemetery, so this guy's spirit wouldn't get hungry before the funeral," in- terrupted a citisen flushed with the pride ot a sensational piece of gossip I Document In Hands of Dead Man's Lawyer, Who Also Handled Woman's Divorce Case. SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 2. Who Is the mysterious beneficiary named in the last known will and testament of H. C Holt, Alkl grocer, who was miir dered last Saturday night, and for which James I. Deaver. retired ser geant-major of marines, will stand trial. The question Is puzzling both the police and the prosecutor, numerous other counsel, and friends and ac quaintances of Holt and the Deavers alike today. That a will exists is known to be fact. But it Is under lock and key in the keeping of Robert Tait Dodge, counsel retained by Mrs. Deaver in a divorce case brought by her husband some weeks ago, and which is still pending In the superior court. Hodge also was counsel for Holt during his lifetime. Holt had fear of an impending doom, it la said, and made out a will and left it In his lawyer's care. "It will be produced in court at the proper time for probate," said Hodge. Police detectives and Deputy Pros ecutor John Carmody, detailed on the murder case, are especially anxious to know the contents of the will. It Holt left his all to Mrs. Deaver, as it is rumored he did, this fact would be important to the state's case, they contend, in that it would tend to show Holt had. to say the least, a deep re gard and friendship for the wife of the man who is alleged to have mur- aered him. GAS PROBE STARTS TODAY SEATTLE PATRONS TO TESTIFY AT HEARING. ' Company Charged With Service Below Normal Parity and Pressure.. Giving In. SEATTLE, Oct: 2. (Special.) Se attle's gas supply is to be publicly in vestigated tomorrow. More than 150 patrons of the Seattle Lighting com pany who have filed complaints against the gas sen-ice in recent weeks have been asked to be pres ent to give testimony In the hearing conducted by the state public service commission. Complaints filed by the city of Se attle and the state public service commission charge the Seattle Light ing company yith providing inade quate service since September C. and the company is called before the com mission to answer the charges tomorrow. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ken nedy has prepared exhibits to sub stantiate the city's complaint that the gas service has been below normal for several weeks In purity, pressure and thermal value. State public service commission rules require a certain standard in gas supply, and the city will attempt to show that not only impurities in the gas furnished by the lighting company have been above the maximum fixed by the regula tions, but the pressure and the ther mal vaiue have-been below the re quirements ever since th gas em ployes' strike. Chclialis Business Men Alleged to Have Been Victimized by Worthless Checks. CHEIIALIS. Wash.. Oct. 2. (Spe clal.) When C. L. Stewart, who gives his home as the sunny southland, on Saturday last led Miss Amy Bishop of Chehalis to the matrimonial altar he started a lot of things and finally wound up in the Lewis county Jail, thus shattering a' brief romance. Stewart will answer a charge of for gery. It Is alleged that prior to his wedding he passed a worthless check on a local jeweler. C L. Belknao of the Gem eafa nr pared a fine wedding breakfast for Stewart and his bride. The Jeweler meantime learned that his check was worthless and when Stewart was ac cused he cleverly passed another one on Mr. Belknap, taking the change to pay the jeweler. Other business men were victimised in like manner, ac cording to reports. John Neumeier had an automobile which Stewart rented for a wedding trip to Seattle, receiving a $20 bogus check in payment for the car. When Stewart was arrested in Seattle the car. or at least such as was left of it, was returned from that city. Then to add to his grief over the loss of his car. Neumeier was arrested and fined" $15 and costs for hiring out his car without a license to do so, and the insurance policy on the car was canceled by the writing company. Some time ago Stewart was em ployed at the state training school. KINDERGARTEN . DRIVE . ON Association Pleads for Justice for Little Folic. NEW YORK. In Its national cam paign for more kindergartens the Na tional Kindergarten association, 8 West Fortieth street, has issued the following plea for justice: "Perhaps your child will have an opportunity to go to colfege. and then again he may be obliged to go to work at any age.. ; "Whatever may befall your own bol. the fact is that the treat ma jority of children never go even to high school. The Inadequate educa tion which most children receive would be materially amplified and enriched by the mental, moral and manual training which a good kinder. garten provides. Only one child in eight enjoys these educational ad vantages. , "A kindergarten ought to be onene.l In every one of the elementary schools to provide equal opportunity for all the nation's children." P. P. Claxton, commissioner of edu cation of the federal department of the Interior, Issued the following arguments for kindergartens for all children: Are we not overlooking the easiest surest and most natural means for laying the foundation of American ization when we neglect to provide a sufficient number of kindergartens for .all the children of the aliens in our midst? Can any one enter the home of the alien more easily than the kinder gartener, who, with the mother, has a common Interest In the little child? . Jn you imagine a better class in Americanization than the mothers' meetings, where shy foreign women of different nationalities meet 'with the kindergarten and take their first lessons in American customs, man ners and ideals? , Did you ever think how inconsistent I is to have compulsory education laws provide classes for two whole consecutive years which are as valu able educationally as any years in the child s lire. Do you realize that nearly 4,000,000 of our children are losing two years of schooling by not being in 4. the kindergarten? Ex-Argentine President Dead. BCENOS AIRES. Oct. 2. Dr. Vic- torino de la Plaza, former president of the Argentine republic, died at midnight last night. . Quality Service Safety Economy BAED on raw materials, purchased at comparatively low prices, Vacuum Cup Tires and "Ton Tested" Tubes the choice of a million motorists were, on July 19, and for the second time during the current year, substantially reduced in price. 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DISTRIBUTERS PENNSYLVANIA VACUUM CUP TIRES pre-war basis the cable system of the world, it is announced. The five Anglo-German cables which were cut by the British fleet in the early days of the war are being re paired, ancz so are the four cables connecting England with Belgium. Cable communication with Iceland, which was interrupted by the war, has just been restored. Messages now are being dispatched to Australia in as many hours as it required days in war time. ; - Communication with the European continent is steadily improving. - Bad Checks Laid to Laborer. Charged with passing numerous small checks in various parts of the city, John Helburn, 22, a laborer, was arrested in Oregon City yesterday, by City Inspector Ackerman. He was held for 500 bail. Helburn is said to have passed a number of checks, in no case larger than $10. He is also said to be wanted in Vancouver. Wash., on a charge of passing a check for J75 on a Vancouver bank. ABLES BEING REPAIRED British Communication With Con. tinent Is Improving. LONDON. (Correspondence of the I. - - u.aj jjuoaiuia c l -fort la being made to restore io its Centralia Citizens Organize. CENTRALIA. Wash., Oct. 2. (Spe cial.) About 100 citizens, the major ity of them business men, met last night and organised the Centralia Citizens' Protective association. The purpose of the organization is to com bat L W. W. activities in this vicinity. The membership Is open to all citizens desiring to see law and order maintained. Anrora Hampers Wire Service. CHICAGO. . Oct. 2. The aurora borealls was visible over a wide ter ritory last night and seriously im peded wire communication for sev eral hours. REED DENOUNCES 'THUGS SEXATOR SATS XEED OF GOV ERNMENT HERE SHOWN. Official Investigation of Ardmore Incident Remains to Be Put Under Way. ARDMORE, Okla., Oct. 2. No offi cial action has been taken with re gard to investigating the disturb ances which resulted last night in preventing Senator James A. Reed of Missouri from delivering an address in Convention hall against the league of nations. During the demonstra tions eggs were thrown at the sen ator and others on the stage and one revolver shot was fired in the hall by a person yet unidentified. Before he left for Tulsa, Okla., Sen ator Reed dictated a statement In which lie tsaiu; "My compliments to the decent people of Ardmore. My contempt for the thugs who denied to these people the privilege of this assemblage, under the flag and constitution of the United States. "If the friends of the league of nations imagine that the character of the argument employed tonight will win friends for their cause, I be lieve they have mistaken the temper of the American people. I am sure they mistook the temper of the people of Ardmore. So far as I am concerned the incident is closed, but I desire to remark that the occur rence may serve to illustrate the fact that probably we had better learn to govern ourselves before we take charge of the rest of the world and undertake to run it." R0SEBURG HAS TOURISTS Many Visitors Slake Inquiry About Property. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) Six different families, all of them auto tourists, today made inquiry at the chamber of commerce concerning lands and city properties, some of them expecting to locate here per manently and others to remain during the winter, providing satisfactory homes can be had. The city is full of strangers, many of them attracted here by the fine climate, and desirable houses are at a premium. All furnished apartments in the city are filled, while the de mand for such places constantly increases. TROOPS FIRE INTO CROWD One Civilian Killed, 10 Wounded in Berlin Demonstration. BERLIN, Oct. 2. (By the Associ ated Press.) Soldiers during a labor demonstration by 15.000 persons in the Muellerstrasse today fired into the crowd. . One civilian was killed and ten others wounded. - Keeley to Ask Hearing. SALEM,' Or., Oct. 2. (Special.) Lee Roy Keeley, Portland lawyer, against whom action has been taken to disbar. hi& from practice la Ore gon, has written Arthur Benson, clerk of the supreme court that he is now in the east, but upon his return will ask for a public hearing. Objections to Keeley being admitted to practice law in Oregon are based on allesed irregularities both in his private and professional life. 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