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TTIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1920
SEVERAL CITY JOBS
the electrification of the main rail
33,854 REGISTER
I CITY SCHOOLS
way lines of Holland, a commission
of expert traction men from that
country arrived in Seattle today, fol
lowing a thorough Inspection of that
part of the Milwaukee railroad oper
ated by electricity in the west.
The party has- visited every part
of the world where electric roads are
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operated, and is now in possession of
a mass of informatio -hich the com
missioners think will result in speed
ing up the work At inaugurating new
Civil Service Examination Re
sults Announced.
Greatest Attendance Record
ed in Portland's History.
methods of transportation in their
country.
The members of the commission
are: Barnet Lyon, member of the
government board of railway control,
president; Loenen Martinet, chief of
electric traction of the Netherlands
railway, secretary; J. H. van Lessen,
chief of electric service of The
Hague-Rotterdam line; H. Doyer, con
sulting electrical engineer, and W. H..
Burgsdyke, general nanager of sev
QUIZ UNDER NEW SYSTEM
SCHOOL BOOKS DELAYED
References and Records of Service
C'ousldered in Calculating Qual
ifications of Applicants
eral Dutch interurban railways.
The commission was appointed
Jointly by the Dutch government and
by the Netherlands railways to make
the tour of inspection.
New Benson Building Expected to
Be Ready for Occupancy by
Tomorrow Morning.
BECOM
AVAILABLE
Examinations conducted by the
municipal civil service foard will re
sult in permanent appointments in
various bureaus, and in several in
stances will effect changes in the
personnel of municipal departments.
The examinations, the . results of
which were announced yesterday by
W. K. Marion, secretary, were held
last April under a new system de
vised by George B. Mason, civil serv
ice commissioner. In all. cases where
the examinations were for promo
tions, references and record of service
served as the principal guides for rat
li.gs. Among the Important examinations
conducted were those for assistant to
commissioners. In these cases six
persons qualified. The only vacancy
now existing in this class Is in the
office of- City Commissioner Pier.
John L. Hooper, who obtained second
place in the cligble list, now occupies
tais position ' under temporary ap
pointment. The eligbles in this ex
amination and their ratings are as
follows: Jolui J. Curtin. 97.77 per
cert; John L. Hooper, (soldier),
95.33: Genevra B. Rhoades, S9.55;
Margaret O'Brien, S5; Katharine 15.
Funk, SO; Hazel T. Page, 78.
Krywr Urts Good Ratine
Charles P. Keyser, who holds the
position of superintendent of parks
under a temporary appointment, was
successful in the test held for this
position. Mr. Keyser was the only
perton who took this examination
and received -a rating of 95.51 per
cent.
Eight men qualified in the examin
ation held for assistant engineer of
the water bureau. At present there
is but one vacancy, this being filled
bv Charles E. Oliver under tempor
ary appointment. Mr. Oliver, who has
long been an employ of the . water
bureau, was placed as eighth on the
list and probably will have to re
linquish his position to one of the
three leading men in the new cligble
list. The standings in this examina
tion were as follows: Sydney J. Bene
dict, (soldier), 100; Louis G. Apperson,
100: John J. Karstetter, 97.11; Ches
ter G. Khle, 96.44; Grover A. Samuels,
4.6: George A. Raven, 94; Alexan
der T. Hahn 91.11; Charles E. Oliver,
Tv.55.
Wllex Alone in Class.
George H. Wilcox, now filling the
position of custodian at Benson park
and who was the only person who
took the examination for this posi
tion, was succeeeful, earning S2.22
per cent.
xnree women qualified as eligibles
for the position of matron of the po
lice, bureau. These three and their
stanaings are: Grace B. Nrkrsnn
87.77 per cent; Mrs. Pauline M. Maas.
., ana -Mrs. llulda C. M. Moore.
78. S8.
Mrs. Carln H. Degermark obtained
a rating of 100 per cent in the exami
nation conducted for playground su
pervisor, and William H. Knapp, now
serving under temporary appointment
In this position, got 84.44 per cent.
Five of the six applicants were
uccessful in the examination for
senior gymnasium and playground di
rector. These five and their stand
ings are: Mrs. William H. Knapp,
96.68 per cent; Carlyle A. Cunning
ham. 87.77; Edward M. Hanna. 85.55:
Mrs. Jennie F. Huggins, 84.44. and
Miss Edna Agler, 84.4 4.
Young Women Qualify.
Eight young women qualified In the
examination for playground directors,
and in view of the fact that many
positions of this nature are open it is
probable that all will receive ap
pointments for the nexP season. The
successful applicants were: Bessie
Dulin. 87.77 per cent; Eliza Stevens.
SS.SS; Friede Close, 84: Anna- C. Nel
son. 77. S3; Mary C. Miller, 76.66: Ruth
G. Ferguson, 76.44; Ruth E. Wolff.
75.11. and Ruth Susman. 75."
Only eight out of 18 applicants who
pariicipatco. in tne examination for
noi-K waicnman qualified. Of these
nree wore ex-servica men, who gained
10 points as a result of their military
service. The results In this exami
nation were as follows: Chester W.
r-jisworm, soiaier, 100; Charles F
, .sum van, soldier, 93.88; William H.
jMipe, soiaier, 6.44; Samuel J. Secor.
77.11; James S. Kernohan, 76.88; Jo
seph A. Smalzel. 76.44; Henry W. Hil-
jiorusn, soiaier, 76. a.nd Robert H.
rowers, ta.it.
FAULTY BURST BLAMED
CAUSE. OF CAMP LEWIS FATAL
ITIES FIXED.
Report Already Sent to Washing.
on explosion Is Two Sec
onds Before Fuse Time.
taujjia, Wash.. Sept. 7. (Spe
cial . i r-rematuro explosion of a shell
within the gun will be the reason as
signed for the accident which
the death of three Oregon guardsmen
at Camp Lewis on July IS last. This
was learned in Tacoma today through
semi-official channels. The report al-
reaay nas gone ahead to Washing
ton, but it may not ba made public
By the war department, it was sa.id.
The investigation showed that the
shell had gone but two feet in the
gun barrel before it was itself ex
ploded by the bursting charge within
The official board which investi
gated the explosion during the lat
ter part of the annual maneuvers of
the coast artillery corps of the Ore
gon national guard, was guided in
Its report by the results obtained
by ordnance experts who found that
the shell exploded two seconds be
fore the time set on the fuse.
The board of officers which con
ducted the investigation was com
posed of Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip
6. Golderman. 57th artillery; Major
Frederick Drake. judge-advocate-general
of Oregon; Major Hiram TJ.
Welch, inspector-general of Oregon;
and Captain Arthur H. Doig' of the
69th artillery.
FOREIGN . EXPERTS- HERE
Dutch Commission Investigates
Electric Lines In V. S.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 7. For
purpose or gatnering in the United
ciates iacis ana figures to De em
bodied in a bill which will be pre
emea 10 me iuicn parliament
NEW FIRE CODE OPPOSED
HOTEUIEX'S ATTORNEY HOIDS
ORDLVASCE DISCRIMINATES.
Proposed Law Requires Enclosed
Shafts, Stairways and Vents
in All Lodgings.
Further investigation of conditions
of hotels and rooming-houses con
structed prior to the passage of the
present building and .housing code
was ordered yesterday by the city
council following the first hearing on
proposed new Tire ordinance pre
pared by Fire Marshal Grenfell.
Opposition to the ordinance, on tne
ground that it singled out hotels and
rooming-houses and did not include
other buildings in which people gath
ered, was voiced by Frank S. Grant,
attorney, representing the Hotelmen's
association.
Mr. Grant said that hotel men and
operators of rooming-houses would be
put to almost prohibitive expense In
the event the proposed ordinance was
adopted and argued that if such strin
gent measures as were included in
this ordinance., requiring in some in
stances, the virtual rebuilding of a
hotel, other buildings in which people
congregated should also "be included.
Both Fire Marshal Grenfell and
Building Inspector Plummer admit
ted that the changes required would
be expensive, but pointed out that
such changes would serve as safe
guards against loss of life, and that
in the majority of cases it would not
require extensive repairs.
The proposed- ordinance requires
that all elevator shafts and stairways
in rooming-houses and hotels be en
closed and that all air vents be also
enclosed. These provisions are re
quired on all new buildings, but have
never been required in buildings con
structed prior to the adoption of the
building and housing codes.
MISS FLETCHER IS QUEEN
YOUSG -WOMAN POLLS TOTAL
OF 157,076 VOTES.
Prone Harvest Festival Ruler
Make Entry Into Vancouver
in Airplane.
to
VA.N'COUER, Wash.. Sept. 7 (Spe
cial.) Miss Wilma Fletcher of Camas,
Wash., was elected queen of the sec
ond annual prune harvest- festival to
be held here September 16, 17 and 18.
Miss Fletcher was the candidate of
the Oddfellows and polled a total of
157.076 votes. When the count was
made last night Miss Fletcher had
but 24.572 votes to her credit, so it
is evident that her supporters must
have put in a very busy day jamming
the ballot boxes.
Miss Lillian Wright, candidate of
the Elks' lodge for the honor, was
second, with 132,760, and Miss Bessie
Sanderson, who was backed by the
American Legion, was third, with
55,350 votes.
Queen Wilma is 18 years old and
graduated from Camas high' school
last June. Mr. and Mrs. William
Fletcher are her parents. She will
ake her triumphal entry into Van
couver September 16 in an airplane.
FIRE SWEEPS TIMBER
Blase West of Franklin Reported
Threatening Mill.
EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 7. (Special.)
A forest fire, started some time yes
terday, was today sweeping through
the small timber west of Franklin, in
the foothills of the coast mountains
and 22 miles northwest of Eugene.
Sheriff Stickles has received an ap
peal from that locality for assistance
in fighting the fire which was dan
gerously near the sawmill of the
Franklin Lumber company, two miles
west of the village.
M. P. Bonnett hurried to the scene
with a crew of men and this after
noon reported the blaze partially
under control. The flames through
out the day were fanned by a strong
wind and were said to be destroying
considerable small timber.
ALASKAN'S DEATH PROBED
Inquest "Will Bo Held Tonight.
Seven Persons to Te&tify.
An inquest into th-e death of Joe
Anderson, who fell from the third
story of the Jefferson hotel Sunday
night following a "moonshine" party
held in room 306 of the hotel prior
to the tragedy, will be held tonight
at 8 o'clock at the courthouse, accord
ing to Coroner Larl Smith.-
Seven persons are being held by
the police pending the inquest: Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Dorris, the couple
alleged to have sold the poisoned
liquor to the members of the party;
Earl Bailey, Joa Tolly, Joe Daniels,
Charles Erickson and the man known
as "Big Nelse," all of whom were in
tha room drinking with Anderson
Sunday afternoon.-
$600,000 WILL
FOUGHT
Appeal to Supremo Court Made on
Valid Decision.
Attempt to set aside the will of
Xarifa Falins, by which property to
the value of about $600,000 . was be
queathed to ThomaB Strong- and C.
Lewis Mead is to be continued
through an appeal to the state su
preme court. Filing: of the appeal by
the contestants was made yesterday.
A decision - in the circuit court by
Judge Stapleton upheld the previous
county court decree of Judge Taze
well, which held the wilt valid.
Contestants in the longr-contested
I case are Phoebe Tyler Smith, Lot
Swetland. Frances Gray, Sarah Gray
Warn'ke. Alice Meredith Gray,
the Thomas Gray and August Warneke.
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Although numerous portable rooms
all over the city had not yet been
made ready for occupancy, attendance
for the first day of the fall term of
school far exceeded the highest ex
pectations. Registration totaled 33,
854, as compared with 31,782 on the
first day last year. This ia the great
est in the history of Portland.
Increases seem to have com in
waves, the Peninsula district, Rose
City and Alameda parks and Mount
Tabor showing the most unusual
growth, all schools In. each of the
above sections having shown & con
siderable) rise in attendance. The
Mount Tabor principal found himself
with enough pupils for two additional
rooms on his hands.- A noteworthy
feature ia that in almost every case
the population grew at a. point where
the. school board had " already made
preparations for erecting buildings in
the near future.
The new Beach school may be ready
for occupancy Thursday. Its delay
has prevented shifting portables to
Irvington and other districts. Regis
tration .was not heavy at the James
John high, owing to the separation
of classes there until repairs on. the
building can be completed.
effcron Gains Heavily.
Jefferson high school again drew
the high number, with 1611 students.
Last year it had 1481 on September 2.
Because the printing department has
been transferred to Benson Poly
technic, thus allowing space for addi
tional class rooms in the basement.
Principal Jenkins declared he did not
think it necessary to adopt the new
seven-period plan to accommodate all
students.
Franklin high, with 93S etudents,
however, will try out the system, per
mitting some boys and girls to come
early, and some late in the day. The
total increase for the high schools is
500. Benson got 200 more, but the
Girls' Polytechnic school shows a de
crease. Children are finding the purchase
of some of the new school books out
of the question until shipments ar
rive. Primary arithmetics, geog
raphies, readers, reading charts and
histories have not yet come, and it
will be necessary to use the old vol
umes for a week or ten days. Only
entering classes in each eubject are
required to purchase the new books,
and in some grades' none of the re
cently adopted volumes have yet been
placed on the lists.
Benson Polytechnic school is oper
ating its new equipment in shop No.
5. Printing and woodworking classes
Have been moved from other build?
ings to this one.
All but the-high school freshmen
must put In a full day at classes to
day. Attendance List Large.
The following is the complete at
tendance list for the schools for both
the first day of this year and of last
year
Sept. 2, Sept. T.
1010.
lBL'O.
Ainsworth .
Alameda ..........
wo
100
7 1 7i
16
"7
42:;
sa
1-3
401
71S
71!
475
SOS
7B
127
Arlet.
736
At-kinson
Beach
Beaumont
Benson Polytechnic
Brooklyn
Buckman
Capitol Hill
Chapman
Clinton Kelly
Couch
Creston
167
121
697
478
n:;o
12S
43
693
757
B35
Davis
270
15
133
523
8t
7.'
4 83
13
03
1 I
66
245
j:ih
523
133
Heat
Duniway 70
Knot 0.-.S
Etna 32
failing- 690
Fernwood 4."5
Florence Crltenton IS
Franklin hlih 742
Prazer Home 2fl
Fulton Park , 61 .
Girls' Polytechnic 1ST
George . jsi
Glcncoe 4S1
Glenhaven 114
Gregory Height an
Haw thorn ................. ,.!
S3
6K2
6S3
613
4K9
2r.s
273
i:;s
31
60
20
r.o
M
as
1,611
470
SR3
278
' 624
. J
.723
: tso
171
2K4
32
642
Highland B."i7
High School of Commerce ... 014
Holladay 447
Holman 274
Hoeford 2T
Hudson I4t
Alblna Hnme'afd klnd'g-'n... 1ft
Failing kindergarten . 40
Shaver kindergarten ....... 15
Williams sn
Irvington - fi43
James John high ........... 233
Jefferson high 1 4S1
Joseph Kellogg 445
Kennedy f,40
Kenton
Kerns
Ladd
Lents
Lincoln high .....
Linnton ...........
Llewellyn .........
Mills open-air .....
Montavllla
Mt. Tabor
Multnomah .......
Ockley Green
Peninsula
Portsmouth .......
Richmond
Rose City Park
Sabin
School for sightless
Scott
Sellwood
Shattuck
r.r4
7oa
77
nr.B
170
24U
42
653
ilO
73
7R0
423
40
640
3
129
10
SS
6S
7.4
4M
24 7
452
63
ISO
767
6.-).j
1,113
27
448
6"9
575
510
642
' S2
63S
4H
5. -.3
68
741
161
12
114
740
713
542
Shaver ,
Sitton
Stephens .........
Sunnysid ........
Terwilllger
Thompson ........
Vernon '
Washington high .
Wlllbridge
Williams
Woodlawn .......
Wood mere. .......
Woodstock
236
503
627
633
60
1.2H7
57
4:;
570
5
527
Totals
. .31,782 33,854
ATTENDANCE AT BEND GROWS
Increase of 20 Per Cent in Schools
Indicated on First Day.
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I though no enumeration has been made
I tne tail eorouineai in iqb Dena
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proximately 20 per cent over that o
I last year, it was Indicated today when
registration started, and it was found
that although four extra rooms were
provided this summer, the attendance
is in excess of housing facilities.
Out or 60 teachers. 26 began their
first work in the Bend schools.
Woman Hurt In Dark.
Lack of a light in the front of the
Rose City hotel is given as the direct
causa of an accident to Mrs. M. C.
Berryman, 75 years of age. Ac
cording to her son. A. H. Beach, who
Q. I operates the St. Johns boathouse. a
complaint will be made by Chief of
Police Jenkins immediately. Mrs.
! Berryman, it is reported, fell from the
curb to the street, sustaining a frac
tured shoulder as a result, last Sun
day. She is now receiving treatment
it the Emanuel hospital.
WITH THE
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for
JUDGE LECTURES WOMAN
MRS. OXA FIELDS TOLD SHE IS
EXTRAVAGANT.
S82 for Salt Too Macb to Expect
Husband to Pay "When. Wife
Quits Him, Says Court.
Fallura of Circuit Judge Morrow
to agree with Mrs. Ona Fields on
the price of clothing had something
to do with her loss of a non-support
suit instituted against King Fields.
Testimony failed to bring forth any
Indications of non-support up to tha
time of their separation, April 4.
When asked about financial conaid
erations, the woman declared Fields
had three suits of clothing to her
one, and had four hats where she
had one. Just before their separa
tton she purchased a xz? hat. an
$82.50 suit and a $24 dress, but com
plained that she had not adequate
funds for groceries. Tha garments
were charged, and have not yet been
paid for.
"Why didn't you charge groceries
UORYOBMG.MEM
tyle
We may pretend difference to "style,"
but after all we feel comfortable when
our clothes are in style and a trifle self
conscious when they are out of style.
There are seasons of extremes and
seasons of conservative stylesa This
is the year of easy, graceful lines rather
than the form-fitting, militaristic models
of last season The waist line islower the
vent is shorter the coats hang freely
from the shoulder.
VARIED GRADES OF CLOTHING FLOODING THE MARKET. LOOK FOR THE LABEL AS YOUR
lLFRZX DECKER &. CQHK. Makan OCIETY.BRANO CLOTHES. Limited, foe Canada
Chicago New York ' . Montreal
TYXE HE AD QUARTERS
where goiifcttj 5tenl (Slot h aresold
Store
Men
at tha same department store? the
judge asked.
"I didn't know that I could." was
tha reply. .
"That is taxing human credulity,"
the judga admonished. He then de
livered a lecture on extravagance.
"A witness," he said, "whose hus
band earns $150 a month, who, after
a dispute with, him buys a $24 dress
and an $82 suit is extravagant. I've
investigated suits and I know what
they cost, and I think you did this
maliciously when you loaded a bill
lika that on your husband just as
you were about to quit him."
Cupid's Headquarters Cbanged.
Cupid transferred his headquarters
at tha county clerk's office yester
day, as well as his official representa
tives In the matter of distributing
marriage licenses. Oliver Thornton
has taken up other duties in the
office, and is replaced by John B.
Easter and Elmer H. Cook. The desk
has been moved over to window No.
1, where naturalization matters were
formerly handled by the two men.
Extra! Orpheum show tonight.-Adv.
Extra! Orpheum show tonight.-Adv.
Extra! Orpheum show tonight.-Adv.
Extra! Orpheum show tonisht.-Ad.y.
AMD MEM WHO SfAY YISNG
Rules Us All
HUMAN SKELETON FOUND
DISCOVERT MADE IX RRtJSH
OFF laVXTOX ROAD.
Calendar Picked Cp Xear By Indi
cated Man Had Been Dead
Since September, 1018.
J. M. Hale, a hunter, yesterday
stumbled upon the skeleton of an un
identified man four miles off the
Linnton road near Rocky point. Ex
amination showed that it probably
had been there since September, 1918.
as a calendar in a billhook was turned
to that month.
A gun lying near by and two ex
ploded shells were taken to indicate
either accidental shooting or suicide.
The second shell could not be ac
counted for by Deputy Sheriffs Chris
toffarson and Schirmer unless the
man was in such agony from his first
wound that he ended.it by shooting
himself. The skull was in many
small pieces.
Bits of cloth and a billfold with
a remnant of currency in U were the
This change is welcomed by every
regular fellow. He likes comfort with
his style; and another thing here is a
coat that will not be . noticeably passe
next year.
You are sure of quality of all-wool
fabric and fine tailoring you are
confident of full value, and you have
the endorsement of the greatest style
authority in America when you invest
in a suit of Society Brand Clothes.
Third
Floor
only means of identification found.
The find was made in a gully about
half a mile down in the brush from
a logging camp. The rifle was an
automatic and one shell remained in
the magazine.
3 DRY LAW HEARINGS SET
Alleged Violator of Xarcotlc Act to
Have Preliminary Sept. 10.
United States Commissioner Drake
esterday set dates for preliminary
hearing of four alleged violators of
national laws. Arthur Lea of the Lea
Taxicab company and Linn Blair,
charged with violating the prohibi
tion act, will have a hearine Sep
tember 14. They were released on
bonds of $500 each.
Benjamin Slaughter will be heard
September 10 on a charge of violating
the Harrison narcotic act. Ottavo
Koscellinl, an Italian, was released
under bonds of $250, pending a hear
ing September 20 on charges of vio
lating the prohibition act.
Gravel Supply Located.
BEND, Or., Sept. 7. (Special.)
Work on surfacing The Dalles-California
highway, which has been de
layed, for the past two weeks, due to
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inability to locate gravel, was com
menced today when H. F. Wickner.
contractor, found a virtually inex
haustible deposit ten miles from Bend.
The road building material wilt be
furnished to Deschutes county by the
Central Oregon Irrigation company.
on m-hose land It lies, for 5 cents a
cubic yard.
Indian Treatment Discussed.
Miss Hope Elizabeth Haupt, lec
turer on Indian life and affairs, spoke
last night before an audience in the
auditorium of the T. M. C. A. She
spoke particularly on the manner in
which the white race had "dealt with
the Indians from the days of Wash
ington." Cato Sells, commissioner of
Indian affairs, with headquarters at
Washington, D. C also spoke on In
dian life.
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