Morning Oregonian., May 13, 1921, Page 5, Image 5

THE 3IOEXIXG ORECONIAX, FRIDAY, MAT 13, 1921 "
B2B-FDDT WIRELESS
Giant Station at Hillsboro
Opened With Ceremonies
Barstow Is the Portland manager of
the company.
Hopkins & Andrews of Portland
were the general contractors for the
station.
JWhH IHUhUIUAIhUIl I
RADIUS IS 5000 MILES
Development of Means of Commun
ication Pointed Out by Sev
eral at Event.
With the blessing of the sun's rays
as a good omen, Oregon's first great
-wireless staiion. constructed near
Hillsboro by the Federal Telegraph
company, was dedicated Wednesday
afternoon. Five hundred Oregonians
stood with bared heads as the stars
and stripes were raised to the top of
the giant 626-foot tower, which will
send messages for 5000 miles.
The gathering seemed to catch the
significance of the ceremonies and the
feeling with which they sang the
"Star Spangled Banner," as the flag
slowly ascended, testified to the trib-
. ute they were paying in their hearts
to the marvels of modern science ana
the ingenuity of man.
The tower, which is built of stfuc
tural steel, is six feet square at the
base and at the top. Twenty guy
wires, covering 331 acres, help to hold
it in Dlace on its base ot concrete.
Six hundred yards of concrete under
the ground form the base.
Tower Nearly Finished.
The Site of the station, which is
thre miles - southwest of Hillsboro,
was covered with timber until last
September when the work was started.
The tower is practically completed,
but will not be ready for operation
for about six weeks.
It will be capable of transmitting
messages for 5000 miles, but will be
used only for inter-city business with
California towns and later with Se.
attle, except in case of emergency
"In the event of any trouble on
the Pacific, the station would be one
of the most strategic points tor a
radio station and would be of great
value to the American government,"
declared J. A. Miller, construction
engineer, who has been in charge of
the work.
"This day is an event in the state
of Oregon," said Mayor Baker at the
dedication exercises. "It is a won
derful achievement and we can well
be thankful that we are living in a
day of progress when such marvels
are possible. We want our state to
take her place at the head of all the
states in the nation and this great
station is one step toward that goal."
Communication Growth Cited.
K. K. Kubli, who presided as chair
man, recalled the pioneer days when
messengers and the old pony express
formed the only means of communi
cation. He congratulated the Federal
Telegraph company on its "wonder
ful achievement."
As if to accentuate the contrast be
tween the conveniences of today as
compared with the yesterday of the
pioneers, an airplane circled over the
grounds just before the ceremonies
and alighted in a small field not far
from the wireless station. It caujed
little excitement and only the small-
est of the small boys present ran to
. welcome the aviator of the Wasning
' ton-Idaho Airplane company who had
come to view the new structure.
The tower is a twin to one now be
ing constructed by the Federal lele
graph company in San Francisco, ex
plained Mr. Miller, who was chosen to
tell the visitors "the story of the
tower." Mr. Miller also acted as per
sonal- guide to the visitors who were
fortunate enough to arrive in time for
a thorough inspection of the plant.
Southern Towers Surpassed.
"This is larger than towers now
being built in Los Angeles and San
Diego." he said during one of his
"personally conducted" tours.
"The receiving station is in the
Board of Trade building in Portland
and outgoing messages will be trans
mittcd from that building to this sta
tion over land wires and from here
sent into the air. They will be re
ceived in San Francisco by special
high speed receiving equipment."
A feature of this station, which
cost more than $200,000. will be the
multiplex control. The station is
equipped with four outgoing circuits,
each circuit capable of operating
175 words a minute, making a total
of 700 words a minute outgoing
capacity. The receiving equipment
In Portland is equipped to receive a
similar number of words a minute,
making the total outgoing and in
coming capacity of the plant 1400
words a minute.
Two articulation joints, described
as "ball and socket" joints, were used
in the construction of the tower to
take care of the movement caused
by the wind. One is eight feet from
the base and the other at the bot
tom of the top section.
Heilig.
Br LEONE CASS BAER.
THE billing reads "The Adolf Bolra
Ballet Intime and the Little Sym
phony." It should instead read "The
Little Symphony." with George Bar-
rere master flutist and after that
Adolf Bolm and bis ballet.
The symphony was received with
tremendous enthusiasm .and every
number was keenly relished and the
applause compelled repeated acknowl
edgments by Conductor Barrere and
the entire orchestra of 14 musicians.
The numbers were felicitously chosen
and well contrasted. "For My Little
Friends," from Pierne, the fourth'
number on the programme, proved
a wonderfully effective work, both in
conception and treatment. In the
other numbers, as well as Grety's
"Cephale et Procris," Henry Hudley's
"Flowers" and Sluck's "Orpheus," all
the melodic and harmonic episodes
were brought out by Barrere and his
musicians with a deep, fine apprecia
tion of the musical mood.
Mr. Barrere is considered without
a peer in the world of flutists, and
he delighted his audience last eve
ning with several beautiful solos. He
was recalled again and again. His
interpretations were spirited,
pathetic and inspirational. Barrere
has long held a place in the hearts
of Portland music-lovers. He has
visited here thrice, once with the
New York Symphony orchestra, with
which organization he was flutist,
and again with the Barrere Ensemble
and later still with the Trio De Leu-
tec. Of both the last named organi
zations he was founder and conduc
tor, just as he is with the Little Sym
phony. The orchestral accompaniment
of Barrere's flute solos was pliant
and full of feeling for the moods of
the soloist.
Adolph Bolm was one of the lead
ing spirits in the Russian ballet dur
ing its American tour. He has as
sembled a group of dance dramas for
his Ballet Intime and offers an en
tertainment that is interesting and
novel, though it cannot be said to
rouse any substantial amount of en
thusiasm.
The principal production is Bolm's
"Venetian louth, an adventure in
acrobatic leapings and amazing
whirls of his pliant, graceful body.
He presented also Assyrian," in
which he exhibited splendid grace
and agility, and a Spanish dance
which was an impetuous, colorful
adaptation of the native dances of
Spain.
Among Mr. Bolm s assistants was
Margit Leeraas, character dancer,
whose Spanish solo dance and later
her dance duet with Mr. Bolm was
of charming sinuousness .and splen
didly restrained. A classic dancer,
Kuth Page gave several pretty nura
bers.
Others who appeared as characters
in the dance episode included Mile
Amata Grassi. and Messrs. Caird Les
lie and Senia Gluckoff.
This concert closes the Steers-Co
man season in Portland, although
they will manage the tour of the
Boim Ballet and Little Symphony
throughout the northwest.
7 BIC PAPER MILLS QUIT
WAGE DISAGREEMENTS CAUSE
OF WHOLESALE SHUTDOWN.
Eight Large Plants in East Sign
Xew Contracts With Employes
Regarding Pay Scare.
NEW YORK, May 1 2. Seven large
paper mills In the United States and
Canada, employing approximately
9000 men, shut down Wednesday be
cause of failure of workers and own
ers to sign new agreements to replace
those which expired Tuesday.
According to reports received here
by the Labor Bureau Inc., the mills
which closed were:
Union Bag & Paper company, Hud
son Falls, N. Y.; Cheboygan, Midl
and Kaukauna, Wis.; St. Maurice
Paper company. Limited, Three
Rivers. Quebec Anglo-Newfoundland
company, Grand Falls. Newfoundland;
Abitibi Limited. Iroquois Falls, on
tario; Spanish River Pulp & Paper
mills, Limited, Sault Ste. Marie. Ont.,
Espanola, Ont.. and Sturgeon Falls,
Ont.; St. Regis Paper company, De
feriet, N. Y.; Hanna Paper company,
Norwood, Norfolk and Raymond
ville. N. Y.
The unions, the labor bureau stated,
were keening sufficient men at the
' " plants to furnish fire protection ana
guard the property. The bureau list
ed the following concerns as having
signed agreements with the unions
De Grasse Paper company. Finch,
Pruyn & Co., St. Croix Paper com
pany, Pejepscot Pulp & Paper com
pany. Great Northern Paper company
Fitzdale Paper company. Consolidated
Pulp & Power company and the Cush
noo Paper company. These plants
resumed operations under the nt
agreements several days ago.
John Lundrigan. chairman of the
manufacturers' committee, said he
had been informed all the mills men
tioned would be closed if the
men carried out the intention to quit.
He added be had received no official
word from the Anglo-Newfoundland
company, but that this mill probably
was affected by the others.
The men asked for a wage increase
of 10 per cent, while the manufac
turers sought a reduction of 30 per
cent and the adoption of a nine-hour
day.
HARDING'S SISTER IN
LETTER SAID TO TAKE SIDES
IX DIVORCE FIGHT.
Court Justice Stops Controversy
by Declaring Epistle Open to
Lawyer's Scrutiny.
one-fourth of the total are without
jobs, he said.
Mr. Stone reviewed the brother
hood's wage movements for the past
three years and declared that had
not Woodrow Wilson been stricken
on his western trip "conditions would
have been different." He said the
ex-president had promised that upon
his return he would place "the power
of the government behind the move
ment to curb the increasing cost of
living and profiteering."
Mr. Stone urged that the un
authorized strike of last summer,
when between 2000 and 2400 members
were suspended, be referred tp a spe
cial committee for investigation.
W. F. McCaleb, manager of the
brotherhood's co-operative national
bank, reported that deposits had in
creased from 1650.000 November 1
last to 17,000,000 today. Establish
ment of similar banks in other cities
was recommended.
Extension of financial aid to the
state of North Dakota was discussed.
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APPLICANTS WHO CRAMMED
FOR TESTS SURPRISED.
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Pnzzlers Asked of Persons
Who Seek Work in Plant Run
by Famous Inventor.
WASHINGTON, D. C. May 12. A
letter written by Mrs. Caroline
Votaw, President Harding's sister,
created a stir in the district supreme
court today when Justice Stafford,
to whom it was addressed, filed it
with papers connected with divorce
DnllUlM tNUUUN I tttCj HJt5 Cole and his wife. Minnie B. Cole.
Counsel for Mrs. t;oie asserted Mrs.
EAST ORANGE, N. J., May 12.
Applicants for positions in the plant
of Thomas A. Edison, some of whom
had "crammed" on a list of several
score questions given wide publicity
as part of a test conducted by the
inventor, met with a new set of 106
questions yesterday.
When tney came fortified to give
the definition or copra, bound West
Virginia and tell who Cleopatra was
and how she died, they were dis
appointed to see new questions sub
stituted.
Some of the new questions were:
What number of vibrations per sec
ond do red rays of light give? Vio
let?
What country owns Madagascar?
Bound Idaho.
Name two locks in the .Panama
canal.
In what country do orang outangs
live?
Name the highest quality of bunk
ering coal used for steamships and
tell what district it comes from.
What country has the greatest per
centages of gypsies?
What is sago?
What is ramie?
Who was Saladin?
What, is T. N. T?
Who was Fabre?
There are five transcontinental
ines; name them in order by start
ing at the southernmost one.
Where is the pituitary gland?
Where is the thyroid gland?
What is the difference between
linen'and cotton?
Name the ingredients of smokeless
powder.
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ELLIOTT DEXTER
TODAY
COLONEL HARVEY ON J08
of the Gazette, has found a president
who realizes that an attitude of
aloofness does not consort with the
material and moral facts of the
world.
LABOR ATTACKS GOMPERS
Toner lluilt In Sections.
The tower was built in sections,
which were constructed in San Fran
cisco and assembled on the ground.
The longest pieces are 30-foot col
umns and all the small cross pieces, as
well as the columns, had to be riveted
in place. Before the ceremonies yes
terday four workmen casually grasped
a small barrel and were hoisted 626
feet into the air to continue the rivet
ing. Power machinery" and the federal
rc radio equipment will be housed in
a concrete tile structure near the base
of the tower. In this building will be
located four arc converters, one of
75 and three of 30-kilowatt capacity.
Here will be found also two 75-kilo-watt
motor generator sets and two
30-kilowatt sets. The machine shop
for lathes and drill presses, equipped
to do all repair work, will be in an
adjoining room.
Twenty Operators Kmployed.
Workmen are now completing the
wem or painting tne tower. They are
giving it three coats of paint, the
final color to be a dark green. An
average of oO workmen have been
used for the past six months on the
new plant and four or five will be
used when the station is completed.
In addition to the 20 operators who
nave headquarters in the -Board of
trade building.
1 "The Federal Telegraph company is
the same company which constructed
the Lafayette station in Bordeaux,
France." stated Mr. Miller. "The
Lafayette is the largest radio station
in the world. It was completed in
1920 and turned over to the French
government. Its sending radius en
compasses the world." Mr. Miller was
consulting engineer on the Lafayette
station.
Early Plant Sent to Russia.
The Hillsboro station is not the
first sending station in Oregon, but
it is the first of any size. The Fed
eral Telegraph company built a trans
mitting station at Lents before the
war. It was later taken over by the
United States government and used
to handle the Alaska business. Later
it was dismantled and sent to Vladi
vostok, where it is still In operation.
During the interval, the company
has been using; land wires, F, H,
Unionist Landing in New York
Sees Hostile Demonstration
NEW YORK, May 12. J. H. Thomas.
general secretary f the national union
of railway men of Great Britain, en
countered a hostile demonstration on
hi sarrival on the Olympic Wednes
day.
Men and women who styled them
selves representatives of the Irish
American Labor league assembled at
the pier bearing banners criticising
Thomas for his action in the settle
ment of the threatened strike of the
triple alliance in England last month,
when he urged the miners to accept a
resumption of negotiations with Pre
mier Lloyd George.
Police reserves were called as a pre
caution, but they were not needed.
Mr. Thomas and his daughter left the I OUTLOOK SERIOUS, DECLARES
pier unooservea in a taxicao.
Votaw had asked the justice merely
to give due consideration to testi
mony in behalf of the wife, but op
posing lawyers characterized it as
an "outrageous etrort to influence
the judge" and Crandal Mackey, at
torney, said he had called the matter
to the attention of President Hard
ing's secretary. The latter asserted,
he said, "that the wife had been
wronged by the husband."
Justice Stafford stopped the - dis
cussion by notifying writers of such
letters they must expect to have
counsel on both sides examine them.
CREDENTIALS
FOREIGN
PRESENTED
MINISTER.
TO
'They are entitled to their opinion,'
Thomas said. He said be came to the
United States to rest and intimated
that he might attend the annual con
vention of the American Federation
of Labor.
BROTHERHOOD CHIEF.
SWITCHMEN HAVE $750,000
Most of Fund lor Beneficiaries,
Convention Report Shows.
TOLEDO, O., May 12. Delegates at
tending the convention of the Switch
men's union of North America
settled down to routine work and
started discussion on some minor
revisions of the constitution.
The finance committee reported
that a fund of $750,000 is in the
hands of the union. Most of this is in
the beneficiary fund, but there is
large amount of cash in the general
fund, the report said.
The report added that during the
last three years si, 273,173 has been
paid out, most of which went to in
surance beneficiaries. Committees
and their chairmen were announced
today.
20,000 Locomotive Engineers Now
Without Jobs Tribute Paid
fb ex-President Wilson.
CLEVELAND, O., May 12. Or
ganized labor is lacing tne worai
crisis in its history, Warren S. Stone,
grand chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers declared
Wednesday in his report at the- open
ing of the organization s triennial
convention.
Twenty thousand members almost
New American Ambassador Said to
Have Made Favorable Im
pression in England.
LONDON. May 12. (By the Associ
ated Press.) Colonel Harvey, the
new American ambassador, presented
credentials yesterday to Earl Curzon.
foreign minister. He will be received
by King George today and ' will
make his first public appearance at
a dinner given by the Pilgrims' so
ciety May 19.
Meanwhile he announced that he
would refrain from granting interviews.
The Pall Mall Gazette says that the
new ambassador announced himself
by words of greeting "which could
not be exceeded in cordiality or
couched in terms more agreeable to
the people."
Colonel Harvey, it is said, is com
mended personally to Englishmen by
his record as a staunch upholder of
the allied cause in the hour of strain
and anxiety.
President Harding, it adds, has in
timated a friendly disposition toward
this country with a frankness for
which it would be difficult to find
a precedent. In his words, President
Harding's ambassador constitutes a
further forecast that this good will
is not empty nor academic, the news
paper declared.
The United States, in the opinion
West Virginia Federation Urges
Retirement of Loader.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va., May 12. A
resolution condemning the policies o
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, was
adopted Wednesday by West Virginia
Federation of Labor in annual con
vention. The resolution character
ized Mr. Gompers as a tool of poli
ticians and declared that under his
guidance the federation was "like a
ship without a rudder."
The resolution says:
"He (Gompers) has gone contrary
to the policies of the American Fed
eration of Labor as promulgated in
the national convention at Montreal.
Therefore the delegates of the West
Virginia Federation of Labor to the
3921 convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor are hereby instructed
to vote against Samuel Gompers for
re-election as president."
PLANE PLUNGES IN LAKE
Goldendale Flier May Die as Re
sult of Injuries.
SAXDPOIN'T, Idaho, May 12. John
Van Alste of Goldendale, Wash., was
seriously injured Wednesday when hie
biplane, equipped with pontoons,
plunged 50 ,feet into Lake Pend
d'Oreille about a mile from the city
dock. His right arm was crushed
and he received a severe blow on the
head.
He was placed on the operating
table last night, but had not regained
consciousness. The physician in at
tendance declared that Van Alste had
only a slight chance of recovery. The
plane was almost submerged and was
badly damaged.
Van Alste was a first lieutenant 'n
the aviation corps during the war.
"$12.85"
that's all you have to pay
Today and Saturday
for any of these
Bovs' All-Wool Belted Suits
With Extra "Knickers"
Regularly $15 and $16.50
These are the smartest sort of new suits, tailored
from cassimeres, tweeds, cheviots and novelty
weaves; grays, greens, browns and mixtures; coats
mohair lined; ' knickers full-lined and seams taped.
These suits are the kind fathers and mothers will
be interested in, because of their splendid quality,
their good style and careful workmanship, their
especially attractive price for the week-end.
BRING YOUR BOYS HERE TODAY
OR SATURDAY. BUY AND SAVE!
BEN SELLING
Leading Clothier
MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH
GOREANS SEEK FREEDOM
APPEAD
MADE
FOR XVDEPEXDEXCE
TO WASHLYGTOX.
United States Held Bound to Exert
Good Offices to Liberate
Kingdom From Japan.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 12. An
appeal for recognition, by the Un'te4i
States of the Independence of Cores
was made by Soon Hyun as
diplomatic agent and representaiive
of Corea, in a communication ad
dressed to Secretary Hughes. The
plea was based on the "hereditary and
unquestionable right" of Corea ami
the treaty of 1882 between that coun
try and the United States.
Declaring that the United States
had bound itself under the treaty to
exert ts good services In Corea's be
half, in case another power dealt "un
justly or oppressively" with her, the
communication requested that the
American government issue a proc
lamation recognizing Corean indepen
dence and "immediately resume direct
diplomatic and commercial relations
with her.
The history of the relation of Japan
with Corea was reviewed and the as
sertion made that the latter had
"never voluntarily waived or surren
dered any rights as an independent
and sovereign nation."
"We have refused and shall continue
to refuse," the communication said,
"to recognize or acknowledge any
authority or right by Japan to have
or to assume to exercise sovereignty
over any part ot tne Kingaom ot
Corea. We declare that Japan is
wholly unfitted to act as the leader
or sponsor for Corea and the Corean
people."
by farm bureau project leaders' meet
ing with State Fair Secretary Ver
mllye. Exhibits at these fairs would
be transferred to the state fair fur
state-wide competition.
RAIL LABOR BOARD HIT
Road Representatives Announce
Doubt of Regulating Tower.
CHICAGO, May 12. Representatives
of several short line railroads told the
railroad labor board that they
did not believe the law could prevent
railroads from reducing wages, and
that the only instance in which the
board could Interfere was when inter
ruption of traffic was threatened.
All the roads declared therl was no
wage dispute on their roads which
might interrupt transportation.
Open Shop Is Announced.
ST. LOUIS, May 12 Fifty-seven
large Job printing concerns here to
day announced they would operate on
the open-shop basis. An Invitation
was extended to striking employes to
return to work.
the king of Slam b'ars one of his
titles "Lord of :he Tent House and
I'mh-HIm"
Until comparatively recent years
the umbrella was a distinctive bad?e
of monnrchs and nobles nnd today
RETAIL SALESMEN
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Reduced Prices.
Northwest Oakland Co.
344 Burnside St.
ELECTRIC WIRING
righting Cooking Motom.
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Smith-M'Coy Electric Co.
104 Fifth St. l'knne Mala Noll.
JAMES A. JVUJRRAY DEAD
Owner of Portland Real Estate
Succumbs in California.
'MONTEREY, Cal., May 12. James
A. Murray, wealthy mining man, died
here Wednesday after a long illness.
He was born in Canada and was more
than SO years old. He is survived by
a widow and a step-son.
He had extensive mine holdings in
Butte, Mont., and in Arizona and
Mexico, and owned much real estate
in Portland, Or., and Seattle, Wash,
apcord ing to friends.
I OIL MAGNATE DROPS DEAD
E. E. Cressler, 60, Succumbs While
in Bathroom of Home.
WICHITA, Kan., May 12. E. E.
Cressler, aged 60, millionaire oil man,
president -of the Cressler Petroleum
Oil company, fell dead In the bath
room of his home Wednesday
He had been ill two weeks. Mr.
Cressler discovered and developed ths
Fox Bush oil field, one of the best
pools in Kansas.
Neighborhood Fairs Advocated.
YAKIMA, Wash., May 12. Neigh
borhood fairs in each county In the
state a week before the opening of
the state fair were advocated
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OUSTED TEACHER TALKS
Dr. A. E. Young Says He Opposed
Student Evils.
PITTSBURG. May 12. Dr. A. E.
Young, an instructor at Miami univer
sity, Oxford, Oh who stepped out of
his position at the request of a com- I
mittee of students, last night said
that the situation at the institution
"is the outgrowth of my earnest ef
forts to combat certain evils, affect
ing individual students and certain I
errouDs of students.
Dr. loung said that the action of
the students in asking for his resig
nation "involves issues vital to the I
life of all the higher institutions of I
learning. The final decision, of course.
rests with the board of trustees."
STREET CAR IS HELD UP
Conductor and Mo tor man on Haw
thorne Line Robbed.
Conductor No. 1380 of Hawthorne
street car No. 1361 was robbed of I
$13 by a masked man at the end of
the Hawthorne line. Seventy-fourth
street and Twenty-ninth avenue,
about 9:30 P. M. Wednesday. W. Per
ry, the conductor, in addition to the
$13, lost his cap and his watch. W.
N. Hugunin, motorman, also lost his
watch. The crew was preparing for
the return trip when the man con
fronted them, giving emphasis to hit
demands witn a nickel-plated re
volver.
There were no passengers on the
car.
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Soviet Scandal Uncovered.
RIGA, May 12. According to the
Riga newspapers, M. Gukovsky, Rus
sian ex-minister to Esth&nia, is being
tried at Moscow. It was charged he
wasted one-third of the soviet gold
reserve in the purchase of worthless
goods abroad.
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