THE MOKNUNG OREG ONI AX, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1923
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awarded yesterday afternoon by the
school board to Hoover & McNeil of
Albany, whose bid was $47,106.-being
the lowest of 14 submitted. .This bid
was for brick construction, the com
pany biding $44,590 for concrete type
and $43,516 for brick veneer. The
next lowest bids were those of the
Shattuck Construction company " of
Portland,- $47,950 for brick and
$44,335 for concrete. N. A Strand of
Kelso had the third lowest bid. The
board decided in favor of brick con
struction. Ten bids were submitted
for plumbing and heating, the lowest
being that of theLebanon Plumbing
& Heating company, who were
awarded the contract on a bid of
$8950. F. S. Fleming of Portland bid
$9100 for this work.
Construction work will begin- at
the earliest possible date. Plans for
the buliding were prepared by Afchr
tect Burggraf of Albany, Or. It will
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Armed Resistance Reported
Ended in Rand District.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
be a modern high .school structure,
with capacity for 500 students.
Women .. and Children Warned to
Go Before Attack Is Made on
Miners StrongJiold.
large assembly hall and a gymnasium
are provided.
ALLEGED FORGER CAUGHT
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OOPS HOLD
JOHANNESBURG, March 15. (By
the Associated Press.) The whole of
Fordsburg has been occupied by gov
ernment troops, it is officially an
nounced, and all armed resistance has
ceased. The troops are in possession
of every Important building and their
casualties have been slight.
It was announced officially that the
government troops have surrounded
the strikers' stronghold. Trades hall,
from which escape is impossible.
Advices from Fordsburg, timed late
yesterday, reported that government
infantry was then clearing the streets
after the capture of the town from
the rebels. Many prisoners had been
taken and the remainder were retir
ing on the Langlaagte river.
People Are Warned.
Leaflets were dropped by airplanes
warning the women and children to
leave before the town was bombarded.
There was an immediate response, a
steady stream of refugees proceeding
to a special camp outside the zone of
bombardment
Although the houses in Fordsburg
had been deserted by the men, only
women and children being found
when the government forces entered,
sniping at the government troops
. continued. . One of the snipers, ap
parently a woman, was shot, but when
the body was recovered it was found
to be that of a man in woman's cloth
ing. Women carrying white flags
sheltered some of the rebels, accord
ing to the military reports, while
groups of - children surrounded other
rebels to facilitate their escape.
Scots Take Dunswart.
Transvaal Scottish forces took
Dunswart Sunday by. a frontal at
tack with the bayonet, but the stretch
er bearers" were unable to remove the
wounded owing to continued firing
from the houses until reinforcements
arrived in the afternoon, the report
stated, S Every house on the main
street of Benoni, captured last week.
was found fortified and barricades
had been placed in the streets. Sun
day night houses and shops were ran
sacked and saloons were looted.
ARTILLERY USED ON MINERS
CLYDE HAMILTON ARRESTED
IN HILLSBORO.
Man Accused of Using Blank
Checks Stolen From Felger-YVhite
Manufacturing Company.
A previous police record which
focused suspicion against him, led
yesterday to the arrest at Hiilsboro,
Or., of Clyde Hamilton, suspected
forger, who was returned to Portland
last night to face a charge of issu
ing and cashing forged checks.
Hamilton had been living in a lodg
ing house above 663 Hood street. The
lower part of the building is occupied
by the Felger-White Manufacturing
company. This concern -was broken
into a few days ago and a quantity of
blank checks and rubber stamps were
stolen. A day or two later the forged
checks appeared.
Detectives Swennes learned that
White had been living above the Fel
ger-White plant, and he at once sus
pected him. From the police Bertil
Iion room Swennes procured a sample
of Hamilton's handwriting and it
corresponded to the writing on the
forged checks.
. Several- days of investigation re
sulted in tracing Hamilton to Hills-
boro, where he was arrested by Sheriff
Alexander. He was said to have been
living with a married woman, who
had deserted her husband and five
small children for him. The woman
was detained as a witness.
Men Capitulate After 75 Minutes
. of Bombardment.
LONDON, March 15. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) With all sectors of
the disaffected area in South Africa
cleared of rebels, except certain por
tions of the Johannesburg, or central
region of the Rand, the struggle ap
parently has entered its final phase.
Jeppestown, in the east end of Jo
hannesburg, seems to be the principal
remaining center of resistance. Artil
lery, tanks and airplanes were used
in the capture of Fordsburg from the
revolutionists. They disregarded no
tices dropped from airplanes giving
them until 11 o'clock in the morning
to surrender, but capitulated after 75
minutes of bombardment.
Another success was achieved in
the east Rand, where extensive pro
prietary "mines were recovered and
158 revolutionists captured. Their
leaders, however, escaped.
P0INDEXTER IS REBUKED
Pomona Grange of Yakima Valley
Censures Vote for Newberry.
, YAKIMA, Wash., March 15. A res
olution condemning United States Sen
ator Poindexter for has vote for seat
ing Senator Newberry of Michigan
and declaring that he thereby demon
strated himself to be a "tool of the
capitalistic class and an enemy of the
producing class," was made public
today by officers of the Sunnyside
Pomona grange- The resolution was
declared to have been adopted Satur
day at an executive meeting of the
grange, which claims a membership
of several hundred.
The resolution recommends "to the
farmers and laboring class" that they
refuse to support Senator Poindexter,
"but in future cast their votes for one
of their own class, who is class-conscious
and true to their interests."
MACHINE COATS ICE CAKES
Portland Invention Will Be Put
Upon General Market.
J. O. Halverson, 935 Sandy boule
vard, is the inventor of a machine
for making coated ice cream cakes
similar to those which have sprung
into sudden popularity, and a corpo
ration has been formed for putting
this machine and other equipment on
the general market.
The new organization, which has
Just filed its articles of incorporation,
is the General Products company, with
J. W. Browne, Alfred S. Rix and H. F.
Sturdevant, all of Portland, as Its In
corporators. The capital stock is
placed at $100,000.
The first of the Halverson machines
will be installed in the Mutual cream
ery plant next week, it was stated
yesterday.
Tacoma Boy Makes Debut
as Singer in New York."
Robert Murray, 1.3, Said to Record
Higher Notes Than Any Other
in World.
SCHOOL CONTRACT IS LET
Albany Firm Will Construct New
Building at Kelso.
KELSO, Wash., March 15. (Spe
cial.) The contract for the new
Kelso high school building was
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DYE OLD DRESS
COAT, SKIRT WITH
"DIAMOND DYES"
TACOMA, Wash., March 15. (Spe
cial.) With notes that probably
were higher than notes ever used by
any singer .in public before. Robert
Murray, 13-year-old Tacoma boy so
prano, made his debut last Sunday
night in the New York Hippodrome
before a large audience that heartily
applauded and recalled the boy many
times until his mother, Mrs. Frederick
H. Murray, finally appeared upon the
stage with him. Thus did the phe
nomenal little Tacoma boy singer
make his pubiie debut in the world's
largest theater. .
Robert Murray sang several of the
highest and most difficult operatic
arias for the coloratura soprano voice
and inserted in them cadenzas which
included notes such as New York por
any other musical center has ever
heard before from a human throat.
according to telegrams received in
Tacoma by his father. Attorney Fred
erick H. Murray. The boy also made
use of his peculiar bird notes in a
number of his selections.
The reviewers agreed "as to the
phenomenal range of his voice, but
there were differences, of opinion as
to its quality. They commended his
unassuming and quiet demeanor.
Assisting artists in the Murray re
cital were George Barrere, flutist;
Paul Kefer, cellist, and Emil Pollak,
pianist.
Robert Murray is the son of Attor
ney and Mrs. Frederick H. Murray of
Tacoma. iHe was educated in the
Tacoma schools and Teceived his
earlier vocal training from Frederick
W. Wallis of Tacoma. Mr. Murray
was much interested in the accounts
of his son's first public appearance
in New York. He said Robert would
be 14 years old May 6 next.
Master Robert has been In New
York for several months, where he
has received advanced vocal training
and coaching and where many of the
world's most famous singers and
medical experts have heard him and
examined his remarkable vocal equip
ment. Young Murray is said to have three
distinct vocal placings, which permit
him to produce tones in a natural
boy's voice, high soprano and bird
notes. E in altissimo is said to be his
highest definite vocal tone, though It
is declared he can produce tones
above that, which, on account of the
rapidity of vibration, exceed the
capacity of the human ear to classify,
approximating a whistle.
Robert's top singing note . is said
to be five full tones above the highest
note sung by any singer known in
the history of music.
RED MEN TO BUILD HALL
Waclieno Tribe of Oregon City to
Have Fine Home on River.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 15.
(Special.) Plans for the new home
of Wacheno tribe No. 13, Improved
Order of Red Men, are about com
plete and construction will begin in
the early summer.
The building will be erected on the
property recently purchased by the
tribe from T. L. Charman and located
in Water street, between Ninth and
Tenth streets, overlooking the Wil
lamette river. It will have a full
basement, sub-basement and three
stories above.
A class of 25 candidates will be
initiated into the tribe at the Moose
hall tomorrow evening, when repre
sentatives of the Portland lodges will
be in attendance.
Each package of "Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple any
woman can dye or tint her worn,
shabby dresses, skirts, waists, coats,
stockings, sweaters, coverings, dra
peries, hangings, everything, even If
she has never dyed before. Buy "Dia
mond Dyes" no other kind then per
fect home dyeing is sure because Dia
mond, Dyes are guaranteed not to
spot, fade, streak, or run. Tell your
druggist whether the material you
wish to dye is wool or silk, or
; whether it is linen, cotton or mixed
'goods. Adv.
Scouts Making Bird Houses.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash., March 15.
(Special.) A birdhouse building con
test by Boy Scouts of troop No. l.will
close April 15. Two prizes, a knife
and ax, will be awarded. The houses
will be displayed at the Ridgefield
State bank and the winners will be
selected by a committee comprised of
Lewis R. Williams, school principal;
Herman J. Potter, vice-president of
the bank, and Benjamin G. Brown,
postmaster.
Commerce Secretary Resigns.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 15.
(Special.) E. W. Miller, who had
been secretary of the chamber of
commerce from the . time of the re
organization last cummer, has taken
over a hotel business for Grants Pass
and within a few days will be settled
in his new location. His resignation
was accepted at the meeting of the
board of directors -Tuesday night but
no successor has yet been elected.
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There is no excuse for either mistake
Fine, alhwool fabrics are the basis of
style: expert tailoring makes it last
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CONTEM
PLATES NEW WORK.
J. A. Ormandy, Railroad Official,
Says Construction Depends
on Payment of Claims.
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With revolutions and insurrections
at an end Americans have begun look
ing to the west coast of Mexico with
the idea of establishing themselves In
that fertile district, according to J. A.
Ormandy, assistant general passenger
agent for the Southern Pacific lines
in Oregon, who has returned from a
tour of the Pacific coast of Mexico.
As soon as the Mexican government
pays the $17,000,000 damage claim
filed by the Southern Pacific for de
structions brought to the rail com
pany's properties during revolutions.
it is probable that 100 miles of line
between Tepiq and Orendain junction
will be constructed. This will give
Portland and other cities of the Pa
cific coast a direct line to Mexico City.
Possibilities for great advancement
along agricultural lines are to be
found in Mexico, according to Mr. Or
mandy. The land aHJng the west coast
is very fertile and productive. Fruits
of all kinds can be raised in the terri
tory, and farmers now engaged in
agricultural pursuits are . receiving
big prices for their crops.
Clinton C. Gridley Buried.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 15.
(Special.) The funeralof Clinton C.
Gridley, pioneer of Vancouver, was
held at 2:30 o'clock today from the
home of his sister, Mrs. W. J. , Hig
gins, 414 West Eleventh street. Rev.
J. P. Marlatt, pastor of the First
Methodist churah, officiating. Inter
ment was in the city cemetery by the
side of his wife, who died here eight
years ago. The pallbearers, four "in
number, were Charles B. Sears, E. It.
Reynolds, Charles L. MeKiniey and
Charles Butterfield.
RECALL DRIVE LAUNCHED
HALT ON SPENDING CLACKA
MAS ROAD money; asked.
Opponents to Project Declare Ina
bility to Prepare Base Renders
Bond Act Unworkable. -
OREGON CITY, Or., March 15.
(Special.) A movement to start a
new petition- in circulation for the re
call of the $1,700,000 Clackamas road
bond issue was launched here today
by the recall committee. The action
was taken at a committee meeting,
following the check of the petitions
which already have been circulated.
The petitions now signed lack be
tween 700 and 800 names to put the
issue on the ballot- The check was
made by the comxaihtAe's attorneys
before presenting the petitions for
filing.
It was expected that the petitions
would be filed here by March 10, but
it is probable that they will be held
for another month pending the addi
tion of more signatures.
The last date for filing will fall
about April 19, 30 days preceding the
May primaries.
The recall movement is to embrace
the unspent portion of the so-called
bond road act Issue. The original act
provided for the' paving of certain
main roads in the county, after the
districts had prepared the base. The
Opponents of the scheme hold that
the high cost of construction coupled
with the Inability of the road dis
tricts to prepare the base under pres
ent conditions, render the act unworkable.
School Director Chosen.
WHITE SALMON, Wash., March 15.
(Special.) Edward A Masnfield was
elected school director for the three
year term of the White Salmon dis
trict -at a recent election. John G.
WyeyA coomty commissioner, was bis
opponent. Silas Jensen is the retiring
member of the board. Rural district
96, Laws Corner, re-elected I. H.
Evans. A 2-mill tax carried by a
large majority. Mrs. C. A. Tearce
was re-elected school director of the
Mountain Brook district and V. C.
Zimmerman was chosen as director
in the Locke Hill district.
Baker Bootlegger Sentenced'.
In federal court yesterday afternoon
Perry Richardson was sentenced to
serve 30 days and Edwin Grieg ten
days when found guilty of partici
pating in bootlegging operations in
Baker, Or. Grieg is a boy. Richardson
Is 52 years old. Assistant District
Attorney Bynon, who prosecuted the
case, said he regarded neither as
guilty as another man believed to
have backed them in their illegal acts.
Gardner Mason, the alleged backer,
is n'ow under arrest and will go on
trial soon.
Girl Births Increase.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 15.
(Special.) So far the WrUa rate of
the month of March in Clackamas
county tends to show the increase
of girls in Clackamas county and
similar to the month of February,
when there were more girls born
than during any month heretofore.
Three girls were horn In the county
pinee Mondnv morning.
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