Entered at Portland (Orejcon)
Postofic an Seond-elaps Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE, 5, 1923
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U.S. BANKS BULGE'
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HEEDED
PAID
QUARREL
(J STORIES TO RISE
Ofl PITTOCK BLOCK
$500,000 Extension to
SINN FEIN INVADERS
SUCKS GIRL TO DEATH
CATHERINE DYCK, 14,' LOSES
' LIFE WHILE WADING.
T
BAKHMETEFF'S CREDENTIALS
ARE TCRXED DOWN.
CENTENARY-WILBUR CHORUS
INCLUDES 35 VOICES.
INFANTRY, CAVALRY, . ARTIL
LERY AND TANKS USED.
IN PRIMARY FIGH
DOT
UIG1DE
AO Rillinrv: Tip 1 lnnf1 1
I J IS I 1 1 1 V I IV holW wawjn.j
in Vaults of Nation,
HUNGRY DOLLARS HUNT USE
All Issues of Securities Are
Eagerly Absorbed. .
INTEREST RATES FALLING
Tremendous Pressure of Funds
Cuts Bank Earnings Materi
ally; Business Gets Help.
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(Copyright, 1922, by. The Oregoaian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C JuJe 3"
(Special.) Twenty-five billion dol
lars of unused credit lies in Amer
ican bank vaults today, according
to this week's statement of the fed
eral reserve board. Savings and
state banks have another huge fund
which they are most anxious to
lend. While there is no method of
measuring that sum the- nation's
banks probably nave, all told, an
untapped total of forty billions of
credit available for business enter
prise. Today's great reservoir of unused
credit has been filling rapidly with
in the past year and stands today
at the highest mark ever reached
in the history of American bankipg.
It has brought about a situation
virtually without parallel in our
economic history. The man or firm
who wanted to borrow money a
year ago had difficulty in obtain
ing it at high interest rates; today
he is courted by banks and invest
ment houses. Hungry dollars are
strenuously seeking his employ and
at low rates of interest. The only
thing he need have to get all the
money he wants is' prime security
for his loan.
Securities Absorbed Quickly.
Every Issue of securities, big ; or
little, offered the nation's inves
tors by reputable houses within the
past month or so has been scooped
up with an eagerness born of hun
ger. Foreign and domestic issues
alike are oversubscribed again and
gain. For instance, a $24,000,000
issue of bonds of the republic of
Bolivia was offered investors yes
terday. The subscription books were
opened at 10:30 o'clock. Five min-
..... i.e. v, wore closed. The!
uten later thev were tiuaeu.
isn had been heavily oversub
scribed.
The treasury's offering of 200,
000,000 in securities paying 3 54 per
cent interest was oversubscribed in
every district this week.
The farm loan board's offering of
$75,000,000 of per. cenvtax-free
bonds, offered a few weeks ago, was
so heavily oversubscribed on the
day It was offered that the board
issued a few days later another
342,000,000 to take up part of the
overflow. The Canadian govern
ment $100,000,000 bond issue, put on
the market about a month ago, dis
appointed thousands, of fnvfetors in
that they could not get a share in !t.
Industrials Sold Easily.
Industrial offerings of prime
value meet the same response. Dur
ing the present week the New tns
land Telephone & Telegraph com
pany offered $35,000,000 of first
mortgage 30-year 5 per cent bonds.
The books were opened and closed
immediately, with an enormous
oversubscription. The Virginia-Carolina
Chemical company's $22,500,
000 of first -mortgage 25-year 7 per
cent bonds was absorbed within an
hour.
The comparatively small concern
seeking money likewise is embar
rassed by the profusion of offers.
The Utah Light & Traction com
pany offered, a few days ago, an
Issue of $12,600,000 in 5 per cent
bonds. It had to turn away dollars
from its doors. The Philadelphia
Electric company put out a $7,600.-
000 issue of 5V per cent bonds, and
many investors failed to obtain as
much of the offering as they
wanted.
Interest Rates Falling.
With the horde of investors, in
dividuals and banks clamoring for
loans, Interest rates are 'dropping
fast. Some of the borrowers- who
had to pay high rates a short time
ago are seeking today to pay off
their old loans and issue securities
at .lower rates. An instance is the
application of the New Tork Cen
tral Railroad company this week,
made to the interstate commerce
commission, for the opportunity to
pay back at a premium of i per
cent $25,000,000 of Its notes issued
In September, 1920, at a 7 per cent
Interest rate and issue Instead a
similar offering which will pay but
i per cent.
The effect of this tremendous
pressure of idle funds has been to
cut bank earnings materially. The
federal reserve banks, for instance,
paid the government about $60,000,
000. in excess earnings as a frai
chise tax last year. In 1920 the
payment to the government was
about the same amount. This year,
however, due to lowered interest
rates and the great volume of funds
seeking Investment, the federal re
serve banks will pay something like
State Department Notifies Rus-
sian ex-Ambassador Who Has
Offered to Go Voluntarily.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 4.
Boris Bakhmeteff, whose status as
Russian ambassador here has been
a subject of controversy since the
Kerensky government, 'which ap
pointed him, collapsed five years
ago, has been notified by the state
department that his credentials will
not , be recognized by ,the United
States after June 30..
The department acted after Mr.
Bakhmeteff himself, taking notice
of senate criticism of his continued
presence here,' had offered to retire
should the' Washington government
desire it. The work of liquidating
property claims growing out of the
war, the ambassador said, had been
his chief function in recent months
and now was about completed.
In making public the correspond
ence tonight the department an
nounced also that termination of Mr.
Bakhmeteff's duties as ambassador
"has no bearing whatsoever upon
the question of the recognition - of
the soviet regime in Russia, which is
an entirely separate matter."
CARPENTIERT0 BE ACTOR
Dramatist .Writing Play for Use
of French Pugilist.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
PARIS, June "4. (Special cable.)
Georges Carpentier is going to be
an actor. The dramatist Mjrande,
who recently staged "Peg o My
Heart" in Paris, is writing a play
for the pugilist, who is already a
manufacturer and cinema star.
Mlrande says Carpentier will
make no ordinary actor. His voice
Is sweet and agreeable and he is too
intelligent to remain in his present
occupation. The plot of the new
play Is said to revolve around box
ing and love.
Carpentier-has also blossomed
forth as a Norseman in the Bois and
goes riding each morning with Pearl
White.
MONDELL TO AID WEST
House Leader -CHanges Front on
Smlth-McNary Hill.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BU
REAU. Washington, D. C, June 4.
Representative Mondell has altered
his position relative to the Smith
McNary bill and will support it If
first acted upon by the senate. His
change of attitude carries with it
no condition ' that the measure be
incorporated in the bonus bill.
This changed front on the part of
the house leader has buoyed the
hopes of advocates of the bill to the
point that they believe that further
persuasion may induce Mr7 Mondell
persuasion may induce Mr7 Mondell
before long to conseift to having the
measure ' considered first ' in the
house.
RIVER 1 UP J019.2 FEET
Mercury Reaches 73, With Pre
diction for Fair Weather.
The Willamette river reached the
19.2-foot stage at 6:30 last night, ac
cording to the gauge at the Morri
son bridge. This was a rise of .4
1 of a foot since 8 o'clock in the morn
ing. 1 , ,
The river was still rising at a good
Tate last night and the weather
bureau predicted that it .would con
tinue to rise for the next three days
at least. A stage in the vlcinityof
19.5 was predicted for today.
The mercury reached the 73-de-gree
mark at Portland yesterday.
The prediction for today is fair,
with northwest winds.
LODGE TO BUILD TEMPLE
California Masons Buy Site for
$1,000,000 Structure".
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4. Scot
tish Rite Masons of California have
purchased the old coliseum here for
$100,000, it became known here to
day, and plan to build a new temple
on the site at a cost of approxi
mately $1,000,000.
The purchase was made from the
Fabian Toplitz estate on the rec-'t
ommendation of the Masonic board
of directors. The projected temple
will have a seating capacity of
6000, it is said.
STEAMER SINKS AT SEA
Eighty Persons Believed Lost in
Wreck Off Paraguay.
BUENOS AIRES, June 4. The
steamer Villa Ijranca sank today off
Hohenau, Paraguay, following an
explosion. It is believed SO persons
perished, according to a dispatch to
Ia Naclon. ,
The steamer had on board tourists
for Iguazu Falls.
The explosion occurred at 10:40
o'clock this morning. It was said
the vessel sank so quickly that the
passengers had no time to dress or
to seek life beRs.
D. C. Freeman to Talk.
SALEM. Or., June 4. (Special.)
D. C. Freeman of Portland, mana
ger of the associated industries of
Oregon, will talk on "Oregon Pay
rolls," at the tomorrow noon lunch
eon of business men at the Sa
lem Commercial club. He .will, be
accompanied her by several other
Portlanders, Including J. A. Zehnt
bauer. H. J. Carman, E. N. Strong,
William Whltefleld. G. G. Guild and
Wealth Rules Field, Say
Convention Advocates.
POOR MAN HELD SHUT OUT
Pinchot and Pepper Battles
Cited as Examples.
WRONG IS NOT CHARGED
Even Most Partisan , Quarters
Only Declare Expenditures Are
Argument for Old System.
' BY ROBERT T. SMALL. '
(Copyright, 1922. by The Oregonlan.)
WASHINGTON,.. C, June. 4.
(Special.) Opponents bf the pri
mary system in Washington and
there is an ever-increasing number
of them have seized upon the Pin
chot and Pepper expenditures . in
Pennsylvania as arguments in fur
therance of their campaign for a
return to therold convention plan of
nominating candidates for high pub.
lie offices. .
There is no suggestion, " even In
the most partisan quarters, that il
legitimate use was made of any
money In the gubernatorial or sen
atorial primaries in the Keystone
state, but the expenditures are cited
as showing that the poor man haB
no chance for office under a system
which was supposed to bring the
poor but independent citizen into
the field of politics.
Campaigns Are Costly.
Gifford Pinchot did not . wage a
spectacular campaign for the repub
lican gubernatorial nomination, yet
it was necessary for him and his
w'fe to put up $120,000 to reach the
people and enable the people to reg
ister their independent choice at the
polls.- The office of' governor- of
Pennsylvania pays $10,000 a year
and the term, of ..the Incumbent Is
four years. Thus it was necessary
for Mr. and Mrs. Pinchot to con
tribute three times the total salary
Mr. Pinchot will receive as governor,
to make success possible at the pri
maries. Senator George Wharton Pepper's
cainpaign f or, rencmination r-against
an independent candidate and .not
confronted by the necessity of beat
ing the- "machine" cost approxi
mately $60,000, whereas the Sena
torial position pays odly $45,000 for
a six-year term.
Large Expenditures Necessary.
It, Is frankly admitted here that
these large expenditures are per
fectly ' legitimate and necessary.
Nearly $50,000 - of Mr. Plnchot's
money went for a single post card
canvass of the 2.000,000 republican
voters in Pennsylvania. The women,
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.)
. " LIFE IS JUST ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER.
jri ' f ,4 him o.usr. ' Lf
Sacred Cantata, Lasting 40 Min
utes, Marks Resumption of
Service by The Oregonlan. '
A splendid concert by the Centenary-Wilbur
chorus of .36 voices
marked the resumption of The Ore
gonlan radio service last night be
tween 7 and 8 o'clock. .
Repairs on" The Oregonlan radio
set, which had been out of -order
since last Wednesday, were finished
late yesterday and J. B. Weed, op
erator of the station, and manager
of yie shipowners' radio service,
together with assistants, had the
apparatus in perfect working order
for the programme.
The programme was in two parts,
the first a beautiful sacred cantata,
"The Last Seven Words of Christ"
(Dulols), which consumed 40 min
utes and necessitated elimination of
two of the solo numbers in .the sec
ond part of the programme. It was
well worth while, however, for sel
dom is such excellent chorus music
heard over the radio. - ,
. The solo parts of the cantata were
sung by Mrs. J. MacMillan Mulr, so
prano; Mrs. Arthur C. Perrin, con
tralto; Fred . S. Pearce, tenor; J.
.MacMillan Muir, baritone, andt E.
Maldwyn Evans, baritone. . Ifi sev
eral phases the male voices were
combined with beautiful effect, as
also were all five, voices of the
soloists.
The entire concert was directed
by J. MacMillan Muir. Miss Mar
tha Reynolds assisted at the organ,
and Mrs. D. S. Reeves was at the
piano.
Miss Gladys Johnson, an accom
plished ' and youthful violinist.
charmed the many listeners on radio
receiving sets with her solo and
obbllgato work. The latter was in
connection with the quartet selec
tion, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee"
(Schnecke). . J. MacMillan Muir
played the accompaniment, and the
quartet consisted of Mrs. J. M. Muir,
soprano; Mrs. Arthur C. Perrin,
contralto; Fred S. Pearce, tenor,
and E. Maldwyn Evans, baritone.'
The only vocal- solo which the
limited time allowed was sung by
Mrs. Arthur C. Perrin, whose selec
tion was Kramer's "The Great
Awakening." It was most beauti
fully sung and the singer's -Tolce
carried well over , the radio. She
was assisted at the piano by J. Mac
Millan Muir. - ; . .
The two solos which had to be
left, out were to have been sung by
J. MacMillan Muir and . E. Maldwyn
Evans. The former was to sing two
selections of his own compositions.
The large radio audience ex
pressed itself glad to have The Ore
gonlan service back again. Many
telephone calls were received in
the course of the concert and after
ward to the- effect that the radio
service was excellent. The service
will be continued on the regular
schedule ..hereafter. There will be
concerts today, Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday nights. .
ANOTHER "CONCERT TONIGHT
Programme That Was Interrupt
ed Last Wednesday to Be Given.
The concert which " was inter
rupted when The Oregonlan radio
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 5.1
Town of Pettigoe, on Borders of
Ulster, Recaptured From
Republican Army."
LONDON. June 4. -(By the Asso
ciated Press.) Infantry, cavalry,
artillery and whippet "tanks . took
part in the first offensive action of
the. British' troops on the Ulstex,
borderland early this afternoon
when Pettigoe, which straddles' the
line, though a large part of the
town is in Free State territory, was
stormed and retaken from troops of
the Irish republican army who en
tered on May 30. - ''
Reports from Belfast describe the
border - countryside as swarming
with khaki, while the British gen
eral , directs the operations from
..headquarters on a- hill outside tne
town.
When. it became evident "that the
British were moving in" force against
Pettigoe, the republicans began to
withdraw, consequently there was
little resistance to parties , of, sol
diers In motors and on foot who
dashed through (the . town shortly
after noon.- It Is semi-officlally an
nounced that the republicans suf
fered fairly heavy losses, but the
sole casualty on the northern side
was the driver of a motor car.
Besides the republican comman
dant and staff, who were, taken
Drisoner when the troops entered
the town, it is reported that many
ei ' Fainpra were captured ' in a
later clean-up of Pettigoe, Of three
columns of troops, which last eve
nine be Kan advancing into the sec
tion of Fermanagh county, occupied
by the southerners, two columns
operated toward Pettigoe, the other
in the direction -of Belleek. which
the republicans had also -occupied.
BELFAST, June 4. (By the Asso
elated Press.) Military forces to
day captured Pettigoe andj captured
rora,hiicn .nrisoners. as well as a
large quantity' of arms and ammu
nition. . One account said that after a
heavy bombardment the' British
troops stormed Pettigoe in sthe af
ternoon. A "hot machine gunfire
was poured on the attacking forces,
but the only casualty was an auto
mobile driver, who was shot dead.
; The commander of the Irish- re
publican, army nd "his--staff were
reported captured.- -
A semi-official version of the
fighting was quoted by the corre
spondent of the Belfast Telegraph,
who says:
"The military entered Pettigoe
shortly after 1 o'clock In the after
noon and were fired on by the re
publicans.. The artillery came into
action and the republicans are be
lieved to have suffered fairly heavy
losses. The military have consoli
dated the positions."
Border firing was resumed today
by republicans at Lifford, in the
course of which a special constable
was shot while on duty at Camel's
Hump-
..' Highway Point Closed.
HOOD RIVER, Or., June 4. (Spe
cial.) The Cooks grade - of the
North Bank highway in Skamania
county, Washington, according to
orchardists of Underwood here .on
business, remains closed while crews
reconstruct the highway at the
point. The road probably , will be
blocked the remainder of June, it is
said.
Infatuation 'for Married
Woman Blamed.
SHOOTING SECRET ALL DAY
Prominent Portland Youth
Reported Drinking.
JOHN WOOD IS VICTIM
Tragedy Occurs in Apartment of
Barbara Whitney, 23; Rel
ative Gives Bpod.
His infatuation for a married
woman caused John Wood, 19. of 603
Holly street, tohoot himself fatally
in the abdomen at about 12:30 o'clock
yesterday morning. He died at 1
o'clock this morning at the Emanuel
hospital. The shooting occurred-at
the apartment of Mrs. ' Barbara
Whitney, aged 23. Chetopa apart
ments, with whom he was madly in
love. " 1 . ;
The hoy, who is the son of Mrs.
John Wood, owner of the John Wood
Iron works, bad been drinking heav
ily .for the last' week, according to
statements made to the police and
Deputy District Attorney Stockman
by Mrs. " Whitney and Miss Nell
Llndley, who lives In the apartment
with Mrs. Whitney.
Threats Made to Kill Self.
Young Wood had threatened' to
kill himself on previous occasions
and had flourished a revolver In" the
presence of Mrs. Whitney on Thurs
day night of last week.. At that
time, she. said, he came to her apart
ment late at night under the influ
ence of liquor." He displayed an
automatic pistol and two shells. .
- "Here's one for youand one for
me," she sal4 t told her as ho dis
played the shells. "Will you go
With me?"
Mrs. Whitney told the police she
consented to go with the boy, but
her roommate. Miss Llndley, ' re
strained her. Later all JJiree dis
cussed young Wood's suicide threat
and he promised them he would for
get such thoughts. ,
- y Apartment Again Visited.
He went, to their apartment again
Saturday night where they, together
with Miss Nell Heinrich, had sev
eral drinks. A short time later Mrs.
Whitney and Wood left In his ma
chine for a drive.
Mrs. Whitney said they first went
to the resort of some bootlegger
where he purchased another pint of
moonshine. They then drove to the
home" of Wood's mother in Ladd's
addition, where Wood entered th
house and procured his revolver.
As the .boy was leaving his home
his mother called to him and asked
him to return. Instead he entered
the machine with Mrs. Whitney and
drove away. At Third and Madison
streets, she said, they stopped for a
moment when Bome beggar accosted
the boy for the price of a meal. She
said her companion gave the fellow
, ,! -I, v vj
He then offered the stranger a drink
and Invited him into the machine. '
They drove to a dark spot where I
they parked the car while" the
stranger took a drink. They then
returned to her apartment, she said.
. . Bathroom Is Entered.
- A short time after entering her
apartment the boy went into the
bathroom, she related. A moment
later he called to her. As she en
tered he reached Into his hip pocket
and pulled out his pistol. She
says sho attempted to grapple with
him, but he pressed the muzzle to
his stomach on the left side and
fired. . In the melee a finger of" her
left hand was badly lacerated. It
was believed by the police that the
finger was caiight by the hamrner of
the pistol. ,' v
As the boy fell to the tiled bath
room floor, wounded, Mrs. Whitney
screamed and aroused her two
woman companions in the apart
ment. She then rushed downstairs
to a telephone and called Mrs. Wood.
Miss Heinrich then left the apart
ment, leaving Miss ' Lindley alone
with the wounded youth.
Mrs. Wood arrived a short time
latea in a taxicab and called the
family physician. Dr. A, H. CantriL
The physician ordered the boy re
moved to Emanuel hospital.
Shooting Not Explained.
While Miss Lindley was alone
with the wounded boy, she says he
cried out that he did not want to
die, and begged her to keep him
from bleeding to death. - He also
begged her to bring Mrs. Whitney
back to him. He made no state
ment to her as to how the shooting
had occurred.
Members of the family, the at
tending physician and officials of
Emanuel hospital all sought to keep
the shooting from the police and
public generally. It was not until
Br. Cantril saw that the boy's life
bung by a thread that he decided to
report the case to the police. It was
nearly "6 o'clock last night before the
police had been informed of the
shooting.
Late . in the afternoon a blood
transfusion was made 1b an effort
to" save the boy's life. A aunt of
Two Little Friends Are Revived
After All Are Dragged Out
, by Father or Two.
" .i
Catherine .Dyck, 14 years old,
1104 East Twenty-fifth street.
North, was drowned yesterday af
ternoon while swimming in a
slough of the Columbia river near
Eairview. With two girl - friends,
Helen and Clara Albertson, she was
splashing in. tne water when all
three were sucked down by treach
erous quioksands. O. F. Albertson,
834 Alberta street, father of the two
girls, plunged to the rescue of the
trio when he saw they were in
trouble and although all were res
cued within a very few minutes,
Miss Dyck could not be revived.
The daring act of Albertson was
commented upon by those who were
near and who said the accident
might easily have been a quardruple
drowning. . The man was in immi
nent .danger of - his life, having
plunged In fully clothed as he was
when standing on the bank nearby.
The two Albertson girls were
little the worse for their adven
ture but Miss Dyck did not revive
as did her companions and she was
rushed o Portland as speedily as
an automobile could bring her. She
was taken to a physician's office
where further efforts were made to
resuscitate her but without avail.
But little water was found In her
lungs and In view of her prompt
rescue it was thought the shock
may have caused death.
' Miss Dyck was a studont in the
second term at Jefferson high
school. She was the daughter of
Peter and Susan Dyck and 4s sur
vived by them and three sisters and
a brother, Mrs. Mary Cleveland,
Elizabeth and Martha Dyck and
Peter Dyck Jr.( all of Portland.
GREAT ERUPTION FACED
Hawaiian Deity of Volcanoes Fre
. pares Terrible - Broth. '
HILO, Hawaii, June 4. (By the
Associated ress.) The Godess,
Pele, Hawaiian deity of volcanoes,
who early this week stirred her
fires in long dormant craters, is
brewing a terrible . broth in her
giant fire vaults under the lava
cones, which at any moment she
may pour out upon the - country
about her. Such, at any rate, was
the forecast of Professor T. A.
Jaggar, volcanologist, who for
years has studied Pele's moods.
"I believe Madame Pele means mis
chief," he said today. "I am hourly
expecting momentous events."
The eruption, he said, may rival
or even surpass the great outbreak
of 1840, when - the districts about
the seaside villages of Kapoho Ka
lapana and Kaimu were inundated
with lava.
200-POUND BEAR SHOTi
Animal Is Killed After Feast on
Ducks Near Vancouver.
,VANCOUVER, Wash., June 4.
(Special.) A large black, bear,
weighing about 200 pounds, strolled
down-to the Rossin. farm on the edge
of town this morning and before she
'naa .coon had mnria st rnpal nf nhmit
18 fine ducks which had been enjoy
ing .the morning just outside the
barnvard. - -'
From the fto'ssir farm the bear
went on to a neighbor's place. A
' " " I
woods were searched, but without
bound after the hunt, came face to
face with Mrs. Bruin and killed her
with a single shot. The bear was
taken to Vancouver and will be con
verted into meat.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. ,
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, I
73 degrees; minimum temperature, 55
. degrees. i
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. !
Foreign.
Trained animals may get rights. Page 5.
British troops whip Irish republicans.
Page 1. "
National.
Kerensky's envoy Is not recognized.
. Page 1. ' -
United States banks bulge with Idle
credit. Page 1.
Vast sums of money needed in political
fights under primary system. Page 1.
Big lumber dealer charged with war
frauds: Page 2.
Domestic.
Atlantic City is one cosmic blat. Page 4.
Pacffie Northwest. '
Seattle to seat new mayor today. Page 2.
Improvement of Oregon primary is advo
cated. Page 8.
- Sports.
Pacific Coast league results: at Port
land - 04, Sacramento 7-3; at Los
Angeles 5-9, Vernon T-3; at San Fran
cisco 10-4, Oakland 5-2; at Seattle
, 5-3. Salt Lake 6-1. . Page &
Cleveland wins fourth straight from De
troit. Page 8.
1 World trap mark is declared beaten.
Northwest golf classic opens today.
Page
Yankees antV Giants hold slight lead.
Page 9.
. Commercial and Marine. .
Banker finds business recovery most
rapid in west. Page 15. , ,
Prices Irregular; war bonds are higher.
Page 15.
Cape Ortegal gets away with wheat
Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Slough quicksand sucks girl to death.
Page 1.
rir. W. B. Hinson condemns Doyle's
spiritualism, .rage 10.
g-x-story extension to be built on Plttock
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Open-air services held by two churches.
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Choir singers give concert by . radio.
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Pair quarrel; boy shot, may die. Page 1.
Forest fires threaten logging operatloss.
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Weather report, data . and forecast
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Oniric, easy market for real estate; like
Be Constructed.
ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED
Structure to Be City's Larg
est Class A Building. '
PLANS ARE UNDER WAY
Construction to Begin la jpix
Weeks; Completion in Seven
Months I Expected.
The " north half of the plttock
block, now but two stories high, la
to be extended Immediately, an ad
ditional six stories making: tha en
tire. 200 by 200 block eight stories
In height. It Is bounded by Wash
ington and Stark, West Park and
Tenth streets.
The announcement of the plans of
the Plttock Block company for put
ting in tne improvement at a cost,
of approximately 1500,000 was made
yesterday- by F. J. Raley, manager
of the building. The additional 70,
000 square feet of space provided
for In the extension will give the
block an aggregate of about 200,000
square feet and max tha srmrfnre
the largest class A office building
in Portland, as well as one of the
largest In the country, Mr. Raley
said.
Office Demand Greater. .
Improved business conditions In
.Portland which have created a keen
demand for modern office space are
declared to have been largely re
sponsible for the ' decision to go
ahead with the construction of the
addition. The fact that the move
ment of the downtown district has
been steadily marching to the west-'
ward of Broadway during the past
few months, making the location of
the Plttock block ona of the most
desirable in the. city, also led to
the decision.
Plans for the extension to the
building are now being prepared by
A. B. Doyle,. Portland architect, and
Mr. Raley said it was hoped to be
able to go ahead with the improve-.
ment within a month or six weeks.
Addition to Be Substantial.
' The announcement of the plans is
significant as the structure will rep
resent one of the most substantial
additions to the business section of
the city since the war, the new J. K.
Gill building now underway at Fifth
and, Stark streets being the only
strictly business structure which
can compare in any way-with it in
extent. The Gill building will be
eight stories in height and will rep
resent an outlay of approximately
,600,000.
The Pittock block extension will
also mean a substantial addition to
the year's building permits, the ag
gregate volume of which already
promises to break all records in the
hli.ury of Portland. The first five
r.-.onths of this year permits Issued
by the building Inspector's office
aggregated i2,070,600.
Sew Tenants to Get Spaee.
In discussing the plans for the
extension Mr, Raley said it was the
intention to accommodate new tea
ants by the arrangement of the
offices to suit the ' needs and con
venience of any business requiring
space in the addition, the ideas of
prospective tenants being incorpor
ated into the architect's plans. The
growth of the Northwestern Elec
tric company, one of the tenants of
that ,it is now needing additional
space, it was announced. A por
tion of the new addition is conse
quently to be used by that concern.
The' management of the Pittock
Block company has been working
on the plans for the extension since
May 1, Mr.' Raley' said yesterday. He
estimated it would take six to seven
months to complete the improve-,
ment after the work was started.
Construction to- Be Easy.
When the original structure was
erected the steel work was left ex
tending above the walls of the two
story portion to the north so that it
will be an easy matter to attach the
additional steel work to this and go
ahead with the extension. As a con
sequence there will be little delay
in the putting on of the extension
when work actually starts. "
The Pittock Block company,
which owns the Plttock block, is
largely controlled by M. and H.
Fleishhacker, brothers, of San Fran
cisco. ' '
The announcement of plans for go
ing aheail with the extension com
ing as it does just" after the sal; of
the Wells Fargo building and the
Board of ' Trade building, two of
tures, is considered additional proof
of the value of Portland's business
property as an investment
Marion Health Body Elects.
SALEM, Or., June 4. (Special.)
Mrs. John A. Carson was chosen
president of the Marlon Health as
sociation; organized here yesterday.
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, member of
the executive board of the state as
sociation, wa present at tk
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