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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1922)
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1923 r E DFGREATAGTlViTY Huge Hydro-Electric Plant Under Construction. BIG PROJECT DEVELOPS Cost of Improvement Estimated at 91,250,000 ana 500 Men Are Employed on Works. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.)- Unprecedented construc tion activity is now in progress for three miles along- the banks of Hood river, immediately south of the city, where the Phoenix Utility company is engaged in constructing: a $1,250. 000 hydro-electric system, which will develop 10.000 horse power for the Pacific Power & Light company. About 600 men are now engaged on the task and this number, it is anticipated, will be increased to 800 when the construction concern be gins to lay the big- 14.000-foot pipe line to carry the water from a dam to be built across the river, just couth of the switchback, on the line of the Mount Hood Railroad, to. the plant, excavations for which are being made less than a quarter of a mile south of the city. Force Equally Divided. The men are about equally divided between two camps, one at Power dale, but a short distance from the lower end of the works, and the other near the damsite. The con struction concern is rushing -"the concrete piers which will carry the pipeline, the upper end of which will be ten feet in diameter. The pipe, 2000 feet of which will be of steel, will be reduced to 8 and 6 feet toward the lower end. A surge tank 210 feet high will be con structed at the plant. A noteworthy characteristic of the crews employed on the big job is that they are practically all Ameri cans. Many of the workers are ex service men and foremen of all de partments declare that the veter ans are among their steadiest, best employes. The work will last throughout the winter It is planned to have the wheels of the new turbines turning by April 1, 1923. v Rati Link Is Leased. The construction company has greatly facilitated its work by leas" ing a link of the Mount Hood line from the city to the switchback5.- At the terminus of the leased section materials are fed into chutes and bunkers for loading onto a narrow gauge road which crosses the river. The little rail line is used in haul ing materials to the damsite and in distributing materials along the west bank of Hood river, where the greater length of the pipeline will be laid. The line will cross Hood river on a steel bridge constructed several years ago. DUMMY HELPS ROBBERS NEW SCHEME ADOPTED CATCH AVTOISTS. TO Drivers, Seeing Supposed Human in Road, Halt Cars, Giving Outlaws Opportunity. Holdups operating in the out skirts of Portland have a new scheme to catch unwary autoists. By use of a dummy dressed as a man in rough overalls, they have stopped several autorlsts, but the amount of their loot is not known. The dummy is placed face down in the road. The autorist coming" upon it believes some man has been run down and stops to investigate. Then the holdups dart out from the underbrush and command: "Stick 'em up!" Two of the intended victims of the stickups and their dummy reported the matter yesterday to the police. One was an auto stage driver operating between Portand and Hood River. He stopped his bus when he came upon the dummy, but because his car was filled with pas sengers the holdups made no at tempt at robbery. The auto bus driver kicked the dummy to one side of the road and left. A few minutes later another automobile containing three men and a woman came by. Once more the dummy was carefully placed in the center of the road. The driver slowed down and was just getting ready to stop when his wife saw two strangers creeping out from the brush. She shouted to her husband to drive away quickly, and this party escaped before the hold--ups could cover them with their re volvers. - Reports have reached police head- i nuarters that several autosists have j ben held up by the outlaws with their dummy. SHERIFFS WAIT FQR'PBEY ALVA E. S3IITH NABBED UPON LANDING AT SAN DIEGO. e-veral States After Man Accused Of Wrecking Banks; Charges . Denied by Prisoner. HOOD RIVER SGE iVW DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 22. Alva E. .Smith, wanted in Arizona, Okla homa and Nebraska on bank wreck ing charges, arrived in San Diego Monday afternoon on the power schooner Mariam, from Mazat lan. Mexico, and was immedi ately placed under arrest by San Diego deputy sheriffs and lodged in tne county jail here. Smith was brought back from Maz atlan by E. S. Shroder. American vice-consul at the Mexican port, and on his arrival here was met by nearly a dozen officers from three states. Sheriff Freeman of Clareta, Okla., and Deputy Sheriff Roberts of Yuma, Ariz., were both on hand to make requests that Smith be turned over to them. The Oklahoma sheriff wants Smith on a charge of wrecking a bank at Coalgate, Okla.. and the Arizona deputy is seeking the alleged embezzler on a charge of wrecking the bank at Parker, Ariz. A third -charge is said to have been made against Smith in Nebraska, a '. telegram received at the sheriff's office here Monday afternoon stat ing that a deputy sheriff from that state Is now on his way to.Cali humor when he landed this after noon. "I didn't figure on being met by a brass band," he said as soon as he caught sight of the waiting officers. After his arrival at the county jail he willingly consented to interviews. "My trip to Mexico was not in the nature of a flight," Smith said. "I am not a fugitive from justice for I have done nothing wrong. I went down to Mexico more to pass the t:me than anything else and I had a wonderful "trip. The fishing was the best I ever saw. Outside of seasick ness on the way back I enjoyed every minute of the trip. This idea that I have a large sum of money with me is entirely wrong. I'll give any person every cent over $103 that he can find on me or in my baggage. I came back to San Diego or, my own accord as soon as-1 learned there was some misunder standing about my connection with a bank in Parker." Smith declared that he was sur prised to learn that requests for his arrest had been received from Okla homa and Nebraska. The Nebraska warrant for his arrest, according to a telegram received by Sheriff James Byers, charges him with jumping $10,000 bond in connection with juggling securities. Sheriff Byers is in something of a quandary as to what to do with Smith. Both the Oklahoma and Arizona officers are demanding the turning over of Smith and the Nebraska authorities have made a similar demand by tel egraph. Late this afternoon the Ok lahoma and Arizona officers were to meet with Sheriff Byers and at that time it was expected a decision would be reached as to which state Smith would be returned to Smith's wife, it was stated at the sheriffs office, came to San Diego from Los Angeles today to meet her husband bue she did not a-ppear at the. pier when the Mariam docked and thus far has failed to call at the county jail. BIG ROAD FETE SEPT. 14 Completion of Woodburn-Mt. An gel Stretch to Be Celebrated. MT. AN'GEL, Or., Aug. 22. (Spe cial.) Preparations are being made for a rousing time here on Septem ber 14, when the completion of the Woorlburn-Mt. Angel paved highway will be celebrated. The programme will consist in a dedication tour, headed by the Mt. Angel band. leav ing Silverton at 2 P. M. The Sa lem and South Marion county dele gations will participate. The tour will lead to W'oodburn via Mt. An gel, where the North Marion county Portland and other delegations will join and return to College Hill and back to Mt. Angel school audito ri ii in . State Highway Commissioners Booth, Teon and Barrett. Countj Judge Bushey and representative speakers of the commercial clubs of Salem. Silverton, Woodburn, Mon itor, fccotts Mills and other piaces will participate in the programme. STORAGE HOME TO RISE Seattle Company to Build at Cost ot More Than $60,000. v . That immediate construction work on a new six-story building on the southeast corner of East Sixteenth street and Sandy boulevard will be gin at once by the Bekins Moving & Storage company, a Seattle concern, was announced yesterday by J. J. Oeder, east side real estate dealer, who recently sold the property to Daniel Bekins; president of the stor age company. The building will be of concrete construction and will be 60 by 100 feet, costing more than $60,000. Other units are to be added as occasion demands, according to plans. A foundation permit has been taken out and excavation work will begin this week. : The moving of several residences which have oc cupied the site was started yes terday. . LAST RAIL IS SPIKED Ballasting of North Bank Line Into Timber Progresses. Ballasting of the new track of the Portland, Astoria & Pacific railway, an extension of the Spokane. Port land & Seattle into. the timber west and south of Vernonia. Or., is going forward actively this week, the last rail having been spiked to the ties Saturday night to the terminus of the road 12 miles beyond Vernonia. From that point a logging road will run still farther into the forests to bring down timber-. The road is of construction up to the high standard of the North Bank line in every respect. Tanks and all other accessories needed will be built along the new trackage at once. It is expected operation will begin within 30 days. CRUELTY TO BOY CHARGE Youngster Said to Have Been Used as Horse on Farm. . VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 22. (Special.) Mrs. Mamie M. Schoner started suit for divorce here today, alleging" that her husband. Joseph f. Schoner, hitched her small son by a former marriage to his cultivator, making him do the work which was ordinarily done by a horse. The lad lived in constant terror of his step father, Mrs. Schoner asserts. Schon er had a habT? of throwing culinary articles at her and often attacked her with his fists, she said. The were married May 21, 1919. Mrs. Belle Renney got an inter locutory decree from J. W. Renney, former, name of . Mrs. Belle O'RearJ was restored to her. , ; Phone your ivant ada to The Ore-e-nnian. Main 7070. " - ALBERT BENJAMIN CUNNINGHAM Boston Hsrald : A storv that win mill t the heartstrings of any lover of the open. Cincinnati Times: Here is a fish story that one will read, and then want to keep around to read again. Illustrated. Price, net, $1.00, postpaid THE ABINGDON PRESS New York Portland, Or. Old Black Bass By IDAHO REPUBLICANS READY FDr ACTION Convention at Wallace Is Formally Organized. WINNING TICKET OBJECT Gathering Called to Order by State Chairman Thomas and Three Committees Named. WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 22. (Spe cial.) Perfecting of the preliminary organization w ith former State Sena tor Potts of Coeur d'Alene in the chair and the appointment of stand ing committees featured the open ing of the republican state conven tion here today following a night of caucusing in which an agreement was reached 'as to the majority of the nominees for the ticket. Shortly after noon State Chairman Thomas of Gooding . dropped the gavel and ca'IIed the convention to order with all but two of the 44 counties in the state represented. Mayor Toole of Wallace delivered the welcoming address in which he declared that while it is customary for the chief executive of a city to turn over the keys of the munic: pality to the visitors, it now seemed to be the custom to turn over the "keys of the cellars." He urged the delegates to inspect the great mines of the Coeur d'Alene section from which $700,000,000 have been taken in ores in the last 39 years. J. Floyd Adams of Madison county responded to the welcome on behalf of the delegates. Ticket Expected to Win. State Chairman Thomas, in his opening address to the delegates, declared there was no evidence of steam-roller . tactics in conducting the convention and that every dele gate would have an opportunity to express himself' and to offer any resolutions that he desired for con sideration by the convention. He predicted that the ticket named by the convention would be the ticket elected in November. Temporary Chairman Potts was placed in nomination by Walter Hanson of Wallace, who declared that, while Wallace had the honor of entertaining the convention, all north Idaho was interested in the event and it would "therefore be fitting and proper to have a north Idahoan presiding. Following his unanimous election, Chairman Potts delivered an ad- dress in which he paid ringing triDute to the national and state ad ministrations. assertirpEr that both had been efficient and businesslike and declaring it best for the coun try that they continue in power. uavia uurreii. secretary of tne republican state central committee, was elected secretary of the con vention by acclamation, and John W. Eagleson of Boise, former state treasurer, and L. E. Glennon of Lemhi county, assistant secretaries. Committees Are Named. The convention decided that the three important - standing commit tees credentials, order of business and resolutions should be com posed of representatives' from each jaunty and on rollcall they were named. The convention took a re cess at 2 o'clack to 7 o'clock , to permit the committees to report. Of the three committees the reso lutions body is the important one. It organized with the election of J. H. Peterson of Pocatello as chair man and a sub-committee was appointed to prepare a tentative draft of a platform and submit it to the committee. The members of this committee are : Ada cownty. C. C. Cavanah: Adams. A C. Vadney: Boise. J. c. -Mills; Bannock, J. H. Peterson; Bear Lake, D. C. Cunz; Benewan, KoDert Ale arland Bine-ham. B. W. Whitcomb; Butte. W. L. Adamson; tfonner, ueorg-e K. JBarker;- Bonneville. O. A. Johannesen: Boundary. C. W. Kins: Butte, T. J. Paul;-Camas. W. Y. Perkins: Canyon, Ned Jenness; Caribou. E. D. Whitman: .Cassia, John McMurray; Ciark, F. D. Hagenbarth; Clearwater, Senator Mix; Custer, Dr. Baker; Eimore, H. w. Joslyn; Franklin. P. J. Evans; Fremont. X. D. Jackson; Gem, Joel Brown; Gooding;, W. G. Bissel); Idaho, John P. Elmers; Jefferson, John Mart; Jerome, W. A. Heiss; Kootenai, E. V. Boughton; Latah, A. H. Oversmith; Lemhi. John W. Snook; Lewis. Ser.atjr Rehberr; Madison. Floyd Adams.v Mini doka. E. R. Dampier; i:ea Perce. Mark Means: Oneida, J. C. Tovey; Owyhee, hn W Phore: Payott". L. V. Patch: . Last ' Times Today and Thursday Special Unit Programme WS; Headed by Two Stellar Features c2"-. Other Numbers The drama of rich wives, poor wives and marriage when the glamor fades USTE it COPS" Coming Friday ' CHARLIE CHAPLIN Power, A. G. Torrence; Shoshone, Don ald Callahan; Teton, W. W. Taylor! Twin Falls, C. S. Peck; Valley, Charles Nel son; Washington, Frank D. Ryan. The convention adopted a motion that no resolutions can be offered from the floor, forcing them to go through the committee. WAITERS - WHITAKER WIN Democrats of Idaho Xante Their Candidates for Congress. HAILET. Idaho, - Aug. -22. (Spe cial.) George Watters of Welser, in the first congressional district of Idaho, and W. P. Whitaker of Pocatella, in the second district, were nominated early tonight as candidates for the house of repre sentatives by the Idaho state demo cratic convention. Mr. Watters was practically unopposed, although Booth Weeks of Coeur d'Alene and Dr. O. T. Stratton pf Salmon" were nominated by their respective dele gations. Mr. Weeks withdrew his name ani supporters of Dr. Stratton asked for a unanimous vote far the Weiser candidate. Mr. ' Whitaker was opposed by Chester G. A. Divel bliss of Buhl. . Delegates reassembled at 8:30 to night after they had been served a dinner of grouse and mountain trout, by the commercial club of Hailey. It is expected that , nom ination for justice of the supreme court and probably governor will be made. John C. Rice, present chief justice of the Idaho supreme court, is conceded the nomination. Before the delegates for governor are Moses Alexander, W. M. Morgan, ex-member supreme court, and D. W. Van Hoesen, senator from Blank county. Delegates assembled here at 1 o'clock this afternoon to nominate candidates for congressional and state offices and adopt a platform of principles. David I. Evans of Maiad was elected permanent chair man of the convention, and Miss Ludwig of Cassia county, secretary. All counties were represented with the exception of Owyhee, and 265 delegates are in the city to partici pate in the convention. Deliberation of committees ap pointed by ' the chairman- involved more than three hours, at the end of which only the report of the committee of order of business and rules brought a contest. Members of the committee, it was said, were evenly divided on the proposal to require that inominations of all tickets be made by two-thirds vote, instead of the usual majority. Charles Winstead of Boise, .chairman of the committee, cast the deciding vote against the motion. It was denied by a vote of 17 to 16. A fight on the majority report of this committee developed on the floor of the convention, when it was shown that the forces behind W. M. Morgan, for governor, were favoring making nominations by two-thirds vote. A minority report was introduced favoring the - pro posal, and in the vote on the mat ter 75 2-3 votes were cast against it and 29 1-3 for it. This vote is said by leaders of both the Mose Alexander and Mor gan supporters to indicate the strength of the two men. The Alex ander forces vwere1 in favor of ma jority rule, and it is believed as a result of this vote that more than 55 votes will be cast for the ex governor on the first ballot when nominations for governor are made. The credentials committee seated delegates as certified from the va rious county organizations, and only one minor contest developed. When the convention adjourned at 5:30 o'clock to permit delegates from the first and second congres sional districts to caucus for can didates- for congres- the platform and resolutions committee had not reported. ' PROGRESSIVES IN SESSION Delegates From 34 Counties At tend Gathering at S'ampa. BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 22. (Special.) With delegates from 34 count'es in 'attendance, the state progressive convention opened in Nampa at 10 o'clock this morning and nominated the following state ticket: Governor, H. F. Samuels of Bon ner county: Lieutenant-Governor, A. B. Ucas of Jerome county; secretary of state, E. A. Dow of Bingham county; state treasurer, George Pipher of Canyon county; attorney- general, A. H. Wilkie of Bonneville county; state auditor, C. C. Blake of Bingham county; state superintend ent of public instruction, Miss Etta Brown of Lewis county; state min ing inspector, Ed Schwardhof, Ada county; member of the state su preme court, O. E. Hall of Bingham county: for congress, northern dis trict. Rev. W. W. Deal of Can-son county for congress, southern .dis rict, Dow Dunning of Boise. F.ollowlng the nomination of H. F. Samuels for governor, a surprise was sprung by the' nomination by A.- H. Somner, a delegate from Blaine " "t ; 3 t l' A First National ' Attraction lat he ri ft e ;"You convicted me because I did to my wife what you did to yours. But because you're a judge and I'm only a jailbird you got away with it." AND KEAT0N IN HIS NEWEST GLOOM BUSTER A SATIRE ON THE BLUE-COATED MINIONS OF THE LAW. IE A Two Pants Suit means two fold value! "An extra pair pants will offset any emergency; the convenience, .too, of always having 'a pair neatly pressed, ready to put on, .makes for genuine comfort. You'll; get almost the same length of, wear from one of these extra service suits as you would from two suits. My stock of "double duty" suits in all-wool finished and unfin ished worsteds offers a real treat for men who recognize real value! $35 0 $45 BEti SELLING AMTRJI?S Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century county, of John Eagleson of Ada county for the same office, but when the vote was taken Eagleson re ceived but one vote. Eagleson was formerly state treasurer, having been elected to that omce , twice Dy xne republican party. - The platform adopted advocates a state primary law, a guaranteed bank deposits law, a soldier bonus law, government ownership of rail roads, and a nonpartisan judiciary law. x UNION SCHOOL VOTE TIED One Canby District Will Settle Fate of Entire Project. CANBT, Or., Aug. 22. (Sp.ecial.) One district of the 11 included in the proposed Canby union high school programme will decide, next Saturday night, the fate of the en tim nvnlpit The vote in the other districts, which was cast Monday leaves the matter tied ana ine ae layed ballot 1n Marks Prairie dis trict No. 38 either will establish the joint control plan or reject it. At the election Monday, according to the returns made today, five dis tpite favnrp th ennsol idatirtn. four voted against it and one district tied. The issue, to carry, requires a majority vote in the territory as a whole and also a majority of the districts. NARCOTIC REPORT MADE Curtailment of Manufacture Dis cussed at White Cross Meeting. That national curtailment of the manufacture of narcotics is evident 7 fj! this year was the substance of the discussion and report of a survey at the regular meeting of the trustees of the White Cross society held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. The local organization is making plans for an active campaign against the narcotic evil and has an nounced a membership campaign to be started soon. At a meeting to be held next Tues day it is probable that a membership fee for school children under 18 years of age will be set at 25 cents and a drive begun to secure the membership of the school children of the city. A campaign among the pupils in the public schools will do much to acquaint them with the evils of the drug habit, according to the executives of the organiaztion, and will prove of great benefit as a re-, suit. . JAY STEVENS TO BE HERE Ex-Fire Marshal Will Witness Ince Trophy Presentation. Jay Stevens, ex-fire marshal of Portland, now in charge of fire prevention work for the Fire Under writers' association, will arrive in Portland on October 7 to present this city with" the Thomas H. Ince fire prevention cup. 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Anaconda, Mont., was the first city to win it; Pasadena won it the second year and Port land is the third winner. An award of J250 in silver goes with the cup each year. City Commissioner Bigelow, who attended the annual convention of the international association of fire chiefs, held -in San Brancisco, said that Mr. Stevens was one of the big men of the convention, having the confidence of fire department officials of all parts of the country. Pandolfo Sentence Upheld. CHICAGO, Aug. 22. Sentence of Samuel C. Pandolo, formerly head I of the Pan Motor company, to 10 years in the penitentiary and to pay' With House Peters and Edith Hallor. Only a few days left in which to sed this excep tional screen melodrama. Better go today. s THREE DAYS Coats from ' ;Mandelberg at 35.00 Coats with an interna tional reputation for smartness half lined, perfectly tailored, chosen in sturdy, mannish mix tures. Other Mandelberg coats at 49.00 to 75.00. 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