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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1905)
u THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JTJQ?E. 4, 1905. BOOMS ENOUGH FOB EVERYBODY No Scarcity in Sleeping commodations for All Visitors. Ac- rates ARE REASONABLE What the Portland Service Company Has Accomplished in the "Way of Caring for Strangers' Who Visit This City. "Where shall I sleep when I come to Portland?" Ten thousand persons In 10,000 Oregon homes are asking- themselves this question as they plan to come to the Exposition, and throughout the United States ten times J0.000 are making the same query as they think of their con templated trip to the xlty during the Summer. And here In Portland, E. C. Dunnavant, with his yellow-cnpped mes sengers of the Portland Service Com pany, backed by the- co-operation of all the railroads selling tickets Into the city from the different quarters of the country. Is answering the question and solving the problem. There may be some In Portland -who expect to receive high or" even exorbitant prices for the rooms they have at their disposal, but their efforts will be unavail ing if the travelers will hunt the yellow office of the Service Company when they arrive at the Union Depot and look up Sixth street towards the town. Mr. Dun navant has not been saying a great deal, but It is because he has been too busy looking after his customers to talk. He is working for the Fair and its success, for the satisfaction of the people who come here and for the good will and good word of all who may visit the Exposition and receive good accommo dations at reasonable and normal prices. Many Rooms Listed. The Portland Service Company has now 6500 rooms listed In its office In the Mac leay building and each day more people with rooms are coming In with requests that they be given the assistance of the management In filling their 'houses dur ing the course of the Fair. On June 1. the opening day of the Fair, the Portland Service Company and Its messengers met at the depot and escorted to the rooms reserved for them 400 par ties coming to remain in the city for a shorter or a longer time. It now has at Its headquarters a list of 2000 family tickets sold throughout the Northwest territory and from Eastern states. Each ticket Includes from two to five persons who have been furnished with lodgings ranging In price from $1 to $3.50 a day. according to the location of the room and the number of persons who will occupy it. These persons will visit the Fair at different times, some of them arriving In the city In a few days, while part of the number will not reach here until more than a month has elapsed. Mr. Dunnavant is doing a good work for the Fair and its success. He Is backed and assisted In his work by the railroads, who handle his tickets and list those wishing to come to Portland through their local agents throughout the coun try. The Northern Pacific the Southern Pacific and the O. R. &. N. have issued special circulars to the local agents In their employ directing them to advertise the work of the Service Company to the best of their ability, in order that those coming to Portland may have reserva tions, made for them in advance of their arrival and at figures that will be satis factory. Tickets Sent to Agents. Tickets are sent to all the local agents by Mr. Dunnlvant and those contcmplat ing coming to Portland can have these filled out and sent to the head office in Portland when they wish to have reser vations made. These tickets form a state ment of the kind of room the person dc sires, the price he will be willing tp pay. the date of his arrival in the city and the length of his stay here. When the ticket Is received in Portland the conditions are tnet from the list of rooms in the posses slon of Mr. Dunnaant. A card Is then mailed to the protective victor, upon which is written the street number of the room reserved for him, the name of the landlord, the time the room is needed and the prlco agreed upon. Upon the ar rival of the traveler in Portland he Is met at the depot by the yellow-capped mes senger of the company and escorted to the room shown upon the card in the traveler's possession. If the room selected docs not fult he is taken to another of tho same price and the efforts of the service company are not abated until sat isfaction has been given. The work of the company Is of great importance to the success of the Exposi tion, as It Is insuring the satisfaction and the protection of all who come to Port land. On June 1 an Eastern man who had secured a reservation through the company was sent to this hotel, where he. bad agreed to pay Jl a day for his room. "When he registered he was told that his room would cost him J2. The traveler returned to the headquarters of tho Service Company and was accom panied to the hotel by Mr. DunnavanfTl where apologies were tendered and the room rented at the price agreed upon. This Is the first and only occasion where one of those having entered Into contract with the Service Company to furnish rooms at a given figure has tried to change the price, and that landlord says he is sorry he did It. Others in the city who at first held out and refused to con tract with the company, desiring higher prices for their rooms than the man agement thought best to ask, nave since come to Mr. Dunnavant and asked to be placed upon his lists In order to insure their rooms being kept full during the Summer. The panic about the scarcity of rooms seems to have been ill-founded, for it is now certain that there will be rooms to spare nearly all of the time if there is a day when the city will be con gested. Several of the big conventions scheduled have been provided for, with much room left, and the argument that visitors -will have no place to sleep seems to have- been proved fallacious. The Portland Service Company alone either now has, or in a few days will have, suf ficient rooms to handle the greater por tion of any crowd that will come to the city, and outside of its lists are hundreds of rooms throughout Portland that are not listed with any company. Portland will be able to take care of its visitors. deceased. 311,072: George W. Bate. $33; George W. Weldler. $139t; Insurance, HS7. These payments, which were all dis counts, practically settle all the liabil ities, except the payment of bequests under the will. Other claims previously settled at the rate -of 40 per cent amount to $37,000. The total disbursements were .430. and the total receipts $121,335. leav ing J13.96S balance on hand and $51,659 claims still to. pay. The JU.-072 paid to Mary T. Strong was lor services of her husband. Fred R. Strong, executor of tne wliu. and in taking- care of the property of the estate. The legatees are the chil dren of Ben Holladay, deceased, and others, and they will probably receive nothing. STRIKE AT BANQUET. (Continued From Page 13.) fact that it was time for the reception to begin. Otherwise it would have been necessary to forward some excuse oyer the failure of the waiters to have appeared with the two courses that remained to be served. The banquet was set to begin promptly at 7 o'clock ON TIE EVE OF THE ELECTION (Continued From Pace 13.) in a fret nearly two years. It was first headed by .ministers, who called on the Mayor and vainly protested. According to the Mayor's narrative of the stormy interview, they tried to "dictate" to him how ho should run the city government a mandate which he says he will receive from no man. The ministers forthwith thundered denunciation from their pul pit, but the Mayor was deaf, for he said that the city was compelled to maintain the system if it would continue to have a government. Ttcform Element's Efforts. The reform element carried the fight lL!FklJtJrJL?0n -nto Ptic. and one year ago rallied be- before tho first course was served. It was expected that the banquet would be over in time for the reception, but the late arrival of some of the guests resulted In the two hours "conflicting, which is the only thing- that prevented the most famous banquet In the history of Portland suffering- an untimely end. It is admitted by those who were connected with the giving of the ban quet that several of the waiters suc ceeded in obtaining- wine and cham pagne for themselves, which resulted in their, becoming- intoxicated. How ever, it was not noticed by the guests who spent the entire evening in the building without discovering: that there had been a strike among- the waiters who had served them at the banquet. It is said that the waiters obtained liquor by throwing the bottles contain ing the champagne and wine out of windows to the lawn, where they picked them up again between the courses when the guests were eating. It has been stated on excellent author ity that empty bottles were found on the lawn adjoining the New York build ing on the next morning. Sllx'erware Is Missing. It was also discovered the morning following the banquet that silverware valued at $300 was missing, and though the building was searched from top to bottom, the silverware could not be found. Numerous pieces of valuable tableware, such as glasses, platos and crockery, were broken by the waiters during the progress of the dinner. Mr. Pindet, the caterer, says, however, in speaking of the disappearance of the silverware, that it may have been mis placed and that it will be found later. There were about 40 waiters at the banquet, but as some of them had steady employment .they refused to go on a strike with the others. It looked for a time as though the luncheon served after the reception would be in terfered with, but an urgent appeal was sent to the restaurants along the Trail and enough men were secured to take the places left vacant by the strikers. Several days before the opening of the Exposition it was scon that it would be necessary to employ extra help for the banquet and reception. In quiry at the hotels disclosed the fact that no waiters could be secured from that source. The matter was turned over to Charles "Williams, who conducts a restaurant near the main entrance to the Exposition on Upshur street. After considerable difficulty he secured 25 men who claimed to be experienced waiters. Mr. "Williams has a paper which he says was signed by all the men, who agreed to serve at .the two functions, the banquet and the recep tion for $a each. Demanded Extra Money. But during the dinnor of Thursday night they Informed Mr. Pindet that they expected $5 for their service at the banquet and $2 more Sot the lunch con of the reception. Mr. Pindet told them that the agreement was that they were to serve both functions at $5, and that he would not pay thorn any more. They threatened to quit, but he was obdurate. They appeared to be greatly incensed when he again refused to pay them extra, and took off their aprons, quitting the building. And the difficulty has not boon set tled yet, and is liable to be taken up Into the courts for adjudication, for the 25 striking waiters Insist that they be paid $5 for serving at the banquet. They have employed a lawyer and say they are determined to push the case to a successful end. as they assert that they are in the right. The members of the New York Commission, from whom Mr. Pindet -receives the remuneration for attending to the various dinners and luncheons that are served in the buildlntr. say they will stand by him If they find that he is in the right. They also say that if they ascertain that the 25 waiters are entitled to the $5 that they will see that it Is paid tfiem. Mr. Pindet says thoy are only entitled to $3, as they only served the first .func tion, the banquet, whoreas they had agreed to be In attendance to both of them. The members of the ftcw xorK Commission have every confidence in Mr. Pindet. as he was also caterer at the New York building erected at the St. Louis Fair. Mr. "Williams, who secured the men for Mr. Pindet, says that they were ut terly Incapable, but that they were the best that could be had at the time, as nearly all of he good waiters had steady positions in the resturants in the city and at the Exposition. He says that they cannot do anything if they push the matter into the courts, as he has their signatures to an agree ment that they were to receive $5 for serving at the banquet and at the re ception. He declares it is a deliberate case of hold-up, as the waiters thought they could secure the additional pay, owing to the prosence of the Vice Prosldent and the Congressional party. An effort will be made to settle the difficulty out of the courts tomorrow. Sold at Public Auction. The Seaside House and grounds, a Sum mer resort at Clatsop Beach, has been sold to George "W. Weldler for $25,500. Charles H. Carey, administrator of the estate of Joseph Holladay. deceased, to which the property belonged, made this report in the County Court yesterday. The property was sold at ' public auction on March 3. 1M3. for $23,000. but the sal was canceled, because it was believed a better price could be obtained. The ad ministrator reports the payment of claims, as follows: Harry Rawson. $33: C. EL S. Woodrv$500; James Gleason, $1500: May T. Stromr. executrix will of Fred Strong, hind the Democratic candidates for Sher iff and Prosecuting Attorney. So did the liquor and open-town element. The result was that the Democrats were elected, "Word for Sheriff and Manning for Prose cuting Attorney. Both the closed town and the open town rorces claimed to have pledges from the Democratic candidates. Be that as it may. the two Democratic officers "closed town." and it has been "closed" ever since. The necessity for the fining system hav ing passed. Mayor "Williams has said that he does not Intend to put it Into operation again, but this has not abated the fury of his foes. "When he entered the Repub lican primaries, held last month, as a candidate for the nomination, they fought him at even" turn, and rallied behind H. R. Albee. The pulpit was active against Williams in behalf of Albee: likewise the Municipal Association. But Williams was nominated over Albee by 1003 votes. The Municipal Association and many of the Albee supporters promptly bolted the Republican ticket. Several days they wa vered between nominating an Independent candidate for Mayor and indorsing the Democratic candidate. Dr. Harry Lane. The Municipal Assocatlon led the way to the Lane camp, and others of the reform party followed. That "-Citizen" Scheme. Then an attempt was made by leaders the Municipal Association to get up a "Citizens' " movement, and to make Lane the Citizens' candidate. Instead of the Democratic. But the law prevented call ing Lane the citizens' candidate, inas much as he had been nominated under the direct primary act. On the ballot Lane appears as the Democratic candidate. But efforts have been made to put Lane's Democratic candidacy in the back ground and to make prominent his Citi zen candidacy. Republican bolters have been very desirous of following out that course, for they have feared that Demo cratic candidacy of Lane might arouse the Republican party spirit to such an ex tent as to elect Williams in spite of them. Democrats have assented to the plan though it has not succeeded so well, as they desired. "Why? For these reasons: Lane's first campaign speech wan made under the auspices of the Young Men's Democratic Club. He waa brought forth before the primaries by the Multnomah Democratic Club as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. The "Citizens" meeting in the plaza was planned by the Young Men's Democratic Club, led by G. "W. Allen, its president, and aided by the Citizens' committee. The Democratic campaign committee, appointed by the Democratic City Central Committee, and headed by R. W. Montague, has been working as hard as it could for Lane's election. And the chairman of the Citi zens' movement, E. C. Bronaugh. was for merly a member of the Democratic party. All these details are mentioned to show how the opposition to "Williams was started, who were displeased with his policies as Mayor, and who were encouraged by Democrats to make war on His Honor. Several Side Issues. And several side Issues have been in troduced into the campaign, relating to alleged "grafts" and steals In pub lic contracts. The allegations related to Tanner Creek sewer. Front-street bridge and Morrison bridge. The May or has taken up each one In his speeches and disposed of thom in a way very satisfactory to his friends. The Mayor being a candidate fon-e-clection, his campaign has been one of defense. But in another sense he has taken the offensive. All his speeches but one he delivered on the East Side, where the Lane people felt that they had to ward off the Mayor and the Williams forces felt that they had to make their gains. Tho East Side was the Hot-bed of the "Williams' opposi tion in the struggle for the nomination, and Williams lost that part of the city by 100 votes. JIls Republican foes on the East Side have been relied on by the Lane workers to flock to the Dem ocratic candidate in the election. "Will lams spoke at Albina. Sunnyslde, "Woodlawn and twice in East Portland, and Lane has followed his tracks closely. The three-cornered fight for Munici pal Judge between Camoron. Repub lican. McDevltt, Independent, and Pe traln. Democrat, is a very hard tussle. Cameron and McDevltt are Republic ans, but Cameron has the regular nom ination, while McDevltt is the Indc pendent nominee of the Citizens. Pe- train hopes for victory from the split In the Republican vote. McDevltt was defeated in the primaries for the nom POWERS' INFORMATION BUREAU Are the three words. whose initials stand P. I. B. The guessing was varied, but no one happened on the correct answer, so we will add it to the numerous prizes to be offered during vacation to all members of the P. I. B. We want all -the boys arid girls in town to become members. Full information regarding the P. I. B. will be given to all who apply at the store for same. Everyone who sent in an answer in the guessing contest will receive a circular by mail fully explaining the object of the Bureau, tered Jnd get cards ndSuSbfr s5 GREAT COUCH SALE MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY They're a flat Couch, 72 inches long and 28 inches wide, covered with a variety of patterns in Art Denim. They're sold for seven or eight dollars usually our cash sale, price for three days will be - i WJUC, UUYC1CU Willi it $5.40 SEE DISPLAY IN OUR WINDOW MONDAY FIRST AND TAYLOR STS. SEND YOUR MAIL ORDERS HERE FOR Furniture Ination. and soon afterward accepted the nomination of the Cltlxens convention. "LET PORTLAND GROW." Argument for Annexation of All Ad joining Territory. PORTLAND. June X (To the Editor.) An editorial In The Orogonlan yesterday expressed the opinion that Portland should be confined to Its present limit?, but gave no reason for such conclusions. I would like to have The.Oregonlan. or any person, give one reason why any ad joining territory that desires to be ad mitted to the city should be kept out. The Peninsula has been Inside the city boundaries for 13 years. On careful 'in vestigation you will learn that the Penin sula district nas paia into tne city cotters about S3 for every dollar nald back bv the city. Yet the Peninsula has been' benetlted by the privileges of being part of the city. Mount Tabor desires to con nect with Portland's sewer system, and her citizens are willing to pay the bills. What will It cost Portland to extend, this iavor 10 jiuuni juuor; .01 one uoiuir. Under the presenf plan of admitting the proposed new territory at Mount Tabor and on the Peninsula, the new territory does not become part of school District No. 1. but must maintain separate schools: therefore, it cannot burden Port lands taxpayers lor scnooi accommoda tions. If it Improves its streets or ex- Rescue Two Horses. In rescuing two horces belonging to the Oregon Transfer Company from go ing over the embankment on the north side of Sullivan's Gulch, on Grand avenue. District Engineer Lee Holden and several firemen worked from 11 o'clock Friday night to nearly 2 o'clock yesterday morn ing. The driver had been delivering goods in Holladay Addition, and the horses got away from him at Hassalo street and plunged down Grand avenue toward Sullivan's, Gulch. About SO feet of the nirth approach of the old bridge stUl remains, and across the street there was a flimsy barricade to prevent people from walking out on the approach. Through this the horse tore and plunged out on the disrupted roadway. One of the horses went over the side, the other partly dropped through the floor of the approach, while the heavy truck was held by the timbers and prevented the horses from falling Into the bottom of the gulch. FIRST ALASKAX EXCURSION. Do you know that tac first Alaska ex cursion, season 1P03. leaves Tacoma and Seattle on the palatial excursion steamer 'Spokane" June S? This voyage reaches Alaska during the longest days of the year. 24 hours of Summer sunshine among Winter scenes. A most delightful and in structive vacation trip. Inquire at Pacific Coast Steamship Co. s Ticket Office, ZO Washington street. Maria Ere Krmedr Cum Ere: Makes Weak Eyes Strong. Soothes Eye Pain. Doesn't Smart. .See "The -Girl to Blue." Kidney Trouble Disappearing Now Recognized to Be Brlght's Disease Fearful Death List. A few years ago many deaths were reported from "Inflammation of the Bowels. Appendicitis is now known to be the real trouble. A similar change has come in Kidney Disease. It is now disappearing into Brlght's Disease. In I860 the census reported deaths from Kidney Disease, but none from Brlght's Disease. In !S9i, of the 37.519 deaths that year from Kidney Disease, over half were recognized as Bright s Disease. In 1900 of the 63.612 deaths. 5S.74S (over nine-tenths) were known to be Brlght's Disease. Thus the simple thing we innocently refer to as Kidney Trouble Is now recognized as the commonest symptom of Bright s Disease. The worry and strain of the Ameri can life is rnlnous to the Kidneys and Brlght's Disease is sweeping the coun try. Look at this appalling increase In the deaths from Brlght's Disease taken from the census: 1SS0 D BATHS 1870 DEATHS.... 3,7x2 1SSO DEATHS BSS 1S&0 DEATHS 2250 1WO DEATHS 5S.74S Where will it stop? No one Is safe who worries or has weak Kidneys. There Is only one cure known. Ful ton's Renal Compound for Brlght's Disease. The earlier taken the easier the control. Woodard, Clarke & Co. are the local agents. When to mvpect Brlcbt's DIsmm weakaeia or Ions of -welctot. pnSr aaklee, hxnii or eye lids: Xldnej- - trouble &fter Use third month: falling vision, drowriaeje. Oat or zaore ol these. tends the sewer system, the abutting property must pay the bills. University Park contains more area than both of the proposed new districts, and University Park has been within the city for13 years and has not cost the city $10) for police protection in all that time. It is not prob able that the new territory. If admitted, will cost Portland a larger amount In the next 13 years. Portland has collected thousands of dollars from the Peninsula district for water, and has not spent one dollar for anything until quite recently. The water mains were laid by private subscription. The man who owns Inside fropcrty and believes that he can increase ts income-producing power by compress ing the city Into narrow limits deludes himself by. erroneous reasoning. The only possible way. in these days of quick travel, to build a great city is to build the suburbs. Let Portland expand, and the center will need no protective tariff against the suburbs. Every man who be lieves in a greater Portland should vote for annexation of both Mount Tabor and the Peninsula strip. The St. Johns Water Company is endeavoring to extend Its wa ter mains Into this Peninsula strip, which will mean a big graft for Portland to pay In the near future if this narrow strip be not admitted into Portland now. This strip will become a menace to Columbia University, as well as to the heavily pop ulated district that Is now Inside the City of Portland, unless it be brought under the control of Portland's laws. It Is with in St. Johns voting precinct and outside of St. Johns city boundaries. The St. Johns voting precinct. voted for saloons. It a saloon be started on this strip the St. Johns authorities can have no control over it because It is outside of St. Johns boun daries. If a saloon be opened on this strip it will bo near the Portland line, because It is near the heavily settled dis trict. If a saloon be opened there, Port land will be compelled to keep a police man at Portsmouth and University Park to protect the citizens. If this strip be annexed to Portland it will come with in Precinct No. 5S, which voted "dry" at the last election, and cannot have a sa loon, and. therefore, will not need any police protection. Now, I ask the editor of The Oregonlan to Jump onto this communication with all the force-of his polished rhetoric and his logical, analytical mind, and if he can give one sound reason why the citi zens of Portland should vote to keep out the strip between Portland and St. Johns, I will say, amen, brother. FRANCIS I. M'KENNA. Portland will "grow." But it doesn't need to take in all the territory that ad joins it. The city already has an area of 42 square miles, more than one-half of which Is pasture, garden land or native woodland. In many places the pheasant sits on her eggs In the undergrowth, un der the arc lights. Is the territory within the city big enough, or. If enlarged fur ther, why not to four hundred square miles? If these new districts shall be in cluded, the first thing each of them will de mand will be a twenty or thirty-thousand-dollar schoolhouse, and water and police and all that the city Itself can be taxed for; and the roar for all these things will be immense. It Is as Mr. Prettyman. of Mount Tabor, said yesterday: "The an nexationists are speculators and office seekers." Again, is the city to take in all the territory that adjoins it? Why not Troutdale. Mllwaukie and Oregon City? "Let Portland grow." But its area now Is greater than that of Boston. Doesn't Portland now contain farm land and gar den land and woodland enough? Perhap3 not for boomers and politicians, but for others we think it does. Services at the Marquam. Today the Chapel of the Transfiguration will hold Its regular services In the Mar quam Grand Theater at 11 A. M.. and continue this policy each Sunday during the progress of tho Exposition. Rev. W. R. Powell, the chaplain in charge, will preach at the opening service today, and Bishop Morris will pronounce the benedic tion. The music will be furnished by a chorus choir. Prominent clergymen visit ing the Centennial will be asked to speak from time to time. General Nicholson Under a Cloud. LONDON, June 3.-General Sir William Nicholson, who was recently appointed Governor-General of Gibraltar, has been, permitted for private reasons to resign his appointment. No explanation of the general resignation is given beyond that stated. e A Good Gas Range Is Essential in Every Home. If You Use a Gas 'Range You Will Have No Trouble With Cooking J W i Hffi- xfi lB I The More Cooking You Have to Do the More You Will Appreciatea Gas Range It is so easy to manage, economical, quick operation and saves- all heavy work. The price now includes installing that is, for the purchase price we will set it up ready for use, which includes a run of 40 feet of pipe. On a cashsale,orif you pay for it within 30 days, we make you a discount of 10 per cent. Where a fuel stub is already in the kitchen and no pipe is necessary a discount of 20 per ct. is made. SK OAS WATER HEATER ' Its Simplicity, its inexpensiveness are worthy of consideration by all families, no matter how small the house. The price of Gas Water Heaters includes installing. To any consumer now using a Gas , ; ' Range we will install a Gas Water Heater for C350 Portland Gas Co. FIFTH AND YAMHILL STREETS. 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