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STRAUS
VISITS PORTLAND
Explains His Policy as Secre
tary of Commerce and
Labor.
STANDS FOR SQUARE DEAL
Expects His Subordinates to Do
Their Duty Without Fear or
' Favor Tendered Reception
at Commercial Club.
Oscar S. Straus, Secretary of Com
merce and Labor in President Roose
velt's cabinet, -arrived In Portland at
4:30 P. M. yesterday. He was met at
the Union Station by a committee from
the Commercial Club consisting of C.
W. Hodson, president of the Commer
cial Club; S. G. Reed, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; Wall is Nash,
president cf the Board of Trade;
Fletcher Linn, president of the Manufacturers-
Association; State . Senator
-Sis; Sichel, W.'B. Glafke, Dr. J. - R.
W'eatherbee, B. II. Trumbull and Ed
ward Ehrman.
Mr. Straus was escorted to the Port
land hotel where, comfortably seated
in the rathskeller, -he was the center
for an hour of a welcoming; circle of
friends and officials. Then he devoted
the remaining time until the reception
in his honor at the Commercial Club at
S o'clock in conferring with his assist
ants and heads of various departments
under his direction located In or near
Portland.
"The Department of Commerce and
Labor' Is perhaps the largest depart
ment under the Federal Government)'
said Mr. Straus last night. "That is,
not necessarily in the number of men
directly employed, for of course that of
the Army, for Instance, has more men
directly under it, but in its far-reaching
influence on thedaily lives of the
people. The Department of Commerce
and Labor consists' of 12 bureaus as
follows: Corporations, Immigration,
Labor, Census, standards of Weights
and Measures, . Navigation, Fisheries,
Steamship Inspection Service, Light
house Establishment, Coast and Geo
graphic Survey, Manufacturies, Sta
tistics and Alaskan Fur Seal Service.
High Officers In Service.
Under all this are over 10.500 em
ployes, many of them the highest offi
cers in te service of the Government.
The head of the Lighthouse Service,
for Instance, is an Admiral of the Navy,
and his assistants Include many Naval
officers of the rank of commanders and
captains.
"It Is, of course, impossible for one
man at the head of the department to
have a working knowledge of it all in
its 12 or more main branches. The
lighthouse service alone, as I have Jnst
Indicated, is'a life study in itself. And
the earn with any of the others; that
of weights and standards, -for Instance,
requires as much ability and study from
a man as does the chair of physics in
Harvard College. All I can do as the
head of the department is to keep them
all working smoothly together and to
help decide some of the main questions
of Importance as they arise.
"For Instance, the inspection of steam
ships; the exact details of such inspec
tion must be left to practical men, but I
have ordered that the inspections shall
be. four times a year instead of only once
B year as heretofore, and that these In
spections shall he inspections in every
cense of the word. No man need fear
petting into trouble under me from a
steamboat captain or owner with a 'pull.'
I don't care who or how big he is or
they are. if the inspector finds rotten
lire nose on board and lies up the vessel
till things are in ship shape.
Ignores Money Interests.
"In the carrying of human freight the
first consideration as long as I am at
the head of this department shall be
safety; profits must take care of them
selves when the question of risking
human life arises. There will be no more
Slocum horrors If I can prevent it.
"Now In regard to immigration: Here
is a feature not generally known in re
pard to immigrants, within the past 23
years these very people coming to us
from other shores have brought with
tliem new industries never before known
In America to such an extent that the
number of industries in this country for
that time has increased from about 435
to over SG20. Think what this means, a
gain in new Industries in a quarter of a
century of over 2000 per cent! Often the
immigrant himself is worth little to us.
but what he knows how to do and teaches
others to do is often in the end worth
millions of dollars to the American people.
"I left Washington, went to and
through Canada, conferring with Various
officials, and the soul of courtesy and
co-operation I found them, too; then to
Seattle. Tacoma and Portland. From here
I shall go to San Francisco and from
there to Hawaii, whence I shall return
to San Francisco and go direct to Wash
ington, arriving the first week in Septem
ber, unless something greatly changes
my present plans.
Gaining Personal Knowledge.
"This trip is to get acquainted with each
department as far as possible right on
the ground, and to make the personal
acquaintance of the splendid men doing
the practical work rlght'ln the field, and
to assure these men face to face that
each and every one of them will have my
full and personal support in doing his
fluty, no matter what trouble it leads Mm
Into with powerful influences seeking to
evade the law. A man cannot run a
business as large as is the .Department of
Commerce and" Labor by sitting at a desk
all the time: to get the .best results he
must get right out in touch with things
and the men under him. And this is
what I am trying to do during this trip."
The Concordia Club through Its acting
president, Adolphe Wolfe planned to
give Mr. Straus a banquet Monday, but
because of his short stay in Portland the
plans have been changed to an Informal
dinner at the Portland Hotel at 1 o'clock
today. ,
The' Commercial' Club, the Manufac-
turers Association, ' the Chamber of
Commerce and the Board of Trade
joined in welcoming Mr. Straus -at an
Informal reception In the Commercial
Club rooms-last night. President Hod
eon" welcomed the distinguished guest
in a short address and Introduced Mr.
Straus, who humerously declined to
make a speech but asked that what he
snld should be taken a more of a con
versation. In part he said:
Mr. Straus Makes Speech.
Such organizations as these, the
Chamber of Commerce, the Manufac
turers' Association, the Board of Trade
and the. Commercial Club are of in
finite use to both the communities where
they exist and to the Government.
f rincJpally now through the department
HI IfWlJl.i
FRONT ELEVATION PLAN OF CONCORDIA COLLEGE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED NEAR IRVINGTON.
Architect H. C. Dittrlch has completed plans for the Concordia College building' to be erected for the Oregon and Wash
ington district of the Missouri Synod of the German Lutheran Church, on a 5-acre tract purchased of Xr. Cornelius east
of Irvincton near the Alberta streejt railway. Contracts will be let at once and work will be started u soon as possible. The
ground is now being cleared preparatory to laying the foundation. The building, which Is part of a large structure to be
built as more room Is required, will be 72x38, two stories with a full concrete basement and attic. It will eos about $6000. -
It will be the preparatory college for the German Lutheran denomination for the district of Oregon and Washington,
and will form one of the group of colleges conducted in nearly all the states of thUnion. There are similar schools at St. ..
Louis. Mo.; Kort Wayne, Ind. ; Milwaukee, Neb.: St. Paul, Minn., and also in California. After careful consideration It
was decided to erect a college at Portland, and make 1J the educational center for the denomination fr the Northwest
where students may prepare for all the professions, Including the ministry, law, -medicine and teaching. English, German,
Latin and Greek will be taught and an all-round liberal education win be afforded at this college. It will be under the
charge of officers of the Oregon and Washington district, who are as follows: President. Rev. W. H. Behrens, Portland.
Or.; first vice-president, Rev. L. Stube, Cornelius. . Or., second vice-president. Rev. H. Bohl; secretary, A. Splelss, hrwood,
r.; treasurer, Herr Geor. Belrsdorfer, sen. The college will be started this Fall with a full faculty.
of Commerce and Labor. I like to call
them 'semi-official' bodies. But to get
the best results you gentlemen must get
together and try to act as one.' When
some one loud Voice reaches to far
off M'ashington and no other is heard,
how are we to know that that one loud
voice is not the best thought of in the
community. Or if two organizations
get to asking for opposing things, how
are we in control of your government
going to tell which one is right and
which one is wrong? You must get to
gether In one compact active- whole,
then you and the Department can act
together almost as a unite.
"From the pulpit and from many of
our college friends we hear often la
ments that 'this is a commercial age."
It is. a commercial age, and all thanks
for that.-- In bygone centuries It was a
religious age and the world was full
of war and suffering and misery. Later,
came the age of conquest that culmi
nated with Napoleon; and that age waa
an age of war and suffering and mis
ery. Then came the' commerc ial age, In
which we' have lived in comparative
peace and happiness for over a century.
Sings Praises of Commerce.
Commerce not only follows the ' lines
of least resistance Just as surely as does
water, but also the lines of peace. I do
not believe that saying we hear so often
of late that 'trade follows the flag.' War
kills commerce and peace fosters com
merce Just as surely as commerce fosters
peace. We trade with our friends, not
with our enemies. This American nation
was cradled in commercialism, reared in
commercialism, and now because of thlaj
unuiicnittiiaiii la vwiaL silt) ih( ine
leading Nationtin the world for peace and
commerce. Long may we remain a com
mercial Nation in an age of commercial
ism. "This spirit of commercialism -that
some, I believe mistakenly condemn, is
responsible for 26 nations meeting ift The
Hague in 1S99, and is also responsible for,
right tonight, over 50 nations meeting at
The Hague to settle differences peace
fully with the pen and not with the
sword. And this is all due to this same
spirit of commercialism. I have en
vied but one rich man his gold in my life,
and that only on one occasion. When
Andrew Carnegie drew his check for the
Palace of Peace at The Hague I envied
him that check."
Judge George H. Williams at the call
of President Hodson responded to Mr.
Straus and told an apt story about the
Jews in Egypt, and paid a short but elo
quent tribute to the Hebrew race.
Refreshments - -were . then informally
served and Mr. Straus retired for a rest
after hundreds of miles of traveling and
active duties within the past week.
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MRS. MARY RAMSAY WOOD, OF HILLSBOUO, ENJOYING A SPIN.
The accompanying photograph shows Mrs. Mary Ramsay Wood, aged 120 years, who was crowned Queen Mother of Oregon on July 4, taking
an automobile spin at Hlllsboro. To the left of Mrs. Ramsay la her great-granddaughter,-Mrs. Rose. In the front seat Is E. H. Smith, owner of the'
White steamer, and J. A. Imbrie. Mrs. Wood greatly enjoyed the ride and repeatedly urged Mr. Smith to set the car going at full speed. Mrs.
Wood is active for her years and climbed into the automobile without asglstaftce. The photograph was taken. July 20.
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COLONEL HIRES RETIRED
GENERAL WOOD'S FRIEND IS
VTVFIT, SURGEONS SAY.
Army Officer Ready to Sacrifice Life
and Says Treatment Is
Grossly Unfair.
NEW YORK. July 20. Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles G. Ayres, of the Fourteenth
Cavalry, is physically unfit fos active
service in the Army, acocrding to a report
made today by surgeons to the retiring
board appointed to examine that officer.
The surgeons said that Lieutenant-Colonel
Ayres had a disease of the kidneys which
will cause his death if he continues in
active service.
"If I am ready to sacrifice my life, is
there any reason why I should not do
so 7 asked Colonel Ayres.
A member of the board said that Lieutenant-Colonel
Ayres owed a duty to his
family to preserve his life. The Colonel
insisted he was a victim of grossly un
fair treatment.
QUEEN WORE IRISH GOWN
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Irish Poplin and Irish Lace Adorned
Alexandra at Dublin.
LONDON, July 20. (Special.) Queen Al
exandra wore a real Irish gown when she
was at Dublin with the King to see the
world's fair. The dress, which has been
finished at a fashionable Dublin dress
maker's. Was of rich Irish poplin, one of
the Queen's favorite materials, trimmed
with Carrickmacross lace.
This lace was made by peasaift girls
who worked under the direction of the
Countess of Aberdeen the Vlcerine. The
poplin gown was worn by the Queen when
she drove through the city on arrival: and
at the garden party given by the Lord
Lieutenant. Her Majesty wore a gown
composed entirely of Limerick lace, with
a toque of shamrocks.
Cargo of Rails for Manchuria.
NEW YORK. July 20. The first steamer
of a big fleet specially chartered for the
purpose, carrying hundreds of thousands
QUEEN MOTHER OF OREGON
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of tons of American rails, locomotives,
cars and other railroad equipment for the
vast network' of lines building In Man
churia by the Japanese, has sailed from
this port. It was the Asketall, under
the British flag, and will go' direct to Dal
ny, the principal seaboard terminal of the
road, to be called the South Manchurian
Railroad, This is the first instance of di
rect sailing from New York City to Dalny.
Forty steamers will be used to carry
American rails, etc., for the South Man
churian system. It te estimated that be
fore completion of the system no less than
400.000 tons of material will be shipped
from this side. This huge tonnage will
be moved inside of 13 months.
The contracts so far placed in this coun
try Involve an expenditure of fully $10,
000,000. IGNOMINIOUS END OF MOB
Lynchers Put to Flight and Forced
. to Take Bath.
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HAHNVILLE, La., July 20. An at
tempt by a mob of 100 men to get at
the Italians convicted of complicity
in the Lamana murder and kidnaping
ended in a ludicrous . fiasco early to
day When - the mob. nearly all the
members of which were armed, flushed
the pickets, . they acted In a manner
which Indicated they had been led to
believe the troops would offer no re-,
sistance. They were speedily unde
ceived and a detachment of 20 sol
diers headed by Major Wheat chased
them down the railroad track. When
about a Bcore of the mob members
were on a short trestle, the special
train bearing additional troops from
New Orleans appeared coming in the
opposite direction. Several of those
on the trestle Were compelled to jump
into a creek to escape the special: It
is not believed that anyone was seri
ously injured. The mob started back
to New Orleans shortly after the spe
cial arrived and the danger was over.
Women Have Tug of War Team.
The six women who compose the
tug-of-war team that won the con
test at the Grocers' ptcnlc divided be
tween them the prize of 24 quarts of
maple syrup yesterday. The members
of the winning team were: Mrs. C.
P. Blancherd, captain, Lents; Mrs. Pll
gsr. 135 North Ttenth street; Mrs. E.
E. Miller; 160 Beach street; Mrs. Carl
Anderson, 855 Mississippi avenue, Mrs.
L. E. Walker. St. Johps; Mrs. Sater
llee, St. Johns.
TAKES AN AUTOMOBILE RIDE
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SUIT IS BROUGHT
AGAINST O.R.&N.
Action Taken by Chamber of
Commerce in Behalf .
of Portland.
UNJUST CHARGES ALLEGED
Complaint Demanding Readjustment
of Freight Tariffs Filed AVith the
State Railroad Commission.
Is Important to Jobbers.
Alleging that the charges exacted
by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company for transporting merchandise
and other commodities over its main
and branch lines from Portland Into
the interior of the state are' "ex
cessive, unjust and unreasonable," the
Chamber of Commerce, of this city,
yesterday filed with the Oregon Rail
road Commission a complaint demand
ing a readjustment- of that company's
existing freight tariffs. The complaint
further alleges that the defendant
company, is "subjecting the merchants,
manufacturers and shippers of the said
city of Portland and other poiifts and
places in the state of Oregon, as well
as the producers and consumers gen
erally within said state, to the pay
ment of excessive, unjust, unreason
able and unlawful rates for trans
portation as aforesaid- and to - their
great loss and damage."
This is considered the most import
ant controversy affecting transporta
tion companies as common carriers
that has yet been called to the at
tention of Oregon's Railroad Commis
sion. It is a matter that vitally con
cerns the commercial interests of this
city.
Rates Are Unreasonable.
As illustrative of the- unreasonable
ness and injustice of the existing rates,
the complaints charge that except for
short distances where water compe
tition tends to control the rates, the
charges from Portland to points within
the state on a number of classes are
from 35 to 115 per cent higher per ton
on a mile bsjis than are the class
rates west-bound from various Jobbing
centers for like distances under sub
stantially similar conditions and cir
cumstances over the lines of other
competing systems., vi: The Northern
Pacific Railway Company, the Great
Northern Railway Company, the Union
Pacific Railroad Company and the Chi
cago, Rock Inland & Pacific Railway
Company and other railway companies
in' various parts of the United States.
The complaint further alleges that
the defendant company operates a
main line from Portland to Hunting
ton and branch lines from 'and -to the
following points: From Biggs to Shan
iko, Arlington to Condon, Heppner
Junction to Heppner, Umatilla north
easterly to the north boundary-' line
of the state, Pendleton in a northerly
direction to the north boundary line of
the state and from La Grande to
Elgin.
Further allegations in the complaint
are as follows:
Text of the Complaint.
That the rates and charges thus col
lected from the shippers and the people
of the City of Portland and the State ot
Oregon are unlawful and unreasonable,
and far In excess of what is required or
should be collected for said services, and
the same should and can be largely re
duced without materially reducing the sur
plus of said defendant-company or pre
venting It from earning sufficient to pay a
fair return on the investment in said rail
way over and above all proper charges of
every kind; that said defendant company
has been conducting the Business of a
common carrier within said State of Or
egon and the States of Washington and
Idaho since about the ISth day of July,
ISM.
That the following statement accord
ing to the best information and belief of
your petitioner, sets forth the capital
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stock and mileage of the said defendant
company on the dates set out:
CAPITAL STOCK AND BONDED IN
DEBTEDNESS. June 30, 1S9T June so. 100
Common Stock ..-..t24.00O.0CO t24.O0O.O0O
Preferred Stock ... 11,000,000 11.000,000
Bonded Indebt. .... 20,270,900 '
!,025.S00
Total ....tj2,270.90O to7,025.S0
Mileage , 1,065.36 1,130.58
That durinar the period aforesaid, to
wit: From July 16, lS9t. to this date the
said defendant has rebuilt and recon
structed many miles ot its lines of rail
ways within the State" of Oregon, and
has to a large extent replaced the rails
originally laid by said company with
other and heavier steel rails and has ex
pended vast sums of money amounting
to many millions of dollars In perma
nent and lasting improvements and bet
terments, all of which have been paid
for from the earnings of said railway and
charged to operating expenses; that in
addition to said expenditures, it has also
created a large sinking fund with which
to pay its bonded Indebtedness when the
same matures, depreciation and other
accounts, and the same of a largo part
thereof has likewise been charged to op
erating expenses notwithstanding the
fact that large sums of money were con
stantly being used in maintaining said
road and its equipment during said
period: that for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1906. there' was expended on
maintenance of way and structures ?1.
492.273, and the same was charged to
operating expenses: that said sum
amounted to 25.65 per cent of all the rip
erating expenses for said year: that dur
ing said year the sum of $9SO,995 was ex
pended for maintenance of equipment
and was likewise charged to operating
expenses and amounted to 16.97. per cent
of all operating expenses for said year,
that notwithstanding the enormous sums
thus spent on permanent improvements
and for betterments, the actual surplus
from the operation of said road has in
creased from the sum of 63.457 for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 1S97. to $5,157,
152 for the fiscal year ending June 30.
1906, and on said last named date the said
defendant company In addition to its sink
ing fund and after charging off a large
amount to depreciation .and to profit and
loss, had accumulated a surplus of t4.
404.673 after the payment of all chaVges,
including those for maintenance and per
manent improvements except dividends
upon the common stock, and the greater
part of this surplus, its statement on file
with this Commission shows to be loaned
to solvent companies and Individuals.
Makes Strong Comparisons.
That during the period aforesaid, to
wlt from July 16, 1S9R. to June .10. 1900. the
earnings of said defendant railroad com
pany, both Intra-state and inter-state,
including passenger as well as freight
earnings, have steadily increased. That
the increasje of freight and passenger
earnings and the decrease In cost of op
eration and Increase in tons per freight
train mile during said period have been
as follows, to-wlt:
June 30, 1897 June 30,1906
Gross earnings from
operation 4,677,924 $11,913,195
Other sources 50,580 7S3.1S3
Operating expenses 2,779.047
6.840,844
Net Earnings .... J 1.949,457 t 6,865,534
SEGREGATION OF EARNINGS.
June 30.1W. June 30, 1906
Freight earnings -3,109,705.00 $ 8,175,196.00
Freight earnings per
mile, main line ... 2,593.00 7,2300
Passenger mail ex
press earnngs .. 1,020,670.00 3,576,558.00
Passenger earnings
per mile main
line 715.59 2,742.00
Tons per freight
train mile 1S3.37 tons 449.5 tons:
Percentage of oper
ating expenses to
earnngs 54.37 per ct. 49.03 per ct.
That notwithstanding the great in
crease in surplus and the decreased cost
of operation, the charges exacted for
transportation of merchandise and com
modities of all kinds under the distribu
tive rates in effect from the City of
Portland to points and places within the
State of Oregon have been but slightly
redneed and have remained substantially
the sajno for a number of years past, and
said defendant has long maintained and
does now maintain a scale of charges
calculated to Teturn an unreasonable, px:
orbitant and unjust profit upon the capi
tal actually Invested In said defendant's
lines of railway and other properties:
that all of said matters and things the
plaintiff believes, and therefore avers,
will fully appear If the said defendant
be ordered and required to produce on
the hearing of this cause, its books of ac
count, papers, contracts and agreements
and other documents" relating to said
defendant's business for examination by
this Commission.
That the exact amount of the earnings
of said defendant railroad within the
State of Oregon on intra-state business,
plaintiff Is unable to state, and Is like
wise unable to state with exactness the
expenses of said railroad properly
chargeable to said intra-state operation
thereof: but plaintiff alleges that each
and all of said facts can be readily as
certained by an inspection of and investi
gation into the books of account, papers
and documents of said defendant, nd
plaintiff .further alleges that said rates
so complained of can be materially re-
duced and still leave, a large profit upon
all Intra-state business, and would not
materially decrease the annual surplus of
the defendant and would not prevent the
defendant , from realizing a reasonable
and fair profit upon the money invested
by it in its business as a common carrier.
In which oniy It was organized to engage.
Cites Scheduled Rates.
That plaintiff in support of the alle
gations set out herein hereby refers to
and makes a part hereof, the classifi
cations and schedules of the rates and
charges complained of and adopted and
used by the defendant company - in the
transportation of freight from the City
of Portland, "Oregon, to points within the
State of Oregon, together with the reports
relating to and covering the receipts and
disbursements of said defendant com
pany, its operating expenses, fixed and
ether charges and expenses, and divi
dends paid, which said classification and
schedules and some of whih said re
ports are on file in the office of this
Commission.
Wherefore plaintiff prays that the de
fendant, the Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company may be required to answer
the charges herein and that after due
hearing and investigation, an order be
made commanding the defendant compa
ny to cease and desist . from the said
violation of the provisions of said Act
to Regulate Transportation and Com
merce, etc., and to cease and desist from
making . the excessive, unjust and un
reasonable charges complained of In the
complaint, and that an order be made,
fixing, establishing and substituting in
lieu and in place of said excessive, un
just and unreasonable rates and charges,
reasonable rates of compensation for the
transportation of merchandise and com
modities from the City of Portland to
points on the lines of the defendant's
railway in the State of Oregon, and that
the defendant be duly ordered and re
quired to conform to same and for such
other and further orders and relief In
and atout the premises as to your hon
orable body mav seem just and equitable.
THE PORTLAND CHAMBER COM.,
Edward C. Glltner, Secretary.
t,s-pl-hearingG an nere el-4vistaoi ol inu
MILWAUKIE TO MAKE FIGHT
Not Discouraged by Company's Re
fusal to Grant 5-Cent Fare.
It Is expected that Milwaukle will
make a strong fight for a flvj-eent fare
to and from Portland before the Rail
road Commission in spite of the re
fusal of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power Company toward granting
thl fare. Yesterday io plan of future
action had been framed, as It had Just
become known what answer the rail
road company had made to the peti
tion from the people of Milwaukie.
There were 25 different complaints
made in the petition concerning the
treatment of Milwaukle by the railroad
company. It is now expected that the
Railroad Commission will hold a hear
ing for the people and the company at
Milwaukie before any decision is ar
rived at.
Milwaukie being an Incorporated
town there are a great many who sug
gest that the power of the corporation
be invoked. The company has car
barns and trackage on the -streets of
Milwaukie, which It is declared are
subject to regulation. T. R. A. Sell
wood, who owns large property in
terests in Milwaukie, said yesterday
that there should bo no yielding, and
ORDER
TOMORROW
WE keep a large
force of tai
lors busy during:
the present month
by offering- you
A full Blue, Black
or Gray Serge
Suit, with extra
trousers of same
or striped mate
rial, to order from
Money Saved Is
Money Made
Pat ipf action guaranteed in all canes.
Garments to order in a day, tf requlre-1.
Full dress and Tuxedo suits a specialty.
WILLI A M J ERR E M S' SO N3,
lOS Third St.
that the company should be forced to
grant Milwaukie a five-cent fare.
Milwaukle has a population of be
tween 500 and 600 people. It is urged
year with a five-cent fare to and from i
Portland, and that where one now
travels on the street cars there would '
be three or four people. It Is found '
difficult to induce people to purchase
property there with a 10-cent fare.
Railroad Personals.
F. M. Standley, of Seattle, manager ot
the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamship
Company, was transacting business in
Portland yesterday leaving last night for
Seattle.
L. Blumenschein, clerk in the Great
Northern freight department. Joined a
party of friends yesterday and left for
Mount Hood. The party went as far as
Borinp; on the Oregon Water Power &
Railway line and from that point will
walk to Oregon's famous mountain peak.
Returning the pedestrians will cover the
entire distance afoot. They will be gone
about two weeks.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING
Adrian Flaherty Loses Life While
Swimming In Willamette.
Adrian Flaherty. 17 years of age. was
drowned near Bundy's bathhouse, at the
head of Grand avenue, at 4:15 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. He was seized by
.cramps, and In the commotion created
by the large number of bathers, sank
without being missed. His disappearance
was soon noticed, and repeated efforts
were made by William E. Klernan and
Jack Reed- to locate him. They dived to
the bottom, a distance of SO feet, but did
not find the body. Later, grappling irons
were used, and the body brought to the
surface. Heroic efforts were made by Dr.
Swenson and others to revive Flaherty,
but In vain. ' .
Coroner Kinley was summoned and took
charge of the body. Flaherty lived with
his parents at 1S North Twenty-first
street. This Is the first fatal accident
occurring at the Bundy bathing: establish
ment this year. About 200 bathers were
enjoying themselves in the water yester
day afternoon, when Flaherty was
drowned.
Young Flaherty was last seen alive at
a point about five feet from the ladder.
He was seen to go under the water, but -every
one who witnessed it supposed he
had dived, and no attention was paid tr
the incident until about 15 minutes later,
when he was not seen to rise. It waa
then that the alarm was raised.
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100-mile ride paralleling: the majestic
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and a dip In the Grand Old Pacific ocean,
this delightful trip can be made in one
day via the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad, special rates otv Saturdays re-1
turning Mondays. For information and:
time card, phone Main 244 or call at Cityj
Ticket Office, 3d and Morrison street. j
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. 30 DAYS
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' 201 H Morrison St., Opp. Postoffice.