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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1912)
I mE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 28, 1912 xa MA GIRL HAS Part of City of Portland?- Bad Lands of North Dakota?- Suspect Arrested at Billings Thought to Be Slayer of Seid Bing. u , i GIRL FITS DESCRIPTION Gil SIN'S Ml O.-W. It. X. Conductor Sure lie Had Her aa Faaiwnger on Kast Bonnd Train on Night of Jan nary 13 Ticket I Clew. BUTTB, Mont.. Jan. 27. (Special.) A Chines arlrl. calling herself Me Fun, was arrested today In Billings on sus picion ol being the murderer of Setd Bing. the wealthy Chinese merchant of Portland. The Kirl answers the gen eral description of the murderess, as sent out by the Portland police. When searched at the police station letters were found on her person which bore tha name of Choi Sin. the woman who Is wasted In Portland. She re fused to talk about herself, or where she had been since leaving hera about a year ago. Uirls Beaaty la Clew. The Chief of Police received a mes sage from Butte officers to the effect that the woman waa wanted, and ha found her after a long search In a Chinese lodging-house. She formerly resided In this city, but had been ab sent for several months until a week ago, when she unexpectedly returned. She la noted for her beauty among the Chinese In Billings and Butte, and Pr,n clpally by her good looks waa traced by the Butte police to Billing. Color Is lent tothe belief that Choi Sin. alleged murderess of Seld Bing. is under arrest at Billings, through Infor mation supplied by an O.-W. R. conductor running east out of Pendle ton. A long-distance telephone roes sage to Detective Curtain Baty. re ceived yesterday. tays that the conduc tor on train No. IS carried Choi Sin on the night of January 13. He waa posi tive because be knew tha woman. He could not remember where she lert the train but thinks that she may have gone to Miles City. Mont., where she has friends. This would bring her within a comparatively short distance of Billings. Vn Bays 934 Ticket. Further confirmation Is found In tha reports furnished the detectives by Chi nese Investigators, who say that on that date tha woman bought a ticket here for some place not known, but costing :4. The fare to Billings Is 3. First Information from Billings was received by the detectives In a dispatch anktng If it was a fact that a reward of had been offered for th cap ture of the woman. Immediate reply was mails that a reward was outstand- 'nff this clew falls down the detectives have an alternative one that Is deemed promising. In a report received yester day from Salem. A woman keeper of a rooming-house there says that a Chi nese woman answering to the descrip tion of Choi Stn rented a room in hsr house last Saturday night. Mala Cblaesa Apreara. Soon after she arrived mala Chinese appeared, carrying a card with the ad dress of tha house, and Inquired for her. The pair remained thera that night and departed Sunday for San Francisco. The following day three Chinese, also having a card with tha address of the house, came and Inquired for tbero. but left after being Informed that the oth ers were gone. This Information was transmitted to Seld Back, uncle of the murdered man. and he took Immediate steps to have his associates In San Francisco search for tb man and woman. COUNTY WILL TAKE ROAD Willamette) Boulevard Will B Im proved Next Summer. On petition of the Acme Lumber Com pany and 45 other concerns and Individ uals owning property along the road, the County Court had decided to resuma control of Willamette Boulevard from Kllllngsworth avenue to tha Northwest city limits. The object of taking tha thoroughfare out of the control of the city la to permit of Its being Improved with county money. At present, accord ing to the petitioners. It la In a deplor able condition. -The road was taken over by tha city as a street a couple of years ago." said County Judge Cleeton. "It Is one of the mala arterlea of travel leading Into tha city and Is In all Its elements a county road. Wa have satisfied ourselves that to have It Improved by tha city on the frontage basis would amount to mora than confiscation of the property along It. especially as one side It bounded by a bluff and the burden would practically all fall on the other side. I understand that the city administration a lst.es us to take it back again." The petition was presented by At torney Shepherd. The county probably will undertake the improvement of the road with gravel rr macadam next Sum mer. It la the only avenue of traffic to and from the Penlnsu'a district, and ex tends for miles outside the city limits. SNAKE IN SNOW IS OMEN Old Settler" See Sljtn Roosevelt and Bryan Will Be Nominees. ALTO PASS. Ill, Jan. 17. (Special.) John Burns, a farmer near town, re ports finding a live snake on the snow. He believes the snake was overtaken by cold weather before finding suitable Winter quarters and was hunting for suitable "flat" when he discovered It. Tha snake waa able to crawl a little, but was unable to strike. Old settlers say the finding of the snake so early Is a sure Indication of the nomination next Hummer of Bryan and Roosevelt. SWETLAND WILL IS FILED Property Left by Confectioner I Valued at S3 1,000. Tha will of Louis K- Swetland. filed yesterday for probate, disposes of prop erty the value of which la conservative ly estimated at IJl.OOO. The widow, jlrs. Abble J. Swetland. to whom let ters testamentary were Issued. Inherits all with tha exception of 1150. which she Is Instructed to pay In bequests. Howard Payson Swetland. the son. Is given 1139. and there are three bequests of $SS0 each to other relatives. Tha property la largely real aetata -r-- '- r t "--'- I1! .V 1 L '-ti -T" i. TVT O, notwithstanding the likeness to the mauvaises 1 terres" of the early French Jesuit explorers of Hill in the hands of the landscape engineers. Now look a little closer at this picture and ask yourself how much ingenu ity and engineering skill will bs required to transform this useless hill, into a place of remarkable beauty, that certainly will be a joy forever in the history of Greater Portland! N CLARK, Selling Agent Westover Terraces and Eastmoreland 818-823 Spalding Building " Main 21 13 A 7617 F. GIRLS WE BREAD Contest on Domestic Science Courses Js Enjoyed. SOUVENIRS ARE SPOONS Portland High Schools and School ol Trades GUen Practical Work In Raking With Result That Con testants Becoming Expert. An Important and popular feature of tha practical work in Domestic Sclenca In tha Portland High Schools and School of Trades la tha semi-annual "bread contest." which forms a regular part of tha final examinations for Qrst term students. Each flrl. after due Instruction and experience in the school kitchen labo ratory, pledges herself "to take no help or adrlca from anyone," and attempts to make at home aa "handsome and wholesome" a loaf of bread as possible. These test loaves are brought to school and Judred In due course by tha stu dents themsalves under guidance of the teacher. A regular score-card aa formulated by the domestic science department of the University of Illinois Is used, points being assigned for flavor, light ness, texture, moisture, color of crust and crumb, slxe. shape, and so forth. The girls soon become quite expert In their recognition of good and poor qualities In bread, and In suggesting how to obtain or avoid such qualities. They take great pride and tntereat In their work. Ctrl Aatkertty Bread. One mother wrote recently: "I con sider that the knowledge of bread making gained by my daughter la the Domestic Science class waa. alone, equal In value to all the rest of her High School studies. It taught her to think as well as to do. She haa become quite the authority on bread In our home." . . The home and school are brought closer In more ways than one. "I made three loaves." said one of the rlrls to her teacher In apology for being a little late in bringing her bread, "but the folka ate them all op before I could save one for school. So I had to bake again." Another girl thua explained the lack of crust from one end of her loaf: -My little brother liked ray bread so much, and be got at my school loaf when I didn't know It." In the School of Trades a few young roarriod women axe taking special - i r.' ' - "Wv . '.- v. ar:iT. :-??y;VTniiw the Dakotas, we have here our own Goldsmith A OW. the question certainly know that you can't say "next weeK' or nmv " unlf-RQ vnn want to annear on the list of me tell you, out of every ten families who can, would and should live in this compara tively small and restricted district, only ONE of them will have the chance! Doesn t seem possible, you say. Well, in my files I can show you the names and addresses of 4000 people in Portland who, sooner or later, will be purchasers of this class of property, and all told in Westover Terraces we can have, at most, only four hundred sites! Today is the very best time leisurely to look the property over-at the head of Lovejoy Street and Cornell Road. courses. This sccounts for the follow ing letter, recently received by the Domestic Science teacher there: "How can I ever thank you for what you have done for me? My only regret ls that my wife did not diacover your classes sooner. Her bread la fine. A thousand thanks, from A Grateful Husband." Soavealrs Are Glvea. According to a custom, now four years old. the student In each class who Makes the highest score In bread-mak-lnr receives as souvenir a neat wooden cookery spoon, from Miss Lilian Tingle, who haa general supervision of all the doirestio science work. The spoon winners this term are aa follows: Lincoln Hlh School Grace Wood worth. Emma Lorensen. Washington High School Lilian Steel. Dorothy Connell, Margaret An derson. Jefferson High School Flora Her mann, Frances Sehonweller, Margaret Muck. School of Trades Ruby Strleff, Marie Keller. The Domestlo Science course in these WINNERS f r . - e . r t . -' 1 1 T .:'-v -',. v-.-;-- v v :Vr:--iii:'-fc.;1:;:'i-:": Bark (Left to Right), 1. Lllltaaj teeL WaahlngtoB Hick School, a. Emm. ae.eoa, Llneola High ol, S, nrntty Coaaell. Wa.hl.ate. Hlab Sebool -t, Marie Keller. School of Trade Fro.t Left to Right ,1, ir.e WwHlwsrlk, Ll.eol. High School 3, Mirfsret asdmea, Waahl.sTte. Hlxh Sehaoli a, Roar Strelff, Srheel ef Trades. kit 'iT-"yfytaiiai nimy-f lr '51 a i One -in -Ten Chance! is, "what have you done about Westover Terraces?" . . -- i ... i i ' schools Includes not only practical cooking and serving, but also the study of the composition and cost of food materials, the study of suitable diets for different ages and conditions, household management, the care and renovation of household materials, household accounts, and similar topics, which, together with a knowledge of sewing, should equip a girl for success end happiness in home life. Jioy 'With Bad Money Arrested. After flooding Alblna with bills of the defunct Merchants' & Planters' Bank of Savannah, Ga., F. L. Greenwood. 19 years old, was arrested Friday nifcht when passing a bill of $5 denomination on a grocer at 444 East Burnalde street, in payment for a handful of cigars. Bills of $50, 10 and $5 denominations were found upon him by Sergeant Wan lees and Patrolman Evans. Express charges of $7 on a package which had been used to send the bills indicate the large number he had in his possession at one time. Greenwood says he is from Chicago, but his parents live In California. IN SCHOOL BREAD-BAKING CONTESTS. xs: Li VT J '""' "" " " ' .MM MTJflir I iiwiintiiw MiiaiaiMiaMMMiiia mi ll . llin.l -- I. r. .r , 1 "V" ES. this is a glimpse of a more advanced stage in I Westover Terraces. It also shows up, by com- I Darison. ing streets by dumping dirt to form a shelf on the slope of a steep hill. Here the very steepness itself has been absolutely eliminated! From this alone you can very easily picture the magnificence of this residential district when homes appear on each of the individually terraced building sites. FARRELL GiVES DENIAL REPORT OP O.-W. R. & X. IXVES TIGATIOX TERMED TJXFAIR. Visit of Harrlman Agents Without Bearing on Alleged Irregular Methods of T. W. Alexander. Emphatic denial that any officer or department under his Jurisdiction is under investigation by special agents of the Harrlman system, was made yesterday by J. D. Farrell, president of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, who was somewhat disturbed aa well as amused by the ridiculous reports that followed the recent regular visit to Portland of W. C. Parker, chairman of the committee on methods, and his staff of assistants from the general of- & . - , : 9. , the crudeness of the next monui - the "disappointed, fices of the Harriman system in New York. Mr. Parker and his men visit every general office in the Harrlman system about twice a year. They happened to arrive In Portland soon after the first of January, about the same time that the alleged Irregular methods of T. W. Alexander, an employe of the purchas ing department, were discovered. Their duty ls to learn the system or methods employed In every oflce and to find ways by which these systems or meth ods can be Improved. It is not their function to exercise a critical Investi gation of an office, although it Is probable that they would detect and report any Irregularities that might exist. "There have been no 'startling dis coveries' and their developments do not 'reflect discredit upon any "higher-ups" ' or upon anyone else," said Mr. Farrell. "The source of these Inspired reports ls aa well known as the reports are unfair and distasteful." LABOR HEAD TELLS POLICY X. Ii. Trulllnger, Central Council President, to Emulate Daly. William L. Trulllnger, of 687 Mis souri street, who was elected president of the Central Labor Council of Port land and vicinity at the semiannual election Friday night, announces that he will follow the policy of his pre decessor. Will Daly, in governing the Council and require strict adherence to all laws. Mr. Trulllnger has been in Portland for seven years, during which time he has been prominently Identified with labor unions. He was a trustee in the Labor Council for six months and has held nearly every office of his union, Local No. 125. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Before coming to Portland he was a member of the Linemen's Union in Se attle. At present he is lineman of the Portland Fire Department. His ex perience covers 24 years. The Central Labor Council ls com posed of all the Portland labor unions, which belong to the various interna tional unions under the American Fed eration of Labor. VACATION NOW AT HAND Mid-Year Rest for Pupils to Begin Tomorrow. Examination week over, the raid-year vacation for pupils in the public schools of Portland will begin tomor row and continue until Monday, Feb ruary E. Many of the pupils, whose diligence during the first half-year won them averages high enough to excuse them from the mid-year examinations, have already had one week free from school. Meetings at the office of the su perintendent will be held Friday with the principals of the different schools, to reorganize the work for the opening of the new term. Pupils will be able to ascertain the outcome of the exam a S o!d method of mak You uc for, let inations at the schools Wednesday morning. To expedite handling tha work of the principals Friday, Super intendent Rlgler has arranged the fol lowing schedule for meeting: Thursday, February 1, at 10 A. M. Principals of West Side schools will meet with Assistant Superintendent Rice; principals of Southeast schools with Assistant Superintendent Grout, and at 2 P. M., principals of suburban schools will meet Mr. Grout. Friday, February 2, at 10 A. M. Principals of high schools will meet Superintendent Rlgler, and at S P. hi. principals of Northwest schools will meet Mr. Rice. Alexander Fights Charge. Dan R. Murphy, attorney for Temple W. Alexander, yesterday demanded that he be heard in argument on the demur rer which he has Interposed against the indictment in which Alexander is charged with forgery. Deputy District Attorney MIchelet obtained a continu ance until Tuesday. The defense 13 prepared to fight for an acquittal. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express our slncera thanks to our friends for the kindness and sympathy shown us in our lato bereavement. JOHN P. HARTMAN AND FAMILY. DURING PORTLAND'S THE "BIGGESTY.M.CA. IN THE WORLD" CAMPAIGN WEEK JAN. 29 to FEB. 3 $2-SAVED-$2 On Y. M. C. A. Membership, Giving use of $500,000 Club Building, Gymnasiums, Handball Court, Swimming Pool, Shower Baths, Library, Educational Classes, Employment Department, Religions Activities. MEMBERSHIP $5 to $12 a YEAR $2-SAVD-$2 Call at the T. M. C. A. and let a secretary show you through the building. i
