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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1912)
TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. FOTITLANP. - MAY 12. 1912. i GOOD ROADS DAY AWAKENS COUNTIES Comprehensive Campaign to Enter Rural Districts This Wek as Result. i VOTERS NOW KNOW BILLS 3larion and CUliop Officials Will Mart Oreulntor With Petition at One Promoter Con tinue the Work. After canvassing the return from Oncon'i lint Good Roads day. held under the auspices of the Oregon De velopment League yesterday, the men behind the move to enact constructive highway legislation, through the nix measures drafted by Governor West's harmony committee, will start a cm' prebensive campaign in the rural dis tricts. The object will be to make the voters of the country towns familiar with the new bills. One fact developed by the good roads demonstration yesterday Is that In many sections of the state the voters are not aware that completely new bills are now in the Held. In the major ity of Instances little was accom plished because the people had not taken the time to analyse the bills and decided whether they are for or against them. . In Linn County, for instance, noth ing waa done regarding the petitions, because no one had taken the trouble to circulate them. Aides la Cowatrr Las. "It seems utterly unreasonable that the county officials have not circulated the petitions sent them." said C T. PralL president of the Oregon Associa tion for Highway Improvement, who Is directing the work of initiating the bills. The trouble Is that they, and others we counted on. have failed to work for the bills. People of country districts are the most vitally concerned. In .passing the bills they are getting an opportunity of having good roads their most Important need at a mini mum cost. "My faith in the bills is not the least bit shaken by yesterday's rather dis appointing returns. From now on we will devote most of our energies to making tho voters of the outside coun ties realize the Immense benefit the passage of the bills means to them. I am confident that when they become familiar with the new bills and realise that they are new bills, they will change their atutuda toward them." In Benton County the main opposi tion baa been because the people are not conversant wllh the harmony com mittee's measures. There waa con siderable opposition to the old set there snd because of this there has been lit tle Interest taken In the, new ones. Sains "tarts Activity. Although little has been done to get signatures In Marlon County, tha Board of Trade of Salem yesterday ap pointed a committee to see to this work and a whirlwind campaign, will be stsrted in a few days. The Clatsop County Good Roads As sociation, with headquarters at Astoria, will send out paid circulators tomor row. George M. Hyland. a member of the speakers committee of the Oregon As sociation foiv Highway Improvement, conducted a meeting at Newberg yes terday. The results were favorable. Petitions are being circulated In Jo sephine County with good prospects. The signed petitions will be returned to the Oregon Association for Highway Improvement this week. rMATTLLA KAVORS BONDING Commercial Club Opposes We Plan, bnt Good Roads Devired. PEXDLETOS. Or, May 11. Owing to the fact that farmers generally throughout I'matlllt County strongly oppose the good roads move as advo vated by Governor West, very few names have been procured to the peti tions sent here by the Oood Roads As alcatlon. The farmers of the county fa vor the bonding proposition for good roads, believing that they should han dle the funds for the work rather than the state. rtwinv tn the ilranr onnosltion to the measure the committee from the Com mercial Club looking after the matter has failed to circulate the petitions af ter Liking the matter under careful ad. vlsement. As far as could be ascer tained today only about 10 names had been signed to tha petitions circulated by Individuals. Though opposing the West measure, sentiment seems to be very much In favor of good roads In this vicinity, as t'matllla County "boasts probably as many farmer-motorists as any section of tha state. MARSUFIELD INDORSES BILLS Cosine Men Approve Movement and Will ClrcnUt Petitions. MARSHF1ELP. Or, May 11. Spe rlat) Resolutions were passed Indors ing th six state road bills, which ar to be submitted to a voto of the people, by a meeting of business men held this afternoon at the Chamber of Com merce. The bills were explained, and it was decided to give the support of this locality to the state good roads movement, and the acting secretary was detailed to securo signatures to ttve petitions. The meeting also took np some, local road matters advocating tho planking t.f the road from Marshflld to the Arago Lighthouse, so that place can ba reached at all times of the year, and also recommending tho building of a road from tho East Side along Catch- Ir.g Inlet to Sumner to connect with I the Hostburg stage road. INTEREST SLACK AT DALLAS Polk Connty Also Quiet on Good Road Day. j PALLAS. Or, May 11. (Special.) Talias and Polk County did not i show much interest In good roads day ! toOay. I . rv.it.. ih, Mtlflnn tiKS not been j circulated, awaiting action by the I Iallaa Commercial tiuu. Frem telephone communication with ' leading business men In Independence and Falls City, it appears that nothing ' haa been done In either city toward CircvLlivn w - w 3 The proposed amendments have many ardent supporters in iaitsa. : There seems to bo no doubt of the necessary signatures to the petition ' being obtained. j However, many persons oppose the amendment providing for issuance of state bonds and the appointment of a highway commissioner. It Is expected that a heated contest will take place when tha proposition Is presented before the Commercial Club for Indorsement. , JIYLAXP. SPEAKS AT NEWBERQ Petitions Being Circulated for Sig natures Are Well Received. NEWBERG. Or, May 11. (Special.) For more than an hour this after noon George M. Hyland. of Portland, addressed an audience, at the Commer coal Club composed of business men. orchardlsts and farmers, on the subject of good roads, and at the conclusion was asked many questions, showing the deep Interest taken here on the proposed legislation. Petitions have been circulated for a week and are still out. so It Is Impossible to give the num ber of signatures. Many of those pres ent at the meeting this afternoon took petitions and will circulate them. Those In charge of petitions being circulated report few refuse to sign. CLATSOP SLOW IX STARTING Petitions Not Circulated Yet but Thonand Signatures Expected. ASTORIA. Or.. May 11. (Special.) Only a few signatures have been se cured to the good roads bill petitions In this county thus far. as the work of circulating them has not been taken up.' This matter is In the hands of the Clatsop County Good Roads Associa tion and C R. Hlgglns, secretary of that body, has employed men to clrcu . w. MiiifA,, h.innlnr next M on- day and devoting their entire time to the work. Mr. Htgrins says he expects to secure not less than 1000 signatures in Clat sop County. Petitions Unsigned Through Error. mpvii.iTS Cir Mav 11. (Special. None of the good roads petitions were returned to tne secretary i u - vallis Commercial Club today and It la understood that no signatures were ob tained. There waa much opposition to the bills as originally proposea ana few people understand that the pres ent bills are quite different. PLEA IS SENT TO GOVERNOR Man "Without Money and Price" Asks Went to "Set Him Right." SALEM. May 11. (Special.) De i i him,.tr m Aid and broken Cll KIR U ...... V . .ww down to be a desirable "wage" earner and too poverty-stneaen in j in laws or the services of a yawler. Mar lon K. Fox. of Almeda, has written tha following to Governor West: u mm md heln ut one of the " i .w. . . rt InfarmA- tlon I am too old and brok.n down to be a desirable "" man and am too poT.rty strteksn to buy the laws or the services oi a lawy.r; bir reen a resianni -i " llrlng during that time and am doing so at present: am a prapmor - stay with the Rogue River. Now all Ibis Is but the preamoie w wu-i wit---. Is RoM Klvor a meandered stream Ana what does meander" mean? Where is the high water mark (or-llne) and how can the ordinary prospector deter- ""can 'anyone mine the river at any place below hlsb-water tnarkT Can snvone is company for Instance! lo cate placer claims so as to keep anyone from pro-pectlnc (- mining with pan or rock.rt below blgh-watar mirk? Can a placer claim be located end held WOO feet In length? (Parties along the rlvr have placer claims tnat length ana object to anyone working inside their lines, all hough the- openly state It Is sot their Intention to work the claims for tbe gold content., but are holding the ground tor speculation.) Pleaae do not refer si to a lawyer, or tell me to get a copy of the laws, or look In my In.lde pocket for a Carnegie llbrar. for I can't do either one: and the natives here Interpret the law from their Indi vidual poltn of view. I have been a P'os pvctor for more than 10 years, but this Is tbe first place I hare been where my fel lowmen were all uniformly Inaccurate la their etatementa of tmcu so I come to you. without money and without price, to be set right. Trill yout Railroad Men Dine FVank Roblnaon. Railroad men and shippers of Port land will give a complimentary dinner at the Commercial Club tomorrow night at :S0 for Frank W. Robinson, general freight agent for the O.-W. R. N.. who haa lately been promoted to the position of traffic director of the Har rlman lines in Chicago. The dinner will be informal and reservations may be made at the Commercial Club. OFFICER AND I HELD FOR GRAFT Detective Maddux Arrested With Frank ' Reed and David Major. BRIBE CONSPIRACY TOLD One of Men In Alleged Attempt to "Shake Down" Woman Inform on Partners When Share of Cash Is Missing. m.i..tAti.M p.irAlmn Maddux, work- t i.ijn iw.t..." . - Ing In the department of public satety for women: Frank Reed, an ex-patrolman who quit the police department two years ago under fire, and David Major, a "stoolplgeon." wore arrested last night by detectives on charges of agreeing to accept a bribe, proffered by Miss Marjorle Morgan, a masseuse with rooms In the Breslln rooming-house, at Washington and Eleventh streets. Maddux and Reed were released under $1000 ball each. Tho woman charges that the three obtained from her 110 under threat of arrest. Major Informed on Maddux and Reed, after, he says, falling to get his share of an additional payment of 140. which the woman was to have made last Monday, the day after the alleged acceptance of tho 10 named In the warrant. Maddux was arrested last night by Detective Captain Baty when he entered the detective offices at Third and Oak streets. Reed was taken at Third and Taylor streets by Detective Maloney, and Captain Baty also arrested Major at his room in the Breslln rooming-house. Major Make Affidavits. According to Majbr's story f i davits. made before the District Attor ney, he wished to "shake the woman down." and told Reed about the place, which, be said, was being run as a "blind pig" for the sale of 1"or Sunday. Reed, in turn, because he waa trying to get back on the police force, and though to make a favorable Im pression by helping Maddux f5flon ally told Maddux. Major said that the two went to the rooms of the masseuse lust Sunday, and. after P""'" ","t they wtshed a massage, asked for beer. Falling to get It. they came back again Monday night, and this time the masseuse sent to a saloon In the vicin ity and obtained the beer. Then. Major says. Maddux said that he was an , o: f fl eer and threatened arrest. Reed. Major testified, when ilsa.M ten i' for a moment, arranged with the wom an for the payment of 110 to save her ?rom arrest, with the additional Promise of 140 more the next day. Of this 1 Major, says, he got $3. When what he considered his share of the other 140 did not come to him the next day, he went to the detective offices and Informed Captain Baty. Joke, flays Maddux. Maddux, who was recently promoted from motorcycle policeman to assistant In the woman's department, says he la innocent. He says that, pretending to Major that he was going to shake down- the woman, he sent Major to the place Sunday. Major reported that there was but one woman In the parlor, and Maddux postponed the ruse until Monday. Monday, when asked to procure beer. Maddux says, the woman sent to a nearby saloon for It. receiving tha money from Maddux and paying It to the man who brought the beor. Seeing that he could not arrest her for that, which Is not a violation of the liquor ordinance. Maddux cautioned the woman and left the place with Reed. Major became angry when he found that there was no money coming to him. and hastened to file a charge against Maddux. Miss Moras Tells ef Deal. Deputy District Attorney Collier gives It as the statement of Miss Mor gan. In whose name the complaints were sworn out. that she slipped the first 110 given into the side pocket of Maddux coat, after lie had threatened PORTLAND IS SECOND IN NATION'S Y.M.C.A.WORK B.E.rrkiM. Edison. DirtcMr, md E. M. Brown Aulsttnt, Work Hard to fUco Locil Brtndi In EU1 pooUoo-AJl Eeports Not Tot Beei4 RR. PERKINS, religious work di rector, and E. M. Brown, asslst- ant religious work director, have succeeded In landing the Portland Toung Men's Christian Association In second place among all tba associations of North America In the scope of its religious work. At least It Is prac tically certain that this distinction baa been gained, although reports from the various associations have not yet been compared by tha International commit tee. The report of the Portland associa tion baa Just been completed for the year ending May 1. the period that Is taken by all T. M. C. A-'s as the basis for comparison. It shows that the lo cal association, which stood In third place last year, has made great galna It Is probable that It has surpassed all but Baltimore. 'which has stood at the head for years In the amount of re ligious work accomplished. The fig urea for the Portland T. M. C. A. this yMr are sUghtly larger than those re corded by Baltimore last year, but It Is likely Baltimore tss gained suf ficiently to retain Its leadership. Records of the Portland association show that In the year religious meet- ings. exclusive of Bible classes, were attended by 11.414 men and 2808 boys. Eighty-five men's meetings were held In the association DUiiaing ana at tended by 11.1S4. Fifty-seven boys' meetings were held there and attended by 1114. Meetings conducted by the T. M. C A, In theaters and public halls were attended by 15.200 men and 821 boys. It la In Bible study, however, that tbe local association makes Its 'most favorable showing. There were 187 different Individuals enrolled In Bible study classes during the year. 112 of them men and 771 of them boys. This Is one of the largest Bible study schools In the country. Systematic stndy courses have been conducted, and the leaders have" Included some of the best-known pastors and. laymen In Portland. Most of the classes have met regularly on Wednesday nights, and others on Sunday afternoons. During the Summer the Bible study work is put on a different basis, several of the clubs taking regular excursions into the country and holding Informal meet ings. Next Fall, however, the meet ings will be resumed, new cousea added and the entire scop of activities enlarged. WhyYotaW tabuirbaini ant a .Home In the Midst of Delightful Environments PORTLAND IS A YOUNGSTER, JUST 7 YEARS OLD. 1005 a promising Western town; population JSinnn 1913 a commercial city; population. A'" 1919 The New York of the Pacific; population i.iii.ti i GET OUT IN THE OPEN WHILE YOU CAN. Seven years ago you had a streetcar to yourself today you have standing room only, with a strap to hang to. You have but one life to live, you want to live it m peace and comfort, with your family. , A country villa with interurban car service furnishes it. lo and from your business you will have your chaircar, observation car and smoking parlor. PASS ON OUR JUDGMENT. With two rapid transit lines and three broad, level, macadam ized automobile avenues leading to the selected CLEVELAND MEADOW ACRES, on the Hit. Hood line, adjoining the beautiful home city of GRESIIAM, already furnished with Bull Run water, electricity, and other desirable conveniences. When Portland doubles its population, where will the pro- Cleveland I ttea fessional and well-to-do business men seek their homes? Beyond the boundary lines of congested streetcar traffic, as they have iu all commercial cities. The rapid transit interurban lines, with modern conveniences, will solve the problem. In the heart of Powell Valley, the garden spot of Oregou, bus the beautiful city of Gresham, with its modern stores, banking institutions, churches, schools, amusement resorts, electric lights, and Bull Run water. The broad macadamized roads are, and will always be the romping grounds for Portland's automobile owners. The electric equipment of the Mt. Hood line, now being installed, together with the P. R-, L& P. Co.'s trains, will fur nish Gresham with the best interurban service of Portland's suburbs. Facing the Mt. Hood depot at Gresham, on the north, platted in town fots and acre tracts, lie the beautiful Cleveland Meadows, with alleys and broad avenues leading from the center of town to the Base Line road, just east of the Twelve-Mile House. This deep, well-drained sandy loam, beyond the line of the gravel belt, is treasured by the fortunate owners as the most productive soil in Oregon. Vegetables, berries and fruits of all kinds mature to perfection. One of Portland 's leading floral and seed companies has selected a' number of these acres, which will furnish tha choicest ornamental shrubs, fruit trees and hothouse plants. dow Acres Subdivided in 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10-acre tracts. EVERY ACRE EQUALLY DESIRABLE level as a floor aS . Sealed, no rock, no stumps, no gulches, no hills. EASY TERMS-10 per cent down and 2 per cent per 3 IoScts, mothers and all other friends of back-to-the-soil" movement, join our excursion party of suburban homeseekers today. SPECIAL EXCURSION TO GRESHAM Mt. Hood Railway Sunday, May 12 Round trip tickets ?5 cents Leaves Yamhill, between Second and Third street, at 12:45 P. M., or Montavilla Junction at 1:30 P.M. Lunches and refreshments on the ground. CLARK-CANNON CO. 274 OAK AND 80 FOURTH STREET, BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING to arrest her. and Reed had told her that he thought the affair could be "fixed." . . . .t (She rave Into tne nanus oi ia . . . nawntlckeL whloll irKi jviiui j r , . i. .iittmAntfi nn which sne raised 32. borrowing-, she says, the re mainder of tne r-eeaea stw. ouo however, that she never delivered the 140. but gave It to a messenger boy to take to Maddux and Reed. This messenger boy has not yet been found. - fn. Al r 1or'n confession. she says, waa that by her speaking of tne aiiair to majjrs wuc, that th rest of the alleged bribe actually had been sent to Mad dux and Reed. Major, his wife and Miss Morgan lived In the same room-lnar-house and MUs Morgan and Major's wife were friends. Major later swore that aiaaaux ana t- in fln Morrtn'i comD&ny Thursday night, when Reed accom panied her. Major says, to the Louvre, Maddux meeting them in the lobby of h vi Hufirilnir at Park and Alder streets. At that time. Majors says, he waa shadowing mem. ana inouisni mi the two men were trying m ua m affair. PERSONALMENTION. F. M Pomeroy. of Albany, la at the Carlton. M. A. Burdlct, a merchant of Salem, la at the Bowers. W. Lord, a capitalist of The Dalles, ia at the Carlton. W. Q. Wray, a merchant of Astoria, Is at the Carlton. Paul French, a banker of The Dalles, ia at the Cornelius. Edgar Hater, a timberman of Med ford, is at the Portland. Charles Sweeny, a capitalist of Spo kane, la at the Portland. E. B. Haien, a merchanfof Bridal Veil, Is at the Portland. J. A. Keek, a business man of Se attle. Is at the Cornelius. J. G. Richardson, a merchant of Sa lem, is at the Cornelius. IL A. Zollen. a merchant of Mount Angel. Is at tha Carlton. E. C. Taylor, a business man of Se attle, is at the Bowers. R J. Smith, a stockman of Burley, Idaho. Is at the Cornelius. Theodore Swansen,. a stockman of Albany. Is at the Cornelius. j. p Byrne, a business man of San Francisco, Is at the Bowers. W. G. Ayers, a business man of Baker, is at tbe Multnomah. E. A. Kltzmlller, a manufacturer of Pittsburg, Is at the Portland. James Flnlayson, a real estate dealer Of Astoria. Is at the Multnomah. O. J. Crossfleld. a manufacturer of 8an Francisco, Is at the Multnomah. C. Rydback and Erlck Sldforse, tour ists from Stockholm, Sweden, are at the Captain W. A. Covington. U. S. A., Is registered from Fort Stevens at the Portland. ,i .r.mAM ftmi Trnr Thomas. 14 1 l Government employes of Washington, D. c.. are at tne bow. p C Gerbardt. one of the world's greatest sprinters. Is registered from ban Francisco at the Portland. Charles R. McCormlck, a lumberman of San Francisco. Is at the Multnomah. Allen King, a merchant of Astoria, Is at the Cornelius. D. F. Kerfoot, Sheriff of Malheur County, is registered at the Imperial Hotel He is en route to examine two convicts at the penitentiary at Salem. Major J. J. Morrow. 17. S. Engineer, In company with W. S. Smallwood, gen eral manager of the Open River Trans portation Company, will leave tomor row for Lewlston, Idaho, on the steam er Inland Empire. E. B Baylor, special representative of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, New Tork, accompanied by E. Boenlng. general superintendent. Se attle; H. C Chase, division superintend ent, San Francisco, and H. R. Dodge, division commercial superintendent, Kan Francisco, are registered at the Multnomah. CHICAGO, May 11. (Special.) The following from Portland, Or., are reg istered at Chicago hotels: Congress, vi. D. Skinner; Great Northern, George B. Ableson; La Sallo, W. H. Shlppy; Hotel Sherman, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Buah. CADET MAJOR IS HONORED Richard Em Wiley Gets "Silver Eagle" as Hill Military. At tho exhibition drill given by the a riot A nf the H1U Military Academy Wednesday night. May 8, an impressive ; little ceremony was enacted when Vice- ; President Hill presented Cadet Major Richard Evett Wiley with the "silver , eagle." This medal of honor Is a hand- j some silver eagle mounted on a watch fob and bearing the Inscription, "Roll of Honor." It is presented to cadets ; that for one wnoie term nave . talned a monthly average of not less than 90 per cent in tneir eiumes uu 100 In deportment. Cadet Major Wiley ia fl.at and u fiT onlv cadet of the battalion to win this distinction. He enrolled at the preparatory aepartment demolished. L. P. Hansen, the driver, was somewhat dazed, but after being taken to St. Vincent's Hospital he was found to be but slightly Injured. E. V. Tlce. who saw the accident, said that tbe truck had almost cleared the track, when the rapidly moving car struck the hind wheels, smashing them and scattering the lumber In all directions. After ascertaining that the driver was not seriously Injured, the car proceeded up Hawthorns avenue. REST ON HIVE IS PAINFUL Bees Resent Company of Hungry Stranger In Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 11. (Spe cial.) After a wayfarer bad spaded a garden to earn food at the home of R. J. Watts, at Thirtieth and Grant streets, yesterday. Stewart Watts, a youth, took a meal to the worker, who sat down on a beehive to eat. . Filling his mouth with a big bite of meat, the man settled down to enjoy a feed, when suddenly he gave vent to a whoop heard a block away. Grasping hla lunch- with one hand and rubbing his ear with the other, be disappeared through the back gate. He had been stung. The bees apparently resented the In trusion and forced the stranger to retreat. Rain Delays Athletic Contests. CHICAGO. May 11. The track meot between the freshmen teams of the University of Chicago and Northwest ern University and the baseball game between the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, scheduled for today were postponed because of rain. ' 1 I .u.i'..'.'jn.w.w...'W'.f i.'i.'."m"V"lll-'iWj T I - K -m 1 ' Richard Kvett Wiley, Who WUl School Hoaors. Hill Military Academy from Hillsboro In September, 1904; after seven suc cessive years of attendance he grad uated June. 1911, and is now taking a post graduate review course to fit him self more thoroughly for entrance In the engineering department of the Uni versity of ' Washington this Fall. Ha held successively every noncommis sioned and commissioned rank granted by the academy, commanded the ca det battalion in 1911 and in the Fall of that year In recognition of his unusual efficiency and trustworthiness, was giv en the rank ef Cadet Major and Assist ant Commandant. The military exer cises which consists of a dress parade, battalion and company drills, were witnessed by about 300 patrons and friends of the academy and were fol lowed by an informal hop. Car Collides With Lumber Truck. While crossing the car track at tbe east end of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge yesterday afternoon a struck loaded with lumber, belonging to the West Side Lumber & Shingle Company, was run Into by a Mount Scott car. east bound, and the rear wheels were illitsimvxliumlnt Enthusiastically, acclaimed the greatest piano of all ages by all true musicians who are seek ers of the very best in this age of progression. The ambition of thousands who realise true piano perfection. The Wiley B. Allen Co. cordially invites your inspection and test of the latest models. They may be purchased on easy payments, if desired. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS MORRISON STREET AT SEVENTH