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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1915)
1 . TIIE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND; MARCH - 11, 1915. : ; . r- I ivuifiHii HimuiLu; JITNEY IS WRECKED Youths Take Passenger to Outskirts of City to Force Unwelcome Attentions. CAR-SKIDS ON RETURN TRIP Police :frs. Marshall Complains to and Arrests Follow, While Oc currence Leads to Reconcilia tion of Hnsband and Wife. When 'the jitney driven by Clifford Ptoke.. who had with him nis ir.su, Kaymond Cooler. PW'd up .s .P ,nser Mrs. Cecil Marshall, at . the .west He of the Morrison-street bridge late Vrldav nifrht. the "Belmont sign was taken from the windshield, placed un riar thi cushions, and the young men deeded to make a pleasure tour of th occasion. . Takin the younr woman far out on WiTwaulfie v?nue. they attacked her but she resisted and after abandon ng their attack drove back at a fairly high rate of speed, ending the ""Pade by wrecking the machine at Milwaukie nd Center streets when the automo bile skidded on slippery car tracs. On complaint of Mrs. Marshall the young men were both arrested yester day morning by Patrolmen Miller .and "vVellbrook and charged with felonious , sault. Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the Public Safety Commission. frtr charged Stoke, with reckless driving. Both young men first told the au thorities a story Coomer later .admit ted had been concocted to shield them selves in case any trouble was made. Both broke down before the question ing of Deputy District Attorney Deich nd gave versions of the errenca that tallied closely with that of the young woman. Driver Is 1 Yeara Old. Clifford Stokes, driver of the jitney, lives at 11 S3 East Ash street with his father. He is 19 years old and told the Deputy District Attorney that he has been operating automobiles for 10 weeks. Raymond Coomer. 21. the friend of Stokes, lives with his parent at 128 East Thirty-third street. Both young men were held at the City Jail under 5U0 cash bail or 1000 bond. Stokes was held under an additional rash ball of $250 for reckless driving. All will appear in Municipal Court to morrow morning. The wreck which terminated the rid ing smashed the jitney and pinned Stokes and Mrs. Marshall under the machine. They were not badly hurt. Mrs. Marshall was taken to a. drug store at Grand and Hawthorne avenues and later went to the home of ber husband at 309 Russell street. She had been staying for some time with her aunt, Mrs. Helen Underwood, at Will iams avenue and Russell street but lately has beeen considering a recon ciliation with her husband, from whom he has been separated, but not di vorced. Mn. Marshall Bruised. Mts. Marshal appeared yesterday morning with a badly bruised left eye, a. deep cut over her left cheek bone and complained of a severely wrenched knee. The story of Mrs. Marshall and that told by Coomer In his second, or more truthful confession, are almost Identi cal as to details, with the exception of their first assertions. Mrs. Marshall eakl that after she got Into the jitney one of the young men, Coomer. climbed Into the back seat beside her and per sistently annoyed her. Coomer main tains that Mrs. Marshall said she would not ride alone In the back seat and that he changed from the front seat to accommodate her. "I had been out for a walk," de clared Mrs. Marshall, "and had gone across the Morrison street bridge from the East Side. I decided to go back at Front street, and seeing the jitney thought I would ride hack. There were two men in the front seat, and I got In the rear seat. When the machine got to Grand Avenue, I told them I wanted to get out. but one of them said. 'Don't get out; we'll take a little ride, and aroased officers tion. A stranger, who when closely ques tioned gave hia name and address, told Detective Captain Miles that for $300 he would put his finger on the boy whko haa been sought for seven years. The officer used every means to gain from the man some information as to the whereabouts of the missing child, but the stranger insisted that the re ward of 1300 must flrnt be placed in his hands. The man hinted that the child was in or near Spokane. The officers have communicated with the Walla Walla authorities asking their advice in the matter. At the age of 4 years little Cecil accompanied his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brlttaln, to their Summer home at Toll Gate, a mountain resort a few miles from Walla Walla. At dusk one evening the lad wandered away from the camp and disappeared. He had been missing nearly an hour before the par ents noticed hia absence. A search began, more than 100 men organized a party and scoured the woods for several days and nights without success. The parents spent several thousand dollars in trying to locate the boy before abandoning the search. JUNIOR HIGH PLAN EYED M. 5IIXNVILLE EDUCATIONAL SYS TEM BRINGS MANY QUERIES Leading Journals Comment Upon Metbeda and Advertise City, Saya Superintendent. M'MINNVILLE. Or. March 13. (bpe- cial.) Perhaps the most far reaching advertising that McMinnville has ever had is coming through its Junior High School, which has been discussed in sev eral of the leading educational period! rain nnd has attracted the attention o rliiuvl authorities in all parts of the countrv. The American School Board Journal, ' the leading journal upon American school administration, gives three full pages this month to a full description of this school, its purpose, plan of organization, course of study and results." stated City superintena nt Rutherford recently. "Perhaps the principal reason for this reneral interest is that McMinnville is much smaller than any of the ten or 13 other American -towns that nave es tablished complete schools or mis type. Its success is attracting the attention of a great many smaller towns all over the county, which are interested in this new and popular form of organi zation. "The .working of the school has been so satisfactory and the plan is so popu lar with both students and patrons that the school officials here think that the small, compact city is the place where the Junior High School will ao its best work. So many Inquiries have been received that a small bulletin has hn nreDared to answer tnem. a re cent mail brought the superintendent letters of inquiry from seven different states." KNIFE SAVES TOT'S Ml CHILD AT CALDWELL BEFRIENDED AND SKIN IS GRAFTED. Is Trio Forced Paaaenger. The machine stopped at Grand ave nue and Morrison street, and the driver went into a poolroom. Then the other went in. but the driver came back and at with me. At this stage I wanted to jret out, but they would not let me. When the driver came back the other man uma back in the seat with me. and the car Btarted out Milwaukle street. "It waa pretty dark, and the man put his arm around me. I fought him. He told me that if I would not do aa he wished he would leave me there to walk in. The man in front said he waa coming back there to help his friend, and both used bad language. I fought po hard that the man finally desisted, and I got into the front seat and rode with the driver coming back. "The man in the back seat tried' to take my purse away, but I took a little purse containing $6.50 from the big one I carried and put It in my sleeve. I lost both of them in the accident." At a late hour last night Coomer was making an effort to be released from Jail on his own recognizance, and Stokes had furnished $750 ball. $2,803,607 JS ON HAND JUw in Washington Treasury Attrib uted to Tax Collections. OTjTMPIA. Wash.. March IS. (Spe cial.) According to the report of State Treasurer Meath for the week ending March 12. the Treasury has a balance of f2.803.S0T, which Is more than $500. 000 in excess of the balance a week ago. This phenomenal rise Is due largely to the heavy receipts from tax collections, and State Land Office and Insurance Department moneys. This balance practically precludes the possibility of overdrafts In any of the xtate funds. The general fund is now $446,718 or $240,000 in excess of the balance last week. The state's portion of county tax col lections for February Is directly re sponsible for the increase in funds, there being only ten more counties to hear from. Some of the larger col lections received from this source are: King. $117,755; Spokane, $51,540; Sno homish, $43,464. and Thurston, $13,263. Clarke County haa not ye( been heard from. CHILD MAY BE FOUND Stranger Offers to Show Where Cecil Brittain Is Kept. SPOKANE. Wash, March IS. (Spe cial.) The Spokane police have Infor mation which may clear up the most sensational kidnaping mystery in the history of the Northwest and restore to the parents of little Cecil Brittain, whosa disappearance at Toll Gate, sear Walla Walla, seven years ago caused search which cost a small fortune Dancer of Curvature of Spine Warded Off by Operation on Tissues Growing Together. CALDWELL Idaho. March 13. (Spe cial.) The use of her right arm prac tically has been restored to Helen Mc rartriRT aared five, by a series of deli- rate akin-grafting operations. Lack of attention to nearly her entire back and right side when the tiny sufferer was burned last May caused the arm to erow to her body nearly to the elbow Because of the inelasticity of the scar tissue, the growing- child gradually wa; being drawn over to the right and sptnal curvai-rfTS aoon would have re suited. Since coming here with her mother and sister last Fall, strangers have be friended the little girl. A surgeon vol unteered an operation Vnd the hospital reduced its fees to actual expense. campaign has been launched by those interested to secure funds for lesser necessities. Late In December, the scar tissue was removed to the depth of about half an inch. Since that time .three operations have been performed in" an attempt to transfer new skin to the maimed little body. Helen does not realize the neces sity of keeping quiet, and in spite of watchfulness of attendants, she has managed so far to rub off the greater portion of the new sktn before it De came firmly attached. PORTLAND RESIDENCE BAR 3Ir. Kay Names F. P. Philips, of The Dalles, Deputy Sealer. SALEM. Or.. March 13. (Sweclal.) State Treasurer Kay, who also s State Sealer of Weights and Measures, after receiving an opinion today fron At torney-General Brown that nume-ous applicants living in Portland were not eligible, appointed F. P. Phillips, ot The Dalles, deputy sealer for the north ern district, under the law passed by the recent Legislature. Although Multnomah is one of the counties of the district, Mr. Brown held that residents of Portland could not be considered for the position because It has its own weights and measures de partment and the law has no applica tion to that city. LABOR BUREAU IS FAILURE Few Applications Given Out at La Grande and No Places Procured. LA GRANDE. Or., March 13. (Spe cial.) The Federal labor bureaus in the local postoffice Is proving of little avail. A few blanks were sent here when the system was introduced, and these were quickly gobbled up by men seeking positions both on farms and elsewhere, and aince then there has been no blank supply to hand out On the other hand there has not been a single application by employers for blanks, principally, because. It Is said, the negotiations cannot be com pleted here but have, to go to the nearest clearing-house in the Govern ment's scheme to get employer and employe together. WOMAN HOPES IN OREGON Chicago an Writes Baker Club That She Has Money, but Is Lonely. BAKER. Or., March 13. (Special.) R. G. Miles, acting-secretary of the Commercial Club, has just received a letter from Mrs. J. H. Frank, of Chi cago, who writes that she is the po seesor of several hundred dollars and Is lonely. She inquires as to the ad visability of coming to Oregon. Her address, she says, is general delivery. Chicago. . - Mr. Miles has rued the letter for reference, but. la waiting to send a re ply until he can hear from some of the men in this vicinity. This Week's Furniture Bargains f wo Great Jenning Stores Irl.i lC- fet- -sH H o' UR mezzanine floor, third, fourth and fifth floors are given over to the most comprehensive display nf furniture for the home to be found in the entire Northwest. The most; expensive taste can be gratified here, as well as the most modest. We are pleased to have you make leisurely inspection of this beautiful exhibit The necessities, comforts and luxuries required by thousands of homes are being supplied daily from our great stocks of furniture and housefur nishings. We invite you to call; a pleasing, liberal credit is extended if desired. You will find this, indeed, the Home of Good Furniture at moderate prices. Two Great Specials In the Bedding Dep't. $9.00 BLANKETS, $6.75 Fine Ail-Wool Blankets, in white with either blue or pink border, spe- (j I7r cial this week. . . $4 PILLOWS, SP'L $3.85 Large 3-pound Pure Feather Pillows, clean and dustless, this J0 OC week, the pair. . .V0J Second Floor, Main Store. $2.50 Wilton Carpets, $1.82 Regular $2.50 fine Wilton Carpets, with or without borders, in beautiful Oriental effect. Special this week, laid on your fcl QO gnu Second Floor, Main Store. floor, yard. Two Great Rug Specials Regular $50 Bigelow Wilton Rugs, size 9x12, made of the highest grade of worsted yarn and perfect in every respect, CQ0 7E beautiful Oriental color effects. Special this week v)0QiU Regular $25 Axminster Rugs, size 9x12, in large selec tion of patterns. Special this week Second Floor, Main Stare. $17.50 Sale of Bedding $2.75 Comforters fijl OA special only ,pXOl $2.25 Comforters CA special only pAeUV $1.50 Cotton fl1 If Blankets, special.P-- J-J $3 Wool - Faced (PO 1 C Blankets, special.tP $7.50 Wool Blan- (PC KA kets, special..... pO0J $2.75 Feather OA Pillows, pair pXOl $4.50 Feather fl0 AT Pillows, pair pdUO $6.00 Feather 44 OK Pillows, pair tpteOtl $9.00 Genuine Down Pil lows, special the (g ypj Seoonsl and Morrison Store. Drapery Dept. We are showing new arrivals in Velours, Velvets and Sunfast Lace Curtains. We do our own designing and can furnish color schemes for the complete decoration of your home. Estimates on Window Shades given at lowest prices. Second Floor, Main Store. Spec'l on Curtain Scrims Plain Scrims and Marquisettes, with fancy hemstitched borders. Regular 20c Scrims, special. .. .14 Regular 25c Scrims, special. .. .180 Regular 30c Scrims, special. .. .230 Second Floor, Main Store. FurnitureBargains $12 Genuine Ash Dresser, w.ith French flQ fTA plate mirror pO.Ul $15.50 Whit Maple Dresser with 20x24 French pattern plate mirror, 2Q OfT special now pUOtf $18 Quartered Oak Princess Dresser, with serpentine front; 18x36 French plate mirror, special fl" O rTF now at p. I O $38 Large Birdseye Maple Dresser, with serpentine front, 21x42 base and 24x30 oval French Q1 A AA plate mirror. . PVJVJ Second and Morrlaon Store. $17 Genuine Leather Rockers, with high back and (PrJ CfT spring seat, special. .? OO $16 Quartered Oak Rocker, with leather back and leather spring seat, p 1 I tl $14 Quartered Oak Rocker, leather upholstered, (?? CC with spring seat, spl pJOtt $7.50 Quartered Oak Arm Rock er, splendid value JQ OC special p0.tl $12.50 Brussels Rugs, IQ A 9x12, this week .tpO.U $18.00 Velvet Rugs CIO 7 A 9x12, special pAu I U $22.00 Seamless Brussels Rugs, 9x12. Superior A f?T quality, special . . . .P UtJ Second and Morrison Store. Great Picture Special Ten dozen handsomely framed Pictures in a ya riety of subjects, classic and otherwise, regularly priced from $3 to $5 each. Special, this rt week, each . . J) X 00 Second and Morrlaon Store. 1000 yards inlaid Linoleum, one dozen new patterns from which to select, regular $1.25 OQp quality, laid, yard OJU $11.50 Built-up 40-pound Cotton Felt Mattresses covered with fine art ticking, made especially for us, fully guar- CjfT AC anteed, special pOU O Second Floor, Mala Store. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT Second and Morrison-St. Store. Gas Ranges, Steel Ranges and Gas Water Heaters, all in good condition and guaranteed to give perfect service, greatly un-derpriced. New Department Complete lines of Sprinklers, Noz zles, Garden Hose, Lawn Mowers, Grass Catchers and Garden Tools, attractively priced. Every article new and of good quality. 50 feet -inch Cotton Homs. .$ 1.00 50 feet -inch Cotton Hose. .! 1.73 50 ft. -in. 4-ply Rub'r Hose $4.00 50 ft. -in. 4-ply Rub'r Hose S3.0O 50 feet -in. 3-ply Heavy Duck Rubber Hose.. 50 feet -in. 3-ply Heavy Duck Rubber Hose 50 feet -inch 5-ply Red Rubber Hose 50 feet -inch 5-ply Red Rubber Hose 50 feet V4-inch Oni Kink- less Molded Rubber Hose 50 feet -inch Oni Kink- (JO CA less Molded Rubber llo&e.?00J Basement Pali-Kroom, Main Store. .$5.00 $6.75 $6.00 $7.50 $7.50 Linoleum Special Regular $1 12-foot Lin oleum, laid on your floor in one piece, spe- JQ cial this week, yd. J JC Second Floor, Main Store. Henry Jenning & Sons lot? Washington and Fifth btreets ome of Furniture Morrison and Second Streets jn'Mwij. miii.i'tr hi'i rr w irii ti M rt ' r ' ii.. u r ft . h This Genuine Garland Range $36.50 This Splendid Range is unequaled for cooking and baking and for economy in fuel. It has a body of heaviest 18 gauge steel with a top of nickeloid castiron, and it is full nickel trimmed. It has a 16-inch aerated aluminum-fused oven, giving an even temperature in every part. We guar antee this range in every respect for a period of 15 years. Complete, set Z..". .$36.50 Bairmrot Saleroom, Mala Store. SCHOOL UNIONS KEY Normal Recommends Step to Solving Rural Problems. REPORT ON SURVEY MADE Reasons for Elimination oi one- Room Institution Are Pointed Out and Benefits of Consoli dation Illustrated. MONMOUTH, Or., March . (Spe cial.) As the result of a survey con ducted by the rural achool department of the Oregon Normal School, the con solidation of the Oregon rural schools has been recommended as .the key to the solving of all present school prob lems In the remote sections of the state. Teachers like to be near others who are Interested in tne same pruoitm. that confront them. They feel the need of someone with their point of view to whom they may confide, tell their troubles, consult about their problems. breathe their hopes and rejoice over their successes, the department report says. "The one-room school precludes such a possibility." The impossibility of a teacher a real ization of his highest efficiency in a rural school, short term of contract. lack of encouragement to tne ru teacher for growth and self-improvement, the possibility of rural teachers being so easily taken by cities and towns, and aloofness froi.. other edu cational forces, all have a tendency to r.tarrt educational progress in me country, it is further claimed. By con solidation a rural school may become a strong force, according to the report, and teachers therein would be on the same plane as those In the larger schools. Reasons Are Given. The reasons for the proposed elim ination of one-room scnoois t as follows: . - . Consolidation makes emcieni worn. possible. . 'It brings togetner ro for a graded school. "Community prejuaices eliminated. it makes the scnooi a center. . . 'More efficient teacnera may ho - cured and held. . Average attendance is aiwjro uc- ter. Country children are euucaioa ... the country ana ior tne both they and meir parem. there. ... "A dollar buys more gooa rtui. As an example of a recent consolida tion of rural schools, the report cites the Alsea district, where five one-room schools were displaced by a graded school and a high school located In ai.. Waeons are used to carry the children from points within a radius of five miles of the town, a m ' pieces was one of the results of con solidation and the social life Is said to have been benefited greatly. Professor Makes Trips. M. S. Pittman, head of the Normal rural department, has maoe several trips through each county of the state studying living ana eauconi con ditions; Professor Flttman now is in the East observing the methods era- would be community ployed in rural schools and the charac teristics of the districts. In accordance with the results shown by the survey and the observations made fcv Professor Pittman, the courses at tha Normal School will be construct ed to meet the timely needs of rural schools. Plans are to be made for a large gathering of rural Instructors at the Summer session, which commences in June, at which meeting methods for the proposed adoption of the consolida tion plan will be discussed. Wherever great distances between schools prevent consolidation the grouping of grades has been recom mended. Five grades are declared to ba the limit for one teacher and eight grades the limit for any two teachers in a school, and teachers should have a srreater freedom for specialization. Bv one of these two methods It Is planned that each Oregon rural school may be economically improved. Toll Road Bought Xear Ashland. ASHLAND. Or.. Mar. 13. (Special.) What has proved to be a thorn In the flesh In the way of travel over the Siskiyous, south of Ashland, for the past 60 years, was aoollshed by the Jackson County Court on March 8. when that body purchased for $1000 all the remaining title and interest In the Dollarhide toll road, a strip of rough highway about 12 miles long. A portion was secured last year for Pacific Highway purposes, but a link remained under private ownershop, the control of which threatened litigation. County jurisdiction means a free road hereafter. The greater portion of the old original toll road will be elimin ated from the new Pacific Highway. Ranch Near Wcnatchce Sold. WENATCHEB, Wash.. March 13. (Special.) Another large real estate transaction was completed when the W. H. Clay place of 240 acres was sold to Martin H. Nelson, of the Vacuna Val ley, formerly of Wenatchee. for a con sideration of J25.000. The Play place is about eight miles south of Wenatchee on the Stemllt road. It Is a diverslilea ranch of 240 acres. 10 of which are In bearing orchard and about 130 und.r cultivation with timothy and alfalfa. The ranch is well Improved, havlne a six-room house, a larco barn, a rscli-InK-shed and an Icenoua.. Mr. Clay took in part eonsldrr.t Ion 60 Ts of orchard and alfalfa land In the Vacun Valley. roiso oak f iwi Santiaeptto Lotion gives !netnt r lief and effects rapid cure. Druggist refund if It fails. Adv. Co. for 1 PnR-e 1 cash. See Schwan Plsno pertlon H Adv. "tit1" ni innrttn L bLnuutfft SORE, TIRED FEET No Puffed-Up, Burning, Tenderj Aching Feet No Corns or Callouses. 'Happy ! Hanpy! tjse 'liar "TIZ" makes sore, burning, tired feet fairly dance with delight. Away go the aches and pains, the corns, callouses, blisters, bunions and chilblains. Ti Z" draws out the acids and poi sons that puff up your feet. No matter how hard you work, how long you dance, how far you walk, or how long you remain on your feet, "TIZ" brings restful foot comfort. 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SAN FRANCISCO S., P. S. Steamer Express Leaves Portland 9:00 A.M. "Great N orthern" Sails From Flavel U30 P. M. rv e (irrvawirh-at. M harf. 3:30 P. M. (NEXT DAY) m Sailings March 21, 25, 29, April 2, 6, IP, 14 FARES TO SAN FRANCISCO Round Trip, Thirty Days, $30. Ninety Days. $32.50. One Way, First Class, $20. Tourist. $15. Third Class $8. Sun Parlor, Palm Garden. Orchestra. Cabins de Luxe, Bedrooms With Bath, Bachelor Apartments With Shower Bath. Meals and bertha included this expense saved. Round-trip fares to San Diego on inquiry Reservations and further particulars of agents Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Oregon Electric, Oregon Trunk or Northern Pacific or Great Northern Railways. North Bank Ticket Office 5TH AND STARK. "Go South Today North Bank Ticket Office 5TH AND STARK. The Ocean Way"