THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND, -MONDAY v EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1910. -
PiLISHED ABOUT
Critics of Mill Construction for
School Building Purposes
Transgress Bounds of Truth
in Their Attacks.,
' Published criticisms Of the new Jef-r-lsfetson
high school building in North
rAlblna have' been. In,, many respects,
widely at variance with the facts. Be
cause of these -criticisms, some tox-W
payers' nave gained tne iropresmon mat
J the building Is not, only poorly con-
structed but an actual flretrap, and a
menace to the lives of the pupl. - Citi
zens who have visited the scnool, how
ever, do not take thia view. Such minor
defects as exist are attributed ta the
fact that the building Is of mill con-
structlon. , So eminent an authority as
E. H. Bennett, the Chicago "architect
who has been employed to make Port-
land a "city beautiful." said while here
a few months ago:
"I consider the Vefferson high school
the best among the schools of the Pa
cine coast v It is well lighted awl at
tractive architecturally? ;
Jefferson High la rig-ores, "t
Contracts on Jefferson, high school for
construction Work totalled $267,S0O-8&,
i according to figures furnished by
Whltehouae and Foullhoux. the archi
tects. Laboratory and other equipment
cost $30,855.99, making a total of $ZS8.
768.85. There are to e added the com
missions of the supervising architects
in computing the total cost of the struc
ture. Jefferson high school Is of mill con
struction. It is 350 feet long and pro
vides for 1400 high school students. The
walls are of brick, and all places where
there is especial danger of fire are fire
proofed. A large quantity of fir lum
ber was used In the frame and in the
finishings. In places this fir has shrunk
as much as one-sixteenth of an inch,
causing small cracks In the plastering.
The cracks are most perceptible at the
Joints of the frame, but no weakening
of the structure can be observed, nor
has any damage been dene which can
not be speedily, repaired, at slight ex
pense.. Bids are now being asked for the
waterproofing of the brick walla When
the south winds blew gusts of rain
against tha building last winter the
water seeped through the bricks and,
accumulating On the projections above
the windows on the first and second
floors, dripped - upon'' the window sills.
When . the walls were green, say the
architects, it was not feasible to Water
proof them, as the subsequent shrinkage
would have , caused bulges really in
jurious to the walls.
The corridors . are wide and easily
traversed In case of fire. The floors
which have been hysterically termed
"wavy," are smooth and well construct
ed. There are 11 exits on the first floor
to be Used in case of fire. As a means
of descending from the upper floors
there are five broad staircases, and two
fire escapes. Effective fire drills are
practiced during school sessions and the
building can be entirely emptied in case
of flre or other emergency within two
minutes. -
. .Equipment Xs Splendid... ,
Much care has been taken in provid
ing teaching and study equipment The
students are taught all the ordinary
high school branches of study, v Tbe
girls are taught how to cook, how to
sew and hpw to keep house. The bdys
are given -expert manual, training in
building trades. They are taught to
use their heads and their hands, and
to do useful things. The laboratories
for chemical and physiological - study
and research are completely fitted. In
the basement are locker rooms for the J
wraps, una a caiietena wnere noonday
lunches are supplied the students. Just
to the south of the school is an exten
sive field which will be equipped for
athletic games. A gymnasium has also
been installed in the basement and the
-' boys-are glyen regular physical: exer-
The structure despite its mill con
struction and great length is well built
Care in doing the finishing work "is
evident, although the published re
porta declared that It- seemed like the
work of apprentices. In the large and
comfortable auditorium on the first
; floor much pattern work has been done.
The study rooms throughout the build
ing well lighted and are scientifically
ventilated. The temperature is auto
matically regulated from the furnace
... room in the basement - ' -
The complete equipment and con
venience of the Jefferson high school
have made It very popular and
nearly double the number of students
who attended the opening session last
year are expected to enroll when school
: opens again in the fall. The building
apparently will give satisfactory ser
vice for many years to come.
, Incidental to embarking on a "career1
es a burglar, John Mills, aged IT. who
on ordinary occasions is a chauffeur
bought a revolver of .12 caliber "which
' at police headquarters today attracted
.considerable attention as a pretty toy
Mills also provided himself with severai
pieces of hardware useful t in ' prying
open simple locks, but which would be
scorned by the experienced criminal.
With his crude instruments, however
Mills succeeded in setting into the store
of C. p, Johns, a cigar and confectionery
dealer, at North Third street, lie
obtained $30, several boxes of cigars
and some candy. Then he went to a
store near Second and Couch streets and
, secured more, booty, but of slight value.
Last night Detectives Patrick Ma-
loney and Craddock brought Mills' brief
career as a thief to an end and placed
him in a cell at the city Jail on a lar
ceny Charge. ; He .confessed to the
crimes;-, ff : w,-
' Stork Bayer Complains.
(8ifm Burna of The Journal.)
8alem, Or Aug. 15. J. E. Reynolds,
a stock buyer and ehlpar, today filed
a complaint with the railroad commis
sion against . the 0. R.- & N; company,
in which he asks that the company be
made to provide better- freight service,
He alleaes'that tnrouKh the failure of
rreignt trains on tne Condon and Shan'-
nit ! iQ-ii iiifljffl . pro pom doh
tions with Jhe main line at Arlington
and Biggs," shippers , t Portland have,
because of the delay, had untold suf
fering and shrinkage imposed on stock
hipped.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
JEFFERSON 111
YOUTH'S CAREER AS
, . JIM IS SHORT
VOmAH ADVISED
TO KILL HERSELF
Husband Whom She Shot Ad
I vised Mrs. Benjamin to;
Commit Suicide. .
After she had shot her husband at
their home at 693 Johnson street he
recommended to- her that she commit
suicide, declared Mrs. A. M. Benjamin,
wife of a special officer, In her cell at
the city Jail today. " . ? i ;.
"You have got me; now the best thing
for you to do ,is to do the same thing
for: yourself Benjamin told her, She,
says, and she ' was looking for cart
ridges to fill the emptied revolver when
she fainted.
"My husband has often threatened
me and I have been in constant fear of
him," declared the woman. "When he
came home Saturday night he struck
at me and missed me. He again made
threats against me and I thought he
was going to carry them out Some-.
how I got hold of his revolver and fired.
How many times I don't know. Then
I 'went to the telephone and called the
police station to tell them what I '.bad
dona : :. -' ' 11 " 7";
"My nerves had left me completely
It seemed and I took some whiskey to
steady myself while waiting for the of
ficers to come. Then my husband told
me I had abetter kill myself. I thought
his advice was good and was looking
for cartridges to fill the emptied re
volver when I fainted,"
When arraigned in municipal court
this morning Mrs. Benjamin entered a
plea of not guilty on a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon and de
clared she would contest the charge on
the grounder. of self defense. Her case
wss continued until tomorrow.
Benjamin's Condition still remains
critical. Ha la at St. Vincent's" hospital.
F
orestry Men Much Pleased
With Slight Precipitation;
Good Soaking Needed."
The gentle rain which has fallen dur
ing the past few hours will check tem
porarily at least the forest fires whioh
are burning In the moistened district v
In western Oregon and Washington,
there are no serious fires to check, but
the long' sptell of dry weather has made
the situation So acute that up "till yes
terday the closest attention of large
numbers of forest rangers and patrol
men was required to stop the spread of
small fires.
The amount of rain which has fallen
so far Is not enough to allay danger
from fires for any length of tlmev".
"Unless rain continues to fall heavily
for two or three days," said E. E. Allen,
secretary of the Western Forestry and
Conservation association, this morning,
"the relief from patrolling- the forests
for fires and fighting them will be of
short duration. A day or two of good
soaking rain would eliminate the dan
ger for several weeks.
.- "A light rain t does 'not wet down
through the bi trees and into the dry
wood on the around but it dampens the
dry grass and trash and stops the spread
of the fires until a few more days or
sunshine make it possible for the fire
to spread again. A fire may smolder for
weeks In decayed logs."
Forest Service headquarters'here are
anxiously awaiting reports of rain from
the burning district in the Colvllle re
server Thaiire there is enirly abound
fire and a little rain there it is said
would do an immense amount of good.
A fire line 15 miles long has been main
tained along the north side of the re
serve for several days and a large force
of fire fighters has been working con
stantly to check the progress of the
flames, by trenching and back firing.
The destruction has been limited almost
entirely to' young growth, and in most
instances the fire has gone through the
areas of large trees . without injuring
The railroad companies whose lines
run through the heavily timbered belts
of Washington, Idaho and Montana have
rendered much assistance this season
in keeping down the forest fires. ' Where
the lines run through the government
reserves, the forest service has been
assisted free of charge in fighting fires
started by sparks from the locomotives.
The Great Northern and Nortnern pa
cific railways have employed-large num
bers of fir patrolmen and the Chicago,
Milwaukee?' St Paul has oiearea tne
timber and brush for 150 feet each Bide
of the right of way besides keeping on
hand a large force or men to cnecx
small fires. The logglng'compantes have
also put forth great efforts - to check
fires both in their own noiuings ana in
the reserves. . .. . . ..,..'.,, ,1... (
Tn nns or two instances the use or
dynamite in ehecklng the progress of the
forest fires has Deen louna very ei
fectlve. This method reqTilrea the ex
penditure of considerable money fas
powder but the results attained are.
thought to warrant tne expense.
Burning of oil th locomotives instead
of coal has done much to lessen the
number of forest fires. When oil is
used the only time sparks are emitted
Is when the smoke stacks are cleaned
by the use of sand. Thiscauses the
burning soot to fly. , .
WOODCOCK APPOINTS ,
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
A C. Woodcock, chairman of the non
political Judiciary organisation, has ap
pointed his executive committee to have
charge of the campaign in the Interest
of the candidates nominated at the mass
meeting of the members of the barof
the state. The committee appointed is
as follows: ..;'.."', .
Martin L. Pipes, chairman; Alex Bern
stein, secretary; A. S. Bennett of The
Dalles, Charles J, Schnabel, ' A. E.
Clarke, Clarence Reames. Medford; John
Manning, William A. Munly, and Dan
J. Fry of Salem. : j, ' .
V PERSONAL- V .
William Hey, plumbing . Inspector,
Joseph Barrett and Dr. , Dom Zafl lef t
this morning for Naselle, Wash., where
they will spend two weeks on a flsuing
trip, A complete camping outfit was
taken along and the men will pitch
their camp far in the tlmben
OREST FIRES ARt
CHECKED BY RAIN
ormmps
carry on blue
and red battle
Intense Rivalry Between Or
ganizations and Officers
Adds. to Interest Taken in
Maneuvers at Cosgrove.
(Special Dlapatdi to The Journal.)
Maneuver Camp, Cosgrove, . Wash.,
Aug. 15. While all of the regulars were
In the field maneuvering as a division,
the Oregon troops today carried on the
battle Hatween the Blue and Red armies
by regiments. The Third regiment,
Lieutenant-Colonel Poorman command
ing, went into the field as the Blue or
attacking force, while the Fourth, com
manded by Colonel To ran, defended
their position near Spray Lake, some
threa oa four miles east of tiera.
Although both regiments were in the
field early today, the actual conflict did
not begin until afternoon. The rivalry
between the two organizations and their
commanding officers makes the strug
gle of more than passing interest and
the outcome is awaited with interest by
botlf "regulars and National Guard of
ficer! ., " .-. -y.. V;V
Bed Army Guards Depot
According to the situation outlined
by Major Caball, chief of staff, at bri
gade headquarters, the Red army has
established a depot with a quantify of
stores near Spray Lake. Colonel Yoran
has receivp orders from the command
ing office of the Red army to guard
these stores. The general of the Blue
forces learns through patrols and
frlemSlW Inhabitants of this supply depot
and oBrs Colonel Poorman to capture
it, is poesime.
With this situation before him, Colo
nel Poorman took the field shortly be
fore.; noon today, and through scouts
soon developed the position of the
enemy. The Red forces had taken up
a strong line of defense in the wpoded
country- southeast of the camD. and
there followed a series of maneuvers on
the part of each commander to outwit
the other and draw the main fire of
one with a small force while he threw
his main force on a weakened position.
The forces are not. expected to engage
in a pitched battle; until late this after
noon. : '. -
Wilson Drills Begulars.
Thia morning Colonel R. H. Wilson.
Fourteenth Infantry, took all of the
regular troops through a problem of
rear guard and the occupation of a de
fensive position. The troops used were
the First infantry, Second infantry,
Fourteenth Infantry, Twenty-fifth in
fantry. Second squadron. First cavalry,
ona iattallon Second artillery, Company
F, engineer corps, Company B signal
corps. The maneuver was chiefly in
teresting because of the use of the
signal corps.
The different forces, although miles
apart were connected by means of field
telephones strung by the signal men,
over which Colonel Wilson conducted
his maneuver. u'.--. ..j-:-
Dr. Stewart of Portland, In command
ot the Oregon hospital company, .was
severely Injured last night while rid
ing out to camp! from Tacoma. His
horse ran into a barb wire fence in the
dark, and In Its frantic plunging to get
out, threw Dr. Stewart He sustained a
dislocated shoulder and a number of
painful cuts and bruises. He is being
treated at the field hospital ,
Two trains carried over 800 pleasure
seekers , out to Estacada yesterday to
enjoyt the first annual picnic of the Co
operative' Association of the Emolovea
of the Meier ! & Frank Company. The
first traik started from East Morrison
and Water streets at 9 o'clock to lively J
music oy xne journal Band-
As the large crowd was far in excess
of what had been planned for, it be
came necessary to t make ud a Second'
train on short notice. This was manned
by C. J Franklin, superintendent of the
P. R... L..& P. Co., as motorman.. and
F. D. Hunt, trafflo manager, as con
ductor, and their courtesy and prompt
ness in handling the situation were
greatly appreciated.
Arriving at Estacada. lunch was the
first .thing on the program, basket
lumjhee being carried by the picnickers.
Several athletio events were then
pulled off, the first being a ball game
between Munch's Rustlers and Acker
son's All 6tars. The game was won. by
the former team, score 7 to 1. A tug-of-war
match between the Floorwalk
ersfend Buyers' Stumn Tiiiir. tan at nrnn
by the Buyers' team. The 75-yard- dash
tor transfer girls was a revelation in
speed possibilities and was won by Misa
Jennie Qulnn, Miss Susie Padden sec
ond. The women's ball throwing- con
test was won hands down by Miss Ada
Markets, who completely Outclassed all
the other entries. The hot apple dump
ling eating eontest for boys of 18 years
and under was won by Fred Stewart,
who manfully ate his way to victory.
Nit year's outing is already being
planned for' on a larger scale. It Is
hoped to hold next season's picnic on
vn grounas or tne association's coun
try home, funds for whinh
been largely provided. , ,
FAKE AUCTION BOOSTER
IS SENT TO ROCKPIIE
The fake auction practice was svrd
and James Smith, a "capppr" given a
60 day sentence on the rockpile by Judge
Bennett in municipal court this morning.
Judge BeVett also declared that he
would write to the city council and ad
vise that the license of Cfanwell &
Rosenthal, 74 North Sixth street, for
whom Smith worked, be cancelled. s -
Smith was arrested last Saturday by
Patrolman Humphreys, who watched
him in plain clothes. Smith's method
was to advise people in the store to buy
articles which were put up on 1 the
promise that he would later buy them
from them at higher prices. He made
such a proposltioiwto Humphreys and
the officer placed mm' under arrest
EXCESSIVE SPEED LEADS
: DERANG0 INTO COURT
Harvey De' Rango," who was caught
by Patrolman Evans speeding in the fire
limits on Union avenue, paid a $25 fine
in municipal court today. I. H. Hoff
mann, arrested at Union avenue and
fTkidmore streets, by Patrolman films,
was assessed 110. r;."'1"' .
DEPARTMENT STORE
EMPLOYES PICNIC
HOLD DRIVERS TO ;
STRICT ACCOUNT
Automobile Board Would Have
Chauffeurs Well Qualified
" for Positions.
The ordinance governing the licensing
of chauffeurs Is being revised by the
automobile board. The most important
change under consideration Is in refer
ence to drivers of "cars for hire." From
facts and figures obtained,. it is learned
that the chauffeur who has a car on
the: street has had a, great many more
accidents when compared with the man
who drlves foV pleasure. It is, there
fore, proposed to make the examination
and regulation of these chauffeurs more
stringent.
The license fee has been tl a year.
It la now proposed to raise this to $5
and specify it for the particular car.
The fee for the "for hire" chauffeurs
has been 3, and it is proposed to raise
this to $15, and to so construct the
ordinance that they will be responsible
for all accidents to cars while driving,
and while cars are under their care.
No examination will be exacted of
drivers for pleasure, it is also pro
posed to enlarge the Vrestrloted" dis
trict The new district will begin at
the river and Jefferson street, running
west to Sixteenth, north to Burnslde,
east to Seventh and nprth to Johnson
street This will be for the West Bide,
while the East Side limit will be a line
following Clay street from the river to
East Sixth, north to Couch, and west to
the . river. The maximum speed for
machines within these dlstrlqts will be
10 miles an hour, six miles around
curves and four miles over street car
crossings.
The board also wishes power to have
a special policeman appointed to work
under their direction in rounding up
delinquent owners, and force the pay
ment of license fees.- It is also asked
in the new measure being prepared that
all cars "be equipped with brakes that
will stop the car within 10 feet of a
given point going at a rate of 10 miles
an hour. The board is composed of R.
D. Inman, Dr. G B. Brown, George W,
Klelser and Joseph Hutchinson. The lat
ter ' has charge of this matter in the
auditor's office, .
CHRISTIAN COXSCTEXCETEXT
Dr. .W. T. Euster Preaches Strong !
Sermon at Snnnyside M. E.
At the Sunnyslde Methodist Episcopal
church yesterday morning thepastor,
Rev. W, T. Euster. took his subject
"some Peculiarities of a Christian Con
science," and chose for his text words
found in Acts 23, "I have lived in all
good conscience before God until thia
day." He said in part: '"' ' -
"Conscience is certainly not the voice
of God in the soul, for God has not so
many varied voices. It is largely a
creature of education, and the truth was
given to set it free. We suppose that
men like Brutus, Charles of France, Sir
Francis Bacon, . Jay Gould and a host of
others outside the kingdom give us pe
culiarities of conscience, , but in this we
are mistaken.? All the unholy, acrimon
ious dogmatism, all the cruelty of in
quisition and of warfare, and all the
narrow and bitter sectarianism come
from a peculiar conscience, ,and today
such conscience is - restrained only by
public opinion and by the law.
"The Master had more trouble with
the dried up and miserable conscience of
the old selfish Pharisee than with all
the rest .of the world combined. The
commercial conscience which today . has
its terrible grip upon the church is do
ing as much harm as the slavery con
science did before Gettysburg and Vlcks
burg and Richmond came to be. While
a better conscience is awakening in the
church, it is not waking any faster than
the something Is coming to be In the
world outside the church, but as a re
sult of the . truth being preached and
written., There can. be no conscience
void of offense without trying to obey
the golden rule, : V - . .
-"Love is the only remedy for a poor
conscience, for if .lore . rule the life,
actions will ever be in accord with love
and this is ttte only remedy for the
lost -world. "-Conscience- depends upon
Judgment largely' in relation to its ac
tions and work. When an official mem
ber in the church .believed a falsehood
against his pastor and told his boys that
such pastor: was not a ; good man, and
those boys would not go to hear , any
pastor in any church after that and
he lost those boys, the Master's . words
about It, being 'better for a mill" stone
to be hung about the nock of such an
one,' oome into place. For the law even
before the gospel tells us not to take
up a reproach against our neighbor, and
when secret organizations show a better
spirit according to the golden rule than
the kingdom of Christ, such fact mili
tates against that kingdom every time.
The only cure for peculiar consciences
is the power of the truth working for
love of God in the soul and such love
always expresses Itself toward man."
. i , .
Big Exhibition at Vancouver.
Vancouver, B. C Aug. 15. The Van.
couver exhibition, which was formally
opened today, Is the largest and most
notable affair of Its kind ever given In
western Canada. The exhibition com
prises an elaborate display illustrating
the industrial, agricultural and mineral
resources . of ..British Columbia, ... Pre
miums totaling $30,000 are to be award
ed. The indications point to a record
breaking attendance-of visitors from all
part of western Canada and from
Washington and Oregon. ,
LONgTdRY SPELL
BROKEN BY LIGHT 1
- RAIN THIS MORNING
V
Lacking five days ofequalllng
the longest dry spell in the his
tory, of the. Weather bureau, the
drought was broken tills morn
ing when a little over .04 inches
of rain fell.' The rain started at
9:02' o'clock this morning and it
sprinkled and misted off and on
' during the forenoon.
This is the first rain that has
fallen in measurable . quantities
since June 23, and had it held off
, for five days It would have
broken the record. As it Is It Is
fiext to the longest period of dry
weather in the history of the
weather , bureau, covering "'a.
period of nearly 40 years. The
record was made in 1883 when,
there were 57 days of continuous
dry weather. ' , -' ..-
. The weatherman's prediction
for tonight and tomorrow is for
fair weather.- i
,-, A,' r; i. i m ;, ,;, ,
MjPtise' traps that kill rodents which
enter them hy elftrio currents taken
from an ordinary lighting circuit are a
recent invention. - ,
FEDERAL TROOPS
TO
III
Three Companies From Amert
can Lake Ordered Into Wal
; w
Iowa and Union Counties-
Medical Springs Threatened.
. (Special Dispatch te JoaratL)
L. Grande, Or,, Aug.. 18. Two fires
are beyond control lh Wallowa' county,
and one fire Is threatening the town of
Medical Springs In Union county.
Three companies of regulars are march
ing from Union, near here, to the scene
of the fire. .A third blaze is threaten
ing La Grande's wtiter supply on Bea
ver i creek. 'All these fires are serious.
The troops from - American Lake
passed through this city last night and
under orders to make a forced march
they set out from Union long, before
daylight They should reach Medical
Springs by night The fire there is
only a mils from the little town, though
the 'wind today is blowing away from
it Eight hundred acres has been
burned over, and if the wind turns, the
town will go. i 1 . . "
In Wallowa county the (ire Is
threatening any towns or hamlets.
not
r.
Joseph A. Johnston. 87 years old, died
last Wednesday at his home on 437 Un
ion avenue, after a short illness with
tumor on the brain:
, Joseph A. Johnston was one of eleven
children of John Johnston, an old pio
neer of West Woodburn, Or. He, ns
well as his five brothers and five sis
ters, were all born in West Woodburn.
Host of his life had been spent in the
state of Oregon, with the exception of
three or ' four years recently when he
lived In Colorado. He left a wife
but no children. - .
The burial took nlaee at St- Loula
Or., last Saturday and was attended
by a large- number of old time friends
and relatives. . '
Mr. Johnson left five brothers and
five sisters, as follows: Thomas John
ston, Forest Grove; Robert Johnston, Sao-
ramento, cai.j John Johnston, San Fran
cisco; Will Johnston and Charles John
ston, West Woodburn; Mrs. Nellie Man
nlng and Mrs. Anna Hlnkla. Portland;
Mrs. Agnes Kearney, Spokane; ,Mrs.
Eliza Klmm and Mrs. Cecelia O'Neal of
West Woodburn.
Eight hundred and sixteen new mem
bers were obligated in the I.oval Onw
of Moose at an all afternoon and all
evening session yesterday or Portland
lodge, AO. 291. Two sessions were held,
continuing from 1 o'clock In the after
noon until midnight, and the order now
claims 1400 loyal Moose in Portland.
circuit juage w. w. oatens was
elected dictator, John B. Ooddard vice
dictator, John B. Coffey past dictator,
W. I Fulmer financial secretary, Andy
Weinberger recording secretary, K. K.
Kubll treasurer, and Jasper Kler prel
ate. , .
The meeting was held at the W. a W.
hall at Eleventh and Alder streets. It
Is announced that the charter will be
held open 60 days and an effort made
to gather in 8000 members before the
charter is closed. The organization was
brought about by Organizer R. B. Hop
kins. ' ... '.'.
COMMISSION MEN
- HAVE LIVELY TIME
Front stireet commission men and
their employes picnicked on flnvsrnmatif
Island yesterday, On hundred . and
forty of the men who sell fruits and
eggs and so forth during the week had
the time Of their lives without the pres
ence of anxious wives and otherwise to
detract from the general enjoyment At
appropriate hours lemonade and other
refreshments were served.
The east side of the street beat the
weat side in a ball game, score 9 to
8, but the ' west slders came back in
the field meet the score in their favor
being 89 to 42. Gene Farrell was cap
tain of the baseball team and the ath
letic contestants frtpm the east side of
Front street and Frank Templeton
served - In a similar -capacity for the
west slders. Many prizes in the shape
of watchys and silver cups were won in
the various events. Th beat nt n
al gold watch ' given Frank Taylor for
winning me (o-yara aasn. , ,
MESSENGERS TOO Y0UNG"
' COST EMPL0YER.M0NEY
Jeff W. Hayes proprietor of the Hasty
Messenger service, was fined 1 10 In
municipal court this morning for em
ploying two boys under 14 years of age
Sentences on "W. J. Benkley and H
Wlrthj fathers of the boys Were sus
pended. '. .
Drowns AVhlie Atteinptiiig Rescue.
- -'r . (Vflli Prs .lesd Wl.)Y ' .
Venice, Cal., Aug. 16.. -r- John 8.
Ridgeway of , Los Angeles, was drowned
in the surf today while attempting to
save Miss Bertha Har knell of Pasadena,
who had ventured too far . from shore.
Miss Harknell had been swimming with
Frank Short an attorney of Fresno, for
srimatlme. Suddenly both felt them
selves being carried out to sea by a
strong , current ' Miss Harknell began
to lose strength, and Short fearing he
could not rescue her alone, -swam to
shore and appealed to Rldaewav foi.M
I Ridgeway Jumped Into the surf, but was
i . .
uruwnuu ueiure no couia reach tne glrL
Another bystander then went into the
water and rescued Mies Harknell as she
was sinaing. - .
John Barrett Esperanto Chief taln.
rnlte4Tr Lonwd Wtre.l . . .i-..
Washington. ug. IS. John Barrett
bubllcs, was elected president of the
Esperantolsts today, - Dr. W. H. Tea
man was chosen vice president Owing
to the Illness of Barrett Dr. Teaman
presided.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
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JOSEPH A JOHNSTON
POlAiiN
ORDER OF THE MOOSE
INITIATES LARGE GLASS
PCIDITE
. FOR CONGRESS
EX-U. S. Marshal C. J. Reed
Files Declaration1 as Insur
. - gent Candidate.
. Charles" J. Reed, ex-United 'States
marshal for Oregon, has declared his
Intention of becoming a candidate for
the Republican nomination for congress
from Second congressional district He
filed his declaration of candidacy Satur
day afternoon with the secretary of
state's office at Salem. Y-'
Mr. Reed enters the field as an Insur
gent candidate, coming out openly as
an opponent of Speaker Cannon and the
Cannon-Payne-Aldrich regime in congress.-
He will make 'his campaign on
th issue of progressive legislation and
against the standpat doctrine that is be
ing preached by Cannon, Aldrlch and
other old Una leaders. y - 1
In his declaration, filed at Salem, Mr.
Reed says: v. .r-t. :. , ;.
"To F. W. Benson, secretary of State
of Oregon,- and to the members of the
Republican party and - the electors of
the Second congressional district of the
state of Oregon: I, C. J. Reed, "reside
at 715 Everett street, ' in , Portland, in
the county of Multnomah, Oregon; my
postofflce aadcass is the same as my
residence. I am a duly registered mem
ber of the Republican party. If I am
nominated for the office of representa
tive in congress for the Second congrea.
stonal district at the primary nominat
ing election to. be hejd in the state of
Oregon the twenty-fourth day -of Sep
tember, 1910,. I . will accept the nomina
tion and will not -withdraw, and if I am
looted I will qualify as such officer.
I request that th following- words
be printed after my name on the nomi
nating ballot: -Insurgent candidate; fa
vors people's power and Roosevelt poll
cles; opposes Cannonism and standpat
ters.--
Sellers of Milk Take Out Li
censes and Will Have Herds
Tested. :' .
- Four dairymen arrested last week for
not having' licenses' or for not having
their herds tested for tuberculosis were
fined in the municipal court .They were
Michael McQreal, 77 Morris . street;
James Lanphelr, 216 East Eighteenth
street north; Michael Tautfest, 194 East
Eighteenth street north, and,.' J. H.
Brown, 1445 Milwaukle street vw.
McGreal and Brown were each fined
$5. v They pleaded guilty. Tautfest was
fined $10. He also pleaded guilty. Lan
phelr recently purchased the dairy and
did not know the regulations. He was
not fined, as he promised to get a li
cense immediately and have his herd
Lt?Btcd.
Neither dairyman had asked the
health office or the government for a
test. or. had taken out a license for this
year. When warned that their milk
would be stopped if their herds were
not tested and the necessary license se
cured, they left the courtroom and went
to the city hall to attend to this mat
ter. Their herds will be tested next
week. E. D. Smith, city milk Inspector,
caused tne arrests. j ;
MKASTNER IS FINED
A fine of 150 was imposed on W. A,
Kastner, from whose apartments at
Fourteenth and Salmon streets Nettie
Curtlss fell four stories .Friday night
when he was brought' into municipal
court this morning. Kastner was ac
cused of immoral conduct and was ar
rested yesterday on the order Of Act
ing Chief .Moore. JW.,E. Neeld, who oo
cupled the apartments with Kastner,
was held as a witness. - -'
Though the girl had absolved Kast
ner from all blame, Moore determined
to remove all doubt and "Kastner was
taken to detective headquarters and
closely questioned, - he said the girl
had been at a cafe until 1 o'clock and
had returned Intoxicated and escorted
by one of his acquaintances. This manl
was found and he corroborated Kast-
ner's statements on this point Kast
ner was then placed under arrest for
passing the Curtlss girl as hie wife.
Miss Curtlss is still In a critical con
dition at St Vincent's hospital, but she
has a chance for recovery, . . ....
DIFFICULTTARISESSSS
; IN SALEM ELECTION
. ....
' (Salem Bureau of Tne Journal.!'
Salem, Or,, Aug. 15-When the polls
r the special election, which is being
held in this city today for the purpose
of determining whether the city shall
purchase the water plant of the Salem
h Water . eeirhnany, ; were thrown- open to
tn-e voters this morning the election
Judges found themselves,, confronted
with a large number of voters who were
not registered at the last city election.
To entitle them to Vote It became neces
sary for them to 'subscribe to blank A
It Is causing, the Judges and electors
much trouble and. the result will be that
there will be a large per cent of voters
Who will fall to cast their ballots at the
election. There is no provision in the
state law for the city opening its regis
tration books at special elections, and
so none were opened for this one.
PROMINENT MAN , : "
DIES AT 0LYMPIA
'"" ?icfal THapatcb te The -Jonrnal.i i.
Olympla, Wash., Aug. 15. Albert Au
gustus Phillips died at his home in this
city of heart failure. Mr. Phillips had
been a resident Of Olympla 4 years.
For 14 consecutive years he served as
roue in
IN MUNICIPAL COURT
a, Thurston county .auditor. He wsl.Au.bre
y. vatw1)t. vtiw.j wyyuiwj,
thrice county treasuref. a trustee of thi
insane asylum at stenaeoom, was ap
pointed regent of the University of
Washington by Governor Ferry and was
Governor Mead's appointee for , state
banlt examiner, which office he held for
four years. A widow, one son and a
daughtejr survive him. i .
WSEIIGII1EER
Work on Lift Span Has Com,
menced and Will Be Rushed"
to Completion as Rapidly as
Possible, y '
October 15 Is the very latest date net
for the completion and opening to traf
flo of the Madison street bridge. - Five
span-i of the hlg". steel viaduct are In"
place and the false Wqrk has been driven
Just north of span No. 4, on which the "
lift span will be constructed. Accord
ing to the estimate of Vice President
Eldrldge of the United Engineering . & '
Construction company, the lift span will'
be riveted together inside of 15 days.
It will then be lowered onto barges and
floated to its place between spans 4 and
6, when the two 400 ton steel and con
Crete counterparts will be attached to
the span and the1 800 tons of steel swung' ,
Into position. . ,,
The work of laying the wooden block '
roadway in the center of the bridge and -putting
down the floor planking will '
begin next week and will be finished by
the time the lift span is in places ' - -
"The bridge would . have been com- ,
pleted by April .j 8; but -for the delay ,
in building the substructure," said A. S.
Eldrldge of the United Engineering & '.
Construction company, who hast had lm- k
mediate supervision of the building of
ths superstructure. - We have haJ the
steel on hand for months and hav been
compelled to store it at heavy financial
loss, f Under the contract with the city
the bridge was to have been completed .
within 10 months from 'June 28, 1909,,
but lnste"tad of a 10 months Job - the
work will be extended over 16 months. .'
This delay not only-means heavy loss
and inconvenience to the general p'ublio, -but
is a serious loss to our company."
Probably the most difficult niece of..
construction connected with building the
Dridge is that of putting up the two
160 foot towers at either, end of the
lift span. This work is now under way
and will not be finished much in ad
vance of October 1. To these towers
will be attached the counterweights,
which, together, with a 125 horsepower
motor, will operate the lift span. When
lifted to its full height, the draw will
be 200 feet above the water, and the '
time required 4o lift it to the top of the -towers
will not be over 80 seconds.
Mr. Eldrldge says that the new bridge '
will be as fine a piece of steel work and
as modern a bridge as is to be found in '
the country One of the most valuable
features of , the lift type of bridge is " -that
the draw, can e raised to . any
height necessary to allow a vessel to",
pass through. For an ordinary river
steamer the draw need be raised but a
fraction of the height of the towers,
and this can be done in a few seconds.
THREE NEW KITTENS
H00 H00 HAS MNTY
Twenty-three kittens were Initiated
into the order of Hoo Hoo at the conca
tenation at Seaside Saturday night, in '
the presence of about 75 members.. The', .
concatenation was held in the Knights,,
of Pythias hall and was conducted by'
Vice Gerent Snark Graham A Grlswold, ;
assisted by David Davis and others. y
At the banquet which followed at the
Moore hotel. Vice Gerent: Snark Grls
wold was unanimously nominated for
the honor of a position on the supreme .
nine, the highest body of the organiza
tion, whlph .will be elected at the an-'
nual meeting in San 'Francisco Septem
ber 8. -
Harry Miller of Index, Wash., was
indorsed at the concatenation held in
Portland a few months ago for the posi
tion of snark of the universe, sp that
in the event of the election of these
two candidates, the Pacific coast will
be well represented in IWf governing
body of the order. .. '
. Those who attended the Seaside con
catenation returned last nlghf
Next .Saturday night "Vice Gerent '
Snark Grlswold will hold a concatena.
tion at 'Bandon, Or.
CANDIDATE JONES '
: OPPOSES RING RULE ,
Joseph H. Jones, candidate for the
Republican nomination for Justice of
the peace, ; wants the voters to know
that he Is not at all in favor of the as
sembly movement Some time ago he
entered the1 race as a candidate for the
nomination and had secured more than
600 names to his petition.-
Mr. Jon desires to go on record as
opposing the assembly movement, how
ever, and has discarded his first peti
tion. He has filed an amended petition
and will circulate it all over again. He
desires that the county clerk print the
following after his name on the bal
lot: "Direct primary uncontrolled ad
ministrationstrictly against assembly,
machine or ring fula.'--'r- -H
. .. a3
BUILDING PERMITS
-t3
t. v Bivvy uiiua,
store. North-Fourth, between Burnsldo
and Couch; builder, Frank Brown; $100.
J. panda, erect one story frame barn,
Ivon, between ; Thirteenth and Four
teenth: builder, J. R., Cross; $250. -
I. L. White, erect 2 story frame
dwelling, head Lovejoy and Cornell
Road; builder, Thomas Muir; $12,000.
R. S. Leigh, erect one story frame
dwelling, Prescott between Patton ave
nue am) Colonial; builder, J. Solo; $200.
A. Muir, repair two story framo barn.
East Fifty-first between Stark . an.i '
hOak; builder, A. Muir; $300. ,
rrea j!vans, erect two story frame
dwelling, East Thirteenth North, be
tween Tillamook and Thompson; build
er. E. Oberg; $1900. .- - '
Fidelity Investment company, erect
four story' brick warehouso on Four
teenth, between Kearney and. Lovejoy;
builder, United . Engineering and Con
struction company; $4000. '
- Frank Hathaway, erect one story
frame i dwelling, Mansfield Drive, be
tween Olney and Carson; builder, Frank
Hathaway; $2000. --" '
Mrs. S. Ledwldge, repair barn for
dwelling, Moll, between East Fortieth '
and East Forty-first; builder, Mrs. S.
Ledwldge; $1000. ' j v . . . ,
C. BRunann, erect one story frame
Shed," RussetU ' between Delaware . and-
ibreyj. builder, C. Eaunann; 5B,
nrt gyttn? between PeeH eH
widdra6eTh,i1llek f: W. Huston: $200.
n a VlMtanvi CfAnVisnsl h At tar Ann Thli--
Vt W, f UBUHi v, t, v i.a lit-
ty-thlrd 5and Thirty-fourth; erect one
and a half story frame dwelling; build
er, Stine & Johnson; $2B00.
J. F McCartney, erect new porch, $0$
Bast Eighth South, between Brooklyn
and Franklyn; builder,; Stlne & Johnson;
$100,