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Li I Hi " 5 ur rr I'iniw nilt hitli WUil W ''in -nnrnt i i U v i s Decide That Through Coopera ; tion Associations Can Keep . Check on Vagrants Who Never Seek Employment.1 Need of greater cooporatlon am one the various charitable organizations of , tho clt ami also the need of more trained paid workers, were the Balient features brought out-by the meeting of the Associated Charities at their office Monday night Secretary W. R. Wal pole, in making '; his annual " report brought these two points out arid asked that they be given consideration by the ., body. . - V. ;V:A'. y. . As trie present system Is worked It - i claimed that a Irian may "live for two weeks In Portland without paying a cent if he works the : rounds of the harltable organizations regularly. To stop this practice It i suggested that r a central bureau of registration, com prlRing all the charitable organizations - and the police, be established. ' ; The need of a municipal rooming liouse and work farm was also dis cussed. it is believed that if each coast city giver, the vagrant the same ' treat ment there will be fewer unemployed men. . . Lodging Kouie Needed. The Jilan of a municipal lodging house, with a work farm attached, was the , one - thought beat for the solving v of this problem. It was suggested that all the cities of the coast establish the workhouse, system, r and that In enforc ing the workhouse-rule, men would be . forced to work. . Two new directors were elected at last night's meeting In R 8. Howard, jr., ana C. Henri LAbbe. to fill varan. cles caused by the death of pr. Edna . I. Timms , and the resignation of ' errs of tWe association will take place . the second Tuesday In December. Off I cere will be- chosen by the following board; V Dr. Luther Ri Dyot and T, M. Strong,1 who Were elected last night; R. S. Howard, Jr., O. HAirl Labbe, Dr. A. Coldwell and, Mrs. A. ''I. Biles., ' t , Submit Beport. "The report of Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull showed, the following figures: - t-Applications made to ornce; nzor ap- t plieants for help, 1189; families relieved, tie. l. a k.it.A J aAi Applicants by; cases Deserving, 1130; ' undeserving, 8; doubtful, 61 recurrent cases, 648; number Of times, 1035. Fam- " Hlc furnished with provisions, 151 ; number of ' times, 239; persons given nieals, 616; number of times, 1S69; per-, sons given lodgings, 211; number of . times, 351 ; persona given clothing, i 8; ' number of . times, 152; persons given ' medical aid; 99; persons given transpor tation, 84. , Amount of transportation, I701.J6. Total: number of relief cases : attended to slnoe -opening of office, PH I Tlf!i AW ARRPQTFfl - : r r . ON; FORGERY CHARGE C. F, Miracle, a fortlahd politician. was arresiea on a warra.ni sworn . 10 by Rountree & Diamond, real , estate . men, on a tuoieo ui tuitn;,, i is charged that Miracle , forged the. realty . company's signature to a eheck a week ' ago. He was arrested Monday night by . Deputy Sheriffs Leonard and Bulger and was aralgned in the circuit court, this ' afternoon. He was given till Friday to . plead. : v . i 1 Wakefield Elames High Water and Consulting Engineers ' III LQYS'-UVES for Delay. iJ. C. Clark Urges Y. M. C. A. to Lead Crusada Against Them. Robert Wakefield Raid yesterday'' that he and his associates have lost an ap proximate sum of $50,0uu. on the 8125, 000 contract for the substructure of the Madison street bridge, If, forfeits are exacted at the rata of 850 a day from February 15 to August 1, or from the time the contract expired until the work was actually completed, ' the total loss, declared Wakefield, will be vierv close 'to 860,000 or almost half of the entire contract price. , , v ' ! ' The flood of November 2, 1J09, was the .central cause for .all the - damag and delay, according to Wakefield.' The stage at that time was 22. feet above low water when the average for ,that time of year was bdt 6 feet Above low water. At this time piers 8 and were partially filled with concrete, and a lit tle more low water would have seen them complete, Then! a log raft cam's swinging wildly down stream and struck' pier 4, battering It to pieces, he says. Bays Disasters Were Many. ' . "We never did find it possible to im pair the damage," said I Mrt , Wakefield "TVe never got the pier pumped out We had to . use a, tremle, a pipe, . to force the cement down through, the water to the pier bed. , From "November. 28 un til December 20 the" high water pre vented us from performing an work. Our dolphins were torn; out our land marks , erased,! our barges broke loose. We lostttlmbers to the value, of 83000 to 4000 and piles td the' value of $2000. It .waa impossible to eontrol the flood or to work against the great water pressure. ; ;s. -j::': z- "Beginning about December 20 we were able to work oh piers 1, 2, S and 4. Piers 1 and 2 were complete In February. From January 23 until Feb ruary 2 water was all over the cribs. From February j until February 26. we were able to work on piers . 8 and 4. At the last date the water began ris ing again and ; nev went below- a stage of 9 feet above low water again until the bridge was complete." .''V''. Blames Consulting Engineers. 1 Wakefield blames Waddell & Harring ton, consulting engineers for-the flty, for a iart of the delay, although it de pends upon what kind of a verdict this firm - returns whether or not he will be assessed with the forfeits for ex ceeding the time fixed for the comple tion of the work. Wakefield ' declared that Waddell & Harrington put boys with no practical experience on the work and that delay and confusion, resulted. The time set for; beginning wrk on the new . Madison street bridge was July 1, 1909. Thirty days were allowed en. glneera to examine the plana! The plans, said Wakefield, were not delivered i Au gust 1, but August 48. It was necessary to rebuild the piers. The engineer had to triangulate for noic locations. The first- work was, performed .August 20. By November. 1, cribs for; piers J, , 3, and 4 .were built and the crib for pier 1 was nearly ready., On November 21 the, water began to rise and , the flood was reached November 26. . h . , "We --workedi 'igainrt unusual , floods and 'against great difficulties,'' said Wakefield "We did our best to getthe work done on time. . We gave the use of our plant for a -year and we got noth Ing for It although the O. R. & fM. com pany paid as 840 a day for the use of our plant" 0 , in (Special Itf to The 7ottrnal.) ' v'' Forest Grove, Nov. 30. Mrs. Lena ,1 Parker Frlxsell, who was known as one of the best elocutionists In the north wet, and who formerly lived W this city, died at her home In Tfeka,"CaM ; fornla, . Monday aged. 30 years. . Mrs. Frlxiell was bom In Yamhill county and was the only daughter of Mr. and , Mrs. P. H. Parker, of Bt Johns. V Fhe spent her girlhood In 'this elty, where she atended school, and where as a lit tle girj ho won alf the speaking con tests, held .' by .the schools and . local societies. . As she grew, older she. con - tlnued to develop her talent for public speaking and ' won tev.eral state hrid , county medal contests. She- saoiraf elocution In a Portland school for some time', and ; five . years ago - became the wife of Dr. J.sP. Frizsiell, of .Yreka, California.' Mrs. Frlsxell - leaves twin daughters only a few days old.' her husband, father and "mother ani six " brothers. - -- - . . , , , Oovernor's Son to Wed, - . Plainvlew, Ann., . Nov,' ' 80. Many guemts from out of town arrived here toriay for the wedding of Miss Hesse "LHHe,'of thls'pWe, and Paul W. Car roll, son of Governor Carroll of Iowai 1 1 HHi,miP"lfi('ttli.tt!"nHTfh'!'5L,trt!Ul 6088 Cures MARSM TV if 4 it W' ASK YOUR DRUGGIST A PIT A R ANTFKD Remedy Toot money refunded if reiults 'V v . are not satisfactory.- 7 ' Our book, "Medical Advice on Rheumatism" FREE SERVING PEOPLE CAUSES . : SUSPICION, IS ASSERTED 1 'To undertake: .to serve the people in' Portland means to put one's self Imme diately under a cloud of suspicion." de clared "H, C Campbell, schoor director, yesterday. He was apeaklng in partic ular;' reference to charges made against the school board by the Civic council. '1 give fully one third of my time to school board duties absolutely without recompense," vcontjnued Mr. Campbell. "Other members of the board, I am sure, do as much,, We have tried to conduct the work as a business enterprise would be conducted. We have . tried, to see that Portland Is equipped with appara tus, as modern and effective as that In any., other .school In this country. I am convinced that children In this city are trained as well if not better than In any other city of the same size In this country. ' ' i Despite this, we are open .to criti cism and charges and censure, princi pally, J believe, because we have 'un dertaken a public duty. .The - school boa'rd ; Is "willing to oieet the ; people half way. . We want to serve the Irishes of the. people of this city. When ,Mf. Walker, secretary of the Clvte council, called rne up, requesting me to attend the meeting of the organization. Monday night I answered that -more effective work would be done If a eommittee from tbe . council - were appointed . to , confer with the board of education and to work with us Sfin bringing' about .1m provementa I believe this committee was appointed. . I, think we will be able to work together. Meantime,, with the consciousness, thai we have tried to do our best, all the unreasoning criticism and unfounded charges seem to me to be expressive of ingratitude." SAN FRANCISCO BOOSTERS y : OPEN HEADQUARTERS ' "' (Ctilted Prtfis tecwd Wli. ' i Washintrton, No?., 80. Active 1 cam palenlns in. yor of Satt Francisco as the place- for holding the celebration of the opening of the Panama canal In' 1915 was begun here today. A score of prominent Californlans opened head quarters and began the dlstrlbuUon of pamphlets and samples of " California products In order to show the claims 0 the city by the Golden Gate, . . lt was anounced that Governor Gil lett I of CJallf omla and many notables were en route to wait upon congress in the interests of Ban Francisco and the Pacific coast . ( leadquartcrs for New Orleans also was opened today and a big delegation from Louisiana is on me way here, . Forest Grove Man Die. - (Speclnl Dkptteh to Thp Joumol.)' lorest Grove, Or.,' Nov. 30. John Marsh, aged 8? years, died at his borne four miles northeaBt of this elty Sun day afternoon. Mr. Marsh was a native son of Oregon, and was one of the best known" farmers of Washington county, being held In unirsal esteem by . a large circle of friends. He was married in 1897 to Miss Frances Squires of Ver nonla He Is survived by hia widow .and four children his as?e1 father J V. MarshrefnWlviile.nd'onT'brothcr and three sisters, Ben Marsh and Mrs. Annie Cummins, of Centervllle-. Mrs.. Minnie Green, of Deep River, Washing ton, and Mrs. Bertha Weldeswltch, 'of Cornelius, Kunernl nrrvii-es win' be held tomorrowj Rev. Ward Of Ullh-.'boro, offlr , flatlng, with burial In Corndiua ceme-l tory. . . 1 The offices of 'quack doctors Portland are worse hell' holes than the worst saloons in the city," declared J. C; Clark, head Of the boys' department of the Y. M. ' C.v A.. PDeakinW - before officers and committeeman of the or ganization last night. 4 . ; ' '1 The 'quacks' send out alarming liter- ature. They deceive boys Of 14 to 16 Into believing they are diseased. They Inveigle them to their offices. ' They Inoculate them with germs of terrible disorders and their lives are ralnedv . I mada a (our of these piaees. I found young 1 Ignorant boys In every one of them, Waiting for an Interview with the 'quack,' as though be were the source of all- knowledge. . We, should lead a crusade- against the 'quacks.' They do more harm than all the other evil places put together." ' Mr. Clark declared that the schools of Portland are deficient tn that they do not teach what be called "moral sense." ; Hla, work wUh the boys in Portland, he said, had brought the as tounding revelation 'that children tfre being reared In Nob Hill, In Irvlngton, in East Portland, in the most fashion able districts with less "moral sense" than young .savages. :. He asked the business men present." among them be ing one school , director, to work to gether In finding a way to supply this lack. Discuss Practical Work. The meeting last night was held for the purpose of presenting the practical work of the Y. M. C A. The presl. dent of the Y. M. C. A William M. Ladd, presided. Mr. Ladd declared that work such as la being conducted by Mr. Clark and by A. M. GrII ley, physi cal director, Is having great practical influence In character building. Ha in vited the men of Portland to aid in ex tending the work of the Y. M. C'A. Physical Director GriUey.told briefly of the work he Is doing. The member. ship of-the Portland y;M. C A, has nearly reached 4000.- Many of them are laJals clasaeaJThe- YM. C A. building -with its gymnasium work,, edu. catlonal activity and ' religious train lng Is a beehive of Industry. Boys and young men are being taught how to care for their bodies. : At the ' same time principles Of clean manhood are Incut cated. The work is being extended. Classes have been started in offices and shops and factories. , Young f el lows are taught how to swim and play basketball and exercise. . Mr. Grllley has had charge of playground work. Mr. Ladd declared that the. development of the playground Idea; In Portland and the confidence - expressed In its "worth whileness" by the city! council Is due to Mr. Grllley's work. ; r '--p , - 4 xcacnlnes and More, B." I Shuey, International Y. M. C A. - committeeman,- from Dayton, Ohio, Rade a stirring -address. In which, he declared' that "men are more than ma chines. Machines are improved bo that they do everything but think. . The man must still do the" thinking.'- That Is why men who think are more valuable than eVer before." The Y. M. C. A, Is training. men to think right declared Mr. Shuey. , It Is the greatest, brother hood in the world, he said, numbering more than ,fi000. associations In every country, representing an Investment of 837,000,000 In the last 10 years,, and $30,000,000 in the 80 years preceding. General Secretary Stone described briefly how all the' different activities of the Portland Y. M. C A. are carried on. r He pleaded 'for extension of the work, and for more Y. M. C A. build lngtr In other sections of the city. - J. C. Clark said that with all Its usefulness the Portland Y. M. C..A. is only reaching 3.7 per cent of the young men and boys whom it should reach. Tbe other 96.3. per cent do not come under Y. M, C A. Influences,; he said. fant eon. n!so p.nni- ! Vin.--rd r. rurU-. Alter the pam-l h ii be-. r:m',ml the tallymen were or.l. i i : tn nfl sr 'n court next Tuesday, wlin the work of polect Ini? a. jury wiil begin. On February P. 1910. t!ie tr-nt honse in whloh Miss t-';nith was a patient at Dr. Burke's sanitarium was destroyed by dynamite and the woman was injured. her buby narrowly escaping drath. Dr. Burke was Indicted on a charge of ex ploding dynamite in a building occupied by human beings. On March SO the de fendant pleaded not guilty. His ball was set at $25,000. , About the time the case waa to have been tried it was discovered that Mies Smith had sailed for the orient taking her baby. She returned from Japan Sep tember 23 and charged that a friend of Dr. Burke had Induced her to leave the country. The grand' Jury investigated the matter but no definite action, was taken.' ' ' V; .,...' me COZJD8 CATTBi EUA-OACHE. LAXATIVE KROMO Quinine. world wide cold and grip remedy re moves cause. Call for run name., Liook for signature E. W. GROVE. 25i.. mm. ass. CALLED HVBESS Biologist "Lectures to Mothers With Child Subjects Be . fore Him. Dr. Louis Dechmann. a biologist from Berlin, who has recently located In Seat tle, will, attempt' to cure six children Who have been pronounced Incurable by Portland physicians, before the Mothers' Congress which meets each week at the Y. W. C A. The first lecture on the subject Has hehl yrstenUy at b!e'n three children, one sufferlnj- Xrom cpl lppsy, one from hip trouble and another from abnormal growth due to improper circulation, were present. Dr. Dechmann Is to give a course of locturea eStendlns over 12 werJiS' time, during which weekly treatments will be administered to the youngsters. The doctor maintains that cures can be ac complished in each of the cases brought to him yesterday. No charge is to be made for tbe attention to the, children, the work being done under the direction of the Mothers' Congress. The science taught and practiced by Dr. Dechmann Is to build up where building up Is needed by assisting na ture, rather than by using powerful drugs. He calls It . nature science and his studies nlong the lines of physiolog ical chemistry have convinced him that this system is the only one which "'will combat every disease!. , ; r ; ; "Nature is the greatest agent and we can do4ioth!ng more sensible than to help her," declared Dr. Dechmann this morning. "For thousands of years we liavo 1 - 11 r : placing a o.i;-t ! . 1 t . ! lowing nature t 1 ..: I r nature can tr.'n l t; . S ' :.; . t i the body, is it not nattirii t. . she fan mend a mu.-ou n-. .1 .-. some other tender pn rt ot t u 1-1 . i she is given the proper per.i. When man was created lie w .w cm ., s with a system of .checks and rv.-tm-i" . qualitiejt which hen scientlfleall- p v erned are able "to cure any tii.ie ise. It Is the catching of the disease at tha right time which prevents Us progress and it is the building up of the dam aged parts of the body which Cures tha disease racked frame," : ; Dr. Dechmann's science Will be ex pounded, to the members of the Mothers' Congress at its regular weekly sessions at'the Y. W. C A. A large attendance greeted the first lecture and it is believed 'the attendance will grow with each lecture.- - ; . Germany's Increased tax upon match es has led to the invention of several types of electric cigar lighters for pub lic places, 1 1 , V""'-Tf ' WV . 1 I v ! ' V "Will Wf W v ', , ",' " - & 4 Jv.fi nw Mk 'nM"tz v P'V i-; ,ln ;i - ! Aj 't'Vt -Wt: x- texim '. f ' , ' ' I , t'.! . --,.--.- hXSj : e?rp r!:--h -' -..'.'.v.---;-: . . 1 . iAgO . ' J w-f- s Z,J jt .!,- . - .; ,fj -r 1 'mJ-M . m CHRISTMAS mj ' SHOPPING s - ' V. i ' . .' .... RETURNS TO iY AFTER 35 MS " Borne- 88 years ; ago HL "T. -Price, ' a young chap, came out to Oregon and got a job with Corbett & Macleay, who -were then one of the leading wholesale gro cery- firms of the west He was ship ping clerk for the firm and was doing well with It when he received an of for 'to go back to Chicago In the earn line of work' at more money. - He went and didn't get to Portland again until yesterday,.". 1 ":-::.'i ' Mr, Price Is now bead of B. V. Price ft Co, of Chicago and has made a large u fortune. 4 ; - ' "I've been ' wanting to come to Port land again ever since t left," said Mr, Price at the , Seward hotel, . "but somehow Pve always been too busy, and when I did travel. It was In the other direction. ; When I was last ln Port land the part oft the city whero 1 this hotel . now stands1 as Indeed much of the rent of what is tkw Portland was covered with woods. I had expected a change, but I had not foreseen any such growth as .this nor had I expected to find Portland so handsome and well built a metropolis. It makes me' wish that 1 had remained" here, Instead of go ing back to Chicago when I did." Mr. Price Is on his way to California on a business trip, but while here Is looking up some of the men he knew when he was employed by. the old firm Of Corbett & Macleay. , , , I BURKE JURY WILL BE SELECTED NEXT WEEK ITn1td Prem Lred W-. ' ' . Banta Rosa, Cal.,i Nov. 80. Eighty veniremen appeared before Judge .Sea well today as prospective Jurors in tbe trial-of Dr. Wlllard P. Burke, charged with having attempted "' to i kill with dynamite Lou Etta Smith and her in In a MAN'S SHOP, and do it NOW, Your gentlemen friends will appreciate your gifts i purchased at a store that makes a specialty of MEN'S WEAR. Our store is selected specially for men's needs. V No bargainized articles in our entire stock. We are show, ing complete lines of ' ..., J. . 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