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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER 8hoera to night er Wd. -..lar, with o v ( h r 1 y w I a 4 . COAST -TBtPERATURES 5 A. L TtHl.t. i "Muni" .( .,,...,, m a needs ; at t-.tJ.a i . l u , aataaJuU , VOL. XI. NO. 64. TOUTLAND. , OREGON. TUESDAY" EVENING. MAY; !, . 1M TWENTY PAGES., PRICE TWO CENTS , --- a MA1 IITI CUT Skefch" of Murderer .3' IN RUNNING FIGHT w wl e . I. 1 1 wdf i rynr nun zl ixjf, no WW. XiT ) - 1 CS -- - J , , V "SPOTLESS WHITE! OHIOANS GO EARLY TO CAST VOTE: SUN SHINING BENIGNLY N POLICE KILL m in io . BE DISBANDED III ECONOICiSiE HS BANDITS ' i Heavy Balloting in Politica - .'Battleground" for. Dele- .gates' to Republican, Demo cratic National Conventions LATE. BEFORE RETURNS WILL INDICATE RESULT Harmon Followers Admit Bry an's Opposition Has, Hurt Chances of Governor. . tl'alted I'm Um4 frlrM Columbus. Ohio. May 31 With fair weather throughout ths state, Ohio vol era turned out early today and started rolling a heavy vol for delegate to the Republican and Democ-ratlo national conventions, it of whom will ba chuaen by th Rouubllcana. Tha roll oprnAd at S:t8 O'clock thla mornlna; and mill not cloaa ualll 1:1 orlork thia artcrnonn. It la bciiavad It IU bo lata bafora tha roault la knowq, Fuprortrra of Taft, Roovelt and ' La Kollatto all xpraa ronfidrntio In tha ruH.; Ua t'otlrtto hopaa to el act at Ivaat a dojen dfloxatc. whtla tha Itooaa vait furcca aay thry ara aura of at Icaat It. Oa the IVniocratlc ald, Hurmon and Wllaoir man darlara victory la aure. Harmon lurii admit William . Brynn'a oppoHltlon to the Ohio governor wrfl hurt him badly, hut drclara that Uvapitv thla ho will caally win. .... Tim Democrat are voting directly for their candidaUa. m. Kollelte la ceklnir drlesatra In only four dletrlcta two in Cleveland, one In Columbua and flic Iti Tolodo. - I'niihiially heavy vnllna; aa reporti-d In clllra and towna und a llht vote In the ruml dlatrlcta. Tha Tilfl people claimed tlint the fine weather would help tha prrahlrnt and hurt Rooaevelt. be rauac the farmem who are aupportln.T the former prealdont were behind In lulr spring work and would not leave the flelde to vote. It was retlniatod lato thla afternoon that the Republican, would poll 30, noo votea and the Democrat 200,000. It Is Relieved that Senator I-a Vollette'a tundlilacy is hurting.. Colonel Roosevelt - -'V!lnclnnot. "May 'Tl. Prenldent Tatt elept lat hero today, having arrived after midnight from Daytop. where b cloaed his flrht tnr Dhln'a national - - v - aatea. 111a brother, Charles F. Taff, inHiiod a statement today aaylntr: r have assurances front everywhere In the state Indicating that tha president will receive a large majority; If eot all, or the state a delegates to the national convention." ; . , - President Taft will lea ve for theast. this afternoon. xv. -.v ..1 .aaaa-paaaw aa l,' 'aA k llwar m a a j- . i . - I I I'HI I 11,111 47T .VVi .-V 7 iWi' riw i .J.W-M II I I til 1 1 1 1 1 1 " t i ii ih ii ill ii , v urn mi ii nil i ii nt n i - . mhuhu ri in iimi ii ii . i I jiw V iyj .yaj 1 -M W rfcfafl jl f veJ li.VWIIiUl j 4I u l iw f.w a-w m a. aa K mi 1111 i-i'ii ii in i i-iiii.ni in ;ulll. -4 - viiiimi: trim i i iiwif-i i I III. Ill I I ITMII .V III' I, 111 W I II III III II I ill Mill 111 III I III I III III .1 V VUhaaUlllbU. .1 V; I VII I 1.1 I IU UllkbUU I IWUIIM II a.bVWIMI.1 illiirrrt ni rnmiitl arpaiii i itKiiiiia tT III IflP n 1 1111 IPT nun i ii in i ilium i 1'in iimi n i iiubiiim a i i i mi nn f.hii 11 i f II ll I I. rill. I PrYII.IIM AkMIII I rillf M Ul nllhr niilMIII lr I uiii i iu uLLiiiuiiiJ ui i iimi ni unmuii ni 11uuLun11uu1.11 One Wounded Desperado Fails at Suicide but Only Surviv Ing Pal Stops In His Flight to Slay Him. LAST OF TRIO IS FINALLY RIDDLED WITH BULLETS Had Threatened Death to Ev eryone Interfering In Cam- paign of Robbery. 4 ritt T lrat Berlin. t.y II Three of Berlin' "phantom Land lie" were elalit today by (ha pollca In the moat sensational atree battle the city haa ever known. The deaperadoea had terrorised store keepers In a Hrrlln auhurb. employln methods alinllar to tho.a of tha "phan torn bandits" of rerls, recently wiped out by the police of tha French city. At- midnight the authorities were no tified that a trio of deaperadoea were operating In tha aiihurha, looting atorea and threatening death to everyone who tempted to Interfere. Iollee were rushed to the .eerie In automobiles. Tha bandlta were heavily armed and put up a deaperate fight. Burdened with loot, they were eaally overtaken, and one or tneir numoer aroppea in ins tracks with a score of bullet wounda In hla body. The other dropped tha loot and flod. The second robber waa wounded and attempted aulcide. Inflicting a severe wound. The third bandot stopped, killed the wounded man and then continued his flight, lie waa finally riddled with bullets. Colonel Not 'Pedlctillg.,, (United rre.i LeaMit W!re.k New York, May 21. "I am not good at predicting. - I will tell you better tomorrow fcw Ohio goes," waa tha only statement Colonel Roosevelt would make when ho arrived here today' from his campaign in the Buckeye state. Colonel Roosevelt went at once to his home at Oyster Bay, whore he will remain until Thursday, when he starts a four dayk' invasion of New Jersey.. . MANACLED LASHED TO MASTHEAD 48 HOURS EmhtV EDiscboal VCIerav'men From Over Northwest Arriv ing -to .'Attend. Annual Con- . vention. WITHOU T DRNK iiiii 11 NOD Steward of Steamer Portland : Charges : Dfunken Captain Tortured Him Horribly, V riloircd Press tested Wire.) San Francisco, May 21. -Charging that "he was left manacled wrist to ankles for 48 haura without water or food, and was lashed to a masthead In & blazing ..sun, scorched by steam and stifled by chloride of lime fumes at night,- at the orders of Captain W.c: A. Webb, Steward Joseph yahina;ton ar rived In port here today; 6n the steamer Portlat.d, 133 days from Norfolk, weak ened to the point t)f collapse ny the alleged sertes of inhuman tortures In- fllctud - upon WiltTR t n siewara is c'nargcit with inciting - mutiny on tht KTfelj sens. . and la unr guard, at the I Kil'ted States mareha. Of f ice. " He -de- clai etrhe would place a counter charge of hrutailty aeainst captain weoo. ShOrtlv after, we -icit xxonoia me captalnvbegarr drmktng ana smgiea me out for cbaw,. fleeiarea;, waHiiuigvon Wo mftda nw life miserabld. A Once he "r-tfrew- tfun-and iareBtened ltLklll nie.. , "One day at toronei, vmu, in. hiiiuu waa boisterouS" and profane at lunoh. I did everything to 'please him.; butj-he tnKictAti on -nuarrelinc. . Finally he niKiiert toward me. I seized a knife front the table to defend, myself and he eum- moned the mate, yemng mat i naa as- r sauned ntffi wtrrintent to mu ana or dered me into Irons.. For hours J Buffered untold, agonr. wiien m we nd day passed 1 was lasnea.-to ine masl, in which position I was placed each day.. At nignt i round no reuei, -for when thrown into the brig I found " the place rank with the fumes of chlo ' ride of lime-and stifling with heat es caping from a t earn pipe. I thanked God wrhen, the'Ooldcir atr greet e 'tis." Vashlngton eald he scratched reo. d of the vbrutalitlea inflicted oa him by marking dates, etc.," on the Iron aide of the brig. -. ' r " r Captala. Webb's story has Jiot beea learned The Portland- arffved with ' a Cat-go of coal for "th United States j goTer"ant . V' Beautiful roses, emblems of Portland's welcome, were presented to each Epis copal clergyman on hla arrival in Port land today to attend the annual conven tlon of the United Clerlcus, which will convene thla evening at Trinity church. Nineteenth and Everett streets. Every train mis aiiernoon was met by a dele gation of young women of the various Kpiscopal parishes, burdened -with blos soms roc the visitors who come as rep resentatives of the dioceses and Juris dictions of Columbia, Caledonia, Kqo tenay. New Westminster, Calgary, Idaho, oyunane, yiympia, uregon ana eastern Oregon. Delegates who will arrive this evening will be glv.eir similar greetings. The' work of the welcoming. commit tee at the depots was1 directed by Rev. Henry Russell Talbot of Portland,, pres ident of, the United aierlcus. The out-of-town divines were met at the depot also by prominent members of the Episcopal church, who wlir act as hosts and hostesses of the 'visitors during their-three day stay In Portland. ., Owing to the ina voidable detention of the Rt. Rev. John Charles Roner. lord bishop of Columbia, who wred last night that he could not. leave Victoria, the services that he waa to conduct at Trinity tonight, opening the convention, will be conducted by Rev. C. "W. Robin son1 of Oregon City. The services will not be open to the public The sessions of the convention Wednesday and Thurs day will ?be open to everyone however. xugniy , seiagatea to Participate,. ? Bishop Roner -was to deliver an ad dress at the annual, convention banv ouet at the tmturlaf hnl.l Tk,,I.j. 1 . ' . . r .iiniDunj nrgni, aiso. Hit place, it was announced ' - ; Brass' Band. Greets 88 Bust ness Men of Portland Who uGoon Get Acquainted Tou - to Great Dairy District. (Continued, on Page Nineteen.) SAIIY; COBB 1ST, STAY OUT OF GAME ' - s f United PrM. l uml Wlr. i Philadelphia, May 31;- Ty Cobb must remain inoenmtely suspended rrom thi American league as punishment lor hla action -Jn striking a fan In the New York bleachers last Wednesday. Thla deeis Ion was reached this afternoon after a two hours' conference -ef -the baseball magnatea or the American league here. The ostracised Georgian's fellow player or me veiroic users were- reinstated, with flnea of 1100 each for remaining out of the game two days on a sympa thetic jstrlke with Cobb. . The only .balm offered Cobb at 'thla afternoon's , meeting was - the addition by -the magnates o resolutions pleda- ing themselvee to , tite protection of players rom-. Insults. It was agrn-eil that; special police wftl hereafter be hired at" all . American ileagve ,came, wherever tte regular police are unable tp handle the ' situation. , (Journal Staff Correspondence.) Banks, Or., May 21. "Smoke on Port land, -says the label on each of one thousand cigars aboard the Portland Commercial club excursion to Tillamook county. The first of these good "smokes" handed out this forenoon made smile the citizens of Backs and Buxton.. - Postmaster C. B. Merrick, Frank Kerr and J. Fred "Larson' are the committee on distribution of the cigars which are to leave short lived but frag rant memories or the 'Cheese Special In" every town along the route. " The forenoon was made busy with organization. B. S. Josselyn was elected Chairman of the excursion committee, which haa as additional members the following prominent Portland business men: J. W. Vogan. J. K Gill. C. B, Merrick, George Iawj-cnce, Jr., 8. C. Pier, Ben Belling. J. p. Rasmudseh. F. S. Stanley. T. S Townsend. H D. Ktlham C. C. Borttmeycr. o. M. Plumtner, Frank Kerr, rrea Lockicy and c. C. Chapman. instead or 68 people, there are 8 aboard, three cars beside the diner befha- comfortably filled. L. Samuel,' George W. nyiand, A. J. raterson, A. M. Wright, jay smitn, Artnur u. iniey, E. J. Jae ger, Phil Metschan. Jr.. and B. Lee Paget are on various committees named enToute. " ,Tho, Banks :braes band . met the ex cursion, and every one aboard piled off for a parade through town. Within, a block rain descended from the coast range, and tho Portlandera 'finished their tour on the tuft;.- The band" played under a , sheltering tree while the train pulled out, Speachmaking was omitted. . A big cheese, presented by the Banks Cooperative creaftiery was put- aboard for luncheon. 1 . , . Banks Is a good - looking town In one of the state's, best looking farm. local ities,-The farms' In the Immediate vi cinity seem rich, level .and well drained. E. , G. Willis, 'a.i former Portland busi ness man and head of the Bants M.e cantile company.' piloted the hastening I procession through Banks, - v. r . .-. MRS. ALEXANDER SUES FOR A DIVORCE FROM CONVICTED FORGER Miw of Suit Surprise W Her rnenas, as woman uevoiea - to Husband in Trouble, Representatives of Northwest Have Lavish Praise for Hill ' Line Officials; Oregc-n, Best . State of All. Portland, the state of Oregon and the Pacific northwest last night at the ban quet at the Portland Commercial club, eulogised In the highest of terms and bade a tender farewell and God speed to Carl R. Gray and welcomed and heartily enco'uraged his successor, Joseph H.. Toung as president of the North Bank and Hill lines in Oregon; It was a most auspicious occasion, with 30 representative men of the city and a tate assembled to express their re grets and' extend their greetings. ' Carl It. Gray leaves mis evening zor St. rattle to become president of the Great- Ndr'thern Railway, and he -groes with the-kindliest and heartiest wishes of the people of Oregon and the north west, who have learned to know mm ntlmately during his short year or work In this section as head of the Hill In terests. ' president Young haa already assumed , the duties, and by his frank utterances last night, added a large number of friends to those who knew him before the" important appointment fell to hla lot fr"bm the directorate that represents the Great Northern and the Northern pacific Joint Interests in this comn anwealth. The affair was under the auspices or the executive committee' of the' club, E. Johnaon. chairman, and u.ogar u.. Piper, president bf the club, carried out the function of toastmaster in a manner that eollnsed all former efforts in tnat line. So diplomatically .did he intro tfiwefal to Tha. Jmtenal. 1 Salem. Or.. May 21. Suit for divorce was filed here today by Grace C Alex andor against Temple W.i Alexander, who J serving a term in -the penitentiary for peculations made while employed in the purchasing department or me u. W. R. & N. company, at Portland. Alex ander's conviction on a felony. -charge Is the basis of the divorce suit. The couple were married November 10, 1911. News of the divorce' action brought by Mrs. Temple Alexander against her husband. came as a great surprise to friends of the couple in Portland. It was Mrs. Alexander who told -her hus band to return and "take his medicine" after he fled to Chicago, his peculations discovered, declared then-that she would wait for him no matter how long he might be in tho penitentiary.. Before and during his trial she appeared de voted to him. -- i Mrs. Alexander wasa divorcee when she married Temple AJexander. She has two children by , her former marriage. It was on her that the tw raultlng: rail road clerk is said to have spent most of the thousands he embezzled by false vouchers. Alexander's sentence is from two to 20 years. , ' SP 11 1 'VC. '- ii - - - ?' V t Yff. Gov. Vest Announces Purpose to Save Expense of Main taining Military Organiza tion at $1300 Per Month. FRIENDS OF MILITIA MAY MAKE SHOWING Organization Has Been In Ex istence a Year; Boston As- -signed to Company. t ('. V. T. IllrlirMui as he pieaml a few tn)s Ix-fore his rxrutlon. Llf'S GF RICHESGfJ MOVE N PfliViEB AS DEATH COMES Former Pastor and Slayer of His Betrayed Sweetheart Dies "A Better Man Than He Lived." (Continued -on Page Threel) ONDON SUFFRAGETTES ARE PLACED ON TRIAL PLAN MONUMENT FOR 1 . IVIUSICAIS OF TITANIC T; V tSitel Vreas- iraaeil Vlteli: "-."v - Paris. Mtsy 31. A movement. Is well under way here today for the erection of a monument ..to the memory 4 of -.the. here -mueicians -wno -stood - playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee.- as tho liner Titanic disappeared in the waters of the Atlantic. - The Association. Sportive des Astirtes Mustciens tie France originated the Idea. A concert will "be gfven. the proceeds ' fronrwhlch : will, form the nucleus or t$e luno. . . - . -4 ... ; ' ... feritish Otut'boai After Hef Ogees,: . Cullacaflr Mexico.-,May .21; -Tbe. Brit- lh ganboat Atgerine. today ;has arrived at Maxallan preparatory -,to - a cruise " (United Pres. teaaed Wlre.l London. May 21. Charged with, . conspiracy to damage property, the out growth of the recent activities here of militant'- suffragettes, M rs. tmmeline Pankhurst a leader of the suffragette movement, and Pethrlck Lawrence and wife, -sympathizers of the cause, were placed on trial here' today. ,'. Mrs. Pankhurst was represented . by Attorney Timothy Heaieymnd 'Law renew acted as counsel , for both himself and wife, i in an Impassioned ' address. In which he-accused the. police of. unjust persecution., Lawrence demanded - acr quittaL- -:-'v" -, -i.v ;': i: Healey asked fc . Mrs. PshkhUrt's dismlssat on the -rouril 'tha; tlit ,ln-. dtctrqenrln her caeo wa defective.. MrsvPankhureMpalfe and on tho verge of collapse, addressed the Jury, defend ing her daughter,- Chrlstobel, . who .is Jointly Irtdlctcd wlfh herbttt'who has, not been; arrested. T She attributed the defeat .of e(jul suffrage In the recent government clectlotuto a general failure to recognize- ine 'jmponaoce oiwpmaij uriragcv-' -.-:'iriV S. P. MAY MAKE SPECIAL RATES ON CAR OF SHEEP (Wnihlngton I) u red a of The Journal.) Washington, V. C, May "21. The In terstate Commerce commission has granted permission to the Southern Pa cific company to make speciaarload rates on sheep from Oregon to Chicago and Omaha, on three days' notice. Train load rates are not permitted. (3 rwrli I to Tka Journal. 1 Boston, Mass., May 21. "God will pray for ray soul, and 1 pray for all, I forglvf everybody." Clarence V. T. Rjcheson died In the electric chair at 1J:1T o'clock this morn Ing with these words on his Hps. -. In contrast: with hUJiysteria. HXee u. l'g,h TfcJu-; we' m -ibd-apparently unatrsio. - . ' . ( Attendants at Charlestown prison said that the former pastor was so far under the Influence of opiates, ' howj ever, that he did not realize what was occurring. . ... , Coolest Parson la Seats. Xooau ; Tho young Virginian, confessed poi soner of Avis "Linnell. the Hyannls high hool glrl.- whom he 'first "bar trayed and then, murdered..- was ex pected to die cravenly. But he was the coolest! person In the death chamber. When Warden Bridge arrived at Richeson's oell shortly after midnight. RIcheson was singing. " , The official waited until the last verse was finished. and told the condemned man that the time had come when he must die. I am ready to go with you." RIche son said quietly. "There will be no scene." With body erect and eyes look ing straight ahead, RIcheson marched to the death chamber. There .he sur veyed the death instruments and seat ing himself in the electric chair closed his eyes and moved his lips in prayer. This finished, he glanced curiously at the straps and electrodes, and assisted the officials to buckle the leather. belt cross the abdomen. ' . -. ' . Smiles at Mistake of Official. . TJie. rubber 'mask first w.as put on his" head, upside down, and the former (Ktleai Hume t Tk. JUnraeL) , Salem. Or , May 31. 'L'nleas a show ing can be made to Justify Its existence by friends of the Oregon Naval MIIIU. the organisation will be dlabanded days from date." This announcement waa made today ' by Governor Weat, and is the second chapter in his campaign to trim and, aboil. h unneceaaary and fruitless ex penditures of taxpayrra' money. . lie gives aaauranca that succeeding chap ters will follow with surprising regular . Ity. "The law creating the organisation went Into effect May 20. 1111. and It -haa coat the taxpayers for 10 months. June 1, 1111, to April 1.' lll, about'. 113.000, an average monthly cost of about 11100,' said the governor. "As the bill creating the organization car ried an appropriation of i;5,000. there ' Is still remaining an unexpended be anca or about 112,000. This amount will be saved If the organisation la dts- . banded." .-; The naval- militia, haa been In almoat ronatant turmoil since Its organisation,' either over the election of officers or the qonduct of officers and the men on ', the cruiser Boston, which was assigned by the government' for the use of the ' mllltla and has been It Portland her-' . bor. ' ' , '''. (Continued on Page Four.) Adjutant General Klnz.r, chief execu tive officer of the Oregon Nations!: Guar-Kand Naval Militia, la in entire ac-. . cord with, the announced policy of. lov-- ernor West to disband tha naval militia , at ttie end of 30 1ya Unl.aa thare Is In the meantime a big improvement tn the ' conduct of the officers and men of the ' organisation,.. y. . . ;u.k .f si ' "i r k kxaiVT'feV to tnH lym," sa id , the adjutajit geriral, "that the governor was serioBlK'es'u:- ditamrms the naval militia. The organization has been In- a turmoil since It cams Into ex-, istenoe one year ago. The-officers have . been , fighting and 1 scrapping among , themaelves and t lie men naturally have little respect for the authority of their ; superiors.," Another trouble, which has ' bothered ii all along, was the unwii- llngness bf the officers 'of the organize. tlon. to submit to tlwauthorlty-of nhe naval- board. We have had trouble in enforcing discipline in the organisation,'. but this condition has- improved some what during the past 60 days. In fact.' . the naval militia as", whole is In better shape. than It wag 4 few months ago. "'I m conftdemV;hat the governor - ' would like' to retain tbe state's naval A organization" but ; I- know that he will put U. out -of .buaniess If- every man"., connected with It doesn't at, once turn,, over a new leaf andbelp to, put the or5 ganizatlon.on a much higher plana than -It ever hss;heen."; -t js:'.':''l'l-' Women "Ate braver Tharf .'Hen.'', . tDnltee'Trm. Leasee Wite.-. ( London, May 21.- That', women are ; , -braver than men when- It comes to un-' dergolng operations is the opinion of . , Sir Ray Lankester, famous Englla'i specialist. Vaccination Is the best test 1 Of this,' he 'says, for great husky men and atheltic : collegers frequently fafnt , '. Over this trivial ordeal, while- tt Is a very rare and almost' unknown thinrr, for eyen-the most anaemic young worn-., an to do so, ' STREET NUMBERING AND NAMING SYSTEM TO . . BECHANCED IF CITY, COUNCIL'S PLAN CARRIES Proposed Han Would Divide City Into, Five Section,. Nanielj orth Portland, Northeast Portland, Xorthwest Portland, . Southeast and Southwest Portland; Thoroughfares Running East and West to He Known as Avenues; Those Running. North and South . aa Streets. - H. E.- Lounsbury. general freight agent Of the Southern Pacific, states that the ruling of the Interstate Com merce commission will mean a great deal to western Oregon sheepmen who have from 60 to 75 carloads of sheep that they ,are ready to dispose of st onoe. Keeping the sheep the length of time required by the regulations gov erning changes. In rales would entail an unnecessary expense running- into a large amount and at the same" time the-sheep-would' probably, loae. some in weight since by July 1 the pastures will have dried up considerably. ' BEST MAN ELOPES WITH HE BRIDE OF GEORGIAN JJ-At lan ta, Ga V- May - 3 1 . Usin tjr theTtu7 tomohile given tier, as a t edding pres ent hy Kdwht Glenn Filbert, the bride groom, to be. :.ln' which to elope with the Jest man,'- ClafmtaTOtM'Tarkeris tqda weddeC to Benjamin Sullivan of Atlanta, herMWldhood sweetheart. All preparations for the-wedding to Filbert Were completed when Su(llyan. acting as best man, idocd .Mlgs . Parker to flee wit'tv him; --' ' .'-' . "I am lilcky tb gat' off.'.' said the jilted rOomuncon'ernedly when he aW rhfit few mlnutea later and oun.t hi. Another determined effort IS to be made . by the -city , council, to adopt a new plan for the numbering and naming of city streets. A comprehensive re: numbering and renaming system has beenr prepared by Deputy City Engineer P. n. Harrier and thla system was' fa vorably recommended to tho council yes- r , i ... teraay ov a specim l-uiuuuucw -uaai-w lng ef -councllmen Watklns "Clyde and Wllbelm. - .. . . a ' The proposed system would di1de 'the cVty Into five sections, namely. North Portiand.Northeast Portland,. Northwest Portland; Southeast Portland and Soutli wt Portland. - t , .-'; 'This division would he effected by usin two streets as central lines from which to count. One of -these Would "be Burnslde street,: runnirti east and west. If ls" T5rDposedto" call- Burnelde' streert Central, avenue, the . other would be East- Water -street, .running, north and south. Under 'the contemplated rear rangement thla street would be renamed 9!vltf!on.'atreet -.'C-;",.-'',-.'i,:-.t. .,- V ; To; Change Vamet. AH thorohghf ares' running, -east -and west are to be known as avenue and ih.A mnalne ' 'north, And ROuth'. aa streeraf.if'the.ln.e'w" system is finally'put Into effect. - - - -, .All that eectton, lying east oi Eat Water -et r.eet and : north -. of RtirnKlJe street s woula be-known as isortrieitst Portland. The section line, east of git Water, street' and - south, of .Burnntde street .would be cll,i Southeast Portland."-; -The district.-lj ing vest of rat Water t re-it- - "d ' h of ruirns -tn district west of the river and north f Burnlde wo'uld.be Northwest Portland., and the district lying between the river artd East; Watet atreet and north of Burhside street would be North Prft laid. .'' - ;-it.f''j-t-Siit-:,;-,--"v!1:' s. The thoroughfare running parallel to BurnSlde street,, or ,: "Central; avenue," 1 would, . be 'nunibered ' both ways. First, Second and so on, with the suffix d- noting whfoh othe five sections of th Cftyteach particular,' nnmbcf Is, located. A generate plan 'f.i 100 numbers . to vs block' Is provided tir, , , ' v rubllo Invited to Meeting. . 1 . 'Thoroughfares paralleling East Water street, or 'PlvUl.on' street, would be named likewise, -.: '.i. -, ? - . Under; the proposed system -ItiwouM be. possible 4o determine exactly" how far from the- mairt-divieion streets- number might be. !' For. Instance, , Nt. 1275 Tenth avende northeast,, would h ' 12 blocks cast of East-Water or "ll-vlsion'- street and 10 blocks north ff Bumslde street, . or "Central avenui"." No. t375 would be" three oua-rtars of block from the corner of Tenth Bveii.Jt and : Fourteenth street . The system, as outlined. It Is believe 1'. 1 Canute--4ed- out 'ta -the Ifttar, x'(t in a few districts auch as Ladti a art-l tlon where, the streets d'j not , run i the ' same general direction. Ia ,i i cases.it ia propoaed te liate'tlis nN i of streets unchaneeit. ' The genera! public- I invtte.l t'i i s" ' tha r.eit meetins of ire ii'fi com-mlttes of t:e -oin.-.l, afternoon a t 2 -,.: - 1 t- T ' ' u:i - along the weat coaat of Mexico to pick up xef u gee g. -i 1 -f --Va--- ij"FJ-w". ' , - I . . . A-.;