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5 BLAZEWWMOND. hotild not go unpunished." i "When the federal judges themselves can't agree," said F, Drew Camlnettl, "a of counsel fof the Dlggs-Camlnttl d fense. - And he sent a telegram to Wichita Immediately for an official copy of Judge Pollock's derision. He expect to ask 10 day extension of the to day' stay of commitment already grant, ed to Diggs and Ctmlnettl, t perfect their appeals. V ; ?!"' ,,:' t,'"J PORTLAND JVIEN WHO ATTENDED BENSON GET-TOGETHER DINNER AT CHANTICLEER INN to wnai tne law means, a reversal of our case la certain on appeal. It certainly makes me feel good." "It looks'to me as If our appeals were already won," said Marshall Woodworth : DAMAGE TO PLANT in ' i Two Mills and Stock Burned and 100 Men Thrown Out of Employment, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY . EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23.- 1913. DOES $150,000 Raymond, Wash., Sept. 23. Th plant f the Southwest Manufacturing com pany, comprising- a shingle mill of 350,. OOO dally capacity and a cedar siding mill of 75,000 feet dally capacity, was destroyed by fire at 3:45 o'clock this morning, causing a loss estimated at $160,000, which Is only partially covered Dy insurance. This was by far the most disastrous fire that has ever visited thi city and will throw 100 or more well paid men out of employment. The loss of the plant was augmented by the destruction of eight million shingles and one million feet of cedar siding which was stored on the docks The department responded to the alarm quickly and soon had several streams of water playing on the fire. Hard work saved ' the machine shop, ftry Kilns, several million feet of aid lng and the plant of the Raymond shipyard Immediately adjoining that of the burned mills. Had the fire occurred two . weeks rarller the steamer Solano would have been on the ways and she would doubtless have been destroyed. The origin of the fire has not been determined, though the blaze evidently started back of the engine operating the shingle side of the mills. This part of the plant is removed 40 feet from the boiler room. There was a watchman and night fireman on duty at the tlmo, but neither of them discovered the blaze until It had gained great head way. The firemen blew a blast of the whistle which aroused nearby neighbors, one of whom turned In the alarm by telephone. Tlio stockholders of the Pouthwest Manufacturing company are K. 10. Case, F. R. Brown, Charles Winkle3 and others. It has not been decided whether or not the mill will be rebuilt. LITIGATION WITH RAILROAD HINDERS HIGHWAY PROJECT (Continued From Page One.) Messrs. Benson were the following from Hood River: CI. R. Costlier, Judge county court: . A. McCurdy, county commissioner; J. A. Putnam, county commissioner; C. K. Marshall, county road supervisor; K. O. Blanchard, may or Hood River; W. U Clarke presi dent Commercial club; C. N. TUvlln, secretary Commercial club; Truman Rutler, president Butler bank; S. A. Mitchell, vice president Hood River Bank & Trust company; Charles T. Early, vlco president und general man ager Mount Hood Railway and Oregon Lumber company; A. D. Moe, propria, tor Hood River Glacier; C. W. Hooker, secretary Apple Growers' association; J. If. Hellbronner, director Commercial club; AV. H. King, chairman automo bile and Rood roads committee Com mercial dub; It. K. Scott, manacpr Hotel Oregon; J. C. Torter, east side orchardist; Kdwnrd I. age, east Side or rhardist; George Sargent, west side or. thardlst; O. M. Uptegrove, upper val ; ley orcliardlstj George Hheppard, pres ident Odell Improvement association; H. K. Conneway, president Conneway Mercantile company, Odell. Portland was represented by County Coiiiinis.sioners Ruftis C. Holman, I. V Hart and W. U Llglitner, S. Benson Good road advocates. Just before entering automobiles in Portland to attend conference on proposed scenic roadway. A. 8. Benson, C. S. Jackson, Samuel Hill, H. li. rittock, Julius U Meier, Edgar B. Piper, M. C. Dickinson, Samuel' C. Lancaster, H. L. Bowlby, 8. Mitchell, E. 'E. jrCoovert, Ous Rowden, John B. Yeon, Charles Coopey, H L. Keats, W. B. Fechhelmer, Lynn B. Coovert and Paul Wessinger. The entire party left Portland at 11 o'clock yesterday morning and arrived at the "tnn at noon. It was the first visit of many of the commanding eminence and the revela tion of the possible scenic development of the proposed highway was an over powering one. Engineers Lancaster ana Bowlby pointed out the plan by which the road will descend from the bluf through a series of loops along the Rooster Rock basin to the river below on a grade of 5 to 7 per cent. Following a luncheon came the usual speechmaklng with Julius L. Meier, president of the Columbia Highway as sociation, as toastmaster. On behalf of the hosts E. K. Coovert welcomed all and designated A. Benson as one of the fathers of the good roads movement. He facetiously referred to the lukewarmness of Hood River resi dents and said "now that they are here we fan, if they disagree with us. drop them over the bluff 1200 feet." In seri ous vein he dwelt upon the advantages of the road to Hood River. Koads Built Like Tumble Bugs. C. S. Jackson emphasized that what was wanted was one dollar's worth of road for one dollar's worth of money. Heretofore, he said, the people had been building roads like tumble bugs and that more money had been wasted on roads than In any other way and added that In some places God Almighty had built bctteV roads than man. Referring to the Columbia h asked "why did God create the gorge if he did not want us to appreciate It?" Every point on the river, he said, had a natural advantage over every other point and that cheaper transportation along the river was better for the rail roads. Samuel Hill said that he had traveled over most of the habitable globe and had homes In Washington, D. C, Lex ington, Mass., and Seattle, an office in Portland, but he thanked God he lived on a farm on the Columbia river. Tn the way of transportation he said the people were way back In the dark ages although there had been great progress In material things. "Hood River,'" said he, "la known for Its fine potatoes and also for its bad ronds." Getting down to-figures, he said that in 1915 there would be 150,008 automo biles In California, and that out of those 00,000 would come down the Co lumbia if there was a good road. These automobiles, averaging five persons, would spend $20 a day. In 10 days their total expenditures would amount to $6,000,000. As evidence of the benefit to the farm er from good roads, Mr. Hill pointed "out that in the vicinity of Goldcndale the farmers had made a saving of JsJ.OOO in hauling their grain to market. Co-Operation Is Advocated. H. L. Bowlby, engineer of the state highway commission, said without doubt the road would be taken over by the state after awhile. He also called attention to the fact that the engineer lng department of the state was at the call of the different counties. Wasco county had already asked to have the road located through that county, and he hoped that Hood River would be able to a?t in conjunction with Wasco and Multnomah. It was a. prime necessity, he said, to locate the road properly. The only bar rier to Central Oregon Is now between Portland and The Dalles, he said. W. L. Clarke, president of the Hood River Commercial club, resented any In ference that his county was luke warm and added that they would be satisfied with nothing but a good road to Portland. Ono of the results of the luncheon, in his opinion, would be a better under standing and a plan of harmonious action. Disagreement With Railroad. E. B. Iiper, president of the Port land Commercial club, said that it was amazing that in all time there had been no road down the Columbia and G. R. Castner, county Judge of Hood River county, explained that there was a lack of harmony between the county and the officials of the O.-W. R. & N. company over a right of way. When the rail way was built down the river, Hood River county was a part of Wasco county. The railroad was allowed to use the county's right of way on con dition that it would restore it on re quest. A great part was restored, but a section now in Hood River county was not. It is now claimed by the railroad officials that the statute of limitations bas run and that Hood River has slept on Its rights too long. The matter is now a subject of liti gation in the courts. The peoplo of his county, said Judge Castner, are in full sympathy with the highway and a spirit to do what they can towards Its furtherance exists. Owing to its character as a horticul tural community the county required a great number of local roads and these must be cared for. People Favor Highway. E. O. Blanchard. mayor of Hood River, said that the sentiment in the county, in his Judgment, In favor of the highway had grown 100 per cent during the last year. He believed the first step should be to have the survey made by the state highway commission. The fact hat there was a dispute be tween Hood River county and the rail road company was news to many and it. was suggested by Mr. Meier that Port land could be of assistance In bringing aDout a settlement. In Jine with this suggestion, a motion ny W. L. LIghtner, commissioner of Multnomah county, that a committee composed of C, S. Jackson, E. B. Piper and Julius L. Meler'be appointed to act with the -county Judge and commission era of Hood River In the matter, was aaopiea. Returning to Portland the party was given a practical demonstration in road building by A. S. Benson, who is hav ing constructed near his home at St. Johns an experimental piece of hard surrace road eight feet wide with ma. cadam shoulders. MANN ACT NOT MEANT TO STOP ESCAPADES U, S- Judge Pollock Holds It Applies to Commercialized Vice Only, Mason Fulfills Mason's Wish. Iong Beach, Cal., Sept. 23. Fulfilling a msi request, judge frank Willis cast into tne sea the ashes of Eduljee Korub Jee of Bombay, a fellow Mason. Fifty Killed on Mexican Railway. Laredo, Texas, Sept. 23. News was received that rebels dynamited a Mex ican national railroad train south of aiuuo, Mexico, Friday, killing B0. Auto Exchanges The month of September, especially toward its close, is the time when many autolsts get rid of their old cars to buy new ones, exchanging touring cars for runabouts, and effect many other trades in new and used autos. If you are such an autotst, or a pros pective owner, or if you are in the mar ket for speculation In mi ton vmi !in,.r, afford to waste a single day before you fpt into The Journal automobile "Want d." column. Watch The Journal "Automobile vl ants." from day to day. and see how many trade and sale offers in the auto mobile and auto supply line there are. fAdv.i Wichita. Kan.. Sept. 23. Taking Issue with the recent ruling in 8an rrancisro of L'nitcd Htates Judge Van Fleet in the Dlggs-Canilnettl cases, United States Judge Pollock in handing down a ruling In the case or lee Baker, charged with violation of the Mann whito slave act, today Bald: "The Mann act was not meant to prevent personal escapades of men and women. It refers only to the transportation of girls for commer cial purposes." In the Dlggs-Caminettl cases Judge Van Fleet ruled lliat the defendants were punishable under the terms of the Mann "act although the prosecu tion admitted that the defendants did not take Miss Marsha Warrington and Miss Lola Norrls to Reno for com mercial purposes. Diggs Prosecutor Indignant. San 1-Vanclsco, Sept. L'3. Matt I. Sul livan, of counsel for the prosecution in the Diggs and Carninettt cases, snorted today when told of tho decision by Judge Pollock at Wichita to the effect that "the Mann act was not meant o prevent personal escapades of men and women." "He can't have read the federal su preme court decisions on the act he's discussing." said Sullivan. "I suggest that he look up the Athananaw case, in which the highest court held that any interstate! a t which so much as placed a girl In a position where her moral fiber might he coarsened, violates the Mann act. Judge Van Fleet was rignt all the way through." Maury I. Diggs took a different view. "Fine!" he exclaimed. "That helps some. And it's what I said the first time I opened my head about the affair. What we were fighting was the white slave stigma. We admitted we were bad and f Tailored Suits For Ladies This store is showing a complete stock of new models for Fall, direct from New York tailors. The late American fashions and the new Con tinental modes, modified to conform to correct style. $19.50 to $58.50 Prompt fitting and alteration, with delivery of all suits at the time promised. Ladies' Store Third Floor Elevator BEN SELLING Morrison Street at Fourth ' mi i ; i It's the Talk of Portland - Our Great Third Floor Umitrimm eel Lot One Millioeiry Department Largest in the West! ? tr whoIe floor' 5000 8uare feet of Pace tevoteJ entirely to Un trimmed Shapes and Millinery Trimmings at Portland's Emporium! Nothing to equal such a showing in the en tire West This department is planned on the same lines as that which our millinery manager for merly had charge of in one of New York's largest stores. Thousands upon thousands of the smart est Untrimmed Shapes are shown, in every new style, color and material. And even more remark able are the prices made possible by our knowledge of where and how to buy. Come tomorrow to the big Third Floor! See our wonderful assortments. Ask about our new No-Charge Trim ming Service when materials are bought here. Huge 3-Days' Sale Untrimmed Shapes! 1 v.t'. )tF&32i m a TO . Chilly this mornings Fall's approach is shown by the chilly nights and mornings! It's about time for you to drop in at the store and see our new line of famous " Universal 99 Heaters Every "Universal" Heater is backed by a guarantee bond signed by the maker. The "Charm" Universal, as illus trated, is a splendid wood heater. Combines all the features of beau ty, economy and durability. 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Wednesday, in addition to the low prices, those who present this ad when making purchase of 50c 'or over, at any one stall, will get.15 extra S. & H. Green Trading Stamps FREE, besides regular stamps. FIRST, SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS V7 mm-) Vj'X in ...j