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J THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, . FEBRUARY 9, 1914. v? s . --4.: -' . it STRONGHOLDS OF HUERTAATTAGKED SIMULTANEOUSLY Tampico,1 Torreon, Pachuca and Mazatlan Object of Rebel Advances; Mexico 'C City Itself Mutters. ; fPnltrd Pre Iniwd Wlre. Mexico City, Feb. 9. President lluerta's position 8eeme more desper ate today than at any time since he seized control of the Mexican govern ment. ' An attack was In progress on Tam pl"'. Torreon-was mnrel. Vincente fcegurs, Insurgent, millionaire and ex bull fighter, w:is rt-ported preparing to ttempt the capture of 'Pochum, Gen eral. Felipe Angles, a deHerting federal commander, wi wald to . he attacking Mazatlan. He wont over to the rebel last week, while supposedly aiding In the Hty's defense. Finally, disaffection continued 1o simmer inside Mexico. City. Hiaerta wan watching those he susnected like a l.awk. There were too many to arreKt,' l I . . .1 : . . .... , ii tiu'jJiiK, tmonK otners, practically the entire r'ollce department. But for nil -of the dictator's vigilance, even his friend really.nl that an outbreak might occur at any moment, and It was as lllcely-u.it riot to prove a. successful one. ' .The Jlluortlatsi rtewspapcrs were try ing to make capital out of the.Cumbre tunnel Incident, asserting that Maximo Castillo, leader of the band responsible for. the tragedy, was not an Irrespon sible bandit, init a constitutionalist commander who wan dlputin Gen eral Villa's authority. ' It wan lenrne.J today that when Villa confiscated the TerrazaH estatci In Chihuahua recently, Huerta caried the. rich local Mexicans' attention to what had been done, , adding: "Then rebel are socialists. They believe in much distribution of wealth. If they take the capital they will con f Urate your estates and your bank holdings, too. and distribute them among themselves. 1 am the only power between them and you. If you expect ine to Hive you. you must help me get. the money." It was understood he secured 1,000, 000 pesos on the strength of this ap peal, i Relatives of the dictator have alo obtained Mexico City gambling house concessions from which they have been net. in 300,000 pesos monthly. ERLAIN'S PLAN ' Vahlnelnn IlurcHa of' The .biurmil. ) Washington, Feb. it. Jn v iew of the .fiiotlthnt the government has already exhausted the appropriation Of $.100,--(i00 made fur the purpoNe. of extending and-'improvlnff rural post roadn by co Operation between the government and the ivnriouH flutes, and in view of tlv; Intiiinatlon that it would be uirrecn-blo to the department conct-rned with thla work to have a larger fund provided, Senator Chamberlain Introduced am .'nrneindinent to tbe. postnf flee approprlnt tloni bill for the, coming fiscal yea providing a follows: 1 "-'""that there in hereby appropriated 1he!nim of $500.(100, uit of any money In the treasury not otherwise appro- printed, to ne experineu ry tbe secre lary of agriculture in cooperation with the: postmaster general In Improving ' the ! condition of roa.-ls to be selected by them over which rural delivery la or may hereafter be established, such " .'Improvement to be for the pnirpone of ! nsortalnlng the increase In the terri- ,tcry which could be served by each carrier as a result of such improvj 'rnetit, the posMble Increase of the .THHnber of deity-pry days in each v'ear, the amount required In excess of -local expenditures for the proper mainte nance of such rofids, and the relative saving to the, government ,ln the opera tion of the rural delivery' service, nn.l to the local Inhabitants In th trans portation of their products by reason of jsuch improvement, and report the results In deUl to congress: . "JProvldeil. that the state, or the local rbdlvlsioii thereof in w.hich such im provement is made, under this provls- " ion shall furnish double the amount of tnotiey for the Improvement of the road or, roadj so selected. Such im provement sifili'be madepTfider the supervision of the secretary of agri- culture." ' : Shrinera Have Vine Time. K. .1. Jaeger, the well known jeweler, who in with the Shriners ,on their pil grimage Co Manila, has written friends irr Portland from Yokohama stating that the party had a most delightful voyage na far as Yokohama and that all are having u fine time. "Portland is well represented and we are losing no, opportunity to let everybody know Portland is on the map," he states. The r9rd was written January 18. Kaiikruptrv Petitions. bankruptcy petitions were filed this morning with the federal court as fol lows; C. W. Trudgen, owner of Port land Butter & Produce company; debts, . $5033.50; assets. $1040.74. Marie Veal, housekeeper, debts. $1136: assets, $618. J. B. Wood. Medford. realty broker debts, $7432; no assets. A. E. New comb, laborer, Portland; debts, $4175; unset s, . $1750. AH claimed exempt IrKKNCH ttSfUBUC property) Natural Alktiline Water 1 For 50 years j the standard i Mineral Water ; for the relief jf ' Sour Stomach, Indigestion and ,Urlc Acid. LjnCMf. ROADS APPROPRIATION CHAMB MM prlYSlC'AM Bottled at t laj" the Springs j EXPRESS CONC -STATE RATES BEfNGCONSIDERED Conference Being Held Be tween 'Railroad Commis sions and Companies. A conference la being Weld 'today be tween representatives of express com panies doing business in pregon and Washington, and the state railroad commissions of the two states sitting Jointly The purposed the meeting is . to arrive at an: equitable system of intrastate rates. ' ! On February 1 the rates-ordered by v- 4 , i for ilA. , ,tommert!6 comnilMion , f n L U t We,nt !nt, CfJ i Il.Vm f r,bHdfon a ' SVHtem. f)n intrastMfr ItiiRlnodtt It i -r;.,..i IT... , ! some places, and it Is with a view of removing these that the two state com missions are contemplating what is practically a mileage basis. As an example ot the discrimination under the block system, tie rate to Eu gene would be $1.16. and to Wendling only 00 cents. Position la -Ontlintd. Another peculiarity of the block system Is that rates out of Portland are figured with Yacolt, Wash., as a basis of starting. At this morning's session of the con ference the position of the express rcompanies was outlined by C. W. Stockton, general counsel for Wells. Fargo & Co., and T. B. Harrison, coun sel for the American Kxpress com pany. . They claimed that the pet result of the, adoption of either the blck or mileage basis for interstate business would practically be the same. They wantea unirormity. However, and as 75 '5 per nt of the express business is ?t.t','atf: ther WOU,1 P?er t0 have i the block system extended to Intra state' business, which only amounted to 25 per cent. ' Roth said that -the rates put into effect of the Interstate Commerce com mission will reduce the revenues of the express companies by from 10 to i 15 per cent in Oregon and Washing- ton Sevennes Are Keduced. The companies, however, were will ing, they said, to give them a fair tria where it could , be done to develop whether or not they were confiscatory, it was heped to make up for loss of revenue by an Increased efficiency and economy in management. As to discriminations the companies they represented would bo plensed, they txplalned. to join with the state com missions and take the specific cases up to the Interstate Commerce com mission for correction. It was stated by Mr. Harrison that the parcel post had reduced the reve nues of the companies one third on business In whlch.it competed. The conference will be continued this after noon. The members of the: Washington state commission participating in the conference are M. M. Goodwin, chair man: A. A. Lwis and Frank R. Spin ning and O. O. Calderhead. statistician. 498 MILE FLIGHT IN DAY IS ATTEMPTED ( l nil ed Press Leased v'iie.) Saji Francisco, Feb. 9. Aviator Silas. Christofferson started from here at 10:25 a. m; today In an attempt to fly to San Dles?o, Cal., before 7:30 o'clock this evening. The distance, from San1 Francisco to ; INTRA San Diego is 48 milei. The route se- ' camps. The Columbia association has lected for the flight is from San Fran-' a membership of about 150, represent cisco to Oakland, to Livermore, to ! ing in the neighborhood of 450,000 Tracy, to Modesto, to Merced, to Fres- ' acres of timber. . no. where the stop is made; Fresno to : H " Visa I la, to Tulare, to Bakersfield. to ' DtTTIIDM CDfMl DCMfi Los Angeles, second stop; Los Angeles ' to San Dieo. , . , Aviator Chrtstoffi 1 son i landed in a field half-a mile from Flivhaugh at " ' 1:35 this afternoon. The" cause for! ' Portland's delegation to Bend, at lundmg has not been learned. , tennin tne. annUal banquet of the Em- N. P. VICE PRESIDENT ON AN OFFICIAL TRIP'C H. Moore were honor guests at a I dinner Saturday night which was ' ' I i unique. J. G. Woodworth. vice president of i w. D. Cheney of Seattle, president of the Northern Pacific railway in charge ; the club', had purchased a bungalow ore of traffic, arrived in Portland today in : the Deschutes river, furnished it, and nis -private car, ror a visit of several aays. lie As accompanied by Mrs. Woodworth, who is making a pleasure trip on her husband's first official tour of his territory since hiH elevation to the executive position. I &r. Woodworth formerly was gen eral freight agent of the O. R. & N company, and was stationed at Port land a number of years. Later, he went with the Northern Pacific as one of the traffic heads. With the reor ganization of the ss'stem following the resignation of Howard Elliott as pres - ment ana tne promotion or juie , 1 aiuio.1 j 1 v,e tiniii, air. Woodworth was made vice president, with the whole subject of traffic under his jurisdiction. Mr. Woodworth today called on the heads of the freight andc F Berg, now president of the club, passenger departments in Portland, i scnt a telegram telling the club that MURDER TRIAL JURY IS UNABLE TO AGREE j OREGON CAT CLUB, INC., After spending Sunday deliberating! WINS LEGAL BATTLE over the evidence In the Mossi murder: !"'" ' case the members of jury reported, this The Oregon Cat Club. Inc., today won morning that they were hopelessly dis-I a decisive victory over its rival, the agreed and Circuit Judge Kavanaugh j Oregon' Cat Club, so-called, when Cir dismissed them. Joe Mossi, a Trout- Cuit Judge Gatens made permanent the dale farmer, was tried last week for temporary injunction granted the in shooting an unidentified: tramp in a corporatcd club, some wesks ago. The cabin -across the road frjm his house winning side is represented by Mrs. J. on November 7. The charge was sec- He, Sophy, president. E. A. Kent is one ond degree murder and the evidence Gf the prime movers in the rival or entirely circumstantial. He has been ganization, which lost the case, free under a $5000 bond signed by him- Judge Oatens made it clear that the self and Deputy District Attorney Col- seven or eisht people who had attempt- uer asKea that he be compelled to put P a new bond signed by at least two property owners for the Same amount, which was ordered done. Attorney Haddock, of his counsel, asked for an early retrial and Judge Kavanaugh said he would take the case up at ths earliest possible date. j . Would Succeed Judge Jones. E O. Stadter thf mnmtnr 11.1 petition with County Clerk Coffey stating mat , ne desired to become a! " ioore man a year. candidate for the Republican nomina- 1 " " : tion for district Judge of department 1 Heavy Fine Affirmed 2, now presided over by Judge Joseph Ah Lee, I Chinese, was fined $200 II. Jones. Judge Jones is expected to j when Circuit Judge Morrow affirmed enter the race for 4-eelection and other 1 his conviction In the municipal court candidates are looked for before the which had been appealed. He was con filing time ends. Stadter is the first j vieted of selling lottery tickets and to rue lor a judicial office in thr. county. : PICE DSAPPEARS , QUEEN OF ITALY PAYS DE Mirko of Montenegro Loses Heavily -While Countrymen Are Dying of Starvations' (I'nlted Pre reused Wire.) Rome, Feb.j 9. No one was much w.ortied today concerning Prince Mirko of Montenegro, for it was considered certain he was safe, but t hi? fact re- ' was not Known The prince i was in deep disgrace. With hU nnKKlfn ... .-.I 1. .. .i ;.Pttnt ".ZZtZ.' Z?Z"'"JZ: " c j ui jioj minx me ouujfcis of his father, j King Nicholas, literally dyln of starvation. Mirko played for suchhigh,: stakes .and so unskillfully . 1 ce ana JHionte Carlo that he was unable to pay the debt he incurred. It could not be learned whether It was, Mirko or his .creditors who ap pealed to the prince's sister. Queen Helena of Italy, bat .it was certain that Helena settled her brother's ob ligations, at the same time summon ing Mirko to Rome to give an account of himself. Th prince disappeared in stead. - Some lievtd ho had gone to Montenegro but most people doubted this, saying King Nicholas was even more likely to deal severely with his eon than was Queen Helena. Mirko is n younger brother of Crown Prince Danilo. who figured pic turesquely in the Balkan war and has himself had a reputation for wlldness. Mirko also ! fought the Turks and made a reputation for bravery In the field, if not for much stability of char acter, j Queen Helena of Italy rushed to Bor dighera with a bag of gold to piy off the debts contracted by Prince Mirko. b tn to dev,ae means of curb . Mfrk0.s prodigality. The council. which was- attended by Grand Duke Constantirie and Prince and Princess Danilo, was surrounded by great se crecy. The question pf proceedings for divorce by Mtrko's wife was also 'on . i GAMBLING BTS ilCOUNTY FIRE PATROL ASSOCIATIONS MEET The Western Lane County Fire Pa trol association met this morning at the. Imperial hotel, elected directors and decided toi assess the members Vi cents per acre for patroling in the timber the coming fire season. This is the same rate as last year. The association has about 150 members, who control in the neighborhood of 4 50,000 acres of standing timber. The election for directors resulted as follows: L. E. Bean, Eugene; H. P. Dutton, B. N. Stuart, A. W. Rees and H. D. Langille, Portland. Iater tHe directors, elected officers for "the year, as follows: A. W. Rees, president; L. E. Bean, vice president, and C. S. Chap man, secretary-treasurer. The matter of building g. few tele phone lines and some additional trails through remote portions of the timber was discussed, but final action will be taken at a" future, meeting. This afternoon the Columbia County Fire Patrol association meet at the Imperial to elect .directors and to fix. the assessment for the year, which last year amounted to 3 cents per acre. Columhia county timber Is regarded in need of more; energetic patrol than in Lane county, for the timber is heavy nnd exposed to moredangera because of railroads, sawmills- and logging n u n ' lnUISI DtUU WITH NEW THRILL ; blem club, returned yesterday with a new thrill. William McMurray. W. H. i 1 : . . , . V 1 li- V A Pm.i.a an i had a svfmDtuous banquet prepared all in advance, all without the knowledge of the rest of the club. When the members met at an office In Bend, none knew where the feast was spread. Mr. Cheney: led the march to the bungalow, which he formally turned over as a club house. Then from 7 o'clock until 12, there was eating, sing. ing, speech-making and Joviality. Toastmaster Pringle called on every man nresent for a speech Fac.h miest was presentea wnn a ; leather hound copy of the club's max- i tms with his; name embossed in gold i op the cover.; 1 ne ciuo visneu run- j ianj in a body. last summer and Mr, j t00re. then chairman of the Ad club, ' SDeclal' guest on that account 1 the Ad men are planning to visit ten ! tral Oiregon sometime this year. ed to secede and form an incorporated body without having the consent of a majority of the members of the old Club, Were clearly outside their rights. Jt was shown that the original Oregon Cat Club, of which J. E. Howard was the first president, had never been dis solved1, legally, and that the subsequent incorporation i by Its members . was a legal process, entitling the Howard fac tion to. the ;exclusive use of the name. ( The case ha(i been fought in the the fame fine was imposed by Judge st Stevenson. ER COMPANY IS NOT IN BAD SHAPE, K Injustice Has Been- Done, to Concern, Says S. M.. Mears in Discussing Case, "The affairs of the United States Cashier company are not In bad shape and It has never been mismanaged," said S. M. Mears, president of the Portland Cordage company, and a di rector in both the United States Cashier company and the recently formed International Money lachina company of Indianapolis, this morning. As Mr. Mears did not return to Port land from California until Saturday night this is almost the first state ment yet to be made by a director of the corporation against which many (ieHous charges have been made. A previous statement was made by Ed ward C. Baker, recently auditor for the cashier company. "The operations of the company have been open to every reasonable Inspec tion," said Mr, Mears, "and the pro jected move to Indianapolis was the enly sensible thing to do. It Is en tirely in the best interests of the stockholders. The directors have acted with their interests at heart. Indian apolis offers far better opportunities for manufacturing and is a better all around field, especially in view of service requirements for adjustment and repair of the machines. Injustice' Is Claimed. "The way this case has been handled is a rank injustice to the company. R. A. Hume Is suing us for commissions to which he has no right. We offered to put up a bond for any judgment he might get In the courts hut he re fused. , With the United States Cashier com pany restrained from moving property by an injunction and the plant and con tents in the hands of James E. Hunt, who was appointed as receiver by Judge Qatens Saturday afternoop, no further developments were reached in the case today. Mr. Mears stated the officers of the "company had had no opportunity as yet to present their side of the case. Sam White of Manning & White has been retained by the com pany. The recent report that the cane hn confe before the federal grand jury has been denied by federal officials. To Federal Inquiry Made. While not denying that the affairs of the company are to be looked into by the government. Assistant United States Attorney Everett A. Johnson was positive in his statement that the case has not been taken up in any way by federal officials as yet. "The case has not been investigated, it has not come before the federal grand Jury, and no one In this office has yet made even the slightest exam ination of any of the records," Mr. Johnson asserted. "R. A. Hume. who. I understand, has another suit against this same com pany, brought in a number of papers to this office about a week ago. The papers consist, I believe, mostly of ad vertising statements of the compa'nv, together with a few letters. The case was referred to me, but I have been very busy with the grand 'Jury and have never looked at the papers or done another thing 'with it." Johnson hinted that the matter might be taken up for investigation by postal inspectors next week. MENEFE DENIES HIS FIRM IS INSOLVENT (Special to The Journal ! Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 9. According to private telegraphic advice received here today in financial circles, Frank Menefee, president of the United States Cashier company of Portland. Or., in dignantly denies the charge made at Portland In the courts that his concern Is insolvent. Menefee says: "Our concern has been conducted along legitimate lines .in every way and. is solvent at the pres ent time. The court proceeding at Portland by James P. Birrell, a stock holder, according to Menefee, is an un. fair advantage taken in view of Men,e fee's absence from Portland at Indian apolis, to which city the business is ex pected to M taken. Mr. Menefee states further that the International Money Machine company has bought the pat ents, plant and business accounts of the United States Cashier company. He ridiculed the idea that there was any reason for an investigation "of fhe af fairs of the concern at Portland by a United States grand Jury under the di rection of- United States District At torney Reams. ' "If Mr. Reams desires to make an investigation, we -are willing to giv him all the assistance possible. I be lieve positively that the reported trouble can be fully settled in a week's time and that transfer of machinery of the company to Indianapolis be made inside of a few more days. I am fully prepared to show the legitimacy of all my dealingi in the matter under dis cussion, and welcome all the publicity possible, said Air. Menefee. WASC0-BIGGS CONTRACT SIGNED THIS MORNING (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. 9. The contract for the construction of the -Wasco-Blggs branch of the state highway was signed up today by the state highway commission and Akeson & Bloomqulst, the low bidders. The, contractors re turned immediately to Portland to be gin assembling their dutfit, and stated that they expected to have a crew of men at work on the road before the end of the week. They expect to employ from 300 to 400 men. The low bid was $32,000, but the highway commission announced that some of the work would be reduced so as to bring the expenditure within $30,- 000, the amount allotted for this branch. The contract was let at this time upon the recommendation of Gov ernor West, as a relief m asure for the unemployed situation in the state. JEWS NEED AMERICA; AMERICA NEEDS JEWS ; Chicago, Feb. 9, "No people are more in need of America taan ' the Jews and ' no people that enter, this country "are more likely to become permanent, tiseful ci'.izens." This was the statement made todav before the Young Men's Jewish Char ities by' Professor . II. Sf. Kaliem, head of the University of Wisconsin de partment of philosophy, speaking on. Zionism; its philanthropic and. socio logical aspects." CASHI DIRECTOR'S ASSERTION AKED'S "HERESY" IS: T OF SERMONS SCORE OF PULPITS Frisco Ministers of Baptist, Methodist and Presbyte rian Faiths Preach of Him (United Preo Lecwd Wlr. .San Francisco, Feb. 9. The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aged's expression of disbe lief in Jesus miraculous birth and in some of the miracles was the topic of discussion in many local pulpits yea- terday. The moat prominent of the' clergymen who commented on It did so, in brief, as follows: Rev. J. W. Horn, Fitzgerald Meth odist church To deny the divinity of Christ Is infidelity pure and simple. Rev. W. K. Howe, Trinity Presby terian church The virgin birth of Christ is amply attested by the gospels and .early churchhlstory. . Rev. D. O. Colgfove, California Street Methodist church The divinity of Christ is Impossible without the mirac ulous conception. Either he is divine in the way described In the New Testa ment, or Christ himself becomes the world's most gigantic impostor. Rev. George E. Burlingame, First Baptist church Despite the work of doubters and critics and skeptics through the long centuries of the Chris tian era, Jesus Christ abides in the pages of the New Testament as God manifest in the flesh. Rev. George D. White, First Meth odist chdrch, Oakland The conclusions of a man who starts with an assump tion that miracles are impossible on a question like Mils are of no value what ever. Rev. Dr. William D. Slmonds, First Unitarian church, Oakland Dr. Aked wears the golden chains of professional and monetary success, but the chains gall him Just the same, and he has my profound pity. Rev. Albert W. Palmer, Plymouth Congregational church, Oakland Our faith In the divinity of Christ is not in the least dependent on the way in which his physical body came into the world. It is his character and person ality that are divine. LI T PROEBSTEL COMPANY Circuit Judge McGinn this morning decided the suit against the Proebstel Land & Adjustment company brought by Albina property owners to quiet title to many lots in that section" of the city in favor of the property own ers. His decision took nearly an hour to deliver and in it he' went over the testimony, pointing out his reasons. Attorney G. Evert Baker, representing the company, announced an appeal would be taken. The property involved composed a substantial part of Albina and esti mates of its value at present place the amount at between $1,500,000 and $2; (00,000. The property Is a part of the Jane jChapman Proebstel donation land Claim. Judge McGinn said that he did not believe that rascality had prompted Julius Proebstel and his associates In their attempt to force claims to the property, bu.t that he laid the attempt and the charges made to the feverish imagination which had resulted from long continued thought on the subject Touching the point that the statute of limitations was effective in the case, he said that never had he heard a case in which the law had more right, al though he had not considered the law in his- decision. WILL'AMETTE TRUSTEES WILL MEET TOMORROW Announcement was made today at the usual Monday morning meeting of the, Methodist Preachers' association that the annual meeting of the board of trustees of Willamette university will be held in the auuitorium of Tay lor Street church at 10 o'clock tomor row morning. Wednesday noon the Willamette trustees w-ill give a luncheon at the Commercial 'club in honor of Dr. Thomas Nicholson, secretary of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal' church, who is here on his annual visit to Willamette university. Th following committee was named by. the chairman of the association to arrange Tor a reception in honor of Dr. Benjamin Young of the First Method ist church,- who leaves February 23 to Hssuma his new pastorate at Topeka, 'ICan.: J. W. McDougal. C. Of Rarick, W. H.' Fry, George F. Hopkins and D. II. Trimble. . s - Rev. George F. Jlopkjns, secretary of the association, read a paper on "Chris tian Brotherhood." Rev.T. B. Ford, pastor for an Ore gon City church, brought forth a round of applause when he announced that Oregon-City has three candidates for governor, two of-whom had come out squarely for nationwide prohibition. TRANSPORTATION CLUB SMOKER TOMORROW "Smoking -'cars only'' will mke up the equipment of the "special flyer" to be run by' the Portland Transportation club tomorrow night at the Multnomah hotel. Announcements of the service have been made in the form of a regu lar railroad folder, which contains time tables, lists of executive, traffic and operating officials and a Iotof alleged data. As a matter of fet, the "flyer" is merely symbolical of the club's regular smoker, which will be featured by some unusual "stunts." The folder bears on the: cover the caption "P. T. Co., the route of goodfellowship." Brings Bark Prisoners. Deputy District Attorney Thomas Ryan returned from Kl Paso, Texas, with B. Abrams and Louis 'Feldman, two prisoners, in custody, picking up the latter at Los Angeles. Abrams is wanted for obtaining money by false pretenses and Feldman for forgery. Accused of Setting Fire., Charged with setting fire to a, box car in the railroad- yards which be longed to the Union Pacific railroad. James McClareif is on taial in Circuit Judge Kavanaugh's department. It Is charged - that McClaren had trouble with a brakeman and fired the ear in revenge..; - Divorce Decree Granted."' A divorce was granted Anna M. Briggs from George S. Briggs by Cir cuit Judge McGinn this morning. Dei sertion was charged. , SUBJEC COURT HO DSAGAINS LOCAL LABOR MUST BE USED IN BUILDING . PUBLIC DOCK NO. 1 Commission Makes Proviso in I Specifications;; Outsiders Not Wanted' at This Time. Local labor at the prevailing wages paid to other persons In similar em ployment must be employed on lher construction of public dock No..l, and failure of the contractors to employ local labor without showing a suffi cient reason may mean the forfeiture of the contract" and all rights In tUe structure, according to a ruling made by the Portland dock commission this morning. ' The provision for this was inserted in the specifications for the dock by Chairman F.' WV Mulkey a-nd accepted by other members of the commission. "We are having too much trouble tak ing care of the unemployed of Port land to allow outsiders to be- brought In here for employment on a public job." commented Chairman Mulkey. Anothe provision was made this morning to the effect that in th con struction of ' the -new dock the flooring for the main part must all be laid "be fore any of the superstructure is aven started. Thta measure was mit In to prevent, if possible, the repetition of accidents, that occurred in the jcon structlon of the first public dock, ihen several workmen fell a great distance. Bids were this morning awarded for the electrical work on the dock, thel lowest Did having been made by the W. K. Smith Electrical Engineering company, for $4171. Bids ranged from that figure to $6783. i The bid by the Smith company for the south 663 fet of the dock was $3150. The Oregon Round Lumber com pany was awarded the bid for dredg ing the southerly 320 feet of the dock site, for $1875. The other bid was by the Pacific Bridge company for $3950. Plans for the new dock will be ap proved by the commission at a meet ing to be held Thursday. 3 GIRLS CLAIM DOLL; PROVES A REAL BABY New 3'ork. Feb. 9. Patrolman Kee- gan came upon three little girls en- gagea in a spiritea quarrel in East New York today. 1 . "But it's mine. I haven't any doll." exclaimed one tot wnile the other two were equally as insistent In their claims of ownership. Keegan looked to see what the childish quarrel was over. ' Rolled in a blanket on the cold pave ment was a. tiny baby, not over two days old. The children had found it In a doorway. At' the King's county hospital it was said. the child was in the best of health. WIFE OF WHEAT GROWER GIVEN HEAVY ALIMONY Cash alimony of $10,000. title to two lots in Peninsula addition and a quit claim deed to a Seaside lot were awarded to Ellen J. McLennan in a divorce decree signed by Circuit Judge Davis this morning against Ewen Mc Lennan, a Wasco county wheatgrower. Mrs. McLennan is to receive custody of two sons, 5 and 3 years old. and McLennan received the custody of the daughter, 7 years old. Each is allowed to visit the children In the other's cus tody at stated times and to have the children for a visit once each year. Property rights and custody of the children were settled by stipulation. To Manage Partnership. F. A. Knapp was appointed adminis trator of the partnership of Knapp & Mackey, real estate dealers, of which tne late s. P. Mackey was a member. Mr., Mackey's share of the business amounted to one-half and was valued at $13,545.2d, according to the petition filed by Mr. Knapp. Mr. Mackey died January 13 and left his estate to his wife for life, providing that it, shall go to his two children on her death. A Custom Thousands of persons food have a dish of Grape Grape-Nuts fod, made of. whole wheat and malted barley, is ready to eat direct from the package. It comes to your table in the fofm of golden brown granules crisp and nut-like the delicate sweet taste ue entirely to grape-sugar developed by the processes of manufacture. Every year tens of thousands visit the Pure Food Factories of the Pcstum Cereal Co., Ltd., at Battle Creek, Mich., and see for themselves every step in the making of this famous food. .:.. . " First the milling of wheat and barley; the mixing and kneading" into a sort of dough formed, for convenience, in handling, into huge 10-pound loaves; then the baking, slicing, rebaking and grinding i and finally the filling, seal-, ing and packing of the well-known, air-tight, yellow pack-, ages all accomplished without the food being touched by hand. . Yes, . visitors are taken all. over the place up-stairs and down. There is considerable to see, and ' "There's STREETCAR COMPANY IS FOUND TO HAVE NO PERMIT OVER BRIDGE '' Commissioner Discovers an Oversight in Regard to the Steel Bridge. ';- - Since July. 1912. the Portland Rail way. Light & Power company, baa been operating street cars across the O.-W: R. A N. bridge without a franchise or permit from the clty, although monthly rental waf paid lo the city till July 28, 1913. This -discovery was made by :c. A. Bigelow,. commissioner of finance, this morning in checking over amounts due the city for the use of the fridges by the 'company. . The first payment for the use of the Broadway . bridge was forthcoming from the company this morning amounting to $4513.77. This . Is the rental at the rate of three cents" a car crossing the bridge, from August. lflS, to January. 1914. from July, 1918, to July 28, 1913, the Portland Railway, Light & Power company paid the. city $1500 a month for the use of the O.-W. R. & N. bridge. Since the fire In July no money has been paid, says a letter from the com pany to Commissioner Bigelow, the company awaiting the outcome of the bridge .franchise now before the couu cll. - Commissioner Bigelow Is to send the company a bill for ths ,use of the bridge since July, 1913, and will sub mit the matter to the council so that a permit may be given for thsteom pany to use the bridge at the regular rates until actfon Is had on the bridge franchise. - - Street Improvements Planned. Flans are now being mads by City Engineer Dater and Assistant Hanson for the Improving jot 150 streets In var ious sections of the city, proceedings to be commenced as soon as cossible. Contracts have already been let for about 20. of this number but work has been held up because of weather con ditions. Annual Meeting Tomorrow. The annual meeting of the directors of The Dalles, PortIand & Astoria Steamship company will he held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in -the gen eral offices of the North Bank road In the Railway Exchange building. Rou tine business for the year will be con sidered. A Weil-Known Delight and well known best" as "ths Hazel wood -- Candy It caa be purchased only at The Hazelwood Co&fsctlonsry- and Bestaurant Washing-tea at Tsath. THE '' '. ' Tlie World Over who know the advantage of pure, - Nuts and cream for breakfast. a Reason" for sold MEDICAL SPRINGS, MAIL f BIDS ARE;T0 BE QPENED ' ;-" v. r - j' ; ; Wahiit-si Rurratf f The. Journal. v e "Washl ngton.v Feb. ;7c-htpos toffies department la .about to open th bids ' received in anwx to. advertisements for the nall supply of Medical Springs. Oregon, and in this connection will give careful consideration-to thoshow-" Ing made fey the people of Baker and -Union. Oregon. In. Tegard. to whether : the route should' commence .si one or -the other of these eUles; If it la fotui.i V necessaly a representative, of the d- y part men t will be ient on the ground to report upon the matter..' V Transfer II eld Illegal. Unitsd States DIstrliH Judge Bean" this morning adjudged that . the' : Pacific Const Door company mut re- . turn - two claims, of' $10,150.10 and- $3200 respectively. toVV. A, Dcmpsey. trustee n bankruptcy of fhe estate of Johannesen & Co.. because the latter, a V few days before becoming insolvent' August 21. 1913. mad'e the defendant company a preferred creditor by turn-, ing over a large quantiity of lumber and ': machinery. Judge Bean said the trans fer was illegal and said that either th. property or the cash equivalent men tioned must be returned to Dempsey. AMUSEMENTS SEATS ttOW SFttINO , EARL If CURTAIM -LIE f llt anil M riLlLlU Main 1. All iurrlaon E. H. SOTHERN TONIGHT.. 8 lr: Wadnaaday. Saturday . Hatinaa Tne Hnmautle Itraua. If I Were King Was. Eva.. HAirLET." Tburaday, "MERCHANT OF VEKICZ." Friday. "T AMINO OF THE IHEEW," Saturday, Evasisf , ?r HAMLET." Prtres Ruth Nlgbt anaM Matlneas Iower Floor, fi $1.50; Holi-uiiw. 6 rows. 41. iw; 4 rmi, $1; rowa, 75c.4 ruurr, nOc MAIL ORDERS RXCET7XD. ' Curtain riaaa .at and t a' clock. Auto-Oar rise Call 10:M. THEATRE Main t. A 3C0. 0eo. L. .Bakar. Mar The popular Kaker playrra. Tontifht. bargain intent, all west- liVNexrrpt huksi. AH e. dalineea Saf. Kilar Klwyn'a mtrI oruH-dy. "Tha Country Boy." Kirwlnwea f a iiniill (owu jxi!.i in fi-w York. B'c hit. One whole year tu liruaduray. 'lr( tlm lo . twk. Kenllia- ltf-1l, pStr. rt5", 1K 75r. bnx Best $1 Sul. Mat., i&h; Ww; b fat 7uo We-i. Knrcnlu Mat.,- ell" ih-hI (r-rj.l tw,yr), i3r, .yAt We.kw-fha Tnlaf." HXW'lWXT lit ., Tweuty Minutes in Chlnffowa." TiM-i"rlllf'- frmttut eiil- iiovMty.- eyerie Troup,- Li lian Watson, Monohan. Drr h Dryar, Mil loud. Kennady A Cartia, Pantajaeertw!, 1 ot. ulai iirlit-a. Bo- and ftrt r. tan"iy rr- a-r-d. ItHiiiec. A -iXW. uut ui:-). 1 un.i! 1 2 7:15. J:l. La 1 K 1 W j btaek srs. KfiitiHK tc Flood i':il iit In "Gct ia, C- ' Faoa." a inii-lrl -:-rir:ly d. Sfw.-t 1 nMr : attrai'ttHi. Jahcnia O Lotrj. North 1-' M--.ii'.-weifcht rliami l"U. In ii-rrr uml tu-"ii'c-M-xbtbltioii ,.t nkill. 'C-!eWv i.itl.t A'n!-I r (Nil. teat. I Mii-viH.v i:Uht .Vi-J' dbi.n net for r.e. Friday ll'4l,jnir"-. iir! .n teat . A $1 show ot .popUfltr nl,.?. Mj;1i; lu St.V. Mr-tliiM1'. any I'". j , Feature SurnUy t r " V. (sltienl.-y; "AT THE FOtTEa'S WKtiL." Amn-lran KU'K-atloii. -1 Iruia l-stuli-yydney AT'- and ViU:ti Hl-i. "I!t Ilit'-n t'-lue." Kellaiiw drai li: ' '.tiW'-cr Mwi-d,'' Keyf 1' m- comedy and M"fi!l ikji : 10 c ADMISi C3K 10c. HOUSE OF WELCOME Mill OOlliULIi PARK AND ALDER SXS. PORTLAND. QR. ; - -, In the theatre and shopping district, ona block from any carline. vRatcs, $100 pet day and jip; with bath, $1.50 per day and up. TAKE OUR BROWN AUTOBUS ' C. W. Cornelias, Prop. H. E. Fletcher, Mgr. wholesome, easily digestible -:, A UNIVERSAL FOOD. Toliowlatf Vstturs's 'rootstsps. "I have aTJoy, two yearsiId. In per fect health, who has beep raised on Grspe-Nuts and milk. f " , "This Is an. idesl food and f-vldently furnishes the elements nay ennary for a baby as well as for adulfi. We have' used Grape-Nuts in lar quantities and greatly to our advantage,," One advantage about (jrape-Nuts food Is that it is partially jre-d!genled in the process of manufacture; that is. -the starch contained tn the wheat and barley is transformed into a form a sugar by the .same method as ." this process Is carried out In the human .body. This is accomplished by the use of moisture and long, exposure to -moderate warmth, which grows the diastase in the grains and makes the " remarkable' .change from r starch - to , .sugar. . -' A, Therefore, the most delicate stomac'i can handle Grane-NutB arid the food is " quickly absorbed into the blood and . tissue, certain paps of - it going di rectly for building and nourishing the tissue cells f body, brain and- nerves. Made at the pure food factories of ths Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek. , Mich, j - ' Read tlje famous' little: book. The Bead to . Wellvllle," foond tn pkgs. Grape - Nuts by Grocers everywhere." A