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" . - 1 - ' THE , OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1914. CORONER'S JURY MAY fitafuwiU tmeet Thursday,' Friday and Clatsop Highway: ; ; ; Work-Progressing Bard Surfacing Between Astoria aad Warreston W1U Be Undertaken Wlth- la a 7tw Bays Bids Opea Tomorrow ' Astoria, Or June 9. Within the next few days work will be started on the hard surfacing of the highway be tween Astoria and Warrenton. The cars to be used for distributing the concrete arrived yesterday, and will be taken out to the Lewis and Clark bridge, the scene of operations today. Bids will be opened at the court house tomorrow by the county court, and the highway engineers for the im proving of the road between Astoria and the east line of Clatsop county, via the Nehalem - valley. The specifica tion call! for the hard surfacing, and widening of the road to 24 feet. Thla section of the highway la 28 miles long, and approximately 9100,000 will be spent In Improving It. Work on that portion of the highway between Astoria and Westport is pro gressing nicely. . Boyajohn and Arnold, who have the contract for the Improve ment, have sublet the entire work. Three - hundred men are employed on the road, and this force will be in creased next week. Pensions Granted. Washington, June 9. Pensions have been granted Martha A. Barnes, For est Grove, $12; Cornelia C. Hayes, Portland, $12; Elisabeth Wlddelshelm, Cottage Grove, $12; Sarah A. Coals, Bandon. $12; Polly A. Ecker, Corval 11s. $12; Laura F. Young, Marsh field. $12. "Drys" Win Five to One at Coquille City Council at Special Meeting Totes Against Benewal of Uqaor Xdeenses Vexfe Month Action Approved. Coquille, Or., June 91 Acting upon a petition signed by 450 voters, or more tban two thirds of th voting population of Coquille, the city council at a special session last night refused to renew the saloon licenses, which expire July i, 1914.' The city hall was packed, to capacity, and public senti ment was at high pitch. Attorneys Sherwood and Sinclair addressed the council in behalf of the "wets." and H. O. Anderson and M. O., Hawkins spoke for the "drys." Mayor Morrison, who was accused of favoring the weta," in a brief state ment said be would resign should the council vote wet. On motion of Coun cilman Leach, seconded by Councilman Ban for J. a vote was taken, which re sulted in a five to one victory for the "drys." . Councilmen Lyon. Sanford. Skeels,,; Pierce and Klme voted against granting, with Councilman Leach In favor. Cheers and applause greeted the action of the council. Hood Thieves Get Diamonds. ' Hood River, Or., June 9. Thieves entered the home of 1L Clay Levy of Cascade Locks Sunday evening and stole $1000 worth . of diamonds and other valuable Jewelry. The thieves entered the house through a window that was left unfastened. Sheriff Johnson is of the pinion that there were two men in the, party and that they were professional thieves. Rioters Killed in Italian Pet: Fight Aati-Ftriotio 'Demonstration at An eoalft Basalts tn Street , rigkt in Which it Policemen Are injured. Anconla, Italy, June 9. In a fight between police and. anti-patriotic agi tators who were trying . with brick bats, clubs and pistols to break np the celebration of a national fete, two riot ers were killed and 17 policemen and a doien of their assailants injured. Patton Named Gauger. Washington, June 9. Thomas Pat ton has been appointed a storekeeper and gauger In the Portland internal revenue district. Butcher Cuts Off His Wife's Head Saturday. '.- . - Grand Master 1 Ant ' H. Hankerson reached the city last night and opened headquarter at the Tacoma hotel. The session of the grand lodge began this morning, when Guy Kelly of Tacoma, president of the Masters and Wardens' club, delivered the address of welcome. Right Worshipful Brother JR. I Sebas tian, Junior grand4 warderTof Aberdeen made the response. " Tbenl followed business reports. 1 This afternoon the visitors will be taken in automobiles RETURN VERDICT IN FIRE INQUEST TODAY Last of. Witnesses Are Being Austrian, Jealous of Her, Chops Off Hrr Xead aad OOes to Sleep Ua ooneeraedly As Sooa As Arrested. Davenport. Ia., June 9. Driven to a frensy by jealousy Hynack Johann, an Austrian butcher, employed at the Kohrs packing plant chopped off. hi to visit the Masonic home at Puyallup. The annual election of officers will wife's head with a meat knife- be taken up tomorrow afternoon. says he Intended to kill his wlfeapd Lxaminea inis Atternoon; Crews SummnnAH. bought the butcher knife tonight for that purpose. He surrendered to the police and a few' minutes after being placed In a cell fell unconcernedly asleep. Journal Want A3s bring results. Alaska Jobs All Filled. (Washington Bnraa of Tb Journal. Washington. June 9. The Alaska engineering, commission has filled all positions, the last party having left Seattle, June 6. FIREMEN GIVE TESTIMONY ' aorg- Oamundcon, Mn Who X.apd to Tarry, Hlpd Victim in At ' tempt to 8t Tool Cheat. . Following lant nlfrht'n session. Coro ner' Samuel H locum announced that the'i Inquoiit being held to determine liabil ity for the loss of two lives itl the Northwest Door Co. fire last Wednes day would b.c resumed this afternoon at 3:30. It In expected that the half dozen witnesses remaining to be heard will have given their testimony within a couple of hours, after which the' Jury of six men will consider its verdict. Captains of the river steamers Christ. Menslnger. the Sarah Dixon, probably the No Wonder, and some of the mem bers of the crews of these vessels, have been- summoned. Superintendent J. 10. DePenntng of the mill, and some of the mn hired by the Lewis estate to burn the wheat on the site of Colum bia dock No. 2 are also expected to testify at the concluding session. Boat Crews Summoned. The boats mentioned were In the vi cinity of the mill along the water front when the fire broke out and members their crews, will be called upon to explain the exact situation existing when the ferryboat W- S. Mason pulled from the east slip after the fire was burning briskly, when the two men who lost their Uvea were left on the dock to later jump into the water of the slip and be drowned.' Ordinance 24.014, paused in' Septem ber, 191j. providing that no fires on public property within the city limits may be started without the written consent of the fire chief, came in for a large share of the discussion yes terday afternoon. Ia.nUie morning. Mayor .Albee had said that he was not aware of any technical' form of procedure to be fol lowed in the granting of fire permits for the burning of waste material, al though lie knew that a permit was rif. essary. Deputy Dlntrlct Attorney Rob lon, who Is assisting Coroner Slocum, ; found the ordinance mentioned, how- ; ever, and when Chief Dowell. his arm, which was Injured at the fire, in a sling, took the witness stand in the afternoon, he conceded that such an ordinance exints and thought it might still be in effect. The permit to burn ' grain on the site of the Columbia dock fire granted to Allen & Lewis, Chief ' Dowel! stated, wits the first he knew of to huve been granted by the mayor. The others came from the fire depart ment heads. Chief Dowell Testifies. Chief Dowell testified that he did not think he ftfe caught from grain piles at all. Headmltted. however, that the fire when Tie first saw it, was ! burning In the mfll office, which Is directly across the slip from the grain. ! Dowell said both Assistant Chiefs Stevens, and Laudenklos wanted the grain ftres put out because of the I smoke and stench, bat that he wanted to help the grain men out and so he I "stalled his assistants along." Dowell and Stevens, to hypothetical questions, i "If they had been mayor wouhi they have issued a permit to burn the grain under those conditions," from Hobi son. said they would, but Chief Laud- enklos said he would not. I Chief Dowell, accounting for this dif ference of opinion, said "Mike got tlreH of taking an engine down and putting the fires out." .lav Ktevnr hatlallnn 1. ( f nA 1 fiau r-is,-ovir'i Hid UUI1WI1K U inc grain in a fire proof house with oil on ! the grain and a forced" draft, but this had not been carried out. He thought! his plan was most feasible, he said. j W. H. Warren, the mayor's secre tary, was also a witness, but could add little to the testimony thnt had not al ready been given, save to testify as to the .visits of President Sam X'onnell of the milling company to his office. L. Allen Lewis, representative of the Lewis estate, 706 Park avenue, was a witness, and said that all the details of the burning of the grain had been handled by his subordinates. He knew but little of the situation, he stated, rireman Thought Men safe. H. N. Bird; fireman of the ferryboat W. 8. Mason for three ycaj-s, paid he saw the two men who were drowned walking along the edge or the dock, one with a tool chest. Thev were j walking towards the street 6nd he thought nothing of it. He did not i incline to the belief that there was any occasion- for the ferry to stop, as I the men seemed apparently to be safe. S. V. GUI, engineer of the ferry W. j 8. Mason, C33 Klllngsworth avenue, lesiinea mn xn in signals ne received from the captain In the pilot house on the trip when the ferry left the east side after the fire started. Gill inti mated that Deputy District Attorney RjOblson thought there was something queer about the proceedings because of the nature of his questioning. Rob Ison shot back that the only queer thing i about the investigation was some of - .the stories told by the witnesses. In the evening George Osmundson, fine of the three men on the end of , the dock, testified as to his manner i of escape by Jumping on the roof of i the women's cabin of the Mason. Os I mundson, otherwise known as "Bright Kyes,'? said he helped Balogh with I his tool chest from the upper to tho lower floor of the dock, then ran for the Mason and swung himself aboard by a davit j "1 yelled to the captain that there i were two men on the dock,' Osmund- , son asserted, "but he said the fire I ! was scorching the boat and that the . fire boat would save thenn. Then he' called to the engineer for move jteam." I This I at Grand Lodge Masons J Meeting at Tacoma' Annual Communication; Order of Ar maranth Will Convene Wednesday; . Order of Eastern Star Bad of Week, Tacoma, June 9. Between 800 and : 1000 masters, past masters, wardens ! and " Junior wardens of the Masonic1 lodges of the state, all of whom are members of the grand lodge, are in , Tacoma today to attend the fif ty-sev-1 nth stnnual communication of the1 most worshipful grand lodge. Free and Accepted Masons of Washington. The icbnvention will last three days; the j third annual communication of , the grand court; Order of Armarantli, will be Tield Wednesday, and the grand J j. chapter of the order, of the Eastern Store The Star Attraction of the Rose Festival 2000 of the Newest Summer Blouses In a Truly Remarkable Sale Reproducing and Reflecting the Newest Ideas of Paris Of Voile, Crepe, Organdie, Lingerie Every kind of a lingerie blouse a woman may desire will De nere in a reproduction or moam cation of an imported model. Come expecting to find more blouses than you have ever seen and you will not be disappointed; there will be blouses with high necks, low necks, collarless styles and styles with flaring sheer lingerie collars; blouses with long and with short sleeves. $1.75 $2.00 $2.50 $2.75 $3.00 Blouses Blouses Blouses Blouses Blouses $1.00 $1.23 $1.50 $1.73 $1.95 $3.50 $3.75 $4.00 $6.00 $9.50 Blouses Blouses Blouses Blouses Blouses $2.35 $2.48 $2.73 $3.95 $7.50 Extra salespeople just for this salt J! satisfactory service. j . -to assure prompt and Third Floor AH Juniors Coats Reduced for the June Sale Dozens of smart models are here for your selection. Styles not too old or too juvenile just the appropriate kinds for girls of all ages between 13 and 18 years. Coats of fancy mixtures and cords, fancy checks and plaids and plain-colored fabrics; also white' and chamois color. In loose and belted styles, Balmacaan models, models of silk and moire with self, satin or fancy collars and fancy button trimmings. Coats Selling at $7.50, $8.50, $10.00, $15.00, $23.50 to $42.50 Special $5.65, $6.45, $7.45, $1 1.45, $17.65 to $29.95 . rourth Ploor. June Sale White Crochet Buttons Our crochet buttons are all made over bone molds and warranted to wash perfectly. The New Flower Pattern 40c buttons, special, 31c doz. SOc buttons, special, 37c doz. 75c buttons, special, 62c doz. 95c buttons, special, 78c doz. $1.25 buttons, sp'l. 98c doz. -. Fancy Ball Effects 30c buttons, special, 22c doz. 40c buttons, special, 32c doz. 50c buttons, special, 38c doz. 65c buttons, special, 53c doz. White crochet trimming buttons, in fancy' and plain styles, special, 10c a dozen. Tirst Tloor. CS Mcrchandiao of cJ Merit OnliT Sale of All Around the House Needs $1.50 Oil Cedar Mop, 89c Cleans the floors and polishes the woodwork. Fully guaranteed. 25c Liquid Veneer 18c 50c Liquid Veneer 38c 10c Silver Cleaning Cloth, 7c 25c Silver Clean' g Cloth, 18c 15c Imperial Silver PoVh,12c 25c Imperial Silver PoVh,19c 25c Liquid Silver Polish. 15c SOc Liquid Silver Polish 25c 10c Potts' Iron Handles. .7c 10c Mother's Iron- Wax. .5c 10c Imperial Cement 5c 25c Iron Rust Eradicaior 15c 15c Brilliantshine Brass Polish . . 11c 25c Burnshine Brass Pol' ish ...... 17c 50c Johns Floor Wax. . . 39c 50c Old j English Floor Wax 39c Electric Light Bulbs. .15c 25c Furniture Polish .... 15c 10c 3-in-l Oil, special. . . .8c 25c 3-in-l Oil, special . . . 18c - . - Basement. MEN One Dollar and Fifteen Cents SPEND at least $1.15 foraShirt; more if you choose; less if you must $1.15 is an Economy Price for a Shirt because of what it gets for you. Shirts made of percales and madras cloth in neat styles and patterns. Made with plain and plaited bosoms in the coat style, having cuffs attached. The colors in these shirts are absolutely fast and the fit of the shirts is perfect, and are made for wear and hard - service. The Men's Shirt Store Featuring $1 .50 Shirts for $1.15 First Floor, Washington-Street Entrance For Knit Underwear Sales No Store Is as Satisfactory as This Store 50c to 65c Vests, 43c Of light weight ribbed lisle, durable and elastic, with hand crocheted yokes in many designs. Low-neck and sleeveless. $1.25 Vests, Special, 89c Swiss ribbed vests, made of silk lisle, low neck, sleeveless, with pretty hand - crocheted yokes. $1.50-$1.75 Vests, $133 Silk mixed Hanro brand Swiss ribbed vests in ivory white, with handsomely hand - crocheted fronts or round-neck style. Vests, Special, 25c Vests of white lisle, fine ribbed, made with low neck, sleeveless, silk tape and trimming. Vests, Special, 15c White ribbed cotton vests, made with round, low neck, sleeveless, trimmed -around neck. Union Suits, Special, $1.33 Regularly $1.50 to $1.75 Swiss ribbed, white lisle union suits with plain or crocheted yokes and lace trimmed knee. Low neck, sleeveless style. $2.50 Silk Vests, $2.19 Pure silk fine Swiss-ribbed vests, trimmed with silk ribbon and hand crochet yokes in various designs. 75c Union Suits, 48c Union suits of white Swiss ribbed, light medium cotton with French band top, round neck, sleeveless, knee length. 65c Union Suits, 43c Union suits of fine ribbed white cotton in light and medium weight, with mercerized tape and trimming, low neck, sleeveless, knee length. 45c Union Suits, Sp'l, 33c Of white ribbed cotton, made low neck, sleeveless and knee length, trimmed around neck. First Floor Chic Summer Modes in Millinery Soft Silk Crowns Combined With Straw $7.50 to $10.00 Trimmed Hats June Sale $3.95 As our June Sale advances new economies constantly come to light. Right now millinery opportunities to buy are un usual. Wednesday in particular a noteworthy price conces sion is made on our fine $7.50 to $10 trimmed hats for $3.95. Small, close-fitting, medium models and models with brim sailor shapes. With crowns of soft taffeta silk and other soft silks a style which is quite the fashion for mid summer millinery. The number of models shown, their individuality and their clever trimmings of ribbons and flowers or feathers, render this display of more than passing interest. 2d Floor Where Could You Have Such a Good HOUSE DRESS Made For 89c Our Price Tomorrow for $1.65 to $1.75 Dresses And even if you are an ingenious seam stress and delight in making your little house dresses, just count up the cost of material. When you see these dresses of checked percales, you will realize what an oppor tunity you have. Made with large sailor collar and revers fancy, plaid border trim ming, finishes the collar, sleeves and front. The skirts are plain piped at the waistline. Illustration was made from the dresses, on sale. Also included are black and white check flannelette dresses, having long sleeves and plain skirts, belt at waistline. House Sacques at 75c Of Flannelette and Eden Cloth v Regular $1.50 to $1. 75 Styles Attractive morning sacques of dotted flannelettes, made with large collar with border trimming. Also of dainty striped Eden cloth with round collar, finished with satin ribbon ruffle in side button finish and with turn-back cuffs. Some are made with fitted peplum. These are excellent sacques for morning wear, of materials that are not too heavy for Summer, and that can be laundered easily. Styles on sale exactly as illustrated. Made-Up Ready-to-Be-Embroidered Useful and Wanted Lingerie 41.75 Stamped Night Gowns, in empire style, made of a splendid quality cambric, all made up ready to wear and to be embroidered. Very special $1.35 85c Stamped Night Gowns of a good quality of nainsook, stamped for embroidering and made up. Special 63c Stamped Night Gowns of nainsook, not made up, in 34-yard lengths. Very special 50c Stamped Teddy Bear Tango Underwear, all made up, ready for embroidering, of soft, fine nainsook Combinations, special, 95c; Skirts, special. . 65c Stamped Camisoles of fancy French marquisette, made up and finished with a dainty embroidery beading, in all sizes. Complete with thread to work. Sp'l 60c Fancy Stamped Pillow Cases of Continental tubing. 42-inch size, special, 50c; 45-inch size, special 63c Initials stamped free of charge on articles pur chased in the art department. Free instruction in art needlework every day from 2 to 6. Fifth Floor Silk Service Hose $1.00 Pair Our silk hose reputation is upheld daily by the successful wear ing qualities of our "service" hose for women. Made of . pure thread silk with lisle reinforced toe. sole and heel, and with double garter tops. In black, white and all the popular colors. 1 First Floor. To the Women Who Wish to Expend But a Small Sum for a Fashionable Coat Wednesday We Shall Present - Many New Styles in $15.00 to $18.50 Coats At $9.85 To give you more than a word pic ture of these coats we have illustrated one model, which is representative of their ultra 'smartness and style. Coats of poplins, serges and cheviots in Copenhagen blue, tan, white, re seda, tango and mahogany. Some are lined with silk, others have the yoke linings, but all represent the best styles of the 1914 Summer season. Third Tloor. Discontinued Numbers and Odd Lrits of Popular Corsets at June Sale Prices $3.50 and $4.50 Nemo Corsets for $2.45 Self-reducing models having medium bust and medium length or extreme length over the abdomen, and medium back. Made with the famous self-reducing straps which hold the figure in place. Also models for slender and medium figures. They are all made of coutil, with hose supporters attached. In sizes from 19 to 36. La Vida, Smart Set, Nemo, W. B. Corsets Selling Regularly Up to $7.50 June Sale $1.95 The most popular makes of corsets are here included, being an assortment of odd sizes and discontinued numbers, but in styles that are suitable for all figures. Made of coutil and batiste and trimmed with lace or embroidery. They have medium and high busts, long over the hips and back and are fitted with Wahlon and whalebone. $1.00 All-Over Embroidery Brassieres 79c Excellent brassieres of allover embroidery of a fine mesh and splendid wearing quality cambric. Trimmed with torchon lace edges. In cross-back style and hook front styles. These are the popular De Bevoise, H. & W. and B. & J. models. ' 75c and 85c Brassieres for 59c Made of extra quality cambric with embroidery insertion and edge trimming. In cross-back style. Also allover embroidery brassieres with embroidery edge in hook front style, reinforced under the arms. Sizes 34 to 44. $1 .50 and $2.00 Brassieres for 98c The De Bevoise, H. & W. B. and B. & J. brassieres, in both open front and open- back styles. Made of good qaulity cambric, with embroidery yoke, lace trimming also a double net style, lacing in the back and hook front, particularly suitable for full figures. Fourth Floor BABY WEEK Everything for the Babies At'Most Reasonable, Special Prices Robes, Dresses, Bonnets, Un'garm'ts, Etc. 75c to $1.85 dresses, very Pillow Slips, special at special 59 and $1.29. 69, $1.19 and $1.69. $1.50 to $2.75 hand-made $2.50 Afghans $1.69. dresses, special at 98 to Birdseye diapers, ready $1.95. for use, at 89 to $1.79. Fourth Tloor