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3 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE .23. 1914. OFFICIALS OF BELL TELEPHONE VILL SEEK IN DECREE ALTERATION Federal Court Will Be Asked to Permit Consolidation of Spokane Companies,' ii VISIT HELD SIGNIFICANT Attention Callad to Fact, hvtt Two , Ssdys SLsmsln for Disposal of ' XTorthwsstsrn Stock. With,, only two days remaining for tho American Telephone & Telestftfrh Company to uelr ItB holdings in the Northwestern Lone Distance Tele phone company, as Instructed, In ' the occree ior tne government In the re cent antt-trust' prosecutions, the pres ence In Portland today or O. E. Mc Farland president ot the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph company, and 11. D: Plllsbury Jr., the company's gen- eral attorney, is looked upon as slg . niflcant. The company's representatives are . here to secure a modification of the decree which will allow the Bell com pany, to take over the Home Telephone company of Spokane. In deciding against the Bell Interests In the anti-trust suits in the United Htates district court here. Judge Bean -In his decision March 26 decreed, among her things, that the Bell in terests should t sell their holdings in the Spokane Home Telephone company before the expiration of 90 days, un less the Spokane city council should in the meantime decide to allow a consol idation of the two systems. The Home company has 7000 subscribers and thf Bell 22,000. Spokane Council Consents. Ycsterflay by a vote of 4to 1, the council decided to authorize1 the pro posed consolidation, and McFarland and Plllsbury immediately thereafter leu Spokane and arrived in ' Portland tins morning. At the Benson today President Mc Farland stated that a petition for a modification of the court's decree would be presented in the United States court either today or tomorrow. Just what action the Bell people . will take in regard to the order of the court to sell its holdings in the North' western is problematical, however. These holdings, stocks and bonds, gave the Bell Interests control of the Northwestern to the detriment of the Independent companies, it was charge'! in the suits. They included 4212 shares of stock and $721,000 worth of the $750,000 Northwestern bond Issue. Tim xamlt If early Expired. Under the court's ruling these were to be disposed of by the Bell people before Thursday, June 25 In other words the time limit expires in two days. Whether preparations to sell them have been completed or the Bell peojJ pie Intend to make an effort to re tain them are questions in rgard to which President McFarland maintains silence. r- A circumstance in this connection which may have some significance . is McFarland will not be accompanied by .Attorney Plllsbury when he re sumes his Journey tonight to San Ffan- The present Bell franchise at Spo kane expires Saturday and virtual ar rangements have been made for a new one, for" 25 years. Among the stipula tions whioh it will carry wil be a pro vision by which Spokane will be al lowed the right to regulate rates onca every five years. President McFarland is optimistic In re'gard to business conditions in the near future. Badness Prospects Good. "With a 900,000,000 bushel croo soon due lor harvest it looks to me," said Mr, McFarland. as If good times are not far, away; Indeed, they ara close at hand." During the day the two-San Fran cisco officials were guests of local officials of the telephone company, and they expressed themselves as well .pleased with the condition of the or- Canlzatlon here. Port Authorities Are Meeting Seattle, Wash.. June 23. Practically every city of Importance along the Pacific coast is represented in the conference of port authorities which began a three day session in Seattle today. -..The meeting Is being held for the purpose of bringing about the es tabiishment of uniform regulations at Pacific coast seaports. Butter Case Goes " to Lower Court Supreme Court Holds That Complaint Against Armour Company Manager Was Sot Properly Drawn. Salem, Or., June 23. Because the complaint was not properly drawn, the conviction of Charles H. Sommer, manager of Armour & Co.'s. in Port land, on the charge of selling mis- branded butter, will not stand. The supreme court, in an opinion written by Justice .Ramsey, todav reversed Judge Henry E. McGinn, and remand ed tne case to the lower court with in tractions that the court sustain the demurrer to the complaint. Sommer was eonvicted in the Jus tice court, and then appealed to the circuit court, where his demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and on trial was again convicted and sen tenced to3frlays in Jail. The complaint charged that "the de fendant, as manager of Armour & Co.. had Violated Chapter 179 of the Laws of 19.11, by offering squares of butter for sale, "not being plainly marked 32 ounces lull weight." Plainview Merchant Killed Near Alsea Word Received at Albany Is That G A. Scott Pell Prom Precipice Wldle on Hnnt.lng Trip. Albany, Or.. June 23. G. A. Scott, a merchant of Plainview, 14 miles south east of Albany, was killed Monday in the mountains near Alsea by a fall he sustained from a precipice while hunt ing, according to word received at Al bany late last night. He was about 50 years old. In company with two friends, Scott went to the Alsea country Sunday in an automobile for a few days' outing. Two daughters, Miss Leta Scott, of Plainview, and a married daughter at Huntington, Or., survive. Scott's wife died 11 months ago yesterday. Ar rangements for the funeral have not been made, other than that Interment Will be in the Salem cemetery, beside the grave Of the wife. The body is be ing taken to Plainview. DENTISTS OF STATE LISTEN TO PAPERS AT L ANNUA CONVENTION Pyorrhea May Be Cured by Simple Treatment, Is Assertion, BANQUET THIS EVENING Hard Pood Will Sara Teeth and Pre vent Intestinal Trouble Is Declara tion In Paper on Dentistry. HARVARD. GRADUATES .1 6-YEAR-OLD WIZARD Pyorrhea, a disease of the gum which ultimately results in the loss of the teeth.rits causes and core, was the principal topic of discussion at to day's session of the Oregon State Den tal association meeting at the North Pacific Dental college.J,ln addition, a paper was read on oral hygiene and the treatment of never canals was taken up and the Worlc Illustrated by chair and table clinics. Tonight it is anticipated that virtu ally all the 100 delegates in attendance will be present at the annual banquet which will be held at the Imperial hotel. Tomorrow elections will be held and adjournment will be taken late in the afternoon. Dr. Millard C. Hol brook of Portland will lae toastmaster at the banquet. ', ' , v . Til William J. Sldls. QUARTET ARRESTED SAID TO CONFESS TO SEVERAL BURGLARIES . f - Police Say Automobile Used in Perpetrating Robberies; Accused of Picking Pockets An automobile was f used by three Mexicans and a . Portland boy in rob bing several stores and residences within the last four weeks, according to the police. Detectives John Molo ney, Tichenor and Pat Moloney yes terday arrested the quartet They gave the names of August Espenosa, Dan Phillips, Frank Smith" and 'Frank Weber. Roy Fisher, the fourth, is ac cused of having- driven the automobile. . .The four men. , the detectives . say, told them of burglarizing the Bartelt Mercantile company at Oresham, Sat urday night, taking cutlery and a small amount of money: the store or Mrs. L. Stratum, Eastwood, taking to bacco and igars; the store of S. 3. Kramer at Eleventh and Jefferson streets, taking SS and cigars; the store of J. Beyer, 1358 Columbia boulevard, taking money, atampa and Cigars, and of attempting to rob the postofflce at Oak Grove. Most of the loot, it is said, was sold In Portland. Fisher verifies the confession. f Not only did the quartet burglar lie stores, it Is stated, but during the chil dren's parade on the eastlde at the recent Rose Festival, the young men are alleged to have operated In the crowds as pickpockets. Charges of burglary have been filed against each of the men arrested. - ' Journal Want Ads bring results. I Lumber Company . Will. BuM Mill Sast Oregoa ! amber Company 130,000,000 pee of Timber prom ' - Government Porest Berrlee. " Papers have Jus been signed tip whereby th Kast Oregon Lumber com pany purchases 120,000,000 feet of tim ber on the Wallowa national forest from the; government. The deal was I negotiated through the Portland dis trict orrices or tne united states xoreet service. . The timber stands on Davis and Mud creeks about IS miles north of Ester prise. The stumpage prices are $2.60 per 1000 feet for pine and 60 cents per 1000 for alt other species. , The con tract calls for .the removal of all the timber in nine years after cutting be begina. Eighteen months are allowed for preliminary construction. The East Oregon Lumber company is a firm of southern lumbermen with extensive interests In Missouri, Okla homa and Arkansas, t A ' milt will be erected at Enterprise and a tap line railroad is to be constructed at once. C D. Logan Is to have charge of opera Uons. , '.'.1 . . . , To Discuss Plans. Flans for the Joint excursion of the Royal Roaartans and the Portland Ad club to Seattle for the Potlatch cele bration next month will be discussed at tli e Ad club luncheon tomorrow at the Portland hotel. J. E. Werleln is chairman of the Rosartan's Po Hatch committee, which is composed of J. Fred Larson, Roy "W. Edwards, C- H. Mayer, R. H. Thomas, V. E. WcClaren, George E. HalL Mr. Mayer Is chair man of the Ad club's committee. The excursion will go to Seattle In time for the big day on July 17. Actress Granted DItotc. 8t- Louis. Mo., June IJ A decree was granted divorcing Dorothy Dale, as she was known on the stage, from Riciard J. Howard, millionaire manu facturer. ...... -: Cambridge', June 23. William J. Sidis, Harvard's 16-year-old mathe matical wonder, was graduated this Home Rule Measure Reaches the Lords Xord Crews Xntrodnoes Bill Which Has Been Changed. Somewhat Prom the Original Measure. London, June 23. Lord Crews this afternoon introduced the administra tion's Irish home rule bill in the upper house of parliament. The measure was not in exactly the same form as when it left the house of commons. At present it jgives Ulster two popular votes on the question of accepting home rule with the rest of Ireland or of rejecting it. Should both these votes be against acceptance Ul ster will remain permanently subject to the authority of the, imperial parlia ment in London. All counties which prefer this ar rangement are required to send mem bers to the English national legislature and are denied representation at Dublin. Th first caoer of th momlne was afternoon. At the age of 11 he dis- bv Dr. W P Dickinson of Portland. Cussed the relation of gold output to Mo rHaiMiBserl the otinlniv nt nvnrrhpa the high COSt Ot living. e IS me end reviewed 'the causes which include youngest person ever to graduate f rom j irritation of the gums due to tartar narvara university formation, ill fitting crowns, malaoc cussion. etc. Such things, he said, VT nQTQfPa in cause Inflammation of the gums which j JLM U Xuix CAitLKj 111 in 11 nxi-cl K., nii than hfaalfntr I - ' ' down of the tissues, finally resulting in the loss of teeth. At this point Dr. J. C. Jones of this city took up the matter of treatment. "Contrary to general nations, -the disease can be and is being cured," he said. And then he explained that the treatment consists first of thorough the Public Parks Opinion by Supreme Court Zs That Portland Park Board Has Xf o Blgnt to Use Ground Already Dedicated. Ralem. Or.. June 23. The suoreme removal of the Irritant, by polishing court today affIrmed the decree of the part of the patient in , keeping the Multnomah county circuit court enjoin teeth ripnn ing E. T. Mische and members of the Dr. J. a Rose of Portland, discussing Portland park board from erecting a Oral Hygiene,! declared that 97 per garage on ground dedicated for a pub- cent of the school children have defec- I lie park. tive teeth. One of the reasons for jir. Mische, as superintendent of this he said Is the too frequent lndul- parks had undertaken to have a garage fo? tCefoodSSWeetS habitual use of erecUd ,n the park f Q, nouainsf auto. Hard foods, he said, were good for B.T8 Tw 1XZZLZ the teeth. He urged that dentists con- lu f1". uu'u ,r ",r' - cessity of preventing teeth decay by ,,,1 Pnn, ),t I In caring for the park. Paul Wes- frequent employment c the tooth-! the board enjoined on the ground' that SL. ,h crpuMic rro-iEat Pn of j ,o.m,, VKira the grounds. Tacoma Man Held in Bad Check Case John Weaver Accused In Greencastle, Xnd., of Passing Paper on a Hood River Bank. Greencastle. tnd.. June 23. After a preliminary hearing here today, John Weaver, 24, of Tacoma, Wash., was bound over to the circuit court on a charge of passing a worthless check for $350 drawn on the Butler Banking company of Hood River. Or. Weaver was releasor r Hnnds signed by ex-State Senator Thomas Moore. In one weak, it was tesimed, weaver nag spent $172. The warrant was sworn to by President O'Hair of the Central Na tional bank. Laundry Wage Fixed. Olympla, Wash., June 23. Confer ence this morning fixed the minimum wage for laundry workers at $9 a week. This compromise was reached after resolutions fixing the wage at $9.36, $9.12 and $9.06 were voted down. It is $1 less than mercantile workers, and 10 cents more than factory work ers. regara xo lining nerve cavities, ae- Utruction Of such a building therein ciarea tnat neglect on me pari or aen- would be a pUrpreatare," Bays the usis to uu iae cv-ncvi.y c- nninion written bv Justice sponsible for' headaches, neuralgia and ( ! eye trouble in patients. Discussion of Th f CaroUne ghermen vs. L. hia paper was iM Dy ur. HerDert bam- c GUck et al appenant; appealed from uels of Oakland, Cal. T nA .,, was -f firmed. It involved ine aiieinuuB ocaoiuu wm given th- -anrftllation of A deed over to ciinicai worn, prizes given to pupils Auto Driver Held for Injuring Boy Woodmere school held an exhibition of school and home work yesterday morning and afternoon and many prizes were distributed to the pupils this morning, when the, diplomas, were presented by J-Tinclpal W. A. Dickson. Each room held an exhibit of the reg ular school work and separate exhibits of manual training, domestic science. Warrant Accuses X. O. Wlckstrom of Crowding Motorcycle Hlder Against Bank on Unnton Boad. Accused of crowding H. Pindcr, 1375 , rsrRPisv street, against the Dante, uuK, uuniesiio science,! 7. i z j - ,., ; flower garden and vegetable garden wrecKing nis motorcycle work were made. All the pet live- injuring tne uuy stock owned by the pupils was on dis- evening, I. G. Wlckstrom, an au play, while games and races were held tomobllist, Is defendant In a complaint outdoors. I eu wis nivi iiiua j court, xi is clisu owcficuF w at tempted to run away without giving i t -mi A as q so! at n Tir "Pi nd AT Hood River. Or., June 23. The Hood ,""1 hnakuay River county court, at a special ses- 18 eo Cables; 1255 Greeley street, was sion yesterday, voted to call a bond .'rJr ,; hov at the time The f1-1101" thS of a giSer oo? went below Holbrook last $75,000 0-year, serial bond issue for fj???' T -1 li--mrcveie. which cvcuius w p - ' had been left there irom sunaay on Hood River WiU Vote. the construction of the Columbia Rivei Highway between Hood River and Multnomah counties. The petition Woman Forgets , Rings. Los Angeles, Cal., June 23. Miss B. Strlngfellow left rings valued at $2000 in a soap receptacle in a Lankershlm hotel lavatory, and they were gone when she returned. Account of repairs. With Cables and over ioUO names, wmcn .were secured n,out ona miie this sida of Holbrook the auto and motorcycle ! attempted to pass, one siae or me road has a high bank. Pinder and Cables charge that Wlckstrom crowd ed the Pinder machine against the bank. The Pinder boy walked to Llnn- in a single day. and which equals ap proximately 60 per cent of the voters. The election will be held July 15, Show Opens Headquarters. Headquarters for the Manufacturers' and Land Products show of Portland, I ton to which place an ambulance was which is to be held this talk have I r.aii'ii Just been opened at 408-9 Commercial! immediately after the accident s . . i ,ri mi . . . I - . . A n uuo uuiiums. iue uuiiace committee 1 Wlckstrom turneo on puwer u j will meet tomorrow In the new offices, otov it la said, but a tire blew out and Pinder's two companions overtook him bn their motorcycles. Suits That'll Reflect Your Personality college boy or bank president between these two extremes, men find a selection of fine clothes here that meets their exacting personal taste in style, pat tern and fabric. Master-Tailored Clothes From Stein-Bloch and Atterbury System In all the years Ben Selling's has stood for the utmost in . good clothes, we have never been able to sell such fine suits at $25 ! Special all-the-year-round weights for Ore gon climate. Take a few minutes at noon today drop in and see your self in a few of these splendid suits . At Twenty-five Dollars Here Exclusively-Brewer Straws, $3--Dunlap Straws, $5 BEN SELLING Leading Clothier Morrison, at Fourth No. Fourth at Cottage Grove. Cottage Grove,' Or.,' June 23. In a Hatioan ram Junction mty Deal tne local team Sunday by a score or i i to 1. S. ' D. Nixon, an -elderly man. stum bled on a nail in the sidewalk and was thrown to the ground a couple 01 aaya ago. He was unconscious for some time, but seems to have received.no nermannt injuries. I Cottage Grove will have no Fourth or Julv celebration tnis year, out me business men will join in making the Chautauaua this week a successrui one by taking Friday, for the annual holiday. All stores will close ana tne usual Fourth of July sports will be given to attract outsiders to the Chau- i tauoua. " The railway and warehouse commis sion of Oregon has dismissed the case of the City of Cottage Grove vs. the Cottaee Grove Electric company. No order was entef ed except that' the com pany be more careful about .renewing its lifcht srlobes. Tne ugnung com nanv' has under consideration tne making of extenstye-improvements. Medical Men In Session. Pendleton. Or.. June 23. With a 1 large attendance, the thirteenth annual , meeting; of the Kastern Oregon xea leal society opened here this morning. Every county east of the Cascades, with the exception or uaaer, is in eluded in the society. Meetings are being held at the state hospital ' and clinical lecture on paranoia by Sup- ' erlntendent W. D. McNary, with mate- rial furnished by the institution,- was a feature of the morning session. Excursion Abandoned. The Pasadena- Knights of the Rose Tournament, who expected to stop- in , Portland during their northwest trip on June 29, have notified the Royal Ro. sarlans that they have abandoned the excursion. Airman and Passenger Dead. . St. Petersburg. June 23. Lieutenant Borlslawsky, military' aviator, and a passenger he was carrying, were killed by the fall of their biplane. . ' ' z ' The Wag "Bartholomew' a" Will Look September Ut120 Feet of Show Windows A New Bartholomew s bn September 1 Tcntk Store will virtually be "Made Over." Entire wall on street tote torn out Workmen take possession in a few days " Rapid -Fire" pisposal r e t " Of Every omans Higli Class Garment : ' . Begins 9 o Clock eanesday Morning Improvements have been planned and approved that will entail the invests ment of thousands of dollars, and make "Bartholomew's'' the most beautiful ' . and complete Women's High Class Garment Shop in the Northwest. , We will practically be out of business while these alterations' are in progress! It is therefore imperative, that every garment in stock be sold immediately. i The entire remaining stock of Suits, Coats, Dresses and Waists go into v this Rapid-Fire Disposal Sale beginning at 9 Wednesday morning at im- mense sacrifice! .EVERY WOMAN KNOWS OUK KttDUUTlUNS AKE ABSOLUTELY GENUINE AND JUST AS ADVERTISED. Come early secure the first choice! "Barthol omew All Suits From $25 to $5& V2 PRICE " Coats Special Lot 25 Clotk Suits Up to $25 Rapid-Fire Disposal. $8.00 " Bartliolomew 12 Price and Less LINGERIE All Silk Dresses V2 Price Special Lot 30 Lmen Suits Reg. to $25 Rapid-Fire Disposal $7.00 WAISTS Lovely Summer Blouses, in every new Summer style and material. All Waists up to $3.75 $1.95 All . Waists up to $8.50 . $4.95 All Waists up to $6.50- $3.95 All Waists up to $12.50 $7.85 ; Choice ot Any Skirt In stock to $14 ' Rapid-Fire Disposal . $8.00 ALL Wash Dresses, Sacrificed! One Lot New - Frocks v Reg. to $7.50 $3.95' Washington Street at Tenth artbolomew's G)t Bartholomew (TompaitY Portland's Exclusive Garment Shop for Women