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11 L it "i IS MAP ominnMTO Tfl DOWNING IS ONLY FIRST OFFICER LEFT SMITHS0N WILL REPRESENT COLLEGE u. n. u. UIUULMIO iu SERVE AS GUIDES IN t OF STRET RAILWAYS, ONLY WAR . SEATTLE, IS ISSUE THE 0RE( THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY, MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1915. VIUNICIPA HOLDING GERMANY WNS DECISION G DECLARES M I NISTER 1 BUILDING Publicly-Owned System Has Been Losing Money Since . Service Was Inaugurated. ELECTION IS DUE SOON Rev, Mau, Oregon City Pas tor, After Visiting Father land, Predicts Victory. VISITOR WAS DETAINED Thirty-eight Are Picked Out; of Large. Number Making Applications. Sf : 5 wr W I Bakers Decide to Sals Frio, tmt Bread Is Still ) "Jltn.y." ; Seattle, Wash., Feb. 13. Municipal r wnerhip of street railway s In Seattle ., bangs iti the balance, and the fat of v the publicly owned system, which has f lost $25,000 since it began operation , ., last summer, appears to rest with the ; joining municipal election. . 'Whether the two disjointed systems. . VOivisloit A in the north end of the city - Od Division C in the south end, will ''.Continue operation practically will be decided by the people's choice of three eouncilmen and their votes on munici pal ownership proposition on the bal , tot. March 2. , The issue -between municipal owner ship advocate: and tlioae who are op posed to this municipal governmental . ..plan Is sharply drawn, and Tuesday, February 16, six candidate will be nominated for the council from a field , of 22, embracing:-various views of the . operation by the city of street rail ways and municipal light and water ' ... plants. The impending election Is re . garded as one of the moat important In Seattle in years. e Tha continued losses on the munici pal railways and the discovery that the basin of the new Cedar river darn, constructed at a cost of (1.400.090, leaks, and the municipal light plant . may have to depend indefinitely on its old' crib dam, while an attempt ia mads to seal the basin surrounding the new dam, has aroused the anti-munioi-ial ownership forces. They charge that the council has been ,.riding hob bies; has plunged the city into debt. i. and needlessly burdened the taxpayers. r Both the municipal ownership forces and those opposed have agreed upon their champions. The Public Ownership league in dorsed T. H. Bolton, president of tho Seattle Central Labor council; W. P. MoElwaln, a leader of the Progressive party in Seattle; David McKenzle. for mer King county commissioner, who .. was defeated last November for re , . election on the Progressive ticket, and two Socialists, Charles D. Raynier and C, J. Jacobs. The so-called conservative forces in Seattle have generally agreed upon Josiah Collins, former state senator; A. i. Parish, .former county assessor; II. K. Kennedy, former state represen- . tative, and. Frank Renick. now serving in the lower liouee of the legislature. Bix candidates will" be nominated Tuesday, and three elected March 2, when the voters will, also pass judg ment on propositions to establish a .1 1 municipal auto bus linn in Seattle be t ' tween Its municipal railways, and also make an extension of Divisioa A. Despite the recent announcement of tho master bakers of Seattle that the retailers would have to raise the price of brerd from 5 cents and 10 cents to 6 cents and T2 cents, all grocers of the' city, excepting those that bought of one of the leading bakers, were able to sell on the old schedule. Urocers stopped the movement to advance prices, declaring war on the master bakers by threatening to rasa the in crease along to the consumer. The master bakers raised prices be cause of the war prices of wheat and flour. The retail grocers met following the bakers' decision and decided to refuse to accept deliveries from bakers in the association at the new scale of prices. Prosecuting Attorney Lundin prom ises new revelations of ploice graft following the arrest of Patrolman Paul It. Pchuman oil charge of extorting money from disorderly women living in the north end of the downfbwn dis 'trict. When the patrolman was arrested Charles Shea, part owner of a cigar store on Schuman's beat, was also Jailed, charged with having assisted Schuman in the collections. The ar rest was a culmination of several weeks t investigation carried on by Chief of Police Lane. ' Schuman was confronted with five women, the principal witnesses against him, in Prosecuting Attorney Lundln'a office, but maintained his Innocence. Wh the 'fclty council, in adjourned session Wednesday, refused to pur chase the Seattle, Kenton & Southern Railway, a niua mile privately owned line from the taeavt of the ctty to the town of Renton, a Jong-drawn-out con troversy of seven years' standing re mains as far from settlement as ever. The receivers of the Kenton line of fered to sell the property for $200,008 or the municipal utility bonds and 20 per cent of the gross receipts for 2S years. The- custodians of the property, now In the hands of the court, refused to submit the- proposition of purchase to the voters at a general election, but held out for a special election, they agreeing to pay the $9500 expense in cident thereto. The .council, while agreeable to submission at the general election, . refused to order a special election. The improvement of Rainier avenue, the highway leading from Seattle through Rainier, valley and connecting with Renton, remains unimproved witn paving or sewers because of litigation in the courts between the city and the railway. This litigation will not be dropped now that the city refused to take over the line, the receivers saV Watson Judge In Cobs. Marshfield. Or., Feb. 13. James Watson, who was elected at- the No vember election. Is the new county judge of Coos county. Me was ap pointed by the governor following the resignation of Judge John F. Hall, who formerly was in office. When the dis pute arose as to whether the county judges would hold over six years in stead of four, Mr. Watson's name re mained on the ticket and at the elec tion he received a big majority over his opponents. Judge Hall, who has served in the office . for some years -" past, - was oot a. can dMate ' again. ' Pending tbe supreme court decision, recently given, on the lujfge matter, both Hall and Watson i h$Kl been presiding Jointly, but they lt,tfred of waiting for the court decision t'ran4 Judge Hall resigned and Mr. Wat T, son was appointed. Judge Hall had - announced some time ago that he in tended to retire from the office at the . axolratioB of the four years. ' . ?' " "'yJ' j IS 8 ' 't-'U ill R. M. Downing, surviving officer of original Knights of Pythias officers at Vancouver. Vancouver, Wash., Feb. 13. Great preparations are being made by the committee (n charge of arrangements for the "home coming" celebration, which is to be held at the I. O. O. F. hall Monday evening under the aus pices of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias in honor of the fifty-first anniversary of the institution of that order. Vancouver lodge No. 6 was organized November 10, 1881, with about 50 char ter members. Of this number oply three survive. They are: R. W. Downing, who is the only survivor of the nine first officers, having been master of arms; Captain N. F. Bolton and J. W. Wentworth, all of Vancou ver. The home coming is for the Knights bf Pythias, the Pythian Sisters and their friends. OREGON CITY Oregon City, Or., Feb. 13. Condem nation suit for right-of-way was com menced by the Willamette Valley Southern railway against Ralph Henry Scott, Delia Bertha Scott and Katie Laura Scott today. C. Swanson started civil fcuit against N. Chrlstner and K. II. Bolick for $129, which he alleges is due him for cutting timber for the defendants. Asking for $2999 damages, Edward Summerfleld, administrator of the es tate of Alma Summerfleld, filed dam age suit against the Southern Pacific railroad today. Alma Summerfleld was run over and killed on the trestle over the Molalla river between Canby and Barlow by the Shasta Limited the night of January 7, 1914. Melvin llagen lost his life in an attempt to save the girl from death. Plaintiff alleges the railroad company was well aware the trestle was commonly used as a foot bridge and also had an engineer whose eyesight was defective, on the run. A decree of divorce and" $15 per month alimony was given Mrs. Bessie E. Gibson from Horatio Gibson by Judge Campbell today. Decrees were also issued in' the following cases: J. R. Spurgeon vs. Nellie Spurgeon; Ed ward Barker vs. Nina C. Barker. Chief of Police Shaw received word today from Kobert D. Cameron, Cap tain of Detectives of Philadelphia, Pa., asking for information concerning Aus tin McCleary, age 4 years, who was found on the streets of New York city on the evening of September 12. 1914. The boy is described as being of light complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 3 feet 3 inches tall, and weighing 38 pounds. That the exhibits prepared by the school children at tho Annual School Industrial fair at Kstacada Friday were the best of their class he had ever seen was the statement of Super intendent Calavan today. Some of these exhibits will go to San Francisco for Ube in the Oregon building. At a recent meeting of the post grad uate class of the Oregon City high school the following officers were elected: President, Frank King; vice president, William Lettenmaier, secre tary, Ray Morris; treasurer, Orlando Romig; editor to the Hesperian, Clyde Green; scrgeant-at-arms, John Uulo ston. A musical entertainment and dance was held at the Clarkes Granger hall Saturday evening. A program was ren dered by the young people of C lames, after which dancing was enjoyed. The Canemah quartet went from this city and rendered a number of selections. Over 60 members of St. Paul's Epis copal church held a social dance at the local rectory Saturday evening. Mrs. J. J. Tobin and Mrs. J. W. Lewtti waite were chaperones. Married Thirteen Days; Asks Divorce Baker, Or., Feb. 13. Frank M. Tay lor and Irene M. Smith were married January 31. 1914, and today, 13 days after the marriage the husband filed suit for divorce. His wife came from Washington, where Taylor knew her, he having prepared a home here. She arrived two weeks ago tonight, Taylor seeking the county clerk to get a license on Sun day. The husband's complaint alleges that his wife called htm vile names. This Is the only grounds set forth for separation. Pendleton Seems Prosperous. Pendleton, Or., Feb. 13. Though the Pendleton hotel is little more than six months old, work has been started on an annex to the building. Wesley N. Matlock yesterday announced that the Matlock estate has let the contract fori viib uuiiuiiig vi it two siory concrete building. 40 by 45, Just back of the hotel building. The lower floor will be used for sample rooms and the upper floor for additional rooms and apartments. IT'S TIME FOR TUNING. Pfanos are frequently not only out of tune, but also an eighth to a fourth off pitch. Listen to yours. Notice It? Action's stiff, too. perhaos. We'll tune, regulate action and remove scratches quickly and reasonably. Telephone Main 6655 or A-2350, or write filers Music House. Eilers builduag. Broad way at Alder. (Adv.) Had Takes Tlrst Papers for American Clttsensaip Before Xtts Departure. Special to Tbe Jmirnal.', Oregon City, OiT, Feb. 18. After eight months spent in Germany, Rev. As Mau, pastor of the ' First German church (Ohio synod), of Oregon City, has returned home full of confidence in the fatherland and firm In belief that there is only one ultimate end of the ,great war possible complete vic tory for Germany. Rev. Mr. Mau was at Kiel, on the great naval canal, when hostilities broke oot. He had taken out his first citizenship papers in the United States previous to visiting his foreign home, but these were not recognised as suf ficient to cancel his allegiance by the German 'military authorities, and the American visitor was not allowed to leave. An appeal was sent to the ministry in the United States, and when proof was furnished that Rev. Mr. Mau was an ordained minister in the United States, and was needed at his work, the German authorities allowed him to depart. "Most of my time was spent at Kiel," said Rev. Mr. Mau, in speaking of his sojourn In Germany. "I did not get to visit the froiu and see actual fighting, although I was very desirous of doing so, and tried to get there. With this end in view, I offered my services to the military authorities, but they said there was nothing for me to do in a military way. "Not. being content to idle during the time I was obliged to stay in Ger many, I then offered my services to the ministry and was given charge of a church with a congregation of about 3000 persons. I took care of this charge until my departure for Amer ica. "The resources of. Germany seemed to me to be unlimited," he continued. "The military authorities have been very careful in enlisting men and have left sufficient able bodied men In each district to take care of the crops. Hence the fields will bear as heavily this year as ever, and the output will be sufficient to feed the nation for another year. "There, were plenty men in the dif ferent places I was in. In fact, it did not seem the war had thinned the popu lation at all. "At Kiel, I saw many battleships, and every day observed the maneuvers of several of the great airships. The Zeppelins were flying over the town every day and we could get clear views of them. "We crossed the Atlantic without sighting an Knglish warship until we neared New York. There we saw the cruiser which scouts in those waters but his ship did not bother us, and we steamed directly into port without be ing interrupted." CENTRALIA, WASH. CentValia, Wash., Feb. 13. A fire that ptarted in the Workman store In Littell shortly after 1 o'clock this morning destroyed two blocks of build lugs .and caused a property loss of $20,000. The flames were fought by volunteers with buckets. The fire was finally checkud . at the Methodist church. Included in the burned build ings were the Workman store, the post office, townhall and five residences. Two families living over the postoffice lost all of their possessions. Another 10 per cent dividend will be paid to Union Loan & Trust com pany depositors about the middle of March, according to an announce ment yesterday by Receiver John Galvin. A realty deal involving $20,000 worth of property was closed in Centralis yesterday, when H. B. Spragg ex changed four pieces of local property for an 50 acre farm just north of Van couver, owned by William Robinson. Mr. bpragg will move to Vancouver. , i ! The threatened invasion of Centralis i last night by 500 I. W. W.'s from Be- , attle failed to materialise. j The fifth fire in Centralia in two j weeks caused by an overheated stove badly damaged the south end residence ! of E. S. Phipps Thursday night. Realty Deal at Sherwood. Sherwood, Or.. Feb. 13. A realty deal was completed in Sherwood this week involving about $3000. Fred Col felt of this city disposed of the 100 foot square on Washington and First streets to Chauncey Calkins. The 1 property sold comprises a restaurant, 1 dwelling and carpenter shop building. Mr. Calkins takes possession of the residence after a few needed repairs are made. Mr. Colfelt will move his family to American Falls, Idaho, where they will make their future home. i RUPTURED? Yon know the discomforts of an ill-fitting truss, the distressing, discouraging feeling of a rap ture not properly held. The Seeley Trass recommended by us, gives yon immediate relief. Oar skilled operator guarantees perfect fit. Hundreds of satisfied patients testify to the effi ciency of the ; Seeley truss properly fitted. Remember the Woodard Clarke & Co. guarantee backed by a reputa tion of 50 years' standing ia be hind this service, : . - Let Us Explain Personally. Woodard, Clarke & Co. WOODLARK BUILDINO -ALDER AT WEST PARK . BmithBon. McMinnville, Or., Feb. 13. M. C Smith son. of McMinnville college, who took first honors in the recent oratori cal preliminaries, besides winning the honor of representing his college in the state contest, was awarded a cash prize of $15. He is a sophomore at the college. GOVERNMENT HAS AN EXPERT AT BAKER ON THE TRAIL OF RABBITS Ranchers Urged to Work To gether in Effort to Extermi nate Pest of the County, Special to The Jotjrnal.) Baker, Or., Feb. 13. R. T. Jackson, government rabbit expert, who has keen in this city for a week or more telling the ranchers of this vicinity how to get rid of the long eared pests by the poisoning method, has been a very busy man, as he has been called on to make many trips into the coun try to show how the poisoning system adopted by the government is carried out. He mads a number of experiments here before deciding what means would best serve the purpose, finally deciding that poisoned wheat was eaten more readily by the bunnies than other means he tried. He has not published his formula for poisoning tbe grain and says he does not want to, unless it is necessary. He is making an ef fort now to get a large number of ranchers together to buy a large sup ply of the poison and have it mixed all at one time, under his supervision. This will be more effective, he claims, for experience has shown in other places that Individuals In preparing the poisoned grain have not followed directions closely, with tlie result that their success was only nominal and the system condemned as no good. A great many farmers have agreed to join forces in having the poison pre pared, and hurried action Is advised by Mr. Jackson, so that large quanti ties of poison can be put out before new grain crops begin to come on and the rabbits begin to multiply. An experiment with the poisoned grain on the Frank Collin? ranch near this city, "resulted in over a hundred dead rabbits being counted in a small area, where 15 cents worth of grain and poisons had been put out. Many more were probably killed but the men stayed close to the place where the poison was placed. The rabbit problem is a big one for this section of the country, and the government man appears to be helping to solve it. Robert Mote had one wife In Minne apolis and anotl er In Hutchinson, Kan. He met his third in Garden City, Kan., on Wednesday, courted her Thursday, married her Friday, was arrested Sun day and sentenced to jail on Tuesday. The N0RT0NIA M. C. advantages of 300 rooms with -baths and shower baths the tearoom with dancing floor the spacious lobbies and parlors the "different" American plan dining-room with excellent table d'hote service.. Ladies visiting the city alone will be delighted with the surroundings. Luncheon, dinner .or tea " parties arranged for under the personal supervision of the management. Washington and 11th Sts., Portland, Oregon. FIRST PRIZE DISTRICT NO. 4 In The Journal $5000 Trade and Circula tion Contest A Bush & Lane PIANO 1 ! 7T -i .issrn"i iti itl'T-T"-' "- v i ... - " -"y. w-rtf. -jV - s' i. Y. FT ( ,,."2. -.-av .-.... .... 3 .... 1 stw ...'?.. ; . - s A High-Grade Instrument On display at BUSH & LANE PIANO CO. 433-435 Washington Street Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis. Or., -Feb. 13. Thirty-eight stu dents of the Oregon Agricultural col lege have been selected to act as guides In the Oregon building at the Panama Pacific exposition at Son Franctrco. The students were selected by a com mittee appointed by rhe president of the college last December, when the proposition was. first presented to the student3 by the Oregon commission. This committee made exhaustive in vestigations into the lecords. both scholastically an 3 tvilnt activitJ-w. of some 300 to 400 students who made applications for the positions. Out of this number about 140 passed the scholastic mark and other require ments set by th committee. A com petitive examination was held several weeks ago to test the applicant,' knowledge of Oregon And It was chief ly through the grades rcelvcd in this examination that the following 38 were appointed, their tim of servtee, four weeks, to be set later: J. R. Magness, Oliver B. Hayes, Henry C. Gilbert. C. Edwin Hill, M. H. Mlddlekauff, Byron C. Wright, W. R. Dallas, A. J. Funk, C. I Stroma, James O. Beck. Roy B. Marshall, W, L. Cham berlain, F. W. Kehrll, Clayton Strain, W. W. Coe. Hiram Currey, S. E. Brett, J. W. Green, E. C. Allworth, A. M. Doerner. C. E. Schuster. T. V. Ro mig, J. E. Cooter, T. C. Howard, R. M. Howard, Albert A, Amort.. D Vere FendalL Martin Van Couverlng, N. L. Tarter, C. M. Scnerer, Kenneth I Fox, Brooke. Hukill, O. Frederick Chambers, Perry N. Johnston, J. Howard Paine, Edgar Vestan, Louis G. Gentner and F. t. Teager. The following stud-snts were named as alternates and will serve In the order named, providing any of those students in the first list fin! It Im possible to serve: John Boies, Wallace L. Kadderly. T. R. McClellan. Halbert E. Selby, William W. Johnston, Leon ard J. Locker, Robert F. Thorne, C. K. Oakes, W. J. Koenlg. C. A. Fryer, D. E. Richards, Fred H. Forster, Theodore Johnston, L. D. Crouter, J. Homer Ed wards, Ivon H. Loighary, R. V. Wil liamson, Howard C. Belton, Irwin Betzel, R. L. Stoneberg. U. G. Rob bins and R. M. Klinghammer. The guides will travel in pairs and they will serve for ft period of focr weeks. The first two leave Corvalll a week from today and will be fol lowed in two weeks bv another eet. Four guides will be on duty all of tha time, each pair being replaced every two weeks by a new set. Guides will be furnished for the entire period of the fair f.Min February 20 to Decem ber 4. College work missed by the students will have to be made up on their return. Thousands Are Cut From Pay Roll of Portland Employes The cutting of salaries by employers has made it necessary for wage earn ers to cut their expense on every cor ner. In a short time hundreds of families will be vacating the stuffy apartments and rooming houses end moving into the vacant houses that are numerous in every section of the city. Rents are very low and garden, flowers and freedom can be had with no more expense. We will help those who have not the money laid by that is required to enable them to take advantage of the big reductions in home furnishings bv including for : limited time- all sale goods on our regular monthly payments terms. Our Red Tag sale is on and fully three fourths of our stock has been reduced from 10 per cent to 60 per cent. Take thia "tip" and secure your house now before the spring rush, and take ad vantage of our sale prices and easy terms to furnish it. Calef Bros., East Third and East Morrison streets. Our store covers the entire half block, af fording a large, selection. Three blocks east of the Morrison street bridge. Stores also In Salem and Centralia. (Paid Adv.) offers to the transient as well as the residential truest the y Worrell's Bankrupt Store at Sixth and Alder Closes Its Doors Monday at 6 p. m., never to open j i . again! ' J YOUR PRICE US. OUR PRICE Tomorrow every Suit; Coat, Dress, Skirt and Waist must K be disposed K Come NOTICE! AU merchandise held on deposit must be called for Monday before 3 P. M., otherwise your deposit will be forfeited. Tax passengers at Free toe SerVlCe H51131 rate, would have cost the city for Is not this additional tax? Responsible Service , MONDAY LAST DAY of at any price. The. merchandise will be practically given away. Bring a big and carry away a big load. and help yourself to this' stock help yourself to the greatest Bargains you ever laid eyes on. an SIXTH AND ALDER Plus Free Service $550,000 a Year - ; 1 ? , .' - from the Street Car System Alone! 18 of Total Street Car Revenues! Of the huge sum of nearly one million dollars charged the P. R., L. & P. Co. in 1914 for the privilege of doing business, about ' . $550,000 per year, 5 45,800 per month, or over - $ 1,500 per day must be contributed by the city street ;ar system. The average j revenue per passenger carried (Cash, Commutation Ticket and Transfer Passengers) for all of whom facilities have to be furnished, was 3.58c for the year 1914. 1 k Even omitting the cost of carryine them, how the average fare must be carried this immense charge? ' - . In round numbers j 42,000 passengers per jday 1,275,000 passengers per- month 15,350,000 passengers per year ' Also just figure for yourself how many passengers had to be carried during the year to help maintain the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Public Schools, and the Bridges. - " . t. ..Furthermore, letter carriers, and County employes are carried for several; hundred thousand rides annually at compensation which is less than cost for the" service. In conclusion, did you ever stop tojthink that during 1914, police and firemen and other city employes enjoyed free transportation as required by our franchises to con siderably more than 750,000 RIDES, which, at the $33,750 basket A A RE A D ! Fixtures that have bees sold will be ready for deliv ery Monday at S P. M. Showcases, mirrors and forms for sale. mariv to pay this serv- Reliable Service t