THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1915. 7 ' WORK OF BUILDING INTERSTATE BRIDGE . BEGINS IN G WE Commission Makes Awards of Contracts for the Huge Structure, ONLY ONE JOB GOES EAST Total Coat Approximately $1,560,0001 . XaOOU Bmln Kan Urge Vxmt tiMc for Hon Concern. Interstate Bridge Data.. - Kstimated cost 11,560,000 Contracts awarded, 70 per cent to home firms 1,806,063 Cash, on hand, from 4 sale -,f Multnomah and Clarke county bonds X, 785,000 Length, 17.000 feet, from Union avenue, Portland, to V Washington street, Vancou- ver. Wash. Width of roadway. 38 feet be- tween curbs; width over ail, 4 with 5 foot sldewaik, 48 feet. . Fireproof in every detail. Lift draw, like that of Haw- thorna bridge. Tolls will be charged. Construction to begin in month Tor six weeks, comple- tion to be in November, 11)16. Construction of the Interstate bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., will be started within a month or . six weeks at most, according to John Lyl'e Harrington, engineer in charge. Soma or the contractors say they will bo ready to start work in la days. It is planned to complete the bridge hy November, 1916. The contracts will be drawn up ami presented for the approval of District Attorney Evans of .Multnomah county and District Attorney Blair of Clarke county, Monday. With their approval the contracts will be submitted to the bidders so their attorneys may pass on them and arrangements for "bonds may be made. It is hoped to have the contracts signed by Tuesday or Wednesday. The total cost of the bridge will be approximately tl,ao,000. Of this amount contracts amounting to $1,305, 003.52 were awarded yesterday at a meeting of the Interstate Bridge com mission at the Court House. These contracts cover all the work, except that of paving, the approaches, for which bids will be invited in about a year, well in advance of the time for the paving. Bids for the approach paving were rejected by Hie' commission, because there were only five competitors, which was considered inadequate. There was . sharp competition, with many bidders, . on all other items. One Bid Withdrawn. With he exception of the bids for the paving on th sU-el portions of the structure, the awards went to the low est bidders. In this case the Reliance Construction company, of Portland, "bidder on the paving for the entire bridge, finding that the award would , not be made for the approach, asked to be allowed to withdraw as bidders on ' the p&ving for the steel portions. The request was granted, and the award was made to the Warren Construction company, of Portland. With the exception of the award for the steel for the main river span, every contract went to a Portland or northwest firm, and every award was made to the lowest responsible bidder. Of Hie work thus apportioned the Jo- i eal or northwest contractors there is but One outside of Portland will do 70 per cent. A diference of les than $90--rn the Bids on the- steel for the main span prevented the other 30 per cent of the ivork from going to a Portland eon sern, the Northwest Steel company, those bid was SC. 40 more than that f the successful bidder, the United States Steel Products company, - the lelling agency of the United States Steel corporation. The successful bid was $417, 310. Chairman Holsian Explains Position. The commission was strongly urged iy representatives of local business interests to ignore the slight dlffer rnee in the bids and make the award to the local firm, and Governor Withy jombe, as a member, of the commission, . roted that the award be made to the tome concern. Chairman Holman, for the commis lion, giving the reasons for sending to large a portion of the work, in rolving an estimated disbursement for abor of $150,000, to an eastern con iern, said that it was simply a mat ter of common honesty. It was urged to the commission that !he public policy of the state of Ore gon had been defined in law recently '. macted by the state legislature al lowing a 5 per cent preferential to e given Oregon contractors on pub ic work. All Ask to Bid. . "We advertised to the world for lids'," said Chairman Holman, "and ihese outside bidders have gone to txpense and trouble to compete. There raa no preferential law at that time. The bids were made in good faith and 4ultnomah county, because it will have ther work of this sort to do, if for io- other reason must keep faith rlth the firms who have spent their noney to make these bids. We ad 'ertised to award these contracts to helowest responsible bidder, and if e were not going to do this, we ihould have put that fact in our pros- iectus." "If the five per cent preferential law ad been in effect at the time bids ere requested it is extremely doubt ful if there would have been a single id from an eastern firm," said Kn rineer Harrington last right. "We rould have been deprived of the com tetition that gave us the largest num " er of bidders that I have ever seen ft a project of thia kind. Calculation Close and Carafol. So close and careful were the cal Ailations of the bidders that it would teem that - they literally considered he work by the pound. The five per "-nt preferential would have made a . tifference of $3 a ton on the steel, or bout $30,000 on this item alone." The erection of the main span will Ruptured arsons suffer mors from Inexperienced russ- fitting than from hernia." Why t buy your trusses from experts T Try ue-Davis Drug Co, at 3d and Yam til, wha are experts and know how. EKS SECTION OF !J - Three of 13 spans which will compose big viaduct, showing lift span which will be like that on Hawthorne bridge. Remaining 10 tpans are like the ones shown on either" side of draw in drawing be by-Porter Brothers, of Portland, whose bid was $99,829 for the work. This firm also will erect the span over the slough sections. The bid Tor this work is J18.5&6.5Q. Another Portland concern, the Pa cific Bridge company, will put in the substructure for the main river and slough spans, their successful bid for the first being $319,415 and for the second $119,759. The embankment work will be done by the tacoma Dredging company of Tacoma at a cost of $158,214.40. The floor on the steel portions will be put in by the Warren Construction com pany of Portland, $82,S02.U2 to be the cost. The Northwest Steel company of Portland secured the contract for the steel for the slough spans, $89, 140.50 being their bid. Lift Draw Zs Selected. At an executive session of the com mission preceding yesterday's public meeting at which the awards were made, the lift or elevator type of draw was adopted, Governor Withycombo not voting. Thus the draw will be of the same type as that of the Haw thorne bridge in Portland. Bids were asked for both the lift and swing draw types. A comparison showed an ap parent advantage of $70,000 for the lift type, for which the patent is held by Mr. Harrington. Mr. Harrington, however, makes a charge of $15,000 royalty on his patent, which reduces the net advantages in favor of the lift ,tu $55,000. May Have Second Approach. For the construction of the bridge Clarke county voted bonds to the amount of $500,000 Multnomah coun ty voted bonds to the amount of $1,250,000. All the bonds have been sold, a premium .of $36,000 having been secured on the sale. Thus there is now $1,786,000 cash on hand for the building of the bridge. Mr. Harring ton estimates that $225,000 to $150,000 of this fund will remain when the bridge is completed. The commission has under consideration the building of an approach from Derby street on the Oregon end of the bridge. Derby street was a strong contender for the approach from the Oregon end. In case this approach is built a portion J of the left-over fund will be used. The bridge, with a total length with approaches of 17,000 feet, or approxi mately three miles, will be one of the longest viaducts in the world. It will extend from Union avenue at Colum bia boulevard diagonally across the river bottoms" and Columbia slough on fills to Oregon 6lough, across Ore gon slouch on steel spans, across Hay den island on a fill, and across the main channel of the Columbia on steel spans to the foot of Washington street. Vancouver, which will be reached from that side by a short filled approach. Streetcar traffic over the bridge will urn to the right up Main street, Vancouver, and vehicular traffic will go up Washington street. Tolls Will Ba Charged. Tolls will be charged for use of the bridge, and will be fixed by the com mission later. George F. Huesner, who has a fran chise for tn electric ' line on Patton avenue, which was one of the con tenders for the Oregon approach to the bridge, asked for a franchise to operate a line across the bridge about a year ago, but no action was taken on the application. Bridge 38 Peat Wide. The bridge will be 38 feet wide be tween curbs, or about two feet wider than the distance between Curb and curb, of the average Portland street. It will be 39 feet wide between the trusses, which will be two feet wide on each side. A five-foot sSdewall will run on an extension on the out side of the truss on the up-river side. Sidewalk, trusses, curbs and roadway Included, the bridge will have a width over all of 48 feet. By placing the sidewalk outside on the up-river side, a promenade will be provided from which there will be an unobstructed view of Mount Hood, Mount St. Helena and other snow peaks. The bridge will be fire-proof to the test detail. The floor will be of con crete siabs, reinforced with steel and laid on steel beams. The paving will be asphalt. Of the total length of 17,000 feet. 5,000 feet will be of steel construc tion. Of this 3,500 feet will be in the main river spans, 350 feet over Col umbia slough and 1.150 feet over Ore gon slough. There will be 12,000 feet of fill or embankment, which will average 25 feet in height and be 42 feet wide at the top. The surface of the floor will be 46 feet above the low water line, 12 feet above tne extreme high water line. The lift will be hun.g between tow ers that will reach 220 feet above the fcow water line, above which the lift at its extreme height will be 175 feet. The length of the lift between towers will be 250 feet. That of the Haw thorne bridge la 230 feet. L. A. Times Suspects t-v mi yN i , Deny ineir Uruut M. A. Schmidt and David Caplan Keacn Los Angeles and Ax Placed in Jail; Both Bely on Union Labor's Help. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 27. With the conviction that organized labor will rally to their support, M. A. Schmidt and David Caplan, accused dynamiters and charged with murder in connec tion with the Times disaster, arrived here today and were temporarily as signed to the cells in the county Jail which were formerly occupied by the McNamara brothers. Caplan was brought here from Seattle, where he was arrested, and Schmidt reached Los Angeles from New York, where he was apprehended 10 days ago. Both "men emphatically protested their innocence of the charge. They admitted hiving been in Los Angeles, but denied being here at the time or near the time of the Times disaster. They will probably be arraigned be fore Judge Gavin W. Craig early In the week. " a NEW INTERSTATE BRIDGE PRICE REGULATION AT PUBLIC IS NOW Complaint Made That the Farmer Charges More for Chickens Than Retailer. Asserting that chckcns were sell-ing:- at local markets yesterday for as low as 17 cents per -pound, whereas on the central public market they were bringing 20 cents, some Portland poul try and egg dealers are calling for more stringent regulation of prices at the public mart. "The farmer should be made to sell at least 20 per cent les than the dealer," said one dealer yesterday. "They have no overhead expense, such as rent, high taxes, insurance, adver tising and the like, and yet they are receiving more for their poultry than the dealer. They should be made to sell at prices enough below dealers prices to offset the expense of rent to the dealer. "I sold chickens yesterday at 17 cents and made a profit; the farmer, not having my expenses, could sell at 15 cents and make a profit. "The public market was instituted so that the farmer might have an out let for his products and with the be lief and understanding that he would sell at a reasonable profit, but at prices that would be under those of the' private dealer. "It is not fair that the farmer should be permitted to make several cents a pound more on poultry than the regular dealer, nor is it giving the Public the benefits that should come from a public market. "People who go to the public mar ket think that they are receiving the full benefit of sales direct to the con sumer from the producer, with no middleman's profit to pay, when, as a matter of fact, they are sometimes paying more than Is charged in the private markets. "And not only Is this lack of price regulation unfair to dealers and pub lic, but it leads to other abuses, one of which is brokering on the public market by those who claim to be pro ducers when they are not. When one can buy chickens retail at 17 cents at a private - market and get 20 cents for them at the public market there is no need of raising chickens. "Kggs have been selling on the pub lic market for 25 cents straight, but at private markets they could be had two dozen for 45 cents. "The remedy for these unfair con ditions lies In strict regulation of the prices and vendors on the public mar ket and fixing prices according to tho lowest competitive price, and not, as seems to be the case, according to the highest price obtained by some of the higher priced markets." Mrs. Rule's Body To Be Sent East One of Victim of Accident on Ha waiian Trip to Be Buried at Wash ington, r. c. Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Fristoe Rule, who, with Mrs. Miles Bell, of Portland, was killed in an auto accident on the island of Hawaii last week will be held in her native city of Washington, D. C, the body being shipped directly east upon the arrival of the steamer Great Northern at San Francisco. Mrs. Rule had been a resident of Portland since 1908, being connected with the United States forest service. Of a delightful personality, she had made many friends, who regret deeply her loss, and who will miss her pleas ant companionship. Mrs. Rule was the daughter of Pro fessor Edward T. Fristoe, for many years a member of the faculty of George Washington university, in Washington, D. C, where she was born and where she had a host of friends. As a young woman she married James F. Rule, a well known news paper editor of Knoxville, Tenn., where she spent all of her married life. Following his death she returned to Washington and lived there until 1908, when she came to Portland in connec tion with the forest service. Only one member of her immediate family, Luther S. Fristoe, a brother, of Washington, survives. Officials of the forest service sta tioned in San Francisco will meet the Great Northern on its arrival in that city and place the body on the train for its long journey east. BAKER WOMAN IS DEAD Baker, Or., Feb. 27. Mrs: Lucinda Elder, a pioneer woman of eastern Ore gon, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Belle Bucknum In this city. She had been here but a few months, coming here from Heppner to make her home with her daughter. She was 67 years of age and had lived in Eastern Oregon for 4 5 years, most of the time at Hepp ner. where many relatives reside. She was a native of Illinois. The re mains Were seat to Heppner today, where the funeral and Interment will take place tomorrow. BAKER IN NEED OF RAIN Baker, Or., Feb. 27. With no rain for several days and steady wind, in stead of the usual sloppy February weather, this city has been suffering from excessive dust the past day or two and the street department is work ing as hard as in the summer months, keeping the streets sprinkled. MARKET REQUESTED PRESIDENT IS FIRM IN HIS STAND FOR STRICT NEUTRALITY (Continued From Page One.) pected" that some word would come from England next week. He made it plain by his attitude, however, that the British government had explained that because Germany's submarine block ade was directed equally against France and England, that England considered all matters in connection with it must be considered by all of the British allies. Therefore there might be even more delay before a final decision could be reached. There is little doubt in the minds of the re sponsible officials of the state de partment, however, that none of the allies are willing at this time to make any concessions which would be of material benefit to Germany. They say that all of the unofficial information reaching them indicates that there is really a shortage but a long way from a very serious one in Germany's food supplies and that nat urally Germany's enemies will be un willing to permit her to get unlimited additions for her civilian population, which would immediately release for the use of the army the foodstuffs that must from now on be divided be tween the military and non-combatants. Blockade Regarded as Refusal. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has been very frankly told by the Ger- man foreign nffiro that ficrmanv svm- pathizes with the position of the j has ' United States. Unofficially he been Informed that all Germany has believed that she should have the . right to care for her non-combatants. 1 He has been told that the submarine i blockade was decided on by the naval i staff as the best possible reprisal for i the Ennglish attitude. But he has j also had it pointed out to him that j the commanders of the 'Unterjee j what specific charges the government boote" are experienced naval men, who j hes brought against me and other of have the silhouettes of all allied and , ficials and employes of the company, neutral ships before them and that j the charges as shown by the news- while they may make mistakes ana j sink minor neutral craft there is ab solutely no danger of a torpedo be ing launched from a submarine tor pedo carrying vessel at a vessel which is a neutral steamer. So "far as can be learned tonight, however, no bel ligerent power is on official record as to Its attitude. They are all. in j position of denying any information that may "leak" and all are admit- j tedly passing out as "feelers," "tips to the newspapers in their own coun tries, outlining possible action, but re taining the right to, "officially deny" any suggestion that might become un popular. Intemperate Talk Deplored. President W'ilson is determined to maintain an atitude of the strictest neutrality, explained one of his clos est confidantes tonight. He probably more than any one else realizes that the very existence of the United States may depend on its attitude now. He has told his representatives abroad and his cabinet members at home that this government cannot carry a chip on its shoulder under present circum stances. "It will protect its citizen and na tional honor at all- costs. But the president has accepted at their face value the declarations of everyone of the belligerent powers that they re spect our friendly intentions and ab solutely discountenance Jingoism at all times." Within the last 48 hours the presi dent has reiterated to Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee and to others of his close advisers that the greatest danger in the present sit uation is intemperate talk by gov ernment officials. He has expressed the belief that many stories have been given widespread circulation both in the United States and abroad have been set afoot by friends of cer tain belligerents and because of this he has refused to dignify any of them with denials. Summing up the situation, it was said at the state department this af ternoon: "We are still sticking to watchful waiting both at home and abroad. It was a policy which saved us many lives last spring and summer and we believe it will prevent the loss of a single American life during the Eu ropean' cataclysm. FRENCH SEIZE THE AMERICAN STEAMER DACIA (Continued From Page One.) of the war, in violation of the declara tion of London. Great Britain later Joined France In her reports. representations were made to the American state depart ment which, however, took the view that the purchase was bona fide and finally issued government Insurance on the Dacia's cargo, thougfi refusing lng statement in regard to the indict to insure the hull of the steamer. ments: The German captain and crew left "It would be Improper for me to the vessel and she was placed in com-1 discuss the evidence upon which the mand of Captatn George McDonald, an indictment against the officials of the American, with an American crew. She United States Cashier company is became an American steamer under based. The evidence was very care the provisions of tne amendment of,fulIy considered by the grand jury August 18 to the Panama canal act. U An nnt ftnti,M,t th.. nf.r. n, vf Tiie French and British governments based their claim on this clause in the declaration of London: "The transfer of any enemy vessel j to a neutral flag effected after the outbreak of hostilities is void, unless ! it is proved that such a capture was not made to avoid the consequences to which such a vessel is exposed." STEGLER'S STORY DENIED Omaha. Neb., Feb. -27. Louis Stors Lody, divorced wife of Carl Hans Lody, who was executed in the Tower of Lon don, as a German spy, denied here to day the statement attributed to Rich ard Stegler in his confession of a pass port fraud plot in New Tork that she had been paid $15,000 by the German government. . INDICTED OFFICIALS OF CASHIER COMPANY PUT UP THEIR BAIL President Menefee and Di rector Bilyeu First of Ac cused to Do So. FRANK CHARGES MADE President Declare. Thar Zs Ho Ir regularity and That Stock Zs Hot Practically "Wortfclesa. Frank Menefee, president and gen eral manager of the United States Cashier company, and Thomas Bilyeu, director and inventor ofr the machines which the company was organized to manufacture, were the first of the ten officers and former salesmen of the corporation to put up $2500 ball following their indictment for con spiracy and use of the mails to de fraud by the federal grand Jury here yesterday. Thjs others indicted were: Oscar A. Campbell, of Eugene, vice president and director; F. M. LeMonn, sales manager, who is now in California, and salesmen B. F. Bonnewell, H. M. Todd, Joseph Hunter, O. L. Hopson and P. E. Muraine, Hunter and Muraine are in Indiana, where the company which recently took over the assets of the United States Cashier company has a plant at Terre Haute. Fraud Zs Char a: ad. The Indictment charges fraud and alleges that the five machines which ranged from a change computing ma chine to a new style adding machine were not protected by patents as the company represented and that $1,200, 000 wa3 paid in cash for stock on mis representations. Moreover, It 1b al leged that the company omitted liabili ties of $500,000 in its statements of condition and in furtherance of a stock selling scheme advertised such falte statements and arbitrarily ad vanced the price of stock to almost three times' par value to give the pub lic an idea that it was valuable com mercial paper. According to United States Attorney Reames. the defendants will be ar- ; ""S "" . daf' Tlle Principal charges are denied by ruls -eneiee. wuo .s .u ui tu e. who- ln stating hi3 side of the case last niSnt' insisted that everything ho de out of the company went back nt along with additional funds f m his own private fortune, Patent Protection Claimed, "Wrhile I do not know at this time papers tuit aiiemwn " when the proper time comes and we can show our side of it we have no i worry as to the result, said Mene fee. "The company was at all times sol vent and its stock is not practically worthless. We at all times nad the Patent protection mat we ciaimta w swii uae it aim u i n lUU" line of protection which we have for our machines. "The claim made that the factory site and building were owned private ly by the promoters is untrue. Wj took a deed from the Kenwood Land company to tho land on which the factory building was established, I think some time either in the sum mer or fall of 1911. This deed was drawn directly to the United States Cashier company, was placed on rec ord, and it has not been sold or dis posed of to any person. "The claim that we omitted $500, 000 from our statement of liabilities is false and at no time, even includ ing patent contracts, did our liabili ties ever reach one half of that sum. Our financial statements have correct, ly shown our financial condition. "The removal of the company to In diana was found to be necessary on account of our inability to get the et-J ficlency in our manutacturiug force and the heavy freight and express charges which we had to Incur in bringing our material from eastern points to Portland and reshlpplng our product to the eastern markets where "early all our sales of machines have been made Factory In Operation. "The arrangements we made with the Indiana company which placed our plant at Terre Haute was made with men of business ability and the highest moral and financial respon sibility. When I left the east I left the affairs of the Indiana company in the hands of these people. They have since continued the work begun in Portland and are now running the factory turning out machines and sell ing them as fast as produced. "The contract made with the In diana corporation by me on behalf of the U. S. Cashier company fully pro tected the interests of the stockhold ers of this company. "As for myself I am a poorer man today than when I went into the posi tion as the company's president. What I made out of it went back into It when the hard times of J913 came along. At all tims I did what in my judgment was the best thing for the company and for the stockholders and no one can charge that I have been enriched through the operation of the company. "Wrhal effect this prosecution will have on the Indiana company I am unable to state. If it does not affect things adversely I am sure that the stockholders will receive returns which will be most satisfying." Beamei Make Statement. United States District Attorney Clarence L. Kcames made the follow- - TV . f. ajT3 any difficulty experienced in causing the arrest of any of the defendants . V. t ..B,,.. I. . A f Am . 1 . . . ,',, ,7 "r h ..J X 11 TYC for 5ral- c wU1 be time enough at the trlal for the government to then pre- ( DC11L 111C C f iUCilLO til (.113 JlEt2. J-X A. should now give out a statement con cerning tiie evidence in this case It could have no other effect than to make It more difficult to secure a jury. I will say, however, that the govern ment will do everything in its power to secure an early trial date and there will be no effort upon the pirt of the government to postpone or delay the trial in any way." Blue Sky Xaw TTsed. The indictments returned yesterday against officials of the United State Cashier company are the result of an investigation begun by the State Cor- i poration department. The department spent several months Investigating the company and secured a mass of fig ures and evidence. These were turned over to the Federal authorities who completed the investigation with yes terday's results. The corporation de partment investigated under the pro visions of the Blue Sky law. Campbell Gives View. Eugene, Or., . Feb., 27. Oscar A. Campbell, cne of the men indicted in Portland today in connection with the United States Cashier company, is a resident of Eugene and director of the company. He has lived in Lane coun ty 60 years, having -at one time been engaged in the dry goods business here and is now conducting a con fectionery store. Mr. Campbell stat ed tonight that he purchased stock in the company when It was first or ganized and later was elected a di rector. He says he believed that every thing was being conducted honestly. A number of Eugene men besides Campbell bought stock In the company. "If there is any wrong doing, I know nothing about it," Campbell said. "If the company fails I am ruined, be cause I put all the money I had be sides several thousands dollars I bor rowed to go into business." Pioneer Miner Finds Real Gold Nuggets John Mulcar of Grant County Slake Haw Discovery and Friend Art Bur prised. Baker, : Or., Feb. 27. John Mulcare, a pioneer miner of Grant county, has the habit of showing up every once in a while with a valuable nugget ex tracted from one of his numerous claims In the vicinity of Canyon City, and when he arrives in town with a pocket full of gold little is thought of it. He has been doing better than usual the past two weeks, however, for on each occasion of his visit to Canyon he has exhibited nuggets worth ap proximately $200. He came in yester day with another lump of almost pure wire gold, with just enough rotten quartz to hold It together, and says he knows where there are plenty more. "Johnny" Mulcare, as he is known, has been a prospector in Grant county for many years, and his friends suspect that now that he has discov ered the real thing and that, as he says, he can come to town as often as he pleases, with enough of the precious metal In his pockets to pay all expenses and have a little left to deposit in the Canyon City bank. Girl Students Balk At Fire-Rope Slide Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 27. Rad cliffe's girls are kicking over the ropes In their endeavors to dodge the fire rules for college dormitories. Fire Chief Marjorie Bridgman Insists that every girl in college must learn to use the rope fire escapes, and must demonstrate to the satisfaction of Dean Boody that she has learned her little lesson. At first it was Intended that the col lege lassies should do the silde for life down the hempen cords from their rooms, but visions of college boys and "townles" watching the performance caused a sudden rearrangement of pro gram, and ropes in the gymnasium are now used. Chief Bridgman says the mutineers will soon learn that rope sliding is a valuable as well as en joyable pastime. Wei! All Dress Up for Easter in Made-to- Order Clothes. Why ? By RAY BARKHURST If every man who reads this announcement would give a moment's thought to the clothes question, or, better still, come to my store tomorrow and talk it over with me, they would readily see the great advantage of having their new Spring Suits made to order, either BY ME or by some other GOOD, reputable tailor. Spring 1915 f "i"-ij- , ,4 V -1 v'"". ' A Suit to order for 20 just think of it! I will make a Suit to order for you as 'low as $20, with good linings and trimmings, the equal of any $25 or $30 Suit that you can buy anywhere, and prom ise you that you'll be better pleased and more satisfied than you've ever been in your life. So allow me again to suggest, "be here to morrow.' Ray . Portland's Leading Taifor Adjutant General Orders Examination Purpose Will Be to Inquire Into luall tloatioa of Officer of Oregon Haval Mllitla- An examining board to inquire Into the qualifications of all officers of the Oregon naval militia was ordered yes terday by Adjutant General White as a first step In the reorganization of the service as provided by the new naval code adopted by the legislature. The board will convene March 28, giving the officers affected a month in which to prepare themselves for the test. It was announced that those who fail to pats will be discharged. The examination will include knowl edge of navy regulations, navigation, seamanship, ordnance and gunnery. Those who must take thet quiz March 28 are Lieutenant Beckwith and En signs Munly. Dyer, Young, Fecklns, West and Hilton. The first examining board is composed of Lieutenant Com mander Blair and Lieutenant Norden and Spooner. It was alpo announced hy the ad jutant general that the ranks of the officers wilt be reduced In nearly all instances to conform to United States navy requirements. The commanding officer will rank as a lieutenant com mander while the other officers will be commissioned as lieutenants of junior and senior grade and as en signs." A maximum of 12 officers for every 251 men will be adhered to, it was announced. . Following the examinations there will be an Inspection of the naval mil itia by the adjutant general. In ac cordance with the new naval code, so the announcement was made, and all officers in excess of the authorized number will be dismissed. If the total number of men should fall below 200 one medical officer will be dropped together with the chaplain. If the at tendance at inspection falls below 150 the pay officer will be eliminated. The rank of this officer. If the strength authorizes such an officer at all. will be that of lieutenant. The resignation of Lieutenant Commander A, J. Cap ron, who has served as paymaster in the past, wes accepted yesterday. HIGH JINKS IS PLANNED If smoke envelopes the TOrtland hotel next Saturday night whiff its fragrance before turning in a firo alarm. The Oregon and Washington Division of the Travelers' Protective Association of America plans a "high jinks"' that night end tobacco will be turned to the Goddess "Nicotine" in large and fragrant quantities. To keep things humming the best of vaude ville talent is being rounded up. All traveling men in the city are invited. Knights of the grip will find pleas ant headquarters newly established by the association at 310 Morgan buildlngj where commercial men will be wel comed at all times. President Paul C. Morton, and the local directors, F. S. Mvers, Charles Rlngler, R. L. Adams, Charles II. Hill, W. L. Grinnell and Eugene Farr-aliare in -charge. Sol Rosen f eld Funeral. Funeral services of the late Sol Ro- nf1d will be held this morning at his home, 221 Ford street, at 10 o'clock. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of Temple Beth Israel will officiate. Interment will be in the Beth Israel cemetery. A. Feldenhelmer. 1. L. White, Edward Ehrman, Roscoe Nelson. Hoi Hart and Gus Simon will be pallbearers. I ' y Women Admirb Dressed Made-to-order clothes are cheaper than those most people generally buy, even though you may pay.a higher price in money. WHY? Because they fit better, wear long er and always look new, even though almost worn to threads. Now, this is an actual fact that I can easily explain to you when you come to my store tomorrow. You yourself perhaps have noticed that the "made to order" man always looks well dressed. Why not get into his class ? My assortment of woolens is so large, so complete, so varied that I really think, when you come tomorrow, you'll re gret that you've never come here before. Serges, broadcloths, plaids, checks, stripes, plain grays in fact, almost every conceiv able pattern that the ingenuity or man can devise. Cloths of exclusive design, only one of their kind in town. All from the best looms of America and Europe. All shades, all weights. made to your order piaaBni. Cor. NO TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER HAS LEFT ENGLAND FDR A WEEK Not Due to Blockade, But to Strike of Coal Handlers in British Ports. ' .. PASSENGERS IMPATIENT, Management of Various Uui Bounce They Hop BalUng Caa Be Besomed Xarly This Week. . (By tha International Newt BtrTlce.) London, Feb 27. For the first tlms . In many year a whole week has. passed without any trans-Atlantio PaUv - or papsenger steamer sailing. .xronx ini,i British Isles. Thia circumstance, according to one" steamship official, ha no connection , with the so-called German blockade," but li cauaed by the labor trouble which so far have prevented the coal- lng of the ships lying at Liverpool, which should have departed for Amer- -lea and Canada during the past week.1 It is hobed. however, that matter ' will be arranged early In the ooming.l week and that regular aiungi will b resumed. ' f The last of the llnare leaving En- gland for New York sailed a weeK" ago today. They were the New York , of the American line and the Alunia1 sailing under the Cunard flag. According to the schedule, tha White Star liner Arabic should have sslledr on lat Wednesday, but Is still at Liv erpool. She has some 60 first class . passengers booked who have been told, to stand mar for an early sailing. Ac- cording to official of the line, thSj , American liner Philadelphia, which was due to depart today with a fairly lapgo passenger list, has rro coal in her bunkers and no date ha been set -fOr her Bailing, ulthough "early nt , week" is talked of hopefully. v . The Cunarder Orduna, which also 5 should have sailed today, will not leave until a week hence, while the ' Atlantic transport Failings have" been postponed indefinitely. T. The passengers who are booked by these various lines are taking the sit-, uation philosophically. They realise that everything possible Is being done, to minimize their inconvenience. s 1 ADMINISTRATOR SOUGHT Baker Or.. Feb. 27. According to the petition filed yesterday by Attor ney F, B. Mitchell, representing the heirs of the estate of the late Alohao Long, asking for the appointment of his son Charles -Long as admlnistra- tor, the deceased left an estate of the estimated value of $37,700. Mr. Long, who dld last week at'hl ranch home near Haines, owned much property In ' that vicinity including several fine ranches. .., In France there has been invented a flourless bread making machine that transforms the whole meat Into dough." Men .uirst Sixth and Stark r""