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One Bid Withdrawn.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
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