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3.. 1 NDAY THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. ORJXANP, S MORNING, ; MARCH 21, 1915. IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO JITNEY ORDINANCE Owners May' Invoke Referen dum Against Certain Fea :. tures Which Are Proposed, SOCIETY IS MUCH ALIVE City Attorney Z How Redrafting the Ordinance Regulating tb Bni Service. - Whije the city commissioners are at work devising a scheme to regu- late' the jitneys and jauto buses?, the owners, members of tile ' Auto Transit Welfare society and the Portland Auto lius association are doing their own .regulating and have achieved consid erable success thos far City Attorney L,a Itoche is now re drafting: the 'Ordinance aimed tQ regu late the new transportation service and expects to have it in shape for preliminary action by tiie city council Wednesday. Owing to- the provision prohibiting: the Jitneys and buses from operation on Washington and Morrison streets' between Third and Broadway, -and requiring them to , op erate on permanent . routes and paint route signs On the cars, considerable . opposition 4s expected to the. measure. Referendum May Result. - .The owners Bay t hat - if these pro visions of the ordinance are not elim inated tliey will seek to invoke .the referendum and hold the ordinance up until the June election. They say that the provision eliminating them -from the two busy streets discrimi nates in favor of the street car com pany. Commissioner Daly is also opposing this provision and : says ;that if the machines are to be barred from these two streets all automobiles should be prohibited from stopping within the district diiTlng- the day. i The Auto Transit Welfare society, an organization of about 350 jitney and biiH owners and ' drivers, is doing everything- possible to eliminate the : incompetent drivers and those not of good niora.1 character. Already a coni- tnittie has been appointed to Investi gate reckless drivers and in each case found will -swear . out warrants for the arrests. This organisation" has cprds printed designating the routings but machines are allowed to change their routes at any tlnx-Vn application to tho traffic manfigt r. In many . cases these- ma--. chines taks pasengei's direct to tl(eir homes. '''' :inst Obey Rules. ; Tiie sul-s in effect for members of the association follow: . "All drivers at all times must com ply strictly with nil state and city regulations gnveinirg motor vehicles. No fares ;e to he-collected by drivers Willie car is" in - motion. No pas senger sha'lt he permitted to leave or enter a car While same is in motion. All cars shall-approach cifb as close ly as possible. Nib passenger shall leave 0r ceter a car on the left side. . except those riding- In front seats. All cars pa-ising a car headed in the sa ,e direction, - hut. which is not mov ing, shall keep a distance of not less than 10 feet from the stationery car. linvers must avoic overloading as far 'as. pcfcsilde and a car carrying pas sengers in . excess of . its normal ca pacity shall' regulate speed in propor tion to the overload. . Requirements Are Named. "From 6 a. m. to 8 a.- m. no out bound cars shall turn back before reaching their destination, and from 5 p. m. to 7 p. m. no inbound cars shall' turn back before reaching terminus. . Cars .shall not leav the outer termin- als closer than two block's apart and maintain that distance till loaded Drivers must report all articfes found In cars to traffic inspector immediate ly after found In the case of the Portland Aute Bus association, composed of about 20 individual owners, regular routes are maintained and the machines run on schedule time. All machines are re (tuired to be illuminated at night and disorderly conduct of any kind is pro hibited. In case of disorderly conduct lt is the duty of the .conductor of these machines to refund the fares and re- ' Ject the disorderly passengers, o ' machines are allowed to vary from time-schedules or routes without con sent of association. The machines are ; inspected daily and' are to be ke:t in ; perfect running order , at all times. . To Revise Service. .Interesting information to the ef fect, that these big buses are not mak ing expenses at the present time is Kiven by members of the association. "It is said that the cost of operating these machines ranges from $20 to $25 a day, while the average day's receipts lall far below this. , Members of the association are now working out a plan to revise the service and machines that , t-he expenses may 9 tie cut down. ..- In most of these machines at ' least five men are reituired to -handle th- passengers and keep the cars in shape. Four men, two drivers and two con ductors, work on different shifts dur- ;. lug the day and one mechanician is kept busy going over the machine at night wtyile the cars are out of ser vice. ... BOXDS BIIIXG GOOD PRICE Water Securities Forwarle to Chi cago Bunking House. By' the savings bank . commissioner of Massachusetts' approving Portland's water bonds, approximately. $4600 more Is realized on $460,000 of the water bonds .sold to the Harris Trust & Sav ings bank of Chicago than would hSve been secured had they not been ap proved. According: to the ruling, the bonds hereafter will be legal invest ments for savings-banks in that state. The bonds were awarded to the Chi cago firm recently for 94.03261 cents on the dollar and had the bonds not been approved they would have brought only 93.03 cents on the dollar. T.hey werg shipped to Chicago yester-'-day by City Treasurer Adams. SEEK ROOM FOR SECRETARY Place in City Hall for Censor Is N'eetled. . With the new motion picture ordin-; ance taking effect tomorrow the city' commissioners are trying to find room; : In the city hall to house the 'new sec-' retary of the motion ' picture cepsor hip board, Hrs. K. B. Colwell. Com missioner . Brewvster and Mayor Albee ' yesterday searched the building for a cranny in which to place the new sec-: : retary. . The ordinance abolishes the preseirt ' board of appeals and gives the new, board of . censors absolute control to . may as to what pictures shall be ex fcibted In Portland, t MUCH OPPOSITION CITY now 1 -'" - ' 1 - ILL' 1 :H-; III ' vyy, i - '"-, I! HI fi TT CTT r"r -' ' "v ill T- i 71$ 1 it J"?C, cv Si Court Xk Vi' hf vzrn . J, r Riehl testing machine being operated by Oscar Beck, Bquare cemeEt block which J. . ... . i l . . . . i - . . - v , . . t . J ; i i With installation of a Riehle test ing macbine completed 'the eity now has a nbdehine witli k capacity of 150,- C00 pounds fbr testing the strength of steel, bjrss, lead,i brick, cement block. block and in fact most any solid substan.ee used in construction work. - - i : WorK bn the machine was fin fished WETS DEi TO BE ANEW T AGAINST DRYS Forces Will Attack Limitation Clause, According to Anti Saioon League Leader. . That the lihuor mns have practically called ff thlair plans for invoking tne referendum against the Oregon prohi bition jaw id the information received by K.. ! ik Hutton, jsuperintendent of the Anii-iSalcjon league. He says he is advised! hatjthe wets have decided on different; tadtics. j i "My jniorniiation is to tne eriect uiat lt,iiiin!r -mian will iinvnJv& the nrohi- bition law in ias many suits as possible, hoping thereby to j arouse sentiment it-! t ksui Hnttnn "Then at tho! general election in jam iney will submit a measure to repeal both the prohibition law ana me promoiuuu aniendih4nt." One of thei provisions which he saia the wets were intending to attack is the limitation or tne amount or liquor that ma bei shipped in to one person in four jweeks. This limit is two quarts of spirituous liquors and 24 quarts i of malt liquor. The basis of the fight, he said, will be the decision of the I supreme court of Oklahoma in the caise of! Oklahoma vs. Wilson, wherein the court held that the state cannotj prevent a man receiving any amount of liquor. The point has never been rijiled onTby the United States su preme icourt The wets are saidi also to appreciate, the fact that the referendum on the prohibition law would not stave off the dry constitutional amendment go ing lnljo! effect, and the benefits of a referendum iwould be entirely for li quor deailersi outside of the state as it would Igive them a freer hand in ship ping liquor tnto ,the state. iir. 'Hutton said! that he was ia formeU that the 'wets" are waging their campaign now to impress the "drys"! with! the calamitous results they predict will follow prohibition. He says that -wet"; bosses are dis charging 'dry" workmen on various jobs, lie said the f'wets" are boycot ting stores whosej proprietors are known to be' "dry." j !- Taylor "Insurgents" To Decide Course i ; Usual Sunday Services Win Be Held in Front jot Third Street Church; Wlli Consider Oatens' Euling. Dissatisfied with the decision of Judge' 3atetas in the First Methodist Episcopal church controversy, mem bers pf the -insurgent" faction will hold their usual Sunday service in front M the edifice at Third and Tay lor streets this morning and will probably decided on! a future course of action at the same time. It is ! highly t probable that the. de cision wil be appealed to the supreme court, as tne "insurgents" feel that the evidencle in the case' warranted the giving of an injunction compell ing the! "refeular" faction to open the old Tiaylor street building. Inasmuch as Judge Gatens . had ex pressed! it as -his opinion that, the property w4s held in trust for church purposes they believe- he should have made! his decision to this effect. A lrge njurhber of the "insurgents" have made it understood that they are not through with the fight for posession of the church property. C. W. ElilOT 81 YEARS OLD Boston. Charles! W. Rlass.. tarch 20. Dr. Kliot. j president emeritus passed his eighty-first of Hattvardl birthday- quietly today at hi.s home on Fresh Pond Parkwky, Cambridge. He gave eyide re of having fully recov- ered from the severe attack of grippe from whicli he suffered some weeks ago.- Smallpox at Ten Mile. Marshfielcl,, Orl March 20: Dr. Culin.1 counjty health officer, left to day for the Ten Mile lake country to quarantine jseveral i cases of smallpox, which iare jreported ; t here. One caWe Is reported! In North Bend,- being a man who recently " came from Ten Mill CLARED LANNING Mas testing -' r;Hk. ram:- ' - : Sets assistant city i , . . ; . . . , . . .i . . : . .. comprestjio n a few days ago and is now in active use by the bureau of standards df the department of public works. It is th only ' machine of Its kind in this- pity and will! make possible the testing of nny materials, which heretofore had to be sent to Seattle for tests. I The machine is eauinoed wan a combination extensfJmeter and iciom Goes to Jail for Reckless Driving ! ! ! Jitney Chauffeur Gets Severe Pnnish - ment for Carelessness in Running- Do w-n and Injuring Woman. i Williiam Hafdiiiotis, driver Hawthorne avenue jitney, was i Con vie ted of reckless driving' and Sen tenced; to o0 days in jail y Municipal Judge i Stevenson, yesterday. Batrdi notis was driving the niachinel that struck, Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, of Aloha Station, at East Eighth and Hawthorne avenue, Saturday March 13, inflicting injuries. The sentence is the heaviest that Judge Stevenson has lever imposed for reckless driving. j 1 R. G. Banks, driver of one off ! tiie jitneys that was in theismashup at Twenty-first and Flaiiilers streets last Wednesday afternoon, 'after hav ing the charge of reckless driving against him dismissed by Judge Ste venson yesterday, announced thit he had retired permanently from th: -Jitney"; game.. i ! W. JU Trullinger, jitney driver, was acquitted of a charge j of reckless driving, preferred as the' result of a collision on the Steel bridjge earl yes terdayl morningj with a Bortland Milk and Cream companjf team. Pure LEGAL INTELLIGENCE 4- Saturday in the Circuit Court Judgments. SUte ti. Earl Kiley and Jsse Wine;; dis- missed .1 State vs. John Reed and dinmiFseil. J. W. Balliuxer ts. P. K. disrn Used. L,ula ; KounseTell tb. Arthur cree. Sloyius Bader; j Co.; L. & RouDSevell; de dor: dec.ee. i Auna; Pander ts. Albert Pa Anna; Musser- vs. V . H. : Lilly! Boj lun vb. Ola B. ' Beatrice B. Jutinf-on vs. Trust Co. et al; dUmissed. U. II. AVillianiii ivs. iieo Jr. : dismissed. Miu sser; decree. Btyla: Columbia Life & rse II. W iUiams et 1; Floy i McLeod va. Samuel diMiiissed. Budd Gallagher vs. Inman eimrath Poulsen Liiinber uo. ; dismissed a- to Hibern ii Savings bank. Surety & Cua- i C'ity ;of Seaside ts. Orecon unity Co.; Judgment net asidd. . i. i". juee vs. rsurtn t mandate ' entered. acifiic Lumber Co. Colunibla Life Trust Co. vs. Phlllpn J. Oehler ;et al; Judeinent for aintiff. I C'ity; of ' Portland vs. West rn, t nioa !Tel- graph Co.; mandate entered. i James D. Lueey et al vs. Co.: voluntary n. ill -suit. City 'of Portland vs. Eric tide Water Mill I 3. Nelsoiij jjudg- ! meat fur plaiiuiff. City iof Portland vs. Mary judgment for plaintiff. Peterson et al; New Suits. E. P. Berdine vs. George 3, Armstjrong; ; I to collect note Chan Ah Nui vs. Unb Tang Chung; divorce! ; City of Portland v; Aim lie T. Park burst et al to quiet title. M. Hetrlck et .al vs. Gerltnger Motof Car Co. ; to rescind, contract J Forest City Foundry & Mfg Sh uteri et al: to collect notes! Co. TS.1 0 'I ivoi W. Fred; Ueilly vs. Bi-tsey Beilly; d KuerS Music House vs. J collect j account. K. Gils (rap; to I Collect 'I Peter Tousis vs. Frunk' Hrris;' to note. Ira V. Cooper, j adm., ts. "VF B. Roberson; to collect money. Anna Endres vs. Onear Enqres; divorce. Charles Bay vs.' collect note. H. Beeves et al; to Mary B. Crowder vs. Warren W. Crowder divorce. New Inspection ; , Proves Safeguard ' The inspection of the tres by Fire Marshal Steviens and is ass tants are keeping , the proprie Itors ofi these places guessing as to t e pu rpos e of the inspection. They aire not fo be kept (in the dark very feu- as soon as every th Ibng, boj iwever. tre h ap been thoroughly inspected and ev vers. j(thing recorded by the assistarit s lette rs are to be pent to the owne rs rect esting e! fire that things objectionablie to tli bureau be obviated. Three nights of inspe tion ha ve al of the being eiveral taight rators ready improved condition s in alt theatres. Instead of cigarettes Smoked in the" lamp hor.s ies of theatres as discovered t he first therei was njothing but and their machines last that ;was found in the the opt ight. Etebris lleys ahd ob-re- structions in Jthe exits have btje moved since) the lirst "inspection FIRE DESTROYS RESIDENCE Fire caused by an overheated Stove hist night burned the little . 3 room uhanty owned and occupied by Mrs. M. Cauden, a widow living st 5622 fsixty fifth street i southeast, leaving; the woman and i her- two sjtnall children without an earthly possession. Neigh bors took the little family in for the night. The house was completely de stroyed and was without insurance. machine chemist. In the huge jaw b is, a strength. The scale is' also Shown? pressotneter, the invention oil Profesh sor S. H. Graf of Oregon Agril cultural j college. The machine regis ters the tensile strength and the com pression load of practically all materila) s used in engineering construction lit Is pro- posed to do work for all co firms in the city, the bureau itracting to make a regular charge for the work CAMPAIGN FOR 5000 ' ! OF NEW Volunteers to Meet row to Receive to mor- ssign- istrictcd ments as to Teams With ihc .city zoned and and plans all made for the d ampaign for 5.000 members for. the n w Porti- land Chamber of Commerce, t e volun- teers who will take part in the e four- day effort will meet for lun the Commercial Club at 12: heon at 5 p. ns. assign- tomorrow and receive their ments an to teams and ter ritories. The personnel of 77 teamd of four a,nd five . men each has becjn dete?- mined, and other teams formed tomorrow'. Many of wlll tie the city's most prosperous business am rional men are included. The campaign will open a profeS- 9:45 m. Tuesday, and for two a nH a half hours " each day. beginnin felt that hour, the city will be combed! for men and women who will join w hat it Is claimed will be the large st . and strongest civic organization in any size of city in the United States the Portland. E. I Thompson will b general chairman of the campaign. Already there are boasts indicating thje rivalry that wilL develop between trie teams. Many of tie large business insti tutions havo signified their Intention of subscribing for a block of member ships, to be distributed among their employes. Search Unavailing In Drug Traffic Case Neither police Nor Government Maxes of Ai- Farther Arrests of Member leged Smng-g-ling- Ring1. No further arrests were tnade by either government officers o the po lice last night, in an alleged drug smuggling ring, the Portland end Of which, the authorities assert was un earthed at Union avenue Burnside street Friday wh and East Robert McMonies, aged 24, and MabAl Brown aged 23, were found with a lai-ge quan-! tity of morphine in their possess ion. An unavailing search was made for; a Southern Pacific trainman1 accused! by the woman' of being the morphihe and cocaine "packhorse" be tween ' a druggist at Dallas. Or., and a physi-l cian and druggist - in, -Portl and who have been dispensing the morphine users of 'this .city prod uct to Deputy Revenue Collector Sherman M. Miles, who assisted Detectives Moloney and Swennes in the arrests, said that the two prisoners would be ia.en in government cusl tody, on cnarges of violating the new Harrison are hld act, early next week. They under J1000 bail. Boys Stole While 1 1 Police Looked On ' r s ; i Xadd at Spokane Confesses That Be and Sis Partner Crawled Over Koofs to Bnrg-larize Storel ! ' Spokane, Wash.. 'March 20. How he and his partner, Walter Emerson, -now on a training ship at San tvanciseo, rented a nearby room and nightly crawled across roofs to the skylight of Ware Brothers' hardware and Sport ing goods store, robbing the Mace sys tematically, was confessed tx the -police today by Teddy Bigelow 18. One of the robberies, he said, was perpe trated one night when the 5lace was surrounded" by the -police, iiummon by the electric alarm. They got! thousand dollars' worth of stjuff. Biget low was caught when he pawned oble of the stolen guns. Police are to bring Emerson back. I Newport Sportsmen Entertain I Newport, Or, March 2ft. The New port Kod and Gun club gavte a Saint Patrick's dance last night in their new hall which was the biggest and best dance of the year. The dance lasted till early this : mornn'g -when breakfast was served in the elubrooms. The club now has 160 members from all over the county, and the) members plan for better game lawsl for this section. . MEMBERS CHAMBER CLUB WOMEN GETTING R ATI NAL COUNCIL ion Iknd Ji eon Gi COOPERATION fcelligenfl prest ana splendid en- thusiasm ; ldq g toward the ng ' council Iof the ;Nationai! eratfon of "VV bmtn's Clubs, which vends in th to Sty June 1, 2 and 3, shown i the luncheon given yes- terdiy at 114 tel Benson jby the State cil of K deij-ated Clhbs, with Mrs. h A. Elvans presiding. Covers laid fori in the! crystal room . e first pedker was III. V. Chase, is in charge, of the consolidation of the cbmmercijal and Hvlc bodies of pij unqtjr una neao. jus suojeci 'Co-opeirfeaion." He said that fort ears he ad Spent most of his time to ttach mn the value; of co-ppera I you are ever going to dd any-. g ror toe. women of: Oregon, you have to o-optT&te With each! other instead of brkSnw- as kenarnti units. I You will get but! of your) club anj your f ede ation ju t as much as you put in, no more and no i less," said Mr. Chase, Mineyj Soiling Xn. M s. G. J pYnkel, chairman bf the finance cjm ittfee of th council Irneet ing. made ah encouraging rcportj The recent card dartjy netted the comtnittee $14S 3o. TWe Gtfade Teachers aSsocia- tion has coritHbuiited $75, and the Port- landl Woman club has contributed $100 The following women have each Mrs. Mrs. Hare, oung, pledged themseljves to raise $10 for jthe fund Mrs. P. jj. .Mann J. Al..' Pettiti Mrk Martha Zelleri Josejphine S larpj Mrs. J, Coulsen MrsJ yall, Mrs.; Kadie M rs G. J. Frrankel, Mrs.; George Baker, Mrs. Mrs. Russell ! Dorr, Mrs. ! Isaac ; pwett, E. P. Preble, Miss Vella Winner, Mrs F. C. Forbes, Frau Mundti airs. Millie Truntbullj The 'Daughters Qf the ConfedeJracy and W4ljamette chap- ten. Daught Kt8 or tne American Bev- olution, will give a card party at tho Irvington cl up house April 21, thle pro ceedfe to go o this funkl.; Multiomah chanter, L. A. tt-, will also give some entei-tainmeht to( raise nbney, although none of thpsje patriotic: organizations are federated! Vaudeville snow Planned. A big vaudeville entertainmentjis be ing hrranged fon the near futurei The club that will be- represented in that are: Grade Teachers'; association. State "Women's I Press jclub, the Co terie. Woms.n's jOverlook iclub, douncil of Jewish Wonien, Monday Musical clubi Mount Sicott Mental Culture, Woihan's c Shakespeare arid Mac- D'owjell. Im adjdition to the Vaude ville), the ffecSer4ted clubs of th city hav organized themse:ves iijftoj four groiips, as topows, for the piirppse of raisjng mpnejV: Group No. 1 tiiakes peatte, Rall-fvay Mail Clerks' auxiliary, State Presd, political Science, Ko$e City Park Woman's. Group fio. 2 Woman's Overlook, Ctoterte, Mojnday Musical, Self! Culturb, BayViewj. Group! No. 3 Tuesday Aftjernoon,) ;Mount Sfiott, Mental Cuatiirej, Forestry, Brooklyn Mothers arid Teachers', Graduate Nurlses. Grfoup fNo. 4 Social Imlprove- menlt, Corriktej Psychology and Mac Dov(fell. M l j 1 Balkir Promises Aid. i George' Bakerj in an enthusiastic ad dress, promised the women his jhearty supbort ana Assistance ;in their efforts to raise rhdneV. eBneCiallv in their vaudeville entertainment. He touched I upon the ; nebesisity of giving to the thousands s visitors who will come to Portlanc this summer such a cor dial welconef that they will wnt to rettirn to llvje. ! He saljdfthat iri addi tion! to all of the conventions tiat we are I to havs, Seattle alone is ti have 22 Conventions, and has already voted $200,000 fob the entertainment of its guests. H i I ! "t,et eveiy resident of ; Portland. he said, "consider1! himself ior her$el a meniber of a. gfigantic I reception com mittee, which shall be On duty all sum- merl in welcoming thej strangerjs wno enter our gitei, and flon't forget to show every tone of these guests Ore gon's greaitest i asset, the Columbia- highway." Governor Sets! Sates. Mrs. Sadi? Orr Dunbar announced inai uoveiinpr v iinycumue nau piro- n claimed May! 4 to 11 as clean-up. week for the entire state Of Oregon, this proclamation! being brought about through the efforts of the civic com- mittee -of the state federatioin, of Which Mrs. Chat-les H. Ca-stner o t Hood Riv ter is chairman. Mrs. S. M. Blu- mauer anriounced the j need for! auto- mobiles '-to entertain the visitors, and said that thfe Daughters of the Revo- lutlbn had! already promised 30 ma- chimes for the first day s excursion. Mrs;. Blumkuer aTso announced tjhe lec ture to be (given by Mary Antin at the White Teriiple March !31. Mrs. Julia Marquanl brought before the gathering the platform of the new- iy organized woman's I Peace party. and louowieo- IV, Dy. a ijucia ana logical argjument fQ r the co-operation of the women's clu ta in this connection. On motion of Mr- iMillie R. Trumbtill, the asked to take State Fedetitioh will be action favbifin this party and the thihgs for Whiclh it stands. pungl Portland Heiress Returns Dorothy Aliqe Williams, Portland's 15- ,-ear-oh heiress, has returhed to Portland fMm iButte. the scene! of the sudcessful suit) waged I in her behalf fori the esth te of her grandmother Mrs. Rachel E. rvViU ams ofi Butte. The lit- tie F. girl is ttie Stepdaughter of William Scott f -the Davis-Scott Belting company ahd makes her home With her at 69& Ford in herj favor mother arid tepfathr street dri Decision by of a Buttej ury came aiter eight years conti nubias litigatiotii Community Club ; House ite. The Irvihgtoh Park Community club Friday cloied the deal jftr the purchase of a sigh ty bnilding location 100x107 feet on thj e nortneast corner pt JrJast Thirtieth nd Ainsworth streets from Welnnard estate fbr $150. E. Baker represented jthe clubi in the transaction. Preliminary plans for a complete clubhouse tjWo Story frame community to cost $5000 (have been sub- mitted by I Architect 51. S. Dietrich. Thte club Mil build this fall, lit now I has 140 members. . . I DYTO RECEIVE THE iVill Meet in if ort- 'sn by State Co jncil ' i ii " i 1 1 ' IS URGED ! i i ' Chase Advises Women to Work One Jnit; Geo. I.. Baker ' BpeaJt i ; Financial Beport. i ; I ! - int i f t . f kin PARENTS SEEKING THEIR RUNAWAY SON i Clarence Wells. 17, 1 son of a, well to do farmer of Whitefvood, S. D.,' ran away from home lat June and has not been heard of by his parents since. He is tall for his age, of j j average physique and has gray eyes and brown hair. ' ';!-! : It is thought he intended toi.come the coast and that he I was accompanied by an older youth. -. i Both the boy's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Wells, are deeply grieved by their son's -disappearance and are trying", to coi'er a wide terri tory in their search for him, writing to organizations, to police departments, iic, in the hope of . tracing him. They are. offering a reward. 1 - Sale of Bonds Aids! Electric Company Success in San Francisco Reported for Worth western Co. ; Local Sale Qo- : lng On. f. - ; That the sale of $:l,000,000 bf 6 per cent bonds of the Northwestern Elec tric company, which was j reported from San Francisco yesterday, means that the company will be placed in the best, possible financial jcpndl tion, Js! the opinion expressed hepe- .It is reiported that the sahs was roaida to E. If, Rollins & Co. and! other .bankers, j Wilfred Shore, wh is handling the company's $1,200,000 preferred . stock issue, says that the deal means that the short time financing, which takes place in all new companies; Us being replaced with "pertrjanent financing. He expressed tire opinion that the pro ceeds of the bond pale will! replace Similar amounts of ljiotes and! general Indebtedness, now outstanding, i'and would not increase the present inter lest charges of the company, j i Of the preferred stock issue being handled by Mr. Shore, more than half of It has -been sold, and he says that the sale of bqnds will I have most favorable effect upon stock" sales. The Stein - I 'II ' Clothes are 'ort- 'a' I C con- - -y r. r ; Clarence jWells. - i Fresh, 'new patterns colorings pleasing-f-styles full characteristic Stein Faultless! tailoringthe same perfection of detail that has helped; Stein-Bloch Clothes maintain their supremacy for 60. years. We'll be glad to show you the new models drop in tomorrow, BEN Morrison f Dunlap Hats $5.00 r a I on rnonosrami Steel Contracts Arc Filed With County Documents Signed by Steel j Products Compsaj trltli 8-Hour Clause In cluded; Bridgs Work Starts .Soon, j J Signatures of the proper officials of th United. States Steel Products corak pany have been attached to the steel cotracts fbr the Interstate bridii with the 8-hour clause incl uded antl bonds for faithful performance of the wprk have been filed jwith the counti-j. Th presentation was -mado to tl county commissioners; yesterday morh ing. The contracts arid bonds have been approved and the contracts wlp be signed by th county commissioners at ) once: as they have been approved by! District Attorney- Evans. ; - tnder opinions of Attorney General Brpwn and . District Attorney Evans th 8-hour clause . does not ref er to materials purchased in finished state by the company, but would cover aM labor performed by i the contracting company? Judge S. C. Canibbell, Sam Frknciscfo, legal representative of the oortipan ir, said that opinion- was sati isfactory to his people and that whtU work his company performed . woud be within the provisions of tiie clause. With the contract .signed, 'vork will begin at once jon tiie steel fahrlofi tloh, according to EL E. Ho-vard, en gineer of the big' bridge-, nd little delay will result from the controversy over the- clause; The; company. Judge Campbell said, expects to purrhase the material finished which it has con tracted to deliver.'. I Bad Check Scheme Blocked by folic Trio I Caught After First Paper Is Passed; Confession Is Secured From All Three of Young Men. -, i . ! : i Plans of three young men to pass a flood -of bad checks were blocked last night when Detectives Hill, leoh-j ard, Goltz and Abbott arrested Hart well Wpodworth, aged 19. Hbgh Har per, 18, and Frank It- Lawre 20'.! after they had passed the-first : Of 37 I checks they had stolen (from the Portland Gas & Coke Co. Wi and Harper, charged with passing bad checks. were arrested at- Tjhird and Burnside streets, and Lawrelnce on charge of larceny at Fourth And Alder streets. Alt confessed. ; Lawrence formerly was em the gas company and had stolen th checks. He told the detectives tht his object was to secure enoiikh mony1 to leave the city. Woodworth and Hajrper .were enieplojed -at the print: shbp of H. V. Browil Park ; and ' Yamhill & Co., streets, at West Harper! filled out, the checks on a typewriter as ' juawrence had seen them prepared at the gas company. The fitst cheCk passed was for $37.60 at ! Erickson's. saloon! Burnside Btreets. j and wis cttshtd at Second and MAN'S SKULL FRACTURED Elmer McDaniels, .si laborerr about 60 years of age, received a f ractijired skull in a fall down the stairs leading jtuj the basement at the Congdjon hotel, Gresham, last-night. When oil his way to he first floor, he bpened the. wrohrf ooQr and fell down the stairs M was still imconscioun at Good Samar itan hospital at a lat hour last night BlocH Smart i r ' For Spring soft and of smartness with the - Bloch refinement. and see them. $20 to $35 here SELLING th. at Four Brewer Hats $3.00 If however expect Victrola-- - Grafonola M i .1 .- ....... 1 !'-. T ..i f ........... , it'...- i -i Edison Diamond Disc rd UrlOCA &C8A&MsJQioa 4 FIRE LADDIES MAKE RECORD ANSVERING ALARMS YESTERDAY Dry East Wind Blowing Quite Steadily All Day . Causes Unusual Situation, MARSHAL GIVES WARNING Householders Ar Advistd to Hit Bsfsctlrs Fins Cleaned and Bspairsd as Safsgward. 1 A new record Int runs for the fire de partment of Portland was established yesterday. Up to 10 p. m. there had been 19 fires, all caused by the dry east wind which blew steadily all day, The fires came w "in steadily from midnight throughout the day, as reg ular as one an hour, and between 12 and 12:30 o'clock-yesterday there were five fires going at one time. The lo was very small, with the exception of ' the two fires in Dents, one of which destroyed a homo early yesterday morning, and the other de stroying two houses last-night. XJst of Blazes GlTsn. jThe following Is a list of blazes for the day until 10 o'clock last night: 7604 Seventy-fifth street. 8. E.. It. E. Golllngs' home destroyed, loss $3. 000. -. 624 Brooklyn street, three room house destroyed, .supposed incendiary, loss $500. 470 Marshall street, defective, flue, 603 Mississippi avenue, sparks from chimney. 287 East Eighth street, sparks from chimney. 14 East Twenty-fourth street,' burn ing flue. i. 109 North Ninth street, sparks from chimney. 869 Hood street, defective wiring. 78 West Klllingsworth street, burn lng. flue. i - 189 North Twenty-third street, burn ing flue. . R36 Missouri : avenue, burning flu. Hood and Pendleton avenue, brush fire, dead brush 'destroyed. . ' 557 Montgomery Drive, gas explo sion, damage $25. ' Householders Ars Warns d. Sixth and Pine streets, filling sta tion, ; gasoline explosion, motorcycle slightly damaged. 141'y Eleventh street, burning flue. 73 Pow-ell Valley road, burning flue. Eighth and Ainsworth streets, roof fire. Sixty-fifth street and Millard ave nue, Lents, two homes destroyed, ov erheated stove. Owing to the large number of fires, most of which were caused by defec tive flues, Fire Marshal Stevens last night urged that every homeowner Im mediately have the chimneys cleaned and repaired. 'A $1.60 to have a chimney cleaned is the best -Investment I know of," he said, particularly when It means In most "cases a saving of the . home and probably lives from fire. - Get busy and clean the chimneys and have the defective flues repaired." to own