The Oregon daily journal., April 13, 1915, Page 2, Image 2

.THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND," TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1915
FORMER GOVERNOR
WEST ON STAND IN
DEFENSE OF ACTION
: Letters Which Were Largely
i ; Responsible ? for Martial
' Law at Copperfield, Read,
BUT ONE DEFENDANT NOW
'pas at Bukar Attracts Much Attention
.' and km if earing1 tier
, End.
Baker, Or., April 13. Governor West
waa on the stand in hia own behalf
th'la morning In the case of William
Wlesand, . former councilman- and sa
loonkeeper of Copperfield, who Is
ruing- West, Colonel Xawson of the
: National Guard et al. for damages al
leged due for liquor confiscated when
Governor West put Copperfield, under
martial law In January, 1914.
Some time was devoted to reading
16 letter from Copperfield citl&ens,
- describing conditions there prior ; to
the declaration of martial law. At
torney Nichols, for the plaintiff, ob
jected to the introduction of the let
ters to Justify seizing of the liquor,
the court ruling that they could be
admitted only to Justify martial law.
West's testimony, following reading
of the letters, largely concerned his
ronversation with Rev. Mr. Lee of
Huntington, who made a personal visit
to Salem, complaining to the governor
that District Attorney Godwin and
Sheriff Rand were not enforcing the
-law.
. Objections Arc rieqnent.
i Nicholas frequently objected, when
- West gave his opinions, reached as a
result of Lee's Information. The court
finally ruled that the witness must
confine himself to statements made
by Le.
-With the exception of testimony on
-that value of the seised liquor, plain
tiff's case rested yesterday afternoon.
Attorney ColU.er lor the ex-governor,
and" Attorney: General Brown, repre
. renting Colonel Lawson and the mlli
tiannen.; immediately moved for non
. suit. Motion of the attorney general
-was sustained, and Collier's motion
,'waj denied, making West now the only
detendant.
"Lee said," testified West, "that
Sheriff Rand was an excellent officer
-for catching murderers, horse thieves,
'etc., but, having served so long he had
, become hardened to conditions in min
ing camps, to which Lee attributed
'Hand's lailure. to enforce the law at
Copperfield." . The witness told fur
'.ther of complaints lodged by Mrs.
, l!nruh,- president of tlie state W. C.
'T. U., and Superintendent Shelton of
the Anti-Saloon league, which had
v in'ucfi to do with the governor's ac
tion In declaring martial law. It, is
ithought that taking of testimony will
be completed today or early tomor
row morning, and the case may possl
v lly go to the jury some time tomor-
: .row.
The court room was crowded today
,." In contrast to the few present yester-
..." uay morning.
STRAIGHT MILEAGE AS
4 BASIS FOR R. R. RATES
? LOOMS At HEARING
Conflicting Demands of Va-
rious Cities Puzzles Inter-
1 state Commission,
B- W. S. For.-e-f.
Washington. April 13. U. P.) As
the Interstate Commerce' commission's
heartoig on the "back haul rates" from
the Pacific coast approached the end
today, legislation looking toward the
establishment of , rates upon a straight
tniteage basis appeared more certain.
The commissioners are-puzzled by the
: conflicting demands of various points.
- The desires of the cities represented
at the hearing have been revealed sub
stantially as follows:
San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and
Tacoma Absolute rec osr.it'ori of water
competition for themselves; intermoun-
tomatle it go
Send for Lbri
tatttm Instruc
ting Bk, tptci
jying mait if
yiur mr. Frtt.
Standard
oa
Company
. CCalltomU)
. Portland
led Crown
Twenty-Two Are
Baptized in the
Clackamas Eiver
J Oregon City, Or., April 13. -. .
"Tou are not wet all over,"
t shouted Brother Baker to a con.
rert of t the Apostolic ; Faith 3t
Df creed, as he seized and plunged
Jt the convert Into the Icy waters
of the Clackamas river a sec-
, ond time Monday afternoon. -
Twenty-two were baptized In
the river at Gladstone yester--
day. Brothers Baker " and
Schaeffer officiated at the Ira-
t . mersion. j -
Despite a drizzling rain and
a cold wind, all stood upon the
river bank In their dripping
garments and cheered until the
a last convert was baptized. . 4t
: m
LOAN ASSOCIATION
HAS KEPT ITS F
ACTIVE CONTINUALLY
Plan Under Way to Enlarge
Present Working Capital
for Future Operations.
That the paid in capital of the Port
land Remedial Loan association ha3
turned over fully three times since
organization, a little over a year ago,
and that losses have been trivial, was
reported at a meeting of the association
yesterday. The association was organ
ized to combat the loan shark evil.
It wis shown that between February
1, 1914, and April 1, 1915, loans aggre
gating $84,038.59 have been made.
Loans redeemed aggregate 142,383.71
and loans outstanding amount to $41,-
654.88.
The capital stock paid in to February
1, 1915, wa8 $31,300, and this total had
grown to $39,043 by April 1. Demands
for loans are -such that the association
has found it necessary to borrow $5000.
"Ten thousand dollars additional
working capital is solicited," said Ben
Selling, president of the association,
this morning. "Interest will be paid
at a rate of 6 per cent on all capital
stock paid In, the interest beginning
the first of the month following pay
ment and continuing to February 1 of
this year, when we begin for the asso
ciation a -new fiscal year, with the
same rate of interest to be paid Feb
ruary 1 of next year.
"The Remedial association during its
first year has been wonderfully suc
cessful. It has done a great deal of
good, and It has actually earned the 6
per cent we will pay to' stockholders."
tain cities to suffer from added back
haul charges.
Los Angeles Recognition as a port
city, but without the present back haul
charge from San Pedro.
Spokane, Reno and Phoenix Coast
terminal rates.
Sacramento, Astoria, .Vancouver, Bel
lingham and Everett Desire terminal
character taken away by commission
restored. ,
Missoula, Mont. Wants ijfoposed
concessions to Spokane modified so as
to save its own jobbing business.
Minneapolis and St. Paul Desire
an advantage over Chicago in rates to
the coast because of the short distance
from Chicago.
Chicago Wants a greater advantage
over New York to the coast because of
the difference , in distance.
New Tork Desires recognition of
water competition primarily from New
York, and that no rate from Chicago
be lower than from New York if theory
of "water competition is held good.
Commissioner Clark made no at
tempt to dl3guise the fact that he is
puzzled by the varying and conflicting
demands. Shipping and railroad ex
perts are admittedly appalled by the
apparently irreconcilable desires of the
various communities.
Pendleton Hotel Man Dies.
Pendleton, Or., April 13. J. C. Mona
han, associated with Fred Bloch in
the management of the Hotel Pendle
ton, died last evening at a local hos
pital, following an illness of several
months. The body will be taken to
Colfax tomorrow for burial. Mr. Mona
han is survived : by a brother, Tom
Monthan, of Bellingham, and a daugh
ter, who is attending school in Walla
Walla. Mr. Monahan was formerly in
the hotel business in Bellinghim, and
at one time was connected with the
Hotel Oregon, in Portland.
R
ED CROWN keeps your
engine "steady." It is re
finery erasoline, every drop
and it's uniform. It has the
"kick." It burns clean.
Get Red Crown at our Serv
ice Stations, conveniently locat
ed on the roads you use every
day.
io lleep it going
ZEROLENE
A prominent automobile man
ufacturer says. : i "Lubrication is
really the most important item
in keeping a i car in ; good run
ning order j R ; A
To keep your car going' right use
Zerolene, the standard oil for motor
cars. It's the best auto oilrthe Stand
ard Oil Company can make. It has
the right body; and it's stable in hot
cylinders. Get Zerokne at our Serv
ice Sutiocv or dealers everywhere,
UND
PROTEST AGAINST THE
REMOVAL OF STAIN
A BEEN - FORWARDED
Many Business Houses and
Property Owners Sign Pe
tition; Reasons Given, .
FNATflR APPFAI Fn Tfl weM blown to pieces. A military ln
OCIHHIUnO HrrCHl-Cli 1 u j vesication into the origin of the fire
", i ' i ! was begun.
Representative ; McArthor Seat Peti
tions to Postmaster General Bur
leson Yesterday.
Signed by 341 business houses, firms
and property owners of the east side,
a petition addressed to Postmaster
General Burleson and the Oregon con
gressional delegation, was mailed to
the postmaster general yesterday by
Representative McArthur.
The petition " protests against the
proposed merging of the east side
branch postofflce, station A, at Union
avenue and East Alder street, with
station A, Fifth and Glisan streets. -
and asks that Instead of abolishing i f " ,
JlXKZZ2ZllMrs. Leome M. -Rati Brings
the 3o.ooo people that the petmon
Jn- "f,. f ccom.pnyIng the, peti-
and Lane, the following reasons are
advanced for retaining an east side
station:
Carriers would lose much time cross
ing the s bridges under the proposed
arrangement, anil their car fare would
be an item of additional .expense; at
least one delivery a day on the east
side would be lost by such a move;
the east side is fast becoming the
wholesale and jobbing district of Fort
land, instead - of the proposed arrange
ment being more economical. It would
result In an actual loss, with decreased
efficiency.
"We now have some 16 commission
houses,' 22 large implement and ma
chinery houses, 150 manufacturing
plants' of various capacities," say the
letters, "with scores of other business
bouses, all, and more particularly the
implement and machinery houses very
existence depen'ds upon prompt, quick
mail deliveries and parcels post serv
ice, in filling rush orders for small
agricultural and other machinery parts
at this season of the year. We have
14 automobile assembling plants and
agencies In this district, liekwise de
pendent upon quick, prompt mail serv
ice (and without doubt the department
will soon be delivering Fords by par
cels 'post). These implement and ma
chinery houses now ship annually
nearly $25,000,000 worth of farm im
plements, agricultural, timber and road
machinery, and the business done in
this station A branch postoffice last
year reached the sum of over $165,000
and ran over $1,500,000 during the
past 10 years. We submit that this is
I worthy of most careful consideration."
PRISONER OF WAR IS
ANXIOUS TO SETTLE
HERE WHEN HE'S FRE
New Chamber of Commerce
Receives Letter From Ger
man of South Africa,
While the new Chamber of Com
merce is in process of organization, it
is keeping up the activities of the old
chamber and the Commercial club. It j
will be two or three weeks before the I
organization will be perfected. The
committee on constitution and by-laws
filed its report last night and copies
,of the report are being printed for dis
tribution to each of the 5000 inembers
j before the membership meeting, which
;is to. be held Thursday night to take
action on the report. Following the
adoption of the constitution will come
jthe election of 30 directors.
Its first inquiry from a prisoner of
(war was, received by the new chamber
! today. It came from Emil Chutzch,
a German lad of 22 and baker by !
trade, who was captured at Pieter
maritzburg, Natal, South Africa, at the
start of the war between Germany and
England. He gives his address as pris
oner No. 166, Camp 1, Barrack 1-A. The
envelope bore the mark of the war cen
sor both in South Africa and England,
and was also stamped "Prisoner of
war, postage free." He wants to come
to Oregon as soon as he is free and
wants to kpow if the Chamber of Com
merce will furnish him transportation
and a position.
The 1915 Oregon Almanac, issued by
the Chamber of Commerce, is a text
book in a numbeK. of Oregon schools.
One county superintendent has Just
made a request "Tor 200 copies of the
booklet, whioij Is filled with informa
tion on the resources of the state. The
only condition imposed by the chamber
is that when the students have finished
with the books that they mail them to
friends or relatives in the east. ; ,
Commercial organizations in 25 o'f
the leading cities of the Atlantic sea
board have sent letters of congratula
tion to the new Portland organization
on Its success in achieving the largest
civic-commercial association in the
United States. ,
Arrangments have been made to re-
jceive the road bonds election returns
i in the green room of the -Chamber of
j Commerce tomorrow night. Entertain
ment will also be provided.
WILL REMAIN TERMINAL
"Have no doubt but that Astoria
will be retained as a terminal." wired
Joseph N. Teal from Washington to
George B. McLeod, chairman pf the
Port of Astoria commission 'today.
When the Interstate Commerce com
mission in , its . ruling of ? January 29
designated certain terminals ; from
which railroads might make backhauls
into 'the Interior, Astoria was omitted,
althduSBT less important points on the
southern coast - were designated. Mr,
Teal was asked to represent Astoria
In appearance before the' commission
at Washington, petitioning correction
of the -omission;
Five Divorce Decrees Granted.
Default divorces granted yesterday
by Circuit ' Judge Gantenbein ; were:
Mary A; .-Mayerhofer against Frank
Mayerhofer. desertion; Anna U Linde
mann from August4 Llndemann, . deser
tion;" Elmer Howard from Anna How
ard, desertion j. Myrtle Fisher ; from
Roy Fisher, cruelty, and Maud Bur dick
from Asa C. Burdlclc, cruelty. .
Gun Cotton Kills
Five in Sbetlands
Jdyeterioue Explosion Injures Mors
taaa 40 in Berwick; at Tint Be
Uered Zeppelin, Had Dropped Bomb.
? London. April 13. (I. N. S.) At
i least five persons were killed and
I more than 40 were hurt, many fatal
Ily, by a terrific explosion at Lerwick,
in the Shetland Islands, early today.
A disoateh received here by a press
agency says the explosion occurred In
a store near the f Isb market, where
a fire was followed by a tremendous
detonation as a huge store of guncot
4on exploded.. The fish market was
gutted by fire. Four men and a boy
i It was at first believed here that a
Zeppelin had dropped a bomb on trie
naval station at Lerwick.
T
TO PROTECT HUBBY
Novel Proceedings in Cir-
CLlit Co'llft.
Can on woman be legally stopped
from molesting or pursuing the hus
band of another woman?
Attorney Henry Westbrook believes
il is possible since the Oregon law
makes a marriage a civil contract.
With the view of testing out the ques
tion this morning, he filed suit for
Mrs. Leonie M. Rau against Ruth Lee,
25 years old and residing at the Hotel
Arthur, to restrain her from making
further advances toward Rutherford
M. Rau, a liquor salesman for Roth
child Bros. The Raus have a son. Jack,
4 years old.
Previously Westbrook had taken the
matter up with Circuit Judge McGinn,
asking if an injunction might be se
cured. Judge McGinn declined.
Mrs. Rau alleges that Miss Lee is
insolvent and that it is impossible to
secure a Judgment for damages against
her that would be worth anything. She
says she hag appealed to the district
attorney but cannot secure a warrant
because her evidence against Miss Lee
is not sufficiently direct.
The affair between Miss Lee and
Rau, Mrs. Rau alleges, has been going
on since December 1, 1913, though Miss
Lee knew Rau to be married.
District Attorney Evans said that
Mrs. Rau complained some time ago
to him and that he had talked with
both Miss Lee and Rau. He said he
(.persuaded Miss Lee at one time to
stay away from Rau but later learned
that they were associating again.
"After that I warned Miss Lee to
leave the city under pain of prosecu
tion and I understand she went to Chi
cago," said Evans. "Mrs. Rau wanted
a complaint against Miss Lee but I
declined to Issue any complaint unless
Rau was included In the charges. Mrs.
Rau did not want him charged with
any crime and I did not feel that it
would be fair to make the young
woman the sufferer alone." '
The case will be assigned regularly
tomorrow morning and an attempt will
be made by Westbrook to secure the
Injunction from the court to which it
is assigned.
PORTLAND FANS
xPAY HOMAGE TO
r KING BASEBALL
(Continued From Page One.)
Portland tonight. Business men left
their desks, school children their books,
traffic cops forgot to blow their whis
tles, pedestrians walked deliriously,
all looking upward to the heavens. For
once Portland seemed like London on
the eve of an expected German dirigible
raid.
But the rain held off and off till
the very moment the parade was due
to start and then it came down In a
partial cloudburst.
The procession started down Morri
son street from the assemblying point
at Fourteenth In a terrific downpour.
A band played "How Dry I Am" to the
splatter and great big drops at first
and then sheets of water. Those in un
covered cars' became soaked but the
baseball boosters never faltered. The
parade went on its way In the full hope
of optimism that it couldn't rain for
ever. "It's only a shower," said by-'
standers on the street curbs. And
that's all it was, for 15 minutes later
the sun was shining again and the blue
peeked out from the clouds back of the
hills near the ball park.
The parade itself, was one bf the
largest in recent years but was not
conspicuous for any elaborate prepara
tion. The pleasure cars made up the
bulk of the procession with one or two
advertising steamer floats and a good
roads bond issue float or two.
Governor in ' the Faxade.
George L. Baker, as leader grand
lssimo, led the procession, accompa
nied by Ray Barkburst and -Bill Pan
gle. - A squadron of mounted police and
the police band were closely followed
by a car containing Governor Withy
combe and city officials.
Prasp's band led the second division
headed by J. J. Richardson as mar
shall. The two teams, the Beavers
and Hap Hogan's gladiators, composed
the bulk of the devislon being trans
ported in a flotilla of brand-new re
splendent Cadillac "S.'s" 4
Other divisions followed ln order,
being led by Dr. W. O. Spencer, Thomas
Hlslop and W. P. Strandborg. The lat
ter's division was composed of a large
number of autos bearing members and
Xrlends of the Portland Railway, Light
& Power company's force.
- Moving picture men raced up and
down the sides of the procession film
ing the celebrities, and small boys re
leased from school for the afternoon
admiringly kept pace with the cars
bearing the players.
'A number of cars were given over to
local amateur teams In uniform. In
cluding among them a girls' team
dressed In Holsum bread uniforms, a
team of Japanese boys and the Pied
monts, Artisans, Clinton-Kelly and
ether aggregations.
One section was composed entirely
of. half a - hundred, unemployed men
carrying andwich.es for good roads.
Each sign bore, a salient fact in favor
of the proposed bonds and exhorted
voters to vote favorably tomorrow.
BIT Crowd Anticipated. '
To handle the big crowd, anticipated
'20,000 or bust the streetcar com
pany had baseball . park cars on the
street as early as 11:30 o'clock and the
Auto Transit Welfare society arranged
for special service to the park -from
the east side: .. " . . - ,
Today's game- marks the entrance of
NCTION
SOUGH
FROM
OTHER WOMAN
SECRET SERVICE MEN.
ENGAGED TO WATCH
HUERTA, WHO IS HERE
Warring Factions ill Mexico en working. t the meeting f the
, -r- x a i board of control yesterday afternoon.
rear Former Dictator Is i The board was discussing what th
i , , . ,4 - penitentiary should charge other in-
LOOking T0r TrOUblet stitutlons for the convicts work. It
1 has been the practice to charge $1.25
5 : . . I per day for each man, and the board
SAY BANKERS BACK HIM'T1,!1.0 chav
f A return to the orison system where-
'
Soerta's Friends Say B Zs Not Planning-
to Sead. New Revolution,
Bnt doing to Spain.
Washington, April 13. (U. P.) Se
cret service agents have been detailed
by the representatives in the United
States of warring Mexican factions toj1' w" suggested that the plan might
keep a close watch on former President j interfere with the minimum sentence
Victoriano Huerta, of Mexico, who is regulations, but Minto believed that it
in New York today. The American would and suggested that, if nec
Juntas Busnpri that Huerta. r.lana ' esBary- th ahould be paroled before
juntas suspect that Huerta plans an-, the mlnlrmiin tence expired. Minto
other revolution, securing his money believed those who did not work should
and men on United btates soU. They,De put lnglde th wal,a an(J k t th
intend to obtain wm-plete reports of jand g00d marks taken off.
with Mexicans In America.
cles here
banking firm in New York which fur-
nished the cash to finance several
Mexican uprisings, has sent agents to
see Huerta and that it hopes to do
business with him.
Huertas friends scoff at this. They
say the former dictator is convinced
that eventually the United States will
intervene, that the various factions
will then present a united front to the
invaders, and that Huerta will be re
called to his native land to take com
mand of the Mexican army.
It is said he will visit Washington
before returning to Spain, for whieh
country he says he intends to sail in
May. There is a universal belief that
he will not be received by the Wash
ington officials.
President Wilson today signed an
order directing the army transport
Sumner to proceed from Galveston to
Tampico to take aboard the American
refugees who are crowding the con
sulate there,' Imploring protection from
the marauding Mexicans. The situa
tion at Tampico is declared to be the
most serious. The Villistas and Car
ranzistas are constantly skirmishing
near by. Most of the oil wells have
been shut down.
MORE BASEBALL AND
TENNIS FACILITIES ARE
PLAYGROUND NEEDS
Commissioner Brewster of
Public Affairs Department
Renders Repprt,
Improvements made in the various
parks and playgrounds during 1914
are given In detail, and a number of
recommendations are made, in the an
nual report of the department of pub
lic affairs, filed by W. L. Brewster,
commissioner, with City Auditor Bar
bur this morning.
More baseball and tennis facilities
Instead of outdoor gymnasium appa
ratus are urged for the playgrounds.
He says that there is not room enough
in the present parks for these grounds,
and contends that at least two large .
municipal grounds should be provided.
He would have a large baseball cen
ter In the north end of the city, and ;
one In the south end. j
The report says that the city should
bear a portion of th expense of
equipping swimming pools In the
schools, provided the schools will allow
the general public use of the tanks on
certain days.
FREEDLANDER IS. RETAINED!
Council Compromises With Archi
tect in Auditorium Matter.
The city council meeting yesterday
afternoon decided to make J. H. Freed- ;
lander, New York architect for the '
proposed auditorium, a compromise
offer of $9000 for the old plana which
have to be discarded. It originally of- j
Xered $8000, but Mr. Freedlander-'held
out for 510,000.
Employe Is . Discharged.
T7 a TlvlaAnl! acian4- AnariviAAW ff
the fireboat George H. Williams, was
discharged by Fire Chief Dowell this
morning. He was charged with being;
intoxicated.
the jitney into the business of carrying
baseball fans to and from the ball
park. Nearly 50 special jitneys were
put in this service charging 10 cents
for the haul from any part of the city.
The cars were kept off Washington
and Twenty-third streets as far as
possible, leaving the Jitneys on that ,
regular route to do business the same ,'
as usual. )
Portland has won five opening j
games in the 12 seasons that have j
passed, that of 1913 being the mem-
orable 12 inning 1 to 1 tie. which was;
called on account of darkness. April.
15 of that year being cloudy and j
threatening. In spite of that, how-;
ever, the Coast record crowd of over I
16.000 saw the game. : j
Bobby Groom, In 1907, against San ;
Francisco. . Jesse Garretl against Sac- ,
ramento and Oakland, respectively, in
1909 and 1910; Tom Beaton against Los
Angeles In 1911. and Irve Higginboth
ara against Oakland in 1914, have been
the only winning pitchers. Therefore
the pitcher McCredie uses today,
whether Higginhotham. Krause or
Lush, has a big job on his hands.
m'
King Goes to Front.
Berlin, (via Amsterdam) April 13.
(1. N. S.) The king of Wurtemberg
has gone to the fighting front in the
west, according to announcement here
today. He will remain there a week.
B. HMD
For Eczema
i liquid used -externally for
years the standard skin remedv
stant relief from all kinds of itch.
15
In-
DO f 2o5Sfl'"i-the mildest of
M3Udp cleansers keeps
the skin always clean and healthy. , Ad.
May Go Back to
Old Policy at Pen
Warden . Wnto In ravor of Giving
rriaon Inmates Tins Off for Oood
Work Governor Hot Impressed.
Salem, Or.. April ' IS. "I swear to
God, if I couldn't do more than 10 of
them, I'd quit," said Governor Withy-
COmhe. rfrtn n mnvli4a h ha
by inmates will get two days allowed
on their time for one when they make
good as trusties, and a day .and a half
when they make good as workers under
guard, was forecasted, Warden Harry
Minto arguing in favor of the change.
It was his idea that the men would
do more work if they found that
every day they worked hard would
mean two clipped from their sentence.
K. l., I 3 . .
? dih.g "5,f n..0m..I ln8ide'
In .ir tln M.nt
LtitanW. "h.iJLi' u '"I.m"
I tn .h ?JV? " n"!? bf
WelLt0 the mf,B T" m
?.r " centB- " weV? Llvf, ."V.100
gvuu nine, nowever, ne ueueveu inure
in double time allowance than in the
daily wage.
Minto suggested that he be permitted
to work the wall guards 12 hours in
stead of 8, declaring that he had been
used to working 12 hours and more
himself. He believed It would be abso-
juieiy necessary to increase tne noma
of the men to keep within the appro
priation. Kay sugegsted It would be well to
wait until May 22 before changing tLe
hours, as the eight hour law as applied
to state institutions will be out of
commission then. Governor Withy
combe suggested that something easier
than 12 hours be fixed. He said 12
hours "was all right when Minto and
he were young, but did not Jibe with
modern conditions. "' -
"You expect me to do a lot of work,
and I have a lot of inmates and a
small amount of cash," said Mirfto.
"These men were wished on me and
the place was stocked up when I took
charge."
Minto finally agreed to give the gov
ernor's suggestion of 10. hours a tryout.
He also agreed to submit to the board
at a later date a written statement of
his proposed prison policy.
The matter of accepting an offer of
J. M. Keney to allow the state to c'at
3000 or 4000 cords of wood from a
tract in Polk county, four miles from
Salem, and charge nothing for the
stumpage. was referred to Warden
Minto. .Minto will not establish a
camp at the tract, but will haul the
convicts back and forth from jthe peni
tentiary daily, if the offer Is accepted.
In this connection, the board decided
to look up a large auto truck suitable
for carrying the men back and forth.
On Way Back Home,
G. C. Corbelay, secretary of the Spo
kane Chamber , of Commerce. Is In
Portland on his way home, after visit
ing the Panama-Pacific exposition. Mr.
Corbelay has been mentioned for the
position of general manager t of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce. "
Leading Photo-Play House
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Today and TomoiTow Only
p Betty Bellairs
J In The Spanish Jade
SComing Thursday
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Last Two Days See 'The Imp" and "The Firefly" in
When We Were Twenty-One
Opening
Full movies will be taken of the fun on the OPENING GAMK
whether it be today or later. . They will be shown the
morning after the game at tfie Star Theatre. f '
ft J"?yjr frJ
- .Pacific
In the New Central Market,
ARE WALLS SOUGHT
IN CONGESTED PARTS
ALONG WATERFRONT
Dock ' Commission Requests
Ordinance Be Drawn "Giv
ing Authority - for Work.
AMENDMENT IS APPROVED
Measur Would CKve City Xxcluslve
Control of. Street Ends; to
Refund Taxes. .
The dock commission. -this morning
at special meeting approved a charter
amendment which if voted by the peo
ple at the. next city: election will give
It exclusive control of street ends In
the matter of franchises and licenses
for use, the revenues derived . there
from to. b pajd Into the, public dock
fund. -
The city attorney was directed to
prepare an ordinance giving the city
or the commission power -to order the
construction of fire walls at suitable
intervals along the congested portion
of the waterfront. It was stated that
fire. If . started : in certain quarters,
would sweep waterfront and, city;
also, that if fire walls were con
structed the decrease in insurance
rates would pay the cost during the
life of the wall.
The commission j voted to refund
$72.32 in taxes paid toward dock fund
by Sylvan and Mount Zion property
before It was decided these districts
had not legally been made part. of the
city. --. 1 ;.
Ordinances were i adopted prescrib
ing regulations and rates . for use of
public, docks. Rates and regulations
do not vary greatly over thosj before
.prescribed, but apply uniformly to all
public docks,, including the now near
ly completed east side public dock.
The matter of giving the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company, ac
cess to the east side public dock over
the railroad tracks to be constructed,
was discussed, as ; was the turning
over of the ferry landing at the foot
of Seventeenth street to the county
commissioners. Insurance was placed
for municipal dock No. 2. '
PARK TARGET OF INQUIRY
Why is the Oaks? For what reason
is the Vaughn street ball park? For
what purpose are; other properties
owned by the Portland Hallway, Light
& Power Co, and why should their cost
and operation become a factor in tne
general physical valuation on whtcn
the making of rates is based?
These questions were put straight to
F. W. Hild. general : manager of the
company, today by 'Railroad Commit,
sioner Clyde B. Aitchlson. when the
corporation took the stand to defend
its contention 'that i outside properties
not used directly in transportation are
to be valued at high operating figures.
The Oaks is purely an advertisement,
Mr, Hild stated. It is owned by the
company as ft means of stimulating
street car traffic. The same is true,
Mr. Hild said, of trie ball park, which
Is rented out to the baseball manage
ment, but which is chiefly valuable be
cause of the 'fan8'! who pay fare to
get there.
There is this difference, however,
according to Mr. Hild: The ball park
some day -will be used as a site for u
large car -barn. For that purpose, he
said. It was originally purchased.
in City West Park and Alder
"The School for Scandal
Wednesday
Special
First-Class Hams ....... 15c
Magnolia Butter, roll. . . .58c
Fresh Churned ; Creamery
Butter, a roll i . . .53c
Marked: .
Corner 4th. and Yamhill SU.
MAN WRECKED 5 WOMEN
The lives of five young women have
been! blighted through association with
David Westman, alleged white slaver
on trial in the United States district
court, according to testimony intro--duced
in court today and yesterday.
Of) these, three were led Into white
slavery; one Is the mother of a name
less baby, and the fifth, his wife. Is
under the shadow, of his wrongdoing
and his present difficulty.
' For putting two women Into immoral
life, both close relatives of his,' he
served 38 months In McNeil's Island
penitentiary, and today he is on trial
Tor Introducing another girl, "Billy"
Rae, Into the same sort of life- for
which be formerly wore stripes.
Laplne The Protestant churches of
this vicinity plan to build a commu
nity church, the idea being promoted
bV thft Kortnl iht 1 V Wnino n'm s.lu tk.
Laplne Commercial club and the local
lodge of Red Men.
SEE THAT
URVE
Every Pair
of Eyes
is Reserving of the greatest care
anjd skill in eye examination and
the best quality in glasses. Our
entire time, effort and equipment
in our examination room and
factory are aimed toward the
goal of quality glasses.
Quality glasses do not neces
sarily mean expensive glasses,
bin they do mean best quality of
material, accurately ground and
designed for your individual eye
jneleds.
THOMPSON
OPTICAL INSTITUTE
209-10-11 Corbett Bid., 2d Floor
AMUSEMENTS
In "THE MAN WHO
DOES EVERYTHING'
THE
.. Is Offering the
Greatest Novelty
of tlie Year
SYLVESTER
CHAFFER
Is the Highest
Salaried Artist
in the World
and - is Packing
the Big Vaude
ville Hut Twice
E a c 'h D a y.
MASON AND KEELER
Are Unequalled Funster
and there are
Plenty of Other
Acts to Make
You Happy' .
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
60c Nights
25c Matinee .
YOU'U. Have to HURRY!
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MAT. TOMORROW
I 11-00, 75, BOc. 85c. V.V.
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Wad. Matlne "KIOOtETTO"
Wad. aranlng. '-TEAVIAIA"
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Erenlna. 2Sc to 91.00. Mat. 25c. COc. Klrt
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