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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY ' JOUKNALv PORTLAND." SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8. 1915. 11 HEALTH INFORMATION N CITY WORK SOUGHT (City Health Officer Marcellu$ - Have Been III, TO TACKLE GERM ISSUE tet of Breaking the Sofl Upon Epidemics To 8 Ascertained, it Possible. . What may result In health informa tion of Interest all .over the country 4m a campaign how being conducted by City Health Officer Marcellus t0 find o how many city laborers have been fli during the past two years and wnat is tne nature or their illness. --An example of what the investiga tion may result in is that the statistics secured may prove or disprove the Commonly accepted theory that break ing the soil sometimes results In an epidemic of communicable diseases, such an diphtheria or Kcarlet fever. " It 1h believed that no records have been kept heretofore of the nature qf the illness occurring among certain classes of laborers, such as street cieaners. Information from some 501 laborers in the departments of public utilities, public affairs and public work will be secured. The depart- '"menta of finance and public affairs have no larger body of common la borers. Commissioner Dieck, of the depart ment Of public works, has sent a health question blank to every em ploye of the department. Similar blanks have been sent to each -bureau Chief of the department of public utilities and the department of public affairs will secure the information desired. The first report sent rn is from the SUDerlnlend-ent of the incinerator, re porting only a large number of colds among his employes. In this case it is pruuauie iraai no germ aisease, sucn as influenza, ia present, but that the colds are merely due to drafts follow ing overheating. WOULD KEEP DOWN BUDGET voiiiiiuBMiiiier lugciuw .'lanes a Suggestion. Commissioner of Finance Bigelow believes that the council should fro over the diferent items of the 1918 budget and eliminate all it can before submitting it to the advisory commit tee, of seven citizens. Questions of policy In which the public ia directly Interested should be submitted to the committee, as well as items upon Which the council cannot agree, ac cording to Bigeiow's view, and intra department detail and routine should not be allowed to take up the advis ory committee's time. The committee was provided for by it resolution of Commissioner Baker, unanimously adopted by the council yesterday. It will be chosen by the council as a body. . Commissioner Bigelow will soon call OA the various commissioners to sub edit to him. in acordance with the char ier, an, estimate of the needs of their i . . i I . I i r , department for the 1918 budget. The council' will then meet as a committee to prepare the budget. WATER ISSUE AT ST. JOHNS if the Present Plant Is for Sale. , The first step in the investigation Of the waier needs of St. Johns and newly annexed territory with Bull Run water, as authorized by the council has been taken by Commissioner of Public Utilities Daly. He has sent a letter to the St. Johns Waterworks and Lighting company asking if it con templates selling its plant and request ing all information regarding its in vestment. The company is said to own considerable real estate in addi tion to iia mains and pumping station, but should it be acquired the city would probably be able to purchase its mains only. Alternatives are con demning the property or laying new mains. TO MAKE ADVERSE REPORT Opening of East Water Street Is Difficult Proposition. Commissioner Dieck will report Wed nesday against a - petition from the East Side Business Men's club asking for the opening of East Water street from East Ash street to the Burnside bridge, as it would bo difficult to finance, would be dangerous when AMONG LABORERS m railroad yards and would practical! cause a Cessation of switching yards. Qn the north. East Water street would be a dead street, he says. Dieck believes, however, that there should be a marginal street along the east river front, to .serve the public docks, 'and that it should have a belt, line railroad as well as serve vehicle traffic, 1 He opposes the petition of the pub lic doeks commission for opening East Ankeny street from East First street to the river, as ft would cross the rail road,, and declares that JGast Water street is already opened between East i Ash -an4 East Ankeny streets. The ; dock commission also requested that this stretch be opened. HEALTH OFFICER REPORTS Carload of Watermelons Destroy During July. A carload f watermelons weighing 4,060 pounds was condemned in July, according to the monthly report of City Health Offhjer Marcellus, Other food condemned ' consisted of 3559 pounds of fish, 7446 pounds of pork. 3512 pounds' of veal, 1023 pounds of iamb, 37S0 pounds vegetables, 3375 boxes of berries, 180 hoxest of cherries and 104 boses of peaches. During the month 103 restaurants were Inspected and 163 bakeries and delicatessens. In the market inspec tion work 152 complaints were made by citizens, and 279T Inspections were made. Two hundred .nd eleven dairies were Inspected and scored, 14 cream eries and milk depots were inspected, and 25 herds and 239 animals were tested for tuberculosis. Of 218 samples of milk and cream analysed, only 2,1 per cent of the samples were below standard. The city bacteriologist made 503 ex aminations during ttic month. In the visiting nurse division, 83 patients were cared for and 120 visits were made. The ambulance division answered 21 calls and made 159 visits. The school inspector conducted 1866 examinations. In the sanitary inspection work, 1070 Inspections ware made. 2$T com plaints were registered by oitiaeng, and 783 complaints . by inspectors. Nul- rances numbering 407 were abated, 78 oads of rubbish were destroyed, 204 loads of manure-were removed, and 18 basements were ordered cleaned. Vital statistics showed 161 deaths and 203 births in Portland during the month. , Under communicable diseases, 20 case, of smal pox '3 Of diphtheria" 19 of measles" a ' if of fubtsis chief medical inspector showed 14 cases 13 released quara f.,m1t.! totaled 227 for amalloox. I tur ainanpo. 131 for tuberculosis. 9 for scarlet Qr.1 KO fr,, rtinhth.rla " ' Engineering Charge May Be Waived City Attorney La Roche, in a let ter to the city auditor, Informs the council that the improvement of Ivan- hoe street, St. Johns, was put in on the understanding that the 5 per cent engineering change would not be made and that therefore it should not be made. The St. Johns council discon- tinued this charge and the property owners thereupon let the remonstrance; period pass. This is the first St. Johns i street Improvement on which Portland j Johns charter provides that the 5 per cent may be charged and an act of the"legislature says street proceedings tn tne newiy annexed icrriiury "iiomu Id r - be in acordance with its local char Vllm Vnrv Will Mnv . . - j - i passing through the Southern Pacific or mnnrneria ouarantinea. ana i r . - . . .: r - . r - - - i l n 1. 1. " mi. initu avaT t -,. m n i a wriTf i , . . v. i ; . .. . 21 cases of smallpox ; t v '"'""-"' r " ii4iwa. mined and 24 released. Rooms r -J: 'Z:?1- VZ " TniZ' r,l"ru"srl"e' Action of the American Lifeosraph ; v. f ... 'nni.muvi Mu w More, company in moving Its motion ploture i Oh IClAlSs "'' uviii.u.v.i f "Our concerts given in the after film manufacturing plaoe from the! j noon are attended largely by women present location, at 1033 East Yamhill ; Plain Clothes Men and Prosecutors t and if you send a woman home bored street, opposite the Bunnysioe senooi. where its Duiiaing violates me ouim- ing coae, wiu oanuienn i..t - suit of an inspection or tne piace ty the mayor and commissioners yester- day afternoon. The" ordinance regulat- ing the use, repair, storage, manufac- turing, printing and developing of films will come up for final passage Friday. Street Ordinances Submitted. Ordinances providing for starting both promised to be present when ap proceedtngs under the additional meth- i reals, which will be taken, are heard od for the widening and extension of in the circuit court. East Burnside street as a 60 foot street r... , . .. . from East Forty-fourth street to East, Sixty-ninth street were submitted by Commissioner DiecK today ror action ttL lTV'Bl t' East Fifty-fifth and East Sixty-third; streets, connecting the two proposed openings, the street is already opened. The project will involve a cost of $25, 000. Sites Being Inspected. Sites for floats the city may estab- lish next year as municipal bathing places on the Willamette river above the city are being inspected today by Commissioner of Public Affairs Ba ker. Chief Clerk Kesl. Park Superin tendent Speier. Convill and Harbormaster pn the river trip the party At j)eft Fountains and Pufe Pood Purveyors Sealy-Dresser Co 290 Stark St. WooSard. Clarke St Co Alder at West Park Meier & Frank Co Fifth and Morrison Sts. Olds, Wortman & King, Tenth and Morrison Sts. Swetland's 269- Morrison Perkins Hotel Pharmacy. F. W. Woolworth & Co 288 Washington Rosarian Cafeteria. .Morgan Building "VT. C. Read.... 151 Morrison St, Pangborn's Confectionery East 16th and Broadway . Woodlawn Grocery 466 Dekum Ave. Duer Grocery Flrland Station Damascus Creamery. At Jones' Market Gustin's Grocery East 18 th and Dekum Sts. Feebler Grocery ... 164 East Broadway Down's Grocery 4(51 Jefferson St. J, C Mann ..i 401 Hassalo Cottrell Grocery 1916 East Glisan NOTE Any dealer whose name is omitted Dhone Main 6636 and it will " be inserted in next advertisement. . EMMA GOLDMAN ID REITMAN APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT Each Is Fined $100 In Munic ipal Court and Colo Wood Furnishes Bonds, ; CROWD ATTENDS HEARING Br. altmam Admit nirml.ttno- Birth " - Did So Without Her Knowledge, Appeal bonds, removing the Emma Goldman and Dr. Ben Reitman cases from the municipal tothe circuit court were approved by Municipal Judge tttadter yesterday afternoon, and the coses will probable be heard before . some circuit judge wlrhtn the next 10 uays. Miss Goldman and Dr. Kidman were convicted by Judge Stadter yesterday morning of distributing leaflets on the subject of birth control at the Goldman meetings, and each was fined 1100. Colonel C.E, S. Wood, who represented the- two in the trial, also went their bond to insure their appearance in the circuit court proceedings. Crowd Qstbers In Court. Seldom has a more interested crowd gathered in the municipal court for a rial. As the hour drew nigh, hun dreds gathered in the corridors and the court room was packed. Brilliant remarks of Colonel Wood In the course of his first argument set the crwd to applauding, and not until Judge tad ter threatened te clear the court room was order restored. The offense charged against Emma Goldman and Reitman was alleged to have taken plaoe Tuesday night. The passing out of a few circulars advo cating birth control was admitted in the course ef the trialby Reitman, but he vigorously asserted that - Emma Goldman had no knowledge of It, and declared that she was opposed to the ' distribution Of the leaflet on that ! articular occasion as her address was Reitman declared that the birth i '"""'. " t . . nPm0nt onarr-hv" he ten- ir.h-V.-T x., .W.i"V i Colonel Wood' Ttews. iisl n ,, J 0ll t uey wut oe guests i oj tn Krapioy ipal OOUrt and OOlOnel rs- Association of Oregon. They will Colonel Wood took the stand that j rate for rehearsals as well as con the municipal ordinance covering the j certs, and we have ten rehearsals for case, which also places a ban upon the ;each symphony concert, of which we desslmination of obscene literature, : give six during the season. They are was directed against the pernicious .held on the afternoon of the first Tues- praetices oi' "men s and women s spe- i Piaiist." who were advertising some ; particular remedy or practice of their , f.wn and not against general informa- ; tlon published In such form as that J distributed by Reitman and objected lo by the city authorities. Booked at the police station Friday night. Miss Goldman registered as a , years old. Reitman registered as an , m. D., S5 years old. Reitman. because j J5q CasU bail could not be furnished, I spent Friday night in jail. The, jailers ; reported that he was In rather a surly jinood yesterday morn ng refused the ! Jail fare provided, and had his breaK- I fast sent xn. Take Xo Action. linmn in n,ain dothes attended , Emm- Goldman's lecture in the' old Verein hall at Fourth and Yam- n n A deputy dl9. , attomey and a deputy city attor- nfV were alaQ there Throughout the ! lecture all listened attentively and at ,fs clQSe aU fUed snently from the -iss Goldman and Dr. Reitman botn j referred to the arrest and fines and," ,etrt?ibeco,me1s musical nation aces where bath- ,,,.. innA faaihi nrnx.inn the baths will be included in next v,,,,. t K-nvrf nr-MAtm may be averted by employing compe tent instructors and that the cost will be small. To War on Pests. The commissioner of public affairs is hot going to let the pesky elm leaf uceuc &ci ihlv uii ncc ojotcxi, Arxi. . 1 -. . J . . J,, Baker, riii iv ouytjuijtciiuciii .uiiviii and County Fruit Inspector Stansbury will war on the pesis, which have j been orougni nere recently irom uie east and feed largely on the American j In that each soloist or conductor pre eims. All elms in the-city will be i sented his or her own work. sprayed. Big spraying machines may have to be purchased. Fire Problems. Studied. The "fire school" of fire captains and lieutenants yesterday studied the fire in the Alisky building, and the best methods of combatting it and also inspected-the Shattuck school, recent ly threatened by a small blaze. Fire Chief Loweil and Fire Marshall Stev ens conducted the party of 30. Jitney Accidents Now Rare. ' Practically no jitney accidents have occurred in the . last three or four weeks, according to Commissioner of Public Utilities Daly, who bases his opinion on both press reports and de partmental reports. There are S00 jit neys in operation, and. dally accidents were recorded until recently. Sewer Crew to Be transferred. Tn ahr.nt twn WMks t h -orator ' bureau win lay off 40 men temporarily employed for several months on the cpnstructlon of the 80 inch mam from Fifty-ninth and Fremont streets to the Vemon stand pipe. . They ; will first j help construct the 24 inch main on ( .-p.iuinwrc sue nuui iue oiBnumic iu Union avenue. Connecting up the 30 Inch main with, the standpipe will be completed Tuesday. " Aberdeen Votes Bonds. Aberdeen, Wah Aug. 7,-r-At a spe cial election today to vote for bonds in the sum of J500.000 to bufld a gravity j water system to the falls of the Wish- J .kah, 23. mires north.Jthe Issue carried j by a majority Of 1584. i by a majority There were Only 231 votes against the measure. Tle bondssue has al ready been provided for. - Make Alaska Trip. " Mrs'. Harley L. Walter wife of the chiefs- clerk of the Southern' Pacific company, 'accompanied by her daugh ter. Miss Kuth Walter, left Friday on a trip to .Alaska. , - - ' . Pope and Emory To Visit City . - .. " Colonel ' George Pope treasurer of the Pope Manufacturing company of Hartford, Conn,, president of the Na tional . Association of Manufacturers and president of the National Auto ' mobile - chamber of commerce, accom panied by James A. Emery, general counsel of the National Association of Manufacturers, will arrive in Portland, , August IS. - " V j La.Kou ior a. irip over tne uojtrroma i river highway and will be entertained t at the automobile club house by the ; Automobile club and dealers. Monday, 1 tJI'Xl tion at a dinner given in their honor at the chamber of copraeree. Indue- ! lrlal conditions or tne nation will be I the subject Of thiir address-. OF KANSAS CITY IS PORTLAND VISITOR Carl Busch Comes to North Pacific Coast to Acquaint Himself With Conditions. Carl Busch, conductor of the Kan sas City Symphony orchestra, -is in Portland today. He arrived here Thurs day afternoon from Sain Francisco and Will leave today homeward, bound by way of Seattle, Tacoma and some other cities te better acquaint himself with local conditions than is possible through "guides to travelers." Osten sibly ha, wants to become familiar at first hand with mustca.1 conditions. Mr, Busch has lived: in Kansas City many years, and though by birth a Dane, is not at all melancholy. To the contrary, like many other Danes. he is good natured and smiles nearly as oiten as he speaks He easily tip tne scale at the 200 pound mark and looks the part of an orchestra conduct or through and through. Money Is Subscribed. "In Kansas Citv ,tra of 65 performers maintained .at a. the season," Mr. About $20,000 of this not guaranteed. Four or five of . i.v... .... .. " . r.,v"? yui. up ivuu eacn rtu give 0UU. The performers are paid the fixed : clay of each mo.it h in the opera house, .seating between 1500 and 1600 people. Popular Concerts Sundays. "Sunday . afternoon, the orchestra gives popular concerts in the conven- i tion hall, seating ahnnt is nnn nAnni. at prices ranging from 10 to 26 cents ! These programs are of lighter nature lnciudin& sometimes a melodic sym- "By the way, program making Is the trlost difficult part of conduetina j symphony orchestra. An interest! a . work becomea boresome though it mav be performed perfectly. 'The successful ; conductor is he who understands how eresting to cnoose his pr0grams and It i easy matter. ana urea, she is not apt to return soon. She must leave the auditorium with a desire to heur still another number. "On Friday afternoon the orchestra plays for the children at the conven tion hall, which I might say is really too large for successful orchestra con certs. "I aro very much interested in pleas ing the children with good music, for it must bring it about by cultivating the growing generation. "The characteristic composers of the nation, are among the cifcldren of today. In this direction, I understand the Portland Symphony orchestra Is also doing splendid and verv pom- mendable work. Auditoriums Sisoussed. ' "Speaking of public auditoriums, I should say one seating about 4000 is the happy medium for all purposes. One ideal for orchestra work is that of about 3000 capacity, but for grand oopera one a little larger does verv ! nicely. Of course it depends a rrt deal on the style of construction. The big auditorium at the Panama-Pacific j t.pubiimii naLst nui yivven satisiactory I . lur concerts. j "This brings to mind a very inter- ! estlng concert given last Sunday af- ternoon mere. lt was a peculiar event Well Known Composers on Sand, "There we found Horatio Parker of Tale, composer of the prize opera "Fairy Land;" George W. Chadwick, director of the New England Con servatory; Ernest Kroeger of St. Louis; Miss Mabel Daniels, of Boston; William McCoy, of San Francisco; Mrs. H. M. Beach, ;of Boston, who played her concerto with the expoai. tion symphony orchestra. My own presentation was a symphonic poem, 'Minnehaha's Vision.'"' Conductor BUsch says from what he has heard, Portland has many splendid mus'icians and he looks upon the Port land Symphony orchestra as a very successful venture, artistically, though he predicts that eventually one con ductor will be chosen for the. season Instead of three as now. Coppette's Bullet ; Hits the Eullseye San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 7. (IT. P.) Katherine Eisenhart, San Francisco "copette," put two crack teams of marksmen to shame today at a police - shooting contest, when she carelessly picked up a revolver, made ofrie shot at randoro, and hit the bullseye. The ony eonsolation was that the next four jhots did not even hit the target for 1 she shut her eyes iisi shooting. Boys Escape Again. of Portland, and Percy Morgan, of Coos countv. who escanert from th tat training school several weeks ago and w,r rppantured aftei- thpv tiaH huro-. ! were recaptured after they had burg larized a Salem store, broke from a gang at work in the fields at the school . today and escaped into the woods. They have jnot been recap tured, j Mighty interesting news all given in detail on Page 6, Section 1, this - issue. It should not be overlooked. SYMPHONY DIRECTOR uul aonaiea ouiritrnr MENEFE SAYS FAITH IN MACULES CAUSED ADVANCE IN STOCKS - President :of Concern Gives Kis View of Reason for Big Jump to $30 a Share, CAMPAIGN IS RECALLED Accused Say That Ha Always Acted ia Oood Faith ta mnW of ta Business. Absolute faith in the bigness of the enterprise and its potential value, backed from time to time by develop ment, of new machines, were the rea sons why the stock of the United IS tales .Cashier company was advanced from $10 par value to $30 per share in two years during its stock selling cam paign, said Frank Menef ee. Us presi dent, testifying at the trial of himself and six other defendants in the federal court yesterday. During the three years' career of the company under his management, from 1910 to January 1. 1914. when Its machinery, equipment and patents were transferred to the International Money Machine company of Terre Haute, work was pressed to design a perfect machine. This ideal, he de clared, was the sole reason why the various mechanisms were not manu factured in commercial quantities, he said. Acts la Gooa raith. The long sought for perfection, ha said, was attained at last in the latter part of 1913 by Engineer Brockman. Just a short time prior to the dat$ the. combany ceased business in Portland and its assets were transferred to the Indiana corporation, organised tq take It over. At all times, he assarted, he acted ip--good faith; and whatever blunders had been made were made not with a view of carrying through huge stock selling frauds, as charged, but were due to inexperience or as a result of misinformation from lieutenants In whom he trusted. As an example he cited glowing claims of immense future profits held forth in published advertisements, which be frankly admitted look "fool ish" today, in light of the company's history and itsj;edirect reorganisation. Sound- roollatt How. "As 1 look at them now," said the witness, "they sound foolish. But we were inexperienced then did not know of the grief and difficulties of perfect ing machines ag we know now." "But," he added later, in answer to a question from his attorney, William Cake, "I believe absolutely in the pos sibilities of those machines today, as I did then, and feel that they would fill a place in the commercial world." In the important matter of the authorship of the 1912 financial state ment issued by the company and which the government declares misrepresented ifs conditions, Menefee stated that It was prepared by Treasurer Gloyo, whose signature "appears at the bottom. During presentation of the govern ment's case, Gloyd on the stand testi fied that Menefee handed him the statement, and that he signed it on Menefee's request. tetter Is Bead. "Mr. Gloyd was the treasurer of the company, and had charge of the books,'' said Menefee. "He Is a man of in tegrity. He or his bookkeepers pre pared the statement. I had very little real knowledge of the records in this connection." Then, to further bear out Menefee's declaration, Cake read a letter dated April 11, 1913. addressed to W. P, Pitt man tn San Francisco, and signed by Gloyd. In this communication Gloyd explains that the price of $50 per share was an, arbitrary one and was based on expectations of net profits of $1,681,000 annually, which .would frive 10 per cent dividends on stock at $30 and 140 per cent at par. The question of the omission of stock liability in the company' adver tisements and reports also came In for an explanation. Again Menefee laid the responsibility tc Qloyd, but declared that he did not consider money raised through stoc sales as a-"liability," as contended by the government. Denies Stock Is Liability, "Stock is not a liability of a com pany," he asserted. "The banks care nothing for it. Stockholders cannot claim a company owes them anything and collect. Stock is just a certificate of a share in ownership, and in caso of dissolution they would be entitled to their share of what might be left, or nothing if nothing; is left." The dfnission in reports of liabilities of amounts due agents on matured commissions, was admitted as - an "inadvertance" on the part of Gloyd. and Cake then brought out that Gloyd in 1913 left out an asset of $97,000 in a report. This asset was blue prints and money expended in experiments, Menefee stated. When Menefee took the stand this morning the defense set out to show' that the advisory board was a fonaflde organization-and that notice of a meeting held June 10, 1912, has been sent them, although the by laws did not call for such a notifica tion. Stock Prioe Baised. In this connection a letter accepting a position as a member of the advisory loard and signed by H. R. Klncaid of Eugene, former secretary of state; was read. This was to discredit previous testimony by Kincaid, who said he "did not recollect" of ever having served on the board or of receiving any notification of a meeting of it, Just why stock prices were raised from time to time was explained In this wise by the witness. In February of :1911 the stock was raised from par to $12 by the company because progress bad been made in model work and indebtedness had been decreased. When the stock, was ad vanced to $15 July 1 of the same year the lightning change maker machine had been designed, and progress had been made on the currency and com puting machines. Work on the construction of the Kenton plant and additional progress on machines was the reason for l&i advance to $20 in November of 1911, while the elevation of stock to $30 in, February, 1912, was due to the com pletion - of " the six bank cashier ma chine and the practical completion of six of them, . ""At that time," declared ' Menefee, "we thought we had a machine that would do the work. They had been made mostly by' hand, although we had some dies. Capacity of Tlant. - "If you had complete dies and had been able to manufacture at that time, Stable Question to Be Given Attention City Attorney La Roche will suggest to the council several different 'legal methods of doing away- with -inoon-venience and unsanitary conditions caused In various I residence districts by barns and stables. ' ; ' . The present ordinance - provides that no stable shall be built within 15 (eet of a residence. Pending further aetion by the council, no-more building per mits for-stables In residence , districts are being Issued. - .'" : , It was brought out in the" recent complaint of residents against a barn at 969 East Twenty-first street, north, that while the barn complies with the ordinance as to construction and" sani tation the noise of the cows -driven In and out disturbs the neighbors' slum bers. ' ,vx..' - FLOOR PREPARATION BELIEVED BY CHIEF . TO BE DANGEROUS Report to Mayor Albee Fol lowing the Shattuck School Fire Is Made, Fire Chief Dowell and Marshal Ste vens will report to Mayor Albee that patented preparations used 'in oiling the corridors of the new -Shattuck school building-, Park and College streets, are inflaroable. Spontaneous combustion" of the preparation ia be lieved by them to have caused the fire which charred a hall in the new build ing Friday afternoon. r. Steven has submitted samples of the preparation for analysis. The prep aration Is said to be composed of high ly volatile oils, capable of igniting when the sun's rays coma in contact with them. . Chief Dowell stated (that perhaps the oil preparation is supposed to lose its inflamable qualities "when it dries on the corridor floor, but that if the building had been a frame structure the rapidly spreading blaze would have destroyed an entire wing, v The Boyajohn-Arnold company is the contractor for the nearly completed building. how many machines would you have turned out?" asked Cake. "Our plant superintendent; Mr. Con ley, advised me that we could make 1000 machines a year.- I was relying on bis statements," replied Menefee. Continuing, the witness stated that defects were found in the six bank caahier, which had been designed by Mr. Bullington. Bullington and Mr. White, another engineer, had had some trouble. Then White undertook t im prove it, and this caused a delay of a year while he designed a nine bank cashier and corrected the principal weakness of the Bullington mechan ism, which centered on the coin ejec tor system. - ' "This is what kept the ttrachlne off the market then," said Menefee. "We used - the six completed machines for demonstration- work. We could have sold, them, but we were working for a perfect machine. Early in December of 101 3 we ordered the factory to make 100 of the White machines and later ordered 300 more. How Profits Were Estimated. . . "We made 85 of them. I Was doing all I could to get to actual manufac turing then and in previous ' months. In White's maohine we found the dash pot, which controls operations, was imperfect. "It was too 6mall. We could oper ate up to 90 operations per minute, but not at 116 or 120. This necessitated further tests. White resigned in August of 1913 and Mr. Brockman and Corel worked on new designs. Brock man perfected the machine in 1913 We got it inPortland before the Terse Haute company was organized. It was the perfect machine we set out to ac complish in 1910. "Such representations as we made in our advertisements, were made on in formation given us by our engineers. Our estimates of profits were based on experience of companies making similiar machines." Some Javanese spiders make webs so strong it requires a knife to cut them. Price Jones Cash Store, Pioneer Meal Order' House, gives you benefit of naving. Buy at wholesale for preserving and canning, ' As the largest distributors of 'Sugar in the Northwest, you share in the economy of our huge quantity buying. It's the policy that keeps this old reliable Mail Order House growing bigger every year. Constant increase of living costs is fast compelling the middleman to drop out. We believe in keeping your money at home, but keep it IN YOUR OWN POCKET! That's our answer to the mail order kickers. '' - ' ' Anybody- anywhere can take advantage of this low price on Sugar!- - Fruit 100-lb. Get Our Great Bargain Catalog Save on harvest-time Groceries and Provisions! Save on Dry Goods, Shoes,. Hardware, Clothing, Tools everything used in the home and on the J r n . A1 C. linn. , vruz nmvw iiwuivv Ufaction or Money Rack," is your Jones Cash ESTABLISHED IN 1882. Front and Oak Sts., Portland, Or. Q CENSOR BOARD ILL ANSWER CHARGES MADE BY FILM MEN W. S. Wessling's Resignation Will Be Referred to the Mayor. r " LIVELY MEETING IS HELD Motion That Board Bnsn to Defense of Mrs. Col well's Action As Censov Tails to Oar' After hours of discussion of ques tions sent out by the national censor ship board, the motion picture censor ship board at its special meeting yes terday afternoon .ended up with a heated discussion, of newspaper state ments by motion picture men criticis ing the activities of the board's secre tary, Mrs. Eleanor T. ColwelL When the resignation of W. 8. Wess ling, .manager of the Paths Film ex change and representative of the film exchanges on the board, on the ground of "pressure of business" came up for formal action, Mrs. Colwell moved that It be laid on the table and not ac cepted. Mrs. A. M. .Gray seconded the motion. After several "ayes"i were heard in the voting, Wessllng deolared that unless it was accepted he would rewrite it and send It to the mayor, It was the sense of the board that the resignation should go to the jgayor, who appointed Wesslinf. Weasling stated that he represented the exchange men. and that he would accomplish nothing, as he would al-. ways be in the minority. Any other representative of the exchange men, if they get the man they want, would bo in the same position, he said. Motion rails to Carry. The discussion thusjstarted came to a head when Mrs. Gray, seconded by Mrs. H. D. Vorse, moved that the chairman, Mrs, A. C. Newell, issue a htatement for the board to the press refuting the charges of the motion picture men that Mrs. Colwell is arbi trary in the, matter of censorship, Mrs. Newell said she wanted, every member of the board to sign the state ment. When the motion came to a vote, Wessling said Sol 11a um, repre sentative of the picture exhibitors, did not vote for it. The motion did not carry. Referring to. the statements of 'mo tion picture men in the newspapers Mrs. Newell said: . "One lie has - bean piled on top of another in the papers. Evidently these people have started a campaign against Mrs. Colwell so that she will bear the brunt of the criticism and in the end lose her position. 1 think that's what they're Working for. Mrs. Colwell's salary if $90, not $100, as reported. The statement that Mrs. Colwell is doing all the censoring is absolutely not true." "They don't dare meet me and say these things," said Mrs. Colwell. "They have to give them to the press. Sol laum Questioned : "Did you. ever hear me condemn a picture alone?" she asked of Sol fiaum, when he started to discuss the reports that she acted arbitrarily in censoring. "No," said Baum, "Mrs. Colwell, you brought this on a great deal by your self by being the spokesman," said Baum. At one point in Baum'a discus sion with her Mrs. Colwell' re fused to listen, saying she was going to get a drink of water, and Mr. Baum could go on talking to Mrs. Newell and the -reporters. "Hereafter I shall have to refer everything to the chairman," said Mrs. Colwell. "The responsibility has bees shoved on me." "Well, because you wanted it," Baum replied, "If you feel that someone else can serve better," was Mrs. "Colwell'e re joinder, "just take It up with the mayor and he'll appoint a new secre tary." . - "I'm not Interested in that at ail," Baum replied. "I don't want a neW secretary." Wot Heasant Work. "Im responsible as I'm the executive secretary," said Mrs. colwell. "The secretary must take the condemned fllmoff. It is far from pleasant work. I'm fair and square-that's always been my policy. . I have done the best Cut on'-dusaic; or Berry.; Sugar, Sack Cut to . . . ; . SALE OF MASON JARS! Guaranteed First Quality, Genuine Mason Fruit Jars PINTS Doz. SOc; I QUARTS Doz. 55c; JJ y GALDoz. B0c; gross $5.50 gross $6.50 'I gross $9L00 a a a a a Mail This t protection. Q Store; Or send D name ;..........., - 3 :a '- ' I could. If the board doesn't approve I can step down and out," There was considerable discussion oi the way in which individual members had voted on certain films had leaked out. ..Earlier in the meeting Mrs." Newell said: "Mrs. Colwell has been blamed In the papers by motion picture men for, action done by direction of , tin board." Mrs. Colwell.- who- had been careful to refer inquiries from report ers and over the telephone to the chair man during the meeting, denied the ar bitrary actions attributed to her in the printed statements of the motion pic ture men. ; "These lies don't mean one thing to me," she said. "As long as t hold the position I Intend to do what ever 1 consider my duty, following the board's direction, i have never done anything which the board has not sanc tioned i except the poster situation, which -was merely a suggestion. Bight of Appeal Asked. Wessling started a discussion as to whether or not scenic news weeklies shown on the films should be oettsored. Mrs. Newell pointed out that the ordi nance required the board to view and stamp all Tilms. "There's not an orul- nance In the city being strictly en forced," said Wessling. "The picture men should have the right of appeal," Wessling declared. -"To whomto a Jury picked up On the street?" . asked Mrs. Newell. "There'll be no board -of censors if there's a board of appeals we'll not be an Intermediate board." It was ex plained that the board is really an ap peal, board, as it only looks at these films condemned by viewers. "I spoke to many film men and they think this board has become more dras tic," Wessling had said earlier. In reply to a question put by Airs: Col well, he, said, "No, you've never turned me down yet." Mrs. Gray objected to the presence of reporters at the board meeting. Wessling- replied that the board- was an official body. . Mrs. Sol Hart was the only member of the board absent, as she is out of the city. Board Answers Questions. . The national board's questional r. which had been discussed so harmoni ously by the board before the- storm broke, contained S3 questions as to the attitude of the board toward various classes of pictures to be exhibited be fore children between the ages of 13 and I. Many of the questions seemed absurd to members of the board and were replied to only In a general way, owing to the limited time for discus sion. It is understood that the quen tionatre has-been sent to various local boards throughout the country. - Autoists Pay 20 ' Cents for Water Tontb Who Arrive Sere Completing1 3500 Mile Tour Trom Newark, til,; .Buy One Oallon of Precious rigid. Having to pay 20 cents a gallon for water to cool the- radiator of their machine- was the experience of Ran dolph Holland and Arnold Larson, two youths. who are here today after completing a 8800 mile drive in their two passenger "Ford from -their homo In Newark, lit, to Portland, by way of fitn ' Francisco.' The experience they tell of hap pened In Nevada near Fallon, when their machine played out near a ranch where water la pumped from unknown depths by a gsollne engine or el so nauiea ror long aisiances lor aomes tlo or other purposes. They needed one gallon and paid 20 cents for it. The trip across the country was one of good luck In many respects. They report that they arrived in Port land With Illinois air In one of their tires and only had one blowout and two punctures on the entire trip. Leaving Ban Francisco, they came to Portland by way of the Coast route and report the roads in excellent ren dition north of the California line, but south of there they were the worst of their entire trip. The two boys: will be In-Portland for several days . visiting Mr. Lar sen's aunt on 71.st. NorthPBst, when they wilt return to their homes by rail. T0WN TOPICS . We Will Make you a suit to order as low as $25.00, with good lining and trimmings, for $10.00 down ami the balance $5.00 a month. You never feel paying for it this way. Try It once. Unique Tailoring Co.. Men's & Ladles' Tailors, 809 Stark, between, fcth and $th. - ; : Adv.) Pr T. B, Bilyeu, dentist, has reopened Offices at 511 Morgan bldg. (Adv.) Philadelphia has a , crusade against dancing in hotels. 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