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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1915. CONTRACTORS FIGHT COMPETITION ON THE MARION-POLK BRIDE E Gehlfrar Declares Scheming of Companies Seeking Mo nopoly on Work Is Rank, WOULD BUILD IT CHEAPLY Present Outlook for Substantial Bridge Joining' Marlon and Folk Counttaa Xa Poor. Salem, Or., Dec. 21. With bridge contractors working strenuously to the end that com ;e t i ; ion may tie sti fled and fat. profits secured from the construction of a new bridge across the Willamette river between Polk and Marion counties at Saiem. the outlook that the taxpayers will pet a struc ture which v, i ! 1 be substantial and not unrta.sonab.e in cost is not any too promising. Representatives of brides firms first found fault with the plans orawn by the state highway depart ment and It was decided to have view ers call for competitive plans, based en Kpeelf Ications furnished by the state- highway department. Contractor! Object. The successful man. according to. announcement, would Iraw JlOmj of fered by the counties. The plans were to be submitted'") to December 24. This proposition did not suit the bridge contractors, however, and lately certain bridge companies' representa tives iiave been working to secure a ' iiange of specifications so that they can submit bids on a light steel struc ture and shut out competition The .'oast bridge company was one of those mentioned in this respect. It was re ported here that all three of the mem. bers of the 1'olk county court and two of the Marion county court had been w on o or to the plan. Will Receive Plana. News from Dal la.-, was to the effect that the call for plans would be with drawn and a new call result from a conference of Wednesday. It was de- .ared by C.erk of Court Mv r.ohltur today, however, that the plans would be received and considered, despite the Dallas reports. "There is absolutely nothing to the reports that the county court has de cided to call off competition for bridge designs and plans.'' said Gehlhar todav "Certain coast bridge concerns have made an effort to have this done in order to destroy competition In design ing and constructing the bridge and to perpetuate the trftlse monoply that has existed on the coast. A proposi t'on has been made by three concerns to eliminate the state highway com mission from assisting the county courts in an advisory capacity and to employ a 'brain trust' to draw these i-!ans without competition and also to supervise construction. Work la Kan. "If t!,:9 proposition did not come from the concerns that have had a practical bridge monopoly on the coast for a Joni.- time and who have so in eiatently fought the bridge department of the highway commission in look ing after the interests of the public in bndgs a.atters tile matter might not appear t,o rank. The people of Marion county in sist on a good bridge on the fullest competition, both as to design and on th contract and on having the con struction supervised by disinterested engineers who are not under the thumbs of the bridge trust." Gehlhar suggests that the rumors that plans called for December 24 will not be considered are circulated In order to di?c0urare engineers who are preparing plans. City;s "Best" Take Underworld Profits BtlUmon'i Vic Commission Bport Accuses Clergyman, Socirty Workers and Prominent Bostoess Men. Baltimore, Mr, Dec. 21. (U. P.) Clergymen, society workers, bankers and prominent business men participat ed in the profits of Baltimore's under world, said the report of the city vice commlsison today, tnough it withheld names. Some of the "best people" In the city were said to be Indulging in ".' iiameless orgies." Ministers were ac cused of placing nameless babes In in stitutions where their deaths would be certain within six months. LA GRIPPE IS CAUSE OF EARLY CLOSING OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY 0. A. C, CORVALLIS So Many Students Are II That President Kerr De cides to End Work, Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vadlis. Or., Dec. 21. An epidemic of la grippe which has been going the rounds at the Oregon Agricultural college, has now arrive. to such a acute stage that President Kerr an nounced last night that ail college work will adjourn this afternoon at 6 o'clock for the holidays instead of next Thursday noon, as originally scheduled In the college calendar. Rumors of a possible adjournment of college work before next Thurs day due to the large percentage of students absent, from classes on ac count of sickness, have been preva lent for several days, but not until this afternoon when the city health officer. Dr. R. L. Bosworth. held consul with President Kerr and ad vised the closing of college, was any ciennite action taken. I Absences in some of the coursed total as high as 20 per cent, whilo the average throughout the student i body Is 14 per cent. There are over , fifty women students in the dormi tories that have been takendown with severe cases of the grippe during tho I past week. Regular college work will I re onvene after the holidays on Janu I ary 10j as originally scheduled I The Eugene Schools Close. Eugene, Or.. Dec. 21. Because of the increase in the number -of cases of la grippe in the Eugene public schools during the past few days, W. E. Rutherford, city superintendent, after classes were called Monday morn ing, decided to dismiss all of the schools until January 2. This is one week ahead of the time planned upon, but there are ro many absentees on account of an epidemic of la crlppe it is thought advlsabl i to close now. In hofes that the worst of it will be over by the time vaca tion is finished. At the high school alone 120 were absent this morning, making a total of 3ul in all the schools of the city. In the gradf schools absentees number from 25 to 60 on account of sickness. TAX LEVY PLACED AT TOTAL OF 25.4 MILLS Levy for Road Purposes Is Made 1,95 Mills as Ad vised by Budget Committee Former Chemist at Battle Creek Is Dead John T. Xossberr, Beputed to Eiti I Ben "WssJtay at Ona Time, Slaa at County Hospital Hara. J John F. Mossberg. aged 61 years, chemist at one time attached to the staff of the Eattle Creek, Mich., sani tarium sjstem, and at one time very ' wealthy, died penniless at the Mult j nomah county hospitil Sunday night, j Mossberg, who had been in the city I for several years endeavoring to re juvenate his shattered fortune, was stopping at the Taylor hotel. Third and Taylor streets. lie was taken violently ill Sunday from a complication of diseases from which he has been a suf ferer, and after the police were noti fied, he was taken to the county hos pital. Mossberg refused to say anything of his past life, but his former connec tions were learned from friends. A daughter Is supposed to be living somewhere in Minnesota, and ahe has been notified. Cruelty Is Alleged. Nina Mclntlre yesterday sued Robert I Mclntlre for divorce, alleging cruelty. Arranging for Signs On West Highway Kewberg, Or.. Dec. 21. Dr. George S. Wright and A. L. Jameson of Mc Mlnnville, were in Newberg Sunday In the interest of the West Side high way between Portland and Eugene. It is proposed to have road aigns put up along the entire distance with arrows pointing In the proper direction, point ing south on one side of the road and pointing north on the other siu. The mission of these visitors Sunday waaj to select locations for the signs in order to know how many should be painted. Each Will Keep Children. For the next six months Mrs. Jessie Hamblet will have crmrge of her two sons while Eugene D. Uarrtblet has control of his two daughters. At th end of the six months the children will exchange places and each six months will mark corresponding changes. Circuit Judge McGinn de creed these changes yesterday, when he allowed Mrs. Hamblet a divorce and J20 a month alimony. Judge Mc Ginn granted divorce also to Flor ence J. Swafford from Calvin O. Swaf ford. and to Dora 15. West from Ed West. Appointed Head of Tuskegee Institute Major R- B. Moton, Commandant of Cadets at Hampton Institute, Will Succeed X.at Booker Waahiturton, New York. Dec. 21 (I. N. 8.) Major R. K. Motmi. commandant of cadets at Hampton Institute. Va. wa ar pointed Monday to succeed the lata Booker T. Washington as principal of Tuskegee Institute, receiving tha unanimous indorsement of the select ing committee, of which Seth Low la chairman. STATE LEVY $937,561.05 Bat $62,500 Will Bs Betained to Pay Tear's Interest on the Inter state Bridge's Bonds. Total Portland Tax Lery. State .to j County school l.SS County road 1.95 Library 45 County general 245 Port of Portland 1.0O Citv of Port. and g.30 Docks go School District 1 6 60 Total 25.40 Man Drowned When Little Vessel Sinks Italian Laborer Is Killed at Eugene Eugene. Or. Dec. SI James Belvy, Italian rai'.road laborer, aged about 50 years, was instantly killed at S:05 this morning when a string of freight cars ran ovr him. Fevering his head and one shoulder from his body. Belvy was emploed with a crew of laborers In the local ards. He stepped across the track to get a pick when the train backed up on him. Ken Will lie Turkejless. Dallas, Teva, Dec. ;i. , p, Sufficient turkevs to feed 3.5J0.O0O per sons have been shipped from Tefas to the Christmas market?, chiefly In Chi cago and New York. A. E. Garret Goes Down With President of Seattle Hear Dock at Caxnano, Ctmino Island, San Joan. Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 21 Within less than 100 feet of the dock at Camano, Camano Island. San Juan group, the little power schooner President of Se attle, under charter to the Union Oil company, was swamped In heavy j weather at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon and, turning turtle, sank In deep water. A. E. Garrett, a traveling salesman of the oil company, whose home was In Seattle, went down with the little craft and was drowned. The Presi dent had Just backed away from the dock at Camano to let the steamer , Calista berth, when she was engulfed 1 In heavy seas. : Captain Victor Findlay, master of ! the president, and her crew swam j ashore after the schooner had gone down. The President was a vessel of about 10 gross tons, 72 feet long and 17 feet ! beam Her charter to the lnion Oil company expired Friday. Driven by electricity, a machine has been perfei td for opening letters at a rate of :i 0 0 a minut. t An Old, Family Cough Itomarli, U If I 1 Prepared Rnt. v.. XJttle, but Is Prompt, Snre and Effective. By making this pint of old time cough syrup at home you not only save about 2, as compared with the ready-made kind, but you will also have a much more prompt and posi tive remedy In every way. It over comes the usual coughs, throat and chest colds In 24 hours relieves even whooping cough quickly and is excel lent, too, for bronchitis, bronchial asthma, hoarseness and spasmodic croup. Get from any drug; store 24 ounces of Pinex (50 cents" worth), pour It Into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup. Full directions with Plnex. Keeps perfectly and tastes good. You can feel this take hold of a cough or cold In a way that means business. It quickly loosens the dry. hoarse or painful cough and heals the Inflamed membranes. It also nas a remarkable effect in overcoming the persistent loose cough by stopping the formation of phlegm In the throat and bronchial tubes. The effect of Pine on the membranes Is known by almost everyone. Plnex Is a most valuable concentrated com pound of genuine Norway pine extract combined with guaiacol and other nat ural healing pine elements. There are many worthless lmltatlona of thl famous mixture. To avoid disappointment, ask your druggist for "2H ounces of Plnex." and do not ac cept anything else. A guarantee-rrfTabsolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with thl preparation. VThe Plnex Co., Ft. Wayne. lad. (Adv.) Making Counterfeit Coins on Increase Report of Government Snows 75 per Cent More Bad Money Than for Year Previous; California Third. San Francisco, Dec. 21. 1 P. N. S.t The making of counterfeit coins has increased 75 per cent over last year and exceeds any year since 1902, ac cording to a report ending October 15, received today by Harry B. Moffatt! head of the local United States secret service from the United States treas ury department in Washington. California Is the third in the list of states where there have been activities in this line. There have also been more arrests. New York, which comes first recording 52 apprehended, Penn sylvania 51 and California 46. Illinois records but 38 arrests and Texas 37, Washington 29, Missouri 26 and Ohio. Massachusetts and Kentucky 19. The total number of arrests are 526. Ruppert Estate Is Over Six Millions Bich Brewar Leave! It All to XI s Widow and Four Children Colonel Jacob Buppert to Manage Business. New York, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) Jacob Ruppert. former head of the Brewing establishment of Jacob Rup pert. Inc., left an estate valued at $6, 382.759. This was discovered today when his executors filed an amounting In the surrogate's court. In his will he bequeathed the estate to his widow and their four children. He provided that his son, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, should have active management of the brewing business. One Marriage License. Vancouver. Wash.. Dec 20. One marriage license was issued today at the office of the county auditor, this being secured by Alfred Ericksen, 29. and Miss Iva Courtney, 19, both of Portland. Tax levying bodies In Portland fin ished their work yesterday when the county commissioners fixed the county levy for road purposes at l.S6 mills, following the advice of the advisory budget committee. The total levy for property inside Portland is now 25.4 mills, made up as shown above. Last year It was 23.1. The total levies for Multnomah coun ty incorporations outside Portland are: Gresham. 23 mills; Fairview, 15.9 mills, Troutdale, 23.9 mills. State levy $937,531.05. The state levy will rais - in Multno mah county 1337,561.05, of which J62, 500 will be retained to pay the annual interest charge on Jl, 250, 000 of inter state bridge bonds issued by Multno mah county and on which the state agreed to pay the interest. The levy of 1.8 mills (to secure J5S5, 000) recommended by Roadmaster John B. Yeon and by minority report of the advisory budget committee was first voted by the county commission upon motion of Commissioner P.ufus C. Hol man, who added to his motion that .01 mills be added to the levy to sup port a county agriculturist. This also carried. After the vote on the tentative bud get had carried, a motion by John Hall adding 10 per cent to the levy for the purpose of extending the Base Line road on a new and easy grade to con nection with the Columbia river high way at Sandy river was carried by standing vote. ' Cost of Extension $50,000. The estimated cost or the extension Is Jiu.OOO, and Roadmaster Yeon when pressed for an opinion, said he thought it would be a wise investment to lay out the road and do the grading next year, eo that it could be paved the fol lowing year. The roadmaster also expressed his gratification that citizens and taxpay ers are disposed to uphold a liberal roadbullding program, his position bimg that roads constitute most excel lent Investment. John Hall supported the Holman motion, saying now is a good time to build road when Multnomah county has a roadmaster who builds fl worth of road for every Jl appropriated. C. II. Lewis and J. J. Johnson advo cated adding J1000 to the J2500 ap propriated for the county fair at Gresham. No action was taken on this. Muts to Get Share Of Rink Receipts Chance for People to Ovt Their Money's Worth Tonirht and at Sam Tlma Help Along Belief 27and- To help along the Muts' winter re lief fund the management of the Ice Hippodrome, Twenty-first and Mar shall streets, has agreed to donate a large share of tonight's receipts. Mem bers of the Muts are out selling tick ets for the event. In addition to the usual skating there will be a hockey game hetwetn amateur teams representing the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club and the Portland Rowing club, a tug-of-war on the ice between teams of policemen and firemen, fancy tkatlng and a race program. Donations to the Muts have fallen far short of enough to meet the calls on them for assistance and It Is hoped that there will Le a large crowd tonight- Those who go are assured of their money's worth and more in amusement In addition to helping a worthy cause. K. H. Savage, manager of the rink, stated last night that only the fact that the Muts are desperately in need of the money had Induced him to make them the offer. Christmas Spirit Is Abroad at Lebanon Lebanon, Or., Dec. 21. Never before tn the history of Lebanon has the Yuletide spirit been so general. The business houses and offices are beau tifully decorated inside and out, and Main street is wearing -festoons of evergreen on both sides, for a distance of four blocks. Every church in the city is making preparations for Joyous festivities for Christmas and peace and good cheer are maintained both in home and on tie street. Lebanon Loses Pool Hall. Lebanon, Or., Dec. 21. Fire Sunday morning partly destroyed the building occupied by J. E. Smith as a pool hall. Damage to the building, owned by ex Senator Miller, now of Portland, was about J300. The fixtures, which be long to Smith, were slightly damaged by water. ReF. Jlr. Shields Visits. Lebanon. Or.. Dec. 21. Rev. Mr. ' Shields, who for 13 years has been pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Medford, Oregon, Is In this city, and Sunday preached to the congrega tion of the Presbyterian church. SSWBP' ajpSSIPlBsSSBW (sGoasuEaa 1 Vul5t:t?Aff I m Jfic Clipped from The Oregonian of December lO it5! r-..:. in 1 S c.Aii. . . ,A Cotfee wanw o-r-niiar" Condition 'EFFECT OF WAR .IS SEN Centra. - Are . 00 ve.r Aso-4' muc coll'",. -te axnvo ,0ia r. on ml nlt.rftanVBl j We Have Saved the People of Portland and the Northwest Thousands of Dollars on Coffee the Past Year When the coffee market 'dropped because of the closing of many European countries to coffee importations, we "dropped" the retail price of ROYAL CLUB and GERMAN AMERICAN giving the consumer the benefit. We were the only-coffee roasters on the Pacific Coast to give the public the benefit of this reduced cost. Other roasters feared to reduce the price because of the necessity of raising it again when the market should advance. They pocketed the increased profit and said nothing. - It has always been our theory that it pays to be "square" with the public that there is never anything lost by taking you into our confidence and giving you the benefit of any savings we ourselves enjoy. We had faith that you would appreciate the saving we had shared with you and would understand when necessity forced us to increase the price again. That necessity is now a reality as shown by the article repro duced herewith. High-grade coffees are advancing steadily. These highest-grade Central American coffees together with the expen sive Sumatras (used only in the most expensive blends) are all a part of the ROYAL CLUB blend. All have advanced decidedly. ROYAL' CLUB will advance to its former price of 40c on Jan uary 1st. Lay in a supply now at the old prices and save money. vV Jteosa 2 a Yr (S ODkO&a Staff m 8SbU&a Steffi " it There is no better coffee on the market at 40 or 45 cents than ROYAL CLUB. Its wonderful, smooth coffee flavor and its delightful pungent aroma have won for it a host of friends. In ROYAL CLUB we give the most in coffee value at the lowest possible price We have put the entire value into the coffee we use no fancy, expensive can on the other hand, we give unusual care to its blending, neutralizing and roasting processes. In ROYAL CLUB you will find the coffee you've been looking and longing for a thoroughly satisfying beverage fit for the most exacting requirements. Order from your grocer today serve this delightful coffee dufing the holidays you may never have the opportunity again to buy so good a coffee at so low a price. Laurie & Co. The "Royal Club" House Portland, Or.
