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
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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.
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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.
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The "Royal Club" House
Portland, Or.