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THE OREGON- DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, , TUESDAY, MARCH 2lN9l6 T COOPERATION OF U. S. VITH RAILWAYS FOR PREPAREDNESS URGED ju us Muuscnniui umuai ui a. r.. aeis ronn necess iv 4 lor Luuv ui muun u i. ortMiNO ur rnwgrtnii i AirtltltT is lists! Markets aad am i e. vr-Mt. at "D XT o e siuay ox in movement ox iroopa ana mumuoni ox piTwnnicni ana railroad men, were advocated yesterday Vw - Tnlfrt- Vt-ti ft iI tfr hirTYYi f the executive committee of the South ern pacific and president of too Amer ican Railway association. flon now DrevaiUne- oa all railroads - ; MVTOIUVUI WX WJ-rw ejaw tvw Is a matter that should bo considered The government has sever taken the railroad men -Into Its confidence on tola question. It Is a vital part of the preparedness problem of the coun- CBeefTUlIy so that the ranroaas wouia t reaav to aia in m aeiense oi ine conferrinr with or taking advice from, Tb railroads have so idea of what . uw army wooio neea zor enaaea mo- DUisauon. uney Know noums or ue shipment of cannon; how many men or Horses could be moved in a trainioaa; whether or not sleeping- cars would be used and so forth. i : Suopo Was Prepared. TIiim - m rtractical nveDaredneas problems that must be settled. It was what was done in Europe before the .war. thoroughly drilled so that they would ? Vnna tnatantlv kit tr An at th vital v "The Southern Pacific. In a Pinch MHilri An liln tri IBS Mr cTvt mora work pared for it TrospexKT WMesiMSBOi Kruttschnitt reports widespread unnna minin sr nn t nsa ron HMnTmn z. su vi vi r'w in niiipn 1 1 ns si ni rna bttmmi rmna aUSS uuiUk wufc una uvumm J eo w iuvvvx ' A hK-..A-t 17. ..... aAlHHAti Av - xo conKeuon in cnuso pr ue- : creases. The products of peaceful com merce. saia, must sits way xo ui I. Xf Fxospsrons. Ic AIM trukuviu -a awiiv. uorey wuw es - a. . iL. av-i..c A f TtreMAnt fliG&l Tsar thaji In tnt sw4vf1a1 ftAwtAil 41 4 es VilsjfAFV slVAFV4fnV laXHvWVlUUbU U WiUyU J leased every available pier In New a one to MDai its Business ana re - asmetlYSA. SS ttoes of cassenrer squipmen. ua tares new iMUuiujif tor Its Atisotio ooast trade. NAMED SUPERVISOR OF MONTESSORI SYSTEM M m1 m rm TXT ll mImm vt . .. "r. - . 9 wi u I i . ri la I i - W W WJmsV Jb.VUVV.I eWAVW " SUrMsWi 4 KsXsTtn Hi ssirnn--aTiT " So j sia . M M J BA1 A-vruMw ua eww ; Charles W. Wclnnan. who died , Aaixa x si us ovme -n uui nLjrt w nvoneers of Oreron. He cMSsed the - s..a A ,.- V vfw. a an Vlf BUib AAWOAWeKIU UV iiVVU Ui WWW Mantv ffti sV nnmhA nf vsura MfnlnsT j to Portland in 1904 to pass his declln- In ev p.ei - Air LucKmBn wmai a. luriva ox lows. AJB S3 Us fir Via UJ UM W1UVW. - A T I - - M M .VII vr nn, juj-uia v j-siusvmtuA vuu xvrur cuu ' dien: fl J. Diekmui of VsvnoMi r. - - aae va . a4 ! OUUUI V4 CUUV- main. rr. mts. A. uonroe or bud- . Vancouver. Waah. Funttral MrvicaA woi neia inia manuBf a( irannnir ds McEntee'a chaneL and at tha rrnltad Brethren church at Woodlawn. Inter- - moat was in xiose Kaxj cemetery. . numo utr.TT Mi oa Away i eel hxDlosion 4 ; Its Hundred amd Thirty Quarts of SO " tro Olvosrlns SvtviAi au "Af"-' vuiv is tea i vaa, A."-li, X wlMe vTmaifiA as. fVa vn.MAKi... A. a. Xmerioan Glycerine company's plant. -- . mfla and a half north nf hM r last evenln broke windows and rocked Duuainrs in many surroundlni towns. iu un usiosion oeina' reit is xowns xouy so mues away, but practical 17 no damage was done here. lnair. I vk. TN jBT da, s. ? HI MW a IIIIIIBi f AlIVLAAVT. DL JlElBlrw K. - v eui rre aeuu WebeWes HLm Helen Pnrkhnrst. Pacific coast believers In the Mon- tessorl educational system for children are pleased to know that one of their Dumber, Miss Helen Parkhurst, for merly of the Taooma, "Waah schools, has been selected by Madame Montes- sort to supervise the work in the United States. Miss Parkhurst has already established her headquarters in New York. Miss Parkhurst attracted attention as demonstrator of the system at the Panama-Pacific International exposl tion' at Ban Francisco. 8he is a grad uate of the Stevens Point normal school, Wisconsin. She spent two years at the Edison school then taught at the Ellensburg, Waslu, normal. Later she took a course in the Mon tessorl system, at Rome, Italy. Woman in Jail Is Charged With Arson Tire Karslial aad Police rind Xasured Wearing Apparel, Said to Have Bees Burned, In Ser Sister's Xoma. Mrs. Prelda Leonard Is In jail today on a charge Of arson following the in vestigation of a Sunday night fire that destroyed her home. Its Fourteenth street! The alarm was sent In shortly after 8 o'clock, the fire companies responded quickly, but the blaze had made such headway that It was Impossible to check it. An Immediate Investigation revealed that fires had been Started in two places in the building. Monday morning Mrs. Leonard was called , to the office of Deputy Dis trict Attorney Bobison where she was questioned regarding the contents of the borne, which had been Insured for $1000. A fur coat valued at $100, a muff, velvet &mm, silk dresses and several other articles' of wearing ap parel were mentioned by Mrs. Leonard as having been destroyed In the fire. Fire Marshal Stevens, Captains Gross and Roberts, and Lieutenant Treese visited the home of Mrs. Leon ard's sister, 438 Russell street, where a trunk, suit case, hand grip and six packages were found cached In an obscure part of the house. They con tained the ar tides that Mrs. Leonard said were destroyed In the fire. A war rant was Issued and her arrest fol lowed. , Irish Name on Jew's Check Didn't Work Cteorffe wayae Arrested When Xe Tried to Torge Xame of Head of Jewish Society to Blank. Signing an. Irish name as that of the president of a Jewish lodge to a bad check brought about the arrest of George Wayne, who confessed yester day to Detectives Golts and Howell that be passed two bad checks, total ling 827.SO Saturday night. The checks were made oat on a blank of Rose City lodge, 428, L O. B. A, but oa the line marked "President Wayne signed the name "Frank Cole man." He tried to pass one on the Working-men's Tailoring company, for 818. Detective Goits. passing, was con sulted by the tailoring proprietor, and the name didn't seem to ring true. Bo he waited for Wayne and arrested him, and yesterday Wayne admitted the fraud. He will -be tried Thursday. MAY ELECTRIFY UNE TO MINING DISTRICT OF THE BLUE LEDGE President BuIIis of Southern Oregon Makes Proposition Through Medford.CIub. ' Citizens Urged to ; Kegister for the mmary Election Medford. Or March 2L President S. S. Bum of the Southern Oregon Traction company has submitted a proposition to the people of Medford, through Its Commercial club, Involv ing the extension of the company's electric line, recently 'completed to the Jacksonville terminus, ' from the latter point to the Blue Ledge mine. a distance or 80 miles. The Business Men's association and the Commercial club will hold a Joint meeting at the library auditorium today to consider the proposition ox using the credit of the city of Medford to assist in fi nancing the enterprise. It Is under stood that the. owners of extensive mining properties In the Blue Ledge district, the development of which awaits only the construction of trans portation facilities, will give depend able assurance in proper form that they will supply continuously an im mense tonnage to the line, beginning immediately upon its completion. The county will extend every pos slble assistance in substantial form and there will be no difficulty In ac quiring the necessary franchises. The meeting tomorrow will determine the fate of the project for this year. Gen eral sentiment in business circles and among mining Interests strongly favors immediate action. i Irrigation Project Carried at Culver Worth Unit Proposition Wins By Tote of S47 to 119 at Special Election; Pive Directors Are Chosen Monday. Culver, Or March JL By a vote of 247 to 118 the proposition to create the North Unit Irrigation district car ried Monday in a special election. Di rectors chosen were A. D. Anderson, of Madras; Fred Fisher, Madras; H. W. Oard, Gateway; John Henderson, Opal City, and P. N. Vibbert, Opal City. Would Work Volcano For Making Brick Honolulu, March II. (I. N. S.) Kllaueau.: the active volcano on the Island of Hawaii, famous now as an attraction for tourists In the mid-Pa-oific, may be harnessed and put to work. W. S. Town end, retired Ohio manu facturer, has advanced a scheme for making sewer pipe and fire brick out of the molten lava of Its crater. Townsend proposes to Install bucket conveyors to dip Into the boiling lava and transport It to molds a short dis tance away. The buckets would be made of a material capable of with standing a temperature of 2000 de grees fahrenheit. ui COWYOMAN TAKES ADVANTAGE OF Just 2S more registration days are) left before the book ' will be closed finally . until after the primary election. m Registration is far short of what it was in 1814. . ' Many Important officials are' to be nominated at the primary election, which will be held May 18. Only registered voter can rote. Every day that registration Dt Is put off means that the rush m will be greater at the registra- m tlon counter at the courthouse lit and more time will be requred to get registered. m Better register today and get It over with. 9 Tears Pants in Fall: Wants City to Pay 9. g Gang of Saa Jrranolsoo Tens Coun cil in Setter XI Was "Bark BOsty With "Dim, Sickly" Xdght. San Franolsco, March 21, (IT. P.)- J. S. Gang thinks the city la Indebted to him to the extent of one pair of trousers. In a letter to the board of public works today he set forth his expert ences on the morning of February 12 with rough sidewalks. "It was dark and misty." said the letter. "A dim, sickly light was thrown on the sidewalk In front of the en trance. Part of the sidewalk was In a deep shadow cast by the swinging doors and I felL Z bruised my knees and had to buy a new pair of pants. The works board should do something about this deathtrap." Delinquent Taxes in Union Sold to Woman Zda J. Davis Buys the Entire Ids for 899 and Invests S1600 Additional In 1315 Certificates. La Grande, Or.. March 21. In Union county delinquent taxes for 1913 were sold including all penalties, costs and interest to Ida J. Davis of Union, for the sum of 84698. She also spent about 11600 In addi tion Which Is for 1918 taxes. This in eludes all taxes up to March 1, 1916, which were delinquent. This should' era all the responsibility on one per son and relieves the county of worry, Heavy Bains Swell River. La Grande, Or March 21. Heavy rains havo visited La Grande and vl clnitr darlnc the last two days and the Grande Ronde river is much higher than usual. Former U. $. Senator Dies. Los Angeles, Match 81. (P. N. S.) Stephen W. Dorsey, former United States senator from Arkansas, 1873-79, and of late years a capitalist of this city, died last night at bis residence, 2222 West Twenty-eighth, street, aged 74. NEW CANDIDACY LAW Mrs, Ida M. Cummings Files Papers Without Petitions, Paying the Sum 'of $20. Albany, Or., March 21. Mrs. Ida Maxwell Cummings of Balsey. be sides being the first woman to file for office in Linn county, is the first to take advantage of the new law whlchl permits those aspiring for of- xice to xue weir cancuaacies wnnoui petitions. To do this under the new law, which was passed In 1915, Mrs. Cummings paid a 820 fee upon filing her declaration. She will seek the Republican nomination for county school superintendent. Beavers Injured Orchard. Albany, Or,- March 21. Because about 60 prune trees In his ; orchard were damaged, some actually being cut down by beavers during the re cent high water. H. F. Struckmeier, a farmer of Thomas, has appealed to the county court It is believed that the beavers tried to keep Thomas creek dammed. The orchard Is situ ated fin the creek and as a result was badly overflowed. eolation under the direction of local Spanish war veterans for the past week and have been signed by nearly 100.- This was the number set out for and will assure 10 guns, which are to be furnished by the government soon aa a charter is granted, as It will provide for one Krsig-Jorgensen rifle to every 10 members. Application for the charter win be made right away. The range used by the local militia company will be used by the dub. Boy of 16 on Trial For Killing Chinese Befease Seeks to Bule Out Confession on Qronma xna zt was ontaiaea by Third Degree Methods. WeavervUIe, CaL, March 21. (L K. 8.) The trial of Lofh Fryer, 16 years old, charged with, the murder of Lem King, a weaitny Chinese 'mine owner, November 9. began here yesterday. The boy confessed the crime shortly after bis arrest, but the defense seeks to rule out the alleged confession on grounds that It was obtained by the police under duress. The Chinese Six companies have em ployed two attorneys to assist the prosecution. Form Civilian Rifle Club. Albany, Or., March 21. That i civilian's rifle club under the gov ernment's plan to encourage rifle practice will be organized here. Is In dlcated by the success obtained by circulating petitions for charter mem be re. The petitions have been In. clr Jl$2900.-$330Qjli JOtB P0RTLAND frm SAlfM FLAX MILL TO : BE MOVED TO EUGENE FOR INDUSTRY THERE Chamber of Commerce Com mittee Told to Secure Con tracts With Lane Farmers, igene, Lkne Eugene, Or., March" 21. Trustees of Eugene Chamber of Commerce last night authorized the flax committee of the chamber to go ahead with the project of moving a flax mill owned by Eugene Boase at Salem to En and to secure contracts from county farmers to raise flax this year. Members of the committee., will start at once on a campaign to raise several thousand dollars with , which to meet expenses of moving the plant here and to- meet the payroll until money begins to come in from the crop. Blank contracts ar- now being sent to farmers to .sign. Many have signi fied a desire to raise flax and members of the committee say there will be n airricuity in obtaining 800 acres. ? la the enterprise for which the Port land Chamber of Commerce has agreed . to donate 8500. - .. , j . Mai ls Husband of Two Vomen, Charge Medford Woman Claims O. C. Thomp son, Who afarried Bugeae Oizl Tew Weeks' Ago, Deserted Hex aad Child, Eugene, Or, March 21. O. C Thomp son, alias Otis Thomas of Medford,: was arrested in Eugene last night on a charge of non-support upon a warrant sworn to by his wife at Medford. ' After his arrest the police found he had married a Eugene girl. Bernice Maltman. three weeks ago. He is new in Jail here and will be taken to Med ford tomorrow for trial. Mrs. Thomas writes the police that she was left destitute, with a smalt child and that she was on the charity of the people of Medford. She bad not learned that he had married the Eugene girl. Thomas claims he was not married to the woman at Medford. Fact No. S The Packard TWIN SIX is the logical development of unceasing effort to build a maximum service car. FRANK CRIGGS COMPANY Cornell Road, 234 and Washingtoa CLOTHES VALUE is determined by several things: Style, durability, shapeliness, fit and becomingness. If you want the fullest of each fea ture and a guarantee that you will get it let ..us show you the New, Spring Arrivals in Ctotoes - $15, $20, $25 and Up "Look for the Guarantee and Price Ticket on the Sleeve' Phegley & Cavender At the Sign of the Cherry Tree Corner Fourth and Alder Streets Copyright 191& 1 ATB. KinchbsttM Co- TODAY'S BEAUTY HINT Zt Is not necessary to shampoo oulte so frequently if your hair Is properly cleansed each tim by use of a really good shampoo. The easiest to use and quickest Crying shampoo that we can recommend to our readers may be pre pared Tory cheaply by dissolving a te spoonful of canuu-ox. obtained from your druggist, in a cup of hot water. This rubbed into the scalp meal ei thick lather, soothing and 'lng In its action, as well as Tory beneficial to scalp and hair. After rinsing, the scalp la zreeh and clean, while the hair dries quickly and erenly, develop ing a might luster and a soft Eaf fl eets that makes it seem very heavy. - ' AdT. ft .-- Portland's Hard-Earned Dollars (tailoring J too .nraca servieo awsv from La Th. ar being roDed in the wrons diraotlAa. Nk- lees ths sentiment k swinging strongly fat favor of what ww era making and selling right here in Portland. Homo industry is coming into its own. hat are yon, Mr. Man, doing fto patronise and nconrag home in dotry& Aro tha clothe yea wear mad in Portland, or Uowhre? Making men's clothes is oar basinets ' sr a part, perhaps small, of Portland's industry, aad- w ar rent-payers and tax-payara. The money yea pay for a suit bar doe duty in. Portland for your good end our good, let your , next suit U Portland inad. WiwiH maka you really good .i . Made Suit for S25 '?i!f- kanJiand- taHormg, an of mnwi iiiii iDgn paw u aw. we mam suits at higher prices. BUCK & HAYWARD Keliabio lALLUKo 287 ALDER a Yieibrofla ,1a: em 1 o srftisBedL With your Victrola comes all the musical wealth of the world and an intimate acquaintance with every notable artist now before the public It enables you to bear the greatest singers -and musi cians whenever and as often as you wish. There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $400 at all Victor dealers Victor Talking Machine.Co Cnmdcn, N. J., . 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