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THE OREGON DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDtfesDAY, JUNE .13,., 1917.
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MARITIME
INTERESTS
PLAN A CONFERENCE
IN CITIES OF COAST
Shipbuilders and Labor Dele
gates Discuss Topics of
Mutual Interest.
Watch It Rise
BOILER MEN ALSO MEET
Delegates After Three Say H Wot
Finished Work; Bide Over Co
lombia Biver Highway Taken
it
4K- Advance Given Longshoremen I tfr
jjt Portland longshoremen wer4
' today granted an Increase lnlMf
tft pay which -will make thel
scale 60 cents an hour tar.'
He straight time and 90 cents an
ift hour overtime. f
$ The scale has been 55 cents $c
Hfr' and 85 cents that sctrte, how- &
ijr' ever, having been In effect only
4e a few weeks, a scale of 50 cents
tand 75 cents having been In ef- if-
. feet since the longshoremen's
strike was settled a year ago.
The Increase was decided it
t. upon at a meeting of the Co-
$ lumbia Itiver Stevedoring com- Dt
pany and was later ratified by
the San Francisco & Portland
Steamship company. Emerald
Line and Great Northern Pa-
& ciflc Steamship company.
4f(- Portland Is now paying the
jjfr highest longshore wages of any if--
port on the coast, but Puget
jjf- Sou-nd and California are also -3(t
))f to increase shortly. 9jt
With the third day of their conven
tion almost over, the Pacific Maritime
association, representing the thou
sands of men now engaged in the
building of wooden and steel ships
on the Pacific coast is only a little
nearer the gigantic task they have
set ahead.
The uniformity of working condi
tions and wages are the aim at which
the. men are working and they expect
to have their plans so drawn by the
time the convention Is over that thev
can Immediately start a series of con
ferences up and down the coast
looking towards that end.
Committee KeportsMade
Portland may bo the center of muci
of the conferring, according to dele
gates. Committee reports occupied much of
this morning's session at the Multno
mah hotel together with a comparison
of conditions and wages.
"We have no Intentions of bringing
about a series of Btrikes," declared
Dan P. McKillip, president of the Se
attl Metal Trades council, who Is in
'attendance at the session. "This coun
try is too vitally interested In bring
ing about an end to the war to be
drawn into labor troubles. We are
as anxious as President Wilson him
self to win the war. It is to be our
aim to work in that direction at all
liw6' r
Trip Kade Over Highway
, The local entertainment committee
has arranged a trip over the Colum
bia highway for the visiting delegates,
to take place Friday afternoon, ma
chines leaving from the Multnomah
hotel.
. In attendance at the session are the
following Oelegates representing their
districts: Portland, W. Lalsner and E.
XV. 'Lorenzo; Vancouver, A. Watchman;
Victoria, J. O'Brien; Bellingham, F. M.
Parsons; Seattle, E. B. Zimmerman, A.
3. Allen, G. Mawson, J. Middle ton;
Olympia, A. J. McCanahan, J. Greggi
. Astoria, C. H. Irish; Sfc. Helens, R. A.
Mclnnis; Hoquiam, J. A. Byard; San
Francisco, Ed Kelly, J. Gleason, J.
Bradford, E. Trethway; Oakland, C.
Jentzen; Vallejo, W. A. Barklie; San
- Pedro, J. Miller, T. Ryan, and S. G.
Sanfacon of San Francisco, secretary-
treasurer of the convention.
tabor Delegates Attend
Representatives of the Carpenters'
unions, C. Evans of Seattle; C. J. Van
tlerpool of Portland;" F. E. Hite of
Aberdeen; H. B. Gillman, F-jreka, are
$10,500,000
10,000,000
9,000,000
8,500,000
(Oregon's quota)
8,000,000
ERICKSON IS SUED FOR
$1200 ALLEGED TO BE!
DUE LATE MRS. SMITH
Sophie Harper, Administra
trix of Estate, Sues Under
taker to Recover Funds,
$9000 : from . Bernstein A Cohen, who
acted as attorneys tor the estate of
Daniel KunkeL KJrchoff alleges that
1 Bernstein & Cohen wrongfully se
I cured the possession of this sum from
the estate of Daniel Kunkel during
their administration of It,
Klrchoff bringing the action repre
sents the heirs of Samuel Kunkel, whs
are non-reaident alien enemies resid
ing in Germany, and consequently a
Judgment for them would mean that
$9000 would be sent to Germany whlca
in turn might be uscl against thi
country.
7,000,000
6,000,000
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
LIBERTY
LOAN
DAMAGE
.BUTT IS HEARD
VI via D. Ashman Demands 910,000
From Landlord -for Fall.
VI via D. Ashmun's $10,000 personal
DEATH STILL A MYSTERY .L.? iL
court this morning.
Miss Ashmun, who Is a trained
nurse, avers she fclKdown the stairs
in a house at 221 Sixth street owned
by the defendant, from whom she was
renting, and injured herself so severe
ly that she has been entirely incapaci
tated for work. Her fall, she alleges.
was due to a defective step, of which
she had complained a number of times.
but which the defendant had neglect
ed to repair.
RED CROSS FORCES IN
GREAT RALLY REPORT
READINESS FOR DRIVE
General Chairman Ayer Host
to Committee Members
and 20 Team Captains.
Attorneys for Erickson Insist Bolt Is
Only Another Effort to Sis.
credit Kim.
Today's grand total for state $9,732,550
The state outside of Portland 2,647.150
Total for Portland 7,085,400
WAflnfiRdn v's Pnrtlnnrl sub
scriptions (partial) 83,500
Wnpslav's n u t s f d sub
scriptions 933.400
Days left to subscribe
present. P. W. Dowler, general organ
izer, and W. E. Cole of the executive
committee of the International Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and
C. P. Taylor of the American Federa-
tion of L.abor are also attending.
The Boilermakers are holding their
conventicn in another hall of the Mult
nomah 1 otel, while the Me,tal Trades
council ot the Pacific coast are hold
ing evening sessions. The Boilermak
ers had nothing for public use, they
stated.
Money Stolen From
2 Branch Libraries
Taking all the money in the cash
drawers, but so far as is known not
stealing any of the books, burglars
entered tbe St. Johns and North Port
land branch libraries Tuesday night.
Eight dollars were obtained" from the
St. Johns branch. The cash in the
North Portland branch, however, had
been taken out and hidden in another
place, and the thieves failed to find
It, but ctattered the books all over the
floor. Entrance was made in both
cases by smashing a window.
Monday night the lock on the base
ment door of the Brooklyn branch
was forcrd and $7 were taken. Library
officials and city detectives working
on the case believe that the robberies
are tho vcrk of boys.
Sophia Harper, administratrix for
the estate of Hannah Smith, deceased,
has filed suit in the circuit court
against Eric E. Erickson. undertaker,
for the recovery of $1200 alleged to be
due the estate.
The complaint states that Mrs.
Smith disappeared on the evening of
May 8, 1910, and that at that time she
left $1200 in Erlckson's possession to
be held for her. It further alleges
that he has persistently refused to
turn the money over to the estate and
orders him to come into court and
produce certain papers showing his
financial dealings with the woman.
Mystery Kevtr Solved
Mrs. Smith's disappearance more
than seven years ago created a sensa
tion at the time. She was last seen
on the ..evening of May 8, entering the
undertaking parlors of Erickson, ac
cording to the investigation recorded
at that time. Two weeks later a tele
gram supposed to have been from Mrs.
Smith was received by her niece,
Sophia Harper, sent from Los Angeles.
It was explained later by Erickson
that he had sent the telegram to allay
the fears of the relatives of the miss
ing woman.
Nothing further has been heard of
Mrs. Smith, although the police de
partment expended every possible ef
fort to find some clue that would ex
plain her disappearance.
Woman Mow Legally Bead
The present action could not be
brought until seven years had elapsed
and Mrs. Smith declared legally dead.
Attorneys for Erickson assert that
the same case, brought up in various
forms hitherto and dismissed, is only
another effort to discredit Erickson.
Jury Awards $1500
A Jury in Circuit Judge Belt's court
awarded Otto C. Miller $1600 against
the Payette Valley Sound & Orchard
company. Miller sued for $2100 al
leged commissions due to him from
the defendant for negotiating the
sale of certain lands to Dr. C. J
Smith.
Estate Left to Daughters
The entire estate of the late Mary
M. Dufur of a probable value of $30,-
t)00, with the exception of the home,
is left according to the terms of her
will to her two daughters, Anna May
and Lois Dufur Balch. The home is
left .solely to Anna May.
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Heed Is Urgent
John L. Clymer, representa-
tive of the national war coun-
ell and director of the western
division of the Red Cross, will
speak on the urgent need of the
public's support of the organ-
izatlon, tonight at 8 o'clock as
part ef the eexrclses to be held-
at Festival Center. Mr. Clymer
has addressed Portland audi-
ences before in his -present ca-
pacity and is known throughout
the wesl as an eloquent orator
and thoroughly familiar with
the needs of the Red Cross so-
clety.
was made by Dr. J. H. Boyd. In this
inspirational talk Dr. Boyd emphasised
the imperative need of thoroughly
arousinr the American publio to the
seriousness of the national situation
and the urgency of .bringing every
American man. woman and child to a
realisation that he or she bears an in
dividual responsibility and owe a per
sonal patriotic duty to his or her coun
try in this crisis, the seriousness of
which must not be underestimated.
Particularly, he said, must each civil
ian who -stays at home feel the re
sponsibility for providing through the
American Red Cross orooer medical.
surgical and hospital care for the
brave American boys who are wound
ed in service at the front.
Dr. Boyd's address was enthusiast
ically received.
Hundred Orators Are Sallsted
Under the direction of Chairman J.
C. English, the organisation of the
Red Cross speakers' bureau is now
complete and ready for action, with
more than 100 of the city's best ora
tors enlisted. The Rotary club, at its
meeting Tuesday, was called on to
offer volunteer service as. speakers,
and the following members promptly
responded. They will be used through
out the strenuous oratorical campaign
next ween: Fted Spoeri. Rufus C.
Hoi man, N. O. Pike. Dr. Edmund C.
Myers, A. R. Oephart, C. V. Cooper,
H. P. Sackett, C. B. Waters, J. A.
Currey. R, 8. Farrell. Dr. E. K. Scott.
J. H. Dundore, Charles F. Berg, Mar
shall N. Dana and Oeorge T. Hardy.
WIFE NO.
Geo. L. Young Fined
$400 in Fraud Case
George L.'Toung, Tuesday In federal
court, was fined $400 on his plea of
guilty or -.ising the mans to uerraud
With W. F. Hallowell, he had been in
dicted i:or alleged conspiracy In fraud'
ulent land transactions in California.
Their operations were said to have cov
ered a large area, the victims to the
scheme having been beguiled into giv
ing the:r money for locations that
proved radically worthless.
neaaquariers or (2
ANNULS TIE
. W. Arthur Sajrs lie Remarried
Because He Was "Legally Dead."
James W. Arthur stayed away from !
his wife for seven years and then be
cause a lawyer told him he was legally
dead felt privileged to attempt an
other marriage. He convinced Amy
Patterson of his right to do so and In
February, 1916, they went through the.
ceremony of a marriage.
Shortly afterwards Mrs. James
Arthur heard of the purported re
marriage of her husband and made
known her intention of taking some
action in the matter.
Miss Patterson ' anticipated this,
however, by bringing a suit for annul
ment, which was granted Tuesday
afternoon by Presiding Judge Kava-naugh.
Arthur D. Thompson would not per
mit his wife to work, but neither
would he work himself, according to
Ella G. Thompson's testimony before
Presiding Judge Kavana-ugh. Accord
ing to the wife she lent her husband
her savings and even found positions
for him, but his laziness prevented
him from holding them and as result
she was awarded a decree of divorce j
by the court. I
D. M. Burnett, who married a j
woman 16 years older than himself, '
time from the same woman. He testi
fied that his second attempt at mar
riage with his wife had been no more
successful than his first.
Divorces were given to Meda Irwin
from Walter Irwin and Weldon
Reegan from Amy Reegan.
Two Are Killed by
Tornado in Missouri
Woman Lose ZJfe While Seeking
Safety In Cave and Baby Xs Burled
In Farm House Ruins.
Unlonvllle, Mo., June 13. (I. N. S.)
Two persons were killed In a tornado
which ctruck last night near Ravenna,
Mercer county, and continued toward
Princeton, county seat of that county.
Miss Edith Lang was struck by a
piece of flying timber while she was
running to a cave, and instantly killed.
A 3-months-old baby was killed when
buried under wreckage of a farm
house. Several were fatally injured.
The roar of the approaching storm
could be heard several miles, and many
persons, thus forewarned, saved their
lives by fleeing to cave3 and cellars
of homi3 which were damaged or de
etroVed. The twister's path was six miles
long and more than a mile wide.
SHERIFF ViLL INSIST
ON OBSERVATION OF
ANtl-CIGARETTE LAW
Many Complaints Being Re
ceived of Boys Smoking;
Registration Card Is Proof.
At a rousing rally at noon today.
all the Red Cross forces which wi.i
participate in Portland's big $200,000
drive next week were brougnt togetner
by General Chairman Ayer, who enter
tained at luncheon for the campaign
executive committee all the chairmen
nf nthpr imoortant committees, and
the 20 team captains who will direct
200 of Portland's leading business and
nrnfooinTiii men in the work of
sweeping the city for cash contribu
tlons and pledges.
Teams Beady Cor Action
At this meeting all the unit forces
which have been busily preparing for
the work of systematically canvassing
th cltv were rounded up and mo
bilized into a single effective organlza
tlon. Each of the team captains re
ported his team of 10 men complete
and ready for action, and received In
structions from General Chairman
Ayer as to the methods to be followed
and other details, each team also be
ing assigned definite territory to be
covered. The personnel of these 20
teams will be announced tomorrow.
Captains Are Idsted
The team captains, to whom the su
pervision of the big drive, under the
direction of General Chairman Ayer,
will be left, are: Charles F. Adams,
J. Cf. Ainsworth, W, J. Burns, C. C.
Colt, Edward Cookingham, A. H. Dev
ers, T. D. Honeyman, James B. Kerr,
L. Lang, Allen Lewis, Julius L. Meier,
Edward Newbegln, Andrew C. Smith,
Ben Selling, E. L. Thompson, Guy W.
Talbot, T. B. Wilcox, W. D. Wheel
wright. W. F. Woodward, John B.
Yeon.
Sr. Boyd Xs Speaker
Preceding the organization work and
discussions pertaining to the machin
ery for the big drive, a stirring speech
Ship With 1,000,000 Cargo Hit
Boston. June 13. CI. N. S.) Word
was received here today that the Brit
ish steamer Mahopac, 3016 tons, carry
ing a $1,000,000 cargo of cocoa, leather
and machinery, struck a mine in the
English channel and was beached on
the English coast. The Mahopac was
formerly the Minnesota of the Atlantic
Transport line.
Notices were sent out from Sheriff
Hurlburt' office this morning to every
' tobacco dealer in the county calling
attention to the new HIT law In for
bidding use of cigarettes by minora
The notices which were drawn up by
the district attorney's office emphaslsa
especially the new and more stringent
features of the law which make it a
great deal more harsh than -the laws
which have formerly prevailed.
A great many complaints of young
boys smoking cigarettes have been re
ceived in the last few days by thd
sheriff's office and also by Chief Pro
bation Officer Keady of the Juvenile
court.
The following extracts from th
warning sent out to dealers show some
of the new provisions applicable to
those who sell tobacco.
Having cigarettes in a place of busi
ness where minors may take them or
help themselves, Is prima facie evi
dence of an attempt to sell to minor.
The word "cigarette" or "cigarettes'
are held to include cigarette, cigar
ettes, cigarette papers, cigarette wrap
pers, or any substitute therefor, or any
paper, or form prepare to be filled
with smoking tobacco for cigarette
use. - -
It is unlawful for any proprietor.,
clerk. ; assistant, or employ of aav
place of business to rrmlt minora, to
frequent any said place of . business
while using or smoking any cigarette.
It Is unlawful for any person t
solicit, take or receive from any minor
person within this state any order for
any cigarette, or make any contract for
the sale of any cigarette to any minor.
Attention is also further directed to
the fact that since the war censu
registration of all male cllUena
tween the ages ot 31 and 31. that tn
production or non-production, by a dr.
Ulan seeking to purchasj cigarette, of
his blue registration card, will Qulckl"
Inform the seller whether or not thi
purchaser may lawfully buy cigar
ettes. -
22 Vessels Sunk by:
Divers During Week
London.' June 1S.(U. P.) ThU
week's shipping losses through the sub
marine warfare, as officially announced
today, showed 33 vessels of mora than
1(00 tons sunk, and 10 under that ton
age. Twenty-three ships were unsuc
cessfully attacked by the Oertnan
U-boata
Munitions Factory B
Near Paris Explodes
Paris. June' 13. (I. N. B.) An am.
munition factory near Parts blew up.
today. The casualties were believed to
be severe, as many wounded were re
moved to hoapitala, . - - ,
BUYER MUST PAY FOR HAT
THE FAIRY QUEEN OF THE,
FESTIVAL AND HER COURT
The Queen 's Dance
Tonight at 6 o'clock the Queen and her
Court will occupy the dais in th,e beautiful
dining-room '
Dinner 5:30 to 8
' Music and Dancing.
A . Wsek Day Dinner Dance
Special Music and Dancing.
Every Evening 6:15 to 8:15
. Dinner 5 :30 to 8.
The Supper Dance
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
10 o'Clock to Midnight.
TlVe Ad Club Quartet, the official quartet
of the Rose Festival, will sing in the hotel
lotpy, Deginning at l v.. M., on Wednesday,
lhursday and Friday.
The Kverrtor will review the parades from
his Reviewing Stand in the hotel courtyard.
The Portland Hotel
- Richard W. Childs, Manager
. Elbert S. Robe, Assistant Manager .
Milliner Wins Suit Against Patron
Who Returned ' Goods.
Accordit'g to the doctrine of "caveat
emptor," laW down by District Judge
Jones, Mrs. W. L. Dalton. 48 East
Eighth t-tieet, cant go Into the milli
nery shop of Mrs. D. M. English, select
a hat, wear it home and then return It
two weeks later, refusing to pay for it
on account of defects which were per
fectly apparent at the time of its pur
chase. 'Mrs. English said the hat was every
thing a Virst class hat should be, and
produced a mate to it, which, accord
ing to her story, had seen six months'
service on the head of one of her
customers, and which still appeared
very serviceable.
Mrs. Djetrlch, testifying for the de
fendant, and who admitted being an
expert on bats, said the crown should
have been covered with Koods the
same color as the feathers.
Mrs. Dalton's complaint was that
when the wind blew the feathers
which were purple In color, a white
foundation was disclosed underneath,
which spoiled the general color scheme.
Fifteen collars, the price of the hat
and costs, were awarded to the plaintiff.
this Mighty Sale to the Limit to
shake ourselves loose from the
bonds of our creditors, is the great
effort we are making.
Cost prices in a great many instances have
been ignored by us in this stupendous task of
raising money.
LESS THAN
HALF PRICE
is not unusual in this sale,
here.
Some instances
WIDOW DEMANDS $25,000
Southern Pacific Blamed for Death
of Husband, Car Repairer.
Suit' was filed Tuesday by Ellen V.
Stark against the Southern Pacific
Railroad company, asking $25,000 dam
ages for the death of her husband.
Levi C. Stark, alleged to have resulted
from injuries which he received while
in the employ of the railroad.
Stark was a car repairer and was
run over by an empty car which he
was repairing on May 15, 1916. The
complaint says a blue flag posted at
the end of the car to give warning
that someone was working on it was
ignored and the car moved, which
caused Stark's injuries from which he
died.
QUESTION
Judge
IS KNOTTY ONE
in
Most Decide - Standing
Court of Alien Enemy.
The question aa to whether a non
resident . "alien enemy" could recover
Judgement in American courts at this
time came up before Circuit Judge
Bagley Tuesday. , The case was takes
under advisement by the court for a
later decision. -
. Daniel Kunkel died in 1914,and left
an estate of S100300 to his .brother
Samuel Kunkel, residing in Germany.
Samuel . Kunkel . died shortly after th
probation of the estate and while the
money, was on the -way ver to him.
' The present action la- brought' by
Frit Kirch6ff.': administrator for" tho
Restate , of Samuel Kunkel to, recover
Making Your Crand Piano
a Self-Player When Desired
The Apollo Company has finally solved the problem of
making grand pianos self-playing.
It did so by abandoning the long effort to build the
playing mechanism inside the case, and by perfecting, in
place thereof, a small cabinet, which rests on the floor out
of the way, and is connected with the piano only by a cable.
Thus, at a single stroke, all the mechanical and musical
difficulties that made interior construction unsatisfactory
were swept aside, the piano left free and unaffected for
hand-playing, and success achieved.
Dressing Table fai (oMem oak
WAS $16.50, NOW $6.75
Brass Bad, full tze
WAS $17.50, NOW $7.75
Birdseyo Maple Bed, 94 sis
WAS $37.50, NOW $14.75
Colonial Bad in mahogany, full sis
WAS $62.00, NOW $29.75
Colonial Chiffonier, Circassian walnut
WAS $38.50, NOW $18.50
Complete- Kitchen Cabinet
WAS $27.50, NOW $12.75
Colonial Buffet, mahogany
WAS $65.00, NOW $29.75
Solid Mahogany Serving Table
WAS $30.00, NOW $14.25
Solid Mahogany Dining Chairs, leather teats
WERE $16.75, NOW $7.75
Arm Chair in famed oak
WAS $8.00,
NOW $3.25
Large Overstuffed Arm Rocker
WAS $39.50, NOW $18.50
Serving Tray, Circassian walnut
WAS $9,00, NOW $4.25
Spinet Desk, mahogany
WAS $45.00, NOW $19.50
Spanish Leather Easy Arm Chair
WAS $46.00, NOW $22.75
Arm Chair in fumed oak
WAS $6.50, NOW $2.95
Chair in .famed oak
WAS $3.45, NOW $1.65
Deek Chair ia fumed oak
WAS $9.00, NOW $2.75
Body Brussols Rug, 9x12 feet
WAS $40.00, NOW $19.75
Anglo-Persian Rag, 9x12 feet
WAS $82.50, NOW $49.75;
Axmiaster Rug, 9x12 feet
WAS $37.50, NOW $21.50
Scotch Rag, 9x12 foot
WAS $24.00, NOW $13.50
Fancy Nat Certain material .
WAS 95c YD., NOW 35c
Sandoar Curtain Material, 60-inch
WAS $2.00 YD., NOW 85c
Cretonne, 36 inches wide
WAS 45c YARD, NOW 19c ;
Drapary Velvet. SO laches wid
WAS $4 YD., NOW $1.95
Drapary Velvet, 80 inch wide
WAS $2.50 Yd.,NOW$1.15;
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