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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1817. RRE PREVENTION DAY TO BE MADE NOTABLE BY UNIQUE PARADE Governor Withycombe to Be Grand Marshal, Troops and Band From Post Coming, OLD . ENGINES . IN LINE Xaad romper Vsed la 1854 sad Steam n of 1868 to Be Conspicuous; Yolonteer riremea la Una. . . .-. . i Boat of rand Parade forms on Fourteenth street south of Morrison, on Fourteenth to Alder, to Broad way, to Oak,, to Sixth, to Mor rtsoa, to Fifth, to Pine, to Third, to Alder, to Fourth, to Park blocks. COOS BAY MAN WITH PERSHING DIES. With the circulation of fire preven tion notices among the school chil dren today and details of the big fire prevention parade completed, practi cally' everyone In " Portland Tuesday :wlll realize that the city Is observing: the National Fire Prevention day. Firemen working under the direc tion of Fire Marshal John Young dis tributed fire prevention literature to ..the children In all the schools. All the children have been appointed Jun ior fire marshals and. In addition to making an Inspection of their own . homes, are tp preach the gospel of fire prevention as outlined In lessons pertinently put befoce them by the firemen this morning. According to Aaron Frank, In charge Of the parade arrangements, the pa geant will be the largest and most Unique of Its kind ver seen In Port land. A large number of business houses are to hnve floats, and the school, whl'-h ma'le such remarkable records In fire drills, are to be rep resented by their f lrc-flghtlng organl ' cations. OoTeraor to Be Marshal While the parade la to move at 12:30 A'clock XUOH:'ay afternoon, all entries are to he in line at 2 o'clock. The pa rade will form on fourteenth street, south of Morrison, and move over the following streets: Fourteenth to . Alder. toJlroad way, to Oak. to Sixth, to Morrison, to Fifth, to Pine, to Third, to Aider, to Fourth, to the park blocks. Oovernor WithycoiTitie will be grand marshal of the parade and Is to be as- j Isted by Klro Marshal Young. The Portland Hunt club Is to act as an 1 official escort. Seveinl companies of soldiers and the military band from Vancouver barrarks are to have a plar near the head or the procession. The federal government Is to be represented by W. P. Ayer, who will use appropriate bankers to point out the -necessity of fire prevention In conserving assets of the nation. The United State forest service Is to show Us fire-fighting organization. One of the unique features of the pa 0H'-A MVS v?Z&-V ( lit 'yr;-"! )si OMAN MIES DASH AFTER BURGLAR SHE F NDS HER HOM E Robber Outdistances Her and Makes Off With Neck Chain; Robberies Many, Allen V. Mercer f Marshfleld, Or., Oct. 6. Al- fe )Q len V. Mercer, 31, who died fKl m from pneumonia somewhere in )a3 1M France with Pershing's army, Ha according to dispatches just 94 (4 received, was the first man m 'ta from Marshfleld or North RBI Bend to lose his life In war )kB. Id service. Mercer was well pB pS known and popular. MM Allen Mercer was the son 14 d of A. P.. Mercer, postmaster )sai and store proprietor of Coos- 3 )sgi ton, a town on the east side of )si )aSi the bay. Mercer liveJ most of ls3 11 the time in North Bend. He m f3i came to Coos Bay six years f&4 ago'. He was under Engineer Bat V. G. Hlndmarsh of the South- )t sa ern Pacific all the time the IBs latter was working on the con- w v r T"l 1 J W. ..i......V...t.aAMnAn.,mnrnfUll lJ II vl IHQUVS Zy I HIV which has been in the Aasement of the J of the railroad. city hall for a number of years. A MerCer was a graduate of U team fire engine, a relid of 188. Is R the University of Illinois and )c also to be In the parade. -B there had received military "Bxempts" to Be In Zdns ': ksi training. In June he enlisted X ' A number of prominent Portland )B In Company F, Eighteenth Re- )sai citizens who were members of the vol- j (sj serve engineers, under Captain unteer fire department In early days! Kenneth Hauser,' who' was also nd who are now known as "ex-, connected with tns raiiroad fe mpts," are to have a place In the , ..,,n ... , .v, . : ' , . . ; i Hi construction work in this lo- nl fire department section of the parade. They are Joseph Simon. Joha Gearin. ! eltT. Herbert Bustarud, Jay fe James Lotan. W. A. Hart, H. D. Grlf- Doyle and Fred Kelly of B fin. Vincent Cook, George W. Bwalny, 1 Marshfleld are members of tea James Harry. Ex-Chtef TlnnleB De fcg the same company. Boest and C. C. Doublebower. Mercer is survived by his feM Some of the firm which rre to en- , mother and father, who reside ' ter floats are: Ienny-Renton Coal ' : LO., jvi in am 1 ; The robbing of many hotnes con tinues and Is Increasing In number. Thousands of dollars' worth of Jewel ry, clothes and other articles have been stolen In threa weeks.. Mrs. R. F. Cox, living at 832 North Twenty-first atreet, exhibited rare pluck at 2 o'clock this morning when she heard a burglar In the house. She ran down the stairs and startled the man, who fled with Mrs. Cox In pur suit. He soon outdistanced her. The article reported missing by Mrs. Cox was a neck chain. W. E. Klint. proprietor of the Sandy garage, at Twenty-fourth and Sandy road, was called out at 6 o'clock this morning to- tow an automobile in. He returned without finding the broken car. but did find his cash register rifled of $35. Miss M. . F. Lawrence, rooming at 221 Thirteenth street, reported to the police Sunday that Jewelry she had left in her room on the dresser and valued at $675 was. stolen some time during the past week when she was absent. The list of articles includes a diamond brooch set In platinum, a turquoise ring and a diamond ring. No trace of the jewelry has been found. Miss Lawrence has been a school teacher for a number of years In Port land, j R.. Palitzsch, 275 East Fifteenth street, reported to the policy that while he was absent burglars entered his home by Jimmying the kitchen window and made off with the follow ing articles:. One string of pearls with diamond set in pendant, platinum necklace set with diamond and pearl, platinum ring set with diamond and onyx,' plain diamond 'ring, coral ring, jade ring and numerous other pieces of jewelry and clothing. The police Saturday arrested Frank J. Fisher, Frank Rossi. James Re Id Jerry Smith and Charles Goodrich on charges of burglary. The police are now looking up their criminal records Willamette Eleven To Be Strengthened Willamette University, Salem, Oct 8. Interest in football received a new Impetus with the news that Braxier 8mall, the sensational halfback in the famous defeat of Oregon, would soon return. Coach Matthews is endeavor ing to interest every man in college in the gridiron game, and If he sue ceeds in getting more of them out in a suit, a fair team might be developed by the end of the season. New men out are: Tasker, Michaels, A. Spiess Bassler, Hichman, Medler and Bowers. Multnomah Secures P. N. A. Boxing Meet Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 8, I, N. S.)- Seattle will stage the pacific North west amateur athletic track and field meet this year.: The. award was "made yesterday at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest ' association at the Seattle Athletic club, with dele gates present from Portland, Spokane, Vancouver and other cities. - - ? . Portland was . awarded , the annual boxing and wrestling tournament of the P. N. A., while Spokane will; get the Indoor swimming championships. Victoria will stage the outdoor swim ming championships. E. Burdick of Spokane was elected president of the association, while A. S. Goldsmith of the- Seattle Athletic club was .' chosen Vive president. T. Morris Dunne of Portland was reelect ed secretary and treasurer. ALICE ARE CALLED TO CONT OF FRUIT SEEKERS Apples and, Pears of Business Men's Club" Go Like Hot Cakes This Morning, BOWERMAN IS PICKED TO SELECT ROUTES BY I! ROADS COMMISSION company, J. K. f 1 111 Stationery company Llpman. woire. Olds, Wortman JCing, RobeHs Dros., Oregan Portland Cement company, Honeyman Hardware company. Irwln Hodson company, Portland Railway, Light & Power compaay. Pettls-Gross-mayer company. United States P.ub ber company, Goodyear Tiro & Rub ber company. Northwestern Electric company, J. C. Hayer & Co., Colum bia Digger .company, Purdln Bros., Rockwood Sprinkler company, Meier & Frank company. Those entering autos include Ballou A Wright, F. W. Ferrlngton & Co., Tims-Cress company (two). Portland Wire & Iron works, F. B. Oilman com pany. Standard Cement company, Jacob Losll. Portland Railway, Light lc Power company; Gill & Chambers, Trussed Concrete Steel company. Dur able Roofing company, C. B. King, L. . R. Kollock & Co.. Bishop Chimney Cleaning company, Portland Gas com pany (three). First National bank (three), United States National bank (three). Northwestern National bank (three). Builders Exchange (three), American Institute of - Architecture, Civic Street Cleaning company. Auto mobile Dealers (60), Fred S. Cook company, P. L. Cherry & Co., J. Mc Cracken company. Automatic Sprink ler company. Johns-Manville company, Ounther-Klnr company. Columbia Wire & Iron works. Public library, Blu-mauer-Fran!t Drug company. Wood- rd-Clarke Drug .rompany, Electrical contractors' association. Ba brother, Robert Mercer, who is at the army aviation school at San Antonio, Texas. CROWD Choice Is Made Following Delay of County Courts in Settling Rights of Way. Owing to the dllatoriness of several county courts in providing rights-of- way, the state highway commission has decided to appoint a right-of-way agent and proceed to do Its own acquir ing under the authority vested In it by law. Jay Bower man of Portland has been elected by Chairman Benson to conduct the necessary proceedings either by donation, purchase or con demnation. In the act of the legislature creating the highway commission it la decreed that rights-of-way for state highways shall be secured by the counties m which the highways are situated, but in case of neglect or refusaj the statu shall have the power through the com mission to proceed. Hurt melmsarss Stats It Is provided that the state shall be reimbursed by the county for all expenses incurred. Should the county refuse to do so the amount expended can - be deducted from any funds al lotted to 'the county out of the stato road fund. In practice it is found that the chief difficulty ia th susceptibility of coun ty courts to local Influences, working for delay or some favored location. If the state carries on the proceedings it is thought that these influences will be ineffectual and. furthermore, that the best and' economical route can be secured. Work Zs Uaeoatplstsd While road work baa been begun in Clackamas county between. Oregon City and Aurora, there are still several places on the line of Improvement, where the right-of-way has not been secured. It is the same in Washington county along the Rex-Tigard road. In Waaco county the county court has already requested the states high way commission to proceed with the acquirement of a bridge site across the Deschutes river In order to do away with the existing Moody toll bridge. Another policy decided upon by the state highway commission is that hereafter no contracts will be let for construction until after all rights-of-way have been deeded. , Justin Fitzgerald Top Hitter San Francisco, Oct. 8. (U. P.) Jus tin Fitzgerald of the Seals lias again seised the batting leadership of the Coast league, according to the week's averages published today. His aver age is .33 . Morris Rath of Salt Lake has dropped into second place with ,3 S3 and Tobin, his teammate, is third with .324. Ken Williams of Portland, with 64 basea. is the theft champion of the league. Tobln has brought home more bacon than any other Coast ! leaguer, having made 133 runs. AMBASSADOR MORRIS GREETS FRIENDS AND DRIVES OUT HIGHWAY Diplomat En Route to Post in Japan Meets Some of Boyhood Friends Here. 5Itn N- ' W- D- Wheelwright. Fred w. Mulkey and Sukeyukl Akamatn, iarae consul in Portland, all of whom accompanied Ambassador and .B,orT,s on the highway trip. Following the drive. Mra. S. D. Adair, a cousin of Mr. Morris, enter- iinea tne guests at dinner at her home, 4 88 East Eleventh street north. Canadian Ministry 10 ttet Labor Status -With only time for a handshake all around before he was whisked away for a drive over the Columbia river highway, Roland Morris, new ambas sador to Japan, arrived Sunday after noon with Mrs. Morris, en route to the orient from his homo in Philadelphia. A large crowd of friends and repre sentative citizens greeted him upon his arrival, not only to pay honor to him aa a distinguished representative of this government to a foreign coun try, but because he was a Portland boy, personally remembered by many. Detained in Washington 10 days longer than anticipated. the visit of the ambassador was considerably shortened In the west, where he had hoped to spend some time, as Olympia. Wash., was his birthplace and Port land hia early home. At the atation to greet him were Samuel Hill, R. U Macleay. J. H. Smith and W. B. Mackay, the three latter being classmates at Lawrence- Vancouver, B. C. Oct. 8. (I. n. S ) With a view of placing the labor situa tion before the imperial ministers at Ottawa. J. J. Coughlan and J Lock, hart, general manager of th Coughlan shipyard, accompanied by Captain J N Craven and Mr. Williams, represent! ing the shipping firms of James Cham bers and Raeburn & Veret. respec tively, for whom five steamers are be ing built at the local shipyards, left xor tne east Sunday night. Pioneer of Douglas County Passes Away Roseburg Or.. Oct. 8. Mrs. Lydla Robertson, a resident of Douglas county since 1889, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. K. Hunt, in this city. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Robertson came to Oregon from La Port county, Ind., and set tled In Oakland, where she lived many years. Besides her daughter, she is survived by two sons, N. H. and A. L. Eager of Portland. The funeral will be held In Oakland, Or. So great was the jam of people eager to buy Rogue River pears and apples as offered by the Progressive Bus! ness Men's club at 106 Fifth street this morning that Captain John Moore at police headquarters bad to be called upon to send a special detail of offi cers to hold the line in check. There was little display of bad tem per but everyone wanted to be firat and it waa feared that in the crush some of the women would be injured. The sale was announced to take place at 9 o'clock. As early as S o'clock people were waiting. Nearly every form of conveyance except wheelbarrows was utilized to carry away the purchases. Automobllea and big market baskets performed the same service. Daintily garbed women and hard worked mothers with chil dren hanging to their skirts competed for places in line. The fruit had been inspected upon its arrival Saturday, but anxiety to make sure that only sound, apples and pears would be offered caused the Progressive Business Men's club to enlist the servlees of four men all day Sunday and a dozen this morning. Practically every one of the 604 boxes were opened and decayed fruit re moved. . Apples proved to be the more popu lar. The entire supply of Jonathan and Winter Banana apples were sold within "a quarter of an hour after the doors were opened. At 10 of clock only 100 boxes of pears were left and there were 100 people in line waiting to buy. NEW PLAN TO OUST HKLBER Commissioner Kellaher Takes Tack in Ordinance. Determined to demote William Hel per .in charge of the municipal garbage incinerator. Dan Kellaher, commis-' sloner of finance, has devised a new Tlan to oust Helber from the head of the plants. Twice he has tried to de- PT 0 you ccxn fcffordiobuy LESLIE "S A. LT and enjoy the luxury of the fine free running salt flowing frcm ;the; convonient sidc spout mote but each time the city council blocked him by refusing to increase the salary of C. H. Feldman. whom Kellaher proposes to put over Helber. In an ordinance to go before the council Wednesday Kellaher has cre ated the position of "chief engineer in charge of the plant." The salary has been left blank and Kellaher is to ask the council to fix it. He is insistent that the council create the new place, however, hoping that it, at the same time, will increase Feldman. As an engineer at the plant Feldman Is now getting $100 a month and Hel ber as general foreman is getting $145 n month. In his previous attempts Kellaher attempted to get Feldman in creased to $1S0 a, month and Helber reduced to $100 a month. Salem Woman Dies In Auto Accident Salem,. Or., Oct. 8. Mrs. E. W. Stubbs was Instantly killed and her husband sustained two broken ribs and other bruises in an automobile accident on the road between Salem and the state institution for feeble minded last night. Stubbs Is employed as an attendant at the Institution, and last night he and Mrs. Stubbs started for 8alem In their automobile, the ngnts on wnicn were very dims Stubbs did not see the turn in the road ana the machine shot over an embankment, pinning the two occu pants beneath. It is not believed today that Stubbs' injuries will prove fatal. .He is at the home of his son. O. C. Stubbs. in Salem. He has a daughter in Cali fornia. Jmneral arrangements for Mrs. Stubbs. who waa 62 years old, "nave aui Deen announced. Woman Cashier Is Robbed of $1085 Chicago, Oct. 8. (I. N. S.) Huldah Sandgren, cashier for the Botlsen Baking company, was knocked uncon scious today by five bandits . and robbed of $1085, which she was taking to the bank to deposit. The bandits escaped in an automobile. Great Britain Gets $15,000,000 More Washington, Oct. 8. (I. N. S.) The United51 States today made a loan of $15,000,000 to Great Britain, it was announced at the treasury department This. brings the total of United States loans to the allies to $2,633,400,000. To protect a Swiss railroad from avalanches snow retarding walls have been built on a mountain side at points rrom which the slides start to hold V, .mill 1. -1 . IUQ OI1U1T UULil J i. UldbO. Shipyard Workers Arrive at Astoria Astoria, Or., Oct. 8. One hundred and twenty men from Eastern Washington arrived Sunday to take the place of strikers at the McEachern yards. Th men were taken off the train at the edge of town and taken to the ship yards direct by boat with soldiers guarding them, so that strikers would not molest the newcomers. This is the , second group of men to arrive here to work in the shipyards. Arrangements Made For Colored Troops Washington, Oct. 8. (I. N. S.) Colored men Included In the draft In northern states will be trained at Taphank, Wrightstown, Annapolis Junction, Chillicothe. Rockford, Des Moines and Fort Riley, the war partment decided today. A regiment of colored men at each cantonment will be commanded by white officers of rank above captain. Six hundred and twenty-six colored captains and lieu tenants whr complete their -training 1 iuv iam t vii vea aaoines, Iowa I this week will be assigned to the I even cantonments. i Hunter Shot in Breast by Own Gun I Dallas. Or.. Oct. 8-Ed Elliott. Salem young man, while hunting near Derry Sunday, pulled his gun through the fence after him. It was dis charged, part of the load striking him in the left breast near the heart. His left thumb was torn off. He was picked up by a passenger train crew and taken to Independence, where physician declared his injuries fatal. c Union Mads. I xraoe saars SMgiaxsrea. . - 1 Union Made. -) Trad SKark Sogtatared. 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