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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORT LAND, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918. EDERAL SPRUCE F CUT-UP PLANT TO i START THURSDAY Mill, Which 1$ Largest of Its Kind in World, Has Been Made in Remarkable Time..'. Ready , CEREMONY WILL BE HELD Colonel Disque and Mayors Baker ' and Percival to Speak; Police Band to Furnish Music. , Busting 'and. Shrieking- for' democracy the mwi and planers of tha govern mant'a huge spruce' cut-up plant at Van couyer. Wash., will begin Thursday to rlre material for airplanes to darken tha skies above the kaiser and his horde. The milt Is the largest spruce lumber producer la the world. Construction of It has v been rapid. Starting; a few months ago workmen- quickly assembled t the plant and laid rails for hauling; In spruce lumber .and sanding; ,-away the product ready for airplane manufacture. The formal opening; will take place at 2 O'clock. Colonel Brlce P. Disque, com mander of the spruce production divi sion of the Signal corps In the North - west district, will rive a patriotic talk and music, will be rendered by the Port land Police band. Mayors Will Speak 'l Among; the speakers besides Colonel .Disque, will be Mayor Baker of Port land, Mayor Percival of Vancouver and ;H. S. Mitchell, superintendent of actual construction of the plant. J About S600 soldiers of Vancouver bar- bracks will , attend, but owing to pressing war conditions no review will take place. The flag raisins; will come second on s the program. When Colonel Disque or .one of his staff gives the signal the buglers will sound the call, and the flag wlll be raised to mill's mast top. Three. hundred soldiers of the spruce f production division of the Signal corps. experienced lumbermen, will take their . places In the mill lmedlately. The mill .will be manned at first with soldier .workmen, but It Is probable that cltl sen workmen will take the place of some 'or them later. i Will Cst One Third 'of Total i With the miir ready for operation- the -government has 'completed a large task I In a short time, and has opened the way for the fulfillment of America's ex tensive program. Construction was t jgun -about three months ago. Tracks ; were laid and timber rushed from other 'mills for the sheds and tramways. The mill was constructed with the Jdi i to get . the most possible amount of ' spruce available for airplanes from the .minimum amount of rough spruce. Elimi- , nation of the cross grain will be prac- itlcally perfected by a cutting system j adjusted for the purpose. ; It Is expected that the mill will pro f duce about 1,000,000 feet- of spruce a i month towards 11.000,000 feet which trnust come out of the Northwest every ,10 days nf the stupendous airplane con J structlon program Is to be carried out. 1 The program will be as follows: Address by Colonel Disque, "Pioneers In Spruce;" flag raising ceremony; ad dress by Mayor Percival of Vancouver, 'Wash,- "Vancouver Is Sprucing Up" ; address by Major D. Heard an : address by E. E. Beard. "Men Who Make His tory"; address by II. S. Mitchell. "Saw .mllls of the Northwest" ; address by t Mayor Baker. "Portland's Pride In This 'Achievement." Triple-Married Girl ; SfifiWn er Annulments 0 - - flan . Vranclatfn. ' Feb. . V N. S.) Edna Metealf of Oakland, the lt-year-old girl who was so fond of Uncle Sam's navy uniform that she wedded three oi the boys In blue within five months without the formality of a legal sep aration. Is the plaintiff In three annul ment suits. Although ner mower anu legal guardian is technically seeking freedom for her from all three husbands. Miu Mataalf insists that she will imme diately rewed Louis Linwlsky, her lat est spouse, a naval radio operator, pre siding Judge Morgan, in assigning: the cases for trial, said he thought the girl should be punished for her : escapade. Lebanon Man Killed While Moving House Lebanon, Or.. FebV 6. Robert Wallace left here veatardav for- Paisley. Or., to arrange for bringing home the body of his brother, John Wallace wno was killed there while he was engaged -In moving a schoolhouse. In passing tinder some electric wires Jonn waiiace m some way fell against them, receiving a charge of 6600 volts. . He lived but a short time. He was tne son or a. kj. Wallace of this city, and was born and raised in this community. He ; was SO years old. 'and Is survived by a father, six brothers, one of whom is Glenn Wal lace, with the Third Oregon now in France, and six sisters. HOUSING FACILITIES A' COMMUNITY PROBLEM VIEW OF INSPECTOR Question .: of Providing Proper Homes Held Important to the Future of Portland. Teacher's Funeral Is Held -z) C Lebanon. Or., Feb. 6.- The body of Miss Emma Leonard, aged 23, who died Sunday, passed through this city Tues day, en.route from Portland to Browns ville, the home of , her father, John Leonard, Where the funeral services and interment took place today. Miss Leon ard had been 111 for several months- She was primary lnstructqr In , the Brownsville ; school for several years. She . la survived by her father, two brothers, Charles of Portland and Jack of Roseburg, , and three sisters, Mrs. Lyle Brown -. and Hazel Leonard of Portland, and Mabel Leonard, a teacher In the Baker schools. The matter of taking steps to provide proper housing facilities for the worker of Portland and their families is of spe cial Importance at this time, according to JL E. Plummer, Inspector of buildings In the department of publlo works of the city government. He has called the matter to the attention of the Chamber of Commerce In a letter urging that the board of .directors give It close consid eration and appoint a committee to start action, -"s r-: ,-j ''rf'-"v;i ; .'-'W.---'-' "While not so pressing In Portland as other cities at the present time," says Mr. Plummeri fit is a question of great importance to" the future or Portland. "Th ' population of Portland Is In creasing rapidly, and if it keeps up housing facilities will be entirely lack ing.,' Ther are less than 500 vacant dwellings In : Portland at present, ana they , are mostly buildings that are old. dilapidated and badly adapted for liv ing purposes. - "The problem is not for the Individual investor when It is remembered that as yet , rentals are still moderate and the price of building materials and labor are , high', which makes a combination that:-In the- uncertainty of war cannot be attractive to the private investor. It Is' a problem for community thought and effort" . :. -. .: Funeral Services Held for Sullivan Sailor's Body on Way Home - r Lebanon, Or Feb. 6. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Chamberlain have been notified that the body of their son Joel, who died on "board the battleship South Dakota, had been shipped Sunday morning from Halifax by the Canadian Pacific railway. It is being accom panied by his brother, William, who was serving with him. The funeral will probably be held the last of this week. Securities May " Replace Bonds Salem. Or., Feb. 6.-Attorney General Brown advised the desert lancr board. in . a written opinion,- that tho board would be within its authority to cancel the 650,000 bond put up by the Portland Irrigation company as a guarantee of the completion of the Paisley irriga tion project and allow the company to substitute f. or the bond acceptable se curities. The company, because of litigation over water' rights, has been relieved by the board of the necessity to complete tne project, dui me securities wiu n m 1 rOP a deposited as a guarantee that the com- lTTP.fi K UttlP.P.T.C! ATP non.r will mV .atl.faofnra .tUm.n I X VJVXV VlliUUl k) Ul J with Its stockholders who purchased land In the project. Alien Enemy Art - Dealer Is Arrested Seattle. Feb.- 6. L ttf." a) Rudolph Mlehe. 36. said to be a rich German art dealer of New Tork city. Is in the city jail here today, pending an Investigation by federal authorities. The arrest was made - last night u fashionable hotel at the request of federal agents. Mlehe registered yesterday as an alien enemy. He says he Is touring the coun try selling art pieces. He .declared his home Is In Englewood. N. J. George Dielus, a Herman, - who says he is an Inventor, was arrested here yesterday while working In a steel ship yard. He had no permission from the government to enter the yard. Pigs Permitted in Exclusive Suburb " BBHaBeMBBaMBaHaaaai Chicago,' Feb. 6. (L N. S.J Fifth ave nue, New Tork. and the Lake Shore drive, Chicago, may have to come to It yet. If It could happen in classic Evans ston no other place is safe. - , Food Administrator Hoover's plea for more pork has mado such : an impres sion on the Evanston city council that an ordinance has been introduced that would legalize the raising of pigs on Sheridan road, the avenue de luxe of the North Shore suburb. Reformatory Burns: 1285 Without Home JeffersonvlUe.' Tnd., Feb. . (I. N. S.) Fire which swept through the Indiana reformatory and threatened its total de structlon was checked; early today after a loss which some placed as high as 5700,000. The 1285 prisoners were removed with' out trouble, but the state faced a seri ous problem In finding and caring for them today. The army Quartermas ter's department was furnished emer gency aid. - LOUIS POLICE ST: SHOOT SWITCHMEN mmmm MaeaSBBMtasBeaaBate ' Streetcar Men Insist on Carrying Strike to "the End" and Union Recognition. Boston,, Feb, . (U. P.) Wlth the little St. Paul church, Roxbury, crowd ed with mourning survivors of a passed age of pugilism, funeral services were held today for John L. Sullivan, who died Saturday at his home near Ablng ton. - ' , " ' . ' v . ' .'v. : In the throng that packed tha church corridors and followed in a solemn pro cession behind the huge mahogany cas ket was at least one man who had braved the Sullivan fist, but who had lived to mourn his death. He was Jake Kilrain. St. Louis. Feb. .(!. N. S.) Three Wabash switchmen were shot by police here shortly after 9 o'clock this morning when they bombarded a street car with rocks and bottles at Rosedal station. The men, were rushed to a hospital and all are believed to be in a serious con dition. ' . . . Street car strike riots and bloodshed are feared today as a result of the com pany attempting to operate cars follow ing their - announcement . that strike breakers would be employed. The St. Louis Chamber of Commerce took steps to have Railroad Director McAdoo take over immediately operation of the street car system as an emergency war measure. ' Strikers "Insist en Becogaltlom : The strikers today agreed to carry on the fight "to the end." following the action of : the company flatly and definitely - turning down . their major demand that their new, union be recognized. ; Despite the company's threat that strikebreakers would be Imported if the men do not return to work this morn ing, less . than a dozen of the 2500 striking motormen and conductors went back, according to union officials. i Only about 60 cars operated by old employes left the Bheds. this morning. These were stoned and attempts made to derail them. Five were arrested, ; The street- car- company today ap pealed to the Missouri public Bar-vice commission for permission to Increase passenger fares so that it"can grant a 10-cent an hour Increase In - wages . to employes. - , Harry Ludwlg was run ' down ; and killed by a "Jitney." Nine others were seriously injured and a score or more cut and bruised in auto accidents due to heavy auto traff to caused by the strike. . . .. v u ' :. - Dallas Uarshal Resigns Dallas, jOr; Feb. . Oliver P. Chase, who- for sr number of years has been city .- marshal of Dallas, tendered his resignation to the council Monday night ana it; was accepted. Mr. Chase has accepted a position as watchman In one of the shipbuilding . yards in Portland. John D. Shaw, night policeman, who is RECIPE TO DARKEN GRAY HAIR A Cincinnati Barber Telia How to Make a Remedy for Cray Hair. visiting his daughter in Idaho, has been granted -s leave of absence until May, which leaves Dallas without any regu lar police officers. James Braden Is' acting as special officer . during Mr. Shaw's absence. How To Health 1 1 Have Happi r 0 Mr. Frank Harbaugh of Cincinnati. O., who has been a barber for more than forty years, recently made the fol lowing statement: "Anyone can prepare a simple mix tore at home, at very little cost, that will darken gray' hair, and make It soft and glossy. To a half pint of water add 1 ounce bay rum, a small box of Barbo Compound and Vi ounce glycerine. These Ingredients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. This will make a gray haired person look twenty years younger. It does not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy and does not rub off." (Adv.i tmess If you can eat bountifully, sleep soundly, work vigoVv 7 ously, you enjoy life to the limit and those around' you? ; ' enjoy being near you. v You radiate health happiness. The great secret is plenty of rich, red blood bound ing through your veins. For the blood is the stream of , life. If it is thin, watery, and sluggish, poisons breed and keep the general health constantly below par. 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N. &) Pro- hlbltlon as a war emergency measure may come to the Territory of Hawaii. .The issue has been put up to President , Wilson on representations of .military -necessity. It Is alleged that saloon con ditions have become so bad in Honolulu .that General Wlsser, commanding the ; United States forces there, haa . threat : sned to forbid soldiers Of his command visiting the city. To Prercnt the Grin i Colds cause Grip LAXATIVE BRO- MO Tablets remove the cause. -There Is only one "Bromo Quinine." E3, W. GROVE'S signature on box. 80c Ad. Chicago Milk Case To Be Reconsidered Chicago, Feb. 6. I. N. S. Harry A. Wheeler, Illinois food administrator, to day is making plans for the virtual re opening of the hearing in regard to the fixing of a retail price for milk In Chi cago, and has asked the aid of the fed eral food administration In solving the milk problem here. Farmers, whose refusal to sell milk at the price named,'' have brought Chi cago face to face with a milk famine, are reported as declaring they would resume shipments, pending the final de cision or the advisory commission. Arrested for Mutiny Miss Pollok Is Released San Francisco, Feb. ts (L N. 8.) Miss Theodora Pollok, society girl and secretary of the L W. W is free to day r as the result of the dismissal of the charges against her by United States Commissioner Francis Krull. James Price, BasslI Saf fori and Albert Price, accused with Miss Pollok, were also liberated. , Senate Asks Report From U. S. Treasury Waalititotnn '! It XT O Tt . . was, w. . . . A United States senate Tuesday asked for a report on the protection the United States is offering soldiers' families. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska intro duced a resolution calling upon the sec retary of the treasury to state to what extent allowances for soldiers' families have been paid during the last three months. . Senator Hitchcock explained there were many complaints of suffer ing because soldiers allowances have not been paid. ' Clarence Guv Indicted Clarence Guy was indicted by the grand Jury this morning on a charge 01 second degree murder. He was ac cused of shooting: a former wife, Gladys Uuy-Moraen, at her apartment, January 5. Former Circuit Judge LIttlefleld has been retained for hla defense. Insanity proDaoiy will be the plea, i London, Feb. 6. ( U. P.) Eight for-. mer Greek officers, 1 including five, ex- ministers of the cabinet, have been ar rested as the "result, of mutinies," an Athens' dispatch said. They Included Former Ministers Zalo gosta, Hatzopoulos, Tsaldari Trlantafll lakos and Baltazze ; General Qoumoun doros, Jean Resallls, son of the former premier, and Prince Ypsilanti, former equerry to King Constantino. Hx-Premler Skoulodis Is "under sur veillance," It la said. Trunk Lines Favor Baiiii Special Rates " ' V?-"-: . Washington. Feb. . (I. N. S.) 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