The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, March 07, 1918, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, . THURSDAY, M ARCH, 7. 1 STATE ENGINEER NUNN REJECTS FURNISHED TO STATE DUMP CARS Xf,CWrttCart FaJL Apart When C Used, and Wants Money Back (. Sr,-V From Portland (fan. f:- ' Ssjsm. Or.. March 7. guts highway "J Fnsineor Herbert Nunn ha rejected the II raiiroad 4ump cara. which tit high Z, ',y "commission purchased from J. H. Lsinorss of Portland, and controversy "J between ; the highway department and Lamoree la now In prospect. - ' The cars, wblchv were to. toe used by - the highway, department' In haulins (ravel and other material for road pav- - Inr. were bought on an oral contract from Lamores at an agreed . price - of 11000 per car. The cars were obtained by Xsmore from Montana, where they had been used by the government recta J matlon aervlce. .', When the cars were delivered the . highway department made a payment of ' 00A " on the contract. Four of the cara, which had not been Inspected, J. were loaned to Portland contractors and two of them went to pieces and caused minor railroad wreck, w, i Highway Engineer Nunn then made an Investigation and found, that only seven of the cars came anywhere near meeting the master car builder specifi cations, and were much below the stand- ard represented by Lamoree. . The Southern Pacific refused to take any more of the cars on the main line. i An Interstate commerce commission 2 Inspectpr was Invlud to Inspect, the cars and he looked them over and placed a Rvalue of $360 per car on the lot. So Mr. Nunn rejected the cars and will demand the return of the $6000 paid to Lamoree. H.e referred the matter to the attorney general's office for advice aa, to pro J cedure. - ..' , . - - lEmpire State Heads $1 Second Liberty Loan - ' " 'I' " . Washington. March 7. (I. N. 8.. New York state subscribed $1,413,045,900 to. the second liberty loan, according to J the list of subscriptions by states made ' J public by Secretary McAdoo. New York X wins the honors. Pennsylvania comes next, with 1487,372,650 ; Massachusetts S third, with $31T,79250, and Illinois fourth, with $271.73-1.750. The subscrip- 3 lions Dy states, Paciric and territories, Include : California, $183,371,200 ; Idaho, $10,833,300; Montana, $19,996,400; Ore- iffon. $25.027.400 ; , Washington, $41.024.. 50; Alaska, $1,0700; Hawaii. jfS.TZt.OOO. 7 Mrs. C. H. Fowler Dies in New York "pi 1 f.w W, H. Fowler of Portland has Just . a telegram announcing --, tha , I received 4 death at 'New Ynrlf fAtV nt Vila mrrn TJtrm rhh rU, XT '. Vowler, formerly resident bishop of-the J Methpdist Epincopal church. Cerebral . hemorrhage waa the cause of death. Bishop Fowler formerly was stationed t Ban Francisco and was wldeiv Vnnwn J n.ovr' th Fclflo Coast. Mrs.. Fowler I had many friends In Portland. !r .Switching Charges Next Step 1 Washington. March 7. Charges of SS a car for switching soon will be ; Instituted on all lines of the national i railroads. It was. learned authorita tively at the offices of the- railroad administration here Wednesday. It Spring A vpnderfu array of coats in the new belted models and high waist effects. Bright embroidered collars trim some, but others come with plain large collars. You will'find any shade you desire, for these coats come ia Pekin, Copenhagen and' Alice Blue ' ks well as Rose. Taupe, Wine, Tan, Sand, Greern and Brown. And they arc pneeu at oniy if. Jt'T ' i $5.00 Springs; Now Make Their Appearance' And such wonderful hats at the price, too. There are hemp sailors in all the new color combinations smart, small braided turbans, ribbon trimmed -,and large and small crepe de chine hats, y A large shipment has made this sale possib e,so early in the season we know that these hats will sell rapid ly,iso it will be well for you to come in -and make your selection early, if you .wish a clever-Spring' hat at $5.00. : ' Lovely Georgette Waists 5.95 Especially attractive models of excellent quality Georgette New, round neck effect, invisible side-front closing trirrimedJn dainty hemstitching: Another modeus embroidered with self, colored silk rand beaded. Collars and cuffs are piped with wash satin. Front fastening with small pearl buttons. These blouses come in maize, apricot, white and flesh. Special Friday and Saturday V YOUR CHARGE 'ACCOUNTS SOLICITED -ex . r ; Auto Drivers' Quota Farther Indsetlos of Jfem for Berries "Wits Avlatiea Corps Is Halted at Xei Have Beea Seesree. " Oregon's Quota of 100 mesj for the chauffeurs and track drivers wlt of the aviation corps, sow being mobilised at Kelly Field. San Antonio. Texas, baa been fined. Captain CuUlaon t tha state adjutant general's office' advised tha local boards late Wednesday after noon not to accept any more men for Induction in this unit . -Practically every county, in tha state haav supplied : neo -for .this .-unit. Ths names of some of the men inducted are: Ray Lee. Dayton, Wash. ; Bert A, Grady and Oeorge T. Pearoe,, Jefferson coun ty Harley Richardson. LA' Grande, and Ott DUUng. Astoria, Men Inducted by their local boards sxs Victor Hugo Isaacson,'- Herman Pettereon. Frederick Eller; Lculle Arthur Kkld, Earle T. Can field. William T. PhllUpet Henry Boyer. Edgar O. BurkjB, John Pettlnger Reed and Oscar Carlson. C. I XAcey. 3. 8tover and OE. Wells, newly Inducted Into the motor truck sec tion of the aviation corps, received their transportation this morning andjepect to start tonight lor Ban Antonio. THIEVES WITH AUTO STRUCK CLEAR HOMlr A LA 'MOVING DAY' Bedstead, , Mattress, Bedding, Rug, Suitcases and Five Suits of Clothes Are Taken. -Unidentified persons raided thecoma of A. Robs!. 460V4 Larrabee street, Wednesday afternoon and took a bed stead,, mattress and . bedding, besides a rue. . two suitcase"" and , five suits of clothes. Rosst notified the police when he reached Jiome that the intruders had called with an automobile-' truck. The visit, looked so much like "moving day" that neighbors did not moleat the callers. Inspectors Snow and Leonard today had found no trace of the missing furniture. O. W. Stubblebine of the Claypool apartments reported that his rooms were entered and jewelry, towels, table and bed linen and $2 were stolen. In spectors Goltx and Howell are invest! gating. Mrs. Lk C. Henry, Seaside, Or., report ed that her Portland home at 770 East Yamhtn street had been entered and the brass fixtures stolen. The officers think this the work Of junk dealers. Mrs. W. Ooodia. living at the Porter hotel, reported she had been robbed of $250 but an officer helped her search her room and the money waa found. Appeal Brings Five More Months in Jail Appeal, from conviction in the district court coat "James Williams and Louis Rosenfeld an added ' five months in jail today when they withdrew a previous pla of not guilty to the Charge of main taining a. nuisance In violation of the prohibition Taw. ' The lower court hadsfined them $200 and costs and given them 30 days in jail. The circuit court upheld the fine but made the jail sentence b1x months. The men werecharged with running the Twelve Mile house on the Base Line road. .' f , II Oregon Completes Coats? Priced at $25.d0 v M 200,000,000 ARE, ; . SUPPLIED WITH FOOD BY AMERICANS EFFORTS sw--fsprsasjrssfsasrs Food Administration Announces Total Food Exports to Europe Since Start of the War. Washington, March 7-(L N. &) The United States has exported to the European allies rations for approxi mately 200,000,000 persona sine the be ginnings of the war in 1S14. In addition there waa a surplus of arotela capable of supplying this portion ot the diet for 22.114.(70 men. V 1 The figures were announced Wednesday by the food administration. Russia re ceived only a small part of the enormous total. In the three and a half years the exports In terms , ot nutritive unjta totaled S8.150.00O.00O calories. Ofsthla amount only- 52.017,000 calories went to Russia. England, Franoa and Italy re ceived $8,107,000,000 calories. The total export of wheat and flour to the three principal allies has aver aged about 111,000,000 bushels a year. The . pork exports wars 2,000,000.000 pounds. The sugar . exports show a yearly - average of about V $4 8,000,000 pounasi oats.-212,761,127 bushels; corn. 24.J10.299 bushels; rys, S.lt.2 bush els; beef. 443.484,400 pounds; butter, 28.992.891 pounds : cheese. 103,465,42$ pounds. . ? . Food Hoarder Hit Hard in England London. Feb. 20. (By Mail) (L B.) Miss Evodia Hughes was fined $250 at Carmarthen, Wales, under the food hoarding act for buying 102 pounds of meat in 10 days. She explained that her dog had a weak heart and required much meat. Baker's License Suspended . San Francisco, March 7. The first suspension of a baker's license in Cali fornia was announced Wednesday by the food administration. On orders from Federal Food Administrator Hoover, the license of Louis Berthold of Modesto was suspended for SO days. Berthold , was -accused of having a three months' supply of flour on hand. Elevator . Company Punished Washington. . March .7. (L N. SO The Mqunt Morris Cooperative Elevator company ox .mourn morns, nicik, uu lost its license because of failure to enforce the rules requiring the sale of substitutes of "all - purchases of white flour. v Wholesaler Loses License Denver, March 7. (L N. S.)-r-John.D. Key, a wholesale dealer In poultry, eggs and butter 'here, who has branch stores id western cities, lost his food license today because of violations of the food regulations. Second Occupant of 1 RingoitoIsDead --.vi4'-.t; i-s- - Stockton,. Ca!., March 7. Robert Currle, mechanician for Mrs. Stephen Torre, woman automobile racer who was killed In a match race with Ruth Wlghtman Sunday, died Wednesday or Injuries suffered In the accident. Currle did not regain consciousness after the accident. He was 25 years old and well known In auto racing circles. mini' Indeed, Yes! WASHINGTON STREET AT TENTH Mayor, SteiiuEnds ' t ; Life at Cornucopia Fred Btela CostsiltUd SsfcMe Wedses- day Afteraeos la" Heme kj Bhoetlag . uuBseix vifim, a Heavy revolver f , Baker. OrMarcb 7. Fred Stein, (5 years old. mayotof Cornucopia." com- ultted suicide Wednesday afternoon by dcotlng himself throngs the head with a heavy calibre revotver. His bcfy was found oa : the bed by his wife on her return from a Red Cross meeting. ' Stein had left a note on the table la the front room telling her not to eater the bedroom, but to "send some one else." Mrs. : Stein, however, went la and found her husband dead. The bullet bad shot away the entire upper portion of, his head. The gun. with one empty chamber, lay at the bedside. - Stain was in good health, and his affairs were In good condition so far aa known.' He was of a cheerful disposition, and no reason for his act is apparent. In fact, some were inclined to believe at first that he had been murdered, but the note read ily disproved -such a theory. He had been in Cornucopia , district many years and had been interested In' numerous mining properties there, several of which be aided in developing. He was a man held hlgir esteem and .he community was shocked by the tragedy. Corner West delegated Justice of Peace Locke to hold an inquest. Price on Salmon Fixed by Union , - - Astoria, Or.. March 7. The price for salmon for the - Columbia river has been set by the Columbia River Fish ermen's Protective union. The price for Chtnooks is M- cents a pound; white sturgeon, 18 cents; green stur geon, 7 cents, and 12 cents a pound for steelheads, graylings and silver- sides. The prices will be acted upon by the food administration - conference which will be attended toy the secretary ot the local unlon The price for Chinook salmon is . approximately 5 . cents In advance of last year's price, which was 10 cents per pound, with an approxi mate 1 cent bonus. The fishermen say that this 'advance Is due to increased cost of gear and the high cost of living. , Portland Clearings GainingEach Week Portland bank clearing for the week ending Wednesday, total $19,480,672.75. compared with 112,714,298.29 for the same .week In 1917. Balance dur from Other banks is . given as 2vj280.568.2s, compared with 21,261.024.12 for the same period last year. ' This gain of approximately CO per cent in clearings during the year la most gratifying. Attention Is called to the constantly increasing; advance of the clearings each week. ' -' Charged With VlolaUng Law Deputy United States Attorney Beck- man this morning? filed complaint . In federal court against; the Kovinek Rem edy company, charging the misbranding of an insect powder It 'manufactures. Beckinan charges .that, while the powyl ser is laoeiea as containing s.sa per cent of napthaline. It really contains much less t: Foundation Is? Completed u -. The foundation for the municipal pav ing plant at Bast Water and Alder has been, completed and work of" installing the plant will, begin at .once.; It is ex-1 pected to be in operation not later than May 1, - according to Commissioner Barbur. ;At s . J.:.' WITNESSES RECOUNT. GAUDIO'S VARIOUS ; VERSIONS OF DEATH Prosecution's Theory Is Man Would Not Have Told Differ- ent Stories if Innocent Under the prosecution's theory that if Frank U audio were not sruiltv he would not have told so many different versions of the death of Lucy Carter, I whom he is charged with having killed by throwing her from a window at the Cadillac hotel, witnesses in -the hearing before Judge Campbell today recounted j Oaudlo's' actions' following the dis covery f the body the morning of De-j cember 22. j Detective P. Moloney testified that Oaudlo had told an unconvincing story j of the affair after his arrest, saying ' that Gaudlo had left the room where he and Lucy Carter lived. ana escorted a man named Anderson to the door. When he returned, the detective said Oaudlo told him, the woman waa gone and be Jater saw her body on the side walk three stories down. William Patterson, janitor at the ho tel, testified thai Dominic Aqulna, Oaudlo and Lucy Carter reached the hotel together between midnight and 2 a. m., ail intoxicated. He said he later heard, sounds of scuffling and blows. Other witnesses related different ver sions of the affair which they said Qauaio had related. Dr. Whiteside Goes To Norfolk Hospital Dr. O. . Whltealdewho was com- .missioned lieutenant, junior 'trade, in the United States navy last year, has been transferred to : the naval hospital at xxonoiK. va., as cnier or me uro logical department, according to word received today by Dr. H. W. Howard, his professional associate here. Dry Whiteside served at the- hospital at Bremerton for three months and was then transferred to the U. S. S. New Jersey. Carrier Becomes Farmer La. Center. Waslt. March 71 Charles Pole, who has been' rural carrier a rural route No. 1 from La Center fo? 11 years, resigned March 1 and will en gage In- farming. V. B. Breitigara Is act nig. as temporary carrier. AVE;20 per r t ,o c ; z?-r-. i r i both mm ists surely did themselves proud.. They substituted with nutritious cereals and other wholesome ingredients and saved 20 per cent wheat.' But they didn't stop there. The new Holsum loaf, as now sold by YOUR grocer, is a wonderfully nutritious and de-" licious loaf. Try it for yourself. . ' . ' : tory" bread and victory, bread from two standpoint, at .that. It is a victory for - :tJncle.vSam,' because it saves wheat. And . it is5 aibig victory for; you and. for us, because-it -is- a better and more nutritious loaf-i-good-tasting, nourishing, muscle building. .' , .- "i LOG Three Portlanders Win 3d Loan Prizes Frists Offered for Best Fan Fage Ad- TsrtUesieat ef Third Liberty , Loas Awards! Is San Francises. San FranctsocK March 7 I. N. S.) Winners of the 2i prises offered by the Twelfth Federal Reserve district' for the best full page advertisement in be half of the third Liberty loan were an nounead todav. The winners were: H. K. SMeCann company, San Francisco ; McAllester- Stevens-Wains Advertising Agency. Salt Lake City ; Charlotte Mish. Portland ; James Foley, Fresno, CaL ; Dan C Free man and ' Fred Routledge, Portland ; Charles W. Clay. Bakersfleld; Hamman Advertising agency. Oakland ; and R dS Greenlee, Los Angeles. r Sixteen entrants were given honorable mention. They included Hall and Kmery of Portland, A. B, Oorham of Portland and C. S Gordon and William T. Perkins of Portland. The competition which was very sue-1 cessful, produced nearly too full page; GIRLS! MAKE LEMON LOTION TO WHITEN AND BEAUTIFY SKIN In all weathers the skin end com plexion can be kept wonderfully clear, soft and white by the use -of this inex - pensive lemon lotion which any girl or woman ran easily prepare. The juice of two fresh lemons strained into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint, of the most remarkable lemon skin begullfier at about the cost one must pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams- Care should be taken to strain the lemon juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for mo n the. Every woman knows that, lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan, and is the t iceai sun sortener, smootnensr ana beautifler. Just try it! Get three ounces of or- J chard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a I quarter- pint of this sweetly fragrant lemon touon. -c . naiurauy anouia neip to soften, freshen, bleach end bring out the roses and hidden beauty of any skin. Those who will make it a . habit to gently massage this lotion into the face, neck. arms and hands once or twice dally may be repaid with a sun that la flexible and young looking and a peach-like com- plexion. (Adv.) accomplished at once in the new SUM cent wheat," came the chemists to work to remake the famous Holsum loaf to the. patriotic standards demanded by a war that we must ALL HUCjUM dKLAU is now "VlC- . ; :JUST TELL yOUR GROCER, -"SEID . HOLSUM7. GABII BARIIStG MS!pmm vertlsements. ' The prise winning pages will be made up at onoe and sent . to committees throughout the. district. ; Dr. Frederick Itrnaer Arrestl Atchison, Kan., March 7 X N. S.) Acting upon orders from Washington, federal agents Wednesday arrested Dr. imiunmiimimninuiniiiiiiuiiuiuiiiiumiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiuuuiiHiuiuuiuiuiu S " " " ' , .'"I III.I.IHI " II I f '---"'M -"I . 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