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t t THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. OREGON TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1&21. HMEHMK I UN III JERSEY STREET ASKED BY BARBUR ' At tha Tquest of lb commission of public docks. City Commlamonrr A. Li. Xlarbur kt twommm44 that a resolu tion bo adopted by the council Wedncs 47 to sllmlnaU U. sharp turn In Jer T street at tho Interaction of Mo- - Jrsr is ths main traffic artery to Municipal Terminal No. 4 and at tho In tsfsactlon Of Mohawk makes such a 'sharo turn to tho right thst traffic Is monacod. 1 trawn up by City Enainaer Laur Beard, a plan will bo submitted to the ooaaetl to mako a diagonal b cutting pack tho southtast curb. The project acoerdlng to estimates, will cost about ( 00. of public works considered the amended plans for the reconstruction of the Meier Frank building- on E roadway 'at Tay lor street. The revised plans, prepared by H. A. Whitney, provide for am all storerooms facing Broatfway on the first floor of the building and the use of the remaining four floors as a public garage. The council members approved the plans snd It will be formally con sidered at the meeting held Wednesday. ADDITIONAL IirPECTOB Due to rush of work H: E. Pliimmer, chief of the building bureau, has found It necessary to employ an additional in spector for- the electrical division, for 0 days.- Plummer ptates that the re ceipts bf the division are 1300 over the expenses. APrLICATl05 TO IXSTALL VASOLI5E TASKS AEE MADE Three applications for4 permits to In stall tanks for storage of gasoline will be conaldared by the ctty council Wednesday morning. Applications were filed by U. Psssadore for East Clay Street between Eleventh . snd Twelfth ; Arthur Oelsler, Foster road snd Ninety first street southeast, and by A. Amato Fourteenth street between Davis and Everett streets. , The department of public works has recommended the filing of the applica tJon of Oeorge W. Derr to conduct maternity hoanltal at 627 Kearney street. The application came before the council two weeks sgo. at which time objection Was made by the council members be cause the building wss too great a fire basard for use as a hospital. The filing Of the application allows It to die a nat ural death. Friday morning, when he will start on : the journey to his final post of duty oa a hill overlooking the capitol, a mighty sentinel standing watch over those who have in keeping the precious fruits of victory for which, men a lea. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED (Continued From Pis Ose) SEWER BIBS ASKED City Auditor George R. Funis is ad vertising for bids for the sewer to be laid down in East Seventh street from Magnolia street to Ainsworth avenue. Plans and specifications are on fit In his office and bids will be received until 10 a. m.. November 18- The estimated cost Is 13353. HUMBLE HERO HONORED BY NATION (Continued From Pw One) TESTS TO BE MADE OF t SWASHED BITER GRAVEL . Believing that unwashed river- sand and gravel Is unfit for urn in building, tests of the structural strength of con erete mlsed with these materials has been ordered by Commissioner Barbnr. A conference was held this morning be tween building material dealers, Barbur and H. K. Plummer, building inspector The consensus of opinion was that the materials contained varying mixtures of slit that, unleas washed out, weaken concrete made from It. en building permit the actual owner Khe American people ef the property should be recorded. It dead boy was comini was pointed out this measure would pre vent legal difficulties In case It became necessary to file a Hen on the structure built and would also aid contractors in obtaining materials. OtDIXAffCt IS DERI8KED FOR rCRCsTAHK OF PARK PARCEL Trepared by 8. C. Pier, commissioner of- finance, an ordinance wlH be pre sented to the city council authorising the purchase of two pieces of property Owned by Mrs. M. A. Fallows for the proposed playground at East Seven teenth and Belmont streets, It was an nounced this morning. The playground " will cover approximately three and one half blocks, about one halt of which hag already been bought It Is to be known as the central east side tract The price stipulated In the ordinance Is 1104 for two houses and the lots. as the crowds cheered. Somewhere in France the boy who could not come heme lay dead under the foreign sod with a board at his head marked, "Un known." Then the miracle ! Gentle hands broke tho monotony of his repose. If the dead have ears to hear, he understood that he was going home. He had been pro moted while he slept and was .being sent home for duty there so long as the land of his nativity should last He rode no more in dirty cars nor slogged hla way through rain and mud. The officers he had saluted stood at atten tion ss the private train which bore him paseed on Its way to the port where the old flagship of the nation's greatest naval hero waited to receive him as an honored guest Across the sea the na tion for which he had died made ready to receive him as Its most honored son, not with -the blare of bands and the sound of cheering, but with the reverent tribute of prayerful silence. For the boy who had dreamed and served and died unknown was coming home to assume supreme command of a moving force yet greater than the great army In which he had nugnt and died he was coming home to: be the com' tnandlng general of the - conscience of The unknown coming home to serve forever as the living identity of the American army In France which made to unmake war. We call him today the unknown sol dler, and we say that he Is dead. He Is not unknown. He Is every man who fought In France. He is not dead. He Is the living symbol of the American army which fought for peat and, hav ing won It, passed It on to the men who commend In peace to preserve. He will arrive In Washington Wednes day afternoon, this hero of them all find be borne to the rotunda of the cap- Itol, where the sanctity of his first night's rest on American soil will be kept solemnly Inviolate by an honor guard of his former buddies. On Thursday the public will be ad mltted to the capltol to pay due rever ence to this single dead private. Repre sentatives of more than SO organization in the country and many foreign nations will come there to da Aim all honor The- world will be admitted to his court from 8 in the morning until 10 at night after which he will rest f again PL ASA. FOR 3CILVI9G OH BROADWAT ABC APPROVED Member of the city council .Monday mornlpg In the office of the departmenVth only a guard of his comrades until SIK WOUNDED1 BY BANDITS IN MAIL TRAIN ROBBERY bounds. The British and Japanese delegates echo the same feeling. We do not intend to go in merely for a better understanding among nations. scheme of International cooperation of nything nebulous," said one of the lead ing British statesmen here. -"What we want Is a reduction of navies. We must keep our irrelevant questions." The Britisher reflected an attitude which has become Increasingly more ap parent as the day for opening the con ference draws near. None oi tne powers favors discussion of foreign loans, for example. All of them believe the con ference should be eonnnea to tne far Eastern questions and navy limitation. The British delegation did not even hrina- army experts along, Because, as one explained, "we assume that reduc tion of armies will not ne discussea. Certainly. In the case of Great Britain a nit America, the Question needs no discussion, for our armies have been reduced to a minimum." PI. AX If AVAL EQUALITY Perhana the most striking develop ment to date is the growing indicattion of close cooperation between the United States and England. Tnere is a spirit on the part or Dotn governments, lor examnle. to aeree to a virtual naval en ii all tv. This has been the hope of American leaders ana K apparently is to be satisfied by the British. As one of them stated; Naturally, the American delegates should be first aln the field with their proposal on reducing and limiting sea armament Once you place your pro mm before the conference, we will set down our program and make an ef fort toward achievinr not onry a reai equality between the American and Brit ish navies, but also an equitanie reia tlvity with regard to the Japanese, French and other navies. "We have prepared a definite set i proposals regarding both naval arma ments and Far Eastern problems. The United States and Great Britain can and should agree as to what Is best in both instances and their solutions very like ly would prove the best for all con cerned." JAPAX HA8 PROPOSALS Japan, too, has her definite proposals. Prince Tokugawa, one ot the leading Japanese delegates, would like to see all proposals "laid out on the table where all can see them. I should like," he said, "to see all delegates do the same thing, but in any event revelation of our proposals will be as public as is possible In keeping with the attitude of the other delegates." Paxton, HL, Nov. 8. L JN. 8.) One of the greatest man hunts ever held in Central Illinois is in progress today as the result of the daring hold up of an Illinois Central passenger train , near here. Seven masked bandits who par ticipated in the robbery are being sought by posses numbering more than 500 deputy sheriffs, railroad detectives and citisen volunteers. Postal authorities, meanwhile, are en deavoring to learn the amount of loot obtained by the bandits. The robbers shot and slugged five men.' set fire to the car and escaped with several sacks of mail. SIX WOCXDED Early today the robbers had been traced en a road running west between raxton ana juuaiow. rnis roaa wouia lead them to Bloomingten and police of that city have been notified. Chicago police also have been notified to watch roads leading into the city from the south. Arthur Moon, a porter, who thrust his head out from his car to see what all the excitement was about drew the fire of the bandits. He has two bullet wounds In his body and may die. The others who were wounded are not seri ously hurt They are : BenJ. Bovinetti, Mattoon, 111., mail clerk, slugged and beaten. W. H. Bangs, Chicago, fireman, shot three times but not seriously hurt Thomas Baker, Carbondale, 111., mail clerk, slugged and beaten. J. H. Knowlton, Free port. 111., pas aenger, slightly wounded by bullets. An unidentified baggage man, bullet wounds. TRAIX IS STOPPED . Two of the robbers were passengers on the train, apparently bearding it at Paxton. Aa the train pa He out of here they donned masks and climbed over the tender to the engineer's calx They drew guns and compelled Jack Fog arty, en gineer, to stop the train. As the train reached a bridge south of Paxton the robbers forced the engi neer to uncouple the engine and the ex press and mall cars and drive them I short ' distance down the track. They then walked to the door of the mail car and commanded the clerks to open it Two clerks opened the door of -the car and saw the masked men with drawn revolvers. They slammed the door. ' Open that door or I'll blow your head off," one of the bandits yelled. BAKDITS ESCAPE When the door was opened the robbers compelled Engineer Fogarty to enter the car and throw out the mail sacks. Fogarty switched off the lights in the car. but the bandits gathered a pile of waste from one of the Journal boxes. placed it on the floor, ignited it and by this weird light, sack after sack of mail was tossed into the waiting arms of the bandits. In the meantime Frank M. Williams, conductor, and several others of the train crew had crawled along 'the bridge from the detached passenger.: cars, and with drawn revolvers rushed toward the spot where the glare from the Ignited mail car was lighting up the night. As tbi bandits saw them they opened fire. The bandits left in an automobile that had been concealed near the: track. The train, knpwn as the New Orleans f iyer, ieit unie&go at o cioea last night The robbery occurred about three hours later. erably aroused by this latest attack upon the mails. , ' ' 'I'm not going to say anything about It now," the postmaster general said, "but I am going to have something to say about It later, and It will be plenty." LOOT OBTAINED BT MAIL BAXDITS SAID TO BE 8MALL Washington. Nov. 8. (I. X. S.) Losses incurred on the mail robbery ;on the Il linois Central at Paxton, 111., are small. It was announced at the poetoffice de partment today. Postmaster General Hays was consid- SAME PRICE for more than 30 yea8 BAKING POWDER t nopwxM . 25 Cj Ounces for YOU SAVE when you use KC you use less than of higher priced brands. Satisfaction guar anteed or your money refunded. "HIGHEST QUALITY" MILLIONS OF POUNDS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT i "ISWttTtWCO VAPORATtf Milk 2 With the,. cream left Makes rich. ci-earned dishes. LOOT VALTE TJTKirOWjr Chicago, Nov. S. (L N. S.) A. E. Germer, chief postofflce inspector here, said today that the robbers stole four sacks of malt He said the checkup to determine what the sacks contained may take several days. While the amount of the loot is not known the bandits may have gotten away with "hundreds of thousands of dollars," it was said. TrtOttT SHOOTUTG iSiPEITSIYE Montesano, Wash.,' Nov. '7. Shooting ducks after sunset-cost William Blan ton of Seattle a $30 fine and costs, here. I 1 II X II II fT ll II V II II J YOUR LAST CHANCE! In ten days more we close the doors of our store. Great quantities of merchandise hare been sold and now the balance must positively be cleaned out. To do this we are going to give TREMENDOUS PRICE REDUCTIONS which will exceed anything heretofore attempted. COBIE TOMORROW IT MEANS DOLLARS SAVED COATS Many just arrived: The finest materials, the latest modes and shades. Rich fur trimmings---&ll sizes. 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