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,THE MORNING OKEGON1AN, TUESDAY", FJSBKUARY 3, 1903. AGREE ON SALARIES TOOK CASH AND LEFT Ways and Means Committee Decides on Allowances, Grieving. Wife Is Deserted and Penniless. MEMBERS OF THE STATE COM MISSION OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR AMBITIOUS ESTIMATES KILLED L. M. RH0ADES WENT SOUTH l City CcrancIIraen Discuss Appropria tion JVeceary for Parmmt ol Municipal Emploj-n nntl De partment Exptniei. Bought Ticket at Oreiton City and Boarded Saturday Evening Train for San. Francisco His Motive a Mystery. 10 After a session of nearly three hours yesterday afternoon the ways and means committee of the Council arrived at an agreement on the salaries of city em ployes and the appropriations for city departments. In some cases tho commit tee made a decided cut. It. refused to al low the Increase In the salaries of tho City Physician and the Health Officer, as rec ommended by the Health Board, and It made some reductions In other ofllccs. The Increases granted were principally in the Auditor's office. Tho salary of the chief deputy was raised from $140 to Jlu n month, andL three other deputies were raised to Tho salary of tho Plumb ing Inspector was raised to J113 per month, and that of his deputy to $50. As the list of salaries which was sub mitted by the Auditor Included every de partment and fund of the city, the offices were called by roll. Having a statutory salary of HSOO. the office of tho Mayor was not Included in the list, but the sal aries of the Councllmen were, and they were placed at $3300 for the year. Tho secret-service fund of $000 was allowed. As to the Mayor's secretary, provided for by the charter. Auditor Devlin said Judge Williams preferred a messenger boy to serve the entire building Instead. He had suggested that the salary of the boy not exceed $30 a month. Tho recommendation was adopted. In the Auditor's office a general Increase In salaries was recommended. The chief deputy's salary was advanced from $140 to $173 per month, two deputies were placed at $123. four deputies at $100, one stenographer at $S0, and another at $70. An additional appropriation of $600 for help In time of need was made. With this recommendation the total expense of the Auditor's office will be $15,200. The City Attorney's estimato of $Gi20. including his own salary and those of his deputy and stenographer, was adopted. The last year's estimate of the City Engineer was $33,72) 94. The employes are: Office deputy, $12S0 per year; chief deputy and computer. $1(0; four general deputies, JtSOO; draughtsman, $1230; as sistant draughtsman, $500; engineers of four surveying parties, $1350 each; transit men, $600; rod and chain men, $780. The estimates for this year were: Assistant engineer. $100; office deputy. $1000; draughtsman, $10S0; assistant, $900; stenog rapher (new office). $900; computer (new office), -$900. "What are these new offices?" Inquired Chairman Cardwell. "We are far behind in the work, and we need the extra help," said City Engineer Elliott The committee was averse to creating offices or increasing salaries, but finally it decided to employ the stenographer at $j0 per.month and pay the assistant engi neer, who has been working night and day in order to get out estimates in accord ance with the ordinances, $143 per month. The request for an Increase in the salary of the office deputy was denied. "There is a tendency In the Council against the Increase of any salaries," said Mr. Cardwell. 1 While an increase was. denied the as sistant engineer and computer, the com mittee agreed to create the separate of fice of computer, and named a salary limit of $1200. The estimates of the engineer were al lowed as to surveying parties, but on the inspection of cement walks and sewers objection was raised. Cardwell said the people who had the work done should pay for the inspection. "There is no need of inspectors," de clared Sherrett. "The people will bo .skinned anyhow. The men who are doing the inspecting do not know anything more about a cement sidewalk than a yel low dog. Don't talk to me about specifi cations," he ald, as he waved off a bunch that was passed to him; "specifications do not count, for in my business I could. If I wished to, skin a man on them any day in the week." "How about sewers, Dan?" asked Card well. "The men who do that work." said Sher rett, "should be well paid. "It Is not a job that any man would wish." "Some of the inspectors do not like it." observed Albee, dryly. "They simply look down the manhole and then go away." "There, are 13- inspectors-of streets and sewers," Albee Trent on.-"arid six receive $2 50 a day. and seven $2 73. We need all of them. but'. I .believe that we should grant an. average wage of $2 50." The mo tion was. carried. The estimates of $3780 .for road rollers and the salaries' of engineers, and $3290 lor sewer -repairs and materials, were adopted. The 'estimate for the' street-repair fund was not.allowd. It reached $31, 46. and the total receipts from -taxes and vehicle licenses for that fund will be only $34,000. An allowance- of -the receipts was recommended. For the . Improvement of streets in front of public property $10,000 was appropriated. Including $300 to bo paid for the Improvement of Fourth street. The estimates for the Plumbing Inspec tor's office called for $2900 'a year $1800 for the Inspector and $1100 lor his deputy. The total salary expense last year was $2100. Sherrett championed the increase. Each of the officers, he said, gives up his en tire time to his public duties, when he could be making $4 50 a day the year round working at his trade, and as both were thoroughly competent men. he tRher. rett) would be willing to employ them at mat scaie any aay. cardwell and Albee were -against such a high increase In sal aries, and they compromised on $115 per munm lur ujo inspector ana xsu for the deputy. The salaries of the City Physician and Health Officer were left as they stood. The Health Board had recommended that the former be advanced from $123 to $150 per monm, ana tne latter from $90 to $105, but .the board decided to leave them where they were. The salary of the Deputy Health Commissioner was placed at $75. The fund for contagious disease was fixed at $GO0O, and the crematory fund at $G300 Instead of the $7260 asked. The Poundmaster3 fund was placed at $2230 the Harbormaster's at $1200, advertising at $9000, and the expense of stationery and "blanks at $3000. The estimate of the street cleaning and sprinkling department was $74,893 7a. "Give It the 75 cents." said Albee, sar- cazucauy. "The department has done good work " said Sherrett, taking up the remark, "but me trouDie was tnat it aid not have enougn men. "We certainly had a department last year," rejoined Albee. "but the streets were not cleaned. The estimate Is rather high. In 1901 the appropriation was only $36,000, and in 1902 $43,000. I think we should cut tne estimate down to $50,000." Sherrett and Cardwell were of 'the same opinion, and $50,000 stood as the figure. The relief fund was placed at $2000, liti gation at $1500, carpets for the City Hall $130, miscellaneous expenses $1000. license -tugs $600, interest on the bonded indebt edness $134. The estimates of the Are department cauea tor mv.vuu. Last year the depart ment spent $106.03721. The receipts from the taxes will produce $94,233 31. There Is now not enough money to pay the Janu ary claims, and a. transfer of $10,000 from Profexior F. G. Young:, of Eugenf W. TZ. Thoruns, of Portland. According to the terms of the act appropriating money for the Lewis and Clark Exposi tion, the Governor was required to name wlihth JO days the It men to compote, the commlj slon having charge of the disbursement of the JJOO.000 named. These men were appointed by Governor Chamberlain, as follows: Professor F. G. Young. University ot Oregon, Eugene; F. A. Spencer, manager of Allen 4 Lewis. Portland; J. II. Albert, banker, Salem: Stenhen A. Lowell, attorney. Vendition: W. K. Thomas, attorney. Portland; Richard Scott, farmer, Sillwaukie; Dav Ratrety, physician. East rortland: J. Couch Flanders, attorney. Portland: Jefferson Meyers, capitalist, Salem; Frank Williams, mining operator. Ashland; G. Y. Harry, labor organizer. Portland. The duties of this commission as laid down In the statute are to meet in rortland and choose one ot their number president and another person secretary, whereupon it shall Imme the general fund, in addition to the sum of $105,000 which the- committee agreed upon, was recommended. Tho expenses of tne ponce department last year were $G7.CSS, and the estimate for this year was $S3,009. A clip was made and the appropriation was fixed at $73,000. The nllotment for the repairs of streets and bridges was fixed at $35,000, and for light ing at $35,000. The latter appropriation means an increase of about "$2000 a year. and the Installment of about 109 additional lights In the suburban districts. The reports of the water- and Park Boards showed that their estimates were respectively $115,000 ' and $25,000, respect ively. In the matter of a License Collector;: It was recommended that that officer be .ap pointed by the City Auditor and be under the supervision of that official. Ills salary will be $125 a month. BEXXETT CLAIM PIGEONHOLED. Brothers ot Dead Man Say "Widow Is ot Entitled to $5000. The claim of It- P. Graham an adminis trator of the estate of the late Silas Ben nett, for $5000 damages for the death of his Intestate, was read before the Judiciary committee of the Council yesterday after noon and was placed on file and will prob ably remain there on account of some unexpected developments. Briefly stated, theso are: First The brothers of Bennett eay that they do not desire any damages. Second They declare that his widow la not entitled to any damages for she had separated from him. before -his death, and that she went to Montana and married a second time - within three weeks after the fatal accident. In his claim to the Council, Graham Mated that Bennett met his -death In the collapse of the Corbett-street bridge last November, and that he left a widow and eight children. He asked that the statu tory amount of damages In case of death be allowed, but In order to avoid litigation be was willing to compromise for $4000. "Tho petition should be laid over," said Councilman. Sharkey, who was present at the meeting. "I understand that the widow married another man In Montana within two weeka after Bennett's death, and that the groom's wedding suit had been pur chased before tho accident happened." "A brother of Mr. Bennett," said City Attorney ilcNary, "called on me and told me that Mr. Bennett and his wife had been separated for more than a year be fore the accident. "When they parted they sold their farm and divided the receipts. Two weeks after the accident on the Corbett-street bridge happened, the widow, so he said, went to Montana and married another man. The family did not want any damages and did not believe her en titled to any." The committee postponed action on the matter -until it received further consid eration. SEW CREMATORY FIREMAN. Jacob Nyumcister la Appointed Iiy the Health Board. At the meeting of the Health Board yes terday morning Jacob Keumeister was appointed foreman of the crematory in place of Foreman Davies. The salary was increased to $73, and the wages of labor ers were fixed at $C0 per month, and of the men on the dump at $60. The maxi mum number of men to be employed was placed at four. On motion of Dr. Jones it was decided to advertise for bids for all drugs and . provisions required by the department. and a committee consisting of Urs. Jones and Cardwell was appointed to nrenaro i . . . an estimate of the articles which will be needed during the year. Dr. Saylor suggested that the labors of the board might be divided by each of the members looking after one of the offices and establishments under its supervision. One member might take charge of the crematory, another of the office of the City Physician, and the third the Health Office. The matter was laid over until the next meeting. "Water Committee Meets. The Water Committee held Its second regular business meeting yesterday af ternoon In the City Hall, Mayor Williams occupying the chair. The payroll was approved for the month, and the super intendent was authorized to make a list of all pipe -and supplies needed during the coming year, with a view ot advertis ing for bids for supplying the same. It was decided that regular monthly meet ings of the committee should be held on the second Wednesday at 3 o'clock P. M. at the City HalL First Cecil Rhodes Scholarship. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. The first Cecil Rhodes scholarship in Oxford awarded to an American has been given to Eufene 1 J. H. Albert, of Salem Dr. Dnv Itnffrtr, of Portland. Hcltler Lehman, a Tale graduate of the class of 1S02. He Is the son of the late Moritz Lehman, a wholesale tobacco deal er of Pueblo, Colo. After graduating last June, Lehman came to this city and took a graduate course In philosophy In Co lumbia. Last December he made applica tion to Governor Orman, of Colorado, who had two of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships to dispose of. Lehman's credentials, vouched , for by Yale, stood higher than any of those submitted by 200 other ap plicants. Lehman will enter Oxford next Autumn. He is a pupil ot Dr. Felix Adler. and it is hU Intention to .study the conditions of the Jews in Russia and the East, with a view to their amelioration. A PORTLAND INVENTOR. Local Man Patents Ilnclc "Which Pre vent Umbrella BelnK Stolen. R. V. Hoyt, of this city, has recently secured a patent on a very interesting novelty, called an automatic umbrella rack. The arrangement, which is remark ably simple and Inexpensive In its con struction, is so made aa securely to lock up an umbrella, coat and hat, so that none but the owner can have access to them. Mr. Hoyt was put on the track of his invention about three months ago, when he heard a friend telling about a lost umbrella in an Eastern city which had been placed with a boy at the door of a big department store, and when the owner came back for It and presented his check It was found to have disap peared. The handle was of carved ivory and very precious, so much "so, in fact, that the department store had to pay up $164 to appease the wrath of the unfortunate owner. Mr. . Hoyt was In a practical turn of mind, and concluded that there should be come method of securing an umbrella so that It would not be lost or mislaid in a store, hotel, theater, barber shop, or In fact In ajiy public place where one might have occasion to be. So he set to work with his thinking cap, with the result that he now has a patent that will no doubt- prove of value to him, simple as It Is. It consists of nothing more than a sheet metal or wood box about six Inches square on the base, and as tall as an umbrella. The man with the shower-stick comes to the box. which sits but ln'any convenient place, lifts the lid and puts In his um brella. As he , closes the lid down the in terior mechanism Is operated, and a small -flat slug drops out on a little pan on the side of the box. The owner takes the slug and puts it in hl pocket and goes his way. When he comes back after his umbrella In the course of time, he Inserts his slug In a little slot at the top, the lid at the top Is opened for him, he takes his um brella, and the lid shuts up again, all ready for the man with the next umbrella. The working rounds very complicated, but it ls not at all. The lock arrangement is made entirely from sheet Iron and can be made by an ordinary punch, as It cofflsts of but three parts. The boxes can be made in many styles, and any number, and thus can be set In a row along the wall to suit the convenience of the store owner. With a little more com plication, a nlckel-ln-the-slot attachment can be added, so that .every time the ma chine works It secures a nickel for the ProP"etor. ine wnole cost of a regular fi "r 15 Van l w- ur- "ort y 1 1 1 ; 1 1 in.v r-nn no mnntk a,oi.. fr that they can be made easily at that price, witn a nne exterior finish. In a barber shop a back to the box extends up In the air about- three feet which bears at the top a hat and coat hook. When the Hd closes the hooks come together, and securely hold any gar ments that are hanging there. When the key Is brought back to open up, it works the hook, as well M the door to the urn. brella box, and all the articles are ready for the owner. The slugs for opening the boxes are about an Inch square, and can be made In about 1000 combinations, so that that many boxes can be put In one p'lace. Two or more little grooves along the side make the -slugs like a key. and the prin ciple on which they work Is very much the same as a good lock. Each slug Is stamped with the name of the rack or store and the number of the box, so that It will be no trouble lor the owner to Io. cate his box again when he wants hlr umbrella. Mr. Hoyt is preparing to put his box on the market, and It Is understood that a stock company being formed to manu facture the article. Eesexna, Xo Care, Xo Pay. Tour druggist will refund your money If Pazo Ointment fails to. cure Ringworm, Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores. Pimples and Blackheads on tht face, sad all skin dlseuei; SO 'cents. W -22 1111 IBBm-' -'illBSlBBBT BBBBBBK. Mi SLLLH Jefferson Myers, of Salem. COLD PLUNGE FOR A NURSE TWEXTV-TWO YOL'XG LADIES 3IIDXIGHT FROLIC. IX Duck Companion In Icy "Wnter for n Jnkc, hnt Are Xow Dolnar Pen ance for .Their Offense. A frolic of the. nurses of the Good Samaritan Hospital has taken rather a serious turn, and now they are thinking that Jokes are not always what they seem. A few nights ago a score of the young ladies who stay at the nurses home threw one of their number into the bathtub. Xews of their adventure has reached the matron of the hospital, and now she has placed the offenders finder strict surveil lance. A court of inquiry was held for the purpose of fixing the blame, but the girls were loyal to each other, and de clared that they were willing to bear the blame equally. The little adventure had been carefully planed the day before, and shortly after midnight some 20 girls slipped quietly down the hall to where their victim was sleeping. They had been careful to hide the key so her door could not be locked. Slipping the covers from the bed gently a dozen ready hands seized the sleeping girl and she was hurried toward the bath tub, which stood nearly full of water. As noon as the object of their Joke roused from her drowsiness, however, she began to realize what was happening to her. The nurses had anticipated that they would have an easy time throwing her In tho tub, but soon found that they had more on their hands then they had bar gained for. No sooner was she thorough- ly awake than she began to struggle and fight. For a time the nurses' home was a scene of wild confusion. Screams of terror and torn-out hair filled the air. while the struggling mass cf maiden forms was thrown back and forth In the effort to land one hapless victim In the tub of water. Suddenly there was a splash, and the struggling nurse was sitting up right In the tub. They were not able to get her entirely under the water before she had pulled out the stopper and al lowed the water to run out. Friendly hands then helped her to get back into bed, and straightened out her room, and every one thought the Incident was over. It was not, however, for the amusing scene was too much to carry in silence, and remarks were dropped which gave the whole thing away to the matron. Such conduct is contrary to all rules of the home, and Mrs. Wakeman decided that fihe would make an example of the bold adventurers. Miss Loverldge has charge ot the nurses, and was at Eugene at the time. When a punishment was suggested every nurse that was Implicated announced that she was willing to take her share of the blame, and that a punishment must affect all alike. Miss Loverldge came home In a very short time, and a court of inquiry was held. Each, girl was taken to task separately, but there was not one who Would-admit that any especial leader was to blame. Miss Loverldge acted as Judge, Jury and prosecuting attorney, but she got no Information as to who the leaders were. It was all a Joke In the beginning, but now the Joke has worn off, and every one connected with the affair Is repentant. No harm has come to the girl from the duck ing, but she declares that she would much prefer to take her own baths, and thinks that there are better times for cold plunges than at midnight. TORPIDITY IN THE CHURCH Dr. B. L. House Speak Before the Ministerial Association. A paper on the present condition of the church and the cause of the torpidity of many of Its members, read by Dr. E. L. House, pastor of the First Congregational Church, -was the feature of the regular meeting of the Portland Ministerial Asso ciation yesterday morning In the auditor ium of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion. The speaker roundly scored those who slipped away from their faith through the "practical Christianity." which he said .was the cause of more backsliding than any Instrument of evil. As the associa tion desires that the paper be published In full, the reporters were denied the right to make any extracts therefrom. ' At the conclusion ot the paper Dr. H. J. Talbott and several other clergymen rose and expressed their warm appreciation ot Its purpose and added thoughts of their own growing from.it. "The cause of-the arrested progress of F. A. Spencer, of Portland Richard Scott, of Mllvrankle. diately take steps to secure an adequate display of Oregon products at. the Exposition. It Is authorised to appoint committees and agents, superintendents and other officers that may be deemed necessary, and to fix their compensation. Tho members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall be allowed their necessary expenses. When fully or ganized, the commission shall appoint from Its membership a committee of six to act with the executive committee of. the Lewis and Clark corporation. In case the two bodies disagree the commission shall decide, or If It be tied the Governor. Secretary ot State and State Treas urer shall decide. Thla commission will arrange for a display at the St. Louis exposition, for which $S0,000 Is set aside. The same sum may be out Into a permanent Lewis and Clark memorial building. Of the total of $500,000 appropriated, half is to be raised In 1904 and halt in 1003. the church Is the bondage of the pulpit," ild Dr. Talbott. "People are not fall ing away from the church; it is the church that Is falling away from the people and It Is the church's fault. Many: preachers are In bondage while others think that they control the gospel and that all wis dom will die with them." "Ever' man who comes before his peo ple with a warm heart nntl a thoroughly earnest mind Is a great preacher," said another minister in speaking of the paper. Another aged clergyman said he hoped Dr. House would stay long enough on the Pacific Coast thoroughly to understand the agnosticism prevalent In this region. "Es pecially Is this true in Oregon," he de clared. Captain Anderson of the Volunteers of America, spoke to the association of the destitute condition of a family on the East Side, and after tome parley Rev. A. D. Soper was appointed a committee to In vestigate the case with power to use part of the funds of the association for the re lief, of those in distress. A FOE OF BUGS. California Professor Who Hopes to Exterminate the Codlin Moth. Professor C. W. Woodworth, entomolo gist of the University of California, ar rived here yesterday morning on his way to Spokme to be present at the annual meeting of the Northwest Fruitgrowers' Association. He called on Secretary Lamberson. of the State Board of Horti culture, during the day and proceeded to Spokane last evening. One reason for Professor Woodworth visiting Spokane Is that the tntbmologlsts of the Northwest are to have a meeting there at the same time as the fruitgrow ers, and he expects to meet there the entomologists of Oregon. Washington. j Idaho, Montana and probably Utah. He iias uiE couun moin in pinicuiar on nis hands this year, and la anxious to find out everything that anybody knows about this pestiferous Insect, especially the best ways of exterminating it. Many people used to look upon entomologists as mere bughunters or sort of cranks, but they know better now and "It's stvlor of the country when the guns begun to shoot." Last year Professor Woodworth devoted his attention to the peach worm, and by Informing the peachgrowers of Plumas County, California, how effectually to combat this pest, saved them $100,000. The few who neglected to spray were not much troubled with harvesting their crop. Those who sprayed under favor able conditions reduced their loss to less than 1 per cent, while some of those who did not spray lost as high as 75 per cent of their crop. This season the pro fessor Is putting up a fight against the. codlin moth for the orchardlsts of Pajaro Valley, one of the large apple-producing districts of California. And he Is going to try to make as good a record as he did among the peachgrowers last season. The loss to applegrowers in Pajaro last season from the ravages of the codlin moth was estimated at $500,000. If he can reduce this loss as much propor tionately as he did the loss of the peach growers It will be a feather In the cap ot all professional "bughunters." HOLDS BOYS INSTITUTE. E. M. Robinson EnllRhtens Officers of Local V. M. C. A. E. M. Robinson, the boy specialist of the Young Men's Christian Association, main-' talned the reputation he has established for himself along that line by the boys' Institute, which he conducted yesterday In the rooms of the association. The work of the boys' Institute was of a purely tech nical nature and was Intended entirely for the officers and heads of the various de partments of the association. The po sition which Mr. Robinson holds as the International secretary of boys' work of the Y. M. C. A. makes him capable of giv ing many suggestions and plans to the director of every department which are of particular Importance to the work for boys. The necessity of bringing the social life into every part of the association was much emphasized by him during the af ternoon. He told the assembled directors of a banquet which he recently attended where boys of the most common class were for the first time brought Into con tact with refined Influences of a wealthy home whose mistress gave the dinner' and treated the boys as though they had long been accustomed to such surroundings. "Every boy there behaved like a true gentleman and without their knowledge were taught how to act In such a gather ing, simply by being treated like gentle men. L have taken the very roughest class of boys Into my own home and have always found that when they were treated Stephen A Lowell,, of Pendleton '4P't- G. V. Harry, of Portland. as gentlemen they acted as such,' Mr. Robinson. said The international secretary also told the officers of the association how In the early '60s the association took under lto wing all kinds of work without regard to their conformance with the purpose of thn or ganization. At a convention held In Al bany, N. Y., In 1S61. It waei decided to re duce the number of departments and to confine tha endeavors of the association to the' uplifting of young men and boys. The first boys' secretary was Miss Ellen M. Brown, who In 1SS5 took charge of that branch of work In the association of Buf falo. N. Y and has continued ever since In that position, as the only woman boys" secretary In the world. Mr. Robinson alFo emphasized the" fact that until a boy Is old enough to associate his efforts he has no place In the Y. M. C. A. and that as a general rule no boys under 12 should be admitted to member ship. Acting on the suggestion of the International secretary, the local associa tion will soon start a weedlng-out process and In two years they expect that every member of the association will have passed his 12th year. "There are 7000 boys between the ages of 12 and IS Portland and this association is responsible for their change In life." said Mr. Robinson. "Its purpose should be to draw In boys from every part of the city and after a time send them out to form groups in. their own neighborhoods that will aid the purpose of the associa tion in upbuilding the charcter of the boys of Portland." The directors of the religious, physical, manual training and boys' departments were present at the meeting, as well as H. W. Stone, the general secretary of the local association, and the visitors Included John Fletcher, genera! secretary of the Salem association; Seth Leavens, who holds the same position In Oregon City, and W. O. NIsley. of the Sunnystde Boys' Brigade. The boys' Institute will be continued to day, and this evening two conferences will be conducted by Mr. Robinson, one for boys themselves and the other for parents. The international secretary had a good opportunity to meet many of the'buslness men of Portland who are interested in the Y. M. C. A. at the luncheon at Watson's Restaurant last evening given by the as sociation for the special purpose of Intro ducing Mr. Robinson to those friends of the organization. ESCAPES FROM JAIL. Stone Wnlls Do Xot It Prison Make for Emroett Klmberllnsr. Emmett Klmberllng, awaiting sentence at Canyon City on a conviction for horse stealing, has again broken out of Jail. and Sheriff E. P. Lawrence, of Grant -ounty. is again on the hunt for him. Klmberllng escaped from the same Jail in May. 1302, and was captured In Port land by Sheriff Storey and Deputy Sheriff Fred Matthews, about 10 days ago. His wife nnd two children were with him. and had no money. Sheriff Lawrence had offered $100 reward for the arrest of the man. but refused to pay the reward to the Portland officers, notwithstanding the fact that they told him they Intended to give the money to Mrs. Klmberllng. to assist her and her children. She finally obtained enough money from her father to take her to his home at Prairie City. Klmberllng succeeded in obtaining his liberty the second time Just as easily as he did the first, and another prisoner went with him. At.ere Is a-steel Jail In Can yon City, built inside stone walls. The prisoners were taken out of the steel cells nnd allowed to walk around for exercise. They readily found means to dig a hole through' the wall, and walk away. Sheriff Lawrence has nbw offered a reward of 'or the two men. but Sheriff Story says he isn't looking for escapes from Grant County any more. For reasons known only to himself L. M. Rhoades, formerly an employe of the Willamette Iron & Steel Works appears to have deserted a woman less than 13 months his wife, taking with him their entire savings since their marriage and leaving her penniless and without means of subsistence. He left his home Satur day evening about 4:30 o'clock, went to the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, where he drew wages that were coming to him. He then drew some $S0O that he and his wife had in a savings bank, took a car to Ore gon City and from there bought a ticket to San Francisco. His wife was still looking for him last night and was almost hysterical with grief. She said there had been no trouble between them and feared that her husband had met with foul play. At the time he left home Rhoades told his wife that he would be back In a few minutes. His home was at 106 North Twelfth street, which Is not far from the factory In which he worked, and he told her that he was going there to collect his wages. She waited for him until she became alarmed and notified the police ot his disappearance. Absolutely no trace of his actions from the time he left home was) found until yesterday. The following dis patch, received by The Oregonlan last night, explains his continued absence: Bought Ticket for San Francisco. OREGON CITY. Feb. 2. SpeclaL-L. II. Rhoades, who mysteriously disappeared from his home in Portland last Saturday, bought a ticket for San Francisco in this city Saturday night and left on the Southern Pacini overland train at 0:15. He came to Oregon City from Portland on the electric car and went to the Southern Pacific depot and asked Assistant Agent E. T. Fields the time the southbound train should depart Mr. Fields informed him. and Rhoades left the office, but 10 minutes later he came back again and asked the price of a ticket to San Francisco. He was given the rates for first and second class, and finally purchased a second-class ticket to San Fran cisco. His signature on the ticket was L. M. Rhoades, and the story of his disappearance la this morning's Oregonlan attracted Mr. Fields attention to the matter, and he recognized Rhoades from the printed description. The fact that he Is ot unusual height six feet two Inches tall, would naturally cause any one to remember him. Xo Reason to Leave. Rhodes was known about Portland as a man of good habits and a steady, hard working man, who saved his money. He 'is said to have taken about $1000 with him to San Francisco. From the time of his disappearance his wife absolutely refused to accept the theory that he was drunk, or that he was lying around any ot the dives, for she said that he was not that sort of a man. He had $200 In cash with" him at the time he left her, and she was of the belief that he had been murdered for his money. Later, how ever, when she found that he had drawn his wages from the Iron Works and had taken the money In the bank, she began- question her own Judgment in the mat ter. "He had no reason to leave me," she said. "We have been married but a year, and have always got along well together. We have had no trouble, and I cannot ac count for his absence." i , f-V L. 31. Rhoades, vrho took all the fnmlly money and left his wife penniless. Mrs. Rhodes found herself In a very em barrassing position yesterday. Being the first of the month, grocery bills, rents and other bills were to be paid. Her missing husband had taken all of the money, however, (and there was no way to pay them. Mrs. Rhodes was formerly Mrs. Scholl, marrying her present husband about one year ago. There are no children as the result of this last union, though Mrs. Rhodes had two children by her first hu, band. The missing man Is described as about 6 feet 2 Inches tall, weighing 170 pounds. 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