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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAT 10, 1907. 11 ro. tr Let it sink deep into your receptacle of knowledge that the prices of lots in University Park will be advanced $l per front foot May 15, 1907. Buy before May 15 and get the benefit of the $50 per lot advance 1 Prices until May 15th will be $10.00 to $13.00 per front foot. Terms 10 per cent cash, balance $5.00 monthly on each 25x100, no interest if all payments be paid on or before due SPAM , Hn-nro TJicrvimsrTY park ajb ncisrrrT. KENNA, AGENT University Park Station on St. Johns Electric Line, Portland, Oregon. Phone Woodlawn 239 MILLER STILL HELD Fails. to Obtain Release on Writ of Habeas Corpus. DENIES NEW YORK CHARGE Says Troubles Are Pue to Failure In Business and Will Fight Ex tradition The Complaint Is Signed by a Woman. Contrary to his expectations, Dr. Solo mon Miller did not obtain his release on the writ of habeas corpus secured by his attorney, Isaac Bwett. and is still In cus tody at the cfty prison. AVhen Miller, his lawyer and Assistant District Attorney Adams appeared before Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon in the Circuit Court. Swett asked the court for another day in which to examine the information on which the prisoner is held. The case will be argued this afternoon. Miller's bond was fixed at 600, and his relatives are making an effort to secure his release. Dr. Miller was arrested on a tele graphic warrant from the New York po lice, charging him with larceny of $600 in money and a gold watch. The com plaining witness is Rose I.lebllck. Ac cording to the story told by the officers, a love affair plays an important part in Pr. Miller's case, and revenge Is said to be the motive back of his arrest. 5-le declares that the money he Is charged with having stolen is In ' reality a debt resulting In his failure in the drugstore business in New York, and that $300 was the amount still left unpaid. He asserts that he did nothing wrong, and that his arrest Is unjust. He will fight extradi tion, and has many friends In this city who are looking after his interests. Dr. Miller came to Portland several months ago and went to work for Joseph Ricen, a First-street druggist. PEU1X IS CITED TO APPEAR Auditor to File Keturn to Mandamus on Free Water Amendment. City Auditor Thomas C. Devlin has been cited to appear before Judge J. B. Cle land. in the State Circuit Court, this morning at 9:30 and file his return to the writ of mandamus served on him by an order Issued from the Circuit Court, in which action H. D. Wagnon, F. W. Bur nett. Fred Johnson, C. E. S. Wood and William Mackenzie are plaintiffs, to com pel the Auditor to place on the official ballot for the next general June election the proposed free-water amendment to the city charter. In case Mr. Devlin re fuses to comply with the writ, his rea sons therefor will be argued before Judge Cleland, who will decide whether his order of mandamus shall stand. In which case the only appeal will be to the State Supreme Court. ADMITS ROBBING ROOMMATE J. X. Smith Sentenced to Indetcrmln- ,at Term In Penitentiary. J. X. Smith pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing his roommate of 930 in cash and a gold watch and chain be fore Judge Cleland yesterday and was sentenced to serve an indeterminate term in the penitentiary. Smith told his story in broken French to the court, but it availed him nothing, as his plea com pelled the Judge to give the prisoner a state prison sentence.- He gave his age as 20 and his home as North Dakota. O. Kangas was sentenced to serve three months in the County Jail for slashing a companion with his pocketknife. The row occurred in a saloon and was the re sult of the refusal of Smith's friends to buy Kangas a drink. He left the saloon and soon went back. The fight followed, and the man whom Kangas assaulted was badly cut on the face. WILIi ENTER PliEA OF GUILTY Alameda Piatt, Girl Forger, to Be Paroled by Judge.. Alameda Piatt, the 19-year-old girl held In the County Jail, charged with passing forged checks, will appear before Judge Cleland, In the Circuit Court, this morn ing, and tell her story. She alleges that Mrs. Minnie English taught her to pass the checks and also to write the one which figures specifically in the Indict ment against the girl. Assistant District Attorney Moser has recommended len iency, on account of her youth, and the evidence she has given in the English case. She will plead guilty and will not be sentenced until the trial of Mrs. Eng lish, next Tuesday, when the sentence will be suspended, and Miss Piatt pa roled pending good behavior. A home has been provided for the girl upon her release. Not Guilty of Assault and Battery. D. B. Leamlng was acquitted by a jury in the State Circuit Court yesterday, of a charge of assault and battery. The complaint charged that Learning attacked John Dllllnger in a restaurant over an altercation relative to alleged exorbit ant charges make by the keeper of the place. Dllllnger testified that Learning was to blame for the broken arm he car ried in. a sling, while Ed Buckheim, a pianist, who plays In a cafe said he "saw the trouble coming," 'and ran away. The evidence produced did. not make the case sufficiently strong to convict the prisoner, and the jury was out but a few moments when the verdict was reached. Sues for $20,000 Damages. The case of Ross McMahan against the Cornucopia Mines Company was yesterday removed from the Baker County Circuit Court to the United States District Court for trial. The complainant, McMahan, alleges that he was permanently disabled by the caving in of the Cornucopia Com pany's tunnel, the loose earth and rock crushing his shoulders, chest and one arm, with the result before stated. He further alleges that the accident was a result of Improper and unsafe timbering in the mine, and tha the company was aware of such unsafe condition. Mc Mahan sues to recover $30,000 as damages. Aged Bailiff Is Seriously III. Postoffice employes and attaches of the Federal Court In the Federal building yesterday quickly- raised 4o for Captain George Egbert, the aged bailiff, who has been confined to his home for several weeks past by illness. . Captain Egbert Is 86 years of age and his friends gen erously raised the sum named for his needs when It was learned that It would not come amiss in bis household. Captain Egbert has had two or more strokes of paralysis and Is in a critical condition. BrSlVESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Catting Teeth Be sure and use that old and well-tried rem edy. Wn. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, soft ens the sums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. KISER FOR SCENIC PHOTOS. Imperial Hotel Also Kodak Developing. WANT MORE WAGES Union Carpenters Ask $4 a Day and Half Holiday. PRESENT SCALE IS $3.50 Increase Will Not Be Opposed, as Schedule Requested Is Now in Ef fect in Most of the- Cities of the Pacific Coast. Four dollars for eight hours' work and a half-holiday Saturdays is the demand made by the Portland Carpenters Union on contractors. This would be an in crease from $3.50 to 94 a day and would give K2 for a week's work of 44 hours. The new schedule is to become effective next Monday. The present scale is $3.50 for eight hours, but this wage is not strictly adhered to. some contractors pay ing from $4 to $4.50 a day for. good men. Union carpenters, of whom there are about 600 in this city, complain that the scale here is too low, other Coast cities paying from $4.60 to $5. While the request for increased wages and a uniform eight-hour day have not been considered by the contractors as an organization, it Is not believed there will be any .trouble. Many contractors are now paying $4 for carpenters. "With them the new scale will not need to be con sidered. Others are expected to agree to the advance without any hesitancy since the better workmen are becoming scarce in this city, many of them having been attracted to other Coast cities during the last few months by the better wages paid there. . "Good carpenters are not being paid what they should receive, considering the increased cost of living," said a contrac tor last night. "These workmen are not getting as good wages as other laborers are receiving. However. I have been paying my best carpenters $4 a day for some time and will not be affected by the new scale. We will not be able to pay the scale to all carpenters for of all classes of mechanics they vary the most as to the Individual worth of men and their capacity to work. . For this reason carpenters are divided Into a number of classes and are being paid according to their ability to do the work required of them." "We are only asking the same wage that was conceded the carpenters In Seat tle four year ago," said an officer of the Carpenters Union yesterday. "Last De cember, however, the wages of carpen ters in that city were advanced to $3. In Spokane carpenters are being paid $4.60 a day while these workmen in California cities are receiving even better wages. The master builders are very generally willing to grant the advance we have asKed, in fact, many of the contractors have been paying $4 for some time Fully one-third of the membership of the union is already receiving the wage we have requested. "It Is hard to keep good carpenters in Portland. They will join the union and in a short time leave for Seattle where they get $5 a day for the same work they have been doing in Portland for only. $3.50 and $4. During the last three months between 300 and 400 carpenters have left Portland and gone to other Coast cities where they could earn better wages. Our request for a half-holiday on Saturdajs does not amount to much of an item since a majority of the contractors are now allowing their carpenters to have Satur day afternoons off." PROSCENIUM CLUB SHOW Clever Theatrical People Will Be Seen at Pantages. The cleverest show in many a day, replete with lively fun and local hits, will be presented this afternoon by the Proscenium Club, at Pantages Theater. This club Is made up of theatrical peo ple, and in getting up a public per formance they have had the city's very best talent to draw from. The proceeds will go into the coffers of the club. Here is the programme: Overture, "Orpheus," orchestra, di rected by H. K. Evenson; Smith and Jones, Darktown aristocrats; the Ver nons, comedy sketch; "Chords and Dis cords"; Armstrong, "The Happy Chap pie"; the Durbeyelles, famous lady shadowgraphlsts; Raymond G. Bald win, baritone; Charles Connors and Chick Kehoe, "Just Buttln' In"; Jean "Wilson and Leo White, "The Sewing Machine Kids," all the time buzzing; Eddie Higglns, "The Society Belle"; Royal Hawaiian Orchestra, (a) opening chorus, "Kawaikau," (b) flute solo and chorus, "The Rosary"; (c) Hula, "My Hawaiian Maid," (d) solo and chorus, "Aloha Oe"; Ivanhoe, extemporaneous poet; the original Mickey . Feeley, "Crazy Acrobat"; baritone solo, "Is Tour Mother In, Molly Malone," Frank T. Hennessey; the Vannans. world's Sl8 iCSl OCWM TOR CHILDREN theif wear, and weer and wear. Ievi Strauss & Co. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS 6 AN FRANC ISCOl HAND SAPOLIO Is' especially valuable daring the Summer season, -when outdoor occu pations and sports axe most in order. GRASS STAINS, MUD S TACTS AKT CALLOUS SPOTS yield to it, and it is particularly agreeable when used in the bath after violent exercise. ( . . All Grocer and Druggist Thinking men agree there would be more true temper ance if more Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer -were used, be cause of its very low per centage of alcohol. greatest club manipulators; biograph, "Teddy Bears," "Star-Spangled Ban- TO DISCUSS BETTER ROADS Rural IiCtter-Carriers Will 3Ieet in Portland June 7-8. Better roacis in Oregon is to be the chief object before the State Rural Letter-Carriers' Association when it meets in Portland, June 7 and 8. From the na ture of their wotk there Is no class of citizens in the state who feel more keenly the need of improved highways than the men who are actively engaged In carrying mall through the country dis tricts. For this reason the members of the association at its coming session will put forth their greatest efforts in devising and urging methods of road betterment. The meetings will be held In the Knights of Pythias hall. Eleventh and Alder streets. Among the speakers will be Mayor Lane and County Judge Webster, both of whom are Interested in the good-roads movement and will bring various phases of it 'before the associa tion. Oregon's congressional delegates, Postmaster Mlnto and the state inspector of rural routes, will also be asked to de liver addresses. There will be 50 delegates in attendance at the gathering and all rural carriers in the state will be invited. An Incidental matter of business that will come up is the formation of a benefit association to insure horses owned by the members. W. H. Boyd, of Beaverton, vice-president of the association, was in Portland yesterday making necessary arrangements for the gathering. "PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE?" " Can you send us a young man to do bookkeeping? Have you a young woman stenographer.for us? Anyone ready for an office position now?" More than 100 calls per month. Employers appreciate quality, and discrim inate between how well and the get-through-quick idea. It pays to attend our school. Reputation for thorough work makes a position certain for each student, , Illus trated catalogue, business forms and penmanship free. Noah was the founder of indigestion He forgot to leave the pigs ashore The American people in consequence nave ever since been victims of lard cooked food and indigestion. Lard soaked food is not fit for human stomachs because lard is made from greasy, indigestible hog fat, and is bound, sooner or later, to make trouble for your inner machinery. Cottolene is the only rational, national shortening. It is a pure vegetable, pro duct and its source (the cotton fields of the Sunny South) is in striking contrast to the source of lard (the pig-sty). Cottolene is a clean, wholesome pro duct that makes food palatable, nutritious and healthful, and food that any stomach can digest. If American housewives but knew the superiority of Cottolene over lard, both from a practical and health standpoint, lard would never again enter any well-regu lated kitchen. COTTOLENE was granted a GRAND PRIZE (highest possible award) over all other cooking fats at the recent Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and food cooked with COTTOLENE another GRAND PRIZE, "Home Help" a book of 300 choice recipe, edited by Mr. Rorer, i your for a 2 cent etamp, if yoa address The H. K. fairbank Company, Chicago, A NEW FEATURE The patent air-tight top en this pail is for the purpose of keeping COTTOLENE clean, fresh and wholesome; it also pre rents it from absorbing ail disagreeable odors of the grocery, such as fish, oil, etc Nature's Gift from the Sunny South