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aiORXIX WASHINGTON LOOP DISCUSSED Single Track Only Cure for Congestion, Believes Com plaint .Committee. COMPANY'S OPINION ASKED Councilman Iximtard Would Favor Line on Alder to Relieve Condi tions of Main Thorough fare of City. Action looking toward the rearranging of . streetcar traffic on Washington street van taken yesterday afternoon by Mayor Bimon's special Council committee on complaints, when Chairman Lombard de clared that something must be done soon to rellsve the congestion. Councilman Mils moved that the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company he . asked to make a statement concerning this sub ject, with a. view to outlining a plan whereby the conditions may' be alleviated. "Washington street is . so. narrow and the traffic so great, that It will be abso lutely necessary in the near future to single-track it," declared Mr. Lombard. "I wish the company would take up the subject at once, with a view to working out some plan whereby this can be ac complished. The congestion on that street at the present, time is frightful, and grow ing worse all the time. As far'as I'am concerned, I would be very glad to vote for any additional franchises the com pany might need to bring about any changing of Its system so that Washing ton street might have a single track. I think it might be.. wise .to run a r.ack along Alder street, and would vote for a franchise there -without any hesitancy.'- Company's Agent Hears. C. J. Franklin, superintendent of trans portation for the company replied briefly to Mr. Lombard's suggestion-. He said It Is a deep question, and one that would require considerable time and much thought.. He said he would take it up with his company and submit -a- reply as soon as .possible. Councilman Ellis believes that a single track line on Washington street will prove a great improvement, and supported the plan by submitting a- resolution to that effect. Clerk Wiegand was instructed to write President Jo&selyri a letter, request ing a statement as to his attitude on the plan to rearrange the service. - It is generally believed that, if the change 1s made. It will be necessary to run cars around a loop on First street from Washington, either to Alder or Stark street; out Stark to Nineteenth and back to Washington. It has been sug gested in some quarters that some similar action would soon have to be taken bn Morrison street. i Test of Steps to Be Alade. The next session of the committee will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when a practical, demonstration, as to car steps will be had at Twenty lxth and Upshur streets, Instead ..of at the Savier-street barns. All of the wo men in Portland are Invited by the com mittee to be present, as many of them have complained against the high steps on some of the cars. Various steps will be exhibited by the company at that time, and the women will be asked to select the one they'like best. 1 Superintendent Franklin declared at 1 yesterday's session of the committee that he is unable to state how far out the Mount Scott line will be double-tracked, and said may be the public has been slightly misled by the statement that the entire line would be double-tracked. It will be greatly Improved this Summer, ha said, but how far out the double track will go,' he could not say. In regard to the - proposed shelter- for passengers at the northeast corner of Sixth and Irving streets, Mr. Franklin said that he thought it proper for .the Terminal Company to build it, as it is for the purpose of sheltering passengers com ing from the Union Depot. A letter was ordered sent to the Terminal authorities to that effect. .... Xo new complaints were before the committee for- consideration yesterday, and letters to Mrs. Xina Larowe rela tive to car steps, were laid on the table until the next session. ' " ' INSANE MAN BITES OFFICER c. A. McDonald Puts TTp Terrific Fight When Arrested. - - complainant and bar mother, not. however, a on account of any dispute concerning: the j property, and the complainant then brought thi uJt. contending, through her lawyer, that her mother had not kept proper ac counts of the property In her hands as executrix and trustee, and that her uncle, Leopold Schmidt, had used some of her money wrongfully In his. brewery business. These facta were denied by Mr. Schmidt and Mrs. Speckart, who made their answer, and the case was tried by Judge Han ford, of the United States Court at Seattle. The court found against the complainant on these questions, and, concerning Mrs. Speckart, uses- this language, which con tains the kernel of the decision: "From the evidence the court finds that neither slothfulness, imprudence nor dis honesty can be Justly charged against Mrs. Speckart's management.' Concerning Mr.. Schmidt, the court-said : The evidence proves that Mr.' Schmidt ts a business man of superior abilities, and he traj atwayi been sincere and'; .anjtiou to promote the happiness and . financial prosperity of- Mrs. Speckart and her chil dren, and willing to aid them to the extent of his abilities." . And the court finally, passing' on the whole question, cays: : HThe court- ffnds. that the. harsh accusa tions contained in the bill of complaint have not been sustained by evidence and the contrary has been proved affirmatively." Although the case has been commented on In the public press a number of times. Mr. Schmidt and Mrs. Speckart have been content to await the Judgment of the court concerning the charges made against them. printed. In their behalf now, and since the cause has been decided, I think I will ask you to print these extracts from the decision of . the Judge. MARTIN" I PIPES. 3 SQULMATES CITED Edmond B. Griffin Accuses Wife of Imbibing. NEGLECTS CHILD ALLEGED MR. KAUFFMAN TO SPEAK TACOMA MAX IYIITj . EXPIiAIY POSTAIj SAVINGS BANK. Regular Meeting of Credit Men "WiV Include Dinner and Address by Noted Banker. -"' "Postal Savings Banks" will be the sub Ject'oT e.h'addrees' by 'P.C.' Kauff man, a Tacoma banker,; at the monthly dinner of the Portland Association of Credit Men at the Portland Hotel tonight. Mr. Kauff-. man Is treasurer of the American Bank ers' Association, the only, man west of the Rocky Mountains honored with an office in that organization.. Mr. Kauffman is also secretary of the Washington Bank ers' Association and vice-president of the Fidelity Trust Company, of Tacoma. It is expected the address of Mr. Kauff man will be educational In Ita nature and in a large measure will Inform the mem bers of the local credit association rev specting the postal bank question. In troduced lapt month, there is pending be fore the . National Congress' the 30th bill covering this subject" presented before Congress since 1878. This was Introduced by Senator Carter, of Montana, chairman of the committee oh'postoffices and post roads, and has been recommended for paBage by the committee. The bill also has the indorsement of President Taft. Tonight's meeting of the credit men: of this city is a monthly event, with a dinner before Mr. Kauffman's address. The local organization includes about 175 of -the principal jobbers and manufac turers of the city. Of the 22 banks doing business -in Portland, 18 are members of the association while the applications of the other four for membership will be considered at tonight's meeting. Seized with a fit of temporary Insan ity. Claude A. McDonald, an accountant, created a great deal of excitement yes terday afternoon in the Worcester build in p and was .so violent that It required the combined efforts of three officers to take him Into custody'- and convey him to the City Jail. McDonald had entered the office of W. R. McKenzie. an expert accountant. with offices at 224 Worcester building, seek ing employment. Mr. McKenzie had In formed him that there, was no work open for him at the present time, when Mc Donald suddenly began to act in an as- I tonlshlng manner. He sat down upon the floor and took off his. shoes, his coat, vest and attempted to remove his other garments. All the time he. talked in a loud violent manner, and gesticulated wildly. ' Mr. McKenzie Tan into the office of Captain of Detectives Moore, on the same floor, and called for assistance. Detectives Hunter. Graves and Snow ran to the scene and were confronted with a strange spectacles. McDonald insisted upon disrobing. The officers tried to re strain him and a fight ensued. Seemingly endowed with superhuman strength. McDonald buffeted the officers about. Detective Snow received a cut over the eye. The wild man bit Detec tive Graves on the hand and It was with great difficulty that they succeeded in subduing him and getting the handcuffs upon his wrists. He struggled with his captors all the way to the Jail. THE SPECKART CASE AGAIN Judge Han ford's Decision Vlndl ' cates the Mother Management. PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian February 8 appears an item concerning: the lawsuit of Miss Harriet Speckart against her mother, Leopold Schmidt and the Olympla Brewing Com pany, which contained lome Inaccuracies. The whole estate does not amount to 7SO. OO0 or anywhere near that sum. The Speckart estate has not een in the hands of Leopold Schmidt at all, nor has he is sued any. dividends to the members of the family. v Briefly, the complainant in this suit, her mother- and her brother, are the owner of an estate left -by Mr. Speckart, who died In Butte In 181:. The property was then in voiced at about $5 3. OH, hut by increase In value and prudent investment it has prob ably more than quintupled. In the Spring; of 1807 a rupture occurred, between the PERS0NAIMEIUI0N. !. . L.. Jewell, Postmaster at Grants Pass, Is. at the Imperial. Dr. L." A. Bollman, a ,: physician, of Dallas,- is at the Oregon. . " " J. D. Whlteaker. a hopgrower, of Inde pendence, Is at the Lenox. C. H. Warren, a Cathlamet, "Wash., cannery, man. Is In the city. Wallace Stewart, the "oyster king" of South Bend, Wash., is at the Seward. H. T. DeWitt, a well-known fruit grower, of .Hood River, is at the Perkins. - Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Morrison, of Van couver,. B. C, registered at the Nortonia last evening. L... R. Watts, railroad contractor, of Eugene, was among the arrivals at the Cornelius yesterday. - Bird Rose, one of the leading mer chants of Harrlsburg, is at the Perkins, accompanied by Mrs. Rose. ' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. 'Shine, ' of Coos Bay, are attending the convention of lumbermen .- and are registered at the Seward. H. R. " Alger, of Castle Rock, is among the lumbermen attending the convention who have selected the Nortonia as head quarters. . R.' ' H. Jenkins, assistant general freight agent of the Spokane,- Port land & Seattle Railway, was In Spokane yesterday. F. Ralph Fisher, of Montgomery, N. Y., -who Is interested in many of the building operations now in progress In Portland, is at the Seward. .. ...... J. T. Hays and G..-A. Koechig are among the delegates to, the lumbermen's convention who are making their head quarters at the Perkins. ' M. V. Snyder, capitalist of Aberdeen, Wash., and who is reputed to have ac quired a million dollars in the timber business. Is at the Cornelius. ... Frank Wortman, son of the McMinn ville banker, who has been spending the Winter in Mexico, arrived at the Lenox yesterday and is accompanied by Frank Logan and David A. Doty. Aaron uouid, architect, member of a Boston firm, arrived at the Portland Ho tel - yesterday, and after a thorough In vestlgatlon of Pacific Coast possibilities Has determined to cast his lot here. . G. W. - .Phelps. Prosecuting Attorney of Umatilla County, arrived at the . Im perial last night on his way home from California, where he has spent the Win ter. Mrs. Phelps accompanies him. Cable messages received . yesterday by the proprietors of the Lenox announced the safe arrival of their father and mother and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jorgen sen', and Mrs. Henry Everdlng, at Naples. For the next few weeks the party will be on the Island of Capri. David Eccles, principal owner of the sugar factories at Salt Lake, Ogden and Logan, "Utah, arrived at the Oregon yes terday. The company which Mr. Eccles represents is Interested largely in East ern Oregon. Its officers are prominent members of the Mormon Church. C. F. Vende Water, traveling pas senger agent for the O. R. & N., with headquarters at' Walla Walla, was in Portland yesterday. He came to Port land to accompany a detachment of '300 soldiers en route from the Philippines to the Government fort near Walla Walla. - Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Movius and daugh ter, of Underwood. S. D, reached Port land yesterday on a trip around the United States, and registered at the Hotel Sew ard. "Portland'," said Mr- Movius, "looks mighty good to us, and I Just want to say kthat from South Dakota to Oregon there has never been anything to com pare with it." Phil Metschan, Jr., returned yesterday from a three weeks' trip through the East. He visited Chicago, Cleveland and New Tork. "Everywhere I went," said Mr. Metschan, "I found a live Interest in Oregon and especially her fruit lands. The advertising being done by. various commercial organizations is most assur edly attracting attention. Whenever they found that I was from Oregon I was de luged with Inquiries. We spent one week In Los Angeles and founl the hotels crowded. Most of the Winter tourist travel is coming here in the Spring." Husband Complains Mate's Bad Habits Forced Him to Cook Own Breakfasts Several Others Are Tie-Tired. Attorney John H. Stevenson, represent ing. Edmond B. Griffin, in the Circuit Court yesterday afternoon, filed a divorce complaint against Lucy G. Griffin. Grif fin accuses Mm Griffin of having been much in the company of John Daly, a young man, on a trip which she took to Arkansas' with her daughter. Ruth. Last May when Mrs. Griffin reached Sacra mento, alleges the husband, she explored the "bad lands" with : a man whom she met on the train, taking her daughter with her. Upon reaching Arkansas, continues the complaint, Mrs. Griffin began to write love letters to P. E. Struck, with whom, to the neglect of her home' duties, she had been keeping company In Portland. The -Griffin child, complains the litigant, was often "compelled to eat cookies1 and doughnuts for dinner while she was at tending, school because her mother had left home in the company of Struck to visit cafes and drink liquor. Trouble Began in 190 8. Griffin complains that It was in 1908 that his wife first began to neglect her home. She was often in the company of men he did not know, he alleges, sometimes returning home about midnight, her breath strongly scented with beer and whisky. Clarence HInson Is named as one of her alleged affinities. On one occasion, says1 the husband, in the. Winter of 1908, she went with a young woman to the New Grand Central Hotel and drank eo much whisky and beer - that she was unable, to retire without assistance when she reached home. Griffin says he had-to' prepare his own breakfasts because of his wife's night habits. Griffin recounts that at first he was deceived into thinking' his wife was at tending lodge parties because "she told him so." He found later, he complains, that she had a mania for dances. Struck Is Met. The complaining husband says his wife met P. E. Struck February 12, 1909, and that the following April she went to the Turn Halle Cafe and remained for nearly two hours, drinking with him. A Joy ride to the Twelve-Mile House .with Struck on the night of April 30, last, is also on the list of pleasures ' alleged to have been indulged in by Mrs. Griffin. She was married at Van Alstyne, Ark., Ssptember 10. 1899. Susan J. Peterson also' seeks a divorce. She. alleges that her husband, Thomas Peterson, once flew into a rage while she was dining with him at the Hof Brau and threatened to abuse her.. She com plains also that he spent $500 of her money with which to purchase a diamond ring. The Petersons were married Feb ruary 25, 1909. . ;.Wlfe Likes Butte Only. Robert A. Barnes filed a divorce suit In the Circuit Court yesterday against Rita L. Barners, alleging that he was called away to Memphis, Tenn., on a bus iness trip while he was living with his wife in Butte. Mont., and that she prom ised to follow him within a few weeks. He invited her to go with him. he says, but she declined. Then he left her. the money to come later. But she has re fused to live in any other place than Butte, he says, although since he came to Portland, more than a year ago, he has Invited her to come. They have one child, which he desires the privilege of visiting twice a week. Mr. . and Mrs. Barnes were married in Seattle, January 18, 1904. Laura Meier is suing her husband in the Circuit Court to recover $300, which she alleges is owing on a $700. note. She. brought a divorce suit in the Circuit Court several months ago and says she totd her husband she would dismiss it if he would pay her $700. This he agreed. she says, to do, paying $400 in cash and giving her a note to cover the balance. John Bacigulapo, who married a second wife only three weeks after he was di vorced from the first at Oregon City, was separated from Abble Bacigulapo, the sec ond wife, yesterday morning. Circuit Judge Morrow signing the decree. When this case came up for trial about two weeks ago, and the husband said he did not know at the time he married the second time that it was contrary to the Oregon law to marry within six months after the divorce is granted. Judge Mor row refused to grant the decree of sep aration. He said he thought it best to wait until the six months from the first marriage have elapsed, the husband hav ing declared his intention of remarrying the second wife as soon as he could do so legally. But since the Judge refused to annul the marriage, the second wife has had a private conference with him, and informed him that she was satisfied to have the marriage annulled. PORTLAND FEELS QUAKE LIGHT BUT DISTIXCT SHAKE NOTICED BY MANY. Tremor Occurs About 4 o'Clock and Lasts ISO Seconds Hose Festival People Report Shock. . Portland was visited by an earthquake shock yesterday afternoon. The tremor was felt at several points in the city but was not of any great violence nor was the shock of any great length. The shake occurred a few minutes after 4 o'clock and lasted about 20 seconds. Members of the Rose Festival com mittee, in session at the headquarters In the Swetland building noticed the windows begin to rattle and felt a distinct Jar. The cause was promptly attributed to an earthquake. Mrs. J. T. Morgan, of Second and Howell streets, reported the shock. She and the members of her family felt a decided upheaval and then a distinct quake. They saw the windows move-and the dishes on the table shake. Several others both on the East and West Side telephoned to The Oregonlan that they had felt the earthquake. People in -many of the large buildings felt the shock but attributed the slight temblor to the vibration caused by heavy machinery. Inquiry at the branch office of the United States hydrographlc serv ice failed to secure Information on the subject. "Neither Mr. McNulty nor Dis trict Forecast Official Beals are possessed of a seismograph, although each has put in a requisition for one. ffSTOtt JT (ft WASHINGTON ftfl . JPrL pTORp in! noooToonooon, ' I5T0RESlNl K' 1 j ijlr-i jiTrim jrari iii. ifjilr-jii. ' jfsTOREs in Q ifi kffit ISM- llli Q feroRE in -fej p - p pj itr " - .. : l'-f fr55p rPj MSiji P! II iSs FTiiili;.; .-, gw:? f . ;.it i L II I inu Eifll BHH jllll I , EMPLOYING . . pimSg 5gpa- H 151 REGISTERED PHARMACISTS A few facts concerning The Owl Drug Co., of Seattle, San Francisco, Oak land and Los Angeles, and its new store to be opened in Portland, corner Seventh and Washington streets, on Saturday, February 26 In, 1892. The Owl Drug Co. opened one store in San Francisco. The incorporators of this store aimed to conduct a drug business on a. business basis. They removed the secrecy and old-time methods surrounding the drug business at that time. It was predicted that a drug business conducted on a one-price basis, doing a large volume of business on a close margin of profit and on a cash basis could not last. - To those who are not acquainted with The Owl Drug Co. we give the history of the growth of our business, which is the best evidence of how our policy has prospered : 1905 Five stores in San Francisco 8 in all 1906 Two stores in Oakland. 9 in all 1907 Three stores in Oakland ...... .10 in all 1908 One store in Seattle . . .11 in all 1909 Three stores in Los Angeles . . .12 in all 1892 One store in San Francisco . 1 in all 1894 One store in Los Angeles .... 2 in all 1895 Two stores in Los Angeles 3 in all 1897 Three stores in San Francisco 5 in all 1898 One store in Oakland ... 6 in all 1900 Four stores in San Francisco. ...... 7 in all 1910 Two hew stores to be opened; one" in Portland, one in Seattle. .- 14 in all Our enormous buying power and our superior methods of selecting only the best for sale at the lowest possible price has made us the largest drug retailers in the world. WATCH FOR OPENING DAI, SATURDAY, FEB. 26. IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING EVENT IN PORTLAND'S HISTORY The Tar&esf Pm& Retailers in fhe World Sat K&fe LrqgbJ5 1 J 1 cial.) Patterson Dinwiddle died sudden ly at his home in this city Sunday. Sat urday he was seized with an attack of neuralgia and his death was sudden. Mr. Dinwiddle was born In Pennsylvania in 1828, and crossed the plains to Oregon In 1863, settling near Brownsville. He was married in 1858 to Miss Martha Henderson, who survives him, as do also six of seven children. The surviving chil dren are: Mrs. Rodgen, of Pilot Bock. Or.; Mrs. Austin, of Corvallis, Or.; Pro fessor Ovllle Dinwiddle, of Portland; and Claud, Elmer and Iris Dinwiddle, of Brownsville. Patterson Dinwiddle, 82, Dead. BROWNSVILJ, Or, Feb. 15. (Spe- FUEL. DEALER ARRESTED Alleged Shortage In Wood Sale Causes Trouble. I. B. Prather, a fuel dealer at 837 Union avenue, was arrested yesterday af ternoon. He is charged with having sold and delivered a short measure cord of wood. The complaint is brought against him by E. D. Jones, an 'East Side resi dent, who says that he measured the wood and notified Prather of the short age but that the ; latter refused to, heed his complaint. The matter was referred to the office of the city sealer of weights and meas ures and a warrant for Prather author ized. He was released on ball and will be taken before Judge Bennett today, j FOREST GROVE WOMAN DIES "Well-Known Pioneer, Born in Missouri, Passes Away. FOREST GROVE, Or., Feb. 16. (Special.) Mrs. Nancy Watts, aged 84 years and 14 days, passed away at her home here today. She was a pioneer of 1850, she and her late hus band coming to Oregon from Missouri and settling west of Forest Grove, near Gales Creek, where she has lived since. Mrs. Watts was born In Jef ferson county, Missouri, in 1826. She was married to M. M. Watts August 27, 1846, in Missouri and in 1850 cross ed the plains In ox teams and came to Oregon. There were no children born to Mr. and Mrs.' Watts, but they raised a number of children, among whom are Mrs. John McCoy, Mrs. John Crabb, Mrs. Sarah Hicks and Miss Belle Watts. The deceased woman is survived by two brothers, Isaac Knlghten. of Moro County, and William Knighten, of Jackson County, and a sister, Mrs. Minerva Walker, of Greenville, Or. The funeral services will be held here Wednesday. REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING 1 IMPROVE EE IAULY Of FOflD By investigating the economical and baking merits of Crescent Egg-Phosphate Baking .Powder. Guaranteed by $500.00 and the Pure Food Laws. , Compare it with the Trust Cream of Tartar Baking Powders which cost you 40c. and 50c. per pound. Crescent costing 25c. per pound does more and bet ter work in the kitchen for less money. Investigate!! " Do your share of fighting higher prices. CRESCENT MFG. CO., MANUFACTURERS Seattle, Washington