Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1910)
9 THE MORXIXG OREGOMAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 19IO. WALTER GADSBY TO RESIST ALIMONY Wife Now Receives Half His Salary, Defendant Avers In Demurrer. DIVORCE TO BE OPPOSED Tenial Made That Husband Is Part ner in His Father's Business. Hills Able to Provide for Daughter, Declared. For the second time Attorneys Charles J. Schnabel, C. H. Carey and Walter P. La Roche will make an effort today to quash the divorce complaint of Beatrice I Gadsby on technical grounds. When the comptelnt was first filed Keeking a divorce from Walter M. Oadsby, the wife named her mother-in-law, Mrs. Nellie Gadsby, as a co-defendant with her husband, demanding of the mother-in-law a house and lot which the plaintiff said the elder Mrs. Gadsby had promised her and Walter as a wedding present. But upon motion of Walter Gadsby's attorneys, this part of the complaint was stricken out. Then Attorneys Beach & Simon and C. M. Idle man filed an amended complaint, which also makes reference to the house and lot. It is a demurrer to this amended com plaint, and a motion to strike out parts of It which is to be heard by Presiding Judge Morrow in the Circuit Court to day. Petition for Alimony Resisted. Walter Gadsby's attorneys will also file affidavits counter to a motion of Beatrice Gadsby that her husband be compelled to pay her suit money and alimony pending the outcome of the divorce suit. Mrs. Gadby says that her husband Is a part owner in the firm of William Gadsby & Sons; that he Is liv ing with his parents, and is, therefore, well able to pay her alimony, and that her parents, George H. Hill and Minnie Hill, are poor. Regarding this last alle gation F. W. Stadter has made an affi davit, which will be filed today. In which he says he is a disinterested party, and that, at the request of the defendants, he obtained a statement of Mr. Hill's property at the Sheriff's of fice, and learned it was assessed at abotit 18,000. Walter, William and Benjamin Gadsby have made affidavit that Walter has no interesr in the furniture firm, but that Walter and Benjamin are only em ployes, Walter receiving $125 a month. $50 of which he pays as board, and $62.50 to his wife. Benjamin Gadsby says he twice tried to arrange with his brother's wife for an interview between the separated couple, but with out success. He says he hoped for a reconciliation. . Husband Denies Desertion. Walter denies the charge of desertion made by his wife. He says that, on the contrary, his wife deserted him In September, 1908, and went to live with her parents. He admits that on Oc tober 15, the same year, she asked him to return, and that because he was smarting under what he considered an injustice, he refused. But he says that he thought better of It in December, forgave her and asked her to come back to him. He says that further evidence of her estrangement from him is the fact that she named their child John Horace, when she had promised to name it Wal ter if it were a boy. Her statement that she has only $4000 is untrue, he alleges, as she recovered judgment against his father for $8000 and costs, which, he says, was paid. She also has diamonds worth about $500, he says, nnd wedding presents worth more than lf00. He says that his property consists only of his personal belongings and $1050 in cash. He asks the court to disallow the alimony claim, as he will be unable to pay his wife more money, he says, and Lf the court order is made will be unable to defend himself at the time of trial. HARNESS MEN WANT RISE Leather-Workers' Union filves Em ployers Until March 1 to Decide. The International United Brotherhood of Leather Workers on Horse Goods has given employers of this class of labor throughout the United States and Canada until March 1 to reply to a de mand for an eight-hour day, and for an increase of 15 per cent in the prices paid piece-workers. The new scale and the reduced hours will go into effect March 21, provided the employers ac cede to the union's demand. A letter explaining why the change in wage scale is demanded was sent out by Local Union No. 66 February 16. It is signed by John Tost, president of the local union, and E. M. Hogue, sec retary, as well as by a committee com posed of Peter Yost, Chris Williams and T. A. Fulman. Local employers of leather workers think Eastern Arms will &c regarding the demand of the unon in a short time, and expect to follow that action. No reply has yet been sent to the union. At present journeymen leather work ers are receiving from $3 to $3.50 a day. The employers do not expect a strike. The last strike of the harnessmakers was in 18D2. when the union remained out for seven months in an unsuccessful effort to have the wage scale increased. PERSONAL MENTION. T. W. Ayers, of Pendleton, is at the Imperial. Mrs. T. C- Warner, of Pendleton, is at the Oregon. ; J. A. Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter are at the Lenox. O. J. Peterson, fish packer at Astoria, 19 at the Nortonla. W. A. Adams, and family, of Salem, are registered at the Lenox. Fred Barker, a real estate man of Astoria, registered at the Cornelius, yes terday. ' Rev. D. A. Thompson, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is now recovering. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lindenberger came up from Astoria yesterday and went to . the Portland. Mrs. W. A. Slusher. of Pendleton, is visiting Robert G. Breckenridge and wife at the Portland. C. EL Fuller and wife, of Newberg, were among the etorm-bound arrivals at the Lenox last night. Frank Davenport, sawmill Trrni timber owner at Hood River, arrived at the Perkins yesterday. W. P. O'Brien, a political factor in Astoria, registered yesterday at the Ramapo, and ie accompanied by Mrs. O'Brien. W. D. Mister, of Albany, is staying at the Perkins. He is interested in British Columbia timber lands. Gilbert Hunt and Mrs. Hunt came to the Portland yesterday in anticipation of the Schumann-Heink concert. C. W. Nlbley, engaged in building con tracts and maintaining headquarters at Salt Lake, is at the Portland. S. R. Walker, engaged In the promotion of farm lands and Roseburg real estate, arrived at the Perkins yesterday. W. H. Eccles, manager of the Oregon Lumber Company interests at Hood River, Is at the Oregon for the week. Ex-Councilman Wills Is recovering from a slight surgical operation performed at St. Vincent's Hospital a few days ago. Alex Reld. whose Kood River apples have furnished a state-wide reputation to his orchard, came to the Imperial yes terday. Captain A. Dunham, master bf the Roanoke, employed in the Portland-San Francisco trade, is staying at the Ore gon while his vessel is in port. W. C Harding, of Roseburg, is among the stockmen and politicians who are thronging the Imperial lobby, while waiting for either sunshine or rain. W. W. Broughton. of St. Paul, and M. J. Costello. of Seattle, traffic man ager and assistant traffic manager, re spectively, of the Great Northern Rail way Company, were in Portland yester day. Julian Steunenherg, brother of the Idaho Governor who met death through the explosion of a bomb which the no torious Harry Orchard confessed to having placed, is among Caldwell ar rivals at the Perkins. Henry Lindley, of Seattle, arrived at the Cornelius last night and is awaiting the arrival of Samuel Hill, both gentle men beingtfriterested in the company which has recently acquired the Home Telephone interests in Portland. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. (Special.) Ore gon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: Charles L. Saunders, at the LaSalle; J. B. Hammond. William Penn Evans, at the Congress; F. S. Inches, at the Bre vc.ort: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dodson, at the Wellington; B. C. Miles, of Salem, at the Palmer House; Ellis Jennings, at the Morrison. DELMONTE, Cal., Feb. 22. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Thompson and son, of Portland, arrived in an automobile at the' Hotel Delmonte today. NEW YORK. Feb. 22. (Special. North west people registered at leading hotels here yesterday as follows: From Portland A. F. Wheeler, at the Marie Antoinette; Dr. C. B. Brown, at the Algonquin. From Greensburg, Or., F. Craler, at the King Edward. From Walla Walla. Wash. Miss A. Rucker, W. Porter. Mrs. W. P. Hooker, Miss J. Baird. at the Flanders. From Tacoma D. C. Scott, Mrs. D. C. Scott, at the St. Andrew. From Spokane J. J. Jones, Mrs. J. J. Jones, at the Murray Hill. From Seattle W. Kellogg, at the York; G. H. Raymond, at the WoVcott; H. G. Tremain. Mrs. H. G. Tremain, Mrs. A. P. Comings, at the Grand; F. L. Bal luine, at the Manhattan. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. (Special) H. Brown, of Portland, is at the Morrison and L. L. Matlock at the La Salle.. STOCK WINTERING WELL OWNERS AVHO STORED HAY WILL SUFFtll SMALL LOSS. Harney County Is Center of Interest of HouieBeckers Crook County Booming:, Too. J. F. Mahon, a stockman of 41 years' experience In Eastern Oregon, and at this time operating one of the largest ranches in Harney County, is at the Imperial. . "Stock losses have been confined to localities," said Mr. Mahon last night. "It is the same old situation which the cattle and sheepmen have always faced the men i.ho prepared for Winter by cutting and curing hay for feeding during the stormy weeks will come through without great loss. The fellow who trusted to Providence and the rustling qualities of his animals is going to be hurt some. "As a general thing, the owners in Harney County are in good shape, and so far as I can ascertain the men who drifted their stock to the deserts south of Steen Mountain wnl come out fairly well. Guinn & Anderson are in there with 40.000 sheep, Jeff Billtngsly lias 10,000, E. A. Brown 8000 and the Bas ques, always drifting with the storms, are innumerable. Reports are to the effect that they are going to meet the lambing season, beginning about March 1, with strong ewes, and unless the present storm shall linger until late in the month, which would be unusual, the sheep and lambs should not be "so weak as to be unable, to meet ordinary weather conditions. "Harney County Is receiving atten tion from land-seekers in extraordi nary numbers. You Portland people don't seem to understand what Is go ing on. It is a fact that people are traveling ahead of the railroads now building into Crook County in such numbers that It is almost impossible to care for them. They- believe that some of the surveys for proposed roads into Harney County will soon be util ized and homeseekers are filing on all available lands. The stages are more than crowded, people seeming to hang on the sides of the wagons In their eagerness to find their way Into the Interior. A large part of Harney Coun ty Is the best kind of wheat land I personally, secured 58 bushels to the acre after cutting the crop with a mower, raking it with a hayrake and stacking it with an ordinary hay tosser. You can imagine the loss." PRAYER DAY ANNOUNCED Interdenominational Services to Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon. The interdenominational day of prayer will be observed, by Portland church goers tomorrow from 2 P. M. to 5 P. M.. in the parlors of the First Congregational Church, Park and Madison streets; The list of speakers and the subjects to be presented are as follows-: Presbyterian Leader. Mra. C. M. Wood; "Our Work and Needs in the Island Pob essionSj' Mrs. Dunning. Methodist Leader, Mrs. C. W. Jones; "House-to-House Work in Our Great Cities,' Miss Kueter; "Our Oriental Work," a Jap anese. Congregational Leader, Mrs. D. B. Gray; "Our Work in China;"' "Our Seamen," Mrs. Roper. Christian Leader. xMrs. J. K. Faust; "Work Among Our Mountain Whites and Negroes," Mrs. C. O. Kurtz; "Work in India," Mrs. Thonneley. Y. W. C. A. Leader, Mrs. Hnneyman; "Prayer for Lost Womanhood and Ruined Manhood of Our Land." Mrs. Lola Baldwin. Baptist Leader, Mrs. James Failing; "Work Among Our Red Men," Mrs. F. A. Ayers; duet, by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. The busiest and mightiest little thins that ever was made Is Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They do the work whenever you require their aid. These tablets change weak ness into strength, listlessness into energy, gloominess into joyousness Their action is so srentle one don't r-ai' J ize they have taken a purgative. Sold OPEN 1Y MUST BE East Side Business Men Fear 0. R. & N. Plans Grab. LINE WANTS 14 BLOCKS President Atchley bays Vacation of Territory From East Oak to llolladay Avenue Will Bottle Whole East Side. That the East Side Business Men's Club Is acting for the protection of the Interests of the entire city In insisting on compensation for the vacation of streets between East Oak street and Hol laday avenue from the O. R. & K. Co., and Is not antagonistic to the railroad company, -w as declared by President Atch ley yesterday in discussing the vacation question. He said that if it became necessary to resort to the referendum to protect tha city the club will not hesitate to do so. "The railway company,-' said Mr. Atchley, "is asking for fourteen streets between East Oak street and Holladay avenue, comprising more than four blocks of property, which, at a conservative estimate, is worth J100.000 a block. Va cation of these streets at this time will mean the permanent bottling up of the East Side for all time to comee Against this condition the East Side Business Men's Club is fighting. , Only Amendment 'Asked. "We are really only asking an amend ment of the East Third-street franchise that it may open the. way to the approach to the proposed railroad bridge to all other railroads. There is a little space of eight blocks, I believe, between the end of the East Third -street franchise and the bridge approach, where there is no common-user provision and which bottles up the East Side. This we desire to see removed, and this "Curtis G. Sutherland, of the Southern Pacific Company, says the company never will consent to drop. We are going to insist that this obstruc tion to other lines shall be removed. If other lines come into Portland the Har riman lines and all business .will bene fit. "Railroads are a great benefit and in crease the value of property, but that Is no reason why the railroads should be treated any differently from a firm' or private corporation which erects a sky scraper and causes appreciation of prop erty all around the building. I hold that the railroad company ought to be treat ed the same as a private citizen. Passages Overhead Wanted. "We are asking for right to construct overhead viaducts over these streets. Think of having all the streets leading to the river given away for half a mile without any provisions whatever for the public reaching the river. That is the second thing we shall insist on before we will consent to vacate these streets, and, it is equally as important as the common-user clause. "In our resolutions we ask that the company make provisions for an ample freight depot, fill up the low lands, and give right of way for the Broadway bridge across the terminals on the W7est Side. As to the freight depot, I will say that the O. R. & N. Co. is required by its franchise on East Second street to erect and maintain a freight depot on the East Side. It has never complied with its franchise. Mr. Sutherland contends that the company does not maintain a depot near Oregon street.. In early days, when the ferry was In operation, this place might have been called a. freight and passenger depot, but I know that it has not been maintained as a general freight and passenger depot, and is not so considered by the shippers of this city. We hold that the O. R. & N. Co. is required by its franchise to 'construct and maintain an ample freight depot. Filling Lowland Beneficial. "The filling of the lowland is not a con cession on the part of the railroad com pany. By filling the terminal lands it simply adds value to the land itself. The O. R. & N. Ci. is asking right of way for its bridge at Oregon street. It demands concessions of the people, why not it give a few concessions to the peo ple? We are insisting and will continue to insist that no title to tlTe rights asked C shall pass to the railroad company un til what we ask has been granted. Mere promises' from the railroad company will not do." THE WHEAT PUZZLE. California Dealer Thinks Millers . Hold Record Stocks. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18. (To the Editor.) I note The Oregonian's article of February 8 with interest. The wheat situation this year is indeed a puzzle, but if we can assume that the milling industries of the country (there are 10,000 of them) are lined up on the sustaining of jylces, is not the mys tery solved? , The Oregonian's idea seems to be that because the visible supply shows but 25.500,000 bushels, compared with 43. 000,000 last year, the crop has been ex aggerated as to size, and -therein The Oregonlan Is somewhat in error. That the Pacific Coast crop is exaggerated a bit is probable, but one cannot get away from the fact that the primary re ceipts of wheat are, to date, the largest of record. February 10, for the preced ing 32 weeks, they totalled 197,766,000, as against the preceding high-record season of 1906-6 187,568,000. This certainly shows a free market ing, and indicates a large crop and that the holdings of wheat are not al together by the farmer. The position, in view of the large re ceipts, small visible, and generally small "seeable" stocks, is reduced to two propositions. Either the consump tion has increased In one year's time tremendously, say 20 to 30 per cent, or millers are holding large supplies in their private" bins and elevators. The former Is not probable, and the latter likely is the true explanation. If 10,000 millers bought an extra 10. 000 bushels of wheat each this season, there would be a provision for 100,000, 000 bushels. . The writer is inclined to think that because millers were com pelled to pay ?1.40 and $1.50 per bushel for "wheat during May-June, 1909, they have determined to secure supplies for that period this year.- Therein lies the explanation of the "puzzling situation" The Oregonlan discusses. ANDREW S. MOSELEY, Pres. Andrew Si- Mosely Co. BRIDGE PLEA DUE TODAY Mayor and Council to Appear Be fore Government Knglneer. Mayor Simon and representatives of the City Council will appear before Major Mclndoe, of the United States Engineer Corps, at 2 o'clock this after- H'-i. '... a ? s A s t-, w. ' t ."s. iin nmim miii iiwiiiw iBiimri r m ir tt : - ; '-f-Sf -l' w " 1 k trikmwJ. m it ipll M lA it f fi ft jrV V-r.W fL'Z-Sf t'-""'il If-.-ii:! fsr .awicw? .: - li .Mil S ' 1 1 iaG4ITTE5 Some men roll their own cigarettes for economy notice the cost of Obak. Some because of the pleasure of rolling but observe the trouble that Obak saves. Others because they think they get better tobacco but just try an Obak. OBAK speaks for itself. THE JOHN BOLLMAN CO SAN FRANCISCO ii I 1 ? ,,-Jf V . . . - ww a .. , ,;Jiwp' H. r ii i ii it. .wnininirwinmii.ii;mM .s.ipjrrrrnniriri r i i a iMinmtiir-nrr "i " 'nfTrrmininr firrrrTiMiMaiMiii.MiiinMiiiitMiiiiMMaiMri.)aiMrtMiiiiii i..niinBlnmiiiii mmm mm " '"mnHBW'TOP'njtTiWW'WIinWffmmiBM jinmaHHliimiiitimiiMMiin niiiinihiiMiiiMUMMamati noon to discuss the Broadway bridge. It is a public meeting, called under the rules of the War Department, for the purpose of giving friends and op ponents of the proposed SDan an oppor tunity to be heard.. ' After the testimony of those appear ing is transcribed. Major Mclndoe will formulate his 'recommendation. All the papers will then be forwarded to the Chief of the Engineers at Washington. Eventually it-will 'be sent to Secretary of War Dickinson, who must pass Unal judgment thereon. Mayor Simon and those associated with him in handling the bridge prob lem are confident that the Federal authorities will pass upon the plans favorably to the city, and without muck delay. Major Mclndoe has stated that he will not ask for more than 250 feet for the draw on the proposed bridge, and this is the amount of space called for by the plans now in his possession.