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12 THE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, lHio. COST HALTS PUN TO WIDEN VISTA Portland Heights Abandons Project to Alter Fine Boulevard. HARD SURFACE TO BE USED Street Committee of Council Decides to Work W ith Property Owners to Make Roadway 4 5 Feet Wide. Vista avenue, on Portland Heights, will not be widened to 60 feet, as pro posed some months ago by enthusias tic persons who felt 'that the boule vard thus to be made would prove one . of the most beautiful in the United States. It would cost too much to do the work. That Is, in briei, the reason why the project is abandoned. However, every one concerned favors a hard-surfaced 43-foot street, and as sessment of cost to abutting property, instead of the former plan and a dis trict assessment. ., A committee . of property-owners, named by the Portland Heights Im provement Association, appeared be fore the street committee of the Coun cil yesterday and made known tue wishes of their members. They asked that the committee recommend to the main body the rescinding of the pro ceedings to widen the avenue to 60 feet, which was granted after some debate. The property-owners will now co-operate with the city in an effort to hard-surface the avenue and make it 45 feet wide. Some ground will have to be vacated to do this and the Council will be asked by the people there to do so. Citizens Willing to Pay for Work. The citizens' committee appearing before the Council committee showed that 236 people living on Portland Heights wish the plan adopted as re quested by the committee, and that the 135 abutting property-owners are will ing to pay for the paving and im provement of the proposed 45-foot street. It is believed this plan w"l succeed, as it appears that all parties concerned are favorable to it, whereas, on the former plan, there were many remonstrators. Councilman Lombard stated to the Council committee, of which he is a member, that he had learned that granitoid pavement is not successful on a hillside street, and moved that the proceedings for this kind of ma terial tin Russell, from Delay to Gan tenbein streets, be rescinded. Council man Menefee, in whose ward the street lies and who formerly "asked to have this new material used. Joined with Mr. Lombard and seconded the motion. It was unanimously carried. This was the first work ordered for the granit oid concern, which Is trying to get established here. Belgian blocks will be used in place of the pavement tamed. Councilman Beldlng's proposed ordi nance, authorizing the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for plain concrete, to take the place of "fancy patented names." has met with at least temporary defeat. City Engi neer Morris yesterday submitted a re port declining to approve the concrete s a pavement, which effectually blocks the movement unless developments should cause a change. City Engineer Morris was supported by all of the members of the commit tee on streets save Mr. Belding, who declared he will put in a minority report. He is backed by a large num ber of the property-owners on CorbCtt uu uiner streets, ine district con cerned, who have petitioned for plain concrete, instead of the other kinds of hard-surface pavements, such as Has sam, asphalt or bitullthic. There are steep grades in the district named, and Hassam is the only one of the three materials named that can toe used, un less concrete is authorized. Why Are People Not Considered? "Why Is it that th'is committee will not give the people what they want. Instead of foisting off some other kind of a fancy patented name on them?" asked Mr. Belding, when the commit tee was debating the proposition, after hearing the report of the City Engi neer. "Why force the people to pay thousands of dollars more for a name? I propose to put in a minority report and see if we cannot get this con crete pavement." Mr. Beldlng's attention was called to the fact that the charter gives the City Engineer power to approve or flisapprove of pavements, and the Coun cil is not authorized to override his PHOTOGRAPH OF SCENE IN COURT WHERE WALTER H. MOORE, 4 t''A " - 9gt t.- Vfc ""-, " " I l " W. P. Wood. Mgr. i t v- -a w ' .v - -ZJf I r5 . v i life 1 , -. , ii,i,l.,l.n .mm..-, t-ZVH. -JSi S4,.,. lfcaf -.iAA -J T I j 1 ,h, 'fhX f . . J Z J.Ky 7 eP'e"- Roberts, who Is seated on the rlht end of the front row of jurors, and Dan Rushlight, brother of Councilman Rush frlfi I tl ;n. eated next to Roberts on the front row were replaced by N. A. Barrett and F. Antich. The Moore party Is seated in the center of the picture, facing the Jury Moore i " .Ihtth t ?eTter 0t thl".S i?; Sherl" Stevens Is seen on the extreme left of the picture. The figure in the Immediate foreground Is that of a reportfr Reading from left ff T to right, the Moore party Is composed of Attorneys Rafferty. Fulton. Walter H. Moore. Attnrr,v MrOinn. Fn.it.'mH t a.v, ,v, .v." it p ". aln? rrom Ieft 1 li w BeenPrandeCnV;v '."f rder rm ,e' t0 Tigt? 5?"- DepUtY attorney Vreeland. District Attorney Cameron. Deputy District IttorneVPltwraTS whose heaonfy is 1 .T.n e?" :tr'r..Pa' ?fe. ?.f -enU 3. t topw. reading left to right, are: John Bet,. J. TfoiorVS l! YoU. Charli, t - ...... row o.ns. b. jrougn, u. Jueiton, a. J2. vanvoorhls and A. E. Rosslter. .- T I IBteZS ZZ&rtM 1 1 ................ . II "'NLggriEsa ................. . .njM, ijm... "JLtl . . .JJJJJ ?.!. Jl . jjL'JUJJMoj disapproval. No pavement can be laid without his approval, which makes him a powerful factor to be reckoned with in this and other subjects con cerning paving. Mr. Belding. however. still eald he would put In a minority report. Councilmen Lombard. Kubll. Mene fee and Annand said thev could not well afford to vote for a pavement not approved by tne city Engineer, even it tne cnarter permitted such action as he Is supposed to know more about the various materials than thev do. City Engineer Morris states that. In his opinion, there is not much to be gained by the concrete specifications. With the rates of paving lower than at any time In the history of the city, he believes that there Is no necessity for a so-called reform of this kind but his- main reason for disapproving tne proposition Is that It Is not a good pavement for the district in question He said It might work well on a steep hill, but he did not care to see it placed on a main thoroughfare like Corbett street. He also states that concrete chips off and wears away rapidly. Give People What They Want, Cry. "My idea," said Councilman Belding, "Is to give the people what they pe tition for. I will vote any time to Co that, and I am backed in this by a large petition, signed by nearly all of the affected property-owners. The Warren Construction Company is circulating petitions for the paving of Rose City Park, a large district. Councilman Lombard presented a peti tion signed by about 20 per cent of the affected property-owners, but with drew It again, stating that he had learned of some facts that he wished to Investigate before proceeding fur ther. It is said that a large number of the people in that territory do not want hard surface yet, while others favor another kind of pavement. There are no water mains of adequate propor tions, no gas and no sewers as yet there, and many believe the time for paving has not arrived. Mrs. D. Kellaher put in a strong re-N monstrance against the paving of Clackamas street with Hassam. She charged that it is a patented article, lnferlor in quality and too high In price. Her remonstrance was over ruled. TAXICAB, $3.50 AIM HOUR Touring Car Rate Limited to $5 by Proposed Ordinance. TaxlcabK may be rented for not to exceed $3.50 an hour and touring cars at not to exceed $5, if the City Council passes yie ordinance recommended yes terday morning by the committee on health and police. Councilman Drlscoll, who was present on another subject, secured this rate for the taxlcabs, as he said he would fight the ordinance if no limit Were put upon prices. Coun cilman Lombard, author of the pro posed measure, agreed to the $3.50 basis. Councilman Lombard explained his opositlon to the proposed . ordinance authorizing John F. Cordray to con struct a frame bandstand in the Oaks. He said that, as drawn, the measure would permit the erection of a frame theater, as well, and said that he did not approve of this. He said that the committee of architects, having in charge the new building code, also op posed it- The ordinance was laid on the table until the next meeting, to give Mr. Cordray an opportunity to ar range a new one, if he desires. Councilman Lombard's proposed or dinance to prohibit the use of streets by merchants was discussed inform ally by himself and Councilmen Wat kins, Concannon and Drlscoll. Mr. Lombard believes that the city should force merchants to provide checking space 'within their own stores, and that they should not be permitted to store goods on the streets. Mr. Concannon favors this plan, but Councilmen Drls coll and Watklns were Inclined to be lieve, there being no alleys In Portland, that it would work a great hardship. However, Mr. Lombard will Introduce the measure next Wednesday. PRECINCTS TO BE DIVIDED Clerk Fields to Establish Registra tion Headquarters. County Clerk Fields will have a regis tration booth erected on the Fifth street side of the Courthouse this year. With Deputy Clerk Schneider he is redivldlng the city precincts, many of the precincts at the election two years ago being found too large. Mr. Fields 'and deputy Schneider will make a tour of the city, beginning today, definitely to fix the lo cation of the precinct boundaries. By a bungle of the lawmakers at Sa lem at the last session they provided that the precinct lines must be estab lished some time before July 1, while it had previously provided that registration begin June 1. PILES CURED 6 to 14 DATS. PAZO OINTMENT la siarantaed to cure ant ease of Itching, Blind. Bleeding- or Protruding Piles In 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 60c. Pabst's Milwaukee Bock Beer on sale today at S. A. A rat a & Cos. and Arata Bros. BITTERLY, TRIAL OF W.H.MQQREBEGINS Ex-Cashier Morris Is Charged With Knowing of Disappear , ance of $50,000. FULTON ACCUSES DEVLIN In Extolling ex-President of Institu tion, His Attorney Assails Stew ardship of Receiver Only Three Witnesses Are Called, (Continued From First Page.) regarded aa a sacred trust. The brochure sets forth that the bank invested the money of its depositors only In standard bonds and in real estate mortgages1 not exceeding 40 per cent of the appraised value. Especially did it guarantee that all savings accounts would be kept sep arate from those of the ordinary com mercial accounts', even to the extent of putting the money In separate .vaults. After this; had been offered in evidence, Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald showed by' Teller Smith that all the money was kept in the same vault and that checks drawn by commercial ac counts were paid indiscriminately out of the mixed funds. The pamphlets. Smith said, were in all of the conspicuous places In the bank and in Moore's office. Moore at Bank Daily. Smith said that Moore was In the bank dally, fulfilling his duties as presi dent, making loans, etc., and that the books of the bank were at all times of access to President Moore. Smith said that he first noticed the entry of the mysterious $50,000 on the day after it had been made and that he could not recall whether anyone had made an ex planation of Its presence there or not. He presumed some one had explained it, satisfactorily. Juror Melton Inquired whether or not he did not have the right to demand an explanation and Smith re plied that he had. He believed, he said, that he must have been satisfied re garding It. When pressed by Mr. Fitzgerald to. Identify the handwriting, he said it was that of Graves. He further said he had heard different theories advanced by the various experts who had examined the txioks and had heard It had something to do with the surplus- the bank was sup posed to have, but at this point he was interrupted by Mr. Fulton, who requested mat in nis answers he stick closelv to the subject inquired about. He was not cross-examined. Graves Adiffits Making Entry. Graves was then called to the standi He examined the entry and admitted that it was his handwriting. When questioned as to how he harmener) to make the entry and what it was for, he said it was an entry from a slip passed to the teller's window, and was to be carried as an entry on the general ledger. He admitted it represented a cash item, and when further questioned said the slip had been handed him by Mr. Morris, and that he had made the entry. He could recall nothing further regarding the transaction. Deputy Clerk Smith, of the Circuit Court, was called to Identify the copies of the complaint and summons in the suit brought by Louis J. Wilde against the bank to have a receiver appointed. Mr. Fltzgerara said he would show later that Moore, whom Mr. Fulton de clared. In his opening statement-had al ways considered the bank perfectly solvent, had strongly urged the ap pointment of a receiver. The defence permitted the witnesses to leave the stand without cross-examination, al though many objections were, made to the questions asked all three. Fitzgerald Sharply Arraigns Bank. At the opening of the morning session Mr. Fitzgerald took more than an hour for his opening statement. He gave Moore and his associates a scathing rak ing over, mixing sarcasm and grim hu mor and drawing a lurid picture of the frenzied financial policies manifest in the transactions of the bank and iUi offi cers. The bank, he said, was organized in 1004 as the Oregon . Savings Bank. Ral ston and Morris had organized the insti tution by putting up their notes for $SE, 000. This is all that went into making up the bank. Other notes, he said, mak ing a total of $100,000, he declared, were added to this collection of paper. The notes were pinned to the capital stock and put away. On this showing the EX-PRESIDENT CF OREGON TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, IS ON TRIAL BEFORE mm making fine, rich, Oh TJfc&l op Pain food. I equally valuable and saving. fS 7 Indispensable fm public was invited to put in its money. Moore came in and bought out Ralston by putting in his note for $25,000, and at this time the word "Trust" was added to the name of the concern. Every dol lar of deposits taken in that bank -was obtained by false pretenses, he said. Opportunity Best In World. "A total liability of $2,600,000 was ac cumulated in three years," said Mr. Fitzgerald. "The officers liad the op portunity of their lives to do a legitimate business and could have grown rich on the confidence placed In them by the people. The bank Issued a false state ment of assets and liabilities, showing a false surplus. It never had a surplus. Money was invested in all kinds of wild cat schemes. They thought they could do as they pleased with the money and they did. The two chief spirits were V. Cooper Morris, cashier, and Walter H. Moore, president. The other officers were figureheads. Moore drew a salary of be tween $250 and $300 a month and was at the bank daily and must have known Its condition." Mr. Fitzgerald then outlined each of the financial deals In which the bank's funds were invested: Home Telephone bonds, the Board of Trade building, the Medford & Crater Lake Railroad, and the other transactions exploited before the public. Including the Golden Eagle department store and the Order of Washington. Torn Notes Referred To. 'When men resort to a crooked thing like tearing off the names from the notes given in the case of the Golden Eagle, they knew something Was wrong," declared Mr. Fitzgerald. "Knowing this, it was their duty to close the bank at once." "The state will fail to prove that the bank was insolvent," was the state ment of Mr. Fulton. "As a matter of fact It has paid every dollar of in debtedness and wijl have 'a surplus. When the bank failed, Walter Moore turned over his entire private fortune to guarantee the depositors. He started a poor boy on a farm in Eastern Ore gon. Through frugal living and hon est business dealings with his neigh bors, he prospered. He built up a rep utation by honest and good citizen ship. "Where are the savings of the past 30 years? They went down with the wreck and he is penniless today. If he were a schemer and a bank-wrecker, he would have withdrawn the $15,000 he and his brother had deposited in the bank under the name of Moore Brothers. He expected to nationalize the bank before a receiver was appointed, and this would have sub jected it to the scrutiny of the Govern ment. Would he have dared do this if he had thought the bank was insolvent? He was laying the plans for it Just be fore the crash came." Mr. Fulton Attacks Devlin. Mr. Fulton then launched' Into an at tack upon Receiver Devlin and declared he had been responsible for great losses incurred by the institution since the re ceivership. "I do not wish to say any thing regarding the motives of Mr. Dev lin's honesty, but if Walter Moore is In any way responsible for the insolvency of the bank," Devlin Js more so." . The prosecution will summon friends of Moore from Eastern Oregon to testify as to his general good character. It will endeavor to establish that the bank was solvent, using the argument that the assets turned over to the receiver were worth more than the . indebtedness of the bank. The prosecution will endeavor to show full or partial knowledge of Moore in the bank's true condition. Venire Drawn for Gohl Case. MONTESANO, Wash., March 18 (Spe cial.) A special venire of jurors has been drawn for service in the. William Gohl case, which comes up next week. This j list contains 106 names. in 1 'WILL LECTURE CHARITY WORKER TO ADDRESS WOMAN'S CliUB. Denver Man Insists Arguments Ad vanced by Thomas X. Strong Are Close to His Own. Arrangements were completed yester day whereby Edwin A. Brown, the advo cate of municipal lodging-houses in the large cities of the country, will address the Woman's Club on Wednesday after noon of next week. A suitable' occasion for the delivery of an address before the Central Labor Council is arlso being sought by Delegate H. J. Parkison and Mr. Brown. The Denvec, humanitarian lost night ex pressed the greatest admiration for the Portland Police Department, and particu larly the actions of Captain Slover, who has recently recommended a number of young prisoners to the care of W. G. McLaren at the Portland Commons. In stead of sending the boys to the Police Court and thence to the rock heap at Kelly Butte, the plan Is to endeavor to secure employment for the prisoners who are -arrested while sleeping In alleys, delivery wagons and barns. "I am not here to stir up contention," said Mr. Brown. "My idea is that there should be some place where every honest man "may have a place to sleep and a meal and a bath while temporarily short of money or without money, would best express It. I want the places to be able to supply work enough for the men to perform in payment for their keeping and I would not have arrangements made which encourage the shiftless In their shiftlessnees, the idle in idleness, or tramps in tramping. "Among all the idle, the alleged shift less, and the tramps, there is a large percentage who would work if they had a chance, and whom I believe to be more sinned against than sinning. It is my experience that there is no trouble in winnowing out the crlmials and the un worthy. I want the unfortunates assisted so that they will not be made criminals. "My attention has just been called to letters sent to The Oregonlan by Thomas N. Strong and Captain Bradley, appearing in the paper of yesterday morning. "Mr. Strong and myself are not far apart. He asserts that he could not get men to work, and when he did secure them the men would perform only a small amount of labor for a day's pay. I do not understand how that argument applies against the idea I advocate a municipal lodging-house. But I will answer him further, at a later date. I only request that Mr. Strong go up to the public employment agency as I did and count the men loking for work, who have not the means to pay a fee at any commercial agency. "Captain Bradley undoubtedly thinks he Is telling the exact conditions at the Salvation Army Industrial Home. I can only say again that when I called at the Home the lower floors were locked up and after mounting the stairs I was re fused a bed or a meal. I was not told that I could secure the favors by work ing, or I should have sawed wood or per formed any other task for the privilege of becoming an Inmate. I wanted to know what they are doing for men." Auto Registration Active. SALEM, Or., March 18. (Special.) Activity in automobile circles is shown by the 68 machines that have been reg istered at the Secretary of State's office this week. Today broke all records, with 28 applications received and 20 machines registered. The other six were held up for " more complete data. 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JORGENSEN Props, and Mgrs. COR. 3D AND MAIN STS. Hot snd Cold Water. Lone Distance Phone in Every Room. RATES $1.00 and up I" T More We 11 soon count It's just a matter of more housewives are fowaers. i nousanas One trial does it. &J Speak to your grocer. Lighter, sweeter A iVSJ balClnsr Or aianM ter. Costs much Wnn?P" 31 Dcllve tiU NEW PERKINS Fifth and "Washington Sts. Opened Tune, 1908. A hotel In the very heart of Portland's business ac tivity. Only hotel equipped with wireless telegraph. Every convenience for comfort of commercial men Modern in every respect. Rateo $1.00 and up. Cafe and grill; music during lunch, dinner and after theater. 2. Q,. Shetland. Sec. and Mgr. jJ ' V it , ' HEAIQCAKT:Rg JR TOlKiSTO mot COMMERCIAL kTRAVELiaiA Special rates made to families and slo Kle ceDtletnefi. Tbe management wlll.be pleaded at ell time to elivw ruoiue and Slve price. A mod ern Turkish Bate, etttablb, anient in tne hotel. K. C. BOWERS, Manaerer. PRICES lit t 3 la. a. 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