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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 19 lO. FENDERS ALL FAIL TO ANSWER TESTS None of Types Tried Has Proved Worth, Declares Councilman Lombard. NELSON GETS MORE TIME Inventor of Automatic Air, Dei-ice Promises Successful Contrivance Within Month Major Anx ious to See Action Taken. "So far as I can see. there will be a unanimous report gainst the. adoption of any fender that has been tested under the direction of the committee," said Councilman Lombard yesterday after noon, following the trial of the Lambert find Nelson types at Twenty-sixth and Upshur streets. "As I view it, none of the fenders ex hibited Is any good, and there is no US3 to approve one of them. I do not know whether there is a good fender In exist ence, but it is certain that none of those tried by the committee is worth any thing." .Mr. Lombard will leave the city for a few weeks soon, but he intends to call a meeting of the committee for some flay before he goes, so that a report may be formulated for presentation to the Council at Us next session. Xelson to Try Again. , "1 will produce a fender, especially built for use In Portland, within 30 days, and I have the promise of Councilman Ijombard that nothing will be done until J have had another opportunity," said K. A. Xelson. inventor of the automatic air device, and vice-president of the com pany which manufactures It. "My fender did not work well today because when it hit the first dummy, two of the. cast ings broke and I withdrew it. I shall liave made a special fender that will operate successfully and that will ful fill all of the requirements." "I do not consider the dummy tryouts worth anything to begin with," said Councilman Rushlight, "and I am not ratisned with any of the fenders that have been tried. I would not want to vote for the fender that was Invented by the company, as I believe it would kill sn accident victim by. throwing him to the car front with terrific force." Ellis Suggests Improvement. Councilman Ellis, the other member of the committee, said tfat the company's fender was the. only one that impressed 3iim iavorably during the tests, but he thinks that it would have to be set further in front of a car than it was when it was tested. He was disappointed, as were all of the members of the com mittee, with the Nelson fender, which naj tested yesterday afternoon. The Nelson fender, which is in use in Brooklyn, N. Y., is automatically operated by air. and Is supposed to be thrust to the tracks instantly when strik ing an object, but it did not work satis factorily, and each time jammed the Klummies hard and shoved them along the track in a manner that would have killed a person, or at least it would have resulted in serious injury. This is the opinion of the members of the com mittee. Mayor Crges Action. The. Lambert fender was tried again, tout it mangled the dummies in each in stance. This is the type which c,ame near to being approved by the City Council two years ago. Mayor Simon is anxious tliat some type of fender shall be adopted for use on the etreetcars of Portland, and when ap prised of the attitude of the committee members, said: "This does not please me at all. I want to see a fender adopted, and of all those tested I favor the fender invented by the company. Any fender is better than the one now in use, and the Coun cil ought to approve one of those tried." OLSON MAY HEAR RIOT CASE Prosecution Has Not Presented Evi dence Against Dearlove. While the Hindus are vehement In their assertions that they do not want to have any of the recent riot cases at St. Johns heard before Justice Olson on account of statements which he made on the bench, it is possible that the evidence of the prosecution In one case may be heard Friday. This is the case of George Dear love. In order to accommodate the witnesses for the defense in this issue, their testi mony was taken before Justice Olson at one of the night sessions. At this time the prosecution did not present its case. X'nless the Hindus consent to have the remainder of this caee heard before Justice Olson, it is probable that Dear love will be dismissed. Deputy District Attorney Garland said yesterdav after noon that all of the other cases would be investigated by the grand jury. The authorities are looking for two men alleged to have been connected with the St. Johns riot. They are Frank Jones and Jack Hess, and are said to have left town as soon as they learned that they were liable to prosecution. Six Secret Service men are at present in St. Johns working- up cases against the men under arrest. SISTERS JAILED AS "VAGS" "Whitney Girls Accused of Kohbing Man Who Took Them Joyriding. Two young and pretty sisters, Clara " end Gladys Whitney, were arrested yes terday by Detectives Hellyer and Ma loney and booked at the police sta .tion as "vags." The specific charge against them is that they robbed Ed Gerow, 4!X Stark street, of a diamond tie pin valued at $125. ' A desire to see the town led Gerow and two companions to take an auto mobile "Joy ride" with three girls whom they met on the street- When it was all over Gerow' discovered that his 'sparkler" was missing-. He made a com plaint to the authorities, and the girls, who said they were actresses by occu pation, were taken into custody. PERS0NALMENTI0N. W. H. Robertson, of Klickitat. Is at the Imperial. Mrs. F. H. Mills, of Klamath Falls, Is at the Imperial. E.. G. Dwight, of Tillamook, a timber man. Is at the Perkins. A. Wilhiem. of Monroe, Or., a grain flealer. is at the Oregon. C W. Brownfield and wife, of Pendle ton, are at the Seward. W. L. Morrow, of Spokane, president f the Morrow Land Company, accom panied by his wife, is staying at the Nortonia. E. W. Haines, of Forest Grove, is registered at the Imperial. Robert A. Stanley, of Pendleton, a Jeweler, is at the Nortonia. Mrs. L. Enyant, wife of a Med ford. Or., banker, is at the Oregon. Leslie Butler, of Hood River, a' well known banker, is at the Perkins. , Homer A. Rogers and wife, of Mount Hood, Or., are at the Imperial. Charles McGuire, of Everett, Wash., a business man of that place, is at the Imperial. L. Richards, J. Stuart and G. A. Mc Donald. Chicago railroad men, are at the Portland. Dr. Alfred Kinney, of Astoria, a mem ber of the State Board of Health, Is at the Portland. . D. S. R. Walker, of Roseburg, a real estate man, accompanied by his wife, is staying at the Perkins. M. T. OConnell. of Wlnlock, Wash., a prominent timberman and mill oper ator, is at the Oregon. August McDougal, of Tacoma, a prom inent merchant of that city, accompanied by his wife, is at the Oregon. H. Victor, general passenger agent of this district for the Santo Fe Railroad, has returned to Portland after an in spection tour. Norman M. Pupp, a wealthy timber land investor of Saginaw, Mich.,, who with his father, has large interests in Oregon, is at the Nortonia. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Edwards, of Hay AUTOMATIC lit :1 1 X Creek, Or., are at the Portland on their way home after a tour of the East and South. Mr. Edwards' is an extensive sheep rancher. V. I-T. Ford and wife, parents of Mrs. Charles B.. Shanks, of this city, are here on an extended visit. Mr. Ford has large traction interests in the East. His home is at Cleveland. O. CHICAGO. March 29. (Special.) Northwestern people registered at ho tels today as follows: From Portland John Hennrich, at the Great Northern: R. P. Noble, A. Booly, at the Lasalle. From The Dalles J. D. Tobin, at the Great Northern. BOLD THIEVES GET $2440 ENTERING HOUSE BY DAYLIGHT, THEY SMASH OPEN TRUNKS. From One $2100 in Cash Is Taken and From Another $340 Skele ton Key Is Used. Breaking- into the home of Otto W'urtenberger, at 229 McMillan street, yesterday morning, burglars secured a rich haul when they smashed open two trunks in the house. "Wurten-berg-er's trunk contained $2100 in cash, and the trunk, of William P. Bock, who is a boarder at the house, contained $340, all of which was taken. The robbery occurred between 9 and 12 o'clock yesterday morning. During that time there was no one at the house, Mrs. "Wurtenberger-being down town and her little son at school. Both men were at work. Neither of them has the slightest clew as to the identity of the robber, for they both say no one knew they had the money or was aware of the hiding place chosen. , While neither of the men expresses any decided distrust of banks, both said yesterday afternoon they were in the habit of leaving large sums in their rooms. There are several other board ers besides Mr. Bock at the Wurten berger home, but no suspicion Is di rected on them. The interior of the house was' ran sacked from top to bottom by the burg lars in their search for money. Bureau drawers were pulled out. beds over turned, and every conceivable place where money might be hidden was thoroughly inspected by the daylight thieves. According to Mr. Wurten berger, the house must have been en tered with a skeleton key, and it Is thought the marauders walked boldly in through the front door. Detectives Day and Hyde were placed on the case. Mr. Wurtenberger Is one of the proprietors of the Steel Bridge Exchange, a saloon on Holladay avenue. Besides the money, there was nothing else missing. TALLOW LARD IS CHARGED Five Local Butchers Arrested for Adulterating Shortening. Five local butchers were arrested yesterday and will face charges in the Justice Court of having sold adulterat ed lard. For some of them this is the second time they have been called to answer to the same complaint, and it Is thought profeable a stiff fine will be the result. Those for whom warrants were issued are A. F. Green, J. K. Linn. A. Schalz, E. B. Baldwin and Frank L. Smith. The lowest fine on this- charge Is 25. For the second offense $50 is usually Imposed, and $1000 for the third offense. The butchers are accused of mixing tallow in the lard they sell. -Hp m ITA GRAND JURY MEETS March Inquisitorial Body Gets Instructions. ONLY FEW DAYS TO WORK Judge Tells Investigators to Use Own Discretion In County Institution's Inquiry Calls Attention to Certain Matters. The March grand Jury was instructed by Presiding- Judge Morrow, of the Circuit Court, yesterday, J. R. Patter son, 444 Carter street, being appointed foreman. The Jury will go into ses sion today and must return its final report by Saturday afternoon. The in structing of the. grand Jury has been postponed until this time in the month AIR FENDER FAILS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS. WWfWWM'."JLflM'a',V.tM.jlJ.IM.JW J.J. I . WX 1 1 ill 11 - 1 A'ELSOX DEVICE IX OPERATION because District Attorney Cameron has been engaged in prosecuting W. H. Moore, of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank. Judge Morrow Instructed the jury that it is " to use its own discretion about investigating county institutions. He called the attention of the inquisi torial body to the law governing the sale of liquor in dry precincts, to the statute against prize-fighting and the law of libel. One of the jurors asked if there is not a statute governing the hanging of doors upon public buildings, pro viding that they must swing outward. Judge Morrow replied that there is, but that he had not called their atten tion to it because of the short time they will be in session and the amount of business with which they will prob ably have to cope during that time. The members of the grand Jury are as follows: C. H. Bateman. 2134 Fourth street. Henry Lawson, 257 East Thirty-second street. J. T. Smith, 226 East Thirty-fifth street Stephen Shobert, 157 East Water street, laborer. C. A. Ward, 928 East Salmon street. O. Tates, 471 East Twelfth street. J. R. Patterson, foreman, 444 Carter street. GIRL- STANDS BY ACCUSED MAN Minor Hallie Williams "Would Testl f fy in. Loomis' Defense. When the case of Peter Loornls. charged with having contributed to the delinquency of a minor, was called in the Municipal Court yesterday, Hallie Wil liams, one of the sisters whom Loomis is alleged to have assaulted, and who mysteriously disappeared last Saturday, was In court with him, ready to testify in his defense. Chief Probation Officer Teuscher, of the Juvenile Court, secured the girl's arrest on a- Juvenile Court charge, and she was placed in the De tention Home last night. Loomis' hearing was continued un til this morning. Should the charge against him be unsubstantiated he will be released. On the other hand. Juvenile Court officers declare that the irla, Gertrude and Hallie Williams, both under 18 years of age, have confessed that their treatment by Loomis was not what it should have been, and the facts which they have been able to , gleam may have the effect of causing Hallie to be declared a delinquent. The girl was found In the custody of Jack Killer, 168 East Thirty-fifth street, although Probation Officer Krum visited the residence last night and was told that the girl was not there. Gertrude has not been found. PRINCESS GOWN CAUSES SUIT Failure to Pay for Same Costs $155. Sheriff Now Has "Beauty." An order for a princess gown, failure to make payment, aIawsuit and Sheriff Stevens has the gown. Circuit Judge Cleland decided the lawsuit in favor of A. R. Allison, the plaintiff yesterday, allowing him $155, the amount he asked. Allison testified that Mrs. L. M. Esk ridge ordered a velvet costume and the princess gown of him, the price being $400 for the two. The order for the cos tume was later countermanded, but he went on with the tailoring of the dress. Mrs. Eskridge had made a deposit of $10, he said. When the gown was ready for delivery Mrs. Eskridge made the excuse that she had a mining deal on, and that when she sold the stock she would pay for the gown. Allison grew tired of waiting and resorted to the court. GUARDIAN MUST PAY CASH Mrs. 31. 'L. Parrish to Return $681, Belonging to Ward, Says Court. Mrs. M. L. Parrish, guardian for Perry Wood Kerr, has been ordered by County . . - , .... " - , , w L . -v , . t Judge Cleeton to pay into court within 60 days $6Si, which belongs to her ward, but which she said she lent to her brother, and cannot now collect. Judge Cleeton refused to ratify the loan, and held that it .was made to her brother only in trust, because she had no court order for it. WIFE SAYS HCBBY WOULD KILL, Drunkenness Also Causes Trouble; Sues for $30 Monthly Alimony. Ida Rittens brought a divorce suit against Frederick Ritters yesterday, charging that he threatened last Mon day to kill her. and that he assaulted her while walking on the street. She alleges further that he is in the habit of coming home drunk late at night, and that he uses bad language toward her and has failed to support her. As he earns tSO a month she thinks $30 a month a reasonable amount for the support of their child. 5 months old. She married him January 17. 1907. "WIDOW -GETS $2 500 DAMAGES Josephine Beiersdorf Recovers Ver dict in Accident Case. Josephine E. Beiersdorf, administra trix of the estate of Frederick A. B. Blersdorf, recovered $2500 from the Southern Pacific Company by the ver dict of a jury, returned In the Circuit Court. She sued for J5000. Beiersdorf w o " ir & ?K was killed by a collision In the North ern Pacific Terminal yards between a handcar, upon which he was riding, and a Corvallls passenger train. . . Two companions were riding on the handcar with him, and as they emerged from behind a high board fence and saw their danger, all jumped. Beiers dorf was struck by the engine cab, however, and died June 29, 1906, 21 days after the accident. He was em ployed in the store department of the O. R. & N. Co. at Alblna. ARCHITECT LOSES HIS SUIT Charles K. 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The decision defeating the architect's claim is of much interest to property owners and builders generally. Sues to Condemn Mt. Tabor Tract. Another suit to condemn Mount Tabor Park property was brought in the Cir cuit Court yesterday by the city, William and Elizabeth Hayhurst being the de fendants. Elizabeth Kllppel is also named as a defendant because she has a mortgage on the property for $3500. It Is described as tract G, Mount Tabor Park. The city thinks it worth $SO0O. RAILROAD LOSES FIRE SUIT Verdict for $1422 Found in Favor of Federal Government. For timber in a forest reserve, de stroyed by fire which originated In the vicinity of the tracks of the Cor vallls & Eastern Railroad In 1U06, the United States yesterday secured a ver dict for $4422.32. The original demand was for $10,000. The fire occurred in 1906. 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The case was vigorously contestjd by the railroad company and the rep resentatives of the Government, mon than a week being required to present the testimony. The evidence for the Government was that there was no person in the vicinty of the spot where the fire originated who could have caused the flames through wilful de sire to destroy property or through negligence. The appearance of the ground Indicated that the flames had run from a place close to the tracks. The railroad company used the top of a smokestack from one of Its en gines as an exhibit. It will appeal. District Attorney McCourt appeared for the Government and W. I. Fentoh for the railroad company. NEAR-BEER WRIT WITHHELD Judge Wolverton Investigates Juris diction iia Albany Case. Answering a writ issued by Judge Wol verton of the United States Court. City Marshal Munkers, of Albany, yesterday produced Charles Kroschel, but Kroschel was not released through habeas corpus proceedings. Judge Wolverton is investi gating the Jurisdictional right of the Fed eral Court to interfere before the de fendant shall have exhausted all his rights of review in the state courts. Kroschel was convicted of selling near beer in violation of an ordinance of the city of Albany regulating the sale of non-intoxicants. He was fined $60 with an alternative sentence of 25 days in the city jail. The case is similar to one recently sent up from- Eugene, in which Judge Wolverton granted a writ of habeas corpus to C. F. Kuthe holding that the local option law suspended the charter right of the city to regulate such mat ters. The court has asked for briefs on the question of jurisdiction. Keady Appointed Postmaster. NEWPORT, Or., March 29. (Specie".) William F. Keady, a prominent Un- You Just No More 0 :vvr.:' Chickering Dealers at Park vm coin County Republican, has been ap pointed postmaster of Waldport, to succeed Captain William WakeHeld. 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