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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1910. GRIEFS OF FIVE COUPLES RELftTtD Circuit Courts Spend Busy Day With Marriage Controversies. MRS. DICKERSON IS FREED 'Wife of Man Who Shot H. A. Garrett Given Divorce--Woman Who Mar- ried "Count" Also Liber ated From Matrimony. Three judges of the Circuit Court were Jbusy yesterday morning straightening out the tangles of married life. Judge Mor row had four default cases. Judge Gatens had a like number, and Judge Bronaugh ried a contested case. One of the default case3 was that of Martha E. Dickerson against R. T. Dickerson. who La serving a term in the Penitentiary at Salem for manslaughter because he shot Harry A. Garrett, whom he took to be his wife's paramour. Besides these cases, a new suit was filed. In which lxniis Mary Hoofer ac cuses her husband, Herman Hoefer, a fin isher, of standing across the street from their home one nipht last month and throwing stones at his step-daughter. She 'says she married him at Sausalito, Cal.. -January 28, 18ST7. He began to drink to excess, she declares, beating her fre quently with his fists. One day, last ISeptember, she says he supplemented this" with a broom-lvandle, knocking her down upon the couch, and breaking it, and then following her as she fled into the street to knock her down again. At this time (her wrist was so badly Injured, she as fBerts, that she has been unable to use it teince. She was under the physician's care pfor five weeks on account of Internal (Injuries. Last November he was con. hvicted in the Circuit Courjt of assault and tbattery and paroled with a six months' sentence, on his promise to refrain from Lmolestlng his wife. " Mrs. Dickerson made her hunband's conviction the basis of her suit.' She married him for the second time Kebru fcary 13, 1909, having had trouble with him before, which led to a divorce. Judge VMorrow .will grant a divorce, with permis sion that Mrs. Dickinson resume her maiden name. Thought Husband "Count." Grace Leon took Jacques J. Leon for F"rench count when she married him. tout witnesses told Judge Gatens he Is 'no account. Mrs. Leon said he is a magi cian, but she was compelled to support !hlm. as well as herself, by sewtru?. until in October, 1908, when he deserted her. .She lives across the street from the "Courthouse. She married "Count" Leon kAprll 18, 1906. The divorce was granted. Nellie Connor told Judge Gatens how pier husband, Matthew Connor, broke the idlshes at the supper-table, threw the but terdish against the wall, besmearing it "with butter; threw the butcher-knife at tier, cutting her in the side; threw a glass of jelly, striking her in the head, and threatened to kill .her. The Judge al lowed her a decree, with $10 a month jalimony. She married Connor May 24, H1907. They have one child. Judge Gatens also granted decrees in the cases of Rose Margixlies against rtMeyeH. Margulies. and Elsie G. WUliam json against Brwin G. Williamson.- Mrs. Margulies complained that her husband (beat one of their two children while she (was bathing it, and when she objected, iknocked her down. She was married June '15, 1902. The judge allowed her $5 a. week alimony. Desertion .was charged in the .'Williamson case. They married at Little LFalLs, Minn, May L 1902. One Is Dismissed. Judge Bronaugh dismissed the con gested case of Martha Hartford against 'George Hartford, saying neither party had sufficient provocation for a divorce. 'Mrs. Hartford said her husband drank, and threatened to burn the house unless she gave him more money for liquor. He said she locked him out wljen he re turned from an effort to find a Job. They live at Tremont Places The other three cases were heard by Judge Morrow. who will grant,, the decrees. Harry Asa Hart said his wife, I Ida Lou Hart, told him she married the wrong man. She went back to Tennes see to live with her relatives. They were married at Long Beach, Wash., August 11, 1903. Hattie Dornslfe complained that C. H. Dornsife, whom she married at Dallas, 'November 6, 1S93, let her support him by doing housework, obliging her to beg from the Salvation Army for clothing for their four children. Josephine D. Brown had a husband who didn't take her out to see the sights for , two years. She married Matthew T . Brown March 1. 1900. She said he was frequently drunk. The judre will allow ,her W0 a month alimony. BIXBYS 1)XY SIGXJXG XOTE 'Administrator of Estate of William Lemke Would Collect $2000. E. T. Bixby and his wife, Carrie Blxby, were placed on the witness stand -in Judge Cleeton's courtroom yesterday mornlngf to answer questions of Attorney W. P. La Roche regarding a. note for $2000, said to have been given by them in favor of William Lemke. Lemke has since died and Len Haller appears as the administrator of his estate. According to Attorney Charles J. Schnabel, Lemke went to his office be fore he died and showed a number of notes from the Bixbys, which Schnabel advised him to combine in one for $2000, to be secured by a mortgage. He .said he wrote out such a note and gave it to Lemke. Lemke was living with the Bixbys and when he died gave them a wallet containing his money and papers. They turned this over to the administrator. They denied that they ever owed Lemke more than $750, $500 of which was on an open account and $250 on a note. They said they paid these sums. La Roche says he will bring suit to re cover the $2000. -GOODS STOLEN; DAMAGES DIE .Judge Einds Himmelfarb Responsi ble for Jewelry Loss. Circuit Judge Campbell, of Oregon City, took Judge Gantenbein's place in the Circuit Court yesterday morning, trying the suit of Isaac Jacobs against M. Him melfarb for $210 damages on account of stolen Jewelry. Testimony was introduced to the effect that Jacobs pawned a watch, diamond pins and other jewelry in Texas, and after coming to Portland paid Himmel farb $41 with the understanding that he was to have the articles taken out of pawn and sent to Portland. While the Jewelry was in Himmelfarb's house, a burglar named Levlne stole it. 'jevine was captured in the East, and brought to justice, but some of the stones had been reset so that the Jewelry could not all be identified. The watch and fob, however were returned. Jacobs demanded that Himmelfarb reimburse him for what he had lost, and a lawsuit followed Hlm melfaxb's refusal. Judge Campbell- gave Judgment for $169. Balky Horse Causes Suit. A balky horse is the cause of a suit brought in the Circuit Court yes terday by Attorney John F. Logan for Mamie Akin against A. C Wilson. Mr. Logan's client purchased a sorrel horse named Prince last Thursday from Wil son with the guarantee that it was of sound limb and wind and "fit for a lady to drive." She discovered after trying to drive it, however, that it would balk, rear and plunge, and of fered to return it to Wilson for the $400 she paid, but was refused. She now demands this amount in her suit. COUCH-STREET LOTS SOLD W. K. Smith Invests East Side Property Brings $14,rO0. W. K. Smith, who recently sold a large share of his holdings in the southern part of the city to the Oregon Electric Railway Company, has pur chased a lot 50x100 feet on the south side of Couch street. 100 feet west of SNAPSHOT OF PORTLAND MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER, TAKEN AT UNION DEPOT. t.- CHARLES J. WEZLER AT CAR WIXIXJW ON TRAIN ON WAY TO TACOMA. for about $25,000. A house bringing lair rental is locatwu uu t-nc iiuycuj. This gives Mr. Smith three quarters of a block from Couch through to Washington street, between Fifteenth and sixieenxn streets. imco wi lots face on Couch street and three on Washington, ISO plans nave oeeu .,r,,.fl(i tnr si vmllriinsr. No real estate agent figured in the negotiations. , An mast siue puruuc j"-.. v iu.. . the tranter of a quarter block, at the -., o r- rr Tr.ant Mnrrtson and BUUllin. .' .- - - . East Thirteenth streets, to the Hood River Investment company, iron " Edward G- Jones, .for $14,000. A parcel . , r "t: ..... - lan wqjI traced in VI nuuw -1 part payment. No realty broker fig ured in xne negotiations wi m deal. FLAX-GROWING IS URGED Expert From Belgium Says Fiber Grown Here Is Superior. Flax-growing in Oregon will be en couraged if plans now being evolved ma terialize. Oregon flax is of a superior quality, according to a merchant and manufacturer of Courtrey, Belgium, the center market for the product of the .world. ' Recently Eugene Bosse, a Bel gian, living near Salem, sent samples of flax he had grown to Courtrey and since then numerous inquiries have been re- .HAIXEVS COMET WI1L MSB AT 3l0 A. M. TODAY, April 31 Bailey's comet riaes to day 3:09 A M.; rises tomorrow 3:06 A. M. Sun rises 5:04 A. M. Comet's peed, today about 1822 ml lea per minute, which la about the speed of. tne swlftet planet. Mercury. whicH flies at 1775 miles per minute; Venus, 130J, earth, 1100. The comet Is to day almost directly approaching; the earth at this speed, hence growrag rapidly in apparent size. The comet today reaches the extreme limit of Its westward movement among the stars of the constellation Pisces, a little east of Omega and south of the southeast corner of the Or eat Square of Pegasus. It now enters upon an immense Journey eastward, which will soon carry It to Orion, where it was discovered last September. Position. RJirht Ascension, 23 hours, 52 minutes; declination, 8, degrees north of celestial equator. celved by Bosse, concerning its growth here. It was acknowledged in the com munications that the samples sent were superior to the flax grown there. Secretary Van Heekeien, of the trans portation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, who has been ascertaining the rate on flax to European ports, says it is too high to ship the raw product there. The plan now is to build a factory here and ship the hemp fiber. In this way, it is believed, a great industry can be developed. Heretofore, Oregon flax-growers have marketed their product in New England cities. IT BEGINS AJ 9 O'CLOCK The closing-out sale of the McAllen & McDonnell stock will begin this morning at 9 o'clock. A Healthful Hint. - A bottle of the Hood Brewing Com pany's famous Bock Beer to ward off that tired feeling. Phone Hl 139, B 1319. Ten town page 5. lots given away. See WEZLER SENT NOTE Deputy Says Acknowledgment Made on Train. NO HOPE, SAYS OFFICIAL With Unkempt -Beard and Gloomy, Tear-Stained Face, Man Aocnsed of Brutal Murder Taken to Face Charge Against Him. ' (Continued frem Ps.g ! might hurt him, and. would not let him be interviewed. "I must protect his interests, just as I must those of the state he explained. Apparently forgetful of this a little later, Doten inadvertently lei lip a re- J s mark about Wezler's refusal to say who wrote the note that called Mrs. Schulz from her home in Tacoma to Gig Harbor. The slip was noticed and. the query propounded: "Does Wezler acknowedge having sent .the note to Mrs. SchulxT' "Oh, yes," said Doten, "he acknowl edges this, all right." "Well, isn't that the same as a confes sion? If he sent the note that lured the woman to her death he must be guilty, it was suggested. "But a Jury might not look at it tflat way," said Doten, who became more guarded in his statements after this. "Eoes Wezler use 'dope? " was asked. "No; but he smokes cigarettes as fast as he can make them," replied Doten. Interview Xot Allowed. When the train stopped at the Union Depot, some Portland police officers gath ered at the window behind which were Wezler and his guard. The Pullman was a compartment car. in which the doors opened, into a corridor that ran the length of the car. When the newspaper men and photographers opened the door of the compartment, Doten refused to let bis prisoner be Interviewed. "You have a photograph of me, any how," said Wezler. While- his guard talked to detectives and newspaper men outside the car, Wez ler sat near the window part of the time, and later further back in the compart ment, industriously smoking cigarettes. Appearance Is Very Bad. Had the prisoner purposely tried to make himself appear unattractive, he could not have looked worse than he did yesterday. His black beard had been neglected un til it resembled that of a tramp. His forehead and cheeks, where the growing whiskers covered the skin, were covered with red blotches. Deep lines about the eyes and unnatural puffs in the cheeks told of dissipation, and his large eyes seemed never to be still. ' - No handcuffs limited Wezier in the use of his hands, but to prevent his jumping from the train through the open window his feet were chained. " ROAD OILING IS ASKED COUNTY URGED TO FAY COST OX BASE LINE. Auto Club Officials Encounter Ob jections to Flan Matter Un der Advisement. The Foster road is to be oiled within a short time, half the expense to be borne by the county and half by the property- owners along tne road. Six ' members of the Portland Automo bile Club end the Oregon State Automo bile Association waited upon County Judge Cleeton and Commissioner Light ner yesterday morning, asking that the Commissioners- order the - oiling of the Base Line road, which would cost be tween $900 and $1000, and charge the en tire expense up to the county. The County Court was not inclined to do this, saying It would establish a precedent and compel the taxpayers as a whole to bear the' en tire expense of oiling all county roads in the future. Mr. Lightner believed that the automo bile clubs and the property-owners along the Base Line road should bear the $46Q or $500, their half of the expense. Mr. Lightner said, further, that he desires to have the Milwaukie road oiled and that if people living along the road, will give financial assistance it will not cost more than $1.75 each. ' Lawrence Therckeleen, Jr., secretary of the state association, said J. F. Coff man, of his club, would be willing to raise enough money to oil the Foster road, provided the County Court would order the oiling of the Base Line road and bear all the expense. But Mr. Light ner said that as Foster road property owners are willing to bear their half of the expfnse along that thoroughfare, he thought the automobile clubs ought to raise half the money necessary for oiling the Base Line road. A decision upon the matter was withheld until Commis sioner Barnes, who was1 at home ill, could be seen. The automobilists present were: Lewis Russell, of Rusell & Blyth : M. C. Dick inson, president of the Portland Club; John S. Beall, vice-president of the state association for Multnomah County; F. B. Riley, director of the Portland Club; W. B. McKay, also a director, and Mr. Therkelsen. Mr. Gravel represented Mon tavilla merchants. The most of oiling, said Mr. Lightner, is about $150 a mile. SIGX BOARDS TO BE PLACED Commissioner Surprised When Told They Have Been Long Ready. The automobile signs furnished by the Portland Automobile Club, at a cost of $2300, are to be erected at once by the County Road Supervisors. Members of the club reported to County Judge Clee ton and County Commissioner Lightner yesterday morning -that the signs had been ready for 18 months but had not yet been placed. Commissioner Lightner said the county was ready to put them up at any time. He said this was the first intimation he had had that they were ready. Besides these signs the county has 44 signs which will be placed. POLICE WILL COMPETE PATROLMEN WISH TO SHOW SKILL IX MILITARY TACTICS. Challenge Is Issued to Similar Or ganizations In State for Oompet-' itlve Drill in Portland. So proficient has the Portland Po lice Department become in military tactics its members, desirous of prov ing their versatility in militarism, have come forward with a sweeping chal lenge to every similar organization in the state to meet it in competitive drill. The only condition incorporated in the challenge is that the drills must be held here in Portland. This Is asked in order to preclude any handicap to the "coppers" in their line of duty. The time, the place and selection of the series of maneuvers and judges are to be agreed upon by the com petitors. ' While the local body of police, under the guidance of Oaptaln of Detectives Moore, has always made an agreeable impression with the execution of their military tactics, yet during- the past several months they have acquired considerable proficiency by the tri weekly drills held in the Armory. By persistent drilling. Captain Moore has whipped the "rookies" into shape and the "awkward squads," which here tofore predominated, have been elimi nated. The aggregate membership of the various platoons, exclusive of the horse brigade and officers, numbers close to 150 men. Through the com bination of the superior training ad ministered to them .by their efficient drillmaster and their hope to make a favorabe Impression with the vis itors to the coming Rose Festival, the "cops" have reached a high standard in their knowledge of military tactics. As a drillmaster Captain Moore has few equals. Thoroughly efficient in bis station because of his wide expe rience in militarism, he has mastered a burdensome undertaking while still retaining the keen co-operation of his brother-officers and the good will of the men in the ranks. Each is loud. in his praises for Captain Moore's ex ecutive ability as a drillmaster. Probably one of the most salient features in oonnection with the local organization of soldier-coppers is its patrol band of 40 pieces. This mu sical subsidiary, under the direction of Bandmaster Mannerlng, has already gained enviable distinction, and is one of the only four legitimate "police" bands in the United States. 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That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact that it is the only remedy which promotes internal cleanliness, without debilitating the organs' on which it acts. It is, therefore, all-important, in order to get its beneficial effects, to purchase and note that you have the genuine article, which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. It is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and assists in overcoming habitual constipa tion permanently, also biliousness and the many ills resulting therefrom. The great trouble with all other purgatives and aperients is not that they fail to act when a single dose is taken, but that they act too violently and invariably tend to produce a habit of body requiring constantly augmented doses. Children enjoy the pleasant taste and gentle action of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the ladies find it delightful and beneficial whenever a laxative remedy is needed, and business men pronounce it invaluable, as it may be taken without interfering with business and does not gripe nor nauseate. When buying note the name, California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of every package. Price, SO cents a bottle; BRIDGE IS GRANTED Span to Cross Sullivan's Gulch at Twenty-first Street. STREET COMMITTEE VOTES Rose City Fark Representatives Ob ject to Hard Surface Paving. Streetcar Company Refuses to Pay Paving Assessment. Another steel bridge is to be constructed across Sullivan's Gulch, this time the place designated being East Twenty-first street. A petition signed by residents of the district affected was presented to the street committee- of the City Council at its session yesterday afternoon, and the vote to grant the request was unanimous. City Engineer Morris was directed to prepare a report as to the engineering features. This will make the fifth bridge to span this gulch. There are bridges at Union and Grand avenues and at East Twenty eighth street, this one being in course of repair; construction work is in progress on one at East Twelfth street, to cost $61,000. The territory embraced . is large and very populous. Paving Work Postponed. Rose City Park representatives ap peared before the committee and pre sented the resolution adopted by the im provement club of that suburb, which asked that further proceedings looking, toward the hard-surfacing of the district be discontinued because the territory af fected is not ready for such a heavy ex pense. There are no permanent water mains,. ' sewers or gas. The committee voted to discontinue the proceedings. J. N. Teal appeared and asked that the committee discontinue proceedings to pave with bitulithic Oak. between Sixth and Seventh streets. He declared the present pavement there ample, and he was sustained by the committee. W. O. Haynes and others appeared to remonstrate against the paving of Wasco street with Hassam. They declared that, so far as they knew-, none of the real property owners on the street want this kind of improvement. , Proceedings were discontinued. Street Extension Protested. Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell and A. B. Manley, representing the Florence Crit tenton Refuge Home, protested against the proposed extension of Bast Hoyt street, saying that it will work an in justice to the institution. They stated that the damages allowed by the viewers are insufficient, and asked for an investigation.- The matter was referred to Coun cilman . Kubll. F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company, and Herman Wittenberg were present at the request of the committee to explain about an assessment of $1400 against Mr. Wittenberg on Holladay avenue for pave ment, levied four years ago. He declares the company should pay $400 of the amount for using the improvement for one of their tracks; Mr. Fuller declined to do so. The City Attorney was in structetd to proceed and, if possible, col lect from the company. A resolution, calling for Hassam on East Thirty-fifth, between Hawthorne avenue and . East Stark street, was rec ommended for adoption. . This is in the Sunnyside district. INSTALLMENT FINE DENIED Trespasser oh De Rock 'Property Goes to "de Rockpile." Anton Arvach, a foreign laborer, naively Informed Judge Bennett in the Municipal Court yesterday that he .would pay off a fine of $25, Imposed for trespass, at the rate of $5 per month. "I guess you do not understand the courts of justice," said Judge Bennett. "We are not like the furniture house, run on the installment plan. It's strictly cash with the city. So you will have to go to the rockpile." Arvach was arrested for trespassing upon the property of Mrs. K. De Rock. 365 North Seventeenth street. During1 the absence of the men of the household, Arvach had entered the house on sev eral occasions, and at the time of his arrest had gone up to the second floor. His presence startled the women, whose screams brought assistance from the street. Thieves Plead Guilty. OREGON CITY, Or., April 22. (Spe cial.) Gus Sturyus and Bill Maneus, who were charged with entering a section-house at Milwaukie this week and stealing a watch and three revolvers. today pleaded guilty. s; Makes the food of maximum quality at minimum cost Announcement to Contestants The fine $S0O APOLLO Player Piano given as a first prize In our great advertising contest, which olOBed April 20th, was awarded to Miss Bertha M. Shahan, 1204 Francis avenue, city. The judges were Wm. 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