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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1912)
rATvTvn ftprr.n'T T-TTF.STi A Y. UrAV 7. 1012. . I FDUTS MAY FACE SLEUTHS DECEIVED PARADING Uf FEMININE ATTIRE, YOUTH TOOLS OLD DETECTIVES. BY 'TALL MAYHEM CHARGE FOR HOUSEHOLD AND MEDICINAL USE STIMU LANTS SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PURE AND OF THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE CHARACTER. Attorney's Domestic Muddle to Farmer Boy, in Wife's Dress, Have Hearing Before Grand Jury. Fools Police Chief and Old Detective. ALTIftORE LAWYER SEEKS DIVORCE WALK BETRAYS STRANGER BLONDE aUNTECl Long Strides of Maaqurradrr Lead to Arrest Youth, Practicing for Stage Career, Explains to SlOTer and Others. Having fooled Chief Mover. Petec tlv Jo Day and a score of other members of the police force. Lester ray. farmer boy. 18 years old. from Yamhill County, thinks he Is a success as a female Impersonator when mas querading tn his wife's clothes, and will adopt the hoax as his profession. When IVteetlve Tlchenor tscorted a tall and willowy Monde, dressed In the height of feminine fashion. Into the police station yesterday morning, there was aeute Interest, and a tendency to congregate around Bergeant Casey's office, where the "lady" was given a seat. Tlchenor wss lavish In Introduc tions, and there was much bowing and scraping by honored and gallant offi cers. OfsWra Wti ladlgaaal. It developed that the fair one waa there to lodge a complaint against Plainclothes Officers Bhedwood and Miller, but both, when haled before the chief, were Indignant In their denials of their acquaintance with the -wo-, man." Tlchenor waa looking for a woman Involved In one of his cases, at Fifth and Stark streets, when the willowy blonde caught his eye. The officer fol lowed. The long stride of the strang er betrayed "her." and Tlchenor ar rested the blonde for masquerading. An interview with Chief Stover satis fled the officer that Pay's purpose was legitimate and It was decided not to detain him. Days home is at Kettle Falls, Idahn. but he has been working on a farm tn Yamhill County. When younger, he did a little Impersonating In an amateur way with fair success. Coming to Portland for a holiday, h attended a theater Sunday where the hit of the performance waa a boy playing femi nine roles. Shew Inspires Yoatb. "I believe I can do that myself." said Day. and going home, he borrowed an outfit of clothing from his wife, strung a mass of peroxide hair around his fare, shaved closely and rouged his cheeks. Then he set out to consult an Instructor In dramatics, and was on the way when Tlchenor intercepted him. , "You don't think I'm a burglar, or anything like that do you? asked Day, who has a bashful and retiring manner very much In keeping with tbe part he plays. Kncouraged by the way he "put ona over" ' on experienced policemen, the boy will take Immediate steps to lit himself for the stage. His worst trouble Is his voice, which naturally Is a little too chesty and resonant for the deception. A pair of rather large hands, roughened and calloused by work In the fields, are kept covered with silk gloves, and a strong, round neck he muffles with chiffon. lie began yesterday to practice a mincing walk, so that he may deceive even the wily Tlchenor when neat they meet. OIL INJUNCTION IS DENIED Union Company Voea Suit to Re strain City From Stopping Work. Judge Bean, in the United States Dis trict Court, yesterday denied the peti tion of the Union Oil Company for a temporary order restraining the city from Interfering with the progress of Its work on a new oil plant tn South Portland. The suit Is an echo of the fire at the plant of the Union Oil Company on the East Side several months ago. Fol lowing that Ore the Council passed an ordinance establishing six districts In which oil might be stored In Portland. The Union Company complied with thla ordinance In good faith, the company's attorney argued, and spent approxi mately 1100.000 on the new plant. Sub sequently the Council passed another ordinance making It unlawful to store oil within 100 feet of a dwelling or 3000 feet of the harbor line. In his decision Judge Bean holds that a preliminary Injunction la simply to preserve property In status quo pend ing the final adjudication of a suit. As the oil company has no plant on the site and there Is no property to be preserved, the prayer for an Injunction la denied. LOTHROP NAMED MANAGER Kormer Traffic Official Succeeds W. 6. Smallwood on Committee). J. H. Lothrop. former traffic man ager of the transportation committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed manager to suc ceed W. S. Small wood, who resigned from the managership a short time ago. The office of traffic manager haa been abolished from the committee and Mr. Lothrop will conduct the work of both departments henceforth. Announcement of Mr.' Smallwood's resignation waa formally made to the members of tbe chamber In a bulle tin yesterday. In which his work upon the transportation committee was highly commended and best wishes for hla success in anything he may under take were expressed. Mr. Smallwood will remain In Portland. He has not yet decided what his business affilia tions will be In the future, but prob ably will be Identified with one of the large transportation companies. GRANTS PASS SELLS BONDS Cleveland Dank Purchaaer; Xew City Ball Contract Let. GRANTS PASS. Or.. May . Spe cial.) At a council meeting, city fund ing bonds were sold In the sum of Ji,tS to the First ."rational bank, of Cleveland. Ohio. The contract for the city hall to cost Sit 000 was awarded to A. J. Greene, of tyrants Pass. Council has already va cated the old city hall, which was re cently sold lor 10.00 .w - - - , T , . "-vi - - ' ( . .... i . . " & ! - " - - h - - r i J ; . " v ... I - i. - . ' 4 .- - . ' . : jv ' -- ' : - : "' ' " ' ! - ' ; ' : . ' , ' - " . ' ,'''-- , :, . -" a-:- . .. - y r- - -i : I.KSTKR DAY. WHO SKKKS ROLE AS KEM1LE 1 M PKRSO V ATOR. W.S. BUCHANAN DEAD Captain Succumbs to Heart Attack. END COMES ON OUTING YVcII-Kno-wn Marine .Man 1st on Va cation With Wife Following Ills Retirement Two Month Ago, AYtion Stricken. ASTORIA. Or, May . (Special.) Captain William S. Buchanan, of Port land, died suddenly of heart failure about 10:30 last nlaht at his Summer home, near Seaview, on Long Beach. During the early evening Captain Buchanan had been visiting neighbors. On returning to his homo he was at tacked by severe pains in the chest He expired a few moments later. The body, accompanied by Mrs. Bu chanan, was brought here this after noon and sent to Portland this evening. Captain Buchanan waa a nativ of Qulncy. 111., 58 years old. and had been engaged in the steamboat business on the Columbia River for many years. He wss well known In Astoria, having been In command of the Government survey Arago and of the tug Mendell, stationed here. He left Astoria a few years to accept the position of superin tendent of the Open River Transporta tion Company, which operates steamers father. Captain William J. Buchanan, in steamboating on the Willamette and Columbia rivers. He was muster of the old Traveler, a famed river packet that steamed between Portland and Washougal and Cascade Locks. Her purser then was Ed Wright, of the Merchanta Exchange. Captain Buchanan also was principal owners of the lone and the steamer Ocklahama. of the port of Tortland fleet, was built by the Buchanans and sold to the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, predecessor of the O.-W. R. & N. i . ... - -z - . .--.. if' r " ' it A 4 .'- t ' i t Captala W. g. Bacbaaae, Who Died gaddealy at Seavtew, Wash. on Ihe Upper Columbia. He recently resigned that position. At the time of his death he and bis wife were on an outing at the beach. DOTH SHOCK TO HUENDS Many Portlander Mourn Skipper Billy" Buchanan. Friends of Captain William 8. Bu chanan here were shocked at the news of his death. The body arrived here last night and waa taken to Holman's undertaking parlors, from where the funeral will be held. Captain "Billy" Buchanan was one of tbe best known river skippers and waa the last active member of a "steamboat family." His most recent work waa as superintendent of the Open River Transportation Company and tt waa only about two months ago that he resigned and announced his intention of taking a rest. From January. 1S02. until January II. 1910, he was with the Government forces st the mouth of the Columbia, first as master of the tug Oeo. H. Men dell and later aa captain of the tug Arago. He was born at Qulncy. III.. In lti, and was Interested with his ELECTRIC LINE DEAL OFF Option on Portland, Euccne & East ern Expires. With the expiration May 1 of the option held by W. E. Pierce, of Boise, on the property of the Portland. Ku gent & Kastern Railroad Company, all negotiations for the lines, which cover much valuable territory between Salem and JSprinjtneld, In the Willamette Val ley, have come to a close. A. Welch, general manager, an nounced last night that the company will proceed with its plans of develop ment and improvement and thnt the property is not being "peddled" for sale. Welch and his associates always have maintained a readiness to sell their lines, but say they have never sought a market. They have admitted that they are willing to sell, but have never been In a position, they explain, whereby they were forced to seek a buyer. Nearly every transcontinental line operating into Portland has at various times negotiated with Welch for the purchase of the lines. Only six months ago both the Southern Pacific and the Oregon Electric sought terms, but neither was ready to meet the price. Karly in the year Pierce, who Is the head of the company operating the lines at Boise, took an option on the property until May 1. At the same time Pierce started negotiations with the promoters of the Washington Trunk road, which is to be built northeast from Vancouver, Wash., and It lsjrob able that he will acquire the Wrhts of way and other assets of that con cern. I'lerce, It is asserted, is acting for the Milwaukee Interests and it is prob able that If he succeeds In, financing the Washington Trunk the Milwaukee will be able to come into Portland over that route. The line Is surveyed across the mountains to North Yakima, from which point it would be readily practi cable to connect with the Milwaukee main line west of Spokane. Pierce, however, denies hat he Is acting for the Milwaukee. OUTSIDE JUDGES CALLED Circuit Court Unable to Kjfep Pace With Cases. Because of the congested condition of the Circuit Court calendar. Presiding Judge Kavanaugh is negotiating for the services of Circuit Judges Calkins, of Ashland: Bradshaw, of The Dalles, and Phelps, of Pendleton, "during June. He will give up his courtroom to one of these Judges, using his chambers to transact the business of presiding Judge, and will try to obtain space in the City Hall for the other two Judges. Ft May, 122 cases have been set. In cluding those which went to trial yes terday, and the list for June Includes 1(2 cases. In addition there are 75 ready to be se-t and SO appeal esses from the Municipal Court. The trial of H. E. Rob erts commences June 3 and those of Lew Soon and Lew Torbet are yet to be set. All three defendants are charged with murder in tb first degree and the trials are expected to be long. Juries will be demanded. It is anticipated. In the trials of many of the cases appealed from Municipal Court and it Is esti mated that the handling of these, will occupy the time of one Judge for a month. Many new suits are riled dally and the prospect of clearing up the docket without outside assistance Is not bright. Wolverton Dismisses Demurrer. Judge Wolverton in the United, Ptates District Court yesterday dis missed a demurrer tn the suit of the United States against Kerr. Glfford & Co. to recover 1596.22. an alleged over payment on the purchase of 2000 tons of oats. The case will be tried on its merits before a Jury. Xonralk. In Connecticut, derived Its name from the Indian custom of measuring dis tance. The land purchaved from them, on which the city was to aland, extended from the sea northward on da s walk. Counsel for Wife Says Client Re fused to Settle Case Out of Court, as Requested by Accus ing Husband. Seeking a felony information charg ing mayhem against Attorney Benera Fouts, accused of biting a piece from the ear of G. A. Evans, a youth found in the company of Mrs. Fouts early Sunday morning. Attorney W. A. Leet appeared at the office of the District Attorney yesterday, accompanied by witnesses In the case. Instead of issu ing an informotlon and causing the arrest of the attorney. District Attor new Cameron advised that the. whole matter be taken before the grand Jury, where charges of Fouts against hts wife. Evans -and two o.thers will be heard. A divorce complaint was filed by Fouts In the Circuit Court yesterday. Evans Is made co-respondent. The pe tition sets forth that the parties were married January 4. 1907. In addition to the prayer for separation, the com plaint merely asks for the custody of Seneca Fouts, Jr., 2 years old. Municipal Court Crowded. Municipal Court was crowded yes terday by those who expected a sen sation when the case against Mrs. Fouts and three others arrested in a raid on the Fouts home, was called. Attorney W. E. Farrell appeared as special prosecutor and Alex Sweek, partner of the accusing husband, was also present. Attorney Leet acted for all the prisoners. Mrs. Fouts and Evans had been released under ball of 11000, deposited by their respective fathers, who came from outlying towns on hearing of the arrests. It was agreed that there should be no hear ing, and that the cases should go direct to the grand Jury. Mr. Leet asserts that Fouts offered to dismiss the cases and agree to a settlement out of court, but Leet ad vised hla client to refuse the offer and Insist that the case be fully heard. Patrolman l Exonerated. Patrolman Maddux Is exonerated by Chief Slover of any responsibility for allowing the attack on Evans by Fouts. The attorney and the officer both say that the attack was made before the ar rest. Maddux searched Fouts before they entered the house, to be sure that he was not carrying a weapon. "It was Maddux that stopped me. sold Fouts to Chief Slover, "or I should have bitten another piece out of him. If I had had a gun I should have killed him." Evans, with a mutilated ear, was in the District Attorney's office yesterday. Mrs. Fouts was also present, still bear ing' a severe bruise on her face, of which a photograph was taken to be presented in evidence. Both defend ants assert that they are Innocent and that the charge Is trumped up to fore stall charges of cruelty that Mrs. Fouts Intended in a suit for divorce. The grand Jury win not be In session for a few days, but It Is expected the case will be considered late this week. IS DISTILLED FROM THE BEST RYE MONEY CAN BUY. RIPENED BY YEARS OF CAREFUL WATCHFULNESS, AND IN ITS PERFECTION TODAY IS THE HIGHEST TYPE OF THE AMERICAN GENTLEIYsArrS WHISKEY HAVING STOOD .THE TEST OF OVER 50 YEARS' POPULARITY w; P Ijfp Bfild at H firvt-class and by Joboers. Wit. TUAJiAHAN BON. Baltimore. Md. JUSTICE IS SPEEOY L W. HILL DUE TOMORROW President of Great Northern Expect ed at Bast Side Mass Meeting. L. W. Hill, president of the Great Northern, probably will attend the meeting of the East Side Business Men's Club tonight to aid Carl R. Gray, president of the North Bank road and Hill lines In Oregon, In explaining how the Hill interests have prepared to Jnvade the East Side freight and pas senger field. Mr. Hill left St. Paul Saturday eve ning and is expected to reach Portland tonight. Mr. Gray left yesterday to meet htm. Unless Mr. Hill Is detained on other business on his way to Port land he will be here in time to attend the meeting. However, Mr. Gray will be there and will be prepared to show architects' drawings of the proposed new freight warehouse that the North Hank, the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific will build on the property recently acquired by them on the east waterfront between Belmont street and Hawthorne avenue. Wifebeater, Divorced, Fights and Goes to Jail. ASSAULT FOLLOWS DECREE Emerly li. Davis Attacks Woman Whom He Refused to Support. Blow Aimed at Her Attorney, but Falls Short. Enraged because Judge Gatens had granted his wife, Edith Davis, a de cree of divorce and the custody of two children, Emerly t,. Davis yesterday assaulted the woman In the courtroom. He was Immediately sentenced by Judge Gatens to 30 days' Imprison ment for contempt of court, arrested and taken to a cell without leaving the building. The trouble occurred Just as the Judge had concluded his decision. Davis struck the woman a vicious blow on the Jaw. Her glasses fell to the floor and were shattered. After arrest, Davis tried to strike H. J. Parkinson, attorney for Mrs. Davis. On his way upstairs to Jail he uttered curses and threats against his former wife and her attorney and friends, declaring he would kill them all. Trouble In the Davis family started about a year ago when Mrs. Davis had her husband arrested on a charge of non-support. County Judge Cleeton put Davis under bonds to pay 110 a week to the family. Subsequently both husband and wife started suit for di vorce and the actions were Joined. This was the case which was disposed of yesterday. Judge Gatens gave Davis ten days to pay up back support money which he owes under Judge Cleeton's order and decreed that he should pay to a week for the support of the children. Mrs. Davis conducts a rooming-house. "W'hlle the divorce suit was pending, Davis had his wife haled into Juvenile Court to answer a charge of Immoral ity. This charge could not be sus tained. At the non-support hearing, Mrs. Davis told of extreme cruelties to which she had been subjected at the hands of her husband. WOMEN'S UNION TO BUILD Announcement Is Made That $16, 00 0 Is Halsed Toward Fund. At the annual meeting yesterday of the Portland Women's Union in the building at Fifteenth and Flanders streets. Mrs. Elliott R. Corbett retir ing president, announced that $16,000 has been contributed for the new build ing which it Is proposed to erect on the quarter block owned by the asso ciation at Tenth and Montgomery streets. No steps were taken concerning the plan for a new building, but It Is pro posed to begin, within a short time, a campaign for subscriptions for a fund of J50.000, which, with the proceeds of the sale of the property on Flanders street, will be sufficient to build a mod ern structure to care for all the needs of the union. The property on Flanders street, consisting of a quarter block, is valued at $40,000, and is on the market. Officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. J. B. Comstock; vice president, Mrs. Elliott R. Corbett; sec ond vice-president, Mrs. Adolph Dekum: recording secretary. Mrs. Max Hirsch; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary Barlow; treasurer, Mrs. W. A. MacRae. Prohibition Ticket to Be Xatned. Multnomah County Prohibitionists will meet at 10 o'clock this morning In the Behnke-Walker building. Fourth and Yamhill streets, for the purpose of considering the advisability of nomi nating a complete county ticket. It is the intention of the Prohibitionists in this county to take an active part in Stick to The Old Habits If you are perfectly well. if not, Change (See any fault in that philosophy?) Thousands continue to "coddle" old habits such as coffee and tea drinking; refusing to believe their aches and ills are largely due to caffeine poisoning. (Caffeine is the drug in coffee and tea.) But thousands are awakening to the truth about coffee and tea, and change to HARD TO LEARN Takes Hard Experience to Teach Peo ple Some Troths. POST UM It is made of wheat, and is a rich, palatable food-drink free from caffeine or any other drug. i If you appreciate health and the full enjoyment of physical and mental power, a 10 days' trial will show "There's a Reason" Poatnnt Cereal Co., l.tdU, Battle Creek, Mich. Many people Jeer at the idea that coffee causes the aches and alls they suffer from; and often such people will go on for years sticking steadfast ly to the coffee and suffering month In and month out but maintaining "Cof fee doesn't hurt me." (Tea is just as Injurious as coffee because It contains caffeine, the drug in coffee.) A lady says: "I did not learn the real truth until I made the change, but I can now post, tlvely state that the headaches I had for about seventeen years were- caused by drinking coffee, for when I changed and gave up coffee and used Postum In Its place I experienced entire relief. I have not been troubled with head ache since I began Postum. "This, in brief, haa been my experl enc on the coffee question. Among my friends I have seen many other wonderful Instances of the power of this food drink when used in place of the drug drink, coffee. "Among my friends there are those who tell me of relief from kidney trou ble, neuralgia and eczema by leaving off coffee and using Postum and I have even know it to ease rheumatic pains in limbs. "I really believe these statements for since I cut out coffee and used Postum I never seem to have an ache or pain and I would not dare go back to coffee again. "Not only myself but my family use Postum exclusively and we think there Is no hot beverage that can take its place. Nearly seven years steady use of Postum convinces me I know what I am talking about when I say It Is food as well as drink and most valuable to build up the system." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look for the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. the campaign this Fall. Party leaders contend that the best way to arouse and maintain enthusiasm among their membership is to nominate candidates for all offices, thereby insuring a general response of Prohibitionists at the polls. Gober and Roseback Released. LOS ANGELES, May 6. Pitcher El mer Gober and First Baseman Roso back were released unconditionally to day by Henry Berry, of the Los An geles Coast League team. I SUFFERED EVERYTHING For Fourteen Years. Restored To Health by Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Elgin, 111. "After fourteen years of suffering everything from female com plaints, l am at last restored to health. "I employed the best doctors and even went to tha hospital for treat ment and was told there was no help foe me. But while tak ing Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound I began to improve and I continued its use until I was made well." Mrs. Henry Leiseberg,743 Adams St. Kearneysville, W. Va. "I feel it my duty to write and say what Lydia E. 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