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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1914)
TIIE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, 3IARCII 25, 1914. M E Damciing to the muisic of Albany Wife of Herman Young , Confesses, However, She Knew Him. is the favorite liome entertainment. 0 DISOWNS NEW NOGH ARDEN the Victrola DECEMBER WEDDING DATE loIice Puzzled in Case of Former Butte and Sandy, Or., Man "Who Says Ho Has Found Spouse Married to Another. A LEANT, Or., March 24. (Special.) That he came' here to find his wife married to another man is the story of Fred A. Scamerhorn, formerly of Butte, Mont., and more recently of Ejandy, Or. The woman in the case, who was married on December 29 last to Herman Young-, of tills city, denies sho was ever married to him and re futes his story entirely, so far as es sential points are concerned. From the many and confusing state ments of both the man and the woman, the affair is in a tangle and local police officers are puzzled. Scamerhorn aa serts he was married to the woman and jwas Jiving with. her. in Butte until last October, when he came to Oregon and secured work near Sandy. He says , mail back and forth waa interrupted, jand only recently he got trace of her through her family In Connecticut. He 'rccently'bought a place near Bend, he says, and came here to get her to go with him- to -this place. - He says -he .believed irom her letters to her rela tives thatshe had .come to Oregon to search for him. "- Mrs. Young, who was married here under the name of Nettie May Martin, says she knew Scamerhorn in Butte and that he wanted to marry her. and ..even madethreats against her life If 'she didn't, but that she refused. Mrs. Young's two daughters.- who are with her here, substantiate her story. When he arrived in Albany and found his alleged wife was married, he threatened to cause a separation: But later he said that since she had thought so little of him as to leave him this way.: he would let her go. He visited, her this forenoon, however, and Mrs. Young notified Chief of Police Austin that he had called and made threats, and Aus tin later found him waiting at a- tan Jiery, where Young is working, to see him. Scamerhorn -is believed to have left - the city this afternoon. Herman Young, husband of the wo man in the case, was one of the two Albany men who. sent to Switzerland last Fall for wives, the young women -refusing to marry them after the men had jaid their way here. ASSESSOR HEARS VOTERS Grandvicw Taxpayers Object to As sessed Valuations. GTIANDV1EW. Wash., March 24. (Special.) W. D. McNair, Deputy Coun ty .Assessor or rNorm laKlma, addressed a. dargo body of taxpayers in the Grandview-JIigh School- building Satur- 4i-.r . ; V. rri. .. .. . . . .. m i dFcss were: More careful .conservation of funds: aji amendment to .the state constitution taxing Intangible property such as-moneys, niortgageSj credits, etc., and a uniform.classification of all real property.'- Til response to his call for sugges tions, several of the taxpayers sug gested that the valuation on land had 'been placed too high by the Assessors. They thought that, although they paid as much money in taxes on a low valuation, the moral effect of the Increased amount of the tax in mills would tend to make the officials who spent public funds more conservative. Others thought that -the high taxes wore due to the extravagance of officials. OWNERS MAY DONATE LAND logged-Off, .Xon tillable Tracts May Go to State to Avoid Taxes. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 24. (Spe cial.) The unique proposal that own ers of logged-off lands worthless for cultivation deed their holdings to the state to escape taxes is made by State Forester Ferris in a circular letter mailed to large land holders. Sir. Ferris desires that the land be held by the state for reforestation. In his letter he points out that for private owners to hold lands suitable only for reforestation the 50 or 60 years while waiting for: a new crop of timber to grow is impractical. The State Forester already has re ceived some assurances that he will get donations of cut-over lands. LA GRANDE. MEN RETRENCH Commercial Club Gives Up , Head quarters and Cuts Other Expenses. ' LA GRANDE, Or., March 24. (Spe cial.) The La Grande Commercial Club has adopted a sort of commission form of government, has released its ex pensive headquarters, sold Its furniture and will henceforth be a business or ganization. The club for the past two years has occupied the entire fifth floor of the Foley office building, which is' fitted up with leather-upholstered furnish ings, - card tables, billiard and pool tables, all of which were sold to the Y. M. C A. Dave Clark has been ap pointed secretary, and will conduct the business -In his office, devoting only half his time to the club. GRADING ON AT CHEHALIS Milwaukee's "ev Line Is Now Un der Construction. . CHEHALIS, Wash., March 24 (Spe rial.) A big crew of Milwaukee grad ers began work today In the north end of Chehalis where the right of way of the company enters the city limits. In asmuch as the Milwaukee's branch line through this city follows the line of the old Union Pacific grade most of the way, much of the work Is already done. The railroad -grading crews, the various gangs of men employed at street improvement -work, laying water mains for the new gravity water sys tern and other wbrk present sL busy ap pearance on the est tide. La Grande to Be Taught Hygiene. " LA GRANDE,- Or., March 24i (Spe clal.) The Oregon Hygiene Society has ' completed plans whereby the city will be .covered In an effectual way. by the oclety s lecturers. The city has been divided into four districts, and two hygiene lectures will be given within the next- fortnight in each district. - A All the latest Tangos, Tur key Trots, One Steps and the Victrola plays as long as any one wants to dance. There are Victors and Victrolas in great variety of styles from $10 to $200 at all Victor dealers. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, N. J. (Jf Tango and One-Step to the music of the Victrola. The ideal place for these new dances is in the home, and there the Victrola is indispen sable, as it has made dancing a real home diversion. --- (J Get a Victrola today and invite your friends in to dance. We have all the best dance records the Maurice Tango, and One Step, the Hesitation Waltz, the Castle Walk and the Victrola plays the music loud and clear and in perfect dance time. (J Do not deprive yourself longer. Come in and select that Victrola and have it delivered at once. J Victrolas $15 to $200 on the easiest terms. Stein way Weber and Other Pianos Morrison at Sixth w :" ,,: !1 W 'III fPS!SfPfP 111 ifiift ill 1! 1 1 lillfpi Victrola XVI, $200 Mahogany or oak ay OS Opposite Post Office Go Pianolas 3E B&af TRAIN HITS YOUTH is to be reopened by the Fruitgrowers' Association. Mr. Robinson has worked hard for the reopening of the plant, and the members of the association think that he can put the plant on a paying basis. Albany Resident Struck Oregon Electric Local. by DEATH APPEARS CERTAIN Edgar M. Daniel Apparently Fails to Hear Approaching Passenger Cars and Even Whistles Do Xot Strike Warning. ALBANY. Or., March 24. (Special.) Struck by the southbound local on the Oregon Electric just north of this city at 5:30 this afternoon, Edgar McDaniel. 22-year-old Albany man, is at St. Mary's Hospital here with practically no hope of recovery. He suffered an extreme concussion of the brain, his right jaw was broken, his right side crushed and his lungs punctured by broken ribs. McDaniel was walking toward the city on ,the Oregon Electric track and his attention was attracted to a north bound freight train on the Southern Pacific track, a short distance away.' He apparently did not hear the passen ger train behind him. The motorman savt him and gave Beveral warning whistles, but could not stop the train in time. . McDaniel appeared not to hear 'the warnings. "Ht was hit with great force. , He was placed aboard the train and brought to this city. He had not re gained consciousness several hours aft ter the accident. - It was more than two hours after the accident before he was identified. His parents then were sum moned to the hospital. The injured man lives with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mc Daniel, at 1639 Front street. The train which struck him was in charge of Conductor Hall and Motor man Schumway. KIDNAPING STORY TOLD Hillsboro Girl Says Man Seized Her and Forced Her Into Buggy. HILLSBORO, Or., March 24 Spe cial.) Miss Gladys Hensley, about 17 years old, says that as she neared a new church building last night on her way from the business section of the city Bhe was seized by a man, who placed a handkerchief over her mouth and forcibly placed her in a buggy. She says he held her and drove one block west, turned and rounded the public school square, passing under two electric lights. She fought her assailant, she says, and when he passed under the second light, she jumped from the vehicle, screaming. Her cries awakened Mr, Fletcher, who conducts a store near the school building. She was taken home, and a physician called, who found her in a hysterical condition, Scratches on her face bear out her story. Officers are investigating the, case. Cannery Salesman to Be Xaraed. CENTRALIA. -Wash., March 24. (Special.) A committee of three has been appointed by the Washington Fruitgrowers' Association to confer with the trustees of the Centralia Com merclal Club relative to having Secre tary H. M. Robinson act as salesman thia year for the local cannery, which MISSING MAJTSLAND SOLD Creditor of Hood River Valley Mer chant Buyu Tract. HOOD RIVER. Or.. March 24. (Spe cial.) Ira A. Williams today bought at a Sheriff's sale the 186-acre tract of William Rodenhiser, an Upper "Val ley rancher and merchant, who mys teriously disappeared from his place of business near Farkdale last August after having announced that he was going on a hunting trip. Mr. Williams secured judgment against Mr. Roden hiser, and the land was sold to satisfy his claims.. The tract brought- $4544.29. Shortly after Mr. Rodenhiser dis appeared an acquaintance reported that he had seen him in Albany, and it is thought that he left for Alaska, where he had. been a miner. LEAGUE HEAD DELEGATE "Warrenton ' Body to Send Man to Waterways Meeting In Portland. WARRENTON". Or..' March 24. (Spe cial.) The Warrenton Development Leaguer tonight named- its president, Clifford Barlow, as delegate to the con vention 6f the Columbia and Snake Rivers Waterways Association, to be held In Portland on April 13 and 14. The president will be assisted by J. S. Wigglesworth, Mayor Schmidt, Wa ter. Commissioners- Smiley, ; Frank M. Warren and others: '. J Portland Folk in Runaway. CBNTRALIA, Wash., March 24. (Special.) When their team ran away near, Null's Crossing, east of Centralia, Sunday, -Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Wedmark, of this city, and R. N. Edlefson, of Port land, were thrown into the road. Mrs. Wedmark was the only one hurt, but the escape of the party from serious injury was fortunate. The party was on its way to inspect the Monarch mine, in which Edlefson has an inter est. Sealed Orders Two-Reel Feature. Edison Comedy, DinkelspeiFs Baby Patbe Scenic, . , MADURA and ITS PAGODAS That Awful runny Colheeza Liar Shipwrecked Most Laughable Film Made. MISS LEWIS, SOLOIST 10 ALL SEATS 10 CHAMBER AID WITHHELD SPOKASiB COMMERCE BOOT ROT TO HEAR KEAPPORTIOXIWEXT PLAN. Board of Trustees Decides to Take No Part In King- County Legis lative Programme. SPOKANE, Wash., March 24. (Spe cial.) The Spokane Chamber of Com merce will stand aloof from any par ticipation in the legislative reappor tionment, blocked in three or four suc cessive sessions of the State Legis lature by the combined "cow" counties, according to action taken today by the board of trustees. King County's stand for redistrlcting. which was to have been presented to morrow at a joint meeting of the legls- latlve and municipal affairs committees by Thomas F. Murphlne, of Seattle, and Senator Frank C. Jackson, also of King County, will go unheard. By a practically unanimous vote of the trustees today it was decided that the chamber would take nq part in the reapportionment plan, and Thomas S. Griffith, president, was authorized to confer with the chairmen of the two committees named in regard to calling off the tentative joint session. If any meeting Is held in Spokane County tomorrow it will bo under the auspices of the political organizations entirely, and the Chamber of Commerce will not participate in any way. Tenino Bids Opened. CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 24. (Spe cial.) The City Council of Tenino to night opened bids for the improvement of Sussex street from the north to the south limits of the town. Many bids were submitted. Three blocks through the business section of the town will be paved. The stretch forms a link In the Pacific Highway. BLOWN 200 FEET IDAHO YOUTH LOSES LIFE WHILE DYNAMITING STUMPS. Investigation After Discovery of Frag ment of Hat by Companion Re veals Mangled Body. MOSCOW, Idaho. March 24. (Spe cial.) Francis Olson, 20 years old, was blown through the air 200 feet and ter ribly mangled last night while engaged In blowing stumps from a county road near Peter Dalberg's farm, in the vicin ity of Deary, thla county. His com panion, Harry Clark, was uninjured and could give no explanation of how the accident occurred. The men dyamited two stumps. Af ter lighting fuses both ran in opposite directions for places of safety. After the blasts occurred Mr. Clark found the rim of Olson's hat. He gave an alarm and neighbors found Young Olson's body, horribly mangled, 200 feet away. RIDGEFIELD GETS HAIL Apprehension Is Felt for Vruit Trees in Surrounding; Pi.strlct. RIDGEFIELD, Wash., March 24. (Special.) Ridgefield and the sur rounding country was visited today with a sudden drop in temperature, accompanied by a cold rain and hail, driven by a brisk wind. The warm weather of the last week advanced fruit trees until the peach, plum, cherry and apple trees are al most in full bloom. The rain and hail has caused some apprehension. NEW TAXI CAB . RATE ' NO METERS, BUT ZONE PRICES Only Taxicab Company in the City Using This System CALL FOR THE BLUE CAB-IT SAVES YOU MONEY S Special rates OSWEGO $3? . " , LIN NITON -2 KHr BURLINGTON -352 ( j Z? f TIGARDtffLlET -5 yf ff SYLVAN -22? rV) ." Jc 7ET 4 , 1 ' ' 5 V- W EST PORTLAND 3?? Af ' ' SW2 RATES BY HOUR 2.W jV IMCTPIPT ! .UiJULiLt' T phone- main 96 o a 2223 Map of West Side, Showing Various Rates in That "Section of City.