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TTTE SUNDAY OREGOIfIA!Tt PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 19, 1911. 13 OF BROADWAY ERXTGE ACTIVITY AND ENGINEERS WHO INSPECTED FIRST WOSK. See Oiir Big Advertisement on Last Page, This Section DC SEEN IN BOND MIX Chicago Buyers Evidently De cline to Take Broadway Bridge Issue. V v-'Vev-a - -, . . iVi J.. - P ' .Xr ' JI f 1 TELEGRAM NOT RECEIVED DUN WAY SBBBBBBBBBWSBBBBBBBBWSBBBBSSBBBawaBSaWSBSSWBW swamaaBBBBBBSMSBSsW. H gX BBBBaB'aBBBBBSSSSSaaaSSSBaSBBBBSBBBBBBBBsBBBSBBBBBBBSBBM JL, - J I'irwD, Sob Co. Mknl After Prom ising to S-od Word la Two Da), fUrhur IVelirve Attorney Ha Rlorked Sale. C'.tv Au.lifor l.arbur tecelvrd a let r from Farson Son A Co.. Chl r0 boud-huyers. yesterday afternoon, sayinc that they would telegraph lilm -within two days" aa to whether they would accept the last Isiue of liOO.Wv Broadway bridge bond. The fact that they did not telegraph, aa thcjr aaid they would. I'd Mr. Barbur to r at the close of business laat night that ha believes the firm haa as"ln been frightened by a letter from R. R. Dunl war. attorney for enemlea of the brldse here. "1 presume. sail Mr. Barbur. "that Mr. Iunlway haa tcNgraphed Faxaon Bon A Co, that he haa filed an other ault to teat the validity of the bonds, now that V. K. Burrell haa In tltuted proceedins through Attorney Duniway. 1 can think of no other rea son why they have not telegraphed me aa to their decision on the bonds. Two Cures Proposed. The Issue waa supposedly sold to Jai-soo Mil Co. three weeka so, and It la believed In orflclal circles that period la ample for the company to decide upon their validity. There le much Interest and not a little anxl ety aa to whether they will accept the bonds. If they do not. there are but two ways for the city to proceed. The city may readvertlse and make another effort to aell them or watt until the courts have ruled on all points involved. If there are any new phases Introduced. While all alleged defects have been cured by act of the Orrgon Legislature and of Congress, nevertheless. Attorney rmnlway has Just filed another ault In the State Circuit Court, with W. Burrell as complainant. In an effort t hamper the progress of the bridge. It Is declared by the Mayor and other city officials. Barbor Explain Case. It Is believed that the final decision of the Chicago bond firm will be re ceived some time tomorrow, aa It baa had enough time In which to deter rain the legality of the Issue, It la contended. It has been mad acquaint ed by Auditor fearbur with all of the features of the contention of Attorney Iurlway and his employers, but evi dently knows but one side of the laat actios, filed by him Friday. la the meantime, work la progress lug rapidly on the arrangements for the substructure of the bridge, under direction of the Union Bridge A Con struction Company, the contracting firm. There la about $J0.O0e on hand with which to operate. UNIFORM FACTORY COMING Much Money 'ow Sent Kast Will B Kept In Portland. The cry for ""more factories' for Portland I meeting with response. The various commercial organisations ara hard at work trying to Induce Kastern n-anufacturers to locate planta In Tort land and the IndU-atlona are that the next few years will see the estab-ils.ln-.ent In Portland of dozens of new sianufacturlng enterprises. A company was Incorporated recently under the name of Charles Coopey 4c Hon to Tanufacture uniforms. waterproof Morning and other specialties In this Mty. Hundreds of thousands of dot 'ara are eent from the Paciflo North west annually to Has tern cltlea for :Ioth!rg specialties money that might sa weil be kept at home. The Port land streetcar company, whose em ployes require 1000 or more uniforms annually, probably will favor the local taterprlse with its orders and the out fitting of numerous fraternal orders, colleges, banils and other organisations requiring special clothing and uni forms will keep several factories In Portland busy within the next few rears. The commercial organizations believe there la no reason why suck enterprises should not be as successful la Port. and as they are la cities far ther east. . IV -w it , m sew I ' T ..... k ... 'j ... . e fci . ! !. JT ill M .- ' t','i , : - ' - .. " 'f - ; " ' . .vJB .t -3-SLJE-iV-CS -Cfr-r aOCCCT Vr-JT- saslini I v : 1 1 - . . jr,:. v i it llr " N -..f- ill J I . . ."--r.rrr -. : v : , . - s - - - "-x tA I i rrTv"r": v - rurj ; -,.- - ;-r --...-t I HI " ' - , -ae? - ' . i2 I , ',. t 'jr'."-'-" - ' .:..-wr- " OV- JJ S3 HUSBAND LIVES, LED TWO SAYS WIFE 'rickery in Securing Divorce and Property Alleged in Suit by Mrs. Holton. STUART STRONG ENGAGED Portland Man to Wed Mis Rath Barkle, of Riverside, 111. The engagement of Miss Ruth Barkis to Stuart Strong of this city Is being announced today la Riverside, Illinois, by Miss Barkle's parents. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Barkle. Mr. Strong, who graduated from Tale with the class of 107. la the son of Mrs. Curtis C. Strong and haa many frlenda among tnoie of tie younrer set. Us met Miss iiarkis two Summers ago when she waa the guest of Miss E.Isabeth Parker and Miss Luclle Par ker whose coliegemate she was at Smith, graduating In 1S0S. Miss Bar kis waa also a guest of the Misses Par ker again last August. Though the en gagement Is being announced no defi nite date has been set as yet for the wedding- PRAYER HEALER CRUSHED Health Board Cold Toward Illiterate "Professor" la Iowa. A "proft-soor" of Liberty Center. Ia.. who wants very much to know about te laws of Orrcon relating to healing by prayer and the laying on of hands, yesterday bad bis ambition crushed, so far as operations in this awate ls con cerned, by Ir. Calvin 6V White, secre tary of tr.e State Board of Health. Dr. White sent aa emphatic answer. Fol lowing la the request for Information about Oregrtn'ei laws: fttalte Ford of health. steJte of Ore gon Dear Sir: t seat myself to drops yen new lines In regart to the laws of Oregon In what way does the law read of the Keens healing by tha laying on of the hands with prayer dose the law recuire a man re have a lioens to beal By yrayer ths full putleklsra of the Sam I remaining. Tours truly, -FR0112JOR A. W. GRATER. "liberty Center. la." NEW DECREE NOW SOUGHT Although Wedded to Stenographer, Real Kstate Man llcld Former Home. Is Cbarge Real Name Said to Be Sedfast. Charging her husband. Frank Holton, with having tricked her to secure a divorce, possession of bar property and freedom to marry his stenographer, Mrs. Josephine B. Holton began an action In the Circuit Court yesterday for the annulment of Holton's divorce and second marriage, aa well as the return to Mrs. Holton of property al leged to bars been secured fraud ulently. Mrs. Holton's complaint la a recital of marital duplicity, alleging that through her complete trust In ber hus band she wss stripped of rights and property before suspecting anything wrong. Holton Is well known as a real estate dealer. Mrs. Holton for merly was Josephine Krebs. daughter of a well-known pioneer family. Double Life Alleged. According to Mrs. Holton's com plaint, Holton. until a short time ago. waa spending his time between two wives. For she says he kept the fact of his second marriage carefully con cealed and continued living with ber until February I, this year. Mrs. Holton says she knew there had been a divorce but was Informed by Holton that It was a mere matter of form to enable him to change his name legally. By living together six months after the decree waa entered they would be mar ried without further ceremony. Holton assured her, so the wife avers. When the six months period waa up. she said. Holton proceeded to marry his stenog rapher. Miss Jean Clark. These things occurred during a pe riod when Mrs. Holton was busily oc cupied with a newly-arrived eon. the complaint sets out. It Is further charged that Holton and his stenogra pher set about to entrap and defraud the nnsuspectlng wife. The son Is now It months old. In securing a divorce. Holton gave the. child into tbe -custody of tha mother. Rlht Xnrne Is Sedgast. Tha Holtons were married at Van couver. VSsh., In l0t. It afterward developed that Holton s right nsme was Bedgast. He asserted that he did not like that name and so went by the name of Holton.' In ItOt Mrs. Holton naked her husband to have his name legalised, so she says. In order that their child, when born, would bear a legally established name. Ehoitly afterward Holton told her that a divorce would be necessary to the establishment of the assumed name, Mrs. Holton charges. She says he told her the divorce would be a mere mat ter of form and asked her on what grounds ha should secure a decree. She says she suggested that be aet out his bablt of staying out late of nights, but he told her that would not suf fice for a divorce In his favor. It was agreed that cruel and inhuman treat ment should be set up. Mrs. Holton says she paid little attention to the matter and never was served with a summons or notice of the suit, which was filed in Washington County, that publicity might bs avoided. Blank Deed Signed, Wife Says. They continued living together. One day be came to her with a. blank deed, she says, and asked her to sign It. In order that he might sell certain prop erty In Vernon. Now she Cnds hs took the deed and filled In the descrip tion of her property on Williams ave nue, valued at ISOOO. tba complaint charges. , ' Three days before last Christmas Holton took his second bride, so the County Clerk's records show. Across the face of the marriage certificate was Inscribed. "Do not publish." Holton asked that the fact of his marriage be withheld. It Is shown. Notwithstanding hie second alliance, Mrs. Holton says, her husband contin ued spending much of his time with her and made no mention of his matri monial exploit. She found It out early In February. Mrs. Holton asks the court to set aside the divorce decree Issued In Waahtngton County; to declare the marriage with Miss Clark Illegal and old; to restore to her title to the property on Williams avenue: to give her a decree of absolute divorce, with custody of the child; to award her ali mony In the sum of ISO a month ana to restrain the couple from disposing of the property pending the outcome of the action. Mrs. Holton Is represent ed by John F. Logan and Isham N. Smith. COMPETITION FOR POWER CITY'S AIM Mount Hood Company Subject to 25 Per Cent Charge on Energy Sold. LITTLE OBJECTION MADE Coartlioase Notes. Lota Thornton sued William K. Thornton for divorce yesterday on the grounds of desertion. They were mar ried at Vancouver. Wash., In June, 1900. J. S. Aplln charged Georgia E. Aplin with unfaithfulness In his suit against her for divorce, filed yesterday. They were married at Vancouver, Wash.. Oc tober. 1905. Sanford R. Reddlck sued Ward Brothers yesterday for S00e for the loss of a finger while working In the Dlaning mill of the defendants. Hit right-hand got into the knives of the planing machine, cutting off his little finger. Falling to agree on tne value or evi dence presented the jury In the case of Amoa Warner, charged with hav ing compelled Marie Parker, a tele chone girl, at tbe -point of revolver. to pun away with him, was discharged tav Judge Gaiens yesterday afternoon. Ino Jury at 11:10 o'clock waa 10 to I two in favor or acquitting tne de fendant, but later stood six to sis in trying to determine If a gun was aimed by Warner. Three men applying for naturaliza tion papers before Judge Cantenbeln yesterday were refused their requests as they failed to have witnesses who bad known them for fire years. Kins men were granted naturalization pa pers, and a large number will ba beard later. Peter Magard's bearing was ri'p?ned to determine If hs really had his first naturalisation papers. John Holier, Erastus Mathews and Peter Felons were denied papers. . Edlefsen's coals can bs seen at Meier ft Frank. Phone E 0 or O !30t for dry w a . To Irrsnre Actual Rivalry Biff Tax Placed on All Power Sold to Any Competing Corporation. Board Favors Actions Declaring that all possible precaution will be taken by the city to Insure com petition between the Mount Hpod Rail way &. Power Company and tha Port. land Railway. Light & Power Company In the furnishing of electric energy within the corporate limits, the street committee of the Executive Board yes terday afternoon voted a recommenda tion tnafc 25 per cent on the erota earn ings be charged the Mount Hood Com pany for power sold to "any comnetlnar company." For power sold to other patrons, 2H per cent was fixed, and for power transmitted through the city not to be used hers one-half of 1 per cent was voted. In order to Insure prompt action, Presi dent Gtllls. Chief Engineer Smith and C. W. Fulton, legal representative, curled upon Mayor Simon immediately after the action of the committee and re quested him to call a special session of the Executive Board to act on the rec ommendations, which are satisfactory to the company concerned. He granted the request and the board will meet Tues day afternoon at 4 o'clock. It is believed It will ratify the action of Its street committee. Actual Competition Wanted. Robert Treat Piatt, as chairman of the street committee, expressed the earnest wsh of himself and colleagues. Charles Smith snd H. P. Palmer, that actual competition be guaranteed and announced at the outset that the mem bers of the committee had agreed upon the charge of 2i per cent on the gross earning for all power sold to a compet ing company. While this at first ap peared to surprise the representatives of the company, they finally agreed that it was all right ana assented. "This committee does not seek to place ! any hardships upon the company seek- tng this franchise," said Mr. Piatt, "but . simply desires to Insure competition by . every means within its power, and ws Intend to put all the safeguards about this franchise ws can for that sole reason." When the committee was discussing the rates to be charged for electrical energy sold in Portland, the company officials endeavored to persuade the members to make the rate 2 per cent, but. as the committee had In mind mak ing it 1 per cent, per cent was de cided upon. The argument by the company's rep- of a tax above the rats charged by the Manufacturers' Association's Great "Made m Oregon" Exposition Begins Here Monday, February 27 THE first official Indiistrial Exposition to be held in a department store west of the Mississippi River will begin at the Meier & Frank Store, Monday, February 27. , . For this epoch-marking event we will contribute the entire fourth floor of our Main Building over 20,000 square feet of valuable floor space in addition to the greater part of our display windows. This Great Exposition will be made up of exhibits and working displays of the some 50 members of the Oregon ' Manufacturers ' Association, covering every local industry A big force of carpenters will begin the first thing tomorrow transforming .this floor space into a huge exhibition hall. Working exhibits of the various manufacturers will be shown, instructing the public in all phases of the trans formation, from the raw product into a finished article. competing company would work apalnst the reduction of rates by the Mount Hood Company did not impress the com mittee's members, and they made no Mr ITiiltnn aiso cited the fact that Portland Is to be the home office of the company and that its business will be measured by the prosperity and . v. thi. anil that it la en titled to some consideration for that reason. Head Offices to Remain Here. "Yes, but we all know that, sooner or rnmnanln all get back to k'ew'York. Philadelphia or somewhere." replied Mr. Piatt. "We propose to com pel competition in this Instance." 2lr. ivullon saia mat, m v'"'"i he mmnanv would always maintain its head offices here. A bond of taoOO was recommended to i. - i v. ,v- mmnnnT to insure faith ful performance of its contract with the city, namely, to provide 15,000 horse power In Portland within one year from the date of the granting 01 w !.. inrt Its approval oy iue -.. a .-ntf nrani announced to tne committee that his ofilce is still work ing on the question or wneuier mo in land Railway, Light 4 Power Company v..- i,.nihiui to oDerate a power ana nht business in Portland. He said there Is grave doubt about U and said he will give an opinion as soon as the facts can be ascertained. This H in accord ance with a resolution adopted by the City Council i :veral weeks ago. GREAT MAN LOST TO STATE AY. P. Lord Had HlgU Ideals and 3'any Notable Attributes. PORTLAND, Feb. 18. (To the Edi-tor.)-In the death of William P. Lord Oregon loses one of her great men. He "as a man of splendid Intellect and large heart. His ideals were high and bis life was rich In service to his coun try and especially to Oregon. As a lawyer he was gifted with clear in sight and the power of tcU?U" "I presslon. He grasped the salient points In a case and in succinct language he made them plain as day. He was i a great Judge. His mind was open, re ceptive and free from prejudice. Ho was profoundly learned in the law and fearless In applying ". His love of Justice was Instinctive and deep-seated. His opinions as ju6' - --: Court are characterlred by Judicial elo quence; they have been much J'"i'-ed and extensively quoted In Oregon and in other Jurisdictions. Frank and manly himself. Governor Lord had a contempt for deceit, hypoc risy and cowardice. He was drawn to strong men. His circle of frJentdBn . ... fharles B. Bellln- ciuaea juun G ger. H. W. Scott, H. W. Corbett, R. S. Strahan and John B. Waldo and many of the same stalwart type who are still living. He was a rare friend, sin cere, loyal and tireless. He had read and observed well and bis retentive memory kept his stores of knowledge available. Loss of hearing has a ten dency Jto sour the disposition, but It did not have this effect with Governor Lord He was fond of children and notwithstanding his affliction he en Joyed tha companionship of his fellow mem , -It Is one of the great privileges of my life to have known Governor Lord well. I have seen him in his home life, which was simple and genuine and left nothing to be desired. He was one of the men who could be great to his valet. Those who knew him most in timately honored him most. ' WALLACE M'CAMAKT. the young grocer with a ceremony at the Boyce home, that made Miss Pow ers Mrs. Bean. Mr. Bean will live either In Portland or Eastern Oregon. His brother. Robert Bean, reoently came from Idaho and engaged in business at Klamath Falls. ENDLESS CONFUSION SEEN Interchangeable Tickets North Trouble-Raisers, Says Road Official. f OLTMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) To Install a system of inter changeable tickets by the Northern Pacific, Great Northern and O.-W. R. ac N companies, which use the North ern Pacific tracks from Tacoma to Portland, would, according to A. D. Charlton, of Portland, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pa cific cause endless confusion which would never be set right. A hearing on this question was held by the State Railroad Commission today as the re sult of a complaint filed with the Com mission by Mrs. Hutton, of Spokane, who alleged she was forced to pay two fares from Olympia to Portland by rea son of the confusion of trains. Tbe railroad men stated that all of the em ployes are under instructions to allow no passenger to board a train without first examining the ticket, but they do at times get through. The officials say that under the interchangeable ticket system the big confusion would come in keeping baggage straight and that one line would haul the passen gers and receive the money while the other line would carry the baggage and get no revenue. The Railroad Commission announces that something must be done to relieve the situation, and the hearing has been adjourned, subject to the call of the Commission. The railway men have been Instructed to insist that all em ployes examine tickets carefully to avoid trouble. Man of 75 Found Guilty. Joseph Bennett, a gray-haired man of 75 years, was found guilty by a Jury in Judge Kavanaugh's. department of the Circuit Court yesterday afternoon, on the charge of contributing to thtl delinquency of Jane Clapp, a mother less girl of 14, living with her father and younger sister. In returning tne verdict, the Jury asked the court for extreme clemency. Bennett will be sentenced Thursday morning. Steel dies are now engraved by elertrioitr. We Vacate the Store Wednesday Evening, and Must Have all the Remaining Unsold Pianos Out of There by Wednesday Night. NEWCOMER IS BENEDICT Idahoan, Seeking Home, Finds Bride in' Portland. Six weeks ago William Bean, a young merchant of Mullan, Idaho, at tracted by the rapid development In Oregon, came to this state to look for a new location. Paramount to this change, however. Mr. Bean contemplat ed breaking the monotony of a single life by becoming a benedict. A few days ago Miss Anna Powers, of Mullan. accompanied by her brother, Thomas Powers, cams to Portland, and were guests at the home of Edward Boyce, 207 St. Clair street, who has been a resident of Portland since be coming associated with the Day inter ests that now have control of the Port land Hotel, of which be la a heavy stockholder. At the time of this visit Mr. Bean dropped bis negotiations for a location and last night Father Mo Devttt settled the domeatlo future of These Fine "Cote" Pianos (About 30 of Them) Are Being Shipped Back to Our Factory at Fall River, Mass., and We Should Have Liked So Much to Have Gotten the Stock Reduced to One Carload, Which Is 16 Boxed, or 20 Harnessed. Therefore, while we are boxing, so long as a piano is out of the box it's for sale, and at such a slaughter in prices, we dare not mention it. It can be taken for jrranted. however, that we would prefer to take, for ! any piano on this floor, so little as its actual cost of material and labor in it. ratner man add $:ju to ine actual cost 01 eacn jjiauo w iiciui iu go- uioui home again. We are jfiano manufacturers, and through a clerical error in shipping, and a misunderstanding with a firm of dealers here who tried in a measure to bulldoze us after the pianos had arrived, this shipment of more than a hun dred pianos were taken possession of by ourselves as manufacturers, and offered to the public at retail at the wholesale prices right here in Portland. But it seems that the public, in reading our announcement of this fact, has not been able to separate this fair and square deal from the many and various "fake" sales that have been worked off on the public of Portland in the past, and this just deal of the manufacturer we might say in distress must suf fer for the sins of others. There is one thing, however, that cannot be wiped out, and that is that we have sold, and are selling, in our "Cote," a piano of great merit, for a shade less than half the price all our competitors ask, and are getting for any piano they sell of equal grade, and they know it. Every retail dealer, no matter who, and everywhere, must buy his pianos, and does buy bis pianos for less than half the lowest price he expects to sell them for. When we have offered and sold these "Cote" pianos here (and we don't believe they can make them any better), at the wholesale price for the same styles at our factory, we have saved every buyer who bought here more than half his piano money. These are facts, and no retaD dealer can meet the prices we have made here and exist in business.. He would lose on every piano he sold. - But our time is up here, and we can waste no more of it trying to reach an honest and fair people whose ear has been so dulled by past experience with "hurrah special" piano sales that they cannot hear even the fairest deal on earth when it happens. And we can't blame them, for if ever a city was wrestled to death with meaningless piano "bargain" sales, that city is Portland, and the public is not to blame for turning a deaf ear, although they lose out in this ease by doing 60. . ; . ' But, if any intending purchaser will set his prejudice aside long enough to come into our store and see for himself, and pick out a piano before it goes into a box and that will have to be mighty quick he can have it for the cost of material and labor in it, and he'll have as fine a piano as anybody's got in Portland for considerably less than half his neighbor has had to pay. We begin boxing Monday. Put $25 in your pocket and eome in prepared to buy, because if you come in here we intend to selL COTE PIANO MFG. CO, f' ' 861 Morrison Street, Corner Parle. PIANOS FOR NEARLY NOTHING ) WE BEGIN BOX NG AND SHIPPING TOMORROW A