THB MQRfflffG OREGONLOf, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1904.
RECORD FOR BEAUTY
Government Designs Please
Fair Officials.
BUILDINGS WILL 'BE LARGE
Floor Space, According to Plans of
Federal Architects, 'Will Be Prac-
tlcally Same as at St. Louis,
Indicating Fine Exhibit.
That the United States Government Is
to make a better showing in their exhib
its at the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
than at any previous fair is the belief of
President H. W. Goode and other Expo
sition officials after having viewed the
plans of tie magnificent structures which
Uncle Sam has already designed and is
preparing to erect on the island in Guild's
Lake.
By dint of a little figuring President
Goode discovered yesterday that the floor
space of the Government buildings, the
plans of which were received by The Ore
gonlan on Wednesday, totals 30,000 square
feet, which is practically the same amount
as ,ln the buildings erected by the Gov
ernment at St. Louis. This would seem to
indicate. President Goode believes, that
the Government intends to make equally
as good and elaborate an exhibit at Port
land next year as at St. Louis this year.
That the designs for the Portland build
ings surpass in beauty anything ever be
fore attempted by the government is the
unanimous verdict of every one who has
seen the Government exhibits at the dif
ferent "World's Fairs. Exposition at
taches who visited both Chicago and St.
Louis declare the main exhibit building
establishes a precedent in architectural
beauty for Government exhibit buildings.
"I think that without any question the
main building is the most attractive and
roost ornamental building ever erected at
an exposition," said President Goode yes
terday. "The floor space being practi
cally the same as the floor space at St.
Louis, as a little figuring will show, it is
safe to assume that the exhibit will be
equally as good,"- continued Mr. Goode.
"The fact that the Government has an
exclusive site upon which to build makes
a better showing than ever before possi
ble. A more desirable setting could not
be afforded by Nature than that about the
island in Guild's Lake.
"One feature that the Government has
never before used Is the electric towers,
which will loom up above the .'grounds to
a height of 260 feet. That is considerably
higher than the Oregonlan tower, and will
show up high above every other building
on the grounds, including those on the
elevation In the vicinity of the entrance.
The design is a magnificent conception;
and surpasses my expectations."
Vice-President I. N. Flelschner was en
thusiastic over the proposed Government
building. "It -will be the finest building
of Its kind on record," said Mr. Flelschner,
"and I believe it will be the feature of the
Fair."
Paul "Wesslnger, chairman of the com
mittee on buildings and grounds, said
after viewing the plans that he believed
the building had been designed with a
view to Its surroundings and -would har
monize perfectly with its luxurious set
ting. Mr. "Wesslnger was more than
pleased. This was also the opinion of Di
rector of Engineering Oskar Huber, who
said it was farmore artistic and orna
mental than anything he saw at St.
Louis.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS LET
Seven Buildfngs Will Contain. More
Than 12,000 Electric Lights.
A contract to place the electric wiring
in seven of the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion buildings was awarded yesterday aft
ernoon by the corporation's executive
committee. Bids for the wiring were sub
mitted some weeks ago, and after care
ful consideration of them it was decided
to award the work to the Blrrell Con
struction Company, which is building the
Foreign Exhibits and Forestry buildings.
The construction company offered to do
the work for $9874.
A total number of 12.9S4 lights will be
placed In seven buildings, for which con
tracts were let yesterday. The buildings
and the number of lights each will con
tain are as follows:
Number of
Building lights.
Main entrance and shelter 1542
Public Comfort' Building ail
Liberal Arts Building-. 30Q0
Fire Department Building 495
Agricultural Building 3500
Foreign Exhibits Building 2500
Forestry Building .1400
A contract was - also awarded vfor the
construction of the Sunken Gardens,
which are to be' among the ornamental
features of the grounds.. The cost of the
gardens -will be $2973, for' which figure
Tinker and De Gesen were given the con
tract. They will start work at once."
It was decided by the committee" that
th souvenir gold dollars which are to be
struck off by the Government Mint under
the Lewis and Clark appropriation, shall
be sold for $2 each. Any one purchaser
taking five of the coins will be presented
wlthan extra one without extra charge.
A committee of four was named to formu
late plans of sale and distribution of the
coins. This committee Is composed of
. Vice-President L N. Flelschner, Secretary
Henry Reed and Directors A L.- Mills and
J. C. Ainsworth.
Dan J. Malarkey, general counsel of the
Exposition Company, was selected to
make the Lewis and Clark address at the
coming State Fair at Salem. Mr.. Malar
key will be asked to deliver his address
on the evening of September 12.
An effort will be made tq add the annual
convention of the American Society of
Civil Engineers to the list of organiza
tions which will meet in Portland during
the Lewis and Clark Exposition next
year. Major A. F. Sears is co-operating
with the Lewis and Clark management In
putting the claims of Portland before the
body, which has a wide membership, com.
posed of civil engineers and scientific men.
whose presence In the city is greatly to
be desired. A large number of circular
letters Is to be sent out to delegates
through the "West asking them to lend
their efforts to bringing their convention
here next year.
ENDS HIS LOITG WIFE-HUNT.
I. B. Small, of Oswego, Will
Sue for Divorce.
Now
"Wearied by a 12-months' chase after his
wife who, he is now positive, eloped with
Frank Stice, an ex-convict, I. B. Small,
of Oswego, has returned to his home and
will soon commence proceedings for di
vorce. Mrs. Mary A Small' left lier home on
the afternoon of August 13, 1903. She came
to Portland on the tram In company
with another woman. "When she parted
from this woman she disappeared, and
all-thc efforts of her husband to find her
were of no avail.
After thoroughly searching the vicinity
of Portland,- dragging the river for her
body and inquiring everywhere, Mr.
Small received Information which at once
led htm to believe that his wife had de
serted him for another man, Further re
searches brought him to the conclusion
that this man was Frank Stice, alias
John F. Grant, alias John F. Thompsdn,
a man who had served time. .
Descriptions of the missing woman were
published in the newspapers, and else
where, but Mr. Small left the city to con
tinue bis wife-hunt without .telllnjr .all
that he knew. A man named Bush wrote j
to him from McMurrnv. "Wash., statin e I
that Mrs. Small was in that town. In his
letter he told Small that he had tele
graphed Immediately to Chief of Police
Hunt, but had received no response.
Small called upon the Chief for an ex
planation, but the head of the Police
Department declared that ho had never
heard from Bush.
Leaving the city, Small finally drifted
down Into New Mexico, occasionally hear
ing of his wife, and her companion, but
.never catching up with them. "When ho
learned to.hls entire satisfaction that she
had left him to elope with another man,
a motive of revenge took the place of his
original desire to find his wife, and he
continued the chase. Now he has given it
up, and will ask for a legal separation
from her. "That's all there is for me to
do," said he yesterday.
A short time before Mrs. Small quitted
her home she had quarreled with her eld
est daughter, Lena, a girl 16 years old.
She told two women that she would
never again enter the house so long as
the girl was there. At first her husband
believed that she had become demented
and had committed suicide.
ARE DETERMINED TO FIGHT.
Members of Democratic State Com
mittee Plan for Campaign.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock the members
of the . Democratic State Central Commit
tee will assemble in the office of Chair
man Alex Sweek, room 600, Chamber of
Commerce building, and there and then
pass upon the proposition of establishing
headquarters in the Scott Hotel at once,
with Secretary J. B. Ryan in charge.
The Scott Hotel is Immediately behind
the present Postofflce. The Democratic
committee is not in charge of Federal
patronage, hence some of the members of
the committee claim the location of the
state headquarters has no significance.
It will be a question for the committee
to decide just whfh It Is best to open the
National campaign in this state, and
to what particular portion speakers
should go. Chairman Sweek will sug
gest that nothing in the way of ac
tive campaign work will be "done
before October L It Is expected
that the suggestion of the chairman will
be accepted as good advice.
County committee chairmen have been
writing to Chairman Sweek relative to
the policy to be pursued, but In almost
every instance he has suggested that ac
tion be deferred until after the State Cen
tral Committee meets today.
A number pf propositions regarding lo
cal conditions will be presented to the
state committee this afternoon, but they
are of minor importance, and are liable
to rest with the chairman of the state
committee for final results;
The following are the members of the
committee:
Baker County, Jt B. Rodgers, Baker
Citj; Benton County, Robert Johnson,
Corvallls; Clackamas County, C. U. "Walt,
Canby: Clatsop County, C. J. Trenchard,
Astoria; Columbia County, Uther Clark,
Houlton; Coos County, A. J. Sherwood,
Coqullle; Crook County, W. C. Congleton,
Paulina; Curry County, M. Doyle, Wed
derburn; Douglas County, F. G. Mlcelll.
Roseburg; Gilliam County, Edward Dunn,
Condon; Grant County, J. F. Kllnk, Can
yon City; Harney County, Carlton Biggs;
Burns; Jackson County, E. B. Dufur, Gold
Hill: Josenhlne fTnnntv J n Ttnntv,
Grant's Pass: Klamath County, George T.
Baldwin, Klamath Falls; Lake County,
S. P. Moss, Lakeview; Lane County, Lark
Bilyeu. Eusrene: Lincoln Courirv. John
Lomls, Newport; Linn County, M. A. Mil
ler. Lebanon: Malheur dotmtv "R w 4
Test, Ontario; Marion County, "W. H.
iioimes, baiem; Morrow County, Henry
Blackman, Heppner; Multnomah County
John B. Ryan, Portland; Polk County,
George W. Myers, Dallas; Sherman
County. Frank Fulton, Morrow; Tilla
mook County. B. O. Snuffer, Tillamook;
Umatilla County. J. W. Malonev. Pendle
ton; Union County, B. F. "Wilson, Union;
wauowa county, w. w. white, Enter
prise; vvasco county. L. E. Morse, Hood
River; Washington County, J. N. "Wall,
Hlllsboro; "Wheeler County, "W. "W. Hoo
ver, Fossil; Yamhill County, R. N. Snell,
uayton.
RAILROAD AM) CITY BOYCOTTED
Residents cf Dayton, Wash., Are An
gry at O. R. & N.
Dayton, Wash., is going to boycott the
O. R. & N. and refuse to be 'tributary
to the city of Portland, and all because
Manager E. E. Calvin, of the railroad
company, cannot see that It is to the in
terests of the road to build an extension
from Dayton to Pomeroy on the Turner
branch.
At the present time Dayton is about
half way between Waltsburg and Turner.
and according to the decision of the man
agement of the road is destined to remain
there for some time. This Is not at all
to the. liking of the business men of Day
ton, who have their eyes upon the dis
trict tributary to Pomeroy. Accordingly
they asked the co-operation of various
commercial bodies In securing thp con
struction of the extension-by the O. R.
& N.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
took the matter up, and has been negotia
ting with Manager Calvin for some time.
Mr. Calvin has investigated the matter,
and has come to the conclusion that it
would not be" profitable for him to build
at this time.
Installation for this decision 'the mer
chants have turned the trade of the city,
as much as is possible, to Spokane and
Seattle over the route of the Northern
Pacific by way of the Washington & Co
lumbia River Railway. The merchants
have also notified the .business men of
Portland with whom they have dealings
that unless the extension is built they
will refuse to buy from this territory from
this time on until the track is laid.
If this ultimatum is carried out the Day
ton merchants will, according to the rail
road people, ship to and buy from far dis
tant points for a length of time sufficient
to teach them that added distance means
added freight. i
KEEP FIRES TENDER CONTROL.
Fire Fighters Make Progress at Hoi
brook. Because most of the forest fires near
Holbrook are sheltered from the north
wind the stiff breeze which blew all af
ternoon in the city did not affect the
principal fires to any extent Several
oiazes on nigner ground were fanned by
the wind, rowever. and last evenlmr thn
glare was plainly visible -to the people
oi xioiDrooK.
Fire is now burniner fiercely on the Hoo
ver tract, which adjoins the property of
C. R. Davis, where a score of men are
fighting a number of most persistent
fires. On the Hoover tract are piled from
6000 to 8000 cords of wood. Kirk Hoover
is now on the scene systematically di
recting the effort to keep the flames from
spreading and devouring his
C. R. Davis returned to the city last
evening, out mil leave again this morn
ing. He said last evening that the fire
on his property seemed to be under con
trol. The 18 men who went to the threat
ened woods from Portland on Wednesday
reinforced the dozen already on the
ground, so that a closer watch could be
kept -upon the numerous blazes. No more
cordwood has been destroyed, and there
are excellent prospects that all Icept from
the flames on Monday and Tuesday will
be saved entirely.
Dew has been a great boon to the fire
fighters, but a heavy, steady rain for a
day or two will be the only complete
quencher. In only a few spots can water
be obtained, and the watchers have been
greatly hampered by the lack of It.
The fires around Houlton and on Bun
ker. Hill are apparently burning 'them
selves without having wrought serious
00N TO BUILD ROAD
Portage Railway Contract to
. ' Be Let in 30 Days.
FIRST AGREEMENT IS SIGNED
State Commission and Open-River As
sociation Come to Terms Engi
neers Leave to Pick Out the 1
Route.
The Portage Road project Is now in the
chrysalis - state around which the State
Commission and the Open River Associa-
RECEPTION GIVEN IN HONOR OF PROMINENT
VISITOR T
MRS. J. IT. MOORE. GRAND PRESIDENT LADIES AUXILIARY OF
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
The reception tendered Mrs. J, H. Moore, grand president of the ladies auxiliary
of the Order of Railway Conductors, at Allsky Hall, last night, by the members of
the Portland Auxiliary, Oregon, Division, No. 1, was well attended by resident con
ductors and their wives, and was an entire success from every standpoint. The
ladies of the auxiliary had been In session most of the day, receiving Instructions
from Mrs. Moore, who came to Portland for that purpose, but evinced no fatigue
.as a result of the long hours kept. The hall was tastefully decorated with roses, and
a short programme made the evening pass pleasantly. '
Mrs. E. C. Hogan, chairman of the reception committee, was assisted In receiving
"by Mrs. T. D. Hughes, Mrs. Stella Nash and Mrs. J. W. Howland. Miss Almee
Dustfn rendered a selection on the piano with finish and grace, and Miss Lillian
Veatch delighted those present with her rendition of "Sue Waters' Housekeeping."
A second instrumental selection was gven by Miss Lulu Berry. After this short
programme was over Mrs. Moore addressed the guesta assembled to do her honor, ex
pressing her pleasure In the progress being made In the work here, and giving every
encouragement for Its continuance, s'he talked further on matters pertaining to
auxiliary work, which was of deep interest to those of the order present.
The rest of the evening was spent in social enjoyment, and dainty refreshments
were served by the ladies. N
Among the guests were five ladles from Tacoma who came to Portland for the
purpose of receiving Instructions from the grand president Mrs. Anna Page, deputy
Inspector of District 27; Mrs. Lottie Willard, Mrs. Maud .Catto. Mrs., Lillian Smith
and Mrs. Hose Blew.
There wll be another all-day session of the school of Instruction today, after
which Mrs. Moore will go to Tacoma to visit that division. This will end her trip to
the Pacific Coast, and she will return direct to Denver, and after visiting points In
that section will go to her home in Toledo, O., by way of the Union Pacific.
-lion are weaving a cocoon of details per
fected and agreements completed from
which In 30 days the creature will emerge
with wings ready to fly.
Yesterday morning the executive com
mittee of the Open River Association met
with the State Portage Road Commis
sion for the consideration of the final
details to be settled between them before
the preliminary agreements could be
signed. There were several things to be
considered, all of minor Importance and
relating to the little details of construe-'
tion and questions, of expense, manner
of procedure and time allowances for the
completion of the contract. All of these
were easily settled, however, and at the
close of the meeting the preliminary
agreements were signed by both the mem
bers of the State Commission and of the
executive committee of the association.
These agreements are preliminary, and
by them the State Commission grants -3
days to the Open River Association in
which the latter Is to find a contractor
who will construct the road for the funds
on hand in the state treasury, or if that
is not possible the association is to be
able to furnish to the state a guaran
tee at the expiration of the time that it
has on hand -sufficient funds, or can secure
them, to insure the completion of the
work without additional assistance from
the state. This, in the rough, is the way
in which" the question rests at the pres
ent. There" remains on hand $160,474,135 out
of the" original 5165,000 appropriated by
the state for the construction of the road.
From this will have to be deducted about
$400 incurred by the state in engineering
HANDSOME BRICK BUILDING
: 1 ; : 9 i .
SITUATED AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ELEVENTH AND MORRISON STREETS. '
The General. German Aid Society, of Portland, Is erecting a three-story brick building,- 50x100. on the southeast corner of Eleventh,
and Morrison streets, which will be a marked Improvement over the old wooden structure that has served for more than 30 years as Turn
Halle, schoolhouse and meeting-place.
The new building will hive four etorles fronting on Morrison street. The two upper stories will be fitted up for a first-class rooming
house, with all modern Improvements, hot and cold' water In every room or set of rooms, and a perfect alr-heatlng and electric-fan venti
lating system throughout, the first of its kjnd used In a rbomlng-houee in this city. ' t
The original plan was to erect a large building that would serve as a home for all the German societies In the city, but this failed
for want of adequate support. The Aid Society now alms to broaden Its field of benevolent enterprise and to meet the Increased demands
of a growing population with the revenues derived from Ibis building.
The General German Aid Society was organized In February, 1871. by 22 German citizens of Portland. Only eix of these are now
living, viz.: Henry Everding, C. A. Landenberger, C. H. Meussdorffer.'Dr. Schumacher, J. A. Fischer and Henry Wcinhard. Their aim was
bepevolence, and It has been maintained since by monthly dues and donations. Besides giving assistance in untold other ways to Immi
grants and homeseekera, this organization has caved the county thousands of dollars In taking care of the sdck'and destitute of their own
cxpenses, which leaves approximately
5160,07403 which can bo used by the asso
ciation in the construction work. If the
work runs over that cost the association
will have to pay, the difference and will
have to give bonds to the state that it
will perform the work well and soon.
It is the Intention of the association to
have the new route' chosen for the road
definitely mapped out inside of a few
days, after which it will be possible to
begin the work of securing the right, of
way over that part which Is still In doubt
As soon as the route is decided upon and
the contractors are able to calculate the
exact cost, another meeting will be held
with the State Commission and the final
contract entered into.
When the route is settled so, that it will
be possible for the contractors to com
pute the cost, the association will let
the contract to the firm offering the best
construction at the most reasonable
terms. This contract, if approved by the
State Commission, will be carried through
as fast as. is possible. It wlir then, in all
probability, be 30 days before any other
action of a definite nature will be taken
in regard to the further advancement of
the Portage Road work.
Yesterday eyenlng A. J. McMillan, who
has been appointed to represent the state's
interests in the engineering t questions
which will have to be settled; J. Q. Jami
son, the engineer representing the O. R.
& N., and A. McL. Hawks, the engineer
for the Open River Association, left for
The Dalles, where they will go over the
ground proposed to be used for the con
struction of the road. Between them
they will come to an agreement as to
the right of way and will decide all con
cessions to be made either by the state,
the O. R. & N. or .the association. Their
report will be made In a" short time and
will definitely settle the route to be taken
by the road.
According to the opinion of the members
of the State Commission and of the Open
River Association, there remains but lit
tle to be done before the construction of
the road can be commenced, and that llt
iJe is simply a matter of time, necessi
tating no delay or further negotiations.
The opening of the Columbia Is assured,
to all Intents and purposes, and In a' very
few months the waters of the river above
The Dalles can be used for the transpor
tation of the vast resources of th'e Inland
Empire to their rightful destination - at
Portland.
Four Prisoners Saw Out of Jail.
CHICAGO, Sept 8.rA dispatch to the
Tribune from Sheboygan, Wis., says:
Four prisoners, one a forger and three
burglars, have sawed their way out of
the Sheboygan County Jail here, while
the Sheriff was playing with his twin
babies in an adjoining office. All are
supposed to have,, escaped from the city
on a freight train.
NOW BEING ERECTED BY GENERAL GERMAN AID SOCIETY
SCALPERS TO FIGHT
City Ordinance Will Be Con
v tested in .Court
RAILROAD MEN ARE-SATISFIED
"Low "Rates Are Assured for Lewis
and Clark Fair," Says A D.
Charlton? ".Now That Rail
roads Are Pro'tected."
That; a thing which makes one man
glad makes another one mad is exempli
fied by the conditions existing since- the
passage of the ticket-scalpingv ordinance
at the meeting of the J' Council on
Wednesday afternoon. The railroad offi
cials ate in fine humor and are confident
that t.he right thing- has been done by the
city government, the Lewis and Clark
people are happy in the thought of a
cheap rate from the East during the 1905
Fair, but the ticket broker is in a bad
humor and thinks that he is wronged, and
that the. public in general and the Council
in particular has been misled and be
guiled. A D. Charlton Is happy, for the sake
of the Northern Pacific, which he repre
sents as the assistant passenger agent for
this city. F. Bollam, the manager of the
C. H. Thompson ticket office, at 12S Third
street. Is sorry on account of the Ticket
Brokers Association, of which he Is a
member and the representative.
"The action of the Council in passing
that ordinance," remarked Mr. Charlton,
"Is one. of the greatest things that body
has done for Portland in many years. It
means that the railroad companies will
grant the best, rates from the East pos
sible, and. thats thousands of people will
come to Portland to the Fair who would
not otherwise have done so. The roads
would absolutely not grant a rate without
protection from the scalpers, and the
Council has given the protection and in
sured the rates."
Scalpers Will Fight.
Mr. Bollam, on the other hand, does not.
take so optimistic a view of the situation.'
"I do not think that the Council under
stands the question, or It would not have
done what it did," he said. "The railroads
have framed this ordinance, which, if it
goes into effect, will practically put us
out of business inside of 90 days. It is
unjust, and the ticket brokers will fight
it in the courts. Public sentiment will not
'sanction the passage of so sweeping -and
sc unjust an. ordinance, and the records
of the past show that the railrpads can
not win their case in the courts."
-Then Mr. Bollam went on to state his
argument. He says that the brokers are
not after the Lewis and Clark tickets,
and that they would not protest against
an ordinance prohibiting- the.m from sell
ing the return stubs of the low rate tick
ets. The sweeping provisions of the or
dinance are obnoxious to the ticket brok
ers and will be fought, ,
The ticket brokers hold that the rail
roads sell a man transportation from the
East and return at a reduced rate, but
that rate is not so low as to prevent the
companies making a profit on the transac
tion. If the railroads can profit by haul
ing the " original purchaser ' both ways,
what difference does it make to them
whether or not it 13 the same man who
returns. Such an arrangement as the
nontransferable ticket simply prevents
the purchaser from realizing on property
bought by him when it becomes impos
sible for him to utilize what-he has pur
chased. It also gives the railroad 'com
panies an opportunity to secure a larger
profit on the one-way tickets sold.
'"Bluff," Says Mr. Bollam.
"All this talk from the roads to the ef
fect that they would not grant rates If
they were not protected Is a large bluff,"
continued Mr. Bollam. "The roads are
out after business, and they want to sell
the excursion tickets just as much as the
majority of the people who travel on
them want to buy. They could make
money without any protection at all, and
would do It.
"It Is tiot the protection, but the prohi
bition that we object to, however," con-
eluded the man who sells tickets at a re
duced figure. "The ordinance that has
been passed Is not like the ones in force
at St. Louis, Chicago and other .large cit
ies. The St Louis ordinance prohibits
the sale of Fair tickets by the brokers,
but nothing is said of the other tickets
that may be bought or exchanged. The
Portland ordinance, however, prphiblts
all classes of tickets, and will drive the
broker out of business if it is enforced
or can be. It is unjust, and I do not think
that the members of the Council will
stand for It when they find out what It
really means."
Mr. Bollam stated further that It was
the Intention of the ticket brokers to fight
the enforcement of the ordinance, and
that he was not uneasy about the out
come. Such ordinances, he said, had
failed to be effective In other places, and
he thought such would be the .case here.
The ticket brokers do not want to deal In
the Lewlssand Clark tickets, and will give
a bQnd; without any ordinance, that they
will sell none of the return stubs granted
under the Fair rates. Locaf tickets sold
at the usual rate and the ordinary trans
continental tickets . are those they wish
to deal lru Mr. Bollam will ask to be.
present at the next meeting of the Coun
cil, when he will state his case and urge
an amendment to the new ordinance By-
which it will be made unlawful for the
brokers to deal In Lewis and Clark tick
ets, but in which, no mention will be made
of the other classes, of tickets which are
in use daily. If the TequeSt is not grant
ed, or the amendment adopted, then the
ticket brokers will contest the legality
of the ordinance and' try to win in the
courts.
SWINDLER WORKS DT ALBDTA.
Forged Check Passed on W. CT. Tuttle
Second Attempt Fails.
Some person with a knack of obtaining
money under false pretense by means of
bogus notes, has been victimizing' Alblna
merchants. Two attempts were made
Wednesday, one of which was successful.
In the other case, where the swindler
went so far as to commit forgery to a
letter which he sent, with the check, to
the business establishment ho attempted
to swindle, the firm thought the procedure
to be strange and turned the check over
to the authorities.
W. C. Tuttle, a druggist with- an es
tablishment at S00 Mississippi avenue,
was the first victim of thewlridler, who
entered Mr. Tuttle's store Wednesday
morning, bought a bottle of medicine and
a box of writing paper, and tendered In
payment a check for 55. Mr. Tuttle cash
ed the check and handed over $3.55 in
change. Later he discovered, that the'
check -was valueless,
Wednesday afternoon Mr, Fink, of Fink
& Co.. whose establishment Is at R14 Mis
sissippi avenue, was aprpoached by a boy
who carrled.'a note purporting to come
from J. A. Dixon, of Bonneville. Or., the
.note requesting the firm to cash the In
closed check and terminating with the
words: "I'll explain when I 3ee you in
an hour or two." The firm knew Mr.
Dixon, with whom they have occasional
dealings, but upon thinking twice. Mr.
Fink, who was alone In the store, declined
to cash the check, thinking that some
thing was "wrong; The check was for
55.50 and was signed James B. Wilson.
The note to which Mr. Dixon's name was
signed was discovered to be a forgery aa
soon as Mr. Dixon's signature was inves
tigated on other letters held by the firm
of Fink & Co. It Is supposed that the
swindler was aware of the fact that Fink
& Co. had shipped a bill of goods to Mr.
Dixon on Monday and that it would be
natural for Dixon to appear about that
time to make payment.
Deputy Sheriff George Lewis, who Is
a member of the firm of Fink & Co.,
was not present at the time the check
was presented or he might have effected
the capture of the swindler. He imme
diately took charge of the case and later
determined to turn It over to the Police
Department,, wltlf the request that De
tective Hartman. be assigned to the case.
JEWISH HOLIDAYS BEGIN.
Services Will Be Held Tonight at All
the Synagogues.
Tonight, according to the calendar by
which the Jews reckon the flight of time,
Is the eve of the year 5663, and services In
celebration of Roeh Hashonah "will be held
in all synagogues In the, city. The first day
of Tishri, which Is the first ecclesiastical
month In the Jewish calendar, Is the New
Tear, and this season falls remarkably
early. In the orthodox and conservative
congregations many ancient customs are
still adhered to, but in the reformed syna
gogues many of these have been discard
ed. The ceremony Is still picturesque
from a religious standpoint, however, and
the music prepared . for this occasion Is
always beautiful.
At Temple Beth Israel services will be
gin at 7:30 tonight. Rev. Stephen S. Wise
officiating. His sermon will be on an In
teresting subject, 'A Glance at Jewish
History lri the Making." Tomorrow morn
ing services will be held at 9:30, and a sec
ond sermon will be delivered, this time
the subject chosen being "The Vision for
Many Days." The muslo for these serv
ices has been especially selected, and the
members of the quartet choir are all In
fine voice. As the reform congregations do
not celebrate a second day at New Year's,
the Saturday morning service will bring
their celebration to a close.
At Ahaval. Sholom the congregation will
turn out to a member to celebrate the first
New Year In their new synagogue, which
was dedicated last Sunday. Services will
be held tonight, Saturday morning and
evening and Sunday morning, and two
sermons will be delivered. The ceremonies
here will be In Hebrew, this being a con
servative congregation.
Congregation Talmud Torah, at the
synagogue on Hall street, will hold serv
ices tonight and Saturday night at 6:30
o'clock, and Saturday and Sunday morn
ings at 7 o'clock. Rabbi Adolph Abbey
will officiate, and this evening will preach
a sermon on "Justice and Judgment."
POPULAR IN NEW YORK.
Sacajawea Monument Arouses Inter
est on Manhattan Island.
The Sacajawea Statue Association
has recently received a .letter from
Mrs. Donald MacLcan, of New York,
regent of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, who Inclosed a check
for a neat little sum to be added to the
general fund for erecting a statue.
Mrs. MacLean has become, .much inter
ested in this work the women of Ore
gon have undertaken, and has ex
pressed her intention of interesting
others and collecting- as much as pos
sible to donate to this good cause.
Many chapters throughout the coun
try have become Interested In the
project through the leaflets sent out
by the. officers of the association, and
most of the money so far collected
has come from outside states. Work'
is progressing nicely and Miss Coo
per, the sculptor whose ( model was
accepted, has received .her first pay
ment. It Is now thought that the statue
can be completed and erected at a
figure considerably under the orig
inal estimate' of 57000, but there Js
still a large amount of money neces
sary to carry the undertaking to a
successful termination.
Since the prominent mention given
this proposed statue by Governor Par
dee and the party of Californlans who
visited Portland recently, renewed in
terest has been .manifested in the proj
ect, and the women who have been
patiently plodding "at this work are
beginning- to receive recognition from
the general public. Public subscrip
tions have not a3 yet been solicited,,
and the amount which the association
has so far been able to collect Is prin
cipally from selling memberships In
the association and from voluntary
contributions from public-spirited
women.
BOYS' CLOTHING SPECIALS
For Friday and Saturday.
Every mother who has a boy to clothe
will be interested in the excellent School
Suits we offer at special value prices:
Two-piece knee-pants Suits, 51.85 to 55.
Three-piece knee-pants Suits, 52.35 to 56.
Boys' Iong-trouser Suits, 51.33 to 510.
Splendid School Shoes at 51.45. Separate
Knee Pants at 19c, 39c and 50c. Boys'
School Caps at 15c, 20c and 25c. Fast black
Hose, all sizes, 10c pair. Knife or School
Supplies free with purchase of boys' wear.
LION CLOTHING COMPANY,
. 166 and 168 Third Street.
Petitions in Bankruptcy.
J. G. RItz, a sawmill owner at Hllgard,
Union County, filed a petition In bank
ruptcy In the United States District Court
yesterday. His nominal assets are $13,750
and his liabilities 57437.
J. L. Hembree, a merchant doing busi
ness In WooJraere, Multnomah County,
filed a petition In bankruptcy yesterday.
His assets are 513S0 and bis liabilities
TURN SCREW AGAIN
Word'and Manning Closer Ci-
gar Machinesr N
BLANK WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Devices -Which Are Beloved by Deal
ers and Forbidden', by Law Come
Under Ban of Double-Headed
v Reform Movement.
Nlckel-ln-the-slot cigar machines ceased
operations last evening at 6 o'clock and
were removed from the counters of sa
loons, "cigar stores, grocery stores, fruit
stands and other places, and placed In
storage. At Heast orders to this effect
were given yesterday afternoon by Sheriff
Tom Word through his deputies, Cordano.
Grussl, Parrott, Downey and Mcintosh.
The ban Includes the whole of Multnomah
County, and deputies with teams were
scn Into the suburbs and country dis
tricts. The Sheriff even went so far as to
notify a steamboat man who has a money
machlne on his, craft that when the boat
Is plying In waters outside of Multnomah
County It may go, but when his vessel is
within Multnomah County lines the ma
chine 1st supposed to be out of business or
the steamboat man Is liable to arrest.
The Sheriff says lotteries come next on
the list. A. number of men have been en
gaged here for a number of years past
selling Little Louisiana lottery tickets and
tickets of other lotteries, and take thou
sands of dollars out of Portland monthly,
which Is contrary to the statute prohibit
ing the sale of such tickets.
If the cigar slot machines are not
stopped as ordered by the Sheriff arrests
may follow. The Sheriff says he will make
arrests on warrants signed by District At
torney John Manning.
Yesterday morning the District Attor
ney caused a number of John Doe war
rants to be issued In Justice Reld's Court
on. complaints sworn to by John Baln and
David A Patullo, members of the Munici
pal Reform League, for violation of the
nickel-ln-the-slot-machlne law. There
were five blanket warrants supposed to be
elastic .enough to cover any or all of
fenders of the law., and these were placed
In the hands of Sheriff Word for service.
The Sheriff had previously stated that he
would not bother the trade or cigar ma
chines, but upon receiving the warrants,
considered it his duty to act, and there
fore sent hfs deputies out to order the ma
chines closed. They were told to prepare
lists of all persons and firms notified, and
work will probably be continued today, be
cause, it was not possible to cover all of
the ground yesterday with five men.
Sheriff Word, speaking to an Oregonlan
reporter, said: "If District Attorney Man
ning gives warrants to me they will be
served. I decided to take action because
Manning Issued warrants and wanted
them stopped. That Is the only way I
could do It. The deputies are taking a list
of every place. There are, I think. 4000
of these machines In operation in this
county."
While the Sheriff says he will act on
warrants given to him by the District At
torney to serve, It Is possible that he may
require warrants issued -In the name of in
dividuals, Instead of John Doe warrants.
The men who run these machines are all
well known and their names are readily
obtainable.
The blanket complaint filed with Justice
Reid by the. District Attorney reada as
follows:
John, Doe. Richard Roe, Harry Roe, James
Roe and James Doe did, on the 7th day of
September, 1D04, willfully and unlawfully con
duct, maintain and operate as owners, proprleJ
tors, lessees, employes and agents, nickol-in-the-alot
machines, wherein there enters an ele
ment of chance, tthe said nickel-ln-the-slot
machines being then and there played for
money, cheeky credits and merchandise, to-wjt:
Cigars and tobaccos, said cigars and, tobaccos
being things of value.
"i shall Instruct the Sheriff to notify
them to take down their machines or
they and their machines will be taken,"
said Mr. Manning after the warrants had
been Issued.
There is some public comment to the
effect that the District Attorney Is not as
bitterly opposed to the operation of the
big gambling-houses as he pretends to be,
and that the closing of tho cigar ma
chines which are largely patronized and
favored as good cigar-sellers by both
wholesale and retail dealers, is a move to
stir up public opinion against a tightly
closed town, with the end that gambling
houses may reopen after awhile.
Sheriff Word, however, is said to be In
earnest about keeping the gambling
houses shut for good while he holds office,
and it is said he and the District Attorney
do not agree.
OUT OF JAIL WITHOUT BONDS.
R. Nudleman, Awaiting Trial for Ar
son, Was Lucky Temporarily.
There was quite a stir at the Courthouse
yesterday morning when it was discovered
that R. Nudleman, a second-hand dealer,
who was arrested for arson on June 23,
was not In custody, and that there was no
bond on file for his appearance. A bench
warrant was immediately Issued for his
arrest.
Nudleman was jointly charged with P.
F. Wallace and Ben Rykus with setting
fire to a store on North Third street with
Intent to defraud the Orient Insurance
Company. Wallace and Rykus each filed
a bond In the sum of 5500 and were al
lowed to go at will. They were present
In court yesterday and were arraigned.
Both pleaded not guilty.
When the name of Nudleman was called
there was no response, and Judge George
was much surprised when Informed by the
Clerk that there was no ball money on
deposit nor a bond on file. Further In
vestigation revealed the fact that the
record of ex-Sheriff Storey shows that the
man was released on ball, but this seems
to have been a mistake. From another
source it was ascertained that the release
was made on an order from Judge Hogue.
Sheriff Word had no trouble finding Nu
dleman and brought him to the Court
house. After some -delay Nudleman filed
a bond signed by M. Barde and Joseph
Nudleman, which the court approved. He
was discharged from custody after hav
ing been notified to be prepared to appear
In court when he Is wanted.
A PINK TICKET.
The Ones You Get at Any B. B. Rich
Cigar Store.
When you find a pink ticket In your
pocket entitling you to a guess on the
Jar of money given away by B. B. Rich,
the cigarman, fill It out, as the guess this
year Is easier than all previous years, be
ing currency. The bills are so placed to
aid you In figuring the amount. The jar
given away last year to D. L. Povey con
tained 5173.93.
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