THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1907.
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HEAVY BUILDING
STILL CONTINUES
H. Wemme Will Erect Struc
ture at Front and, Burn
side Streets.
WILL COVER HALF-BLOCK
Permits for Cornelius and Stearns
Buildings and Oddfellows Annex.
Froudfoot Building Tntfer
Way on East Side.
The old-time buildings on the northwest
corner of Burnside and Front streets
have been razed and operations will
beicin on the excavation for a new build
Inn. lKixl20 feet, a soon as the archi
tect, David Lewis, can complete the
plans.
On the corner stood the New York
Hotel, the drat hotel built in Portland.
The present owner of the corner, II.
AVemme. said yesterday that the old
hotel was built in 1S54 when Front street
was- the only important street in the
town. At that time the steamer landing
was at Burnside dock and the old houses
Just removed were a short block from the
landinp.
Mr. Wemme paid $60,000 for the property
on a deal that opened five months ago
and was closed last month. He has been
offered a handsome advance on the price
jwld. but has decided to erect a four-
tnry brick building, most of which will
be occupied by the 'Willamette Tent &
Awning Company in which Mr. Wemme
Is interested and which occupies at pres
ent the two buildings on the opposite side
of Front street.
Large Permits Issued.
Among the building permits issued yes
terday was one to Dr. Cornelius for his
six-story brick hotel at the northwest
rimer of Alder and West Park streets.
The estimated cost of excavation and
hrick work ia 120,000. E. W. Hendricks is
the architect in charge. A permit was
also issued to D. S. Stearns for clearing
and excavating at Fourth and Taylor
streets at a cost of $2000.
A permit was issued for a two-story
building fronting on Holgate in the Odd
fellows' tract at East Thirty-second
street. Young & Heimarth are the archi
tects. This building Is to be erected by
the Oddfellows -as an addition to their
home already on that tract.
Flans for a flat building. 237 East Mori
son street near Hawthorne Park to cost
JTiOoO. was approved and a permit issued
yesterdfly. The builder is W. R. Stokes,
for F. F. Jauckc. J. D. Hartinan took
out a permit for a two-story frame dwell
ing in West Irvlngton Addition to cost
J3100; W. R. Stokes is the builder.
W. H. Morrow has bought from Fj. A.
and Anna M. Fearing lot 65 in block 58
in Couch Addition at a cost of $13,500.
The lot Is 60x100 and has unimportant im
provements upon it. Mr. Morrow was
undecided yesterday, as to his future
plans with reference to the piece, whether
to sell or to hold as an investment.
Merges to Build Cafe,
E. El Merges has under consideration
the erection of a building on the east
sidn of Third street, between Flanders
and Gllsan, to bo used as a working
man's cafe.-on plans similar to those in
vogue in Kastern cities. The proposed
building will be lOOxLDO and probably live
stories in height. The upper stories will
lie fitted up in much better style than
usual in institutions of this kind, and
the roof will be utilized as a resort for
the patrons of the house.
Mall & Von Borstel have sold for John
II. Hall to E. J. Froman and J. Prag,
"0x2fi0 on the southeast corner of Twenty
fourth and East Ash streets. The price
was $-IPrA
Mrs. Robert Bealey has purchased the
new bungalow, on Twentieth and Myrtle
streets, Portland Heights. The house will
be beautifully furnished and artistically
arranged.
Concrete Building for East Side.
The Standard Construction Company
secured the contract for erecting .the re
inforced concreto building on the " corner
of East Burnside and East Third Btreets,
and" yesterday started work on the
foundation. This building is for R. A.
Proudfoot, and will be four-stories high.
It will bo used as a hotel, and a roof
garden will occupy the top. This will be
the first reinforced concrete building on
the East Side. Another reinforced con
crete building will be put up on East
Twenty-eighth street near Belmont in the
next few months, according to the an
nouncement of the Dunn-Lawrence com
pany. It Is announced that this latter
structure will be for hotel purposes also.
F. H. Rothchlld. whose new building Is
to occupy the northwest corner of Wash
ington and Fourth streets, sayp he is
already in receipt of numerous offers for
space In the building. Excavation work
for the foundations is finished and work
will be pushed rigorously until the struc
ture is completed. Mr. Rothchild says he
is In no hurry to rent any of the pace,
belloving that by the time the building
is ready, better rates even than the high
prices now obtained will rule.
DISCUSS CHURCH DOGMAS
Baptist, .Methodist and Presbyterian
Pastors Meet.
The Baptist and Methodist Ministerial
Association meetingB held at the Y. M.
C. A. and Taylor-street Church respect
ively, yesterday morning were marked
hy lively discussion upon subjects of vital
Importance to the pastors of the churches
concerned. The Baptists took for their
subject "The Doctrine of the Lord's Sup
per," while the Methodists discussed "The
Civil War in Man's Soul."
Rev. T T. Jordan, of the Central Bap
tist Church, led the discussion with an
address In -which he said that since the
division among Christians on the subject
of baptism there has been & separation
into sects. Baptism, he said, is the door
to the church. -Other preachers dis
agreed with this view.
The Baptists also discussed the ques
tion as to whether the communion is a
hurch ceremony or one adopted by cus
tom. In regard to exclusive communion
us practiced In the Baptist Church the
statement was made that communion is
synonymous with fellowship and har
mony, and that these cannot exist where
there it a difference of opinion.
Rev. E. M. Bliss will speak on "The
Administration of the Ordinances" at the
meeting next Monday morning. It was
announced that special rates had been
secured to the Baptist Young People's
Union convention to be held at Spokane
this month. Several hundred delegates
will probably go from Portland.
Rev. James Moore, pastor of the Mount
Tabor MeMiodlst Church, first addressed
the Methodist ministers, after which Dr.
1. D. Driver led a lively discussion with
a lj-mlnute talk on the "Origin of Evil."
Rev. W. H. Landon. D. IX. a former
pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian
Church of this city, who Is in Portland
attending the silver anniversary of that
'church, told the Presbyterian ministers in
their meeting yesterday morning of the
progress which has been made in the re
building of the San Anselmo- Theological
Seminary, at San Anseimo, Cal. He said
that the building was badly damaged by
the earthquake, but that it has been re
paired. He said that the college is now
prosperous.
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes told of the
work of Gypsy Smith, the great English
evangelist, in Chicago and the East. His
work, he said, was far-reaching in its results.
YOUNG THIEVES CAPTURED
Boys Returned Home After Robbing
One's Mother.
Arthur Schumedling, aged 14, and
Johnny Davis, aged 13, who have been
schoolmates and evidently have been
reading dime novels, decided yesterday
that they were capable of becoming
full-fledged outlaws. They inaugurat
ed their career of crime by robbing
the latter boy's mother, who keeps a
lodging-house at Water and Clay
streets, of 160.
Sunday night the two youngsters
talked over the matter and decided that
they should secure the $60 belonging
to Mrs. Davis, and would gro to Jack
sonville, where the Schumedling lad
has an uncle, who la said to be quite
wealthy. From him they expected to
get $200, which would carry them far
away from the law of the State of
Oregon.
Entering the Davis home by a rear
door when Mrs. Davis was away, the
two embryo highwaymen found the
place where the money was hidden and,
taking the $60, made their escape with
out being seen. They they took an
Oregon City car and started for their
destination in Southern Oregon. Mrs.
Davis notified the police, and, acting
on instructions from Chief Grltzmatch
er. Chief Burns, of Oregon City, round
ed up the youngsters tn a restaurant
and notified the Portland authorities.
Acting Detective Price was sent to
Oregon City after the boys and brought
them back to Portland. When con
fronted by their parents, the lads
broke down and, with tears, told of
their plans. Out of the $60 the boys
had spent about $10. .The remainder
was turned over to Mrs. Davis. After
being given a severe lecture by the
Chief, the lads were sent home with
their parents.
THROW OUT 1000 NAMES
McKcnna $1000 Liquor License Is
Apparently Doomed.
The work of canvassing the McKenna
Sunday closing and J1000 liquor license
petition, was all but completed yesterday.
Only one section of the petition remains
to be inspected and short work will be
made of this today.
It is said by the canvassing committee
that about 1000 names will have been
thrown out and that the petition is lost
by a wide margin. The Municipal Asso
ciation, however, continues to hold out
hopes for Its revival.
Kvery name that has been taken off the
petition is now in the hands of the asso
ciation and the work of comparing these
with the latest registration records will be
taken up as soon as the new registration
cards are sorted and arranged in order by
the County Clerk. In the event the ma
jority of the names withdrawn are those
of legal voters, the Municipal Association
will resort to mandamus proceedings tn
order to have the petition placed on the
official ballot. The matter Is bound to
remain in status quo for several days to
come.
Yesterday's work on the petition de
veloped several repeaters. The names
H B. Meiges, A. S. Patullo. C. H. Far
rlngton and James Steel being found in
duplicate. It is thought that other du
plications will be found when the re
jected, list is arranged in alphabetical
form.
Out of the 100 names on section 40 of
tho petition a total equivalent to the num
ber of the petition was thrown out. In
most cases nonregistration was the cause,
although there was one case of duplica
tion. This portion of the petition was
circulated hy F. I. McKenna. Of the 516
names canvassed yesterday 152 were
thrown out.
At the Theaters
What th FreM Areata Say.
"THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON"
Baker Company Has a Novelty This
Week.
"The Admirable Crichton," which th
Baker Theater Company is prenenting this
week, i a decided novelty in the line of
theatrical attractions and Is often called a
fantasy. Written by Barrio it has plenty of
loffic, without sarcasm, and philosophy is
not lacking In Its interesting- lines.
Vnlque Comedy at Empire.
"Hello Bill." one of the joHiest and most
interesting of farce comedies, is delighting
all Empire audiences this week and proving
a great entertainer. As a professional fun
maker Ferdinand Ashby. the leading com
dian. has few peer, and the rest of the
company Is on a par with his versatile tal
ents. Matinee tomorrow.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Hnrwas Concert Tomorrow.
Portland te celebrated as being one of the
greatest timber and grain ports in the
world, but the city Is steadily growing
richer along educational lines and In the
number of young Portland people who are
going to study in Europe. The latest of
these pilgrims is Miss Elisabeth Harwas,
the well-known soprano, who leaves for
Italy in July, and In whose honor a concert
will be held at the Heilig Theater, tomor
row night. On this occasion she will be as
sisted by Mrs. J. Whyte Evans, contralto;
the Lakme quartet, Waldemar Llnd, violin
ist : Frederick T. Crowther. baritone; Mies
Alice Oougherty, solo violin obllgato, and
Mrs. Warren E. Thomas and Miss Mattle
Kelly, accompanists. Hear Miss Harwas'
good-by songs, they'll be good to remember.
Tickets are selling well. The concert, whtch
Is under the direction of George L. Baker,
promises to be well attended.
Large Demand for Circus Seats.
The society cirrus, to be given Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights at the Armory,
is attracting considerable attention and the
great demand for seats indicates that the
whole town is going to turn out for this
sot-laJ event. The Armory has been con
verted' into a typical circus- arena with Its
a Ides how a and other features. From those
who have seen the performers working
comes the intelligence that the big show
will surprise the town. Much preliminary
work is now going on for the big street pa
rade, which will be given Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Circus seats ane on sale
this morning at 10 o'clock at Sherman, Clay
& Co. ', Sixth and Morrison Btreets.
PORTLAND HOTEL SOCIETY
CIRCUS.
Engage tables now for Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday after the Society
Circus. Main dining-room will represent
circus and menagerte. H. C. Bowers,
BUSIXKSS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cat ting Teeth
Be rare and use that old and well-tried rem
edy, Mrs. Wlnsiow's Soothing Syrup, for chil
dren teething. It soothe the child, so ft ens
the gums, allays ail r-'"j riirr wlo4 OMle
and diarrhoea.
TH LIST IS PRUNED
Cut in Occupation Roll Recom
mended to Council.
CITY TO GET $45,000 LESS
Sawmills, Manufactures, Newspa
pers, Grocers, Pharmacists, As
eayers, Restaurants and Board
ing Stables M ill Be Exempt.
Many companies and individuals
compelled to pay an occupation tax
will be exempt from future payments,
as the ways and means committee of
the Council yesterday determined upon
a new list. It is estimated that as a
result of the changes, if they are put
in force, the city will suffer a decrease
of about $20,000 in revenue during the
remainder of the year. The city has
been receiving about $65,000 a year
from the occupation tax, but with the
new list It Is not believed that it will
exceed $2O,D0D annually.
The following were stricken from
tno occupation tax list yesterday: Saw.
mills, manufacturers, newspapers, gro
cers, pharmacists, assayers, restau
rants and boarding; stables.
It was expected that banks and law
yers would also be made exempt, but
the members of the committee believed
that they ought to remain on the lists.
Mercantile and manufacturing agents
will have to pay as heretofore.
Councilman Kellaher has been trying
to secure the repeal of the occupation
tax and appeared before the committee
yesterday. He has always referred to
the tax as a "municipal graft." When
the question was given consideration
yesterday Bennett wanted the entire
ordinance repealed, but the majority
of the committee was against him. He
believed the ordinance should be re
pealed and another one enacted. The
others declared that if once the law"
was annulled 'and an attempt was made
to enact another there would be a
mighty protest from those who would
be affected.
The ways and means committee will
recommend that the Council pass an
ordinance authorizing the sale of the
building now occupied by the Police
Department at Second and Oak streets.
It is believed that the property can be
sold for $60,000, or perhaps more.
Councilman Wallace thinks that a. bet
ter site can be secured for $30,000 or
$35,000. The new station may be lo
cated somewhere on Park or West
Park streets below Washington street.
It is proposed to erect a new station
and emergency hospital to cost not
less than $75,000. If the property ab
Second and Oak streets can be sold for
$60,000 and a new site can be had for
$35,000 the Council will have to ap
propriate but $50,030 for the new sta
tion. The members of the committee
will look about for a suitable site for
the new building and will probably de
cide upon a location at the next meet
ing. The members of the committee yes
terday examined the Indian collection
at the City Hall, which it is proposed
to sell to the city for $2000. The com
mittee does not believe that the col
lection Is worth that amount, and will
report against the purchase.
The committee approved the ordi
nance appropriating $300 for new hose
wagons. When the appropriations for
the year were made out $1900 was al
lowed for two new hose wagons. The
fire committee found that the wagons
could not be had for less than $2230
and the Council was asked to make an
additional appropriation.
DOYLE HAS PRISON RECORD
Clippings Telling Wrongs Convicts
Suffer Lead to Identification.
A lot of newspaper clippings, depicting
alleged wrongs done to convicts by
wardens and other attaches of peniten
tiaries throughout the country, led to the
discovery at police headquarters yester
day that Ed Doyle, alias James Fagan,
was an ex-convict from Walla Walla,
Wash., and a bad man in general. He
was arrested by Detective Sergeant
Jones and Acting Detective Tlchenor for
stealing copper wire.
When Fagan, or Doyle, was taken Into
custody, and searched at police' head
ouarters. the police found among his
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effects several news articles from various
publications, detailing the alleged wrongs
suffered by certain convicts at the hajids
of the keepers, and this led to the sus
picion that the prisoner might have
served time in some penitentiary. An in
vestigation revealed the fact that his
photograph is in the police rogues gal
lery, and that he served a term in Walla
Walla prison.
The police recovered about $35 worth of
copper wire, alleged to have been stolen
by Doyle, alias Fagan, from the Portland
General Electric Company. He will be
prosecuted.
HIS NAME WAS AH POO
Slover finds New Appellation Among
Chinese Gamblers.
There was quite a stir at police head
quarters last night when a band of Chi
nese were, being received, because Captain
Slover thought one of them was attempt
ing to "josh" him.
"What Is your name?" asked Captain
Slover. in the routine of booking the pris
oner. "As Poo," coolly replied the Chinese.
"This is no place for fun," replied the
Captain. "I asked you for your name."
"Ah Poo," again replied the Chinese,
unable to "sabe" why he was misunder
stood. "Oh. I see," said Captain Slover, smil
ing, "Your name is Ah Poo. It beats any
thing I ever heard for a Chinese name."
Everything then went along smoothly,
until all the Ahs and Lungs and Hongs
were booked for gambling at 135 Second
street, where they were captured by Act
ting Detectives Kay and Kienlen and
Policeman James Anderson.
RAID GOLDEN WEST HOTEL
Oiler Declares That Place Will Not
Be Tolerated.
Chief of Police Gritzmacher closed the
Golden West Hotel, 343 Everett street,
at 9 o'clock last night by dispatching; Act
ting Detectives Kay and Kienlen to the
establishment to make a raid. The of
ficers arrested John Laricano, who was
in charge; a visitor and six women, in.
mates. All were released, on cash bail
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morning.
When asked as to the cause for the raid
on the Golden West Hotel, Chief Gritz
macher said:
"The Golden West was being con
ducted openly and defiantly, tn violation
of the law and of a direct order from this
office. I had ordered it closed before, and
when information reached me recently
that It was running again. I was assured
that I need not take drastic action, as
the hotel was about to be sold to the
Chinese and was therefore to be closed
as a disorderly house.
"I later learned that the Golden West
was still in operation,, as a disorderly
place. The Chinese story, I found, was a
myth. I will tolerate such a bluff a while,
but not forever. People were constantly
complaining about the place, and that is
the reason I ordered the raid tonight."
John X.aricano was booked at police
headquarters on a r'rge of conducting
a disorderly house. His bail was fixed at
$100. The other man was booked for vis
iting a disorderly house, and the six
women were booked as inmates. Laricano
was released on bail of $50 and the women
on bail of 520 each. Laricano furnished
the entire amount.
OREGON ALUMNI IS ACTIVE
Fight Referendum on University
Appropriation Bill. .
AJumni of the University of Oregon
are waging- an active campaign against
the referendum that threatens the uni
versity appropriation bill. The local
branch of the University of Oregon
Alumni Association is especially ac
tive, and, through a committee, consist
ing of H. J. Angell, C. N. McArthur
and Dr. Homer I. Keeney, is sending a
circular letter to every voter in the
counties where the referendum work
ers are most active.
The circular letter states the present
needs of the university, showing what
plans have been made for the expendi
ture of the annual appropriation of
?125,00.), and comparing the present in-
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the next general election.
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