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THE 5IORNIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL lO, 190y. ii SHAKE-UP IN CITY HUSBAND GALLED BABY'S PITIFUL CASE OF ECZEMA ENGINEER'S OFFICE MERCILESS BRUTE Summer Rash Became a Dreadful Itching Humor Big Blisters Formed and Skin Grew as Hard and Rough as Bark Scratched and Tore Flesh till Blood Ran. Mayor Lane Plans Searching Investigation of Methods in Vogue. Wife Says i. M. Calavan Beat Little Stepson Till She Feared for Life. Confuse the Respective Fields of Electric and Gasolene Automobiles SYSTEM IS DECLARED LAX 1 1NJURED ANIMALS ON FARM I"" if I REHEARSING MAESOVIAN NATIONAL DANCE TOR KLRMESS ' I i - - - , l.i j , J - . ' . . I ;; r ' ii ' ' A- -'" I I ' Y - ' ' . " J J .-' lw i " - : " Taylor Blamed for Acceptance by In spectors of Poor Jobs on Streets, Sidewalks and Bridges Busi ness Methods Questioned. A shake-up In the office of City En gineer Taylor Is pending, according to re liable Information which is confirmed by Mayor Lane. The latter is displeased with the conduct of Mr. Taylor and. while frankly saying that Mr. Taylor is honest and his integrity unquestioned, declares that the manner in which acceptances of streets, sidewalks and bridges have been made by deputies In the office of the City Engineer is highly unsatisfactory. The recent county grand Jury's report, which scathingly denounced the methods In vogue in the office of the City Engi neer, has evidently served to spur the Mayor and members of the street com mittee of the Executive Board to make a thorough investigation of the Engineer's department. They have already demand ed from Mr. Taylor a complete statement of the probable expenditures of his of fice for April, and the members of the committee will not sign the estimate until the actual figures for the month are forthcoming. Friends of City Engineer Taylor main tain that be Is doing his work well, and that politics Is largely the cause of the threatened upheaval. It is noised abroad that H. M. Esterly, the newest acqui sition to tne JSxecutlve Board, and a member of the street committee, is lead ing in the effort to discredit Mr. Taylor. "There is Just this about the City En gineer's office," said Mayor 1-ano yester day morning. "I am dissatisfied with the acceptances that' have been made In many Instances by the inspectors under Mr. Taylor. The members of the street committee are also dissatisfied, and we are going to investigate it and find out how to remedy It. In doing so absolute fairness to all parties who may be con cerned will be shown, but we Intend to get to the bottom of the trouble." Plan to Systematize Methods. "Loose business methods." is. In brief, the charge that has been made for some months against the office of" City Engi neer. This was the chief fault found with it by the county grand Jury, -which Indicted George P. Bodman, formerly an inspector on the East Sldj, on a charge of stealing 10 sacks of coal. It is said that Mayor Lane and other of ficials of the administration do not be lieve Mr. Bodman guilty, but they real ise that the system in vogue in the City Engineer's office leaves an opening for Just such peculations, should any inspec tor desire to take advantage of the op portunity. To shut off this avenue is one object said to be In contemplation by the Mayor and members of the street committee. Kor several months there have been numerous complaints against the char acter of work accepted by various in spectors, all working under the super- vision of City Engineer Taylor. Hun dreds of thousands of dollars' worth of hard-surface . and other Improvements have been accepted by the Inspectors, and afterward found to be inferior, and much of It has been rejected by the street committee until repairs were made. It has become a very common thing for people to send In remonstrances against pavements, sidewalks and all kinds of street Improvements, after the Inspectors have certified to City Engineer Taylor that It is all right. It Is said that the acceptance of the East Twenty-eighth-street reinforced concrete bridge across Sullivan's gulch has brought the .Investigation of the of fice of the City Engineer to a head. This bridge was certified by Deputy City En gineer Hannam as a good piece of work, and would have been accepted, had not complaints come in from private indi viduals. It Is said at the City Hall. Peo ple living in the vicinity inspected the span, and came to the conclusion that it is a bad piece of work, and so reported to the Mayor and members of the bridge committee. All of the work was done under the supervision of Mr. Hannam, who was also burdened during nearly all of the time with the same responsibility on the L'nion-avenue steel bridge. One Inspector for Two Jobs. It Is snid that Mayor Lane and mem bers of the street and bridge committees strongly censure City Engineer Tavlor for ordering one Inspector to supervise both of these very Important Jobs, when it is said, there should have been at least one competent man on each Job every minute during the course of con struction of the spans. The reiniorced concrete bridge, con structed by the Northwest Bridge Works has been rejected, and Mayor Lane has several times told J. R. Bowles, manager of the contracting firm, that "tli bridge Is filling to pieces, and should be torn down, carted away and burled. The contractors, however, deny tnese charyos, out have accepted a propo sition to make some repairs that were sug rested by the bridge committee and Mayor Lane without further cost to the city. Kvery meeting of the street committee brings additional complaints to the street committee regarding bad curbs and slde wnlks. and considerable complaint has also leen made regarding hard-surface pavements. There have been many in stances where inspectors under City En gineer Taylor's supervision have certl tied to these Improvements, and an In vestlgatlon bj- the members of the com mittee, urged by private persons, has de veloped that the work Is poor. Because of these numerous complaints, and general dissatisfaction that Is said to exist regarding the conduct of the City Engineer's office. Mayor Lane has decided to give the department a thorough Inves tigation. Kelly Back to Answer Charge. ASTORIA. Or.. April 9 -(Special.)-Johr w . Kelly, former chief engineer for the Astoria Electric Company, who was in dicted by the recent Circuit Court grand Jury on a charge of larceny, the allega tion being that he sold a quantity of old brass belonging to the comnanv turned to Astoria, to answer the charge and surrendered to Sheriff Fomeroy. Kelly left this city some time before the charges were brought and has been working In the engine-room of a steamer running between Victoria, B. C, and Skagnay. Today Is positively' the last dav for discount on West Side gas bills. Read "Gas Tips." Latest style pumn at Rosenthal's, i i s - - , , - - i s " I : , r " ' " t " f MR. ASD MRS. HENRY LADD CORBETT. i i.--.-.-TT, , i ................. I HEILIG NUKES LEASE Gets Property at Seventh and Taylor for Theater. BUILDING TO COST $40,000 Instrument Throws Various Safe. gnards Around Character of Struc- ' ture to Be Put Vp, Specifying I Uses to Which It Is to Be Put. The property at Seventh and Taylor streets, owned by Ashley J. Vantlne and Susan O. Cosgrove, on which will be built a new theater, has been leased to Calvin Heilig and his heirs for 99 years. The lease was filed with County Clerk Fields at 2:10 P. M. yesterday. It is dated March 1. The lease covers lots 3 and 4, and the east half of lots 6 and '6. in block 210. Portland. It extends from April 1. 1909 to April 1. 2008. The rent for the property, which must be paid on the first of each month on penalty of forfeiture of the lease and surrender of the theater building. Is as follows: April 1. 1909, to the same time in 1910, 1360 a month: 1910 to 1920. $550 a month; 1920 to 1930, $632.50 a month; 1930 to 19S0, $727.39 a month; 19S0 to 2008. $836.47 a month. The lease provides that the construc tion of the new theater must begin not later than April 1. 1910, and that it must be finished before April 1. 1911. A bond of $20,000. to be given by Heilig, Is pro vided for, and in case the construction is delayed, it will be forfeited. The build ing must cost not less than $40,000. and must be of brick, brick and steel or re inforced concrete, or of equally substan tial or better material. The building must be kept In good order by Heilig and his heirs, the lease to terminate upon written notice of Vantlne and Cosgrove or their heirs in case of failure. Heilig Is to pay all taxes, street and sewer assess ments, and to keep the building Insured against loss by fire for not less than $20. 000. the company to be designated by Cosgrove and Vantlne. In case there la a fire, Heilig must turn over the Insurance money to the Lumber men National Bank, to which the rent Is to be paid each month, or to such other bank as the lessors may designate. The insurance money is to be applied in re building or repairing the theater In case Heilig or his heirs neglect to do? so promptly. If he deposits a $40,000 bond, however, the money may be turned over to him for reconstruction of the bulldlns. by the bank. No lien of any kind Is to b . placed against the building, although the lease may be transferred. But this. It Is pro vided, will not release Heilig from his responsibility as lessee. It is also pro vided that the building must not be used for any unlawful. Immoral, Improper or offensive purpose. If the rent Is In arrears for 30 days. If the building Is not erected within two years. If the taxes, street or sewer as sessments or Insurance are not kept up. or If the building Is used for immoral purposes, or even for an improper purr pose, or if laborers or mechanics file a lien against the property and bring suit, the lease to be forfeited at -the option of the lessors. It Is especially provided that Cosgrove and Vantlne are to have two tickets free of charge to every performance given In the new theater. SIREN GIVES BACK FINERY Repent9 at Seeing Man Who Spent His Money in Tears. Repentant yesterday at seeing Andrew Johnson, a young tanner of Rockford 111., crying like a child because he had spent all his money. Miss Gladys Fra zier. a young woman of the automobile variety who spent most of Johnson's money for him Thursday, offered to re move the gaudy finery he bought her and ntura It to the store whan It was bought. Johnson and the. police accepted the proffer but the dealers refused.. "I'll take the clothes his money bought me right off my back to square the mat ter," Miss Frazier told Detectives Hell yer and Maloney. who arrested her. "I can't stand to see anyone suffering from hunger. If I had any of that $190 he spent with us you can be sure I would give it back. I never took a cent away from a man in my- Ufa but I have always let them spend as much as they liked and this fellow seemed to have plenty of money and no sense. We supposed he was some millionaire farmer out for a frolic. Yes, naturally we left him when his $190 was gone." Late in the afternoon Detectives Hell yer and Maloney arrested Mrs. Emma Jones, the other "automobile girl" in the case. She didn't get any of the money or finery Johnson's funds purchased, but she was with Miss Frasier and I L Dennis, their male accomplice. Mrs! Jones will be held as a witness. READY FOR REHEARSAL KIRMESS DANCERS TO APPEAR IX COSTUME AT ARMORV. Participants Are Well Drilled and First Real Performance la to Go Without Hitch. . Tonight the first full-Are... , of the big charity kirmess to open Tues day evening for four nights and a matinee IJ7' The kirmess costumes, which KlH.Ve1..BeVJ.eral.day3 have now all who wl wear" Sf 5"1 11? dress rehearsal will l " "'s tantes. young matron, and Tlubmen Iressd" Prram. -11 in fancy flfres ,.hroug1' th intricate ngures and difficult steps of their several sets just as they will bforl the Immense dayn"ghtWhlC'1 '.S "W Every detail of the am.nm.. preparations is now well in 3 younjr Wrnnm on, ... , ' . been arduouslv rZ nave 1ntrlngi.aB ' ""6 n. 1 II Ort'R Tl iri 1 iT paBC lnree weeks In excellent training tu ? test nf V, a . j " . ....v. i.ui ed Impatiently, but it T fidence by the nartloloant. j .fr mo?eb4r Ptn". chaperons, pro! moters and intimate frfrf i hui. o . nave hearsals. 8 prevlou formal . Every member of AVOW aa I.. - 1 relentlessly drilled by Miss Llla Agncw Stewart, who is training the small !ry oi aancers. until they are all tne movements, steps and spirit of their r'?UiS p,?tureslu dances, and tonight's iciiroiaai in n rnntiim. i pected to be most impressive. Incidental it is again announced thni nn i . . i. ' chaperons patronesses, promoters, news paper writers and photographers and Tv. V J, ged Person will be admitted at the big preliminary show. How to neep out persistent visitors has been the problem of the kirmess management ever since the rehearsals began. The Armory is beginning to take on the carnival appearance. A corps of window decorators, whose services have been donated by Will L. Unm,. .V? orce or 8tae hands, con tributed by Calvin Heilig. will work all today at the decorations and details of stage setting. Green boughs and f.-ras axe being hauled to the Armory by the wagon load and bunting and banners are being strung all through the build ing. By Monday night all the booth workers will be on the ground with their extensive stock and they will work hard all day Tuesday getting reaJy for the opening. The seat sale Is going on steadily at the Heilig box office, where William Pangla and Scott Brooke have charge of it. Sea son seats were sold exclusively Thurs day and Friday, and the sale of Individ ual performance seats will open at 10 o'clock this morning. Season seats will be given preference over single night seats all through the sale, and those who desire to be sure of either season ticket or single night. seatSi according to Mr. Pangle, had better not do too much postponing. The kirmess dates are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Thursday and Fri day evenings, and Saturday matinee. The full programme will be given each per formance, with an additional children's ounce oi reddy uears and French Dolls" on Saturday at the matinee. The kirmess is being given for the bene fit of the Portland Open Air Sanitarium for Consumptives and the local Woman's ibxenange. Testifying In Her Suit for Divorce, Former Albany Woman Tells of Mate's Cruel Acts Ten Divorces Granted. That her husband, John M. Calavan. beat her 9-year-old son by a former marriage until she despaired of his life, and while he rolled on the floor and begged for mercy, was testified to by Elizabeth Calavan before Circuit Judge Morrow yesterday morning. She said that her husband would beat her two children upon the slightest prov ocation. So much nol3e was made. Bhe asserted, that the neighbors heard It a quarter- of a mile away. Besides beating the lad. she said, her husband kicked him. This was In the Spring of 1907. she said, while the family was living on a ranch near Crabtree. Or. According to the allegations of the complainant, Calavan was not only brutal to the children, but to the farm animals, and the children's pets also. Mrs. Calavan alleged that her husband struck his mare over the head in the Spring of 1908 with such force that he put out her eye. One of the cows, also, has a missing eye as the result of Calavan's brutality, says his wife, while other cows have missing horns. She alleges that he beat his children's dog. swung him around by the tall while he howled and the children yelled, and that he shot the children's pet cat. Assault and battery on Mrs. Calavan's married daughter. Is also al leged. Mrs. Calavan asserted tha-t her nns- band walked through the sitting room to the kitchen frrfm the cow barn without cleaning his feet, and that when she objected and locked the door he kicked it In. She married him December 3, 1906, at Albany. The property rights were settled out of court ( Ten Divorces Granted. Judge Morrow granted 10 divorces yesterday, five in the morning and five in the afternoon. Anna Suter said that her husband, Frank Suter. a dairyman, dealt her a blow in the face with his fist last December, that he tore her clothes, and that he threat ened to kill her. She was given a divorce and the custody of their three children. She said that her mother has sent her money, and that she will return to Switzerland. The couple lived at 879 Tacoma avenue, Sellwood. John Slgrlst, Suter's partner, testified as to his conduct toward his wife. The Suters married at Ingenbohl, Switzer land, July 21, 1901. " Maude Downs, the wife of Curtis TT. Downs, who conducts a saloon on Sixth street, between Washington and Stark, told of her husband's cruelty, ana was given a decree, with the cus tody of her children, and the order that Downs pay her $30 a month for their support until ' they are of age. She married him at Falls City. Neb., April 23, 1890. A. Kiljunen said through an inter preter that his wife, Erika T. Kilju nen, delighted in going to "boarding house dances," leaving her husband at home 'to care for the children, and telling him on her return what a good time she had had with her male ac quaintances. He said she was out late almost every night for three months. On Saturday and Sunday nights, he declared, the hour of her return was later, once being 7 A. M. They were married December 4. 1901, and Judge Morrow thought that KUJunen was en titled to a divorce. Columbia C. Cross, a logger, secured a divorce from Nina L. Cross, after testifying that she leserted him. He married her at Rainier, Or., he said. He was given the custody of the chil dren. Husband Left, Never Returned. Bethlne Dotzman said that the last she heard of her husband he was In Fresno. He went to Sacramento late in 1907, she said, and has never re turned to her. She married Harry C. Dotzman at Fulton, Ky.. December 6, 1902. She was given a divorce. Ethyl L. Cooper secured a divorce from Arthur Ray Cooper. Her maiden name was Ethyl L. Bell, and she mar ried Cooper April 12, 1906. Other divorces granted, all on grounds of desertion, were as follows: Josephine Gardner McLean, from Charles Leslie McLean, married at Mc Mlnville, Or.. June 18, 1902; Bertha Lacey from A. H. Lacey, married at Sturgls, S. D.. April 7, 1908; F. A. Miller from Llllle Miller, married at O'Neill. Neb., June 23, 1902. , Hanah M. Nelson has brought a di vorce suit in the Circuit Court against Casper N. Nelson, alleging that he Is a gambler and improvident. She says that she married him in Seattle, June 6, 1896, and that in 1900 he left for Alaska. A year ago last August, she says, he told her to leave him and shift for herself. She says she went to Sioux City, la., where she worked for awhile, afterward coming to Port land. HOLD-rP MEN" ARE SENTENCED Trio Who Robbed City Hall Saloon ' Must Go to Penitentiary. Oscar Johnson and Harry Benson, re cently convicted in the Circuit Court of having held up and robbed the City Hall saloon, were sentenced by Judge Cleland yesterday morning to serve nine years in the penitentiary. Chris Bunes, who was also convicted, was sentenced to serve six years. William Rueddy pleaded not guilty yes terday to the theft of 12 pounds of veal Hens 20 c Lb. SKAMOKAWA BUTTER, 6o BOLL ranch eggs, dozen, 25 fbj:sh eish COLUMBIA FISH CO. Third and Ankeny Streets. Main 5. - A 5556. BRANCH Washington Street Market, First and Washington. ALMOST MAGJC CURE BY CUT1CURA REMEDIES "Our son, two rears old, was very much afflicted with a breaking out or what looked to bo a summer rash. I applied the usual remedies, such as washing with soda water and powdering with boric acid. Finally, after he su fered with the trouble several weeks I took him to the doctor. , He said it was merely a rash that was quit- prevalent, and that I was giving the right treat ment and that I should just continue it and the baby would soon be all right. But instead of getting better it was get ting worse. The rash ran together and made large blisters. The little fellow didn't want to do anything but scratch and we had to wrap his nands up to keep him' from it as he would tear the nesn open tm tne Diooa would run. The itching was intense, causing loss of appe tite and flesh. When it seemed to hurt him most the skin on his back became hard and rough like the bark of a tree so that rubbing or brushing would not break it. He was so feverish that I thought it a bad case of eczema. He could not wear any clothes but a little nightgown with the sleeves just fastened at the top of the shoulder. He suffered intensely for about three months. But I found a remedy in aticura Soap for bathing and Cuticufa Ointment with which I anointed the sore places. This kept the rash from spreading and in less than a week the result was almost magi cal. That was more than two years ago and -there has not been the slightest symptom of it since he was cured. I am never very long without Cuticura Soap as my family knows the value of it and don't like a substitute. J. W. Lauck Yukon, Okla., Aug. 28 and Sept. 17, '08., Millions of women throughout the world use Cuticura Soap and Ointment for eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations, inflammations, chafings, pimples, black heads, dandruff, dry, thin and falling hair, sanative, antiseptic cleansing, ana for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Cuticura Remedies are sold ttirorriont the world. Potttr Inu: A Chem. Corp.. Sole Prop, 135 Colum bus Ave.. Boston. Mass. aj-&iallcd ! rec Cuticura Book on Skin from the Clatskanle Transportation Com pany. The trial will be held May 7. The case of A. F. Grant, charged with iavuig given Jacob Kessler a deed to two lots at Twenty-third and Alberta streets, when he had no title, was set for trial May 19. He pleaded not guilty jwiieruaj anernoon. alter Jay Upton, his attorney, had filed a demurrer to the in dictment. Wants Title to Island. Complaint was yesterday filed In the Federal Court in the' case or Jniin B. Switzler, of Umatilla County, Or., against F. E. Earnhart, of the same place, wherein the plaintiff asks that Earnhart be restrained from Interfer ing with his rights In the ownership ui. uuve nenrerii imana in the Co lumbia River, a tract of 80 acres. Switzler alleges that he located on the property In 1893. when it was unsur veyed land, and later leased it to John E. Hatter, who agreed to surrender possession at the expiration of the lease. Instead of doing so, according to the allegations in the complaint. Hatter entered Into a conspiracy with Earnhart to defraud Switzler of the titlp. The present action is a result of this condition. Mining Company Sues. The Cornucopia Mines Company of Food Fads may come goes on forever. It nutriment than meat easily digested. Try oston 11 HtkJj . u vu en .US! WHMT Cor. Third and Ankeny The gasolene car holds first place for long runs and high speed. But the Electric Car is supreme for use in city streets, in crowded traffic, for comparatively short runs with freqUent stops. The Electric Car stands first for use by the physician visit ing patients, or the woman calling or shop ping. The Electric Car requires little at tention, no mechanical ability, no chauf feur. It is clean, free from vibration and requires no cranking. In the last five years the Electric Vehicle, both for pleasure and business purposes, has made enormous strides. In part, because of the thought, care and en terprise shown by its manufacturers. In part, because of the wider distribution of Electric Central Stations where charging can be done conveniently and economically. But above all, the progress and popularity of the Electric Car have been made possible by the rapid development of the storage battery. The reliability of the Electric pleasure or commercial vehicle makes it supreme in its particular field. This mil be explained to you by the Electric Light Company or vehicle manufacturers. Portland Railway, Oregon yesterday filed suit in the Fed eral Court against "Valentine Lauben helmer, also of this state, asking that the latter be restrained from collect ing or receiving any money or prop erty produced under a lease by de fendant of a group of quartz mining claims near the town of Cornucopia, Baker County, Oregon. which have been operated by Laubenheimer under a lease from the mining company, un der the terms of which he was to have received a royalty of 10 per cent. The complainant alleges that defendant has misappropriated more than his share of the bullion. An accounting is also demanded by the complainant. "S and go, but contains more real or eggs and is more it for breakfast. FROM THE Boston Packing Company We Have Plenty of Spring Lamb at We also carry THE CHOICEST AND BEST MEATS in the market, and will be glad to supply your wants For the Easter Table ackmg TWO BIG MARKETS Light & Power Co. Francis Fitch and Emmet Callahan, of Baker City, represent the plaintiff. New York's latest novelties In fine footwear at Rosenthal's. BUTTER LOWER THE PROFIT IS YOURS WE SELL AT - WHOLESALE PRICE SATURDAY'S SPECIAL BEST CREAMERY BUTTER 60c and 65c Square Good Creamery 50 Dairy Butter 50 Fresh Ranch Eggs, 2 doz 45 Best Hams .'. ..14 Chickens, per lh 18 to 20 Bacon, per lb 15S 17 La Grande Creamery 264 Yamhill Street. ORDER YOUR Comnanv Cor. First and Burnside