tiii: mohmm; ori:c;onian. Friday, may 21
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TEMPEST STIRRED
UP OVER STREETS
Lawyer Duniway and Mayor
Lane "Speak Right Out
in MeetinV
CITY ACCUSED OF DELAY
War of Words Enlivens Executive
Board Committee When Jrvlngto'u
District Improvements Taken
t'p One Award Made.
Language, decidedly expressive and un
mistakable aa to meaning, wan employed
oy Mayor Lane and Attorney R. R. Dunl-f.-ay
while each paid his respects to the
othr at a meeting of the street com
m;,tec of the Executive Board yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Duniway reminded the
tMayor and his associates on the com
mittee that they were the "servants and
rot the masters" of the people. The
aiayor retorted by saying that Duniway
waa no man to presume to lecture the
members of the Executive Board as to
their official responsibility. Mayor Lane
further charged that Mr. Duniway and
the Interests he represented were laying
a more "bum" quality of street pave
ment In Irvlngton than could be found
In any other section of the city.
Wrangle Over Improvement.
The whole trouble arose from a discus
sion of street Improvements in Irvlngton
nd resulted In the committee rejecting
the bids for a number of streets and
ending them back to the Council for
further proceedings. At a prior meeting
of the committee, bids for the Improve
ment of a number of streets In Irving
ton addition were opened but of the
number only one award was made, that
for Stanton street, which vu given to
EI wood Wilds, who also waa a bidder
for the other Improvement work. The
award of the other contracts had been
Theld up for some time and yesterday At
torney Duniway, representing Kills C".
Hughes and the Irvlngton Investment
Company, principal owners of the addi
tion In which the Improvements were
asked, appeared before the committee and
protested against the dilatory manner In
which the contracts were being con
eidered. At yesterday- meeting City Attorney
Kavanaugh aubmitted an opinion hold
ing that the contract for the linpiove
ment of Stanton street had been entered
Into with Wilds from the time it waa
awarded, although the Mayor had not
yet signed the contract. In the same
opinion. It was held that the Improve
ment of that street at Its Intersection
with other streets for the Improvement
ot which bids bad been asked, belonged
to the holder of tlie original contract,
even though his figures were slightly in
advance of the other bidders, for that
particular part of the work.
Wants Contracts Awarded.
Mr. Duniway appealed to the Execu
tive Board to award the contracts for
the improvement of the other streets to
"Wlltls. submitting at the same time the
unanimous waiver of the interested property-owners
as to the slightly Increased
figure of Wilds" bid. He explained that
tiie people of that addition were desirous
of improving their section and wished to
co-operate with the city official and
conform to the rules and regulations gov
erning such work. He Insisted that hia
clients were Interested only in the Im
provement and beautifying of that dis
trict and since they were willing to stand
the expense of the work as Indicated
In Wilds' figures that the committee
should not longer delay tlie award of tlie
contract so long as the interests of
the city were properly protected. He
spoke with considerable warmth and
charged the committee with shirking Its
responsibility which, he said, was to aid
and encourage in every way property
owners who manifested a desire to Im
prove their property.
"My clients own these streets, not
the city." declared Mr. Duniway. "What
is more, the members of this committee
are acting only in a ministerial ca
pacity. You are the servants not the
masters of the people, and we have
some rights. These Improvements have
been petioned for by the property-owners
and it is only right that their
petitions should be granted. Only a
few minutes ago on the petition of 90
per cent of the property-owners In
another instance this committee award
ed a contract for the Improvement of
several streets to the highest bidder.
"Confine yourself to the truth as
nearly aa It is possible for you to, In
terrupted Mayor Lane.
"Was not that the reason for the
award?" aaked Duniway.
"No, sir, . there were other reasons,"
came back the Mayor.
Mr. Duniway concluded by rebuking
the members - of the committee for
holding up Improvements in which, he
charged, they had no right to interfere.
' Mayor Ijine Sarcastic.
Replying to Mr. Duniway Mayor
lane became decidedly causic. He
charged that Mr. Duniway and his as
sociates, who were now undertaking
to dictate to the committee Just how
It should proceed in the award of street
improvement contracts, had only a few
years ago Induced the old water board
to lay several thousand feet of water
mains in their addition for which the
city had never been paid.
"I have absolutely no confidence In
the highly benefactory Instincts you
profess to have." continued the Mayor.
"You are building more 'bum' pave
ment In your Irvington addition than
can be found in any other section of
the city. Our Inspectors are watching
your work well and It Is proper that
they should. Tour work and that of
your contractor will bear the closest
scrutiny and that Is what we propose
to give It. too. These private con
tracts you 'and your clients have en
tered into with your contractor will
bear a close inspection."
Under the ruling of the City Attor
ney, the committee decided that It was
powerless to reclnd its action at a
previous meeting regarding the Stan-ton-street
Improvement and It was de
cided that it was up to the Mayor to
sign this contract, which he has been
holding up for some time. As to the
improvements on Intersecting streets,
however. In which the contracts had
not been awarded, the committee or
dered them returned to the City Council
with Instruction that new plans and
specifications be prepared and further
bids aaked.
EPWORTH LEAGUERS MEET
(Second Annual District Gathering in
Session at Sell wood Church.
Beginning at o'clock this morning
In the Sellwood Methodist Cnnrc.h and
; continuing with morning, afternoon
and night res-Ions, the second annual
meeting of the District Fpworth Iagu.
will convene. The mornlng.sesslon will
be devoted largely to routine bustness.
will b rai by J. V. Ijirimorf-
nd KrnMt .Smith. At th- f trnoori
"Mion at 1 ; o'clock Mlna 1rnc Kay.
of S-II wood fhptr, will rfi a. ipr
on- Tra.nin.t- 1 r. I K I. nj-dr, of
the Pacific Christian Advocat. w 1.1
alo pvik.
Th principal fratnr of th- nlcht
sMon wi!! . th? addr. Th Vak
In "f a Man." by Ir. Benjamin
Youngr. of Tay lor-itwt hurrh. Thra
111 aluo be three iujfttonp tomorrow
and Sunday, wiifn the leaffue'a work
will be preKntd it. addrena- and pa
per by inrmbers of the various chap
ter. At last rlrht's t-o-rlal iwMlon M.
A. Marry, of I! wood Chapter, deliv
ered the address of welcome, wM h was
responded to by District President
William H. Warren. Following; Is to
day's proR-ramnie:
Morn Ins Devotioiisl serrlrs; bua nss mmm
sion : piprr. "Ati rsci Ins." by J. v. ltrt
more. u;rtntnn-nt of First (Taylor sTref
Interme-itat Ihku: fatr. svin c. by
Krnrit bra 1th, of Trinity Chapter; aaixmacts
mema. Aftemoon Blbls rsilnc : oaper, "Tr-sin-fns."
by Miss Irens Kay. of S i I wood hp
tr ; th Pacific hritian Advora.tr. by Ir.
T. L- fladr; roll cail of chapitri; announct
mnt
E en Ins Social session ; addrvt. T..
Making of a Man." ty K-v. Hti Jam to
Young. I. D of ths Flrat Metbod.st KpLsco
pal Church.
TAGOMA THUG SHOOTS
worxns man who resists
HOLIM'P IX SALOON".
Seven Other Men Kmptjr Their
Pockets and Robber Then
Ixmts Caeh-Drawrr.
TACOM A. Wash.. Mar 50. (Spe
cial.) Shortly before midnight tonight
a masked robher entered the Potomac
Hotel saloon. SOI East Twenty-sixth
street, and with a command to the
eight occupants to throw up their
hands, deliberately flred at Carl dock,
who showed a disposition to Ignore the
command. The bullet entered the right
side.
Apparently struck dumb by the bold
ness and cold-bloodedness of ths out
law, the other men offered no resist
ance and quickly shelled out the con
tents of their pockets. After gather
ing up his collection of money, watches
and valuables, the robber went behind
the bar and tapped the cash register,
securing about $10. With a bow and
a "Thank you.' he then disappeared
through the doorway. The police have
no clew, but believe he la the same
robber who has been operating In the
East End the past ten usy.
Ulock Is foreman for the Coast Con
tracting Company, and rooms at the
Potomac Hotel. Hia condition Is seri
ous although It is expected he will re
cover. WIDOW CHARGES THEFT
ACCUSES C. M. N'ELROT, SAID TO
BE 1-On.TLAND LAWYEIL
Mrs. Inn Valqoez. of Taooma. Al
lege Her "Affinity" Took
50O of Her Money.
TACOMA. Wash.. May 10. .-eclal.)
Mrs. lnex Valuuez. a pretty widow,
has sworn to a complaint In Prosecut
ing Attorney MeMurray's offlce charg
ing C. M. klcKlroy. alias Valquez. said
to be a Portland attorney, with deser
tion and theft of tiOO. which she al
leges he took when he suddenly desert
ed her after a two months' honeymoon
In Alaska. She claims that her "affin
ity" had a wife when he married her.
One day she was proudly showing his
photograph to a friend. "Why. that's
C. M. McElroy. of Portland." exclaimed
the friend. "There must be some mis
take or a wonderful resemblance. He
Is married to a stenographer In one of
the city offices at Portland, though he
hasn't lived with her for two years."
Mrs. Valquez went to Portland and
met the other wife, who told her all
about It. she says. She then returned
to Tacoma and filed complaint, and the
Pierce County authorities are now
looking for McElroy. who la thought to
still be in Juneau. Alaska. Mrs. Val
quez has returned to Portland, where
she Is looking up the record of the man
she married after a short courtship.
ELKS' JINKS BIG SUCCESS
Antlered Herd Hears Programme
and Talks of Convention. '
"Helloa. Bill! Welcome to our fair
and beautiful city." That via the
greeting heartily extended to visitors
from outside Portland who attended
the Elks' jinks last night. The occa
sion waa the semi-annual entertain
ment given by the organisation to bring
the membership together and extend fra
ternal felicitations to visiting Elks.
There was a full turnout of members of
Portland Lodge No. 1 J and a good
sprinkling of visitors from all parts of
the country.
(Jus C Moeer. exalted ruler of Port
land Lodge, presided and kept the enter
tainment moving along without hitch. He
and Past Exalted Ruler D. Soils Cohen
and Dr. Harry McKay spoke to the
members of Portland Lodge on the Im
portance of having a big representation
of Portland at the coming graod lodge
meeting at Los Angeles. Vancouver
Lodge liad a committee present to ar
range accommodations in the special
train that la to go from this city to Cali
fornia. ,
TWO UNIONS TO UNITE
Western Federation and United
Mlnewurkrr Will Bo Allied.
SPOKANE. May 3" "It Is probable
that working agreements will be made
by the Western Federation of Miners
and the I'nited Mine Workers of Amer
ica, bringing fhem la closer relations with
each other." stared C. H. Moyer. presi
dent of the Western Federation of
Miners, who la here tonight- "It Is not
probable that they will unite, as their
fields of usefulness are different. In
spite of all reporta. the next convention
of. the Federation will show that It is
stronger, than ever."
PERSONALMENTION.
Mrs. George R. Cellars Is rapidly Im
proving from an operation at the Good
Samaritan Hospital. If her Improve
ment continues, srve . can be removed
to l.er home the last of next week.
The ?rlenda of Mrs. John M. Roricera
will be pleased to know that she la re
covering rapidly from ths operation aha
underwent at St. Vincents Hospital last
Monday, and will be able tu return n
her sums in a few daya,
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I M I I I ft I 1 I I I! I I . Ml I II
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Benefits of Commercial Club
Excursion Told by Pilgrims. "
OPTIMISTIC TALKS MADE
rartlolnant In Recent Journey
Through stale of Uahtngion
Agree Resulto Amply Itepaid
Them Leon Learned.
What was described by all the apeak
aa a "gathering of tha r.....
occurred last night at the convention hall
ofthe Commercial Club. )ri f the T
participants in the buaineas men's e.
curalon tl. rough .th tale of Washing
ton with a number of th-lr friends were
there to discuss th ben-fH and pol
bllltlra of the trip.
H. M. I.ud.-rs at the ball rolling a 1th a
brl f chat on ' public Improvements.
Mr. IuriVr was partl.-ularly l?npred
elth th hard-eu-fa'-e pavements In Ta
coma. "For an lour." he .aid. "ma drove
In automoblleo at high speed and only
once for a few blocks did me croaa our
tra ka. paving in Tacoma I. dor- on the
district plan and tr- city Insists on all
Improvements being put In ahead of the
paving.
"One wonders mhy Portland, so beauti
ful, should be so fsr behind Tacoma In
screet mprovetTMrnt and particularly In
the matter of paving.
"In Portland the streets are the only
marring snot. I.ct us adopt tl dl.tri.-t
Plan. In Tacoma It mas found the value
of property lnrraa.-d by several times
the value of the pavlrg and Improve,
menta put In. and In Portland We shall
find It tlie same."
'""' In the evening the speaker re
minded tne audience tlal mltl.ln 3uO feet
of tne Commercial lub a mooden aide
walk could be found.
"Tha lloostrr Spirit" mas touched on by
W. A. Holt. "Nothing In the morld does
so much good as l.e spirit or boosting
or com mendt.: ton." said Mr. Holt. "on
our trip little twn had not much, but
they shorn ed us tlielr beat and they
boosted It alor.g. On that aecount me
appreciated m 1.x. t they hao. Every tomn
Said II had something that waa the best
In the world of lis kind. And I be
lieve It had-
"Miny people thin boosting s hot air.
If me live In a city we munt think It
the best place In the world or wo mould
not live In it. v f y should me not say o?
"Roosting can only come of a certain
amount of good mill, it la one of t
finest attributes a man can have. It mas
particularly noticeable in our train and
at tha depots me visited.
"We have the good mill of every place
In Washington. Boosting Is not confined
to men at one lime we were met by a
women's booster club.
"Knocking is a detriment a nation can
not get along with Interior strife a tomn
cannot get along If It contains knock
ers. There has been a little too much
knot-king In Portland but the spirit Is
passing.
Of expositions, the way they should
be managed and the way they should
be exploited. J. It. Wa-k Marshall
spoke at some length. lie told of
traveling tT.eea miles In the Interest
of the Lewis and Clark exposition and
of the experiences, ths rebuffs and
satisfaction he had received. II dis
cussed the difficulty of getting the
Ubertv Bell and told nrhy Portland
had not had t for the exposition and
would not have It for the Hose Festi
val. Regarding the exposition of to
day, he said:
"Yesterday It waa a dream, today It
Is a realization and tomorrow It will
bs a commonplace. Tou can learn a
whole lot at Seattle. You have In
vested money up there and you ought
to get your money's worth.
"Help the fellows build their expo
sition, but be selfish. Then let's bs
magnanimous while we're selfish.
W. A. Averll! told -of the wonders of
Irrigation. Ct tha enterprise of ths
irrigated land farmers, ha waa partic
ularly Impressed, and he contrasted
them unfavorably with the Willamette
Valley farmers, who h said wera able
to leave a great deal to nature that
the Irrigated land farmer had to
achieve by hard work.
"One of the most pleasing things
we saw were the orchards tha gar
den spots of Yakima." he said, "all due
to the benefits of Irrigation. A few
years ago these lends were sag
brush. Twenty years ago to) a ere a
was sold for under IJOo. This land
was right close to Takima and now I
could not purchase It for S1000 an
acre. That Is du to th benefits of
Irrigation."
YOUNG ELOPERS CAUGHT
Portland Couple In Tent at Moae
Lake Surprised by Officer.
WILSON CREEK. Wash.. May !. .
(Special.) Love's young dream In a tent
at Moses Lake was rudely shattered when
an officer arrived from Portland with
warrants for th arrest of the eloping
couple.
The man was about 21 years old. named
Lynn, a cok by profession. Tha girl
waa Miss Frances PrescIL and her ac
Is years. Th warrants were sworn to
by the girl's mother. The couple saeert
ed that they were married In Wenatche
on their wsy her.
Accompanied by the officer, the party
drove to Kphrata. whs re they boarded a
train for Portland.
MAUS IS NEW COMMANDER
New General at Vancouver Oilier
Chance In Array.
WASITTNGTON. Mav 10 Brigadier-
General Marlon P. Maus will be as-
Why pay $100 later on
when the same Talking
Machine
can now be
bought for
$39.00 less?
Besides, you
can take your own time
paying for one just now.
Eilers Piano House Un-der-Price
Talking Ma
chine Sale.
PAINFUL
TREATMENT
OF SCIATICA
Left Patient in Worse Condition
Than Before When Blood W
Restored Health Followed.
Of tb many fnrrns which rheumatism
takes, that a hirh IS popalarl r know n aa
aciatio rheumatism probably torture
ita victim more than anv other. That
Ir. Williams' Pink Pill hav cored
this stubborn aa well aa pamfoi tronbl
is a fact proved bv th following state
ment, anl no anfrcrer who reads this
ran affrtnl to let anTtlilnit stand in Uia
war of trying this treatment.
The enre o( Mr. lieorf-a IT. Owen, of
Ko. 44 Lincoln Street, booth Framiog
ham. Ma., is convincing proof of th
upenonty of tha tonic treatment with
Ir. W liiiama' I "ink IMla over th nana!
medical treat menta for sciatica. Mr.
Owen la an engineer with th Denni
son Mfjr. Co.. where h has been era-
I-lored for over 86 years. Of hi enre,
ilr. Owen says :
Through overwork and n bad cold,
which settled in my back. I waa attack
ed by sciatic in my right Irs; several
Tears afro. I was bent over with pam
which waa continually present. It
(frew so much worse that the doctor r
commeuiied a blixterinjr plaster. Then
my leg waa Lanced and the pain relieved
by injections of morphine. After all
this treatment for the sciatica I waa
left in a run -down condition and my
doctor failed to buildup mr strength.
"My blood vm in poor sltap and 1 iiad
boj appetite. I waa restless at night.
There waa, a constant, dnll ach acroaa
my back. During my sickness I was
often confined to my bed and lost in
weight from mS pounds to 118 pounds.
"I was in despair of ever getting
better but fortunately Dr. Williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me br
om friends. Tha pills soon had tar
blood In trood condition but, 1 look them
steadily until I was fully restored to
health. I am verv grateful for the
benefit Dr. Williams' link Pills Rave
tne and always recommend them."
If yon are suffering from sciatica and
the treatment yon ar taking is not re
lieving yrro. or if yon ar actually get .
ting worse while taking other treatment,
then do not delay but gir Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills a' thorough trial. Th
remedv that enree others will cure von.
Dr Williams' Pink Pilla are sold by
all drnirtrista. or will be mailed, post
paid .on receipt of price. &0 cents rer bos:
six bote for 12.60, br tha Dr. William
Medicine Company, rWhenectadr. X. T.
signed to th vacant rnmtiund of th
I M-pariment of I he ColutnMa. wlin
headtuarters at Vancouver Herracka.
Wash., aa the result if a series of
Army changes announced texiar.
iirica1ier- letters! John B Kerr, re
cently detached from command of th
mounted wrtlrs and post al t ort Kll.r.
Kan, was placed on lb retired lut
on his own application. lie wi't be
succeeded br iirlgadler-Oen.ral V. K.
Kdgerly. now commanding the lesart
ment of laakota, at Ft. Paal. who In
turn will he succeeded br itrlgadier
tieneral Charles I. Iludgea. recently
detached from the command of the Ina
trlct of the Vlaayaa. In the rhlllt-ninea.
T ARTMt-R A Onrtt-t
TO what baa uses'. To what t
use.: Is all th world and his wife
afflicted with paresis or Is he becoming
depraved from the f.et up? A dirty lit
tle comedy Hod eav the mark called
"Comtesse Coquette." arllten by a rl-bald-mlndcd
Italian dabbler in pet.
fumed smut snd slleced literature.
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shopping place in
of the first fart aaouM be esamlned by
a eatpr of alienists. The crowd l-4
at llffltr and frem.riily attested lis
hnowleds of what waa trmn.rtrleg by
grlna. Hut It Is to be herded that nor
of ttrm. returning to ordinary decency
after the last curtain was down, eo t.r
forgot themeelv.a aa lo Irlt wbst th
play was al-out la tbos who try to
keep tnenla!:y clesn.
Mme Netumcere d'd herlf no credit.
It la lnc-tortvsbo that tf.osv she .w
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