p T2 THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, JAMJARY 8, 1910. PEOPLE TO DECIDE SIGNBOARD ISSUE frayor Will Invoke Initiative Unless Council Compjies With Wishes. COMMITTEE OPPOSES BILL )tringent Control 3Iust Be Provided Simon Says Ellis Ordinance, Xow Under Consideration, Embodies His Views, MAYOR SIMON WILL NOT MEET BOABDOWMiKS. Mayor Simon -will not meet .-with the health and police committee of the Council this morning:, when the mebbers take up the billboard ordi nance, introduced, by Councilman. Ellis. Representatives of the Mll boardowners will be there, however. "It is not customary, when a man'' is arrested for -a crime, to consult with him as to what should be his punishment," said the Mayor, when asked to attend the session of the committee, this morning. "I am re .q nesting- reasonable legislation for the regulation of billboards, and I don't need the advice and counsel of the billboard agents in preparing the pro posed law." Mayor Simon announced yesterday morning, after noting the apparent un willingness of the majority of members of -the Council committee on ways and means to do anything toward regulating the billboards, that he will carry the question before the people at tlie next general election, if that is necessary to get reasonable legislation to this end. !The committee did not complete its re port to the main body, but will, hold a special meeting this morning to hear p those Interested. The attitude of the majority members of the committee is opposed to what Mayor Simon wants. Chairman Lombard being outspokenly in favor of the' so called regulative measure recently vetoed "by Mayor Simon, prepared by Council man Wat kins, who is the other majority member of the committee now having the new ordinance prepared, by Coun cilman. Wilis, in charge. That an adverse .report will be made, there is little doubt. Committee Opposes Mayor. Wayor Simon was present at the meet ing of the committee, and told plainly what legislation he wants concerning mil lboards, but the committee members seemed at variance with his wishes. They will hold a meeting this morning to go over the Ellis ordinance, when rep resentatives of Foster & Kleiser, who !hold a virtual monopoly of the business In Portland, and others will be heard. "The attitude of the Council committee on health and police seems antagonistic to the proper regulation of billboards," eaid Mayor Simon, after the committee meeting. 'I have decided that there must be much more stringent control of these tfoards, and if the Council will not grant reasonable legislation, I will cause the preparation of an initiative petition, and will ask the people to pass a regu lative measure at the next general elec tion. I have 'no doubt whatever that they will pass any reasonable bill sub mitted.' Mayor Simon Is deeply interested in the billboard subject, and is deter mined to have relief for the people from what is referred to by him as "the billboard nuisance." He is ask ing for control of these advertising boards for the purpose of having re lief from the large number of them, the style and size. In order to protect life and property and the public health. Ellis Ordinance Covers Ground. The Ellis ordinance, now up for con sideration at the hands of the com mittee on health and police, is such a measure as the Mayor favors. It was drafted and submitted at his request, after Councilman Watkins had failed to bring in such a measure as wjould regulate the billboards. The Watkins ordinance, which was vetoed and did not pass over the Mayor's objections, increased the revenue to the , city by $400 a year, but the Mayor is not so much- concerned about the financial etde as ho is about the provision to eliminate some of the boards, fix their size and manner of construction, and to see to it that people are not unduly annoyed by the placing of the boards near their homes or on their property without their consent. The Ellis ordinance provides all of these things, and Mayor Simon is anx ious to have it enacted by the Coun cil. It is probable that in case the Council refuses to pass it, the Mayor and Councilman Ellis will embody its features in an initiative bill and sub mit it to the electors next November. It is therefore considered certain that it will be passed eventually, as there Is a strong sentiment with the public foe. strict regulation of billboards. LOVE'S WORRIES TOO MUCH 'avy Deserter Prefers IJfe ou Ship to Courting ia Seattle. Two deserters were locked up in the City Jail yesterday afternoon. H. Bil ltngton surrendered himself. He walked into the police station and said that he had deserted the United ' States steamship Maryland in Seattle two years ago. He left his ship because he had fallen in lo-re. he said, and after trying for two year to win the girl's affection, had Riven up the job as a hopeless task and wanted to be sent back to the Maryland again. - James Courtney, a soldier, was ar rested on information griven the po lice. He admitted his identity. He de serted as a private soldier from the Second Regiment of Infantry at Fort Slocura last March. He had been in the Army only four months. The police notified the Federal authorities and are holding the prison ers until arrangements are made for their surrender to the custody of Army and Navy officers. VIEWERS GET REPORT BACK Council Committee Acts Cautiously on Morrison-Street Opening. The street committee of the City Coun cil yesterday re-r(yferred to the viewers ; the report submittted by them on tne inrmn r .Morrison, streeU XrsmJjCision, ut. United, States. J udff e iPoHoclt. Twenty -first to Washington streets. This was done upon the recommendation of City Attorney KavanauRh, -who recently rendered, an opinion relative t the bud- Mr. Kavanauph ha held that the Coun cil cannot cpen the treet under proceed ing commenced is 1861, but that it can be opened the same as any other street under new proceedings. He urged. taa tr.e viewers' leport be sent back to them ior careful revision, as he said in his opinion that tere is cure to be litigat.t in and it is. advisable to be cautius. The committee heard the remarks of several property-owners on Dekum ave nue, among' whom "was ex-Councilman Vaughn. BTe said that the proposed re- assessment of that thoroughfare is out- rageous, as the property has already been I assessed, more by four times than the im I proveraent is -worth. The matter was re- ferred to - the City Attorney, at Mr. Vaughn's request, aa there are legal questions, to oe aecmeu. Remonstrances against the opening of Villa avenue, in, Montavtlla district, were overruled, after considerable debate. The matter has been pending for two years and the members of the committee, be lieving the avenue should be opened, took the action stated. OREGON LAND CAPTURES INVESTOR HAD INTENDED TO BUY CALIFORNIA PROPERTY. Influence of Wife, Former Resident of Portland, Leads Husband to Purchase 100 Acres. Sentiment and business instincts combined to bring- about the purchase yesterday of 100 acres of fruitr land near Gresham by "W. A. Coplen, whose plan to go to California to purchase a home was changed by the influence of his wife, who, as a girl, lived in this city and has a lasting- love for it. The land purchased1 by Mr. Coplen yesterday Is generally known as the Emil Wiese place, and the purchase price was $7500. Mr. Coplen will make Mis home in. Portland, however. In talking- of his purchase last night at they Perkins Hotel, Mr. Coplen stated that when he was four years of age he came to Portland with his mother from Albany, where he" was born, and staying for a short time in the city on their way to Walla Walla by wagon, he was treated by his mother to a store visit, when she Bought him a pocket knife. This incident was im pressed on his mind, for he imme diately cut his. finger with the knife before he left' the store, which he thinks was near the place w.here the Perkins Hotel stands. Since that time he was never in Portland, except to pass directly through it in the night on one occa sion, until a week ago today, when he came to buy a place here. "I have had much to do with fruit production," said MY. Coplen last night, "and it is my opinion that the eastern parts of Multnomah and Clack amas Counties are trie best in the country for f ruitraising. Mr. Coplen was for a long time su perintendent of the mineral depart ment of the Interstate Fair at Spo kane, and after making a small for tune in mining, he determined to put the money into real state, which he declares is much safer. BOISE GETS FFlUITfilEIJ IDAHO HOKTICtJIiTURISTS' CON FERENCE CLOSES. Next Year's Meeting: Goes to sCapital City by Inanimous Vote. Officers Re-elected. NAMPA, Idaho. Jan. 7. (Special.) "The best meeting in the history of the association, a larger attendance, and more enthusiasm and Interest manifested than ever before," was the statement of ' Professor J. R. Shinn, secretary of the association, when asked his opinion regarding- the eighth meeting: of the Idaho State Horticul tural Association, which closed here this afternoon. The forenoon session today was largely taken up by E. D. Ball, director of the Utah Experiment Station, on the subject of "Arsenical Poisoning: of Fruit Trees," the question which has aroused a controversy between the Utah and Colorado experimenting; sta tions. Professor Ball maintains that arseni cal poisoning: is not responsible for the extensive dying of fruit trees in the orchards of the West, and he gave substantial proof of his statements in the resumes of his extensive investi gations on the subject. Weiser and Boise extended invita tions for the next meeting and the Boise invitation was unanimously ac cepted. The present officers of the association were re-elected for - next year: President, Captain Shawhan, Payette; vice-president, IT. W. Dor man, Caldwell; secretary, J. R. Shinn, Nampa; treasurer, A. E. Gipson, Cald well. The meeting closed with a - banquet given by the Nampa Chamber of Com merce at the Dewey Palace Hotel to visiting members of the association. CLACKAMAS LOWERS TAXES General FHind Is Cut .75 of Mill, but Total I.evy Is Same. OR0GOX CITS', Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) The County Court of Clackamas County lias announced the taxlevy for the year of 1910 to be the same as that of last, 14 mills in all, but the general fund is cut to .75 of a mill, as against a little better than 2 mills last year while the state and. school tax remains practically the same. Enough was added to the road and bridge tax to offset the decrease in the general fund, bringing it up to a total of 7.S4 mills for this purpose. The balance of the appropriation is divided as follows: Stale tax, 24 mills and the school fund receives 3.16 mills, or enough to made the total of 14 mills in all. The total value of ase3sable property of the county as compiled by County Asseaser, J. E. Jack is nearly 5500.000 less than that of last year, being J2i.OS7.O0O in all as against S32.500.C0O in 1909. The reason assigned for this fact is that last year thousands of acres of timber land w& assessed., as such, which have since been returned to the Government and therefor now exempt. Special Meetings to Continue. Special religious meetins will continue every night next week except Saturday at th Scond Baptist Church. East Seventh and East Ankey streets. Special music will be provided.. Rev. H. & Black, the pastor. 19 in charge. Special Service Is Anounced. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 7. It was un officially announced today that a spe cial session of the Kansas Legislature would be called to enact a. new bank guaranty law to conform to the de- ROUTES GIVEN UP Railroad Officials Plan Avoid Future Floods. to BLOCKADE SLOWLY RAISED Passengers Who Were Marooned by Storm Reach Destinations, and Bring in Reports of Death and Great Suffering. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7. With the clearing of the recent railroad blockade throughout the Rocky Mountain region and the arrival here of passengers who had been snow and flood bound, there was also an Important gathering of railroad officials, called together to dis cuss ways and means of making per manent repairs to damaged roadbeds, and to consider methods of preventing similar damage in the future. Already the line of one road, the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake, has been ordered materially changed, fol lowing a consultation between R. E. Wells,, general manager' of the Salt Lake road, and Vice-President W. H. Bancroft, of the Oregon Short Line. Rainbow Canyon, where annual floods have wrought immense damage, will be abandoned, and a new line constructed north of the old route. Caliente will be left many miles to the south. Build ing of the new roadbed will commence without delay, as it will be depended upon to obviate the expense of repair ing the washed out track. Porter Stays With Car. The nine passengers rescued from a stalled sleeper at Caliente, Nev., yester day were brought to this city this morning, but little the worse for their experience. They report that the last they saw of their temporary home it was in charge of a single porter, who was determined to remain with his car until the undermining of the tracks upon which it stood made his further services needless. Reports from Butte say that the snow blockade at Gray Cliff, near Big Tim ber, which has stalled Northern Pacific traffic since Tuesday, was reported clear today. Delayed trains are. being rushed through to their destinations. Death in Colorado. Communication with the snow-buried districts near Denver has now been established, and reports of death and suffering are being received. Wednes day a snow-slide ran in the Carson dis trict near Lake City, Colo., killing Jack Bartlett, veteran miner. A party has been organized to search for Bartlett's body today. A report reached Durango, Colo., Thursday that a snowsllde carried away the boarding house at the' Tom Morris Mine with a number of fatalities. Owing to lack of wire communication this report could not be confirmed. Thursday the snow blockade on the Rio Grande Southern was raised and a train reached Durango carrying the first mail received in several days. At, Silverton, the Denver & Rio Grande officials have turned over to the Mayor a large supply of coal for distribution. Temperatures ranging between zero and 38 beloiv are reported from mountain districts. December's Rain 9.9 3 Inches. MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) During the month of December, 1909, there was 9.93 inches of rainfall; 7.3 inches of snowfaH; 8 clear days; 18 cloudy days, and 5 partly clear. The coldest day was December 22, when the thermometer registered 19 degrees above zero. The coldest day of the year was January 6, 14 above; the hottest day June 23, 94 above; aver age for year, 57.6 degrees. ' DAVIDOR DUPES FRIENDS (Continued from Pasre 1.) immediate marriage was rejected. Be fore the warrant could be served Davi dor disappeared. Later the charge was changed to assault with a deadly weapon and an effort wah made to find the fugitive, wherever Tie was, and extradite him. He was not heard from again until his Portland business deal ings involved him in trouble with the United States Postal authorities. As a land promoter in Portland Eavi dor appeared as manager of the Pa-, cine Northwest Realty Associates and the Yakima Valley Fruit & Land Com pany. Greens Become Friendly. . A year ago Julius Green and his wife maintained an appartment at 784 Gli san street, Portland. After becoming acquainted with Davidor, he and Green grew to be great friends. "When Green's health had become bad and he was obliged to spend considerable time in a sanitarium, the family funds grew low and they decided to take a cheaper establishment. Davidor had been stay ing at one of the larger hotels in Port land, but when he heard his friends were in financial need, he offered to take an apartment with them to help keep up the house. It was about that time that Mrs. Green decided to sell a piece of land she owned in her own name to help out in paying the heavy doctor's bill and other expenses her husband's con dition necessitated. Xavidor Gets Deed to Property. "Mr. Davidor was in the land busi ness and I allowed him to' handle the sale of the property," said Mrs. Green today. She is staying at the home of W. E. Cochran, 1309 Hoyt street, tem porarily. "I wished to dispose of some property I -had in the Fay tract in Portland. Davidor suggested that 1 deed the property to him so that he could handle it better. I 'did so and he sold the property to Rothchild & Cohen there- I received a payment of $500 down and last September I re ceived $1000. There is $300 due me now and this has been due for aome time. Regarding it I cannot find any trace. The whole affair was in Davi dor's hands and . he disappeared, I un derstand. Now, just when I need the money most, he either has the cash it self or has discounted the note. Only Davidor's Word to Show. 'Through him I purchased some prop erty near Portland from a M-s. Ma'io Curtis. I paid Davidor $100 down and then ave him nearly $200 more in small payments. I have nothing to show, for that purchase except his word, and unless this Mrs. Curtis allows me to keep up the payments on the land I "have lost that money through Davi dor. "At the time I was having the real estate dealing wtth Davidor, he asked Mr. Green and me to allow him to use deeds to the property -we had as se curity for matters in which he was interested. "We allowed him to do that and he returned the deeds. At one time he said he had purchased some E property, la Porti-an-d ia Mr. Green's. name, explaining he did so in order to maJce the commission allowed by the real estate firm from which he secured the land. Those are the only dealings I have ever had with Davidor." 5IRS. GREEN HELPED DAVIDOR In Tight " Place, She Mortgaged Home to Help Promoter. Julius Green was well known in Port land business circles and for a number of years was the traveling representative of Lowengart & Co., a millinery firm at 93 K.ront street. While Davidor, who fled from Portland the day the November grand jury re turned an indictment against him in. the Federal Court, -was on the crest of the wave of financial speculation which final ly led to his-downfall. Green and hid wife became acquainted with him. Da vidor went to their rhome on Gllsan street to board and the three were fre quently seen together at the Oaks dur ing the Summer of 1909. Where the company was cheerful, there were they usually to be found. Green 1b alleged to have acted as di rector in some of the companies which Davidor organized for the purpose of buncoing the public. He was a sales man at one time for the Pacific North west Realty Associates, the company which made & business of dealing in land titles which it neiUier owned nor con trolled. It was for using the United States mails in the promotion of bogus sales of real estate that Davidor geft into trouble with the Government, which caused his hasty flight to Canada. He was also connected with the promotion of the Washington Home. Telephone Com pany, which he is accused of nearly wrecking, and with; the St. John Gas Company. From correspondence and other evi dence which has been unearthed since the disappearance of Davidor, it has been learned that Mrs. Eva Green at one time mortgaged the propertyV she -owned in this city to prevent Davidor's being ar rested for swindling N. P. Vineyard, a laboring man living in Portland. A knowledge of these- facts caused the authorities to place Mrs. Eva Green and herhusband under surveillance at their apartments, 1000 Hyde street, San Fran cisco, whither they recently removed. Davidor engaged to sell a tract of land to N. P. "Vineyard and drew up a con tract requiring the payment of a cash deposit of $500. To meet that demand Vineyard put up all his savings from years of toil. When the time came to deliver the land, Davidor failed to come forward with the papers, and Vineyard employed Thomas N. Strong, an attorney in the Labbe building, to represent him. Mr. Strong pressed Davidor to the alter native either of deeding over the land or refunding the money. It was then learned that Davidor never had title to the land in question and that it was not for sale by the owner. In his extremity Davidor appeared at Mr. Strong's office in company with Mrs. Eva Green, who eettled Vineyard's claim by giving a mortgage on her property to raise the money. - . From canceled checks, notes and offi cial papers which have come to light, it appears that Davidor repaid the loan to Mrs. Green in installments, but these have -also revealed a second transaction of $1800 in which Davidor and Mrs. Green were involved. A mortgage was. given to Davidor which indicates that Mrs. Green had obligated herself for that amount. . It is probable if Davidor is ever brought back for trial the charges will be changed to embezzlement, because of the fact that tle checks he gave Mrs. Green were drawn on the trust funds of the Pacific Northwest Realty Associates. Federal authorities may have difficulty In extra diting him upon a charge of using the mails for fraudulent' purposes, but as an embezzler he can be returned. CAR THIEF GETS TWO YEARS "Sure Shot Jack" Admits Guilt and Is Promptly Sentenced. PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 7. (Special.) To be indicted and sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary within five minutes was the record made in the case of John Ward, known to the officers of two states as "Sure Shot Jack." Ward was arrested at Umatilla a few- nig-hts afro while attempting to fret away with plunder which he had taken from a boxcar. He was indicted this afternoon by the grand jury and upon being arraigned entreed a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. George Tracy, alias C- w- Arnold, the former Pendleton bus driver, was indicted for murder in the second de gree in connection with the killing of Andy . Rabeal near Umatilla last November. Thomas Stickney and George O'Connor were also indicted for attempted larceny front a building. All three will plead tomorrow morning - The grand jury is still in session and is investigating some alleged illegal liquor sales, notably the ones which resulted in the wholesale poisoning with wood alcohol on Christmas day. PERSO.!!ALMENTION. J. W. Blaney, a Tocoma insurancenan, registered yesterday at the Ramapo. Charles Ray and wife, of St. Paul, ar rived in Portland yesterday and regis tered at the Lenox. L. A. Bergrein, of Walla Walla, is at the Lenox. W. Bromley, of St. Paul, who is making a pleasure tour o fthe Pacific Coast, is .one of the late arrivals at the Ramapo. Fj-ofessor G. W. Shaw, for many years professor of chemistry at the Oregon Agricultural College, but now chemist in the University of California at Berkeley, was at the Imperial yesterday and de parted last night for California. He had been to Spokane on business. F. B. Clark, ex-president of the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle Railroad, has returned from a. sanitarium, where he went to recuperate, and is staying at the Nortonia. H. G. Klopp, alumberman, of Astoria, is registered at the Nortonia. W. E. Johnson, of Medford, is at the Oregon. Albert Dunbar, a merchant, of Astoria, is registered at the Oregon. , B. E. Palmer, freight agent for the Northern Pacific at Tacoma, registered yesterday at the Portland. E. P. Spalding, a mining man, of Spo kane, is among the arrivals yesterday at the Portland. Rev. A. Beers, of Seattle, is at the Perkins. George W. Kummer, of Seattle, is reg istered at' the Perkins. J, A. Cameron, a lumberman, of Osh kosh. Wis., registered yesterday at the Cornelius. ( Dr. W. E. Carll, Mayor of Oregon City, is at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Taylor, of Seattle, are at the Seward. Mr. Taylor is con nected with an Eastern publication. Mrs. Thomas Allan and daughters, of Vancouver, B. C, who hav been stay ing at the Seward, expect to leave to night for San Francisco. - E. S. Snelling, an attorney, of Oa-thla-met, is at the Imperial. F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the Port land Railway, Light & Power Company, has returned "from a 1hree weeks' visit in California. M. G. Murphy, general traveling pas senger agent of -th Candiaa Pacifio, with Sale Most liberal commissions paid. None but successful Portland real estate salesmen need apply. References must application. BEST SELLING PROPERTY IN PORTLAND . Successful salesmen can make large earningsinhandlingLAURELHURST LOTS, because this is the best, high fclass, dlose-in residence property in Portland, and prices are very low, being just about one-half what is asked for similar property on the East Side. All the streets in L AURELHURST are being improved with asphalt pave ments, six-foot concrete . sidewalks, water mains, sewers and gas mains. Cluster street lights will be installed and a contract has been let to plant shade trees on both sides of every street. A large number of - buildings " have been planned and will be commenced as soon as the weather is favorable. Owing to these facts LAUREL HURST LOTS will sell very rapidly. . 522 Gorbett Building - ' " Phones: Main 1503, A-1515 headquarters in Winnipeg, is in Port land on an official visit, CHICAGO, Jan. 7. (Special.) Port land people registered at the ' Congress today as follows: E. D. Cole, J. A. Dough erty, R. B. Miner. NEW YORK, .Jan. 7. (Special.) The following Northwest people registered to day at Gotham hotels: Portland G. E. Chamberlain, at the Savoy; C. Stinchfield, Jr., at the Holland. Spokane O. L. Rankin, at the Welling ton; Mrs. "J. D. Sherwood, at the Savoy. Seattle R. -W. Boyce, at the Gilsey. MILLS' BODY -SENT EAST Noted Financier and Philanthropist to'Be Interred in Former Home. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. After brief funeral services at MUlbrae, the country home of the late 2. O. Mills, the body of the deadi financier was placed on a special train which left for the East at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon. The body was accompanied by Ogden Mills and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. BORDER-DODGING CHARGED Japanese Concern Accused of Aiding Aliens to Enter From Mexico. VICTORIA, . B. C, ' Jan. 7.-Chargeo against a. Japanese emigration company of assisting Japanese emigrants in Mexl co to cross the border into th e Un ited States are made "by the Chuo Shim bun. of Tokio. The 7huo- says the Continen srnen Wa TO SELL LOTS ThaJdditonAwith Character tal Emigration Company has made a regular business of diverting- emigrants to the United States, and -when the Japa nese have taken advantage of the com pany's proposals, a fine has been levied on them and deducted from the bonds given as" securities. The business -was revealed by the find wteriscomm with it's snow, rain and slush. the season of wet feet and colds. The best way to cure a cold is to prevent its coming, by the timely use or Good old Bottled In Bono, You should always have a bottle of this pure whiskey in your home. All good dealers sell it. 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