f ) TIIE 2UORXIXG OREGONTAN", FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1910 17 way to dispose of the matter. Eh TRAFFIC IS STOPPED stole jewelry worth titt from John Thomas while In his employ as a ser vant. GRITZJIACHER PROPERTY SOLD Laura Mcintosh Asks Divorce Sale to Satisfy Judgment Nets $45 168.24, Reports Referee. Arrests for Nonpayment o Vehicle License Cause. . After One Month. V. Schmld. the referee appointed by the Circuit Court to sell the Grits macher property to satisfy a judgment In the suit brought by Henry Pape, tiled his report yesterday. The property sold HUSBAND CRUEL, SHE SAYS POLICE STATION SWAMPED consisted of lot S, block 119. Portland; lots 1 to 4. block 237. East Portland, and lot 3. block IX Dunn's Addition to Rita Portland. The price obtained was 4S.- 124. which Included the payment t'onr Wives Seek Divorce. One for bonded indebtednesa amounting to General Order From Chief Brings In 1 219.34. Cruelly, One for Desertion and Two for on-Support Three Ak for Alimony. H. H. NewhalL who was made a party Teamsters by Scores Torrent la Directed to City Andltor, Who Gathers Much Coin. defendant In the suit, bought the land. Other defendants were: Mary Grltx- macher, Carl Grttzmacher. John B. Pape Nettle Pape. Carrie Wagner. Martin Wagner and Ixiulse Xewhall. BED BLISS ENDS Married less than a month ago. Sep temher 10. Laura Mcintosh filed a dl corce lult In the Circuit Court yester day. asking- that the bonds uniting her In Alexander L Mcintosh be severed Ehe d'clarea that Immediately after fa marriage he allowed his ungovernable temper to gain the better of him. anl struck, choked and cursed at her. One rf the chokings took place September 1. she says. She has two children. 4 and 7 years old. She demands their rutodr and 3 a month alimony. W. M. Jett. an auctioneer employed by Mayerosky. is also in the divorc ,-ourt. his wife, Mary Jctt, having filed suit against him. She complains that he abused her so shamefully In October, ISO, while they were living in Seattle. that he was sentenced to the chain gang. She says she married him at Taroma, Wash.. July 12. 1305. She was obliged to earn her own living, she sar. She demands $31 a month ali mony and $100 attorney's fees. Airs. AU.Ie Yrske Is another who says she was obliged to earn her own bread and butter, as well as that of hoc child. 8 years old. This waa In spite of the alleged fact that her husband earns H a day while she earns 15 a week. She asks S30 a month alimony and ll."0 attorney's fees. She com- plains that William Teske. her hus band, waa frequently drunk, that he was ugly of disposition, nagging and scolding her. and that he finally toll her to get a divorce as he had co fur ther use for her. She married hlra at Winona. Minn- September "5, 1901. Minnie Butler has filed a divorce suit igalnst Richard Butler, accusing hlra f deserting her at Seward. Alaska. May 15. 130S. They were married in Seattle, March lDi'l. and have no children. EXECUTIVE BOARD IS BLAMED r-outli Portland Improvement Com pany Files Amended Complaint. That the Executive Board and City Council authorized the laying of the ties of the United Railways Company on Macadam street In cement, and the pav ing of the street between the rails and for a foot on each side at the expense of the city. Instead of the railway com pany, is the allegation of the South Portland Improvement Company In an amended complaint filed in Circuit Court yesterday against tlie city. The improvement company alleges that the city provided when the railway company's franchise was given that the company should ln:prove the street be tween the tracks at Its own expense. Another complaint r.f the Improvement ' company is that the City Engineer failed to make an estimate of the cost of grading, laying water and sewer pipes and tlie like, wparate from the cost of the entire improvement. This prevented competitive bidding. It Is alleged, be cause the specifications called for Has sam hard-surface pavement, and the Ore gon Hassam Paving Company asserts It has a patent on tins. The contract was let to this firm at an excessive price, it 1 alleged, the sum being ll0S.51S.St. The Improvement extends from the north line of section 15 to Dakota street. The paving alone is h Ins done for tM.4r-l.li The Improvement company says It owns property worth H".'. which will be afess.-d Shxou) for the proposed Im provement, rteds the city, the mem ters of the Executive Board, the Oregon lu.'jra Paving Company and the Title tia:a:ity & Surety Company are made defendants. GUILFORD IS ARRAIGNED Alleged Jnry Rrlber Will Enter Plea on Monday. Howard A. G.ii:ford. alleged to have ffcred 11. M. Barton, a Juror In the W. hooper Morris enihexxlement case, $1000 .f he would cause a disagreement of the Jury, was arraigned before Presid ing Circuit Judge CJelnnd yesterday. He will enter his plea Monday. Mrs. Sedonija Kreitx was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for larceny jesterday. and paroled by Judge Cleland. Plie had three children to care for. It wns represented to the lourt that she has not been in trouble before, so he considered this the best Physicians today are recommending Cottolene for dyspeptics, and others in a "run-down" condition. Never heard of them recommending lard for such a purpose, did you? Cottolene is a product of Nature, clean in source, making and .manner of marketing. It makes food which the most delicate stomach can digest. Cottolene is far superior to lard or cooking butter for all frying and shortening purposes. Made, only by THE N. E. FAIRBANK COMPANY CONTRACT PENALTY SOUGHT Delay In Building Rome Cause of $536 Damage Snlt. Because be could not move Into bis new dwelling house on contract time John Mueller yesterday brought suit In the Circuit Court for 15 a day for hi days. The action was brought against C. II. Allton, Herman G. Schade and Pardee F. Hall. Mueller says ha agreed with Allton to put up the house, and that Schade and Hall went on his bond. The price was $240. Allton abandoned the work, says Mueller, and the bondsmen Instructed Mueller to finish the work, agreeing to reimburse him for any sum paid more than the contract price. The total sum now demanded by Mueller is $566.91 and Interest. 60,000,000 Feet Error Alleged. Errors) aggregating 60.000,000 feet were made by James D. Lcey & Co. in cruis ing timber in Skamania County, accord Ing to the allegations of James R. Elliott In his answer to the company's suit to collect the cruising lee. Elliott hired the company last February to cruise the 63u0 acres known as the Krlbs tract. and to make topographical maps showing the best method of logging off the timber. Elliott says he paid i000 as part of the amount due for the work, but demands now that this be returned to him. He ays he discovered an error of 6.00O.OC0 feet In the report on one section, and an error of 10.000.000 feet in another. The stumpage estimate showed 3o0.000.000 feet, while the tract in reality contains 410,- 000.000 feet, he alleges. Clock Contract Is Awarded. The County Court awarded the contract yesterday for the Installation of the electric clocks In the new Courthouse to Butterfleld Brothers. This firm agreed to put in a clock manufactured by the E. Howard Company for A master clock and six secondary clocks will be put up In the new east wing for 11320. is. the balance of the money being for 16 econdary clocks to be installed in the west wing. The clocks will be of bronze. The contracts for the ornamental iron have not been awarded. $5000 Asked; $1 Obtained. Damages amounting to tl were given Rose Daly yesterday by a Jury In Judge Ga tens' department of the Circuit Court. She sued Johanna C. Rummelln, alleging that she rented a part of the Itummclin Building on Washington street to use as a millinery, with the understanding no other part of the premises was to be rented for the same purpose. She alleged that the terms of the lease were violatd, and demand ed 500 damages. FEW SEEKING CITY JOBS Lower Standard Suggested to Civil . Service Body as Remedy. The lack of eligible! for several city positions has made it necessary to make frequent temporary appointments and thia brought about a suggestion at the meeting of the Civil Service Commis sion yesterday that the standard of ex aminations be lowered so that more eliglbles might be provided. The sub Ject was referred to Commissioner r.rewster, who will try to Work the problem out to his own satisfaction by the next meeting of the commission, and report upon his conclusions at that time. The minimum height for firemen was increased from five feet six inches by the commission yesterday to five feet seven Inches. The minimum weight of firemen was also changed from 130 to 135 pounds. The subject of changing the minimum height for policemen was laid on the table until the next meeting, that the head of the department might be interviewed. Aviation as a sport If sport It to seems to be making a tidy record in fatalities. The Chhaso Tribune, whlrti make a vpecialty of statistic of the kind, says that Its records how to date 21 deaths In 10L0 directly due to man's attempt to imitate the birds. 6 Nature's Gift from the Siinay South" Almost total suspension of wheeled traffic on down-town streets occurred yesterday when officers of the police department commenced enforcing the vehicle license ordinance. Instructions were given by Captain Baty of the day relief to- his men, when they went on duty at 7 o'clock, to arrest all persons found driving unlicensed vehicles ar fected by the ordinance. No sooner had the relief poured out of the doors of the station on Its way to its posts than the arrests commenced a number of drivers being picked up at the very entrance of the Jail. For several hours arrivals came every mln ute and the desk officers were swamped with the work of booking the prisoners and accepting their bail. Finally It be came Impossible to handle the rush, and Instead of booking the culprits. Ser geant Riley, In charge of the station. directed them to the City Auditor's of fice with Instructions to procure li censes and report back. Decided action was necessary, because a warning given when the tax was up held by the courts had been generally disregarded. Tuesday the City Auditor reported to the Chief of Police that fully 75 per cent of those affected by the ordinance bad Ignored the warning and requested that they be taken into court. Instructions to this effect were given the officers by Chief .f Police Cox and two policemen were specially detailed in addition to the general work of the force. Before 9 o'clock 22 of fenders had been taken to the station. When it became impossible to handle more arrests and the tide was turned to the city license department, that of fice was In turn 'swamped. Over 300 licenses were Issued before noon yes terday and it was the most strenuous half day that tho license clerks ever saw. There still remain several thousand vehicles which must be licensed under the ordinance and it is expected that most of them will be tagged within the next few days in consequence of the vigilance of the police. Follow- ng the usual custom in such cases. those arrested yesterday will probably be dismissed in court today upon pro duction of license, but penalties will be dealt to those who further neglect" to comply with the. law. RYE ADMITS THEFTS JIYSTETtY OF HILLSDALE POST- OFFICE ROBBERY CLEARED. "Picture Card Kid" Confesses to "Jobs"' In Portland, White Sal mon and Linnton. With the arrest yesterday of "The Picture Card Kid." whoso right name is Bert G. Frye. Federal authorities have not only cleared up the mystery sur rounding the robbery of the Postofflce at Hillsdale, but have uncovered a Chi nese "fence" at Fourth and Flanders street. The Chinese proprietor of the place was arrested with stolen stamps amounting to 1:8 in his possession, but refused to state his name, when taken to the office of the United States Mar shal last night. The Chinaman is a mer chant and has. it is charged, made a practice of dealing with crooks of the underworld. Frye implicated the Chi nese In his confession. Frye was taken In while calling for his mall at St. Johns. He made a full con fession of tho Hillsdale robbery, the burglary of the Columbia Engineering Works, of Portland, a store at White Salmon, and a dwelling at Linnton. At Hillsdale, which Frye contends was his first offense, he secured postage stamps of large denominations to the amount of $160. Coming to Portland. rTye established a base of operations I at St. Johns, rented a Postofflce box. ' and began ordering large quantities of goods to be shipped to him. Among the articles purchased were hundreds of pos tal picture cards. The favorite designs were apparently bust figures of women. When the room of Frye was searched, $500.00 REWARD for you if you find her. See the November Number of THE DELINEATOR following his arrest, a transit belonging to the Columbia Engineering Works was found, together with the receiver "and other portions of the telephone which the burglar carried away after demolish ing the instrument. In searching the prisoner, Postofflce Inspector Riches and Deputy Sheriff Beatty found his pockets loaded with pawn tickets, where he had disposed of loot. Frye is a young man and when seen at the headquarters of the Government officers was extremely solicitous that his affairs be kept from the papers. "1 have a sister in Spokane, and this thing will break her heart," said Frye. It Is Interestlnc .to note that the British ship Bounty, nude famous by the mutiny of fcer crew, who became the first settlers on the Island fit Pltcatrn, came to Tahiti In 1788 to take breadfruit to ether tropical possessions of Ore. Britain. FUGITIVES ARE LOCATED TTIREE GIRLS OF AID SOCIETY ARE FLEEING EAST. Officers Come Vpon Trace of Es capes Near Troutdale- Girls Walking Railroad Track. Somewhere between this city and Hood River three foot-iore young girls, clad in thin calico, are wearily tramping the ties, bound for Eastern Oregon. They are fugitives from the home of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, having escaped from that institution Tuesday night, and the officers of the society have com municated with peace officers up the Columbia, asking that the girls be held, if found. Ethel Still, 16. Rosalie West, 14. and Tillie Hagel, 13, eluded the vigilance of the guardians after nightfall and fled from the institution. A report from the fugitives was re ceived from a point between Falrview and Troutdale. They had slept there the first night in a barn, arriving at mid night and leaving soon after daylight. A hospitable family of the neighborhood offered them breakfast, but they were in great haste to put more distance be tween themselves and the officers, and refused to stop to eat. Mr. Kilpeck of the society and Deputy Sheriff Bulger went out along the line of the railroad yesterday in an automobile, making In quiries, and discovered the direction the girls had taken, but were unable to trace them farther. OURI YEAR ion As two of the girls live in Eastern Oregon, it is thought that they are headed for the other side of the moun tains. TRIBUTE TO FERRER, PLAN Meeting: W ill Be Held in Portland on Anniversary of Death. To observe the first anniversary of the execution of Francisco Ferrer, noted educator and public man of Spain, a meeting will be held October 13, at 8 o'clock in the evening, in the Women of Woodcraft Hall. Addresses will be made by C. E. S. Wood, on "Freedom and Ferrer," by T. J. Lewis on "The Progressive Modern School." and Dr. C. H. Chapman on "Ferrer and the Insurgent World." H. J. Parkison will be chairman. 1 I