Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 10, 1910, Page 11, Image 11

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    TIIE MOTOttXG OREGOVTAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1910.
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VEXATIOUS AUTO
MAYBEDESTRDYED
Fraley- possession on November 1 by
Daniel Guggenheim, the suit. It la said.
Involving a repudiation by the smelter
owner of the acts of bla eon Robert.
Fraley at once tiled a redelivery bond
for J 200 and retained possession of the
car. Negotiations were then entered
upon by telegraph and are now said
to be at the point of completion, where
by Fraley will be reimbursed and will
return the car to Its original owner. In
order that he may plunge It Into deep
water and put an end to its spectacular
career.
DOCK; IS DROWNED
(Guggenheim to Sink Car in
River After Purchase From
Fraley. It Is Said. v
Prospective Passenger on
Steamer Geo. W. Elder
Dies in Willamette.
MAN-DROPS
1
REPLEVIN SUIT SETTLED
Deaths, Wreck, Elopement, Sensa
tional "Raffle," Conflicting BIII
of Sale and Litigation Are :
Incidents of Career.
In order that Daniel Guggenheim.
Urge smelter owner, may take hla ISOOO
Itala automobile back to New Tork
and run It Into the East River. In the
fcope that It will then cease to be an
POSTAL INSPECTOR HERE
Call for IS Additional Mall Carriers
May Be Granted.
" T. J. Flavin, a postofflce Inspector, of
Seattle. Is looking; over Portland to
pass on the recommendation of Post
master Merrick for IS additional let
ter carriers for this city. Postofflce
business In Portland has grown by leaps
and bounds during the last two years,
and particularly this year. During the
year the postofflce department was al
lowed but three additional carriers to
assist In handling the Increased volume
of malL
Some time ago Postmaster Merrick
asked for IS additional carriers to as
sist In delivering mall, as all carriers
are heavily burdened when they leave
the office and have gj-eat difficulty In
getting over their routes. . As an ex
ample of the pack a carrier starts out
with, one man delivered !!S pounds of
mall yesterday In two trips. This was
DELAY NOTED IN RESCUE
In Darkness at Martin's Docks, At'
tempt to Save Matt Greenwald,
or Wisconsin, Fails Boatmen.
Denounced; Refuse Aid.
Groping bis way in the darkness on the
upper deck of Martin's docks at the foot
of Seventeenth street, at ( o'clock last
night. Matt Greenwald. a prospective
AUTOMOBILE WITH SPECTACULAR CAREER TO BE PUT BEYOND DANGER OP DOING MORE
DASIEL GVGGEJIHEIlfS ITALA CAR, CAtSE OF MAJIf COMPI.ICATIO.S.
endless source of death, scandal, litiga
tion and expense, a settlement is being
negotiated with R. U Fraley. present
legal owner of the car. and probably
will be perfected within a few days.
In the three years since the Colorado
millionaire bought the ISO-horsepower
car In Italy, bringing It by way of Ber
lin to the United States, complications
have centered about It and the cost to
Mr. Ourrenhelm. by the time the pend
In negotiation are settled, will
mount above tUXOOO. The car cost, de
livered In New Tork. more than $4000,
and the numerous vicissitudes through
which It has passed have added not less
than P" more, according to repre
sentatives of the original owner. As
Mr. Kraley must be reimbursed for his
Investment In the car. liita figure cer
tainly will be advanced above the ISO,
mark.
Incidents Follow Fast.
Two deaths, a railroad wreck, an
elopement, a raffle followed by sinis
ter allegations, a sale In which two
conflicting bills of sale and an Investi
gation by the Dlatrlct Attorney figure,
a replevin suit and redelivery under
bonds are the vicissitudes through
which the car has passed in two years.
Since Daniel Guggenheim, a little
more than a week ago. repudiated the
act of his son. Robert Guggenheim. In
selling the car. and filed a replevin
suit against E. U Fraley. a Portland
real estate dealer, the wires have been
kept busy between this city and Seattle
and between the Seattle and the Gug
genheim residence in New Tork City,
and It Is announced that an understand
ing baa been reached whereby the
smelter owner will give Fraley a bill
of sale and then"Vepurchase the car. Mr,
Guggenheim's avowed purpose, says Mr.
Fraley. Is to destroy the car and there
by end the chain of untoward events
growing out of Its possession.
Car Has History.
Developing 130 horsepower and capa
ble of going at the rate nf 100 miles an
hour, the bone of contention, merely
upon Its physical properties. Is one of
the most noteworthy cars In Portland.
It was placed In competition two years
ago In a race across the country and
sa miles out nt Buffalo. N. T.. It turned
turtle and killed two persona Proceed'
Ing on Its way. at Omaha, the big auto
bile was In collision with a freight
train and was materially damaged.
Robert Uttagenhelm. son of the smel
ter man. and a resident of Seattle, ob
tained possession of the car last De
cember. but his father denies that b
ever had legal title- to It- In Feattle
the car waa put up In a raffle." and
the drawing was followed by such I
storm of Insinuations that the purchas
era of t'ekets were reimbursed by
Daniel Giisffenhelm. It Is said. Then.
Kraley contend. Robert Guggenheim
sold the car to rrank Klanlgan. an au
tomobile agent of Portland, as payment
of on a new car. Flanlgan in
turn, being preed for rash, offered It
to Fraley for tZinn, saving that the
price would be I 'oo If he escaped from
Ms difficulty without selling the car.
Sale Makrs Complications.
Fraley paid for the car with ttonO
rash and two bonds of me Northwest
Long Distance Telephone Company,
which have since been called Into the
altercation by the assertion of Flanlgan
that they were misrepresented to him.
Fraley declares that Flanlgan was fully
Informed of the statue of the bonds.
whW-h were fully worth the amount for
which they were taken, lie says that
do price was placed upon them, but that
be told Flanlgan that they were selling
at IS and soon would reach 0. which.
In fa't. he says has proved true. He saya
Flanlgan took a day to Investigate the
value of the bonds before accepting
them.
Another tangle of the affair la pre
sented by Fraley's statement that two
bills of sale were shown him by Flanl
gan. one typewritten and purporting to
be from Robert Guggenheim, the other
hand-written and ma.le by a man named
Jones. This phase of the subject is un
der invert igatlon by the District At
torney before whom Flanlgan appeared
last Friday to explain the apparent dis
crepancy, automobile waa replevined from
net weight of mall and did not Include
the weight of his sack and straps.
Inspector Flavin will be In. the city
about ten days, going over the routes
and investigating conditions In general
before reporting on the recommenda
tion of Postmaster Merrick.
FOUR TO GET $2905 EACH
Detectives' Case Referred to Com
mittee by City Council.
City Attorney Grant Informed the
Council yesterday that through a recent
decision of the Supreme Court, four city
detectivesJoseph Day. U G. Carpenter,
Frank Snow and J. F. Reslng were en
titled to receive IS90S each, from the city
for salary withheld while they were Il
legally removed from office by ex-Mayor
Lane. The Council referred the letter
to Its waya and means committee, al
though advised by the City Attorney that
the city could not avoid the payment as
directed by the Supreme Court.
The detectives were dismissed from the
service by Mayor Lane In August, 1906.
They appealed their cases to the Civil
Service Cpmmlsslon. which decided In
their favor. The case went to the courts,
with the result that ths men wers award
ed salary for the time lost while barred
from work by the Mayor's order.
ASTORIA SHORT OF WATER
Schools. Sawmills and Factories
Caused to Shnt Down.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nor. . (Special.)
The Astoria schools as well aa the local
sawmills and some other manufactur
ing nlanta were closed today on ac
count of a shortage o
reservoir, aa the result
the main conduit.
A number of resld
were also out of water
and todav and the occopan
pelted to catch rainwater for domestic
uses. The break In the main waa re
paired tonight.
passenger on the Steamer George W. El
der, walked too near the edge, and with
a splash that alarmed the crowd of peo
ple about to embark on the Jroat, fell
Into the waters of the Willamette and
was lost from view, presumably meeting
Instant death by striking his head against
the building or the boat, or drowning
before help could reach him.
Greenwald's contact with the water was
heard by scores, the crowd on the dock
being augmented by a number of friends
who had accompanied the passengers on
the Elder to the boat.
"Man overboard." was the cry that
sounded through the vicinity. Instant
ly there was a rush of men to the spot.
Women shrieked and the gruff voices
of the sailors could be - beard over the
tumult on shore.
Delay in Rescue.
Some delay was occasioned In attempt
ing a rescue. The boat was about to
leave and the hands were engaged in
casting off the lines.
Rushing frantically about, aln.ost In
despair and appealing for asflstance
from everyone whom he met, Ed Swan
son, the traveling companion of Green
wald. made frantic efforts to save his
friend. He was several times on the
verge of Jumping Into the river, but was
restrained by cooler heads, who warned
hlra that he might strike his head against
a log or raft with probable fatal re
sults. It remained for one of the visitors to
the dock, C G. Evans, who lives at the
Esmond Hotel, to descend to the river
on a rope and with the aid of a lan
tern's dim rays search for the missing
Greenwald.
Evans stepped out on a raft and
searched near and under the docks, but
could find no trace of him. His hat
floating on the water told 'tike story of
Greenwald's fate. In the meantime, the
1 ' isir
If. ! -J
Or, rather, two thousand
"dear old ladies who may be the one. Every state
has its claimants and they're still coming. Sons,'
daughters, husbands, friends, have all joined the search.
An editor of THE DELINEATOR is touring the country all the time,
making "Little Visit to Dear Old Ladies." Here is the most interestine
one she has found so far. Perhaps you'll think she is tht old lady.
That's why we are printing her story in the big Christmas Number of
search was abandoned. The police were
notified and took up the work later In
the evening.
Persons who were present when the ac
cident occurred are loud In their de
nunciation of the tardiness of the offi
cers and sailors of the steamship In at
tempting a rescue.
H. J. Deputy, of Long Beach, Cal.,
who is staying at the Imperial Hotel,
declares that the employee made no no
ticeable effort whatever to assist In the
work.
"It was five minutes from the time
the man fell Into the water until anyone
tried to save him," says Deputy. "The
fact that Mr. Evans, a civilian, instead
of a sailor, descended on the rope, lndl
cates that no attempt at rescue would
have been made at all had the steam-
shin Deonle been denended unon.
"The place was dark. This probabljt
accounts for the man falling oft the
e dock In the first place. In spite or re-
ship left and with no gnlding lights the quests for lights and lanterns the sailors
sed today on ac- fv . I a
ES Pleasant, lfcres.
ropants were com- al
Bene
icial
PERSONAL MENTION.
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna appeals to tfie cultured
!and the well-informed and the
healthy because its component
'parts are simple and whole-
J. O. Elliott, of Moro. Is at the Per-
B. L. Barry, of Dayton. Is at the Im- ' Some and because it acts Wlth-
penaL 'out disturbing the natural func-
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ff. c . l'uniap, or ftiniiy, t
Lenox.
R. Farrls. of Kalama, Is at the
Oregon.
C. C. Clark, cf Arlington. Is at the
Imperial.
tions, as it is wholly free from
every objectionable quality or
substance. In its production a
pleasant and refreshing syrup
E. D. Durham, of Haines. Is at the cf tJ,e fjgg cf California IS Unit
ed with the laxative and car
minative properties of certain
plants known to act most
ficiallv, on the human
: when its gentle cleansing is de
' sired. To get its beneficial ef
fects, always buy the genuine,
i for sale by all reputable drug
!pists; one size only, price
fifty cents a bottle. The name
! of the company California
Fig Syrup Co. is always plain
ly printed upon the front of ev
ery package of the genuine.
V w
Cornelius.
J. A. O'Donnell. of La Grande. Is at
the Perkins.
r. Weckert. of Sherwood. Is regis
tered at the Lenox.
M. Bollard and family, of Oregon City,
are at the Portland.
C W. Mdlvalne. of Bay City, is regis
tered at the Perklna
John Campehell. of White Salmon,
Wash-. Is at the Lenox.
Mrs. W. S. rarker. of Newberg. Is
staying at the Cornelius
J. H. Chambers, of Cottage Grove, Is
registered at the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Friendly, of Eu
gene, are at the I'ortiana.
Mr. and Mrs. It F. Copland, of Wood-
burn, are staying at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. William Llppitt. of Col
fax. Was lu. are staying at the Portland.
C. L. Mackenzie, of Colfax, who Is In
terested in a coal mine at Chehalls, la
at the Oregon.
CHICAGO, Nov. . (Special) Trav
elers from the Northwest registered
here are:
From Portland At the Congress.
Francis B Clarke. Austin C Widden.
At the Great Northern. F. E. Boa-
worth. A. L. Titus, G. W. Britb,
;t bene- i N .
system. AL K
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LOLTSVUXE. KY.
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were slow to respond and when the
steamer pulled out the appeal for the
searchlight to be turned onto the water
so that further search might be made,
was denied."
Swanson remained behind to assist In
finding the body of his friend. He says
that both he and Greenwald had planned
to go to their homes in Wisconsin to
spend Thanksgiving.
Masons Will Bury Kellogg.
-DAYTON, Wash., Nov. 9. (Special.)
In charge of a Masonic escort, the body
of J. A. Kellogg, ' former member of the
State Legislature from this district, ex
Mayor of Dayton and County Auditor
of Colombia County, who committed
suicide at Seattle Friday, will be brought
here today for burial. The funeral will
be held tomorrow at a local undertak
er's rooms, .the Masonic lodges of Day
ton having charge. Interment will be
in the Dayton Cemetery. In the early
days when Mr. Kellogg was in business
here, he was one of the best known men
of affairs in the Northwest and accumu
lated a fortune here in real estate,
leaving Dayton for Seattle 15 years ago.
It Is thought that business reverses led '
him to commit suicide.
Rhode Island has a farm on which are
located all her state Institutions, including,
the state prison, state workhouse and Pro.
Idance jail. The workhouse prisoners ha.ve
done much In reclaiming and cultivating
land, removing Btones. improving the stream
and building walls. -
SKS FRANCISCO. CAL.
NEW YORK.
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i SIL. " Tough, Flexible, NonN c
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