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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1911)
RIVAL'S SLUR HERE ARTIST OF CHICAGO WHO HAS COME TO PORTLAND HOLD WORK HE SATS HAS BEEN DEFAMED. The Grandest Week-End River and Ocean Trip Ever Advertised in Oregon To GRABBED, ALLEGED FOUGHT BY ARTIST Resident Appeals to Mayor to j Frederick Websterof Chicago, Prohibit Laying of Mains . Under 8 Inches. Denies Report That Minia tures Are Not Genuine. : r i REALTY GRAFT ASSERTED ONE PUT TO TEST RUINED Oregon's New Summer Resort and IV. J. IMatt, In Letter to Rushlight, Writes That Cnder Sprinkling Order Homes Nearest In let Have Monopoly. Tainting of Mrs. K. C Mears and Her Two Daughter Are Object of Attack by Keglnald liar rl.on Salt Threatened. aTTNTT vn ttp- a i Piiiiiiiiiriir liuuirn, t HUUUIIILIIL IIUIL.II II Statrnient by Rrclnald JIarrlson. an arttjt of this city. that three miniature portraits produced for Fl C M'ars. of - Emm str.et. are not genuine, but mere atrro!'ir over a photograph, hv bro'ieht Fred-rlcs, Wetwtcr. a well- known hlract artist itvlr.c In fclvanston, to rort:nU to drfend liU art and hl 1 onor. Tne portrays are one earh of Mrs. kf.ars and the two datif.tr of Mr. and tlrt. W-r. and cst U earh. They r.r ubmltt-d yntrrtUy U the expert opinion of a number of local artt;ts, pnotosrapler anl rhemlin of recor-r.ts-i a:Uity. Inr!u!lna Colonel C. E- ti. Wood. !. un. Charles Hjtt-rwort h. M!sa U::i V. O'Ryan. Char I,andloa and other. Nona of them declared, after tfce rto.st Inspection and chemi cal f:. that they were othrr than la!ntlns as represented by Wfhtr. Harrison, however. Insisted that hla first opinion vil rorm t. and reiterated hta itilrmrnli that the picture frt "produced by tra-tr.g lha watercolor ever a photoaraph." KetrsM-tlon la rvrmandnl. Webster demanded a retraction of the statement and threatened to brine ault. ( ku enx.ed an attorney and wl',1 ronsoiit wtth Mm today on the advlsa bi'lry of tartlna court proreedln. As a lone drawo-o:t lel controversy will require more time than Webster cares to spend In Portiand. be baa aareed to rrpmlutt the portrait of Mrs. Meara, ' whlrh wia ruined hy chemU-al In yes terday's efr,)rt to estahltsh tliat a photo graphic flirn tu bneat! It. and to have mr artUt or committee of artists of Mr. Harrison's choiMlna otserve him In every detail of the work. If thla committee then declare that the painting I done a represented. Webster will k Harrison for a pub lic retraction of hla ortplna! statements, which, he says, are Injurious to hla reputation and daniaclnc to hla char acter aa a man. Harrison will eon ault an attorney today and then deliver an answer. Harrison ha been In Tortland hot a short time. He Uvea at Ford atreet road and has been dolna some palntlne for local people. Several weeks ten ha was entertained at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Talbot. It waa there that he met Mra. Meara. la the course of their conversation he revealed that ha painted miniatures, whereupon Mrs. Meara told him that she recentlv had three miniatures painted by Mr. Webster. Harrison Call on Meara. Harrison said ha never heard of Mr. Webster, but expressed a desire to aee the pictures. Mrs. Mears leave him per mission to call and aee them. He went tt the Meara home the next morn Inc. No sooner had he seen the three paint ings than he declared: "Why. Mrs. Meara. those are not pttlntlnaa. They are photographs, col ored. They are not worth fl piece." Mr. Mears was In Cbiraco at the time and hla wife Immediately tele- raphed him the circumstances. He called upon Mr. Webater, who Uvea at .14.11 Chlraeo avenue. Kvanton a auburb of Chlraeo and demanded an ' explanation. Mr. Webst.r established then and there to Mr. Mears' eatlsfac tion that his work la genuine, but ha soucht by teleeraph a retraction from Harrison, aa follows: "I demand an Immediate retraction, both, publicly and privately, of tho statement regarding my portraits made by you to Mrs. K- t'. Meara and her friends. I ran and will. If necessary, prove In court that your statement la false. My lawyer'e letter follows." Harrison did not see fit to reply to this meajtace. whereupon Webster wrote him aa follows: "'I requested lr. Mqaxs to wlra Mrs. Mears giving you the privilege of re movlna the color from any of the M'ara portraits In erdrr that you may satisfy ours If that your atatrment recartllna my work Is Incorrect and t lat they are not colored photos as you state, but miniature paintings. 1 ahall Insist, however. In return that you make a sworn statement of the result, one copy to be mailed to me and one CI Ten to Mra. Mears and same pub luihed In The t Triton Ua. Personal Iuira-trr Hit, He Soj. "Tin must realise that In aurh false assertion you are not only attacking my art. but also my personal character as a man. neither of whlih I am will ing to l-t pass unnoticed. 1 shall ex pect a Itne to my address In reply, aa I infer I am d.-allnr with a gentle man who is simply laboring under a grave mistake." This letter, written on July 7. also brought no response, so Ir. and Mrs. Webster came to lortland. arriving hers yesterday.' I'lans for a vacation trip to Kurope were thwarted by their busty trip to the Const. Webster brought wltb him numerous specimens of his work. a. well aa a large number of photograph of paint ings performed by him. , As further evlilenre of his good faith he has brought a.i Invitation Issued by the Moffetl rtud'.oe. of Chicago, to at tend a loan exhibition of portrait In oil. pastel and miniatures on Ivory ex ecuted by Webster last year, tha sub ject of his work as announced Includ ing eufh well-known Chicago persons aa William K I'hUlipa. Horace Wool, worth. Mrs. Frederick H. Hartlett. Mrs. fMward M. Holbrook. Ilobert I'unlap. Misa Margaret Melvin. Mr. tJeorge Jackson. Kdward V. Price. Raymond IX Kvans and others. Webster Admits Dlffrrem-r. Webster admit that his work I un like that of other painter of m!n tatares. but declare that It Is an Improvement over the old metho-L He produce hla pictures on ivorv the same a others, but uses a combination of alum and ground glass with hla water ; color to give a lasting tone and per ; manency. Thl material will prevent ta picture from "washing off" like the ordinary miniature. Colonel Wood, when he first saw the work yesterday, said It looked to him l'k a painting over a photograph, but after It had been treated with cheml ral which failed to disclose a fflm by rteans of which the photograph might rave been transferred to the" Ivory, de clared that ha waa willing to accept Webster's statement of genolnenesa. Mr. and Mr. Meara are thoroughly convinced Uxat th picture ar gen- iff t FRF.DERirK ulne and tho other expert who exam ined them say that they have not been produced by tracing photograph. Harrison Hold to Opinion, innr aa Mr. and Mrs. Moara are satLsfled." ald Harrison. "I have noth ing to say. 1 still nave tne same opin ion that the plcturea re colored pho tographs." ii'-t..- htnm Mlahllh1 u renuta- tlon for himself outside of Chicago. For many yeara he waa employed by i oi lier' Weekly to do "black and white" ii. Imii twen abroad four times to atudy and paint, having been a stu dent In the Royal Academy at Munich and a atudent In New York and Boa ton. Among the prominent people of whom ne naa paimra ponrans are on ator Hoot, of New York: Charlea G. T i V. wAll-known f'hlrarA n "i n . rirr: C.eraldlne Farrar and the Duchess of Manchester. EXPERT SHOTS . CHOSEN IS IV OKFGOX TKAM TO ENTER NATIONAL MATCHES. Nino of ;uardsnten to Compote at Camp ITrry, Ohio. Are Slernbcr of IurtlanI Companion. After a special eompetltiva shoot lasting two day selections of the IS riflemen, who will represent the Ore- on National Guard In tha National rifle rcatche next month, were made Wednesday by Adjutant-Oeneral Flnaer. Twenty-four marksmen, the pick of the entire National Guard, tried out for place on the National team. Cnder tha direction of Major Creed C. Ham mond, state Inspector of small arma practice, the crack shots went over the range course three tlmea. The IS men selected, all but one of them enlisted men. are: First Lieutenant Grorer Todd. Wood:urn: Sergeant O. A. SteT en. Tortland: berreant K. L. I'erdew, Eugene; Sergeants L. If. Sptoner. G. A. Ilckar-I. Charlea White. Frank Guerin. A. A. Hthwarz. O. P. Komalne. all of fortiand: Corporal A. Q. Johnson. Port land: Corporal Frank H. Mapes, Salem; Private H. T. Conner. .Cottage Grove; Private Fteve Iareon. lloscburg; Pri vate It. J. Pnyder. Portland. Jtrirarkably ' high as-ure were made throughout In the range work, and there Is every Indication that the Ore gon team will not only remain ona cf the IS leading leama of the entire mili tary eervlra of the country, but will capture one of the National awards. Kvery one of the IS men shot several points above "center." and a number of "possibles" were registered. The members of the tram will go o their home stations today and will reassemble Auguet 1 for a couple of weeks of preliminary practice at tha laikamas station rifle range before starting East. The National matches are to be held at Camp Terry. O.. on he sooth shore of Ijtke Krle. and rains will compete representing every branrl of the regular service and every tate In the t'nlon. QUICK SETTLEMENT ASKED :n;ineer Want Hawthorne Ilridge Penalty Case Decided. Tha t'nlted Engineering Construc tion Company, through Its attorneys. ubmltted to Mayor Itushiight and city Attorney Grant yesterday a letter In which thev ask that a settlement be had aa soon aa possible on the question of penalizing the contractors for delay in completing the Hawthorne bridge, say- ng that Is the only unadjusted busi ness preventing the dissolution of the comoany. The attorneys ay: Tha matter haa been construed a finally adjusted by the award of the en gineer in charge more than six month ago. We understand, however, that the matter has been referred to the City Attorney for hla opinion, and we de-. Ire to say all action of the Inlted en gineering Company ha been based on ha theory thai the engineer op!lon final and conclusive, and If this Is not so It desires to enlarge Its demands against the city In accordance with what It believes to be the real Justice and equity of the rase under the con- ract. In any event. It desire to assert Is right to Interest from the date of he engineer's award and the accept- anec cf the bridge by the city, from which date the engineering company consider that It claim has been a set- led account between It and the city. If the question Is to he threshed out !n court, tha company aska that It be done at once. Reforms In Ecrpt and the tyrant have Improved the puMtr iilmlnieral ion. devel oped national re"urr- ana uiit:tei tne rte. exciting private enterpr;a. stlmu- .aUng local encrxy and advancing morality. efAri I - : WEBSTEB. DOZEN SEEK HONOR Examination of Applicants for Police Captaincy on Today. OWE VACANCY EXISTING Civil Service Commissioners Still Vndeoldecl as to Scope of QuJx for lire Chief Other Tets Are Decided. Civil ervice examination for the po sltlon of Captain of Police will be held at the City Hall at o'clock this morn ing. Twelve have applied to take the examination, among them Joeeph Keller, of M3 Fast Flfty-tlrst street No'rtli. who Is at present holding the temporary po sition of captuln. Sergeant Keller waa appointed to nil thl place temporarily alien Captain S lover was appointed to succeed Chief of Police Cox. It I ex Captaln Siover'a place which 1 now to be tilled permanently. Othera who have applied to take the examinations are: Frank J. Snow, 62S East Nineteenth atreet North; Kverett S. Pechln; Thomas Jefferson Casey, Harry K. Parker. Mft Kast Couch street; Fred Maiiett. 154 East Fifty-fourth street: H. A. Circle. 1433 Union avenue; Benjamin F. Sherwood, I9 East Main street; Robert H. Craddock. 560 Shaver street: C. A. Inskecp, East Irving street: Leo A. Harms. 1&S Vincent ave nue; Harry Riley, 3uS Elgin avenue. IJIglbles Not Decided. John F. Logan and P. L Willis, con stituting tha committee of the commis sion appointed to provide the scope of the examination for Fir Chief, will re port at the meeting of tho commission at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. Tbey were to have reported yesterday, but de sired further time to consider the sub ject. Mr. Logan expressed himself as in favor of making any person eligible for the examination who has served In the Are department five years or longer. The commission outlined the scope of the examinations for City Building In spector, first deputy, second deputy, en gineer of construction, chief Inspector of construction, plan examiner, plan clerk, chief Inspector of electricity and deputy Inspector of electricity. Relative Marks Outlined. The p!n adopted provide that the Pulldlng inspector pas an examination In which the markings of the test on strength of materials will be 15 per cent of the entire examination; building or dinances, S) per cent: questions on con struction not covered by city ordinances. 15 per cent; electricity and electric wir ing. 10 per cent: fire protection. 10 per cent. Nothing Is allowed for experience, aa the Inspector must have had 10 years' experience aa a civil engineer before taking the examination. The scope of the examination for gate- man at the Bull Kun hcadwork Is: Physical condition. fi; experience. 25: spelling, penmanship and arithmetic. each S. CHURCH ANDCOLLEGE JOIN Fraternity and Klectro-TheraientJc School Incorporate. Religion and electro - therapeutic are to he mixed according to the arti cle of Incorporation of twin concerns. tho Church of Universal Fraternity and the Paclnc Coast Col'cge of Kloctro Therapeutlcs. which were filed with County Clerk Fields yesterday. The Incorporator are the same in each case. They are P. C. Ashmun, Dr. W. K. Armstrong. Dr. V. K. Jlndra and T)r William Nye Armstrong. Ona of the objects Is to "establish and maintain a ahurch for teaching the gospel of a universal fraternity as taught by Jesus Christ, to ordain Its minister and missionaries and to con duct ltschool and nnl versltles." The present assets of the church, a given In the articles, are of the value of $20. With respect to the college It Is said that It course of revenue will be the benefit fund of the Church of Universal Fraternity and subscriptions. Its present assets are valued at $150.0. It Is proposed to teach the science of electro-therapeutic and to give In struction In all subject relating to health and sanitation. Plummer na th highest quality ollv ll In Portland, sample free. Call or nhona Plummer Drug Co. 20 Xhlxd. Rossmere is said to have been suf fering; so severely from lack of water that one of the residents of that sec tion, W. J. Piatt, has suggested In a letter to Mayor Rushlight that a city ordinance be passed at once prohibit ing the laying of any water main under eight Inches In diameter. "Then these slick promoters of new tracts, when they tell a prospective buyer there is water on the- property sold, will be truthful." writes Mr. Piatt. "Rossmere now. suffers from the real estate graft that promised much and performed little, and if thla city ordi nance went Into effect at once It would put a quietus on at least that much misrepresentation. Also the city In taking these water systems over later would not have to tear up all the street again, nor take the taxpayers' money to carry out the promise of these same unscrupulous real estate pro moters." ' Mr. Piatt says tha conditions In Ross mere are so bad that In the morning, when the sprinklers at the six resi dences nearest the main are going. It is impossible for any other residents to obtain water even for drinking pur poses. He says he has been obliged to resort to drawing water at night and storing; it to have some to drink, al though he has already paid the city for water to irrigate hi lawn. All Water Withheld. "Instead of giving me the sprinkling privilege as Intended, the regulation absolutely deprives ma of all water," he writes. "Now I appreciate the fact that you believe you are giving; me something, and I am writing this for no other pur pose than to show you how you are unintentionally giving a monopoly of water to a few, and letting all the rest not only pay for it, but go thirsty. The reason Is simple. "Kossmere has a two-Inch (T) main. The tract has a prospective capacity of 1000 to 2000 houses. It is easy to compute how far from the Inlet a user would have to be with -inch pipes running full and all forced to use it between 6 and 8 A. M., that he might share in the benefit. i Near Houses Called Trust. "The fact Is that the five houses nearest the inlet are the 'water trust of Rossmere, and you, without In tending' It, have given orders to make them so. The remedy is to have the eight-inch mains plugged behind the men now laying them in Rossemere and to connect each street to this larger main. If conditions are not bettered we are considering the ad visability of sending you a petition to withdraw all open water hours except for household use." Referring to the arrest of a Ross mere woman for sprinkling flowers with a can. he writes: "Wo do not propose to have our wo men, who have been patient under con ditions, such as you, Mr. Mayor, would not submit to as long as they have, browbeaten for something which Is no fault of theirs, and can be remedied by the wi.ter department In two days by putting- a force of men at work on the Thompson-street main and c -meeting the pipes on each cross street to these. We ask you to Instruct the police de partment to handle all water cases in Koasraere carefully In view of tho pe culiar conditions which exist." lr. the 21 hours ending at 8 o'clock yeaterday morning Portland's reser voirs, holding 66.000.000 gallons of water, bad gained 1.600.000 gallons and with a few more cool days will bo filled again to capacity. Last night at S o'clock they contained 45.O0fi.O0) gallons, being 21.000,000 gallons short. Between 8 o'clock yeaterday and 5 o'clock lost night they lost 700.000 gal- lor.a. this being the consumption In ex cess oi the 30,600.000 gallons supplied tne reservoirs every 24 hours. The loss from 8 to S o'clock yesterday was only half what it was the day before. LEAGUE TOPICS VARIED OKEGOX DEVELOPERS PLAX FOR ASTORIA MEETING. Programme for August 14, IS and 16 Includes Some Best-Known Speakers in. Country. Meeting at the Astoria Centennial at Astoria. August 14; 15 and 16, the an nual session of the Oregon Develop ment League this year will be fea tured by well-known speaker. J. J. Hill. Louis W. Hill. Howard Blllott, Oerrltt Fort and Carl R. Gray, in the railroad world; President Theodore B. Wilcox, of the league: Vice-Presidents William Hanley, William Colvig, J. IL Raley. George Wlngate, J. S. Van Winkle, Secretary C. C. Chapman, George F. Johnson, chairman of the Portland Commercial Club Promotion Committee; Tom Richardson, founder of he league: Oovernor W est, Samuel Hill, C. T. Prall and others are on the pro gramme. The press of the state will be represented, editor of the Portland papers being Invited to peak. as well as representatives from other parts of the state. v Among the things to be discussed are land prices, foreign immigration, dry farming, experiment stations, demon stration work, misleading publicity. welcome clubs, -woman s auxiliaries nd agricultural education In the schools. The first day will be devoted to or ganization. A sotretartes' meeting for the representatives of the various clubs will occupy the morning. Delegates to the convention will be welcomed at the afternoon session by the officials of the Astoria Centennial, and the address of President Theodore B. Wilcox will be heard. Secretary Chapman will speak on what the league hopes to under take the coming year, and other league officiate will make talks. Short talks bv the secretaries of various commercial - organizations of the state will be made Tuesday morn ing. Tuesday Is also railroad day, and the afternoon and evening will be taken Good only leaving Portland at 6:50 A. M., Saturday, July 22 and returning to Portland Monday evening. One hundred miles down the Columbia and fifty miles down the Oregon coast Splendid hotel ac comodations at Bayocean. For information and reservation apply at once to ' i T. B. Potter Realty Company A 6291 720 Corbett Building Main 7270 up by addresses by the prominent rail road officials. Wednesday will be good roads day. C. T. Prall, president of he Oregon Association for Highway Improvement, urlll nrnnM at tho sroori rOfldS Session. President Wilcox and tne various vice presidents of the league will wield the gavel at the other sessions. D.nra,oTit!iHvM nf the various land shows scheduled for Eastern cities this year will be in attendance Wednesday morning. DIXON ASKS COUNTY AID Pioneer's Relatives Assert Applicant 'Will Be Given Care. John Dixon, a pioneer resident of the county. Is again trying to secure relief from the County Commissioners in race of the fact that bis relatives have fre quently Informed the County Court by letter and otherwise that they are ready and willing to care for him. Dixon succeeded once in having him self committed to the County Farm but left in a huff the next day, when Super intendent Jackson Informed him that "at thla hotel we do not order from a bill of fare, but fake what is set be There's No Risk If This Medicine Does Not Benefit You Pay Nothing A physician who made a specialty of stomach troubles, particularly dys pepsia, after years of study perfected the formula from which Rexall uyspep ia Tablets are made. Our experience with Rexall DyBpep ela Tablets leads us to believe them to be the greatest remedy known for the relief of acute indigestion and chronic dyspepsia. Their Ingredients are sooth ing and healing to the Inflamed mem branes of the stomach. They are rich In pepsin, one of the greatest digestive aids known to medicine. The relief they afford is almost immediate. Their use with perstetency and regularity for a short time brings about a cessation of tho pains caused by stomach dis-, orders. Rexall Dyrpepsia Tablets will Insure healthy appetite, aid digestion and pro mote nutrition. As evidence of our sin cere faith in Rexall Dyepepsla Tablets, we ask you to try them at our risk. If they do not give you entire satisfac tion, we will return you-the money you paid us for them, without question or formality. They come in three sizes, price 26 cents, 50 cents and $1.00. Re member you can obtain them only at The Owl Drug Co., Inc., Cor. 7th and Washington Sts. The Army of Constipation la Growing Small ar Every Day. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS am lesponnbU they not only give teua Ihey permanently ears Ceasupa- boa. Ivhl. lions dm then (or Bilieaa- ass, ladigettiaa, Sick Headack, Sallow Skis. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SHALL PRICE r Genuine mux bar Signature 3f ADTFDi M I VI lllFf y HIT'S Xar r&Jfe Y2.rt M Via the Fast Ocean Steamer for the Special Half Rate fore us." The old man insisted on hav ing food specially prepared to his order. The old man recounted to Commis sioners Lightner and Hart a variety of physical afflictions yesterday and asked to "be sent to the County Hospital, ex- FRIDAYS in iSPECIALSl 50c Java Rice Powder ............. 25c Aluminum Drinking Cups -25c Cake Juvenile Soap- $1.25 Bath Sprays ; 60c Walnutta Hair Stain. $1.00 bottle Listerine (Lambgrt's). 5 Pound Refined Sea Salt..... 4 $1.50 Oriental Cream.. $2.25 Matting Suitcases . 25c bottle Paregoric 25c box Stationery ..l.....-. . 10c Eye Baths . 50c Sal Hepatica -ri."' 7 cakes Ivory Soap... $2 Fountain Syringes, .s........... .. . . . . 50c Camelline (white, flesh or cream 50c Creme Elcaya .-.-.i. ...,.-(.:.. ... 25c Bathing Caps . . . . . . . .;.-... $1 size Ayer's Hair Vigor. ... 25c Squibbs' Talcum Powder...,. .:... 25c Frostilla (Holmes') . 50c Mentholatum -.t. . . . $1 Lydia Pinkham's Veg. Baa Seventh and Washington Streets Bayocean presslng the opinion that his relatives; would come to his relief rather than, have him remain a county charge. Commissioner LJghtner says Dlxon'S daughter has written that there U no necessity of extending him aid. SATURDAY ro Compound