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.
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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
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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.
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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
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be the greatest remedy known for the
relief of acute indigestion and chronic
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Rexall Dyrpepsia Tablets will Insure
healthy appetite, aid digestion and pro
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cere faith in Rexall Dyepepsla Tablets,
we ask you to try them at our risk. If
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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
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ass, ladigettiaa, Sick Headack, Sallow Skis.
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r Genuine mux bar Signature
3f ADTFDi
M I VI lllFf
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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-
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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
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Compound