Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, April 26, 1913, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTIIE 3IORNIXG OREGOmAn. SATURDAY, APRIL 26. 1913. 10 MOW IS SINGED Janitor of Brick Apartments Is Under Arrest. GEORGE NANGLE OUSTED Though Discharged Man Admits Be ing In Vicinity of Fire, He Denies Responsibility for Blaie Which Imperiled Many. A minced eyebrow mar prove to be a telling bit of circumstantial evidence gainst George Nannie, discharged Janitor of the Buck apartments, wl wu taken Into custody yesterday t ri.iiiv.. Mali mil Price, on IU plcion of being the cause of a ltfe- endangerlng fire which crone out ir the building, at Twenty-flrat and Flan, tiers streets, early yesterday morning; Nangle admits being in the vicinity h.... i k wtta mn irnnk thai h knows little about his movements. l i.nl havlnz anvthinK to do with the tire. Th. rnhnl. r aralnat Xanale la circumstantial at present. The offlceri V. n ... narmin.ntlv anftlned tO th work of Investigating suspicious fires. or whicn mere nave men -tionate number in recent months, i..nu4 f h a t hn hnJ been seen in the vicinity before the Are. and that he waa discharged recently wim m feellng existing. When they went to the apartment house where he lodges, they noted the fact that one of hia eye-brows, which are quite heavy, was singed, and that lie had cuts on one band. He said the singe came from a cigarette, and could not explain the cuts on his band, plead ing the fact that be waa drunk. Examination of the premises dis closed nothing to support the Incen rttary theory, as the elevator shaft. In which the destruction was done, was charred and all traces of the source of the fire were destroyed. The theory of the police Is that the firebug had a key to the building, and after enter ing, proceeded to the basement, threw rubbish into the elevator shaft and set It afire. Nangle bad been Janitor of the apart ments since they were In charge of Mrs. E. N. Downing, when he was dis charged for drinking. The Are endangered the lives of many persons, who were carried out by the police, among them being a man 82 years old and bis wife. 73. Frequent occurrence of apartment nous fires In the early morning In the past few months, has caused much speculation at detective headquarters, and some time ago Captain Baty as signed two detectives almost exclusive ly to the work of checking up these occurrences. This 4s the first instance in which they bave been able to reduce suspicion to positive action. Lives of scores of lodgers have been in danger and numerous close escapes bave been recorded. FLOODS RETARD BUILDING Builders of Northwestern Ban Block Prepare to Rush Work. On account of the recent floods In Ohio and Indiana ahlpments of steel for the new Northwest Bank building now being erected on Morrison street, between Broadway and Sixth streets, las been delayed about three weeks end It probably will be after the mid dle of May when the first of It arrives. Owners of the building and con tractors are taking every advantage of the delay, however, and are letting contracts meanwhile for the brick and terra cotta work aa well as all the In terior details, so that the whole build ing will rise rapidly as soon aa the steel Is received. It Is reported that all th steel has been rolled and cut and that most of It has been fabri cated at Indianapolis. Th floods, how ever, demoralised traffic and made It Impossible for the railroads to procure enough ears. The demands of local communities for bridge material and other structural steel, that became urg ent necessities following the flood, also delayed movement of the stock for the Portland building. CARL GRAY GOES TO RANCH Great Northern President to Pass Sunday With Family. Carl R. Gray, president of the Great Northern, who has been In Portland for th laat few days, left last night for his ranch in the valley of the Lit tle Whit Salmon River. He will re main ' there today and return to Port land tonight to pas Sunday with mem bers of his family here. He will leave Sunday night for St. Paul. Mr. Gray said yesterday that he Is pleased with the work the Great Northern and Its affiliated lines are doing In the Portland territory. He Is greatly Interested In the terminal development on the East Side, which plan he Inaugurated while be was president of the North Bank a year ago. Th work of filling the tier of Mocks south of East Morrison street which are to be used as freight yards Is nearly done. When Mr. Gray returns to Portland In July be will make a complete tour of all the property In Oregon In which the Great Northern Is Interested. FATHER IS SUED BY SON Parent Refuses Money to Boy and Court Accepts Explanation. "I'd give my life for the boy even yet, but 1 won't give him any money unless I have to." said William Grabach, an elderly scenic artist, living at SJ4 Front street, answering to a suit brought against him by his son. Paul G. D. Gra bach. In Justice Bell's court. "He wouldn't bave it In a week; his evil companions would see to that." The younger Grabach demanded $150 on a note given by his father, who gave th court the impression that he h,ad taken the money simply to preserve It from being squandered. The note was dated September 11. lilt, and was made payable upon the sale of certain lots In Rose City Park. These. It was shown, had not been sold, and the elderly de fendant's plea in abatement waa sus tained by the court. Church to Float Bond Issue. ABERDEEN, Wash, April IS. (Spe cial.) The Methodist Church of this city will issue 115.000 worth of bonds to complete the building now under construction, but which has been de layed because of lack of funds. The bonds will run for IS years with Inter est at per cent and it Is predicted they will have a ready sale. The bonds are to be held in trust and guaranteed by a mortgage on the new building for SJC.S00. Bankers and financiera have approved f the scheme. When com pleted the church will have cost about 4.00. J PORTLAND GIRL WILL WED I -v.. ... , ' I -aW" V MISS ELVA LILLIA.V HILL. Miss Elva Lillian HIII. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Hill, of 88 East Ankeny street, will go East to Boston May 6 to marry Frederick Hammond, a graduate of the University, of Oregon law school, who is now connected with a large firm in Boston. The marriage will take place about the latter part of May. Miss Hill, who Is a well-known Portland singer, was for three years a member of the choir at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church and studied under Portland and Eastern professors. The young couple will make their home in Boston. " A large circle of friends of' the charming bride-elect are regretting that her marriage takes her to the East to reside. Several delightful social affairs will be given prior to her departure. WASTE IS CHARGED City Engineering Department Subject of Criticism. INDEX SYSTEM CONDEMNED Investigators of Municipal Manage ment Declare Contract Are Not Awarded on Proper Basis and Reorganization Is Needed. Methods of. handling public Improve. menta and special assessments for pavements and sewers nre denounced in a report of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research made yesterday dealing with the department of city engineering. It Is declared that the Index systems are poor, that economy Is practically disregarded In purchases. that contracts are not let on a proper basis and that general reorganization of the department Is needed. 'An Investigation of the purchase re quisitions of the engineering depart ment for 1912, and of the annual report of that year," says the report, "dis closed the fact that not a single con tract for supplies or services had been executed during that year. Of the prin cipal materials used by the mainten ance division during the year, 181-bar- rels of cement. 7385 cubic yards or crushed rock, 511.148 feet of lumber. 10.600 pounds of nails, Z3K tons ot coat. (788 lineal feet of sewer pipe and 102, 000 bricks were purchased on open market orders not exceeding $250 each, without nubile letting and in the ma jority of cases without inviting bids. Store Records Laeklaa. "There are absolutely no stores records in operation anywhere in the engineering department. Current com parison between material purchased and material used is indispensable in properly administering any olty depart ment. Cltv canes for the construction ana maintenance of all kinds of pavement have proved effective in other cities. A start has been made in Portland in maintaining certain stone block and macadam roads by city labor. A munie lpal asphalt plant for repairing all asphaltlc pavements and city yards for the storage of material and equipment should be established. There Is a lack of comprenensive dally reports from Inspectors on pave ment repairs. The only report found waa In field book form and showed the dimensions of th patches only with no statement of their exact location. "To secure more prompt repairing of cuts made In pavements, a more direct control thereover should be established In the central office. ir the city were to enter into contracts for this work rwi mi v it directlv the present charges could, no doubt, be greatly decreased. AmwiHit Plaa Cosamcwded. In far ms th method of special assessment for paving In Portland Is concerned, little criticism can be offered. Error has been made, however. In not distinguishing sharply between original construction and reconstruc tion of pavements. The fundamental reasons for any special assessments for pavement construction applies oniy to the construction of the first pavement. It la the first pavement which tends to enhance realty values. Moreover, spe cial assessments on original construc tion protect the administrative onicers from undue Influence being exerted by nrlvate individuals interested in the development of new territory. , PERS0NAL MENTION. F. Le Roy, of Denver, is at the An nex. E. A. Llndgren, of Astoria, la at the Carlton. ' D. W. Tllllnghast, of New Tork, Is at the Carlton. John Carey Is registered at th An nex, from Carey. Idaho. W. D. Moreland. a Tacoma lumber man. Is at the Imperial. Judge J. H. Raley Is registered at the Perkins, from Pendleton. J. G. Fenton. a Seattle business man. la registered at the Carlton. Mr. ani Mrs. L. Belyeu are registered at the Imperial, from Eugene. C. A. Harrison, who is connected with the Pantages theatrical circuit, la IN BOSTON EARLY IN MAT V S,;V- w J at the Perkins, registering from Se attle. W. H. Canon. ex-Mayor of Medford, Is at th Imperial, from Eugene. A. E. Ward, a stockman of Wilson, Wyo., is registered at the Perkins. Mrs. M. E. Wheeler Is registered at the Carlton, from Webster Acres, Or. W. N. Rinehart, a Cottage Grove merchant, is registered at th Perkins. John Lyle Harrington, of Kansas City, a bridge builder. Is at the Port land. Mr. and Mrs. George H. George are registered at the Portland, from As toria. W. G. Davis, a prominent realty operator of Seattle, is at the Multno mah. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Courtney, of Spo kane, have taken apartments at the Annex. T. N. Slocum and E. A. Beecher, busi ness men of Aberdeen. Wash, are at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Hedzal. of Chat tanooga, Tenn., are registered at the multnomah. Charles 8. Todd, of the Gately Cloth ing Company, is registered at the An nex, from Seattle. Frank W. Metschan and daughter. Miss Marie Metschan, of Grants Pass, are at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Townsend have returned from Washington, D. C, and are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Marshall are reg istered at the Oregon, from Pendleton. Mr. Marshall Is a farmer. William H. Hunston Is registered at the Multnomah, from Milan, Italy. He spent the Winter In Southern Califor nia. F. M. Shallue and party are regis tered at the Portland, from Duncans, B. C. Mr. Shallue is a paving con tractor. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Pitman, of Spo kane, are registered at the Oregon. Mr. Pitman Is chief engineer of the O.-W. R. A N. . E. F. Moore Is registered at the Cor nelius from Goldendale. Edward An derson, of Carson, Wash., is at the Cornelius. Jesse A. Ellsworth, of Seattle. North, western manager for the American Book Company, is at the Portland, from Seattle. Professor H. M. Parks, deau of the department of mining of the Oregon Agricultural College and director of the Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology, la registered at the Oregon. CHICAGO. Aprlfil. (Special.) The following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: From Portland Mrs. G. Watt Rosa Miss Watt, at the Congress; Edward Stier. Miss A. C Mason, at the La Salle. From Hermlston F. B. Swayzee, at the Great Northern. KELSO MEET ARRANGED ADDRESSES BY PROMINENT MEN SCHEDULED. Southwest Washington Development Association Will Hold Two-Day Session May 22 and 23. Addresses on appropriate topics will be features of the quarterly meeting of the Southwestern Washington Develop ment Association to be held at Kelso, Wash.. May 22 and 23. It Is expected the meeting will be the most largely at tended and the most important of any held In the last year. The session will continue two days. The first day and a half will be de voted to meetings at which addresses on subjects pertaining to development and immigration in the Northwest will be heard. Part of the second day will be devoted to a steamboat excursion to Stella, In Cowlitx County, where an in spection is to be made of the raft yards, where the cigar-shaped sea-going rafts are built. The programme of addresses Includes: "The Panama and Celilo Canals," Joseph Teal, of Portland. "Convict Labor," Governor Lister. "Bridging the Columbia Between Portland and Vancouver," Ralph Mod Jeskl. Commercializing Our Waste Mate rials." John P. Hartman. "The Interstate Bridge." Lloyd Du bois. "Development of Our Commercial Waterways." Edward Finch. "The Benefits of the Pacific Highway to Southwestern Washington." State Highway commissioner Roberts, of Washington. I 1 s "EXTRAS" ON BILL Ad Club to Augment "Fifty Miles From Boston." "LOCAL COLOR" PROMISED Besides Specialties by Portland Busl ness Men, Mary Edgett and Will lam Lloyd Will Do Dnet Tuesday and Wednesday. Members of the Baker Stock Com pany will appear before the Portland public next week In a production which will bring out some of the abilities and talents of the company which the usual line of productions In which they aonear offers them little opportunity to. display, because In "Fifty Miles From Boston" the action is Inter rpersed with specialties characteristic of musical comedy. On Tuesday and Wednesday nights, when the Ad Club benefit shows will be given, the play Is to afford several singing and dancing specialties that have never before been used in It, as they have a local application and con sist of up-to-the-minute Ad Club ma terlaL The members of the Ad Club baseball team are to be featured along with the Ad Club quartet in the "mob scene In the first act. and when Mr. Conness, In the role of the college hero. Is borne In on the shoulders of his admirers, the ad baseball men and singers are preparing a demonstration before which the mightiest efforts of the average run of supers will pale Into colorless Insignificance. Besides the songs that belong in the play, in which Mr. Conness, Alice Flem ing and other members of the company will appear, several Ad Club solos and choruses have been introduced ana aan clng specialties, which will range from burlesque by some of the ad men, to something which is said to be tne very last word In artistic dancing among all productions of its kind that have been offered In Portland. Mary Edgett and William Lloyd have a clever duet, which will be presented as a special feature In the evening's programme and In which several local sidelights have been introduced. WOMEN'S BOARD ELECTS MRS. J. V. MIL-LIGAN HEADS PRESBYTERIAN BODT. Members of Local Church Hosts at Luncheon at Close of Session. Tacoma Gels Meeting. Mrs. J. V. Milllsran yesterday was elected president of the Woman's North Pacific Presbyterian board of missions, at the final session held in the f irst Presbyterian Church. Mrs. jmmgan served 13 years as corresponding secre tary of the board. The vice-presidents chosen included: Mesdames M. R. An drews, W. S. Holt, J. S. Bradley, B. A. Thaxter, E. P. Mossman, u. A. parK, C. B. Lantham, B. F. Harper, J. H. Barton, H. H. Miller. A. Hurd, C. P. White, D. O. Ghormley, James Wilson, L W. McFadden. J. A. Laurie. J. M. Thompson, H. McMaster, and Miss jlalzle Crawford. Mrs. B. A. Thaxter was elected recording secretary, Mrs. J. W. Goss treasurer and central com mittee member. The secretary for mis sionary correspondence Is Mrs. w. b. Holt, secretary for correspondence with issionaries. Mrs. J. B. running; sec retary of specific work, C. W. Hays; secretary for Y. P. S. C. E. and Junior Christian Endeavor societies, Mrs. C. J. Mathis; secretary for children's bands, Mrs. E. D. Rice; secretary for West minster Guild, Mrs. Fletcher Linn; sec retary for mission study. Miss Mabel C. Goss; secretary for missionary substi tutes Mrs. F. I. Fuller; secretary ior literature. Miss Abby S. Lamberson; secretary for editorial committee oi magazines, Mrs. J. S. Bradley; secre tary for "box work, Mrs. N. B. Thomas; associates for box work, Mrs. A. Funk and Mrs. J. H. Carrlco; auditor, W. R. Mackenzie. The vice-nresldents of the woman s board of Home Missions includes, Mrs. A. L. Lee. of Idaho: Mrs. J. V. Mimgan and Mrs. F. H. Geselbracht, of Oregon, and Mrs. M. E. Steele and Mrs. C. R. McClure, of Washington. The board of trustees chosen in cludes Mrs. W. M. Ladd, Mrs. Jacob Kmm. Mrs. W. S. Holt, Airs. ti. . Albee, Mrs. Boudlnot Seeley, Mrs. B. Lamberson and Mrs. W. A. Laidlaw. At the close of the election. Jars. Mllllgan gav a short address on the opportunities for doing good and of the responsibility of each member. A luncheon was served by the women of the First Presbyterian Church after the close of the session. Tanoma will be the next meeting place of the Northwest board which will convene again in 1915. m Dmesra Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta will meet next Friday with . Mrs. Horace Fenton, 686 Hoyt street. Th. v.hraski TTalversltv Dancing Club will close the season at Murlark's Hall. Saturday evening, April zt. me series of parties has been most success ful, and a full attendance of members and guests is anticipated to enjoy the number. The oatronesses for the event will be Mrs. M. Brlckey, Mrs. J. Klmmel and Mrs. u. Brace. . t-v. A.,.,t..lir Wrd mAAtlnr nf the Albertlna Kerr Nursery Home was held a lew oays ago wnen Aieunuec H. Kerr turned over to the management of the home the use of his property at 12 jjourieeniu eirtroi, .ujuiuius n,iwAfv bnme. to be used as an annex as the Institution is overcrowded. The annex will be used as a receiv ing ward, laboratory office, convalescent ward, mothers ward ana nurses quarter. Money to equip this new building Is needed by the home and various charitable organizations will assist. During the quarter there were 46 children and six mothers cared for and the receipts exceeded the expendi tures by $32.88. Astra Circle, Women of Woodcraft, 11. ....IJ. a. a fav n V nnftv On Will JJI COlMo J J i . Thursday evening at the Women of Wodcraft Hall. Dancing will be the principal diversion. V --.. -nr 1 7 A Tl.n fnm.r tt t n nreat. dent of the federated woman's cfubs of Washington, and well Known in ciuo th,An.hntit the Northwest will return to her home in Spokane on Mon day after passing a fortnight in Port land as the house guest oi jurs. j. m. T.n.n xrr. Allen hAx been widely feted during her stay in this city. Local chapters of the Sisterhood of ... a malrlti. .yt.nnlv. nrenftrfl. ti'ons for the state convention which Is to be held in Portland next month-. ... i' i . . WAmAn in tvtia itv Rm in terested in the efforts being put forth by the federated clubs of Seattle to secure a club building. In order to start a fund for this purpose, there will be an elaborate birthday party to which 2600 Seattle women have been Invited. The affair will take place on May day In the ballroom of the new Washington Hotel. An Item of Interest to club and literary seta comes from San Francisco, where at the recent meeting of the Paciflc Coast Women's Press Associa tion Miss Ina Coolbrith, the well-known poetess, gave a "reminiscent afternoon." Miss Coolbrith was a friend of Mark Twain. Bret Harte, Charles Warren Stoddard and others as well known. She spoke particularly of Joaquin Mil ler giving interesting incidents of the life of the late poet. In their resolutions adopted at yes terday's meeting, the members of the North Pacific Presbyterian Board of Missions expressed their intention of dolna- all In their power to thwart the activities of the Mormon missionaries who are endeavoring to Becure new members in all localities. The school teachers will be warned against Mor mon teachings before attending the convention to be held this Summer in Salt Lake. The members of "the current lltera ture department of the Portland Wo-r.an s Club will meet with Mrs. J. J. P. Westensrard. 73D Northrup street on Thursday. Mrs. Helen Miller Senn is curator of tire department and tne membership includes several club women who take an active interest in literary matters. Misses Florence and Melba Westengard will contribute musical numbers at the coming meeting.-- The official ballot given out yester day at the Portland Woman's Club pre sages Just enough contesting for office to make the club election of May 9 in teresting. Mrs. Robert French will be opposed by Mrs. Caroline Dunlap for the vice-presidency; Mrs. Bert Denni son and Mrs. J. D. Spencer are up for auditor, and there are four members running for directors and but two of these will be chosen. The entire ballot is as follows: ' President. Mrs. "Frederick Eggert; first vice-president, Mrs. Robert French and Mrs. C. Dunlap; second vice-president, Mrs. John Van Zandt; recording secretary, Mrs. Chester Le Noir; cor responding secretary, Mrs. J. A. Pettit; treasurer, Mrs. C. E. Runyon; auditor, Mrs. Bert Dennison and Mrs. J. D. Spen cer; directors, Mrs. A. Wurzweller, Mrs. R. E. Bondurant, Mrs. J. Frances Drake and Mrs. Cora Puffer. The programme at yesterday's meet ing Included an Interesting lecture on "American Art and Artists," by Mrs. George M. Weister, who Illustrated her lecture with many beautiful stereopti- con slides. Mayor Hlndley, of Spokane, gave a talk on the benefits derived from the adoption of a commission form of government, saying that while there might be faults in the proposed charter, they should not blind the vot ers to the larger issues. Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway respond ed to the speaker. The attendance was unusually large and the Interest in the subjects intense. STORM BACK TO ROCKPILE Contradictory Statements Made of $150 Accepted for Girl. After less than a week of freedom the parole of Palmer C. Storm was revoked yesterday by Circuit Judge Morrow and the man must now spend nine months at the Kelly Butte rockr pile, the sentence imposed by Judge Morrow when Storm pleaded guilty to a statutory charge preferred by his wife, that of ruining a 17-year-oid gin. Evidence was submitted which satisfied the Judge that since being paroled Storm has been in hotels with young girls. Storm Is the man who last week, on the day of his parole, made an affidavit accusing Mrs. Baldwin, of the depart ment of safety for young women, of taking $150 from him to be delivered to Rhoda Sapp, the girl he led astray, at the Florence Crlttenton Home and failing to pay It to the girl. Several times he has made contradictory state ments, sometimes saying that he paid the mooev and at other times that he did not. Mrs. Baldwin has demanded a full Investigation but tt is unlikely that anything further will be done as no credence is placed In Storm's state ments by the District Attorney or his deputies. FIRE MAY CLOAK MURDER Portland Man Hears of Father's Death and Brother-ln-Law's Arrest. First news of the death and sup posed murder of hlB father In Florida last week reached William Wread, a real estate man with offices in the Teon building, when he came down from the Cascade Mountains last night in answer to a summons from Detec tive Hawley, who had traced him at the request of members of the family In Florida. Mr. Wread is a resident of Portland, living at 403 Tenth street, but of late has been in the mountains attending to some property matters. Joseph L. Wread, living at iMicnois, near Tampa, was burned to death In his house last week. Neighbors said they heard pistol shots before the fire broke out. Mitchell Anderson, a son-in-law. Is held under charge by a Coroner's Jury. There had been threats. It is said, over a property agreement. The dead man had $1700 in the house at the time. Anderson came near be ing lynched before he was hurried away to jail at Tampa. BONDING COMPANY IS SUED Land Not Cleared as Per Contract, Is Claim of Nlelson. Th n! nf William Nlelson to re cover $6100. the amount of a bond, from the Title Guaranty & Surety Company, is on trial before a Jury in Circuit Judge Davis' court. The' defendant company furnished the bond for C. Masters, a contractor wno agreea iu - , r l.nl fnr Mr Nlelson near Mosier, Or., but failed to complete tne worn as per cuniracu "j bonding company Is defending on tech nical grounds, asserting that overpay ments W(!l n IIWUC l ' ' Ul. Vli Ll l.VW. . The bond contract recited, however, that monthly payments should be made on estimates to be furnished Dy Mr. Nlelson or his agent of the amount of worK penormea me uiviim c.ivuo. The plaintiff said on the stand yeater- a ay inai i l ho au hcdu quainted with the details of the prog ress of the work he would not have paid such large amounts. Judge Davis ruled on an objection that Mr. Nlelson or his agent, "who in this case was Thomas King, foreman of the ranch, had been constituted the agents of the bonding company in making estimates and as they- had been made in' good faith the bonding company was bound by them. $300 TAKES IT. Left on sale by real estate operator who has met with reverses, a genuine Hazelton art piano, nearly new; cost $625; $300 cash takes it. Biggest snap ever seen. Reed-French, Tenth and Stark. " Kansas City. Kan., asks restoration of its old name, Wyandotte. AC A typographical error was responsible for the announcement in yesterday's edition of The Oregonian that The Owl Drug Co. was closed on Saturday afternoons between the hours of 1 and 6. This should have read: We Close on Sunday Afternoons Between One and Six O'Clock This is the plan adopted and announced by us a few weeks ago. Broadway and Don't you know of some homes that it is a real pleasure to visit, because of that sense of cor dial friendliness and good cheer, where it seems to be no effort to give pleasure! That same homelike spirit prevails at the Imperial and is one reason why so many men take their wives and families to the Imperial Grill for Sunday dinner. Music Table d'Hote Dinner, $1.00 'S RAIDS ISSUE Justices Sitting En Banc to Test Russell Cases. WHO'S WRONG IS QUESTION Whether Sheriff Is at Error In Re peatedly Arresting Proprietor of Saloon or Other Officials Are Remiss to Be Decided. Whether Sheriff Word on one hand is wrong or whether several other of ficials are remiss In the matter of re peated gambling raids on the resort of Fritz & Russell, on Burnside street, is an issue that is to be tried out next Monday, before a full bench of the Justice Court, Justices Bell and Jones sitting "en banc" to make investiga tion and determine. On trial, technically, will be J. J. Russell, accused of allowing gambling in his saloon, but in realty the ques tion is to be whether the two justices. tna. Tiiotriot AtfAmev and the srrand iury have been derelict in enforcing ihe law. The novel procedure of having, the two magistrates sit together is at the suggestion of Justice Jones, to whom have fallen most of the Russell cases in the past He feels that his refusal in several Instances to hold Russell Is putting him "in bad," and he desires the counsel of his colleague In order to be sure that he is right. Prosecutors to Be Changed. In order to make the test the more thorough, there will be also a change of prosecutors, and Deputy Deich, who recommended the dismissal of a recent case, will be replaced by Deputy Col lier. In several weeks past, the Russell resort has been raided time after time by Sheriff Word's deputies, on charges of allowing gambling. The conten tion of the defense is that patrons of the place play harmless games, with chips as counters. The Sheriff rests his action on the ground that drinks are played for. In one case the defendants waived examination and were held to the grand jury, but that body returned not true bills. The next time up, Deputy Deich, basing his action upon the un favorable . report of the grand jury, tustlce Bell to dismiss the case. and it was so ordered. Officers Are Criticised. Then Justice Jones took the bit in ,.t tA iamlsKMl the next case 111a tec... . on his own motion, even criticising tne officers tor taKing up tne time ui ." court with prosecutions that got no where. In the automatic assignment of cases, the next prosecution has fallen to Justice Jones again, and he has asked his associate to bear the burden with him. So, next Monday, the two will sit together, with Deputy Collier and ..nfi Mnrtv ar rontenders. Collier announces that he will bring out every fact obtainaDie ana bo 10 of Russell's affairs, with a view to setting at rest nnally the vexed ques tion. . ROSE HEADQUARTERS OPEN Manager J. H. Xolta to Direct Rose Train Arrangements. .r nnirtor fr,r ih f rose train and rose shower from the Peninsula dis trict have been opened at 114 East Kil lingsworth avenue by J. H. Nolta, man ager of this feature of the Rosa Fes tival, and it will be maintained until after the Festival Is over. It Is proposed to decorate a train of 12 electric cars, all of which will carry roses. From several of these cars rose WORD orrecnon mm Washington petals will be showered on the streets through which the train will pass, while others will carry fine roses as a display. All the cars will be decorated. All the fraternal societies of North Portland and St. Johns will be invited to prepare cars for this train. Mrs. F. W. Valention, of St. Johns, is chairman of the committee from that place, and she announced that the St. Johns Com mercial Club will have a car In the rose train. LODGE IS TO CELEBRATE Orient Lodge Oddfellows to Observe Ninety-Fourth Anniversary. The 94th anniversary of the founding of the Oddfellows' Lodge will be cele brated tonight by Orient Lodge, No. 17, in the hall at the corner of East Sixth and East Alder streets. A musical pro gramme will be given. Penumbra Kel ley will deliver an address on "Odd fellowship and Its Lessons." Also Past Grand Master W. T. Williamson will make a short talk. F. E. Foote will read an original poem. Jewels will be presented to four vet erans who have been members more than 25 years. One Jewel will go to a veteran who has been a member 45 years, two will'go to two members of 40 years' standing, and five to veterans who have been in the order 30 years. Oddfellows and their families will at tend. Utopia and Omega Rebekah Lodges also will participate. CANADIAN INDULGES HOBBY F. L. Buckley to Buy Oregon Stock Ranch for Pleasure. i "A busy man can't be happy unless he has a hobby," says F. L Buckley, managing director of the British Can adian Lumber Corporation, Limited, of Vancouver, B. C, who was In Portland yesterday, and to emphasize his belief in the theory he arranged to go to Harney County to Indulge in his own particular hobby. Mr. Buckley's hobby is livestock. He is preparing to buy a few thousand acres of land in Oregon and place on it a herd of high-grade cattle; not so much for profit, he says, as for the enjoyment he can get out of them. Mr. Buckley, while here, called on Fred W. Graham, Western Industrial and Immigration agent for the Great Northern Railway, who gave him infor mation on Oregon land. Hunt Club Meets Today. The Portland Hunt Club will hold its semi-monthly cross-country ride at 2:ia P. M. today from Mount Zlon. Many are expected to participate. . Bell and Wing By FREDERICK FAHNIHS AYER A striking book of verse. Boston Post. Absorbing, astounding, inspiring, baffling. London Academy. Power and originality. Cork Examiner. A great work. Boston Herald. Marks of genius constantly. Troy Record. A wealth of ideas. Boston Transcript. 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