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FEE SUIT PROBABLE 1 V v. T ' i . " U GOOD OLD Architect May Sue City for $1 6,000, Is Report. RINU QUESTION IS PUZZLING ONE T. H. Freedlander Claims Sim for Auditorium Plans Officials Say Design Exceeded Cost of $450,004) Building. ock oeer GAM 6 E 1 TTT. J. H. Freedlander. architect for the proposed public auditorium building, may be compelled to bring suit against the city to collect the 116,000 due him In payment of his services in drawing the preliminary plans and the working out ot other details of the auditorium as originally designed, it was reported yesterday. Inasmuch as it has been found the building he designed would cost $745,030 to construct, and the rules of the' competition in which the design was selected called for a building to cost no more than. J450.000, Commis sioner Brewster eaya the city may not do oougea to pay the 16,000 or accept the designs. ' Mr. Freedlander has now been paid only 11000, which was the prize of fered for the winner of the compe tition. Jt was the arrangement to pay. in addition to this $1000, a total of 7 per cent of the cost of the building, of which total about $16,000, Mr. Freed lander contends, is due at nresent. Al. though many claims have been made lor the amount, it has been held up by commissioner .Brewster pending an in vestigation. -ity Attorney . La Roc he has been asKed to prepare an opinion as t whether or not the city is obliged to pay the $16,000. If he says there is a question about It, the city probabiy will let Air. freedlander bring suit to se cure the amount he says is due. If the city i bound to pay. it is probable-a warrant will be drawn at once inas much as the money Is available in the auditorium fund. It was secured from the sale recently ' of $35,000 of the au ditorium bunds. The question centers about the acts of the old Auditorium Board and the old City Council and the committee which selected the Freedlander draw ings in the competition. Inasmuch as the plans were selected according to tne rules, and the action was ratified officially, the city may be bound, it is said, to stand behind the actions of its former officials and pay the bill. .If it can be shown, however, beyond any question that a rule in the" contest pro vided for a building, to cost no more than $450,000. and the plans selected are for a building which could not be erected for less than $745,000, the city may be able to successfully defeat the payment of the $16,000 fee to Mr. Freedlander. DESCHUTES RAILROAD SUED Eastern Oreson Land Company Wants Tracks Elevated. Trial of the Kastern Oregon Land Company's suit to force the Srsschutes Railroad to increase the height fit a mile and a half of its tracks, above the Ieschutes River canyon, from 60 to 105 feet was begun In the United States District Court yesterday before Judge" Bean. The land company asks as an alternative that the railroad company's title be abrogated or that heavy damages be assessed. Ownership of options are alleged by the land company on the property in which the canyon is located and through which both the Oregon Trunk and the Deschutes Railroad pass. The cae has been pending more than four year?. It is charged that the building of the railroad prevents the land company from building as high a dam as it could have otherwise. The Hill line, on the other side of the canyon, is only five feet higher than the De schutes, but an arrangement has been made with that company. FIRE PREVENTION DAY SET Forest Destruction Considered Most Important of Subjects Listed. No subject to be considered on "Fire Prevention Day," next Saturday, is of more importance than that of forest fire protection, says Arthur M. Church Ill, chairman of the Oregon Civic League's committee on fire prevention. Every citizen of Oregon and every schoolboy and girl, can help to keep fire out of the timber, he says. It is estimated that over 4.000.000 acres of timber land lathis state has been laid waste by forest fires, largely as a re sult of carelessness. The Federal Government, state and private owners of timber, need the help of everyone who goes into the moun tains, in order to make their efforts successful. A boy or girl can often do as much as a man or woman. Kvery large fire starts from a small one and tTould be prevented If someone were present to put It out. JOGS IN STREETS TO GO Several Sharp Turns Reported to Be Dangerous. AVork of eliminating dangerous jogs in streets in various parts of the city lias been started by the city depart ment of public works. The streets in many parts of the city have sharp turns or projecting curbs and side walks which have been the cause of accidents. It is proposed to remove these places everywhere possible. On Virginia street, near Nevada street in the Fulton district, one of t'ie curb corners has been such a men ace to traffic for some time past that its removal has been ordered. The sidewalk is to be cut off and the curb rounded. VANCOUVER JAIL BROKEN E. II. Van Hemert, Held for Port land .Police, Escapes With Others. E. H. Van Hemert, also known as B. Van Duzen and Barney Van. escaped from the jail at Vancouver, B. C. with three others two days ago, ac cording to information received by De tective Captain Baty yesterday. v Van Hemert was being held there for the local police, who want him for alleged forgeries of drafts and checks, amounting to several hundred dollars. The Jail break was accomplished, ac cording to the report, by means of a Knite ana arm smuggled Into Jail Van Hemert achieved some prominence while In Portland by pretending to be sporting editor of a New York paper, I p f r-- Jr C ! V I f V- 1 , -1 , i'f$- , ' : . 'I r--UJfk7 -'' -v r-y: J -.s , V1 1 it RIVER WORK URGED hf A Waterways Body Wants Canal ization of Upper. Streams. ENTHUSIASM RUNS' "HIGH Columbia Xavigable to Canadian Line and Snake to Lewlston, Is Idea Kept Before Convention. Developing Power 'Seen. " Continued Prom First Taire.) ; at night when Governor. Lister, of Washington,' was received as an earnest exponent of the waterways cause. The' morning was consumed with the annual meeting of the board ot di rectors. ; . - - A permanent committee on navigable rivers was recommended to the conven tion by the directors. It is probable that such a committee will be named at today's meeting. ( ommlllrn Are K anted. ' ' Members .of committees appointed are: Resolutions J. N. Teal, Portland: Scott Henderson. Professor TV". D. Ly man, of Walla Walla; J. E. Gratke. of Astoria, and F. J. O'Brien, of the Rich land, Wash., Commercial Club. Credentials C. C. Chapman. . M. Mosessohn. Portland: R. A. Foster, ' of Clarkston, Wash.; O. ' .E. Freytag, of Oregon City, and .D. E. Brownell, of Umatilla. Members ot a committee on nomina tions, appointed, on the floor of the convention, are: Harry N. Dryer. Uma tilla, chairman: Captain W. p. Gray. Pasco; O. S. Wiggleworth, Warrenton: A. H. Devers, Portland, and Mr. Kud- kin. The convention proper got under way at 2 o'clock in the afternoon with the assembly room well filled with dele gates. . Others kept coming in as the business proceeded. President Makes Address. George F. Richardson, of Kennewick, Wash., president of the association, de livered his annual address, which con tained an earnest appeal for co-operation. Achievement la Told. "I note that the announced slogan of this convention is to be "Now let us get- together and do something." said Mr. Richardson. "I 'can conceive of no - more appropriate slogan. It should be the motto, not only of this. but of every convention. There is work to be done and we can never do it unless we do get together and stick together. The slogan by no means car ries with it the inference that we haven't worked together or that we have done nothing. In fact, I believe the association la to be heartily con gratulated upon its achievements to date. "When the association was organised the one great need was an open river to Its middle stretches. The obstruc tions at Celilo had to be overcome, the canal had to be completed and th locks installed. The appropriation was obtained and the canal is nearing com pletion. First Object AeeemnUafcea." "The first great object has been ac eomplished. but it was accomplished t, 2 and H. Oflrdal, W. J. 1'rsK and J. A Stephen, of I matllla. 4 Jamn Allen. Olympla. Wash. Jndge V. J. Mariner. HlnlorU.. Wanh. ti. Clifford Barlow, Warrenton. 7 A . B. Stephen. I matllla. H I-:. M. I'tderberKk, Portland. IS. Mounce. l.rnlti, Idaho. lo C. K. Arney, Spokane. 1 1 M. M. Moultoa, Kn- . nenlck. Wink, only through concerted action and con tinued etlort. and I should say that one of the great works of the associa tion has been to emphasize the abso lute need of co-operation." o review of this work, however brief, would be complete," he continued, "were not some mention made of the zealous and public-spirited men by whose labors it was sccomplished. There have been many willing workers and- many men have figured prominent, ly in the movement since its Inception, but three names force themselves to the head of the list and . stand out most consplcuiously. Thev are: Tha late Dr. N. G. Blalock and W. D. Lyman. oi waua walla, and Joseph N. Teal, of Portland. "The situation not 'only demands concerted and continued efforL, but a definite and a comprehensive plan, a plan In which our anergics may bo concentrated upon the most urgent needs and the moat Important tasks undertaken first, but In which no work shall be undertaken and finally com pleted at the expense or neglect ot the smaller but none the less vital essen tials. We want not only a navigable, but a navigated river, and we can beat achieve this by adopting the spirit, if not the letter, of the National River and Harbors Congress' slogan: We stand for a policy, not a project.' " Captain Gray Speaks. What doubtless was one of the most Interesting papers of the day was that of Captain W. P. Gray, of Pasco, the veteran navigator of the Columbia and Snake rivers, who made an earnest ap peal for re-establishment of Independ ent boat service on the Columbia water way from the head of navigation to the ocean terminals. Captain Gray gave a review of the history of navigation on the Columbia and Snake rivers and urged united ef fort in re-establishing the business. He told, also, of the various ways In which business may be developed. Delegates attending were: Portland C. C. Chapman. Marshall V. Dana. M. K. Smead. M. Mosesoohn. K. D. Keiaon.'Tom Kichardffon. A. H. Xever B. C. Giltner. T. J. Baldwin, C. A. Malboeuf. Bertha Taylor Voorhuiat, Jacob Kaniler. K. H. Atkinson. L. B. Socley. ti. t. Adair. Peneca Smith. J. P. Hoben. Horace Rams dell. E. Riley. Arthur Langguth. T. L Stewart, George H. Himes. George M. II y -land. R. Fulton Riselfug. Ernest H. Morgan. K. W. Moaner. Edgar V. Smith, c. W. B. Piatt. C. C. CralB. William McMurrav. A. C. Martin. W. H. Mall. Frank McCrilila, Lo Fried. H. W. Friea, Captain A. V. ;!. Joseph T. Peters. F. L- Purse, if. J. B'aes ing. Arthur Rises. J. J. Sayer. H. L. Idle man. S. K. McDonald. M. C. 3eorge. I p. llotiford, Hugh Montgomery. Thomas Erak lne. John P. Trant. Charlea E. Warner I.. C. Hoaford. Frank J. Smith. W. F. Burrell, Captain C. M. Alden. 6. R. Bernard, J. S. Hardy. F. W. Lonegren, R. W. Hoyt. J. P. Newell, oanlel Fields, T. S. Stewart, charlea K. Steelsmuth, J. M. Knight. Cedric I CederberRh. T. S. Townaend. Wallla Nash. F. W. Mulkey. Astoria J. K. Backus. W. B. Meleod. J. E. Gratke. F. J. Walsh. J. ti. Ie;ilngr. John Waters. Vancouver J. W. Shaw, C. A. Watts W. J. Kuney. Flod A. Swan. S. W. Thompson W. A. Mumlay. C B. Stout. Oregon City O. A. Freytag. Umatilla. Or. H. ?.'. Uryer. P. C. Brown ell, Oliver Lynch. H. Oftedal. J. A. Stephena A. B. Stephens, Jr.. WtUls J. Pegs; Kennewick. Wash. M. H. church. Wil liam Helm. John J. Rudkln, George K. Richardson. Scott Henderson. Rirjihtnd, wash. M. D, O'ConnelL T I 0'Brl-n. Pasco. Wash. W. T. r.rty, l--btoii. Idaho Wallace It. Strublo, Eben M ounce. bpoitane. Wash. F. W. Anderson, C. Armeir. Redmond. Or. .T. W. Brewer. Walla Walla. Waslx. W. r. Lyman. San Dteao. Cal. K. n. Spuder. Hood River. Or. Leslie Butler. Warrenton. Or. O. s. Wiggleworth. --'''"'" Datltiw, p. ..1 . 1 .1 III III . Roosevelt. Wash. C. H. Jacobs Clarkston. Wash. Henry Adams, Robert A. Foster. , Corbett. Or. R. M. Todson. Los Angeles. Cal. C. f-Chlllson. Blalocks, Or. W. J. Mariner, olympla. Wash. James Alien. Tacoma, Wash. H. E. Still, camti. Wash. George W. Uovp. MUw-aukle. or. James T. Urny.. "POISON PEN" TRIAL Ofl SOtlETV MAIDS A5iO MATRONS AT. TEND COURTHOUSE. Long nnd Tedious Expert Testimony Kxpected to Draw Trial Oat to Great Iength. NEW YORK. April S. Society maids and matrons with promiennt church workers, including the Kev. li P. Little, curate of Christ . Episcopal Church, crowded the Courthouse . in lolixabcth, -N. J., when Mrs. Nelson 1 Pollard,' of 114 Madison avenue, waa put on trial on charges of sending the notorious "poison pen" letters. It was believed Mrs. Pollard would never brought to trial in Klixabeth for the alleired sending of . scandalous letters to Mrs. Charles V. Jones, her next door neighbor, as It was thought the case would be threshed out In the Federal Court. Newark.- Samuel Khlemmer. counsel for Mrs. Pollard, tried In various ways to have the indictment dismissed, but wtthout success. Mrs. Pollard, attired In green silk and the heavy veil which she has worn every time she has appeared io court, sat unmoved through the pro ceedings. Mrs. Pollard wore a big caracul coat, which she threw off after the trial began. But the veil she lifted only. to be Identified. Among her sym pathizers, who sat by themselves, was the Rev. Mr. Little.. The trial opened with the prospect of long and tedious testimony on the part of typewriter, experts. Prosecu tor Stein said' he would show that every typewriter has its peculiarities as a person has In writing with a pen Mrs. Jones identified two letters which she said she received through the mails. One came to fcer wrapped In a copy of an Klisabeth paper. The letters were not read in court. The authorities have letters admit tedly sent by Mrs. Pollard to various persons, and through establishing that they were written by the author of the "poison pen" letters they hope to prove their case. SEA FLIGHTJS FORECAST Inventor Bell Believes Transatlantic Air Route Is Near. WASHINGTON, April C Transat lantic aeroplane flights with present day flying machines are a possibility, in the opinion of Dr. Alexander Gra ham Bell, inventor of the telephone. "I think." he said, "we may safely say that we will see airships crossing the Atlantic at a height of two miles above the earth, driven by warm and comfortable aeronauts." Colfax Bank Becomes National. COLFAX. Waih.1 April 13: (Special.) W. A. Anderson, cashler-wf the Farm ers' State Bank, of Colfax, today re ceived the following telegram from Washington: "The Farmers' State Bank, on April 14. will be converted Into Farmers' National Bank. Capital 1100.000, surplus .45.000. No change ot officers." is on tap at saloons and cafes. dealer for Gambrinus Bock MANY WEDDINGS HIT Host of Marriages May Be Il legal in New York. JUSTICE'S RULING BROAD Decision. in Annulment Case Is That Divorces In Other States Are Void Unless Obtained on Statutory Grounds. NEW YORK. April C Mrs. Mary C. Berry, of the Hotel Ansonia, known as the "California Cattle Queen." has won her suit for annulment against her husband. Charles S. Berry, who has a detective- agency in the Marbrldge building. Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum handed down a decision in favor of the plaintiff, and in It made clear that this state will not recognize divorces granted in other states against residents of this state unless the di vorces are granted upon the one ground that is statutory here. Justice Giegerlch recently held that divorces obtained in Nevada or else where by persons who had left the state for the purpose of getting di vorce and - had built up "foreign resi dences" for convenience sake would not be recognized. Dedftloa Goes further. Justice GreenbauniJ decision goes much further, virtually decreeing that where a divorce has been granted to a resident of another state, a bona tide resident, against a resident of this state, that divorce is null and-void here, and that, as a consequence, a new mar. riaxa contracted by either party to such a divorce is null and void here. The troubles of the Kerry a have oc cupied considerable attention In the courts here for a year. The plaintiff in the present action brought suit against her husband for divorce and annulment. In the. divorce action she named one Blanche B. Freeman, and Miss Freeman promptly began suit against her for .26,000 damages. Justice Greenbaum's decision, in Its conclusion, covers another point in de ciding that even where parties are mar ried in another state, lawfully under the laws of that state, the courts here need not recognise and will not recog nize such marriages lf-vold under laws here. This part of the decision, unless it h reversed, will class aa invalid thousands ot ceremonies contracted In New Jersey and other states between defendants In divorce proceedings here, prohibited by law from marrying again except by court permission and after live years have elapsed from the date of the decree. Incidentally, it will render illegiti mate children born under alliance ot guilty parties to divorce decrees who go outside the slate to remarry. .Many of these are heirs to much property. Centralist! Charged With Desertion. CENTRAMA, Wash.. April 13. (Spe cial.) James Kiernan has been ar rested on the complaint of his wife that he has deserted his family. Includ ing two children, aged 14 and 15 re- per lively. Blood Tonic Has Important Meaning Put the Right Sort of Vim Where Most Needed. To tone the blood means to enable It to throw off accumulated impurities, to In crease the red corpuscles and to put the blood-making organs Into such active condi tion as to produce that conscious sensation of what we feel as health. This la the lorlral effect of tula: the famous blood purtner. E. S. R. Half the people you meet complain cf weary muscles, staimant brain. Jangled nerves, and a wonderful desire to 1st down and just quit. Most of these people hare been using nervines that spasmodically flare up the nerves only to die down again, as die they must. Avoid nerve stimulant!. Bear In mlndstbat this worn-out feeling Is due to poor blood, to bacteria In the water you drink ; to the multiplying of- destruc tive germs la the blood faster than they can be overcome by the white corpuscles; and to what is known aa auto-toxemia, that condition where the venous or Impure blood accumulates (aster than It can be replaced by the red arterial blood. S. 8. 8. has long been famous as a blood purifier, and Its -action by elimination of the Irritating poisons that Infest the blood, la one of the very important things to know Ion cm get S. S. 8. at any drug store! but take no other so-called blood purifier. 8. 8. H. is purely a vegetable product, and yoa will make a great mistake to have some enthusiast palm off a merrurv. arsenic or iodide of potash preparation that may do yoa Irreparable harm. B- f S-J" prepared by The Swift Specific Co., K3S Swift Bids;.. Atlanta. 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Underwood says that there Is no expression of neuralgia which is more dis tresses than that known as Sciatica. The cauae ol this condition Is usnallv exposure to cold and dampness. One of the moat common causes Is rheumatism: Indeed this Is so often the cause that some writers In clude sciatica amons the varieties ot rheu matism. The treatment Includes remedies to counteract the cmnse.of the disease, aa well measures looking- to the relief of psin. vs batever treatment may be employed, two tblncs most be borne In mind the patient must be kept as free from pain as possible and be kept as quiet as possible. One or two Aotl-Kamnia Tablets should be given every two or three hours, and the patient muat be warned against going out In incle ment weather. Antl-Kamnla Tablets maybe obtained at 11 druggists In any Quantity, 10c worth or more. Ask for A-at Tablets. In Headaches. Neuralgias, and all Palm, they give prompt relief. P. B. 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