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1; 14 JEW PLEA IS MADE FOR DERBY STREET Overlook and Albina Clubs Pe tition for Rehearing on Bridge Approaches. BONDS TO BE PASSED ON . Resolutions Filed With Commission ers Declare Economy and Trans portation Principal Reasons for ' jj Seeking to Have Change. H l -. t: Representatives of the Overlook Im ' provement Club and the Albina dis- trlct presented resolutions yesterday to the County Commissioners request ing that the selection of Union avenue t as the Oregon approach for the Colum- j bia River interstate bridge be set aside i and the choice be reconsidered. The i resolutions were signed by M. E. Thompson, Frank Scritsmeir, Dr. Bruil J ette. O. Johnson, Harry Yanckwich and f frank Deuster. J Most of those who signed the reso- ; lutions -were present at the Commis- fiioners meeting yesterday and urged ! the reopening of the question. Speak- J rrs other than those who signed the resolutions were Mrs. Frank Deuster and George M. Watson. Members of the visiting delegation announced that i they favored the Patton avenue aD- proach originally because of its great ) width, good condition, and as it was shorter than the Union and Vancouver ; avenue proposed approached. They declared that they found upon ; thorough investigation that the Derby ; street approach can be built for con- : . eiderably less than an approach on i Patton avenue and therefore concede ; that the approach should be located on . Derby street. Their reasons for this ' choice follow: , - "First We want another great ; thoroughfare to the bridge, with com- ; mon-user clause for the cars and with j standard-gauge roadbed, not tied to a narrow-gauge road, such as now laid on Union avenue and monopolized by ; the Portland Railway, Light & Power ; Company. "Second Let us have competition in ; rar service over this great interstate liighway that binds two states to 3 " gether. J "Third The entire Peninsula section . of the city has never had good car i service, but with the buikiinsr of th. Derby street approach this great dis trict tributary to the great industries of the Peninsula will be developed. "Fourth The Derby street ap proach, we believe, is the cheapest and most direct, and will benefit the great est number of citizens, for it is not the . , iociu peopie aiong any bridge approach j that will use the bridge as much as the j people of the WeBt Side of Portland . and the entire farming district of i , Southwestern Washington and it is J these people that should be most con ( sidered in building the approaches. ; "We have no quarrel with the Union J , avenue people, who already have a good car service approach and a vehi cle approach, which at present is in good order and can be maintained with i small expense not necessarily filled. "The great travel will be from the v business centers of Portland and from the business and farming districts in and around Vancouver, Wash.; there fore, the most important item to be considered is the shortest distance be tween the heart of Portland and the ; . north bank of the Columbia River." Commissioner Lightner advised the . visitors that no further action will be taken by the Commissioners until after the Supreme Court has passed on the validity of the bond issue. St. Johns Club Takes Action. ST. JOHNS. Or., May 14. (Special.) The St. Johns Commercial Club adopted resolutions last night favoring the Derby-street and Patton avenue approach to the interstate bridge, and asking the County Commissioners to reopen the matter of approaches. ALDER-STREET FIGHT ON PROPERTY OWNERS I" R O T E S AGAINST RESURFACING. Council Practically Agree to De mand of Realty Holders In Splte'of Commissioner' Opposition. Notwithstanding the declaration, of City Commissioner Dieck that it is a waste of money to attempt to patch the pavement on Alder st-et, the City Council yesterday practically agreed to allow the patches to be made provided the property owners will pay the cost. Commissioner Dieck . will prepare an estimate of the cost, which will be presented to the Council next Wednes day. , At a meeting of the Commission yes terday owners of property on the street between Sixth and Lownsdale streets made objections to the plan of Commis sioner Dieck to resurface the street over that entire distance at the expense of abutting property owners. It was declared that the pavement is not in such bad condition that it cannot be repaired and that the property owners are willing to pay for the repairs rather than suffer the cost of resur facing and having the street blocked to traffic. W. F. Woodward, acting as spokes man for the property owners, said they believed the patching could be done reasonably, quickly and in such man ner as to make the pavement good for a period of years. "A paving expert," said Mr. Woodward, "went over the Btreet and informed me that it can be put in good shape for $500. This man is In the paving business and has had success for 25 years." It is said if the Council is willing the repairs can be ordered forthwith and can be made within a few days. In the meantime It is proposed to hold up the uimuiiiHa wnicu are now before the council for the resurfacing of the street. j SETTLERS IN BAD PLIGHT j . Local Bodies Come to Moral Aid of ; Black Canyon IMtc-tl. i Resolutions recommending the au ; thorizatlon by Congress of a' $100,000, i (too bond issue, to be expended in com. i pleting Government irrigation projects. were adopted by the trustees of the i : Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Similar resolutions were passed by ! the Commercial Club governors on the ; previous day. ' These resolutions were called forth ! by the present predicament of set j tiers in the Black Canyon irrigation district in Eastern Oregon, formerly j known as the Boise-Payette project j It is pointed out that the only relief : for these settlers lies In the Federal Government fulfilling its obligations at me time the homesteaders were en couraged to enter the lands in the be lief that water would be supplied. F. M. Cole, president of the Cald well, Idaho, Commercial Club, who has been in Portland for the last few davs, has brought the situation to the atten tion of the Portland commercial bodies. He declares that many settlers have lost all their accumulations, that their condition Is pitiable and that they have suffered extreme hardships in trying to "prove up" and develop homesteads while waiting for the Government to do its duty. Mr. Cole "points out that the situa tion is of particular interest to Port land because all the affected territory is a natural tributary to this city. If the settlers are relieved and en abled to develop the country, their trade, it is pointed out, will serve to bulid up the business of this ritv Franklin Lane, Secretary of the Interior, recognizing this situation, has recummenaea a flUU. 000.000 bond issue, to be expended in completing this and various other unfinished irrigation projects in the West. It is this bond . . ....... iuiaii commercial bodies now are urging the Oregon delegation to assist in putting through Congress. DOUBLE ROLE ASSIGNED MR. HEILIG TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW TALENT IN FOLLIES. From Portraying Part of Physician Magnate Will Be Called on to Bon Galways a Policeman.' Calvin Heilig will be called upon to Play two roles In "The Two Orphans" when the theater managers ' present that classic at the Heilig Theater next Thursday as the feature of the 1914 Follies. Walter Gilbert, of the Baker Players, who is directing the managers, broke that news to Mr. ticorge I. Baker as Madame Frochard. Heilig yesterday upon learning that Larry Keating, of the Lyric Theater, would, in all probability, not be pres ent to take part in the Follies. Originally Mr. Heilig was cast for the role of officer of the law. Now in addition to that he will be called upon to take the part of the doctor, the only one in the cast not steeped in villainy. "I consent." said Mr. Heilig when Mr Gilbert Imparted the news to him, "as long as both roles are dignified." Rapid changing of costume and facial disguise will be enforced upon the Heilig magnate in portraying the two roles. Shortly after he makes his first entrance as the kindly doctor, who tells Louise, the blind orphan (Frank Coffinberry) she is sightless for life, he will have to appear as- the officer, who plans wholesale arrests if a fitting bribe is not forthcoming. This protean change will require Dr. Heilig to duck behind the scenes, slip out of a long coat, remove a black wig and beard and dive into a blue uniform, red wig and Galways in a jiffy. ' Dress rehearsal will be held by the theater managers at Pantages Theater before the end of this week. The demand for tickets is great and ad vance signs Indicate that the 1914 Fol lies will be the greatest success in the history of the Theater Managers' As sociation. The fund raised by the an nual entertainment is devoted to charity, the managers being called upon to assist many ill and needy theater folk every year. Portland. People in Chicago. CHICAGO. May 14. (Special.) The following residents of Portland regis tered here today: At the Congress. F. H. Ransom. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Camp and C. Fisher Hepburn; at the Great Northern. R. R. Gardner. LAFFERTY'S IffnUFv ,-, t , TtarouR-n the cupidity of my political enemies large "paid advertlse- "Jrh..".p,M?r5d Jhe fernoon paper yesterday headed, "I.aMertv fr Prohibition." I am lor the resolntlon to submit to the ) I or ratifil '"n r ''Jli the question of Nation-wide prohibition! But have "n ot take any part In the fight for or asalnst the ratifies,? never Be, the nThreeVfourth nZlo IZJZZr'Z " could po-.lbly come trom KivinB the people a chance aettle Ik! iMe tlon , one way or the other. The advertisement put In Ye-terday ? headed. "Larferty for Prohibition." were inserted and I paTS for by mI, Pe,nd'0.imp"t " " - PlecTa? TJS5 the nlStT The currency law Is the best measure of the Wilson ldmi.kt..,i. It should be followed by .Kricultural asset cuTrenJy and S owned-and-operated railroad and steamhlps. A hen the people c5 oo the unnecemary Interest they are paying: annually f.T, Yi , " -credit." which the Government can extend oS a"d security betlerhi'S any private bank, and when they have cut oft t heiorbltan ZJSZZ they are payinK to private monopolies, by takinjc t".m J ..I. ing them by the Government, a redistribution ofThe weaVth ..f country will at once set la. All will be able to make a Icood living J reasonable effort. No lorncer will two-tenths of on? per eeni Sf population own TO per cent of the wealth of the I nit eu Stated IJ case today. That wealth will Kradnally be redistributed T U ?i 1 way back to-the people- I have law nendl.V iE. d "d hall secure their passage If the pc"ple me up. P-Tose. and I am la Portland now on my road to San Francisco to nnra. enforcement of the Oregon California Railroad land , he V. S. Court of Appeals. r started this litigation September la! IfloV Last July JudKe Wolvertom decided aBalnt the ealTrof" 5L. . ,97 forfelture of 2JOO.OOO acres of land to fhe JnKed Sta"el Th"'? ." -et at Francisco for May 28. I shall be t hVre t I i' forcemeat of the law. and without fee. I slLall f lLht thY iT. 5 Supreme Court of the United State, whether elected agJUf orot. I thank the people for past expressions of confidence which -in always he gratefully remembered, and I assure them tnatTahail reJl! 1 l.gavIco,rV:m thP-UBk V,-" Tody , expVuerwherm- A. W. LAFFERTY Pald Advertisement.) THE MORXIXG REPORTER IS AUTHOR Joseph Medill Patterson Has Reputation as Writer. 2 OF HIS NOVELS POPULAR Correspondent in Mexico for The Oregonian. Known for Writing "Little Brotlier of the Klch" and "Fourth Estate." Joseph Medill Patterson, who is act ing as correspondent for The. Orego nian in Mexico,. Is a Chicago news paper man, and secretary of the com pany publishing the Chicago Tribune, by arrangement with which The Ore gonian is enabled to print bis articles. He was born in Chicago. January 6, 1879. his parents being Robert Wilson Patterson and Eleanor Medill Patter son. He took the degree of bachelor of arts at Yale in 1901. and was mar ried to Miss Alice Higginbotham, of Chicago, November 19, 1902. He acted as war correspondent for the New York Journal in 1900, and was reporter, as sistant Sunday editor, editorial writer and assistant editor of the Chicago Tribune from 1901 to 1905. He was a member of the Illinois House of Rep resentatives in 1903. and -was Commis sioner of Public Works of Chicago in 1905 and 1906. Ho belongs to the Chi cago Athletic Club, the Chicago News paper Club and the Onwentsia Club. Mr. Patterson is best known as an author, and chiefly for his novel. "A Little Brother of the Rich," published in 1908. Another of his most popular books was "The Fourth Estate." pub lished in 1909. His home is at Libertyville, III. 2 ESTATES IN PROBATE HOLDINGS LEFT BY MRS. E. V. W. . ANDERSON WORTH S30.000. William Donovan, Whose Daughter Flies Petition to Be Made Executrix. Leaven More Than 930,000. Petitions for the probate of two estates valued at more than $20,000 were filed yesterday in County Clerk Coffey's office. The estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Van Winkle Anderson, wife of Brigadier-General Thomas M. An derson, is valued at $39,000, according to the petition of her husband, and the estate' of William Donovan, who' died May 1, is valued by his daughter. Miss Ellen E. Donovan, at more than $30, 000. By her will Mrs. Anderson gives her husband a life estate in . all of her estates, and a remainder, after a be quest of $2500 to a granddaughter, Elizabeth A. Allen, of Fort Jay. N. Y., to her five children. One of her sons, Thomas M. Anderson. Jr., is at Vera Cruz. Mexico, on naval duty, his home address being Washington, D. C. Other children are Mrs. Arline Cairns, wife of . an Army officer, sta tioned in the Philippines; Mrs. Eliza abandon highway and take the thferry beth A Gauld. Portland; Charles Van Winkle Anderson, .Portland, and Mrs. Ermengard A. Patton, Seattle. Mrs. Anderson died April 27. Probate of the estate of William Donovan was petitioned for by Miss Ellen E. Donovan, who was named by her father as executrix. Her brother, William E. Donovan, who was named with her as executor, died May 8, one week after the death of his father. By the terms of his will. Air. Donovan left his entire estate to his widow, Mrs. Catherine Donovan, for her life, with the remainder to be divided be tween his sons and daughters Ellen E. Donovan, John Donovan, William E. Donovan (deceased), Katherine C Donovan, Anna T. Donovan and Daniel J. Donovan. His daughter. Mrs. Johannah Maher, is left only a nominal bequest because of advances made to her and her husband during Mr. Dono van's life. DR. ALAN SMITH TO RUN Ex -School Director Consents to Suc ceed R. I. Sabin. At the instance of more than 600 tax Payers, who have signed a petition urging him to run. Dr. Alan .Welch Smith yesterday consented to become a candidate for School Director of the Portland district to succeed R. L. Sabin. the present chairman of the Board. The election will be held on the third Mon day in June. Dr. Smith accepted the FINAL WORD .. ...": - ' " " " "uiu oe ' f-r ORECOyiAy. , FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1914. ii ,ii ARLES TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Vht S.A' Jkns wa1 a continuous resident of Baker City for twenty-four years, dur ing which tune he served four terms as Mayor and eighteen consecutive years as School Director. As Mayor he gave the city an honest, efficient administration, and its financial affairs tapayere n Cl0SC' SafC' economical basis and at the very lowest expense to the aih? Du:f5t0Il e always worked for the best of results and for economy in administration, without impairing the high standard of the Baker City schools. In our judgment, as Governor, he could and would do the same thing for the State. Dated at Baker City, Oregon, this 7th day of March, 1914. First National Bank of Baker City By WM. POLLMAN, its President. Citizens' National Bank of Baker City By F. P. BODINSON, its President. Baker Loan & Trust Company By H. A. SONNE, its Cashier. A CLEAN MAN WITH A CLEAN RECORD If Nominated Today He Will Be Elected in November a (- . rraawannannnnaiissjnnsnnnmiai "'''&im&mKmmmmmmmmimmammm& indorsement with the understanding that he would be permitted to perform the duties of the office as he saw fit. without making any promises. The petition is signed by persons repre senting all classes of the electorate. Dr. Smith served for four years as a member of the City Board of Health under the administration of both ex Mayors Simon and Rushlight. Mr. Sabin has said repeatedly that he would not run for re-election. Double Track at Asliland Starts. ASHLAND, Or., May 14. (Special.) Southern Pacific employes are engaged In double-tracking that prtlcular .sec tion of the line between Ayer's Spur four miles south of Ashland, and Steln man. at the foot of the mountains This ONE GOOD DR. ' FOR x V - 1 - i c L ; . Iirw i o aag , -!a;. j JJ U x Y E M j vL l N "R. DR. SAM C. SLOCUM, CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION AS CORONER ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET. IS NUMBER US. - HE ASKS HIS FRIENDS AND tr 4.1 t-: j He is not the hired combine. ' He intends to serve no one's interest tut the inter est of the people, in the fntare as in the past. He is FOR A PUBLICLY-OWNED AND OPER- -i-i-u jsaujt-tru jt; He is not in rl nrprl Kv a.nv . . . , ,7 J --,, wuiuius ui uuuci.ta&ers, and just spirit by all undertakers even the members of the trust. A. JOHNS, Republican FOR GOVERNOR H r1 (Paid Advertisements improvement will be about eight miles in length. It has been contemplated for several years past, and extra traf fic In proBDect next year is given as the cause of rushing the work. IRISH PLAN CELEBRATION Passage of Home Rale Bill to Be Oc casion for IJejolclnjr. So sure are the Irish-American resi dents of Portland that the pending home rule will pass Parliament on its third reading- that they are preparing a monster celebration, including a street ..parade, speeches and other ex pressions of appreciation. The Irish-American Fellowship Club TERM DESERVES ANOTHER THE PUBLIC GENERALLY to vote .... ... He helieVAR approval. nnrl.r. .vA. . AMvcMA - i . . i has appointed a committee to arrange for the demonstration in co-operation with other Irish- bodies. Scotch, Welsh, German and English residents are ex pected to join with the Irish. Slirrwootf Funeral Large One. SHERWOOD, Or., May 14. (Special.) A large crowd of friends. Including many from Portland, attended the fu neral of Mrs. Jacob Kleger here this week. Short services were conducted at the home by Rev. Mr. Ulrich, of the Ger man Reformed Church. Appropriate song selections were rendered by a Portland quartet. Mrs. Kleger was 61 years old and was born In Switzerland. She is survived by her husband and lour children. for him for the following reasons- t.Tiat thn nnhlir' shnnM ran ia .- business and not establish conveniences for the nse of the undertakers' combine. He relies on his record, and the indorsement of 170 reputable physicians and surgeons, for public v.... . , . . uui, is commenaea lor HIS lair (Paid Advertisement.) Vm. P. Lord 'va. Candidate for Nomination for Atto rney General William P. Loro announces his can didacy for thia office on a definite platform, on something; that means something to the people of the state. Among other things, he pledges himself to enforce the public rights In water fronts and tidelands: to prosecute suits, to regain vast tracts of publlo land, wrested from the people and to pro tect the rights of settlers on arid lands. Mr. Ixrd further pledges himself lo keep the office open at all times to the people and legislators alike. t.- fur nish every assistance In formulating legislation for the reduction of taxa tion and the abolition of worthless commissions and offices. No credit Is due to an officer who has done his duty, whether for one year or for 18 years. He was paid to do his duty, and if he failed to enforce the laws he is derelict In his duty. What the people require of a candi date Is a definite policy In the main tenance of the office, and Mr. Lord la a candidate who has made pledges to thtMpeople. which he will unswervingly (Paid Adv. by Dan E. Powers.) CARTER iTtll .Vl-llttl nj For Governor Republican. "Protect the Home." Wm. A. Carter is the one Re publican who can be elected Gov ernor In November. Remember to Vote X 20 At the Primaries (Paid Advertisement.) G. W. STAPLET0N Republican Candidate for OIRCVIT JCDCiK lourth Judicial .District. Uept. No. e "A ron-partiean judiciary in theory and practice." (Paid Advertisement.) l-ti 0 BALLU1. ANDY WEINBERGER F-'"" . I J U U HAU.MI h-; aNw.a.-.narwl aL. j I I J i , . .' I jw f- if-iiiWn--nmit.l - ii-.n.y I i I REPUBLICAN CAXDIDATF, TO srcCISKD Hltl SELf AS CONSTABLE POllTLAXD I1ISTRICT. (Paid Advertisement.)