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TITI? 3IORXI"C OREGOXIAX. TITURSDAY, MAY 13, 19X3. MAYOR OPPOSED TO MEASURING WATER Why Curtail Use for Gardens and Baths When Supply Is Plentiful? He Asks. 'ENCOURAGE USE," IS PLEA Chief Executive Declares Metering System Unnecessary Willi Mil HonM of Gallons Going to "Waste Daily at Reservoirs. A.TT-MKTHB POINTS KJ1PHA mz i;u BY MA1UH AUUIi.li:. Why curtail the use of water on lawns and flowers and for bathe merely to increase the vol ume of water dumped into the sewers at the reservoirs? Let us ascertain the time when our demand will measure up to the limit of our supply and cur tailment is necessary then will be time enough for meters. Curtailment of water use cer tainly should not be necessary with millions of (gallons going to sheer waste at Bull Kun and the reservoirs each day. Boston, it is argued, greatly re duced the pcrcapital consumption of water by adopting meters. Portland with an overabundance of supply has no occasion to cause such a curtainment. Legiti mate water use rather should be encouraged. Low fressure and district short ages can be solved easily without great expense, as was proved dur ing the record hot spell last Sum mer. Big reinforcing mains now be ing built in northeast part of the city will relieve low pressure troubles there. rence, Jr., have been appointed execu tive comm(ttee of the members' coun cil of the Chamber of Commerce. The meetings of the members' coun cil will be held Monday of each week in a special dining-room on the ftfth floor of the building. Not only mem bers of the council, but any others who are members of the chamber will be permitted to attend. H. V. Chase was the principal speaker atthe first meeting, outlining to the members the scope of activities of this section of the chamber. Committees, In addition to the exec utive committee, were named by Chair man Thompson as follows: Programme committee for May, C. F. Berg, It. I. Carpenter and Kiank C. Riggs; music committee for May, Mosc Christenscn and Frank Case. At the programmes in the future arrangements will be made for timely addresses by prominent men. Mr. Chase, who, as a representative of the Town Development League, has assisted in the reorganization of the Portland commercial bodies into the new chamber, has gone to Salem, where he wil lhandle a similar campaign for the commercial organizations of the city. In the meantime, Frank K. Smith is temporary manager of the chamber, until the board of directors completes its plans for the management of the various bureaus and selects a perma nent business manager. OPERA TENOR ACCUSED WARRA.VT ISSlliD FOR ARREST OV ElUKMO 1)1; I'OLCO, JIAAGEH. "With millions of gallons of water going into the sewers daily from the reservoirs and millions more going over the Bull Run headworks spillway each day. it seems to me to bo rather foolish for the city to spend hundreds of thousands of Hollars to establish a city-wide meter system, the purpose of which would lo to curtail the use of water on lawns and gardens and for baths, only to add tho saving to the volume of good water dumped into the sowers." This is the view of Mayor Albee on the subject of the city-wide meter scheme which w ill be voted upon at the June election. - Major Albee annonunccd yesterday that lie is opposed to the metering at this time because ho believes it an en tirely unnecessary expenditure. He says Tortland may see tho time when meters will he necessary to curtail the use of water, but he decries the idea of curtailing it under conditions as they are at present, with more water than tho city knows what to do with. Ho says the city rather should encour age the legitimate use of water than to attempt to curtail it. He says it means much to the future floral beauty of the city ' 'W ater Hrelnrrd IMeotlful. "Tliero undoubtedly will be a. time when meters will become necessary In Portland." said Mayor Albee yesterday. "That time surely cannot be when tril lions of gallons of water are going to wast through the sewers. The time when meters will be necessary will come when Portland, faces the neces sity of curtailing water us because of shortage in supply. This may be ten years from now. or even later. It certainlv is not now, with the great. abundance of water we have from tho Bull Kim. "I noticed some figures quoted recently to the effect that the per capita uso of water in Boston was something like 152 gallons before meters were installed and only 108 gallons per capita after meters were installed I think such a thing is exactly what Portlaiul wants to get away from. Boston may have had to save that water because of shortage in supply Portland with million of gallons run ning to sheer waste certainls' haa no excuse for cutting down the use of water. "The more water used the more lawns and flowers we will have and the more baths will be taken. With an overabundance of supply why cur tail on these things and dump the water thus saved into the sewers? Vlrtrrn Held I. ant Resort. "There may be parts of the city where there is trouble with low pres sure or water shortage during certain parts of the Summer. These troubles can be corrected easily, I believe. I think the system employed last Sum. mer is ndeuuate proof of this. This year 1 understand there will be a rein forcing main in the northeastern part of the city which will solve the short age and low pressure problems there. "I would say that we should, ascer tain the time when our demand will measure up to the full limit of our supply. Then let us figure the length of time it will take to meter the city and commence the metering within that time so that when our demand reaches the limit of our supply we win have meters throughout the city. That time may be ten years from now or later than that. However it cer tainly is pot now, "Meters should be the last resort. When it is a question of merely adding volume to the big stream already running into. the sewers at the sacrifice of lawns, gardens and baths, I do not believe it should be con sidered. There are other much less costly means of solving any district shortage troubles which may be ex perienced about the city, as was proved during the record hot 3pell oj last Mummer, when, I am informed there was but little complaint." PYTHIANS GO TO TACOMA Camas Drill Team Will Compete for Honors Again. VANCOUVER. Wash.. May 12. (Spe cial.) Troop A, Uniformed Rank of Knights, of Pythias of Camas, which won the first prize for the best orill team in the stute at the meeting of the (rand lodge last year, will leave .Saturday for Tacoma . to establish a camp and attend grand lodge, meeting, which will be held from May 18 to 81. inclusive. Several of the B Troop, of Vancouver, will also attend. The Camas troop will enter In the competitive drills. COIVrMlTTEES ARE NAMED Members t'onncil of Chamber Hears Chairman's Selections. C. W. Hodson, Frank Branch Riley, ur, . A pierce and ueorse Law- Administrator of Lambardi titate Says Share of Receipt -Not Paid Indcr Agreement. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of lSuenio de Folco, tenor and one of the managers of the Lambardl Grand Opera Company, who disap peared from Portland Tuesday. The warrant was sworn out by M. G. Mon trezza, administrator of the estate of Mario Lambardi, leader of the com pany, who died recently. De Folco is said to have failed to pay to Lambardi's estate his share of the boxoffice re ceipts of the grand opera company, which finished Sunday a. long engage ment in Portland. De Folco's present whereabouts is a complete mystery. It is known that his wife left for San Francisco Tuesday night, but she would not say where her husband had gone. It was said she purchased two tickets on the steam er Kose City, which sailed yesterday. but members of the company believed this was a ruse to throw officers off the .scent. The warrant was not sworn out until it was known that De Folco had left the city. Although outside cities have been notified by telegraph, search for him thus far has been in vain. De Folco, wiUi Mario I.ambardi and Luigi Cecchetti, were managers of the company tip to the time of Lambardi's death. De Folco and Cecchetti con tinued then as managers, with the agreement that they were to pay 15 per cent of the receipts to lambardi's estate. According to members of the company, Ceecchetti paid his sharp of the money when MontrezKa, filed suit for 36-".87 against the two managers. "No criminal charge is made in the warrant against De Folco, but it re quires him to appear in court 4n Portland. W. QGAN LOSES CASE Suit Against Albert Grossneck for $20,000 Dismissed. BIBLE QUOTED COPIOUSLY UNDERWRITERS HEAR TALK Insurance Called Bigecst I'actor in Life C'oncrvatioii. "Life insurance and life insurance concorns have done more than any other agency to further the movement for tho conservation of human 1'fe in America," said F. W. Herren. of San Francisco, iit an address before the members of the Life Underwriters' As sociation of Oregon at its meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night. Speaking of the possible reaction of the war in Europe uppn life insurance in America, he said' that he doubted if the effects of the war would be tcl here to any large extent. If. 1L Ward urged that the Portland organization endeavor to make ar rangements to send a large delegation by special train to the- underwriters' convention in San, Francisco this Sum mer. Other speakers were S. P. LockT wood. A. i5. Rothwell. R. H. Goldbhitt of l.os Angeles, and Dr. C. J. Smith Kdgar W, Smith was toastmaster. NIGHT SCHOOL YEAR ENDS Or Students, 101 Had College or University Training. Portland night schools, which have just closed a most successful year, had ror pupils an unusual percentage of well-educated persons. No fewer than 101 had college or university training, 383 had completed high school courses and 122 were teachers in the city schools. The average age of all stu dents was -6 years. Language courses were popular. Spanish led all others, with SOI regis tered in that tongue, while German and Knglish were subjects which many studied, commercial courses had a reg- istration of 301. More than 95 per cent of the students at the Ladd School were foreigners and more than half the num ber could speak little Knglish at the opening of the term. POLICE LAW IS IN DOUBT Mr. Daly May Oppose Itelief and Pension Ordinance. Adoption by tho City Council of a police relief and pension system may hav the opposition of Commissioner Daly. The measure, as prepared by Mayor Albee, was submitted to the Council yesterday and was read first and second time and put over for final passage in two weeks. Commissioner Daly said he under stood the measure was virtually the same aa that rejected by the voters. He said he would oppose the Council adopt ing a measure that had been rejected by the voters. Copies' of the measure will ba .referred to the Commissioners for consideration between now and the time the measure cornea up for final passage. STREET OPENING UP AGAIN for Seventh Time in CO Years Kr fort Made to Cut Benton Through. Once more proceedings are under way for the extension of Benton street from a point near Clackamas street to the intersection of Hassalo and Adams streets. The Council started proceed ings yesterday, which is about the sev enth time such action has been taken in the last 20 years. The project involves tho purchase of a strip of ground 120 feet long. It is occupied by four houses. The land is valued at 11,2r0, which amount it is proposed to have advanced by the city until it is collected from the adjacent property owners. The opening of the street will make a direct artery be tween Goldsmith street and the east ap proach of the Harriman bridse. Jury Agrees Case Is Parallel of Joseph and Potiphar's Yifc. Simile of Plaintiffs Counsel Is David and 'Uriah's "Wife. It took a jury half an hour yesterday morning to decide that the Biblical epi sode between Joseph and Potiphar's wife had a parallel in the case of Albert Orossneck and Mrs. AVyman Ogan. The little affair between King David and Uriah's spouse was not similar, accord ing to the verdict. Grossneck was re lieved of blame for wooing Mrs. Ogan and will not have to pay damages. Wymm Ogan sued Albert Grossneck for $20,1)00. He alleged that Grossneck, who was his landlord and also his milk man, had stolen his wife's affections. Trial of the suit iv'as started in pircuit Judge Gantenbein s court before a big audience Tuesday morning. The trial ended yesterday. Ogan declared Grossneck delivered milk at his house every day and stayed to visit his wife. The clandestine court ship extended over more than a year, Ogan declared, and finally Grossneck had completely supplanted the husband. Ogan said he could not . go home, but was forced to stay at his sister-in-law's house. "Badger Game" Charged. .Grossneck's attorneys, Charles J. Schnabel and J. B. Ofner. set up the defense that the affair was a "badger game," arranged by Ogan and his wife. They said Grossneck was worth about ?50,000 and the Ogans had connived tq get some of his money. Mrs. Ogan was to play the part of Potiphar's wife, and Grossneck involuntarily assumed the role of Joseph. Ogan's lawyers, Jeffreys and Cason, compared the case to that of David and Uriah's wife. Grossneck. was on the witness stand yesterday and said Mrs. Ogan had forced her attentions on him. He is 60 years old and she is 32. When he came to deliver milk, said Grossneck, Mrs. Ogan fed his horse sugar every day, so the animal would wander back for more sugar when he gave it a free rein. The testimony of neighbors, who took a keen interest in the affair, was largely in favor of Grossneck. .Some had watched the progress of the court ship from nearby windows and back porches. Most of them were of the opinion that Mrs. Ogau was the ag gressor. Ataman ot la Court. Mrs. Ogan was not called to the wit-, ncss stanvi. nor was she present in the courtroom at any time during the trial. Arguing the case before the jury yes terday morning, the attorneys played heavily on the biblical parallels. "I will read you. gentlemen of the jury," said Mr. Schnabel, "the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Genesis IS, versea 7 to 16." And he proceeded to read the story of the entreaties of Potiphar's wife to Joseph; how, when he had spurned her love, she seized his robe, took it to the King and of fered it as evidence that Joseph had wooed her. "I. too, will quote you a scriptural parallel," said Boon Cason, one of Ogan's lawyers, when lie faced the jury. He told the story of David and Uriah's wife; how King David had seen that the woman "was fair to look upon"; had summoned Joab. his "chief of staff," and instructed him to put Uriah in front of the battle line; and had seen tlat "Uriah was anion; the siain, so mat tnenceiortn no could have the widow to himself. Krrer Pravoke Mirth. Mr. Cason made a slight error in the description of this event, and the er ror set the courtroom in wild confu sion. Kloquently he told the story of Uriahs unconscious martyrdom. "And when the smoke of battle had cleared away said Air. Cason. A general titter ran around the courtroom and this soon developed into bubbling laughter. "Hold on, there," interrupted Mr. Schnabel. "They used smokeless pow der in those days." The jury took the case and in half an hour decided that Ogan did not have any damages coming. A chorus of handclapping from the audience greeted the verdict. "STAY . BY SHIP" ADVICE Rev. Prank James Tells 'Insurgents' to Remain Firm In JStanil. "Stay by the ship. Right will at last prevail. Methodism is bigger than one man." This was the advice given Tuesday night by Rev. Frank James, pastor of the Woodstock Methodist Church, in an address before 125 of the 'insurgents" of Taylor-street Church, who were en tertained at a dinner and social in the Woodstock Church. The dinner was served by members of the hostess church, who donated the use of their building to the "homeless church folk" for the evening, B. Lee Paget read a communication received by one of the "insurgent" women from Dr. Frank L. Loveland, pastor of the First Church, who, Mr. Paget said, without proper authority had transferred the woman's church membership to another congregation. Rev. C. C. Rarick, pastor of the Cen tral Methodist Church, said that Dr. Loveland was wrong in transferring memberships in this manner. Professor Norman C. Thorn, O. L Price and others spoke briefly, and Mrs. Nettie Greer Taylor sang. JUDGE M'GINN RECOVERS Jurist to liesumc AVork After Break down 1'ollow In- Campaign. For the first time since the close of the road bond campaign on April 18 Circuit Judge McGinn occupied his bench Tuesday morning. A nervous breakdown immediately after the elec tion on April 14 was the direct result of his vigorous speechmaking campaign in favor of the 11,259,000 bond issue for hard-surfaced roade. Yesterday Judge McGinn said he felt much better and would be able to Fe sume his regular docket this morning. He ascribed his illness directly to the campaign, during which he made as many as seven speeches in one night. PARENT - TEACHERS ELECT Mrs. Alva Lee Stevens Clioseu Pres Ident of Portland Cireles. Several hundred officers of the Port land Parent-Teacher Associations and a delegate teacher from each school a.s sembled Tuesday In Library Hall to elect new officers for the Portland cir cles. The voting body taxed the capac ity of the big assembly hall. 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Miss Kmma Uarette wai elected third ..ri.int m n ! Mrs. M. KL. Darnall. of Lents, president of the Story Hour tJlup, was cnosen suunur. x no umti officers elected were: First vice president, Mrs. J. F. Chapman: second vice-president. Mrs. V. O. Nealond: sec retary, Mrs. A- Kinsey, and treas urer, Mrs. F. A, Jackson. LIST OF SPEAKERS GIVEN Idaho Vnivcrsity Arranges for Many Commencement Talks. TTXIVERS1TY OF IDAHO, Moscow, May 12. (Special.) President Brannon, of the university, has announced tne following list of epeakers for com mencement exercises throughout the state: President Brannon Palouse, May 30; Idaho Falls, May 21; Rig-by eighth prrade, May 22; Hlackfoot, May 23; Rex-burg-, May 21; Rigby High School. May 25; St. Anthony, May 26; Post Falls, May 29. Professor Hulme Twin Falls. May 20; Burley, May 21; Rathdrum, May 28; Lewiston State Normal, June 2. Dean Ayers at St. Maries, May 26. Dean ijldridge at Wardner-Kellog, June 4. Dean Shattuck or Iddings at Orofino, May 28. Professor Collins at Weippe, May 2S. Professor Lewis at Genessee, May 21. One or 900 In City Woodyards Hurt. Of 900 men who worked felling trees and cutting cordwood at the municipal yards last Winter only one man was hurt, according to a report made yes terday to the City Commission by Com missioner Brewster. Producing cord wood is considered a dangerous occu pation. The Commission wa asked to give the one man who was hurt enough to get himself and family, back to Kansas. ' Chamber Sends Speaker. J. W. Brewer. of the Chamber of Comraerce, left yesterday for a tour of Kastern Oregon, during which he will address various ' commercial bodies ef those sections ea tb work of the reorganised Portland Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Brewer's itinerary will THE BABY'S WELFARE . A MOTHER'S PREAD A fear clutches at the heart of the mother that her own little one may not live long. She dreads Its second Summer, or that it may never wake from its sound sleep. 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