Morning Oregonian., April 06, 1916, Page 9, Image 9

THE MORNING OREGONIATT, TnURSDAT. APRIL, 6, 1016.
JUDGE STOPS TRIAL
Man, 75, Suing for Property
Division, Gets $1000.
New' York
PARKATSTARK
CASE IS HALTED ABRUPTLY
Cbmplste Change of Program Every Sunday Thursday
om Fire
Jurist Quotes Scripture on Futil
ity of Going to Law Wife, 73,
Tells Dramatically or 2 2
Years of Farm Labor.
TJrflmatic moments oc-curreil ht Judge
McGinn's court yesterday during the
hearing of the case of Kdward Mizcn,
75. against his wife, 73, and Ross E.
Sedoris, a stepson. The suit was for
a division of property interests and to
set aside the deed to a tract of land
in which all three had mutual shares.
The case called forth scriptural quo
tations from Judre McGinn, on the
futility of fjoinf? to law. and the hear
ing: was terminated abruptly in the
middle of the afternoon by Judge Mc
Ginn declaring- judgment would be
Kiven the plaintiff for the sum of $1000.
The record of the case was completed
by the parties to the action, but the
Judge declared his mind was made up
and it was useless for him to hear more
The defendant, Mrs. Mizen. took, the
stand when the case was resumed yes
terday afternoon. Judge McGinn urged
the woman to concede the point that
her husband was entitled to half of
the sum of J4000, and proceeds from the
tale of 160 acres irk Washington County,
where the two had lived for years.
Woman Makes llca.
"13 there no consideration for me?"
asked the woman. "I mads the place
what it was and put in 22 years of
hard labor, doing the heaviest kind of
work. I was both man and woman. I
cleared the land, grubbed the stumps
and burned the brush. Besides that. I
built fences and worked harder than
any hired man."
During the proceedings the elderly
man rose from his chair, threw his hat
and cane on the floor and started to
leave the courtroom. Attorneys re
strained him.
"Let him go." said Judge McGinn. "If
he wants to go. let him go."
The wife declared her husband, whom
the had. married in 1S93. had to borrow
money to get married, and his manage
ment, she said, had not been good since
that date. She said she had kept a
roof over their heads during the years
they had lived together, and that their
property had dwindled because of her
husband's lack of business sense.
"After 22 years of hard labor I have
nothing," she declared to the court.
Judgment Is Given.
Tou can take this testimony," inter
rupted Judge McGinn while the woman
was still on the witness stand, "but
this man will get his $1000. Take a
Judgment for that amount. He ought
to have a guardian. Don't pay it to
him because he don't know how to take
care of it. I have heard enough of this
case: we can start in on another.
"There is no fraud in this case." he
remarked when it was suggested by
Attorney Charles J. Schnabel, for the
defense, that fraud has been suggested,
and it was the wish or the defendant
to clear up that suspicion.
"This man is penniless on the street,
and he ought to have a share in the
property accumulated by both these
parties to the suit." '
Keeling in the case was heightened
by testimony showing that ai attempt
had once been made to have Mr. Mizen
declared insane.
ESMOND FUJWTTURE SOLD
Fine Property of Once Famous Ho
tel Brings Few Dollars.
Furniture from the old Esmond Hotel,
a famous hostelry of earlier days, was
sold under, the hammer yesterday rore
noon. Antique mahogany and black
walnut chairs and tables, once priced
at sums that provoked awe, brought a
few dollars apiece at auction.
The sale was conducted before the
hotel, at Front and Morrison streets.
The Esmond was built in 1879, and
formally opened early in' 1880. The
structure cost $45,000 and was built by
Samuel Coulter and C. P. Church.
For years it was Portland's leading
hotel. Many notables were entertained
at the Esmond, among them being
President Hayes. Of recent years it
has been used as a lodging-house.
WILBUR CASE IS DELAYED
Proprietor of Friars Club to Bo
Tried on Iiiqupr Charge.
The case of the state against Julius
"Wilbur, proprietor of the Friars' Club,
at Milwaukie, against whom charges
of maintaining a nuisance are pending
because of the seizure of six barrels
of whisky, brandy, gin and wine, in the
basement of his East Side home, upon
the occasion of a recent raid, will be
reassigned by County Clerk Coffey, and
It is not known in what department it
will be tried.
The case was set for a hearing in
Judge McGinn's department yesterday,
but other cases occupied the day.
Vmatilla County Voters Slow.
PENDLETON, Or., April 5. (Special.)
Only 603 Umatilla County voters reg
istered last week and there are yet 5000
voters to register with but 12 days re
maining. Of the 603 who registered last
week there were 246 women. The total
registration to date is 4442.
SHE DARKENED HER
GRAY HAIR
ME
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Go to the Strand Today
and You'll Know Why
This Theater Jumped
Through the Golden Hoop Called
4--VAUPEVILLE ACTS-4 6-PH0T0 PLAYS--6
ESTHER SUNDQUIST 1 4-Ernie Potts &Co.-4
S6SUC
Violin Virtuoso.
An extraordinary musician.
THE LOKGWORTHS
Not Related to "Teddy" A re- j
fined singing and musical novelty, jj
j An original arrobaflt- nU.it on hoi
I In is, -wrcMlfnc anil bats punch inpr.
Thp,T Kin? too.
SANDBERG & ROSE
Blackface Comedians.,
Direct from the jungles.
WE AGAIN PRESENT TfclE POPULAR SCREEN STAR
MISS VIOLET MERSEREAU
in a New Five-Act Bluebird Production
THE GREAT PROBLEM
It's a Photoplay Showing How a Young Girl, When Given Half a
Chance, Made Good By AH Means See This Picture
ALSO ANIMATED NEWS AND A REAL COMEDY
"Meet Me on the Mezzanine at the Strand"
JAiLBREAK 15 THWARTED
GKOIU. i; YOl'XU IS DISCOVKRED
1VI1I: ABOUT TO LEAVE CELL.
PriMnfr Leaps Into Bunk and FelnM
Sleep, but lit Too Late to Escape
Jailer's Inner.
George Young-, held at the City Jail
for investigation, almost effected a
successful break for liberty yesterday
forenoon. But for the vigilance of
Jailer J. D. Webster, the prisoner, who
has a lengthy criminal record, might
now be playing fox, with the police In
chase.
Standing on his bunk in the cell.
Young unscrewed the ventilator grat
ing, intending to reach Ihrough the
opening and thrust down the obstruct
ing pipe. This done, he could have
entered the utility corridor with more
than an even chance of completing the
escape.
The jailer makes his rounds of the
cells several times during the hour.
As ho approached the cell in which
Young was confined, the prisoner bur
rowed into his biank . and feigned
sleep. Jailer Webster entered and In
vestigated. Ho found the grating re
moved. Young possessed no Imple
ments other than his finger nails with
which to remove the screws. It Is
thought that successive prisoners have
attempted the removal of the grating
until the screws became loosened.
Young has been transferred to
another cell, where blank walls and
steel bars will baffle his Ingenuity.
A similar attempt was made by Fran..
kle Webber, automobile thief, last
year. He loosened the ventilator grat
ing, removed it. and attempted to
crawl through. Webber made so tight
a fit that he called for aid to extri
cate him, and the officers dragged him
back into the cell.
A Kansas City Lady Darkened Her
Gray Hair and Stimulated Its
Growth by a Simple
Home Process.
She Tells How She Did It.
A well-known resident of Kansas
City. Mo., who darkened her gray hair
by a simple home process, made the
following statement: Any lady or
gentleman can darken their gray or
faded hair, stimulate its growth and
make It soft and glossy with this sim
ple recipe, which they can mix at
home. To half a pint of water add 1 oz.
of bay rum, 1 small box of Barbo Com
pound and oz. of glycerine. These
ingredients can be purchased at any
drugstore at very little cost. Apply
to the hair every other day until the
gray hair is darkened sufficiently, then
every two weeks. This mixture re
lieves scalp troubles and is excellent
for dandruff and falling hair. It does
not stain the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub of. It will
make a gray-haired person look 10 to
zo years younger. auv.
WELFARE CODE CHANGED
STATE HEALTH OFFICER IS
DHAFT EW RULINGS.
TO
eil, at a recent meeting, that the re
port of the Multnomah County grand
Jury for February - March savored
strongly of politics, according to a
communication tendered the Board of
County Commissioners yesterday, iif
which it was asserted that this fact
should be weighed in the balance in
considering the services of W. A.
Eatchel, whose dismissal was recom
mended by the grand jury.
Mr. Eatchel was characterized as a
man who has behind him 14 years' of
faithful, sterling service.
A communication with regard to Mr.
Eatchel also was received from Scout
Young Camp, No. 2. United Spanish
War Veterans, In which appreciation of
long and faithful service was ex
pressed, and full confidence asserted in
Mr. Eatchel's ability and integrity.
Mr. Eatchel has not been discharged
from county service, and there is no
indication that such action is being
contemplated by the Commissioners. He
has, voluntarily, resigned from his
duties in connection with the Court
house because of the work required of
him as superintendent of machinery
and quarries.
BENEFIT IS APRIL 25
MnS. J. V. HEXSHAW TO LECTURE
FOR WAR RELIEF SOCIETY.
$90,000 DEAL IS JADE
r. McBRIDE BUYS HALF INTEREST
I.V TUDOR ARMS APARTMENTS. .
Sanitation and Protective Measures for
Places Employing "Women Are
to Re Prescribed;
A sanitary and protective code for
the welfare of working women is be
ing prepared by State Health Officer
David x. Roberg for adoption by the
State Board of Health. The measure
will be enforced by the Industrial Wel
fare Commission of Oregon.
Provision will be made for adequate
light and air space per person, proper
temperature and humidity, restrooms,
seats and dressing-rooms. Protective
clauses will guard against accidents,
or systemic, chemical or mechanical
poisoning.
One provision will prohibit the em
ployment of women during two work
ing periods, in excess of the regular
hours, by different employers. An
other will require that, after a speci
fied number of hours of continuous
work, one hour must be allowed for
rest. At least one day of rest ea"h
week will be made mandatory.
"The list of occupations in which the
women of Oregon are engaged is not
large, said Dr. Roberg, "and we be
lieve that it will be a comparatively
simple matter to enforce the new pro
visions."
Property Will Be Held as Private
Investment R. F. "Wasaell to
Continue Building;.
Half interest in one of , Portland's
finest apartment-houses, the Tudor
Arms building that covers ground 100
feet square on the northwest corner of
Eighteenth and Couch streets, was sold
yesterday by R. F. Wassell to his part
ner in the buildiag, D. B. McBride. the
wholesaler in woolens. The considera
tion's said to have been about $90,000
cash. The deal was handled by C. V.
Everett.
The Tudor Arms was completed last
October at an announced cost of $125.
000, exclusive of the cost of the prop
erty, which formerly was the location
of the CJeorge H. Williams home.
The building stands four full stories
above a ground floor basement and is
divided into 63 apartments of two,
three and four-room denomination,
equipped with hardwood floors, elec
tric stoves, shower baths and other
modern conveniences. The exterior of
the building is of red brick, trimmed
with terra cotta, the interior finish
being oak.
Mi. McBride will hold the Tudor
Arms property as a private investment
while Mr. Wassell. who has erected
several of Portland's large apartment
buildings, will continue his 'construc
tion activities. At present he is erect
ing a duplicate of the Tudor Arms
building on the northwest corner of
Fourteenth and Clay street to be
known as the Imperial Arms. Claude
I. Starr is interested with Mr. Wassell
in this improvement.
JURY REP0RTJS IGNORED
V. A. Katcliol Retained In Service
by County Commissioners.
It was the unanimous opinion of
members of the Building Trades Couu
Proceeds W ill Be Devoted to Work of
Providing Surgical Dressings
for Wounded Soldiers.
For the benefit of- the Portland War
Relief Society a lecture will be given
on April 25 by Mrs. Julia W. Henshaw.
who will speak in the Portland Art
Museum. Fifth and Taylor streets. Mrs.
Henshaw lias just returned from a visit
to the hospitals in France and has
many vivid pictures of the conditions
there, which she will present in her.
talk. Last year Mrs. Henshaw was here
and gave an interesting lecture on
wild flowers. Her subject this year is
far different in character, but is time
ly and full of facts that will be pre
sented by one fresh from the war zone.
Since its organization a few weeks
ago the War Relief Society has packed
and shipped eight cases of sureical
dressings containing 6586 articles for
the wounded European soldiers. In the
cases were pneumonia packets, vermin
jackets, absorbent pads, abdominal ban
dages, rolled muslin bandages, flat
dressings and many-tail bandages.
The society meets every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday morning in
the Spalding building. Mrs. W. J. Burns
Is president. Donations from many
business houses and Individuals have
made the continuance of the work pos
sible. The co-operation of the public is
appreciated by the workers, and. the
leaders are asking for continued inter
est on the part of all who realize, the
good that the society is doing.
GIRLS' MEET ARRANGED
CENTRA LI A MAKES PLANS FOR SUN
DAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE.
PARADE WORKERS TO MEET
Rose Festival Auxiliary Will Be Or
ganized Tonight.
With the organization tonight of the
Rose Festival auxiliary, definite plans
will be outlined for the fraternal, mili
tary and civic pageant, closing-day fea-
ture of the 10th annual Rose Festival.
Tonight's meeting to organize the
auxiliary will be held at the Imperial
Hotel at 8 . o'clock. Members of the
board of governors of the 1916 Rose
Festival will attend and the meeting
will be called to order by Dr. A. K.
Higgs, festival director in charge of
this parade. A general chairman, with
a vice-chairman and secretary, will be
chosen.
General George A. White, of the Ore
gon National Guard, has been chosen
grand marshal.
Southwestern Washington Association
Programme Is Ready Portland
Speakers Are Included.'
CEXTRALIA, Wash.. April 4. (Sne
cial.) A conference of Suilday school
girls of Western Washinirton win nrrn
in Centralia FridaV afternoon, under
me auspices of the Western Washing
ton bunday School Association. It is
expected that 200 girls between the
ages of lt and 19 years will attend
Reduced railroad rates have been se-
cured for the delegates and rooms and
meals will be furnished free in Cen
tralia homes. The only additional ex
pense for the delegates will be a reg
istration fee of 50 cents, which will
include admission to a banquet to be
held Saturday night.
The programme for the conference
was arranged by Walter C. Moore, of
Seattle, general secretary of the West
ern Washington Sunday School Asso
ciation. The speakers include Miss
Olive Clark, of Portland, secretary of
the Multnomah County Sunday Kchool
Association; Miss Josephine Brown,
former secretary of the Y. W. C. A. at
Fargo. X. D. ; Miss Elizabeth Fox, sec
retary of the Bellingham Y. W. C. A.;
Charles A. Phipps, of Portland, secre
tary of the Oregon Sunday School As
sociation, and others.
The local committee that- has made
arrangements for the conference in
cludes Miss Henrietta Walker, Mrs.
Paul Mullen, Miss Irene Schacht, Mrs.
A. W. Jackson, Mrs. Walter Copping
and Mies Zelda Fitzgerald.
One touch of the button and a mansion burns another pressure
and the biggest bank in the city bursts into flames. It's only a
question of minutes before all New York will be on fire Man
hattan is at the mercy of a fiend.
Read the engrossing details in next Sunday's installment of
Arthur Stringer's "The Iron Claw," published exclusively in The
Sunday Oregonian.
Things happen at the rate of sixty to every second in the next
installment of "The Iron Claw." The reader who misses it will
take a long chance if he counts on getting back copies. New
recruits to "The Iron Claw" army are already depleting our files.
Watch The Sunday Oregonian
for the Second Story of
"TTOTC3 TOO IV
CLAW"
By Arthur Stringer
Author of "The Wire Tappers," "The Silver Poppy," "The Shadow,"
"The Hand of Peril," Etc., Etc.
Pathe Pictures of the First Episode of "The Iron Claw" Now
Being Shown at
PANTAGES THEATER
"Iron Claw"
BROADWAY
AT ALDER
Pictures Will Be Shown at the Following; Theaters on
Dates to Be Announced Later:
PORTLAND
Union-Avc. Theater. . .339 Union Ave. N.
Broadway Theater. . .676 East Broadway
Alhambra Theater 1369 Vi Hawthorne A v.
Gay Theater .805 Mississippi Ave.
Powell Valley Theater 703' i Powell Road
Bnmside Theater 290 Buraside Street
Derby Theater .Kenton
New Grand Theater 105 Sixth St.
Victoria Theater 653 Alberta Street
Portsmouth Theater. . .812 Lombard Ave.
Sunnyside Theater. . ; Belmont at 35th St.
Cineograph Theater. . . .30 Grand Ave. N.
Empire Theater 289 Grand Avenue
Gem Theater 647 First Street
Isis Theater. 1613 East 13th St., Sell wood
Multnomah Theater St. Johns
American Theater. First and Main
Jewel Theater Astoria, Oregon
Post Exchange. .. .Fort Stevens, Oregon
Star Theater Forest Grove, Oregon
Star Theater McMinnville, Oregon
Majestic Theater Hillsboro, Oregon
Star Theater Oregon City, Oregon
Majestic Theater Roseburg, Oregon
Bell Theater Springfield, Oregon
Dreamland Theater Ontario, Oregon
Emma Theater...
Bligh Theater Salem,-Oregon
People's Theater Enterprise, Oregon
Baker Theater Newberg, Oregon
Gem Theater Tillamook, Oregon
Grand Theater Camas, Washington
Grand Theater. . . .Centralia, Washington
Lyric Theater. .. .Raymond, Washington
U. S. A. Theater Vancouver, Wash.
Peter's Theater Yreka, California
. . . .Payette, Idaho
has about 600 pigeons and will shortly
increase the number to at least 1J00
pairs. His pigeons were purchased
from eight or nine different places and
were confined to two breeds, the White
Maltese and the Belgian Carreaux, some
of them costing him $5 a pair.
Business Men Kearly Jailed.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 6. (Spe
cial.) Yesterday after A. S. Kresky, L.
A. Walter. Joe Bowen and Edward
Towne, four Centralia business men,
had plastered Oakville with posters
heralding Drpps 1Tp dayp, to be staged
by local merchants tomorrow, Friday
and Saturday, they were threatened
with arrest by the Town Marshal for
evading the Oakville license law. The
Marshal, City Clerk. Attorney and
Mayor, after searching the statute
books, however, could not find the or
dinance, and. the local men were released.
Clarke County Saves Money.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 5. (Spe
cial.) Each of the auto trucks owned
by Clarke County saved 5500 over the
cost ot hauling rock for road building
by team during, the past month, ac
cording to J. P. Swanson. road super
visor in this county for more than 15
years, in a written statement filed with
the County Commissioners yesterday.
Six Admitted to Citizenship.
ALiBANT. Or., April 6. (Special.)
Six men were admitted to citizenship in
the State Circuit Court here by Judge
Galloway. Two were Canadians, while
Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden and Ger
many were each represented by a na
tive among the other applicants.
lMgcon Business Expands.
CHEHAL1S, Wash.. April 4. (Spe
cial.) G. K. Petterson. of this place,
is preparing to go into the pigeon busi
ness on a large scale, and is building
pens and sheda for his flocks, lie now
T
A SIOO.OOO Blaze
The Oregon Salvage & Mercantile Co., of this city, announces the purchase of the entire
salvage from the famous recent $100,000 fire which swept the big department store of
The Northwest Improvement Company, of Roslyn, Wash.
They further announce that they will place this immense stock of high-grade, and in many instances but
slightly damaged by smoke and water, merchandise on public sale to the people of Portland, com
mencing FRIDW MORNING, APRIL 7, AT 10 A. M. SALE TAKES PLACE AT 131-133 FOURTH STREET,
FORMER LOCATION OF WOOLWORTH'S 5c, 10c and 15c STORE, FOURTH STREET, BETWEEN
WASHINGTON AND ALDER.
BE THERE
25,000 thrifty souls ex
pected Friday morning;.
Wonderful bargains in
every department. Noth
ing reserved.
ROSLYN HAS
$100,000 FIRE
Department Store" of Northwestern
Improvement Company Damaged.
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 22. Approxi
mately $100,000 loss was caused by ft
fire starting In some refuse, swept tn
front of the ash pan of a. boiler in the
big department store of the North west
rn Improvement Co. at Roslyn, a coal
mining, town, according: to advicpa re
ceived here. It was necessary to blow In
the side of the building with dynamite
to get at the blaze. Help was called
from Cle Elum. C. TV. Swain, manager
of the store was overcome by smoke.
In the building were the real and per
sonal tax rolls of Kittitas County. These
records and those of the company wene
rescued. Many f ujse caps and much oil
was stored in the building, but an ex
plosion was averted.
(From Portland Oregonian.)
BE THER
A colossal undertaking
A complete modern de
partment store trans
planted from Roslyn,
Wash., to Portland.
Mostly smoked up only!
Your attention is particularly called to the fact that the merchandise is of the best grades and of un
questioned standards, such as Kuppenheimer Clothing for men, Belding's Silks and Satins, Munsing Un
derwear, Amoskeag Ginghams, Chippewa and Foot Schultz Shoes, Arrow Brand Collars, etc., etc., etc. Very
little fire damaged mostly smoke and water.
Remember the Location 131-133 Fourth St.
Recently Occupied by Woolworth's 5c, 10c and 15c Store.
(Watch This Paper Tomorrow for Large Announcement.)