THE MOHXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, APRIX 15, 1920 BLUEBEARD tim DUMES CURIOSITY Correspondence, However, Does Not Lead to Altar. PERSONAL 'AD' ANSWERED Mrs. Bert Frltch, Formerly Mrs. Myrtle Briggs, Tells of Becom ing: Ensnared on Dare. "I never knew it to fail: a woman's curiosity is always certain to get her into some sort of trouble." Such was. the frank admission of Mrs. Bert P'ritch of Vancouver, Wash., formerly Mrs. Myrtle Briggs, 210 El bridge apartments, Portland, who told a reporter of The Oregonian yester day that she had carried on matri monial correspondence with Richard Huirt, alias Watson, the Los Angeles "'Bluebeard," who is said to have married a score of women during re cent years. Mrs. Kritch. however, insists that their brief letter-writing courtship did not terminate at the altar, and in spite of tht notoriety which she feels certain must come to her as a result of her letter-writing escapade, she finds solace in the fact that she cannot be listed as one of Huirt's nu merous wives. Bride Has Worrr. Mrs. Frltch, who embarked on her third matrimonial venture -.. About three months ago, is a strikingly handsome woman of about 40 years, and her chief concern yesterday was in wondering what her bridegroom of three months might say when he learned that she must be brought into the romantic tangle of the much married Huirt. "It was either last September or October, while living at Spokane, when I saw a personal in a Spokane Sunday newspaper in which Huirt, under the name of Andrews, adver tised for a wife," said Mrs. Frltch. "The personal stated that he was a lonely man of great wealth and could furnish the highest references as to his financial standing and good moral character. "He gave his address at the time at a prominent hotel in Portland. One of my Spokane friends dared me to answer the personal, and I did. I am frank to admit that I was not ad verse to finding out something about the man, although I am not in the habit of picking up with strangers-. Marriage Offer Made. A short time after that I moved to Portland, and it was after I ar rived here that I received an answer. Huirt. or Andrews, expressed a strong desire to meet me and wanted to know if I was really serious in' con senting to consider his matrimonial offer. "I had forgotten all about the man until 1 received that letter, and then my daughter-in-law thought it would be good fun to continue the corre spondence. It was my son's daughter who wrote the next letter. At that time I believe he was either in Spo kane or Seattle. It was then we got a reply in which he made the offer to marry. He promised to take the bride on a wedding trip to Honolulu and to give her everything possible for her pleasure and comfort. "In this letter he said he would be in Portland soon and would stop at the Benson hotel. Later I called up the Benson hotel and learned that he had left the city the day before I telephoned. "And that is as far as my dealings with the man went." The report that Mrs. Carl Stoike, 314 East Ninth street, Vancouver, was one of Huirt's numerous wives proved to be unfounded yesterday when in vestigation disclosed that Mrs. Stoike, formerly Mrs. Margaret Meyers of Spokane, is living happily with her husband, who is a machinist employed by the Union Machinery Supply com pany at Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. Stoike explained that relatives in Spokane had Jumped at conclusions and expressed fear that she had married Huirt because she had left Spokane suddenly to marry Stoike at Vancouver in January. The Vancouver police chief yester day telegraphed the Los Angeles of ficials that it was a plain case of mistaken identity. SALEM WOMAN ADDED TO LIST Mrs. Katheryn Kruse Believed to Be Victim of "Bluebeard." SALEM, Or., April 14. (Special.) jvirs.. ivatneryn Kruse, who the Salem police believe is the wife of James P. watson, alias Richard Huirt, held in Los Angeles while the authorities are investigating charges that he married at least 20 women, left here today for California to aid in the identification of the prisoner. Chief of Police .Welsh received a telegram last night- that Mrs. Kruse was in Salem and had no difficulty in locat ing her in a local lodging house. She aid she married a man giving his name as James t. Watson in Nelson is. C, on June 13, 1913, and came to Salem only a few weeks ago. She refused to divulge the circumstances attendant to. her husband s departure from this city. The police say Mrs. Kruse was i transient and was known to only i few people in Salem. When ques tion by the police she wept and said she did not believe her husband was the man held in Los Angeles. She apparently had plenty of money and lived in almost complete seclusion. Upon instructions of the Los An geles officers. Chief Welch withheld all information regarding Mrs. Kruse departure for Los Angeles until the receipt of an Associated Press dis patch at noon today. CHICKENS CAUSE ARREST 13 Funis Stolen April 13 Fine of $25 Is Imposed. It was chickens that brought abou the down'fall of Richard White, 24 of 1605 East Eleventh street and C, C. Beck. 25, of 663 Hood street. They had 13 fowls in a sack which they had stolen on the 13th of the month from J. R. Edwards, on the Linnton road, when they were ar rested on their way to Portland early yesterday morning by Motorcycle Of ficers Wiles and Matthews. "We did it to support our wives and babies, they are said to have declared. Each man is married and each wife has an infant. Judge Rossman in municipal court fined them $25 each and sentenced them to pay for the stolen chickens. CANDIDATES ARE SCARCE Committee Appointed to Induce Citizens to Seek Office. LA GRANDE. Or., April 14. (Spe cial.) Up to the present only thre candidates have filed their nominat-l ing petitions with the county clerk. but through the efforts of the Union county republican central committee a republican ticket has been named and committees are now trying to In duce the proposed candidates to run. As matters look now. Judge J. W. Knowles will, succeed himself unop posed for the judgeship of Union and Wallowa counties. Republicans will indorse 'Albert Hunter for - representative, and the committee is urging Bruce Dennis to go out for state senator. John Frawley will again run for county treasurer, and Mrs. A. E. Ivan hoe for county school superintendent. W. W. Randall has filed for asses sor, and Charles Calkins sheriff. The present sheriff. Lee Warnick, will no doubt run unopposed on the" demo cratic ticket. GASES OF EEES STOLEN THIEF REPORTED OPERATING AROUND PrBLIC MARKET. Several Complaints Reach Police Station of Houses Being En tcrcd by Burglars. The police are trying to catch a thief who' has been, operating in the public, market and vicinity for sev eral days, ana who has taken several caees of eggs, besides other loot. Patrolman Healey was advised that no less than three men had lost cases of eggs through the activities of the thief. In addition a store at 1S3 Third street was broken into and a box of cigars, a box of cigarettes and jar of chewing gum taken. Those reporting losses of eggs are W. Cook, Mllwaukie, Or.; J. E. Carpenter. Meadowvale farm, and John Grea of Clackamas station. The tore broken into is run by O. Mar- tell. A thief who was apparently pre paring for the fishing season broke nto the home of Mrs. E. Swearing- due, East Morrison and Thirty-ninth treets. Mrs. Swearingdue reported that several trout and salmon reels, some fishlines, hooka and flies were taken from the basement. ' M. B. Meacham, 1634 Water street. reported his home burglarized and four stickpins, a watch and a chain taken. A store at 408 Morrison street was broken into and a string of Japanese pearls, a Jersey sweater and a watch stolen. Entrance was gained through , rear window. Mrs. J. R. Welty, 769 Hancock treet, reported to the police that someone had made an effort to enter her house by using a jimmy on the dining room window. MRS. C0NNETT ARRESTED Oregon's Premier 'Woman Moon shiner Again in Tolls. Mrs. Nettie Connett. the first woman- In Oregon to be convicted of moonshining, was re-arrested late Tuesday night near Bull Run by reve nue agents and was charged with a second offense against the prohibition law In a complaint filed, yseterday by Assistant United States Attorney Reames. Mrs. Connett was found guilty of operating a still near Bull Run by a federal court Jury two weeks ago. She has been at liberty under bail pending sentence. She now faces an other preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Drake, prior to a grand jury investigation. Revenue officers say they caught her with a quantity of moonshine whiskey in her possessioin. Everett Lowther, who was with her Tuesday night, was also arrested and is held on a similar charge. LOUIS E. BEAN WILL RUN W. T. Gordon Also Is Candidate for Place in Legislature. EUGENE, Or., April 14. (Special.) Louis E. Bean, attorney and mem ber of the state legislature for a num ber of terms, and W. T. Gordon, a sistant cashier of the First National bank of Eugene, have announced their candidacy for nomination at the polls in May for representative from Lane county. Mr. Gordon is a brother of Herbert Gordon, member of the legislature from Multnomah county. E. J. Adams, former state highway commissioner, who some time ago an nounced that he would run for the legislature, upon learning that Mr. Gordon had decided to run, stated last night that he would not become a candidate. H. C. Wheeler, a farmer of Pleasant Hill, is considering announcing his candidacy for a place on the leg islative ticket also. Freshman Best Shot. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene, April 14. (Special.) Orvin T, Gant, a freshman from Myrtle Point, won the title and accompanying prize (a safety razor), as the champion marksman of the reserve officers training corps on the Indoor rifle range for the winter term. Gan made 30 perfect scores out of 60 sets of five shots each. Charles G. Robert son, a sophomore from Salem, and E. D. McAlister, a freshman from Eu gene, tied for second place. Robert son turned in 28 perfect cards out of 58 scores shot, and McAlister made 25 out of 52. Baker Teachers' He-elected. BAKER. Or., April 14. (Special.) Teachers employed In the Baker pub lic schools who desired to remain have been re-elected for the next school year. Eleven additional teach ers were chosen at a recent meeting of the school board. There ar still several vacancies. It ' 'X vl Mrs. Bert FYHch. wto anawered f matrimonial ad of the Loa An- I gelea "Bluebeard." . . .............. CITYPROPOSESBOND ISSUE OF 5 rvllLL ONS Relief for Trolley Company to Go to Voters. RECENT RULING FOLLOWED Trackage Will Xot Be Acquired; Rise in Fare One Cent 19 Expected. . Decision to submit to - the, voters of Portland at the general election the bond issue of 15,525.000 was reached at a meeting yesterday of the special committee of the council composed of City Commissioners Bigelow, Barbour and Mann. The proposed Issue is to carry out the suggestions of the publie service commission in its recent carfare de cision, with the exception of the ac quisition of trackage, which was con sidered impossible because of consti tutional restrictions. These items in clude license and franchise taxes, re moval of the major portion of pres ent bridge tolls, abandonment of free carriage of city employes and de ferred paving reconstruction which should have been handled during 1919. In addition the relief to the com pany planned In the bond issue would relieve the company of a portion of the costs of new paving and of the costs of reconstructing old hard sur face streets during the next 13 years. Bonds to Be 1.1 Years. Authority will be sought to Issue one-year bonds, to bear not to exceed six per cent. Interest. It is planned to issue not to exceed one-half mil lion dollars of bonds each year and retire such bonds at the expiration of year from the date of issuance. The voters will be asked for the authority to issue such bonds for a period of 13 years, the term of life of the present franchise ordinance of the Portland Railway Light & Power company. If the bond issue is approved, the council will be able to give the trac tion company an average yearly relief of 1392,000 which would cost the gen eral taxpayers an average of $425,120 yearly. Under the council committee's plan, the abutting property owners on streets where car lines have been es tablished, will pay for the costs of pavement 'on the same basis as do property owners on streets where cars are not operated. Extra charges for pavement, 'resulting from neces sity of laying reinforcements under the rails, and all extra work required because of the presence of the tracks in the street, will be assessed to the traction company. Tax to Pay Interest. Remaining charges removed from ' the company will be paid for from the proceeds of the bond issue, it was announced. A tax levy each year will be required to pay interest charges and retire the bonds which are sold. According to figures accepted by the committee yesterday, the annual charge which can be removed from the car riders by passage of the bond issue for the items suggested by the public service commission 'would be pproximately 1160,000. The deferred pavement reconstruction item is placed at 1219,000, new pavement dur ing the next 13 years is estimated at $753,920 and the reconstruction of old pavement throughout the city on streets where car lines are operated is estimated at $2,469,000. Deputy City Attorneys Tomlinson nd Latourette were yesterday in structed to prepart the necessary pa pers incident to submission of the bond issue. It is expected that this wcrk can be completed by Saturday. The committee will then, submit the proposal to the entire council for ap proval. The calling of the special election must be made before the end of the present mouth, as the state law re quires that. notice of a special election must be given at least 20 days in ad vance of the- election day. One Cent Raise Predicted. Members of the special committee believe that with the relief granted to the company by the voters of Port land, an increase of 1 cent over the present fare will cover the annual deficit which is now faced by the streetcar company, and on which is based its application for Increased rates. This deficit has been placed at $1,220,000 by City Engineer Laur- gaard, and the relief measures in cluded in the bond issue total almost $400,000 annually. However, it will devolve upon the public service com mission to reopen the fare case as soon as the decision of the voters on the bond issue is known. ' Baker Candidates File. BAKER. Or., April 14. (Special.) uimnim. fr A POOD , ill nourishment of select ed wheat and malted barley, baked 20 hours for easy- digestion. Grapeltots requires just enough chewing to develop its rich nut-like flavor A wonderful building food for young and old 1 Grape Nuts needs no sugar rtuintiuuiiiMmntaniiiiMiriiiMMiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnniiiminiiiiiiiimiiiiis Grass Rockers' on Sale We have just received an import order of ' Grass Chairs, Rock ers and Tables. One similar to cut $15.00 TABLE AND CHAIRS $39.45 Dlning-Room Outfit, consisting of wood cnairs ana six-root extension Use Our Exchange Dept. If you have furniture that doesn't suit want something more up to date and better phone us and we'll send a com ftetent man to see It and arrange to take C as part payment on the kind you want the Gadnoy kind. We'll make you a liberal allowance for your coodi and we'll sell you new furniture at low prices. - The new furniture will be promptly de livered. Exchange goods can be bought at our First and Washington store. Henrv Loennig has filed his petition I as democratic candidate for nomina- tion as county commissioner. ira Hoffman, republican, also has filed for county surveyor.' J. B. Messlck, former county Judge before William Duby'a term, is out for that office on the democratic ticket, and promises to make the race an interest ng one. Larry Reeves, candidate for the re publican nomination for county sher iff, has announced that he will file next Saturday. W00DBURN WILL PAVE Street Improvement Petitions Are Approved by City Council. WOODBURN, Or., April 14. (Spe cial.) The city council has decided to pave Hayes street from First street to Settlemler avenue, the pavement to be 18 feet In width. East Lincoln street, from the Southern Pacific railroad to. the Pacific highway, will have a navement 16 feet in width. A petition from the majority of the property-owners on South Front street, from the end of the Front street pavement to the intersection of Settlemier avenue, calling for a pavement 16 feet wide, has been re ferred to the street committee. Marshal Allie Engle has resigned and will retire from office May 1. .Iimilllimilimnnilll i.'hiiiiiii.. A Sturdy Food The fiill. rich Gadsby Sells for You shall be the judge, make your own comparisons. NO fllATTER HAS A SALE, GADSBY SELLS FOR LESS. We claim no firm can buy for less; therefore, no firm can sell for less. . And just remember, our usual credit terms are decidedly unusual, when compared to terms most stores offer in the city. You cannot get easier terms or more liberal treatment than GADSBYS' offer that's positive. Overstuffed Rocker ,$29.50 Just notice what a high back this Rocker has. How comfortable it looks. Uphol stered in a good grade brown Imi tation Spanish, spring seat. ' Spe cial at $29.50 Rearular miss seeing the special ALSO HEATH WATER FOR KITCHEN OR BATH A Gas Range with coal or wood firebox, which takes the place of a sepa rate kitchen heater. Make your kitchen a modem, comfortable workroom cool In sum mer, warm in winter. JSOTICE We will take your old cook stove or range in exchange for one of these new Wedgewood Ranges and allow you all it is worth. Sold Terms. LIBRARY four good hard p? $39.45 table, com Winnio His successor will be T. W. Snyder, I who will go on duty April 20. Sophomore Is Expert Shot. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene. April 14. (Special.) Charles G. Robertson, a sophomore from Your best -1 oved star in the best-loved Amer ican classic 'at the Colombia, Saturday ORSSQg MAirjr'ACTUHgPS X serious unemployment situation arose. Xx-serTlo men were without work. So Ore gon's manufacturers Inoreased tbs number of their employees. A. greater output followed with the atten dant pro'blem of finding a market. The mar ket was found - the excellence of Ore gon's produots oreated demand and carried us "orer the top". . Gadsby s Regular. Credit Terms: S 56 Worth -f FanltHK, a S.OO Caafc. Sl.OO We 73 Hon li of Farnltnre, . B 7.SO t aah. 1 JU We-rk SlOO Worth of Fornitlrr, SIO.OO Caah, K2.00 Weelt -S12.1 Worth of Fnraitare, S1U.AO Caah. S2.23 Wee-It ISO Worth of Furniture. B13.0O Cash, f2-oO Week KO INTEREST CHARGED AT GADSBYS' Overstuffed Davenports Sacrificed $119.00 cut to SS5.00. We have lust 11 of estry Covered Davenports. A nice assortment of patterns and colors. Spring back and comfy spring cushions. Don't them early. They won t last long price of.... ALL OVERSTUFFED PIECES MATERIALLY This Rangs Burns Wood, Coal Gadabya' Easy TABLES - SPECIALLY PRICED The Library Table on sale is similar to cut. Top 24x36. with two inch heavy legs, one large drawer and book shelf below, finis hed golden oak or pretty brown fumed I C Cn oak, now OIUiUU GaidLs Corner Second and Morrison Streets Salem, qualified as an expert rifle man, the highest qualification given in the regular army service, during the target practice held on the re serve officers' training corps range south of the city of Eugene, during the spring vacation. Robertson made 270 out of a possible 300 at six dif ferent outdoor ranges. The army re - OVra-TH3-TOPPEBS" ajaaii.ii I 11 j Less Cash THE PRICE OF CHAIRS now".0 .Di.ni.n.8 .ChaS $ I SIO.OO Dining Chairs J J9.00 "Dining Chairs J 7 50 'Dining Chairs J these Tap 6.50 Dining Chairs f C now V Ui ?5.60 Dining Chairs $ .!! $85.00 now REDUCED. Spring Cleaning Time Is Here or Gas ARE Several months ago. before the wholesale prices of Rugs and Carpets were soaring, we took advantage of every occasion to procure large quantities of the best makes of Rugs and Carpets. We bought our supply a long time ago and at very mucn lower prices man Brussels, Axminster, Velvets 9xl2-ft. Heavy Brus-f-QO QC sels Rugs... 9uiD3 4-6x7-6 SeamlessfC QC Brussels Rugs. ..... I OiOU 9xl2-ft. A x m Inster C7 RC Rugs go at Otl.OJ $-3x10-6 Velvet Kuifjjg JJj 9x10 Heavy Rag tC Rugs go at. . . w I 9xl2-foot Heavy (9 quirement for the rating of 300. - is 253 out Oregon to Hear Rabbi AVlse. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu gene, April 14. (Special.) Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, form erly of Portland, will speak at the TABLETS ' ( FOR a All Headaches Neuralgias Colds and La Grippe Woaea's Aehes and Ills A a A roar Ibtuoutio ud Sciatic Pains I TmbUtm Dorothy Dalton's Beauty Chat Mlra Iorothy Dlton, the act re a famous the world over for her beautiful complex ion, says: "Any fir I or woman can have a beautiful, rosy-white complexion and smooth, unwrinkled skin like mine If they will follow my advice and use Derwlllo, a simple toilet preparation. 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