THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, JAXUARV 18, 1920 S32.000 SUIT FILED i OFFICERS OF LANG SYNE SOCIETY, WHICH WILL MEET AT ANNUAL DINNER ON JANUARY 24. IS I BALM- Gail Reingold Is Accused byj Committee Says City Should Pay Loss on Auditorium. Miss E. M. Volheim. ( HUMILIATION IS CHARGED CREDITORS SEEK RELIEF CLfiCII DIVIDED No OR HEAR BULDi CLAIM Tronwoau Costing $2 000 Heady for Wedding Which Was U Have Been Next Tuesday, Is Plaint. So far had arrangements progressed for the marriage of Miss Eleanor M. Volheim and Gail Reingold on Tues day next that iavitations had been engraved and a few early wedding presents had begun to make their ap pearance at the home of Miss Volheim, 713 East Couch street, when zip! the bridegroom-to-be yesterday in formed the bride-to-be that it was all off. that wedding bells would not ring for him. This is the allegation made in the breach of promise suit filed in the circuit court yesterday, in which Miss Volheim seeks $32,000 from the man to whom she asserts she was about to be married, as heart balm. 'I don't know anything about it. It must be a joke." commented Mr. r.t'ngold, who is a member of the jewelry firm operating stores at 147 Third street and 124 Fifth street, -when news of the suit was broken to him yesterday. $2000 Spent for Trousseau. The almost-bride said she had been terribly mortified and humiliated, as All arrangements had been made for the ceremony and more than $2000 had been spent on her trousseau and In preparations. She wore a handsome engagement ring, which she asserted was given her by Mr. Reingold. She could attribute no reason for the al leged refusal of Mr. Reingold to walk to the altar next Tuesday, except possible parental objection from re ligious reasons, she being a Gentile. Miss Volheim is 21 years old. Mr. Reingold is 33. The first proposal of marriage was made on December 15 last, according 1o the complaint filed, since which lime. Miss Volheim asserts, Mr. Rein gold made. divers promises of mar riage. They agreed, she says, that the wedding should be held on Tues day, January 20, 1920, and she had spent more than $2000 in preparation for the event. Roth parties are very well known in Portland, according to the complaint, having a large num ber of friends and relatives, who linew of the engagement and the wed ding date set. Humiliation Is Charged. Yesterday "without reason or ex cuse and wilfully and for the purpose of humiliating the plaintiff, defendant broke his promise and repudiated his Hgreement to marry plaintiff," reads Xlie complaint. . For being deprived of the "society, companionship, support and advan tages of a husband such as the de fendant, as well as suffering and in juries in her prospects in life," Miss Volheim demands $20,000. For "mental pain, anguish, humil iation, mortification and impairment of health," $5000 is asked. For "deceit and wanton injury" punitive damages of $5000 are re quested. Return of the $2000 said to have been spent in preparing for the nuptials also is asked, making a total oC $32,000. The action is brought by Attorneys Clark, Middleton &, Clark. Mr. Reingold yesterday admitted 'knowing Miss Volheim but would not discuss his relations with her. She has sttidied and taught music and is a member of the Multnomah club. Chas. BMoorej. Presidm ' fgS Dr-.Marris t &x Vice frefrden ifXsA 4lH O; E BILL IS HUGE MK. DAVIDSON SAYS MANY CARS COULD HAVE BEEN BCILT. Frederick V. Holnn. ? Z-'Yicr President. NE of the largest gather'ngs of Id-timers of Oregon is expected when the Ijang Syne' society meets for its annual dinner on Sat urday night, January 31, in the crys tal room of the Benson hotel. The occasion will be the seventh annual meeting of the society. An Informal reunion will be held from 5 P. M. to 7 P. M. The pioneers will gather at dinner at 7 P. M. Rev. Thomas Lamb Kliot. D. D., pastor emeritus. Church of Our Father, will deliver an invocation. President Charles B. Moores will officiate as toastmaster. Entertainment will fol- Major in Favor of Submitting to Voters Question of Moral Liabil ity for $76,0O0. Will the city council give further consideration to the claim of $76,000 filed by bondsmen and creditors of Hans Pederson who constructed the municipal auditorium? This is the question which friends of J. F. Kelly and N. A. Schanen, bondsmen, are asking. At an informal meeting of the city council held recently, the majority members of the council concluded that the city was not legally responsible for the claim or any part of it. hav ing been so advised by the city at torney. At this meeting, it was the consensus of opinion that the city oculd not legally be held to pay what might be construed as a moral ob ligation. However, several months previous, the city council requested a committee of five business men to consider the merits of the case and report recom mendations to the council. The re port of this committee, after careful consideration, was that the city did morally owe the bondsmen an amount which should be determined by a committee of experts. The report, however, did not co incide with the opinions of the ma jority of the city council and it was virtually tabled. City Commissioner Bigelow insisting that the report con tained mis-statements and was not based wholly on fact. That much of the money which is Fi-anfr Mayon Secrefary-Tretjeera; low the dinner. Judge Thomas A. McBride. chief justice of the supreme court of Oregon, will be the guest and i said to be due the bondsmen is the speaker of the evening. Short talks I result of certain demands made by will be given by Judge John B. Cle- land. William D. Kenton. A. F. Flegel, Charles W. Hodson and R. It. Sabin. W. S. Kline will sing. Membership in the Lang Syne so ciety stood at over 500 on January 13, 1920. All of these members were prominent in business in Portland prior to the year 1891. The Lang Syne annual dinner for 1920 will be the first formal occasion on which the new officers of the I society, recently elected, will officiate. TRAFFIC HEARING IS SET OX E-WAY CAR ROUTING PLAN TO BE DISCUSSED. Eastern Broker Reports Losses Due to frozen Apples Make Heavy Inroads on Profits. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) The October and November car shortage, according to H. F. Davidson prominent local grower who spends the winter in New York City, where he conducts a domestic and exports marketing office, has resulted in a loss to growers and shippers that will run into immense sums. In fact Mr. Davidson declares, if the loss could be computed, it would be sufficient to construct a great many refrigera tor cars. Mr. Davidson writes: "Lots of the recent arrivals of apples from the northwest have showed heavy frost damage. Immense quantities of apples have been .sell ing at auction at prices ranging from 75 cents to $2 a box, not many above $2. At private sales they have been pringing up to $3.50, and there is a demand now for apples absolutely free from frost damage and in good sound condition at $3 and $3.50 a box. The bulk of the trade is being sup plied with cheap apples. "Usually only a part of a car is affected by frost but the whole goes at one price, and in this way the buyers get large quantities of abso lutely good fruit. They sort them over, selling the frozen part at cost or a little profit and then make a good, strong profit on the good ap ples. This limits the demand for good fruit at fair prices. "The principal handicap on the ex port situation is the low rate of ex change. We have been doing a little exporting with fair results, but con ditions are nothing as good as on last year. Steamship space is easy to get, and steamship lines have been reducing their rates from time to time but not enough to go very far toward overcoming the loss on the low rates of exchange." Friends and Opponents of Proposed Reform to Give Views Before Council' Wednesday. One-way traffic for some of the streets in the cdngested district, as proposed in an ordinance drawn by Mayor Baker, will come before the city council Wednesday morning, ac cording to announcement yesterday. With the ordii.ance will be a report from the mayor's committee of busi ness men and the traffic committee of the National Safety council. This report gives the measure unqualified indorsement. Persons favoring or opposing the proposed plan will have opportunity to present their views to the council Wednesday morning. This probably will be the final hearing prior to consideration of the ordinance for passage. The ordinance was framed some months ago at the suggestion of Cap tain Lewis, in charge of the traffic bureau of the police department. Since the original draft was made numerous amendments have been in corporated. The provision prohibit ing parking of cars on Morrison and Washington streets. as originally planned, has been eliminated. The ordinance, in addition to pro viding for one-way traffic on Oak, Stark. Alder, Yamhill. Taylor, Front, First, Second, Park and West Park streets, would also make it unlawful to park vehicles at right angles in the congested district between 10 A. M. and 6 P. M. on all days except Sun days and holidays. This amendment was included in the ' ordinance at the suggestion of the joint committee in the belief that right-angle parking is responsible for much of the con gestion on the downtown streets. Members of the council, it is said, do not expect much opposition to the ordinance. It is believed that senti ment favors trial of such an ordi nance in the hope that congestion in the downtown district can be relieved and accidents avoided. Arguments on the ordinance prob ably will be heard immediately after the opening of the regular council seFsIon Wednesday, with routine 'iusi ness waiting until discussion on the one-way ordinance has ended. VETERANS ELECT DR. LANE Aberdeen Post Installs Officers at Banquet Ceremony. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) Dr. E. E. Lane, former member of the 1st Iowa infantry, Philippine expedition, was installed as com mander of the James Sexton post, vet erans of foreign wars, at the ceremony held Tuesday evening. Other officers installed were Edwin Skronday. senior vice-commander; H. A. Comeau. junior vice-commander: Samuel Watkins, chaplain; B. P. Moore, J. B. Kinne and Ralph Henry, trustees, and R. E. Nichols, quartermaster. Commander Lane appointed the fol lowing staff officers: Dr. O. R. Austin, adjutant; F. L. Morgan, patri otic instructor; Victor Hugo, post his torian; Jacob Davis, guard; F. J. Mitchell, sentinel; Victor Lindberg and Paul Vernon, color bearers; F. A. Dolan, quartermaster sergeant. A banquet followed the installation, at which Colonel William Inglis. head of the state veterans' welfare commis sion, was present and spoke infor mally to the men of the post. REED CLUB TO GIVE PLAY PORTLAND WOM V. PHYSICIAN RECEIVES APPOINTMENT. "The Title" Brilliant Satire on Current London Life "The Title." a three-act comedy drama by Arnold Bennett, will be produced by the Reed College Drama club at the college chapel late in February. The cast has been chosen and rehearsals are under way for the most ambitious performance the club has attempted since "The Comedy of Errors" was staged last commence ment week. The play, critics say. is probably the most brilliant satire on current London life that has come out of the war. It is a comedy written around the making of war-time baronets, and is considered one of Arnold Bennett's representatives of the city Is gen erally conceded, although in some cases, members of the city council in sist that changes which brought about certain losses to the contractor were made by the council, but were not insisted upon and that the con tractor in following out these rec ommendations did so upon his own volition and therefore the city is not legally or morally obliged to pay the losses. Mayor Baker has expressed himself in favor of submitting the entire proposition to the electorate; City Commissioner Barbur does not believe that the city can legally pay all, or any part of the claim; City Commis" sioner Bigelow Ftands firmly for no further consideration of the claim, in sisting that the loss of the con tractor is of no concern to the city and City Commissioner Pier has not had opportunity of giving full study to the various angles of the case and therefore is not prepared to commit himself on the subject. City Commis sioner Mann has thus far absented himself from the discussions and has been out of the city, therefore hia at titude is not known. The cost of Portland's auditorium was $410. 481. S3. The city paid for the building $.347,083.06. or $63,395.77 less than its actual cost. Of this amount $59,074.79 is still unpaid to sub-contractors and material men, who have attached propertyof the local bonds men. N. A. Schanen and J. F. Kelly, to insure payment, the contractor. Hans Pederson of Seattle, having be come involved financially. Claiming that the cost of the audi torium above the contract price was caused by circumstances and condi tions for which they were not respon sible, such as the war, changes by the architect while work was in prog ress, requirement by the city that the stone work be done in Portland in stead of at the quarry and other re quirements which largely increased the expense of erecting the building, the contractor and. his bondsmen filed a demand with the city for arbitration of their claims as is provided in the contract. Mayor Baker appointed a commit tee composed of William F. Wood ward. Otto R. Hartwig. Franklin T Oriffith. Marshall N. Dana and K. B. McNaughton to investigate these claim. s The report of this committee was as follows: To Honorable cieorpre L. Baker, mayor of Portland Dear Sir: On November 'J you appointed tlie underfilled a commit tee to investigate and report findtnes to you as to the equity of certain claims made by and In behalf of the contractor. hl bondsmen and creditors having to do with the construction of our Municipal Auditorium. The committee, after careful considera tion of the statements submitted br city officials and others having; to do with the case. Is convinced that a 1ut claim for a substantial sum lies agrainst the city of Portland at this time in favor of the claimants. We are led to this decision by certain admitted fB"tf as follows: Hans Pederson. the contractor, jthrouirh Incompetence of a trusted employe. the v. .. . : r .. i . Glenn Quiett. Reed '20. and Orpha bv reason of palpable errors V addition Phelps. 22, have the leading, roles. , of ficures. and the omission of an entire and Ethel Cooper and William Scott clause, became the lowest bidder, was have prominent parts. The direction of the play is in the hands of Arthur House, president of the Reed Drama club. 12 CUT OFF ON HOOD Portland Party Will Be Isolated at Clubhouse on Peak. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 17. Spe ejial.) Twelve members of the Port land Snowshoe club, as all telephone connections are down, will be isolated at their m'.le high clubhouse, near Cloud Cap Inn on the notlh base of .'Mount Hood, until next Wednesday. . The men, after a trip to Parkdale by ' rail automobile over the line of the ".'Mount Hoo-I Railroad company, to ds y and a drive by vehicle to Mount Hood lodse. left this afternoon to hike the remaining six miles. ' The party consists of the following prominent Portland men: J. Wesley Ladd. Rodney L. Glisan, Dr. H. S. ""Nichols, D. T. Honejratn. C. Hunt .Lewis. C. E. Grelle. Dr. Millard Hoi- brook, A. D. Katz, C. M. Miall. George ,!. Lowe, Chester G. Murohy and Horace Mfcckleni. Murk Wtygandt, -v experienced Mount Hood guide, will escort the recreationists over the nowfielda. . l i -- 4 I a r ' - g - - C -i i y . T , , JCfVV ) - i 4 ' V1 t t ' - v f . t ! - - ! 7 Dr. Emma Makl Wlckstron. t Or. Emma Makl Wickstrom. a well-known Portland physician residing at the Hotel Multno- J mah. yesterday received ap- f pointment to the position of T deputy county health officer 4 from Dr. Harry R. Cliff, county health officer. ' Dr. Wickstrom has been as- J llfillCU I 11 L WU U . 11 H 1 1 1 11 1 1 1- relations, over which Judge Jacob Kanzler presides, and will handle all of the medical inspection cases there. She has long been interested particu larly in this line of work and devoted much time to lectures under the auspices of the Ore gon Social Hygiene society dur- ing the period of the war. She has already assumed her qfl'i- J SHRINERS' CLUB FORMED Plans for Kntcrtainmont of Visit ing Xobles Are Laid. " HOOD RIER, Or.. Jan. 17. Spe cial.) Preparatory to eniertalnins: noblt s who will flock from all parts of the nation to the imperial council in Portland in June and who in hun dreds will journey 'over the Columbia River highway to Hood Kiver, the Hood River Shrincrs club was or ganized last nishi with C. W. McCul laph as president. Other officers are: K. O. Blanchar, vice-president; Harold H e r a h n e r, treasurer, and Geoige M. Sunday, &ec retary. Committees appointed by Mr. Mc Cullaph are: Membership. Ur. E. L. Scobee, Charles H Castner and C. C. Anderson ; "pep," Georpe M. Sunday, G. H. McMuIlan and Dr. H. D. W. Pineo; finance, E- O. Blanchar. F. H. Blackman and C. C. Paddock. The men will bepir. at once to make elaborate plans for entertainment of their visit ing brethren. awarded the eontract, his certified check retained by the city, and apsurmce given mm inai ne wouia not oe made an ulti mate Itwer through these errftrsr. As & matter of fact, the city hax allowed the contractor credit for the errors brought to the attention of the council prior to execution of the contract. Further, desirous that unemployed labor In this city should be used to the fuMe.-t degree in erecting the Auditorium, the contractor was required to cut. trim and finish a!! ftore at th building site, which Involved heavy additional expense and much delay to the contractor. Inasmuch a he had arranged. In making up h!a bid. for finishing the stop largely by machinery at the quarry. The extra ex pense of manual as against machine work was increased by Inability of the sub contractors to maintain the needed sup ply of cut stone as the huUding progressed. Additional expenses by reason of the stone contract were made necessary by the change which further delayed the build ing and increased the cost. The use .f fnce brick made In this stat-. ivas properiv ex nee ted by the city ; inabil ity, however, of the Xewberjf. Brick com pany to furnish a uniform or satisfactory prod'ft cmisd th Architect to refect EVEKTBODT VAIVI-LH-HEAD MEANS BUIOC Prices to Remain the Same Until July 1 ,1920 r 1 . fflimSriS'F' ..T-r Tirrr ii ! KECEIVKD AT MAIN OFFICE 128 Third Ktrrrt PORTWM). OKEUON Phonro: Main 435; Home A 1435 334sfv 55 NL 805pai SX San Francisco Calif Jan 16 G W Dean . Howard Auto Co Portland Or Expect to start trainload of seventy five flats for you in few days will advise You later full particulars Just received word prices will not change between now and July first R F Thompson This trainload of Buicks will greatly relieve present shortage.- Second trainload expected to follow should fill all back orders. If our Order Pla. Portland Prices, Including War Taxes: K-six-44 3-Passenger Roadster $1725.71 K-six-45 5-Passenger Touring Car. .$1725.71 K-six-46 3-Passenger Sedan $2332.37 K-six-47 5-Passenger Sedan $2534.46 K-six-49 7-Passenger Touring Car. . .$2050.62 K-six-50 7-Passenger Sedan $2987.62 Howard .Aotomolbile Co Largest Distributors of Motor Cars in the World PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND LOS ANGELES cod? 14th and Davis Streets Bdwy. 1130562-41 t.nd the city to insist on a South Dakota product, entailing a delay in construction of 'itveral months. In no '.ay chargeable to the contractor. Thia delay postponed until mid-wirier worK that would otherwise have been completed at less cost, under more favorable weather conditions. War conditions, manifestly tmpo.sibIe to foresee, caused during the period of con-sirui-tior; ncavy a !v.tr-i e.i in labor and ma terial costs, in a sum Impossible for thu romn:ittee to dctfrmine with accutao. but which. In justice to tne claimants, should ,e fairly determined. It is conceded by the city officials and the city's aretiitect that the building has been well constructed, in fufl accordance with the specif icatlons. The committee cannot accept the so nominated "final report" offered by the city as an offset to the above statement, a form of acknowledgment and receipt which was not intended by contractor. bonJmen. trustee or creditors, as a waiver of infringed rights or equities. We believe a sum f.f money is Justly due the claim ants from the city ot this time such an amount as will reimburse them for losses sustained in the erection of the building. ior which they cannot be hold properly responsible and we believe that a com mittee of fair-minded men. engineers ant? experts qualified by training and experi ence, to he appornted by the council, should determine the exact amount which the equities may indicate. So finding, vee subscribe ourselves, re pectf ully. ( Signed ) William F. Woodward. O. R. IlartniK. Frar.Ulin T. Griffith, Marshall N. Dana, R. B. McNaughton. Albany IjO!ss Install. ALBANY, Or.. Jan. IT. (Special. I The local Indues of Modern Woodmen of America and Koyal Neighbors in stalled the following new officers in a joint installation in the Wood man hall Wednesday evening: Wood men Past consul. William S. Weaver: consul, Fred K. Bloom; advisor. C. J. Cowles; banker, M. P. 'Baltimore; clerk. Grant Kroman; escort, Henry Harder: watchman, Cecil Crume; phy sician. Dr. K. E. Beauchamp; sentry, C. A. Horsky; trustee. W. H. Worrell. Neighbors Past oracle. Lita Rankin; oracle, Anna Straney; vice-oracle, Bessie Baltimore; recorder. Alice Kirk: receiver. Jennie Veal; marshal. Mayda Bussard; inner sentinel. Myr tle Hoflich: outer sentinel. Ada Bloom; manager. Lizzie Weaver; mu sician. Edna Uentay; physician. Dr. K. K. Beauchamp. 1 wra CiTTT ri .v. - - . m si s X- 1 ft" , mm.. ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK? Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney! Trouble and Never Suspect It. 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