V THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAlV PORTLAND. HATtJRDAY EVENINO, JUNE
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JudgV Sari Puts End toTamlly
Attorney for Johnson Heirs Sub
lliis Is Las! Day-Eel
t Record of Ezra Ralph Yager
and Refuge Bride,' ,
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' WOMAN GETS DECREE V
jecta Him to Rapid Fire . of
Questions During Morning.
ANY PIANO, QRGAN OR PJANO PLAYER IN THE HOUSE AT YOUR OWN
PRICE AND ATYOUR OWN TERMS IP THEY BE HALF WAY REASONABLE
EXPUINS EVERYTHING '
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WHEN ASKED TO DO SO
Monday, July, 2, our successors,' the Sherman-ay Company, take possession.. . r-
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' Says Her Husband Bet Her Became
She Would-Not Go to Sea With
Help us dpar the floor space for them. - . --'i : -'5' ' - yY; . f ' ?n;
Tells About Trust Deed litigation
now--today to get a
and Explains Why Question In
hi
suit your convenience.-
t Hin-Ronance Breaks All Recorda
volved Waa Carried to Supreme
have no fear of any one
7-J for Portland. ' v Y I, '
Court for Settlement. : -
EXAnilNATIOI
1 Alleging that her husband became an-
grj at her. because aha refuse to o
- to nt with mm, ana orat ner. jwo
! m Tun u rranted divorce from
- Eire Ralph Tsger by Judge Bears In the
. circuit court this morning. By the or
der of the court, ahe need 'no longer be
u. known as Mrs. Tager, out may anewsr
t hp maiden name. Alio Arnold.
, Th. litiaanta were married at the
; '"eourthouse June 1, by one of the circuit
' 'Mn. wt lliat the Were abOUt tO
step Into the Judge's chambera the lady
..' I. miA .m va MfiiaMi la rrOl,ffrd With
' the ceremony. It la etated that It waa
'. only after several minutes of eloquent
. persuasion that she consented to have
the ceremony perrormea.
" ' Tinr took his. bride i- to. the Bt.
Cher lea hotel, and on the morning of
' June 10 reported to the police that his
bride had myaterloualy disappeared dur
ing the night, leaving a note saying ahe
had cone - to Oakland. He suspected
- that ahe waa stlU In Portland, and de
tectives were detailed to hunt her up.
' " SCeeta XlaaUf Bride. '
Two days later Tager met his miss
Ing wife on the street and fa aald to
have pleaded -with her -to return. It 1
atatod - that she resented his earnest
plea by whacking- him vigorously ever
the head with her umbrella.', -
On June 14 Mrs. Yager filed gait for
a divorce, after, having been a fair
June bride for Jut one week. . Tsger
.has made no contest of the suit and
did not appear In court this morning
when the trial waa had. No attorney
represented him. Yager waa a steward
a the steamship Breakwater.
Un. Ttier testified that while ahe
" and 'her husband were living at the Coa.
moa they quarreled over going to aea,
- Bhe said he wanted her to go with him,
but aha wanted to remain In. Portland
and go into aome kind of business. - t
That made him angry." ahe aald,
' "and ha beat me, and choked me. and
got up on my chest with hta knees and
I could hardly breathe. I screamed
. and tha proprietor came and cbaaed him
awav." ......-:
The Yager family record la aald te
be the shortest that appears on tne
courthouse records. . r ,
WILL ASK FOR NE.Y BIDS
OWE OVER GULGH;
Executive Board " Compromit'ef
on Specifications for Grand i
Avenue Structure. !
After a long discussion regarding the
relative merits of steel bridges with
earth, fills and steel bridges without
' fills beneath, the executive board yes
terday afternoon decided to readvertlse
' for bids on the Grand avenue bridge
ever Sullivan's gulch. . .
Tha nsw bids will call for as much
fill as is deemed necessary to prevent
7 any future f Us from damaging the
, structure, . The bridge committee had
' consulted J. B. C Lockwood, an en
, glneer who baa constructed a number
' " of brldgea for the city and he gave aa
. his opinion that no fllj was necessary.
; city Engineer Taylor thought one
' , should be made, however, and the de
v, clelon of the board was a compromise.
Tha new specifications will also call for
a concrete deck Instead of a wooden
cerav
-' The meetlna- waa an adlourned ona
meeting primarily to audit the June
' pa Trolls, a number were delayed until
there waa a lar attendance
The valuation of tha franchise of the
east aide belt line waa placed at 1' per
cent of the earnings for the first five
- Veers, 1 H per cent for the next 10
. yeara and Stt per cent for the last 10
" .- The valuation for the franchise for
t ui nuwif unaer me wuiameiie was
- placed at the same figures with the
r exception that the company shall pay
. the city 11.000 for the first five yeara.
; t : The board will recommend to the
'. council that a franchise be granted the
i Northern Paclflo Terminal company for
a spur track on York etreet from Bher-
lock avenue to Twenty-third and to the
PArtl.nil a. iMttl. An mtn,H-
i to Marshall street. ,
'NEW FOREST GROVE ;
T : i JCAR JSDELIVERED
This morning's hearing la the county
court of tha petition of tha helra of tha
aetata of A. H. Johnson for ths re
moval of William M. Ladd aa adminis
trator waa devoted to the erosa-examl-
nation of Mr. JLadd by Attorney H. H.
Kiddeti. ror the heira. ,
Mr. Blddell had a list of the notes
which were not included by Mr. Ladd
In his Inventory' and went over them,
aaklng Mr. Ladd why they had been
omitted. Mr. Ladd explained that he had
thought them worthless. Rlddell pro
duced one drawn by Charles Buckman
andratiked If Mr. Buckman had not been
u-ionao. Mr. LAad replied tnat he
hadwen before the panto of lot. He
id nia nans: at rort Townaena. wasn.
tngton, . had charged quite a ' large
amount to tha profit and loaa account
because of Mr. Buckman s failure.
Mr. Rlddell next noticed that the eopy
of Mr. Ladd's inventory filed in the
county court. hd not be aworn to and
asked why. Mr. Ladd produced the
anginal and showed that it bad been
aworn to before . E. B. Williams,
notary nubile. Mr. Ladd waa charced
with omitting a niece of property of
tne aetata in waanington county. from
the inventory; but he pointed it out to
Mr. Rlddell and explained that it waa
occupied by a Mrs. Abide as tenant.' i
.Traat, Basel Uttfattoa, .
Mr. Ladd waa asked about tha Iltlga
tlon determining the nature of the
trust deed, and how the question arose.
He said: .
The question, came un when I found
a purchaser for a piece of property in
eluded in the truat deed, whether 1
could give a deed. Tha question was
raised whether it waa an absolute deed.
to be handled aa a truat agreement, or
if It waa a mortgage. I believe a ault
waa brouabt to - determine It."
'And you had, to carry the eult to the
supreme court ' to get a construction
that waa aultad to your asked Rid-
aeu.
1 do not know why you should say
suited to me." replied Mr. Ladd. "While
tha queatlon waa up I wanted It decided.
and I carried the litigation until the
supreme court passed upon the question.
They held that It waa an absolute deed,
and that I could give title to"the trust
croaarty under it."- . s
V t a developed In the croes-examlnatlon
that Mr. Ladd gavie bond aa .adminis
trator In tha sum of 1700.000. - -
MIXED IN DIVORCE CASE
FOR THE THIRD HUE
Married, Divorced, Married Again
and Two More Attempts at Di
vorce Is McCroskey Record.
Forest drove. Or.. June 10. The new
I oar for the Forest Grove electrle line
waa brought out from Portland yester
day on a riatcar. It being Illegal to roll
'the trolley without an automatic
'coupler. '
A SICK MAN
OR WOMAN
cannot afford to waste time and money
. experimenting with unknown remedies.
Too often they enly -nrnae 'matters
''worse. SHlok to this oae triad sad tree
eaiciaa.
Hostettery
Stomach
Bitters
and you have tha
bast that- aclencs
ran produce. For
as ' yeaas it has
bean the . atck
mans faithful
friend,, always
curing, . . i ' . .
rcx nision
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For the . third time the domeatle
troublea of Ellsworth McCroskey and
Susie A. McCroskey were related In
court yeaterday In an'efort to aecure
a dlvoraa. -v , ;
They were divorced once, Mra. Mc
Croskey having secured a default di
vorce at Kalama. Washington, several
yeara ago. In 1001 they were remarried
and two months ago Mra. McCroskey
aued again for a divorce. This time
her husband contested her suit, and
filed a cross complaint, asking that the
divorce be allowed to him. The result
was that Judge Cleland refused to grant
aimer or tnem a divorce.
Yesterday the hearing waa renewed
by Judge Cleland. on request of Me
Croaker's attorney, who asked to intro
duce additional evidence showing that
nis client was entitled to a decree. He
charged that Mra. McCroskey had de-
senea ner nusoano soon arter tneir re-i
marriage in itvi and nad only come
back to Portland In order to aecure
possession of the property and sue for
a divorce. McCroskey testified that he
had telegraphed for his wife to come
and take care Of their children while
he waa absent in California on bualneaa
for three yeara
Mra. McCroskeys attorney made some
aensatlonal charges in connection with
Mccroskey'a third attempt to secure s
divorce, one of them being that Mo
Croskey is engaged to a young woman
and is anxious to obtain a divorce in
order to marry her. Thla was vigor
ously denied- both - by-: McCroskey -and
tne young woman, who. waa one of the
witnesses. . - -
Attorney Taagart. for Mra. " Mc
Croskey, also charged that MoGroef ey
had written to his wlfs from San Fran.
Cisco, telling her he would pay no more
of her bills and that if she needed
money she could get out end earn It
Judge Cleland continued the hearing
until July to allow Mra, McCroskey
to present additional teatimony. - .
SPOKANE COMPANY IS''
TO BUILD BIG DITCH
tBfwei! . Plspatek te Tbe Jonrnal.)
. Spokane. Wasru June 10. The Heiel
wood compsny ' has, planned a huge
ditch and will pump 40,000,000 gallons
a day by electricity to Irrigate 4,000
acres of land. The enterprise will soon
be Incorporated under tha name of the
Haielwood Farm. , Tha pumping plant,
construction of an Immense reservoir,
digging of an extensive Irrigation sys
tem and tha purchase of between 1,(00
and 1,000 acres of land about seven
miles west of this city representa aa
outlay ofjMtwaen .1150.000 and (100.000.
SUMPTER ROAD WILL
BUILD WATER SYSTEM
tSpecial Tilspatrk to The JoensL)
8umpter, Or, June Il.r4-The Humpter
Valley railway, which has Its terminus
la the mountains at Austin, over XI
miles from this point, la installing' a
water aystem of ita own at that place.
The- company la laying one mile of pipe
from - the mountains to - ths station,
where a large tank la being erected with
a dlatributlon and hydrant. In tha hills
will be a large reeervolr and tha pipe
Una will have-a heed'bf more than 100
feet, which will give plenty o, feree te
an erdinar sUeaiq of water, . A
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besides ourselves knowing the details of your business., I .
Pianos from $30 to OSOOOrcfaho $10
7 'to $65 Piano Playerp $40 to Q150
These new pianos to choose from Everett, Knabe, Fischer, Cable, HardmanPackard, Wellington, Ludwig,
Mason & Hamlin
In second-hand and slightly-used pianos, we have about 'fifty instruments of well known make, all in .
' excellent condition. Put vour own price On them. . -1 - 5 .
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high grade instrument at a price lower
than many dealers .'pay when "'buying;
at wholesale. -
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ELLINGTON WiNS TROPHY AS
CHAMPION TELEGRAPHER
New York Man Proves Speediest
' Operator, in the Whole .
V . World. ..
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a- enj(iiBl Dimiai DrrTicw. f
Boston, June 10. pavld Ellington of
New Tork has won :tha world'a cham
pionship and tha silver trophy offered
by Andrew Carnegie at the interna
tional tournament of telegraphers, held
st Tremont temple In this city. El
lington won first place In four of the
classes. He won first place in tha con
test for broker work, shared first
honors with H. J. Finn of Boston, office
of the Postal Telegraph company, in
tha team match, and also won first
place In the classes for sending and
receiving straight press matter,.
Tha most' notable performance in any
Individual, class waa made by Richard
C Bartlej of Philadelphia, a Pennsyl
vania railroad operator. In the clasa
for railroad operators he sent 0 ordi
nary railroad meaagea In minutes and
Sf seconds, reducing tha world'a record
of 11 minutes and 21 seconds, made by
hlmeelf three yeara ago. . Tha prise for
receiving railroad meaaagea went to
W. F. Bannester of tha Pennsylvania
railroad force at Philadelphia.
Tha prise for receiving preaa matter
aent in coda waa won by E. J. Coleman
of the Providence office of the- Asso
ciated Preaa Charlea F. Edney of Boa
ton, formerly of the Associated Preaa,
won aecond prlaa In aeveral classes.
MILLION IMMIGRANTS ;
ARRIVE DURING YEAR
' (Jooraal Special Berrtee.t
- New Tork, June 10. Though - the
actual figures will not be available un
til next week it la confidently believed
that the immigration record for the
port of New Tork, for the year ending
today will eclipse: all prevloua figures.
la the- opinion j; of Commissioner
Watbern the flguresf will, reach ' the
enormous total of 1.000,000, or about
equal to tha number of Immigrants
who entered all tha porta of tha nation
during tha preceding year, - Tha Immi
grants this year bava eome from every
country of Europe, tha Auatro-Hun-gaiiana
predominating. Next eome the
Italians, of whom 16,000, or an average
of 200 to every 10,000 of Italy'a popula
tion, came to tha United States during
tha year. The number of excluded im
migrants has llkewiaa exceeded tha
records of all prevloua yeara.
MISS STEERS CHOSEN ' ,
GODDESS OF LIBERTY
(SDecttl Dlspetra te The JesraaL)
The -Dalles, Or June 20. Miss
Bertha Steers, a popular young lady of
tnla city, was appointed goddeaa of
liberty by tha comraltteea in charge of .
the Fourth of July celebration. Mlsa
Elvlda kfelqulst, who waa aelected for
queen of flowers, to also a popular and
handsome-young lady. .The oholoa la
approved by tha people, who consider
the oommltteea aoted wisely.. Prepare -tlons
have been completed and a suc
cessful celebration' la assured. -
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Many Candidates Change Places ;
Miss Shannon Still Leads Horace Wilson Jumgs to Second Place
j t ' " "7 ' Others Change Places. ' '
In the score today many candidates have changed plaeea and, while -Miss
Nellie May Shannon of Snllwood still holds the lead, other candl
' dates are feet coming to the front with a determination to lead Boon. ,
Horace Wilson Jumps from third place. In the last count, to second 1
place and John Beneon drops back to third. Clay Jonea and Roy John- ,
aon still hold fourth and fifth place.
Many of the new candidates' show good resulta,'and Clay Csry of Sa-
lem starts out with twelve hundred votes to his credit. ''
" Out of thirty-three candidates enrolled only twenty-one have scored
so far. Among those not yet heard from are W. E. Owynn, May Pender
grass, Lillian McVIeker, Teresa Oramma,. Clarence Mores, Jessie A.
Campbell, Ella Nelson, R. W. Cyrus, Agnes J. Evans, Richard W. Ollvln.
Jesse Moere end Stanley Stevenson. Many of these candidates are well
known In tha locality where they reelde and no doubt they are hard at
work and we will hear from them soon.
Vacation Is here and every candidate should get to work at once, for
tha time la short and Candida tee must work to win. Who will lead in
tha next count t It la tip to you and your irlenda to get busy and -make
you the leader. .".."
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Nellie May Shannon, Portland, Oregon . ,
Horace. a. vvuaon, rortiana, vregon . , .................
John Benaon, Chemawa, Oregon . . ....
Clay Jones. Portland, Oregon.,..'...'.,...............
Roy Johnson, Portland, Oregon..
Charlea dross, Portland, Oregon , .. ............ .......
Bertie O. I Chan, Portland, Oregon .
Mary E. Powell, Portland, Oregon . . ..
Mildred l Clemone, 1'niveralty Park. Portland, Oregon
ivy uwens, i:eosr Mine, uregon . . ,.,
Clay Cary, Salem, Oregon ....
Paul Nygren. Portland. Oreron . ................ .
Ouy Graham, Troutdale, Oregon, ..,...,., ...
Harry- Brant, Portland, Oregon I.,.,....,.,.......
-Edwerd L Kinsman, tJnnto, Oregon . -
Cerl Shelton, Portland, Oregon
George D. King, Kingston Oregon . ,
Ouy Johnson, Portland, Oregon....
Ruth Turner, Portland, . Oregon.. ,
Eileen nacaman, I'oruana, Oregon . , ..
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