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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1908. A . O R ACQB AUTO DEAL C Dealers in Both San Fran cisco and Portland Have Warrants , Out for the "Count" Issue of Worth- less Taper Alleged. ' fCnltad Pmm Least Wlra.t i , . . San Francisco, Dec 31. -Following a j notification from the First National ; bank of Seattle to tho First National I hank of. this city to beware of "a tall J Frenchman giving the name of Gasoen ; dorff, believed to be a faker, dealing in large figurea," a warrant is out for the ,i arrest of Count Winneld Von Gassan- dorff, a guest at the Fairmont . hotel. An attempt was made to serv the war- J rant last night but the count could not f be found at the hotel. When the warn, ling was received by the bank here the count was engaged in. the inspection end purchase of an automobile from the Studebaker.eompany.-', While In the of- flees of the company here he was rec ognlzed by an employe of . the company as of similar appearance to a man who swindled the- Studebaker company at 5 Thu local nfflra tAlfta-rAnfiari -frt vl ' fication to the Portland branch and. th i lmercimiiKO or aaia resulted in tne 1S ( euance of a warrant in Portland -,tor t the arrest of Gassendorf f. . f At the First National bank here it was stated that the warning from the : iiui ui rrivpu . in anno 10 prevent 'lue count ironi involving in oanK,-. , i While in - Portland Von Gassendorff I omerea an automobile from the btude i baker company, an gave them A check I for 15000 on the First .National bank of i Seattle. There were a few repairs to i be imiria on the machine and in - the i meantime tne check went' to Seattle and f lAtlirmil with thA inffti-mujlnn ik. 1 count had no' account , thr. . Previous to the return of th Vhaflr , however, Von Gaasendorff borrowed S2a from. an employe of the Portland branch j nu nmue nis way to. san h ranclseo, , nere ne is to oe served with a war jrant for his arrest It is believed in J Portland that the count is suffering J either, from an attack of insanity or f from a protracted soree. 1 t MAYER, PIONEER MERCHANT, IS DEAD from a protracted spree. LAUriDRV TAX IS ABOLISHED Ordinance -Repealing Li cense Measure Tasscd V- Jfajor Will Use Veto. An ordinance passed by the city eoun- eil yesterday afternoon abolishes - the waunary license tax and cuts off ,'SIJOQ S.year rom ths revenues of the city. like ordinance was Introduced byvCoun , ellman Kellaher. The councilman who jvuien lor me aoonuon or the tax'iwefo fof the opinion that the laundries -eould not afford to pay it because the cost -?f materials used inlaundrie had aou jbled in recent years. Somebody-iln. squired if it was not a fact that the J charges made by the laundrtea had nlso gone up, but the ordinance passed. .Mayor Lane will veto it. ,v ordinance was passed giving the Jbrate the r New Tear with firecrackers i.and bonfires. t. Councilman Menefee tried; in vain to ' f V."k re"c'nde th resolution- passed ling in the council chamber. , , I . ..II T- .11. I . - ' - ' fs ujunuiiiun jveiiaiier introduced a r.o.u.uuwn Baaing me council to ut the question of placing electrle wires -. underground on the ballot at the 'next : election. The resolution was defeated. Ong- fund for the payment of city debts Kbv an annual tux W . .j , vv t Cellars asked the council to vote a levy ' ,mli ; tarter this year uiiu .wiin wntcn to liquidate some of the outstanding indebtedness. ;i.10RE TRAINS ! 10 GRESHAM te"iy...-,;- - the o $ -nt change in schedule on ' w -Vr1!" Power company goes into wffect Sunday, JanuaVy 3. Here tofore the service to Troutdale. OrlV Sltam and Fairviw out of Portland has ;tHsn every two1 hours, but beginning Sunday morning an hourly service will be established on the GreSham line and Jrst train leaving First and Alder at , e.4 a. i7i. Under the present schedule the last iftla leaV" "t"3, tor Gresham at Jr?- -,,i,ni'-but.b6nln Sunday a trjiii? will leave for Gresham and all ' JJl intt?,i'..Put on aocomniJ: dntlon of theatregoers and the late night travel and was done in response to a general demand from the residents of Gresham and way stations. XrFilL arlcai doubling of the service An the O. W. P. division was made neo ot sary fcy the Immense increase in the population of the country traversed by the Gresham, Troutdale and Fairvlew - 'it - 't if . ' : ! . - 1 Jacob Mayer. Jacob Mayer, founder of the firm of Flelachner. Haver & Co- pioneer mcr chant of Oregon. Mason of high stand ma. DniianinrODist ana nrominent mu. sen of Portland, la dead. Stricken sud denly with faintness yesterday after noon while car riding, he was taken to his home, -43 Morrison street, where ne went peaceruiiy to sleep. He slept until 4 o'clock this motnlnr. when death ended a ifa which has been one of im- iiui iaiiuo mm pruiii 10 i-orLiauUv .vregon and the entire northwest, ; Mr. Mayer, during his long and active career in Portland, was one of the not able men of the state. A leader In the business world he s the - same time turned from the nursult of thinra com mercial and took active and uplifting pari in me development oi tne state, the upbuilding of the city and the bet terment Of society, lift was prominent tn social, political, fraternal and re ligious life of the city. He was the sole living charter member of the Con gregation Beth Israel, of which he was elected an honorary member during the recent: emi-cenienniai eeieDrauon. he having been one of the rounders of the cnurcn. The funeral will be conducted from the home at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, and will be private. The family baa requested-that no flowers be sent Jacob- Mayer was born at Been t helm. near Wornti and Menti. in the province of Khein-Hessen, Germany, May. 7, 1S2. He was therefore more than 82 years ot age. - His father, Aaron Mayer, 'was a merchant of the fatherland, who . came to America in 1847, living for a time lit New Orleans, but afterward moving to St Louis, where he died. The son, Ja cob, preceded his father to America, reaching this country in 1843. He went to work for hi brother In New Orleans as a clerk and during the early part of 1849 opened a small retail dry goods store. , lie prospered in this venture, but sold-out-ln-1850 under the lure of the great California gold excitement Early in that year he started for the sthmus' of - Panama with his wife and children, taking with him a cargo of merchandise. AftertransDortlna his goods across the isthmus he set sail for San Francisco in the old and slow going Sarah and Eliza, arriving a San Fran cisco after 120 days of hardship, star vation and privation on board that Ves sel, during which, he Invested all the money be had, $800, in a barrel of sea biscuits for the use of himself and the passengers of the ship, purchasing tl) food irom a Boston ship which chanced in the route of the San' Francisco bound sailing vessel. - In March. 1851, Mr. Mayer opened the second dry goods store of Ban Fran cisco. He conducted this business profitably for six vears. cominsr to Port land in 18S7 and opening a retail store here. In 1865 he started the first ex clusively wholesale dry goods establish ment in the Pacific noruiwest He con ducted this business alone for 10 years, in lava iorming a partnershtn with JU Fleischner,! A. Schlussel and Solomon Mirsch, under the firm name of Flelsch ner. Maver A Co. , For 10 years and more Mr. Mayer'was the president of the Masonic Building association. . He had also been from the first a member of the chamber of corn- mere! the board of trade and .was a charter member of the Oregon Histor ical society. lie was the founder of the first Hebrew benevolent society- of San Francisco, and also of Portland, and since its organisation here had been, a memner ox the x. M-C. A. Mr. Maver was one of the orranlaera of the B Nai B'Bith society of District 4 of California, and was the only char ier memDer or tne organisation living. In 1856 he obtained a charter for Ophir lodge 21. and from this manv hnnnh lodges grew. He was also the oraranlser oi Oregon ioage cs and was its first president , , . Mason Maay Tear. Mr Maver tntneil the Hfmmna In in being initiated in Perfect Union lodge 17 of San Francisco. He was for two years master of Lebanon lodge 4 of Ban Francisco. After coming to Port land - Mr. Maver affiliated with Wil lamette lodre 2. and also "bAcame one of the leading members in - Portland cunpicr s n. a. m., waanington council 3 R, and S. M., Oregon lodge of Perfec tion 1, Alnsworth chapter Rose Croix 1, Multnomah council Of Kadosh 1. Ornvnn Consistory 1, Supreme council of Juris diction thirty-third degree and Al Kader icmpio n. m. . For manv years ha waa'the arand treasurer oi me grana lodge or ciregon and during 1888 and 1889 was grand "iMwr ui me grana loage or Oregon. Mr. Mayer was also for manv vn h grand representative of the grand lodge ui jciisiunu; ana opam, near tne grand lodge of Oregon, having been appointed to that position by Edward, prince of uuw kiiis vi cngiana, Ul 18SI, He was also the chairman and grand ucourer ui in grana loage or Oregon. Mr. Mayer married Miss Mary Auer bach In New Orleans and six children were born to them, five of whom still ltve. TheV am. Mm Knlnmnn Uln.h of Portland, Mrs. Oscar Mayer of New York. Mrs. H. Zadia of Rati Wn.. Mrs. M. Blum of San Francisco, Mark- ' w w ion ana Deniatnui Alayer of Ban Francisco, deceased. ' Mr. Mayer was. appointed United States commissioner for the New Or leans world fair by President Arthur. flEARLY A MILLION Ifi flEV B0IIDII16S EIGHT HOTEL GUESTS ARE HELD PRISONERS IN BALKY ELEVATOR Buildln permits Issued for 4 the taontb up to 1 o'clock this e) afternoon were 2S7 in number. 4 having a' total valuation . of . 9S7,7S. This sum la aq'ual to '" a gain of 1(S per cent over' the" e value of the permits Issued In Uecember, 1807, and Is within less than 13060 of the total of last month. December's total brings the total volume of new construc tion for the 'year close to tie.. 000,000, which exceeds the 1907 record by fully $1,000,000. Eight dinner laden guests were Infor mally entertained for nearly an hour last night at an Eleventh street hotel by Sakatash Yamayamatauhl- or words to that effect. He is the bespectacled, scholarly Nipponese who chauffeurs the lift, which sometimes doesn't Shortly after 7 o'clock the elevator was started up from the dining room, which is In the basement carrying Saka. tash (phonetically speaking) and a dosen or o belated diners. Half way between the basement and the main floor it gave a pop, a peevish sigh, a groan and the several other varieties of noises usually emitted by an elevator AVrhnrrinoi1 with oi trh t nniin tnn. and stopped. Sakataah worked manfully- at the uuiuuuiiuni ur wriKiwer a-re nw inings that operate the elevator, but the blamed thing (or its equivalent In Japanese) remained stubbornly in its original posl- un.i.k ...... . M . i. z HWh ' .... l VUOVU VUB VI 1 1 O UCCU pants to observe that "time, tide and Presently the door entering the ele vator shaft on the main . floor was opened and a long wicker aeat placed near it for the convenience of those who desired to convent .with the lmnrimn.fi few. The game began. Wit and song was wafted down through the bars to the helpless below. "Well, anyway," said some Joker. "Ifi you can't get out any other way youll come out in the newspapers." What time is It up therer asked one of the prisoners. "The same time as it repl 1 ' was the encouraging Vlt buckY"' asked' a curious man. When someone threatened to get the hotel orchestra to entertain the prison bt tw, I.en.dwr passengers removed Prt ,f the'"t -wearing apparel and ""'d through ihe narrow iperture be Jhe f,looI, of ,th car nl the top r J? j2Llea-ilng Into the dl"nf room. itZuSPtH- h0 were er-r-Xsomewhat inclined to er-r stoutness, divested of onenfV? wr,KK' throughthi Fir5i.i.uth accompaniment of the F's,l?".v0f tw feminine passengers! In all three or four escaped. Then a smutty faced man with a monkey wrencH did something to what someone called a fuse though goodness only knows what that is ind the ca? rose to the main floor. Owft" pf the hotel declare that great py the helm of the er-r craft i'nush. b?n, J fixator sounds mo ut heroic) during the worst He escaned unscarred. by any stray wlulcisS, irP touf wa because he tn sir HV i uuuKu MUUglimn floos he wishei. to alight V-, ALLEGED HIGHWAYMAN MAKES ' ; BAD BLUNDER BEFORE COURT Vu-tufie. 'at .NpI?i---:;'"'--"4 ' Home. f iM?.' Jl.sistty thousand 'fefNt f" '""1 arrived at ?Dr!ea late this af ( irxuHi. .N'rarly 69.i,t0 others are at t i .twi iiit eiilii along the coast A dramatlo Incident occurred during Harry Benson In the police court yes terday, for holding- up tha saloon of F. W. Lutkemeler, 4 Union avenue, sev eral weeks ago. Peter Lyuiectlch, a Slavonian, who was held up and robbed on Third street neap Mill nhAni K a a mA k.. a Ualoon robbery, was testifying that Johnon and Benson had held him tip. His brother was interpreting. Charles Petraln. -attorney for the defense, was making much of the fact that none of the men in the saloon had seen the rob- lr! ?La,n,r'', a" thy wr masked, and remembSrei01"" had - ndi-Unctiy Suddenly, -during Lyuleetlch's testl-cr?edr-' John,Boa JumP to his feet and m11 J"y?r awrthat man at all. It's J ..ri0tier w.ho -Interpreting.'; who Identified us. in the Jail.' We Fe not having any show at all."- .vLutktmeiet ?nd ahoOier witness of the- saloon holdup instantly spoke to Tjeputy District. Attorney7 HeW.,,' Johnson, cried: These witnesses now recognise that Voice as that of one of tne saioon roDoers. n n win nut them on to testily to that I ustuvely.'? - Johnson , turned a shade paler and sank back into his ohair. ' His outburst evidently did more harm than good, for Judge Van Zante bound them over to the grand Jury. Both have already Haiicbuff,r-t!'t THE CHUECH MUST AIDINEEFOEM V,The Institute of the Oretron inf.r.i ence of home missions and church cx- night at Centenary church. Bishop omim tne aoaress or the evening biiu iiinirni tu won oi me institute, complimenting It highly. He epoke of . . - ... nu,A iti mu nicipal reform, and asserted that mu. uiuii iu.uiiiiirciH mroutnout the Miml l.'.h.mafiill.i . - - . ... . 't la the miaalnn at tho phnrn in this. ' The pioneer Methodists of tha west were given a tribute by . Bishop Smith, who gave to them much of the glory of saving the northwest to the United States.- Dr. Rader was the other spenkor ou "How Shall We Enter Into Cot: Ion With Other ..Denominations?" lie eald mere snouta te no competition, but thut all etforU should be conoentrated to ward the same end of bettering the world. He said' that all churches exlt-t for the same purpose, and that tber often defeat their purpose by com petition. . 4 In the - afternoon ' a discussion of Church publications was the chief point of Interest Rev. C. K. Cllne declared that church Items of interest should be published in the Advocate, the local western paper, and thus -much expense would be saved that is incurred by publishing them in the Christian Re public and World Wide Illusion. Sev eral ministers . favored the union of these publications, but finally . only a resolution waa "offered recommending the publishing of ltema In the Advocate, . Resolutions. of sympathy for the die tressed people of southern Italy were drawn up to be gent through Archbishop 'Carletia , Ten Mill Tax for Roseborg. (Special Pfsmtrh ta The ioornatl ' Roseburg, Or.. Deo. 31. The Rose burg school district yesterday afternoon voted for-a 10-mlll tax. The levy ,1s on a valuation of $1,176,410. MULTNOMAH COUNTY'S CHAMPION: IDLER GOES TO THE POOR FARM ,i Complaining that his sister war tin reasonable and bothered him while he sat reading at the fire, requiring him to move his feet and even his chair while she swept the floor. C. M. Phillips ap plied to E. J. Carr. the county relief officer, far admission to the county noor farm this morning. "My. but things have changed since ma died," he walled regretfully. "I never had to work in those days." - Phillips is 64 years old and has been living with his father and sister at Arleta. Twice before he has-been an Inmate at the poor farm. In July he was there three days, when he left say ing that he had not told his sister where he had gone, and be feared that she would worry about him. Asked If he ever nelped his sister I about the house by carrying in the wood or in similar little aids toward earning1 his keep, Phillips was almost , Indlg pant. He said his- sister had a hus band to perform those duties fof her. Unwritten :Law Case at Denver. (United Preni Leased Wire.) Denver.. n at n T...,. n.l accused of killing' Couvier Dury, an aav wi , tv a lieiu lOUHT 'Dy h CUlUnvr The Jucy'i action . followeij ft recital by Mta Halt t v i . i i.u ,u. actor . It is believed that Bell will make um ueiciis me unwritten law. Joseph-Votci Six Mills. (Special Dlipatch to The Journal.) , Joseph, Or., pec. 31. At the sopcial school meeting held here Tuesday, the legal voters of the Joseph school dis trict voted a MDecial tax of a mills for general school purposes. - stocei "Mow Mfl January 10' Wc Will Giwe a iWmwA oi . ail : Dental Work -' We earnestly request -all our former patients : ' ... mi! i - ' piiC vi iiuui&s nave Kivcn Nervous People And those afraid can now sit in the dental , chair with great ease. The management of the Chicago Dental Office will give $100 to any charitable institution for tooth - that an operator fails to extract withoufain or ' bad result - t , '"," Vegetable Vapors Used only by the Chicago Dentists In ren- v dering the operation of extracting teeth as painless as removing a shoe from the foot, and they do if without the slightest danger to the utmost delicate patient, and without any unpleasant after-effects whatever. . Wc Employ No Students All our operators are middle-aged, gen tlemanly doctors of from 10 to 20 years' experience, each an expert Jn his special line., Our work is all guaranted and kept mi repair free of charge for 10 years.-There- fore, by employing the most skilled men in the-profession our own purpose, as well as the interest of our patients, is more profi . ciently served. ' --v-h;... -:-?t 1 '- '- If your old plate has given out and does not fit, bring it inland we wilt reset same on plain. rubber for $Sr aluminum for r-all a lm ntfif and h n(r taafh lnnk4 tvamr ..i it 1 .t .... 1 : 3 - -- . . out or proven unsatisfactory, we will gladly repair or. make over free of charge. - TEETTEI WITHOUT -PLATES v j We can extract your teeth in the morn ing and give you a temporary set before night. - , A binding' guarantee given with all work for 10 years. The best-equipped, sanitary and hygienic lors in th ited States. parlors in the world; 19 offices in the Uni Be sure you are in the ;ight place. Crown and Bridge Work" a Specialty Remember, examination and consulta tion free td all who visit our office. To those who cannot afford to have their work ; done and pay cash we make arangements , on the installment plan. Office Hours: 8 a, m, to 8 p. m.; Sunday, 9 to 1 Lady Attendant CHICAGO PMM,E PEMTIT 323 WASHINGTON STREET. CORNER SIXTH 1 BOTH PHONES MAIN 3880. A3340 ' IT 11 (0 M1U1M (! nriori ri mm : v at- W -a "1 - s Established 1859, ' - v " -""' "' " Ja ' . ' . " '" --' ; ' - ' t it-' " . . : r- -a , ' - jJ. " v .i - ' . Oldest J3anR on the IPaciJlc Capital $1,CCO,000 Surplus & UndMfied ProHls $ 5CO.C0O Espositts :. i:. . 011,500,000 ' : OFFICERS W. M. LADD, President EDWARD C OOKINGH AM, Vice Pres. H. DUKCKLEY, Cashier R. S. HOWARD JR., Assistant Cashier J. W. LADD, Assistant Cashier . WALTER M. COOK, Assistant Cashier if- DIRECTORS EDWARD COOKINGHAM HENRY L. CORBETT - WILLIAM M. LADD ' . CHARLES E. LADD-!? J. WESLEY LADD ' . S. B. LINTHICUM . " N FREDERIC B. PRATT THEODOR.E & WILCOX
