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MEIER CONTROVERSY MISLEADS TAXPAYERS MAYOR COINCIDES WITH LA ATTORNEY ROCHE IS DALY'S ASSERTION Right to Use Market , Block Water Department. Would; Pay Installation Cost Fromj Own Revenues, for Auditorium Should Be Decided by Courts, Witliout inditatine anv date for ac iivii vi i.ti3 auui w n w - - - - far an the city Is concerned, Mayor Albee made a statement today coin- That th present controversy over '"n ,w!th tne 1 ci,tv a"rn7 uJlZ , , 1 that it is dirable to establish the tha proposed establishment of a unl- , (;Uy.J ,eBa, abnJtv to use the Market ver-al met-r system for water services , hlctck for auditorium purposes before In Portland haa misled many peopler pUttirlg a $500,000 building on it. Ills who are taxpayers into believing that statement follows- ' they will ho required to pay a portion ..Th, r(inort 0fJtiie city attorney as of the cost of installing meters. Is the , t0 tne complications regarding the statement of Will II. Daly, commit- I Market block for an auditorium site. loner of public utilities and head of leaves the matter just where it was be- th water department. ' j fore and bears out my contention that The water department Is entirely there were legal questions involved. self-Btipportlnpr. not one cent comin? ! jjy expressed desire was for a defi- from the lax levies to pay salaries, rljte decision of the matter and It now cost of construction or maintenance 1 appears that, as recdmjmended by the WhllH t'.ie council last December an- j city attorney, the only! way la to get thorlr.ed, in the annual budget, the ex-j a decision from the court. This will penditure of $250,000, this does not j not take long and wilt definitely e- mean, according to Commlslsoner Daly, tabllsh the status of tl)e block for ell mat the money is to come rrom tax : time. levies. The fiction taken by the coun cil was necessary In accordance with tlie charter. The Ur.n.OOO for the 20,000 meters proposed to be installed this year will come from the sale of water bonds. The principal and interest on these bonds will be paid from the fund de rived from water revenues. Taxpayers Not Affected. "As far as the taxpayers are con- "As between the only two sites up- der consideration at this time, the Market block, in view of the necessity for the conservation of available funds for construction, would be my choice, provided it is decided that no legal Im pediment exists. If the city attorney's advice as to procedure is followed, I ftel quite certain that somewhere In this great city some one can be found who wllj object to the Market block HEARING OF SLOVER'S APPEAL SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT Onless Discharged Captain Makes Presentation Case Be Dismissed, P: R., LIP. COMPANY ! LOVE IS TRIUMPHANT CHANGES PLANNED ! OVER STERN PARENT Operating , Official Will Not John P, 'Varnum Wins Miss Be Imported; C. J, Frank- Alma Marie Ross Despite lin Resigns, ! Fathers Objection. . When President Franklin T. Griffith The old story of how love bested selects a ne' general superintendent "tern parents was repeated this week, - - - - - U'titin ToHn r Vapnitm fit O O V T .rv e- of railways for the Portland Railway. cernrd." n!d Commissioner Daly this l"UB " i " morning, "they are not affected by ! properly before the court.' the proposed expenditures for water meters. .The opponents of the system would have you believe the taxpayers will have to share flon of the cost. Statements that are j as all of the money for all purposes in the water department omes from 1 consumers and they should be the only ones interested." j In support of Commissioner Daly's, plan for the meter system, strong ar- Miss Sue Beville, tlieiwealthy woman' water -31MAN FLOOD VICTIM HAS RELATIVE HERE gumentH wen- advanced, by Engineer orange 'grower of Covlna. who was Clark,. Assistant Engineer Randlett and browned on her ranch during the great ?J?m.ter m K?i1Sr m'i ".7 watPrKd9- rain storm that swept over southern parttnent. meeting with the members' ,., ... , , , or theity commission yesterday after- California this week, was a cousin of noon, to discuss the advlsahiiitv nf Mrs. J. A. Borie. who resides at the installing meters at this time. 1 Eik apartments on the east side, and It was clearlv brought out hv all ! who was formerly a resident of Pendle- of these men tlint unless meters were ton- H was learned today. It.stalled the city would soon have to t Miss Reville and her nephew, Ilar bulld a lorgcil distributing system at ' old Seitz, son of a prominent Kansas a propable cost of $1,000,000 to prevent City broker, were caught in the torrent water shortage on high elevations dur- caused by the downpour, and their Ing extreme cold and. warm weather, bodies were found by a Japanese ranch Forty thousand meters, estimated to i hand. Seitz, recently! graduated from be needed, w41I cost $480,000, figuring Tale, was vjsitlng hi$ aunt, that the maximum cost and lnstalla- i Miss Neville was a ifrember of a well tlon of each is $12. ; known California family. She formerly X.esa Cost, Effect Same. 1 was prominent in social circles of Lob This, according to arguments of de-'Angeles ani1 Hollywood, until a few partment officials, means that it would vears BK- when, tiring of the social cost more by approximately $520 000 to wnirl- decloed to go Into the orange install additional service mains within Browing business j the city and would secure only the Slle tirst Purchased a five acre name results as the use of meters The orange ranch, and under skillful man- Bull Run pipe lines are plenty large asement. was enabled later to add an enough to supply all of the water need- other five acres, paid for by the profits ed at this time, according to the engl- of ner firsl property. : neers, but the distributing system of Recently one of the Los Angeles mains and service pipes is inadequate da'1'"" devoted an entire page to the by far, unless meters are Installed. ; history of er success as an orange According to Chief Kaiser, who has grower, and concluded by the declara been In the employ of the department tion tnftt ner caBe proves that society 20 year and made a careful study of men can do big things when they set the meter question, the only way to their minds on doing I it. curb waste of water is by installation At tne t'me of her death Miss of meters, and until this waste is Bevilie was about 38 years of age. She curbed there will be a shortage of ,s survived by her mother, Mrs. J. A water In certain sections of the city Seville of Hollywood, Cal., her married during both extreme cold weather and f Inter, Mrs. Blanche Noble, wife of a in the sprinkling periods during , the wealthy Los Angeleir manufacturer, summer. i and a number of relatives who reside "During the cold weather," said Mr. ! in California. Miss Beville was a na Kalser, "many consumers who are not tive ot Virginia. on meters open the faucets and allow the water to run all night to prevent the pipes from freezing. During the sprinkling periods of the summer months water Is again wasted. If these consumers were on meters and knew that they had to pay for what they . used there would be no water short ages. Iff atara in T.ow Barf!... in h -.., A. ' gested was on the north side of Wash wh . , X'Z 'Ly ! '"Ston. between Fifth ' "".-I Z. . ' """"'- The unit foot The Municipal Civil Service board hearings of the charges against E. A. Slover, discharged captain of police. is scheduled for tonight and unless Slover appears and makes a presenta tion of his ease the appeal will be dis missed. Such action would mean that he would have no further chances of reinstatement or exoneration of the charges against him so far as the city Is concerned. The members of the board decided that an order dismissing the appeal would be given tonight unless Slover appeared and presented his case. The decision was made this morning, fol lowing the ! receipt of a letter from Slover which Indicate, according to Deputy City Attorney Tomllnsdn, that Slover will: not appear at tonight's hearing. i While, the board has made all prep arations for hearing the case and sub penaed its witnesses, Slover nor his at torney has j done a thing that would show that they were to be on band tonight. Slover Bebnkes Board. In his letter Slover rebukes the board for setting his case for tonight. He declares that the actions In his case appear to be "political Jobbery.' He also charges that George W. Cald well, chairman of the board. Is preju-1 diced against him, declaring that he does not consider that the public hear ings have been conducted fairly. The letter states that Mayor Albee has admitted to numerous persons that "Slover is an honest man, a truthful man and a! moral man." He charges that he was given no opportunity to make a defense at the first hearing; that one of! the members of the board was absent when the evidence was heard; and that It "looks to him as if the whole inatter Is political Jobbery." Says Slover Has Ho Grounds. According to Deputy City Attorney Tomffnson, 1 Slover has absolutely no grounds for a writ of review of the mayor's action In dismissing him. Mr. Tomlinson soys that there if nothing which occurred which could be re viewed, as the mayor's action was only legislative and not judicial sueh as the law requires. He states, however, that if the board hears the charges and makes a decision Slover will have the right to a court review. Should Slover not put in an appear ance tonight the order of dismissal will be made and other cases taken up. It is probable that the case .of F. S. Morrison, discharged fireman, will be heard. Morrison was discharged after signing a letter that his sister had died and he had to attend, the funeral, which later was found not to be the case. Light & Power company It will be only Wcl,8 Hardware company, married after a rearrangement of departments. ; Miss Alma Marie Roes of 73a Fern Clarence J. Franklin, whose resigma- avenue, daughter of D. W. Ross. Ra tion as superintendent becomes effec-; sistant cashier of the First National tlve March 1, technically will have no ' bank. successor, the president announced to- young Varnum, who is 23. had wooed and won his 'vouni bride, but ob- OPERATIC CONTRALTO PLEASES AUDIENCE Madame Clara Butt Has a Voice of Unusual Range and Volume. "I certainly shall not Import any op erating officials," said Mr. Griffith. Jectlons on part of the father's part, because of the youth of the parties I am opposed to that policy, believing 1 concerned nreventert tbelr marring men work with greater loyalty and ef- . Finally Mr. Ross relented, so the f Iclency through promotion. There will story goes, and promised that young varnum could have his daughter as soon as he was earning a certain monthly salary. Spurred on by this restriction he re cently attained the stipulated stipend and gained Mr. Ross' consent to the be no changes, except the rearrange ment and consolidation of work so the present staff of officials will not be increased." Mr. Franklin, upon his return from the east yesterday, tendered his resig HIGH N.P. OFFICIALS ON INSPECTION TRIP President Hannaford and Vice President Slade Ar rive in Portland. nation, to become a consulting engi-1 marriage. On Friday, February 13 all neer in railway operation and service, J three went to the marriage license' bu- Yttiuouuuo nuu i j rau una secured tne necessary license. arnum placed it In his overcoat pocket and walked out of the courthouse with his prospective bride and fatjier-in-law, happy in the thought that Ire. was soon, to be a married man. He had hardly reached home 'When he found the license was missing lost, strayed or stolen. Following the dis covery of the loss of the license came an unlooked for announcement from Mr. Ross to the effect they were too young to set married and that he re fused his permission to the match. The young people held counsel among themselves and decided to gt married anyway. Procuring a copy of the original license fhey hied to the study of the Rev. Luther R. Dyott last Thursday and were married. It is un derstood Mr. Ross has relented. soclated with eastern interests and so far as Is known is the first independ ent engineer of his class in the coun try. He will maintain offices in thr Wilcox building, though his work will take him all over the country advising, rearranging streetcar schedules, figur. Ing new systems and doing generally what outside men would be in better position to do than an official or em ploye of a company. ACCUSED OF USING MAILS TO DEFRAUD The old armory was amply-equipped with seating capacity for the several hundred people who assembled last evening to hear the remarkable voice of Madame Clara Butt, operatic con tralto. The audience was small but not so the voice. The, stone walls of rhe building seemed almost frail against the great Volume of tone that issued forth mure like the volume of a great chorus than the voice of a single woman. Her range Is unusual, her diction delight ful, and the voice-Is beautifully poised, as is the woman- Her presence is so simple and graceful and her carriage so easy, one1 cannot reconcile oneself to the goodly six feet plus of her stature. The flouble forte passages were at times of a brassy timbre that did not seem necessary, when at other times ih modulated her voice to the power ful phrases of "Abide With Me." Probably the most enjoyable parts of Madame Ftutt's program were her pianissimo effects, fh which her greatl8ound wiU coet from $-1,000,000 to $5,- J. W. Pulllam who, under the alias of Burns, operated a school for brake men and promised to get his students well paying Jobs with the railroad. went on trial on a charge of using the mails in furtherance of a fraudulent scheme today before Judge Bean in the United States district court. The Jury was selected, then court adjourned until Monday. Pulliam is an ex-railroad brakeman and claims he went under the name of Burns in Portland because he was on the "blacklist" of the transportation companies and could not otherwise se cure work. He declares he would have secured his "students" Jobs if the 3 PASSENGERS ON G. N. TRAIN KILLED FIGHTING ROBBER m..mmpT,t hart not raided his place. u le coacn ana tied w . . 1 hflnrikornhlftfa cKii I. I . anil thrown him -""- j:ii on Sixteenth street, in Jail. Pulliam's scheme was to advertise that he could secure good paying rail road Jobs. Those who answered were told that a 'course of instruction" irom him would be necessary first. This course cost $25 and consisted TAXPAYERS CONSIDER TAX ASSESSMENTS ON SOMERS UNIT SYSTEM I (Continued From Page One) rt nil UA-ilnM 1.1 1 ci ir-n oiiuuiu ue ineteren. thus the residents of districts of higher VVSoo n h. Zih a " elevation of the same distributing sys- " Ate w" and Broadway, valuation had been $3800, as c SMOKING AGAIN BOBS UP at side. The the original as compared with 3 would have water during these ' c Ude to reduce it to Uk r .o.,i ,AA'on tne grounds that sidewalk traffic 1 .I' r,;- " . w" nvler on the north .rkii ii latter was retained spiinklinK and other purposes Where fiKureg . i. waaiea. aooui iuuu or tnese Here are some of the increases made are considered large consumers. ; by conference above; the assessor's In Los Angeles where there are figures- 67.WH1 1 meters, acvprding to figures sub- , " r mcrea.es Are Made. mltted by Assistant Knglneer Rand- J ! x. t . ,. , . B ' rast side of Broadwav, between , ' . 1 rer ear f A Washington and Stark $2200 to $-400' .' ? Th ,nr0h..mTVB ,0n,y ".between Washington and f Aide?. $2700 VnD Jnn- , t meters used to $2900; west side of Sixth, from Washington to Alder; from $2850 Woman "Wants Council to Stop Use of Weed at Informal Sessions. Are persons attending meetings of the city council other than regular sessions to be allowed to smoke? Ruch Is the question bothering the members of the city council follow ing the sending of a note yesterday to Mayor Albee by Mrs. Frederick Eggert, asking that those smoking be re quested to stop. The note was sent to the mayor during an ! adjourned meeting of the council, when a number of persons seated about the table used by the commissioners were smoking. The council adjourned a moment after the note had been received, so it was un necessary for the mayor to make the request for the men to refrain from smoking. The smoke question caused consider able fuss during the last sessions of the old city council. It had been thought that the discussion over the right of ; the council members to smoke had been ended as far as the new council was concerned, when May or Albee placed a ban on smoking during the regular sessions of the council. Since that order was given there has: been no smoking at the regular sessions, although three mem bers of the council have enjoyed the use of the; weed at adjourned, and in formal meetings of the council. WATER SUPPLY IN JEOPARDY ! $3100: from Washington to Stark 12100 Commissioner Dieek brought out the to $2600: east side of Sixth. Washinc- faot that there was probably consider- ton to Alder, $2800 to $3000; between able misunderstanding in regard to the Washington and Stark, $2300 to $2500. life of a meU-r. "- He stated that the i Among those who took an active part only way its life could be determined in the meeting and spoke were Whitney W H bv Hie amount nf vnlnr cninff T . Rotst Wdfl Htrnnk? C fl TalroAn through it. While the average life was Dr. Leo Fried, Robert' Wilson. Kdwin ! water used laat montn nd Mayor i-Ktlmatod at 12 years, one would last a Caswell. Major V. M; C. Silva. Blaine ! Schaefer had signed a warrant to cover Unnton's Mayor Draws on Wrong Fund Wlien Paying Bill Drawing a warrant on a "fund in which there was no money. Mayor J, f B. Schaefer, of Linnton, almost caused J i . i. . n . . 1 1 y- . . . . . i . . - . . nitr duii xiiuii waier supply io me town shut off. The matter was straightened out when a new warrant was drawn on another fund and the amount owed Portlan for water rent was paid. The city water department had sent a bill for $300 to Linnton for Bull Run great df-al longer than that if kept in ; Hallock, representing the tax and right repairs, said Mr. Dieck, although he did of way department of the O.-W. R. & not state that he was In favor of j N., and John F.. Daly of the Title & meters at this time. i Trust company. Knglneer Clarke and Chief Clerk Kal- j G. R. Funk and Phil Harris repre ser were instructed to submit a report sented the assessor s ioffice in addition to the council showing the cost of an to Mr. Reed and Mr. Sweeting. universal meter system as compared i to the cost of additional distributing CCPRCTARY DCnriPl n mains. This material Is to be gone : otv,nt 1 "n 1 nr.Urir.LU over before the question of authorizing Commissioner paly to purchase 6000 , meters comes before the council Wed- j i tiesday. , i secretary Redfleld1 of the United tittle Additional Help Required. States department of commerce will WILL BE LOCAL GUEST At present there are four men em-, visit Portland in late March, accord at the ployed to read meters and' if the entire ' Ing to information j received city were metered It would be neces- . Commercial club today, nary to employ only four more men in i Plans for affording him a proper the department. A large portion of reception and entertainment were the inspection service now maintained j immediately started, j the Chamber of could be done away with under the Commerce and Corrimercial club to meter system, according to Commis sioner Daly. 'In support of bis arguments for , water meters W. L. Brewster, commis sioner of public affairs, has gathered information from a number of larce cities throughout' the United States i Robert Thorp Fined $25, having municipal water systems. Robert Thorp, arrested at Gilbert Here are -some of the statistics com- Station on a charge of robbing Mrs ;pljed by Commissioner Brewster show- j J. a. Chambers of $5 was yesterday ing the number or consumers, ana tne fined $25 when he pleaded guilty to ths work together. The exact date of his arrival is not known here, though he will make about the same stay as other cabinet officers who have been here during the last six months. (Continued From Page One) about the scene of the holdup are guaraea wun men armed with rifles Every bridge and cross road and rail. road station for miles about are close ly guarded. The three robbers got on the train at Burlington: - Shortly . before the train reached Samlsh the holduns stepped into the vestibule between the One of them then entered the dav coach and walked through it to the rear door. A second one stepped inside the front end of the coach while the third one remained on the vestibule platform. A woman at the rear of the coach saw the men enter the front door and gave the alarm of a few typewritten pages of ques lions on oiaiveiuK v..c Th PfthhP ,,v. . 1 -.Am-is-nst foATVI O 1 " i. liic ICIlkill . . . l ,, . fa tuav.ii Bitti icu ij lui'H trie rear railroad manual costing about $1.50. . . c Pulliam demanded and secured in- i . ... ""V: . . . - m cH.Kt. n..., "tic '"":u in int- exirrrne nai payments v""rT- rear seats.' eraDnled with him. t m. i .iij v. wrrnta manv i ipr ' ' to himself, some on Southern Pacific wbOTr ceiling of the coach, putting out sev Preshloiit .lule M. Hannaford and Vice President Cleorste T. Slade of the Northern Pacific railway arrived to day from Spokane, on an official m-HpH-tiTn of the western end of the system- After s.-txlin their secretar ies ahead t. the Portland hotel, the olfklals set about visiting local repre sentatives of the company. A large i art of the morning was spent in conference with President L. C. (iilninn of the Spokane. Portland Seattle railway, of which the Northern Pacific is half owner. It is expected that they will take a trip over part of the line, particularly the Astoria di vision, notne time during their stay. Mr. Hannaford, discussing the re ported resiKnation of Carl R. Gray as head of theGreat Northern, declared, as far as the reorganization Is con cerned, Jie had absoiu tlon. Completion of double tracking and block signaling the Northern Pacific lino between Portland and Puret HINKLE BOOSTS FOR CENTRAL OREGON LAND Culver. Os.. Febj tl. J. T. Hlnkle. secretary of the Oregon Irrigation con gress, who has Just made a lour of Central Oregonfor the first time, ex pressed surprise at ithe. vast amount f irritable territory in. this section north f Crooked river. j Mr. Hlnkle, who baa been in the Irrigation gam for . many years, gave .an Interesting talk Tuesday afternoon to one of the larg est gathering of farmers ever seen, here. Mr. Winkle after going over a f large part of the surrounding country and making a thorough examination, stated that the mny thousands of rt-ren was the best, . adapted from" all points, for Irrigation, of any couitry he had ever neein He predicted bright future for central Oregon. Journal Want Ads bring results. itely no informa- power softened to a melting, vibrant tone, -carried the hearer in fancy to ncense laden atmosphere of an old cathedral, wherein an organist dreamed over his theme with the soft tremolo tops. The suggestion of withheld volumes of tone was beautiful and cap tivated the audience. To her first group of songs she re sponded with a charming encore song. Little Silver Ring" tChamlnade). Madame Butt opened the program herself, as Kennerly Rumford, - who was to have appeared with her, was indisposed and unable to appear. William Murdoch, the solo pianist. rendered two Debussy numbers for, his first group, "La Cathedral Engloutie" and "Two Arabesques, E and G Major." for his second group he gave in splen did style "Becreuse" and "Ballade A Flat,", by Chopin, and responded to a hearty encore with "Concert Etude 1 Flat," by Liszt. The audience was especiallv respon sive to Madame Butt's second group of songs, " Voices of Childres" (Dr. Brew er), "Fairy Pipers" (Dr. Brewer). "Abide With Me" (S. LiddleK "Fairy Pipers" was a dainty thing with a swift tempo and delicate runs and trills, which she executed with remark able facility. Here her accompanist. Harold Craxton, had opportunity to show his skill. For the closing number, which was 000.000 and will be carried out within the next year, according to statements credited to Mr. Hannaford. General betterments, including the completion of the Taeoma-Tenino cut off and the point Defiance tunnel are to supplement the double tracking work. Vice President Sde says -She work should be finished befora September. TWENTY-TWO DOGS ARE KILLED AT BAKER Baker, Or., Feb. 21. Twenty-two dogs have been killed by the city poundmaster following the enforce ment of a special ordinance passed as a protective measure against an epide mic of rabies in thia city. Of those ! captured thus far, only three have RhrtTL'n lnffiotlnna f ( n .. . I'll ....... ..v.wi.CT i . me utDCKBV. 1 HQ I heads of the three are being held for j county biock inspector ur. roir to ex amine on his return from Whitney, where the epidemic among canines and coyotes threatened to become v wide spread. From Burnt river, where the infection had been bad. come reports of more coyotes showing signs of the disease. Only one person has been bitten by an infected dog. He Is the 15-year-old to have been a duet bv Madam Huit so or fene rignt or feparta and Is and Mr. Rumford. Mamade Butt " sup- (.undergoing Pasteur treatment at th J plemented "Wiegenlied" (Bruhmsi and h largo (Handel), and gave the ever lovely "Annie Laurie" for a final encore. RECEIPTS FOR BENEFIT SHOW BIG INCREASE i mnuau .v w erai nents. l ne roDDer who was to prospective students grappling w'th the three men then Deputy United States District Attor- , puMed out Bn auloniatic pistol snd be- ney jonnson is a , gan shooting into his assailants. ment, ana Aomey ri.ion mii Thc tirBt man to fal, was R L Je representing the defense. The other two were killed with the " ' i next shots. Lee started to crawl be- PHMTRAPTQ TP) RF'I ET ! tween the rear seat and the heating liUIViriMUlO IU UL- 1 I tank, when the robber turned on Mm FOR COYOTE CUTOFF fand fired five or Blx shots us j The man In the front of the coach contracts will be entered into with- I remained at his post, continuing to fire in a few days for the construction of ! In the air. His shots failed to strike the proposed Coyote cutoff of the O.- ! anyone but served to keep the passen- W. R. & N. This announcement was gers in a state 01 irignt. made today by J. f. o urien, vice Alter tne tnree men naa ranen to tne president and general manag of the j floor of the coach the robber who had railroad. i shot them started forward in the car Mr. O'Brien received a telegram late and many women passengers held their local hospital. It Is believed the dan ger in this city has been passed. MARIE LLOYD AND B. DILLON MARRIED last night that the government dam site was not near enough the pro posed right of way to cause any complications whatever, which led to day to the statement that work would go ahead without delay. The Twohy Bros, construction com pany is establishing camps along the proposed route, according to informa tion from Pendleton. One will be sta tioned Just below Echo, while another Is to be on the Horace Walker ranch below Stanfield. Mr. O'Brien would not say when ac tual work would begin, but said it would be as soon as the necessary con tracts could be completed. The cutoff will save many miles In distance and eliminate some heavy grades and curves. Mr. O'Brien stated that a nurmber of minor line changes are to be Wiade on the east end of the system. C0NNERS AND CONNELLY ARE AGAIN INDICTED purses out into the aisle... He gathered up all he could carry and when midway in the coach, broke into a run and joinejl his companions and together they leaped from the train as it was coming to a stop. No one saw which direction the holdups took. "Our receipts are 50 per cent better than they were a year ago." Mrs. Aristene N. Felts of the Oregon Con gress of Mothers reported at noon on the campaign to raise , funds for the child welfare work that -Js beinu carried on throughout the state and which ends today. Mrs. Felts stated that in the business section of. Port land, which Is covered from head quarters at the Imperial hotel, the average for each day has been more than $200. Reports showed that this record had ' been maintained during the morning. The largest Individual sale of the week was made by Mrs. Carl Stanley, wife of the manager of the Benson hotel. Officers at the headquarters ex pressel muoh satisfaction with the result at Pendleton. I,ast week, on request of the Pendleton people, 1000 flags were sent and Thursday morn ing a report came that all. the flags were sold. A check for $102.11 accompanied. Mrs. Felts and Mrs. R. F. Bondurant yesterday received notification from Governor West that they had been appointed delegates to the third inter national congress of child welfare to be held in Washington In April. They are to represent the Oregon Congress of Mothers. $500O Offered for Each. St. Paul, Minn.. Feb. 21. "The hold up and killing of the three passengers at Bellingham is one of the most atro cious crimes I have ever heard of," said James Gruber, vice president and general manager of the Great Northern railroad, here today. "The railroad will pay a reward of $5000 each for, the robbers, either dead or alive," he added. "I have Instructed the posses to continue the search until the murderers are brought to Justice." the amount. When the warrant was received by City Treasurer Adams and sent to the city trasurer of Linnton for cash, it I was returned marked "Ni Funds." The telephone was brought into uso and Mayor Schaefer hurriedly cme to Portland yesterday with a new war rant drawn on a fund in which there was some cash. THIRST QUENCHER PLANNED Plain Water May Bubble at North End Fountain. Bubbling drinking fountains are to be placed on the corner in the North End near the large salons should the recommendations of Commissioner Brewster made to the commision yes terday be followed. His suggestions made yesterday met with approval by all of the .members of the council. By the installation of fountains In this district Commissioner Brewster stated that they would prove a serious handicap to the liqubr business now thriving in the North find. The ques tion Is to; be looked Into by the water department and a report made to the council soon. number of meters: Comparison With Other Cities. Nam of City. Boston Milwaukee. Wis.. 59.000 Newark. N. J.... 45.000 Washington, u. u.i.3ai No. of Con- Meters. : s'm'rs .90,000 41.000 I,os Angeles... Heattle Rochester. N. T. St. Paul . . . Columbus. O. . . Syracuse. N. Y.. Minneapolis 73,000 39.805 .48.600 i34,500 .33,788 .25,800 U8.20O All of :the members Of the city com mission say that they are In favor of meters, but no far only Commissioners Daly and Brewster have come out and 59,000 25,900 3S.261 57.500 33.830 43,600 27,500 28.581 25,200 43,000 P. C. Me t'r'd 45V-, 100 6S 57 i 78v 85'i 100 80Vo 94 97 90 charge, Mrs. Chambers said that Thorp represented himself as a driver for the Meier & Frank company and asked for change for $5. She said he took the change without giving her the gold coin and said (he would return in a few minutes.! Special Depuy Sheriff Gates arrested him as he was making" his way to Portland. said that they are fopmeter installa tion at this time. Mayor Albee says' he believes that thel time is Inoppor tune and Commissioner Dieck has eemed to share thisj view, while Com missioner Bigelow says that he wishes o give the question a little more study, i j . CITY HALL CLOSES MONDAY Washington's Birthday to Be Ob served by Exclnsion of Visitors. The city halLwill be closed all day Monday in observance of George Wash ington's birthday. Contrary to the usual custom on holidays the public will be excluded from the building. This action Is necessary to allow re pair work to b? done and new lighting fixtures installed. Dies In Olympic Club. San Francisco Feb. 21. Alfred M. Hartter, Wholesale grocer, died sudden ly yesterday at the Olympic club of heart disease. Marie Lloyd, Kngllsh comedienne ! and Bernard Dillon, her manager, were married at the office of British Con sul Douglas Ersklne. by Father Thompson, at noon today. Dillon reached Portland from Vancouver, B C, yesterday, but his presence herrt I had been denied by Miss Lloyd. ' Commissioner Geuneral of Immigra-' tlon Caminettl allowed Dillon to ent-r this country from Vancouver, B. C. on condition that he wed Miss Lloyd on his arrival at Portland. Mrs. Sim Collins, traveling compan ion of the actress, and J. Blnns, an actor, stood up with the contracting ptrties. . The bride had given her age as 32. and Dillon's age was said to be 26. SunciaSr. D inner L and Concert in the Rathskeller RING H the family and friends down town Sunday and enjoya dinner in the v congenial ur rouhdiHKs of the Rathskeller Grill. It will be a treat they will enjoy. You may, if you so desire, harve a table re served, bv phone, i Augmented Orchestra Sign'or Pictro Marino Director . American Concert Soloists and Chorus in Repertoire. I Hotel Oregon Wrlglit-Dicfcihson Hotel Co., ('has. VjfKM. Pres. M. C. pioVh-.Ki.n. Managing Hirec.tor. AMUSEMENTS Professor Morgan Is Speaker. Professor Morgan of Peed college was the speaker at the weekly luncheor of the Commercial club at noon today. His addre.ss was informal and lasted about 20 minutes. J. Fred Larson was chairman of the day. At the luncheon next Saturday. John S. Beall will be chairman and W. T. Buchanan of the Portland Kailwa'y, Light & Power company will speak on home industry and why it should be patronized. Henry A. Conners and John F. Con nelly, whose trial in the United States district court on a charge of using the mails to defraud ended yesterday in a disagreement of the jury, were indict ed in the state circuit court this morn ing on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. The allegations are the same as formed the basis of the indictment in the federal court. They are alleged to have pretended to Mrs. Jennie Rieman on September 30, 1913, that Dan Conners, brother of Henry, was in Jail in New York In connection with a timber deal and was urgently in need of $115 which she is alleged to have sent them. Connelly is out on ball from the federal court and Con ners is in jail. r HUSBAND ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGE Alabama Robbers Uneaptured. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 21. Local police, deputy sheriffs and federal of ficials were searching Birmingham to day for the gang which held up the Queen & Crescent's Xew York-Xew Or leans limited Thursday night .and robbed the mail car of reglered pack ages which it was practically admitted represented a -Value of about $100,000. After thoroughly beating the coun try about the scene of the holdup the searchers were convinced that the out laws made direct for Birmingham and were hiding there. Even If the officers failed to find them, it was hoped the rewards of $1000 offered for each of the men would lead to their capture. CITIZEN HOLDS SUSPECT UNTIL POLICE ARRIVE James Mcintosh hobbled into th municipal court this morning on two crutches to answer to the charge of murdering his wife two weeks ago. in the Jtheinfals hotel. After the infor mation charging murder was read, thr prisoner was asked if he wished to enter a plea. Since his arrest he has had no legal advice, so the question of plea was continued untit Wednesday. In the meantime he will be,given coun sel. He. Is accused of strangling his wife, who was a maid in the hotel, ynd then setting fire to her room. While a partner ransacked the home of Mrs. D. VV. Froman, 645 Insley ave nue, yesterday afternoon. John Kerrlen stood guard an the outside. His con tinual walking up and down in front of the horns aroused the suspicion of a grocer, who was delivering goods in the neighborhood. The grocer caught Kerrien and held him in a house until Detectives Hyde and Vaughn arrived When the grocer caught Kerrien, the thief inside made his way out the ear door ana; escapea wun articles alued a"t $100. Kerrien admitted to the detectives the two men went to the place, found no one at home, and decided to burglarize it. Kerrien is held on a charge of vagrancy. ECHO Of "0RINDALE" CASE, KLAMATH FALLS Klamath Falls, Or.. Feb. -21. One of the final chapters in the history of "Orindale," the 'addition' to Klamath I Vnll whlpli rflUKpH thf. Irprirt lnl:inrl I Development company to come under federal investigation and two of its officials to be given sentences, has been closed here by the issuance of an order for a sheriff's sale of 25"" blocks and 70 scattered lots, to satisfy a Judg ment for $ft00. The property -will be offered for sale April 1. This will be the first time the lots have been offered to Klamath Falls people. The naif; of the addition Is brought to satisfy a Judg ment obtamed by E. B. Henry, a civil engineer, who was employed to plat the tract. B. F. GILTNER PASSES AWAY THIS MORNING Marshal Fined for Assanlt, A. L.. Trember, marshal of Linnton, was yesterday fined $25 -by District Judge JonAes for assaulting a sailor, Emll Ekholm, from the steamer Marl borough Hill, wlijch is berthed at Linn ton. Judge Jones said the testimony showed that Treber used a club on Ek- holm without reason in that no testi mony showed that Ekhorm had com mitted a crime or was drunk. Findings for Defendant. District Judge Jones this morning decided against Frank G. Smith in his suit -for $300 against Frank Nau, drug gist, because of burns in Smith's mouth alleged to have been caused by sodium parciiased from Nau. Smith alleged that the sodium was not chem ically pur and caused the burn Judge Bell said that the evidence con vinced him that' the sodium was pure and that the burns were caused by an acid which constituted' & part of an other medicine bought and used by Smith. , Benjamin Franklin Giltner, a vet eran ef the Civil war and a resident of Portland since 1882. died this morn ing at Good Samaritan hospital. He was a cousin of the late Dr. jRcob S. Giltner and made his home wth him I until the time of the drath of the doctor. B. F. Giltner served in 24 battles during the Civil war. among Un-m the battle of Gettysburg, where ho lost his hearing. He never enpatreil In active business "ffi Portland. The fu neral will be held Monday at i' o'clock from the Holman Undertaking parlors. CHAMBERLAIN TO SPEAK IN METROPOLIS TONIGHT Wimhliivton Bureau of T!ie Journal.) Washington, Feb. 21- Senator Chamberlain has gone to Xew York to fill a speaking engagement. North Pacific Steamship Co. HAS MOVED -TO Columbia Dock No. 1 Near Broadway Bridge EFFECTIVE FEB. 21, 1914 Freight and passengers will be handled at the new location. Large and convenient storage facilities. W. H. SLUSSER District Freight Agt. Mc in 5203 A-5422 O 7 II l!lh rn.1 irrl-o A JLi& VJ,' .!;! I. A -1122 LAST TIKS ;I0i'IJHT, 8:Uv The 4.'oii!le'v3M S'-ii-i-imw Robiit Hood SEATS NOW BELLIKO AT BOX? OITICE. 4 beoin'ino Tomorrow Special Frica Mt.. 'Wednesday. Mr. Jbu Crt 'rwA Mclntyre and Heath The Ham Tree loO-JJ'KOPI.K HiO.. World's Ureien(i lJuiw-lu (born. KtenlPK: Iower floor, lo roar 2 12 ram fl.50; bul. $1. 7.'w. Wed. Mat. 1.0O, U. 7&c, 6oc. - BAKER; THZATBZ Main t, A-taS0. t. I, am. kar, Mr Home f the fnnmnaj Baker Ila?r. Iiat time tonight. linftrt ISrruMtrin'a anxa tlonnl 1'lat. "Tha Thief," a IJ1 with in-H mirr-e hy Margaret lltliigtrn. Krn hi(C, 2.. K5r, H-( bnf aeala. tl. Sat. Mat. 2.V. Wto, box ,apt 73r. d. Mat., rll kphIs 2.w. except Next wk, HlurtiiiK tomorrow utMii"e "Our WWaa. " LYRIC rOTJXTK AID TASK TS. Keating A Flood comnnnr in "Tha XatinM Girl." Added ttraftlnn. John Spain, "Tba 1011 Pendlatoa Roundup Champion. y and hla rtiujiaiiy lii wuuilrfnl eihlh't.ou of rid It. rov-T tbrowlni; :nj tr bulldogf Ing. NUM. 13c, 23c. Mktliiee. -any aeal. 15c. "MIMES BMl'lHar ft r- ..borla Koyat awl her Ibeb S-wl Horae; Hrlghtoii Quartet. Molbottv-LaNoIf Iron). "Htockton'a Kaj- Day." with Msl Ial A fx., Murray K. flail, foot- INirttaixl Society glrla In Tha Tanxo. Orvhnatra, I'aB-la;rwi-'. I'ooulur !-: ' lioxea and fliat rov halconjr rtacrvad. Cur'aln 2:.u. 7:13 :n. ft:10. Iturul Route for Vale. Washington, Feb. 21. A rural route will be established, ilay 1 at Vale, Malheur county. j Create t of Mi)!lm I'l-lui- l-eattrrra eolnea j sicaju Wedueaday for four, ilnia. HtgcT hotter than Mt. (""The l!riijri." l-art ADierkan Itrama aiad ' M-kitir I.lviua. ' Kej atone Comedy, i ' I 10. ADklESIO 10e. Spanish lirilie 5PAXI3K A.ZTD Jli . H.COOKITTO Bent Wines. Liquors anil Beers Served -41114 and 413 Morrlion. sear lltb St. Pensions for Two. Washington, Feb. 21. Oregon pen sions granted: M. N. tJrefn, Port land, $8: Naomi A. Morgan, McMinn vllle, 112. .Arlington Ilank Applies. Washington, 'Feb. 21. The Arling ton National bank of Arlington, Or., has made application to Join the new banking: system. : ! f mill OMIEUJS THE HOUSE OF WELCOME PARK AND ALDER STS. PORTLAND. OR. In the theatre and shopping district, one block from, any carlinr. Rates. $1. CO pet day and up; with bath, $1.50 per dav and up. TAKE OUR BROWN AUTO-'BUS C. W. Cornelius, Prop. H. E. Fletcher. Mpr.