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THE OREGON -DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - FRIDAY MARCH 31, -1816. DECK AND LA ROCHE REJECT THE INVITATION GIVEN BY CALDWELL Vv i r!i.. ti... uomrnjssioner. anu ouy miui- v O ! . f I i A npv .nv rvri-ivKKii m Mil pear in Sewer Hearing'Now fIFFFR ANSWER TO CHARGE Chairman of Cirll Service Board Xe- plies to Aeousstloa That Sebat s tI Testimony Was Bint Out. Although Chairman Caldwell of the municipal civil service hoard baa of- fered Commissioner Dieck and City Attorney ia Kocne tn privilege or renting- any testimony they please rela ys tive to charges made concerning al - Jeged defects in the Montavllla sewer, : the offer is to be turned down cold. ' . The date for hearing rebuttal testl : mony had been fixed for Monday night cten as Commissioner Dieck and City Attorney La Roche are to turn down , the offer, the hearing will probably be ; called oir. A meeting of the board '-will be held, however. . 'Both Dieck and La Rcche contend .that there is no need to continue with vtbe investigation of the Montavllla sewer before the civil service board Inasmuch as the council Is to make an : Investigation. : Caldwell's offer comes as result of tatements made by La Roche and Dieck that they were not given an opportunity to present rebuttal testi- iiiiiii v in ki ii w rSBn imnrinnr rnrna xne civil service board. In a letter n TMjknl;- 1 . . 1 ported statements are untrue and that f the board is ' willing to hear anyr xning presenteu. . La Roche and Dieck today, however, reiterated their statements. La Roche charges that Caldwell adjourned the -meeting before all the witnesses on -hand could be called. Caldwell aava . that no request was made of him by .either Dieck or La Roche to have the witnesses heard. The local branch of tha Ameriran . Society of Engineers at the council's ' request has aDDolnted J. p n George C. Mason and J. L. stanard as ,f the Montavilla sewer. The council today accepted th The committee is to hear testimony s,.wlth the council Tuesday and later TOXICA Anv Invullnll.n 1 . - . J the council it sees fit. TO INSPECT AUDITORIUM iJj. H. Hoffman in General Charge u During Building Operations. H. Hoffman, connected with the firm of Whitehouse & Foulihoux, ar ; chitects, is to be general inspector on f construction of Portland's public audi torium. The council created the posi tion today and Commissioner Baker in charge of the auditorium announced that Hoffman would be appointed at a salary of 200 a month. The position Of assistant inspector at a salary of S15Qa month was also created. The f salaries are to be paid out of the audi torium fund. i. Commissioner Dieck wanted the in spectors to be selected from among tten who had been laid off in his de i partment, but Commissioner Baker op--posed this, contending that the men ; should have special training in con ; structlon work. ELEVATOR OX A RAMPAGE Operator at City Hall Sustains Bad fthaklnc Un. ; - ? r - ' " ' When the governor on the elevator ' ln the city hall snapped off yesterday . iwrnoQu control or tne elevator wa -lOSt and th nr stint nnira rH klfHn " supporting beams at the top' of the o.ciur naii wun a crash, which p could be heard for a block. James isacaenstos. the operator, was the only V. one In tha car at lha tin. (tn .n o 'fshaken up but uninjured. ' The impact of the car with tha supporting beams caused the governor , inn nom me top or tne car on to Um showcase in the museum on the fourth floor of the building. The show-'2- CM was wrecked. , NEW ORDINANCE DISCUSSED "; Measure Regulating Sightseeing '' Cars Informally Approved. 2 Th new ordinance regulating taxi-j-caba and sightseeing automobiles was -Informally approved by members of the "-city council yesterday afternoon. The Diamond Rings A remarkably fin lino of steel - blue Diamond Rings, dis-ting-aUhed by their quality and brilliancy. Special Values K: at ;Our Enlarged Optical -Department under supervision of Dr. C L. Bender 1 Graduate Optician fRews 310 Washington Bet. Fifth and Sixth Established 1870 11 Students Join in Cleaning Up the V School Grounds .J t - 7 "Forward, march!- Washington high school boys heard the command at noon. m With military precision they t it advanced upon the enemy of the af ternoor the disorder and .roughness of School and ball grounds. The young women students ijf with the same military - tnor- J oughness proceeded to prepare a lunch for the soldierly clean- It up squads when they should re- turn tired, hungry and Mist- . ered from the fray. 4t Under general direction of Ad- jutant General George A. White ifr the afternoon was dedicated to 1ft 1ft the clean-up attack and school k was dismissed. Ht The idea is part of a 'pre- fft paredness" propaganda. The procession from Wash- 1ft ington high school to the ground at Bast Thirteenth -and Kast Everett was headed by the Washington high school band and the students in uni- form, who are members of the Oregon Naval Militia and the m National Guard. A cinder path. 4ft straightaway course, baseball t grounds am: other accessories to outdoor sports and recrea- tlon were worked on. Several truck loads of tools were taken ft out to enable the willing work- era to make the dirt fly. - Streetcar Men to Join National Guard rive Hundred Employes of P. . It. As 7. Co. Attend Meeting! Company Official tnd Their Sseonragement. Officials of the Portland Railway, Light and Power company at a meet ing attended by 500 employes in the Hawthorne building last night de clared in favor of practical prepared ness and will encourage employes to enlist In the National Guard or the Oregon Naval Militia. . President Franklin T. Griffith nd General Su perintendent O. B. Col dwell pledge the men that any leave of absence nec essary to' enable an enlisted man to attend the summer training camp or naval cruises would be given without loss of right of seniority in the serv; ice of the corporation. It is expected that at least one company of the National Guard and one division of the Oregon Naval Mili tia will be organized from among the employes of the P. R., L. & P. com pany. There are over 2800 men em ployed by it. There are several other large em ployers of labor in Portland that. It is expected, will follow in encouraging enlistments and the formation of sep arate companies or divisions. measure will formally go before the council. It provides a license of 130 a year for taxicabs, 50 a year for seven pas senger cars, and $50 a year and 50 cents a seat per year for those carrying more than seven passengers. The meas ure allows the f-9r rent machines to etaDd V1 tn congested district, except on "Morrison and Washington streets, during the day. A machine parked in the .congested district must be in charge of a driver at all times, bow ever. The measure had the approval of the taxicab and sightseeing car owners and operators and the Chamber of Com merce. May Use Auditorium Plant. The heating plant of the public audi torium may be used to furnish heat to the city hall. The matter was dis cussed by the city council this morn ing. 'Freedlander and Seymour, ar chitects for the building, estimate that the changes necessary in the auditor lum heating system to provide heating for the city hall will be $12,000. Un der the plan the present heating sys tem in the city hall would be discon tinued. Want Trees Removed. The Washington street association of property owners want the trees re moved from the parking strips along Washington street from Twentieth to Twenty-third. E. J. Jaeger and Edward Daly, representing the property own ers, appeared before the council this morning, asking that the trees which property owners were not willing to cut down be declared a nuisance. The matter was referred to Commissioner Baker for investigation. Pipe Line Is Repaired. Damage done-to the Bull Run con duits near Bull Run, Or., caused by a settlement of earth under the pipes, is being repaired by workmen of the water bureau today. Dozens of rivets Were torn off the pipe Joints when the conduits settled with the earth. Steel reinforcing bands are being placed around the damaged parts of the con duits. A. C. Allen Leads List. A. C. Allen passed highest in a re cent examination held for elevator operators at the city jail. His grade was 77.21 per cent. Others who passed and their grades are: P. 8. Hilton, 78.J6; T. E. Brunner, T.88; A. T. Con nor, 75.78; J. M. Cumminsky, 75.48; W. O. Anderson, 75.24, and Helno Peper, 76.40. Wood Is Still Missing. Every person who can be found who who had anything to do with tne cut ting of the wood handled by the un employed last year Is to be questioned in the Investigation to be made Of the loss of 1000 cords from the municipal woodpile. The investigation so far baa revealed no trace of the missing wood. Dismissal is Sustained. The dismissal of I B. Jaynes, a la borer of the street cleaning bureau, who had been discharged following the discovery of a missing automobile spark coll in his locker, was sustained by the municipal civil service board yesterday afternoon. v Kansans to Meet. ' The regular meeting of the Kansas society wiU b held this evening in Foresters' hall, 129 H Fourth street, at 8 o'clock. The society will be ad dressed by H. w. Stone, general secre tary of the Portland Y. M. C. A. A musical program will be rendered, fol lowed by a social bour. All former Kansans are Invited to attend. Auto Reported Stolen. An Overland model automohti license number 11.276. belonging to H. C. Barr. room 233 Chamber of Commerce, building, was stolan from Fourth and Pins streets some time yesterday afternoon. No trace of the macmne aas oeen round. THE OFFICE OF STATE TREASURER, HE SAYS City Treasurer Declines -to Enter Race for Secretary of State at Present. CANDIDATE BEING SOUGHT Zmlssarits Trora Ooversor Withy combe's Administration Would. Have Opponent to Olcott. W. A. Adams, city treasurer, 'would rather be state treasurer than secre tary of state. He has decided not to make the race for the latter office against Ben W. Olcott, but to go out after the treasurership when the term of Thomas B. Kay expires two years from now. Emissaries from Governor Wlthy combe's administration have been, and are seeking for a man to make the race against Olcott. Both Withy combe and Kay want a unanimity of senthnent on the board for political reasons, and are therefore hostile to Olcott, who has refused to play their game in the matter of removals .and appointments for political reasons. Mr. Adams has been urged for a couple of weeks to get into the race. but after a careful consideration has dedded not to run. He announces, however, that he intends to be a can didate for state - treasurer two years hence- CANDIDATE US FOR WILSON JUm A. Jet try Files Declaration at Salem. Salem, Or., March 81. John A. Jef- fry of Portland filed today for the Democratic nomination for representa tive in congress from thS third dis trict and gave as his slogan: "I am for Woodrow Wilson and the prosper ity of the United States." This is his statement: "Employ all honorable means in my power to secure by legislation the cre ation and maintenance of an army and navy sulflcent to insure the United States against attack or invasion by any power whatever; the creation of non-partisan tariff commission; the Improvement of the arid landa and the reclamation service in Oregon; the en forcement of the terms of the original grant of the Oregon & California rail road lands; a practical rural credit system; the improvement and defense of the Columbia river." , Candidates for Republican nomina tions filed as follows: Fred L. Olson of Portland for circuit Judge, fourth judicial district, department No. 6; John C. Shlllock of Portland for state senator, thirteenth district; A. C. Cal lan of Portland for representative in legislature, eighteenth district. Candidates Address Meeting. The Lincoln Republican club held an interesting meeting at Central library hall last night. The following candi dates for circuit judge, who had been invited, made short addresses: Wilson T. Hume, Robert Tucker and J. E. Magers, William M. Davis, John P. Kavanaugh, T. J. Cleeton, Frank S. Grant, Robert C Wright ;jid E. S. Thompson, E. V. Uttlefield, candidate for congressman also made a short address. The meeting was enlivened by patriotic music and recitations. Wife Gets $35,000 1 But Has No Divorce Mrs. Minnie S. Taylor Wins After Elgas Tears of Xdtlgntloa With For ner Portland Millionaire Mining Man Santa Ana, Cal., March 31. (P. N. S.) After eight years of litigation with Charles Davenport Taylor, for mer millionaire mining man of Port land, Or., Mrs. Minnie, N. Taylor of San Francisco and Los Angeles today is In possession of property worm $35,000- but she has no divorce. Mrs. Taylor asked that her divorce suit be dismissed, although the court declared she could have a decree for the asking. Tha couple were married in Portland 12 years ago and later came to Santa Ana. In 1907 they separated at Mu- nien. uermany, and have not lived to gether since, Taylor secured a di vorce in Oregon City, but this was set aside wnen his wife testified that she had received no summons. According to Mrs. Taylor, her hus- Dsno. s property was signed over to a inena to Keep her from getting It. Divorce Set Aside. Oregon City, March 31. A divorce was granted Charles Taylor and Min nie N. Taylor here, its decree being granted and filed September 19, 1910 Arterwaras Mrs. Taylor had the de cree set aside, and got an order for alimony and attorney's fees, the lat ter amounting to $2a00. From this decree Taylor appealed to the supreme court. Later the case was dismissed by the supreme court. The couple were married bv Rev. Mr. Wygoff at "No. 280 Park street, Portland, August 28, 1905. Taylor claimed he first met his wife at Jules restaurant, San Francisco, in the early part of November, while she was re siding at No. 2250 California street. and he in Goldfield, Nevada, where ne was engaged in mining. After he had given her $40,000 he found out her true character, he said. ' '- Employment Issue Solution Offered m Stats Dtrlslem Before Which. Meas ures Ooold Be Snnmlttea Zs Urged Before (pity Advisory Committee. Ths City advisory employment com mittee decided yesterday afternoon that there should be a definitely or ganised stats employment division before measures are submitted, first. to eliminate private employment ex changes, and, second, to merge ths boards and commissions having to do with employment. The committee's last action at yes terday's meeting was- to ask Com missioner George L, Baker, chair, man of the committee, to appoint an other special committee charged with tee responsibility of preparing a measure for a stats employment di vision so organised as to act lh con junction with, ths city and govern ment employment bureaus. Single Taxera to Meet. Ths Oregon Single Tax association will bold a meetinr for "the discus evening in room-F. Central library. To Name, Candidate For Queen Tomorrow Portland Will IKako Appearance In . mace; Soeal Backers Axe Begtaaiag to Oet Busy in Campaign. Tomorrow Portland will have a can didate for queen of the ill Rose Fes tival. With candidates named in Corvallis and Albany, the City of Roses itself will have its first candidate tomorrow when the Oregon State Hotel associa tion and the Oregon State Hotel Clerks' association announce the maid upon whom their choice falls. At a meeting to be held tomorrow night the Knights and Ladles of Se curity will select one from their num ber to support for the regal honor, and Jefferson high school is consider ing naming a candidate. Eugene will probably announce its candidate tonight and a voting contest ends in Pendleton today for the suf frages of the eastern Oregon city. BOYS' DAY WILL BE Y.ICA Workers to Scout City in Search of Members in Big Contest With Seattle, Today's Basalts. Werleln's Woimceas 43 meo, 1 boy, 39,075 points. Davidson's Du Plunx 18 men, 23 boys, 36,100 points. Tomorrow is to be Boys' day in' the big campaign of the Young Men's Christian Association for new mem bers. Saturday being recognized as the one big day of the week for school boys, workers wlU focus their efforts on securing memberships among the lads or the city. A special effort will be made to in terest parents of the city, employers of . boys, and all others interested in young boys, youths and young men. expert salesmen from many of the city's leading business house have been enlisted in the cause and are co operating with the canvassing teams to secure tne desired 1500 new mem bers. Among- the firms that have loaned salesmen and that are making special inducements for their employes to become members of the Y. M. C. A. are the Modern Confectionery com pany, Portland Pure Milk & Cream company. Union Meat company, Rob erts Brothers and the Carman Manu facturing company. Seattle came back yesterdav and bested Portland by 45.725 Doints. Portland's Thursday record was 48 men, 8 boys, $537.60 and 64,950 points. oeaiue maae iio,675 points. At the noon day luncheon today di rectors of theY. M. C. A. were pres ent to lend the campaigners encour agement and support and spur them on for the final days of the contest, which closes Monday night. Walla Walla Is Busy. Walla Walla, Wash., March SI. For every 25 members secured here during the intercity Y. M. C. A. contest the Walla. Walla Commercial club will give the local association one additional, the recipient of that membership to be chosen by the board-of directors of the club from the club members. This move, it is said, Is the first of a series the purpose of which ij to get closer cooperation between the Commercial club and the Y. M. C. A. Fractures Legs in Fall From a Pole W. J. Brownell, Zineman for Home Tel ephone Company, Seriously injured in Aooident Bear Tirland Station. W. J. Brownell of 1124 Minnesota avenue, employed as lineman for the Home Telephone company, fell from a pole on which he was working this morning, near Firland station, on the Mount Scott line, and fractured both legs, one at the ankle and the other below the knee. Brownell was climbing the pole and about 2ft. feet from the ground when his neck came in contact with a heav- liy charged electric light wire. The shock tore him from the pole but he was not seriously burned. S. A. Forney, grocer, and Dr. H. C. Jefferds, made the man as comfort able as possible till removed to the Good Samaritan hospital by the Auto mobile Service company. ' Brownell Js 45 years of age. Sues for $3000 Damages. In a suit filed today for $5000 al leged damages. Floyd D. Moore, plain tiff, seeks to hold A. Hodecker liable for the manner in which his son, Wil liam Hodecker, drove the elder Ho decker's automobile. Moore was struck by the machine on January 22 at sixth ana Morrison streets. He allecres that the father was negligent and care less in permitting bis son to drive the car. Appeal Is Taken. . O. E. Gernert, who was sentenced to four months, following his, convic tion in the United States Cashier com pany case in federal court, this morn ing filed a petition for a writ of error. thereby taking appeal to ths eourt of appeals at San Francisco. . m ' a Railroad Man En Route, W. P. Kenney, vice president of the Great Northern railway, In charge of iramc. will te tn Portland tonight or tomorrow on a business trip.. He makes his headquarters in St.. Paul. iitil i i i i i 1 1 1 i iii i i i i i i 11 CAMPAIGN FEATURE TOMORROW Portland Rose Festival-1916 Queen Contest 1! GOOD FOJ VOID AFTER THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 191$ tName Organization . . P This coupon wiU count one vote, when properly. filled "out and 3 C ?en t0 0r,tla? Ko? Ft,val Contest Department. 137 North- 3 S swonai nana tJuuaing. " Bw mui imiiuKr Uiuiiiuiiiiiihiiiih imiiiiiiiiiii mi i i mill i i TiC REGISTRATION ISSUE TO BE ftRRED J(h ATTORNEY- GENERAL County Clerk's Power to Name Deputies Seems to Be Question of Law, EVANS STUDIES PROBLEM tt Registration Zs XUegal Status of Toters Who Signed in at Jonas and Other Points Will Be' Affected. Doubt exists in the mind of County Clerk Coffey and Distinct Attorney Evans as" to whether it will be fegal for the county clerk to appoint dep uties in various parts of the city to take the registration of voters. After digging Into tee law this morning. District Attorney Evans de cided to put the question up to Attor ney General Brown before he advised the county clerk as to what to do.' If this method ht registering voters is decided to be illegal, pie question will arise as to the status of the voters who have been registered at fit. Johns and Lents and Linnton, as those dis tricts are in the city and registrars have been at work there. Section 7 of the new registration law says: "Electors who rside in the municipality wherein is situated ttie county seat shall register in person with the county clerk." Does that mean those living in the county seat must go to the place of business of the county clerk, which is the courthouse, to register, or can the county clerk deputise persons to main tain places of registration in as many parts of the city as he wishes? Those are the Questions involved. city ' siixa METAL WORKS Land Wl Street Regrade Sought in Condemnation Case. The city of .Portland is today suing the Portland Sheet Metal Works for the purpose of condemning?", portion of lots 1. 2 and S of block 6, Meadow brook addition, to be used In connec tion with the regradinar of Holgate street, near East Twenty-third. The case is being tried before a jury in Judse McGinn's court. Tjie city contends Jhat the strip of land is needed for a sloping embank ment to support Holgate street im provements. It has offered to pay the valne of the land and provide another outlet for the sheet metal works. On the other hand the company al leges in its answer that the action of the city has interfered with ths con structlon of a large plant on ths site, which construction was agreed to in the deed when the site was purchased. The company alleges that the prop erty is worth $5000 and the full extent of its damages is $21,000, for which amount it asks. The three lots are assessed for a total of $625. COURT ACTS AS MEDIATOR Judge Gaotenbein Obtains Settle ment Out of Court. For the fourth time this week Cir cuit Judge Gantenbein today halted a case which was being tried before him and called the interested parties into his chambers and persuaded them to agree to a settlement. The litigation today was beTween A. A. Hoover of doughnut fame, and his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lucy C. Lesher. She contended than an agreement, had been made whereby Mr. Hoover was to pay her $75 a month for the rest of her life time, while he asserted that the agree ment ended with the death of Mr Lesher in 1914 and thereafter she was to make her home with him. Under the compromise Mr. Hoover is to pay her $350 and $25 a month during the remainder of her life. Judge Ganten bein complimented him on bis attitude in the matter. Mrs. Lesher also has two sons. County Pays Taxes. A check for $105,000 was sent to State Treasurer Kay yesterday by John M Lewis, countv treasurer of Mult nomah eounty. This was 'the initial payment of Multnomah county's sharo of state taxes ior ime, wmcn in an, amounts to $937,561. The law pro vldes, however, that $62,500 shall be deducted to pay interest on the inter state bridge bonds, so the actual amount that will be paid to the state during the year will be $875,061. Women Allege Conspiracy. Takins- Of testimony in the suit brourht by Emma A. Smith and he dauahter, Mary J. Cole, against At tornevk J. F. Booth and William P. Richardson, has been flnisbed in Judge Gatens' court and the case is to be submitted to the court on briefs. The women are suing for an accounting of funds in connection with the employ ment of the defendants to obtain a loan on their Multnomah county ranch. In the process the women lost their farm by foreclosure of a mortgage, and they allege the attorneys conspired against them. - Wife Sues for Divorce. ' Herbert Crofts, Who, a few days ago was tried and acquitted of the charge of non-support, is the defendant in a suit for divorce filed today by Leah Crofts. At the recent trial Judge Morrow ruled that evidence -reflecting on the character of the wife could not be in troduced as a defense for non-support. The Crofts were married in Wyoming in 1896 and have three minor children, for whom Mrs." Orofts asks $50 a month alimony. Defendant Wins Verdict. . It was not due to the negligence of tho liesse Martin Iron Works that Francis Woolever, an employe,' was Injured while loading a track, accord ing to the verdict of a jury which heard the case in department five of the circuit court. The employe's leg was broken and he sued for $16,000 1 1 ail ii fiTi mm iViTi i ViVf ONE VOTE coupons must be neatly trimmed ui vuiti wnuea on top. Alain 1430, damages. The Jury returned a verdict ior tne aeienaanu ..... - Woman Sues, for 2S,000. ;' 1 After living together as husband and wife, Mabel Wolf ert today began ac tion against Milton M. Marsh for $:,- 000 alleged damages ' for breach of promise to marry her. She alleges that be promised October 1. 1915. to marry ! MAE MARSH, famous as "Little Sister," is coming Sunday as "HOODOO ANN.' A Tea served FREE every afternoon w 71 v? T7 TT "Mill-to-Man" Values "Extra value" must mean a shortening of the distance between consumer and manufacturer. That's why the Brownsville, with its own stock of fine woolens and our big wholesale tailoring shops, is creating a new standard of Clothing values! See the big showing of Brownsville Spring Suits at IS Suits brimming with smart style -ideas of the new season. Suits to meet the tastes of all men. See them tomorrow! And over 300 pattern to choose from in Brownsville Made-to-Meas-ure Suits at $20, $25, $30, $35 Woolen fejJSllQ A Blow Out and Reception at My Store 266 Morrison Street Between Third and Fourth Streets Saturday Evening, April 1st ; A useful and beautiful souvenir for each and every per son. There will be music and a general social time. I want you tcMse'e the new store, and how comfortable and practical a place it is. No sales or selling this is purely a pleasurefest and greeting time. Everybody invited. Staples, The Jeweler v 266 Morrison Street, Between Third and Fourth Streets her and Induced br to appear in pub He as his wifs, until December 15. when he told her he would not marry her. . Trespass Is Alleged. Deputy United States District " At torney. Beckman this morning-filed a civil complaint against J. D. Kdler, alleging trespass on the Fremont na tional forest In Klamath and Lake ceun A big theme discussed in the Triangle production- I vnnR II and illie Collier-Mae Eusch in a Klever Keystone A comedy that's different Wife and Auto Troubles The Theatre Beautiful Sixth at BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILLS J. L. BOWMAN, Pres. Mill Bldg., Third and Morrison ties. The complaint, alleges that Ed ler erased his sheep therein, and' aslea $0 damages for the gracing and punitive damages. ' - ' ' Speeder Fined $10. ' t ; -For speeding on the Base Line road, H. Leece was today fined $10 by Dis trict Judge Jones. abnc F It essays one solution of the most vital of present day evils the discord between husband- and wife a finished picture with strong cast ii LV A Washington If lZ3F&JlffS A IK s na -,v warn si sk inn iiiiriu -w-wessaaT- " a , i fm it mtl'JW VI II If) I SL 8,; .TT--Bbm mi h'KS J