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THS MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 16, 1906. lO 1 y SEEK CLERK GRAFT AT SALEM Fat 40-Day Jobs in Legislature Again Have Multitude of Seekers. OREGON PAYS BIG MONEY AVas-hinston Lawmakers Bar Women, Have More Economical and Effi cient Method and Use Less Than Half as Many Clerks. Clerkship graft in the Oregon Legisla ture, beginning two months hence, promises to repeat its biennal raid on the. state treasury. Many persons, including young women, are pulling wires for the "soft jobs." with members o the law making body. The places are notorious sinecures, with large salaries, and little or no work. This graft recurred in the Legislature for many sessions, and though the Legis lature in 1?99 enacted a law to limit the number of clerks and to require them to work for their pay, successive Legis latures refused to be bound by the act, especially the Senate, and it stands on the statute books practically a dead let ter. Women Barred at Olympia. In contrast with the Oregon Legisla ture, the Washington Legislature has an efficient clerkship system, from which women are barred and in which the men employed, work hard. At Salem, it is customary to give each standing com mittee and each joint committee a clerk, hut at Olympia one clerk serves several committees, frequently laboring ten, twelve and fourteen hours a day. At Salem such labor is a myth, in fact many clerks have little or nothing to do but stand round and wait for the end of the session and their pay. The waste at Salem may be exemplified by citing that though the Washington Legislature has l.-:5 members being half again as large as Oregon's lawmaking body of Pi) members, it employs less than half as many stenographers and committee clerks. Fifty men stenographers and clerks were employed at Olympia at the last session. At salem fifty women clerks and stenographers were In service, and in addition, 8ft male clerks and steno graphers. Each clerk and stenogra pher 1n the Evergreen State served nearly, three members. Were the same ratio applied at the Oregon capital, the Legislature could get along with between 30 and. V clerks and stenographers, or with one-third as many clerks as at the last session, and make a corresponding reduction in the expense. $700 a Day for Clerks. , At the last session at Salem, the total cost of all employes was $T,3S7.40. of which. sum about 121,600 was for com mittee and private clerks and stenogra phers averaging nearly. $550 a day, or more than $700 for each day the law makers were at work, since they were in actual session less than 20 days. The women stenographers at Salem re ceived $200 for a full session's work, last ing a pariod of 40 days, while the best committee clerkships for the men yielded $265. As these employes in few cases were on hand more than five days of each week and even when supposed to be at their posts had little to do, it is 6een that the jobs were "fat." The $200 was pin money for many a young woman, who though she might not have been a practiced stenographer or clerk, drew her money just as if she were. This was the case especially of the stenographers to members of the Senate. Each Senator had his own stenographer, who cost the state in most cases $200. copending on the length of service. The stenographer was a girl or young woman, who usually was given the place through political pull, or kinship. Extravagance of Senators. Several of the Senators were reluctant to appoint stenographers at first, but it was pointed out to them that the places allotted to them for appointment were "going to waste" and that deserving young women needed them. Senators en gaged stenographers at the expense of the state as follows: Haines $120'Kuvkendall (two).. $400 M. A. Miller 12'Farrar 120 R'rlrht , . . 2iVUCartr 200 Bwvfrmin 2'HHohson 200 tVhealdon aoc Pierce 200 Nottingham 227'Avery 200 Hnteon 2O0Crolsan 200 ."ihw .. 200' Rand 20.1 Pio.hH .. 200 How .. 200 Licock 120ICoe 120 l.ouRhary awsmith 200 M--Dnna!d lSttTuttle 20S Mllarkey 2iV' Brownell 200 t'f-ke 2t;Holmaji i;o The House of Representatives did not have private stenographers for the mem bers, at the last two sessions, but on ac-o-int of the larger number of committees of that body, its expense for committee clerks and stenographers was higher than that item in the Senate The total rums paid out for employes of all kin4s and for1 private and committee, clerks and stenographers was as follows in 1?05: Clerks and steno Emplrayes. graphers. fnat $11. "SO $$.760 fu 9.290 .54 JMnr House-Senate. . 6.317 6.317 ' Totals $27.SS.7 $21,623 Better Method at Olympia. . By banishing femininity from the clerk ships of the Washington Legislature, that body has been able to work faster and more satisfactorily. Favoritism is cut down to the minimum. aii closer appli cation to duty can be required than in the case of women. This was the testi mony of members of the Washington Legislature at Olympia in 1M5, when asked for their opinion of the woman clerk system. The Secretary of the Washington Senate. J. W. Lysons. whose position corresponds with that of the Chief Clerk of the Oregon Senate, was a strong advocate of the no-woman system. When asked If men's work was not more satisfactory than women's as clerks of the Legislature. Mr. Lyons responded: "No. I ll not put it that way. But It is plain that work under the present e-ysrem is more satisfactory." "Ask a girl clerk to work like the men clerks." remarked a member, "and she would think you horrid or snap your head off or raise the roof or do aM three." Big Graft in Joint Committees. The biggest clerkship graft in Oregon, however, is in. joint committees of the two Hounes, and this also is barred in Washington. The last Oregon Legislature appointed some 13 joint committees, to which it allowed 45 clerks, ranging In compensation from $265 down. These com mittees investigated the various In stitutions and departments of the state government. It is a long-standing joke that the work of these committees is perfunctory. They are repositories for clerkship pa tronage and places in them are sought by legislators for junketing trips over the State or for "helping out" this or that State Institution or department. The clerks for these committees are often times untrained or otherwise incompetent. .T.r,-ee v,Aci(4c thev find it impossible, in most cases, to investigate closely a two-year administration in 40 davs. This graft in Olympia Is unknown. The Legislature makes no such investi gations. A Board of Control, appoimeu by the Governor, manages the State in- and charit ableand reports thereon to the Legis lature.' . . One of the ways in which the w asmng rAieahi eiwnH more money, but ""t i6"Jloiui . ... . " to good advantage, is in compilation ot the journal of tne two nouses, ai u- ic nnt revised until after adjournment, for which it is customary to allow 20 days. At Olympia each day's record is made up each night following and printed copies of it are on the desks of the members next morning. This safeguards . the accuracy of the journal, and makes it a useful conven ience for the members. To keep up the record each day requires the work of more clerks than at Salem in this re gard. After adjournment at Olympia, the journal is ready for the printer within 24 hours. Members of the Wash ington Legislature ridicule the Oregon nmnilinc tViA iniimal. CalUnSf it "slow" and saying that Oregon ought ... . - j... w A to taKe up witn ine up-io-una ici.hwi. i in-Hav cession at Salem costs about $o0,ooo. a fiO-day session at Olympia costs about $so,ooo. GROCERS MAKE STATEMENT Committee Declares That Scales Csed Are Commercially Correct. Portland grocers are quick to resent the statment, made a few days ago by the agent of a scale company, which is fighting the manufacturers of the scale most in use in Portland, that the prevailing balances are inaccurate and are designed to make money for the grocer by overcharging the customer. G. W. Lang, J- A. Frakes and K. C. Couch, a commitee appointed by B. J. Dresser, president of the Grocers' Asso ciation, issued the following statement yesterday: "Owing to certain statements made by C. C. Claggett, who came to Portland a few weeks ago. that scales used by the majority of Portland grocers are inaccurate and that he could prove it. the president of the Grocers' Asocia tion informed him that the company manufacturing the scales has a stand ing offer of $100 to anyone who can show a single commrcial inaccuracy on one of these scales, provided, of course, the scale has not been tampered with by a competitive scale man. W7ith the aileged intention of showing up the inaccurate computing features of this type of scale, and winning- the $100. Mr. Claggett met the local agent for the scale firm at the rooms of the Grocers' Association on the night of Novmber 12. at the regular meeting of the asso ciation. "The local agent for the scale posted the $100 in gold with the president of the association, who appointed three judges and ordered them to step out and get a scale from a nearby store on which to make the demonstration. After Mr. Claggett had taken up about one hour and a half in telling the judges of wonderful demonstrations he had made elsewhere, and reading dif ferent articles, no doubt intended to prejudice the committee, he put some specially prepared packages on the platform of the scale and asked the committee to read the valuation on the chart, but he would not accept their style of reading, and insisted on put ting his own words Into their mouths, and not only asked the judges ques tions, but insisted on answering them as well. "It soon became apparent to the judges that Mr. Claggett knew the scale was commercially correct, and that he was trying to deceive rather than en lighten the grocers present, and as this opinion was shared by many others, a motion was put and carried that the controversy come to an end, and as no point had been established and that ft was clearly a case of technicalities and misreading of the scale on which he depended for a decision favorable to himself. "The scales in question ate not only in general use in the stores of Port land, but all over the United States; and it is deplorable that a rival company,' which is evidently unable to sell its scales, should resort to such an unfair practice as to state that scales made by any other company than their own are dishonest and inaccurate, when, as a matter of fact, the scales in use here are tested and sealed by the Govern ment, and the computing figures on the chart have been carefully recalculated and verified as being commercially cor rect by the highest authority in the land, the Department of Standards, at TSashington. D. C. "In the sroeers- meeting, after Mr. Claggett had talked for some time without proving: any of his assertions, the local agent for the attacked scale was given five minutes to say what he cared to before the judges retired to make up their decision, which they did in a few minutes and returned the fol-rdicf- "From all we have cralorrectS'ld6red coa- ft, k cerlainly a STi-eat victory for fair business methods in placing anv article on the market, and la juft re buke to any firm which win resort to misrepresentation of . ? II. FOR GOOD OF BROOKLYN. t Improvement Club Discusses Projects for Good of District. The Brooklyn Republican Improvement Club last evening took up the questions of fire hydrants, improvements of streets electric lights and other matters. L. s! Daue presided. Councilman Rushlight reported his conference with W. M. Ladd. of the Ladd estate. He announced that he was to have a conference with a rep resentative of the estate regarding the improvement of East Twelfth street, and other street improvements affecting the Ladd estate. Father Gregory, of the Sacred Heart parish, addressed the club on the opening and improving of streets. He said that the club was doing good work. It was decided to inaugurate a cam paign for needful things, and on motion the following standing committees were appointed: Fire protection M. G. Griffin Charles Gregory. William Shinn. C. G Ellison. Waldemar Seton: streets Father Gregory. P. Kelly. Frank Stevens, G. Bartman, F. S. Finger: water C. G. Ellison, Jake Luther, Theodore Dahlgren! E. B. Smith. Dan Rushlight; electric lights L H. Wells. Father Gregory. Emil Giser. Charles Inglefield. R. G. Wright. W. T. Flskes. J. A. McDonald. Thomas Compton. The committee on fire protection will look into the question of securing lower fire insurance rates as soon as the new fire company is installed, which will be about February. A sewer committee will be appointed later. SUNDAY TRIPSTO SEASIDE The A. & C. R. R. R. will run an excur sion to Seaside and return every Sunday at the round trip rata of $1.30. Take ad vantage of the low rate and see the ocean. Tickets for sas during the week at 24S Alder street and at the Union Depot, Sunday morning. Do not purge or weaken the bowels, but act. specially on the liver and bile A erfect liver, correcter. Carter s Little Jver Pills. HOWBADGER STATE CURBS RAILROADS Senator La Follette Discusses Work of the Wisconsin Commission. MEMBERS ARE APPOINTIVE Jlore Readily Answerable to People if Governor Is Made Responsible for Their Tenure, He Says. Will Speak Here Tonight. Robert Marion La Follette, United States Senator from Wisconsin, the man who fought and defeated the "System" in Wisconsin and who is now fighting the battle of his political career in the United States Senate, spent half a. night in Portland The Wisconsin Senator left yesterday morning for Tacoma. but got no further than Castle Rock on account of the floods. He returned to Portland last night and after consult- V " ing with H. W. Stone, secretary of the y. M. C. A., it was decided to hold the lecture tonight at the White Temple. By this arrangement Portland people will be given a chance to hear what Senator La Follette has to say about the system and about benator Ful ton's course in the Senate during the days that the railroad rate bill was pending. w hen Senator La Follette retired at the Portland hotel, about 1 o'clock, he left a call for 7 and made an appointment to talk with a reporter of The Oregonian at 4:30. The Senator was waiting for the interviewer and while he was trying to cat some boiled rice and cream he talked about what the people of Wisconsin, (not he. as its former Governor and present Senator) had accomplished. It has been said of many men that they would sooner talk than eat. Senator La Follette is one of those men. When he got to talk ing railroads and reforms he forgot to eat his boiled rice and the brief half hour given to the interview fairly flew. One does not have to be in Senator La Folletue's presence more than a few seconds, before becoming impressed with the knowledge that he is a man with a purpose. He is small in stature. This is against him. If he had the size to go with his abilities, he never would be overlooked in a throng. Because he is small, one must get close up to the man to really feel his greatness. The Senator can stand close inspection, for the closer one gets to him the bigger he becomes. . La Follette a Human Dynamo. Senator La Follette was born in 1&55. on a farm in Dane County. Wisconsin. His father was Kentucky-born French Huguenot and his mother was Scotch Irish. Right here it is apparent where the Senator got his love for politics and his forensic power. He became a lawyer in 1SS0 a lawyer with an ambition, so they say in Wisconsin. First of all therA is a great deal of the man about Senator La Follette; then he is a man with a purpose, and in order to get this pur pose before the people and get results, he is the politician. He is a human dynamo. Senator La Follette talks in a hurry, thinks deeply, thoroughly, but in a hurry. His face, lined heavily and his great round head, suggest more of an actor than a shrewd successful man with a purpose. There is a story somewhere that the man who brough the railroads of Wisconsin to their collective knees, once thought seriously of becoming an actor, but was advised from doing so my John McCullough on account of his lack of stature. Senator La Follette would have made a great tragedian, for the tragic force and dramatic presence is there. Senator La Follette will talk all day and all night on what Wisconsin has accomplished in the way of railroad leg islation and other reforms, but states at the outset that he will refuse to dis cuss personally, while not on the plat form, senators and . the "System" at Washington; "There are. three great things that should be demanded from the railroads," said the Senator over his forgotten rice and cream, "adequate service, equal ser vice and reasonable rates There should be no such thing as car shortage. There should be no favoritism shown to ship pers. All shippers, when they ship by car lots should be given, the same rate. In Wisconsin we have a Rate Commission and its work, though it has been hard and difficult, has been successful. They are appointive and I am in favor of ap pointing this commission. Iowa has tried the elective rate commission and while Iowa has one , of the best laws ever passed, there has'nt been a change in the rates since 1SSS. Wisconsin's Railroad Commission. "In Wisconsin our railroad commis sion is made up of three men who are appointed for a long term. They have the power to regulate the railroad rates and service within the state. They are empowered to inquire into the value of railroad property and can demand this information from the tax commissioners. This commission in structs the railways as to the num ber of cars it should run, where it shall build its depots and at what cost. "If there is to be a railroad commis sion in Oregon, my advise is to have its members appointed by the Governor. If they are elected you will find this, your first commission will do its work splendidly. This has been the history of all commissions that ' have been elected. The railroads, never sleep. Their agents are always on the move, reaching out," and the Senator moved his right arm in a darting fashion. expressing & snakelike - movement it x S 'v t I r 1 I I h - It I & - II I fc""-1w lliihilTf'fl(wmrf? rv inmi '-r f ? Senator Laiollette, of Wisconsin. I while his fingers expressed a, half clutch. "And the first thing you know they have your commission. "Have the Governor appoint your railroad commission, then if It fails to do what is demanded of it, center your fight on the Governor. Any time a railroad can get the interest scat tered, it can win. If you have a com mission and It Is elected, the candi dates would naturally com from the various parts of the state. See how easy it is for the railroads to use their great power? "Wisconsin has not won her fight without a scar. Perhaps the greatest fight was made on the tax commission. It was a colossal task. It meant the raising of rates in every county. It was necessary to raise the taxes to a cash basis and the protest was long and loud. In addition to the tax com mission, a supervisor of assessors was named from each county, and this helped greatly in the readjustment of the taxes. These supervisors meet each year and discuss the work' of the as sessors and the new assessments. The people and the railroads fought the readjustment of taxes at first, but when the people found that when the commission got started that it meant the saving of millions to the state, ana that it forced the railroads to pay into the state funds millions that they had heretofore refused to pay, they became satisfied. Saving in Grain Freight Charges. "A sample of what our railroad com mission has accomplished is shown by the saving in grain shipments inside the state. Only this year I am informed that something like $700,000 was saved to the grain shippers through the rates fixed bv this commission. This is only one item I mention, but this has been the case throughout the entire system of fixing the rates. Minor Defects in Primary Law. "I am only familiar jn a general way with your direct primary law, so I cannot compare it with the Wisconsin law. I believe that Wisconsin has the best direct primary law so far enacted. Of course, there are some defects, but they are not vital. They are only minor defects and can be changed. For instance, Wisconsin's tobacco is one of the biggest industries of our state. Our law sets the date of election at the wrong time. It comes just as the tobacco crop is being harvested, and during the threshing. time. This makes it very bad for the farmers. Another defect is the opening and closing of the polls.. In the city the polls are open at night, but not in the country. This should be changed. The farmer should be allowed to vote at night, also. One can't blame a farmer, who is harvesting his tobacco from not voting himself or allowing the man whom he is paying a large daily wage, to vote at this time. These and a few other defects. I believe will be changed. "Certainly President Roosevelt must consent to a third term. He is a great good President. He represents the people and they will demand of him that he run again. President Roose velt's work as President has been'well done, but he has still a great work to accomplish. He may not want, a third term, but the people want him." YES TO BE OPENED RESORTS SIMILAR TO PARIS HOCSE FITTED VP. Mysterious Individuals Seem Confi dent of Police Protection Gossips of Underworld Spread Rumors. Simultaneously with the sudden clos ing of the Paris House, on orders from Mayor Harry Lane, the police have made the discovery that certain mys terious individuals are fitting up two similar resorts of large size, one at Second and Everett streets and the other at Third and Flanders streets. The police profess ignorance as to who the owners of these two establish ments are. though both places are ad mittedly to be similar to the Paris House, which was "put out of business" Wednesday night by Detective Ser geant Baty and Detectives Hill and Burke. A persistent rumor to the effect that at least one large den of vice would be opened was carried to. Inspector of Po- lice Bruin three weeks ago. He was informed that Second and Everett streets had been selected as one loca tion. He stated emphatically at the time that he had heard nothing of any such move, and after investigating the rumor, he again declared it to be false. Coupled with the rumor of a plan to open another disorderly house, was the insinuatibn that the men who were spending money in fitting up the place had received assurances from some po lice official that they would not be mo lested. When the Paris house was closed W'ednesdayN night. Inspector Bruin was not at headquarters, but had been clos eted with Mayor Lane during the after noon and evening. Wrhen Bruin re turned to his office, he was asked as to why the Paris House had been closed, and replied that he knew nothing whatever about the matter. This is said to be the first important move of the police since Bruin became in spector of -which he has not claimed to have had at least some knowledge. While Attorney H. C. King, through motives of revenge, is said to have di rectly brought about the closing of the Paris House, there are many who believe that Inspector Bruin was also back of the move, and that he made reports to Mayor Lane which caused the latter to act. There is a strong impression in po lice circles that the time has now come when the mysterious individuals who are fitting up the two new North End dives will attempt to open their es tablishments. That they have every confidence they will be permitted to run is shown by the fact that they have spent money lavishly, but the police say emphatically that no more big resorts such as the Paris House was, will be tolerated in the North End. SALES ON NORTH SIXTH. Quarter Block at Flanders Street Brings R. W. Lewis $65,000. Scarcely a day passes without one or more transfers of North Sixth street property, and two transactions were added yesterday to the large number made earlier in the week. The largest of these sales was of the quarter-block at the northwest corner of Sixth and. Flanders streets, which was sold by R. W. Lewis for $65,000. The pur chaser, it is understood, was James Danholm. of Bandon, Or. The transfer is not entirely concluded. The prop erty is improved with several frame buildings, originally dwellings, which have been raised and stores fitted up under them. A. C. Spencer yesterday sold a lot on the east side of Sixth street, be tween Everett and Flanders. The pur chasers were Messrs. Reed, Thomas and Mackie. and the price $23,000. There is an old dwelling upon the property, which was purchased as an investment. The sale was made through Reed, Fields & Tynan. Milwaukie Country Club. Eastern and California races. Take Sell wood or Oregon Cits- car, starting from First and Aides streets. AT La Follette Attends Social Given by Portland Elks. TALKS TO ANTLERED HERD Wisconsin Statesman Arouses En thusiasm AfTair Largely Attend ed and Distinguished Guest Adds to the Success. Senator Robert M. La Follette is a good fellow to say that he is an Elk is a sufficiency. Last night he was "one of the boys" and joined the ant lered throng that congregated a.t the "salt lick" at the Elks' Temple, where the second stag social of the season was held. He mingled with the Port land Elks as though he had known them for years. Senator La Follette started for Ta coma yesterday morning, but. thanks to the kind flood, he became stranded at Castle Rock and was compelled to re turn to Portland last night. When the herd assembled at the old stamp ing grounds to rejoice that they are alive, there was something in the air tha told them that one more of their kind was in town. The scent was pronounced, and plainly said that the evening would never be complete until the missing one was gathered into the fold. A committee composed of Dr. Harry McKay, D. Solis Cohen. John Lamont and K. S. Irvin started out on a searcn and the scent led them straight to the Hotel Portland. Sitting in the lobby was one of the biggest Elks in the country, who felt within him the call of the wild. He knew something was doing, but what it was he could not tell. He was approached by the Elks on the committee and after a nose-rubbing of a few moments, the band made a lightning dash for the corner of Sev enth and Stark streets, where the big herd was waiting for the return of the searchers. That was how Senator La Follette was roped in. It did not take any persuasion to take him away from the Hotel Portland, because as soon as he learned what was in progress noth ing but a cordon of patrolmen could have kept him away. And what a time he and all the oth ers had! He exchanged paws with practically every Elk in Portland, and even went so far as to make a speech. He spoke but a few moments, but he took particular pains to state that of all the Elks' Temples he had visited in the United States, the Portland Elks had the most magnificent. This made the bunch feel good, and they gave him a cheer that woke up some of the guests of the Oregon Hotel, which is across the street from the temple. He confined his remarks to topics of inter est to the order. Generally it is an easy thing to bag several Elko on the streets of Portland, but last night the hunters who sought only the highways went home empty handed. Every Elk who was able to eat or well, laugh perhaps attended the so cial. Enough sandwiches, "weinnies" and pickles were eaten to fill a tramp steamer and as to the other, all the oil carriers that touch at Portland could not carry it away if they made but one trip each. The social lasted until about 11:30 o'clock and then all the good Elks sep arated and went to their lairs. They all declared that the stag was the best in the history of Portland Elkdom. and the in tervening month before they will have another will seem like a year to them. A splendid programme was rendered in the auflitorium where the great crowd as sembled and made merry. One of the features was a boxing match between Ed anrl Dick Welsh. the former being the champion welterweight of the Northwest. Local theaters furnished their best and all the acts were features. The members of the entertainment committee, to whom much credit is due for the suc cess of the evening, were. Sig. Werth eimer. Jay Upton. Joe Day, Larry Keat ing and W". J. Reilly. FINED FOR FIGHTING. Contractor V. C. Adams Loses All Around at St. Johns. After one of the most hotly con tested trials ever held before Recorder Thorndyke, of the St. Johns Municipal Court, W. C. Adams, a contractor, yes terday was fined $15 and costs for assaulting Anthony Youngdorfer, who has the contract for the erection of the new City Hall. The trouble had a most trifling basis. It seems that Adams accused Youngdorfer's men, employed on the City Hall, with ap propriating a mortar board of small value. There was a . dispute over the matter and Adams chased Youngdorfer around the block with a piece Of 6cantling. The latter s sprinting abil ity probably saved him from serious injury, for Adams was extremely hos tile. Shortly afterwards they met in front of Peddicord's real estate office, where Adams struck Youngdorfer in the face. The latter seized Adams and hurled him into the street, where he fell so heavily that he fractured a rib and sustained other injuries. Adams was donfined to his bed for several weeks. Recorder Thorndyke's courtroom was filled to overflowing with wit nesses for the two men. Captain Snow, a Civil War veteran, defended Adams, and fought the case vigorously. City Attorney Greene appeared for the prosecution. Captain Snow said he had no hope for a fair trial and wanted a change of venue, but this was de nied and the trial went on. More than a score of witnesses were examined on both sides, with the result that Con tractor Adams was convicted, as it was shown by witnesses that he struck Youngdorfer first during the street row. The trial lasted several hours, and It developed that professional jealousy was at the bottom of the row. SAYS HUSBAND BEAT HER Wife of Artist Richard Max Meyer Has Him Arrested. Professor Max Meyer, a Portland artist, teacher of painting and proprietor of a large store and portrait gallery at 34S Alder street, was arrested by Patrolman Blackman yesterday afternoon upon com plaint of Mrs. Gertrude Meyer, who charges her husband with assault and battery. In a complaint filed in the Municipal Court she swears that she and one of her sons were struck in a brutal manner by the defendant in their home. 34S Jackson street, early in the morning. When taken to police headquarters and booked on the assault and battery charge, Professor Meyer gave his version of the affair, after he had been released on bail, given by a friend. He declares the action of his wife is a plot to ruin him. "I did not assault or beat my wife." said Professor Meyer. "I did attempt to chastise one of my young sons for rude SENATOR STAG 1 Pyrbgraphy, or Pictures j by Fire j Is attracting wider attention each year. J Thousands are using our outfits, and turn- ing to us for the beautiful "Whitewood Boxes, Stands, Tabourettes, Easels, Racks and other useful endless variety. Art Skins In every beautiful and desirable shade and weight; a large shipment just received Stains, Varnish, Paints, Bulbs all at popu lar prices. Art Bronzes Statuettes, Vases, Jardinieres. Hammered and Wrought Brass In Candlesticks, Candelabra, Trays, Stands a greatiand attractive display. Leather In this single word is embraced the greatest' exhibit of fine leather goods ever shown in Portland. No advertising space can ade , quately set out the attractiveness of our - lines. A personal visit will be at once a pleasure and a liberal education in Holiday selections. Kodaks and Cameras For every purse or purpose. Our salesmen are skilled photographers. There is no de tail in this fascinating art which we cannot give cheerfully and without price. You Can Always do Your Drug Shopping Over Our PHONE EXCHANGE 11 9 Trunks and 20 Extensions '-No Exasperating Waits j WOODARD, actions toward me. and Mrs. Meyer in terfered I did not strike her, however. I struck the son to reprimand him, and that, was all that happened My wife recently inherited $7000, and she does not care for me any more. I deeply regret her action in the court, but I will say that I fully intended filing suit for di vorce soon after the holidays. "Professor Meyer is a coarse, vulgar man," declared Mrs. Meyer, when she appeared in the office of Clerk Frank D. Hennessey, of the Municipal Court, to file her complaint and secure a warrant for her husband's arrest.. "He was not always so, but he has altered. There is no peace ' with him around the house. This morning he became angry and beat both me'and my son with a club. It is not the first time. This is a very hard thing to do. but I have suffered enough and he must be arrested and prose cuted." Mrs. Meyer was accompanied by three children when she appeared at police headquarters. She requested that the bail of her husband be fixed at a high figure, saying. "I don't want him at home to night " The baul was set at $50, which a friend furnished FROM ENGINEER GOODRICH. St. Johns Official Declares He Has "ot Been Dismissed. ST. JOHN'S. Or.. Nov. 15. (To the Editor.) An article relating to the af fairs of the St. Johns City Council, and myself, published in The Oregonian of November 14 does me an injustice. First, the city engineer of St. Johns never was ousted or dismissed. Sec ond, the plans and specifications for the new city hall have never been changed or altered, as alleged, in any way, shape or manner, as can be veri fied by the recorder in whose hands they are and have been, and from whom they can be had. Third, it is an unheard of thing for a city engineer to give a bond. The city engineer of St. Johns is paid by a fee system. He has to pay his deputies who. by the way. are the two best all-around en gineers that he knows on the Pacific Coast, the equal of any in the United States. Messrs. Elliott and Scoggtn. As the city engineer has no instru ments or other effects belonging to the city of St. Johns, the taxpayers are loath to pay a fidelity bond where none is needed. Again, it is unconstitutional to ask a bond where no value is pre supposed to exist anent a fiduciary transaction. W. W. GOODRICH. Forger Handed Over to Kentucky. SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. Nov. 15. E. L. Travis, with 70 aliases, wanted in a dozen states for forgery, was surren dered today to the sheriff of Davis County. Kentucky, on a charge of swindling a bank. Travis was ar rested here last week and. while in jail, attempted to commit suicide. America's Bad Murder Record. CHICAGO. Nov. 15. During the past five years 45,0i"i0 persons were murd?red in the United States. More persons were murdered last year than died of typhoid lever. This awfoLtoUi has been due. to devices, which we show in CLARK & CO. I the way in which the law was- adminis tered, and the law itself is bad and in efficient It is burdened with restrictions and technicalities, and in almost every case the criminal has nine chances of es caping to one of being found guilty. So declared Marcus Kavanagh last night in an address before the alumni of fft. Igna tius College. Hard to Get Gillette Jury. HERKIMER, X. TV. Nov. 15. The work of securing a Jury to try Chester E. Gil lette, who is charged with the murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown, was con tinued today. Practically no progress was made in securing jurymen. Out of the special panel of 1E0 tales men, 90 have been challenged, twenty have been excused. 36 remain to be ex amined, and only four have been accept ed by both sides. It may be that another panel of 150 wall have to be drawn. Baptists to Meet at Baltimore. ST. LOUIS. 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