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13 BILLS FOR ARE BEING GUARDED With Enfranchisement Comes Increased Activity in Affairs of State. SEVERAL MEASURES PEND Mrs. IxI G. Baldwin Declares Fe male Prisoners In Some In stances Hare Less State Pro tection Than Animals. Although, the women of Oregon have been enfranchised But three monins. already they are manifesting a keen Interest in state legislation, standing back of at least half a dozen prominent measures that have been Introduced In the present legislature. All of these measures affect the women and chil dren of the state. Several of them have been Introduced solely through the efforts of women's organizations. This Is notably true of the widows" pension bill for which .the Oregon Congress of Mothers stands sponsor. At no time In the history of the state have women been so prominent at the capltol during a legislative ses sion and never before have they been able to present measures demanding respectful recognition on the ground of common citizenship. The mails of Senators and Representatives this year is filled with letters written in feminine . cliirography calling for their support to some bill which has commanded the writer's sympathy and Interest: The minimum wage. widows' pension, morals court, social hygiene, and this past week for two bills that have been urged by the Social Service Council; one providing for a State Industrial . School for girls and the other requiring . i . -1 1 n .... niAD-ittmatp children IDKL all laiucto lJ . ..-. - . - - contribute to their support until they are 10 years oic Forty Organizations I'nlted. The Social Service Council is an or ganization which acts as a clearing i . .... An npvanixnHnnjI of the CitV and state which have to do with the welfare of the women and children. Recently at one of the monthly con . a t ..i q (i vt . l.i w 1 n sunerin. tendent of the department of public safety lor young women, mm i need for a state Industrial school for girls, pointing out tne tact mat Ore gon was one of only seven states in the Union that did not make provision for its girl delinquents, ana oi mcse ... h na ice-tain tlnn nending. The' Social Service Council appointed the following committee: airs. oaiuwau, chairman: Mrs. Mary Mallett, Mrs. George Felts. Mrs. A. T. P. Spaulding, Miss Emma Butler and D. V. Manning. This committee at once began Its Investigation, with the result that last week it was able to place before the Legislators the facts which they con sider warrant the bill providing for an appropriation of $50,000 to build, equip and maintain an institution for girls between the ages of 12 and 25. where work along reformatory and educational lines will be carried on. Condition Declared Beyond Belief. "The bill is not a reform measure per se; it is not a freak bill: It is the cry from the very heart of all the women's organizations of the State of Oregon for relief from a social con dition which is almost beyond belief," said Mrs. Baldwin, when questioned as to the measure. "For 19 years," she continued, "Ore gon has provided a state training school for boys, while Its delinquent girls over the age of 18 have had to be thrown into Jails or prisons. There is no place in the state today where a girl can be committed under state care. 'In the City of Portland alone during the' year 1912, there were 1558 women arrested. 124 of these being under 21 years of aire. In addition to these there were 648 girls cared for by the department of public safety. Two thousand, two hundred and six women and girls handled by the police de partment of the city In one year! Im morality has been the charge against a large majority of these women. Those who have been convicted have served time in Jails and prisons. I have seen 22 young women crowded into two rooms. Girl's Case Cited. "One girl of 19 served 360 days in a room with iron bars, with no oppor tunity for fresh air or exercise, no occupation, nobody evidently caring what became of her when she went out. The State Humane Society would not permit a dog .to be shut up in that manner without serving a notice on the owner for cruelty. These women of all classes, the young, first offender end the hardened criminal; negroes, Chinese and white, 'women, indiscrimi nately mixed are huddled together and exchange, for the" want of better oc? cupation, stories of their degredation. Do you wonder that when they come out into the world they are rebellious against God and societyT 'Even worse has-been the condition of the girl whom the judge has allowed to go free rather than consign her to Jail, Oregon providing absolutely noth ing else for the wayward girl except a svstem of fines which are worse in their effect than Incarceration, because the woman must commit her same sin again In order to obtain money to pas tor the first transgression. Education Is Aim. "We are asking the Legislature of 1913 to give the women of Oregon a de cent place for women who are sen tenced a place where they shall have fresh air, sunshine, proper employment and classification, so that the hardened criminal will not be thrown with the girl who is Just entering the down ward way. Here the work of reform could go hand in hand with that of edu cation, the girl during her stay reeeiv ing Instruction in domestic science and arts, gardening, poultry-raising, care of small fruits, etc., so that when she goes out into the world she will be equipped to cook a proper meal, make her own clothes, trim her hats, know something of the requirements of good mother hood and be able to earn her living honestly. "New Tork has three such Institu tions, at Bedford. Albion and Hudson, each with splendid equipment. Wis consin appropriates $00,000; Pennsyl vania has expended I5S.000 for the care of girls under 13 and JS6.000 for those over 13; Michigan spends J92.000 an nually. Illinois I21B.O0O, Utah 174.000, Massachusetts $75,000 and New Jersey $75,000. Eleven states each spend an nually over $90,000 In the training of delinquent girls. Curtailment Is Unknown. There Is no state on record that has ever abandoned the plan; in fact, all are enlarging and improving their equipment and declare that it pays." The bill was introduced last week by Senator Gus Moser and has been placed In the hands of the ways and means committee. Much interest in the measure was aroused by the introduction of a scrap book, prepared by the social service committee, showing cuts of the grounds and buildings, etc.. of the Institutions in more than SO different states In the country. Many of the legislators de clare their hearty approval of the bill, saying it has "too long been delayed." The women are sanguine of the success of the measure. The second measure which has made its Hppeal to the women of the state is that which was brought out by the following incident: Within 16 hours recently there came to the office of the Department of Safety for Women six young girls who were prospective mothers. The sum total of money pos sessed by the six was less than $2. Confidence Is Abased. "These girls," said Mrs. Baldwin, "were ' not. In the common acceptance of the term, dissolute. They had been preyed upon through the dlvinestthlng in their natures, their love and confi dence. They were girls who were worthy of assistance. One or two of them had not only been betrayed but FRIENDS JOIS OBSERVING PIONEER'S HIST BIRTHDAY. .v.-y;-; Mrs. Maria McGnire. Mrs. Maria McGulre was pleas antly surprised last Sunday, Jan uary 26, when a number of her sons and daughters came to her apartments at 228 East Twentieth street, loaded down with all kinds of good things for a banquet in honor of her 81st birthday. Mrs. McGuire is an old pioneer of Ore gon, having crossed the plains in 1852, making the trip oh a flatboat down the Columbia River from the Cascade Locks to Port land. She has been a subscriber for The Oregonian since 1854, first taking the "weekly" and then the "daily." Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. C McGuire and son Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McGuire. of Hood River; Mr. and Mrs. Grant -McGuire and daughter, Marie, of Woodburn: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fleming, son Edward and little daughter Elna, of Estacada, and Mrs. Laura Baldwin, who Is passing the Winter in Portland with her Mother Mrs. Maria McGuire. they had been Induced by the men to part with the money that they had earned by legitimate work." A little group of men and women then got busy and as the result of their work Representative Conrad Olson last week Introduced bill 339, providing that the fathers of illegitimate children should be required to support and maintain their offspring. The bill has the salient features of the Wisconsin law, and is pronounced one of the best easures yet presented. It Is consid ered a fair mea3uie bntb to the mother and father, and its framers assert that there is no danger of any Innocent man being wronged by it. None of the money goes to the mother of the child, the amount, from $100 to $350 a year. being solely for the child. Jail la Alternative. ' Tl.o fatter, after having be proven to be such by a court of Jurisdiction, shall be placed under bond and re quired to pay for all the expenses at tendant to the birth or the child ana yearly sums until the child attains 10 years. In default of payment thi father may be Incarcerated In the County Jail. By the payment of the required sum di'ring the helpless years of the child's life. It Is pointed out that it will enable a mother to keep her child in her own care, an arrangement which is urged and upheld by all social agencies. BOTTLE TELLS SHIP'S FATE Crew Sends 'Word of Wreck on TJn- inhabited Isle and Asks Help. WHEELER, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) L. J. Louis, of this place, coming from Nehalem in his rowboat, found a bottle with a screw top about 40 rods east of the Pacific Railway & Navigation ticket office, at 2 o clock this after noon, containing the following note: People. Please send help. Come at once as 1 ana nine or my crew are shipwrecked on an island ' outside of the Columbia River. Signed by the crew and Mr. Oleson, F. M. Send help soon." . . There Is no date on the note. WOMAN WHO LIVED IN PORT LAND 43 YEARS, DEAD. 5s : -. " J or Mrs. Catherine Osvold. The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Osvold, a pioneer resident of Portland, who died at her home. 652 Belmont street, Thursday, will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Oddfellows' Hall, First and Alder streets. Rev. T. L. Eliot officiating, assisted by Rev. W. Q. Eliot. The services at the grave in Lone Fir Cemetery, will be conducted by Columbia Rebekah Lodge, No. S, L O. O. F. Mrs. Osvold had been a resident of Portland for 43 years and was known to all old residents. She is survived by a widower, Martin Osvold, and a son. Ralph Osvold, of Portland. Also there are two grandsons, Ralph Martin Osvold and Howard Kerton Osvold. . ' r : IP. iii wili , i We have grown too. big for this store. We're going to move to a larger location, The Annex Hotel Corner,1 Washington and "12th Sts. It will be the finest wholesale and retail piano salesroom in the West Our stock has been ordered for the new store and every one of the 150 pianos now on hand in our present location will be sold before we move. 7 - To advertise our name and new location and to show our appreciation to the people of Portland and Oregon, we are spending our money with the piano buyers instead of the newspapers. Come in Monday morning. We'll show you how you can make $100 and more on a piano. If you live in or near Portland, Your credit is good with us. Bring your pocket-book along with you. Leave us a reasonable sum, arrange the 'terms to suit your convenience. You'll find the piano in your home when you get back. MUNLY NAMES AIDES North East Improvement Asso ciation Committees Picked. BIG YEAR'S WORK AHEAD Celebration of Broadway Bridge Opening to Bo Made Xotable Event O. R. Miller Is New Secretary Jost Elected. r (?. Munlv. resident of the North East Side Improvement Association, with the assistance of secretary . Miller, yesterday made . the following Important committee appointments: Committee to arrange for celebration .ha .nmni.Hnn nf th Broadway bridge Councilman Menefee, W. C. North, William wooaara, a. a. neppiiei, W. A. Oadwell, I T. Perry. George W. Bates, Thad "W. Vreeland, D. W. Ward, t w Vnitn s. a. Beach. F. S. Myers, L. T. Adams, D. I Povey, E.- Versteeg. John M. Pittinger, E. A. McGrath, I E. Sauvie, c: I Schoenreiat. Committee to confer with Seventh Qtrcot oinh nn naminar Seventh street Broadway K, E. Menefee, Bruce C Curry, W. A. Cadwell, A. M. J3ewar, L. T. Peery. PrlIcA (.ntnmlttee D. L. Povey. E. Versteeg. J. B. Zeigler, Frank Sinnott, John H. Nolta, S. C. Beach, I E. Sauvie. Mr. Munly Is chairman oi all tne com mittees. FT).. Vnrth TTant RidA T !T1 Tl T O V P TT1 P II t Association has entered on its sixth year. Few civic organizations have secured more or as many important re sults In that time. Organized March n 1407 it has been active in the de velopment of the North East Side, but mainly In promoting- tne erection ci the Broadway onage, ior wnicn ij. wo started. It has taken steps for cele- i . .' ..a .rartlnn nf the Broadwav bridge in April next, and has appointed a special committee to lane cnarge oi the exercises and to provide a pro gramme. txri.h a clnc-l xcertfon of secretary the same officers who were elected at the organization of the club were re elected for the year: President, M. G. Munly; vice-president, w. i f.ortn, secretary. C R. Miller; treasurer, R. E. U. Simmons. Erection of the Broadway Bridge ana the association are closely Identified. a - mamm vnoAtini? held in Albina shortly after the association was formed the erection of the bridge was decided on, only one in tne auaience objecting. The long fight over the legality of the bond issue and over the erection of the bridge Itself Is known to the public Itself, but the sacrifice of We offer Busk & Lane Pianos in competition with a,ny Piano in the world, ir. 355 C. W. CROSS, Manager (New Location After March 1st, Washington at 12th) time and money on the part of a few is not publicly known, but it has come to be recognized now that the fight was made by M. G. Munly, H. A. Heppner, W. C North, I E. Sauvie, Councilman Menefee, L. T. Peery, D. U Povey, E. A. McGrath, J. H. Nolta, A. B. Manley, E. Versteeg, L. T. Adams. J. M. Pittinger and some others. There were times when the outcome appeared to be in doubt, but these men never wavered. Services Given Freely. Mr. Munly gave freely his services to the cause In a legal way without cost to the association. He made a trip East largely in the Interest of the bond WIDOW AND THREE CHIL DREN SURVIVE PIONEER VANCOUVER RESIDENT. John Jassy. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 1. (Special.) John Jaggy, the pio neer .merchant who died here last Thursday, was a storekeeper in .Vancouver during the Hudson's Bay Company's times. He built the first brick building in Van couver. This building yet stands at the foot of Main street. Mr. Jaggy was 84 years old, his last birthday being January 16. He was a member of the first fire department. During the territor ial days he was a member of tha Town Council and also of the School Board. We was one of the committee that chose the site for the State School for the Deaf, located In this city. Mr. Jaggy died on January 30, his wife's , birthday. She survives him. be ing three years his senior. At the time - of Mr. Jaggy's death his three surviving children, J. H. Jaggy, Mrs. Rose Daniels, of Los Angeles, and Mrs. H. W. Arnold, were at his bedside. The funeral was held yesterday. Rev. J. M. Canse, of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was at the city cemetery. 1 i J k'-iminffS-r-r ftsMngtonflt.Q at Park issue, and also made arguments in the court when the legality of the bond issue was involved. Countless meet ings of the bridge committee were held in his office and campaigns for the bridge were adopted. When money was needed H. A. Heppner and L. E. Sauvie were on hand to do the work. At one time the club membership ran up to BOO and over. In the six years the association assisted in the erection of the Jefferson High School, erection of the Eliot School building, replacing the Williams-avenue structure, and bridges over Sullivan's Gulch. There are several Important projects the association will undertake this year. It will try to see that the ap proaches to the bridge from the East Side are In good condition at the open ing, and that the streetcar lines have seoured franchises and have their . i. .i .ho tvia,A will he no LmuiiB i.iu i" " ........ .- delays. A special committee has been appointed to look alter tne sireei rail way franchises to the bridge, and also to look after the routing of cars over the bridge. It is planned to have the streets lighted extending to the bridge, i n.n.ivav TTntnn avenue and Iilt:iuuiii5 AJ, VQU ,. U J , - Larrabee street. Also the association will assist in extending wiimhuis ve- . V. .n!l.A. J Krtilira AlODTfithpr nUC IU LUD ai" vav o the association will continue to be an active factor In the North East Side. TEACHERS GOING TO SALEM Portland Educators to Jfumber of 150 to "See" legislature. i .bntinn nf 150 Portland school teachers will beselge the Legislature next Thursday. The teachers will as semble at Tenth and Morrison streets on Thursday at 8:30 A. M. to take the Oregon Electric to Salem, where they will use their best efforts In behalf of the grade teachers' bill, which they are endeavoring to have passed at the present session. The bill provides for a system similar to civil service for the teachers and principals of this state. It stipulates that no teacher can be dropped from the department i.urt..t- h.!n. nrnnprlv notified and without having an opportunity to give her version oi wnatever 10 ncB the cause of the dismissal. The bill . i tnrani liv . all the leading uoa uwoi ........ . educators and by a number of the Portland women s ciuos. With so much backing, the teachers . m c i..,. a a Bn?np onnosi- nope iui c - tlon has been suggested, the officers of the Portland Teachers' Association and the Principals' Club thought it advisable to bend every effort to gain their point ana tne propuw cu.ow.. to Salem is the result. Whether or not the members of the Legislature can withstand the eloquence of so many school teachers remains to be seen. ' City May Aid Employes. The City of Portland yesterday took tne lust . .. ... .. man's compensation law unnecessary. so far as it Is eoncernea as ... Uavn. T?nnFilltrht aDDOlnt- ed Coiincilmen Daly. Baker and Monks as a special committee to investigate and recommend ways and means for regardless of age, name or reputation. Jlt 6-4 providing assistance for city employes who are killed or Injured while In the service of the city. The committee was appointed In accordance with a resolu tion adopted by the Council at Its meeting January 22. MELODY DISTURBS CLERKS Venerable Visitor to County Office Halts Operations Temporarily. Whistling with great fervor and con tinuity a shrill tune of a few bars which sounded much like a Chinese dirge a patriarchal-appearing man with a long white beard managed entirely to disrupt the work of County Clerk Coffey's staff yesterday morning. The old man was examining records and as he flipped over page after page the shrill repetition continued, the author of it quite unconscious of the fact that It was getting on the nerves of the clerks behind the desk. 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