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TTTE MOItXIXG OREGOyiAy. TTTESPAT, ftlAY 3, 1911. 10 IRUSHLIGHT TURNS effect that he commended it and had voted for it. "Like the original trimmers or his tory, Mr. Lombard, so far as the com mission charter originated by the Coun cil, of which I was a member, which he now so loudly applauds, was con cerned, occupied the debatable ground between the supporters and opponents of the charter, and followed the assem blylte practice of masterly inactivity and profound silence. - "I submit to" the good citizens of this city the past performssace, or rather WELL, KNOWN PORTLAND NEWSPAPER, MAN WHO DIED AT WERLEIN TAKES UP CHARGES 0F6RAFT PARENTS' HOME IN ST. PAUL. Mayoralty Aspirant Charges Mayoralty Candidate Talks at Kenton on Assertions of Lombard. . non-performance, or air. bomoara us u assembly, boss-dominated candidate for Councllman-at-Large, when a com mendable, up-to-date commission char ter was before the people, with his present attempt at voie-catchlng prom ises as to what he will do in the fu ture." BAKIBia POW . Rival With Being As sembly Product. m m wi i GUNS LOMBARD fiissQiufcSy Pare Mes Hosne Baking Easy 'COMMISSION RULE URGED City Treasurer Asks Whr Hi Op ponent Docs Xot Cao- Arrest of !n He Accuse of Mis conduct In Office. Addressing the voters of Kenton last night. City Treasurer Werlein took his opponent. Gay Iximbard. to.U.k for preferring wholesale charges of gran n!rjit the City Cm-.ncll without taking seme steps towards seeing that the evil doers were prosecuted. Mr. Werlein said that members of the Council can be pun ished under city ordinances for such misconduct without even taking their cases before the District Attorney and grand Jury, neither of which courses wa adopted by Lombard. There is no form of government tin ker the sun." said Mr. Werlein. "that could meet with public approval with the charges and counter charges or t-ribery. irmft. etc.. that ars now being hurled back and forth by those who ars responslMe for the enforcement of laws la the City of Portland. Werletn Puts Query. "Mr. Lombard was member of the City Council for 12 months and he now charges graft and corruption. Did he resign from the Council on account of the corruption he now claims was ex isting? No. he wss not actuated by such exalted emotions. Had I been a member of the Council, if. for only a month, the first time I received evidence of wroncdolna- along the lines suxgested fcy Mr. Lombard, I would then and there have brought the wrongdoers before the courts of justice and had them sent to prison. -1 furthermore say to Mr. Lombard. If you have the evidence In your possession to substantiate the charges of graft, bribery, etc, L as a lawabldtng cltlien. ask you to Join hands with me and I will, under the charter, show you the way to punish the evildoer. There are many lawi in the ordinance book of the city providing a penalty for the violation thereof. If a violator Is not punished, can you blame the law? No, but rather charge It to the lack of diligence on the part of those who have sworn to enforce the laws." Mr. Werlein took up the subject of jrooti government and what It means to Kenton, touching upon the phenomenal growm ana pnBm mi irvuuu vi city has made during the last two years. As Mayor, Mr. Werlein assured his audi ence that he would Join in every legiti mate undertaking for the advancement, not only of Kenton, but all other pro gressive districts of the city. He closed his address by saying that while charges of corruption and fraud were being ex changed between Rushlight and Lorn , bard, he could with becoming modesty ay: "I defy any man to point to a single suspicious act In either my publio or private life." Discussing the present city govern ment and his position ss to .the pro posed commission from of government. Mr. Werlein said: People Control Charter Here. "Cities are governed by charters In some Instances granted by Legislatures and In others, like In Portland, the char ter la controlled exclusively by the peo ple. "The power of being governed will never again by the voting power of Port land be turned over to corrupt legisla tors to be made an object of barter and ale. In exchange for legislation that might not otherwlie be enacted. "I contend furthermore that no man or set of men will be given by the people the power to aay what kind of a charter the city will be governed by. Therefore until the law la changed by the people, the Mayor must work under the require ments of the charter In existence at the time of his election, and It shall be my purpose If elected Mayor to give an op portunity to change our form of gov ernment as soon as possible. "We need to try every good govern mental expedient, but after they have been adopted don't forget that the root of the matter Ites In the character of the citixen whom you elect to enforce the law. "At S-Hwood last Friday evening Mr. Lombard made the statement that if the commission form of government waa up for adoption It would carry by a vote of ten to one; a test vote was taken and a slim third of the audience arose. Assertion la Made. "I venture the assertion that If the question were presented thus all who would like the commission form of gov ernment presented to them for study, please stand, every person In the audi ence would have stood. "In my Joint debates with Mr. Lom bard I have taken the stand that we would have to work under the present charter until a new one was adopted and I am sure that I have demonstrated sny ability to undertake this burden of responsibility with the same courage and fidelity that I have fulfilled every publio trust committed to my care. "I have pledged myself Immediately to appoint a committee of IS members to thoroughly investigate the commission form of government and without delay report their findings to the people, the best form of government obtainable la what Portland needs and to attain this end I shall lend my best efforts." F.CS1ILIGHT IS ASKED TO TELL Lombard Challenges Opponent to Cite Alleged Wrongdoing. Having deapalred of securing a Joint discussion of municipal Issues with his opponent Mr. Rushlight. Gay Lombard yesterday came out with a challenge, demanding that Rushlight tell the peo ple wherein he believes Lombard be trayed tee Interests or the people our ng the time he served as Councilman. lie demands that Mr. Rushlight prefer his charges Immediately for the In formation of the voters and not wait until the last hour of the campaign. Mr. Rushlight has been rumaging ever the Council records at the City Hall for several days la search of such portions of Lombard's records aa may be crttlclssd. "I defy Mr. Rushlight or any other man to show the people anything oh Jectlonable In my official record aa a member of the Council." aald Mr. Lom bard yesterday. "If he knows any thing about me that makes me unfit to serve the people of Portland aa their Mayor, he owes It to himself and to the people that he make public those facta. The people have the right to ioow anything unfavorable to my can i - .- - . ...- . i i i V dldacy Mr. Rushlight professes to have discovered. Let him produce the goods. "There are only two acts of mine as Councilman for which I am sorry. In fact, their commission deserves an apology. One of them was when I acted against my best Judgment and assisted to give George L. Baker a special permit for his theater against the provlaions of the building code. The other was when I permitted Rush light to Influence my vote In regard to sewer-plpe legislation In the Coun cil." VOMAV WISHES WERLEIX LUCK Fair Supporter Sends Mayoralty Candidate Four-Leaf Clover. If women could vote In municipal elections In Portland. City Treasurer it'..i.i. --n.iM nnJ a n additional source of strength In his candidacy for Mayor. At any rate, he could gamble on the vote of one entnusiasuc wumnn supporter. In yesterday'a mall Mr. vi i i I w - mnnnvmmia note. written In an undisguised woman'a hand, and Inclosing a rour-jeai ciuvor as an emblem of good luck. The writer not only failed to sing the missive but did not Indicate a street address. The note was: r . n w 9 Aia for tti ii hut I can end 'good luck" to you herein, hoping I am addressing iao ntn aibut i Portland." LAW BREAKERS FINED SALOONKEEPERS EVADE LAW y AD ARE CAUGHT. Sheriff Steven Wages War on Sun day Violators and Court Hands Out Limit. VMinr behind the technicality that his wife waa the actual offender, W. Peterson, a unnton saloonkeeper whose place was raided by the Sheriff last Sunday, did not appear In Justice Ol ...tariljii when the case came to trial, and the woman, timid and uninformed, was lelt to iace tae prosecution alone. Sheriff -Stevens assisted Deputy At torney FlUgerald In conducting the case, and Informed the court that Peterson waa a persistent violator of the law and a rowdy who had Llnnton ..ri.t .a tht the local DOlice were powerless to curb him. A large force , r n . . . i . . r nnwn Munui&v. anu uuo of them was served with liquor by Mrs. Peterson. He also rouna inree men in the place drinking. The Sheriff aald that he did not like to go over the heads of the local au thorities; but that condltlona In Llnn- . um kvnni. Intolerable, and the municipal authorities were unable to cope with It. Justice Olson aavisea me Sheriff to arrest Peterson If possible and to be sure to fix bis ball high enough. . A. Carlson, anotner lummwinr from the same suburb, attempted to aay a word for Mrs. Peterson, but waa met by a rebuke from the Sheriff, who said: . rt fmrt Cn rl.O Tl- TOU ought to be here aa a defendant your self; you narrowly nusseu uoiug ed yesteroay." . Pn. K r-m n .nAth.f T.lnnton liquor seller, was also arraigned. His place was raided late Saturday night and two women, giving the names Nel lie Smith ana May eiewari, were iuuuu In It. They were arrested as witnesses and spent the night In the County JaiL -r.v, .--n vnu Are an undenlrablo cltl ien." said theecourt. "The liquor busi ness Is baa enougn at me dni, oui n. ought not to be In the hands of law- k i Th. r4tw nt T.lnnton onrht to revoke your license. I am sorry that I can fine you only : Three Ones of f ii each, the maximum, were assessed against Mrs. Peterson. Bridge Bond Case Up. A preliminary hearing la the case of Farson Sons it Company against the city, to compel the city to return a I2S.000 certified check put up as a guarantee of goooN faith by the com pany when It put In its bid on the Broadway-bridge bonds, will be had before Federal Judge Bean next Mon day. The bearing will consist of argu ments by the attorneys upon the city's demurrer to the eompanys complaint. Shoud the court sustain the de murrer the next step will probably be the filing of an amended complaint by the company. But should the de murrer be overruled. It will be for the City Attorney to file hla answer, set ting out the city's reasons for refusing to return the bond. The city's conten tion 1s that the bid was not made In good faith, there not being good cause for rejecting the bonds. Despite their leeser area. Germany. Rn sni Austria -produce more potatoes t&aa the tailed Slaws, Jt rftr' a ' - ' ' ' . . JACK BARRETT OIES Well-Known Newspaper Man Is Victim of Tuberculosis. PRESS CLUB WORKER GONE Former Member of The Oregonlan Staff Succumbs to Disease Which lie Had Made Basic Theme In Dramatic Work. John "W. (Jack) Barrett, .who was dd till a few months ago, when his health 'gave way. night police reporter on The Oregonlan, died at the home of his parents tr. St. Paul. Minn., Sunday morning. Death was due to tuberculo sis of the stomach. It seems a strange twist of fate that Mr. Barrett's death should come but few short months after the completion of a Dlay by him which had for Its basle theme the problem of combating tuberculosis. While an enthusiastic newspaper man. the stage and the writing of plays always had a fascination for Jack. For months he devoted most of his spare time to the composition of the antl tuberculosis drama, which he called "The Toll." . At the very time when he was putting speeches In the mouths of the tubercular young man, the young doctor and other characters In- the piece, the dread disease of which he wrote was fastening Its talons on his busy hands. Author Pays "the Toll." The clay was doomed never to see the footlights and the author to pay "The Toll" before his time, jack liarren was only 2S. Jack was one of the organizers of the Portland Press Club, and his death is the first in the club since organiza tion was perfected, last August. From the outset he was a member of the board of directors and'chalrman of the entertainment committee, positions he reluctantly relinquished on account of 111 health but a few weeks ago. ills Interest In the welfare of the club never lagged, even when, with death ap proaching. his father came to take him to St. Paul oack noma. Mr. Barrett "broke Into" the news paper "game" on the St. Paul Dispatch, for which he covered police for several year a- Later he Joined the staff of a theatrical newspaper In Chicago. Re turning to St. Paul, he became manager of a vaudeville theater. On reiinquisn lng this position, he came to Portland and Joined the atari or The uregonian In June, 1909. Club Work Active. To Mr. Barrett's efforts, as chairman of the entertainment committee, was due In a great measure the success of the entertainment glvea by the Press Club at the Hellig Theater, December 1. last. Gloom pervaded the Press Club quar tera and the newspaper offices of the city when the. news of Jack s death was received yesterday. The ciuo ira mediately telegraphed funds for a gen erous -offering of flowers and other friends of Mr. Barrett did likewise. Mr. Barrett's health began failing early in January. Ue was forced to re tire from active work. After resting a few weeks without getting better, he went to Southern California. He grew steadily worse, however, and returned to Portland. He entered St. Vincent's Hospital, but as his condition did not Improve, his father was notified. The latter came to Portland and took Jack back heme with him, arriving In St. Paul only about a week ago, Mr. Barrett was a member of the St. Paul lodge of Kiks. CONVENIENT. Ylhaat v-Ati arrlTa In tViA tMtv ft in Tint necessary to give your baggage check to an expressman, unknown to you. when you arrive at your home and we gaire Is delivered. Service day and night- B. O. Transfer Company. New location l HTML bdu x-'o.yi ireeia. Fhones: aiaia ovsu, a 4TH AND WASHINGTON. To lease, the northeast corner of Fourth and Washington streets. Submit offeri to Raleigh P. Trimble. 410 Mo hawk building. Third . and Morrison streets. ' INSINCERITY IS ALLEGED In Signed Statement Opponent Is Said to Have Not Shown Him self by Acts as Favorable to Commission Rule. Tniti,.ai i.lmmr." "assembly. bOSS- domlnated candidates for Council" and -product of the notoriously ana out rageously packed assembly of April, ( 1S0." are among the terms by which . j-i T...t.ltct, r. fur, to his oDDonent, . Gay Lombard, In a signed statement1 Issued yesterday, nr. !"''"' that this preliminary arraignment or . t i i k.. kim la oniv the beginning. : He promises further equally pointed discussion -OI nis rivai, " . , asked many questions touching on his record as a Councilman. Mr. Rushlight makes the direct charge that Lombard is Insincere In wt. - .. . . a t thi time of a com mission form of government for this city. He supports this accusation by referring to jjomoaro. anu uo.v . n .hriiirht charges that at that time Lombard, although a candidate for tunciiman-i-wa with the Indorsement of the Republican city assembly, failed to take the stump j WMVj in tnnnnrt of the DTO- posed commission plan of government, -1 i i h.fnp. th. nenole for w IUCU tiQ ,1.1 ww.u.v w - - , their adoption. In the election in June of that year the commission jau rejected by a two-to-one vou. r. x...Kif 0hr'a Kirned statement. which is the first discussion of either candidates or Issues he has made since the campaign opened, follows: Comparison Is Made. w- t i v. . K.n nrecise -since r. '-- ,ii . in promise-maaing a iu " " " do in the future relating to the com mission form or government, it m7 instructive to the good cltiiena of Port land to let the lamp of history shin on what Mr. Lomoara nas ncmnu to further the cause of government by commission, and thereby compare cis much-vaunted precepts wun aim pt.i tltn isns the Council of the City of Portland appointed a committee of three, empowering mo v.............- to appoint a commission consisting or ,c . t th ntv of Portland to draft a new charter to remedy the de fects of the present cnarier. mo ..... n XI o vnr IJinfl ana miliee, cwuipw..u w ' ' . Councilmen Baker and Cellars, each named five citizens to consuiuio Charter Commission. The commission . . . i tj.n. it MoCllnn organirea, eivuiiuB as chairman, and after careful work or half a year, submitted a cnarier em bodying the commission form of gov ernment as its principal feature, and among other things curbing, restrain ing and controlling puono v.-, .i - - A nttvlncr romn&nlel. With all the strictness of up-to-date legisla tion, and finally cutting on iu of office of the then Council either one or three years, according to the date or election. . . . "I was a member or mo wuku, with the majority of the Council voted for the submission of the charter to the people to be voted upon at tne munici pal election to be held on Monday, June j .,,.v, nrovlrilna-. in case t . iJ 'J. ui "4 ...v.. r ' . of adoption of said charter, that the term of tne tnen oiiic:i of the City of Portland should term inate on the July following, and not only voted for the said charter embody ing the commission form of govern r. r nm.n nut voted for It as a private citizen, and this notwlth- m t-a Art a vta it. standing tne tact m -"-; " -' self shortened my term of office one yea r. Assembly Is Kecalled. "Where was Mr. Lombard during this - I,. . .uim that he was a timer no uiMv private citizen and therefore not called upon to speaa wnu - -": charter. It is to be remembered that at that very time Mr. Lombard, to gether with his fellow financier, Thomas Devlin, were the nominated i PAinipiimAnt.LarKa at niL&priuK. . . . the hands of the notoriously and out-. rareously packed assemoiy nem m Baker Theater In April, 1909. This assembly, as the citizens of Portland will remember, wae the parent and the sta! king-horse for the corporation-controlled assembly of 1910. It was under the absolute domination of the faction which sought to rehabilitate bosslsm in the Republican party. Joseph Simon, as in the days of old, dictated the nom inatlone. Thomas Devlin had been, at Simon's Instance, appointed recejiver of the defunct Oregon Savings & Trust Company. Lombard, as the purchaser of the most valuable tangible asset of the aavlngs bank, through Devlin, had much In common with Devlin. "During the entire campaign, al though a candidate before the people for an Important office, Mr. Lombard pursued the assemblylte policy of all created things dependant upon their creator, and left the campaign In the hands of the coterie of choice spirits which dominated the city convention of 1909, and the county and state conven tion of 1910. Never once did Mr. Lom bard or hie running mate, Devlin, ap pear upon the stump or before the peo ple In any guise, speaking either In favor of his candidacy or the charter. "Like the poor neglected thing it was. the charter went to its death with none so poor as to do it reverence, and tha only requiem it has ever received at the hands of Mr. Lombard was during the past week when he planted the memorial tablet over its grave to the Hood's Sarsaparilla Cares AU Sprlmc Ailments. Mrs. Marlon Bruce, Cumberland. Me., writes: "I have, taken Hood's Sarsa parilla for a great many years, and I think it the best blood medicine In the world. I take it both Spring and Fall. This last Winter and Spring I was In very poor health. I was weak and had lost all my appetite and I was all run down. As soon as I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla my strength came back and my appetite returned. I am now well, do my housework, and no longer have that tired feeling." Hood's Sarsaparilla restores the ap petite and makes sleep sound and re freshing by building up the whole sys tem. It purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, aids and perfects the di gestion. Take It this Spring. Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsataba, LOMBARD DENIES ALLEGATION Attempt to Make Him Out Politician Amuses Him, He Says. "Rushlight's apparent effort to make me out a professional politician is amusing- to me and my friends." said Mr. Lombard last night. "Most em phatically I am not a politician and know very little about politics. Before I was nominated for Councllman-at-Large two years ago, I had not so much as attended a political meeting. "Answering Rushlight's statement, I will say that I did not attend the Re publican city assembly in April, 1909. I did not have knowledge that I was to be Indorsed by that gathering for Councilman-at-Large. The indorsement came unsolicited. I was inexperienced and during the campaign attended only one meeting. It was held in the Sell-lng-Hlrsch Hall. I tried to make an addTess, but my knees shook so badly that the best I could do was to say that if elected I would try to do my fluty and I did. I accepted the nomi nation and election not as a politician but because I believed that every citi zen Interested in his city should take sufficient interest in public affairs to accept office. "I voted for the commission charter in the election two years ago; talked to my friends and urged them to sup port It. In fact, I fully expected the commission plan to be adopted by the people. It did not require a very long service In the City Council for me to learn the Imperative need for a com mission form of government or exten sive amendments in the present char ter. I have been contend'ng- for such a system ever since. That I am sin cere in advocating a commission form of government at this time is evidenced by the fact that I made it an issue 'n this campaign. I included it as a plank in my platform and my opponents have both since Indorsed It. "It seems strange to me that Mr. Rushlight should not become con vinced of the need for a commission government and declare for it until Just four days before the primary elec tion. He is simply 'backing In' on this issue at a very late day. If he has really believed in that plan of govern ment for so long, why has he not had something to say on the question be fore T Has anybody seen the commis sion plan advocated in any of Mr. Rushlight's extensive billboard adver tising or In any of his other campaign literature?" RABBI PLEADS FOR JEWS CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA BEYOND DESCRIPTION, HE SAYS. Christian Ministers of Portland Re quested to Hetp In Rescue of Persecuted People. "The condition of the Jew in Russia today is one that cannot be described adequately," said Rabbi Wise in an address at the meeting of the Portland General Ministerial Association in the Y. M. C A. building yesterday. "The 6,000,000 or more persons of that un happy faith are and have been made the specialjjbjeets of such painstaking minuteness in horrible persecution as to leave no member of the race In peace for a day. ' "They are crowded within a re stricted pale of residence, herded into cities, not allowed to pursue many rinharmd from atrrlcul ture. ex cluded from universities. technical Its quality lies in the perfection of its purity. Rich in nutrition from selected rye, mellow in tone, well matured and of faultless flavor, it is today the highest possible type of The American Gentleman's Whiskey GUARANTEED UNDER THE PURE FOOD LAW m Ana makes the cake more sightly, freedom Royal Cooh Bool 800 Receipts ROYAL BAK1WQ POWDER schools and high schools, and not per mitted freedom in establishing schools for their own use. "Every indignity and disability which minds trained in persecution can Invent, they suffer. Added to that, they are dally in canger oi muruer miu pillage at the hands of mobs, abetted. av0.qt,ia hv thA erovernment of the Czar. If the truth were known. every man should iee impeum . come to their assistance. The Chris tian minister should be the first to protest against this usage of men and women. - "More than half the Jews of the world live under such conditions, yet few Indeed have been the protests from Christian pulpits. To such pulpits ii.ii... rf aiifh conditions a mere iumihb should stimulate an impassioned out cry or protest. In sepaKing or prejuuiuo m iio..v.- , i lmnlt,t that It was in xiaoui ii ioo ....f..- -- part due to the teachings of the Chris tian pulpit, ana mni . us"". there would help in righting the wrortfr. At the close of his address he was asked a question by Rev. C. B. Cline, in which Rev. Mr. Cllne used the terms "American" and "Jew" as distinguished from each other. Dr. Wise was ap- nlauaed wnen ne saiu. i ' ""f GSrls Alcohol To Boys . . , ,;. . i,,v hotf An active bra n demands an active nver. tX stn-nAyer-rPills. Ask your doctor about them. Ha knows. flUNTER ALTIttOR Fold at all flrst-class eafs and by jobber. Wil. UHaan 4, bON, Baltimore, Md. ES lighter, finer flavored, and Insures Its from alum. Free. Send Name and Address. CO.. NEW YORK. J tlon to your terms 'American' and 'Jew as mutually exclusive. I was born in Ohio of American parents and consider myself a good American." The speaker was asked as to his views whether or not America was a Christian Nation and replied: "Despite the statement of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, I maintain that this is not a Christian Nation. Re ligion has no place In our National plan or policy." By a rising vote the association thanked Rabbi Wise and many prom ised their aid in voicing protest against such conditions as he do scribed. The ministers passed a resolution in dorsing Rev. Charles T. McPherson for Councilman-at-Large. This was done after Rev. Mr. Cline had entered his protest against it. He declared the indorsement of the ministerial associa tion would cost Mr. McPherson many votes. But others of the minsiters felt that if the motion indorsing Mr. Mc Pherson failed to pass it would amount to a repudiation by the ministers of one of their own members. A debt of $1000. Incurred during the anti-saloon campaign last election, was mentioned, and the ministers were asked to do what they could to meet it. Giving alcohol, in some form, to yourchUdren? All right, if your doctor says so. But does he say so? Are you sure of it? Or are you giving some alcoholic medicine without his knowledge ? Let your doctor decide afl such vital ques tions. He knows. Let him decide about Ayefs Sarsaparilla as a strong tonic for the young. Not a drop of alcohol in it No stim ulation. No alcohol habit J. a ATER COMPANY. Lowell. Mam. ! x l ......