4 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, ' AUGUST 12, 1911. ' . EAST SI0 CITY ' ' scma at ope1 dat ceronies f astria j KIDfJilPED BOY IS iu. HGK DIFFER j f ; I FOlDNFJlMElj tS 4lf Charter Committee Disagrees. on Manner of Selecting Mayor and Auditor. The Best Place to Hear the Band nf l-inmf in vour easv chair listening to 3WETT FOR BALLOT PLAN it I v.. , , . -. : bnicaga runue iiuiucuiam,j ... v.T,- . 11 " 'J" III a I T..,. II(.m ind I ' Seven Men. L I i ' x - " i - " I, ' . .-sr. t ; . . .. j i Ci, 4.rV'V $500 IS PAID AS -RANSOM; I l 1X " ' rlCh ' ?J C' ''-K S' J Inspector Declares Ringleaders In. rlz Oppose Him and Adrorate Kl"- tlon of F1t CommlMloMM and . Choice of Eiecutlr by Thrm Debate lAtj. Aftr or two hours of i11irnlon th member of the Et Fid charter reunion committee at a maetlnir lt nlht failed to rerh an agreement on tlint feature of th commission :hrter they ar drafting; for ubm' lon to the doctors In January 111 -Tha points of difforoaca wera whether thr Mayor should be elected direct by -the people or be chosen bjr tha Commis sioners, also whether tha people should elect the City Auditor or whsther ba should be appointed by tha fla Com- rals sionors. Th dehatan as ta the. Mayor, his aiectlon ani his duties, was llrely. It was Introduced by Isaac pwett. who . suasested tf'at the Mayor should re- '. esiT an annual salary of 17000. whlla tha four Commissioners should ba paid 15000. Mr. Pwett araued that the pro posad commission charter should set forth specifically duties of tha Mivor who- should a elected by tha people at th same time tha four Com roiisionera ire'tlecied. He would hare the Mayor assume the head of one department of tha city overnant and at tha same time exer cise a general supervision over all otnr department and all. municipal employes. That the Mayor mlaht make jcb Investlaatlons as he deemed n mrr. Mr. 5wet? proposed that tha charter provide for him a special fund for that purpoee.- Six Ajtainat KwetTa Plan. A. T- Cridtfa.- City Auditor Barhur, City Engineer Hurlburt. Dr. C. H. Chap man. Gor A.'Bikclt and H. f Paraona did not arre with Mr. Swett. Thay coa ter..ed that five Coran..ssloners should be sleeted and select one of their num ber to act as Mayor. They alio wpJ that the task of apportioning- th work cf tha various departments among; tha members of th Commission was a de tail for live Commissioner themselves t aare upon. Th election of a Mayor br any- other aathorlty than th Commissioners. It waa arfued. and th clothing of that "officer with greater powers than were enjoyed by the other Commissioner, would result in a divid ed responslbllny and would " opposed to th commission government plan. Neither dtd the eommltte aarea on . tha auestlon of whether th City Audi tor and Municipal Judge should b elected br the people or appointed by the commissioners. The commute was aa-reed that tha Cttv Attornev and the Cuy Treasurer should be selected ' bv the commissioner, nut'wa divided as to the proper method for eelecttna . the City Auditor and the Municipal " Judge. Barhur for Elections. Cltr Auditor Barhur. disclaiming any personal Interest In tha dlcusslon. ad vocated th election of all four of these municipal officers In tha aame manner as they ar now selected. He Insisted that the disposition on the part of the people was to dispense with the ap pointment of their public officials by sAV other authority than themselves ' and in support of his argument referred to the trend of direct legislation which contemplates tha direct election of Tresiaeot as well as United States Sen ators. Ex-Mayor Lne took Issue with tha City Auditor and declared that tha members ef the commission. If they were to be hd responsible snd ac countable to tha people for their ad ministration, should unquestionably be given the right to appoint municipal officers who are now elected. , Mr. Black and other mem hers of tha committee concurred with Dr. Lane la the main, although they favored ex empting the office of City Auditor from appointment by tha commission. They contended that th Auditor should be ejected by the people. Independent of the commission, for the reason that this official would be a check on tha heads of the different departments In the expenditure of city funds. Committers to Mrrt. In the next few days the various rub-cmmltees. to which were as signs different subjects Involved In tha construction of the proposed char ter, will hold meetings preliminary to submitting rsoorts at the next meeting of the committee next Thursday. The sub-committees, announced hy a com mittee eonstettrg of Chairman Clark. Ir Lin snd v. C. B'nbow. are: rnmrfiiMinn. InrluHlrs h menbete. ' em s. snd rowere lr. Harry Len. A. L- Farour, It r. H. chapman. A. t). i ridic and E. A. Osr - f; c-tiws direct t-r'."stlon ewi re-:! A- D Crlrts e C. snd Isaac fell. rvf'Vers oh- thn imntHlnnfr s. I". fifinnr. Ju-1 Henry E. Medina and r.i'h"d t M'-ntfue- Ftsn-h! W. C Renrew, Dr. C. H. Cbsdtosc and T. M Hurl-tun. M'inirlpal e nrn ; p H. O- Pkrtosf. N. . f. ( rpnfr snd Ju'lce Hr E. MrOlnn. Civil rl- A I- Farbur. Georfe A. B:nrk end H. f. Parsons. O'her mmlrlrel ctlviil o. V. Hart. F. C- Fs-tis snd N. f. Carpenter. Slresr. Hrri end olr paMIe 1 mpww. rrsn's f M MurlMit. w. .'. BenDow and lu( at. Kmanrs and isi:on J" A. Black. A I- Hafur r.'-r-a.d SI. Mon-.aue. l. V Hsrt itI I'!-. Mrr Lane. 'nd1fl-at!n nd rsvfaien R.cMsrd W.. ynf w . '. Beseis. J'idse Henry XV McGinn. Isaac Saatl acd A. c clars. Klevrn Attend Srselon. Kleven of the IS members of the committee attended last nlaht's meet ing Tny were: a. r- -ark. Isaac Kwelt. rr. Harry 1-ane. A. L. Crldae. N. I". Carpenter. City Engineer Hurl burt. City Auditor Barbur. Tr. C. H. Chapman. George A. Black. H. G. Par sons, and W. C. Benbow. The committee adopted a resolution, offered by Mr. Black, officially des lgnatinc It as the Peoples Charter Committee. By the resolution, the public is Invited to co-operate with trie several sub-committee In framing the charter. The chairmen of the dif ferent sub-committees will receive sug gestions submitted either In person or ' through communication by Interested cltiseos. Carbons for llolric I.lghl. Baltimore American. Tha British Imports of carbons for electric Un-hts amour.- to nearly IJS. eoo.aoo a year. Wrr In Telegraph Wires. Indianapolis News A tegrsph wlr srrung through th :ountry will last lxiut four limes at lorf as OB passing through th city. ' J- '',!; , .' J -I I jtC.-i: ?' -.' ' . 4 Stealing or Angeio ; "" 'T. 1 I v ' ! Were Relative. ot Family. j . si- . p i I ' Child Xot Harmed. i eKt -.. . - I . f I ; BARRETT DBLIVERIXO 0llf r"T r ,11 S 1 X e m --- m. saV 2 J - 1 i w - . 1 - f r-. ' 7N - SZ. r 1 . - . . . it' . . J etj .LIMPE OF FLOAT TO bHOVV LONDON STRIKE WM TKOIRLE WITH CAKMEX IS HK- PORTKD hKTTLr.l. Normal Condition Will Be Kestored By Monday Tiwidod Agree, mrnt I Binding. I.ONPON. Aug. 11. A speedy termi nation of the labor troubles, which at one time threatened to plunee London Into a condition of famine, aeems like ly. At a late hour last nisht It waa an nounced that the carmen'e strike, chief outstanding difficulty to a complsta cessation of tha trouble, had been Bet tied. There are. however, minor sec tions of the transport workers- dispute to be arranged before tlier la a gen eral resumption of work, but Ihes probably will be aettled tomorrow or Saturday. In this event normal con ditions will be restored by Monday. While there were aerloua disorders today along th waterfront, there waa no trouble of consequence tonight There Is. however, much apprehension aa to what will happen tomorrow In th absence of a settlement Terms for settlement of the car mr s stnka were itreed to at the Board of Trad conference. They r still subject to confirmation by tha PERSOsAL MESSAGE OK COMRATl'L vr v,s4:V-7...;'ij' til aECTlOV OF BIO PARADI5. A i' . "ax v. y ' t r : v -- --vl-' -' 77la. ; 'V . f ; - a. rRO;ftKi OF TRANSPORTATION REKOIRIKK OF OHKKOJI. men. but It la expected that If there Is any hitch the military will be railed on t morrow to protect th delivery of foodstuffs from th docks and rail road depots. It Is understood that th contractors for the army rations and forage for the Aldershot command had on hand only three days' supplies because of the strike and that the government waa compelled to take action In the Inter ests of the armv itself. WOMAN CHARGES GRAFT Patrolman Madden Ilenles II. Took Money for Protection." Irsna Carter, tha complaining witness against Petectlv Carpenter In an In vestigation of alleged graft In the po lice department, was arrested In the Tourney building. Second and Taylor strests. by Patrolman8tarK Lytle yes terday afternoon, on Instructions from Acting Chief of Tollce flover. After remaining In tha Chiefs' office a cou ple of hours. Patrolman L: tl obtained a wsrrant against her. charging her wlrh being an Immoral person, and her ball was placed at 1:40. Last rliaht Chief SUover and Chair man Coffer .of the police committee, had the woman brought Into the Chiefs offira to question her about the charges asalnst "arpenter. The Carter woman ssld that whan she was arrested by t'etectives Car- ATIOHf FROM PRBSIDESiT TAFT.. 5: MOaS- t r. I,"' li 5 .- 4.. . X " -I -"4 it ; r ' eir i ' AND COMMERCE ASH GREAT psnter and Price aha was paying $7 a month room rent at th Drexe! Hotel, but when she returned later the rent had been raised to $ a week; She said It was tha understanding among tha women In the hotel that the $2 raise was for "protect ion.',' She said she gave Jonn W. Corser. then oia of the proprietors of the Prexel. her money when she wss arrested, and he told her it cost $20 to 'square It," and that amount was taWen from her. Then she surprised the Chief by say ing she gave Patrolman Madden it not to take her to the police station, one night last November. She said she rented a room at the Grand rooming House, on Yamhill street, near West Park, and one night about 12 o'clock. Patrolman Madden. In plain clothes, ac costed her. She aald she gave him 12. promising to pay more when she got It and he agreed not to take her to th station. 1'atrolman Madden was called In from his beat by Chief Slover but the wo man could not Identify Mm. Madden told the Chief and. Coffey that he had never seen the woman be fore. Another woman In the office and the Carter woman both laughed, when Madden said he had never seen either of them. Last night Madden mad th follow ing statement: "This charge Is either a frame-up or th woman Is mistaken. I never saw her before. 1 do not know how or -hy I have been dragged Into this matter, but I proposs to go through with it. My conduct On the police force of Portland la open to Investigation." 3 ' f CHICAGO, Aug. 11. Angelo Marono. kidnaped by "blaekhan' biaekmallers last Saturday, was found by tha pollc at Sedgwick and Oak streets, within a few blocks of his father's home, at 10 o'clock last nlsrht.: The boy was taktn to th Chicago Avenu pollc station. Seven men and two women were ar rested by order of Inspector Rever an hour after the boy had been found. Th Inspector said h had captured the kid napers and th persons who acted a go-betweens In negotiations with the ilsreno family. "Msreno paid the kidnaper $500 this noon." the inspector said, "and the boy wss released. The ringleaders in the plot to hold the boy for ransom were relatives of the Mareno family. They are now in Jail. The boy waa not taken out of Chicago at any time." The arrests followed a consultation which Inspector Revere held with An tonio Mareno immediately after the lad had been returned to his parents at the police station. When found the kidnaped boy wore a new white sersre suit, a new sailor hat and new shoes. Detectives who had received information that the boy would be released last night, followed him to within a few yards of his home before they stopped him. The police hoped to find some on trailing- the boy and in this way secure direct evi dence In the case. Two of the persons arrested are Jo seDh and Carmelo Nicolsl. saloonkeep ers near th Mareno home. One of the women is Mrs. Joseph Xlcolsi. GIRL i l IMPERILED AKRON-ACT FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE 3 000 FEET HIGH. Spectators at Carmen's Picnic See Miss Tiny Broadwlck Strug gle to Free Parachute. More than 20.000 people at the Oaks yesterday afternoon saw Miss Tiny Broadwlck fight for her life 3000 feet In the air as she shot downward from her balloon for IsOO feet . before she could get her parachute to open. The girl aeronut essayed a double parachute drop from a ncight of about 2500 feet, her act being one of the fea tures arranged fer the carmen'a pic nic. So many persons crowded about tha balloon enclosure as she began her aaeent that the parachute ropes had to be colled partly , about the balloon. Aa the inflated bag shot upward one of. the ropes became entangled around the folded parachute, but Miss Broad wlck did not discover 'her predicament until ahe cut loose for her descent. The parachute, though It failed to open, caught enough air to remain up right and to this alone the girl owes her life. After, vainly trying . to wrench the robe loose. Miss Broadwlck, who is only IS years of age, climbed on th bar of the trapes swung be nesth the mass of canvas, and using; all her strength, tore tne binding rope away. The second parachute. -In which she waa to have made a second drop, she was forced to hold In her arms while freeing the first one, and when the canvas finally opened out, the spec tators saw that she was clinging to the bar with but one hand. The girl hung on plucklly, however, and a second or so later threw off the second parachute, coming to earth in one of tha Sellwood atreets. She was uninjured. attended the carmen's picnic. Prize were won as follows: Women's nall drlvlng contest, Mrs. C. W. Lawrence; women's 60-yard dash, Mrs. Bryan; girls' 50-yard dash, Stella Patton; boys' potato race, Viles Vogel; women's egn race. Miss May Daniels; men's 100 ysrd dash, Joe Hirons; wheelharrow race. Joe Hirons; boys' 100-yard dash, Harry IT. Montgomery; fat man's race. F. E. Burdick. BIG SHINIZES TOGO JAPANESE ADMIRAL SEES AR GENTINE DREADNOVGHT. Xew Devices With Which Battleship Ctxh Is Equipped Are In rpcrted Eagerly. PHILADKLPHIA, Aug. 11. Admiral Count Togo, after days of Inland sight seeing, got back to familiar ground yesterday. In hours spent looking at battleships under construction on the ways of the New York Shipbuilding Company here. He inspected the bat tleships Utah and Arkansas, both under construction, snd looked over the 2.r Ann-ton Dreadnought Morena, heln? built for the Argentine government, and th largest battleship In the world. After Inspecting the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he waa guest at a luncheon given by the commandant. Captain A. W. Grant, the admiral was taken by yacht to the shipyards, where the cage masts of the Utah caught his eye. I They are very good." he com mented. "I first saw them on the Del aware at (he English naval review." He was escorted aboard the Utah and eagerly edged through masses of machinery, climbing up to the turrets and down through the hatches, noting new devices with which the battleship Is being equipped. Th Admiral admired the Arkansas, whoa displacement is 2C.000 tons, but apparently waa astonished by the else of the Mor.ni. He met Captain Peffe bet. future commander of the Argen tine Dreadnought. A Boardlng-houe Comeback, . Pittsburg Post. Comedian boarder I have named this coffee November, by dear madam. Pry or 's, Sousa's and other famous hinds on the Victor. Just as real as hearing the bands them geTes and certainly more convenient, more comfortable, and more enjoyable. And you can hare any selection you want when ever you want. Visit our Victor department, the coolest and most comfortable place in the city; listen to band, vocal or other records, and if you wish to purchase a Victor, we have an 'easy-payment plan that will interest you. STORE OPEN TONIGHT Shennanpay&Co. STEIN WAY AND MORRISON c.-m la nitiadv Indeed, sir. And 'r'omedian boarder Because It is so cold and cloudy. Stern landlady What a brilliant young man! I thought of naming it after you. Comedian boarder And why? Stern landlady Because It is so long before it settles. ELKS JOIN ASTORIA THRONG Portland Lodgmen Depart Today for Clambake at Centennial. Fully 250 memhers of the Portland lodae of Elks will go to Astoria to morrow morning to attend the annual clambake .to be (riven by Astoria Elks in connection with the Centennial cele bration. The local contingent will be re-enforced by large delegations of Elks from other parts of the state and The Olympian The Columbian THE "ALL-STEEL" TRAINS THE "SAFE" TRAINS VIA THE Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Ry. : AND THE Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Specially constructed "All-Steer'Standard sleep ing and tourist cars of the world-famous "Longer-Higher-Wider" berth variety. Steel dining cars, luxuriously furnished. A service of the very highest class, and a cuisine that offers the choicest and best that the market affords. If you want to travel East the safest way, as well asthe way of greatest pleasure, take one of these new standard flyers. LOW SUMMER EXCURSION FARES ' in effect almost daily to practically all points East. 'The New Steel Trail" GEO. W. HIBBARD, Gen'l Passenger Agt. Oregon Electric Ry. Trains Via City Line Trains for Safem. Wobdburn, Forest Grove, Hills boro, Beaverton, Cornelius and intermediate stations now run over city line the Jefferson-st. Station to the North Bank Station. , , CITY STATIONS NORTH BANK STATION 11th and Hoyt -Streets. JEFFERSON-STREET STATION Front and Jefferson Streets. STREET INTERSECTION STOPS TENTH AND STARK TENTH AND MORRISON FIFTH AND SALMON FIRST AND SALMON THE "LIMITED FOR SALEM" leaves North Bank Station 6:45 A. M., Jefferson Street Station 9:00 A. M., instead of 9:15 A. 11. For other changes see schedules. TICKETS ON SALE AT t ITV TirKET Omen. FIFTH AND STAHK ST5, JKKFER0-T. T.TIO FRONT AND JEFFEIMOX T. THE NORTH BASK STATION. ELEVENTH AND HOYT STS. OTHER PIANOS AT SIXTH from various lodges in .Oregon. Oregon Citv, Salem. Eugene and other Wil lamette Valley citiea will send large crowds of antlered men and their friends. The programme prepared for the en tertainment of the Elks will continue three days. The principal festivities will take place on Sunday, when 10.000 clams will be served In various styles to the hungry lodge men. Frank Hennessy, whose singing of "Portland Wants You In 1912" helped materially 1n winning the grand lodge convention for Portland, has preceded his brothers to Astoria and will sing the popular song in. tha Astoria The ater at four different performances this afternoon and tonight. The committee in charge of the ex cursion consists of Frank Hennessy, John Cordano and George P. Henry, with K. K. Kubll. exalted ruler, acting as ex-officlo member. The tallest and the shortest people ot Europ. the Norweglsns . and the Lapps, live side hy side. ' Long Return Limits Liberal Stopovers. Detailed information .regrardinjr Kate3, Train Service, etc., cheerfully furnished. J. R. VEITCH, Dist. Fit. and Pass. Agt. Railway Exchange, Portland, Oregon.