Tin: MOUSING OKEGOyiAy. WEDXESDAT. OCTOBER 4, 1011. ELKS FROM HEAR Hi FUR PREPARE Every "Hello Bill" of Astoria to Attend 1912 Reunion and East Responds. CONVENTION OFFICE HUMS bcmry MrAlllMrr Itwlt" Word From Lodge Over Country Ask In Him to nnf Spax- for TtiemSpcclals Many. Every member of th Astoria Lodge of Elks will attend the (rand loan convention In rortland next July. very lodge In the elate will be fully repreiented and many organliatlune from dltnt cttle will have large del egations present. Tbe enthuelaem diil)fd ''X Elks In all parte of th. rountry has con founded the Portland committee. Every mall brlnite numerous appllcallona from dlatant lodttea seeking accommo dations. Harry C McAllister, the sec retary. yesterday answered telephone rails from several state lodces and one or two calls from Elks In Washington. The flood of Inquiries from Eaatern rttlas has placed the near-at-home or ganisations on the alert. Home of them are preparing to advertise their re spective cities In original style and tny don't want to have the best space taken by others. Astoria Dvlesatloa Big- Erom Astoria came the aseurlna hews that the entire membership of that loose has been pledged to corns to Portland for the big week. Those who can't be here or the entire week will be In the parade Thursday. July 11. anyway. The Astorlans are troub ling themselvee now on the question of obtaining- ths most stunning uni forms posaible. The secretary of the Med ford Lodge telephoned yesterday asking for reser vations for 1S4 rooms. Nearly every Elfc In that city will be here. They will brine a band with them. On hie recent trip to Southern Ore gon. Mr. McAllister visited the lodges at Albany. F.uarne. Salem and Kose barg and was assured at each place that not only the Elks will come In warms, but that nearly everyone else will join them. A telephone message was received yesterday from Ashland asking for ac-corrrmodatlona,- The Pel lee. La Grand. Baker. Heppner. Tendleton and Marsh field have made previous application. Oregon Itty Elks say that the town will be cloeed for the week, as every resident of the place, will move to Portland. Waablaatea Elks ta res In addition to the state lodires many others made Inquiries yesterday. We n a tehee. Wash., promised at least J0 Elks and olympla expressed the In tention of coming "strong." K. K. Kubll. exalted ruler, received a letter from Merced. Cel.. Informing him that a Portland Club had been .organlied and that a Urge delegation will come from that city. dan Diego Elks have made applica tion for rooms at one of the leading hotels. They are figuring an making the trip part of the way by water. Other lodges In Mouthcrn California will join them. At Omaha, according to a letter re ceived yesterday, a Portland Club has been organised, each member paying $:o a month to make up the expense fund, omsha will bring a band. An nouncement also has gone forth from omaha that that city la not a candi date for the IMS convention honors. The lodge has withdrawn from the raca but will be - candidate a few years hence, say Omaha Elks. A special train has been arranged by the Ht. Paul Elks. Two additional specials will carry the members from other Minnesota cities. Arrangements have progressed so far that the train schedules have been worked out. The Mlnnesoians will arrive in Portland at W A. M.. Monday. July K Many Elka of Minnesota are supporting Thomas P. Mills, of Superior. Wis., for grand exalted ruler. Denver Engage "social. Denver Elks have chartered a spe cial train, a letter yesterday promising JaO members. . Another Inquiry rame from Vater town. 8. P.. from which city at leust I members will come, George V. Touhey. of Wlnthrop. Mssa. who has been In Portland for a f.w days, sas that at least 2J mem bers will come from that city. Bos ton Lodge, he declares, is preparing to send Its usual special train with a hun dred or more Elks. MOTHER'S DEATH SUMMONS W. F. Woodward 1 Called to Ka. by Sad Mfs. Summoned East hy a telegram an nouncing the sudden death of Ms motter. Mrs. Charlotte A. Woodward, which occurred Monday afternoon. TV. F. Woodward left for Vlaplewood. X. J, on the evening or the same day. Tha news came as a shock to relatives, for cn:y a short time ago thev .iJ re reived letteers from Mrs. Woodward. saying that she was enjoying the bent of health. o parm-mars were cun I tained In the telegram, and the nature of the Illness that caused her death la not known. Tha body la to be taken to Rochester. Minn., where It will he burled hel.le those of her hushand and daughter. She Is survived by three daughters, who live in the East, end by her two sons. W. V. and LKnald U. Woodward, of inla city. Mr. Woodwsrd had visited his mother a little more tnsn a year ago. and was preparing to go to New Jersey asain within two weeks for another visit, when the announcement of her death was received. INITIATIVE- IS ASAILED tre-nm-d FnTn T1rt Ts. continue than that It should be eradi cated by theories and practices of gov ernment revolutionary In character and founded on error or Injustice." Replying to the contention that the Initiative la a reserve power for rare use. the attacking brief quotes froYn the election records of Oregon to show that In ! two meaaures were on the ballot; In lo, II: In 1. 1. and In ll. sr It was ssaerted that no despot or monarch would bo permitted to rule In any commonwealth of the nation, and vst "la despotism vf the multitude Is a arbitrary and complet aa tha ab solutism of a despot." Taffa Vlesra Arved. In thla connection. President Taft views regarding tha right of tha mi nority, aa expressed In his recant veto of tha Arliona statehood resolution, a re landed. Rvery Cttlsea Protected. i The brief contends that tha provi sion of the United States Constitution guaranteeing to every state In tha L'nlon a "republican form of govern ment" la guarantee to tha people of tha states and to each cltlsen. as well as to the states as political entitles, and that therefore the majority of any state is prohibited from adopting an -unrepubilcan" form of government. Taxation by the Initiative method. It la Contended, violates fundamental rights and Is not In accordance with tha law of tha land. Stress Is laid upon tne proposition that "dm process of law la tha right of every clilxen. and -due process of law" Is defined aa auch an exertion of the powera of tha Govern ment aa tha settled maxims of law permit and sanction. "Tha edict of a multitude." says tha brier, "could not be tne oasis 01 ou j process, nowever tair tat sicps scrlhed." The brief discusses the fundamental differences between a republto and a democracy. Government by tha people. It says, "Is the attribute of a pure democracy and Is subversive of the principles upon which the republic la founded." The f rsmera of the Consti tution are declared to have recognised the difference bet ween, the republican and democratic form of government and to have been careful In avoiding the latter form. The form of state government perpetuated by the Con stitution Is declared to have been the republican form, with the three de partments of government In force In all the ststea at tha tlma ot the adop tion of the Constitution. The division of powera of tha three departments In each of the states. It Is contended. Is a pre-requlslte to the Na tlonsl Government, and the provision for two houses of legislation Is de clared to be a fundamental tenet of the Government. The brief holds also that tha pro vlslons of the Oregon constitution for direct legislation violates the provi sion of tha act of Congress admitting Oregon to the Union. "The preamble of the act of admission." It says, "states tha condition upon which tha State of Oregon was admitted to tha l'nlon. It hag been shown with suffi cient particularity that this condition Is vlolsted by a government exercised directly by the people. But tha terms of that condition are perpetual and unchangeable." SGHEM E AROUSES CIVIL SERE E MEN Life or Death of System De pends on Mayor's Plan to Reinstate Holden. QUESTION IS UP TODAY TAH'S PRECURSOR HERE MCIKX WHEELER, DETECTIVE, COM EH TO ARRAN GE PLAN'S. Scorn Service) Agent Drxlarc Tort land Has Prepared Ret to Re ceive Presidential Tarty. Luclen Wheeler, special agent from the Government Secret Service In Washington. D. C. reached Portland yesterday, traveling In advance of President Taft's party, and went over the plans for entertainment thst hav been prepared by the committee of the Portland Commercial Club. Mr. Wheeler paid H. Beck with, chair man -of the reoentlon committee, tha compliment of declaring that the plans matte Tor the reception of President Taft In Portland, are the most com plete and best ordered that ha has yet encountered In his capacity aa advance representative for the Presidential party. Mr. Wheeler's Intimate knowledge of the plana and methods of the party that Is traveling with President Taft made it possible for him to glva sug gestions of value to the reception com mittee In Its further preparations In every city In which they have stopped thus far. tha automobiles for the Presidential party have been num bered, and In every case the aame per sons have ridden In the same numbered car. This has made It possible for them to go without delay from their train to the automobiles aa their rela tive positions In tha procession were always the same. In Portland the seven automobiles that will bear the President and hit party will be taken Inside the station grounds that the visitors may step from the train to the waiting cars. Leaving the grounds the cordon of police and the mounted guard from the Vancouver Barracks will fall Into position about the Presidential party. The 30 machines that will carry mem bers of the Portland reception com mittee will be stationed outside the grounds in a roped-orf space, where they ran fall In behind the guard and complete the procession Immediately after the visiting party Issues from the station gates. The line of march hss not yet been laid out definitely. The parade will be short owing to the lateness of the hour, and to the fact that tha streetcar traffic of the city Is much congested on all lines at that hour In the day. It Is not thought advisable by the com mittee to prolong a parade that will necessarily have the effect of delaying travel on the streets at that time. Heating at the banquet table will be arranged according to a plan which has been followed In all the cities where rreeldent Taffa party has vIMte.i. and which was outlined to the committee yesterday by Mr. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler left last evening for San Francisco where he will communicate with the reception committees In the Csllfornla cities whera tne i-resiaenua partv Is to stop, to as. 1st them In ir ranging their programmes. CHILD THIEF IS FORGIVEN Four-Year-Old Steal fur and $40 Sleuth Frees Him. A little chap of four years, whoso na:re the police are withholding out of consideration for his mother, stole a nun. containing 0 In currency and silver, from a bench on the rear steps of tha re.ldent-e of Mrs. K. W allnskte. at : Arthur street, yesterday. tiecllv lay. put on the case by Cap tain Baty. of th detective bureau, soon rounded up the little offender. When questioned the boy cried, confessing that he had taken tTie purse. He was allowed to go. with a fatherly lecture tfum the old detective. V. M. C. A. Entertains SO. At the annual membership dinner held In the T. M. C A. auditorium. .M young men. who have Joined the asso ciation in the past month, were enter tained. R. R. Perkins, director of tha religious department, gave a talk on the value of Bible study. A. M. Grllley. physical director, spoke on the work of Ms department during the coming year. J W. Palmer, of tha boys' department, and Stanley Baker, superintendent of the employment department, gave an outline of tha work of their respective department.. E. B. McNaughton spoke on "Why Tou Should Enroll In the Ktlu'-attonal Department." Musical num bers were furni.hed by R. Ft- Perkins. K. McKea and T. J. Roach. If ex-Flreman la Taken Back Way Will B Paved ror Rushlight to Place Partisan at Will De spite Protection Kale. Continued and persistent effort on the part of Mayor Rushlight to reward partisan frlenda with lucrative posi tions, regardless of civil service regu lations' governing their assignment to municipal salary-drawing positions, have aroused several hundred employes of the city whoae employment Is gov erned and determined by existing civil servloa limitations. Whether tha regu. latloos of civil service are to deter mine tha recognition and appointment of municipal employes will be oecioea at today meeting of the Civil Serv ice Commission. On the reult ot thi decision depends whether tha civil service plan shall be maintained or en tirely disregarded. ' Pending before this body Is a pro posed amsndment under which L. G. Holden. ex-member of tha fire depart ment for five years, shall b reinstated and restored to hi former rank, that of battalion chief. Favorable decision by the commission of Holden' writ ten and personal application to that effect will not only do mora to disrupt tha organisation of the tlr department but at the same time will creat a feel ing of uncertainty and suspicion among all municipal employes, who ow their present positions to civil service quali fications, than any other official act In recent year. In other words, the permanency and efficiency of civil service aa applied to municipal government will b decided by the results ot todays meeting of the Municipal Civil Service Commis sion. - -Three Take Examination. Two weeks ago Battalion Chiefs Toung. Powell and Stevens took the examination, under civil service, for appointment aa Chief of tha Fire De partment to succeed the late Fire Chief Campbell. They probably will consti tute the eligible list from which tna appointment or Fir Chief, under tha very regulations governing the exam ination, shall be made. In event either of these three ellglbles Is appointed Chief, four vacanoiea. filled by promo tion, are created, aa follows: Battalion Chief, captain, lieutenant and hoseman, the latter appointment being filled from tha eligible list already determined while the other three promotions would be filled by selection from eligible lists of three to be determined by an ex amination. But It Is right here where Holden enters Into consideration. Holden ad mittedly has been out of the department for Ave years. Mayor Kusnllgnt pro poses to have him reinstated In tha department aa Battalion Chief. Tha result would be that with the appoint ment of either Battalion Chief Young, Dowell or Stevens, Included In the eligi ble list, to that of Chief of the De partment, from which Rushlight can not easily get around, would naturally create a vacancy In the position of Battalion Chief. If Rushlight sucoeed In his present programme of having Holden reinstated as Battalion Chief, this very act would shut off the four promotions heretofore referred to. It waa only a week ago that several captain In the department. Including Dawson, Dalaney, -renfleld. Hawkins, and Heath took the examination for appointment to Battalion Chief when the first vacancy ahould . occur. If these men shall qualify, the three re ceiving the highest gradea will con stitute the eligible list for that ap pointment and one of the three would be appointed Battalion Chief In case of a vacancy. If a vacancy In the po sition of Battalion Chief Is not created within one year following thi exami nation, then another examination 1 held to determine the next list of ellblble for that appointment. In other worda. after these captain have quail fled fos appointment a Battalion Chief they must be appointed to that position within a. year or take another examination ir tney wouiu attain Ify for appointment to the same place. Flreeaea Are Aroused. It la this very condition which forms the basis for the pronounced objection on the Dart of the men serving In the rannk to the proposed reinstatement of lloldon to hi former position of Battalion Chief, from wnicn ne re signed five year ago, without the for. mailt v of an examination. Thla Is par ticularly tha case In view ot the fact that captain remaining In tha depart ment In the meantime, and faithfully serving the city a firemen, ar re quired annually to take examination to qualify for appointment to the very aame position to which Holden aeeka reinstatement after an absence from the department of five years and then without the formality of taking any kind of a test aa to hia qualification to erve In the position to which he -. w - a hi restored. Reinstatement of Holden means much wb.n ih efficiency of the fire depart ment Is considered. If Mayor Rushlight adheres to his present programme ana Insists on Holden's reinstatement It will mean a refusal to at least four mem Kara r tha denartment to gain promo tion, with the attendant result that tha nrosoect of the Individual fireman nat tering hi position and salary will be defeated. Any decision ny me inn Service Commission by which Moiaen will be given his former place In tha department without the semblance of an examination or other test as to his qualifications will establish a precedent that will be employed under the same circumstances to disorganise the pres ent arrangement In other department of the municipal government where civil service obtains. Plaa lavltea Otkera. In fact It haa already been Intimated that If Holden regains his former posi tion as bstTarMon chief without at least undesgolng the same test that Is re quired of eltgtbles within the depart ment for the same position, several other ex-flremen will Immediately ap ply to the Civil Service Commission for reinstatement and assignment to the same positions from which they re signed several years ago. The stske for which Mayor Rush light Is contending does not involve se curing a fat berth for Holden In the position ot Battalion Chief In the fire department, and that la what Holden wants, and besides, is what Rushlight wants to give him. If It Is Impossible to make Holden chief of tha depart ment, there will be nothing to prevent ih. M.vor from rewarding other friends similarly In other branches ne the city government, regaraiesa who may b entitled ta recognition by reason of long oervto ana tna Quali fications which aco rue from long ser vice. It will pav the way for tha ele vation by Mayor Rushlight of '-g Captain Keller to a permanent cap taincy In tha pollca department or to a position of greater authority, at Rushlight' pleasure. Civil service em ployes of the city ax not exactly n thuslastlo over uch a prospect. THREE SUBSCRIBE $18,000 Last Lot of Multnomah Club Bonds Placed on Sale. President W. A. Holt, of the Multno mah Club, last night annouticed that half of the laat lot Of $50,000 of tha club'a bond haa been old. Thee bond wera placed' on sal lea than a weak ago. On subscriber took 110.000, two took 18000 each, another took 000. President Holt believes tha remaining bonds will ba taken within tha next few day. Thla will complete tha 1150,000 bond issue which was authorised laat year to erect a new club house to replace tha one destroyed by fire in July. 110. Tha bond Just sold will be used to com plete the new building to ba ready for occupancy January 1. Subscription to the remaining oonoa may be had by applying to any mem ber of tha co-nmlttee, composed of W. C Brtston. Fenton building; Edward Cooklngham. care of the Ladd tt jmon Bank: L. J. Goldsmith. Corbett building; Alma D. Kata. Corbett building; T. Scott Brooke, tit Railway Exchange build ing, and Richard C. Hart, Custom house. MRS. WINCH GETS BEQUEST Former Portland Woman Remem bered In Mrs. Yates' Will. SAN FRAJN'CISCO. Oct. . (Special.) Bequest to friends, relative and charities amounting to 177.000,, In addi tion to the property which will go to the residuary legatee, ar contained In the will of Mr. Lillle T. Yate. which waa filed for probata yesterday. Mrs. Tatss was the widow of the late C. R. Yates and a daughter of the lata R. R. Thompson. a well-known Oregon trana- portatlon man of pioneer day. The residuary legatee, to whom nearly ona-thlrd of the estate Is left, la Ror O. Yate. who I also named aa executor. The estate 1 valued at about $100,000. Among other benen ciarles under the will ara: Mrs. A. -v. Mack and Mrs. M. O. Winch, friends of Mrs. Yates, to each of whom $0000 is left In trust, the Income to ha gj'en to them during their lifetimes. Mrs. Winch I well known In Portland, where he formerly lived. MILKED COW LOSES PRIZE George Lwielle Sow Know WTiy "Boary, Ha No Ribbon. OREGON CITT. Or., Oot. (Special.) George Laxelle. of Mount Pleasant, breeder of fin cows, has Just learned why a cow entered by him In the milk contest at tha Clackamas County Fair at Canby did not take first prise. Th cow wa milked by a mlchlvOu person th morning of th contest Mr. Laxelle was positive before the con test that his animal would win the blue ribbon, and when th Judges an nounced th award, and hi entry was not even mentioned he wa dumfound ed. A quiet Investigation waa made and today Mr. Laxelle learned ofbe trick that had bean played to deprive him of first honor. H do not know whether the person who milked tha cow wa In collusion with any other entrants. MAYOR MIGHT SELL TURKEY Rushlight, Is Asked to Go Into Com mission Business. Mayor Rushlight haa an opportunity to go into tha commission business, and to reduce the high prices usually paid by consumer for Thanksgiving turkeys, if he la so disposed. Loon Plants, of North Dakota, haa sent tha Mayor a letter. In which he offers to ship a carload of live turkey for a Thanksgiving sale. Not only haa Mr. Plant a large stock of turkey, but also geese and chickens. "Please answer Immediately," saya the letter, "saying what price I paid for live weight, and I will answer Im mediately to let you know If I will ship to you, so as not to disappoint you. Please eay at what time you would Ilk to have them. If you buy please answer m by return mall." SALEM DELEGATE 18 OPPOSED IndiTldnal Standards Would Cause Strife, He Declare. SALEM. Or., Oct. . (SpeciaL) One of the delegate from Oregon to the general conference at Minneapolis of the Methodist Episcopal Church Is un alterably opposed to tha substitution of the paragraph In th disclplin of tha church prohibiting card playing, dancing and theater-going in place of the statement of John Wesley, making tha amusement a matter for tha indi vidual conscience, as recommended by the southern California Methodists. A. A. Lee. lay delegate, declared him self .as opposed to th plan of aubstl tutlon. -The church should t it own tan dards aa a church, and the Individual has no right to dictate to tha church what Its standards should be and The church ha the right to et up It own high Ideals and maintain them. The church could not afford to have an or ganisation of it own leaving It to every Individual to aelect his own stan dards." Fletcher Homan. president of Wil lamette University and ministerial del egate. Is unable to say at present Just how he will vote on the question. Ha said he would not commit himself un til such time as he ha had ampl op portunity to give the question full con sideration and to hear It discussed from all viewpoint. "Th main reason why thi law ha not been taken out before wa be cause ao many of the delegate to th general conference feared that the church would be misunderstood, and that the press would declare it a a backward tep." he said. "If the law I taken out It will ba done In order that the great brotherhood teachings of Christ may ba more fully enforced and preached. His teaching should not be limited by partial law, but should have unlimited sway In th preaching of th gospl." SENATOR FAVORS CONSCIENCE Amusement Not Part of Organic Law of Churcn, He Say. EUGENK. Or.. Oct. J. ( Special.) "Inasmuch as tha prohibition against dancing and card-playing has not been The Broadway Bridge Franchise In making the application for crossing Broadway Bridge, pro vision is made for tracks from Seventh and Morrison to the west approach of the bridge. On the East Side the tracks are asked to run from Union Avenue, near the intersection at Larrabee, to the bridge. A franchise over this route necessarily involves the payment of a reasonable toll-for the use of the Broadway Bridge, which the Company is willing to pay, regardless of the fact that it is already .the largest contributor, in the payment of taxes, to the City of Portland- For general taxes the Company paid $340,000 last year, and $340,000 more for paving, which all told amounted to 12 per cent on its gross earnings. The $340,000 paid as general taxes quite materially provided for the interest charges and for the demands of the sinking funds, . needed to liquidate the city's bridge debt. Without considering the right to the use of these bridges, which the company feels it is entitled to, as a general taxpayer, it is willing to pay a reasonable car fee in addition. The matter of compensation for the Broadway Bridge was left blank in the ordinance, to be determined by the City Council. The Company cannot afford to pay an exorbitant bridge toll, for the reason that it is now being taxed in almost every conceiv able form. It pays special taxes for its interurban cars in the form of license fees.. It pays general taxes on valuation of all its property. It pays a toll tax for the use of bridges. It pays a franchise tax. It pays corporation fees and special assessments of various kinds and character. These taxes are heavy and burdensome and materially affect the development necessary to keep abreast with the rapid sub urban growth of Portland. The Company does not wish to avoid its share of the burden of government. Ifis willing and anxious to meet this duty more than half way, but there are limitations, and in considering this matter the people should use their best business judgment. There will be no increase in revenue to the Company from the use of the Broadway Bridge; Cars will be routed over this from the Peninsula district, which are now passing over other bridges. The Peninsula will thus be served with the convenience of a quicker transit into the business section, instead of coming over the bridges farther up the river and entering Washington Street to the delay of the car and discomfort of the passenger. A franchise granted over the Broadway Bridge, by the pay ment of a reasonable car fee or toll, will be acceptable in the cause of good service. - What is asked is a reasonable, not a prohibitive fee. A fair, square deal, with a due consideration of the benefits to all concerned is requested. The construction of the new Steel Bridge (railroad) necessi tates new approaches, owing to a change of location. The present Steel Bridge (railroad) will be torn down and the franchise held for the approaches will be of no value. The company forfeits the old franchise and asks in change the privilege of securing an en trance upon the new Steel Bridge. Tomorrow the Loop on Stark Street will be discussed. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER CO. and will not be nfdred. I am not In favor of church regulation on this point," aaid State Senator R. A. Booth thi evening. "I believe that the mat ter hould be left to th conscience of the Individual church member. 'Contrary to th general belief, any prohibition against dancing and card playing ha never been a part of the oragnlo law of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Until about eight year ago there was a rule against dancing and eard-playlng. just aa there Is against gambling and drinking. Since that time it h merely been recommended that member of thi church do not take part In these amusements. "In view of th experience of the past, I bellav that It would ba better to leav th ntire question to th con clene of th Individual member." Saloon Cloaea In TJnderwood. UNDERWOOD. Wash., Oct. t. (Bpe- etgj.) The saloon her olosed th laat day of 5ptmbr, by order of the County Coramisslonara. who rsfunded th balance of th year license paid by Amos Underwood 1 month ago. The towns of Hood River and Whit Salmon being "dry." left th Underwood -loon tb only one open between Tha Dalle and Stevenson. A larg ma jority of taxpayers ar opposed to a saloon and It was their representation that forced th County Commissioners to this action. Local option 'doe not prevail, license being a matter of pe tition to tha commissioners, who have sol authority In th matter. Bosthrra Pacific Boys Land. EUGENE. Or Oct. t. (Special.) An agreement for the sale of lit acres of land from Mrs. Maria Hansen to the Southern Pacific Company was filed for record with the county clerk yesterday. The land 1 located approx imately Ave miles west of Eugene, and It is presumed that It will bs used for station grounds. Another right ot way deed was nled conveying right of wiy from William Porter to the Willamette Pacific Railway. u generation Bond ff?4v the trade. and Bottled "H Now aged fc'.upervUioo. U 1- f Rothchild Bros. DISTRIBUTERS PORTLAND, OIL) s