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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1912)
tttt: sroiixiyo otjegoxiatt. "Wednesday, jaxttart 31. 1912. GOMMERGUL CLUB HAS NEW HEAD OFFICERS ELECTED TO PRESIDE OVER THE PORTLAND COMMER HOGKPILE HEAD TO BE DISCHARGED CIAL CLUB TOR THE COMING YEAR. Governors Select Edgar B. Piper to Be President , for 1912. Mayor Decides to Dismiss Superintendent Vaughn, of Linnton Quarry. SECRET AGENTS REPORT COMMITTEES TO AID HIM 12 I . - . r ? .- - -v j k. i- . i .- ' i ,J h-JZTlSz'Ztm l 3Sey.jXjs.e'.teWmBAeW -Kfc St-irtKf-'rJ j?- SS.V ' I lit., a ,'J.-."-.a.' ' -T, Vrff8-B', ssBsssssaaasssasss-ssa- bsbbbbssbbbi ssssasa, asiHB,ellh&iBot C. S. Jackson Is Elected Vice-President and F. S. Wert Secretary. To Obtain Larger Quarter Organisation's First Aim. The unanimous demand of the board of governors of the Commercial Club at Its meeting yesterday prevailed upon Ed car B. Piper to accept elec tion to the. presidency of the organi sation, although the press of other da ties which w.ll mmko It Impossible for him to dvot a larse amount of time to the Internal business of the club led him at first to decline the acceptance of the office. C. A Jackson was elected vice-president. F. S. Wt secretary, and John H. Burgarj treasurer. Regarding his final acceptance of the presidency. Mr. Piper said yesterday: "I have assumed the presidency of the Commercl&l Club with a good deal of reluctance. In view of the fact that the duties of my present employment are heavy, and I do not see how In Justice to myself on the one hand, or to the club on the other, 1 could un dertake any new burdens. It was an honor, however, that I could not well decline, especially In view of the assur ance by the board of governors that I shall be relieved of much of the detail work that has heretofore been Insepar able from the executive office and has had to be done with care and thorough ness If the club organisation Is to be effective. Committee le Be Aide. "I snail expect that this work will be done largely by commit tees under my general direction and I shall thus be able to give my time to larrer and broader matters of the club's direction and policy. I am sup ported by a very strong board of 14 active and, successful ciaens of Port land. Every one of them Is deeply In terested In the success of the Commer cial Club and realises the value of Its work to the community and state. Every one of the old' members has taken a creditable and efficient part In the previous activities of the club and every one of the new members has manifested a spirit or co-operation and of Interest that greatly pleased roe. I have no new policies to outline. I shall be content If I shalls.be able to maintain the coming year the great prestige of the club and to continue the magnificent work for Portland and the Northwest It has been dotng. eed ef Mere Roees Vrgeat. "The most Important thing that now confronts the Commercial Club Is the new bulldln-c project. The present quarters are inadequate. The club has not room for Its own family. It has been obvious for the past year to the board that something In the way of larger quarters had to be arranged. So fir as accommodations are concerned the club Is at a standstill. The mo ment It ceases to grow, and It will not grow If It does not provide accommo dations for Its membership. It will go back. It must go up or It must go down. It cannot stand still. The board of governors has for some time been viewing with a feeling approach approaching dismay various organi sations such as the Progressive Business Men's Club, the Rotary Club, the Ad Club and others, going else where than the Commercial Club for their luncheons. These organisations ought to be and are a part of the Com mercial Club. Yet there Is not now room tor them. It la my own view that it Is Imperative on the part of the Commercial Club. If It shall continue to be the unified exponent of the com mercial and Industrial life of Port land, to make room for tht'se organi sation, largely on that account I have favored the project of new quar ters. Reaseval Plaaa Will Committee. "A committee appointed today will act In accordance with the authority conferred upon the board of governors at the annual meeting last Saturday and will undertake to arrange for the sale of the present building and for the occupation or the proposed new quarters In the Central Market block. If thla project shall for any reason fall through, something else must be done and It must be done with energy and with a clear view of the great destiny of the Commercial Club." Appointment of the executive com mittee which has charge of the pub licity work of the club and the appoint', meet of the t-r.d.r.r committees for the coming y-ar mil be made this week and will be announced next Tuesday. The board of governors also appoint ed a committee yesterday which w.H continue the negotiations with the com ranr which Is constructing the new market building at Ankeny and Pine, between slxth and Seventh streets, re garding the offer for new club quarters In the new boildlng. Members of the committee are Krigar R. Piper, chair man; T. B. Wilcox, p. I. Fuller. W. J. Mofmann and H. Beckwtth. : rr. - 'i .1 I- V ',-'' I V y - V P K'.i v l, ' - ' ; i I v ' . -. 1 I : . - . e - . ! . - ; "j' -' ', ' - -: - - - - - -1 ! ii I'fiail ft'mn'i't - T '---t -s lr c5 eaTTy- HOI PLEA MADE Portland Market Sought Goods Made Here. for MORE FACTORIES WANTED Ilrprrsentatlvrs of Merchants' Aw- claUon Addres. Rotary CInb on Way to Create Demand. Rail Rale Decried. LIGHT COMPLAINTS FAIL Company Officials Say District Haven't Applied Correctly. Complaints that the Portland Rail- ay. Light Power Company had re fuwd to extend etreet-Urbting in dis tricts within the i:o-foot provision of the contract were disproved at the hearing before the ltsht committee of the tlxecuttve Roard. when It was found that Mount Jicott residents had not made formal application to the city authorities for the street lights desired. The same was proved true in the case of the Peninsula district. Representative of the company at the hearing told the light committee that the company was willing to put In lights where the situation met the con ditions of the contract and that It was really anxious In the natural order of developing Its business to make such Improvements. The form of application for street I'ghtlng as required by ordinance is to file a petition before the City Aadltor. It Is then submitted to the City Engi neer an action la taken by the Execu tive Board, which In turn must make a formal order for the same before the company can receive compensation. ARROWHEAD HOT SPRINGS HO TEL. Cal.. Jan. 30. (Special.) Among those registering here were several Portiar.ders. Including Mr. and Mrs J. H. Ye.in. Mr. and Mrs. U. I. Keats. E. To establish a home market for Portland-made goods was the theme of the addresses delivered before the Rotary club at Its luncheon In the Portland Hotel yesterday, by repre sentative members of the Sranufactur ers' Association. W. H. McMonles. the first speaker, gave a brief outline of the work the association had accom plished during the past year In bring lng new manufacturing concerns to the city and In Increasing the amount of home consumption of home manufac tured articles. He said the association intends -In the coming year to conduct n active campaign among the re tailers of the city to encourage ex ploltatlnn of home products. , Tortland needs more factories." said C. IL Hoeg, whose address followed that of Mr. McMonles. "and that Is what the Manufacturers Association Is trying to obtain. First, however, we must be assured of a Portland sale for Portland goods. 'It Is not the consumer, but the merchant, who creates the demand for Eastern goods. He could Just as well create a demand for Portland goods by giving the equal prominence In his nor, with those be brings from th East." -F.vesj Break Wanted. "AH the local manufacturers are asking for." said J. C. McKlbbon. of the Alers Milling Company. "Is an even break before the customer, where the price and quality of the goods are equal." I 'an J. KeMaher pointed otiW that rates on shipments Eastward are much higher than on similar shipments from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Ha ssld the rate per 100 tons from Bos ton to portlnnd was no hlgher'than the rate charged out of Portland to ship goods no further than 8pokane. "We can't compete with Eastern goods In the East until the rates are made equal." he said. "In addition to giving home-made goods preference, we should work to bring about an equalisation of rates so that our manu facturers could break Into Eastern markets on an equal footing with East ern manufacturers. An American dol lar should carry as many pounds East as It will carry West and carry them equally as far." Isasalgrailee Bill ravered. In the business session William Toung. A. L. Flrly and V. C. McClure were appointed on a committee to draft resolutions favoring the new bill which Is to be Introduced In Congress, pro viding for wider colonising powers to be conferred upon the Immigration Bureau. In addition to Its present po lice power to keep undesirable alien from gaining entrance Into the United States. U. M. Hyland. C. V. Cooper and J. T. rougall were appointed a vommlttee to Join the Commercial Club In the entertainment of the Se attle excursion which will visit Port land next Saturday. A party of members from the Rotary Club will wait npon the City Council at 2 o'clock this afternoon to nrge pass age of the measure providing for an' appropriation to pay for the publica tion of the Bennett Greater Portland plans. UNEMPLOYED MEN FEWER about half of the $10,000 appropriated by th city to relieve the stringent sit uation had been used. The amount of ewer work to be done and the number of men wanted outside the city have adjusted the problem of securing work for worthy men. Fifteen hundred men have been sent to Jobs In other places, generally to sawmills or to work on farms. About 600 .men. who reside In Portland and who have families, have been given employment In the city parks. At the municipal employment office at Second and Taylor streets, about 75 men are given work dally. As the weather Improves, there will be more work done In the city. The main trouble Is that many men Inquiring for Jobs really do not want situations. and when labor outside of Portland, away from excitement. Is proposed, many of the applicants dlscontlne their search for work. No men are turned down who desire to secure employment. RAIL OFFICIAL RISES w. P. WARNER. OF MIIAVACKEE ROAD, GOES TO SPOKANE. City's Action Provides Work Hundreds of Laborers. for The situation of the unemployed la borers Is brightening, according to K. troovert. Ray Golden. Mrs. alter . Oeorge K. McCord. secretary to Mayor C Smith and Sirs. R. B. French. j Rnthllght, who said yesterday that Assistant General Freight and Pus sender Agent Has New Pot. . E. K. Garrison, Successor. W. P. Warner, district freight and passenger agent In Portland for the Milwaukee railroad, has been trans ferred to Spokane, where he will be assistant general freight and passenger gent, an office Just created. R. L. Ford, commercial agent at Spokane, will leave the service to engage In private business. His office will be abolished. E. K. Garrison, commercial agent at Los Angeles, will succeed Mr. Warner In Portland. The chnnges are effective on February 1. but It may be a week or 10 days before the formal transfers can be made. Mr. Warner went to Seattle yester- .'' : 7 'i:?''' ' i f .. . . !f ...-v,1 -v - - ' 77 iS W. P. Waraer, W he Has Ben Promoted te Assistant Geaeral Freight and Paaeeager Agent ikee Kallxoaa at See- I ef MUwaak I kaae. Grand J ury Points to Administra tion of Place as Bad and Rec ommends Change Pay Rises May Fall. Superintendent Vaughn will be dis charged from service at the Linnton rockplle" by Mayor Rushlight in the Immediate future and his place will be filled by a man who will be expeoted to enforce discipline and put the es tablishment on a first-class basis. The Mayor made this announcement when shown the report of the county grand Jury, made public yesterday. Reports to the Mayor from two se cret agents whom he placed on the rockplle charge that conditions there have been lax. Several times prisoners were allowed. It is alleged, to take guns and ammunition and to go to the nearby bottoms on duck-shooting trips. It la also alleged that sums of mon ey have been accepted by guards for certain concessions allowed prison ers. Other features of the establish ment are said to be bad. aa pointed out by the grand Jury's report. No Surprise Shovea. Mayor Rushlight smiled when shown the report of the grand Jury, and It was plain that its report was not a surprise to him. He was reticent re garding It. but said that he had told the members of the Jury while before them last week that he had reports of a serious nature about rockplle condi tions and asked that they be investi gated. As a matter of fact. It is said that the Mayor's secret agents have been reporting conditions at the rockplle to him for several weeks and that he i has been about ready to make changes there for some time. 'I have been made aware recently with some of the conditions existing t the rockplle, said the Mayor. I i told tne grand jury an J. naa neara oc things there and asked the members to make an Investigation. They evident ly did so. I did not appoint Mr. Vaughn aa superintendent; he was there when the city took over the place and was recommended for the position - by a former grand Jury. Therefore he was retained, but I will displace him soon. I do not know who will be appointed to take his place. but I will name someone and ask the police committee to confirm him." Rises 91 ay Be Vetoed. The Mayor evidently did not agree with a portion of the grand Jury report. holding that salaries of city employes are now sufficiently high. The Mayor signed an ordinance passed recently, containing salary increases. After recounting tne alleged short comings of the rockplle administration, the grand Jury's report says: We find no reason for the nsglect in re- sard to these things except unfalthfuln on the part of the present official In charge, Ws understand that the Mayor of Portland, lr. Rushlight, is the man who has the power to appoint ail the officials and guards. and we suggest that the proper authorities instruct air. Kushllght to get some civil telllgent and capable person to be at head of all other guards st that place. From our Impressions during our visit we would recommend air. Ross as the man ho should be the head authority over all the others and also to see that proper pro- lslons bo kept on hand at ail times In gard to clothing, etc." The if rand Jury's comnlaint asralnst existing conditions at the rock quarry The Addition with Character Home ownership is one of the strongest and most laudable of human desires. The home is the unit of the state. The home - owner is recognized everywhere as the most substantial type of citizen. . There is absolutely no reason why every wage-earner, with steady employment, should not own his home. - The oppor tunities are improving every year for the man with only small capital to get financial aid in building a home. In order to be abreast of the times in this great home-getting movement, the Laurelhurst Company inaugurated a plan one year ago whereby it gave'a liberal discount on Laurelhurst lots to home-builders and procured them building loans. The results were altogether beyond our expectations. Hundreds of lots were purchased by prospective hoine-builders, nearly 200 elegant residences were built in the tract and arrangements were made for the erection of a large number .of dwellings this Spring and Summer. Comparing yalties in Laurelhurst with those in other high-grade residence additions, we find that Laurelhurst prices are too low. So we have decided to discontinue the building discount of 15 per cent. Announcement of its discon tinuance will be made soon, and once withdrawn it will not be restored. In the meanwhile, we urge those who contemplate buying and building in Laurelhurst to lose no time in selecting their building sites. We maintain a special automobile service for our customers. Come to our office or make an appointment by phone for a trip to the tract. Thirty minutes is plenty of time to make the trip. MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents PHONES: MAIN 1503, A 1515 522 COEBETT BUILDING Office at Tract Phone East 989. Ask for Salesman. J In the Is: Liquor Give a. Alleged. ay to confer with Milwaukee officials there on th proposed changes. An nouncement came from Seattle last night that the transfers as outlined will be made. Mr. Warner came to Portland about six months ago from Butte, Mont where he served as as sistant general freight and passenger agent, and succeeded J. rt Veltch In the local office when Mr. Veltch became assistant general freight asrent of the Milwaukee. At Spokane Mr. Warner will have the advantage of officiating over the same territory that was under his Jurisdiction In his Butte office. His new position Is a decided promotion over the one he now hdrSs. Mr. Garrison Is a young man who has been with the Milwaukee road for many years. An antomatle machine for rioitr mm. which takes a sample of the product made rarh hour by testing, has beea Invented by a New Torkar. At the Linnton rock quarry we found the management very unsatisfactory, the guards uarreling among themselves. One, Mr. Anderson, Is In the habit of drinking liquor and giving same - to his favorite prisoners. and he did not deny the same to the grand ury. tie (Mr. Anderson) seems to run or rule over ail the other offlclala out there nd we found him very uncivil in both word and action to us and also tne prisoners. The prisoners were in a miserable condi tion in regard to proper clothing. It was pity to look at them. No shoes, socks, simply rsgs. vte unaersiana tnat tne county fur- lshes all clothes, tools, etc., and that there Is no excuse for the neglect of these thlnrs. we unaersiana mat there Is an ordinance passed by the City Council for an Increase of the number of deputies of city employes na siso an increase or tneir present salaries. Through our Investigation we find that the salaries of the city employes are a rreat al higher than the salaries of count em. ployes and that the city employes are not overcrowded with work, and see no reason for an Increase of deputies. We would sug gest, therefore, a decrease In the salrl or city employes instead of an Increase and no Increase In the number of deputies. Kelly Butte, the Boys and Girls' AM Boclety, the Detention Home. Multno mah Farm, Multnomah Hosnltal and the Baby Home are all commented upon favorably. It Is recommended that a separate building be constructed for cancer patients at the County Farm, the ury reporting: "There wss one cancer patient, and he looked to be badlv nea-- lected on account of Improper accom modations and lack of special attend ants." Outside Patleats Opposed. ""We understand. continues the re port, "that 60 per cent of the present patients are Imposed upon the county from districts outside the county, and would suggest that the farm be made a state Institution." The buildings at the Detention Home are referred to as dilapidated, and It is recommended that the "unfinished buildings for manual training and gymnasium purposes be completed so children can have advantage of same," The Jury found three true bills. In one C H. Llbby. an attorney. Is charged with the larceny by embeizlement of 1250 belonging to Mrs. Marguerite Caroelle. a client. Llbby Is alleged to have come Into possession of the money as agent for Mrs. Camelle In the, pur chase and operation of a rooming house. Ha was held from the Justice Court. C 8. Russell, alias Stuart Russell, who was before under Indictment for the alleged passing of a worthless check, wss again Indicted on a similar charge. He Is accused in this Instance of having passed a bogus check for $15 on S. W. Freer on December 2. Rus sell's wife obtained a decree of divorce last week. George Schmiedeck is accused in the third true bill of the larceny of an automobile worth $2000. the property of A. L. Fish, advertising manager of an evening newspaper. Tne tnert is alleged to have been commuted Janu ary 20. ' Wood Alcohol Drinkers III. of Antone. Wash., were taken seriously 111 Monday from drinking wood alco hol. They mistook the alcohol for whisky. They will recover. PASSES END NEXT MONTH Southern Pacific Makes Announce ment as to 1911 Annual. Announcement by the Southern Pa clflo passenger department yesterday hot the annual DaBoes for 1911 will not expire until February 29 is no likely to interest the general public. but John M. Bcott, general passenger agent, said yesterday that the inquiry from cersons holding free transports tion has made an official explanation necessary. The Increased business attending the recent changes in the Harrlman lines has prevented the Southern Pacific rrom Issuing its annual passes at the usual time. The 1912 passes win uo March 1. ' PERSONAL MENTION.. Fred R. Waters, a Salem banker, is at lhA Carlton, r. a Tt Ktarbuck. of Dallas. Is at the Tmnerlal. v. Willis, of Sacramento, is nt the Bowers. Otto Nooy, a Walla Walla merchant. Is at the Perkins. T. I. Johnson, a Medford fruitgrower. is at the Portland, Judge J C. McNaught, of Marshfieid, is at the Imperial. W. C. Morse, a contractor of Seat tie. Is at the Oregon. Charles M. Johns, of Baker, Is regis' tered at the Imperial. C. F. Morphew, s Spokane manufac turer, is at the Bowers. a k Moores. a Salem rancher. Is rea-lstered at the Bowers. Cantaln A. B. Warfield. U. B. A, IS registered at the Imperial. . Alfred Jury, a lawyer of cottage Grove, is at the Cornelius. Wlllard Case, a Kalama lumberman. is registered at the Imperial. Mr P. S. Davidson, of Hood River, la registered at the Portland. B. F. Clifford, a merchant of Boise, is registered at the Carlton. A. A. Campbell, a Eugene merchant. is registered at the Cornelius. C. W. Haines, an Everett lumber man. Is regisierea t ino reriinj. Georare C. Arrowsmlth, a merchant of North Yakima, is at the Oregon. George W. Klger, a promoter of Til lamook, Is registered at the Portland. F. W. Gaston, an Insurance adjuster of Tacoma, Is registered at the Port land. Charles W. Halderman. prominent in Astoria business circles, is at the Imperial. Benjamin Hosklns, a wholesale gro cer of Seattle, is regiscerea at me Bowers. C F. Campbell and C. C Campbell, merchants of Goldendale, are regis tered at the Cornelius. J. H. Dunlap, president of the Wind River Lumber Company, Is registered at the Oregon from Cascade Locks. Frank Busch, owner of the famous Sunflower dairy ranch on the Lewis and Clark, is registered at the Imperial. W. R. Montgomery, of Montreal, is at the Perkins for a few days on his third trip around the world for pleas ure. Dr. C R. Templeton and family, who left last May for a tour around the world, returned Saturday. They were In Pekin when the excitement and fear caused by the revolution were Intense, and 10,000 Chinese were leaving the city every 24 hours. The Templetons have taken up their residence at the VI DANCE REM PLA eion was broken - down In trials in Municipal Court, and the dance as an Indiscriminate commercial project no longer exists. It Is to supply the place that the effort will be made to es tablish the social centers. Social Centers Proposed as Substitutes for Public Halls. STRICT REGULATION AIM Mrs. Lola Baldwin Says Investiga tions Show That Many Young Women First Come to Wrong In Unrestrained Places. To supply the deficiency left by the closing of disorderly dancehalls, a proj ect is on foot for the establishment of social centers In various parts of the city, where too young people may have the enjoyment of dancing under safe conditions. The promoters of the movement say that while the worst places have been closed, dances of outward respectability are frequented by procurers and their women and other dangerous persons Plans will be discussed at a meet ing at the Peoples' Institute Friday morning at 10 o'clock, to which rep resentatives of all up-lift organizations have been Invited. The fall of many young girls has been ascribed by them directly to the public dancehall, says Mrs. L G. Bald win, who Is one of the proposers of the plan. When Judge Bennett was on the Municipal bench it was his cus tom to ask the unfortunate women who came before him what they con sidered the beginning of their fall, and in many cases they made answer that it began with their attendance at indiscriminate dances. The license committee of the City Council was convinced that these facts were true, and took a firm stand in refusing licenses to the public dance halls, several of which have been driven out of business since the first of the year, though they sought to evade operation of the law by pretend ing to send out invitations. This eva- Ncw pianos for rent at $4 per month, rent to apply on purchase. Cartage free. Kohler & Chase, 375 Washington street. How Good Are Your Scissors? "Were they made to use or to sell? "Bargain counter" scissors will answer the purpose for a time but the first time they are called on for a real test' you'll find that it was extravagance to buy poor quality. If you'll insist on getting Njlilp Beware Young Man LEWISTOX. Idaho. Jan. 30. (Spe- I taken up their residence at the Vlr- I claL) Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hart, j gin la Hill Hotel, 26S Fourteenth street. dealers everywhere. It's the Little Dandruff Germs That Are Causing Your Hair to Thin Out. The clever young man of today doesn't take any chances on losing his hair. A man who is baldheaded at SO looks like 45, and is placed at a dlsad- vantage when seeking employ ment. If you have dandruff It means- down near the roots of your hair an army of dan druff germs are attack ing the hair root and destroying its vitality. Then hair falls out: grows thin and baldness results. Young man put your faith In PARISIAN SAGE, it will top falling hair, kill dandruff germs, bollsh dandruff and itching scalp, or monev back. PARISIAN SAGE Is only 50 cents a bottle at Woodard, Clarke & Co., and Brand Scissors and Shears, you can always be sure that they have true cutting edges that they are properly adjusted that they are tempered and adjusted to do proper work. Yonr dealer will give you the strongest kind of a guar antee with any pair of Stiletto Scissors or Shears. And he won't have to send them East if they prove faulty he 11 simply phone to our nearest branch. At Reliable Hardware Stores PACIFIC HARD WARE AND STEEL COMPANY 22d and Nicolai Streets, Portland, Oregon. EIBfllifiliEH mm ra iJT- a. - "SJt -t MM K. IsylfeiMllMiil Arrow Ketch COLLAR Easy to put on, easy to take off, easy to tic the tie in. Clnett. Peabcdy & ConiTanv, Mftkers, Troy, H. T