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TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. APRIL 11, 1913. ' i ALLEN'S CRITICISM PROVOKES REPLY Lombard Answers Research Man's Analysis of Commis sion Charter. FORMER REMARKS UPHELD Kepublican Candidate for Major Re iterate That Proposed Draft Allows Too Great Power to Mayor and Explains. Gay Lombard. Republican candidate for Mayor, who has announced that he cannot conscientiously support iw im posed commission plan of charter now before the people, yesterday issued a r-ply to a statement by W. H. Allen, di rector cf the New York Bureau of Re search, who Is now in Portland con ducting an examination of city depart, inert. , - . Mr. Lombard's statement is as 101- lows: Mr. All ! an expert accountant and business systematise, whose knowledge in Ms own field of endeavor Is doubtless great. But whfn It comes to his acting as an x prt Intimately connected with the govern-m-nt of this city. s fmr as charter condi tions are concerned. It might readily be Inferred that it would take a longer resi dence in Portland than three or four days to n familiarise one's self with conditions that .me could pose as an expert. Mr Allen's answer to my criticisms on tne proposed charter Is both evasive and con jectural Taking his criticisms up one by one we first find as to civil service that he arbitrarily places me in the position of hav ing stated that the new charter abolishes It. Thia ie a plain mis-statement of fact, as the only statement I made regarding rlvll service was as follows: "If I am. both by declaration and principle, opposed to the principles of civil service. unU if at the eme time 1 am able through the powrr granted by the charter, to name a majority of the civil service commission, tou can readily see that I can virtually nul itfy the civil service provisions by my con trol of the commission." Mayer's Power Pointed One' The commission la required formulate an administrative code an . each depart ment is compelled to kei the efficiency records of Us employ '.'which should be made the basis of snot ton and Increase In salary But as routine work of each department Is ar . ufely under the commis sioner In cha of said department, and as the May j- .n. as I have above pointed nut. dlctai ..e policy of each department, it still r-.nains a fact that eacn and every emplo, must bow to the superior will of the jjayor. who la the autocrat in charge fXthe entire executive and administrative portion of the city government. Mr. Allen's statement that the new charter Instead of making the Mayor absolute dic tator, deprives him of the power to do any thing secret and compels him to file his acta in advance aa ordinances, haa no bear ing on the subject, as the fact remains that under the charter. In section 20. the Mayor has the power to do his part to carry out his dictatorial wishes at any time simply by filing an order to that effect. The charter simply states that this order should be preserved as an ordinance, but this order Is not passed upon by the commission In any way, end is not an ordinance In fact, as It la purely a proposition of one-man power. Mr Allen admits the Mayor's power to distribute work at h'ls own illscretlon and avstgn to any department any certain spe cific work that he desires to have so ralcnfd. but he states that this will be nullified by the fact that the commission as a whole must vote the money for It. This Is readily answered by the statement, which cannot be denied, to the effect that the commissioners will be so much In the power and under the authority of the Mayor that they will not dare to run counter to htm. even along the lines of expenditures, and he can readily compel the commissioners to appropriate the money according to his wishes by promising to retain them In cer tain departments and by holding over them the fear nf his cxa. r-like authority. Statement Is Challenged. Whatever Mr. Allen says as to the power of the Individual commissioners is offset by the fact that they an- mere creatures of the Mayor, and that to maintain any de gree of power In their different departments they must nod at the beck and call of the Mayor. Mr. Allen says that the four com missioners can out-vote the Mayor. Admit ting this to be true, which Is a fact. Mr. Al!n doe not point out one fact In con nection with the proposed charter, and that Is that every safeguard Is placed on the lecllittre authority of the co;nmlsI"n. and 'no check or safeguard is placed on the ad ministrative or executive department. The legislative functions of the city are far less Important than the administrative. Laws and actions gain weleht and power throuch the press and the referendum may be in oke on same at any time. The vital field of the city government to day la not In the ietlattve department, hut In the executive- de;t.irtment. Mr. Allen states that the commissioners can make a clerk of the Mayor himself, which is a mis statement of the facts, as no such power ex ints. From the standpoint of the legisla tive department, there Is possibly no abue ef power, but the enormous power of the Mavr In the administrative and executive A , rtments would, not withstand tnjr Mr. Allen's reasons to the contrary, make lilm an autocrat In his power. Mr. Aln falls In his criticisms nf my statements to comment on what In my opin ion Is one of the moat vital points In the new charter, and that la the abolishment of the direct primary and the substitution therefor of the preferential system, experi mental In Itself, and which can tlo nothing less than bring about minority control. Mr. Allen has. both publicly and privately, stated in the past that It make no difference whether officials are good or bad. honest or dishonest, efllclent or Inefficient, because If you have a h uresis of municipal research to watch these men you can get good gov ernment. Lombard Aks Question. I have repeatedly asked the question as to who Is to watch the bureau of municipal research. Mr. Allen's statements along ,thls line open up an endless vista of men watch ing one another, and his statements In this respect. If correct, would lead every good clttzen to feel that the proposition of good government Is hopeless and that we might a well throw up our bands in the begin ning. I am witling to answer and meet any honest criticism of my statements adverse to the new charter. I consider melf. from my experience In the City Council and from the study and Investigation that X have made of municipal government, to be fully as competent as Mr. Allen; and without con celt 1 feel, as far as our local situation Is concerned, that I am In a better position to Jurtire of the needs of this citv as far as charter change is concerned than Mr. Allen The eittsens of Portland are keenly seek ing light on the vexed and much -discussed queetlon of charter change, but I think they will agree with me In saying that they de sire criticism and comment that Is based on intimate knowledce of the local condi tions, and not on the opinions of a man who has not lived seven days In this city in his lifetime. As to what forces are back of the present charter. I d not know, but I do believe that an effort la being made to foist on the people of rortland a charter radical In some of its vital provisions and danirerous to the extent that it is an ab solute departure from the principles of com mission government. , SPEED VIOLATORS FINED Anto Truck Driver Escapes Penalty on Wlfe-and-Child Plea. For violating traffic rules, running over m boy on a bicycle and then speed ing away to conceal his Identity, Kay Goodwin, an auto truck driver, nar rowly escaped a Jail sentence In Munici pal Court yesterday. His plea of low wasvs. with a wife and child to sup port, saved him. but he must make good tiie damage he caused. Patrolman Kills testified that Good win cut across the corner of fifth and Oak streets, striking; down Sidney NeaL Goodwin was tracea oniy oy ui cense number. r . . . m m na e ta all eitl zens and threatened with confinement in Jail for his next offense. R. J- Snow was fined 150 lor invins; ai buiuiuw blle at the rate of 35 miles an hour. The offense occurred on East Thlr- iici a au-ww o - 1 1 th TJri street r ur i(ccuimii - bridge, whence many complaints have reached the ponce, live cicnuuw heard. H. E. Meyers was continued for sentence. Jess xaioor. ana w uri Levy paid $10 costs, ami S. B. Houston u.n Vtwielman were fined S20. t- T , rAnUu urmm Ww4 nstS fit 110 for blocking; a fire hydrant with his auiomoDue, ami -u - w escaped a like fate by pleading that someone had taken hts car without his t ! t ORPHEI M HEADLIXF.R MAKES I CONVI.MIXi JOCKEY. . .; wre- ! Belle Baker. Had an unseemly puff of wind not disclosed a woman's tresses snugly tucked under a Jockey's cap. the story of how Belle Baker, headlining this week's bill at the Orpheum, won a wager and be came a real Jockey at the same time, might never have been known except to the few for whom the feat was performed. While a guest at the Monticello Hotel, in Jamestown, Va., last No vember. Miss Baker, who is a lover of horses and an expert whip,' accepted a wager made by a number of prominent turfmen In attendance at the Fall meet of the Jamestown Jockey Club that she could not "work" a horse on the local course attired in regula tion Jockey togs. Garbed in the silks of J. McCauley, of Yonkers. X. Y, Miss Baker was mounted on Chilton Queen and cantered out on the track fo keep her bargain. The crowd of attendants who had arrived early at the track and were drawn to the rail by the unusual sight of a horse being worked In colors before the race was nothing if not surprised when the wind caught the young Jockey's cap and blew it off, let ting her long black hair come tumbling down as she raced by the eighth pole. knowledge and left It on Washington street for more than two hours. E E COUNCIL POWERUESS TO ORDER REDUCTION". City Attorney Holds That, Under ' Malarkey Act, Appeal to 6tate Commission Is Necessary. The fares charged by the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company on streetcars cannot be reduced by the City Council of Portland unless that body files a complaint with the btate Railroad Commission and produces evi dence to show that the present fares are unreasonable and excessive. This is the substance of an opinion pre pared yesterday by City Attorney Grant for the benefit of Councilman Clyde, who is seeking to have the Council require the streetcar company to grant ight fares lor 2 cents during rusn hours. The opinion was prepared after a thorough Investigation of the Malarkey ;ct paused by the Legislature at the Inst session and after an investigation of other legal questions involved In the Clyde reduction ordinance. "You are advised," says Mr. Grant In a written opinion to the Council street committee and to Councilman Clyde, "That Judge Bean, of the United States District Court, has rendered an opinion in which he holds that under the Ma larkey bill municipal corporations are without power to act in the matter of fixing or regulating rates where the company to be regulated has filed Its tariff with the Railroad Commission. The Railroad Commission advises me that the Portland Railway, ugni & Power Company and other companies have filed with it their tariffs showing local passenger fares, and, therefore. Judge Bean's opinion will control. The only remedy the City of Port land now has Is to say that the tariff now In existence Is unreasonable, and In order to have that question oeter- mlned a complaint would have to oe filed by the Council of the city or rort land with the Railroad Commission. If the complaint Is filed It will then be inniinhPiii uDon the Council to produce evidence to the effect that said tariff is unreasonable. Whether or not you in nosition to furnish this evidence is a question, of course, which you alone must determine. J. OWEN HELD TO ANSWER Charge of Extortion Will Be Con bldered by Grand Jury. Despite an, effort to delve Into the checkered past of the complaining wit ness, upon which Justice Jones placed a severe disapproval. J. Owen, adver tising solicitor for the Sunday Mercury, yesterday was held to answer to the grand Jury on a charge of attempting to extort money from Mrs. Clara Kes sler. proprietor of the Athens HoteL The defense was a mixture of at tempting to prove that Mrs. Koss'er was an Immoral woman, whose testi mony was to be taken with caution, and to show that she was above sus picion and therefore not one who would buv immunity from libelous attack. Mrs. Kessler told how Owen came to her. representing that he had affi davits that she had engaged in white slavery and would publish them unless she paid for an advertisement in the paper which he represented. She con sulted her attorney, who notified sher iff Word, and a trap was laid so that Owen was taken In the act of rjoiv lns; the money. "V .11 e foil f - t Zfr It BENBOW DEFENDS PROPOSEDGHARTER That Mayor Would Have Czar Like Power Denied in Ad v dress to Police. GAY LOMBARD IS TARGET Man Wbo Makes Such Assertion Is Unfit to Hold Position to Which He Aspires," Declares Speaker. Preferential Vote Upheld. Defending the proposed commission charter, W. C. Benbow. speaking to members of the police department at their association hall yesterday after noon, declared that "any man who makes the assertion that the Mayor will be a czar under its provisions, is unfit to hold the position to which he aspires." Mr. Benbow did not mention any names, but because of the fact that but one candidate for Mayor had spok en against the proposed charter up to the time of Mr. Benbow s statement. It is known that he meant Gay Lombard, an aspirant for Mayor. - Truth of Statements Denied. "There is no truth in the statements made by a person who attacked the proposed charter, either as to Its glv- ng the Mayor czarlike powers, destroy ing the direct primary law without giv ing its equivalent or a's to Its nullify ing civil service," declared Mr. Ben bow. "The proposed charter gives the Mayor powers less, if anything, than the Mayor enjoys under our present form of charter. At present, the Mayor has the appointing of 44 officials for various boards and has the veto power on all ordinances passed by the City Council. Under the proposed charter he appoints no officers and has not the veto power. "It has been said that the Mayor can control legislation and appoint ments by coercing the four commis sioners. I deny this and to show that he could not. even were he Inclined to do Buch a thing, I will explain that, by a section of the proposed charter. It Is stated that no appropriations can be made save by a majority vote of the commission. Should the Mayor attempt to make of the commissioners 'mere figure-heads," as has been stated he could do, he would find himself unable to do so, for he could get no appropria tions to carry out his programme. It is absurd to say that he could run the whole commission and dictate all ap pointments. Preferential System Indorsed. "The preferential voting system, con tained in the proposed charter, is a success where tried and is all right; no one wants the direct primary In city elections, as It is expensive and party politics does no good In municipal af fairs. "I also deny that civil service could or would be annulled by the Mayor, were he opposed to civil service. The civil service provisions of the old char ter are retained Intact, all statements to the contrary notwithstanding." George L. Baker, who has charge of the publicity bureau of the commission charter, and W. H. Allen, of New York, a municipal research agent, were pres ent at the meeting. ELKS NAME COMMITTEE Duty Will Be to See That "Something Is Doing Every Minute." With the idea of having "something doing every minute," Dr. T. L. Perkins, the new exalted ruler of the Portland lodge of Elks, last night appointed an entertainment committee of 25 mem bers, whose duty It will be to provide wholesome pleasure for the lodge men and their families throughout the pres ent lodge year. This committee will be subdivided into sub-committees so that the work may be systematically divided, consists of the following well-known Elks: Slg Wertheimer. Walter Rutherford, Frank Hennessy, Harvey Wells, Harry Allen, George L. Baker. W. T. Pangle. J. A. Johnson, L. C. Keating, John F. Cor dray, Fred Wagner, Joseph E. Deitz, Bert Jenkins, Frank Cofnnberry, H. A. Duke. Charles Rlngler, F. Guy Haines, Elmer Wallace, Claire Monteith. Dom Zan, Andrew Vaughn, C. W. Stinger, William McMurray, A. D. Charlton and R. Townsend. Other committees appointed are: House, J. J. Erkins, Dr. Charles T. Chamberlain, Harvey O'Bryan, Bud Kauffman and Emlle Force; finance, Lawrence Walch, - William Harris and Samuel Martin; hospital, Aaron Harris, E. W. Moore and C W. Cather; bulletin. Frank Hennessy. Monroe Goldstein, Aaron Harris: band, John McDonald, Guy F. Haines, William Harrus, E. E. McLaren and Frank Hennessy. MEMORY VALUE IS PROVED Detective Moloney Recognizes Pe destrian From Photograph. Out of the 10,000 photographed faces stored away In his memory. Detective Pat Moloney singled one yesterday and connected It with a man he passed on the street and whom he never had seen previously. As a result. John Barrett, alias Barnett. with a record as a bunco man extending the width of the coun try. Is held for investigation and Mo loney is out looking for the other mem bers of a supposed party. "Gimme that bunch of Minneapolis pictures, Jim," said Moloney, rushing Into the Bertlilon room yesterday morn ing. Sergeant Hunter banded him a packet of photographs numbering 70 or more, and Moloney deftly selected one from the bunch. Barrett denied stoutly, even after the photograph was produced, that It was his "you're crazy," he said. "That doesn't look like me." "MebBe so." said Moloney. "If it Isn't yours we will measure you up and the Bertlilon won't lie." "Oh, what's the use." said Barrett, "you've got me all right." The Minneapolis records say that Barrett has a police record in New Orleans, St. Louts, Omaha. Buffalo and Chicago. He asserts that he Is here alone and is not "working." PERS0NAL MENTION. W. F. Carter, of Astoria, registered at the Perkins yesterday. Colonel E. Hofer, of Salem, registered at the Imperial yesterday. George B. Dodwell. of Walford, Eng land, is at the Multnomah. Clarence M. Dodson. of Clem, Or, a rancher. Is at the Perkins. A. J. Price, a business man of The Dalles. Is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Neely are regis tered at the Multnomah from Omaha. Their home was destroyed In the re cent tornado. Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Sinclair, of Boise, registered at the Imperial yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Nayberger, of McMinnvUle. are at the Oregon. Attorney-General Crawford was reg istered at the Imperial from Salem yes terday. John W. Palmer, a rancher of the Hood River district, is at the Mult nomah. M. Carmino, an apple-grower of the White Salmon, Wash., district, is at the Perkins. H. H. Kidder, of MaryhllL Wash, and A. V. Kidder, of Boston, are at .the Portland. F. L. Stewart, a banker of Kelso, Wash., is registered at the Oregon with Mrs. Stewart. Ernest Lister. Governor of Washing- CO-EDS TO AID IMVERSITY IN REFERENDUM CONTEST. lu Fe Ball. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu gene, April 10. (Special.) The Agora Club, an organization of university women who are study ing political questions, will aid the university in the coming ref erendum fight. The members will make a study of conditions of higher education in other states, as compared with those in Ore gon, and present the facts to the voters, particularly those of their own sex. The Agora Club was organized last Fall after women had won the ballot. Each meeting is ad dressed by some one on current Issues. Miss Faye Ball, of Astoria, is vice-president and student-head of the club. Miss Mary Perkins, of the faculty, being the presi dent. Miss Ball Is a senior in college and a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She Is prom inent In other women's activities as well, having recently been elected president of the newly formed Women's Athletic Asso ciation. ton, registered at the Oregon Wednes day evening. J. H. Holman. assistant general man ager of the a-W. R. & N. at Seattle, is at the Portland. A. W. Follansbee, of San Francisco, marine secretary of the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, is at the Oregon. H. S. Wooley, promoter of the new harbor at Wooleyport, near Crescent City, Cat, is registered at the Port land. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Downs, of Wln- netka, I1L, are at the Multnomah. Mr. Downs is a real estate dealer ot vvin netka. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Holtermann, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. They are on their wedding trip, which will take them as far as British Co lumbia. Robert L. Day. secretary of the Na tional Life Insurance Company of the United States, is registered at the port- land from Chicago. W. H. Bogle, a prominent attorney; S. R. Davidson, Seattle manager or Fleischner. Mayer & Company, and F. L. Fiske, manager of the American Radiator Company, are registered at the Portland from Seattle. T. E. Daniels, of Medford, deputy dis trict grand exalted ruler of the B. P. O. E. of Oregon, was in Portland yes terday, and registered at the Imperial. He went to McMinnville last night to tnstall the officers of the new Elks' lodge. ' CHICAGO. Anrll 10. (Special.) R. L. Newcomb, of Portland, was a patror at the Great Northern today. O. E. Thompson, vice-president of the Peoples National Bank of Silverton, Or., Is passing a few days In the city. COURT WARNS WITNESS Judge Cautions Engineer In Reser voir Case Against Contempt. Thi In th fifth time in almost as many minutes I have warned you that ..... . vmt wnliintppr tpntimonv or JTUU limn. ,w - " - advance your private opinions as evi dence. II you oiioim uiuu D" forced to commit you to Jail for con- empt. circun juago muirw- J"LC1 it a T.vlfir. n witness for ui&jr - . . h. in tha trial of the Mount Ta bor reservoirs suit. Taylor was the engineer in xne ero- . a ,l. .l.Tf ,hr, a H t rpi-1 1 v In charge at the reservoirs of the work of seeing that Robert Wakefield & Co, the contractors, did the work In ac cordance with specifications. He has been on the stand now for several days and has been an enthusiastic witness on behalf or tne cny. juuga mr hi found it necessary to warn him several times. CHURCH NAMES DELEGATES Meeting of Oregon Presbytery at Kenton Elects Moderator. At the meeting of the Oregon Pres- bvtery of the united rresoyierian Church, in Kenton, Rev. S. Earl Du Bois, of the Grand avenue cnurcn, ana tiev. Frank D. Findley, or tne f irst cnurcn, w, elected delegates to attend the General Assembly which meets In At lanta. Ga, May 14. J. c Brown, 01 tne Willamette Congregation, and L. E. Hamilton, of Albany, were elected lay delegates to the assembly. At the General Assemoiy xne question of union with other Presbyterian bodies North and South will come up. Rev. Mr. Du Buls was elected to at tend the committee of missions which will meet In Washington, D. C, May 7. Rev. J. A. Schmeer was elected mod erator for the ensuing year and Rev. S. Earl Du Bols was re-elected clerk. Starch Lumber Fleet Large. ASTORIA. Or, April 10. (Special) During the month of March 43 vessels loaded at the mills In the Lower Colum cargoes amounted to 34.770,671 feet of lumber. Of these vessels eight with cargoes amounting to 8.720,680 feet went to foreign ports, while 35 vessels, carrying 26.058,991 feet, went to do- mestio points. ':- ': T '1 T BANKRUPT ST0CIC Failure of one of Cleveland's largest manufacturers of Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Outergarments tells the story. This firm is known from Coast to Coast for its stylish, dependable garments and we purchased for spot cash their entire line of sample and stock garments, which will enable you to save 50c on the dollar on your new Spring Suit, Coat or Dress. Hundreds of satisfied customers are looking to us for bargains, and this stupendous purchase will give you the greatest opportunity we have ever offered. Lairr air pLiaia Every good style, verv exclusive models. Wash Dresses, Wools, Serges, Voiles, Challies, Eponge and other desirable materials for Spring, and assortment unequaiea $12.50 Dresses at $15.00 Dresses at About 75 Evening and Dinner Gowns at l2 Price The Largest Specialty Store in the Northwest 4 Sixth FIRE FIEND OPERATES IIKLMER APARTMENTS VISITED FIVE TI3IES BY IXCEXDIAKY. Wooden Building at Eighteenth and Davis Is Target and Authorities Unable to Find Clew. etc. ini-pntllarv fires, one of them In a spot apparently Inaccessible, all set within a week at late hours of the night, in the Helmer apartments. Eighteenth and Davis streets, present a mystery which up to the present the authorities have made not the slightest progress in solving. Three attempts to burn the building were discovered yesterday morning, when the nre aepanmeni . . - n nfrfitTitaH lndfrfirs and extinguish a small but promising blaze. . . . . .1 nn tha SATT1A Tne two oineia " ----- night a week ago, and caused a similar Incipient panic None of the five at tempts produced any considerable dam age. . On the night of April 2 fire wag set in two places, close together on the ground floor of the building, and evi dences of oil haying been poured on the floor were detected. Yesterday morning fire was discov ered In two places, one on the top V . Ftin. had been ao- nOOr, wiic.t: . : plied but this Are had burned out with out being detected until later. At 6 o'clock another blaze was discovered in the attic ot tne tuuamis. . . -.oo fnnnd when the building was gone over, had been ig nited in a storeroom on the third floor of the building, but it, too, had burned out without spreading. Mrs. 8. A, Hel mer, wno occup.es ' Of SUSPICIOUS mniuu " - close. The building is insured for 3000. St. Johns Notes ST. JOHNS, Or., April 10 iBpeciai.j Kev. C P. Gates arrived here to day from the Evangelist conference at Eugene. Mr. Gates lives at Dallas, Or, and has been returned to the church . . i vAnr TTf is a son-in-law of Superintendent Monahan, of tne SI. Jtmna orauuu ...ii TI!.. .,...!!. la hpr Ml a VlS- It. Mr. Gates will return to Dallas with his family Saturday. . i . . . .... .1.. To m t a .Tnhns ine aeuaie uclwcc. - High School team, representing the Co- lumoia QlBinci ouu uic k-!' . SCIlOOl Lt.a HI itjjjicocuuuf, Oregon district each team being cham pion of Its district win dc Y. M. C A. auditorium, Portland, to morrow night. The debate- will - - . i Bankrupt Sale of Suits, Coats, Dresses 150 Coats, Values $16.50, $7.95 200 Coats, Values $20.00 $9.95 140 Coats, Values $25.00, $14.95 Dresses at Bankrupt Prices anywnere. . .$6.95 $9.95 $20.00 Dresses at $12.95 $25.00 Dresses at $14.95 aJiLi and Alder, Opposite Oregonian be public. The successful team will meet the North Bend team In May to decide the state championship. The Springfield team is Francis Bartlett and Walter Bailey, St Johns team is Edna Hollenbeck and Lovena Rawson. The following high school athletes will compete" in the Columbia University track meet at the coliseum: Magoon in the high jump and pole vault; Smith in the broad jump; Thurmond in the half mile and mile. John E. Hiller has been elected sec retary of the Commercial Club to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of C. H. Iambson. J. E. WERLEIN SECRETARY Work of Subcommittees for Citizen ship Conference to Be Assigned. At the meeting of the executive com mittee of seven and officers of the committee of 100 of the Second World's Christian Citizenship Conference, to be held In Portland June 29-July 6, which was called yesterday at the Commercial Club. J. E. Werlein was elected sec retary of the committee of seven and also of the committee of 100. A general plan of work for the vari ous sub-committees of the committee of 100 was discussed, and a meeting of the chairmen of these committees and of the executive committee was an nounced for Monday at 12:15 at the Commercial Club. At that meeting def inite work will be assigned to as many sub-committees as possible, which will be asked to report- the results of a week's activities at a meeting the fol lowing Monday. $40,000 School Hope Grows. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., April 10. (Special.) The statement that if Cot tage Grove couldn't get a $40,000 school building it would have a 25,000 one has caused such an expression of feel ing for the larger-priced building that it seems as if the bond issue will win when it comes to a vote April 26. One heavy taxpayer says: "If it should be possible that the proposed Issue fails I Sarsaparilla Gives great relief In Scrofula, Eczema. Humors, Rheumatism, Catarrh and in stomach, liver and kidney diseases. 4 ' Get a bottle of . 160 Coats, Values $35.00, $19.85 135 Suits, Values $25.00 $14.50 178 Suits, Values $35.00, $19.49 SAMPLE CLOAKS AND SUITS will circulate a petition for a $50,000 building. We will go up In our tastes Instead of down, and we 11 keep tnts agitation up until we get a building that will be one of the best 'ads' tho city ever had and bring more settlers than the most highly-colored booster literature." OoJIars lost longest in laundering hold shape. T17 them it will pay you. 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