TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY.
APRIL 11, 1913.
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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
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t ORPHEI M HEADLIXF.R MAKES
I CONVI.MIXi JOCKEY.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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High School team, representing the Co-
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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
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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
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