Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 19, 1914, Page 14, Image 14

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TIIE MORMXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1914.
CITY ARGUES 8-HOUR
DAY IS IMPOSSIBLE
funds Declared Unavailable to
Increase Number of Police
men and Firemen.
LIKELY COST $1,000,000
Major Albee Does Not Believe Any
Court Will Sustain State Labor
Commissioner in Order Af
fecting; Two Departments.
Should the Supreme Court of Oregon
decide that firemen and policemen must
be considered as laborers and there
fore that they come under the eight
hour law, it would be Impossible, say
city ' officials, for Portland to comply
with the provisions of the statute this
year. It is estimated that it would
require in the neighborhood of $1,000,
000 additional for the salaries of fire
men to do so, to say nothing of other
effects.
Inasmuch as the City Council has
fixed Its annual levy for the fiscal year,
it has exhausted its authority as to
levying for funds and would have no
further power to do so. The Council
will be unable to make any further
levies until next fiscal year and It
.would be impossible therefore to pro
vide for such an increase in the number
of salaries.
Mayor Experts No EmfrgeBcr,
Mayor Albee does not expect such an
emergency, however, and says he does
not believe that any court will hold
men engaged in such occupations as
firemen and policemen to be "laborers"
In the sense that the city must confine
their work to eight hours a day and
cannot, under the law, use them longer,
even in an emergency.
"I cannot bring myself to believe that
the courts will put such a construction
on the law when the whole case is laid
before them." said the Mayor. "It will
be impossible for the city to provide
the extra men and money to pay them,
Bhould the courts so decide, but I think
there need be no anxiety over the issue:
in my Judgment no such construction
will be put upon the la v."
The firemen work ui.der the usual
system of 24 hours on duty, with one
day oft in each eight. No city has an
eight-hour shift for firemen. A few
cities, including Seattle, have adopted
what is known" as the two-platoon sys
tem, where a double crew Is main
tained, or nearly double. The men work
12 hours a day under this.
It Is asserted that, should the eight
hour law be strictly enforced as to fire
men and policemen, the city would be
powerless to use the reserves, even in
a great emergency, such as a big fire,
lasting several days, or a condition of
riot
Police Work Eight Hours.
While the police are working on
eight-hour shifts, with two days off
each month, it is frequently necessary
to work them longer for several days
at a stretch, such as during the recent
I. W. V. troubles here, during the Rose
Festival and similar events. There
fore, should the courts hold to the
eight-hour rule for policemen, the city
would of necesslsty have to Increase
the force.
City Attorney La Roche, who had ad
vised Mayor Albee against a com
pliance with the order of State Labor
Commissioner Hoff to work all city
employes only eight hours a day, de
clares that there la no doubt that the
courts will rule that firemen and po
licemen are not "laborers" and that
they do not come within the provisions
of the eight-hour law.
Mayor Albee is satisfied that in the
case of the matrons at the City Jail
tiiey should come under the provisions
of the eight-hour law and he is ar
ranging to put on one more matron, so
that there will be eight-hour shifts. To
do this it will be necessary to provide
for the additional salary and an ordi
nance will be prepared for this purpose
In the immediate future.
EFFICIENCY CODE FAULTY
Iieadjustmcnt of Merit Mark System
to Be Asked by Mayor.
Revision of the efficiency code,
adopted by the City Council for all
departments several months ago, prob
ably will be made in the near future.
Several points relative thereto have
been discovered as requiring adjust
ment, and Mayor Albee said yesterday
that he intends soon to bring the sub
ject to the attention of the Commis
sioners. The code was proposed bv the New
York Bureau of Municipal Research,
which worked out the various codes
for the city when the commission form
of government went into effect.
One of the chief objections raised
relative to the efficiency code is that it
penalizes employes for being 11L The
case of Lee Holden, a battalion chief,
whose leg was fractured. Is being cited.
He would be penalized nearly enough.
If he is put of the service for two
months, as it has been said he will
be, to come within the provisions for
discharge from his position..
Another provision against which
criticism has been directed Is that
which requires demerit marks against
an employe for being late to work,
without any credits- for overtime.
PERS0NALMENTI0N.
Dr. Nell O'Leary, of Woodburn. Is at
the Perkins.
J. H. Keller, of Seattle, Is at the
Washington.
W. F. Wright, of Baynes, B. C, is at
the Nortonia.
Thomas and J. R. Dull, of Juneau,
are at the Imperial.
II. E. McDorman, of San Francisco,
Is at the Multnomah.
W. C. Bennett is registered at the
Carlton from Seattle.
H. E. Waernicke, of Washington, D.
C, is at the Multnomah.
Oilman L. Camp, a Billings insurance
man, is at the Oregon.
Gus E. Ledbetter, of Brookfield,
Wash., Is at the Carlton.
Mrs. L. W. Pomerene. of Lincoln,
Neb., is at the Multnomah.
K. L. Shlpherd, of Shipherd's Springs,
Wash., Is at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lepo, of Albany,
Or., are at the Multnomah.
Mrs. A. H. Richter, of Battle Ground,
Wash., is at the Washington.
Ray W. Turnbull and W. W. Wagner,
of Eugene, are at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Leach, of Bar
itarDor, Me., are at the Oregon.
P. J. Groner and G. M. Hill, of Mid
Tale, Idaho, are at the Perkins.
Frank J. and George S. Bell, of Mad
ison, Wis., are registered at the Nor
tonia.
A. A. Newberry and Arthur D. Jones
of Spokane, are registered at the Mult
nomah. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Madden are reg-
istered at the Washington from Min
neapolis. . Ed Rand, Sheriff of Baker County,
Is registered at the Cornelius with
lira. Rand.
J. M. Willey, Jr., and J. J. Cham
bers, of Salem, are registered at the
Washington.
E. F. Byrd and Lee Woodmansen,
Spokane timbermen, are registered at
the Perkins.
A. G. Karnm, of North Yakima, and
W. Conley, of Spokane, are registered
at the Multnomah.
J. D. Gordon, H. R. Morris and Lynn
B. Ferguson, of Newberg, registered at
the Cornelius yesterday.
E. A. Knowles, of Seattle, window
trimmer for the United Cigar. Stores,
is registered at the Perkins.
George W. King, a member of the
Hotel Oregon orchestra, is registered
at the Nortonia from San Diego.
Salem people at the Carlton are:
B. J. Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Donald W.
FAITHFUL EMPLOYE OF RAIL
WAY COMPANY DIES.
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1 j A
Rlcbard M. Gregory.
Richard M. Gregory, of 600 East
Eighth street, died at 1 o'clock
Thursday morning from pleurisy.
Mr. Gregory resided in Portland
23 years, and during that entire
period was In the employment of
the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company as a machinist
He began his work with the old
Portland Cable Company in 1891,
and ultimately reached the posi
tion of master workman in the
construction of special work re
quired for the junction of street
car tracks.
Mr. Gregory was born In Ban
bury, England, in 1866. He Is
survived by a wife, one daugh
ter, his mother, one sister and
two brothers. One month ago Mr.
Gregory became a member of the
Portland Electric Council of the
Royal Arcanum, and for many
years had been a member of Web
foot Camp, Modern Woodmen of
America. He was also a member
of the Mechanical Employes Bene
ficial Association of the Port
land Railway, Light Ss Power
Company.
The funeral was held yesterday
at Flnley's chapel, Vice-President
Fuller, of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company, deliver
ing an address.
Miles, J. A. Barber and Mrs. P. H.
Zinkhan
A. F. Hoska, of Tacoma, secretary
of the Northwest Retail Harness Mak
ers and Saddlers' Association, is at the
Imperial.
Mrs. J. M. Culbertson, of Hoed River;
Jud W. Durbin, of Salem, with Mrs.
Durbin, and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Miller,
of Independence, are among the Ore
gon people at the Cornelius.
Among those from Oregon towns
who are registered at the Perkins are:
C. K. Marshall, a Hood River orchard
tst; Captain and Mrs. Robert Jones, of
Florence; Mr. and Mrs. G. L, Blessing
ton, of Dayton, and R. M. Thurston and
family, of Newberg.
Among the Oregon people at the Ore
gon are: William S. Risley, of Albany;
C. W. Schermerhorn, of ABtoria; A. R.
Wilson, of Salem; Mr. and Mrs. H.
Clement, of Vale; A. E. Holcomb, of
Salem: J. H. Sturgis, of Pendleton, and
Mrs. A. B. Kelsay, of Salem.
James A. McKee and W. E. Bliven,
of Muscatine, la., are at the Oregon.
Ralfe Harlan, of New York, manager
of "The Blindness of Virtue" Company,
with the 11 members of the company,
is registered at the Oregon. The com
pany nearly all register from Lon
don. Mr. and Mrs. Polk Mays, of Joseph;
J. C. Phillips, of Baker; H. Bodmer,
of Ijl Grande; L. S. Finseth, of Dallas!
L. H. Hanley and Ross E. Carney, of
Pendleton; C. R. Adams, of Pilot Rock;
Mike Schenk, of Lebanon; D. O. Saun
ders, of Milton, and C. C. Hargrave, of
Salem, are among the Oregon people
at the Imperial.
CHICAGO. -Tan 18 cn.ii I.,. .
vv.Ljm.y X
following from Portland, Or., are reg-
atereu at local noteis: Congress Mr.
nd Mrs. John Khun nvaa tsx i
- . w.ui iwi lucm,
Mrs. B. A. BurchiU, Fred A. Strode.
REVENGE CAUSES ARREST
Thomas Groom Annoys Police Fol
lowing Release From Jail.
Thomas Groom, -urhn va a,..,t.j
, . -...cohcu ujf
Detective P. Moloney Saturday night
and was released later if i '
came sober, had an elaborate revenge
" jjunce wnicn lea to his re-incar-
tciuuun yesterday.
First he called nn th tatin. v..
reau and, asking for Joe Day, night
captain of detectives, reported the loss
ui iwu uicycies.
"When did vou load thTn" i ,
asked.
"Two years asro." m.m nrnnm -rr
you can t find both of them, try and
find one at least. I'll h sntiofio if
you return one."
iesterday morning he called up the
detective bureau and promised to "get
Joe. Day's job."
Late yesterday he asked Captain
Moore to stop the streetcars from
operating on Union avenue, as they
disturbed him.
He was removed to the city jail for
POLICE MESSAGE REFUSED
California Official Kefuses to Re
ceive Portland Communication.
When Detectives Hellyer and Tack-
nuerry, wno arrested T. F. Turner
alias Georce Gilbert Ratufii.v
graphed yesterday, to Monterey, Cal.,
where he was supposed to be wanted
for desertlns- his wife thD
was sent back as refused by the Mon
terey wniet oi ponce.
Turner was. arrested at the Union
Depot, where tha ilitlvai w.,. i
ing for Incoming bunco men. He first
ftovo "in name as i ill oert.
He admitted he had been arrested
In Watsonvllle. Cal.. for livins- ntt .
earnings of an Immoral woman, now
believed to be on her way to Portland.
He acknowledged that he was arrested
in aiomerey ana to prevent prosecu
tion married Blanche Webster, desert
Ing her the next day.
SOCIALIST BLAMES
PARTY FOR LOSSES
Danger Is Declared to Lie in
Desperate Moves by Des
perate Members.
DYNAMITING PLOT IS TOLD
Edward Adams Cantrell, of Ios An
geles, Declares Destruction of
Times Plant Part of Con
spiracy of Politicians.
That the dynamiting of the Los An
geles Times building on October 10,
1910, In which 22 men lost their lives,
was part of a carefully . planned pro
gramme to unite workingmen of Cali
fornia behind certain political and labor
leaders, was asserted yesterday by Ed
ward Adams Cantrell. of Los Angeles.
at a meeting in Women of Woodcraft
hall.
Mr. Cantrell formerly was a lyceum
lecturer ror the Socialist party. H
explained yesterday that he Is today
as much of a Socialist in belief as he
ever was.
"I am throwing the light this after
noon on one of the most astounding
situations that has developed in a Dolit
leal organization in America," he said
In Introduction. "Why am I doing it?
I'll tell you why. If I had been asked
at the close of 1908, the year I came
to California, what American city had
the best Socialistic sentiment, I would
have said San Diego. And I would have
named Los Angeles next.
Condition Is Reversed.
"Today If you were to ask me what
American city has sentiment most an
tagonistic toward the Socialist party. I
wouldn't hesitate a moment in saying
ban uiego. w hat city is next? Los
Angeles.
He declared himself to be a Socialist,
but one who desired to temper senti
ment and revolutionary feelings with
reason. "The danger of the present
time In the Socialist movement," he
said, "is that conditions are so desper
ate tnat desperate movements by des
perate individuals will bring the whole
force of organized society against us
and crush our movement for many
years.
"That is what has happened In Los
Angeles. Bernard Shaw once said that
the worst thing about Socialism was
the Socialists. He intended it as a wit
ticism, but there was an element of
deep truth behind it. for it has been the
conduct of Socialists themselves that
has brought about the great change in
teeiing in tnese two communities."
He quoted figures to show that in
California, as a result of the dvnamlt
ing. Socialist members paying dues
dropped from 8000 to 2000, and that In
the United States, instead of increas
ing at the last Presidential election, the
bociailst party suffered a loss of ap
proximately 75,000 dues-paying mem-
oers.
Dynamite Part of Campaign.
"The dynamiting of the Times build
ing." he continued, "and the attempted
dynamiting of other places was planned
definitely with a view of rallying work
ers of California to certain political and
labor leaders. When I charge this, I
am not proceeding on any guess work
I have the word of one of the men
now under Indictment for the dynamit
ing conspiracy."
He said that this man. a San Fran
Cisco labor leader, whom he namnd
attended a Socialist meetinsr in Tjis
Angeles in May, 1910, and In the course
of an address declared that "we" were
planning shortly to "pull off a stunt
that would rally workers to the sup
port of our programme."
He explained that at that time ad
herents of P. H. McCarthy in San
Francisco were attempting to form an
alliance with Socialists of Los Angeles
under the name of the Social-Demo
cratic party, the Socialists to vote for
McCarthy in San Francisco and refrain
from putting a ticket of their own
in the field, and union labor men in
return, according to the programme
or tne leaders, to throw their suppor
in Los Angeles to Job Harrlman, can
didate for Mayor.
Owing to tremendous -opposition on
the part both of Socialists and unio
labor men to this programme, he said
It needed some remarkable situatio
to get such a fusion movement. And
that was what the San Francisco
leader meant when he said 'we would
pull off a stunt.'
McXaminj Thought Innocent.
He offered further theories to sup
port nis statement.
"The rank and file of theSoclalists
in Los Angeles, he said, "believed th
McNamaras innocent. They naturally
looked to the San Francisco man, after
what they had heard him say as th
guilty party. In the middle of the
stirring campaign in Los Angeles In
which some of us worked until w
nearly dropped, trying to elect Job
Harnman, we found that we were be
PIONEER OF 1805 DIES AT
WARREN, OR.
It
William Henry Beavers.
William Henry Beavers died of
old age at his home near Warren,
Columbia County, on January 12.
Mr. Beavers was born in Bates
County. Missouri, December 25,
1840. He was married to Matilda
Jane Gray on May 16, 1861.
Twelve children were born to
this union, of which five are liv
ing John, George, Melvin, Etta
, Lambersou and Annie Bennett,
all In Columbia County, with the
exception of John, whose home
Is in Multnomah County. These,
with the widow, 18 grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren
survive.
In 1865 Mr. Beavera rmnnaA Vi
plains with an oxteam and home-
sieaaea near warren, where he
had lived continuously.
K. 4
ry
s
trayed by men who were grafting from
he very men and women Who were
fighting for them."
Clarence Darrow. he said, received a
$50,000 retainer and a contract calling
for $100 a day as long as the case
should last, before he would touch the
Ale N a mara case.
'Why did Darrow hold out so long,"
he asked, "when he knew, as he said
n signed statements after the Mc-
N'amaras' confessions, "from the be
ginning the evidence the state had
against us'? Why did he hold out that
long? It was a financial asset to him
$100 a day. And why was Harrlman
In with him, taking hundreds of dol-
ars from workingmen all over the
United States for his campaign? It
was a financial asset.
'Whatever your Justification for vio
lence. I fail to find any Justification
for this kind of grafting by the attor
neys in the case. More than $200,000
was raised for the McNamara defense
fund. Before his campaign, Harrlman
ODDFELLOWS SEARCH FOR
BODY OF PORTLAND
YOUNG MAX.
Oscar Mayes. ,
A party of Oddfellows from
Slletz, In Lincoln County, Oregon,
has been organized to drag the
Siletz River for the body of Oscar
Mayes, a homesteader near Rocca,
Or., who was drowned November
17 by the breaking of a cable
bridge on which he and James
Murray, a friend, were crossing
the stream on their way home.
Mr. Mayes was the son of Mrs.
Jessie L. Mayes, 329 East Seventh
street. He was born in Bookston,
Texas, on February 11, 1888. He
was well known in Portland, hav
ing worked here for eight years.
For the last four years he had
lived on a homestead 13 miles
from Rocca, Or. He was a mem
ber of Multnomah Camp, No. 77,
W. O. W. He is survived by his
jy his 1
R. F. I
mother and one sister, Mrs.
Smith, both of Portland.
was a poor man. Today he is quoted
Dy iiraastreet as worth $51,000."
He also related the alleged cam
paign of deception practiced by the
Appeal to Reason., Socialist newspaper,
as part of the general programme.
WEST REPORTED CHOICE
GOYERXOR SAID TO HATE REJECT
ED FEDERAL APPOISTTMESfT.
Position on Interstate Commerce Com
mission Offered, Says Rumor Irri
gation Projects Viewed.
Oswald West, Governor of Oregon,
has declined an offer of a position on
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
according to a well-authenticated re
port yesterday.
Governor West is said to have de
clined the honor for personal reasons,
which were that he prefers to remain
in Oregon, and that he has no relish
for a residence, in Washington, D. C,
with the almost constant traveling to
all parts of the country entailed on a
member of the Commission.
The Governor went to Redmond Fri
day to attend a meeting of settlers on
lands of the Central Oregon Irrigation
Company, called for the discussion of
the company's proposal to turn one unit
of the project over to the Federal and
state reclamation services.
It is reported that the settlers were
distinctly In favor of the proposal.
Governor West also Inspected the Tu
malo irrigation project, under construc
tion by the state, and returned to Port
land at S o'clock last night, going to
Salem a short time later.
CITY'S EFFORTS REVIEWED
Mr. Brewster Talks on Libraries and
Parks at Unitarian Church.
City Commissioner Brewster gave
some interesting facts on the public
library and the system of parks and
playgrounds in a talk at the Unitarian
Church last night. He said that It was
50 years since the, foundation of the
library system was laid In Portland.
He told of the city's possessing beside
the magnificent Central Library build
ing five branch libraries. He said the
policy of the past had been one of ex
tension. Talking of the park system, he said
that Portland had three parks of more
than 100 acres each. Washington.
Macleay and 'Mount Tabor parks, and
he said that the public parks were be
ing used by the people more every
year. He said that there were three
classes of parks places for nurses to
take children for recreation, places for
active exercise and places for Instruc
tion and education.
Talking of Peninsula Park, Mr. Brew
ster said that it was acknowledged to
be the finest rose garden on the Coast.
MARGARET E. WOOD DEAD
Accomplished Musician, of Portland,
Expires in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18. (Special.)
Miss Margaret Emily Wood, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wood,
of Portland, who with her parents has
been visiting in this city for some time,
died at the Children's Hospital this
morning. Funeral services will be con
ducted at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
from Gray's chapel.
Miss Wood was an accomplished
musician and had a host of friends In
this city, Los Angeles and San Diego.
She was born in Port Townsend, Wash.,
In 1890.
Pasco Has Woman Official.
PASCO. Wash..
Dr. E. W. White
the Women's
League for City
recommendation
quest of Mayor
Jan. 18. (Special.)
was recommended by
Civic Improvement
Health Officer. This
was made at the re-
Johnson. Mrs. Arnett
d for the Park Com-
was recommende
mission. This Is
woman has been
lie position here.
the first time that a
appointed to any pub-
i
t
j.'-c"" t t." re .i
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HOTEL 15 RAIDED
Fifteen Men and Ten Women
Taken at Levens House.
'FRAME-UP," SAYS KEEPER
Since December 1 Police, TJnder Or
ders or Chief Clark, Have Made
Raids on Approximately 30
Places of Ill-Repute.
Mrs. Hulda Levens was arrested early
yesterday morning in a raid upon the
Levens Hotel, which she owns, at Third
and Ash streets. She was charged with
maintaining a disorderly house, and
was released on $250 cash ball.
In the raid 15 men and ten women
were arrested, the majority being
charged with vagrancy. Patrol Ser
geant Van Overn and nine men consti
tuted the raiding party, which guarded
all exits while they went through the
house, awakened Its lnmats and escort
ed them to waiting patrol wagons.
Statutory charges, gambling and
vagrancy were the entries made against
their names at police headquarters.
Ben H. Miles, charged with a statu
tory offense, deposited $100 ball for his
appearance in court. Others, charged
with vagrancy who deposited ?50 each,
were Horace Stewart, John Olsen. Ben
Virck, contractor; Ray Cook, Franlr
MlleskI, Arch Bernash. William E.
Thompson, druggist; Louis Gunis, Sam
uel Ladeau, real estate man. Thomas
Hogan and Fred Meredith were charged
with gambling. True Tuttle, a special
officer, charged with a statutory of
fense, put up $100 bail. '
With the exceptions of Alii Miles
and Nellie Hoffman, both charged with
statutory oitenses, the women arrested
put up ou Dan eacn on vagrancy
charges. They gave their names as
Alice Miller, Mae Williams, Margaret
Hayes, Gerendine Jackson, Fannie
Brown, Blanch Bertrand and Grace
Howard.
Mrs. Levens, who recently swore to
an affidavit in which she charged
License Inspector Hutchinson with hav
ing accepted a bribe from her, declared
tne raid a frame up yesterday.
The police have been active In "clean
up" work since December 1. about 30
places of this nature having been
raided under orders from Chief Clark.
SAL00PJ MAN RAISES VOICE
Arrested 17 Times, Tried 15 Times,
but Never Convicted, He Protests
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 17 (To the
Editor.) One man's rights commence
where another's cease. All the money
I have Is invested in my business. As
the general manager and one of the
owners of Erickson's saloon, I have
provided a lawful place of amusement
for the working men in and around
Portland. They come to my place and
enjoy themselves in a way suitable to
themselves and in much the same way
as other men. This privilege of theirs
has been seriously threatened by Sheriff
Word for reasons best known to him
self, by repeated raids under the pre
tense that gambling is going on. We
maintain a cardroom as open to the
public as any hotel lobby, where card
and checker games are played by work
ing men, and where gambling is abso
lutely prohibited and does not exist.
None the less, we have been raided and
arrested 17 times; had 15 trials before
Judges Jones, Bell and Dayton; two
before the grand Jury by our own re
quest, and all were dismissed.
Mr. Word's deputies admitted no evi
dence at the time of arrests, but stated
they were under strict orders to bring
in all card-players In the place. In all
328 workingmen have been arrested,
and the prohibitive bail of $50 to $100
each demanded and $200 for myself,
sometimes late at night, which showed
personal animus on the Sheriff's part,
as repeatedly the several judges stated
that the alleged gambling charge was
only a possible misdemeanor, warrant
ing, only $10 bail.
Now. the point is this: If the work
ingmen of this town have any rights,
they have the right to amusement
within the law. It is the only kind this
place provides, and many prominent
men. Judge Bell included, have com
mended us on the lawful manner in
which our place is conducted. We, our
selves, know how careful we must be,
and have not allowed, nor do we Intend
to allow, any Infraction of the law that
we can control.
With these things considered, should
we not be allowed to continue a man's
business unmolested and free from per
sonal animus, grandstand play and
flagrant persecution by Sheriff Word?
Will you let our voice be beard, that
the people may judge?
J. J. RUSSELL.
NEW CLASSES WILL OPEN
Gymnasium Work lo Be Taken Tp
at Arleta School Social Center.
New classes are to be formed at Ar
leta School in connection with the So
cial Center this week. Thursday at 2
P. M. Mrs. E. M. Higgs will meet those
who desire to enter a class In millin
ery. This is for the neighborhood.
Thursday night a girl's club for work
in the gymnasium will be formed in
the assembly hall. This class is for
girls and women not in the school,
and chiefly for those living in the dis
trict. All who desire to enter are in
vited to be present Thursday night.
borne of the larger girls of the higher
grades of the school will be admitted.
Saturday night a boys' club for gym
nasium work will be organized.
Instructors will be provided for both
boys' and girls' classes in the gymna
sium. The new manual training building
will be -completed by February.
POLICE TESTIS ANNOUNCED
Civil Service Board Will Not Extend
Old Eligible List Further.
Aspirants for authority to wear the
uniform of the Portland Police Bureau
will have an opportunity in the near
future to try their hand at the game.
The Civil Service Board will hold an
examination for patrolmen in about
one month.
There is an eligible list for the
grade of patrolmen, but it has been ex
tended as long as the members of the
Board care to extend It and it has been
decided to call a new examination.
Examinations for the position of
captain in the police bureau will be
held Thursday. A class of perhaps 30
will participate. For the first time in
years, oral questions will be asked the
contestants and a rating of as high
as 60 per cent may be given on per
sonal appearance and ability as dis
closed under the new form of ques
tioning. The rnited State Imported fruit and
nun worth 90.0l0.000 In the last fiscal year
twice the quantity Imported 10 years ago.
Store Opens 9 A. M. Closes 6 P. M.
FINAL!
Six Days of Clearance
Begins Today!
EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED
(Excepting Contract Goods and Groceries)
January White Sale
of NEW
Undermuslins, Laces, Embroideries
and Bed and Table Linens
Radical Underpricing Now in Force
Del Monte Demonstration California
Fruits and Vegetables Continues
And the women of Portland are delighted with the supe
rior quality of this brand of canned fruits and Vegetables,
and purchasing quantities in single and dozen lots at spe
cial prices.
This 24-Can Case Del Monte Fruits
and Vegetables, Assorted, at $3
3 No. 2Y2 cans Sliced Yellow Clings, Melba Ilalves or Yellow
Free Peaches.
3 No. 2Y2 cans Apricots or No. 2 Blackberries, Loganberries.
3 No. 21!' cans Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple or No. 1 White
Asparagus tips.
3 No. 2Vs cans Pumpkin or Red Pimientos, imported size.
3 No. 2V-2 cans Spinach or Solid Packed Tomatoes with Chili.
3 No. 2'-2 cans Solid Pack Tomatoes.
3 No. 2 cans String Beans.
3 No. 2 cans Corn, Sugar Peas.
GROCERY SPECIALS FOR TODAY
VICTOR FLOUR, Sack rf - rjp
"Well-known brand, specially priced for today ) X
Well-filled boxes. No phone orders taken.
Cooking Apples, principally Newtowns and t -1 in
Northern Spies, box p X Tri!?
Eastern Hams Fine sugar-cured, pound lO1-
French Prunes, large, California cured, pound 15c
Fancy Peaches, Imperial Lemon Cling, dz. $1.95; can 17Vc
Baking Chocolate, Roekwood's, per pound 29c
Gallon Pumpkin, solid pack, doe. $2.75; can 25 C
New Walnuts, pound lTVC
Naptha Soap, Victor grade, 6 bars for. 25c
Gloss Starch, Riverside, 4 No. 1 packages 25c
TEA SPECIALS
Several chests of high-grade Uncolored Japan Tea. Im
ported and distributed by one of the foremost houses on the
Coast.
Regular 50c Grade while any remains pound 35?
BROOM SPECIALS
Parlor Brooms (5 rows sewing) 49c
Kitchen Brooms (4 rows sewing) 35c
Pure Food Grocerf, Bisnueiit.
lait
The- QjjalitV Store- of Portland
Fifths Six.t.lirTorTi30i. Alder Sts...
VIEWS ARE DEBATED
W. J. Smith, Socialist, and R.
A. Miller Discuss Needs.
STATE CABINET ADVOCATED
Gubernatorial Candidate Elaborates
rian for Getting Ideas of All
Parties lYom Every Sec
tion Being: Governed.
The formation of an advisory cabinet
for the Governor of Oregon, composed
of representatives of the different po
litical parties, and an equal number of
delegates from the various welfare
clubs throughout the state, was advo
cated yesterday by Colonel Robert A.
Miller, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, in an address
before a Socialist gathering at 227
Yamhill street. The feasibility of this
plan was denied In a rebuttal by W. J.
Smith, who spoke for the Socialists.
"The problem of-Amerlcan politics is
to find a common altruistic ground on
which all the groups can come to
gether," said Colonel Miller. "My plan
for accomplishing this, which I will
carry out if I am elected, is to form an
advisory cabinet to assist the Governor.
I would divide the state Into four sec
tions separated by the Cascade Moun
tains and an Imaginary line drawn
across Central Oregon from east to
west. 1 would have each party in each
of these sections select a man for the
advisory cabinet. 1 would have the va
rious welfare organizations of the same
sections send delegates to district con
ventions, where they would elect a
number of representatives to the cabi
net, equal In number to the members
elected by the political parties.
"This cabinet would meet annually
to recommend legislation, and pass on
the bills prepared by the members of
the State Legislature. I would have all
members of the Legislature submit
drafts of their bills to the Governor
I and this body a month before the meet-
Ing of the Legislature. Thus I -would
eliminate unnecessary and harmful
bills, and obviate the recall, initiative
and referendum."
Iong Waits Explained.
SALEM. Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) The
Portland Railway. Light & Power Com
pany today filed an answer with tho
State Kailroad Commission to a com
plaint of the Women's Club, of Van
couver. Wftsh. rp?n rfl In v fdnTiotion.
between the ferry, Vancouver cars and
the cars of the defendant, denying that
it hud been at fault. It alleges that its
cars are operated every 30 mtnuten,
whereas the cars In Vancouver are op
erated on a 40-minute schedule, which
accounts for the long delays In makinsr
connections complained of by the club.
A crucifix should be In every
Christian home. It is a faithful re
minder of the most important event
in history.
The above Illustrates a Beautiful
Metal Crucifix, 10 inches hish. fin
ished in silver. Ivory or gold. Reg
ular price $2f special this 4(1 Aft
week at. 5J..i-3
Our line of Crucifixes is complete,
varying In size from one Inch to
lnpricel'om 5 c t0 $20.00
Everytliliia; In Rellictoua Articles for
Church. School and Hume.
Catholic Book and
Church Supply Co.
489-491 Washington Street.
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