THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JAXtTART 28, 1914.
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CHILD AID SOCIETY
GETS VINDICATION
Legislative Committee Voices
Only Praise for Institu
tion of Portland.
GOVERNOR IS TO BE TOLD
Conduct of Home Excellent, Inmates
"Well Behaved and Seem to Ixe
Those In Charge, Says Re
' t port Xo Extravagance.
In a report made public yesterday
hy the Joint committee from the Sen
ate and House named by the last Leg
islature to investigate the Boys' and
Girls' Aid Society of Portland, the In
stitution and Its management is cleared
of implied charges made at the time
the committee was named of misman
agement and improper conduct.
The committee is composed of I. N.
Day, of Portland, and Hal G. Patton,
ef Salem, from the Senate: D. E. Lof
Kren and J. H. Nolta, of Portland, and
1 O. Bonebrake, of Corvallis, from
.the House.
"We have Investigated the morals of
the Institution," reads a portion of the
report, "and in particular the conduct
of the officers In charge, and their
conduct toward the Inmates, and the
conduct of the officers In charge to
wards each other. During the inves
tigation we examined witnesses, among
them former attaches of the institution,
and found that the moral standard of
the institution Is high and the person
nel In charge conducts itself with due
regard to Its responsibility and posi
tion." "Morl Are Safeguarded."
In another part the report says: "The
boys and girls aro segregated and have
separate sleeping quarters. The man
tiers and morals of the children are
duly safeguarded. The building Is kept
scrupulously clean. The conduct of the
home is excellent and the children well
behaved. They all seem to be In love
with and have due respect for the per
sons In charge."
The Investigation was carried on
from last March, shortly after the end
of the Legislative session, until Novem
ber. In that time the committee held
one hearing lasting two days, at which
many former employes of the society
were questioned under oath, as well as
persons who had taken wards of the
society Into their homes.
"At this hearing, and in subsequent
Investigations," said D. K. Lofgren, a
member of the committee, yesterday,
"we were not able to find even the
remotest basis for any charges of mis
management. Immorality or improper
conduct against those In charge of the
society."
Records Looked t'p.
So carefully did the committee delve
Into the affairs of the society that the
names, records and final disposition of
4199 children received and cared for
from the founding of the institution in
1887 to May 1. 1913, were looked up
and Incorporated in the report. An
Itemized account of expenditures of the
society from January 1, 1911, to May
1, 1913, was found correct by an ex
pert accountant employed by the committee.
One of the implied charges contained
In the resolution calling for the .in
vestigation, as introduced In the Legis
lature by Lou Carpenter, member of
the House from Multnomah County,
was that the rolls of the society had
been padded to obtain larger Legisla
tive appropriations. This Innuendo was
found, to be without basis of truth.
Of the 4199 children whose records
were Investigated, only one case was
found where the same child had been
entered twice In the rolls. That this
second entry had been due to a clerical
mistake was demonstrated further on
In the records, where the duplication
had been corrected.
Home Is Inspected.
The committee also made a personal
Inspection of the home of the society
In East Twenty-ninth street. The visit
was unannounced, and members of the
committee acted as their own guides in
going through the building. They found
the children well cared for and the
home In first-class condition, their re
port sets out.
To compare the cost of running the
Oregon institution with that of the
California Boys' and Girls' Aid Society,
the committee obtained statistics from
the latter institution. The comparison
was all in favor of the Boys' and Girls'
Aid Society here.
In the California society the dally
average cost per Inmate was found to
be 61 cents, with an average of 163.8
Inmates a day; the average daily cost
of the society at Portland was only
23' cents a day for each inmate, with
an average of 60 inmates.
The cost of visiting children who
have been sent out to private homes,
to make sure that they are well cared
for, was found to average only $14.38
a year for each child.
Although children in the care of the
society are fed at a cost of only 8ti
cents a meal, the committee found that
the food, though plain, "is substantial
and sufficient.
Mr. Gardner Vindicated.
When Representative Carpenter's
resolution demanding an investigation
was first filed in the House at the Leg
lslative session it was understood that
W. T. Gardner, for many years suoer
lntendent of the society, was the target
aimed at. Mr. Gardner is completely
vindicated by the report.
Besides Mr. Gardner, other officers
of the society are: Mrs. M. J. Graham,
assistant superintendent; John G. Kil-
pack and John Teuscher, Jr., district
Visitors and investigators.
Management of the institution Is
vested in the following board of trus
tees: W. B. Gilbert. Judge of United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, presi
dent; F. E. Beach, secretary; J. C. Ains-
worth, treasurer; C. E. Wolverton and
Robert S. Bean, Judges of United States
Plstrlct Court; Mrs. Levi White, Robert
8. Farrell. William P. Woodward, F. I
Fuller, Rev. T. L. Eliot. Mrs. Levi
White, Mrs. C. R. Templeton and Mrs.
Charles Basey comprise the ladies' aux
iliary.
A summary of the report, which will
be submitted to Governor West and-to
the next Legislature, follows:
Dlclpllne "SV'e have Investigated Into the
management and discipline of the Institu
tion and find that the home is conducted In
a commendable manner. The matron and
the assistant superintendent live at the
home. The boys and girls are segregated
and have separate sleeping quarters. The
manners and morals of the children are
duly safeguarded. The building Is kept
Scrupulously clean. The food Is plain but
Substantial and sufficient. The children
are plainly but warmly clad. The children
have the use of Individual towel, combs
soap and toothbrushes. The bathing faclll
ties are ample. Much clothing Is donated
by charitable persons for the use of the in
mates. The conduct in the home to ex
cellent and the children well behaved. They
all seem to be in love with and have due
respect for the persons in charge. W. T
Gardner, superintendent, and Mrs. M. J.
Orahnm. assistant superintendent, are
charge, under the close and direct super
vision or the board or directors. During th
existence of the society property to the
value of $102,440 has Been accumulated for
tho ue of the Institution.
The admisaion of each child Is recorded
but once; if any cull area are twice record'
ed as being admlttted for the first time, we
Deiieve that it has been done through inad
vertence and mistake and as far as we can
learn from the records we do not find more
than two such Instances during the exist
ence of the institution.
Suitable Homes Sought.
It Is the plan of the institution to find
suitable homes tor the children who come
Into and under the control of the Institution.
When the children are placed In homes for
care or adoption an officer of the Institu
tion visits the children In such homes at
frequent Intervals, in order to ascertain it
trie children are well cared for and receive
suitable attention and education. A com
plete record of each child is kept at the in
stitution, which record can be inspected by
the proper parties at any reasonable time.
In the report will be found the names of
children placed In homes and also of the
children returned to the institution. We
have audited said report (the biennial re
port of the society made to the 27th Legis
lative Assembly) and have found the same
to be true and correct. We find that the
moneys, funds and donations of all kinds
have been used directly for the purpose for
which they were donated or appropriated.
We find that all of the said moneys, funds
and donations have been economically. Ju
diciously and systematically, handled and
disbursed. We have investigated the mor
als of the institution and in particular the
conduct of the officers In charge and their
conduct towards the inmates and the con
duct of the officers in charge towards each
other. During which Investigation we ex
amined witnesses, among them former at
taches of the institution, and found that
the moral standard of the institution is high
and the personnnel in charge conducts it
self with due regard to its responsibility
and position.
Education All the Inmatee of school age
attend the Kerns Public School. The girls
who are above school age, and who pre
viously had little or no opportunity to at
tend school, are provided with school at
the borne. In the forenoon they assist in
keeping the house In order and learn to
sew, mend and darn. In fact, affording a
fairly good course In domestic science. In
the afternoon they attend classes in the
common school branches, conducted in the
schoolroom of the home under the instruc
tion of a teacher furnished by the County
School Board.
The visiting of children who have been
sent to homes for care or adoption Is done
solely - with regard to the welfare of the
children and this work is carried on ef
ficiently and economically.
In case of sickness or ordinary ailments
of children medical attention Is furnished
free of charge to the Inmates by a medical
staff. This includes also the necessary at
tention of competent dentists.
MEXICAN MENU ARRANGED
Musical Programme Will Follow
Woodlawn Churcli Supper.
A Mexican supper will be served by the
women of Woodlawn Christian Church,
In Greene's Hall, Friday evening from 6
to 8:30. The menu will consist of chile
con came, frljoles, fideo, tamales, sopa
de arroz, tortillas, coffee and pan y
mantequilla. After the supper the fol
lowing programme will be given free
to those purchasing supper:
Piano solo, Mrs. Bellamy; recitation.
Miss Ruth McDonald; vocal duet, "The
Lark," Mina Barnett and Howard Har
vey; vocal solo, A. E. Gardner; recita
tion, Erma Starr; matrimonial sweets,
Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Courter; piano solo.
Miss Amelia Esparza; reading, Mrs.
Nellie Anderson; duet, "The Woodblrd's
Song," Miss McDonald and Mrs. Smith;
reading, Mrs. Melllnger; "The Train to
Mauro," Mrs. Fraser, Mr. McGillivary,
Howard Stansberry; solo, "What Shall
1 Say?" Beatrice Sutherland; Instru
mental duet, Mrs. Bellamy and Mrs.
Harvey; pantomime, "Silent Courting,"
Sally and Rube.
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City as Northwesf Financial
Center to Be Shown Re
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SEATTLE CASH COMES HERE
COUNTY FAIR DATES SET
Washington County Selects Three
Days, September C 4, 25 and 26.
FOREST GROVE. Jan. 27. (Special.)
clal.) At a meeting of the directors
of the Washington County Fair today
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep
temper 24, 25 and 26, were fixed on as
the dates for the county fair.
The following officers have been
chosen: J. W. Hughes, president;
Charles O: Roe," first vice-president;
John McNamer, second vice-president;
W. K. Newell, third vice-president; J.
S. Buxton, secretary; H. J. .Golf, treas
urer.
"KING" COAL FOR COMFORT
You can't heat your home this win
try weather with cheap, inferior coal.
'King" coal gives a quick, intense heat
and holds fire over night. Prompt de
liveries to all parts of the city. Inde
pendent Coal & Ice Company. Main
780. Adv.
Distributing Houses in Northern
Town and Much of Its Alaskan
Trade Financed by Local
Capital Party Duo Today.
On the theory that Portland is tho
financial center for the entire North
west and Alaska, Portland bankers will
go before the Federal Reserve Board's
organization committee on Friday and
attempt to procure for this elty one
of the regional banks provided under
the newly enacted currency act.
Financiers In Portland have learned
that the currency officials are con
cerned principally with the banking ac
tivity and the banking resources of a
city rather than its trade and commerce.
Although, as a rule, banking activity
follows commercial activity, this rule
is not invariable.
Portland Is a case In point. While
Seattle boasts much of Its trade rela
tions with Alaska, much of Seattle's
Alaskan trade is financed in Portland.
Testimony will be submitted at Fri
day's hearing to prove this.
And Portland merchants are not
ready to concede that Seattle is the
sole gateway for Alaska's trade. In
fact, Portland now Is doing a large
volume of business with Alaska and
with the inauguration of steamship
service next month this business Is
certain to grow. ' -
While this fact will be pointed out
to the organization committee, the fur
ther fact that many of Seattle's large
distributing houses that deal with Alas
kan merchants almost exclusively are
BOYS AND GIRLS TO BE
SEEN IN TWO CONCERTS
Programmes Arranged Under Direction of Parent-Teacher Association
Promise to Be Best Ever Given by School Children of Portland.
financed and owned right here In Port
land will be presented to the Commis
sion. Much of their banking business
Is done in Portland. Seattle banks are
required to carry heavy balances in
Portland to meet this business. '
On the other hand, Seattle does no
business whatever in the Portland ter
ritory. Portland banks carry no bal
ances in Seattle.
Hearings in Seattle will begin this
afternoon, but it is probable that Spo
kane a claims will be taken up at that
time.
Sftpkane continues to make serious
efforts to be designated as a reserve
center, and it is understood that a big
party of Spokane financiers will be in
Seattle today to present arguments for
recognition.
Tacoma, on the other hand, is sup
porting Seattle. Many Eastern Wash
ington bankers are supporting Spokane,
but it is understood that most bankers
in that territory give Portland as their
second choice.
In fact, the Joint committee of Port
land Chamber of Commerce and Port
land Clearlng-House officials already
has obtained the Indorsement of many
financiers in Eastern Washington and
all parts of Montana.
Many Volunteer Testimony.
Bankers from various parts of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho have volun
teered to come here and give testimony.
J. H. O'Neill, district passenger agent
for the O.-W. R. & N. Company at Seat
tle, arrived in Portland yesterday and
will conduct the party to Seattle this
morning. They will arrive here on
O.-W. R. & N. train No. 9 this morning,
but will not leave the car and will de
part for Seattle at 8:30.
Meanwhile, plans are being made for
the complimentary dinner at the Com
merclal Club Friday evening. The full
seating capacity of the big dining-room
has been sold.
Mr. Mills will be toastmaster. Wll
Ham D. Wheelwright, president of the
Pacific Export Lumber Company, will
deliver the address of welcome. JNo
other' Portland men will speak. Mr,
McAdoo, Mr. Houston and Mr. Williams
will be Invited to speak, however.
The banquet will be attended by
prominent men from various parts of
Oregon, Washington : and otner parts
of the Northwest. Local, state and Fed
eral officials, as well as leading bank
ers, business men and foreign dlplo
mats, are among those who have ar
ranged to be present.
The Portland hearings will be con
ducted in the courtroom of the Federal
building instead of at the Multnomah
Hotel, as was originally planned. The
headquarters of the party will be at the
Multnomah, however.
Board) Passes Through La Grande.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
Secretary of Agriculture Houston and
their party passed through La Grande
tonight at 9:4o on their way to Fort
land. The men are traveling in the
private car National and the Pullman
is attached to the fast mail train.
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IFTED young violinists, sweet
voiced singers and an orchestra
composed of 100 boys and girls.
will appear Friday and Saturday nights
in the concert programme arranged un
der the direction of the Portland Parent-
Teacher Association. Mrs. Thomas Car
rick Burke, chairman of the programme
committee, with the assistance of Fred
erick E. Chapman, director of musio in
the schools, has worked up a wonder
ful programme that will represent all
the schools of the city,
The young musicians will make their
appearance Friday night at Jefferson
High School and Saturday night at
Lincoln High School. They have been
drilled carefully and the committee in
charge predicts that the concerts will
be the finest school affairs ever pre
sented in Portland. The following is
the programme:
Overture, "The Chocolate Soldier," Strauss
Jefferson High School Orchestra.
The Rose and the Nightingale," Van Hook
'General Bum Bum" Peldinl
Zelda Mosessohn.
"My Own United States" .' Stange
Fifth and Sixth Grade Chorus. Sellwood
School.
Song from Tennyson's "Princess"
Miss Linosay
' Allah Mac "Donald.
"Zlgeunen Welsen" Sarasate
Albert 'Creitz. ' '
"Stars of the Summer Night". .. .Woodbury
''The Light-hearted Fairy" .Edmunds
Seventh Grade, Thompson" "School.
Valse, Entr'act from "Coppella" . .. .Delibes
Anita LachmuDd.
"Hush, To" Honey, Hush-' Parks
Boys' Glee Club, Peninsula" School.
PART SECOND.
"Romanza" Edward Hazel
Grand 'Orchestra.
"Rlgaudon" Raff
Irene Reynolds.
"A Winter Ni&ht" Fred F. Bullard
"The IMxey Kid" ." T. C Macey
Boys' Glee "Club, "Lincoln High.
"Somewhere a Voice Is Calling Tate
"The "Little Damoselle" Nevello
Hutu Thayer.
Meditation from "Thala" Massenet
"Tho Bea" ..Schubert
victor cnristenseu.
"Slml Chlamano Mimt ("La Bohemia")
- Puccini
Mildred Anne "Kingsley.
"Souvenir" rrdla
Minuet in G . Beethoven
Jiay- Harrison.
A. Summer Night"-. Foreman
"Voice of the Woods" . .Rubensteln-Watson
Girls' Chorus, Trade School.
Holman Parent-Teacher Association
will meet Tuesday, February 3. An ex
cellent programme is being planned.
Mrs. Richard Prince and Mrs. G. R.
Stephenson, members cf Holman Par
ent-Teacher Association, went to Hills
dale last Friday to organize a parent
teacher circle. Although the weather
was stormy, there was a good attend
ance and much enthusiasm was shown.
Mrs. Prince, who made the opening ad
dress, was the first teacher in the Hll's
dale school. In 1872, when a mere girl,
Mary Slavin was chosen to fill the place
as teacner. Her tamer, John Slavin
one of the pioneers of the district, do-
natea the land, for the school site.
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Silas Mildred Anae Kingsley,
Who Will Appear In Concert.
Miss Franz, the present teacher, is an
earnest worker, and much of the recent
success of the school Is due to her in
terest. -
Mrs. W. B. Barnes served as chair
man of the recent meeting, and the roll
will be left open for a few days longer.
W. B. Barnes, Mrs. Kehrll and Mr. Wil
son were appointed on the agricultural
committee. The children of the locality
will be instructed in raising asparagus
and other vegetables In the most effi
cient way. Extra credits will be al
lowed for this work.
Mrs. Raz-Wardin was named chair
man of the membership committee. The
next meeting of the circle will take
place February 6. ,
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The boys' gymnasium classes of the
Arleta School will not begin until after
the opening of the new term. The girls'
class - was organized a few days ago.
The debating classes will meet on al
ternate Saturday nights. The 5-cent
lunches served under the direction of
the Parent-Teacher Association are
meeting with continued success. The
teachers are now taking the &-cent
lunches with the pupils.
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The Multnomah Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation will meet today at Multnomah
school. Mrs. Henry Morse, of the
Woodlawn School, will speak on agri
culture. All are cordially . invited to
, attend.
POLAR BEAR ENJOYS SNOW
Park Attendants Fill Up His Cage at
Washington Park Zoo.
The' big white polar bear in the zoo
at Washington Park thoroughly enjoyed
Portland's first snow of the Winter yes.
terday morning. The big animal
abandoned for the first time in months
his perpetual walking up and down
his cage, and took a roll In the snow.
Park attendants shoveled his cage
half full of the congealed vopor and
all day he enjoyed all the comforts of
bis native country.
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January 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31
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Model 25, Touring Car 1185.00
Model 36, Roadster. ........ . .. 1375.00
Model 37, Touring Car. . . . 1485.00
Six-Cylinder Touring Car 2135.00
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Oak Street, Corner Sixth.
Automobile Supplies. Sporting Goods.
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The Royal Automobile Club" of England re
cently awarded the much-envied Dewar
Trophy to the Cadillac for the second time,
the first award being made five years ago
upon a standardization test, and the last
award being made to the Cadillac as the car
which has shown the greatest advance in
the automobile industry. No higher tribute
could be paid to Cadillac progress, as this is
the only car in the world which has held this
trophy two times.
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