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16 THE HlbRXiyG OREGOSIAX, SATURDAY. , MARCH 1-1. !911. POLICE VACANCIES FILLED BY MAYOR Two Captains, Matron of De triment for Women and 12 Patrolmen Named. pa POLITICS TO BE FORBIDDEN Chief Executive of City Warns New Appointees Against Any Activity lAcept Duly Messrs. Circle, Inskccp Get Captaincies. Twelve new policemen, two new cap tains of police, one new sergeant and a new matron for the women's ward of the City Jail were appointed yesterday by Mayor Albee. The appointments fill up the vacancies in the department caused by recent dismissals and resig nations. H. A. Circle and C. A. Inskeep were appointed captains to take the places of ex-Captains Riley and Slover: M. D. Wells, a patrolman, was promoted to the position of sergeant; Mrs. Idella Patterson was appointed matron, and permanent patrolmen were W. I. Mor ris, George K. Teeters, B M. Gray, Ar thur C. Danford, B. I Klliott. C. 15. Klingensmith. A. K. Dorris, L. E. Cul lins. Frank A. Wise, John L. Green. C. W. Wardle, J. M.. Taekaberry and H. W. Norene. Several of these men have been in the service for some time past, but have been serving only on temporary ap pointment. The appointments do not increase the size of the department, but merely fill vacancies. Most of the va cancies were caused by the dismissal of 12 men recently by Mayor Albee on various charges. As the men accepted the positions one by one yesterday Mayor Albee ex plained to each that no politics are to enter into their work either directly or indirectly, either for or against the ad ministration. "All that Is wanted," declared the Mayor, "is for each of you to do your duty and Ignore politics. If you are ordered to do something1 that does not look exactly right you will know that it does not meet the- approval of this office and you will promptly notify me. Leon V. Jenkins, who has been act ing captain since the recent dismissal of Messrs. Slover and Riley, will be given the position of record clerk. position held up to this time by H. A. Circle, who is to be the new captain. Mr. Circle will take the first night re lief and Jnskeep the second relief. In making: his appointments Mayor Albee followed his established policy of giving the positions to the men pass ing highest in the civil service exami nations. He has the power to appoint any one of the first three on the list. Because of this policy Jenkins failed to get the captaincy. gressive of that city, is registered at the Oregon. C. W. J. Recker, of White Salmon, is at the Cornelius. Miss Ruth E. Garner, of Astoria, is at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. West, of Aberdeen are at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Light, of .Salem, are at the Multnomah. L. C. C Lawsen. of Tacoma, is regis tered at the Nortonia. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Gille, of Seattle, are at the Multnomah. L. B. A del 8. of Mosier, Or., is regis tered at the Multnomah. J. It Dunlop is registered at the Ore gon from Cascade Locks. Edward J. Brazell, of this city, is stopping at the Nortonia. - Peter Torgenson is registered at the Washington from Banks, Or. George A. Davis, of Grand Island, Neb., is at the Washington. M. L. Thompson is registered at the Cornelius from Carson, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Putnam, of Hood River, are at the Benson. H. E. Lippfnan. a Seattle insurance man, is registered at the Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Cornwall, of Springwater. Or., are at the Nortonia. j & L. McNary and John A. Carson are registered at the Imperial from Salem.' S. G. Sargent, State Superintendent of Banks, is registered at the Benson, Albert Livingston, of New Tork, who BROAD VIEW URGED C M. Clark Declares Railroads in Precarious Condition-. WAITING POLICY IS NOTED Head of Portland Power Company Asserts That Prosperity of Coun try at Largo Depends on Carriers' . Earnings. MUSICAL COMEDY PltlMA DONNA NOW IN VAUDUVILLH. EMBLEM SALE PLANS MADE norters lor uswego Ornlianage Hope to Set New Record. St. . Patrick's Day, the date of the sale of emblems in behalf of the Os wego Orphanage, is rapidly approach- iing. Those who have organized the enterprise are determined to beat all previous sale records. The Oswego home is in urgent need of considerable financial help. The struggle to make ends meet is a peculiarly trying one lor those who conduct the orphanage. Among those who will assist in the sale are: . Cathedral Parish Mrs. P. J. Cronin, chairman; Miss M. McKay, Mrs. John Murphy, Mrs. Floey, Mrs. O'Donnell, Mrs. Marchand, Mrs. Irwin, Mrs. N. Barrett. Mrs. Austin, Mrs. J. Maginnis, Misses M. Burke, Inez Barrett, Coyer, tichlacht, O Donnell, Josephine Wagner, Evelyne McCusker and St. Mary's Acad emy girls; St. Lawrence parish, Mrs. W. J. Smith, chairman; Mrs. Edward Barrett, Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Misses Katherine Malavery, Xgnes Senn, Alice Perricci, Benson Cowan, Heken Con nors, Lucile Wilson, Edna Schannon, Elizabeth Cole, Ada Herbering. Mary Lillie and Agnes Hughes: St. Lawrence parish. Miss Julia Murphy, chairman; Mrs. E. J. O'Donnell, Mrs. M. J. Smith, Helen Malavery, Miss Marie Bullettset, Rose Perricci, Miss Winnfred Cowan, Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss May Dwyer, Miss Margaret Farrington, Miss Ade laide Sheadsgren, Miss Nellie Kennedy, Miss Mary Murphy and Miss Anna Hughes. M'GOWAN ESTATE $97,000 feon s Fortune Larger Than That Lett by Father. Petitions for the probate of the es tates of Patrick J. McGowan, prom inent canner, who died September -9, 1912, and his son, Charles C. McGowan, who died October 2G, 1912, were filed yesterday by Henry S. McGowan, James W. McGowan and John D. Mc Gowan. At the request of the three petitioners Circuit Judge Cleeton ap pointed M. G. Munly to administer both estates. An estate valued at approximately 315,000, consisting of personality and realty situated in Multnomah and Clat sop Counties, was left by Patrick J. McGowan. His son's estate is valued at 152,000. By the terms of Charles McGowan's will, which was filed yes terday, the income from one-third of his estate goes to his wife during her life, and the residue of the estate in trust for his daughter, Jane Mildred McGowan. s- PLUMBERS CALLED TO ACT City Water, and Inspection Depart ment Wars on Xon-Xotif ication. War has been declared by the city water department and the plumbing in spection department on plumbers, who do water and sewer work without noti fying the water department or the plumbing inspection department. It has been called to the attention of Commissioner Daly, and trouble is likely to ensue in the latest case of this sort which was called to Mr. Daly's attention yesterday. It involves plum bing work recently tlone at 455 Thir teenth street. , iiiai 9 V ' -Vf iiilliipiIlill Sblrlt Hives. Leo Fall's "The Eternal Waltz' brought to vaudeville Miss Shirll Rives, a prima donna previously I only known to her followers of I musical comedy. She enjoyed I the change of field so hugely that, after the miniature musical J comedy had outlived its useful- f ness, she decided to continue in J the new field, and, with that pur- I pose in view, commissioned Edgar Allan Woolf to write a vehicle for her. Mr. Woolf wrote "The Song of the Heart," a song of grand opera life, in which Miss Kives is appearing at the Orpheum this week. Miss Rives may be remembered in the title role of "Alma, Where Do You Live?" and for a dozen other mu sical organizations. is playing at the Orpheum, la regis tered at the Multnomah. Dr. John L. Treacy. R. C. Taylor and Mrs. William Taylor are registered! at the Benson from Helena. P. L. Campbell and A. C. Dixon are among those from Eugene who are reg Istered at the Imperial. R. L. Lowerys, of Tenino, Wash., and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Kenworthy, of the same place, are registered at the Washington. IS BOB LEATHERWOOD TO ANSWER TO CONSPIRACY CHARGE MONDAY. Man Accused of Receiving Stolen Goods Still In Jail With Bond Placed at ir,,ooo. ' At the request of C. W. Fulton, the preliminary hearing of Bob Leather wood, held in Jail in connection with the thefts at Fleischner, Mayer & Com pany, set for yesterday afternoon be fore District Judge Dayton, was' post poned until Monday, Leatherwood Is still in jail, held on two counts of re ceiving stolen goods, his bond on the two charges having been put at $15,000. Harry Estes, E. G. Ford, Jake Glick- man, Alex Gevurtz, E. L. Settle and others arrested in connection with the same thefts have been released either on bond or cash bail. Investigation by O. H. Kulper re sulted in the arrest of eight men charged with being implicated in a big plot to steal linens and -fry goods from Fleischner, Mayer & Company and dis pose of the stolen goods through out side agents. Estes and Al Howard the latter since having committed sui cide were charged with larceny of the goods and the other six with receiving stolen goods. Several of those under arrest are said by the officials to have confessed their part in the deal. PASTOR TALKS0UT OF FINE Speeding Declared for Purpose of Reaching Sick Child. Rev. P. A. Smith, of Oregon Citv. who says that the ministry, doesn't pav well enough to keep him in food and clothing, and who is taking a medical school course, talked himself out of a J30 fine in Municipal Court yesterday for speeding. Mr. Smith has an auto, which he hires out occasionally, acting cnauiieur to bolster up the pro ceeds of his ministry into a livine wage. Mr. Smith said he had been drivina an automobile since 1903. but this fact did not prevent him from speeding when he heard that his child was sick n Oregon City and that he must hurrv home from the medical school Thurs day svenlng. Patrolman Coulter caught him going 30 miles an hour, which Mr. Smith acknowledged. Mr. bmitn told Judge Stevenson all his woes, after the court had decided that a dollar a mile was a trood rat to assess Mr. Smith and Judge Steven son ordered the fine remitted. Business in the United States today depends largely upon the future earn ing power of the railroads, says C. M. Clark, of Philaaelphia, chairman of the board of the Portland Railwway, Light & Power Company, who is passing a few weeks on a business visit to Port land. ' ' . . Mr. Clark expresses the fear that some of the carriers soon will be ren dered unable not only to pay dividends but to earn interest on bonds and to meet other fixed charges. Although money is plentiful and in terest rates are low, he says, the rail roads are unwilling, in the face - of diminishing earning power, to borrow money for improvements. As the railroads are . regular pur chasers of enormous quantities of near ly all kinds of manufactured products, the whole business and commercial fabric of the Nation is adversely af fected, says Mr. Clark. What is the remedy? Mr. Clark hopes soon to see, this ques tion answered either through favorable results from the recently enacted cur rency snd tariff laws or through favor able action by the Interstate Com merce Commission on the pending ap plication of the Eastern roads for an increase in freight rates. Itailroad Depression Kelt. "Speaking generally," says Mr. Clark, "the industrial situation is reasonably satisfactory, except among industries which manufacture largely or exciu sively for the railroads, and to some extent among the industries that have been affected by the change in tariff. The tariff, however, has not as yet had a very material effect on business, either favorably or unfavorably.. But the railroads are such enormous buyers of all kinds of manufactured articles that any limitation upon their ability to purchase is reflected imme diately by a decline- in the industrial prosperity of the country. In fact, it is not too- much to say mat it is not possible to have Indus trial prosperity in the country If the railroads, on account of impaired earn ing power or inability to secure neces sary money, are unable to purchase the normal amounts of the products of our manufacturing industries. "Just at present the situation is pe culiar. Money is abundant and cheap The railroads can sell long-time bonds or can procure money by sale of shorter time note issues. In other words, any gooa railroad can today get money. Public Utilities Declared Affected. "The difficulty, however, is to earn interest or dividends on money invested in the railroads. "The earning statements of the large railroads or the country for the last four months have raised very grave doubts in the minds of investors of the ability of some of our railroads to maintain dividends, or, in some cases, to earn their fixed charges. "Under such circumstances ordinary conservative business judgment re quires a waiting policy in the manage ment of the larger railroads until it is determined whether, under the new tariff and currency system and other legislation- now under consideration there will be such a revival of business prosperity as to increase to a sufficient extent the earning power of the rail road systems, or, again, whether the Interstate Commerce Commission is go ing to increase freight rates sufficiently to offset the increases in wages and other expenses of operation which have been forced on the railroads. "To some extent what I have said applies to pubI4c utility corporations of the country. It explains what I mean when I say that the country, to some extent, is marking time. . "The future will depend upon these several factors which have yet to be determined. Mr. Clark is on his annual inspection trip to Portland. . In his frequent visits here he has formed many acquaintances and made many friends. Together with Franklin T. Griffith, president of the company, and other officials, he will visit the various units of the property in Portland and environs. MR. GRATHWELL TO TALK "Making Water Wagon" to Be Topic at Taylor-Street Church. W. S. Grathwell will speak on "Mak ing a Water Wagon" at the Taylor- Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Third and Taylor streets, tomorrow at 3 P. M. Mr. Grathwell won the in tercollegiate prohibition oratorical con test and the intercollegiate oratorical contest last year. - - A chorus of 40 voices and a male : PERS0NAL MENTION. A. B. Searcy, of Condon, is at the Cor nelius. K. M. Winger, of Eugene, is at the Benson. B. F. Jones, of Roseburg, is at the Imperial. .1. S. Cooper, of Independence, Or., is at the Imperial. D. D. Fagan has taken an apartment at the Nortonia. Otto A. Case, secretary of the Seattle Commercial Club and a prominent Pro- ALLEGED SWINDLER HELD A. C. Xutter, Wanted Here, Arrested in Clatsop County. A. C. Nutter, wanted here on a charge of obtaining $310 on a fake warranty deed, has been arrested by Sheriff Burns, of Clatsop County, and is being held until Portland officers can return him for trial. Deputy Sheriff Lumsden probably will go for him to day. Complaint was issued in District Court February 2 by John O. Johnson. Sheriff AVord learned this week that Nutter was at work on a -ranch near Jewel, Clatsop County, and telegraphed Sheriff Burns to arrest and hold him. WELL-KNOWN PORTLAND WOMAN WHO DIED SUNDAY. Mrs. Isabel Sasher. Mrs. Isabel Sasher, whose home was in the Sunnyside apart ments, Portland, died suddenly Sunday. She left a husband, Carl D. Sasher, and a daughter, Minnie Lee SaHher. The burial took place yesterday in Seattle. Mrs. Sasher had a wide circle of friends. Portland Oregonian liS . "Heart. Songs" The Song Book for the Millions Old Black Joe Srsnoit C To -n Tocoa&aaia ' ' tk day wbn bt start vumaiul i.t: Gob .-.,. Why o I map wkaa sty ksrt should Iel ss pais ? Why do I sick Whtn m tksheuts esc as kap . py and to ires? Th caU dica to dear. . Wkar dies io dear, I m m m m Fund en Paft 211 of "Heart Songs" .400 Songs, selected by 20,000 people. Four years to complete the book. 500 pages of sweet est song. Bound in Beautiful Maroon, embossed Art Inlay, rich gold back and -cover, a $2.50 volume If you have ever lived in the sunny southland, you know "Old Black Joe" in person. If you have not, then you know him as portrayed in those matchless pages of fiction, "Marse Chan," and "Meh Lady." You know him, too, in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and a hundred other stories of the Old South a period of romance of chivalry of the brave young days when life was lived only for love and one's country. Before the dark, lowering clouds of war had obscured the bright skies of a nation's existence and filled the hearts of its people with gloom and sorrow. In the days gone by and in the days that came to pass thereafter aye and now "Old Black Joe" lived and lives in the song and story of this country and in the hearts of his people white and black ! Foster wrote the song and made the music both from one -mold that have made "Old Black Joe" immor tal so long as the starry flag shall float over our common country. This is one of the songs in Heart Songs that is a pearl without price. Its real value cannot be reckoned in mere money. NO BOOK CAN EQUAL HEART SONGS WITHOUT YEARS OF PREPARATION Not hastily thrown together at random, but voted upon by 20,000 people Clear, clean type for text and music. Fine paper. Elegant and durable binding LOOK FOR COUPON TERMS IN TODAY'S PAPER Catrright World Smthmtt Co.. Inc. 1 RATE ADJUSTING SET Linnton Charge May Be Raised and Garden Home Cut. COMMISSION WILL DECIDE quartet will sing- under the direction of Milton H. St. John. This Is the fourth in a series of 30 meetings to be held Sunday afternoons under the auspires of the "outo-to-wln" prohibition committee. The meetings are free Demand for Equalization at 5 Cents to Be Mcf by Applications for Commutation 'System and Hlsher Tariffs. An advance In the Linnton-Portland passenger rates and a reduction in the Garden Home-Portland ratea will be roposed to the State Railroad Commis sion at a hearing: in the Courthouse ext Monday. Residents of the Garden Home terri tory have applied to the Commission for a 0-cent rate between Portland and Garden Home on the ground that the Oregon Electric is discriminating against them by charging higher rates than are charged between Portland and Linnton. where the fare Is only 5 cents. The Portland-Llnnton line is owned and operated by the United Railways, the Portland-Garden Home line by the Oregon Electric. Although they are separate corporations, the Hill inter ests own both and the -actual manage ment and operation are in the same hands. Counter Application Likely. .. ' Counsel for the Oregon Electric con tends that It cannot be charged with discrimination for acts performed by the United Railways. The Oregon Elep tric, however, probably will abandon this line of defense in resistiiig- the proposed decrease in the Garden Home rate, by presenting a counter applica tion for an increase in the Linnton rate. The Linnton commuters are pre paring to resist the increase. Although the Linnton rate is de clared to be a confiscatory rate, it was put into effect at the time the road was built in consideration for use of the public highway as a right of way. The railroad is prepared - to abandon the public right of way and build a line on private property if it Is permitted to increase its Linnton rate. It has asked for a cash fare of 15 cents be tween Portland and Linnton or a com mutation fare of 9 cents. Other Rates to Remain. It is understood that none of the rates beyond Linnton will 'be affected even if the increase is granted. The company has offered to put in a commutation rate of 7 cents to Garden Home. Both Linnton and Garden Home are objecting to the commutation rates. They want cash fares. Opposed to this attitude the railroad officials will pre sent the fact that all suburban traffic i in other cities is handled on a com mutation basis. The commutation sys tem never has been used extensively in Portland, although most State Rail road Commissions, as well as the Inter state Commerce Commission, have ruled that it is a proper basis for fixing in terurban rates. CRESTON LEAGUE FORMED Improvement Association Will Work With Parent-Teachers. The Crescent Development League held a meeting at the home of Paul Galle Thursday night. The association adopted a constitution and by-laws and outlined its work. It is the intention to make a study of the needs of the community, to co operate with city officials in their work within the district and with the Par ent-Teacher Association in the solution of school problems and to aid in the rapid extension of street improvements, fire protection and water service. 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