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. .THE' MOHXIXG OREGOVIA!T. WEDXESDAT. JXTSE 17. 1!H. SALARY TANGLE MAY END IN VOTE TODAY No Settlement Reached at Session to Discuss Increase for City Employes. FEW WORKERS TO PROFIT Efficiency Code Adopted Recently Stumbling Clock for Commission. Ill-Feeling Shown in Depart ments Granting Xo Advance. After passing nearly two hours yes terday trying to straighten out the tangle in the city service caused by the adoption the first of this year of tho efficiency system brought here by the New York Bureau of Municipal Research, the City Commission was un able to get any nearer settlement of the problem, involving proposed salary increases aggregating about $8500 for the remainder of this year. As a result of futile efforts it is probable the Commission at its meet' ing this morning will bring the ques tion of salary increases to a vote. There are nearly as many different views of the proposition as there are Commissioners. System Applied in Different Ways. When the efficiency code was put into force January 1 reductions in sal aries aggregating about $30,000 were made. Those who were cut were led to believe under the provisions of the efficiency code that they would be ablo to regain what they lost by estaD lishing good records. The first in creases were to be made June 1, it was understood. Instead of following the efflciencj system strictly it has been applied in different ways In each department, it is said. Mr.yor Albee apparently has recommended Increases in tne salaries of members of the police, fire and health departments in accordance with their efficiency records. One-third of the members of these departments are recommended for increases. Fen Increases Recommended. In the public works department, un der Commissioner Dieck, and the de partment of public utilities, under Com missioner Daly, increases are recom mended only for a few. Dozens of men and women who are said to have satisfactory efficiency ratings are not recommended for increases. This fact has caused ill-feeling in these depart ments. While cuts were made in the Auditor's office and the department of finance, under Commissioner Bigelow, no Increases are recommended, al though most of the employes have good efficiency ratings. If the ordinances, which will be up for final passage today, are passed, in creases will be granted only to a few. Employes who are not to have their salaries raised declare the Council upon adopting the efficiency system promised them rewards for efficient service and now refuse to grant the rewards. Commissioner Bigelow is opposing the increase for economical reasons He says many employes are being paid more than they are paid by corpora tions for like service. The same view Is taken by Commissioner Brewster. CHINA FLOUR KING DIES Hang On, Who Rose From Coolie Class to Distinction, Biggest Buyer. Portland grain men received word by cable yesterday of the death at Hon kong of Hang On, who was the largest dealer in flour in China. Hang On was a buyer of American flour on a very extensive scale, and for many years carried on operations with the leading flour millers of Portland and Puget Sound. He came from the coolie class and was a remarkable type of a Chinese self-made man. He accumulated a great fortune by his shrewdness. He spoke but little English, but most of the Americans who visited Hongkong became ac quainted with him and had a high opinion of his business ability. Hang On was about 60 years of age. FEDERAL MARKET OPEN Portland Eligible to Bid When Gov ernment Wants Lumber. Quartermaster-General Ayleshlre has Informed the Portland Chamber of Com merce that -Portland dealers will have an opportunity to bid on all lumber re quired by the Government departments. Orders to this effect have been sent to Federal department offices at Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, with in structions that whenever there may be a requisition for lumber the Portland Chamber shall be notified, so that the lumbermen of this city may bid on it. The request was sent to Washington some time ago through the Oregon delegation in Congress, which took the matter up with QuartermasterGeneral Ayleshire and secured the issuance of the order. LECTURE GETS INTEREST Talk on "Taiinliauser"' to Be Given by Dr. Shaw Tonight. There is much public interest in the lecture on "Tannhauser" by Dr. Cle ment B. Shaw, and the rendition of choruses from Mendelssohn's oratorio, Elijah," to take place tonight at 8:15 o'clock at Masonic Temple auditorium. The choruses are to be sung by the Portland Oratorio and Handel Societies, J. A. Finley and Dr. Shaw, conductors, respectively, and the proceeds are to be devoted to meet Mr. Finley's deficit on the recent rendition of 'Elijah," amounting to more than $100. Dr. Shaw is an admirable, experienced lec turer, and has made a specialty and long study of "Tannhauser." The lec ture will, be Illustrated by 200 colored stereoptlcon slides, painted by W. L. E. Knowies, of this city. Francisco, are registered at the Wash ington. David Wilson, of Spokane, la at the Multnomah. W. F. Stoll, of Marshfield. is at the Multnomah. J. M. Dougan, of Tacoma, is registered at the Oregon. A. W. Stone, of Hood River, is at the Nortonia. A. E. Edwards, of Seattle, Is registered at the Benson. Dr. J. M. Waugh, of Hood River. Is at the Cornelius. J. C. Hummert, of San Diego, is at tho Washington. R. T. Smith and family, of Seattle, are at the Seward. William Brownhill is at the Nortonia from Kent, Wash. X. B. Patterson Is registered at the Imperial from Kelso. W. L. Huntley, of Tacoma, regis tered at the Perkins. Mrs. Ray Gilbert, of Salem, is reg istered at the Benson. F. E. Wray is registered at the Cor nelius from Silverton. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. King," of Spo kane, are at the Perkins. Mrs. H. C. and N. B. Inman, of Spring water, are at the Carlton. Ada J. Randall, of Kent, Wash., is registered at the Nortonia. A. E. Bean is registered at the Nor tonia from San Francisco. Mrs. R. S. Handy, of Kellogg, Wash., is registered at the Oregon. Robert Brady is registered at the Carlton from San Francisco. C. E. Turner, a Kansas City hotel man, is at the Washington. A. L. Butz and Felix Kester. of Marshfield, are at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pitts, of San Francisco, are at the Multnomah. J. Stitt Wilson, of Berkeley, Cal., Socialist speaker, is at the Seward. George W. Morris, of Eugene, reg' istered at the Cornelius yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Robinson, of Oakland, Cal.. are at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. E. Anderson are reg istered at the Washington from Sa lem. Hal Conrad, of Medford, auditor of the Pacific & Eastern Railway, is at the Imperial. Mrs. Rolla Fuller. Mrs. J. D. Keys and R. Fuller Keys, of Oakland, Cal., are at the Perkins. William Hellar Ehrman, after a seven months' tour of Europe, has taken apartments at the Carlton. CHICAGO, June 16 The following from Oregon are registered at Chicago hotels: Portland Congress, L. M. Jones; La- Salle. R. A. Stewart. Medford Palmer House, Dr. E. R. Zelley. HIGH COURT HOLDS PENSION ACT VOID RAGE MANAGER FREED E. C. JOHXSO.N NOW WILL SliK G. N. SMITH FOR FALSE ARREST. Charge of Larceny Is Not Proved Before Municipal Judge Promoter's Proffer of Entrance Money Not Denied, A charge of larceny by bailee,' made against E. C. Johnson, of the North west Automobile Association, was dis missed by Municipal Judge Stevenson yesterday morning when Mr. Johnson came up for trial. G. N. Smith, of the Pacific Tire & Supply Company, who was an entrant in the elimination auto, mobile race in the first day of last weeks races, and who won a third prize, had charged Mr. Johnson with withholding $300, which he declared due him as forfeit and purse money. Mr. Johnson explained to the Judge that the $50 forfeit money and about $30 in purse money was all that was due Mr. Smith, and that 4he forfeit money had been offered him, but that the purse money, based on the day s gate receipts, after deducting all ex penses, could not be paid until all bills were paid and the net receipts com puted. Mr. Smith swore to a warrant be fore Deputy District Attorney Delch, alleging that Mr. Johnson had kept $300 from him, all of which was due him, and which he had demanded. Mr. Johnson testified, and was not refuted. that he had offered Mr. Smith his for feit money and would give him his purse money when the final figures were checked. He had a check for $50 payable to Mr. Smith in his pocket when Detective Hammersley arrested him Monday night. This was the re turned entrance money. I will sue Mr. Smith for false ar rest," said Mr. Johnson yesterday. "He caused m'e to be arrested when he knew that he had nothing like the sum named in the warrant I may prosecute him for perjury, also, be cause, to obtain the warrant, he must have sworn that I owed him $300, which I did not owe him." IS ATHLETIC POWERS-THAT-BE CONVENE HERE JUNE 22. PERS0NALMENTI0N. P. Welch, of Sookane. is at the Ore gon. Fred W. Lau, of Stayton, is at the Seward. J. N. Sheehan. of Seattle, Is at the Benson. E. B. Fitts, of CorvalUs. Is at the Seward. E. T. Klblln. of Eugene, is at the Carlton. B. H. Williams, of Dexter, is at the Oregon. E. B. Jor.es. of Coos Bay, is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Catterlin are at the Benson. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herman, ' of San Championship Programme at 1915 Fair to Be Discussed Coast Matters Also to Front. SAN FRANCISCO, June 16. The greatest meeting ever held of the powers-that-be in far Western amateur athletic circles is scheduled to con vene at Portland June 22, when rep resentatives of the far Western associ ations of the American Athletic Union will outline and discuss the exposi tion programme for the championships to be held in 1915. According to a decision by Director of Exposition Ath letics James E. Sullivan, these cham pIonshiDS will include boxing, wrest ling, swimming and track and field tournaments. The Rock Mountain Association will be represented by President R. G. Par vin.'of Denver: the Intermountain as sociation by W. E. Day, Salt Lake City; the Pacific Northwest association by A. S. Goldsmith. Seattle: the Southern Pacific association by Seward A. Si mons. Los Angeles: the Pacific associa tion by William Unmack. San Francis co. Each association is represented by its president, excepting the Pacific John Elliott, originally named to rep resent the latter is in Europe. In addition to the championships, the representatives of the various associa tions will discuss the Pacific Coast track and field championship, the Coast track and field collegiate champion ships, the Coast tennis championships and soccer bootball championships. Supreme Tribunal Reiterates Its Declaration Cities Are Self-Governing. LAW AIMED AT PORTLAND Statnte for Relief of Police Is '-It tempt to Change Charter of Mu-; niclpallty and Violates Con-' stltation, Is Opinion. STORY DENIED BY THAW Trip to Pittsburg, Xot Abroad, Only Thing In Mind. GORHAM. N. H-, June 16. In a signed statement Harry K. Thaw denied today a report that he was planning to leave the country. "The only place I am going to is Pittsburg." he said. "As soon as I get permission I am going homo to be with my family and look after my business interests. I have no intention whatever of going abroad. Any sts.tea.eot to that effect is "fabricated." SALEM, Or., June 16. (Special.) The Supreme Court today. In pronouncing the police pension law passed at the last session of the Legislature uncon stitutional, reiterated its stand taken some time ago that municipalities es pecially one as large as Portland, should ha virtually self-eroverninB. Benjamin Branch, a policeman of Portland, sought througn manaamus proceeainus iu Rum pel Mayor Albee and the Board of Po- li.a PBiiBfnn nnH Relief of the City to retire him on a pension under the state law. The iioara aecnnea ana me su preme Court, in the opinion which was by Justice Ramsey, ordered the writ dismissed. - ' Attention is called, to the charter oi 1v AnaMAH In 1903 Which VTO vides a system of pensions for mem bers of the police department of Port land. The pensions under it, however, were smaller than those provided In the legislative act. The court says: "QHnn 9. rtf thfl Constitution. aS amended, declares that 'the Legislative Assembly snail not enact, ameuu ut 1 . ,.).-.. n, art nf incorDora- tion for any municipality, city or town.' This expressly prohibits the passage of any law by the Legislative Assembly enacting, amending or repealing uj rhurter of any town or city. This pro hibition is absolute. Provisions Are Plain. Ti.a ooiri . mnrimf..it to the consti tution man, mHicAl chancres as to the powers of cities and towns, and the obvious intention oi tne trainers m omu amendments and of the people who .i ,i t..il thuni wan to errant to cities and towns autonomy or local self-government. These provisions are not am biguous or uncertain in meaning. "This act, in lis entirety, is pmcj municipal. Every provision of It re lates to municipal and not to state mat ters. It provides for pensions and re lief for city officers and provides for the oavment of the pensions and relief from city revenue. No person outside the city has any interest in it, unless he has property subject to contnouie , ,kt. ,,ta riniv cltv nronertv and city business are required to contribute to the fund lor tne payment 01 pen sions and relief. Portland Alone Affected. 'while thin art numorts to apply to all cities in the state having more than 60,000 inhabitants,, it is a iact inai ... it wan riuovipd there was not a city in the state except Portland that had even 20,000 lnnaoitants ana it is not probable that there will be another t ha atatA havlntr mnrA than 50.- 000 inhabitants within the next 25 years. Hence tnis act applies ana was intended to apply only to the City of Portland. . "We are not much Concerned as to the policy that prompted the passage of this act. Why the Legislature, a large majority of whose members re sided in other parts of the state, forced this act upon Portland is difficult to comprehend. A city with about a quarter of a million inhabitants Is surely capable of self-government. "If the people do not want the cities of the state to have local self-government, they can amend the constitution them aerain under the power of the Legislative Assembly." OLD SYSTEM TO BE ENFORCED Preparations Are Made to Pay Po lice Pensions Under City Law. TT'I It -uroB learneri vpsterdav that the police pension act passed by the State Legislature was knocked out by a,.. I-... c.mama f " (i 1 1 v t nrfrnr& t io nd L 11 0 OltllD huiiiiiih - - , were made for thfcjfonforcement of the Ola pUUUe I tStiVM. I"" , ....... .. j i-1 i- nt thA nlA city char W 11 1L 11 n o. a, i' " . - ter and is now retained under the com mission charter as an oruumuto. The old system was not satisfactory to the police and they therefore went before the Legislature and asked for the passage of an act which would give greater benefits. In the old fund tnere is a Daianco ji 25.35, while in the new fund there is ? n tCi9 59 nnH 18500 in BC" a Uflldlll,!! I' . . " ' curities. It is proposed now to trans fer tnese amounts ua ,. fund and to operate under this until a v-tnm can be presented to the people and acted upon. Policemen have been contriDutmg 10 me uu. ilnce the old one was aropp u is said that should some oi tne omcero make demands they will get refunds, inasmuch as they have paid more under the new act than they were required i pay under tne oia nci. . . 11 i a mi-at am n nollcem&n UDaer liic iiu " -i upon becoming disabled is entitled .to pension of io a monm. jnuuny for the relief of W U. L l I F J - 1 OL vvu - families of deceased policemen and for funeral expenses and for sick Denerits. The old Executive Board usea to pay sick benefits of 10 a week and it iu th iirpiipnt Council will be BUiipwotu ...... r- - willing to follow the same practice. The fund is raisea oy aMcoome i im.. nn rpnt a month. No money goes into the fund from taxation. BIG DOCK FIRE AVERTED Crew of Glenroy's Sister Ship Extin guishes Blaze at Seattle. eC TTT f "Wooll -TlTTlA 1 S. fSDO- clal ). Prompt action by Chief Officer O. O. Simpson, of the Royal Mall Liner Glenlochy, which arrived Here tnis morning, in extinguishing a fire on T3i irtLA whorA the liner- is moored. today prevented what might have been a repetition oi tne oioiiBuuua " 0.1.. -front fire at Portland March 12. 1 th. vADaol tAnriA Into the sllD. fire in the saltpeter on the dock was burning furiously. Chief Officer Simp son rallied his crew and extinguished the blaze. The fire was on the south side of the dock, and the planking, dry from the hot sun and sprinkled with saltpeter, would have been a raging blaze within a few moments. , The fact that the steamship Glenroy of the same line was in the big fire at Portland, has made the officers ex 'tremely cautious, and no chances were taken with the Glenlochy. Merchant Elected to School .Board. CORVALLIS, Or.. June 16. (Spe cial.) K. B. Horning, merchant, was elected yesterday a lsember of the Board of Education of the city schools. He will succeed W.' K. Taylor, Mayor. TO THE PUBLIC 4-i THE Sfate of New York, through its Department of Insurance, ham completed the examination of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company which it is required by law to make every three years. The Chiel Examiner, in concluding the report, saidt "The treatment by this Company of its policy-holders in the prompt payment of their claims, in the voluntary payment of millions of dollars in bonuses, and in its social welfare work are features of the Company's business which deserve commendation." The Superintendent of Insurance, the Hon. William Temple Hmmet. In approving the report, wrote an extended review from which we make extracts I THE COMPANY'S GROWTH AND MANAGEMENT. "The administrative officers of the Company . have so increased the assets of the Company as to make these equal the resources of many states and even nations. They have at the same time steadily cheapened the cost of insurance to policy-holders, both by direct means and by the distribution of bonuses." Tho report shows that the Company ha giTen back $35,307,293 in bonusei - to Industrial policy-holder in nineteen years. "They have extended the Company's business to such an extent as to bring it into contact now with approximately one-eighth of the population of the United States." The number of policies outstanding December 31, 1913, was 13,957,745.) "That this notable growth has involved no sacrifice of efficiency in the handling of administrative details, but, on the contrary, has been the direct result of constantly increasing efficiency, is ownbr tho comparatively small losses sustained by the Company in proportion to the large investments made. ITS POOCY-nOIJERS SATISFIED. "The fact that the percentage of lapses due to the abandonment of their Insurance by policy-holders is constantly decreasing, speaks eloquently to the same effect. ITho lapse ratio of Industrial policies has decreased 31.7 per cent in tight years. "This last mentioned development is perhaps the most convincing evidence which could be offered that the Company's policy-holders are, broadly speaking, very well sat isfied indeed with what they get in return for the premiums they pay. A very remarkable showing altogether." C " ITS SOCIAL SERVICE. "This Company waltedifor no changes in existing law before striking out as a pioneer among insurance companies along the pathway of social service on a huge scale. "For years it has maintained for its policy-holders a nursing service upon a peat scale, this has latterly become a veritable marvel of efficiency and practical helpfulness. Metropolitan nurses made 1,127,022 visits to sick policy-holders in 1913, for which the Company paid the bills. 'Leaving out of consideration the mere numbers of those who have been directly benefited by these activities, I think that the example which the Metropolitan has set to other great business organizations by its early recognition of the new responsibilities attaching to all business enterprises which have attained a certain size, is one of the most beneficial of recent occurrences in the field of American business. For years it has through its publications upon the question of health conservation been serving multitudes of people as a sort of University of beneficial instruction upon this most important subject. ABREAST OF MODERN THOUGHT. "This great institution, having so very recently been under our critical scrutiny and presenting go manv admirable illustrations of what an efficient and enlightened modern business organization on a large scale can do in the way of keeping abreast of modern thought, seems to be in a position where I may properly use it as an illustration that ; private mitiativeand enterprise are at their beststill capable of doing the finest possible work in fields from which, latterly, all the talk has been that these agencies should be compelled to retire.' Assets, 447,829.229.00 Inabilities, $414,244,327.51 Largest amount of insurance in force of any company in the world $2,816,504,462.00 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (Incorporated by th. Stxta of Hew York. Stock Coaifaay) sf JOHN R. HEGBMAN, Prebidbii, 1 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK I t STATU! 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