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11 JITNEY REGULATED IH SEVERAL CITIES SCENES ATTENDING JITNEY CONTROVERSY, WHICH REACHED .MUNICIPAL COURT STAGE YESTER DAY MORNING. . Order Your Suit for Thanksgiving Special Inducements Today and Tomorrow Heavy Bond and Continuous Operation Demanded in Most Instances. THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, NOVKMTVnTl 17. 191G. LICENSE FEES ARE VARIED X,os Angeles, T-ong Bcaeli, San I'ran Cisco, Oakland 'and Boise Are Among t'omm unities Wliicli Jtestriet Operations. Iertland is not the first city to oust Jitneys for refusing to comply witi reasonable regulations, according to statistics available at the Municipal reference library at the City Hail. Pub lications from varij-: cities show the rej-ulatioiiri insisted upon and show that a large number of cities jave put tnem out of business for refusing, or failing, to meet conditions considered fair in those cities. The statistics show that in the great majority of cities where the. jitneyn op erate they are forced to furnis'i bonds for the protection of passengers or other victims of accidents. In virtu ally no city are they allowed to op erate as they please. Taking cities of the Pacific Coast, Pan Francisco publications chow that a. bond of $ 10.000 is required for eac.i Jttnoy; The regulation insisted on by the Portland City Council calls for a bond of $400 on each machine. San Francisco requires payment of licenie fees according: to number of passengers carried, the amount ranging from $40 to $100 a year. The Jitneys are pro hibited from deviating; from their router? or schedules. . In I.os Angeles the Jitneys are re nupired to furnish accident insurance and are prevented from charging extra fares and are subjected to other safety regulations. In Oakland the insurance must .he-$10. 000. with an annual license fee of $60. and witli numerous safety regulatiriTW. In I.on.ar Bach insurance require! ranees from $5000 to $10,000, with a li cense fee ranging from $25 to $75 a year, with numerous safety and pro tection regulations. In Pasadena the bond is fixed at $5000.' with licenses ranging from $30 to $75 a year. The Jitneys are required to drive In one direction on certain streets: are re quired to stay on their routes and com plete their runs and are subject to a number of ot.ier regulations. In Boise, Idaho, a bond of $10,000 Is required for a concern operating two machines and 20.000 for more, with a license fee ranging from $75 to $150. Triver must be able to sneak fair Knglish and the question of routes, schedule of service and rate of fares is changeable at tlie will of the City Council. The proposed regulations In Port land under the general franchise of fered by the City Council to the Jitney drivers' Vnion imposes .the necessity of furnishing a bond of $400 for eac machine: requires a schedule of serv ice over routes within well-built-uD .treat yt&3gpf?$.r 1 du j t j t r rfylflT-r - - " - lJa4ilrrirlimiillr n iffliMriK MimMln'i 1 MnKffltinT. .iuSai31ijM,. 1 ..t-. ,w--.. 1 i i -J. M Minimi "mii -TTjnmT 1 Court Scene, ShonlnK I.arsre Crowd I'resent at Klrnt Trial. Which la Teat Case, and Una Hern Appealed. ' String- of Jitnrya Lined Ip Uutxldr of Municipal Court Building; Shortly After Policemen lirgan ICnforclnii City Council Order. LInnton jitneurs was further proof of discrimination. "Council constantly overlooks in his argument the distinction between the private use of the streets and the pub lic." Interposed Deputy Myers. "The latter can be regulated. We say in this ordinance that it is unlawful to use the streets for this commercial purpose without first taking out a franchise. It is simply an attempt to regulate the jitneys as other public utilities are regulated. " In rendering Judgment, Judge I.ang guth held that the city could cancel the jitney licenses or permits at any time, and that it was plainly the intent of the ouncil to do so by the passage of the franchise ordinance. This pro voked a discussion as to why, if it was tlie intent to terminate permits on No vember 15, such permits were issued till December 31. Deputy Myers declared that this was immaterial, and that an ordinance was even then under preparation to refund to the Jitneurs all unearned rortions of their license fees. Juilice Snrn Permit Are Drill. "It is indicated, to my mind.- said Judsre I.angguth. after reviewing the districts on paved streets and requires I nw ordinance, "that the Council had tne granting ot transfers. v In mind the Question of permits, and that it intended that it should be un lawful to operate after November 15 without a franchise. Therefore, the permits issued last month would die on November 15, even If they were paid for to the first of the year. "I am wwilling to take the chance of having the higher court sav that I am wrong:, in order to have the ques tion settled." said the court, adding that he deeply regretted the circumstances in which the jitneurs found themselves, and assuring them that the case, when taken up on appeal, would undoubtedly be expedited to an early verdict, even If taken to the Supreme Court. President Thielke. of the Jltney Drivers Union, said that the truce with the city would be respected, in so far as the operation of jitneys over fixed routes is concerned, at least until TRIBUTE "PAID PASTOR Farewell Reception Given Rev. H. S. Templeton and Wife, NINE YEARS' SERVICE ENDS more than 1000 votes. For two months before election his coat always bore the red, white and blue emblem of Hughes supporters. But today John Sievers wears . Wil son pin.- not because he has been con verted to Democracy, but because he is paying an election bet. Oeorge Hall, a Democrat from the solid South, and Mr. sievera made a bet that the man supporting the losing candidate . hould wear a. pin of the winner. Sirvers Is carrying- out the wager. New arrivals for Men's Fall Suitings. A large selection of high-grade fabrics. Todav and tomorrow vour choice to vour measure GREETEERS FICK NOMINEES Tliroe Names lut t Monthly .Mooting for .Presidency. Within That Period 701 Added Their Names to Clnirt-li Itoll New Hriek t.'lutreli for Con gregation Is liuilt. JITNEY LAW IS UPHELD (Continued From First Pae. had a right to operat at the time he was operating. Further, the defense maintained, that "no power is vested in the City Coun cil, tinder the charter, to prohibit the operation of vehicles for hire over- a fixed route." Attorney Moulton argued that, whilo the city of Portland un doubtedly possessed such rights and power, that power was not delegated to the City Council under the charter provisions. In support of this contention he read sub-divisions en and 61 of the power provisions of the charter. He asserted that all rights of the city in the matter were containe, jn the latter part of sub-division 61. and that unless an or dinance is passed under, and finds sup port, in that section, it must be void. Vehicles Only Treated. Attorney Moulton directed attention to the fact fhat the operation of ve hicles is treated of in those two sec tions only. "The power granted in sub-division 60 is that of regulation." he continued, "but in 61 is found no power save to prevent and prohibit the obstruction of the- streets." He enlarged upon these provisions of the charter by seeking to establish that they did not confer a power to prevent the use of the streets by jit neys traveling over fixed routes. "Tlits ordinance is void." he declared, referring to the franchise ordinance. -It ought not to be enforced and no one Miould be convicted under it." "If the new law does not definitely repeal the old. there is no repeal by Implication." interjected Judge LaiiK guth, "except that both cannot stand." making the point that the one con ferred a permit while the new ordi nance established a contract by fran chise. ""What difference is there between a license and a franchise?" swiftly queried Attorney Moulton. "One is a permit and the other is a. contract." said Deputy City Attorney Myers. The franchise and the license are not the same. The latter law, which says that they may not operate without a franchise. . squarely blocks the ordinance providing for a license." tenm ltoad llrouebt In. Deputy Myers pointed out that by the reasoning of the defense, even a steam road could operate on tne streets, unhindered by the City Council, if it did not lay down an obstruction. To which Attorney Moulton agreed, de claring that under the charter such a circumstance was possible. Judge Iangguth held that the city had a natural and inherent right to prescribe the uses of its streets, and that such authority was by inference vested in the Council. "They have the right to regulate the traffic on the streets, so long as it is not an un reasonable regulation," said the court. From various sections of the charter. Deputy Myers drew to substantiate his stand that the prescribing of the powers of the Council was not in tended as a limitation. "The city, and its Council, is vested with abso lute full governmental powers, just as is the fetate of Oregon, he said. "There is no question that the city has the power," interrupted Attorney Moulton, "but the point is that the power has not been vested In the Coun cil." "The Council shall have all powers conferred upon the city. The Council Is the city," was Deputy Myers' terse retort. Discrimination In Charged. Discrimination had already been phown in the application of the new or dinance, resumed Attorney Moulton. "Why," he declared, "the hotel busses, running to and from the depots, are violating this ordinance. It is obvious ly unreasonable on its face. Somebody shall have to select who shall be ar rested and who shall be turned down. That selection was made this morning." He added that the failure to arrest the VANCOUVKK. Wacli., Nov. 16. Spe cial. ) In honor of Jtev. II. S. Temple ton, retiring pastor of the Kirst Pres byterian Church for the Past nine years, and Mrs. Templeton, a farewell reception was g:en at tile manse last nl;ht, more than J.'0 attending to say good-bye and wish them well in their new home. During Mr. Templeton s pastorate here he has grown popular, not only with members of his church, but with outsiders alto. Within" the period dur ing wlib'h ho has been hero every Presbyterian church in Portland had changed its pastor, and every Presby terian church in the synod of Wash ington, except two, have dona like wise. Pive years ago the local congraga tion lost its wooden church by fire. A new brick church has been built at a cost of $-5,000 and it is unusually well ...... . ....... ..... (. a T 1 . ..I, ., ...). the settlement of the case. ,,. . v u. "The streetcar and taxicab companies j na .an 1 1 -stop K ,m Im 1 1 pipe organ, are largely responsible for our predica- hen 1 Templeton assumed the ment," asserted Mr. Thielke. "We will pastorate here there wele IS- names tr.n tr.u.-r.rr.w.. rfleeu iior.rriiv cntlo" the church rolls. Since that time r.e, to the click and onerate. as -fori'"! members have come and gone. The Members J Nominations preliminary to the an nual election of officers were made at the monthly meeting of the tircetera at the Oregon Hotel last night. Kol- j lowing are nominations: For president, floss Kinnegan. of the ' Carlton. C 1. Schretter, of the Port ! land, and K. H. Hernegger, of the Hen- son; first vice-president. Joseph Itonrke. tl. O. Madison, A. N". Pierce. II. W. Chllds and W. K. Metr.ger; sec ond vice-president. K. H. Schneider, Al Oalt, K. 1-2. Chilton, I.. I.. Hnodgrass. of l.a tlrande. J. II. We'sterlund. of Med ford. and P. J. Weaver, of lloseburg: secretary-treasurer, M. J. Slatky; ser-geant-at-arms, 'P. 1.. Plnnigan and Harry Newton. The annual meeting and election will be hehl In December. The tSreeters order is composed of the hotel clerks of Portland and other towns in the state. Made in Portland by high-grade cus tom tailors. You are welcome to in spect these Woolens whether you buv or not. HENRY W. JACOBSON Portland's Finest Tailoring Establishment for Men " 324-326 Morrison St. Portland Hotel Blocl hire, autos." Immediately upon tho sentencing of Funk, to pay a fine of J25. the attor neys for the defense gave notice of appeal. Ml!. IJ.M.Y P.I,OCKS TtK.I-l'ND present roll contains names. Mr. Templeton is a grandson of the famous trail blazer, Kzra Meeker, and that venerable old gentleman has on various oceuslon. visited his grandson Hughes Man Wins Unwilling Bet on Wilson. Money Placed - for friend fco De cline to Tiki It Ip .Nrta J. O. ilon .Sum of SO. ELECTRICITY HELD BEST iri:illOltlTV TO STEIM KOU HAIL. W tlS IS ASSKBTEU. ' I Jitney Demonstration Before Council Planned for This Morning. City Commissioner Daly yesterday blocked the passage of an ordinance by the Council giving back to the jit ney drivers the license fees they have paid for operating from November 15 to January 1. To give the jltneymen back their money at once would re quire passage of fin ordinance by unanimous vote. With Mr. Daly's op position the ordinance cannot go" into effect much before January 1. The Jitneys paid their license fee October 1 for" three months. City At torney LaRoche has ruled that the or dinance which put the Jitneys out of business Wednesday, when they refused to accept the Council's regulations, au tomatically terminated the license sys tem, and that the jitney men are en titled to their money back: Mr. Daly made no explanation as to why he opposed the refund. A jitney demonstration before the Council is planned .for this morning when the Council will have before it an ordinance aimed to repeal the ordi nance requiring the Jitneys to have a franchise, which was the ordinance that put the Jitneys out of business. The jitneys put out banners yester day asking patrons to go to the Coun cil chamber to participate in the dem onstration. It will start at 10 A. M. President A. -A. Thielke, of the Jitney Drivers' Union, said last night that the demonstration has not been asked by the union, but that it is understood there will be a crowd on hand when the ordinance comes up. "We have understood that the Cham ber tff Commerce and other organiza tions plan to have people before the Council," said Mr. Thielke. "and for that reason we will be there also. By we. I mean the officers of the Jitney Drivers' Union. I presume there will be some of the drivers on hand, but no call has been made for an organized demonstration." It is not expected that the demon stration, if one is held, will accom plish anything, because four members of the Council out of a total of five have expressed themselves as being against the unregulated Jitney. "Merely another attempt at the old game of government by Intimidation," said Mayor Albee yesterday when told that a big demonstration was planned. 3e"s" ?-- . J , v vt VT-v-1 - ?' -L - : - v ' ' v i - y V x 7 tv r 7 I , . I s I i - ::'-' : t f ' : ! -A " i L 1: Rev. H. 8. Templeton, Retiring; I'BHtur of Vancouver Preabyte rlan Church. T-S an ill wind . J, O. Wilson, clerk of Multnomah Camp, No. 77, Woodmen of the WorlU, is. despite his name, an ardent ltepuo lican and van a supporter of Mr. Hughes in the recent campaign. The disastrous result of tliu election, from his viewpoint, contains one brain of comfort. . It nppears that several days IT fore the great American quadrennial wield ing 'f the right of the people or the Pnlted States to say by whom they shall be governed, a friend entered the office of Mr. W ilson J. u., not Wood-row. "I've got $30 I'd like to place on Wil son, .-juoth the friend. "Sorry, but I'm not a betting man." answered Mr. Wilson. "And If I were I wouldn't think it sportsmanlike to bet on a sure tiling." "Well,' if you see any Hughes inonvj aroend. let me know," "I sure will." Next day in came a man whose first name was Charles and who insisted that he had exercised his prerogative as a free citizen In changing his mid dle name of Kverett to Evans. "Know anybody who would like to take the Wilson end of a bet?" he asked. 'Certainly." said Mr. Wilson. He telephoned to the office of his Demo cratlc friend. Friend was not In. Too good a chance to pass up. So: "Friend of mine wants to bet $50. Can't, reach hiin now, but I'll put up the money for him," offered Mr. Wil son. The offer was accepted. Day following friend phoned: "Sorry, but 1 ve bet my nity. Can t carry any more." So Mr. Wilson had to take the Wilson end of the bet himself and root during the few strenuous days of uncertainty, financially for Wilson, but morally and mentally for Hughes. W. T. W hnlen, WrutlniliouM Knglncer, In Illustrated I.erture. hvra lr rtopment mt Pfr. F.lectrlcH y is superior to steam for the handling of trains, declared W. T. Whalen. electrical engineer with the LWestinghouse Klectric Company, of Pittsburg. In an illustrated lecture de livered last night in the main dining room at the Chamber of Commerce. Several hundred railroad men, members I of tne Transportation Club, engineers and others interested In transportation i subjects were present. I Mr. Whalen showed moving pictures of various Eastern railroads which have recently changed from steam to eleitrlcltv. They Included the .Norfolk & Western line through Virginia, and an extensive system of lines surround ing and in New oi k . Ity. He said that with the same equipment and trackage more traffic could be handled with the electric locomotives. He also mentioned tiie absence of smoke and foul gases In the case of the electric locomotive, and the fact that such a Author of "tuo Vndls Dies. NEW YORK. Nov. 16. Henryk Slen kiewicz, the Polish novelist, best known In this country as the author of "Quo Vadis," is dead at Vevey, Switzerland, according to a cable dispatch received here today by the Polish victims' relief committee. Sienkiewlcx had devoted much ot his time recently to Polish re- Jllef work. here. A few years ago he came with an old ox-team and this Summer he came in a highpowered schoonermobile. At the reception last njght a pleas ing musical programme was given. Among those who took part were: John R. Knight, violin solo; Mrs. Knight, vocal solo; Mrs. W. N. Mar shall, vocal solo, and several children. Light ref reshtnents were served. Mr. Templeton has not decided where he will go yet, but he has had a num ber of offers, declining one at We natchee last Sunday. During his stay here Mr. Templeton has been assisted much by his devoted wife, who is an unusually active church worker. LOSER WEARS WILSON PIN Republican Campaign Secretary . Is Paying Election Bet. OREGON' CITY. Or.. Nov. 16. (Spe cial.) John N. Sievers is secretary of the Clackamas County Republican Central Committee. Through his ef forts he can claim" a large part of the honor of swinging Clackamas County into the Republican column by DIVERS IN PACIFIC REPORT Japanese Ilr-ur Tliat ermans I lave Submarine Base in Mexico. TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 16. Special.) The Japanese liner Inaba Maru, which reached Puget Sound from the Orient last night, reported that she had been warned to look out for a Oer man submarine operating somewhere in the North Pacific. It is said that all Japanese companies have been cau tioned to beware of divers. It is declared that the first reports of the undcrseas craft were received November 6. and It la thought to have a base on the Mexican coast. locomotive did not have to make stops for coal and water. The speaker aUo declared that the use of electricity had cut the expense of operation. LIQUOR GIFT HELD LEGAL I.M (irande Judge Orders Kclcatc lien tialn Is Not Involved. I.A GRANDE, Or.. Nov. IS. Simply to give liquor away without subterfuue in the giving to obtain recompense some other way Is not violating the prohibition law. Circuit Judge Knowles held. He ordered a verdict for the defend ant when the state accu.-ed Frank Turnbow of illegally giving liquor away. with its native trees and .-h i: ..l..r . forms a pu t iiresque spot in the river. The ire,.s ami tsli rubbery were not badly dumaued by the tire, ami Mi. Smith says that when the new club house is coinpl.-tcd the resort will he more attractive than' ever. The liin.l i.i owned the Portland Rowing Club. The building. hi.-, slso was the property of the club, was valued at about $!. ort. and was in sured for about $'.tHl. Mr. Smith o ne.l about $;:.uii personal proper! . wlll' ll i.T it total !o.-s. CLUBHOUSE TO BE REBUILT Kock Island Kcsort to Be More Beuutlful Tlian liver. A mod-m and attract le clubhouse will rise on the site of the building destroyed by lire Wednesday on Rock Island. In the Willamette Kiver. ntar Milwaukee. It. J. Smith, lessee of the Island, announced yesterday. The Island contslns 14 acres, wbl-h. JUDGE WEBSTER NAMED (mornitr IJ-t-r Mil ken. Aoi nl mctit to Supreme lWam'li. UliYMl'l.V. Wash.. Nov. I;. iSi... J. Stanley Wrbster lo h va :tmy tn tit" uiirt-mi- "oil i t tuii.-nl by t h I v i iu -tion of Krctloriik -ll.t w.iu.t n. Jui' Webster va N i lcil to tlic jMipr n Court In tM Kfnr;il rh-iMum. will rial.) (iovrrnor !.iMT today appointed now la k h in ia.t at ou-. 11 is pi :tct on tho Spoka n '"iini v b.nh will tak-n by V. V. iir;uv', by l ho tjovrrnor's appointment, until the Jii tid iltTi ft I iln'ic this nioitl i lake olfivt in January. In I'ran ci nearly ! nm-s of lainl is tlevoll lo raising youiiir I r':s of prul ia r t ha p for 11 m brcl la h:inll. Mrs. Boisscvaln Improved. TDS ANGELES,' Nov. 16. Mrs. Inn Milholland Boissevain. New York suf fragist, who has been confined to a hos pital here since October 1 last with aplastic anemia, was reported sllghtl) Improved tonight. folh)wing the sixth blood transfusion, which was made late today. Mrs. Mary Woolsey. aire 22. of Omaha la the mother of seven sons. i Shoe News of Great Importance to You Baker's "Bar Harbor 00 You all know what the shoe situation is. "Criticar is putting it mildly. Yet here is a good $5.00 shoe. Why ? 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