Morning Oregonian., June 08, 1917, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. FRIDAY . JUNE 8, 1917.
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CITY JOBS DEPEND
1 ACTION TAKEN
Attorney LaRcchs Outlines 2
Plans for a Harmoninzing
Charter Amendment.
PEOPLE TO DECIDE BY VOTE
Should Klrction of Commissioners
lie Ht'M in 19 18, Officials
KIe-lecl Would Wait Seven
Months to Take Office. .
City AltHi ni y La Roche agrees with
th inform;, 1 opini.'ii Riven by Attor-Tiey-tloneral
liiown that adoption by
voteiH f the state last Monday of the
constitutional amendment merging city
elections with ennnty and state elec
tions probably will result in adding
-one year nnii one-half to the terms of
the Mayor. i'ity 'ommissioners and
City Auditor of Portland.
As explain. til in The oregonian yes
terday this would lengthen the terms
of .Mayor-elect Baker and Commis-Idoners-elect
Ilarbur and Mann from
four to five ami one-half years. v
It also would lengthen from two to
three and one-half years the terms of
'ommisMoner Biyi'lpw (holdover), of
3n Kellaher as the ('ommisioner suc
ceeding to Mr. Baker's unexpired
term, and of the successor lo Coui-misioner-elect
Barbur as City Auditor
(.to be chosen by the new Council).
Mr. LaRoche expressed his views as
to the probable effect of the election
mifrKer tiiiienuiiitriii un uiv cicliuii .ma
chinery of the city of Portland, in a
formal written opinion yesterday.
In this opinion he bears out the ex
planation given by The Oregonian that
whether one year and one-half Is
added to the terms of elective officers
depends on which pf two alternatives
is followed in amending the city char
ter to harmonize with the amendment.
One of these alternatives, as previ
ously pointed out by The Oregonian, is
to amend the charter so as to hold the
next city election on the date of the
general state election in November,
1918.
The other alternative is tp amend the
charter so as to hold the next city elec
tion on the date of the general state
election in November, 1920.
Awkward Situation Pointed Out.
Under the first alternative, terms of
lective officials would not be In
creased. But two City Commissioners
and the City Auditor would have t,o be
elected seven months before they took
office. This would result in an awk
ward situation.
And two years later the Mayor and
two more Commisisoners would have
to be elected seven months before the
beginning of their terms.
"This seven months' lapse between
the date of their election and the date
of taking office seems undesirable from
many standpoints," comments the City
Attorney;
"It would seem that the city charter,
In order to harmonize with the consti
tution, should also be. amended to pro
vide that city officers elected in No
vember should take office January 1
of the following year, as is the case
with state officers." .
To eliminate the seven months' lapse,
Jlr. LaRoche emphasizes, and to make
the present city charter harmonize per
fectly with the state constitution and
laws, the only course open will be to
adopt the second alternative, that of
holding the next city election for city
officers in November, 1920, .and bienni
ally thereafter. .
City Attorney Given Opinion.
Mr. LaRoche says the necessary
amendment to the city charter can be
presented to the people at the state
primary election in June, 1918.
His opinion follows in full:
"At the general city election held on
Monday, June 4, 1917, two Commission
ers and a Mayor were elected for a
term of four years, which, under the
charter, would terminate July 1, 1921.
There are also in the Council two hold
over Commissioners, whose terms un
der the charter would expire July 1,
1919.
"Section 123 of the charter provides
that a municipal election shall be held
on the first Monday In June. 1913, and
on the first Monday in June on each
econd year thereafter. Under this pro
. vision of the charter the election to fill
the offices of the two holdovers would
be held on the first Monday in June,
1919, and the election to fill the of
fices of Mayor and the other two Com
missioners would be held the first Mon
day in June in 1921.
"However, under the amendment to
section 14 of article 11 of the state con
stitution, which was adopted on Mon
day, June 4, 1917, the city elections
must be held on the same date as state
elections. The state law provides for
a primary election to be held in April
1918. and a general election to be held
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in November, 1918,' and similar elec
tions in the same months in 1920.
"Said constitutional amendment pro
vides: "Every officer who. at the time
of the adoption of this amendment, is
the duly qualified incumbent of an elec
tive office of an incorporated city or
town, shall hold his office for the term
for which he is elected and until his
successor is elected and qualified. The
Legislature, and cities and towns, shall
enact such supplementary legislation as
may be necessary to carry the provi
sions of this amendment into effect.'
Charter Amendment Nemury,
"It is clear that an amendment to
the charter of the city of Portland is
necessary to make it harmonize with
the constitutional amendment. -
"It is possible for the city to call a
special election at Uie time of the state
primary in April, 1918. to submit a
charter amendment which shall pro
vide for the election of the successors
of the two Commissioners whose of
fices would expire July 1, 1919, at the
general state election in November,
1918. This would leave a period of
approximately seven months between
the date of election and the date of
taking office.
"At the same special city election,
the date, of holding the election to
fill the offices of Mayor and; the other
two Commissioners could be fixed at
the time of the general state election
in November, 1920. The same period
of seven months would lapse between
the time of their election and the date
of taking their offices.
"This seven months' lapse between
the ,date of election and the date of
taking office seems undesirable from
many standpoints. It would seem that
the city charter in order to harmonize
with the constitution should also be
amended to provide that city officers
elected in November should take office
January 1 of the following year, as is
the case with state officers.
"As the constitutional amendment
prohibits shortening the terms of in
cumbents of elective offices at the time
of its adoption, to accomplish the pur
pose of eliminating such seven months'
lapse it would be necessary to submit
an amendment to the city charter
either at the state primary or state
general election in 1918. providing that
the election to fill the offices of the two
Commissioners whose term would ex
pire in 1919 should be held at the time
of the state election in November, 1620,
such officers to take office January 1,
1921; such amendment also providing
that the election to fill the offices of
Mayor and the other two Commission
ers should be held at the time of the
general state election in 1922, 'such
officers elected at such time to take
office January 1. 1923.
"If the seven months' lapse between
the date of election and the date of
taking office is to be eliminated, this
last suggested amendment -is the only
way possible to accomplish such end,
and would perfectly harmonize the
present city charter and the state con
stitution and laws. It provides for
alternating terms of office every two
years for members of the Council so
as to keep experienced men in the
body, as is contemplated by the char
ter." CoinnlMionrrfl Were Surprised.
One amusing feature of the situation
is that none of the city officials whose
terms apparently will be lengthened
by the amendment had any Idea of its
effect.
Commissioner Blgelow, whose term
as holdover Commissioner will be au
tomatically lengthened from two years
to three and one-half years if the next
city election is held in November. 1920,
admits that he voted against the
amendment.
"But when I voted against it, I had
no idea it would give me a year and
a half longer as Commissioner,", he
apologized yesterday.
Mayor-elect Baker also voted against
the measure under a similar misap
prehension. Worse than that, he got
some friends to vote against it.
FIVE SUE FOR DIVORCE
OREGON CITY COIRT I. EARNS OF
MISFIT MARRIAGES.
One Husband, Preferring to Live In
Oregon, Alleges Desertion Became
Wife Prefer -Wisconsin.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 7. (Spe
cial.) Five dissatisfied parties to mar
riage contracts sought freedom Thurs
day in complaints filed with County
Clerk Iva M. Harrington. Circuit
Judge J. U. Campbell granted a divorce
to Alue Zoe Holton from Albert M.
Holton. The wife was also given the
custody of the daughter.
Joseph Bishell is suing his wife, Min
nie Bishell, for a divorce on the grounds
of desertion. They were married at
Iarlington, Wis., in h ebruary. 1900,
and have two children. Several years
after the marriage Bishell came to the
Pacific Coast and secured employment
with the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company, and a year later tried
to get his wife to come here to live
with him. This she refused to do.
Belle Wallace charges her husband,
Joseph Wallace, with cruelty in a com
plaint asking for a divorce. They were
married here in August, 1911.
Beulah C. Ocking also alleges abuse
In her complaint against her husband,
J. A. Ocking.
Fannie Lawles charges abuse of both
herself and her three children In a
complaint for a divorce from her hus
band, C. H: Lawles. The children are
the .stepchildren of Mr. Lawles, ' and
one of them, a girl of 15 years, is a
cripple. The Lawles were married at
Barlow in January, 1913. Mrs. Lawles
asks for divorce, custody of the chil
dren, S50 a month alimony and S100 at
torney's fees.
Bessie C. Tompkins asks that she be
divorced from Lloyd F. Tompkins, who,
she says, abuses her. She asks the
custody of the three children and $20 a
month.
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ELECTION IS JUNE 16
Two School Directors in Port
land to Be Named.
ANY ELECTOR MAY VOTE
Old Property Qualification- Is Elim
inated as Result of Mash Made
of School Laws by
Last Legislature.
BLIND HAVE HIGHWAY TRIP
Thirty Pupils of Washington School
on Automobile Trip.
VANCOUVER, "Wash., June 7. (Spe
cial.) Thirty members of the Wash
ington School for the Blind here were
taken on a trip up the Co'lumbia River
Highway today as the guests of Dr.
Miles U. Lleser and a party of friends.
All of the pupils had won mention in
the honor roll of the school.
After having lunch at Multnomah
Kalis, the party proceeded to Oneonta
Gorge. They left here about 9 in the
morning and returned at 4 this after
noon. '
Those who donated the automobiles
were: Mrs. H. C. Lieser, Mrs. M. L.
Coovert, M. N. Connor. E. E. Sleret.
Louis Shattuck and J. M. Langsvors.
The next election on the Portland
political bill of fare comes next week.
The date will be Saturday, June 16.
Two school directors are to be elected
for the Portland district.
This will be the first school election
since the last Legislature made par
ticular hash of the existing school laws.
There are many changes in the elec
tion procedure as a result of these
new laws.
In the first place, the old property
qualification has been removed. This
is one change made by the Legislature
that seems to be generally commended.
Jn the past one had to be a property
owner to get a vote for school di
rector, but at the coming election any
qualified voter can cast a ballot,
whether a property owner or not.
Two Directors) to Be Kleeted.
For another thing, two directors are
to be elected instead of one, as at pre
vious elections; that is. unless the
School Board should win injunction
proceedings it contemplates taking
against the law.
The law reducing terms of school
directors from five years to three is
responsible for the necessity of elect
ing, two directors; This law auto
matically cut one year off the five
year term of O. M. Plummer, at whom
it was aimed, and a director must be
elected to succeed him.
The other vacancy is caused by ex
piration of the term of J. V. Beach,
present chairman of the Board. His
term would have expired anyway at
this time, as he has served five years.
Directors elected next week will hold
office for only three years Instead of
for five.
Only Two Seek Vacancies.
. Several other changes affecting the
school laws were made by the Legis
lature, but those mentioned will do for
the first lesson.
Only two persons have filed so far
for the two vacancies. One of them,
Mrs. Ida Coleman, filed Wednesday.
The other, U. DeWItt Maxson. filed
yesterday.
Mrs. Coleman is a resident of Wood-
lawn and president of the Woodlawn
Parent-Teacher Association.
Mr. Maxson is general manager for
the West Farquhar Machinery Com
pany. He lives at 1240 Royal Court, In
Laurelhurst.
It is considered very probable that
Mr. Beach also will be a candidate for
re-election. He has not made an an
nouncement as yet, but is being urged
by many persons to make the race to
succeed himself.
Director Plummer will not be a can
didate for re-election, he has declared,
Teamster Suffers Serious Injuries.
Rex Hackett, teamster, who lives at
100 East Eleventh street, while driv
ing collided with a streetcar near East
Twelfth and Hawthorne avenue ,early
last night and suffered injuries which
caused him to be sent to the Good
Samaritan Hospital. Wrenched ribs,
and probably a fractured collarbone,
are among his major injuries.
GAMP SITE BUSY PLAGE
SIRVKVORS KIN LINES AT AM Kill
CAN LAKE.
Elks to Give Play In Camas.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7. (Spe
cial.) The cast which recently staged
"Happy Land" for the Elks in this city
will present the same show at Camas
Wednesday, June 13, in the Camas
Opera-house. The Elks' show was a
decided success here.
Regulars Appear, Ready to Direct Con'
traction of Houingi for 60,000
Men and 1S.OOO Animals.
TACOMA.- Wash., June 7. (Special.)
The groat undertaking of building
a city to house 60.000 or more men and
16.000 animals at the American Lake
Army Post site loomed large on the
horizon today, with the arrival of a
Quartermaster's truck train sjid 60
bronzed regulars- from El Paso, .Tei.
andt announcement that escrow deeds
for the major portion of the 8600 acres
included in the first condemnation suit
have been signed by the county offi
cers, and the departure of the first
wagon company recruited here for the
scene of the giant operations.
Added to the actual developments of
the day pointing to the immediate com
mencement of construction work was
the activity of the Army engineering
corps under tb command of Captain
Arthur R. Khrnbeck, in laying out what
Is supposed to be the streets and build
ing locations for the two great canton
ments of the mobilization camp.
L. E. Sterling, chief engineer for the
Barrett Company, of New York, which
has the contract for the construction of
all the roads of the post, is also mobil
izing materials and equipment. His
company will have the paving of be
tween 10 and 20 miles of roads, besides
the grading of many more miles, he
says. ,
f The arrival of the regular Army truck
company from El Paso with 34 trucks
late today is taken to indicate the im
mediate need of transportation facili
ties on a large scale and forecasts the
concentration of the regular Army
units which will be stationed here.
TWO RECEIVERS APPOINTED
Rogue River Public Service Corpor
ation to Be Reorganized.
Reorganization and refinancing of the
Rogue River Public Service Corpora
tion, of Grants Pass, Or., was forecast
yesterday when, upon petition of Fran
cis M. Fauvre, vice-president of the
company Federal Judge -Wolverton apT
pointed Dr. J. F. Reddy andGeorge M.
Soranson, of Grants Pass, as joint re
ceivers. The company was represented
by A. E. Clark, of Clark, Skulason &
Clark, as counsel.
The Rogue River Public Service Cor
poration owns Important waterpower
rights in Southern Oregon on the
Rogue River, including the huge Ament
dam at Grants Pass and a completed
wing dam power development project
at Gold Hill.
PAPER STRIKE IS OVER
500 EMPLOYES OF CROV" V1L.
LAMETI'K RKTln.V TO WORK.
Company Maintains Principle of Open
Shop, bat Will Allow Men to Con
tinue Their Organization.
OREGON C1TV, Or., June 7. (Spe
cial.) Five hundred striking employes
6f the Crown Willamette Paper Com
pany will return to work tomorrow
morning, under an agreement signed
tonight by their representatives and
officials of the company. The strike
has been in progress one. week and
the mill has been shut down during
that time.
The agreement provides that the
plant .'Will remain an open shop, al
though the company will allow its
employes to continue to organize. It
will, however, refuse to treat with the
unions, but will deal with its men as
individuals.
It was understood between the men
and the company that there would be
no discrimination between union and
non-union men. and that intimidation
of non-union men would result in the
discharge of the union organizer.
Roy Ott, president of the Paper
makers' Union, whose discharge for
alleged Intimidation resulted in the
strike, will not return to work tomor
row. B. T. McBain, manager of the
company's mills, will act as referee In
the case. If Ott is exonerated In ten
Portland, Oregon,
June 7, 1917.
To the People of Portland:
I The vote last Monday is convincing evidence that
Portland believes in equitable regulation of its
public utilities.
CJ If there is competition between transportation
. agencies we believe the overwhelming vote by
which the free-use-of-streets charter amendment
was defeated demonstrates not only the willing
ness, but the desire of the people of Portland that
such competing transportation agencies be placed
upon a basis of fair competition in the matter of
obligations to the city for reliability of service,
compensation and responsibility.
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J Ve believe also that this vote may be taken as
upholding the principle of the square deal as ap
, plied to utilities.
I We thank you and shall continue our efforts to
retain your confidence.
PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT &
POWER COMPANY
Franklin T. Griffith, President.
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days he will return to work without
loss of pay.
The 600 strikers were paid yester
day and turned in their passes without
tho slightest disorder.
LIQUOR RAID IS SUCCESS
Ben Miles, on Parole, Rearrested for
Dry Law Violations.
In Vrve of the most spectacular raids
made during the past months the soft
drink establishment conducted at 2
North Sixth street was visited yester
day at 5 P. M. by Patrolmen Schum.
Burkhart, Whitehead and Spaugh and
Deputy District Attorney Ryan.
Quantities of liUor were seized and
all the bar fixtures were torn up and
sent to police headquarters.
Ben Miles was arrested and held at
the City Jail for a violation of the pro
hibition law. -
He had been convicted of bootlegging
before and paroled by Governor Withy-combe.
Roumanla Ready to Resume War.
PARIS. June 7. Roumanla has re
organized her army and is ready to
resume the fight, according to a state
ment made by Premier Bratiano in an
interview with the Petrograd corre
spondent of the Parlslen.
KENT MERCHANT SUICIDE
ILL HEALTH IIHIVKS V. n. COIII.E
TO SiFLK-DF.STB ICTlOX.
Tragedy la Enacted in Room in Seat
tle Hotel IVenhcw Is at Door
When Shot In Fired.
SEATTLE. Wash.. June 7. (Special.)
Despondent over the fact that doctors
had been unable to cure the lung dis
ease with which he was afflicted. Will
iam Bedford Coble, 35 years old. a mer
chant of Kent. Wash., shot and killed
himself with a Winchester repeating
rifle shortly afternoon today In his
room at the Empress Hotel. 1109 Third
avenue.
His nephew. W. C. O'Neil. of' 2323
East Spring street, was just outside the
door waiting for his uncle to let him
in when the shot was fired.
O'Neil told the police that his uncle
complained of being 111. Later Coble
said the effort to cure him was useless
and that he might as well end it all.
The body was taken to the County
Morgue and late this afternoon -was
shipped to Kent. Wash., where the fu
neral will be held Friday. Coble leaves
a wife and a child who reside in Kent.
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