THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918. '
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STATE TO PROFIT
BY CONSOLIDATE
Under
Only
Proposal of Experts
Three Officers Will
Be Chosen by Voters.
SAVING TO TOTAL $836,500
Arport Provides for Merging Various
Departments of Government
Under Xine Heads; Appro- .
priations Are Cot.
fALEM, Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.) The
Consolidation Commission today tenta
tlT-ely approved the report of Professor
J. M. Matthews. Government efficiency
expert, who has been working on th
proposal here for several weeks. The
approval as to details Is not yet com
plete. Thus far the contemplated plan
win make an estimated saving of $836,
oo in two years; and Commissioners
say further savings may be made.
mere will be nine departments of
government, under the following heads
Executive Governor.
General Administration and Finance
State Finance Commission.
Education State . Board of Educa
Hon.
Labor Director of Labor.
.Public Health Director of Public
Health.
Agriculture Director of Agrlcul
tare.
Trade and Commerce Director of
Trade and Commerce.
Public Welfare Director of Public
welfare.
Public Works and Domain Director
f Public Works and Domain.
Govermor'a powers Expaad.
There will also be Included the
Civil Service Commission and the State
Police. The Civil Service Commission
is to consist of three members, ap
pointed by the Governor, to each hold
for six years. The Commission today
passed only on the executive, labor.
PUDiic neaitn and agricultural depart
ments. Only three elective offices are
to remain under the plan outlined,
these being the Governor. State Treas
urer and Secretary of State. All other
officers are to be appointed by the
Governor.
The Department of Labor Is to in
clude all of the present labor activi
ties, doing away with the present for
mation of the Industrial Accident Com
mission and State Labor Commissioner.
A Director of Labor is to be at the
head and two deputies will act under
him. these three to form the State In
dustrial Commission. There also will
be an advisory commission of five
members, appointed by the Governor,
to advise on all matters pertaining to
Industry and labor.
A p propria ttoms Are Pruned.
The Department of Public Health
will cover all health activities. These
will Include the State Board of Health
and all of the various examining
boards now in existence. The Dairy
and Food Commissioner will act as
one deputy. A second deputy will han
dle the examination features. The So
cial Hygiene Society will also come
under this department. This depart
ment will have a supplementary non
salaried health ccuncil or advisory
board to Include seven members, named
by the Governor.
In the Department of Agriculture a
director will be over all. Three bu
reaus will be included in this depart
ment, agriculture, animal Industry and
the State Fair. A deputy is to be over
each bureau. An unpaid advisory
board will act with this department,
to include seven practical farmers, ap
pointed by the Governor.
It is the intention, members of the
commission say, that all existing state
agencies will fall into some one of the
nine general departments.
The saving of 1336.500 under this
plan Is largely due to decreased ap
propriations, abolishment of present
boards and consolidation of activities.
It Is estimated $575,000 could be saved
on a biennium. based on appropriations
for 1917-18. by placing the Industrial
Accident Commission on a 6 per cent
limit.
Professional boards placed under the
proposed license fee law would save
$20,000, the Commissioners say. and trie
consolidation of the Stallion Registra
tion Board with the Livestock Sanitary
Board $2500.
Maay Boards Consolidated.
Consolidating the State Printing
Board with the State Printer would
save $4000, and change in delivery of
the election pamphlets $10,000. It Is
proposed to send election 'pamphlets
to the various County Clerks and have
them distributed from there to such
voters as desire them.
A biennial motor vehicle license
would save $28,000 In materials, it is
said, and requiring District Attorneys'
salaries to be paid half by the counties
$72,000. Reductions in appropriations
for the following would save the re
spective amounts designated: Historical
Society, $7600; Social Hygiene Society,
$10,000; mines and geology. $20,ouo;
Tourist Association, $22,500; Public
Service Commission. $40,000. Cost of
the Desert Land Board wouM be cut
$1000.
Such activities as the Tourist Associa
tion and Social Hygiene Society would
have their appropriations reduced one
half. Creation of the office of state
architect would make a saving of $7000,
It is estimated, and saving in office
rent in Portland by transferring de
partments would amount to $7000, while
$10,000 more would be savea ny abol
ishing boards.
FOUR COWLITZ MEN CALLED
Three of Young Soldiers oIunteer
for Service in Army.
KALAMA. Wash... Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) Four more young men leave
Cowlits County tomorrow to enter the
Army, going to the State College at
Pullman for special training along me
chanical lines. Three ' volunteered
John Tohlll and Adolph Peter Demmer,
of Kelso, and Harlan Russell Merrill, of
Castle Rock. The fourth to go will be
George E. Cuddy, of Kelso.
Three young men of the county have
been individually inducted into the
Spruce Division, none of them class 1
men. Eino Fields, class 2, of Wood-
and, leaves today, and Benjamin White,
lass 4. of Stella, and Fred Lysons, of
the limited service class, of Kelso, leave
on the 14th.
MOONEY'S FRIENDS APPEAL
Committee of International Labor
Unions Culls at While House.10
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. A commit
tee representing International labor
nions called at the White House toda
nd left a memorial asking Presiden
Wilson to Intervene again in behalf of
Thomas J. Mooney, under sentence of
death in California for connection with
the preparedness day parade bomb ex
plosion In San Francisco In July. 131
In the event of a refusal by Gov.
ernor Stephens to grant a pardon, th
President Is urged to compel Mooney
release as a war measure, under au
thorlty of his power as commander
chief. Mooney's execution, the me
morial declares, would be a serious
obstacle to fulfillment of the Presi
ent's plans for aiding the Russian
people.
Clearance Sale of
Manhattan and
Arrow Shirts
Commencing tomorrow you can choose
from our stock of beautiful Manhattan and
Arrow shirts left from our Spring numbers
at clearance sale prices. There's hundreds of
shirts here at much less the regular prices,
all good clean stock.
$1.50 Arrow Shirts.... ....$1.2o
$2.00 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $1.65
$2.50 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $1.85
$3.00 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $2.15
$3.50 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $2.85
$4 and $4.50 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $3.15
$5.00 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts .' $3.85
$6 and $6.50 Manhattan and Arrow Shirts $4.85
$7, $7.50, $8.50 Manhat'n and Arrow Shirts $6.35
White and Khaki Excluded
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The Men's Store for
Quality and Service
Gasco Bldg.
Fifth and Alder
REALTORSPLANTOUR
STUDENTS ARRIVE IN CAMP
Second Detachment of 24 7 Men
Ready for Active Training.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Aug. 13. (Special.) The
second training detachment of 247 men
began to arrive here yesterday and the
main body will reach the campu
Thursday. A detail of 30 men from
the California detachment was as
signed to assist Captain Tooze and hi
staff of six officers In receiving and
equipping the new men for work at the
earliest possible date. A hundred ad
ditional men for radio training will
arrive September 1. and an additional
hundred men will reach here each sue
ceeding month.
The work of preparing the buildings
and installing the equipment for these
men is proceeding rapidly.
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COMMENCING today with the screen
ing of the Blllie Burke romatic
comedy. "Arms and the Girl," the
;iobe 'Theater Inaugurates a new
photoplay policy of the exclusive show
ing of Paramount-Artcraft productions.
This means features with such stars as
Mary Pick ford. ' Douglas Fairbanks,
William S. Hart. Marguerite Clark.
Billie Burke. Charles Ray, Dorothy
Dalton. Jack Pickford, Vivian Martin
and Wallace Reid, together with Mack
Sennett and Fatty Arbuckle comedies,
Burton Holmes Travelogues and Bray
Pictographs.
The Eleventh and Washington-streets
photo playhouse will present two week
ly changes of pictures, starting on Sun
days and Wednesdays.
"Hearts of World" Back.
On account of the many people who
were unable to get in to the Heilig
during its engagement the past two
weeks to see Griffith's "Hearts of the
World" and requests and scores of let
ters from local and out-of-town
patrons, the management has arranged
to postpone a few of their future
bookings and have decided to play a
limited return engagement, commenc
ing on Friday matinee with two per
formances daily, as usual.
Many consider that Griffith has
reached bis supreme triumph In this
production. In the first place he chose
a subject which is near and dear to
the hearts or everyone, now that Amer
ica is one of the allies, and In the sec
ond place he went direct to France
and In the front line trenches set up
his camera and took the war as It
really is he got thousands of men in
action.
Robert Harron. Lillian nd Dorothy
uisn. ueorge f awcett, ueorge Siegman
are wonderful in their roles and the
clever acting of little Bennie Alex
ander is the talk of the thousands who
have already witnessed this picture.
Columbia.
The latest screen newlywads. Francis
X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, come
to the Columbia Theaater today in "So
cial Quicksands, a romantic comedy.
This, with comedy and news pictorial
will be shown for three days.
A society girl's wager that she can
snare a chap who has overlooked her
existence forms the basis for the story
of "Social Quicksands." with Miss
Bayne as the girl who poses as a thief,
becomes a protege of the man. has him
propose to her and finally, after she
wins her wager. Is forced to confess
that she Is really in love with him.
The picture Is said to be interesting,
with a few dramatic Injections, and
some beautlfu scenery.
Members of Portland Board to
Visit Rainier and Seattle.
50 AUTOS WILL BE USED
Annual Convention of Interstate As
sociation Will Be Held in Sound
City August 29, 30, 31; Enter
tainment of Delegates Sure.
' Members of the Portland Realty
Board are planning an automobile run
to Seattle, with a side trip to Rainier
National Park on the return, in con
nection with the annual convention of
the Interstate Realty Association in Se
attle on August 29, 30 and 31.
At an informal meeting yesterday
afternoon at Realty Board headquar
ters in the Henry building, 75 mem
bers signed up to attend the conven
tion. Paul C. Murphy, president of the
board, expects the number of signers
to be increased to fully 150 by the end
of the week.
All who signed were asked their
opinion of the proposed automobile run,
and 75 per cent of them said they would
join the the realtors. The others will
go by train.
Fifty Cars to Be Used.
There will probably be at least 50 cars
In the run. They will leave Portland at a
time to be set on Wednesday morning,
August 28. and the schedule will pro
vide ample time for them to arrive in
Seattle the same afternoon.
As the convention dates fall on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and
the two following days, Sunday and
Labor day Monday, are holidays, this
will give the realtors who so desire
plenty of time to drive over to Rainier
National Park and Paradise Valley on
the return Journey.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by the Seattle Realty Board to
entertain the visiting realtors attend
ing the convention. The Inter-State
Realty Association comprises of Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho and Montana,
p.nd large delegations are expected
from the principal towns of these
states.
Big Fund Is Rained.
The Seattle Realtors have raised an
entertainment fund of 13000 and will
entertain the visitors with a banquet.
drives about the city, including a trip
of Inspection over Seattle s wonderful
nark boulevard system, and a boat trip
to InsDect Seattle's new fresh-water
harbor in Lakes Union and Washing
ton.
The programme of the three-day con
vention will be of much interest to real
estate men. There will be papers on
odIcs of Importance by successful real
tors. Among other features of the pro-
s-ramme Is to ne a nve-minuie speax
nar contest by representatives oi tne
realty boards from all the large cities
of the four states represented at me
convention for a silver cup. B. Lee
Paget has been selected to represent
Portland in this contest.
Fred E. Taylor is chairman or the
committee arranging for the automo
bile run to Seattle by the Portland
Realty Board.
ous check transaction, and Jerom
Sacks, only 17 years old, but having
record as a Juvenile offender, failed
to make their escape from the County
Jail owing to the vigilance of Sheriff
George K. Quine and assistants.
Last night he quietly awaited fori
several hours just under the walls of
the jail, and heard enough to convince
him that the men were working to
get away. This morning he trans
ferred the prisoners to another apart
ment of the Jail. . Summoning young
Sacks to the office. Sheriff Quine in
formed him that it would be neces
sary for him to tell where the file
was, and effective persuasion revealed
the presence of a heavy file or rasp
that someone had passed through the
window grating to the prisoners.
With this implement the men had
filed off bolt heads fastening a sheet
iron plate over an opening for a stove
pipe, and through this exit expected
to make their departure when the
wonk was completed.
AIL BREAK FRUSTRATED
Sheriff at Roseburg Transfers Pris-
oners to Another Cell; Locates All.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Sam Shove, held here on a charge
of forgery in connection with a spurl-
Don't Let Soap
Spoil Your Hair
When you wash your hair, be careful
what you use. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkali,
which Is very injurious, as It dries the
scalp and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
raulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
nd entirely greaseless. It's very cheap.
and beats the most expensive soaps or
anything else all to pieces. You can
get this at any drug store and a few
ounces will last the whole family for
months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub It in. about a teaspoonful is all
hat is required. It makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and Is soft.
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle of dust, dirt
and dandruff. Adv.
JOHN FOSTER, BAKER, DIES
Ex-Postmaster and Newspaper Man
Passes Away After Long Illness.
BAKER, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
John ouithrie Foster, 57, ex-Postmaster
of Baker and pioneer newspaper man of
Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho,
died here today, having suffered a par
alytic strike 19 months ago, from which
he never recovered.
He was born at The Dalles, but when
quite young went to Boise, where he
worked on the Statesman for a num
ber of years, and later conducted news
papers at Shoshone, Idaho. Baker and
Huntington, Or. For many years prior
to his appointment as Postmaster in
1915 he conducted a job printing es
tablishment here. His wife, daughter
and grandson, together with several
brothers and sisters, survive, including
ueorge i. oster. his brother and pres
ent Postmaster, who succeeded him in
that office.
BIG GUN BRIGADE FORMED
Three Thousand Men Transferred
Artillery by 13tb Division.
to
- CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Wash., Aug.
13. Three thousand privates of the
166th Depot Brigade fit for overseas
duty were ordered transferred to the
13th division and assigned in three
equal parts to the 37th, 38th and 39th
Field Artillery here today. The trans
fer marks the formal formation of the
division's artillery brigade.
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold E. Marr
will temporarily command the brigade.
When displaced by an officer of high
er rank he will be in command of the
37th Field Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Julian I. Cham
berlain is to command the 38th. The
commanding officer of the 39th has not
been announced.
CANTEEN WINS PRAISE
SEVENTY - FIVE SOLDIERS VISIT
REST ROOM FIRST DAY.
Quarters Are Well Furnished and Men
Are Provided With Stamps, Paper
and Other Necessities.
More than 75 enlisted men visited
on the 'first day the new Red Cross
canteen which was opened at the Union
Depot last Monday. This new resting
room for enlisted men passing through
the city was established by Portland
people without one cent of cost to the
.ed Cross.
The room is outfitted with comfor
table chairs, card and writing tables,
magazines, books and the latest news
papers, the latter contributed by the
patriotic newsboys of the district, and
is quite homelike.
Of the number who visited it the
first day only five refused tobacco.
all the rest desiring to smoke. The Red
Cross does not purchase tobacco for
distribution among enlisted men and
any "smokes" which are passed out
among them at Red Cross canteens are
contributed by people outside of the
organization.
Twenty-nine of the visitors on Mon
day wrote letters, on stationary sup
plied by the canteen and mailed them
with stamps which were also sup
plied. Thirty-six 2-cent stamps and
16 3-cent stamps were given out by
the Red Cross Monday.
One sailor who had refused station
ary because he didn't have any money
for stamps, when he found out that
he could have all the stamps he needed
free of charge extracted 14 letters
from his pockets. He mailed them all.
Forty-two women belong to the Port
land chapter of the Red Cross bureau
of canteen service. Two of these women
are in charge or tne canteen irom 9
A. M. to 6 P. M. and two others from
to 11 P. M. each day.
Mrs. Ferdinand E. Reed is at the
head of the canteen and Mrs. E. N.
Howe and Mrs. R. S. Stearns act
lieutenants during alternate weeks.
Washington to Send Volunteers.
SEATTLE, Aug. 13. Washington will
send this week as volunteers for a new
war mechanical course 525 men to Pull
man. Wash., and t-orvams, ur. ot
these 279 will go to Pullman for spe
cial training.
Supplementary Articles Filed.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.)
Supplementary articles of incorporation
of the Union Fishermen's Co-operative
Packing Company were filed in the
County Clerk's office today. They au
thorize the company to operate any
lawful fishing gear and seining
grounds, to conduct a general store
and a general steamboating business."
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