G THE MORNING OREG ONI AN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1920 to PARTS HELD OBSOLETE Portland Is Declared to Have Oat grown Charter Restrictions Make Work Difficult. Within three weeks, Mayor Baker will request authority from the city jouncil to appoint a commission to --evise the present city charter and jresent the changes to the city council for approval and reference to the voters. ' This announcement was made to the ity council and is in line with sug gestion offered several months ago by -tlayor Baker that the present city harter would serve a village, hut ihat Portland had outgrown it and -should have a new cnarter. Mayor Baker declared he does not JFish any change in the present form jf government, nor does he desire to bring about any drastic change of procedure in the conduct of municipal affairs. Sections Considered . Obsolete. He declared that he does believe, however, that the city charter is tilled with restrictions and obsolete sections, which should be removed. For instance, he pointed to the one section which provides that the fiscal year of the city end on. November SI, whereas the fiscal year of other tax paying bodies ends on December 31. It is impossible for the city to have accurate information on the amount of assessed valuation placed on Port land property prior to the formulation of the alnuai budget of expenditures, with the result that the council is forced to make an estimate, which it best is a guess. The present city charter was .'ramed in 1913 by a charter commis sion. It is probable that it will take from four to six months for a com mission to handle revision of the city charter. Much Detail NMMitary. This work will involve an endless amount of detail work in adjusting various amendments passed by the people at various times, which in the m-esent charter are conflicting and cumbersome. "Before recommending the appoint ment of a charter revision commis sion," said Mayor Baker yesterday, "I intend to have a conference with city officials, including the members of the council, the city attorney, the city auditor and his chief deputy, at which time a general outline of necessary- changes will be formulated for the guidance of the commission. A new city charter is absolutely necessary and a revision of the pres ent charter must be started within a short time. It is possible that a special election might be held in the spring or next fall at the latest, when the revised charter, if approved by the commission, should be presented to the voters for adoption. ELDERLY JVIEN INJURED Automobiles Knock Two Pedes trians Down at Street Crossings Two elderly men were struck down by autoists at crossings last night. I. S. Dusherville, 62 years old. of Oak Grove, was knocked down at St Johns while crossing a street. His right leg was broken below the knee. The police had no trace of the driver, and it was not known whether the autoist stopped to render first aid. or continued on his way. The victim was taken to St. Vincent's hospital, where it was stated his age makes the injury doubly serious. O. S. Kranklin, 288 Main street. father of Deputy Sheriff B. G. Frank lin, was badly cut over the right temple when hit by a car driven by C. R. Welsh. 430 Glenn avenue. The accident occurred at Twelfth and Jef ferson streets. Witnesses said that Franklin, who is 72 years old. be came confused and was hit by the fender of the slowly moving car. PREMIER VENIZELOS OUT f Continued From First Pa ge . ) Puyallup. Wash., in a talk at the public meeting last night in the audi torlum. Dr. Beekman illu-strated his lecture with -slides, showing the geological formation of the Pacific northwest and the history of the making of Mount Rainier. He showed a personal ly conducted trip to the mountain, with splendid views of the ecenery of the adjacent country. He told various types of fruit grown in Wash ington and discussed the value of the Industry. Professor Washburn completed the COLOR OF HEALTH RETURNS TO CHEEKS This California Woman Tells of Her Good Fortune in Finding the Remedy She Needed. Pale cheeks are not always a sign of por neann, dui wnen they are ac companied Dy loss of energy and strength, nervousness and poor dlges tion there is positive evidence that the blood is thin. Build up the blood witn a safe and effective tonic and th entire system responds to the treat ment. This is convincingly shown by m caiici leiiuc ui .ura. .Norwood, who lives at No. 3075 Madeline street, Oakland, ual. "I was as pale as a ghost for long time," she says. "I was losing strength, and was tired all the time. My appetite was affected and I could not eat a meal with any enjoyment. "A doctor in New Tork recom mended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for my condition, so I tried them. The pills had a wonderful effect, almost from the very first. After taking one box my color began to return. I think the first place I noticed It .as in my ears which were formerly wax-like. As I continued to take the remedy my strength returned and my appe tite became better. I have used Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in my family for several years and they always help me and my children." A useful booklet, "Building TJp the Blood," containing a special chapter on the after-effects of the grip, will be sent free by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Tour own druggist sells Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or you can order them direct by mail, postpaid, at 60 cents a box. Adv. City Council to Be Asked Name Commission. AMATO, IN FINE VOICE, GIVES GLORIOUS CONCERT Metropolitan Opera Baritone Gives Especially Good Rendition of "Pro logue" From Pagliacci and Borodin's "The Sea." BT JOSEPH MACQTJEEN. HAT portion of the music-loving put ate blic attending the Heilig the- ter last night to hear Pasquale Amato, Metropolitan grand opera house baritone, in concert, was in dis tinct luck. Amato was in fine voice and fully lived up to all the good things said about his golden voice in advance. Amato was assisted by Miss Kitty Beale, a Washington, D. C. lyr'c soprano. Amato is among baritones what Ca ruso Is among tenors. Amato's voice s scientifically placed by four years' seriojus voice study in "be! canto" in Italy, and, being so, it will be In bet ter condition and last longer than the voices of singers who largely are self taught. Amato believes in what Ital- an voice experts call the "vocal mask," containing- the vocal organs that make vocal resonance and song. These vocal organs include the voice- box, the use of the soft palate, "antri," in the region of the nose, a highly arched roof of the mouth, and1 other attributes that distinguish a real ar tistic s:nger from the person who thinks he can sing but cannot, be cause nature never made or intended make that latter person a singer. Slng-lne I" Glorious. Why-this scientific -vocal disserta tion? Because Amato is a living ex ample of a natural s'nger. Nature made him a singer in the first place. He gave a fine example of what reso nance ought to be, and is. by his glori ous singing last night, especially in the prologue from "Pagliacci ana Borodin's "The Sea." He repeatedly sang the high A-flat, quite a vocal feat for a baritone, and sang It witn a reservoir or tone that was, a satis fying delight. Amato s vocal reso nance is so pure that it is never nosey" or nasal, but always from the throat, with the nasal cavities blocked. Blessed with so much voice that he can be as dramatic as he desires, Amato sang a perfect picture gallery programme with a talk on the health value of ice cream. The feature of today's session win be the free public inspection of ex hibits of ice cream supplies, equip ment and machinery to be shown to night from 8 to 10 o clock In tne basement of the auditorium. The ex hibition is free and the public is in vited. Dr. W. P. Cutler of Chicago will speak this morning on "Sweeten ing," and other speakers will be Colonel Walter WhitcomD, faui Heath, Harvey H. Miller and William Dreyer. EX-KIXG WILIIXG, IF WASTED Constantine Declares Greek People Must Decide His Return. LUCERNE. Switzerland, Nov. 17. (By the Associated Press.) Ex-King Constantine made his first pronounce ment respecting his attitude in the light of the Greek elections to the Associated Press today. - 'I cannot go to Athens at the head of any one political party, and there fore insist upon a plebiscite for my return or the return of one of my sons," he declared. "It is for the Greek people to decide. If the people want me 1 shall return to Atnens, un less, of course, prevented by unjust force." INSANITY CHARGE MADE Youth, Held for Beating Hotel Bill, Thought Demented. VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 17. (Snecial.) Abe Franklin. charged with attempting to beat a local hos telry out of a $27 hotel bill, was re leased upon this charge by Cedric Miller, justice or tne peace: xuesuaj, with the recommendation that he be held and his sanity decided upon. Franklin appeared at the police station recently, claiming that he was knocked down with a sack of shot. He was taken to a hospital out next day was taken to jail on the charge of beating the board bill. It was thought he was shamming injury to his head. County Courts to Meet. Announcement was made yester day of the fourth annual meeting of the Oregon Association of County Judges and Commissioners to be held Portland December 13, 14 and 15. It is expected 60 or 70 officials from all over the state will attend. Ses sions are to be held in the court house. AD rue ADDRESS OPFiriAI. BUSINESS Richard H. Lee. Arrangements have been com pleted by a number of the em ployers of Portland with the Portland Ad club to hold a con ference of employes with Rich ard H. Lee, director-counsel of the national vigilance commit tee of the Associated Ad Clubs of the World, in the green room of the Chamber of Commerce next Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock, at which time Mr. Lee will ad dress them on the subject. "Good Will as a Business As set." Mr. Lee will make four ad dresses while in Portland. At noon Monday he will ad dress the members' forum of the Chamber of Commerce; at 6:30 o'clock Monday evening 'he will talk before the Ad club and other business men in the crystal room of the Benson ho tel, and on Tuesday night he will address the employers of Portland and all others who are interested in the green room of the Chamber of Com- WILL I MEN. iinjai i nnn munni Ifr lnmn nwJ of opera gems and old Italian and old and modern French songs in Italian and French exclusively. Amato can sing in English and it would have been an added charm to his concert last night had he done so. Professional musicians able to under stand Italian and French languages knew, of course, what Amato san;, but the general public, making up the larger part of the audience did not, and would have welcomed just a little English. Digrnlty Is Impressive. Amato, casts each song with Im pressive ' dignity and artistic polish. There is also a refinement about his singing that .charms, the attentive listener. In singing an opera aria he looks the part he so skillfully in terprets. ' This is all the more re markable when it is remembered that Amato has no help from orchestra, scenery or costumes in his concerts Amato is a great artist yet he was tactful to b'e assisted by such a charm ing, smiling, happy-voiced singer in the cheerful personality of Miss Kitty Beale. When she sang the audience promptly lost its heart to her, and she usually bowed her acknowledg ments with six pretty bows, from the waist. She is a beautiful human flute, a sunbeam in song. Her voice is one of sunshine and flutelike sweetness. When she sang a high note she just touched it, and then let go. Both Amato and Miss Beale won many recalls. Amatos extranumbers were: "Mamie Lisette"- (Burgmein), "Serenata Harlequin" (Buzzi-Peccia), "Factotum's Song" from "Barber of Seville" (Rossini) and "Toreador." from "Carmen." Miss Beale's extra numbers were: "Shadow Song." from "Dinorah," and "Pallidi Rayul" (Rox- aSWilliam Tyroler was accompanist and was much of a success in that department. The concert was one of the Steers and Coman series. That firm announces the next attraction as a concert by Charles Hackett, tenor, and Raoul Vldas, violinist, De cember 2. MURDER TRIAL BEGINS REPUTED SLAYER OF RANCH ER KRUG FACES BEXD JURY. Testimony to Prove A. J. Weston Killed Wealthy Man and Then - Cremated Body Introduced. BEND. Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) Trial of A. J. Weston, accused of slaying of Robert Krug, wealthy rancher of the Sisters country, whose Charred body was found in the ruins of his fire-destroyed cabin on March 25, 1919. started, in earnest late this afternoon with the taking of testimony intended to establish the fact, of the fire and the finding of the body. Selection of the jury was completed at 3 o'clock and was followed imme diately by the opening statements by attorneys for state and defense. W. N". Cobb of Sisters, a friend of Krug's for 25 years, was the first witness. He had seen Krug two days before the fire on the night of March 24, he said, and related that Weston had told him of spending Sunday night with the hermit. Cobb's wife, telephone operator at Sisters, testified that on the morning of the 25th she had received a call from a man whose voice she recog nized as Weston's. He had told her that on his way from the Wilson mill, where he was employed, he had seen a smoldering fire and, on closer investigation, was positive that there was a body in the flames. The man asked her to call the sheriff. Sheriff S. E. Roberts of Deschutes county told of being called on the morning of the 25th. of visiting the scene of the fire and of finding Krug's body. Roberts found tracks leading toward the house and was informed by the defendant that he had. mate them earlier in the morning. STATEMENT BY MR. LOGAN TAKES AS PROMISE. Board at Hearing of Patrolman Hatch Decides on Reprimand and Return to Duty. Peace has been restored between Mayor Baker and the municipal civil service board, according to indica tions at the city hail yesterday. Mayor Baker interpreted the state ment of John F". Logan, chairman of the board, published Wednesday, working as a pledge of co-operation and backing. "If the civil service board will back me up in my work of cleaning up the police bureau that is all I ask," said Mayor Baker. This afternoon the civil service board and captains of police will meet in conference at the police station with Mayor Baker presiding. This conference is for the purpose of en lightening the members of the civil service board of conditions which the police officials must contend with daily. Tomorrow morning the mayor will give F. W. Huntington and George W. Russell, patrolmen, a hearing on charges of improper conduct. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the mayor will give E. H. Taylor a hear ing. Patrolman Taylor is charged witn having used improper language in maKing an arrest and aDusing a prisoner. . Patrolman Hatch was arraigned yesterday for leaving his post. The decision of the board was that he be reprimanded by Chief Jenkins and returned to duty. CHILD TALKS NEAR END Last Series of Lectures on Care of Children Starts. With the close of the 1920 food show in the armory approaching, the last series of lectures oncare of chil dren being given by Miss Lassie Lane of Oregon Agricultural college, began yesterday. A different topic will be recited on each of the coming four days. Representatives of exhibitors and' a committee from local grocers met Tuesday night to make plans for the grand celebration that closes each year. This banquet and entertain ment will probably take place -.ext Monday night. Attendance has been heavy during both weeks and has run as high as 6000 in a single day. The importation, manufacture, sale, etc., of narcotic drugs in the Domin iritn republic are restricted bv a n w 4 of December 17, 1919. WELFARE WORK TO END KXlGHTS OP COLUMBUS TO CLOSE BUREAU DECEMBER .1. Employment Office Also Will Have to Bo Discontinued, Accord ing to Announcement. After December 1 the Knights of Columbus employment bureau and welfare headquarters at 243 Couch street will have to close its doors, unless citizens of Portland make it possible for the work to be continued, according to an announcement made last night by Joseph Little, who has charge of the local branch. Telegraph ic instructions came from national headquarters to cease activities here, but the local officials could hardly believe that the order was correct un til Albert G. Bagley of San Francisco, west coast manager, last night con firmed the dispatch. Since the inception of the work locally it has been of great value among the workingmen. who make their headquarters in the north end. Chief of Police Jenkins Is a firm friend of the work, and last week stated that he thought it would be of great benefit to the city in holding down unrest during the coming win ter. Last winter the club was instru mental in giving assistance to hun dreds of men, mostly ex-service boys, who met with hardships, and more than 100 cots were kept in the big hall for their accommodation. As this year is expected to be an equally hard one for jihe unemployed, plans had already been made to do as much as possible to give them merited as sistance. While Manager Little last night stated that they would obey the order from national headquarters and close up shop December 1, he expressed the hope that officials of the city or some civic-spirited body may be in terested enough to investigate the value of the work being done and may possibly stand sponsor for- its continuance. NEW HOSPITAL WANTED Emergency Building for St. Johns - District Is Discussed. Plans for an emergency hospital for the St. Johns district were discussed at a meeting of the St. Johns Com munity club Tuesday night at the Richard Williams school. The chair man of the committee reported that J75.000 would be required to erect the hospital. Plans to incorporate a company with J10.000 capital were made last night for a hospital to handle emer gency cases. A total of J1500 was subscribed. F. C. Knapp was elected an hon orary member of the association. The club, which has been organized about a year, has a membership of more than 400. A report was made that the public health bureau of the district had taken care of 48 families. POLICEMAN DIES IN DUEL (Continued From First Page.) ber the man was dragged to the light, disarmed he carried two of the .45 Colts. He was taken to the emergency hospital: The second soldier, John- Tillman, was taken by Sergeant A. . Maas and Patrolman V. H. Seely at the Union station, whence he had man aged to escape from the yards. Till man was talkative and scared. The interviewers at the station did not believe that he had nerve to be a bad man alone. He was evidently operating under the tutelage of Walters. Holdups Are Confessed. Tillman confessed to the holdups, implicating Walters. According to information available last night, both were absent without leave from Camp Lewis. In Walters' pocket was found a pass good from Novem ber 6 to November 7, signed by Cap tain Charles H. Kark.stad, 47th in fantry, commanding 4th military po lice company, which would indicate that the army authorities were not wise in their selection of military police at . Camp Lewis. Walters' army serial number is 6410376 and. the size of the number would indi cate that he had enlisted following the armistice. When Walters was taken to the emergency hospital his alleged vic tim lay on the surgery table. Wal ters cringed and groaned and could not be made to look at the dead man, He was put to bed in the prison sec tion of the emergency hospital groaning. Palmer Praised by Chief. Patrolman Jerome Palmer was ap pointed to the police force on Febru ary 1, 1912. His services were val ued in the department and the dis traught chief, after viewing the man who had given up his life in the discharge of duty, summed up the opinion of the brother police in the following sentence: "He was one of the most depend able men on the force," He was unmarried, but is survived by his mother, Mrs. Samantha Palmer, 669 Liberty avenue, and a brother, Marion. He had been living at home. A third arrest which it was thought might throw some light on recent holdups, was that of Paul Maleski, 711 Roosevelt street. Patrolmen Sax. Pratt and Smythe accosted the man. who was partly uniformed, at Six teenth and Savier streets. When searched he was found to be armed, with two army automatics, one of which had been recently discharged. He was not associated with the shoot ing of Patrolman Palmer, however, as those two soldiers were caught red handed. - Fearing that the shock might prove fatal. Palmer's mother was told that her son had been shot in the arm. The mother is 70 years old and subject to heart disease. The patrolman's brother with the aid of a physician will inform the aged woman this morning that her son has been killed. Accidental Shot Fatal. CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 17. (Special.) When he tripped over a rifle Sunday the weapon was acci dentally discharged and George Nel son, aged 16. living near Winlock. was fatally wounded. The bullet lodged in his neck. Young Nelson died an hour later. The boy was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelson, pioneer residents of Lewis, county. Paraphrasing -returning at once course of The System suits included Q LIBOR BUCKS RED CROSS 1K. LOVEJOV, ROLLCALL LEADER, TO ADDRESS COCSCIL Assurance GiTen That Organization Will Assist Irish if Need Is Foond to Exis-t. Not only have local labor union men given hearty individual support to the membership drive of Portland chapter of the American Red Cross, but Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy, one of the rollcall leaders, has been invited to address the meeting of the central labor council tonight. At the same time the message re ceived from national headquarters of the Red Cross concerning the Irish situation will be read. Opposition developed among New York City labor unions to the Red Croes cam paign there because of the belief that the Red Cross was not doing its duty toward ireiana. xno icicgiam, 1 i iPnaoaav ATnlalnx that the Red Cross has called for a report on Icjsh conditions and will send work ers and supplies, if need is found to exist and the international situation permlus. u-ift-nrfcr nreslrlent nf the tate federation of labor, .conferred with H. E. Witham, roucau manager, joiet day on this matter and said the tele gram would be given publicity in the labor press of the state. 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