Morning Oregonian., December 16, 1921, Page 6, Image 6

THE -MOItXIXO OREGOXIAX. .FRIDAY. DECI-3inEU 1C. 1921
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HUM BILLS
10 BE SUBlVIITTED
Governor's Committee Makes
Its Report.
POLICE POWERS AFFECTED
One rrojioscd Mennuro Would
Place Enforcement of Law in
Bands of Road Commission.
KALE II. Or., Hoe. 15. (Special.)
Three highway hills will be submitted
to the consideration of the legissla
ture, which convenes in special ses
ion here next Monday, according to
report filed with Governor Olcott
today by the co-called legislative
committee appointed by the executive
to devise legislation having for its
purpose the conservation of the
Mate's hiRhways.
The tentative measures follow:
1. A bill for an act granting police
powers to the highway commission
for the purpose of enforcing motor
vehicle and highway statutes and
which will amend the highway com
mission code.
2. A bill for an act placing certain
commercial vehicles 'under the juris
diction of the public service commis
sion, defining and classifying, pro-
vldlng for review of rates, fpr bondA.
regulation of franchise and otner
matters pertaining thereto.
3. A bill for an act to amend tho
motor vehicle law of l'J'Jl revising
speed and weight schedules, placing
additional nominal fees on certain
commercial vehicles, extending the
jurisdiction of the highway commis
sion over roads, providing for per
mits; limiting loads and activities;
correcting certain defects found in
the 1921 code, and making more def
inite other implied regulations.
l'ontr Slnjr lie Trnnferred.
In case the legislation recommended
by the committee !s approved by the
legislature the work of policing the
highways will he transferred from
the stato department to the state
highway commission. There are at
present ten men employed in the Jaw
enforcement department, including
T. A. Kaffetv, who has the title of
chief inspector and is in charge of
the operations of the division.
The bill to ho offered with relation
to placing certain commercial ve
hicles under the jurisdiction of the
public service commission is some
what similar to tho law enacted at
the last session of the legislature, but
subsequently vetoed by Governor Ol
cott. The latter bill was Introduced
by Senator Moser of Multnomah
county, but upon being examined by
Governor Olcott it was found that
no provision had been made to assess
tho operators for a share of tho cost
in maintaining the highways. Other
defects were found in the bill, and
were set out in the governor's veto
message.
The report, as submitted to Gover
nor Olcott by tho legislative com
mittee, reads:
The committee appointed by you to
study thu hiKftMAy Miualluii witli the spe
cial object of devising, if possible, some
plan whereby excessive wear and tear
caused by rertain claposs of motor vtuil
clea cnuiil bo either eliminated, controlled
r compensated for. b"its leave to advise
you that It has carefully and conscien
tiously studied the subject and has reached
unanimous conclusions which, on behalf
of the committee, I am pleased to review
briefly:
lljciires Are i;cfttcI.
"Opinion expressed at the committee's
first meeting indicated the fueling that
wear and tear could be let-.tened by more
Adequate rrtculatlons than had heretofore
boen In force and by aVnore effective en
forcement of the existing statutes and that
a careful examination of our system of
road financing and maintenance would
probably gnable the committee to arrive
at a reasonably fair and consistent scale
of compensation for the UFe made of the
hiirhways by certain commercial vehicles
and that, probably, by extending the Juris,
diction of the public service commission so
as to provide for rate resulations and Is
suing franchises with due regard to publla
service and convenience the other phase
would be covered.
"After digesting a large mass of figures
and opinions submitted, and listening to
testimony of Interested parties at an all
flay hearing held in Portland on Mondoy,
December 6. the committee reached the
conclusion that the problem could not be
solved along the lines originally outlined,
but that the fundamentals of successful
protection of the highways lay primarily
in a better regulation of weight to speed
schedules for all commercial vehicles, to
gether with a more rigid enforcement of
lh statutes, amplification of existing laws,
nominal increases of license fees for cer
tain commercial vehicles," regulation and
operation of said vehicles under the Juris
diction cf the public service commission
with a view to protecting the public as to
damage to life and property, securing of
operating data and reports from franchise
holders and establishment of minimum re
quirements for granting of franchises on
given routes. In this lust connection the
committee was df the unanimous opinion
that exclusive or quasi-exclusive franchises
Granted and protected on the grounds of
either public necessity or convenience
would be inadvisable and contrary to pub
lic interest, but that a minimum require
ment sufficiently high to protect legitimate
operators from Irresponsible and unreason
able competition should be specified for
each rout and that all applicants com
plying w-tth such requirements be entitled
to like permits.
Views Given In Three Bills.
"Finding It impossible satisfactorily to
cover all details in general recommenda
tion, the commute lias taken the liberty
of more concretely embodying its views I
in three tentative bills which It will place
in your hands shortly, and if It be your
Intention to transmit these hills to the
legislative assembly for their Information,
and that they may more readily determine
how the committee's Ideas will co-ordinate
"Ith existing atatutes; and the committee
ill, if jou desire, appear before the leg-1
Islature to answer any questions and to
further explain their findings.
"We offer this resume of our work as
a preliminary report to be supplemented
and completed with the submission of the
measures referred to."
Tho report ws signed by John B.
Tfeon, chairman of the committee.
Other members of the committee are
Krank Warren. Portland; Kdward Cu
slck, Albany; Sam A. Koxer. secretary
of state, and Fred A. Williams, chair
man of the Oregon public service
commission.
searching investigation of I. W. W
activities and report to him as speed
ily as possible.
Information reaching the hands of
Chief Jenkins is to the effect thai
the I. W. W. are now holding secret
meetings several times a . week in
widely separated parts of the city.
The chief has learned the location o
these meeting places and police of
ficers during the past few days have
attended several of the meetings in
plain clothes. Their reports on these
gatherings have not yet been dis
closed. '
Chief Jenkins said yesterday that
in case the I. W. W. invasion reaches
serious proportions the state crim
inal syndicalism act will be brought
intc use once more, while other meas
ures, equally as effective and almost
as drastic, will be used to dispose :t
the less serious cases.
Every transient who arrives in
Portland by freight trains or under
the rods is picked up the moment of
his arrival and taken to police head
quarters, where be la closely ques
tioned. Not only are these fellows
compelled to give a complete record
of themselves and their uast where
abouts, but their fingerprints also are
taken for future reference.
A special "vag court" is now being
handled by the detective "bureau.
where these transients are taken for
Investigation. Although this new bu
reau has been in operation but a few
weeks it has already resulted in the
capture of several ex-convlcts and I
criminals wanted in other cities and
states.
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3 CITY EMPLOYES
WILL GO Jniif 1
Drastic Cuts in Several De
partments Certain.
POLICE FORCE LOSES 40
In Public Works Division 30 Men
Scheduled to Lose Positions.
Many Veterans Affected.
" SPENCER IS DUD
GOOD SAMAIUTAN HOSPITAL
LOSES I'KIEXI).
Xcpro Born in Sluvery Who Had
Served Ijocal Institution Half
n Lifetime Succumbs.
"Doc" Andrew Spencer, in his 86th
year, passed from the service of Good
Samaritan hospital yesterday morn
ing, by luave of death. Friends say
that a very kindly, fine old heart was
'. TT :
"One Andrew Spencer, factotum
for ninny years nt 2ood 3a
marltan hoapltu! Mho., died
jesterujiy.
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and was, by all accounts, somew'hat
cr a Samaritan himself.
'Andrew died poor," said Miss Lov-
eiirlge, superintendent, "because he
pave away all that he Diade, through
many years. An estate? You'd scarce
ly call it that. Just enougrh to defray
his funeral expense,"!, in liberty bonds
that he bought when w- all were buy
ing them. We're going to miss An
drew out here. He had been with the
hospital for 38 years, with- never a
cross word, never a sulky mood."
Doc' Spencer, as they called him
at liood Samaritan, to his secret de
light, was born a slave sonrewhere in
Tennessee. His earliest memory was
tnat or tne auction block when, as a
boy of 6 years, he was "sold to a man
in another state," never to see bis
mammy again. '
A great initny years ago Andrew
,
spencer camf to uregon. jne was a
pioneer, in fact, but a rather unusual
or.e for the west literally meant to
him freedom from the constant dread
of capture and return to the cotton
fields.
He was blind 38 years ago. Cata
racts covered both eyes. A white
friend told him surgeons could re
store his sight. He entered the hos
pital, won back his vision through
a deft operation by Dr. Holt C. Wil
son, and remained to become indis-
pensaoie ana locally renowned as
.Doc."
The ax of the tax supervision and
conservation commission is to fall
upon approximately 80 city employes,
rr.ost of whom are ex-service men.
January 1. The dropping of this num
ber of men from the city's payroll Is
in line with the cuts in the budget
trade by the tax commission. -
From the police department 40 men
are slated to go. Most of these men
Joined tho force within the past two
years and have war records. In the
department of public works 30 men
are scheduled to lose their positions,
and these also for the greater part
are former service men.
Civil service rules must be followed
in the elimination of the, required
number of men from the payroll. Un
der the rules the last men employed
are the first to go. The police de
partment, according to Mayor Baker,
will be greatly aifected, due to tne
fact that young blood, recruited Into
the service within the past two years.
for the most part will be eliminated,
Many Inspectors to Go.
In the department of pubTic works.
A. J. Johnson, assistant to Commis
sioner Barbur, yesterday declared that
the 30 men to be eliminated would in
clude 15 street and sewer Inspectors,
11 chalnmen. draughtsmen and instru
ment men, one- deputy building in
spector, one deputy electrical inspec
tor, one deputy plumbing inspector
and a deputy sewer inspector. Also
six firemen and two street cleaners
w ill lose their jobs.
The department of public works has
not only suffered a decrease in the
personnel of its ' department but its
street and sewer building programme
of H. 000, 000. which was to carried
out next spring and summer, has been
reduced to 11.500. POO.
The department of public health,
under Commissioner Mann, will not
be greatly affected by the recom
mendations of the tax commission.
One deputy sanitary inspector will be
reduced to half-lime and the salary
oi one of the nurses wlU be cut from
$125 to $110 a month.
Legion May Take Action.
Despite the fact that his budget was
cut $30,000. Commissioner Tier does
rot contemplate any reduction in his
staff in the finance department.
Due to the fact that the men to be
dropped fro..i the cit payroll on ac-'
ccunt of the tax commission's acts
are mostly service men, the American
Legion prit-ably will take some ac
tion. Commander Boyd of Portland
post was notified of the matter yes
terday afternoon and said that he
would get busy In behalf of the veterans.
W. E.-X0MAN IN NEW JOB
Western Traffic Manager Intro
duced to Business Men.
A man who is acquainted with hun
dreds of Portland people was being
introduced to the business men of
the city yesterday, but was being In
troduced in his new capacity as west
ern traffic manager of the Northern
Pacific with headquarters In Seattle.
stilled when the ancient colored fac- "e s " -oma. ior many year a
totum thus resigned his office. He resident of Itrtiand.
had spent the half of an average life- The ma" making the introductions
time in the Bervice of the hospital 'was J. O. Woodworth, vice-president
L W. W. TO MEET TROUBLE
POLICE PREPAKE FOR INVA
SION OF CITY THIS WINTER.
Transients Are Questioned as Soon
as Tliey Arrive antl Must Give
Good Account of Selves.
Another attempt Is to be made by
the I. W. W. this winter to establish
northwest headquarters in Portland
and to push its campaign of propa
ganda from this city, according to
Information In the hands of Police
Chief Jenkins.
As a result of this "Wobbly" inva
sion, which ! now In progress, the
chief this week singled out a spe
cial detail of ten plain-clotheg po
licemen to make an immediate and
ALLEN BYWOM IS NAMED
Salem Attorney to Become Assist
ant to V. S. Attorney.
Captain Allen Byhon of Salem, a
partner in the law firm of Smith &
Shields, will become assistant United
States attorney for the district of
Oregon on January 1, succeeding Hall
S. Lusk, who has resigned to enter
private practice with Arthur C. lim
mons. Confirmation of Bynon's ap
pointment was received from Wash
ington yesterday by United States At
torney Lester W. Humphreys.
Mr. Bynon is a graduate of the Wll
Idmette university law school and an
overseas veteran. He was pecently
appointed bonus attorney for Marion
county and is a republican. He will
take the place now held by Thomas
Maguire and tha- other assistant at
torneys will each be promoted one
step. John Veatch will be named
chief assistant.
Phone us for prices on your winter
ccaL Diamond Coal Co., Bdwy. 1037
Adv
of the Northern Pacific in charge fl
traffic, who Is on one of his quarter
ly visits to this city.
Mr. Coman is -known here for his
activity in several positions. He for
merly was in the traffic department
of the O.-W. II. & X. lines in Portland.
Later he was connected with the traf
fic department of the Spokane, Port
land t Seattle railway. Krom there
he went as vice-president and general
manager of the Northwestern Electric
company. From that place he went
to Spokane as vice-president of the
Washington Water Power company.
Mr. Woodworth is accompanied by
E. S. W oodworth, his brother, who in
a grain dealer with headquarters In
Minneapolis.
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Those who are wise in the ways of giving will choose useful gifts
this Christmas knowing that such gifts will be welcomed and used
and the girer gratefully remembered lorfg after Christmas is past.
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the Most Delightful of All Gifts
For the small remembrance for the personal, intimate
gift silken underthings hold first place in every woman's
heart. . " "
Radium Silk Things
.Lovely -in texture unrivalled for service.
Bloomers . . . . S5.95 to S7.50 Gowns . . . . S10.95 to S16.95
Step-Ins S4.95 to S9.50 Pajama Sets . . . . ; S22.50
Chemise S4.95 to S9.50 Camisoles .... 82.45 to 3.95
gs
Crepe de Chine Silks
Radium Silk
Gift Chemise
$5.50
Beautiful quality, heavy' silk
tailored style also heavy crepe
de chines vrith. dainty lace embellishments.
Bloomers
Step-ins .
Chemise .
S3.75toS5.95
S2.75toS16.95
S2.75toS16.95
Gowns 5G.50toS12.95
Pajama Sets S19.50
Camisoles , ..-S1.25 to S3.95
"Vanity Fair" Silks Reduced
$3.93 Vests now S3.95
$3.00 Blouses"nov S3. 35
$3.50 Vests now. .
$6.95 Unions now
SO OPT
84.65
Special! l-Star Kayser Italian Vests, S3.69
Lustrous lovely Kaysef, Italian Silk Vests in fancy weaves
special at ... S3. 69
BLOOMERS TO MATCH SPECIAL S4.45
First oil Every Holiday Shopper's List Is
ojiftmosiQrf
A whole box has no peer as a gift and even a
single pair is an attractive remembrance.
"HOLEPROOF" Hose for Men, Women and Children.
"Buy it by the Box"
for uTomen
No. 590 Pure silk hose, 20-inch leg ,...81.35
Box of three pairs S3. 75
No. 500 Pure thread silk, extra stretch SI. 75
Box of three pairs 85.00
No. 2200 Full fashioned, pure silk 82.25
Box of three pairs S6.50
War tax 3c per pair extra.
No. 3190 Pure thread silk, full fashioned.
Box of three pairs 810.00
War tax 15c per pair extra.
S3. 50
'HOLEPPvOOF" for Men 406 to SI. 25
'HOLEPROOF" for Children 4.06 to 756
The Discriminating Giver Chooses
"KAYSER" Silk Hose
Two specially attractive
gift numbers.
"SPIDERWEB" An all-over silk lace with
glove silk tops and feet brown Sf .75
and black ,
"FANCY STRIPE" Italian silk wide and
narrow stripe effects black and SO. 95
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A Practical Gift That May Be Used Every Day in the Year
Silk Umbrellas
Three Attractive Gift Groups
Plus Tax
Since Time was, women have welcomed' the gift of an umbrella
and these smart umbrellas will be joyously received! With their
fancy white bakalite and amber tip3 and ferrules their novelty
handles some, of them are jaunty leather-strap effects their
splendid heavy silks they are a happy gift choice. All wanted
shades
((o)f iJ
A complete line of -smartest
silk umbrellas
priced from
S4.45 to S29.50
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All Fur Pieces Are Now
HALF PRICE
Without Reservation or Exception!
$ S9.50 Fur Chokers. . . . .g 19.75
v $295.00 Squirrel Stoles. . .8147.50
'? 47.50 Scarfs.... S 23.75
$295.00 Capes S147.50
A reasonable deposit will hold your
selection until the holidays. .'
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Next to a doll,
perhaps, there
is no gift more
treasured by a
little girl than
a set of warm,
Bnuggly furs.
Imitation Ermine, An
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$2.95 to $16.50
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Garment
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make practical giving
inexpensive !
COATS
at special prices I
Warm, soft coats, handsomely
fur trimmed in four groups
S27.50, S37.50
S47.50, S57.50
Other coats now priced
S16.50 to $94.75
All Winter Suits
HALF PRICE!
Values extraordinary! Ultra
smart suits many of them may
be worn later into the spring!
S12.50, S43.75
Frocks Reduced!
Silk and Wool Frocks for
i every occasion !
Two special groups
S25, S33.35
A sale of
Gift Petticoats
at
$4.95
All Jersey, Jersey top or Taf
feta silks wide range of
shades solid or combination of
colors also new tailored styles
with fringed edge.
A New Hat for
the Holidays
To smarten your winter cos
tume many of these new
Slipper Satin Hats
S5, S7.50
Jaunty new slipper satin Hats
that are indescribably smart
black brown navy
Beaver Faced Sailors
S3.98
Always smart these beaver
faced sailors in ten clever
styles are indeed excellent
values at $3.98.
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