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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1908)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAIS', PORTLAND, DECEMBER 6, 1903. . g SUM MIT F URN SH SAILORS Mayor Vetoes Ordinance Re voking License ofvBurn-side-Street Firm. CALLED CLASS LEGISLATION Lane Says Any Kmployment Firm Holding Regular License Can Furnish Sailors to Captains Without Any Interference. Anr employment agent In Portland, rioldlng a regular license as such, has the right to furnish all the sailors any captain will take from him. according to Mayor Lane, in a veto message to the City Council, made public yesterday. The Mayor vetoed an ordinance passed by the Council at its last session, re voking the license of Wisschusen & Jones. employment agents at 191 Burnside street. The Mayor declares this Is class legislation and probably of no effect. The contention of Mayor Lane Is the same that Messrs. Wisschusen A Jones urged when the matter was before the Council. Attorney George S. Shep herd was their representative, and de clared to the members of the Council that his clients had a perfect right to furnish sailors, so long aa they did not conduct a board in g-house In connec tion with their establishment. Mayor I.ane also said that not- only has the firm under discussion ample authority to furnish sailors, but every other em ployment agent in the city, holding a regularly-Issued license, has the same right. The matter will come up for action at the next session of the City Council, scheduled for Wednesday morning, and If the veto Is sustained, it will force the State Commission, in all probabil ity .to take action In the courts to up hold the contention that none but those licensed by the Commission may pro vide sailors for ships. The veto message follows: To the Honorable City Council Gentle men: I return herewith ordinance No. This is an ordinance which revokes a II- A cense granted to tieorire li. niTOoiut" sntl Charles Jones to conduct an employ ment aency at No. 191 Burnside street. The reason for the revocation of the license of these persons Is aliened In the ordinance tf be that it was obtained by misrepre sentation. The facts which relate to this affair seem to be that the firm of Wisschusen A Jones, after securing a license to conduct an em plovment agency, began operations by ob taining: employment for Idle sailors in need of work upon such ships lying In the harbor as required their services In securing employment for sailors and rot contlnlnr their attention to providing places for other kinds of labor these per sons have evidently disturbed conditions which have long existed In this city, and .. thereby apparently have made' It unpleasant for such persons as are much interested In the methods to be pursued In that line of work. Whether this Is true or not. the fact would seem to be that anyone having paid for a license or grant to engage In the em ployment business would be In possession of a right to secure employment for any and all persons, sailors not excepted, so long as the work to be engaged la was not an unlawful occupation. I am likewise of the opinion that not enly Mesara Wisschusen Jones, from whom the license is attempted to be taken away by this ordinance, but all other em ployment agents are quite within their rights, and at full liberty to secure employ ment at their occupation for as many sailors as they can And berths tor, and neither the City Council w anyone" else has the authority or the power to den them the privilege of so doing. The ordinance appeals to me as being an act of discriminating class leglslatlen which would only result In benefit to a few at the expense of the entire community if it be came a law and therefore not only against publlo policy but arbitrary and perhaps null and void as well. I return It to you for your further consideration. Respectfully, HARRY LANE, Mayor. you should become so Impatient as to jostle her and even slap her hand when she does put in a belated appearance from her boudoir, rest assured that the law cannot touch, you or that she can not get a divorce Mrs. Cora Jane Sawyer tried to get a divorce on such a basis, but failed when Circuit Judge Cleland decided the case yesterday. The judge held that slapping her hand did not consti tute cruel and inhuman treatment, es pecially when tho husband. Herschell N. Sawyer, was irritated by failure of his wife to be dressed promptly. Both are devoted church people. In fact their romance began at a church social and came to a climax at the church altar a few weeks later. At the time Mrs. gawyer- was the fiancee of one Andrews, who had gone away fol lowing a quarrel, only to be forgotten. But he came back again and took up his abode with Mrs .Sawyers" parents. Kawver, being vary jealous as shown by the evidence, ordered his wife not to dare go near her parents' home. She put this forth, too, as part of the course of cruel and inhuman treatment, but the Judge didn't see anything very bad about Sawyer's conduct In this regard. Mrs. Sawyer also complained of her husband's outrageous jealousy and his constant accusations against her But the judgo decreed that they ought to try to ret along better, as their grievances and differences didn't really seem to amount to much. IRIBUTEPAlFrTFISHER BAR ASSOCIATION ADOPTS ME MORIAL FOR RECORDS. HEYBURN IS NOT UNEASY Bellow e He Will Be- Again Sent to , Senate). , OREGON1AN' NCT'8 BTJREAU. Wash ington. Deo. e. Senator Heyburn tod&y issued a statement answering the story circulated In Idaho Indicating that there is uncertainty as to his re-election. lie ays: "It was generally known in the cam paign that If the Legislature went Re publican there would be no opposition to my re-election. I am not disturbed by the Intimations to the contrary." COURT DENIES DIVORCE Says Slapping Wife's Hand Is Jfot Sufficient. It your wife Is behind time In get ting ready for church next Sunday and Special Meeting Held and Eulogies of Murdered Lawyer Made Text of Memorial Offered. Al a special meeting of the Multno mah Bar Association at the Courthouse yesterday forenoon, tribute was paid to the memory of Ralph B. Fisher, re cent victim of lawyer J. A. Finch. A suitable memorial was submitted by the memorial committee and ordered spread on the court records. Tributes to Mr. Fisher were paid by G. E. Fisher, A. F. Flegel, J. E. Bron augh. George S. -jnepherd and Judge C. 17. Gantenbeln. The speakers had been closely acquainted with him, and not only attested Ms fine qualities as a man. but averred that a brilliant career was ended almost at its beginning. Mr. Shbyherd took occasion to say that every member of the Bar Association finds a public duty In purging the pro fession of Us undesirables, such aa Finch. Mr. Fisher rs prosecutor of the Grievance Committee of the Bar As sociation, forfeited his life In doing his duty, Mr. Shepherd said. The memorial prepared by R. C. Wright, G. Evert Baker, A. F. Flegel. John F. Logan and Frank S. Grant was then read and accepted, and on motion of Newton McCoy it was ordered that a copy be forwarded to Mr. Fisher's family. The memorial follows: In the prime of life in the discharge of duty one has fallen by ruthless hand. A valued member of the bar at the courts of Justice for the great State of Oregon and Us County of Multnomah. It is fitting that the brethren of the bar of this county shall pause In their dally course and take serious note of an event of more than passing importance. In token of sincere appreciation of his worth and char acter they do now, with leave of the court, place upon Its Journal this tablet to his memory: . Ralph B. Fisher. Born August 20. 18S0. Died November 28. 1903. Bears his life abundant witness of motives noblest and highest. As husband and father, loving and kind. Towards others courteous, patient and quick with helping hand. As a lawyer with profound sense of duty before him, he strove to fulfill that duty with his b"c power. His absence from the ranks of his profeslon and the community marks a distinct and recognized loss. If his death shall spur on a better era, better feeling among men shall force aside the deplorable conditions which made poaetble his death then he has not yielded hl life blood In vain. To hie family la their sorrow Is extended the full sympathy of the bench and bar. RIGHTS OF SLUM-WORKERS May Vs Moral Suasion In Saloons Against Drinking. CHICAGO, Dec. t. Slum-workers have free access to .saloons and are privileged to use all the persuasive power at their command, so long as they don't resort to real violence, ac cording to the ruling of Municipal Judge Blake yesterday. Mrs. Elizabeth Duffy, connected with the Moody Bible Institute, was charged with creating a disturbance at the saloon of Thomas Kerwln because she pleaded with cus tomers in the house to throw away the contents of their glasses. She was released by. the oourt- Cnrries Sailors, Officer and .Cash. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 6. The United States Army transport Buford sailed for Manila today with 800 blue Jackets and marines for the Asiatic station, and 20 recent graduates from West Point, who have been commis sioned aa officers In the Philippine scouts. The Buford carries 11,800.000 In new silver pesos and 19000 worth of pen nies from the mint In this city for cir culation in the Philippines. ' Webfoot OH Blacking Keeps feet dry. Makes shoes last. All dealers. BOARD Dr. Panton's Resignation Is No Great Surprise. MAKES SEVERE CHARGES Soys Board Passes Oregon Students Because They Are Oregoulans. Said to Want No Medical School In State at AIL Dr. A. C Panton, who until Tuesday night was president of the Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners, did not cause as much surprise among the medical fraternity by his resignation as by the speech which accompanied it. What Dr. Panton had to say about former members of the Medical Board passing Oregon-educated physicians. Just because they were Oregonians, has practically divided the medical men In the city, if not in the state, and unless peace is declared, 'he war will spread. The fact th,at Dr. Panton resigned of course was a surprise to those out side of a few close medical friends, to whom Dr. Panton bad spoken of his in tentions of leaving the board. It was not altogether a necret that Dr. Pan .ton had his views about the standard of seme of the students turned, out by the Medical Department of the Oregon University, and more especially about the standing of some of the students thai were graduated from the. Medical Department of the Willamette Uni versity of Salem. ' Graduates from both of these Insti tutions naturally resent what Dr. Pan ton has had to say about the lax meth od some of the old Medical Boards used in passing Oregon medical students when they came up for the state examina tion, and these doctors say that Dr. Pan ton has been unnecessarily severe. It is even hinted that Dr. Panton was espe cially critical in his examination of Oregon students because of personal reasons. This statement is emphat ically denied, not only by Dr. Panton himself, but a number of prominent physicians, who declare that the presi dent of the State Medical Board was only actuated by Us high regard for the medical profession. It has been known for some years that all was not harmony among the physi cians that made up the State Board and from time to time Dr. Panton has been severely criticised because of his manner of marking examination papers. Another thing that has brought a storm of protest upon him is his repeated state ment that it was not necessary that Oregon should have a medical school at all It Is said he la of the opinion that because Washington has no medical school, Oregon can get along without one also. Dr. Panton Is said to have no re gard for the school at Salem, and openly declares that the Institution does not stand for anything with the American Medical Society. He did say, it is con ceded, that the Portland school had im proved a great deal during the past year or two. , The bitterest criticism made of Dr. Panton, however, Is of the rigid manner in which he marks the examination papers of the young medicos that come up before the board for the state exam ination. One of his grievances is that there is a low standard of spelling and knowledge of grammar among the appli cants for medical honors. Dr. Panton admitted last night that he had repeat edly made this criticism, but said he had never marked students because of their faulty spelling and grammar. Bearing on the charges that Dr. Pan ton has been unfair to Oregon medical students Is an article by Dr. W. Carlton Smith, a member of the Willamette Uni versity medical faculty. While Dr. Pan ton's -name is not mentioned In the arti cle, it Is said that it was aimed at him. It seems that students are examined In 15 branches, and that each of the five examiners takes three of the branches. Students that successfully passed four of the examiners, flunked before the fifth, and it is charged that this hap pened when they came to the branches that Dr. Panton examined. To test this, according to Dr. Smith, the subjects were changed, with the result that the students who had been marked down by Dr. Panton were successfully marked by another of the examiners. Dr Panton brands this statement as silly, saying that between the different times the board meeta for examinations, stu dents that had failed in certain branches on a former examination, would have plenty of time to study up on the branches that they had failed In on a former examination. Dr. Panton has been a member of the Medical Board for five years. He was appointed to succeed Dr. Saylor and stands high in his profession. He has served on the faculty of the medical de partment of the Oregon University on two different occasions. He held the chair of anatomy and also the chair of ma teria medlca. Governor Chamberlain is out of the state at this time and no successor to Dr. Panton will be appointed until he returns. eeeeesssssseeeeeeeeeeaeeeessssssssseeeeeieesseeeeeee. eeeeeeeeeeeseseeeeeeseees THOUSANDS ADMIRE APPLE DISPLAY IN WASHINGTON-STREET WINDOW J ! - ' ' ' - '5 -et,; . . , p;?w-rw ic--ra v- i - : i ft ric :Lr -H1 : APPLES GROWN ON XTNIRRIGATED LAND AT MOSIER, OR. Hundreds of Portland people yesterday stopped to admire the exhibit of Mosier apples on display In the Washington-street show window of the Goddard-Kelly store at Sixth an d Washington streets. The exhibit consists of nine boxes each of splendid specimens of the Spitzenberg and Yellow Newtown varieties. The ap ples were grown in the orchard of George Chamberlain at Mosier. six miles from Hood River, on nonlrrigat ed land. The exhibit, which waa arranged by A. P. Bateham. president o f the Mosier Commercial Club, will not be removed from the show window until Tuesday morning. Retiring From the Sale of o 1LJLL OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF GAS RANGESWATER HEAT ERS, FIXTURES, GAS BURNERS, GLASSWARE MUST BE SOLD BY JANUARY 1st, 1909 After that date we will confine ourselves exclusively to the manufacturing and sale of Gas Commencing (tomorrow) Monday we will inaugurate a special sale and all goods will be offered AT ONE HALF THEIR VALUE. All prospective builders should take advantage of this sale, AS GOODS MUST AND WILL BE SOLD. No reasonable offer refused PORTLAND GAS COMPANY FIFTH AND YAMHILL STREETS SALESROOM OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLQCK Calls Attention to Apples. Tom Richardson, manager of the Portland Commercial Club, has evolved a plan whereby he oxpects to make the most of the display of Oregon apples in New York City during the month. He has suggested that business men of the city and all others who have, relatives and friends in New York and vicinity, write to them advising them of the Oregon apple exhibit and suggesting that they do not miss the opportunity of seeing them, fn this way it Is ex- pected to arouse widespread Interest In the exhibit Many Portland people have already signified their intention of writing to friends of the showing of fruit, which will bo on view at Macy's department store, on Sixth avenue, New York, about the middle of December. The' fruit will then be forwarded by the Portland Commercial Club to King Ed ward of England, Emperor William of Germany, President Fallieres of France, and Czar Nicholas of Russia. New Tork hiui an area of goo, 21 -n fM PLATES Ft IN PORTLAND AND GROWING ALL THE TIME Dr. W. A. Wise, president and manager the Wise Dental Co., Inc., has been in the practice of dentistry in Portland for the past 21 years. He gives his personal attention to the busi ness of this large concern, thus insuring good, reliable service in all branches of dentistry. Experience counts for a great deal in crowrl, bridge and plate work. It will pay you well to get our free advice and esti mates on your dental work. Out-of-town people should re member our force isso organ ized that we can do their entire crown, bridge and plate workin a day if necessary. Positively painless extraction free when plates or bridges are ordered. 1 H J 1: . f DR. W. A. WISE We remove the most sensitive teeth and roots without the least pain. No students, no uncertainty but specialists who do the most scientific and careful work. We have a spe cialist in extracting and plate work who has been doing this kind of work for 21 years, and when he examines your case and says a thing is so you can depend on it that it will be so. 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