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.
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THOUSANDS ADMIRE APPLE DISPLAY IN WASHINGTON-STREET WINDOW
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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
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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
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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
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Out-of-town people should re
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when he examines your case
and says a thing is so you can
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Our specialists on crown and
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fillings and inlay work, the
treatment of the gums and
teeth are clean, gentle, pains
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HBPWTE3 fp
DR. W. A. WISE, Manager.
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