THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. ' APRIL 30, 1911. T7 IDEA WINS VOTES FOR GAY LOUD Commission Plan, Urged by Candidate, Seems Popu lar Everywhere. PUBLIC INTEREST INTENSE Demand That RjxnslbllltT for - Error of Government Be Fixed Is Strong w Charter I Promised to People. rrom a candidate who at the be ginning of the campaign wt regarded a poor third. GT Lombard haa added to hla atrena-th and following until ha I now recognised by many political wlaeacrea aa mora than a polblllty for the Republican nomination for Mayor. While neither Werleln nor Rusbllght will deny that Lombard haa been gaining votes, neither will admit that hla confidence In hla own nomi nation haa been In the leaat shaken aa a re. a It. Rushlight and Werleln each feels confident thai he will iMura the nomination, while Lombard'e friend, declare that If he continue, to gain support lo the next sis days at the aame rate hla candidacy ha been In donwd during the laat 1 days, he will win. The remarkable allowing Lombard la making may be attributed largely to hla advocacy of a commission form of government and to hi. vigorous, out spoken campala-n. which haa found a responsive chord In every audience be haa addressed. Aa a result, be haa ' been making votea every time he haa . appeared before the voting public since his opening address at the Masonic Temple, when he vigorously cham pioned the substitution of the present city charter and administration of city affair, with a commission form of government. At the cloae of hla meetings. Mr. Lombard always Invite, questions from hla audience and It 1. In this connec tion that popular Interest in the com mission plan is exhibited. It glvea the candidate for Mayor an opportunity to explain the commission form of gov ernment. which, he has aald. above ev erything else, fixes responsibility and at the aame time provides a method for a more expedltloua and satisfactory transaction of municipal business be tween the people and their public serv ants. Under the present system. Mr. Lom bard points out. the business of the city Is transacted by the Council and the Health. Water. Park and Executive Boards. The Mayor la A member of each of these organisations, and while he has only one vote, be la held responsible for the proceedings of each board. The com mission plan contemplates that the busi ness of the city shall be transacted by Ave or aeven men. each being placed at the bead of one department of the city government and held strictly account able for the administration of that de partment. In this way. It would be pos sible to oz responsibility, and when the responsibility haa one been placed It ran be corrected or the people have the right under the recall for Immediately taking steps to remove the erring om elet. Present Charter Criticised. Mr. Lombard baa earnestly advocated the commission plan and at the same time haa freely criticised the present charter which la responsible for tha ad ministration of which ha arid other tax payer are complaining. "I was particularly Impressed with the Interview with John T. Bell, of Oakland. CaL. published In The Oregonlan of this morning. In which the reasons for the adoption of tha commission plan by hla home city were discussed." said air. Lombard, yeaterday. "Mr. Bell Is au thority for the statement that the real reasons for the adoption of the commis sion plan were: "High taxation, lack of responsibility of officials In office, a de mand for quicker action In city business and a desire to eradicate Councilman who fatten oa odd Jobs.' "If Mr. Bell had been applying his re marks to tha City of Portland and the reason the people are demanding a com mission form of government here, ha could not hav described better the con dition, calling for that change. The people have tired of the present system of administering city affairs In Port land, and by demanding the commission plan they are aupported by such compe tent Judges of the faults and weaknesses rf the present charter aa Dr. Harry Lane. Mayor Simon. T. B. Wilcox. John F. O'Sbea. of Mayor Simon's Executive Board, and I. Lang, of the present Park Board. New Suit Needed. "The people of Portland desire a hangs, and present conditions In mu nicipal affairs justify their demand for that change. I have repeatedly aald dur ing the campaign, and retterat the pledge that If I am nominated and elected Mayor. I shall, among my first official acts, appoint a commutes of li reprseentstivs cltlxeos to draft a com mission form of government to be sub mitted to the voters of this city at a special election to be beld not later than June. 1513- If It Is adopted. I would have the new order of things go Into effect July L 1S1X Thla would Impoi. on the enduring public only one mors year of government under our present obsolete and old-fashioned charter. It waa drafted and adopted by the people In INS. nine years ago. Portlsnd haa out grown that document and should have a new suit." COOCIIi PLACES IMPORTANT Information a to ! Candidates Given to Aid Voters. Interest In the contest for the Re publican nomination for Mayor haa tended to divert Interest from the largo number of candlrfetee for nomination as Councilman. In many cases the strife for these nominations la a keen as In the scramble for that for Mayor. Nevertheless, the average voter la not acquainted with the large majority of the men who are offering themselves for service In ths Council. In his candidacy for Mayor. Gay Lom bard has repeatedly urged the Import ance on the part of electors of knowing for whom they are voting for Council men, contending that the election of representative men to that body Is equally essential with the selection of a Mayor. For tha Information of ths voters. Tha Oregonlan today present, a few general facta concerning each of ths It candidates for Counellmen-at-Isrge. with five nominations to be made. Tha same general Information will be supplied aa to other municipal candldatea In succeeding Issuea. Appended I. a complete list of the Republican candidates for Counrllmen-at-largs and a few facts concerning each: Short term to succeed Thomas C Pevlla: Joan H- Burgard. 471 A In. worth sts- WERLEIX'S WORK STREXCOCS Candidate, for Mayoralty Nomination Take Brief Rest. . " Tired and exhausted from the sleep robbing campaign he haa been conduct ing for the last - three weeks. J. E. Werleln left hla office In tha City Hall early yesterday afternoon and repaired to hla East Side home. . While Mr. Werleln'a condition was not as serious aa a collapse, he felt the need of an over-Sunday rest, ex pecting Monday morning to be able better to renew Ms campaign for tha Mayoralty. Mr. Werleln haa been es pecially aggressive since the campaign opened. In addition to participating In two joint debates wltn (Jay Lombard, he haa spent the remainder of ths time either conducting meetings or meeting vim me voiers in aurcrent sections ol ths city. It Is ths plan of Mr. Werleln to hold meetings every night thla week until the campaign closes Friday night. RCSHLIGHT PREPARES ANSWER Mayoralty Candidate for Nomination to Reply to Lombard. For tha first time In a week, during which he was confined to his home with ton.llltls. A. a. Rushlight ' yesterday visited his headquarters In ths Worces ter building. Mr. Rushlight also spent considerable time at tha City Hall yes terday compiling Information relating to the official record of hla Republican opponent for the Mayoralty. Gay Lom bard. He refused yesterday to make any statement for publication, explaining that when ha was ready to speak he would Issue a signed statement. It I. understood Mr. Rushlight expects early next week to' Issue an extended state ment. In which he will not only pre sent his own candidacy clearly and forcibly, but it ths asms time make some Interesting charges against Lom bard. RrsiIXIGHTS ANSWER AWAITED e ." T Lombard Delay Appointments in Hope of Joint Debate, t'ntll bs can bear from A. G. Rush light aa to whether or not the East Side plumber will consent to take part In Joint discussions. Gay Lombard will not complete his programme for this week. However. Mr. Lombard will ad dress the voters of South Portland at Jones' Hall. Front and Gtbbs streets, tomorrow night. He will apeak to the voters of Alblna In Mali's Hall, at Wllllama avenue - and Rum.11 street. Tuesday night. It la probable that Mr. Lombard will spesk to the voters of Sunnyslds Wednesday night. Further dates .for the week will not be ar ranged by Air. Lomberd until Rush light answers Lombard's challenge for a Joint debate. Bel ding Opponents Organize. Republicans In tha Sixth Ward who are dissatisfied with Councilman Beld- Ing. candidate for re-election, axe con ducting an active campaign. At a meeting Friday night, the Sixth Ward Campaign Club, which haa a member ship of 11. Indorsed the candidacy of John Montaa-. Democrat, aa Beldtng'a successor. There Is a strong feeling against Beldtng In hla ward, which may find expreeslon In the primaries, when many Republicans promise to write the nsms of Montag on the Republican bal lot, after erasing Beldlng's name. In the primaries Beldlng will have no Re publican opponent, but the ward I. be ing organised by hla opponent., with a view to brssglng about the election of Montag In June In place of the retiring Councilman. Candidates Disappoint Crowd. Neither Gay Lombard nor J. E. Wer leln. two of the Republican candidates for Mayor, appeared oerors me casi Side Business Men's Carnival laat night according to programme. Both candi dates were suffering from bad throats. resulting from their previous activ ities in the campaign. Councilman Rushlight, the third Republican can didate, waa also detained at bis home by reason of aa Illness from which he haa not entirely recovered. In thla reanect the carnival crowd was -dis appointed, but ths other features of ths night s .programme were oarnea out. sue. Insurance dealer. Ha baa not been active in politics but during service as member of Council, haa opposed whole sale increase in salaries of municipal employes. Taxpayer. Dr. J. F. Drake, 404. Second street, dentist. Assessed tost year for t00 personal property. , Short term to succeed Gay Lombard: Ralph C. Clyde. J Fifth atreet ad ?ai4.. Tienerilctlna Press. -- , State Representative from Multnomah 1 In last Legislature. Assessed last year for personal property of 1450. 1L J. Melnnla. . 84 East Ankeny street, general contractor. Taxpayer. Ex-member of City Council and elected by Council to succeed Lombard until election. , Long term (four yeare), three to nominate: George L. Baker, Elton Court, man ager Baker Theater and other amuse ment houses. Taxpayer. Served for eight yeara In Council. Declares for "all tha people all the time." Fred J. Brady. JS East Stark atreet. editor-manager People. Press. Name not on laat year'a taxroll, but haa since acquired Eaat Side publication and become taxpayer. Ex-member Ore gon Legislature, having served as mem ber of the House from thle county. For many years a commercial traveler. Un successful candidate for Council two yeara ago. . George B. Cellars. 124 East Eleventh street North, president Cellars-Mutton Company. Taxpayer and present mem ber of Council. Aa such consistently fought vicious saloons and like resorts. Dr. W. I. Cottel. t4 Second street, manager Cottel Drug Company. Tax payer. Ex-member of Council and served aa Representative from this county In the last Legislature. William H. Daly. 757 Missouri ave nue, printer employed by Portland Linotyping Company. Taxpayer. Presi dent Oregon State Federation of Labor and state organiser for International Typographical Union. Active In labor organisations. Changed mind twice In two days aa to candidacy for Council man and then filed petition aa such. L. ft. Daue. 734 Eaat Eighth street, building contractor. Taxpayer. M. J. Drlscoll. Eaat 'Sixteenth street North, pres dent Drlscoll tt Col lier Company. Taxpayer. Running without any platform. C. R. Fones. East Fourteenth street North, president Fones Cresmery Com pany. Taxpayer. Waa formerly em ployed In City Engineer's offlcs. J. J. Jennings, C4 East Twenty-first street North, president Jennings A Company. Has large property inter ests and la a taxpayer. Defeated for Councilman-at-large two yeara ago by narrow margin. Not active politically. Rev. Charlea T. Mcpherson. 887 Sav ler street, pastor Epworth- Methodist Episcopal Church. Was assessed last year for HIS personal property. . E. U Mills. ll7. East Seventeenth street, real estate dealer. Taxpayer. Prominent In East Side push clubs.' Sam L. Woodward. Patton avenue, near McClellan; real estate dealer. Tax payer. Ex-member City Council. Can didate for Councilman from Tenth Ward two years ago and defeated In primaries. 1 ttrt a las li -ll- mm i 8S& .t o v n w gairrac ITT) Memo it 8a Sacrificed! $100,000 Stock of Yomen s Hfgh-Grade OuterWearirig Apparel to Be We must Dositively be out of the store by July lqt because on that date the wreckers will begin toear down the building, to make room for aewTkVscrapI? As we are fully determined to open incur future location with an absolutely new stock, we have cut prices so low that we txfZrtlemS: end. There are several, things that we want to impress on your tond and theyjire as follows: lst Everv article in stock is' this season's A product of 1911. ' ' ... v , - ' . r . , . ' . . . ItowVeTralwzjs been from one-fourth, to one-third less than those asked by. credit stores, because we bought and sold 'T goods we handled were always of the highest and-most dependable 'quality-and our aim ever being to insist on getting merchan dise that would prove satisfactory to you in every way. V " ' - v' - " ' 4th Everv article is marked in plain figures, so that you can be your own salesperson. v - . 5th'. wVSgthat you bring this advertisement , with you for comparison-you'll find that every promise made therein will be fully th! Weio want STmpresTupon yur mind the fact that; this is a bona fide sale in'every; way because we must be out of the. store by iiuy lit. -. . . -,t , Tailor-Made Suits Every orfe of the line a product of 1911 new, smart models all! And now. you can .buy them at these sensational price reductions : $20.00 Tailor-irade Snitsi.. $11.95 $25-$28 Tailor-Made Suits. $30-$35 Tailor-Made Suits. $37.50 Tailor-Made Suits. $40-$45 Tailor-Made Suits. $50.00 Tailor-Made Suits , 51495 , 18.75 ,$2475 J&250 .$29.85 Women's Silk Dresses A splendid collection of them plain and fancy ef- fects; high and low-neck styles; all cut in price and deeolv cut: i" ' ' ' ' ' $20-$25 Siik Dresses at . . . . ......... .': . . .$11.95 $.30-$35 Silk Dresses at. .$35-$40 Silk Dresses at. $14.95 $18.75: $45-$50 Silk Dresses at. ...... $24.75 Half Price All-Wool White Serge and Fancy Mix ture Spring Jackets, plain tailored modeLs V Price . " , ' ' t House Wash Dresses "We've always carried a big line of these and always gave-big values but . now we're going to quote prices that are wonderfully low: ' $1.75 Washable House Dresses ........ .$1.12 $2.25 Washable House Dresses .$1.49 $3.00 Washable House Dresses. .$1.95 $4.50 Washable House Dresses $2.95 Lingerie Dresses at Half . ' .We have, all told, 150 Lingerie Dresses that sold at $3.50 to $25. You can buy them now at $1.75 to 912.50. - All of them are new and up to date'in style. Women's Goats All of these Coats are new a great many of them in the store only a few days. '.'But they all must go no matter what price they will bring. Women's $20.00 Coats at. .$11.95 Women's $25.00 Coats at. : .$14.95 Women's $30.00 Coats at. ........ '. ...$18.75 Voile and Marquisette Dresses New 1911 models every one of them but they are marked at a price that you'd expect to pay for out-of-date garments; ,- . . -. $17.50 Voile and Marquisette Dresses. . . 1 .$11.95 $20.00 Voile and Marquisette Dresses. ... .$14.95 $25.00 Voile and Marquisette Dresses. .. . .$16.95 $30.00 Voile and Marquisette Dresses. . . . .$18.75 Two Walking Skirt Specials $4.95 250 Walking Skirts of all wool cloths; were $5 to .$6.50............. All-wool, navy ..and black serge and fancy mixtures ; panel and habit back models. Were $6.50 to $8.50.. Big reductions on 'balance entire stock of Walking Skirts in fine voiles, panamas and fancy mixtures. Buy them now. ' . $1.50 Cotton Moire Petticoats 89c 1500 Black Cotton Moire Petticoats garments of exceptional quality go on sale at 89. They sold heretofore at $1.50 and were good value at that price. RAINCOAT BARGAINS Provide yourself with a Raglan Slip-On or Priestley Serge Cravenette now at these wonderful reductions : $15 to $16.50 Slip-Ons go at..... $9.95 $12.45 $20.00 Slip-Ons go at. $22.50 Slip-Ons go at. $25.00 Slip-Ons go at. . $14J)5 ...$16.65 All-Wool Navy and Black Serge Priestley Craven- ettes. with Presto collars, regular C"! A QC tif X-Xa--f $22.50 to $25.00 values. Portland's Greatest Waist Values The Grand Leader has always been the premier waist shop of this city and is fully determined that this great sale shall ; . confer further prestige. $1.75 to $2.75 Mar- d1 10 quisette Waists for j 11 About 1500 in this lot all new, fresh and crisp, high and low- neck New colored Bulgarian effects, at $1.12 $1.00 and $1.25 AQ Lawn Waist at V About 2500 Lawn Waists plain and fancv effects $1 and $1.25 values at 49 $5.00 Silk dJO QC Waists are About 500 in this lot.; Fancy inessa line plain taffetas some have sailor, collar effects, etc. ; $ values $2.95 " $1.75 to $2 Tailored JQ and Lingerie Waists About 1500 plain tailored and lingerie Waists. Best $1.75 to $2 values at only 79. i $1.50 Middy AC Waists are About 1000 "Middy" Waists. Very pretty and dainty. They are $1.50 values at 95 S $1.50 to $2 Col- iM AC ored Waists for pl.lJ About 2500 colored Waists Narrow stripes and pin checks $1.50 and $2 values at $1.05. i ALTERATION HANDS WASTED. No Exchanges ' No Refunds No Approvals STORE OPENS SiSa A. M, 6th and Alder 5th and Alder 8 fn: a av 2500 pieces Persian Neckwear, 25c and 3oo values - .9? 2500 Pieces Persian Neckwear, 50c and 75 values -23? 250 Fine Australian All-Wool Sweaters, $5.00 and $6.00 values .v $2.95 STATE CONTROL URGED SPEAKER WANTS SCHOOL WORK MORE CENTRALIZED. . Tj. Pratt Advocatea Elimination of District Plan In Addrws at Trontdale. Complete revolution of tha educa tlooal aratem of thla country. Includ ing Mhe elimination of tha district school plan and aubatltntlon of etate wlda control, waa advocated in tha address delivered, by M. L. Pratt Fri day night before a platform meeting held in Troutdale. under tha direction of County School Superintendent Rob inson. Mr. Pratt waa connected with tha Portland achools for 20 yeara and had B-lven tha present system careful atudy and had come to the conclusion that under the present plan the . country schools suffer at the ezpenae of and benefit of the city schools, and that the only real progress la In the direc tion of centralisation, when the state shall erect the public achool buildings, hire all the teachers and. conduct the schools, eliminating the district plan altogether. '. "If the plan I propose were the most expensive." said Mr. Pratt, "there might be some objections to It, but the way I have figured. It wilt really cost the tazpayera leaa money, only we ahsajld have a higher grade of teach ers and a civil service system would be part of the new plan. We have out grown the district plan.' and there must be centralization. In some states there la the township and In others the county plan, where the' township or county erects the schoolhouses and hires the teachers. Under the plan In Oregon the city schools thrive, while the country achools languish. Ia not every child In thla state the ward of the atate whether he lives In the coun try or the city, entitled to equal edu cational facilities? But the country boy or girl doea not have the same ad vantages with the city boy or girl. Is It not a fact that a large number of people move Into Portland because of the high grade of the schools? "Thla la all wrong, for the country lad is entitled to-the same advantages that are enjoyed by the city, and It is the business of the city to bring those advantagea home to him and he should not be required to come to the city to get them. Eliminate the district en tirely and let the atate take charge, erect the schoolhouses and hire all the teachers. The. country child would then get as good advantagea ' as the child who lives In the city. "The extension plan of the' Oregon Agricultural College brings some of the advantages home to the country boy," but not much. The State Unlver aity and the Oregon Agricultural Col lege ought to he consolidated Into one Institution, and Instead of 1500 or 1000 students from different portions of the state getting all the advantagea of the two now segregated Institutions aa at present, their benefits should be 'dis seminated all over the ' atate. The number of atudenta who attend these Institutions is a mere fraction of the great body of students scattered over the state, who are entitled to the aame educational advantagea. "The other great body " of students cannot attend the state institutions for they have not the means to do so, and hence the state should take these ad vantage to the home of the country boy. I do not know what the achool population of the state is. but It runs up Into the thousands, while the num ber of students who can afford to at tend the atate educational Institutions Is very small Indeed." ''"' VERDICT IS QUESTIONED DR. ROSS ALLEGES RESUXT IK REGCIjARIT SECURED. Spokane) Woman Killed. SPOKAXE. Wash.,' April 29. Thrown from her buggy when the horse, frightened by a road roller, ran away. Mrs- H. F. Kendall waa killed this af ternoon. Two of her daughtera were also thrown out and one slightly In Man Who Ran Down John P. Han- rlon Files Motion for Granting . of Xew Trial. Irregularity . In the method employed by the Jury in arriving at a verdict in his case Is alleged by r. J. C. Ross in his motion, filed yesterday, for a new trial. Ross wa convicted in connection with the death of John P. Banrlon, run down by tha former' automobile last year at Sixth and Washington streets, and the Jury returned a .verdict requesting him to pay H064. .Affidavits of three of the Jurymen wrto found the verdict against Ross were filed yesterday morning' to I prove . that the Jury did not use the proper method to arrive at a verdict in the case.". The affi davits were by Roy C. Camp. A. Lacey and H. F. Pagham. . In the affidavits It ia set forth that when the Jury retired It was agreed tnat each should write on a slip of paper the 'amount Ross should be required to pay for the killing of Hanrlom The 12 Jurymen accordingly carried out this plan, two of whom. It is asserted, returned their slips of paper with no figures on them, to indicate that they believed the defendant should not be required to. pay anything. - These results were, averaged and found to be 4. The agreement did, not bind the Jurors to acoapt this sum. but on a second ballot it was agreed upon as the reouired amount. The verdict was signed by only nine Jurymen: at least two re-. fusing to name any amount ror oara aes. The two who are named 'In the affidavits as not signing the verdict are M. E. Gibson and 8. F. Scott. Tuesday haa been set as a - date by. Judge ' Morrow for hearing the motion for Ross'- new trial. wnne legai au thorities differ regarding the rights of a Jury to come to a verdict in their own way. it Is generally understood that an rTnrt of a iurvman to Impeach his own verdict Is not looked upon with favor by the courts. nr. Rn was the first man to be as sessed damages in Multnomah County for causing-a death in an automobile acci dent. His case aroused general Interest. The suit against Ross was niea oy rina M. Hanrlon. administratrix of the estate of John P. Hanrlon. - - .v . ATTORNEYS' SERVICES FREE County Court Thanks Lawyers for - Defense In Drawbridge Case. ' t t pift.tnn Crtiintv Judare. and W. Ij. Lightner and D. V. Hart, County Commissioners, issued tne rouowing statement yesterday, thanking their at torneys who represented them ia the drawbridge controversy: We wish to express our sincere, thank, not only in our own behalf, but In behalC of the public, for the- very efficient and val uable services rendered by Senator Fulton. A. E. Clark and C. M. Idleman, who actel as our attorneys In the case of United States vs. the County Court, In the draw bridge controversy. These gentlemen vol unteered their services and absolutelv re fused any compensation, declaring- that they considred it a duty they owed to the pub lic to do everything- in their power to uphoKl what they believed to be the rights of tha people. Pacific Clouds Hide Eclipse. VAVAO, Pacific Ocean, via Suva, Fiji- ' Islands. April 29. Astronomer Baracchi, head of the Australian astronomical, expedition, says his ' ob servations of the eclipse of the sun today were only partially successful, being interfered with by clouds. SHI .... Or. ftercs ITiiiisir : Honored r by Women When a woman speaks of her silent seo ret suffering she tnuta you. MiOioas nave be stowed this mark . of coofi deooc oa Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. Every where there are women who bear witness to the wonder working, ouring-power of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription which saves the tnfftrint It fnm pain, and suooeesfnlly grapples with woman's weak nesses and ituitm m Ult. IT MAKES WEAK WOHEN STRONO IT HAKES SICK WOMEN WELL. No woman's appeal was ever misdirected or aer eoa fcdence misplaced when she wrote for advice, to the World's DisrsiesAaT - Mbdicm. Assocutiom, Dr. R. V Pierce, Presides, Beflelo, N. Y.