The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, August 13, 1911, SECTION TWO, Image 28

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. FORT LAND. AUGUST 13, 1911. 16 i - i MAYOR FORGED TO CLEAN BAD' LANDS Public Opinion Compels Him to Order Police to Rout Para sites From City. REGIME'S EXCUSE WEAK CItII Set-rice) Kales Are Found to CIt EiecatlTe Ample Authority to Plsrharge Weak or Corrupt Employes at Once. Forced by public opinion to taka action toward regulating tha aoclal r!l In Portland. Acting Chief of Pollco Slover. under Instructions from Mayor Rushlight, yesterday Issued orders to the captains and sergeants of police directing them to Instruct tha patrol men under their command to place under arrest and bring Into tha Muni cipal Court every macquereau against whom evidence can ba obtained. This order waa Issued at noon yesterday. Whether It will ba enforced Is another matter. . - Upon Issuing the order. Acting Cnler Slover said that failure on the part of tha members of tha Police Depart ment to arrest and drive these para sites out of the city would ba accepted aa proof of etthar dishonesty or Inef ficiency, or both, on the part of police men and would ba accented aa sufficient cause for their Immediate dismissal from the service. An hour after the order was Issued to the first night relief yesterday after noon. "Bob" Patterson, well known to the police and denisens of tha under world aa a "runner" for the Richelieu. Louis Gautier's disorderly house, at US Slsth street North, waa arrested by Patrolman Swencsa. Ha waa charged with Ttirtncr. aa having; no visible means of support, and held for Judge Tazwell In Municipal Court Monday. Robert 8mlth waa arrested at Third and Burnsida streets early last night charted with vagrancy. Police reports say that he has been loitering around North End saloons for some time. jean Pauchet. proprietor of s shoot-Ina- gallery at Fourth and Couch streets, was arrested on a charge of vagrancy last night by Fatrolman Kwenesa. who also waa the arresting officer of Tatterson and Smith. Civil Service Blameless. Reference to the provisions of the City charter relating to civil service slow conclusively that dishonest and Inefficient employes, regulated by civil service, ran readily ba discharged from the service. This disproves tha asser tion f Mayor Rushlight and Acting Chief Flover that the civil service Is to blame for tha admitted Inefficiency ef the Police Department. It la very plain from a reading of the charter provisions that Mayor Rushlight and Acting Chief plover no longer can ex ruse their attitude by seeking to hide behind the civil service. If the Mayor and the Acting Chief of Police are In earnest In their de clared purpose to Improve tha effl fleney of the police department, am ple authority fa fuod In tha city char ter and the rules and regulations framed by the Civil Service Commis sion to carry out their Intentions. It may be that they are not familiar with this feature of the charter and tha rules prepared under It. Again. It Is possible that they think It best to keep all this In the background while they continue to "stir up" the police de partment and pretend to correct both actual and hypothetical shortcomings ef some pf Its members and the weak nesses of the system aa a whole. At the same time the members of tha Civil Service Commission have made the unqualified announcement that they will stand behind the Mayor In any reasonable effort to rid the de partment of dishonest and Inefficient employes. The commissioners have said that whenever any member of the department Is dismissed for "lneffl clencv" or "for the good of the service" bv the Mayor and the Acting Chief. It will . be necessary for the discharged employe to furnish most convincing proof that he was removed from the service for some other reason before his reinstatement wtll be ordered by the Commission. This gives the Mayor an' elastic application of the discharge provisions of the civil service system and removes any pretended excuse on Ms part of Inability to get tld of un satisfactory and unserviceable men. Way rYee for Mayor. Section 311 of the city charter, re ferring to appointments under civil service, provides that "the appointing authority shall appoint to each va cant position, on probation for a period to be fixed by the rules, one of the candidates so certified." One of the -rules" adopted by tha Civil Service Commission, and now In force. Is: -Each appointment shall be made on probation for a period of six montha from the date of appointment." With in thia tlmo any appointee may be re moved at will bv the appointing power, who la not required to assign any rea son for his action. The purpose of this rule Is to enable supervisors to observe the work of an appointee for six montha. to determine hla fltneaa for the place, and arbitrarily remove such person If not sattsfled with tha serv ice rendered. Tha appointee so dis missed must step down and out. and r.as no redress whatever against any one; and this Is well understood. Section 17 of the charter provldea thai -No etnp'eve In tha classified civil service who shall bave been perma neotly appointed under the provisions of this article, shall be removed or die charged, except for causa, a written statement of which. In general terms, shall ba served upon Mm and a dupli cate filed with the Commission. Any employe so removed may. within ten daya of hla removal, file with the Com mission a written demand for Investi gation. If such demand shall allege, or If It shall otherwise appear to tha Commission. that the discharge or re moval waa for political or religious reasons, or waa not In good faith for the purpose of Improving the public service, the matter ahall forthwith be Investigated by or before the Commla alon. or by or before some officer or board appointed by the Commission for that porpose. The Investigation shall be confined to the determination of the auestlon of whether such removal or discharge was or was no for political or reliaioua reasons, or wa or waa not made In good faith for the purpose ef Improving the public service. The burden of proof shall be upoa the dis charged employe. On amch grounds the Commission- may find that the employe so removed Is entitled to reinstatement, or may affirm bis removal." Appeals General j Futile. tt would seem that the foregoing pro visions give ample authority to the Mayor, and to heads of departments, to Inelst on satisfactory work from every employ of the eitr who la un der civil service- An appointee mar be remoxed at will during the-Vrobatlon-ary period of six months, and cannot appeal from the dismissal. Any who do not "roeet requlrementa may be dis charged, at any time, -for the purpose of Improving the public service." The remedv of such a person. If any be sought. Is by appeal to the Civil Serv ice Commission: and the records show that dismissals heretofore appealed hare been sustained, almost without exception. In view of all this, it is apparent that civil service regulations ahould not be charged with admitted inability of those In 'authority to ob tain aatlsfactory work from any sub; ordinate. County Officials Also Lax. Although the city officials are direct; ly responsible for the moral conditions fn" Portland, tha operation of gambling and disorderly houses la covered by state statutes, enforceable by atate and county authorities. When It becomes apparent that under an "open town administration these forms of crime are being practiced flagrantly, the decent element of the community has the right to expect county authorlttee to admin ister the law. Despite the exposure that has been made of conditions In Portland. It Is pointed out that neither District Attor ney Cameron nor Sheriff Stevena has made any effort to reach the offenders, following the Indifferent attitude that has been taken by the Rushlight ad ministration. A notable Instance of the Intervention by county officials in mu nicipal conditlona waa furnished In this city a few years ago by Tom Word, who. aa Sheriff, organised and conduct ed a crusade which resulted In the sup pression of Chinese gambling. At the same time the Portland Club, a notori ous gambling-house, was- put out of business. Those who have made an Investiga tion of the moral conditions In this city report that several roadhouses on the outskirts of the city are conducted Just as openly In violation of state law as are disorderly resorts located In the heart of Portland. Graft Hearing Still On. Several witnesses remain to be exam ined In the County Court investigation of the charges against Detective Maher and Frank I- Perkins. One of -the witnesses who has not been before the County Court Is Ar mand Kercot. proprietor of the Acme Reception saloon, at Fourth and Davis streets. He is said to possess a list of tho names of all .who contributed to Tony Arnaud. - ... Another saloonkeeper who will tes tify tomororw Is Kd Donovan, propri etor of the Golden Eagle saloon, at the corner of Fourth and Bumslde streets. He Is said to have also contributed 12S to Arnaud. The only person who was before the Countr Court yesterday waa Henry Gallet. who conducts the Psrls House, at second and Everett streets. He con firmed testimony already given that ha waa one of the number who made a IIS donation to Arnaud for protection. He aald that Armand Fercot made the collections, and that Arnaud reported It had been turned over to Perkins. County Judge Cleeton said, at the close of the session yesterday morning, that the Investigation would be thor ough. It being desired to obtain all the facts In connection with the case. On completion of Frreot'e and Dono van's testimony tomorrow morning It Is expected that Maher and Perkins will , ih, situation that have not aa yet been made public. Diphtheria Not Contracted Here, ii t- x rr formerly of Junc tion City.' Or, aaya that the death of her -year-old granacnua was uu v diphtheria contracted while the child waa residing In the country town. In stead of at Portland. Her husband, she . .1.- ...ir..i,H the disease at their former home. He la now In a Portland hospital recovering irora in ... - u. ....Hmn.ht.r lone Gil bert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry . . . 1 - J U.. mat Gilbert, came to rorn.no - - hortlv afterward was taken 111. the died May It. Barkeeper Fined $1(0. ..... .. ivinl h.etender In r.nc jvarpm. . ' - two weeks to be sentenced for selling .. A i-.t n i mm PA- liquor m raici. . j . - -- suit of the campaign started by Mrs. Frank raiomore wun v -" . .. - fln.il I1&A In Mtinf- rrini " - " " . - - - - - clpal Court yesterday. H. Hill and D. Oasmen. me two men i . r... .. . - -.... m.mmA & tnv sola me liquor. r- -- being drunk. Karpln s plea of lack of acquaintance with the liquor laws mitigated the penalty. IRK MAKES GI Jewish Chautaqua Move Coast Is Enthusiastic. on EXTENSION PROVES RAPID Rabbis Berkovrltx and Itoscnau Say Ibor to Be Prosecuted From Portland 1 I , Sleeting May Be Held in This City. With permanent headquarters for the Paclfle Coast, now established at Port land, and with intense enthusiasm for the Jewish Chautauqua movement ex isting in all the congregations of the Coast. P-abbls Henry Berkowltx and William Rosenad. and Jeanette Gold berg, field secretary of the association, who have headed the work orfranUa tlon here, believe that Its growthln the West during the next few years will be greater than In any other section of the United States. .'i..ion "The Jewish Chautauqua Association is the first National Jewish organlsa lon to come to the Pacific Coast." ", Ir. Rosenau. "When we flnlahed the Summer assembly In Milwaukee. In July, we came to San Francisco and there last week held a session hlch was beyond question the best attended Tnd moat successful In the history of and association. The attendance grew from day to day. until In tho later meeting, we were obliged to turn mn people away from the hall, which was crowded to the limit. The lectures and class instruction of the Sa anc'sco meeting were chiefly In the hand, of rabble and teachers from Faciftc Coast '"'"'addition to the Summer assem blies, field extension work and m sslon work In the New Jersey agricultural colony, the Jewish Chautauqua Asso ciation has sent Instructors to the Sum mer school of the South, at Oxford. Tenn.. each year, to give courses In Bible study and Jewish Summer school Is attended by about 2000 Southern teachers. Arrangements are under way for the establishment of a correspondence school to supplement the work of the clrclee and the Summer sessions. The faculty Is already appointed and funds will be secured Immediately to finance the new enterprise. The association pub lishes Its own courso books, which are ranked equal In standard to the course books published by the original Chu tauqua Association from which the Jewish association sprung. In the past alx weeks Rabbi Berko wltx. the founder of the association, and his psrty have traveled through Denver. Kansas City. O.naha. Salt Lake and other Western cities, laying the foundatlona for the Western branch which waa formally organised In San Francisco last week. Dr. Martin Mey er, rabbi of the Temple Emmanuel, of gen Francisco, Is president of the new branch, and Dr. Jonah B. Wise, of Port land. Is secretary. The extension of the organisation will be carried on chiefly from the office of the secretary In Fortland. Definite arrangementa were made yesterday to hold the next Summer session In San Francisco, and In the year following to bring It to Portland.. Rabbis Rosenau and Berkowltx and their party were entertained yesterday by Dr. Wise, and passed the major psrt of the day traveling-about the city. "We have been astonished," said Dr. Rosenau. "by the magnitude and ata blllty of growth manifested In your city." In the afternoon they paid a visit to the Neighborhood House of the Council of Jewish Women, which they pralaed highly aa one of the best or ganised of the Jewish benevolent insti tutions that they had ben privileged to visit during their Western trip. . They will leave today to continue their taur through Seattle and Victoria. B. C before returning to the head quarters of the association In Philadel PORTLAND LODGE OP MOOSE TO SEND FOUR DELEGATES TO r DETROIT CONVENTION. - -STeei-S :tW Zl ' . - . 1 I rN-- , y .-h v.. y(V crosses cJ'ost' The twenty-third annual convention of the Loyal Order of Moose will rneet In Detroit. Mlch the week commencing August II. The Portland lodge will aend a delegation of four. In addition to a large number of members who will go toboost for Portland aa the convention city of the order In 11. The Portland delegation la headed by Judge R. . Morrow, who Is vice-dictator of the local lodge. Tha other delegates are Bert E. Toumana. John Jost and Walter McGovern. , , . , The Portland lodgemen will stop over at Salt Lake and there Join delegatea from ban Kranclco. and thence go to Detroit on a special train. Los Angeles. Seattle and Salt Lake will also send specials to the convention city. The Moose waa organized In Kentucky In 1SS. Since that time the or ganisation ha experienced steady growth until tod.iy there are over 700 lodges In the fnlted States, with a membership, of over 1S0.000. The Portland lodge alone has over 2000 members Moyer Sale of Stylish, well made, of good materials in short, our regular stock of high-grade pants we offer on special, sale. Moyer Sale of Pants Our regular prices, as you know already, are lower than others, quality con sidered. Now look as these reductions: Regular $2.50 Pants, now . . . $1.95 Reeular $3.00 Pants, now . . . $2.15 Regular $3.50 Pants, now . . Regular $4.00 Pants, now . . Regular $4.50 Pants, now . . Regular $5.00 Pants, now . ... $2.65 2.95 $3.25 $3.95 V -i-L When You See It in Our Ad It's So Y O First and Morrison First and Yamhill Second and Morrison Third and Oak 89 Third Id RIGHT TO SON DIVIDED JtTDGE M-GIVV LEAVES CUSTODY TO BOTH PARENTS. Mother, Divorced, Come to Port land to Appe to Court to Gain Control of Boy. i .... 4rlirlnr that it was an In justice to a child to deny it compan ionship Of either tamer r parents are divorced. Judge McUlnn. of the State Circuit Court, yesterday re fused to give Frances Van Scoy or Wil liam Van Scoy exclusive control of their 10-year-old aon. Mrs Van Scoy obtained a divorce from William Van Scoy In Iowa in February. 190". and was granted the custody of the child by the Iowa court In the meantime, the father had left the state with the boy. joins; first to Illinois and later coming- to Oregon. He remarried and had chars of the bor four years after the divorce was granted. The boy's mother arrived in Portland three months ago and sought her child by bringing suit against Van Scoy In the State Circuit Court "I find upon talking with the boy that he loves both Ms mother and fath er." ssld Judge McGinn. "I think the best way to adjust the case will be to allow the mother to have custody of him for three months and then the father for three months. "It Is wrong for either party to try to poison the boy"s mind against either of his parents. He Is a bright young ster and I have taken a personal Inter est in him. I want each parent to treat him well and at no time to men tion before him hla father's or motlier-i personal grievances and troubles. When he Is 1 years old he can then choose for himself whether he wishes to live permanently with hla mother or hla fWUl1am Van Scoy. the father, la manager of the Alliance Film Com- BUTTON JAILS TWO MEN Pair Accused of Taklns; Inventor's Collar-Fastener. Model. One collar button, alleged to have been stolen from the offices of M. E. O'Reilly, an Inventor in the Board of Tirade building, by O. Koeppel and C. I Ayers. sslesmen. caused the arrest of the two yesterday afternoon on a charge of larceny. They are held for the Municipal- Court under $100 bonds. Both denied the theft of the button, but ssld they may have thrown It Into the waste basket In the office, not real ising its value. O'Reilly Invented the collar button some time ago and had a working model In his office. Koeppel and Ayers visited the offices and after their de parture O'Reilly noticed that the collar button, on which he had used his genluTf of -invention, waa gone. He notified Captain Moore of the theft and the police detectives were put on the trail of the two men. Detectives Carpenter and Price soon caught them and they were taken to the City Jail, where, a-fter a short delay, ball at 1100 each was obtained and Koeppel and Ayers were released. The collar button has not been found. East Side Works for Highway. SALEM. Or.." Aug. i:.-Speelal.)-Optira-Istlc over the chances for the construc tion of the Portland-Salem highway. George V. Rodgers. member of the high way commission, hse returned from a series of meatinga. held at Aurora, Hub bard and Gervals. At these meetings resolutions were adopted favoring the construction of the highway. At each place a committee was named to secure subscriptions and arouse Interest. A meeting will be held at Woodburn next Wednesday. It la understood that a large sum has already been subscribed for the East Side project. PIONERS, HOLD REUNION "Blanket Bill' Jarman, First Settler, Still at Belllngham. t tvu a f Ana- 19 Cantured by the Indians and held prisoner for months, ransomea oy nn i a c kia.ir.tr thus receiving the sobriquet of "Blanket Bill," William Jarman. the flrst white man to settle on Belllngham Bay. In 1848, was the oldest pioneer attending the annual re union Of the wnatcom ouniy riuo-rs Association today. The oldest woman settler, Mrs. P. N. Judson, was taken . to the Pioneers' p.rk in a tourinr car. She first camped In the psrk 61 years ago. The olaest sewers iovih. presented to M. B. Heywood, of Fern dale, who came to the bay In 1858 during the rush to the Peace River placer mines. Heywood came from San Francisco to Whatcom (now Belllng ham) In the old sidewheel steamer "Cortes." . ' Some y.ars aso Presbyterians North chinsed their confession ot faith so that confession now leaves no doubt In the minds of snv ss to the fate of Infants dying- in Infane'v. Presbyterians South have now sent to their presbyteries a proposition to omit the. word "elect." st as :.'7VS"X7.-'WJVT!; j8 , - .$ . I " 3 Others do well, but we feel we do it better Our experience, equipment, facili ties and interest In all we do are the reasons. ' If we did not feel we could give you better satisfaction we would not ask you to come to us when it comes to Glasses. TOC lliCVR KO OBUGATIOIT BY REtlX'ESTIXG OUR A D VI CB ABOUT YOUR EYES. THOMPSON SKt Second Floor, Corbett Bulldlag, fifth aad Morrtsoa. D. C. ELLIOTT, OF LEXTS, TARES MISS DAVIS FOR BRIDE. Minister, Chauffeur and Parents of Girl Attend Ceremony Held In Speeding Motor Car. w : . A tM an a iitnmnhlle while iUtlllCU " ' " speeding along the Powell Valley road last sunaay was mo umq of Donald C. Elliott and Miss Cyrena C. Davis, two popular and well-known young people of Lents. Unable to find a balloon or a flying machine, or a den of lions. In which to have the knot tied, they seiectea an uiraiuuiio i". .u. '..mnn Sn last Sundav morn ing, -just as the festive roosters were announcing mat n. Bc...e.-" .i mtrtmA nut with the Rev. lime, .Jiej o..v . 7-.. . Mr. In galls. Chauffeur McSloy and Mr. and V?s. E. E. Davis, parents of the bride' the automobile being driven out on lie Powell Valley road for several miles, when the machine waa slowed down, while the ceremony was poi formed with all parties standing. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Elliott were driven to the depot and left for a short honeymoon at tbe aeaslde. Mr. Elliott Is a business man In Lents, where he has lived ' for nine years, and Mrs. Elliott Is the charm ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Davis, living on the Foster road. "I don't know how it came about, but we wanted to do something a lit tle different from the rest," said Mr. Elliott, "and we accidentally hit upon this idea and carried It out. It was something new and novel and we en Joyed It.". Characteristic Crop List Sought. SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.) Super intendent Alderman Is wondering what are considered as the five leading char acteristic crops of the State of Oregon. He has received an Inquiry from Geor gia asking for a list of the crops charac tertetic of this state, and In endeavoring to make the list finds it will be so long as to bo amazing, declaring that Oregon grows practically every crop there Is. Then he endeavored to select the five most characteristic crops and has been stumped In his endeavors. if75-1 ' ' ' over it ? a It t j the high quality flour of the world. Costs a little more in the bag yet the extra cost comes back manv timea in the baking. Occident Flour is milled from the highest priced, Premium Hard Wheat less than 10 of all wheat grown is good enough for Occident in the world's most perfect mills where chemists, expertinspectors and experienced bakers watch every stage from the wheat to the finished flour. Every sack is sold under a bind ing guarantee of tetter baking er your money back. Ask your grocer to explain the Occident Money-back Plan, and send for ourlittlebooklet, "BetterBaking" for North, East, West, South. 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