THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. FORT LAND. AUGUST 13, 1911.
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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-
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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.
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Jewish Chautaqua Move
Coast Is Enthusiastic.
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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.
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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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