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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTE AND, -IIVY JV 1915. MAYOR DISDMS TO REPLY 10 MR. DALY Expense Increases in Bureaus Cited in Tirade Are Ex plained in Full. WATER METER ALONE ISSUE 'Figures Without Explanation Prove Xotliing-," Sajs Mr. Albce Com missioner's Failure to Cut Expenses Htantls Out. withdrawing' at will is only one of the concessions that the reserve ooara is preparing to make in the hope of at tracting the state banks into the sys tem, Portland bankers said yesterday. commenting on the announcement that the reserve board would make special inducements to state banks by provid ing that their participation should not be irrevocable. Whether the state banks will enter the system now depends largely on the nature of the new regulations," said Edward C'ooklngham, vice-president of Laclij & Tilton. the largest state bank in the Northwest, last night. "There has been a feeling; among state bankers, however, that all the banks in the country should be mem bers of the Federal system, that there should be more co-ordination between the state banks and the National banks, so that the new banking system might be operated with a maximum of success. . "Under the present regulations it is difficult for the state banks to be come members of the system without surrendering many of their privileges. The new regulations are intended to make the system more attractive for the state banks and it is possible that many of them will affiliate with the system when these regulations be come effective. "Figures without an honest explana. tion of them can be used to prove al most anything." This was the only comment Mayor Albce would make yesterday when usked for a statement in answer to a personal tirade Issued by Commissioner lay in the heat of a rage caused by the Mayor's announced disapproval of Mr. Daly's much-cherislied city-wide water-meter scheme. Mr. raly's tirade dealt with the alleged extravagance of the Mayor in administering the affairs of the police, fire and health bureaus. Mayor Albee says that he ia unable to sec any connection between the cost of operating the police and fire bu reaus and the need of water meters. and has no reply to make to Mr. Laly. AVhen asked regarding Mr. Daly's pub lished flgurca showing the alleged in creased cost of operating the Mayor's department, the Mayor merely said: "Figures, withuut an honest explana tion of them, can be used to prove al most anything." Increaxrs Declared Natural. Increases in the cost of operating the fire and police bureaus, it ia said, have been the result of a natural in crease in the size'of 1 ortland and the increase in the size of these bureaus prior to Mayor Albee's administration. The present increased costs are due to the fanition given for increase by the old City Council, of .which Mr. Daly was a member. Among the first things Mayor Albee faced when he took charge of these bureaus was the . need of increasing costs because of increused- equipment and buildings. In the fire bureau in creases were due to new fire companies and $105,000 worth of new automobile fire apparatus which came into exist ence about tlio time the Major took eharge. They were the creations of the old Council, of which Mr. Daly was a member. In the police bureau the Mayor com pleted early in his administration the erection of a beautiful new ponce sta tion, which waa started during the time when Mr. Daly was a member of tin old Council. The added cost of pper atlng the new headquarters is virtually the only increase found in the police bureau. In the name tirade asainat the Mayor Mr. Daly presents more figures to prove that he (Daly) has saved money. lie gives the figure "at $100,000 a year. Mavor Albee's statement, "figures, with out an honest explanation of them can be made to prove almost anytime could be applied to this, it Js said. Failure to Cut Expense Shown. Whsn Mr. -Paly took, charge, of the Water Bureau the established water rates were hish enough so that there w a large amount of revenue for new construction of mains. The surplus money went for this .purpose. Mr. Daly adopted a different policy. He decided that water rates should be so fixed as to raise only sufficient money to pay the cost of operation. The new con struction should be p:tid by money derived from the sale of bonds. On the first of the present year water rates were reduced. This was possible under the flat rate system now pre CI SCHWAB IS COM HEAD OK BETHLEHEM STKEL COM. PAN'Y DIE IX PORTLAND SOON. Career Ia Picturesque Leading; v Day Labor to Head of United State Steel Corporation. Another steel magnate is coming to Portland. lie is Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany of Bethlehem, Pa.; one of the principal competitors of the Lnited States Steel corporation, the president t I ' I VS (baric M. Schwab, Prominent Steel Magnate, 'Who "Will Visit Portland Thia Wttki of which James A. Farrell, was here last week. Mr, Schwab, like Mr. Farrell, is on a tour of the Pacific Coast, principally for pleasure, rte is accompanied Dy a party of friends. Their objective point is San Francisco, where they will inspect the wonders of the world's fair. They are traveling on a special trains of four or five private cars and are due to reach Portland thia week. Mr. Schwab has had a spectacular career in the industrial world. lie be gan life as a stage coach driver be tween Loretta and Cresson, Pa., and later drifted into the steel trade through the channel of an ordinary laborer. He advanced rapidly and in 197 at' the age of 35 he became president of the United States Steet Company. Four years later when the United States steel corporation was vailing, which Mr. Paly says will make I formed Mr. Schwab became its presi- need for increased rates unless all dent at a salary of $1,000,000 a year. water services are, metered at a cost of $500,000. No reveiuie was left there fore for new construction. So on Feb. ruary '.'4 of this year Mr. Daly Issued and sold $460,)00 worth of 25-year, 4 per cent water bonds to raise money for new water mains. The transaction looked like a cut in expenses on Mr. Daly's part. It was, however, only ruse as bonds were issued to take the place of surplus revenue. Through the rapid advance in steel shares and the high prices paid the Carnegie people by the new corpora tion he acquired immense wealth. He was one of the small group of so- called "Pittsburg millionaires' that came into prominence through Andrew Carnegie s activities m the steel market. Jven the salary of $1,000,000 a year did not remain attractive to Mr. Schwab The adoption of- a quarterly billing-land after a few years he resigned and system last Fall eliminated the neces sity of sending out bills monthly was done theretofore. This made it possible to drop seven employes In the Water Bureau whose salary was $90 a month eacn. prior to Mr. Daly's ad ministration a year or so, the Water Bureau sent out no bills. Mr. Daly ad mitted that bills increase delinquency ana serve no purpose. He had an op portunity to practice real economy in cutting out his entire billing system. put iaiiea to take thii COUNTY WARDS SEE MOVIE Musio Is Also Provided for Benefit of Blind Inmates. A niovincr-nirturA mnehin. ..n.nll was Installed at the Multnomah County Poor Farm, and the Inmates have been provided with much amuttnnt Ti various film exchanges In the city have orierea to provide the farm manage ment With new r.plu nei ra.alj. So that the blind persons at the farm mav not lack fnp anta-tai-im,. one of the music stores In Portland installed a Victrola. The moving-picture machine was procurea tnrougn the efforts of Mrs. E. P. Muhs. sunerintenHont v. a farm. .She was aided by Mrs. F. Reed una me county uommlsisoners. C. A. jviaaer, a member of the Moving Pic ture Operators' Union, Installed the ma cninc. embarked in business for himself. The Bethlehem Steel Company of which he now is the head is an Im portant industrial concern. It has been highly successful n placing orders tor steel armament and steel military equipment with Kuropean powers. CORNERSTONE TO BE LAID Park Blocks Will Bo Used for Shat. tnck School Ceremonies. The Park blocks in front of the ShattucJc School building, now under way, win be used for the cornerstone- laying exercises on Friday, May 21. Benches in the park will be grouped for the use of spectators. School Clerk I Thomas having made this arrangement with the city authorities. The programme being arranged by the School Board will be similar in character to that recently of the new Couch School. Addreeses will be made by representatives of the architects, the builders, the district end the di rectors, and pupils will participate. The new Shattuck School will cost approximately $170,000 and will include the most modern conveniences for all lines of school work. ROUNDHOUSE BEING BUILT Work Begins on O.-IV, R. & X. $00, 0 00 Plant at Walla Wulla. VALLA WALLA, Wash., May 15 (Special.) Work started yesterday on the new O.-W. R. & N. roundhouse, Moore Bros., of Portland, having the contract. The contract price was not announced, but it is said . to be about $b0,000, the company having set aside this sum for the improvement. Julius Paulson has returned to Col lege Place from a trip to El Paso, Tex.. and other points and will commence work in a few days on his fruit can nery at College Place. Memorial Day Observance Planned. CENTRALIA. Wash., May 15. (Spe cial.) The local posts of Grand Army of the Republic and Women's Relief Corps announced yesterday that they will observe Memorial Sunday, May 30. The veterans will attend church in the afternoon, marching from the church to the cemetery. An effort is being made to have Company M participate May 30 and 31. " MIX "Reliability"- word has A S- 0 Z yMf been more used or abused .C-VT M v I in connection with piano advertis- '''' .?y':'7!J'' r E ' . mS- cut RenaDimy in mis saie ...-- .'w ) i i r oi;. A ...nKl- lMt wnoiesaie. in nunareas or nomei mere are wives ana a- 1 "Reliability" no word has been more used or abused in connection with piano advertis- mg. out tveiiapnity m mis saie will mean the personal reputation c. iv. Kcmcds. vho individual 0f a man who stands high in the has probably sold more rianos at m retail than any other man in ffie piano DUSineSS Or roriiana. "rthL - The closing out of The Kennedy Piano Company is caused by the poor health of G. W. Kennedy. For two years under the doctor's care it is now imperative that he be freed from the cares and respon sibilities of business. ITv a r ft gitimate Ketirins-rrom-DUSiness bale! Every Pia.no Must Be Sold by June IS! A Ls A sale of this magnitude, wtih the bona fide reason be hind it, has not been known in Portland for many years! Pianos of highest quality and unquestionable value. Not the usual collection of old and shopworn instruments The object of this sale is to close out' every Piano by A Roll Call of Celebrated Grands Prices Never Before Known on Pianos of Such Quality! Fischer " Shoninger Vosc Kohler & Campbell June 15! Profits are forgotten. Many of the most beau tiful and famous Pianos, brand new, will go at less than wholesale. In hundreds of homes there are wives and daughters who yearn for. a piano. "Obey that impulse" you'll never have a greater opportunity than this to save hundreds of dollars on a fine piano. Names Uprights, Players, Hobart M. Cable Andrew Kohler -. 4 All Superb instruments famous for their sweetness of tone. Every style and finish, to meet the tastes and de sires of the most critical iano buyers. With the hun dreds of other dealers maintaining regular prices, it would hardly be fair to the manufacturers to mention some of the sale prices. For instance, a new $400 piano will be $272! New $375 Pianos are cut to $258! You need only pay $243 for the finest new $350 instrument. $198 is the price on new $300 Pianos. $275 Pianos are cut to $182. $250 Pianos $166, and so on. Other Pianos as good as new ranging at $125, $148 and upwards. Newest, latest style Players in the famous makes standard prices $550,' $600, $750 and as high Others Equally Famous Magnificent as $1000, sacrificed at 25 to SO per cent off, Grands at proportionate savings! This was the original "Out-of-thchigh-rent" Piano store in Portland. Our regular prices un dersold all others. Now, with this tremendous Closing Out Sale, high-class Pianos may be bought at prices that are truly amazing. . . . i iome tomorrow gei me VlssVWifK vw!txr-- iirst pick ot our tine stock. ir you can c come, wrue. h , , n s Milt - s $j - e- -U 4 nu I -1 t . ii lilt . i n s -A A!tttiti.i.il4ji".i. ' i hi m n i iiii .in tin .mi 'r ! WW vr mm. aii'.wiMrriir-"rTr-V'f-rr.r" ' ',"mto. ' ' ft i i ' ii X '' et - ' ' , i . ... -. ' ."' ... .. f i - i tl -" : U.J Convenient CREDIT TERMS MAY BE ARRANGED iNNEDY PIANO COMPANY 226 TIHRD STREET NEAR SALMON LOCAL LODGE IS HOST B'XAI B'KITH TISITORS CIESTS AT Welcome Given Grand Lode Delegntea In Portland Declared to Surpasa That of Elsewhere. With more than 100 present the luncheon given yesterday at the Impe rial Hotel by the local B'nai Brith organizations proved to be one ot the features of the entertainment of the large party of delegates to the -recent Constitution Grand Lodge of the order in San Francisco, who are in Portland on their way home. Brief addresses, commenting on the work of the or ganization and phases of the trip, were made by many of the visitors and by prominent Portland members of the lodge. David Jlosessohn, second grand vice-president of District No. 4 and chairman of the local entertain ment committee, presided. "When I contemplate the beauties of your country here." said E. It. Bern stein, Mayor of Shreveport, La.. "I can realize the truth of that saying. 'Westward the course of empire takes Us way.' " A. Leventhal, of Cleveland. O., and Sol S. Kiser, of Indianapolis, Ind., commented on the splendid hospitality which had been shown them by the Portland people. They placed the re ception received here as above any on the entire trip. Otto Kraemer, of Portland, made a plea for peace. He urged that the lodge set aside one day in the year In which subjects relative to the bringing about of peace would be taken up. N. Weinstein, president of Theodore Herzl Lodge; Dr. M. V. Bettman, pres ident of Portland Lodge, and Mrs. J. Lauterstein. president of the auxiliary order. Trade brief addresses of welcome to the visitors. Among other visitors who ppoke were B. J. Samuels, of Chicago; Henry Las ker. Mayor of Springfield, Mass.; B. Margolios. of Norfolk, Va.p Stein, of Rochester. N. Y. Local speakers were Dr. sohn. Dr. Jacob Bloch, Dr. Isaac Swett and Charles Robison. Following the luncheon the visitors were taken for trips about the city and at night attended the dedication of the new B'nai B'rith building. Today the programme will include trips to points of interest and a bantiuet at the Benson Hotel. and M. L. N. Mose A. Tilzer. Striking- n Light. Exchange. There are times, when the box is wet, that a. safety match seems entirely too safe. DELEGATES RETURNING FROM B'NAI B'RITH CONVENTION WHO ARRIVED IN PORTLAND FRIDAY. BANK CONCESSIONS MADE IVderal Reserve System Preparing to Attract State Institutions. TbJ privilege of entering the Fed. tail Keseryij eastern tha qwsc pi wm . I' jw '-'r 1 5 4. 4V I - K ft ITT . i - 1 - . ' ft QK I,' -r -I NAMING WARDENS NEXT K1SH and game: commissioners TAKB OFFICE MAY SS. place. Mr. Ilnlr-y Is not a candidate for reappointment an Kiunn warden. SOME! OF THE LODGE MEMBERS FROM ALL PABTS OF THE COUNTRY AS THEY STEPPED FROM TRAIJf. A. H. Len. and Jack Cullinon. of Port' land, Among- Foremost Appllcaata for Game Warden. Now tliit Governor W'ithycombe has mado his appointments on the state fish and game commission, it remains for the new commission to name a fish warden and a same warden under the provisions of the law enacted by tha recent Legislature The appointments of I. N. Eleischner, Frank M. "Warren C. V. Etone and Marion Jack as members of the com mission become effective on May 22 when the new law also g-oes into ef fect. The Governor is the fifth mem ber of this commission. Applicants for both the game ward enship and the fish wardenship have been numerous, but in the heat of com petition the numoer has been materi ally reduced. Prominent among- the candidates for the office of game warden are A. II. Lea and Jack Culliaon, of Portland. Mr. Lea has been a friend of Governor Withycombe for many years and is being urged by many business men for the place. Mr. Cullison. who has been president of the Portland Gun Club for several terms, also has many sup porters. R. E. Clanton, the present fish war den, is an applicant for reappointment, and is understood to have the back ing of at least two members of the new board. Henry O'Malley, ex-su-perlntendcnt of the Government fish hatchery, at Oregon City, and now in charge of the Government hatchery M. t Seattle, is an applicant as well as (sev eral others The new law empowers the commis sion to create the office of state bi ologist in charge of fish and game propagation and protection and it is conceded that W. I. Finley, the present game warden, ulU fee appointed to tM CATTLE DISJASE STUDIED I'oot-and-Moutli IuvrMigutioii lie 6ult Available at Library. An important addition to Hie Libra ry's material on animul husbandry Is the lecture on the status of the Inves tigations of the foot-and-mouth dis ease, given to tlie Economic Society of the Kingdom of Saxony, J 'reK'len, by Professor Locffler. 1'rofenxor Loof ler's researches on the Mib.it-rt will be of great value to Htockmi-ii. In countries where tho ciiHaKe has obtained a foothold thousands of cat tle have perished. It attacks not only cattle, but sheep and hogs, and Is es pecially fatal to young animal. Entire herds have been slaughtered to click the spread of the disease. Inoculation with cultures has been tried repeat edly, but the inoculated animal in al most every care immediately has ac quired the disease and has ppread It farther. It is particularly hard to combat be cause it is classed with such diseacs as smallpox, rabies, epidemic Infantile paralysis and hog cholera, the casual agents of which are so extremely small that either they cannot be Been with the strongest microscope or they ap pear as tiny little points' which It is not possible to distinguish from the numerous little particles always pres ent in organic substances. No chem ical agent for use axutnst foot-and-mouth diseare has withstood careful scientific investigation. A copy of this lecture is on file ia the reference department of the Cen tral Library. 150 in Tmn of 12M) Arc Afflicted. COLVILLE. Wash.. May 13. (.Spe cial.) Measles has broken out in Che welah. Despite a strict quarantine, more than ISO of the luOO people of the town are afflicted. A number of deaths have occurred within the week. The public schools have -been closed. Physicians are perplexed over the situation, which appears to be (rowing continually more serious. Neighboring towns and communities arc becoming: alarmed.