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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, TORTLAND, AUGUST 3, 1919. " STANDARDIZING PHY Council's Plan Said to General Approval. Meet CONDITIONS NOW CHAOTIC Many, It Is Asserted, Are TJnderpald, While Others Are Draw ins More Than They Are Worth. Standardization of salaries paid to city employes recently decided upon by the city council meets with general favor among city employes. That there are some employes who are underpaid is generally conceded, and some, it is contended, are drawing: more money each month than they are worth. Back in 1913 the New York bureau of municipal research sent experts to Portland and an effort was made to arrange salaries for municipal employes on an equitable basis. The plan seemed successful, but after a few months new conditions brought about salary adjust ments, and a little later more adjust ments were made, until soon the last vestige of the standardization effected by the research committee disappeared from the city payrolls. The general increase gave some new city employes more money than em ployes who had the advantage of years of teachnical experience, but who, be cause of some increase granted less than a year ago, are barred from par ticipation in the recent advance of salaries. Salary Conditions Chaotic. Salary conditions have been in a chaotic condition at the city hall for a year or more. This no one familiar with conditions there can deny. Com missioners at virtually every session of the council have offered ordinances granting increases of pay to employes in their departments. Many of the in creases were Justified, and some, it is held, were not. War conditions, with its shortage of labor, made the situa tion even more acute. As soon as one person in a particular line of work, such as bookkeeping, for instance, was granted an increase, oth ers in the eame line, but in' other de partments, felt that they. too. should be better paid. Some made demands, which in the majority of cases were granted, others were either too timid or too proud to request an increase, and as a result recived none, but naturally assumed a dissatisfied attitude which was not conducive to the-best results in their particular work. General Dissatisfaction Grows. And so it went, with general dissat isfaction growing in all departments. Then came the effort to increase the pay of employes in some departments, according to schedules prepared by the heads of the departments, the increases based on ability and service. This ef fort was successfully opposed by Mayor Baker and Commissioners Pier and Bigelow. Following the failure of this effort came the passage of an ordinance which granted a ?20 a. month increase to all employes who had received no increase during the last two years, a $15 increase for those who had received no increase subsequent to July 1, 1918, and the difference between the in crease granted and $15 to those who had received au increase following July 1, 191S. The application of this ordinance did not meet With general favor among city employes. older employes were nettled because more recent ones were granted as large, if not greater, in crases than they obtained. Men oc cupying technical positions asserted that larger salaries prevailed on the outside. Entire Matter Investigating. The entire matter was referred to Citv Commissioner Pier for investiga tion, following his review of the situ ation came the recommendation for standardization of salaries, and a com mittee eomnosed of Commssioners Pier. Bafbur and Bigelow was appointed to carry out th recommendation. And although standardization of sal arirs is considered the sane thing to do by the majority of employes, there are some who are provokea. to piace u mildly, at the manner in which the sal ary question has been handled. Men in the department of public works, wfcose claims were before Commis sioner Pier for a number of weeks, are incensed over the action of Com miisioner Bigelow, who about a week agi., with full knowledge, they say, that the recommendation for standard ization was forthcoming, slipped a list of salary increases in two of his de partments into the council and ob tained the passage of the .ordinances. BlKFlon'i Action Protested. These same men contend that Com missioner Bigelow did not even con form ot the unwritten law, which pro vides that matters of such importance as salary increases must go on the council calender so that all interested parties may have opportunity of know ing what business the city council transacts. The increases in question were granted at a special meeting of the council, they assert. When the requests from the tech nical men came before the council, these men declare that after Commis sioner Bigelow had his men cared for in the way of salary increases he was the leader in opposing the requests of the technical men. But such procedure on the part of members of the city council and Com missioner Bigelow is declared not to have been the first to resort to such tactics, are not likely to reoccur, as following the readjustment of salaries a boniflde reason must be produced be fore the city council will agree to In crease any salaries, according to Com missioner Pier. cavalry, condemned to death for having ' maintained relations with the chief of tho German secret service at Barcelona during the war. w&s shot at Vincennes. The Yorkshire miners' council, repre senting more than 200.000 miners who remained on strike, refusing to accept the government's offer of settlement, lias decided to submit to its branches the question of continuing the strike. Domestic. Herbert S. Hadley, former governor of Missouri, and widely known in legal circles throughout the country, has been appointed counsel for the Colorado state railroad commission. The railroads of the country have lost about $50,000,000 a year through "irregularities in connection with the sale of stray and unclaimed freight," according to a statement made by Fed eral Judge Foster to Assistant United States Attorney Dewey. Willis K. Thompson, veteran newspa per man, died at Indianapolis after two months' Illness. Mr. Thompson was for two years on the staff of the San Fran cisco Examiner and for 12 years con nected with newspapers in Denver. Representative Fitzgerald of Massa chusetts called at the White House to advocate increased wages for all gov ernment employes, who, he said, are "notoriously underpaid." A special certificate to be Issued to soldiers wounded ir. the war with Ger many has been approved by the war de partment. It will bear at the top the legend "Columbia gives to her sonj the accolade of new chivalry of humanity." and below the name, rank and unit t the soldier and the action in which he was wounded. ACTORS ARE EVER YOUNG GUY BATES POST TELLS MTSTIC SECRET OF CALLING. Thespians Live in Land of Tomor row, Says Star, and Forget All Troubles of Past Days. To the layman who comes in casual contact with players one of the re markable impressions given by that calling is the way in which the players V - tiny Bates Post, at Hellig theater to night. ill Every family head should go through the Finley Insti tution. It is consoling in time of bereavement to know the service of an establishment of this char acter. Our establishment is located in a quiet, refined and rest ful section of the city, where service with the privacy of the home may be held. umtiniiiiimmmni nilllltltlllintHIHHIM J. P. Finley & Son Progressive Funeral Directors MONTGOMERY AT FIFTH MRS. KHANTZ IN PORTLAND RECONSTRUCTION" AIDE HERE FROM SAX FRANCISCO. keep their youth. They are all Peter Pans who never grow up. Guy Bates Post, the star of "The Maa querader," which - Richard Walton Tully is to present here,' is not old as the years go. But looking back on his career, beginning with Kyrle Bellew and coming down through his con stantly growing popularity to "Omar the Tentmaker" and "The Mas querader," one seems to scan a goodly portion of years. Sitting opposite Mr. Post at lunch eon, one would take him to be a man in his early COs. He does not look like an actor, but rather like a business men with inclinations to literature. "I think the reason the people on the stage Etay so young Is due to the fact that they live so much in tomorrow." said Mr. Post when this subject came up. "The actor, as a rule, is usually ahead of his times. He lives and dreams and works in tomorrowland. "And living in tomorrowland. he for gets today, and it is remembering to day and yesterday that makes folk age. They say that tomorrow is a day which never comes and today is a day which always was. Therefore living in and by tomorrow, the actor forgets all about today, and so time ceases to pass for him. "Only in one thing does the big actor grow. That is in the understanding oi human" nature. Each character he creates brings him nearer to the heart of humanity. Therein is to be found the secret of the player folk being the first always to extend a helping hand when some great calamity calls for the community to give aid. It is the actor who takes the center of the stage and, luring the public on by his work, persuades them to give and give until the emergency is passed or the demand satisfied. "It is not trouble or pain or hard work which makes folks grow old. It is remembering the passing of the years and marking from day to day that we are growing further and fur ther from our childhood. Remaining children in thought all their years, the players have no time for backward glances and in this way forget there is such a thing as age." 'Real Recreation," Says Wife of Former Newspaper Man, Telling of Her Work for Soldiers. Alice M. Krantz, wife of Shad O. Krantz, formerly a Portland newspaper man, arrived in Portland yesterday from Letterman general hospital at the Presidio. San Francisco, to receive her discharge from the army. With the intention of taking up re construction work for the American Red Cross, Mrs. Krantz last year took the physical reconstruction courses at Reed college. When she learned of the dearth of reconstruction aides in the United States army she enlisted at Portland, expecting to be sent to France, but she was at once assigned to San Francisco, where she has been an entire year. Hundreds of American soldiers have passed through Mrs. Krantz' hands, and and enjoyed the esteem, confidence and respect of clients, friends, business ac quaintances, courts and the community at large, "or of any person other than this defendant whom he deluded and snared to his great financial loes and mental suffering." All allegations made in Silverman's complaint as to remarks concerning his pereonal integrity made by Albert, are admitted, the defendant adding that he now repeats that Silverman "is a thief, crook, a disgrace to his profession and should be disbarred from practice and indicted by the grand jury." Condensed News. Foreignn. The senate unanimously voted a bill JAPANESE ATTACK WOMEN Chinese Driven Out by Brutalities of Soldiers. Says Petition. PEKIN. July 29. (By the Associated Tress.) A petition signed by merchants and other citizens of the Shantung dis trict protesting against what were al leged to be brutalities by Japanese sol diers was received here today by the government. The petition said Japanese eoiaiers were robbing and ill-treating women and forcing Chinese to sell their lands there. authorizing the government to Join tho league of nations. The labor executive committee of Ol ten. canton of Soleure, Switzerland, has proclaimed a general strike. During fierce rioting at Basle, in con nection with the strike there, troops fired on the strikers, killing nine and wounding many. rr. A. F. Tolmie. member of parlia-. ment for Victoria, B. C. has accepted the portfolio of minister of agriculture in the dominion cabinet. The national congress of San Salva dor has issued a decree granting uncon ditional amnesty to all political offend ers duriua- the last electoral campaign. The Lettisn cabinet has arranged a S3. 000 000 loan in the United States, ac cording to a dispatch from Riga. The money will be used .for the purchase of American goods. Nicholas Tschalkovsky, president of the provisional government of north Russia, has gone to London. He will endeavor to induce the British govern ment not to withdraw its troops from Archangel. The announcement of the impending resignation of tho Austrian ministry. received at Berne, waa erroneous. The message originated in Belgrade and re ferred to the Serbo-Croatian ministry. Sergeant de Brabant, of the French Mrs. Alice M. Krantz, Portland girl, Tho receives her discharge from the army tomorrow. 147TH BOYS ARE CLEARED Seven Oregon Soldiers in Prison Or dered to Duty. Restoration to duty Is assured for the seven Oregon boys of the 147th field artillery who have been serving time as result of supposed infractions of military discipline. The happiest fea ture of this announcement, which came yesterday to Mrs. George L. Williams, is the fact that the boys now will have an opportunity to obtain honorable dis charges. Were they released without being restored to duty they would re ceive dishonorable discharges. Announcement of the fact that the youths are to be released from prison at Governor's Island, N. T., was con tained in a message received by Mrs. Williams from Senator McNary. The senator's message read: 'Judge advocate-general informs me the seven soldiers of the 147th field ar tillery have been restored to duty. Nec essary orders forwarded to prison au thorities for their release." her skilled attention, no less than her cheery personality, has been responsible lor tne complete recovery oi a ini number of them. "Mv real recreation," said Mrs. Krantz. "was in seeing these boys wounded overseas, recovering their physiques and their Jolly good humor again. I was really able to feel, that I was of service and in that respect I certainly had my reward in my work. DON'T MISS YOUR TRAIN This Morning. Remember, through train No. lf of the O.-W. R. & N. lines for Salt Lake City. Denver. Omaha and Chicago, leaves Portland. Union, depot, at 9 A. SI. ln- tead of 9:30. Leaves Hood River, 11:02 A. M. instead of 11:33. Take this train for Bend and other Deschutes branch stations; also for Riggs-Shamko branch stations, and for Hermiston. Adv. Woman Asks $5000 for Accident. Because C. W. Toung. tailor in the Fiiedner building, struck her in sud denly opening a door from the waste room of that building on July 7, Emily Xeef asks damages for personal in juries in the amount of $5000 in a suit filed in the circuit court yesterday. Threshing Engineer Killed. GARFIELD. Wash., Aug. 2. Jerome Tidwell waa killed instantly near here today, when a threshing machine en gine which he was operating exploded. Read The Oregonian classified ads. LAWYEH IS CALLED THIEF MAX ALBERT ACCUSES S. J. SIL VERMAN OF FRAUD. HOMES BUILT FOR FRENCH Herman F. Oppenlander In Charge of Reconstruction at Mense. Herman F. Oppenlander, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Oppenlander, of 1071 Arnold street, has been placed in charge of the Friends Reconstruction union at Meuse, France, according to infor mation contained in a letter recently received by his parents. This auxiliary of the American Red Cross is com posed of 120 members who are build ing temporary homes for the French, besides being engaged in various agri cultural pursuits. Oppenlander will direct the distribu tion of supplies to French peasants and German prisoners. He expects to be home by Thanksgiving. UTAH VETOES WIRE RATES Utilities Commission Declines to Continue Burleson Charges. - SALT LAKE CITT, Aug. 2. The Utah public utilities commission today re fused the request of the Western Union Telegraph company to allow telegraph rates placed in effect during the time Postmaster-General Burleson adminis tered the wire system to remain ef fective. Portland Agents for McCall Patterns 7?)&hsytfGroS75. August McCall Magazines Are Here Ap ronsr Aprons for Apr ons! Aor XL Every Occasion For Housework, Gardening, Porch Wear and AIL Other Purposes Prettily Made in the Newest Styles Coverall Aprons 3 1.25 Women's and Misses' Coverall Aprons of scout per cale in pretty light and dark patterns; made full, with contrasting belt and pockets; trimmed with rickrack braid. Also two pretty styles in Fudge Aprons. Coverall Aprons $1.65 Coverall Aprons of fine quality gingham and scout percale in neat stripes and checks. Priced below the present wholesale prices $1.65 Extra Sized Aprons for $1.95 Extra sized Aprons and better Coverall Aprons of fine quality Amoskeag ging hams neat, attractive styles for summer wear; some with elastic belt. Spe cially priced . $1.95 D ress Goods Sp ecials Announcing our first showing of new Fall Dress Goods, purchased before the price advanced and priced accordingly low. SPECIAL 36-inch Shepherd Check Coating Finish, 75c value. To morrow special, yard SPECIAL 36-inch Shepherd Check Suiting in many smart com binations a practical fall suiting material, $1. value. Special, yard SPECIAL 54-inch Shepherd Check extra heavy Suiting large, small and medium checks a convenient weight for fall suits, skirts " 7 C and jackets, $3.00 value. Tomorrow special, yard 4 A O BUY YOUR SILKS AT SHANAHAN'S 49c 75c Fiber Silk Sweaters $4.39 A special purchase of Fiber Silk Sweaters, regular values to $7.95u.Made with sailor collar belted and with pockets in old rose, Copen, purple, Pekin, yellow and royal OQ blue. Tomorrow special P" Children's Play Suits 75c Children's Play Suits of fine gingham and chambray, light and dark patterns, neat checks and stripes, with combma- Sizes 3 to 6 yn tion trimmings. years. Sale of Cotton Batts 3-lb. Cotton Batts, 72-90 .$1.00 72x90, full size $1.25 Extra fine quality, 72x84 $1.50 Sweet Orr Women's Overalls Regular $2.69, Tomorrow, f5 1 s "Just the thing for the great outdoors" the new Sweet Orr Overall for women the gar ment of freedom, comfort and dura bility. White twill, striped and blue denim. (Can be worn over skirts.) Special tomorrow, 3 1 -9 5 6 1 Swtet-Orr wtMNSOVBALLS LAWYERS TO RAISE FEES Bar Association Commltee Named to Revise Schedule. Not only does it cost more to live in health, more for attention in sickness and mora to die these days, but soon it will cost more to bring troubles to the attention of circuit judges who are re ceiving more money than ever before. Court costs prescribed by law are not increasing, but Barge Leonard, president of the Multnomah Bar asso ciation, yesterday appointed a com mittee t6 revise the present schedule of attorneys' fees. It is no secret that the revision will be upward. "It is a regrettable action, perhaps, hut even lawyers must live," said Mr. Leonard. "The present schedule is at a pre-war basis and it is found that the minimum is too low to stand the increased cost of living ami overhead expense, the latter including every thing from office rent and secretaries to stationery." Dan J. Malarkey has been named as chairman of the committee, the other members of which are: Albert Ridg way, John Latourette, William Davis and Frank Grant Fees will be stand ardized for all classes of litigation and the schedule adopted will be furnished all practicing lawyers of the county. The percentage of increase is prob lematical, as yet. . S. & H. green stamps for cash., Holman Fuel Co.. Main 3S3. A 336. Blockwood, short slabwood, Rock Springs and Utah coal: sawdust. Adr. Answer to Slander Snit Dabs At torney "Crook" and Demands He Be Disbarred. Max Albert does not deny that he called Attorney S. J. Silvermna a "crook" and a "thief," but proceeds to add other charges more startling than those over which a $10,000 slander suit was brought by the lawyer, in an an swer filed in the circuit court yester day. Albert concludes by demanding that the court which hears the case in stigate disbarment proceedings against Silverman if a Jury finds statements set forth to be truthful. The first punch in the answer to Sil verman's suit, filed May 15, is the alle gation that Silverman has no knowl edge of law, its principles or funda mentals, nor conception of the duties, ethics and obligations of the profes sion, though admitting that he - has been admitted to practice in the courts of this state. It is denied that the attorney has or ever had a large and lucrative practice Dr. Lewis Says Hot Suit and Heat Weaken the Eyes Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight 50 In One Week's Time in Many Instances Free Preseriptio Yon Ca Filled and I e at Homi Have New York. N. Y. Do you wear glasses? Are you a victim of eyestrain or other eye weakness? If so. you will be glad to know that, according to Dr. Lewis, there is real hope for you. Hp saye that exposure to sun, smoke, dust or wind often produces eyestrain, and people living in warm climates should fre quently bathe the eyes and be careful to protect them from extreme light. This prescription will prove of great value to many rye sufferers. Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eyes restored through the principle of this wonderful free pre scription. One man eays. after trying it: "I was almost blind; could not see to read at all. Now I can read everything without my glasses and my eyes do not water any more. At night they would pain me dreadfully, now they feel fine all the time. It was like a miracle to me." A lady who used it eays: "The atmosphere seemed hazy with or with out glasses, but after using this pre scription for fifteen days everything seemed clear. I can even read fine print without glasses." It is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many descrip tions may be wonderfully benefited by following the simple rules. Here is the prescription: Go to any active drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto Tab lets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass or water and allow to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eves two to four times dailv. You should notice your eyes clear up per- i ceptibly right trom tne start and In flammation will quickly disappear. If your eyes are bothering you even a little, take Fteps to save them now be fore it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for their eyes in time. NOTE. Another prominent physician to whom tho above article was submitted said: "Bon-Opto is a vry remarkable remedy, lis constituent Ingredients are well known to eminent eye specialists and widely pre scribed by them. The manufacturers guar antee it to Btrensthen eyesight ."o per cent In one week's time in many instances or re fund tho money. It can be obtained from any a-ood druggist and Is one of the few preparations I fesl should be kept on hand for regular use in almost every family." Bold by ail druegists. Adv. L ' " '( . ,1 .Arm- iTt litoiiVifrtrn' Ww& ' v: CURTISS AEROPLANES PARTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SALE NEW AND ARMY USED J. N. 4-D TRAINING PLANES CURTISS O. X. 5 MOTORS Complete Supply Service Immediate Shipment. THRILLS AND SENSATIONS OF THE AIR Passengers booked for aerial trips over Portland, Columbia River Highway and Beaches. Dates available for acrobatic stunt flying at fairs and celebrations. REPRESENTING Syd Chaplin Aircraft Corporation Jacuzzi . Brothers .Manufacturers Propellers Student Fliers Enrolled for Training. Mercury Aviation School California ACE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION ' George E. Love, Manager 1109 Yeon Building, Portland, Or.