The Sunday Oregonian., May 21, 1922, Section One, Page 15, Image 15

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 21, 1922
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RECALL ELECTION
Initiative Measure to Go on
Ballot Anyway.
COMMISSION IS TARGET
PRESIDENT OF PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION
INVITES MAYOR HYLAN OF NEW YORK TO ATTEND
PORTLAND FIESTA.
Bills Abolishing Public Service
Body and Slaking Job Appoint
ive to Be Filed.
Recall of at least one member of
the present public service commis
sion will in no way alter the plans
of the Oregon Hotelmen's association
to present initiative measures to the
voters in November, abolishing the
present commission, restoring tele
phone rates which were In effect
prior to March 1, 1921, and providing
for the appointment of members to
the public service commission by the
governor. ,
This was announced yesterday by
Phil Metschan, a prominent member
of the hotelmens' organization, who
has been engaged for more than two
months In preparing for the submis
sion of these measures.
Hotelmen to Go Ahead.
"The hotelmen of the state will go
ahead with their plans in connection
with the abolition of the present
public service commission," said Mr.
Metschan. "At no time did we care
whether the present members of the
commission were recalled or not. The
hotelmen studied this question care
fully and felt that the best results
could be obtained by not only remov
ing the present personnel of the com
mission, but by also providing for the
appointment of the members of the
commission by the governor. In addi
tion, we hope to see the old telephone
rates restored through the passage of
a measure or measures that will be
presented to the electorate at the
November elections."
On March 6. 1922, the members of
the Oregon State Hotelmens' associa
tion met in Portland and after a
lengthy session unanimously voted to
propose one or more initiative meas
ures for the purpose of accomplishing
the various objects outlined by Mr.
Metschan.
Sentiment Runs High.
This meeting followed shortly after
the announcement of the decision of
the public service commission in
which the former rate decision by the
commission was upheld and criticism
was meted out to all who had been
bold enough to appear before the
commission and strive to have the
telephone rates created by this deci
sion reduced.
Sentiment at that time, as at
present, ran high against the mem
bers of the commission and the re
call, which was successful at the
Friday election, was in the air.
The hotelmen, who declared that
the high telephone rates had injured
them materially, did not favor the
recall, but Instead proposed to "kill
several birds" with one stone, and
not only remove all of the members
of the present commission, but in
addition restore the old telepnone
rates and provide fcr a commission
appointed by the governor instead of
one elected by the people,
Entrance In Race an Accident.
The apparent election of T. M
Kerrigan, young Portland attorney,
to succeed Fred A. Williams on the
public service commission, recalls the
fact that his entrance into the recall
election was practically an accident.
Likewise, the nomination of Mr.
Kerrigan a3 a candidate to oppose
Chairman Williams smashed the slate
prepared by Frank Stott Myers, for
mer democratic postmaster of Port
land and Robert G. Duncan, the latter
one of the leading figures in the re
call movement.
Several weeks ago Duncan called
a meeting for the purpose of choosing
recall candidates. About 122 persons
gathered in Alisky hall on this occa
sion. Three men were nominated to
be candidates against Chairman
Williams, the three being Frank Stott
Myers, who was Duncan's choice;
T. K. Campbell, who was a candidate:
for the republican nomination for
public service commissioner, and Mr
Kerrigan.
Kerrigan Was Poor Third. .
The first ballot gave Myer's and
Campbell each about 60 votes with
Kerrigan a poor third with 28 votes.
The votes were counted by Duncan,
who announced that Mr. Myers was
leading. A storm of protest greeted
this announcement and so pronounced
was this outcry against the selection
of Myers that Duncaa announced that
a new ballot would be taken.
Duncan, who was presiding at the
meeting, then suggested that Mr.
Kerrigan withdraw from the race and
allow those present at the meeting to
choose between Campbell and Myers.
Kerrigan and his admirers refused to
follow this suggestion.
While ex-Postmaater Myers was
making a protracted speech in favor
cf hia own candidacy, J. O. Bailev.
former assistant attorney-general of i E;
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Campbell on the long-distance tele
phone and obtained his refusal to run
on the reiall ticket
Myers Is Defeated.
Withdrawal of Mr. Campbell trans
ferred his strength to Mr. Kerrigan,
who won the nomination at the meet
ing by one vote, the count being 62
in his favor with 60 votes for Myers.
At this meeting Mr. Kerrigan told
friends that when he went to the
meeting he had, no idea of being a
candidate, but judg'ng from results,
his attendance at this meeting wil
probably result in giving him a place,
at least until January, on the public
service commission cf the state.
Mr. Kerrigan is 32 years of age,
and is in the private practice of law
4n .Portland. He Is a veteran of the
world war, having served overseas,
where he was gassed. He wa raised
near Coquille, Or., but has made his
home in Portland for the past few
years.
HUNTER 0UJF0R BEAR
Old-Fashioned Hunt Planned fop
jeredatory tosrnin.
An old-fashioned bear hunt will
take place in southwestern Oregon
this week under the direction of
Elmer Williams, assistant inspector
in the predatory animal division of
the biological survey.
For months a huge black bear hag
been running wild in the southern
part of Lane and the northern part of
Coos counties, killing cheep and even
attacking cattle. The wily animal
has frustrated all attempts of local
hunters to capture It Residents of
Siltcoos finally appealed to the gov
ernment in desperation for aid in
killing the bear.
Mr. Williams will leave Portland
today, armed with several traps and
a high-pow-ered rifle. He expects to
be a week or ten days on the. hunt.
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ROSESHOW FEATURE
tors, as well as to bring back again
those who have already seen the pre
vious displays.
Prizes to Be Offered for Va
riety of Flowers.
EXPERTS NOT TO COMPETE
Sweet Peas and Other Blooms Are
to Be Used This Year to Show
All of City's Possibilities.
MAYOR HTLASr OF NEW YORK. RECEIVING STRING OF ELK TEETH
FROM ERIC V. HAUSER OF PORTLAND.
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NEW YORK MAYOR DECLINES
TO VISIT ROSE FESTIVAL.
fighting me. For that reason I do
not dare leave the city for even a few
days. If I did they would start wreck
ing the city government. In the in
terest of the people of New York city
I must remain and fight these smooth
gentlemen who desire to obtain
wealth by robing the people."
Eric Hauser Told Executive of
Metropolis Must Stay on Job
to Watch Crooks
When Eric V. Hauser, president of
the Portland Rose Festival associa
tion, was in New York city recently
he called upon Mayor Hyian and in
vited him to be a guest of Portland
at the Rose Festival next month. In
addition, he presented Mayor Hylan
with a string of elk teeth which Mr.
Hauser received recently from a 'group
of Indian friends.
Mayor Hylan informed Mr. Hauser
that, while he is anxious to come to
the coast and to Portland, he could
not possibly break away from his of
ficial duties at this time.
"New York is constantly infested
with members of the smooth gentry,"
sa'd Mayor Hylan, "who set up of
fices in Wall street and attempt to
filch 'the public. I refuse to counte
nance this, and they are constantly
Small Eire Has Two Alarms.
Fire, believed to have been start
ed by a spark from the chimney of
an adjoining house, broke out on the
roof of the home of D. W. Jarvis, 453
Hall street, yesterday morning. It was
discovered simultaneously by two dif
ferent parties, who turned in alarms
at different boxes. Both fire and
police bureaus thought the St. Helen's
Hall must be on fire when the two
alarms came in and extra apparatus
and police details were dispatched to
the scene. The blaze was extinguished
with little trouble and the damage
was estimated at $300.
Apparatus Given School.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, May 20. (Special.)
The school of mines has received
some field assaying balancing equip
ment worth $250 as a donation from
G. N. Powell of Portland, an ex-mining
man. The apparatus consists of
a button balance for gold and silver
and a pulp balance for other ores.
New interest and beauty will be
given the annual rose show, to be
staged by the Portland Rose society
as an important part of the Rose
Festival, by the addition of unique
features, and a lengthy list of valu
able prizes to be awarded in the
various contests.
One of the innovations will be the
staging on Thursday, June 22, of a
decorated tea table and dinner table
contest, with beautiful silver baskets
and specially designed center-piece
sets as prizes. The tables will be six
feet long, and as sweet peas and other
flowers may be used, as well as roses,
a wide variety of artistic effects are
anticipated. Owing to the limited
space and the great interest in this
unique competition, entries mjust be
made early, through Guy W. Talbot,
president, 407 Gasco building.
Other Flowers to Be Shown.
In order that visitors to Portland
may see the wealth of flowers, other
than roses, which the city produces.
during the last two days of the show
there will be several classes for vases
and baskets of sweet peas and other
blossoms. To encourage amateurs,
announcement has' been made that
Mrs. S. S. Montague and Jesse A. Cur
rey, whose gardens have figured for
years in the rose shows and in the
prize-winning lists, will not enter any
roses in competition this year. Both
Mrs. Montague and Mr. Currey will
enter displays, but will not compete.
The classification list will be com
pleted within a tew days, and accord
ing to Jesse A. Currey, vice-president
acting for President Talbot, who is
absent from the city, this list will be
so arranged that rose culturists hav
ing only a single rose can compete,
the classes ranging from a single rose
to 50. Prizes for the various classes
will be more numerous and more at
tractive than ever before, Mr. Currey
states, with a wide range of utility
prizes, such as new-style pruning
shears, collections of choice rose
shrubs, patent spraying devices, etc.
Plants to Be Prizes.
Illustrating the wide-spread inter
est on the Portland rose show, the
firm of Howard & Smith of Los An
geles will send 48 of its newest crea
tions in rose plants, to be awarded as
prizes. This firm has created such
famous roses as the Los Angeles, the
Lolita Armour and the Mrs. S. K
Rindge. This collection is valued at
upward of ?100 and will be divided
over a number of classes.
The decorated tea table and dinner
table displays, following the first two
days of competition in the classifica
tions covering roses exclusively, will
require a complete re-staging of the
rose show in the central hall of the
armory, and it is predicted that this
feature will attract many new visi
SUMMER SESSION. DATED
j Oregon Normal School to Hold Ses
sion for 12 Weeks.
OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon
mouth, May 20. (Special.) The sum
mer session at the normal will open
Monday, June 19, and will continue
for 12 weeks, closing Friday, Septem
ber 1. It is announced that, although
all the courses will run for 12 weeks,
students who do not wish to remain
for the entire term will be enrolled
for six weeks.
A new feature of the summer sohool
this year will be the training school
in Monmouth, which will afford fa
cilities for practice teaching. This iB
the first time that a summer grade
Bchool has been attempted. The
Mountain View rural center, with 40
pupils, and probably one other rural
school, will also be In session during
the summer. The Monmouth training
school and the rural centers will con
tinue for only six weeks, however.
closing July 28. There will be several
changes in the faculty during the
summer session. These will be an
nounced later, as final arrangements
have not been completed.
A large enrollment is expected for j
the summer term, and every room in
the dormitory has been reserved.
BENEFITS OF CHEST
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Service Duplication Avoided
and Funds Conserved.
INQUIRIES ON INCREASE
MISSING STUDENT FOUND
Robert Stewart, Portland, Dis
covered In Chehalls.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, May 20. (Special.)
After a search lasting three days
for Robert Stewart of Portland, fresh
man in commerce and a member of
Phi Gamma Delta, his friends found
him in Chehalis, Wash. Mr. Stewart
was unconscious when found. He dis
appeared Monday night after house
meeting, after telling one of his
brothers he was going for a walk.
A search was started Tuesday, but
no. trace, could be found until yes
terday, when a telegram from a friend
in Seattle advised of his whereabouts.
Mr. Stewart has been In ill health
for some time and had trouble with
his eyes. He could scarcely see with
out glasses, and when he left home he
did not take glasses with him.
NEW DYE HOUSE RISING
Brownsville Woolen Mill Puts Up
Substantial Structure.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., May 20.
(Special.) The fine big new dye
house at the woolen mill is now
practically ready to house the ma
chinery which is here to go into it,
and other new buildings will now be
erected. Howe Brothers, garage
men, who lost their building by fire,
are breaking ground for their new
building on Main street. '
It will be of concrete blocks, made
here at Brownsville by Hume &
Loucks. The new building, which
has arisen at the Standard Oil com
pany's recently installed distributing
plant, is practically finished.
Veteran's Body In River.
. The body of John H. Davis, ex-
service man, who is believed to have
committed suicide, was found yester
day by City Grappler Brady near the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle bridge
over the Willamette . river. Brady
found the body in less than half an
hour after he started grappling in 16
feet of water. Davis' coat was found
on the bridge Friday night, and this
led to the search. He lived by him
self at 334 First street, and the cor
oner, who has the body, has not been
successful in locating any relatives.
agencies for help or advice through
the co-operation of all the helpful
organizations that center in the ex
change itself. Much money, just how
much is impossible to say, has been
saved through operation of the ex
change and the elimination, of over
lapping a.nd duplication of effort.
Benefits Are Distributed.
At Christmas time, as welL the ex
change functions helpfully. In past
years It was found that families re
ceived baskets, dinners and toys from
four or five agencies, while others,
equally deserving, were forced to go
without Christmas cheer on that ac
count. It is only by means of a cen
tral clearing house, such as the ex
change, that the good thing of the
Distribution System Tsed by Char
ity Organizations of Portland
Proves Success.
Just two years old, the confiden
tial exchange, a clearing house for
the operations' of the Portland com
munity cheat, is going very strong
and its usefulness has been so thor
oughly tested and proved that it will
continue one of the most useful
acencies of all in carrying on, Port
land charities and citizen-building
organizations under the direction of
the chest.
The confidential exchange is the
means employed to prevent duplica
tion of service and to save funds of
welfare agencies, as well as time of
social workers. Work of aiding needy
fomili-es is- made more intelligent
through an interchange of informa
tion and plans on the part of agencies
giving aid. Now that the exchange
has had its second birthday during
the past week, a balance has been
cast and every possible reason exists.
It is said, for the continuance of the
exchange functions.
Inquiries In Year 12,600.
The second year since the organ
ization of the exchange shows an in
crease in the number of agencies
participating from 45 to 66. Dur
ing the first year, about 9000 In
quiries were received by it, while the
number increased to more than 12,
600 in the second year. The largest
number of inquiries received in one
month was 1297, while the smallest
number in any month was 783.
It is said the exchange makes it
possible for all social agencies to co
operate for the benefit of those re
ceiving aid. More intelligent service
can be given f the agency giving aid
can know what other agencies have
done in the past with relation to the
various individual problems in -hand.
The child welfare agency is inter
ested primarily in the condition of
the chldren, while the medical
agency is concerned, first of all, with
the health of the family, and moral
protection and other phases are
brought into the scheme of things
by other agencies. It is by bringing
all these specialties together, it is
said, that the most intelligent di
agnosis can be made and the best
treatment planned by the social
worker.
Helpful Aid Given Boys.
Just one instance of the helpful
ness of the exchange in connection
with chest activities was that of a
frail little boy referred to an outing
committee as eligible for a stay at a
summer camp. Upon inquiry of a
medical agency, whose name had been
givn the camp worker by the Con
fidential Exchange, it was learned
that because of & weak heart the
camp activities would be the worst
possible place for the lad and. he was
taken, instead, to a quiet farmhouse,
where he improved rapidly.
There are many cases where do
mestic and other difficulties have
been smoothed away for families and
individuals coming to various chest
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RAIL
OFFICIAL ARE HELD.
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the Oaks park this afternoon and eve- "
ning.
Ushering in the festivities will bo
the arrival of Queen Laura of the
Elks and her royal court early in the
afternoon.
Continuous rounds of fun and in
formal entertainment are scheduled
to keep the revels moving. Perhaps
of foremost attention will be the husre
clam bake and salmon dinner to ue
served all comers. The menu will
consist of Clatsop clams and royal
Chinook salmon a la Elk, Oaks salad.
sandwiches, fraternal cake and coffeo
with cream. As this event will be un
der cover, bad weather cannot thwart
the merriment.
Setting the musical pace for the Jol
lification will be the Elks' band, the
Elks' saxophone band and the Elks'
ladies' glee club. Concerts are booked
for all hours.
Street cars are to be the official
means of transportation to the amuse
ment resort by order of the exalted
ruler. Excess profits from the car
riders and percentages from the Oaks
concessions will go to the Elks' build
ing fund.
Edward Charles Robblns.
Funeral services for Edward
Charles Robblns, for many years
assistant general passenger
agent of the Northern Pacific
railway here, who diied last
Thursday night, were held yes
terday afternoon at the Finley
chapel. Interment was in Lone
Fir cemetery. Pallbearers were
long-time friends from the of
fices with which he had: been
identified. He was 58 years old
and was widely known
throughout the northwest. He
Is survived by his widow and
two children.
season are spread around to all
worthy ones.
An analysis of the kinds of agen
cies using the exchange shows those
giving financial assistance first and
medical agencies second. More in
quiries, however, were received from
the medical agencies. But 11 churches,
ircluding the Portland, council of
churches, used the exchange. It is
said inquiries from this group should
be much larger.
Considerable time has been given
by the exchange to the preparing of
questionaires for a dlrectiory of so
cial agencies, such as other cities is
sue. The publication of such a direc
tory has been a need long felt and
expressed by social workers in town
and it is hoped, to have it completed
before the heavy work of next fall
begins.
ELKS HIGH JINKS TODAY
PREMIUM INCOME" GAINS
Pacific States Fire Insurance Com
pany Praised.
That the Pacific States Fire Insur-
ance company could hardly be in a
more satisfactory condition was dis
closed at the quarterly meeting of
the board of directors last Wednes
day, according to T. H. Williams,
president The statement of business
transacted during the first four
months of 1922, he said, showed a
large increase In premium. Income
over a similar period of 1921, and even
of 1920. The loss ratio was. said to
be much lower, and the directors de
clared themselves much pleased with
the company s condition.
A matter of considerable interest
presented to the directors was the
statement of A. C. Barber, insurance
commi&sioner for Oregon, covering
business transacted by fire insurance
comrjanies in thia state durinsr 1921.
This report showed the Pacific States
company is first among all the com
panies operating here in the amount
of insurance written last year.
Commissioner Barber, in transmit
ting his report for the information of
President Williams and his board of
directors, congratulated the company
upon the splendid showing it has
made during the past year and the
highly favorable position it now holds
in the insurance world.
RADIO FOR POLICE ASKED
Mayor Recommends $3000 Appro
priation for Equipment.
Use of radio in the Portland police
department will be authorized by the
city council Wednesday if it follows
the recommendation made by Mayor
Baker. This recommendation calls
for an appropriation estimated at
J3000 which will be sufficient to equip
two receiving and two broadcasting
stations between the central and St.
Johns police stations. This estimate
includes the equipping of eight auto
mobiles used in the district between
the main station and the St. Johns
sub-station with wireless equipment.
Many of the eastern police depart
ments find the radio exceptionally
useful in emergency.
Round of Fun Scheduled for Oaks
Park This Afternoon.
High jinks, rain or shine, is the
promise of tne Elks' committee in
charge of the finale to the prosperity
week jubilee which will be held at
Tents to House Homecoiners.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. May 20. (Special.)
A temt city for "homecomer." "
alumni day will be erected near the
trysting tree on the lawn of the east
campus on June 3. Each class will
find a tent all Its own, 'marked with
the class numerals, where members
can register and "hash" over old
stories and "swap" stories of present
day achievements. A faculty tent will
have a place in the "city."
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Stoves, Ranges and
Combination Ranges
Are Best by Test
GREAT PRIC
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AND YOUR
OLD RANGE
Places any Buck's Range,
Gas Range or Combina
tion Range in your home.
A year to pay; no interest.
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In taupe or blue velour, or tapestry. Our
overstuffed goods department is crammed
with bargains in fine upholstered sets and
single pieces. Call and inspect them. It
will surely repay you. Out of the high rent
district. This means money in your pocket.
uotoid Davenport
in handsome wax oak frame; open it makes
a bed; closed it contains all bedding and
mattress ready for use at a moment's notice.
Gives you another bedroom.
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Genuine leather
Overstuffed Rock
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$35.00
$1.00 Cash
$1.00 a Week
Bed, Spring and Mattress
2-inch Continuous Post
Hen. Simmons St ppll
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Beautiful walnut or mahogany oblong
dining table and four handsome chairs
to match; upholstered in genuine blue
or brown leather.
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And we have only
a few sets at this
price, so come early.
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Kitchen Chairs
Fine for breakfast
nook or kitchen.
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The alterations to our premises are now completed
and we ask permission to show you our immense stock
of fine new Rugs at prices so low you will be aston
ished. We have placed on sale this week a few won
derful specials which we list below:
9x12 Seamless Wool Velvets $37.50
9x12 Seamless Axminsters $29.75
9x12 Heavy Wool Fiber Rugs $ 1 4.75
9x12 Grass Rugs g 7.75
9x12 Imported Matting Rugs $ 5.75
9x 9 Pabcolin Rugs 1.5Q
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