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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 19, 1923 0 REMEDY PROPOSED TO SPEED TRIALS Correction of Court Abuses Advocated. U. S. CRIME HELD WORST Judge Griffiths Gives Approval to Court Unification Under Ad ministrative Head. PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 18. To check lawless ness, to make justice more swift and sure, and at the same time less costly to persons of small means, and to correct various defects and abuses, are, in general, the purposes of recommendations recently sub mitted to the Justices of the state supreme court by Austin E. Grif fiths, presiding superior court Judge of King county. Judge Griffiths' recommendations have been made in accord with the constitutional provision, suggestive rather than mandatory, that "su perior judges report to the supreme court such defects and omissions in the laws as their experience may suggest." Not many of the judges of this state have acted on this pro vision, and it is said that Judge Griffiths' report is more comprehen sive, as well as more specific, than any hitherto offered the supreme court. In transmitting: the report Judge Griffiths wrote the supreme Justices: "I conceive he purpose of this constitutional direction to be to bring to you, and through you to the governor and ultimately to the legislature, the judgment of trial judges upon the wisdom and adequacy of our laws." V. S. Crimes Held Worst. In discussing the prevalence of crime, the escape of criminals, the lack of power of trial courts to con trol procedure, the failure of many judges to be anything more than au tomatons on the bench, Judge Grif fiths quotes from addresses and published" articles by Chief Justice Taft, from the American Bar Asso ciation Journal, and the reports of the National Municipal League, the Chicago Crime commission, the Cleveland Survey and other sources. Special emphasis is given to that section of the report of the bar as sociation's committee which says, "The scrime situation in the United States, so far as crimes of violence are concerned, is worse than that in any other civilized country. Here there is less respect for law Certainly it is true that the crim inals and not the public benefit by delays." Reform Is Outlined. Judge Griffiths summarizes the essentials of judicial reform recom mended by all the highest authori ties, as follows: First: Control by the courts, under proper rules, of procedure in actions and proceedings before them. Second: Unification of the courts under administrative headship. As to these essentials, he points out that the constitution and stat utes of this state already grant considerable power to the judges, much of which remains unexer cised in the course of court routine and in deference to precedent, and that the constitution also gives the governor authority to assign judges. Governors of the state have very seldom exercised this authority, but Judge Griffiths sees In it the basis of a unified and administrative state Judiciary. , , "We have 45 superior court judges," he .writes in his report. "Many of them have comparatively little to do during the year. A few judges in the big counties are over worked. The state pays one-half of all -the salaries. Litigation in the populous centers is not only local, but is state, national and interna tional in character. The law should require the governor to take docket reports from each superior court and assign judges to prevent docket congestion." Speeding Up Cases Needed. Admitting by inference that some courts do not seek to expedite trials and litigation by use of the powers with which they are already ested. Judge Griffiths notes the need of statutory amendments that will en large those powers and make them more specific. Some of hU sugges tions follow: "Motions for new trials should be made within a very brief period to be fixed by law; the 90-day limit now allowed the superior court to decide submitted matters should be shortened by law; to check dilatory motions and demurrers and to lessen continuances in civil cases, the court should have power to impose fees to be paid into the public treasury; dcte for trial of criminal cases should be definitely fixed at the time of arraignment; the court should have clear authority to limit the interminable examination of witnesses, to limit the number of witness per class and in total, and to determine when experts shall or shall not be used; the court should have power to .designate a special trial calender, on which should be put for immediate successive hear ing or trial cases shown to be of emergency or of general or public character; forms of pleadings and papers should be simplified, short ened and standardized." Jury Evasion Discussed. The report discusses the evasion of jury duty, and recommends that the term of service for petty jurors should be at least two months; that one-half the number of jurors sum moned should be required to serve a month with one-half the suc ceeding panel, so as to keep expe rienced jurors on every panel; and that if a juror cannot, for valid rea sons, serve' in the month for which he is called, he be required 'to at tend for service the next month. He would make it an offense for any employer to put obstacles in the way of an employe summoned for Jury service, and expresses the 'opin ion that jurors are entitled to bet ter pay. Judge Griffiths recommends an annual grand Jury session for every county or judicial district, and re marks that it is not sound policy to leave the calling of a grand jury to the will of a Judge. He also re marks that "it is not sensible to let law enforcement fall almost en t-rely, as it is slowly doing, into the control of prosecuting attorneys, With the recent King county con troversy evidently in mind, he urges t-at where a grand jury inquiry may affect the county commissioners or the county prosecutor, the court should have clear authority to ap point special counsel. System for Disputes Advocated. ' . The report proposes a simple statutory system for advisory hear ing and settlement of disputes, thereby preventing formal litiga tion. Judge Griffiths would open the way to legal arbitration at the call of either side in a dispute, with out affecting the rights of parties, in case of failure to agree, to seek other remedies. He would have the Jurisdiction of the courts enlarged so as to declare a judgment in cases of actual controversy before dam age has been sustained. He urges statutory restriction of the now un limited privilege of demanding change of venue on affidavit of prejudice. In conclusion Judge Griffiths sug gests that "a commission of inquiry be appointed to simplify and codify both civil and criminal practice and procedure. This is being done in other states. The majority of the commission should not be judges and lawyers. The influence of judges and lawyers upon such a commission will more than make up for their minority number." STAGE EXTENSION DENIED Application to Increase Service to , Chehalis Is Rejected. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. IS. (Spe cial.) The application of the Kay Bee Stage company to extend its Aberdeen-Centralia run to Chehalis was denied by the department of public works toaay. The depart ment found an interurban line ren dering frequent -service, and nine railroad train running daily each way. One bus line is already op erating and has on file with the de partment an applicatfdn to render 15-minute service. H. L. Pate was denied a freight certificate between Yakima and Grandview on the ground that the railroads and an existing operator were furnishing all necessary service. EATING OF HONEY URGED Importance of Bee Industry Told by Washington Governor. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) "Bee keeping is becoming a very important industry in the state of Washington," Acting Governor W. J. Coyle, said in a statement to day urging the people o the state ta join in observance of. honey week November 20 to 26. "I hope the entire state will enter into the spirit of the occasion and that not a breakfast will pass dur ing the week but finds honey on the housewife's table and that an in telligent interest will be displayed toward the development of this industry." Consider the Possibilities in Buying Gifts at This Good Jewelry Store! Only the Rood only the worthy find place in Aronson's stocks. What will you choose? Diamonds? Silver? Jewels? Watches? Rely upon what you're shown here to be of the best. Price? Aronson's is particularly a store large in resource. It buys for cash from original sources, therefore it buys for less. It sells for less! Hut it sella the best! ( Gifts Yen Select. Now Will Be Kept Safely for Yon Until the Holidays. Why Not Buy Early and to Better Advantage Than Later f ARONSON'S . COLLEGE 10 YEARS OLD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED AT MOUNT ANGEL. Cornerstone of Present Building Laid in 1889 by Archbishop Alexander Christie. MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE, St Benedict, Or., Nov. 18.-r(Special.) The 40th anniversary of the founda tion of Mount Angel college was celebrated last Monday. A holiday was proclaimed by the Rev. Rector Father Victor. A solemn high mass was sung by the Rev. Prior Father Jerome. He was assisted by Rev. Father Benedict and Rev. Father Bede, as deacon and sub-deacon, re spectively. Father Clement offici ated as master of ceremonies. This anniversary marks another great step in the progress of the institution. Rev. Adelhelm Oder matt, O. S. B., founder of Mount Angel college, came over from Switzerland to America in 1873, and after eight years of hard labor Father Adelhelm's health broke down and he went west in search of a more agreeable climate. He traveled over the Pacific states in search, of a site for another Bene dictine monastery, and finally de cided on "the butte near Fillmore." However, in 1882, when Pope Leo XIII signed the decree of erection, a temporary monastery was built at Gervais, to be eventually super seded by the permanent abbey at Mount Angel, then called Fillmore. In 1884, two years after the founding of the monastery, the com munity was transferred from Ger vais to a site near Fillmore, which was named Mount Angel, after the mother house in Engelberg, Switz erland. In 1889 the cornerstone of the present structure was laid by the new archbishop of Oregon, the Most Rev. Alexander Christie, D. D., and four years , later the whole abbey was completed. The new abbey buildings comprise the abbey proper (monastery, college and seminary buildings combined in one three-winged structure), an abbey church, a spacious gymnasium, the Benedictine Press and the postbffice of St. Benedict, Qr. The new college is situated on the crest of Mount Angel, a gently sloping hill. Dental Society to Meet. The November meeting of the Portland district dental society will be held Tuesday night, November 21, in -the auditorium of the Portland hotel. The programme will include a debate on the subject, "Resolved, That the amalgam restoration is more valuable to dentistry than the gold inlay." On the affirmative side will be Dr. Jean Cline and Dr. Earl Abbott, and on the negatvie Dr. S. Reingold and Dr. J. Barber. A lec ture on zone therapy will be given by Dr. E. Tracy Parker, and musical entertainment will be provided by the Psi Omega orchestra. Contempt Order Confirmed. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) The order of Judge Calvin S. 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