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THE QRECON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 29, 190J.
LlilYOR llffl - TO PICK H OEST
EfJ FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
Says He Believes in Civil Service
. 'Reform, as Preferable to
i :-; , Spoils System.
"VVILLIS SAYS MAYOR
ACTED FOR THE BEST
Considerable Merriment It Caused by
' Testimony That .'Oregonlan Men
! Called on Dr. Lane -With Tales of
; Corruption in Police Department,
It is my belief that It la the Blah
duty of every offloio of the city to( pick
for the publlo service the very best
men that can be had. That haa been
my polioy and it la the policy I propose
to follow aa long aa I am mayor.".
In these 'emphatia tarma Mayor (Lane,
tha chief witness yesterday In thtrcity
council's investigation of tha elvil eerv
loa commlaalon, declarad hla viewa
"I ballava tn civil service .reform',
added tha mayor. In response to tha
queatione of tha attorney for tha inves
tigator "It la much batter than the
spoils ayatam. for It allow neither poll
tlca nor religion " nor , paraonal prefer
ence to-Interfere with tha good of the
publie aervlce. " ,
- 'That- Mayor' lana consistently and
', sincerely a trove to gat the beat men
poaalble for tha cttye Service waa the
repeated testimony of P. L. Willis,-one
9t the twp Republican membera of tha
civil service aotnmlseion, both of whom
. . were appointed under tha previous ad
y t ministration. ..; v
: ' Beat, errioe Wanted.
i ' "Mayor lana , aeemad dealroua and
I am eatlafled waa dealroua of obtain-
Ins tha bc-t aervlce for tha city In every
., department," aald Commlealoner Wlllia
. Tbat waa his polioy and I waa perfect
ly willing to participate In hla efforts.
I bad confidence In hla good Intantlona.
hla integrity and hla sincere deatra to
Rlva- tha city good aervlce. And I still
believe thla waa and la hla purpoae,"
be added with amphaala In anawer to
an Inquiry from D. J. Malarkey, tha at-
torney . for tha inqulaltore, who asked
- .' whether the reoent developments bad
' not 'Changed tha commissioner's view.
- . It .waa tha cloalng session of tha In
vestigation. For three houra Malarkey
exerted hta utmost Ingenuity Tn f the
ffort to extract from tha wltneaaea
' soma admission which might bolster up
f the charges against tha civil service
. - commlaalon. Finally tha membera of
.the Investigating committee took' a
' hand, and Mayor lane was Interrogated
by them, on a number 'of points.
, -In tha course of tha Interrogation it
was developed that early In the mayor's
administration E. B. Piper, managing
editor of tha Oregonlan, and Leslie
Scott, a member of the Oregonlan staff,
came to Mayor lane with stories that
members of the police department were
In collusion with criminal a,- and aug-
' rested .thet ha make an Investigation.
At that time the Oregonlan waa vio
lently berating the police department.
- and aa It ta now engaged In patting the
police on thA.Jack.-be mayor's testi
mony caused .anach atauaement.
Mountains t Kolahma,''
." Quibbling; over nothings, making
mountains of" imaginary infractions of
the rules governing the civil . serylce
' -- board. Straining at gnata and awajtow
ing camels, tha ingulaltora have brought
- -forth nothing of real importance to the
. publie save the one aaiteni raci tnai
the mayor and 'the civil service com
j mission were working hand in band for
m tha betterment of tha public servloa.
The pretense that tha civil servlcs rules
' were altered In order to allow Patrick
Bruln to become captain of polios baa
been effectually shattered. At a large
.. expenditure of time, effort and the tax
payers' money the fact baa been estab
lished clearly that the investigation was
- wholly unneoeasary.
; 4 ' Mayor lane made a brief statement
on taking tha wltneaa Stand yeatarday
' -which explained the circumstance un
der which soma -of the civil service
' rules were altered. ; ,
.7 ,i "When I became .mayor my offloe
- - was besieged by applicants for positions
' in the municipal service," said Mayor
lane. "They did not know, moat of
ihem at leaat, of tha civil service regu-
"latlona and the requirement that can
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COR. THIRD AND.
1000 Pairs
v.-1,-:
didates for tha asamlnatlons must have
lived In Portland for ayear. -Many- of
these persons who applied to mo were
from the east, and among them were
men skilled la their own lines of work
engineers, detectives, park-gardenera,
brldge-bulldera and othera. There was
one matt I remember who was thor
oughly skilled tn the Bertlllon system
for the measurement of criminals.
These people wlahed t os live hare, even
at leaaer wages than they could earn
la the east. .. .-v. .
V, Toree Xs Criticised.
"But I had nothing to offer them be
cause under the rules of the civil eerv
loe commission they could not compete
for any position tn the municipal serv
ice.. At the same time there waa much
erltlclsm of the police department. Our
detectives were acouaed of .colloguing
with criminals and of operating through
stool pigeons. I was told by a number
of persona that the charges were true.
I talked with the civil aervlce com
mlaslonera about tha matter.- I told
them- that It was necessary that wa
should hire fof tha city only first class
talent and I called their attention to the
fact that under the ayatem of axamlna
tlona for the police department then in
vogue 70 per cent of the markings waa
for bulk and brawn and only SO per
cent for brains.' . Tha roster bad been
made up on that etyle of examinations.
Aa mayor I naked the commission If
this could be done without violating the
law or the charter to fix the rulea so I
eould get the best men. It wss no per
sonal favor to tnyaelf tnat I aakad. but
only tha betterment of the public eerv.
lea J merely made tha general sugges
tion and .then left It to the commission
to act on It as they saw lit.'1,.
More Brawn Than Brains.
Malarkey waa Inclined to dispute tha
mayore atatement that under the
former system of - examinations TO per
cent was allowed for bulk and brawn
and only SO par oent for brains, but ths
witness insisted that he waa correct.
O. I. McPheraon, clerk of the civil
aervlce commlaalon; fully corroborated
the mayor, stating that tha old ayatem
allowed 0 per cent for the phyalcal
examination. SO per cent for the athletic
teats and' SO per cent for- ths educa
tional testa. Tha system haa now been
chaanged ao as to allow "to. per cent
for brawn, and SO per cent for brains,"
as ths mayor expressed it.
When the mayor stated that reports
reached him thetimembers of the force
were In collusion . with crimlnala,
Thomaa G. Greene interjected:
"Please tall tha namea of the persons
who brought you these reports."
"Some of tha Information came from
Leslie Scott," replied the mayor.-"and
eome of it came from Ted Piper, tha
managing editor of tha Oregonlan."
A ripple of laughter ran through the
room. - Malarkey asked "
- "You - thought that a good source of
Information, didn't your
"Tea, at that time I did." replied the
mayor meaningly. : - :
"Did you get any information from
The . Journal T" Interposed Chairman
Wills.
"No, I don't flflnk so."
.: Wanted e Xnveetlgnaa.
Mayor rUm related -that be concluded
it would be well to get some man of
Independence and honesty to Investigate
the manner in which the laws were
being enforced.
"I wanted a men Who would be un
biased, and I thought' Patrick Bruin a
man of integrity and force of character
who would fill the bill. I Bent for him
and Instructed blm to find out bow well
or how illy tha law waa enforced.
- Malarkey endeavored to get aa ad
tnlaalon from the mayor that Bruln waa
told to watch certain ' members of ths
police 'force in order to get evidence
against them, but" this tha mayor em
phatically denied. Hla only purpoae. be
declared, waa to find out how the laws
were being -enforced.
"Bruln waa never put on the track
of any member of the department I
gave1 -aim no Instructions to watch any
body." Efforts by Malarkey to get an ad
mission that might sustain the charge!
that the purpoae In changing tha elvil
servloe rules was to get Bruln on the
force,, drew from the mayor emphatic
denial. Addreaeing the attorney, be
eald:, -j .-''
"Ten have wriggled around la every
way in the attempt .to make It appear
that in suggesting trie aoouaning of the
rule requiring residence In Portland. I
had Patrick Bruln in mind. Tbat la not
the fact. I did not have hire 4n mind.
Patrick Brain waa aot on the h orison
at that time."
Mayor Lane testified tbat It was hla
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expectation that Patrolman Qulnlan
would stand higher than Bruln on the
examinations, on account of the for
mer' a experience on the force and hla
knowledge of local conditions, "f saH
tn both (Htptaln Nevlna and Poatmaatac
Mlnto, "Make tha examination Just aa
you would If you were picking men for
yourselves, and be sure to give us the
best men.' I believe tbey carried out
these Instructions, at Is not possible-to
suspect Captain Nevlna or John Mlnto
of being unfair In such s matter."
Commlealoner P. Lt Wlllia, who oc
cupied the stand In the earlier part of
the session, waa outspoken in his com
mendation of the mayora policy. Ma
larkey aakad htm whether in hla opin
ion the apliit of -the charter had not
bean violated by the new rules of tha
eomralsalon. especially the provision
giving membera of a department tho
preference In appointing to higher po
sitions. - ." ,
"I do not think so," replied' the com
missioner. "8o long aa the members
of the department had equal opportu
nity to compete In the examlnatlona
there was no violation of - tha charter
provision. If a man on - the police
force, for example, had shown himself
equally qualified with an outatoar, ne
would haw, been given the preference.
That was Mho principle -on whlcb the
eommlf llon proceeded. 't -. .
Savestlgatioa Za Closel 1
Commissioner Wlllia aald that he
had aot paid aa much attention to the
duties of hla office aa perhape ha
ahbuld have done, having relied largely
on McPheraon, the clerk of the board,
who. he aald. waa very diligent and
vary familiar with tha government civil
servloa methods.
-. When asked Bow far Mayor lane
participated in changing" the rules, Mr.
Willis replied:
He offered only. general suggestions
snd left the working out to the mem
bers of the commission. He . said it
would be a good thing if the rules
could be so amended aa to enable the
commission ,to get on the eligible Hats
aome of ' the trained and experienced
men then In the city, even though they
had not resided here-a yoaKT -The
taking' of testimony was con
cluded yesterday afternoon- Tha com
mittee which haa been conducting the
examination will probably not be ready
to preaent ita report for a fortnight.
EUGENE" BAPTISTS HAVE A
BIG YEAR
Church Under Rev. O. C. Wright
Gained 190 New Membert
. Made Improvements. :
(Special Dispatch to The loonuil.) 'I
Eugene, Or.. Dec. St. -The annual
business meeting and rollcall of the
Baptist -church -of - Eugene -were - held
yesterday.' At the bualneaa meeting ths
following officers were, elected: C 8.
Frank, trustee; Professor E. E. Da Cou
and C. H. Marsh, deacona; Professor W.
P. Boynton, treasurer; Philip H. Crelte
ser.' clerk; P. H. ' Needham. Sunday
school superintendent; C W.. Converse,
assistant auparlntendent.
Reports from all branches of ths
church work showed a prosperous con
dltlon and a good growth during tha
year. Tho net gain In church member
ship during the year waa 84. Tha mem
bership now numbers 300, a net gain of
190 since the present pastor. Rev. O. C
Wright, began bla work here a year
and a half ago. During the past year
the. church has expended the sum of
$5,500. IS. 850 of ' which was used to
remodel the house of worship. The
building has been more than doubled
in seating capacity, and beautified on
tha interior.
Rev. Mr. Wright is very popular with
his congregation and with tha Eugene
public at Urge. His audiences have in
creased from a mere handful at each
service to an average of S00 on Sunday
forenoons and from 400 to 1,000 Sunday
r )
"nins. . ,
Alter tne Business meeting a 'large
number of members of ths church par
took of a dinner prepared by tha lad lea
In tha church annex. At 7:10 o'clock
ths roll of members was called, a large
percentage of the members being pros-
BORROWED FROM BOTH
.SIDES IN SUCCESSION
8. Shlma'and T. Tashlma. two vagrant
but oeml-prosperoua-looklng Japa, who
have effected a livelihood since their
arrival in Portland by borrowing ifeoney
from fellow cpemtrymen, wens, given un
til t o'clock this afternoon . to leave
town.
Their examination in the police court
elicited the fact that tha two boys as
sociated themselves with on faction
of unfriendly. Japaneae circles. . . and
when unable to get money from their
own side went to members of ths other
and secured small sums through mla
repreeantationa The complainant waa
Jeweler Zut, a .Veil-known Japanese
merchant, who -aald he refused to
tribute to the two young men.
pay
. Oorvallle Kaeeaa XaataU Offleera, .
(Special Dispatch to The Joorsal.)
Corvallla, Dec. 2. There as an in
atallatlon of officers in tha. three
branches of the Maaonlo order of this
eity Wednesday evening. In 'the East
ern Star lodge the fallowing were in
stalled; W. M.. Mrs. R. II. Huston: W.
P, Professor Skelton; A. M. W, John
Pulton; aecretary, Mrs. Berchtold; trees
urer.TMra. Elmlra Carter; conductor,
Mlaa; Bertha.jDavIs; associate conductor,
Mrs.1 J. F. Allen; fire points of star,
Edna Groves, Mra. Halm, lira. Lewis
Wilson. Mrs. M. S. Woodcock, and" Mrs.
Sarah Moore;, organist, Mrs. T. I Mil
ler. . pfflcers installed in the Blue lodge
were: W. P. Laffarty, W. M. ; A. B.
Cordley, S. W.; John Fulton, J. w.; Z. H.
Davis, treasurer; John-Allen, 8. D.;.Mlk
Bauer, J. D.; F. I Rent, tylsr; E.- B.
Horning, Charlee Porter, Stewards.
Ferguson chsptar No. S Installed the
following offleera: J. A. Harper, 11. P.t
John Rowland, K. : J. B. Irvine,
B. Horner, aecretary; B, N. Wllklna
treasurer;' M. M. Davla, P. 8 i Z. H
Davla R. A. C. ; 8. U -Kline. C. of H.I
E. B. Horning, M. 8. V.; 8. N. Lilly, M.
F. V.: John Fulton, aentlneL After the
Installation a Supper was served.
To Out Stoad Taroagli Meaatalaa,'.
(Hpeelat Dispatch to The JnenaL)
La Qrande, or., Dec. it. The owners
of mines on tha Orande Ronde river, SI
mllea from thla city, are maklng ar
rangements to have a road through th
mountalna to Bumpter, which will make
tha distance only St mllea . from the
mlnaa to tha Bumpter Smelter, where th
oree win be taken.
The Aurelle mining company, whlcn
la located In . that aection, will have
their mine In shape to sand ore to the
emalter early In the spring., and are
taking, an active ' part In the enstrue
tlon of the propoaed road.
Teachers Oive Btaholars Books.
Forest Orove, Or- Deo. J. The, teach
ers of the public echoole of .the city
nave presented the school library with
SI volumes, suitable for the use of .the
pupfls of all gradea' Thla. gift was
given in the plaoe of the usual Christ
ma earaav . - r. .
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BARGAIN NO. 2.
$ 1 .31
$1.31
Boys'
Overcoats
500 3ojrs . Over
coats. Come take
your pick. .1.31
BARGAIN NO. 3.
$7.50
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$7.50748 Genuine Cravenettes, iWestles, Roxbury! are
$7.50
BARGAIN NO. 4.
79c hats 79c
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79c Hat Take your pick
ing of Derbys, black Felt, tan
79c
$5.00
Fleece Lined Underwear, regular 75c garments. Our
price A. ...24
Children's Underwear. . Gigantic value. . . A .... .. . . .. .5
Balbriggan Cotton Hose, regularly sold for 85c Our
price . . ; .1
"All Wool Merino Seamless Socks, regular 50c kind.
Cosing price ...10
Silk Handkerchiefs. Closing price. . . . . . . . . . ....... .8e
5,000 Pairs of Men's Suspenders, sold for 50c Our price . 1)
5,000 Dozen Red Bandana Handkerchiefs. .Closing
price ......... ...... ........ ..........
. Come and see thespecials for Saturday--Goods have to go You
will not be disappointed "at this sale. v :
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PLOT HINTED IN GOREYS
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Schema Said to Have Been Laid
to Separate Steel Magnate
v- ' and Hit Wife. ,
Jeeraal Siwdal Bei '.)
Pittsburg, Deo. St. Tha myatery eer
roundlng tha separation of William E.
Corey and wife is expected to be ex
plained soon. U is reported that Mrs..
Elisabeth Rlggs, sister of W. XL Corer,
who le en her way here from Europe,
will be enabled to clear up tha conspir
acy of whlcb Mra. Corey .alleges shs
Is ths victim. When the Cerey story
was first eent out from Pittsburg It
was known that a photograph of Ms
belle Ollmanv. reclining In her apart
mente In Paris, with a large picture
of President W. K. Corey In ths back
ground, caused the break between Mr.
and Mra Corey.
The wife took umbrage at the brasen
publication of her husband's photograph
in another woman's aperttnente, but
ever alnee Mra Corey left. for. Reno,
Nevada, It- Is known that she tips been
led to. believe tbat .her husband and tier
self wars ylctlme of a plot to separate
them, snd that the publication of Jhe
picture waa pert of the plot.
Mra. Rlggs has been studying muslo
In Europe under the same Instructor ae
Mlaa Oilman.' and aha la familiar with
the eplaodo of the telltale photograph.
Deserted, Vlftee Tears Ago.
Pendleton, Or.. Dee. II. Kathllda I.
Del tsar haa commenced divorce pro
ceedings sgalnst Bruce O- Dellgar en
the ground of desertion. The two were
married at La Orande In HIT, and have
one chili now IS years of age. ' The
defendsnt Is alleged to hare deserted
the plaintiff fa 1110.- - . -
- .College Oat ef Qaaiaattae.
(Hpeelal Dtspatafe te The Jwmal.)
Milton, Ora, Dee. II. The students
of the Columbia . college rejoiced lest
evening when the yellow diphtheria sign
wss taken from the building, for 10
elajrs the students were aufcraaUned la
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BARQAIN
ANY SUIT OR OVERCOAT
in mt nou5c
$1.31
$1.31
$7.50
included in this
lot. Come take
your, pick of
anyone. $7.50.
$7.50
of any Hat In the house, consist
and light colors, regularly sold Wmf
for $2.50, $3.50 and . f yLj
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rm sixFiimrBVOB,
nr mBPTTATioaT,
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nr success.
Bleddee Treablae, sryareaala,
Tarlooeele, Pimples, Ulcere.
Kidney Complaints, Bloo rolsoa,
Werveaa D.bLUty, Strietnre,
Saheaaaattaaa. " private Dlsaassa, .
piles Xrtet Vitality. ,
" All manner ef Chronle Affllctlone of
men' and women. Moat modern and ecl
entlflo treatment No cutting. No pain
ful opera tlone. Ne detention from bual-
aeas. Tin mlsrepreaentation. imputation
eataoiisnea tor aonest w iair oiin
with all patients. Consuitauon ana
vice free..,'.
Co. Sd aad'TasahUl Sta Pertlaaa. Or.
the dormitory on account of a case of
diphtheria, and it waa a dull Christmas
for them. There le a few dare "of va
cation left 'before New Tears, and they
will make' up for lost iitlme. Victor
Canfleld the.-yoflng man who waa 111
with diphtheria, baa been placed la a
pest house snd Is' rapidly recovering. '
Ve lay sTew Cable Uaat
(imraal ftpectal "orrlr. ) y
YalparaJson, Dae. !. The table
Steamship Faraday, belonging to Sie
mens Bros, A Co., and having on board
i.ltQ knots' Of 'cable for thd Central
Ct South American Telegraph eompany,
waa elghtad today. The cable Is to be
laid to duplicate the CentrsI South
American - Telegraph eompany'a ayatem
between Valparaise-lqulque, CbUl, and
Callae, rera, . j
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the Pick of Any Suit or
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$15 Values Take
. BARGAIN
Men's
Men's Pants--Divided Into two
larly sold for $3.00. $2.5atod
$1.89
79c
All the fants reg
ularly sold
$4.50 and
vfor
BARGAIN
$1.58 shoes ,$1..5S
Shoes Any pair of Shoes in
V'twVg avaa ssjaaa wa a
$1.58
and
2.50
for ..S1.58
Odd Vests worth $3.50 and $2.50. Our price. .. . . . . . . .5
BARGAINS
MM i8ii$ 1.4.8
Bovs' Suits Divided into two
ble and single breasted, reefers,
Sailor Suits. They go for..
Section No. 2 Suits regularly
j sr" bl
1 .93
cnoice
for ..81.93
n . t . t 1JI
fancy quk docks, rcjjuiaiiy suiu
pair. Closing price. .v.
Gentlemen s unen Handkerchiefs
Silk Mufflers, regularly sold for $2.50, $2.00 and $1.50. .
Closing price I.....:......... .21e '
Fancy Wool Sweaters, the heavy kind; regularly sold ;
for $2.50 and $2. Our price.....: ..........28
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We treat encceesfully all private Per
To us snd chronic dlsesses of men; also
blood, stomach, heart, liver, kidney and
throat troubles. We cure SVPHILI8
(Without mercury) to stay cured for
ever. We remove STRltrrTRB. with
out operation or pain, in Is days. . .
We stop -drelne, night losses and
spermatorrhea by a new method In a
short tlrse. We can restore the sexual
vigor ef sny man under 10 by means of
local treatment peculiar to ouraelvea.
We Cure Gonorrhoea
''- In a Week
- The doctdra of this institute' are ell
regular graduatee, have had many
veers' experience, have been known in
to maintain, and will undertake no case --
unless certain cure can be effected. I
We guarantee a cure in every ease weli.
undertake or charge no fee. Consulta-lS j
lion X rmwt. u.!ir vuniiu.iiuni. .i..,uv-
tlve BOOK FOR MEN mailed free In
plain wrapper. - .
We eura the worst esses ef plies In
two or three treatments, without opera-
tlon. cure guaranteea
If yon eannet call at efflce, write for e.ueatkn blank. - Rome traatmeot eua.
easeful. ;
Office hoars, t te I and t to B. Sundays and Holidays, IS to 11 ' , '
. DR. W. NORTON DAVIS & CO.
Offices fn'Tan Noy Hotel. IIH Third Street. Corner Pine, Portland, or.
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parts. All the Pants regu
$2.00. ...... ........ . .70?
51.89
for
$4.
151.89
NO. 6.
the house, worth $5.00, $3.50
mff ww wa Wka yw.vvy v.v w
S1.58
NO. 7.
sections, consisting of dou
Buster Browns, three pieces,
....... ...$148
sold for $10.00, $8.50, $7.50
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OPPOSITE OLDS,
U'OHTMAN & KCG
a-.4 '
A NEW YEAR'S
Is good teeth, and one that cia be
neglected, as your health anS hL.p!nee
depends on'thera. VJl visit to wue
Proa, will convince you. that th.ir
methods are not enlr palnleee. but thor
oughly Sdentlna and durahle. Th.lf
erowa snd bridge work is roarveloua.
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WEEK