I L i , i -. i- I i- Xoetoit 5 a. in...5i rir U . w YOrlt " .'. ?' " 1 m Charleston " . .6 i.mne ' Waahingt'n " ' u J-i n. " Chicago, 7 a. m...t4 Luiilratl " Kan. City, " . . -64 -inknno " Bt. Panl " . .64 r.,arIiii!d " Portland humidity, e a- m. v.-i.wm:::; Fair' tonight and tomorrow; liKlit frost to niftht; variable wlnda. .If U ! V' i 1 i ,..fe7 VOL. XII. NO. 39. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1913 TWENTY PAGES. (TIKI ritS tt. .. i CIVIL SERVICE IS CUPID SCORNS DIPLOMATS lOdlOl ACTIVE EDUCATOR FOR FIFTY-FIVE YARS OF LIFE . 1 i s l r- 1 i r. w, DtJ KE'WI LL WED' AM ERICAN UNCLE' SAM DOESN'T CARE ; - .. BfiYAH WILL GO TO CALIFORNIA TO AID IN FRAMING BILEi DR. TH0W1AS GATCH. FOUR SCORE YEARS OF AGE. SUCCUr,1BS 1DESTR0HR BY KEV CHARTER Bami "I President Telegraphs Governor and Legislature Suggesting That Secretary of State Help "in -'Anti-Alien' Matter. ' TELEGRAM INVITING HIM WILL BE SENT AT ONCE; Distance From Washington Js Given by Wilson as Rea-' . son for Request. . Ci.lf-d ITcm t-e-d wi- Washington, April 23. President Wil son today telegraphed Governor Johnson at Sacramento and the California U'Ris latlve lenders, asking whether It would he acceptable for Secretary of State Pry. van to visit Sacramento to take counsel with the governor and legislators and i '(operate In framing an anti-alien law Which would" meet the vIpwi of Califor nia and still would noV Interfere with national treaties, ' '.'': Prtsldent Wilson's telegram , to Gov ernor Johnson was sent In duplicate to Hie' president -'or- the senate and the speaker of the California. assembly, ex cept for tlie first sentence. The Johnson mesaage said! ' . ' ! . "Thank you for your; patriotic tele gram. Ave find it so difficult from this distance to understand fully the Mtuat'on with reifard to. the sentiment Hfdvthe circumstances which He back . of tlie pending , proposition concerning -the -ownership. of land. In the state of California ., that I .venture to inquire ' whether It will be agreeable to-you and to the legislature to have tlie secretary of state visit Sacramento for the pur pose of counselling with you and the members of the legislature and for co operating with you and with them in framing law which ,IH meet the views of the people of your state and tfontinued .on Page Fifteen.) T UP AT FORI ARTHUR t.r, i ii r ' ni. ml' j-''-H .... v (lifltwl I'rfw Lratrd Wlre.i Tort Arthur. Out. April 33 mNi'drlng the- Infant son of Mr. aivt Mrs. Redmond MCOrath In Its cradl -m i t m, u mi anilounly Injuring thtv baby's parents with the same weapon, nn unknowil thutj is', being hunted by posses aliout Port; Ai'tliuf today. The MeGraths are 'unable to give nri account of the tragedy. . . , President to He at Capitol. (Uutted I'rwi Lraxed Wtrf.) Washington, April 23. President Wil son will occupy the president's room at the capitol tomorrow long enough to ronswlt 23 senator regarding federal uppolntments In their respective states according to an announcement at the White House today. He may also dU cuss the tariff with them. , iiOOO Collierj-nien On Strike. 4 t'alted I'rem Lraanl Wire.) .Shamokln, Pa.. April 23. Refusing to Work with non-union ' men, 3000 em ployes of the Cameron, Hickory Ridge .and Scott collieries, near here, are on strike today. Priedmann Shows Roosevelt. 'Cntled Pr .l,Wtre.l New York, April 23. To explain his tuberculosis serum. Dr. Frederick Frana Frledmann visited former . President Theodore Roosevelt here, Colonel Roose velt displayed great interest In the cure. AXE-MURDERER URNS CIVIL SERVICE UNDER PRESENT CITY CHARTER KILLS AMBITION, TENDS : : TO DESTROY SPUR FOR EFFICIENCY Sweeping Indictment of System "of Important Branch of Mu ; nicipal " Government Made by New York Experts; 1 000 Employes Not Paid According to Work Done, and Promo tion by Political Pull Possible; Standardization of Pay. 4 Civil Barvlea Stfeeta. One thousand employes with a 12,000,000 annual payroll are not graded for .efficiency nor paid in. proportion to value of work done." Protection of employes under civil service code should not be first consideration. . ; Operation of system kills m-ii bition and destroys incentive for efficiency. '.. : Promotion by political " pull made possible. No Central . control over aala ries paid. ' 7 Rome employra are-pald-too-much and some not enough. - Portland s present clvtl 'service Is "a ""hiring and firing"" system only. No effort la made to develop efficiency in mployes, ; No plan exists to base: sal aries on .efficiency fcnd the grade of -jeniJ er-Thera!. W"t ' be ". atandardtaa; tion of salaries and liuc. and compelenT grading of efficiency before civil serv ice wllhkve the value It should, first, to the people?, second, to the employes, declares 'the tenth report -1y ' the New .-:;;r-:r' Mis Xamy Lelshniun, Whom the Dukf of Cr'ov, YVesfMlialia, Will ' Wed In Defiance of the Orders of Kaiser .Wilhelm of Germany That the 1 Mutch Mut Not Tithe IMj" .' ' I '""v- V - V" ' ' ' V.-.. r i ' ' r - .AM---.&liJl:J, r- irJ Daughter of U. S. Ambassador v Love Affair. Brings About Situation; Shall Her . (I'tltod Pre.. l.rJ Wlr. Washington, April 23. Following the announcement of the engagement of Misa Nancy Leishman, daughter of the Ainerlean ambassador to Germany and tne Duke of Croy, Westphalia, who are to be married tn deflanca of the orders of Kaiser Wtlhelm: the state depart ment la preparing today, to handle ;a dell- ... , ,-. .. ,,.; ...... SHERIFF OF J MBULLETS OF 18- Lad, Himself Shot to. Death, Avenges Himself Before Gun Finger Relaxes. (Called iJrea leaned Wire.)" Medford. Or.,: April 23. Sheriff Au gust Slngler died this morning at Sacred Heart hospital as a Jesuit of a duel In which he killed Lester Jones, an- 18-year-old desperado. ' The- shooting took place ;1ast evening in a -lonely cabin on the John Launspach ranch,, one mile west of Jacksonville. .-. Slngler, accompanied by a Launspach bov, went to 1 he cabin .to arrest Jones, who was cooking biscuits on a stove in the kitchen when the sheriff entered. As Jones; turned to reach for ft revolver Tork bureau of municipal .research . to the Portland citisens' committee, today: "No one operation of Portland's gov ernment has had so much oonsldcratlon In the present charter campaign as il'ctvll serviced reads the report. "That the proposed civil service regulations do not, in fact differ from ' those In the present charter nas aireaay been set I forth by the bureau of municipal re 4 I search and discussed freely by all those interested in. the charter campaign re- discussion, however, has been confined almost solely to the question of the i protection of civil service ; employes. Neither the city at large tjor e civil service " employes themselves have seemed to appreciate that , the protec- Uionf-elvU-arvicsenipioyes- u tmt lone point of many which must becov- jered In a survey of the methods and re suits of civil service, f-niraww re quirements and provisions for recog nising efficient service by protection are fully as important even from the employe's ; viewpoint ' as protection against discharge, "In the following report, the bureau of municipal research points out ppe tirin. In tha nnnratinn of the present civil service law ...which could te Improved. The clay's .payrolls., ex clusive of schools, . amount to nearly (Continued on Page Five.) ACKSON YEAR-OLD Leishman at Berlin, Whose Delicate International Papa Be Recalled? cate International situation, that Ambasador Ieldhman It Is stated favors the match, and that his withdrawal will be asked by the kaiser. The department, on he other hand, Is not inclined. It is said, to consider the marriage of his daughter Into tbeUerman nobility a suf ficient reason for recalling Ambassador Leishman.' .-(.; - - on a nearby- shelf, Slngler ordered him to thT0w''"dp.iilj4ftdinreainlnr',,.;to -shoot If tne order was not obeyed.. Jones made a quick movement toward the gun The wounded boy grabbed , the gun and In an instant a ,doen shots were being exchanged. The Launspach boy ran to his fathers house and when as sistance arrived Slngler had crawled outside with one bullet through his liver and one through his hand. He did not know that he- had killed Jones and warned Launspach that there was a man (Continued on Page Seven.. FLORAL CHRISTENING l , . ; i i . ii i "-:. .1,. ;. .' i 1 " ' ' ' ' 1 fvK j v- iii, vi -Til- ? - I . ; y - , J I U .''',..'.; ':i'i:;v Vi-nv, , . i ' , v s : -4 Scene arconiian)ing dedication ot.uew Itruitdway span; ihwUuk of flower girls in center of bascule typifies v West Side mjhI northeast section the city. V """" "i-. '";'- -' V'V.'.i''' i. :. .' ,: '.,'.," 'V:--t! I'-c.;' :t 1 k-O,- . . . -.j'. .' 7 '--.' - ' .- . ' '' 4 King Nicholas Captures , Al banian Capital In Two Days' Battle; Turks Lose; 5000 v Dead, Montenegrins 3000. FINAL CONFLICT AWFUL .' HAND-TO-HAND STRUGGLE Balkan Situation Complicated :. by Success of Montene- - ' grin Troops. . tl'Difd Hr,f 1,1 mh! Wire.) 'Cettluje, April 23. The capture of Si'Utorl by th" Montenegrin forces Is of ficially' reported 'in " dispatches -wetved today. It Is estimated that 600(1 Turks and 3000 Montenegrins were nlaln In the final attack. .The '.Turkish soldiers, after surrendering their arms were allowed tli freedom of the streets. ' The 'victory of Montenegro Is regarded as seriously complicating the Balkan situation.' : Montenegro's open defiance of the powers Is believed to have, upset Ilans for settling the war. One of tlie principal 'contentions of the powers has been that Albania be granted an auto nomous government, with Scutart for Its capital. The powers are now pur.zVed how to dislodge the Montenegrins from Bcutari without an actual fight. If any power, started hostilities against Monte negro it miglit precipitate .complicat(ajns bringing on a general European war. The Montenegrins entered Scutari this morning amid r popular demonstration. (Continued on Page Seven.) ISSION F ITICS OVERL Opponents Waste Time At " tacking" Minor- Features of v System, Declares' Ayer, . Portland, April 23. To the Editor of The Journal There is danger In the dls- Sl0J!LJ'ii!lLicharterof getting away, from our moorings and JbsTni sight? of the Jundamentals. Too much stress, is being laid, on unimportant de tails and the principle is being relegated to the background First of all. what raised the discus sion originally about the present char ter?' As I remember,. Mayor Lane, dur ing his' administration frequently drew (Continued on Page Eleven.) COtl ORM IN IMPOR TA PRINCIPLE OF BRIDGE BY EAST AND WEST SIDE GIRLS FITTING CIVIC CEREMONY Noted Western Educator Was for 55 Years Teachers or School . Head;' Was Holder of Carnegie Pension. - HEART..DISEASE TAKES ' HIM AT SEATTtE HOME Washington U, 0, A. C., Port land Academy, Willamette, All Knew Him as Head. (Nperlnl to ' ,t Journal.) Seattle, Wash., April 23. .)r. Thomas Milton (latch, aged to, former president or tne L'nmrsity : of Washington and the Oregon Agricultural college and other northwsm schools, died of valvu lar heart disease at 5 o clotk last even ing in ins home here. He had been seri ously 111 for 8everul weeks. Dr. Gatch hod a career of 66 years as an active educator. It was because of his unbroken service for so long a period In the educational Held that he was ad mitted to it pension H the Carnegie Foundation. This happened at the Ore gon Agricultural college after his resig nation as president and while he was still serving in a professorship In the In stitution, a service from which fie was required to retire In order to secure the pr-neton. -His work began as a teacher (Continued on Page mrteeiu (Slieclnl to The JmirimM Marshfleld. Or , April 23 a gasoline launch with seven men aboard capsized yesterday afternoon at Ten Mile lakes. One man, whose name is believed to be William Anderson, was drowned, and the others all had a narrow escape. The men were strangers, who had left Coos Bay for tlfe Cbptmhagen camp on the Willamette-Pacific railroad - work, where they had secured employment. They went from here to Ten Mile lakes and Were being transported to the road leading to the construction camp. The boat was too Jieavily Widen and- tipped gome of the men swam ashore and others hung onto the -boat, which was finally carried to the shore. The body fof '' the drowwed ma ha t-yetJn'W--- covered. The lake is being dragged. Top Falls Off Mount Itochefort. (United Preai betned Wlre.l Florace, France, April 23. Throwing hundreds of tons of dirt antf rocks Int4 the valley and destroying many gardens, orchards and fields, the crest of Mount Rochefort, dominating this place, fell off. ';-"' - v. , . --..-.'".. -' LAUNCH WITH 7 UPSETS ON TEN MILE LAKES II f ' I f s A Y':i Dr. Thomas M. Gntch. 5 PRISONERS REFUSE T0QU1TSNUG BE . IN CLACKAMAS JAIL lSrwll ' The Jonrnl- Oteaon City, Or.. April 23 Because tlu. "i,.f aorter liked" the .grav walls of the Clackamas county jail, the grub provided theni, ano the amiable Sheriff Mass, who so carefully looks after their comfort, five out of seven prisoners re fused to leave the Place last night, after Charles Bennett and Harry Walters had made possible a.wholesale Jail delivery. These two, serving year sentences, burned a hole In the ceiling Xf the Jail, Just below the sheriff's onice, large enough to insert the blade of ft buck saw, and then sawed, their way to free dom. A hole about 16x18 in the floor o the sheriff's office and an open win dow on the aouth side of the court-, house told the story this morning wnen officials came to work According to the stories of the "faith ful," the two began their operations about nine o'clock last evening. .The Jail trusties had been permitted to use a bucksaw to provide wood for the pris oners. With the blade taken from this bucksaw, and a -redhot poker, Bennett and Walters turne;l'tue tHcl" In about an hour, the others say. A cordial invi tation was thereupon extended to the other five prisoners, but was . turned the five went quietly to sleep, while the moonbeams played down through the seductive hole in the floor. ' The five who " refused to make the dash for liberty were:. Glenn Gault, awaiting trial on charge of murder of his stepfather In the Crabapple Prairie country twu years ago, self confessed; Charles Maher, Jack Devlnne, John Mel vln and Peter Rambo. , ' - 1. 1,, -' i ii i i if "n" i iii r " union of henrt and hand brtwen tlie ', . '-.;' . . '"' ; '-. Few-Changes Are Made in Code Now Effective, but J Such Changes Mean Much to Man Employed Under It. RIGHT OF DIRECT APPEAL. IS GIVEN Opportunity for Promotion on Efficiency Basis Also Is Created. ' Civil Berrice TTndar Commission , ?in' Dally efficiency records will protect efficient employes and 4- 4 expose Incompetents. . 4 Dismissed employes are given right of direct appeal to civil 4 service bosrd. ,. - 4 Civil service board Is given 4 power to exercise discretion in 4 modifying sentences. 4 4 ' Opportunity for promotion on 4 efficiency basis is given under 4: new charter, but does not exist under present system. ... , 4 ' Provision Is made Tor stand- 4 ardizing salaries and classifying employes In different depart- f nienta. 4 Section 313, requiring f reap- ' 4 pointment of employes of six 4 years' standing, dates from 1903, 4 4 being part of the old charter.' , Portland will have a civil aervhe system second to none In the United Slates If "the commission charter car- rles May 3. ,.- ';. , . .;. '::.: i- The jially efficiency records, required In section JO are entirely new, to the service and will have great value in three directions (1) as a measure of au employe's Increase in value; (2 y as a basis of promotion; (3) as unimpeach able evidence In trlala before the civil service board. Hearsay la now depended on as evidence and a plot or, "plant" to remove a man from his Job has good chance of success. While the daily U flciency records v would, protect an em ploye off good record, It would be as sure an exposure of the incompetent. The requirement for. trial, when an employe has been removed by the su perior officer, directly before the civil services board1 on xr.eo.nl table, basis tion 317 i also new to the service and (Continued on Page Seven.) Flag Ceremony of Little- Girls . Symbolic of United" Efforts in Future. ' - " " When W. C. North, grand marshal of yesterday's big automobile parade, tn celebration of the opening of the Broad way bridge, estimated that there wouht be 600 autos In the parade line at least, many persons thought he was over en thusiastic. But they dfdn't think so after thev had pen tht parade.- There were nearer 750 autos than 600,-TherVwere so manv In line that after the bpenlnar of the bridge it was nearly half an hour after the head of the parade had passed lnt'i Broadway before the rear guard came The parade formed along Williams avenue between Albert street and KiU- lngsworth avenue. So welt did Grani Marshal North and his aides have mat ters In control that the parade staited almost on time to the dot. But It was of such great length that when the head of It had reached the Broadway bridge,' where the exercises took place, the rear had not yet left Aloerta street. '-The. aides to. the grand marshal were J. U Day. R. W. Foster. C..R. Miller. W. U Morgan. J. R. Rogers," P. I4. Povey. D. W.Ward. W. B. Fechhelmer and It. A: Heppnerr""'"'" "- - --r A unique ceremony In connection with the christening of the bridge came when the . little girls representing the went (Continued on Page Seven.) 57 VARIETIES OF ICE J , (rutted Pr-teed Wlr San Francisco. C'al., April 23. F1ftv seven women, leaders In the movement to oust Police Judge Charles Welle", celebrated his recall last night with an Ice cream "jag." The celebrants wer the -organisers : and t directors of --the. Women's recall league, to which" organ isation Weller owes ills defeat. . V Hers'a to Wl le y Crls L" . i a ho u t c 4 t ! tfomen, as they sucked ice cream through straws, After ordering arya rate checks the women went home. . Club Sues' (,'aiididate Spear, iCnlled fnsm "!-. Han Francisco, April 2Sr Wit it ti defendant in the t'.ikk of a fight f the mayoralty of Berkeley, ai-ron 't! hav, the ColriVUat rlnb f th' ruv V . iudubfarea'"Kurt'iLit.;,-r'n... : - Spear, forniet' . preHlJiMit t.f tii rt , harbor conniit.-HioiH 1 . f r ii'), a !!.-- to be due tho club gi'tu. SPIRIT OFXGREATER PORTLAND IS SHOWN AT BRIDGE OPENING CREAM AG CELEBRATE