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Kan. City, " . . -64 -inknno "
Bt. Panl " . .64 r.,arIiii!d "
Portland humidity, e a- m.
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and tomorrow;
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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