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CRIIGON DAILY JO'J:.'.!.. I-OUTLAllI). i HL,- 4 .ViOil'S OFFiCIAL i iv- nnr-! 1 1 inpo nuiu ui lii uiiul.ii Spotlight of Publicity Always - Focused -on Men. in Office; Mayor and Commissioners Must Do Their Duty. ; Under tlie commission charter tUe 1 mayor would have enough power to do i fight, none to do wrong and the state- I iiiunt tliat he would be. a ,ctor must be i 1 he product of one who would exercise ! a oaar-Hbe influence, If possible, said r.porge X Baker, who served as chalr- j man of the Official 'charter revision t Committee, in a statement today. ! "Hottest men do not think of crooked I methods; crooked men are not entitled to any tfonsidaratitm," said Mr. Bakew ' in a statement which read as follows: ! i "Opponents of the charter have used J as an argument against- It that-the mayor could change a .t commissioner ' from one department to'another; that . . . . - . : t : v-1 i ,1 ' mm m clav, the mayor's game, and hence beJP1.0'"' but j came politically obnoxious to him, the mayor could relegate the commissioner to the pound department. . j Kayos Wool Bs Powrleia. ,'..r; ' r 'There Is no provision for a, commis ! sioner of dosa. And if a commissioner i has gone to tne dogs it la time to rele ' irate him to the pound. : . J ln section 20 there is provision for t five departments: Public affairs, fi- t nance, public safety, .public - Utilities, i public Improvements. v 1 "It Is extremely ridiculous for an in telllgent person to presume for an In . X Htant that after the people have elected ) their commissioners and upon the mayor aaumn!KhJs office and assigning-the-i commi&uionera to the various depart i menu, that, if the commissioner of any ' department was giving satisfaction, any ' mayor would dare to change that com ' misfcioner-for political reasons. : . , "The charter has provided that: all acts of the commissioners are to be -.jnade public and that the spotlight of publicity be focused on every commis 'i, sioner and his department. If the com i' miss toner is giving eatiaf action the press and the publiq are thoroughly fa- i,. miliar 'with his acts, both in and out of I, the office. Instead of him being a crea 1 H.ture of obeetirlty every move that he ''-makes from, the trine.' that lie arises In the morning and retires at night is "carefully scrutinized by the suspicious ' !l public. What sort of explanation could .i a mayor make -to the press and public flf.be, transferred a commissioner who ; was giving satisfaction in the depart men t that had been assigned to him; h, what mayor wduld dare to go against " the opinions of the press and public if jl.be attempted to remove 'a man who was i giving efficient service. Efflciencly Is 'tht keynote to commission government. Ho Chance for Crookedness. ' ,', The object of the commission charter, :.and particularly of the section which ! gives the mayor power to change a com ..iiiissloner, is when to finds commis sioner is not suitable for the work as .N'ijned to him it increases the efficiency " to change that man to some depart, i .meut and . place another commissioner '.who is Wetter qualified to- carry on' the work of that - department, -Remember dt all time that the press and public WT """"i? " L " hi :.re the Judges of a man efficiency and tbr,sult is that he has becow uualifieationa. Imari th embras. .Ully impaired. Tha boy s mother , Muaiiritaiiona. imagine tne eniDaras. . . d yesterday that she - would , at i,ng posinon that amayor would place j f? .rt" L nation io remove liimself in with the particular commls- jsiiner whom he had to sit with and who f rould point out at every meeting that ,',t!ie mayor was a political trickster and !"vas attempting to put something over -m the city. t .. "An honest ma.j holding the position 'of mayor would not resort to political . trickery' to change his commtssionera around, and if a dishonest man attempt ed to do that thing be would always i bave a watchful eye In a position to crit icise his every act The thought must have occurred to some of the opponents of commission government and partic ularly to sortie of those who are running tor office, that they' would resort to nucli methods if they were elected, and under those clrcumstancves the old charter would be tha best way to hide their ini quity. Honest men do not 'think of crooked methods. Crooked men are not entitled to any consideration." " ; ' , , CaukJn Xeft $1500, , , Gavin E. Cauklu, the aged Grand i Army .veteran wuo took hla own life on April Ileft an estate worth but $1500, according to the probate of the will this morning. Because of tha residence of Airs. Genevra K. Riggcn, his daughter, in Seattle, Thomas N. Strong was named executor. The widow, Mary B. Caukin, Is the only other heir. The will, dated October 21, 1910, made at , the age of 83 years, leaves all property aligned to Mrs, Caukin In a statement of separate property made April 14, 1D05, to Mrs. Caukin. She is also left all household furniture and books con taining her name. The residue, includ ing regalia and souvenirs of -the Grand Army of the Republic and Loyal Legion, left to Mrs. Rlggen, ; , . Incorporation Articles. , ."' The articles of Incorporation of the Portland Remedial Loan association f'were filed this morning. The associa tion is capitalized at $100,000 and will fight loan aharks. The stocknolders number 2 prominent Portlanders. Ar ticles were also filed of the Bull Run Ice & Fuel company, capltallaed at $3000. 4 Frank E, Peem, L. p, Boylan and H. J, Joy are the incorporators; Ilild's Trial. The trial of General Manager F Wi lli Id, of the P. R., I & P. company, or the indictment charging violation of the fender law by the company, will be taken tip in Circuit Judge McGinn's court Saturday. ., . "Variety is the spite 'of life." You will enjoy the variety of an occasional Italian din ner. It gives a real stimulus to jaded appetites - Italian Dinner With Wine $1.00 Also an orchestral and vocal entertainment during dinner and after the theatre. i;d and Alder St., Upstairs " iS - N. OFFICfALS END ! I President Carl R. Gray of the Great Xovthern is Lit Portland, accompanied by W. P. Kenny, vice president in charge of traffic; Ra,lph Eudd,. chief engineer; L. C liilman. assistant to the president, and M. J. Costello.' assistant traffic manaevr- The uartv arrived this morn ln$ from Seattle, completiiiK here an 18 dayts- inspection of the Great Northern nronerties Messrs. Gil man and Costello leave for Seattle tonicht. Mr, Budd will take his family with htm tomorrow to St. Paul. Since Mr. Bndd was called to St. Paul a few months ago. Mrs.-Budd and the children have made Portland their home, Mr. Grav will remain in Portland w morrow. Snturd.iv hewilj spend on his ranch at White Salmon, and Sunday he will return to Portland with tne inten tlon of leaving for SL Paul that even ing. In the meantime be will meet with President J. H. : Toung of the Hill prop erties in Oregon, and the S., P. & 8., to go over the various projects here in which the ' Northern ; Pacific , and the Great Northern are interested. Mi. Young is now en route" from a confer ence with Hill officials in New York, on h time for th conference will dflnpnd udod the return f Mr. Young. "We have a great many projects under n-.ir n OfflMMi."' aid Mr. ,Gray this of Mr. Young, and any announcements will come from him. All we know about rule, is when called upon to furnish the money. Therefore I can't filKMis nrolects in Oregon, "As for the Great Northern itself, we are preparing to relay 650 mile of track this year witn o pouna ateei. u ". alM make many other improvements, such as replacing wooden bridges with twi structures and . reballasUna; , the road.". - : COTTAGE HOTEL TO GO UP AT HALFWAY 8nedal to The JeataaU Halfway, Or.. April U. Work will be gin at once upon the concrete rounu tion for two and one-half story cot tage hotel for Halfway by C. H. Balrd, furniture dealer of this place. Mr. Baird is the owner of he Hotel Ted rowe, the first built In Halfway, 10 years ago. As soon as tha new struc ture la ready for occupancy the old one will be torn down and moved away. The new hotel will be larger and much bet ter equipped than the old one. There will be 20 outside goest rooms on tne eecond floor. A large plate glass front lobby, a drummers sample room, din' ing room and kitchen will occupy the entire first floor. The interior will be finished and furnished in mission style. The cost of the structure will. approxl tnately be $10,000. LENTS YOUTH HELD ON INSANITY. CHARGE Lents, : Or., April 24. Floyd Farrell, aged Iff years, was arrested yesterday on an Insanity charge, the complaint being signed by his step-father. The preliminary hearing was held before Justice of the Peace F. W. Klineman yesterday, but on account of the nature of the case he was remanded to Judge Gatens of the Juvenile court It appears, that the hoy had a serious accident to his head several years ago i , " REV. C. H.. HILTON QUITS FOREST GROVE CHURCH ' (Mpecial'-to The Jeoraal.) -Forest Grove, Or., April 24. Rev. C. It Hilton, who has been pastor of the First Christian church in this city for the past two years, has handed In his resignation and will leave in a., few weeks with his family for California, where they will make their future home, During his pastorate here the Christian church membership has been largely increased. Re. Mr. " Hilton has had much success as an evangelist and his services are in great demand. DEBS ACCUSES FEDERAL : ATTORNEY OF PLOTTING " "'.,";. (TTnlted rreas Leased .Wire.) "' ";"' Washington, April IM. Cliarges of misconduct and conspiracy-in the pros ecution of Eugene Debs, Socialist can didate for the - presidency at the last election, Fred Warren, editor of the Ap peal to Reason, and J. I, ShepTiard, were filed here today with the attorney gen eral against United States District At torney Bone of Kansas and H; Duebolg. a special agent of the department of justice. LENTS SKATING RINK : MUST CLOSE SUNDAYS Lents, Or., April 24. Justice of the Peace F. W. Klineman yesterday served notice on the proprietors of the Lents skating rink to remain closed hereafter on Sunday. -Several fights have oc curred lately at the rink, and it is thought that the Sunday closing rule will be beneficial to the entire commu nity. The notice was served by virtue of an old state law. SAN FRANCISCO EDITOR SECURES FEDERAL JOB Washington, April 24. Following the urging of his appointment by Secretary of the Interior Lane, Walter MacArthur, editor of the Coast Seamen's Journal In San Francisco, is named for the post of United States shipping commissioner at Ban Francisco by Secretary of Com merce Kedfield, MacArthur telegraphed ins acceptance of the offer this morn lng. More ' Judges Needed. "With 221 criminal cases awaitlne trial. District Attorney Evans this morning sent a letter to circuit Judge Davla, pre siawg juage, suggesting that, two judges of outside courts be asked to assist in clearing up the docket in the next two month. The cases are as- signea as follows: Judge Kavanaue-h .41; Judge Morrow, 42; Judge McGinn, ; Judge Davis, 39, and Judge Gatens. R Mr. Evana suggests that many pf uie cases may not he tried, but that these cases should be disposed 1 as quK-kly as powiible, owing to tha fact tuai many are m the county Jail await Ing trial. ' , " ISainier Park Superintendent, (W.Khlnttott Butmu f Tb Journil.) Washington, April 24 Secretary Lane today appointed Ethan Allen, of Taeoma superintendent of the Mount Rainier National park vl Edward 8. HalL The salary is iluo a year. OUR OF NSrt HUN Vll, mm HIS bah SANDY - --(SpeeUl t Tb JoornaL l Oregon City. Or., April 24. The sec ond annual banquet of the Clackamas County Automobile club was held last night in the club house of the Portland Automobile club. About 65 local en thusiasts journeyed to the club house on the banks of the Sandy river, about 22 miles from, Oregon City; At 8 o clock an elaborate banquet was served. The tables were arranged In the form of a huge letter A, and were beau tifully decorated with flowering almond, dogwood and other spring flowers. -A large round table formed the top of the letter A, and from the ' center of this the flowers were arranged to represent spoke and. the table formed an-huge wheeL '. There were many speeches m&da and stories told about 4 he crossing of the continent by ox teams and the early days of Oregon After the speeches an informal dance was held and the party journeyed home at 11:3d. ; - Dr. Hugh 8. Mount was the toastmas- ter; he is also the president of the club. St. Johns, Or., April 84. At the meet ing of the council Tuesday night a petition- for the improving of Willamette boulevard from Richmond to ' Johns street was filed. It is intended that hard surface pavement and cement sidewalks shall eonstltute the improve. ment. . WM. DICKINSON, 83, . DIES FROM PARALYSIS Vancouver. Wash., April 24. William Dickinson, S3 years old, died last night afflicted since August 7, 1912. Mr. Dick inson, 814 East Twenty-sixth street, from paralysis, with which he had hen afflicted since August 7, 112. Mr. Dick inson was born at Lincolnshire, England, in 1S30, and came with his parents to America tn 1842. He was married to Miss Samantha Currier, of New York, July 4, 1853, at Sabula, Iowa, where they lived till 1880. In that year thejj moved to jjauon, a. u., ana mere Airs. Dickinson died on November 13, 1897. He came to Vancouver eight years ago. Historic Document Filed. Oregon City, Or., April 24. A, docu ment of considerable historic interest, and bearing the signature of U. 8. Grant, as president of the United States, was filed on Wednesday with the county recorder. A deed from the United States to WUhajn Adair and wife and set forth that Mr. Adair homesteaded on the said claim and has filled full requirements and is dated August 1, J873. Aside from Grant's signature the deed bears the signature of S. jA. Williamson, secre tary, and LI A. Flake, recorder of the general land office pro tempore. Redlands Farmer Injured. Oregon City, Or., April 24. Tuesday afternoon, while pulling a harrow over a field, the horses became frightened and bolted," turning over the harrow and injuring John Jones, a prominent Redlands farmer. Mr. Jones fell be neath the harrow and was cut up con siderably, both Jaw bones being broken. He may lose his entire lower Jay as a consequence. Many , other - cuts and bruises were sustained and he ia in a very serious condition. Columbia Keeps on Rising- . Vancouver, Wash., April 24. The Co lumbia river stood at 11.9 feet abovo low water at 8 o'clock this morning, al though the riee during the last 24 hours was only one-tenth of a foot. RIvermen express much surprise at the continual and gradual rise, as they had expected stand the first of -the week, 1 During the last 48 hours, however, the river has risen oply four-tenths feet Escaped Prisoners Still. Free. .. Oeegoa ' City,-- Or- , .April 34 Charles Bennett, doing time for con tributing to the delinquency of a minor, and Harry Walters, sentenced to one year in prison for larceny, who sawed a -,hole in the ceiling of their' cells and climbed out , of a window in the rear of the room, during the night of Tues day; have not been apprehended. TO PAVE WILLAMETTE BOULEVARD, ST. JOHNS EASluG THE PAI'J MOVE THE TAP ) LOOK ERt! V0URS &0m&TO'RUlMTHAT DPOSlTOM WlW HIS TAIL SHD 3 LATER vvLLTAXE H OFF ALTOGETHER.. t0tiT . SUCH XlMDHESS WAMTTO.SEEMum ' - i A DEMANDS SCUTARI SURRENDER (Potted Pre te4 Wire.) Vienna, April 24. Austria today is anxiously awaiting a reply to Foreign Minister Von Berchtold's" note to the powers last night asking that Monetne gro be compelled to surrender Scutari. It ia not known what action Austria-will take if Montenegro refuses. " SITKA BARRACKS WILL ' BE HOME FOR MINERS (Washington Burwn o Tb Journal.) Washington, April 24. The marine barracks at Sitka have- been abandoned by the navy department. The people of Alaska requested that they be turned over to them to be used as a home for indigent prospectors and old men who have spent their years In Alaska and have met with misfortune. Secretary Lane took the matter up- with the navy department, which is willing, and Lane has therefore designated the governor of Alaska to take charge, of the prop erty for the purposes stated. April Grand Jory. With but 17 cases at present to be dis posed of the grand Jury for April will convene tomorrow morning. Only six cases were ready for consideration when the Jury was selected and District Attor ney Evans waited, that all matters might be disposed of at once. v How Does the World Look to You? Depends largely-upon your mental and pliysi There's a drug, caffeine, in coffee that makes the user bilious and headachy irritates the heart, disturbs digestion and wrecks the nerves. Thousands of former coffee drinkers have found that the world ' , looks bright when regular heart action, stomach comfort and steady , nerves follow the change from coffee to 4 " Smtaet Fostam r Made of. wheat-and tike juice of Southern sugar-cane, it has a rich Java-like jflavourutjs absolutely free from the coffee drug, caffeine; Instant Postum is so procesd thai only the soluble portions are re tained. , . Kequires no Boiling A. spoonful with hot water, and sugar and cream to taste, makes a delicious beverage. "TEere,raTleasf:oFPOSTUM Sold by grocers everywhere, in o0c .and .50c tins. DAILY m IN HOLD ANNUAL DINNER . (Special to The Journal.? New York, April !4. Several hundred publishers of the larger papers in Amer ica gathered rhere1 last night for tha annual dinner of the Daily Newspaper association. , . . . . .; Among the speakers were Mayor Gay nor, Miss Ine Mllholland, Paul T. Cher ringtoh of Harvard and James Scher merhorn of the Detroit Times, Mayor Gaynor took occasion to com pliment the American press generally and tocriticlse the "coloring" of news to carry out policies formulated bjrpro prletora. Cornucopia Placers Itesame. Halfway, Or., April 24. The snows are fast leaving the aide hills and can yons and as a result placer mining has taken on sew life in the Cornucopia district at the bead of Pine valley In Baker County. . Several capitalists ar rived from Spokane Thursday with a view of bonding a group of claims on Plna cteek below camp. Although , the snow reached a depth of five feet this winter, eight men were kept busy ex tracting nuggets from the Boulder creek placera. Sydney Coyle, manager of the Underwood placers, reached the high water mark on December 21 last, when he took )217.95 from one pan of gravel. Preparations are under way to put a hydraulic machine In operation thla year on the Underwood claims. L,.I.JjuI!iD0 mil - BEFORE HE1S KILLED (rnld'd Presw Lrnsed Wlr. Mayf ield, Cal., April 24. Shot through the heart by Town Marshal A. J. Brad shaw after he had stabbed Deputy Mar shals Antone 'Anderson and Ernest Kleverfahl, perhaps fatally, a murder pus maniac, believed to be Edward De- laney," who escaped from the state hos pital at Agnew recently. Is dead here today. s ".-The maniac had frightened two boys near the deput and they , informed the marshal's office of his presence. Ander son first grappled with the madman and was stabbed over the heart. Kleverfahl then attempted tQ subdue him and re ceived a knife thrust in his back. The maniac , then pursued Bradshaw, who shot him In the leg, -and then, when he refused to surrender, put a bullet through his heart, t . . . v -" " 1 " ; MAKES CHARGE AGAINST HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW " . " , ' ' . Anders Highland, one of the children and heirs of L. Highland, who died June 8. 1897, has started suit in the circuit court against Ole Tollisen for an ac counting on account of the alleged fail ure or Toliison to account for property belonging to the estate of L. Highland, of which Tollisen was administrator. The plaintiff claims that Tollisen, his brother-in-law, took advantage of- hla position to make away with a large share of the assets of the estate and that ex-Probate Judge Webster allowed the estate to be closed without having the affairs of the estate straightened OUt -'r'"".' "' f ''--"'""''' v-r-' ---"--. - :---- - According to the complaint, the elder Highland bought a lot in Meagley High land, and after it was paid for and the deed had been given it was discovered the property deeded was In Highland, another addition to Portland. A recon veyance was arranged but while t!& pa per were en route to Norway, where Mrs. Highland .resided, Highland died. Tollisen is charged with having the deed to the property made out In" his own name after that. He Is also charged with other Irregularities such as pay ing for a purported note wjitch has never been placed on record and col lecting for funeral expenses on a bill which was for the burial of a. child sev eral, months before Highland's death. NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE LOST BABY BOY OF 3 A chubby-flsted young American. 2 years old, is today playing on the third floor of the city JalL He was picked up yesterday evening at 6:30 o'clock by Patrolman Bnider at Russell street and Mississippi avenue. No one has called for him, neither has there been an in quiry from anyone in that teghborhood. Since th parents have not reported the matter to the police,, the idea pre vails that the child may have been abandoned by its mother. The boy has light hair, brown eyep, wears a suit of baby Jumpers and la a well developed child for his age. Captaln.Moore direct ed that he be turned over to'the Juven ile court at soon, If the pares ta do not claim htm. - -' ,- 36 LAUNDRY WOMEN JOIN UNION, LOSE JOBS - v (United Pr Leased Wire.) Tacoma, Wash., April 24. Because they Joined the union, they, allege, S women .laundry employee were dis charged today by the Standard Laundry company. This action, it is said, pre sages a probable strike of all laundry workers in this city. . ' James F. Brock of Troy, N, Y., grand president of the Laundry Workers' In ternational union. Is here organizing the workers and it is planned to submit a scale to all the laundries Wednesday, calling for increased wages and better working conditions, Failure on the part of the employers to sign the scale, It is said, will result Jn. the organisation by the union workers, of a cooperative laundry of their own., .': slcal poise. U SEATTLE; JEALOUSY Seattle. Wash., April' 24. While In a jealous ras, a man who was known to her only by the name" of "Will," shot Nellie Hart, 22 years eld, in the face and shoulder in a rooming house at Second avenue and Marion Htreet here today, and then killed himself. The police are detaining Arthur Haziard, 17, in whovie room the woman took refuge, and the landlady of the house. MIbs Hart says that Hazzard and "Will" were in her room last night and that after they left she missed Jo. When "Will" called on her today she asked him about the $5 and he, denouncing her for her friendship with Hazzard, opened fire.. "..-, . -.'" ;'. . :- r,.-' ' AMUSEMENTS JUOA CULP Heilig Theatre Prices $1.50, $ 1, 75c, 50c All Seats Reserved ' SEATS SELLING v YSAYE VIOUNIST Hclllfl Theatre SATURDAY EVENING 8:15 Prices $ 1 .00, $ 1 .50, $2.00, ' $2.50, $3.00 , -All Scats Reserved BUI BALI vruig UBir.lU THEATHK 4 ' KIOUTS. WM. NET WKDNESDAT. OHAUK0ET 0L00TI In hl newnt pUy ' ' "THE I8LB 0' DSEAXB" ' EreuloKi: Luwer floor, V fl.50, 1. Bulcoiir. ft," 75f, 60c. Special Wed. natlneet Lower floor, $1.50, $1. Balcony, 76c, 60c. BAKER THEATM UmiM A A-13W. Geo. L. Bftker. Krr. Come of thepopultr BAKES PCAYEJtS ' Tonifht JUI Wek HatiAee Saturday ' .. !'T$x&8" A romi of the great weetern cattle country. Like "The Virginian" and "Th Bquav Man." It wiU lira a generation, liameuae eaat and acnlc prodaetloM. Erenlni!, 25c, IBe,. 60,!.. llata 25e. Next week, "FUtr Ulles from Boa ton." ::"-' - " L YR1 C - Uome of refined Hoxlcal Comvdr . Weak of April SI Keating & Flood Company Preienta The Isle of Ding-Bong A Comedy Scream wltb Uualeal Accompaaimuut j r TaaiT Night Athletio Oontatt Popular Prinaa I&c sua tbo - RECREATION PARK Corner Vaughn " and 24th Sts. SACRAMENTO? ... . ,. , , , .. . ... PORTLAND April B3, 83, 24, 25, 20, 37. Games beg-in week flays 3:00 p, m. Sun. . dsys, 830 p. m. LADIES' DAY FRIDAY Boys under 12 free to blcach ers Wednesday. - ULa.&1 lo)nio: DIG 5 RING WILD ANIMAL MtllAC-tRII AND Museum !! OGofJonzicns OfTAeJtm&fe arcsf anrfJfiQfdL Fresentino Z2 SUiSXTlOUM. ACTS. SCIGmf.GS5?EPW TOMGHT rvnRc? -5 ICINDS OZfJUSIC. TirO FZRFQ17ATAWCZS PorlUnd Friday and Saturday, April B5 and 80i Eli0W gtoundi !jth and Kalelgh Streets. .