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TEr.:rERATUn! Boston, 5 a. in. .44 Firt5si, b Wow Tort . .43 ftnti in Charleston " . .60 rois Waihlngt'n " ..53 5-an run. Chicago, 7 a. m..S4 KoieL'iirg- Kan. City " .'.60 Fnoksm St. Paul . .56 liarshlield Portland humidity, 6 a. m. . , . . Fair tonight and Thursday; .light frost; winds , mostly i westerly. . , ATjOA a... V.- V. V- J. A x .to VOL. XII. NO. 45. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1913 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. SmPZllZ Mayor A. J. G v. . , K ' X K K ' H ,. ' K .ft it n n t . . n x . r. , . . Des Moines, Iowa,; Takes New Life Since Adopting New Plan of Government 1. IIXj vi;Aiiir.:; " .""S - ---V ' : " i I A ' 4 J f " ' ! TV cM WALLA WALLA. PROSPERING UNDER COMMISSION FORM; BIG SUM SAVED TAXPAYERS PRACTICAL PROOF OF BENEFITS OF RULE IS 11 Moral Cleansing and Awaken ing of New Municipal Life Follows; Mayor" Gillis Pays Fine Tribute to Cause. Here are eome of the things that com mission government, In the short period of 18 months since Its substitution for , the old common council methods of ad ministration, has done for one typical western city, the town of Walla Walla, Wash.: f For the first time In Walla Walla s history It has put the city government on a real business basis. It has saved the city, from the di lemma of having either to retrench to the limit in its expenditures, or to re pudiate. Its .debts. It has effected a saving In actual mu nicipal expenditures of between $65,000 and $70,000 over the same period dl . recti' prior to Its adoption. . It has plugged up expensive leaks, and -jxaulUdiajjugenerat maraLxleaiiatng-qf the town, not by means of emotional "re form crusades," but through the ordi nary administration of affairs as for Instance, lessening the number of sa loons, rooting out the notorious dives, divorcing the sale of liquor from houses of prostitution, and reducing the number (Continued on rage Eleven.) SCHEDULE ON STEEL IN TARIFF BILL STARTS A LY Murdock Calls Payne Stand - patter and New Yorker Re plies 'Bumble Bee," . (Bolted Press Leaatd Wire.) Washington, April 30. Red hot epi thets were; exchanged among the Demo cratic, Republican and Progressive mem bers of the house today when that body started consideration of the steel sched ule of the Underwood tariff bill. A lively debate was precipitated when the Itepublleari ' members stubbornly op posed the proposal to increase the tariff on ferro-w.anganese, a product used In the manufacture of high grado steel, from . to ,-48.50. The Kepublieans Insisted that the steel corporation makfe its own product, and that the high tariff would only hurt , independent manufac turers Representatives Mann of Illinois and Miller of Minnesota declared the free listing of Iron ore was provided mainly In the Interest of the Pennsylvania rail road, which, owning the Pennsylvania Steel company, imports ore from Cuba. Representative Hayes of California de clared the Democrats were "taking money in duties away from the govern ment treasury and presenting it to Charles M. Schwab and the Pennsyl vania Steet company." Representative Murdock of Kansas re ferred to Representative Tayne of New Tork as "a standpatter w!iq is a stand- stljler," and denounced Representative Moore of Pennsylvania as a "standpatter With a rising inflection. Payne was on his feet in an Instant, i-"You are leader in the house of the bumblebee party" he shouted at Mur dock. Representative Fordnry of Michigan then sssaili'd the Democrats. When Ood Almighty blew the breath of life into some men he must have been bilious," he ald. . .. ' Twenty-four panes of the bill have been finished to date, with th Republi cans falling to change a word. EVERYBODY TO HAVE CHANCE TO HEAR . CHARTER EXPLAINED Wednesday, 8 p. in. Colored 41 Ladies' Studv club, 612 Clay street, Dan Kellalier and L. ,M. 4 t Lepprr. ' Wednesday. J p. m.. Mount t Tabor Presbyterian church, East ' Fifty-fifth and Belmont. U M. , I.epper.and Dan Kellaher. Wednesday, 8 p. In. -Richmond school. East Forty-second and 4 ; Sherman streets, Parents Teach- ' ers" association, C. A. Bigclow and C O. Hall. K Thursday, 3:30 p. m. -Anabel : Station Women's Improvement . club, 423 Fifty-second street, 1 southeast. v 4 Thursday, $ H. m. - Central -CTri8tlanchumtrMayoritti8 of fi Walia WRlla, Richard Montague. i Thursday, R p. m.--8eventy 4 second 'Street Improvement club, 4 Woodmerei Traf.ton M. Dye, for i:Uaf.taxJi;ilnmnil Sheldon,! pjaoj. lug the charter. . ' . Friday, R p. ni.-r t-aurelwood 4 4 Congregational church, Arleta. ' ey LIVE DEBATE W iy 'J A. J. Gillis, Mayor of Wall AA'alla, DELAY IN BEGINNING El New Charter Would Shorten Time in Which to Get Action From 145 to 45 Days, raring tTnfltr Commission Charter. Commission -eharter - shortens time to get action on paving pe tition from 145 to 45 days. Eliminates endless committee references. and re-references. Concrete Instance shows pres ent cause of delays. City has paved 2B0 miles of streets at average cost of $50,000 a mile, or J2.250.000 total during past five years. If the people living on a street want it paved they must wait an average of 145 days for action tinder the present charter after they have filed their peti tion. The time will be shortened from 145 to 45 days 100 days can be. saved to the people under commission govern m en t . sa ys th e city engin eer. ' . - This wouldn't mean that less care would be taken to protect the Interests of the people. It would mean that the present system of referring the petition from committee to committee and from board to board through subterranean labyrinth of unnecessary technicality that no taxpayer has ever, been able to follow, much less understand, would be eliminated. The direct, full time, per sonal attention of the commission would oe substituted. Petition and city engi neer's report on feasibility could be filed the same day. surveys could" be started, estimates filed, advertisements of Intention and invitations for bids be published, and 30 days for remonstrance allowed and everything be accomplished within 45 days. Note the circuitous trail . taken by a paving petition under the present regime as Illustrated by a concrete Instance: Pressnt Sslay Shown. Petition secured an.d filed by citizens during preceding year. January 10 Petition granted and re ferred to street committee of council. January 22 City engineer notified of petition. . , January 24 District engineer notified. : February 1 Surveys started. February 18 Estimates filed. - (Continued on Page Eleven.) HOPE TO COMPLETE CANAL BY OCTOBER (United Press Lesied Wire.) Washington, April 30.-Kvery , effort Is being made to complete the Panama canal locks and gates by next October, so that the first- vessel may pass through the big ditch then. : The Isth mian canal commission Issued a -statement today showing that 44,773 men are now employed on the canal. . W.. J."BRYAN IS INVITED BY WEST TO SEE SALEM (Slrnr Bureau of The Journal.) Kalem, Or., April 30,--Governor West today wired an Invitation to Secretary of State Bryan, . who Is now in Cali fornia, to return east by way of Salem and stop, for a visit In 'Oregon's capital. HawlborJtattiiSpoiiTeUec ;' v. (United Pre lsd',Wire.t : . Los ; Angeles, April 30. Owen J. Morris, former teller . in the Traders bank here, Who embezzled J30.000 to years' term in- Ban Quentin. Ho was sentenced by Judge Finlsyson after the court had ignored his plea for probation. The. sentence curries a '"huxit labor" stipulation , . - " PAVING mm BY COMMISSION P IIS KNELL OF GRAFT AND HAILS PROSPEROUS ERA 6ommission Form of &overn ment After Five Years' Trial in Des Moines Has Worked Wonders for 'City. "... WARD HEELERS VANISH AND CROOKS DISAPPEAR Council Holds No Secret Ses sions; Gas Rates Lowered; Improvements Grow. (tyicr-liil to Thr' Journal. Dps Moines, lows. April 30. Five years of ' unparalleled prosperity has ,been enjoyed by Des Moines under the commission form of government. The city government is responsive to public opinion. What the people want they get Civic Interest has been stimulated tinm citizens in all walks of ltfo feel that they are a part of the administration. There Rre at least fpur powerful civic bodies composed of men of wealth and TnfTupTlce who work hand in haM with councils for the city's betterment. Pub licity is the watchword. There are no secret sessions of mem hers of the council. Ponks of all de partments are always open to the public X'orwiilsslonersJjivtte an .inveligHU,,,n from any source. Little opportunity exists for crookedness or graft by an official if he was so inclined. Scandal has never marred the admin istrations under the commission form, "Des Moines was once a bad town with a dirty face,'' said one well known writer. Now people flock here from ail parts of the .country to educate their child ren, because Dps Moines is known as a tuodel city. Commission form has ad vertised the city immeasurably. For eight years prior to the adoption of the plan the city did not live within its means taxes have, been reduced 2V4 mills and are now 37.1 mills on 25 por cents of the property valuation. Since (Continued on page Eleven.) T OF ORGANIZED FIGHT UPON COMMISSI? E, P. Sheldon, President of the Taxpayers Assn., Closely Affiliated With Warren Co, Indications that the Warren Construc tion company, better known as the pav ing trust, is taking much morn than a sub rosa part in the activity, of the so called Portland Taxpayers' association In fighting the commission charter are becoming apparent. E. P. Sheldon, the attorney whose name appears In the anti-charter litera ture sent out by the association, as its president. Is a law partner of C. W. Huntington, who 1s an attorney for the Warren Construction company. Sheldon and Huntington in turn are Incorporators of the Rockollte Contract ing companv, a paving concern organ ized on March 14, 1912. which Is de clared to be a subsidiary of the Warren Construction company. The third in corporator Is Ruth Van Na:ne, sten ographer in their law office. As long ago as July 22, 1912. Sheldon himself was declared to be an ottorney for the Warren Construttion company In a formal letter to Secretary of State Ben Olcott written by T. T. Sweeney of Sweeney & Co.," contractors. Sweeney Is also county chairman of the Progres. sive party. The letter, snd a further affidavit by Sweeney, that the Rockollte company is a concern organized by the Warren Con struction company to eliminate compe PAVING TRUS BACK tition and monopolize paving where bitulithic pavement, the so-ealled trust's specialty. Is not in favor, are among the papers entered as evidence In a suit now on the docket in the circuit court. The suit was brought last year by the Rockollte company after Secretary of State Olcott had refused to deprive Sweeney of the right to use the word "Rockollte," which he claimed he hud originated, as a trade mark for paving done by him. With Sheldon and Huntington, two of the three Incorporators, as its attorneys the company immediately brought the suit, now pending, to prohibit the use of the trade mark by Sweeney. '., RABBI JONAH B. WISE TO TALK FOR CHARTER AT NOON TOMORROW 41 Rabbi Jonah B. Wise Will be the speaker at the Baker thmitre , noon mass meeting tomorrow; 4 He will discuss the provisions Of 4 4 the comiiilsyior. cbarter. He be- ) A. llevcs it should TieTidopted May 41' j. All are invited to attend this meeting, whtcrh begins promptly ' at 12 o'clock and , ends at 1 o'clock, Doors are open through-' ""liTiteouTn ieiice of those- who can only - re- main a few moments.. 4 "s-r nil wmmi a AGAIN REFUSES TO TELL WHO IS CITY EMPOWERED TO - - n mq mm m phut puadtpd r y y k s - Urt HUit Uiltrr-TUTIUI UliniVI Lit . K i - RYHNRIIIF "Taxpayers' 'Association" Springs Into Existence Overnight With Sufficient Funds to Circularize City With Misleading Statements, Establish Offices and Put Up Banners, Yet Public Is Kept in Dark as to Members "by Orders." The "Taxpayers' association" was' or ganized to defeat the commission char ter. Pr. T. I,. Perkins, its secretary, refused yesterday for the second timo to make public the names of members and amounts of aubscrlptions. "There are reasons why several of the contributors don't want their names known," was Dr. Perkins admission.""' "I don't know it if any of the cor porations are among our contributors,"' continued Dr. Perkins, and added, in answer to a question, that he didn't know who all the contributors are. "Sheldon has been handling this thing," said lie. "I've been up In my office at work." "Sheldon told me not to tell the pub lic who the subscribers to the asso ciation are," was another remark of Dr. Perkins, after he had said that the order to keep the cloak of secrecy about the association's machinations had not been the result of a meeting of the association. 80 far as could he learned. the association has not had a meeting. So far as could be learned, with the secretary attending to his private prac tice the working portion of the asso DEATH FOR AN ENTIRE ONE BOTTLE OF MILK City Health Board Issues Cir cular ot Warning to House wives, . "A whole family can get "typhoid fever from a single bottle of milk In which a typhoid fly has washed his dirty heels. It would be much safer to eat the fly than to drink the milk because the typhoid germ multiplies so rapidly In milk." This Is one of the many surprising bits of information contained In a bul letin which. the city health board this morning ordered sent broadcast to mothers and physicl-ans of the city In an effort to cut down to a minimum the annual death list of babies. ?., , The bulletin, which was prepared bj( City Milk Chemist E. C, Calloway at re quest of the board last month,, gives ex' haustive instruction as tc the proper tarr-ofr5 milk and jfarns mothers how to guard against the terrible menjaco offered to infants under , one ynr uf age, reminding, them that the chances of..hahitn,lliU.ynung aiujJxuig for, 1 months are-no better than those for persons SO years old. Abont S000 copies of the bulletin will be . printl snd (Continued on Page Seven.) FAMILY MOT LURK IN AMBUSH! ciation Is Edmund P. Sheldon, the funds are from secret sources and tlte public's curloi-lty as to the motives of the asso ciation which came Into existence over night is not to be satisfied. "Do you consider that an organiza tion whose members fire from ambush can be credited with the most disin terested public spirit?" was a question whjeh Dirperkftvs askeiL to be effused from answering. From its secret sources the "Taxpay ers' association" has raised enough money to circularize the entire city with statements about the commission char ter which are on their face designed to mislead. It has been able to advertise In the "Statement of Candidates" pam phlet, to establish offices; put up ban ners, issue quantities of literature and in other ways to incite opposition to the commission charter. "We're going to beat the charter." said Dr. Perkins, the secretary, yester day, concluding an interview wherein he did not attempt to justify or deny the misstatements made by the association in Its campaign literature or the means which the association is using to ac complish its ends. THREE BILLIONS FOR -1 BY Plan Reported to Joint Con- gressional Committee; Bil-i lion by National Bond Issue.! , (Cclt.it Prea Leated Wlre. Washington, April 80. An expendi ture of .1.000,000,000 for good roads and $2,000,000,000 for their, maintenance for the next 50 years was proposed by Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon, today in a plan reported to a Joint congressional committee on that subject. Bourne's plan proposes that II. 000, 000,000 he raised by selling government' bonds .and loans made to the various states ii It'll will give their own CO year bonds In exchango. The apportionment of the fund would be made on basis of road mileage, assessed valuation and the area and population of the various states. It also provides a "national school of highway and bridge engineer ing" to develop expprts for the work. , Wasco Fruit J s Unhurt by " Frost. V - (Spnclnl to The Juiirnal.j -..-,-r The Dalles, Or., April 30. Slight TnsT-nTght.'ra but no damage was none 10 lruit or vegetables. Cantaloupe, cucumber and bean vines do not show any effects of the frost. GOOD ROADS PROPOSED JONATHAN BOURN V I UWIIIIIIIWWIUM IIUUU Sweeping Provision Would Give People Full Control Common User Franchises, One of the biggest features of the commission charter is the part relating to public utilities. The opposition to the charter is easy to understand if. one bears in mind a few of the previsions on that subject. The city is given power to build or buy and operate all or any part otany public 'utility or" plant totiseTor the service of tiie people. (Sec 77). The city Is given the power to do all municipal worn by direct employment of labor (Sec. 78), and may dispense with paying contractors' profits if th people' desire.- The council Is given power to regu late and supervise all public utilities in the city, and all persons and corpora tions engaged in operating them. (Sec. 80). This is a sweeping provision and would give the people control of the pub lie utility corporations. . In addition, however, It Is provided (Sec. 93) that every franchise granted for any rsllway track or tracks shall be upon the condition of the right of com mon user by any other similar company on payment of proper compensation. This section will prevent one company or system blocking another from any section of the city. Special safeguards are placed about the granting of a franchise. Flrst.lt must.be filed in full with the audito. then, published in full In -the city offi cial newspaper. Notices must be pub- (Continued on Page Faur) T I Washington, April 30, Protests still 1 come to Oregon's senators from busl i ness Interests urging them to oppose 1 the exemption of labor and farming or- I ganlzations from1 the operation of the ' Sherman law. , . ; "1. have' always been opposed," said j Senator I,ahe, "to granting class leg ta xation, I take the same stand on this ! matter that I have always taken." BALLOT HURTS DIGNITY OF WOMAN GIBBONS (United PreM tetied TVIre.l Baltimore, Md., April . 30. "When 1 deprecate woman suffrage I am pleading lor tne dignity 01 woman. i am eon tending for her honor. - I am striving to perpetuate those peerless preroga tives Inherent In her sexs those charms and graces which exaltwotftanMnd and make her the ornament and the coveted companion of man."1 . . This is the most striking passage in 'mPTwirrt'-t'wrdrrisr--QthhemryTftrfi Is today in the lianas of the Maryland association opposing Woman "suffrage. Ths letter was read at a mass meeting here and created: a profound Impression, LANE OPPOSED TO ANY EXEMPTIONS FQSTOFHCE PLAN PARTIES PLEASED Exactly Same Front Entrances on Broadway and North Eighth Streets Will Be Built, , Says Bourne. ARRANGEMENT MEETS ARCHITECT'S APPROVAL Postal Facilities Will" Be "In sured for a Population of 1 ,500,000. (8pcUl te The Joarntl.) ' Washington, D. C, April 30. Had a long conference this morning with su pervising architect and agreed upon postoffice plans, making exactly similar rront entrances on Broadway and Nortb Eighth street, with a working platform for the entrance on HoyC street and back of the building on Gltsan street. This arrangement should satisfy all citi zens and provide postal facilities for a population of 1,600.000. K JONATHAN BOURNE, JR. This arrangement 1s satisfactory to the Greater Portland Plans association, according to President G. F, Johnson, HOT BATTLE WITH IT Suffragette. . Headfluarters I in : Kings' Way Raided; Seven Leaders Taken to Jail, With , Confiscated Property. (United Freis toned Wire.) London, April 30. Marked by an ex citing battle with police clubs on the one hand and umbrellas and hatpins on the other, the headquarters of tho mili tant suffragettes in Kings Way were i raided and closed by the police to, lay upon orders from Home Secretary llesl". nald McKenna. Seven militant 'leaders Miss Kennedy, Mrs. Drummond, MUs Kerr, who is" acting secretary of the Women's S.ocial ar. Political Union;",' Miss Lake, who Is business manager of the London Suffrage publication; ilins Lennox and Miss Barrett, assistant dl tors of the publication, and Mr, laun ders, financial secretary tyf the nnlon were arrested and taken to Bov atreet police station. . , Taken by Surprise. Mrs. DfcsparJ and other militant lead ers were at headquarters when the raid .. was made.- Taken by surprise, thejs were unable to hide anything. Despite their protests, Superintendent Qutnn ot;; Scotland Tard searched the entire build- . ing for evidence and documents, and confiscated everything in sight. The women were dragged out, strug gling fiercely, and were warned to star out.. As soon as the building was clear the police stripped it of its furniture, indicating that the home office Intends permanently" to break up the militant1 organization. According to Arthur Marshall, attor ney for Mrs. Kmmeline Pankhurst, the leader of the militants, the police even prevented the women from removing their personal belongings. Women Detectives Get Evidence, Women detectives from Scotland Yard, posing as militant:suffragettes, secured evidence upon which the raid was based, The raiders searched the women's hand bags and seized much of , their corre- spondonce, including letters which,.' are .1 alleged to be incriminating. The polieu hauled down and confiscated the suf frage flag from the top of the building. The seven suffragettes who were sr. jested were held without ball and were remanded to prison. Their trials were set for Friday, v A. II. Bodkin, special prosecutor for the. government, announced that the home office Is determined to suppress the violence of the militants. : lie de- -clared that any suffragette found .aJ. dressing public meetings anywhere In the kingdom will be jailed..-., The police will prosecute all persons buying mili tant literature or subscribing to suf. fragette fund. Police Raid Headquarters. "-' (VnttM Treie.(t-4 WtVe.V-Newcastle-on-Tyne.. England, April SO. Forcibly entering the local suffra- ' gette headquarters here today, a band , of men supposed to be police destroyed a quantity of suffragette literature, smashed windows and doors, overturned and1 broke desks and demolished several typewriters. It was at first believed thaf( anil suffragettes were responsible for tin -raid, but It was later virtually estiiti ltshed that tfwss conducted by lit rollce. j. ..... ' Gettes Drstrojr Tennis vtir(.. v Ithtltett rrim. I ((! - tttnt suffragettes today i!i-.'n.fi r. courts of the tsillesley 'tVon-H . and kilted thr (rasa aroiui-l 1 with acid. POLICE IN Ml ma a