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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND,':' , WEDNESDAY 'EVENING .AUGUST 13, 1913.', CITY COMMISSION WILL RETRENCH IN ORDER TC : PAY ALL SALARIES DUE No" More Appointments to Be , Made and Several Employes ' WillJBe Dropped Sept.L No further appointments to city po. t. . . -1 ' - a ii. . - S'tlons; a culling airwn m ino wrw " of the old employes and the -dropping , of number of: those who have been , appointed ; since the oominUslon form of government took effect. ! the latest slan to be advocated by the .city com misiiioners. This Is for the purpose ?t cutting down the city's working force to the lowest - possible minimum ' ana make possible the paying of "S.I1 sal- The first big sweep to be made in """the reduction of employes will coma ' Tiefore September ! when eight men la the city engineer's department and'about . the same number In the sewer division will be dropped. Notices to these employes are being sent out. All of- these . , positions are under civil service regu latlon and those who are to lose their . positions will be those who were ae lected most recently. ' , ; - To Curtail BCsalth Tore. ; Several la the employ of the olty health department may also be dropped before September I-i-At 'the time the mDDolntments were made to the depart " tn en t one of the commissioners opposed them but he finally consented to tne appointments providing that a reduction could be made In the force if work did . not warrant keeping them. was opposed- to the appointment of uch a large number to the staff of th.i health department," he said this morn ' ing. "but It was pointed out to me that there was sufficient work for all of those , appointed. - Finally I consented - From what I understand the depart ment is doing good 'work but Just whether the results warrant the expen dltures for that department is a que tlon. If ft little more time may be al ;. lowed then a reduction in force may be .-. demanded." Since the first of July there have ..'been nine extra appointments made to the health department, making a total of SS persons In that department. These : include the office force, milk inspeotors, market Inspectors, sanitary Inspectors and others. Purchasing Department Also. In the purchasing department there are six persons who are holding tem . porary appointments. The positions were created by- the new commission, v Commissioner Blgelow, who heads this department, said, this morning that the saving made in' purchases during the month of July fully warranted the number employed. A report., showing the saving made" by the department dur ' ing fhe past month will be ready within a few days. - It Is probable that Commission' r ' Bigelow, head of the finances of t'.ie city, will lead the fight against the .further 'appointment of any persons to city positions. - Among the ordinances coming before the council tomorrow are those author izing the appointments of an assistant park superintendent, an Information bu- reau head, two electrical inspectors and ( several others. While it has been stated ... in mere is urgent need for all of these peraona ineir appointments iwlu be op- BOARD CRITICISED IS IY ROTARIAN SPEAKER -f'HK'.'&A v:..r,, -; -X,.: .Lt . . ,-, r . :y-.l,:.i : .,. .-. 1 ;'-,,.,'. School Directors Declared No ; . to. Cooperate In Spreading? ; ' . "Sex Factsr BUREAU ; Addressing the Rotary- club yester day afternoon. William F. Woodward, criticised the school board for Ua fail ure to eoonerate in the plan Of the 8oclal Hygiene society to put into the possession of adolescent boys, vital- sex life facts" carefully written. The so: ctety : he said had asked the i school board to permit principals of. schools to furnish lists of adolescent boys to whom needful Information .was to ' be sent;, after v the father ,had been ' com munlcated with, and hot to be sent if the father objected, ,':;. ? ' i . "A great risk" was the board's ex presslon, according to Mr. ' Woodward, who added . that the ruling of the board was that fathers ; must return written approval before any boy could be communicated with. But four such returns " were made. The speaker In eluded in his criticism the parents who remain hi Ignorance or are careless of the welfare of their boys, and who do not help them become, possessed. of facts conducive . to normal - outlook on life. But on the whole, said Mr. Wood' ward, society ' has made progress : in protecting Itself against the poisonous adulterations of food and the mal practice of physicians and druggists. There was a time when the druggist Considered' it his right and paramount to the public a right or welfare, to sell morphine or cocaine but that time has changed and the druggist who sells without giving warning could not stay in business. . Dr. a. H. Douglas addressed the club on the subject. "The Care of the Skin." Five men were given a total of five minutes to advertise their business, the winner to receive a medal. One. W. F. Scott, was absent and the other four spoke so briefly that they used but three minutes and - 27 seconds. Melvin Q. Wlnstock and W. R. Morgan volunteered and did fill the remainder of the time. The speakers were Fred Bpoerl, Harry T. Duffy. William K. Boone and Joe 8andvall. v MOR E REGULATION IS PUNNED FOR Proposed i Ordinances Provide for Licensing Moving Pic ture Theatres. MUTLNOMAH CLUB IS LOSER SUIT Numerous changes will be reau I red In the building of motion theatres provid ing the ordinance regulating such the atres passes the 'commission council! These changes are for the ournoaa of securing adequate fire protection to all patrons. Along witn this ordinance will be submitted a measure regulating mo tion picture ineacres oy licensing them according to their seating- capacity and the length' and nature of their perform ances., : The present ordinance regulating the Duuamg 01 ineatres nas no penalty at' tached for violation and considerable trouble has been experienced in the past in trying to enforce it The proposed ordinance fixes a high penalty for vio lations and is more strict in all of its provisions. At the present time there is no regu lauon piaeea on theatjps as to the class of performances. A theatre 4n a build ing not fire proof may have the same length of show as a theatre in a most modern lire prooi structure. Herenft.r if the ordinance passes, such theatres win do reguiateo oy license. SHERIFF'S MEN WIN IN BATTLE WITH RUSTLERS ci uentro, uai.. Aug. 13. Four el leged .horse thieves are in Jail here to day, one of them seriously wounded, fol lowing a battle between the gang and a snenrrs posse near Blythe. Imperial county. ne prisoners are Bob Monroe, wno was shot . through the neck but probably win recover; James Talbert. 17, son of a wealthy rancher: Harrv Wells of Blythe and Jack Kelly of tsrawiey.- Sheriff Meadows and his posse came upon mo gang rortilled behind a sand dune near the Colorado river. A siege lasted inree nours oerore tne men sur- What Inn 1,.K m ..... I uruuBiu io H.1 vj Wuu will I1UW IHKR LiKneA maah Wam&. W f W t a. 1 will not h. de-lrf.rt ni .u. lZtrZ'" """."" wu,c" " cnargeo .1 uv uJab Contractors . Win Verdict for Work on New Club House; ; Figures Not' Available. Cirsuit Judge Campbell of Oregon City, yesterday decided he lien case of Mclnnla & Reed against the Muit hemah Amateur Athletic club. Owing lo the fact that the decision did not '-ive actual figures fn each of the numerous cases involved by the sub contracts an actual statement of the , decision cannot be made but estimates of tho amount which the club will yet hive to pay the contractors places it about 131,000. On completion of the clubhouse, when - It was found that an agreement could not be reached, 123,000 of the price was r held back. As the decision. will include this, the clubhouse will cost approxi mately 8000 more than the contract ' price. meeting or me Doard of directors. At .. torney Ralph R. Dun 1 way, representing the contractors, said that the case was jo complicated itwaa unlikely that any Turther action would be taken by them, i The contractors were allowed $1250 , attorneys fees and costs from the club and will In turn pay the attorneys fees and expenses of the sub-contractors, which were allowed to the extent of Over f00. An offset of $1265 and damages of $1175 were allowed the club The offset was for fuel, oil electricity, and tho. engineer's salary and the : damages were $500 on account. of cer tain work 'and $675 on account of the rent of the temporary building. ' ' Manufacturers Incorporate. Articles of Incorporation of the Motor Appliance Manufacturing company, cap italized at $50,000, were filed yesterday with County Clerk Coffey by Chester A. Groat, George X3. Chute and John T. Akern. ; the men had stolen. Journal Want. Ads bring results.''; AGITATOR SCHWAB ASKS FOR HEAVY DAMAGES All told, Rudolph Schwab, an agita tor, who baa-been in frequent trouble with the authorities during the I. W. W. troubles, demands $30,000 damages from Sheriff Word on account of his arrest, and the breaking up of a meeting which he was addressing on August, t. Two causes of action were brought Monday, and In each $5000 compensatory damages was asked and $10,000 exemplary dam ages. ' i ' ATTY. GENERAL SAYS THE BLUE SKY -MUST EXAMINE; FREE Bureau. Head, However, i Will Collect Fees Unless Courts . Stop Him by Decision. ' Salem, Or., Aug. 13 Although "the new blue sky law says , that the corpo ration commissioner has all the power and privileges of the state superintend ent of banks, yet he cannot charge cor porations a fee for' making examina tions, as the bank examiner does banks, according to an opinion of Attorney General Crawford. Corporation Commis sioner -Watson has been charging the same fees as the bank examiner. The attorney general held that the "powers and privileges' mentioned referred only to the authority to possess a company's boo lee or other documents for examina tion. . - .. Corporation commissioner R, A. Wat son says he thinks the attorney gener al has given a wrong Interpretation to this phase of the blue sky law, arid that he will disregard the , opinion and continue to collect the full amount of fees as scheduled In the law pro viding for examining, state banks. - v "I'm not going to take chances on passing up hundreds of dollars of fees which I think the law requires this department to collect.'' said Wat son. "If 4fce courts say I am not re quired to Mike these fees, all right, but until then I will have to take ex ception to the attorney general's epin- ion." - , ' , - Watson said that the fees : pre scribed are much larger' than the -actual cost of making; a physical exam ination of a corporation's affairs, and the question he wanted the' attorney general to pass upon was whether "he was required to collect enourh to cover the cost of, the examination or the entire fee. He cited the examination of the Gem Mining company in east ern Oregon. Based oa Its earn tn luxa tion of $1400,0(0, the examination fee under -the banking schedule, which Watson holds the Blue Sky law re quires him to follow, was $200, while tne. actual cost or , the examination Was $35.58, i Instead of Dassln on this auARtinn the attorney general held that the corporation department had no au tnority to collect any fees at all for tnese examinations. HE SOLD SHORT! EIGH T DAYS ICE; IS GIVEN 5 Thomas Barnes FacQS Robkpife ' Sentence Imposed by Mu- , - nicipai juaget . Thomas Barnes, proprietor of the Ka tlonal Ice & Coal company, was given five days on the rockplle yesterday morning by Municipal Judge Btevenaon for selling short weight Ice.. E. D. Jones, city sealer of weights and measures, filed the complaint Jones had many: complaints last week from housewives over short weight ice. He went Into the Irvlngton district, where Barnes was seen delivering Ice to Mrs. I 8. D. Stoufer. 630 Hancock street Mrs. StoufePotestlfied this morning she pur chased (0 pounds of Ice from Barnes, but the city aeaftr was there and found only 40 pounds had been delivered. Barnes said he was on the wagon when the delivery was made: if there was a mistake It was due to his helper. . Barnes was allowed an appeal, and was released pending the perfection of the appeal. ' - ',.v':"- i - " The city sealer also had Joseph Fay before the court for giving Mrs. a R. Dftvls, 727 Schuyler street. 72 pounds of I ice. when she oraerea ana paid lor iuj pounds. This case way continued for one week, as Mrs. Davis is ill and unable I to appear in eourt S1,'1J;, : 1 - ISItax GAN there be a sale in the town that can compare with Moyer great half price sale ? Moyer ay nol in the first place, it is well known that Moyer't regular prices on men's suits are $5 to $16 lower than up town stores- then. when you know that Moyer has cut prices scjuare- . ly in two, you'll rearBly agree with Moyer that no other sale begins , , to compare with this in senuineness arid in the amount vou can save on a purchase now. ' Pay $ 7.50 for a $15 Suit Pay $10.00 for a $20 Suit Pay $12.50 for a $25 Suit It's mid-Summer's srolden opportunity! Will you grasp it? . When You See It in Our Ad7 It's So Amount Is Nearly $17,000,1 the Largest Exacted in This County, Third and Oak ' . . . . ...'. ' .... , Third and Oak, IVIES WORDS MISUS TO LUDICROUS EO LEAD E RROII IS eople Numerous Whose Ig norance Makes Them Laugh ingstock of Others, A school director, so a story runs. once advocated teaching "alcebra" In the public schools because: These boys and girls, when they grow up. have got to work and the ma jority of them will seek positions in tores and will need their algebra to read the price marks I" From Chicago comes this tale: When final preparations for the Chi cago world's fair were being considered Dy the. officials, one of them opposed purchasing more than two gondolas for the park lake because he believed breed. ing was possible, "even if the climate is not what the-creatures are used to." All of which tends to raise the Ques tion: "Do people know what they are taiKing aDout au the timer Go any place where people congregate and listen to the conversations, debates and arguments. Then form your own conclusion. One thing you may be certain of; everyone can find use for a dictionary. from the wisest man down the line. The busy men and women of today want a dictionary that is not cumber some, a word book that contains modern words, their definitions, and In addition facts and figure for reference. That is why so many hundreds of neo- ple have already availed themselves of the offer made by The Journal. For six certificates clipped from consecu tive Issues of the paper and a small cash bopus of 98 cents, any reader of The Journal can secure a New Modern English Dictionary. Is it worth, more than the sum asked ? Ask anyone who has procured one. Then start clipping. The largest inheritance tax ever paid in Multnomah county, $16,966.41. has-been .paid by the heirs of Jacob Kamm. This payment was on the stip ulated valuation of the estate at 11.165.. 21.17. This valuation was placed upon the property by two of the three mem bers of the board that reappraised the estate when State Treasurer Kay ob jected to the original appraisal. The stipulation ralseVLthe value of the es tate-$97,600 and the amount of the tax (927.19. The stipulation was agreed upon by the executors and the state treasurer rather than to have the estate reappraised following tne disagreement of the board. 3 ALLEGED SWINDLERS AljE INDICTED AGAIN H. C W. Gottllebson and his wife, Gertrude, Gottllebson, aged German swindlers, who are accused of bilking chambermaids and ' waitresses by fake sales of Lower California lands last spring, were again Indicted yesterday for obtaining money and property by false pretenses. This Indictment was returned to strengthen the case against the pair. Three other indictments, three secret indictments and a net true bill were returned. George Named was Indicted and held under f 10,000 bonds for shooting Latlfa Named, his wife, on August 6. She is in the hospital yet Louis Blanchette was Indicted for associating with Julia Clssler. a woman of the underworld. John Longhl was Indicted for placing Ms wife in a disorderly house. .A not true bill was returned In . the chargeJ against Charles Olson of wanton de struction of an automobile tire belong ing to the Beeman s Ambulance Service. The three secret Indictments were unim portant. tsi " - illlllllllllllll EAGLE CREEK MAN HAS BEEN MISSING 10 DAYS Elmer F. Brock of Eagle Creek. Clack amas county, disappeared from his home Monday, Aug. 4, and has not been heard from since. His wife is very sick, and his family is anxious that he communl-1 cate with them at . once and return home. When last seen Brock was on his way to Portland, where he la well known, In search of work. Brock Is about S feet a Inches In height, weighs 180 pounds, and has dark brown eyes. When he left home he wore a dark blue I serge salt and black Derby hat Anyone knowing of Brock's where abouts will please communicate with his step-daughter, Miss Curtis Ella, Barton, or., R. F. D. 1. box 12. ; California, Forest Burning, r Los Angeles, Aug,' 18. Fierce fires are burning today In the Mallbu moun tains, 30 miles north of Santa Monica. Latest reports indicate that no ranch property Is in danger, although much vaiuabiayforest lands may be devas tated. . rorcst rangers are being rushed to tne lire sone, ; Scientific Brewing Careful Bottling . and pure ifigedlents enter into the making of the nonular famili hr , - ''.;',;;' -vh llMIMil jfelfiri j gf Yott Will finci the flavor pleasing, j It's brewed tor particular, paiarcs. ; v PHONE YOUR ORDER Greatly Reduced Rates SUMMER CRUISES -IN-, NORTHERN SEAS Seven Days Including All Expense $42.00 On All Sailings During August Good golngr and return las; on lame Ship Only. 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