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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1914.
NEW WATER RATE TO
BECOME EFFECTIVE
IN CITY DECEMBER 1
Exact Amount of Saving Un
..' der New System Not De
termined As Yet,
BUREAU HAS BIG SURPLUS
when she goes through the Panama
canal to officially open It, -was a caller
dn Mayor Albee this morning. Mayor
Albee proposed that a movement be
started to have congress appropriate
the necessary funds to man the boat
with the crew that waa In the Spanish
American war.
Nnmbtr of Billing Clerks "Will Be Re
leased as Basalt of the xrw
Quarterly Billing System.
Although the minimum rate for
Tvatnr for household service is now
fixid by law at 00 cents a month, the
people of Portland generally are to
ray Res for all water used above the
minimum amount. Just how much the
various rates will be lowered has
not been definitely determined, but
meeting will be held by Will H.
Duly, commissioner of, public utilities,
with the heads of the water bureau
tonight to fix a lower scale.
The new rates will be presented to
tiie city council to take effect De
cember 1. The reduction is made pos
sible by the large increase in business
of the water bureau for the year,
which amounts to approximately
150,000. While expenses have increased
rorreppotidinKly. they have not affect
ed the. enormous navirig which is being
made.
The Increase In business and the
saving has resulted in a large surplus
In the water bureau, and makes pos
sible the reduction In rates. With
the quarterly payment system now
In effect. th, way is made clear to
reduce the number of billing clerks
and cut down the staff of the bureau
generally, for instead of sending out
bills 12 tims a year the bureau will
now send 'them only four times.
Engineers Will Assist.
The Oregon Society of Engineers
will assist the .municipal civil service
board hereafter In examinations for
positions which require engineering
knowledge. Negotiations between the
board and the societies have been
going on for some time but it was not
until this morning that it was defin
itely determined to accept the offer of
the society to assist in the examina
tions.
Fireboat Given Test.
Preparatory to being placed into per
manent service the renovated fire boat
George II. Williams was given its of
ficial test yesterday afternoon by the
chiefs of the fne bunau and Munic
ipal Purchasing Agent Wood. It is ex
pected that a final test will bo made
by the city commissioners within a
few days.
GRADUATES
0. A. C.
RESENT EFFORT
expressing surprise and resentment
FOR
POLITICAL
INFLUENCE
J. that the letter should have been writ
4 j ten," said one of the most active mem-
Ders or me u. a. Aiumni association,
who asked that his name be withheld
from publication, "At the very be
ginning of Dr. Withycombe's campaign
his connection with Oregon Agricult
ural college suggested the question as
to what we should do about it. We
decided ttien finally that as alumni of
O. A. C. we would have nothing to do
with the campaign of Dr. Withycombe
or anyone else.
. , . r, i ii.. i i "The gentlemen who wrote the let-
Letter Sent OUt After Withy-knew of this position and they
. ,, , . . . , have violated the spirit, If not the
COmDe VlSlted A Umni I letter, of our understanding. They
Members WhO Signed 1 1 . ;8Uch as to involve the assocla-
TRIED UNIVERSITY, TOO
STEADY GROWTH OF
PARENT-TEACHER IDEA
SHOWN BY REPORTS
During Past Year 250 As
sociations Have Been
Formed in This State,
Zrocal
CONOHATl IiATIOVS TO MAYOR
IHerk nn 'Brcwuter Also Honored
for Success atlleeull Election.
Congratulations by the dozens are
rourlns in on Mayor Albec and Com
missioner!! Dleck and Brewster as the
result of their winning in the recall
election. T"kyreKf;tons hnve been re
ceived from nHw; in all walks of life
and the most intresting was from P.
Klrles, proprietor cjflje Hotel Butler,
Seattle, to Mayor AlnSe. He sent a
l nx of j-oses to celebrate the mayor's
victory.'
. The official count of the vote east
In the recall election will be started
by City Auditor Barbur tomorrow. The
returns from the 293 precincts are
now In his liandsand it is expected to
tomplefe the count In a day.
Old Piers May Be Removed.
The city council will be asked by
Commissioner Dieck tomorrow to ap
propriate $5000 for the ' removal of
the old piers under the east approach
Of the Morrison street bridge. The
United States government has aksed
that the piers be removed as they are
an obstruction to water traffic.
' Bought Breakfast Once.
Roy Mclnnis, to be tried tomorrow
on a charge of non-support.Hs accused
of having given his wife, Ida Mclnnis,
but one ia cent meal during their
married life of over a year. Mclnnis
is said to have brought the woman
from the sound to Portland and to
have married her after being ar
rested for living with her without the
legality of a marriage. It is said he
took her to breakfast after the wed
ding and that he has never furnished
her with a cent since.
COHEN'S
MOTION
rKTITIOX IS MOST UNUSUAL
Signers Own No Land Abutting on
the Street.
An unusual ease of having property
owners pitltl'hn for the improvement
of a street tti which they own no
property is noticed In tho petition filed
with the city commission -fir the im
proving of L'nlon avenue from Bryant
street to Columbia boulevard. The pe
tition (onlains 19 names, hut a check
in the engineers office fails to show
that one of the signers owns property
abutting on tfhe street. In a number
of Instance the petitioners live nearly
a mile from the street.
IS
DENIED AND CULPRIT
IS TAKEN TO JAIL
Stay of Judgment Refused by
Judge Bean; Prisoner to Be
Taken to M'Neil's Island,
Sentiment Altogether Against
Proposition as Outlined,
in Missive.
There is resentment among Oregon
Agricultural college graduates over the
attempt to use the popularity of the
agricultural college as an asset In
boosting the candidacy of Dr. Withy
combe. A number of them declared to
day that the college is not in politics,
has never been in politics, and that Pr.
Withycombe's supporters among the
alumni ought not to do anything to
drag the institution into political dis
cussion. All of them, without excep
tion, declare that the letter should
not have been sent out.
The circular letter, after addressing
the recipient as "fellow alumnus,'" was
signed "Withycombe - for - Governor
Campaign Committe, Percy A. Cupper,
04, Mark McCallister, "05 and Carle
Abrams, '00.' It said "get In the band alumni are free to support whom they
wagon, distribute some cards, shout for , please, but should not engage in any
Mrs. Weatherford of Albany said:
"I hope this letter will not be con
strued by the people of the state as
an attempt to bring the college, or its
alumni as such, into politics. X am
personally acquainted with M. D. Mc
Callister and Percy Copper, whose
names appear to have been signed to
the letter. They are both capable men
and competent assistants in the of
fice of State Engineer Lewis. These
boys were prominent and influential
when students at the college, and of
course are well known among the
alumni. The college has never been
In politics and a wfse policy would
suggest that neither its friends nor
members of the alumni should adopt
a course that tends to bring the big
school into a political fight."
Frank E. Hall of Grants Pass re
sented the circulation of the letter,
He said:
"I think the letter a mistake. The
college has never been in politics. It
has never tried to work through such
lines for its own advantage. Its grad
uates should seek to keep the college
free from all appearance of mixing
in political affairs. Members of the
i movement to elect any candidate on
JUDICIARY
MEASUR
May Accept Bridge Bonds.
,The city council will determine to
wrorrow whether or not. to accept the
Interstate bridge bonds to be issued by
Multnomah county as securities for de
posits of city funds now in the various
banks. An ordinance providing for
their acceptance will be introduced by
Commissioner Bigelow tomorrow.
Henry Teal, a member of the county
bond advisory committee, appeared be
fore the council yesterday and urged
that the bonds be accepted to give the
bridge bonds a wider market.
Veteran CalLs on Mayor.
Adam Gill, president of the veterans
of the U. S. S. Oregon crew of 1898,
who is in Portland to locate members
of the old crew to man the war craft
AATth the last hope apparently gone,
attorneys for Max ;. Cohen, a former
Portland lawyer and at one time act
ing municipal judge, h;id to sit by
helplessly this morning in the federal
court while their client was taken to
jail by the Vnited States marshal.
Judge Bean denied to Attorney
Thomas Mannix. Cohen's counsel, a
stay of sentence. X'nited States Mar
shal Montag stated that Cohen will be
taken to the McNeil Tsland peniten
tiary to begin the two years' sentence.
The l-'nited States grand ; jury In
dicted Cohen in November, 1912, on a
charge of subornation of perjury for
inducing a woman of the underworld
named Esther Woods to commit per
jury in a white slavery hearing. He
was convicted June 4, 191 J, and sen
tenced to two years in the penitentiary
and fined J100.
The case was appealed to the United
States circuit court of appeals and
then the United States supreme court,
the, conviction being affirmed, either
directly Or indirectly in each court.
'Che supreme court this montli refused
to hear the cuse. United States At
torney Clarence L. Reames received
the mandate yesterday, and the motion
for a stay of sentence was argued to
day. Attorney Martnix said that ex
United States Senator Bailey, now
Cohen's representative in the east, is
preparing to applv to tho supreme
court for a rehearing. One of the
Justices of that court, he said, had
promised to entertain the motion.
Judge Bean then asked Mannix to
prove this assertion. This thr attor
ney could not do and Judge Bean dr.
nied the motion and ordered Cohen's
commitment at once.
Cohen recently came back to Port
land from Sew York to be on hand for
today's proceedings. He has been on
$15,000 bail.
E
URGED BY M'GINN
C. H.
AND
CHAPMAN
Withvrombft.
Cupper of the so-called "Withy- j account of his connection with the
combe-for-Governor Campaign Commit- i college. Men should be elected to
tee" is assistant state engineer and ( office on their merits, and on their
me xucauisier is a suuoruuiaie iu ma i auimy io serve me emie, mm uui
Btate engineer's office. Carle Abrams upon their former connection with any
is the advertising manager of the educational institution."
Salem Statesman. i
After University, Too.
Dr. Withycombe was in conference j
with 'Cupper and McCallister on a re- !
cent visit to Salem and the two former
students were escorts in his trips
around town. It is believed that the
plan to bring the Oregon Agricultura.1
college alumni into action was formed
at that time. It is known that Dr.
Withycombe has not only endeavored
to line up former Oregon Agricultural
college students, but that he has gone
among the alumni of the University of
Oregon and endeavored to enlist tnem
in his candidacy by promises of what
he would do for the university, if
elected governor.
A number of the Oregon Agricultural
college graduates seen today expressed
themselves freely about the letter sent
out by "the Withycombe-for-GovcrnojC
Campaign Committee." j
W. V. Masters is president of the
Portland O. A. C. club and a member
of the executive committee of the
O. A. C. Alumni association.
"They had no business to do It,"
said Mr. Masters. "The Portland O. A,
C. club has never entered into politics
in any way. The gentlemen who
eigned the Withycombe-for-Govemor
letter had no authority from the Port
land organization. As a member of
the executive committee of the general
alumni association I am sure I would
know if it l ad given them any such
authority. The fact is that they are
acting on their individual initiative
and responsibility; the letter Is not
official, and it represents merely their
personal attitude. I do not approve
the writing of the letter."
M. E. Smead of the promotion de
partment of the Commercial club, was
secretary of the Portland O. A. C club.
"X objected strenuously to the use of
Passage of Non-Partisan
Amendment Deemed o
Best Interest to Judiciary
tions regarding children's reading and
displayed a collection of books suit
able for children. Miss Mary France
Isom, librarian, told of the willingness
of the librarians to arrange courses
of reading for the Parent-Teacher as
sociations. WOMEN ARE HELD UP
Two young highwaymen last eve
ning held up and robbed Mrs. C. U.
Lasey and her daughter at East 26th
and Tlbbetts streets, taking about $12
In silver. Mrs. Lasey, who lives at
266 West Holman street, was on her
WORK COVERS WIDE FIELD
Boy Problem in Cities and in Towns
Will Be Considered at This After
noon's Session of the Congress.
way home. The highwaymen stopped
Mrs. Lasey and her daughter on a
dark spot, held a revolver at them,
demanding the woman hand over her
hand bag. After getting the money,
the two men disappeared toward the
southern part, of the city. Descrip
tions of the -two men are similar to
the description of the two men, who
held up women two weeks ago.-
Mother Assumes Blaine.
Mrs. Geprgine Maud Clark of Monta
villa, hasp?rltten a letter to The Jour
nal, declaring that 'she alone Is re
sponsible for the death of her little
girl, Esperance. who shot herself last
Christmas day. uflt was my bad tem
per that cauo4! It." she writes." "I
lost my temper;J .tb at day Juet because
she and her Jbrther upset a kettle of
water and blarined the floor." The
mother then teliji how she took a pan
of potatoes off";the stove" and threw
it and then ruld two of EsperancVs
Christmas presets, hit her with the
broom and pullfed her hair, declaring
she would not lve in the same house
with her. Tli rl took this to heart,
ran from the hMwte and was not seen
again unUl she .was found dead twe
weeks UtSte Mj:s. Cfhvrk declares she
was either undyr hypnotism , or els la
a very bad temper. - J
I
At a meeting held last night at th
Public library, under the auspices of
the "Everybody's Equal Suffrage club,"
Judge Henry E. McGinn and Dr. C. H.
Chapman urged the passage of the
non-partisan judiciary amendment at
the coming election.
Judge McGinn declared that the bill,
which had been drafted by a commit
tee consisting of Judge C. U. Ganten
bein, Republican, Judge W. N. Gatens,
Democrat, and W. M. Davis, Progres
sive, had been Indorsed by the State
Bar association. State Federation of
Women's Clubs and the State Federa
tion of Labor.
"The principal opposition to the
bill," asserted Judge McGinn, "comes
from James B. Kerr, an attorney rep
resenting the Hill interests and other
corporation lawyers, who while pre
tending to favor a non-partisan judi
ciary, are raising for the purpose of
the club or the alumni or the conego defeating this particular measure, tech
for political purposes," he said. "It nical objections which have no merit,
was proposed at one time to bring "One of the best evidences that the
Dr. Withycombe before the club, after, bill is a meritorious one," continued
he had declared himself a candidate, j Judge McGinn, "is the fact that It is
to speak on a non-political subject. I j being opposed by the Non-Partisan
have the greatest esteem for Dr. league, which is opposing every meas
Withycombe, but I so disliked the in- j ure looking to the interests;of the com-
ference that might go out from such a
gathering that I resigned as secre
tary, rather than send out the notices.
I strongly advised the alumni not to
appear in the campaign in any way
Whatever. We have a right, of course,
to our Individual views, but they
should be individual and not as alumni
of O. A. C. The letter was not au
thorized, it expressed the individual
views of the writers, but at that I
think it was a piece of bad judgment
to send It out."
"A large nttmber of O. A. C. alumni
have called me during the morning
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mon people,'
He said that he did not want to be
buried in the same cemetery with any
of the members of this organization.
Dr. Chapman, In addition to his in
dorsement of the non-partisan judi
ciary bill, also spoke In behalf of the
normal school amendments, and strong
ly attacked the so-called assembly
measure.
Women Are Holding
C. J. Smith Rally
This morning's session of the an
nual convention of the Oregon Con
gress of Mothers was presided over
Dy Airs, j . w. Kerr, wife of the Dresl-
dent of tne State Agricultural college.
sports oi tne Parent-Teacher asso
ciations were given as follows: Meta
ger, Mrs. Kuggles; Sherwood, Mrs. A.
G. Hagey; Dundee. Aneie H rr-
vvnuiord, Mrs. A. B. Denny; West
Portland. Mrs. Stack; La Grande, Mis.
jvieicaii; Asniand, Miss Holmes; Jen
nings Lodge, Mrs. Brenchart; AicMinn
vine, Mrs. K. C. Millyne; Corvallis,
mrs. irencn; south Circle. Corvallis.
Mrs. Cora D. Crane; Bottom, Mrs. Lil
lian ciark.
Reports of state departments and
standing committees were given as
follows: Hygiene, Dr. Mae Cardwell;
Chautauqua, Mrs. John Kisley; edu
cational, Mrs. W. J. Hawkins; Juvenile.
Mrs. C. W. Hayhurst; literature, Mrs.
I. N. Walker; membership, Mrs. Har
riet Her.dee; parents' extension, Mrs.
J. C. Elliott King; press and publicity.
Mrs. E. H. Frizzelle; state fair, Mrs.
A. Young of McMlnnvllle; widows'
pension, Mrs. R. E. liondurant; bureau
of education, Mrs. A. King Wilson;
child legislation, Mrs. Millie R, Trum
bull. Kapld Growth Seen.
These reports showed conclusively
that there has been a fine growth
in the Paient-Teacher work through
out the state. During the year 250
associations have been organized, 50
of these have been affiliated with the
congress. Much credit is due Super
intendent Churchill for his efforts in
organizing associations.
The activities of the past year have
been broad and practical in every
sense, and have revealed the purpose
of helping the children, parents and
teachers to a better understanding of
themselves and each other, and assist
ing in cooperation hitherto unknown.
This afternoon the following pro
gram was given:
Call to order.
Vocal selection, Mrs. Henry Metzger.
"Back to tho Home," Runo Amo
(Boys' and Girls' Aid society).
Vocal selections, Miss Ada Alice
Tuttle,
'The Boy Problem in Cities and
Small Towns," Professor Irving E.
Vining, Aahland, Or.
Address, Dr. Miriam Van Waters.
Conference Xs Held.
Yesterday afternoon's session opened
with a conference of presidents of as
sociations presided over by Mrs. C. M.
bmun of Koseburg. The subject of
raising funds, of hot lunches, of pro
grams and kindred matters were dis
cussed. Tha addresses were Inter
spersed with vocal selections by John
Claire Montieth who sang with fine
effect a group of songs accompanied
Dy Miss Constance Piper.
The general meeting of the after
noon was presided over by Mrs. H. J
Fitzpatrick. Educational Country
Clubs" was the subject of a paper
read by Mrs. R. S. Bean and written
by her sister, Mrs. H, K. McCormack
of Eugene. Benjamin Sheldon, presi
dent of the Medford Commercial club.
presented th matter of reopenig the
Normal school at Ashland, pointing
out Oregon's great need for additional
institutions for training its young
people for teaching. One of the finest
papers of the convention was pre
sented by Mrs. Ida M. Kidder of Eu
gene, who spoke on "The Proper Liter
ature for Children." 3'he burden of
her paper was the necessity of the
mother gaining the confidence and
sympathy of her children and thus
sharing their Joys and sorrows. Mi&s
Jessie Hodge Millard, children's IT
brarian, answered a number of ques
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Mrs. Wing's Home I Seen of One of
Most Entnnslaatio Gathering of
the Campaign.
The home of Mrs. A. M. Wing. 112
East "Flanders street, is the scene this
afternoon of the one most entus
lastic woman's Smith-for-Governor
rallies of the present campaign. Both
Dr. C. J. Smith, candidate for gov
ernor, and A. K. Flegel, candidate for
congress, were invited to be present.
The program also includes songs by
John B. Bradley, baritone, and. In cos
tume, by Miss June Shea, "The Days
of Thomas Jefferson."
"The gathering is under the partial
auspices of the. Woman's Smith-for-
I Governor club
To the headquarters of the Woman's
Smlthrfor-Governor club, In the Hotel
Portland, yesterday came a little crip
pled woman.
"I came to see what I could do for
Dr. Smith," she said. "1 am ready to
put in nearly all the time from now
until election working for Dr. C J.
Smith. I think he is the best man for
governor of Oregon."
"All the decent men I know are
working for Dr. Smith and will vote
for him," said a man from Troutdale.
"If there are any in Troutdale Who
are not working for Dr. Smith they
are of the kind I wouldn't recognize."
Meetings of women who are work
ing for Dr. Smith in University Park
and in Gresham were held In the
headquarters yesterday. The women
of Greshim have arranged for a
Smlth-for-Governor rally Saturday
night and the speakers are to be Mrs.
John Nissen, president of the Wom
en's Smlth-for-Governor club, and Dr.
Elof T. Hedlund-
The telephone number of the Wom
an's Smith-for-Governor club in the
Hotel Portland is Main 2701. All who
desire Information about the Smith
campaign, who desire to help, or who
wish, literature, are made welcome.
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the company. The complaints charge
that Rasmussen was not competent to
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