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THE OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY . EVENING, DECEMBER 9. 1914. REPUB FRON LICANS CHANGE T IN MATTER OF T APPONTMEN MAKING With "Harmony Governor" in Saddle Return to Spoils ' System Is Imperatiye. WEST'S WINGS CLIPPED legislature," Boy W. RUner, of Pendle ton,' representative-elect from : Uma tilla county, who ia in Portland today, says he is well aware of the usual man ner In which the legislature lit flooded with useless bills. He said ,4iis dele gation is in favor of holding 'down the number of bills that might be intro duced t tl?e coming session, and thus give the legislature more time for serious consideration ot important measures. . ," He said unless Representative J. T. Kinkier of Hermlston, has Sn mind legislation for the benefit off irriga tion projects, he knew of n special measures his delegation would be in- Interested in. They are interested with th -rest of the state in tax reform and such general measures. f TO legislator Tested Power of Warning Practically Alt Officials In Board 1 ' Wnea Democrat la Chair. EX' MAN MAKING HUSTLING CAMPAIGN The plan to take away from the state board of control the authority to fill appointive positions in connection with the state government and vest it in the governor is now taking definite form In the discussions by persons very clone to the governor-elect. Argument Is being" advanced that the govfrrior Is the responsible head of the state government and therefore he should have the sole authority to fill the appointive prate positions. To make this possible. It is proposed to introduce a bill at the next legis lature to strip the state board of con. trol of Us authority to make appoint ments. It is further proposed to give the governor complete authority to remorve appointees at! pleasure. There are to he no obstacles In the way of the governor geeting 'rid or appointees who do not come up to requirements. Heed of Change Seen. During the last several sessions of the legislature, while Tmocratlc gov enters have been in efflce, the tend ency has been to take appointive row- 4 er away from the governor, but now the Republican hosts see the need of a quick change back to the old system "to the victor belongs the spoils." Not only is this view held by the many who hope to land positions, but by Republicans . in the Inner circle who hope 'to see the Republican organiza tion so strengthened thereby , that the state may hereafter be held In steady Republican' control. Under existing laws very few. If any, of the appointees can bo removed except for Incompetency or malfeas ance tn office.' There is to be noth ing like that to bother the next ad ministration, according to the plana. At present, the state board of con trol makes many of the appointments to salaried positions. The state board of control consists of the governor, the secretary, of state and the state treasurer. Governor West at the last session even recommended, and his recommendation was enacted into law, that the state penitentiary be placed under the supervision of the state board instead of remaining under the direct control of the governor. The penitentiary, had always been the one Institution with which the gov ernor had an "absolutely free hand, but now It Is on the same basis as the other state institutions. It is the plan to give the governor exclusive authority to appoint the su perintendent of "all the institutions i and of course dictate who the assist ants and under employes will be. He is to be given authority to appoint the state superintendent of banks, now ap pointed by the state banking board. He will appoint the state printer, the state highway engineer, and the state architect, and of course continue to fill the positions which the governor Is now authorized to fill. No posi tion Is to' he overlooked. ThlW-wfll be a decided change from the attitude taken by the last legis lature, which went so far even as to name a legislative committee to ap point the members of the Oregon Panama-Pacific fair commission. But then this is the first time there has been a Republican governor in Ore gon for 12 years. IN BIG TRADE CONTEST .-A In Addition to Former Asso ciates Long List of Cham pions Aid in Race for Prize WAJfljS FEWER USELESS BILLS ? Havljnc served as calendar clerk In I the senate during two sessions of the CONSIDER SO E OF ABOLISHING THE TAX COMMISSION Subject to Be Made Special Order of Business at Meet ing of Multnomah Men.' Beaten and Robbed; Shipped oh Freight Centralis. "Wash., Dee. 9. E. Knapp, an employe of the Lincoln Creek Lum ber company, was held up Monday night, beaten Into insensibility, robbed of all of his money and placed on a "flat car on a southbound freight. "When the train reached Castlerock, Knapp rolled off. He was picked up in a badly battered condition and brought to a Centralis hospital, where it Is said he will recover. His lrtjurles In clude a fractured collar bone, broken ribs and internal Injuries. DETAILS ARE OUTLINED LEADER DROWNS Plan Suggested Is te Transfer Duties of State Tax Body to State Railroad Commissi on. Guy L. Sears. Out in Sellwood almost everybody knows Guy I. Sears of E95; Tacoma avenue, and those who do not will soon make his acquaintance, for the reason that he Isi engaged in a rapid fire hust ling campaign for election as a winner in The Journal's $5000 Trade and Cir culation contest. Mr. Bears started out with the back ing of several fire stations on the east side, owing to the fact that he was once a fireman himself. But now, In addition to their constant support h has added a long list of champions and Is hard at work gaining more each day. Possibly It was because he has been engaged In the automobile business that gave him the idea but anyway, nothing would please him quite so much as to win one of the two grand prizes the first a J1250 Reo the Fifth, the second a "Maxwell 25." Either one would do,' he says, and with this ob ject In mind he is out to corral every body in contest district No. 3. No Peace) Prize Chis Year. Christianla, Norway, Dec. 9. The Nobel peace prize committee decided today to award no peace prize this year, King of Belgium Honored. Petrograd, Dec. 9. The University of Petrograd has made the king of Belgium an honorary member. Taxation and the question of abol ishing the state tax commission and transferring its duties to the state railroad commission, will be the spe cial order of business for the meeting of the Multnomah legislative delega tion next Monday night. The delega tion will invite State Treasurer Kay. Secretary of State Oloott and the three members of the railroad commission to meet with them at that time. This course was decided upon at the weekly meeting of the delegation Mon day night. The question of abolishing the state tax commission came up when Senator I. N. Day reported he bad re ceived a letter from Senator C. A. Bar rett of Athena, saying he was drafting a tax law and that he favored abolish ing the tax commission. Uttlefleld Favors It. E. V. Littlefield, chairman of the delegation, said State Treasurer Kay also favored consolidating the duties of the tax commission with those of the railroad commission and that he would be glad to meef with the dele gation and present his Ideas on taxa tion matters. Mr. Littlefield pointed out also that Mr. Kay could furnish the delegation with much information regarding appropriations and the work of other boards and commissions, S. B. Huston, chairman of th com mittee on taxation, pointed out that the ' Beyers legislature would have a hard problem rlv"- to solve to prevent the title to property that would have been affected by tax penalties imposed under the tax law, i declared unconstitutional by recent de cisions of the courts, from becoming clouded. He said it was doubtful if those decisions would hold, if attacked, and while It was expected the legisla ture would repeal the tax law, the new law could not go into effect in time to avoid the question of tax penalties next spring". Other Matters Discussed. Other matters discussed, and which are to be taken up in detail later, were a new registration law, the attorneys and litigants fees being held by the county clerk on account of the muddle arising as a result of a bank failure when Frank Fields was county clerk, the Multnomah circuit court muddle, a remedy for the procedure which now makes it cost more to obtain a jury in the district court than in the circuit court, the work of the child welfare commission, juvenile court law and the feasibility of transferring the du ties to the county judge. George W. Weeks of the Marlon county delegation was present and said he thought the forthcom ing legislature had a great duty to perform in the way of reducing state expenditures. He said a new registration law was being prepared by a committee appointed by the Sa lem Republican club, and that the Marion county assessor is preparing a bill providing that automobile licenses shall be obtained from the county clerks. . instead of from the secretary of state. Billy B. Van, an actor, appeared be fore the delegation and urged the en actment of a law providing that trav elers may vote on national issues, in this state by presenting a certificate of his qualifications from his home precinct. He. said such a law was in effect in Minnesota, with good results. WHILE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM BRITISH General Buyers" Shot While Fording Vaal River, Cur rent Carrying Him Away. and volunteers who pried the structure from its foundations and pushed it 40 feet to a. polnf'safe from the flames. Samuel JV Steckman' owned the house that burnedi : The fire destroyed the roof and one side of the' house next door, belonging: to R. K.. Henderson. The furniture was saved. Both losses were partially covered with insurance. POLICE BAND TO GET HALF Next Tuesday night is Police Band night at the Ice Hippodrome, and one half the receipts will be donated to the fund that is being raised to send the band on a trip to eastern cities in the interest of the "Buy Your Ticket via Oregon" advertising campaign. The band will play throughout the evening, and a feature of the athletic events will be the Ice hockev game between tams of policemen and firemen. Frank Bourke, who claims to be the champion Ice skater of the world, will give an exhibition of fancy and long distance skating, and other specialties will be offered. Operate on Young :McAdoo. Philadelphia, Dec. 9. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo's oldest son, Francis, is doing well following an operation for appendicitis. Circuit Court Is Open at Baker . . . Trial of the Copperfleld Saloon Men's Damage Case Most Interesting Set for Session Grand Juxj Busy. Baker, Or. Dec. 9. With Circuit Judge Anderson presiding, the Decem ber term of circuit court for the Eighth Judicial district of Oregon con vened Monday. The first case on the calendar was State of Oregon versus James. Scales on a larceny charge. The Jury returned a verdict' of not guilty. Scales is also .under indictment on an other larceny charge, for which he will probably be tried later in the term. The new grand Jury met Monday, and while the session of the other grand Jury was finished ' only last week, there are already several-crimi nal cases and other matters to be con sidered. The mJst interesting cases set for trial at this term are two damago actions against Governor "West, Wil liam Wlegand and If. Stewart and An tone Warner, suing for approximately $8000 alleged loss sustained when their liquor stocks and saloon fixtures were confiscated at Copperfleld. on the or- I der of the governor, last January. EX-CONSUL IS INDICTED ' J. W. Matthes. former vice consul of the Netherlands; Robert J. Snow and W. J. Summers wore indicted on two counts yesterday on charges of forging mortgages. The three Were charged with the forgeries last September but no action was taken, although the grand Jury has had the cases under Investigation since that time. A mo tion was filed Monday by Matthes ask- French Still Euy. Oregon War Horses Third Company tenters-Field as Bub Fnrc'jasrs Inspection to Be xade Wittin the' Vest 10 Xto-ys. Bake., Or..- Dei-. S.wThree Baker horse buying firms are iow acting a sub-rentraetora to purchasing agents of the "French array In buying horses i fur tn tha 1Tilritlti fi teal1.' Snllshurv ing for dismissal of the charge and ex-f & Willoughhy yesterday signing a one-ration of his bail on account of the contratt with Rnsjtel). ti Co. of Walla Walla, rival bidders uginst CamrbeH & Jor.es of Montana. "viijio" held an in spection at the Turner -Brothers' sta- hies here two weeks' agi.-' which ended" in a small sized riot; Und In Turner Brothers ordering the jtussell &: Co. buyers off their -prTnlsF. Salisbury &. Yllloiihby have contracted for be tween iQ'i and 50t) hordes,-to be dci . livered here for Inspection Within the next 10 days. Besides iSiil'isburv Willoughby and Turner "Brothers, -Fra-ser & Fraser,. big local "; horse dealer, are also 'under contract to furnish horses te French army agents.' ITices ; for, horses for cavalry .ip'ilrposes have been ranging from JS.5' to $150. . . ... 1 lack of action. This motion was de nied by Judge McGinn when it was learned that the indictments were to be returned at once. The three men are charged with having defrauded the International Mortgage bank of Apel doorn. Holland, out of approximately $100,000 by means of worthless mort gages. Election AYarrants Ready. Hundreds o' officials at the election last month are apparently well sup plied with cash, for they have not yet called for their warrants. The war rants have been ready for almost a week and at least half have not been called for. The warrants can be se cured at 'County Clerk Coffey's office In the courthouse. Journal" Want Ads bring results. (TTnlted Prna T WV0 Pretoria. Union of South Africa, Dec. 9- Although his corpse was missing, it was believed here today that there was not a shadow of further doubt of the death of General Beyers, leader of the Boer rebellion against British rule in Sotith Africa. t Full details had been received of his final fight with the loyalists, and all accounts agreed that after being shot he unquestionably was drowned in the Vaal river. Overtaken by a detachment of loyal ists tinder Captain Vljjoen, Beyers and 50 of his followers were surrounded on the Vaal river bank near Greyling. Viljoen demanded the rebels" sur render. They refused; and, forming along the stream, showed fight. A brisk engagement ensued. ' Finally It became evident that the rebels were overmatched, whereupon the rank and file attempted to cover the flight of and his officers across the The fugitives drove their horses into the water, but In midstream Beyers was short from his saddle. , He caught the tail of another horse, and was seen for a few moments struggling for life, then the swift current Bwept both horse and man down stream. Later the general's field glasses and pistol were found, but his ;corpse was not recovered, owing to the. floods which swelled the Vaal. Beyers distinguished himself In the war between the Boers and the British After peace had been reestablished he was elected speaker of the Transvaal parliament, and later became chief of South Africa's military forces. ! This post he1 resigned when fighting began between the South African Brit " ish and the Germans in the kaiser's African territories. He said he was prepared to fight in defense of the Un ion of South Africa, but declared that the British were in that case the ag gressors, and he would not help them in an offensive campaign. I.ater when an element of the Boers revolted against the British and under- I took to reestablish the Dutch republic In the Transvaal, he Joined them. House Saved by Moving. One residence was completely de stroyed and another one was nearly burned down Monday evening, in a fire at East Sixty-fifth avenue S. E., and Sixty-eighth street, in the! Lents dis trict. It Is believed the fire originated from an overheated stove. ' A smaller house next door was saved by firemen I AReal Half Price Sail Moyer's sale of Overcoats for Boys and Youths of 3 to if i i i .1 . -rl - ' 1 1 years is a real sale, ror tnese reasons: . The Overcoats are from regular They represent at their regular prices the utmost in service. The regular prices have been genu inely cut squarely in two. The fathers and mothers of Port land are buying them for their boys. This is the regular range of prices: $3.45, $3.95, $4.35, $5.00, $6.00, . $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10.00. Pay Moyer just one-half the regular price for any Overcoat you buy now ! MOYE TP Third and Oak St. Store Only stock. . "When You See It in Our Xd, Its So!" in I j'1 1 1 jj Christmas Shopping Made Easy! ' Our System of Selling ' . Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry ON EASY PAYMENTS Gives every person an opportunity to secure a valuable as well as ap propriate, gift without considerable outlay, or paying any more than those paying cash. In making this offer of credit at cash prices, we do so with the assurance that every article bought from us, is lower than they could be secured at any store in the city. In proof of same we court comparison. I n i Diamonds "Here Is Where Shine.' We We carry the largest and most select stock in the city, a glance in our show windows will convince you, we have them mounted Rings, Earrings, Studs, Scarf Pins, Bar Pins, Laval Hers, Brooches, Lockets, etc. With every Diamond we sell we ' give a certificate absolutely guaranteeing the quality and value of your pur chase, and cheerfully refund your money if- you find any article differ ent than represented. 4 Watches Elgin and Walthan movements in 20-year gold-filled cases, for men and women as low as. $10.00. How ard and Hamilton Watches in solid t gold and filled cases. The famous Gruen Swiss Watch, so thin, "fits your pocket like a silver dol--4 lar" at popular prices. The Gruen 5 Wristlet Watch, small and accu rate, $15.00 and up. Come see our wonderful display. I ' . " '!.' ,. 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A Fine Upholstered Chair $75 Mahogany Fireside Chair, en tirely upholstered in best JII OCT leather bag cushion seattPx .ZiO $50 Quartered Oak Library Chair, leather upholstered, with 1JQ Q AC spring seat and back. . . tpOO.ty $50 Quartered Oak Rock-cbq 1 A er to match, sale price. . P0Tbiv $30 Quartered Oak Ro-M Ct fit man Chair reduced to. . P-l.vJ.Ut-l Lovely New Rugs At Prices Absolutely the Lowest! v $50 Bagdad Wilton Velvet. (fcofV A( Rugs, 9x12 ......... ........iOi.ftU . $35 Bagdad Body Brussels, (oij- Qfj Rugs, 9x12 . . .. . . . . .$Q.'OU . $17.50 ' Seamless Tapestry f- OJZ Brussels Rugs, 9x12:. ... . . tpJLJL.Oc) $1 3.50 Seamless Tapestry Brus- CQ QA 'sels Rugs, 7-6x9. . . . . . . . . . . . ..$O.OU $4.50 Wilton Rugs, 27x54, re- d?0. HtZ duced to . ..... ..... . . . . ...... O $3.25 Bigelow Utopia Rugs, 24x Jb QA 48, reduced to...... tpft.OKJ HENRY JENN1NG & Second and Morrison Streets TERMS. TO SUIT TERMS TO SUIT V