4 4 THE OREGON DAILY 'JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. 1917. liny RETIREMENT FOR PLAN PROPOSED AGED U. S; EMPLOYES Five Thousand Now Under Federal Civil Service Are '-,.70 Years Old or Older, MANY PROVE INEFFICIENT ' Original tt Estimated About $1,780, " . OOd, But rUa IS to Have BTltMB " ' Secern Self Supporting. , ' : ; "Washington. D. C. March 7. (wabhington: bureau of. Tfin 'JOURNAL.) Five thousand employes i' iiib jeaerai government uuuer fivii service are 70 years old or older. Many ftf hrh ar ftnt morn than 50 nr Ptt : .; efficient, others 25 per cent, and Sdhle perhaps wholly inefficient merely 16 ..." the Way of the workers. Congress could refuse appropriation r. tor" old eftiployes, of course, and ad ministrauve ornciais nave power io Jremove those who may be charted with Inefficiency. But cofigress wilt not i refuse to appropriate pay for employes because age has in varying degree de- tractM from the service they can Irive. Administrative officers hesitate to turn dut the old men and old women, many of them wholly dependent on what thev receive. partly because of hu rhanltarian feeling add partly because of political pressure and the criticism l that would follow. Annuity PI . ;,'.- What ia tn.be done? Proposed, The senate ; committee on civil service and re trenchnaent. after a study of the prob i i em, -has given its answer in a bill re- t ported by Chairman Pomerene for a 1. system of annuity retirement. TUe i purpose is to make deductions from tn pay of employes to provide them with ,i half pay after they reach retirement Age Of 70 years. ,.' Th conditions this legislation is designed to meet are growing more ag V gravated each year. Civil service first ; gained headway in this country ,unde the first administration of President j Cleveland. Other presidents have added I to tha number of employes in the clas ' alfled service, until now nearly all clerks and employes of lower grades are protected from removal except for J cause. "Problem Grows "With Tsars. Tha problem of the old employe has i growh with the years and now the committee says the conditions due to superannuation "have become almost .?jlntoleraible." While there will be some t first coat -to the government In start ;t ing tha aystem of retirement, it is ar- tued. that improvement of aervlee will ; compensate for the cost, while in later - years the plan will be entirely self j sustaining. t Th bill provides for monthly dedue J tiOn .from pay of all classified em- : pioyes, -except postmasters, of sums 1 sufficient at compound interest to pur- ; chase from the United States a life an- nulty after retirement. . una amount deducted would vn rv wfth the rate of pay, not exceeding 8 - "V per cent. The annuity would eaual one-half the salary, but not more than : '.$600 a year. ' Sums deducted would be kept to tha separate account of each employe and . Invested in .government bonds, farm ;lban bonds, or other interest bearing "securities of the nation, state or mu nicipality. V Details of Proposed piaa. i It Is estimated that an employe en - terlng at the age ofi 25 would pay 4 , per cent Into hia annuity. At 48 he . would pay 8 per cent and at E0, 15 per 'tent.. ' " Retirement at 70 would be compul sory except upon certification of the : s head of the department that tha em ploye is efficient and desires to re . 'main, whereupon two years moremay bei allowed, with a further extension of . , two years under like conditions, man ning T4 the utmost limit for employ - raent, V In. .case of death or resignation he ifer teaching the age of retirement, a sum equal to payments and accfued in. Atcrest would be paid. . ; ' Pull annuities would be riven onlv ' ' after an employe has served at least, -. CORVALLIS DEBATERS WIN- FROM STATE UNIVERSITY . r4 jiff A " "InsH v rXv Members of the Oregon Agricultural college debating team, from let Basler, Bernard Mainwaritig and E. V. t to right: McMindes. Robert HelchartV. I. Oregon Agricultural Colifse. Corval- lis, March 7. The Orjegon Agricultural college debating team that last Friday evening won the first . contest ever takeh by that institution from the University of Oregon. , will represent the college in the debate with Wash ing State on the question of compul sory arbitration of disputes between railway companies and their employes. The teams win also divide to oppose each other fa an extension debate to in the Marshfield district. The mem bers are: Bernard Mainwaring. New- berg; K. W. McMindes, Loraine: R. Reichart. Corvallis. anK V. I. Baaler Grants Pass. BUILDING OF ELEVATOR VERY FIRST ESSENTIAL, SAYS VHEAT GROYER Central Oregonian Says Port land Must Have Public Ele vator to Get Tonnage. 20 eartt, those reaching retirement age With less service, te be paid in propor tion, i This system would s become self sus taining, at the end or 60 years. The first cost to the government would be about $2,750,000 the first year. In creasing to over $6,000,000 in 25 years, then decreasing to the vanishing point. HAWLEY STATES HIS POSITION REGARDING FLOOD RESOLUTION it does not apply attempts to run Washington. March 7. The follow ing statement was made by Represen tative W. C. Hawley of Oregon regard ing the Flood resolution: "I understand that; H. R. 21052. the Flood resolution, as : reported by the committee, states the policy to be im partially pursued by the United 8tatei toward all nations, is declaratory of rights long recognized by international law, insisting that American citizens (in their lawful and peaceful pursuits on the high seas) shall not be unlaw fully attacked. It applies only to American ships. "1 understand that to contraband, or to a blockade recognised by international law, or to any unlawful or illegitimate acts. It does not cover foreign or belligerent ships in any way. It does not establish a new policy.' "I have felt that ; this administra tion has not practiced an impartial neutrality, and If the pending bill does what it is stated it Is Intended to do, that is, to maintain bur rights Impar tially, It will remove cause of com plaint. I am not for one country or against another in the great War in Europe, but only for the United States and her people. . ! "In all probability the bill confers no power not already given the presl dency by the constitution, but being before congress it must be voted on. Ur is not in my Judgment an act of war, or will it reasonably lead to. war, but rather , will be of material aid In maintaining peace, for I cannot see how the nations can Object to our pur suing our 'lawful and peaceful pur suits.' . ! . "I earnestly desire that We continue at peace with all the .world, and am Willing to Join in any proper and patriotic means to prevent war. I in tend to support the bill unless incon sistent amendments are added to it. I can see no reason why munitions, etc., if they are to be sent from the United States, should not be carried in foreign bottoms, t think congress should continue in session as long as any danger of foreign complications exists." of these lands was expected under regular land drawing regulations, .nd to require an initial deposit of $Ji75 to $300 ah acre will plaee an undue burden on poor landseekers. Director Davis of the reclamation service says he does not understand how these figures are worked out. The ordinary units for lands of the char acter involved are 40 and 80 acres. Taking the larger units, with an es- Umated reclamation cost of $45 an acre, the total cost wii be issoo. ana five per cent of that, for the initial payment, is $180. No other construc tion payments are required for five years. The law fixes the requirement rrtadi in the notices of the reclamation eerr- i-Jce, and It has no discretion In the wiaHtter. There ara 4300 acrs in the new Klamath unit, made tillable by diverting the waters of Lost river into the Klamath river. land can b considered as a point of delivery on army contracts. Information requested from the de pot quartermaster. says General Sharpe, has not yet been received. Karly in the month request was made for a report on what the local autnor Hies can assure tn the way of dockage facilities and other requirements. Attention Is called to the fact that on the recent contract for cement and lumber for fortifications in Hawaii, the lumber bids were open for any Dort. and the greater part of the award went to Bellingham, Wash., for delivery at lumber company docks. Dr. Plamondon Seeks Place. Washington March 7. Dr. J. Dillon Plamondort of Athena, Or., Is an ap piicant for appointment as first lieu tenant in the army medical reserve corps. Eckley C. Ouerln of Mjrrtle Point has been assigned for duty in Alaska with the coast ahd geodetlo Survey, arid has. Just left Washington with his wife and baby. He will bare head quarters at Juneau. He has for sev eral years been engaged in govern ment topographic work, most recently in connection with the Maine-Canadian boundary. Klamath Lands to Be Opened. Washington, Mardh 7. Additional lands of the Klamath reclamation project, to be opened this spring, will be entered in accordance with the pro visions of the reclamation extension act of 1914, under Which five per cent of the estimated construction charges are to be paid in advance. . The Klamath commercial' club has written to members of the Oregon delegation to the effect that opening Reed Clause "Tickles" Breweries. Washington, March 7. Congressman McArthur made one of the compara tively small minority in the house which voted against accepting the Reed amendment on the postofflce appropriation bill, applying "bone dry Brohlbitlon to all the dry states, even though under state law the importa tion of limited quantities of liquor for personal use is permitted. - McArthur says he la willing to apply the bone dry rule in federal law td all states that desire .to stop all Importations, but eould hot support the . Idea of forbidding shipments where the- states themselves choose td permit it. The big brewery interests appear to be "tickled to death" over the adop tion of the Reed amendment. They have sent in numerous congratula tions, apparently In the belief that states permitting limited Import aion 9 will hereafter go wet in order to shake off the "bone dry" effect of the Reed amendment. Prohibition leaders are Just as con fident that their cause will go march ing on, and that no dry territory will be lost because congress has voted to make it drier. A prominent warehouseman and wheatgrower.of centFal Oregon declares that it Is Portland's next move. In a letter to C. W. Myers, editor of Pacific Interstate, he takes Portland to task for its failure to make "proper mducements for the business to be done through your port." He decries this City's inertia and says that the only way Portland can get- bark the tonnage it has lost Is to do "what other cities have done for shippers. One of the first essentials is to build a public elevator. 'There is no reason why there should not ba twice as much grain shipped from your city as there Is from the eoumd cities," reads the letter. "Port land is almost directly west Of the grain-raising district of the three northwest states, and .Portland is not as far from the Paclfio ocean as Seattle from Cape Flattery. All the railroads leading from tha grain dis trict into Portland are built on a water grade. A freight train turned loose anywhere in the wheat-growing district will move to Portland by Its own mo mentum. Why do the railroads haul the wheat over the Cascade mountains to Puget sound, at so much bigger x- Facilities Report Not In. Washington, March' 7. Renewal of asu ranees that the quartermaster-general's department . of the a.rmy is not prejudiced against Portland as a port of supply Is given in a letter from General Sharpe, the head of that de partment, to Senator Chamberlain, in Which he says he expects early ar rangements to be made whereby Port- 4. Days Only TODAY ThurscUy Friday and Saturday -V.w t Leahy, Archer & Butterworth Singing Comedians. & Mack Comedy Impersonations. The Joers Dutch Comedians. Dan Roby Blackface Comedian With Bagpipe. . v 1 n ii in n - - 11 si m ir i -L'- -n - Continuous 1 to 11 p. tn. Daily, Children 'Under lOYeara Admitted v Fred to Matinees (Except Sat and Sun.) ! When Accompanied PRESENT A DRAMA OF PASSION AND THE SEA -An Absorbing Story, WITH MYRTLE GONZALES, GEO- HERNANDEZ AND VAL PAUL ; : : Full of intense Scenes atid Action Crater Lake Gets Increase. Washington, March 7. la tha gun- dry Civil bill this year the appropria tion of $16,000 for Crater Lake na tlonal park, aside from road construc tion, is an Increase of $8000 over last year. The road apropriatlon for construc tion and related purposes, is $50,000, less than half of the estimates sub mitted. The bill sets aside this money In the following language: "For continuation of a Wagon road and the necessary bridges through the park, together with a system of tanks and water supply pipes for sprinkling; and for maintenance, repair and oper ation of two horse-drawn, passenger carrying vehicles, to be expended under the direction of the secretary of war, $30,000." Mother's Light Was ' Kept Lighted in Vain 86a Betnras After 4wenty Tears as Corps Ught Baa Burned Dariag Every Hour of Darkness. Kenosha, Wis., March 7. (1. N. S.) Mat Ernst is coming home today. But the light which for 20 years his mother, Mrs, Afary Ernst, has kept burning In an upper window every night, to wel come him, has been in vain, for Mat is dead. His body is en route from Sac ramento, Cel., where It was found and identified by one of the infrequent let ters he was In the habit of writing home from all parts of the world, and which he had not mailed when death overtook him. Twenty years ago Mat went to seek his fortune. He promised to return, and the light set for him that night burned brightly during every hour of darkness thereafter. "Mat might drop in some night, and I don't want him to think his mother has forgotten him," Mrs. Ernst ex plained. Navy in Marketer Tools and Materials Commerce Ohambar Kaoeivss tpetiffU cations for Machine SapHes fox Cosstractioa of T ess els. Indicative of the work opening up at the Pacific coast navy yards, speci fications have been received by the Chamber of Commerce calling for all eorts of tools and materials for con struction Of vessels and machine shop appointments. Bids Will be opened by the bureau of supplies and accounts of the navy department at. Washington on March 27.; ror the Bremerton - yard are re quired: 2000 pounds of white lead 1500 pounds of sal ammoniac, 100 gal lens of varnish. 1S0& yards of bleached muslin, 1000 gunny sacks, t chain blocks, bit braces,' 96 soldering cop pers, 66 steel rules, 60,0 boxwood rules. 365 folding rules, and 16 bench vises. ForMafe Island are required: 35. 000 pounds dry asbestine. 1200 pounds putty, 12,660 pounds sheet lead at one variety and 7680 of another, 23,953 as sorted bolts. 1000 stdd bolts. 19 chain blocks, 724 twist drills, 1608 padlocks, ES0 tons steel rivets. 80 brass base safety treads, and 2900. pounds iron and steel washers.- ' New Guard Arrests r- Officer Without an Identification Card 4 Week Island. 111. March 7. After dinner last nignt.coionei George W. Burr, commandant W at the Rock Island isrsenai. t started to walk around one of the big manufacturing shops. A new guard halted him at the ft) 4 point of a gun and asked for s) his identification card. II had M none. Despite the fact that the commandant endeavored te ex- It m plain his identity he was placed W under arrest and looked up in J the cell house. It was some m tint before the guArd' mistake was discovered and colonel t Burr released. He commended 41 t the act of the guard. ) m MACCABEE LADIES ENTERTAIN GUESTS pense? That la up to Portland' to an swer. I am sure that if Portland will get busy and put tip a system of grain ele vators. ther will not be the leaat bit of trouble in renting alt th apace available. Th country elevators should b built with cleaner and smut machinery, so that all grain, when hipped to terminal buyers, may be sold and graded without being unload ed. Then It would not be difficult for th terminal buyers to get the best prices for th grade that th wheat represents. "Our company has gone to big ex pense In installing facilities for han dling grain In sacks, if bulk handling will benefit the farmer, we are ready to Chang our warehouse into an ele vator and handle the grain in bulk for our customers. Just as we have done In the past in sacks." s'V'-..tj A? t land has to bestow on dlstlnguUhrd guests. 8 he Was delighted with her reception and has le many w friends among the 1. O. it. Cider With Too Muoh ? Kick Is Confiscated. Salem, Or.. March 7. K. A. Schu- binger'a cheese factory on the Asylum road wa raided, last night by. peput Bherlff Bowers and Constable VrAy and Six barrels f apple cider which nad a kick, to it, equal 10 7 U per cent alcohol, were seised. Ki-hnblhicer was arrested and later released on $i00 cash ball. His hearing will t held be fore Justice of the Teace .Webster to morrow morning on a charge of violat ing the prohibition law. Stop Pain! Rub Neuralgia Away Instant relief from nerve tor ture and misery with "St. Jacobs Oil." Mr. Anna O. Hoi the of Mtukegnn, Mich., past grand commander Ladles of the Maccabees. The three hives of the Ladles of the Maccabees in this city Were busy during the past week receiving and entertaining theif past grand commander. Mrs. Anna O. Holthe. Mrs. Holthe was extended hospi tality by the commercial ctur and shown all th wonderful scenery Port- nub this soothing, penetrating oil right into the Sore, inflamed nerves, and like magie neuralgia disappears. "St. Jacob's Oil" conquers pain. It Is a harmless "neuralgia relief which doesn't bum or discolor the skin. lon't suffer! It's so needless. Get a small trial bottle from anv drug store shd gently rub the' 'aching nerves," and In just a moment you will b absolutely free from psin and suffering. No dlfferencfc whether your psln or. neuralgia is In the fee, head or any part of the body, you get instant relief with this old-time, honest pain destroyer--It cannot Injure. - Adv.) ""'-'' . H The greatest instrument " H HI The greatest artists H President Wilson Is : Upheld,' Lane Is Not Pendleton, Or.. March 7,-Tbe Pen- Ldleton Commercial rlub last 'evening strongly and unanimously indorsed the stand of President Wilson for armed neutrality. Telegrams were Sent td the president expressing ap proval of hia action, and pledging the loyal support of the community. Another telegram was sent to Sena tor' Lane expressing, in dignified yet positlrH langUaget disapproval of his recent opposition to the president's measure, and assuring him that in his Stand he did not represent, his con stituents. 1 Federal Dry Law Is Subject, of Dispute Aberdeen, "Wash.. March 7. There ts a wide difference of opinion among at torneys and officers of the county was td the application of the federal dry law to this state. Some claim-that th federal law cuts out the Issuance of "permits for llqnor, but the prosecut ing attorney holds that he does not know.- not having the law at hia elbow, and that he win not stop the issuance of permits! and will await the action of federal authorities. Meanwhile many is 1 The greatest music Mime achieves its highest Deauty, gives its deepest and most lasting joy, only when the instrument is the finest and the artists the greatest. 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