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N . THE MORNING OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY, NOYE3IBER 30, 1911. '- While Mrb Mary Pete, an aired Indian woman, who lived a abort distance south of Olequa. waa washing last Thursday, her skirts caught Ore. She waa alone at the time, but managed to tear her clothes oft" and pour a bucket of water over herself, but her burns, complicated by a weak heart and LAWRENCE TO SEEK SINGLE TAX HINGES ON SEMI-COLONS JOB HELD BY HAY the Infirmities of age. were too much for her and ahe died a few hour later. While her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Carlson, were away from the house on their farm a short dis 380 Washington St., Corner West Park and Washington Streets Chairman of Washington's Attorney-General Finds New tance west of tbla city. Saturday, little Helen Johnson, daughter of Mrs. Anna Johnson, received Injuries from burn v Public Service Commission to Run for Governor. Wrinkle in Clackamas County Case. ing whlrh caused her death 19 hours later. The little one waa Ironing aome ill Open Saturday Morniii doll clothes with her toy Iron, and In going to the stove to heat the Iron her clothea were drawn In by the draft of the open stove door and took fire. Her arreama brought her sister, who burned her hands badly In tearing the 1 MERRY WAR IS PROMISED PUNCTUATION MARKS VITAL clothea from the child and extinguish- . 1 PORTLAND'S W V ) I'm la Amendment to Constitution Make One Sentence of Law and Clearly Makes Proposed Leg islation Illegal. I StandV SALKM. dr.. Nor. 29. "pedal) That the petitions for single taz In Clackamas County. If allowed to be n:1 and Toted on. would have the effect of placing local and special laws on the same plane as constltutlonai amendment, and that the county tax amendment paused by the people at the last general election had In Its scope, meaning and Intent contemplated only general tax laws and not local and spe cial tit laws to be enacted by the respective counties, la a new-angle which Attorney -(Jrneral Crawford has discovered to that amemlment. H wljl prepare a supplemental brief to the one prepared by his assistants, vhtrh he believes will show beyond a shadow of doubt the futility of the plan promoted by W. f. I"Ren and the single lexers. The supplemental brief will be based solely on the rending of the amend nient ltelf. owing to the paucity of authorities as to the principal point Involved The amendment, the Attorney-Gen rr.il hold. Is within Itself all one sentence and consequently the entire tenor of It depends on the wording to make the sentence complete. r-sartaalloa la C lied. "No bill regulating taxation or ex emption throughout the state ahail be- come a law until approved by the peo ple of the state at a regular general election: none of the restrictions of the constitution shall apply to measures approved by the people declaring; what shall be subject to taxation or exemp tion and how It shall be taxed or exempted whether proposed by the Leg islative Assembly or by Initiative petl tlon": reads the first part of the amendment, up to the second semi colon, the uses of semicolons through out belnit In the opinion of the At torney-General. sufficient evidence of the Intent to make only one sentence In the amendment. t'nder this wording, he declares, the general laws relative to taxation are placed oa the same plane as constltu tlonal amendments and If an attempt , made bow to pass local and special haws governing taxation In the respec tive counties, proved successful, con stitutional provisions governing those same counties could be passed aa well, or each county could set up constitu tional provisions of Its own. But the people of the several rountlea axe hereby empowered and authorlxed to regulate taxations and exemptions within their several coun ties, subject to any general law here- fnaftee1 enacted." ends the amendment. Trom the second semicolon. I .era I Optlea Eaaasple. "Subject" aa here used, the Attorney General Interprets to mean -under" or ."pursuant to and .with this interpre tation In mind he holds that no special or local lawe governing taxation. In countlea can be passed until a general law la passed whlrh will permit tax ations and exemptions In counties to be "subject to," "under" or "pursuant" te surh. general law. In a nutshell, the theory of the At-torney-leneral Is that the general law will have the same characteristic In this respect aa the local option law In other words, under the local option law there la a genera statute which provides that every county may deter mine what shall be the law aa to the sale of liquors In Its respective bound aries. Thus a general law could be passed governing taxation which would give local option taxation and exemptions to all the counties la the state, but until such general law la passed surh local option does not exist under the bare amendment Itself. j U i '.Jtn,". i . . . i .. 'i i "i J oka C. Lawrence, Wke Resign Mate Pealtloa te Ran for Gov ernor ( Washington. In the flames. Dr. Wolf, of Castle Rock, waa called and did everything; be could, but ahe died next morning. RAILROAD PROBE ASKED GOVERNMENT IIITS AT IjAIIOR EMPLOYMENT METHODS. LEBANON AFTER SETTLERS Whole- Population Turne Oat to Bljc I :et-Togetler Meeting-. LEflANON. Or .or. :. (Special.) m many utanon folk turned out laat night for the big get-together meeting that the Opera-house would not hold all who desired to hear the speakers wno praleed the progress of the Pan- Hem country an 1 Lebanon as Ita chief town. The principal speakers were C. C. Chapman, of Tortland. manager of the Portland Commercial Club: C. lC Ptewart. manager of the Albany Com mercial Club: H. E. I-ounsbury and Mr. Mills, of the Southern Pacific: Mr. For. est. of the Forest Hill Colonization Company, and I. I. Gilbert, a candl. date for Mayor of Albany. Ail praised the wonderful natural re sources of this section and spoke of the necessity of concerted action to bring homeseekera to the fertile lands of the big territory of which Lebanon la the center. Oregon Short Line Ofriclala to He Requested to Tell of Pealing In Pocatello, Idaho, Shope. MOSCOW, Idaho, Nor. Jl. (Special.) After a searching Investigation ex Governor McConnell. of Idaho. Deputy Cnlted Statee Commissioner of Com merce 'and Labor for Oregon. Washing ton. Idaho and Montana, who has se cured scores of affidavits and much other evidence of gross violation of the law governing employment of labor by the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company at Pocatello. Idaho, has Is sued a letter directed to Judge Alfred Budge, of the District Court of Ban nock County, demanding that he call a grand Jury to probe the conduct of Indlvlduaia and officials connected with the railroad system, who have to do with the employment of laborers. The contents of many of the affi davits reveal surprising evidence of a systematla plan In vogue In larger cen ters where large numbers of foreigners are employed to exact Illegal tolls monthly from laborers. The following Is a sample of scores of the affidavits now In possession of Mr. McConnell: -I. James Kaloudros, of Pocatello, Idaho, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I paid to William Cara veils, on or about the lid day of Sep tember, the sum of f 20 for a Job as car- checker, and that I paid him. William Caravella II per month to bold my Job. Furthermore, that I had to pay 10 be fore I could get a Job and I had to pay said amount of $3 each month In order to hold my Job; that after being laid off a month I had to pay $:o to get my Job back again, making $10 I paid tor the privilege of working In the Tocatello anops. (Signed ) "JAMES KALOCDROS." "Subscribed and sworn to before me. a notary public, this ISth day of No vember. 111. 'P. c. OIUIXET, "Notary Public." Commissioner McConnell said Jast night: "I am going to demand a gTand Jury to Investigate the practice at Po catello and ir the head of the Short Line does not know of the existence of this system we propoee to show them and to prosecute the rases to a finish." HORSES EAT UP DEBT CASH Attached for S0. Llwj Bill Is S300; Attachment Nullified;. KLAMATH FALIJ". Or Not. 2. (Special.) After the horses attached by the First National Bank of Kenne- wick. Vash In the case against Joshua and Julia Swindler, have been held for nine months and- eaten more than $500 worth of livery feed. Judge Henry L. Benson. In the Circuit Court. has dissolved the attachment. He holds that the chattel mortgage Issued la the State of Washington, whence the ani mals were removed to Oregon, la good In this state, and that the attachment la unnecessary to create a lien. As five of the horses were burned In a livery stable after attachment. the Swindlers will probably sue the bank for damages. The livery bill and counsel fees already amount to aa much aa the lv claim which the bank Is striving to enforce. TWO ARE BURNED TO DEATH Old Indian Woman and Child Vic tims of Different Biases. CASTLE ROCK. Wash-. Not. I. 8pe-!aL Two deaths by burning have occurred near castle kki la a wee a. RED TAPE RELIEF SOUGHT Klamath Water Veers Want Some Voice In Control of Project. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Nov. 1 (Special.) A doxen or more Govern ment irrigation projects will be repre sented In the water users convention to be held at Chicago next Friday. which was originated by Abel Ady. president of the Klamath Water t'sers' Association. The water users do not desire to change the reclamation law sot to escape payment to the Govern ment of any money due. they assert, but they do want to be relieved of a huge amount of red tape and want a voir as to additional expenditures on their projects whlrh work hardships when Imposed by the Government with. out notice or consideration of the de sires of the land ownera When a unit of their project Is com pleted and half the cost returned to the Government, they wish to control the unit, which, they declare. Is the law on the point. They hope, through campaign of publicity, to acquaint members of Congress generally, aa well as the people, with their desires and the merits of their ctslma WALKER FUNERAL IS SET Father-ln-Lavr of Chief Justice, Eakln to Be Hurled In Eugene. - V SALEM. Or, Not. it. (Special ) Chief Justice Eakln. of the Oregon Su preme Court, and his wife, left here tonight for Eugene with the body of M. E. Walker, father of Mrs. Eakln. The burial will be at Eugene, where Mr. Walker lived for several years. Hs waa tS years of age and an Oregon pio neer of 1861. He had ltved for some time here with Justice Eakln and his wife. "It Is a pleasure to tell you that Chamberlain a Cough Remedy la the best cough medicine I have ever used." writes Mrs. Hugh CampbelL of Lavonla. Ga. "I have used It with all my chil dren and the results have been highly satisfactory. ror sale -by all druggists. rianos rented. II snd ft peV month- free drayage. Kohler at Chase. !7S Washington street. Declaring Himself Progressive Re publican, Latest Candidate) for State Executive Says lie Will Keep Pledges if Elected. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Not. 1. (Special.) Chairman John C. Lawrence, of the Public Service Commission, has placed his resignation In the hands of Gover nor Hay. the same to take effect Janu ary 1, 11J. or before, at the conven ience of the executive, and with the resignation has come the announcement that Mr. Lawrence Is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Oov eraor. Mr. Lawrence was one of the first men appointed to the Railroad Commission when It was organlxed. and when H. A. Falrchlld. the first chair man, died. It left Mr. Lawrence aa the only member who had served from the outset. As a Commissioner he has an excel lent record, and It waa freely predicted that he would not run. but he has now set all rumors aside. His entrance Into the race has started the political talk once more and sdds xest to the situa tion. Lawrence la Progressive. He dcclarea he la a progressive Re publican candidate, and It Is predicted that he will get the support of the lead ers of the Oranges, the labor unions and a part of the Insurgent vote. His statement. Just Issued. Is of a general nature, and outlines no set policies, and his friends sdmlt that he will have to look for his support from the same source that Governor Hay will draw his. In event he runs again. That A. W. Perley. state track In spector, will be a Lawrence man Is certain, for reports have already come In that Perley has been decidedly active In his behalf for some time. Whether Perley will also resign remslns ts be seen. From King County comes the news that Seattle, especially that part which wants a Seattle man for Governor, is well plessed with the outlook. The wise ones there figure that even If Lawrence has no oiisnce he will pull support away from Governor Hay Vnd thus give a King County man a chance to slip through. King Coo at y Divided. King County hss no man yet upon whom - all can agree. Sheriff Hodge says he Is still In the raca; Otto Case is working continually and no formal announcement of the withdrawal of George V. Piper has reached Olympla. Kenator Plier la one man who can rightfully claim a hand In the passing of the woman sunrage oui. mr n. conceded that If he had not devoted his energies towards getting It through the Senate that the upper branch of the Legislature would have killed tin measure. If the women rally to his support he will easily be the man who can poll more votes outside of King County than any Seattle man mentioned up to thla time. From Everett word has been received that there Is small grounds for the story that Senator A. J. Falconer, one time Speaker of the House, will be In the race for Oovernor. His name has been mentioned eeveral times, but without his consent, and it Is also de clared that he will not run for Con gress, either at large or In the First District ' AW The entrance of Lawrence Into the race means that second-choice votes will be a big factor In the coming cam. palgn. Otto Case Is already bidding for them, and with a'badly spilt field they may decide the contest when the final count Is made. The coming out of Lawrence has stsrted political affairs moving In the state capital, but aa to what Governor Hay will do with the lasrnics resignation will not be known until he returns from Spokane, where he has been attending the Coun try Life Commission and the National Apple Show. Lavrreaee Shews Stead. The announcament of Mr. Lawrence follows: 1 have derided to submit my name te the people at the coming primaries ss a Pro araulve Republican candidate for Oovernor. and anaouoca the following aa my plat form I Th power of government rests In the consent of ths governed. Ths riant of the p.opl to ninma and xsrcls. that power cannot be questioned. There are three co ordinate branches of (overnm.nt. It Is tha duty of tha Oov.rnor to Katt the laws, not to make nor Interpret th.m. Th.re must be a radical reduction In stats We Have Been Very Fortunate in Securing the Agency for THE WORLD'S NEWEST AND BEST SHOES A. E. Nettleton Slater & Morrill For Men Laird, Schober & Co. John Foster & Co. Queen Quality For Women We will, on our opening day, give away absolutely free an additional pair of Shoes to every tenth customer. AN INVITATION To all who read this to those at present our friends and to the many thousands who, we trust, will become so by reason of our goods, our prices and our methods to all whom this mes sage reaches, we extend a most cordial and personal invitation to be present at our opening, Saturday, December Second. WOCHOS SHOE CO Catalogues Mailed Free. Mail Orders Tilled. 380 Washington Street Corner West Park and Washington expenditures, and. tf elected. I will use every effort to lessen the burden of the, tax payers The stste Is overburdened with boards and commissions. By consolidation and elimination these most be reduced to the lowest number possible consistent with efflcency and economy. 1 will be ths Governor of all the people, and aa the executive head of the state will conduct all of the affairs of the state com ing under my Jurisdiction with a definite and procresaive policy. Neither personal nor Dartlsan considerations will Influence me actions I will devote all of my tune and enersy to the personal supervision at the seat of government ox all nnanclal expenaitures ana of all offices and departmenta over which 1 have lurlailictlon. to the end that the af fairs of the people may be conducted on a purely business basis. if honored with the nomination and elec tion. I pi .due myself to carry out all of these principles snd poiieiea. The Dalles to Meet Pendleton. THE DALLES,, Or.. Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) Negotiations are now pending; between the .football management of The Dalles and Pendleton High Schools for a contest which will decide the championship of Eastern Oregon. Neither team has been defeated. De cember s has practically been decided upon as the date for the gridiron it rug gle. The scene of the battle Is not set tled as yet. The Indications are, now ever, the game will be played 'In this city. The winner hopes to meet Lin coln High of Portland for the state championship. I river Leaves Team Untied; Fined. Steve Kaptor. whose team and siion- were found speeding along Second street without a driver Tues day night by a patrolman, was fined fa In the Municipal Court yesterday for leaving his team untied. The of ficer testified that he noticed the team going north on Second street from Mor rison at a lively rate Tuesday nipht. and that upon closer inspection, found them without a driver. He caught the team and as he did so parts of the harness broke, letting the pole down. He herded the team to the station and a short time after the driver appeared to claim them, and was placed under arrest. Pianos rented, $3 and H per month: free drayage. Kohler & Chase. 375 Washington street. EAST as EUROPE 70sC Take the SHORT DIRECT QUICK ROUTE 3 THROUGH TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST Two Tia the Central Route through Cheyenne and Omaha to Chicago. One via the Northern Route, through Spokane, the Canadian Pacific and Boo Line to St. Paul FROM y PORTLAND 10:00 A. 11, through to Chicago. 8:00 P. M., through to Chicago. 9:00 P. M, through to St. Paul No finer equipment in railroad service. Dining car service as near perfect aa possible. Courteous and careful attention to all your needs. Prompt and quick connection to all Eastern points. You get the bene fit of any special rates to Eastern and European cities. Call at our city ticket office and let them tell you all about it. Third and Washington streets. WM. M 'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Her Vmlhm j: , Paper X" Or ask your grocer H. S. GILE GROCERY COMPANY, Wholesale Distributers, Portland and Salem,