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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913. 6 SENATORS OPPOSE NAMING GOETHALS Democratic Attitude Likely to ' Result in Abandonment of Idea by Taft. DISPUTE TO BE AVOIDED President's Advisers Counsel Leav " Ins Creation of Canal Govern ; irient to Wilson Civil Serv ". ice Order Probable. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Opposition of Democratic Senators to President -Taft's plan of putting Colonel George 7W. Goethals, builder of the Panama .Canal, at the head of the civil govern iment of the Zone, took such proportions Vtoday that some of Mr. Taft's advisers purged him to forego the plan and leave -the creation of the new Zone govern ment to his successor. President-elect Wilson. Some who talked with the President !early in the day were convinced that ye would canvass the situation further before abandoning his plan. Others in 'close touch with the President were 'positive that out of consideration tor Colonel Goethals, whom he does not ?wish to involve in. a political dispute, he would give up the idea. . Civil service Order In Prospect. Colonel Goethals in this event, imme diately after appearing before the Con gressional committee formulating ap propriations for fortifications of the canal, would return to his work. One feature of the plan, however, if Colonel Goethals is not put at the head of the Zone government, is to place 'all employes on the canal work under civil service by the President's execu tive order. A few employes on the isthmus already are In the civil service, but the great number of canal workers have been appointed by the Isthmian Canal Commission. Democrats Want Commission. The attitude of the Democratic Sen ators is that the present canal commis sion should not be displaced and disor ganized until the canal is complete. The Democrats further take the posi tion that- the services of all the mem bers of the commission still are needed and they contend that to provide for Colonel Goethals and summarily dis miss all other commissioners would be an unfair discrimination. Generally, they express admiration for Colonel Goethals, and Senstor Smith went so far as to say that he would favor con ferring all possible military honors upon him, NEGROES HISS AT JOHNSON Pupilist and White Wife Driven Vrom Blacks' Dance. CHICAGO, Jan. 2 Jack Johnson and his white wife were hissed off the floor of the Seventh Iteglment Armory last night, according to a statement made today bv Colonel John R. Marshall, of tlie Klghth Regiment, Illnols National Uuard. 4 Th regiment, which is made up of negroes, was giving lis annual New Year's dance, and about 2500 persons were crowded into the building. Before tho grand march, while John son and his wife sat in the gallery, they were not molested, but trouble started Immediately when they ap peared on the dance floor. Th other dancers soon ceased dancing and gath ered in little groups until presently the prizefighter and his bride had the floor to themselves. Then a storm of hisses arose. The discomfited couple faced the demonstration for a few mo menta, and then th fighter, glaring angrily about, led his wife from the hall. , PEOPLE'S RULE ATTACKED (Continued From First Page.) resented the 32 questions submitted to the direct vote of the people of Oregon in one year. Oregiwi Ballot CrHlrll. "Now. honor bright," he said, "how many clUacns do you suppose there were who studied those questions? How many understood them when they did study them? I do not mean to reflect on the Intelligence of the oeople when I say they could not un derstand them with the opportunity they were given to study them. I could not do It myself." He said that In Switzerland the peo ple had become disgusted with the constant necessity of voting on ques " "tions of government and had gradually refused to go to the polls. A compul sory voting law, he said, had not suc ceeded and they had finally decided to 'pay voters. "Make 'em vote, and if they won't, pay 'em to vote. Is the principle sug gested," said Senator Bailey. Senator Bailey said that In states "where constitutional amendments had been submitted to the people only a small proportion of the citizens voted upon them. in Wisconsin, he said, It ran as low as from 24 to 36 per cent. In Oregon, lie declared, on a question Involving the future of the state's uni versity. In which the public had be come keenly Interested, only 80 per cent had voted upon the question. Anhurnt Makes Retort. Senator Ashurst, answering Senator Bailey, said that the percentage that voted on public questions in the states where direct legislation was attempted was fully as great as the percentage of United States Senators, "sworn and paid to vote on legislation," who voted on the majority of the subjects before the Senate." Senator Ashurst. in his defense of Mr. Hearst, said that his name was as sociated with the success of many projects to promote the happiness of : the people and the perpetuity of American Institutions, and declared that he was a "tirm friend, a loving hus band and a faithful father." "More than that I need not say: less ' than that I could not say," he added. Lawyers Not In High Kavor. In the course of his speech Senator Bailey said he would not quote from lawyers, because they "do not seem to be in high favor now with those who wish to work this change in the Gov ernment." "I never had a client who was my master In any manner," he declared at one point. Mr Bailey quoted from President elect ''vi llson's works to the effect that the views men express on the stump were often tempered by the "common counsel" they enjoy when they finally come into control of the uovernmenu "How often have we seen men roar mightily when they are seeking- elec tion, to coo gently when they have at tained it." added Senator Bailey. Senator Bailey declared that no more thorough presentation of the cnaracter of representative government had ever been made than in Professor Wilson's books. "The wonder to me," he said, "is bow any man could have understood the ne cessity and the controlling force of counsel and discussion, without having actually been a part of a great deliber ative assembly." Mr. Bailey said the advocates of the direct form of government declared they were not working for the over throw of this Government. Mighty Dead Fight On. "They are mistaken," he said, "in the belief that they can establish a direct form of government without over throwing the whole structure of rep resentative government. "It has come to a choice between the side led by the mighty spirits of 'an other day and the side led by the noisy demonstrators of today. For my part. I am ready to enlist under the banner of the mighty dead of Washington and Jefferson and Madison. "They say that representative gov ernment has broken down in our gov ernment. If it were? trufe, it would al most justify a revision. But I main tain it is not true. I maintain that the Government Is more representative of the people today than ever before in the history of the Republic. "There is a criticism, but It is of quite a different character. The real criticism today is that the representa tives of the people are too quick to represent the views of the people, as they are hastily expressed, before time has been given for mature consider ation." v A'ewHpaperi Are Blamed. Senator Bailey charged the newt papers were largely responsible for the "unrest." "I have become convinced," he said, "that the present great popular unrest had its beginning in what was intended as mere idle gossip.' Newspapers, he said, began publish ing lists of "millionaire Senators," ap parently only because they wanted something to write, and the demand for such matter became instant. - "And after the papers had gotten used to calling the Senate a million aire's - club," he said, "they began at tacking individual Senators, demanding to know where they got the millions which they did not have." Senator Bailey said he overheard a Washington man pointing to thj Sen ate office building and say: " 'That's where those old fellows fix up their jobs, drink their champagne and get drunk as lords.' ... "That's the kind of reputation the representatives of the American people are given and usually with no better foundation." said Senator Bailey. Attack an Hearst Bitter. Continuing his attack on Journals and papers. Mr. Bailey picked up a magazine published by William R. Hearst. "A moral pervert, a political degener ate, a physical coward," shouted Sena tor Bailey, referring to Mr. Hearst. Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, Jumped to hig feet. "Mr. President.- I would be false to friendship " he began. "If you want to reply to that, you can do so outside," interrupted Mr. Bailey heatedly. "Very well, Til do so," retorted Mr. Ashurst, sitting down. Mr. Bailey quoted one of the letters published by Mr. Hearst, purporting to have been written by Mr. Bailey from the Senate, February 26, 1900. "I did not even become a member of the Senate until March 4, 1901," said Mr. Bailey. He declared Mr. Hearst had used "stolen letters," in an attempt to create the Impression that the Standard Oil Company controlled legislation, while many of the letters used, he said, were in fact unrelated to any matters of legislation. "The proposal to change the form of government," said Senator Bailey, "was based on the principle that the Senators and Representatives of the Government were dishonest and could not be trusted. "The curse of the time is. we are ap pealing to ignorance and prejudice," he said. "We are teaching the rich that the poor are their natural enemy and teaching the poor that the rich are their natural oppressors." HUNGARIANS FIGHT DUEL SPEAKEIt OF HOUSE WOUNDS FELLOW LEGISLATOR. Combat With Saber, Resulting From Political Quarrel, Ends Only as Men Are Exhausted. BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan. . Count Michael Karolyl. a prominent member of the opposition In the Hungarian lower house, was severely wounded by Count Stephen Tlsza, the Speaker of the lower house, in a duel with sabers, which took place . here today. Count Tlsza also was cut in the hands. The duel lasted an hour, during which 82 bouts were fought. It was brought to a conclusion only by the exhaustion of the combatants, who separated with out being reconciled. The combat arose out of a political quarrel. Count Tlsza, June 7 last, while pre siding over the lower house, narrowly escaped assassination by Deputy Julius Kovacs. who fired at him three times and then shot himself. The attack upon Count Tlsza was .the outcome 6f the universal suffrage agitation, to which he Is strongly opposed. A large number of Opposition depu ties had previously been excluded from the chamber. Their ejection gave rise to many riotous scenes and October S the excluded deputies, led by Count Karolyl, Count Albert Apponyl and Francis Kossuth, tried to force their way into the chamber again, but were once more forced to retire. They have not since been admitted to the house. CINCINNATI JJAS BIG FIRE Office Building; Xear Ruins of Gib son House Seems .Doomed. CINCINNATI. Jan. 2. The Carlisle building, at the southwest corner of Fourth avenue and Walnut street, within 100 feet of the ruins of the Gib son house, is on fire and apparently doomed. In it are the Provident (Savings Bank, the Missouri Pacific offices and the Norfolk & Western offices. . BIBLE PROPHECY. The future- of the United States as foretold in the Bible will be plainly shown at the Gypsy Smith Tabernacle next Sunday at S P. iU by Luther Warren, of Los Angeles. Good music warm hall, chorus of about 200. No man should be "willingly ignorant of what the Bible says about our country. One Man Holds Six Jobs. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Not content to have him per form the duties of fire chief, building Inspector, sewer inspector, plumbing inspector and special police officer, the Chehalls Commissioners have made A. J. Long city health officer. The reg ular healtb officer. Dr. W. B. Hotch kiss. resigned For all his services he receives $100 -monthly. OVERSTOCKED! OVERSTOCKED! OVERSTOCKED Annual Clearainc on suits aiKDl uvercoa n Great reductions on Fine Overcoats priced between $25.00 and $40.00. An overstock makes this low price possible, $18.50. Many of them are silk-lined and strictly hand-tailored, the "Brownsville" way. 566 to select from, at this special low price, $18.50. SUITS $12,50 Suits now , . . $15.00 Suits now . . . $20.00 Suits now . . . $25.00 Suits now . . . $30.00 Suits now ... Boys' $5, $6, $7 Suits $ 9.85 $11.50 $14.50 $18.35 $21.50 $ 3.65 OVERCOATS Five Hundred high-grade and hand-tailored Coats, many of them silk-lined, worth $25.00 to $40.00, all new this season's very latest styles and fabrics. All Furnishings and. Woolen Goods Greatly Reduced rownsvilie Third and Morrison Sts. ooleii "Mill-to-Man Clothiers" Third and Stark Streets GUILT IS AUTTED Handsome Heartbreaker Tells of Swindling Bachelors. 500 SUITORS SEND MONEY Young Iowa Woman Confesses to Receiving: From $15 to $50 From -Men With Whom She Had Impassioned Correspondence. DE8 MOINES, Jan. 2. Florence Gamble, 32 year old and good look Ins, who styles herself, "Iowa's cham pion heartbreaker," broke down and confessed to Federal officers here to day that she had corresponded with more than 500 lonesome bachelors over the country, from some of whom she received amounts ranging from 1B to B0. She told United States Commissioner McArthur and Charles Calnes, postof fice inspector, that she had received an average of 150 letters a week In the last two months. The woman with drew her plea of not guilty to an In formation charging her with having swindled J. L. Prater, of Arlington, Tex., out of $30 through her matrimon ial schemes. According to Inspector Calnes, other charges growing out of the same case will be filed against the woman. Com missioner McArthur accepted her "guil ty" plea and bound her over to the Federal grand jury, which convenes next May. She furnishea bonds of V.000. "I have almost worn out your pic ture kissing It," she wrote Prater, whom she called "the dearest man In all this world." "I am a little short of money," she continued. "If you will send me J25 I will come at once to Fort Worth and we can get married as soon as I ar rive. "Yes, dear, I know you are the one for me. I don't want you to get such a thing Into your head that I am after your hard-earned money. I would not come If I believed you thought I was. I am not that kind of a woman. I am honest and true to you." ROCKEFELER KEEPS AWAY (Continued From Flrnt fagf.) ing to reports here tonight, William Rockefeller sailed from Jekyl Island, near Bunswlck, Tuesday, on an uniden tified steamer for an unknown port. Accompanied by his wife and son, Wil liam G, Rockefeller, and the tatter's wife, Mr. Rockefeller arrived at Jekyl Island more than three weeks ago, ac cording to the reports. Instead of go ing to the Rockefeller AVlnter home the party got quarters In an apartment-house and remained In seclusion. The apartment-house is near the home of Mr. Rockefeller. Extreme secrecy is maintained by residents of Jekyl Island regarding the departure of Mr. Rockefeller. The name of the vessel on which they left also has been carefully withheld. It was said tonight that Mr. Rocke feller chartered a special steamer. A rumor also was current that the party sailed on the private yacht of a New York sportsman and that their des tlnation was Bermuda. HOt'SE COMMITTEE PVZZIED Pujo Hopes "Full Iegal Power" Need Not Bo Exercised. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A series of conferences and a vast amount of dig ging Into dusty tomes of law occupied the members of the House connected with the money trust Investigation to day in their efforts to evolve a plan to secure the testimony of William Rocke feller, whom the sergeant-at-arms of the House had tried In vain to serve with a subpena since last June. After talking with House leaders and with Jerry South, chief clerk of the House, Chairman Pujo. -ot the money trust committee, issued a statement to night reviewing the attempts to obtain the testimony of Rockefeller, In which he expressed the hope that It would not be necessary to exert "the full le gal power," of the House to secure sea-vice of the subpena. Mr. 'Pujo would not say what plans were evolved to aid the sergeant-at-arms In his work. He said a meeting of the com mittee would the called tomorrow or Saturday and Ithe question would be taken up formally. recedeata Are Pussllnc. Members of the committee, after poring over the precedents were puz zled as to the exact method by which the House could enforce the service of the subpena. Mr. Pujo, however, was inclined to believe that the fact that the committee had received, through attorneys not acting officially, a phy sicians certificate setting forth that Mr. Rockefeller was too ill to testify mlglit be interpreted as an acknowledg ment by the oil magnate that he knew that the process had been issued for him. Mr. Pujo was of the opinion that the facts in the case could be certi fied to the House and an attachment for Mr. Rockefeller issued by resolution. This would allow the sergeant-at-arms to seize the witness forcibly. Wild H itmori Circulated. While the House officials pondered the question at length, a series of wild reports as to proposed plans for get ting the elusive witness circulated about the capital. One rumor was that the sergeant-at-arms was about to em ploy a woman detective to get the mis sing millionaire. Another was that an attack In force was to be made by the deputies stationed about the Rocke feller home. . Still another was that the military authorities would be called on for assistance. The members of the committee laughed at the fantastic rumors. "At my request a subpena was Issued under the signature of the speaker of the House and by authority of law some time last June. Notwithstanding repeated efforts, the sergeant-at-arms and his force have been unable to make service. "Not long since & certificate was sent to me through the office of Judge El liot, of New York City, and was trans mitted by James K. .Jones, attorney of Washington, stating that Mr. Rocke feller's health was such as to prevent him from coming to Washington to testify as a witness or from testifying at all. I took the position that I could not consider the facts stated In the certificate unless Mr. Rockefeller was served with a subpena or unless some one In authority accepted service for him. Offer Not Accepted. "There is no disposition on my part or on that of tho committee to endanger-the life of anyone whose testi mony may be required by the com mittee, but the state of one's health is a matter of fact to be ascertained by the committee and cannot be con sidered before service or acknowledge ment of service. "Counsel for the committee and I of fered to go to New York to Mr. Rocke feller's home or his office and there take his depositions, wth his counsel present, at his convenience, if his state of health were such as to discommode him from testifying for only a few minutes at a time. This offer has not been accepted. The House of Representatives of the United States, through the committee of which I am chairman, in my opinion, has the legal power to have the process served upon anyone within the Juris diction of the Federal Government, and it is to be hoped that It will not be come necessary to put this force in full motion in order to accomplish the de sired result." who was sent by Plnchot to meet Glavis in Chicago and assist him in preparing the arraignment of Ballinger. which was transmitted to President Taft and formed the basis of the famous Con gressional Investigation. Because of his connection with that affair, Mr. Shaw retired from the Government service and entered the practice of law in Portland. He is a life-long Demo crat 532 KILLED IN STREET Ninety New York Anto Drivers Flee After Accidents. NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Street acci rtonts In New York City during the year 1912 caused the death of 532 per sons. Statistics made pumic loaay oy the National Railways Protective So ciety show that 280 of these victims were children, of whom 103 were run over by automobiles. Of the total 221 were due to automobiles, 134 to trolley cars and 177 to wagons. During the same period 2363 persons were injured. The deaths from these accidents in 1911 numbered 423. Ninety-one drivers of motor cars ran away after the accidents. CHICAGO TO CUT WAGES Mayor. in Budget Includes Himself in General Kednction. rT-T r r1 A fzr Inn 9 Phicn&rn will spend J65.000.000 in 1913. The budget Carry inn, that ammitlt WAS adoDted bV the Council today. Of this sum I23,04,192 will be expended on tne cny govern ment, while the total will cover BChools, r,,iKii lihmriaa. sanitariums and other extensions of municipal activity. The budget carries a 20 per cent re duction In salaries of city employes, as the estimates call lor expenanureo .- CAA AAA In Avooatt nt thft rBVenUBI Of the city. Practically every municipal em ploye is affecteo. Mayor narrwou in cluded himself in the reduction. GLEW BRINGS IDENTITY HENRY SCHCXTZ, WHO SHOT SELF, PAK.01.EI CONVICT. A G. SHAW CONSIDERED PORTLAND ATTORNEY MAY BE AT HEAD OF LAND OFFICE. Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, Probable Cabinet Officer, Urges Appointment Be Made. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 2. A. C Shaw, a practic ing land attorney In Portland, Or Is being actively pushed for appointment as Commissioner of the General Land Office, his principal backer being Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, who Is generally believed to be Gover nor Wilson's choice for postmaster generaL Mr. Shaw, It Is learned, has much Southern backing, being a native of North Carolina. For many years Mr. Shaw was chief of a division in the General Land Office. He held such an office when Binger Hermann was com missioner and later became a law of ficer of the post service. Mr. Shaw achieved much distinction during the Pinchot-Ballinger row, for It was he 7th Annual CLEAR ANCE brings our entire collection of elegant Oriental Rugs i4 Off Positively nothing restricted. It means an actual reduction from our low, regular year a round prices. The original price ticket remains on each rug. Every Oriental Rug lover should heed this wonderful buy ing opportunity. Why not come In today? Cartozian Brothers Oriental Rat? Importers, Waahiactom, Between Thirteenth and Fourteenth. Photo Postals Found on Person and Prisoner's Report Blanks Solve Forest Grove Mystery. FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) Discoveries of an interesting character have been brought to light in connection with tho suicide of Henry Schultz, paroled convict who shot him self in the head near here about six weeks ago. The grip belonging to Schultz found in the Oregon Electric depot a short time ago, and which, upon first examination, failed to produce a clow of any kind, has turned out a small-sized mine of information. Papers, which were at first overlooked and later found skillfully concealed in the legs of a pair of heavy overalls, re vealed that Schultz was from the Salem Penitentiary, as among them were about two dozen paroled prisoner's monthly report blanks. A postofflce money order for $3, made out in favor of W. G. MacLaron, 22 North Front street, Portland, and forwarded, was found, as was also an envelope from the Pioneer Employ ment Agency of Portland, addressed to J. o. Callahan, of Gaston. In all prob ability the most important clew, those which will possibly lead to the finding of the dead man's friends or relatives, are two photograph postals of young girls, and a Bouvenir postal from a Los Angeles girl, which were found carefully wrapped in several thick nesses of newspaper. The card from Los Angeles was signed in an affec tionate manner. Two roughly-drawn maps, mado with a pencil on the back of cards, one. presumably of the location adjacent to and Including Eleventh nd Everett streets, In Portland, and tho other of a section of the Patten Valley, in this county were also discovered carefully preserved. Taft Attends Army WeddliiR. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. The Presi dent and Miss Helen Taft today at tended the wedding at St. Johns Epis copal Church, of Miss Frances Hodges, daughter of Colonel Harry Foot Hodges, Corps of Engineers. U. S. A., and Mrs. Hodges, and Lieutenant Al bert Hllands Acher. Corps of Engi neers, U. S. A. Caraway seed Is extensively grown in Holland. Groninnen. In the tortheast cor ner, produce more than any other provlneo, next belnic north Holland, m which Amster dam l lluated. In these two provinces more than halt the caraway plant afreace Is found. In the whole conntry the number of screa devoted to caraway growing waa, la 1011. 20,8.17. 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