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4 THE MORNING OREGOKtAN, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913. SUFFRAGE FiLGIilS REACH WASHINGTON 'General Jones Leads 'Army' to Headquarters Amid' Great Demonstration. HIKERS HAPPY AT FINISH Word Comes That Message Is to Be Iclivcred by Marchers to Wil son and AH Resentment . Promptly Rolls Away. "WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The suf frage "army" is at Washington. Foot sore and weary, "General" Rosalie Jones led her pilgrims to the National suf frage heaunuartrs amid clamoring throngs which packed the streets, im peded the march of the "army" and required a big squad of policemen to force a way through for the pilgrims. The demonstration was one of the most remarkable ever seen In Wash ington, the enthusiasm equalling that which Is usually accorded the Presi dent of the United States upon his in auguration. Tmult broke out as soon as the little band of brown-clad wom en reached the outskirts of the city and It Increased momentarily, ever drawing other people to the already large crowd until the throng became so dense that for the last mile the marchers had literally to break through a living wall of humanity at every step. "Army" Happy at End. It was a happy "army" which invaded Washington today, although tired. Just as the' members were starting on the last day of their historlo "hike" from New fork City, word reached the pil grims that there would be no effort on the part of the National Suffrage Asso ciation to deprive fhem of their honors and to have the officers of the asso ciation deliver their message to Wood row Wilson after he becomes President. "It was all a mistake," was the word which caused resentment to roll away, which put an end to a spirit of insur gency in the ranks of the "army.' The telegram to "General" Jones as sured her that the suffrage marchers would be permitted to deliver their message, provided an Interview could be arranged with President Wilson. That telegram lightened the footsteps of the "hikers" in their last weary miles and made everything right, where a few minutes before all had been wrong. Crowd Blocks Way. The last mile of trie pilgrimage - be came a struggle with the crowd with every footstep forward being consid ered a victory. The densely packed throngs overflowed from the sidewalks into the middle of the streets until it became a question of whether the suf fragists wpuld be able to proceed at all Here "General" Jones showed her true generalship. Mustering her forces, she ordered them to lock arms and this, when they had done it, kept stray mem h.r. from being engulfed by the crowd and becoming lost from the mam "armV." No little danger attended the last part of the march. Not only was the street Jammed with people, but there - were automobiles, carriages, prancing horses, motorcycles and every sort of vehicle In the streets. The women were forced to take the middle of the street, and they were continually just escaping being struck by a chugging auto or by the flying hoofs of a turbu lent horse. "General" Jones made one speech in tlin course of the last lap. This re quired so much effort to be heard above the din that it was not attempt ed again. When the treasury was reached, so dense was the mob that the people with great difficulty-cleared a narrow path way through which the marchers could pass to the crowning glory of their achievement at suffrage headquarters. Here, as soon as she 'could get her hreath. "General" Jones, lifted by stal wart attendants to an automobile, ad dressed the crowd. Anti-Suffragists Hold Meeting. The anti-suftragists confined their principal activity today to a big mass meeting held in one of the Washington theaters. Mrs, Arthur M. Dodge, of New York, president of the National Association. Opposed to Woman Suf frage, presided. "Real progresslvelsm is opposed, to woman suffrage," said Sirs. Martin. "To say that the woman's place is in the home and mean It today is the broad est, highest type of progressiveism. Economic and politic independence was a gold brick which was sold to woman. Woman has accepted the bondage of work and placed her neck under the yoke, calling- it freedom. To day women are trying to sell their birthright for a mess of political pot tage." Miss Minnie C. Bronscn declared that Democracy was having its great test in the big cities snd that giving the vote to women only would serve to complicate the already difficult elec tion problems. She said fewer than 8 per cent of the women ot the country wanted to vote. VESSEL IN PORT SINKING Tramp Steamer Lists on Leaving Dock and Begins to Fill. JCEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28. As she was leaving a wharf here late today the tramp steamer George Hawley suddenly listed to such an extent that her port hold was flooded and tonight she is slowly sinking. The cause is not known. The vessel, which is 4000 gross tons and 53 feet long, had been loaded to day and was starting for Portland, Me., when the accident occurred. All of the crew of 23 left the vessel safely. FORMER CHOIR SINGER HIT "White SlaTer" Deserved Death Says Judge Passing Sentence. ' NE YORK, Feb. 18. . George A Grandon, a mild little clerk and former choir singer, was sentenced to Sing Mng ror seven years and six months today as a "white slaver." He was convicted of luring young girls to an apartment he had fitted up in Har lem. "You deserve death more than any cold-blooded murderer who ever ap peared before me," said Judge O'Sulli van in passing sentence. CHEHALIS IS RESTRAINED Kiglit to Issue Certain Bonds for AVater System Is Denied. CHLHALIS, Wash.. Feb. !$. (Spe cial.) Judge Wright, of Pacific Coun ty, acting judge of the Superior Court of Iewis County In the absence of Judge Rice, - today handed down his opinion in the case ot the Washington Oregon Corporation against the City of Chehalis and City Commission, wherein he makes permanent the tem porary restraining order recently issued by him. Tho corporation, through Its manager, H. C. Coffman. entered suit as a tax payer to restrain the defendants from entering into a proposed contract with W. H. Mitchell for the construction, of & gravity water system and from the issuance of certain proposed bonds therefor. The opinion in effect says that the city has no rgiht to issue J70 COO general city bonds and 1115.000 spe cial water bonds as was done through an election, the combined proceeds thereof to be devoted to the construc tion of the new plant, that the law does not allow a body to resort to two bond plans in the same enterprise. Judge Wright holds that the city may contract to pay for the improvement by special bonds, but cannot by general bonds, which latter can only be sold in open market and the proceeds applied to construction. He also states in his opinion that provisions of the ordinance as regards the two separate and distinct funds are illegal. GARMENT STRIKE ENDED HOTRS AM) OPEN SHOP "WILL BE ARBITRATED. Increase of Pay Is Granted and Re vision of Working Conditions. Agreed On. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The garment workers' strike, in progress here since early January, involving at Its height 150,000 or more workers, officially was declared off tonight. The workers ac cepted the manufacturers' terms, which Included an Increase in pay, revision of certain working conditions, arbitration as to hours and the open-shop princi ple. The terms submitted by the manu facturers in the Allied Clothing Asso ciation, acceptance of which by the workers Is announced, provide substan tially for the following: Immediate return of all workers with an advance of 11 a week to workers in tailor shops who are paid by the week, with a proportionate advance to piece workers; the question of hours to be submitted to a committee, whose recommendations are to be binding, the findings to be the basis of establishing a standard of working hours a week that will maintain the industry on a competitive basis with other mar kets for the present and . for the future: no reduction in prices In a dull season; the maintenance of sanitary conditions; abolition of sub contracting; the wages of cutters to be agreed upon between firms and their employes. The final condition was: "There shall be no discrimination in the rt-employment of workers." COURT SEES INSURRECTION "Mother" Jones to Be Tried by Mili tary Court in Coal Fields. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Feb. 28. That a state of Insurrection exists in West Virginia because of the strike of miners of Kanawha coal field was intimated today by Presiding Judge Poffenberger, of the Supreme Court of Appeals, when he announced the decision of the court denying the habeas corpus writ brought to secure the transfer, of ."Mother" Jones and other labor leaders from the custody of the military to the civil authorities. The court did not pass on the right of the Governor's military commission to try the accused persons, the attor neys for the state contending that questions had been settled by the Su preme Court of the United States when it upheld the actions of the military court last Fall. It is expected that trials by the mili tary commission will be begun next week, after the Inauguration of Governor-elect Hatfield. CHECK RAISER CONFESSES One of Eight Federal Prisoners Pleads Guilty. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. John Os good, one of eight Federal prisoners. Indicted yesterday on charges of hav ing attempted to pass altered United States bills, pleaded guilty today in the United States District Court and will be sentenced Monday. The other seven men, including Wiliam Smith, who is SO years old, pleaded not guilty. The men are accused of raising bills of 81 and 820 denominations by pasting numerals from Confederate notes over the genuine figures. The Government charges that the men operated in Port land, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. MINIATURE EGG IS LAID Vancouver Hen Responsible for One . Weighing Only 15 Grains. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) A miniature egg, weighln'g but 15 grains, laid by a real live hen, is the property of Mrs. Harvey Alexan der, of this city. The little egg, about balf the size of a hazlenut, is but one three hundred and eighty-fourth part of a pound. In gathering up the eggs yesterday Mrs. Alexander found one with a soft shell, which crushed in when she picked it up, and inside was the small egg. perfect in shape and with a hard shell. It has a short circumference of 1H Inches. 2"i the long way around and is half an inch in diameter. PART OF TOWN BURNS UP Girl Curling Hair Tpsets Lamp and Ruston, Wash., Is in Peril. TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 28. '(Special.) Fire that started when a hotel wait ress overturned a 'amp while curling ner nair tnis afternoon destroyed nart of the business district of the town of Ruston. The loss is 835,000 with small Insurance. The City Hall, the Darr Hotel, the Eagle bar and an adjoining store build ing were destroyed. Employes of the Tacoma smelter turned out to help the town fight the blase. At midnight the ruins were still burning. Masonic Lodge Issues Call. Members of the Portland Lodge No. 55, A. F. and A. M-, have been requested to meet Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock In the lodgeroom, preparatory to attending- tne runerai oi the late W. A. Cleland. killed In an auto accident Thursday night. P.VEVMOMA FOLLOWS A COLD hut never follows the use of Folev's Honey and Tar Compound. It stona the cough, heals th- sore and Inflamed air passages, ana sirengtnens tne lungs. The genuine Is in a yellow package with beehive on carton. Refuse the substitutes. For sale by Huntley Bros, i vim in .iiu Dcamufiivu OUVC - COLOMBIA REJECTS AMERICA'S OFFERS Foreign Minister Refuses to Deal on Panama Issue With United States. ARBITRATION IS DEMANDED Informal Proposals) Repudiated on Belief, Apparently, of Better Terms Being Offered by Xew Administration. BOGOTA, Colombia, ' Feb. 28. The Colombian government published a statement in full of negotiations with the United States for the settlement of the dispute over the partition of Pana ma. The statement says Colombia has refused the following informal propo sitlons made by the United States: "First, the payment of 810,000:000 for coaling stations on the Islands of Andres and Providencla and an option for a 'canal by way of the Atrato River. "Second, the good offices of the united States In the settlement of the boundary and other questions with fanama. "Third, arbitration of reversionary rights in the Panama. -Railway. "Fourth, preferential , rights on the Panama Canal. The statement sa.va that after the re Jection of these propositions, James L Dubois, the American Minister to Co lombia, informally asked whether if the United States should offer to Colombia 810,000,000 and all the other proposi tions without asking privileges or op tions, Colombia would accept. To this Foreign Minister Crrutla answered in the negative, declaring that the offer of the United States had been refused entirely as being inacceptable and that Colombia demanded arbitration of the entire question or a direct proposition as to compensation for all her losses in Panama. The Colombian government evidently expects a better proposition from the incoming Democratic Administration at Washington and Is considered to have made public Its statement to defend it self from criticism for refusing the present offer. GEVURTZ STORE HAS FIRE Mysterious Blaze on Eleventh Floor Smothered; Damage $5000. Two thousand persons saw a half hour fight against an incipient blaze on the 11th floor of the new Gevurtz building. Fifth and Alder streets, at 10:30 o clock last night. The sprinkling system In the build ing checked the fire and chief damage, not exceeding 85000, is by water. S. E. Howard, assistant sales man ager, said that he was on the tenth floor about 7 o'clock, but that no one else had been above the eighth floor since 6 o'clock, the hour of closing. "The fire must have been smoulder ing for several hours, finally breaking out when it came in contact with the big quantities of excelsior," said Mr. Howard. "The 11th floor is used for storage purposes. Here also much of the new furniture was unpacked. The origin of the fire is. a mystery." Considerable damage from water was done on the third floor, where the auto matic sprinkler got turned on in some way and gave the merchandise a drenching. Fortunately the goods on this floor consist of crockery, sewing machines and other articles less sus ceptible to damage by water than the articles on some of the other floors. Water draining from the upper floors filled the basement to a depth of sev eral feet. HUNGRY BOY TRIES TO ROB Police Find 14-Year-Old Lad With "Gun" and Feed Him. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28. Weak, tired, cold and hungry because his father had failed to obtain employment and conse quently could not supply him with food, Gilbert Van Valkenburg.,.14 years old, who came here with his parents re cently from Seattle, Wash., turned "hold up" in a desperate effort to sus tain life. Gilbert tied a dirty handkerchief over his face and armed himself with a toy pistol. Then he secreted himself In a dark entrance of a South Main street lodging-house and waited for the ap proach of any person who might sub mit to robbery. The boy was found by the police to whom he told his story today. He was fed at the police sta tion and work was promised him. TASK NEARLY DONEWEST Governor, in Portland, Says Last of Bills to Be Considered Today. 1 have nearly all of the bills that were presented to me by the Legislature before its adjournment attended to and expect to finish the consideration of the four or five more that remain tomorrow morning, when I get back into Salem," said Governor West last night at the Imperial Hotel. Governor West came to Portland from SaJem yesterday afternoon with Senator MeColloch and other of his friends. His visit was on purely per sonal matters, he said last night, and he will return to Salem early this morning. WOMAN SENTENCED TO DIE Xew Trial Refused Bride of Ten Bays, Who Poisoned Husband. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Feb. 28. Mrs. Frieda Trost, who recently was con victed or murder in the first degree in connection with the death of her hus band ten days after tnelr marriage last August, was denied a. new trial today and was sentenced to be hanged. Trost died from poisoning.- No woman has been hanged in Penn sylvania in many years. In the case of Mrs. Edwards, who has been In jail at Reading since 1901 under .sentence of death for the murder of her hus band. Governors Stone, Fennypacker and Stuart failed to issue a final death warrant and Governor Tener also has failed to sign one up to this time. "Xet-Weight" Bill Agreed On. WASHINGTON,'-Feb. 28 The Senate adopted today the conference report on the House "net weight bill" requiring manufacturers to stamp on the outside of packages the exact weight of the contents. The bill is proposed as an SEE THAT .CURVE The Cost of Glasses When you think of having yonr eyes examined and of the possi bility of -wearing glasses, the matter of cost naturally arises. As in everything else, good work, careful, skillful work, is apt to cost more than work less good. There is nothing you buy for your personal use that you ought to be more careful about, that . you can afford to have the best of, than these glasses that you are going to depend on to pre serve and assist your eyesight. The reason that we have succeed- . ed so well and that our business has grown so satisfactorily, is that the BEST WORK is given and a reasonable price is charged. Thompson OPTICAL INSTITUTE Second Floor Corbet Building, . Fifth and Morrison. amendment to the pure food act and permits no reasonable variations. LEWIS' ELECTION CLAIMED Friends of Pink-Whiskered One Say He Received Enough- Votes. SPRINGFIELD, m.. Feb. Z8- Friends of James Hamilton Lewis, Democratic primary candidate for United States Senator from Illinois, reiterated today that he was legally elected in yester day's joint ballot by reason of receiving 66 of the 71 votes recorded. This contention is to be presented to Attorney-General Lucey for an opinion. and if the opinion is favorable, Gov ernor Dunne will be asked to issue a certificate of election to Colonel Lewis, Republicans in. the Legislature Insist that there was no election because less than a quorum of the joint assembly took part In the vote. CALERO MAY BE ASPIRANT Mexican's Friends Want Him to Run Against Felix Diaz. MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28. Manuel Cal ero, ex-Ambassador to the United States, who on the floor of the Senate the night of February 2 declared that he had lied to the American Govern ment for 10 months In an effort to convince the Washington authorities that conditions in Mexico were not seri ous, will compete with Felix Diaz for the Presidency, if he yields to the per suasion of friends. A meeting of Caiero's partisans today launched his candidacy and began the initial work of organizing his cam paign. ; EJECTION CASE IS ARGUED Man Forcibly Denied Admittance to Horse Race Brings Suit. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Whether a person who has purchased a ticket for a horse race may sue the promoters of the race for assault when admission is forcibly denied him was the question argued today before the Supreme Court of the United States. Joseph Marrorre brought the suit against the Washing ton Jockey Club of this city. Cases of men being excluded from theaters and other places of entertain ment because of uniform or race were cited to the court and the decision may touch upon these subjects. SHIRLEY PROPOSES BUDGET Committee of 26 Suggested to Meet Appropriation Situation. WASHINGTON. Feb. 28. A plan for tne creation or a Budget committee, to concentrate in one committee jurisdic tion over all appropriation bills was advocated today in the House by Rep resentative Shirley, of Kentucky. He proposed a committee of 26 members. Mr. Shirley declared the situation now confronting the House, with a big Increase in appropriations over the last Congress now in prospect, was intoler able and that the time had come for action. STEPS TO FIT TIGHT SKIRTS Wearers of "Hobble" Win. Fight for Low Platforms on Streetcars. NEW YORK, - Feb. JS. A protest from women's clubs against high streetcar steps, first voiced when hob blesklrts became popular, resulted to day In the Publio Service Commission order that all closed streetcars In New York City be equipped with steps not higher than Is Inches from the ground on and after January L 1914. Open cars are not Included, because of mechanical obstacles. BUTCHER SHOP IS ROBBED Thief Solves Safe Combination; Gets $200- in Cash and) Checks. Howard Caffey, proprietor of a butcher shop at 403 Hawthorne avenue. reported to the police last night that a burglar had entered his shop and opened the safe by solving; the com bination and had taken 8175 in cash and checks amounting to $25. Entrance was effected by prying open the back door or the place. KLING TO PLAY WITH REDS Herrmann Announces Acquisition of ex-Chicago Catcher. CINCINNATI, O., Feb. . 28. August Herrmann, of the Cincinnati National League team, announced here tonight that Johnny Kling, the catcher, had signed a contract to play with . the local baseball organization during the coming season. Just what Kling will receive was not announced. I Il ( ftsM ) j. Give Ghirardelli's Ground Chocolate the )j . important place it deserves in your daily life. More than anrillion housewives recognize in it a perfect llllll food-drink a ' nutritive, economical, delightful bev- aIP llllll , erage. It stands high in public favor it stands first fllll on most grocery lists. Write Ghirardelli's on YOUR ' ' D' GHmARDELLI CO- Since 18S2 TRAINED MEN IS HEED PLEA MADE FOR FEDERAL AID OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS. Educator Tells of Inroads Made on American Trade by Germany as Result of Teaching Trades. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28. A plea for Federal aid for vocational training was made by C. A. Prosser, of New York, secretary of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, at tonight's meeting in connection with the convention of departments of the National Educational Association. In view of the importance this subject has assumed at the meetings, resolutions have been prepared on the need of rais ing the efficiency of rural schools; advocating city, state and National sup port of agricultural education; the use of school buildings and equipment for social and civic needs and the devel opment of night and vocational schools. In his speech Mr. Prosser said: "Our interstate and foreign commerce is being threatened by the commercial prestige of Germany, won as the re sult of training its workers. This pol icy was begun in Germany by the far- seeing msmarcK nan a century ago. France, England and even Japan are profiting by the example of Germany and' are establishing national systems of - vocational education. Germany boasts that within ten years not an untrained man will be a subject of the empire. In the iTnited tates not 23,000 of our 20,000,000 wage-earners have any proper chance to be trained for their work in life. "The German exports represent In skill and workmanship a value four times as great as the exports from our ports. Crude products make up oa per cent of the volume of our boasted foreign com. merce." ARCTIC CRAFT PREPARED Stefansson Hastens to Get Ready for Exploring Trip. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. News of the intention of Vllhjamar Stefansson, discoverer of blonde Eskimos, to sail from this port on another Arctic explor ing trip was confirmed today by the receipt of telegraphio orders, hastening the preparation of the steam whaler Karluk for the voyage, captain c i. Pedersen Is getting the boat in readi ness. He will navigate the Karluk, which recently was purchased here for the expedition. The Canadian government is finan cing, the voyage and the final outfitting will be conducted at Victoria. Dr. R. M. Anderson, who returned to this country after a trip of Arctic explora tion last year, will be second in com maud. , ONE-CENT CHECK PAYS FINE Jury Returns Verdict, hut Paper Will Be Kept as Souvenir. . VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 28. (Spe claL) A check for 1 cent, the amount of the fine imposed upon Albert Mad- sen by a jury of six men for resisting an officer when being placed under ar rest, was turned over to J. W. Shaw, Police Judge of Vancouver today by G. L. Davis, Justice of the Peace. The check will never be cashed, but will be kept at the police station as a souvenir. Mr. Madsen had an altercation with an officer a few weeks ago and In the scuffle that ensued suffered a seriously MUNYON'S GOLD CURE r?. y Cold Cure. rT ' throat t5ZJ l tnmediaieluirn?105 HI UIU(0J blacked eye. 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