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THE 'MORMXG- OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1913. ASSASSIN OF KING EXAMINED AT NIGHT Greek Oficers Unable to Ob tain Evidence That There Was Accomplice. MAN'S LIFE WRETCHED ONE Xot Insane, bnt TVealnninded, Is Opinion in Sttlonlld Wish to "Redeem Life" Given as Reason for Crime. SALONTKI. March 19. Aleko Schlnas, the usaiBln of Kins George, still Is held in close confinement. At various periods throughout the night he was forced to undergo examinations, but questions failed to elicit any facts to show that other persons were Impli cated In the crime. Schlnas Is not a madman, but appar ently is weak-minded. He lived by begging, and came to Salonlkl by way of Athens three weeks ago. He stayed a few days at Volo. Thessaly. where he delivered harangues In which he de clared that in a short time he would succeed In establishing equality: that there would be no longer either rich or poor, and that work which now was accomplished In one hour would be spread out over two. Interrogated as to why he assassinat ed the King. Schlnas replied: "I had to die somehow, as I suffer from neurasthenia. and therefore wished to redeem my life." He appears to have led a wretched existence, subsisting almost entlrly on milk. His family ceased to acknowl edge him long ago. Schlnas for a time was an Instructor In the musical department of the Uni versity of Athens. He refuses to give any explanation for the crime beyond the fact that two years ago he applied for assistance at the palace and was driven away by an aide de camp. SCHIXAS OXCE IX AMERICA Hotel Worker Says Assassin Was Pantryman in New York. BALTIMORE, March 19. E. Charms, a waiter In a hotel here, tonight said he had worked in the pantry of a New York hotel for more than a year with Schlnas, the assassin of King George. 'Schlnas told me many confidences," said Charrns. "I frequently quarreled with him because of his atheistic and Socialistic Ideas. One of his favorite expressions, which caused several scraps In the pantry was 'To hell with King George.' "Schlnas could speak Greek, English, Italian and French fluently. "He said a number of times that It was a shame that 3,000,000 of his en lightened countrymen in Greece, with the noble and glorious history that she possessed, should permit themselves to be ruled by a king. He also said that some day he would return to his native country and convert the people to his Ideas." 30 REPORTED DEAD IN FIRE " Medicine Hat Cannery Burns I 'ol io wing Gas Explosion. MEDICINE HAT. Alberta, March 19. Following persistent, rumors that from 10 to 30 employes of the Mal comn Canning Company were burned In the ruins of the company's main building, which was destroyed by lire and a gss explosion late today, a force of several hundred men are searching the wreckage. Smoldering timbers Interfere with their progress and the exact number of dead will not be known for many hours. Only five bodies have been recovered. A small fire which broke out wh'.le plumbers were repairing a broken gas main In the building caused the ex plosion. The building, a three-story structure, was unroofed and practically reduced to a mass of debris by the explosion. COMMISSION PLAN VOICED Hill in Minnesota Legislature Asks .fw State Government. ST. PAUL, March 19. A commission plan of state government Is proposed In a bill providing for a constitutional amendment to be offered In the lower House of the Legislature today. The proposed plan does not affect the legislative and Judicial divisions of the state government, but provides In the executive branch for the election only of Governor, Lleutenant-Governer, Audi tor and four Commissioners. Other state officers are to be subordinate to and appointed by the Commission, which is to consist of the Governor and the four Commissioners. red light" abatement bill passed by the Legislature, which adjourned last week. The new law provides that when a dis orderly bouse is found the property shall be closed for a period fixed by the court and the contents of the building sold to satisfy the fine imposed. Tbo Governor also signed the new game code, providing for a state game commission, the bill creating a new building, savings and loan code and the alien land bill, submitting a constitu tional amendment to the voters at the general election in 1914. If the amend ment Is adopted any resident alien may acquire title to city property. The amendment, as originally drawn, ex cluded Chinese and Japanese from en Joying the proposed privilege, but was amended to meet objections made by Secretary of State Knox that the dis crimination might cause diplomatic complications. Before signing the bills Governor Lister granted full hearings to the ad vocates and opponents of the measures. OLD LAW BARS WEDDING CHILDREX OF IVDIAX WOMAN AXD WHITE MAX VICTIMS. After Paying for Marriage License Himself, Judge Finds Half-Breeds Cannot Be Legitimatized. After paying out of bis own pocket for a marriage license for W. B. Ander son, white, a defendant In bis court on a statutory charge, and Mary Tibbets, Indian, with the Idea of legitimatizing two lads 9 and 7 years of age, pupils of the Indian School at Chemawa, Or., Justice of the Peace Jones yesterday found himself barred from performing the marriage ceremony by an Oregon law, adopted in 1866, which forbids the marriage of a man or woman of white blood with anyone more than half Indian. Incidentally the statute goes on to state that any magistrate or clergyman who attempts to marry such parties is guilty of a crime pun ishable by both Jail or penitentiary incarceration and a fine. The proposed act of mercy necessi tated an automobile trip to Multnomah Farm, near Troutdale, where Mary Tibbets is a hospital patient. She is in the last stages of pulmonary tubercu losis and at best has only a few weeks to live. Justice Jones was told by the farm physicians and nurses. For more than 10 years Anderson and Mary Tibbets lived together in a little shack at Troutdale. To them were born the two boys now at Chemawa. Their relation could not be construed as that of common law hus band and wife for the reason that the special statutory enactment referred to overrides the common law rule. With them lived a daughter born to Mary Tibbets years before Anderson took up with her. This girl, who is half white, is now 21 years of age. Judge Jones yesterday discovered her at the County Farm with a two-weeks-old baby in ber arms, the son of a white father, said by the girl to be Willie Nichols. Aaron Fox, a merchant of Troutdale, caused Anderson's arrest. In view of developments Fox said that he had no objection to the charge against Ander son being dismissed on condition that he failed to return to Troutdale and ceased his relations with the Indian women. It was finally agreed that Anderson was to be given his liberty on condi tion that he stayed away from Trout dale. Mr. Fox gave him an overcoat. "Please, can't I come back to Mary's funeral? She is the mother of my kids and I really think as much of her as if she was honestly my wife," pleaded Anderson in tears. Judge Jones promised that the man would have a chance to attend the funeral of his Indian helpmeet. MEN UNDER 60 FAVORED McKeynolds Considers Age Handi cap for Judgeships. WASHINGTON. March 19. Attorney Gener.il McReynolds. who Is weighing the qualifications of the many appli cants for vacant Federal Judgeships, Informed callers today that an appli cant more than 60 years old had a se rious handicap to overcome. While this Is not a hard and fast rule, the ace question. It Is said, will receive consideration In connection with all appointments to such an ex tent the "young men" below CO have a much better chance. K0HLSAAT IS STRICKEN l'ubli.-lit'r of Chicago Inter-Ocean Has Ilrain Hemorrhage. NEW TORK. March 19. H. H. Kohl saau publisher of the Chicago Inter Ocean, is ill at a hotel here of a hem orrhage of the brain. Mr. Kohlsaot was stricken last Satur day shortly after his wife sailed for Europe. Ills condition. It Is said, is cot serious. GOVERNOR LISTER SIGNS "Iowa Redllght" Abatement Bsll Made Law; Game Code Passes. OLTMTIA. Wash, March 19. Gov ernor Lister today signed the "Iowa NORTH EXPLAINS MATTER "Broadway" Street Question Settled Without Dissenting Vote. "The question of changing the name of Broadway to East Broadway was brought up In a meeting of the North East Side Improvement Association," said W. C. North, vice-president of that organization, last night, "and we de cided without a dissenting vote that It would be the sense of the meeting that the change should be made. It was at our suggestion that Councilman Menefee Introduced an ordinance providing for the change. "We made a thorough investigation before we took action," said Mr, North, "and we were satisfied that the people Interested had no objection to calling the several sections of the street Broad way, Broadway North and East Broad way. So far we have heard of no ob jection except that of Judge Munly. who has been quoted In the press as being opposed to the plan, but who was 111 and unable to attend the meeting and who probably was unaware of the action taken. Many Seventh-street property owners were present." STUDENTS WIN IN STRIKE Athletics Reinstated and Ban Is Raised on 10 of the Pupils. CENTJIALIA. Wash, March 19. (Special.) The strike of 250 pupils of the Centralia High School was broken today when, at a meeting held by the School Board, the executive commit tee of the student body and a number of representative citizens, the Board acceded to all of the demands of the striking students. The Board voted to reinstate athlet ics, lift the suspension from ten mem bers of the students' executive com mittee and give the students free use of the High School auditorium for any event or gathering held by them. The petitions circulated by the students yesterday and today asking that the Board yield and containing over 1000 signatures, were presented at the meet' ing. The students were admonished by prominent citizens not to strike again for any trivial cause Just because they hsd won out this time. The strike, which started Monday and which came as a climax to a long standing feeling between the students and the School Board, has attracted great interest here. Through the man ner In which they conducted the strike, doing nothing to arouse public feeling against them, the students won over to their side practically the entire town. Fishing Law Violated Is Charge. OREGON CITT. Or., March 19. (Spe cial.) Aaron Anderson and James Pumeler. arrested on a charge of fish ing In the Clackamas River, will be given a hearing at 10 o'clock Friday morning by Justice of the Peace Sievers. The river Is closed all the year. Skamokavra Bank Closes. SKAMOKAWA. Wash.. March 19. this place closed Its doors Monday. The amount of deposits Is approximately $20,000. A few weeks ago a move was made to organize Into a state bank with a capital of J 10,000. and several resi dents of this place took shares. TTlrel-ss te!esrapny Is now la m In Bo livia. Chile and Argentina, TURKISH SOLDIERS E HEIGHTS Defenders of Ottoman Capital Turn Tables on Bulgar ian Besiegers. B0TH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY Aeroplanes of Turks Fly Over Battle ground and Signal Movements of Enemy to Commander of Own Forces. CONSTANTINOPLE. March 19. A victory Is officially claimed for the Turkish forces In a 24-hour battle which lasted until today along the TchataUa lines defending this city. The Ottoman troops took the offen sive, opening the attack by an advance of their right wing, which proceeded as far as Hlvaskeui, Kallfakeui. Large forces of Bulgarians were encountered at three places and fierce fighting soon spread along the whole front. The Turkish troops drove the Bulgarians from their trenches and took posses sion. The Turkish eeiter then advanced and stormed the heights In front, from which the Turks routed the Bulgarians at the point of the bayonet. Other col umns of Turkish troops captured sev eral other heights held by Bulgarians to the south of the Turkish lines. The casualties have not been ascer tained, but the commanders of both armies said the losses were heavy. Two Turkish aeroplanes flew over the scene of the fighting throughout the day, reconnoitering the Bulgarian positions and signaling the movements of the enemy to the Turkish com mander. AUSTRIAN" CRUISERS SAIL Bombardment of Europeans In Sctr- tarl Reported Cause of Action. LONDON. March 19. A Vienna dis patch says that three battleships, an armored cruiser and two torpedo de stroyers left Pola. the chief Austrian naval station, early this morning, steaming in a southerly direction. It is understood, the dispatch adds. that their sudden departure was due to the bombardment of the European quarter of Scutari, the searching of an Austrian steamer at San Giovanni dl Mldua and the threatening of Austrian sailors by Montenegrins. A Constantinople dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph Company says the fighting at Tchatalja continues. The Turks have advanced about three miles north of Derkos, and in the advance occupied many strategical points. E SEXTTMEXT AT IMPROVEMENT CLUB WELL DEFIXED. Gay Lombard Speaks and Answers Questions of Taxpayers on Pro ' posed Commission Charter. Strong sentiment in favor of a com' plete change of municipal government was manifested last night at a meeting of the Westmoreland-Midway Improve. ment Club, at which Henry S. Upham presided and Gay Lombard, Repub llcan candidate for Mayor, spoke. An Interesting discussion of city af fairs followed Mr. Lombard's talk. He answered a number of questions. "Do you not think that it would be better to elect each commissioner un der the proposed charter to a specific department rather than to have the Mayor assign the four commissioners? was asked. Mr. Lombard replied that this is one of the open questions throughout the country: but he could see no great ob jection to the Mayor assigning the members, as proposed under the char ter to be voted on here May 3. "Are not the salaries proposed too large?" was another question. Mr. Lombard said he thought not; that men who are required to devote their entire time to the city's business. he said, should be well paid. He also pointed out that, by doing away with a primary, about $20,000 biennially can be saved. He also gave it as his opin ion that good officials could effect a saving far beyond their salaries by good business government and honest methods. "Do you believe It Is right for the commission to appoint the Municipal Judge?" he was asked. "I think so," he replied, "for only by giving the commission authority can you exact of the members full service and In that way alone can you hold them fully responsible for results." SING SING GETS CANADIAN Young Bank Clerk Sentenced to Four Years In Prison. NEW TORK, March 19. William B. Trefry, a young Canadian bank clerk. ...,....Tr-5S .., f At. J -T -i . - r- rf Pr ait in --y--- Geaeral Job a M. Bacon, Who Died Yesterday. who startled the capitals of Europe by lavish expenditure of money, was sen tenced to Sing Sing today for four years. He pleaded guilty to forgeries Endorses Chamberlain's Congh Rem edy After Twelve Years Use. tf-'-sri Mbs. L. S. Pabk. "From the experience I, and others of mv family, have had with Chamberlain's Cough Eemedy during the past twelve year., I know that it is safe and reliable. I have used it for children for croup and colds, and have taken it myself and we all have a high opinion of it. Being free from opiates, there is no danger in giving it to the smallest child," writes Mrs. L. a Park, Waterloo, N.Y. from which he defrauded the New York branch of the Koyal Bank of Canada of many thousands of dollars. With the aid of a young woman whom he met in New York he spent all the money in Europe in about a month and returned to rew lorK, where he was arrested. GALA NIGHT IS PROMISED SOCIETY WILL TTJRX OUT TO SEE AUTO SHOW. Outside Visitors Praise Exhibits Northwest Agency of Speed ometer Won for Portland. Two special announcements were made yesterday during the third day of the fourth automobile show, which is being held all this week at the Ecken berger building. East First and East Morrison streets. One was that, in stead of closing at 10:30 P. M. on Sat urday night, as had been Intended and as Is the case on other days, the show will remain open until midnight, and it will be made the gala night, and the second was that tomorrow Is to be socety night. One result of the show is that Port land will become the main distributing point for the Northwest of the Stewart- Warner speedometers. This was aecia ed upon by W. J. Johnston, Pacific Coast manager, who came up from San Francisco with Thamas Hart to looK over the ground. Mr. Hart will have charge of the Portland office, which will be In the H. L. Keats Auto com pany's offices. Spokane and Seattle will be supplied from here. C A. Gilbert. Coast manager of the United States Tire Company, visited the fair yesterday. He made the trip es pecially from Los Angeles with C. A. Mayer, the resident manager there. The two had been touring and cut their trip short. W. S. M. Mead, of New York, man ager of the Lozier branch there, after seeing the show, said: "There are many cities with larger populations which have staged shows they considered a credit to their town, but for variety, daintiness of decora tion, good buying crowds and general good feeling, commend me to Portland. I am not saying that this is equal to the biggest shows; nobody thinks it Is, but it is the best of all but the big ones. Among the amusing features of the show were the tire contests waged be tween some of the salesmen, and the rivalry between two polishing firms for the right to brighten the Instru raents of McElroy's Band. The salesmen were in their best clothes, when a designing manager of fered a prize for the man who could take his tire off and put it on again in the shortest time. By the time they were all "through and noticed their clothes they decided that It would have been cheaper not to enter. Live talks again , were a feature of the exhibit and were listened to at tentively by large numbers. The show opens dally at 1:30 o clock. GENERAL BACON IS DEAD RETIRED ARMY OFFICER DIES AT 69 YEARS. Staff Man With General Sherman for Fourteen Years Leaves Two Sons and Two Daughters. Brigadier-General John M. . Bacon, United States Army, retired, died yes terday, aged 69. at his residence, 640 Spring street. General Bacon bad been ill for six months. General Bacon was born in Frank fort. Ky., the son of Judge and Mrs. John M. Bacon. He entered the Army during the Civil War and later served on the staff of General Sherman for 14 years. He was married at Columbus, General Bacon was inspector-General of the Department of the Columbia In 1893, living at Vanoouver Barracks. In 1898 he was in charge of the Depart- ment of the Lakes and was In command of the Eighth Minnesota Cavalry, at which time he received his title of Brigadier-General. He was In charge of the Leech Lake Indian campaign that year, which prevented his taking Dart in the Spanish-American war. General Bacon retired in 1899 and went to his farm near Vancouver, Wash., where he remained for five years, when his wife died. He then moved to his late residence and his sister-in-law. Mrs. Dallas Bache, came to live with his children. Two sons. Forsyth and Stanley, and two daughters, the Misses Mary D. and Elizabeth B. Bacon, survive. Commonwealth Day Honored. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, March 19. ( Special. ) Commonwealth day. May 1, will be observed by th University of Oregon by the second annual commonwealth conference, plans for which are now being formu lated. As was done last year, speak ers from all parts of the state will be Invited to attend the conference for the purpose of discussing state and muni cipal questions. University classes will be suspended far the day, and the students will attend the sessions. The public also will be Invited. Professor Young, of the department of economics, will have the arrangements in charge. Wife Cruel, Says Husband. OREGON CITY, Or, March 19. (Spe- Ttit menogram cnl! radiator jOndsfreJt jot caatimtaattrar Ask the Chalmers Owners Who Have Driven Their Cars Four or Five Years Almost any car will give satisfactory ser vice for six moriths--or a year. The differences in quality begin to show after that time. Don't ask only the owners who have driven their Chalmers cars but one season. Ask the men who have used Chalmers cars for 4 or 5 years the men who still :ling to their old Chalmers cars even after they have been driven 50,000 to 100,000 miles. There are many such. Here are eleven Chalmers cars which have been driven more than 1,000,000 miles an average of nearly 100,000 miles each. Owrier Fred Roberto -Geo. Stumri Frank W. FUke, Jr. Louis Pacheco Dr. F. S. Cuthbert -A. D. Williams -W. H. Caffery P. May - -E. Watson Gardiner R. L. Holt - . W. C Kramer Address Mileaf . Corpus Christi, Tex. . - 80,000 Independence, Kas. 140,000 . Buffalo, N. Y - 54,752 Oakland, Ca . . 122,000 - Kingman, Ind. - - - 75,000 Buffalo, N. Y. 100,000 - Kansas Gty, Mo. - - 125,000 Kingsley, la. - - - 50,000 Amsterdam, N. Y. . 78,648 Burlington, N. C. 120,000 - Joplin, Mo. - r - 75,000 1,020,400 And at the Chalmers factory are the records of many more cars which have beerf driven 25,000 to 50,000 miles. Cars built of poor materials or by slip-shod' methods don't make such records. Men don't continue to drive, year after year, a. car which gives constant trouble or which is expensive to main-Jain, Ask the Chalmers owners who have made these records -why they continue to drive the Chalmers in preference to other cars. Then decide if the Chalmers isn't worth your careful consideration! If you are looking for real service you will' hardly want to select a car, after reading these records, without seeing the Chalmers. Won't you call or write and arrange for a demonstration ? H. L KEATS AUTO CO, Burnside, Seventh and Conch Sts., Portland, Or. ciaL) Alleging that his wife treated him cruelly, George W. Robeson today filed suit for a divorce from Nellie Robeson. They were married In Ore gon. City, September 27, 1899. The plaintiff says that his wife frequently remained away from home for hours and neglected him and their two chil dren. He asks the custody of the chil dren. R. Gouge seeks a decree of di vorce from Texle Gouge. They were married December 24, 190S, In North Carolina, the defendant deserting her husband September 25, 1906. , ' New Sawmill Machinery Ready. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 19. (Special.) William Sandham has gone to Chilequln to install the machinery for the new sawmill near that place, owned by the Mutual Milling Company, composed of Klamath FaUs men. New "Blacklist" Law Explained VANCOUVER, Wash., March 19. (Special.) According to a new "black, list" ordinance; to go Into effect In this city, any person may make com plaint against a man who is addicted to 'the use of liquors, and this man then has the right to have a hearing before the police judge and plead his case. If, after the hearing, the Judge "YOUR PLANT JUICE IS FINE STUFF,'' SAYS CALIFORNIA He Was Merely Expressing His Opin ion of the New Tonic That Is Being So Much Discussed.. "Your Plant Juice Is surely fine stuff." said Mr. W. J. Hopton, of Folsom, Cal., where he has resided for the past twelve years, Mr. Hopton is now Identified with the California Dredging Company, Consolidated, of Natoma. It was while he was in Sacramento recently that the following statement was made: "I have suffered severely for a long time with Indigestion, stomach and kidney trouble, and had tried every thing until I was pretty well discour aged when I heard of this Plant Juice, and I must say it worked like a charm, Jty appetite Is good, my Indigestion in fine shape and I sleep like a baby. It has certainly done me a world of good. I am telling all the boys at Folsom about It, for I believe when you find a good thing pass it along." Plant Juice Is a great solvent of uric acid. This poison escapes from weak kidneys Into the blood, and usually set tles around the Joints, causing rheu matism. For a weak back or any ail ment of the kidneys. Plant Juice has no equal. It is a vegetable prepara tion that is particularly healing and soothing in Its effect. It Is taken up In the circulation and eliminates all polsens from the blood. It tones up the stomach and. In fact, makes you feel like a different person. If you suffer from biliousness, malaria, tor pid liver. Indigestion, waterbrash, sour stomach, coatea tongue, no appetite, poor circulation, Impoverished blood and a general worn-out tired feeling. Plant Juice will do you more good than anything you have ever tried. Get a bottle from the Plant Juice man at The Owl Drug Store, Seventh and Washington, and if it does not help you he will refund your money- shall deem It his duty, he will enter the name of the accused on the black list, which Is posted In a conspicuous place in every saloon and liquor house in the city, and a heavy fine will be im posed on anyone selling him Intoxicat ing liquor of any kind, thereafter.. Klamath Cases Set for Trial. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 19. (Special.) The trials of Herbert and Hunter Savldge and of J. F. Goeller, charged with extortion In the matter of the transfer of a saloon license, have been set for March 24 to 26. Frank Ferris, charged with abducting Harriet Fink, Is out on bail after passing six months In Jail. His case has been carried over until the June term. Chenoweth, the Umpqua Indian, charged with killing Frank Jacks, a Modoc Indian, is still being held, and the case has been set over until June. It Is not certain that he can be tried in the Circuit Court of the state, as both parties were wards of the United States. Get Motor "Wise Attend the Automobile ow Sh Fourth Annual Show- Held at the Land-Show Building, E. Morrison and E. First Streets March 17-22 Inclusive "Music Afternoons and Evenings ADMISSION Afternoons 25c Evenings 50c