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1 THE -MORXING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. MILLER HURLS HAT I DEmQGRA RING Advisory Cabinet, Congress of Public Opinion, and Other New Ideas in Platform. DEFEATED ONES TO ADVISE CHINAMAN, SIX YEARS IN SHADOW OF GALLOWS, WHO STILL HOPES FOR LIFE. - - Portland Attorney Say lie Would Sound raise of People on All Proposed Legislative Meas ures, If Elected Gorernor. Colonel Robert A. Miller, of Portland. formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Gover nor yesterday. He will make the rare on a platform decidedly original In many respects. Certainly nothing; quite like It ever has been advanced by any candidate In Ore son. Doted as this stale Is for unusual political doctrines. In his platform Colonel Miller, who has been prominent In Democratic state politics for many years, 'declares for sn advisory cabinet to the Gover nor, comoosed of representatives of each political party (n the state repre sented on the ballot. This cabinet would meet with the Governor at the state capital at least once each year to advise with him in the conduct of the state government. It is not his pur pose to provide for this cabinet by law, It being- rather a voluntary organiza tion. In addition to the advisory cabinet. Colonel Miller would Lave a congress of Dublle opinion, composed of repre sentatlves of the various educational end development clubs of the state. This consrress would confer with the Governor and his cabinet. shortly after his inauguration and discuss legiala live and other problems. It Is his plan to have both congress ind cabinet meet In legislative years at least one month I prior to sessions of the Legslature. BIHa 'Wasted la Advance. If elected Governor. Colonel Miller pledges himself to call on all members of the Legislature to submit, at least two months prior to the convening of regular legislative sessions, copies of all bills they Intend to introduce. These bills he would have discussed and ap proved or disapproved by the confer ence of cabinet and congress. The Colonel's Ides, as advanced In his platform, is to bring executive and legislative branches of the state gov ernment In close touch with public sen timent. The action of the advisory todies would not be binding on either Governor or Legislature, but Colonel Miller opines it would take a pretty hardy Governor or Legislature to dis regard suggestions for the public weal when so expressed. "Political negation and legislative waste." said Colonel Miller, explaining his platform, "are the fundamental de fects of our system of government. How to remedy this Is the greatest problem that confronts the American people to day. We must revolutionize the sys tem without destroying the government or our Institutions. What he means by political negation the Colonel explained by an example. -Suppose." be set forth. that A. a Dem ocrat. Is elected Govetnorr. Say there have been three or four parties In the field, each vigorously supporting Its own candidate. Under present condi tions, the Governor, after election, must count on the continued opposition of these forces., Those of the other side are actually pleased If his administra tion Is not a success, although the peo ple are the ones that are hurt. His policies are blocked. The trouble Is that all are working to cross-purposes; what the people want Is Tost sight of and political negation and legislative waste result. Exaerieaev Is Mot TUaalted. Colonel Miller la 59 years old and baa lived all his life In Oregon. His father wss J. -V. 7. Miller, a pioneer of the state. Colonel Miller himself Is an ex president of the Oregou Pioneer Asso ciation. He Is a graduate of Willam ette University of Salem. His career has covered a wide range of activities, from riding the Klamath County ranges as a cowboy In his youth to being city editor of the Salem Statesman, pub lisher of his own paper, the Hesperian, li4 Portland, and the practice of law. In the '80s Colonel Miller helped In augurate the fruit Industry in the Rogue River Valley. - He has served as president of the Fruitgrowers Asso ciation of that locality and Is a former secretary of the Southern Oregon State Board of Agriculture. In 1IS7 and 1889 he served In the Legislature from Jackson County. In 1890 be was Democratic nominee for Congress, snd was on the electoral ticket In 1892. The year George E. Chamberlain was elected Governor, in 1902, he ran on the ticket with him as candidate for Attorney-General. He was Register of the Oregon City Land Office from 1S93 to 1S9T. and for six years was a member of the staff of Governor Pennoyer, with the rank-of Lieutenant-ColoneL Since 1904. Colonel Miller has lived in Portland, where he Is practicing law. ST. JOHNS PASTOR LEAVES Rev. J. J. Patton Will Start for Alaska This Morning. ST. JOHNS, Or, Sept. 14. (Special.) Rev. J. J. Patton, who has been pas tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this place for several years and who has been transferred to Fairbanks. Alaska, delivered his farewell, address tonight to his congregation. He took for his subject the "Centurlan's Serv ice. The work of the Centurlan, he said, had been helpful, faithful, and his labors effective for the people, yet In his own estimation he was not worthy, but In the eatlmatlon of the people he hsd been wholly worthy and was an es teemed and efficient servant. Rev. Mr. Patton reviewed some of the work of the past and said his re lations with the people of St. Johns snd the congregation had always been pleasant. At the close of the services members of the congregation said fare well snd expressed their regret at his departure. Mr. and Mrs. Patton will leave this morning for Seattle, where he will take steamer for Alaska. It will- require about three weeks' travel to reach his destination. Engineer Is Arrested. Charles IX Bums, an engineer. 4J years old. was arrested Saturday night by Detectives Mallet and Price, on com plaint of C E. Johnson, who charged that Bums had "passed" a 1300 check upon him. the check later proving of no value. Bums, who lives at 14 Marlon street, was charged with ob taining money under false pretenses. l, was released without bail, when he offered to repay Johnson, and will set tle the case In court today. i.i ( ihipii '! , i ill lin.HM 1 1 auu 1. 1 1. . B.iM-.iin 1 11. i I " . j i V . 7 ! I ; - ' : i y . : . , . i aajLiii. fjn?mriiiifiiwiviini 11 iiimniir in ii BUDGET TO BEHELD 10 LOWEST FIGURE City Commission Prepares to Use Pruning Knife in Ab sence of Surplus. j GENERAL LEVY PROVIDED Ll'X StEf. LUM HAS ONE HOPE Convicted Chinese Pins Faith to Governor West. ORIENTAL DENIES HIS GUILT Yellow Man, Reduced to Shadow by Nearly Six Tears Walt on Slow Conrt Proceedings, Finds Much Sympathy From Whites. Lum Suey, weight reduced to 108 pounds by nearly six years' confinement In the Multnomah County Jail, during which time he has been outdoors only twice, wonders, now that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided against him. whether Governor west really thinks that he killed Lee Tal Hoy. Lum Suey hopes Governor west does not believe be Is a murdererr. De cause If he does, Lum fears he will be hanged. The attention of the uovernor win be called this week to the long-drawn- out and pathetic case of the little yel low man, whose friends are fighting to the last ditch for him. When news came of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, Lum s de spair was at Its height. For hours the little fellow sat in nls cell, nis ueau burled in his hands. Then someone sug gested that there was one hope left the Governor of Oregon. Yesterday Lum was lslted by a num ber of his countrymen and by white oersons. Pat C. Lavey, Federal pris oner serving time for real estate trans actions; has taken special Interest in Lum and Introduced hin to the white guests. "You never Killed anyone, am you;- asked a sympathetic caller. Never kill, hones', never Kill, crieu Lum, earnestly, and hla words and ex pression seemed convincing. ' Chinese la Model Prtsoaer. Jailer Grafton ia ono of Lum's best friends. He says Lum Is a model pris oner and that during tne years no n been waiting for the courts - to get through grinding, he never has broken one rule of the Jail. Henry E. McGinn, now one of tne Circuit Judges, but one of the attorneys for Lum at his trial, is another friend of the Chinese who will do all b.e can to save Lum from the gallows, rooming- ever could make Judge McGinn be lieve that Lum Suey killed Lee Tal Hoy. Lum. whose name was Lem woon when he came to America, but who ap pears on the naturalisation papers as Lum Suey. was convicted in the Circuit Court of Multnomah County of the mur der of Lee Tal Hoy. It was a first-de gree verdict ana iium s irienas, wnu supplied the money for a vigorous ae- fense. had the case taken 10 tne du nnma Court. There the verdict was upheld and the Chinese met his second disappointment. The conviction was In 1908, and Lum was sentenced to be hansred in November 01 tnat year, out an appeal stayed the execution. Usually It Is a longiana tortuous pro cess getting a case before the United States Supreme Court, which explains why Lum has remained behind the bars so long. Last Tuaaday County Clerk Coffey received the mandate of tne Colearl Rakert A. if filer, ef Pert, laad. Who Aaaeoaeed Himself Yesterday aa a Candidate for the Democratic Xomlnatloa for Ooveraor. Federal high court refusing to inter fere In behalf of the Chinese. Interpreted Testimony Cited. Those who are continuing to work in Lum's behalf lay great stress on the uncertainty of the testimony given through an Interpreter, particularly testimony in any of the Oriental lan guages. They emphasize the strong hold that the Chinese tongs have on their members and declare that when a tong wishes to have a man convicted it goes to almost any length to accom plish Its purpose. The attention of Governor West Is to be called particularly to the possibility of an Interpreter telling the Jury that a witness, speaking In Chinese, is say ing something exactly different from what he really intends to say. The testimony in Lum's case was confusing, and the defendant was re ferred to as Lum Suey, Lem Woon and other names. Lum doesn't understand what seems to be the superiority of the Governor's power to that on the Nation's highest court. At first he thought it was all over with him when the mandate came from Washington last week. "You think me die?" asked the little fellow of his last caller yesterday after noon. It was getting dusk, and the low sun shone through the window of the cor ridor where Jailor Grafton had allowed his prisoner to go to talk. Lum's eager black eyes reflected the red glow. He was excited. Then two big tears start ed to roll down his cheeks. Lum was crying, Just like a white man. You can call it maudlin sympathy If you like, but the caller shook hands cordially with Lum Suey and declared somewhat huskily his hope that Lum Suey may yet be spared his life, even though it will be more years behind the bar. Then Lum was called to supper and went away apparently much cheered up. PERS0NALMENTION. P. A. Turner, of Salem, Is at the Carl ton. M. Magers, of Salem, is at the Sew ard. E. G. MacDonald, of Seattle, Is at the Annex. Otto Wlchett, nt Wlnlock, Is at the Annex. R. G. Gaylord, of Tacoma, Is at the Carlton. H. T. Hendry x, of Baker, Is at the Cornelius. George Larkln, of Newberg, Is at the Cornelius. P. Gabriel, of Dayton, is registered at the Perkins. Lieutenant Jacob Schick, of the Unl Tom Nolan, a merchant of Corvallla, Is at the Oregon. A. N. Soils, an attorney of Eugene, is at the Imperial. J. C. Thrall, of The Dalles, Is regis tered at the Perkins. C. E. Prlckett. of Seattle, Is regis tered at the Carlton. C. E. SpeHce. of Hood River, Is reg Istered at the Perkins. G. T. Myers, a canneryman. of Seat tle, is at the Portland. A. L. Downing, of Salem, is regis tered at the Cornelius. Hal D." Patton, of Salem, State Sen ator, Is at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Koehler, of Cin cinnati, are at the Annex. Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Leach, 'of Cor vallls, are at the Seward. IL N. Cockerllne, a business man of Albany, Is at the Cornelius. Mrs, Minnie Washburne, of Eugene, Is registered at the Carlton. A. 3. Richardson snd-wife, of Los Angeles, are at the Perkins. Walter S. Martin, of San Francisco, is registered at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mullen, of San Francisco, are at the Annex. W. D. Devarney and wife, of San Francisco, are at the Oregon. O. Herbert Taylor, of Liverpool, England, Is at the Multnomah.1 - Jerome Workman, a railroad man from Eugene. Is at the Seward. R, M. Hall, a fruit grower of Rose burg, Is registered at the Oregon. A. A. Hobbs, a lumberman .from Chi cago, Is registered at the Seward. G. H. Crandall. of Oak Point, a salmon packer, is at the Imperial. L. A. Porter, a merchant' of The Dalles. Is registered at the Imperial. Gordon and J. W. Forbes, of White Salmon, orchardlsts, are at the Port land. F. L. Warren and wife, of Astoria, are at the Portland.. Mr. Warren is a canneryman. CHICAGO. Sept. 14. (Special.) A. L. Miner, of St. Johns. Or., Is registered at the Congress Hotel. Captain A. Lockett, of the steamer Algoa. which is loading the world's record lumber cargo at tne jiara-vii-son Lumber Company dock. Is at the Multnomah. Dan P. Smythe, of the Pendleton Commercial Club, a wool grower of Eastern Oregon and an officer In the state and national associations. Is reg istered at the Oregon. What has become of the frenzied financier who was going to get rich raising Belgian haresT Difficulty Expected In Keeping Tax for 1014 Below 7.7 Mills, as Last Administration's Short age Is Big , Handicap. With practically no surplus in any of the various city funds to carry over to next year, the City Commission faces a difficult problem in arranging, hnritrot nrvl fax lew for 1914. The prep aration of the budget is under .way at present, the head of each department hnvinr hmwTi instructed to submit not later than SeDtember 20 a statement of .Tnni to the Commissioner hav ing charge of the department and to Commissioner Bigelow, rho U head of the department of finance. When theso estimates are prepared for each department the Commissioners will commence the pruning process. Every possible cent will be trimmed off before the completed estimate of each Commissioner Is submitted to Commissioner Bigelow, who Is the chief official in the budget procedure. After the reports of the Commission, ers aro submitted. Commissioner Bige low will prepare a' statement of th money necessary to be raised to pay the Interest on bonds and. to provide monev for the sinking funds during the year. This report will have to be ciihmfrteil before the first Monday In October. Prnnlns to Be la Conference. Following this conferences will be held by the Commission, at which the estimates will be prunea ana tne oua get gotten into shape. It will be nec essary for the finished budget and the tax levy to be ready by the third Mon day In November, at which, time the budget ordinance and ordinance apply ing th lew will come up for final Economy Is to be the byword in the procedure. This will be necessary to hold the levy to a point as low as it was last year. Inasmuch as tne city will have no surplus at the end of the year to fall back upon for next yean. When the City Commission took the reins of government on July 1 nearly all available funds either had been ex pended or contracted for. There were some city projects which had been started without the money to complete them being available. These projects, which were pushed along to the Com mission, have taken every cent of money available In nearly every city fund. One of these projects was the City Jail and Emergency Hospital, building. at Second and Oak streets. W hen tne Commission took charge every cent of the money for the building had been spent. It was necessary to scrape to gether $60,000 to finish the work. This was raised from the police iuna ana from the general fund. Avenue Wall la Costly. Another, project was the Vista avenue wall, which has to be rebuilt from money taken from the general fund. This cost the city 826.000. The tax levy for 1912 was 6.8 mills. For tne present year the levy was 7.7 mills, which was within three-tenths of a mill of the limit of levy provided by the city charter. It la believed that the Commission will have a an flcult time in holding the levy below 7.7 mills for 1014, in the face ,of the shortages in the various funds left by the past administration. The budget this year will be de cidedly new In appearance, because of a different method provided In the new commission charter. There will be a general levy for a general fund, into which all of the tax money and all of the city's revenue from licenses will go. Heretofore separate funds have been provided from which appropriations have been made. Under the new system all appropriations will be made from the general fund. Heretofore the gen eral fund has been the fund in which license revenue hats gone. Mutes' Convention Makes Traveler Suspect Self Chief of Police Clark Tells of Wild. Eyed Stranger Who Didn't Under stand Sign Language. UT HE worst scared chap I ever saw Clark, in a reminiscent mood yesterday, "was a well-dressed man who rushed up to me one day on the railroad sta tion platform at St PauL He was shaking all over and wild-eyed. ."'Say, officer," he said, 'am I nutty or have I got the D. T.sT " 'Hard to tell, I said. "What's your trouble ' " 'Well, I went down to the depot In Chicago and everybody I saw was wig gling his fingers and shaking his hands in the air. I get on the train and everybody's doing the same thing. When we pull into the station here at St. Paul I look out the window and there's another gang on the platform making signs in the air and waving their flippers around. I haven't been drinking not very much, but some thing's sure wrong. Mebbe you'd bet ter lock me up. " 'Cheer up,' I told him. "There's nothing wrong with you. There was a deaf mutes' convention in Chicago and the delegates are Just getting back. and this gang on the platform is here to welcome them.' " CITY HEADSWILL CONFER Programme Announced for League of Municipalities Convention. The programme was made public Saturday for the annual convention of the League or facmo isormwesr. Municipalities, which will be held In Portland beginning uctoDer l. it is as follows: Wednesday, octoper i, morning xt. address of welcome, H. R. Albee. Mayor of Portland; response and address or president, ex-Governor M. C Moore, Walla Walla; roucau or. munu-ipaimes; 11:15. section meetings. Mayors, Com missioners and Councllmen of cities over KO 000: Mayors, commissioners ana Councllmen of cities under 50,000; city attorneys, city engineers, health offi cers: 12:30, luncheon for delegates. Afternoon 2, "Police Administra tion." addresses by A. J. uiuis. Mayor of Walla Walla, and R.-A. Balllnger, Seattle; discussion; 3, "A Municipal Business Manager." ny l-oren r. ioyie, business manager of Milton, Or.; dis cussion; 4,"The Development or execu tive Responsibility," by Frederick A. Cleveland, of New York. Evening 8. "Fire Protection"; stere optlcon lecture. 1 ' i "' mm 5 mv W H w mi t -v "itJl-"MW-': i U:V.-v !T2.4 Si TODAY The Hall of Fashion OPENS at Meier & Frank's 28 Show Windows Reflect Fashion's Creations for Fall and Winter Our Garment Salons Resplendent in Modish Apparel ??T!'StV Women Will Marvel at the Beauty of the New Suits, Coats, Gowns Undermuslins, Millinery, Waists Silks, Coatings and Dress Goods Laces, Trimmings and Jewelry See $500 First Prize Hat, Designed by Clarence Phipps Displayed in Our Millinery Show Window Buy School Supplies Here Today! Our Annual Sale of School Supplies brings to schoolboys and girls of Port land unusual economies, unequaled elsewhere, and throngs of eager shoppers will be here today to share in these savings. 10c Legal Cap Pads, white or yellow paper, special, each 86 lOcHigh School Pads, special, each 8 10c Drawing Pads, special, each 8 10c Practical Drawing Books, special, each 3d 5c University Note Books, special, each..4d 25c Composition Books, gray and black covers, special, each 21d 10c Composition Books, special, each 7e 5c Composition Books, special, each 46 10c Note Books, end open, special, each...7 5c Note Books, end open, special, each 4 Meier & Frank Special Tablets, special, ea. 5 5c Pencil Pads, special, each 46 5c Ink Tablets, special, 2 for 56 10c Ink Tablets, special, each 76 10c Indelible Pencils, special, each 56 Penholders, special, each 26 and 46 Crayons, special, the box 46 and 76 Pencil Sharpeners, special, each. .46 an(i 86 Pencil and Ink Erasers, spl,each 46 and 7 Fancy Pencil Boxes, sp'l 46.86.216. 286 . Slates, size 7x11 inches, special, each IOC School Bags, special, 73. 496. 286. 106 $2.00 A. A. Waterman Self-Filling Fountain Pen, each SI. 69 Higgins Drawing Ink, all colors, bottle, 256 Prang's Water Colors, the box 256 School Dictionaries Webster's Modern Dictionaries, each..25J Webster's Intermediate Dictionaries. .506 Webster's Common School Dictionaries 756 Webster's High School Dictionaries, SI. 50 Webster's Pocket Dictionaries, each...l9c Webster's New Century Dictionaries. .50 Webster's Century Dictionaries, each. -086 Bookstore. Basement Annex. Mall Orders Filled. Pure Cane Berry Sugar At-"Below-the-Market" Prices You'll do well to replenish your Sugar supply now at these prices, unequalled elsewhere in Portland: Pure Cane Berry Sugar, 100-lb. Sacks, Special S5.43 Pure Cane Berry Sugar, 50-lb. Sacks, while they last $2.85 Cut Cube Sugar, Special, 4 lbs .25 XXXX Powdered Sugar, Special, 4 lbs Pore Food Grocery. Basement Store. Stall Order Filled. iijiiiiimnwwiiiiiiii imimii iiniii 1 1 iiniiii ti n n in iiinii mm mi, (firm I mmW j J .if i XHE- q.ualitV Store- op Portland j i2g Cl2 ft m Slx3U.T-lorrlor, Alder A-6101 ' ",l,m ' ' B ,l" '""""'" 4600 Thursday, October 2. morning 10, Municipal Finance." address by Frederick A. Cleveland; discussion; 11, section meetings (same as Wednesday morning). Afternoon "The Defects of Commis sion Government." by representatives from commissioned governed cities: dis cussion; 3. "Municip-l Revenue and Ex penditure," address by C. M. Fassett, Commissioner of Public Utilities, Spo kane: discussion; 4, address, subject and speaker to be announced later. Evening 8, business session; re ports of officers and committees; elec tion of officers. Among the subjects to be discussed In the section meetings are: "Munici pal Ownership of Street Railways," "Garbage Disposal," "Health Ordi nances," "Bituminous Pavements," "Care of Parking Strips," "Manner of Taxing for Street and Sewer Improve ments." Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, North Yakima, Walla Walla, Hoquiam. Cen tralis Vancouver, Hood River, Sheri dan, Coquille, Dallas and "Oregon City are among the cities which already have made arrangements to send del egates to the conference. The railroads have granted rates of one and one-third fares on the certifi cate plan from all points In Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Th hobby of the'lnte Kin of Greece. bo recently met death at the bands of an assaftflin, was door bandies, ordinary and other He boasted of having a. sample of every mflKe Known to tn mzaiiun. n.n he visited Kngland last he left behind him a trail of handlifesa doors. 6