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VOlfr LIV.-XO. 1G,G23. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6 PRICE FIVE CENTS. , 1914. v- w ASKS FOREIGN POLICY Tolls MessageAccepted . as Portentous. ' "OTHER MATTERS" MENTIONED Congress Strongly Urged to , Repeal Exemption Clause. GOOD FAITH IS PLEADED Presidcnt Says All Nations Outside of United 'slates Agree Present j Law Violates tlie Hay Pauncefote Treaty. WASHINGTON, March 5. President Wilson pleaded before Congress today lor repeal of the provision of the Pan ama Canal act which exempts Ameri can coastwise shipping from tolls. He asserted that his reason for ask ing for the repeal was everywhere ap parent except in the United States. He said tolls exemption was regarded as a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and he further asked support of the Administration's general foreign policy. Victory for WilMon Kxpected, That the President's request will be granted there seemed tonight to be little doubt, despite the fact there will be vigorous opposition to the repeal, both in the Senate and the House. Initiative action on the question will be taken tomorrow when the House interstate and foreign commerce com mittee will meet to consider the mes sage. It was said tonight that this committee would report a. bill to repeal the exemption provision. " Senator Clinton, a Democratic mem ber of the inter-oceanic canals com mittee, introduced an amendment to the ' canal act which would give the President authority to make or sus - pend tolls by proclamation and to pre scribe the tolls in cases exempted. This would put it up directly to- the President to eliminate the exemption. Phrases Explained Away. Aside from the bearing of today's message on the Panama olls question some bf the phrases used by the Presi dent caused widespread comment In Congressional quarters, as relating to foreign relations in general. - In some quarters there 'was a disposition to re gard some of his statements in the na ture of a warning on the difficulties involved in "other matters of even y greater delicacy and nearer conse quence." Later in the day the President, in talking with callers, explained that these phrases had no significance be yond their bearing on the need of rigorous good faith in the Panama tolls question, as an evidence of un wavering good faith on all other ques tions, and that nothing critical was pending in foreign relations. The lan guage of the message continued to be commented on as having an applica tion considerably broader than the Panama question. Great Complications Mentioned. Three points in particular were noted: First, the President's statement that no communication he had yet addressed to Congress carried "graver or more far-reaching implications to the in terest of the country; second, that everywhere outside the United States the language of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was subject to only one inter pretation; and third, the concluding statement as to "other matters of even greater delicacy and nearer conse- quence." The President told his callers that while he had never received any formal communications on the subject he had understood that European nations gen erally took the same view as did Great Britain, that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was violated by the Panama Canal act. He pointed Out that in dealing with foreign affairs nations which believed tlie United States did not keep a promise on so important a treaty as the Hay-Pauncefote convention would not be likely to expect sincerity on other delicate questions. Fort-inn feel los Interpreted. Word had come to the President of a yeneral impression in Europe that tht United States was "sailing as close to the wind as possible" in interpreting promises made on its treaties, pressure had been brought to bear by any nation to emphasize its view in' this connection, 'but the President felt confident that foreign governments had this feeling on the subject. In this connection Mr. Wilson revealed the fact that since his talk a, year ago with ex-Ambassador Bryce in which he gave assurances that the tolls ques tion would be taken up at the regular session of Congress, no communication, formal or otherwise, had passed be tween Great Britain and the United States. The President said no particular thing had caused him to read the mes sage except a doubt that had existed in some quarters in Congress as to how strongly convinced he was as to the necessity of repeal. He had felt that he wanted members of Congress to realize that he earnestly sought them to reverse their action of a year ago. Senator Shively, acting chairman Of "the foreign relations committee, said (Coucluded ou Page 1'.). JOBS OPEN FOR . 2 GOOD LAWYERS PRESIDENT XEEDS ADVICE AS TO AFFAIRS OF STATE. Word From White House Is' Party Lines Will Be Ignored in Fill ins Existing Vacancies. WASHINGTON, March 5. Wanted The best authority in international law, and the best lawyer obtainable for the positions of counsellor and so licitor respectively in the State De. partment This was the word which came from the White House today with the in formation that President Wils'on sought the most efficient men for these places irrespective of their political affilia tions. For the post of counsellor vacated by John Bassett Moore, the President realizes that he will have a difficult task in, finding another such authority on international questions. He hopes, however, to find an experi enced international law expert who has had broad diplomatic training as well The, names of W. W. Eockhill, ex- Ambassador to Turkey and Russia, who was recently mentioned for the position of diplomatic adviser to the President of China, was .prominent In today's discussion. Henry White, ex Ambassador to France, also was men tioned, as were William Bayard Hale and John LInd, -,.-ho have been unof ficial representatives of the President In Mexican affairs. STREET SAFER THAN HOME Horse Vehicle Also More Deadly Than Auto, in Chicago. CHICAGO. March 5. Streets in Chi cago are safer than the homes, and the horse-drawn vehicle contributes t mofe accidents than the motorcars, ac cording to the first report today of the Public Safety Commission named by Peter Hoffman, Coroner. "In 1912 there were more accidental deaths reported in homes than in the streets.", the report said. "Asphyxia tion, falling downstairs, out of win dows and from porches, burning, scald -in-r and smothering of children were the causes of- the greater number of home deaths. "Out of every 5,000,000 miles of travel of horse-drawn vehicles there were 26 and a fraction accidents. For the samt distance of automobile travel there were 12 and a- fraction accidents." The conclusions were based on re ports to the Coroner's, office for the last four years. WOOL HIGHER THAN IN 1913 Sale at Pendleton Made at Reported Advance of One Cent. ' PENDLETON, Or"., March 5. (Spe cial.) At a reported advance of 1 cent a pound over last year, 26,000 pounds of wool changed hands in the first local sale of the season. The deal was made by J. N. Burgess, State Senator, of the Cunningham Sheep & Land Company, to R. F. Bicknell. The wool was from old and young bucks, the price paid being 13.cents. This is the same figure at which the company sold its wool last year but is really 1 cent higher according to ,Mr. Burgess for the reason that 60 per cent of it was from old bucks, whereas last year but 25 per cent of it was from the old sheep. Buyers discount old buck wool one third, taking the young buck wool at market price. BABE TO BE BORN FREE Convict Mother Removed From Prison to Greet Stork. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Ruby B;trtol, serving a 40 year terqp in San Quentin penitentiary, was moved today to a sanitarium in Ross, where she expects to become a mother tomorrow. She was taken away from the prison reservation so that the child might be born on free ground. Mrs. Bartol has been in prison about eight months. Twice before have women convicts given birth to babies while in prison, the first child being born in a prison ward and the next in a cabin on the prison reservation. FOLK SONG RECITAL SET German Literary Society Will Give Programme Tonight. The German Literary Society will hold a folk song recital tonight in the Journal Hall, Broadway and Yam hill streets. All interested are invited to attend. The programme follows: Pot pourl of 12 German folk songs for piano, by Dr. Paul J. A. Semler; vocal duet, "Das 1st Tag Des Herrn" (Mendelssohn), Mrs. Else Schwabe and Mrs. May Goodall; soprano solo, "Wenn die Schwalben Heimwaerts Zieh'n" (Abt), Mrs. May Goodall; selection of German folk songs for piano. Dr. P. E. Schwabe; vocal duet, "Die Jaeger" (Kuecken), Mrs. May Goodall and Dr. Paul J. A. Semler. PIONEER THRICE NOW 93 Air--. Stewart Once Resident of Illi nois and Iowa, in Oregon. ALBANY, Or., March. 5. (Special.) Mrs. Anna Rebecca Stewart, a pioneer of three different states and a resident of Albany continuously for almost half a century, celebrated her 93d birthday at her home in Albany today. She was a resident of Illinois, Iowa and Oregon in the pioneer days of each state. She was in Illinois in the days of the Black Hawk Indian War, and later was one of the first white women to cross the Mississippi River at Burling ton. Mrs. Stewart crossed tne plains to Oregon, in' 1865. REBELLION FANNED TO FLAME IN BRAZIL Three States Declared in Revolt. CAPITAL UNDER MARTIAL LAW Population o and. Half Millions m State of War. EDITORS' UNDER ARREST Two Colonels and Other Officers Are Made Prisoners and Troops at IUo de Janeiro Are Held Ready for Emergency. LONDON, March 5. Reports that three states in Brazil were An revolt. and that tne capital, Rio de Janeiro, had been declared in a state of siege. were confirmed here today. The cen sorship at Kio de Janeiro, which has Aeen exceedingly strict, has kept the news of what is said to be an exceed ingly grave situation from the world at large. The managing editors of three of the principal newspapers, A Epoca, Cor reiro de Noite and O Imparcial, were placed under arrest today, while Gen e'rals Thaumaturgo Azevedo and Fell- ciano Mondes de Moraes, two Colonels and some other officers of the army also were made prisoners." Action Prompt In Capital. The declaration of martial law in the capital Itself is a measure of pre caution. The government's action is taken as a preventive measure against any possible troubles. Disturbances were feared among cer tain elements of the population as a result of the recent insurrection in the Province of Ceara, where the situa tion is reported worst. The Brazilian states involved yare Pernambuco, Ceara and Para. Fighting is in progress in each between the lo cal authorities and the federal gov ernment troops. More than 2,500,000 people are involved. The state of Ceara at the last census had a population of about '850,000, Para 450,000 and Per nambuco 1,200,000. Racial Differences Are Cause. ' The causes of the disaffection were said to have been racial differences. In the last week of February a body of fanatics was reported to be marching on Rio Janeiro. The situation in the various states was reported as becoming worse, espe cially in Ceara. . , Business was said virtually to be (Concluded on Page 3.) IT SEEMS THAT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 51 degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, winds mostly northerly. 1'oreiffn. Father of Villa's ransom prisoner appeals to American Consul. Pago 2. Rebellion in Brazil grows. Page 1. German editor imprisoned for article on 'William, the Last." Page 5. National. President seeking two good lawyers - for State Department. . Page 1. Senator Jones pleads for hydro electric power to reduce cost of food. Page &. Wilson in tolls message asks more rein In foreign policy. Page 1. - Domestic. 9 Plan launched to provide reward for women similar to Nobel prizes. Page 1. effansson plans record sled trip, page o. 'ientist opposes eugenics because it takes no accouut of souL Page 1. Divers find no trace of body of missing Spokane millionaire. Page 7. Jacob Riis gravely 111. Page 7. "Caveman's" wife to undergo knife in hope to cure love for "brutal" cattle rancher. Page 1. Idle army driven from Oakland at point of guns. Page S. Woman educator says college mothers have larger proportion of sons. Page 3. Sports. Oakland, off to good start, defeats White Sox. Page 8. Nearly complete squad of Beavers practice under hot sun. page 8. Mayor Albee not to pitch first ball on open in;; day in Portland. Page l. Washington High School and Hill Military Academy students elect. Page 8. Rival baseball magnates await returning world tourists. Page J. Pacific Northwest. Raymond mill to be nonunion and full crews are expected today. Page 5. Ex-District Attorney shoots rancher at Ba ker. Paga u. Commercial and1 Marine. ' Wool contracting in Eastern Oregon at good ' prices. Page 21. Record crop prospects weaken wheat prices at Chicago. Page 21. Advance in stocks checked by break In Chesapeake & Ohio. Page 21. Regular steamer lines charge independents take wheat' to San Francisco for $1 a ton. Page 20. Portland and Vicinity. School Board intimates new bids may be asked for text books. Page 15. Weather report, data and forecast, page 421. Portland lodge of Elks elects new officers. Page 20. Good faith of Commissioner Daly quesj tioned. Page 14. Suit filed to test blue sky law. Page 14. Blake, McFall Company to have new build ing on East Ankeny street. Page 13. Three sections of hotel bonding ordinance annulled may make It apply to all places renting rooms. Page 13. SEVEN DRUNK IN DRY TOWN Oregon City Police Chief Reports on Arrests in February. OREGON CITY, Or., March 5. (Spe cial.) Seven arrests of men on charges of drunkenness, one vagabond, four violating the ordinance prohibiting drinking on cars, two runaways and the lodging of 188 one-night guests in the City Jail were items mentioned in the report of Chief of Police Shaw for February. The police officer said that the num ber of drunken persons was lessening since the saloons were closed the first of the year. Liability Is Based on Shares. SALEM, Or., March 5. (Special.) Attorney-General Crawford today in formed the members of a co-operative cannery association that they were liable for the debts of the concern only to the extent of their interests, there being no statute limiting the liabilities of such concerns. ALL OUR FRIENDS ARE LINED : ,v.i ss&jkbJi Mb aitx u 7 WIFE TO E Operation for Brain Pressure Planned. ELOPEMENT IS RECALLED Woman Captivated by "Bru tality" of Cattle Rancher. LOVE FOR SON DOMINANT Letter to Husband Deserted Because Gentleman Tells of Conflicting Emotions Inspired by Her ' Affinity. SAN FRANCISCO. March 5. (Spe cial.) Surgeons' instruments as deli cate as the methods of the psycholo gist are to be used in an attempt to restore to normal condition Mrs. Flor ence Folsom, the "caveman's bride." Mrs. Folsom aroused the wonder and censure of a continent a few months ago when she 'wrote her husband, Charles Wright Folsom, of New York, that she ioved him no longer because he was too much of a gentleman. She eloped with Gus Williams, a Nevada rancher, declaring that his brutality had captivated her. Brain Pressure to Be Relieved. Trepanning will be resorted to in the hope of relieving a brain pressure. Depression is attributed to a fall she had when 4 years old. Mrs. Folsom is at Chlco. Word of the plans for the operation was received from there to day. She is4ill, but will soon be strong enough to endure the operation, it was said. Her former husband, it is said, will pay for it in part. This decision was reached after a course of mental suggestion which to a great extent has lessened the hys teria to which her actions are attrib uted. The remarkable attitude of Mrs. Fol som. who is also known as Mrs. Frances Ford, was revealed in a. letter to her husband in which she told of her love for the brute in her affinity. It re sulted in Folsom's securing a divorce in New 1'ork. In it she told of her love for their 15-year-old son, now a pupil in the Chlco Mlgh School. This love is understood to have brought about her determination to undergo the operation that may change her entire attitude. The letter follows: "Dear Dwight I am stronger now and able to write you the full truth, and, before God, I mean to do it. The (Concluded on Page 2.) UP ON THE BANK CAVEMAN UNDERGO IF TALENTED WOMEN C MAV UIM DL"UADrvL PLAX PATTEKXED AFTER XO BEL PRIZES LAUNCHED. Object Is to Furnish Fund So Win ners May Undertake Bigger Tasks, Says Head or Association. i " . CHICAGO, March 6. A plan for rec ognition in America of noteworthy achievements of modern women by the bestowal of prizes similar to the Nobel prizes was outlined today by the Chi cago AVoman's Association of Com merce The plan will be. submitted for ac tion next June, when the biennial con vention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will be held here. "Our object will be not only, to give woman proper recognition for her work, but provide means to devote her entire attention to it," Mrs. Florence King, president of the Woman's Asso ciation, said. "We believe that women have not less initiative than men, but that it "has not been spurred on in tne proper way. "I am in favor of prizes from $10,000 to $40,000, which . would be enough to permit women to undertake bigger things. "We would recognize achievements in literature, music, arts, science, in ventions, movements to .promote world peace and the arts and crafts. Recog nltion would not be given except to real achievement." YAKIMA M00SEWILL MEET Successor to Chairman Peacock Is to Be Elected. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., March 5. (Special.) -V" successor to M. A. Pea cock, as chairman of the Yakima Coun ty Progressive committee, will be elected at a meeting of the committee called by him lor Monday evening. Mr. Peacock is a. candidate for the Pro gressive nomination for Representa tive in Congress and will devote his attention to his candidacy. At this meeting the question of putting a Pro gressive county ticket in the field will also be considered further. It is understood that an effort has been made in Progressive circles for some time to bring about an agree ment with Democratic leaders by which Progressives would support Democratic candidates for county of fices and Democrats would support the Progressive Congressional candidates. YOUTH AND AGE CELEBRATE Youngest and Oldest Members of ' Linn Bar Hold Birthdays. ALBANY, Or., March C. (Special.) The oldest and youngest members of the Linn County bar celebrated their birthdays today. They are J. J. Whit ney, 75 years old, and Mark V. Wenth erford, aged 28. Mr. Whitney has beon practicing law in Linn County for 48 years. He has represented Linn County in the State Legislature at various times and has served, also as County Judge of Linn County and District Attorney of the Third Judicial District: Mr. Weather ford is a graduate of the Oregon Agri cultural College and tha law depart ment of the University of Michigan. Both are prominent Democrats. Mrs. Weatherford also celebrated her natal day SALOON TOUR IS OMITTED Chief of Police lief uses to Escort Woman Canvassing for Home. VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Finley, who is soliciting funds for the Home for Orphan Boys and Girls, of Kugene, Or., today in timated to Lee Brotton, Chief of Police, that he might assist her materially by accompanying her on a tour through the 20 or more saloons in Vancouver, saying that the town marshal of Springfield, Or., had been kind enough to assist her in this way. Chief Brotton refused, saying that it was out of his line. MANAGER PLAN IN FAVOR Eight of 15 Elected to Dratt Seattle Charter Have Preference. SEATTLE, Wash., March 5. Eight of the 15 freeholders elected last Tues day to frame a new charter for Se attle have expressed a preference for the city manager form of government, and it is likely that the charter will provide for it. It is hoped to hold the first meeting of the charter commis sion tomorrow. The new charter must be submitted to the City Council not later than May 12. APPLE TO BE ADVERTISEP Increased Consumption of Fruit Is Object of Xcw Organization. NEW YORK, March 5. The Apple Advertisers' Association of America was organized here today to increase the consumption of apples, especially in foreign countries. Secretary Border said there are 3. 000,000 apple growers in the United States and the rapid increase of the crop made it necessary to find a wider market. LOG KILLS CAMP WORKER Luther' C. Haskell, of Gardiner, Is Victim Xear Marshficld. MARSH FIELD, Or., March 6. (Spe cial.) Luther C. Haskell, a resident of Gardiner, was killed today while sling ing rigging in Camp 4 of the Smith Powers Logging Company, on South Inlet. Haskell was about 30 years old and had been at work in the camp only a few days. His death occurred - when a heavy log rolled over him. It started without warning, . UGENIGS ASSAILED AS 0G SOUL Biologist Says Idea Is Not Large Enough. EMPHASIS ALL ON PHYSICAL Reconstructed Scheme Held to Have Possibilities of Good. BIRTHRATE IS OMINOUS Associate of Professor Koerber Dis agrees With Assertion That 3Ian Haj Xot Advanced Since Days of Cave-Dweller. BERKELEY, Cal.. March 5. A new attack on eugenics by a number of the faculty of the University of California, because, as now taught. It tends, in taking thought of the body of man, to leave out of account his soul, is con tained in a lecture on "The Probabili ties of Good and the Possibilities of Harm In Eugenics," delivered by Pro fessor William E. Ritter. head of the Scripps Institute- for Biological Re search, and published today. Ten days ago Professor A. I Koreb er, of the department of anthropology, said that 99 per cent of that which is commonly attributed to heredity was merely a matter of individual or Na tional environment and that although civilization had advanced, men had stood still for untold thousands of years and probably would remain al ways the same. vr I.lne of Attack Adopted. Professor Ritter's angle of attack is different. "To extend the bounds of reason." he says, "into the realm of emotion and passion does not mean the supplanting of emotion and pas sion by reason. Affairs of the heart are as primal,, as powerful, as essen tial, as independent as those of the head. It is not a question of suppress ing sex Instinct or of subordinating it to reason. It is a question of making the individual man larger and more complete. "Beware of eugenic doctrine, tho spirit of which is largely that of man's lower physical nature, whoso knowl edge and faith in mankind" are more secure as touching his germ cells than as touching his mind and morals. Eu genic science which is not large enough to encompass the whole of man's nature is not large enough to pr.ss muster as sound biology." FnlllnK Birth Rate Ominous. A reconstructed scheme of eugenics, however. Professor RHter was willing to believe might aid in arresting omi nous prooet-ses of racial decay. For instance, there was everywhere apparent a falling birth rate. Those portions of society which tended to reproduce themselves most rapidy might be said to be the least intelli gent and lowest. Thus we were con fronted with the phenomenon of multi plication at the lower end of the hu man scale and decrease at the upper end. he said. In part these conditions had been brought about by the influence of ra tional action or. the course of instinct ive propagation, he added. How, then, escape the conclusion that tlio cure also lay in the sphere of reason? Hnn Progressing Racially. Professor Ritter disagreed with Pro fessor Koreber that man had not ad vanced since the times of the cave dweller. "Man as represented at his best in America and Europe," he said, "has actually progressed racially above the level reached in any other age. "Judged thus, I believe we are ra cially and evolutionary superior to the Greeks and Romans." DYING MOTHER CONFESSES Bellingham, Wash., Girl Asks Au thorities to Find Father. Believing that her father, Gus Ebert, from whom she was kidnaped when she was two years old,' is a resident of Portland, Miss Martha Ebert. a young woman of Bellingham, Wash., has written City Auditor Barbur, asking him to try to find the father. Miss Ebert says she was always told by her mother that her father was dead. The mother on her death-bed con fessed that such was not the case and that Instead he was in Portland. The dying mother said in her confession that many years ago she kidnaped Miss Martha and since then the father has not known her whereabouts. PLAYWRIGHT'S INCOME BIG George Broadhurst Averages $102,- 000 a Year by Writing- NEW YORK, March 5. The rewards for a successful playwright were re vealed in court today by George Broad hurst, whose wife is suing him for separation. Mr. Broadhurst said that his annual income from his plays dur ing the last two years had averaged $102,000. During the last seven years he hud earned $342,000. On the strength of this declaration the playwright was ordered to allow his wife $10,000 a year pending the trial of her suit.