13 rrtTT! vnvryo (TREOONTAy. VEDXESDAT. APRIL 10, 1913. ANTI-SUFFRAGIST ARGUMENT DENIED Legal Opinion Secured Shows Ballot Will Not Cause Loss of Dower Right. OREGON CAMPAIGN WAGED fro if rase Workrn Prepare to Knler tain Mrs La Kollrue Here. Opponents Plan to Carry on Fight Through State. The argument that the entranchlse mtnt of women would forfeit for them their dor rights, which It has ben (aid the antl-uff racists would use In tnrir rampilgn against equal suffrage, is drnied In a number of leftal opinions that have ben received br the Kqiul Suffraan Campaign Committee of the Portland Woman's Club. . lawyers who have not lrn writ ten opinions have expressed themselves verbally that the dower right argu ment la void, and have consented to prepare written opinions. Among the opinions rnelved is one from D. Sons Cohen and another from A. E. Clark. "rn my opinion the suffrage amend ment, if carried, would only add to th lesal rights of women, and not in any wv detrsrt therefrom." said Mr. Cohen. "Tho principle upon which the right of dower is based Is. In my opin ion, in no manner connected with the suffrage question, and If I am cor rect, the adoption of the suffrage amendment will in no way legally interfere- with the marriage relation as at present established In our com munity." Matete Caveraa Riaal. Mr. Clark, in his opinion, says: 'Dower rights possessed by married women are created by statute and de pond for their existence solely upon statutory provisions. Thev bear no possible, relation to the right, or ab sence of the right, to vot. Clearly, therefore. the adoption of the proposed amendment would in no wise affect or impair dower rights." The anti-suffragists are quie-tly lay ing the ground work for a campaign In opposition to th suffragists. Sev eral committee meetings have already been hold, but a general meeting of anti-suffragists will be held next Fri day afternoon, at o'clock, in the com. uiittee room of the Multnomah Hotel, to lav the ground work of their side of the battle.' IMscusslons will not be participated in at i this meeting, and only the work of organization will be taken up. It Is proposed to make ar rangements for organising anti-suffrage societies all over the state. In order to ascertain the opinion on the suffrage question among the wo men, the Equal Suffrage Campaign Committee of the Portland Woman a Club la asking all women who favor suffrage to register at the headquar ters, at SO Kothrhlld Building. A Imllar plan also may be adopted by the Plate Central Committee of the National Equal Suffrage League. It Is announced that those registering will not be requested to do campaign work, contribute money, or otherwise sslst In the suffrage work, unless they freely offer to do so. Big Rra-lntrattoB Kxpeeted. It Is believed that many women favoring suffrage will register, and :hls circumstance will be used to re fute the argument that women do not want to vote. The suggestion was nade yesterday at a meeting of the Woman's Club committee by Mrs. Grace Kos Watt, and was adopted. The suffragists are now centering .heir efforts on the luncheon and din ner to be given to Mrs. Robert La 'ollette. who. with her husband. is cheiuled to arrive over the O.-W. R. N. next Sunday at IJ:45. Fhe Is tudltnr of the National Association. The full details for her reception have -lot yet been made, although she will likely give a public address during her 4tay. She will be met at the station ny suffrage workers from the different ;lubs. Vonday at 1 P. M. she will be t guest at a luncheon at the Port and Motel, given by the Woman's "!ub campaign committee and the Portland Equal Suffrage League. A ;eneral invitation to all suffragists to ittend the luncheon has been tendered. fter the luncheon Mrs. La Follette ill give a reception in the hotel par iora. A plan is now being arranged by women suffragists to have suffrage workers at the various towns through which she will pass after she has Tossed the Oregon line, accord Mrs. La Follette receptions. At LaGrande. here the party w ill make an hour's step, arrangements are already being made for extending courtesies to Mrs. La Follette by suffragists. Other places where she probably will be creeted are Pendleton, which has a arge and enthusiastic suffrage con tingent. The Dalles. Mosier and Hood litver. MeMlaaWlle t lob Aetlve. A stirring resolution. Indorsing equal suffrage, was received yester day by the Woman's Club committee from the Civic Improvement Club of Mr.Mtnnville. Word has been received hy the Campaign Committee of the Portland Woman's Club that Miss Helen Varlch Roswell. chairman of the Social and Industrial Conditions department of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs, and Miss Mary Wood. vlce r halt-man of the same committee, both of New Tork. will visit Portland next July on their return from the bien nial meeting of the Federation In San Francisco. They probably will remain irrtril days and speak at a number -f public meetings. PERSONALMENTION. H I- Harris, a Kelso merchant, is at turn Oregon. H E. Moore, a Dufur horseman. Is at '.::e Perkins. Judge F. J. Taylor, of Astoria. Is at the Imperial. J. H. 5utthofT. a Seattle contractor, is at the Oregon. Fred R'ibel. a merchant of Rosrburg. 1 at the Perkins. Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles, i at the Imperial. R. R. Wallace, of Albany. Is regis, .ered at the Oregon. A. C. Goodrich, a Tarnhlll merchant a at the Multnomah. J. II. Wright, a Hood River orchard st. is at the Multnomah. A. W. Norbltd. City Attorney of As orla. Is at the Imperial. II. E- Taber. a Seattle contractor, is -rglstered at the Bowers. . j w. Parks. Mayor of Aberdeen, is rrs'iftered at the Imperial. -James fire. k. a broker of Seattle, ts -ccistercd at the Car!t..n. L. A. Luomts. a pioneer vt .ulttl h. is registered at the Imperial, i Beac from Nahcotta. j r- r- Mrftowan. of S arrendaie. I is registered at the Bowers. Mrs Minnie Washburn, ot tus'ne. Is registered at the Carlton. J. E. Staufer, a Payette contractor. Is registered at the Oregon. Frank Rowell. a, merchant of Scholia, ts registered at the Perkins. Joseph J. Floyd, a banker of Dallas. Texas, Is at the Multnomah. Frank Ritchie, a merchant of Olex. is registered at the Perkins. F. R. Culbertson. a banker of Spo kane, Is at the .Multnomah. E. R. Saulsbury. a Boise merchant. Is registered at the Imperial. W. A. Schaffner, a- Hood River or chardlst. is at the Cornelius. W. II. Mody, a stockman of Shaniko. Is registered at the Portland. .. L. p. Tolman, an lnsuranre adjuster of Seattle, is at the Portland. P. J. Clifford, a mining man of Butte. Is registered at the Cornelius. Irving Newkoff. a capitalist of Kan aas City. Mo , is at the Bowers. H. H. Scovll, a manufacturer of San Francisco, Is at the Tortland. F. C. Laurie, a retired capitalist of A WHIM. COVTVTV NATIVE DAIOHTER WII.I. BB LAID TO REST IUD.ll. The funeral of the late Mrs. Louisa C. Lewis, member of a Yamhill County pioneer family who died Monday at St. Vincent's Hospital, will be held this after noon at 1:30 o'clock from St. Da vid's Episcopal Church. Friends desiring to view the body may do so at Holman's chapel until t o'clock. Interment will be made in Lone Fir Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis was one of the first children born In Yamhill County. Her mother was Mrs. Rachel Hall, one of the survivors of the Whitman massa cre In 1M7. Mrs. Hall afterwards married Robert Beer, a Mexican war veteran. Mrs. Lewis was their My child and was well known among the early residents of the Lower Willamette Valley. She was the wife of the late L. J. Lewis, one of the founders ot the Willamette Iron Works. Quebec, is at the Carlton, with his family. Thomas J. Flavin, postoff Ice Inspector of Spokane, is at the Portland. John P. O'Brien, a Mcdford business man. Is registered at the Perkins. H. B. Brooks, an Iron manufacturer of New York, is at the Multnomah. W. L. Benham, a railroad contractor of Salem, is registered at the Portland. John H. Simpson, a hardware mer chant of Albany, Is at the Multnomah. Louis Burke and Mrs. Hurke. are now making their home at the Carlton. Mrs. L. B. Chambers, of Fort Co lumbia, Is registered at the Cornelius. R. A. Booth, a prominent mlllman of Eugene, is registered at the Imperial. BOXES TO BE AUCTIONED SEATS FOR SOCIETY PLAY GO . TO BEST BIDDEHS. Proceeds Will Be Added lo lunil to Provide Home for lYuit and Flower Mission. How much am I bill for this pros cenium box? Remember the cause; re member the cast." will be heard at the Hrlllg Theater at noon tomorrow, when Frank B. Itlley disposes of the boxes for the society play. "The Campus Mouser." which will be put on in this city for the benefit of the Fruit and Flower Mission.. The first rehearsal was 1 held last night in the Bungalow Theater, which has been secured for Miss Grace Ger r'sh. of Minneapolis, the author and director of the play, to train her ac tors for the coming entertainment. Oth er rehearsals will be held tonight and Saturday night, and the full selection of the cast probably will be completed by the latter date. The Fruit and Flower Mission is an organisation which cares for little children of working mothers, who have no other place In which to leave them In careful hands whtle away at their work, or when they are ill. The funds which will be secured from the produc tion of "The Campus Mouser" will be applied to securing a permanent home for the organisation in a suitable build ing. The kindliness with which the peo ple of Portland respond to the call of the auctioneer, when the funds are to go to an organisation In which they are Interested, was shown In the auction of scats held by the Ad Club for the night of Its play at the Hellig. when the bidding on single box -a ran close about the hundred mark In many rases. Members and friends of the Fruit and Flower Mission hope to see Mr. Riley greeted with a similarly substantial and enthusiastic response, when he mounts the rostrum tomorrow to dis pose of the boxes upon the selling price of which, dependa largely the degree of success they are to atta'n In this ef fort to secure a home for the organiza. tlon. TACOMANS INDORSE TAFT Ilooevell .Men Tnable lo Blork Vote on Resolution. TACOMA. April 9. The Republican ronnty committee Indorsed President Taft'a Administration and candidacy for renomtnatlon by a vote of S to IJ. The resolution was adopted after an hour's debate and the effort of the Roosevelt men to prevent a vote. The committee set the date of the primaries for May . and the county convention for .Mm)- II. to elect dele gates to the stale convention. ;; , ; mfy . ' l VTa' ' ' - t T PROSECUTOR DAVIS SCORES PRISONER Burt Hicks Portrayed as Cold Blooded Murderer in Lengthy Argument. EVIDENCE IS ATTACKED TaotU-s of Plcketer Held to Have Been Injected Into Cae tov Blind Jurors and Cover l'p Main Issue. Denouncing the defendant at inter vals as a cold-blooded murderer. Special Prosecutor Davis yesterday occupied the entire day in the opening argument for the state before tne jury, wnicrt is to decide the fate of Burt Hicks, charged with first degree murder for the killing of W. A. Wortman. John F. Logan will open for the de fense at 9 o'clock this morning and will be followed by Dan Malarkey. who will present the concluding arguments on behalf of the defendant. Deputy Dis trict Attorney Fitzgerald will close for the prosecution. Judge Gatens will hold a night session this evening in order that the case may get to the Jury. Frequently throughout his address Mr. Davis declared emphatically that he was not In the case for the purpose of convicting Hlcks at all odds, but to assist In bringing to justice a man guilty of a heinous crime against so ciety. He had consented to take part In the prosecution, he insisted, only at ter he had made Investigation and ar rived at a conclusion that Hlcks was gulltv and merited punishment. He reiterated that he was fighting for a principle and not financial recompense. Attorary Offers Apology. The private prosecutor reminded the Jury that he had previously had very little experience In the trial of criminal cases and apologised for any slips that he may have made. The trend of his entire speech Indicated a fear on his part that the Jury would acqiut Hlcks on "general principles," and he de voted a great deal of his energy to Im pressing upon the men in the box that they had sworn to try the case ac cording to the law and evidence. He warned the Jurors that they would be traitors to the trust Imposed In them if they allowed themselves to be In fluenced by the public sentiment in favor of the defendant. The attorney argued that the evidence proved conclusively that ' Hlcks had made un his mind to teach the picketed machinists a lesson by killing one of their number at the first opportunity. Hicks he said, had been led astray by his associates of the United Metal Trades Association, and made to be lieve that he was a man of great promi nence in the community. He. referred sarcastically to the membership of Al bert Smith, chairman of the Oregon branch of that organisation and mana ger of the Smith & Watson Iron Works, in the Arlington Club. Evldeare la Reviewed. The special prosecutor reviewed the evidence of a great many of the wit nesses for the state and defense, es pecially that of O. B. Raser and John Vetruba, pickets, and H. L. Born, a clerk in the furniture store of Geisler Dorres, who were eye witnesses of the shooting. He argued that Raser and Votruha had told the truth when they said that Hlcks was the aggressor in the fight, .and Born when he declared that Wortman was two feet away from the muzzle of Hlcka' revolver and striv ing to get away when the shot was fired. Bom's statement relative to the positions of the two men when Hlcks pulled the trigger of the pistol was con firmed by the other two. Mr. Davis referred to the evidence introduced by the defense relative to the tactics of plcketers as "dust" and 'chaff" which, he declared, had been injected (into the trial of the case for the purrlose of prejudicing the Jurors and leading their minds away from the main Issue. C'oateatloa of the Defease Belittled. He belittled the contention of the de fense that Hlcks was apprehensive of great bodily harm, as a result of the acts of violence and rough language of the strikers, declaring that the dirty remark made by Hlcks practically In the midst of a score of plcketers a few minutes before the shooting, was posi tive proof to the contrary. Mr Davis made a great play on the fact that Hlcks testified he said after the shooting, when accused of being a murderer, "1 am not; your pickets can't beat me up, while all other witnesses declared the remarks was, "I am not; he insulted me; he called me a scab herder." Festival Chorus to Meet Monday. At the regular rehearsal of the Rosa Festival musical chorus, at Taylor street Methodist Church. Monday night. It was voted that Inasmuch as many choirs have been Interested In the prep aration of Easter music, one more op portunity will be given to unite with the chorus, next Monday evening. All over 1 yeara of age. Irrespective of denominational affiliations, who can read and sing music, are eligible. New Orleans expscts to be the center of the richest country Id ths world when the plans for reclaiming the extremely fertile lands In thst redan are carried out. The highest point of woman' hap piness la reached oulr throa.h moth erhood. Yet the mother-to-be often fearful of nature's ordeal and brinks from the suffering Incident to Its con summation. In Mother's Friend is to be found a medicine of great value to every expectant mother. It is Intended to prepare the system for the crisis, and thus relieve, in great part, the suffering through which the mother usually passes. The regular use of Mother's Friend will repay any mother in the comfort it affords before, and the helpful restoration to health and strength it brings about after baby comes. Mother's Friend is for sale at drug stores. Avnte ror our free book for expectant mothers which contains much valuable infor mation. IKADFIXL0 REGULATOR CO.. Allaata. Ca. FRE TAX ON ALL BOATS URGED COL-OKADO 3IAX PROPOSES BILL TO IMPROVE WATERWAYS. Owner of All Kinds of Craft May Be Compelled to Contribute Stated Sum Yearly to Government. OREGONIAJJ NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April 9. (Special.) Every ves sel, whether it be freight, passenger or pleasure boat, plying: the waters of the United Slates, will be subjected to an annual Government tax If Congress passes a bill Introduced by Representa tive John A. Martin of Colorado, and Intended to make the navigable water ways of this country self-sustaining that is, pay for their own Improvement. The bill proposes that this tax shall first be levied January 1, 1914. . Representative Martin, who -hails from a state having no navigable streams within its borders. Is a believer In heavy tolls at Panama. Not only would he require vessels using the Panama Canal to pay the cost of op 3pecasi Slightly Used Talking Machines We have a few slightly used Talking Machines, taken in as part pay ment toward a Victor Victrola, Edison Amberola or Columbia Grafonola all thoroughly overhauled by our expert, that we wish to sell at once. Any reasonable terms accepted.. Twelve latest records of any make free with each outfit. $200 Machine.... $145 $35 Outfit $19.75 $150 Outfit $100 $25 Outfit $15.00 $ 75 Outfit. $ 52 $20 Outfit $12.50 $ 50 Outfit $ 32 $15 Outfit $ 8.00 If vou are thinking of getting a Talking Machine Outfit, do not delay any longer. The chance of a lifetime awaits you at Graves Music Co. Ill 4th St. TeL A or M. 1433. 'Talking- Machine Headquarters S. S. BEAR Sails 9 A. Daylight ride doKn the Columbia. S hours to Kan rranrtseo. FARE INCLUDING San Hranrisco -i.. Los Angeles, 52. $21.50, Two days sightseeing at San rranetsco witn meals and Berth free en route to Los Angeles Ticket Office, 142 3d Street STREE CAR S TO AND FROM Eastmoreland SPECIAL FREE CARS LEAVE CORNER OF FIRST AND ALDER - AS FOLLOWS Every Day in the Week includ ing Saturday and Sunday Saturdays 10 A. M. 1, 2.30 & 4.00 P. M. Sundays 11 A. M., 2.30, 3.30, & 4.30 P. M. BEGINNING WEDNESDAY APRIL THE 10th eration, but the cost of construction as well. Satisfied that heavy tolls are not likely to be imposed by Congress, he has brought forward this new scheme of his own to make vessels using riv ers, habrors, bays or other waterways. Improved in whole or in part by the United States Government, repay the expenditure made by the Federal Gov ernment for their Improvement. And he exempts from this proposed tax only rowboats and canoes and city-owned ferries. So radical a departure from the past custom in this country Is proposed by the Martin bill that It hardly will re ceive full and final consideration at the present session. However, there are others besides Martin who look with favor upon the proposition of taxing vessels using waterways improved at Government expense, and sooner or later this bill will be pressed for con sideration.. The Martin bill proposed to. take away from the Army Engineers much of their present supervisory power over American waterways, and vest It In a commission - of three members, to be known as the Waterways Commission. The three members of this commission are to be appointed by the President, for six-year terms, and are to receive annual salaries of $10.000 each. Carousal V.mdn In Death. HILLSBORO. Or.. April 9. (Special.) .1 Sale M. , Friday, April 12 BERTH AND MEALS g) ,'. $10, $12, $15 iTJs $6.00 10. $12. $15 Class $23.50, $26.50 i. $11.35 Phones, Main 2605, A 1402 T EMVIC 2.30 William Alexander Gourley, aged 60 years, was found dead Saturday, a mile northeast of Beaverton. Gourley had been dead for a week from all Indica tions, and was found by the 9-year-old son of W. F. Desinger, of Beaverton. By his side were found a half-gallon ifmtjohn. a quart ' bottle and a small PORTLAND Q7 nil LOS ANGELES lOl .Ull AND RETURN VIA Fares open to all stop-overs in each direction. (0 SU N S ET I (OGDEN&SHASTAI I I I ROUTES J I On account of the Annual Pilgrimage of the Nobles of the Mystic Shriue, to be held at Los Angfles from May 4. to 12, the above low round-trip fare has been made, by the S. P., open to all. Call on C. P. Stinger, City Ticket Agent, for reservations, further information, or write to JOHN M. SCOTT, ''.' General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. The Time to Start Is Now Not Next Month, Not Next Pay Day, Not Tomorrow But Now. If you have a dollar you oan get along without save it. The start, however small, is the main thing. Small accounts are just as welcome as large ones in our bank. - We pay 4 per cent interest, compounded twice a year, on savings. A handsome pocket savings bank is loaned free. Merchants Savings & Trust Company "The Home for Savings." Open Saturday Evenings From 6 to 8. WATCH FOR PHOTO CONTEST COME ON ALONG TO EASTMORELAND P.M. flask of whisky, and about one-quarter of the contents had been drank from each. llulnth Flax Market. DL'UUH, Minn., April 9. Close: Unseed) in store, on track and to arrive. Msyi 2.1rt hid: July. $2.12Vi. T O THE Sale Dates April 30, May 2, 3, 4. Return limit 60 days from date of sale. 5k 5 37.90