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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY. yOVE31BEK 30, 1913. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. VOL. LII--Q- , . i t i i POTS AND KETTLES NEW BUDGET" PLAN WILL BE PROPOSED EDUCATOR DEFENDS SHERIFF INVITES PATRICK 10 FIGHT NOT STAR'S DOOM STUDY OF CLASSICS RICH MEN TO BID SIGNED BY SUNDAY BLANCHE BATES TO STAY ON PHRASE "PREPARATION FOR SICKLES' RELIC SALE NOT TO GO BY DEFAULT. STAGE, SATS HUSBAND LIFE" HELD TO BE STALE. ARMISTICE MAY BE CONVENTION HEARS WRONG PLATFORM FO RICE i l S 0. K. Davis Says Com mittee Knew. SHEETS SHIFTED -IN ERROR Version Given Out Later One Meant for Delegates. ADOPTION' ' IS MISTAKE .Moose Leader Declares Professor McCarthy's Plank Was Plainly Inadequate and Not Fit to Be Adopted. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. (Special.) Oscar King Davis, who was head of the publicity bureau of the Roosevelt Pro gressive party, a close friend of Colonel Roosevelt and George "W. Perkins, and was the man who worked Inside the committee on resolutions and handled the report of the committee, said today that the explanation of the changes made in the Roosevelt Progressive platform after its adoption by the con vention was simple. "During the time the resolution com mittee was in session, a good many dif ferent planks were submitted to it." said Mr. Davis. "The different sub committees of the resolution committee were busy at work considering planks on the different subjects. The resolu tion committee worked for two days and two nights getting up the platform. It did not finish its work until after the time the convention was ready to nomi nate candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. Speeches Made Out of Order. "A rule had been made by the con vention providing for the adoption of the platform before the nomination of the candidate for President "When the convention reached the point where the nomination would have been In order an effort was made to get the conven tion to fake a rebels in order to give the resolutions committee time to re port. There was a good deal of oppo sition, and it was finally decided to per mit the nominating speeches to be made out of order, and that was done: The resolutions committee was notified of what was going on In the convention, and considerable pressure was brought upon it to hurry. The different planks were adopted by the sub-committees and then submitted to the full com mittee on resolutions, and finally, when the resolution committee passed upon all the subjects to be included in the platform, a resolution was adopted pro viding for a general revision of the whole platform. The sub-conjmlttee in charge of the trust plank hift adopted the resolution offered by Dr. Charles McCarthy, but in the final revision that plank was stricken out. Slip "t Flmt Overlooked. "The other plank which It is now charged was added to the plank on commercial development' was adopted by the sub-committee having it in charge and by the full committee. The different planks were written upon square slips of paper and in gathering tip the slips In a turry to get to the convention the slip containing the par agraph which it is asserted was added was overlooked. The committee worked under great pressure, and to that fact are due the two mistakes. The Mc Carthy draft 'on the Sherman law, which had been stricken out by the full committee, was retained, and the plank which embodied a statement taken from a speech by Colonel Roose velt and which had been adopted by the committee, was omitted. "The platform was read to the con vention by mistake in that form. I had the original sheets, handed me by William Draper Lewis, dean of the Pennsylvania school', and I took the platform in that form to the different press associations in Chicago. McCarthy Plank Incomplete. "The resolution committee struck out the McCarthy plank because it at tempted to give a catalogue of offenses under the Sherman act. but enumerated only a few of them. It was decided that by remaining silent on thb other offenses the convention would place Itself in the position of stamping the offenses not mentioned as legalized. "The whole trouble can be traced to the egotism of Dr. McCarthy. In his pride of authorship he attempted to make a sensation out of nothing. It is known by all familiar with the facts that the McCarthy plank slipped in by mistake, and that the other plank on commercial development which was adopted by the committee was omitted by error in the draft submitted. That is all there is to it." Hood River Promotes Debating. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) In order to promote an Interest In the art of public speaking and de bating the student body of the Hood River High School has voted to ap propriate a fund for the purchase of a large silver cup, on which will be en graved the names of those who ha.ve been proficient in this art. The cup will be kept as a record and each year new names will be added to the list. The students are taking an active in terest in debating this year and a strong squad will be put into the field to try for honors In the state debating league. George Creel Vows "Golden Girl' Shall Quit Footlights Only When She's Good and Ready. NEW TORK, Nov. 29. (Special.) "Why should I why should any man ..... i . ..tlr tn ask a woman Iiae my " t a life of pots and kettles Just because she does me the honor to marry me?1 said George Creel, who married Blanche Bates yesterday, wnen aou n lasco star would quai ine i8 ... . i RtAsre when one win icnic . ' - - she gets good and ready, and her mar riage will have nothing whatever to do with It. She makes more money than I make or ever hope to make. "Thank heaven, I could always take - . . -Y. wonted TT1S tO. bUt all care oi oer ia o.io ., . . my life has been a battle for the free dom and Independence of women. How inconsistent it would be for me to ask a woman to give up ner i""' . . v. eAiftwhl-v male! I IQaepenueuLu " want my life to be a living stream, not a backwater, and the only way to at tain this Ideal In any marriage is for i 1 (1 li-M na 1 the man ana woman to t-., ..-... a tnr the as wen as common wife to be economically Independent of tne nusoana. STREET ORATOR ANSWERED Father O'Hara Cheered by Crowd After Socialist Yields Soap Box. "If all I say ain't true, why don't some parson get up here and answer me? I ll let him have a say." And with that, a Socialist orator, who had for saken the usual diatribes of the party for blasphemous and seditious utter ances ' against God and the country, paused for the half-hearted applause that came from a crowd of men at Sev enth and vVashington streets Thanks giving night. In reply there stepped forth "a par mrn in fart a tiriest of the Roman Catholic Church, Fat.. ;r E. V. O'Hara. "I will answer your questions, saia he. quietly but with effect. instantly the crowd made way for him and he mounted the soap box. Right from the start he blamed them for attacking religion. "Why don t you quit tnat ana cun-.-,.i.. tn xncial lmDrovements and laws for the amelioration of the working classes? Such a law, tor in stance, as I myself am fighting for, the minimum wage bill? "But you won't have it. You say you .or,f ravnintinn. fThis in answer to a cry from the deposed orator.) No won der you are opposed to the ;.:urca. you are opposed to government. Our church, the Catholic Church, believes i nh.iilAnrA tn one's country and tne officials that are in power, even if we think them mistaken." And for 20 minutes Father O'Hara held forth on that soap box until he had the undivided attention of his hearers, and at the close received cor dial applause. CAT V0YAGES IN STATE Don Dal, Persian Chinchilla, Has Stateroom All to Himself. cnaTnv ' Vnv 29. fRnecial.) The steamer Cambrian reached Ijere today from London with a distinguished pas senger, Don Dal, a Persian cmncniua cat. Don Dal had a stateroom all to him self on the passage. Don Dal recently was winner of three first and two special prizes at -the cat show in Eng land and oa December 16 will be ex hibited at a specialty show in the ball room of the Plaza Hotel, rew iora. oy Mrs George B. Brayton, of Brighton, who bought him. "MOVIES" MISLEAD YOUTH Highway Robber, Specializing .In Autos, Traces Inspiration. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29. Moving-picture shows caused his downfall, acr cording to Cornelius Hadsaacker, a youth who pleaded guilty today to highway robbery. The "movies," according to the pris oner, showed him "how easy it was done." and he deserted the ranch for the highway, where he made a special ty of holding up automobiles. Judge Willis announced that he would pass sentence on the young robber next Fr. day. LITERARY TEST PROPOSED Immigrants May Have to "Brush Up" Under Law Considered. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. The pass age of legislation prescribing a literary test for prospective immigrants into the United States by both House and Senate at the coming session of Con gress was predicted today by Represen. tative Burnett, of Alabama, chairman of the House immigration commission. Representative Burnett declared that he had been assured of enough votes In the House to pass the measure and that there was little opposition in the Senate. Echo Women Plan to Vote. ECHO, Or., Nov. 29. .(Special.) The women of Echo will have an opportun ity to exercise their right of franchise at the city election which is to be held here next Tuesday. The women have already held a public meeting and are taking an active Interest in the muni cipal affairs. Testerday the Women of Needle Craft, a club of eight, enter tained their families at a Thanks giving dinner at the living apartments of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. George. Twenty, four guests were present and a five course dinner was served. Sherley Runs Counter to Taft Men. COMMITTEE-OF 30 PROPOSED Henry Thinks Number Is Too Large for Comfort. . HOUSE JEALOUS OF POWERS Kentnckian Lets It Be Known No Usurpation of Right to Collect and Expend Government Funds Will Be Tolerated. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. A revolu tionary change in the entire fiscal scheme of the Government Is projected In a resolution to be pressed in the House at the coming session by Rep resentative Sherley, of Kentucky, the third ranking Democrat on the House appropriations committee. Representative Sherley's resolution contemplates the creation of a budget committee In the House,, which shall have original Jurisdiction over all es timates for annual expenditures and shall allot Jo the various appropria tion committees of the House the amounts available for the various branches of the Government Bervice. Every effort will be made to have the measure operative with the advent of the new Democratic Administration, Mr. Sherley said today. , Plan Counter to Tart's. The resolution will run counter to the budget proposals of President Taft, which will be submitted to Congress in a short message Just before the holi days. The President contemplates a general budget scheme by which the estimates of the various departments will be submitted. to the House In bulk, with a general statement of the coun try's financial condition. Chairman Henry, of the rules com mittee, said he was in sympathy with too purposes ci the Shtr'ey resolution and that he believed favorable action by the committee on the resolution or one along similar lines could be se cured at the coming session. The resolution would create a com mittee consisting of the chairman and ranking minority members of each of 'the House committees handling appro priation bills, the chairman and rank ing minority members of the ways and means committee and the chairman and rankins minority members of the rules committee. ' "I believe this plan will be worked (Concluded on Pape 2.) ' , "AND" OTHERS." , I I . i T j I " - j - i'i - - ." 3&ryvp.tT . , tm . i . ...!. ....till "To Make Modern Ears Sensitive to Music of Bygone Ages" Said to Be Noble Achievement. CHICAGO, Nov. 29. A defense of the classics as a necessary part of educa tion was made today by President Scott, of the National Council of Teachers of English In convention here. ' "To make modern ears sensitive to the music of bygone ages," said Presi dent Scott, "will never cease to be one of the noblest of the teachers' functions. When we abandon that hard task for the easy appeal to current superficial Interests we rob the stu dent of about the bet gift it is ours to bestow. "The phrases "preparation for life' and 'relation to life' have been sd ban died about of late that they have be come stale and unprofitable" contin ued the speaker. "Eating and drink ing and running a typewriter and sell ing stocks and bonds and shoveling snow off the front walks what are these? "la this the life for which our cost ly system of education is to proide? If so, life means simply keeping our selves alive, and our teachers are ex travagantly overpaid. A little chloro form would achieve a better result at a fraction of the cost." ZAPATA EXECUTES ENVOY Rebel Leader Carries Out Threat and ' Kills Peace Messenger. MEXICO CITT, Nov. 29. Emiliano Zapata, the insurgent leader, carrying out a recent threat that he would put to death any additional peace envoys sent by the government to treat with him, a few days ago passed the sen tence of death on two men who had approached him on behalf of the gov ernment, according to news received here today from Excuatla, Morelos. One of the men was shot. The other es caped. A dispatch to the Imparcial from Vera Crua says that W. W. Canada, the American Consul, has informed the cor respondent of the Imparcial that the United States battleships '' Kansas, Michigan, Vermont and South Carolina soon will visit Vera Crua. The news has caused apprehension here, as it is considered unusual that naval visits of courtesy should be in such strength. MARYLAND COLLEGE BURNS Agricultural and Mechanical Institu tion in Flames. WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Fire to night Is threatening the destruction of the Maryland Agricultural and Mechan ical College at College Park. Md., near here. Two buildings are reported to have been burned and at midnight the flames were not under contrbl. Two engines have been sent to the scene by the Washington department. Turks and Allies Con tinue Negotiations. PEACE PLANS' SCOPE VAGUE Two Divisions of Sultan's Re serves Surrender. DIFFICULTIES ARE SEEN Troops on Ship En Route to Gallipoll Must Be Disposed Of In Event Armistice Is Arranged Before Arrival. LONDON, Nov. 29. Constantinople reports tonight the probability that a fortnight's armistice will be signed by Sunday by the peace plenipotentiaries who are negotiating for a cessation of hostilities between the Turks and the allies. From the Bulgarian side there has been no news today concerning the peace negotiations, except the vague statement that they are making satis factory progress. Extent of Armistice Not Shown. Nothing has transpired as to whether the proposed armistice will have any effect upon the wholo field of war op erations or only the Tchatalja lines. The news received today of the sur render of two divisions of Turkish re serves to the Bulgarians in the neigh borhood of Demotica, after severe fighting, shows there are still large iso lated bodies of Turkish troops unac counted for which must be considered in arranging an armistice. The allies are said to have large numbers of men who are proceeding on the Greek trans ports from the Gulf of Saloniki, either to the Gallipoll Peninsula or to Join the allies' army at Tchatalja. Troops on Ships to Be Considered. No news has been received concern ing these transports and Jhe disposal f the men they carry in event an ar mistice is arranged would present some difficulty. Although It is not safe to assume that an armistice is in sight, the fact that the negotiations continue and ap parently no time limit has been fixed as to the duration of the existing sus pension of hostilities, tends toward the belief that a peaceable solution of the trouble is approaching. There were no fresh developments today concerning the proposed confer ence between the powers on the Balkan situation or concerning the dispute be- (Concluded on Page 2 ' "Men of Your Standing," Says Har burger to J. P. Morgan, "Will Not Let Chance Go By." NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Seventy-five of the city's wealthiest men were invited today by Sheriff Harburger to appear at the Fifth avenue home of General Daniel E. Sickles, octogenarian Civil War veteran, December 4. and make bids at an auction on the General's personal property. The sale has been ordered to satisfy a 5000 Judgment. "I believe that men of your stand ing will see to it that the General's property is not sacrificed at this sale," wrote the Sheriff In a letter to J. P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Vincent As tor, John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rock efeller, Jr., William K. Vanderbilt, John D. Archbold, Chauncy M. Depew and others. Bric-a-brac, historical relics, an tiques, rare books and other valuable articles whloh have been in the Sickles family for generations will be sold. NEW LAWS ANNOUNCED West to Sign Suffrage Proclamation Written by.3Irs. Dunlway. SALEM, Or., Nov. 29. (Special.) With the exception of the woman's suf frage amendment, all of the bills and amendments passed at the'last election were proclaimed as laws today by Gov ernor West. The canvassers' official abstracts were finally completed by Secretary Olcott and immediately the proclamations were issued. The proc lamation covering ihe woman suffrage amendment will be turned over to Gov ernor West in Portland tomorrow In the handwriting of Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway before it becomes a part of the archives of the state, and the ex ecutive will sign it to make it legal. The bills and amendments to pass be sides woman suffrage are: Repeal of county tax amendment, freight rate bill, household exemption bill, Malarkey bill, banking amendment, state road debt limitation, county road debt limi tation, state convict road bill, county prisoner road bill and eight-hour bill. GANGSTERS COMING WEST "The Shine," "Pork Chops" and "Little Bennie" En Route to Coast. SALT LAKE CITT, Nov. 29. To the exodus from New York City following the convictions in the Rosenthal mur der case. Salt Lake City detectives at tribute the presence in Salt Lake City at various times within the last two weeks of no fewer than 15 members of East Side gangs that were brought under fire at the trial of Police Lieu tenant Charles Becker and the "gun men." Although few of the visitors have registered, former visitors in New York say they have recognized "The Shine," "Pork Chops," "Little Bennie" and other well-known East Side char acters. Most of the travelers have passed on toward the Pacific Coast, but others are known to have obtained employment here. T. R. TO ATTEND MEETING Dixon Says Colonel Will Aid Pro gressives In Planning Work. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Senator Dixon, chairman of the Progressive National committee, who has just re turned from a visit to Oyster Bay, said today that Colonel Roosevelt would at tend the National conference of Pro gressive leaders to be held in Chicago on December 10 and 11. Dixon also ex pressed the opinion that Governor John son would attend. He announced that there would be a eeting of the executive committee of the National committee on December 9. Senator Dixon said he had received many letters from Progressives, and he felt assured of a large attendance of representative men from the various states. The conference, he said, would be devoted largely to devising ways and means for carrying on the work or or ganization during the next four years. TROOPS DRjVE ELK BACK Blank Cartridge Battle Waged to Save Herd From Huntsmen. LIVINGSTON, Mont, NOV. 29. To prevent a recurrence of last season s ilaughter of elk. United States troops from Fort Yellowstone are now en gaged in a three-day battle along the boundary lines of the Yellowstone na tional Park. The echoes of the hills are contin allv awakened by the firing of blank cartridges in an effort to head off the elk herd, which because of heavy snow early today are trying to cross the bor ders into the lowlands where hordes of hunters are In waiting. The season closes December 10. LONDON POLICE BAFFLED In Face of Warnings Suffragettes Again Destroy Malls. LONDON, Nov. 29. Despite the close watch which had been inaugurated by the police, suffragettes again tonight destroyed the contents of various mail boxes by pouring chemicals Into them. They even invaded the general postof flces, where acids were placed in sev eral boxes. In some of the financial sections where the contents of the mall recep tacles are always . valuable numerous pieces of mall were destroyed. Validity of Will Once Set Aside Is Issue. $1,000,000 IN FEES INVOLVED Trusteeship, Not Actual Money, Is ex-Prisoner's Claim. FORGERY CHARGE DROPPED Man Thrice Sentenced to Death tot Murder Seeks to Obtain Control of $12,000,000 Legacy- of Once Alleged Victim. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. (Special.) Albert T. Patrick, thrice sentenced to death on conviction of the murder of William Marsh Rice, an aged million aire, will begin a fight to get control of the Rice millions through contesting of the will, on a charge of forging which he was indicted, coincident with his Indictment for murder. . He spent his first day out of the prison following his pardon by Gover nor DIx in conference with his attor ney. W. M. K. Olcott, preparing for this fight, which he' expects will give lilm control of more than $12,000,000 and executor's fees estimated at close to $1,000,000. Legal Procedure Undecided. When asked the direct question whether he proposed to contest the will which was formally probated, Patrick answered that that was a matter for legal determination. "When we get ready to act along that line," commented Mr. Olcott, "we will make no announcement, but will file our suits in the proper manner. I want to say, however, that Mr. Patrick never thought he was entitled to tho Rice millions and he has never and will never lay a claim to them." "I was merely a trustee," Interposed Patrick. - "He was a trustee," continued the lawyer, "under the terms of a secret trust." "Why," said Patrick. "Four and a half million dollars of the Rice mil lions have been dissipated under the pretense that it was necessary to pay for my prosecution, while, as a mat ter of fact, the City of New York paid all Just and necessary expenses. The books at Houston, Tex., will show that. Wife Looks I p Records. "Two years ago my wife went to Houston and engaged a lawyer to get affidavits and, because he espoused my ' cause, he was shot down by a police man. They said he was shot for re sisting arrest, but ho was shot from the other side of the street. "Who is at the -head of the con spiracy?" he was asked. After thinking for a moment Patrick answered: "James A. Baker, Jr., of Houston, Tex., was president of a cor poration known as the " Rice Institu tion for the Education of White Per sons of Houston. Upon Rice's death this institution was to receive $200,000 in trust. The trustees were to serve with out compensation. Rice had even se lected the site for the building. Then he became involved in litigation with his wife, who asserted that under the Texas law she was entitled to share in his estate and also maintained that he was a resident of Texas. Upon her deathbed she made a will bequeathing $2,000,000 of her share of Rice's es tate to her relatives. The will was probated and Rice returned to New York and contended that lie was a resi dent of this state. Second Will Is on File. "I was called into conference with Rice." resumed Patrick, "who said to me that he believed there were efforts on foot to swindlo him and I accord ingly prepared a will for him and under his direction. This is the will that I offered for probute and which was re jected, but has been on file in the Sur rogate Court ever since. "The falsity of the charge that the second Rice will was a forgery," Pat rick said, "was borne out by the fact that the indictments for forgery and perjury against him and David Short and Morris Meyers, witnesses to the will, were dismissed by District At torney Whitman, after Jerome had failed to press them. "Today," Patrick went on, "there is not a charge against me and despite the cloud once placed upon them both. Short and Meyers are prosperous. There have been frquent statements that these signatures of Rice's were super imposed on each other, but I-want to deny that now. These signatures were all different, although each naturally resembled the others." Livestock in County Few. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 29. (Spe cial.) In proportion to the population the Hood River Valley has a smaller amount of livestock than any other r community In the State of Oregon, or perhaps for a rural community in the United States. The summary of the tax list Just completed by County As sessor WIckham shows 149S horses In the valley, cattle 89, sheep and goats 49, swine and dogs 403. The total val uation of the county property, exclud ing that of railroads and public service corporations, is $9,335,652. Six thou sand, one hundred and fifty-five acrea of tillable orchard land Is valued at $6,025,115. 105.5v