THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1913. .TtiiiBiiitw'rTmnif' !),ajMII!IBuaJWWiiMini ew wha yon omy 1 MERGING OF ROADS BILLS IS PROBABLE i . Dieasiire the I Flood of Measures at Olympia Causes Legislatures to Fear Unwise Acts. LOBBYISTS TO BE BARRED Scnnte Overwhelmingly Votes to Es tablish Sjrteni of Testing Weights and Measures Freak Bills Showered Again. OLYMPIA, Wub, Jan. 18. (Special.) Merging of the numerous schemes for road extensions and improvements now before the Washington Legislature into one general plan, which can be carried out with the money which will be avail able during the next two years, will be attempted by a sub-committee of the Bouse and Senate committees on roads and bridges. The committee was ap pointed today, when it became appare .t that the flood of road measures would result in unwise and possibly unfair ap propriations of money unless a general plant of procedure was established which would give all parts of the state an equal chance. At meetings of the House and Sen ate committees so far there has been a general clamor from all parts of the state for new roads. Road bills have become so numerous and there have been so many different schemes for the extension of the state roads in troduced that both roads committees seemed to be facing difficulties which could not be overcome. I nhh-vf Mta Barred Out. The sub-committee will investigate . i .M-niltlnn. ami re- mo various f - port back to the Joint roads committees as soon as possiDie. inciuueu m m. im port will be a bill covering all the road appropriations and the road extensions and improvements to be made. The sub-committee will hold execu tive sessions, only admitting such per sons as are desired for information. This course will be taken to prevent lobbyists who are working for the various roads from taking up the time of the committee, and bringing about . i j-m .fmllflr tn thnt which a lanBio " , . has been brought about in the Joint roads commuiee meeuuiss . i -A . 1. 1 . ! m a neia up i-1' nno ......... . . . ; 1 1 ..-fan fhnt the road 11 13 PIBU'WIJ "v " ; - funds for- the next two years will be materially lncreasea. bdbu eu.uuo.".o i i in hnth the Senate uavo ween .-.t th. House, and have found that there is a strong sentiment in favor of i -i .. i.rv Tt 1 n be- tne increiiacu ivau , j . lleved the plan of increasing the state highway tuna irom a huh i - in hair nnA the rjermanent 111(11 .nil ....... - - highway fund from a mill to two mills and a half will carry In both branches of the Legislature, ana win uirei wm the approval of Governor jisier. A...!. Pitoti Sealer. By an overwhelming vote the State Senate today passed a bill providing for the establishment of a state depart ment to carry out a comprehensive sys - ' t..t!nif w.f-ht. nn.i measures. II III L IC.IIHB " -' " - The bill provides for the appointment ol a state Beater i -vw " J deputies in each county of the state at salaries to be fixed by the Boards of . pnmmfi.inn.rs. Senator Jack son, author of the bill, declared that the people of Washington are paying an annual tribute of more than J1.000.0UO to bogus scales and weights and meas- i .v.... . .t.t. (t.nartment to check these instruments would result in a saving of a large part oi una. . . i. -nAaBi.t-A wn naastd a xsciure mo !..- " futile attempt was made to indefinitely postpone it. The bill went through by vote of 29 to 9. The Senate passed a bill creating the county of Cook out of a part of Klick itat County. It was the original inten tion to name the new county vVhite Sal mon, but the change was maae no re quest of Senators who live in the new county ww. The name Cook is In honor or Cap tain H. C. COOK, a veteran Hum.'." and the United States engineer who planned the Cascade Locks. . . . 1 t . H r n Tl"Tl a hill 1 II C nulla. i. ..... j ....... providing for the abolition of gowns worn by Superior Court Judges. The vote followed a general fuss, in which Charoberlln of Whitman County ravorea abolition, and others favored continu ance of the gowns. l miia showered Aaaln. wn - .i ! .i van received from the Oregon Legislature, one asking the Washington Legislature m uioiuui .... . . l. .Inn. t n nrnt.nl ml- gratory birds, and the other providing for the Doming oi a muai mim. propose an amendment to the Consti tution of the United States prohibiting polygamy, i u c y ww. ic""iu " mlttees. . .... , , c- - flhnwrrl with freak bills again today. Among them being the following: A. i 1 1 DT . l " Hunters to wear red shirts so that they can fce seen ana uibihi w hills. A bill by the same committee, requiring hunters to make doubly sure before hoot ing Bt a mark or object that the. object is not a human being. Accidental shooting is made punni". m ...i . . A bill by nine Senators, making it possible ICT Dwnu. j - - ploy prisoners on mails and pay the families ox sucn pnwuci. ...rv m A bill by McCoy, requiring automobiles to stop before crushing rauroaa iratw. this afternoon In the House chamber for the following late members of the present and past Washington Legisla tures: Representative S. J. Appleman: Senator John A. Whalley. Representa tive R. D. Shutt, Senator J. R. Kinnear. Representative Wallace Stuart and Thomas Hayton, a member of the con stitutional convention. ni LI. MOOSE MTST TELL WHY Olrnipia Committee Probes Motive of I'ruposed Wharfage Probe. m.YliriA. Wash.. Jan. 58. (Special.) That Hull Moose members of the Washington Legislature are to be given full opportunity to show their motive in getting behind a Joint resolution by Houser, a Progressive, calling tor an investigation of ownership of wharfage property In cities on Puget Sound was demonstrated today when a compre hensive investigation was begun by a rommlttce of Republicans and Demo crats appointed to investigate the mo tive beh.'nd the resolution. The committee summoned representa. tives of the corporations controlling the dock property and many others and went into the situation In detail. The hearing probably will continue all day tomorrow. The committee was appointed ny Speaker Taylor at a time last week when the Bull Moosers were fighting their hardest to force the resolution through the House calling for a leg islative investigation of the ownership ciuestlon. Republican and Democratic members, believing the move to be "grandstand play" on the part of the progressives, halted the proceedings V i c.tnir mnt won m, The Victrola brings into your home all that is best in music. It satisfies every musical taste and will nrove a constant de light to every member of the family. CJ It is always ready to entertain the unexpected visitor as well as to furnish music for the afternoon teas and to provide many pleasant evenings. q Visit our Victor Department today and select the style you like best. If you wish, we'll arrange terms to suit your conven ience, so that you can enjoy the instrument while paying for it. J With prices ranging from $15 to easily own a Victrola. Steinway and Other Pianos "J I,-, . i imrnm-ir- it'TTTV If T'-T'"TTMW',WT'M'!',II'MMM!I'!I'J and appointed a committee to investi gate the motives. If they are not ulterior, the investi gation of the dock property will be or dered. Among witnesses examined today were: C. E. Remsberg and Robert Bridges, members of the Seattle Port Commission; J. C. Marlow. ex-chairman of Commercial Waterway District No. n - l- Hi., t aa f.niihiin. chairman ot Commercial Waterway District No. if; W. Von Tanner, Aiiorney-ueueim, C. Townsend, office engineer of the Board of State Land Commissioners; O. O. Calderhead. statistician of the State Public Service Commission; J. E. Gail bralth. Gallbralth & Bacon Company; Wllmont H. Lilly and Frank Leckenby. of the Charles H. Lilly Company; J. "W. Quick and Charles Wyanders, repre senting the Northern Pacific Railway Company; A. G. Dunn, Ainsworth & Dunn; C. B. Lamont, Seattle Construc .i a. T-i.r.i m-L- Pnmnanv: B. F. Mor- HUU W . J .. gan. Coleman Dock Company; J. Mayden. Arlington uotit G Carroll. Schwabacher Dock & VV are house Company, and H. W. Hall. Virginia-Street Dock & Warehouse Com pany. .' BANKROBBERSRESISTED CLERK FREES BOUND HANDS AND OPEN'S FIRE. Dcsperat Encounter Follows At tempt in Thickly Populated Section of Edmonton. EDMONTON. Alberta, Jan. 28. One of the most daring bank robberies In the City of Edmonton was attempted at 15:30 this morning In tne most thick ly populated part of the city. Two masked men. with a coll of rope for binding the bank clerk, entered the bank of Nova Scotia and at the point of a gun demanded that the only per son in the building, a young ledger deeper named Clare West, throw up his hands. West, however, refused and a desperate struggle ensued. The rob bers finally bound West and then pro ceeded to the outer safe, which they rifled of a few dollars. West, in the meantime, managed so to loosen the cords as to K'L.h's re" volver and fired four shots. They re turned the lire, striking him in the forearm. The robbers escaped through a resr door. - RIGHT TO ESCAPE DENIED Federal Court Refuses John Grani Tyman Habeas Corpus. XcOMA. Wash., Jan. 28. United States Judge Cushman today refused to grant the application for a writ of habeas corpus asked by John Grant Lvman. formerly of Los Angeles, who alleges he is confined in McNeill s Island Prison for conspiring to do something he had a legal right to do. Lyman is serving 18 months for conspiring to es cape from the custody of the Federal Marshal of the Northern California IHitrict. following his arrest tn San Francisco on a charge of using the mails to defraud in Los Angeles. He demanded his release on the ground there is no Federal law against a prisoner trying to escape. Judge Cushman held that as he had Induced a Federal guard and a nurse to help htin in his flight from San Francisco, he had violated the con spiracy section of the criminal statutes. Lvman fled in an automobile from !an" Francisco and reached Roseburg. Or., before he was recaptured The Los Angeles charge Is still pending. The Alexandrian library, 274 B. C con tained JO0.0VO volume. - V ictrola OITOES H 4. in Morrison at ELECTION DAY PLAN Multnomah Senator Would Give People Chance. FAIR EXHIBIT NECESSITY Suitable Building at Punaiua-Pacific Exposition, Good Roads and Workmen's Compensation Acts Sought by Special Balloting. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 28. (Special.) To save the state pos sibly from seeing its hopes of a suit able building and a suitable exhibit at the Panama-Pacific exposition wrecked on the rocks of a referendum that will be voted on too late, and also to put into effect as early as possible laws, if passed, relative to good roads and workmen's compensation. Senator Day, of Multnomah County, is advocat ing a plan to hold a special election so that important legislation that Is sub mitted to the referendum may be voted on within five or six months from the time the Legislature adjourns. This plan he announced from the floor of the Senate today during the debate on the good roads bill which has been before that body. Following the meeting he said he Intends to place the plan In operation if he finds that the temper of the Leg islature Is with him. "Where Will Orrsoa Bet" "The Panama-Pacific Exposition ap propriation, no matter what it may be, will be submitted to the referendum. That the referendum will be invoked against it I have little doubt In event that it Is, where will Oregon be at the exposition? The appropriation would be tied up hand and foot until Novem ber, 1914, and even with the people o the state at large in favor of the ap propriation, a minor percentage of tno voters by signing petitions could de lay the passage of the appropriation act. "By the time the votes were countod, even if every person In Oregon voted In favor of the appropriation, Oregon would be without a building at the fair and it would then be so late that there would be little chance of Oregon being able to complete a suitable build ing or a suitable exhibit. "In addition to this, we have come to the Capitol to enact important leg islation. Aside from the fair appro priation, we are confronted by two great questions. One is to pass a law regulating workmen's compensation and the other is to pass some adequate, sensible and effective good roads leg islation. From the conflicting elements, which have, entered into all of the con troversies relating to these two legis lative proposals it is practically cer tain that no matter what kind of legis lation we enact the referendum will be lnvokjd. "What Will Be Result r "What will be the result? The work men's compensation act and the good roads laws which we pass will be de layed for two years when they should be decided earlier. If the people wish to vote upon them they should be given a chance. "But I believe by calling a special election within five or six months from the time the Legislature adjourns we will give the people of the state a suf ficient opportunity to discuss and study the measures, to vote Intelligently up on them and these important questions will be determined cace for all." Senator Day says he Intends to as- a fa with out $200 you can Sixth certain the sentiment of the Legisla ture on the plan that he proposes and if It is found that the sentiment it favorable immediate steps will be tak en toward providing for the calling of such a special election as he suggests. ASTORIA BACKS STATE "TJ" Woman's Reading Club Adopts Res olution to Aid Oregon School. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 28. (Special.) At Its meeting held yesterday the woman's Reading Club of Astoria adopted resolu tions, urging the Legislature to make adequate appropriations for the sup port of the State University. The resolu tions, copies of which are to be sent to the members of the Legislature, read as follows: Whereas. In view of the rapid industrial, political and social changes taking place In the United States especially In Oregon it Is indispensable that schoola and collegea should march with the general movement; and. since o all societies, a democracy like ours most needs the guidance of trained thought; and, tVhereaa, Oregon etands nnenvlably at tne foot ot the list among the Northern states In the support ot Its Institutions of higher education; and. Whereas. The people voted down, on tne fifth of November, under a mistaken Im pulse of economy, a rational proposal. In the mlllage bill, not merely for the support of higher education, but for the harmonis ing and unifying of Its forces In the state; therefore, be it Resolved. That we, of the Oregon State Federation of Women's Clubs, representing 3000 voters of the State of Oregon, do here by petition the members ot the Oregon State Legislature to make adequate provision for the support of Its State University and to provide deliberative machinery for the Just and sound solution of the problems of the relations of the different Institutions of higher education. MUITNOMAH LAWYERS SPLIT New Justice of Peace or District Courts Cause Worry. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Jan. 28. (Special.) The Multnomah lawyers who are members of the Multnomah delegation of the Legislature are ap parently split on the question of whether to adopt the Upton bill pro viding for an additional Justice of the Peace or the measure Introduced at the request of Judge Bell, creating District Courts in Multnomah County. The bills were considered by the Multnomah delegation, which decided to turn them over to the lawyers of the delegation. Some favor the Dis trict Court bill, others the additional Justice of the Peace and some are not altogether satisfied with either bilL The Multnomah delegation also de cided today to recom.mmend the pass age ota bill requiring Multnomah County to take over the care of the bridges at Portland, but this at .the same time probably will give to the city the revenue from Jhe streetcar companies to assist in payment on bonds. IjABOK unions not one mind All Are Not Arrayed Against Work men's Compensation BilL STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or, Jan. 28. (Special.) That the labor unions are not solidly arrayed against the work men's compensation bill as framed by the Governor's Commission is Indicated by a letter received by A- J. Madsen. one of the labor members of the Com mission. It tells of the unanimous adoption of resolutions favoring the act, as pro posed by Portland local No. 87, Inter national Steam Engineers. Mr. Madsen Is a member of the Portland Longshore men's Union, whose members are back ing him in his work for the act as framed by the Commission. Increased Speed Opposed. STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or Jan. 28. (Special.) That there has been a tendency on the part of the railroads to reduce speeds ever. since the Titanic i mi miay into on Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly play any music you wish to hear. Victor-Victrolas $15 to $200 Victors, $10 to $100 Victor Talking Machine Company Camden, N. J. fii www m crrcvi y ? ( ! M disaster was a statement made by M. J. Buckley, assistant general manager of the O.-W. R. & N.. before a joint session of the transportation committee of the House and Senate Monday. The bill proposing to increase the speed of stock trains from an average of 12 to 14 miles an hour was under dis cussion, the railroad people opposing the bill. Other bills considered by the joint committees prescribe the use of electric headlights only, give the rail road commission power to eliminate grade crossings in the construction of new lines. HOWARD'S SUBSTITUTE LOSES Death Knell Tolls to Attempt to Re peal Rural School Law. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 28. (Special.) The final knell was tolled for any attempt to repeal the rural school supervisory law when the Senate by a vote of 19 to 8 voted today to postpone indefinitely Howard's substi tute House bill No. 12. The Dlmlck bill to' effect an out and out repeal of the law was Indefinitely postponed some time since by the Senate. The Howard House bill was then amended, making It practically optional with the counties as to whether they should retain rural supervisors. When a majority of district school boards i. tw n.HHnn th r.mmtv board to do away with the supervisors, then they woulo. be oone away wim, wo mo of the substitute bill. Dimlck led the fight to save the Howard bill, declaring he knew that Clackamas County does not want the supervisors and that the Legislature should aid that county or any other countv to be rid of them if it is. so desired. "This substitute bill is being opposea because It is out of harmony with the programme of the State School Su perintendent and out of harmony with the programme of the County School Superintendents," asserted Dimlck. Miller made a strong plea supporting the supervisory law, while he in turn was attacked by Neuner. Neuner brought up the fight that Miller made against the normal schools in a previous Legislature as evidence that Miller is not a friend of the schools. When the vote was taken eight Senators voted against indefinite post ponement of the bill, these eight being Burgess, Dimick. McColloch, Neuner. Patton, Smith (Coos), Stewart, Wood. Farrell and Hollis were absent. MI-LIi TO SHORTEN LONG SHIFT Eighteen Hours Opposed by Smith of Coos and Curry. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Jan. 28. (Special.) There will be no more 18 hour shifts worked in the Hawley mill at Oregon City, according to Senator Smith, of Coos and Curry, chairman of the industries committee, before which a hearing on the Dimick eight-hour bill was held last night. Chairman Smith said that he had received a long-distance telephone call today from George Pusey. manager of the mill, in which Puaey 'said that arrangements have been made so that the shift will be discontinued in the future. Chairman Smith strongly asserted last night that as long as he was a member of the Legislature he would not allow a continuation of the 18 hour shift and told Pusey that he should take steps to see that it is dis continued if he wished to avoid legisla tive wrath. . Vale Jury Acquits Slayer. VALE, Or, Jan. 28. 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