Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1913)
VOL. LIII NO. 16,318. PORTLAND, OREGON. Til I'RKDAY. MARCH 13, 1913. PRICE FITE CENTS. GOVERNOR VETOES BIG BRIDGE BILL Both Houses Today May Override Action. LAST DAY'S SESSION IS HERE Hope of Compromise Gets No Response From Lister. MESSAGE PLEADS ECONOMY Washington Executive Declares Leg. lslatnre Has Appropriated Already So Much Money, Increased j Tax lievj Is Necessary. OLYMFIA. Wash, March 12. (Spe cial) Declaring: that the Legislature "a already appropriated mo much money that an increased tax levy will be necessary In this state, and that the proposed Pacific Highway bridge over xne Columbia Elver between Portland and Vancouver, Wash., does not Justify a further Increase, Governor Lister to day vetoed the bill passed by the Leg islature last week appropriating $600, "AO for this state's share of the cost ef the proposed bridge. In a short veto message which was sent to the House the Governor explains that he recognizes the great advan tages the bridge would be to certain parts of the state and expressed the opinion that the site selected for the proposed structure la the proper one, but he says he does not feel that the expenditure at this time Is necessary or would be Justified. He points out that there Is at present between the two states a railroad bridge for the handling of trains and lhat the Vancouver ferry Is of suffi cient capacity to care for ordinary pas sengers and vehicle transportation at all seasons of the year. Check u Vote Is Made. No sooner had the message been read than the delegation from Southwestern Washington In both houses began to check up on the vote to determine the possibility of passing the bill over the head of the Governor. While It was found to be Impossible In the short time to ascertain how many votes can be secured, the delegation re ceived encouragement enough to ar range to try to override the Governor. Thia action will be taken in both houses tomorrow morning. Falling in this a bill,-' which was drafted by the bridge advocates tonight providing for an eighth mill annual levy, or S125.000 a year for four years, will be Introduced and an effort made to pass It up to the Governor. At tempts made tonight to get the Gov ernor to stato whether or not he would sign such a measure were of no avail, the Governor being non-committal on this as on all other measures which are pending. The new bill would raise the state's 1000.000 In four years Instead of In two years, as Is provided In the vetoed bill. It is believed that the proposed bill loulj be passed in both Houses and there Is likelihood. It Is thought, of the measure receiving favorable action by the chief executive. "It Is impossible to tell how much strength we can muster," said Repre sentative McCoy, of Vancouver, tonight. Tomorrow Is the last day of the ses sion and there naturally will be a wild rush of business. This may interfere with the vote. The busy sessions today have made it Impossible for us to check up the vote." "As to this new bill. I believe there Is no question about our being able to put it through both Houses before final adjournment tomorrow night. We figure that we at least have nothing to lose by trying out the new measure." The veto message reads as follows: Lister Explains Action. "To the Honorable the House of Rep resentatives of the State of Washing ton: "I herewith return substitute House bill No. 70 without my approval. This Is an act providing for an annual tax levy for the public highway fund, to be used for the purpose of constructing bridges In this state and between this state and adjoining states and making ai proprlatlons for the construction of the bridge across the Columbia River at Vancouver. Wash. "This bill provides for an annual levy of one-fourth mill upon each dollar of taxable property lli the state for the year 1913 and the year 1914 and the revenue derived would be approximate ly J500.000 for the Mennlum. "While recognizing the great advan tages to certain portions of the state, should such a bridge be constructed, I cannot but feel that the Increased levies necessary on account of the appropria tions already made during the present session of the Legislature are such that there is. In my opinion, not sufficient necessity or Justification for further adding to the taxes on the state the cost of this bridge at the present time. "The proper location for an interstate bridge connecting the States of Wash ington and Oregon is, without doubt, at Vancouver, the location fixed in this bill. There Is, however, at the present time a railroad bridge at that point and also a ferry of sufficient capacity .to care for ordinary passenger and vehicle transportation. This ferry can be used at all seasons of the year. "This bill Is therefore vetoed and re- (Concluded on Faxe A.Jt WOMEN FIX $10 AS HIGHEST HAT PRICE PORTLAND POLITICAJ, EQUAL ITY LEAGUE TAKES ACTIOS". Latest Styles Do "ot Make Fair Sex look Prettiest and Daintiest by Any Means, Says Mrs. Hidden. How much should a woman spend for a hat? Recently Corvallis clubwomen, in an swering the question, set IT as the proper limit. Not to exceed $10 is the answer of the Political Equality League, which, at Its session yesterday In the Eilers hall, indorsed In an Informal way a proposal made by Mrs. A. E. Clark to spnd.sot exceeding that figure for any hat. In calling attention to the subject of expensive millinery, Mrs. Clark said that she would pledge herself not to exceed f 10 for a hat. : Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, president of the league, said that she hoped the members of the organization would adopt the sugestlon and a' so endeavor to persuade other women to cut down on millinery. "I am not a believer in these late models in millinery and dress, said Mrs. Hidden, "and think that women. dressed up in the latest styles, are not the prettiest and daintiest, by any BRIEF WINTRY BLAST FELT Snow Flurry Gives Way to Sunshine In Portland 'Wednesday. As if to vindicate ths fast diminish ing reputation of the groundhog as a weather prophet. Winter returned to Portland and spent a few hours here yesterday morning, scattering over the streets a sift of fine snow, which how ever, melted as fast as it fell. On the Heights above the city, the snowfall was heavier and remained on the ground for some time. Before the afternoon was far ad vanced the Winter symptons however, began to diminish rapidly and late In the day the sun was out for some time and pedestrians began to transfer their overcoats to their arms once more. Forecaster Drake classified the snow yesterday as a "freak bit of weather" and predicts fair weather again today, or tomorrow. M'REYNOLDS CLOSES DOOR Office Seekers Compel Cabinet Mem ber to Work Overtime. WASHINGTON, March' 1. Office seekers- have pressed Attorney-General McReynoIds to the point where he has been obliged to order the Department of Justice closed to all visitors at 4:80 P. M.. Senators and representatives in cluded. Applicants for Federal Judgeships and United States attorneys, have been particularly active and their appeals have swamped the new Attorney-General. A continuously open door would consume his entire time. It was de clared, and therefore he was obliged to reserve the period after 4:80 for the transaction of Government business. HEREDITARY LORD DOOMED British Government Announces In tention to Adopt Bill. LONDON, March 12. In the course of the debate in the House of Commons to night Postmaster-General the Right Hon. IL L. Samuel Intimated that it was the intention of the government in the lifetime of the present Parliament to adopt a bill for the reform of the House of Lords. He said that the new second chamber would contain no vestige of the heredi tary principle and that under no cir cumstances would its absolute veto be restored. LEGISLATORS GET CANDY Cheney Normal Domestic Science De partment Shows Gratitude. SPOKANE, Wash.. March 12. (Spe cial.) The domestic science department of the Cheney Normal School with the help of the members of the faculty, worked until 3 o'clock this morning in making candy for the Legislators. A pound box of the sweets was sent to each Senator and Representative, with a large number of half-pound boxes for clerks, etc About 150 pounds were made In all. POPE TAKES NOURISHMENT Talking Becomes Possible Without' Increasing Cough. ROME. March 12. Pope Pius con tinues to improve in health slowly but steadily. The pontiff now takes nourishment. The irritation In the throat and bronchial tubes eased up and enabled the patient to talk with his sisters j and Monslgnor Giovanni Bressan. his secretary, today, without increasing his j cough. WILSON EXPECTS SALMON Senator Tells President of Gift of Pacific Coast Packers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 12. President Wilson expects to feast on Royal Chinook sal mon on Friday. lie was notified today by Senator Lane that the' Oregon. Washington. California Salmon Packers' Association had forwarded him a handsome fish, with the wish he have It served for dinner on Friday. Salmon day. REBEL GOVERNOR SUING FOR PEACE Uprising in Coahuila Has Collapsed. 0R0ZC0 IS MAKING TERMS Governorship of Chihuahua Is His Probable Reward. CROWDS ACCLAIM ARRIVAL Man Who for Year Defied Govern ment Received Like Conquering Hero in Capital Followers to Join Federals. MEXICO CIT5T. March 13. Surround ed by government troops, Venustlano Carranza, the rebel governor of Co ahuila, who refused to recognise the Huerta administration and . Initiated what appeared to be a formidable re volt. Is suing for peace, according to official reports. Carranza. Is deolared to have 2000 men. Manuel Garza Aldape, named as Min ister of Agriculture, who was sent north by the government to effect a reconciliation, has telegraphed l to President Huerta asking for a pardon for the rebellious Governor. Alberto Guajardo. commander of the rurales, who Joined the Carranza movement. Is reported officially to have surrendered. Orozro Greeted In Capital. Pascual Orozco, Jr., returned to the capital tonight and was greeted by the men who have been fighting him for a year. Orozco has signed no agreement of peace, but It Is expected he will do so. Suspicious regarding negotiations with others than the principals, ha had entered into only partial terms with the commissioners sent north by the government. Governorship to Be Reward. The final conferences regarding a peace settlement between Orozco and the government will be held this week, probably at the National palace. Orozco and his advisers will try to exact the best possible terms, but.it is believed that the revolution, so far as they are concerned. Is ended. Most of Orozco's army will Join the government forces, and it is regarded (Concluded on Page 2.) sinsi uiimini mi ii i i ii in sum wi nil i mills mi n in n Ji r " 1 v I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YES TFR DATS Maximum tmpxtr- 44 degrees; minimum. S3 degree. TODAY S Probably fair; northweetexiy winds. ToreiE-t. Friedmann hopes to ootala immunity from tuberculosis by means or vaccinal-. Pane 1. Carranza suing for peace in Mexico; Oroaoo making terms. Page 1. Adrtanoplo on point of capitulation. P&S 2. National. Extra session of Congress may fca delated week. Page 2. Suffragist testifies police captain used oath and rough treatment. -age 8. Oregon' Senators swamped with applications lor office. Page 6. Domestic. Chicago missionary tells how "society bur glar" stole his wife. Page C New York School Board refuses year's lear to teacher to bear child. Pago 4. Hobbles to be tighter than ever. Page 1. Governor Bulzer files formal charges . acainst Prisons Superintendent Clark. P&ge 0. Governor Sulxer and Tammany Leader JTur phy spilt. Pago 8. Underworld mocks Illinois vice Investiga tion. Page 1- Sport. Rube Marquard weds Blossom Seeley, vaude ville partner, and signs to play bail with Gianta Page 8. Williams looks over Beaver camp in search for material for Colts. Page 8, Multnomah will have four-team baseball league this rear. Page 9. Driscoll-Owens bout at Brooklyn smoker Is draw, page 9. Sir Thomas Lip ton's challenge for yacht race is declined. Page 9. Bob McAllister easily wins first profes sional fight. Page 9. Pacific Northwest. Coffey charges discrimination in telephone action brought in Olympia, Wash. Page 7. Governor opposes Federal aid In Columbia Southern project. Page T. Governor Lister vetoes Columbia River Bridge bill. Page 1. Piper minimum wage bill passes and goes on to Governor. Page 7. Henry murder trial begins at Albany. Page 6. Agricultural College Issues bulletin explain ing farm extension work. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Demand for new Oregon hops makes firm contract market. -Page 19. Wheat rallies at Chicago on big export sales. Page 19. First Hamburg-American ' steamer due in Portland April 12. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Councilman Baker turns rebuke Into plau dits. Page 12- Rose Festival fund workers report success. Page 12. Complete registration ty women may mean victory for parks. Page 13. Isaac Bloom commission merchant, shot and killed by ex-employe. Page 8. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Guy R. Porter marries Miss Clara Louise Fleishman. Page id. Council orders charter draft placed on bal lot May 3. Page 13. Press Club arranging Irish fete for St Patrick's day. Page 4. Municipal research bureau for Portland is favored. Page 14. OLD OFFENSE IS ADMITTED Snlzcr Appointee Says -He Paid Cli ents Less Than Their Due. ALBANY. N. Y March 12. Milton B, Glbbs, of Rochester, whom Governor Sulzer appointed a member of the State Hospital Commission, and who Is the only Executive appointee to an import ant position whom the Senate has con firmed, today admitted to the mem bers of the Senate finance committee that nine years ago he had paid three of his clients, plaintiffs In cases, less money than the amounts for which the defendants had settled the cases. NOT YET, BUT SOQN. FRIEDMANN HOPES TO FIND Physician Not Content With Cure Only. TEST ON BABES IS OUTLINED Montreal Society Hears Ad dress by Berlin Doctor. REMEDY PROVED HARMLESS Method of Obtaining Scrum De scribed Bacillus Injected Into Himself Before Being Re ceived by Patients. OTTAWA, Out.. March 12. Dr. Frled erlch F. Frledmann, of Berlin, discussed today before the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis his treatment for tuberculosis, the manner of its discovery and the precautions he took to insure its harmlessness. He said he had spent 3 years In research work to find a tuberculin that was not toxlo and virulent, and having- found It tried It first of all on himself. He discarded human tubercle bacilli, he said, after many experiments, be cause he feared the results were too dangerous. The end of his research came, he asserted, when he found a bacillus which originated in a cold blooded animal, the turtle, which bacil lus became a-virulent and a-toxlc after frequent transplantation. Remedy Declared Harmless. "When that condition was reached,' he said, "I Injected it into myself, then Into patients Infected with tuberculosis, then into healthy children In tubercular surroundings. I have found the rem edy Invariably harmless." Discussing tests of his vaccine as a preventive of tuberculosis. Dr. Fried mann In his address to the convention expressed the hope that this would be found to be the great use of hi; dlscov ery In the future. "I have, found this remedy harmless when I used it for patients ranging from earliest childhood to the most ad vanced age In all forms of application suboutaneously. Intramuscular and in travenouseven In big doses," said Dr. Frledmann, "and equally efficient in all forms of tuberculosis, pulmonary, bone, joint, glandular and skin. Aside from absolutely hopeless cases, whose fates were already sealed, the remedy (Concluded on Page 2.) HOBBLES WILL BE TIGHTER THAN EVER WOMEf MAT BIT EASILY BUT WILL BE AXKLK-BOCND. New Balloon Effect, Known as Radio-Empire, to Present New Extremes In Restricted Skirts. NEW YORK. March 12. (Special.) There will be room enough to sit down but hobbles win be tighter than ever. Is the decree from Paris brought to New York today by C. C. Kurtzmann, who arrived on North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II, after se curing an agreement with Paris mo distes to deliver their creations direct ly to New York lmnorters. "The latest from Paris creators of gowns." he said, "will carry hobble to extreme, for dresses will be much tighter at the ankles. They will be loose at the knees and hips, however. The new style Is known as Radio Empire." . The new balloon-effect gown, while compelling women to hop or slide, will permit them to sit down comfortably and without anything s breaking. Bare ly enough room Is left at the hem of the gown to permit of toddling. WHEELER ASSAILS "FRATS" University Head Says Societies Face Severe Overhauling. SAN FRANCISCO, March 12. (Spe cial.) University Greek letter fra ternities are not up to the standard set for such organizations by President Wheeler of the University of Cali fornia, In an article on "College Fra ternities, appearing In one of the unl verslty publications today. President Wheeler says: "The time will come, if It is not al ready here, when the Greek letter fra ternities of the country will be se verely overhauled and asked to give an account of their stewardship. "If these fraternities are to continue they must keep pace with the rapid de velopment of the American university; they must make themselves useful In terms of the university service to the public" SENATE SUSPENDS MEMBER Massachusetts Legislator Retorts That Conscience Is Clear. BOSTON, March 12. The State Sen ate suspended today Senator John J. McDevltt because of charges which he recently made that a member of the Legislature had attempted to bribe him.. A committee decided that his charges were without foundation. Be fore leaving the chamber McDevlt made a privilege speech to the effect that his conscience was clear. The suspension carried also a rep rimand to Senator McDevltt and a de mand for an apology from him. The Senator, however, abruptly left the chamber when he concluded his priv ileged address and could not be found' when an effort was made to recall him. Therefore, the sergeant-at-arms was instructed to require the presence of the Senator In the chamber, tomor row to hear read the reprimand and the demand that he apologize for hav ing having made his charges of at tempted bribery. SARAH BERNHARDT INJURED Actress In Auto Smashup but She Plays After Accident. LOS ANGELES, March 12. Sarah Bernhardt, the noted French actress, sustained painful but probably not se rious Injuries In an automobile acci dent Here tonight. She was on her way to Los Angeles from Venice for the night performance at a Los An geles theater, when the automobile In which she was riding collided with a heavy motor truck. The machine was wrecked and the actress suffered two wrenched ankles. a lacerated lip and bruises about the body. After receiving medical atten tion she insisted upon playing tonight, but her act was placed last on the vaudeville bill so that she could regain her composure after the shock of the accident. CHADWICK MAY BE CHOSEN Colfax Jurist Looms as Possibility for Federal Judgeship. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 12. S. J. Chad wick, of Colfax, Wash.. Is looming up as a can didate for the vacant Federal Judge ship in Western Washington. Geogra phy is the only thing agalnBt him. The fact that he is now on the State Su preme bench and has a good record has made a favorable impression on the Attorney-General, and be so said today to Helfner and Todd, who called to urge the appointment of W. Hickman Moore, of Seattle, as judge. The Attorney-General said no deci sion had been reached. WOMEN POLICE PROVIDED Xew York Bill Fixes Proposed Duties and Salaries. ALBANY. N. Y.. March 12. Author ity to appoint 20 patrolwomen or as many more as necessary is given the Police Commissioner of New York City in a bill Introduced In the State Leg islature today. The appointees would be between SO and 45 years old, would be uniformed and would do duty In dance halls, pub lic parks and moving picture shows or In regularly protecting women and children. They would draw the same salary as a male member of the force and would share in the police pension fund. T Illinois Senators Get Conflicting Advice. UNDERWORLD MOCKS EFFORTS "AH Hypocrites!" Writes One Who Has Had Experience. PARENTS ARE TAKING HAND Resignations Tendered by Workers as Result of Home Counsel Em ployers Promise Something ' Definite Later On. , CHICAGO. March 12. Reformers and the unreformed the Senatorial Vice Investigating Commission, and the women for whose moral downfall the Commission is trying to determine the causes differed today on the relation between low wages and low morality. Letters received by the Commission from women of the underworld mocked at the work which the, members are doing. One of these letters, signed K. R. L reads: "To the Commission Girls don't go wrong because they are hungry or be cause they need clothes. They go wrong because they are tempted by lies and overpowered by the evil in men. Tempters Too Much Trusted. "They listen to the pretty things the men tell them, and they fall because they think they can trust themselves and trust the tempters. It Is not the employer. I was a good girl and I worked In a store. I didn't get much money, but that didn't matter. I lived on S8 a week and would be living like that now but I met men. They seemed to consider me their prey, and all the time It was fight fight. They .wanted to be nice to me, they said, and take ma to the theater and treat me fair, and give me a chance to enjoy life. "I didn't know men were bad all bad where a girl is concerned. I thought only women were bad. I thought all a girl had to do to remain good was to be truthful with herself. God pity women who think that and who keep their trust in men until It is too late. Friends" to Be Avoided. , "Every day it was some one else always smiling at me always trying to give me a 'fair chance' to be happy. In the street they followed me. These I could avoid but the 'friends' who hung around. "That is the big, big secret of the thing that makes a good girl bad. It they had let me, be If they had only left me be only let me live as I want ed to, I wouldn't have had to slink Into the room when your Commission was trying to solve things, and wouldn't hare had to sit in a corner with my Veil down, afraid to look good women in the face." Another cry from the underworld echoed the words of the first letter. It was more bitter, though, and it read. In part: "STou're looking for the things that made such women as I. Low wages! Dance halls! Hunger! Cold! They all helped a bit, but they didn't turn the trick themselves. Girls Good If Men Are Good. "You're all a bunch of hypocrites, afraid to look the thing In the face and afraid to learn the truth. "I don't know any girls who sold themselves for money to buy bread or clothes, but I do know lots of us who hit the road for hell because a' lot of backguards kept hounding us with their rotten 'attentions.' God help the men and not us. We're all right when we start. All we. need Is to be lett alone. There are hundreds and hun dreds of kids and sports who hang around State street and wait like wolves for the tired girls to leave the stoves. "Why don't you make, the men be good? All the wages In the world won't help us. Make the men good and the girls will' bo good. Now. they haven't got a chance, and they never will as long as the law smiles at one and spits at another." This letter was signed with the Ini tials L. M. While these comments on the situa tion continued to pour in, the civic conscience, awakened by the Commis sion, bestirred Itself In the launching of committees and private investigat ing forces. In some stores numbers of girls ap proached their employers to demand higher wages. All were assured that they would be taken care of as soon as something definite had been agreed upon. Several resignations were tendered by girl employes as a result of parental advice. A mass meeting for ths dis cussion of "a living wage and a Sat urday half holiday" was scheduled by the Juvenile Protection Association, the Consumers' League and the Women's Trade Union for next Friday night. . COX FAVORS MIXIMCH WAGE Ohio Governor Also Approves Inquiry Into Work of Women. COLUMBUS. O., March 12. A bill In tended as a companion measure to ths (Concluded oa Face ) MEN WAGES BLAMED BY WOMEN