FUGITIVE FAMILY WEST PICKS WOMAN FOR 3000 POSITION YOUNG WOMAN SLATED FOR $3000-A-YEAR POSITION AS GOVERNOR'S SECRETARY, AND OTHER PROSPECTIVE APPOINTEES. EXCLUSIVE AGENTS for a B. CORSETS EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR C B. CORSETS OF SIX ARRESTED cMerdnandiso of cJ Merit Ony Father and 5 Children Taken in Connection With Whole sale Swindle. Governor Names Miss Fern Hobbs Private Secretary to Succeed Watson. GIRLS HELD AS WITNESSES PAY HIGHEST AMONG SEX Son of Antonio SIuslco Tries to Shoot Self When " Taken From Steamer En Route to Panama. $98,000 in Bills Found. Salary Sot Exceeded by Any Woman in Service or States or National Government; Watson Cbosen for "Blue Sky" Job. t 4 A-uv:.i.,;;.3f - -f i ' ' y ' r' jf ey -rvv'"1 ' - - ' '--v SALEM, Or.. March 19. (Special.) Ralph A- Watson, private secretary to the Governor, will become corporation commissioner under the blue sky act passed by the last Legislature, accord Ins to a prospective appointment an nounced by Governor West today. "Watson will succeed C. D. Babcock, who has acted as corporation com mtssloner under the old law since Se& retary Oleott took; the office of Secre tary of State. Miss Fern Hobbs. chief clerk to the Governor, will become private secre' tary to the Governor, and Miss Mathilda Eckerlen. who for many years bas acted as a stenographer in the execu tive offices, will become the Governor's chief clerk. The salary of corporation commis sioner under the blue sky act is J3000 a vear. the same as the salary of the private secretary to the Governor as fixed by an act of the recent legisia ture. The anoolntment will become eltec five June S. What will become of Babcock has not been announced, al though It is whispered as a possibility that he may become a member of the Workmen's Compensation Commission. Miss Hobbs' Honor SljcnaL Mlss Hobbs will be the first woman private secretary of a Governor in the history of the state actually to hold the office, although some women have served temporarily in that capacity. Fhe has been chief clerk In the Gov ernor's office since the beginning of the administration, coming here from Portland. She orlrtnallv secured the appoint ment through the recommendation of Secretary Oleott before he became fceo- retary of State. She was at one time private secretary to J. Thorburn Ross and during the probe Into the affairs of the bank with which Ross was con nected Oleott and Miss Hobbs became acquainted. He was appointed to ex pert the books of the bank for the state by Governor Chamberlain. When the Governor desired to se cure a chief clerk Oleott recommended her and ber work has been so efficient that the Governor decided to reward her with the position that will make her the highest salaried woman In the employ of the state. Mint Employe's Pay Equalled. Not only will Miss Hobbs be the highest salaried woman in public em ploy In Oregon, but It Is probable she will be one of the highest salaried women In publlo employment In the United States. Comparatively recent news dispatches stated that the highest salaried woman paid by the Federal Government Is an employe in con nection with the mint, who receives $3000 annually, the same salary as that which will be received by Miss Hobbs. It is doubtful If there Is any other woman In the United States who Is em ployed by a state that Is given an equal to this salary and Miss Hobbs will receive an amount annually equal to that received by the best-paid woman In the service of the Federal Government. Miss Eckerlen, who becomes chief clerk to succeed Miss Hobbs, was In the employ of Governors Chamberlain, Benson and Bowerman as well as Gov ernor West. She probably has the dis tinction of working under more Gov ernors and Acting Governors than any other person, as she was also employed when President Selling of the 8tate Penate was Acting Governor for a day and when Secretary Oleott has been Acting Governor on a number of oc casions. Appoiatmeat ! Surprise The news of the appointment of Wat son came as a sudden surprise. The salary Is no different under the new position than it was under the old position as private secretary. But Wat son has been engaged In studying law at Willamette University here and the new position will give him an op portunity to delve Into the corpora tion phase of It in a practical manner. Watson was formerly a Portland and Pendleton newspaper man and had a large hand In the management of Gov ernor West's campaign. Under the old law the corporation department was a branch of the office of Secretary of State and the corpora tion clerk was named by that official. Under the new law the department is made a separate part of the state gov ernment and the appointment of the commissioner vests In the Governor. OOMMISSIOX CHOICES SOOX Governor Considers Men to Enforce Compensation Act. SALEM. Or, March 1. (Special. Muoh speculation Is rife as to who will be the members of the Industrial Ac cident Commission to be named under the workmen's compensation act passed by the last Legislature. Appointments of this commission fall with the Gov ernor and he has practically stated that they will be made the latter part of this week. Speculation has hit upon R- A, Harris, State Printing Expert, as one of the members of the commission. If the Governor makes the selection from the members of the commission who framed the act, A. T. Buxton, of Forest Grove; A. M. Smith, of Port land, and W. A. Marshall, of Portland, are considered as the most likely three. The name of C. D. Babooes, has been frequently mentioned today since the change was made In the lineup of the corporation commissioner. Some suggestion has been made that Harvey Beckwlth. of Portland, who recently resigned as the head of the Wells-Fargo offices there, may be placed on the compensation commission. Among other names that . have been mentioned is that of J. H. Cradlebaugh, city editor ot the Salem Capital Journal. T. A. Rlnehsrt. state land agent, has also been nuested as a possibility. McKeynolds Makes No Promises. OREGON'lAX .NEWS BUREAU. Wash, lngton, March 19. Charles D. Fullen and W. H. Merrit had a conference to day with Attorney-General McReynolds to recommend the appointment of J. T. Ronald, of Seattle, as Federal Judge in Western Washington. They received no promises. Grants Pass Man Kills Self. GRANTS PASS, Or, March 19. (Spe cial.) Louis A. Heberlie committed suicide today by hanging himself In a shed at the rear of the house. He at tempted to end his Ufa last May by slashing his throat. He had lived In Grants Pass JO year" , ''-1' . T "x V i J -t- s ,,v; ,i.aBSusr war. ia us 1 AW" f, - fc 1 ii Hiiilimii'i'l ABOVF. MISS KERX HOBBS, WHO WILL II B SECRETARY TO GOV ERNOR; BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT, C. D. BABCOCK, WHO MAY BE M IDE MEMBER OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION; MISS MATHILDA ECKERLEN, TO BE GOVERNOR'S CHIEF CLERK, AND RALPH A. WATSON. TO BE CORPORATION COMMISSIONER. 400 BEG FOR SERUM Crowd Hems In Friedmann's Auto, Pleading for Aid. RESERVES OPEN PATHWAY Government Physicians Watch Ger man Administer- Vaccine Dr. Blue to Make Report of Results of Treatment Tomorrow. Twirttxr vntjir Varch 19. Four hun dred men and women hemmed In the automobile of Dr. F. F. Frledmann this afternoon, begging him to treat them . . .. i. i .... prti. rmwA surround ed the German physician outside the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Dis eases, and a scjuaa 01 poirce had to be called to make a path for him to the hospital door. mi i i ail norl, nf the United States gathered at Mount Slnal Hospital earlier In the day to watch PruriTninn administer his vaccine. but admission was refused them. The only other medical men ai ine cimiv were three representatives of the Gov ernment, at whose request other physl- :lans wre exciuaea. . n.u- v. ii.i iiVinr1t1s evnlained that the Government physicians feared . v. ..nn.r. nf tha cllnio mo I''" ' would be made before they presented tneir oinciai reyon w menC Dr. Frledmann. It was said, had not made anv reauest to have the others excluded. Fifteen patients were ireaiea Mount Slnal Hospital. After the one of the Government physicians, lelt lor vi asningion, w a u - geon-Qeneral Blue, of the United States T...W.I- t i i . u l.rtnn ITnanltal I UU11U iirnjlii uu Service, will issue a bulletin Friday re garding the Frieamann vaccina ua results of Its use on patients here. r i: I . . n ntan, f rt trut 20 CUfll of bona and knee tuberculosis toroor- TKAW BILL IS DEFEATED STEW YORK REFUSES TO CURB SOTED PATIENT. Supporter of Measure Says Courts Are Made Laughing Stock by Young Man In Matteawan. ALBANY, N. March 19. The As- emblv today, by a vote of 45 to su. defeated the proposed amendment to the habeas corpus law designed to meet the case of Harry K. Thaw. The bill. Introduced. at the request of Attorney- General Carmody, provides that, a final order in a habeas corpus proceeding shall be conclusive evidence at any subseouent proceeding involving tne detention of the same persons, and that only new evidence as to the petitioners sanity may be introduced. The measure stirred up a spirited debate. Assmblyman Cuvilller, sup porting It, said: "It Is a wen-known fact that Harry K. Thaw has made the courts of the. state a laughing stock. Thaw with his money through this and that dis tinguished attorney has been applying to the courts year In and year out to get relief. He Is going to use the courts all he can. Tire them out if possible. It now becomes a case of the state's money against the Thaw money." Opposition to the bill - was based generally on the ground that It was unconstitutional. STUDENTS 0N VACATION All Willamette "V" Colleges, but e, Take Easter Recreation. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or, March 19. (Special.) The Wil lamette University Colleges, with the exception of law and medicine, have finished their work and are enjoying an Easter vacation. All college work in these departments closed at noon on Wednesday and will be resumed again on ThuVsday, March 27, giving the students a week of recreation. Athletic activities wlfl be quiet dur ing vacation time, as all baseball and track work will be suspended until the reopening of school. As several base ball games axe to be played early In April, hard work will be the athletic order of things as soon as the students return. The most Important early game Is that with the University of Oregon, Saturday, April 12, upon the Willamette field. A little later a return game is to be played with the State University at Eugene. Two games are also listed, one at home, one away, with the Ag ricultural College team and the Mult nomah Athletic Club, of Portland. MR. - MATTH1EU IMPROVES Dr. Hamilton Says Pioneer's Condi tlon Is Encouraging. The report of the condition of F. X. Mattbieu, as given out by his physician. Dr. W. B. Hamilton, late last night. Is encouraging, as Mr. Matthleu was slightly better. Dr. Hamilton would not say that the 94-year-old pioneer of historical fame was out of danger, but he Is hoping that his patient will continue to do as well as he has toward reoovery. Ohehalls to Be Beautified. CHEHALIS, Wash, March 19. (Spo claL) The Chehalls Women's Civic Im provement Club was represented at yesterday's city commission meeting. A cleanup of the city was urged, and enactment of a garbage ordinance. The city and club will work Jointly for civic betterment. Discussion of pro posed sanitary ordinances will be held soon. A measure prohibiting dogs be Ing at large Is contemplated. NEW ORLEANS, March 19. Six of the Muslca family, of New York, three n mdi. momhfr, of which are charged with defrauding European and American banners, were arromou here today on the steamer Herldia, 1 A -Danamn Tn 1h. MotllCS Of Antonio Muslca and his three sons. George, Arthur and miiip. tne ponce found J80.000 In currency, and from the corset of Grace Muslca, a daughter, (18,000 In large bills was extracted. Grace and her sister, Louise, are held as material witnesses. When the party was being taken frnm (h, wharf to the central police station the elder Muslca tried to get a revolver from fnmp, ana vara n uo tective interfered the young man ex claimed: "No, I won't give It up. I am going to kill myself before I get to police headquarters." It was necessary for the officers to take the weapon away from the young man by force. With the exception of Philip, the Musicas evidenced no emotion, and it was said tonight they would not fight extradition. The father said today failure of three large foreign hair goods concerns was ...nnnniKi, for hlfl firm's embarrass- ment. He said his company owed these firms approximately iwo., which he could not pay, so he fled with his family for Panama. MUSICAS CHEESE IMPORTERS Son, In Prison for Cndcrweighlng Frauds, Freed by Taft. NEW YORK, March 19. Antonio Musica, arrested in New Orleans, Is nearly 70 years old, Philip about 30. For years they had been lmporteru of cheese. In 1910 the Government charged them with unaerweiguing frauds and Philip, shielding his father. i -. . i ii... ii-u u nATitpnnpd to pieaaeu buuij auu " - a year's Imprisonment Shortly after ward Ills sentence was wiimuuim President Taft and returning to New York he again became associated with his father in business. Hair goods now became their spec ialty and banks for months negotiated their naper until the recent repudiation of a draft, the attachment of their property, charg-es ot criminal manipu lation of Invoices involving hundreds of thousands, then flight of the entire family. Including two daughters. Notice of the disaolutlou of Mitchell & Co. was posted today on the stock exchange. It was said that the disso lution was forced by the governors of the exchange because the firm manipu lated on the outside market the stock of the United States Hair company, recently organized by the Musicas. UNKNOWN WORLD GOAL USTVERSITY YACHT CARRIES EXPLORERS TO BRAZIL. Scientists on Three-Year Cruise Ex pect to Penetrate Regions Never . Seen by Whites. PHILADELPHIA, March 19. Tears and cheers sent the yacht Pennsyl vanla on her way today when she steamed down the Delaware River for one of the most venturesome voyages of modern times. The yacht is owned by the University of Pennsylvania and Is bound for Bra zil with a daring party of explorers, who purpose penetrating to the far reaches of the Amazon and to tne neaa waters of many of Its mighty tribu tarics in the Interest of science and humanity. They seek what Is known as the 'lost world." in the basin of the Amazon. The expedition has been organized and equipped by the University Mu seum. It will be gone about three years and It is expected to reach regions never before visited by white men. The yacht Is In command of Captain J. C Rowen. United States Navy, re tired, and the expedition is headed by Dr. Wllllrm C. Larrabee, curator of the American section of the Museum. His chief associates are Dr. Franklin B. Church, an authority on tropical medi cine, and Sandy McNab, a traveler of wide experience ana a scientists. The Pennsylvania is of only 184 tons burden and carries a crew of 11 men. D'Annunzlo's Birthday Celebrated, PESCARA, Italy, March 19. The Mayor and Council of Pescara, the v. t ... 1.1.,.. t nnhrlflT 'Annnnlln. , ... . V. . KAtl. a tinlv.Tso rir nf UI.ICU ma. " " j the poet's birth. The municipality has set aside a large piece oi lam iwr liio erection by popular subscription of a house In honor of D'Annunzlo. American novels are lately finding more extensive galea in isnciana. 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