n 4 ' l '. " VOL. Mil NO. 16,330. PORTLAND. OREGON. fHURSDAY. APRIL 3, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. h FREE WOOL GOES INTO TARIFF BILL Wilson and House Com mittee Agree. SENATE POSITION IN DOUBT President Wants Free Sugar but Mind Is Open. FARM PRODUCTS SETTLED Agricultural Duties Cut 60 Per Cent. President Crge Further Reduc tion, but Agreement Is Regarded as Certain. WASHINGTON. April 2. Removal of all tariff from raw wool haa been agreed npon between President Wilson and members of the House committee on ways and means aa the result of conferences that ended today. The present plan, which will have the unanimous Indorsement of the Democratic members of the committee, provides that wool shall be placed on the free list, an end for which the free wool Democrats of the House have fought for two years. Klftrea Per Ceat Abaaaoaed. The concession to President Wilson and the free wcol advocates takes the place of the IS per cent duty which the committee had agreed upon. This, In turn was a reduction from the 20 per cent duty of the Democratic woolen revision bill which passed the House last Summer, but failed to become a law. The free wool agreement. It Is asserted by Democrats tonight, is ex. pected to bring Secretary of State Hryan into full accord with the tariff revision programme. The free wool members have ex pressed their attitude before President Wilson in conferences in which Repre resentatlvea Harrison, of New York, and Ralney. of Illinois, both members of the ways and means committee, have been the leading figures. Bep reventatlve Harrison, backed by Mr. Bryan, made an ardent fight In the last Congress to secure indorsement of the free wool policy. Report Be I (. The understanding arrived at today is that the ways and means committee will present its bill with the free wool provision incorporated and with a unanimous report from its Democratic members and that the President will make known his thorough accord with. It. The reception that may be given the free wool plan by the Senate leaders still Is a matter of conjecture. Presi dent Wilson Is to meet Senator Sim mons, chairman of the licence com muter, and Senators Hoke Smith and titone tomorrow night, and it la ex pected that the attitude of the Senate then will be made clear. Under the existing law, wool carries a duty of approximately 11 cents pound, or about 0 per cent when ugured on the sd valorem basis. It is estimated that the abolition of the duty will cause a loss of approximately SZW.wOO.OOO to the present Government revenues. Rnme Cat UersJy. The Democratic tariff lrad rs contend it will bring about a substantial reduc tton in the price of woolen manufac tured goods. This reduction In revenue. and the possible loss of approximately il.i)o.0iO of revenues, should sugar bs placed on the free list, wouki be made up. the Democrats say, by the Income tax. the details of which probably will be settlHl tomorrow by the ways and means committee. On some other tariff details Presi dent Wilson, it was declared tonight. had not fully made op his mind. He believes sugar should go on the free Hat. but Is "open to conviction.- He baa been hearing arguments that peo ple In Louisiana should readjust their business to meet the new conditions imposed by the removal of the tariff on sugar. Colonel Robert Cw-lng, Na tlonsl Committeeman from Louisiana, has been presenting the other side of the question and when he left the White House he had laid the case In full before Mr. Wilson. Following on his conference last night with Mr. Underwood, the first thing the President did today was to send for Colonel Ewlnic. He can vassed the possibility of getting a common agreement on the sugar ques tion. The Louisiana National Com mitteeman told the President that the business of the sugar growers of hla state, with millions of dollars Invested, would be destroyed if sugar entered free, but that they were willing to stand a 25 per cent cut. Mr. Wilson agreed to study the subject further. Fa ran Prsdaeta Alaaaat Asrreed On. Members of the ways and means com mittee, after an all-day session spent in perfection of tariff bill details, de clared there was no substantial dif ference of opinion between the com mittee and the President over the duty to be Imposed on farm products. The romralttee haa cut the agricultural duties more than 5 per cent In the new bill. While President Wilson is under stood to favor a further cut In some of them, members of the committee lelard tonight that a complete agreement would b reached with the President without difficulty. SERVANTS' UNION SPOKANE PROJECT M1XIMXM WAGE MAY DEPEND OX SIZE OP HOUSE. Kneclfied 'Working Schedule and Time Off on Pay Eipeeted to Be Included in Demands. SPOKAXB. Wash, April 2. Spe cial.) In spite of the comparative in dependence that now exists among housemaids and other domestic em ployes. as the result of the heavy de mand that Is made for such help In Spokane and practically all other Northwestern cities, steps are being taken toward the formation of a home and domestic employes' union. Should the movement prove success' ful It Is thought that not only will housemaids, cooks, governesses and others employed In private homes make demands for minimum wag rates, but for a specified working schedule and for a certain amount ot time off on pay each week. It Is con sidered probable that wage scales ot housemaids will be made In accord ance with the number of rooms In the bouses in which they work, and that a similar rule will be made to apply to the wage scales for cooks. It Is estimated that there are ap proximately 4000 housemaids and do mestic cooks employed here and It Is asserted that many of them are anxious for the formation of a union, although they are now paid, n most instances, much better than department store girls, laundry workers and office employes. REGISTRATION MADE EASY Automobiles to Be Furnished Women Cnable to Ceo Streetcars. Women of the Civic Progress Circle. led by Mrs. A. C. Newlll. Its president. have hit upon a novel plan to bring out "shut-In" members of their sex for registration purposes. They will provide automobiles for this purpose and any woman who m-lshes to register, but who Is unable to stand the trip by streetcar to the Court house will be taken there by motor. The Civic Progress Circle haa arranged with owners of several machines, to be used next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and if necessary, further use of the cars may be had. Those wishing automobiles should telephone to A E021 or Main 78g any morning between now and next Thurs day, the sooner the better. COAST SERVICE IMPROVED Additional Steamer to Run Between Los Angeles and Portland. LOS ANGELES. April 2. (Special.) Improved service between Portland and Los Angeles and San Diego and San Francisco will bs Inaugurated within the next few months by the North Pacific Steamship Company, C. P. Doe, president of the company. recently bought the steamer Yucatan to place In trade between Portland, San Diego, Los Angeles and other ports because of the great Increase of busi ness. The Yucatan now is receiving altera tions at San Francisco, and will be placed In service within a few weeks. The Yucatan will take the place of the George W. Elder while the Elder Is undergoing repairs. Later she will Re placed In regular service on the San Diego. Portland and Los Angeles run. TANKS REPORT -EXPLAINED Dr. Wheeler Says V. M. C. A. and Y. AY. C. A. Plunges Not Iangerous. "Water in the plunges at the T. M. C. A. and Y. V. C A. In no more im pure than In found In any ba chins tank." taiJ Dr. l J I. Wheeler yester day in explaining a report that he submitted Monday to the City Health Board. Thin statement w called forth by uneasiness among: members of the two associations because Dr. Wheeler had reported that there were colon bacilli In tbe water. Ther are colon bacilli In every public plunfce." suld Dr. Wheeler, "but this does not mean that typhoid aernis or the danger of typhoid exists. There Is no cause for uneasiness among those who use these tanks." Dr. Wheeler's Investigation was made at the request of the V. W. C A. The water used Is pumped from a deep well. Is run through two filters and Is changed frequently. AUTO DRIVERBOUND OVER Hornier Mod Tor d Man Held for Fatal Wreck at Marshflcld. MARSH FIELD. Or.. April t. (Spe. rial.) Fred Heed, formerly ot Medford. Or., was bound over to errand Jury to. day on eharite ol Involuntary man slaughter. Reed was driver of an au tomobile in which L. K. Balinger was killed last Thursday night and is al leged tu have been drinking and to have driven the car carelessly at a high rate of sreed, causing- the accident. Keed furnished 11 0D0 bond, signed by W. It Haines, one of his passenger, who was injured In the wreck, and L. K. Falkenstetn, of North Bend. PROGRESSIVESARE FILING Candidacy for Mayoralty Said to Stimulate Registration. Registration of ProKressives has been greatly stimulated by the en trance of 1L Russell Albee and Dan Kellaher Into the race for the nomi nation for Vayor in that party. T. B. Neuhausen. chairman of the Progressive party central committee. Is greatly pleased with the situation In regard to the registration of voters for the party he represents. He says that he anticipates there will be not lees than 34oe and perhaps 4QV6 men and women registered ss Progressives between now and, lbs close ot tile boks, April It. UNITED STATES TO RECOGNIZE CHINA Formal Note in Course of Preparation. POWERS ARE FIRST INFORMED Repetition of European Criti- cism to Be Avoided. BRYAN SEES DIPLOMATS Members of Foreign Embassies and Legations Call by Request Na tion First to Show Confi dence in Republic. WASHINGTON. April 2. The United States Government has decided to ree ognlxo the Chinese republic. Secretary Bryan conferred with President Wilson for nearly an hour today at the White House, completing the details. A note Is being prepared at the State Department to be addressed to China through the Chinese Minister here. Whether it will be presented before the meeting of the constituent assem bly next Tuesday or la Intended to reach the Chinese government on that date has not been disclosed, but the mere presentation of the note to the Chinese Minister and resumption of formal International relations are re garded In diplomatic circles as tanta mount to recognition. United States Is Mrs. The United States Goverment is de sirous of showing Its friendliness to ward China, and although there have been rumors that other nations might recognize China before the United States does It waa believed in official circles here that the United States would be found first to show faith in the new republic. No formal announcement Is expected from the Administration here until the Chinese government is in receipt of the American Government's note. Ambaasadora Are Notified. At the request of the Secretary of State, members of most of the foreign embassies and legations in Washing ton appeared this afternoon at the State Department, and were received Individually by Mr. Bryan. Among them were representatives of Brazil, Japan, Great Britain. Russia, Portugal, France, Germany, The Netherlands. Belgium, Sweden, Peru, Denmark, Mexico, Austria-Hungary and Spain. The calls lasted only a few minutes in each case, and Secretary Bryan and his visitors, by agreement, declined to (Concluded on Page 2 INDEX 0? TODArS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S3 degrees; minimum, 40 degrees- TODAY'S Shower: southwesterly winds. Foreign. Montenegrins capture key fort to Scutari in dspratc assault. Pare 1. J. P. Momn'a body Is" borne to vessel. rage Commons advance bill Intended to circum vent "hunter strikes." Psse 6. National. Wilson and House committee agree to put wool on free list. - page 1. United States will recognize Chinese repub lic i'age 1. Domestic. Womn told how husbands can be made useful tn suffrage campaign. Page 6. Governor Fulrrr orders "Boss" Barnes to keep away from Capitol, rage 2. Snort. Coast Tagu" results: Fan Francisco 3. Portland 2: Oakland 7. Sacramento 6; Ijot Angeles 15. Venice 2. Page 8. Beavers still have string on Dave Bancroft. Page s. Jimmy Richardson predicts that Indians will make bad start. Page . Pacific Northwest. Seven of crew of schooner John D. Spreckels saved when craft Is cut In twain by freighter. Page 18. Domestic Servants" Union projected in Spo kane. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. California millers Uohllng down wheat prices on Coast. Pago 1. Decrease In world's supply of wheat BLrengthena Chicago markot. Page 19. Advance In stocks halted by realizing sales. Pago 19. Besr stopped on passage in by draw of new bridge. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Oregon physician gives qualified approval or Frledmann treatment, rago -v. F. X. Matthleu celebrates OSth Blrtnaay with reception. J'age 1. Finale of grand opera season made gay by society. Page 12. Council not able to order extension of car aervlee without iormal inquiry, r-ago iu Return to melodious songs. In English, ap preciated by opera patrons. Page 12. Ohio flood area renews call for aid. Page 3. CITY AUDITORSHIP SOUGHT D. R. Clarke's Friends Organize to Support Candidacy. D. R. Clarke, of 628 East Nine teenth street North, yesterday cast his hat in the ring for the nomination for City Auditor on the Republican ticket. No interest to serve but public In terest." is the slogan he will bear. "I will endeavor," he says In his declaration, "to give this city an effi cient and businesslike administration. The Auditor's office belongs to the public and each and every citizen is entitled to Just and fair consideration. If I am elected I shall see that the public receives prompt and courteous treatment from that office, as I have no interest to serve but the public Interest." Friends of Mr. Clarke met at the Hotel Imperial last night and organ ized a campaign committee. They elected O. K. J e fiery as chairman and Arthur O. Jones as secretary-treasurer. OREGON SENATORS AGREE F. S. Myers Reported Clioice for Portland Postmaster. OREGON IAN NEWd BUREAU. Wash ington. April 2. Senators Chamberlain and Lane are understood to have recom mended P. C. Burke, of Baker, for Col lector of Customs at Portland: M. A. Miller for Collector of Internal Rev enue, and Herman Wis for Postmaster at Astoria. F. S. Myers, private secretary to Sen ator Lane, was recommended for Post master at Portland. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? Trr Vows T , WW, Ofl HIS BIRTHDAY F. X. Matthieu Honored by His Friends. 'FATHER' FLYNN,96,IS CALLER Veteran Pastor Walks Several ' Blocks to Reception. MANY VISITORS PAST 80 Defying Ravages of Time and Vir. tually Rising From Sick Bed, Only Survivor of Champoeg Meeting Enjoys Party. Defying the ravages of time and sur prising his family physician. Francis Xavier Matthieu. sole surviving mem ber of the historic Champoeg conven tion which saved Oregon to the Union pulled his physical self together in fine shape yesterday after quite an illness and passed the day the 93th anniver sary of his birth among his friends happy and remarkably hale for one of his years. Possessing what in his younger days was a giant physique, the aged pioneer and beloved citizen of Oregon refused to yield to his Illness, and rallied suf flclently within the past few days to be able to meet and greet his friends, many of whom called at the residence of his son, S. A. Matthleu. Sol Eugene street, yesterday to congratulate him and to wish him many happy returns Honor Guest Enjoys Party. Although he had been ill for several weeks previously and at one time his Ife was despaired of, Mr. Matthleu rose fairly early yesterday morning and. he was able to receive those who called In person. He shook hands with them and chatted through a reception last ing from 1 to after 4 o'clock In the afternoon, and enjoyed every minute of the time. Among tho -first callers and ane of his greatest admirers was Rev. John Flinn, familiarly called "Father" Flinn, veteran preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who lives several blocks from the Matthieu residence, on Hancock street. "Father" Flinn last week celebrated his 96th birthday and yesterday walked from his own home to congratulate his old friend and to wUh him many more years of life. Another caJler, somewhat younger, but none the less enthusiastic, was Wesley Stevens, who yesterday cele brated his third birthday anniversary. Wesley Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stevens, and his father is a battalion (Concluded on Page 2) 5 PIONEER HOS J. N. NEAL MAY WIN POST AS DIPLOMAT PORTUM) MAN" IN LIXE TO BE AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM. Appointment to $12,000 Job, Rec ommended by Senators Lane and Chamberlain, Appears Likely. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April S. Senators Chamberlain and Lane today joined in recommending the appointment of Joseph N. Teal, of Portland, as Minister of Belgium, at a salary equal to that of a cabinet of ficer, $12,000. It is the understanding of Senators that this appointment will be entirely acceptable to Mr. Teal and they feel reasonably confident that he will be named, especially in view of earnest efforts made by the Administration to induce him to accept the secretaryship of the. Interior Department. With Mr. Teal provided for, Senators Chamberlain and Lane today submitted joint recommendations for practically all offices in Oregon for which Republi can nomination failed last session, but there is a bound agreement between them to keep secret the names of all persons indorsed. LION TAMERS FOUND HERE Several Portland Men Express De sire to Trim Xero's Nails. Lion tamers are numerous in Port land. - At least it would seem so from the number of applicants for the job of trimming the toenails of "Nerp" the big City Park lion. Since the announce ment by Park Superintendent Mische that the operation is necessary to protect the-health of the big brute, the park office at the City Hall has been besieged with aspirants for the Job. The most likely applicant so far dis covered is Ben Seigman, a sailor, who reported yesterday that he will give "Nero" the needed trim for $100. He says he has spent considerable time in Africa and has traveled with a circus and has seen the operation performed upon several lions. To press his quali fications for the contract he announced that he would be willing even to go in the cage if the work couldn't be done from the outside. Superintendent Mische says he fears Mr. Seigman will change his mind when he gets a look at "NeTO's" two front teeth, each of which is about four inches long. CITY REFUSES BALL PARK Plan for Municipally Kept Amaitur Grounds Turned Down. The scheme of amateur baseball fans to have the city lease for them the 26 acres of land on Goldsmith and Benton streets for a baseball field was turned down yesterday by the ways and means committee of the City Council, on mo tion of Councilmen Maguire and Mon tag, who held $300, the amount asked for the lease of the ground. Is too high. Representatives of the Portland Ad Club and other organizations appeared before the committee and urged the need of a ball park for amateur teams. Councilman Montag declared that there is property In South Portland which can be secured for baseball pur poses free of charge. The fans decided to get their forces together and appear before the Coun cil at its next meeting and demand that the lease be taken up and money ap propriated to put the grounds In shape for playing. INDIAN SEEKS . DIVORCE Charlie Pistol Hat Says Lillie De serted Him Eight Years Ago. THE DALLES, Or.. April 1. (Spe clal.) It Is not so uncommon for Indians to apply to officials here with the request that they be married "like white folks," as they put It, but divorce oroceedlnes among the red tribes of this section Is unprecedented. Such action, however, has been in stituted by Charlie Pistol Hat, a Warm Sprinsrs Indian. Perhaps Lillie. his wife, could not stand the burden of bis name. At any rate she deserted Charlie, he alleges In his complaint. Evidently her decision was a New Year's resolution for she left him Jan uary 1, 1S05. about a month after they were married. Charlie waited over eight years for his squaw to return to htm, lost hope and then started divorce proceedings. GAMBLERS GET WARNING Mayor-elect of East St. Louis Prom ises Moral Cleanup. EAST ST. LOUIsT 111.. April 2. Mayor-elect Chamberlain, of this city, announced today that his inauguration day. May 1, will mark the beginning of a moral clean up of the town. "That day," said the Mayor-elect, "will be moving day for the gamblers. Gambling has been rampant in East St. Louis, but I propose to get after the gamblers by appointing a police board that will do the work." Mr. Chamberlain said that he would seek also to curb the social evil, but he indicated that for the present he did not propose to close the saloons on Sunday. HYDE PARDON CONSIDERED McReynoIds Also Takes up Schneid er's Case in Land Frauds. WASHIXGTOX, April 2. The ques tion of pardoning Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider, convicted in this city of alleged frauds in connection with California and Oregon lands, was considered today by Attorney-General McReynoIds. Former Attorney-General Wickersham recommended clemency for them, but President Taft refused. Hyde was sentenced to two years and to) pay a fine of $10,000, and Schneider to 14 months and a fine of $2000. Their commitment to prison has been held up pending results of the prison rehearing.' GREAT FORT TAKEN BLOODY ASSAULT Montenegrins Capture Key to Scutari. WAY IS OPENED WITH BOMBS Not One of 200 Picked Men Survives Perilous Task. TURKS RESIST STUBBORNLY Tier After Tier of Entrenchments at Groat Tarnboech Stormed in Face of Murderous Fire on Rough Mountainside. CETTINJE. April 2. Great Tara bosch fort, which for months has held the allies off from Scutari, now prac tically is in the hands of the Monte negrins, thanks to the sacrifice of 200 bombthrowers, everyone of whom lost his life in a last despeata effort to clear the way to the town, for the pos session of which Montenegro is ready to give up everything. These bombthrowers were all picked men, chosen from several battalions. Clambering up the mountain side under a murderous fire from the Turkish guns, they cut the wire entanglements, and getting to close quarters, threw bombs among the Turks, thus opening the way for the storming party. Infantry Follows Advantage. Not one of the bombthrowers re turned, but they had accomplished their object, and the Montenegrin infantry, following close upon them, charged tho trenches. The Turks held their ground and a desperate and bloody hand-to-hamt fight ensued, lasting an hour and end ing in victory for the Montenegrins, who lost 300 men killed and woundeu. Tier after tier of entrenchments had to be taken, but the troops of the Southern division, under General Mat tinovltch, to whom the task' had been assigned, overcame all obstacles. Bombthrowers Are Unprotected. The tactics followed, particularly lu regard to tho use of bombthrowers, were similar to those adopted In tha capture of Adrianople. But in the ad vance on Adrianoplo the soldiers who cut and divided the wire entanglements surrounding the forts were clud in cuirasses and provided with shields. At Tarabosch tho rough mountain side made is necessary for the Monte negrins to dispense with all impedi ments. FRIEDMANN TO CONTINUE Clinic With 100 Patients Delayed, but Only Temporarily. NEW YORK, April 2. Dr. F. F. Friedmann announced tonight that ho would proceed with his promised Gov ernment clinic at which be will treat 100 patients with his tuberculosis vac cine as soon as his incubator has been repaired. This apparatus, which regu lates the temperature of the culture, broke yesterday. It is because of this that the German specialist declared it necessary to defer the test requested by Government physicians. Half the tuberculosis cases selected for the demonstration are In an ad vanced stage of the disease. Dr. Fried mann repudiated tonight a statement credited today to one of his associates that the Berlin physician would, not consent to holding the clinic because so many of the patients were near to, death and their cases practically hope less. "When my incubator is repaired I will be ready and I will stay here un til I think my mission is finished," de clared Dr. Frledmann. HOLDUP MANJSBODY FOUND Shot Fired to Stop Pursuit Finds Mark in Thief's Own Body. FRESNO, Cal., April 2. A trail of blood eight blocks long led police of ficers today to the body of one of the men who held up the grocery store of Blake Quick last night and robbed the till of $55. W. B. Quick, the aged father of the groceryman, who rushed to his son's aid with a rifle, was shot and killed by a lookout man. Tho robber, whose body was found to day, fled with the money, pursued by citizens. As he ran he fired a shot to stop the pursuit. The bullet, it was dis covered today, penetrated his right leg, the loss of blood causing his death. The stolen money was found on the body, which was not identified. FILM SHOWS WILL CONTEST Constitutionality of Kansas Censor ship Law Is Questioned. TOPEKA, Kan.. April 2. Six hundred owners of moving-picture shows in Kansas have been asked to- contribute $10 apiece toward contesting the en forcement of the state film censorship law requiring all Alms to be passed on by the Superintendent of Public In struction. A test of the constitutionality of the law wtll be made through a suit filed today by Attorney-General Daw son against Lew Nathanson, owner of the two Topcka film shows and repre sentative of several Eastern film ex changes. ' Nathanson refused to sub mit films to the Superintendent ol in struction. i