VOL. 1,1 1 J NO. 16,307.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER
1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SPEEDY ACTION OH
GURRENGY BILL DUE
President Predicts Pas
sage in November.
CHANGES TO BE ACCEPTED
Mann, However, Doubts Law's
Realization Before February.
RESERVE. BANKS BIG ISSUE
Wilton Bases Assertion on Talks to
Republicans, Some of 'Whom Say
Executive Is Too Optimistic.
House Recess Discussed.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. "With Pres
ident Wilson willing to accept sub
stantial amendments to the Administra
tion currency bill in the hope of ob
taining speedy action on the measure
in the Senate committee, supporters of
the Administration grew optimistic to
day over the chances for the passage
of the measure before the end of the
extra session of Congress.
The President himself. In a letter to
Majority Leader Underwood, announced
his willingness to consider a proposal
for a recess of the House, because, he
said, conferences with members of the
Senate committee led him to believe the
bill would be reported to the Senate
the first week in November and passed
at the present session.
Some Leo Optimistic.
Republican members of the commit
tee and Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, were inclined tn look upon this
plan as too optimistic, but other mem
bers of the committee said they hoped
to be able to live up to the President's
expectations.
A reduction in the number of reserve
banks, fixed by the Administration bill
at 12, and the removal of the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Controller of i
i!:e Currency from the Federal Re
serve Board, which would control the
new currency system, were the amend
ments which the President let it be
Isiiott-n he would not oppose. Almost
all the witnesses before the Senate
committee have contended for these
amendments, and a majority of the
committee Is believed to favor them.
Reserve Xnmbrr Unsettled.
The proposed amendments would re
tain the Federal Reserve Board as a
strictly governmental Institution, but
would provide that it be composed of
seven members, six to be appointed by
the President and to devote their entire
time to the work of the Board, and the
seventh to be the Secretary of the
Treasury. The committee has not yet
taken up the question of reducing the
number of reserve banks, but sugges
tions have been made putting the num
ber all the way from three to ten. Sen
ator Weeks. Republican, has a pro
posal that the number be reduced to
one, a single Federal bank to be con
trolled absolutely .by the Government
The proposal for a recess of the
House was taken up today at
White House and at t-ie Capitol,
negotiations continued without
the
and
any
definite conclusion.
Mann Withholds Decision.
Air. Underwood sought Representa
tive Mann, after receiving the Presi
dent's message, and urged the minority
leader to consent to the passage of a
Joint resolution for a recess of the
House until November 15. Mr. Mann
postponed decision on the request until
tomorrow. Then he went to the Senate
and discussed with Republican and
Democratc managers the President's
assertion that the currency bill proba
bly would be disposed of In November.
"I found," Mr. Mann said later, "that
the Senate was without a quorum, as
was the House. I found that the Presi
dent had not consulted with Repub
lican Senators, nor received assurances
from them that the currency bill speed
ily would be disposed of. I found that
the President must have been mistaken
or else was very much misled.
"I found, in all probablylty, the cur
rency bill would not get Into the Sen
ate until the next session of Congress
and that the President would be lucky
If it passes by February. The Presi
dent says there Is an ambitious legis
lative programme for next Winter. Un
less Congress begins work on the pro
gramme now, we .will be here until
next September, and, unless there are
concessions on the currency bill, there
may not be much legislation enacted
but currency at the next session."
Republicans' Talk Baiia,
President Wilson's confidence that
Republican and Democratic Senators
would reach an early agreement on the
currency bill was based on talks with
Senator Nelson and one or two other
Republicans. Members of the Senate
banking and currency committee ex
pressed more confidence over an early
outcome of the legislation than did
Representative Main, but none of the
Republican memoers would predict the
passage of the bill within the time set
by the President.
As a quorum of the House is not yet
in town, the Democratic leaders can
not act on a House recess without the
consent of the Republicans.
Victor Morawetz. of New York, direc
tor of the National Banjc of Commerce
and a student of the currency probIen.
defended the Administration bill be-
SOCIAL OUTCAST TO
RETURN TO LEPERS
OSTRACIZED XC11SE, BENT OX
SUICIDE, CHAXGES MIXD.
Girl Declaring Herself Free From
Dread Disease Cnable So to
Convince Friends.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. Miss Maris Col
Her. who disappeared Friday, leaving
a Yi of ft savine that she had been ostra
elzed bv society because she formerly
was a nurse In a leper colony, returned
today.
She asserted that the unfounded re
ports that she was suffering from lep
rosy, causing her friends to forsake
her, had so discouraged her that she
had determined to shoot herself. She
said that Miss A. Benjamin, of Milwau
kee, an acquaintance, had persuaded
her not to end her life.
"I became so dispirited Friday that I
decided there was no use living any
longer," said Miss Collier. "I destroyed
marks of Identification on my clothing
and as I was tearing up old letters
found one from Miss Benjamin. In it
sh tolri me that if I ever intended to
take my life to pay her a visit first
I told her a long time ago-that I would
kill myself.
"Miss Benjamin brightened me up and
I now Intend to go back to the lepers.
I am an outcast to society. Doctors
have made examinations and reported
that I am free from leprosy, but friends
refuse to believe it. ' If I go to any-
gathering the crowd near me dwindles
until I find myself standing alone.
Miss Collier passed several months at
a leper colony near xracaaie. iew
Brunswick. She was forced to leave
because the climate was breaking down
her health. -
LIVES SAVED BY ENGINEER
Passengers Owe Escape to Prompt
Action of Train Pilot.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Oct. 20. Invest!
gation of the Chicago, Burlington c
Quincy wreck at Nelson. Wis., Satur
day, In which one man was killed and
18 injured, shows that M. H. Doraey,
engineer of train No. 54, saved the lives
nf monv of his cassengers by his
prompt action
No. 54 was partly on a siding when
the express train. No. 57, appeared
close by; There was not time to pull
into the siding and to remain where
he was would have caused No. 6 t'j
crash Into the passenger coaches cf
No. 54. Dorsey quickly reversed his
engine, backed on to the main track
with the engine ana Baggage car,,
which had been clear, and took on his
licomotive . the- shock of th, collision
with the express train running 60 miles
an hour.
OCEAN LINE SALE POSSIBLE
Southern Pacific Slight Consider
Pacific Mall Deal.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20. The South
ern Pacific Company might be willing
to sell the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany "for a reasonable figure," said Mr.
Kruttechnitt, chairman of the board of
directors here tonight
Mr. Kruttschnitt had been asked if
the Pacific Mail would suffer from a
new kind of competition whem the
Panama Canal Is put into operation.
"Time will answer that," he said. "If
anyone wants to buy the Pacific Mail
and is willing to pay a reasonable price
for it, I think the Southern ' Pacific
would give full consideration to the of
fer." The steamship company has until
1914 to change from a railroad owner
ship if permitted the use of the canal.
GIRL WARDS OFF PANIC
Theater Fire Nearly Quenched Be
fore Audience Learns.
s
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. A young
girl pianist employed at a local mov
ing picture theater prevented a panic
among the spectators today, when
without attracting the attention of the
audience she notified the management
of A fire In the picture operators'
room.
The blaze was extinguished almost
before the audience realized there was
a fire. The girl continued playing
while the audience was asked quietly
to leave the house.
BRAZIL GREETS ROOSEVELT
Government Prepares for Entertain
ment of Colonel.
RIO JANEIRO, Oct 20. The steamer
Vandyck, with Colonel Roosevelt
aboard, arrived off Rio Janeiro tonight,
but owing to tempestuous weather, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch, she will
not enter port until midnight. Colonel
Roosevelt and his party will come
ashore at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Elaborate preparations for the re
ception of the ex-President have been
completed. Apartments in the Guna
bara Palace have been placed in readi
ness for him as the guest of the Gov
ernment.
10 YEARS FOR AUTO THIEF
California Judge So to Treat
Stealing Joyriders in Future.
Ali
LOS ANGELES, Cat, Oct. 20. The
extreme penalty for grand larceny 10
years in the penitentiary was im
posed today by Judge Willis, of the
Criminal Court, on G. S. Graham, con
victed of having stolen an automobile.
The court severely arraigned Graham.
"The joyriding thief is a menace to
the public," he said. "He deserves no
sympathy. " In the future all such
thieves convicted in this court will be
sentenced to 10 years in the Peni
tentiary." '
PAY-HOUR DEBATES
COVER WIDE SCOPE
Conferences to Affect
All Oregon Toilers.
SERIES OF SESSIONS PLANNED
Meetings Most. Important,
Says Chairman.
NIGHT WORK IS PROBLEM
Young Men Unfit to Take Places of
Girls at Switchboards, Declares
Telephone Representa-
tlve at Hearing.
State-wide in Its scope is the confer
ence called by the Industrial Welfare
Commission, which held its first meet'
lng last night at the Commission's
headquarters In the Commercial block.
It will be the business of the confer
ence to inquire Into the wages, hours
and conditions of laoor of women and
minor workers throughout Oregon, to
determine what constitutes reasonable
hours, wages and conditions, and to
make recommendations based on its
findings to the Industrial Welfare Com
mission. D. Solis Cohen is chairman of the
conference, and Miss Catherine Gleason
secretary.
"Research Committee Named.
While the members of the confer
ence generally agreed to get all the in
formation possible on the questions
submitted, a research committee was
appointed, consisting of Mr. Booth, Mrs.
Gee and Mr. Roberts. '
"It seems to me," said Chairman. Co
hen, "that this Is by all means the
most important conference that has yet
been called by the commission, inas
much as our recommendations. If ac
cepted, will be made the basis of rul
ings affecting the entire state, whereas
the other conferences have had to deal
with industrial conditions only in the
City -of Portland. - Difficulties-" net ap
parent in the work of the other confer
ences confront us."
Portland Wage Suggested.
After a discussion of the minimum
wage, Mr. Roberts, who was a member
of the mercantile conference, suggest
ed that the minimum wage fixed by the
commission for Portland be adopted as
the minimum wage for the entire state.
The question being raised as to
whether the cost of living, on which
the minimum wage must be based, is
not lower in the smaller towns than
in Portland, Mr. Cohen said that work-
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INDEX CF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 57
degrees: minimum, 48 degree.
TODAY'S Probably fair; variable wind.
mostly westerly.
Foreign.
Kaiser's fourth volume of speeches Is Is
sued. Page S.
China strengthened by struggles. Page 5.
National.
President Wilson predicts passage of cur
rency bill In November. Page l.
England's Mexican move . arouses officials
at Washington. Page S.
lomestic.
Sixth District Progressives nominate Sulzer
to make race lor seat In Assembly, page l.
Hearlna- Aa-alnst Thomas E. Watson.
Presidential candidate. charged with
mailing obscene matter. Is continued.
Page 2. f
Mm. Pankhurst is allowed to enter America.
Page 2. i
Friends of Eaton family take stand. Page 8.
Wind.. snow and rain storm grips East and
trails on edge of Middle West, page 1.
Bible never more needed, says Secretary
Bryan. Page I.
Episcopal Church asked to champion worlcer.
Page 3.
Southern Pacific to fight for control of
Central Pacific. Page 4.
Nurse of lepers, ostracized by society, to re
turn to afflicted. Page 1.
Sports.
Williams, of Sacramento, leads Coast League
pitchers. Page 8.
McCredie credited with building up Beavers.
Page 6.
Patsy Cardiff may be sent to asylum. Page 7.
Harry Krause sets winning record for 1913.
Page 6.
Freddie Welsh knocked out on foul by
Young Baylor. Page 7.
Paclfio Northwest.
Chief Justice McBrlde defines more fully
what cases should be appealed. Page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Tone of Northwestern wheat markets Is Im
proved. Page IT.
Wheat advances at Chicago on report of
failure of Indian crop. Page IT.
Advance In Wall street stock prices Is
checked. Page 17.
Threatened grain dock Injunction proceed
ings delayed for time. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Canvass for funds for 1914 Kose Festival
starts. Page 10.
Portola visitors given grand farewell as stay
of three days ends. Page 10.
Mrs. Christina Haas dies from wounds in
flicted by husband. Page 16.
Permanent Improvements barred from bud
get. . Page 11.
Interstate bridge to be topic of address to
day. Page 11.
Portland man weds Dayton, Wash., miss.
rage lo.
Portland, Eugene ft Eastern to suspend
building during Winter. Page 12.
Wage conference statewide In scope. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1.
Hill Military Academy hazing to be carried
into court, rage 4.
SULZER'S RELAJIVE TO WED
Slster-in-Law of Deposed Governor
Ohio Man's Bride-elect.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20. A license
to marry was issued here today to Miss
Ernestine V. Roedelheim, sister of the
wife of William Sulzer, . deposed Gov
ernor of New York, ar;d Walter M.
Frei.de,nbr JJdjg&'jft Raad.?- C4ee-
and, O. . - . r ..
Miss Roedelheim declined to disclose
the date set for the wedding, which.
She said, was to be private and quiet.
Miss Roedelheim is a public school
teacher In this city.
Licutennant Henning Transferred.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 20. Lieutenant Oswald F.
Henning, medical reserve corps, has
been transferred from Fort Columbia,
Wash., tc Monterey, and will be suc
ceeded by Lieutenant Charles R.
Castlen, now at Fort Worden.
EMMELINE IS NOW ASHORE.
SULZER NOMINATED
E
E
To Reclaim Governor's
Chair Real Aim.
PROGRESSIVES MAKE TENDER
Deposed Official Will Begin
Where He Did in 1889.
SPEAKERSHIP NEXT GOAL
In Accepting Sixth District Offer He
Promises to Make 'Fur Fly' and
GlTe Enemies Warm Time.
Election Seems Sure.
NEW YORK, Oct 20. William Sul
zer, Impeached as Governor of the
state, was nominated for the Assembly
tonight by the Progressives of the
Sixth Assembly District. Mr. Sulzer in
1889 began his public career as a mem
ber of this branch of the Legislature.
Mr. Sulzer has agreed to accept the
nomination. Max Steindler, Progres
sive leader in the Sixth Assembly Dis
trict who placed the ex-Governor's
name in nomination, said Mr. Sulzer
reached him by telephone from Albany,
inquiring if he had been designated
Mr. Steindler replied In the affirmative.
He said he asked Mr. Sulzer if he would
accept and Mr. Sulzer replied he would
gladly do so.
Sulzer Issues Statement.
A few minutes after the convention
met Mr. Sulzer issued a statement tell
inir whv he had "consented to come
back to Albany."
Throughout the evening he was in
communication by telephone with Pro
gressive "leaders in New York.
There never was any doubt that he
could have the nomination if he wanted
It, he declared, nor does he doubt that
the first of January would see him
back where ho began his political ca
reer 20 years ago.
Return .to.,. Chair .Forecast.
He and nis friends also are convinced
that he will go from there to the
Speakership and thence back to the
Governor's chair.
. Some time tomorrow Sulzer will go
to New York. He will begin a cam
paign for the Assembly seat immediat
iy and speak day and night up to
election time. After that he will ac
cept some lecture engagement up to
the first of January. If It is then
necessary for him to come to Albany
he will arrive here on the opening
day of the Legislature to start his
fight, which he hopes will put him
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HBLY
RAG
BIBLE NEVER MORE
VITAL, SAYS BRYAN
SECRETAUY PLEADS FOR LARG
ER APPLICATION OF BOOK.
Value of Mental Training Overesti
mated and of Heart Development
Underestimated, He Says.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 20.
"There never was a time when the peo
ple needed the inspiration of the Bible
more than they do at present," said
Secretary Bryan tonight, Jn. addressing
the delegates to the Women's Home
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in session here.
"And" the Secretary added, "there is
not a community which cannot be puri
fied, redeemed and Improved by a bet
ter knowledge and larger application
of the Bible to the daily life. No money
that is Invested pays so large a divi
dend as money that is spent for the
moral uplift of the community.
"I am Inclined to believe that we
have overestimated the value of mental
training and underestimated the value
of the heart's development. A good
heart can use a very dull mind and
make that mind serviceable to society,
but a bad heart cannot make use of a
mind, however brilliant."
The speaker expressed hearty sym
pathy with both foreign and home
missionary work.
At today's session the society elect
ed Mrs. W. P. Thirkleld, wife of Bishop
Thirkield of New Orleans, president.
EXTORTION METHOD IS NEW
Sender Inoculates Letter With
Germs and Cure Is Secret.
CHICAGO. Oct 20. A letter, the
contents of which may reveal a new
and deadly method of extortion or may
prove only a hoax was Investigated to
day by the Postal Inspectors and the
police. The epistle was received by
Frederick M. Steele, a millionaire
manufacturer.
The letter, the sender wrote was
filled with deadly germs from which
the handler could not avoid contract
ing a deadly disease for which only
the sender knew the cure.
'It is already too late for you to
escape inoculation," the letter con
tinued. Mr. Steele said the writer de
manded that J1500 be placed at the foot
of the Logan monument in Grant Park
and that the cure would be mailed. A
physician will make daily examination
of Mr. Steele's condition. s
CUPID ADDS TO PROBLEM
Chicago Matron Appeals1 to Police tc
Keep Maid From Slurrying.
CHICAGO, Oct, 20. Mrs. Walter T.
Dwight appealed to the Evanston po
lice today to prevent her maid, Rose
Bergenhammer, from leaving her to get
married. A policeman found Albert
Lee, the maid's fiance, trying to per
suade Mrs. Dwight to permit her serv
ant to go.
'Rose and I are engaged and Mrs.
Dwight won't let her leave," Lee ex
plained. "I gave hers notice three
weeks ago."
"Well," said Mrs. Dwight, "I've vis
ited every employment agency in the
city and can't get anyone to take he
lace."
Mrs. Dwight gave up in despair when
the policeman refused to arrest Lee
for attempted kidnaping.
L0RIMER INVITED TO RUN
Ex-Senator May Seek Toga of
Successor in Senate.
Ills
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. A petition asking
ex-United States Senator Lorimer to
be a candidate for the Republican nom
ination for United States Senator next
Spring was circulated here today. The
petition was mailed to Chicago by the
Republican Club of Galesburg, 111.
The place for wliicn Lorimer was
asked to run Is the Senatorship to be
vacated at the expiration of the term
cf Senator Sherman, who was elected
to fill the vacancy caused when the
Senate held that Lorimer had not been
properly elected.
Lorimer refused to comment on the
petition.
BOY'S LONG NAP PUZZLES
Jewish Lad's 12-Day Sleep Attribu
ted to Abuse In Russia.
ST. PAUL, Oct 20. Medical experts
are puzzled over the case of Abraham
Brachner, an 18-year-old Jewish boy.
who for 12 days has been asleep in
the city hospital. He is completely
oblivious of all sensation and falls to
respond by even the slight quiver of
a muscle to a pin prick. It is said
his condition is due to hysteria, caused
by ill-treatment before the boy left
Russia.
The lad recently arrived here as
the ward of the Independent Order of
B'Nai B'Rith.
2500 VOTERS ARE ADDED
Progressives Going Over Into Re
publican Fold. '
i
Approximately 2500 residents of Mult
nomah County have leglstered since the
June election, and more than one-third
of newly-qualifled voters are women
and young men who will cast their
first vote at the referendum election
next month. The heaviest registration
from one section was from Uresham,
where more than 400 registered.
The falling off of the Progressive
voters was notable, said one of the
clerks last night. Most of those desert
ing the new party registered as Republicans.
DEATHS
EP
SOI
Five Fatalities Known
in Wisconsin.
MARYLAND COAST STRICKEN
Water Runs Two Feet Deep in
Streets of Crisfield.
FLOOD REPORTS COME IN
Blinded by Driving Torrents Clcve
land Woman Walks to Death Be
fore Automobile Middle
West Doesn't Escape.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 20. Five deaths
due to the storm which is raging over
Wisconsin are reported tonight Snow
is falling even as far south as Mil
waukee. The casualties are:
Two Milwaukee hunters, George Mc
Eachron and Thomas Stolz, drowned in
Shawano Lake, at Shawano, AVIs., when
their skiff was capsized by the gale as
they were trying to reach shelter.
Three men were drowned when their
naptha launch capsized In Chequame
gon Bay at Ashland, while trying to
take provisions to a coal steamer lu
the harbor.
BALTIMORE. Oct" 20. One of the
worst wind and rain storms ever ex
perienced on the eastern shore of
Maryland Is raging tonight The storm
began early this afternoon and by
nightfall lower Chesapeake Bay traffic
was tied up.
Crisfield reported that water was two
feet deep in the principal streets and
still rising -and that fishing boats in
the harbor were being beaten to pieces.
Other towns on tributaries of the
Chesapeake Bay reported floods.
Great damage to oyster and fish in
dustries will result
CALUMET, MicOct 20. A heavy
snow and wind Btorm struck the cen
tral Lake Superior region today, gath
ering velocity- until, a small blizzard
was blowing and Increasing in force.
Marine reports say that but few boats
were caught In the storm, most of tiie
shipping being held In the harbor.
LOUISVILLE, KyiToct 20. A light
fall of snow was recorded this morn
ing in Eastern and Southern Kentucky.
The earliest Fall of snow previously re
ported In this state was October- 27,
nearly SO years ago. There was a rapid
falling temperature tonight and. freez
ing weather generally over this state
is forecasted for tomorrow morning.
CLEVELAND, O.. Oct 20. Blinded by
the driving rain and a 36-mile wind,
five persons walked In front of auto
mobiles tonight and two of them re
ceived serious injuries. Miss Mary
Costello, 45, was thrown against the
curb and her skull fractured. Shu
died while the automobile, which ran
over her was carrying her to a hospital.
Police exonerated the driver.
Shortly before midnight the rain
changed to snow and then to sleet
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct 20. Freei
lng temperatures, the first of the eel
son, prevailed over Missouri, KansaJ
and Northern Oklahoma early today
and a light frost extended Into North
ern Texas.
ST. PAUL, Oct.20. Light snow fell
here late today, the first of the present
season.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. The tall of a
wind storm that centered over the St.
Lawrence Valley, according to the
Weather Bureau, brought the first
snow of the season to Liucago ana
other Middle Western points tonight.
Snow, or a traca of It, was reported
at Davenport and Dubuque, la.; bt.
Louis, Mo.: Terre Haute, Ind., and
Houghton, Mich. Thermometers regis,
tered 35 degrees here, the coldest of
the season.
The cold weather extended as far
south as Tennessee and Oklahoma and
west over Missouri and Kansas, accord
ing to tho weather bureau. Cities In
Missouri reported the thermometer at
27 degrees and at Concordia, Kan., it
was 24 degrees. Ice formed over the
ponds and streams. A light fall of
snow was recorded at Birmingham una
Atlanta and at several points in tho
Kentucky mountains two inches of
snow fell.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 20. A high
wind storm that swept over the Con
necticut shore tonight cost one life
and did much damage to small craft
Russell B. Young, aged 10, who was
rowing with his father, was drowned
when their boat was capsized.
At New London the sea was said to
be the highest in five years.
An unidentified vessel Is displaying
distress flags outside the harbor.
WIRELESS NOVICE IS FINED
Unlicensed Radio Operutor Dranr
First Penalty Under New Law.
NEW YORK. Oct 20. Elmer B. My
ers, a BrooKiyn youtn wno sei up a
wireless plant on the roof of his home
without first obtaining a Federal li
cense to do so, was fined J50 today by
United States Judge Mayer for vlola-
lon of the radio act passed last June
by Congress, lie is said to be the l.rst
defendant under this law.
The law forbids unlicensed operators
picking up messages sent ashore from
hips or from one stato to another.
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