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mrc MOT? "NT?f C3- OREGONTAIf, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1913. FIGHT INTENDED TO OUST HILLES IS ON STORM CENTER OF TROUBLE WHICH BROUGHT HANISH INTO COURT. AT CAPITAL BARED L ectare aiomoDiie! Aggressive Republicans Plan to Place Widely-Known Man at Party Wheel. Colored Employes in Govern ment Departments at Wash ington Segregated! ft 3 JIM GROW" " PLANS :5i..sK(: - - - X . .. -. ... . r - .. s .k OPPOSITION NOT PERSONAL At National Committee Meeting De cember 16 Important Problems, Including Southern Repre ( sentation, Coming Up. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 17. The meeting? of the Republican National Committee at Washington on December 16 will be Interesting- and Important, even though the committee may coincide with the view of ita law committee that It can not, of itself, change the basis of rep resentation In National conventions. Several problems, lookinjr to the reor ganization of the Republican party on progressive lines, will be considered and acted upon. Not the least Interesting feature of the December meeting will be a fight to oust Charles D. Hilles, ex-private secretary to President Taft, from the chairmanship of the Republican Na tional Committee. A fight on Hilles is being planned by some of the more ag gressive Republicans of the' progres sive type, and plans have so far pro gressed as to develop the rumor that Mr. Hilles may resign from the chair manship "in order to devote his time to private business.". Opposition Not Personal. Opposition of Progressive Repub licans to Mr. Hilles is not personal, but the substitution of a Progressive Re publican for the present chairman is deemed essential if the Republican party is to make rapid progress with its plans of reorganization. Air. Hilles has never been affiliated with Pro gressive Republicans and has never been identified with any Progressive Republican policy. It is generally rec ognized by experienced politicians that the Republican party cannot get far with its plan of reorganization if the old leaders are to remain in control of the party organization. Sentiment among Progressive Re publicans has not crystallized in favor nf any particular man to head the Re publican National Committee, but If some one candidate is fixed upon, he will be a Republican of National rep utation and one whose views are known. Mr. Hilles is handicapped by reason of the fact that he is not well known. Southern Representation Issue, While technically, at least, it may be true that the Republican National Com mittee lias no authority to change the basis of representation in National conventions, and while that decision may be reached by the committee itself, there are many Republicans who be lieve the committee has authority to settle one other important point in controversy namely, to decide that delegates to National conventions, elected at primaries, shall be seated in National conventions, when so.'elected In accordance with state law. , This point was one that figured largely at the last Republican National Convention, and is a question that must be settled before the next' Republican National Convention. Is is the National committee that issues the call for Na tional conventions, and this- commit tee, it is argued, has full authority to stipulate in its call that delegates shall be chosen according to the law of the respective states. So far as the reduction of Southern representation is concerned, it is likely that the National committee will sus tain the holding of the law commit tee and decree that only a Republican National Convention can change the basis of representation. If that is the decision, then will arise the question whether a special National convention shall be called for the early part of next year preferably in the Spring or whether the question shall go over to the regular National convention, which meets formally to nominate a .Presidential candidate In 1916. . Senator Cummins and some of his friends are enthusiastically in favor of a special convention next year to set tle this and other questions. Others believe the change will be deferred until the regular convention in 1916. Those holding the latter view point out that the Southern delegate evil is worst when the Republicans are in control or the Government, and a Republican President, with the aid of patronage promises, can swing the average Southern delegate as he will, as Roose velt did in 1908 and as Taft did in 1912, and as other Presidents have done be fore. HOMESTEAD RULING MADE 1'ederal Control Censes "With Issu ance of Patent. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 17. In the case of John R. Buchser, homestead entryman in the State of Washington, against the Kuardians of four minor children, the Supreme Court . today held that the Federal Government's control over a homestead entry ceased with the issu ance of patent and that after the patent Issued the land became subject to state laws, as any other real estate. ' In this case Buchser's wife claimed a half Interest in the homestead, but deeded it shortly after the patent is sued to her husband. The Supreme Court holds that the rulings of the lower courts apply In this case and the wife's contention Is sustained. 7 1 : ' -: v fi:f vk1 y'pi - y Jr- I.- i t K j . I , W. LINDSAY OF CHICAGO. j ........ ...4 "BII-I."iT" LINDSAY, HEIR OF" LATE W, COLT TRIAL DELAYED Government "Star" Witness' Absence Not Denied. MYSTIC VEIL TO DROP rather of "Otoman Zar Adusht Hanlsh," Head of Weird Sect, Will Reveal Son as Shrewd American Man. CHICAGO. Nov, 17. (Special.) The trial of Otoman Zar Adusht Hanish, head of the Mazdaznan Sun cult, will not open until Thursday. A continuance was taken this morning when the case was called before Federal Judge Mack. Assistant District Attornev Walter K. Krlmbill stated that an agreement had been reached between the Govern ment attorneys and the counsel to this effect. . A report that Billy Lindsay and his mother, who, it is believed, are re garded by the Government as "star" witnesses, have disappeared, met with neither denial nor confirmation by Air., Krlmbill. "It wouldn't be fair to the Govern ment or fair to the witnesses to say whether they are unavailable at this time," he said. "I will say, however, that -my im pression Is. that If at the time of the trial the Government wants them as witnesses, they will be in court ready to take the witness stand." Hanish is named in a series of in dictments which charge the sending of objectionable . printed matter by. ex press in violation of interstato com merce laws. This material, which is objected to, is contained in Hanish's book called "Inner Studies," a statement of the practices of the cult. Instead of Hanish being of mystic Oriental birth, his aged father, Richard u -Hainan, a poor musician of Milwau kee, Wls will take the stand and tear away the shimmering mystic veil and show him to be Just an American boy1 grown Into a shrewd man. sauce; calves liver, with fried apples: roast goose, with apple sauce; boiled pork tenderloin, with pickled apples; roast turkey, with apple sauce; pork chops saute, with fried apples; roast duck, with apple fritters; roast suck ling pig, with baked apple; roast loin of veal, with apple dressing; roast goose, with stuffed apples; apple frit ters, apple salad, apples en surprise, baked apple and cream, apple dumpling, with brandy sauce; apple pie a la mode, sweet cider. Thus apples will figure in every course "from soup to nuts." Among the hotels that have Apple day menus today are: the Imperial, the Oregon, the Perkins, the Portland and the Carlton. The Perkins is featuring apples from the various fruit districts of Oregon and Washington. A lapel button bearing a picture of a rosy Oregon apple is presented to each guest at the Imperial. The Hotel Dalles, at The Dalles, la one of the many hotels in other Ore gon cities that is observing the day by serving apples. Its menu includes apple cider soup and apple mayonnaise two things not on Portland bills of fare. INQUIRY TO BE RESUMED Indictments May Replace Blank Bills Against Corporation Heads. L.OS ANGELES, Nov. 17. The Feder al grand jury will resume tomorrow its Investigation of the affairs of the Los Angeles Investment Company. Eleven of the ex-officers of the company, in cluding Charles A. Elder, for several years president of the $20,000,000 cor poration, were indicted last week on charges of having used the mails to defraud. It was expected today that another Indictment replacing the blanket bill tinder which the men were arrested ' would be returned. The Government's accusation so far is general. The eleven men under indictment will be arraigned Wednesday. 300 Women March on Mayor. ROCK ISLAND, 111., Nov. 17. Three hundred members of the Rock Island Women's'' Club marched to the City Hall today and demanded that the Mayor and. Commissioners take action and close disorderly resorts and xid the city, of undesirables. WOMEN INVADE CAPITOL SENATOR MARTI.N'E REFUSES TO AID SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT. . Sfew Jersey Equal Rights Workers Aafc Support From President Wilson d Members of Both Houses. WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. Suffrage workers from New Jersey, who came to Washington to enlist Congressional support for the proposed constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote, met with opposition today when they visited the Capitol and importuned Senator Martina to champion their cause in the Senate. The New Jersey Senator, in reply to a direct question by one of the suffragists, said he did not favor the proposed enfranchisement of women and that he probably would vote against the proposed amendment if it should come to an early issue in Congress. The suffrage dpluation, numbering several score of women from various parts of New Jersey, had visited the White House earlier in the day and urged President Wilson to lend his aid to the "votes-for-women" fight. After their reception by Senator Marline at the Senate, they went to he House end of the Capitol and presented petitions and arguments to New Jersey members of the House. Senator Martine was criticised by some of the suffragists. HOTEL MENUS ARE VARIED Ingenuity of Chefs Taxed to Present Fruit in Most Attractive Way. King apple has many disguises and aliases today, appearing on the menus of the leading hotels and restaurants of Portland io , dozens of different etyles, bearing testimony to the inven tive ingenuity of masters of cuisine of the eating places that have chosen to do him honor. Here are some of the dishes 1n which apples are used largely "on the side' Cream of asparagus soup, with apple croutonsj loin of pork, with apple HOP COMBINE IS TALKED GROWERS ARE DISSATISFIED WITH PRICES FOR OREGON PRODUCT. With Quotation of 50 in London ud 4o to 44 tn New York, Discrepancy Blamed on Speculators. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 17. (Special.) Dissatisfied with the price of hops, and declaring that they are "being worked" and "held up" by the shorts, a number of leading hopgrowers of this section, owning about 8000 bales, will meet at the Commercial Club here tomorrow and discuss the advisability of organiz ing a pool. The growers assert that the disparity in price of bops here and in London and New York indicates that they are being made victims of specu lators. It is declared that the.. 8000 bales rep resented by the growers who will at tend the meeting is more than one fourth of the crop remaining in Ore gon. Announcing that hops are selling in London at 60 cents and in New York at from 40 to 44 cents, they declare there is no reason why the price in Oregon is less than 24 cents. The meeting was called for a discus won oi conditions and tne issue or a call to all the growers of the valley to attend a subsequent meeting, at which it is proposed to organize the pool. The growers interested say the only -thing for them to do for self-protection is to keep their goods off the market until they are offered prices corresponding with those prevailing elsewhere. Growers declare that conditions throughout this and other countries are such that the price here should be con siderably in excess of SO cents. CORVALLIS CLUB KEEPS DAY Commercial Organization Announces ' Apple Dinner. CORVALLIS. Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) The business men of this city will observe Apple day by participating: in an apple dinner at the Commercial Club rooms at noon. It Is the plan to serve apples in as many ways as pos sible, ana cnel watters has been work ing on the menu the past three days. A Tuesday luncheon Is a regular fea ture with the Corvallis Commercial Club, with an attendance of 60 to- 60 business men. With the prospect of apple pie, apple dumplings, apple but ter, apples fried, baked and stewed, and apple cider, sweet and hard, there is promise of an attendance of 150. CASTE NOT RACE BASIS Inquiry by National Association for Advancement of Colored Peo ple Reports Effects of Alleged Practice. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (Special.) The National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, incorpo rated in 1911, with headquarters in New York, has received so many complaints and inquiries In regard to the alleged segregation of colored employes in Oovernment departments in Washing- ion mat it sent a trained Investigator, M. C. Nerney, to Washington to ascer tain the facts. The National Association comprises both white and colored people. Its object Is to secure for colored men and women full enjoyment of their rights as citizens, justice in all courts, and equality of opportunity everywhere. It has 20 branches, ranging from Boston to Washington, and from New York to San Francisco and Tacoma. It pub lishes each month as its official organ the Crisis Magazine, which has a cir culation of 32,000. Among its officers and directors are Jane Addams, Miss (Lillian D. Wald, Dr. J. E. Spingarn, Dr. John Haynea Holmes. The chairman of its board of directors is Oswald Garrison VI Hard, of New York. Its president is Moor field Storey, of Boston. Dr. W. E. 13. Du Bois is editor of Its magazine. Employes Paired as to Race. Only those departments were visit-id where segregation was said to be. in creasing. In the miscellaneous and ex amining division of the bureau of en graving and printing, workers have been paired according to race. White guides in this department told the in vestigator that it was to be the future policy of the bureau to segregate all its colored employes, but that this could not be strictly enforced until the bu reau moved into ita new building. In the dead letter office of the Postoffice Department colored employes have been segregated back of a row of lockers in corner of the room. In fact. In this department, segregation practically amounts to elimination, for, of the seven colored men classified as clerks, the investigator learned, on credible authority, that six were recently in cluded in an order transferring 60 clerks, so that there will be. only one colored clerk left among the thousands of white clerks employed In this department. In the Treasury building colored clerks have not yet been segregated, but it seems to be understood that as many as possible are to be segregated in the registry division. In the office of the auditor for the Postoffice segregation seems to have been most skilfully worked out. Mr. Krara, the head of this department. said he never would lose an opportunity to introduce it. White operatives do ing the same work occupy separate rooms. In one alcove where the in vestigator visited, there were nine col ored women working on the "key punch." The light and ventilation were poor.- These women had been moved several times, but originally had been in rooms with white clerks, where they had good light and air. Caste. Not Race, Basis. That the basis of the whole segrega tion idea is caste, and not race, was in dicated by the fact that both the super intendent of the postoffice building and the clerk who acted as guide in the Treasury Department repeatedly called attention to- the absence of segregation in the cleaning forces, emphasizing the fairness with which the colored help is treated. Again, contrasted with the "Jim Crowing" of colored clerks in the Postoffice Department is the appar ent lack of opposition to the employ ment of colored messengers or laborers in this department, and even of colored clerks drawing clerical pay, provide! they do the work of messengers or laborers. The effect of segregation is startling. Competition has been eliminated. Those segregated are regarded almost as lep. ers, and get what no one else wants. For example, in the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing, the lunchroom as signed to the colored women is insani tary. In the Postoffice Department there is no lunchroom at all for colored help. In the office of the Auditor for the postoffice, the colored women were taken from light and airy rooms and placed in an unpleasant alcove. Segregation in work has been ef fected so far without official orders. Generally the excuse is a readjustment in the work to increase efficiency. Arrangements for segregation had been made in one of the divisions of the Pension Bureau, but when the chief of the division learned that the colored employes were opposed to separation, he gave them an opportunity to vote on the matter. They were unanimous in their opposition. This man is re ported to have said that segregation should not be introduced while he was the chief of this division. BLAKE DENIES CHARGES EMINENT SIRGEOS FILES ANSWER TO WIFE'S SEPARATION SUIT. TRAIN KILLS D'EAF MUTE Motorman Signals, Lad Steps Aside Then Moves Again In Front of Car BALEM, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.)- Because he was deaf and the motorman did not know it. Earl Lucy, 17, a pupil of the State Deaf Mute School, was run down and killed this afternoon by an Oregon Electric car. The boy had been given permission to go to a store near the school and was warned not to walk on the railroad track. The motorman on seeing Iiucy walk ing beside the track, blew his whistle, and the boy, as if he heard the blast, stepped further toward the side. But as the train was almost upon him he swerved to the ends of the ties on the main track. Desertion and No n-Support Not Ad mitted In Reply to Mate Who Dropped Action Asalnst Mrs. Macltay. NEW YORK, Nov. 17. Dr. Joseph A. Blake, an eminent surgeon, filed this afternoon his answer in the suit for separation brought by his wife, Mrs. Katherlne J. Blake. All of Mrs. Blake's charges of desertion and non-support are denied in the answer. The answer admits, however, that Dr. Blake has contributed nothing to his wife's support since August 1, of this year. Dr. Blake denies that he is a resident of this state and asks that the suit be dismissed. The suit for separation is the second one filed recently by Mrs. Blake. The first one was brought against Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay for $1,000,000 for alleged alienation of Dr. Blake's affec tions. This suit was Withdrawn a week ago. In the present suit, Mrs. Blake charges long-continued desertion and -non-support. Learn More About Your Motor Car Mr. E. Phil Merrill, the noted automobile lecturer, "jvho has lec tured in nearly every large city in this country and abroad, is here for a few days only. Mr. Merrill goes into automobile design and construction very thoroughly, using such plain terms and thorough explanation that anyone can understand. It makes no difference what car you own, or if you are not an owner, you should make a strenuous effort to attend at least one of these lectures. Mr. Merrill will give lectures each afternoon at 2:30 and each evening at 8, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the salesroom. Orders will not be solicited nor visitors importuned, and we hope that you may find it convenient to accept our invitation to attend, 3Tou will find these lectures both interesting and instructive. WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-FIRST STREET TWO STRIKES GALLED Textile Mills at Lawrence Stop When Firemen Quit'. Vale Increases Tuition. NEW HAVEN, Nov. 17. At the meet ing of the Yale corporation today it was voted to increase the tuition charges in the college, Sheffield scien tific school and graduate's school. The Coroner Clough said it would not be tiflc school and graduates' school. The I largest increase is ju a year in tne lacientino school. necessary to hold an inquest, as the? acaldent was clearly. unarYoida.t)le. OTHER EMPLOYES HALTED cial.) The stranger who was killed by train No. 15 last Friday has not been identified. It has been rumored that the dead man was George Wilson, of Roseburg. The dead man was 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighed 140 pounds. His hair, once sandy, is now gray. The hat he wore was purchased at Abram's Btore at Roseburg and his clothes came from the Capitol Outfit ting Company, Sacramento, Cal. Shirt laundry mark Indicated that it had been checked in a Roseburg laundry. Westport Will Elect Officials. ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) The County Commissioners of Chehalis County granted Westport's petition for incorporation today and authorized an election aa a town of Mie fourth class. POLICE JOB GIVEN CHINESE I.os Angeles Makes Special Officer of Iiung Yip, Merchant. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Nov. 17. Los Angeles acquired the first Chinese po liceman in the United States today, ac cording to Chief of Police Sebastian, who made Lung Yip, member of a Chi nese business firm, a special officer.. Policeman Lung was born in San Francisco and educated in the public schools of that city. 3000 to 1000 Unable to Work When S50 Men Cease to Provide Power. Five Hundred Shoemakers Walk Out in Milwaukee. . LAWRENCE, Mass., Nov. 17. Be tween 3000 and 4000 operatives were thrown out of work today when a strike of firemen in the textile mills caused the stoppage of machinery be cause of lack of power. According to union officials 350 of the firemen have quit work. Two members of the State Board oi Conciliation and Arbitration, Frank M. Bump and Bernard S. Supple, came here today to ask both sides of the contro versy for facts and figures. It was announced, however, that no offer of the board's services will be made. The union asks for an eight-hour day at the same pay now received for a 12 hour day. MILWAUKEE, "wis., Nov. 17. Five hundred boot and shoe workers of the United Shoe Workers' Union went on strike at a local shoe factory today be cause of a change in the piece-work system, resulting in a decrease in wages. Arvid Erlander and J. R. Old ham, of Lynn, Mass., officers of the United Shoe Workers' Union, arrived here today and have taken charge of the workers' case. . In the demands presented to the manufacturers the strikers ask their. old rate, five minutes' time before noon and night to clean up and that they be paid every Wednesday before closing time. Uxoricide Pleads Guilty. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Nov. 17. (Special.) William J. Shaw today pleaded guilty to murder in the Becond degree and a jury j was empaneled to take evidence and ' fix the degree of guilt, a procedure necessary under the state law. The trial is expected to be short, as much of the state's case will be submitted on affidavits. Shaw once was condemned to die for killing his wife, but the Supreme Court gave him a new trial. Train Victim Not Identified. GRANTS PASS, Or., Nov. 17. (Spe- IF BACK HURTS BEGIN ON SALTS Flush your . Kidneys occasionally t vmi oat. Tnea.t regularly. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flush ing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou ble, nervousness, constipation, dizzi ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. Tbj moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. -This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney pgmplicaUons, Adra National Prices Make It Real Economy to Buy The Best Wines and Liquors The very choicest grades of domestic and imported wines and liquors await you here at prices much lower than those prevailing on unknown brands in other stores. You can order safely by phone Main 6499 A 4499 and your orders will be promptly delivered. H 1 1 Iwood Kentncky RonrbOD, full quarts. "r.."1.... $1.00 Penntiyl ! Wyr, full $1.00 Multnomah Pennsyl vania Pure Rye. full quarts at Imported AVlnen for the Holiday Priced From SX Quart V p. All the Knvorlte Do mestic W inn at Sav ing Prices. Northern Pacific Railway Route of the Great Big Baked Potato Go to Tacoma -THIS :WAY-&2&. Observation or Parlor Cars, Coaches, Smoking Cars and Dining Cars on the three day trains. Standard and Tour ist Sleeping Cars and Coaches on night trains. TO CHEHALIS, CENTRALIA To All Points North To Raymond, South Eend, Hoquiam, Aberdeen Frequent and Convenient Service TICKETS: 255 Morrison St., Portland Phones: Main 244, A 1244 A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A., Portland, Oregon i