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N VOL. LIU. NO- 16,532. PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVE3IBER 19, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MILLIONAIRE IS TO BOSS ROADS GRATIS John B. Yeon to Serve Multnomah County. TWO-MILL ROAD TAX AGREED Portland Capitalist Will Give v .Year's Time to Taxpayers. PLAN CALLS FOR $900,000 Property-Owners of All Classes, In cluding; Bankers and Laborer, Call on Commission and , Trg Iievy for Highways. For a millionaire to give up his own business for a whole year, deny him self many comforts that pertain to one in his station in life, don rubber boots, overalls and a Jumper and give his time without a cent of pay to the occupation of supervising the county roads Is rather a long step to- ward altruistic ideals. Nevertheless, that is what John B. Yeon, lumber king, real estate holder, owner of the Yeon building, capitalist., automoblllst and good roads enthusiast, has agreed to do for the people of Multnomah County. Agreement Is Reached. Only one condition attached to Mr. Yeon's offer. That Is that the County Commissioners levy a 2-mill tax for road purposes in 1914. The Commissioners met this condi tion yesterday agreeing to make a 2 rnlll levy and making the counter con dition that Mr. Yeon take the job. The levy will be made when the county levy id made within a short time. A 2-mill levy on a J340.000.000 val uation will raise J680.000, which with Si30,000 the expected balance in the io;'.d fund on January 1, 1914 and J20, Oj0 Multnomah's share of the automo bile licenses will bring the total new ii.oiiey available for road purposes to ! $630,000. In addition to this $70,000 is left in the hands of the County Treas urer for the Columbia River Highway, which will be available next year, rais ing the total amount to $900,000. Yeon Ready to Begin. To show that he was not bluffing Mr. Yeon agreed to go to work as soon as needed. He will have complete authority over all road work both construction and repair in. Multnomah County. He and lie alone will be responsible to the Commissioners for the county's roads. He will be required to acccount strlctly for the expenditure of approximately $900,000, accruing to the road fund through the 2-mill tax levy and other sources. He proposes to assume the entire re sponsibility. He does not seek to di vide it or toahift it. "I expeot to do the business the same as If it were my own," said Mr. Yeon yesterday. Accounting to Be Given. "At the end of the year I shall ex pect to give the people of Multnomah County an accounting for every dollar. "I expect to point to the roads of this county and show the people that they have 100 cents' worth of Improvement for every dollar I spend. "I have made no plans excepting one 'there will be no politics on this job. Pull won't count. J. shall hire and lire men on their merits or demerits only." Mr. Yeon's decision to take charge of the county road work .was not the product of momentary fancy or of a challenge thrust at him by the County Commissioners. It was a decision reached after due consideration and careful deliberation. In fact, Mr. Yeon's good roads en thusiasm forced him into it. His first definite step toward the job was made unconsciously when he saw by the re ports of the County Commissioners that they proposed a levy of but .7 mill for loud work next year. With a prop city valuation in the county of $340, 000.000 that rate would have raised but $238,000. Proposed Levy Flouted. "Pshaw, cnat won't be enough!" ex claimed Mr. Yeon. "We need more than twice that amount." lie was not alone In his belief. A. B. bensun, who is also a good roads udvoeute of much experience, agreed with him. Bo they outlined a plan of Impressing tlio Commissioners with the receSBity of making a greater levy. in accordance with that plan they visited many of the leading bankers, property owners and heavy taxpayers. "V"e will gladly submit to a 2-imll road levy if we know the money Is judiciously spent," was the answer re ceived from all alike. "How shall we know that It is Ju diciously spent?" asked many. "Now, if you yourself were to have charge of the road work we wouldn't hesitate a minute," was the suggestion that Mr. Yeon began to hear. "Well, why don't you do it?" Mr. Benson asked after three or four prominent bankers had put the pro posal to him. "I'll do it." he finally agreed. Proposal Made to County. So, accompanied by mors than a score of leading business men, men who pay heavy taxes, Mr, Yeon and Mr. Benson visited the County Board yes terday morning. The Commissioners readily agreed to iConciuded Pas 18.) MILITANTS WARNED BY MRS. DUNIWAY IiKAD, DOX'T TRY TO DRIVE IS ADMONITION. Veteran Woman's Rights Worker In Oregon Says "Professional Old Maids" Hurt Cause. EUGENE, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) A reception in honor of Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway was given this after noon at the Hotel Osburn by the Eugene Alumnae Association of the University of Oregon. Mrs. Dunlway has been passing several days here, and will address the University of Ore gon students at their weekly assembly tomorrow morning. Mrs. Dunlway said she expects to live to see the day when the University of Oregon will have an endowment of $3,000,000. "An endowment of $3,000,000 will help us out, and we're going to have it. I say 'we' because I call all the young people at the university 'my boys and girls.' "I know that we can get the $1,000, 000 endowment," she added, speaking of the movement launched in Portland by Eugene Brookings. "I have already been talking this about the state. "I feel very grateful for the inter est taken in the university by the peo ple all over the state. The effect of the recent campaign was farther1 reach ing than I had expected. The only part that I took in this was to send letters to the newspapermen." Mrs. Dunlway talked of woman suf frage and condemned the methods of the English suffragettes as being too drastic "Women can lead men, all right," she said, "but they must keep the strings out of Sight. You can't go after them hammer and tongs. If you do, they will rebel. "One trouble with the woman suf frage movement is that it is being en gineered by professional old maids." EZRA MEEKER UNDER KNIFE Veteran of Oregon Trail Taken to Seattle for Operation. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe cial.) Ezra Meeker, veteran of the Oregon Trail, who at 70 years of ago traveled by ox team from, the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean, marking the his toric highway, was stricken with se rious illness at Chehalls this afternoon. After undergoing an operation at Prov idence Hospital, Seattle, tonight he made a rally which lead3 attending physicians to predict his recovery. Ezra Meeker. 22 years old, with his young wife, came to Oregon in 1852 by ox train. " The following year ne came to Puget Sound. More than a half century later he started out in an old-fashioned prairie schooner and re traced the Oregon Trail, marking it Dy monuments. TALK HEARD 1658 MILES Baker Man Pays $27. 50 for Eleven Miinnte Phone Conversation. BAKER, Or.. Nov. 18. (Special.) What the manager of the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company says is the longest long distance message ever sent from Oregon, was sent today by Frank Swayne, a young Baker business man, who talked for 11 minutes to Orange, CaU 30 miles south of Los Angeles. The distance by wire was 1658 miles. The bill amounted to $27.60. and this Mr. Swayne paid with a smile, declar ing that he was more than repaid by the use of the wire and saying that he had made many times the cost of the message, which he would otherwise have lost by being able to negotiate his business deal by word of mouth. NECK DISLOCATED BY JERK Forest Grove Laborer's Sudden Turn Results Seriously. FOREST GROVE, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) What came near being a fatal accident occurred here yesterday when A. A. Dotterer, an employe of the Monument Works, turned his head so suddenly that his neck was dislocated. Dotterer was trying to avoid water from the nozzle of a hose that he had been holding on a stone on which he was working. He was placed under the influence of an anesthetic and a surgeon brought heavy pressure to bear on the neck to replace it. He probably will recover. SPECIAL AGENT ARRIVES Harry Metcalf to Begin. Florence De portation Investigation Today. FLORENCE, Or.. Nov. IS. (Special.) Captain Harry Metcalf. Governor West's special agent to Investigate the I. W. W. deportation, arrived nere late today. He reports a hard stage trip and made no attempt today to start his Investigation. ' It Is expected that he will Interview a number of business men about the affair tomorrow. Whether the hear ing will be public or private was not given-out. ORIENTAL CHAIRS SEIZED Goods Landed at Astoria Intended for Portland, It Is Said. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.) When the British steamer Den of Glamls arrived from Portland Sunday afternoon, a man named J. D. Slmonds brought ashore three Oriental chairs, planning, it is said to take them back to Portland. The chairs were seised by the customs authorities for duty and are being held at the Custom-House. . .. 'SH0WGREDENT1ALS' REBELS SAY TP HALE Virtual Demand for Recognition Made. INFORMAL PERIOD IS AT END Move Conies as Bombshell to Administration Plans. DEAL ON BORDER CHECKED Sudden Breaking Off of Negotiations and Change of Attitude on Part of Insurgents Follows Fall of Juarez. NOG ALES, Sonora, Met. Nov. 18. Francisco Escudero, Minister of For eign Relafcfbns in the Carranza Cabinet today asked William Bayard Hale, President Wilson's annt tn ir hta credentials before continuing further with the conferences which have been under way here informallv fur days. This was internrptwl hv monv aa virtual demand for- rnttm. ... Constitutionalist revolution by the dip lomatic exenanges between the Car- ranzaistas and the Washington Gov ernment. Escudero explained that the request was made in order to make the confer ences formal, so that thfv miah v, concluded promptly. He said that here tofore Hale had been ri.cnivH ,,r ficlally and that the Cabinet members nao. aciea merely as individuals in the exenange or impressions." Informality Is Ended. "For our part the mtri.nfni.i gotlations are ended," declared Es- cuaero. -vve nave asked Mr. Hale to present his formal credential t ,..i j receive them as Minister of Foreign Relations and transmit them to my chief. "We have htpn o l rt O - fcw l A.r. Hale on terms of friendliness. We know of his previous investigations in Mexico. The Cabinet members on pre vious occasions met as individuals only. Each was a member of the Cab inet, true, but the Cabinet did not meet. "The exchange of impressions now has ended." Situation Completely Disrupted. The announcement rtf thn l'ni.otit., tlonalist demand disrupted the situa tion with the effectiveness of a bomb. No one on the American side expected a request for recognition of the Insur gents even in tne event tnat permis sion to Imnort war munitions from thn United States were granted. Carranza at the beginning of the ne. gotiatlons specifically declared that (Concluded on Page 2.) e 9 e t ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60 degrees; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; winds mostly northerly. Foreign. Huerta shows no sign of re sign Ing. Page S. National. Currency bill f ram era considering prevention of panic while change is being made. Page 2. Mexican rebels demand that Hale present his credentials. Page 1. Domestic. Yoakula frives his version of Frisco's fail ure, page 3. Plnchot beaten in first skirmish. Page 1. Gifts for Miss Wilson are practical. Page 1. Thaw rearrested; new writ io issued. Page 6. Wider canal zone regarded as needed. Page 2. Snorts. Sox beat Giants, 2 to 0. before 5000 fans. Page 8. Oregon faculty not expected to sanction post season game. Page 9. Globetrotting baseball players have feast. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Hopmen meet at Salem to fight for higher prices. Pago 7. Labor Federation declares for Asiatic ex clusion and literacy test." Page 6. Two Swiss girls travel 7000 miles to Albany, Or., to wed, but on arrival refuse would-be-bus bands. Page 6. Hood River man makes important address before Spokane meeting, page 7. Mrs. Dunlway acorns militants' tactics. Page 1. Defendant takes stand In Pender murder case. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Lively scramble among hop shorts to cover November sales. Page 19. Wall-street stocks firm, but speculation is light. Page 10. Japanese Importers to open headquarters in iJurtianti. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. John B, Yeon, millionaire, to supervise road work without pay. Page 1. Apples top and end Nation's menu. Page 12. Engagement of Miss Frances Wilson to Gordon Forbes Is announced. Page 12. "Ginger City" is much alive for coming event. Page 14. , Women's, organizations of city have varied programmes. Page 13. Professor Krohn plans for play system In schools. Page 11. Lively fight due In Oregon Bar meet. Page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Clough and other Northern Pacific officials promise to aid river development. Page 4. Heads of East .Side clubs repudiate Lepper's letter. Pago 4. Chance meeting of friends foils land swindle. Page 4. CITY OFFICIALS POPULAR Telephone Operator ' at City Hall Answers 80,000 Calls Monthly. The popularity of the city's official family at the City Hall is indicated in a report made yesterday by Miss Caro lyns Cassidy, telephone operator at the city's switchboard, showing that the City Hall receives 89,000 telephone calls each month. The busiest hours of the day are from 9 A. M. to 12 M., from 1 P. M. to 2 P. M. and from 4 P. M. to 5 P. M., when the average number of calls is 600 an hour. The average number for a day Is 8500 and tie switchboard is in full operation 26 days each month. SALEM DRYS SPEND $1003 Prohibitionists File Iteport or Cost for Recent Campaign. SALEM, Or., Nov. 18 (Special.) It cost the prohibitionists of this city and their friends $1003.70 to make Salem "dry," according to a report filed with the County Clerk today by W. H. Trindle, who had charge of the fight on the saloons. LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON. PINCHOT IS BEATEN IN FIRST SKIRMISH Water Power Policy Is Condemned. BATTLE FOOCAIP IS BEGUN Insurgents Hopeful of Winning Against ex-Forester. SERVICE MEN GATHER IN Several Hundred Rally, at Govern ment Expense, to Pinefcot Stand ard, Raising Cry That Con vention Is Packed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 18. The overthrow of Glf ford Plnchot as the dominating figure In the National Conservation Congress will be attempted Thursday when that body takes up for approval the report of the committee on water power. The adoption of that report will signify that the Congress has passed from the control of the ex-forester. Plnchot suffered his first defeat when the water power committee de cisively voted to condemn the existing Government policy, which he himself had dictated, and recommended the adoption of a policy intended, while safeguarding the public interest, to in vite the Investment of capital In water power projects coming under Federal Jurisdiction. Encouraged by their first victory, the revolutionists will press hard to unhorse Plnchot. Fight Made for Control. Having had full warning ho was to be attacked, Pinchot through his lieu tenants, brought to Washington at Government expense several hundred field officers of the Forest Service, many from the Pacific Coast, with a view to "packing the convention." He proposes by this means to retain con trol, and already has set up a cry that the power companies have packed tha congress against him. Oregon's delegation to the Conserva tion Congress, which organized today. Is completely In control of the forest service employes and sympathizers. No sooner was the organization started than William Hanley -and C. C. Chap man realized they were being steam rolled, being outnumbered five to two. Out of courtesy Hanley was elected chairman of the delegation and Chap man was made secretary, but E. T. Allen, ex-distrlct forester at Portland, was placed on the resolutions commit tee, which really transacts the busi ness of the Conservation Congress. Delegate Are Service Men. Aside from Hanley and Chapman, (Concluded on Page 3.) t GIFTS FOR BRIDE OF CAPITAL PRACTICAL USEFUL WEBDIXG PRESENTS FILLING WHITE HOUSE. Miss Wilson Busy "Writing Personal Letters to Donors Announce ments Go to Thousands. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Gifts In great numbers have been received at the White House In the past few days for Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis B. Sayre, who are to be mar ried a week from today. Most of the gifts are of useful nature, more adapted to household needs than ornamental. Miss Wilson Is busily occupied in writing personal letters to the givers. Several of the presents have come from the embassies and legations. Cut glass, furniture, dishes, silver services- and bric-a-brac and a variety of domestic articles make up the bulk of the gifts thus far re ceived, but some beautiful jewelry also has been received. Some of the clerks were busy today preparing a list of several thousand announcements which will be mailed in a few days. FIRE SWEEPS COOPERAGE Plant of Pacific Company Is Dam aged More Than $40,000. Fire of unlearned origin gutted the plant of the Pacific Cooperage Com pany, at Twentieth and York streets, shortly after 8 o'clock last night. Frank Pfluger. proprietor of the con cern, estimated the damage at more than $40,000. Insurance of $20,000 was carried on building and stock. The plant had not been In operation yesterday, owing to a shortage of lum ber, and Engineer Smith was In charge when the fire started. The building had been thoroughly inspected by Mr. Pfluger at 7 o'clock. Nine companies responded to the alarm. The blaze threatened the Eastern and Western Lumber Company and tho yards of the Emerson Hard wood Company, In the vicinity. A heavy fog impeded the work of the fire de partment. ' "AMUSE HENS' IS ORDER Wisconsin Instructor Says Diversion for Fowls Brings Egg Dividends. MADISON, Wis., Nov. 18. Amuse ment and exercise for poultry is ad vocated by James G. Halpin, poultry man for the college of agriculture of the University of Wisconsin, today as a means of preventing the annual winter shortage of eggs. 1 "Right now poultry houses should be deeply beuued with dry straw," said Mr. Halpin, "and the grain feed should be worked into this litter so the hens may get good exercise and amusement hunting for it. If nothing of this kind Is done, the flock will huddle together and lose all interest in life, and Winter eggs will be few. "It is well to get the hens to ex ercising and singing. They work for their feed. PAVING POOR; BILL VOID Court Holds Tillamook People po Not Have to Pay $160,000. ' Because of its deviation from the specification, the Warren Construction Company will not be able to collect about J160.000 from Tillamook property holders for paving done in that city, according to a decision handed down by Circuit Judge Campbell, sitting in Judge Davis courtroom, yesterday afternoon. Suit was brought last Spring against the company and the city officials. The specifications provided that where a soft, spongy foundation for the streets should be found the company was to remove this and replace it with hard, solid material. Because of a failure to do this the completed streets do not hold solid under a heavy load, but wave as a piece of rotten ice. FRESH EGGS UP TO 70C San Francitsco Dealers Predict Still Higher Figure. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18. Fresh eggs reached 70 cents a dozen today, the highest quotation since the mining days, with the prediction current among dealers that they would go higher. There is a tradition that In the days of the What Cheer House eggs once sold in San Francisco at $1 each, but that was when boots were $25 a pair and bacon was $2 a pound. VOICE WAFTED ACROSS SEA Marconi Says Vocal Sound Carried by AVlreiess Over Atlantic. LONDON, Nov. 18. Vocal sounds, but not actual words, have been trans mitted by wireless telephone across the Atlantic Ocean from Clifden, Ire land, to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, ac cording to a statement made this after, noon by William Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy. Mr. Marconi says "no conversation" was held in the recent experiments made by him. French out for senator Purpose of Brady's Opponent Is Made Known Through Friends. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 18. representative French, of Idaho, will be a candidate for United States Senator against Sen ator Brady next year. He will not make formal announce ment of his candidacy at this time, but through friends his purpose was made known today. - LIVELY FIGHT DUE IN OREGON BAR MEET Non-Partisan Judiciary Issue at Stake. FIRST VOTE INDICATES "NO" Opinion That Body Favored System Gets Jolt. IN RECONSIDERATION HOPE First Decision Due to Misapprehen sion of Motion Apparently. Federal Court Clerk Fees Among Targets of Session. Whether the Oregon Bar Associa tion is for or against a non-partisan Judiciary was a question the associa tion had not settled when it adjourned late yesterday at the close of the first day of Its annual two-day session. Heretofore members of the state bar hav been regarded as decidedly in favor of the non-partisan system. That theory got a Jolt when a resolu tion introduced by W. M. Davi3, of Portland, declaring the association to advocate a non-partisan Judiciary law. was voted down. When President Charles H. Carey put the resolution, which was not debated, there, were a few timid-voiced "ayes," followed by a slightly louder smatter ing of "noes." A rising vote showed the resolution lost decisive- But many in the United States courtroom, where the lawyers are meeting, did not vote one way or the other. Bert Haney Inquires. This inspired Bert E. Haney, of Port land, to inquire softly If the associa tion had such a thing as a resular committee on resolutions. "Because," went on Mr. .Haney, his voice still on tip-toe, but beginning to give off sparks. "I noticed that not half of those present voted at all. Perhaps It was owing to the way th resolution was submitted. "I can't believe that this vote ex pressed the sentiment of the meeting, and if there is no committee on reso lutions I give notice now, so every one can have plenty of time to think it over, that tomorrow I propose to submit a resolution approving a non partisan Judiciary. I don't think this Bar Association can afford to go on record as opposed to a non-partisau judiciary." Judge George H. Burnett, of the State Supreme Court, came further to tlie rescue by moving, as one who had voted "no," to reconsider. "I voted no' under a misapprehension," ex plained the Judge. "I did not realize what the resolution, intended." Lively Fight Expected. The reconsideration prevailed, put ting the resolution again before the house. It was getting so near dinner time that President Carey made it a special order of business for 10 o'clock this morning. Those who wish the resolution to carry are preparing for a lively fight. Mr Davis' resolution follows: Whereas, the people ot the State of Ore gon have been agitating the Question of a non-political judiciary lor said state, aiid Whereat, certain organizations of tha State ot Oregon have already passed meas ures advocating the initiation of a bill to remove the Judiciary of the state frou. pouticul inxliience, aud W hereas. - during the last Legislature, the lower House unanimously passed a meas ure removing the judiciary from politics, 13u it resolved, that w. the state liar As sociation of thu State of Oregon, advocate and urge the initiation of a law which will permit any person, who is eligible to the office of a Judicial position, to have his name placed upon the ballot without politi cal designation thereafter. Many lawyers from points outside of Portland, including three members of the State Supreme Bench, attended yes terday's session, which began at 10 o'clock. T. A. McBride, chief justice, and George H. Burnett and H. J. Bean, of the Supreme Court; C. E. Wolver ton and Robert S. Bean, of the United States Court; Judge George N. Davis and T. J. Cleeton, of the Multnomah circuit bench; John H. McNary and W. T. Slater, of Salem; W. H. Hollls. of Forest Grove; E. P. Morcom, of Wood burn; Will M. Peterson, of Pendleton; Porter J. Neff, of Medford, and Oscar Hayter. of Dallas, were among the prominent out-of-town attorneys. John ii. McNary, of Salem, In an ad dress on "Law Enforcement," suggest ed some pertinent reforms in criminal procedure at tea afternoon session. His address made a decided impression. "While I am not a doctor of laws.'' said Mr. McNary, "I think there are remedies which might be applied with beneficial effect to our judicial syttei-i. For instance, the unrepresentative character of some of our juries might be improved by requiring the triaJ Judge to select the jurymen, by saving the rights of the parties to exerci-Ra peremptory challenges and by reducing the causes of challenges and making smaller the exemption list from jury duty. By this means long and tire some examinations of jurors will be avoided and better and more compe tent Jurors selected. "A lasting service might be rendered to our state if lawyers for the defeiwe of persons charged with crime woukl refrain from going to all limits to de lay punishment on purely technical or frivolous grounds. The action of counsel in the defense of criminals should be limited in some respects by his general obligations to society. "The defense of insanity has been scandalously abused; by that plea, with the aid of expert witnesses, the most vicious criminals have beon allowed to IConocluccd on Fage i i
