VOL. 1,111. NO. 16,544. PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECE3IDER 3, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILSON OUTLINES POLICY FOR PARTY Hope for "Social Jus- ntice" Dominant MESSAGE SURPRISINGLY BRIEF Warm Reception in Contrast to v Previous Occasion. MEXICAN POLICY. IS SAME Direct Primary for President, Legis lation to Supplement Sherman , I -aw, .Marks Railway Are Among Measures Advised. WASHINGTON. Dm. 2. President Wilson laid before Congress today the legislative ambition of the Democratic .Administration. For exactly 2S minutes the Presi dent stood before the assembled Sen . am and House in the chamber of the latter and read his first annual mes sage. Applause punctured Important utterances and when he had finished there was an enthusiastic demonstra- tion with handclapping and cheers. Erlefly the President outlined a pro gramme for social Justice and the gen eral welfare of the Nation vand pro claimed the aspirations of the United States for International amity and the maintenance of constitutional govern ment In all America. Message Astoalahlagly !krt. With close, almost eager, attention, members of the two houses listened and legislators gave vent to their en thusiasm, together with the crowded gsKerles. Less than S040 words lone;, the mes : ge was one of the briefest and most r vet of American state papers a r. -rked contrast as presented by its i.jthor today to the hitherto lengthy ..-ouments averaging 20.000 words or cere droned through by a. reading rk to an Inattentive audience. There wss another contrast cunsplc cisly apparent.- - President "Wilson had read three mr.sacs before oatho tariff, on the currency, and Mexican affairs. The first time be addressed a Joint session in person, early In his: term, there was an atmosphere of stiff formality, ap plause was liberal but perfunctory and there was an indefinable air of prece dent being broken of a century -old ' crstotji being revived. Also there was an expectant curiosity as to how tha President would be received. Today the President's reception was warm, utmost uproarious as he concluded his reading. Later. Republicans and Demo crats alike pronounced the message as the utterances of a statesman. Leader Maaa I. Ike. Idea." "I like the idea of the President's coming before Congress." said Repre sentative Mann, Republican House leader, "and reading a short message. pithy and to the point. In the main I liked the message today. . I think everybody will recognise it as the ut terance of a statesman, regardless of whether -he agrees with Its details." The scene of today's . function was much the same as on tha thro previ ous occasions when President Wilson has addressed Congress -----galleries crowded with men and women of Im portance in public affairs, mem bars of the Cabinet, tha diplomatic corps and the White House family. The suggestion of the President that party conventions as at present consti tuted be abolished won applause. As Mr. Wilson declared tha party conven tion should be held only to ratify the verdict of preference primaries; that the personnel of the conventions should be for the most part chosen from those members of Congress and Congressional nominee on whom would devolve the duty of carrying out pialform pledges, there was a wave of tand-clapping in which Secretary .Bryan and members of the Cabinet Joined. BREVITY OF MESSAGE MARKED Subject of Trusts One of Those Re served for Future. WASHINGTON'. Dec. 5. President Wilson departed from custom of the past today in writing a relatively brief message to Congress, this brevity being attained In part by omitting the uaual review of the Government's accom pllehment by departments, and by do ferrlng some other subjects, such as that of trusts, for subsequent messages. In his message today the President reiterated, as to Mexico, that- Huerta must go. and said that tha country could wait with patience the collapaa of the dictatcr. now near. lie also urges prompt action on the currency bill. Ha discusses the fur ther need of credit aid to the farmer, advocates supplementing the Sherman anti-trust law with legislation to clar ify it. He favors direct primaries for the nomination of candidates for Presi dent. A Government railway for Alaska and a better employers liability law are other subjects treated. The message In full was as follows: In pursuance of mv constitutional d'jty to "artve to the Congress Informa tion of the state of th tnlon," 1 take the liberty of addressing; you on sev eral matters which ought, as It seems to me. particularly to engajre the at tention of your honorable bodies, as of tConciudsd a Fag, 4.) INDIAN SUMMER IS BRIEF, TARDYGUST ELUSIVE, BROWN AND PCRPLE XYMPII DUE TO DEPART. Blue Watch Fires Rekindled for Two Dreaming; Dajs Likely to Be Put Out Today, Says Weather Man. Indian Summer, who had hidden her self for a time, perhaps in some cedarn covert In the heart of the bills, where she would not wet her dainty mocca sins, has returned and on the heights that look down upon the Valley of the Columbia she has rekindled her blue watchflres. Tor two dreaming days the air has been suffused with the witchery of her presence. The sun has filtered down through Idling clouds that hare trailed their raveled fleeces across skies only less . blue than those of Junetlme. The "come-back" has .been as com plete as that of each recurring Christ mas, or of any one of the several in stances of tha recuperative powers of Sara Bernhardt. But today, according to District Forecaster Beats, it may be , raining again, and if the brown-and-purple nymph Is to remain she had best get an umbrella and some rubbers. "SPUGS" TO CHEER LONELY True Christmas Spirit to Supplant Giving Uselessly. NEW YORK, Dec 5. The local or- ganlxatinn of the Society for the Pre vention of Useless Giving plans to play host on Christmas day to every lonely person In New Tork City. There Is to be a Christmas party In Grand Central Palace for the lonely a Christmas tree, music, dancing, singing and refresh ments. - Announcement of the plan was made by Kate Douglass Wiggln (Mrs. George Rlggs) at a -"spugg" meeting tonight. The number of guests ex pested is placed at 0,000. To defray the expense of. the entertainment the 'spugs" are making- voluntary contri butions, placing their offerings in huge paper pie at headquarters. The pie is to be opened Christmas after noon. The "spugs" believe In the promotion of the Christmas spirit, as well as the prevention of useless giving. Mrs. Rlggs said. COMMUNITY NEEDS FIRST North Yakima Asks Suggestions on PracticaJ School Currlcolara. NORTH TAKIMA, Wash.. Dec. 2. (Speclr.l.) Business men. ranchers. men engaged In manual labor, profes sional men and teachers, will be asked for suggestions as to what Is needed to make the North Yakima schools conform to the needs of the community rather than to the requirements of col leges and universities. The plan was outlined by City Superintendent of Schools Davis last night and approved by the School Board. The general scheme was approved a month aa-o and the changes contem plated, which m ill make the curriculum In North Takima complete In Itself, will be adopted before the next school year begins. A course which will prepare the student to enter college will be made elective and a minor considera tion. PLOWING STILL GOING ON Minnesota and Dakotas Have Mlldot Weather In Many Years. MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. S Reports to day from d liferent parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Indi cate the three Northwestern states are experiencing the mildest early Winter weather in many years. Plowing for Spring crops Is apparently the chief oc cupation for farmers In all districts at present. At Grand Forks. N. D, dispatches said, lilacs are In bud and near the bursting point, trees are budding and pansles in blossom. More than 10.000 acres have been plowed In the vicinity of that city within the past two weeks. Unofficial thermometers at Aberdeen. S. registered at TO degrees above sero. Fergus Falls and Mankato. Minn., also report extremely mtld weather. TANGO DANCE GETS 0. K. Dance Inpcctor Flack Inspects In novation and Favors It. The Tango dance will be permitted la Portland. This was the decision of Dance Inspector Flack yesterday, fol lowing an investigation of the new dance as it is being taught by Port land dancing Instructors. Several ex hlbitlons have been given for the bene. fit of Inspector Flack, and others, and everything "has been O. K. "As danced at some of the theaters. the Tango would not be permitted.' said Inspector Flack yesterday, "but as danced in the dancing schools there Is nothing objectionable to It, and nothing that roes beyond the restric tions fixed by the city dance ordin ance." PENDLETON GETS THANKS Daughter of President Grateful for Indian Bathrobe Gift. PENDLETON. Or, Dec. I. (Special.) Expressing her thanks for ths Pen dleton Indian bathrobe sent her as a wedding present, a letter was received y the Commercial Club from Mrs. Francis B. Sayra. Tha wedding present was the gift of the association in behalf of the citizens of Pendlatoa. ill! STIRRED BY i Failure to Mention Suf frage Acted On. SHARP RESOLUTION ADOPTED Dr.Shaw Says Not Even Lin coln Had Equal Chance. MILITANCY IS FEARED Leaders of National Convention Move With Caution, Lest Revolt Be Fostered Constitution - Bel njr Revised. WASHINGTON. Doc 2.Jjr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, created a sensation at tonight's session of the convention when she declared Presi dent Wilson had fallen short of the greatest opportunity he ever had or ever would have In falling to say a word In behalf of woman suffrage to day when he read his annual mensage to Congress. Her remarks provoked .loud and pro longed applause. "President Wilson.' she continued, '"referred In his message to the faot the time had come for an extension of greater social Justice, and we women eagerly listened to this. We had hoped social justice would Include some meas ure of political Justice to the women of the country. Great Opportunity Lest. ' "We feel President Wilson has fallen short of the greatest opportunity which has come to him or will ever come to him. No other President has had, such an opportunity. President Wilson had the opportunity of speaking a word which would ultimately lead to the en franchlsement of a large part of the human family, i "Even Lincoln, who by a word freed a race, had -not this opportunity to release from the bonds one-half of the human, family.- "I feel I must mako this statement as broad as It Is for the reason that we at Budapest last year realized that womankind, .throughout the world looked to the United States to blase the way for the extension of universal suffrage in every quarter of this globe. President Wilson has missed the one thing that might have made it possi ble for him never to have been for gotten. I am saying this on behalf of myself and of my fellow officers." When Dr. Shaw concluded, the con vention, amid enthusiastic cheering. Concluded on Psi WILSON'S OMISSION INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ' The Weather. TEPTERDAT'8 Mi!mtiTH temperature. dfsrves: minimum. 3tt dexresa. TODAY'S Cloudy. with probably rain; southeasterly wind. Foreign. French cabinet, baatea In chamber, resigns. Pass a. rreneh Cabinet reslcns when outvoted la Chambers. Pas . alloaal. - Proposal for nml holiday stronilr In favor la House. Pa( 2. President Wilson reads message to Congress. Pas 1. SuffrasUta stirred by Wllaon'P omission In message. Pas 1. Doonea4ic First fatalities mark teamsters strike. Pas a. Poison fume fall to drive outlaw from Utah - mloe. pace 1. Sport. California Claaa D Leagua to p'.ay next rear. Pace 9. Portland to more football la 114. Paa ft. "Speck" ilarkness becomes mariner. Paae Lone runs bring fame to Northwest football . piayere. 1'age a. Howard back from East with only one aaw player signed. Psgs . raclflo Northwest. Farmers of three states in session at La Orande- Face 6, Lewlston Livestock Show draws record at tendance. Pas S, Relation of "fellow servants" In ease of ac cidents defined by Supreme Court. Pass T. Trjutdslo electa woman for Mayor. Pace 1. Self-derenae will ba plea In StcillnnTllle murder trial. Pace 0. Cemmerrlal sad) Marine, Firmness of fanners responsible for advance In wheat. Pas IB. Rust rs ports 'from Arsvntlna causa wheat Bulge at Cnlcsso. Pace 19. Wall 8trset stock traders turn to long side or market, pace 19. Municipal bonda may be delivered on Janu ary 1 to auccesstul bidders. Pas la. Portland aad Vicinity. Frsnklln T. Griffith tells hof utility cor porations depend on small Investor. Pas la. Reduced streetcar fare . order temporarily restrained. Pace la. Merry elite dtps gaily at debut of tango, etc. Page 12. Flour prices rise 20 cents a barrel today. Pags 12. Indian Summer Is brief visitor in Portland and vicinity. Page . Drys divide on campaign plana Page Is. Dr. Rockey upheld by physicians In court. Pace 1. TOBACCO DEALERS FINED Tno Companies Found Gullly of Con spiracy to Depress Prices. MORGANFIELD. Ky.. Dec. 5. Ver dicts of guilty were returned here to day against the Imperial Tobacco Com pany of Ureal Britain and Ireland and the Imperial Tobacco Company of Ken tucky, which have been on trial for vio lation of Kentucky's anti-trust laws. Two separate verdicts were returned and a fine of 13500 assessed against each, defendant. .. . -- The, two companies, which have oper ated extensively In the stemming to bacco district of Westorn Kentucky, were Indicted for conspiracy to' depress prices paid for tobacco to the farmers of this legion. Lock Transfer to Bo Hastened. OREOONIAN NEWS BL'REAl, Wash ington. Dec. 5. Papers relating to the transfer of the Oregon City locks are In the hands of the I'nited States Dis trict Attorney for Oregon, who has been Instructed to expedite action it possible In obtaining a valid title for the Government. ALICE IN WONDERLAND. irW. JSlYz i nil 1 szi - SEVEN GENERALS OFFER SURRENDER Fedrals to y .idon Norths ..exico.' PEOPLE FLEE BY THOUSANDS Chihuahua and Guaymas Are Evacuated Without Fight. ARMY IS WITHOUT MONEY Citizens Call on General Mcrcado to Stop Futllo Resistance Con suls Join In Appeal to Villa for Protection. JUAREZ, Mexico. Dec 2. Seven Gen erals of the Mexican regular army are ready to surrender and the backbone of the Huerta dictatorship In the north has been broken. A peace commission arrived In Juarez tonight bearing terms of surrender. The peace commission was headed by Odllon Hernandes and came from Chihuahua bearing a proc lamation signed by General Salvador Mcrcado, Huerta's military Governor and commander of the federal forces in all the north. The proclamation said that the Huerta government was bankrupt and was unable to pay its soldiers. The simultaneous evacuation of other federal strongholds In the north Is be lieved by .the rebels to be the result of a concerted decision to abandon the whole of Northern Mexico. Coasala Ask Protection. The peace proposals were sent by Oeneral Mercado to General Francisco Villa, rebel leader, through Federlco Moye. civil Governor of Chihuahua State, appointed ad interim. With it came an appeal signed by all the for eign Consuls in Chihuahua calling on Villa to give police protection to the citizens of Chihuahua City. General Mercado's proclamation said: "Under the circumstances which have existed In Chihuahua It has been deemed. . necessary for t'.ie . Feieral troops to evacuate. I leave "In charge Federlco Moye. a person who Is not Identified with politics and who is therefore qualified to give full pro tection to foreigners. It Is Impossible to remain' here longer., as there is no money with which to pay the troops.' Ueaerals la Flight. The generals who have signified through General Mercado their willing ness tosurrender, but who nevertheless are fleeing to the United States bor der, are General Salvador Mercado, General Paseual Orosco. General Ynez (Concluded on Pas z.k GASES FAIL TO STIR 0UTLAVYFR0MMINE MORE THA 2 00 DEPUTIES WATCH AT SHAFT'S MOUTH. 31 en Who Enter Bulkhead Falter and Fall, Overcome by Fumes From Smoldering- DebrL. BINGHAM. Utah. Dec 2. Not a sound since last night has come from the Utah-Apex mine. In which Ralph Lopez, desperado. Is confined. All the exits of the mine from the lowest level were sealed today with double bulk heads, and tonight It waa believed the gaa-fllled mine had become the fugi tive's tomb. The tense watchfulness of several sheriffs and more than 200 deputies, for a break for liberty, was relaxed, although the number of guards waa not lessoned. It was considered im possible for Lopes to approach any of the exits without being overcome. His one chance for life was to have sealed himself up in some distant stope against tha invasion of the poisonous gases. letwre erecting the outer bulkhead In the Andy tunnel late today, six men went to the inner bulkhead. 300 feet from tha mouth, to examine it. Short ly afterward one of their number stag gered and fell, overcome from the gas that had leaked through the partition. Deputies rushed inside and carried out the other five, all of whom had dropped within the tunnel. Various compositions were being used In tbe smudges which were kept burning directly beneath shafts lead ing to the upper workings, where Lo pez took refuge last Thursday after eluding his pursuers in the open for nearly a week. Thousands of pounds of wet gunpowder were consumed to generate what la known and feared by miners as "black damp." Sulphur, coal tar. formaldehyde, black oil. hair and cotton waste were the chief Ingredi ents used In addition. HOMESTEAD FIGHT IS WON Ex-Soldier Will Receive Patent I .and After Foar Years' War. to WALLA WALLA. Wash, Dec. I. (Special.) Felix Seachrist, an ex soldier, is to receive a patent to his 160-acre homestead near Touchet. after a fight lasting four years. The case waa carried to the Secretory- or the Interior. Seachrist took up tbe land and short ly after establishing residence was appointed postmaster at Touchet- Ab sence of vofflceholders was allowed then, bot wherr fteachrist proved up In 1909 the Government contested the final proof, claiming that fjeachrist had not shown good faith In making his home upon the lend prior to the ap pointment. Tbe local land office de cided In favor of Seachrist,. but' the Government appealed to the Commis sioner, who reversed the decision and ordered the entry cancelled. The case then was taken to the Secretary of the Interior, who has Just held there was no ground for questioning Seachrist's good faith. Mayor Gillls acted as Seachrist' s a ttornoy. BOY "HERMIT" REPENTANT "Starvation Cure" Cures Grajs Har bor II-Year-Old Son of Rancher. SOUTH BEND, Wash, Dec. 5. Spe cial.) Oliver ' Church, 11-year-old son of Slyvester Church, a rancher and cruiser, living on the Nema road, who left his parents' home a week ago last Saturday armed with an automatic re volver, lantern, half a loaf of bread and his father's compass, hss returned home after an absence of eight days. The lad lived the life of a hermit. At night time, after his parents were asleep, he would steal from his jungle home and prowl the pantry for left over food. He had constructed himself a llttlo cabin In the woods and would conceal himself from view In the hollow jt a tree. Forced out of his hiding by hunger. the lad voluntarily returned home Sun day evening. He was welcomed by the frantic parents. ALIEN COOKS MAY FIND BAR Government Would Put Stop to Con. tract Chefs One Indicted. NEW YORK. Dec Jean Unlton. chef at the Kitx-Carllon Hotel waa In dicted by the United States grand Jury for -violating tha contract laoor law In hiring 10 cooks through agents in France. Tba Indictment Is said to be tbe first ff ult of a Government crusade against the Importation of cooks, prac ticed by many cf the big New York ho tels and restaurants. The hotel men have taken the ground that c French cook Is an arflst and that by hiring them abroad thoy are no more amena'ule to tbe contract labor law than the managers of grand opera re when they engage their European singers. CITY MANAGER SELECTED , J. Clafky, or Salem, to Be Ap pointed at La Grande. LA GRANDE, Or, Dec :. (Special.) F. J. Glafky, a well-known business man and real estate and timber dealer of Salem, will be made business man ager of the City of La Grande tomor row night. - The contract has not been Igned. but apparently there Is noth ing to prevent It- The Commissioners held an Informal session today at the City HalL where they and Mr. Glafky ere in attendance. Mr. Glafky arrived yesterday and has been looking over the' field, consulting it'a some of the department beads,' and In a general wav acquainting blm- I If with conditions. 1 TROUTDALE ELECTS WOMAN FOR MAYOR Mrs. Clara Larsson Is Winner by 5 Votes. HONOR IS SECOND IN STATE Election Is Victory for Citizens' Ticket Throughout. $2500 TOWN HALL IS WON Liquor Not at Issue la Municipal Ha Hot and 3lajor-Elpcfs Busi ness Record Promises Prac tical Administration. TROL'TDALK, Or, Dec 2. (Special.) Oregon and the West won another woman Mayor tody when Mrs. Clara Latourelle Larsson, daughter of the late Joseph Latourelle. one of the pio neers of Oregon, waa elected head of the Troutdale city government with only live votes to spare. Her opponent was S..A. Edmundson. who received 4 vote a The election today was a victory for tha Citizens' ticket. Jean Larson was-chosen Recorder by 57 votes and Louis Ku miner became Treasurer by a vote of 91. George Richardson became Marshal with votes In his favor, and for Councilman - Ira Dodson secured 60. Aaron Fox St and L. Russell 66. and were elected. Llejaer Not Isane. The liquor issue did not enter Into the contest today, the election turning: largely on whether Troutdale should spend SoUOO or S2S00 on a town hall. The ?B00 City Hall advocates won. Mrs. Larsson. the Mayor-elect, Is one of the most prominent women of the town and has long been Identified with women's clubs and organizations for tbe betterment of the community. Com ment Is general that Ma Larsson, be sides carrying off with distinction the honor of being Oregon's and the West's second woman Mayor, will make a creditable executive official and that her administration will be one of the best Troutdale has ever known. Baal seas Record Cited. The supporters of Mrs. Larsson point with pride at her record and declare that she has made a good school board clerk for several years, and cite the fact that she has been an able secre tary and clerk of the cemetery asso ciation, and from these records declare her business ability cannot be ques tioned, believing confidently that her administration of tha town's affairs will be on a strictly business basis. Mrs. Larsson Is 40 years old and has Just entered her first public office. though she has been prominently con nected with organizations wblcli worked for woman suffrage. Oregon's first woman Mayor was Miss Clara Munsch. who a year ago was elected Mayor of Warrenton. Or. EAGLU POINT GETS DRV MAYOR Rogue River Goes Dry by 61 to 36 Vote and Women Win. MEDFORD. Or, Dec X (Special.) In the election today Rogue River went dry by a vote of (1 to 3s. Although the wet and dry Issue was not strictly drawn at Eagle Point. , which, at the recent election, went wet by a small majority. J. M. Nichols, a dry sympathizer, was elected Mayor over S. B. Holmes by a vote of t to 1. Roy Ashpolo was elected Treasurer over F. W. Stewart and J. V. Mclntyre was elected Recorder over W. E. Bu chanan. Ashpole has been afflliatc-1 witU the dry forces and J. V. Mclntyre with the wet forces. The following three Councilmen weie elected In Rogue River: John Owena. 72 votes; Mrs. Julia Meyers. 67 votes, and L.. B. Ellis. 7 votes. Mrs. Meyers is tbe second woman to be elected a member of tbe City Council in Jackson County. Lets, Duke being elected to the Talent Council last year. In Eagle Point the following mem bers of the Council were elected: H. o. Cblldreths. George Fisher and J. W. Smith. At Talent three members of the CH; Council were elected: A. Anderson, il votes; A. S. Ames, 47, and Peter Van dessluls, 40. Mrs. Seamon. the woman candidate, received but nine votes. 13 IS VOTES CAST IN ALBANY Final Connt Necessary to Determine Election of Chief of Police. ALBANY. Or, Dec 2. (Special.)--Four of Albany's present city officers were re-elected yesterday, F. E. Van Tassel. City Recorder; Anthony Austin, Chief of Police; Harry B. Cuslck. City Treasurer, and M. J. Cameron, retiring . Councilman from the Second Ward. L. M. CurL a prominent local attorney and former member of fbe City Council. was elected Mayor. F. H. Tfelffer and Henry W. McElmurry were chosen Councilmen. The races which aroused the keenest Interest during the count were for Chief of Police and Councilman In tba Third Ward. .Chief Austin and Fred L. Rlea. a former chief, ran neck and nedt during the early count, and it was not until almost midnight that Aastln bttn to lead materially. Tb ro-jnt was not completed until I (."oacluilcd on i'sge 7.)