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TTTR 'srOWXIXo' OTtEGOXIAX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1913. 3 - a SEA'S UNWRITTEN LAW IS IGNORED Proposal for Seat Checks in Lifeboats Feature of Sea men's Safety Bill. CONFUSION IS PREDICTED Preference to "Women and Children 'ot Provided For, and Nothing Said as to Fate of Those ' Whose Boats Are Lost. WASHINGTON; bee 11. "The un written law of the sea. sacred since man first braved the elements, that women and children snail receive first consideration in time of danger. Is re pudiated and eliminated by the La Follette seaman bill, aefects of which have come to light dally." Sea la Dtareaardea'. The bill sets forth," said Mr. Thorp, "the manner In which all passeng-ers, men. women and children, regardless of sex. shall be assigned to lifeboat seats on boarding the ship. "If complied with, this means that in the event of emergency men must take their allotted places regardless of how many women or children re mained behind. What would be done with seat checks If one boat were crushed before launching? "If Ignored, as it would be by al most every American man. whether he Is a sailor or a John Jacob Astor. the provision would simply involve addi tional work and confusion In making the seat assignments. This would further needlessly complicate the boat management already made Impossible hv other provisions of the La Follette bill.' Able Seaasen Net Defined. "The bill is filled with similar ab surdities which are cloaked beneath the 'safety at sea' slogan. 'Able sea men" are provided for. without restric tion as to what their efficiency may be. Life-rafts and life-preservers are ignored. "The bill has obviously been drawn by a man who has never visited the (ireat lkes. bays and sounds on which we carried SJ.000.000 passengers in 191S without losing one." The reference to the man who drew the bill Is supposed to be to Andrew Kuruseth. who has been fighting a lifetime for the seamen's bllL slaughter ended, took small boats and proceeded to Amanadona. on the Rio Negro, where General Varella and his household were at the time. To reach there this band bad to pass my plantation. It had been rumored that I was friendly with General Varella, Therefore this band of cut throats looted my place of all the arms and ammunition they could find and took me a prisoner. Motorboat Saves Life. ' "Go males ordered me to be taken out. tied and shot. This order was about to be executed when one of his men entered and said that as I was the only man in the colony who could repair bis motorboat it would be well to let me do that work before I was killed. "Early in the morning of May 1 we came to the house of General Varella. the customs agent, and close friend of the murdered Governor. On the veranda the two sons of the Gen eral, boys of 17 and 19 years, were asleep, with a man employed by Gen eral Varella. Without warning the murderers opened fire and the lads and the man were killed In their cots. PARDON IS URGED Women Protest Hanging One of Own Sex in Connecticut. GOVERNOR GETS LETTERS Petitions for Clemency Come From All Over United States Execu tive, However, Is Only Cos 1 Pardon Machine. HARTFORD. Conn, Dec SI. Gover nor Baldwin, of Connecticut 1 being deluged with petitions from every part CONNECTICUT WOMAN. SENTENCED TO BE HANGED, AND FOR WHOSE PARDON WOMEN OF COUNTRY PETITION. f V w-1 HOMESTEAD BILL OFFERED Sinnott Woo Id Permit Deferred Kesldence of Three Years. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. II. Representative Sln nott has Introduced a deferred resi dence homestead bill under which entrymen. after making filing, will not be required to establish residence on their land until three years after fil ing: Under this bill the homesteader must cultivate five acres the second year after filing. 10 acres the third year. 15 the fourth year, and 20 acres the fifth year and nntll he receives patent. Slnnott. after conferring with offi cials of the Interior Department and members of the public lands com mittee.' concluded It will be Impos sible to repeal the cultivation clause of the three-year homestead law and proposed this bill as a compromise, in tended to relieve settlers from resi dence during the first years after they file on Government lands, if they so elect. CHARTER ELECTION TARGET James Downey to File Suit to Re strain City or Willamette. OREGON CITT. Or, Dec 31. (Spe cial.) Another suit asking for a re straining order against the City of Wil lamette will be filed Monday in the Circuit Court of the county by James Downey, one of the largest taxpayers of the town. On the ground that the new charter election cannot, be held there on De cember 23 because the numbers of the sections were changed when it was re printed, the complaint will be based in the court. The plaintiff will allege that the changing of the numbers of the sections makes the charter a new one and that the Council cannot sub mit it to the people because it has not been on file for (0 days. The former election was Ignored by the Council, when the same plaintiff filed suit contending that the charter should have been submitted to tbe peo ple by ordinance Instead of by resolu tion and a new election, called by ordi nance, was set. Now the plaintiff comes In with this phase of his fight and contends the whole affairs Is il legal and void. CANNERY OFFICERS NAMED Board of Nine Will Look After Erec tion of White Salmon Plant, WHITE SALMON. Wash Dec SI. Special- At a meeting at the home of Fred 8. Baker. Friday, members of the temporary cannery committee named nine directors for the Co-operative Cannery, who will act for six months. There Is considerable preliminary work to be done, but work will be 1ushed and It is expected that the cannery will be ready for operation in time to take care of the Spring i' rope. Capltcl in large amounts has been offered hy men Interested In the wel fare of the community. The directors vrere selected from among the most tromlnr.t orchardlsts in the valley, and practically every district has been rep resented on the board. Those named were: C. S. Zlegler, Herbert Williams, J. R. McCracken. L. O. Pyatt. Ira E. Hyde H. W. Hamlin. Paul McKercher, P. J. Packard and O. L. Aggers. fmmM i.rL: , j I rr a - V x . . , - i t: - -V V v. :-. . . Photo by Bain News Service. MTtS. BESSIE J. WAKEFIELD. From windows and doors General Parella. who was a good shot, used his rifle effectively on tho attacking force, killing one and wounding seven. They finally broke Into the house and brutally murdered Varella." TRICHINA WARNING OUT UNCOOKED PORK FOXND TO BE 1-41 PER CE.XT DAXCEHOrS. RUBBER HORRORS ARE TOLD rContlr.ned FTom First Pire.) into a house in San Fernando and filled them with rum and at 7 o'clock in the evening armed them with rifles. ' re volvers and knives and turned them loose. Tbe bouse In which General Pull do had taken quarters was at tacked and the Governor and 21 ethers were murdered In the butchery that followed. Tra boose was plundered ef all val uables and late that night a trench was dug and the 27 bodies thrown into It snd covered. Among the mardared was the Governor's brother. "Sixty picked men. after the Outbreaks ef Disease, Especially li Ferelga Colonies, to Be Expected la Holiday Season. WASHINGTON. Dec 21. To prevent the spread of trichinosis, a dread dis ease little known to the American peo ple, the Department of Agriculture Issued tonight a warning against the consumption of raw or uncooked pork products, which are said to be the source of- the malady. In many dis tricts of the country, particularly those of large foreign population, the statement says, large quantities of pork are consumed in the Christmas season, resulting frequently in cases of seriously impaired health, if not in fatalities. The department asserts that In No vember and December, 111. there were S8 cases of trichinosis that ter minated fatally in one aalifornia com munity. In each Instance the disease was traced to uncooked sausage Other outbreaks of the disease with many fatalities are cited. The disease Is caused by a parasite, or worm, microscopic in slxe, found in ho: flesh, and there Is no known effective method of treatment. Statis tics based on inspections by Govern ment scientists for nine years show that 1.41 per cent of the 8.000.000 bogs examined were Infected, with trichi nosis. ' VICTIMS' BURIAL TUESDAY Relatives or Each Drowned Boy Will Attend Other's Funeral. . The funeral of Richmond Fltsgerald and John Nagle. the young men who were drowned Saturday in the Columbia Slough near the North Bank bridge, will be held Tuesday. Nagle being buried in the morning and Fitzgerald In the afternoon. Relatives of each will attend the other's funeral, according to arrange ments made by Mr. and Mrs. Graham Fitzgerald and Mrs.' Otto Nagle, rela tives of tbe drowned boys. Fitzgerald, who lived at 1T7S Flske street, and Nagle. whose home was at 1770 Druid street, were boating Satur day morning, when FitsgeTald fell out of the boat, and In trying to save him Nagle was drowned. BOY KILLED BY BURGLAR Youth Summoned From Bath to In vestigate Noise Meets Death. SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 21. Sum moned from his bath last night by his aunt. Miss Margaret DrlscoH. who asked him to investigate a -noise In the hall, Edward Drlscoll. 1" years old. was shot and fatally wounded by a burglar. The boy died later In the emergency hospi tal. The burglar escaped, although he was pursued for a block by Miss Drlscoll. The boy was the son ef Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Drlscoll, of Menlo Park, ban Mateo County, and has bean living here for several months, being In the em ploy of the Pact Ho Mail Steamship Company, The house where the mur der occurred Is In a fashionable resi dence district. Milwaukee Is nave a new hater U east tiAuVOQ, of the United States urging his to ex tend clemency to Mrs. Bessie J. Wake field, who has been sentenced to bang March 4 for the murder of her husband. The petitioners are for the most part women, although there la a sprinkling of men. Letters and resolutions are coming from anti-capital punishment societies, from women's clubs, from so ciological organisations and from indi viduals in perhaps every state in the United States, with a sprinkling of ap peals from Canada and Europe. One ap peal from far-off New Zealand found Its way Into Governor Baldwin's letter basket. ' These appeals vary in tone. Many ar gue the case, opposing hanging in gen eral or hanging women In particular. Many appeal to the Governor's sense of chivalry. A large percentage mane the assertion that to hang a woman will be to disgrace tbe state. Some threaten. The Governor has been told of several unpleasant things that the writers say will happen If he per mits the execution to come to pass. However, the Governor of Connecti cut does net possess the pardoning power. He has one vote in the noara of pardons, that is all. All the peti tions will go to the board, it is said. Mrs. Wakelleld is only 2 years old. She was convicted of killing her hus band. William Wakelleld, largely as a result of the testimony of her accom- Dllee. James Plew. a farmhand. Plow also has been convicted and sentenced to death. No woman has been hanged In Con necticut since 1876. A Partial List of Business and Professional People Now in the Morgan Building . t Dr. E. C. McFarland DENTISTRY. ISS-7 Morgan Bids.. Broadway and Washington Sta Portland. Or. 19 A. SC. to IS at, 1 P. M. to 4 P. Ml Main Sill Residence. Tsbor IMS. H. F. Leonard, D. O.. M. D. TM-TBT Morgaa Bids. CONSULTATION AND SUROIBT. Offloe Hours ls-11. l-f. Pbonea Office. Main 70S, A 1T8I. Residence. 7S Irving St. Marshall 4117. Dr. E. Wesley Finzer PYORRHEA SPECIALIST. Office Honrs I to II A. It.. 1 to 8 P. at. 717-71 - Hortu Bids. Phone Main 7t. A 170. RANKS OF BOOSTERS GAIN Salem Club's Publicity Department Plans Extensive Campaign. SALEM. Or, Dec 2L .Special.) A booster campaign on a larger scale than ever attempted before has been inaugurated by tho promotion depart ment of the Salem Commercial Club, which plans making 1S14 a banner year so far as advertising the city and coun tv are concerned. Fred 8. Bynon, sec retary of the department, declared to day that nothing would be left undone to attract Easterners to this county. and, if present interest and enthusi asm continue, there win do a record breaking increase of population. More than 160 new members of the department were obtained Friday and Saturday and Mr. Bynon says the num ber will be increased to 200 tomorrow, the last day of the campaign for mem bership. The subscriptions of the new members range from 16 to $120 a year, the total subscriptions for the two days' work being S2S53. That the city and county face an unusually prosperous year Is the con sensus of opinion of business men and farmers who have made a study of conditions It is the general opinion that, following the passage of the cur rency bill, there will be a healthy tone in all lines of business. TWO LISTS ARE SELECTED Vancouver Commercial Club to Elect Directors January 1. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dee. II. (Spe cial.) The annual election of - the board of directors of the Vancouver Commercial Club will be held January 1, when 10 directors will be chosen from two slates of 10 each, selected by two committees of five each, ap pointed by Henry Crass, retiring pres ident of the club. The twe slates to be to ted on and 10 names selected are: 61ate 1 J. H. Jagy, W, J, Kinney, C. e. Irwin, S. J. Miller, James J. Pad den, W. P. Connaway, H. R. Boho fleld, J. B, Atkinson, W. U. Du Bois and O, B, MoCall. tilate I W, P. Oennaway, J. P. Btapletnn, N, H. Allen, A, Burnham, C 8. Irwin, William O, Bates, a J. Miller, James J, Padden, Vloter R. Limber and W. Fester Hidden. Dr. F. Q. Freeburger . DENTIST, gaits C-07 Morgan Bide. Phases Office Mala '17. Res., Tabor 111. MORGAN BUILDING WASHINGTON ST, BROADWAY AND PARK SIS. LIGHT. ITEtH HEAT. HOT AND COI.D WATER. ATfO JAMTOR SERVICE ARE INCLUDE!! IN RENTAL CMARGK. m S3 E3 333 333 to yd 9a! The most admirably located office bnlldlag la Portias. Ne expense has beee spared la Its constrnettoa aad eaalposeat te make It thoroughly adaptable to all offlc meeds. Absolutely . fireproof Uj with every fcaowu eeavemleuce for tenants. Gas and cejnpreaacd air for use ef doctors and dentists. Dr. D. H. Rand Bears Day, 1:10 ta t: Sundays, 11:1 to 11 M. Evening Tuesday and Satur day. 7:S0 to 1. Office. tOl to 67 Morsan Bids;. Residence. 164 24th St. North. , .Telephone Main Sit, Rome A Slit, Dr. Elo f T. Hedlund Dr. Dallas Lay. DENTISTa . 4at-4S Morsan Bids. , Marshall . a 1117. Dr. John W. McCollom EYE. EAR. NOSB AND THROAT. Suite 151-557. Office Phones Main lit. A 175L Ra Phone Main :. Dr. J. H. Miller DENTIST. Colts Ms-7 Morsan Bids. Main 1117. v Millard C. Holbrook DENTIST. Moved from Medical Bid. Te S07 Marian Bid. SMITH A CO. Dr. Henry C. Fixotl DENTIST. ' S5 Morgan Building. Office Honrs A. M.. S-S P. M. TeL Main 1. A 1751. W. G. and Tlslttag CARDS Third Floor Dr. H. A. Huffman DENTIST. 40 Morgan Bids. Office hoars t to 11. 1:1 ta 4. Mala 111. Thomas Wynne W atis, M. D.' DISSA8ES OP THE 8KIN. ' M(-t07 Morgan Bids.. Portland. Or. Mala Mil. Dr. Charles E. Moreland DENTISTRY. ;;i, Stl. 10 Morgan Bide Phone Mala !&. Telephones: Office Main 8T9S. Residence Main 3278. A S278. Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Wednesdays and Saturdays. 8:10 A. M. to 12 M. Dr. Fred A. Reisacher DENTIST. 718 MORGAN BUILDING. E. Nelson Neulen, M. D. Frank H. Morey, D. D. S. BOS. 504. SOS. Marshall Sift. H. M. Greene, M. D. S51 Morgan Building. Washington and Broadway. -Office Hours 1 to t P. M. Main Mil. A 4MB. Residence .... its Fiftieth Bt. N. X. Tabor 1014, C 1174. Dr. E. G. Clark DENTIST, il Morgaa Bids. Phones Main lilt, A 1781. Dr. Martin Abelsori DENTIST. 401 Morgan Bldg. Phone Mala 1477. Dr. William F. Hubbard PHTSICIAN.. Suite 101-104 Morgan Bldg. Phone Main 141. Hoars 11 to 11 A. M., S to S P. M. Ceo. Earle Henton, M. D. DISEASES OP TBE ETE AND REFRACTION. Office Hours to 11 A. M., 1 to -M P. M.) Sunday. 9 to 11 A. M. Evenings by appointment. Phone: Main (607; Res.. Tabor Mil. Dr. Jack M. Yates DENTIST. Suite 155. Phones Main 1214. 1071. Dr. C. B. Brown DENTIST. 161-7-1-. Phoa Main 6, A 1111. Monarch Dental Laboratory T. a. MUNSON. Prop. 814 Morgaa Bldg. Phone Marshall 1M1. Box II. Farrin & Micelli ' ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW Removed to 835-S3&-687 Morgan Bldg. Portland, Oregon. Phone Main 167S. GENERAL PRACTICE. Dr. C. O. Young Physician and Surgeon. Office 715-731. Main 1013, A 4141. Harry J. Anderson, M. D. PHTSICIAN AND SURGEON. Salts See. Phones: Main 5161; Res.. Main S1SS. Honrs: 1-11 A. M., 1 to i P. M, Dr. Lloyd Irvine PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Suite G51-SS7 Morgan Bldg. Office phones: Main 1236. A J751. Res. phons. Mala 2161. Dr. J. W. Borders Dr. H. P. Borders Dr. L. Bogan DENTISTS, est- Morgan Bldg, Phone Main SMO. H. Ta Moody. Notary Public. G. Mlsch, Notary Public. MOODY-MISCH CO. INSURANCE. SURETY BONDS. Room 80S. Phone Main S7. DR. LEON E. SOOK Optometrist and Optician. EYESIGHT TROUBLE CORRECTED. Broken Lenses Duplicated. 458-7-8-8-60 Morgan Building. Evenings and Sundays by Appointment. Talepbones Office: Marshall 96. A S827. Residence. C 12. Dr. Frank I. Ball DENTIST. 804-805 Morgan Building. Phone Main 2844. John Welch Dental Depot (It, (11 Morgan Bldg. Dr. F: H. Dammasch PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 400-401 Morgan Bldg. Office Honrs 11 to 11; 1 to 4:10; 7 to t Sunday by appointment only. Office Phones: Main 37(1. A IMS. Residence. 21 East 22d. near Haw thorn Phone, East 77. B tilt. RES. PHONE TABOR 4278. MARSHALL 1888. , Dr. H. N. Lacy , OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. SUITE 801. MORGAN BLDG. Herbert Greenland TAILOR. 201-1-3 Morgan Bldg. Home Phone A 181. Pacific Phone Marshall lit. EUGENICS SET BACK Wisconsin Law Regarded as of No Effect. CEREMONY NOT NECESSARY Lawyer Quotes Court Decision Set ting; Forth Form of Contract. Supporters of Xtn Law Are in Quandary. MILWAUKEE, Dec 21. The eugenics marriage law, which will go into effect January 1, received a blow today, when Horace B. Walmsley, an attorney. Is sued a statement that a marriage cere mony in Wisconsin was unnecessary and therefore the eugenic measure was useless. "All that is required in this state is that two persons who are not married at the time agree to accept each other as mates," said Mr. Walmsley. "No service is necessary and the physical examination required by the late law cannot be enforced." Court Decision Cited. The contention of Mr. Walmsley is based on a decision of the State Su preme Court, April 8, 1913. The de cision holds that any man or woman nob married at the time may make a legal and valid contract of marriage without any license, medical examina tion, priest, clergyman or magistrate. No written statement nor writs are ree required, but the court suggested that for the benefl of both parties it would be well to sgn an agreement as follows: "The persons who have signed this paper on this day take each other for husband and wife, being then in the State of Wisconsin, and they beginning to live together as such husband and wife" Eugeulsts la Quandery. The court also suggested that there be duplicate copies of the agreement. Then if either party wishes the paper to be made a reoord with the register of deeds, all that is necessary is to have two witnesses sign it, pay a no tary public a fee and the ceremony is accomplished. Thla dlsoovery has thrown the eu geuio supporters Into a state of uncer tainty. Xegro'a Disguise Folia Lynchers. MORRILLTON, Ark., Deo. IL Dis guised as a washwoman, Charles Ball, a negro, charged with having mur dered John Williams, a white merchant. yalked past a mob intent on lynching him In jail here. When the mob reached the Jail the officers held them back until Hall could don a woman's attire. The negro was taken to the penitentiary in Little Rock. SHERIFF IS TOLD TO ACT (Continued From First Page.) telegram to Sheriff Rand is as follows: "The Information received indicates the town of Copperfield in your county is in control of organized "vice and that law-abiding citizens are without due protection of law. Common decency and the interests 'of the taxpayers de mand that this condition of affairs for ever cease, and in order that there may be no delay in enforcing the law .and preventing further breaches of 1 the peace, you are hereby directed to close at once and keep closed until further 00K at your finger nails. Are they rough and un sightly, or are they neat and well cared for? Anybody's Sister will appreciate as a Christ mas Gift a nice MANICURE SET We have too many and must close them out. We will sell A $7.00 Set for $5.00 A $4.50 Set for $3.25 A $3.50 Set for $250" A $2.50 Set for $1.90 All high-grade goods of Ebony, Ivory or Pearl in fancy cases. Other bargains also. Come and see us. Be tween Washington and Stark on Fourth Street. Columbia Hardware Company notice all saloons and other places in said town wherein intoxicating liquors are sold. Should your office find itself In need of assistance in maintaining these orders, please notify us and same will be forthcoming. Kindly wire me as to the action taken by your office in this matter." TIGERS' CHEER CUP IS DRY Saloons Ordered Not to Sell to Mi nors; Pupils Object. PRINCETON. N. J., Dec. 21. (Spe ciaL) Princeton has taken another step toward the solution of the drink ing problem among students. Dean McClenahan has Berved notice to proprietors of all drinking places in Princeton that the university will hold them to strict account if liquor is served to minors. This action by the dean has caused criticism by a few of the undergradu ates, who contend that it is 111-advlsed at the present time when so much has already been done for the bettering of conditions by the voluntary action of the students themselves. Colonel Yates Ordered South. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash t ti-- 9-1 T.iAtitt.n-Colonel Ar thur W. Yates, quartermaster, now at Portland, is oraerea 10 ou 1 1 a.u for temporary duty until April 6, when Japan's national debt amounts to 11,800,- 000.000. 3 01 Practical Utility ! The Thermos Carafe is the good servant in the home ; it will save more steps than anything else in the world. Keeps beverages steaming hot in the winter and ice cold in the summer. It is the gift both useful and beautiful. THERMOS CARAFES came in two qualities, I3.50. and ,.00. Thermos botiks $1.00 to 3.00. Thermos Luncheon Kits from $z.oo op. At an Good Dealers In Your City ijjok for the name Thermos on the bottom Qaart Bottles J2.5o American Thermos Bottle Company ' Norwich, Conn. Carafes $3.50 Pint Settles $1.50 "We carry a complete line of Thermos Bottles, in every size and variety, from the humble $1.00 type for children's school lunches, to the most ex pensive type made. We sell at manufacturer's prices and carry no imitations. When you buy a Thermos, you buy satisfaction, and when you buy it from us, you are certain that you are receiving the latest type. W00DARD, CLARKE & CO. Wood-Lark Bldg., Alder St. at West Park i.