THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANTJART 10, 1914. Powers9 Third and Yamhill " "IPoweirs9 Third and Yamhill Today in. Preparation for the Great o5 CjI 0) (0) (Q) If - Sale S V-A The Entire Contents of Our V Story Warehouse to be Je Prices OlT F tuiFiniiltiuiir' Carpets and Stoves Damaged by Fire and Water to be Closed Out at Once M omdaiy at . 1 SsSO Five- Offered at Watch, for , Further Announcement of the Sale In Sunday Papers OREGON QFHGMLS WILL BE ARRESTED Ruling of Courts on Apolication of Eight-Hour Law to State Employes Desired. ganization, which will be held at Ho quiam February 13 and 14. Among ttfo prominent men who have been obtained for addresses are Gov ernor Lister, J. B. Bricker, a Northern Pacific immigration man, of St. Paul; C. L. Smith, with the O.-W. R. &N. Company In Portland; J. B. Bridget), of Aberdeen ; J. W. Beard, of Hoqulam, and others from Portland and Tacoma. The influence of the Panama Canal on the Pacific Coast" will be the sub- ect of an address by Frank H. Lamb, of Hoquiam. N. B. Coffman, the Che- halls banker ana former, president of the association, will talk oil "The Farm, Its Clearing and the Advantages of the Same." The general line of sub- ects will be in relation to Immlgra ion, the opening of the Panama Canal and better agriculture. GOVERNOR WAIVES RIGHTS If Contention of tin tor Commissioner Is Upheld Deficiencies Will Have to Be Created to Main tain Institutions. 15 ALE SI, Or., Jan. S. (Special.) To test the application to the employes of the state Institutions of the eight-hour law. Labor Commissioner Hon? will have Governor "West, State Treasurer Kay and Secretary of State Olcott, members of the State Board of Co'ntrol, arrested tomorrow. This decision was' reached at a conference between Mr. llofff and the members of the Board today, the opinion of all present being that a de cision should he obtained as soon as possible. It will be the first time In the history of the state of the arrest of .a iovernor, as under the constitution he Is exempt from arrest. llowiver, tho Governor declared that he waived all constitutional rights because of the importance of the issue. Although section 4 of the law creat inpr the State Board of Control speclli cally eays that all meetings must be open to the public the one today was held behind locked doors. The reason for violating this provision of the law wns not explained. The Supremo Court In a recent opin ion tlecwed that employes working on the farms, stablemen and engineers were subject to the eight-hour law. Mr. Ifoff, however, contends that the opin ion applied to all employes of the state institutions. - While the members of the Board do not deny Mr. Hoff's contention, they de sire to learn as soon as possible the ex tent of the application of the law so that provision may be made accordin ly. It will be charged that assistan superintendents, nurses, bookkeepers. stenographers, guards and other em ployes are being worked longer than eight hours a day or 48 hours a week. If Mr. Hoff's contention is upheld i will cost the state at least J200.000 more each year to maintain Its instl tutlons. It would be necessary' also for the Emergency Board to create de flciencles at once for use by the instl tutions. PROMINENT MEN TO TALK Programme Out for Southwest Wash , liigton Development Meeting. .V CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. 9. (Spe cial.) H. M. , Robinson, 'secretary o the Centralia Commercial Club, has re celved a letter from L. H. Brewer, president of tho Southwest Washing ton Development Association, In which Mr. Brewer outlines a tentative pro. Ktuub f or the HUa, session, oi th 05. TANGLES LIKELY If! GOPPERFIELD CASE MINES ARE PAYING WELL Properties in Idaho Disburse Big Stira in Year 1913. BOISE. Idaho, Jan. 9. (Special.) The Coeur d'Alene mines paid divi dends in 1913 amounting to about tl, 000, 000 more than were paid in 1912, the total dividend payment last year being $3,894,935, according to reports received by State Mine Inspector Rob ert N. Bell. The total value of ore mined in that district was $21,924,000 a gain of about $3,500,000 over the output of 1912. The Hercules made the largest dis bursement of dividends of any mine in .the district, this being Jl. 500.000 During its existence it has paid a grand total of ?5, 500,000. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan raid ?SlY,t)0U in 1913, making a total dis bursement of 14,729,250 up to date. The Federal Company disbursed Ti0, 000 In dividends during the same year. The Hecla continued its disbursements, paying out $320,000, making the total amount of the dividends it has paid J2,970,00Q. The Stewart paid to it stockholders $402,350. The Success mine paid out $90,000. making a total of $930,000. The Snow Storm declared dividends to the amount of $45,000. FRESHMEN TO BE GUARDED Vnlrersity of Idaho laculty Wfll Be- friend First-Year Students. MOSCOW, Idaho,. Jan. 9. (Special.) Hereafter every freshman entering the University of Idaho will be taken in charge by some member of the faculty and will be looked after until he has passed his examinations and been ad vanced to sophomore standing. He will be closely guarded by his faculty ad visor and if necessary will be called into private conferences from time to time as a means of adjusting himself to his new surroundings without the numerous trials and difficulties that are usually faced by a first-year man who has to "get on to the ropes by himself. The new system of faculty advisors was adopted at a recent meeting of the university faculty and will become effective February 1. A committee of five members of th faculty has been appointed to handl the details of the new scheme. Centralia Message Acknowledged. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 9. (Spe clal.) Dr. F. G. Titus, president of th Centralia Commercial Club, yesterday received a letter from the secretary of the Federal reserve bank associa tion committee in Washington dtating that the local clubs telegram, which asked that a reserve bank be located in Seattle and which was sent at the instigation of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, would be considered when the-ttme came for deciding where the banks .would, to located . Hearing Today Will Determine Status of Injunction Suit Against Governor. 'R0SECUT0R DEFIES WEST District Attorney Godwin Says Ex ecutive Should Cause His Re moval if He Is Not Enforc ing Laws at Baker. BAKER, Or., Jan. 9. (Special.) Court proceedings in the now famous CopperHeld case promise to furnish some likely legal tangles at the hear Ing tomorrow before Circuit Judge Anderson In the Circuit Court. ' Belief is that the defendants. Governor West, Miss Fern Hobbs and Lieutenant Colonel B. K. Lawson. will not appear in person but by attorney, Frank T. Collier. ' - It is said that the proceeding will be an answer to the complaint on which tho temporary restraining order was is sued in which the defendants will set forth that 'martial law was proclaimed at Copperfleld and will set forth that the conditions In the little town were such as to warrant the closing of the saloons and the shipment from the town of the liquors and will set forth that Colonel Lawson, acting under orders from his superior officer. Governor West, disregarded the injunction. Attack on Defense Outlined. 'f'o this the procedure which it i3 said will take place will be a demurrer which will be filed by Attorney James H. INichols, acting for the wo soloon men of Copperfleld, H. A. Stewart and William Wiegand, In which the plain tiff will contend that even If martial law was legally declared and even if conditions at Copperfleld were as out lined by the defendant in his answer, this would not constitute a defense at law to the injunction. On this will be the argument before tho court and It is said that this argu ment will follow promptly the filing of the answer and the demurrer. Attorney Nichols refused to discuss the case today other than to say he would be ready for trial tomorrow. Until Judge Anderson's return from Vale, where he has been holding court this week, no definite time for the hear, ing, to determine whether the Injunc tion shall now be made permanent, can be set. On the decision which Judge Anderson will render is said to rest the entire case and all legal actions which might arise subsequently will depend on the decision In this case. Godwin Refuses Promises. District Attorney Godwin today an nounced that he had flatly refused to make any more promises to Governor West as to what he would do in Baker County. Word to this effect he sent to the Governor by Colonel Lawson, who left for Portland last night. Mr. Godwin said that Colonel Lawson put two questions to him from the Governor. The first was asking whether Mr, Godwin, .would, fee-operate .with. Gov. ernor West in "cleaning up Baker County," and would try to enforce the laws here; . the- second was whether Mr. Godwin would carry out the pro visions of the abatement law against those places which are known to. have been disorderly houses but which are not occupied as such now. Mr. Godwin's answer to the first of these was short and to the point. He told Mr. Lawson: 'I consider that an insult from Gov ernor West. I will make no such prom- ses. I have told him time and again that I am enforcing the laws in Baker County and that I am doing my duty here and I don't propose to repeat It. Now, if Governor West thinks I am not doing my duty, let him do his duty and take steps to remove me." County Court to Decide. The second question Mr. Godwin told Mr. Lawson he would take under con sideration and would put' It. up to the County Court and If the County Court advised the carrying out of the abate ment law against those places formerly used as disorderly houses, he would so proceed. He said, however, that he saw no reason for closing the houses which were vacated by the women sev eral weeks ago and in which there is now not even any furniture. He de clared that It would cost the county several hundred dollars to do this and would do no good, inasmuch as it would not close up anything which is now a detriment to the morals of the county and would only put under lock and key property which might be turned to good advantage for the community. As to any disorderly houses being conducted in Baker at this time, Mr. Godwin said today that he has no In formation either from private citizens or from Governor West, other than the sweepng assertion from the Governor that such places do exist. He declared that he will proceed willingly if he obtains any information on which to act Reports from Copperfield are that the Council is still deposed, that the four militiamen are still holding the fort there with the town still under martial law and everythng quiet and peaceful. - SCHEME FOOLS MEN E IS HALTED CLACKAMAS COURT REFUSES TO CALL SPECIAL ELECTION'. Two Spokane Women Adver tise for Marriageable Swains. APPLICANTS ARE 'FLEECED' Commercial Clubs Desire to Vote on Bond Issue, nut Judge Says Ex pense Would Be Too Great. OREGON CITY, Jan. 9. (Specjal.) The application for a special election to vote $600,000 bonds for good roads was today refused by the County Court on t-he ground of unnecessary ex. pense and the matter will be placed on the ballot at the primaries in May. Several commercial clubs have In dorsed the plan for permanent road im provement and the organizations here asked the court today to place the mat ter before the people at a special elec tion this Winter that the bonds might be voted and the preliminary work done before the season when road work can be prosecuted. The organizations that have the mat ter in cnarge believe that the county could get 100 miles of hard-surfaced roads for the amount of the bonds, that trunk lines could be built and a definite start on a regular system of highways made. The court thinks that all of this can be worked out after the primary elec tion in May. The total tax levy for the year for road purposes is $318,560 with no permanent highway improve ment Planned,! . Notice in Personal Column Causes Police to Investigate and Three Arrests Follow-Glrl Admits Working Clever Game. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 9 (Special.) A "matrimonial bureau," doing an ap parently flourishing business in Spo kane, was broken up Thursday morning when detectives arrested Nellie McDon aid, 29 years old; C. Owen. 88 years old, and Ruth Groom, 35 years old:; All are now held on charges of vagrancy, pending an investigation by 1 ederal officers. An advertisement of women seeking male acquaintance (object matrimony) which appeared In the personal columns of a daily paper attracted the attention of the police. Detective I ordyce was detailed by Captain of Detectives Hern don to investigate. At the Penobscot rooming house on Second avenue, the officer found Nellie McDonald and Owen. At first Owen affirmed that he was the husband of the woman, but later, after she bad admitted they were not man and wife, he changed his tale. Ruth Groom was picked up on River side by the officers shortly after the arrest of Owen and the McDonald woman. "Miss McDonald admitted to me that she had met Owen at Denver, Colo., through an advertisement ap pearing in a Denver paper," said Cap tain Herndon this morning. "She and Owen and the Groom woman came here together. "She admitted placing an ad in the paper for a husband and declared she had had about five applications so far. It is my opinion that the ad Is only a ruse to get men to visit her where the trio are -then able to rob them." Chief of Police Weir said Miss Mc Donald admitted that they had lured a man to the room by the fake ad and had "touched" him for his watch and 880 in cash. The victim failed to make a complaint for fear his name would be dragged Into the affair. The .police are looking for him now. According to the officers the matri monial ad device was Owen s plan. Immigration Inspector Richardson has been called into the case. A charge under the Mann act may be filed against Owen on the admission of the woman that they all came from Denver together. Miss Groom has been posing as Owen's sister, while the other woman posed as his wife. The three prisoners appeared in Jus tice Stocker's court this afternoon and the case was continued until Saturday. Their bonds were fixed at S1000 each. RAINS STOP; TRAINS RUN O.-W. K. & X. Resumes Traffic on Grays Harbor Branch. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 9 (Spe cial.) The O.-W. R. & N. Company re sumed traffic, on Its Grays Harbor branch yesterday. The cessation of traffic was caused by a bridge being washed out near Lincoln, 10 miles west of Centralia. Through service on the Northern Pacific to South Bend was resumed today. There haa been little rain in the last 36 hours, and as a result tho high waters have receded to a considerable extent. The Cowllts River at Kelso reached its highest mark, 15 feet 6 inches, Wednesday nigh' Much loss was suffered by the mills along the river through logs being washed downstream. NEW ROAD SURVEY BEGUN Valley and Siletz Engineers Are Busy Near Independence. INDEPENDENCE. Or.. Jan. 9, (Spe cial.) I. M. Simpson, of Alrlle. was here yesterday and said that the Valley & Siletz Railway engineers had started surveying for that line between Alrlle Junction and this city. The active work of grading the line will com mence at both ends February 1. About eight of the 13 miles, from Alrlle Junction to Hoskins, wan com pleted this Full and the rest will be hurried to completion as soon as the weather will permit, Early this next Summer a large sawmill will be built here by the Falls City Lumber Company. New Jail at Pasco Completed. PASCO, Wash., Jan. 9. (Special.) The County Commissioners have ac cepted the new county jail and the prisoners were moved into the new structure a few days ago. This is one of the most modern jails in the North west. It is constructed of steel. Tho jail stands in the rear of the new Courthouse and has an overhead con nection with the second floor of the Courthouse. Grants Pass Society Elects. GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. . (Spe cial.) The Arts and Crafts Soolety has elected Mrs. George Howland presi dent and Mrs. C. L. Clevenger vice president and Mrs. George Eaton sec retary and Mrs. Phillip Helmer treas urer. The club has turned out some excellent work In tho past, and much, has been done In hammered brass, sil ver and china painting. For25Suits aHdOVERCOATS Just got in another shipment of those heavy, wide-rib blue and brown cheviots the kind the high rent street level stores sell for $25. Come to my low expense UPSTAIRS CLOTHES SHOP andget yourself one for And say, men, if you need a good," warm, stylish Overcoat, and $10 is worth sav ing to you, ride up and see the $25 val ues I sell for S ' s A max znic fi-e iu Corner 4th and Washington Sts. ft i