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ACTION FOLLOWS
WILSON'S ADDRESS
Machinery for Hearings
in Motion.
CO-OPERATION IS PROMISED
Gallinger Tells Democrats to
Abandon Caucus.
THIRD PARTY CRITICISES
Representative Mnrdock Says Sug
gestions Are Inadequate Demo
cratic Leaders Profess Illa
tion Over Policy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. President
Wilson's suggestion to Congress today
In his trust address that the Govern
ment and business men are ready to
meet each other half way "in a com
mon effort to square business methods
with both public opinion and the law"
fell on attentive ears and struck a re
sponsive chord In different parties.
The atmosphere of co-operation and
accommodation in the message, the re
forms proposed expressed in terms of
conservatism and the spirit of friend
liness to supersede antagonism In deal
ing with big business which dominated
the President's thoughts roused expres
sion of approval from all sides. Few
discordant notes were sounded In com
ments from members of the Congress
who are to pass on legislation urged to
prohibit monopoly and hold men of
business within the law.
Susaeatlons Are Applauded.
Throughout the delivery of the ad
dress the assembled Senators and Rep
i eentatives listened intently to every
void, applauding frequent when the
President began ennumeration of evils
which he believed needed remedying.
11 is proposal for an interstate trade
"inmission to facilitate business and
Keep it in the straight path; the rec
t mmendation of laws to prohibit in
terlocking directorates and holding
companies; suggestions for authority to
l-ogulate railroad securities; for an act
that would fix guilt upon individuals
instead of punishing business, and that
the courts be opened to individuals
harmed by illegal business all of these
were received with general approval,
evidenced by enthusiastic applause.
Action Is Bearun Promptly.
Before the plaudits of his audience
had ceased and as the President was
passing from the House chamber
where his successive appearances since
last April have contributed to the Na
tion's history, his utterances had pre
cipitated action.
Representative Underwood, majority
leader of the House, was the first to
act. As soon as the House reconvened
after the Joint session held to hear the
President, he offered a motion to refer
to the Interstate and foreign commerce
committee the suggestions for the crea
tion of an Interstate trade commission
and for a law empowering the Inter
state Commerce Commission to regu
late the Issuance of railroad securities
and to refer to the committee on judi
ciary these proposals relating to lcgls
lation designed to supplement, but not
amend, the Sherman anti-trust act. This
motion was adopted and It was an
nounced later that both committees
would begin work at once and arrange
lor public hearings.
Slurdoclc Not Satisfied.
Members of the House Judiciary com
mittee and members of the Senate in
terstate commerce committee, headed
by Senator Newlands, of Nevada, con
ferred again . on plans for expediting
the bills to be submitted to Congress.
Later Senator Newlands talked with
Joseph E. Davies, Commissioner of
Corporations, who read the trade com
mission bill proposed by the judiciary
sub-committee. This measure now will
be introduced from the Senate com
mittee probably tomorrow.
Tho only unfavorable criticisms em
anated from Progressives. Representa
tive Murdoch, the third party leader
asserting that the suggestions for the
solution of the trust evils were "lnade
Quate" and would render the trust evil
more acute.
"The President's recommendations
aro moderate," said Senator Gallinger,
leader of the Republicans in the Sen
ate, -ana lor tue most part wise. It
seems to me there is nothing In the
recommendations that need disturb
. business men or that would Justify
radical legislation. If the Democratic
members in both branches of Congress
will formulate bills along the lines sug
gested by the President and abandon
their method of legislation by party
caucus, they will find the Republicans
ready to co-operate with them in bring
ing about legislation of real benefit to
the country."
Senator Lodge remarked that the
message was "very satisfactory" and
Senator William Alden Smith, of Michi
gan, said: "The President has at
tacked the problem from his own view
point, but probably his programme will
do some good."
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, who repre
sents the Progressive-Republican wing
of the party, praised the address.
"It was admirable," he said, "and I
am In full accord with it, especially
that portion which would fix personal
crullt for violation of our trust laws."
Representative Mann. tho minority
leader of the House, also commended
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IDAHO UNIVERSITY
RAISES TANGO BAN
DEAN OF WOMEN", CENSOR, SAYS
KEW DANCE BEAUTIFUL-.
Objection Originated Through "Po
sitions Necessarily Assumed by
Dancers," Asserts Woman.
MOSCOW, Idaho. Jan. 20. That Miss
Perineal French, dean of women at the
University of Idaho, has lifted the ban
on the tango In a modified form and
one-step has Just developed In varsity
circles. Miss French, who Is censor,
said: "When the question arose, as
happened some months ago, as to
whether I would permit the dancing
of the new steps at tho university, I
decided most emphatically the new and
much-advertised dances should not ap
pear on any university programme and
that no girl-student should dance them
in Moscow. I objected to the positions
necessarily assumed by the dancers
and to the ungraceful and highly im
proper movements Introduced.
"Since that time public opinion has
asserted itself so strongly that the
dances have been modified and made
beautiful. As they are now danced in
the ball rooms of well-bred people I
see in them nothing to object to, yet
much to admire. They are graceful,
animated, and some of them require a
great deal of skill for their proper per
formance. "I do not now and shall never per
mit any student to dance any dance
in an improper fashion. I think the
present rage for the. new dances Is
partly owing to the manner In which
they have been talked about and partly
owing to their novelty.
"I may say. in conclusion," said Miss
French, "that I have never permitted
the girls to attend public dances in
Moscow, whether their parents object
or not. I do not regard a public dance
hall as the proper place for any young
woman."
VEILED WOMAN IS MYSTERY
Major Albee's Office Bestirred by
Unusual Occurrence.
When an attractive young woman.
prettily attired and quite heavily
veiled tripped quietly into 'Mayor Al
bee's office yesterday arid asked if she
might sit there for a while she spun
a web of mystery which is causing con
siderable uneasiness to the Mayor's
secretary, Will H. Warren.
The pretty young visitor did not an
nounce her mission, either upon coming
in or leaving. She merely askea the
privilege of sitting in the office a little
while. She took a chair over to a. desk,
pulled out a pad of paper and -began
making note. She would sit and look
about at persons entering the office
and would then make notes. After a
half hour or bo of such mysterious
antics she bowed politely and departed.
leaving Secretary Warren trying to
figure out what was to happen next.
CHATHAM CALLS FOR AID
Line to Yellowstone Breaks After 40-
Mlle Tow Southward.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) The steamship Alliance, from
Eureka, passed the Chatham and Yel
lowstone this morning at 6:30 o'clock,
and the towline had parted. The Yel
lowstone put out signals and the
Chatham was returning as the Alliance
left the scene.
The Chatham is calling Southern
wireless stations for a relief tug from
San Francisco for aid. The Chatham
made 40 miles before her line parted.
She reported at 8:30 A. M. that the
Yellowstone had lost her anchor and
chain, but the line had been attached
and they were proceeding southward.
The vessels were oft Cape Blanco.
OLD FIGHT FOR BABY ENDS
"Incubator" Child Matures as Battle
Wages for Her In Court.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The long
legal fight for possession of the St.
Louis Exposition "incubator baby" was
dismissed in the Supreme Court today
because neither party to the suit had
printed the record.
Mrs. Lottie Bleakley, of Topeka,
Kan., and Mrs. James G. Barclay, of
Moline, 111., were the litigants In a con
test that involves the identity of the
baby, now a grown girl. Courts of
Kansas and Illinois have worked on the
case several years and the child had
been awarded first to one contestant
then to another. Mrs. Bleakley had her
when the appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court.
GIRLS' CIRCUS AIDS BEASTS
Humane Society Gets $10 liaised by
Portland Heights Lassies.
President Robert Tucker, of the Ore
gon- Humane Society, yesterday received
$10 in pennies and nickels from three
little girls Elizabeth Kerr, Francis
Mathews and Marion Catlin. who live
on Portland Heights.
Impressed by the cruelty of drivers
on the steep hills leading to the
Heights they decided to do something
to help. After consultation they de
cided to give a. circus. Later they gave
a. play to which other children and
grown-ups were invited. The -admis
sion was o cents, programme 1 cent
and refreshments 5 cents.
From the two entertainments they
nettea iu.
District Attorney Nominated. .
OREQOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Jan. 20. President Wilson to
day nominated Francis A. Garrecht. of
W alia Walla, to be District Attorney
tor Eastern Washington. Appointment
made on joint recommendation of Hugh
Wallace, , of Tacoma. and Senator Poln-
dexter,
WIFE BEGS DEATH,
OLD MAN KILLS HER
Slaying of Invalid Con
fessed by Veteran.
MINIMUM PENALTY IMPOSED
Seven Years in Solitary Con
finement Is Sentence.
NO SIN INTENDED, HE SAYS
Spouse Pleaded to Be Put Out of
Misery When Found Lying In
jured at Bottom ot Stairs,
Aged Man Tells Court.
PHILADLEPHIA, Jan. 20. Tottering
under the weight ot nis 80 years, Will
iam Eberwein stood in Criminal Court
here today and told a simple but dra
matio story of how his wife, 15 years
younger, had pleaded with him to kill
her and how he committed the deed.
After the old man had completed the
Story Judge Walling, of Erie. Pa., tem
porarily presiding in the court, sur
veyed the bent form of the prisoner,
fixed the crime at murder in the second
degree and Imposed the minimum pen
alty, which, in this case, was practi
cally a life sentence. It was solitary
confinement In the penitentiary for not
less than seven years or more than 14.
Wife Plead tor Death.
Holding onto the prisoner's dock with
trembling hands, Eberwein, who is a
veteran of the Civil War, told the court
that his wife was an Invalid and that
one day last October he went Into their
home and found her lying at the bot
tom of a stairway, down which she had
fallen. He offered to have her sent
to a hospital, but she wouldn't go..
'You do it, William,' " Everwein al
leged she said.
" 'Do what? I asked," the prisoner
said.
" 'End it all for me; it's no sin when
I'm suffering so."
"I had; a board In my hand that I
brought in out of the yard. I looked
at her and. euessed it wouldn't- be a
sin.
Tale ot Murder Told.
" 'Go on, William, she said; 'go on.'
"Then I tapped her on the head with
the board and I tapped her ajiairi . She
didn't moan much and once when I
stopped she klnd'er whispered: 'Go on
it won t De long."
"So I kept on tapping and she rot
quiet-"
Lberwein stopped speaking, but no
, mcamanou. j (Concluded on Page 5.)
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48
degrees; minimum. 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Ham; southerly winds.
Foreign.
Treaty governing safety at sea Is signed.
Pago 6.
London court astounded by American doc
tor's successes at Monte Carlo. Page 2.
Lord Btrathcona dies In 84th year. Pace
National.
Machinery in motion for hearings on topics
suggested by President's address. Page 1.
President In message says business has right
to know where It stands. Page 2.
Member of Congress threatens to kill lawyer
and rushes tor weapon. Page o.
lometic. v
Tottering veteran tells of killing invalid
wife at her request. Page 1.
Friends of. P. Lewis Clark believe he Is
dead, but not as suicide. Page 6.
"Dutch Jake." picturesque Spokane mil
lionaire, marries former Portland steno
grapher in Chicago. Page 8.
Ex-Senator Cullom dying. Page 4.
Appeal -made to stockmen for more freedom
for wife on farm. Page 4.
Inquiry shows outside aid given, Oklahoma
convicts. Page 4. .
Sport.
Western Tri-State League plans expansion.
Page 14.
McCredle looking for new trainer. Page 14.
Three big league pitchers and four umpires
algn Federal League contracts. Page 14.
Gibbons predicts he will defeat McFarland.
Page 14.
Notre Dame quarterback to locate in Port
land. Page 14.
High scores at revolver shoot. Page 15.
Pacific Northwest.
State Federation of Labor, meeting at As
toria, discusses Important matters. Page 7.
Four lost children arrive home after two
da-3 in woods. Page 7.
Governor's plan - to take over irrigation
work rejected. Page 6.
Governor West attacks one-armed official.
Page 6.
Couger trees co-eds and escorts. Page L
University of Oregon regents name archi
tects for addition. Page 6.
Idaho University lifts ban on tango. Page 1.
Oregon dog tax expected to raise canine
standard. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat farmers decline to consider current
market offers. Page 19.
President's message has small effect on
stock prices. Page 19.
Rock dumping on North Jetty will be start
ed February 2. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
This year to be lively In state political cir
cles. Page 1.
David Swing Rlcker finds roads are one bad
part of valley. Page 1.
Captain made prisoner by sailors foretold
trouble. Page IS.
Portland bonds sell at premium. Page 12.
Farms only to be urged on Jews coming- to
Pacific Coast, Page 12.
Year of good work shown in Y. "W. C. A.
reports. Page 13.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19.
Monday Musical Club hostess at Giltner home
In Irvington. Page 12.
Entries for cat show close with 213 In.
Page 8.
Federal grand jury selected. Page 8.
Vaudeville theater managers to be asked to
advise committee on censorship. Page 8.
PARCEL POST CARRIES SALT
Two Tons Travel From Pocatello to
Burns- in 50-Pound Sacks.
BAKER, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.)
Two tons of salt were shipped through
Baker today by parcel post from Poca.
tello to Burns. The strange shipment,
which, because it is in an airline less
than 150 miles, comes within the rate
for the second zone, will travel more
than 600 miles before' it reaches its
destination.
, ' x' PRICE FIVE CENTS
BOADS THE ONE BAD
FEATURE OFVALLEY
Farmers on Pacific Way
Want Improvement.
THEY BLAME COUNTY OFFICIALS
Supervisors Declared Partial
to Their Own Property.
ACTION SOON IS FORECAST
David Swing Kicker Finds Progres
sive Spirit in Regard to Other
Matters in District Between
Tangent and Eugene, Or.
(In his story, printed in The Oregonian.
January 19. Mr. Rlcker described the bad
condition of the Pacific highway in. Ore
gon between Albany and Tangent. In Ills
story today the conditions found between
Tangent and Eugene are described. Mr.
Rlcker is a trained newspaper man who
previously was Sunday editor of a Chicago
daily publication. In company with his
wife he Is walking from Portland to San
Diego. CaL. along the route ot the Pacific
highway to observe conditions of the
road.)
BY DAVID SWING KICKER.
As we came nearer to Tangent,
ploughed up fields on either side of us,
stretched out to the woods; and at a
sharp turn !n the road we passed be
tween two files of oak and ash, whisk
ered with moss that hung from their
limbs like vines from a swinging bas
ket trees that looked as though they
had been plunged Into the sea, taken
out wrapped in weed, and set back into
the ground. It was then that I dis
covered why the woods look green
even where there Is no fir or cedar or
hemlock. It's this moss that gives to
the bleakness of a moor the touch of
green and of Spring.
Knowledse Is "Swapped."
"You're going to be my guests to
night," announced the farmer, who had
given my wife and me a ride, after
we had left Albany, as he turned in at
a gate. "I want to talk to you about
good roads. You can tell me some
things I don't know and I can 'tell you
some things you don't know. We'll
swap what we know."
It sounded like a good bargain so we
took it up. That's how my wife and I
happened to eat our supper with Mart
Forster and his family that evening.
And that's how we happened to pass
the night under the hospitable Forster
roof. And It was a mirhty good bar
gain we had made. But we got all the
CO-EDS AND BOYS
TREED BY COUGAR
FOUR HEAR NOISE AND PERCH
IX BRANCHES ALL- NIGHT.
Portland Youths and Girls Reach
Creswell Wet and Frightened
" After Their Experience.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON' Fnn.
Jan. 20. (Special.) Four University of
Oregon students spent Sunday night
and yesterday morning In a tree after
hearing what they believed was the
cry of a cougar while they were de
scending Spencer's Butte, six miles
south of this city.
Edith King, of Portland: Mabel
Smith, of The Dalles; William Holden,
Of Portland, and R.mn T.-l.n.lx.
Portland, were the members of "the
party.
They climbed the butte Sunday after
noon, reaching the summit about 5
o'clock. After a short rest they began
the descent.
It was already dark, and in the brush
which fringes the base of the moun
tain they lost their bearings. They
heard a call they believed at first to
be that of another party and answered.
Soon the cry was heard again from
tho direction of the summit. It sounded
like a cougar, and the four climbed the
nearest tree.
After half an hour the two men at
tempted to light a fire at the foot of
the free, but with only three matches
between them and no dry wood the
feat was impossible.
Shortly before daybreak the four de
scended and started to walk in the
direction of Creswell, mistaking that
town for Eugene. They stopped at the
house of a farmer named Reuger. who
gave them breakfast and took them to
Creswell.,
The students' clothlnsr wna inm anH
drenched from the rain which fell.
They were exhausted from the ex
posure and fright, but otherwise were
unharmed.
NEW COMMANDER NAMED
Brigadier-General Potts, of Presidio,
Called to Vancouver Post.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Jan. 20. (Special.) Brigadier-General
Ramsay D. Potts, in command of the
Eighth Brigade of the United States
Army, with headquarters at the Pres
idio, San Francisco. Cal., is to be the
new commanding general of the Sev
enth Brigade, now at this post, suc
ceeding General Ralph W. Hoyt, who
retired October 9. 1913.
Since the retirement of General
Hoyt. Colonel Wilson, of Fort Lawton,
has been In command of the brigade,
with the exception of the time Colonel
Irons was in command at Fort Douglas.
Major Adrian S. Fleming, brigade
adjutant, who has been attending the
officers' school for fire at Fort Sill,
Okla. has returned, relieving Major j!
C. Castner.
VANCOUVER LOSES TWO
Pendulum Starts to SwinS Backward
From Clarke Gretna Green.
The worm turned yesterday and con
trary to the habit of the last six
months when Oregon brides and bride,
grooms have been Journeying to Van
couver to be married, two Vancouver
Couples came to Portland yesterday
and took out marriage licenses. One
couple, almost past the three score
and ten mark, but who gave their age
as "legal," said they had lived In Ore
gon a long time, and expected to live
here again, for which reason they came
here to be married.
The contracting parties were: John
Roth, of Vancouver, Wash., 28, and
Miss Magdalena Steudler, of Van
couver, 21; who gave her temporary
address as Portland, and Walter Mc
Millan and Margaret E. Nickolson.
STUDENT-PASTOR GOES FAR
State University Man Travels 500
Miles- Weekly as Preacher.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Jan. 20. (Special.) A journey of 500
miles weekly for the sake of preaching
to his congregation is made by Peter
Crockett, of Pendleton, Or., a senior at
the University of Oregon.
Mr. Crockett's pastorate Is at Wasco,
Or., and he leaves Eugene each Friday
night, returning Tuesday morning. It is
122 miles from Eugene to Portland
and about 118 from Portland to Wasco.
Two years ago Mr. Crockett was a
star debater and this year will com
pete in the university oratorical con
tests. He Is on the university soccer
football team.
BOAT LOSES CARGO AT SEA
Lumber Steamer Scotia Survives 5
Day Battle With Storm.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. With her
deckload of lumber gone and crippled
by a five-day battle with heavy seas,
the little lumber steamer Scotia is be
ing towed to this port by the steamer
James HIgglns. This information
reached the owners, the James R. Han
ify Lumber Company, late today by
wireless.
The Scotia is bound from Eureka and
was picked up off Mendocino City in
Mendocino County.
STEERS AT RECORD PRICES
Kansas City Figure of $9.c!5 Highest
Ever Paid in January.
KANSAS CITT. Jan. 20. Steers sold
at the Kansas City stockyards today
at $9.2S a hundred pounds, the highest
prk-e ever paid here in January.
Calves sold as high as $11.25.
POLITICS WILL BE
LIVELY THIS YEAR
Fifteen State Offices
Will Be Filled.
ASPIRANTS SUDDENLY ACTIYE
Multnomah Voters Will Cast
Votes in 13 Contests.
COUNTY POSITIONS ALSO UP
Scventy-flvo Members of Stale Lc;
islaturo Also Will Be Chosen
From Various Parts of Slate.
Many Now in Race.
This will indeed be a lively political
year In Oregon, especially In Multno
mah County. Fifteen officials are to
be elected by voters of tho state at the
general election next November 3. while
in Multnomah County 11 county offi
cers must be selected at the same time.
Candidates for all these offices, both
from state and county, will compete
for nomination at the primary election
next May 15. That explains the pres
ent sudden activity on tho part of the
politically ambitious in getting into
line.
Of the 15 officials to be elected from
the state, voters of Multnomah County
will vote for 13. The other two are
the members of Congress to be elected
from the First and Second Congres
sional districts. Multnomah County
comprises tho Third Congressional dis
trict by itself.
Senator to Be Elected.
Hero is the list of officials to be
elected from the state at large thl3
year, and the salary of each.
United States Senator, at $7500 a
year.
Governor, at $5000 a year.
Members of Congress from First, Sec
ond and Third districts, at $7500 a year.
State Treasurer, at $4500 a year.
Attorney-General, at $3600 a year.
Four Justices of Supreme Court, at
$4500 a year.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, at $3000 a year.
State Labor Commissioner, at $3000
a year.
State Engineer, at $3000 a year. "
One Railroad Commissioner, at $4003
a year.
State Legislators Excluded.
This, it will be noted, does not take
Into account members of the State Leg
islature, who are elected at the same
time. Sixty members of tho lower
house and 15 of the 30 Senators must
be chosen on November 3. Of these 60
representatives, Multnomah has 12 di
rectly elected from this county, and
one who represents Multnomah and
Clackamas Counties jointly. Of Mult
nomah's seven State Senators, two are
up for election next Fall, the other
five serving until 1916.
Adding these 13 Representatives and
two Senators to the list, Multnomah
electors will vote for 23 state officials.
The 11 county offices to be filled
and the salary of each arc:
Sheriff, at $4500 a year.
County Clerk, at $4500 a year.
One Judge of Circuit Court, at $1000
a year.
County Treasurer, at $2400 a year.
County School Superintendent, at
$2400 a year.
Two County Commissioners, at $150
a month.
County Coroner, at $150 a month.
County Auditor, at $3000 a year.
County Surveyor, at $150 a month.
Constable, at $2400 a year.
Many Candidates Appear.
Already the list of avowed and pros
pective candidates for nomination at
the coming primary, now less than
four months away, which will serve
as a sort of sifting process for the
general election, is of great length.
So far the rush has centered more
about the state offices, particularly
the Governorship, than the county of
fices, but aspirants for the latter are
now coming rapidly out of seclusion.
For United States Senator, there are
two announced candidates in the field.
These are Robert A. Booth, of Eugene,
who recently announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination, and
George E. Chamberlain, incumbent, who
is seeking re-election on the Demo
cratic ticket. These two, however, are
not to have the field to themselves.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr., ex-United States
Senator, though he has not as yee an
nounced himself. Is considered as goou
as in the race. Mr. Bourne, now in
Washington, is expected to return to
Oregon about March 10, at which time
his announcement in all probability
will be made. Ilsj is expected to be a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion. Another possibility is Governor
West, a general suspicion having
gained ground throughout the state
that many of the Governor's recent
actions were Intended to further his
chances for the Senatorshlp.
Eight candidates nave so far an
nounced themselves for Governor. They
are: A. M. Crawford, present Attorney
General; W. A. Carter, Grant B. Dlm
Ick and Gus C. Moser, Republicans;
W. S. U'Ren, who asserts that he is a
Republican but probably will sidestep
the primary contest and run at the
general election as an Independent; F.
M. Gill, Progressive, and Colonel Robert
A. Miller and Jolin Manning. Demo
crats. -
In addition to tins goodly comparsj.
. .Concluded on Fae i..
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