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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH G, 1914. SQNS6QRN0FTENER TOCQLLEGEVVOMEN Woman Educator Denies Edu cation Causes Disinclina tion for Matrimony. HEALTH IS NOT IMPAIRED .financial Kcsultsof Higher Trainln; Declared Disappointing Because So Many Knter Profession of Teaching. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. March 5. "Thirty years ago the prediction was made that the higher education was fostering a blow to the health of women," Mies Laura Drake Gill, presi dent of tlie College for Women, Se wanee, Tenn., asserted in addressing the 11th annual Religious Education Association convention today, "but figures show that only a small per centage have impaired health. "Later, the cry was that college women were not marrying early enough, or .if they married, they did not have children enough. Again figures show that while college women marry a little later in life, they finally marry in the same proportion as their nearest female blood relatives who are not college graduates, and that tHtey have relatively larger families: a larger percentage are boys and that their chil dren have better health. "As to the economic status of col lege women," Miss Gill said, "an in quiry shows that they are not reaping the retujn for the capital invested in their training. One trouble is that the greater number of graduates have gone to teaching. The non-teaching occupa tions have better salaries, more rapid advancement and greater opportuni ties." Miss Frances Cummings, of the In tercollegiale Bureau of Occupations in New York, said that colege graduates are taking more interest in social serv. ice and that during the last two months J 1 75 persons applied for work of this character.' D. J. Fleming, o Lahore, India, told of social service among Oriental stu dents, saying that the Western ide of service had penetrated the Far Kast and is influencing the breaking down of caste. Speaking on "Who Should Not Go to College." Kdwin Kirkpatrick, of Fitch- burg, Mass., said there were no stan dards by which society could select young people for higher education. The best method was td let the poung peo ple select themselves. This would be done by net only providing an at tractive form of education, but in bringing into prominence the natural difficulties that must be overcome in gaining culture. The choice of degrees, he said, should be detracted from, not emphasized. The first public session "was held in Woolsey Mall at Yale tonight and was largely attended. The Speakers were President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale: President C. F. Thwing, of Western Reserve University, and Professor T. G. Soares, of Chicago University, and of the Yale Divinity Dean Brown School BURGLAR SCARES WOMEN Three Teachers Jump From Win dow and Prowler scaiies by Wits. SOUTH BEND, Wash., March, 5. (Special.) A bold, bad burglar, gentle manly in manner, entered the residence of four women teachers here early this morning and took 16. Three fright ened teachers leaped out of the win dows, crying "murder" and "help." Ex Mayors Darling and Cressy and L. V. Homan responded. Mr. Cressy called "halt," and quick-witted the burglar called back: "Never mind, I'll get him." Mr. Cressy thought he was be ing addressed by one of his compan ions. "Central" telephoned Night Mar shal Wheaton, who combed the streets in vain. Heavy taxpayers Monday night will protest against the present police and lire protection in the city. AUTO RACERS ARE ENGAGED Stars or Track to Sliow at Tacoma in July Is Announcement. TACOMA, Wash., March 5. The racing stars of the automobile world will he in Tacoma on July 3 and 4 to compete in the Montamara racing car nival, according to President Frank Allyn, of the carnival association, who returned- today from Santa Mcnica, Cal. He announced he had signed Pullen Wishart. Teddy Tetzlaff, Frank Ver beck, Barney Oldfield, Earl Cooper, Uuy Ball, Harry" Grant and Marquis. If Ralph de Palma. stays, in America he will be in Tacoma on July 4, Mr. Allyn said. PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, WHO FACES REVOLUTION, .. AND HIS FAMILY i', , -zl- -If ,v; I STEFANSSUN PLANS LONGEST SLED TRIP Explorer, Not Knowing of Fate of His Vessels, Prepares to 'Travel Over Ice. EXPEDITION NOT "RACE" Photo by Bain News Service. TOP HERMES DE FOMSECA. BELOW FONSECA, HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTER (THREE FIGURES AT LEFT OF GROUP) ON THEIR H:i CEM VISIT TO SEW YORK. BRAZIL HAS REVOLT Three Provinces in Arms, Cap ital Under Martial Law. EDITORS UNDER ARREST Two Colonels and Other Officers Arc Made Prisoners and Troops at Kio dc Janeiro Are Held Heady for Emergency. fContinued From First Pape.) suspended in several states, chiefly those where the negro population is large. SAILOR KILLED BY WAVE Comber Injures Six Others and De lays Two Atlantic Steamers. BOSTON, March 5. One sailor was killel pnd six others were seriously in jured by a comber that broke over the British freight steamer Cotswold Bange, which arrived today from Rot terdam. The accident occurred in a gale on February 6. Another arrival today, the steamer Indianola from Hamburg, reported trouble from the same storm. Four life boats, all that he ship carried, were Hplintered and' a quantity of deck freight was washed overboard. Both steamers were five days overdue. Admirai Up From Kanks Ketircs. WASHINGTON, March 5. Charles Edward Vreeland, the senior Rear-Admiral of the Navy, will be placed on the retired list on account of age, March 10. Admiral Vreeland is a member of the joint defense and the Naval general boards. He was born in New Jersey and with Kear-Admiral SoutlinrlHiid, who follows him on the list of Rear-Admirals, enjoys the dis tinction of having risen from the grade' of naval apprentice. JScserve Board to Start April 1. WASHINGTON. March 5. The Federal Reserve Board probably will be select ed by April 1. In talking with callers today. President Wilson gave them that date as one toward which the organi zation committee was looking for the establishment of the new Federal re serve system of banks. The working of aluminum promises to be come one of the most important industries of India. STATICS' KIGIITS AI5E INVOLVED Washington Understands Federal Interference Is Kcscnted. WASHINGTON, March 5. News of the situation in Brazil caused much discussion in official circles here. Gen erally, however, he opinion was ex pressed that tho trouble would be short-lived. . Attention was called particularly to discontent in the north of the Repub lice and to the fact that Pernambueo had be'en upset about a year ago, when certain acts of the federal govern ment were resented i the state as an assumption by the federal power of unconstitutional authority. It was said, too, that considerable feeling ex isted in other states over the states' rights question. Discontent growing out of transition in financial affairs, due to deprecia tion Ln the rubber market and to the breaking up by the United States of the coffee valorization system, was pointed to by some as possible reason for much of the existing unrest. KIO THOUGHT IMPREGNABLE Unless City Itself In Kebellion "o 'Danger Is Apprehended. Unless Rio de Janeiro is itself in a state of revolution, the city ts almost impregnable, in the opinion of Port land people who have lived there. Rio, as the city is usually known, stands on a narrow spit running into a ay of the same name, three or four miles wide and practically landlocked, being entered by narrow straits, less than half a mile wide. These straits are commanded by heavy fortresses, which again command fhe city. From the water, tacticians cay, the city could not be captured. A comparatively small army could hold the city by land .as the highways and railroads ail converge on the neck of the spit on which the city is built. The festering spot in the United States of Brazil has always been the peonage form of labor in the diamond mines, operated under lease to the gov ernment. As . there are over 60.000 negroes, who are practically slaves, so engaged, and at least 600,000 un civilized natives, it is believed here that the rebellion rises from this source. The standing army is about 30,000 men and is mainly stationed at Rio in the gigantic arsenal. The population, however, is under a form of conscrip tion and virtually all residents undergo compulsory training. Just to tne rear of the city lie a range of. hills, most of which are made ac cessible to tourists by railways which climb to the summits. - ' In recent years Brazil has put down several abortive attempts at revolu tion, one of the most ambitious beiyg in 1906, when the Third International Congress of American Republics , was in session. While Elihu Hoot, then Secretary of State, was speaking at the congress, firing parties were executing the leaders in the uprising. The attempt of ell revolutionary par ties has been to capture the hills and thus command the city. But small forts are on each hill. Rio de Janeiro Is noted for its fine buildings and broad streets, in this respect being the finest city in South America. Rue de Direita, the main street, is more than four times as wide as Wasrf ington street, Portland. This street Is Hncd with banks, business houses and fine residences. The language of the city is Portu guese, although Spanish, English and German are generally understood. The greater percentage or the population is of full negro blood. The Portuguese native Brazilians are in a minority, while European settlers generally make up the remainder. Others Hay Reach Certain Points First, but Main Purpose of Voyage Remains, Is Decla ration in Letter. WASHINGTON", March 5. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, director and editor of the National Geographic Society, has pust received a letter from Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, whose steamer, the Karluk, is gripped in the ice of the Arctic Ocean, saying' he is planning the longest sled trip ever made, from Barrow, Alaska, to Prince 1 Patrick Island, across the Canadian boundary line, practically 600 miles eastward. When Stefansson's letter was writ ten from the northernmost point in Alaska, he was unaware of the fate of the Karluk, other than that she had been frozen in the ice, and did not know that the power schooner Mary Sachs, bought by him at Nome for use of the southern party of his Canadian expedition had been crushed into small bits by the ice of the Arctic coast of Alaska some time in Novem ber. Sled Trip "Looks Easy." "You have, I suppose, seen a news paper account of our fortunes, or mis fortunes rather," . the explorer writes, "At the best, as it is, we have lost a year of time: at the worst, the Karluk s gone, with half our equipment (the men are sale enougnj. l never luuneu on the expedition as a race; Macmillan may cover the region northwest of Prince Patrick Island ahead of us; Amundsen may catch up to us there is still the main work to do for which we set out, and, Karluk or no Karluk, we shall try to carry it out next year or some other year. "I think I shall make for Prince Patrick Island on the Mary Sachs next Spring, leaving the Karluk to fol low if she gets free. I may even go by sled this Winter to look the ground over. It will be the longest sled trip ever made, if I do go, but it looks easy to me." Canada's Claim Averted. The National Geographic Society originally had planned to finance the present Stefansson expedition, and it was only at the request of the pre mier of Canada, R. L. Borden, that the society relinquished its claim on the explorer. Premier Borden in a letter to Mr. Grosvenor said the Government of Canada was of the opinion that, since Canada was the country to be ex plored, It was more fitting foj the expedition to go under the Canadian flag; and for it to be financed by the Canadian Government. "The government is, however, desir ous that the line of investigation be gun by M. Stefansson and the mem bers of your association should be continued and would be glad of the scientific co-operation of your mem bers so as to obtain- the best results from this expedition," wrote Premier Borden. , TRADE-SECRET PROTECTED President Agrees on Publicity Fea ture of Trade Commission. WASHINGTON, March 5. With limi tation to protect legitimate trade se crets. President Wilson and members of the Congressional committees agreed today that the powers of publicity to be given to the proposed interstate trade commission should be as broad as possible.- The President let this be known when explaining the status of pending anti-trust measures. Asked whether the commission should consist of three or five members, he said he did not see much difference and that the committees would determine. The President gave the impression that some of the ' bills- which seek to define the Sherman law might be abandoned. He spoke of the danger of defining a law on which there al ready had been many decisions. The difficulty, he pointed out, was to make any supplementary laws useful with out making the prohibitions they car ried conflict with the Sherman law itself. JURY SEES FILM; CONVICTS Author and Producer of AVhite Slave Picture Play Found Guilty. NEW YORK. March 5. The jury which last night saw white slavery motion picture films in the Court of General Sessions tonight convicted Samuel H. London, who wrote the story deplcted by the ' film, -and Harry C. Bohn, manager of a theater where it had been produced, of showing pic tures of an immoral character. The jury deliberated less than an hour. Ex treme clemency was Recommended and the defendants were paroled for sen tence next Thursday. "If you ,had rendered a verdict of acquittal," Judge Swann told the jury, "these films would have been shown broadcast over the country. The coun sel for the defense has admitted that the reels show actual but appalling conditions, but that is - no justifica tion for their being shown to the public." ' t Ex-Senator Massey Dies. RENO, Nev., March 5. Ex-United States Senator Massey, of this city, died today while en route from Reno to SusanviUe, Cal., on legal -business. LAUMJftESSISS TRUDGE FAR TO COMPLAI.V JF CHINESE. Delegation From Cananea, Scene of Recent Riots, Told Condition Must lie Home Patiently. NACO, Sonora, Mexico, March 5. General Carranza arrived here tonight, after having met no more dangerous an enemy than a delegation of washer women during his day's trip from No gales. ' The washerwomen accosted him at the railroad junction above Cananea and told him the wherefore of their trjaubles with the Chinese laundrymen of tlie Mexican mining town, where last week there had been an antt-Chi-nese' riot, in which the women took a leading part. I'athos was blended with the humor of the situation when tlie constitution alist chief was informed that the dele gation had been walking from Cananea, a matter of 15 miles, each day for four days, so that they might not miss see ing him. , Carranza considered gravely the varying prices of dry and ironed work. He told tlie women that he would con sider the Chinese problem of their town. He said that already the Chi nese had been debarred from entering Mexico and tnat the conditions arising from those already in the country must be borne with patience. LABORER INFLUX DENIED JAPAN IS KEEPING GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, SAYS EDUCATOR. Mikado Look for Peace From V'nited State- Oriental Now Here Are Declared No Menace. AMHERST, Mass., March 5. Dr. Shosuko Sato, Japanese exchange lec turer at the Massachusetts Agricul tural College, in an address on the "Progress From Feudalism to the New Imperialism," today said: "Japan has been strictly keeping the gentleman's agreement entered into by the United States and Japan, so there is no cause to fear laborers coming to this country. The question relegates itself to the people already settled in California, the settlement of which cannot be permitted to imperil the cordial relations which have existed between the two natfons. "Japan will always look for peace from over the Pacific. It is our sin cerest hope that the Stars and Stripes and. the flag of the rising sun may ever be a guarantee of peace and world's brotherhood." Dr. Sato Is president of the Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan. GALLOWS AVOIDED TODAY Two Granted Reprieve at New West minster to Fix Crime. VANCOUVER, B. C, March 5. An eleventh-hour reprieve was granted by the Canadian Cabinet at -a specially called meeting held in Ottawa tonight and was signed by His Royal High ness, the Governor-General, shortly be fore midnight, for two men named H. F. Clark 'and Frank Davis, wfio were to be hanged in New Westminster to morrow morning for shooting Consta ble Archibald. Immediately the re prieve was signed by the Duke of Con naught the Minister of Justice tele graphed to the New Westminster jal, where all preparations had been made for the hanging. ' The two men, who had been caught by the policeman burglarizing a store, shot and killed him when cornered in an empty lot. Each man accused the other and both were convicted. It'is asserted that some new evidence has come out that would show which of the two actually committed the deed. - A. new trial was asked for from the Court of Appeals of Brftish Columbia, but was refused. This reprieve is to give an opportunity for the case to come before the Dominion Supreme Court. It is the first time on record of a re prieve being granted so close to the hour set for fhe hanging. LEAGUE WORK IS SECRET SPECIAL PROSECUTOR AT PENDLE TON IS PROBABLE. Exodus of Alleged Gamblers Reported to Be On Threats of Violence y Denied by . Evanscliat. PENDLETON, Or., March 5 (Spe cial.) Further than declaring the or ganization of the Law and Order League is no joke, the leaders of that organi zation today stoutly refuse to disclose their plans. The organization was perfected at a meeting which lasted until midnight ana which ended by the members taking a solemn oath not to disclose any of the league's movements. It is known, however, that officers were elected and that an executive comnrit tee was selected and given full power to act in the name of the league. Steps were taken to obtain the necessary evidence and employ a special attorney. It is rumored that James A. Fee, who has won considerable fame as a prose cuting attorney throughout Eastern Oregon, will be the man. It is also said a number of alleged gamblers, who have been in Pendleton for many months, have already departed. Evangelist Bulgin scouts the report that any attempt was made to take dictaphone records of last night's pro ceedings of the Law and Order League and he denied the rumor that the or ganization Is to be used in furthering the candidacy of any candidates. .In speaking of the league meeting hu said: "No violent speeches or threats were made. No one said anything about running anyone out of town on a rail or doing any other violence. All the members are cool, level-headed men who mean business." MOST WEIGHTS CORRECT EIGHTY-SIX PER CEXT FOIXD PER FECT BY CITY SEALER. Inaccurate Ones -"Not Though I Result of Intent to Defraud, but of AVeQr aud Chemicals. William L. Brewster, Commisssioner of Public Affairs, yesterday gave out the following correct report of the Sealers of Weights and Measures. In stead of showing 80 per cent of the weights in the city inaccurate, it shows 86 per cent correct : Weights Inspected, 360. Weights found accurate, 3126. Weights condemned. 404. As usual in the inspection of scales it was. found that most ot the errors were duo to lack of balance of cheap construction, in all cases where errors were found the attention of the proprietor was called to ine defect and tin was warned to keep scales in proper balance, and where scales were Inaccurate, through age or wear, repairs were ordered at once and each case was followed up to see that instructions were complied with. The larger number of weights tested dur ing the past uarter Is due to the fact that prescription scales and weights were inspected in practically ail tho drugstores within the city. This was the first syste matic test made of dru? scales and. weights and the large number of weights found In accurate is sufficient evidence of the need of such inspection. A. very large proportion of all weignts found accurate were light. It is not the be lief of this bureau, however, that the light weights were used through any intent to defraud, but that they had become light through wear and coming in contact with drugs and acids with which they were used or cleaned; in general the users of these weights were very prompt to comply with the request that they get new weights. THREE WILLS ARE FILED Petitions lor Probate of Two Other Estates Arc Offered. Petitions asking for the probate of five estates, three with will attached, were filed yesterday in County Clerk Coffey's office. Frank T. Dodgre, the veteran of the Portland water department, who died last month, left an estate valued at approximately $4000, according to the petition filed by L. S. Kaiser, who pe titioned that he be appointed adminis trator. The estate of John Klosterman. who died February 21, is valued at J75.000 and is devised to the widow. Mrs. I Sophie Klosterman, after payment of debts and bequests of i5 each to his son and daughter. Mrs. Klosterman requested that she be named executrix. John Ready, petition for the probate of whose estate was filed by Frank J. Courtney, left $1350. Milton R. Van Horn,-who died Feb ruary 20, left an estate valued at $5000, according to the petition of his widow, Mrs. Clara K. Van Horn, that she be appointed administratrix. Bernard Brady filed a petition that the court withhold the appointment of John "S. McCarron, administrator of the ostate rf Thomas Lillis, who died February It, on the ground that he did r.ot represent any of the blood re lations of Lillis. INDIRECT TAXES GROWING Whisky and Tobacco Make Up for Vailing Off of Tarirr Kevenue. WASHINGTON, March 5. While cus toms receipts have fallen off under the new tariff, the internal revenue bureau is comins to the rescue with increased collections from indirect taxes. The total collected by the bu reau from July 1, 1913. to January 31. 1914. was $191,702,279, an increase of $2,636,329 over tlie corresponding period of the previous year. The tax on toDacco orougrni i(,ou, 435, an increase of $2,371,258, and fer mented liquors $40.27.380, an- increase of $1,412,306. Distilled spirits, includ ing- whisky, however, brought in only $S8.S40,304. a decrease of $1,409,719. In cluded in the totals for the seven months was $59,328 paid by individuals subject to the income tax. This tax is not payable under the law until assess ments have been made and need not be paid until June next, but many per sons sent their money to the collectors in January. Official tabulation of the returns of individuals subject to the tax had not been completed tonight. J TftOTl Cff r We have a splendid economy message for ihis morning. Although everything is fresh and ncrv and delightfully chic and different, you ivill find that the principle of the utmost "ivorth" for the money is expressed in every depart ment of this store. It lakes more than price to.make "worth." It takes quality as well, and quality is the first consideration here. This Spring we have been able to secure a great many novel and worth-while things which We are offering at very infzresl'ng prices. Spotlessly New Undermuslins This is a real beribboned and . come in. n-ach garment is tresh and spotless and fashioned to accord with the new tendencies of dress. The transparent blouse and the so-called "uncorseted" silhouette have greatly influenced the making of underwear. Each dainty bit must be a marvel of lightness and perfect fashioning. Only in a sale planned with the utmost care and foresight can such interesting prices be of fered and such remarkable economies achieved. Instead of from $1.25 to $3.50, these pretty bits of lace and muslin will be marked at 89c. Fourth Floor sale. A shipment of daintily embroidered things has just New Silk Underwear The glove sill( sort that is made specially for our order. The threads are of pure dye sill(, without "loading" loading, as ne are iold, is the process of making silk thread heavier by artificial means). The practice of wearing glove silk bloomers to match one's hose is gaining favor rapidly. They are here in while, pink, blue, tan, brown, emerald, cerise and a number of other colors, as well as black $2.85 eachi Fourth Floor TODAY OUR FIRST SALE OF SPRING TRIMMED HATS Hats that sell regularly at $8.50 and $9.00 will be sold for $4.95. They are exact copies of twenty-eight clever French hats, but they offer a wide variety from which to choose. We congratulate ourselves that this is the best offering that our millinery department has ever been able to make. This Spring the French milliners have offered quan tities of odd shapes. "A hat," say they, "may be tall or flat, broad-brimmed or brimless; it may tilt high at the back or side, or it may fit low upon the head, but every hat must have in it the element of SURPRISE." Hence we offer today twenty-eight Surprise hats. Second Floor. FROM SWITZERLAND AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE We are delighted to announce the receipt of a number of small bracelet watches, which we shall sell at a most unusually low price. Owing to a very unfortunate circumstance. the manufacturer was obliged to sell these pretty timepieces at a very low figure. An ill wind, to bo sure, but one which bids fair to bring pleasure to a limited number of Port- land women. . Each watch has been tested and is fully guaranteed. The cases are excellent, of sterling silver and gunmetai. They are clamped to a neat leather wrist-band and are a convenience that every out-of-door woman will, appreciate. And the price, which we believe to be absolutely without precedent, is. $4.48. First Floor A Spring Glove These gloves have just passed through the Custom-House, straight from France. They are perfectly made, of especially selected skins ancj have backs embroidered either in the same or some contrasting color. They have a single clasp, and the very serviceable pique seams. Specially priced at $1.29, instead of $1.50. Main Floor Pearls For Buttons on the New Waists The new waists that open at the throat and fasten down the front usually require the pretty ball buttons for fastenings. The most attractive of these are those made of glass to exactly imitate pearls. These were sent from our Berlin office and are of uncommonly good quality. 15c and 25c per dozen. Main Floor PICTURES RHINE PRINTS AND TURNERS Pictures that rest and please you are like windows that look out upon so many lovely landscapes. One reveals a quiet lake with bending willows whispering to the waters. Another, the conceit of a bolder artist of the modern schools, shows the broad sand-dunes and dull, red marsh grass with the sunlit sea stretching its leagues of blue in the distance. Another looks out upon a vista of cloud-capped mountains, and so on. One may have as many windows as one likes. Some charming Turner prints and striking Rhine prints have just arrived and are to be seen in the picture salon on the sixth floor. Prices: Turner Prints 50c . Rhine Prints $1.50 to $4.00 Hand Carved Nut Bowls From Russia ' Unusual things come from places that are off of the beaten path way. Our foreign buyers became acquainted with these unique spec imens of Russian art, and forwarded this lot to us. There are dozens of them, each one hand-carved. A huge, boat-like duck, with room enough in his broad back, for a huge quantity of nuts, squats placidly as if he were swimming upon the table. Little swans, some with arched necks, and others that look backward at their flat, fan-like tails; gulls and waterfowl of every description abound in this collec tion. Each has a bowl scooped out of his back for nuts or sweetmeats. They are highly polished, of course, and a dark sepia in tone. Priced at from 50c to $8.50. Sixth Floor FRENCH LECTURE TODAY "Jules Lemaitre," By Jean Jacques Rousseau Phonograph Hall From 11 to 12 A. M. 1