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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1914)
. MEN OF GAPAGITY INVITED INTO RAGE Citizens Unite in Call for 1 2 to Seek Office. TRIED MEN ARE SELECTED RonPQCflnfofilrtC I I i-i i t r. rl in Dim ... pose Is Object of Move. TWO ARE NOW IN CONTEST Tentative Acceptances Received Ifrom Others tJrged to Sacrifice Time to Represent Multnomah in Lower House at Salem. TWELVE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO Rli FOR I,E(ilSLATlRE. Ben Selling', John Gill, Amedee M. Smith, D. C. Lewis, Fielder A. Jones, Oscar W. Home, Dr. Andrew C. Smith, E. V. Little field, "William F. Woodward, Plowden Stott, Lee B. Hendricks and S. B. Cobb. Citizens who are interested in hav ing elected to the next Legislature men of known and tried business ca pacity and of demonstrated integrity, who, it is believed, will work together understanding in carrying out a pro gramme of retrenchment in public ex penditures and of greater efficiency in the public service, have united in a call to 12 men to become candiates for the 12 places to be filled in the lower house from Multnomah County. These 12 men are all well known. The standing of each is unquestioned. Several have had previous legislative experience. They represent no class or spelial interest. All are iin who can work together on a common basis for the public good. JMea of Standing: Chosen. The list of 12 includes: Ben Sellins. 'ex-member of the State Senate, and prominent business man. Amedee M. Smith, member of the In dustrial Welfare Commission (unsal aried), which has in the short time since its organization made effective many rulings requiring shorter hours and minimum wage for women and children workers. Fielder A. Jones, president of North western Baseball League, and experi enced executive.. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, ex-member of the Legislature, and well known as a public spirited citizen. William K. Woodward, business man. Lee B. Hendricks, conductor on the Shasta Limited, one of the most widely known and best informed railway men in the state. John Gill, ex-member of the Legisla ture, and business man. D. C. Lewis, of St. Johns, a well known citizen, representing the terri tory outside of Portland. Oscar W. Home, a widely known la bor leader of the best type. K. V. Llttlefield, ex-circuit Judge and ex-school superintendent of Yam hill County, who has a broad knowl edge of educational and legal matters. S. B. Cobb, ex-member of the Legis lature and man of affairs. Plowden Stott, an active, aggressive and well-known young lawyer, who was selected because of his ability in handling detail work in connection with legislative bills. Time for Petitions Short. It has been the hope of the citizens who Elgned the call to these men to become candidates that they will find their way clear to accept at once and undertake an active campaign for the nomination. Counting today only nine more. days remain in which to circulate the nom inating petitions, which must be filed with the Secretary of State on April 10. As one of these days is a Sunday and as the formality of first filing a preliminary declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of State must he complied with before petitions can be circulated, speedy action will be nec essary. , Not all the men named in the call have as yet been asked if they can make the sacrifice of time and busi ness to make the race and serve in the legislature, if nominated and elected. In tlie interests of good citizenship. Others have consented, tentatively, to run if it appears to them that the public demand that they do so is suf ficiently strong. Two Annonnce Candidacy. Only two on the entire list have al ready announced their candidacies. They are Oscar W. Home and D. C. Lewis, both well-known men, who had entered the legislative race before the call was formulated. They were In cluded because of their standing and known ability and because it was fur ther desired to make the list of can didates truly a representative one, iu which all classes of voters should have representation. The movement which has led to the call of these 12 men to become can didates is purely spontaneous In its origin. It has been directed solely by the desire on the part of the citizens signing the call to establish a high standard for the Multnomah delega tion in the next Legislature and to have men there, who. Instead of work tConcluded on Psse H HOUSE EXTENDS WIDOWS' PENSIONS DEPESDEXTS PHILIPPINE AND BOXER WARS IXCLVDED. Provision Made That Beneficiaries Shall 'Seed. Money and Have Married Before Bill Passed. WASHINGTON. April 1. Pensions for widows and minor children of the of ficers and. men' who served In the Spanish War, the Philippine Insurrec tion and the Boxer uprising In China would be authorized by a bill which passed the House late today by a vote of 276 to 54. The bill would grant J1S a month to the widow of an honorably dis charged soldier or sailor and $2 to a month for each child under IS years, provided that the widow shall have been married to the soldier prior to the passage of the 'bill. The pensions are to be limited, however, to widows without means of support other than their daily labor and an actual net income not exceeding J250 a year. It is estimated that an appropriation of $2,500,000 will be required to pay the pensions. LANDMARK IS DESTROYED Gigantic Oak on Farm In Silk Creek Country Falls After Stornv COTTAGE GROVE. Or., April 1. (Special.) One ot the oldest and best known landmarks of the Cottage Grove country, a gigantic oak tree which grew on the Thompson Royal Oak farm in the Silk Creek country and from which the farm took the name, fell recently after apparently having withstood a heavy wind-storm. The tree was without question several cen turies old. A peculiar thing in con nection with the tree is that no other oaks ever grew nearby and it stood alone in a large field, a gigantic gnarled and lonely sentry. The al most entire absence of roots makes It seem peculiar that it withstood the elements for so long. It has now been reduced to common stove wood, mak ing about 35 tier. GOVERNOR NAMES JUDGE Wade Malone Chosen to Succeed Victor Moses In Benton County. SALEM, Or., April 1. (Special.) Governor West today appointed Wade Malone, a merchant of Corvallis, County Judge of Benton County, to succeed Victor P. Moses. Mr. Moses recently resigned to accept an appointment as postmaster. His resignation will be come effective tomorrow. Mr. Malone is a Democrat and one of the largest taxpayers of Benton Coun ty. He has taken a prominent part in building roads in his county and is a good roads enthusiast. ELECTRIC IRON FIRE CAUSE Current Unrestrained for Hoars Starts Millinery Blaze. Unrestrained current running for hours through an electric iron Is be lieved .responsible for the fire, which Tuesday night at 11:50 did ?500 damage to the millinery stock in the millinery establishment run by Mrs. A. Garton. at 4711-Sixty-seventh street Southeast. The department put the blaze under control before the building was dam aged to any extent. LAND BOARD GIVES TIME Warner Lake Concern Has Until De cember to Complete Contract. SALEM. Or, April 1. (Special.) The State Desert Land Board today granted the Warner Lake Irrigation Company an extension of contract to December 1. this year. Attorney-General Crawford, in an opinion, held that the state had no au thority to reimburse settlers of the old Columbia Southern irrigation project for money they paid for maintenance and interest. The board held the same view. BANKS WANTS ELECTRICITY Eccles Lumber Co. Petitions County Court for Franchise. BANKS. Or.. April 1. (Special.) A petition for a franchise to establish electric light and power service in Banks has been presented to the Coun ty Court on behalf of the Eccles Lum ber Company, which is erecting a big mill here.- As Banks is an unincor porated town, the company must se cure a franchise from the court. The company has promised to furnish light practically at cost. SUNSP0T GROUP FOUND Naval Observatory Notes Phenome non SO, 000 Miles Ions. WASHINGTON. April 1. A large sun spot group about 50.000 miles long, con sisting of a large circular spot and faculae, with small spots in them, has been discovered by the Naval Observa tory here. It was photographed at noon yester day. The group is in solar north lati tude. "ORIGINAL" JOKE ORDERED Monmouth Pupils Obey Professor and Join in AValkout. MONMOUTH. Or, April 1. (Special.) After being Instructed by the princi pal to make all April jokes original, students of Monmouth High left school at 10:30 this morning, quickly prepared dinner and walked to Lucas Grove, two miles northwest of this city, where a big feast was held. , They returned t 4 o'clock J HI GILL VOTED OUT AND IH BY WOMEN So Says Seattle's Re elected Mayor. COME-BACK INSPIRATION TOLD Visiting Executive Is Hailed as Conquering Hero. OLD DAYS GONE, HE THINKS Influence ot Business Men Xcgligble Quantity in Politics, Declares Once Recalled Official, Who Pays Visit to Portland. The women of Seattle changed their minds. Hiram C. Gill, recalled three years ago as Mayor of the Puget Sound metropolis, largely, as he believes, by women's votes, waa recently re-elected by those same votes. That is what he told the members of the Multnomah Bar Association, as their guest at a banquet at the Mult nomah last night. His determination to "come back," Mayor Gill said, was due largely to this alleg-ed" instability of the "gentler sex." Mayor Gill quoted Byron to illustrate his own case. Weak Men to Beat. "It is hard to bed't "the patient search and vigil long of him who treasures up a wrong,' he declared. "And I had been wronged. I was recalled by women's votes, but the good women of Seattle got to thinking, they, saw that an Injustice had been done and they re-elected me. For my part I sawjjiy chance and got into the race when 1 had a weak man to beat." When Mayor Gill arrived in Portland yesterday he was met by Mayor A I bee. Commissioners Daly and Bizelow President Boothe. of the Bar Associa tion, and the automobile in which he rode was escorted to the Benson Hotel by a brass band blaring triumphal music Vtalta Are Coatraat. On his last visit to Portland Mr. GUI came to defend a man charged with white slavery In Federal Court. He walked alone from the depot to the hotel, and when he wrestled with the Jury the courtroom was not filled with an admiring crowd. It waa empty, save of the court, its accessories, the de fendant and two newspaper men. "I didn't know that I was to be a headliner tonight." said Mayor Gill, grinning like a gargoyle at the ap plause which greeted him. "but such r- ... - .-. - 1 ' ' . I ODcI UdeHl OD l'a jr 3. ITREE SILVER AND FREE TOLLS. r r- - ' I s0S hxgk ANY OTHER. Jlo i I I PLATFORM I8?6 jti I A&RE sal I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature 61 degrees; minimum, 40.9 degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southeasterly . winds. I'oreUra. Villa himself denies he has taken Torreon. Page 3. National. Administration forces to push exemption repeal bill In Semite. Page 1. House passes bill to extend soldiers- widows' pensions. Pass 1. tank reserve will be close to 1100.000.. w-X Paso a. Railways' need of creater revenue set forth by officials. Pace 2. General Wotherspoon becomes chief of slatt of Army, pace 2. Domestic Tale student confesses nlsht assault on cltl- sen with club, page 0. Girl who strangely disappeared as Strang. It returns. Page s. "Slt-up-arralght" move promises to spread over country, page 1. Sport. Coast League results Portland 1. Sacramen to O; Los Angeles 2, Oakland o; San Francisco 7. Venice 4. Pace 8. "Robe" Waddell. once great pitcher. Is dead. Pace 8. Colts beat Black Giants, to 8. at Med ford. Pare . O. A. C 4. Baker Trl-State 3. Page . Trans'er of Victoria franchise delayed asaln. Page 8. Portland schools may pause for opening game. I'age !. ' Pacific Northwest. Two big warehouses at North Towder re stroyed by tire. Pace . Woman held prisoner or man two hours at pistol's point. Page 7. Steamer Stetson wends way northward with party of 71. Pago 7. Prosecutor Brown wins case against brewery that sold "near" beer that was Intoxicat ing. Page 3. Commercial and Marine. Outlok for remainder of potato season Is not satisfactory. Pago 21. Goulds and copper shares strong features of stock list. Page 21. Chicago whest decline checked by steady cables. Page 21. More than 1.O00.OO0 tons ot rock to be dumped along north Jetty trestle Pace ltt. Portland isd Vicinity. War on flies Is on today. Page 13. Railroads covet line to California financed by Grants Pass resident. Page I. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. Two witnesses tell of bribe when trial ot ex-Deputy Curtis opens. Pago 20. Citizens of Multnomah County Invite 12 business men to make race lor lower house. Page 1. WILSON GETS MAINE FISH First Salmon or Season, Sold Twice, Will Go to President Yet. BANGOR, Me.. ApTll 1. The Spring" first salmon taken at the Bangor pool on the Penobscot was killed by Michael Flanagan today and Is now on its way to the White House kitchen. The prize weighed 18 pounds. It was bought at $1.50 a pound by a grocer, who in turn sold It to a group of men who wished to make it a gift to Presi dent Wilson. 900 MEN RESUME WORK Virginia Railroad Shop. Shut Down Since March 11, Active Again. ROANOKE. Va-Tprll 1. Work was resumed today In the general shops of the Norfolk A Western. 00 men being returned to work on reduced time. The order affects shopmen throughout the system. The Norfolk & Western shops had been closed since March 14. the shut down belnar necessary, according to the general officers, to "get within the ap- TI " i i a 1 I 17 LI TOLLS ISSUE TO BE FORGED III SENATE Plan for Public Hear ings Rejected. COMMITTEE TO MEET-7Y ot O'Gorman Fixes Date; Admin istration Perforce Content. DELAYS TO BE OPPOSED Senator Owen, Leading light for Proponents of Measure, Says It Is Intended That Congress Shall Adjourn JKarly. iioisk Anns l to.ooa word to RtCOKU IN UAVS TOI.l.S DF.ll.tTK. WASHINGTON. April I. (apo dal.) Sara Grey, the official House stenographer, had so much time on his hands today after the tolls storm that be did a little figuring;. He es timated the solons uttered tiO.OOO words In yesterdays debate and 50. 00O more under "leave to print In the Record." WASHINGTON. April 1. The Admin istration bill to repeal toll exemption for American ships in the Panama Canal, which passed the House yester day amid spectacular scenes, reached the Senate today and waa referred to the committee on Inter-oceanlo canals without debate. Senator O'Gorman. chairman of the canals committee, who Is marshalling the anti-Admlnlstration forces, an nounced tonight that he would call a meeting for Tuesday. Until then no formal consideration of the repeal measure or proposed amendments can develop. Although friends of President Wilson had hoped to have the canals committee meet earlier, they decided to make no effort to Induce Senator O'Gorman to change his plans. They will insist, however, on action within a reasonable time. Usd .tdsalaUtrallon) Flsht. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, the ma jority member of the committee, who will lead the tight In committee for the Administration, conferred with ftie President today. Later he made the emphatic declaration that friends of the repeal bill would hot submit to delay In preliminary consideration of the bill and flatly declared that the gauntlet of committee discharge woud be hurled should an attempt be made SIT-UP-STRAIGHT IS NEWESTMOVEMENT ROUND SHOl'LDEJta AXD ACHING SPIXES MIST t;Ot IS CRY. HjSlenk-nlly-Sliaped Coats and Cor rect Streetcar Seats, Chairs and Desks Posture League's Hope. NEW TORK. April 1. (Special.) The American Posture League, an or ganization to prevent round shoulders and aching spines, was incorporated to day at Albany. It will be National In Its work. The league's staff is already assist ing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com pany to aetermlne the kind of seats It should have In its new subway cars, and It is In touch with labor associa tions, motormen. shopgirls and factory workers, to whom it Issues bulletins illustrating correct and Incorrect atti tudes for work and rest. One's clothes are an Important cause of bad postures, says the league, which will work to secure hyglenicolly shaped roatr and Jackets as well as properly constructed chairs and desks. "A child cannot achieve proper chest development," says a bulletin Issued today, "while the shape cf his school seat and his coat force him for many hours each day Into faulty attitudes. Round shoulders are to be expected on a child whose clothing is supported without proper regard for the anatomy end mechanics of the shoulder." The lcagutt was founded by Miss Jes sie H. Bancroft, assistant director of physical training in the city schools. BOND ELECTION CARRIES Centralis, However, Turns Down Electric Franchise. CENTRALIA. Wash.. April 1. (Spe cial.) At a special election today, the proposal to Issue 118.000 In bonds to take up a like amount of outstanding warrants carried by a vote of C35 to 361. In view of the fact, however, that a three-fifths majority was needed, the majority in favor of the proposi tion was slight. A SO-year franchise to the Washington Electric Company to operate over certain streets of the city was defeated by a majority of 100. one preclenct returning a vote of 71 to S against it. The question of ratifying the city's warrant Indebtedness carried by about the same majority as the bonding proposition. Only half the registered vote was cast. LAWNS T0BE IRRIGATED District Is Created by Commission Within North Yakima. OuTH YAKIMA. Wash.. April 1. i ne i ity t'omrr.'.sston has passed an ordinance creating the sec ond Irrigation district within the limits of North Yakima to iuiidIv Irriratlon water for lawns and Hardens from the Hubbard ditch. The first district waa eMabllshed last year, and takes water rrom the same ranal. Twenty - seven city blocks are Included la the new district. The water rights for the land In question In the canal company are pur chased by the city, which will con struct a Pipe system that will distribute tne Hater supply to every lot. The coat of construction Is assessed against the property In the acme manner as are other Improvements, and the additional cost of water Is nominal. LADYBUGS HELP FARMER California lo IMMrlbulc 7S.000.000 but Needs More. SACRAMENTO. April 1. Seventy five million lady bugs will be distrib uted to California farmers this Spring to prey on Insect "aphlda" that attack principally the melon, hop. bean and grain crcps. This announcement was made today by Stite Horticulturist J. A. Cook. More than 50,000,000 lady bugs already have been distributed. "The successes of the bugs for the last two or three years has caused a demand this year that we cannot sup ply by 40 per cent." said Dr. Cook. "POCKET" YIELDS $10,000 Strike Made Christmas Day Results Fortunately for Leasers. GRASS VALLEY. Cal.. April 1. (Spe cial.) That a single pocket of high grade ore in the Eldorado mine at Alle ghany, recently discovered, yielded $10,000. is news reaching here from Sierra County. The strike was made Christmas by the lessees of the Eldorado and the amount has been taken since then. One small shipment of sulphurets yielded gold at the rate of $40,000 a ton. BEES DISTURBING ALBANY Referendum F.ven I nvoked on Poor, Little, Busy Buzzers. ALBANY. Or, April 1. (Special.) The referendnm has been invoked on an ordinance passed by the City Council here recently making It a misdemeanor to keep bees within the city limits of Albany. The question thus will be submitted to popular vote at the next city elec tion, which will occur in December. Prominent Lawyer Sent to Prison. NEW YORK. April 1. Augustus M. Price, for 30 years one of the -most prominent lawyers in Brooklyn, was sentenced today to serve from two and a half to five years' imprisonment in Sing Sing, after pleading guilty to forging a client's name. Price's Sum mer home is one of the show ' places of New Brunswick. N. J. He was Democratic candidate for District At torney of Suffolk County In 111. ITWO ROADS IN RAGE FOR HUE TO SOOTH Southern Pacific and Hill Covet Route. LIVELY STRUGGLE IS PROMISED Project Financed by Residents of Grants Pass Is Object. MUCH CONJECTURE RIFE Right-of-Way Into Crescent Cit, Cal., Is Desired by Rival Ituil rouds Presence or Judge Burke Arouses Interest. Now that tho residents of Grants Tass have undertaken to finance con struction of a railroad from that city southeasterly toward Crescent City. Cal.. several rival railroad Interests chiefly the Southern raclfic and the Hill lines are becoming active In the effort to securo control or possession of tho property. It Is evident that the Southern Ta clflc wants and needs the road. It will form an important link in the Southern Pacific's proposed "all coast" line be tween Portland and San Francisco. Should the pending litigation intended to dissolve the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific merger prove successful, the Southern Pacific would be left without a direct line of its own into California. The Southern Pacific owns a half In terest In the Northwestern Pacific, ex tending from San Francisco along tho coast toward Crescent City. The Santa Fe owns the other half, but the South ern Pacific recently undertook to tuiid a northern extension on Its own re sources. It Is proposed to connect this extension with the line now being bout from Grants Pass, thus making the Southern Pacific line complete. Mill I-'e Wait, Road. Southern Oregon residents are con vinced that J. J. Hill a seeking Inva sion Of that district. The presence of Judge Burke, of Seattle, there last eek and negotiations started by him for the purchase of the line between Mod ford and Jacksonville are consid ered the Initial steps ot Hill to con struct an extension of the Oregon Trunk Line through Southern Oregon, west to the coast, thence down the coast to San Francisco, the ullitnato objective point of Hill', invasion ot Culifornla. That Hilt plans to enter California there la no doubt and the question is between two routes from tho present terminus of the Oregon Trunk at Bend. The tier of counties lu the southern part of tho state a ot Lake County, vastly rich In resources. Including tlm btr. fruitgrowing, tfckrsiaing. farm ing and mining possibilities of almon unlimited proportions, have favorably Impressed the Hill interests. That route probably will be selected. Instead of the route south through the eastern part of California to San Francisco. Battle fer Reed readies. Dr. Iteddy. promoter of the Grants Pass-Crescent City line, now is in San Francisco. It Is reported that the Southern Pacific, Is quietly carrying on negotiations with Dr. Hcddy for taking over the Grants Pass road and that they are forced to show their hand lu order to forestall the apparent activity of the Hill Interests. That a real battlu for railroad dom ination In Southwestern Oregon is due soon is the belief of tho residents of that part ot the state The real ftsht seems to bo over pos session of the road now being built by residents of Grants Pass towards the coast. If cither system gains control of that road and the rights of way. a necessary link will be availablo for the constr iction of an east-and-west line by either system through Southern Oregon to California. White Rouse Emploje Honored. WASHINGTON. April L The Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson Joined a host of public officials today in extending congratulations to Warren Young, ot Ohio, on his 33d anniversary as a mem ber of the executive staff at the White House. Mr. Young's office was banked with flowers, one large bunch of which came from the President and Mrs. Wilson. REWARD OP The Oregonlan offers a reward of t-S tor the name of the person who Inserted the following ad vertisement in the Issue of April 1: tiOOD teamster, aleady work, S3 50 per day; apply Wednesday. Ill J Wilcox bids. The Oregonlan accepted this advertisement over the telephone In good faith, as Ita cuetom is to sccept advertisements over the telephone for the convenience of its patrons. The advertisement was some one's Idea of a practical Joke. That anyone could be so cruel as to make a Joke out of the need ff 150 working men to find em jloyment is inconceivable. The Oregonlan will pay $25 gladly for tho privilege of re ceiving the name of this "Joker" snd Informing the world of his Identity. il 1 rm 108.0