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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1914)
tttt: 3tot?xtxo orfoovta., fridat, apkil, 10, idii. LINCOLN CLUB MEN URGED FOR BOOTH Thomas McCusker Appeals for Loyalty and Harmony at Republican Rally. COALITION STORY DENIED Good Citizens Are Blamed for Bad Laws, Because of Indifference in Selecting Good Men, and Are i Warned Against Mistake Xow. informally and Just as effectively by the simple expedient of not films bis declaration of candidacy with the Sec retary of State. With only two days remaining in which to file his declaration, circulate his nominating petition, gret it signed by S26 registered Republican voters and then file the completed petition with the Secretary of State. Mr. Sln nott had not even filed the declaration up to last night. As a candidate is not permitted to circulate his nominating- petition until his declaration has first been filed. Mr.. Sinnott would be up against a Herculean task to get his petition signed and tiled, even if he should turn in the declaration this morning. Asked last night if he intended to withdraw, Mr. Sinnott said he didn't have any inclination in that direction. He added, however, that he would de cide this morning whether to file his declaration or withhold it. It is th general expectation that he will with hold it. PETITIONS FILED TODAY EIGHT MORE PREPARED TO ENTER RACE FOR LEGISLATl'RE. Thomas McCusker, speaking at a meet ing in the Central Library Wednesday night under the auspices of the Lincoln Republican Club, urged that all Repub licans get behind the candidacy of R. A. Booth for United States Senator. We have but one candidate for Vnited States Senator, and that is Sen ator Booth," said Mr. McCusker. "He is entitled to the support of every one of you. His nomination should be an enormous vote. Every one of you should make it a point to vote for him and to get other Republicans out to vote for him. "You must get busy," he continued, emphasizing the danger of an indiffer ent attitude in the coming elections. 'Indifference never Won any election. 3 tiiink that every man and every wom an of you here should act as if you thought your own vote necessary for the success of the Republican ticket. Tick out your candidates carefully and. If they are nominated, then go down the line working for them up to mid night, if necessary, of the day before the general election." Mr. McCusker. a warm personal friend of ex-l"nited States Senator Bourne, discussed at length the ur gency of harmony among Oregon Re publicans this year. He told how at first he had declined to join the Lincoln Republican Club, .but had done so after learning that its object is to bury all enmities In the party and to present a united Republican front in the cam paign. "I became a member of this club," lie explained, "when I found that the purpose of the club was to unionize the Republican party and go out and win to inculcate in the minds of all the candidates that they must get behind the men who are nominated whether they are elected or not. - Oood t'lttaea Im Illumed. "I want to impress upon you Repub licans the necessity of. not only voting yourself, but absolutely. of seeing that your neighbor votes.. I charge all the bad laws and all the crime to the good citizen, because of his indifference .and neglect. ' "He doesn't go to the polls, he doesn't take part in the campaign, he doesn't assert himself for or against any can didate, for business reasons. The re sult has been that candidates' who have been acute enough to take advantage of this situation have utilized it; and y-u have had bad laws, and crime has increased." A story in an afternoon paper to the effect that Senator Chamberlain, Gov ernor West and ex-Senator Bourne had formed a coalition to support each other, Mr. McCusker characterized as untrue, so fur at least, as it had to do with Mr. Bourne. "Senator Bourne." he said, "is not supporting Senator Chamberlain. I have documentary evidence in my pos session that proves it, if any proof were needed. And, if Senator Chamberlain is taking up state-wide and National prohibition as a campaign issue, well, if he Is doing that, it is for votes and nothing else, let me tell you!" Mr. McCusker declared that the peo ple are becoming disgusted with the multiplicity of candidates, each run ning on his "own personal platform, yet caUing himself a Republican, in each election. . He asserted that what is needed is a Republican platform on which all candidates calling themselves Republicans should stand. "We would see a change in. condi tions then," said he, "for they would have to come out in the open and take a definite stand. Knifing; Mnt Stop, He Say.. "The time is ripe now for a Repub lican victory." Mr. McCusker contln tied, again emphasizing the urgency of .harmony. "If you don t win now, you won t win in many a long year. There must be no knifing." Three candidates for the Republican nomination lor Congress from the Third IJistrlct. Ueorge S. Shepherd, C. K. McArthur and Nelson R. Jacobson, pave brief addresses. Mr. McArthur, in nis speech also called on Renuh llcans to get behindd Mr. Booth's can didacy for Senator. Its time for Republican to get out and work, he declared. "Particularly when ttiey have a splendid man like "Bob" Booth for Sehator. I confidently predict that he will be elected as 1,'nited States Senator by a big vote, and I intend to vote for him and to work for him myself. "We have had enough of this non partisan bunk, non-partisan in the lit--tlo offices, and all the big offices for Democrats. The way to remedy it is to go down the line and elect a Repub lican ticket in Ore iron from tnn tn tom." Careful All Checking: of Petitions Show to Have In Excess of Re quired 326 Names. With many more names than are needed, the nominating' petitions of eight of the men urged, by citizens of Multnomah County to become canal dates for the lower house of the next Legislature on a platform of "tax re duction" and. "greater public effi ciencv" will be filed with the Secre tary of State this morning. Each of the petitions contains ap proximately 400 names. On some the number is a few more, and on some a few less. The count was made after very careful checking of each petition yesterday, in which all doubtful names. or those of signers who had inad vertently given wrong precinct num bers had been eliminated. Only 326 names are required by law. So thorough was this checking that the name of every signer was looked up in the registration books at the Courthouse to make certain that it was that of a registered voter. If the name could not be found or if it was listed under a different precinct num ber it was thrown out. Though no effort was made yester day to get additional signatures to any of the petitions, several persons hunted up the workers in the Yeon bunlding. where the checking was in progress. and asked to be permitted to sign them. One such instance was that of C. J. Voorhorst and Bertha T. Voorhorst. They had registered as Independents. But when they learned on Wednesday that they could not sign the petitions unless they were registered as Repub licans, they went to the Courthouse and changed their registration to read "Republican." They signed all the petitions yesterday. The petitions to be taken to Salem this morning will be those of Ben Selling. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, - S. B. Cobb. John Gill. Judge 15. "V". Little field. S. B. Huston. L. J. Wentworth and Plowden Stott. They have all adopted the same -latf orm and th same slogan and signatures to thei petitions were obtained at the sam time. . - Oscar "W. ' Home, Louis Kuehn and D. C. Lewis, of fet. Johns, the other candidates, had already announced themselves before the citizens' call was made. Their petitions have been circulated separately and each one is complete and ready for filing. APPROACH SITE UPHELD I'XIOX AVESTB I.BA(.IK ADOPTS BRIOGR RESOLUTION'S. WEST IS SUMMONED TO TOLLS HEARING Senate Committee Tells Vari ous Bodies to Set Time for Appearance. ' WORKS ARRAIGNS WILSON California Senator Ieclarcs Presi dent Alone M ill Be Responsible If Sovereignty Over Canal Is Surrendered. "WASHINGTON, April 9. Formal consideration of the Administration bill to repeal the tolls exemption provision of the Panama Canal act will begin on the Senate side of the Capitol today with hearings before the interoceanic canals committee, to continue 15 days. Senators who have introduced sub stitute measures will be heard first and they will be followed br represen tatives of commercial organisations ot Pacific Coast and Oulf States who have asked an opportunity to present their vie s. While the committee preparations were under way yesterday, preliminary debate on the tolls issue occupied the greater part of the session in the ben- ate, where Senator Works, of Cali fornia, held the floor for hours. As serting that the United States had the right under the treaty to prescribe such tolls as it sees fit for its own vessels. Senator Works criticised the position taken by President Wilson. President la Commiserated. "I think." he said, "that the Presi dent deserves to be commiserated for having taken n himself the responsi bility. If we an. to make this sac rifice and surrender our rights and our sovereignty over the canal, the Presi dent alone will be responsible. With out his insistence and Influence this repeal would never have been passed by either House of Congress." The Senator referred to the fact that no tolls are charged vessels of the United States traversing the canals and rivers on which the Government has spent $700,000,000, and asserted that to impose tolls upon coastwise ship ping passing through the Panama Ca nal would be in violation of the Con stitution. Senators Owen, Norris, Chilton, Lewis. Reed. Fall. Weeks. Thomas, Newlands and Root, who have intro duced tolls bills or resolutions will ap pear before the canals committee be fore the next day or two. The commit tee also has under consideration a pro posal to call ex-Secretary of State Knox and other officials familiar with the canal situation. 1 New Spring Footwear Fashioned for exclusive tastes. Much of our trad buy good shoes for style's vake as tnucn b.s quality's sake. There's every srood reason why you s-h ould come to Kouentbal's for your Spring shoes. Do you know that It is the , policy of this store to sell the kind of shoes that are not sold in the average store, and that in order to do that we choose the very smartest models that the skill of this country pro duces? Our Twins I-ow Prices and Reliable Quallt y have brought us the largest trade In the city. Our prices on a-ood shoes make looking elsewhere " a waste of time. Rosenthal's 1-1 Tenth. ear Wasblnsrloa. Portland' Brat Miiw Morr. The Shop That Fits the Feet. 9ft TYTPA STAMPS TllTl AV Use Your 'Coupon 20 EXTRA Bring this coupon and get 20 extra S. & H. Trading Stamps with your first cash purchase of one dollar or more on our first three floors. Good only today. Friday. April 10. Utterance Declares It Unwise to Re open a Phase of Brldse Subject Which Has Been Carefully Decided. 2 GET "VETERAN JEWEL" fe-urpritte Given PliU Metschan "as He Presents Emblem to Henry Doscli. rhil Metschan. president of the Im perial Hotel Company, was presented with a 50-year "veteran jewel" Wednes day night by the members of Samaritan lxxige No. 2, I. O. O. at their meet ing in the 1. O. O. F. Temple. First and Alder streets. R. Alexander made the presentation speech. Mr. Metschan had Just finished his presentation speech in awarding a 'veteran jewel" to Henry" E. Dosch, past grand master. The second cere mony was a complete surprise to him. Mr. Metschan was initiated into the order April 4r 1864. tn Canyon City. Or. As noDle grand he initiated Mr. Dosch Into the same order in 1866. Orient Lodge. No. 17; Hassalo Lodge, jo. to, and -Minerva Lodge. No. 19. were present at toe ceremony. Among the speakers were: William Morton. w. A Carter and Robert Andrews, past grand masters and Henry Westbrook and P. W. Stewart. MR. SINNOTT MAY NOT RUN Little Tinie Left In Which to Have Petitions Signed. In all probability- Roger B. Sinnott. who announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Congress from the xnird Uistrlct on Saturday, will not make the race after all. Mr. Einnott may not formally withdraw, but Is expected to get out of the Arid -At a meeting of the Union Avenue Development League. Wednesday night, at 8"8 Union avenue, a resolution was adopted declaring that any attempt to reopen the question of the approach of the interstate bridge was unwise and ought not to succeed. It was pointed out that Union avenue had been se lected as the approach by the Bridge Commissioners, on the advice of the engineers, and that the decision should stand. Talks were made by Bruce C. Curry, C. B. Moores. L. M. Lepper, T. W. Ward F. Biers and others, all of whom de clared that the question of approach ought to be considered settled for all time. D. W. Ward. B. Versteeg and John Dick were appointed a committee to confer with other committees on the widening of Union avenue to 80 feet, from Morris to Bast Morrison streets. It was the sense of the club that esti mates of the damages should be ob tained and submitted to the property owners. On the committee on extension of Union avenue, from Bryant street to Columbia boulevard, Bruce C. Curry, D. Kennedy and B. Fink were ap pointed to co-operate with the City commissioners. io look arter the ap proach to the Interstate bridge from Columbia boulevard E. Brown, M. N. Mayo and W. E. Peacher were appoint ed to co-operate with the Bridge Com missioners. A dinner was served at the league meeting. C B. Moores warned the club not to relax Ms vigilance and said that the statement made yesterday by Ueorge al. Myland showed there was more work to be done. PIONEER PASSES AWAY SANBORN, PICTtRESQl'E ORG COS CHARACTER, DIES. Shultz succeeded in killing the bird with a stove poker. The mounted bird had been sent to Mr. Khultz a few weeks ago by a friend in Northern Canada. The owl killed by Mr. Shults is the first of its bpecies seen In this part of the country in many years, and its body will be mounted. KISSES ARE FIREMEN'S PAY Lltllo Girl Howards Men W ho Rescue Kitten From Lofty Perch. EVANS VILLE, Ind- April 4 The appeal to firemen at N'o. 1 Hose House here of eight-year-old Helen Fownes. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fownes. to save her pet kitten, which had crawled to the roof of the house and could not get down, caused the big arito truck to make a run to the home. The little girl, was on the from: seat and enjoyed the ride. When the fire men rescued the kitten the little girl gave each of them a kiss as a reward. Quietly, Earnestly, Faithfully, for near half a century, have we endeavored to pursue our calling and so fill our place in this community, as dispensing chem ists. Through the vicissitudes of our business life (and they are many), we have endeavored, as we will endeavor, to give value re ceived, coupled with such service and skill as will merit at all times the confidence. and patronage of the community upon whom we depend for our business existence and in our advertising we seek to avoid the exploitation of worthless nostrums and the baiting of the people by silly prices. "We do offer reductions we have special sales, and we give Trading Stamps. This really is a true and wholly proper attrac tion to the many thousands who find in them a real economy through money saving. Inspect Our "Cross" Window Display for Easter Gifts A Some fine values in well-made Leathers. Ladies Handbags Genuine Seal and Morocco Latest Styles lilaeks and Tar.s. 1.50 Values $1.00 2.25 Values $1.47 55.00 Values $3.50 7."0 Values $5.00 98c DRUGS 2-1e Spirits Camphor 19 25c Crude Carbolic Aeid...l8? 25c Carbolinium (for hen roosts) 20c oOc Korrnaldehvila 3f) 35c Wood Alcohol S0? DRUGS 15e Ilenutured Alcohol ...-Xl 10c Glvcerino and Rose Water at . . T 10c Cocnanut Oil 7 10c Gim Camphor T 10c Olive Oil 7C WE CONTINUE OUR SALE OF MEN'S GLOVES through the remainder of this week. All Our Regular $1.75 and $1.50 Medium Weight, Hand Sewed Tan and White English. Gloves for Men at a uniform price of, the pair PERFUMES and SOAPS 25c Spiro Powder; special .. 1"3 50c Ir. Charles Flesh l-'ood : special 2D .'0c SUilman's Freckle Crrn..29c .re Woorittury'n Knc(a) Snip. .1 $r -ic Horated Tooih 1'owiier.. He Woodard, Wood-Lark Building Clarke & Co, Alder Street at West Park 1 LIMWttWMM Organizations Are Notified. Telegrams were sent yesterday to the following organizations and individuals who have asked an opportunity to Be heard asking them to fix a time when they will appear: M. B. Trezavant. general manager of the Association of Commerce. New Orleans: Seattle. Wash.. Chamber of Commerce: I A. Lewis;- Portland. Or.; West Coast Lum ber Manufacturers' Association. Seat tle: William R. Wheeler. Ban 'Francisco; George M. . Davage, president of .the Chamber of Commerce, Tacoma. "Wash.; New Orleans Board of Trade; South Bend. Wash.. Commercial Club; Aber deen. Wash.. Chamber of Commerce; Poison Implement Company, Seattle; Rainier. Or., Commercial Club; Ray mond, Wash., Commercial Club: Cen tralis Wash.. Commercial Club: As toria, Or., Chamber of Commerce; sll- verton Commercial Club, Silverton. Or and A. C. Little, Mayor of Raymond, Wash, Everett K. Kills Indicted. TACOMA. April 9. In the Federal Court today the grand Jury returned an indictment against Everett K. Kills for alleged fraudulent use of the mails in sending from Camas. Wash., to various women throughout the United States a circular in which he offered them a chance to get a diamond ring and a trip to the Panama-Pacific Ex position at his expense if they would aid him In seeking for a wife. NECK BROKEN; MAN WORKS Full Day After Dies. Woodcutter Puts tn Accident, Then ASHV1LLE. N. C, April S. Tax Rogers, a colored woodcutter, working neaiiOreensboro. fell across a stump WIIIIC A k " l 1 n . f- U.H , 1 . ..... V. I. .1.9 ' , and worked alt day. only to fall dead on reaching home at night. Examination by the County Coroner showed that the negro's neck had been broken, and that he had worked all dy in that condition. The case is claimed to be without precedent. SENATE SUBWAY THRILLS Newlywods Mnkf Six Hound Trips in Statesmen's Cars. WASHINGTON, April 3. A rosy cheeked bride, named Henrietta, and a bridegroom, named George, drifted Into th Senate subway and discovered the automobile and the monorail car tid for rnnvrvinx Senators and others from the office building to the Capitol and back. George helped his bride in and they were shot through the subway. "How much?"' asked the bridegroom. "No charge," responded the chauf feur. "Fine! Could we jro back?" asked the young- fellow, smiling. "If you like." was the answer. The bride and bridegroom made six round trips on the automobile and three on the monorail car. "Who are they?" asked Senator Ashurst. upon seeing the couple twice. "What are they up to?" "Bride and groom, joyriding." de clared the chauffeur. SALOON FIGHT ABANDONED Nebraska Forces Decide Not to Divert Attention Krom Main Issue. LLNCOLX. Neb.. April 9. The board of directors of the Nebraska Antl-ba- loon League today announced the abandonment of its plan to Initiate law prohitibing the location of a saloon within two miles of any state institu tion. If enacted the law would have had the effect of abolishing many sa loons in cities of the state and from the state institutions, including Omaha, Lincoln and "Kearney. The abandonment of the plan, they said, was because the National organi zation Is seeking the submission through Congress of a National consti tutional amendment for prohibition and divided- Interest might result In this state if the two-mile limit fight were continued. MAN FOUND IN OWN STORE E. T. Cook, Charged With Burglary of Grocery, in Sheriff's Hands. Edward T. Cook, living at 509 Davis street, was arrested Wednesday night charged with burglary. He was found in a grocery store at Glenn avenue and Hast Lincoln street, owned by himself but recently closed by the Sheriff un der attachment proceedings. Detective LaSalle and Patrolman Bigelow discovered a hole in a window which they charge to Cook in gaining entrance. Cook says he was passing the store and saw the broken window mat he was Investigating the post! billty of thieves having gained an en trance on his own responsibility. MAN, 60, WOULD RUN RACE Once Prominent In Business Re membered for Displays made of Olden Days. Homer D. Sanborn, a pioneer of Ore gon and at one time an influential busi ness man of Portland and its' vicinity, died in Tacoma Tuesday night, where he had been visiting since December. He expected to return to his home in Portland today. He was 80 years old. Funeral services will be held at Fin- ley's undertaking chapel at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow. Dr. . B. Hinson, pastor of the White Temple Baptist Church, will officiate. The funeral will be un der the auspices of the Multnomah En gine Company Benevolent Association, of which Mr. Sanborn was a leading member. Interment will be in the as sociation's plot at Lone Fir Cemetery. The pallbearers will be John Gill, Samuel Gill, Judge Henry E. McGinn. Ben Selling. Dr. George B. Story and W. B. "Van Schuyver. .. Applicant for Boston Marathon Turned Down for Age. Is Tacoma "Banker Passes. TACOMA, April 9 P. C. Kauffn-.an prominent in state and National bank ing circles, died tonight at his home here of beart failure. He was 56 years old. BOSTOM. April 9. Louis Sockalexis of Old Town. Me., father of Andrew Sockalexis, winner of the Boston Ath letic Association marathon race two years ago, offered himself as an en trant for this year's race today. His sixty years were held to be too many to allow him to compete with the youth of the country and his entry w-a rejected. Louis said he had trained faithfully all Winter, hoping to equal the performance of his son. OWL FIGHTS STUFFED ONE Enraged Bird Smashes Plate Glass to Attack Supposed Enemy. LAWRENCEBURG, Ind.. April 4. When a large white owl discovered a stuffed and mounted member of his family in the large show window in the Batesville drug store, operated by Ed ward C. Shultr. he flew against the plate glass with sufficient force to break the glass in many pieces. The owl damaged nearly $150 worth of goods and attacked the mounted bird, nearly destroying- It before Mr. Tie Oiiy TTT) IK .eaii dm In the City are Being Sold at the REORGANIZATION SALE OF GOODYEAR e Bargains THE SHOE CO. 146 Fourth Street, Near Alder ALL THE LATEST ARRIVALS INCLUDED IN THIS SALE $2.SO Ladies' Mary Jane Pumps $1.9S $3.SO Ladies' Colonial Pumps $12.45 $3.00 Ladies' Baby Doll Pumps $25.45 $4.50 Ladies Genuine Black Buck Lace and Button $2.S5 $4- Ladies' Patent, Gun Metal and Velvet Button and Lace $2.85 $3.50 Ladies' Vici Cushion-Sole Button and Bluchers $2.45 $5.00 Men's Tan and Black Bluchers and Button $3.95 $5.00 Men's Tan and Black Oxfords $3.35 $3.00 Men's Elk-Sole Scouts $2.35 ' $4.00 Men's Unlined Work Shoes $2.95 $2.00 Boys' School Shoes $ 1 .45 $2.50 Boys' Scouts, Elk Soles $1.75 $3.00 Boys' Icuerand Dress Shoes 2.45 $1.75 and $2 Misses' and Children's Calf Heavy-Soled Scuff ers $1.25 $2.bO Misses' and Children's Vici Bluchers $1.25 $'l.50 and $1.75 Misses' and Children's Pumps 05c OUR REPAIR FACTORY IS RUNNING AS USUAL Men's Rubber Heels. 40M Mens Soles 75 Whl P Y rtll W ll T fill l.FRrl 1 M fTTl Men's Heels f Ladies' Rubber Heels. Cof i unxA&'-a wwiv-d . r t Ladies' Heels 20c1 GOODYEAR SHOE CO. Our Location is at 146 Fourth St., Between Morrison and Alder