TTTE MORNING OREOONIAN. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1914.
DEMOCRATS AIDED
BY CONTRIBUTIONS
Present Congressional Cam
paign Brings Out Total of
$57,580 for Fight.
CHAMBERLAIN GETS $1250
JaiM-9 peyer, Jacob fechiff, Charles
R. Crane Are Among Those Who
Give of Riches, bat Chicagoan,
C. E. Davis, Leads All.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. Treasurer
Bolla Wells, of the Democratic National
Committee, filed his report today,
- showing the campaign committee had
received $57,580 in contributions to the
present Congressional campaign and1
lias $20,282 unspent. C. E. Davis, of
Chicago, was the largest individual
contributor, with $8000.
Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin, can
didate for the Senate in New York,
gave $200; James Bpeyer, New York
banker, $5000: Jacob Schiff, $2500;
Samuel Untermeyer, Thomas D? Jones
and E. R. Bacon, $1000 each. Charles R.
Crane, of Chicago, contributed $3000;
Postmaster-General Burleson, $500;
Secretary Daniels, Secretary McAdoo
and Attorney-General McReynolda (now
in the Supreme Court), $1000 each;
Samuel Rea, Philadelphia, $100; South
Trimble, clerk of the House of Repre
sentatives. $500.
Cbambrrlain (irtm 91250.
The report covers the period ending
October 21 and shows 757 contributions,
cf which 639 were of amounts under
$100 each, making up $46,296.
The expenditures reported included
nearly $10,000 to T. J. Pence, publicity
man for the committee! small amounts
to Speaker Clark. Senator Reed, Sec
retary Daniels and Secretary Tumulty
for traveling expenses; $1750 to Rep
resentatives Neeley, candidate for the
Senate in Kansas, and $1250 to Senator
Chamberlain, of Oregon, both latter
"payments for state organization pur
poses. The Democratic Congressional cam
paign committee also filed its report,
showing it had received $8874 for the
campaign and had disbursed $12,108. It
received more than $6000 from the
Democratic National Committee.
Members Contribute.
Senators Johnson, of Maine, and
Pomerene, of Ohio, and Representa
tives Underhill, New York; Graham, Il
linois; Tuttle, New Jersey, and Gil
more. Massachusetts, were the only
Democratic Representatives listed as
contributors, each putting up $100.
Ex-Speaker Cannon, of Illinois, a
candidate for Congress again, reported
he had received no contributions and
that his campaign expenses aggregated
$1032. Many candidates reported they
received and spent nothing.
STATE BUILDINGS PUZZLE
Deaf and Blind Schools' Heads at
Vancouver Confer With Board.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Oct. ,23. (Spe
cial.) Superintendents Thomas P.
Clarke, of the State School for Deaf,
and W. B. Hall, of the State School
for the Blind, of Vancouver, passed to
day in conference with the Board of
Control, which is completing the prep
aration of its biennial budget for
presentation to the next Legislature.
Whether provision will be made for
new buildings at the Vancouver institu
tions was one of the subjects discussed
with the superintendents.
In a. statement presented to Gov
ernor.' Lister the Board of Control
shows that during the 18 months
ending October 1, the daily per capita
cost of maintenance has been reduced
at nine of the 11 state institutions, in
cluding both Vancouver institutions. It
is now costing the state $300 less a
day to operate the 11 institutions than
the cost during the last biennium, the
Board states, announcing also that
$350,000 of the amounts appropriated
for the institutions will be returned to
the State Treasury at the end of the
biennium, in addition to $380,000 ap
propriated for the purchase of jute.
POLICE TO ADDRESS PUPILS
ew York Has Plan to Restore Con
vi fidencc lo Children.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. A way by
which the policeman may be able to
convince children that he is not their
natural enemy, but their friend, was
outlined at a conference today between
.school and police authorities.
Police officers in full uniform will be
sent to schoolhouses next Monday
morning" to ten the children in a con
vincing way how much money they
might save the city by preventing: the
destruction of asphalt by bonfires, par
ticularly around election time, and how.
if the children will save the city this
money, it will be spent for playgrounds.
There will be other talks on the
danger of careless play tn the streets.
Jf the effort to show the children their
responsibility in these matters proves
successful, the plan will be followed
regularly in all the New York City
schools.
21 VETERHMARIANS ELECT
Idaho Association Holds Two-Day
Session at Twin. Falls.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho. Oct. 23. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-one of the 35 graduate
veterinarians of Idaho attended the
state meeting here Tuesday and
Wednesday. The organization will be
known as the 4daho Association of
Veterinary Graduates.
A clinic was held Tuesday morning:
at the veterinary hospital. In the art
ernoon. at a meeting presided over by
Ir. v. C White, of Boise.' State Vet
erinarian, and Dr. Keneley, of Twin
Kalis, committees on permanent or
ganization and resolutions were ap
pointed. The officers elected are: Presl
dent. Dr. V. C. White, of Boise; vice
president. Dr. E. K. McDaniels. of St.
Anthony: secretary. Dr. Ray B. Hurd,
of Payette; treasurer. Dr. J. H. Weber,
of Boise. The next meeting1 will be
held in Boise in February.
KNISPEL ARRESTED AGAIN
Convicted Drug Seller Snsmectetl of
Embezzling $600 From Woman.
No sooner did Julius Knispel, con
victed cocaine peddler and secretary
of the Oregon League for the Aboil-,
tlon of Capital Punishment, step from
the courtroom yesterday morning after
answering to a charge of disorderly
conduct thane he was placed under ar
rest again on suspicion of embezzling
$600. Municipal Judge Stevenson de
ferred judgment on the disorderly con
duct charge until today.
The charge on which Knispel is now
being held for investigation is brought
by Captain of Detectives Baty and
Detectives Hellyer and Tackaberry. A
certificate of deposit of $600 sent by
a woman in the East Is missing and
was last traced to Knispel, who, it Is
alleged, was given the draft to place
at her disposal. The detectives werje
put on the trail when the woman wrote
for information. '
Knispel was placed under arrest
Thursday night on the charge of incit
ing a riot, which was changed later
to one of disorderly conduct. Harry
P. Coffin, chairman of the Public Safe
ty Commisison, H. A. Foster, Detective
Swennes and Patrolman Ford testified
on the stand yesterday morning to the
indecent language used by the speaker
in defending his recent arrest on a
charge of selling cocaine, which is
now pending on appeal in the Circuit
Court; when haranguing from a soap
box at Fifth and Alder streets.
WILSON QUITS CONGRESS
PRESIDENT DOES NOT GRANT
. TERVIEW TO COMMITTEE.
Adjanrnntea Hfld Up by Laclc of Quo
rum, With Southerners still
Seeking Cotton Relief.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. The de
parture late tonight of President Wil
son for Pittsburg, where he will ad
dress a Young Men's, Christian Asso
ciation celebration tomorrow, brought
to an end talk which developed dur
ing the day that extraordinary condi
tions, under which Congress found it
self unable to adjourn, might be met
by the President proroguing Congress.
With Congress tied up by lack of a
quorum in both houses, cotton belt
Senators and Representatives tonight
made a vain appeal to the President
for aid to compose the situation, by
ecuring cotton legislation, and clear-
ng the way for the long-delayed final
adjournment of the session.
After again blocking adjournment by
bstructive tactics, the cotton relief
upporters went into conference late
in the day and decided to appoint a
ommittee to wait on the President
The President, however, when asked
for an interview, said he would be
usy with an important State Depart
ment conference until he left Wash
ington, and ' would, therefore, be un
able to meet the committee. .
All efforts of Democratic leaders to
secure an agreement to adjourn failed
and the Southern members who re
mained to fight were determined to
continue their obstructive tactics until
legislation designed to aid the South
could be passed.
Opinion was general that this would
rolong the session indefinitely, cer
tainly until the elections, though Ad
ministration leaders played to continue
tomorrow efforts for an adjournment
r a recess until after election.
A general exodus of members of
oth housese continued tonisrht The
House today had 157 members present
on a roll call, nearly 60 short of
quorum, and the Senate showed 46
resent, three less than a Quorum.
EUREKA'S FIE PASSES
!N OltTHWKSTKRJr PACIFIC ROAD EX.
TENSION FINISHED.
Golden Spike Driven Into Tie of Birds-
eye
Redwood and California
Town Gets Railway.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23. Travel by
rail over an extension of the North
western Pacific between Willits and
Shively was opened today and Eureka,
in Northern California, at the terminus
of the line, ceased to be the largest
ity of the country unconnected with
the rest of the world.
A golden spike was driven Into a tie
of selected birdseye redwood, a bottle
of California champagne was smashed
and the road was declared officially
open. In point of fact the first train
passed over the line some weeks agro.
The Eureka extension is 105 miles
long, through mountainous country. To
Keep the curves as wide aa possible
and the grades as low as possible has
necessitated many tunnels, cuts, fills,
retaining walls, culverts and bridges,
and has mode the stretch one of the
most expensive pieces of construction
ever pushed through. In seven years
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe,
which jointly control the Northwest
ern Pacific, have spent $12,000,000.
OPPONENT AIDS CANDIDATE
Republican Notifies Worn a n Nomi
nee of Filing; Requirements.
DAVENPORT, Wash., Oct. 23. (Spe
cial.) Miss Gertrude Cosgrove. Dem
ocratic candidate for County Superin
tendent, owes the fact that her name
will appear on the- ballot to- her oppo
nent. County Superintendent Neeley,
Republican candidate, whose apprisal
of the law requiring filing of creden
tials was In the nick of time.
When Mr. Neeley went to the office
of the County Auditor to file his cre
dentials showing service in the state.
he did so late the last day prescribed
by law. After filing the papers be
inquired if his opponent had also filed
papers and was informed that she had
not. Hhe immediately called her by
telephone at her home In Sprague and
found that she did not know of any
sucn law.
The (Superintendent offered to cer
tify to the- facta and relieve her of t
trip ox 4V miles. Dut she declined, im
mediately procured an auto and ar
rived in Davenport a few minutes be
fore midnight.
AUTO BUSSES BEST ROAD
Rate Increases on Fuget Sound Elec
tric. Frove Detrimental.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Oct. 23. (Sm-
cial.) Rate increases which the Puget
eound Electric put in effect on its Se-
attle-Taeoma interurban service June 1,
In an effort to bolster the declining
finances of the line, have had the
effect of driving nearly all the road
local business to auto busses, the Public
Service Commission shows in a state
ment issued today.
uunng August, 1314, the com
pany nanaiea only local pas
sengers under th new rates, as
against 226,471 for the same month In
1914. Auto busses are declared to have
taken the other 127.000 passengers.
Douglas Teachers Convene.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Oct. 23. (Special.
Over 300 teachers from all sections
of Douglas County were in attendance
at the sessions of the annual teachers'
institute, which closed here tonight.
Many noted educators from all sec
tions of Oregon were included in the
programme. Local instructors declare
the institute the most successful one
ever conducted here.
RAILROADS TOLD TO
TAKE EQUAL CHANGE
Opponent of Rate Increase
Argues ; Difficulties Press
'on Every Business.
SPECIAL FAVOR OPPOSED
Attorney for Snippers Suggests Law
to Recompense Farmers for De
linquencies of Hens Would.
Involve Same Idea.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. "If it is
right for the Government to shield the
railroads from the effects of depres
sion, if it is right for the Government
to make good the losses of the people
in different industries, I am going to
propose a measure that will require
every hen In Iowa to lay an egg every
day, and if she fails to do so that the
Government shall make up to the own
er of that hen the value of the egg
she did not lay."
This statement was made by Clifford
Thorn e. counsel for several Western
States Railroad Commissions and ship-
pers' associations, in presenting the
shippers' side of the case at the hear
ing before the Interstate Commerce
Commission on application of Eastern
railroads for a general Increase in
freight rates.
Shippers Take Little Time.
The hearings came to an end today
and arguments will be heard next
week, with every indication of an early
decision by the Commission. The
presentation of the case of the oppos-
ng shippers occupied less than two
hours, as against five days occupied by
witnesses for the carriers. Mr. Thome
took the position that no business de
pression had been shown by the car
riers that did not equally effect ship
pers, and that the Increase would be
unjust. Counsel for all other shippers
represented joined in the statement.
The carriers closed their case with
the testimony of Samuel Rea, president
of the Pennsylvania system. His state
ment -followed closely the lines of
previous evidence offered and his cross-
examination was brief.
Conditions Not Changed.
Louis Brandeis. special counsel for
the Commision, drew Mr. Rea's atten
tion to the decision of the Commission
in the original 5 per cent case, which
pointed out its inability to see the jus
tice of raising rates on freight ship
ments to conduct the passenger traffic
shown to be operated at a deficit.
Has anything occurred since that
ruling which, in your opinion, justi
fies its modification now?" Mr. Bran
ds asked.
Nothing that I know of," admitted
Mr. Rea.
Has there been an increase In your
labor charges in this period?1
Not that I recall."
Have the prices of railway supplies
advanced to your knowledge?"
"No."
Mr. Thorne asked if it were not true
that the net revenue of the carriers
1913 had not equaled 7.61 per cent
on all outstanding stocks. Mr. Rea
admitted the figures were correct. Mr.
Lyon, representing coal shippers of
Pennsylvania, asked if the Pennsyl
vania system had contemplated any re
duction of salaries to officers and em
ployes to meet the emergency. Mr.
Rea said he did not believe he should
iscuss that subject and the question
was not pressed.
Shipper Caught Both Ways.
Counsel then announced that the
carriers case was closed and Mr.
Thorne took the stand, to make his
statement. In part it was as follows:
The carriers are proposing a 5 per
cent advance in the freight rates, not
only ia official classification territory,
but in the through rates between all
oints in this Eastern territory and
those states west of the Mississippi
River which I represent. We will pay
the advance on the raw products mov
ing to the East and on the manufac
tured products moving from Eastern
factories to the West. We catch it
both ways, coming and going; and we
are subject to the long hauls.
'The market prices of many of our
staple products are controlled by prices
at the Atlantic Coaet, less freight
rates. An advance in our freight rates
is equivalent -to moving our farms and
industries that much farther from
market; it Teduces our prices that
much. In the aggregate that will
amount to a large sum of money.
These are a few of the reasons tbat I
am here.
Hostility Not Intended.
There is -not the slightest spirit of
hostility in our attitude toward the
railroads. We fully appreciate their
vast importance in the commercial life
of the Nation. So is the prosperity of
the farmer basic and fundamental to
the welfare of the Nation. Likewise
the welfare of the laboring man is of
tremendous importance to the prosper
ity of the country. A general advance
of 10 per cent in wages during this
period of depression, according to the
pleasing logic we have been listening
After the hunt, a
Main 49,
Cijimhrimia-
VOTE
For Gity Commissioner
Against R. G. Dieck
City Election, October 27
Has had over twenty years' experience in Government, Municipal and Rail
road Engineering.
Has resided in Portland for twelve years, and has filled many positions of
responsibility and trust.
Was Locating and Resident Engineer of the State Portage Railway, de
signing all bridges, tramways and other structures connected therewith.
"Was District Engineer of the City of Portland in 1904.
Was assistant chief Engineer of the P. R. & N. from Portland to Tilla
mook during its entire construction, which extended over a period of over six
years, and was Superintendent of Construction during a considerable portion
of the time.
More recently, connected with the United States Engineer Department on
River and Harbor work. , ' '
Promises if elected to give the taxpayers an economical and businesslike
administration of the Department of Public Works.
to (Turing the last few days, would put
that much more money into' circula
tion. No man spends his money more
freely than does the laboring man.
"This is the third time American
railroads have sought to force a gen
eral advance in freight rates. In 1910
they said a crisis existed. Instead of
a crisis the Commission found that to
be the most prosperous year in the
whole history of American railroads.
In the original 5 per cent case, basing
their statement on the year 1913, the
claim of a crisis was again made, and
you conclnded that there is no crisis
in the condition of the railroad in of
ficial classification territory, taken' as
a whole.' Now, for the third time, the
railroads say there is a crisis. Today
they have some foundation for their
assertion. But this emergency, upon
which the carriers are relying today,
affects practically all of ns In the same
maimer.
Others Are In Same Boat.
"It is Just as hard for the manufac
turer, the farmer, the laborer, the tele
phone or the beef trust to borrow
money as it is for the railroads to
do so.
"The railroads are asking for a sort
of war 1st; they are asking the Gov
ernment to lift the burden oft part of
the community and shift it to the
shoulders of the others. They ask the
wage earner who has lost bis Job or
had his wages reduced, the cotton
planter, who cannot sell his cotton,
and the manufacturer, who has been
compelled to close his shop or reduce
his force they ask these men to carry
the burden of the railroad in addition
to their own.
"If It is right for the Government
to shield the railroads from the ef
fects of the war; if it is right for the
Government to make good the losses of
people in different industries, I am
going to propose a measure that will
require every hen in Iowa to lay an
egg In every day and when she fails
to do so, the Government shall make
up to the owner of that hen the value
of the egg she did not lay. This will
citable the farmers to have more money
with which to buy machinery. This, in
turn, will make the factories keep
busier: it will keep money in circula
tion and make the crops bigger and
better. Why not tax everybody for the
benefit of everybody else and thereby
make everybody richer?
Advance Offered as Paaaeea.
"Freight rates are not the cause of
the present trouble. The railroads have
advanced freight rates on the brain.
Whatever ails them, financial difficul
ties, overcapitalization, general d
pression in business, oversupply of
gold, whatever the cause, they have
just one ' remedy advanced freight
rates, a sort of cure-all or panacea.
"I have a friend who finds that if
he eats beefsteak three or four days
In succession one of his big toes begins
to swell. He does not put salve on
bottle of good old
'
Brewing Co,
14?
XKSFOIR
(Paid Advertisement.)
that big toe; he does not have a sur
gical operation on his eye and he does
not have his appendix removed. He
just Quits eating beefsteasc. He re
moves the- cause. If this Commission
wants to relieve the present emer
gency, it could better undertake to
stop that little unpleasantness across
the water. You can advance freight
rates; it will still be hard to borrow.
That will probably continue until the
war stops.
The carriers say the present emer
gency will compel them to pay A
higher Interest rate, amounting to 1
orl per cent. A substantial increase
in-the charges occurred in 1893. 1904
and the latter part of 1907. On not
one of these occasions did the carriers
advance freight rates. They met the
situation in another and wiser manner.
"The present emergency can be met
n one or two ways:
"First, by the use of accumulated
urplus, or, second, by a. slight reduc
tion in dividend rates.
"The company that has wisely hus
banded a substantial surplus during
the last 10 years of unprecedented
prosperity, can now meet the situation
easily by a resort to its accumulated
surplus. A company that has not exer
cised this precaution can reduce Its
dividend rate."
JANE ADDAMS GIVES TALK
Woman Suffrage Speech Delivered
Before St. Louis Merchants.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 23. Miss Jane Ad-
dams, of Chicago, made a woman suf
frage address on the floor of the Mer
chants' exchange here today when the
grain market closed. Her auditors
were grain brokers.
'Politics Is cleaner than it was IS
years ago, she said. Women at the
polls will not be handled ronghly; they
ill not lose 4ie slightest fraction -of
the respect of the men with whom they
share the ballot; men and women both
will be better as the result of grant
ing the ballot to women.
'Women formerly took care of their
homes, their children, their sick and
their aged in their-wn way. These
things have been taken from the hands
of women into the hands of govern
ment. Woman can have no hand in
the management of a hospital where
thousands of women are trained for
nurses; they can have no management
of the schools their children attend, of
the playgrounds in which their chil
dren seek recreation, of the homes that
care for the aged and poor."
GIFT OF ALASKA URGED
REPRESENTATIVE WorLD PRESENT
CANADA WITH TERRITORY.
Proposal First Made ia laterest of
"World Peaee" New Revived as
"Step Toward Mediation."
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 23. The donation or sale
of Southeast Alaska to the Canadian
government "as a step In the direc
tion of mediation" in the European
war has been suggested by Represen
tative Smith, of Maryland, the most
pronounced Anglomaniac in Congress?
But Just how the donation of Sontheast
Alaska to Canada is going to hasten
the end of hostilities in Europe Mr.
Smith does not point out. He contents
himself with introducing a resolution
in Congress including the proposal.
Mr. Smith, of Maryland, has become
a fanatic on the question of turning
over Southern Alaska to Canada.
About a year ago He came forward
with the proposal that the United
States turn over the Alaskan panhandle
to Canada In the interest of world
peace, on the theory that aa long as the
strip comprising Southeast Alaska re
mains a part of the United States.
Western Canada is deprived of various
ports on the seacoast which he con
tends properly should ba under Cana
dian Jurisdiction.
Now that all Europe is at war, but
while the United States is entirely
neutral, and not involved with any of
the belligerent nations, Mr. Smith re
vives his proposal to donate the
Alaskan panhandle to Canada "as a
step in the direction of mediation."
NEW VIEW HELD OF ROADS
Figures on Fatalities Shown in De
fense of American Lines.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Governor Dunne,
addressing the Switchmens' Union here
tonight, told them something about rail
roads tbat most of them did not know
before. Touching on the prevailing be
lief that railroad fatalities in this coun
try are much more numerous than in
Europe, he said:
"In this country each year there Is
. , --ri-iiUMi'ii,.
THEATRE.
a reel playhouse
Park Stark West Park
enlng Date Will
Be Positively An
nounced Soon.
Fellow Citizens;
I'LL GET
WHAT I
PROMISED FOR
YOU THE BEST
ATTRACTIONS
THAT MONEY
WILI. BUY OR
BREAK A
HAME STRAP
IN TRYING.
YOU HAVE
PROBABLY NOTICED
THAT FAMOUS
ACTORS AND
ACTRESSES ON
THE LEGITIMATE
STAGE ARE
USUALLY A
DISAPPOINTMENT
IN MOVING
PICTURE PLAYS.
SO -INSTEAD
OP
BEING LURED
AND LIKEWISE
LURING YOU
WITH THE
NAMES OF
CELEBRATED
PLAYERS
ON THE
LEGITIMATE
STAGE
AND BEING
DISAPPOINTED TWO
OUT OP EVERY
THREE WEEKS,
I HAVE
RESOLVED TO
AVOID
DISAPPOINTMENTS
BY DEALING
ONLY WITH
SPECIALISTS TN
PICTURE PLAYS.
THIS WILL
RESULT EVERY
WEEK IN
PROPERLY PROJECTED.
PERFECTLY FINISHED
HIGH-CLASS
STANDARD
PRODUCTIONS
WRITTEN
EXCLUSIVELY
FOR AND
WITH THE
PANTOMIME
QUALITIES
SO NECESSARY .
TO THE
PRESENTATION OF
A PLEASING
PICTURE PLAY
AND THUS
ASSURE YOU
ALWAYS
REEL SATISFACTION
I HOPE
THAT EVERYTHING
CONNECTS UP
AS PLANNED
SO
I CAN
TAKE MY
APPOINTED PLACE
WITH THE
NATIONAL COLORS
OVER THE
ENTRANCE
OF THIS
REEL PLAYHOUSE
IN TIME FOR
THE DAY SET
FOR THE OPENING.
I WILL
LET YOU KNOW
TOMORROW OR
NEXT DAY
WITHOUT FAIL.
Your
freedom from fatalities on more miles'
ot railroad than there are miles of
road in the United Kingdom, Germany,
Pranre end Austria."