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DECIDE HOT
LEADER OF REBELLION IK SOUTH AFRICA CAPTURED BY
BRITISH FORCES.
TO
DISBAND PARTY
A Genuine
Sacrifice
Sale!
Chicago Conference Decides
to Ask That 191 6 Conven
tion Be Called.
A
Timely
December
Sale I
ELECTION SOLACE FOUND
Animosity Toward Underwood Bill
Is Blamed for "Reactionary" Re
sults, and Poll of 1,750,000
Votes Is Asserted.
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 3, 1914.
MOOSE
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Progressives from
84 states in a conference session of the
executive committee of the party today
expressed, their confidence In the Pro
gressive party principles and their de
termination to continue the party iu
action.
Reports were heard from the various
states and later a statement was Issued
by the executive committee through its
chairman, George W. Perkins, of New
York, declaring that the Progressive
organization and campaign of education
should continue and that the National
committee of the party should be asked
to fix the time and place for holding
the National convention of the party In
1916 and to transact business incidental
to the Presidential campaign two years
from now.
Amalgamation Not Bronxlit Up.
Not a speaker made any suggestion
of abandoning the party and the sub
ject of amalgamation with either of the
older parties was not brought up.
The meeting In epitome was reviewed
In the statement issued by the execu
tive committee ofter Its session. The
statement read:
"The executive committee of the Pro
gressive party, at a fully attended meet
ing today, heard reports as to general
conditions and as to the state of the
organization work throughout the
country. Niney-one representative
Progressives from 31 states were pres
ent. "It is found that in the 37 states
where the Progressive party had tick
ets in the field at the last election it
polled an aggregate of more than
1.750,000 votes. Particularly encoura
aging reports of Increased Progressive
votes were received from Southern
states, notably Louisiana and Georgia,
Two Tariffs Denounces!.
"The industrial depression and the
consequent reaction against the Demo
cratic tariff was undoubtedly the issue
which primarily determined the reac
tionary results of the recent election.
Both the Republican and the Demo
cratic parties have passed ta Jiffs by the
old method of logrolling and the people
have now successively repudiated them
both.
"The Progressive party specifically
declared this doctrine in its platform
of 1912, and pointed out the only way
to take the tariff out of politics by the
creation of a permanent, expert, non
partisan tariff commission. We call at
tention to the necessity of prompt
action on the Murdock tariff commis
sion bill introduced in May, 1913.
Westerly Headquarter Suggested.
"Progressive principles are perma
nent and It is now more than ever evi
dent that the Progressive party toda7
is the necessary organ for their reali
sation." The question of moving the party
headquarters from New York was not
dealt with by the executive committee,
though in the conferences Gilford Pin
chot suggested that a more westerly
location would bring the party head
quarters nearer to the great body of
Progressive party voters.
"WASHINGTON, 5ec. 2. The final
campaign expense report of the Pro
gressive National Committee, filed to
day, shows contributions of $23,275 and
expenditures of $27,261. The principal
contributions are listed as "an unpaid
loan from New York banks," $10,000;
Progressive Volunteers, $10,625; Will
lam H. Childs, $3750; T. H. Powers,
$3000. A payment of $1200 to Colonel
Roosevelt for traveling expenses was
recorded. Nearly all the expenditures
iwere to state committees.
WASHINGTON WETS FAIL
SUPERIOR COURT REFUSES TO
t HALT DRY PROCLAMATION.
Connor Directed to Proceed "Wit.
, ont Prejudice to Rights" of I.lqoor
l men Suitors.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec 2. Governor
I,lster can proclaim the result of the
Vote on the state-wide prohibition bill
Adopted by the voters of Washington
at the November election, but "with
out prejudice to the rights'" of M. & K.
Gottstein. wholesale liquor dealers of
Seattle, who sought to enjoin the Gov
ernor and Secretary of State Howell
from taking the formal steps which
would convert the prohibition bill into
a law. This was the decision early to
night of Judge Claypool of the Thurs
ton County Superior Court, after lis
tening all day to arguments in the
case.
Judge Claypool overruled the conten
tion of Attorney-General Tanner that
the Superior Court did not have juris
diction, but denied the plaintiff's peti
tion for an injunction to prevent the
Secretary of State from announcing the
vote, the Governor from proclaiming
the law and the Attorney-General and
the Prosecuting Attorney of Thurston
County from enforcing it. The court,
however, granted the alternative nrdr
asked by the petitioners by which their
rignis are salt-guarded so further
action can be taken.
Attorney-General Tanner announced
tonight he would go before the State
bupreme court tomorrow to ask for an
injunction restraining the lower court
from exercising jurisdiction over the
state officers.
Whether the Superior Court of
Thurston County has the right to re
strain the Secretary of State from an
nouncing the result of the vote on the
proniDition Dili and the Uovernor from
proclaiming its passage was the point
argued by attorneys for the plaintiffs
ana ior me Attorney-Generals office
today.
Counsel for the state cited many
cases to show that there was no vested
right in the liquor business, and that
even if the law became effective no
actual physical invasion of property
right could result. He argued that the
court had no jurisdiction to grant a
temporary injunction unless it had the
right to grant the permanent injunc
tion sougnt-
Teuton Officers Taken to Kiev.
KIEV, Russia, via London, Dec 2.
One hundred and twenty German and
Austrian officers have been brought
here as prisoners. Among them are
two uenerals, sis Colonels and IS
Majors.
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GENERAL DE WET (AT LEFT), PICTURED IN COMPANY WITH
PREMIER BOTHA (AT RIGHT), WHO IS LOYAL TO THE CROWN.
LONDON, Dec 3. General Christian De Wet, leader of the rebel
lion in the Union of South Africa, has been captured, according to a
Pretoria dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company.
General Christian De Wet rose to fame as commander-in-chief
of the Orange Free State forces in the South African war. Starting
as a burgher in the Heilbron command, he later 'was appointed com
mandant at Ladysmith and was sent .to relieve General Cronje as sec
ond in command. When General Cronje surrendered, De Wet was
made commander-in-chief
In the latter days of that war he embarrassed the British army
by his tactics, which for a long time made vain the pursuit of the
remnant of his army, although 20 British columns were engaged in
it. He was one of the signatories of the peace conference and later
was Minister" of Agriculture in the Orange River Colony.
General De Wet a the outbreak of the present war offered a
corps of South African scouts to Lord Kitchener. Later he pro
tested against the action of the union of South Africa in fighting
the Germans and took the field against the British forces.
. General De Wet has several times been reported as meeting with
reverses and once as having been wounded. One of his sons was
killed in the fighting and two sons are said to have surrendered.
HATS MEAN HUNGE
How Girls Live on $6 Week Is
Told by Investigators.
THOUSANDS IN STRUGGLE
Young "Woman Foregoes Meat for
Weeks to Pay for Shoes Beans
and Bread Another's Lunch.
Vacations Not Possible.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. "How Girls Live
on $6 a Week." Under this caption there
was read today into the record of the
factory investigating commission first
hand details, garnered from stores, fac
tories and shops throughout the state,
of the fight for existence, which the
commission's investigators say is being
waged daily by tens of thousands of
underpaid women and girls in New
York state.
Miss Esther Packard, assistant secre
tary of the Consumers' League, as the
results of her personal investigation
cited many instances, among them the
following:
"Miss C. W. when I have to pay for
shoes or anything like that I don't buy
meat for weeks at a time.
"F. M. I never eat breakfast at all.
I found that was the easiest meal to do
without.
"Miss T. I generally buy beans
for 3 cents and bread for 2 cents for
lunch; I seldom pay more than 7
cents."
One girl. Miss Packard said, lives on
one meal a day when she has to pay for
shoes or a hat. Many girls frankly ad
mitted that they counted on their male
friends to buy their Sunday dinners. A
girl of 23 had taken no vacation for six
years because she could not afford to
lose her salary for a week. A woman
of 40, without a vacation for 25 years,
cannot think of stopping work for a
month to take a rest, which she needs.
TWO OUTLAWS IN NET
Eugene Jailbreakers Hemmed In by
Farmers' Posse. i
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
James Clergy and Forest Daugherty.
two, of the four outlaws who escaped
from the Lane County Jaii Mo.. ty
nignt after overpowering the Jalit,
are hiding tonight ten miles southwest
of Eugene. They are surrounded by a
posse or more than 30 heavily armed
farmers, who today found their tracks.
They are hidden in a wild, heavily
wooded country, but it Is not believed
they can obtain food without being
detected.
The men took supper in the Mirth
schoolhouse last night, using the stu
dents' lunch utensils, taking away two
large knives. They were seen by chil
dren and the Sheriff responded to a
call late last night, but they left ahead
of him.
This morning Berg Thorkelson, a
farmer, found them preparing break
fast in his barn, where they had slept,
a mile from the schoolhouse. Before
he could summon aid they escaped into
the woods.
S. ABBOTT, PIONEER, DEAD
Eugene Resident, Who Crossed
Plains In 1832, Passes Away.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
S. Y. Abbott, who as a boy made his
home in Eugene with ex-Governor
Whitaker. and was known all over the
state among the old residents of Ore
gon, died at his home in Eugene today,
aged 69. He has lived in Eugene for
the past 17 years, moving here from
the old donation claim on Spencer
Creek, 15 miles west of Eugene. He
crossed the plains in 1852.
He is survived by five children: J. C.
Abbott, Mrs. Susie Snodgrass. of Eu
gene; Mrs. John Saunders, of Creswell;
Mrs. McCulloch, of Crow, and Mrs.
Ethel Goff. of Leland.
The funeral will be held tomorrow,
with interment in the Mulkey cemetery.
Officials Name Deputies. ...
OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) Miss Iva Harrington, County
Clerk-elect, and E. P. Dedman, Recorder-elect,
announced today ' their
deputies for the coming year.
Fred A. Miller, a recent graduate of
a Portland business college, will be
come Miss Harrington's chief clerk.
Miss Emma Quinn, now a deputy, and
Miss Elsie Telford will complete the
force.
D. C. Boyles, formerly a deputv un
der Sheriff Shaver, will take the place
of Mrs. A. R. Williams in the Re
corder's office. Miss Clara Buchegger
will be re-appointed deputy, and Miss
Lou Cochran will be the clerk in the
office.
Lavender Club- to Meet.
A meeting of the Lavender Club
of Peninsula Park will be held at 2:30
this afternoon in the field house of the
park, to which all ladies over 50 years
or age are invited. The Peninsula
Park orchestra will meet at 8 o'clock
tonignt. A. c vv niings, the director,
desires to Increase the number of slav
ers to about 35. There are now but 14
ADVERTISING TALK NO. 20.
Every Progressive Business House
Believes in Advertising. Advertising
Is the Greatest Sales Force Any
Business House Possesses.
Name over the successful retail merchants in
the City of Portland. You will find their adver
tising in the columns of The Oregonian.
If the biggest houses the successful houses
find it to their advantage to advertise their wares
in The Oregonian, surely advertising will prove a
most profitable investment for the smaller mer
chants. But you will never know the real power of ad
vertising in The Oregonian until you advertise on
your owil, account. You will notice that those
merchants who are in a serious business and start
an advertising campaign in The Oregonian keep it
up. And they can have but one reason for keeping
it up. IT PAYS.
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Scores of men bought suits
and overcoats at this sale yes
terday scores more will buy.
Portland men appreciate a real sale
like this, where new garments in regular
stock are offered at reductions that save
dollars on even the most inexpensive
purchase.
Buy right now, men, while every
suit and overcoat in the store has been
so deeply cut in price.
Men's $20 Suits $14.85
Men's $25 Suits $19.85
Men's $30 Suits $23.50
Men's $35 Suits $28.50
Men's $40 Suits $32.50
The Same Reductions on
All Men's Overcoats
All Blues and Blacks Included. All Young Men's
Suits and Overcoats Included
House Coats, Bath Robes and
Dressing Gowns Reduced!
en Sellin
Morrison at Fourth
WILSON IS PLEASED
Funston and His Men Praised
for Conduct at Vera Cruz.
MARINES, TOO, COMMENDED
Daniels Writes Commandant That
Service Has Earned Gratitude of
Country and Suggests Grant
of Lonj Shore . Leave.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2. President
Wilson wrote to Secretary Garrison
today, paying a tribute to the "effi
ciency, courage and discretion" of
General Funston and his forces during
the American occupation of Vera Cruz.
The letter follows:
"May I not asK you to express to
General Funston and the officers un
der him at Vera Cruz, and through
them to the troops who served there,
my warm approbation and admiration
of the way in which a difficult and
delicate situation was handled? I be
lieve from what we have learned that
the effect of the occupation was to
give our friends the Mexicans a differ
ent impression of the United States
army and the spirit of the United
States Government from that which
they entertained before General Funs
ton took his troops there.
Courage and Discretion Praised.
"I am sure that I speak the feeling
of the whole country when I commend
the efficiency, the courage and the dis
cretion with which the expedition .and
occupation were carried out.
Secretary Daniels of the Navy ad
dressed a letter to the commandant of
the marine corps. Major General
George Barnett, in recognition of the
fine conduct of the marines who served
under General Funston.
"I wish," wrote the Secretary, "that
my engagements here would permit
me to accompany you to Philadelphia
on your mission to give the greeting of
the nation to the members of the ma
rine corps, officers and men, who are
returning from Vera Cruz.
Ltc to be Granted Hen.
"I beg that you will convey to them
the grateful appreciation of the Presi
dent and of the Navy Department, and
I may add, as well, of the American
people, for the courage displayed by
them when Admiral Fletcher landed on
April 21. and for th;ir long and effi
cient service during the occupation of
Vera Cruz. They have earned the grat
itude of their countrymen, and I trust
you will be able to give them sufficient
leave to visit their families and for
rest after their arduous service."
Xortb Yakima "Older Boys" to Meet
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 8.
Carl J. Holllngsworth, state student
secretary of the Young Men's Christian
Association, was in North Yakima yes
terday arranging for a conference of
"older boys" for Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. From 50 to 60 delegates from
cities and towns from Cle-Elum to
Kennewick are expected to attend.
Among the speakers and leaders ex
pected are Frank G. Moran, Rolling
Bay, Wash-i George B, Cole, Seattle;
William B. Cook. Seattle; Chester G.
Raymond, Ellensburg; W. C Moore,
superintendent " "Teen Age" division.
Western Washington Sunday School
Association.
Centralia Has 9119,437 on Hand.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) According to the monthly report
of the City Commission for October, is
sued today, there was a cash balance
in the city treasury on November 1 of
119,437.36. The net . city Indebtedness
on that date was $591,572.08.
John P. Mayes, of St. Johns, Dies.
ST. JOHNS. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
John P. Mayers died yesterday at his
home, 615 Philadelphia street, St.
Johns, aged 68. He is survived by a
widow and ten children, and was a
member of the Woodmen of the World
and the Knights of Pvthlas. Funeral
will be held tomorrow at 10 A. M. from
the Christian Church, and the inter
ment will be made in the Mount Scott
Park Cemetery.
MURDER OF SCOT CHARGED
Frank Hedgespatb. Is Blamed for
Death of Man In Wilds.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Dec 2. (Spe
cial.) The grand jury of Klamath
County yesterday returned- an Indict
ment charging Frank Hedgespath, alias
Williams,, with the murder of Allen
(Scotty) ' McLeod, last September.
Hedgespath is said to have confessed to
the crime.
The victim wr.s a Scotchman, and
lived alone on his homestead in a
sparsely settled section of Klamath
County. His body was found burled in
the bottom of a dry water course near
his cabin. His head had been battered
In with some blunt instrument, and he
had, besides, been shot with a small
caliber rifle. The disappearance of
two other men within the past two
years is being investigated by the
Sheriff's office.
West Africa has been continuously pros
perous for the last 25 years.
United States National
ank Announcement
"We have opened a Savings Department for all
Who want substantial encouragement in the ef
fort to save regularly and effectively.
Who want service distinctive to an unusual de
gree in the way of courtesy and accommodation.
Who want to have their savings always subject
to check, and
Who want a maximum interest rate.
What you will have in the way of a Savings Ac
count depends upon your action today. Confer now
with the officer of our new department.
United States National Bank
Capital, $1,000,000.
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $1,250,000. .
. Third and Oak.