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THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, TXTESD ATV-" DECEMBER 8. 1914. EDUCATOR SGORES COLORADO MILITIA Constitutional Guarantees De clared Wiped Out by Adjutant-General Chase. MUCH BRUTALITY CHARGED Battle of Iudlow Laid to Lieutenant by Attorney for Mlneworkers, Testifying Before Federal Investigations. DENVER, Colo., Dec 7. That consti tutional guarantees were wiped out by Adjutant-General Chase as head of the Colorado militia; ' that miners were robbed by the militia; that that body was recruited with "scoundrels" and the right of search had been exercised by the militia while the civil courts were open, was the trend of the testimony of Professor James II. Brewster, of the University of Colorado, attorney for the United Mine Workers before the Con gressional committee, testifying: before the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations today. Professor Brewster had been chair man of the State Federation of Labor committee that investigated the strike In December, 1912, on the authorization of Governor Ammons. He declared that Lieutenant (Monty) Linderfelt, in charge of the machine erun at the Ludlow battle, was a "brute unfit to associate with anybody," and that because of his brutality the com mittee had asked that he be suspended on January 20, 1914. Gun Turned on Colony. "Had he been suspended then," he declared. "Ludlow would never have happened." He asserted Linderfelt had trained the gun on the Ludlow colony during a search of the colony by the militia for weapons, and, patting the gun. de clared he could sweep the whole colony. At that time, the witness said, Lin derfelt' was making threats against Louis Tikas, whom he assaulted on the night the Ludlow battle was on, break ing the stock of a rifle over his bead. Adjutant-General Chase, he said, "thinks he is a soldier, thinks there Is a war and thinks that way because he cannot help it. He honestly thinks he is a soldier." Chase had enlarged the military dis trict, under the Moyer decision, which he declared was a blot on the jurispru dence of Colorado until it included the whole state. Greek Declared Peaceful. Louis Tikas, leader of the Greeks, who was killed in the Ludlow fight, he declared was a factor for peace in the Ludlow colony. He was a graduate of the University of Athens. He related the verdict of the court-martial at which Linderfelt was exonerated for the killing of Tikas. "I am not attempting to Justify the events that followed Ludlow," he said, "but if those Greeks had been Ameri cans they woiWA have risen long before." He characterized the arrest of "Mother" Jones by the militia as one of the greatest outrages on American jurisprudence. He told of the arrest of a woman who struck at a militia man because he shoved her during a parade at Trinidad. It was necessary to incarcerate her children with her that they might be fed. He declared merchants of Huerfano and Las Animas counties had been in timidated by the "company" with loss of financial and social position. Attack on Boy Charged. A glance of an attorney's eye was sufficient to "fix" a Mexican jury that tried accident cases, he declared, and he narrated the case of a mine guard Deputy Sheriff tried by a jury of seven or eight brother deputies in Huerfano County and exonerated for breaking a miner's Jaw. This was in the "kingdom of Jeff Farr," he said. The witness Bald he had seen a youth whose head had been cut open by Linderfelt because one of Llnder telt's men had driven his horse against a barbed wire fence in crossing the open prairie and at that time Linder felt believed some one had stretched the wire across the road with mali cious intent. lie read excerpts from an alleged campaign speech of Judge Northcutt, now the attorney for the Colorado Kuel & Iron Company, and Judge Mc llendrie, declaring that the nomina tions to office in Southern Colorado had been made on a basis "satisfactory to the company." These speeches, he said, were made before Northcutt became allied with the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and before Mcliendrie had been elected District Judge. AVel born Blames Miners. Professor Brewster began his testi mony after President J. F. Welborn, of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, had concluded, and had arranged to divulge the name of the writer of the com pany's publicity pamphlets and to sub mit to the Commission all the tele grams received from the Kastern di rectors of the company during the Strike. In conclusion, Mr. Welborn told of the shooting of Marshal Lee, of Se grundo on September 24, 1913. the day after the call of the strike: the killing of mine guards at La Veta; how plfysi clans had been kept from going to the wounded men for two hours. Mine accidents could be charged to overnead expenses only if a National law was enacted, he said: otherwise the extra burden would turn the local con sumption field over to competitors from other states. The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company carried no accident insurance, preferring to settle directly with claim ants. The only reason for the unrest in Colorado was the introduction of a lawless element by the United Mine "Workers of America, hs said. Had the laws been enforced and the militia used vigorously the strike would, have enaed quicmy. ne tnougnt. the plaster on the ,f ront wall. While I one of the highwaymen held John Bauer, the bartender, J. A. Beaver, A Fortier and Tucker, patrons of the saloon, at bay with nis revolver, the other robber went behind the bar and rifled the tilL The bartender was drawing a bucket of beer when the men entered and did not have time to shut off the faucet. "Please turn off that beer; I don't want to waste it." he requested the robber, who was going through the cash register. The highwayman com plied with the request and the two left the saloon by the rear door. They ran up Ivy street, witnesses said. One of them dropped his hat on the street and did not stop io pick it up. The hat was found by the policemen who ar rived at the saloon soon after the robbery. The highwaymen were well dressed, and each was masked with a blue bandana handkerchief. Tucker's injury is not serious and he SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW ORPUEUH ARRIVES. : U - Vj A -V ? " t 1 ; f ' - M is h" - n . ,-41, J I ' i:v' X - I h All LEGISLATORS HOLD TAX ACT TOO STERN Multnomah Delegation Unani mous in Opposing Full Payment in Advance. OPINIONS TO BE SOUGHT Frank H. Donnellim. Frank EL Donnellan, house super intendent at the Orpheum Thea ter, has arrived in Portland to assume the duties of personally supervising the arrangements for the comforts of the patrons of the new theater at Broadway and Stark streets. Mr. Donnellan conies from San Francisco, and is arranging to move his family to Portland. Around the Press Club in San Francisco Mr. Donnellan has been regarded for years as one of the popular press agents of the Cali fornia field, having filled that position for the Empress Theater for a number of years. Mr. Don nellan has been collected with Sullivan & Considine interests for eight years, having been the manager of the old Coliseum Theater at Seattle, and later had charge of the Star. He opened the new Empress at Seattle, later going to San Francisco with the Sullivan & Considine people. refused the offer of the police to take him to the Emergency Hospital, saying he would dress the wound himself. BAN ON TRUCKS SCORED F. C. BIGGS QUESTIONS WASHING TON COUNTY MOTIVE. TWO HOLD OP SALOON SHOT FIRED BY ROBBER INJURES PATRON OP BAR. One Highwayman Guards Four Mea in -VllIlamK-avrnne Place While Other Empties Till Roth flee. Two masked robbers early last night Held up four men in the saloon of Bauer Brothers, at T1S Williams are nue, shot O, W. Tucker, a farmer of Warren. Or.. In the leg, rifled the cash register, taking about 15, and escaped. The men entered the saloon by a rear door. Evidently to scare the oc cupant, one of the robbers fired a hot. The bullet grazed the left leg of Mr. Tucker, inflicting a slight flesh yound, glanced oa the bar and plerc Action Looks Like Move of Railroads to Get Hat' it Suburban Traffic, Says Distributor of Packard. While Portland men Interested in the auto traffic which has been shut off the Washington County roads have not thought of any way to open the roads to commerce, it is generally regretted that the county to the west has had to resort to such stringent means to protect its highways. "It certainly is a deplorable condi tion," declared Frank C. Riggs, the local distributor of Packard trucks and motor cars. '-In some ways you can not blame Washington County for try- ng to save Its roads, but to me it looks like a move on the part of the rail roads to get back some of the subur ban trade. "If, indeed, the protection of the roads is the underlying idea, then it is a regrettable situation, in that it shows what miserable roads we have. "Many of the Washington County roads certainly are not suitable for truck traffic, but even then it is not the sensible move to keep trucks oft. If the truck men are willing to risk their machinery in the transportation of foodstuffs and market produce, they should be allowed to do so. "The weight limits which the coun ty has established are unreasonable." ITALY RUSHES LIBYA AID Eight Battalions Ordered "to Be Ready" for Any Aggression. ROME, Dec. 7. Eight battalions of Italian troops have been ordered to Libya to reinforce the troops there. ami, according to the announcement, "to be ready for any aggression." PORTLAND MAN LEAVES TO VISIT PARENTS IN AUSTRALIA. t""f - 0 : I Robert B. Beat. - f I Robert B. Beat. 616 East Twelfth Robert B. Beat. Robert B. Beat. 616 East Twelfth street, North, a well-known con tractor and builder of Portland, left recently to visit his parents, five brothers and two sisters, who. a year or two ago, left rerth. Scotland, for Sydney, Aus tralia, to make their home. Mr. Beat has not seen his rela tives for 16 years. He expects to return to Portland about th end of March. Plans to Reduce Expenses by Elim inating Conflicting Boards and Commissions and in Other Ways Get Attention. Taxa-tlon problems and proposed changes in the tax-paying laws were the principal subjects of consideration at the weekly meeting of the Multno mah County legislative delegation last night It was the unanimous opinion that the present law is too severe on the taxpayer, as it virtually forces the payment of all taxes at one time and in advance. But whether the various departments of government will have sufficient funds to operate efficiently, if only one-half the taxes are paid at the first period, is a further problem that is re ceiving careful study. S. B. Huston, chairman of the county committee on taxation, reported that he has written to the several tax-levying branches or the Government to determine what pro portion of the funds are required in the Spring and what proportion is not needed until Fall. More Than Half Believed Needed. He expressed fear that 60 per cent will not be sufficient to carry on the work through the first half of the year, and suggested that the proposed revision in law will have to carry a provision that will Induce people to pay more than half at the first period Both the discount on advance payments and the penalty on the deferred pay ments are being considered. E. V. Llttlefield, chairman of the delegation, offered the suggestion re cently made by State Treasurer Kay that 60 per cent be collected in the Spring and the remaining 40 per cent in the Fall. As this is one of the most important questions scheduled to come before the Multnomah delegation and as it also is one of the most important to .come before the Legislature, the taxation is sue will be made a special order, ot business at next Monday's meeting. Opinions to Be Asked. Treasurer Kay, Secretary of State Olcott and members of the State Rail road Commission will be invited to at tend the meetini; and present their views. Closely related to the taxation ques tion is the predominating issue of econ omy and the visit of the state officials is expected to produce much informa tion that will assist the legislators In reducing the expenses of government. In this same connection the plan of abolishing conflicting state boards and commissions is being considered. I. N. Day, chairman of the county committee handling this question, reported pro gress in the work. Senator Daly also produced a letter from Senator Bar rett, of Athena, advising that he is preparing a bill to relieve the taxing situation. Plowden Stott, secretary of the delegation, was advised to procure a copy of Senator Barrett's bill. Senator Day suggested that while the Legislature is in the business of abolishing offices, it might do well to consider the advisability of abolishing the State Tax Commission and giving the work, especially as far as It per tains to the taxation of corporations and public utilities, over to- the State Railroad Commission, which body is making a physical valuation of the various public utility properties in the state. He pointed out that there is much duplication of effort in tne work of the Railroad Commission and of the Tax Commission. Leagnie Offer Accepted. The offer of the Taxpayers' League of Portland to provide legal talent to draft bills for the Multnomah delega tion, gratis, was accepted. The meeting was late in getting down to business, as most members of the delegation were attending the duck dinner of the Sportsmen's League at the Commercial Club. Only five members Plowden Stott, Louis Kuehn. T. L. Perkins, Robert S. Farrell and S. B. Cobb were present, therefore, when Billy B. Van, an actoi appearing at the Orpheum Theater this week, presented his plan for legisla tion ' that will permit members of hia profession, as well as others whose du ties require them to travel constantly, to vote on National Issues at every elec tion, regardless of where they happen to be on. election day. Mr. Van pointed out that he is a resi dent of a small town in New Hampshire and that he is one of the heaviest tax payers in that town, yet that he never has been able to vote mere. Minnesota Tries Flan. A bill similar to the one he proposes now is In effect with reported good re suits. In Minnesota. ' The duck dinner over, the following other members appeared and business Droceeded: E. V. Littlefield. D. C. .Lewis, Arthur Langguth, Ben Selling, I. N. Day. John Gill. S. B. Huston and Gua C. Moser. George W. Weeks, of Salem, a mem ber of the lower house, was a visitor, and upon invitation addressed the meet ing. "We've got a great duty to perform.' he said. "I feel that we ought to wipe out old scores and start out anew. He told, then, that he visited Repre sentative Scheubel at Oregon City on his way to Portland and that Mr. Scheubel had outlined to htm his plan for abolishing all continuing appropria tions in the state, with the possible exception of the millage appropriations for the State University, Agricultural College, Normal chool and other like institutions. SO Per Cent Cut Held Possible. "We can wipe out 20 per cent of the state expense, he declared. Representative Lewis presented a plan to rearrange the election ballots, so that the names of all candidates of one political party will be presented to the voter in one column, permitting the voter to cast his ballot for all his party nominees with a single cross mark. The idea was not received with much favor. Representative Olson suggested that some changes in the registration law may be asked for. There is demand form many sources, he reported, for a permanent registration. As chairman of the committee on Multnomah County affairs he was advised to ascertain the cost of registrations in Multnomah County for each year. The question of changing the law so that the County Judge of Multnomah County will be required to handle Juv enile Court work also was discussed at length. It was pointed out that the present County Judge has not suf ficient work to occupy one-half of his time and that the Juvenile Judge must take time from his - regular Circuit Court work to preside at the Juvenile Court , 1. Christmas Gifts for Men This store is ready for the tide of early Christmas shop pers. Gifts are here in abundance for father, husband, son, brother or sweetheart. If you've a man to buy for, come to a man's store where he would come himself! You'll find our service prompt and courteous. Suitcases and Traveling Bags, $5.00 to $35.00 Bathrobes Dressing Gowns x Housecoats at Reduced Prices $4.50 Garments now.: $3.35 $5.00 Garments now $3.95 $5.50 Garments now. .$4.35 $6.00 Garments now $4.95 $7.50 Garments now $5.95 $8.50 Garments now $6.95 $10.00 Garments now $7.95 $15.00 Garments now $12.85 $25.00 Garments now. $18.65 Men's (f) Neckwear JvJ Soft, lustrous im- ported silks in combination of colors. 50c to $3 r Silk Shirts-Beautiful fabrics and color combinations, $5 Plain and Initial Linen Handkerchiefs 25c, 50c Dent's and Perrin's Fine Kid Gloves $1.50 to $6.50 Collar Boxes and Toilet Sets, $1.50 to $15 Remember the little window wishers the eager tots who gaze so long and with such earnest eyes, scarce daring to hope for Christmas joys. Your happiness will come from giving. BEN SELLING CLOTHIER MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH Help Yourself! Men's Fine Umbrellas, in silk and gloria, $1.50 to $10. LYRIC PLAY LIVELY 'The Smugglers" Is Crowded With Funny Situations. GIRLS CHANGE RAPIDLY Chorus Members Senorltas in First Act and Squaws in Second. Musical Numbers Please and CostumesGlltter. "The Smugglers" Is the title of the burlesque at the'' Lyric Theater. The first scene is laid in Tia Juana, Mexico, the other In a forest filled with Indians, and the chorus girls change from Senorltas to squaws. Al Franks again shines as Irzy Cohen and Lew Dunbar, once more, is his Dutch companion. Jeanne Mai Is a newspaper reporter; Marie Celestine does most of the work as Mrs. Berry more, a suffragette, and Lillle Suther land is pleasing as a frontier girl. Joe Kemper, as a Mexican, is com pletely disguised. Will Mansfield has less than a minute's work and no lines, but his work is strenuous as he portrays a smuggled Chinaman and is rolled on to the stage in a barrel. Jack Curtis plays the part of an affable Customs-House inspector in the first act and he is an Indian fighter in the second. Two new chorus girls ap peared yesterday. The musical additions are nine in number and the costumes are entirely different from any seen 'in previous Lyric productions. Many of the cast were so completely disguised from their usual appearance that it took the regulars In the audience some time to find out their favorites. Al Franks and Lew Dunbar are realistic fighters in an Indian "scrap." They fight each other principally as the make-believe Indians are none other than the pretty chorus girls. EMPRESS HAS GREAT COMEDY "Sidelights," Betaind-Scenes Act, Is Hilariously Amusing. In "Sidelights," a "back-of-the-scenes" disclosure, Henry B. Toomer and a set of players deserve all the headline honors on the Marcus Loew Empress bill. Toomer and Billy Duval are "song and dance artists," and they occupy top line place on the vaudeville bill at the "Happy Hour Theater." The manager "cans'" their act, and they sit outside the theater to discuss it. Occasionally the stage manager, ably played by James Dowdell, appears on the scene and more merriment ensues. Then a pretty little girl who has tried out an act and failed comes Into the story. It develops that she, and not the dance song team, is the fired act. Further, it develops that she Is the one-time wife of one of the twain, and at once they form a tn.. Next in interest Is Snoozer, a great big, beautiful, white bulldog with al most human understanding. "Way out of the ordinary is Snoozer's exhibition of canine intelligence. The Cabaret Trio offers melodious en tertainment, with one chap busy at the piano and the other two warbling hap pily. The pianist has a solo that Is well done, and all the vocal selections please greatly. Fred Pisano, in Italian garb and dia lect, with Kitty Bingham wearin' o' th" green, have a song offering, with patter interchange that is bright in spots. Mile. Amoros and Ben Muivey open the bill in a song and dance, an act called "A Night in Paris." in which a hit is made by Mile. Amoros' whirling acrobatic work. Alvin and Kenny close the bill in a comedy gymnastic act on flying rings. PAXTAGES PLOT DELIGHTFUL Pathos, Comedy and Music .Inter- woven in "A Day at Ellis Island." Pathos, comedy and music are de lightfully interwoven In the little plot of "A Day at t;ms island," presented this week at Pantages Theater by Maurice Samuels, a clever character actor, and his players. Tony Rizzo, Jr. who appears as a young immigrant boy. plays the violin artistically, Ida Chest er takes the part "of the immigrant peasant woman; F. B. Fanning is the crusty inspector and Billy Fay plays a dual role, appearing first as a gate man and later as a chaplain. The Oxford Trio have one of the live liest and best offerings seen this sea son in vaudeville. Harry Wells and Bob Tyrell play an exciting game of basketball on bicycles. The game last's seven minutes and Is called by Bob Mortimer, referee. Reed's bulldogs are well trained and highly intelligent canines, who present an act that is popular with the grown ups, as well as with the children. Miss Agnes Vonbracht Is a pretty girl with a sweet, clear soprano voice. She sings with fine expression. Willie Dunlay and Bessie Merrill have an act full of novelty and originality. Singing and talking comedians full of jokes and delightful nonesense are Kadell and Kane. The pictures show some comedy relative to a minstrel snow. STANFORD STUDENTS TIED Berkeley Boys Release Rivals After Truce Is Declared. BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 7. Nearly a score Of Stanford University students, who passed the night tied to trees in the hills back of the University of California, were released at dawn, when a truce was declared between warring youths of the rival colleges. The men were captured last night when Stanford students attacked a big concrete letter "C" on a hill, cut the power wires that illuminated it and gave battle when attacked by a guard of Berkeley men. French General Honored. LONDON, Dec. 7. During his' visit to France King George conferred the grand cross of the Order of the Bath on Generals Joffre and Foch, and the grand cross of the Order of St. Michael and St- George on seven other French generals. WOOD ROAD PROPOSED REPRESENTATIVE - ELECT COBB SUGGESTS TIMBER ISE. Lumberman Before East Side Bui Men's Clob Submits Plnm to Aid Oregon Mills. S. B. Cobb, of the Standard Box & Lumber Company and Representative elect, in an address before the East Side Business Men's Club yesterday, of fered suggestions for the utilization of Oregon lumber for road construction. "I propose that the product of Oregon sawmills be used to build roads, not ordinary plank roads that do not give good service, but well-constructed and well-drained timber roadways that will cost, about half what the hard-surface costs," said Mr. Cobb. "All the material used will be Ore gon material Oregon-made lumber by Oregon labor and Oregon men. A hard surface roadway is made from material from Trinidad and from cement from outside the state. "The timber road proposed would be laid in pieces six by six, vertically with the grain, and not flat. These pieces will be laid in cedar pieces, which in turn will rest on a rock or gravel foun dation. Between the cedar bearings there will be drainage ditches to con nect with cross drainage to the side of the road. The six-by-six pieces are to be spiked to the cedar pieces, the spikes to be sunk be low the surface one inch or more. When these six-by-six pieces become worn they can be turned and used longer. A gasoline machine can be sent out on the road and the pieces can be worked down to five-by-five to prolong the life of the timber roadway. "Construction of these- timber road ways throughout the state would do much toward putting idle sawmills and idle men to work. Mr. Cobb showed a working model of a timber roadway. On motion of L. M. Lepper. the president of the club was authorized to appoint a committee of five to co-operate with Mr. Cobb in ask ing the County Commissioners to make a test of the timber roadway proposed. 16 PASS DENTISTRY TEST Only One, Fails In Examinations at State Board's Session. Of the 17 applicants for licenses to practice dentistry in Oregon, IS passed at the examinations held at the regular semi-annual session of the Oregon State Board of Dental Examiners at North Pacific College last week. During the examinations a number of charity cases were handled by the applicants. The following were suc cessful: Richard McCargar, H. B. Gehr, P. S. Hollis, C. E. Hall, J. L. P. Irwin, H. B. Jensen, J. O. Lash ear, H. C. Smith, W. E. Driskell. R. E. Farns worth. J. W. Herns. T. Hetu, O. J. Johnson, E. J. Keisendahl, C. L. Stan ley and R. A Thompson. British Aid American Fund. LONDON, Dec. 7. Although the American commission for relief in Bel gium made no appeal for subscrip tions in Great Britain, more than $95. 000 has been received from British newspaper readers. With this sum the relief commission has purchased 1600 tons of food supplies and has char tered the steamship Borgny, which will sail for Rotterdam in a few days. St. Paul Nominations Made. ST. PAUL. Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) The following nominations were made Saturday night for the city election Tuesday: Mayor, D. L. VandeWlele; Councilmen, Alois Keber, W. M. Mur phy, Barney Krechter. J. S. McDonald; Recorder, Mrs. L. D. Pettyjohn; Treas urer. J. H. Gooding; Marshall, Walter Coyle. The United States last year Imported 22. 293, S33 square yards ot fiber mattinga. 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