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TITE MQ-RXTXG OREGOyiAX, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1914. WIHYGOMBE OPENS CONFERENCE TODAY Governor-elect Will Preside at Session for State Reorganization. GOOD LEGISLATION IS NEED xecutlve-to-Be Says Principal Crit icism of Present-Day Legislatures Is Inability to Act With Judg i ment on Many Measures. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Dec. 9 (Special.) Governor-elect Withycombe tomorrow morning will open and preside at the first special Bession of the state commonwealth conference to be held at the university; the day Is to be devoted to the problem of state reorganization and adminis tration. Friday the second day, Is to be riven - to the harmonizing of Oregon's unem ployment views so that the conference, by unanimous recommendations, may submit them to the coming Legislature. Saturday, " the final convention of these men, will be devoted to details of a possible law for the formation of hydro-electric districts. General Invitation Issued. Although the conference sessions ars not to be heavily attended, everyone who wishes to participate in the mould ing of recommendations Is welcome; a general Invitation has been issued. A few members of the Legislature, a few state officials, persons interested along each of these legislative problems to be t.tUen up, and a number of people Interested through mere good citizen ship, will comprise the attendance. University students will attend only wnen periods of the day are free from class lecitations or when the orofesior In charge adjourns his class for the purpose of attending the conference. All recommendations at which the conference arrives as a unit will be presented to the proper legislative committees by way of suggestion. Governor - elect Withycombe has sanctioned the conference in the fol lowing statement: Good Legislation Great Need. "One of the greatest needs In all states is more carefullv considered legislation. The principal criticism of present-aay Legislatures, in fact. Is that in 40 days, or 60 days, they can not possibly act with Judgment upon the hundreds and hundreds of measures presented. . "Research work by an impartial body extending over many months makes it possible for such a body to put into the hands of lawmakers material that a legislative committee possibly can not gather. " Sometimes such a body can add recommendations based upon that material, and in such Instances these recommendations are commonly worthy of the Legislature's cordial and sympathetic pondering. "I am glad that the commonwealth conference of the great State of Ore gon has been doing research work in connection with a number of the state's problems, and that it has reached a point where it can present its con clusions upon three of these problems In the form of recommendations. "I shall be glad to open and to assist the conference which after due deliber ation is to agree upon the approximate form of these recommendations." State Bndset to Be Topic. At the conclusion of Dr. Wlthy eombe's opening address tomorrow morning a paper by Dr. James D. Bur nett, professor of political science, will be submitted, wherein a general scheme for state reorganization will be of fered. The preparation of the state budget will be discussed in a similar paper by Sam A. Kozer. chief deputy Secretary of State. Mr. Kozer, who has been connected with the Secretary of State's office for a number of years, is regarded as an expert in state adminis tration and finances. Following the reading of these pa pers a general discussion, led by two members of the Legislature, will take place. The afternoon session Is to be de voted to the consideration of outlined plans for the organization of the state departments, boards and commissions Into eight separate departments or di visions. Several members of the Leg islature and J. A. Churchill, Superin tendent of Public Instruction, will ' speak. As the women of Oregon have al ways taken a deep interest in the af fairs of the state, invitations have been sent to the various women's clubs of the state and a delegation Is ex pected to attend. The various partici pants in former commonwealth confer ences representing these organizations have centered their Interests in the un employment legislation and the wo men's interest has been ever as keen as the men's. An "eleventh-hour change" In the seating of the conference finds the men delivering their lectures in the rooms of the Y. M. C A. building instead of Villard Hall as was originally planned. More comfortable inducements in the new halls of this building brought bout the shift. CONTRACTORS END MEET ELECTRICAL MEN FAVOR SEPA RATE AWARDS OX WIRING JOBS. the association, responded. Papers were then presented as follows: "The Rela tion of the Contractor and Dealer to the Central Station," J. L. White, manager of the Oregon Power Company, Albany; "Credits and Collections," P. A. Young, of S. E. Young & Son, Albany; "The Jobber and the Contractor," John F. Ryan, of the Western Electric Com pany, Portland: "The Central Station," A. C. McMicken, of the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, Port land. J. E. Werlein, of Portland, made the principal speech at an Informal gather ing last night. Among the delegates here are A. D. McMicken, Owen Osburn, F. D. Webber, C. P, Osborn, O. B. Penrose, C. R. Dede rick, M. J. Walsh, E. H. LeTourneau, A. N. Derby, G. A. Snope, J. Cogley, Earl Davis, S. W. Peterson, W. H. Smith, C. C. Crawford, G. L. Priest, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. P. Hill, R. W. Stubbs, a. E. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Skeen, F. E. Myers, S. C. Jaggar. A. S. Hall. . C Green, T. F. Pierce. E. W. Pierce. J. W. Oberender, Mr. and Mrs. Brock, k. ti. .Ldttier, J. xt. Tomlinson and E. L Knight, of Portland; H. W. Scott. John Ryan and T. C. Luckey, of Astoria; B. witzig and Frank Cole, of Corvallla: L. B. Siebert, of Eugene, and J. B. Hope, of Lebanon. ASTORIA FIGHT ENDS Fretf J. Johnson Elected Mayor by Big Vote. BOND AMENDMENT FAILS ARSON CHARGE RENEWED PERJURY INDICTMENTS, TOO, RE VIVE FIGHT OX "Til IT ST." John Tomlinson, of Portland, Picked to Head Association Papers on Trade Questions Read. ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) That contracts for electrical wlrinr and equipment should be let separately and not included in a lump contract for the building, is the opinion of the members of the Oregon Electrical Contractors' Association, which held its annual con vention in this city today. Before the convention adjourned tonight a resolu tion was adopted urging uniform effort to make separate contracts for elec trical work the rule In Oregon. John Tomlinson, of Portland, was elected president of the association for the ensuing year and other officers were named as follows: First vice-president, Harry Sroufe. of Portland: second vice-president, Joseph H. Ralston, of Albany; third vice-president. Lester Armitage, of Corvallis; secretary-treasurer, J. W. Oberender, of Portland. To serve with these ofticers on the executive committee S. C. Jaggar and F. L. Green, both of Portland, were chosen. The afternoon was devoted entirely to business matters, including considera tion of various trade problems. Pre ceding .the afternoon session the dele gates Inspected the sub-station and filtering plant of the Oregon Power company. The formal opening occurred this morning, when L. M. Curl, Mayor of Albany, welcomed the visitors and R. O. Littler, of Portland, president of Circuit and Federal Court Actions Center Around L. and Sam Sax 'With New Evidence. Indictments were reported simultane ously in the Federal and Circuit courts against L. and Sam Sax, accusing them or perjury and arson. The former crime Is alleged to have been commit' ted when they gave iastimony In con nection with a bankruptcy proceeding in the Federal Court In April of last year. The charge of arson, lodged by the Multnomah County grand Jury, is predicated on the charge of having set fire to their store at 207 First street in August, 1912. A former indictment alleging this same crime was dismissed, A. Wolfman was indicted by the county grand Jury for perjury. It being alleged that he testified falsely in Judge McGinn's court recently, where he was on trial charged with arson in connec tion with a fire In his store at 227 Burnside street, February 2. 1912. Max Albert was indicted also by the Federal grand Jury yesterday, he being charged with having concealed his. as sets by transferring them to L. and Sam Sax previous to - going Into the bankruptcy proceeding, in testifying In which the Saxs, father and son, are said to have sworn falsely. These latest indictments bring back into prominence members of the al leged "arson trust," who were on trial during the Autumn. Albert has been convicted of arson and is now awaiting sentence. Woliman. charged with arson was freed by a directed verdict in Judge McGinn's court. The two Saxs were not brought to trial. . The Federal authorities believe, from the investigation they have made, that the accused men were part of a ring of shopkeepers who were in the habit of coming to each other's assistance whenever one wanted to go through bankruptcy proceedings by secreting goods and by setting fires to collect money from the Insurance companies when business became bad. Investigation of the charge of set ting fire to a shop under a lodging house, as the result of which a Japa nese was burned to death, may involve Wolfman directly, it is said. This fire, in March. 1912, destroyed almost half a block of buildings adjoining Wolf man's store. A. Wolfman and L. Sax were arrested yesterday, following the indictments. Sam Sax had not been located last night and Albert is under bond awaiting sen tence. JJlstrict Attorney Evans re leased Wolfman on his own recogni zance and L. Sax was allowed to go on J2000 bond. . ARMING RUSSIA CZAR, FORMERLY DEPENDENT ON FRANCE, NOW LOOKS WEST. Trans-Siberian Railway Kept Bnsy Conveying Supplies Five Million Said Now to Be In Field. PETROGRAD, Nov. 24. With the or dinary supply from France practically cut off, Russia Is now looking to Japan to keep the Russian army supplied with arms and munitions of war. ' All the leading hotels here are filled with the agents of the Japanese arma ment firms and tralnload after train load of arms and munitions are being brought here on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Russia was admittedly short of arms and ammunition af the begin ning of the war, but it is asserted that supplies from Japan will prove ample for all the reserves which it may be necessary to call into the field. It is now estimated that Russia has 5,000,000 men in the first line fully equipped, uniformed and armed for fighting, while the reserve armies are being supplied with the necessary equipment so quickly that they will be able to take their places in tbe battle line whenever needed. FOUR SUGAR PLANTS SELL David Eccles and Mormons Bay in American Company's Holdings. OGDEN, Utah, Dec 9. Utah capital ists, including David Eccles' interests and leading officers of the Mormon Church, have bought all of the holdings of the ..merican Sugar Refining Com pany in both the Amalgamated and Lewiston sugar companies, controlling three plants in Utah, and one In Idaho. The announcement was made today by Charles W. Nibley, presiding bishop of the Mormon Church and by LeRoy Eccles, general manager of the two companies. Stockholders of the corpor ation will meet on December 19 to per fect a consolidation of the corporations and the capital stock probaDly will be fixed at 17,500,000. Pr.or to this year, the American Sugar Refining Company had 50 per cent Interest in the Utah plants. Anderson Is Renamed Auditor and veyor; Xorblad, City Attorney, Are Leading In Count. ASTORIA,' Or., Dec. S. (Special.) Fred J. Johnson was elected Mayor of Astoria on the Nonpartisan Business Government ticket today by a big plur ality over his opponents, Dr. H. L. Hen derson, Republican, and George Kaboth. Democrat. The campaign was one of the hottest ever waged in the city. Olaf Anderson, Democrat, was re elected Auditor and Police Judge over Y. D. Guillulme, Republican. ' Indications are that S. S. Sovey, Re publican, has defeated H. F. Prael, In dependent, for City Treasurer. G. T. McLean. Democrat, probably Is elected City Surveyor over Sig. Young, Republican. A. W. Norblad, Republican, won over J. O. Erlckson for City Attorney. Louis Glaser, non-partisan, was elected Councilman-at-large and Henry Schell, Republican, Superintendent of Streets. For Councilmen In the Second Ward C. J. Curtis, Republican, defeated J. S. Delaney, non-partisan candidate. All the proposed amendments to the city charter carried with the excep tion of the one to issue bonds to the amount of 25,000 to "build a road to the summit of Coxcomb Hill. ELXEXSBURG FIGHT STROXG Samuel Kreldel Is Elected Mayor by 61 Majority. ELLENSBURG. -Wash., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The city election here yesterday was the hardest-fought election ever held In the history of Ellensburg. There were two complete tickets In the field, the "Citizens' " ticket, headed by Sam uel Kreidel. and the "People's" ticket headed by Frank E. Craig, ex-Mayor. Mr. jireidel has been one of Ellens burg's leading dry goods merchants for the past 30 years. He is the father of the municipal water system here. Mr. Kreidel was elected Mayor by a ma jority of 61, receiving 73 votes against 673 obtained by Mr. Craig. Other officials elected are: Rube Crimp, City Clerk; Harry W. Hale, City Attorney; Mrs. J. W. Nesblt, Treasurer; John Killmore, Councilman-at-Large; W. P. Hiddleson, Councilman First Ward: Walter G. Schmidt and F. S. Chapin, Second Ward.- PORT1AXD LAWYER ELECTED George W. Stapleton Is Chosen Mayor at Gresham. George W. Stapleton was elected Mayor of Gresham Tuesday without op position, receiving 262 votes, practically all the votes cast. The Councilmen elected are E. H. Kelly. S. S. Thompson and C. M. Zim merman. D. M. Roberts was re-elected Kecorder over C. J. Lundauist by 145 to 121. J. H. Metzger was re-elected without opposition and James McKin- ney was re-elected Marshal. A light vote was cast. Mr. Stapleton, Mayor-elect, lives at Gresham, but is a Portland attorney. OB CHARTER CHANGES WIN All Proposed Amendments at Marsh field Are Carried. MARSHFIELD, Or., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) North Bend electors returned Mayor L. J. Simpson victor yesterday for another two-year term. The ma jority was nearly 200. Other municipal officials elected were: M. E. Everitt, Henry G. Kern and Frank W. Wood. Councilmen: Charles E. Maybee, Recorder, and John H. Graves. Treasurer. In the 29 charter amendments voted upon to correct and improve the city's legal facilities, not one was lost. BEXD . RE-ELECTS MAYOR LONGSHOREMAN IS KILLED Bridge Carpenter Suffers Fractured Skull by Drop From Scaffold. One man is dead and another in a critical condition at St. Vincent's Hos pital as the result of accidents along the St. Johns waterfront yesterday. Jim Pearson, a longshoreman, died In a hospital from a fractured skull received when he fell 30 feet from the deck of the ship Boltalloch to the bot tom of the hold. He died shortly' after he reached the hospital. He resided at St. Johns and had no relatives in the city. The Poltalloch is at the public drydock. William Shea, a bridge carpenter, 25 years old, fractured his skull when he fell from a scaffold near the drydock. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where his condition is regarded as critical. He was an employe of the Powllta Bridge Company. Only One of CivioBetterment Ticket Is Successful. BEND, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) H. A. Miller was re-elected Mayor of Bend yesterday over Ross Farnham by a ma jority of 101. For Councilmen, L.' C. Rudow, S. C. Caldwell and E. P. Bros terhouse led in a field of eight. Of a so-called Civic Betterment tick et, Mr. Caldwell was the only success ful candidate. The new Councilmen take office on January 5 and serve for two years. Miss Mary E. Coleman was re-elected City Treasurer without op position. " OATHLAMET FAVORS ECONOMY Citizens' Ticket Carries In Election With 125 Votes Cast. CATHLAMET, Wash., Dec 9. (Spe cial.) At the city election yesterday Albert Babbage, William Oxman and Bert Sutton were elected Councilmen for two years. They were on the citi zens' ticket, declaring for economy in improvements and in the management of the city's affairs. Charles H. War ren was elected Treasurer. One hundred and twenty-five votes were cast. Socialists Defeated in Kelso. KELSO. Wash, Dec. 8. (Special.) The Citizens' ticket easily won from the Socialists in the election held in Kelso Tuesday. The vote on the vari ous officers was as follows: - Mayor, C. O Talbert (C). 330; A. M. Calvert Open Until lOP.M. Saturday " Prices to Smit Smashed hereens! Immense Wholesale Stocks "" Baron-Fulop Co. Clothing, Furnishings Going to Public at Manufacturers' Cost! $7.85 To $15.00 Garments, Choice Now $7.85 Men's Suits and Overcoats that sold to $15 are grouped in a great lot, irom whicn you may take your choice at this remarkable price. All sizes, now. 50c Cotton Underwear, Shirts and Drawers, all 6izes.... $2.00 Union Suits, all sizes, on sale nere, cJboice for Dress Shins, choice of the "7Q house, values to $3, now - 5C Sweater Coat3 that sold to d4 $5.00 group now to close. .JjJ X 0 V Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Sacrificed! To $30.00 Garments, Choice Now $13.85 Garments that sold to $30, in this season's, newest fabrics, made by master tailors, are grouped, from rt o Q J which you may take your choice'now for J) X UOJ 29c 85c $6 Boys' Suits, with" extra JQ pair of trousers free, now. O Boys Overcoats, made to sell to $8, on sale, choice Men s Mixed Wool Underwear, f- r all sizes, on sale here, garment OUC Vests that sold to $5.00 are on nr' sale here, choice from the lot. . . OC $2.85 Men's Trousers that sold to $2, Q J all sizes, while they last, pair. -OOC $ 4.00 Trousers, including A m r corduroys, at less than B Xt33 Odd Coats, made to sell to $7, on sale while they last Special Any Man's Hat in the store, values to $5 $2.50 $1.98 Sale Now Taking Place at This Location Peoples ttiliie 104-106 Third Street Co Between Washington arid Stark WHOLESALE OR RETAIL i (S.). 153; Attorney, J. J. King, 129; Clerk, M. J. Lord (C.), 10; Treasurer, C. C. Bashor CO. 402; Couneilman-at-large. C. R. Abbott (C), 354j Fred Rathbun (S.), 89; Councilmen, First Ward, R, L. McFarland (C), 142; J. B. Byrnes, 31; Councilman, Second Ward, A. Maurer (C), 142; J. A, Audinet (S.). 30; Councilmen, Third Ward (two elected), J. N. Moore 88, J. T. Gear 74 (C), and Charles Reames (S ), 18. C. A. Coulter Re-elected Mayor. SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) Little interest was .taken in the city election here yesterday, as there were no contests. C. A. Coulter was re-elected Mayor; Charles H. Mills re elected City Clerk; Herman Murray, City Attorney; Joe Shone, Councilman-at-large; Oscar Sather, L. P. Larson and Fenton Smith, Councilmen, the latter two being- re-elected. Diking Election Held. KELSO, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) At an election yesterday the voters of Diking District No. 2, near Kelso, re elected the Board of Commissioners, composed of James Wallace, G. T. Hogg and Joseph Hall, to office. The Com missioners recently arranged for the sale of $60,00.0 of district bonds and bids for clearing the right of way will be asked for immediately. Grants Pass Re-elects Four. GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The Grants Pass vote resulted in the re-election of -S. T. McKInstry, Mayor; G. P. Jester, Treasurer; P. B. Herman and William Atchison, Coun cilmen. J. F. Burke and Charles Burk halter are the new Councilmen elected A small vote was cast. OSTEOPATH'S CASE UP State Board's'-Appeal on Ouster in Supreme Court Today. OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 9. (Spe clal.) The appeal- taken by the State (IP An Inexpensive Present A NICE ASSORTMENT OF Italian Swiss Colony CHOICEST WINES - Your friends will welcome a gift of this kind it's a little different Snow them what California can. do in the way of producing fine wines At all restaurants, cafes, hotels and wine dealers Board of Health from the decision of Circuit Judge Campbell In the Va Brakle case will be argued before the state Supreme Court tomorrow. C. Schuebel and L. Stipp will represent Dr. Van Brakle. Dr. Van Brakle, osteopathic County Health Officer, appealed from the or der of. the State Board removing him from office and Judge Campbell held that the board vrforiari it. n.uu. tion in the attempt. Local physicians are backing the case of the State Accused Banker Arrested. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 9 2nr r Metcalf, vice-president of two banks in Oakland; David de Long of Coalinga, ana uon u. cablfa of Log Angeles, went East today In company with I. F. Old field, a peace officer of Athens Coun ty, Ohio. Advices from the East were that the trio were under indictment In Athens County for having obtained (65,000 under false pretenses. D. Cable, who used to be a bank officer at Nelsonville. O., and De Long were ar rested early In the week. Oldfield and H. T. Mulligan, another Ohio officer, went to Oakland and had an interview with Metcalf, which resulted, so far as could be learned tonight, in his agree ment to go to Ohio and see tbe affair through. He obtained leave from his bank for a week jor 10 days, advices from Oakland saidedtonight, and the Oakland police reported that he had not been arrested so far as they knew. The three men promoted an oil com pany at Coalinga, and are accused of getting money by misrepresenting it. STORM DAMAGES COLLIER Jupiter, However, Is -Reported Sato by Commander. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. In a wire less dispatch to the Navy Department Lieutenant Kempff, commanding the big electric collier Jup. Nr. announced that his ship had been damaged by the storm off the coast and was proceeding to New York. The vessel left Phila delphia for Boston December 4. The wireless said: "Ship safe. All well. Owing to dam age by gale, thick weather and ab sence of Nantucket lightship, proceed ing to New York." ' New Year's Oregonian 1915 Will be most interesting and complete edition ever published. Five complete sections. You will want to send copies to your friends in the East. On sale Friday, J anuary 1, 1915. Single copy 5c, postage 5c. Fill out blank form and send to Oregonian office, Sixth and Alder Sts. Name Street Town State ' . - ... THE-OREGONIAN, Portland, Oregon. . Gentlemen: Enclosed find. , for which mail The Oregonian 's New Year's Annual to each of the above addresses. 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