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TTTE BIORXTXG OREGOXTAN1, SATURDAY, JAXUARY 9, 1915. N UP-STATE MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE WHO ABE IN PORTLAND PREPARATORY TO SESSION AT SALEM NEXT WEEK. OPENING PENDER'S TRUSTS T BILLS DRAFTED TO CHANGE TAX PAYING IN JUSTICE Mother of donvicted Man Ye ' Hopes In Goodness of Human Nature. Senator Barrett's Proposal Different From That of Multnomah County. TEMPERATURES AT LEADING SOI'THFRN CALIFORNIA KKKORTS FOR MEEK LMUNti DLCEMUB IS, 111 It. Jdax. Uln. alcan. I ... 63 49 56 I T.ons Prarh.. ,,. 63 44 13 I Fao Koblta. ... 6J 4 6 I Ocean Park.. ...67 41 41 I Hollywood Mai. ... 64 ... 74 ... 4 . .. I Via. 44 ataa. 41 Loa Ang-elr Santa Barbara. . San Dlefro.. 46 4 ASSURANCE OF PEACE GIVEN Arrowhead .' DISCOUNT IS NOT LIKED HOTELS jgM 3Ien With Money Only Ones to Bene fit and Levy lias to Be Made Any way. He Says Drys Confident of Success of Measnre. At least two tar revision bills will be submitted to the legislative session which opens at Salem next week. One will come from the Multnomah delegation, which has agreed on th principal provisions of Its measure, and the other will emanate from Senator Barrett, of Umatilla County. Senator Barrett arrived In Portland yesterday on hlii wav to Salem and confided local legislators that be has a tax bill tD his sleeve. The Barrett bill conforms with the Multnomah County measure to the ex tent that It provides two payment pert eds. However, the dates are not the same. The Multnomah County measure fixes Mav and October 20. while Sen Sitor Barrett proposes May 1 and No vember 1 as the payment dates. Each measure provides tbat half of the taxes fee paid at the first period. But the Umatilla .Senator disagrees with the Multnomah delegation in the discount plan. The local bill provides discount of 3 per cent on all taxes In excess of SO per cent that are paid a the first period. "The discount plan benefits no one but the man with money." says Senator Barrett. "The poor man is unable to take advantage of it- I don t believe the discount feature for that reason. At anv rate, the officials have to take th discount feature Into consideration when they make up the tax roll an lew assessments or fix valuations ac cordingly. So In the end the man who pays taxes pays about the same wav as the other." Another variation In the two meas tires Is the rate of penalties for delln fluencies. The Multnomah bill fixes th! rate at 1 per cent a month, while Sen .tor Barrett proposes 8 per cent year. This makes it possible." says til fmatilia Senator, "for the man who i without funds in the Spring of tiie year, when money sometimes is tight. to neglect his payments until tne ran when it is more plentiful. He can ef ford to pay at the rate of 8 per cent. while he might not be able to pay a the rate of 12 per cent. "Meanwhile If the county or state runs thort uf funds by reason of tfcse deinpuncies. they ca: issue warrants at h nr cent. Thus ihey will earn 2 pe cent cn ail taxes that are not pall on time." The Barrett bill will provide, how ever that all tax?? delinquent beyt.n-i November 1. shall pay Interest at 1 per cent a month. Sixty days after that date delinquency certificates will issue. whU-h will draw IS per cent Interest. "The Idea." he says. "Is to make these certificates an object for Investors. Property owners will have a reasonable lenirth of time to redeem them. A further provision will be that all un paid personal taxes will become liens upon real estate." Senator Barrett Is a holdover mem ber and. therefore, is not as enthu siastic over economy as are some of the newer members. He says he has heard of that kind of talk before, but Is eager to engage in an economy pro gram rue If the Legislature displays any Intention to eliminate unnecessary ex penditures. Senator Hawley. of McCoy, also was among yesterday's arrivals in Portland. lie was a member of the Senate com mittee on education at the last session, and la Interested in all legislation per taining to that subject. "I have no educational bills of my own Initiative," he explained yesterday. "but have been asked to introduce few that are of Interest to the County Superintendents throughout the state. One of them pertains to the time of holding teachers examinations and an other probably will propose a new method of distributing school funds." Senator Hawley says he has not given much study as yet to the changes in the educational code suggested by mem bers of the Multnomah delegation. The changes directly affecting the Portland cbools. he says, doubtless will be ac ceptable to other members of the Legis lature If they are approved by the Mult sMuuah delegation. Senator Kiddle, of Island City, came In yesterday to visit his friends at the Irrigation Congress and to confer on proposed legislation. "I'm not going to Introduce many bills this year." he says. "I am In favor of going up to Salem, passing the Jiti that are actually necessary to run lha state and then quitting." Senator Kiddle operates a big stock ffarm near Island City, and says he xiaturally is Interested in all legislation affecting the livestock industry. S. r. Fierce, of Port Orfoni, Repre-aentatlve-eleet from the Coos-Curry joint district, is in Portland and will travel between this city and Salem until after the Legislature adjourns. He Is one of the few members who will be unable to go home over the week end adjournments, as the available Xransporttaion facilities will not per mit. Thomas" Brown, of Salem, one of the Marion County delegation in the lower house, conferred with local members yesterday and Joined them in their de sire to legislate for economy this year. This will be his first legislative ex perience, but he has "looked in" at sev eral previous sessions and says he is "onto the ropes." One of th small group of newspaper men in the Legislature this year Is rFred D. Wagner, of Ashland, who joined i the colony of legislators here yester day. Mr. Wagner was one of the earll--est supporters of Ben Selling for the Speakership and predicts the Multno mah man's election on the first ballot. . Ills colleague from Jackson County is Miss Marion Towne. the first woman ever elected to the Legislature In Ore , Kon. and he admits that with a news , jtaper man and a woman in the lower .house the Interests of his county will i be represented well. J. T. Woodell. of La Grande, one of "the four renio.-ratio members of the House, who has been in Portland for the last few days, said yesterday that .he proposes to support the bill provid ing fr the collection of automobile .JicensVs by the County Clerks instead of by the Secretary of State. C. W. Rlsley. orTllIwaukle. the sole XVmecrat In the Clackamas County delegation, wax in Portland yesterday and fraternised with Ills Republican colleagues. He says politics will "cut little figure" so far a legislating is ron-erned this esr. He is in favor of "n thing that's right." he declares. j - ;- W " " f. . v ' - -,vv " i.vKs??..;;l I . wftv j c C; v . j rf M vJ . ' . v t ' I j sa-Jfc. e- -jj ff' Jr ttlix. 111 , (5)VS- S 7J Ti p :-J) W Klj 4f-x , ' rT, r - f";A 7 r ? t f ' V - - - r 1 . wf X,r - . I U- , J ' p j 1- : i K I Ik iff ' - jft -K J&r - ill V ' '1 rT"" " ij Vt-. k v 1 1 j r-. -Ay V. l V 'x J Slri i'jwt'r'' sftAyi'aWfiit'ViOTnl g Burtfwa i.MrtailMftiMsit g Ji. . 4V;W1 A k 11 MfsWJis? .iJW .tgsir o 'Si fjj -Rep -Rep- 7 I Senator LaFollette, Salrm. 3 Senator Kiddle. Island City. S- reaentatlve Uavey. Hum. 4 Kepreaenraxive rierce, a-on uru-rq. ratatlve oodell. l.a Urande. O itepreaeniaiive aianuriu, swnnciu. p..ixi. Uinpr. Aakland. senator nanirr. .nc-y. aentatlve triark. Arllosrton. 10 Representative Jones, Joseph. 11 Senator n.rrrtt. Atneaa. 13 Representative Brown, saiem. la ncFtuiu TaonK Jefferson. the group of legislators In Portland yesterday. He reports that the people of Salem are preparing to give tne new stat.. officials an elaborate reception the Statehouse next luesaay nignu Mr. Bishop is an ex-Mayor ot baiem. Representative Olson and Senator Dav. of the Multnomah delegation, were about the Imperial Hotel yester- ay greeting the up-state legislators .h'n wro mtherlnr there preparatory o their dnscent upon Salem the first of the week. I believe it will be hard to pass a new amendment affecting the liquor law." said Representative Olson yester- It is apparent tnat tne peopio wom. he enactment of last Fail tnea oui thoroughly. If It proves unsatlsiactory It will be time enough then to cnanso it Boy Ritner. of Pendleton, represen tative-elect from Umatilla County, de dares that the noople of Kastern Ore- iron will not "stand for" any provision bv the Legislature or any amendment by the people themselves that will per mit private clubs to sell liquor to their members under protection of the new prohibition law. He with other mem bers of the Legislature has learned that the "wet" Interests want to pro cure some legislation, either through the generaly assembly or by initiative of the people, that will permit the clubs to sell intoxicants, while the privilege is denied to the saloons. Representative and Mrs. Stanfield. of Stanfleld, will live in Salem while the Lraislature Is in session. They have rented a house and will take up their residence there on Monday. Mrs. Stanfield is hero attending the irriga tion meetings with her husband. A small army of applicants for clerk ships in either house is swarming the Imperial Hotel these days Interviewing legislators on their chances. Among those prominent in the group are: Glenn O. Holman. of Pallas, candidate for calendar clerk in the Senate: Ben Huntington, of rratn. candidate for reading clerk In the Senate: John r. Hunt. of Woodburn. candidate for Journal clerk in the House: Joseph F. Singer, of Portland, candidate for sergeant-at-arms in the House: George E. Miller, of Baker, candidate for door keeper in the House, and several others. Indications that the measure drawn up and proposed by the legal committee of the Committee of One Hundred will bers in the lower house and probably In the Senate are furnished by prom Ises received from members of the ln tomlng Legislature by the Committee of One Hundred. . In addition to these. Dr. J. E. Ander son, of The Dalles, tne memDer 01 me Committee of One Hundred who will Introduce the measure in the House, has received widespread promises of support, he assured, the committee yes terday. "The general sentiment," Dr. Ander son said, "is to support the prohibi tory bill, probably without amendment. unless some few technical changes may be found necessary, and at the present time there are none, other than may Le proposed by tbe Committee of One Hundred itself" Members of the Committee of One Hundred yesterday expressed them selves as confident tbat tbe measure would pass. SPORTSMEN TO GIVE AID FILMS WILL BE SHOWN TO RAISE Fl'NDS FOR SIRS. HUBBARD. Senator-elect Bishop, of Saiem, Joined I bve the support of a majority of mem- Six Reels of Educational Pictures WIU Be Shown at Theater Making Most Reasonable Offer. To relieve the urgent need of the family of Arthur F. Hubbard, the deputy game warden who was killed while on duty In the Upper Rogue River country, December 17, the Ore gon Sportsmen's League has proposed to place on exhibition at some local picture theater a six-reel series of edu cational pictures for a week's run, the proceeds to go toward the aid of the widow and two smalt cnuaren residing at Ashland. They are reported to have been left destitute through his death. With the object of obtaining favor able terms the pictures, under the di rection of William L. Finley, State Game Warden, and I. N. Flelschner. chairman of the committee appointed by the league for the execution of the relief work, will be shown to repre sentatives of the various motion pic ture theaters In the city at the National Theater this morning at 9:30 o'clock, and the manager who tenders the most reasonable proposal to run the pic tures will be contracted with. Hubbard was shut and killed by 1 l v 0t Louis Martin, an alleged poacher, when he attempted to place the latter under arrest for violating the game law. The Oregon Sportsmen s League feels that. Inasmuch as Hubbard was killed while performing his duty in the pro tection of game. It owes the family of the murdered man a debt. The pictures portray the lives of Ore gon game birds in their native haunts, the work of the protection of game and fish, forestry and other activities 01 public interest Explanatory lectures will accompany the pictures. t ELKS GO TO THE DALLES Lodge Slerrfbcrs From Many Parts of State to Attend Initiation' A special train leaving the Union Deuot at 4 o'clock this afternoon will carry a party of Elks from Portland, Vancouver, Oregon City and other near by points to The Dalles, where a big class of Elklets is waiting to ride the nrnverbial goat. Members of the lodge at The Dalles have planned a big programme of en tertainment for their guests. They will be joined tonight by Elks from Pendle ton, Heppner and other cities in East ern Oregon. After the Initiation cere monies at which the Portland officials will preside, a social session will be held. The O.-W. R. & X, Company has granted a low rate for the round trip with tickets food returning Honda. - ' v Mrs. S. C. Pender Pleads fop "Prop, er Settlement of Tangle," Assert ing Her Available Resources Gone to Keep Vp Fight. PORTLAND, Jan. 7. (To the EdI tor.) When I read the conflicting ac counts of the various news reports con cernlng the Sierks confession 1 am torn by storms of doubt, but when I read your dispassionate reviews and com ments upon the affair my trust in the goodness of human nature is again re stored. Tour articles bring me an as surance of peace eventually to flow from the prevailing tide of wise and unprejudiced counsel. I have already suffered so much that I find myself more than ever lost in the woods of selfishness and it is dif ficult to rise above the temptation to condemn every one whose opinion is inimical to my stin's best interest, aa well as to avoid the mistake of merely appreciating your efforts in behalf of restoring strayed justice to the right path. But for the present I can see clearly enough to know that I should honor and esteem your disinterested labors in analyzing the moral aspect of the Pender case without dwelling over-duly upon any passing gratifica tion which the conceit of agreement may bring to a. human soul; for deep down in my heart lurks irrepressible desire to see simple, naked truth brought to light in this blighting mys tery of the Daisy Wehrman murder. I devoted a long and arduous me to 'the service of a man whose patriotism. civic honor and moral integrity are ac knowledged by all who knew him. Jj'or nearly a quarter o a century he gave the best that was in hira to the safe guarding of morals, property and hu man life in the City of Ogden, Utah. I shall not praise the advantages which his children enjoyed In the way of prop er training, but leave It to be in ferred from the circumstances; yet I may be indulged in pointing to an hon orable career in the interests of pop ular justice because this same Justice in a foreign community has been so niggardly dealt out to the son of one of its administrators. Mother Gives Accusation Reason. And mv warrant for impeaching jus tice now consists In the fact that John A. Pender's fate is the product of a judgment founded upon deductions from incomplete circumstantial evi dence, than which no product of the human mind is more undesirable. The vital Question at issue is whetner an accused person must prove another suspect guilty or whether it is the duty j of the law's representatives to do this. Stripped of all quibbling, we see the matter reduced to just that question. The state's prosecutors, to analyze sat isfactorily the Wehrman mystery, elect ed the theory of Pender's guilt. De ductive conjecture alone was the re source in the construction of a legal scheme into which were woven none but circumstantial links. AH other reasonable theories of the guilt or un known parties was excluded, thereby placing the double burden upon us of sustaining a criminal accusation and prosecution and indicating a sudsu tute suspect. This may seem harshly recriminating, yet It is the truth, as all resources for legally determining the identity of the actual murderer have not been exhausted. Meanwhile, a man of previous good reoute has suffered more than tnree vears of confinement, a fortune has been squandered in combatting a right It intentioned. but apparently mis- ruided. Drosecution. and a possibly in nocent victim of a community murder nsvchology stands committed to a me of ignominious ana apjeci wreicneu ness. Public Duty been. Wlien a. legal misstep threatens to nrreoit a useful unit of the social body nri sacrifice the highest Ideal or moral tVeorv to the ruthless mandates 01 practical law, it. Is time for common sympathy, moved by the love or fair Aealinir. to make humane appeal a mat- tor of eo-oDerative public duty. For, with the prejudices ot men aroused to intolerant bigotry, popular clamor pitched In a pitiless key and personal pride Inflated witn conaeranaiorjf opm inn a we tiRV an emotional-combina tion In action powerful enough to be smirch the escutcheon of humanity. It Is difficult to cnecK mese 01s mistakes once they get -under way. They roll on to their vicious conclu sinna. make men and women mourn, ctronirle faith and hope, ruin homes, hinBt mreers and end life disastrously. To deny the victim of such a mistake further legal recourse except oy mo outlay of prohibitive costs, when con viction of murder is ODiaineu iu mo face of reasonable doubt, is a Daa principle whose extreme consequences are fearful. ... sometimes the outcome 01 misiaaen legal seal, as in the Pender case. Is monstrous. However, I am consoled to hope on that the noble sons and daugh ters of this progressive comiuunwcmiu will xwaken to a realization of the possible injustice that has been done my son and that they will show a. little unselfish reeling ior a. uiuiuoi 9 mis fortunes and help to uncover error and so restore right. Physical Health Gone. But, ah! Who can give back the .,,rH mental and physical health which the state has taken from John A. Pender? Who will reimburse his family for the years of soul torture endured and for the hardships of dep rivation Imposed by legal pecuniary drains? It is this aspect of the affair which renders justice so hard to come at. So many conscientious defenders of the public welfare have irretriev ably committed themselves to the line of action wnicn securer uuyii.uuu hi. njt a that it Is almost hopeless to 1 r r retraction or even to expect that these possioiy aeiuaea oms win cease to obstruct justice. Naturally, they must look first to self-protection, vindicate their own judgments, uphold the properly-motived efforts and suc cess they have made and achieved in tbe name of community welfare. Bitter as has been my ordeal. I can not,' in my tranquil moments, find any words of blame for them. They have acted by imperative command of their conscience, like all men of principle must. But even when one Is confront ed by the realization of error of judg ment it needs a mind of heroic fiber openly to acknowledge- it. Not until the matter is taken peremptorily in hand by a bigh-minded official or group of officials can we hope to ar rive at that absolute truth which is so much desired by the upholders of jus tice. 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Krom, Mgr., for oooaiei. reasonable commonwealth could de mand of a supplicant for Justice tn nav inei relinauished every available re .o.irm of which myself and family were formerly possessed In order to sustain this long-drawn-out defense and cause it to be shown that there actually Is reasonable doubt as to jonn A. Pender's guilt as well as that there actually la no direct evidence of his guilt And I believe it is no more than right that the state Itself should come to my relief In securing an official in vestigation of the records in the case, as well as into the hidden meaning of Sierks' confession, and also into the Drobable iruilt of other choice suspects of .which there has been rumor from time to time. I take the liberty of importuning you with this lencthy confidence In view of the fact that, after three years of pa tient watting for a disinterested cham pion of justice who is in a dominant position of influence in Oregon, I am emboldened by your recent utterances in the editorial columns of The Ore- gonian to believe that you, fearlessly and impartially, will take up a lost cause and endeavor to see a wrong righted or exact justice confirmed. Indeed, I ask for no more than a fair cbnsideration of the various angles of the case, yet my means are so decimat ed as to deny the usual resources to legal reparation. In the name of com mon sense and all the glorious tradi tions of this land of free government. lend your voice to the proper settle ment of a sad tangle which. If not soon dlsoosed of in accordance with right, principles, may doom mo to death of horrible doubt and despair. Very sincerely, , MRS. S. C. PENDER. DRUG-USER IS SOUGH BREAD RISE NOT DUE Bakers Think Loaf Will Stay at Present Price. GROCER TO BEAR BRUNT Manufacturer and Retailor Will Suf fer Before Family Purses Arc Touched, Several Say Famine of Wheat, Only, liffcctlve. WATCHMAN REPORTS SUSPICION IX WEHRMAX MURDER CASE. Strange Visits of Man, Who Was Star. tied at Mention of Crime, Are Re ported, Pender's Mother Inquires. That a. dru?-user. known to have been near the scene of the Wehrman murders. In SeDtember. 1911, subse auentlv acted suspiciously when th case was mentioned to him In Portland was asserted Thursday night by Robert Lu Salter, a railroad watchman who ii ot 397 Morrison street. Salter believes that the man might have com mitted the crime. Vhen Salter was watchman on the old steel bridge in October, ne mt th Hrnc-user. who came to his station several times to get warm by the fire. Finally Salter agreed to buy a ni from the man. who was to re turn with It the next day. As the drug-user was leavirg, how- evr KAirer meniionea te enm,,. tnnrriprs. The man hesitated a moment, stammered and left abruptly, lie had tnirf Salter of a recent hunting- trip In the vicinity of Scappoose, and said that he had been all over tne surrounaing country. 3alter had seen him use cocaine. When the man acted so strangely at the mention of the murder ne deter mined to hold him for the police when the drug fiend returned tbe following fl.v. Salter has not seen the man since and he does not know his name. The man had light brown hair siml lar to the strand.1 found In Mrs. Wehr man's hands. His face was scarred, as f someone had scratched him a snort time before. He visited Baiters sta tion only at night, and expressed fear of the police several times. Detectives questioned baiter concern ing the suspect at the request of John A. Pender's mother, who had Been in formed by a friend or Salter sus picion. SALLY IN COURT AMUSES Despite Attorney's Sarcasm Mer chant Allowed Full Insurance. r- XV. Fulton, former United States Kon.tnr. snt Circuit Judge Kavanaugh's court tittering yesterday during the ult of S. M. Fries against tne jnuiuai Fire Insurance Company. rlea was estifying that he had insured nis in t Junction Citv for $2000. The company refused to pay when he could not give an inventory of his sioca, ana the suit resulted. Fries was completing a memory iiai f articles in his store. and besides that there was a lot of horse medicine and some gall cure, he finished. "Gall cure!" Mr. Fulton burst out. I think we need some gall cure In this easel It wa some moments beiore com plete order was restored. The jury returneu a veruiui. mu- ng Fries the full amount of tne tngur-aj e, I The housewives of Portland need not yet begin to figure how to make ends meet because of a sudden rise of bread. If the assurances of W. U. Heusner. a prominent baker, can be relied on, the standard 14H-ounco loaf of bread will remain at the maximum price of i cents at least until the early Spring crops of wheat are harvested In June. But possibilities are that In the early Summer bread will rise to two loaves for 16 cents. This, says Mr. Heusner. depends entirely on the soundness of the wheat market If a wheat famine sets in, owing to the heavy demands from Europe and speculation, a rise is certain. With wheat already command ing record prices and continually rising, and tbe consequent Increase In the cost of flour, Mr. Heusner declared it virtually an impossibility to predict at this time the eventual outcome of the feared "high-cost-of-bread" prob lem. H. F. Rlttman, another bakery man ager, is a little more optimistic. Mr. Rittman expressed his opinion that the housewife nerd not fear a rise in bread at all. He believes that if wheat and flour continues to rise It will be the baker and tbe grocer who will suffer. According to Mr. Rlttman, the big bak er now supplies the grocer with bread at the fixed price of cents per loaf. Some bakeries sell their bread at 3V cents a loaf. If wheat advances further the gro cer cannot be supplied with bread at these prices, Mr. Rlttman thinks. The larger bakeries doubtlessly will be compelled to maintain their now exist ing standard price, but the smaller ones must advance their price to conform with that of their competitors or plsy a losing game. So the baker and gro cer will have to bear the full burden between them, and the housewife will get her loaf for S cents whatever hap pens. According to statistics supplied ny Joseph W. Gnnong, vice-president of the Portland Flouring Mills, wheat Is now selling at f 1.40 a bushel, compared with 8 cents a bushel a year ago. Flour, for which J4.60 a barrel was asked a year ago, now commands l.4il. The advance commenced simultaneous ly with the outbreak of the war, end has increased steadily since. IJo said wheat Is rising at a rate of approxi mately 3 cents a day, and flour, while yet keeping within bounds. Is apt to follow this rapid accent with leaps and bounds. Wheat and flour here. Mr. Uanong said, command prices much larger than In the I'uget Sound re gions and Tacnma. Mrs. little Wlllbank, as ST. of 0ora- own rjfl.. haa n.v.r lajneo an eaa. fn. eaya aha doea nnt know, and le not interael- 1 to Itnnw. tiow on. .Tw (Ml for ColdinHead and Catarrh Put a teasnoonful of OmeM Oil in a cup of boiling water, then inhile the (tram which goes through the passages of the noje and throat This simple; treatment usually gives quick relict. SHOES LOWER Men's Dress Fhoes, pair BO44 Men's 7Jc Rubbers, pair IO4 . E. Kettieton .ou Mi ore. pair ..-! OPKX TOXIGIIT WRIGHT'S SUCOAO AM) AUI.M.TO.. ft