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LABOR'S FIGHT Ofl FIRST-AID BILL LOST Employers' Measure Passes Senate at Olympia by Vote of 33 to 8. are Jcal GOVERNOR ALSO WHIPPED Unions Threaten lo Invoke Kcfercn tlum and Object to Tower Given to Boss Alien Workmen Aro 1'carcd by Leaders. OLT.MT1A, Wash.. Feb. Z5. (Special.) The Klceb first-aid bill, put forward by employers as their promise to pro vide a, medical attendance amendment to the workmen's compensation act, was passed by the Senate today. 33 to S. after that body had declined to sub stitute the first-aid bill drafted by Governor Lister's Commission, employ ers, employes and the Industrial Insur ance Commission. The effort to substitute the Govern or's bill failed by a vote of 14 ayes and 15 noes, providing: the sharpest fight of the day, with labor representatives among the Republicans and the solid democratic and Progressive delegations lined up behind the Governor.--Labor Supports Governor. The Senate made no attempt to con aider the third 'first-aid" bill, intro duced by organized labor. When the labor men found they had no"chance with this measure they switched their support to the Governor's bill, which they had first opposed, finally deciding this preferable to the employers' or Klceb bill. Tonight labor men threatened to In voke the referendum on the Kleeb bill fhould It be passed by the House, as appears probable, and finally become law, either through approval by Gov ernor Lister or repassage over the executive veto. fl'be first-aid fight has been a vital Issue in Washington politics ever since the 1311 Legislature struck the medi cal attendance ' provisions from the original draft of the compensation act. Kmployera Offer Kleeb Bill. Governor Lister opposed a "first-aid" law initiated by labor last Summer, promising to submit a measure fair to all interests Tor enactment oy mc piea ,.nt l-clslature. Oreanized labor, piqued by the Governor's opposition to their initiative bill, which lost oy a. narrow mare-ln refused to serve ou this Com mission, but finally came to support the measure that was drafted. On the other hand, employers' organizations, declining to abide by the bill drafted by tho Commission, introduced the Kleeb bill, which was recommended for nassaee. with minor amendments, v iha industrial insurance committee. 'The fight in the Senate occupied nraetlcally the entire afternoon. AI though the majority on final passage was impressive, some doubt exists, on the basis of the earner vote on suu oitiition whether the measure could be repassed over a veto. What the Gov ernor will do Is problematical. Alien Workmen Feared. The bill passed has two plans for nrnvidinir medical attendance, either by organization of mutual associations to contract witn pusitina uu .mor tals or medical attendance to be pro vided by the employer, who is author- iert to deduct 1 cent a day from eacn workman's pay and add an equal amount. The bill also provides a 10 day waiting period during which the workman would receive no compensa tion. The benefits shall not exceed 1150. Labor objection to the bill is based on the waiting period, on the failure to allow the Industrial Insurance com mission supervision of the system, de nial of free choice of physician to the workman and provision for payment of only 50 per cent compensation in certain cases to alien workmen, which organized labor contends would en courage alien employment in place of American workmen. Bill Harried to Veto. This was the liveliest day thus far of the Washington Legislature. Con sideration of the first aid bill in the Senate was impelled by the desire to pass immediately all bills on which a eto might be expected, so that these an be returned and repassed. If possi ble, over executive disapproval, before the session ends March 11. This motive impelled the House to consider on' sec cud readlnjc the entire elections revi sion programme of that branch. In addition Governor Lister sent back his veto oft the bill abolishing the state tax commission and the legislative in vestigating committee submitted Its re port on Cheney Normal School and the institution for feeble-minded. Klectlon Bill Chances Beaten. The House organization fought off all attempts to attach unfriendly amendments to its election bills by ma jorities that made final passage of these measures by two-thirds vote seem certain. The most radical of the election bills considered proposed a constitutional amendment which would abolish the direct Initiative, placing all initiated measures before the Legislature prior to their submission at election and in creasing the number of signatures re quired from 10 to 15 per cent. The other bills prohibit all petition circulation, requiring the signing of in itiative, referendum and recall petitions at registration offices. A four-year universal registration Jaw, previously passed by both Houses, was signed by Governor Lister today. Other measures of the elections pro gramme passing second reading with out objection empower tho Governor i to call a special election to fill va cancics caused by death of United Ptates Senators and provide for ex tending use of voting machines. The report of the Cheney Normal and Feeble-Minded Institution investi gating committee condemns the board of control severely for location of J2JO.OO0 buildings for feeble-minded on a new site, urges that these build ings Hoso further investigation of the legality of the relocation. Cheney Normal School is given a clean bill of health end the same finding was reached relative to the construction of feeble minded institution buildings. 1 former, finds that it exists in an o . " . .... "The Nation Is filled with political economists. Business is mien ui with economic tneories. "When men ask for work, they tu .... i faft i tne more politi theories are proposed, the poorer be come the people. Cessation of Hontilily Asked For. "I urge the prosperity of the average man. To secure mat prosperii. nr the imDerative necessity of tak ing business out of an atmosphere of attack into the old-fashioned, go ahead atmosphere of business initiative and American enterprise. 1 urge re lief from the fads, fancies and isms u hirh have- filled the streets witn un employment and put away the dinner pail of the workman empty on the shelf of the impoverished home. 1 urge the restoration of confidence in the fact that American business men are the peers of any in the world. "Finally. I urge that, the public in terest in transportation is that it shall be prosperous in order that it may be a successful, energetic aid to all the business it is designed to serve. That the President and many Gov Lmnr a re "anxious students of the nf our time." Mr. Sproule said was a "happy augury and patriotic assurance that the present is a pass ing phase." PLEA FOR LIFE IS MADE mK'S CHARGE OF SlOB RILE IMPRESSES SUPREME JUSTICE. Right of Accused Person to Be Present When Verdict Is Given Declared to Be Beyond Denial. .WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Freedom for Leo M. Frank, under death sen tence for the murder of Mary Phagan an Atlanta. ja., laciury sought todav before the Unitea oiaies Supreme Court. His counsel argued that mob violence prevailed and was tolerated during the trial to such an extent that Frank was -coerceu mm being absent from tne counrurai tho verdict was rendered. Louis Marshall, of New York, began tin- iinpnin? argument and' will con tinue it tomorrow, when the represent, atives of George will do neara isu. The court is considering an appeal from the refusal of the lederai jjisinci cmiri nf Genrsla. to interfere in the Mr. Marshall's statement that juqbb Roan, of the trial court, "coerced ir.irir into h.lr.sr absent when the ver diet was rendered was quesnonea uy CMet Justice White. The attorney in sisted, however, that the suggestion by the indue that irann s nie anu iimu ami those of his counsel might be In dr.nger it they attended amounted to coercion. He argued that tho right of tho accused person to be present couia not be, denied. When the point of mob violence was taker, up. Justice Holmes remarnea. "I am free to confess that point is one that imnresses mo very much." "There were jeers at counsel for i' r, u r,rmitteri when they lost a point. The crowd almost trespassed upon the Jury box, hanging over the inrv hnx and their whispers were heard throughout the courtroom. Applause greeted the Solicitor-General when he appeared at the seat of Justice and then ib, tnrto-o held a conference in the nroaenoe of the 1urv with the Chief of Uf.aA anH n commanding officer ot tho vfntA mllitla. "That was a demonstration that probably has no parallel In the history of trials. t inaliy tne court an.cu counsel to meet him in private confer ence, and then on the insistence of the tour? thnt the nrlsoner might be torn from the sanctuary of the court and lynched by a mob if he were present when the verdict was returned, counsel consented to his being absent. The iurv was left to return its verdict to the prosecution officer and the mob. Thev knew what that meant." Justice Pitney Inquired whether the S'.are Supreme Court had ,1101 passed on all these facts, whereupon Justice Holmes asked if Mr. Marshall did not ment. that if these were the lacts it dd not matter if 20 courts had passed upon them. The attorney signified his acquiescence. MR. STANFIELD SUGGESTED Speculation as to Speakership of Xext Legislature Indulged In. Although It Is still a little early to figure on possible candidates for the Speakership of the next Legislature, friends of R. N. Stanfield. of Umatilla County, already are beginning to Doom him for the place. Rnnresentative Stanfield has Just completed his second term in the lower house. While he has Intimated mat. oe may not be a candidate for re-election, it is said that his constituents will urge hiin to run once more, with the Speak ership in view. . At the rocent session no was cnair- nian of the committee on usscsmuoih and taxation and a member of the com mittee on banking and livestock. It was largely through his influence and advice that tha new tax law was en acted. He also had an important part in framing the new banking bill to make the Oregon banking statutes con form with the new Federal reserve law. He was the author of the bill to reg ulate nawnbrokers. which afterwards was incorporated with Representative Stott's loan shark bill into a separate hill that was passed by botn nouses. It is expected to curb illegitimate prac tices among mony-lenders. Mr stanfield lives in Stanfield. Or., and is engaged in the sheep and live stock business. He also Is Interested in a number of country banks in east ern Oregon and has other interests In that part of the state. STOCK HEAVILY WATERED ffontinued Front First rag' ) MAN PURSUED FAR FOUND IN ASYLUM Story in The Oregonian Aids Burns Man in Capturing " Missourian at Salem. $3000 SWINDLE ALLEGED St. Joseph Merchant Picked Up With Mind Blank Jitter Being Traced to California and Finally Eluding Pursuers. J150.000.000," Mr. Keid said, adding mat stock in the Iowa company to that amount had never been taken from the Central Trust Company's vault. "Then, Instead of being watered five times." asked Mr. Folk, "how much was the stock of the operating company burdened in your opinion?" Mr Reid said a total of $71,000,000 in Rock Island Railway stock had been turned In under the plan, and that be longing to himself and his associates h.A m.t from $175 to $200 a share. On D.-r-V7v7rlt ital for the Insane, and proposes bonds , o, -stocks panics . , , - - of dividends on this sum being the earnings of the operating company. Officials Receive Stock. Frederick C. Sharood. an expert for the Commission, describing the pur chase of the Choctawa, Oklahoma & Gulf stock for the Rock Island, said the purchaser had paid approximately $"4 000 000 for the stock, which had a par value of neaily $16,000,000. He told also of stock payments by the Rock Island to certain officers and directors of that company, which, he said, meant a net loss oi ouji,aoj io me company. EMPLOYER'S CAUSE URGED Cr.tinTiert Kmm First Page. rly employed, employes have abund ant employment, and they also prosper. All Business Bewildered. "Why Is this period of unemploy ment? It is because all business is ' bewildered and uncertain. A long pe riod of misrepresentation, misunder standings and pettifogging has so misled the public mind that, through out the country, every prosperous bus iness. Indeed, every organization, pros perous, or not. which is bi enough lo attract the public platform per- O. J. Rose, who is said to be wanted at St. Joseph. Mo., on a charge of pass Ing $3000 worth of bad checks and who was pursued throughout the West by the Burns Detective Agency, was lo cated yesterday at Salem. Or., where he Is being held in the asylum alter being found with his mind wandering ftimiAssiv nhnnt the streets. Francis S. Alkus, local manager of the Burns agency, went to i-alem ana Identified Rose as the man wanted in Missouri. A telegraphic warrant has been forwarded to Salem for Rose's arrest. It is said Rose Has recovered his memory in part since being treated at the nvllim. Rose was a commission mercnani. ai St. Joseph last August, when the pecu lations are alleged to have tanen piace. Blank Checks Taken. Accnrdlne- to the information in the hands of the Burns agency nere. n. a linn manner of a larire grocery com pany in that city, was in the naDit oi sicninor a numDer or oiann ohonH anH Inavinir them on his desk Rose is alleged to have found some ui these, filled In sums totaling cashed the. checks and fled. He went to Los Angeles, and tnence to Santa Catallna, where is said to nave hobnobbed with wealthy people, giving his name as Oliver Russell, of London v'niriaml. T.ater he was reported in various parts of California, and the Burns agency traced mm to eacn piace, hut noniH never overtake him. Then for some months tney lust an trace of him. Sheriff Finds Man. On February 22. Sheriff Ksch. at Sa lem Tiicked un a man who was wan- iiorinfr nlmlosalv about the streets. He had lost his identity, had forgotten nis name, and was searching for someone who Itnr w him. The Sheriff took him to the asylum. The only mark of identification found on him was the name "O. Rose" on his collar. The story was published in ine Orecroni.in of February 23. ana at tracted the attention, of Manager Alkus, of the local Burns Detective Agency Mr. Alkus telegraphed to snerinr -scn for a descrintion of the man. and to his Kansas City office for particulars nhnnt the man wanted there. iThe nan held at Salem told Mr. Aliens that he had left St. Joseph be cause of domestic troubles. He said he had started on a trip around the world, but had met numerous friends in California, among whom, he said, was Jack Cudahy. of Kansas City, and had stnnned there. After leaving San l-rancisco, Kose said, his mind is a blank. He arrived in Portland February . 21, and dimly remembers this, but does not know how he trot to Salem, nor can he re member where" he left his trunk. , His next recollection is being treated in the asylum. Escape la Attempted. A few days after being taken to the asvlum. Rose escaped late at nignt, and clad in nothing but a nightshirt. walked nine miles through the rain and mud. He was finally picked up near the little station of Pratum. Treatment in the asylum soon re 'stored his memory, and except for tne results of his nine mile Dareroot wain at night. Rose shows no bad effects of his experience. Rose was not told yesterday tnai he is wanted at St. Joseph. His story to Mr. Alkus tallied in every detail with information furnished by tne Eastern Burns Agency, but he did not mention the alleged bad checks. The Burns agency investigated tne case at the instance of the Bank of Buchanan County. It Is said, however, that S. S. 'Allen will be the one to lose the S3000. ROSE TRANSFERRED TO JAIIi Salem Prisoner Admits Trouble and Would Return to Missouri. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 23. (Special) Sheriff Kseh today learned that O. J. Rose, the man who suffered a memory lapse here early this week, is wanted n St. Joseph. Mo., in connection witn an alleged defalcation of $3000. Rose was transferred from tne state Insane Asylum to the County Jail to night. He admitted today that he had trouble in St. Joseph, but said he did not care to talk about it. He said he would return willingly to that city and that there would be no need of requi sition naoers being issued. According to information received by Sheriff Esch, a grocery house oi et. Joseph furnished its buyers with signed checks, leaving them to be filled out oy the buyers. A potato buyer lost one of the checks, which was found by some one, filled out for $3000 and cashed. A telegraphed description of the man who cashed the check, sent by the Sheriff at St. Joseph to Sheriff Esch, corre sponds with that of the man Held nere, Rose did not remember his name or where he lived when taken to tne hos Dital Monday. When he escaped from there that night, and clad only in his nightshirt, walked to Pratum, a dis tance of about eight miles, he con tracted a severe cold and it was thought for a time he was suffering from pneu monia. His condition was such today, however, that it was considered safe to place him in the Jail. Budget Committee Appointed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. Acting as chairman of the House Democratic caucus. Representative Garrett, of Ten ncssee today appointed, the special committee which is to work out a budget system for submission to the next Congress. LICENSED AGENT UPHELD Insurance Commissioner Would En force Kulc Court Disregards. SALEM, Or, Feb. 25. (Special.) Justice of the Peace Bell, of Portland, recently disregarded a rule to protect licensed insurance agents issued by ex Insurance Commissioner Ferguson, Commissioner Wells has been informed, and he announced today he would do all in his power to enforce the rule in other cases. The court's action was taken In the case of C. H. Wilder against the Port land Insurance Agency. Mr. Wilder won Judgment for a commission of $170, although not a licensed agent.. The Portland Insurance Agency admitted that Mr. Wilder placed a policy for it, but declined to pay a commission to him on the ground that it would be violating the law and the ruling of the Insurance Commission. Mr. Wells has been informed that the case will be appealed. Rteel water malm, which have been In constant use at New Bedford. Mass.. durlne, the last 17 years, have recently been In sperted and show evidence of a Uff of more than ii years before corrosion destroys them. WE'VE got the suits for lively boys Good, stout Norfolks with an extra pair of trousers for each suit. Trousers lined, seams taned every thine: snug, shipshape, ready for all -sorts of weather. $4.95 is the rainy-day price for regular $6 and $6.50 suits, and they're mighty good suits, too. One-half price for any boy's overcoat in stock Second Floor. BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth. AUTO TRIP IS FATAL Two Portland Women Killed on Hawaiian Mountain. . CRATER IS THEIR GOAL Mrs. Stiles Bell and Mrs. M. F. Rule, AVith Native Chauffeur, Dashed From Dizzy Heights Into Canyon on Kilauca. HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 25. Mrs. M. F. Rule and Mrs. Miles Bell, of Port land, Or., Nve"re killed today when the machine in which they were en route to the Kilauea volcano pitched from a mountain road and crashed into the canyon below. The native chauffeur was also killed in the fall. Mrs. Rule was a passenger on the special excursion of the new Hill liner. Great Northern. The two bodies were taken on board today and the steamer sailed last midnight for San Pedro. The trip to the volcano was not a part of the Itinerary of the liner's passengers. The two women decided to visit the famous crater as a side trip. When the Great Northern came to Hllo they hired a native chauffeur for the excursion. The automobile boulevard leading to the crater reaches dizzy heights in its serpentine route to the volcano top. The new road takes machines to the lips of the great cauldron or Inner fire pit. The accident occurred before the volcano had been reached. So far as known this was the flr fatal accident on the new road. XEWS IS SHOCK TO FRIENDS Both Mr,s. Bell and Mrs. Rule AVell Known Here. News of the sudden -death of Mrs. Miles Bell and Mrs. Mattie F. Rule, both of Portland, came as a severe shock to relatives and friends. Both women left Portland February 4, being passengers from San Francisco on the Spokane, ii r. cattlA TCnilwav Comnanv's steamship, the Great Northern, from San Francisco on tne special xiuuuium excursion. -hri A. Hell. n. Portland attorney. son of Mrs. Bell, was in Salem yester day and news ot tne acciaent was leie- nhoned to him by his law partner. San derson Reed. A daughter. Miss Mary T?ll .tannci-iinhAr in the court Of United States District Judge Bean, was prostrated by tne news ana was piaceu in the care of a physician yesterday. Dr. Charles Bell, of Anderson, Cal., is a son. Mrs. Bell was a member of t--t. la- ' vid's Episcopal Church and was promi nent in church work. She was the widow of the late Captain Miles Bell, one of the best-known river pilots on the Willamette and Columbia rivers of the past 0 years. Mrs. Bell's maiden name was Jefferson, she being a daughter of Delos Jefferson, a farmer of Oregon pioneer days, who had a homestead near Salem. Mrs. Bell attended Willamette Uni versity more than 40 years ago. She Is survived by two brothers. John and William Jefferson, of Salem, and two sisters, Mrs. G. W. Prosser and Mrs. Harriet Henniger, of Oswego. Mrs. A, King Wilson is a niece. Mrs. Mattie F. Rule has been em ployed in the auditing department of the Portland branch of the Forestry Service, coming to Tortland in 1908 from Washington. D. C where a broth er, Luther S. Frlstoe, Is engaged in the real estate business. So far as known by friends of Mrs. Rule, this is the onlv surviving member of her imme diate family. It Is understood that her former husband lives in the South. Mrs. Rule lived at 404 Madison street. The Forestry Service received word of the accident through a message from Miss Adelaide G. King, also of the Portland office, who accompanied Mrs. Rule on the trip. She was in the auto mobile at the time, but escaped un harmed. The native driver was killed. Mrs. Rule's brother was notified yes terday by wire of the accident and It is expected he will come West to take charge of the body. The bodies of both victims were embalmed and will be brought back on the Great Northern, which sailed Wednesday night from Hilo and should arrive in San Fran cisco next Tuesday. , AUSTRIA SEIZING GRAIN Severe Penalties Prescribed for Se creting Food Stores. LONDON. Feb. 25. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Venice says: "The Austrian government is con fiscating entire stocks of grain and flour in the monarchy. After an ap proximate estimate is made of the available supply, a per capita appor tionment will be announced and a dis tribution made through the local au thorities. " Severe fines and other penalties will be inflicted on any person for at tempt to secrete supplies of grain and .... "The government has issued an orde under which 300,000 acres of lan v. .. vAn hqaH In the fMlltlvatiO W 11 iv ii au " - ' " -- , the suirar beet are made available for grain proouciion. Ex-Rcprcsentatlve Barton Guilty ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 25. Jesse Bar ton, of.Coqullle, a former member of the Oregon Legislature, on trial here on a change of venue rrom loos county on a charge brought by his former stenographer. Miss Yoakum, was con victed of simple assault by the Jury after a deliberation lasting six Hours. The penalty is likely to be a fine. This is Barton s second trial, tne iirsi re sultinir in a felony verdict, and the case was reversed on appeal. v We have mad a complete analyala Of the content of can of Rumford Baking Powder purchased of a Portland grocer, and found it to be worthy of the hlgheat commendation as a healthful, efficient and economical leavening agent. GILBERT-HALL CO.. Chemist, Portland, Oregon By. pra. These prominent chemists substantiate the opinion of the millions of housewives who prefer and use Rumford Baking Powder for its known purity, economy, uniform strength and exceptional efficiency. ' Experience proves that Rumford not only raises the cake, biscuits or muffins just right, but adds something of nutritive value to the food. This is why Rumford is famous as The Wholesome Baking Powder Do .g$ If So Eyes ' '1 Hurt? 2 d Come to me and I will" show you what a pair of glasses will do for your comfort. I will give you the very best glasses at the most reasonable prices. 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Cftrt jDvfSXk j ii in i i i-y i -rn ii ' - - ' - Real birds sing to you on the Victrola T u.: T- V. keen fame4 tar and wiJe A nc iiniium.n. w.-.- - tr hi. he-autiful sinrin. but few people have ever heard this lovliest of warbler. , i 1 - If fnr affer vrirl of patient INow evcryDoay u i - effort the Victor has succeeded in maltinc a number of actuil bird records. There are not only individual records of the songs cf the niehtinEale, thrush and sprosscr, but even a duet by a canary rnCotnT!nh.nd'he 'the record.. You'll .nioy the novelty and find Tirili to $250. Victor. $10 ... .JIM. Ten, to suit your convenience. n. E. mnicn & ca rfc.Knona Two World Expositions Now Open SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP TICKETS On Sale Every Day. San Francisco and Return : SO. 00 Hound Trip from Toillsnd, Limit -H 1vn 35.00 Hound Trip from Portland. I.lmit U !. San Diego and Return: r:.:5 Hound Trip from Port In nd. I.lmit 4" Day J61. JO ItOUlld 1T1P iroin I aruatm, bunii I'luiiiim Low round-trip faren from nil oltiar utatlona l.i Oregon, .Main Line, and Uramhea. Stop-Overs on One-Way Tickets Ten days' atop-over will be nllowed at tn rrnrii o and lx Angeles on one-way ticketa fold to KucWm cities when routed via the Southern Pacific, which will enable tourists to visit either or both expositions iiw. 3 Fine Trains Daily From Portland Shasta Limited leaves 3:10 V. M. San Kram-lsoo Kxprejs 1 v'a.tclS 1. M. California Hxprcss leaves ... 1 :." A. M. tOpen Union Prpot 9:30 V. M. Full particular, exposition literature, l eserVHtions. etc., a' Jlty Ticket of fice, S Sixth (..rert. corner Oak; Union lcpot or Kuit Moirlson street. The Exposition J. lee 1815 Southern Pacific John M. Seott. Gen. rienscr AsenC Portland, Oregon. 1 i