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THE MORNING OREGOXIANV THURSDAY, MAY SO, 1915. 3 FARMERS' QUARREL ENDS IN KILLING Alleged Dispute Over Woman Given as Cause of Shoot ing Near Eugene. ASSAILANT IS SUICIDE Walter Juj, Jollowiiijr Argument, May Ira Brown, 1'lces Into 3loiintains, Where lotly Is Jjiltr 1 'on ihI by Icputy. FUG EN E, Or., May 19 (Special.) "Walter Jay today shot and killed Ira Broun following a dispute o.n-Ked to have bren caused over a woman. He then fled to the mountains. His body was found, three hours later, five mile up the mountainside, where he had killed himself with a 30-30 rifle. The tracredy occurred in the Coast TJane Mountains, 30 miles northwest of Eugene, on Lake Creek, a tributary to the Siuslaw River. It occurred in the same mountains where Walter lay's brother, Allen .lay, desperado, was hunted by Sheriffs deputies on "three different occasions following re pea. ted escapes from the insane asylum. Both men in today's shootinpr affair, howeVer, have been known as respect ed members of pioneer mountain fam ilies, and both have lived in the Tri angle Iake country near Blachly all of their lives. Man and M llr Reconciled. Ira Brown is survived by a wife and five children. He owned a farm seven miles from Blachly.. Jay was unmar ried and owned a farm three miles nearer Blachly. Both are about 33 years of apre. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are said to have separated several days ago. and she went to the home of her sister, Mrs, Mary Keck, near Greenleaf. It was here. that the shooting occurreu, Reconciliation is said to have been brought about between Mr. and Mrs. Brown, and they went fishing together on Lake Creek this morning:, returning to the Keck home at noon, where- they met Jay. No one saw the shooting. The men were said to have words out side of the house, a shot was fired and Brown fell. Jay had used another's gun. Chang ing this for his own he left the place and fled to the mountains. H. H. Earle, deputy sheriff deputized A. Jackson, who followed the trail into the moun tains. At 4 o'clock he found the body where Jay had slain himself. Dispute t omen Vp Suddenly. No previous trouble has occurred be tween the two. according to residents acquainted with both. Jay was re garded as an entlreiy different char acter from that of his brother, whose threats and daring had terrorized the community for years. It was Allen Jay who played hide and seek with the officers from time to time, and who entered the room where they slept upon one occasion, leaving word that he had bceu there. Another lime he stepped from the for est into the road to meet the officers unexpectedly face to fa e. He. escaped before they could recover from their surprise. '. Coroner Veatch plans to leave early In the morning for the scene of the shooting. KEEPER FIGHTS OFF LION Circus Mil ii at l'.usciu- lias Hand natlty Mangled in Kncoiin wr. KlUKNE. Or.. May 19. (Special.) With hi.s hand badly mangled by a lion that nearly took his. life. Speaker Monrtte, a Iionkoepcr witli the Sells Vlolo Circus that is here today, walked across the tent and covered his in Jury with salt as an antiseptic, then sought the show physician. "Beauty," one of the largest lions, is the mother of two cubs, two weeks old today. Pince the birth of the baby lions, she has been so vicious that she has not been allowed to take part in her cus tomary arts in the circus ring. When Monctte attempted to remove a board from her csge today the lioness struck at his hand with her claw, at the same time reaching with the other claw at his head. IMMIGRANT LAW RELAXED iovrrnmont Will Send Xo Man Back Where He Will He in Dancer. PAX FRANCISCO. May 19. A new Immigration policy of the United States Government, as brought about by war conditions In ISurope, was outlined briefly today by United States Com missioner of Immigration Caminettl in an address before the 14th annual con vention of the California Federation of Women's Clubs. "President Wilson," said Commis sioner Caminctti, "does not desire to send one single immigrant back to his country, where any danger might come to him. The immigration policy of the Government goes even farther: it will not send any immigrant back to l'.ngland or France, on account of the l.usitania incident." North Yakima. The Dalles district in cludes the territory between the Cas cades and the Columbia River and ex tending from Cle Klum, Wash., down into Central Oregon. At least 150 Epworth Leaguers will attend. The varied programme for the four days' meeting includes institute study periods in charge of experts in youn- people's work, lectures and ser mons by prominent ministers and edu cators of the Northwest, recreation, in cluding baseball, river excursions, auto rides, a. picnic at old Fort Dalles and business sessions. The prominent speakers Include: Dr. K. H. Todd, president of University of I'uget Sound; Dr. J. T. Mathews, of Willamette University; Rev. C. D. Rarey, of Kennewick; Bishop R. J. Cooke, of Portland; Dr. W. F. Ineson. North Yakima; Dr. Paul Little, of Waitsburg, and superintendent of The Dalles district. Dr. H. O. Perry. The faculty is: H. O. Perry, chair man: Rev. W. I... Airheart. of Golden dale, spiritual department; Rev. R. D. Snyder, Ellensburg, missionary depart ment: Rtv. J. O. Johnson, Toppenish. social service department: Rev. C. C. Curry, Sunnyside. recreation depart ment, Mary S. Stevenson, Cle Blum, junior and intermediate departments; T. A. Swayze, first vice-president. The Dalles District Epworth League. BOY LABOR DEPRECATED SlilTI.EMENT WORKKH WOULD WITHDRAW YOUTH. tank Value or lOducatiun KHtimated at a.OOO, Itnsed on Inereaned Karn ing Power in Lifetime. BALTIMORE. May 19. The National Conference of Charities and Corrections tonight concluded its sessions here with a consideration of social hygiene. Mrs. Martha P. Falconer, chairman of the committee on social hygiene, re ported that one of the most interest ing and hopeful developments during the year had been the passage of what lias come to be known as an injunction and abatement law "the most effective measure yet devised .to fight commer cialized vice, for it puts punitive em phasis on the property owner, not the inmate." This law now is effective in 18 states. At one of today's section meetings Philip Davis, secretary of the special committee of the National Federation of Settlements, in discussing "the boy problem," said that the unprecedented amount of unemployment this year made more obvious the need, constantly advocated by the social settlements, ol withdrawing the young boy from the labor market, where he often competes with his own father for a job. The consensus of opinion is. he said, that boys of from 14 to 16 should be with drawn either wholly or partly from industry. The cash value of this in creased education was interpreted in the following suggestive tcrmsN "The uneducated man earns about J1.50 a day, or $18,000 in 40 years. The average man who has spent 12 years in school completing the high school course earns $1000 a year, or $40,000 in 40 years. The difference between the two, $22,000, is the cash value of an education." BATTLE STILL DELAYED W EAT HE It IS l.M'I.KMKM' OX KX Tlltn W ESTERN FRONT. MINISTER DEFENDS RIOTING BY MINERS Men Declared Convinced They Could Not Obtain Justice From Government. FUEL COMPANY ARRAIGNED EVANGELISTS NOT FAVORED Mortliem BaptiMs Jtortisc orfivial Support to Professionals. LOS ANGELES. May 19. Efforts to give professional evangelists the official support and encouragement of the Baptist denomination were de feated in the Northern Baptist con vention here today. Instead a report of the committee on evangelism was adopted, declaring that "each pastor must become his own evangelist." "Valuable as the work of profes sional evangelists is," the report said, "thev are too few compared with the field to be reached," and it was con tended that pastors, aided by the per sonal ert'orts of the members of their congregations. could do more sus tained and. therefore, better work. Paris and Berlin Report Only Scattered, Minor Engagement". Without Ad vantage, to Kitber Side. LONDON, May 19. Paris and Berlin, in their official reports, agree that there is a lull in the battle on the western front. Paris says this has been due to the inclemency of the weather along the entire line. Artillery ex changes arc reported and some minor assaults. The French official com munication, issued tonight, says that the Germans made two attacks east of tlio Yser. but were repulsed in both. An assault in the forest of Le Pretre last night is said similarly to have been checked by a heavy fire. Berlin makes no claims to any ad vance of moment, but says that on the eastern hank of the Yser Canal "the fighting developed in our favor." The report continues:. "South of Neuve Chapelle a British attack, made after a heavy preparatory artillery firo, was repulsed. "On Lorette heights we took tome enemy trenches and two machine guns. A French attack against the southern Part of Neuville broke down-under our fire, with the heaviest losses for the enemy. "in the forest of Le Pretre the French attempted to break through shortly before midnight, but were held Lack by our artillery." 3 PORTLAND BOYS IN CLASS W. K. Skolficld, Newman Ward, Walter White Graduate at Stanford. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo Alto. Cal.. May 19. (Special.) Three prom inent Portland boys are members of the 1915 class that received their diplomas at commencement Monday. They are William K. Skolficld, Newman Ward and Walter T. White. White, a grad uate of the old Allen Preparatory School, graduates from the education department, in which he has been credited with high scholarship stand ing, lie is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the national educational honor society. "Senior Week" this year began with the production of "Sever Days" by the graduating class on Wednesday night Thursday, undergraduate day, was marked by the dedication of the class plate and the senior carnival. Friday, was largely given over to receptions and concerts. Each class donated a tree." which was planted about the campus. Brutal Treatment of Men, l-'ostcrlng of Saloons and Domination In rolitics Charged Church Maintained in Secret. W ASHINGTON, May 19. While John D. Rockefeller, Jr., waited here again today to testify before the Industrial Relations Commission in a supplement ary inquiry into the recent strike against the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany, the Commission listened to an arraignment of that concern's methods by Rev. Eugene S. Gaddis, a Methodist clergyman, formerly in charge of the company's sociological department. Chairman Walsh, who summoned Mr. Rockfeller to testify- relating to correspondence made public since the original inquiry in New York, said to night that Mr. Rockfeller surely would be called tomorrow. Mr. Rockefeller did not appear at the hearing today. but remained within call. He will take the stand as soon as Rev. Daniel S. McCorkle. pastor of a Presbyterian church in one of the Colorado com pany's mining camps at Sunrise, Wye, completes his testimony. MlnUter Justified Revolt. Rev. Mr. Gaddis said he was dis charged from the sociological depart ment of the Colorado company last February after making a personal ap peal to Mr. Rockefeller to be allowed to continue important betterment work among the miners. He justified the revolt of the strikers against military and .other constitutional authority in Colorado on the ground that laws for improvement of the miners conditions had been ignored and there was no other way left to seek a remedy. ""Technically the terrible strike of the Colorado miners was lost." said Mr. Gaddis, "but in reality it was one of the greatest labor victories ever achieved in the United States, because today the coal operators have their ear to the ground and they will be careful indeed in the future." The minister charged that minor of ficials of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company were directly responsible for the strike, asserting tnat tney ig nored the law, dominated employes in a brutal manner, fostered saloons, ob structed efforts to improve working and hygienic conditions, and even controlled elections in direct conflict with state laws. Political Domination Curbed. Ho asserted that today the company dominates politics "as much as it dares, but not to such an extent as it did before the strike." Mr. Gaddis compared the condition of the miners in Colorado before the strike to that of the Colonists before the American Revolution, saying "there was a conviction among the miners that it was impossible to get justice from the government." He justified the violence of the strike and the re volt against authority because of re peated failure through other channels to get constitutional rights. 'What would become of the Repub lic." asked Commissioner Weinstock, "if everybody revolted against consti tutional authority?" "It would break down and ought to break down if citizens were deprived of their rights as were the- men in Colorado." "Do you justify rioting?" "I 'justify any means necessary to clarify an atmosphere so pregnant with wrong that a man is asphyxiated -when he holds his head up," replied the clergyman. Company Declared Oligarchy. "Would you punish the strikers who resorted to violence in Colorado?" asked Mr. Weinstock. "I would not. T have never seen a situation more despicable and damnable than that. The Colorado Fuel & iron Company was an oligarchy. I don't think that all things are right merely because they are on the statute books." Rev Mr. McCorkle. called to the stand late in the day. told the Commission that. when he went to Sunrise, Wyo, ho was informed by the church au thorities that the Colorado Company maintained the church, but that this fact was to be kept secret.- He said he urged that this be made public. NOTE TO ALLIES TO WAIT (Continued. Krom First Vago-l only extend to the safety of Americans on board belligerent ships. Reports that Germany had decided to suspend submarine attacks on mer chantmen were not confirmed today. It is known that both the German and Austrian Ambassadors cabled their governments advising extreme care in the submarine attacks on vessels carry ing Americans, but they had no word today as to whether any new instruc tions to submarine commanders had followed the receipt of their sugges tions. A British ship, the. Drumcrce, was torpedoed today. Secretary Bryan cabled Ambassador Gerard to inquire of the German trOV ernment if the institution of prize court proceedings in the Krye case was to be construed as an answer to the Ameri can note sent two weeks ago. JOHN CORDRAY IS HONORED Portland Man Made Life Member of Masons at Denver. DENVER, Colo.. May 19. (Special.) John F. Cordray, of Portland. Or., has been appointed a life member both pf Chapter No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, and Lodge No. 5, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. The honor was con ferred on the Portland man in recog nitio of more than -0 years' continu ous membership in Denver Masonry. Mr. Cordray is managing director of the Oaks. At one time he was man ager of the Orpheum Theater in Denver. THE DALLES GETS SESSION Kpworth League I nst ii iite-Conven-tiou Set for June 10 to 1.1. KENNEWICK. Wash., May ID. (Spe cial. 1 The annual institute-convention of the Epworth Leagues of The Dalles district will be held at The Dalles, June 10 to 13. Inclusive, according to the announcement made Tuesday by the president, Misa Bella B. Mark, of ACTION MATTER OF HOURS U'nnttnucrt Krom Firpt Prs.) the right man in the right place the King whom Italy needs in this supreme moment." Describing the interview, d'Annunzio said he was struck by the wonderful power of the sovereign and the knowl edge he possessed of all the complex problems now agitating Europe. "It would be impossible to imagine a better-Informed man." said the poet. "On hearing him speak one might al most receive the. impression at one mo ment that he was in Paris conversing with a statesman thoroughly conver sant with the subject from the French viewpoint; at others in Berlin talking with a Minister of the German Emper or, or in London, in Vienna or Petro grad. The Balkans and Eastern Medi terranean are so familiar to him that he might have lived there all his life. "His lucidity of mind Is astounding and only surpassed by his unpreten tious manner." It has been sujsgestd In Kngland that ohrwtnar Riiin, whirh allays thirst and wards orr the panes or hunger, Is a suitable present tur mo iroopa. United States is awaited with keen interest. Secretary Bryan announced today that "no immediate answer" was ex pected from Germany to the recent American note. The outbreak of war between Italy and Austria, it is generally believed here, would affect Germany's re6ponse, because if she is cut off from the Med iterranean any restrictions of sub marine warfare, from a military point of view, would take on a. much more serious aspect. Complete Abandonment ot Anked. Government officials today cleared up a misapprehension that has existed in many quarters as to the extent which the American note insists on a restriction of activities of German sub marines. The idea that a complete abandonment of the submarine as a commerce destroyer -was asked for is incorrect, it was said. The United States pointed out its ob jections generally to the present meth od of conducting submarine warfare and the difficulties of exercising visit and search, but officials explain that the legal rights of the United States WATER CHARGE POSTPONED Okanogan Irrigation Project, Settlers Ka-vored by Department. OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 19. The Secretary of the Interior today announced that the maintenance charges against settlers on the Okanogan irrigation project, which fell due May 1, had been post poned until March 1. 1916, and shall be due annually thereafter on March 1. Each acre of irrigable land will be charged $1.50 per annum, whether ir rigated or not. which will permit the delivery of one acre foot of water. Ad ditional water can be had for l an acre foot. CANNED' WAR CRY SENT UP Italians Have Phonographs Singing to German and Austrian Consuls. ROME, via Paris, May 19. Certain residents of Rome have discovered a new method of conveying their senti ments to the official representatives of Austria and Germany. The German and Austrian Consulates are situated near tach other in Gregorisnia street. Res idents of the nearby houses have placed phonographs in their windows, the horns pointed toward the Consulate. All day long these phonographs clam orously grind out Italian national airs. NEW MORTARS ARE TESTED I'ort Andrews Guns' to Throw Half Toil Shells 8 1-2 Miles. BOSTON. May 19. Several new mor tars recently mounted at Fort Andrew, and capable of hurling projectiles weighing halt a ton .eight and a ialf miles, were tested today." They are said to be the most powerful weapons on the coast. The projectiles arc not explosive, be ing designed to sink a vessel by tear ing a hole through her by the force of their fall from great weight. U.S. SUBMARINES CRIPPLED Two Are Damaged While Knjragcd in Qniuc of War. WASHINGTON, May 19. 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