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6 SUFFRAGISTS DECRY ACTS OF MILITANTS National Association Fears Resentment Will Be Visited on Cause in General. STATES ARE WANTED FIRST ;ljocal Victories Declared Essential to X'ltimate- Favorable Action ty Congress Peace Reso lution Is Adopted. CHICAGO, June 8. The recent at tempt of two militant suffragists to force an Interview with President Wil son was condemned at the concluding cession of the mid-year conference of the American Woman Suffrage Asso ciation here today. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the association, made particularly vigorous remarks pointing to the ne cessity of informing the .public that the association is opposed to militant methods. . ' Miss Alice Stone Blackwell. of Bos ton, eaid the association suffered from the militant actions of the Congres sional Union for the reason that poli ticians do not distinguish between one association and another, but visit their resentment on the suffrage movement generally. Progress In South Reported. "We are making great progress in the South." Miss Blackwell said,- "and we will make it faster when it is un derstood that the Bristow-Mondell amendment does not enfranchise women Indiscriminately, but only in the same way that men are enfranchised. The number of suffrage states has grown from 4 to 12 in the last five years. This has changed the status of our question in Congress from contempt to serious interest and respect. It has given us a majority vote in the Senate and a large minority vote in the House. Only the addition of a few more suf frage states will be needed, in my opin ion, to bring us the necessary two thirds vote in Congress for the sub mission of the Nation-wide suffrage amendment. "Therefore, if we want favorable action by Congress, the most vitally important thing to do now is to get more suffrage states." Conflict Developed Within Cause. Mrs. Stanley McCormick, of New York, vice-president of the National Association, also criticised the Congres sional Union. Alluding to the differ ence between the two organizations, she said: "This new association proposes to organize withih the states, in eplte of the already existing state organiza tions, not to obtain suffrage within the states, but merely to bring pressure to bear on Congress for the passage of the Anthony amendment. This is not merely a duplication of effort, but In many ways a conflict, for the Con gressional Union differs from the Na tional Association in fundamental Characteristics. To begin with, it is not an elective tody. Its officers are self-appointed and self -perpetuated. Secondly, its policy is avowedly militant, and, finally, it has abandoned the old policy of non partisanship and has declared war jtn the Democratic party." Shafroth Amendment Supported. ' There was animated debate as to the propriety of supporting the Shaf roth amendment, which Mrs. McCor mick explained was supported by the Congressional committee, although the committee regarded it as of secondary importance. Mrs. Gifford Dudley, of Tennessee, declared that the amendment was the most Important gateway to suffrage 1r. the South, and a motion by Mrs. A. H. Potter, of Minnesota, to withdraw sup port was lost, 21 to B7. A peace resolution was adopted. CITIZENS' LEAGUE MEETS Eastern Iewis County Sessions Are Held at Handle. HANDLE, Wash., June 8. (Special.) Approximately 600- residents of the Big Bottom country and other sections of - Eastern Lewis County gathered liere Saturday for the regular quarter ly meeting of the Citizens" League of ilastern Lewis County. C. L. "Farmer" Smith spoke three times, in the fore noon and in the afternoon in the city park and at night at the Methodist Church. .... F. M. Broadbent, president of the State Bank of Morton; Attorney sA. R. Rutherford, of Morton, and Mayor O. 1. Albrecht, of Morton, were appointed a committee to draft - bylaws and a constitution. DEATH MESSAGE HEARD rather Buying Ticket Halted While Sad Xews is Received. EUGENE. Or.; June 8. (Special.) 'Every father should see that his boy learns to swim Just as soon as he is big enough to find his way to the water if mine had . known how he would not have been "drowned Satur day." This is the suggestion of N. L. Nestle, whose 7-year-old' sdhi was drowned in the Willamette River Saturday when he fell off a log. . .The father learned of the death at Wendling. As he was about to buy . a ticket to Eugene, the agent stopped to teceive a message. " It was the messaga tolling of the drowning and came as the "' f athsr. Stood before the ticket window. HIGHWAY CONTRACT IS LET Pacific Route, from Woodland to La Center to Coat About S850O. - OLTMPIA. Wash.. June 8. (Special.) Porter & Conley, of Kalama have received the contract from the State Highway Commission for surfacing with crushed rock the Pacific Highway between Woodland and La Center, Clarke County, to . cost about' $6590. Grading work on this section was done by the state last year. Hendricks and Ward, Centralia. with bid of $6601. were the lowest of seven bidders upon construction work of a ahort section of the highway from Kal ama north in Cowlitz County and re ceived that contract.. WOMEN SCORN SUMMONS Basis Laid for Test When 23 Invoke Washington Jury Service Laiv. OLYMPIA. Wash-. Jnne 8. (Special.) Basis for a test of the Washington law of 1911 allowing women drawn forf jury service 10 elect wnemer or not. they wish to serve was laid when the trial of A. L. Miller, charged with the murder of William Chatten, presi dent of the Union Mills, began in the Superior Court. Miller, who was sales manager of the mill, one of the large concerns of Southwestern Washington, shot Chatten as the latter was leaving Miller's home the night of May 2. Of 34 women drawn for Jury service, 23 pleaded their statutory privilege of re fusing to obey the summons. Attorney Thomas M. Vance, for the defense, chal lenged the venire on this ground when the trial began. Judge X.' F. Wright overruling the challenge. Six women were in the Jury box when court adjourned. They all assured Prosecutor George Tantls that they would disregard the unwritten law defense at the instructions of the Judge, if this defense should be plead ed. Some of the male talesmen were more hesitant in giving this assurance. One woman, Mrs. Kate L. Young, waa excused on motion of the defense when she said she had formed an opinion as to Miller's guilt or innocence. Mrs. Miller, a striking brunette, sits beside her husband during the trial and one ftt the two children of the couple also is present. ' ' - REPRESENTATIONS OK "MASONIC FEDERATION CALLED FALSE. Janet F1. Robinson, Secretary Point Out Organization Hu No Stand ing and Alleges Fraud. That Matthew McB. Thomson, of Salt Lake City, styling himself the president-general of the supreme lodge of the American Masonic Federation. An cient and Accepted Scottish Rite, who arrived in Portland yesterday to attend a gathering of that order, is In no way connected with recognized Masonic or ders, and that the organization which he represents has no standing in Ma sonic circles, was asserted by James F. Robinson, secretary of the Oregon grand lodge, of Ancient. Free and Ac cepted Masons, yesterday. Mr. Robinson also has a document from Masonic officials of Scotland showing that Mr. Thomson - was ex pelled from the Masonic order in that country. - "The organization, of which Mr. Thomson is the head, represents that it can give regular degrees in Masonry that will qualify one to visit the meet ings of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons," said Mr. Robinson. "In that way they obtain money from their can didates." Mr. Robinson has correspondence be tween different officials of the Port land organization of the American Ma sonic Federation. Indicating that the fees received were divided among the officials. That one Portland man was fleeced out of $200 by the organization was alleged by Mr. Robnson. "They kept giving him new degrees as long as he would give, them the money." he said. "Officials of the Portland branch have continually changed and one was compelled to forfeit bond and leave the city to escape the law," Mr. Robinson said. "Action has been brought, against them several times on 'charges of ob taining money under false pretenses." TWIN FALLS TO ENTERTAIN Arrangements Made for Visit of Ap propriations Committee. TWIN FALLS, Idaho. June 8. (Spe cial.) Representative Addison T. Smith, of this city, has completed arrange ments to entertain the members of the committee on appropriations and of the officers of the Reclamation Service who will be in Idaho this month to visit the Greater Twin Falls coun try on June 26. Leaving their private car they will be taken by the Jerome committee John D. Nims, Paul Kartske and J. A. Armstrong to the Shoshone Falls, for a view of the "Niagara of the West." They .will be met there by Addison T. Smith. James McMillan, secretary of the Twin Falls Commercial Club, and P. H. Smith, the entertainment com mittee, and taken by automobile on a sight-seeing trip over the Twin Falls project. From Twin Falls they will go either by automobile or special train to Burley. REFERENDUM PAPER READY Washington State League Prepared for Fight on Seven Bills. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 8. Officers of the State - Referendum League say that . the campaign to obtain voters' signatures to referendum peti tions against seven bills passed by the State. Legislature had been successful. The petitions must ; be presented to Secretary of State Howell not later than Wednesday. The referendum managers expect to lose 10 per cent of the names on the recheck; as many women signed ; their husbands' given names Instead of their own. The signatures in Seattle alone are enough to gain the referendum vote, however. The bills most bitterly opposed are those requiring initiative, recall and referendum petitions to be signed at designated places and forbidding gen eral circulation of petitions. THREE GIRLS WIN HONORS Scliolarsbip and Prizes Offered to Albany Class Are .Taken. ALBANY. Or., . June 8. (Special.) Having attained the highest scholarship average In the graduating class of the Albany High School this year. Miss Carrie Senders has won a scholarship in Pacific University. Miss Phyllis Goins won the Schmltt prize of $25 awarded to the senior who answered the most questions on mat ters of general public, knowledge, and Miss 4dae Ballaek won the medal of fered ' by -the' .local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for the best essay on patriotic subjects. ESTACADA PIONEER IS DEAD W. J. , Ennett, CItII War Veteran, Passes Away at 70. ESTACADA, Or., June 8, (Special.) W. J. Ennett. aged 70, a prominent resident here and Civil War veteran, is deai here of old age, following his wife to the grave by just one year. He will be buried by the side of his late wife In Lone Oak Cemetery. He came here before Estacada became a town. Mr. Ennett is survived by two sons and two daughters, Nathan of Portland, John of Plains, Or.; Ella and Mrs. Nettie Butler, of Scappoose. Elkton Fugitive Held at The Dalles. B.OSEBURG. Or., June 8. (Special.) Louis Rapp, of Elkton. who was ar rested on a serious charge several months ago and later Jumped his bail of $1000. has been arrested at The Dalles according to a telegram received by the Sheriff. THE MORNING OREGONTAN. WEDNESDAY, JUNE it, 1915. H These Views Show How Mr. Concrete Facts. WIDE EMPIRE PREDICTED BAVARUV KINO SAYS GEHJIANT WILL EXTEND FRONTIERS, "Security Agalast Future Attack." De clared to Be I'urpoe Italy De nounced aa False Friend. AMSTERDAM, via London. June 8. Extension of the German Empire be yond the old frontiers, to "secure it against future attack," was predicted by King Ludwig. of Bavaria, in an ad dress yesterday before the Canal League, according: to a telegrram from Munich. His Majesty said in his ad dress: "When the English declared war I said: 'I am crlad. because now we can settle accounts with our enemies: now. at last, we may hope to set more fa vorable communications with the sea for Central and South Germany." "Ten months have elapsed and much precious blood has been shed, but it will not have been in vain. The fruits of the war, will be the strengthening: of the empire with extension beyond the old frontiers as far as is necessary to secure it against future attacks. "He who 'marches with us' I mean Austria-Hungary and Turkey will re joice, but not so the false friends who shammed friendship ' and behind our backs went over to the enemy. We are unconquered. and the latest enemy, wbo has been talking so much about himself, has not dared a serious attack, although he took plenty of time for preparation." Boy Drowned at Castle Rock. CASTLE ROCK. Wash, June t. (Spe ere s oorom Against !v,':;.i '.".';; -. . 'ST;-.' .:;.Klm4 Were Taken Last Sunday Afternoon on Portland's Magnificent Terwilliger Boulevard. Black Spots New Warren Pavement Was Lifted Up in Chunks and Carried Away by Tires of Ordinary. Wagons. Do You, Mr. Taxpayer, Want a Pavement That "Goes to Pieces" the First Hot Day? Sunday was about the first really warm day Portland has geen since the Warren pavement on Terwilliger Boulevard was completed a few months ago. But Terwilliger Boulevard's pave ment will never be the same again, for a number of horses and three or four wagons passed that way Sunday, and the wheels picked up the heat-softened pavement and carried it away in chunks. For half a mile the pavement was gutted; sections an inch to two inches deep and several feet long were torn up bodily by this ordinary traffice, and portions of them deposited half a mile further along the road. Multnomah County is about to lay seventy miles of paving on a system of highways already famous far and wide for the beauty and richness of the country they serve. In the interests of public policy, of the taxpayer, the farmer, the automobilist . of everybody it is necessary to present all the facts with rela tion to roads and paving materials. Concrete, the Road That Lasts! Why not give the taxpayer a road that will last? Why not give the farmer a road on which he can haul his produce to market? Why not give the automobilist a road that will be good 365 days out of the year, through heat and cold, one that is not skiddy or dangerous when wet a safety pavement? That's Concrete! With an everlasting base and a wearing surface that withstands the heaviest traf fic; with a low original cost and a main tenance expense that is triflingly small, concrete offers the best paving investment in America today. Concrete is the safe, satisfactory pavement. - Western Washington cial.) A 15-year-old boy, Elvln. Estes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Estes, who live on-the old John Nelson farm about three miles south of, this city on the west side of the Cowllta River, was drowned Sunday while swimming in a lake on his father's farm. JAIL BREAKER SENTENCED Negro .Burglar Must Serve 5 Years In Penitentiary at Boise. WALLACE, Idaho, June 8. (Special.) M. F. Brown, the negro who made a sensational escape from the County Jail a month ago, was sentenced in the district court Saturday to serve five years in the Boise Penitentiary. Brown pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary. James Taylor, who broke Into a rooming-house and is alleged to have sawed the bars that let the negro es cape, is awaiting sentence on a second degree burglary .charge. Taylor, who also escaped and was captured, was caught in the act of sawing his way to- liberty a second time. James Collins was acquitted of the charge of second-degree burglary. Man is Killed by Out of Plow. : PENDLETON. Or.,-June 8. (Special.) The first farm accident of the year in Umatilla County occurred yesterday For Infants and Children. Th; Kind Yea Have Always Bought Evidence Patented Pavement ' Manufacturers of Portland when Elin Elgrln, a Norwegian, died In St. Anthony's Hospital following tho amputation of his left leg. above the knee. While plowing in the north end of the county several days ago he accidently thrust his leg through the wheel of the plow. In an effort to re move some grass from the plow blade. Gangrene developed. JS YOU LOOK OLD Look Young by , Darkening Gray Hair With Q-Ban. No Dy2 Harmless. You look prematurely old If hair is gray, faded, wispy, thin, prematurely gray, or streaked with gray. You will look twelve or fifteen years younger If you darken your gray hair by sham pooing your hair and scalp a few times with Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. It is the only clean, wholesome, pure and harmless hair color restorer made. Q Ban is not a dye. but acts on the roots, makes gray hair healthy and changes your gray hair to a beautiful, lustrous, soft, natural dark shade, darkening your gray hair so evenly that no one need suspect you use Q-Ban. Besides, Q-Ban stops dandruff. Itching scalp and falling hair, promotes its growth, makes hair and scalp clean and feel fine and always darkens gray hair Only 60c for .a big 7-ob. bottle. At Huntley Drug" Co., Fourth and Wash ington streets. Portland, Or. Out-of-town folks supplied by mail. Call or write asking for Q-Ban Hair Color Be. toier, HA R GRAY Protest Against Warren Pavement! Portland, Or., June 7, 1915. To Whom It May Concern: . On June 6th, 1915, I drove my teaming outfit, consisting of one four-horse team, of which the wagon and load approximated 5000 pounds; also one two-horse team, wagon and load, weighing about 3000 pounds; also one team with four No. 2 wheel scrapers, and one horse and buggy, over the entire length of Warrenite paving on the Terwilliger Boulevard, and this pav ing peeled and stuck to wheels. In places the paving pulled up enough to leave holes in pavement two inches deep, and for a length varying from 6 inches to 25 feet. This peeling continued in spots for a good ly distance of pavement, considerably more than one-half the total length. After leav ing the pavement much Warrenite still clung to the wheels and horses, pieces be ing carried at least one-half mile beyond end of pavement before finally dropping off. The wheels of scrapers and wagons are even now still coated with at least one-half inch of this bituminous pavement. The teaming was extremely heavy and hard on the horses because of the great sticking and holding qualities of this soft pavement. My horses were nearly ex hausted from their efforts in pulling these light loads over this pavement. I sincerely hope that our County Com missioners will not pave any more of the proposed highways with this type of pave ment. It would be criminal and cruelty to animals to use this type of pavement. Very truly, (Signed) F. L.JW.OWN. Trust rices Bigger Office, Bigger Business, Better Methods, Better System, More Patients, More Hygienic Than Any Trust Dentist in Oregon We examine your teeth (not your pocketbook) Free of Charge Part of every dollar you give a Trust Dentist goes to help keep up the Trust in Oregon. Can you afford to pay $2 for $1 worth of old-style dentistry just to help the dental combine crush competition ? PAINLESS PARKER Sixth and Washington Sts., Portland, Or, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland. Baker sfield, Brooklyn. N. T. 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