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tttati VOL. LVI XO. 17,306. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY lO. 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GUARD IS SENT TO REINFORCE FUNSTON MOONSHINER TAKEN BY SPY-GLASS USE OFFERED FOR MADMAN STABS 3 OTHER PRISONERS BRANDEIS REPORT TO BE UNFAVORABLE VICTIM'S WIFE to unni EM Mil I S Tfl SEEK VENGEANCE : '" f. CONVENTION SEATS HtlAINlU-HUURUAY 7 0 GALLON" S OF ILLICIT WHISKY SEIZED BY SHERIFF: TWO IX OLYMPIA JAIL ALL AT TACKED IX SLEEP. MRS. DKEMEK SAYS SHE WILL CiO OX MEXICAN'S TRAIL. avV 100 Three States to Help Patrol Border. 50,000 MEN WILL BE IN FIELD Regulars Will Stay in Mexico Until Order Is Assured. CABINET IS . PESSIMISTIC Crneral Obrcgon's Delay in Rati fying Agreement With Ameri- cans Is Puzzling Militia Cun Be Sent Across Boundary. WASHINGTON-, May 9. With S000 additional troops under orders for the Mexican border, including 4000 Na tional Guardsmen from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, Administration offi cials felt tonight that necessary steps had been taken to prevent further raid ing of American border towns by ban dits. President Wilson and his Cabinet discussed the Mexican situation today, but the President had authorized the new troop orders before his advisers gathered. General Scott and General Kunston recommended early in the day that additional forces be sent to the border. After an exchange of tele grams General Funston suggested that the National Guard from the three states named be called out in addition to the sending of all the remaining infantry to Join his command. His suggestion was promptly approved and orders were dispatched. Obregon's Delay Causes Pessimism. Borne members of the Cabinet were frankly pessimistic, after the meeting, over the delay of General Obregon in ratifying the agreement he negotiated with General Scott covering co-opera tive border operations, including those of General Pershing'B expedition. Re ports from Mexico City indicated that the agreement had been approved by General Carranza. and officials here were at a loss to understand Obregon's action. The majority of the President's ad vlsers believed that the agreement finally would be ratified, and that the border situation would clear Itself quickly thereafter. It was clearly in timated in all quarters, however, that there would be no change in the policy of the Washington Government; that the troops would stay in Mexico until the border was safe from incursions; that raiders would be pursued across the line every time they became active, and that the whole strength of the National Guard would be used if neces sary. Other Mllltla JVot "let Considered. Pecretary Baker said the question of railing Guardsmen from other states into the service was not under imme diate consideration. It was learned. however, that General Kunston already had been supplied with all papers, forms and instructions- necessary to muster into service the Guardsmen of all states near the border, and that ordnance and quartermaster stores to outfit all such troops on a fuir war basis are held at convenient points for Quick distribution. Mr. Baker refused to discuss reports that General Kunston had urged that a total of 150.000 men be given him to maintain the border guard. It is pos sible that the border commander men tioned that figure as the number of men he thought necessary to insure pro tection of all border towns and ranches by providing an adequate guard for each. The Secretary said General Per shing's force in Mexico was able to take care of itself in any emergency. Nearly BO.OOO In Service. Including the troops ordered out to day, there will be nearly 45.000 soldiers, perhaps BO.OOO. along the border or in Mexico, according to the best available X igureB here. The War Department has declined to publish actual numbers, but with the entire mobile Army except five troops of cavalry under General Funston's command, in addition to the 4000 or more guardsmen and the several thousand recruits who are being for warded to the regular regiments as fast as they are mustered in, the United States has a considerable Army strung out along the 1S00 miles of the interna tional line. Ca!!tng out the National Guard for the first time under the present mili tary law brings up the fact that, as written, the act authorizes the Presi dent to use the state soldiers either within or without United states ter ritory. The provision authorizing the use of the guardsmen as such beyond the border was held to be unconstitu tional by ex-Attorney-General Wicker sham. It . never has been passed on by the Supreme Court, however, and Pres ident Wilson has full legal authority to employ the state forces beyond the border if he so desires. Only an in Junction against the War Departmen could prevent it. Federal Status Obligatory. By the terms of the law the guards men must be mustered into the service ; of the United States before they come under complete control of the Federal Government. Their oath of enlistment to the various states makes the ac ceptance of the Federal status oblig atory, however, and there is no ques tion of volunteering involved in the (Concluded on Pace 3. Column l. Officers in Wait Several Days Watch ing Quarry- J 2 OO Fine Fol lowed by Sew Arrest. DAVENPORT, Wash., May 8. (Spe cial.) Alter Jylng in wait on a nearby mountainside for several days and through a spyglass watching: the move ments ot the moonshiners from their place of concealment. Sheriff John A. Level and two deputies swooped down on Willis Tubbs, of the Spokane River country north of here, and captured him while he was operating one of the most complete stills e.-r located in this section of the country. The arrest was mrie with little diffi culty. The officers seized 70 gallons of newly-made wl isky. Tubbs, who W'.s brought to Daven port, pleaded guilty and was fined J200 but no sooner as he released than he was rearreste I to face charges pre ferred by Ke'.eral revenue officers. MILL REFUSES BUSINESS Marshfield Plant Filling $1,000,000 Order for Child Auto AVriters. MARSHFIELD, Or., May 9. (Spe cial.) Frank W. Rehfeld, a myrtle wood manufacturer here, has more orders than he can fill and had to turn down a large contract for myrtle bob bins for spinning mills in Calcutta, India. Myrtle wood novelties have become much sought since they were exhibited at the San Francisco Exposition, and orders for the wood are being received from many sections, of the United States. The Rehfeld plant is now busy on an order for 1,000,000 auto writers, a contrivance used in teaching small chil dren to write. AUSTRALIA WANTS PAPER Contract for 500 Tons a Month Is Offered Hawley Company. OREGON CITY, Or., May 9. (Special.) A trans-Pacific freight line, to carry 500 tons of paper from Portland every 30 days, is proposed in a tentative con tract submitted by Australian Interests to W. P. Hawley, of the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, today. The Austra lians would contract with the Hawley mill for their supplies. In the party were J. C. Connelly, pub lisher of the Morning Herald, Sydney: Harry Southcuse. wholesale paper dealer, Sydney, and H. R. Williar, pa- per exporter, San Francisco. The Crown Willamette mill is send ing 15 tons of pulp a day to Japan. WOMEN CRITICISE CHURCH Pastor Who Talked Against Suf frage Loses Parishioners. MINNEAPOLIS. May 9. Churches which fail to extend to women mem bers, the right of a voice in their af fairs, net criticised by delegates to the Mississippi Valley Suffrage confer' ence today. A Missouri delegate declared that the pas'or of her church had gone so far as to "talk against woman suffrage almost every Sunday from the pulpit." What did you do about it?" de manded a score of delegates. Quit the church." was the reply, and the hall rang with cheers and clap ping of hands. No action was taken. CAMPAIGN BY LETTER ONLY District Attorney in Coos Too Busy Prosecuting to Electioneer. MARSHFIELD. Or.. May 9. (Spe cial.) District Attorney L. A. Liljeq vist, who seeks the Republican re- nomination in Coos County, has been too busy to make a canvass. He was obliged to resort to a circular letter to the voters. The letter makes the surprising statement that within the past eight years there have been nearly as many prosecutions as for the 54 years pre ceding his incumbency. Mr. Liljeqvist's inability to make an campaign is In his mind proof that the S1S0O salary Is too little for the work. THREADING FENCE IS $50 Auto Pilot 1'ined for Running Car Through Hoard Inclosure. Frank Robblns, pilot of the automo bile which crashed through a fence""bn the Powell Valley road last Sunday, was fined J50 by District Judge Bell yesterday morning. Both Robblns and Sam Crowe, the latter a passenger in the automobile. and slightly injured, were questioned on the stand by Deputy District At torney T. G. Ryan as to the source of the liquor they had been drinking Sun day. It came from an unknown man in the North End, both testified. 63 PLANES ARE BURNED Copenhagen Hears German Factory Is Lost in Explosion. COPENHAGEN, via London. May 9. Reports have been received here that a few days ago fire broke out in aeroplaning factory at Altona. Prus sia, an explosion occurring while a me chanic was pouring petrol Into a ma chine. Sitxy-two other machines, which wers ready for service or partly fin ished, were destroyed, together with the factory, according to reports. Bid for Block of 100 Reaches Chicago. 60,000 VISITORS EXPECTED Chicago Republican Committee Makes Price $50 Straight. FEELING IS OPTIMISTIC Belief That .Man Nominated Will Be Next President Accounts for Big Demand for Scats, Which Has Eclipsed All Records. CHICAGO, May 9. (Special.) From the pile of mail that was stacked high all over his office today, Fred W. Upham, chairman of the Chicago corrt mittee that brought the Republican National Convention to this city, ex tracted a letter. The letter made an offer of J10.000 for 100 seats for the convention that will assemble in Chi cago June 7 to name the candidate of the Republican party for President. "The demand for tickets of admis sion to the convention is enormous. said Mr. Upham, surveying the piles upon piles of letters awaiting his re turn to Chicago. "We are getting at least a bushel of mail a day, and al most every letter asks for seats. Demand Exceed All Record. I've been connected with the Chi cago committee that has handled four National Republican conventions, and I never saw anything like the demand for tickets that there is for this year. It is four times as great as ever be fore." Mr. Upham returned today from a short vacation spent in French Lick to fit himself for the strenuous work of (the next few weeks. He took oft his coat, rolled up his sleeves and went to work early. Predictions have been made that the big Republican convention will bring SO. 000 visitors to Chicago for the con vention week, and from the looks of the mall in Mr. Upham's office today it would seem that the number might well be twice 60,000. Optimistic Feeling Prevails. 'The feeling seems to prevail." said Mr. Upham. "that the man named at the convention for the Presidency will be t,he next President of the United States, and this, I think, accounts in some measure for the big demand for tickets. Then, too, the situation is un certain more uncertain than ever be fore so short a time before a conven tion. No one seems to know who will be named, and this has added to the interest of the gathering. "As far as the Chicago committee is concerned, the ticket situation is this It cost us f 100,000 to bring- the conven tion to Chicago. Our allotment of tickets is 2210. These will De sold for nTirlllfld on PafC. 2. Column l. REPORTS SAY 1 " 1 -P- -s Gillies, Under Bunk, Grabs Foot or Assailant Struggling With Vic tims and Ends Fracas. OLYMPIA. Wash.. May 9. (Special.) ( Leaping from his bed in the County Jail at midnight with a wild yell that he was being killed. Ernest Rlesch. held for investigation as to his sanity, attacked three fellow prisoners In the dark with a heavy pocket-knife. The men were all in the tank outside their cells, and Riesch stabbed Joe Miller and William Thompson seriously in the neck before they were awake. He then attacked Fred Kusah and stabbed him in the neck. A desperate struggle followed be tween the three men streaming with blood and the lunatic they were locked in with. The battle was brought to en end by J. F. Gilles. convicted former claim agent of the Industrial Insur ance Commission, who had crawled under a bunk when the fray began. He reached out and grabbed Riesch by the leg. bringing him to the floor. The four then disarmed and forced Riesch into a cell. Miller, Thompson and Kusah are in the hospital, ail badly cut about the neck and shoulders, but they are not believed to be dangerously injured. Riesch was , committed to the hospital for the insane today. His in sanity is said to be due to being hit on the head with a hammer by an em ployer when he was a boy in Denmark, He worked at Oyster Bay during hia sane periods, and had not previously displayed murderous symptoms. ANT0INE PARADIS, 102, DIES Washington State's Oldest Citizen Closes Long Life at Colville. COLVILLK. Wash.. May 9. (Special.) Antoine Aubon dit Paradis. who wu born at St. Aniset. County of Hunting ton. District of Montreal. Province of Quobec. Canada, in June, 1814, died here at the Sanitarium today. He came to Colville September IS, 1859, from St. Paul, where he traded with Indians. Since then Mr. Faradls had resided here. He has 15 children living. THE DALLES SHIVERS AT 35 Snow Falls on- Nearby Hills Temperature Takes Drop. and THE DALLES. Or, May 9. i:;peelal A light covering of snow decorated the top of the Klickitat hills, across the river, early this morning and an inch of snow was reported at Man Chester mills, 15 miles south cf thl city. The thermometer dropped to 3 above during the night, but the cold weather caused no damage here. VILLA IS BELIEVED ALIVE Chief of Bandit's Escort Reported in River Florida District. TORREON. Mexico, May 9. Th presence of Nicholas Hernandez, chle of Villas escort, in the River Florid district, is believed hero to indicate that Vifla is still alive and probabl near the Lrbina ranch. Several bandit bands have becom so reduced, it is reported, that they are not regarded as military menaces. THE PRESIDENT GREATLY ENJOYS A CIRCUS. Committed 1 1 to 7 Against Nominee. O'GORMAN JOINS OPPOSITION Efforts for Delay Blocked by President's Demand. HARD FIGHT IS EXPECTED Committee Glad to Shift Responsi bility to Senate, Where, How ever, Result Is . in Doubt. Absentees Votes Counted. WASHINGTON. May 9. (Special.) Appointment of Louis D. Brandeis to the United States Supreme Court will meet with an unfavorable report from the Senate Judiciary committee, should the vote come tomorrow, as ordered by the committee Monday Senator O'Gorman. of New York, who has been wr.verlng in regard to his vote, is now in opposition to the con firmation of Mr. Brandeis. He is re ported to have joined with Senators Smith, of Georgia, and Shields, of Ten nessee. In opposition to Mr. Brandeis. The committee vote, therefore, will be 11 against ana seven lor a ravoraoie report. Absentees" Vote Recorded, Eight Republicans of the committee arc opposed to Mr. Brandeis. Two of these Republican Senators are absent. Senators Cummins, of Iowa, and Clark, of Wyoming. But by unanimous con sent of the committee they will be per mitted to cast their votes in commit' tee, and these votes will be recorded against the confirmation of Mr. Bran dels. President Wilson's letter to Senstor Culberson, chairman of the committee, brou.ht th oue.tion to a in the committee and forced action by thatl bodv. The committee will ba alad to shift responsibility to the Senste. Then the real fight on the confirmation of Mr. Rrandels la In be made. Oaleone Hard to Predlet. The result is uncertain. The unfa- vorable report from the committer win 1 not Improve any chances for confirma-1 1 1 ' 1 1 wiai iiir. nnuciB may navo omu. Woolen Mills. Senator Culberson sought to hold the From Philippines. "Paradoxical s.i it may seem." began nomination up in his committee until Mr Thompson, "I am speaking not for he had time to win sufficient support A banana snake has Joined the reptile the employers but for the employes. In the Senate to Insure confirmation of colony at Washington Park xoo. He "So far as the employers are con Mr. Brsndeis. but his hand was forced was turned over to Park SuDerinten- rerned. It Is immaterial to us whether by the President's request for action, and the nomination is now forced to take its chances, with many (Senator uncommitted. Thre is a possibility tonight that friends of Mr. Brandeis may block I attain tomorrow action by the (Senate I judiciary committee and hold the nom ination there until further argument can be brought to bear on the three or four Uemocratic senators who tonight mrm nnnnaed to seatinc Mr. Rrandela on I the Supreme Court But the chances I C a K n i lint. iv, a. 1 1 j tuq cuiiiui t i ix. xz J a expected to take final action. Husband's Reported Murder Near Border Attributed to Man Impli cated In Murder Case. SAN DIEGO. May 9. Voicing her de termination to avenge the murder ofl her husband. Mrs. Jesse Deemer. wife! of John Deemer, who wss killed by Mexican bandits in the recent raid on Glenn Springs and Boqulllaa. Texas. left here today In a high-powered auto-I mobile for the scene of the outrage. I Sh4 was accompanied by her son. Dixon, of Los Angeles. "I received a telegram from the War Department last night saying my hus band had been killed by Mexican out laws." said Mrs. Deemer today, "and Boquillas to investigate as well as look after our property there. "My husband was a resident of Bo quillas for SO years, and was well known among the Mexicans in that dis trict." she said today. "About two years ago a Mexican named Pantelon Variol was arrested at Boquillss on a charge ot murder, and my husband, who was Justice of the peace, tried the case. A certain lawless element refused to tes tify against Variol. and he received his freedom. Despite this, he told my husband that some day he would kill him. t believe he is one of the bandits who raided the two towns. As soon as I and my son get to Boquillas 1 intend to hire rangers and guides and get this Mexican." The Deemers. who are well-to-do. own a larr.e ranch near Boquillas. A son, R. B. Deemer, is a professor at Purdue University. PROSPERITY DUE TO STAY Secretary Redf leld Says War Orders Are Comparatively Trivial. WASHINGTON, May 9. There will he no industrial depression in the United States at the end of the Euro. pean war, in the opinion of Secretary of Commerce Redfleld. who today wrote William P. Maiburn. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, that the country's so-called war business does not exceed probsbly per cent of its total industrial and commercial tlvity. The letter was in reply to a sucttrs on by Mr- Maiburn that the Amerl -r ""' ,n prepareaness lor peace. I no rei ""' importanra of war business n erany is overesumaiea. Jir. rteaneia I said. 700 GETS BANANA SNAKE neptile Is Captured In Fruit Sent dent Convill yesterday by Becker Co.. commission merchants. who found the reptile in a bunch of ba-lthe sixth: In fact, I believe we could nanas shipped here from the, Philip-1 make more money by the former alter pines. I native. The snake Is nesrly two feet long and is spotted. His species Is said tol be common In the Philippines. He Is I I of the boa constrictor family. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TEPTKROATF Maximum mtxtratura. til degreea; minimum. 89 decrees. TOD AY f Fair, with heavy frost la early morn Inc. mariner, westerly winds, Mexico. Militia of three statea at Funston's disposal to STuann boraer. ace i. Troops at Vancouver ordered to border. Pace 3. Tllf of victim of raid to a a on trail ot Mexican she auspecta of murder In c hus band. Face X. War. Turks say they captured three British Gen era. Is at Kut-ei-Amara. Face X Official reports and summary. Face ?. Battle of Verdun renewed with deadly vlcor. Face Forelcn, Irish uprising may have indirect effect in hastening home rule. Pace 4. National. Agreement on Army bill near. Face . Senate committee unfavorable to Brandela Face l. Federal Investigation to be ordered If an thracite operators increase prices. Face 3. Domeit le. Ten thousand dollars offered for loo ats at ! Republican National Convention. Fac 1 Sport. Pacific Coast Teacue results: Portland-San Franr-lscn game postponed, rain; ernon 4. lUos Ancelea O; Sa!t Lk J. Oakland O. Page 34. Giants beat Pittsburg, in to 3. Page 14. Red Pox break Cleveland' a winning streak. Pace 14. One hundred and fifty-seven athletes en tered for InterscholasMc meet at Eugene. Page 15. Pacific Northwest. Moonshiners raptured by Sheriff In Spokane River country. Page J. v Grande real estate man is stabbed In affray. Page 6. State Engineer refuses to O. Iv check for Deputy csntine. Page o. State Grange convenes at Grants Pass. Page 4. Madman In Olvmpla jail stabs three other prisoners. Page 1. ConunervHal sod Marine. Restriction of English brewery output may affect Oregon hop market. Page 18. Wheat upturn at Chicago due to South western damage reports. Page 1". Rail shares are strongest features of Wail- street market. Page 1V. New boat chartered for Alaskan line. Pace 3 - j Fort land and Vicinity. I Women workers in woolen mills exempted from nine-hour law. Page 1. Mr. Dlech to discharge four who stirred up sewer trouble. Page zo. MarQuam Gulch to b cleaned up snd msde Into playground xor enwartn. pace so. Hippodrome to open today. Pace 7. Municipal Judce rails attention to growing use ot alcohol ny orunaaras. page 7. "park horse" on war In candidate list for ' Kr.se Festlvsl queen. Page 8. Pacific Coast Religious Association conven- tion opens here today. Page 8. Wall street declared powerless to call mora torium. Page 8. Speed limit for streetcars up to courts on suit for speeding. Page 8. Latest Oregon political news. Page 4. Weather report , data and forecast, page 18. 1 Exemption Is Made by Welfare Commission. WOMEN WORKERS' PLEA WINS Mrs. Gee Admits Employes Are Unit Against Innovation. CHAMBER OPPOSES CHANGE Members of Board Declare Consid erable Misapprehension KxNts, but Assert Analysis Will Show Action Conservative. Woolen mills operating In Oregon will be exempted from the provisions of the nine-hour rule which the revi sion'conference of the Industrial Wel fare Commission proposes to apply generally to manufacturing industries of the state. A decision to this effect was reached at a meeting of the conference yester day following appeals from both the employers and employes in the woolen from a committee representing the Portland Chamber of Commerce that no "burdensome restrictions" be Im posed upon manufacturers. Mnr-iloar Day Proposed. The conference previously had adopted a recommendation for a nine hour day for women workers In all occupations. The present regulations allow women to work not to exceed ten hours a day. with a maximum of 64 hours a week. Under the present ruling women in the woolen mills work ten hours for five days a week snd four hours on Saturdays. They hive their Ssturday afternoons free. It was pointed out that the proposed regulation would force these women to work nine hours a day for six days. thus depriving them of the freedom of their Saturday afternoons. Manager Speaks for Workers. This situation previously had been Impressed upon the conference by Mrs. L. Gee. one of its members, but wss presented In a forceful manner at the opening of yesterdsy's session by E. L. I Thompson, manager of the Portland we work nine hours for six days or ten I hours for five days and four hours on I "But I have been repeatedly urged by the women working for us to ak this body not to disturb the present rules which permit them the freedom of their Saturday afternoons." anltatloa Declared Good Mr. Thompson explained that tha sanitary conditions surrounding tha Portland Woolen Mill, as well as the other woolen mills of the state, were wholesome, and that 10 hours work a day does not entail a hardship upon the women employed there, Why not work nine hours for five days and four hours on Saturdays? asked Thomas Roberts, a member of the Commission. "Then the women still would have their Saturday afternoona off." "Because they work by the piece and would be deprived of that much earn ing: .power," answered Mr. Thompson. . Workers Oppose Carls Mrs. Gee. who hag steadfastly ad hered to the principle of an eistat-hour day for women, declared that the con tention made by Mr. Thompson is cor rect; that she recently visited the fac tory and that the employes there al most unanimously appealed for a pres ervation of the present regulation. "I want you to understand." insisted Mrs. Jee, "that I am opposed to a sec ond more than 48 hours a week, "but since this conference is determined to permit 54 hours. I say that it Is better to allow the women to work 10 hours for five days if they can have a half holiday ou the sixth day." Cleaa Bill eC Health Sbsivi. In support of his explanation that the sanitary conditions of his mill are sat isfactory. Mr. Thompson presented a letter from officials of the State Board of Health further testifying to this fact. Dr. A. K. Pierce, a member of the State Board, who recently visited the plant, corroborated this statement. He said that the women are healthy, happy and contented under present conditions. I and expressed the belief that their mental repose would be disturbed were they deprived of their Saturday half holiday. "The principal factor contributing- to the health and we II-being of women workers, said Dr. Pierce. "Is content ment. "Tou can't expect a woman to have good health if she is unhappy or discontented." Mrs. Gee Mot Cob v I need. "Do you mean to say, asked Mrs. Gee of Dr. Pierce, "that a woman can work day in and day out for years at 10 hours a day and not suffer?" "1 say that the women at the Tort land Woolen Mill can work 10 hours for five days and four hours on the aixth day without suffering." answered the doctor. "But I am talking about women C oaci uded tm F T. Column 1.)