K VOL. L.VI.--NO. 17,514. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HIED LEGISLATURE GETS RAPID START VILLA'S DEFEAT AT JIMINEZ CONCEDED BEAN PROBABLY IS TO BE REWARDED TRAPPER SURVIVES 11 DAYS' EXPOSURE BUFFALO BILL TOLD HIS DEATH IS NEAR NEW PROJECTS GO IN WATERWAYS BILL LAWSON ACCUSES CABINET MEIER GOVERNMENT AGENTS COJf VLVCED OF VICTORY. C. E. M'CCTtDY REACHES CTVTLI ZATIOX EXHAUSTED. SEVERAL- NORTHWEST DIPROTE MEMS EVCIiCDED. Both Houses Organize Amid Harmony. BUSINESS NOW UNDER WAY Gus C. Moser Heads Senate and R. N. Stanfield House. DRY ISSUE EARLY TO FORE Joint. Memorial by Eddy of - Doug las Urging Congress to Put Dis trict of Columbia Dry la Passed by Both Branches. 6 TATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 8. (Special.) The Oregon Legislature Kot off to a flying start today. In both Senate and House the X 5 Elding officers were elected, desk clerks chosen and all details of organization completed when adjournment was taken this afternoon. Everything Is now ready for the serious business of work. More auspicious for a successful ses sion even than this business-like expe dition was the fact that there wajo't so much as a ripple of inharmony. All Runs Serenely. ' In the Senate Gus C. Moser, of Mult nomah. was elected President, by unanimous vote. All five of the Dem ocratic Senators voted for him. and two of them. Garland and Baldwin, seconded his nomination. In the House Robert N. Stanfield. of Umatilla, was elected. Speaker without a dissenting voice after, he had been nominated by Louis z:. Bean, of Lane, bis opponent for the position up to last night. Mr. Bean spoke highly of Mr. Stan field in his nominating- address.. He referred to him as "my close friend,' and told the Representatives that "he .deserves your vote, your confidence, your good will and your hearty co. operation." - ..Continuing, Mr. Bean praised the leg Illative record,., of Mr. .Stanfield. ..and spoke warmly of his qualifications for the high office of Speaker. This gen erous tribute mtf.de a pronounced im pression On the House. ' " If any further act had been needed than Mr. . Bean's withdrawal . Sunday night as a candidate for Speaker, to bury all animosity after the spirited contest between them, Mr. Bean fur nished it by his warm-hearted nomi nating speech. Good Feeling Abounds. The nomination was seconded by Mrs. Alexander Thompson, of Wasco, a Democrat and the only woman mem ber of either House. George C. Brownell, of Clackamas, who for a time was also a candidate for Speaker, was another second. By the time the unanimous vote for Mr. Stanfield was announced it seemed as if all the members of the House were old friends. Although the House did not get quite so far as the Senate on its first day, there remains only for Speaker Stan field to announce his committees to put the two bodies on virtually the same footing. Mr. Stanfield will give out his committee list early tomor row. - In the Senate five bills were Intro duced before final adqournment for the day at 3 o'clock. The House adjourned at 4:05 o'clock. Before they adjourned, however, the issue of prohibition had been put up to both houses, and they had faced the issue squarely. "Dry" Memorial Passes. ' It came about through the Introduc tion In the Senate, by Eddy, of Doug las, of a Joint memorial petitioning Congress to pass "a bill pending to make the District of Columbia dry. This memorial was brought to immedi ate vote on suspension of the rules after Senator Eddy had explained that he desired its passage today because the dry bill in question is to be con sidered in the United States Senate to morrow. With -this explanation of the reason for rushing it through, not Senator voted against it. There were two absentees. Senators Bingham and Olson, and 28 voted aye. It had to wait In the House until the organization was completed. The rules were suspended and the question came up promptly on its merits. D. C. Lewis attempted to delay the proceed Ings on the technical ground that the House was not ready for business. Dr. J. E. Anderson, leader of the "dry' forces. Insisted on an Immediate roll call and was supported by Speaker Stanfield. Seven Oppose -Measure. Mr. Lewis Insisted that he was not opposed to the merits of the measure and, to demonstrate his good faith, moved Its adoption. ' But his position on the Issue was brought? into question again when he voted against It -on roll call. The seven negative votes were: Callan, Corbett, Kubli, Lewis, Mackay. Schlmpff and Stott. It is believed that this Is the maxi mum "wet" strength In the House, and It Is probable that most of this group of seven will vote favorably when the "bone-dry" bill comes up. The text of the Joint memorial was telegraphed to Washington, D. C, tonight. Two more joint memorials, one ask ing Congress for a National prohibition law, the other asking Congress to bar liquor advertising from the malls, will be presented later by Fenatt- Eddy. Bandit Leader and Staff Flee to State of Durango General Murguia Recaptures Trains. . EL PASO, Tex., Jan. - 8. Carranza forces now occupy . Jimenez, Santa Rosalia and Parral. while Franisco Villa and his staff have fled to . the state of Durango over the branch rail road from Parral to EI Oro. Government . agents here who have been loath to accept the Carranza re ports of the victory over """Villa, at Jimenez, Friday, and of Villa's reported retreat to Parral, finally admitted to day the battle of Jimenez ended In a complete repulse of the Villa forces and one high Government official said he had information which led him to be lieve the Government forces had won "a sweeping victory over Villa." General Jose Carlos Murguia, com mander of the Juarez garrison, received a message " from his brother. General Francisco Murguia, dated 9 A. M. today at the military headquarters in Parral. This message confirmed the occupation of Parral by the de facto forces Sun day. The recapture of nine locomo tives, 100 freight cars, a- number of Pullman cars and other equipment, was also confirmed in this message. OFFICIALS ARE LOCKED OUT Halfway City Attorney, Absent and Old Regime Must Remain. BAKER, Or, Jan. 8. (Special.) Until City Attorney C. J. Shelton re turns to Halfway with the. key to his office, where are kept the city books, Qalfway will have to get along with its old officials, due to leave office last Thursday. Meanwhile a brand new set of officials is anxiously wait ing to get into harness.. The inaugura tion was set for last Thursday and the newly elected officials were all ready to take office but Mr.- Shelton had left a few days before on a business trip, intending to get back Thursday, and had not returned. The Inauguration was postponed and will be held as soon as the man with the key-gets back. . . . T. A. M'BRIDE CHIEF JUSTICE Wallace . McCamant, of . Portland, Becomes " Associate Justice. SALEM, Or., Jan.' 8. (Special.) Thomas A. McBride, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, today became Chief Justice of that tribunal, and Wal lace McCamant, Portland attorney, be came Associate Justice. The changes were caused by; the resignation of Robert Eakin as Asso ciate Justice. His resignation, sub mitted several days ago to the Gover nor, became effective today. Justice Eakin would have become Chief 'Jus tice today, but ill health compelled him to relinquish his duties on .the bench. GERMAN RATIONS SHORTER Frankfurter Zeltung Reports Furth er Food Restrictions. AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 8. The Frankfurter Zeltung: says Germany is now almost entirely dependent on her own resources for milk and butter, while home-made cheese has almost en- tlrely disappeared from the market. The Cologne Gazette reports further restrictions on potatoes in the Dussel- dorf district, the weekly ration having been fixed at -three pounds, with four pounds of kohlrabi. The Essen . mu nicipality, has protested against the re duction in the weekly potato ration to three pounds. BELGIANS WORK IN POLAND Dutch Correspondent Learns That Deportations Continue. AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 8. A correspondent on the Belgian front writing to the Telegraff says he learns Belgians deported from- the neighbor hood of Charlerol have been sent to oc. cupled parts of Poland to perform com pulsory labor. Owing to protests, the correspondent says, the Germans here and there are sending back some of the deported Belgians, but from several towns they continue to remove citizens of all classes. ' CORPSE DECEIVES GUARDS Mexican Customs Formalities Evad ed by "Wit of Guide. EL PASO, Jan. 8. Mrs. Carrie Haupt, wife of an EI Paso engineer, dropped dead last night while sight-seeing on the main street of Juarez with her daughter. Miss Ruth Haupt. ' A Mexican guide placed the body in an automobile in a position to indicate life and drove past Mexican customs and immigration guards unchallenged. Usually It requires several days and much negotiating to bring a body out of Mexico. LABOR OPPOSES TRAINING Chicago Federation Against Drill In Public Schools. CHICAGO. Jan. 8. Resolutions pro testing against the proposed military training of pupils In the public schools of Chicago were announced today by the Chicago Federation of Labor. It was charged the schoolboys would be trained in the use of arms "for the purpose of turning them against or ganized labor during strikes." Speaker Is to Select Committees Today. KUBLI WILL HEAD FINANCES Anderson, Father of Dry Law, to Direct Liquor Bill. STOTT IS ON JUDICIARY Bclland of-. Clatsop Scheduled for Chairmanship of Fisheries and Forestry Goes to Fuller. Xiangaard Gets Roads. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. . (Special.) Speaker Stanfield prob ably will appoint his committees" to morrow so that the House can proceed properly with Its business. It ir under stood that the Speaker virtvally had his committee lists complete, a few days ago, but that the withdrawal of Louis E. Bean from the Speakership race' on Sunday night caused him to make some revisions. While Bean's withdrawal came clean. without any strings tied to it, Stan field is expected to saow his apprecia tion by giving Bean, and some of his principal supporters a number of choice places. Kubll to Get Finances. Kubli, of Multnomah, is pretty sure to be chairman of the ways and means committee and also .will be a raemoer of the printing committee. Clark, of Gilliam, will have a place on the ways and means committee. Anderson, floor leader for the dry forces, doubtless will be chairman of the committee, on alcoholic traffic Others on this committee will be Laf ferty of Benton, Bean of Lane, and probably Elmore of Linn, all of whom are pronounced drys. Lewis of " Mult nomah, who has been voting with the wets, may be- a member." Stott to Be on Judiciary. Stott of Multnomah, is expected to bead the Important Judiciary committee and Forbes of Deschutes, the revision of laws. Bean also will have a place on one of these committees. Laurgaard of Multnomah, or Schlmpff of Clatsop, will be chairman of roads and highways. . Gore of Douglas and Jackson, "will be a member of this com mittee. - Belland of Clatsop, is said to be slated for the chairmanship of the fish committee, with Thomas of Jackson, as one of the members. Fuller of Lincoln and Polk and Straf- rin of Polk are in line for the chairman ships of the forestry and the military affairs committees, respectively. - Callan Also Placed. If Laurgaard is not made chairman of the roads committee it Is probable that he will head the Irrigation com- (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1L) CONGRESS WONDER JUST Three Days Passed Without Food or Tobacco on Cross-Country Trip From Mud Lake to Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) On the day. the United States forest service in the Cascades planned to Inaugurate search for C. E. McCurdy, who. left Mud Lake, In Crook County, two weeks ago, he staggered into the little settle ment -at Foley Springs, suffering from the effects of exposure and with his clothing virtually torn from his body as a -result of his struggle in making his way through brush and over rim- rock while crossing the mountains by a route which is not marked by trail and which Is never known to have been used even during the Summer months. Mr. McCurdy, . who . is a trapper and hunter, planned to spend New Tear's day with his wife at Vancouver, B. C. He notified her that he -Would make the. trip across country as far as Eu gene. When he failed to arrive In Van couver, she appealed to the United States forest service . and Supervisor Clyde R. Seitz made plans to send out searching parties. The missing man had been 11 days on the road. Most of the time he spent making his- way down Horse Creek canyon on snowshoes. He said that at one point It took him two hours to get across a point of rimrock. a' dis tance of 30 yards. For three days he was without food or tobacco. He left Eugene for Vancouver this morning. $5 OFFERED FOR HUSBAND Kentucky Belle Wants Baker Mayor to Help Her In Quest. BAKER, Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) Mayor C. L. Palmer has a chance to make $5 easily. All he has to do is to get a husband for a young woman in Kentucky, who lays she Is willing to marry any good man in Baker, so anxious is she to get to live in this city. - She gives her age as 20. says she has black eyes, black hair and Is will lng to work. She offers the mayor a fee of 85 If he helps her. The Mayor annojneed his chance to make 85 today, but said he would be willing to divide the money with the man who wins the young Kentuckian's hand. The Mayor says the offer is bona fide. . ENGLAND FIXES FOOD COSTj.and win" an gone. ThTen T Tot - " : far away." Wheat 60 Shillings per 504 Pounds, While Potato Prices Vary. LONDON, Jan. 8. Baron Devonport, the food controller, has fixed the fol lowing prices which home growers may charge for their 1017 crops: Wheat, 60 shillings per 604 pounds: oats, 38 shillings 6 - pence per 336 pounds; potatoes, . a varying price of 115 to 130 shillings a ton. KING GETS BREAD CARD Constantine Applies in Due Form as Head of Family. ' . . ; ATHENS, via London, Jan. 8. King Constantine has applied for and re ceived the regular bread card which Is issued to all heads of families. HOW FAR THE PESKY CRITTER Plainsman Insists on Knowing Truth. EARTHLY AFFAIRS ARRANGED Physician Commends Patient to Higher Power. TELEGRAMS POURING IN Sympathy Expressed by Men All Over Country Many Boys Write and Typical American Youth Cheers Dying . Man. DENVER, Jan. 8. Colonel William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") Is dying In Denver tonight. facing death in the same manner that he has faced it many a time on the plains of the West In conflicts that made him famous. The "greatest plainsman the West ever knew," heard the warning words of the approach of the end of his life today from Dr. J. H. East, his physician and friend. Colonel Cody had summoned the physician to the home of his sister where he is spending his last hours. When Dr. East walked into his room. Colonel Cody said: "Sit down, doctor, there is something I want to ask you. I want you to answer me honestly. What are my chances?" Dr. East turned to the scout. Physician Is Candid. "There is a time. Colonel," said he, "when every honest physician must commend his patient to a higher power." Colonel Cody's head sank. "How longT" he asked simply. "I can answer that." said the physi cian, "only by telling you your life is like the hour glass. The sand is slip- Colonel Cody turned to his sister, Mrs. Ma Decker. "May." said he. "let the Elks and Masons take charge of the funeral." Then the man-who made history in the West, wheh it was young, began methodically to arrange his affairs. Death Kxpected Within .t Hoars. Dr. East tonight said death would come within 36 hours. Hundreds of telegrams of sympathy from men of prominence all over the country came today. Many boys from different parts of the United States wrote to him. "Won't you please send me the story of your life and all your pictures, so I can be a scout like Buffalo Bill?" one youngster wrote The letter was fceJten to Colonel Cody. "He is a typical American youth," said the Colonel as his face lighted with a smile of happiness. CAN SHOOT ITS QUILLS? n n - ' " : Q President Wilson Approves Measure in General Way, but Wants Work Co-ordinated. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 More than a dozen new projects were added to the list already adopted by the House riv ers and harbors committee today as the work continued on Its omnibus ap propriation bill soon to be reported. They Include Anacortcs Harbor. Wash ington. 836,000 complete: Skagit River, Washington, $30,000 complete; Grays Harbor bar. Washington. S85.000. a to tal of 1785,000; Columbia River at Cathlamet, Wash- 86000 complete: Lake Washington ship canal, Washington, $200,000. total $657,000; and Kalihl Har bor. Hawaii, $100,000; total. $439,000. President Wilson, who has approved tn a general way the proposed bill so far as Its appropriations for existing projects are concerned, reiterated to callers today his desire to see added an amendment designed to co-ordinate waterway improvement. He said that only by carrying out such' a" plan could river and harbor appropriations be free from the etigma of "pork-barrel legislation." "DRUGLESS" LAW UPHELD California Supreme Court Ruling Leaves It In Full Effect. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Without de ciding constitutional questions, the Supreme Court today affirmed refusal of California Federal courts to enjoin enforcement of California's medical practice law requiring licensing of "drugless" practitioners. The law ex empts Christian Scientists. The ruling leaves It in full force and operation. - The court also dismissed an appeal attacking validity of California's law regulating practice of optometry and requiring licensing of "drugless" opthal. mologists, but exempting regularly 11 censed physicians and surgeons. ELK EXHAUSTED IN SNOW Animals Wander to Pilot Rock and Are Easily Captured. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) Word reached here today that seven elk cows wandered down Birch Creek almost to' Pilot Rock Saturday. One of the animals which did reach Pilot Rock was so exhausted that It was captured easily. It lar thought they were driven out of the mountains on aacount of deep snow. Sportsmen are attempting to secure some protection to the elk from coyotes and dogs. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS . - The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 degree; minimum. 43 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. - - Legislatures. Oregon's 20th Legislature stnrts business swiftly and harmoniously. Page 1. Gua C. Moser la Senate President. Page 3. Houre organises harmoniously with smooth outlook forecast. Page o. Idaho Legislature opens with dance. Page 4. Mr. Bean probably will -be rewarded by t-peaKer. age 1. Olympla legislature urges Congress to favor Katlunal prohibition. rat 4. Mexico. Villa badly defeated at Jimlnes. Page L Korelgm. Disposition of Italians who blew up -war ships is problem, page T. National. - Northwest projects go In rivers and harbors bill. Page r. Lawson says Cabinet member profited by "leak." Page i. Lansing describes preparation of peace note. Page s. Webb-Kenyon law upheld by Supreme Court Pane 2. Adamson law argued before Supreme Court. Page T. Washington to inquire whether Gerard over stepped bounds In olive branch epeeeh. Page e. Marine officer has plan to abolish enlist ments and end Army, caste. Page 7. Immigration bill, amended to save Japan' feelings, is passed. Page .i. Tumulty makes full denial In "leak" Inves tigation. Page S. Domestic. Physlrian tells Buffalo Kill death Is near. Page 1. Head of Chlcaro police and four others ar rested ou graft charges. Page Suicide of Bernard W. Lewis does not clear up mystery of murder of model. Page 3. Sport. Portland women play Ice tennis. Pace 14. Coach Hunt to get 3O0O salary from Vash lngton. Page 14. Eugene gives big demonstration for victo rlous Oregon team. page 14. Club, basketball team to have good schedule. Pica 13. Bill Kenworthy to play third base for Browns. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. IlinoHtr stockholders in Oregon-Washington phone company accuse ex-presiuent- Page 4. J. F. Wilson, not Mrs. Hanley. to cast Ore gon's votes for Hughes. Page 0. Trapper reaches civilization after 11 days of exposure. rtga 1. Eastern Clackamas favors -new county. Page & Lawmakers to conform with tax limit amendment. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Flurry In all Pacific Coast barley markets. Page It. Two dollar wheat at Chicago for first time since Civil war. Page 1. AH classes of livestock firm at North Port lan.t yarJr. Page 13. Orei-on. of Alaska-Pacific fleet, to be launched In two weeks. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Engineer's report shows need for preparin to handle grain in bulk, page In. Willamette Company again refuses to deal with labor leaders. Pate 9. Commissioner Baker promises Auditorium by June 1. Page a . Taxlcab aone cards ready. Page 13. Chinese post 5O0 reward for slayer of tailor. Page a Ballet Russe takes San Francisco by storm. Page 11. Old land suit reopened, charging Batdwt Sheep at Land Company with fraud. Page 13. Each rate plan Is before lumbermen. Page 8. Jackson Club holds enthusiastic banquet. Page is. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 16. Financier, However, Re fuses to Give Name. "LEAK" INQUIRY IS STORMY Committee Considers Citing Witness for Contempt. OPEN DEFIANCE IS SHOWN Dostonian Ct.es Strong Lnmruarre and Says lie Has Proved Ills Case Tumnlty and Lansing Deny Stock Market Deals. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Through. bewildering maze of intimations and heated colloquies, which turned the hearing into an uproar, the House rules committee wrestled for several hours today with Thomas W. Lawson. ol ' Boston, without obtaining any definite information to substantiate the stories of a "leak" to Wall street in advance of . the President's peace note. When the committee adjourned until tomorrow, with Mr. Lawson's examina tion uncompleted, a motion to cite him before the bar of the Houi for con tempt because he refused to give names had been considered In execu tive session and taken under advise ment. Tumulty a Denial Emphatic Earlier In the day Joseph P. Tumulty. secretary to President Wilson, whose name was mentioned by Representative Wood In the rumors he laid before the committee last week, appeared to give emphatlo statement, indorsed by the President, that he had no knowl edge of the peace note before it was given to the press. He also denied the report repeated by Representative Wood that Mr. Tumulty and Bernard Baruch. a New York Broker, had conferred In a New York hotel a few days before the note was made public Mr. Tumulty de nounced the action of Representative Wood in making public charges based on a leter from an unidentified man. and. declared from the witness stand. looklnc Representative Wood in the face, that he was still awaiting the Ci jgressman's apology. Laaslsg Tells History of Note. Secretary Lansing, of the fcUate De partment, also took the stand to assert he had no knowledge of advance in formation circulated regarding the peace note. Secretary Lansing related the physical history of the note, ho It was prepared, through whose hands it passed, and of his participation in it preparation. He also told of a state ment he had given in confidence to newspapermen on the morning before the note was made public. In which he told them to expect a note at S o'clock that afternoon for publication Thurs day morning. He did not go into de tails with the correspondents, he said, but Hd say It was 'not a proposal for peace nor an offer of mediation. Stock Market Not Considered. The Secretary further said ho had not given the possible effect of the note on the stock market the least thought, but that he had enjoined se crecy because of the courtesy due to the foreign nations that the communi cation should not be published here before It had been received abroad. When Representative Chiperflcld, Republican, of Illinois, sought to in terrogate Secretary Lansing regarding his interpretations of the note on the day following its publication, the Sec retary said firmly that such question ing was going Deyond the scope of the Inquiry and was sustained by the com mittee. The committee's troubles with Mr. Lawson began soon after the finan cier took the stand and grew Into a noisy row, quieted only after Chair man Henry had threatened to clear the room of spectators and proceed in ex ecutive session. ' Lswmi Itefuses Names, After declaring he had evldenoc of a leak and asserting he had information from a member of Congress that a Cabinet official had been a beneticiary. Lawson flatly refused to give the names to the committee. He announced defiantly he would give no names, re gardless of consequences and declared: "You niay puni.sh me if you wish, but I will not besmirch the names of men in high position at this preliminary in quiry; my only business here is to give information that would warrant you in ordering a full investigation. This I think I have done." Before this the witness had flown Into a passion when questioned by Rep resentative Chiperfield about his book. "Frenzied Finance." Words, -Four Klnsher. Heard. There were . heated exchanges, in which the words 'four f lusher" could be heard above the general din which interrupted the record of the official stenographer. -Lawson, shaking his hand in Repre sentative Chiperfield's face, asserted that he knew his rights and would not be bulldozed. He finally was pulled into a chair by the chief clerk of the House. The colloquy with Representa tive Chiperfield and some of Lawson's other remarks were expunged from the record. The examination thea proceeded more quietly. Mr. Lawson frequently asked to be excused from answering ques tCoucludcci ou Page t. Column