THE MORXIXG OREGONTAX, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1919. WOMAN SLAYER OF 3 ATTEMPTS SUICIDE beside every lamp post within the section bounded by Third. Morrison, Tenth and Oak streets, were the gift of a group of former service men, who spent most of Saturday night and Sunday morning putting the trees in place. C. Clarence Liklns, who was with the trophy train when it traveled through the state under the auspices of the war department, had secured a shipment of 1800 trees to the city for Christmas sale. As the trees were late in arriving he found he would be unable to dispose of all of them, and rather than throw them away he, with other former service men, placed them alone the streets. POLICY IS CRITICISED Jump Into Lake Tried After Drowning Own Child. Washington Attorney-General Upholds Deportations. 1913 ffhe remaining trees Likens has stored at the corner of Park and Glisan streets, where he is selling them. REMORSE IS NOT EVIDENT COURT HEARING WANTED A. M. Mother's Hallucination That Moth-er-in-Law Influenced Youths Held Cause of Attack. Enforcement of Law Held Only Province of Executive Branch of Federal Government, ELECTROCUTION ACCIDENT VICTIM LAID TO REST. LABOR DEPARTMENT ft) liMiMii m COEUR D'ALENE. Idaho. Dec. 21. (Special. ) A slender little woman is Lucy M. Mullenax. weighing not more than 105 pounds, now in the custody of Sheriff Quarles facing the charge of murdering her three little children and murderously attackirlg her moth-er-ln-luw. Mary M. Mullenax. a wom an 74 years of age, at the Mullenax ranch home at Mica bay, 11 miles west of Coeur d'Alene. The triple tragedy and assault occurred in the same hou3e in which C. E. Hubbard committed suicide two years ago. The bodies of the three little chil dren John .1., aged 3 years: George, 1 years of age, and a 2-nionths'-old babe, of whom the mother pathetical ly says, "I was going to name her Virginia Mae" lie in the morgue in Coeur d'Alene because of hallucina tion of the mother that her mother-in-law, whom she attacked, was us ing hypnotic influence over her chil dren. Grandmother Seriously Injured. The aged grandmother is seriously Injured. She was brought to Coeur d'Alene for treatment. She has an even chance for recovery, physicians said today. lrs. Mullenax is 34 years old and a former school teacher. She apparently is not remorseful and told the of ficers to tell her husband that they did not suffer In death, as she had given them "chloroform liniment" be fore she threw them into a cistern 250 feet from the house shortly after she had attacked her mother-in-law with a wooden mallet in the latter's room in the upstairs of the house, beating her Head badly. Leaving her mother-in-law lying bleeding on the floor she ran down stairs and took her three small chil dren and threw the little ones into the spring. She then ran to a neighbor, a Mr. Forry, and told him what had hap pened, stating that she had quar reled with her mother-in-law and had drowned two of her children, but that the third one was out In the field near the Mica creek. Jump Into Lake Attempted. Porry telephoned to the author ities at Coeur d'Alene and placed Mrs. Mullenax in the custody of Henry Le patlne, a rancher near here. Lepatlne went on a search with the woman for the missing boy and as they neared the dock at Mica landing the woman ran to the dock and at tempted to jump into the lake, but was held back. She then confessed that all three children had been drowned. The father of the children. John J. Mullenax, was not home, having gone to Coeur-d'Alene with his auto, taking Shelton Bechtel, of Portland, who had been looking at the ranch with a view of purchasing it. On the way Bechtel remarked to Mullenax that he had better watch his wife, as he believed from what she had told him at the ranch that she was gojng in sane. Presents Bought for Family. The father is about 39 years of age and has been living on the Mica flats for the last two years. While in Couer d'Alene he had purchased Christmas presents for his wife and children. On arriving at the ranch officers searched the house to find the old lady. "The door Jto her room was locked and when no response came the door was battered in. The old lady, not weighing 100 pounds, appeared at the door, all covered with blood; crying, "John, is that you, is that you John?" Her son, John Mullenax, then came up and the old lady was carried downstairs. The woman held for the murders was Lucy Fawsett before she was married. Her only known relative is a sister, Hazel Fawsett, at Clifts, Idaho, in the southern part of the stats. Masons Act as Pallbearers for Late Manager of Park Apart ments; Widow Survives. Funeral services for the late Arthur M. Nicholson, who was killed last Wednesday by accidental electrocu tion, were held from the chapel of V Inlay & Son Saturday. The services, which were largely attended, were w A. M. Nicholson, victim of elec trocution accident who laid to rest yesterday. conducted by Rev. O. W. Taylor. Pre vious to interment at Rivexview cem etery, impressive ceremonies were conducted under the direction of Har mony lodge, A. F. and A. M. The pall bearers were lodge brothers of the deceased. Mr, Nicholson was born in Victoria, B. G. in 1881. After graduation from Victoria high .school he came to Port land and completed a course at Port land Business college in 1900. Subse quently he entered the employ of the Portland hotel. At the opening of the Multnomah he accepted the position as steward. He later moved to San Francisco, and upon his return to Portland again joined the Multnomah force as night auditor. At the time of his death Mr. Nicholson was also manager of the Park apartments. Besides his widow he leaves his daughter, Dorothy; his mother. Mrs. S. E. Nicholson, of Victoria; three brothers. Dr. F. J. and T. C. Nicholson of Vancouver, B. C. and Ralph H. of Victoria, and three sisters. Eleanor of Victoria. Mrs. F. A. Futcher and Mrs. W. E. Morell of Vancouver, B. C. CRAP. GAME BROKEN UP r Five Men Arrested Saturday Night to Be Tried Today. A "sociable" game of craps at 725 Powell street resulted In the arrest Saturday night of Oscar Walker, mer chant, on a charge of conducting a gambling game, and Jess Thornton laborer; William Pierce, merchant Peter Rillholer, laborer, and Fred Pfohl, machinist, on charges of gam bling, by Patrolman R. E. Wagner. rail for Walker was placed at $50 and that for the others at $20 each. They will be tried in municipal court today. APPLE SHIPPERS HOPEFUL Protest Against Freight Rate In crease Well Presented. HOOD RIVER. Or, Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) Local shippers, who were rep resented at the interstate commerce commission rate hearing in Portland last week by A. W. Stone, executive manager of the Apple Growers' asso ciatlon, say they are pleased with the showing made by northwestern deciduous fruit shippers, who. through the public service commissions of Oregon and Washington, have sought to prevent the 25 per cent freight increase from applying to their prod uce. C. W. McCullagh. .sales manager of the association, who attended the hearing one day, says the shippers presented strong arguments in sup port of their contention that the rates ordered were discriminatory as ap p l i i ! to apples. While the increased rate went into effect more than a year ago, a tem porary compromise was given apple shippers, limiting the Increase to 10 per cent, where the former rate was in excess of l per 100. The com promise rate ceased May 31 of this year. MR. McCUMBER LEAVES Xortli Dakota Senator Ends Visit With Relatives in Portland. Forter J. McCumber, United States senator from North rakota, and sec onpr ranking member of the senate committee on foreign relations, left Portland last night for North Dakota where he will pass the holidays, pro ceeding to Washington Immediately after the New Year. Senator McCumber has been visit Ing here at the home of his niece, Mrs. Frank V. Smith, 635 Kast Fifty fourth street, north, and with his sis ter, Mrs. Eliza James, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Smith. OLTMPIA, Wash., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) Denial of the right of a de partment of the executive branch of the federal government to substitute , its own policy instead of enforcing I the provisions of legislative enact ment is contained in a second letter from L. L. Thompson, attorney-general, to Louis F. Post, assistant secre tary of labor, criticising the position outlined by Mr. Post in a communica tion relative to the status of alien members of the I. W: W. The attorney-general offers to appear in federal court as representative of thf labor department in any cases of de portation of I. W. W. now in custody in the northwest in order to obtain Judicial construction of the act of 1918. The letter says in part: Hon. Louis F. Poet. Assistant Secretary of Labor, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: Um der data of November 28 I addressed a let ter to you relating- to the proper construe- tion of that portion of the act of congreu of October 16, 191S, which provide for the deportation of all aUena "who are members of or affiliated with any orjtanl- tlon that entertains a belief in, teaches. or advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United States or of all forms of law ... or that advocates or teaches the unlawful de struction of property. Power Vested in Congress, The specific question considered in that etter was whet ha r or not It was neces sary, under this act, to prove that any par ticular alien member or tne inaustnai Workers of th World had knowledge of the seditious doctrines of this organiza tion before deportation could be had. I have always understood it to be a fun damental principle of our government that, subject to constitutional limitations, all questions of expediency, wisdom or pro priety or legislation are Tor tne legisla tive branch of the government to con aider and therefore are not matters for the consideration of either the executive or the judicial branches. It Is needles for me to point out that. In so far a the national government I concerned, all learlaiative power is vested in congress and that none is possessed by the department of labor, which is a branch of the executive department. ... "Enforcement Only Province. If you are In accord therefore with my conclusion that the 1. W. W. advocates and teaches these unlawful acta, I submit that it ooviousjy toiiow max tne oniy province of your department is to enforce the law a enacted. I am unable to com prehend how the queation of possible hard ships which may result from such en forcement la one for your consideration. It Is self-evident that if every executive officer is permitted to enforce or refuse to enforce a statute depending upon his own individual views of the wisdom or pro priety of such enforcement or non-enforcement, the result would be to transfer to the executive branch of the government a large part of t lie powers of congress, a thing which the f ramers of our constitu tion never intended. If I am correct in the foregoing It is un necessary to discuss In any detail the wis dom of the 'policy" which you have adopt ed. I will state, howrver, that I am as little In accord with your "policy" as with your apparent view of the law. . . , Upon page 3 of your letter you say that "culpability of such alien members as are participants in or cognizant of law lessness in th I. W. W. or any of its groups should be easily discoverable wher ever it exists." If this statement be correct one of two things must be true, (1) either your department has made little effort to discover such facts because the number of alien members deported in this section Is extremely small when compared to the total alien membership, or elae (2) prac tically all of these aliens are wholly Igno rant of the doctrines of this organization. I have no means of knowing whether the first supposition is true and I canont be- ieve the second. Illustration Is Cited. To Illustrate: Immediately after the Cen tralla outrage the state arrested some 14 alien members of the I. W. W. In Centralis- Representatives of your depart ment examined these men and held one out of the 14 for deportation. If evidence of individual culpability Is easy to obtain, as you state, I would be bound to suppose that the other 13 members were all with out knowledge of the doctrines of the THE INCOMPARABLE CHENEY The Cheney Phonograph Plays All Records Cheney tonal beauty Is like that of the. woodland songsters. The wonderful performance of the Cheney IB due to its newly-applied principles of construction. When you listen to the Cheney you for get the machine and think of the living presence of the artist pouring- out his soul in a flood of melody. All the wealth of personality that distinguishes substance from shadow radiates from the record t Vlait our store hear the Cheney "Its tone is Satisfying." Made in six beautiful models. Prices From $90 to $365 Cxm F. Tohnson 'Piano (Jo. 149 Sixth St., Portland. SOT Mala St., Vancouver. CHICKfSRirVG MEULIN PACKARD BOND PIANOS. a4-Zrz cut rzD ccactc I. W. W. To one who has any knowledge of the unceasing and tireless propaganda of the I. W. W. leaders among its mem bers, such a supposition is unthinkaole. Personally, I prefer to believe that the failure or your agents to hold more of theae men at Centralla was because of In ability to secure evidence of individual cul pability rather than because we had in custody 13 members who never had heard of direct action, sabotage and all the other unlawful doctrines of the I. W. W. If I am right, this presents a concrete illustration of a reason why the department of labor should enforce the law as enacted and not concern itself with questions of policy. My own view of the law Is each that If you will order the deportation of some of the alien members of the I. W.W., which we now have in custody in the northwest. I will be pleased to appear in the federal courts tn behalf of your department and I will undertake In these forums to obtain a judicial adjudication that the construc tion of the act of 1918 which I have con tended for is the proper one. Yours re spectfully, !.. X. THOMPSON, Attorney-General. Game Farm Birds Saved. EUGENE, Or., Dc. 21. (Specials While reports come In from all parts of the valley that Chinese pheasants have died In considerable numbers, not one of the 1000 at the new state game farm near Eugene perished dur ing the cold weather, according to L. E. Bean, who was largely Instru mental in having the farm established here. This fact has proved the sound judgment of the state game commis sion in establishing farms for the propogatlon of these game birds, in the opinion of Mr. Bean. WORKMEN'S DATA READY COMMISSIOXKRS TO CONFER TODAY ON HIGHER PAT. Read The Oresronlan classified ads. Tentative Increase In Proposed Payment Believed Approved by Injured Workmen. SALEM. Or., Dec. M. (Special.) William A. Marshall, J. W. Ferguson and Will Kirk, members of the state Industrial accident commission, went to Portland tonight, where tomorrow they will attend a conference called to make recommendations to the leg islature at its special session In Jana uary with regard to increasing the payments to injured workmen under the state compensation act. Complete data showing the receipts, disbursements and surplus funds of the commission have been prepared and will be placed before the confer ence for consideration. The tentative Increase in the proposed payments, although not in keeping with the ad vance in the cost of living, probably will meet with the approval of the Injured workmen, in the opinion of the commissioners. Tomorrow's conference will be com posed of 15 delegates, five represent ing the employers, five the employes and five the citizens of the state at large. 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