the SUNDAY OTtEGOXIAN. rORTLATP. NOVEMBER 6, 1910. , CONVICTS M i ui ' v - ii u ill II FUHCtU TO 00 WEST TASK State Penitentiary Inmates Folding Dodgers for Bourne Candidate. PRISONERS MARK PAPER Utrrmture Reaching Portland, Labor Flrmcnt Is Arous-ed Over Cam palRnrr's Act--Impoltlon Plctrrrd Soon. That convict In th ?ts?e rnltntUry have Wn compelled to pni Ion hour In preparicg- freakish polUlrsl dodgem fnr Oswald Wert, the Bourne-Chamberlain machine's randtdate for Governor, became known yesterday through a pro test whk-h the convicts succeeded in get-tin- through the burs of the. prison in an unguarded hour. Set at work folding what t known as "roiled dodgers." the unwilling convicts wrote In the tale of thilr compulsory service, with the result that when sev eral thousand of the dodgers wera put out In Multnomah Cour.ty yesterday morning some strange things were read by the voters Into whoee hand's the mis sives fell. Labor Is Aroad. A a result of this unexpected expos ef West's las attitude toaard free labor, thers was a marked revulnlnn of feeling among the laboring element yesterday and last night. While the Bourne-West campaigners have been making a marked play for the labor vote, their labors re ceived a setback with their Zeal attitude on the subject laid bare. Long and arduous wik was. entailed in the r paratlon of the dodgers, snd although scores of willing men have been besieging West headquarters for any klr.d of honest work, ths Job was turned over to the convict Uocked securely In cells, with ths prison officials a part of the. present stale machine, thera didn't s-m to be the least danger of the story leaking out. it was known the convicts didn't like the lob. but prisoners are not permitted to make their protests too strong, and rather than risk a seaslon In solitary eonflnement on bread and water, those ajv.gned to work on the West literature accept. the mlsjflon with ajarent cheerfulness. Campaign Plan Childish. The dottger are several feet In length and to read them requires a long process of unwinding. Hence the convlcta quickly MW a means of letting the. world know of the Imposition that was being heaped upon them. Tha West dodgers; a cheap and childish Idea, read: "Have everybody gather "round. "Don't get excited. "You won't be sorry. "Keep on turning "ine good turn deserves another. "Lt f:tt!rr turn. "l-t Bill and Johnnie turn. "Ijet mother have a look. "Are you looking? "Have no bosew, have made no prom ises. "righting MV a principle. "Of the. people; by the people; for the feople." Convicts Mark nodfrrrs. And a lot more similar guff ending with an admonition to vote for OswuW West. It was the Irony of fate that auch a play for popular vote should be exposed by the hapless convicts compelled to pre pare the dodgcra. "Folcled by convicts In the state pen' ni the, telltal Inscription scrawled as the bottom of many of the dodgers, "Hospital department for. free Inbor." w s another. -lon't vote for West." '"They made us do It." and ""Vote for Bosrerman" were amor.g other Inscriptions. It was not until several thousands of the dodger were on the streets that the. expose became known to the mschino plotters. Then there was a scramble to get the edition out of circulation. But too late. nmmnr The letter aald In Dart -When the charge wa rirsi maue that Mr. Tix required the employes in his paper mills to work 1J hours each right, I assumed that the charge had no basis In fact and that it would be answered by a specific denial. However,- up to this hour no denial bad been made and no explanation has been offered by Mr. Dlx. On the con trary. Investigation has demonstrated that the employes of the paper mills controlled by Mr. Vlx are required to and do work 13 hours of each 2 hours. It has been charged and not denied that the workmen in his mills receive In return for th sst excessively long hours only 11.75 per night or Ula cents per hour. "If the state of New York and all its municipalities recognize eight hours as a day's work, what Justification can there be for excusing or defending a 11-hour day In the paper mills con trolled by Mr. Dlx? The statute of the State of New York establishing the eipht-hour day was enacted at the solicitation of the wage-earners. Dees It seem reasonable to suppose that Mr. Ilx. who requlrea his own men to work 1J hours each night, wsould sympathixe with a law which establishes for state and municipal employes an eight-hour workday?" COLE TALKS OH APPLES PLANT TREES FAR APART, IS PROFESSOR'S ADVICE. Late Fall or Early Spring Host Sea son for Planting; Yearlings Should Be Vsed, He Says. Rudiments of practical apple tree planting and apple culture were dis cussed by Professor Cole, of the Ore gon Agricultural College, before an audience of 200 people In the auditor ium of the T. M. C. A. last night. Pro fessor Cole's address was the first of a series of lectures which will be given during the Winter at the T. M. C. A. on the phases of apple growing In dustry. The speaker said that one of the se rious mistakes made by the earlier or chardlsts was that they .Insisted on planting the trees too closely together. Experience has taught that better re sults are obtained, he said, when the trees are from 31 lo li feet apart, as the trees will have a better chance to develop and produce a better quality of fruit. It Is absolutely necessary tiiat the trees should have plenty of soil to feed on. This Is an axiom, the speaker said, among all practical or chardlsts. "Care In selecting trees for planting; Is another necessary feature In set ting out an orchard." said Professor Cole. "It Is easy to set out an orchard after learning the few rudimentary principles. Many orchards . now In bearing are almost valueless from a practical commercial standpoint be cause care was not exercised In select ing the trees and In setting them out. The "tree that will ultimately give the best results Is the one that was planted In Its first year of growth. "It Is also necessary that the tree should have plenty of fibrous roots. A tree of this kind properly set out will almost Invariably grow and bear well, provided of course It Is given the right kind of care. "in the Willamette Valley I find that late Fall or early Spring, even In February, are the proper periods for orchard planting. Growers are quick ly learning the scientific side of fruit growing and I have no doubt that the orchards lu the Willamette Valley will In a- few years be a much higher standard.- Other lectures to be given Ao the series will be on the following sub jects: "Orchard Soils." "Soli Physics." "Best Commercial Varieties of Apples for Different Localities," "Accessory Crops," "Pollination." "Codling Moth." "San Jose Scale." "Insect Pests," "Fun gus Diseases." "Orchard Sprays." "The Suburban Home and Its Orchard," "Ap pis Picking." "Personal Experiences In Apple Culture." "Relation of Supply to Demand." "Treatment of the Old Or chard." "Relation of Oregon Agricul tural College to the Development of Horticulture In This State." "Selection of Nursery Stock." "Pruning." "Plant Lice and Other Insects," and "Twenty Tears of Apple Culture." BOTH SIOES SAY VICTOR! THEIRS Prohibitionists Claim State by 10,000; Home Rule Says 20,000 to 10,000. STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED MURDERESSIS CONVICTED Moman Who Shot Uunband Is Sen tewed to Prison for Life. WACO. Tex.. Nov. i. Mrs. Minnie Lee Strlght. charged with the murder of her husband. T. F.. Strlght. at Mc Gregor. Tex.. June Is last, was found gulltv of murder In the first degree in the fourth district court here today. Iter nunlshment was fixed at life Im prisonment. Tk. riefendsnt. who was lying on a ; rot. which sne has been forced to oc cupy for several weeks, sobbed con vulsively when the verdict was an nounced, hut did not speak. Mr ttright. one of the best-known newspaper men In the state, was shot in me xorencai no m about midnight. June 1$. His wife ad- . . . I . . I L W... -a .w4 , 1 mmea ine Kuitiiff. Strlght. as a result of domestic troubles, had attempted to cut her with a raxor. The state clamed Strlght was asleep , when shot. Strlght formerly lived In Oklahoma. Counsel for tne defense will ask for a new trial. GUARDSMEN TO ASSEMBLE Ex-Mcnibcrs of Company 11. First Infantry, Plan Reunion. The 27th anniversary of Company 1. First Infantry. Oregon National Ouard. will be heid Friday evening Ifovernber 1. Advices received from Captain U. C farrar. now In Sacramento, who commanded the company many years ago. are that he will be here for the o.caslon. Some members who Joined the com pany Just before It waa mustered Into the Volunteer serrtce for departure with the Second Oregon regiment for the Phr.lppines have not been located, as the rost-r falls to give their present address. If any such members hive not received news of the anniversary will send their address to Oeorge T. Vlllett. 7iS Morrison street, giving date of enlistment, thev will be advised at once of the arrangements for the re union. MITCHELL DENOUNCES DIX Charges of Long Honrs, Low Wages, la Taper Mills Not Ienled. NEW TORK. Nov. I John Mitchell. . labor leader. Issued through Re publican state headquarters tonight an j pen letter attacking the record of John A. Dlx. the Iwmocraus cadtdate FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE. John Dltchburn. Republican nominee. Seir-made man; 10 years' experience. I Paid advertisement.) CARD OF THANKS. . We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many friends for their kindness and sympathy during the sick ness and death of our beloved mother, aud for the beautiful floral offerlr.ga. WILLIAM. JACOB, B. J. AND HUGO Del PKN NINO. MRS. JENNIK PCRRIE. II UA NELLIE M. REAR CARD OF THA MVS. 1 desire to thank my friends, the Woodmen of the World and the Women of Woodcraft, and others lor their kind attention and words of sympathy and love and for their beautiful floral pieces ctven during the death and burial of iny late husband. Mit.S. J. M. WOOPWORTIL Australia Has Say on Mall Rid. OTTAWA, Ont, Nov. 6. A single bid had been received at the expiration time for offers this week for supplying the mall service between Vancouver and Australia. It was made by the company which Is furnishing the present service. The company subsequently mads several alternative oners invoicing i.uwih v peed, aocommciatlons and frequency of service. As a result Canada will have to consult Australia before a contract ran be signed, as Australia la an equal contrtbtuor to the subsidy paid for the service. Forest Grove Plnns Meeting. FOKFST GROVE. Or.. Nov. . (Spe cial.) Local Republicans are preparing to give Jay Hovenr.sn and Representa tive Hawley a bin reception here Mon day evening at the rally In the Knights of Pythias Hall. Local speakers will also take part In the meeting. Gle your children the benefll of trained teachers. Vote on No. SIS X Yra. The State Normal School at Mon mouth. This Is the pioneer school for training teachers. (Tall advertisement.) Opposing Forces Refuse to Concede Anything Home Rule Bill Bears Brunt of Attack by "Wets." e "Drys" Are Confident, The Prohibition bills will be defeated by a majority ranging from 10.000 to 20.000 H. C. McAllister, general manager of the Greater Oregon Home Rule Associa tion. Prohibition will carry by at least 10.000 majority J. R. Knodell, superintendent of the State Anti-Saloon League. The foregoing are the predictions of the s-enerala at the head of the two op posing forces. Both announce that their estimates are based upon Information re ceived from all points in the state. H. C. McAllister gae out the following statement last night: Now that the campaign Is nearlng the end. and with the election only two days off. and everything having been done by this association to educate the voters on the issue. I am content to rest, feeling assured that every Intelligent, voter has made up his mind on the question and will cast his vote accordingly. I have no fear as to the result, as I am firmly of the opinion that the conservative Knatn men anrl farmers of -ilO State realise that to vote prohibition into our constitution, means a setback of 25 years to the state In Its progress and develop ment. "Many unpleasant things have devel oped during the campaign. Some of my fanatical prohibition friends; not being able to comprehend why any person other than those engaged In the liquor traffic could consistently oppose prohibi tion, have written me some awful let ters, all of which I Intend to forget. We have Indulged In no personalities, and I flatter myself that the campaign has been clean throughout. I firmly believe that the prohibition bills will be defeated by a majority ranging from lO.OuO to W.flWX I base this estimate on reports received from reliable sources all over the state. "The Prohibitionists have practically conceded this during the past few weeks by abandoning their own mea sures and uniting all their strength against the Home R- ' II. This they have attacked from all sides, holding that It would. If passed, delegate to towns and cities greater power than the state. These statements are ridic ulous as any ten-year-old school boy knows who has ever read the Consti tution of the United States. The Home Rule Bill will prevent towns liae Roseburg. Pendleton. La Grande and . v. enm hnlnv voted drv against the wishes of a majority of its voters. Home Rolo Snre Is Forecast. Do I think the Home Rule Bill will carryt Why. there Is nothing to It. You will find after tne votes are count ed that It Is the most popula:- measure on the ballot, and If It doesn't roll up a majority of 20.000 we shall consider that our efforts to pass a sound, sane and effective law has been somewhat dissipated." ' J. R. Knodell said: "Repdrts from all parts of the state Indicate that . we will carry the state by at least 10. 000 majority. I have re ceived telegrams from all cltloa and counties In the state and the outlook culd not be better. Besides our coun ties 21 out of the 34 In the state which are now dry we will carry Clackamas, Msrlon. Lincoln and Baker counties. "The only county we concede Is Wasco, of the which The Dalles Is the county seat. We will lose Wasco Countv. because we divided the county and Hood River la the "dry" end. We feel sure of prohibition carrying, be cause the Home Rule speakers, ...v.r.pAf thev have been, have helped our cause. We estimate that we have gained 15 to 25 per cent In every city where they nave spoaen. "We reserved the last three days of the campaign for simultaneous meet ings throughout tne state ana mcj being held as scheduled. Reports from these meetings say that first-class In terest Is being taken In all of them. .. . tk- Unm Rule bill. It will be smothered so badly that It will never .lection. FUMED OAK FURNITURE IN THE QUAINT, FLANDERS, TUDOR AND KENILWORTH STYLES TJE stock of Turned Oak is the largest, most varied and most attractive in the North west. It includes the products of Berkey & Gay, Stickley Brothers' Company and other famous makers, and embraces furniture of every sort and price for the hall, living-room, dining-room and library. ' Our showing of the favorite Quaint Furniture with its .well-known simplicitj', beauty and strength is larger than ever. This season we offer also the new Flanders and Kenil worth furniture styles so unique and distinctive among modern furniture as to defy description. We invite you to see not only our window . x- i ' -f -E,0ri nQlr Tnrniture If vou want lifetime, comlortaoie iur- display, but alsojour entire stock of Fumed Oak urniture. J.y rmttiA for vonr - t Tl ' A monize with Craftsman and landers xuranure. i : . . STARK J. G. MACK & CO. FIFTHAND ........-....-a-sBw-swsasBwssa I . cfiin nr the man who I - SPEAKERS DRAW BIG Doctrines of All Sorts Heard on all Corners. CROWDS KEEP SHIFTING be found the Prohibitionists. Crowd Socialist and Oswald West Denounces Oppo nents From Automobile. Students Have Inning. There was something doing every minute on every corner last night. The "wets" and "drys." Republicans, Demo crats and Socialists, as well as the usual number of religious sects, creeds and theorists, all turned their orators loose and their rhetorical flights mingled with the din of the blind man's accor deon. the rasping "fiddle." the honk of the automobile and clang of the street car gong. The vacillating Saturday night crowd shifted from corner to corner, meeting to meeting, listening for a few minutes and passing on. Each speaker had an enthusiastic group around him to shout and applaud. A loud demonstration was a signal for the disinterested crowd that fringed a "meeting" to "move on" to the source of disturbance. Policemen marched up and down the sidewalks trying to keep them .clear, some grumpy and waving their clubs - wnrnintr to make way and not "talk back," while other bluecoats took the situation good naturedly and Jol lied a passage way through. Harry Lloyd, a Socialist, who occu pied a "soap box" at the corner of Fourth and Alder streets, between a Prohibition automobile at Fourth and Washington, and Oswald West in an other automobile on Alder between Fourth and Fifth, was arrested for making uncomplimentary remarks about the police department. For a time the minions of the law almost broke up this meeting, but a relay Jumped on the box and held the crowd from stampeding to the Prohlblttionlsts and West until Lloyd gave ball and re turned. Lloyd was no sooner on the box again until he shouted: Who's the anarchist? The pollce- . a rnn nr the man who i. .rHiinir his constitutional and O.-?'!" IIS?!-. naraded the outskirts of .the Socialist meeting. West charged several wgnmiuroo grafting and betraying their trust, and Prohibitionists at Fourth and Washing ton and Third and Aiaer. uuui squeezing Lloyd ana nis " of existence, charged politicians with standing in with the saloons and the liquor traffic. At Sixth and Morrison the Prohibi tionists held sway from 2 o'clock In the afternoon until 11 at night. The Greater Oregon Home Rule Association contented itself with a crowd at Sixth and Washington and went home early. W M. ("Pike") Davis captured this crowd for the Republicans and vied with a Socialist on the opposite corner. At Seventh and Washington another Socialist pitted his oratorical powers against the spellbinders of the "old parties." - Groups congregated along the side walks between "meetings" and dis cussed the Issues. - OPENING THE PURITAN LUNCH ROOM railway ExcnANCi building ' ' la elegant furnishings and facilities for service The Puritan is without a rival to date in Portland. All Pastry served will be made in our own kitchen. Our Coffee will leave nothing to be desired. Cleanliness, quality, quick service and moderate prices. ' Entrance 272 Railway Exchange Bldg., bet. 3d and 4th Sts. We PURITAN CATERING CO. . Who Are Kohler & Chase? r.B PACK 11, SKCTIOX 3. PERFECT LAUNDRY. WORK WITHOUT BLEACHING POWDER "We have the only equipment in this city for perfect work -without the use of chloride of lime for bleaching purposes. . UNION LAUNDRY CO. Main 398, A 1123. 301 Second St Farmers Merchants Manufacturers VOTE NO on No. 331 Do you know that if Bill Num ber 330 carries at the coming elec tion it will mean a lawsuit for every injury sustained by anyone in your employ! Do you know that every em ployer, whether he be farmer, mer chant or manufacturer, would be obliged to carry a liability insur ance of large proportions, and at heavy expense, in order to pro tect nimseiif Tim TCn 330. if nassed, would rr inilnsrnr in the state. No employer, farmer, merchant or manufacturer wouia db ccium- i K riptrimpntal to employers V V U1U uju " - - in every class, and therefore to the people of the state at large. Id affect the oc- XI VUAJ cupants of property, but also the owners of the property. Tl vnn know that carelessness. the ignorance or the f oolhardiness of your employes, in case oi acci at, oinnnt under ' this unjust proposed law, be a portion of your defense in tne courts j.uii. ui in. By voting YES for BILL NO. 346 the whole matter of the liability of the employer will be placed in the hands of the following well known, reputable men, who will prepare, for submission to the Legislature, a measure which will be fair and just alike 'to the em ployer and the employe : Bishop Charles Scaddinpr, Archbishop Alexander Christie, Judge Thomas F. Eyan, Professor F. G. Young, " Robert D. Inman, W. H. Corbett, Eev. Benjamin Young, John S. Bradley, Robert A, Booth, Any fair-minded, right-thinking citizen should be willing to. leave the matter in the hands of such reputable and fair-minded men. The best interests of the state demand that you vote YES for BILL NO. 346 The Manufacturers' Associ ation of the Northwest, Portland, Oregon. (Paid Advertisement.) TO THE PEOPLE OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY - - ' fir f t - ' " c" '"" - j , if JUDGE JOHN B. CLELAND I have been Circuit Judge for twelve years and am a candidate for re-election. POLITICAL I have taken no part in politics since I became Judge, not even to attend a political meeting. I believe a Judge should not be under political obligations to anyone, but should be in a position to decide impartially. A lawyers' meeting was held July 8th, and I was nominated. A Republican Assembly was held later and 1 received its' recommendation. I did not procure either meeting to be held and took no steps to control either. I did not refuse the support each offered me. I have not attempted to dictate to any one what his political action should be." I am a Citizen Independ ent Candidate, and no question of Assembly or Anti-Assembly, or other political question, can arise. I seek support upop my RECORD . As Judge I have acted honestly and impartially and decided each case according to the facts, as law judges are sworn to decide. Some of you were told in the primary campaign that 1 am a , corporation Judge, and as such grant non-suits unjustly. Now, a non-suit is a decision by the Judge after the plaintiff's evidence is all in, that under tW law the plaintiff has not made out a case. I simplv performed my duty and made decisions as. cases were tried i am not under corporation control, nor under the influence of any man or men. This week I have had my record made up since January 1, 1906. Out of four hundred and twenty-eight (428) cases tried I have granted twenty-three (23) non-suits, and only ten (10) of these were given in cases where corporations were parties. I will not serve as Judge unless I am free to decide impartially. OPPOSITION It often happens a man who has lost a case is angry at the Judre who made the decision. Moved by this feeUng he is active and hostile when the Judge appears for re-election. . A certain class of attorneys who have lost cases before a Judge becomes his enemies on that account, and oppose him at election time. In the recent campaign both classes united to organize and execute a most virulent and slanderous attack upon my reputation as a Judge. This course was attractive because it was well known that m accordance with the universally established custom it would not be proper for me while acting as, Judge to make speeches in my own behalf. There is no foundation in fact for the attacks. It is certain a Judge cannot decide a case in favor of both par- ties to it: one will win, the other must lose. It is also certain a Judfje must not decide cases to please lawyers or to escape their enmity If a Judge is thus influenced all hope of . obtaining sub stantial justice must be abandoned. The Judge who does his duty fearlessly can only appeal for support to the people at large and hope they will not permit themselves to be misled and deceived. The opposition to my re-election is inspired and sustained by those who are actuated by personal feeling against me without iust cause. ' PERSONAL WORD If elected I will perform my judicial duties honestly and impar tially I have dispatched business promptly and had a large share in changing court rules so that the legal business of the county is rapidly and economically disposed of and an annual saying of thousands of dollars accomplished. I have lived in Portland twenty years, reared a family and borne a good reputation as a citizen and as a Judge. I am very erateful to the men and women of this county for the many ex pressions of confidence made to me lately. I have labored as Judge to be worthy of that confidence. ' ' .. Now you, the people, are the judges of my case, and I submit it for your consideration and judgment. , Respectfully yours, JOHN B. CLELAND, - 175 East Sixteenth St., Portland, Oregon. No. 66 on Official Ballot. (Paid Advertisement.)