THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, " DECF.3IBER 14. 1913. MANY REPUBLICANS DID PLATFORM New Problem to Be Presented to National Commitee at Coming Meeting. BEAUTIFUL BROOKLYN GIRL, WHOSE DISAPPEARANCE RECALLS THAT Of DOROTHY ARNOLD. NEW IDEA MAY DOMINATE Mmbm of 'Conciliation" Commit tee Confident They Have Major ity In National Body Vn vornol to Plan. WAfcHINCrTOK. Dec IS The Repub lican rational committee, when it meet la this city TuwUay to determine on the railing of a convention for party reorganization, will find Itself con fronted by a. well-defined demand that the proposed convention take p the whole subject of framing- a platform for tho Congressional election fight of 1914. Reformation of Ui rules of the party has been limited In the discus sions of the last few months to the proposals that tho representation of Southern states in National conventions b diminished: that primary election of delegates in different states be sanc tioned, and that the National commit tee shall retire immediately when new members are elected. Party leaders of pronounced Progrres Rive type are now demanding, how ever, that the Republican forces prc Ire for tho drafting- of a comprehen Mve platform to be adopted at the pro posed National convention and to form the icroundwork for the Republican fiKhts of 114 and 11. If the Na tional committee decides Tueedsy to rail the special party convention It i expected that tho proporal for a new platform will dominate party activity during the ensuing: week. Conuadtteemea ow Arrlvlaa. Republican committeemen are arriv ing; In Washington In anticipation of the committee meetlna- and advocates of the special convention idea. expre3 confidence that a majority of the mem bers of the National committee are now favorable to their plan. Ex-Govcrnor Iladley. of Missouri, will reach Washington Monday aid a meet, ingr will be held then of the special conciliation committee of Progressives and Republicans appointed at Chicago last Spring which has been foremost in pushing the campaign for party re organisation. While this committee probably will have no representative sitting; us a member of the National :mmitte Tuesday its views will be fully presented. ( ainmlai Aasrees t adltlaaallr. Senator Cummins, a leader of the "Conciliation" forces, said today he favored the proposed National con vention's adopting; a new party plat form, "providing it arrets on a thoroughly progressive platform." "If it is to adopt a reactionary plat form. I would, of course, prefer that It lo nothing:." he said. The interest surrounding the Re publican gathering: wns intensified to day when Senator Gallingcr, Republi can leader of the Senate. Injected Presidential politics Into the discussion by brlnxing- forth Senator Root aa a Presidential candidate. I CARLISLE ATHLETE HELD f Continued Krom Tlmt Vug. lria valuable loot. Oim,o( the suits was on him when arrested. ' and to re turn it to its owner. Detective Captain Baty was forced to buy Mills a pair of overalls. Mills had no clothes except those which were stolen. From Blackwood's Mills is alleged to have stolen a grip, several ring's, a lavalllere, an alarm clock, a kodak, a neck chain with valuable Jado pen dant and a gold brooch. From Jen ntngs' he Is alleged to -ive taken a shotgun, a revolver and a woman's gown worth $116. His alleged loot from Brumfleld's includes agates, a child's signet ring;, a boffle of perfume and some clothes. Four rings valued at about 500 were part of his alleged loot from Bowman's. Part of a broken bracelet, engraved "B" and seeming to correspond with a bracelet taken In a robbery of the Segal home also waa found In his room. WILSON ORDERED TO REST rontlnued Kroro First Pas) laected with his present indisposition, although this has emphasised the need of a good rest after the strain of eight months of almost unbroken official ac tivity. Tha prevalence of varying reports durins1 the day concerning- the Presi dent's condition led to some uneasiness at the Capitol until reassuring- advices were given direct from the White House. Copies of official dispatches of im portance were shown the President during- the day. Hia.temperature was normal and he Bat up reading much of the time. lie transacted no business, but dictated a letter expressing to the members of the Gridiron Club his re gret at being unable to attend the din ner. "I'll miss you more than you miss me," wrote the President. f FUND KEEPER IS MISSING (Continued Krom First Page.) ins. asking her to coma to The Dalles at one. Mr. Joy could find no evidence that the body had been found. He tele phoned to Mrs. Rudell. telling; her that he thought that the message was a fake. By his advice. Mlsa Todd re mained in Portland. Sheriff Word Is working- on the case, but at a late hour last night no trace had been found either of the body or the supposed rourderera. Oregon ClvJo League to Meet. The first annual meeting of the Ore son Civic League will be held In room A of the Public Library next Thurs day evening, at which the policies and plana of campaign for ISM will be pre sented. Secretary Riseling'a circular letter concludes with the paragraph. "If you believe in the power of practical ideals and active organization to make this a better city and state, be sure to come." Meetings to Close Tuesday. The series of weekly half-hour talks, which have been given at the lunch hour under the auspices of the Social Hygiene Society, will close Tuesday at a meeting at Pantages Theater at 11:30. W. F. Woodward will speak on Wnat Axe We Going to Do About It 7" 1 an Photo by Vnderivood A Underwood. JEMH M"C 'AX.V L STILL MISSING Case of Jennie McCann Puzzle to Police. FAMILY DENIES ROMANCE Secret Search of New York: City, Or. tiered by Mayor, Is of Xo Avail, and Trail Xow JKxtcnds to Other Cities. NKW YORK, Dec. 13. The utmost mystery continues to surround the dis appearance of Miss Jonnle McCann. datiKhter of a wealthy merchant, who left her home in I-latlush. Brooklyn. December 4, and baa not been beard from since. The police of Greater New Tork have been moved to especial ef forts by the fact that Mayor Kline him self issued the order to spare no ef fort to find the young woman. Mayor Kline is an intimate personal friend of Miss McCanu's father, Robert G. Mc Cann. of Austin. Nichols A Co. Miss McCann is a blue-eyed blonde, with almost perfect teeth and complex ion. She is S3 years old. She left home in Flatbuxh on a Thurs day afternoon to go to the Home for Destitute Children, where she gave her services as instructress. That was the last any member, of her family lias seen of her. No friends have seen iter either, so far aa is known. Her family denies there waa any possibility of a romance, and her sister ,cllnrs to the original theory that she has met with foul play. The case la strongly suggestive. In many reaped, of that of Dorothy Arnold. 10 days, a messenger meantime was dispatched to ilia with important suggestions. These augrg-estionn In effect were that villa should not further incur the displeasure of foreign governments by dictatorial!- discriminating as to what foreigners shall remain in Mexico. He was told that because of his attitude toward SpantHrrin the Americans and Germans In Chihuahua were threaten ing to leave the country In the coun try further south, which Villa has said h will Invade In his, march toward Mexico City, are many more Spaniards. Some of the refugees, reputed to be millionaires, were without money when they stepped from the train. They re ported that technfcaliy they had left their property In the hands of Harry Scoboll. the British Vice-Consul, but that really Villa had taken possession of it. Reports of numerous executions of men suspected of being friendly to Huerta were brought by the refugees. They confirmed a report that Major Ramon Sanchex Aldana. chief of staff of General t-alazar, of the federal army, had been executed and said vari ous obscure persons who dared ,t re main In chihuahua after the federal evacuation had, been liulnetiy put to dcuth. MRS. PAHKHOBST TAKEN j POLICE CATCH M'PFRACiKTTT: CO- HURT tXAWARES. SPANIARDS ACCUSE VILLA (Concluded on Page S.I questing him to go at once to Chihua hua and advise with General Villa. Thomas D. Kdwarda, United States Consul at Juarez, attempted to tele graph to Chihuahua, but was told the wires were not working. Mr. Edwards finally arranged to send a messenger by automobile. "Before the rebel army entered the city we thought at least the children of God would be safe," said Father Morales. "Yet the rebels had not long been In possession when we at the cathedral were visited by an agent of Rebel Leader Villa. He Informed that a general tribute was to be exact ed for the revolutionary reuse, and that each of the priests would be expected to pay 15090. Prleeta Fereed to Leave. "lie said if the money were not paid within two days there would be serious consequences. We told him that we could not do it; that we did not have the money. At the expiration of two days Villa's agent returned and we gave him our worldly possessions. We were told we had to leave the country with the other Spaniards. We asked to be allowed to take with us all our sacred church vessels, but were told this would be Impossible, for the church property in the future would belong to the rebel." The representation was made that in arbitrarily expelling Spaniards from Mexico or confiscating or closing down their property, valued at more than 13.000,000. Villa had acted without sufflicent advice and that he had In curred the displeasure of foreign In terests in forcibly entering the Brit ish vice-consulate to arrert Luis Ter razas. Jr.. who is being held for 1250. OuO ransom. Several refugees sent personal mes sages to the Spanish Ambassador at Washington characterising the en forced exile as "barbarous act of sav ages." and saying they had been in sulted by Villa's troop. Sillmar mes suges were sent to King Alfonso of Spain. Villa Declared lUy.AavUed. The situation resulted In a confer ence of rebel ' leaders at Juarea. at which it was explained that Vila, being- a military commander and head of the civil government, bad acted without sufficient advice. It was de cided that General Carranxa should be asked to start immediately for Chlhua' hua, where hereafter he might deter mine the futur poltcls of the revolu tion after personal conferences with Villa. The meeting- decided that Villa, by his acts toward foreigners, had pre cipitated a serious situation. As Gen eral Carranxa cannot go overland from HerrnoeUlo to Chihuahua is less than: Militant I.ader Whisked Jail Before IllMlyguare lia He Ftarsaed for Her Prateetloa. LONDON.' Dee. 13. Mrs. Kmmallne Pnnkhurst, tho suffragette leader, while returning from Paris, where she had been visiting her daughter. Miss Cristobel Pankhurst. was rearrested to night by Scotland Yard detectives shortly after the train left Dover. The action of the police was so unexpected by the militants that they had made no preparations to guard their leader by a detachment from the recently-organised suffragette army. It was only on Sunday last that "General" Mrs. Flora Drummond, speaking at a suffrage meeting, ex claimed: "Here and now wo swear that never again will the government get Mrs. Pankhurst." Prior to her departure from Paris, Mrs. Pankhurst said she did not expect to he arrested before Monday, as the license under which she had been re leased did not expire until then. She announced her Intention of addressing a big meeting on that day in London. The rharge on which she was taken Into custody was "having left the coun try without jrlvlng the 24 hours' notice of change of address required by her license." At Victoria Station a large force of police was on hand, to prevent any at tempt . rescue. On the arrival of the train and before any of the mili tants present realised what had hap pened, she was hurried Into a motor car and driven to Holloway Jail. Exodus to Canada Fa?l Off. WINNIPEG, Man.. Dee. IS. Immigra tion from the Cnited States to Canada shows a big falling- off for November and October. November's decrease was 1012 and October's 2040. as compared with figures of a year ago. "I BELIEVE PE-RU-NA SAVED MY LIFE." I - m i t c j . t - . i ? .IsWiaSASa' ''jfV-.jX.i Aatpaugb I i, J7i Mrs. Charles Anspaugh. R. R. 1, Klmmell. Noble County, Indiana, writes: "Peruna has been a godsend to me. I can feel safe in saying that It saved my life, as I waa all run down and was Just miserable when I commenced taking your Peruna. but am on the road to recovery now. I cannot thank you too much." Those who object to liquid medicines can now procure Peruna Tablets. Ask Year Druggist for Free I'ervaa - Lucky Day Almssac for It 14. POIIICABE TALKS OF VISIT TO AMERICA Wilson, Sounded on Subject. Assures Welcome; Doubts if He Can Return Call. TALK IS YET UNOFFICIAL JussfranoV and Herrlck Consulted. Friend Points Out Bow Relations Witli Vnlted States Alwajs Have Been Friendly. PARIS, Dec. 1J. President Poincsra baa talked unofficially with Jean JuleJ Jusserand. French Ambasrador to the l'nltod States: Myron T. Herrlck. United States Ambassador to France, and others of the possibility of his paying a visit to the United States while in office. The suggestion was made to him first privately by a friend, who Inquired whether the President's visits to other countries ouarht not to lneluf nn tn the United States, pointing ont that the relations between the two countries always had been so agreeable and that the Lnlted States was the sole republic among all the other great powers. Idea Impresses Pol a rare. President Polncare received the sug gestion sympathetically and took oc casion In September to speak on the subject to Ambassador Jusserand while the Ambassador wss passing hlx holi day in France. At other times the President spoke of it with Ambassador Herrlck. The subject was also brought In formally to the consideration of Presi dent Wilson, who said it would give the Government and the people of the United States a great deal nf pleasure to entertain President and Madame Polncare. The question was raised whether President Wilson could promise lo pay a return visit to Franee. and President Wilson was quoted as saying- he saw uo likelihood of being able to do so. Coaaldrratloa o Vet Official. No official discussion of the sugges tion has taken pl:n-e. and it remains for the present under private consider ation. It is felt, however, at the Pal ace of the Klyssne that such an ex change of visits might be an admirable way of lio Inc the unit)- of feeling snd the good-will existing between the two republics in somewhat the eame way as the community of Interests be. tween monarchies is often indicated by visits of royal personages. I A Wonderful Lamp Free To try In your home Is the remark able offer of the Sunshine Safety I Amp Co., z:i9 Factory bldff Kansas City, Mo. It Is a new portable gasoline lamp that glvea the most powerful home light In the world. SOO-candle-power at a cost of 1 cent a night. It is a blessing to every home not equipped with gas or electricity. It has no wick, no chimney, is absolutely safe and gives such universal satisfaction they are sending it to any person in the United States on free trial. Slmply send them your name and address. Adv. ,Koelrurg Pmgglst Arrested. ROSEBUBO. Or, Dec. 13. (SpecW! ) S. K. Krohn. a druggist, was arrest ed here tonight cn a charge of vio lating the local option law. He was arraigned later and placed under bond to assure his presence at the time of the preliminary hearing. Alert to Serve RESPONSIVE to the great est Christmas patronage ever known to the Meier & Frank Store, the management is pleaded to announre that during this Holiday Season we arc ac commodating the Christmas trade wit 5 greater ease and bet ter satisfaction to all than ever before. J This is due to the increased facilities in floor space. Nearly 5000 square feet of new selling paee has been added to the im tueuse Basement Annex seven passenger elevators operating to retail floors only. IJ Immensity of stocks never be fore known to the retail business of this city and the greatest re tail floor area of any retail es tablishment on the Pacific Coast. I More salespeople than ever before in the 57 years' history of the Meier & Frank business and every salesperson imbued with utmost courtesy to every patron. J An unexcelled delivery serv ice, with forty horse and motor driven vehicles promptly dis patching m c r e h a ndise to all parts of the city. Q Large sightseeing Auto Bus meeting all incoming trains at North Bank and Union Depots to accommodate out-of-town people. These increased facilities have been arranged for as the Meier & Frank Company's evidence of appreciation for the confidence placed in the Store's dependable merchandising. J Two and one-half-pages of ad vertising in this (today's) pa pers tell of the helpfulness of the Clu-istmas Shopping Service the Meier & Frank Store bas planned for its patrons tomorrow. TCe Lighthouse If you are contem plating building je e us for wiring and fixtures, there by saving 15 per cent. 102 f ecoad. Street. $18, $20 and $25 Suits and Overcoats SxSV I TJ 11 fl 1 :iranuitsana$11 a 65 f Overcoats at JL Q p Saving made possible hy the lucky purchase of the Kennet tftock of Suits and Overcoats 65c on the $ COMPLETE assorjment of patterns fabrics and sizes all tho new Fall models all the favorite patterns all tho niceties of workmanship and dejigning that feature- guaranteed clothing. We are not closing out we stake our business reputation on the quality of these clothes, and we depend on their value to hold your future trade. At any rate, see them tind compare values. Fit, Fabric and Fashion Guaranteed Phegley Cavender Fourth St. at Alder Successors to Salem Woolen Mills Clothing Company Xaxicab Users A number of Itinerant Taxicab Drivers have had their cahs painted in exact duplication of the Oregon Taxicab Co.'s cars. The reason is manifest, namely, to secure business from people who think they aro getting into an Oregon Taxi. The Oregon Taxicab Co. has brought suit against these itinerant drivers, but until the suit is decided we urge taxi users to always demand a brown cab of the Oregon Taxicab Co. Our taxies have the monogram "0. T.' Co." on the door. The Oregon Taxicab Co. has a standard schedule of prices, which are reasonable as is consistent with good service and high-class equipment. We employ sober and careful drivers and our cabs are the best that can be built regardless of cost. OREGON TAXICAB CO. For "Brown" Xaxies Call Main 250---A 2242 High Grade Whiskies OLD KENTUCKY 75c Bottle; 150 Gallon. MARBLE Smooth as Velvet, $3.00 Gallon. SUNNY TRAIL Rich, mellow, $1 Bot.; $3.50 Gal. 9Bl Brandies for Sauces PURE CALIFORNIA BRANDT 75c Bottle; $2.50 Gallon. 3-STAR (Grape or Cognac) $1.00 Bottle; $3.00 Gallon. CREAM OF CALIFORNIA $1.25 Bottle; $4.00 Gallon PURE CALIFORNIA WINES Choice of Port, Sherry, Angelica, Muscatel, Claret, Zinlandel, Bur gnndy, Biesling and Sauterne. STANDARD WINES Elsewhere same quality costs $1; our price, per gallon 75 IMPERIAL WINES The grade that costs $1.50 in other " stores; our price, gallon, $1.00 OLD VINTAGE ' The grade sold elsewhere at $2 ; our price, per gallon $1.50 CREAM OF CALIFORNIA "Oldest and Best," regular $3.00 wine ; our price, gallon. . .$2.00 The prices quoted include sanitary glass containers. Spring Valley Wine Co. o THB CORNKR TUP DIP OTfaD C tki.ephotve SECOM) AND VAMHII.1. "THE BIG STORE MAIN A in: