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80 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 16 Six Sections and Sunday Magasli wmmtimn JHB11F y VOL. XXXIII-NO. 14.." PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORXIXG, APRIL o, 1914. PRICK rm3CEyTl CONVICTS RIDDLED TRYING TO ESCAPE Four Dead, 1 Mortally Hurt at Folsom. PLOT OVERHEARD BY GUARDS Shooting Begins at First Sound of Breaking Doors. ATTEMPT QUICKLY QUELLED Five Victims Literally Shot Full of Bullets, and Light Others Re consider Original Decision to Join In Break. SACRAMENTO. April 4. Thirteen "bad" convicts in the incorrigible ward of Folsom prison attempted to escape liere late today by overpowering the guards in the corridor of the building. Thrf-e were shot and instantly killed, one, Norman C. Hare, died tonight of bullet wounds, and a. fifth .convict is expected to die'. The men who figured in the at tempted break were considered the most vicious and desperate in the prison. Not a guard was Wounded and none of the men gained the outside of the building. Those who were not shot dodged back in their cell doors and begged for mercy. Plot Overheard by Guard. The men plotted the break In their cells Thursday night. It was overheard by the guards, and the leaders were warned not to attempt to escape by Warden J. J. Smith. 1 Norman Hare, one of the youthful leaders, gave the signal "ready" at 4 o'clock today, and the convicts began to break down the doors of their cells and rush into the corridor. The cell doors were wooden. With the aid of heavy pieces of wood jerked from the windows of their cells and the force of their bodies, eight men managed to get Into the corridors. Charging" Convicts Shot Down F. Quifflet and E. C. Wiseback, guards in the ward, opened fire with their rifles. ; As fast as the convicts charged, brandishing pieces of wood, they were shot down. Three of the men, Rogers, Carson and Furbey, who gained the corridor, dodged back in their cells and implored the guards to stop shooting, when, with five of their companions lying dead or wounded on the corridor floor, they saw the hope lessness of escape. The "Incorrigible" ward was built to bouse the criminal Insane. It is sit uated outside the prison yard and had the convicts reached the guards they would have had an easy chance to es cape. Others who had been unable to break down the doors shrieked: ' "Don't shoot, for God's sake! Don't shoot us like dogs in our cells." CHURCH HAS COMMISSION Walla Walla. Congregatlonallsts Adopt Governmental Flan. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 4. (Special.) The commission plan of nrovernment as applied to church mat ters Is proving a success at the Con gregational Church. "Five commission ers have charge of affairs. It is said to be the only church in the country fol lowing such a plan. W. II. Kern is commissioner of edu cation; Mrs. Minerva Haley, commis Bioner of church axtension; J. G. Kelly commissioner ot business; Mrs. W. S. Clark, commissioner of benevolence; S. B. L. Penrose, commissioner of worship. i KINGJOO, DECIDES TO VISIT AMERICA FERDINAND OP BULGARIA WILL ESCORT QUEEX ELtWOItE. With Political Conditions Permit tins, Royal Pair Will Start May 2 1 and Travel Incognito. WASHINGTON, April 4. Queen Eleanors, of Bulgaria, will be accom panied on her American tour by King Ferdinand himself, if the political con ditions in Bulgaria permit. This in formation has been formally communi cated to the United States Government, t was learned today, together with a few details of the proposed roval visit. The party will sail May 2t- on the Kaiserln Auguste Victoria from Ham burg and travel in the United States strictly Incognito. The purpose of Queen Eleanors is to study the Ameri can hospitals and the methods of train- ng nurses in this country. In the circumstances, ths royal vis itors will not be regarded- as official guests of the United States, which honor they seem desirous of avoiding. It is expected, however, that some cour tesies will be shown them, ana that perhaps a representative of the Army and ths Navy and a personal represen tative of President Wilson will be des ignated to accompany the visitors on their American tour. SINGERS TO SEE ROUNDUP Pendleton Will Stage Performance for Benefit of Opera Company. PENDLETON, Or.. April 4. (Spe cial.) The Round-up in miniature will be staged at the O.-W. R. & N. depot in this city tomorrow morning at 9 o ciock for the benefit of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, when it passes tnrough on its way to- Denver. A tele graphic request for the performance was received today from the singers, whereupon President Taylor and the directors immediately made arrange ments to gratify the request. The features of the simple round-up probably will be a large delegation of painted Indians, cowboys in full re galia, Sharkey, the famous bucking duu ana some bucking horses. CUSTOMS NOT UNDERSTOOD Drivers Forced to Stop While Band Plays Think Post Bars Them. VANCOUVER BARRACKS Wv. April 4. i (Special.) Many persons who have attempted to drive through the post when the "Star Spangled Banner" is being played by ths Twentv.firt Infantry Band have been stopped. Some nave concluded that vehicles are not permitted to go through the post. The truth is an order was given to stop everyone in the post when the band plays the National air. All are expected to come to attention as a mark of respect to the flair and to re main so until the music ceases. VV. C. T. U. PRESIDENT DYING Friends Say Mrs. Lillian M. X. Stevens Can Live Only Short Time. PORTLAND, Me., April 4. (Special.) That Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, pres ident of the National Women's Chris tian Temperance Union since 1S98 and vice-president-at-large of the world body of the same name, cannot live and that her death is a matter of a few days, is now believed by her friends here. She is suffering with kidney trouble and at her home here is at tended by a Massachusetts specialist. She is 70 years old. PAYNE WANTS 16TH TERM Dean of Republicans in Hotibe Has Habit of Going to Congress. AUBURN. N. Y.. April 4. Sereno E Payne, dean of the Republicans in the lower house, announced today that he is a candidate for re-election this Fall. He has served 15 terms. SOME EVENTS THAT STAND OUT IN THE WEEK'S NEWS INSPIRE CARTOONIST REYNOLDS TO I I ' . "aaaaaaawnBBBHBHM FIGHT IS BEGUN ON SECRECY III SENATE Defiance Followed by New Resolution. AMENDED RULES DEMANDED Nine Senators Declare They Are Free to Tell News. TROUBLE LONG BREWING Even Strictest Members of rimer Congress Body Admit Punishment Win Xot Follow Publicity of Appointment Cases. WASHINGTON. April 4. Open war was declared in the United States Sen ate today against the time-honored rule of secrecy relating to proceedings in executive sessions. Following the defiance expressed by several Senators in closed session on Friday against suppressing debate on the confirmation of Winthrop M. Dan iels, of New Jersey, as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, ac tual hostilities began when Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, after a conference with those of his colleagues who are leading in the movement to lift the ban on publicity, introduced a resolu tion to provide for open sessions on all matters except treaties, unless other wise directed by unanimous consent of the Senate. Unanimous Consent Proposed. The resolution proposing to amend the rules, which was referred to the committee on rules, reads: "Resolved. That it is the judgment of the Senate that executive sessions shall hereafter bs open to the public, ex cept wnen treaties be considered or when the Senate by unanimous consent orders otherwise, and the committee on rules Is directed to prepare such amendments to ths present rules or to prepare new rules, or "oih. as may be necessary to carry out to terms of this resolution and present the same to the Senate for action thereon." Klne Senators Give Notice. It was submitted with the backing of, Senators La Follette. Cummins, Gron na, Borah, Clapp, Jones. Bristow, Norrls and Poindexter, who propose, as they gave notice on Friday, to discuss fully the question of qualifications of nomi nees for public office whenever they feel that the public should be informed regarding them. Those Senators were united today in the anti-secrecy campaign and all as sert themselves without fear of any attempt being made to unseat them on the ground that they are violating the oath of office. Even Senators who adhere to the most strict interpretation of the Sen ate rules admitted that the Senate could not punish members who disclose Information relating to Presidential ap pointments, agreeing that observance of secrecy was a matter of appealing to the individual conscience. Seats Kot In Danger. Administration leaders and Republi can Senators who have long cherished the dignity of Senate procedure ex pressed the view today that no action would be taken at this session of Con Brass ai lease xz senators wish to make public debates concerning Presi dential nominees, it was said, they would be privileged to do so without endangering their seats. Trouble has been brewing for many months over executive session secrecy and an upheaval was threatened re cently in the course of debate on the general arbitration treaty with Great (Concluded on Page 2.) Coc TTstfJ? ss X J vooVs? got imK JSsf'' Lo r"AT) - INDEX OF TODArS NEWS The Weather. TESTE RD AY'S Maximum temperature. 61 def rcea; minimum, 5tk TODAY'S Showers and cooler; southerly winds. Foreign. Asqutth says army can be depended on to enforce civil law. Section 1, pace S. Slavery, defended In German Africa, Sec tion fi. pate 12. Gigantic combination in England plana war ' on unlona. Section 5. pas 12. Germany says farm labor scarce. Section C pace 12. Fatal women now have blazing eyes, says French writer. Section 0, pas 12. XMlomsO. Senators renew right against secret Senate sessions, section 1. put 1. Bulgarian King to accompany his Queen on visit io America, section 1. pace 1. Livery for Secretary Bryan's coachman gets riae irom ma xoes in House, section 1, page 1. Domestic Livestock dealer charges monopoly to reg ulate prices. Section x, pats a. Frederick Weyerhaeuser. America's "Lora- oer ning." aged ilt. dies at Paraiiena. Section 1, page 2. Trial of Slegel divorce case expeeted to mrow iiant on lamuy secrets. Section 1. Pace 6. Convicts riddled In attempt to break out ot roisora. section 1. pass 1. Last charts against Walter Ureer Campbell uismissca in fcan Francisco. Section 1 pace e. Sports. Coast Leacue resulta Portland same at uviiiioilo postponed, rain; Los Angeles 11, Oakland O; San Francisco 12; Venice 6. Section 2, pace 1. Kid Mohier signs with Sacramento. Section 2. page 1. Big billiard tournament opena in Portland tomorrow nlsht. Section a. nr. a Seattle team trains In rain and mud. Sec tion . pace z. Northwest Bowline- Congress opena hero to morrow. Section 2. pace 4. Baker and Helena and Portland "Hlgh balls" to be out at Vaugbn-atreet park today. Section 2. pace 2. Portland may be chosen for Olympic try outs over California, says Edgar Frank. Section 2. page S. Few concede athletic championship for 1914 to state University. Section 2, page 2. First Portland lnterscholastlc League wrestling meet to be held Wednesday. Mellon , 'page 4. Pacific Northwest. Declarations of candidacy for state offices aggregate 228. Section 1, page 7. Osteopath who Is Clackamas health officer cleared In court proceedings to remove him. Section 1, pace 7. State sends out six tons of election supplies for May primary. Sec ton 1. page 8. Women applaud as minister on aland In di vorce cane shouts, "Lie." at lawyer. Sec tion 1, page 2. Law limiting use of word co-operative !n trade declared 'unconstitutional. Section 1. page a. Douglas County voters will demand "lower taxes'" candidates at coming primarlea. Section 1. page 8. Possible effect of a wage law In Washing ton analyzed. Section 1, page S. Mayor GUI advises Seattle not to construct bridges like Portland has now. Section 1, page 9. New marketing plans adopted by Hood River fruitgrowers. Section 1. page 0. Woman, left alone in house with Chinese servant, killed by him and body burned " ccciioa a. page 1. Commercial sad m .. Further advance recorded In Northwesters wheat siarlwu. b-octtoa. 2, page 17. Pine crop prospects hold down wheat prices - at Chicago. Section 2, page 17. Light demand raises level of New York stock market. Section 2. pace 17. East Aslatlo fleet to have motor ships for ocction paco IB. Keal Kstste and Building. Local realty transfers of last month exceed tnose ot corresponding month of 1U14. Section 4, page 10. Million to be spent on East Side street Im provements, ejection . page 12- Pbyslcal tasks in widening ot Union avenue now up lor consideration. Section . pass 1L Many mills reopen and lumber trade better. Section 4. page 10. Eugene to spend 1013,000 In 1814 Improve- .. ow.,,u . pctge it. Automobiles and Roods. Stockholm and Portland tazlcab companies muupi ssuiie urea. eecuon 4. page 0. Many to go to San Francisco Fair by auto. Section 4. page 4. Portland an Vicinity. City, county and school economy, through co-operation plan ready for preliminary report tomorrow. Section 1. page 1L C A. Johns points out great Increase In state expenditures in eight years. Section i. page 11. Thousanda of dollars spent to make Oaks Park look like new. Section 1. page lu. Portland Oregon City Railway Company asks franchise of city. Section 1. page 14. Antt-fly committee glvea warning against leaving garbage can uncovered. Section 1. page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2. page 17. Dltsttngulshed men from many states an nounce intention of attending waterways congress here this month. Section 1, pass 16. Sixth of tax articles given. Section L page 13. Festival to have queen. Section 1. page 10. High diving la feature of aquatic carnival now being staged. Section 1. page 12. Broadway Theater reported leased to East ern legitimate syndicate. Section 1. pae 14. Dr. B. A. pierce explains purpose of his sanitarium. Section 1. page 14. II I ' 111 I ii'ls'H CA Til tf. I--ms-. -I V 1 MMttttm 1 1 O.O PRESIDENT 15 LEFT TO CHOOSE churi: V Methodists Vote Not to Give Suggestion. DEBATE WARM, BALLOT 80-73 Catholic Thanksgiving Service Raises Issue. CABINET CRITICISED, TOO Sir. Wilson Declared Inconsistent In 'ITPElns Others to Attend Own Churches When He Himself Does Xot Do So. NEW YORK. April 4. The New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church today tabled, after a warm de bate, a resolution requesting the Presi dent of the United States to discon tinue the custom of attending Thanks giving mass at the Roman Cathollo Cathedral in Washington. The motion to table was carried by a vote of 80 to 73. The resolution said: "Inasmuch as that service has been widely construed at home and abroad as the official Thanksgiving service of the United States, wo, the members of the New Tork conference of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, most respect fully suggest to the President the pro priety of discontinuing the practice." AI1-Slsrulflcaaee" Is Noted. The resolution provided that a copy should be sent to the senior Methodist bishop in Washington, with the re quest that he lay it before the Presi dent. Dr. Thomas S. Bond, pastor of the Morris Heights Methodist Church, the author of the resolution, and several supporters, including Dr. Wallace lie Mullen, associate professor in Drew Theological Seminary, and Christian F. Reslner. pastor of Grace Methodist Church of this city, said In the course of the. debate over the resolution that no one took exception to the Presi dent's attending any church he chose as an Individual, but when he attended the Catholic Church with his official family the event could not help as sumlng an "all-significance." President Declared Inconsistent. It was the opinion of those who sup ported the resolution that President Wilson was Inconsistent In issuing a proclamation urging people of the United States to assemble at their own churches at Thanksgiving day and then attending himself a church to which he did not belong. Those In fa vor of the resolutions thought that the Cabinet should divide up and visit the various churches. The resolution was opposed chiefly by Dr. P. M. Waters, pastor of the Washington Square Methodist Church, and George E. Heckman, editor of the Christian Advocate. The latter pro tested that President Wilson's attend ance at the Cathedral was merely a traditional practice followed by Mc- Kinley. Taft and Roosevelt, and that he could be depended on to choose his own church in ths future without a resolution. Scliool Law to Be Discussed. Proposed changes la the school laws of the state will be discussed at a conference of eommltees In the Con tral Library at f o'clock Friday night. The meeting has been called by A. c. Newlll. chairman of the department ot school and child welfare of the Ore gon Civic League. He requests that all . organizations that have not sen representatives previously do so Fri day. 'CU' V"T ' I LIVERY FOR BRYAN'S H GETS 'RISE' jOXDELL wonders IF CXIOX JACK GOES PORE OR AIT. British Ensign Should Be Prominent Somewhere Anyway. He Says. Humphrey Has Chance to Talk. WASHINGTON. April 4. The uni forms of State Department footmen. their compensation, the Panama tolls fight. Secretary Bryan's salary and his Chautauqua lectures, and half a doxea other subjects occupied the House to day, during consideration of the legis lative, executive and Judicial appropria tion bllL Representative MondelL of Wvomlnsr. said Secretary Bryan was undoubtedly planning to put uniforms oa his coach men. "Whether the British Union Jrfc uibpisjcq on xne front or me back of the uniform is a matter of taste," he said. -But that if Hn.,it prominent somewhere Is without question in view of the recent sur render to Great Britain on the canal tons question. Representative Johnson, of Konth Carolina, read from the Bible the story of the fiery furnace and said Secretary or) an naa come through a furnace of criticism, sarcasm and rlrtic..I with his hair unslnged and his body un scathed." Representative HumDhrev. of CTa.h. Ington, got a chance to talk. v e ought to have a Sorr.i.r. State." he said, -who would not have to sen something to Knirlanrt nri violate his party platform, in order to extricate himself and the country from me oinicuities Into which it had f.n.r, through him." Representative' Foster, of Illinois said: "The people are with tha Pr-ai- dent and his Cabinet." and predicted democratic success in the Congres sional election next Fall. PATENT ISSUANCE OPPOSED Chamberlain Reports Adversely on I-und-Grant Resolution. OREGOXIAN NEWS BURFii- ington. April 4. Senator Chamberlain iimuy adversely reported from the public lands committee a resolution ntroduced some months sen Hamilton Lewis directing the Issuance ot patents to all persons who. In good faith, paid for or offered to pay for lands included within the Oregon 41 t-aiuornia railroad grant, but who have, as yet. received no title from th railroad company. The resolution dLrncrswt th. i...n, of patents by the Secretary of the In terior on payment by the applicants to the Government of II.SO an acre for all the lands purchased. The bill was adversely reported on by the Interior 3fcJ4a I IllfJ II JURY VALUES EYES $50,000 Brooklyn Court Verdict Said to Be Largest In State for Injury. NEW TORkT April 4. A verdict awarding 150.000 to Matt Yurkonls for the loss of both of his eyes, was re turned today in the United States Dis trict Court In Brooklyn against the Delaware, Lackawanna c Western Railroad. Tills is said to be the lar gest verdict ever ordered In this state for an injured workman. Vurkonis was working in the rail road company's Pettlbone coal mine at Luzerne. Pa., when he was Injured bv the explosion of a squib of a fuse In a powder hole. ITALIANS SEND OUT MONEY Albany Record Shows Most of Earn ings Go to Old Country. ALBANY, Or.. April 4. (Special.) That a large part of the money Italian railroad laborers earn starts for Italy on pay day is shown by the records of the money order department of the Al bany postoffire. Though there are only a few Italians and Greeks in this vicinity. 200 foreign money orders were issued at the local postoffice In the past year. Every time there is a pay day on the railroad it takes about half a day in tne local postoftice filling out for eign money orders. ILLUSTRATIVE EFFORT. I " ' .11 uinmii I rrr Hi nnr I H LLP HLUfit SLAIN BY GHINAFilAII Body Dismembered and Burned in Furnace. SLAYER CONFESSES HIS CRIME Arms and Legs Cut Off With Carving Knife, He Says. VERDICT CLOSES MYSTERY Vancouver. B. C, Detectives and Hustfand or Victim Tell. Step by Step, How, with Do-s' Aid Silent Oriental Is Trapped. VANCOUVER. B. C. April 4 (Spe cial.) A verdict of a Coroner'a Jury late today formed the last step In ths official unraveling of the story of how Mrs. Charles J. Millard, left alone In her house with a Chinese servant, was murdered by him and her body burned in the furnace. The confession of the slayer. Jack Kong. 17 years old. and the rinding of charred bits of the body earlier in the day cleared up the mys tery of the woman's strange disappear ance during her husband's over-night absence. C. J. Millard, the husband, a Canadian Pacific Railway official, left for Vic toria on Tuesday night. Wednesday Mrs. Millard expected to do houseclean Ing. but when her husband came home Wednesday night he. believing his wife to be at her sister's, went to bed. Woman Away, Says Boy. When he talked to the boy. the Chi nese said only that Mrs. Mnlard. dressed In her house wrapper, stepped out of the house at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning and he did not see her again. As her houso dress was the only cloth ing found missing, color was lent to this statement, until the police took hold of the case. What had every appearance of being human bones and rings were found In the furnace ashes by Deputy Chief Mo ll a e. Inspector Jackson and Detectives Tisdale and Klllce when they examined the furnace early last evening, and later they again examined the ashes and were convinced beyond a doubt that Mrs. Millard's body had been placed In the furnace. Bloodhounds Take Scent. Bloodhounds which the department brought over from the provincial peni tentiary at New Westminster took up the scent from traces of a stain which had been found In a rug on the dining room floor, following it to the cellar and pointing to an ax. Later they led the detectives to the attic, where the clothes had been found earllsr In the day. The Chinese boy meanwhile had been arrested but met all questions with ab solute silence. Finally, however, after an all-night grilling by detectives, he broke down. Seoldlaar Prompts Attack. He said Mrs. Millard reprimanded nim because the porridge bad been burned at breakfast. She ordered Mm to make a fresh dish of porridge, but he objected, saying that he wished to go to school. Mrs. Mi'.lard made some remark to the effect that she would have to cut his ear ft to make him obey her better, and then he seized a chair and struck her down. He then choked her to death and carried her body to the basement, he said. Next he procured a carving knife and dismembered the body. He built a big fire in the furnace and put the body In piece by piece. He hid tho (Concluded on rSKe S WU CAMt. CLARK KS ' TVy&ZS JL