THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 30, 1914.
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WAR TAX TO COVER
PARTY BLUNDERS
Diminishing Revenues Not Due
Wholly to Unexpected Con
ditions in Europe.
CAMPAIGN GROWS LIVELY
Western I .inner- l-'all to Grasp
Lightning Change of Mind in
Washington Tariff Law Has
Effect on Industry.
CHICAGO. Aug. 30. Western voters
read, with grim smiles, announcement
from Washington that the Adminis
tration was extremely anxious to
push through a war tax measuie i
replenish the rapidly awinanuK
plus In the Treasury, but feared t
taif. 1 1 ii nntn nftpr the Con
gressional elections, because of its
political effect.
Voters of the West are fully cog
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ing revenues of the United States are
not wholly due to tne European mm,
although this has been seized upon
avidly by the Democrats and will be
used as a rack upon which to hang all
their blunders. The diminishing rev
enues began with the tariff bill and
were augmented by similar legislation
and Europe might fight until dooms
day without concealing this fact.
Illinois Campaign Lively.
The Congressional campaign in Illi
nois Is becoming lively. William Mc
Kinlev. Republican, who is a candi
date for his former seat. Is stirring up
the voters in his district. He has al
ready spoken in 70 towns and has met
with enthusiastic audiences. His dis
trict includes a number of big rail
road and Industrial points, where hun
dreds of men are out of employment,
not because of the European war. but
because of the Democratic tariff. They
were out of employment before the
war broke out, and In a position to
understand thoroughly that the
crowned heads In Washington and not
In Europe are responsible for their
condition.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon is moving
quietly through his district, gaining
strength every day and William A.
Rodenberg,- in the Southern Illinois
district, is building up a winning en
tourage. Quick Change Daaes Farmers.
Illinois farmers are protesting the
Democratic proposition to spend 2o.
000 000 for ships, af tei the Democrats
raised such a howl against the re
peal of the Panama Canal tolls, bas
ing their objections on the ground
that It really amounted to a ship sub
sidy Western farmers do not exact y
graip the quick change of mind in
Washington, except that an, opportu
nity offers to spend more millions,
create 'jobs for a lot of political chair
warmers and evolve new methods or
taxation. ,
The argument that high prices for
wheat will cause the to,Jr,'f
get the baneful effects of the tariff
will not hold water. Most of the
farmers sold their wheat when the
prices began to slump under the ef
fects of the tariff, as they desired to
get something for their crops before
the bottom fell out. Then the war
caused an advance In prices, but this
does not tend to soothe the feelings
of the man who must deliver his wheat
at the price obtaining two months ago.
Tariff Blll'a Effect Bad.
The problem of the unemployed is be
coming serious In the cities of the Miu
d? West. Due to the tariff, which
crippled many manufacturing plan s
and closed some and caused the rail
roads to reduce their forces, and the
additional blow delivered by the Euro
pean war. the army of idle men
Browing to large proportions and will
be a decided menace before the Winter
is over It has been estimated that
50 000 persons in various lines have
been laid off weekly In Chicago for the
last month and in smaller cities pro
portionately. The situation Is such in Illinois that
the Governor has been importuned to
summon the Legislature in special ses
sion and authorize Immediate work
Upon the proposed waterway from Chi
cago to New Orleans. An appropria
tion has been voted for this work and it
can be started at any time by vote of
the Legislature.
Women Command Attention.
Account must be taken of the rising
tide of women's votes In .Western
states In forthcoming campaigns. The
influence of women is being felt in
Illinois, particularly in the war against
saloons, which are .being wiped out at
every opportunity. In Chicago they
have forced Mayor Harrison to close
two notorious dives that have defied
law and order for many years. They
dominate school affairs and are causing
great apprehension among the grafters
and four-flushers, who are in danger of
being pried loose from the public crib
by the none too gentle hand of the
woman voter.
The suffragettes expect to win three
additional Northwest states this Fall.
They are reasonably sure of victory In
Montana and the Dakotas, and have a
fighting chance in Nebraska., Years
ago when suffrage was first put to the
test of a vote In South Dakota it was
defeated by the heavy Russian vote in
the eastern part of the state. Since
that time big colonies of Swedes and
Norwegians have settled in the Black
Hills district and they have swung
public sentiment around so that suf
frage now has a good chance to win.
had been received here. Mr. Dennlson
and Detective Haas were released under
11000 bonds. They will be held await
ing action by the grand Jury Septem
ber 8.
Jackson's second arrest, it seems, is
merely to hold him as a witness
against Mr. Dennlson and Detective
Haas. He furnished 2500 bonds and
was released.
SOO.OOO FRAUD IS ALLEGED
New York Detective Visits Governor,
Who Orders Jackson Retaken.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 9. (Special.) '
Governor West today instructed the
Sheriff of Josephine County to arrest
Oslln M. Jackson, who Is alleged to
have been Implicated in real estate
frauds in New York, and hold him un
til a requisition could be honored.
Jackson was recently under arrest In
Grants Pass, but was released by order
of the Governor, who said the arrest
was illegal.
Lieutenant Flood, of District Attor-
SMALL ITEM BRINGS FLOOD
OF REPLIES.
ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 29.
(Special.) As an indication of
the way The Oregonian's news
items are read the experience of
the St. Helens School Board may
be cited.
The small item in The Ore
gonlan yesterday mentioned two
vacancies in the St. Helens
schools. More than a dozen
teachers from as many parts of
Oregon have come into the city
and personally stormed the of
fices of the Board. The chair
man's telephone all day was a
series of long-distance calls.
Nearly 30 letters of applications
from different parts of the state
have arrived and each mail
brings more. Several telegrams
have been received and The Ore
gonian reporter is no longer a
friend of the School Clerk, who
must make reply to all.
NO WORK
NO FOOD
GUTS DINNER LIST
Charity Worker Says Many of
So - Called Unemployed
Imposed on Charity.
'KELLY'S ARMY' DESCRIBED
JACKSON TAKEN AGAIN
GOVERNOR NOW ORDERS NEW
YORKER HELD AS WITNESS.
Tto Who Arrested Fugitive Await Ac
tion by Grand Jury September 8.
All Three Out on Bonds.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. Aug. 29. Oslln
M. Jackson, alleged New York swin
dler, who was released by order of Gov
ernor West last Thursday, was re
arrested today and released under
bonds, the Governor reversing his for
mer action after conferring with a de
tective from New York, who had been
sent to return Jackson East for trial.
Henry C. Allen, the fourth man to
accuse Jackson of swindling in New
York, arrived here from the great me
tropolis today. Mr. Allen declares
Jackson defrauded him out of 190,000.
E. A. Dennison and Detective Haas,
whom Governor West ordered arrested
on charges of attempting to extort
money, following their identification
and arrest of Jackson, arrived in town
last night In charge of Deputy Sheriff
Cheshire, who caught them at Yrek
Cal. They sped from Grants Pass In
an automobile Thursday shortly before
the Governor's order to arrest them
ney Whitman's force in New York City,
arrived here today to take Jackson to
that city. He said the requisition had
been mailed and probably would arrive
early next week. Lieutenant Flood says
Jackson's transactions amounted to
more than 1200,000 and as a result
spvral nersons. who suffered finan
cially, committed suicide.
Charles T. Haas and rjrnest uenni-
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UU, an voiv.
T . .. n.HQrorl nlarpH In lail DV
Governor West when their prisoner
was released. Aitnougn tney saia mcj
. - xt- -vnrir tf.t.r.tivR. Lieutenant
Flood said he does not know them.
THREATS CAUSE ARREST
MYRTLE CREEK RANCHER DEFIES
OFFICERS BUT LOSES.
District Attorney Brown Loses No
Time in Swearing Out Warrant
for L. O. Starbuck.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Because he threatened to kill
Circuit Judge J. W. Hamilton, of Rose
burg, and a neighbor by the name of
Halladay, L. O. Starbuck. a Myrtle
Creek rancher, was brought here late
today and lodged in the County Jail.
When District Attorney Brown
learned of the threats made by Star
hnrk he caused a warrant of arrest
to be issued and Deputy Sheriff Sam
Knight, of Myrtle Creek, was sent
to brine the man to town. Knight had
hardly finished reading the warrant.
when StarDucK wmppea oui a gun aim
said he would kill any person who
attempted to take him off the ranch.
No amount of persuasion would pacify
Starbuck, and the officer finally was
compelled to leave the ranch without
his prisoner. Later in the day Star
buck's attorney visited the ranch and
enticed Starbuck to accompany him to
Myrtle Creek. There he was disarmed
and brought to Roseburg.
Mrs. Starbuck yesterday secured a
divorce from her husband in Judge
Hamilton's court. It was on account
of the outcome of the divorce suit that
Starbuck Is alleged to have uttered
threats against Judge Hamilton. It
also is said that Starbuck threatened
to kill his two sons, who testified in
behalf of their mother. Starbuck owns
considerable property and is well
known here.
INJURY N0WJ.AID TO FALL
Oregon City Officials Theorize That
Bernier Was Not Attacked.
OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Further investigation by Sheriff
Mass and Acting District Attorney
Hicks today into the Bernier case have
almost convinced the officials that his
injuries were not caused by an attack.
It was learned yesterday that two men
were heard quarreling near the Ber
nier home, but the men were walking
south on Main street, or away from
the trestle.
Bernier did not work at the mill
Tuesday, but worked around his house.
The investigators theorize that he
drank considerable whisky, went out to
walk off the effect of too many drinks,
proceeded down the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company tracks for 400
yards below his home and fell into the
culvert.
It was reported this afternoon that
Mr. Bernier is much better.
EUGENE PASTOR LEAVES
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Rev. J. S. MeCallum Gives List of
Sermons Preached In 12 Years.
EUGENE. Or., Aug. 29. Rev. J. S.
MeCallum. for 12 years pastor of the
First Christian Church In Eugene,
preaches his last sermon as pastor to
morrow. He states that while in Eu
gene he has preached more than 1200
sermons, not counting 221 funerals
wjiich he conducted.
During this time he has, baptized
909 and received into fellowship 1316
persons, making a total of 2203 admis
sions. And of this number he says
he has lost but 61 by death, which is
less than five a year. One year there
were but two deaths.
The number of marriages outnumber
funerals two to one. He has united
308 in matrimony.
CHEMICAL CAST AT STAR
Angry Actor at Marshfield Wreak6
Revenge at Rehearsal.
MARSHFIELD, Or., Aug. 29. (Spe
cial.) Harry Walters, an actor, threw
an odorous chemical on Mrs. Harold
Barglefs clothing last night at a dress
rehearsal in a theater here and disap
peared suddenly.
Walters is said by those in the com
pany to have been angry because he
was not invited to take part in the
play.
Demand for mosquito netting and cano
pies has fallen to some extent within the
last few years throughout the Island of Cuba
owing to the fact that the people in gen
eral are gradually coming to realize the ne
cessity of preventing the breeding of moi-
California Labor Commissioner Es
timates Number of "Agitators"
Among Unemployed at One
Per Oent of Total.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. Testi
mony given before -the Federal Indus
trial Relations Commission today was
to the effect that a large per cent of
the state's unemployed really are not
desirous of labor and that the strength
of the Industrial Workers of the World
among California workmen has been
greatly over-estimated.
Fifty per cent of the men who ap
plied to the local Associated Charities
for aid last Winter did not want work,
Harry R Bogart, the secretary, said.
"It was men of this type that formed
Kelly's army of unemployed," he testi
fied. "The 'no work, no food' plan
which we put into effect cut our num
ber of diners in half in a single day."
Crowds Out to "See Fun."
State Labor Commissioner McLaugh
lin said he estimated the number of
agitators among the unemployed at 1
per cent The majority of the crowds
In the streets were "out to see the fun,"
in 4iis opinion. He added, however,
that he thought the I. W. W. were do
ing a good work in awakening em
ployers to the fact that it was to their
distinct advantage to deal with the
American Federation of Labor that
their rights may be protected.
"I think there are more L W. W.'s
among students and professors than
there are among workers, Paul Schar
renberg, secretary and treasurer of the
State Federation of Labor, declared.
"Give a rabid I. W. W. work and
he becomes a conservative."
It developed that many union labor
leaders did not indorse the plan fol
lowed to some extent last year of
giving the San Francisco unemployed
work at 20 cents an hour. Public work
here is done by agreement at 3 a day.
Stale Farms Suggested.
Asked for a remedy for aiding the
unemployed, Mr. Bogart said state
farms would put 75 per cent of the men
now physically unable to perform man
ual labor on their feet. Mr. McLaughlin
suggested Federal control of labor or
the unemployed, pointing out that for
one thing a National highway might
be built. He" also indorsed the compul
sory savings system now in force in
Germans'. Mr. Scharrenberg proposed
thorough organization of migratory la
borers, home rule and the single tax
system, a shorter working day, re
stricted Immigration and public work
during the Winter months. Jesse W.
Lilienthal, president of the United Rail
ways, also indorsed the compulsory
savings system.
A A. Bonheim suggested parceling
out the 19,000,000-acre Federal reserve
in this state into small farms, to be
paid for on easy terms by workers.
He said that three-fourths of the land
could be farmed after the timber was
removed.
The hearing will behere throughout
next week.
ports, as well as here and in California,
all efforts were centered on increasing
the business and decreasing expenses.
Captain T. D. E. Wilson was sent to
Portland frcm San Francisco as super
intendent and J. B. Vaughn as aduitor.
Recently L. S. Williams arrived as traf
fic manager and N. F. Titus, Portland
manager, left for Alaskan cities to re
adjust a number of matters.
A letter from Mr. Titus, received yes
terday, says that not only !s patronage
gaining in regular channels, but large
shipments of salmon have been pro
cured that in the past have been divert
ed to Puget Sound lines, and that after
a personal investigation of the field
and meeting shippers he is more opti
mistic than ever.
It was felt by the pioneers of the
venture that if revenues were suffi
cient to cover expenses the first season
they would be satisfied. It is shown
to them that the Alaskan trade can be
procured permanently as long as ser
vice and fair treatment is accorded
buyers in the North, and, with steamers
owned by the line, it is asserted that
there will be handsome returns.
Mr. Titus is returning on the steamer
Stetson, which has a large cargo of
salmon. The vessel will be in port to
morrow after having discharged some
of its cargo at Seattle. '
NNESES GO ON SOUTH
ADDITIONAL .EVIDENCE NOT OB
TAINED, SAY POLICE.
TAX PENALTY RULE OUT
JUDGE CAMPBELL SAYS LEGISLA
TURE SO DECREES.
Clatsop County Case- Injunction Dis
solved Through Decision of Cir
cuit Court Jurist.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Property owners must pay penalties on
the second half of taxes on which the
first half was paid prior to April 1.
That was the decision rendered this
afternoon by Judge J'. U. Campbell, of
the Circuit Court. The ruling was in
the case of A. G. Spexarth against
Clatsop County and W. A. Sherman,
County Treasurer, restraining the de
fendants from collecting penalties on
the second half of taxes paid at any
time between April 1, and September
1. In handing down his decision the
court said In part:
"The only inhibition on the Legisla
ture regarding revenue laws is the con
stitutional provision that all taxes shall
be uniform. The state, in its sovereign
capacity, through Its Legislature, has a
right to say how, when and where
and why taxes shall be paid; what rate
of interest taxes shall bear, after they
become due. how and why taxes shall
become delinquent and the mode of
forcing the collection of taxes by
levying on the property. The Legis
lature clearly has decreed by Its en
actments that second halves of taxes,
where the first halves were paid be
fore April 1. shall bear Interest at the
rate of 1 per cent a month for a
period of not less than 30 days. That
law still stands. If the taxpayers
should be relieved from that penalty
the relief should come from the Leg
islature and not from the courts. The
courts are not legislative bodies. The
injunction in this case is dissolved."
Notice of appeal was given im
mediately by the plaintiff, who was
allowed ten days in which to perfect
the appeal and pay the amount in
dispute Into court.
alasIuTsteaSs pay
REVENUES OF ftUINAULT EXCEED
- EXPENSES, IS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Trade Is Obtained Without Difficulty
and Salmon Usually Sent to Puget
Sound Lines Is Procured.
Portland's Alaska steamship line is
paying. Such is Information made pub
lic yesterday by the Dodge interests,
and the case of the steamer Quiault is
cited, which sailed last week for the
north. Revenues were not only In ex
cess of operating expenses, but suffi
cient to take care of the charter hire
and pay the Alaska insurance, which
is about 8 per cent above that charged
on the Coast.
The line was originally inaugurated
by Portland interests and capital, and
about the middle of the season arrange
ments were made for the Dodge Steam
ship Company to take over the respon
sibility, with Manager F. D. Parr in
charge. Then began a reorganization,
and with the Dodge line having agen
cies on Fuget Sound and at Alaska
Delay in Proceeding to Texas Caused
by Belief That Sacramento Had
"Death Letter" Clew.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 29.
(Special.) After a two days' halt in
the journey to San Antonio, where he
undoubtedly will have to stand trial for
the alleged murder of Mrs. Elois Den
nis and Miss Beatrice Nelms, Victor
E. Innes, his wife and two children In
custody of Deputy Sheriff Newton and
accompanied by Marshall Nelms, left
for the South, this afternoon.
"I am being persecuted by Marshall
Nelms," said Innes, when he was taken
from, the city prison to the Ferry Sta
tion. "I have ample evidence, which
I will produce when I get to San An
tonio, to prove my innocence."
Delay In resuming the trip to the
South, which was decided upon sud
denly Friday, when it was intimated
that new and incriminating evidence
against Innes had been unearthed by
Burns detectives, failed to bear fruit,
say the police. These investigations,
it appears, concerned the mailing of
the "death-threat" letter received by
Mrs. J. W. Nelms, presumably written
by Mrs. Dennis.
One of the Burns men working on
the case made a special trip to Sac
ramento, but upon his return would
make no assertion.
It is known that Innes was in Sac
ramento the day the "death letter"
was mailed in this city.
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GOVERNOR GIVES WARNING
State Must Act Soon or $450,000
Reclamation Fund Is lost.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Governor West said today that unless
action was taken at once the state
would lose $450,000 allotted by the In
terior Department for reclamation
work. He said Secretary Lane, in mak
ing the allotments for 1914, set aside
$572,000 for the Umatilla project. $175,
000 fol the Klamath- project and $450,
000 for co-operative work with the
state for the completion of certain
Carey act projects in the Deschutes
Valley.
"Unless the moneys thus allotted are
used or tied up," continued the Gov
ernor, "before the first of the year,
they will pass from the control of the
Secretary of the Interior into the hands
of Congress, and might be allotted to
another state. The money allotted for
the Umatilla and Klamath projects, of
course, is being expended, but the $450,
000 for the Deschutes development is
not yet tied up in such a manner as to
insure its expenditure in this state."
PIONEER DEADAT ALBANY
G. A. Mickel, Resident of Oregon for
45 Years, Succumbs.
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
After an illness of ten days, G. A.
Mickel, a resident of Oregon for 45
years, died at his home here today at
the age of 56 years. Mr. Mickel was a
native of Minnesota and came to Ore
gon in 1S69, settling at Gervais, where
he resided continuously for 40 years.
Five years ago he moved to Blodgett,
Benton County, and for the past two
years ho lived in Albany. He was a
member of the local council of the
Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Mickel is survived by six chil
dren, who are A. A. Mickel, Southern
Pacific agent at Albany; E. J. Mickel.
of Portland; Mrs. Myrtle Bodley, of
Roseburg; Mrs. Gertrude Looney, of
Madras, and Mrs. May Bates and Clar
ence E. Mickel, of this city.
MARSHFIELD ELKS READY
Roseburg Lodge Team to Be Met on
Ball Diamond Today.
ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
hv an nrchftstra-Dlaver
mounted on an automobile truck, 60
members of the Marsniieid loage oi
ti 1.- i - in RnsAhnr? Ifltp tnriftv to
enjoy the hospitality of local lodge
men. Tonight tne visitors were en-
' a Koll Trtmnrrnw thev will
meet the Roseburg Elks in a baseball
game on the local diamona. ins vis
;.;,wT ipivo mrp mAt crime distance from
ntug ....... ..v-. ...w.
Roseburg by a committee of local lodge
men, wnere tney were ncn-ieu . . c
'vfl.hm.-tit anH srnrtprt tn town under
protection of the local lodge of Elks.
Elaborate preparations nave ueou
A- t inmnrmw's rami". Thft Marsll-
field Elks made the trip to Roseburg
in automobiles ana' encounierea cunsiu
erable trouble along the road.
PAMPHLETS ARE MAILED
Secretary of State Sends Out 23 0,
000 Election Booklets.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 29. (Special.)
Secretary of State Olcott announced
today that he had completed the mail
ing of more than 230,000 election
pamphlets. He is required by law to
mail one to every registered voter not
later than the 55th day before the
election. Pamphlets have been for
warded to all persons who have quali
fied by registering for voting at the
coming election.
Pamphlets will be forwarded to
those who register as their names are
retiorted to the Secretary of State by
County Clerks up to the close of the
books of registration, October 15.
The postage for the pamphlets to
taled $4614.98.
WANTS C0RDWO0D.
I have a beautiful, nearly new, $600
walnut player piano, with 72 music
rolls, which I will trade for cordwood,
f. o. b. cars. Address H 1547, Orego
nian. Adv.
SUFFRAGISTS PUT
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Nine Senators, Nine Repre
sentatives in Congress, Set
Down as Obstacle.
LIST OF NAMES IS GIVEN
Lodge of Massachusetts Especially
Referred to Women of His State
for Action Author of Mann
Act Also Attacked.
CHICAGO. Aug. 29. Nine United
States Senators and nine Representa
tives whose opposition to woman suf
frage is so powerful as to constitute
the "greatest" obstacle to 1' ederal leg.
islation that the women have to face"
are named in the statement issued to
day here by the National Woman Suf
frage Association.
The statement, which was written by
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw president, and
Mrs. Medill McCormick, chairman of the
Congressional committee, appeals to
all suffrage associations to concentrate
their influence to defeat these men for
re-election.
Foes In Congress mncd.
The nine Senators whose defeat the
women urge are; Brandegee of Con
necticut, Clarke of Arkansas, Dilling
ham of Alabama, Fletcher of Florida,
Gore of Oklahoma, Root of New York,
Shively of Indiana, Smith of Maryland
and Lodge of Massachusetts.
The members of the House named
are; Underwood of Alabama, Mann of
Illinois. Fitzgerald of New York, Page
of North Carolina, Calloway of Texas.
Garner of Texas, Garrett of Tennes
see, Hay of Virginia and Sisson of Mis
sissippi. "This is believed to be the first time
In the history of the woman suffrage
movement that women have resorted
to a black list of those opposed lo
them." reads the announcement. "The
Congressional committee has spent a
year in lobbying for the passage of
National legislation wh h would bring
woman suffrage throughout the United
States. We have polled both houses
of Congress repeatedly and we know
how every member stands. We have
gone further than that In the lower
house, where It was possible to obtain,
in addition, actual records of members
on humanitarian measures In which
women of the country are Interested.
Data to ne Supplied.
"All of this data will be placed at
the disposal of women in the various
states, who are at liberty to use it as
they see fit. The women of every
Congressional district will be supplied
with the record of how their Con
gressman voted on the question of an
open caucus, on the various bills and
establishing and strengthening the
children's bureau and on the bill to
wipe out 'phossyjaw' from the manu
facture of matches.
"In the meantime we feel it is in
cumbent on us to name the nine mem
bers of the Senate and the nine mem
bers of the lower House whose oppo
sition to woman suffrage is so power
ful, persistent and adroit as to consti
tute the greatest obstacle to Federal
legislation which women have to face.
"We regard the nine Senators named
as the bulwark of the opposition. All
of them retire in 1915 except Senator
Lodge, whose term expires in 1917. The
iiita. la an determined in his opposi-
; .1 . 1. ., . r- r ... i un.t hie I'HNH to
, llOll L 1 1 1 L "
I the women of Massachusetts, who have
two years In whlcn to organize iiitw
him.
"In the lower house we have had to
contend not only with the powerful
resistance of Representative Under
wood and his lieutenant, Fitzgerald, of
New York, but we have had to con
tend with the adroit opposition of
the minority leader, James R Mann, of
Illinois. The latter, in his appeal to
the women voters of the Second Dis
trict, has made it plain he Intends to
capitalize his reputation as author of
the 'white slave act.' We believe the
women'will be much more Interested In
a bulletin we shall issue soon dealing
candidly with Mr. Mann's record on
this and other special legislation."
Besides the signatures of Dr. Shaw
and Mrs. McCormick. the statement is
signed by Mrs. Antoinnette Funk and
M. D)...mqn T Rnnth. nf Chicago:
Mrs. Helen Gardener, of Washington:
Mrs. Alary C oraaioro, ol ubiivoi , ..no.
Desha Breckenridge, of Lexington. Ky.;
Mrs. John Tucker, of San Francisco,
and Mrs. Edward Drier, of Brooklyn.
LAND FRAUD IS ALLEGED
Ml IT TO ni l l 1.11 .-.O.OIMI ( HV. FOR
T in: i i m.i:i.
Attorney A vera Large Traca lu HarT
nnil Malheur I iiunllm Were Ob
Inlnril Tariuiuli Dunimlea.
SALEM, Or.. Aug. ii (8pclal.) C.
B. McConnell. a lawyer of Burns, con
ferred today with Attorney-General
Crawford In regard to Instituting suits
for the recovery by the atate of larg
tracts of grazing lsnd In Harney and
Malheur counties, control of which Mr.
McConnell charges was obtained by
fraud. Suit is pending against th Pa
cific Livestock Company for the recov
ery of 27,000 acres of achool land. The
company has entcr.'d suit to pravant
the adjudication of water rlghta on
the Stlvtes River, and It waa WfcM
making an investigation of its allega
tions that Mr. McConm-ll ay he found
that about 50,000 other acre hud breu
obtained through fraud.
This land, he said, Is largely held by
cattle companies. According to I ho
lawyer, the land was obtained several
years ago through the uae of diiniinlaa
and other alleged aettlera, who worked
in conjunction with the companies.
Tho Pacific Llvestoik Company Is
fighting the suit of the atatn on the
grounds that It obtained the land In m
legal way anil that action by tho atate
should have been started earlier.
Circuit Judge Harris recently. In the
Hyde-Henson school land .case, which
Is similar to the one sgninat the live
stock company, decided that the atate
would have to show a good excuse for
its delay In bringing suit. The Attorney-General
han appealed on th
ground that laches do not tpply to th
state.
SUNDAY FILMS VOTE ISSUE
Decision of Albany QileMlon Aknl
in Inltlntlve IVtltton.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. . (Special.)
An Initiative petition waa llled with
the City Recorder here this afternoon
requesting a popular vote on the quas
tion of whether or not motion-picture
houses shall run on Sunday In Albany.
The question will be voted upon at
the city election In December
COME ON "LETS GO
Pioneer Days Stampede
At Vancouver, Wash., September 7 to 12
Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the founding of Fort Ya .uver in
connection with Columbia Eiver Inter-State Fair.
Races, Livestock, Agricultural aud Horticultural Exhibits, School Contests
for Boys and Grirls, Poultry, Dairying, Domestic Science and Eugenics De
partment for which thousands of dollars in prises will be given.
World's Championship Wild West Contests
Every Day-September 7 to 12-Every Day
There will be given the greatest Wild West Show ever attempted west of the
Rockies for big purses, with the best artists in Wild West specialties from
Chevenne Pendleton and Walla Walla and other places, presenting Prick
Roping, Men's Relay Races, Steer Roping. Trick Riding. Ladies Mucking
Horse Contests, Indian Relay Races, Steer Bulldogging, Indian SqUA
Races, Wild Steer and Wild Horse Racing and many other thrilling and stu
pendous open-aii- productions worth coming miles to see. One and one-thul
fare round trip on all lines.
COME ON-"LET'S GO
40 Cents Railway Fare Round Trip From Portland.
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