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t i ...,,. in. Ts !r and co, r ton'iat Tn '.;y fair. Light, varia ble winds. r ' t"f.t.: , 'Ok ar f-iu Fiar-cisco I-ortlard RotefcKi , , , . ilsrshiittid ... PORTLAND,- OREGON, MONDAY i EVENING, FEBRUARY f9, 1912 SIXTEEN PAGES VOL.X. NO. 03. PRICE TWO CEHT3 ' 'H' s. v V X v 1 " N v V . 7 FULTON If L iffl Former United States Senator Not Certain "He Is Most . Available Candidate for U. S. Senate. BELIEVED SELLING WILL NOW MAKE RACE John M. Gearin Will Not Be . Candidate for Democratic Nomination. Charles W.' Fulton will not be a can didate for the . Republican nomination for United States senator.. In a state ment this' morning he declares he Is not .convinced that Je Is the most available candidate to make the race, against Senator Bourne, and declines torun. John M. Gearin. will not be a candi date for the Democratic - nomination. After several days of conference "with Democratic leaders, who endeavored to persuade him to take ,up the fight, he declared his mind is finally made up to remain out of the contest.-- ' ; - ; Ben Selling stated that morning that he will give a final answer as to his Intentions tomorrow. It is generally believed that with Fulton definitely out of it, Mr. Selling will declare, himself a candidate and. will' start out for the scalp of. Bourne. ', - On the Democratic side. Interest cen ter in efforts now being made to place Dr. Harry Lane In the field. So far as Portland !s concerned, the talk of can didates has oscillated . between Gearin and Lane, r Now that Gearin has de clined, Joca! Democrats are declaring it is "up to .Lane." 'i Uneup of Candidates, Apparently ths Republican candidates , to enter the primary will be-Ben" Sell ing. Stephen A., Lowell evf j Pendleton, Senator Bourne and J.TV Morton of , Salem providing the latter, hies, his nominating petition. ,. ; The Democrats already announced are Walter St. Pierce of Hot Lake, WU ton A, Miller of Lebanon and O. P. Co shaw Of Roseburg.f the name of Dr. Harry Lane 1s addSi, qs his friends now believe It will beyit is believed that at 'least one of these candidates will with draw. , V u . r ' fn explanation of Ms attitude, el tfenator Fulton issued, a lengthy state ment, in which he sCts forth his views on the. needs of the state In national legislation -and attacks Senator Bourne. Declaring It important that Bourne be , retired, he says "I ani not disposed to take any step that will militate against that necessary and alltdesired result.4 Air. Fulton ; makes an , Interesting statement concerning his opinions upon the "Oregon system," asserting he has never opposed it, and is Jn accord with it in the main. He says it is now adopt ed and settled, as the law of the state Admitting he did not construe State ment Np.. i to mean that a Republican legislator was required to vote for,a Democrat for United States senator, be adds: "The people 'have construed the law (Continued on- Page Two.) Members of Street Committee Resent Criticism Contained in Letter Geer Seeks to "Railroad" Sandy Boulevard Franchise, It Is Said. ASSERT EX-GOVERNOR GEER ATTEMPTING TO INTIMIDATE COUNCIL Denouncing a letter written by former Qovernor T. T. Geer of Oregon as an attempt to Intimidate the members of ; the council street committee into "rall l roadlng" the franchise for the Sandy boulevard street car extension, Council man John H. Burgard this morning de . clared that he would not "stand for such, methods and that he hoped no other member Of the council would al low himself fb bl bulled by any cltlsen or group of cltiseris." Mr, Geer, as prealdent ! of the Rose City Park Improvement league, wrote personal letters to Councilman Burgard, ., Raker und.Schmeeiv ihidlng -them for their failure to recommend the passage f thejiandyoulward franchise before tills. - ' ' ; .ve nave watched every move of the street committee,"-, read the letter re ceived by Councilman Burgard,- "and must say that such dilatory tactics as have been pursued or permitted by you . would hardly be tolerated in your pri vate business. -,. . ,.. , - . ; luch Time pasted. ; ' "When we oted for you as counoll men we fully' expected that you would at least use all diligence and-energy In caring. for the interests of our rum. .munlty, especially when those Interests were in coniormity to reason and jus tiee and actual necessity. We can only ay that In our judgment much valuable time has been unneceannHiv wasted and there seems little hope that mc liiijiruveineiii ui mo Bandy boule yard " will be made this year unless im mediate: action is takeTi-Dy you as ono of the members of the council. What we want and expect of you is that you will set a time . when bu will grant thf franchise and stog these senseless . aeiays. - y s Theletters to the other members of me streei commuiee wer couched similar language.,. The street committee at Its special . meeting this morning ..practically ftn- lanea us labors. An-amendment was adopted, compromising on the proposed ,. .. jrannnijm-nn-imnainn atrn.it, nVfr rrotest of the Portland Railway,'. Light a. t'ower company me fnmnmiee' voted (Continued on Page Eleven.) T : . PITY THE "- . i : ." . t?V-n - 1 - ' ,. .211 1 Taken to demonstrate LT'OF ARBITRATION French Statesmen Believe "Kow II . lust rates Impracticability of Fres- Ident Taft'a Srhemo Which They Regard, as "Dead as a Door Nail." ' Paris, Feb. 19. President Taft's scheme to arbitrate questions involving national honor Is believed here to be as dead as the proverbial door nail Slowly the eyes of the statesmen are opening, so It is said, to the fact that the rcent quarrel with Italy clearly demonstrated Its utter impracticability. For ahould governments agree to, arbitrate such cases, public opinion would force. action of an entirely different sort. The seizure of the French steamer Mafimiba and the arrest of the 29 Red CreBcent hospital attaches by the Ital ians, caused France to blaze with in dignation. The " Italian consulate at Marseilles was guarded by the police to prevent attack. ..When Italy, suggested taking the affair to The Hague, a cry of derislon-went Tap from France. "isever! tteturn to tne Tencn nag the 29 Turks you took from us and we will arbitrate the rest," Prime Minister Pcincalre .Said, the people ; to a man backing him up. " . The taking, of those Turks placed a stain on the French flag wipe out that stain first, the piemler declared and then1 we wiU talk. ' It is a question of national honor, and questions of na tional honor cannot be submitted to arbitration." ; r- - - France saiS- these things to Italy, with which country she has long been on the terms of warmest friendship, and with whose people she Is akin by blood ties, England, who, with France, signed the Taf t arbitration treaty, applauded France quite vigorously, and the tone of the English press was the same aa that In France: "Questions of .national honor cannot be arbitrated." i ' So politicians and statesmen here are smiling and asking themselves if Theo dore Roosevelt is not-right i In saying there Is no use making treaties Just to break them; that questions of honor are not debatable. N New York, Feb. 19. Justice Gerard this afternoon expects to elt aside the 30-year prison sentence against Folks E. Brandt, former valet to 'Milllonalrs Mortimer Schlff... who is said to have been "railroaded", on a burglary chargs to save the name of s woman member of the Schlff household.., " It Is expected that District Attorney Whitman will also move to have other indictments'outRtandlng against Brandt for burglary and assault quashed, on the ground that the man already has suf Fered enough in Ws. five years' imprison.' ment. ' "J ' - . No intimation of. the Expected arrest of Schlff, his attorney, Jlloward Gans, or the detective who is ' said to hav "framed up" the case- against. Brandt has yet been given out. ' Celebrate Oi)enin(t f Home. Los Angeles, 19. More than 1000 Jews from the larger. cities of the Paclfjij coast are celebrating today the dedication of the Jewish orphans' hom at Huntington Par? by the delesatea to thotonvcnUoiuJf th,..,graiid-4adK-; H'Nal B'KUh. Many of the leading w I .,1 lnvn nrtA laltir s Ihn ,. .. & . jewirli V'ci sj im nuj " mc tvrt"ii par tlcluHd 'Iti the. 'ceremonies. : TIio coii ventioiv f coutUiued this weelc , USTICE TO SET ASIDE 30-YEAR TERM OF VALET BOARDER! PITNEY OF NEV JERSEY NAMED FOR SUPREME COURT ;BY PRESIDENT Nomination of -Chancellor to Take riace' on Bench Made Vacant by Death of Justice Harlan, Sent to Senate by Taft. , Colted Ptms JUiwd VTire. Washington, Feb. 19. President Taft today sent to the Senate the wwnination of Mahion "Pitney, chancellor j of the state of New Jersey to be an associate Justice of the United Statef supreme court. Mahion Pitney waB born atMorrls town. N. J., February 5; 1868.' His father was Henry C. Pitney, vice chan cellor of New Jersey. He . graduated from PrlneetonMn 1879 and married Miss Florence T. Shelton November 14, 1 891. In 1896 he was elected to con gress, serving. until 1899 when he re signed. . He was president of the New Jersey senate' in 1901; associate Jus tice of the supreme court of New .Jer sey, from 1901 to. 1908 and elected chancellor of .New Jersey in 1908 to serve until 1918. ..... pitney Enemy of Labor. t fTJnlted' Prem led Wlr. Pes Moines,- Iowa, Feb. 19. That the nomination by President Taf t of Mahion Pitney to the supreme court Is a blow to labor because of Pitney's attitude to ward picketing, was the declaration (Continued on Page Seven) Yakima Street Car Held t'p. , North Takima, Wash., ' Feb. 1 9. A lone highwayman held up 1 a, streetcar last night at the Maple street bridge, He got $30 end two watches. ;r RECENT SCENE OF W'.i w Detachment of tho Mussachu,sctt)f ' ' ' ' ' - " ' - ' : - ' " jVt !- , & , ----- ss-. TVEITMOE AND CLANCY HFlh TIN INFllANAPnilS " ntii ii i firr 'fr ir . nn i a nllt1liut lilLLb California v rested ' Labor Leaders Are Ar on Federal Indictments Charging Them .With Complicity . in Country-w ido riots. " ' " ' (United Pres. teased Wlre.J t San Francisco, Feb. 19, Ola f A. Tveit moe. secretary of the California State Building Trades council, and- E. A. Clancy, former member' of the executive board of the International 'Associatlaa tff . Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, were arrested here today . by United States, deputy ; marshals on Indictments found " at - ImllanapollB, charging, them with complicity 1n a country wide dyna miting plot. - ' t 'The wairanta charged both Tveltmoe and Clancy" with Illegally transporting dynamite from one state to another. Both were lmmcdiaftry released on bonds Clancy furnishing $10,000 and Tveitmoe J5000e- "Jafet .Llndeberg. an Alaskan millionaire, and Mrs. Tveitmoe qualified on the- bonds for both men. ( Tveitmoe and Clancy arrived from Los Angeles Sunday in accordance with an agreement with United States Marshal T. C. Elliott. A Immediately upon their release the indicted men, through their attorneys, announced that extradition from San Francisco . to Indianapolis would be resisted. . , Both Clancy and Tveitmoe -will be given a preliminary . hearing before United States Commissioner Krull on March 11. . ; ' -'.-:'. : - : : -V, Taft to Speak in Chicago. ". Washington, ' Feb. 19. Announcement was made at the White House today that President Taft will visit Chicago, March 9. lie will make flva speeches there. . , , '. . TEXTILE WORKERS' STRIKE 71 4 state militia fowing back a rrowd of " point of iheir bayonets. hm iTiiRtirii ni nn MlUilllliltlHLUli WOPdEti PLEADING Without Warning Troops Dash Into Sand of 100 Urging Textile Workers Not to ."Return to Work and fScab." INTIMIDATION CHARGE . . PLACED AGAINST TWO Several of Picketers Thrown Heavily to Ground, Sus- -taining Painful Bruises tCnitrd PretHi LnnrS Wtra.) ' Iawrenec, "Mass., Feb. 19. Without warning and apparently without cause, a detachment of infantry today, aided by . 200 police,, and -id - cavalrymen, charged a body of 108 women, composed of striking textile workers.;. who tad gathered on the common here, pleading with other operatives "not to return to I work and -scab." Three of the women picketers were arrested on ' charges of intimidation and disorderly conduct. Dispersed by militiamen whenever men picketers attempted to : approacn strikebreakers, ; leaders of, the rtextile workers, hit upon the plait of using women for this work. The. plan, how ever,, was betrayed, to" the police, and when the women gathered on the com mon, the police and militiamen were in No Warning Given-to Woman, The charge came when Beveral of the women -approached" -bedyraf tnen- who were on their way to the'mills. . No warning to stop picketing was given by either the -police Of nillitlamenr ; In stead the police and soldiers with drawn cl utis and bayonets swept down on the body of picketers. knocking . down the women right and left. Several of the picketers were, thrown heavily to the ground, sustaining pain ful bruises but -no casualties were re ported. Women Pile Quietly Away. Tv'o attempt at retaliation was made either by the women picketers or other strikers. Instead the women filed-tgulet ly-and separately w1her bnes; 4 'ThLs.r'ts . aijother Ipslance,-, sales a Strike leaner today "ot the Mntatri tac tics of the milt owners in strlvlnf to force, us Into submission. The women had violated no city, 'ordinance but were approaching ths . strikebreakers la an orderly manner merely asking that they Join tho strikers. ; Had the wmcn been ordered to ston Dk-ketlnir""thev would have dispersed fluietly. - There was no occasion for the charge. It was brutal and unwarranted, and it Is such tactics that have caused the strikers to assert that they will, die rather than submit." Woo Fong Gow Is Reloading Army l: Revolver Feslde Them Wlun Dis covered; Examination for Canity Weeks Ago Resulted in Release. (TTnltd Pre XnA TVtW.t a . Seattle. Wash., Feb. 19. Hopelessly Insane, Woo JTong Gow Is In iail today, charged with, the' murder of his two uncles, Wah Ting GIp and Woo Chee Glp, laundry proprietors. The two Chi nese were found dead lo their beds yes terday with bullet .holes in their heads. Standing over them was their nephew reloading an army revolver. He escaped, but was later captured on the shore of Lake Washington. A few weeks ago Woo Fong Gow was examined for his sanity, but was re leased, - AT LAWRENCE, MASS.. - v Btrikiag textile 'workers .at 1 1 SUPREME COURT UP II COIISIIllOILlIf Of 0 R EO 0 ITIATIVE ID REFERE ABSOLUTE DEFEAT ED BYOnCIfll "Must Take Decision Philo sophically," Says fluniway; Clear Victory Asserts Dep uty City Attorney. . 1 - - - say stcision usani Ssfeat. 4 ' "We ' shall have to take - the 4 decision philosophically," said Attorney Ralph u. Uuniway when--- -' told tlw supreme court had put4 a. quietus on the-litigation to. hamper'-the construction of ithe ; Broadway bridge. "We put up 4 the hardest fight that we -ctiuld and lost; The decision of , the 4 , uprme court, however, has not ; changed lmy opinion of the law,.' 4 but the supreme court's .opinion 4 is law, and mine isn't." ---- - "Since the United States su- preme. court-, refuses to -open the ease,' and :' the state - supreme ; 4 court has decided. -against tha . -eompany'e.a!JJfiBes flv Kettflfj . Carey & Kerr, counsel for the . 4 Pacific States Telephone & Tele- 'graph company, "about all that 4 remains for the company to do is to pay up and go on About Its . business, I anticipate that will b the eoursa taken." .....-'..-. :t-.- - .-. i.i, ;'- . i -'4 reputy City 'Attorney: Benhow, who took part in tha case as a representa tlva of the city id the-suit brought by Kternan. today, .explained J : decision as followsiy . Tf"-:" "" "Thi-fniil'irf tha sunreme court !to take" : Jufdietion 'tnoaii i that : we have won a Clear vtctoriv , One f . the contentions of ' the attorneys for the state, and fr tbe city of Portland was that the subject matter is a political question which view has been upheld by the supreme court. "In other words, the question as to whether the Initiative and referendum make any departure from a republican form of government ts a political mat ter to be determined by congress, and r.ot by the courts. Congress raise no objection to the popular government system when Oklahoma applied for ad mission as ia, state, with a constitution that included' the- iAltlative and, refer endum, , . . - "Congress has ralsAl no objection to the Oregon system, btJ baa recognized It and admitted its representatives in congress in "all. Wtilects upon the same footing as those from ether states., Th decision of the Supreme coort Sustains our position that a political qution was involved, in which the - courts could, not interfere." r BUILDING COLLAPSES; ; FOUR PERSONS - KILLED Pltttburg. Feb. 19. Four persons were killed and 10 seriously Injured here today when a three story, brick building partially collapsed. . PLAN A M SEATTLE'S 74,619 REGISTERED VOTERS DECIDE 4 , TOMORROW WHO WILL RUN FOR MAYORALTY Hi Gill, Though Recalled a Year Ago and Though Exponent of a "Porter, house Steak," Wide-open Town, Will Be Next Mayor, Even n?t" Hay; On the Clean Citizenship riatforra George CotterlM Is Run. ning; Tarish Hasn't Lined Up. . " - " v Seattle." Wash.. Feb. 19. Closing ral lies in the municipal campaign, before tomorrow's primaries, will be-held by each of the four candidates for mayor this evening. Tha candidates are for mer Mayor H. C. GUI, who was re. called last year;, former Senator George F. Cot terlll, former County Assessor Thomas A. Parish, .and H.. M. Wells, Socialist. ' Two candidates for mayor and 19 candidates for councilmen will be nominated tomorrow for the March election. ' (Snerlal to The Journal.) 'Seattle, wash., Feb. 19. The mighty silent - vote of te biggest polling iist Seattle has yet had is likely to throw some surprises into the men who .are directing the campaigns of the mayor alty candidates in the primary contest that will be decided at the polls next Tuesday. Betting is even that Hiram C. Gill, who was recalled as mayor a year ago, will be the next ujayor. There has all along ben plenty of money thaUte-wiuild -lanAiiLthe primaryThal Is 'practically undisputed by his oppo nents, and the GUI' money now is di rected "to wagers on bis election .as mayor, no matter who runs against him, whether it be George F. CotternV for mer state senator, or Thomas A.-Parish, who resigned as stata tax commlsstonr to enter the mayoralty race,. --The betting" on Parish landing as GUI's oppoiivnt is even. Cottorill iow rtot figure in many 'wagers-" made, so far," except in a hook that -Is. open at 10 to 3 tat the bettor. cannot pick the order of tjie first three candidates. This 1 th onl opportunity, to pick HUl' M AVeftsi th Socialist candidate, ns being in . -the running", for '.-.the two tntft 'who'WiH'-ftwsVtywttetit'-ftir Tnnyf?r at tho election, March 5. What Gill's ' Resources Are, ' ' 'Ith 74,61,9 names on tt."in!l bookw,' it IS cbuuiaivu wiu.1 if mil d-.-'u,; iu 1 1 1 1 a IG High Tribunal 'Will Not Accept -Jurisdiction1 in. Test Cases Questioning Validity of Pop ular Laws. . (Unlted-Prraa UMd Wtrt.V . - - - Washington, Ten. 19. Practical af firmation that tha principle of tha In itiative and referendum, as anaetsd in Oregon, Is constitutional, cam hers to day when ths United ' States supreme , court " refused to take Jurlsalctlon in test suits contesting ths validity of tt laWS. ' .' .;;.", . ? . ; -'! ' Ths decision of ths Vnltsd EUtss sc- prems court, which was unanimous, af fects mikT italn 'rti. wn.t w U..VV, ,o K tation agitation is fcefora tha neonie. Chief Justice Whlta delivered- the opin ion. Es saldt,,' ' . ,, ', .',. -"The Issue is political and govern, mental, and therefore la not within the reaoh of ths Judicial power. It follows thar ths cats Jreseht is not withla out JurUdlotlon, aid ths writ of error there, fore must be, and 1, dismissed fox want of jurtsdictioa." - ..'-V v. , ?hs decision f tit court leaves the Oregon laws In fres and untrammeled operation unless some contrary action to overrlds tnem should be taken by cu. fss. .The question of, the constitutionality of th Initiative and referendum law of Oregon was first raised in an artton instituted by the state of Oregon lii f. rT i?." "' Tn wates Telephone . iricKia II io unilHP l it nuthnrlo r.t an lhitiy,tiTa law adopted in 1906. a 11 wnse, tax of J10.45O on its gross earn ings, The telephone company refused to pay the tax and in replying to the bill of ..the state authorities, attacked the constitutionality of the amendment to the Oregon constitution of June 2, 1902. establishing the Initiative and referen dum, contending that it was In conflict with the constitution of the United States, tha purpose "of which was to es tablish a republican form of government. Xlsrnan's Zajnsctlou Suit ijni.vr vu ani question was ' rajsea m the case of Frank Klernan against the city of , Portland. Klernan, as a citiren and taxpayer cfjli city, sought an In junction against the issuance of bonds by the city to build a bridge. The bond Issue had been authorized by Initiative legislation,, and - the Initiative amend ment to the Oregon constitution was at tacked on: the same ground as . in tbt earlier case, but other amendments to the constitution reserving to the munici palities of the state further rights as to all . local and' municipal legislation and prohibiting Jhe assembly fron amending of repealing the charter of any munici pality, were included in the . attack. Klernan contended that, these amend ments, In effect, set up a state within (Continued on Pag Two.) 000 votes will be cast at the primary. Gill, on the recall, got about 2,Q00, nd was defeated by Mayor DIUIng bv about 6000. Conceding that he will score in the primary a net loss of 6000, he Is pretty certain of getting in ..for the finals The. Parish snd Cotterill men are working on the 'supposition that Gill will at least do as good as Qils. Gill has plenty of moneyed friends a-u he has the sinews to carry on a brisk automobile campaign. . , Cotterill Get Seeidenca Yets. Cotterill is in the same boat as to funds, and hia managerj Kdgar C. Snv der, secretary of the Republican state central committee, is a competent work er and organizer, and Cotterill hlmnetf Is a hot campaigner. Sixty per cent, of the clergymen in the city ars for Cotterill, and he is expwted to draw a heavy : vote from the residence dis tricts.: Both he and Gill on the stump are saying for each other that the pen pie know where they and the1 Socialist candidate standi but that nobody knows wbwe ."PartsTi Stands. ;r"Tarlsli"'says !i is for- a policy having for its chief object the upbuilding of the city and reasonable enforcement of the law. : Soolallfts Will Tlgnr heavily, :Thi ocjifllsts claim a membership of 6000 and say that they frill poll 20, 0!0 votes in t6 primary, Tlit-y are niidUn an -nrgetic ennvaas, have had 1 h k iwellngs and are wnrkina the 'pi I game by houso to hou-tc vlnitn in th people In Une for thf-lrr iriai,! Other CBtlmates of th vitn ihi-v Ijikply to poll run -from ?Hi0 t-ti . GUI and .. Cotterill ". .are . tsrp 1 -. fighting alonn on Hiif tn!;!,i .., and their dnwntown n-pctinti v.n ij flJJ Ki fTJT, I'Mt h 1" S''f-n(i., .,!;! t ,. plalfonn ' l'V iu-injl.li-Hit-, u . Kt it- ti.n crowdi-i to i ts i hin. . I. CONTESTI A