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PORTLAND, , OREGON, , SATURDAY - EVENING, JULY. 12, i913-TWO SECTIONS J8 PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. aw m ww s. mivu nv veil 40. , tTtKpg rrvs etMTI. STRIKE AGITATOR HARD NEIGHBOR! ARGUSES I BELFAST STREETS vol. xil : no. 101 fflPLOK HE. ASSERTS MULHALL ceoisn DG i; lit' i Ul GOVERNOR 1ST , Leader'sVStatement That-in dustrial Welfare Commis -sion Is! Dishonest Brings fa '. ' Prompt and Vigorous Denial ." ;; a. . 1 11 1 1 1 1 r ', t- . r'- heated! discussion is 1 -V HELD AT JHE CITY HAIL "-Opposing . Sides in Oregon Packing Co. WageiCon- 't f troversy In Verbal Clash. :''. Characterised by the Irrepressible die- order of both .sides to th controversy, and prolonged by - persistent difference ': of opinion, the bearing: at the city hall , this morning called by Governor West did not have the results he had hoped for In arbitrating the strike . of women at the Oregon Packing company piant, , lOast Eighth and Belmont streets. i '' N.ver ,ln the history of the city . hall did such- a crowd press Into, its council i chambers ' There was no room for chairs;-standing room was ,at a pre mium. fhe majority were men who by applause of points made In favor of , the strikers and hisses for the other sides made known their partlsanlsm , for the women, whose leaders have In structed them to continue ths strike --until - the -packing -company- agrees -to pay 11.50 for nine nours- worn. The company have agreed with ths - welfare commission to pay not less than 1 a day and to permit workers to , make more if they can. This ruling is , now In effect ao far as concerns the women at work now In the plant. There ' were two semi-dramatio ' moments. ' Governor Denies Charge. '-'- One was when Burns, a labor agitator, charged the Industrial welfare commts- slon with dishonesty, and the governor, leaping upon the mahogany table, used In more peaceful momenta for the meet ings of the city commission, advanced V on Burns, shaking bis finger under his nose and declaring to the agitator that he must retract bis words, that the commission Is honest that Its work Is honest and that It is trying to get the bst resuAU fbr the working women and ': minors. '. ' ,: . VI'm not scared answered Burns, who ' nevertheless subsided. - , ' a -. . Toe oilier tense moment was when, after hearing the motives . fif the wel , face commission impugned by the strike , leaders, Father" EL V, O'Hara, chairman i' , of the commission, pitched his vote ao that it was heard clearly abovs the din In the room, aad tolling 'that, the oom- -, (Continued on -Page Two.) CrTY IS SAVED $2000 . A YEAR IN CONTRACT Big Cut Made in One Item of City Printing Under the New , Commission Rule, In a contract drawn up yesterday, J. R. Wood, municipal purchasing agent, on one Item of city printing alone, was able to affect a saving of (2000 a year to the city. . ' Heretofore' it has cost the city $51 an. issue to print the official calendar of -business to come before the council at its regular meetings. Formerly there were two- such meetings a month, but under the new commission gov ernment the council meets weekly, which would have about doubled the bill. Mr. Wood has made arrangements whereby the saying in the cost of pub lishing the calendar once each week for tl weeks will amount to Just 12000 for the year. In this one Item, more than half the amount of his salary of (2600 a year Is made back for the city. Asks ror Ultimate. ' ' Mr. Wood today sent a letter to the heads of every department ' in the city hall asking for estimates of the quan tity and kind of supplies, materials and equipment needed- for the remainder of 118. The estimate must state approx imately the times and places at which deliveries will be required. An Inventory of the supplies now on band Is also requested. Both this in ventory and the estimate of supplies needed for the future : will later be checked over by clerks In Mr. Wood's department The needs of each depart ment will be found In this manner and sources of waste cut down. This work, Mr. Wood says, 'will prob ably, require the rest of the month to complete. As soon as he has data on the amount of supplies that - will " be required, he will take steps to put In a municipal store room in which to store such materials as can be kept In 'stock and Issued, as? needed from .time to time. .' ; - , . WW Keep Blackboard. This store roorrt probably will s be located outside the city ball, but in a building conveniently near at hand, lack of sufficient room in the olty hall makes such an arrangement ' necessary. After he gets his department thor oughly organised, Mr. Wood will put into effect a-- system of writing each day on a blackboard a statement of minor supplies needed, items costing less than 1250. on which bids are da sired. Merchants will i .keep , in touch with- the needs of the city through these blackboard statements, and make their bids accordingly;''. r, n .i-; ; 'v ,.'. ;;-. .,.,, However, there : will be a Very 1 thor ough check on all bids. :; One of the principal subordinate's of the purchas ing agent will be a price olerk, who will keep in constant touch with the condi tion of the market in-Various sorts of supplies, i and who will , personally set to getting many of the bids, r i ; Bids, of course, will be. advertised for on Items, costing more than 1250.,;, OF PURCHASING AGENT National Ass'n of M anu.factur ers Used Labor Union Lead ' ers to Elect Aldrich, Defeat McComas and Hughes. REPUBUCANSUSUALLY BACKED, HE TESTIFIES Promisor McComas Anything to - Abandon Advocacy of the Eight Hour Bill, (Unites Press Vn6 "lra.l Washington, July 12. How the Nat tional Association of Manufacturers used leaders of labor unions, through him, to reelect Nelson W. Aldrich sena tor1 from Rhode Island and to defeat Senator McComas of Maryland for re election and William Hughes asa Candi date for congress from New Jersey In 1904, was told before the senate lobby committee today by Martin M. Mulhall of Baltimore, self confessed chief lob byist and strike breaker for the manu facturers' organization. The witness described his manlpula tlon of labor leaders, and told of 'airing prominent union men in Philadelphia and New Tork to accomplish his pur pose. Asked to name the men who aided In his political fights. Mulhall said: "They were Michael Collins of Phila delphia, Secretary Curtln of the Build ing Trades Council, of Philadelphia: Jacob Cassller of New Tork; William Ryan, an electrical worker, of New Tork, and George Burke of New Jersey, who was later named as deputy col lector of internal revenue." Mulhall said the National Manufac turers' association usually backed Re publican candidates In the primaries. ' . After senator McComas was defeated, Marshall Cushlng, then - secretary of the Manufacturers' association, sent him to "feel him out." Cushlng, the witness said, told . him that McComas was a candidate for the federal bench, and that Mulhall was to tell Aim that his advocacy of the eight hour bill had cost him the senatorshlp and that he ought to repudiate his advocacy of It Cusblng's . letter, which Mulhall was directed to burn, read;-- ' - ll ne honestly means to let np, you can promise him to remove any obstacle to his political ambition." Mulhall testified v that . be saw Me- Comas, who tried to make peace with the National Manufacturers association but refused to abandon his advocacy of the eight hour bill. When Mulhall left the stand last night the house -committee subponaed him to appear at 9 o'clock today, but Chairman Overman of the senate com mittee instructed him to Ignore the house -summons and ordered his own committee to meet at 9 o'clock. It Is charged by the senate Investigators that the members of ths Garrett commitee are playing politics. Senator Overman sent a letter to Chairman Garrett of the house lobby committee positively refusing to release Mulhall to the house committee. Senator Overman's letter to Chair man Garrett reviewed the circumstances of the house subpenalng Mulhall last night and added: "Without intending the slightest disrespect to the house or to your committee, it will be obvious to (Continued on Page Two.) Says Rumor That He Would Resign in Lieu of Action by Inquisitors Is False. Rumors that overtures had been made by friends of County Superintendent A. P. Armstrong, former civil service com missioner; that he be allowed to resign from publlo office in lieu of any possible action the grand jury might take in the charges that he solicited money from candidates for places on the city police force In exchange for high ratings in examinations were vigorously denied by Mr. Armstrong this morning. When these rumors Were called to the attention of Assistant District Attorney Magulre, that official refused to make any comment, though when pressed said his office had not and could not take cognisance of such an alternative. "All that is UD to the Brand lnrv It. self," said Mr. Magulre. "What it may decide to do is not a matter for me to speculate npon." ; it was denied positively at ths prose cutor's office that the grand Jury had begun consideration of alleged police connivance at wide open gambling In Chinatown. Admission was mads that reports of such a condition had reached the ears Of the prosecutor, but so far no evidence sufficient to .warrant In dictment had been" presented. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC V BREAKS OUT IN SYDNEY rWv.- ".' '-'V - - v. .-. ,j ;. (Cnlted Pta Iitd wire.) oyuney, it, o. v. muiy 11,. A email pox epiderald which- broke out here t f, wanks am' is ejiaurtilnv unin.. portions today. ..Twenty-four thousand people were vaccinated today In Sydney. xne ruim ot nuw was ine greatest in data And althouorh tha nramA a,. - ... enormous one, it was adequately handled nil few were kunt wltln ciable time. Half the doctors In Sydney were preesea-inw erviue. ,) yp to daW there have been 70,000. people vacci nated. Today there were nine - fresa cases of the disease, makina- abnnt ten m au, ARMSTRONG DENIES AN OFFER OF COMPROMISE fN GRAND JURY INQUIRY FINANCIAL INTERESTS' CO NTROU DISCLOSED " BY THE LOBBY INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE Chief Inquisitor for Senate Sums Up Facts From the Evidence. (United Prm Leaaed Wire) ' Washington, July 13. Senator Reed of Missouri, chief cross examiner for the senate lobby investigating commit tee, today analyzed for the United ?rss the evldenoq taken so Tar by that committee and gave what he ' believes will be the result of these disclosures. His statement follows: By James A. Beed. tefaar wsBtt aatlon and Its at tendant disclosures have demonstrated what has long been suspected that the great financial Interests have secretly and effectively directed and controlled legislation. I do not mean that all legislation has thus been controlled, but that the Interests have heon a poten tial influence is beyond question. Evl denca Dlalnlv shows: First That l.iTr Itave opposea me election of men known to be opposed to their plans and desires. Second That they nave secreuy srfven aid and support, financial and moral, to those who have been subser vient to their interests. Tainted Hews Tot rnbllo. Third That they have carefully and secretly affected public sentiment through carefully prepared news matter sent out through the press - of the country. Fourth That with great skill they have carried on a propaganda with ihrir business connections ana oy inis means sought to Influence votes of congress men. Fifth That they have maintained lobbyists In Washington whose business it has been not only to undertake to direct a course of legislation and to oppose U Inimical legislation, but to undertake to control the election of the committees of congress. gpy Zn fjsnate Committee. Sixth In one Instance, at least, one of these Interests, the woolen manufao- T OF IRRITATES TRAPPED MAN, SAVES HIS LIFE v a.' Block He Hurls at Feasting Animal Knocks Within His Reach Means of Salvation. (Special to Tbe Jourcil.1 South Bend, Wash., July 12. Roxy Doyle, a prominent Bay Center man, had peculiarly terrifying experience last week, news of which has Just reached his frtends here. He was cutting wood on a piece of land near Bone river which was logged by Fearce Brothers last year, and a Jack with which he was raising one log on top of another slipped and let the log down on his, leg. The block was in far enough so that the leg was not crushed but merely pinched so tightly that he could not budge it Ths fallen Jack lay Just out of reach. and for hours he worked to reach It His efforts were of no avail, however, and h remained in his trap from Wed nesday afternoon until -Sunday morning J without food and with only the rain, which luckily fell abundantly, for drink. Most Of the time, he was unconscious from 'weakness and hungers. Sunday he regained consciousness and saw a little chipmunk eating the grease from the jack. ( Tormented by the sight f ths animal satisfying i its. hunger while he was starving, he caught un a block and threw at it with ail his feeble stsengtn. The ; throw probably ; saved his life, for the block hit the Jack and knocked it over so .that he Was able to reach It, and" after a slow and painful effort,' extricate himself. He crawled to iia camp and remained there for several Jays until he regained strength to Jtrav. SIGH CHIPMUNK . 1 '"wssV' ' I s 'I James A. Reed, United States Sen ator From Missouri. turers, succeeded In having appointed as confidential clerk of the Republican members of the finance committee of the senate the secretary of the Woolen Manufacturers' association, who per formed his work so satisfactorily that he was presented by his employers, the woolen manufacturers, with $6000. Seventh That the sugar Interests of Hawaii, Porto Rico, Louisiana and the beet sugar Interests have made common cause to prevent a reduction of the tariff on sugar. Eighth That there Is a community of interests between many of the pro tected industries and that there has been raised and expended directly and Indirectly for the purpose of controlling public sentiment and affeotlng legisla tion many thousands of dollars, lobbyists Will Be eglstered. Every day is bringing new develop ments. Gradually the facts are being laid before the public, iso one -can pre dict exactly what may yet be developed, but "as a result of this investigation these things will happen r , The work of the lobbyist having been exposed, he will be discredited and his influence greatly lessened. Legislation will be enacted which win render the work of the lobbyist, if not impossible, at least more difficult In my opinion, lobbyists Will be re quired to register and to present them selves before a committee of congress in their true character. AUTO BREAKS DOWN T; (United Preta VumtuJI Wire.) Los Angles, July 13. Peter Busch, a well known mining man, is dead, and Roy 8haw is in a serious condition today, the result of exposure to the ter rific heat of the desert between Los An geles and Rhyollte, Nevada. The men attempted to make the trip In an automobile. Near the Nevada line, their water became exhausted and they ramped 13 miles In the direction of the,Keene Wonder mine. Two miles from water, Busch collapsed. Shaw was found wandering about the sands in a delirious condition. : . : , : r j IS 1 E; J.'t;V;i -;.'"v- lomtea rase up. wimm -i,-'..Mexico.. V City July'. '13; Threats "to blow or, -the United --.VStater- embassy were- received here today by Ambassa. dor Henry. 1 Wilson In an anonymous letter, it was referred to the Mexican foreign omee xor investigation, NDESER IN DEAD AMBASSADOR WILSON HREATEN D IN MEXICO GREEKS AND SERVIANS CRUSH BULGARIANS AT T Before Retreating Bulgarians Massacred 200, Including Bishop, Other Dignitaries. (United Prera leaned Wire.) Athens, July 18. Crushing .defeat of Bulgarian troops at Seres by a com blnJ Greek and Servian force was claimed in official dispatches received at the war office here today from the front The Greeks occupy the city and It is believed here that Bulgaria will Immediately sue -for peace. Before refreatmgr Tro'ffl'StfeS, ' the Bulgarians, .it is charged, subjected 0 Greeks, Including high church men, among them a bishop, to unspeakable, indignities and then murdered tnem. The Greek commander of the Sixth di vision disinterred a score of corpses to confirm his charges. INVESTI E T ProsecutSV Ringo Finds Many Irregularities and Will Pre sent Evidence to Jurors, Subpenaes have been issued for six circulators who handled the referendum petitions on the workmen's compensa tion act to appear Immediately before the grand Jury. Two of those sent for showed up and were questioned by Spe cial Prosecutor Ernest Ringo, represent ing Governor West Two others cannot be found and the other two have not appeared. Thq two who have been questioned are Mike Arndt and Karl Mageskl. F. B. McGlnnls, tbe notary who verified the petitions, was before District Attorney Evans yesterday and declared that all the circulators appeared In person at his office in the Allsky building, but Mageskl declared that he had appeared In the oflfce of Davis & Farrell, attor neys, where McGlnnls took his verifi cation. The questioning of the two men has brought little new to light. A search for L. E. Burget, another circulator, proved fruitless. It 'was also discovered that the address he gave, 128H Fourth street, was fictitious, as there is no such number. J. Y. Haykaa, another, could not be found at 872 H Hawthorne avenue, and has not been ap prehended. The two others who are to appear are Minnie Clary and ' Joe Weaver. In looking over the petitions It was found that the name of Minnie Clary appeared on her own petition and oo those of two of the other circulators. Notary McGlrtnls said that the circu lators did not bring their petitions' di rect to him, but that tbe petitions were; brought by Otto Newman, who collected them frasn the circulators. Later, he Raid, the circulators appeared to verify the petitions. Attorney Ringo said that many irregu larities had been discovered and that as soon as the evidence has been properly shaped it will be laid before the grand jury. Hs also said that a civil suit to enjoin the placing of the referendum on the ballot will be filed In Marlon county the first of next week;-rt y. .;. ., N. t. A. WILL ST. irm ted Pr Tid tn : v Salt Lake City, Utah, July ltTht dlrectora. j&f ' the National, Educational association, in. convention here, today selected St Paul," Minn., an the meeting place tor next year's convention,- The board also chose Oakland; Cat., for tho lil convention. ,. '-VH MEN ORTURED GAT ON WILL BE MADE OF. PETITIONS CMP NSAIN FIH WILL I IN ITILLI M PAUL NEXT YEAR v:.r:r;;r;;;,kMm OF II Ordinance Drawn Up Providing That Animals Must Be Ren dered Harmless. With an emergency clause attached to make It effective Immediately, an ordinance requiring that 'all dogs be muzzled between July 1 and September 15 will be rushed through the council at ita regular meeting - next. Wednes day. ..''" . . The -ordinance-will be -introduced y Mayor AJDee,-who has already had It drawn up. His action is the direct re- suit or the death yesterday of Frank Griffith, In fearful agony, straining at a strait jacket and snapping at those attending him, from hydropnobia. Hs had been bitten six week earlier by a pet dog. "I do not expect any opposition to the ordinance from anybody," said Mayor Albee. "I do not see how anyone can oppose it The death of Griffith has shown that hydrophobia exists here, and the peril to others is great Muzzling dogs will work no hardship on anyone, and la absolutely necessary to protect lira Hydrophobia la such a fearful disease that there can be no trifling with It" The ordinance which the mayor has had drawn up is identical in many respects with the emergency measure put through the council last summer when there was a hydrophobia scare. The ordinance was passed on July 29. and was effective to October 1. The present ordinance will keen dors muzzled only until September IS, but It is sen enacting eacn year. A severe penalty is provided for dor owners who fall to observe it Arrangements for the funeral of Grif fith will not be completed until after the arrival of his brother, Grant Grif fith, next Tuesday, from Lancaster. Ohio. Griffith had no relatives In Port land and was unmarried He Is survived by his mother, living at Hooper, Ohio, and by four brothers. one of whom lives In Texas. The other brothers are residents of Ohio. Griffith was 48 years old. He lived alone In the rear of his store at 671 Washington street Pending the arrival of ' the brother the body has been taken to the rooms of the Holman Undertaking com pany. ' THE LATEST PLAN MUZZLING D S DURING THE SUMMER MAY BE MADE A LAW STAND BABY ON HEAD TO English Peeress Has Found That by Elevating" Feet; Child Will Lapse Into Somhoience;-NrtiandNurse$-Tn;r terested and Majority Will Try ldea.s':-:,-:.';j There Is Something new under the urv It's a method of Inducing babies to sleep and the method is standing them on their heads. Not literally that, but the new plan Is to lay them with their heads slightly lower than their feet, at a "gradient of about one in 1J." Lady Balfour of Burleigh, a prominent English woman, is the discoverer of this new plan, which she says she has found always works successfully. In speaking of : the new discovery, the heads of maternity wards and baby homes of the city were much Interested and were unanimous In their declara tion to try the new plan. ;;!"V.. Miss Helen Eborall, head of the Port, land : Maternity hospital and Nursing home, said: "I have never worked out any such scheme, farther than that, I should not ears to discuss ; the mat ter." vh t-Ti-V'j-i',i vi:'i W W t -ly; ,i mm '" Qeorgia:- Iforse, -''-head,-, nurse ,' at the t Baby Home sf :"1 have never tried that plan, but I think I shall I never use a pillow with a baby until It Is a year' old, except in case of a cold in the head. I am sure that a baby lain flat' is ' much mare comfortable ' than with his head up and It his bead was even lowered somewhat he, might be Nationalists Attempt to Break -Up Parade of Orangemen on Celebration of Battle - of Boyne 223 Years Ago. 1 t CLUBS AND ROCKS HIT . HEADS FOR TWO HOURS Police Charge Mob in Desper ate Attempt to Stop- 1 Fighting.' (United Press Leased Wlre.1 ' Belfast July 12. Serious rioting be tween Orangemen and Nationalists v marked the celebration ..here today of ' - the 223rd anniversary o( the battle Of the Boyne. The fighting lasted two hours, and was quelled only after the.' police charged the mobs repeatedly."' ' -Many persona were injured. : .t Rioting started when a crowd of Na- ' ' tlonalists attempted to break up the - Orangemen's parade. A general fight was soon In progress, both sides using v clubs and rocks. Many heads were ; broken before the police finally gained V the upper hand. . a . . The battle of the Boyne was fought ' f July 1, (old style calendar) 1890,-an 1 resulted In the final overthrow of tho"" last British Catholic monarch.' James it,.::" Naturally, the greatest demonstra ! . V tlons are being held In the province of . Ulster, and in view of the imminence of the enactment of the Irish home rule .' bill, considerable religious and partisan bitterness is displayed. Peering cot Uslons between Nationalists and Or- K an gem en, the military authorities have taken stringent precautions for the pres. - ervstion. of order, and General . Count . Glelchen, King George's cousin "who ::. commands the troops in Belfast had ; his men confined to barracks In readU ; " ness for emergencies, while strong de-- taohments of local police and the Royal 1 --' Irish constabulary (a mounted . semi- ' (Continued on Page Two.) G. A. R, Commander at Co quille Carries Old Glory Over . Head of Deported Editor. (Special to Tbe JonrasLt ' -Coqullle, Or, July 11. Dr. Bailey Key v Leach, radical Socialist of Bandon, de ported from that city, arrived here late yesterday afternoon on the steamer Dora, accompanied by a crowd of Bant don citizens. ' Coqullle had been.- duly . notified of his deportation and arrange ments ' were made - here - to . pass hint J along. Prior to arrival of the boat the business houses were closed and citi zens marched to the wharf, where near , ly 600 people Including Mayor Simpson of North Bend, Mayer Straw of Marsh field and Mayor Morrison of Coqullle, were' gathered. .,-. :: . Upon arrival of the boat a line was ' formed to the , waiting autos and Leach was ordered to march beneath the Amer ican flag, carried by Commander, Sin clair of the local G. A. R. Take off. your bat" he was ordered. He wa very white, but he did not comply. "Take your hat off," came again, and he. took it off. ;. . . ' ,; "i; This was all that waa said to him here, and ha was rushed to Marshfleld with an escort of 15 autos, containing nearly 100 citizens, where boats were la waiting and he was taken to the beach : and ordered to hike, r Dr, Leach made an attempt to get (Continued on Page Two.) !E SLEEP IS i FOR QUIETING INFANTS : soothed more. Then, too, babies. bonea are so soft that they should not be bent by putting a pillow, under their heads." Head or the maternity ward of the Good Samaritan hospital v ;"Bab1ea usually lie on their right sides, on a big pillow resembling . a tiny mattress. Hereafter I shall try putting a small plllqw under their feet and X shall sure ly watch with Interest ita effect." -f Mrs.- L; Ward, superintendent of Flor-: snce Crittenden home: "I shall be very glad to try that plan. I am always on" the lookout for something not 'harmful to hush crying babies, v I have haver yet found an unfailing rule except; when opiates were used and that I am. abso lutely 'opposed to. Some of the little ones are, happier, on their: backs, some on their sides and tome on their slum achs. 8ome seem more contented with a small pillow than with none, and In that case.l.-use.oneA'; x' Miss Eliaabetft ! Darlings head of the maternity ward- '.at-, fit. Vtucmt a 3fi pltals "I have, never tried mmh a plan and I don't sen why ln-rln the l , wonld induce aleep,.: 'However, It ' Personalty, I have very imlo tn,..! n with rrylng I.Wm. I fi-vir i. i pillow for thlr hH,j:t, end Viry s on tiivir sid'-..?, eittn.-r u or t,'. . - DR. LEACH IS FORCED TO TAKE OFF HAT AND lilK