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PORTLAND OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1913-TWENTY PAGES.
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TAXPAYERS Will
CONSIDERSCHQOL
PLATONIC POEM BY
OH, THE INSOLENCE OF THE DARWINIAN THEORY!"
EVIDENCE AGAINST
SOLZEMSGIEE
WITH WEALTH OF FINE
TAX LEV' NOV. 25
0 BE INI!
DAHLIA SHOW OPENS
ARDENT OFFICER IS
MIRTH PROVOKING
BLOOMS ON DISPLAY
ID
Board of Education Fixes Date
for Mass Meeting to Be Held
at the Lincoln High School
Building. ,
BIBLE WILL NOT BE
READ IN THE SCHOOLS
Request of Ministers Denied;
Purchase of Runabouts
Is Authorized.
A special meeting of the taxpayers of
school district No. 1, which embraces
all of Portland, will be held at 8 p. m.
Tuesday, November 25, for the purpose
of taking up the question of the annual
tax levy for the maintenance and ex
tension of th public schools of the dis
trict. The meeting will be held at the
Lincoln high school auditorium.
This decision was arrived at and tho
call Issued last night by the school
board. Another Important feature of
last night's meeting was a unanimous
decision of the board that the Bible
shall not be read In the public schools
of the city.
Action on this matter was taken fol
lowing the presentation of a petition by
the Ministerial association asking that
the Bible be read as a part of the
school course, on the understanding that
no teacher should make comments in
connection with such reading.
A number of persons present opposed
the petition, on various grounds, and
after the board had listened to argu
ments pro and con It decided that the
petition should be denied.
The movement to have Bible reading
installed In the schools has been under
way for several months and It is be
lieved lajst night's action terminates ef-
(Contlnued on Page Nine.)
Fl
K
E
Commissioner Dieck Will Try
to Secure Hard Surfacing
This Year,
Although temporary repairs are being
made to Broadway , from Larra bee street
to Union avenue, attempt is to he made
to hard-surface the street tills year,
f'lty Commissioner Dieck Introduced a
resolution before the city council this
morning to start proceedings for the
resurfacing of the portion of the thor
oughfare now u n paved.
NuiVierous attempts have been made
in the past to Improve Broadway from
the bridge to Vnion avenue and other
streets as a district, but all have failed.
Three times during former administra
tions property owners of the district
remonstrated and the plans could not
be carried out. m
Agitation recently brought about
plans for the temporary repair of the
Ktreet, and at the present time a force
of men is at work macadamizing the
street. The city is paying the cost out
of the street maintenance fund.
This morning the, matter was taken
ip with the council, and Commissioner
Pieck introduced a resolution discon
tinuing all proceedings for the Improve
ment of Broadway as a district. This
was followed by another resolution
sorting proceedings for the Improve
ment of Broadway alone.
Commissioner Dieck says that an at
tempt will be made to pave the street
this year. It Is contended that once the
contract if let for the Improvement the
work can be dones In a short while.
Filling out the ftenress:on on both
sides of the car tracks as "they leave
ihe Broadway bridge has now been com
pleted and this morning the claim of
the Barber Asphalt Co.. for $845, the
cost of hard surface pavement, was al
lowed by the council.
U.S. SUITS THREATENED
TO DIVORCE S. P., C. P.
Civil Suit Reported Planned to
Enforce Division of Two
Systems,
-(Special to The Journal.)
New York, Sept. 24. Wall street in
terests were excited today when It bo
came known that Attorney General Mc
Reynolds was about to begin a civil
suit against the Southern, Pacific com
pany to compel It to relinquish control
of the Central Pacific railroad. While
the news was confirmed, It Is not known
wnwre the ault will be started.
The news caused a general break In
both Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific, shares on the stock market today.
BENNETT CUP RACER" . .
' FALLS IN MONOPLANE
Rhelmn, France, Sept. 24. Aviator
Cavalller was fatally Injured today
while flying In a monoplane from Juvlsy
to Rhelmn to participate In tlie Bennett
cup competition here-Friday, He fell
from an altitude of 75 feet. Hit skull
was fractured.
PAVING OF BROADWAY
ROM BRIDGE TO UNION
AVNll
I PROPOSED
Exhibits Are Entered From
Outside Cities as Far Away
as Ashland,
Nearly 1000 varieties of dahlia are
exhibited at the Oregon da,hlia show,
which opened this afternoon on the
third floor of the new public library
building. There are multicolored cac
tus dahlias, decorative dahlias, peony
dahlias and show dahlias in profusion,
all tastily displayed.
Indicative of the Interest In the cul
ture of tha beautiful fall flower, there
are a number of exhibitors from points
outside of Portland.
Included in these are displays from
Tacoma, Ashland and Nehalem. An al
together new variety is the New York,
shown by Mrs. E. Peterson of Tacoma.
It is a cactus dahlia.
The exhibition is the largest yet held
In the northwest and It is hoped that
It will stimulate sufficient interest in
the cultivation of the dahlia to lead to
competitive exhibits by different seo
tions. -
In the exhibits by private growers
especially noticeable today were, those
of Charles L. Mastick, Helen Ladd Cor
bett. Mrs. R. Wilson and the Woodlawn
school.
Nehalem Is represented by Mrs. Lillian
Zaddach, Mrs. K Todd and Mrs. Oliver.
The Tacoma entries are Mrs. K. Preston,
Mrs. J. R. Thompson and Mrs. Hockaby.
8. Penlston of Ashland demonstrates
that dahlias can be most satisfactorily
grown in that vicinity.
The exhibits of the commercial grow
ers are very attractive. Prizes will be
awarded both to private and to commer
cial growers.
The exhibition will continue until 10
p. in. tomorrow night. No admission
price"is charged.
L SERVI
TO EXAMINE CHARGES
Facts Regarding Captain Kel
ler's Rating in Police Test
to Be Ascertained,
To determine 'whether there had been
anything unlawful with the civil service
examination held a number of months
ago to gecure an eligible list for a cap
tain's position which was later given to
Joe Keller, the civil service bjard will
hold a hearing at 7:.t( o'clock tonight In
the city hall. Subpenas have been
served on all of those who took the
examination, including Detective Ser
geant Craddock. connected with the
graft charges agains A. P. Armstrong,
county superintendent of schools.
If it is found that charges and asser
tions that have been made are true the
civil service board-will annul the forme
examination. The specific charge to bo
investigated by the board will be regard
ing the questions which Joe Keller al
leged were brought to his house bv
Sergeant Craddock the night before the
examination.
If the old examination is annulled it
will mean that a vacancy of captain
exists in the police department and an
other examination will be necessary. At
present three men are eligible to the
position, which will be left vacant when
Captain Keller resigns October 1. They
are Sergeant Craddock and Police Ser
giants Casey and Lyons.
T
Mustapha Pasha Destroyed;
Dirkjail District Devastated
by Wild Moslems,
Sofia, Sept. 24. Dispatches received
today allege that Turkish troops have
burne'd the town of Mustapha Pasha and
Its suburbs, devastated the entire Dirk
jail district and massacred scores of
villagers.
Servians Admit ' Defeat.
Belgrade, Sept. 24. Decisive defeat of
Servian troops along the frontier by
the Albanians was admitted today by
government officials. It Is said that
6000 Albanians, commanded by foreign
officers, have captured Dibra, a Servian
town.
ALLEGED COPPER TRUST
TO BE BUSTED, REPORT
(Special to The Journal t
New York, Sept. 24. Action against
the leading copper companies of the
United States is about to be started uy
the government In an effort .to break
an alleged combine of metal. Interests,
according to word that came to leading
financial Interests today. It was stated
that the government charges the com
panies with restricting the production of
copper In order to force the price to an
artificially high figure.
The report was generally credited
and a bear attack on the metal group
of the stock market . was started, re
sulting In a net loss of itk points in
Amalgamated Copper, which represents
the big interests.
MANUEL'S NEW QUEEN
" ' SUDDENLY TAKEN ILL
Munich, Sept. t4.The wife of former
King Manuel, of Portugal became sud
denly ill ffere today and was rushed
to a private ' hospital.' ' Physicians ; re
fused to make any statement, concerning
her i condition.1
CE BOARD
TURKS BURN
OWN AN
MASSACRE RESIDENTS
Major Murphy, Ardent South
erner, Forced to Read Ode
to Captain Merriam's Wife
While Court Laughs.
MURPHY INDIGNANT AT
LACK OF APPRECIATION
Demands That Court Let Him
Explain Following Testi
mony in Divorce Case.
(Colled PreM Leased Wire.)
Pan Francisco, Sept. 24.
"There was moonlight on the meadows,
There were shadows in the lAie
As I went along with Bessie
At the grinding of the cane.
"It was drip, drip, drip
Oh, the cane was sweet to sip,
But not-hlng to the sweetness
Of her dewey, roHy lips."
And that's only part of It part of
the poem Major Clarence Murphy, for
merly of the governor of Louisiana's
staff. wrote and dedicated to Mrs. Bes
sie C. Merriam. wife of Captain Henry
C. Merriam of the Cnited States army.
Ills face purple, his brow covered
with perspiration and his voice husky
with rage, the major had to read the
entire poem to a crowded court room
today at the trial of Captain Merriam's
divorce suit against his wife, whom he
accuses among other things, of Indis
cretions with Major Murphy.
The major did so well under direct
examination of Mr. Merriam's lawyer
yesterday that Mrs. Merriam exclaimed
to him "i'ou did line!" as he left the
stand.
Major Is BuXfled.
Attorney Llnfortli for Captain Mer
riam started on his cross examination
today, however, with the avowed Inten
tion of "ruffling the major's bangs,"
and. to some extent, he succeeded.
The reading of the witness' poem
threw the courtroom Into such parox-
(Continued on Page Two.)
PRIMARY ELECTION
Progressive Vote Shows Fall
ing Off and Republicans
. Predict Victory,
(United Pre Leaned Wlr.
Trenton, N. J.. Sept. 24. President
Wilson's candidate for the Pcmocratl?
nominee as governor of New Jersey was
victorious, as shown by complete re
turns today from yesterday's state pri
maries. The three nominations were ns
follows:
Democratic Fielder.
Republican -Stokes.
Progressive Colby.
The Wilson Democrats won not only
on the gubernatorial nomination, but on
their choice of a legislative ticket ai.d
In the state committee contest.
The Progressive cast the smallest
vote at the primaries, which Candidate
Stokes declared to mean that numer
ous Progressives have returned to the
Republican fold. On the strength of
this, he predicted a Republican victory
at the election.
AVIATOR STEELE' IS
Broken Machine Fixed, Man
Bird Is Ready for
Flight,
Newport, Or., Sept. 2i. Aviator Ed.
Steele, who harbored at Waldport yes
terday on his 100-mile over-sea flight
from Marsh field to Newport, left here
this afternoon after having his dam
aged carburetor fixed, and expects to
fly again from Walilport later In tlio
day. If all goes well he will aniv'at
Newport again before nightfall via air,
and hU Journey establishing a new 'west
coast over-sea flight will have been
completed.
Steele came to Newport from Wald
port on the stage bringing his damaged
machinery witli him, and jeft as soon as
It had been repaired. He planned to fly
as soon as the engine part had been
adjusted to hla air craft. The engine
was a i san led yesterday when a piece
of the carburetor flew off and was
knocked Into the air tank by a propeller
blade. Steele glided, to the surface of
Alsea bay and made port safely.
Diaz fleturn to Part.
Paris, Sept. H. Porflrlo Diaz, former
dictator of Mexico, returned to Paris
this -afternoon from Biarritz. He went
to Spain, ha said, to bid goodbye to his
daughter, ho had sailed for Vera Cms.
Dlar'denled that he contemplated return
ing to Mexico.
Markers for the Oregon Trail.
(tVMtalnctnii Bureau ef The Journal )
Washington, L, C., Sept. 24. -Representative
Humphrey Introduced a bill
In1 congress today authorising the pres
ident to appoint a commission to erect
markers On the. Oregon trail.
WILSON
DEMOCRATS
IN N NEW
ERSEY
OURNEYS END
DESPITE HEATED PROTEST
WELFARE COMMISSION PROHIBITS NIGHT WORK
BY STOR
E
Law Promulgated Will Have Effect of Closing Department
Stores on Saturday Eveningsanrj Those Before Christ
mas Holidays. Two Managers Assert New Plan -Will
Result in Efficient Employes Paying for Inefficient.
Baling of Welfare Commission
Effective Not. 30.
That a minimum wage of J9.25
a week be established for adult
women clerks who are not ap
prentices. In the mercantile
stores of Pertland.
That the maximum hours of
work for one day be fixed at 8
hours and 20 minutes, and for
one week at 50 hours.
Th.it 6 p. m. he fixed as the
latest hour at which any woman
shall be employed on any day'of
the yesir in a mercantile estab
lishment. Twenty-five hundred women In Port
land are relieved,' hy the ruling of the
Welfare commission, of obligation to
u-nrl at nichf.
Saturday night opening of stores. -tahllshed
by generations of custom and
made possible in department stores by
the employment of women will be prac
tically done away with.
The opening of stores at night during
tl,e weel preceding Christmas will fall
under the same ban.
So sweeping were the recommend
tions of a conference committee tli.it
the chairman and one member of tlie
Washington Industrial Welfare commis
sion came to be witnesses of the public
hearing that preceded the Oregon com
mission's action. The OreBon labor
commissioner also was present.
Nowhere In the I'lijted States before
T
Mr, and Mrs. F, M, Anderson
Have Experience on Way
to Crater Lake,
(Sperlal (n The Jmirunl i
Medl'ord, Or., Sept. Zi Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Anderson of Portland with Mrs.
H. C. Hale and Roger Hitchcock of Md
ford h.'id an exciting experience recently
when they were lost for four days tn
Red Blanket canyon on their way to
Crater Lake.
Instead of following the regular
Crater Lake higliwny Ihe parly took a
trail mapped out by M I.. Kricknon,
supervisor of the forest service, which
led them through some of the most
picturesque country In southern Oregon.
In a dense fog the second day out the
party lost Its bearings, wandered Into
Red Blanket canyon, which led away
from Crater I.akn Instead of toward It,
and finally, discovering their mistake,
were unable to find their way back.
When the food ran low Hitchcock left
the party, near, a spring -and made his
way over tho -ridge, finally locating
Arants Lodge. Superintendent Steele
sent, a man back with food to act as
guloe, and yesterday the party reached
Medford, little the worse for their ex
perlence. .
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson left last night
for Portland. The trip was made with
a horse team and hack. ' , .
PORTLANDERS LOST IN
RED BLANKE
CANYON
V
RULING MADE BY
has effort been mad to legislate out of
existence the opening of stores on Sat
urday evenings and during the week be
fore Christmas.
Store Managers Disagree.
Two department store managers ap
peared at the hearing last night in the
public library and asked the commission
to deny the recommendations of the
conferen, 4 committee.
W. P. Olds, of olds. Wortman & Kin,
and Aaron- Holt, of (he store bv that
name, bo(h sal. I that forbidding the em
ployment of women in stores after (
p. in. would result in closing the depart
ment stores Saturday nights.
Thomas Roberts Sr., manager of Rob
erts Brothers, admitted the truth of the
assertion, but approved the recommend
ation, saying that when department
stores ure closed Katurday night people
will buy earlier and other stores will
follow suit In the matter of closing.
"or that mailer, the ruling of the
commission affects equally not only de
partment storeK. but all places whcr
women are employed. Candy shops, mil
linery, Jewelry, woman's wear and many
other kinds of stores are included.
Saturday night has been called the
"wage earner's time to trade." Mr. OlJs
and Mr. Holtz . stressed this point in
their argument. Miss Helen IMnneen. a
representative of working women on the
conference commute; answered: "Since
this ruling is for the sake of women
who work, working people, wage earn
ers, surely will not protest against it."
About 3600 Women Affected.
Miss (ileason, secretary of the com
mission, has fnunH that about 'J000
women are employed h the large Je
pnrtmcnt stores. She estimates others
affected by last nights ruling at i'on
or more. Considering the number of
business Interests and workers affected,
and the commercial structure that was
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
ASSESS A. F. OF L FOR
One Cent a Week From 2,
250,000 Members Secured
by Federation Head,
(t'nlted rre t-eueil Wlni.l
Washington. Sept. M Consrnt of the
executive council of the American Fed
eration of Labor for n national assess
ment of Its 2,:.riO,oOo members for the
benefit of the striking copper miners
In Michigan was obtained licro today hy
Charles F. Mover, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, to which
latter organization most of the Idle men
belong. It Is expected the assessment
will be one cent a week, although Moyer
asked for five rents a week.
Moyer also conferred with Senators
Phafroth of Colorado and Borah of
Idaho, asking for government Inquiry
Into charges that peonage prevails In
the strike district. Special Agent Mof
fltt reported to Secretary of Labor Wil
llam'B, Wilson today regarding his in
vestigations at Calumet. Moffitt's rr
port la said to contain many sensational
statements.
WOMEN AND FIXES MINIMUM WAGE
MICHIGAN STRIKERS
TOLLS WOULD PAY FOR
COLUMBIA BRIDGE IN
10 YEARS IT IS SAID
a
Figures Compiled Indicate the
Revenue From Interstate
Span Would Cover Cost,
Terry Tolls for Fire Tsars.
1908 $3p,n5
1S03 30,835
1910 46,000
1911 66,167
4 1912 69,821
Increase tn four years, 130 per
cent, or an average yearly in-
crease of 22 per cent, com-
pounded.
A bridge that will pay for Itself, that
will be no burden on the taxpayer, that
will open up the way for the budding
of Interurhan lines costing millions of
dollars, that will provide a Portland
terminus for constantly Increasing traf
fic, which If blocked for lack of the
bridge must go elsewhere such Is the
proposed interstate bridge, declared Al
llson Burnham, a leader of the Clarke
county campaign for the voting of
bonds, who was in Portland yesterday
conferring with the Portland bridge
committee.
"It Is estimated," said Mr. Burnham,
'that with the same tolls charged on
the bridges as are now charged on the
ferry, the revenue collected on the bridge
the first year it is thrown open to traf
fic will be nt least $100,000. If then, it
increases 10 per cent each year for the
next 10 years and remember that it in-
(Contlnued on Page Five.
E
Attempt Made to Attack Only
Witness Against Musicians'
Murderers.
(United Pre I.ruted Wire.
Henton. Ill , Sept. 24. The racial dis
turbances which broke out here follow
ing tho murder by foreigners of two
American musicians at a dance Satur
day night were still raging today. For.
clgners, regardless of nationality, were
assaulted wherever they showed them
selves. Business houses were closed and
the homes of foreign residents barri
caded. The sheriff confessed his Inability to
stop rioting, and martial law was de
clared. Fifteen national guardsmen this aft
ernoon discovered several aliens at
tempting to enter the home of Wyatt,
the only member of the trio of mu
sicians who escaped with his life. H
is the prosecution's only witness.
GIRL CARRIES MOTHER
FROM BURNING HOUSE
San Francisco. Sept. 24. Miss Oretiet
tt de Nattel, a pretty Italian girl, proved
the heroine of a 110,000 fire here today
when she carried her aged mother. Mrs.
G. B. de Nattel, from their biasing
home. The older woman was overcome
by smoke while asleep and but' for the
courage of her daughter probably would
have succumbed. .
WAR CONTINUES
OWN OF BENTON
Court Decides to Defer De
cision as to Legality of Im
peachment Articles Until
After It Is Heard.
FOX MAKES ELOQUENT
DEFENSE OF GOVERNOR
Sulzcr's Answer Merely Ad
mits Receiving Campaign
Contributions.
(United Preia Lturd WIr. I
Albany. N. T.. Sept. 14 At the sug
gestion of Chief Justice Cullen of the
court of 'appeals, the Sulxer Impeach
ment court, by a vote of 49 to 7, de
cided today to defer decision ss to the
legality of the Impeachment articles
until after all the evidence against the
governor is In.
Attorney Richards, opening for the
prosecution, after the decision had been
reached to delay a ruling on the legal
ity of the Impeachment articles, de
nounced Sulzer In the most violent lan
guage. "He employed bagmen to scour the
state for contributions to his campaign
fund." declared Kiehards, "and be had
a bag himself, open to $10,000 as well
as J2 contributions. He did more than
collect funds. He intended to keep
them to buy stocks and to supply mar-'
gins for Ins stock speculations."
Personal Attack Made.
Then the attorney reviewed the
charges against Sulzer, recapitulating
them and attacking the governor per
sonally. "As high as his office and as high as
his position." he shouted, "we are pre
pared to prove low. sordid crimes
against William Sulzer. His chief of
fenses were plain fraud, larceny and
perjury.''
Replying to Attorney Brackett. who,
as leading prosecutor, argued yesterday
In support of the technical correctness
of the Impeachment articles. Attorney
Austin Fox of the defense attacked them
again when the tribunal resumed the
hearing.
"The suggestion that an official can
be held answerable for acta prior to bli
assumption of office Is revolutionary
and unheard of." said Fox. "I am loath
to believe that this court will approve
such a doctrine.'.' - .,. -- - " .-
Criminal Coda Must Operate.
Then he quoted Judge Parker's argu
ment that the constitutional convention
of 1846 removed all limitations on tha
state senate's power of Impeachment.
"If this" be true," he added, "then thf
limitations in the present criminal cod
operate in the present case."
Fox' argument was tlie strongest mad'j
since the Impeachment triat began, and
the most eloquent.
When Fox had finished. Chief JustK'o
Cullen said that in his opinion the ques
tions raised were such that they could
not he decided offhanv and he suggest
ed delay. Senator Wagner moved to
postpone action, and his suggestion Was
adopted.
Sulssr's Answer riled.
Attorney I. Cady lrrlck then filed
Sulzcr's answer. It denied all the alle
gations except that Sulzer admitted re
ceiving campaign contributions, saying
he accepted them in gooVl faith. Attor
ney Richards then spoae.
The managers of the Impeachment
proceedings have subpenged the man-
agern of the local telegraph offices to
produce all telegrams sent by Sulzer,
his wife, Private Secretary Sarecky,
John Hennessey and James Garrison
during June, July, August and thus far
In September.
The caplto), where the trial Is In
progress, was packed today, despite the
fact that only persons showing good
reasons for admission were allowed to
enter.
FIRE DESTROYS BLOCK
Spectacular Midnight Blaze,
. Witnessed by Thousands,
Destroys Several Horses.
Virtually all the one-story . frame
buildings between the I'nlon depot and
the south approach ot the Broadway
bridge were wiped out by fire shortly
before midnight last night The origin
of the fire has not been ascertained
yet. It was first discovered creeping
up the sides of a stable which housed
the horses and equipment of the Port- .
land Van & Storage company. From
this point it spread rapidly In all di-'
rectlons, destroying totally . all 'tha
buildings of the block which faced north
and partially all structures fronting
North Sixth street.
The buildings, among the oldest of
the district, were owned by tha Port-;
land Terminal Investment company, a
subsidiary of the O.-W. It.' A N., and
Its loss is placed at approximately f !5,
000, with insurance of only M00,' ,
Outside the company's loss, the Port
land Van & Storage company suffered
most severely. Six of S3 horses tn theY
barn w ere burned to death, and three -'
vans and hay and grain supplle ware
consumed. . ' ,
, Fire Z,oss $34,000. ,
Although do definite estimate has'
been made.. It Is believed tha Tan oom- '
pany'a damage will aggregate 1004. Tn
all, the fire caused about 111.009 dass
age. -'""''...."v.'. r vs.. y.':- h '
No damage , waa tfnna ,to tha bridge ,
(Continued oa Psge Nine.)
OF WOODEN BUILDINGS
NEAR UNION STATION
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