1 1 TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, 5 a. nu.. 58 Portland, 4 a. m..63 ,v Washton . .83 Marshfield ,.40 Charleston "..Majeattl " , .68 Hnr Toik f . 66 Boise ! , .46 , Chicago, 7 ft. m.. 62 Ban rraa. . " ..88 ' St. Paul " . .40 Koaabarf " , 48 Kan. City - .58 Spokane . ,.4 Portland humidity, 6 a, m. 87 - Rain tonight ' and Sunday; with windi ' southerly. VOL, XII. NO. 174. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 19,13 -TWO SECTIONS 18 PAGES. nvftnv1 Txrr ppmto on traius wx kcw '" W-1. tJ. tTAHDl HTI CENT4 E AT RIVERS' IS CITYTO CONTEST RIGHT OF APPEAL MAYBE APPOINTED LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND PRACTITIONER IS BAGS OF COIN TO ST. HELENS OK PORTLAND PEOPLE OPEN SESAME' TO GREAT PROSPERITY BRUTALLY KILLED IT THEFT I ' fyTvJK' WEATHER ; CHRISTIAN COUNTING 6010 ROD MEETING EMERGENCY BOARD ALLOWS FOR FRANCHISE PROBE N MINOR LIASES Mrs. Rebecca P. Gay, Leading Healer of Los Angeles, Is Found in Her Office, Head Beaten In With Gaspipe. WAS DIVORCED WIFE OF SAN DIEGO MILLIONAIRE Robbery Not Believed to Have Been the Motive of the Murder. (United Press Leaned Wire.) Los Angeles, Sept. 27. Mrs. Rebecca P. Gay, a Christian Science practitioner, was found murdered in her office In a downtown office building early today. She had been beaten over the head until her brains exuded, with a piece of three quarter inch gas pipe wrapped in brown paper. The pipe lay beside her body. The murderer evidently had tried to drag the body to a window opening Into an air shaft, to throw it to the court below. Failing, he had covered it with books and Christian Science literature pulled from a table. The body was found by, a charwoman, who screamed and then fainted. Jani tors hearing her outcry, notified the po lice. v Walls Spattered With Blood. The floor and walls of the office were spattered with blood. Tables and chairs were overturned. According to police detectives, no ap parent anarch of the office was made by the ' murderer. They do not believe robbery was the motive. Coroner Hartwell examined the body and said life had been extinct at least 10 hours. Night watchmen at the build ing declared no one had entered or left the building since 7 o'clock last night, to the best of their knowledge. Woman Was Well Known, Mrs. (Jay was about 65 years of age. She was among the best known Chris tian Science practitioners of Los An ge.es. According to her friends, Mrs. Gay came here some time ago after a divorce from John Gay, a wealthy citi zen of San Diego, who since has re married. Mrs. Gay was last seen alive by her friends when she left her rooms .at the Magalla apartments early yesterday to go to her office. She said sha would return before night. About to Lmt Office. Her hat and coat were found today on a table in the office, lying beside her handbag. Detectives -believe she was about to leave her office when the murder was committed. - On the door had been pasted a-card which read: "Office closed Saturday. Mrs. Gay will return Monday." The practitioner's desk calendar showed that she had had eight appoint ments in her office Friday. Another was scheduled for her home today. Of ficers are trying to locate the eight pcr sona who en believed to have consulted her yestcrcfiy. Patient May Have 'Killed Her. Detectives who went carefully over Mrs. Gay: office are of the opinion that she was struck down while she sat in a little wicker chatr at her desk, talk ing with a person she believed to be a patient. Because the woman's eyes, in spite of the awful beating she received, re mained closed, they even believe she may have lind her eyes closed in prayer for the patient when the first blow whs struck. All of the woman's wounds were on the left side of her head and face. An overturned chair stood beside the one she always used. Indicating that the alayer in leaping to his feet, overturned his chair, to complete his work. Church Headquarters Hear. , The fifth floor of the building where the murder was committed is given over almost entirely to Christian Selene practitioners. The southern California headquarters of the church are also lo cate J there. Another practitioner must (Continued on Page Two.) SOUTH SEA PIRATES TAkTNRVII C PIITTTP inilLM Ul U. U. UUI IL.lt ' AFTER FIERCE BATTLE Gang Ruled by. Beautiful Span . ish Captive, Is on Way to San Francisco for Hanging, Special to fbe Journal, t San Francisco, Sept. 27. The chase fdr a pirate crew that haa been' terror ising the smaller islands of the South Seas, haa ended, according to a wire less message received tftday at Hono lulu from Captain Tapham of the United States revenue cutter Keokuk. Every man of the band of 25 was captured, Captain Tapham said, after a hard, fight. The prisoners will bo brought direct to San Francisco, where the oaptain will recommend that every One of the men be hanged. Among the pirates. Captain Tap ham found a beautiful young Spanish girl, Estella D'Orfea. She, the reports aid, is adored by the freebooters. V Estella was five years old when aha fell Into their hands. Her father waa the captain of the trading - schooner Santa Maria, which sailed from Ma nila 10 .VAflra nun. Nnthlntf vm vai heard of the craft. The chief of the gang confessed to Captain Tapham that hi band sank th V)nr. and Mavnd nnlv the beautiful child. Substitution of Iron Washers foj Silver Coin in Frisco Mint Makes Checking of Vaults' Contents Necessary. ESTIMATED SHORTAGE IS $30,000 TO $75,000 Weighing of Coin Shows Discrepancy- in Weight, Re vealing Robbery. (Cnlted Prew Leaied Wire.) San Francisco, Sept. 27. That It will be weeks probably before the exact ex tent of the shortage which has been discovered in the mint here Is known was admitted today by officials engaged in the investigation. There are 60,000 bags of gold and silver coin stored in the mint vaults and they all will have to be gone through to determine how thoroughly the thief did his work. More than this, it was practically Im possible to learn from the local mint of ficials, who replied to nearly every question that all information concern ing the case must come from Wash ington, i It is known, however, that the short age is estimated at all the way from 130,000 to J75.000 and that It may run still higher than the latter figure. It was also clear that the government's loss might have gone undiscovered for a long time but" for a slight miscalcula tion as to weight, on the thief's part, In the substitution of the iron washers for gold coin in the money bags he rifled. The moment It was noticed that one of the bags did not tip the scales at exactly the correct figure, the bag was opened and the theft discovered. The opening of more bags followed, but while it la certain that others had been tampered with, the exact number dis covered thus far was not known outside the mint. To the thief's Identity. It was said. thero was not yet the slightest clue. Even the time of the thefts was uncer tain, beyond the fact that there was a count of the coin something over a year ago, and that there was no shortage then. vThls year's count was to have been begun in July duc was aeiayca swell ing the appointment or Mint superin tendent T. W. H. Shanahan, a Wilson selection, who took office August IS. The count had, however, been started before that date under the administra tion of former Superintendent Frank A. Leach. Responsibility for the shortage would consequently, persons familiar with the mint said, fall upon the past admlnls- Jtratlpnj The count is being made by so clerics. under the supervision of Superintendent Shanahan, ex-Superintendent Leach, Aa sayer Frederick P. Dewey and Charles S. A rms, W. H. Kelly and J. J. O'Conner of the treasury department. Seven Washers Found. Washington, Sept. 27. At whatever figure the San Francisco mint officials may estimate the shortage In the inBtl tution's treasure, all that they absolute ly know, It was stated at the treasury department today. Is that seven Iron washers have been found scattered through four sacks of coin In place of as many silver dollars. It was admitted, however, that Direc tor of the Washington Mint Roberts has ordered a piece-by-piece count of the government's entire reserve silver sup ply on the coast, a total of $61,000,000. The task will take weeks. Inasmuch as the seals were unbroken on the sacks in which the washers were found, Roberts believed some sleight- of-hand artist among the workmen w-ho did the sacking was responsible for the thefts. He added that he did not be lieve the loss would prove wry large. Assayer Dewey has telegraphed that the gold coin is safe. P. R L 8 P. CO. FILES FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR PAST FISCAL YEAR Valuation of Physical Proper ties! Now In; Work of Check . ing 'Schedules Begins. T'.ie valuation of the property of the Portland 'Railway, Light and Power company by tho state railroad commis sion took a forward step today with the submission by the public sorvlce corpor ation of Its financial statement for th year ending June 30, 1913. The company's valuation of Its physi cal properties Is now all In and the, work of checking over the schedules will be begun by the commission's ex perts. I ' While this Is going on the Pprtland Railway, Light and Power company will prepare and submit to the .commission its valuation, of intangible properties, such mm water rights, expenses of organ ization and development of businegi. original cost data and the division of earnings and expenses, as between dif ferent classes of properties and utility services. - Formal proceedings in the investiga tion will be resumed by the commission In the near futuro upon five days no tice to Interested parties. In tho statement of earnings filed today thjt revenue for the year ending June 80 from .utility operations was given at .1,998,2S3.3. , :. . The number of customers served waa 87.461.' V , . J Large Delegation Goes From This City by Automobile to Aid Movement for Highway to the Coast. IMPORTANCE OF ISSUE IS FULLY EXPLAINED Speakers Tell Columbia Men That Easy Means of Travel Is Essential to All. "Good Roads Day" waa observed yes terday at the Columbia county fair and the annals of St. Helens were made memorable by the attendance of a large delegation of good roads boosters from Portland. One hundred or more enthusiasts left this city in automobiles at 1:30 p. m. and arrived at St. Helens at 2:30 p. m. without serious accident. Strict accuracy requires, however, th statement that most of them arrived. There were a few that were delayed en route, as is indicated by the following telegram addressed to the "Coast High way Convention Assembling at St. Hel ens," ' and received after the meeting was all over. "Gentlemen We are on our way but delayed by short circuits and cleaning our carburetor. We are with you in spirit and wish you success. Dorr E. Keasey, William H. Mall. Carl R. Jones, Charles Hegele, Henry W. Fries." A large number of residents of Co lumbia county had gathered on the fair grounds when the Portland party ar rived. There was a great disappoint ment when it was announced that the convention hall was not large enough to permit the exhibition by Samuel Hill (Continued on Page Flv. TO T Only American in Rheims Race Fly in a French Machine, Rheims, France, Sept. 27. Aviator Provost was declared winner today in the French elimination contests prepar atory to the riice Monday for thaJames Gordon Bennett trophy. The judges placed his average speed at 118 H miles an hour. Aviators Vedrlnes and Gilbert were respectively second and third. The only American pilot who will fly In the race Monday is Charles Weymann, who, much to the French contestants' amusement, the aviator's art being an American ivfiaMlon, has entered a French machine, lie has made consid erably better than 100 miles an hour in it, however, and his chances were to day considered even with Provost's. The best judges expressed the opinion that one ol these two would win. The present holder of the trophy is Vedrlnes, who won it last year at a speed of 11 1 miles an hour, and will try Monday to win it again. .English, Belgian, Italian and German aviators also will compete. Altitude contests, slow races, short speed races, passenger carrying competitions and other events are scheduled, for tomor row. Tome 25 aviators will participate. VED1E SECOND PUS MOT Governor's Request for Funds to Carry on Law Enforce ment Campaign Is Delayed Business. PETITION FOR PRISON PATROL OFFICER DENIED Money Is Allowed for New Building at University of Oregon. (Salem Bureau of The Journal.) fc'alem, Or., Sept. 27. The emergency board, called together today to pass on Governor West's request for funds for carrying on his law enforcement activ ities, spent the entire morning session in disposing of minor requests for defi ciency appropriations, putting off the main issue until the last. It is pre dicted, however, that this afternoon the bard will authorize a deficiency appro bation for the governor's use in his crusade work. At soon as the meeting was called to order, with all members present, the governor presented a resolution citing the provisions of the constitution and laws imposing upon his office the duty of seeing that the laws are faithfully enforced, and asking: fur an appropria tion of not to exceed $5000, not to e.i eeeu one half of which Is to be used in the employment of Hpeclal agents, the balance to be used for the payment of rewards offered by the state. State Treasurer Kay Immediately sug gested that he preferred to take up the smaller matters first. A prolonged silence followeda regular "Quakers' session" then Senator Dan Malarkey said he also favored taking up the smaller matters. This met with a number of murmured approvals, and it was the order. Oas Franchise Up. "I want to call up the 'gas fran chise Investigation matter first," said Senator Malarkey. Thrte of tho Port iajid nieinbeis of the bnarci vcre partic ularly interested in that, and desired to get an appropriation authorized for that before any serious constroversy arose in the board. ; - "The legislature instructed the gov ernor to make this investigation, and it doesn't concern me how it is made or how It ends, he ought to be provided (Continued on Two.) TARIFF SIGNING AM A Democrats Plan to Complete Their Report Monday, Af ter Conference, (t'lilterl Press leaned Wlru.l Washington, fcept. 1", Democratic tariff conferees plan to complete' their report today and hold a final confer ence Monday with Republicans before introducing the report In the house. It Is not believed, however, that the meas ure will be ready for President Wilson's signature beforo the end of next week. Democratic senators claimed victory in two thirds of the items over which there were controversies, asserting that most of the lower rates were accepted. The conferees, however, are expected to disagree on the cotton futures tax. a sure: SIGN OF FALL,! (WWBflllSl) ) Speakers at Columbia and Snake River Waterways As sociation ' Convention Ex pound Development Ideas. PORTLAND CHOSEN AS NEXT MEETING PLACE Teal and Lewis Explain Pos sibilities of Harnessing Streams for Power. By Fred Lock ley. Kennewlck, Wash., Sept. 27. Portland Is to have the next annual convention of the Columbia and Snake River Wat erways association. The most successful meeting ever held by the waterways association was brought to a close by an illustrated lecture by the secretary of the associa tion, W. R. Struble, showing the pros pective traffic and commerce of the Columbia river basin. One of tho addresses that was con stantly referred to by the other speak ers wns that of J. N. Teal. In intro ducing his subject Mr. Teal referred to the prophetic vision of Robert Mills, in engineer who, in 1S19, nine years before the first rail for a railroad was laid in the T'nited States, said: "Would it be too extravagant to look forward to the period when our East India trade shall take this course and the Mouth, of tho Columbia river as the head of its ship navigation to the grand depot of articles coming and going?" "His idea was to have a road con structed from the head of navigation of the Missouri to the head of navigation of tho Columbia," said Mr. Teal. "Would (Continuod on Page Five. AFTER FALL IN M Claude McDonald, Freshman at State University, Injured Last Night, (Special o The journal.) Kugene, Or., Sept. 27. Claude Mc Donald. 19-year-old son of Mr. and KTs. Hurry McDonald, 461 KastJTenth street, Portland, freshman In the university, died at 3:05 this morning at the Eugene hospital. Dr. J. Eberle Kuykendall, who at tended him, says death was due to an Injury to the bane of the skull, prob ably sustained last evening when Mc Donald fell on the cmnrnt floor of the gymnartlum. McDonald had been taking outside gym work with other members fit the freshman class. His parents arrived here this morn ing. Tho body will be taken to Portland on the 4 o'clock train this afternoon. JOEL MAY NOT OWN AUTO UNTIL HE BECOMES MAN Lus Angeles, t.'al., Sept. 27. Court re fuged to alter the terms of the will of 10. iioppersteud, who left his son Joel, 17, U'0,000, with the stipulation that lie shah not own an automobile until he becomes of age. PORTLAND BOYJES James Bryre, former British am bassador to United States. TO BE ABOUT TO TAKE Former Ambassador Arrives in Dublin on Tour of the Island, tUnited Preu Lc-aneri Wlre.l Dublin, Sept. 27. That James Bryce, former British ambassador to the United States, shortly will become lord lieu tenant of Ireland was rumored here to day. He had Just arrived from Belfast on a tour of the Island. Lord Aber deen, the present lord lieutenant, la about to resign. It is said. Ulster Volunteer Parade. Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 27. Tne Ulster "Volunteers" formed with the' avowed purpose of resisting home rule forcibly, paraded the streets today. Thousands were in line, carrying rlflea shipped to them by anti-home rulers in London. "Ulster day" will be celebrated tomor row. " Sir George Richardson, an army offi cer on the active list, led the volunteers, who were divided into 14 battalions, seven of them commanded by retired army officers. Sir Edward Carson ad dressed the paraders before the march. It was estimated that 250,000 persons watched them. AVALANCHE OF GOODS WHEN TARIFF IS SIGNED Washington. Sept. 27. Customs offi cials estimated today that 1150.000.000 worth of goods are in bonded ware houses at the country's ports of entry at present, waiting for the lower duties provided In the tariff bill. Klaborate preparations have been made to handle this rush of business as soon as the bill has been signed. FED 300,000 TRAMPS SINCE HUSBAND DIED fean Kranclsco, Cal.. Sept. 27. The number of tramps fed since 1884 by Mrs. John Parrot t. widow of the mil lionaire who made his wife promise on lils death bed never to turn a wayfarer from her door hungry, has passed the 300,000 mark. HUNTER KILLS COUGAR IN WOODLAND HILLS Woodland. Wash., Sept. 27. A small building occupied as a feed and hitch ing stable In the rear of the postofflce burned down yesterday. The fire de partment saved surrounding buildings. The loss was small. The building be longed to Mrs. Thornton. Henry Powell, who killed a bear ut his home lust week, shot an eight foot cougar Sunday. The bounty on the ani mal was 0. $200,000 HAUL MADE BY Q. & C. ROBBERS i. New Orleans. La., Sept. 27. That the three hagn of money 'stolen In the hold up of an Alabama Great Southern pas senger train near Tuscaloosa early yes terday probably contained more than J200.000 was the declaration here this afternoon of John Wogan, assistant chief of the subtreasury. The money, he said, was consigned to Louisiana and Alabama hanks. Portland Man Will Teat-h. The Dailes, Sept. 27.--The local school board has engaged W. J, Luster f Port land to take charge of the manual train ing department of the public schoolH, and classes therein wilt be organized next week. This is the first yeur that there has been a manual training de partment In The Dalles schools. Spain to Kent! Kshiblts. Madrid. Spain, Mept. 37. The Spanish government decided finally today to par ticipate In the Panama-Parlfto exposi tion in Ban Francisco in 1915.. Spain, it was announced, will be represented by private aa well as official exhibits. NOTED DIPLOMAT AID ABERDEEN S Contention Is Municipal Court Decision ' Is Final, Except Where Fine Over $500 or Sentence Exceeds 90 Days. VOTERS MAY BE ASKED V TO CHANGE PROVISION Proposed Amendment Com promise Between Old Law and Present Section. Whether or not the city charter now in force gives to litigants the right to appeal from decisions of the Judge of the municipal court is to be determined Monday in a hearing before Circuit Judge Clceton. City Attorney La Roche and his deputy, Stanley Myers, have filed peti tions in which they resist the right of these defendants to appeal from Judge Stevenson's decisions on the ground that the oharter does not provide for the appeal, except under certain conditions. Should the city's contention be' sus tained, then the municipal judge will be vested with a power that In minor cases will be almost supreme. The right of appeal, asking for a review of the case before a Jury in the circuit court, is not granted by the new char ter, unless a fine of more than 1500 Is imposed or a sentence pf more than 90 days in Jail is Inflicted. Altogether, since Judge Stevenson took office and tho new charter went into effect, more than 50 defendants who have been convicted in the munlcl-' pal court have applied to have their cases tried again in the circuit courts. City Asks Dismissal. To each of these appeals the city at torney has filed a cross petition asking that they be dismissed on the ground! that th? charter does not give these de fendants the right to ask for review of their cases by a higher court. The first one of these cases to be ar gued will come before Judge Cleeton Monday. It is the case of ,the city against J. "Hat" Hltchlns, a local at torney, who waa convicted of disorder ly conduct in connection with an accusal of being a "peeping Tom." "The city attorney's office is not ad vocating," said Deputy Stanley Myers today, "that the right of 'appeal be de nied. We are rather taking the stand that the charter la lacking in that it does not provide an adequate appeal specification.. Appeal Bight Waa Aauasd. "Under thie old charter, the right of appeal from decisions of the municipal judge was greatly abused. Especially was this true in the cases from the underworld, and much trouble was had in, securing convictions tn -the -upper courts. In thaso cases, the defendants would ask for a jury trial in the mu nicipal court, and on being convicted, they would appeal to the circuit court. "In the Interval that elapsed before the hearing In the upper courts, the defendants, or their representatives, would buy off the prosecuting witnesses and when the case would finally com to trial, the prosecution's case would fall. Not only was this the case, but these people were given the advantage of two jury trials, a right that not even a murderer is accorded. While the present charter apparently does not allow the right of appeal in minor city cases, all such defendants have the right, under common law, to have the legal points of their cases reviewed. X,egal Errors Only Conrtrnad, Thi3, however, affects only the legal efrors that the judge in the lower court might have made, the testimony not be-' lng reviewed. This is shown In the ap peal of cases from the circuit court to the state supreme court. There the evidence plays no part other than tho . effect It might have had in causing the judge to err in hia legal interpretation. In 1905 the state supreme court ruled that a city cannot create appeal rights by ordinance. That would mean that iu this case, the city will have to vote an amendment of some kind conferring this right at the next election. There la already talk of drawing up euch an amendment for the election next No-., vember. At any rate it is intended that the amendment shall not allow such liberal appeal rigms aa waa me case before the present charter took effect, - Two of these cases were to have been argued this morning., before Circuit Judge Morrow, but because of the lat ter's illness, they were postponed, and it devolves upon Judge Cleeton to maka the decision. BANK OF NAMPA IS CLOSED ON ORDERS (Siiecl.l to Th Journal. Caldwell, Idaho, Sept. 27. -The Banlc of Nampa, the oldest bank in Nauipa, capitalized at $100,000, closed its doora today by order of the state bahtj exam iner. J. VV. Givens, superintendent of the insane asylum ut Oro Kino, la president of the closed bank; J. A. Givens, vice president, in charge of the institution, and C. E. Lore, cashier. So statement is available today. Mrs. Wlborg Pleads Not Guilty, New York. Sept. 87. "Not guilty? waa the plea entered here today by Mrs. Frauk Wiborg, wife of a Cincinnati capitalists indicted, by a federal grand jury oh " charge ntxamusflg. Mr. Wiborg. accompanied : by her . him hand. entered her plea before Judge Hough. , Mrs. Wiborg arrived here September 6 with 20 trunks. She declared they con tained only 1500 . worth of dutiable goods. The trunks Were seised and th Indictment declared they contained f500V worth of goods. Mra. Wiborg waa fir en until October 13 to withdraw hr plea of not guilty. , , Mrs. Wiborg is a slnter-lndaw of General Nelson A. Milos, If ronvlctM she may bo given a . mntenr vt (wo yeara' imprisonment. $1000 fin a, or bath. 4,, 4