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THE - OREGON - SUNDAY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING,' OCIo ;;r 12, leu. .... :V L:3.GuEE AS PIM1T OF CHINA SPEKOEfi S TALES OF : I0TOWB WONT OUTLIVE TERM, LIKELY TO POST.t 1 -ACTION TO 0ECb.,0ER Adjoutnment Plans Are" Under - Way:- and 'Joint . Resolution -Will Be Presented Thursdays rtyjssd sy evrtC't: -A iS BELIEF AT: PEKING 0 McGinn Will Hold Court in the Afternoon; :: Davis Not to ' Convene CouVtl&fetl!! Second - Attempt to Assassi i 0"' Train He Claims He Took Re nate , Him Because ofAl " turning From Rexroat Mur- leged Imperialistic. Plans, " ;'der :Uft Before Crime; '; 4 " currency o?tu:: ; THESE ARE JHE HAPPY DAYS FOR THESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:,; ' 1 1 ' '' !!'' !",1."?mmW "' """ .'" ' ' . "" ' IU' ,.' "" " "' 'mmIih ..MN. , I,,,.,, , H! .11 J ill)! fill ' ' 1 "P1 , 'I . ,, ,1,. , Oil g SB SSSM kM SBWJSS BSBI SB ;sBBS1BBJb f:" 111 CONViCTIONWITHTIME iu" yr At v " ' ' v - S w - ' (Called Ftm LniMI Wire.) k ;Feklng, Oct. li'. The' attempt i by Chief Chen Of the Peking Mounted po-i Though It is admitted by ail authori ties that today, Columbus day. Is a legal holiday,- the question as to -whether -or , , ...... , i . n . .. ., 2. i-'rn;. Msaealnat. President Tuan Shi consiflf rable study and has brought out Kal en his Inauguration day "-was re- many opimoni FMrisK mil wtor j ' ti wm-w ..- wight result In ease the trial of 3. C. casting the sort of administration Tuan lAFraac; before -Circuit Judge -'. Kava-1 WU hT.-- Wr,-?.. naugb, for defrauding tho Modern Wood-' Few believe the president will live men of America by planting a body and J ut , term.. 80 large a. proportion of jwurlns; t300 tnsursnee . from -' them, . I.)lKtrl't Attorney Evans will ask Judge y Xavatiaugh to adjourn the trial from to morrow until Tuesday; ''if-. ' Clrcalt Judge: MtQinn declares that . th day Is not a, non-Judicial day and will hold court tomorrow afternoon as usual, ? He will not bold court In the the Chtneae-hats him and ao reckless have the advanced republicans shown themselves In their, determination ..; to', have their own way .that It was said It would be a miracle if the executive long : encapes assssslnation.; .vc vv. I '-' . ' ' tncmbers' of parliament, who besluted ; mornlns.Tlrcult JudM Davla ilmlareS 1 " 1 . "tL . . " i .'"?" . -7 - .. 1 aMm u tikAiivn ,pi im rnmrnm who like him because they believe he that there Is. no doubt In his mind that tomorrow Ja a non-Judlotal day and will not convenW court, . Judges Catena and Clecton will hold court but will require attorppys "on both" sides to .stipulate that no question 'will ha made of the legs tl ty jf ; th. trla. : ,J. : -: llitrlot Courts to Close, - Judzs Morrow has not returned from Iv,iiiande, Wher ht has been Uklns'clalm himself emperor. will give the country a stable govern went. :::' ' " The president doe not disguise, his purpose of . running -J things with' on Iron hand and those who like him best doubt If China will be much of a raT nubile while he . lasts. Indeed. It is pretty certain he Is ambitious to pro- the place Of Judgr Knowles. : Jadgd Ka vanaugh said that he 'was hot sure and Mt that the postponement of the 1-a Franc caso mlaht . be lh safur J'lan..; r. ;4 -vv..- No district court will open and It is understood that the constable's office and the office of the clerk of the dis trict court will remain closed lest any acts might - be rnvalidated. None tho other offices tn the courthouse wW .-District Attorney Evans has searched the statutes and decisions on the esse and has found numerous conflicts. Co lumbus day was made a public holiday in im by the legislature and la. 1913 was made a legal holiday, The provi sion that it should not be a school holi day was -inserted in the last law.' : f in . i lie statute are two laws. f; oood judges or tns euuaiiou govs aa their opinion that China, south of the Yangtse, would bo in full revolt sgalnst the Pekln government; before many nionins nave yasseo. rr Chief Chen of the mounted police first aroused suspicion .by his re peated attempts to crowd closo to the president during the Inauguration cer emonies. He said southern rebels hired him to kill Yuan. ; Af ter his arrest ev erttl bombs were found at bis homo. . . .; Tho attempt f was the second on the president's life within two years. Just neiiw 'tA him 4natAllationa Drovtslonal president bomb was thrown at : his carriage aa he was riawg tnrougn ms streets of Pekln and ono of his attend ants waa killed and several wounded- ? 4 ty 1 I. ' 4 : i'.V. s.( ,';yV; :!, ; .Treshmeii : clasa,; department of journalism. . vyy-r;Llrv;:T'V':v' University "of Oregon, Eugene, ' Or"., Oct It. There are 3 studeuta enrolled Jn the department of Journalism at the mate . university, and 45 of -them are freshmen. This Is a 60 per cent In crease over ; last year's . enrollment. There aro four classas in : the depart Went. About 10 per cent of the students are conteraplatingr newspaper work as a life vocation. The Other are taking the course for the general training it offers, ; Members' of these ' classes will . visit Ptvtland next week-end to Inspect the big newspaper plants and to attend tha joint meeting of the Press club and the State Pr?sa .association. Weekly lec tures are given at Eugene by apeakers not connected with the university, city newspaper men and country editora ad dressing the students on alternate Frt daya, - , yy- '. h -V.'. YOM KIPPUR ATTRACTS MANY'TO SYNAGOGUES QUIET IN MEXICO CITY .. AFTER HIJERTA'S COUP ' (Continued From Page One.') . .' abllng him to elect Gam boa by aa over whelming majority, lluerta bellevjs that, euch an election would Indicate has been' pacified auo allowed to lf ' fPftPlV t tH tVHIst AJ . wva.. tufntAti apa twA Iissb'sb nna 1 iwmlng and Refining legal.bolidays and MACHINE GUNS FORCE yjutuciai uayt. in each the days deslg natei are fiandair; "Jasuary 1, February z-.imay.so, ,guiy the nrst Monday in September, December IS. general elec tlos days and, .-days for thanksgiving proclaimed by a governor or the presi dent -of tjlS Cut ted States. The legal holjday act provides only that negoti ate instruments failing due on one of th' days become due the following day.. . . : wm AfoU. VosafbU Xxnx. . The nos-Judlclal - day 'act t DrOvldea tha "the . courts , of justice may be held,- and any Judicial business trans acted, on any day, , except aa may be provided In this cection." Under the statute the day following . any legal holiday , or non-JndlciU day that . may chance to fall on Sunday becomes a ..le:ef .holidsy.Jv ? . iv',i - yV! 'The federal) courts and the ; sutt courts .have apparently used the terms 1sal holiday , and 'non Judicial day as ! synonymous terms,' said District Attorney Evans. - The statute seems to t ialnly define non Judicial days and leRfal holidays, bat that no error nay omir in the La France trial. I feel it would be best to postpone the trial one! clay. . I intend to delve deepen la thai subject to - determine if possible the status of Columbus Pay.""-. V - The. schools will observe the day Mon day With appropriate exercises commem orating the discovery of America 411 years ago. At Lincoln high achool an address will bs given by John R. Veatca and the Columbus club glee club will in. V This program is open to ths pub lldand will commence at t o'clock. The fact ithat ths day falls on Sunday pre cludes elaborate ceremonies by admirers or .the great explorer. AU banks will ' i.V- Rabbi ; Wise Takes "Religion'? for, Topic: of Atonement Day Sermon. All day yesterday the synagogues of the city were crowded with worshipers who had gathered to observe by ' peni tence, prayer and the confessional, Tom Klppur, j the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. The services, were conducted with all the impresslveness of ritual, handed- down press Itself freely at the polls. Aa there will not be sufficient time to hold elections to elect new deputies before Octover 2, there will be no- chamber of deputies 10 Investigate the election. ' . ; i; ," y Frisoners Safe, Says Xaerta.'- The families and friends, of the lnt prlaoned deputies are gravely concerned over, what disposition might be made-of the prisoners, but Huerta has several times assured alt that he will guarantee that no physical harm comes to them. The penitentiary is surrounded by a heavy; military guard. tyy',.:- The city Is : quiet . tonight, more 00 than it has been .for many months. Hun. dreds of polios and soldiers, both in fantry and cavalry, are patrolling the streets prepared to put down any up rising which might occur. The rapid fire guns which were placed In the -palace last February and later withdrawn were returned today. , On: every hand there Is evidence that the government la prepared . to - resist any insurgent movement. - AU of. the newspapers issued in the city either remained strictly . Impartial in their discussion of the event or were strongly sympathetic with the Huerta policy. Minister of Foreign Affairs Mo beno, to whom, Huerta - offered a place in the cabinet, said tonight that,Huerta took his action againat the deputies when it was learned that there was a plot afoot in the chamber to put Huerta out of the way and allow jhs revolu tlon in the north to triumph. Early today a great throng surged about the chamber xrora which the deob ties had been unceremoniously taken last night but after looking at the win dows for a time .the crowd gradually melted away. There was no demonstra tion owing to the presence of a- large guard 01 troops, r : be closed tomorrow. The day la to be celebrated In states of the Union. ARISTA STARTS WAR ON j '.HIGH COST OF LIVING co of living wUl start Tuesday. Lunch for- fire centa will be served to school children through arrangement by the school . board and ( the Parent-Teachers ' cire. The school, board is responsible y fot the purchase of ; the .building ia which lunch will be served. The boys I IWITPn QTATCC WilM'T. or the trade school made a stroke ,(''-' virtiw hvii i - C INTERFERE IN LATEST bravely out with, til and succeeded la tffuntitshlag tha lunch room. Sixty chll- ; v wtm wncn vuring ramy weather. All) the teachers of Arleta school seek tho puncheon privilege, ;;y; : - Three days a week there will be nour , iahlng soup, bread and butter, cookies or J gingerbread air for -a nickel. On ; alttraats days there will be a change of menu which the children will . appre ciate; says Mi-s. Ward, chairman of the corkmlttee In charge of arrangements. This Is the first time plans to feed children of the grades at noon has been undertaken In the city schools west Of . the Mbuisslppl river. Mrs. Ward and eupeiiatoaden : Alderman . of 'the . city . rloois are confident that it will be a grantf BUoaesB,)-;., y.- .; ,. .,, GATEWAY CASES HEARD , BY I. C. C. AT CAPITAL l (Waslilnrtoa Buresu of The Joornsl.) - ' ' Washington, Oct ll.-Clyde B. Altch ison, railroad commissioner of Oregon, argued the Spokane, Denver and Sliver bow, gateway; caaes today before the Interstate : oommeroe commission. For soma Urns the gateways have been closed on lumber and other articles. from points, in the northwest, to points on thel tTnon Ptclflo system eact of Poca tello and throogrh Denver. ' Tariffs in theoe cases have been under suspension ; forj several tn-iho and the cases will unquestionably be decided, before the ordrr expires, in ths "opinion of Joseph H. Teal, who was present, tossy at the argument tj i Tha tariffs refer to all class and com. modify rates,, but the Spokane and 811 verhow cases apply principally to lum ber. Testimony was taken here in May ' in jthose caaea before interstate Com mltpner Car malt i7''Vs.;;.4'','''V':'' ) - - ' i -T.'-A'i ; l; Traffio Wed Up.VVf;'W' Ivcnnewlck, Washi, Oct It Traffic on Loth the Northern Pacific and B. P. A- ft, railways waa suspended for about . tht hours Thursday, when the engine " 1 one car of a westbound freight tr in left, the rails while crossing the N. rihem Paclflo bridge acrosa the Co i in -t river-between Kennewltfk "and SITUATION IN MEXICO iy .yUy;i;.; ytv. . 'X.,,yh;:,,y;y.,.y -Washington, Oct 11. -The admlnlatra tlon has determined to keep hands off the new aituation which has developed In Mexlco.-y(:.:i.y .;jy;,,:y;i-;.sry Huerta's arrest of deputies and (a aasumption of full control was dis cussed in a conference between the pres ident .and - John Sassett Moore today. Later it was announced that the ques tion was still one of internal Mexican politics,; with which, the United States could have nothing' to do.",?.-;; y:t . The unofficial report comes that John IAnd. the president's envoy, is about to proceed from Vera Cms to Mexico- City to convey a new message to, the Huerta government This report was not denied at tho state department, Some Of the officials, on the contrary, said that it was very likely that Mr. Lind would go. . pate news to the state department slated that many of the arrested, depu ties had been releaaed because they had been coerced and tamed by the bayonets or the dictatorship. . .. These same officials say that Huerta win succeed, either by complete coer don of the present assembly or by the election of a new assembly, in securing himself or a puppet oft his own as the new president u.itA V'.y.'.?, ,f.r '.t:': ft President Wilson and his advisers pro pose to take no new step until after the day of the election. ' The state depart ment is Informed today that, while some cltlxens of Spain were murdered In Tor reon, the number Was largely exagger ated, only nine having been reported of ficially to the stats department 1 Deputies Freed,' I Xtamor.- ' Vera Crua, Mexico, Oct 11 An un confirmed report reached here tonight from Mexico City that the 110 deputies arrested and imprisoned last night by Orders of President Huerta ; have been set free. Feeling is reported as yunr nlng Very thigh In the capital today fol lowing the circulation of the report of the .Investigation of, the murder of Sen ator Pomlngqe and the publication of excerpts from, ths speech denouncing Huerta which he delivered on the day before his disappearance. ,i August perg, grain exporter, has re turned from' an extended- visit in Eurqpe,' Enroute home,. Mr. Berg vis ited several of the largo cities in the ast,.vv.' 'iiS- v.t nfto..r;,-.'fi'.;,.i.,.t;,uk i .-At Temple Beth Israel . the , service was read by Harold Rlnohart'aaslstant to Rabbi Jonah Wise, who preached la the forenoon. In bis setraon BAbbl Wise spoke of the place religion hold' and Should hold Intheworld, ,y ry- y y i-1, Religion,' he declared, Is "the great critical t vrce of , the .world. It ' criti cises from the standpoint of righteous ness and for 'this reason-he said, it, 1 something, which , all 'men,' should at-! tempt to keep thoroughly" alive for, the benefit of aoeiety In general. , w; ;. . "Sometimes,"- ho said-freligioii can be misled and abused, but la the main it is a great fore ,for grood. - The es sentials of ' rellgioavare' cooperation be tween the pulpit and the pew to -bring about candor, ' courage and ' absolute freedom." ...:vii' ?;,' :Fi$ift ? i::;t. i He concluded by saying' that the pol- pit of Israel he always been tree and It has in view the object of making religion-a great social force for right eousness in the community. On Wednesday night and Thursday morning will be celebrated the Feast of tbo Booths; better known as the-Feast of the Harvest Ths children will par ticipate In Thursday morning's service. yi,v-, 1. .y, 4.. i a nnim isiw.?. ONE PENSION ALLOWED OUT OF MANY SOUGHT Several;. Widows ; Want; Help ,Wjio .Will Not ;Aid, Them-:, 'selves;'- Peculiar Caseh; :' '? OF FIREMEN ON MERIT rfi4-:' City Will Be Divided Into Thre6 - lones; nan tttectiye y . ' January 1,- The proposed division of the city' into three separate fire sones will be mads for the purpose of apportioning- mem- bars of the fire department aocordlng to their merit and efficiency, y To each sone will be apportioned a certain num. b?r of seasonedfire fighters and less experienced ones, vin yy.v;.'y .The first sone,'. which: will Include the heart of the city In the downtown busl ness district, will-receive : the - greater proportion of 'veteran ' firemen to inex perienced ones, ' with the second sona coming next and then' the third. ?- The outlying sections of the city will have the greater portion of men being trained in ftra fighting, with enough veterans of the firat ciasa with each oompany s to lock after and lnstruct-the newer men. According to Mayor Albee, the new plan will not change ths status i or efficiency, of tho- companies In any ; of the sones. as eonsututea at present, out will, put the greater i proportion ; of trained . and veteran men in the places . The new plan will go into effect Jan uary 'I of the 'coming fyt.r, .-Ar' the men increase In efficiency,, they will be' advanced on thelry merits from' the ouiiyiog anvricia w mow xmser in,- LOS ANGELES WATCHES 0 $130,000 FIRE BURN Los Angeles, Call Oct. 11. Threaten"- ing an entire block of the-iwholeeale district and fought , by firemen frbro all of, tbo down town companies, a firs which started in a mysterious manner destroyed the building , of the' Call for tila : Macaroni, company, -,at 228, Worth Los Angeles street artd . caused a. total damage of 130,000 thia 'evening. . .. v.. v..y f?i Woodmffi Condition VerjN Grave.' . New "Tork, Oct. It-The condition' of Timothy JU Woodruff who was strick en wl th paralysis , two weeks ago, - was reported, tonight to. be Very grave. "My father is now on the verge of a grays crisis and on which perhaps will laat three or four days." said John E. Woodruff, son Of -the sick man. "We of course sincerely hope that ha will pasa sareiy ' through' this crisis." ' W.y.'. 1 '. ' ' ' i' ii i "m ii, ii,' li'vy ; Train Hits Trolley, Editor Killed. Wfstfleld, Conn.; Oct, Jl.A, New Haven train atruck an electrlo car here today and R. A. Blydenburgh, city editor of Xhe Middletown Penny Press, was killed.' Three other. passenRers were fa tally and eight less seriously injured. - Bu y one ; widow's pension waa , al lowed by Judge Qatens of the Juve nile court; and that to Mrs. Essie -Tel- lerson who will get 10 a month. ;Mra Tellefson ' has three children but " runs a rooming house-which brings her In over-125 a month. ; Tho eldest child Is approximately 1 years old and no pen aion could "bo allowed for her after, a few 'Weelw., V;,;i?vy,yy ; .;y,v ;-Vv;'V' An ' application ' made by a -.woman. who has. oared' for a stop -grandchild for 10 years, will bs snbmltted to Dis trict Attorney ' Evans. '.-Nphe child's mother is ; in. the insane- asylum . and was deserted by the father.'; The child la a grandchild if, the . applicant's hus band. ; 4 ..v-.-.W".-,-'. C'Kv ' One woman' withdrew her aoDlica-i tlon -because aha received $2000 insur- ance on account of her husband's death.. Another ; woman ; wilt bef furnished. lers, - Okla4 ; where she has relatives who-will care for her. - One nurse who is capable . of - earning,- from 13 to IS a day asked for $35 a Jmonth although she had ' but 'one boy. : Ths boy , Is in acnooi ana tne pension was; not al lowed." The law provides for butVHO ror one cniia. y .!:. i,-..-'-'?f,., r ' A woman - refused point blank to touch' flOQO Insurance money and was denied' a pension.'; Another.' earns S6 a, month and haa but one- child, attend ing' school. She1 refused -to remain at home to care, for the child. Still an other refuses to work though she Is physically able and . owns her. -owa home. She has one child. , . ; t -t :. One woman with flva children, two being boys 17 and 19 years old and able to work. Is capable of t earning from II to - $1.75 a day and her boys can . help support the family. She owns her own home, .-The pension re- ouest was denied. ' Another ' owns three rroom ?house and ,; four, tots and said she could , make : a living raising chickens which she will be allowed to do, . , She. ' also ,hasy iflOOO , insurance money, .,;;y,!;;-. -i ;'- - ;.. r.-H. V y" SULZER'S FATE SEALED," : . IS VERDICT OF: THOSE WHO HEARD THE TRIAL '''. y ,v; .;;-':, y, J. I 1 ,1" ' "'; v;, y '. " (Continued From Page One." . Ill WHAN ACT MAY BE ENFORC ED Chlfago." Oct. 11 While tho unllce to nlpht were declaring pnbllcly. tlielr be. nor m tne veracity of Henry SDoncer, opium drpnmer. who to date hua ''con fessed"- to. i won I y seven murders,, scores or rooDenes, and to firing one building, serious doubts were expressed In Inner police circles that the drug fiend had committed a jingle one of . thai crimes Jie enumerated. :,; ,y ! . , poncer: was indicted for' the murder of Mrs Mildred y Aillson-Rexroat at 1 Wayne, ill..-upon his own fonfesMion.'It was leai-nod. tonight ) that the train" by which he said he escaped from the scene of the crime left Wsyne thirty minutes before his victim arrived. In a similar rapfiloq, other statements made, by 4hs opium-;oor have ' been' found , , to" , be .falsef-'ftHvyX -a'';-'y .iK'.'yy;-, ,'-y- i;.,y.y' :: Spencer, erimlnblogists pointed tout tonight, would be ! an easy Victim of mental suggestion If the police were In- r lined to coax more "confessions' from him. Ho la a confirmed opium user and haw Hhcnt naarlv mtn third nf hia life behind prison walls. In custody of Cap- inin iiaipin ci . tne detective bureau, Spencer was ' taken on an automobile tour of the city late today, trailed by a flock' of reporters. - The scenes of .wo more recent murders were, pointed out to him and ha readily confessed to both. The known crimes 'with which Spencer has been definitely connected are petty larcenies, He was convicted of stealing clothes, from a boat house, when a boy and sent to prison. - The most daring crime wb, Ich it has been proven ho com mitted since his release from Jollet waa the theft of a purse from the proprietor of a restaurant where he worked . as a dishwasher. , vy "''... v-. .-..-. Court Revokes Injunction.That JTiedy; Hands - of Railroad )Commission;jv ;,J,: fyV4 --y.' to have fully made up his mind that he is to 'be removed. ;, , r - When the court resumes its sessions Monday afternoon, the first question to be decided -will be. whether Sulzer can be " removed ' for offenses committed prior to his assuming of floe. This in. eludes the alleged perjury In making a false affidavit and the misuse Of. tb campaign contrlbuUcuK"'yyl;.r;.;.iv,? i Then will be taken up the question of whether, .under the -'impeachment ar ticles,' the; court, can consider ihe -gover nor's ; fitness or unfitness for puouo of fice. Both of these questions will be de cided by a majority-vote.' It is only on the verdict and the sentence that a two. thirds vote' is required.' . -' There Wss much i comment today on tha staument of .senator, palmer, pro gresslve., that he would .demand- that the court call the .governor and his wife and ask them to ' make a state ment 4 before finally jyoting. v.. Palmer would not OXplain why he wanted to do this further than to say he beHeved the court was entitled to know the truth aiid ) that the governor - and his -wife had 'withheld it He added that after the verdict' Is announced, and .. the In Junction toy secrecy , ia removed, ha would have much to . say , on ' this una Most of the members of the court re mained Isolated today. All of the Judges of the court- of appeals were carefully considering the evidence. Most or them, Under the alphebetlcal method or vot Ing, .came early on the list and 'should they, vote .unanimously., either way, the effect would be. apparent on senators weU down on the list who ara wavering. A rumor that Sulaer, himself, had ad mitted that he expected removal was circulated tonight . jand hla followers were almost in a state of panic It la said that moat bt the Sulier men either have made their peace with Aetins Gov errtor Glynn or have arranged to re turn to their home towns. . ..: -. -."Ths Bulrer ' statement Ms 'locked In my safe," . saldt Judge, Herrlck tonight It will ' remain there "until the , verdict Is ; rendered. When the action of the court , is announced, I ' shall Immedi ately end niy connection" with Sulier as his -.atterneyi- 1 Then: I - shall turn "his statement 'over to him." I do not care what he does ; with '.lt.y ;;y. ;r v;y;. , ' "i i "' " " ""''';;'' ;- ; ; IT, S. Attorney for IJawaviL. AVanhington, Oct. tl. President Wil son today chose, Jefferson McCarn, of Nashville, for United States attornuv for Hawaii - J Although Circuit' Judge Cleetort yes terday revoked the temporary, injunc tion y; restraining ; the -i Stat Railroad Commission "from taking action to en force th oommlsslon ; merchant -.'act passed, by the last legislature, It la not probable that arrests will be made at once aa. no complaints have- been made againat the merchants involved. . The suit was brought by J. J. Sherod and , 31 other commission merchants in an effort to have the law declared invalid. ; y Tho decision was made In sustaining a -demurrer interposed by Attorney General Crawford, Judge Cleeton based his . action oh te fact that in their complaVnt the companies .claimed they were not '. sub ject to .the terms of the new law.- He said that If this were so, an injunction would be ' unnecessary. ' He -also took thet' stand' that' an inlunetibn inlnit officers of the law should bo handled cautiously. ' ;,'!' 'I'y'-r'n- ;,;,-;V;; ;.;,'; ' The law provides for the licensing of commission merchants and bonds to be put up by each house. It provides .that fines of t from ; $26 . to $100 may be levied againat violators of the law. It is Intended that the law shall protect the consignors against dishonest or In solvent dealers. The constitutionality of the law will be decided when ths case comes to trial. DEFICIENCY BILL IS-. PASSED BY THE HOUSE - V. ;' .rj';,V-v--..v ,'t ''' V--yj i'V -V,. fS': ;.-r'-y.,i.,-'-",J r"i: ; Amendment to Give Vice Pres ' Ideht an Automobile , Is Among Those Rejected. j CHANCE TO TEST MONEY LENDER LAY SOUGHT fi-t'syl" Deputy Ofst.; Atfy. Deich Will ;1 Prosecute . Violations if -. - Called to His Attention,'' , Washington, D.' Oct ; 11. After accepting most of the senate amend mente to the urgent deficiency appro priation bill the house tonight passed the measure' and sent it back : to ' the senate in the. hope that that body would withdraw the ' amendments which the house could not accept and pass the bill without further delay Three ten ate amendments which ' the house re jected' were for an automobile for Vice President Marshall. $7,000; a month'a additional pay for the house and ssnate employes and a commission to arrange for a Lincoln memorial bridge over the Fotomao river. ' : :y.-i.-;-.-,.,.:v. . House leaders doubt whether they can get a quorum of the house- members Monday, to whloh date adjournment was taken, so adopted the plan of submit ting the bill to the senate, rather than to a'-secona conrerenca - viy; r-;?,,5y & .'Ths vote of the house against allow ing. the vice "president an . automobile waa 111 to z5.yy'..'..-';';-:';y:;-,y,-'y;.r,l ' The senate amendment appropriating $400,000 for a home for the red cross was aocepted by the house. , , Jy- Sl-':'t .1 l ' l l . mini I 1 I V 1 !iV',ri,4' J. FRANK PORTER DIES ! SUDDENLY AT HOME iy' .,' 4 ; ' . ;.y;-v;; ,;j,,y J. Frank Porter, a real estate man, well known in Portland, with offices In the Chamber ; of ' Commerce building. died of heart failure at hias residence. 410 East Thirty-eighth, street North, at 7:80 o'clock -last night-; V aa.'t'ws&'. - Mr, Porter was stricken while In tha basement o his home polishing his shoes preparatory to going out with his wife for the evening, . Mrs.' Porter had waited several minutes for her husband to return from the basement and when he did not put in, an appearance, ' she went to investigate. . She found him lying on the cellar floor apparently life less. Dr. W, B. Laid law was called but when the physician arrived at tho house he pronounced the man dead. . ' 1 v ; Tha body was removed to the under taking parlors of Dunning St McEntee. . 'Mr. Porter1 was 50 years old, and be sides his widdw, Mrs. Elsie Porter, he. Is survived by six sons and daua-htera They are: - Frances, Emma, Ruth and uisie, daughters; ana two aorta, .Charlea and Frank. ';y;'.y-Ay.s,,,-..,y ; -y- -, , ' That tosts may be made of the act of the last legislature regulating the busi ness of loaning money or credit Deputy District Attorney Delch is anxious that any person wbo finds himself charged more than 10 per cent Interest bring the ease to his attention. . wy -. The new law provides that persons. firms, corporations, associations and all other organisations engaged In - loanlnr money or personal ' credit upon which there is directly or indirectly - charged Or received Interest discount or consid eration greater than ; 10 per cent per annum without first obtaining 'a lioense from the state banking board shall be guilty -or a - misdemeanor and punish able as such. r - -..-'- State Bank Examiner Will Wright In a letter to Mr. Deich, said that, the law la being totally disregarded. He offers all assistance In his power. ' Mr. Deich says ho Is powerless unless he. receives complaints to form a basis' for prose cution, adding that In his ODinlon any claim, for excessive interest or other con sideration cannot be collected, as under the law it becomes an illegal contract To Prosecute 8.. ,P , Suit; -r Washington. D. C. Oo't 11. Attorner- Generat McReynolds today appointed James W.vOrr," of; Atchison, Kan,-to prosecute the suit against the Southern Pacific, involving tits Central Pacific i hoidinga s ' - IBy the Internstlonal New gertlee.) ' Washington. Oct.' 11. The senate hav ing assented Its Independence and shown that currency legislation will be enact ed only when the bill la made as nearly perfect as possible, a recess or. probable adjournment may now be taken. - President Wilson, It was said today, being convinced thst his currency, pro gram cannot be carried out at. the extra session will not oppose a recess or adjournment-even to December L Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia spent ths day sounding- his colleagues. . He takes, the view 'that senators ought. to have all the time between now and November. 16, or wven December J, to study 'the ' currency- question ao that, on. equal footing with the membara of the committee, they will be able lptel llgently to discuss the subject 'when It comes before them. . . He said tonight that he found the- sentiment almoat unanimously In favor of that position. The house has been urging adjournment ever since the tariff bill was passsd. ' K Joint Besotatloa Proposed, it ' ' It Is expected that after the confer ence' upon the urgent deficiency bill is agreed to in both houses . Monday there .will" not be a. quorum of either house in Washington, r , r-y 1 The senate program Is this: t -If on Thursday, when it will meet following Monday's session, a unani mous agreement cannot be reached,' be tween now and Nov, --.II or. Dee.r 1, no business at all shall be transacted, a Joint resolution providing for aa ad journment will bo submitted to the sen ate. Notwithstanding the unanimous agreement to go on with the seamen's but,- the ; leaders think all legislation would be held In abeyance until cur rency comes to the front The resolu tion for the recess or adjournment prob ably will be adopted, but the currency committee will continue consideration of ths bill. Ths i house' people want an adjournment so they can draw mile- - age. , A recess would not give It to them. The -adjournment plan .tnereiora meeis , with favor. From ! several sources it was learned today . that tha president is reconciled .to whatever policy j tha senate leaders ...may adopv:' -::';i ' " ' y Conspiracy Xs Bomled, -- t' Thm ', delegation of Illinois country bankers "'before, the committee "today denounced as - untrue - tna ststemenis ' made by Chairman Owen that the bank ers were In a conspiracy to aeiay or defeat currency legislations This con. demnation was brought out by Senator . O'Gorman when B. F. Harris, of Cham- palgn,kwas on the atand, x ; ; Senator O'Gorman objected to the statements mads by 'Senator-Owes-oa the floor of the senate Thursday charg-inr-that the meeting of tha bankers at i . . fh. nnmniiA nf frr 111 if y the bankers views into the bill-or d featlnav it and asked M, Harrison If hs knew of, ; any consDlracy ; of such find languag strong niy respnHneniinn purpose, x y 'I cannot- unniiarh to azoress . tt(mntfL'.' .reDiieo. ju. Jiarris. f'There,!. he added, Absolutely no ground for such a chargs and ths Claim of a conspiracy ii untrue. ;:J' ' The witness admitted that he did Yicrt Ilka the bill, particularly , the compul sory . features relatlvs to ..if stock sub scrlpUons in the regional reserve banka ' The hearing waa brief,' the committee adjourning with the morning session until Monday. ...y;-::':-1-,; ...i .'.'. iy,',; ' 't :?4-- Lonlalan Lawlessaaega. y - RayvlUe, Oct 11.' Fourteen-year- , old Ivy Cunhutt, a school boy and son of a prominent man here, today Instantly killed R. H. Brown Jrn, tO years old. following a quarrel, and was afterward rescued from a crowd ofv fellow school-" mates who were bent upon lynching him. i Arrest Farmer as Dynamiter. Redding. Cat, Oct. 11. C F. Huncs- ker, a farmer near here, was arrestrO today, charged with dynamiting the home of his nolglibon A. K. Head. Wednesday night. He protested his In. nocenca : , . ; ,. - . The Hotel Multnomah ". , y ' ; . Permanent guests for the Winter can make , very; y attractive rates American or European plan. ; - For the tkrnrnercial Traveler the Hotel Multnomah offera the very largest arid best equipped sample rooms in America The Arcadian . Garden MerchantV50c Lunch.llO until 1 :30 very attractive for , ' ladies as well as gentlemen ', The Hotel llultnbmah Orchestra , ' v r Herman S. Heller, Director m C" Jv ; : -r-1 . Week Commencing October 13 , TURKISHt-WEEK Beautiful ' Girls Gorgeous Gowns Pretty Songs and 'Dances Durjng Lunch, Dinner and After the Theatreal ' another 'ADDED ATTRACTION . " V ; . . Starting Monday,. October 13 , , TEXAS TOMMY DANCERS Alliston and Trucco ; t .t ; , , Starting With Staircase Waltz, "Changing to Tango and i , Ending .With Whirling Texas Tommy i j -i- OCTOBER 20 GREATEST ATTRACTIONS EVER . . , SEEN IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND. . , ' s EDWARDS ED WARDS J , 1 , ' Texas Tommy Dancers - , '. , ' V , SUZZANE REMI French Operatic Singer ' r " SENOR,TAMUAZi: : K The Great Tenor ', , . THE FOUR iJASQUERIA SISTERS 11. C. BOWERS,' Manager '' LOUIS REYNOLDS, 'Ass'L-Mgr.