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. y - i . : ' ' .;: -----1 - TEHFuiATUHES TC Boston, 6. a, Wh'ton . IT. Orleans ., New York Chicago St. aol .SiWnrn.iwid, ' .fet Homue , '; ' i4 ol '.':,''."' .60 .Han Jk'ran. ' .68 Hoiaburg 1 .Rain, tonight or Wednesday; with soutbeily, winda. - -: . . , ,3 t . . . .4 .;. i ,.ti Xan. City .u bposane Portland humidity, e a. m. vol. xii. ; no; 188. PORTLAND. ' OREdON. . TUESDAY " EVENING, OCTOBER, 14, 1913 TWENTY-SIX PAGES.' , : PRICE TWO CENTS. , ff; iHicnT.vn.'io prn KM! . a SAYS HE KILLED VICTIM WITH PARASOL' IliiiSLF.tilfflOI BY LATEST MOVE SULZER IS HALTED BY SERIOUS F NO ONE IS WISER 5 t s ' 4 mmm PYTHIAN OFFICERS REPORT ORDER IS IN GOOD CONDITION DOCK BONDS CASE PASSED UPON BUI Confessed Slayer Relates De tails pf Crime to Police and ' District v Attorney . . Without Any Show, of Remorse. . SLAYER SAYS ANOTHER ' -MAN IS ACCOMPLICE Authorities Believe Wilkins Had No Assistance;. Not Sat-' Isf ed With Story: Uoyd H Wilkins, confessed murderer of; Lou' 1 , Winters, real estate dealer and; professional musician. Who was , found at Milwaukje and . Boise streets r ', jarly Sunday morning' with his bead , ( crushed in, ( was arrested at J:45 this . - , mornJn'gkln !th railroads yards at-Van ' , couver. Wash., as he was making prep- -t aretion to leave-for the -east. - .. Brought to Portland following '.the I arrest, at police-station, first to the fitrflvc"Birt tmier Clark anT later to Walter ILs Evans, district attorney, he ' ' made, a confession, complete enough to J clear-up allifhe details or tne mystery, i although the weapon used in inflicting ) the wounds was not identified. - -1 ' Winters was murdered, declared hi ' ' slayer, because he would not tell where Wilkins', wlf was In hiding.- Theories of the detectives. in regard to the case turned ouf toiba correct in every detail X " ' Neither , boosting or , the crime '.nor r . holding back kny of Us details; W11klti 1 related the details as calmly as if Jis- ' 'cussing an etery day "occurrence. ' v. He ' did not ' even fllrtch 1 or change- color when taken to the morgue to view the body of his, victim. . .v"' '. Feeling xhei spot . in the head made soft .by. tha tremendous blow and the , wound over the right ear through wnicn ; the brain was visible. Wilkins did not betray ,th -least 'emotion. He seemed surprised that t the force of the blows ' , . be had used had made such Injuries. A woman's parasol, found In his room (Continued -n Pag e. Twa) Strjaelciif CrasheVlitfo tUk .t; chtnbj SDfffcial's j Knee 4s ' Wrepched and Face" Cut. - Whert a Rose City Park car crashed inta an'a'utomoblls jst-Twelfth and East - Dsyls, stretp tijis irtorniiig, Superintend-. t ent L. R. Alderman! Of the city; schools c was, cut' by.Jlylng class, and Mrs. F. S. Myers.'Vlfe of .Ppsjimaster Myers, was Knocked, from her seat In the automo bile. Two representatives of The Joiir nal.1 Marehail, Dana and C, 8. Wood- " ruff, also, in the automobile, were un . .hurt, 'V.?vi;i;;, ft oV.) ?f'i i .iy-.i'v.' Superintendent Alderman was driving . the automobile, the -party' being bound . for.'Arleta. The streetcar knocked the fender from .the auto, demolished the windshield, damaged: the radiator and bent one of the axles. Mr. Alderman, whose Knee was wrenched, did not con- ! tlnu'e the trip, but the other, men and Mrs, Myers went on ;by" streetear Mrs. Myers! eyeglasses were broken.- - , An apartment bouse close to the curb, c together with wood piled high, prevented '-occupants, of 'the machine; from noting the approach of the street ar. No gong was- heard. 1 The motprman. as the car started across - the Intersection of East Twelfth 'and Davis was looking south - down Davis street; the auto was coming "from tho north- . -', One of the occupants of the automo bile said the niotorman did not look around until, the auo. was . within a few ' feet of ; the - ci. The auto was swung around-with. 'the force of the Impact fend sent catapulting backward cross the curb and against the fence at the southwest corner of the street. "I threw off the power and applied the brakes with all my strength," said Superintendent Alderman, "but the auto mobile could .not be stopped in time. : I expected the inotorman to stop,. but he did noti'.-. f-J-'vA f. " -' ' The - car was a It 1 4 "model " that had recently . been; bought, by the school board. WRECKED! AEROPLANE , : : ; FOUND ON HACKENSACK , Jersey Clty.f N.'Ji. Oct. 14,An aero plane, believed to ; be that of Albert Jewell, the ; aviator -who started early t yesterday to fly from Hempstead Plain, L, I., to Statert Island and never reached his destination, was- seen floating today In the Hackensack rtVer. CommunlpaW reserves arv investigating. 1 . ..'. ; 3llTREM0RSFELT in vy:.: . ; PANAMA IN TWO WEEKS ;-v'.V-- , Panama,' --Oct,-; 1 4'. Thirty-one earth .'quake tremors-havs ; been registered' by the Ancon seismograph within the last two .weeks, .the latest according to re porta i received ihere, this afternoon, oc ' curing in I-os' Santos province Satur day night. The vibrations have-extended as fas as Panama City. Women Iiumed ln Sanitarium.' v s-' Baltimore. "Md.. Clct J4. Two women . were burned to death" and four seriously injured In a flro which destroyed the ' Knglcwood sanitarium at Uovans early today. " f , " " i (ff t- , v - V;": ;: HI t - ' ' ' . : x I r . ( .' x -" t(: , I ' v, ' , I - - Si j ' ' , - ' ' ' ' ' . " X N 1 1 AnACKEDONGROUNDS (f: ' V OFCONSTITUTIONALITY '." : j Majifacturer.Alleges I Imltd-liAn Art": lAZMvion'eV tiw Infringes" RlgStsi. 4 " ; First-i-Women employed in Portland factories shall not work II I .1 , w m n, m.-mw mora tha-hours In a day or 6 hours In a week, or receive : less thrfn $. a week. Effective November 10. Attacked by Frank Stettler,- paper box manufacturer, in suit for permanent Injunction, Second Minors - less than- 1 In - all employments shall : not work more than S hours and 10 minutes a ' day ' or. SO hours a week, -or Work after 6 n. m. ahv day. 'Experienced, workers must . not receive less than ft. a day. Became effective October i. Has state-wide - effect. Ruling as to minor ; apprentices yet to be ninde. '-'-7;, . ' -,.. -Third -Wwrnett. emoloved In i mercantlle j,, stores; of Portland anau not wor ovr s nours and :20 mluHi alajt dr more than 60 ; hours ; . (-eK'Qr . receive less . than f 9,5 a,- week; or work sfter f p, u.-i on any day. Becomes .Effective November IS. ' The .Industrial ..Welfare com. .mission has given , notice that where experienced minors work with adults - permits may be granted allowing them tp wprk 9 hours a day, . .. r ! Frank Stettler, a. Tpaper 'box manufac turer, wh9 employs J42' women, yester day afternoon filed a bill of .comolaint attacking' the Constitutionality of the mmimum. wage act, and asking an in junction forbidding the enforcement "of the ruling under it which requires him to pay women not less than 18.64 a week.' tattler chose this avenue to protest against the 'Wage h is required .under the ruling to pay. He makes no com plaint against the hours, of work pre scribed, namely, nine hours a day and 54 hours a week. - T. ' , ; The petition "for permanent injunction amounts in effect to a protest that his (Continued on Page Seven.) ' DEFENDED BYj OWEN Senator Tells :Academy of IOr litical Scienoe About the ' Federal Reserve Plan,J i ' i (United rreaa Uaaed Wlr. 1 New York,: Octn'14. Senator Owen, Who, with Congressman Glass, framed the pending currency bill, defended the measure today- In a srjeech before the Academy of Political Science. ',;a'ji The .members of . the federal reserve board created by it; ho said, ought to be just as- efficient men and to command as much respect as tne Judges , of th federal supreme court ' .Replying to a question from some one in the audience, he ' said ' no suggestion had been made that the members of the board be ap pointed for llfe.j.-rri't'.y f;.'!),,4:;.i ' In fact, ho added, no was opposed to such a plan because the members ''might live too long." OJid lose value with age. He favored tterms of from 8 to II years. congresninan uiass was aiso scneauied to speak but cancelled his engagement YUM'; :t " (i.!,''.-v i LloytJ H. AVUklns and ! his wife; Mrs. ; ' Helma AVUklns, whose disappear . ance caused husbajid-, to commit li mordnr. r ' ' " ' PROFIT BY BUILDING ' 7y 1 . Labcrrer-r-as ;We1h"asrBusIness e 'yVou !d AH Share, ' . t Effort. t - has been made to find any good, cause for; opposing the interstate bridge bonds whlcW the people are asked to approve November 4. The span which Is to bring Portland and southwestern Washington , closer together affects many Interests. No opposition has been; found, but,' on. the- contrary, cor dial ." support.- Here$ are ' some of the reasons found for' supporting the cam paign: Transportation Continuous passage oVer tmY "bridge "will 'substitute "the crossing of ; the river : each 40 minutes by a ferry boat .already Inadequate -for traffic demands, though; put into serv ice but, two years', iso. .-, Anticipating that Multnomah; county1: will follow Clarke county's - examplev and approve tapping not only Clarke-county but all of! southwestern ..Washington are pro jected. This would Involve an expend iture - of many, million of dollars and give nulck' communication between one of the largest "and richest producing districts- of Washington, ' Including Clarke, Cowllta, Lewis, Pacific, 'Wahki akum and Bkamania ; counties. ; Two state roads in Clarke county are to be (Continued On page Nine.) PORTLAND' HUNTERS GET I BIG GAME AT FLATHEAD ; Spokane, t Wash'., Oct.. 1 4. With four elk and two grlssly ; bears,' Thomas D. Honeynian,v hardware man; E. R. Eld redge, i sales mahager , United Sutes Steel P(ducts companj-, both of Port land; A. T. De Forest, vice president of the latter company, San Franoisco; Johr Lee Jr.t president Pacific Oil company San Francisco; 1 M. J. Costello, asetstam traffic ; manager Great Northern,,, To- coma; Percy T.; Powell and Roy R. Gill, Spokane business men, returned , last night from a hunting trip to the head of Flathead river, . Montana. The 'party took 80 pack horses and hunted in four EVERY CLASS WOULD MTFRQTSTP muiuiniL. Failure io State Acts Commit- ' ted While Governor-Was in ; . Office May Overturn Entire Proceedings at Albany.- PROSECUTION t OFFERS ! 1Q REOPEN WHOLE CASE SulzerV-Attoriiey Calls It a riea in Bankruptcy,7; bays Case .HasJFalleh .Down. 1 ' ' (t'sited PrcMt leased Wlra.) 'Albany. N. y Oct, 14. Joy reigned In Governor William Suiter's camp today. Discovery of a serious flaw In tht arti cles of impeachment against 'him means his salvation, his friends were declaring. It was admitted that the assembly, can and probably will be called together -to correct the erroi. but It was asserted of course only by the Sulzeritoa that the prosecution's plans have been so ser iously upset ,by the latest development as to render a' conviction highly Im probable. ' " It was hopeless for the prosecution to try to , hide its realisation of the dilemma in- which it found itself and the lawyers hardly attempted it. ' Attorney Stanchfleld even offered to re-open v the entire etise and to1 permit Sulaer to tell hla own' -story from the witness stand or to ' introduce testi mony In, rebuttal of the evidence given by Duncan W. Peck and Henry Morgan tnau. who -testified that the governor tried to get them to suppress evidence against him,' if In return he would con sent to such an amendment to the arti cles of impeachment as would, put the prosecution's case on a firmer-basis. ;f t Tlaa la Banknuptej.1'' ; All he got in return for his offer was a leering: characterisation of 'his propo sition from Attorney Louis Marshall of the defense, ae a "plea in bankruptcy. The prosecution, Marshall declared, had "fallen on Its owa weight," v The Impeachment articles charge Bul ser with a number -of offenses alleged to havei been - committed before ho aa sumed the governorship, but lawyers said it was a foregone ' Conclusion the judges of the court" of appeals would vote against a conviction for anything but -his i . official' acta, ft'and was) deemed ulilikely thst a7niajdrfty ; Of the other members ,of the -Impeachment ouldQtilt -.tu -againet '"the- tinitbd . ':.. Only One OhargcKeft. the onlif charge of official mlseoa duct is that the governor: tried. to sup press ,tne restimo.ny oi, t reaericK ic uoi well. Louis A. 8arecky and Melville B. Fuller at the original investigation, by a legislative committee, of the charges against him. . , - - - The prosecution, as a matter of fact, introduced evidence at Jie trial to show that he did try to suppress, the evidence of Duncan W. Peck and Henry Morgan thau but If entirely omitted to support its. charge concerning Col well, Sarecky and Fuller, t -r , ? : :. . " 'It was not until late yesterday, that tha judges of the court of appeals,' who (Continued on Page Twenty-One..) A "' " ' ' . 1 !' J : ! ... . . - . ' Progress During Past Year De clared ,to Be Highly": Satis J factory; Growth Has , Beeri ' Substantial; , Finances. ; SUPREME LODGE MAY ' ' ' COME HERE IN' 1916 Feature of : Afternoon Meeting Is Reception to Supreme Keeper; of Records. r: , 7 ' S, Approximately 8B0 delegates and vis iting lodge official : crowded . the Knights of Pythias hall. Tenth and Al der , streets, .- this .; forenoon When the thirty-second annual convention of the grand lodge knights of Pythias of the domain of Oregon was ' called to order by Grand Chancellor J. H. Qwinn of Pendleton. ( 7 .; : -'-.' n 7-i ' ',7 ;- ' - At. the: same- time the twentieth an- nual rand lodge, conventtonof Tythlan sisters convened in , the - women of Woodcraft nalL Tenth and Taylor, with Grand .Chief .Mrs. Hannah Vincent, of St. ; Johns, presiding. Both conventions will adjourn tomorrow evening."; -7 The feature of the Knight's, session today was the reading of annual re ports of the grand officers, an ad dress of welcome by Gus C, Moser, of Portland on behalf of tha local lodges of the order, and a recommendation .by Grand Chancellor Gwinn that no effort be spared by the Oregon lodges i to (Continued on Page Flve.1 Episcopalians Deplore Lack of ; It. as. Cause.for Decline l,-.'.v t. v V lf f -' f7 Kw7irorMVOct. 14. Lack of religious edueatleii7:aitiie publia , schools 7 was dplod tMy by Ptfhops iGkeec o New4 Jork and Taylor of Tennessee before a olnt Taesslon' df the houses of bishops and deputies a the triennial contention of the Protestant Episcopal church. ' It was to' the absence of such, early instruction tnat may aunourea me present "decline In Christian morality.' . The joint session was held in the un finished Cathedral , of SU- John the, Di vine, with 26,000 In attendance. ; ' The house of deputies was expected to take up at Its next session the memorial submitted by the women's auxiliaries of the board of missions for representation in the House. The auxiliaries1 adopted the memorial unanimously. They asked that one of the eight delegates from each diocese be a woman. 7 SECURE CAGC RELIGIOUS TRAINING , IN SCHOOLS DESIRED Opinion From ' Supreme 'Court Docs Not Touch Upon Merits of the Case -in- Any Par ticular. DEMURRER SUSTAINED; MANDAMUS QUASHED Attorneys Fail to Make-Boper Showing and New Action Is Now , Necessary, (Salen Bureau of Tb Jonru.) ' -Salem,' Or. Oct, v 14. Without touch ing upon the merits of the point at Is sue, the supreme Court today sustained the demurrer and quashed the alterna tive writ of mandamus directed against Mayor H. It. Aibee and Auditor A. L. Barbur in the Portland dock bonds case. The writ was quashed on the . ground that no showing was. made as to whether the issue of bonds In question would exceed the legal limit of indebtedness that may be Incurred by the city. . ' 'This sort of an opinion ia due to the failure of the attorneys in the case to make, a proper showing before the court that would enable It o go into the mer its of the question as to who under the new city charter, has authority to issue the public dock bono. ,-. . "The alternative writ does not statt that by executing the' bond to the plain- tiff, Teal the debt of the city will not be increased beyond -the-limit prescribed, and this being so the facts, stated are not sufficient to constitute a causa of action," says the opinion, which, was written by Justice Moore, i ii.&'ZZ.x. Was rrlendly Bait. ' The suit was brought by tha city of Portland and Henry Teal to compel the mayors and -city auditor, to sign -an Is sue of dock bonds' approved by the city council, v a'he mayor, and - auditor- re fused.' on i the ground', that they were without authority to sign and deliver the obligation. . ry--. . As the proceeding was a friendly suit It will now be necessary to bring, a new action - and . go through - the proceedings again before .the question as to who has authority to, issue the remaining portion of the 12,600,000 puqllo dock bonds can be determined.-)--'.' . ' . M The question at Issue ! f involved In the interpretation 'of sections y and', f of the com mission form char ter, v The supreme ourt Based Us oprnion today. 'on -th- clause of section ..'Provided, that the bonded Indebted- nesa of the city -or .Portland shall at no time exceed the amount authorised under the provisions of section 8S of tne cnarier or .isua. - ' Isvea , e - Cent .: Xdialt. Section 88, ef -the Charter -of UOi provides" that no. Indebtedness for the acquisition - of any -; public utility shall be Incurred,' which, together with the existing bonded indebtedness of , th city, shall f exceed at any one time ' per cent of .tbe asssssed value of the real and personal property in the city. A ' further provision : says that if - the Interest and V principal - for ; such . In v (Continued on Page '. Eleven.) Washington Will Not Recog nize Any President Elected,' Under ' Present . Conditions But He Can't Back Down. - CANNOT FREE: DEPUTIES V, AND KEEP HOLD ON ARMY Present Position Untenable and World Believes Dictator Is Blocked Completely.-, '(Cnlted pkm rsaMd IVire.t Vera Crui, Mexico, Oct. 14. rrovla ional President Huerta's advisors were more worried today concerning Mexico's foreign 'relations 'than ovee . internal conditions, according; ' to. information' frora7the..capttatv;!7-.1; -7,,;.p. ) ,: 1 s ; News; that Washington will not rec ognise' any president elected under the present dictatorship had vced lluert$ in an awkward position it .was sati " For the sake of his prestige with the army he could not recede from his latest step. To prevent his own official acls from causing him. trouble it was neces- sary for ' him to Control the election. And yet it was conceded that unless h can secure recognition either for him self or for someone he can control, his situation will becQme Impossible soon; Funds, it was said, absolutely must: b had t run the . government . ami; though he did succeed in obtaining a temporary supply, it waa admitted that it is not likely more wiU be obtainable except with : the . Washington admlnie tration's sanction. ' . t The arrival of tha-Amerlean cruise Tacoma, and information that the Ger man cruiser Bertha was on its way t4 patrol Mexican; waters did not mend mattera . Mexicans- were beginning to resent this surveillance bitterly, and it embarrassed the HuerU regime. ' t The cutcome of the conference said to be 'scheduled today between Presi dent Wilson and his cabinet' was said" to be anxiously awaited at the national palace In' Mexico City. The capital Itself was reported , quiet ; but strongly patrolled by troops, wltn Huerta under a heavy guard. T,he dep4 utles hs liad arrested for,' insisting oii an: investigation of. the- dlspappearance Of Senator Domlnguex, for which Huertu was believed to be responsible, re tnalnud in prison, but so far as could be learned were being welt eared for. ..Nothing ..could' ba. -learned at -the-' American consulate,, here concerning the plans 'of Emissary John Lind, who, ,!.': (Continued on Page .' Eleven 1 '. - SUPREME COURT IN Decision Awarding Hin $60, ; 000 Verdict 'Against . Mor- : ris Brothers Sustained, - 8ales Buread of The joarnaLt : Salem, Or.,, Oct. ;14.The -decision of Judge Kavanaugh -of the Multnomah county circuit court, awarding W. IT. Hurlburt a verdict against , James M. -iorrls and Fred S. Morris, partners do ing business . ae Morris Brothers, for practloally 1 40,000 for stock of the Ore gon Water Power, ft Railway company. owned by the plaintiff but sold by the defendants, was affirmed today, by the supreme court:-;: ;.-7t:-:;'"''- f'":' Hurlburt was employed by Morris Brothers as manager of. the ' Oregon Water Power eV Railway company and was given 1000 shares of the company s stock as additional compensation other than his salary for his services. Later. when negotiations - were under way to - sell ' the company, Morris Brothers se cured possession of the stock and sold it for $65 , a- share and then - rejected ' (Continued on Page Twaj Something for - Every Member ' ; of the Family . rvf, i ":' - v''-ir'-: r"7 ? y ThU is the charm of Tho Journal's Woman's l'airi. l'ur ' poself intended ' to - interest -'. maid and matron it is not lack ing In its approl to men. . Every one can find much of profit In Edn AVoolej's chats i on every day affairs, while Paul West's series, "In Our i School," holds humor lor all .Thornton Burjreas is making fast friends of tiie boys nnd girls with his "Little ' Stories for Bedtime," - g is 7 Anne Bunner with her fvilry -tales. ' ' &m;v- :7 " Jessie Roberts always says something; of value for girls -and young women. V V..'1' it-,"' - f i. ..v.;-' ' --' - ; ' lillian Younsc's fashion . rhaU, Vella Winner's shopj.-ln-; notes, anil Abigail Mr, (f health . and . benufjr. lal'.H n ! strike n ioiwI(ir I j t'lioni. ' - The 'Woman's HRLBURT'S AV on the advice of his hyldiU;V'''V---, or five feet of snow. "f ,..