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SAYS HE KILLED VICTIM WITH PARASOL'
IliiiSLF.tilfflOI
BY LATEST MOVE
SULZER IS HALTED
BY SERIOUS F
NO ONE IS WISER
5 t
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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
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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
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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 "
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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 ,..