w . - ' , , . ' . . - - -- - - i. , , i . ' 1 ' . . ) Fair tonljhtr Tuesday cloudy ')..,- ; and probably y? . rain; S-E wind; humidity 95. VOL. XU. NO. 235. PORTLAND," OREGON MONDAY EVENING,BECEMBEk;8r19W-SIXTEEN PAGES. ' 1 PRESIDENT SAYS OF POLLS TO REMAIN OPEN 12 HOURS IN M CITY ELECTION HEADS DELEGATION OF SUFFRAGISTS IS HUERTA FOR PEACE finding Viv p RAILROADS MUST NOT SHIP LIQUOR TO DRY TERRITORY MM TO DANGER U NO TO DEMAND OF WOMEN CALLERS WITH INVASION SEEN BY COMMISSIONER Declines to Send Special Suf frage Message to Congress or Make Recommendation in One of Regular Messages NEVER PRESENTS PRIVATE VIEWS ON LEGISLATION Policies Must First Have Ap proval of Leaders of His Party. (United Pr Lwd Wire.) Washington, Dec. 8. Facing a big suffragist delegation. President Wilson refused today to send a special mes Mite to congress urging that women be enfranchised, lie declined also to In corporate such a recommendation In one of his regular messages. Until congress requests It, , he . added, h'e could not recommend the creation of special house committee to Investi gate the suffrage question. The suffragette conference was pic turesque. The committee marclted to the, White House In the face of an Icy wind, determined to force the president to speak. Shakes Hands and Smile. President WllHon stood in front of his Mg desk and received the committee. He appeared drawn and haggard as a result of his recent illness, but lie shook hands cordially with Dr. Anna Howard Bhaw and Mrs. Medill McCormack and smiled at the other women in the dele gation. "We have made pilgrimages to the capital every year," said Dr. Shaw, "and we always have boen reocH'cd courte ously. Yet all suffrage legislation has been buried In committee." Dr. Shaw reviewed the suffrage movement and said the advocates of equal suffrage realized the president's "liberal positions on questions affect- lnir tha rights of the people." She sug geted threo.ways he could help by a special message to congress; Dy a paragraph 1" his regular message, by using his influence to have or the house name a special suffrage com- mlttee. . Up to tta Party Leader. The president was most courteous. He said he wanted to make his posi tion perfectly plain.'' Then he explained the care ho must use In the exercise of Ms official actions as tho spokes man for the Democratic party. The president declared that when hn was governor of New Jersey he established a rule not to urge upon legislators policies which had not been consid ered by leaders of the party, and that he was following that rule at the White House. He had never presented his own private views of legislation on any subject, he said, and would not do so now. A member of the house rules committee had asked him to favor the appointment of a special suffrage committee, he explained, and said he had replied that he thought the creation of such a committee would be proper. President Wilson was so diplomatic In his refusal that tho suffragettes left the Whit House satisfied that lie would aid their cause if he got the epportunity. MRS. PANKHURST GETS L Enthusiastic Procession in Taxicabs Greets Leader at London Depot, (United Trem Lrnwcl Wire.) London, Dec. 8. At liberty on seven days' leave from prison, Mrs. Emmollne Tankhurst arrived in London at noon, was met by an enthusiastic throng of suffragettes and went at once to suf fragette headquarters, where a special suite had been prepared for her wtiere she will recuperate from her hunger and thirst strike'. Her rooms, it was announced by JlVfl. Dacre-Fox, a leading militant, would be barricaded to prevent tho police from rearresting her at the expiration of her leave. A procession of 21 taxicabs, single file, followed the militant leader from Paddlngtpn railroad station to head quarters. Each was packed with suf fragettes, cheering,, the released pris oner. For the authorities the situation promised to become an embarrassing one. ji mey oo not attempt to rearrest, . It was pointed out, their failure to act will be a confession of their helpless ness. If they do attempt one, it was generally agreed that the militants have reached a point where their resistance can hardly escape being attended by bloodshed. in having Mrs. Pankhurst arrested on her return to England from the United States, it was the consensus of opinion that Home Secretary McKenna made a mistake which he will have cause to regret deeply before the trou ble he stirred up Is over. PACKERS SAY PRICE OF 6EEF HAS BEEN CUT SEVEN A LIBERTY FROM HER PRISON CEL Omaha, lice. - 8. General Manager HOwe of Armour A Co., said the pack era have reduced beef loin and rib prices SS per cent since last year, and If, the . public i not retting- the benefit or it the retailors are- ; J- ' ' . ' . Ur (ff ,n - -i-- aai-aaa yj rn Anna NQJDKS KEPT BT DEPARTMENT HEADS y Accounfaiit Ferguson Would Have Audited Accounts. .Had There Been Any to Audit, (Bulein Bureni of Thp .Tofirnnl.) Ralem, Or., Dec. $ Need of reor ganizlng the methods of the state fish and game departments and putting them on a business basis was emphasized to day when State Accountant J. W. Fergu son reported to Governor WesA that the departments had no books to aludit. When the wrangle over the depart ments arose, the governor requested Mr. Ferguson to make a complete audit of the books and accounts o the two de partments. He went to Portland Fri day for that purpose. Today he re ported to the governor that he could make no audit because there was noth ing there to audit. He said neither de partment kept any books, but Hcnended. on vouchers to keep track of their fund. (iovernor West said the new fjh and game commission, three nictnbei's of which he will appoint this afternoon to fill the vacancies caused by the resig nations of Frank Hughes, C. F. VStone and B. K. Duncan, will meet hen) to morrow, and one of tho first actions! will be to take hold of the affairs of the fish and game departments, open a. Bet of books, and put them on a proper business basis. This morning the governor said 1 he was not prepared to say who the thitee new members of the commission-will he. Two of them will be from eastern Ore gon. George H. Kelly and M. J. Kiti ney, the alleged trouble-maker, will re main on the commission, as the gov ernor has taken no action yet to remove' Kinney. WIRELESS SAVES LIVES Nearly 200 Passengers Taken Off Unnamed Vessel in Southwest Gale, (L'ntted Press Leased Wire.) Baltimore, Md., Dee. g. Wireless dis patches received here today stated the Wtcamer Qucrnmore had rescued 197 phssengcrs from another steamer which wVi burning at sea. Vhe Quernmore sailed for Liverpool Frllaj With other vessels it caught wlnUess calls for assistance at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, and reached the burning vessel two hours later. At first it wm reported that the burning steamer was the Mallory liner Itio Orandq, but officials of the company denle ; the report. They said the HIj Urandte. did not carry-. any passengers According to the wireless, the pas senger were lowered in the lifeboats and wtire transferred to the Quernmore withoiil excitement of panto. The res cue was made 600 miles from Dia mond shoals and while a southwest gale was blowing. Rio Grande Not In Teril. ' Washington, Dee. 8. After being- or dered to igo to the assistance of the freight steamer Rio Grande, reported by wireless last night ag. on f ira at aea, the revenute cutter Seminole was re called todays on receipt ot later wireless advices that! the Rio Grande was not In need of heir There was no Imcntlon In the ' wirelesartnressagi of7Tassbrj!rer aboard the JlAo' arajrvia, , ; ; ; Dr. STATE FISH AND GAIVIE BURNING STEAMER Howard Shaw. 000 ARE MISSING BRAZOS RIVER VALLEY SINCE GREAT FLOOD Commercial Club at Bryan Can-Find. Only Half of For mer Population, Fort. Worth, Texas, Dec. 8. After counting the survivors of the flood swept Brazos river valley, the Commer cial club at Bryan, Texas, telegraphed here today that out of a population of 12.000, there were missing 6000. Civic organizations of Texas are rais ing funds and supplies today for flod sufferers. Trains were rushed to Hearne, Bryan and other towns where refugees were reported starving and without shelter or clothing. Smallpox has broken out In some places, and the receding waters have left most of the flooded district in an unsanitary condition. More than 1000 persons were still marooned today in the upper stories of their homes around Wellborn. Six white persons and four negroes were rescued there this morning from tree tops. Kooserelt in Paraguny. Asuncion, Paraguay, Dec. 8. Colonel Roosevelt arrived from Buenos Ayro yesterday and was warmly received. PENALTY Ml UP ArT TH NOKTH POLE WHY Sh7 r-VrvLa,:r Webb-Kenyon Law Is Upheld by Ruling of Judge Bean v -This Morning in the Fed eral Court. UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAW NOT APPARENT Suit Was to Compel O.-W. R. & N. to Carry Liquor to Town in Idaho. In a decision rendered this morning. United States District Judge It. S. Bean upheld the Webb-Kenyon act, relating to the interstate shipment of Intoxicat ing liquor Into dry territory, as consti tutional. The statute prohibits the ship ment of liquor from another state Into dry territory. Inasmuch as Judge Bean is the first federal Judge to make a direct ruling on the legal status of this act, the de cision, it Is pointed out, is of the ut most Importance. Since lis passage In 1910 by congiess, the Wrbb-Kenyou act has been a subject of nation wide dis cussion as the first step taken by the federal government in the regulation of the liquor traffic. Suit was filed by F. Zimmerman & Co., against the O.-W. R. & N. and the Oregon Short Line In federal court re cently, in which a mandate was asked. requiring the railroads to accept for shipment, liquors consigned from Port land to Heyburn, Idaho, dry territory. Judge Bean, In his ruling, said he de clined to compel the railroad companies to violate the Webb act because he did not believe the law Is clearly unconsti tutional. Ho Intrastate taw. The petition of the plaintiffs contend ed that state laws in Idaho do not pro hibit intrastate shipments of liquor into dry territory, and that If that state should have such a statute, it would be Invalid because it would be an unwar ranted Interference with citizenship rights. The contention was also made (Concluded on I'igo Nine, ('nlumn Three) L by mm POLICE Fear That Settlement Worker May Be Victim of Whita Slavers, (T'nlted Preae Tmi.il Wire.) New York, Dec. 8. Miss Bessie Mo Cann, 23. who disappeared from her home here last Friday, was sought to day by the New York police. She is the daughter of Robert G. McCann, a wholesale grocer. A young man acquaintance last saw. the girl in Wall street. Sh scarcely replied to his greeting. Miss McCann is a Sunday school teacher in St. Mark's Kplscopal church, KlatlniHh, and is much Interested in settlement work. Apprehension was felt concerning her sefety ns a result of recent reports that many men here are wielding needles dipped In hyosclne, a powerful drug. FOR EARLY YOUNR WOMAN SOUGH Diplomats in Mexico- City Re ported to Believe Rumors of Negotiations Between Rebel and President. VILLA HAS VIOLENT QUARREL WITH ALLY Victor at Juarez and Tierra Blanca Wants to Assume Leadership of Rebels. (By United Press Staff Correspondent) Mexico City, Doc. 8. That President Huerta and Oeneral Carranza, rebel leader, were? negotiating for peace was reported today on good authority. Di ploinats generally believed the rumors. Carranza and General Villa, it was understood, had quarreled violently. Villa even threatening to attack Car ranza's headquarters. Carranza's fol lowers weru understood to fear Villa's defection from the farranza orgnnlza lion. An early crisis seemed inevitable today. The tension was extreme. Zapatistas Marching to Capital. Zapatistas, the southern rebels, whose ferocity lias aroused among Mexicans an almost superstitious fear of them, were said to be sneaking quietly anil separately Into Mexico City in prepara tion for a sudden combined uprising. President Huerta issued an order to military commanders in the federal district to the effect that, in the event of fighting foreigners must not be mo lested. It was considered a most sig nificant order. Villa's Quarrel With Carranza. The subject of the reported quarrel between Carranza and Villa was not definitely understood here, but the lm preatrtoni prevailed that Villa, flushed by his victories at Juarez and Tierra blanca, wanted to take over the rebel lcuderslilp from Carranza or at Hny rate that ho refused to take orders from the latter. It was to the dispute between the two commanders that Villa's delay In oc cupying Chihuahua City was attributed. The federal government announced that General Castro, federal commander at Cucrnnvaca, had sallied out and de feated the Zapatistas at Trincherla and lluitzHue; that a battle was raging at last accounts at Ozumba, that the fed erals at Ameea were expecting a rebel attack, and that, in the north, federals (Oowludnd nn I'ngn Tw, Column Two) ROBBERS SMASH SHOW WINDOW; GET DIAMONDS Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 8. Robbers shattered a show window in the Burn fctein jewelry store here today and escaped with diamonds worth 12000. MANY LOS ANGELANS SEE INSIDE OF CHURCHES Los Angeles, Dec. 8. Two hundred thousand residents of Los Angeles went to church yesterday as the result of a "go to church Sunday" campaign. Xewly-Wods SoHnjj lnlnn. London, Dec. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre were sight-seeing today in London. 1'nited States Ambassador Page's residence, where they were guests, was their headquarters. They were to attend a dinner at the Authors club this evening. SHOPPING Warning Sounded by Anthony Caminetti, Head of U. S Immigration Bureau, Who Arrives in City. COOLIE UNDESIRABLE AS ECONOMIC PROPOSITION Canadian Authorities Hold the Same View; WoulriGuard Against Hookworm. ) A warning that the CnlteStates Is In danger of a Hindu immigration In vasion, similar to that of the Japanese and Chinese, unless the Hindus are mad, nn excluded class, wa sounded by An thony Cammelti, commissioner general of Immigration of- the department of labor, who reached Portland today. The commissioner general Is on an official tour of the west. Inspecting stations of the department. In addition to the Hindu question Mr. Cnmineltl is making a personal Investi gation of lh" lmnilgrntlnn phase of the dreaded disease commonly called hook worm. Hookworm, according to recent Investigations made by the bureau of immigration, is being brought into this country through the ports of the Pa clflc. Rigid medical examination and uncompromising exclusion from these shores of immigrants afflicted with tho malady has been ordered by; the com missioner. Question Ii Serious One. "The Hindu question Is most serious. said Mr. Catnlnettl, this morning, "and for economic reasons which are well known to all the people of this section of the country they nhould be kept out The Hindu coolie class is making a movement from India to other favorable claims. The Pacific coast Is one Of U'onrludd on Pap Four, Colnmn Onl IS NOT HONORED BY STATE TREASURER KAY Watson Promises to Take Le gal Steps to Force Pay ment of Advisor. (Saloni Bureau of The Jonmit.) Salem, Or., Dec. 8. State Treasurer Kay today refused to honor a state warrant for $87.50, drawn in favor of Claude Mct'olloth for services ren dered the corporation department dur ing a part of November. Corporation Commissioner Watson said he would bring a mandamus suit against Kay lo compel him to pay tho warrant as norm hm the papers can be prepared. The claim Tor Senator McCol loch's salary as legal assisliint In the cor poration department wns audited and approved lj the secretary of state's officn this morning. As anon as it was received by Commissioner Watson It was transmitted to the state treasurer, who turned it down. Acting on the advice- of Attorney General Crawford, State Treasurer Kay refused to honor the warrant on the ground that no state official or department has authority to employ special lepal counsel, for the reason that tho nttorney general is supposed to he their legal advisor. Corporation Cn'lnmissioner Watson, In a statement issued today, cites as; an Illustration of the necessity for his employment of McColloch, the case against the National Mercantile com pany, limited. He says on September! 18 lie askt'd the attorney general to In vestigate the company, as he intended to prosecute the company and Its asrents if it did not comply , with the law. lie quotes a reply from the at torney gpuiriil. saying that he knew of no way to reach the company. "Then 1 hired McColloch," says Wat son, "and " I hours after he went on tho Joi. District Attorney Evans had criminal Information filed and A. I) linker In Jail, lie knew a way to reach tliein." Hy Joint arrangement between the corporation commissioner and the in dustrial ""ReTlrirnt' commissioner, Mc Colloch has been employed ns legal as sistant for both departments at a salary of J3000 a year. E Year's Suspension Proposed by England Approved by Large Majoritv, (United Trem Leased W!r. Washington, Dec. 8. By an over whelming malorUy -th, hoit of repre sentatives today adopted the Hensley resolution approving the suggestion, made by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Chm-chitt-of England,, that th world powers suspend naval construc tion for one year. . ' - ' r - The , resolution authorled ' President Wilson ' to cooperate, in , the effort 'to persuade other nations t join the agreement.- i vlrv--;:1;-,;,..-?,..;:'.?,-': M'COLLOCH WARRANT HOUSE VOTES TO EA DIN WARSHIPS Balloting Will Begin at 8 A. M. Tomorrow and Continue Till 8 P. M. on Proposed Charter Amendments. VOTE IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 25,000 MARK Full Count May Be Ascer tained by Wednesday Morning. Voters at tomorrow's special city election will bo given 12 hours In which to register their decision on the IS proposed charter amendments that wilt be submitted to them. The polls will be opened at 8 o'clock In the morning and will be closed at 8 o'clock in tbe evening. It is anticipated that the election will be quiet and Auditor Barbur estimates ' 2i 000 t0tal POU W'U 1,01 exc'd Arrangements are fully completed, and owing to the cool weather no tents will he used at the polling places, quarters in offices, stores and garages having been selected in their stead. "Voters who are not registered under tho old registration act of 1899 but who registeied under the recently nullified registration act of 1913, cannot vote unless they are sworn in by six free holders at tho voting booth," said Auditor Rarbur today. "lOach of the 169 precincts will be provided with the proper blanks for those unregistered ones who are en. ' titled to vote and come prepared to be sworn in." The election officials in the various precincts win be given only the old reg- -istratlon books, and their Instructions are to pay no attention to the invalid 1913 registration." The ballots and ballot boxes, along with tally sheets, etc., will be delivered at the precincts early tomorrow morn ing by the police. One policeman for each precinct has been detailed by Chief of Police Clark to report at the auditor's office at 6' o'clock tomorrow morning-. l here each will be given the ballot boxes, which will be turned over to the election judges at the booths on or be fore o'clock. Should the poll run as ItgTit as antic- " lpated it is believed the full count will be in by Wednesday morning. IT A BAD T Rev, Dr, Trimble Smites New Diversion at Meeting of the Ministers. , ' "There are women 40 years old la this town who never danced a step in , their lives, but who are now taking. dancing lessons and aH because we have , " me tango wini us. A member or my ' church says she never sits down st tha v piano that her daughter doesn't begin , tangoing' around the music room." ' Rev. Delmar H. Trimble, pastor of Centcnnary M. K. church, made this. statement this morning at the weekly meeting of the Methodist Preachers' as sociation, lie declared the tango to be an insidious, seductive dance, full of evil and far reaching in Its immoral endencics. "One hundred public school teachers, ' (Concluded on rage Two. Column Two) Six Cows 10,000 Bottles and a Typewriter The world marvels at the im mensity of the Pyramids, th cost of learning the Tango, and the construction of the Panama Canal, but no praise or sympa- -thy is given six worthy cows here in Portland. These six cows, judging from a Journal Want Ad yesterday, have beerf' successful in filling 10,000 bot tles with rich, lactic fluid every day. With the six cows and a' piece of tin, an energetic man could start a flourishing con densed milk business. Some other tmusual facts ap peared in the Want Ads yester day. A city man is tired tof cosmopolitan life, board , bills and indigestion; he seeks th simple life of the farm. , As s start, he offers to trade a type writer for a cow. - . v The saddest thing, though; U Ed's invitafionNto spend thrnt mas in a cabin in Mt. Scott and the needs of an , affectionate woman who ' lost her first bus 1janI by "death, J ; v v 'Dry yo'ur tears, friends. It Is all in the day's work and The Journal Want Ads. t '- PASTOR SCORES TANGO DANCE DECLARING HAS ENDENCY f