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I HI) FOR I). ORECON'. TIirUKDAV. .lAXTAKY '27). 1917
NO. ili1
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JAPANESE FACE
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SCULPTOR MAKES DEATH MASK OF DEWEY;WHAT ARE WE
IN "LEAK" INQUIRY
! 10 00 WITH
QUIZZED BY
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CRUSADER
SPANEL
CABINET CRISIS
OVERMINISTRY
COLONELBUTLER
KILLED HIS WIF
OUR LD MEN?
& S j k 1 ,!KJyf vATTftftf Jpir,W,
Five Hundred Women of the San
Francisco Underworld "Harvest of
Wild Oats" Crop Invade Church
andsk Preacher Who Leads Cru-
sade Against Them What He Is Go
inn to Do With Them Poverty the
Reason of Their Occupation.
SAX FltAXCISCO, Jim. 2.".
Nearly 50 women of the umU'nvorlil
invaded the Cent nil MdliutlUt Kn
eopul eliureli of Hcv. I'uul Smith to
day to find out what lie intended to
do with them in his vice-crusade.
For thirty minutes lfev. Smith stood
the target of questions resolving
themselves into "what are you going
to do about it 7" and then the women
reluctantly trailed out of the church
doors they had not passed through
for .veal's before.
A bit pale, Hcv. Smith opened the
meeting after two policemen had been
stationed nt the doors and men hangers-on
from the red liyht district had
been ordered from the auditorium.
Is n Mn ii I'l'olilcin,
''I mn not in n crusade against you
women or commercialized vice in San
Fr.ciseo' Kcv. Smith said. No
person in the world base more sym
pathy for you K'rls than I have. The
problem of commercialized vice is a
man problem. Men are making the
money out of it. I am willing to be
of assistance to any woman in the
vorld who is in trouble.
"I don't know your purpose in coin
ing here. 1 urn willing to hear you.
Uut I must limit the meeting to thirty
minutes.
Mrs. It. M. Gamble, who led t'.ie
women, took the pulpit beside lie v.
Smith.
"I have operated a house of prosti
tution fur eight years and have stud
ied the problem," she said. She was
ilrcssed modestly and appeared to be
lujdily educated.
Tbo Woman's Side.
"I want to ask first how many of
tlie women in your church would ac
cent us into their homes even to
work? You would east us out
wlujf to.' There isn't one among
here who would not ipiil this life for
decent work. T.Snt we won't ipiit for
a wage of $(! or :8 a week. A pair
of shoos, nowadays, costs $10.
"Kvcrv woman here has at least
one child. We are against si reel -walking
and the lives we lead as well j
as you. Hut what are you going to
ilo about it ?
"I know. I have conducted a house
for rilit years. have been in hos
pitals and institutions and have seen
llic blind and the defectives. 1 know
what caused their conditions.
"1 am a mother of a girl of I I. An
other girl in my house is the mother
of four.
11i.1iiiL.mi lVi.iwlicr.
f "She was sick. She wrote to
her
brother, a Methodist preach
help. He answered, 'trust
for
Hie
l.onl.'
''These women before you arc
products of men of shame who buy
them. You say 'I don't want thc-c
"mi' around my church. My church
must he pure.'
That is not what Christ said to the
Hagdalene.
''You and your people say 'our bo
ist sow their wild oats.' All right,
a see before vou the harvest of
se 'oats.' "
he said church women should ipiit
siliing and rear their sons so they
'hi not debauch women.
This is the saddest moment of ni.v
(Continued on Page Six.)
k MALAYS KILLED M
BALI BY QUAKE
I'NDOX, Jan. 25. Flftv natives
killed and two hundred otheis
Injured in an earthquake on the
I d of Kali, In the Malay archi-
ko, accordlne to a disnatch from
Amsterdam to the Central News.
x'"re than a thousand houses and
'aitorles ami the native temples were
'lostmved. 'The governor's pala e
serlonslv damaied.
, i-t - , p
Sherman T.. Whipple, shown hen-.
lias been picked to conduct the house
committee's iiu(tiry into the alleged
"leak" of tlie president's peace note
into Wall street. He i a famous I rial
lawyer of oston.
I1ICKN10, .Ian. 2T,. (treat reserve
was muiutaiiied in offtiial i-ireles in
regard to President Wilson's speech,
which came as a surprise following
Ills first note, to which tiie federal
council gave Its support.
The Uennallopliilo newspaper, the
Zurich Post, welcomes President
Wilson's views on the freedom of the
seas, but rejects his conception on
tlie question of nationalities and ter
ritorial settlement. It holds that,
these questions must he lert to the
belligerents to settle ill proportion to
their sacrifices.
Tlie Zurish Nachrichten, also Ger
luauophile, scores the president for
what it terms meddling in affairs in
which lie has no concern. The Nachri
chten says:
"President Wilson violated the
spirit of the .Monroe doctrine tn prc
t'jndillg to meddle with Kllropeau con
cerns, tlie more so as lie is totally
Ignorant of tlie principles and basis
or Kniopean stales, their history and
Iheir development."
The P.asler Nachriihten says tlie
tone of the speech suggests . the
prophesies of Isiall. .Nevertheless it
considers that President Wilson's de
clarations union nt t" an engagement
ih:ii ihev tin mI v American interven
tion in Hie event of the neutrality of
another country being violated,
PKNhl.KTOX. ore
Railroad trains are i
at Pendleton grade
Jan. :".
be protected
o.sings f :oii!
urording to
speeding automobile
a resolution adopted lat niuht liy the
city council. The nature of tlie pro
tection was not determined upon.
"There i mire danirer at crossings
to trains than to automobiles." paid
Councilman Talor. -Machines shoot
nt .Ml miles an hour while the
trains roll through the street
without endangering tnil'lie.'
slowly
EX-BANDIT EVANS
I()1;TI.AN!. or" . .hi". ;v -Chris j
Kvans. vear, aao U ad r the E-.-
Sonntns Calilorniu nulla.-.
,-,n .jltod to i;,- poor farm
here Monday, did not remain a
l.lir I
chai se Ions. It If am
as his mmi. .l-e, '
residini; n'-ai- li-i-'
removed to a !'Hli:a
read o( hi -oiuiiii'i tu
naners vr.lr.rM.i-.
:;o n I'M.a'-
a ranch
had his fa'1"'
; f-nim as ii
.Mi! it! t:i- 1H v. -
.;!.! and is ' I
1
Mikado Dissolves Parliament Follow
ing Objections to Premier At
tempt Made to Assassinate Ozaki,
Former Minister of Justice and tlie
Leader of Constitutional Party.
TOKtO, Jan. 2G. Tho emperor
has dissolved the house of represen
tatives. ,
liy the drastic step of dissolution,
Premier lleronclii dramatically ended
the existence of the house of repre
sentatives before even an opportun
ity was s;ivcn for a vote of lack of
confidence in the ministry. Con
fronted with the certainty of an ad
verse vide, Premier Teraiichi said the
situation involved the prosperity of
the empire mid declared that wliilc he
maintained the confidence of Kni
peror Voshihito. he could not accept
tlie veidii-t of the house. Kleetions
to the new hoiiM' of representatives
probably will be held ill April or Hay.
Attempt to Assassinate.
TOKIO, Jan. 25. An attempt was
made to assassinate Yuklo Ozaki, for
mer minister ot justice and leader of
the constitutional party, whitu no
was addressing; a mass nieetins called
to demand tho resignation of tlie
cabinet.
While M. Ozaki was speaking two
men armed with short swords sprung
cn the platform and tried to stall j
him. They were overpowered and ar
rested. Two other men then tried to j
assault the former minister ,and ware!
severely henten by the audience. V. j
uraKi demanded mat l'reinier Terau
ch; resign, on tho ground that hio
administration was unconstitutional.
A heavy police guard is in attendance,
for today's session of the diet.
Vislind I nitwt Slates.
Yuklo Ozaki was formerly mayor
of Toklo. lie visited tlie United
Slates in 1910 and a dinner was
given in his honor nt Washington by
President Taft. Ho became minister
of justice In tlie Okunia cabinet In
1014.
A political crisis developed at the
oi.eiilng of the diet on Tuesday. Tl'O
chief reason was the appointment of
.Field Marshal Count Terntichi as pre
mier by the emperor last October.
This appointment was a surprise both
in and out of Japan and was criticised
unfavorably hy Japanese political
leaders, who contended tlie premier
did not command public support,
He j
is regarded as a representative of the
radical militarist, faction in Japan, al
though in an interview with the As
sociated Press shortly after his ap
pointment he disavowed any policies
of aggression. Japanese newspapers
said the premier did not command a
majority in parliament and predict
ed that the outcome would be disso
lution of the house and a new elec-
;,io"
SUPERDREADN AUGHT
MISSISSIPPI LAUNCHED
XKWPOIJT NKWS. Ya.. Jan. L'l.
The siiperdieadna light Mississippi .
ua- -ueee-sfully launched today in j
the presence of Secretary Daniels, j
ol her di.-lingui.-hcd visitor- and more j
than I.'i.lHIlt spectators.
X. Coleman, a lumberman of Ta-j Ibis way.
coma, is In Medford looking over the An amendment proposing a social
saw mill and box factory situation. 1 1st and trade unionist organization, to
He may decide to locate here and ' be confined to the allied powers, was
engage in that line of business, 'adopted.
5& JkMmm-
.icnii
men 111
.11111' till
1,t ( tel II I
Accused Murderer of Mrs. Spanell ,
and Colonel Butler Testifies That i
the Shot Which Caused Wife's j
Death Was Fired by Army Officer, I
i
for Whose Death He Is Also Held, j
SAN ANV.KI.O. Tex., .Ian. i"..
Harry .1. Spanell, letifin-- in his
dial in connection willt t lit1 killing of
his wife al Aliine, Tex., lad July,
this afternoon declared that the shot
which caused .Mrs. Spuni'll's death
was fired by Lieutenant Colonel M.
('. Under, for whose dealh Spanell is
iiIm. held.': V
Coliuie! I'ntlcr forced his atten
tions on Mrs. Spnlicll from the time
In? arrived in Alpine and ''seemed to
lie everywhere we were," Spanell tes
tified, lie added:
"lie aked to be )oruiittcd to iio
automobile riiliiiy with us, anil when
I invited him he always wanted to sit
in the back scut with Mr-. Spanell."
Spanell said that on the cven.ini; of
the sli'iutine, he saw lltitler come out
of his ( Mutter's ) room in the hotel on
crated by Spanell and e.o down.-tnirs
and that he then found Mrs. Spuucll
in ltutler's room, badly frighleuod. lie
said Mrs. Spanell told him something
had happened, adding:, "don't ask me
now. I'll tell you later."
lie said Mrs. liutler was out of the
room at the !imi
XKW YORK, .lull. 2ii.-Stoek ex
change brokers v ho havs been re
quested by the rules committee of the
house investigating the alleged leak
duce records of tlie transactions of
their customers, are promptly res
ponding! it was announced today by
Sherman Whipple, counsel for the
committee.
Mr. Whipple and Chairman Henry
did nt go to Washington with the
rest of the committee yesterday, and
today were busy with the committee's
expert accountants preparing for the
resumption of the inquiry here Mon
day or Tuesday. Mr. Whipple said
he expected that" it would now be
possible to complete the inquiry in
New York next week.
10 CONTINUE WAR
.MAXCHKSTGR, Kngland, Jan. 2T.
The labor conference t his after
noon rejected hy a vote of more than
three to one a resolution favoring the
i immediate offer of peace proposals.
I The conference defeated a motion
proposing an International congress
of socialists to he held simultane
ously with the peace conference.
Some of the delegates ;aid it would
bo impossible for socialists from the
entente nations to meet Cernians in
SWITZERLAND DEFENDING MOUNTAIN
ebal-e
hlie 11
Iliolitil uill ImtlcM
attempt to i-trihc
unid in:
at I" I a li
t, Tit ; i
VP'
r.4 ,
1'. S. .1. Ihmlmr. noted sctilplor, mid a dcntli nm-U of Atlinhiil Ih'wcv
lit' lias jut iiunlc. Tlie nt;ik is tin- I ui'ly-nmlli uiatlo hv hiinlmr nt ccl
cliril ii's, itichnliini I'ri'idcut .McKinlcv and Admiral Unit Kvmi.
ON RIGA FRONT!
HKuLIN, Jan. 'J"). I'uit lu-r jirnr-it.-s
ftir tin- (Iciitinns in llicir jiltacks
on llit' WnsMun lines on Imlli hanks of
(he Kiver An, in tin' Uiija region, on
tlie nnrtlicin end oi" the linsian Iron!., ;
is annonnci'd hy army iieadtim iters j
in ibis eveniii
iii)le!iieiitary Mate-
ment.
The heaviest, lighting now in prog
rc-s in imv of the war ureas i oti lit
Iiu-iaii front in the IJiua sector,
where the (icrinaiis recently Inn!; lite
offensive and drove back the Ku-
uiile ami n ha II in I n- ivjmn
of the ureal Tiinl marsh, that lonir
has haired the way tn liiufi for the
(rerntan forces.
Ailemptiinr aain tn advance over
the frozen. grniind which has made the
el fort in this swampy n-inn po-ible,
the Teutonic iiriuy has sustained re
verses, according' to I'cti lad today.
Northwest of the marsh they opened
n heavy artillery (in and llim at
tacked, hut failed tn make any head
way against the i'a-iau defence.
Klsewhere there lias been little lint
artillery and patnd lighling. Kntire
ijii iel apparently prevail all ahm;.;
he K' nmatiia n front, owing lc the s"
vcrc w inter weather.
; HUNCH? SHE OF
NKW Y"KK. .Ian. ''.". Kiieiids ol j
Mrs. Kthel Ityrne, serviny a thirty-;
day sentence fur her activity in i
hi rih rout ml propaganda, became j
a la I'll icd today by her -t ul d mi n re- j
lu-at to eat ami drink, mid said thcyj
would appeal to both President Wd- I
sou and (iovernor Whitman. Mi's. I
Byrne ha- not lunched food r drink '
since 8 o'clock j-t Monday iiin-ning.
A physical ea initial mn of Mr-.
P.yrnc showed that her heart action
was normal after lifly hours of la-t
iiig. Iiul .-he was lo-thg weihi.
FRONTIERS
the
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ESCRIBE
BOOZE 10 PATIENTS
j SALK.M, Ore., Jan. 2 :. Oregon
! doctors would nol be allowed to pie
I sci 11)0 intoxicating liquors in any
j form for medical purposes! nntler the
' provision of an amendment to the
"bone dry" absolute prohibition i)iil
as it was reported back favorably to-
day to the house
of representative:
i by the committee
j t ic. The measure
Representative j.
I Dalle::, and the
on alcoholic t rat
was introduced by
10. Anderson, The
amendment was
added in committee.
Another change the bill suffered in
committee was the reduction from
two to one quarts of alcohol that a
person can import on prescription
each month fr medical, scientific or
mechanical purposes. A third amend
ment would compel district attorneys,
instead of deputies, to sign all per
mits for purchases of alcohol.
rive days of grate after enact
ment are given com in on curriers to
deliver liquor imported under the
present laws. A fight was made lor
a ten-day period for deliveries.
Kvery ineniln r of the house. It Is
said, has received suggestions from
com Ulii' iit.s regarding changes in tlie
act. ono representative said a nihils
teihil association wrote urging him
to introduce mi amend meat which
burs specil icall y i m portal ion by air
ships or submarines.
i
WA
lii'lll ol
We-t III
!IX(iTn, doi,. The
;.-o .-I liltiellt for the l;ini-!l
die- vii- di'-eued at a con-
fen
toda between Secrelarv l,au-
j -inu' ainSeii:itor Stone, chairman of
' the I'oierjli i'el.itioiis eotn Hid t ee.
Setiat - -I- Si one I'eeoni mended .ind
j s;iid alteiuard thai Seereiary l,an
; ii;-j; agreed that the iie-eiit foim of
; ;o . rnrni ill sliouhl be continiM
! nea rl v a - no- si hie under I he din
li""
'of ei! her a u iiimv or no a I oi l ieer
!decti;-d be t by Ple-itlciit Wll-Oll.
TIlC JM I' e I t ol III of 'JO CI'liIlieTlt
lecrde"- ;ihout ;i general (Ollll-
J "d eho-en on ;i liuiiled -tifl'r.ie, All
i Auiel ieitii ell-lnlll- ol ficial al-o ', ill be
j ii'jiointcd.
ICONFISCATION OF
MAM'IIK.STKIt, KiiKlund. Jan. :
Immediate t mi.-i rlj)t lm ol accuia i
jlatcd Ueailh to lighten the finaaelal j
;l)tinlens oT the war is demanded In t
j a resolul foil ado pled una titmouly
jio.tay at the annual m -t t n k of
tbe.
'labor iifrty. The resolution calls (or
tit.valion ot not Ic k than Lift ren shll-
lliu;s on the pound on unearned n
! t oiiicjs, dh r "t taxation of land and
j iiailouiiltzailoii of the hauklni; va
1 1 em.
v. Jr,
iwfaith ncMiiwnm rA
MLnLiii ULiimnuLU
Pension Laws Nee'ied as In Europe
and Australia Economic Pressure
Greater, Men Wear Out Quicker
Than Formerly Shall We Knock
Them on the Head?
'
My ( HAS. KDWAliI) Ul SSKLh.
WASIUNdTON. Jan. 'J.I. WIihL
are we yoiinj tit do with our old men
in this country .' Knock them on tliu
head .' '
I nieitn men that work with their
hands ami produce things, niul wear
out ;il the job. They nre the hum
majority of the nation. The other
kind, that niv old in the midst of V
wealth mid comfort or have mis
chance to iM that sort of thinii, aiu
few. We are apt to overlook this
fact, hut fact it is just Hie same.
What shall we do with the worn -outworker
?
Wenr.f Out Faster.
lie wears out faster now than lies
used to. Men in (he mass may It vo
longer in the present slujje of civil
ization, hul Ihev don't keep up witli
the pace.
That is because the area! demand
in mnkiiie; things now is to make them
(piiclily. Speed, and always moro
speech and Hie human machine will
not stand it.
Itlncksiniths fitters, turners, mohl
ers. pattern makers, boiler makers,
et Jheir best waes as a rule be
tween '2') and 45; engineers and iron
and sieel workers, between 24 ami
411; carpenters, between -U niul 45;
printers, between 25 and 48.
That is to say, when a man is past.
15 he . begins to find it harder and
harder to sell his labor, and ten year
later be is in luck if he can sell it .
at -nil.
Is a Derelict.
After thai he is a derelict oh till
industrial ocean.
It is no fault of his.. The employer
don't want him around because they
think he fills a place Hint mittltt bo
filled by a spriiiht lier man.
Supposing him imt to be (ptiti
ready to die, what shall he do now.'
What happens to him, as a matter of
fact
Why, unless he lias been able to ac
cumulate a competence, he ifoes on
charity. His children support him, if
he has any and they are able. Ilisi
union superannuates him if he is for
tunate enough to hetoiii: to a union.
Or he underjioes (lie exquisite toftuni
and virtual prison sentence known an
the poor house !
Well, then, why doesn't he tiet that
competence .' I'ractice thrift and alt
that sort of tiling, you know. Lay by
for a rainy day.
Time to Wako I'p.
It is about time we woke up from
the trance produced upon our fathers
by copy-bold; stuff of this kind.
could show you omc cha its that
would make the precepts about ffit
liie.' rich from wane savings look
pretlv (pieer. Only about one Woi'K
inuinaii in 150 has a chance really to
-avc anvihiM' thai counts. The way
l him- it re now, with prices oinir up
faster than wa-jc-. he is lucky if he
eau nay hi- butcher's bill and things
like that out of his pay envelope. The
acraye w ork iiiman, I mean; not se
lected and hivhiy fnitunate trades
(hat fare better than the n-M.
Ih titi'i- any of the preacher of tho
.-.rand old -chool of pel ril led fonnu-
"ilhis -tail in to talk much about the
j ltos-itdlii ie- o sjiviun eheese
pari u y, they ouhl to take one oimI
look at the currein prices for liouse
Itobl iiece-ai ie- and another ;ood
look at Wii'ji' schedule-., and then
liouie and ha e a liiuk.
Hull Them on tlie Head?
Well, then, what are we really jj"
(Continued on Page Six.)
IRI
WASMINOTdN. Jan. 25. - Ilepn
ntatiotis hv (he I'niled States for
a fair trial for two Mexican priest
,i ,,, ,i,.;lli, , '. ,,.., ,.
cl'jM'.-e- of aiding Villa have been
-ii''''i" -t ul. 'I he American cinba--y in
Mexico My has been in termed tlml
as a le-itlt ihev will imt be tried un
der a law which nives them no op
portunity tor defense.
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