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Newspaper Page TextA TODAY'S NEWS ;; TODAY I THE PEOPLE'S 0tttttft PAPER 36TH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, S ATI' HI) AY, FEBURUARY 15, 1913. PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AND NRW8 STANDS, FIVE CENTS. Vr JJ y I 4 II iL M ll il III THE F E I I United States Officials Confer ring With Factions in Hope of Settlement. THE FIREMEN STAND SOLID Socialist Congressman Bergcr Mould llnve Government Take Chnrge of the Bonds. UNITED PRESS LKA8KD Willi. New York, Feb. 15. At noon the of tlclals of the firemen's brotherhood rejected the counter proposition of the 54 railroads Involved In the threat, ncd firemen's strike. Commerce Court Judge Knapp and United States Labor Commissioner Nolll.twho were appointed the special mediators of the strike, are again conferring with the two factions this afternoon. Mould Seize Railroads. Washington, Fell. 15. Authorizing -the government to selzo and operate the 54 eastern railroads that would be tied up by the threatened firemen's strike, Representative Merger, Social ist, from Milwaukee, introduced a res olution Into the house today to effect government control of the Btrlko situ ation. The resolution, If passed, would become operative if the strike lasts over a week. It provides that If the strikers are unablo to settle their differences quickly the government shall "selzo the rullwnys, terminals, belt lines, coal mines, workshops and nil other prop erty on the grounds of a gonerad pub lic emergency." " According to the resolution the postmaster-general would operate the lines until congress could Inaugurate a de partment of railways. ANOTHER (II.lt PIONEER CROSSES THE DIVIDE Mrs. Mary Ep'cr, of Marlon, died at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, Febru ary 8, 1913, nt her homo, of paralysis. She was 82 years, S months and 2 days eld. Mrs. Epler was fid: for tie.irly three w-.cls during vhlch time she was tu terlv enred to by her two o,. s-d 'b'.i'i-in-law, N. S. t'reck nf tl Ik 1'Ihi -.id Mr,, and Mrs. F.4. lirnel;, of S-'vn 'Pa? deceased was born in Mr. nnl Mis. "nsey, of Im.wiV'ii In1., J 'n iVtO. She wig, one of five chil dren, two broth'!;- nnd'nnd tree pla ters. The others have preceded her, 1o the grave. While yet In her teens sin was united to a Mr. Eggleston, with whom ehe undertook the adventures of crossing the plains In the year 1852, On this Journey Mr. Eggleston and one daughter were called from her io the other life. Not disheartened, she pressed forward, arriving In the city of Portlnnd. Two years later she was married to Walter S. Brock. Aftor farted experiences of seven years of liome-maklng In the cities of Eugene and Albany good fortune lured them to Eureka, Cal, In 18C1. Three sons came to them by thin union, when death for the second time bereaved her of her husband, and later of a son. Walter 8. Brock, who died In ISC?, In Eureka, Cal. Afterward she mar ried H-;riico 'Drake, and later diMith tenioved him. In 1898 she was Joined In marriage to Mr. 0. W. Epler, of Marlon, Ore. Ten years of happy married life with Mr. Epler terminat ed in her fourth and last connubial bereavement. Tho past five years Mrs. Epler has been a widow, con fined to her own home, which she has made bright and cheerful by hor sweet spirit and happy life a rent heaven to everyone who entered its portnl. , Mrs. Epler has been a member of the Episcopal church, of Eureka, Cal., ever since 1S02, The funeral was held at her home on Monday, February 10, at 1:30. It wns conducted by Ilev. W. 0. Fisher, of Philomath, by her own request. Among the large number of friends unthcred on this occnslon was Miss Ilyrne, of Salem, and Miss Kottoff, of Jefferson, Here In Your Cliunre, Colonel. (I'NITKt) I'HIKS IJCiSED WIIIE.1 llorlln, Fob, 15. A resolution nu thorlzlng the government to financial ly hid nil persons engaged In rain making enterprises, has been adopted by th Belehslng. A stc-p-mothcr never does make an itraordlnary hit with the relatives of tar stepchildren. Uses Xolscless Guns. . Carson City, Nev., Fob. 15. Three specially constructed rl- ties fitted with Maxim Slloncers fired automatically, have taken the place of the executioners fir- Ing Bquad at the state, penltcntl- ary here today. The guns are in a steel cage and are worked by a spring arrangement. The only sign they give that they have done their work Is when their victim crumples with three bul- lets through his heart. E 10 REAL BUSINESS Transacts Its Dally Grlud Without Any Perfumery or Oratorical Bouquets. Though overridden in the house, the first Yfto of Governor WeBt, that of Representative Mann's bill relieving circuit judgeB of the duty of reading in toto the law to grand juries pertain ing to cases belli taken under consid eration by, the juries, was uphell in he senate eftrday afternoon ''!re were 17 votch lo pass tno mil ov." li e veto of tho executive to 12 agiirsT, lut lucking the necessary tw thir-13 the 1)1 failed to pass. Von dor I 'el- of Jackson, did not hear t!)9 v'o mesBnge rend, and was excused from voting. ApproTt Juvenile Court.. A Mli ! naming to Multi'ciiiah county alono pasBed the senate yes terday afternoon, when the Perkins measure for a juvenile court In Port- land received favorable consideration. Two bills Introduced by Senator fican, one of them creating game pre serves In certain counties In Eastern Oregon, and the other changing the manner of ercatli.s high school dis tricts, both passed the higher body. Senator Day's concurrent resolution for the appointment of an advisory committee consisting of members from both houses to assist in forwarding road legislation was amended In the house to apply to all measures, and was passed In the senate In the amended form. Itutler Bill Fulls. An attack by Senator Thompson re sulted In the defeat of the Butler bill for the election of Judges without ref erence to political parties. Thompson declared that the plan was one tiat has been advocatod by the Denoerutn. He called attention to the t'efout of the non-pimlHaj candidates fur the supreme bench In 1910. Dan KellintrV dream of U3 creation of a Statement No. 3, ta hn signed hy CBrdidatca tor office, declaring that they would rot nt-k for an n. ovens-) in salary while occupying the office failed to pass tho renate. The senate Indefinitely postponed a bill by Carson, Including It Its pro visions a ) dnjjy honorardum f:r pastors who opci. the morning ses sions If the legislature with prayer. Corson's bill to kill the office of state printing export will go to third rent ing as a mult cf the acbptbn of a r.ilt";rlty report for a majoi'lty repo.t on the bill yesterday. Postpone MoT ullncli's Measure. Senator McCulloch, ho Introduced n resolution that the governor be al lowed to veto any portion of nn appro priation bill, himself ninveil yester day afternoon tint tho resolution be vlthdrnwn. His wishes were granted by the vote of the Henato. The senate yestiruav concurred In the- 1-oiise resolution Introduced by V.'utcrlnnd for the removal from S.m rnr.dBCo to Salem oi the remains tl Oneral B. D. Oak.yr, formerly I'lilted State! senator from Oregon, whn was Xllleil at tho bntflo of Hall's Ulnff in LETTER FROM ( ItEECE. Nic k I'nrls, he popular young portor at tho Meyers barber shop, has receiv ed a letter from his brother Peti-r, who In company with Frank Popus, left about a month ago fur Adrlanoplo to Join the Balkan army, In which they sny tiny havn arrived safely nnd ex pect to proem! to tho training camp established by tho nrmy n-ar tho sent of war and reei-lvo training prepara tory to aiiHwer any call from the front Tho letter suys that tlin orenn trip was mado all right and that both the writ er and his companion were eager to mix with tho wlley Turk at tho earliest poBslble dai'e. The newspaiKir that always pleases all of Its readers has never boon published. I U. S. District Attorney Says Testimony Will Surely Convict. IT SWINDLED UNCLE SAM Bribed Engineers and Officials, Tarn pered With Scales, and Mas Generally Dishonest. San Francisco, Feb. 15. Uncle Sam's grand jury Investigation of alleged fraudulent practices of the Western Fuel Company, the Pacific coast arm of the coal trust, will result in tho arreBt and criminal prosecution here next week of several of Us officials. This was the declaration here this afternoon of United States District At torney McNab, who asserts testimony introduced before tho grand jury has completely fftrtlfled the contentions of special agents of the treasury that the coal trust has swindled Uncle Sam out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in refunds on imported coal. Testimony corroborated before the j grand Jury, McNab alleges, shows of-1 ficials of the company have tampered with weighing apparatus, bribed en-! i a ttinir.n p i tu....uu...w,.iuuml.u,. "' the dedication of the "Home" of Al steamshlp lines to defraud the gov-1. . . ernment of customs money. David Norcros8, secretary of the Western Fuel Company, McNab says, admitted to the Jury thut every marine engineer In the employ of the Toyo Risen Kal sha Steamship Company Is now on the pnyroll of tho Western Fuel Company. iNorcross, McNab also asserts, told the Jurors he knew of no reason why these engineers were paid frof the treasury 1'"" """i""". "'" " arles were charged to operating ex penscs, F.dncntors Have Meeting. Piesidents and faculty members of tho Independent colleges of Oregon gathered yesterday! In Salem In a meet Ing in the office of State Superintend ent Alderman, as guests of Willamette University, The meeting Is an annual affair. Yesterday afternoon the educators visited the legislature. Last night a meeting for the discussion of educa tional affairs was held and this fore noon the state Institutions were visit ed. At noon a banquet was served at the Marlon hotel. ROBBED A SlIEtTlIEItDEK AXD LAXD IX THE PEX Levi Chrlsman, sheriff of Wasco county, came to Salem today from The Dalles with two prisoners sen tenced to the penitentiary for highway robbery. The men are John R. Glca son and Paul Bohan. Three months ago they robbed a shoepherder at The Dalles. When arrested they confessed the crime, but said they were drunk and did not realize what they were doing, The court gave the prisoners Indeterminate sentences of from six months to ton years. Both the pris oners are about 21 years of age.. A third man, who plnnned the robbery, has not been captured. Gleason's home is at Spokane and Bohan Is from St. Louis. r. : -n l500bpX -L J It, 1 Posed as a Woman. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 15 Alleged to have posed as a wo man for two years In order to avoid hard manual labor, Frank Butcher, of New York, Is In de tinue here today. Ho was ar-, rested at a hairdresser's estab lishment where ho had gone to have a wig curled. According to the police, Butcher explained that he adopted feminine attire aftor a long Illness because he was unable to stand hard work. He was employed here as a cook under the name of Anna Butch er. LOCAL m 10 HELP Over One Hundred Local Elks With Brass Bund and Other At tractions. Answering an Indictment for unso ciability, issued out of the kangaroo court of Albany lodge No. 359, B. P. O. E., about 125 members of the local lodge of Elks will leave Salem at 6:30 p. m. next Thursday for the Linn county capital. The occasion Is a cele bration of the fourth anniversary of A special Southern Pacific train has been secured, and a committee of local Elks is arranging a musical and literary program to be pulled off at 1 Albnny. One of the features of the excursion will be a brass band of 14 pleceB, com posed wholly of members' of Salem lrvrifrn Ttita fa iha first hnml nvrti carnival at Portland in 1903, at which time Salem lodge won the first prize ($500 cash) fc the best turnout at the carnival. ' You may wager your last and only nickel that next Thursday's excursion will be a "bear." PUTS PHILOSOPHY AM) FEED 1T0 REPORTERS For the delectation, or newspaper men, BUI Hanloy, the king cow man and farmer of central Oregon gave a dinner and gave up some of his perti nent sage brush philosophy at the Ma rlon hotel last night- About a score of pressmen and several other friends of Mr. Hanloy wore present and one of the best evenings the nowspaper men have experienced during the legisla tive session was passed. Along with tho viands and the cigars there were a lot of good stories told, the hqst al ways going the boys ono better with anocdotcg from tho cow country. WOULD AXD SHOULD INCREASE THE PAY The house held another late night session laut night, and passed many bills. The senato resolution for a constitutional amendment to provido for a 40-days session of the legislature divided Into two 20-day periods, was defeated. Instead, the house adopted a resolution providing for a HO-days sesnlon, with 50 active working duys, and (5 per dny ns the siilnry of each member for each working day. "IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT, ASK FOR RE HIS OFFICE Rebel Leaders Say Revolution Will End Quickly Follow ing This. THE SENATE DEMANDS IT Yaqui Indians, However, Mill Hake Trouble if Diaz Is Appointed Resignation Is Denied. UNITED MESS LEASED WIDE. Mexico City, Feb. 15. President Francisco Madoro of Mexico, this af ternoon flatly refused a second request by the senate that he resign. The senators and Francisco da la Barra then loft the national palace and went Immediately to the chamber of deputies, where they began the prep aration of a manifesto to tho effect that unless Madero resigns Immediate ly, American Intervention 1b certain. Tho manifesto will plead with the peo ple to Join In a concerted movement to oust Madero from the presidency. Hebels Are Notified. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 15. Tho rebel Junta today notified every Mexlcnn rebel commander In the Btato of Chi huahua of reports of tho roslgnatfon of President FranclBco I. Madero, of Mexico and nsk them to remain In iip;Mva nondinp- furMior dnvolnnniontq. TU rob(1, 1(mdor tlQ revoluUon will end rapidly if Madero quits and tho Clentlfieo party is not returned to power. Resignation Is Demanded. Vera Cruz, Mex., Feb. 15. A report received here this afternoon says the senate at Mexico City today formally demanded tho resignation of President Fran Vo I. Mu 'iro, Yaqui Indians Uneasy. Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 15. News of disaffection among the Yaqui Indians berauso of tho entry Into Mexican po litical affairs of anothor Diaz was brought to Agua Prlota, opposite Dou glas today by Indian traders. The Indians, It Is reported, aro showing openly their anger that a member of tho family of Porflrlo Diaz, for whom their tribe haB undying ha tred, should attempt Interference with tho government. It la freely predicted among Madoro sympathizers at Agua Prlota that tho Indians will come to the aid of the Madorlstos if Diaz gains tho ascendancy at tho capital. The Yaqul'a hatred for the name of Diaz dates from the enslavement of hundreds of their warlike trlbo by the former Moxltan dictator. Daiuago Is $20,000,000. Mexico City, Feb. 15. The damage to property in Mexico City from rebel and federal shells this afternoon was plaoed at $20,000,000. All Industrial enterprises are completely demoral ized, and this enforced Idleness will swell the coBt of tho engagements here by hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Red and Whlto CroHs societies have abandoned the work of caring for tho Injured, their flags having been fired upon and their ambulances Belzed. IT." M ore Itcul J. lVs Clothes. San Francisco, Feb. 15. After having "one devil of a time," at nuisquerado ball which he nt- tended In tho coBtume of his Sa- tonic Majesty, J. P. Morgan was gathered In by tho police for cutting down the avatlablo sup- ply of "vino." He claims no re- lationship to the elderly gentle- man who recently told the mon- ey trust committee the history of his life. Still wearing his Devil's costume he was releos- ed today, EE Ofliclnls Used the Truth With Trodlgul Frugality In Denying Journal's Story. Tho first action mado public In re gard to tho rumored merging of tho Wlllamotet and Oregon medical schools which tho Capital Journal asserted was proposed, but which the ofllclals denied was given out last evening in a statement mado Jointly by President Homaa of the university and Dr. Byrd dean of Willamette's collego of medi cine. Tho statement follows: Tho deans of the University of Ore- gon Medical school, Dr. MacKonzle, and Dr. W. H. Byrd, dean of the Wil lamette university Medical school, had a conference yesterday at the Marlon hotel. Meeting with those men were Dr. R. B. Dlllehunt, of tho University of Oregon Medical school, Dr. J. N. Smith, and Dr. J. C. Griffith of tho Willamette university medical collego. Tho otherB present nt tho conference President P. L. Campbell of the Uni versity of Oregon, It. A. Booth of Eu gene Oregon, and President Fletcher 'Homnn, of Wlllamolto university. This confuronco was called in ro- sponso to a widespread conviction In , tho medical fraternity throughout the nortuwest that tliere ought to be a concentration of effort In medical edu cation In order to develop a strong school of medicine In tho Pacific north. west, Tho doctors aro all agreed that nothing could be better for the inter ests of medical education than to de velop a school In the Pacific northwest that will rank with tho great standard schools of medicine In the eastern part of tho United States. The University of WaHhlngton and the University of Idaho have no medical schools of their own and have expressed a willingness to co-operotu In tho foundation of a strong medical school at Portland. Oregon. It was In rosponso to this general conviction of the need of high standards that the conforence was hold yesterday In tho Marlon hotel. The deans of the medical schools, Dr. MacKenzio and Dr. Byrd were nhle to arrive at a tonUitlve agree ment for tho morglng of tho two schools Into on?. This dooa net mean the ollmlnntU.il of olther of tho schools but rather the marrying of tho sehoolH whereby tho two student bodies will bo merged Into ono student body. The value and equality of Itoth Hehools was fully recognized and a satisfac tory aTlJustment conserving tin) Inter- sis of both schools was thus reached. The ngnx'inenl was also reaelii-d that both medical Beimels should place llio matter before the boanl.i of mul lein of their Institutions. Tho medical school of Kalem will present tho mat ter to the Willamette university board of IniHlees ninl the medical school of 1'iii'tlanil will place the plan of merg ing the two Institutions hi-foro Hid re nenls of the University of Oregon. If iIh'm- iwo olllclal bodies net favorably upon Hie recoiiiiiii-nilatlons of t.lo iiie-l-i ill schools the two schools will be merged Into ono at tho opening of Hie sei der about tho first of next Octo ber. TIm-i o was a very si rung feeling ex pressed mi the part of the iloclors present that the merger would necure ihe co-npcral Ion nt all the nicillcal f In tel nly In the northwest ami would r -In tl'c dc elopmi lit of u ;r--al Ill-ten--1 In 1 1 1 j - j 1 1 r. 1 1 in--Mi ill education. I lo-re win al ci perfect an nn -i it Hint lull n.'l.l . I,,' the ii 1 1 1 i it i ami itn lei :;' of lie- In- lilutlcmH should In1 .-iivfiilly j;mu dcil. 'Pie meeting was conducted In Ihe llli'Hl Irinl. of spirit ami the p-kiiII-' were thoroughly Hiitlnfaefory to all pri-Hcnl. A spirit of real enthusiasm seemed In prevail that a great step was being taken In tho Interest of the iHliicatloiial development of tho great I'ai-llle Northwest. Hill HAVE A HOME Senate, Moved by the Telling Speech of Matron Baldwin Passes Bill. HOUSE ALSO GETS BUSY Would Do Away With Printing Coun ty Bills Wants Range Butter Properly Branded. An unusual feature, of the senate session this morning was the exten sion of tho courtesy of the floor to Mrs. Ila Baldwin, a Portland police matron, who spoke on the meritB of tho Moser bill for an appropriation for the establishment of a home for de linquent girls. The bill was a special order of business for 11 o'clock. Tho address of Mrs. Baldwin, with the Arm support of the senators sup porting tho measuro resulted In the substitution of the minority report for the adverse majority report, the plac ing of tho bill on third reading and Its) passage by the senate. Tho bill carries an appropriation of $25,000 yearly for 1913 and 1914 for the establishment of the home. The Institution would bo located In Salem and would take care of girls between tho ftSps of 12 and 25 years- The oot- tngo By8tom of residence Is provided by the bill. Plumbing Bill Killed. Senator Carson's plumbing bill was killed. Opponents of tho measure de clared It would create a plumbing trust. Barrett of Umatilla mnde the strongest argument against mofln uro, declaring that It would present ordinnncos with tho plumbing now installed woui bo changed. Cnrson defendo from tho point of view of p nnd health ofliclnls who have t paBsngo of the measure. Tho ed for the creation of a Btato Inspector. More Bills Killed. Through the adoption of . committee reports Mnlarkoy's I ending the present laws relai real property were Indeflnltel. poned. Four other bills mot fato. They were tho following: By Joseph amending the statu latlng to the solemnization of n ages. By Farroll, to prevent poll certain streams. By Moser, pre Ing for the weekly payment of ce employes. By Smith of Coos and ry, amendment of lawn relating payment of wages to employes . i their collection. House Passes Bills. Here-after, If the senato passes Mlteholl bill passed by the houso day .candidate: for political ofllco mi go on tho ballot with tho deslguatli of one of the rocognlzed parties, or tl doBlgnntlon "non-pnrtlaan," or "lnd Mndent," aftor their namos. Tho pui h)bo of tho bill Is to prohibit popular catch phraiw, such ns "popular gov ernment candidate-" being attached af ter candidates' names. Tho Ronato bill relating to legal newspaper publication of olllclal coun ty proceeding Is now a law, as the houso passed tho bill by a big major ity. Tho old law provided that tho nowapapor of largest, general circula tion In tho county be given this con tract, but tho new law throws tho matter upon to eompetltlvo bidding, and any newspaper of general circula tion and In gxd standing for six months previous, may enter a bid. Tbj house also passed a hill to abolish th- 'publication of the delinquent tax list I In each county. i Would llnnnl Under. A bill of general Inleres- to tin- rural districts and backed ley them, v.-.is passed toilay which requires thai it'l tub biilter must be hniinl-'il or in a i )---! Willi tin- name of Ihe Mate It Is shlp- I" I from. I- has been a nudum dur- Ing Kcvcril months of tbn y.-.ir fur mil ter shipped from other stat-s lo be sold In Oregon and marked a - "Oregon lllltler." An liiipoH-inl me;. sun- ". is passed iiial-liig load ili'Mlris ni'iiilelnal cor- i.onilloiH and i i I 1 1 1 -; : lor olflcers, , i -a . i siul iini il nt urn id Kinii corpo ra inn !. ,-nd a nn Muni i f dealing tn-w roe -I d- ' :'ii Is nf of ii lis ing a port Ion if Kill' I'r.lll lt I I r III ,'lllllllier. Seine Oilier VciiMiren. Tin- tilll I. ill uuiKing it optional with i-ach county to suli.tltut" n teachers' 'raining school for the annual county Institute, wits parsed, as were tho Hol land hill relating to making futwo (Continued on page four.)