Full " Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today 1 THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. Ill IS KILLED AID MANY HUR Waitresses Appear at Third Story Window When Whole Building is Afire. ONE OVERCOME BY SMOKE AND SUCCUMBS Other Drops to Ground and Escape With Only Some Minor Bruises. Condon, Or.,' April 7. Miss Gertrude Jljortas was burned to death early to lay and several persons were severely injured in a fire which completely de stroyed the Oregon hotel here with a Joss estimated at $7000. The- fire utii i tol -in Jtlie laundry room of the ho tel front unknown causes. The whole structure was iJblaze within 20 min utes. Firemen had difficulty in con fining the 1 lames io the hotel proper ty. . A number of lodgers had narrow osmpoj, many reaching the street. iu ii i . lit attire. When it was thought that all hnd escaped, two waitresses a pea red at a tliird-M'ory window of the buiHing. One of them dropped to :he ground practically uninjured. Miss Hjortas, tin1 other, evidently overcome by smoke fell , across tho window sill and was burned to death within the view of those in the street, helpless to" aid her. Hop Wo, the Chinese cook, sustained n broken ''leg, and A. Hush was severely injured internally. The hotel was three stories high. E Xw York, A"ril 7. Seven officers for fraudulent rincn.inl schemes, were ompany, convicted of using the mail" H-ntenced to imprisonment in the gov eminent penitentiary at Atlanta, by I'nited States .Indue Anderson here to day George Middlcbrook, president of the company; II. Ii l'latt, secretary; mid Frnuk Hchumakcr wer.e sentenced to six years' imprisonment each; Hon jainin Mudge to four years, and Klwyii Jinrrcn, W Stone and W. Kdwards each to three vears. HEARING OF MAN WHO TOOK $70,000 POSTPONED. Sun Vrnncisco, April 7. Published reports that he attempted suicide fol lowing his arrest in Oakland yesterday on u charge of embezzling $70,000 from the Turner Cotton mills of New York, were flatly denied here today at. his preliminary hearing before Judge Detiscy by Alfred Auso, Puciiic const mn anger of tho concern. Auze today retained Attorney Thomas Connor to conduct his defense. Connor then obtained a postponement until Friday for his client. Auze 'a bond wns fixed at ifl0,l)n() nnd Connor said he expected to obtain his release before night. &TEGELS AKE INDICTED ON ELEVEN NEW COUNTS BY JUEY New York, April 7. K.leven new in dictment were returned here toduv .i-nin.-t Henry Siege and Frank Vug-i-l, principal i.tockholdi rs in the Sieg.'l .tores corporal ion. The new indictments charge that large Minis weie obtained troin kinks by Siee! Mid Yogel by no nns of fraudulent written statement s of the t i n.-i i-inl condition of their en terprises. It was said the firm obtaine I -''"ii.tiiiil in this w;iy lnt ycr. NO DECISION EENDEEED. Crand l.'apids, Mich,, April 7. Fp to a lute hour today no decision In 1 been turned by l'nite.1 Mates .In Ije Ses sions in the suit institute! by Federal league officials over the owi.cr.-hip of ' i i lt in Killiier. Yaneotiver, II. ApiH 7. -The st-'Muship Finj re- of t::ki drought here today a loti-iinment of l.ii't'i toi.s of ( h i.ee et". eon- taii.ing .72H'lii egg. Most of " the f.h; ment. will gi to Heath? for dietri'mtiun in i-a.-tem r..srkets. . Strip Poker Game Raided by Police ONE OF FAIR GAMBLERS WOULD HAVE BEEN BROKE HAD 8HE LOST ANOTHER POT. Las Angeles, Cal.,- April 7. Police uerecuves raided an alleged "strip pok er" game in the fashionable west end district earlv todav unit cantiiro.l threo young girls and throe youths in varioiti stages of undress. The girls were book ed at tho station as delinquents under the names of Leona Parke, 18 years old, Alma Taylor, aged 17, and Peggy Brown aged 19. Later they were allowed to go to tneir nomcs. The men were not arrested. According to the arresting officers, yvuu wmcueu ine game tnrougD a win dow, all the oartv aiinarpntlv losing heavily. As hand after hand was pmyen tne omcers grew firmer in their opinion that the time for action was near. They ontered the room, they said, when one of tho fair gamblers "would hive been absolutely broke had she lost 'another "pot." , - All of tho girls concerned, accord ing to rumor, aro known to younger so -ii'ty people here. WILL SEEK TO LOCATE PARTY ' , GUILTY OF 110,000 ROBBERY San Francisco, April 7. Detectives hero were awaiting the arrival today of tho Matson liner Manoa from Honolulu to prevent anyone from landing until a $10,000 jewel robbery on the high seas has been investigated. Details of tho ca.se were received by wireless from Captain Weeeden. Mrs. Mnrgaret H. Hunt, a rich resident of the Mid lie We.-it, was the victim. Her custom was to sleep with her gems ajid several thousand dollars in travelers' checks in a satchel under her pillow. She put them in their usual place Sun day uhht and Monday morning they were missing. Though the ship has been Searched from stem to stern and Mrs. Hunt has posted an offer of $.300 reward, not a trace of the missing property has been found. What the detectivesvmost grave ly feared was that the thief, alarmed, has thrown it into the sea The Manoa was due to dock about 3 SURPRISE CREATED BY MAJORITY AGAINST HERO OF 1898, WHO ADVOCATES PROHIBITION IN HIS CAMPAIGN. Birmingham, Ala., April 7. That Os car W. Underwood, majority floor lead er in the houso of representatives, has dofi'm (lngressnp.il Riijimond P, llobi-ou for the United States senator ship by at least 2:2,000 votes in Mon day's Democratic primaries throughout Alabama was indicated today by re turns which cannot be completed before Welnesday. Underwood's majority was increasing as tho count progressed, an I it was generally predicted that his mar gin would be considerably wider than the minimum figuro given. Though both candidates spoke confi dently when the vote began, good po litical judges said all along Under wood 's chances were much tho better of the two The size of his majority, however, was something of a surprise, as Iliibson was expected to make n stronger showing by virtue of national prohibition advocates, whose cause he preached throughout tho campaign, while nt the same time denouncing In ileiwoo'l as a friend of the liipior in terests. Unison's own friends admitted today that their candidate was beaten. For the sent of the late Senator IoIimiii, Frank White led Hay Kushtnn by about 1!"iO0. In the gubernatorial light Governor Comer led, but seemed unlikely to have more than n bare plur ality, Mi that, n majority being neces sary, prospect's were Mint a second primary would be necessary ou the govei nortdiip. For congress. Representatives Clay tun, Denton, lilackninu, Diirni'tt and lletlin won ill their respective .lis. diets, to succeed themselves. John W. Aborcrombie won without opposition as candidate for representative at large, also succeeding himself. The enlv member of the present Alabama con gressional delegation who was defeated was Ceorge Tavlor, who lost to Os nr ('ray. Wil'intn Pankhcad wns chrism to sue .eel Hudson in the lower house and N it t Ii 11 ii Miller to succeed Underwood. FIRM UNDERTONE AMONG SPECULATIVE ST0C5.S. New York, April 7. SUck flmtua- I ti.".s were narrow nt the opening of the stock market today. i here un.i a fum iinderto.ie however, nmong the spcotiitive stocks. (ieneril Fl.-ftrie and Great Northern ore certificates "'ere heavy but Good rich rov nearly a point. Delays nttemling reorganization and falling earning caused selling of St. I. Odin and Sun Francisco, Wabash ami IJoek Island stocks,' and some new low points were rear bed. Hondt were easy. The market closed rpiiet. SENATE VOTES TO GET ALL RECORDS OF BRITISH PACT Wants to Find Out if it Was Promised American Ships Would Pay Tolls. HEARING WILL BE HELD DESPITE OWEN Arguments and Evidence Lim ited to 15 Days on Pana ma Canal Bill. Washington, April 7. Tho senate. adopted this afternoon Senator Brande gee's resolution asking for all lotters, correspondence and records in the state department's hands bearing on the ne gotiations in connection with the Hay Fatincefote treaty, under which it is both asserted and denied that it was intended American shipping would be required to pay the same tools as th.it of other nations to pass the Panama canal. Hearings beforo the senate inter oceanic canals committee of arguments and evidence, beginning Thursday and limited to fifteen days, for and against the repeal of American shipping's ex emption from tolls at Panama, was agreed to today. Senator Brandegee dissented, opposing pny hearings at all on the ground that the tolls prnpositioi, already had been discussed until tho subject is exhausted, . Owen Opposed to Delay. Discussion of the question of hear ings on the Canal tolls proposition was lively and at times somewhat acriino': ious. Senators Thorton, Thomas ai d Simmons joined llrandegee in objecting to &n "hearings at all. Senators 0 . barman, liristow and Perkins wanted to.mako them as exhaustive as possible. Senator Owen was not present, but a telegram was received from him saying he was opponed to delaying matters by discussion. "The time spent on hearings will be utterly and ' absolutely wasted," In sisted Hraiidegee. If the committee must have a witness he suggested that the ono best able to givo all the faei wns President Wilson. Senator Shields suggested Bryan, and liristow mnn tioned ex-Secretary of State Knox. Says Shipping Interests B isy, Thorton charged that tho shiiqiinij in terests were trying to delay the repeal proposition, and asserted that tho ten dency would bo to spin the hearings out indefinitely. Senator .(ones, who appeared befois the committee, urged that Seattle, Fort land and other cities of the Pacific northwest be grunted a hearing on the repeal question Resolution Referred. Prior to the adoption of the resolu tion, the t-onnto by a vote of i" to Z referred to tho foreign relations com mitteo an amended resolution intro duced by Kointor Poindexter asking President Wilson "if not incompatible with public interest," to tell tho senate exactly what the international situation is that requires the passage, of tho tolls, repeal act. (Senator Poindexter changed tho reso lution, withdrawing lhat portion of it binding tho senate to not consider tho Sims repeal resolution until the presi dent complied with the request. Poin dexter sni.l perhaps the same reasons President Wilson confided to .Senator Thornton nnd which resulted in the latter switching to the repeal resolu tion might make every members of the -enate favor the resolution, if the fa. ts in the situation were communicated to them." FAVORABLE REPORT MADE ON SUFFRAGE RESOLUTION. WasliiiiL'ton. Anril 7. The n. .....!,. suffrage committee today reported invoruiiy on the liristow equal suf frage resolution, It is identical wiih the suffrage constitulinnul amendment n.'Si'liitinn which failed to receive n two-thirds majority in the senate a month ago. he tin tor Hoke .milh of Georgia, made a point of order that the resolution could not be considered lit this session. Hoth the resolution and (senator Smith's point of order went over until tomorrow. SPEED BOATS WILL CO. Astoria, Or., April 7.- The success f Astoi ia's llith annual regatta is assure J today following the receipt of a tele gram from Secretary I)aniel L, Pratt, announcing that the chnmpioii"hi. races of the Pacific Coad Intcrnitioiial Speedboat association would bo held on the Astoria, ra.e course July 'J, u and t. Secretary Pratt wired from Scuttle, where he has been attending a lueetirg of the association. TBI STATE SEASON ON. Walla Walla, Wash., April ". With linker playing nt Pendleton and North Vakima here, the Western Tri-.Htatu leogus season oiwued today, The ea son will clooe July SH. SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, T Defense ' That McClaueherty Was Over 21 Years Old Not Valid. LEWIS DAVIS IS GIVEN NEW TRIAL Former Inmate of Asylum Gets New, Trial as Result of Judge's Errors. The supreme court handed down seven opinions 'today, besides passing upon several petition for rehearing, etc. One of the most important, because it is practically tho first interpretation of tho workmen's compensation law, ib that of Joseph McClsugherty versus the Rogue River Electric company. This action is brought under the employers' liability act to recover damages for the : death of plaintiff's son. Th amotind sued for was $25,000 and the judgment was for $12,500. The su preme court finding no errors affirmed the findings of the lower court. The deceased wns 27 years, seven months and ten days' old, and it was part of tho defense that being of age tho father was not entitled to recover. The facts were about as follows: D.) ceased was sent by the defendant com pany to install a cyanide plant At 'a point about a mile and a hilf from Jacksonville, Ho asked for an assist ant and Wns told to hire a common laborer to help him erect the jiolet. Tho place where ho worked was very dangerous, several wires carrying ea.'h 2,300 volts of electricity were strung close together on the poles with two telephone wire . .string diemMilh there. The company took a- care to cat oif tho cnrroiit'nor did it do anything towards protecting the workman. The 'supreme court sjayn: "Tho require ments of the statute are positive and mandatory. There are no alternatives. The statute provides that for loss of lifo by reason of neglect or failure to comply therowith, by en owner, con tractor, or any person liable under the tho terms of tho act; the widow of tin person, his lineal heirs, or adopted chil dren, or tho husband, mother or father, as tho ease may bo, shall have the right of action witout any limit as to ninouni of damages." Davis Goto New Trial. In tho caso of the stato against tewis Davis appetiled from Polk conn ty tho court reversed tho lower court and remanded tho case for a new trial. Tho court held it was error to instruct tho jury that: "The porson using a deadly weapon intended the conse quences which hnpened from tho irimo, " saying this Iocs not coma un der within the statutory presumptions. It also held it was error to instruct the jury that if thoy found from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that tho defendant was justified ir shooting they should find him not guilty, and if they ,lii not find beyond a riiisonable doubt that the defendant was justifiod he should bo found guilty. In the lower court the defendant wis found guilty of murder in the second degree. Tho other cases were as follows: Henry Wade, et al., appellants, vs. Ha.el Northtip, et. al.; appealed from Douglas; suit to correct a deed modi fied. Walter Heibor vs. Oregon Washington llailroad & Navigation lompany, appel ant, appealed from .Multnomah; action for damages for personl injuries, af firmed. .1. Ij. Htotts, ct, ttl., appellants, vs. William Oichdel, et. al., appealed from Marion; suit to enjoin trospnss oil rertl property reversed. Petitions for rehearing were denied in the following eases: Smith vs. Itadura, llavilaii.l vs. Johnson, Zanello vs, Port land Central Heating company, Johnson & J i )! ft vs, Jennings, Mcl-'ni land vc Oregon Kleetric, White vr. (iienger, llugle Cliff Pishing company vs. Me (iowan, Parker vs. Smith, and ."out hern Oregon company vs. (uiiie. murder'mystery. Olympia, Wash., April 7. Coroner Hticklin ii txl Sheriff McCorckler todnv investigating the mystery of a skeleto-i discovered by a woman who was picking lillies near llncodii. Hits of decayed clothing indicate tho man had ben shot. The Weather The Dickey llird says: Oregon, fair tonight and Wed nesday; light frost west, heavy frost east portion to night; pant to north winds ATHERS Ri 0 RECOVER EOR DEATH IS UPHELD 1914. Says Grain Exchanges are Giving Producer Bad Deal 3 K'-' t " I ' - - s , V . Congressman Washington, April 7. Kepfesenta-. five .Tame Ma null an of Minnesota re cently led a fight In congress for an investigation of the grain exchanges of Minneapolis, Iliiluth nnd Chicngo. The farmers' co-operative associations "in " 4 - U. : ft ' ' , ' ' Company Must Pay for Injuries Busy Employ There was a rather peculiar caso do cided by the supremo court today, that of the stato against Walter Heibor, in which it. was held thut even a thief had somo rights which nn officer must re spect in arresting him. The title of tho enso is Walter Scibor against tho Oregon-Washington Railroad company, In which tho plaintiff sues to recover dam ages for personal injuries, nnd the court record Dhows the conditions about as follows: The defendant company owns tor in i ii il! grounds at Albion and kept watchmen therein, some of whom it hud appointed as special deputy sheriffs Many cars of wheat had been broken into and their contents or part of them stolen. W. A. Mac; was ono of tin watchmen mentioned, and he on the night of February 2:, 11)12, discovered Thomas Heibor enrrying wheat away from tho yards to a oint where hn OSTERMAN decides he does HOT WANT TO OET PLACE. Announcing that the two other demo cratic aspirants for rongresu in the First district were better men than himself, John Ostermnn, of Tuft, in tt letter to Hccretnry of Htnte Olcott Mon day afternoon, withdrew from the con tect. He says: "As f always consider the pnrty's good above all things, it makes it neces sary to sacrifice my personal ambition for the good of the party. Jlnt two years from now, if there Is still no relief in sight for the oppressed First district, J will be In tho field ugain." MILWAUKEE TO TAKE THEM. Hremerton, Wash. April 7. The cruis er Milwaukee, Lieutenant Comiuiindor Henry N. Jensen commanding, was so. lected by tho navy department yester day upon the recommendation of 1,'cnr Admiral it. M. ilnyle, lonioiuiider-'n-chief of the reserve fleet, to lake the naval militia of the states of Washing ton, Oregon and California on their Ma nual cruises this summer. LEAVE MAN DVINO. Loi Angeles, Cal., April 7.. Robert Miiadell, M years old, was struck and probably fatally injured at day break today by an automobile containing a party of alleged joyriders. The motor ists lett the aged man lying iu tho treet. ... - s. V. M . j I A 7W Manahan. t Minnesota, the two Pnkotns, Iowa and Nebraska wern especially interentej jn the outcome of the inquiry by the rules committee of the house. It was al leged that the exchanges controlled the prices to tho disadvantage of the pro ducer. . i Inflicted e deposited two other sacks of wheat, marked with tho same brand as the racks in defendant's wirs, and later ha (found at Thomas Heibor ' homo about 2,'i or 80 sacks of wheat similarly marked hidden in the hiiscinent. At the time ho also found Walter Heibor, plaintiff in this suit, in tho basement with sub) wheat and arrested him as implicated in tho larceny. Plain tiff resist ml arrest, receiving injuries and wounds at tho hands of Mack, and this action wan brought to recover dam ages for such injuries. Tho jury re turned a verdict for $2,000 damage and from this verdict defendant ap peals. The supremo court finding no errors in the proceedings affirmed tho judgment of tho lower court, and tho company must pay, as Mack was in its employ nt the t i mo and acting for it in making the arrest. "DUMMY DIUECTORS" ARB IN HIOII DISFAVOW NOW. Washington, April 7. Federal legis lation against "dummy directors" was I under discussion iimong the law makers I Hockefellerscmf Asypspsuu ntn tntn t I here today as'n result of John 1). Rockefeller Jr, 's testimony Monday be 'fore the congressional committee which hus been investigating industrial con 'ditions In the strike bound Colorado 'conl fields, , "Yes, so fur as tho Colorado Fuel & j Iron company Is concerned, 1 hold that ! John I). It. ..-kef. -Iter, Jr., is n 'dummy I director,' " said Congressman Foster of the investigating committee, "And II think there ought to lie some sort I of legislation ngniiist that kind. Home i thing is needed to bring the head men of u company and the company's em- ployes into closer contact. What con- gross can do about it 1 don't exactly J know but I feel that Rockefeller's talk showed wo need a change." I it was thought likely tho committee's report would include an nnti-"dumniy 1 1 rector recoinmeiuiatioii. OSTEOPATH TO BE TRIED. Portland, Or., April 7. The caso of Dr. J. A. Vanbrnkle, the osteopathia county health officer- of Clackamas county, will be argued beforo the state board of health tonight.) Dr. Van brakle is charged with Incompetency by Dra. (luy Mount and M. C. Htriek land of Oregon City. Tho case will be argued on its merits before tho full bonrd. - mm. PRICE TWO CENTS. 2? K? FFORTS TO (EEP THEM Roughs Unsuccesssful in At tempt to Frighten Weak er Sex From Polls. SEVERAL CLUBBED IN RESTORING ORDER ' - " Vice Interests Making Desper ate Efforts to Retain Hold in Chicago, 4 Chicago, April 7. Unofficial reports hod It tills afternoon that "Bathhouse" John Conghlln bad been re eloeted alderman from the First ward, defeating Miss Marlon Drake. It was reported also that Miss Harriet Vittum was the only successful woman candidate in the aldermanlc contests. Chicago, April 7. Thirty-six ward! here were choBsing a'.dormeu today. In several rospoetii the election was n peculiar one. An unprecedentedly strenuous effort was being made to oust the "gray wolves" from tho coun cil chamber. They were fighting back fiorcoly. Tho socialists were unusual ly active in a number of wards. Women wore turning out with unexpected en thusiasm to cast their ballots. Tho women's campaign organization, indeed, did its work with a thorough ness which astonished old politicians. ' Ton thousand suffrage workers mada a house-to-houso canvass, urging all women to go to tho polls. . Hundreds of automobiles wore ou tho streets, .carry ing them to the voting places. Eotighi Try to Scare Them. Tho first trouble of the day occurred in tho First ward, where Misses Mar-rD'iro!-. Dobvne sn.l A Davidson c.hnri70l into a group of roughs who were trying to frighten women away from thi lOighth precinct polling place. Word that a riot was in progress wag telephoned to Flection Commissioner O.arneeki, who scorched to tho scene m his automobile, found a yelling, scuf fling crowd blocking the street, sum moned tho polico and succeeded in re storing order aftor several men hn.l been clubbed and a few noses bloodied. Fallen Women Barred. Then Cziirneekl autoed to tho south ern part of tho ward, tho "red light" district, where ho gave orders at all polling places ngninst the acceptance of ballots from women registered from disordorly houses or questionable hotels. At noon It was estimated thnt K!0, 000 men and 100,000 women had voted and it wns predicted that the total vol would reach o00,00'J by tho time the polls closed. Soon to Put Counties Dry. The nntbsnloou (-'uncut in Chicago wns not very hopeful, but elsewhere throughout tho stato it was working hard to add to tho number of dry coun ties. Hiiperintendent Scott Mcllrido of the stato nnti saloon lenguo declared himself confident that tho women would bo overwhelmingly for prohibition. Anti-prohibitionists said they thought oth erwise, Tho anti-saloon Iwguu's aim was to bring the number of the state's dry counties up to (III. Robbed of 3,000 Ballots. At Pami, where the liipior fight was especially hot, tho town clerk early o day reported to tho -lolice that he had been robbed by 25 armed men of H,(100 ballots, which he presumed were to ba used illegally at tho polls, ELEANOR WILSON WILL WED DURING THIS MONTH Washington, April 7. Miss Eleanor Wilson, duiiehter of President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, and Hecretarv of tho Treasury McAdoo will bo married heia in April, ncording to reports circulate.! today. Tho nnnouiued visit hero next week of Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. Haynj is believed responsible for the repor;. At Folsom, Cal. Hecognmng a enws paper of Percy Humes, wounded in .Saturday's Folsom penitentiary out break, as that of a rou he had neither seen or heard from in two years, 11. H. Humes, a Hncrninento county runchyr, hurried to tho prison to sen him. DIO UP BODIES OF BISHOPS AND TAKE OFF ORNAMENTO Faglo Pnss., Texas, April 7. Panic stricken piests, arriving here today from the Mexican side. of tho Hio (Iruiulo, said the const!- 4 sutioimlist warfare about Torreon was assuming tho character of an 4' anti clerical crusade. At Durnngn, they asserted, the rebels dug up the bodies of all archbishops and bish- ooh anil divested them of their rings and ornaments. . ''