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K voi,. m no. ,, " ' ' " i ITLOCK CHOSEN; COMMISSION FAILS Election in Pendleton Is Hard Fought. $40,003 EXCHANGED IN BETS Arrest Is Made on Charge of Illegal Voting. DAMAGES MAY BE SOUGHT Red-Hot Campaign Brine Out 10HS Voter Grant B. Dimkk Is Elet-trd Mayor of Oregon City in Exciting Contest. 1 SsfXlTIFAL KL1CCTIOX RESCLT9 IN PAlinC NORTHWEST. rndlinn W. F. Matlock, elected Vayor; ronmlnloa government Iwi Oregon C1t Grant P. Dlmlck elected Mayor. Albany P. D. Ollbert circled Mayor on progressive ticket. Sheridan Ben H. Evans elected Mayor. Gladstone II. K. "Cross sleeted Mayor. Sutherlln Bonds for flo.00 watr sjstem voted and Councllmen re elected. Sil.m Non-partisan primary In dorsed. FIto proposed chartar amendments fall. -Wets" claim ma jority In Council aa result of election. Graata Pass K. O. Smith haa silent lead In Mayoralty contest, bat result la In doubt. PENDLETON. Or Dc 4.--Spe-clal.) W. F. Matlock. ex-Mayor, pio neer cltlaen and retired capitalist, la to be Pendleton's next Mayor, bavins won out by a margin of 0 votes In the hottest municipal campaign ever waged .la this city The total of 1086 votes waa the larg est cast here In many years. Roy Ttaley. City Attorney, la tha defeated candidate. - Tha commission form of government lost by a majority of It votes. Charles Cole defeated E. L. Smith for Councilman from the Fourth Ward by two votes, while John Selbert won out for Councilman from the Second Ward by one vote. Forty thousand dollars chanitad bands on the Mayoralty race, the betting be ins; by far the heaviest ever known here. Tha odds were even, both sides being so confident that several thou sand dollars were wagered after the polls closed. More than half tha vote were sworn In today. Both aides were active and challengers stationed at all polling places prevented a number of floaters being voted. One man was arrested for attempting to cast an alleged Il legal vote and Roy Raley. defeated candidate, may be sued for damages as a result. Several ballots went into the boxes marked "challenged." DIMICK OREGON C1TT MAYOR Winning Candidate Defeats William Andrews by 113 Majority. OREGON C1TT. Or, Dec. 4. (Spe cial.) The city election here today waa featured only by the contest for Mayor, which resulted In the election of Grant R. Dlmlck over his opponent. William Andresen. by a majority of 111 votes. Mr. Dlmlck received 18( votes out of a total of ISO cast. Mr. Dlmlck carried all three wards. In the First Ward John F. Albright waa elected Councilman, defeating 31. D. Phillips. Albright received 13 votes to rhilllps' TS. William Beard defeated E. T. Elliott for Councilman In tha Third Ward, re ceiving t votes to Ms opponent's 19. F. J. Tooxe waa elected Councilman In the Second Ward with no opposition, receiving; 17 votes. M. D. Latourette was unopposed for re-election as City Treasurer. By approximately 500 majority tha proposition to have a night policeman in the hill section of the city waa car ried. GILBERT CHOSEN IX ALBANY Proirre.lve Candidate Defeats I. M. Cnrl by 2 Votes. ALBANY. Or, Dec. 4. SpclaL) P. D. Gilbert waa elected Mayor of Al bany In the city election here today, defeating L. M. Curl, his nearest com petitor, by it votes. Tha complete unofficial vote Is: For Mayor P. D. Gilbert. Cltixens Progressive League. 305; L. M. Curl. Independent. JTt; M. F. Hayes, Social ist. 174; Fred Dawson. Independent. UC For Recorder F. E. VantasseL Clti xens' Progressive League. 401; J. R Leatherraan. Independent. 117; E. V. Smith. Socialist. US. For Chief of Police Ellis Daughtry. Citlsens' Progressive League. 470; Fred N. Grubbe. Independent. lit; Joseph Croft. Socialist. . For Treasurei- H. B. Cualck. Clti xens League. 704: E. C Krause. Social la:. ICS. Councllmen First Wsrd. J. R, Hul bert, Cltixens' League. 7: L. K. Prouty, lCaaiiula4 a i'ase TJ STEFFENS' IDEA OF JOKE IS RESENTED MCCRRAKER'S WORDS ASTOCXD BUSINESS MEN'. Chicago Labor Leader. Too, Spurn Ills Attempt to Hold Cp Mc Namaras as Heroic. CHICAGO. Dec 4. (Special.) Lin coln Steffens' dispatches from Los Angeles. In which he argues that the McN.maras were playful boys and that sine they have confessed the whole affair should be dropped and everybody should shake hands, are treated with derision, mixed with pity, by Chicago folk. On the Board of Trade, about tha hotels, and at other places where hard headed business men assemble, what Is said of Steffens and his utterance would not look well In print. Bankers and labor leaders treat his statement with more consideration, al though the union chiefs say 6teffena should stick to muckraking and keep out of their affairs. Here are two of the milder comments on his statement that "labor and cap ital both stand convicted by tha Mo Namara confession:" William A. Tllden. president of the Fort Dearborn National Bank I cer tainly deny that there Is war between capital and labor In Chicago. I do not know the Los Angeles situation. I can not see that the killing of Innocent people la a heroic deed, even if dona for the beat interest of labor aa a whole. It looks like murder to me. Mrs. Raymond Robins, president of the Woman's Trade Union League I don't understand Steffens. I resent the attempt of Steffens to hold the Mc Namaras up as labor heroes. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS CURSE Marquis of Waterbury Dies Violently Fulfilling Execration. DUBLIN, Dec 4. (Special.) The death by drowning of the Marquis of Waterford haa revived an old supersti tion widely prevalent In tha south of Ireland that no Marquis of Waterford may die In bed. The story goea that a young peasant waa brougnt In chains Into tha court yard of the head of the Beresforda and that while his widowed mother, on her knees, begged for mercy, the boy waa put to death. The mother cursed the Beresfords and prophesied that no head of tha clan would ever die In bed. This Is the fourth Marquis of Water ford In succession to die a tragic death. Hla father waa crippled for life In a hunting accident and committed sui cide. His predecessor waa found dead In a hunting box on the estate, poisoned. It la supposed, from eating diseased shell flan. The Marquis before him broke his neck by falling from a horse. OREGON SHEEP EXHIBITED Rlckreall Owner Expert Prlxe at Chicago Stock Show. CHICAGO. Dec. 1. (Special.) Mora than 15.000 visitors, most of whom were from out of town, visited the In ternational Livestock Exposition at the Union Stockyards today. The chief event of the day from the stockmen's point of view was the csttle Judging. Experts from abroad had been brought to Chicago to Judge this class. Iowa State College carried off most of tha honors, winning three firsts in the shorthorn class. Oregon was not represented In the cattle and hog de partments, but one sheep, tha owner of which believes It will carry away a ribbon when tha Judgea view the ani mal, haa been brought all the way to Chicago by F. A. Koser. of Rlckreall. Mr. Koser haa an exhibit In the Cots wold division of the sheep department and It la competing with animals from all over tha United Statea and Canada. DRUNKS HAVE CARETAKER Habitually ConTlvlal to Be Chaper oned In Michigan Town. HANCOCK. Mich., Dec 4. Houghton County's chaperon of the convivial as sumed his duties today. Frank Rap kela Is to ferret out habitual drunk ards and post their names and photo graphs in the 250 saloons In the county. The office waa created by the county board after an habitual drunkard In flicted wounds on his wife, from which she may die. HOTEL BURNS; MANY JUMP St. Joerph Hostelry on Fire and Bit? Injored I.l.t Is Feared. ST. JOSEPH. Mo, Dec. 4. The Met ropole Hotel, one of the largest hostel rles In the city. Is burning rapidly. Thrilling rescues have been made from upper-story windows and It la feared that many have' been seriously Injured by Jumping. ELECTRICITY IS FARMER Trout Lake Rancher Harnesses Waterfalls for Power. HL'SUM. Wash, Dec 4. (Special.) A private electric power plant, in stalled on the D. E- Witt ranch In the Trout Lake section, furnished lights and power for churning, running a separator and grinding wheat. In fact, all machinery work on tha ranch will be accomplished by tha aid of electric power. . rORTLAXD. OREGOy, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. X-RAY URGED FOR ANTI-TRUST SET House Cheers as Little ton Defends Name. INTERESTS' ALLIANCE DEMEO Opening of Congress Marked by Impassioned Speech. IMPEACHMENT IS ASKED Secretary of League to Whoso Attack New Yorker Replies Would See Latter Ousted as Conspir ator With Combines. WASHINGTON. Dec 4. An Investi gation of the operation of the so-called Anti-Trust League was demanded by Republican Leader Mann In the House at the opening session of the (2d Con gress today, after a remarkable speech by Representative Martin W. Littleton, of New York, who charged Henry B. Martin, secretary of the league, with attempting to defame him. It waa the climax of a dispute be tween Mr. Littleton and Chairman Stanley, of the Steel Corporation in vestigating committee. Round after round of applause puno tuated Mr. Littleton's defense of bis Integrity and Democrats and Repub licans assured him of their confidence. I m pear hm rat la Aaked. Meantime. Mr. Martin had handed to Speaker Clark a petition, asking that Mr. Littleton be Impeached on tha ground that he had "co-operated and conspired with heads of the trusts, to prevent a continuance of tha Steel In quiry. This memorial, however, waa not presented to the public. Mr. Littleton assailed Martin and others aa In conspiracy to use the Steel Investigating committee to depress the value, of stocks in Wall street. Mr. Mann's resolution which was re ferred to tha rules committee, which expects to take early action on it. fol lows: "Whereas, Hon. Martin W. Littleton has, on his responsibility aa a member, charged that aa a member of this House, acting on behalf of the House In the investigation of the United Statea Steel Corporation, he has been subjected to a blackmailing attack In a New Tork newspaper made on behalf of the so-called Anti-Trust League: "Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to Investigate tha circum stances of the said newspaper attack, the relations of the so-called Anti-Trust League thereto and activities of said league, ao far as they may be designed to affect the action of the House or any committee thereof and that the committee have authority to send for persons and papers and take testimony at any time In Washington and other places." "I propose to fight to the death tha t Concluded on Pag 2- FROM INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TEPTERDATB Maximum temperature, 40 decrees; minimum, 8S det-reea. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. National. Columbia River alated for 11,000.000 Im provement. Paae 1. Decision by Supreme Court opens way tor prosecuting Alaska coal land frauds. Page 3. Littleton's defense from attack of Anti Trust League is feature of opening of ' 62d Congress, page 1. Domestic Steffens is frowned upon for McNamara "Joke." Page 1. Gompers says grand Jury can have labor records. Page 0. Opening of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmonrs suffrage clubhouse gay society affair in Gotham. Page 4. James B. McNamara pens confession and two brothers will be sentenced today. Page 1. John D. Rockefeller and other "old-timers" In Standard Oil Company resign their Jobs. Page 3. Rain may awing victory In Los Angeles elec tion today. Page 2. Sport. James A. Kelly, of St. Johns, gats contract for new baseball park. Page 8. Eeattle High School backers protest players of three Portland schools. Page 8. Joe Tinker, now In vaudeville, says he is glad to get back to Portland. Page 8. Pacific Northwest, City election results. Page 1. Proposed extension of West Umatilla project opposed by settlers. Page 7. Extra session conference opens in Tacoma to day. Page 3. Mystery in death of man, believed Frank Cable, whose body was found near Viola, Idaho. Page 7. Detective Burns says J. B. McNamara and MrMantgal carried on dynamiting with $1000 monthly fund voted by union. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Export demand makes price of hops oa Pacific Coast. Page 1. Wheat down at Chicago oa heavy selling, due to bearish statistics. Page 19. Assembling of Congress causes check to stock speculation. Page 10. British barks contend for lower rate in hand ling wheat by stevedores. Page 18. Portland and. Vicinity. George B. Moffatt, builder of Oregon Elec tric Railway, dies In city. Page 14. Elk chieftains to arrive todsy to make con vention plana Page 9. Big Grays Harbor ttmberman says retailers' trust holds manufacturers at its mercy Page 13. Taxpayers to appeal to have levy for 1912 made as low as possible. Page IX Convention of Oregon Butter and Cheese makers' Association to open tomorrow. Page 18. Australian boys visit meat packing plant at Kenton. Page 9. R. A. Wakefield complains that Broadway bridge blda have not been handled ac cording to specifications. Page 13. Western Forestry and Conservation Asso ciation meets to discuss prevention of forest fires. Page Judges declare exhibit of Oregon Poultry and Pet Assorlation Is best in Northwest this season. Page 12. Theodore N. Vail, president of Western Union and Bell Telephone system, would buy every Independent line. Page 9. "Faust" Is sung before attentive audience at the Heillc. Page 4. CRISIS PAST FOR WOLGAST Fighter Laying Plans Already for Scrap With Welsh. LOS ANGELES, Dec 4. Ad Wolgast, champion lightweight pugilist who un derwent an operation for appendicitis, November 29, today passed what might be termed the crisis of his Illness, and from now on his recovery la expected to be rapid. Wolgast, It was predicted, would be out of the hospital within a week. Manager Tom Jones, for the cham pion, said that as soon as Wolgast left tha hospital he would be taken to Venlce-by-the-Sea, CaU where he would stay until Spring. If his con dition then warranted, said the man ager he will go Into the mountains for two or three months, after which he will resume his pugilistic activities. "Freddie Welsh will be our first match," said Jones. THE FRYING PAN INTO THE MlfiRAS WILL TELL GRAND JURY Sentence Awaits Two Dynamiters Today. JAMES WRITES CONFESSION Younger Brother's Document Is Not Made Public. SENSATIONS ARE AWAITED Decision of Guilty Men to Go Be fore Inquisitorial Body Is Held of Greatest Importance in Plot Probe. LOS ANGELES, Dec 4. James B. and John J. McNamara will appear be fore the Federal grand Jury hero to morrow morning to tell their stories. They will go before that body Imme diately after sentenced by Judge Walter BordwelL This declaration was made here late tonight on unimpeachable au thority. The announcement afforded an expla nation of the meager confession written late today by James B. McNamara In the Jail corridor, in the presence of his attorney, those of the state and his brother, John J. McNamara, in which "Jim" explained how he blew up the Los Angeles Times October 1. 1910, causing a loss of 21 Uvea. Information Is Valuable. District Attorney Fredericks admit ted tonight that in addition to the written confession, both brothers "had furnished Information of signal value to the state." It is practically assured that when the men appear tomorrow before Judge Bordwell, the District At torney will recommend such leniency as the court may see fit to bestow. The moment sentence Is pronounced, according to plana completed tonight, the brothera will be served with sum monses to appear before the Federal Inquisitorial body. The decision reached by the Mc Namaras la regarded here aa of vast importance to the whole country. If there is a gigantic dynamiting con spiracy, which is what the grand Jury wants to know about, the state to night IS convinced that tomorrow's de velopments will place on record the name of every man of importance and position In It. With this Information, it Is believed the work of Federal grand Jurors here and in Indianapolis will be fairly simple. This outcome of the trial Is urged tn a message received by District At torney Fredericks from Walter L. Drew, chief of counsel for the National Erectors' Association, leading to a true solution of the troubles that have vexed portions of the labor world, and which counsel for the state believe now to be In a fair way of being eradicated. John J. McNamara, secretary of (Concluded on Page 6.) FIRE. t TfcV- COLUMBIA RIVER IS DOWN FOR MILLION ENGINEERS' RECOMMENDATION" APPROVED BT SECRETARY. Treasury Chief in His Annual Esti mates to Congress Favors Other Northwest Projects. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Deo. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury in his annual estimates sent Congress today, approves all the re cent recommendations made by the Chief of Engineers for Northwestern river and harbor work, including $1, 000,000 for the mouth of the Columbia River. In addition to these items, recently given in detail in these dispatches, the Secretary recommends among appro priations for Oregon, the construction of a lightship for Orford Reef, 1150,000; Crater Lake National Park, 115,000, with the understanding that additional estimates will be submitted later 'for road construction. The superintendent of the park rec ommended an appropriation of $169,140 for this work, but his estimate is held up pending the receipt of plans for roads from the Army Engineers. Other recommendations are: Che mawa Indian School, $111,000, which in cludes $9000 for repairs and Improve ments; Klamath Agency, $6000; Warm Springs Indians, $4000; support of the Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla tribes, $3600; Grande Ronde and Siletz Indians, $4000; bridge across Deschutes River on Warm Springs reservation, $15,000. There were also the following Wash ington items: Construction of double barracks at Vancouver Barracks, $60 000; Puget Sound Navy-Yard, $233,000; McNeil's Island Penitentiary improve ments, $25,000; maintenance, $55,060; Mount Rainier National Park, $48,500 aids to navigation in Puget Sound, $43, 000; maintenance Cushman Indian School, $50,000; Irrigation of Yakima lands, $15,000. Idaho items were: Fort Hall Indians, $30,000; Irrigation of Fort Hall lands. $20,000. Special appropriations asked for Alaska are: Light and fog signal at Cape Elllaa, $115,000; Investigating coal resources by Bureau of Mines, $50,000; education of native children, $248,000. GIRL FOUND LYING IN RAIN Doctors Cnable to Restore Con sciousness to Woman. Lying hatless and coatless In the rain, a comely girl was picked up in an unconsolous condition at First and Hooker streets late last night. How the girl came there or who she may be is a mystery. She made no outcry and was accidentally discovered by F. W. Keller when he opened the door of his home and found the girl lying; near his doorstep. The girl Is about 20 years old. The clothes she wore and her general appearance indicated that she Is a person of refinement. She wore, a gold bracelet on her arm. Her waist was made of silk and her other clothes of costly material. Mr. Keller notified the police and she was taken to St Vincent's Hospital, where at a late hour this morning she was still unconscious. DISMAYED CO-EDS ROBBED Thieves Loot Sorority House at Se attle as Girls Tremble. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec; 4. Fifteen University of Washington girls hud dled trembling and cowed in their rooms on the upper floor of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house early today while burglars ransacked the entire lower floor, obtaining clothing- and Jewelry valued at $250. The thieves took the precaution to cut the tele phone wires and when the women were awakened by the movement of the men downstairs, they found they were with out means to summon help. Fearful lest the thieves climb the stairs and attack them, they locked themselves in their rooms where they remained until they heard the burglars leave the building. SCANDAL HITS ST0LYPIN Secret Agent Found to Have Stirred Up Treason in Duma. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 4. (Spe cial.) Many facts astounding even to Russia have come to light In connec tion with the dissolution of the Duma In 1907. which involved the arrest of 55 deputies on charge of treason and the sentencing of 16 of them to hard labor In prison. In 1907 M. Stolypln, then Prime Min ister, deposited before a secret session of the Duma documents accusing 55 members of that body of conspiring- to cause an uprising of the garrison in St. Petersburg. It now has been proved that Senator Trusevlch, M. Stolypin's confidential man, commissioned their agent. Provo cateur Boleslov Brodisky, to organize the so-called military conspiracy. SEATTLE HOTEL ROBBED Thief Taps Till of Fashionable Hos telry and Gets $100. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 6. A sneak thief stole $100 from the drawer of the Perry Hotel, a fashionable hostelry. tonlsht while the clerk was tempor arily absent from, his desk. It was reported that the hotel had been held up and $1000 taken, but this was emphatically denied by the man agement and by. tha police. FIVE STATES UNITE TO SAVE FORESTS Many Plans Made to Stop Annual Fires. CAMPS MAY BAR CIGARETTES Western Forestry and Conser vation Association Meets. 140 TIMBERMEN GATHER Fall Set as Best Time to Burn Slash ings Loggers' Foremen Are Blamed for Many Blazes. Electric Power Advocated. Representing 30 per cent of the tim ber in the United States, 140 of the leading loggers, lumber manufacturers and practical conservation experts of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California gathered in Portland ysterday to attend a forest fire con ference of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association. Conservation of the forests and the best methods for conserving this re source formed the central thought of the addresses before the convention in the Foresters Hall in the Marquam building. The sessions of the conven tion will close this afternoon. The addresses yesterday consisted principally of a discussion of forest fires from the standpoint of the slash ing menace, the logging hazard and railroad fires. Speakers were gener ally agreed that the proper time for burning slashings was in the Fall, fol lowing the early rains, when weather conditions would permit. At the same time, however. It was conceded that this subject, like the tariff, was a local issue, the solution of which depended In large measure on local conditions. Instead of resorting to the enactment of arbit.ry legislation requiring the burning of slashings within a pre scribed period, speakers recommended education on the part of the various associations as the most direct means of regulating the destruction of debris and minimizing the danger from loss by fire. Fall Bnrmlnc Favored. This discussion was Introduced in a paper by J. L. Bridge, of the Washing ton Forest Fire Association, which was read by G. M. Cornwall, secretary of the association. Mr. Bridge favored burning slashings in the Fall, object ing to Spring burnings because of the ever-present danger that smouldering fires usually remain only to be fanned Into a dangerous conflagration at tha beginning of the dry season. He urged the necessity of assistance and co-operation between logging operators and timber owners to reduce fire risks. W. D. Humiston, of the Potlatch Timber Protection Association, dis cussed the subject further, but argued that It was best to burn slashings as the logging progressed whenever that course was practicable.-Otherwise, he said, the slashings should be placed in a pile and reserved until favorable weather conditions prevailed. He ar gued strongly against broadcast burn ing of all such debris in timbered areas. Divergent opinions on this subject developed in the discussion which fol lowed. Among the speakers was F. A. "Elliott, State Forester of Oregon. Mr. Elliott agreed that local conditions de termined in a large measure the proper time to burn slashings, al though he deemed it better to do this work in the Fall. Better Organization Urged. Better organization, both individual and associate, was recommended by A. E. Adelsperger, of the Coos County Fire Patrol Association, to the loggers If the danger of fire from their opera tions would be reduced. He maintained that responsibility for all fires result ing from logging operations should be fixed In all cases. Too frequently, he said, the foreman of the logging camp In his anxiety to make a new record in the output of his camp became care less and neglected the necessary pre cautions to prevent fires. Mr. Adelsperger told of an interesting experiment in progress by a large log ging firm in Coos County, which is us ing electric power in substitution for steam in its operations. He said the experiment had shown that the com pany, which operated six camps, repre-, senting an investment of $450,000, was effecting a saving to the company of $150,000 annually, or, in other words, would pay for the entire Investment in three-years. In the use of electrl-, cal equipment by logging camps, thai Coos County man said he saw a solu-. tlon of the problem of reducing the C08t of production. This phase of the discussion devel oped great Interest and resulted In the appointment of a committee with In-, structlons to confer with electrical manufacturers for the purpose of hav ing practical experiments made in the use of electrical equipment In logging operations. Careleas Foremen Blamed. X. W. Laird, of the Potlatch Timber Protective Association, charged that carelessness on the part of the fore man of the logging camp, the indis criminate smoking by workmen and in- IConduded aa Face !