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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1912. FRANCHISE VALUE TO BE FIXED I Street Committee Proposes $200 a Mile a Year for Trac tion Company's Grants. TOTAL MORE THAN $100,000 Council Members Study and Apply Conditions In Other Big Cities ot Country Measure to Be Rushed to Conclusion. The highest valuation ever fixed n a streetcar franchise granted In Port land will be recommended to the City Executive Board by the street commit tee at a special meeting this afternoon on the proposed general franchise grant to the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. The committee yes terday at an executive session fixed the valuation at $200 a mile a year, which will make the total valuation for the 25 years the franchise runs more than 1100,000. , , . It is expected the valuation as fixed will meet with the disapproval of sev eral members of the Executive Board thl afternoon, some being in favor of a higher valuation and others being in favor of making it lower. The Board will definitely settle on a figure and refer the franchise back to the City Council, which body will send It on Thursday to the City Auditor for ad vertising. Mcinra ta Be Roaked. The special Executive Board meeting was called for today to make It possi ble for the franchise to go before the Council Thursday. Otherwise It would have been held up for two weeks until the Council met again. It la the plan i hntn the measure through the necessary steps and get It back before the Council for final adoption or re jection early In February. Th valuation as fixed by the com mittee ia out of the ordinary, because of the fact that It is based on the mile age of the franchise. Heretofore the valuation baa been made on blanket franchises without mention being made of any specific amount for each mile of track. The mileage system i lar to the valuation regulations em- nloved in some of the Eastern cities. The rate of $200 a mile will bring the city revenue of $4000 a year for each year during the life of the grant, there belnar 20 miles of track Involved. The grants heretofore have been fixed on a sliding scale, the value and the revenue increasing each live years. Other Cities Considered. The company is operating under two general franchise grants at present One is a grant to the Portland Railway Company with a totai valuation oi ia 000 for the 25 years and the other grant to the City Suburban Company with a total valuation of aDout nw 000 for the 25 years. The franchise under consideration now Is much emaller than either of the others and for that reason the valuation is con sidered to be much hlffier. At a recent meeting of the street committee of the Executive Board the question of valutlon was gone Into In detail and opinions were heard form a number of persons who have made studies of the valuations of other cities It was shown that in some cities the companies pay $800 a mile. The com mittee yesterday took the Portland conditions Into consideration and con eluded that $200 a mile is a Just valu Mayor Rushlight said yesterday that he considers $200 a mile the proper valuation and will urge the adoption of the recommendations of the com mittee at the Executive Board meeting. PRINCESS SEEKS PAPERS Blooded Kin of Napoleon Would Be American Citizen.. SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 23. (Special.) Princess Estelle Gabrielle Bonaparte, Baroness le Moin de Leon, grand daughter of Prince Joseph Alexander Bonaparte, blood relation of the great Emperor Napoleon and daughter of the Count le Moin de Leon, today applied to the Federal Court for the necessary papers permitting her to become a cltl sen of the United States. Because she holds herself a subject of Prince, Victor Napoleon, present bead of the house of Bonaparte, where as the United States recognizes the President of the French Republic as the rightful sovereign of France, there arose a difficulty which was straight ened out only by calling oi Henry Hazard, naturalization examiner, who advised that the oath ot renunciation be taken, as prescribed by the Govern ment, that if she remains Arm In her intention to admit her fealty to Prince Victor the matter will be taken Into the Federal Courts for adjudication. Should that be done, a new legal prece dent will be established. The Princess Is reticent about her family life. Her mother, daughter of Prince Joseph Alexander Bonaparte, died at the birth of her daughter, and the father of Princess Bonaparte, nee ing from France when his estates were confiscated, committed suicide when she was but 5 years old. Since that time she has been a wanderer In Amer lea, and has many wealthy friends In the East, among mem nor lomer parents. WOMAN "COP" THWARTED Fair Sex Officer Reinstated by Civil Service, Not Assigned to Duty, sttattlk. Wash.. Dec. 23. (Special.) When Mrs. Fay Edwards, reinstated ao a nnllre-woman bv the city Civil Service Commission, presented herself to Chief of Police Bannlck today tor unslirnmrTit to duty she was advised that no action would be taken In her case until the-corporaton counsel had furnished an opinion, and that tomor row the head of the department would determine whether to obey the ruling fit the Commission. . Mrs. Edwards has been advised by her attornev that she Is legally en titled to the position from which she was removed and will again appeal In the event she la reassigned to duty and thon vAmnvArl or suspended. "I dislike to make charges against a woman." Chief Bannlck said. "What tnrf t will take and whether I will reinstate Mrs. Edwards or whether will reinstate, then suspend or remove her will only be decided after the legal department has advised me. CREAMERY TO BE STARTED Prairie City Site of New Enterprise for John Day Valley. PRAIRIE CITY. Or.. Dec. 23. (Spe it 1 now practically assure that a creamery of adequate capacity to" handle the 'dairy business of the John Day Valley will be established here at once. - The situation has been thoroughly canvassed by the leading business men and farmers of the valley. A local stock company is to be formed with a paid-up capital of $5000. which will be used to purchase the ground, erect the building and install all necessary ma chinery and equipment of the latest pattern. The financial success of the For some time past tne iarmer. uj. the valley have been shipping cream to outside factories and the financial re turns have been such as to stimulate an Increase of dairy herds in the valley, it i . w.ll-known fact that this valley specially adapted to tne aairy in dustry and It is also now general recognized that dairy farming is an exceptionally profitable business. Practical dairymen assert that an average ordinary cow will produce $75 worth of butter fat per annum. i calf worth $15 and a hog woriniu. a total of $100 a year, while a high grade dairy cow will do 50 per cent better. The establishment of this creamery here Is one of the most important steps yet taken In the development of the John Day Valley, marking the begin ning of an era of all-the-year-s round cash Income to the farmers. It will stimulate tlje hog-raising industry. he poultry business and all lines of mixed . . . i. ana intensive i Heretofore and curing tne I years tne one grem ' r John Day Valley has been "horseback farming." The cattle ana sneep nw have been and will continue to be the source of wealth and big Incomes. But the dairy business will supplement the itk nf the stock industry, keep cash In circulation every day in the year and largely increase tne '""" of annual mercantile trade. Stock in the new creamery is considered a gilt edged investment, and the benefits or the enterprise will be felt by every resident of the valley. VICEROY OF ill IS BADLY WOUNDED Assassin's Attempt to . Baron Hardinge Is Al most Success. Kill BRINDLE TERRIER'S WISDOM IS WOSDERFtL TO SEE. Animal Born In Richmond, Vs., Does Everything Requested With out Making Mistake. NEW HAVEN, Conn- Dec. 23. Spe- olai) Three Tale professors, Petrun kovltch. Cameron and Woodruff, gave tests today to Jasper, an English brln dle terrior two years and three months old. born in Richmond, Ta., and owned by Dixie Taylor, who is visiting aii terent colleges to let professors of psychology test the animal's mental qualities. Professor Petrunkovitch gave a two hours' test to Jasper and then said ho was the most wonderful dog he had ever seen. The professor ordered the dog to walk up the stairs, stop in the middle and stand on his hind feet. Up the stairs walked the animal, and directly in the. middle of the staircase he stopped and placed his fore paws on the bannister rail. Professor wooaruit went into a dark room while the owner of the dog sat in the parlor a few doors away with the dog. Taylor then told the dog to go into the room in which Professor Woodruff was and take a handkerchief out of the profes sor's pocket. The dog immediately bounded away and did as he was bidden. Other tests put to the animal were eaually as hard. He was told to find a lardinlere. which he did immediately. In quick succession no was toia t knock over a waste basket, open a door and pick up a pencil, all of wnicn ne performed immediately after the com mand. PERUVIAN ISSUE GRAVE CCOTSCIi FTJMJER TEIXS FURTH ER OF OUTRAGES OX INDIANS. State Department Has Delicate Prob lem as Employers Accused of Barbarities British Subject. BOMB TEARS SHOULDERS Man on Housetop Hurls Missile at Governor's Party on Elephant, Kills Attendant and Es capes Into Crowd. . DELHI. India. Dec 23. Baron and Baroness Hardinge, Viceroy and Vice reine of India, .narrowly escaped as sassination by a native fanatic today kii. ., t thair rfArmonlal entry mime uianuifi w into Delhi, the new imperial capital or The splinters of the powerful bomb which killed one native attendant and in.,,t mnriipr nenetrated the back and shoulders of the Viceroy and he was also wounded in the neck by the screws with which the bomo was nueu j wli.i, ..... thrnus-h his helmet. The doctors who removed the metal splinters from the -wounds declared it was marvelous that the Viceroy es caped fatal injuries. Lady Hardinge Immediately after the explosion asked her husband if he was hurt. He replied: "I am all right. Go on." T art v TTurdinre then said: "We cannot. There is & dead man behind." The elephant on which they were riding halted and the Viceroy tried to stand up, but reeled and fainted and ,k- nrriz-iolo who gathered around had much difficulty in removing him from the elephant's back. The howdah In which he and Lady Hardinge had been seated was blown Into matchwood. An official report of the injuries to Baron Hardinge Issued tonight by his surgeons says that a portion of the pro jectile struck him at the back of the right shoulder and along the Inner border of the shoulder blade. It passed upward and Issued through the vein along the upper line of the shoulder, causing a wound four inches long and exposing the muscle and bone. The lungs were not Injured. Other fragments of the bomb caused several wounds on the neck. There was a moderate loss of blood, the shock was severe and some deafness was caused by the explosion. Baron Har dinge lost consciousness, but soon re covered and is resting fairly comfort ably. . ... . The umbrella bearer, who was killed, had acted In that capacity for Lord Curzon. A . The bomb thrower has not yet been caught A reward of 10.000 rupees (ap proximately $3300) has been offered for his arrest. .... . Baron Hardinge was appointed last Summer to succeed the Earl of Mlnto, who was former Governor-General of Canada, as Viceroy of India. Shortly after his appointment he was elevated to the peerage. ' The bomb thrower's attempt to kill Lord Hardinge was almost successful. The viceroy was making entry In state into Delhi as the last of the ceremonies in connection with the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to DelhL The transfer was made in October last, but Lord Hardinge was not to take formal possession of his new quarters until to- da.A large gathering of troops, officials and Punjab Chiefs was present to wel come the Viceregal party. Its plendid elephant procession had Just left the railway station passing through Chan dal Chowk, when the bomb was thrown. It was hurled by a man standing on a house top and It struck the howdah In which Lord and Lady Hardinge were rlLafy Hardinge suffered severely from the shock and it was found necessary to apply soothing remedies. The ceremonies were interrupted for only a short period while the Viceroy and Lady Hardinge were being con veyed to the hospital and the viceregal residence respectively. , Eleventh Hour Xm?.s Suggestions You still have time to make this the greatest Christmas of all. tne one-never-to-be-forgotten. If you come to Ellers Music House at once. Any Instru ment selected today will be delivered late this afternoon or this evening or tomorrow, as desired. We have ar ranged for additional drayage service and every instrument will be delivered as promised. Where is there a home that would not appreciate, above all other gifts. sunerb Cblckering or Kimball or -tta- zelton Baby Grand? Let us deliver one today or tomorrow as a surprise. Tou can begin payments next year on oui new one. two and three-year plan if you like Fine new Baby Grands ae low as $565. Then there are Player Pianos for a home that has none or for a home where there is now a "silent" piano, which latter we'll accept in part pay ment. A number of very latest and most highly Improved Player Pianos, which the manufacturers have wired hv will change the case styles of. In the 1913 catalogues, are now being nut .t drastic reduction. $518 for the regular $725 values; $588 for the regular $800 ones, and $615 for the finest $850 styles, jsspec.a.-y y uvi iday terms. HnrcW a most sensible gift for that toiantad hov or srlrl will be a fine vinlln or Mandolin. Guitar or Banjo. Ask about our great free muslo lesson offer. a nirlatmu order for Talking Ma chine Records will surely prove a fine gift for friends of yours who own una lng machines. wnniiin't that musical friend appre ciate a fine Cornet, Trombone or other band or orchestra instrument? Largest and finest assortment to select from. For a Player Piano owner surely an assortment of up-to-date muslo rolls would be the proper girt. t-.,- rrtr-i mnti a Music Bag. All the latest colors and shapes. $5.00 bags now v" $3,75 values now $2.S. etc. ' i- ln-it hut not least in fact, the host tHtt that can come into any home wifh th nossible exception of a Piano or Player Piano, is a uraionoia or v-- trola or Amberola. Ask to see our two great Holiday Talking Machine Offerstoday Is your i.f -nnnrtnnltT. Combination No. 14-4. A $75 latest style Hornless Talking Machine. Including 24 selections and four fine . Record Albums, for only SS3.90. Combination No. 12-7, A $40 value for $27.90, Including 24 selec tlons; no extras. Everything is com plete. Pay $1 a week.' Last call. Blspham Records be sure and have them for the holidays. Don't forget ,i. o-ront artist will give a benefit concert to help the Newsboys' Home, at the Masonic Temple, December 28. Ellers Building, "Gold Bond" Stamps Given With All Purchases Best Navel Oranges 29c Doz. Mixed Nuts 2 lbsjSc Store Open Tonight Until 9:30 o'clock WiBHTV'RTntf' Dec 28. Stuart Ful ler, American Consul at iquitos, reru, who Investigated the reported out rages against the Peruvian Indians in the Putumayo rubber district, arrived in Washington today and conferred with State Department oniciais. im outraees brought to light by Consul Fuller's investigation, are such as tea c-ivo rise to one of the most perplexing7 Latin-American .proDiems wim . ,h Rtata DeDartment has had to deal. especially In view of the fact that Brit ish corporations are the principal oper ators in the Peruvian rubber field. Consul Fuller s report, mauea neiui-u hi. d.nirtnra for tne unnea omra, had orevlously reached the department. but he supplemented the disclosures made therein with otner lmormauon an tending to show the horror or me out rages perpetrated on the Indians by their foreign employers, as wu o " gravity of the problem with which this Government has to deal. The principal purpose of Consul Ful ler's mission was to ascertain whether the outrages against tne inaian .ruuoer gatherers had ceased, as the Peruvian government insists is the case, but this fact cannot be known until the Consul s report la transmuted to "S". which has alreaay cauu u,p - special resolution. JOY GIVEN BY SENTENCE Convict Expresses Gratitude to Judge for Short Term. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 23. Pushed across the Canadian border into the arms f American officers bees use the treaty between this Nation ano na makes no provision for extraditing es caped prisoners. Jack Plack, a no torious convict, was produced in court here today and sentenced to one yeoi in San Quentin prison on a charge for which he had previously been sen tenced to 25 years. In gratitude, he made a long state ment of his career to the court. In reply Judge Dunne said: "Few men. Black, who have passed through what you have seem to realize that their work of redemption lies largely with themselves, and that their future la In their own hands. That hove, arrived at this conclusion Is In your favor, and I believe that there Is still hope for you." Convicted nearly nine years ago of murderous assault. Black was sen tn rS vears. Pending his appeal came the great fire of 1906, destroying all the papers in the case. His future then became a lawyer's puzzle. It was impossible to free him. and it seemed nuallv impossible to try him again or to resentence him. He cut the Gor irnnt hv scaDlntr from JalL It was charged at the time that he had amassed $1700 by trading in opium .i.v. A(h,r prisoners. Assistant District Attorney McNutt represented to Judge Dunne that Black's nine years in the county Jail represented already a 14 years' sen tence, wi-h allowance for good conduct. .MOTIVE FOR ATTACK MYSTERY Fear Expressed That Moslems May Have Inspired Assassin. LONDON. Dec. 23. The motive for the attempt on the life of Baron Hardinge, Viceroy of India, Is a mys tery on which it will be impossible to hazard a guess until It is known whether the miscreant is a Hindu or a Mussulman. It is not known whether the bomb-thrower has been arrested. Intense indignation is expressed in Calcutta and here over the incident. Fears are expressed that it may have been a manifestation of Moslem re sentment at the British occupancy of the ancient Mohammedan capital of India. . . , It is asserted that a warning reached London some time ago that violence would be attempted by Mohammedans on the occasion of the state entry of the Viceroy into Delhi. Great sympathy Is extended to Baron r.A Rroness Hardinge as a result of the attack and much admiration Is ex nnu...ii nvtr their courageous conduct. According to accounts received here tonight the Viceroy underwent two operations for the extraction of pieces of bombs that penetrated his shoulder. The Vlceroyal council held a meeting today at Delhi to discuss tne appu.ui- ment of a substitute for tne viceroy in case Baron Hardinge Is incapaci tated for a prolonged perioo. Seventh and Alder Sta. The Nation's Wrgwt Pealer. forts on searching for blonde women who are said to have been frequent visitors at Logue's office. Captain Halpin, who is in charge of the case, is AioTit that onlv revenge prompted the crime and ihat a woman was in a great measure responsible for It. Two , - , , q-hAlr descrin- men aisv io ovw tlons have been sent broadcast. SALOON L1CJENSE IS HELD Again Questions Law, as of Old. Oregon City "Blacklist" OREGON CITY, Or, Dec. 28. (Spe cial.! A special meeting of the city Council was called for 8:30 Monday morning, to reconsider the revocation of the license of 3. Udderman, who maintains a saloon at the corner of Fifth and Main streets. The man had ,.ioHH iruiltv to selling a "blacklisted m q r inKiTicntlnir liouors. but at the Xma had nrs-ed that he was I stranger to the town, and that while he was anxious to carry out every pro vision of the law, he had no means of Identifying men who came into his place. ,, The man whose purchase created all h trouble was under a suspended sen tence of the court, and was subject to arrest any time he was found In Oregon City. It is said he should have been arrested before being allowed to enter the saloon. He was soDer wnen no tu onH th saloon man had no rea son to know or suspect that he was In view of the circumstances of the case, the Council permitted Udderman to retain his license, a question BL! CHICAGO POLICE TRACE ALL CLEWS TO JEWELER'S SLAYER. Three Suspects Deny All Murder Guilt, Said to Have Confessed to Postofflce Robberies. CHICAGO. Deo. 23. The mystery surrounding the murder of J. S. Logue, the diamond merchant who was slain In his office last Thursday, Is no nearer a soluUon than it was when the body was found. Three prisoners arrested In connec tion with the murder, Clyde Stratton. Frank Williams and H. B. Hampden, are still held by the police, but It is generally admlttted there Is no evi dence relating to the murder against them. They are to be examined on other charges. Williams confessed he and Stratton on December 17 robbed the postofflce at McCool, Ind.. and at different times had looted "about a hundred other of- Postofflce inspectors immediate ly prepared warrants for their arrest. Stratton repuamieu t-no - -. - BlAll the women detained for interro gation were released today. Police axe now centering their ef- A Christmas Dinner A dinner that will make yon at peace with all the world. Come on Christmas, bringing family and friends, and en joy to the full our bountiful feast. Both Dining Rooms $1.50 Christmas Night 6:30 TO 8:S0 MUSIO. On New Tear's Eve, jollity and merriment will reign su preme. We suggest that you reserve your tables now for the event. THE PORTLAND HOTEL G. J. KAUFMAK5, Manaccr. X. K. CLARKE, Assistant Manager. i Special 25c Lunch&Dinner IIA.M.I08P.E Xmas Gifts at H 1913 Calendars, Va Price alf Price Opera Chains at 2 Price $2.00 Pictures, Only 98c 25c Pictures at Only 10c $10.00 Dolls, Only $4.98 $6.00 Dolls, at Only $2.97 $1.98 Dolls at Only 98c 39c Dolls for Only 25c House Coats at lU Off $1.50 Slippers, (My98c Men s 50c Neckties at 29c $2.00 Night fawns at 98c Infants$1.50Sweaters98c Sewing Boxes at V2 Price Needle Books at V2 Price Finished Art Pieces at V2 $1.00 Silk Hose, Only 69c $1.25 Silk Hose, Only 89c $1.50 Silk Hose, 0nly95c $1.75 Silk Hose at $1.19 10c Xmas Rihbons at 6c $2.00 Silk Hose at $1.48 $2.50 Silk Hose at $2.00 $7.50 Silk Waists at $3.98 50c Box Handkerchiefs, 39c $1 Box Handkerchiefs, 75c $1.25 Gloves, Only $1.10 $2.50 Gloves, Only $1.85 been raised as to th. legality of the I attendance, but the epidemic 1. nearly blacklist. Mnunps Stop Basketball Game. COTTAGE GROVE, Or Dec 23. (Special.) Because they were airaiu they might catch the mumps, the Drain girls' basketball team did not snow up for the promisea game wim inr.01 foam Saturday evening. It is expected that the game will be played later In tae season, jiumps "" form have been prevalent in Cottage Grove and played havoc with scnooi over. Farmers' Institute Planned. ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 23. (Special.) Under the auspice of the Oregon Agri cultural College, a farmers' institute will be held in this city January 2. 3 and 4. Lecturers at this gathering will be -Professor Lewis, head of the agri cultural department: Professor Jack son, head of the entomological and pathological departments, and Profes sor P.eimer, of the branch experiment station at Talent. The meetings win be held in the Commercial Club rooms. Specimens of diseased plants and trees will be on exhibition, and the lecturers will be ready to examine such speci mens and offer suggestions regarding treatment, in addition to recommend ing preventive measures. ' ST. PETERSBURG, Deo. 23. An im perial decree Issued today forbids the circulation of military or naval news of any kind. The decree remains in force for a year. . All Furniture Purchased Today, Delivered Today Great Chance to Buy Practical Gifts at Big Savings Store Open Tonight Until 3:30 o'Clock rfrr7rTv Furniture iWMWiSS Fifth fW Floor $25,000 Stock of Furniture to OS d Out at rices ow Cos In order to make room for other merchandise we have . decided to close out our Furniture Department imme- diately.' In order that the last stick of furniture may be out of the store on January 1st, price cuts are most decisive. Hf 1 1 ::.yr: $5 Rockers $2.50 $15 Rockers $3.75 $10MorrisChairs$6j5 $18 DinJables $10.75 $39 Tmlrish Rockers $21 All sales are for cash only. No charges, no C 0. D.s, no Trading Stamps. Deliveries made promptly on day $3 Iron Beds $1.85 $5 Iron Beds $3.50 $12 Brass Beds $7.50 & $28Buffets$20.50 $8J5 Go-Carts $5.50 of purchase. 7