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1 X VOL. I.III.- 0. 10,575. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS " K 1 COALUSEDAS BRIBE BY FUEL COMPANY Names of Government Employes Given. DONATIONS COYER. SIX YEARS Officials of Steamship Com panies Also Involved. FRAUD "TRIAL PROCEEDS Special Agent Tldwell Testifies Friendship Between Himself and Collector Stratton Has Been Strained by Case. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 7. The Western Fuel Company's list of bene ficiaries extended not only to engi neers of various' liners sailing; from this port but reached beyond to Gov ernment employes themselves, accord ing to evidence presented today by the Government's prosecutors in the' trial ol the fuel company's officers, charged with having defrauded the Government of duties on Imported coal and "draw backs"; four Custom-House employes and one Army officer. It yas testified, were recipients of the company's bene factions. The list submitted contained among others the following names: E. Farmer, clerk to Collector of Customs; D. Fin titgan, inspector; A. H. Freund, as sistant weigher; J. B. Twtgg, assistant weigher, and Major Grant, former as sistant to Major Young, of the United States Army transport service, at this port. ' Donations Take Form of Coal. The donations were J.n the form of coal and the dates on which the erifts were made began In 1907 and extended to -1913.. By the admission of this evidence the Government expects to show that the Western Fuel Company sought by means of the gifts to suppress Informa tion relative to the short-weighting of coal discharged into the bunkers of ships at San Francisco. .The Government's, list of fuel com pany donations as read to the Jury by Theodore Roche, special prosecutor. In cluded the names of .many employes of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, one of Its biggest patrons. Engineers and shore officials of the steamship company were mentioned.- Tldwell Denies Favoritism. W. H. Tldwell, special agent of the Treasury Department, has been on the stand for several days verifying fig ures showing where the fuel company 1s alleged by the Government to, have underwelghed coal oellvered to its own barges and "discharged to vessels. In cross-examination today Tldwell de nled having favored certain newspapers in giving out news regarding ' the progress of the Investigation of the Western Fuel Company. He said that Collector of Port Stratton told him of receiving a complaint from a newspa per reported, of not being treated fairly In the matter. Tldwell said he divulged no Informa tion relative to the case to any news papers. With -reluctance, Tldwell said, he was compelled to admit that during the progress or the fuel company Inves tigations his friendship with Stratton became strained and at the time Strat ton, retired from office he and the Col lector were not on speaking terms. Judge Dooling decided against the ad mission of evidence by the Government prosecutors contending that the fuel company paid engineers and officers of a Japanese steamship line amounts of money after the coaling of the ships. It developed In the argument between counsel that the fuel company was not entitled to "drawbacks" or refunds of customs duties, on coal discharged into the bunkers of foreign vessels. LOPEZ SOUGHT IN EAST Vtali Outlaw Reported Begging .. Among Friends In Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Ralph Lopez, the Mexican outlaw who -escaped from the VL'tah-Apex mine In Bingham, Utah, after .killing six men, is being sought by the Chicago police. Lopez is said to have lived here" and to be well known to several of his countrymen In this city. m According to Mexicans, who gave In formation to the detective bureau, Lo pez was here yesterday, going from one acquaintance to another, begging ,U1 UIUUCJ'. - AUTO TO RACE AEROPLANE Oldfield and Beachey Will Settle Speed Merits or Two Machines. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 7. Barney Old field and Lincoln Beachy, one In an elght-cyllnder 200-horsepower automo bile and the other In an eight-cylinder 200-horsepower biplane, will meet Jan uary 16 and 17 at Ascot Park in races to determine the relative speed mtrlts of the motorcar and the aeroplane. Oldfleld's car will be the one with which he established the world's rec ord of SS 2-5 seconds for sv mile at Bakersfleld last Mason, R0BBERBINDSG1RL; RANSACKS HOUSE MISS AGNES KELLEY GRABBED WHILE ALOXE IX KITCHEN. Polite Burglar Enters Basement of East Twenty-fourth. Street North Home at 7:30 P. 31. Just as she had turned out the light In the kitchen of her home at 662 East Twenty-fourth street North last eve ning at 7:30 o'clock. Miss Agnes Kelley was grabbed by an armed man, who bound and gagged her with dish tow els and, after assuring himself they were alone, rifled the house from gar ret to basement and left. Miss Kelley, who is between 20 and 25 years old, had gone to the basement Just a few minutes before to adjust the furnace for the night. She heard a rustle In the wood pile, but supposed it was wood falling. Without Investi gating she went upstairs, where a sec ond later she faced the man, who shoved a gun In her face. When the robber had rifled the house, searching all drawers, for money, he led the girl to the front door, and. saying "goodnight," left her still bound and .gagged. She freed herself In about 10 minutes and called aid. The robber obtained about $10 from purses In the house. At one time, in the kitchen while the burglar was ransacking cupboards, she attempted to back up to a knife on the table with which to cut the rope that bound her. The robber Inter cepted her Just as she was about half through the ' operation and threatened to shoot if she made a further attempt. Miss Kelley said the robber was po lite, but firm, and treated her courte ously. Detectives Hill and Grisim are at work on the case. . AMERICA EXPORTS CHARITY Money Sent to Japan, Mexico and Bulgaria to Feed Starving.' WASHINGTON." Jan. 7. Aid was ex tended today to the distressed dis tricts of Japan, Mexico, Bulgaria 'and the United' States by the American Red Cross Society. , TTive thousand dollars was cabled to the American Ambassador at T.okio for relief work among the people of the northern section of Japan, where a famine is reported., A similar sum was sent to Bulgarian war sufferers, $500 was dispatched to Choix, Slnaloa, Mexico, where there, is a food ' short age; $10,000 was forwarded, to the cen tral flood relief committee at Houston, Tex., and $1000 was telegraphed to Preilrtlo, Tex., for the relief of the Mexican, wounded at Ojinaga. - - . STATE USES PARCEL POST California Expects to Halve Its Ex press and Freight Bill.. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7. Uncle Sam's parcel-post system scored a victory In California today when the State Board of Control announced that hereafter the, 66 Institutions and departments of the state would be required to use the malls exclusively for state business. It is estimated that the aggregate annual express and freight bill for the state is between $40,000 and $50,000. The Control Board believes this Will be cut In half by the use of the parcel post. Schoolbooks probably will be shipped by freight, except in the case of Bmall packages where the malls can be economically used. DEPARTMENT HEAD IS HOST C. C. Craig, of Northwestern Elec tric Company, Fetes Men. . C. C. Craig, commercial manager of tne .Northwestern Electric Company, gave a dinner at the Commercial Club last night to 20 men in the commercial department of the company. The event was in honor of the largest month's business yet done by his department. Those who attended Included: C. C. Craig, P. L. Smith, W. L. Sherman, J. S. Groo, G. E. Fry, ,A. Anderson, George G. Bowen, G. H. Beazan, C. B. Dice, James B. Bruman, J. L, Dunlap, Terry Jump, L. H. Kennedy, C. H. Rupert, R. L. Welch, J. B. Williams, R. F. Whit- more, w. Ss. Hollingsworth, A. E. Stephens, W." C. Howe and ' George Higgins. . ' RADIUM PATIENT BETTER Secretary Tumulty Says Bremner Is in Splendid Spirits. ' - x BALTIMORE, Jan. 7. Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to the President, and United States Senator Hughes, of New Jersey,- today visited Representative Bremner, of New Jersey, who. is under going radium treatment for cancer at a sanitarium. Mr. Tumulty said, he left the patient in splendid spirits and that his condi tion was reported by the doctors as much improved. , It is understood that the treatment with radium, which was temporarily suspended, has been resumed. NEBRASKA LIFTS TANGO LID Co-eds May Dance What They Like Just so They "Do It Right." LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 7., The ban or all "rag" dances, which has been In effect at the University of Nebraska, was lifted today by Miss Mary Graham, dean of women. . The annual military Dan, tne nrst iormai dance or the year, to be held Friday, is the cause of the change In the edict. The tango, the castlewalk, the one step and other novelty dances will be permitted, under the condition "that they are danced right." Heretofore nlthlng but the waltz, two-step and five-step have been permitted. GOVEHNOR TURNS GUNS B GODWN 'Clean-Up Baker or Be Prosecuted,' Is Edict. FIGHT ON SHERIFF RAND ENDED Copperfield Officials Refuse to Resign; Soldiers Remain. TOWN IS WORSE THAN DEAD District Attorney Asks West for Evi dence of Law Violations, Assur ing Action Damage Suit De pends on Injunction Case. BAKER, Or.-, Jan. 7. (Special.) Governor West today removed his fire from Sheriff Ed Rand and trained his guns on District Attorney C. T. God win, who he threatens to prosecute for negligence of duty and for failure to act under the state abatement act to close disorderly houses. Mr. Godwin returned tonight from Whitney, where he has been for sev eral days, and he promptly sent Gov ernor West a telegram saying- that his policy Is and always has been to en force all laws In Oregon when he has the evidence. He told the Governor that all the evidence Is In Salem and said it could not be of much use to him while there and requested that it be sent to him at once. Rnnd Proceedings Dropped. At the same time Governor West flat ly dropped all proceedings against Sheriff Ed Rand, on account of the Sheriff's activity with Colonel Law son at Copperfield and Huntlngtqn. The following message was received this morning from Governor West by C. H. McColloch. attorney for Sheriff Rand: "Being advised by Colonel Lawson that he and Sheriff Rand were hold ing conferences and would likely get together in law enforcement matters, I have telegraphed the court recalling the request for a hearing in the mat ter of Sheriff Rand's removal. This action by Governor West clears the. way for Sheriff Rand and, while Attorney McColloch said today that he would rather have had Mr. Rand cleared of the Insinuations against him In open court, he would not be belliger ent in the matter. Injunction Salt to Be Heard. .With the hearing of Sheriff Rand out of the way for Saturday, there re mains only the hearing Saturday of the injunction proceedings. It is held that the agreement on the part of Mr. West's attorney, Frank T. Collier, to take the case' into court, will settle once and for all the legal status of the martial law which was attacked by the Injunctions (Concluded on Pase 3.) I T !1 HAPPY ARE WE ' f - HAPPY ARE a , v. ANDERSON ANP ) KNG WUAM v V HEHOSRSOM AHDJX- f WAS WVNGr 0faM"s VaVM lONDotf BRIDGE INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4 degrees; minimum. 47 degrees, TODAY'S Occasional rain; winds mostly southerly. rordfn. British literary Jury solves mystery of Kd- win Irood. rage tf. Xatlonal. McAdoo opposes New Torlc Idea of gigantic bankv Page 2 fiawlej proposes to modify lien land policy. Paze 2. General "Wood says Army seriously needs artillery and ammunition. Page 1 Domestic. Conference on race betterment to begin to- k day. Page 8. Suffrage hikers reach Albany and. call on Qlynn. Page S. Two of Thaw's custodians praise his eon duct. Page 1. Records show fuel ' company bribed officials with coal. Page 1. Miners union officials testify they opposed copper strike, but members insisted. Pace 3. Double life believed to be motive for Cox Melton tragedy. Page .4. Portland couple wedded at bedside of bride's mother In hospital. Page 12. Sport. ' McCredle turns down chance to buy major league club. Page 7. Tener says public sentiment against Fed erals. Page 6. Art Krueger to play with Federal League, Page 6. Directors approve liberality of terms with players. Page 6 Japanese baseball players to visit United States. Page 6. Pacific Northwest, Governor turns guns on District Attorney at Baker. Page I Woman walks 12 miles each day while at housework. Page L. Galea cease and barbound (vessels leave out. Pae 6. Spokane County's loss by alleged Irregularl. ties under Zach Stewart is placed at $40,000. Pago 0. Good road bond issue urged at mass meet ing at Salem. Page 7.. Two, walking on trestle, are killed by Shasta Limited. Page 7. Llnd accompanied north by two Mexicans, it is said. Page 4. Speculation rises as to Wilson's stand on presidential primaries. Page 13. Oregon's gold production shows Increase, Page 18. ' - Commercial and Marine, Potato market affected by temporary ad vance at San Francisco, page 17. Chicago wheat advances sharply after early drop to export basis. Page 17. Stock movement uncertain, with highest prices scored in final hour. Page 17. Barbound fleet rushes to open sea as winds fall. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Railroads of West and englnexnen to confer on wage scale and hours, page 11. Excursionists from Canada feted in city. Page 10. District Attorney on gamisheed city em ploye's complaint opens war on loan sharks. Page 10. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Mrs. Frank Menetee hostess in honor of mother, from St. Paul, Minn. Page lO. . Burglar ties up young woman, then ran sacks house. Page 1. Mrs. Gerlinger on stand four hours In broach of promise suit. Page ltt. Burglar killed In duel and his partner sus pected of deed. Page 16. Ad Club frolics at annual dinner. Page 11. ROCK BREAKERS MAKE $3 One Workman in City's Qnarry Receive-, for Day's Work $35. That the unemployed can make iex ceptionally good wages at the city's rockpile on Terwilllger Boulevard was demonstrated yesterday, when 15 out of 124 men employed earned $3 each. The best done by any of those work ing was $3.25, by a negro. The men are being paid $1.50 a yard for breaking up rock for use In estab lishing the base for paving the north half of the boulevard. The city has provided hammers and other tools and has given the men a good place to work. Testerday the number on hand was greater than any day since the rockpile has been in operation. SOMETHING AWTUL ! SHERIFF 15 FERVID Ifl PRAISE OF THAW Prisoner Held "Pleas ant. Companion." EGO IS NOT EXAGGERATED Official Envies Harry His Con versational Powers. JEROME DOES NOT APPEAR Special Prosecutor Says Powers of Commission to Examine Into Question of Admission to Ball .Are Limited. CONCORD, N. H-, Jan. 7. Two of Harry K. Thaw's custodians wer,e warm in meir praise or mm tooay in a hear ing before the commission appointed to Inquire whether it would be dangerous to admit the prisoner to bail. Sheriff Drew envied Thaw his conversational powers and Clark D. Stevens, of the Concord police force, who has been Im mediately in charge of Thaw since September, found him a "perfect gen tleman." Both favored his admission to ball. . i The Sheriff said that Thaw was nervous and excited when first ar rested at Colebrook, after his deporta tion from Canada, and also showed some excitement when he was de nounced at the extradition hearing be fore Governor Felker by "William T. Jerome, Special Deputy Attorney-General of New York, "but no more than any man would under the same circum stances," added the witness. Conversational Albtllty Envied. Thaw was a pleasant companion un der all circumstances and In conversa tions on current topics displayed -"wonderful insight." He wished he had Thaw's conversational ability. "Would you consider him character ized by an exaggeration of the ego?" asked Dr. George A. Blumer, of the comni'ssiou. . "No, sir." Officer Stevens, who occupies a sleeping-room with the prisoner and accompanies him on hla walks, de scribed Thaw as "a perfect gentleman." The principal difference between Thaw and other men, in his opinion, was that Thaw was more kind than the general run of the witness' acquaintance. Stevens said that Thaw's wife had never been mentioned in their conver sation. No anger or resentment to ward any public official or other per son with whom his past had bycn con nected, had ever been shown In his presence by his charge, whose conduct had been characterized by common sense.' The witness had never seen anything about the prisoner to make Concluded on Page 2.) WOMAN WALKS 13 MILES DAY IN HOME PEDOMETER SHOWS HOUSEWIFE COVERS 400 MILES MONTH. Mrs. C. Culter, Vancouver, Steps Off 17 1-2 Miles Wlille Cooking Christmas Dinner. VANCOUVER, "Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe cial.) In the belief that she was walk ing many miles a day, and desiring to learn how far she really traveled while at home, Mrs. C. Culter, In this city, obtained a pedometer; which she car ried while about her housewifely duties. She kept correct count of the number of miles she walked by days for a month and found that she had cov ered 400 miles.. On Christmas day, while cooking a big Christmas dinner, she walked 17 miles. Tne dally average was a little more than 13 miles. At this rate at the end of a year she would walk 4800 miles, and In less than six years she would encircle the globe. While Mrs. Culter was caring for a sick person In the house, in addition to her daily duties, she walked about 30 miles a day. Mrs. Culter weighs nearly 200 pounds. FLOOD IMPRISONS 2 MEN Japanese Pass Five Days In Limbs of Tree With Little Food. OROVTLLE, Cal., Jan. 7. (Special.) After passing five and a half days in the limbs of a tree in which they wers marooned by high water, two Japanese. brothers, were rescued from their plight late last night. The Japanese occupied a cabin on one of the ranches along the river, and when the high water came they snatched some pro visions and made for the trees. The owner of the ranch, R. Marcellus. was absent and did not return until last night. He then secured a boat and rescued the Orientals. They said they ate all their provisions the first two days. They exercised by wading In the water at the foot of the tree, but it was too deep to venture further, and neither could swim. DEMOCRATS BLOCK SULZER Ex-Governor's Request for Investi gation of Assembly Refused. ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 7. Thaddeus Sweet, Republican, of Oswego, was elected speaker of the Assembly at tho New York Legislature today on the first ballot with 81 votes. Assemblyman Sulzer, the ex-Governor, made two attempts to get in his resolution calling ,for a general In vestigation of alleged political abuses by the Assembly committee. The mat ter blocked by objections from the Democratic side. In presenting his objection. Assem blyman Walker referred to the "late lamented Governor." Mr. Sulzer paid no attention to this comment. He voted with the Progressives on practically all subjects of consequence. 105 WOMEN REGISTERED Kerniblicans Three Times as Xuracr. ous as Democratic Voters. Of the 939 voters who registered Monday and Tuesday only 105 ' were women. Not one of these 105 women voters is from outside the city limits. only 373 West side voters had regis tered the first two days, as compared with 645 from the East Side.' Twenty- one voters gave their residence outside the city limits. Republicans registered number 615, Democrats 205, Progressives 28, Inde pendents 16, Prohibitionists 9 and So cialists 15. Yesterday about 500 vora regis tered, bringing the total for the first three days of the week almost to 1500. PREACHER'S RIGHT IS ISSUE Clergyman May Be Denied Seat in Maryland Senate. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Jan. 7. The right of a clergyman to hold a State Sena torshlp was questioned In the upper branch of the General Assembly today. Rev. Frank E. Williams was not al lowed to qualify pending the result of an inquiry into his right to the office because of the constitutional provision that "no minister or preacher of the gospel shall be eligible as Senator." Mr. Williams said he was no longer Ta minister having resigned. LORD MAYOR CALLED ALIEN Henry O'Shea Attacked in Irish Court as American Citizen. CORK, Ireland, Jan. 7. Hearing opened today of a suit by which it is sought to disqualify the Lord Mayor of Cork, Henry O'Shea, from sitting as a Councilman on the ground he Is alien and a naturalized American citi zen. The prosecuting counsel announced that he would produce evidence show ing that Lord Mayor O'Shea has an nounced himself to be an American citizen. SEX LECTURES TO STOP Chicago Board Decides to Await Ex pression From Public. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Sex hygiene lec tures in the public schools today were ordered discontinued by the Board of Education by a vote of 13 to 8. The lectures had been a special course during the last school term. It was decided that no more should be gives pending a general expression from the flu hi Is. ARMY DECLARED IN NEEDDF FIELD GUNS Wood Pleads for Lib eral Allowance. AMMUNITION ALSO LACKING When War Begins Is Too Late. General Tells Congress. MILITIA UNARMED, TOO With Limited Arsenal Capacity, It Is Called Folly to Wait Until War Breaks Out Before Be ginning Preparations. WASHINGTON.- Jan. 7 Explaining hlR judgment was not Influenced by the Mexican situation. Major-General Wood, Chief of Staff of the Army, has advised committees of Congress that it should appropriate $3,000,000 for field guns and ammunition for the reg ular Army and $3,000,000 for the mili tia. "If you sent our troops Into war as they are now, without guns or ammu nition, it would be absolute slaughter" the General told the House military committee. "If called Into the field suddenly we should have to go with a small allowance of ammunition, even for the guns In the hands of the troops, and we should have neither guns nor ammunition enough for our field artil lery forces." Unprotected Gu Mere Junk. General Wood, in a written state ment, said: "We have neither guns nor ammuni tion sufficient to give any General commanding any assurance of success If attacked by an army of equal size which is supplied with its proper quota of field artillery. "It is my belief that no modern war between first-class powers will last for more than one year, and thus if private manufacturers are not encouraged to manufacture ammunition for our guns until after war Is declared, they will not be In a condition to do so until after the war is finished, and the supply of ammunition during the war will be limited to what the arsenal can turn out. If guns are not supplied on the battlefield with the ammunition which they can be reasonably expected to use, they are not efficient, and when guns have exhausted the ammunition sup plied they are worse than junk, for they must be protected by other troops. Half Million Men Xevded. "The War Department believes that In case of war with a first-class power an army of 500,000 men will be needed to give this country any chance of success against invasion, and that this force will be needed at once. To make it efficient it must be given its proper quota of field artillery. To do this, this ammunition must be on hand, for it cannot be supplied after war is started." The General suggested that the United States' regular mobile Army should be divided Into three infantry and two cavalry divisions, with an ag gregate war strength of about 75,000. requiring 54 batteries or 216 guns. "With the co-operation of the state Governors," he said, "the militia could be organized Into 12 infantry and five auxiliary divisions, with an aggregate war strength of 292.000 men. needing 174 batteries of 696 guns. The aggre gate of the two forces would be 367.000 men, or approximately two field armies short of the force of 600.000 men. These two field armies will require 166 guns apiece, or 332 guns. The United States garrisons abroad have 68 guns." Militia Short of Guns. Declaring the militia has in its hands about 34 per cent of the guns it should have, the General added, "to summar ize, for the regular Army and volun teers we would need 696 guns, for the militia 696 guns." The War Department is trying to accumulate 1292 field guns, of which 753 have yet to be appropriated for, and General Wood said it was not his idea that the country should be con stantly "armed to the teeth" in prep arations for war, but that it should be reasonably prepared, "most decidedly so because these things cannot be made for years, the entire capacity of the country today being about 260 field guns a year." Ha said he did not care so much whether Congress gave the War De partment the money for a reserve of hats, clothing and shoes, as they could be secured at any time. "But," he continued, "you cannot make a large quantity of field guns and ammunition without taking month or years to do it. We would be abso lutely helpless if we did not have them. No country can go into the field today without a liberal supply of artillery, unless it goes In to be licked. We are as liable to have war as anybody else." STEAMER PASSES CANAL First Vessel of Kind Makes Way Tlirougli Panama Ditch. COLON, Jan. 7. The first steam ves sel passed through the Panama Canal today. It was the Alexander Lavalley. a crane boat, and carried no passengers. It had been operating on the Atlantic side and gradually made its way through during the course of its dredg ing operations. V