2 il 0 'GAHAL ISSUE HOI ARBITRATION Mann Tells Peace Delegates Whole World Is Arrayed Against America. ADMIRAL DEFENDS NAVY Maiuuricht Says Jullc untl Truth Cannot l'revull Without Force C.liliid Thciii "SJ Is Anti-Toxin for War." WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. "The United States never could submit the. Panama Canal controversy with Great Britain to a court or arbitration." declared Representative Mann, of Illinois. Kc- nt tha House, to- DUUtR ftll 4 ...... - night at a banquet which brought to a close the convenuon oi rt"l;' Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Several speakers durlnir the confer ence had urged such arbitration. The iiuection was submitted to a fair Jury here, the Congress of the United Slates, said Mr. Mann, and this court had t.poken on a question which was as much her Internal affair as any that could arise. -air Court Irapoaalble. lie asserted that the rest of the world was opposed to the fnlted States in the lanama matter, and that an interna tional court could not decide the ques tion equitably. near-Admiral llichard Wain wrle-lit threw another bombshell into the peace camp when he expressed the opinion that justice and truth could not pre xall without the Navy back of it. that unarmed peace was such as had ex isted In China for many years, and that the Navy Is the anti-toxin for war to be taken in tl.ls country in doses of four battleships annually." He voiced the hope that the time would come when the itreat lleets of the. world would be used for universal peace. Tart Deflaes Attitude. A message from President Taft. now on a battleship on his way to I'anama. to lr. James Hrown Scott, secretary of the society, said that the Presidents whole Ideal was that of an "arbitral ' court for the settlement of interna tional controversies." and that he had favored the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France as a Ion? step toward an arbitral court, whose Jurisdiction would be Increased ultimately to Include all possible dis putes of an International character. That Canada never would break her ties with the mother country was the message given by Professor George M. Wrong, of Toronto. A motion that the Supreme Court of the United States offer to act as arbi trator in International disputes made at the regular session today was promptly rejected. The motion was by Bert Russel. of Forest Glen, Md. Frederic B. Coudert. of New York, who Immediately took up the cudgel ag-ainst the motion, declared that it would be the height of Impro priety for a society whose basic prin ciple was respect for law to suggest or recommend something which would be -.ontrary to the Constituton of the United States. The motion , was not seconded and was dropped. I'aaama Case JSot Acted Oa, No action was taken by the society on the resolution offered by Everett I'. Wheeler, of New York, to the effect that the United States should declare its willingness to submit to arbitration the Tanama Canal controversy between Great Britain and the United States. The executive committee, to which the resolution was referred, wade no rec ommendation, doclarins: that In its opinion the most good could be accom plished by the orsanlxation by permit ting free Individual discussion of all questions without committing the so ciety ns a whole. Business ts the great social power which will do more than any other fac .tor In bringing: about the establish ment, of international tribunes, in the optnion expressed by Omer V. Hershey, of Baltimore. He argued that big In ternational business solves peaceably problems as great as any that face ad vocates of international peace. RsmlaeM I Ofpwei o tA ar. "Business Is developing a spirit throughout the world," he declared, which Is helping to make war impos sible. -The international features of business are aiding In breaking down the barriers between nations. Busi ness knows no country. A financial disturbance in Buenos Ayres is felt In the other capitals of the world, and for that reason biir international business ii opposed to war and ttnds a way of settling its problems without war." .Mr. Hershey declared that tha prac th al business man was inclined to look with more or less of skepticism on pence societies and on the work which such bodies as the American Society lor the Judicial Settlement of Inter national I'ii'putes was trying to do. The reason for this, he said, was that war still continued. The business man. however, he added, could and should be reached. If the peace societies were to succeed, he said, they must appeal to the business man. the dominating so cial force of the world today. ntrcrlaeaa Mo eeded. Business a-ta with directness, he as serted, and this Is one of the things needed in the International peace work. William B. Pointstower. of New York. , eipressed the opinion that the United States was literally bound by the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote. treaty to sub mit to arbitration the question of tolls of l'nlte-1 States coastwise shipping through the ran am a CanaL The conference closed with a banquet tonight, the list of after-dinner speak ers including Representative Hann, of Illinois; Kear-Arlmlral Blahchard Wain wright. Ir. James Brown Scott, of the ' Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Frederic R. Coudert, of Now York. CLUBMEN . BEAT SEATTLE Von! (nufd From Klrst Pye. terfeience gave Multnomah the ball on the 6-yar line, and Keck immediately carried it across with Max Eakins twined around his anatomy. The second touchdtiwn was due to a recovered punt. Wolff- kicked 25 yards and the ball hlt.,Beck, of Washington. In the back. Ciarke poonced upon -it and ran 40 yards, being pulled down by Bender on the 10-yard line. Keck an nexed fire yards on the next play and Clarke, skirted the extremity for a touchdown. Score: Multnomah, 12; All-Stars. . Keek Makes Place Kick. Eakins kicked off to Multnomah again and the proteges of Martin Pratt plugged the ball half the length of the field, with Clarke. Wolff. Keck, 0"Rourke and Convill going great guns. On a fourth down, with seven yards to go. Keck booted a beautiful place kick from the SO-yard parallel. Keck carried the ball more than all the others com bined in this quarter. The fourth period was chopped down to three minutes, owing to darkness. i Bender. Borleske and Eakins were the only Seattle men to show up to their press agent's advance notices. Hauscr, the Carlisle Indian star, played with one ear tacked to his skull with tape and glue. He showed great pluck, un der the circumstances, but little else. McCrea, the old Minnesota lineman, and Polly Grimm starred defensively. Johnny Bender dropped a couple of punts in the backfield, but his tackling offset the slips. Borleske followed the ball with the unerring "nose" of an Irish setter, frequently beating the ends down on punts and tackling spectac ularly. The Multnomah line- from end to end put up a stellar article of ball. Al though outweighed from SO to 50 pound. Carlson and Rogers at guard uld themselves proud. Cherry, of course, had his man topped, and the tackles O'Rourko. Rupert and Convill broke through repeatedly and spilled plays. CTRourke blocked one kick. May, de clared ineligible by the college confer ence, did not wear a uniform. The game was fierce and extremely rough and penalties were frequent, Multnomah being soaked the hardest, principally far pushing the man with the ball. A return game will be played in Portland on January 1. The lineup: Seattle Star. Position. Multnomah. Dowd (ISO) Barkl.v (170).. 1. 15 R... !. Oalllrrate Grim 2-'.') 1. T R lifts) Rupert (1(K 0"Rourke McCrea (200) LOR... (101 HnKers f-0 Putton Beck (1701 C (210) Cherry- Samples CIO) R r I; 1170) Cinon Kakm. lRi( R T I, (19S) Convill BlUu (ISOl R EL (17.-.) T.udlam Bender 170i Q (l.Vll Rinehart Hirrlnn (isr.)...7. H R (IKSi Clarke Morle.ke (IWi...R HI U0r.) Wolff liauser (1!)5) F (IsSI Hurlburt (170) Keck Officials Roscoe Fawcett. referee; E. Fkeel, umpire; Vie Place, head linesman. REST.LT PROVES BIG SURPRISE ' Portland' Football Enthusiasts Ex pected Seattle to Win. Portland football enthusiasts were almost as surprised as the Seattle fans when the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club team defeated the highly-touted Seattle All-Stars at Seattle yesterday. Usually much wagering attends grid Iron clashes of this character, but yes terday Multnomah money was decidedly scarce in Portland, with the Washing ton heavyweights the favorite In the betting. No more than $200 changed hands about the cigar stores, the centers of betting activity, and the majority of tlte small wagers were either at even money or the Seattleites a slight fa vorite. The bulk of Tom McDonald's squad, with the well-known prowess of such men as Hauaer, Borleske and Grimm, together with the supposed absence of O'Rourke. the. incapacitation of May and the injuries of Kinehart. combined to make the Winged "M" supporters only mildly partisan. "HUMAN BOMB" GETS WRIT Authorities Must Slow Why Free dom Slioiild Xot Be Granted. I.OS ANGEI.ES. Dec. 21. Attorneys for Carl Rledelbach, the "human bomb." who captured the Central Po lice Station and held it for several hours some weeks ago, obtained a writ of habeas corpus today directing the county authorities to appear In court Monday and show cause why the pris oner should not be released. Rledelbaeh's attorneys argued before Judge- Willis, of the Superior Court, that their client had committed no crime, according to the state's stattutes. He merely appeared at central station carrying an infernal machine, which wrs not exploded. Judge Willis issued the writ. YAQUIS CARRY0FF WOMEN (Continued From First Pl.) cate and 1-udlam. particularly the former Notre Dame wlxard. In the latter part of the first half "Polly" Grim attempted a place kick from Multnomah"s 30-yard line, but the ball went wide and was returned 10 yards by Rinehart, Three minutes after the start of the second half Keck carried the ball over for Multnomah" first and tying touch down, on a series of brilliant end runs and gains off tackle. A penalty here proved costly to Washington. Fmri Im Fella. On the next to the last play, with six Tr!s to to. Rinehart signalled for a forward pass over the goal line. The Ps fell Incompleted in the end rone fy a to-jchSack. but a penalty for ln- mander and asked him to forbid the event. They argued that it would lend official sanction by the Army to an institution barred from most of the states of the Union. General Steever withdrew his permission, previously given and forbade the officers from riding and an Infantry band from play ing on the track. MEXICO CITY XOT ALARMED Government Says It Has 11,000 SoMlrrx In Chihuahua. MEXICO CITY. Dec. 1. Neither the officials, the newspapers, nor the Mex ican people are -manifesting any great uneasiness regarding the document which is now being drafted In Wash ington with the object of calling the Mexican government's attention to the demands of the United States for the better protection of United States citi xens' Interests in Mexico. Eleven thousand soldiers are engaged In the campaign in Chihuahua, accord ing to an official statement. Concern ing the situation In Cananea, Sonora. where the employes of the American mines are on strike, the government declared that the garrison there was quite sufficient to give protection. Four hundred troops left here today for the north and 700 for Tepie have been dis patched to carry out a campaign in More! os. Blanquet has not begun an active campaign In the state , of Mexico be cause of lack of troops. The rebels have concentrated on the state line between Morelos and Mexico and near Antonclngo. In the state of Pueblo, where they have destroyed five bridges on the interoceanlc railway. Cheche Campos Is operating in the states of Durango and Zacatecas and has destroyed several bridges. Campos is said to have 1500 men divided into small bands which are raiding and levying forced loans. Boxing Bnrred In Cleveland. CLEVELAND. Dec. 21. Mayor New ton Baker practically put a ban on boxing In Cleveland, today, when he told a delegation of promoters that hereafter no professional fighter would be allowed to give any sort of an exhl Kefnre local clubs. He charares iii ninrt brutal. The laws of Ohio permit boxing only among members of organized clubs, ana tney may not ac cept remuneration. Mayor Baker said the law would be eniorcea. 1 1 r i NATAL SAILS WITH OF DM BODY England Confers Full Naval Honors Upon Late Am bassador Reid. 1S-GUN SALUTE IS FIRED Petty Orricers of Cruiser Bear Casket to Mortuary Chapel Lined With Purple, Which Had Been Built on Deck. PORTSMOUTH. England, Dec. 21. The British armored cruiser Natal sailed -out of Portsmouth Harbor with the body of Ambassador Reid on board at half past three this afternoon amid a salute of 19 guns. . , . Full naval honors were paid to the body of Ambassador Reid on its arrival at this port from London. Admiral Sir Hedworth Meur, the commander of the port, and all the high naval officers stationed here were present at the station when the train drew in. As It halted at the platform Nelson's flagship, the Victory, fired a salute of 19 guns. Officers Bear Coffin, The coffin was borne across the Jetty on the shoulders of eight petty officers of the British navy and taken on board the arjnored cruiser Natal, from the mainmast of 'which vessel the United States ensign was immediately broken. All the ships In the harbor and at Spithead raised the Stars and Stripes to their mastheads as the coffin was taken on board the Natal and then low ered them to half mast. . The jetty was carpeted with purple while guards of honor of marines and bluejackets stood with reversed arms on each side as the casket was taken through. The petty officers bearing the cas ket walked slowly to the mortuary chapel. ined with purple, which had been erected on the weather deck of the Natal, and as they deposited it on the catafalque, the ships' buglers sounded the "last post." while the crew of the warships lined the rails. The wreaths sent by President Taft and members of the royal family completely filled the little mortuary chapel, which is so placed that it can .be lowered in case of heavy weather. Maine Moored Clone. By a coincidence, the hospital ship Maine, presented to England by Amer ican women, was moored Just outside the cruiser Natal. There was no service on board the Natal, which left port precisely on schedule time, passing through the lines of the other vessels, which all had their flags at half mast and their crews standing at the salute. PORTLAND FOURTH ON LIST Wheat Export Exceeded Only by N'ew York and Two Others." nrKonxiAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 21. Portland's wheat ex ports thus far reported by the De nirinuni of Commerce and Labor have been lighter this year than last, but are still considerably above the total nnrr of Puaret Sound. The monthly statement of the Department shows that during the last 11 months rort io nd exnnrted 5.238.139 bushels of wheat, as against 6.344,833 bushels in same first 11 months of last year. Pueet Sound's total export this year has been 4.322.707 bushels, an Increase from 2,879,087 bushels over same mnnth. of 1911. Portland is now fourth on the list of wheat exporting customs districts. New 1ork being far In the lead, with 4.500.000 bushels and Galveston and New Orleans following with more than 6.000,000 each. During November portiana exported tii A'lK knehAiu. n asratnst 964.150 bushels exported from Puget Sound. FOOD, NOT TOYS, WANTED Woman Attempts Life When Santa Does Not Bring Supplies. rirx--TrT il. p Realization that Santa Claua probably would not visit her home and supply food to her four hungry little children, Mrs. Anna John son, 37 years old. severed the veins in her left wrist today in an viemii i commit suicide. Mrs. Johnson had Just received a note from a prominent society woman and charity worker in Denver, which read: "Mrs. Johnson I have some toys I, t . , nwav stnd thouffht maybe you would like them. Please let me know, as it you aon i wanmera I will give tnem to someone eise. t TihnaAn wna tllicen to the County Hospital, where it Is believed sue win recover. GARRISON HAS TYPHOID Pollution of Rrter Main Spreads Epidemic at Hanan. HANAU. Germany. Dec. 21. An epi demic of typhoid fever has broken out among the troops of the garrison here. Two hundred and eleven soldiers are lying in hospitals suffering from the disease. The River Main is believed to be In fected and if this is proved to be so, the health of the entire population will be imperilled. XMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS m.A Hn nrnmUinor hov or talented daughter a fine violin. Fine combina .i inn- a c 19 9K Pavments. Ask about our great free music lesson offer. An order ror Taming jnacmne rv.ee ords will surely prove a most accept able gift for a Talking Machine owner. More Pianos. Player Pianos and Grafonolas. Vlctrolas, etc.. have al ready been selected at Ellers Music House than in any previous year. Many a family will this year be agree ably surprised with the greatest gift that can come Into any home, namely, a fine musical instrument. Many Orchestra and Brass Band In struments are this year being selected v ii,nriuAi The lar&rest and ttnest stock in the city is found at Eilcrs. , ' ii....in t? .1 1 u required rtrlces in tile finest leathers, all colors and latest shapes, are solving the gift problem for many music lovers. t.vo ui now 3.40. I3.7S now 82.68. and so on. i n ere are murw mm .. . . , four on Porftand Heights alone, that will receive ChlcKering eoy uranus and Chlckering Player Pianos de luxe as Christmas sw"' Gome Here for Christmas Gifts for Men Another year rolls round, and now it's close to Christ mas time again. "Christmas Time" means "Gift Time" looked forward to by all with interest, and by many of us with dread. "What shall I give?" is the yearly bother some question. Literally "barrels of money" are spent, each year, on useless things trash, pure and simple made-just "to sell" a waste of money for the buyer, and an embarrassment to the receiver. But now people are becoming more sensible, giving practical, useful gifts a pleasure to give and welcome to receive. Father, for instance, would rather get a smoking jacket than a fancy desk set; Brother Jack " could use" a bath robe or 'a walking stick; Cousin Harry needs some new gloves any frvr little Tommv well . vAnd so all Come and See open -.. smmmm evenings Pottrthut4Mer alons the line, as you go through our store you will find hundreds ves, thousands of beautitui, sensible, prac tical Christmas gifts, all the way from a handkerchief to a splendid new suit or. overcoat V y Clothing Co. n- Come Early Open Evenings SPEED IS ECONOMY Engineer " Recommends Quick Work on Celilo Canal. MUCH TIME CAN BE SAVED Captain Koberts Shows How Ad vantageous Prosecution of Enter prise Would Call for $1,200, 000 ?ext Season. ORKXiOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Iec. 21. How 100,000 in cash and more than a year in time can be saved on the construction of the Celilo canal is fully set forth in a re port by Captain II. H. Roberts, of the Army Engineer Corps, recently trans mitted to Congress, It remains to be . . . i will he wllllnfr seen wneintri vji'-' " - - i to direct this economy by Increasing the appropriations ior mc work can be completed by January 1, 1916 The report of Captain Koberts, heretofore reviewed briefly, summar izes the appropriations to date, show ing a total of $3,150,000, and adds: "The amount required to be appro priated for completion of the existing project is 11,808.392.64. "The delay incurred since January l. 1912. as compared with what would have been the rate of progress had am ple funds been available, is estimated as at least six months, there having . . .... rAT-vnilnn made of a nortion of the then available funds to 1 - - - twin., nr Y,rt funds provide ior me pmniuiuij . " becoming available by the last river and harbor act. This delay was made up of reduction of force and partial suspension of work for several months, total suspension of work for about two months, together with additional delays Incident to delivery of materials, col lection of force, etc.. necessarily in curred in starting the work again.. . "After careful consideration of pres ent conditions, it is" believed that In view of the above-mentioned delay . j,.. ilic nnal cannot be aireauk i n . n . v. completed to best advantage before January 1. i"". - ir-- funds available for the work. The canal can. however, with funds avail able, be completed by that date, which Is one year and six months in advance of June 25, 1916. the time originally proposed in the river and harbor act of June 25. 1910. ' "To have ample funds available for most advantageous prosecution of the mnru n-rni nnw rp.nulre aDDroDrla.tions as follows:- March, 1913, $1,200,000; June, 1914, $608,392.64. "In view of possibility of delay in appropriating the latter amount neces sary for the completion and to obtain the best possible results from same it would be even better to increase the 1913 appropriation to $1,400,000 with a view to completion of the project with out further appropriations even though th,ls $200,000 in excess of the $1,200,000 would praliably not necessarily be used before June. 1914. As already stated, this condition of ample funds available would admit of completion of the canal 1..- Tioflmlior St 1914. 't is estimated that the saving that can be effected oy adoption oi iao mum vigorous method of prosecution of the work is as follows: General superin tendence. $11,000: saving In engineer ing. $7200; saving In cement testing. $1800: saving In local hospital, $3000: in inn l nffia and storehouse force, $12,000: saving in district office expenses, $6000: saving in messhouse and camp maintenance expennn. . .i i mnirni of shifting sand dunes. $5000; saving In excavation of deposit? by river freshets. $5000; sav ing in protection of unfinished work and plant from river freshets. $2500; saving in purchase of supplies i large quantities under most favorable mar ket quotations. $10,000; saving in actual salvage value of plant, $5000; saving to this and other appropriations In the district by earlier release of plant well adapted for other pros pective work now authorized, $10,000; total. $84,500. "Thiftotal for the items comprised therein is believed to be conservative, and this fact, together with probable saving in labor mentioned in para graph 10, and the added economy of having sufficient funds available to work continuously, as far as local physical conditions admit, each piece of plant on the project (except the neces sarv reserve) to its normal capacity as long as it is needed, will, it is believed, bring the total saving to be effected well over $100,000. "It is therefore believed that $100,000 Is a proper minimum estimate for the saving that can be effected by having appropriations made as indicated in this report with a view to the earlier completion of the canal." HILL CONFERS ON PHONES President of Home Company Tis cusses Service 'With Fowler. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Samuel Hill, of Seattle, president of the Home Telephone & Telegraph Company of pbrtland. Or., today conferred with James A. Fowler, assistant to the Attorney-General, regarding the investi gation by the Department- of J"Scs into the American Telephone & Tele graph Company to determine whether It Is a trust within the meaning of the Sherman law. Mr. Hill, representing an independent company, discussed tne general telephone service. The Governments teiepnone investi gation has been completed and Attorney-General Wlckersham Is now en gaged in deciding whether the law has been violated ana sun snouia oe instituted. Caspian Fishers Ixst in Storm. 'ST. PF.TRT5SBi;RG. Dec. 21. Fifteen fishing boats have ben lost in a storm on the Caspian Sea. Forty fishermen are missing. BEST STORE ON 1ST STREET For Kent. 25x100 on First, near Alder, next tu ticket office, can be had for very low rent if taken before January 20. Phones: Main 53S9. A 4277. V , . i i i r OVK vrri. IDVtST.tGB OK OWMNt; A 5? WHITE MOTOR TRUCK is the factory Inspection constantly given, without charge. 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