FOR SPECIAL ARBITRATION
PARCELS POST IS POPULAR
NEWS NOTES OF Taft
COLD
MENACES
WOULD REVIVE
Believes Canal Tolls Issue Not
Department Stores and Wholesale
a Hague Matter.
CURRENT WEEK
CITRUS CROPS Houses largest Patrons.
ARMY CANTEEN
Washington, D. C.—Although Presi­
Portland — Millinery In boxes as
dent Taft is willing to submit to arbi­
large as the law allows promises to
cap the list of popular eligible» under
tration the issues between Great Brit­
the new parcel post law, but Milady
ain and the United States over the
had better warn Mr. Milliner to be
Panama canal tolls, he doos not favor
sure that the receptacles for the
such procedure by The Hague tribunal.
aigretted headgear are sufficiently
Although he has not given the subject
strong. Otherwise, with all the care
The formation of a glue trust is be- of a tribunal much thought, the presi­ Lowest Temperatures in 20 Years - and caution that Uncle Sani's mail
lieved to be under way.
clerks may take the chiqieaux are like­ Would Weed Out Unfit Officers,
dent probably would prefer a special
Smudge Pota Avail Little
ly to issue from their parcel post jour­
Recognizing Fitness and
Manufacturers and importers are board of arbitration composed of an
Water
Kept
Running.
neys
bedraggled or smashed.
Ability in Promotion.
begging congress to let the present
equal number of citizens of the United
This is the warning that postal offi­
tariff alone.
cials in Portland are sending out after
States and Great Britain.
President Taft greatly lauds the
Loe Angeles — Freezing weather, the second day's wrestle with the in­
The president has expressed to
Washington, D. C. —The restoration
genius, persistence and tenacity of the friends the view that all The Hague such as Southern California has not novation, when the local office almost
of the army canteen and enactment of
Jewish people.
became
swamped
with
the
rush
of
bus
­
tribunal would be against this nation, experienced in 20 years, swept down
legislation for the elimination from
Ex-President Castro has taken per­ and that the moral pressure on the from Tehachapi's top on the great iness.
the United States army of unfit offi­
The
fact
is
that
the
Portland
post
­
sonal charge of his legal fight to re­ court would be enormous, because orange belt of San Bernardino, Ven-
cers ure among the principal recom­
main in America.
Europe is interested in Panama. In a tura. Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange office on the second day of parcel float mendations of Major General Ixsmard
traffic
found
itself
extending
its
qaar-
and
San
Diego
counties
Sunday.
.
-
.
Turks refuse flatly to cede Adrian­ court in which only Great Britain and
Damage estimated at many millions /T8 almost into the streets in order to Wood, chief of staff, in his annual re­
ople to Bulgaria and peace negotia­ the United States were represented, it of dollars is being wrought |to citrus P . care of the business, which, it is port made public Saturday.
is argued, there would be a much
tions are broken off.
General Wood recommends the con­
fruits, in spite of desperate efforts of '‘^’J^tortni, *H only a hint at the busi-
greater chance of a fair decision.
centration
of the army on strategic
The Supreme court refuses to per­
The dozen sacks of
Several Democratic senators have tbe growers to cheek the menace by neM
lines and in areas where it can be
mit Union Pacific stockholders to buy voiced the opinion that a special tri­ smudging. At Covina the mercury plree“
from out of town
He
’
points and the 25 sacks which were maintained more economically.
Southern Pacific stock.
bunal should be created to arbitrate dropped to 22 degrees.
would transfer all the personnel of the
At
Santa
Ana
icicles
hung
from
the
n,a
‘
'
w
'
ln
I
’
ortland
fairly
flooded
the
The Supreme court has ruled that this dispute.
orange trees.
section set apart in the local office and staff corps — excepting engineers,
cotton brokers must stand trial for at­
Snow
is
reported from north of Ox- a big over,,ow encroached on other de- medical officers and chaplains to the
OIL
OUTPUT
SHOW
’
S
BIG
LOSS
tempting to corner cotton.
nard. Sugai beets, bean and grain pa^tn?ent?' The indication is that an line, increasing the number of the
The newly-elected woman mayor of
crops
art' suffering also, but the chief “"‘bttonal near-by building will be general officers and line officers in the
Warrenton, Or., walked through the Increased Demand Has Buoyant damage is to oranges and lemons, nt*ded to handle the business inside of different grades.
The transfer of the personnel of
Effect on Petroleum Prices.
snow to attend her first council meet­
High winds are blowing at Santa Bar- a ^ew weeks when the traffic is reg-
staff corps to the line, in General
ing.
Washington, D. C. — With the bara, Redlands and Colton, which it is I U „ and ^tablizhed.
Somewhat to stem the rush the Wood’s opinion, will terminate the
, A decision of the Supreme court world’s consumption of oil aggregating hoped will prevent heavy frosting.
Reports
from
the!
Lompoc
valley
say
"uthorities
have asked that special de- constant struggle between line and
greatly curtails the power of the 1,000,000 barrels a day, of which the
staff, a struggle which is as old as the
states over railways and express com­ United States supplied almost two- the loss to fruits there will be enor- liverY "tamps not be placet) on the army and one which promises to con­
mous.
parcels
for
a
time,
or
until
the
service
panies.
At Santa Barbara the temperature i8 ‘{»«»ughly organized to deliver hur- tinue. There would be no interfea1-
thirds, production of petroleum in this
Women of the allied Balkan states country in 1912 was 220,200,000 42- was below the freezing point all day r,edly. All special stamps on parcel ence with promotion, nor would the
members of the present staff corps
show utmost fortitude over their
and at 10 p. m. it was 22.
At Red- mail w,n be ignored for the present,
griefs and sufferings resulting from gallon barrels, or about 250,000 bar­ lands the mercury was 30, and the sky .On* thing ig P,ainly certain: The lose any of their present advantages.
Discussing means for the elimina­
rels less than 1911. While the pro­ was black with smudges.
the war with Turkey.
At Whit- b,g deP*rtment stores, the mail-order
tion
of unflLofficers the chief of staff
duction
was
less,
the
rising
price
of
tier several hundred thousand young ,lou*, and the wholesale houses are
Sixteen persons whose ages aggre­
■ava■
'
orange
trees
are
exposed
to
the
eie-
to
take
librral
advantage
of
the
oil
increased
the
total
value
of
the
gated 1070 years were gathered «t a
"The full efficiency of an organiza­
f
ear
a
tota
j
service.
One
department
store
mailed
holiday dinner at Marshfield, Or. product markedly. Last year the out­ ments, and the owners
more than 150 packages.
Another tion of men cannot be secured without
Their ages averaged nealy 70 years.
put was valued at $150,000,000, an in­ loss.
sudden
drop,
8ent
about
100
an<1
a
third
mailed a system by which the merits of the
For the most part the
individuals shall have some effect upon
William Rockefeller,
whom the crease of about $16,000,000 over 1911. despite
____________
weather
bu-
more
^an
50.
Most
of
them
were
the
United
States
According to David T. Day, of the
their advancement.
house money trust investigating com­
reau
’
s
warning,
was
totally
unexpect-
**
nt
10
nearb
y
towns.
mittee was unable to serve with a United States Geological Survey, the ed by ti.j people, and not moro than a
"The army long has suffered from
A* the government restricts only
summons, is now in the Bahama isl­ Eastern oil fields, as a rule declined tenth of the growers, it is reported, suc.h art,ck‘8 a" always have been un- the lack of such a system. Up to the
production because it was impossible
ands.
mailable from passing through the grade of colonel promotion Is by sen­
to keep up with the great output of were prepared.
The woman city recorder of Park 1911 without large additional discov­
The temperature stood at 18 degrees parccl P0’1 offlce' »’mo*1 «very legiti- iority in each branch, and there is no
City, Utah, is accused of padding the , eries of pools in the older fields. The at Riverside at 10 o’clock.
Prayers ™ate art,cle ot commerce already has way under the law by which an officer,
payrolls of that city.
Shortages are I
were
offered
in
the
churches
for the
. " Mnt- The favorite commodity is no matter what his merit, can be ad­
Eastern decline, however, was offset by
also alleged in other departments un­ the increase in California.
saving of the citrus groves.
millinery and the department stores vanced a single number except by
making him a general officer."
der her supervision.
The local weather forecasts say the alT,5bo "endeni.
temperature
is
lower
than
it
has
been
he
P°
8t
°ffice
attaches
fear
that
the
A move has been started to pay the
fines of the Boise, Idaho, newspaper­ FOUR VESSELS TO OPERATE in 20 years. From all the orange pro- mlI1,ncry vendors use too fragile a ma- CASTRO MAY REMAIN IN U. S.
ducing points the most'depressing re. tonal in packing. All packages are
men who were sentenced to jail for
I^gal Steps Taken to Establish
criticising the Idaho Supreme court Trade From New York to Pacific ports are received. ‘ At Riverside, Placed in pouches and sealed the same
Status of Venezuelan.
which
has
laid
claim
to
being
in
thè
aM
re
K
ular
mail
-
Thp
y
a
c«
loaded
onto
for its decision barring Progressive
Coast to Be By Way of Horn.
frostless belt, nothing short of a mir- waiton"- "ack" *pon one another and
candidates for presidential elector
New York — The Federal courts
San Francisco—Details of the found­ acle can save the crop.
packages in the sacks underneath, un­ have been invoked in behalf of Cip­
from the ballot, and Colonel Roosevelt
ing
of the Atlantic 4 Pacific Steam­
In San Gabriel, another highly-fa- ,e9a they are »ecurely packed, are apt riano Castro, and a writ of habeas cor­
has sent the first $10.
I
become broken.
Such thingsax pus was granted to bring him before a
ship company were made public here vored section, the thermometer regia-
Senator Jeff Davis, senior member
tered 24 degrees at midnight, and Imi,,lnery and egg" "ho“1«1 be well judicial tribunal which may determine
Monday.
Bonds
to
the
value
of
$750,-
of the upper house from Arkansas, is
protected, therefore, advise postal the cause of his detention at this port.
000 were sold in San Francisco by growers were turning the irrigation clerks.
dead.
It was alleged in the application that
W. R. Grace 4 Co., agents for the water pipes open in the hope of reduc­
It is a common
thing
to mail ■ «»a«.
eggs the ex-president of Venezuela was il­
Trans-Atlantic steamships
have company here, and the 7500-ton steam­ ing the fast lowering temperature. I ”
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■ —
. _____
Parcel __ poat
has * a been • legally held at the immigration sta­
adopted a new route in order to avoid er Santa Cruz, one of four vessels to Not over ten _ per cent of the ranchers I now
4 a. L 1 ,.?
• L t J .4 Eggs
E*
_ . considered
established.
are not
icebergs.
are
prepared
with
smudging
pots,
and
tion on Ellis island, where he has been
operate between New York and Pacific
freak shipments.
In fact, a regular detained since his arrival. The court
Operations in the hop market are Coast ports, via Magellan, will begin even if all were, little good could be traffic in eggs is expected.
Enter­
completey blocked by refusal of the loading cargo at Philadelphia Febru­ done, as a difference of only six to prising farmers near Portland are will be asked to sustain the writ and
eight
degrees
can
be
made
by
that
thus set him at liberty.
ary 1.
growers to sell.
striving already to build up a regular
method.
Castro, immediately upon finding
Three other liners will go into com­
The Russian crown prince has com­
It Colton, another section which has trade with customers in the city, send­ his right to land was questioned, had
mission
immediately
afterward.
They
ing eggs and other farm products decided to return voluntarily to Eu­
pletely recovered from the recent at­
are the Santa Clara, Santa Catalina been hitherto immune from the devas­ through the mail.
A new field has rope, and had passage on the steamer
tempt upon his life.
tation
of
frost,
the
water
pipes
were
and Santa Cecilia. Each is of 10,000
been opened to inventors.
They are Amerika for Hamburg.
frozen,
and
though
growers
were
As soon as
tons, but for the present it is not in­
I trying now to devise a light, strong he learned the writ had been granted
making
heroic
efforts
to
save
their
tended
to
fit
them
for
carrying
passen
­
PORTLAND MARKETS
box of aluminum or other material, he cancelled his passage.
gers.
The Santa Cruz will carry crops, little hope is entertained that especially for mailing eggs.
great
damage
can
be
averted.
Wheat—Track prices: Club, 803/ about 75 passengers.
Ordinary perishable goods such as
Sacramento recorded the lowest
80Jc; bluestem, 85($86c; forty-fold,
fruit, vegetables, fish and meat can be
temperature
of
15
years.
BATH TUB TRIAL IS RE-SET
81c; red Russian, 78c; valley, 81c.
sent by parcel post within the zone of
Barley — Feed, $22.50(323.00 per
origin,
or a radius of about 50 miles.
COLD GRIPS ENTIRE COUNTRY
ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50 Government Guided By New Decis­
A man in Eastern Oregon had five
New York—Great Britain delivered
($26.50.
pounds c ' beefsteak sent from the Saturday to his countrymen the body
ions in Suit Against Trusts.
Coldest
Reported
Is
24
Below;
Win
­
Corn—Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton.
butcher ¿hop in a nearby village to
of Whitelaw Reid, editor, statesman
Washington, D. C.—The re-trial of
ter wheat Menaced.
Hay—Timothy, choice, $17(318 per
his home by parcel post.
and American ambassador, who died
the
criminal
anti-trust
suit
against
the
Chicago—Winter, as the term is un­
ton; mixed Eastern Oregon timothy,
in London. The British cruiser Natal
$12(315; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, so-called bath tub trust will begin at derstood in the Great Lakes region,
Give
Assurance
of
Peace.
brought
the body home and placed it
Detroit
on
February
3,
before
United
already
more
than
three
months
over
­
$11.50; clover, $10; straw, $6(3 7.
Washington, D. C.—Senor Pedro under the Stars and Stripes in the
Millstuffs — Bran, $22 ton; shorts, States District Judge Sessions, of due, made another and more successful
Grand Rapids.
attempt Sunday and Monday to fasten Lascurain, Mexican minister of fore- Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
$24; middlings, $30.
President Taft, dignitaries from the
At the first trial the jury disagreed. itself upon the Middle West. The. ign affairs and personal representative
Oats—No. 1 white, $25(325.50 ton.
army
and navy and representatives of
The
government
delayed
the
re-trial
deadly
cold,
originating
in
Western
.
President
Madero,
came
to
Wash-
Fresh fruits—Apples, 50c(3$1.50 pr
box; grapes, Emperors, $5 per bar­ until the Supieme court decided the Canada, where 16 degrees below zero 'n8ton Friday to tell again to Presi- foreign powers will attend the funeral
services.
rel; Malagas, $8; cranberries, $12.50. important issues involved in the civil prevails at many points, is spreading dent ^aft and Secretary Knox the
The Natal was met off Nantucket
case
against
the
alleged
trust.
That
rapidly
over
the
country.
It
reached
st
?
ry
of
bis
government
’
s
struggle
Potatoes — Jobbing prices: Bur­
febelllons, to reassure them of by two United States battleships and
banks, 50(3,60c per hundred; sweets, decision, recently given, compels the Chicago in the form of a snow storm,
dissolution of the combination of 16 which later turned to rain and still ita a^¡l'ty to protect American lives four destroyers and the funeral fleet
2j(3 3c per pound.
corporations and 64 individuals, manu­ later to heavy sleet, with continued and P^P^rty everywhere in that re­ lay off Sandy Hook Friday night. A
Onions—Oregon, $1 per sack.
public, and, incidentally, it was whis- thick fog blanketed the bay and it was
Vegetables—Artichokes, $1.25(31.50 facturers of enameled ironware in var­ falling of the temperature.
The intense cold has not yet arrived I P®f®^» to find if there were any truth 11 o clock before the procession got
per dozen; cabbage, 1c per pound; ious parts of the country.
in Chicago, but government forecast- in recent reports that intervention by under way. A gale that swept up the
cauliflower, $2.50 per crate; celery,
ers say it will be here soon and re- |
^"[ted States was not merely a river made landing the coffin n diffi­
Idaho Mines Pay Owners.
$3.50(34; head lettuce,
$1.50(3 2;
cult task.
threat
but an alarming possibility.
main
a
long
time.
Spokane—The lead-silver mines of
sprouts, 8c per pound; garlic, 5(3 6c;
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and all
turnips, 75c per sack; carrots, 75c; the Coeur d’Alene district during 1912
Gompers’ Appeal la Filed.
beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c.
paid an average of $8000 a day in div­ Northwestern states report below zero
Food Stores Discussed.
Washington,
D. C.- Samuel Gom-
Eggs^-Fresh locals, candled, 32(3 idends. The total for the year passes weather and growing colder.
| Philadelphia-r-As a means of reduc­
pers,
John
Mitchell
and Frank Mor­
35c per dozen.
the $3,000,000 mark by a good margin.
ing the cost of living, a system of co­
rison, of the American Federation of
Copy of Will Offered.
Butter — Oregon creamery, cubes, The Bunker Hill & Sullivan takes first
operative stores for the sale of pro­
Labor, convicted of contempt of court
place by paying dividends during the
37c per pound; prints, 38@39c.
San Francisco—Caroline A. Kamm, visions was discussed by the House­
and
sentenced to jail in connection
of $850,200, which brings its widow of Jacob Kamm, late million­ keepers’ League here. Mrs. William
Poultry—Hens, 15c; broilers, 15c; year
;
total up to $13,977,150. The aire steamboat owner of the Columbia B. Derr, who conducted the crusade with the Buck Stove 4 Range case,
turkeys,
live,
22(323c;
dressed, grand
I
choice,
26(327c; ducks, nominal; Federal company, with its three river and Sound districts, has peti­ for cheap eggs, presided. She said filed their appeal in the District of
It al­
geese, 13c.
mines, Standard, Morning and Last tioned for anciliary probate of a copy she had countless offers from produc­ Columbia Court of Appeal?.
leges
the
men
were
convicted
not of
Pork—Fancy, 10(310ic per pound.
Chance, passed $800,000 in dividends. of the Kamm will. The original will ers in all parts of the East to supply
Veal—Fancy, 14($14}c per pound.
has already been probated in the Port­ provisions at rates that would mean a contempt of court, but of want of re­
Seven­
Assassin Gets Eight Years.
Hops—1912 crop, prime and choice,
land, Or., jurisdiction. About $100,- considerable lessening of prices, "if spect for judicial authority.
teen alleged errors are charged.
18(320c per pound.
Yekaterinodar, Russia—The work­ 000 is on deposit in various banks in the business is properly managed."
Cattle — Choice steers, $7(37.75; man, Sedelnikoff, who assassinated H. San Francisco and to get this the
[Laborer Finds Fortune.
good $6.50(36.75; medium, 6(36.35; H. Emerich, the American superin­ proof of the will is necessary in this
Tacoma’« Balance Leu.
^Nowata, Okla.—George Hardsook, a
choice cows, $6($6.50; good, $5.50<$ tendent of the Kyshtym Copper com­ district also.
Tacoma, Wash.—The City of Ta­ laborer, unearthed $87,500 In gold
5.75; medium, $4.50($5.25; choice pany on October 20, 1911, has been
coma has on hand to staht 1913 more while digging a trench near the vil­
calves, $7.50@9; good heavy calves, condemned to eight years’ imprison­
Laborers Share in Estate.'
than $1,000,000 less than it possessed
Hardsook’s posses­
$6(3,7; bulls, $3(3,5.50; stags, $5(3 6. ment at hard labor by the Circuit
San Francisco — Sixteen laborers, at the opening of 1912, according to lage of Oglesby.
sion of the wealth, however, probably
Hogs—Light, $7.50@8.10; heavy, court. Emerich was killed by a shot who have worked from two to 20 years
the report of Controller Meads. The
$6.50(3/7.25.
fired through the window of his resi­ for the Henry Cowell Lime 4 Cement large amounts paid out on the new will be of short duration, a state law
requiring that such funds be surren­
Sheep—Yearling wethers. $4.25($ dence at Kyshtym. The assassin was company, received Saturday aumi
light and water plants, and the falling
5.75; ewes, $4@4.85; lambs, $5(3 arrested last July, and confessed the varying from $500 to $1000 from the off in tax collections of about 6 per dered to the owner of the land. The
ioviicj
uure evidence or
money bore
of having been
6.75.
crime.
estate of the late E. V. Cowell.
cent are principally responsible.
I buried a number of years.
Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
California Orange Trees Hung
With Icicles.
General Wood Also Recommends
New Merit System.
a
a
a
BODY OF AMBASSADOR REID
REACHES NATIVE SHORES
I