PORTLAND, OREGOX, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 20, 1910. rmcE FIVE CENTS. vol. XO. 13.G21. SENATE REJECTS CLOTURE RULING Point Made by Sher man Is Rejected. VOTE MAKES IT EMPHATIC Resistance to Alteration Rules Made Clear. PAIRED SENATORS ABSENT Urrburn DeNnes Ileal Republican, by Implication Bill for Direct Flections Will !'. Rajnrr Declare. TVAMHNtJTON. Pec 11. Vke-Presi-4nt Kherraan'a effort to take a leaf from the book of Speaker Reed and . count a quorum" wa crushed by tho nuta todar- Fr a rote of 37 to 17 the Bmate axaln emphatically announced lis determination to mint all efforts to alter Ita rules In any way KUng to es tablishment of cloture In tliat body. The question trtm over the ruling made last Saturday by Vice-President Sherman fcoMlnc that an announcement of a pair by a Srnato.- In an ay and no vote Is suf ficient to Justify theihalrln Including; him to make a quorum. Tha point waa raised early In the day over the approval of tha .Journal of HalurUay'a proceed! rga. C hairman la Overruled. In connection with the debate on the onmlbua rlulraa bill, a vote waa taken on an appeal by Senator Hale from a deci sion by the chair almllar to tliat of Saturday. Atl the IT Totea In favor of iwalnlnjr the chair were caat by re publican f the IT Totea against the chair, yt were cat by ItepuliUcana and 17 be the XJrmocrata. la the rollcall the point ai made by Tfeyburn that only by unanimous consent roulj a Senator be exi-uaed frura Totln. even In oharrvance of a pair, and after t)ie rolU-alt waa concluded Senators DIN l'rgham and Msrt'n were eompelled to rla and ask to be excused because of pairs. No objection waa made. He; burn Knoat Itcpublk-an. While estiinc for the correction of the reord of the Senate. Iteyuurn called attention to an error of the report of the manner In which he bad expressed dissent several days (o f ruin the sug gestion that the tariff should be revised erhedule by schedule. He had used the lamruage that a revision should be made aa a political proposition aa favored "by ttm real llepublicans of the country." "Who are the real Kepubllcana T" asked Ur. Bailer, of Texts. Oh. I know them." retorted Mr. Hey burn aa bla ma swept a corner of the chamber where aeveral insurgents were seated. Borah's Illll Parsed. The Senate passed Borah's bill permitt Inc entry upon lands under Irrigation pro Jevtss which have been relinquished by the original 'locators, without regard to the provision In the act of last session prohibiting- entries until after irrigation charges are axed. The new measure ap ple only to old project Bevertdge asked member of the Sen. ate judiciary committee today whether they intended to report the bill designed to prevent lobaccu manufacturers from using the premium coupon system for tle purpose of crushing out competition. He aaid be Intended to compel action on the bill, which pessed the Senate as a part of the I'ayoe-Aldrlch tariff bllL Beverldge dwusacd the use of coupons and asserted that by such means the American Tobacco Company hod been en abled to crush out competition in a man ner amounting to a "scandal." Direct I: lection In I'avor. ftarner said that the discussion of reso lutions to provide for the election of Sena tone by direct vote developed that there would be nut mote than four votes In the committee against reporting to the Sen ate. He declared the resolution would pass the committee and the Senate. . The Senate confirmed the Domination of Kdaard R. Wright and Clarence J. Hoberta to be AsMxiate Justk-cs of the sa.ie.reni Oourt of New Mexico, and Cor nelius D. Murane to be I'ntted States Judge for the I'tstrict of Alaska, division Ne. z. MJXKKV .II BILL ADVANCED M-DXtc Passes Measure fur Kxemp tton in 1'ire DUtrlcts. OROWNUN NBW3 EL'RBAL'. Wash ington. lec. 1. Ti:e Senate today passed Senator H' bom's bill exempting owners rf unpatented mining claims from per forming requisite development work on them for tSe season or lo in Instances where the claims were damaxed by forest fires la July. August, and September last, and where work was thereby hindered. As effort will be made to ruth tha bill through the House before the holiday adjournment. ' HOOSEVELT IXQtlRY ASKED TIesolatlon Wants to Know How Kailmwd l".ipcncs Were Paid. WASHINGTON'. Ic 1. A Congrea Sloral tnvet1catl-n of Theodore Kooae iCoeeloded ew i 618 SAVED FROM BURNING SCHOOL CniLDflEX THIXK THET ARE PRACTICING DRIIX. Within Half Hour After They Leave bjr Rear Entrance,. Building la Mass of It u ins. BOISri Idaho, Doc 19. (Special ) The practice but recently Instituted to compul sory Are drilla In the main school build ing of Rexburg. Idaho, probably saved the Uvea of Cs children pupils who were placed In grave peril by fire Just before noon today. Within a half hour the stone structure waa gutted and a mass of ruins. - It was valued at $30,000. partially covered by In surance. A defective furnace, was the cause. " The flames were first noticed beneath the main entrance and -quickly shut off escape In that direction. When the alarm was sounded the chil dren thought they were practicing the fire drill. It wae not until the edifice was emptied, or within three minutes, that they realised their narrow ni The school waa built four years sgo, with but one entrance. Recently mem bers of the Board Insisted on a rear en trance being Installed for emergency. The children were quietly Instructed to pass out that way. STRIKE SITUATION TENSE Commissioner Ac-Ill 81111 Labors With Road Managers. ClirCAGO. Dec- lS-ISpeclaD--Com-mlssloner of Labor Neill continued his efforts today to bring the railroad man agers and the locomotive engineers to gether, but without success. Both sides refused to yield a point, though. Dr. Nelil has not abandoned hope. It Is expected that the conference will last several days, though It was sal 1 that the situation Is becoming tense and that an open rupture may come at any time. A strike of the engineers would prove the worst labor conflict that the coun try has ever seen In the railroad just ness, as il systems are Involved and every line west of Chicago would be tied up. Chief Opposes Arbitration. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Knineers, Is not willing1 to submit to arbitration If any other way can be found out of the difficulty, and It la believed that in accepting arbitration he will Impose such conditions that the railroad cannot accept. Thouah neither side Is looking- for a strike. It waa aald today that the pos sibility of ens Is greater than It has been at any time since the negotiations began. MURPHY PICKS SENATOR? Democratic lioss Has Conference on Subject Willi Gaynor. NEW TCRK. Dec 19. (Special.) The Senatorshlp situation. It would eeem safe to guess, was probably settled to day In the City Halt Mayor (Jaynor and Charles F. Mur phy held a long- conference during the afternoon, and while neither would an swer any questions concerning the sub ject which had mostly Interested them. It can be stated that the talk between Clay nor and Murphy was mainly con fined to the consideration of the man who la to be selected by the 1 democratic caucus of the Legislature to aucceed Chauncey M. Depew. The outcome of the conference Is that the choice has been narrowed down to Hdward IL Shepard and William F. Sheehan. rosltlve assertion can be made that when Gaynor and Murphy separated there was a mutual under standing between them that the Demo cratic caucus would name either Shep ard or Sheehan. "LOAN SHARKS" MUST GO Chicago Business and Labor Men Join Hands in Demand. CHICAGO, Dec. IS. (Special.) The commercial organizations and labor unions are planning to join hands In a concerted movement to drive . "loan sharks' out of Chicago. For the first time representatives of capital and labor and of various organizations, which have attacked money-lenders spasmodically In years past, will unite forces and agree upon 'a definite plan of crusade. It is probable the Chicago Associations of Commerce will take the Initiative In the movement and will call a conference on the subject soon after January 1. The organizations which will be Invited to Join are the Commercial Club. Industrial Club. Chtcaso Legal Aid Society, City Club and the Federation of Labor. MINISTER. IS SWINDLER Term in Tacoms Jail Regno for Passing Bad Checks. -TACOMA. Wash, Dc. 1 (Special.) Rev. II. IX Stanley, who has occupied pulpita In Grand Forks. X. D- Seattle. Tacoma. Cle-EUum and other cities. Is In the County Jail serving out a j:50 fine for passing bogus checks In Ta coma. Stanley la a regularly ordained preacher and had charge of one of the largest Methodist churches at Grand Forks, leaving the pulpit for the lec ture platform. Since coming to the Pacific Coast he has got his picture Into the rogues' gallery and has been In the hands of the police several times for pssslng bogus checks st Everett. Seattle and elsewhere. He pleaded guilty In court today. T OPEN TO INVASION Militia Force too Small, Says General. STATE UNPREPARED FOR WAR Fortification Lacking From San Francisco to Oregon. MOBILE. ARMY NECESSITY Adjutant-General Laurie Regrets Failure of Armory Board to Ex pend $420,000 Appropriated to Aid State Militia. SACRAMENTO. Dec. 19. The Califor nia roast Is totally unprepared for war, believes Adjutant-General J. B. Lauck. on account of too small a militia force, which has been' kept small through the failure of the Armory Board to expend fUO.000 which was appropriated at the last Legislature for an armory and equipment In San Francisco. - "We should have 1$ companies of coast artillery. 14 of them at San Francisco," said Lauck today, "whereas at present we have but nine, aeven in San Fran cisco snd two In San Diego. Housing Facilities Lacking. "Our great dlfTaclty Is not In organ izing, but rather In aecurlng housing fa cilities, ir we had buildings suitable for housing and taking care of organisation, similar to those they have In other large cities; there Is no question in my mind, but that we would hare full ranks and more men than we really need. . "Saa Francisco hss the best fortified harbor in the world, yet. how far do we have to go to see another fortified place on the Coast? The next fortified place Is down at San Diego, 600 mlloa distant. Again, on the north we have to go clear up to Oregon, to the mouth of the Colum bia River, before we find more fortifica tion. 'I aee nothing to prevent transports from landing troops anywhere be tween those points and coming inland and taking possession of all the trans portation lines and passes. Who or what Is going to stop them? Mobile Array Necessary. "Tou have got to have a mobile Army to do these things and you have not got sufficient men in your present Army. "There could not be more than 9M0 men of our Army landed about the Coast here In two months' time. "I am not at all an alarmist ' I don't say that there will be war or anything of the kind, but I know, as every mili tary man knows, that we are not prop erly equipped." General Lauck also bellevos that the antipathy of employers toward having their employes serve In the state mllltla Is doing much to retard the growth of the organ Isation. CA 0R1C0AS ........... ....... --- t "DEAR ME! I FEAR I'M TOO SHORT." THE OEEGONIAN'S SEMI CENTENNIAL. In order that the fiftieth an niversary of the date on -which The Oregonian (daily edition) was founded may bo appro priately celebrated, the issue of February 4, 1911, will be the largest, most elaborafe and most perfectly illustrated edition ever published by The Oregonian. This edition trill take the place of the usual New Tear's number. In addition to many interesting and important his torical features, the number will describe in authentic form every phase of Oregon's industrial growth and opportunity. Sep arate articles will deal with the resources, climate and varions other attractions presented to homcseckers by each of the 34 counties of the state. The re-, view of Portland's progress for the year, as usually found in the New Year's number, .will be published in the semi-centennial editiop. The date of this great anniver sary number of more than 100 pages will be February 4, 1911. 4 GIRLS SAVED FROM TIDE Captain Rescues Fair Rowers as TJnmaungcablc Craft Drifts to Bar- SEASIDE, Or- Dec. 19. (Special.) While rowing In a small boat near the mouth of the Necanlcum River yester day, Carrie and Mabel Stevens, Jean nette Endgoll and Olive Davis were only saved from drowning when they lost control of their boat and were heading for the bar at a lively rate by the timely arrival of Captain George IL Smith. The young women hired the boat from the captain early In the after, noon and atartcd toward the mouth for a row. The tide had turned and the water was receding very fast. As they did not return in the course of two hours, the captain concluded aomethlng was wrong and speeded hla launch Lucille toward the mouth. When he reached the mouth, he could see the young women vainly trying to reach aliore, and lie knew It was Im possible, as the wster was rushing madly out through the narrow channel. He rushed to their assistance and pulled them aboard the laun.-h. The rowboat drifted out to sea and was picked up on the beach this morning. 15,000 CANDLES BURNED North Yakima Gets Power Back After Two Nights of Darkness. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 19. A broken flume In the Naches power-house of the Pacific Light & Power Company has been repaired and the current was turned on at 7:30 o'clock tonight. In nearly M hours, since Saturday morning, the email steam plant was the only source of power. Fifteen thousand candles were burned in stores, hotels and well-to-do residence sections Saturday snd Sunday nights It caused a heavy loss to merchants' holiday trade, there being much thievery In the pooily-lighted stores. ....... ...... . .i.ti.... .tt'' N ElV YORK SHAKHN BY BIG EXPLOSION Nine Killed Outright, 125 Are Injured. ELECTRICITY AND GAS FLASH New York Central Powerhouse Scene of Accident. ZONE OF DEATH IS WIDE 99,000,000 or $3,000,000 Is Estl "inated as Loss in Blast Street car Hurled From Tracks. Woman Speared In Head. NEW YORK, Dec 19l A terrific explo sion of illuminating gas In the auxiliary power-house at the Grand Central Sta tion, which "sent a tremor along the en tire rock backbone of Manhattan this morning; caused the death of ten per sons, two of them women, the Injury of 123 others and property damage estimated at from $2,000,000 ot $3,000,000. Fire broke out In the shattered ruins of the power-house again late tonight, but with a corps of police, searchers and firemen on the scene, the blaze made little headway before beln; checked. It was a weird; scene In and about the station as the night wore on. No addiltonal bodies were found; but In a hospital Gut her Johnstone, an eiectrl clan, succumbed to terrible Injuries re ceived in the explosion, bringing the death list up to ten. Traffic Is Disorganized. Traffic on the New York Central Rail road ceased entirely for some hours and was disorganized for the rest of the day. but the new station Itself, now In process of construction, . was not damaged. 'The dead: NICOTJ GAt-UCCI. laborer. PATPICK JOIID.VN. labors. E. B. I.IVBKMORE. Pullman ear Inspector. C. M'M ARROW, laborer. KDITH OFFNER, stenographer. MART B. POPE, of Boston. Mass. CHARLES ROBERTS, -expressman. FRANK STAUG. watchman. JOHN RT AN. laborer. OUTHSR JONSTONE. electrician. The Injured include laborers and other employes of the railroad, pedestrians, by standers and others In the vicinity of the accident Streetcar Hurled Aside. A passing surface-car carrying seven passengers was lifted from its tracks and hurled against an automobile running alongside. Four of the seven passengers were killed outright, but the chauffeur of the motor-car was only cut and bruised. Of the nearly W in hospitals, the fol lowing are most seriously Injured: Unidentified woman, fractured skull. Michael Ryan, fractured skull and In ternal Injuries. Yetta Abrahamson, fractured skull and internal injuries. Theresa Lotta, fractured skull and shoulder. (Concluded on Pace 3-) BIG GROWTH SEEN BYSCHOOLCOUNT PORTLAND'S POPmVTIOX IS 09,320 BY BSTIMATE. Increase inr Number, of Persons of School Ago Since Last Figures , Were Given Ont Is 3378. As an indication that Portland dur ing the past 12 months has made its largest gain In population for any one year Is shown by the estimate of the school census, given yesterday by R. H. Thomas, clerk of the Board of Educa tion. According to the estimate, the city has 35,763 persons of school age. This shows an increase of 3378 over the to tal of last year. Multiplying by 6.4, the total population of the city would be 209,320. The United States census gave Portland 207,214. ' The increase in the school population for 1909 over the previous year was 1500, wi .oh up to last year was the best record the city had made. This year all previous records are left far in the rear, as the Increase Is over 45 per cent above the high mark established last year. "We have not completed the work of checking up the reports, but are far enough along to base a reasonably close estimate," ald Mr. Thomas. "We expect to have the checking done to day. I do not believe the final, count will make a difference of 50 either In excess of or below the estimate. The unsually large Increase in the city's school population is gratifying, yet it will mean that the city will have to provide for more extensive accommoda tions for our pupils In the Immediate future." GALLAGHER CASE IS UP Gaynor's Assailant Will Be Tried on Edwards Charge First. JERSEY CITY, N. ji, Dec. 19. James J. Gallagher, - who shot and wounded Mayor Gaynor on the deck of a steam ship at Hoboken, N. J.. August 9, will be arraigned here tomorrow for trial on an indictment charging felonious assault on W. H. Edwards, New York's commissioner of street cleaning, who stood beside the Mayor and was slight ly wounded at the time of the shooting. ' Counsel - for Gallagher, Alexander Simpson, said today he would apply at once to have his client declared insane, .The Edwards Incident is to be brought up first because the prosecu tion desires to be certain of the effects of the Mayor's wound before proceed ing to trial. For that reason, the statutory year and a day probably will be allowed to elapse. . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tha Weather. T-ESTERD'AY'S Maximum temperature, 44 degrees; minimum, US degrees. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness: southeast erly winds. Foreign. Capture of General Kavarro and defeat of Federal troops In Mexico reported. Page 5. Insurgent Chinese Senators plan to force throne to create Constitutional Ministry Page 4. . ' - Rational. Senate combats Sherman's effort to apply Cloture measure. Page 3. Senator Frazier, of Tennessee, denies he signed the report "whitewashing" Sen ator Lorlmer. Page 2. . politic. Governor-elect Wilson to take stuYnp against Smith in Senatorial fight. Page . Loss of Selling strength' for president of Senate changes M ultnomah delegation's plans. Page 9. Domestic. Edward Douglass White takes oath as Chief Justice of United States Supreme Court. Pago 3. ... Railroad machinists settle strike on com panies' terms. Page it Mysterious voyage of former United States . gunboat started from New Orleans. Page a. California Coast open to Invader, declares Adjutant-General Lauck. Page 1. Mrs. Ella Potts, formerly of Portland, charges fiance, Robert Lauder, with . treachery. Page S. Gas explosion in New York kills 3, Injure l'-!5. ana causes enormous pruperiy iu&s. Page 1. f Sport. Officials of Christmas ewim named; Representative-elect Lafterty to speak. Page 8. Father Gallagher defends Columbia prepara tory school's eligibility in a true ties. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Six hundred children march, as in drill, from burning school. Page 1. Adverse pre-natal Influences are pleaded In defense or Kitzvnie, vvasiu. woman slayer. Page 5. The Commercial Bank, of Vancouver, Wash., closes, owing aepositors ii.wwu. Page 7. School directors of State of Washington ex pend $11,000,000 annually, causing cry xor reform. Page 7. 1 Commercial and Marine. American hop markets are oversold. Page 21. Grain stocks piling up at principal centers. Page 21. Stock demand active with prices advancing. Page 21. Cold weather and rains, halt towing of logs till Spring opens, page 20. Holiday demand strong at stockyards; all ; lines Arm. fas 3 -L Portland wad Vicinity. Kerah jury, still out, more tangled than I ever. Page 15. School board recommends C.7 mill tax; in- j crease of 1.7 mills, page 14. j Chinese, in effort to destroy lottery evidence, set fire to building. Page 12. 1 Chamber of Commerce notified that Inter- ! state Commerce Commission will Inves- ! tlgate all express companies. - Page 1 Portland's school census gives city total j population-of 209.327. Page 1. ! Ten arrests are made under grand-Jury In dictments; more to follow. Page 0. Tracks will be standardized today, aa Haw 1 thorue bridge Is ready. Page 16. Arch opponents on wool tariff may claslx J at farmers convention, page 14. Press Club "A Night Off" great success. Page 13. Unofficial public service commission named by Civic Council. Page 4. Cltv of Portland will authorize two bond issues, aggregating $i,0oO,00O. Page 11, Mayor declares Hawthorne bridge open for traffic. Page 16. Mazamas will visit Chelan region of Wash ington next Summer. Page 16. County CVurt decides Cliff Inn roadhous most stop selling liquor. Fags 20. EXPRESSBUSINESS IS TO BE PROBED Early Federal Inquiry Is Promised. PORTLAND JOINS IN DEMUNO Entire Readjustment of Rates Declared Necessary. ALL COMPANIES INVOLVED V. S.. Smallwood Describes, Situa tion and Says Action "Is ofHuge " Interest to Pacific Coast Because of Distances." , ?. WHAT EXPRESS COMTAJIIES KAIV.V. Aggregate capital of lead ins four express com panies 9 36,000.000 Assets, gross 119,564,053 Invested in mortgages. 1 bonds, etc 60,8T4,9 Paidallroads 48,865,082 Receipts for terminal de livery S3.244.11T Net capital involved 11.9S5.29.1 Net earning., said to be... 7.T14.439 - "All express companies of the United States will be thoroughly investigated by the Interstate Commerce Commission In a hearing, the date of which will be fixed in a few days." Such is the Information given in a letter received yesterday morning; from Secretary Mosley of the Commission by the transportation committee of the Port land Chamber of Commerce. This action Is regarded as the most im- . port ant step yet taken by the Commis sion since it acquired additional authority, under the amended act. . . i Millions Are Involved. , It involves mllloos of dollars' worth of capital and will be far-reaching, accord ing to the belief of the members of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The decision of the Government to in vestigate the express companies upon its own initiative lei a step somewhat new in railway circles and some remarkable developments are anticipated. The action was brought about through the application of 2M Chambers of Com merce throughout the country. Including Portland, which did not desire to bring an action In their own name but sug gested that an open Investigation be made Independent in character by the Commis sion itself. Charges Are Stated. The Investigation is based upon these charges: First That the returns from capital actually and necessarily employed in the operation of express service are from 43 to 115 per cent, or more. Second That the rates which yield these excessive returns should be re duced to a basis which would affect only normal - commercial profit on the' fair value of property employed. ' Third That the present basis of rates, besides being excessive, is false and un just, because it Imposes widely varying charges for nearly Identical services. Fourth That the entire system of rates should b readjusted on a basis which provides for: distance graduated on weight and scale; terminal charges, based on wagon service; charges for care, based upon cost of such service. Sweeping; Inquiry Planned. For years a spasmodic investigation of express rates in the various states has been made and local charges have been reduced, but the purpose of this National Investigation is to bring about a better knowledge of the express companies' affairs. Proceedings attacking the justice and reasonableness of rates have been brought and are now pending in Wis consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, New' York, Massachu setts and New Hampshire. In July of this year an investigation of express rates was made in Oregon by the Railroad Commission, . which ordered a reduction of 20 per cent on about 30,000 rates of the Wells-Fargo. Express Com pany between points on - all rail lines where the company docs business in this state.. The decrease went Into effect October 1. Coast Rates Analyzed. 'The action of the Interstate Com merce Commission," W. S. Smallwood said, ."is of huge interest to the Pacific Coasr, for the reason that, in our ex press business, we have long distances to contend with. It appears, acoordintr to investigations made by experts, that the capital actually employed in ex press operation, as distinguished from investment operations, earns net re turns of from 43 per cent to 115 per cent, or even more, the true earnings of the express companies being concealed by the Imperfect separation of express and Investment capital. "Take the rate to the Pacific Coast from New York. The charge is 114.50 per hundred pounds. Of this amount the railway company receivea 16.91 for carriage, while the express company, for delivering It from the depot to the consignee, gets 7.58. "It is just such rates which tha In "" (Concluded on Pas .) "