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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1910)
THE 3IOi;NIG OHJEGOIA'. WEDNESDAY, DECE3IBER 21, 191V 6 A TACTICS TOWARD TONS CHANGED Tacoma's Street Railway Company Officials Join Improvement Clubs. MANAGER WILL PLAY SANTA I . iernhlll Folk Will B Paid Cash fV.rha.tf and War Against Com pany Declared Off Mow by Stone tt Webster Is Blocked. I ' TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 2ft. i Special. ) Ts"-ma'a a'reet ::r company pas adopted sew tactics In its ri-larlon to tt patron Offcfals of the company are Joining the "tmprormnt" ctulw aiwl a ovl method haa he-n adopted In re timing to th KernhKl peopl th cash trhlB ordered or the rourtA . On Thursday nJaht U. H. Bn. fntml manager of the Taeom Rallwav A pFWr Company, will play Santa Clam yr PVmhllllte at a bir meeting to b in Mason's Hall. He will distribute In cash to iiersons to redeem the efel e;teh fr receipt lted bv th oompany following the row. famous block of mivr IT. !. -when tne rcrn Mi:its began, war for S-ccnt farca to tlr cltv Irrnliill War Close. tii'mrflnc the witmnui of a suit n court iMfr th rate of fare, the company baa ca'.:cted W renl. and Issued, little red tfe-keta good for 6 cent each, to b re deemed In rm the company lost the alt. Th suit having been lo. th cmpany I now r"lnjc to make good. -Patron who traveled the line rrjru- larly have from C to or XM worth of tare tickets. Many are In tbe handa of speculator, who boucht them up aa the month dragged by wltft no decisloo from tba court. Thera wtll b apeechea at Thursday right' meeting and It will murk tha closing chapter In Frrnhlll's streetcar ir. rrrho Taroma Rallaay Fowrr Com enjr ha found a new way to deal with rrproventcnt cluba which In tba past v been tha chief thorn In tba com pany's flesh by Initiating many a move ment that baa nus.il new ordlnancea and so littla worry for the company. L If. Fean. general manager. has Joined tba twoirtl. Avcnuo Improvement Club and las become one of lta active member. 6nerl Superintendent Rounds, a new afrlcial. Joined tba Sunset Club and ,a lucky enough to be elected delegate to tha Improvement League, composed of representatives of all tho club. J. Better Scrvic Promised. t Tonight at tba West Knd Club Manager tv-an and hla aupertnteadnnt appeared aa tlie principal speaker, their addneaoca dealing with the car arrvlca and tbelr ef- rrts to better It- Tha new tack tbe company officials Dave taken Is mining friends among tha fciprorcment cluba and they -eapect It to jcevrnt many a protest coin to tha J1 inl. lpal Cemmls.'don. to b molded Into nie pew ordlnauca restricting1 the com pnr perati.iasi . Work on tho l-ake Tappa power plant ro)ect fluma line, which cross tha unty road at Deiringer. was stopped bis morning by the tton Webstar epntrsctors. In view of the fact that 4rnvNl deputy sheriff were placed on guard by ttie county yesterday. Tbe rmpacv hss been pursuing Its work af hutldlnc tha bug power plant re gardless vf county roada and without Jikinr nermtts. Iarnln of tbla; the ounty Commissioners at once plavced armed men on guard. The county will apple to the Keaeral courts for an In junction aaslnst the company to compel tt to sevure permit, and then rcfuae to tssua frnilt until the Stone Wehater lateres's py some $ni. delinquent taxes duo on lis street rallaay line. NO RECEIVER APPOINTED tank tsamlncr Hopes to Und Way f. trint nf Vim-ouirr Tinslf. ' mi vi w a iVANX)l.VJ3l. lal ) J. I- Molt Waab.. Dec. a 9pe- oliundro. State Bank fclx- m'rer. who rto?d t CVannierclsl Bank of Vaneourvar yeeaerday'mornlns;. said to TiiBht that the lay had been spent by the bark officers and stockholders In securlnir additional securities on their loans, and Llir-.m what rash possible. He does it dresre to appoint a receiver, unless compelled to do eo. a that would com tiUcate DMtters atul would ba a VTeat ex-ja-ue to the hank. ll- will not appoint a '-erelver If h- run avoid It. I here Is a aeneral feeling cf confidence s-'iti the depositors that the bank will iig'niatelv pay full vslue. and no demon setatlon of any kind hsa been attempted. lB'wever. the bank's failure to open la tl ard Mow to the city. The county has IKtt fu In the bank, placed thera by iT.nk Ulrhrnlauh. tteaaairer. The un ty CWrk. tad dn'ltcl al out of the ceninty money there. 120 DIRECTORS PRESENT Member of County School Hoards Meet In Vancouver. VANCVCVKR. Wad.. IVc. -rpe-rLM)nr hundred and twenty school alrevtor of the tt school d trlrta In Clark Courtv were present today at the annual maetins. H. B. Dewey. State 8u yerlt t-ndent of Bubllo Inatructlon. pleaded for better oritanlaatlon among farmer to obtain -new schools and said l is: the education of the children In the country rihould not be directed toward fit ting them for city life but for l:fc In t..e country. A. i. Burrows, superintendent ef Kins; Count, made two aUlresa on teacher' ett-ic and the directors' opportunity fir ding g'icd. CHUM WILL MARK GRAVE Almost l'orgottrn Burial IMace to Be Designated by Monument. WAtJ.A WALJJk. '"Ik. Dev. fSrerlal -After ht body baa Iain - yaar In tha om"tery.' bar grave un narked. the memory of 0 r. Walter aid ha .revived by County Emtfneer Wtakie. a bej hood ehuru. alio by cbanca dltei-Oey-d that Ma p'aymste of school vs tn Tennesrea wss bnrW here. Tt-e tlane ware frleods In the Sou'.k tra rtjt."e When tlie srew up they earae West to seek .their fortune and In jai Waftar died. Wiakle kn-w lua friend bad dVl but only recently dtsoarad his luld p!re. a s'-ib will marg"::a naw uoul a marble stone csa be secured, to replace It. ' I.arv variety of leather novelties for kelidJLatUaxrUTnuU Co,UJ th sL WHITE SALMON'S . - a.ry. Vi-"- -w - J -T-'T:- i-tT ' : . f J a 1 ; v. t WHITr AIION". TVash.. Dec. 10. (Special.) White Salmon's new school house, the cost of which when fully completed aocordtn to plana will be 1.000. It Is of White Salmon brick, covered with ocnKnt which not only glvea a neat appearance, but preserves the brick. In the basement will be the erlrls and boys' lunch rooms, gymnasium and fuel room. The old building of five overcrowded rooms Is shown at I boy the right. WOMEN SEEK VOTE Suffrage Petition Filed for Next General Election. DECISION 2 YEARS HENCE Abigail Scott Donlway File Initia tive Petition With lO.gOO Names. Secretary of State Fixes 817 as Kcqutyite Number. SAI.KM. Or, Dec. 10. (Special.) An Initiative petition bearing 10.600 sig natures was filed with tbe Secretary of State today by Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunl way. Initiating a proposed amendment to tha constitution which will allow woman's suffrage In Oregon. This amendment la to ba voted on November t. 11S. and Is changed sllnhUy from tha amendment aa voted on at tua general election on November S last. The amendment reads as follows: "In all elections not otherwise pro vided for In thia constitution, every cltlsen of the United States of tha ajre of 21 years and upwards, who shall hava resided in the atate during the six months Immediately preceding such election; and every person of foreign birth of the aae of 21 years and up ward, who ahall have resided In the atate during tha six months Imme diately preceding; such election ana ahall have declared his or her Inten tion to become a cltlsen of the United Statea one year preceding such elec tion, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of nat uralization, shall be entitled to vote at II elections authorized by law." Signatures Being Checked. This : the first Initiative petition that bas been submitted for the next general election. The Secretary's office Is now checking; over the signatures. and If It la found that the Signature number mors than S17 the petition wl'.l stand. The Secretary's office has worked out tha basis for tha number of sig natures on Initiative petitions for the next election and will use the plan that It has now adopted. Under tha plan to be used by. tne Seoretary'B office It Is arx-ued that the constitutional provision that the re quisite number of alsners ahall be t per rent of the whole number cast for Justice of Supremo Court, means ( per rent of the whole number east for oos office, as tbe office la In the aingular as designated in the constitution. Total Vote Tlaced at 121.817. Consequently the Secretary's office has taken the votoa for tbe highest or each party for the alx-year term. These vote are as follows: Bean, 3I: Slater. 3I.9-I0: BrlRht. 13.(01. and Myera. ll.ill. Tbla Includes a Repub lican. Democrat. Socialist and a mem ber of the Prohibition party and tha total vote is i::.T0S. The total rota for the respective candidates In th four-year term is but 1 11.81 T and the four receiving tha lilaheat number are used as the basis. Kight per cent of i::.7i9 Is MM.TI or In round numbers 'SIT. which will be used aa tbe num ber of votoa requisite on an Initiative petition. WOMEN PICK DOCK DESIGN Tacoma Committee of Awards In cludes Four Stenographers. TACOMA. Wash, Dec. 30. i Special ) Roy 8. Mason, a draughtsman In the City Knslneera' office, submitted. tbe municipal dock deaisn adopted by tha Conunlmlon today snd the tzo prise waa awarded to tin. Krmnd place and a prise of $150 went to J. C Stanley, of Seattle. Four women were among the Judges. tl-y bring stenographers employed in City lla'l vfflees. The other Judges In cluded the City Controller, an, MnWant My Attorney and license inspector, a contractor, two naaevaper reporter and the Commissioner ft waa a noteworthy gathering;, few of the Judges knowing; a blueprint from a fashion plat. Kich of the four wamrn thought Mason's sketch the nicest and It an. The d-rgn . provide) for a four mory -bullatu with KO-fool tower and a dock not unlike that of tha Grand Trunk Pacific to Seattle. The coat will be XiaP.tto. MOVE FOR WORLD. PEACE I'nyle Sam.Shogld Be Nations' Po liceman, Says .Writer. roBTLAXb. Pee. f To the Edi tor.) I notice In The Oregonlan of re cent Issue occasional references to the ubjee.- of universal peare and the means to accomplish It. and they bring NEW SCHOOL HOUSE IS OF BEICK, CEMENT COVEEED. .1. 1 ' E ... - i iini: U.UKW rnapt.KTicn AVII.L. COST to mind that seversl year aifo the late Harvey W. Scott admitted to Tha Oregonlan's columns a communication by me. as pertinent now as then, which In substance I desire again to repeat. In every-day life, we see it every where made manifest that a uninformed man with a club under his coat-tall moves about In awful majesty, com pelling acquiescence to the mandates of constituted authority and almost without a word of command. That he Is an entity and a flfrhting one. with that club handy If made necessary, and the foreknowledge of every recalcitrant that behind hlra Is the force of a thou sand men to uphold him. lies the puis sance of old possessed by tbe Israel ites, where the Bible tells us, "one should chase a thousand, and two put 10.000 to fllBht." .On this earth of ours, we discover aggregations of people who have armies and navies, f.nd aim to keep themselves more or less equipped for war. - Many of them deplore the con ditions that constralna the present status quo. The sinister designs of a few swashbucklers In tha family com pel not only all these but dozens of littla brethren, who are of less conse quence In power, to subsidize armies against the day of wrath when some big power desires to gobble them up. Of this clsss I will mention Greece, Switzerland. Belgium, the Netherlands, Bulgaria. Servia. Denmark, Sweden. Persia and Afghanistan, and those of the South American Continent, and Morocco snd Algiers. Now lot It be supposed, and for In stance, forgetting the predatory In stinct that In an unfortunate hour lured our own -country in- the rabies of for eign conquest, that all ashamed of Itself, coming-to a realisation of Its purpose, the United States should say to the other eight of lta congeners: "I. Uncle Sam, herewith propose -to you in a compact with any other two or more of the war powers, that we unite In a league to compel universal peace; that to that end, until at least five powers have so allied, we will main tain aur navies and armies to our usual fighting standard, and after that com mence an era of disarmament. " This league and covenant Is a perpetual one. unless at least five years' notice of withdrawal by any government desir ing so to do Is given., it Is made with the express design and purpose to say to the balance of the world, that after th signing of this obligation, any na tion, big or little, that thereafter de clares warfare against any other na tion. Independent state or country, will do so with notice that all the navies and armies of the alliance will be em ployed against that disturber of the world's peace." . Along with this fundamental propo sition would also come the arbitration board to -settle all manner of disputes, each signatory power to have one member, for the cause of universal peace Is as much to one person or power as It Is to a million. It Uncle Sara can be Induced to stand out like a man and make thia proposition, how long does any one tblnk It would take until two powers out of the eight others Great Britain, Germany. Austria, Italy. Japan, Rus sia. France and Turkey would be eager to subscribe to such an alliance? How long after two of the above named powers had Joined, would it be that all tha little countries would scuttle to get under cover, and make secure from the aggrandizement of tha swashbuckler nations? I don't think tt would take six months to consolidate the earth to a programme of universal peace, where In the words ef Byron, "tho hoarse war drum would cease to best, and man be happier yet." We want three policemen like tha United States, Great Britain and France, or any other combination, to set the movement on foot and then the mlllenlum. CHARLES F. CHURCH. STATEMENTS IN CONFLICT Maud Anblan Repudiates Affidavit Relative to Money In Note. WAIXA WALLA. "Wash., Dec 20. (Special.) For the second time disput ing under oath her prior sworn state ments. Maud Aublan has filed in the Superior Court here, through her at torneys, a denial of th affidavit re cently filed and acknowledged before William P. Swop of Portland. Sh says she never understood the affidavit to contain, and does not believe It did contain, the substance and purport ef the one filed her. The suit came about through, a mortgage given Harvey Smalls by Mrs. Maud Aublan for S2.0. This the court decided Smalls raised to 11250, and ha was aantenced on a perjury charge on the evidence Intro duced. I-ater. Just a few days sgo. an affi davit signed by Mrs. Aubisn. stated the original amount was t-'2S0. after sh had sworn on the witness stand It waa but 1250. Now aha states that Smails came to her and represented h wsnted a sympathetic statement to show Governor Hay to secure a pardon, and that sha gav one before. William P. Swops, but sha says it was not this one. The sffidavlt of today's fil ing was beore Henry S. Wcstbrook of Portland, where the woman now lives. BE CONVINCED. Call and examine our diamonds, st 212S per carat. Walter Lord CO., ill Sixth St. - - m i -n. ' n J v ft SVt i i - - i - -5?lV Photo by Hutchins. itcooe. Little Light Thrown on Death , of Charles Montrose.' KIRK MAY BE ACQUITTED Evidence Against Accused Man Is Circumstantial and Bulk of Testimony Tends to Show Saloonkeeper Innocent. KVERETT. Wash., Dec. 20. (Special.) Although four witnesses were examined this altcrnoon In behalf of the state the mystery of who killed Charles Montrose, at Monroe, is as deep as ever.- The state endeavored to build up a -chain, of -circumstantial evidence which would indi cate that the crime was committed by Charles Kirk, proprietor of tbe Elk bar at Monroe, who is on trial for the crime. George Wright, a hostler.- waa one of the witnesses examined and the stute sought to Impeach Its own witnesses when he failed to males his-evidence as strong as that given at the Coroners inquest. The state endeavored to show that Wright was friendly with Kirk and was Inclined to shield him but the court headed off this line of procedure. On the other hand, E. ifozelton, own er of a feed and sales barn, gave stronger testimony against the accused than at the inquest. He was sleeping In his house about 100 feet from the Klk bar, was aroused by a shot, testi fied he thought he saw a haze, like smoke curling out from the door "of the saloon and saw a man who seemed to be drunk, staggering around the front of the saloon. He testified that the sign "Elk Bar," in large electric letters, was burning and there was an abundance of light. He heard two men running and thought he heard thera laugh. He said the man who waa in front of the saloon seemed to vanish from sight suddenly. All this he viewed while sitting up In bed. A. B. Hopper, night Marshal, was about a block and a half away from the Elk bar when he heard the shot and lost no time in getting to the scene. He found Kirk aiding the wounded man, oth ers also being present. He found blood to the north of the saloon, but there was some on the lower steps and on the sidewalk, nearby. He used a bullseye to find the traces of blood. Montrose died without talking. i All three witnesses testified that the revolver made a loud report as though fired In the open and not In a room. This testimony is wholly opposed to the state's contention, however, as It Is con tended that the revolver was fired in the saloon. DAYTON BOYS LIKE GAMES t'avorilei Diversions Are Dice and Billiards; Now Denied. DATTON. Wash., Dec. 20 (Special.) Tiny, harmless-looking dice boxes are selling cheap as souvenirs here today. Games of chance were yesterday put un der the ban by District Attorney R. M. Sturdevant, following complaints that boy have been losing their wages At th same time the prosecutor noti fied billiard halls and places of question able repute that boys are not allowed In such places and that violations will be prosecuted. Fifteen store and several billiard halls and other resorts are affected. Dice throwing and billiard-playing by boy has been common here. STEVENSON TO ADVERTISE Board of Trade Elects Officers and Prepares for Campaign. STEA'EN'SON. Wash., Dec. . (Spe cial.) The Stevenson Board of Trade has elected new officers and authorized the expenditure of flooo in an advertising campaign. The new officer are: Presi dent, A. C. Sly: flrst vice-president, Sam Sampson; second vice-president, John Wachter; third vlce-prepldent. W. T. Jackeon: treasurer, H. E. Sawyer; sec retary. Colonel A. R. Greene. A commit lee was appointed to arrange with tho North. Bank Railroad for space rr Its depot for an exhibit building. Th building will be unique, the founda tion being built entirely of petrified wood. The opper portion will b of plate glasa. Municipal lighting; Is Issue. FORFST GROVE. Or.. Dec. 20 fSpe- cial.) It is expected that there will be two tickets in the field at the city elec. tlon January i. Both, however, will go on record for hard-surface pavement. The board of election will consist of Charles Staley. Daniel D. Bump and J. C. Clark as judges and Marion Mark ham and -Kd Boos as clerks. The ad ministration ticket will favor contin ME IS MYSTERY ffjPj n a ued municipal operation of the electric plant. This feature will be opposed by the other faction. , FRY ARE NEARLY READY Superintendent or Hatcheries on Tour of Inspection. VANCOUVER. -Wash.. Dec. 20. (Spe-cial.)-J. M. Crawford, superintendent of the state fish hatcheries, has been in the city after making an Inspection of state hatcheries. He said tonight that the Kalama hatchery was full of Chi nook salmon, 7,000.000 eggs being hatched there, to be ready for distribution with in four or five weeks. They will be distributed from the middle of January until March 1. The Wind River Hatchery is also full to capacitv, but it Is smaller, having only about 3.5OO.O0O eggs of Chinook salmon. Tho Lewis River Hatchery. wher salmon are hatched, has about l,O0,O0O fry. but the season there will be later. The Basket Creek Hatchery, near Ya eolt. this county, is in good shape. About 100.000 Eastern rainbow trout eggs are expected to arrive soon, as will 100.000 Eastern brook spawn from the Vnlted States Bureau of Fisheries of Washington. LAUNCH STRUCK IN FOG Small Vessel in Collision With Steamer, but Makes Port. PORT TOWNSEXD. Wash., Dec. 20. While bound here from Ballard last night with a heavy scow In tow. the powerful launch Starling, owned by H. S. Garfield, of this city, was run Into by .. . .(earner IrOQUOiS, Of thS 111 ffai.-- " - Seuttle-Belllnguam route. . . . ha taamiir xiruciC The Bteei prow wi - . . . . .A. -..t.r-H ftf th nilot house. the oik lauuvn the impact nearly toppling the smaller craft over, crushing in her Umbers and demolishing the rail. Temporary repairs permitted the launch to reach here In safety the waters being unusually calm. A dense fog prevailed at the time the two vessels came together, and it was responablc for the collision. No one was hurt aooaro eun?r CORPORATIONS IN ARREARS Names to Be Dropped From Rolls Cnlcse Taxes Are Wid. . . x.- v. Tts ft -rSnecial.) Unless the officers pay the money due several hundred corporations will be stricken from the rolls of the Secre tary tl Stale on January i. i . - .. BnMiM.nc ement made by 1. &1. Howell. Secretary of State, today. . a w.. la., T . - Under an act pi m - - -, . . . ii An.nn.-ttnnR two vears la arraara on their annual tax fee are to be stricken ana air-auy . . i tK. al months of nave Deeu uii'i" ' ' - grace allowed other delinquents expires this month, so unless the money Is paid . m r.MKoi BTnr then the names will be taken off the rolls and new companies may naveinem. BLACKSMITH ASKS DIVORCE Calvin T. Tatton Alleges Wife Elopes With FTed C. Dimeler. j SALBM. Or., Dec So. (Special.) Calvin t ..... .... um- fil-r a i! I f In '1 nr-lli t Court against Gussa M, Patton, asking for a divorce, alleging that his wife eloped with Fred C. Dimeler, a hostler In a local m Ik- ' aSSv . PICTURES PICTURE ICTUR Thousands Upon Thousands of Them From 10c to $500 Each Take Elevator to Fourth Floor And inspect our Art Gallery Over 5QOO square feet of floor space devoted to the largest and grandest display of framed . and unframed pictures of every kind on the entire Pacific Coast Six Expert Picture Framers Can do a lot of work, but if you want your picture framed for Xmas you must hurry Woodard, Clarke & Co. Fourth and Washington Streets 25 Department Drugstore Five Entire Floors livery stable. Patton states that his wife borrowed $200 from him to defray Dimeter's traveling expenses ' to Cali fornia. One Frassr is also named in the com plaint as -a corespondent and it is said this Fraser is a traveling salesman, ut further than that the complaint does not specify the identify of Fraser. Patton la well known among race horse men, having for years been a blacksmith for them. WARRANT OUT FOR DOCTOR Contempt of Court Charge Placed Against Idaho Physician. WALLACE, ' Idaho, Dec. SO. The Sheriff's office Is hunting for Dr. J. C. White, former medical practitioner of this city and lately physician to the Milwaukee Railroad Company's con struction camps at Avery. Dr. White Is alleged to have fled the state and District Judge Woods has issued a bench warrant for his arrest on the charge of contempt of court. White is plaintiff in a divorce suit against his wife, now In Pittsburg, on charges of infidelity. White was or dered to supply transportation and suit money to hla wife to defend the action and failed, It Is alleged, to do so. School Election Call Illegal.' SALEM. Or., Dee. 20. (Special.) Ac cording to an opinion handed down by Attorney-General Crawford today a recent THE) TELEPHONE AT CHRISTMAS " THERE is no need ior you to be -worn out by holiday preparations if you make good use of your telephone. . . " The Bell telephone companies have found that just before Christmas the number of daily connections is the highest for the year. The telephone has become a neces sity of the holiday season, because without it most people would not have time to do what they have planned. Christmas cheer extends beyond the city limits, and the universal Bell System helps to carry it throughout the land. The Pacif icTelephone & Telegraph Co. Brery Bell Telephone I the Center ot th System, m caH for a special school eledtion at which It was voted to spend $32,000 for a-new school In East Salem was- not. In itself a legal call to vote for the expenditure of such money and the Attorney-General advises that this portion of the - work of the meeting be omitted in making cer tification to the County Clerk.-. Connell Scene of Brutal Mnrder. CONNELL, Wash., Dec 20 Tony Cpl lucla, an Italian trackwalker, was mur dered and robbed . three miles weBt' of Lind on Sunday morning by three men, and a trio of Italians waa arrested near this place Sunday night, charged with the crime. A trackwalker on the Milwaukee road about half a mile away witnessed - tho murder at that distance. The three men, all heavily armed, had .over $400 in their possession, the sum known to have been in possession of the murdered man, Collucia, who had saved the money with a view to making an early visit to his native country. Bridgcmcn Jotv Enjoy Rest. Harry Richmond, in charge of ths Morrison bridge, was the most jubilant member of the bridge force yesterday because of the decided decrease in traffic a a result of the opening of tho Hawthorne crossing. Since the old Madison-street bridge was closed and the work of razing it begun the Morri son crossing has borne most of the travel thereby diverted and with the movement again normal the bridge tenders say that the quietude prevail ing is most desirable. A i
