N PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECE3IBER 26. 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. L NO. lo,62G. V V NORTHWEST BY VAST BUILDING $35,000,000 Expended by Harriman Lines. MONEY USED IN 4 1-2 YEARS Purchase of Roads and Oper ating Cost Not Counted. OREGON SHARE $16,000,000 Distribution of $1,000,000 a Month (or Running EiprnM Swells To tal of Sum PIpod Of In . Northwest During Period. Expenditures of the Harriman system ta tha Northwest. Including the Southern Pacific line In Oregon and all the roads now a part of. the Oree-on-Washington Railroad A Navigation Company. since Julr 1. 19. amount to II0.OOO.C0O In bet terments. Improvements and additions. besides Ita fixed charges, operating ex penses and payrolls, which aggregate a like amount. Cf this sum S!&Wono was spent on new construction In Oregon. 110.W.Q00 for con struction In Washington and Idaho and !.. In betterments distributed over the entire system. Thesa three Items do not Include any work on the Oregon A Washington line between Portland and Iuget Bound, which wa given a valua tion of f:,OM.00Q when the merger wss completed Isst week. Additional expend- ttores not covered In either of these claws place the total figure In excess of the OflO.JiO mark. When It Is considered that this reflects an outlay of virtually fi.osxooo a month It Is. easier to realise the amount of mocrr that has been distributed through the States nf Oregon. Washington and Idaho by this railroad system in the lsst 6-1 months. - Money Spent at Home. Approximately S2.0u0.ono of this money has been spent In a manner that will re sult In lasting and material benefit to he three states. It was paid out in labor, supplies, contraction machinery and other permanent Improvements, in cluding real estate. Although the railroad officials estimate their expenditures conservatively at S3S, Y.aW exclusive of their tlj.n9.O0O invest ment In the line between this city and Seattle, which already had been built. It Is probable that an additional JG. 000.000 was disbursed for permanent Improve ments on that line. The company built Ita own road from Tacomer-U Seattle, erected a handsome new passenger station at Belittle, and started the construction of the Orsys Harbor line, for which it will pay half the cost. Rut the tSV00O.0x expenditure does not tell all the story. Considerable addition al money baa been spent in this territory on work that now la under way but not completed. Included In this la the tun Bel under the Peninsula, which will be ready for use soon after the first of ths year and which cost approximately StiuO, Cut Nor does It Include the work that has been done on the new steel bridge In this city which Is to cost tl.ftJ0.0on. The cut-off on the line betaVeen Echo to Corote. which was started several years ago. and upon which operations have been temporarily suspended, also la not Included. Construction Item Heavy. Among the principal Itema covered by the figures aa announced are the follow ing: TUT. moo It l.ne construction work.l 4.000.000 Matron-Ktamath cut-off (incum- comptslsi Best ssfale tn Portland Techul line construction work, oceoo. Washington and luaoo- llne Tdano Norrm eitenstons p.ane sad t'oeur d'Aiens district road e.non.Aoo 4.OO0.UU0 3 son.floo 1.3O0.OU0 1 .000.000 Tela! Il.OW.OOtf These figures do not Include the work done on the North Coast line, which as taken into the merger at a valuation of f7JO0.Ct but which has not been fully expended. The principal a.s-ts of the North Coast road are the line between Attalia. Wash., and North Yakima. Hear ing completion, depot facilities and ter minal yards In 8poaa.-e and Important rights of sir. principal among Men are those between Fpokaue and the 9nae River which the new company expects soon to utUtxe. A!m Included la the $3..veiM total la the cost of constructing the St. Johns Troutdale line, which is entered at a-'.-. Many Betterment Permanent. The estlmve of SV'OC.tv for perma nent betterments covers the properties of both tre Southern I'actflc and new corporation, and Includes steel bridges. rail renewals, second main tracks, sid ings and spurs, block signal systems, station houses and buKdtr.gs. shop build ings and tools, fuel and water plants, station grounds, line changes and ballast ing The piece of double track between The Dalles and Deschutes, which now is being constructed, has been an Im portant Item In ths total estimate. The change ef line between Cojote and Manfteld. In Eastern Vregon. ao Is figured In with the permanent work. While some of the figures on South ern Pacific Improvements extend be yond the limit uf July 1. 10. they are uuo..ttCd oa rasa a.) FIREMAN EFFECTS THRILLING RESCUE I.OVIS SIMOX CARRIES CAPTAIN DELAIXE TO SAFETY. Phoenix Building Burns Lo by name and Water Is Heavy. Structure Is Saved. Heroism on the part of Louis Blmon. fireman of hose company No. 1. be came evident in the thrilling rescue of CapL James Delaine, of engine com pany No. S. who was overcome by smoke on the fifth floor of the Phoenix building-. Fifth and Oak streets, in a fire about midnight last night. Fire man Simon, unassisted, carried the cap tain down the fire escape amid the plaudits of the largo crowd which bad gathered. The fire broke out on the top floor of the Phoenix building at 11:30 last night and for a time threatened to destroy the building. As It is Ilia loss wss lars;e. water being the principal destroying agent. Prompt work by the fire fighters placed several streams of water on the flames aoon after the fire was discovered, and within a half hour the situation Was In control. The top floor of the building Is occu r.ie.1 hv the Rlchenbach Clothing Com pany, manufacturers of shlrta and men's clothing. The stoca was entirely deatroved. The top floor was virtually gutted by the flames. Firms on the lower rioors sunereo. hvr loss throuzh water. Among these are tha Archer St Schans Company, druggsts; the Wiley B. Allen Piano Company. Archer. Combs A Co.. athletic goods, and several offices. "BIG. TIM" FEEDS BOWERY Over 5000 Poor and Unfortunates Enjoy Sullivan's Feast. NEW YORK. Dee. 15. On the Bow ery today Slate Senator "Big Tim" Sul livan fed 6000 derelicts and unfortu nates In the rooms of the Timothy D. Sullivan Association, marking the ISth annual Timothy D. Sullivan Christmas feast. Blg Tim" himself threw open the doors at 11 o'clock. There were three long tables, extending the length of the room with capacity to feed exactly 210 at a time. There were no chains, for It was a stand-up dinner, although there was food a-plenty. It took exactly IS minutes for the first round of Boweryltes to eat. drink and get out. As they passed out each man received a pipe and a package of tobacco, and a neat little printed card Instructing him to be present on Mon day, February (, 1911. Presentation of the card will entitle tne Dearer to a pair of ahoes and two pairs of socks. BIER TAKES. ALTAR'S PLACE Bidden Guests Attend Funeral In stead of Wedding. U U1TPIMI I. f uril Flee. 2i f9oe- clal.) Instead of sttendtng the wedding today of Henry Knight, one of the well known mining men of the state, to which timet inn. rnunled mith a Christmas din ner, they had been invited, friends gath ered at his bier to pay their last triouie if respect. Mr. Knla-ht wsa taken 111 wtth pneu monia several days ago and his death occurred yesterday very unexpectedly. His fiancee Is prostrated. CLARA MORRIS IMPROVING! Actress Who Has Been Blind Grad ually Recovering; Her Sight. , TOXKERS, N. T.. Dee. 2S. (Special.) Christmas was made brighter for Clara Morris by a slight Improvement In her physical condition. The actress has been ill for months at her home here, and for a while was totally blind. Now, though she is still confined to her bed. she can see gleams of light al though she cannot distinguish objects. Her condition Is considered encourag- 1 1 . K TA "rpl e i ARCH HOXSBV. EVGESE ELY. TRAIN IS LOOTED BY LONE 100 Passengers Lose Coin and Watches. MAN-RESISTING SHOT DOWN Highwayman . Goes Through Entire Train, Missing None. MONEY RETURNED TO FEW Some Save Valuables by Dropping Them Between Seats Revolver Freely Used to Subdue Passen gers Robber Makes Escape. KANSAS "CTTT. Dec. 25. A lone robber celebrated Christmas tonight by going through Missouri Pacific train No. HI. due here at 10:S3 o'clock, and holding up more than 110 passengers, from whom he took only money and watches. The man boarded the train, which was from St. Joseph bound for St. Louis, at I-eaven worth Junction. In the outskirts of Leavenworth, and dropped from the smoker and disappeared at Northwestern Junction. n Kansas City. Kan., after se curing a large antount of money and valuables and shooting one man who at tempted to resist him. As the train pulled out of the Leaven worth Junction station, the robber opened the rear door of the Pullman and con fronted the astonished crew with a re volver, after which he robbed them. Cau tioning tha conductor and porter to keep still, he went through the car, taking up a collection of watchea and wallets. Fin lshlng with the Pullman, he continued through the chair cars and the smoker until he had robbed every passenger. Trainmen Are Robbed. The train was In charge of Conductor May. who. with his brakeman and porter, waa robbed. Railway officials say the man who was shot was not seriously injured. They could not say how much money the robber secured. When the train reached Kansas City. Kan., at 10:20 o'clock tonight, the police were notified and a squad of officers were sent to Northwestern Junction to search for the robber. Among the first people roused from the Pullman was Captain H. L. New bold, student of the Army school at Fort Leavenworth. When the passengers were ordered to throw up their hands, Csptaln Newbold did not comply fast enough or raise his hands high enough to suit the bandit, who fired. Inflicting a scalp wound. After cautioning Captain Newbold and another passenger to keep quiet, the robber turned as the conductor entered the compartment. He, too. was made to throw up his hands and waa then robbed of his money and a watch. .Woman's Purse Taken. Among other passengers in the Pull man who were robbed was Miss Sadie Berhof, of Leavenworth, who surren dered a purse. Entering a day coach, the robber shoved a revolver into the face of the first passenger he met and then fired through the window.- This thoroughly intimidated the passenger who complied with his demands. Several passengers saved-their money by dropping it beside their seats or simply handing the man small change they had. To two of the passengers who handed him only a small amount of money, the man returned it. telling them if that " (Condoned on Page 3.) i ROBBER THREE AVIATORS WHO SCORED HEAVILY IN YESTERDAY'S INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum" temperature, 45 degrees: minimum. 28 dterees. TODAY'S Fair, southerly winds. National. Rules permitting assignment of part of Irri gated claim promulgated. Page 3. Polities. Senator Curtis, of Kansas, seeking harmony. to nroDose Governor Stubbs lor v ice- Presidency with Taft heading ticket in . 1812. Page Z. v Domestic Roads anxious to settle controversy with - 'conductors and trainmen. Pase . Los Angeles Iron . works Involved in atrike wrecked br explosion. Fags l. Dr. Cook, replying to Rasmussen. ' scores , Danish explorer. Page Aviator Horsey outflles birds of high alti tude. Page 1. Ell (Neb.) women prefer baldheadcd men xor nusoanna. fags l. Mrs.' James M. Munyon returns to glare of footlights after domestic turmoil, page 3. Powder explosion at Christ mas dance kills . tnree. malms elsnt ana injures ion others. Pase 2. . Lone robber boards train In Kansas, taking money and watches from 100 passengers. rage 1. Reconciliation reported between divorced Jack Cudahy and wife. Psge 4. Dynamite used In heart of Harlem In gam' blerr war. Page 3. Sports. Second annual Christmas day swim starts at 10:30 this morning. Page 14. Piedmont and McLaughlins battle to tie for football honors. Pase 14. Two new major leagues projected out. of American . Association an Eastern League. Fees 14. Pacific Northwest. Ids ho fscea debt of XSSO.OOO at close of mo. pegs 8. remand and Vicinity. Southern Pacific voluntarily para Msrjorie Maiir for Injuries. Page l Portland'a Chrlstmaa Is essentially day of family reunlona. Page 13. Southern Paciflo virtual owner of company from which It leasee Oregon lines. Fags . . First services held In new St, Francis Catb. ollc Church. Pago 11. ' Elaborate Christmas services held In St. Mary'a Cathedral. Page 11. Public Docks Commission to proceed care fully, page 12. Woman aeverely burned playing Santa Claua Pae 6. Mrs. Chris Evens' long fight for husband's paraon simosi won. -axe z. Harriman lines attend 3SO.ooo.000 In Paciflo Northwest in betterments in last four and one-half years. Page 1. Peaee la lesson drawn in Christmas ser mons. Page 11. STEAMERS CRASH; 1 SINKS Red Star Liner Hits Belgian Ship. Six Men Missing. ANTWERP, Dec 25. The Bed Star steamer Finland and the Belgian steamer Baltique collided today off the mouth of the River Scheldt. The liner Finland was bound from New York. The . Baltique a steamer of 1865 tons, was outward bound with a. cargo of sand. Tha exact cause of the collision is not known, but it Is said that the Fin land In veering struck the Baltique amid ships. The Baltique sank Immediately. Part of the crew was rescued by the Finland end others by a pilot boat. Six men are unaccounted for. The Finland Is now anchored at Flush ing. It la not known whether she sus tained any damage. RAIN IS CHRISTMAS GIFT New England Churches Give Thanks for End of Drought. BOSTON. Dec. 26. An Inch and a half of rain which fell yesterday and early today la believed to have effectually end ed the drought which has menaced the water supply of half a dosen cities In New England. In many pulpits today special thanks givings were offered and the rain was referred to as a Christmas gift to New England. MANY KILLED IN INDIES Engagement Reported Along Do minican and Haytien Borders. SAN DOMINGO, Dec 85. News has reached here of an engagement along the Dominican and Haytlan borders. Several are reported killed.. A gun boat will be dispatched with troops, to be sent to the scene of the trouble. HOXSEY 0UTFL1ES BIRDS IN HIGH AIR Daring Aviator Braves Pacific's Waters. ALTITUDE IS OYER ONE MILE Wright - Man Dives Through Water-Laden Cloud. PARMALEE THRILLS CROWD Christmas Matinee Spectators at Los Angeles Aviation Meet Wit ness Spectacular Flights. Curtlss Takes Prize. LOS ANGELES AVIATION MEET. The following aviators are under contract to fly dally at Los Angelca and are on the ground with thalr aeroplanea: Walter Brooking. Bernard Blrnla. Jack Cannon. Glenn H. Curtlss. C. H. Day, George Deusler. Eugene B; Ely, Archie Hoxsey, Hubert Latham, C. A- McClay. Glenn Martin, Lincoln Beachey, Philip O. Permelee. Sam Perkins. James Radley. B. F. Roeh rig. J. J. Slavln. Edgar Smith, C. F. Walsh, C. D. Willard. J. H. Stltea. E. J. Campbell. Charles Scoglund, George F. Roblnsorv LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec 25. Arch Hoxsey, of the 'Wright team, again out- flew birds of the higher altitudes today at the Christmas matinee of the avia tion meet. More than a mile high, he sailed out over the murky waters of the Paciflo, which looked black under a leaden, sky. Then, climbing to still greater heights, he pointed his prow landward and van ished from view. When next he appeared he was diving straight through a heavy water-laden cloud. Hoxsey did not alight, however. but kept flying for two hours In an en durance flight. When the Judge opened his sealed barograph the record showed that he Had reached a height of 7299 feet In his second attempt for the alti tude record. Flight Is High. At the sa'me time the Judges an nounced that they had made an error in calculating Hoxsey's height, as 6i50 feet. It should have been 92S8 feet 1211 feet under the world's record. But even this figure Is not final and must await verification at the end of the meet. , An interesting event was another race between the Curtlss 60-horsepower racer and the speedy "baby Wright" with Parmalee at the levers. Eugene Ely was at the wheel of the Curtlss and he passed the "baby Wright" twice. Parmalee, however, was able to over come every advantage by his quicker manipulations at the turns.- Parmalee forsook his "baby W right" in the altitude event, and went aloft In the same type of biplane which was used by Hoxsey, reaching an estimated height of 4500 feet, thrilling the crowd by his daring trip. Brookins did not participate In this event. Curtlss Gets Speed Prize. Glenn Curtlss. in the racer, also won the speed prize of tha-day. defeating James Radley. the English aviator. Cur tlss made his best lap at the rate of 59 miles an Hour. Latham took down the dally prise for endurance. He soared over the courss (Concluded on Page 2.) FLIGHTS AT LOS ANGELES. 1 Photographs Coprlghted GKBXN v -y t HERE'S HOPE FOR BALD-HEADED MAN "CLEAN, WHITE AXD PRETTY"; XICE TO KISS, SAY WOMEX. Eli, Neb., Fair Sex Fass Reso Iutlon of Confidence In Men Without Hirsute Adornment. ELI, Neb., Dec. 25. (Special.) There is now hope for the bald-headed roan, and the balder the greater is his hope. The Associated Women's Clubs of Eli have resolved In his favor. It all came about at a regular club meeting, when Mrs.' J. N. Rossou, matron who has been married less than six weeks, hinted that, no matter what she might do, she would "never marry a bald-headed man. This was tread Id; on the toes of the president, Mrs. E. E. Richmond, and, as it developed later. It was treading on the toes of 18 members of the club. Hardly had Mrs, Rossou made her remark, when Mrs, P. C. McElroy offered a resolution which set forth: "That sensible women, especially those of the Eli Women's Club, look upon bald-headed men aa being thoughtful and kind, trustworthy and confiding, past the follies and frivoli ties of youth, usually successful and men of property, not given to running around nights and. moreover, the bald head looks so clean, white and pretty that one could kiss It without a feel ing of disgust." The resolution was adopted unanl mously and Mrs. Rossou has resigned her membership. TAFT'S CHRISTMAS QUIET Except for Attendance at Church, Executive and Family Stay Home, WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Christmas In Washington was the epitome of quietness. President and Mrs. Taft and their family spent the day at home, except tor attendance at church in tha morning. The President went alone to All Bouls Unitarian Church, while Mrs, Taft. accompanied by Miss Helen Taft and Charley Taft, went to the fash lonable St. John's Episcopal Church. A few friends called at the White House during the afternoon to extend Christ mas greetings. Most of official Washington joined in the quiet celebration of the day. The diplomatic corps observed the oc casion appropriately, while several hundred members of the two houses of Congress observed the day in their home states. COLD WEATHER PREDICTED Moderate Temperatures to Be Sue ceeded by- Low Is Forecast. WASHINGTON, Dec 25. With the ex ception of a cold spell on Monday in the Eastern states, moderate temperatures will prevail everywhere during Christ mas week, according to the Weather Bureau bulletin today. A disturbance of moderate Intensity now In the Southwest will reach the Atlantic seaboard by Tuesday and will be attended by unsettled weather with rain or snow in northern and central states east of the Rocky Mountains. The principal disturbance of the week. which will reach the Paolflc Coast on Thursday or Wednesday and the Atlantic Coast by Friday or Saturday, will be at tended by general precipitation and a pronounced change to colder weather. COWBOY BATTLES INDIANS One of Beef-Killing Band of Red skins Slain in Encounter. EL PASO, Tex.. Dec. 25. While rid ing the range 50 miles from Globe, Ariz., Friday, Walter Williams, foreman of a cattle company, was fired upon by a, party of Apache Indalns, whom he surprised in the act of killing beef. WHlams returned the fire and one In dian fell. He rode to Fort Apache and surrendered. ' by George Grantham Bain. H. CfRTISS. in LOS ANGELES IRON T Concern Involved in Strike Is Victim. EXPLOSION FELT TWO MILES Company Official Exonerates Local Union Men. OUTSIDERS ARE BLAMED Watchman Burled in Debris, eat Escapes With Minor Injuries. Vital Farts of Works Es cape Serious Damage. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 25. A mysterious explosion, presumably of dynamite, wrecked a considerable portion of ths building of the Llewellyn Iron Works, ons of the big Industrial Institutions of ths kind In the Southwest, at Redondo and Main streets at 1:34 o'clock this morning. J. E, Asbury, a nlghtwatchman, who" was in the office of the building, was slightly injured. Windows of the adjoin ing plants of the Lacy Manufacturing Company, the Johnson Machme Works and the Stearns Gas Engine Company were blown out and minor damage was done. Shock Felt Miles Away. Residents of the Westlake district twa miles away were awakened- by the force of the explosion, which shook the whole neighborhood. Who placed the supposed charge of dynamite is unknown. The company has been Involved many months in a strike of union metal workers. A hole In the ground IS Inches deep and about six feet In diameter, bears witness to the place of origin and probable cause of the damage. This hole is Just outside the business line and adjacent what was the wagon entrance. On the other side of .the hole was a wooden shed, which, with Its contents of stored iron, was re duced to a mass of debris. Building; Front Shattered. The front of the main building, a three story frame, for a distance of probably 75 feet was shot to pieces and Us con tents of furniture and office parapher nalia are piled together In apparent ruin. The material damage, however. Is con fined to the chipping room, the office anoi the space above them, and Is relatively small. The big machinery of the plant is ap parently undamaged and the building to which the chief injury was done Is a, frame ehack which has been in use for more than a generation. ..The officers of the company announce that the work of the plant will be resumed as usual on Tuesday morning and early today car- penters were busy building a temporary; structure for the use of the office force. Watclunan Buried by Debris. Asbury, the watchman, was seated in the office SO feet from the center of tha explosion when it occurred. He waa buried under a mass of debris, but waa dragged out of it by Policeman Cahill, who was in front of the office at tha time the explosion-occurred. With th exception of a cut on the right hand and an abrasion of the scalp and face, As bury was uninjured.. I saw a flash and heard a report iiks the crack of a whip," saia t-oiicemaii Cahill, "and next the front of the duiki ing seemed to crumble and the air waa filled with debris. I called out, Is there anyone In tha buildlngr and hearing a cry for help from Asbury, round mm and dragged him from under the ruins to the street." . . Strike Has Been Bitter. The Llewellyn Iron Works has. Ion been prominent In the fight against tha recognition of union labor in this city, and is one of the concerns Involved in the existing metal workers strike which' went into effect on June 1, of thiq year. The strike haa been characterixea dt great bitterness on both sides. The strike was called originally lor tne purpose of enforcing a demand for an eight-hour day for all the metal workers and a uniform wage of BO cents an hour. The struggle was precipitated by a notice from the men engaged In the metal trades in San Francisco that the em ployers there had made a condition of concessions to their employes that they should not thereby be placed at a disad vantage in competition with non-union Los Angeles firms In the same line of business. ' After the strike was on for some time an anti-picketlng ordinance was enforced by the Los Angeles authorities and sev eral union sympathisers charged-'with Its violation were arre.oted, convicted and sentenced to fines or imprisonment. They refused to pay their fines and were com mitted) to Jail. Los Angeles Union Not Blamed. The officials of the Llewellyn Company are of the opinion that the effort to de stroy their plant Is the outgrowth of their differences with and attitude to--ward union labor, and the police In their efforts to discover the perpetrators ara working on this theory. Walter Taylor, vice-president, and John Llewellyn, sec retary of the company, however, botK gave It as their belief that the Los Ange les union men were not responsible foe the crime. Mr. Llewellyn said: "There is no doubt in my mind ths this effort to destroy our property Is du to the fact that we are standing on out . oa Pase avi PUN DYNAMITED Q3 108.0