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THE MOKXIJiG OREUOXU5. TLJiSUAJ:. JLItCEJIBliK 26. -1911. 13 FLEET OH COAST OREGON GREASED Two More Vessels Will Ply Be tween 'Portland and Ports to South. TRADE VOLUME GROWING Gasoline Schooner 0pry to Vllt Tillamook. tucca and ha Ipm and Enterprise to Port Orford and Rope Rlvrr. rvelopm4it f t lie- Orion Coast tr1 during I'll lias Justified thai closing- of nearotiatlon for two addi tional vassals that will (O into servlra Immediate.!? aftr Jonuarr I. the. iras olma carrier Oeprev. which will ply from Portland to TilUmook. Nesturca and Nethaleim. and the casollna v -l t '.nterTrte. whim will operate ttn l ort iTford and th Rku nivar. Thev r built on the I'ooulllr Rlv rr In le bv R. l. Hum. and taave btt taken ovr from the Hum as taia. ht .. r. t hane, of thla cltr. who la lnterat1 In the gasoline whoonff Aavil. and George) Tale, of Bay Cltr. These men will he the principal ownera in the Coaat Navigation Company, mall UmIi Have Mrial.tr. Tha 0prey la of 4 ton arrosa and J? ton net. her length beuna; feet, baam 11 feet and le.r.th of hold 1 feet. The Knterprlae la i2 tona gross. K tona net register and hi feet lone beam of H i fet and depth of hold i fee. tVhlle email. the. vessels ire expected to handle conalderable bunlneaa. aa thay raa et Into harbora where aha) lw water prevent larcar carriers from making- rrgalar calls la Winter The oprey will first load coal at Co-qullla fur Tillamook. and la ex pected hero about January t. Hh will carry about 7 tona and Captain Taoell. who was formerly master of t-ia tl-rald C. and has been la tha ser vice of the hlmore Interests, will lew re tonljtht on the Breakwater to assume command of her. baa Hetalae laceraat. Mr. Chase, retains his Interest In tho .Anvil and saya that tho new carriers H1 not operato In conjunction with her. except In tha tranaportatlon of rarsro to Tillamook. Kor tha laat month tha Anvii has not made that port and buslnews offered haa boen diverted to the steamer Sue IL Klmore. so the Oeprey will load auch cargo left by tha Anvil. ! many Oregon ports yat depend on mater transportation that small car riers ran be used profitably and with larger ones plying from I'ortland to harbora where transfera caa bo made freight can ba routed to tho south ernmost points of tha state, with but on reloading. HIE.-E WIIF.AT CARt.O FCLI. rroni M ill load In North for Oter raciric Territory. Knrourirlnn market conditions la Cri.na are forecasted through tha charter of tha German ateamer Ve rona, which has been taken by tha Centennial Mills Company to load a full nrio of wheat on iuget Sound. The Chlneae have not purchased wheaa, In such quantity I or soma urn, though several small shipments have been made from here on liners, and millers bare expected that with a res toration of a normal atmosphere In that realm, there would be a strong demand for wheat and flour. In past years many tramp cargoes have been sent over the 1'aclflc. but for two years shippers hava depend ed on liners. Flour-remains on docks here for shipment on tho next vessels, but there is little apaca engaged In advance, the feeling being that the light and unsteady call for tha manu factured product will bo succeeded by one of the biggest ruahea In tha hla torv of tha I'artflc trade when tha Manrhus and revolutionists coma to peace. WORK OX VOSBlR 111RRIF.D Manianlia Ktnitlrrd and One mlj to Ro Ready Next We a. in fire working day s this week the forca at the Vul.an Iron Work a haa set a mark to complete repairs on tbs tug Ueo. K. Vosburg and advance tna laoor of Installing wireless on tha Port of Portland tug Imeocta so that aha ran proceed to Astoria and resume her station off the Columbia one week from today. The lighthouse tender Manxanlta. which haa been at tha plant fr nearly a month, haa been turned over to tha Government and will begin coaling to day. Tender havo not been opened lr the overhauling of tha tender Columbtcc. but aha la beine? held In the district until tha work la awarded. Having spent all of last season In Alaska, ane Is said to ba In need of at tention badly and thousands of dollara villi be apent to place her In aervlre- able condition for next year. JAPANEE LINE WILL EXPAND Nippon Ya-rn Kalsha Autlsnrlsrs IS Big Carriers Built in tho latest budgot of Oriental In formation reaching Portland by mall It ta made known that i: new steam ers are b built for the Nippon Ytieen Kalsha. which haa under con sideration a plan to place In opera tion a direct steamship lino from Portland to Asiatic porta. It la said that lo of the camera will bo ready rv Juno and will bo sent to the Pa--irlc Coast on their maiden voyagee Five carriers of l.00 tona each will go to tha Kuropean. line ami two of too a tons each lo the Australian line, tho remaining three being unaaslgned. When the r.r.nu Canal la opened the lapanee rVert m ill operate sum of Its taerrla from Yokohama to New York in1 Brazilian porta, and with that step its capltaltisrion mill be Increased from :3.M. lo i30.OAO.00. At the innual meeting of tha company It waa ;hown that In six montha th profits were ll.ai. earned by 70 steamers .hat carried IT.0.o tons of cargo and i !5. 0-'O passengers. ( Ol R T TO HEAR RF.RN CAS-E (olllsion of More Than Two Years Ago I Recalled. Several aubpenas are expected to b Issued for waterfront habitues In the cas of the Columbia Contract Company agslnt tbo North Pacific Steamship Company, wherein $4S.0e) damage ara eonrri ' for repairs to th tug Cranial Karn. made neeeasary as a result of tho vesseH having boon struck and sunk Auirust II. 10. near Waterford Flsh rie. on tho Columbia, by tha steamer Geo. W. Elder. The trial la to tako place January 10. before Judge Wol verton. In the Federal Court. Tha Kem was raised with Croat dif ficulty and such extensive repairs wore shouldered that sho was out of service more than 130 days. She waa formerly tho lighthouse tender Manxanlta and her hull was constructed of expensive material, so heavy expense; featured tha replacing; of damaged parts, tshe was used In towing rock bargos to Fort Ftevens. whero the material was discharged for us on tho Columbia River Jotty. and her owners Vlll at tempt to show damage for time lost in tho use of the steamer. IXDF.PKDEXTS LOWER RATE Same Storrace Charge Applies on All Line lo fian Pedro. Stceraaa rate on tho stoam schoone flee from Portland to "an Pedro are to bo cut $1 and the Olson eY. Mahony HtMinshin Comoanv has taken the Ini tial steD. Frank Bollam. Portland STEAKEB IXTTIilUtSCk Doe Karae. ta Arrive. From . Saa liege. .. . Eureka. .... . Sao feare.., Date. raleoe ....... A:laace. -... . Fear Breakwater. . . la Port Port Port Port In In In ,t'eFav. ttMnnfc fen rra.HM.ln Port Bu H- Klatora. TtUamook. . .. ! AmU Bu' id tc -7 ro ilty .-en I'edn J-c 2 Beaver. ....... Sao redro. ... Jan. 3 On. W.E!d.r..an il.so.... Jan. 14 Mama. Far Date. Alliance. ...... Rark. r M Fa.ra San STanclaee lwc. ? Breakwater. ...Cos Bar 74 Rnenoke. ... .. Jan Dt.ge. ... t.c. XT Aavil. ........ .Bandon .... .. I'M. ' Bear. Stn Pdra.... Dtc SS F.. ff Elmer. Tillamook. ...Ic. Bos. City .... ..Fan ldro. ... Jsn. 3 09. W. Elder. Jiaa PI. ... Jan. Bearer San Ptra.... Jan. T agent for tha Indonendont pasaenger vessels, was apprised yesterday that on the Olson A Mahony steumers the tariff mould horeafter bo 111 Instead of ti2. He oxpecta that the other com panleo will at ones aanctlon the lower rale. On the larger lines the tariff has been 111)1 to Loa Angeles, passengers paying the rail faro to Los Angeles. That makes tho charge tho same, ex cept when tlrkets are aold on Independ ent eteamera to San Kranetaco and from there south on tha steamers Har vard and Tales. The latter's rata In clude the rail fare to Los Antceles. The move on the part of tho independ ents simply placea them on the same basis as tho other fleets. As yet tha proposal to Increaae the steerago fare from to 17 SO between Portland and San Francisco has not boon officially considered. Marine Notes. Four coasters are scheduled to depart this evening, tha steamer Breakwater for Coos Bay. the Alliance for that bar bor and Kureka. the Tillamook for several porta In the ststa and the steamer Falcon for San Francisco. Captain Charles Reiner Is aklpper of the McOormlck Company's new steamer Willamette, which ia ona the way from Kan Francisco, having relieved Cap tain Johnson, who In turn resumed his former berth aa skipper of the Kla math. Three possibilities remain among tha wheat fleet to clear this month, the In verlogie. fteinbek and Lvdgate. Wheat exports hava climbed so that with two rargoea - additional dispatched Iecera- ber should bo close to tha mark of l.SOO.000 bushels. The amount would not ba a port record. But already tha shlpmenta ara heaviest for tho season. Christmas trees formed tha decora' tiva features on the waterfront yester day, small onea being uaed on tha ateamers Diamond O. Ion and Golden Gate. The two first named were gen erally bedecked with them, while on the Golden Gate they were at tha mast heads and on booms. With the completion of tha founda tions of the Broadway bridge but a few daya away, the I'nlon Bridgo & Construction Company gavo all em ployes a holiday yesterday, though it had been expected that Christmas would not be observed If tha finishing material waa on hand. Movements of Vessel. Astoria, nee. IS. Conditio at the mouth of the river at t P. M.. moderate: vino, northwest. mile.: weather, cloudy. Ar eived at 1 and left an at IS A. M Steam er J. a. Chenslor. from Monterey. Arrived I II x. M. ateamar Hneerraaa. rrom Oavlola. Arrived at to A. M. Steamer Xehal.m. from ran s-ranciero. smrwi do. a at 1 A. M. BrltlsB Kara toaway Cast ie. an Fraartaco. rer. :a arrive taei aignt Hemr Washington, from Portland, h.n FTsnrieco, rwc. SS. Arrived btamer Tieiey U'lllapa and schooner UUutle Vane from Oravs Mardor. Lea Angel.. Iec. 3.Y Arrived Steamer r.ert. w. rider, rrom Port'and; steamer Ie fl.nre. from Orava Harbor: steamer ta re. .tor. from K'otm Bay. Failed steamer Itoee City, for Portland, ateamer Geo. Vp'. feirier. for Portland. fettle, teec. 24 Arrived Steamer Prea-td-nu from Pan srncle-n: ste.nier Hura r"'dt. f"tm Hhagwae: steamer Meteor, from San Fraartsv-o. steamer Honolulan. from Tacoma. Hailed Steamer Santa II Its. for Sen rrancieco; ateaiaer Nevadaa. for Bsll tngtiara. -' Tide at Astoria Taeaday. High Water. I-ow Water. I IT A. M ...74 feet 1-1 A. M 1.7 fret :S P. M II feet 10:4 p. M t fwet SMITH'S DAY IS CHEERFUL Mtstertooe; Billy" Permitted to Take 1rt Real Repa.n. Fortune am I led on "Mysterious Bll!y Smith yesterday and "ye god of Christmas cheer'' came to him with a bowl overflowing with Joy. For th first time since the famous middle weight was laid low In a revolver duel the ex-puglllat yesterday tasted of a real substantial repeat. II waa given luarloua turkey, with ail the trimmings. In moUerat portions, and expressed keen delight to the nurse at th treat. Although not allowed to receive call ers, the veteran pugilist aeemed per fectly contented with his lot and re peatedly remarked, with the. burlesque manner that characterizes bis speech, that I. a soon will bo out in the world again. Altogether he had a happy day. suffering little and. Imbued with th aplrlt prevailing In the Joyous world ntiislde the hospital wsrd. hammed Christmas carols and raised his voice to extend the season's compliments to those about him. In response to numerous queries aa to Smith's condition, the Information was given out by attaches of St. Vin cent's Hospital that if he continues to Improve at the rate he haa been pro gressing of lata he will b able to leav tha sick room within three weeks. He la optimistic and confidently ex preeee the opinion that he will be up and about before tha new year dawes. Of th thre wounds received by Smith In his revolver duel with A. B. Loo mi a. husband of bis ex-wife. Decmber 17. all but on have passed the danger point. Nona ara considered to be really serious now. A Stelnwej Piano for rent or sale. Call at once. Sherman. Clay Co.. Morrison at Sixth. FRAUD IS LAID 10 C. DEVLIN Brief Sets Forth That Oregon Trust Receiver Broke Trust in Dual Post. $600,000 IS AT STAKE Jay I lower-man, in Responding to Suit Against Dernnct Bank's Officers, Sav Plaintiff Im posed I'pon Court, fl'ontlnued From First Psge.1 compensation by or through this office Is shocking in th extreme. Devllaw Slewaresklp CrlrleHeed. "Where should we expect to And ab solute probity, perfect fair dealing, complete indifference or. official action discharged without personal Interest or concern unless It Is In a person acting as 'the hand of a court of chancery 7" If (hat hand is possessed of an Itching palm or the mind of the receiver is af flicted with a desire for personal gain, verily the fountain of Justice Itself is contaminated. lt is utterly Impossible for the court personally to supervise the Intricate af fairs of a receivership such as this was and the court must depend upon Its officer. Th high character of confi dence reposed In a receiver ia such that to deal In any way or manner with the aasets of the estate for peraonal gain or with th hope of any personal re ward should cause the blush of shame to come to any honest face. "I have made the foregoing observa tions because of the fact that the 'hand of th court' haa not. In my opin ion, at all times served the court alone. Mr. Devlin had been appointed receiver and had so administered the estate that his official actions wer severely criticised during trial of this case, es peclally with regard to his sale of the Board of Trade building. He then pre sented to the court, which appointed him, a petition in which he represented that the assets In his hands could be turned over to another corporation known as the German-American Bank." Daal Capacity Condemned. Then follows a copy of the agree ment by which the affairs of the Ore gon Trust A Savings Bank were turned over to the German-American Bank. To that agreement was affixed the sig natures of Devlin as receiver of one corporation and secretary of the other, although In one Instance Devlin signed as "Thomas C. Devlin" and in tha other as Thos. C Devlin," I suppose Thos.' under this contract. and as the right hand of the court. would hold the assets and securities of the Oregon Trust aV Savings Bank In his pocket aa hie aacred trust, and then probably Thomas, representing him self personally," and the German-Ameri can Bank, and as tha left hand prob ably of that concern, manipulating and managing these same securities. In view of the fact, the receiver was au thorised by thla contract, which re ceived the sanction of the court upon his earnest and unqualified recommen dation, to exchange the asseta belong ing to th receivership at a value placed npon them by Mr. Pfahler. for the aasets of the German-American Bank at a valuation to be placed there on by the directors of tha German- American Bank. By this contract the Circuit Court divested Itself of prac tically all authority and control over the aasets In the hands of the receiver. and authorized the asalgnment of these assets and the delivery thereof by the receiver to himself as cashier of an other Institution. All Blasae Fat ea Devils, "So we have our receiver, at his own suggestion and on his own proposal, occupying the dual position of receiver and right hand of the court without salary, and with a salary the executive of fleer of a bank with whom he has contracted for bis own profit and as such cashier obligated to do the will and bidding of the directors of this other concern. To say the least, Mr. Devlin exercised extremely poor taata In assuming a position which could eaally lead to hta own embarrassment. with the result that the rights of the creditors would not be safeguarded and protected in the way and manner which his plain duty Indicated they should be. If there are any creditors of the Oregon Trust Savings Bank the fault lies exclusively and solely with the plaintiff in this case; If there are any obllgatlona unpaid, he alone is at fault. If tha contract entered Into at his re quest and on his unqualified recom mendation by himself aa receiver of the Oregon Trust Savings Bank, and with himself as secretary of the German-American Bank la not fully, ac curately and faithfully carried out, the fault therefor lies with Mr. Devlin alone. Receiver's Pledge Cited, The officers, stockholders and di rectors of the Oregon Trust barings Bank placed In tha hands of the Cir cuit Court the assets of that company. After a lapse of six months, after the property had all been examined, listed and appraised: after Mr. Devlin had so far satisfied himself of the value of the assets that he waa willing to xchang the property of the bank therefor upon the valuation he had reported to the court, he then earnestly recommended to the court that all of the property of every kind and descrip tion be sold to the bank In considera tion of his bank paying all of the obli gations of the Oregon Trust Savings Bank, Including the fees and attorney's fees and the costs and expenses of the receivership suit. "The court accepted his recommen dations and authorised the contract and tha sale of the assets. He repre sented to a court of chancery that they would be paid. Aa receiver he repre sented that $400,004 of the capital atock of the German-American Bank had bean subscribed, and by responsible parties who agreed to pay therefor teOO.000. Ha induced a entirt of eqaaity to transfer ta his bank through him as the court's receiver, the assets of a defunct Institution upon the represen tatlon and promise that all of the lta bllttlea of the defunct concern would be paid within two years. Isapealtloa la Sees. "A more gross imposition upon court would be hard to Imagine than the imposition perpetrated upon th Circuit Court by Mr. Devlin in the re celvershtp case. What excuse or pre text be can offer for recommending contract of this kind with himself and then entering into the contract and then admitting in this case that hi own contract made by hlmaelf as re ceiver with himself as an officer of th German-American Bank haa not been kept. Is beyond my comprehension.' Badly Impaired in health. Mr. Devlin left this city about a year ago and went East, He now Is located in New Tork City, where he is building him home. Details as to pending litigation and the general affairs of the receiver ship held by Mr. Devlin are recelvlBg the attention here of Mr. Devlin s at torney, A. E. Clr-k. ALL ACCUSED OP GRAFT REIT ERATE DENIALS. Prediction Is Made That Grand Jury Is Certain to Return In dictments Cohen - Away. On the eve of the rerommencemen of investigation of municipal scandals by the grand Jury, scheduled for this morning, the accused remained non committal and defiant yesterday, each continuing to assert his Innocence and that the charges against him were framed by his enemies. Attorney Max G. Cohen, who Is reported to have sen sational evidence In his possession, to be exploited-later, could not be found at his home yesterday, and probably wmII keep silence until after the out come of his trial in the case pending against him wherein he is charged with soliciting a bribe while acting as Municipal Judge. That indictmenta will be returned by the grand Jury before the expira tion of Its legal term, which comes at the end of this week. Is deemed cer tain. One of these will be sgalnst Police Captain Bailey, who Is charged In five or more affidavits from women of the underworld with taking bribes. As the Captain has made no applica tion to appear before the Jury In his own behalf, it Is assumed that the statements of the women, carrying prima facie evidence, will bring about the filing of chargea against him, un less the grand Jury electa to reject the testimony on account of the acknowl edged character of the accusers. Another indictment Is almost certain to Issue against Stark Lytic, tile miss Ing detective, who has been directly charged with taking money from Sam Krasner, a North End dlvekeeper. Lytle has been missing ever since the day. a month ago. when he sent in his star and keys and disappeared. It t alleged by his accusers that he flitted on account of the impending release from the Linnton rockplle of Louis Sossman, alleged parasite, whose con viction he gained and who now appears as informant against him. Lytle was l-ollre commissioner Coffey s personal selection for promotion to the detec tlve department, and for a time did credit to his sponsor In making war on parasites. He became entangled with a woman who was one of his wit nesses, and It Is believed that she left town with him. He Is under charges of being absent without leave. Chief hiover having refused to accept his surrender of his star as a resignation. Vt nether Indictments may be ex pected against Market Inspector Singer and i-m zvrasner Is uncertain. Singer has been explicitly accused by Soss man. but cannot be indicted on that count, because he was called before th grand Jury without his own solicita tion. Krasner stands accused again and again by women of the North End of demanding "protection" money from them, and is already under Indictment on similar charges, and a case of vagrancy of recent date Is pending be fore Judge Tazwell for decision Thurs day. Every phase of the existing charges goes back to Krasner In one form or another, except those against Captain Bailey. Even there Krasner may be brought In. as It waa Captain Bailey who sent a policeman to arrest Jenny Friedman after Krasner, accord Ing to her testimony, had threatened that she would be arrested If she did not psy him l-'O. Virtual certainty exists that the con elusion of the Inquiry will not arrive with the dismissal of the Incumbent grand Jury, and developmenta of wider Import are looked for when the Janu ary Inquisitors are assembled. MRS. SEARS, 86, RUN DOWN Aged Woman Struck by Car on Way to Reunion Injuries Minor. While on her way to attend a family reunion at a Christmas dinner at the home of her grandson. Lieutenant Rob ert Sears, of Vancouver Barracks, Mrs. Alfred F. bears, mother of tho late Judge Alfred F. Sears, Jr., and widow of Colonel Sears, was struck by a United Railway train at Third and Stark streets abont 2 o'clock yeetor day afternoon. She was knocked un conscious and waa taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital, whero Dr. R. J. Marsh, her attending physician, found her injuries to be minor. The on danger, says Dr. Marsh, may bo the nervous shock. Mrs. Soars Is ti years old and feeble. Mrs. Soars left the Mann Home for the Aged, where she is making nor residence, shortly before noon yester day, intending to meet her daughter. Mrs. A. F. Sears, Jr.. mother of Lieu tenant Sears, at the Vancouver car depot at 1:30 o'clock. She mistook tho stop, however, and got off tho car at Third and Stark streets Instead of Sec ond and Washington streets. In cross ing Stark street at Third she did not notice an apuoachlng United Rail ways car and waa hurled to the street, A friend of the family was passing in hia automobile, and recognising her, placed her In his machine. She re gained consciousness In the automobile and refused to bo taken to tho hoa pltal until she had boen taken to tho ancouver car station. whero her daughter was in waiting. This was done, and her daughter accompanied her to the hospital. Mrs. Sears sustained a cut on her forehead, a few small cuts on her hands, and several minor bruises. WOUNDS FATAL TO MILNE Wasco Bartender Dies and Room mate Faces Murder Char"-. WASCO. Or.. Dec. 25. (Special.) Henry Milne, bartender In Reinhart's saloon, shot here Saturday by Cal Stevens, his roommate, died her today as a result of his injuries. Stevens Is held in the County Jail at Moro without bail to answer to a charge of murder at th next term of court. INQUIRY HESUMESTODAr RULE HAY m NEEDY JOBS FOR CNEM PLOYED FALL CNDEK CIVIL SERVICE. Mayor Declares There Is No Call for Establishment of Souphout-cs. Meeting Today. Definite plans for furnishing city and county work to the unemployed will be made at a Joint meeting today at 11 o'clock at the City Hall by members of the ways and means committee of the City Council, Mayor Rushlight. Judge Cleeton, of the County Court and Coun ty Commissioners Hart and Lightner. A plan will be formulated whereby the needy can be given work on the roads and in the parks until labor con ditions become better In the early Spring. The plan probably will be much the same as that adopted by other Western cities. The county, it is thought, will furnish Jobs for crews on the county roads, making drains, embankment fills and removing rocks, while the city will furnish work to men cleaning off suburban sidewalks and streets and cleaning weeds from parks. The problem is a difficult one for both the city and the county. The county roads are all a considerable dis tance from the city and It may e nec essary to establish camps for the men. The city will have to live tip to the Civil Service Commission rules, it Is said, giving work only to men on the eligible list. There are over 100 names on this list at present and unless a means of getting around the rules can bs found, the unemployed who are actually In need may not be able to se cure employment. a. report was circulated yesterday that the soup-house plan was being considered by city officials. Mayor Rushlight declares he would oppose such a system. "There Is no need of soup-houses." said the Mayor. "Such a plan would hurt the city. All we need Is an appropriation of city and county money with which to pay men to make road and park Improvements. The con ditions this year are a little bad for the worklngman, but they are not so bad that aoup-houses are needed. Poor families are being well cared for, I believe, and with an appropriation of a few hundred dollars to furnish work for the needy, I think the whole prob lem will be solved." Tile Associated Charities is trying to find work for the long list of unem ployed who have appealed to headquar ters for assistance. PARK BONDS INDORSED ELEVEN IMPROVEMENT C'LCBS FAVOR 92,000,000 ISSVE. Civic Organisations Go on Record for Proposition Superintendent to Make Addresses. Nearly all the push clubs have in dorsed the proposed bond Issue of $2,000,000 for the purchase of more park tracts and for the improvement of those now owned. The East Side Business Men's Club, Alberta Improve ment Association, North East Improve ment Association. Center Addition Club, Montavilla Board of Trade, Rose City Park Improvement League, Montavilla Business Men's Club, . Tabor Heights Club, Waverly-Rlchmond Improvement Association, Sell wood Board of Trade and the United Improvement Clubs Association adopted the following reso lutlons: "Resolved. That the United Improve ment Clubs Association heartily in dorses the proposed $2,000,000 40-year park bond issue. This for the reason that there are so many sections of the city where no recreation parks and playgrounds have been provided, and that the land should be acquired with out delay, while it can be had at a rea gonable cost. It is the sense of this association that suitable parks and playgrounds are as essential to the moral healthful growth and develop ment of our citizenship as are pure food, clothing, libraries, schools and churches, and that this city, with Its wonderful present and future growth and development should provide at once for these needed essentials to public health and morality." K. T. Mlscne, superintendent oi parks, who has been addressing the clubs on Portland' parks, will speak before the Rose City Park League at Its next meeting,., and arrangements are being made to have him deliver an address in the auditorium of the East Portland Library Association, under the auspices of the United Improve ment Clubs' Association about the mid dle of January. Real Estate Man in Jail. I. W. Wright, a real estate man, was placed in a cell at the City Jail yes terday, it being his second arrest with- a few days. He was arrested by Patrolman Willet at Fourth and Wash- nigton streets early yesterday. About a week ago Wright was picked up In the lobby of a prominent hotel. While mingling with the prosperous men In the lobby and public rooms as one of themselves, he was sleeping, according to reports made to the police. In leather chairs. In the bootblack stand, the hotel parlors, or anywhere that he could es cape observation. He was taken into court and received a light sentence. DAILY METEOROIXKsICAL REPOltT. PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 25. Maximum temperature. 44 deffr-i; minimum. 34 d rrteav Rlvwr read in ir. I A. M.. 2.S f-et; rhnnfr In tart 24 hour. -0.1 fwt. Total To Get Its Beneficial Effects; Always Buy the Cenume yruptig: a a. ana of VLu manufactured Wide 6iifrafi5&5u?. 6oId by all leading Vrvqqlsts OneSize Only, 50 a Bottle LfXfR fA HOTEL RAMAPO Corner 14th and Washington New Hotel, Elegaatly Fxu-Biabed. Rates SI and Up SPECIAL RATES FOR PF-RMAJfEUtTS. Esropeas Plaa. Take car at Depot aad traaafrr at Waahiagtoa St. M. B. FOLEY, PROPRIETOR. HOTEL CORNELIUS House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our 14-passenger electric tus meets all trains. A high-class, modern hotel in the heart of the theater and shopping district. One block from any carlme. $1 per day and up. European plan. E. P. MORRIS. Prop. The Imperial Oregon'. Greatest Hotel S50 Rooms, 104 Suites, With Private Baths. NEW FIREPROOF BUILDING Moderate Rates. Phil Metschan & Sons, Props. PORTLAND HOTEL The largest and most magnificent ho tel in Portland; unsurpassed in ele gance of accommodations or excellence of cuisine. European plan $1.50 per day and upward. O. J,AtFMAjrJf, Manager. HOTEL OREGON, - Portland, Or., Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. rainfall (5 P. M. to P. M.), 9.09 inches; total rainfall since September 1. 1911. 12.21 inches; normal rainfall since September 1. 17.88 inches; deficiency of rainfall since September 1. 1911, 6.67 Inches. Total sun shine. 64 minutes; possible sunshine. S hours 36 minutes. Barometer . (reduced to ea level) at 6 V. M.. 30.25 Inches. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The southern Alberta storm Is drifting slowly southeastward, and the pressure is Increasing on the Pacific Coast, where a large high pressure field Is central at sea off tha Oregon-California coast. High pressure obtains east of the Mississippi River, while over the Plateau and Plains states the pressure is low and unsettled weather prevails. Light precipitation has occurred within the last 12 hours In Ore gon. Washington. Idaho, British Columbia. Alberta. Montana. Utah. Colorado, Nebraska. Oklahoma. Tennessee and In the west Gulf ststes. The weather Is wanner In Alberta. Montana. Texas and Pennsylvania and it is colder In the basin, southern Rock Moun tain and northern plals states, west lake region and Central Canada and tha South Atlantic states. Conditions are favorable for generally fair weather Tuesday in this district, except that ( 1 r 1 X. A'-' S IL rilfflltlr OPENED SEPT, IMS. PRIVATE BATHS. HOTEL LENOX E. D. and V. H. JORGEX8EX, Props, aad Mgra. CORNER 3d AND MAIN STS. Hot and Cold Water. Long Distance Phvae la Every Roosa. RATES $1.00 and Up The Hotel Bowers Eleventh and Stark Sts. Under New Management offers all the convenience! of a high-class hotel, with all the comforts of a home. Kuropean plan 11.00 per day tip. American plan. too. Famous for Its grill, a la carte and table d'hote service at reasonable prices, i-pecial rates to permanent guests. F. P. WILLIAMS, MANAGER H. E. FLETCHER, Mgr. New Perkins Fifth and Washington Sts. A Hotel in the Very Heart of Portland's Business Activity MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Electric Anto Bus. Cars to and from Union Depot every few minutes. L. Q. Swetfcind, Mgr. C. H. Shafer, Ass't Mgr. Both hotels centrally located, modern in every respect, and conducted on the European plan. occasional rain Is Indicated for the Wash ington coast, and snow in Eastern Idaho. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Tuesday, fair;, westerly winds. Oregon Tuesday, generally fair; westeriy wlnds. Washington Tuesday. ' fair, except rain near the coast; westerly winds Idaho Tuesday, generally fair west, oc casional snow eat portion. THEODORE F. DRAKE, Acting District Forecaster. Compasses, field-glasses, barometers hydrometers, microscopes, scientific ap paratus. Woodard. Clarke & Co. OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY- OFFICE CTTT HALI Mala 598. A W. J1LMA.XE OFilCKR, Sergeant Crate. Residence, 24 E. 24th K. East 4779. R. Jl. Dunmlre. Rea S3 Waaco Su W. O. Eaton. Roe. TS E. 16th. East 17S&. Bona Ambulance. A 6101. Pr. Ex. a. Nlghta, Sundays and Holidays. A 8183: Pr Ex. 4. Trunk 7. . Cal! Up your grocer or dealer, or call 708 or A 5325. The place where the quality beer is made, in stead of getting a product made to sell, you get a pure BEER MADE TO DRINK! PORTLAND. BREWING COMPANY Quarts, $1.75 per dozen; Pints, $1.90 per case of two dozen. Delivery Everywhere. ' Bottles Exchanged-