PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECE3IBER 3, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LII-XO- 16,233.
JURYWOMEN PRAY;
ALBANY MISS FIRST
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KILBURN HITS BAR,
BUT TUG RESCUES
COURT SPLITS BIG
FAIR SEX WIN AND
LOSE IN ELECTIONS
CJ.ERK OF ELECTION
THEN DECIDE CASE
E
T,T. TALK AT OXCE BUT REACH
RUDDER BREAKS, SEAMS OPEX,
AT EUREKA ENTRANCE.
MISS CASSIE THOMPSON TAKES
HONOR WITH EASE.
VERDICT IX THREE HOURS
STORM
Bras
CONGRESS
BEGINS
STRENUDUSS
SSI
KARRI
IN MERGER
ATLANTIC LINERS
Lifeboats Smashed by
Waves on Steamer.
SHIPS' CABINS ARE FLOODED
New York, Carmania and Cam
eronia in Hurricane.
PASSENGERS STAY BELOW
High Sea Washes Over Cdrmania
. and, as Vessel Wallows at Half
Speed, Water Rushes Into
Cabin and Wets Women.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. (Special.)
Battered by a tremendous wave, which
swept away her bowsprit, mashed
three lifeboats and four rafts, broke
In the door of the after-port compan-
ionway and twisted 20 feet of her rail
out of place, the American line steam
ship New York came into port from
Southampton today, showing- the ef
fects of a terrible battle with a hurri
cane In midocean last Friday.
Also showing marks of violence of
the gale with wjilch she had battled,
th runarii line steamshlD Carmania
entered the harbor from Liverpool with
one of her port lights smashed and
bringing a story of the flooding of
some of the rooms of her second cabin.
Cameronia'a Wireless Smashed.
With one of the wires of her wire
less antennae gone, the Cameronla, of
the Anchor line, arrived about the same
time from Glasgow.
Passengers on board all three of the
big vessels were kept In the saloons
and below decks for the greater part
of the passage across the turbulent
Western ocean, while the steamships
fought their way at reduced speed in
the hurricane. In which the velocity
of the wind was estimated to have
reached 90 miles an hour.
Throughout the storm, whloh raged
from Monday unttl Friday, with an
occasional respite, the three steamships
were within easy wireless hailing dis
tance, and their wireless operators Con
stantly kept one another informed of
various mishaps. Wireless Operator
Sutherland, on board the Cameronla,
was telling the wireless man on board
the New York that he had lost one of
his wires, when a great' wave swept
the New York's deck and smashed her
lifeboats and rafts.
Cannula's Cabin Flooded.
The Carmania suffered her worst
damage on Monday, when a big wave
struck her on the starboard quarter,
broke one of the port lights and partly
flooded the second cabin room.
The ship was wallowing in a tremen
dous sea. She was at half speed, just
enough to keep her head to wind. In a
stateroom In the second cabin were
Miss Peggy Daugherty, of San Francis
co: Mrs. J. W. Cotton and Mrs. Cotton's
baby. All were asleep or trying to sleep
when a gigantic sea tore over the ves
sel, broke out the port light and flood
ed their cabin and surrounding com
panlonways. Stewards came running to bale out the
water, but the women had been thrown
from their berths into the midst of It,
and Mrs. Cotton, her baby in her arms,
had burst out of the room and. in her
night clothes, ran to the deck above,
wading through water knee deep. Miss
Daugherty following, also in deshabille,
both of the women thinking thejjhlp
was about to founder. They Tvero
calmed by the stewards and Miss
Daugherty. who had been bruised by
being thrown from her berth, was at
tended by the ship's doctor.
Her hip was wrenched, but she was
able to walk when the vessel docked
today. The baby was not hurt.
DOCTORS HOSTS TO LANE
Portland Physicians to Give Ban
quet in Senator-elect's Honor.
Not because they all voted for him,
nor not neressarlly because they be
lieve that Dr. Wilson or Dr. Lane or
any other Democratic wearer of the
academic or medical title. Doctor.
possesses the proper prescription for
the political aches and pains of the
country, but because he Is the first
nhvsician to he chosen to represent
Oregon in the United States Senate, 50
uf the physician Irtencu or Dr. narry
l.ane will gather at the Multnomah
Hotel tonight for a banquet in his
honor.
While there will be no formal pro
gramme, many of the medicos who will
be present are accomplished speakers,
and the extemporaneous remarks are
expected to be of the scintillant order.
The gathering will comprise not only
victorious Democrats, but Republicans,
Bull Moosers and a sprinkling of Pro
hibitionists. RATE ON SPRAY UPHELD
Commerce Commission Decides In
Favor of Railway-
OREGONLAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Dec. 2. tSpeclal.) The Inter
state Commerce Comtssion. in a deci
sion today tn the case of Theodore
Bernhim & Co. of Portland. Or.
against the Oregon Railroad A Naviga
tion Company, holds that the rate of
11.10 a hundred pounds on a carload of
liquid tree' spray shipped from Chicago
to Portland, and valued at 19716. was
not unreasonable, nor was it unjustly
diacriuiinatory as compared with a rate
of 64 cents on liquid sheep din.
Kansas Suffragists Agree In Land-
Damage Suit, AVhlcht Men Were
Unable to Settle. .
ELDORADO, Kan..' Dec 2. Delibera
tions by the first iury composed en
tirely of women that has tried a case
in Kansas were begun with prayer.
Mrs. Harriett E. Riley, forewoman of
that Jury which sat in a land damage
case here Friday, described today the
feelings of the 12 women and their ef
forts to reach a verdict.
"We scarcely knew what to do after
entering the Juryroom," Mrs. Riley said.
"Then some woman said T believe we
should pray.' All the heads bowed
One Juror led in spoken supplication
and we plunged Into disoussion of the
case.
"It seemed as if all were talking at
once, but were terribly In earnest. All
had respected the Judge's instructions
and for three hours had not breathed
a word about the case. Naturally
there was much to be said."
The case went to the Jury at 8 o'clock
at night and three hours later the ver-
diet awarding damages was returned.
The husbauda of the Jurors had waited
around to escort them home. Two
years ago the same case was tried by
a Jury of men who failed to agree. Their
vote was 7 to 6 after two days of
balloting.
RIGHT TO OFFICE ISSUE.
Judge Thompson Held to Be Ineiigi
ble for Senatorship.
TOPEKA. Kan, Dec. 2. Owing to
provision in the state constitution that
no Superior Judge shall hold any other
state or National office during his Ju
dicial term. Dolltlcal opponents of
Judge Thompson, Democrat, who re
cently defeated Governor Stubbs for
the United States Senate by a popular
plurality of 21,000, has raised a ques
tion "as to the eligibility of Judge
Thnmnsnn for the Senatorship.
The Legislature formally chose the
Senator and It is not legally bound
to elect the candidate nominated by
the neoDle. Judse Thompson Is a dis
trict Judge, whose term does not expire
before the Legislature meets January
14. His supporters maintain that he
will-not hold any other office until the
Litirialature elects him Senator, ana
that he will meet the requirements of
the law by resigning his Judgeship De
fore that bodv meets.
His opponents contend that he should
have resigned before tne recent eiec
Hon and that he rendered himself in
eligible for the Senatorship by not
doing so.
$1000 DEPOSITED DAILY
Portland Savings Bank Has Handled
$1,363,116.
Transactions handled at the Portland
nnaiii anvlnes bank since it was es
tabllshed, September 9, 1911, aggregate
mi 8B2 according to a report Issued
yesterday by Superintendent Carr. Of
the grand total $1,363,116 consisted oi
deposits and $709,748 the amount with
drawn. This left a balance or ibt3.
S70 on deposit to the credit of deposit
nr. on November SO.
In the month of November 607 new
accounts were opened, with an aggre
gate of 2735 deposits, representing a
inin of 1100.298. In the same length
of time 467 accounts were closed, the
number of withdrawals being 168 i, rep.
resenting $70,746. The net gain in
deposits for the month was $30,123, or a
daily increase of over $1000.
The balance of deposits on hand
1653.370. represents the accounts of
5441 depositors, or an average of about
$120.
STARVING MAN PICKS FRUIT
Police Chief Feeds. Old Prisoner
Who Has Only Crust.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Deo. 2. Nearly
exhausted from hunger, Thomas Wil
son, a white-haired man of 68 years.
strolled today into the Capitol Park.
He had only a crust of dry bread be
tween himself and starvation. A ripe
orange hung temptingly above his head
and he reached up and picked it.
State Capitol Patrolman Lynch ar
rested Wilson. The old man rode to the
city jail in the police patrol and was
taken before Chief Ahern. Wilson stood
trembling.
"Were you really hungry?" asked the
chief.
"This is all that I have in the world,
replied the aged man. pulling a dry
niece of bread from his pocket.
Take the man Into the kitchen, give
him something to eat and let hlra go."
ordered Chief Ahern.
BOX CAR LOOT RECOVERED
Chicago Police Find Property Valued
at $20,000.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Property valued
at $20,000. said to have been stolen
from freight cars by an organized
gang, was recovered by the police here
today.
Fred Smith, In Chicago, and Edward
Grimme, at St. Louis, are being held
in connection with the robberies.
CHANGE IN LAW PLANNED
Reduction In Homestead CuHlvation
Requirements Songht.
OREQONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 2. Senator Borah, of
Idaho, and Representative La Follette,
of Washington, are preparing and will
introduce bills amending the home
stead law by reducing the amount of
cultivation required to one acre at the
end of the second year and three acres
the third year ' J
Body Organizes; Then
Adjourns.
SPEAKER BREAKS TWO GAYELS
Clark and Cannon Welcomed
Noisily in House.
SENATE HAS NO PRESIDENT
Republicans Will Seek Compromise
With Progressives In Effort to
Elect GalJi tiger Little Bust- '
nesa Is Transacted.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 2 The Benate
and House settled down to work today
for the high-pressure session that is to
end the Sixty-second Congress.
Speaker Clark, wielding his emblem
of order with ever-Increasing force.
succeeded in breaking two gavels be
fore he had brought the enthusiastic
members through an hour and ten min.
utes of business .
The sessions of both houses served to
complete the preliminary work of or
ganization and left Congress ready for
legislative . business tomorrow. . The
Senate, depressed by the recent death
of Vice-President Sherman and Sen
ators Heyburn and Rayner, was in ses
sion 22 minutes.
Both Houses Adjonrn EUirly.
Both houses adjourned as soon as
the preliminaries of organization were
concluded, out of respect for officers
and members who had died since the
adjournment in August.
President Taft's message will come
to both houses tomorrow. The Senate
will meet at 11 o'clock, an hour before
the customary time, so that the mes
sage may be rceived and read, before
proceedings are begun in the court of
Impeachment which is to try Judge
Robert W. Archbald, of the Commerce
Court.
Boisterous enthusiasm greeted re
turn to the House of Speaker Clark,
ex-Speaker Cannon and other mem
bers whose names long have been
associated with the affairs of that
body. Ex-Speaker Cannon received a
rising greeting when his name was
reached. Democrats and Republicans
who had Joined In the applause for
Speaker Clark when he entered the
chamber at noon. Jumped to their feet
and Jolnd in the cheering.
Four Governors-Elect Cheered.
Four Governors-elect, who will go
from the House of Representatives to
their respective state capitals, also
were vigorously chered as the roll call
proceeded. They were Representatives
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THE
Sixty-One Passengers Are Aboard
When Vessel Strikes Outbound
for San Francisco.
EUREKA. Cal.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
With her rudder missing and seams
around stern opened, through which
rushed a large f lw of water, the North
Pacific steamer F. A. Kllburn was
towed into port at 3 o'clock this after
noon by the tug Relief. The vessel
struck on the bar while crossing, out
hound for San Francisco.
The Kllburn left the - wharf at 9
o'clock, this morning and attempted to
cross -out on ebb tide. Captain Mc
Clellan says that In another minute
his vessel would have been clear of the
bar and safe on Its way to San Fran
cisco. , .
When she struck, a distinct Jar was
felt throughout the ship, and investiga
tion revealed that the rudder was gone
and she was filling fast. Two pumps
failed to clear the water out of the
hold until the crew nailed sacks over
the seams, placed oakum on the sacks
and nailed planks over all.
By that time the water had filled
the hold until the boilers were in dan
ger, according' to a fireman. A diver
investigated tonight and will go be
low again tomorrow.
There were 61 passengers aboard,
but at no time were they In danger.
The captain sent a wireless message
to a local agency immediately and word
was sent to San Francisco for a tug.
A towboat will arrive tomorrow
morning and the agent says the Kll
burn will be towed out at noon and
turned over to the towboat
The passengers are to be taken off
If they desire.
ORDER WILL BE, TESTED
Question of Soldiers Having Civil or
Military Trials TJp.
AUSTIN. Tex.. Dec. 2. A movement
to test In the United States Supreme
Court the general 'order to the United
States Army that all soldiers receive
military instead of civil trials, was
started here today. Governor Colquitt,
the State Attorney-General and county
authorities conferred on the project.
The county officers declared that No
vember .5. soldiers from Fort Clark,
who were refused admittance to a pri
vate dance of Mexican citizens, were
alleged to have attempted to force
entrance. This precipitated a ngm in
which one man was killed and .two
wounded. The commander at Fort Clark
refused to turn tne soioiers over to
county authorities for trial.
OREGON SENATORS ABSENT
Lafferty Only Member of State Dele
gation at Congress' Opening.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 2. Oregon was almost
without representation in Congress to
day. Neither Senators Bourne nor
Chamberlain nor Representative Haw
ley have arrived in Washington, and
Representative Lafferty was the only
member of the delegation to respond to
the rollcall. ,
The Washington delegation was also
light, as Senator Jones and Represen
tative Humphrey have not reached
Washington.
NEW DISPENSATION IN OEEGON.
.. ..
Anti-Trust Law Held
to Be Violated.
LINES DEEMED COMPETITORS
Union Pacific's Hold on Stock
in Southern Illegalizecf.
RULING'S EFFECT WEIGHTY
Opinion Announced by Justice Day
Coincided In by Other Members
of Court, and TJpholds View
Taken by Judge Hook.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2. The great
Karriman merger, created when the
Union Paciflo Railroad Company bought
46 per cent of the stock of the South
ern Pacific system, was split today by
the .Supreme Court of the United States
as a violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Then, with the end of the merger be
fore it, the court sent forth Its por
tentous declaration that "while the
law may not be able to enforce com
petition, it can reach combinations
which render competition impractica
ble" Vandevanter Is Reversed.
Justice - Day announced the unani
mous opinion of the court. Justice Van-
devanter took no part in the consider
ation of the case today, but his prin
cipal finding when he was a Circuit
Judge to the effect that the two roads
were not competitors and therefore no
violation of the law had resulted from
the purchase, was reversed and an
nulled. Instead of following the reasoning of
Justice Vandevanter and Judges San
born -and Adams, the court In substance
approved the minority holding of Judge
Hook that the roads were competitors
and that it was Just as much a viola
tion of the law for one road to buy the
controlling stock of a competitor as it
was for a holding company, as in the
Northern Securities case, to buy the
controlling stock of two competing I
companies.
Past Results Duplicated. -
As the Northern Securities Company
plan failed nearly ten years ago, so
the Harriman plan fell today.
The Circuit Court for the district of
Utah was directed to supervise the
separation of the two roads after hear
ings and in emergency to appoint a re
ceiver to sell the stock. The Union Pa
cific, if the Circuit Court sees proper,
may retain control of the old Central
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herrSVat&S-
Board Member Fails to Put In Ap
pearance and Sister of W. Lair
Thompson Acts.
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
Miss Cassie H. Thompson, of Albany
is probably the first woman in Oregon
to serve on a regular election board
acting as she did today as a clerk of
the election board In the First Ward
in the city election.
One of the men appointed as a clerk
of the board failed to appear when the
polls opened, and it devolved on the
other members of the board to fill the
vacancy.
G. C. Turner, of the Judges, sug
gested that inasmuch as women would
vote today it would be apropos to have
a woman for clerk, and the idea was
adopted enthusiastically. Miss Thomp
son was elected to the position and was
summoned by telephone. She accepted
the appointment, was regularly sworn
in as a member of the board, and filled
the position efficiently during the vot
ing today and in the counting of the
ballots tonight.
Miss Thompson Is a member of one
of Albany's best-known pioneer fam
llles and has resided In this city all her
life. She is a daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
Rufus Thompson, of Albany, and a sis
ter of W. Lair Thompson, State Senator
from Lake, Klamath, Crook and Grant
counties.
BOND ISSUE HELD TOO BIG
Valuation of United Railroads
Property in California Assailed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2. That the
United Railroads Company, of this city,
had Issued nearly $80,000,000 worth of
stocks and bonds on property acquired
for less than $30,000,000 was the charge
of E. P. E. Troy, of the Municipal Own
ership League in the hearing today be
fore the State Railroad Commission
on the company's request for permis
sion to issue $3,500,000 worth of ad
ditlonal bonds.
"The bonds were given to the United
Investment Company in payment for
the property, said Troy. "This com
pany Is controlled by the same men
who control the operating company
and for the past ten years $800,000 a
year, or $8,000,000 has been paid them
in Interest from the earnings of the
company.
"If this Commission permits the
company to perpetuate ' its indebted
ness by floating another bond issue, it
means that the people are paying that
debt twice."
Engineer Thompson, of the Commis
slon, questioned Charles N. Black, vice
president and general manager of the
United Railroads Company, regarding
the value of the company's property.
Black said the tracks and cars were
worth about $57,000,000. The only div
ldends ever paid by the United Rail
roads, he said, were $350,000 a year
since 1907 on a $5,000,000 bond issue.
.The Commission took the application
under advisement.
ACCIDENT RESTORES SIGHT
Blind Pastor Hit in Eye Sees When
Hot Bandages Are Applied.
OKLAHOMA CITT. Okla.. Dec. 2. A
bit of tinfoil flipped from a rubber
band by a child Is declared responsi
ble for the restoration of eyesight of
Rev. G. G. Rupert, pastor of a local
church, who had been blind for
years. The missile hit him in the
eye and, to alleviate the pain, hot
cloths were applied.
This occurred several days ago and
when it was apparent that the sight
was being restored, the applications
were continued. Virtually normal
vision returned today. Mr. Rupert
became suddenly blind while conduct
ing revival services.
MAN LONG MISSING FOUND
J. 31. Bailey, Who Disappeared Ten
Years Ago, Now in Denver.
DENVER, Dec 2. J. M. Bailey, of
Wapello, Iowa, missing for ten years.
has been found In Denver, and a claim
for $C000 Insurance held In the Mod
ern Woodmen of America has been
dropped-, according- to officials of the
order.
Ballay dropped out of sight at Hor
ton, Kan., in 1902. He made a trip to
the Pacific Coast and later was em
ployed on a steamship " that carried
supplies to Port Arthur during the
Russo-Japanese war. Captured, he was
held a prisoner for several months in
Port Arthur and Nagasaki. Upon re
turning to the United States he went
to Alaska, and later shipped with a
vessel around Cape Horn.
LAD, 15, DIES FOR OTHERS
Boy Coasting Turns Into Culvert to
Avoid Hitting Small Playmates.
SALT LAKE CITT. Utah, Dec. 2.
Rather than injure and perhaps kill
some smaller boys who were in the
path of his sled, Allen Rosslyn, aged
15, chose death for himself today.
He was coasting on a steep hill in
this city. Finding no other way to
avoid a collision, he turned his sled
sharply into a water culvert and sus
tained internal injuries from which he
died soon afterward.
SODA DRINKER GOES BLIND
Stranger Robs Man Stricken Sight
less on Way to Hospital.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2. William Col
lier, 20 years old. was stricken blind
last night while drinking an ice cream
soda in a drug store, and was robbed
of all his money by a stranger who
escorted him to the city receiving hos
pital.' -
Physicians said to-lay that Collier
probably never would! recover his sight
1
Newport Voted Dry But
Tillamook Goes Wet.
700 GRANTS PASS WOMEN OUT
Oregon City Defeats Mrs. Kate
. Newton for Mayor.
FEW SHUN SUFFRAGE RIGHT
Though Vote Is Ilght in Several
Towns, Per Cent Runs From 28
to 80 "Wash Day" Fails to
Bother Those Casting Ballot,
'Fair woman played a, vital role in
several Oregon elections yesterday, her
ballot at Newport placing the Coast
town In the column of the drys, while
at Tillamook she failed to carry her
candidate and ticket to victory, the
wets winning, however, by eight vote!
only.
At Oregon City, Mrs. Kate Newton,
the woman candidate for Mayor, lost by
over 800 votes. Linn E. Jones being
her successful rival for the office. Mrs.
Dora Blanchard was Oregon City's first
woman to cast her vote, and she was
glad of the chance.
At Albany the total number of women
to cast their ballots was 194, fully 28
per cent of the vote cast, which was
light in comparison with previous elec
tions. . Vote Light at Aurora.
Though there were few votes cast
at Aurora, owing to a lack of any
contest in city affairs, fully SO per
cent of the vote cast was registered
by the women.
According to reports from Newport
the wash tub had little or no attraction
to the housekeepers and homemakera
yesterday. - Throughout all the elec
tions it was noticeable, however, that
the greater number of women went to
the polls In the afternoon, apparently
after their household duties were done.
This was true except in cases where
there was an early rush to the polls to
be the first or among the first to cast
the ballot.
Grants Paaa Women Active.
By count it is estimated 700 of the
feminine folk of Grants Pass gave over
the usual "blue Monday" to voting, un
usual interest being shown at every
voting booth.
One-third of the total vote cast at
Junction City was that given by the
fair sex. The vote was light. The
women who voted were enthusiastic
and promise to place In the fleldv a
ticket of their own at the next elec
tion. According to the latest returns from
Salem, the electors decided to bond the
city for $880,000 to. meet Indebtedness
on sewer work.
Several other Oregon towns will vote
today, among them being Bend, where
Indications point to a heavy vote being
cast by the suffrage-granted folk.
The first woman to vote at Toledo
when the polls were opened was Miss
Esther Copeland. There was a good
sized vote cast
OREGON CITT WOMAN LOSER
Mrs. Newton Gets Only 173 Votes
Out or 10O9 Given Rival.
OREGON CITY. On. Dec 2. (Spe
cial.) Four hundred and six women
out of an eligible list of 500 voted in
the municipal election here today. Mrs.
Kate L. Newton, the first woman can
didate for Mayor in Oregon, was de
feated. She received 173 votes to 1009
that were cast for Linn L. Jones, hr
successful rival. M. D. Latourette won
for City Recorder without opposition,
receiving 1027 votes.
Councllmen were elected as follows:
First Ward, Fred A. Metsner; Second
Ward, short term, L. P. Horton; long
term, W. A. Long; Third Ward, F. J.
Meyer.
The charter was amended, by a srote
of 739 to 336, to permit of Increased
city Indebtedness, but an amendment
shortening the time of residence re
quired to qualify voters was defeated.
A proposal to build a municipal ele
vator carried by a vote of 687 to 441
Mrs. Dora Blanchard, the first wom
an to vote in Oregon City, cast her
ballot at the polls in the Second Ward
promptly at 8 o'clock. She marked
her ballot in less than two minutes
and, neatly folding it, presented it to
the election officers and. with a grace
ful bow and "I thank jou," took her
departure.
The women voted In far greater num
bers than was expected and all but a
few entered the booths without having
asked for Instructions. They began
arriving at the polls early and the ma
jority of them cast their ballots before
noon.- They were far more prompt in
arriving at the voting places and were
much more enthusiastic than the men.
The "X's" made by them also were
much neater and made with greater
care than those made by members of
the other sex.
Many amusing Incidents are reported
byfthe election officers. For Instance,
In the Second Ward eight parasols and
seven umbrellas were left by members
of the fair sex. Two powder puffs and
hand looking-glass also were found
ay the election officers In the booths.
Hirasols. umbrellas, nanoKnercniem.
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