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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FINEST FEATHERS
MAY BEDECK HATS
GAME WAHDES REVOKES CHIXA
PHEASXT EDICT.
WINGED LOVE GOD
EFFORT TO UNIFY
EMPLOYERS VAINLY
BLEASE'S IB LAW
SEEKING LABORERS
ENJOYS DAY OFF
REBELS EXPOSED
OVER GREAT LAKES
PROSPEROUS COXDOTTOXS ARE
AT LAST MIXUTE CUPID LEADS
SOTED IX CHICAGO.
LOXE COUPLE TO MART.
BIO STORM RAGING
COLUMBIA FIGURES
HIGH IN ESTIMATES
REPUD ATED
Army Engineers Favo
Important Work.
RIYER IMPROVEMENT ADVISED
Projects Much Helped by OffI
clal Indorsement.
JETTIES REQUIRE MILLION
Dredging Propose to Assist in Ob
taining Depth of 40 Feet at Low
Tide Work on Hirer Chan
net Progressing.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lngton, Dec. 7. If Congress is inclined
to deal liberally with the important
waterways of the country In framing
and passing the river and harbor bill
this session, the Columbia River will
fare exceptionally well, for the estl
mates of the Army Engineers have been
favorable to most of the Northwestern
projects. The various estimates have
heretofore been given In these dls
patches, but the annual report of the
chief of engineers contains much mat
ter not previously made public. In
that report he discusses all of the
Northwestern projects, reciting work
done and expenditures made In the
past and the needs of the future.
For the mouth of the Columbia River,
an appropriation of $1,000,000 la recom
mended, to be applied to the cample
tlon of the south jetty and contlnua
tlon of work on the new north jetty,
This Is only a part of the amount re
quired to complete this project
Jetty Project Described.
Discussing the project at tho mouth
of the Columbia River, the chief of
engineers. In his report, says:
"The existing project provides for
extending the south Jetty to a length
of about seven miles, the height to be
not less than mid-tide level and width
of crest not less than 25 feet; for con
structing a north Jetty about 3 'miles
long, and for dredging to assist the
jetties in securing a depth of 40 feet
across the bar at mean lower low tide.
. "During the first half of the fiscal
year the trestle tramway was extended
87 bents. Thirty bents were takon up
before the beginning of Winter to pre
vent loss during Winter storms. During
the Winter two bents were carried
away and before the end of the fiscal
year IT bents were replaced Six bents
of jetty tramway which were carried
away by the schooner Admiral were
also rebuilt and about 260 plies driven
to strengthen the older parts of the
trestle or to replace piles carried away
by storms. -
"A total of 716.420 tons of stone was
received under contract and, dumped
In the Jetty. A large amount of rock
was used in filling up low places in
the older parts of the Jetty and in
feeding the slopes flattened by the
storms. The subsidence of the enrock
ment appeared to be much less during
the Winter than duTing the previous
year, except at the outer end, where the
work is new.
"The annual survey of the bar was
commenced June 11, and completed June
22. It shows that the opening through
the bar between 24-foot coatours has
Increased during the past year from
8000 to 10.000 feet. The location of the
best channel has not shifted during
the year, and the controlling depth of
the best channel remains 27V4 feet,
with a width of about 1000 feet. There
Is a clear channel width of 000 feet
with a least depth of 26 feet as com
pared with a channel width of 4000 feet
with a least depth ot 25 feet last
year. The middle ground found inside
the bar last year baa almost entirely
disappeared, decreasing the distance
between 90-foot contours Inside And
outside the bar from S000 to about
tOOO feet. .
Depth Increased Wine Feet.
"All of the expenditures during the
year were for new work, except $80,
361.82 expended for repairs and opera
tion ot the dredge Chinook, which may
be considered as applied to mainten
ance of channel.
"There has been expended on' the
existing project to the end of the fiscal
year the sum of ?7. 865.113.16. of which
8287.S64.10 was expended for altera
tions, repairs, and operation of the
dredge Chinook, and may be consid
ered as applied to maintenance.
"The proportion of the project ac
complished to the end of the fiscal
: year Is approximately 92 per cent for
south jetty and less than 1 per cent
for north Jetty.
"The advantage derived from the im.
proTement has been the increase of
about nine feet in depth on the bar
since the adoption of the project.
'Deepening of the channel over the
bar will admit of the use of ships of
greater draft and increased carrying
capacity, and with larger vessels
frequenting the port it Is reasonable to
suppose that the charter rates on deep
sea tonnage will be reduced, and that
the present rail rates on transcon
tinental shipments may also be reduced.
"The amount estimated as a profit
able expenditure in the fiscal year 1914
will be applied to maintenance of south
jetty and to continuing work on north
Jetty, which is necessary in order to
secure the depth on the bar provided
for in adopted project."
The Army Engineers estimate that It
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Check Applied to Prevent Slaughter
of Protected Birds WH1 Not Be
Pushed Further.
Fashion note Chinese pheasant
plumage Is expected to be much in
vogue this season for adornment of
headgear. .
Game Warden Finley says so, and he
knows, for it was by his edict that the
popular feathers disappeared at one fell
swoop from a thousand bonnets, about
a year ago. Thrifty housewives, who
in fear of arrest, stripped the golden
feathers from their skypleces and sub
stituted less gaudy but more legal
ornamentation, carefully packed the
contraband plumage away In trunks
and now may bring it out again.
The law which forbids wearing
pheasant feathers is still on the statute
books, and a recent ruling of the Attorney-General
throws no doubt on its
being enforclble. but if Game Warden
Finley doesn't invoke it, no one else
Is likely to.
And Finley has announced that he no
longer is going to be a hateful, ugly
old bear and have a lot of nice women
dragged Into Justice Court for violat
ing the game laws 'by trying to look
pretty.
'A check was applied to the wearing
of pheasant feathers," said Mr. Finley.
when It became apparent that their
use for millinery purposes was acting
as a bounty upon the killing of the
birds and frustrating our efforts to en
courage their propagation."
1912 SALMON, PACK LESS
Lack of Demand Reduces Output of
Grays Harbor Plants.
ABERDEEN. Wash.,' Dec. 6. (Spe
cial.) Due to lack of demand and low
prices the Grays Harbor salmon pack
this, year has been little more than
half that of last year. The market was
glutted in the 1911 season and the ever
production has resulted in an exceed
ingly dull market.
The Pacific Fisheries and Packing
Company, the largest concern In op
eration on the harbor, packed but 19,
000 cases this year as against 82,000
cases last year.' Chums and silver
sides were by far the most plentiful.
16,000 out of the total pack being of
these species.
RAYNER, LEAVES ..MILLION
Property Divided Equally Between
Senator's Widow and Son.
BALTIMORE. Dec. 6. The value of
the estate of the late Senator Rayner
will approximate $1,000,000. This will
be shown when the Senator's will is
filed next week for probate.
The property is divided equally be
tween the widow and the son, William
B. Rayner, a portion being left in
trust. The Senator left to the widow
and son the right to make such chari
table bequests as they may see fit,
saying in the body of the will that
their Judgment would enable them to
act In accordance with what would
have been his ideas.
BRIDE IS SENT TO PRISON
Sentence of 2 to 14 Years Follows
Slaying of Tradncer.
LOGANSPORT. Ind.. Dec 6. Mrs. Jo
seph Lang, bride of one day, who shot
and killed Mrs. Mary Copple last Tues
day, was sentenced today to serve from
wo to fourteen years in the women's
prison at Indianapolis and pay a fine
of $25. The woman pleaded guilty.
Mrs. Lang declared the Copple woman
said she was "ugly" and that Lang
could nave done better in choosing a
wife.
Mrs. Copple was a guest at the wed
ding supper. Mrs. Lang said she wished
her act to stand out as a warning to
all women who gossip.
WILSON AT WORK AGAIN
Message to Xew Jersey Legislature
Begun at, Bermuda.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec 6. Presi
dent-elect Wilson began today the final
stages of his vacation In Bermuda by
beginning work on his message to the
New Jersey Legislature.
He virtually has concluded his period
f recreation and social engagements
and expects to work steadily until he
starts on the homeward voyage.
NEBRASKA WOMEN BUSY
Equal Suffragists to Petition for
Putting Amendment to People.
OMAHA, Neb, Dec. 6. The Nebraska
Woman Suffrage Association decided
today to petition for a submission to
the people of a constitutional amend
ment providing for woman suffrage.
The petition will require 22,000 sig
natures and a committee was appointed
to start work on it.
FALSE TEETH CAUSE DEATH
Woman Swallows Plate Which Cuts
Blood Vessels of Stomach.
SANTA ANA, CaU Dec . False
teeth caused the death here today of
Miss Elizabeth Mitchell. Ten days ago
she swallowed two false teeth and a
plate.
Veins or arteries in her stomach
were cut by the teeth and death re
sulted from Internal hemorrhage.
Magon Chosen byLead
ers in Mexico.
ENVOYS MEET IN EL PASO
Men Now in Open Revolt Are
Not Considered.
DYNAMITE FACTORY SEIZED
Government Property Falls Into
Rebels' Hands. Durango
Alarmed by Efforts to In
cite Peons to Revolt, "
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 6. Another ef
fort to unify all revolutionary elements
in Mexico was exposed today. Agents of
the various antl-admlnlstratlon par
ties. Including the Orozco movement In
the north and the Zapata revolt in the
south, are said to have been holding se
cret conferences In El Paso, Tex.
A ticket acceptable to all factions
Is said to have been selected. J. Flores
Magon, former Minister of the Interior
under President Madero, Is said to have
been named as President, with Attor
ney Emilio Vasquez Gomez as Vice-
President.
Active Rebels Eliminated.
Gomez is at San Antonio, recently
released on bond from a Federal court
where ha is held on' charges of con
spiracy.
An amicable result was reached by
eliminating .from the projected port
folio the names of all now actively
engaged in open revolution. In this
way it Is expected to gain also the
antl-Madero element at the national
capital. It also Is said that the army
will be attracted by an appointment.
Rebels Take Dynamite Factory.
The government dynamite factory at
Dynamita, 30 miles northwest of Tor
reon, fell today into the hands of reb
els. A train for Dynamtla was turned
back and communication with the place
has' been cut."," ' " "
Alarm la inciaslng In the State of
Durango, where the. rebels are reported
to be concentrating and Inciting the
peons to revolt.
The strike of the dock workers at
Vera Cruz has become general. Four,
teen hundred men are involved. Sev
eral passenger steamers are experienc
ing difficulty in discharging their car
goes. T. X. Strong, of Portland, Honoredi
MILWAUKEE, Dec. . (Special.)
Robert D. Jenks, of Philadelphia, was
elected today chairman of the council
of the National Civil Service Reform
League. Thomas N. Strong, of Port
land. Or., was named as one of the vice-presidents.
Calls for Charity Few Mild Weather
Permits Outdoor Work Settled
Financial Condition Is Aid.
CHICAGO, Dec 6. (Special.) Bus!
ness men, labor officials and charitable
associations agreed today that the
working classes in Chicago are more
prosperous now than at any time in
their recollection. There is work for
every man who desires it at union
wageB and contractors and employment
agencies are vainly seeking men.
With Winter well advanced there are
no calls for charity and the "flops,'
where homeless men hang out at 10
cents a day, are not making expenses.
Their ordinary patrons are making
good wages and living in better lodging-houses.
Usually at this season the municipal
and other lodging-houses are crowded
to overflowing. Large employers of
labor, labor officials and charity work
ers assign the following reasons for
the unprecedented prosperity:
Unusually mild weather, making out
door work possible; increasing build
ing activities in Chicago and other
cities; Increasing construction activl
ties by railroads; settled financial con
ditions following the election:
The contractors say there are from
one-fourth to one-half more craftsmen
working now than there were a year
ago at this season.
DENVER GATEWAY! CLOSED
Harrlman Lines File Tariff Affect
ing Northwest Lumber.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (Special.)
J. N. Teal, of Portland, while at the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
day, found that the Harrlman lines
have filed tariffs closing the Denver
gateway against other roads on lum
ber from the Northwest to Eastern
Points, except by way of the Union
Pacific and other Harrlman lines. These
tariffs are directed - especially at the
Santa Fe and Denver & Rio Grande.
Mr. Teal, while here, will also try
to secure an adjustment of freight
rates from New York to Portland, via
the Panama Railway?" so as to restore
old rates.
An increase was recently ordered.
WOMEN PAY FOR LICENSES
Twenty Dog" Cases Arise but the
Owners Don't Appear In Court,
Twenty dog license cases. It of the
defenders being women, were disposed
of in Municipal Court yesterday, nearly
all by the Imposition of $3 costs and
an agreement to- take out the delin
quent license at once. Few of the wo
men appeared in person, the husbands
taking that duty upon themselves.
All sorts of pleas were made, the
most common one being to the effect
that the unlicensed dog was "a little
bit of a thing belonging to the child
ren." One woman turned upon
Poundmaster Welch with blazing eyes
and scored him roundly for "dragging
a woman Into court on such business."
Other arrests are to follow.
HELPING- FATHER RULE THE SEA.
Last Hope for Christ
mas Ship Gone.
PASSENGER STEAMER SAVED
Vessel Escapes dutches
Reef After Many Hours.
MANY SHIPS ARE OVERDUE
Roaring Galo Blows 50 Miles an
Honr From Northwest, Then
Shifts Suddenly to Southwest
Without Abating Violence.
CHICAGO, Dec. S. (Special.) A rag
lng sea, with treacherous squalls and
shifting winds, imperiled several lake
boats bound for Chicago today and
swept away, the last vestige of hope
that the three-masted schooner Rouse
Simmons and its cargo of Christmas
trees would sail safely into Chicago
harbor with Its hardy crew of 16 men,
The roaring waters were driven by a
50-mlle gale that first burst upon Lake
Michigan In all its fury from the north
west and then with suddenness veered
to the southwest without diminishing
its force.
High winds and rough seas were re
ported over all the Great Lakes ex
centinsr Ontario today. On Erie the
storm was the worst of the season,
and a barge sank at Put-In-Bay.
gale was blowing at Sault Ste Marie,
Mich., and a fleet of ten boats took
shelter behind Whltefish Point. Navi
gatlon was nearly impossible.
The steamer Easton, ot the Booth
line, long a causa of deep anxiety, was
released st 7:15 tonight, according to
dispatch from Duluth, from the
clutches of the Iroquois reef, and pro
ceeded under her own steam to Port
Arthur. All on board are safe. She
s expected to arrive in Duluth tomor
row afternoon. - -.'-".' -
Since 5:30 o'clock Thursday morning
the boat had been fast on the rocks.
The lightering of the ship's cargo was
sufficient to allow the vessel to back
off Into clear water.
Many Vessels Overdue
Local mariners were made uneasy
when many boats which were due here
were unsighted at the hours when they
were scheduled for docking.
The body of an unidentified man, be
lieved to have been a sailor on the
missing bark, was found on the beach
at Pentwater, Mich.
When Chicago watchers peered
through ' spyglasses for a glimpse of
Incoming vessels, and relatives of the
crew of the missing Rouse Simmons
kept their vigils. Lake Michigan hurled
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Marriage License Clerk Frets Under
Dearth of Business, Worst, He
Says, In Recollection. .
From 9 o'clock yesterday morning,
when the County Clerk's office opened,
till nearly 6 o'clock in the afternoon,
closing time, Cupid, the little winged
god of love, was mysteriously absen
from Multnomah County, if the mar
riage license, book may be taken as
criterion. Deputy County Clerk Noonan.
the little fellow's chief aide at the
Courthouse, had about given up in do
spalr. For tbe first time during the
four years be has been in the office
the day threatened to pass without
marriage license being issued.
A couple entered the door hesitating
ly Just as the clock pointed , to 4:45
Their bashful and diffident manner in
dlcated their errand and Noonan le
loose a yell of exultation which brough
several of his fellow clerks, of both
sexes, on the run to partake of hi
Joy. W. A. Burchell, of Clackamas, Or.
R. F. D. No. 2, aged S9, and .Anna
De Busman, of 8029 Fourty-nlnth street
Southeast, aged 32, were given a permit
to wed.
Cupid, according to Noonan, followed
the couple in and went out with them
again and to the marriage clerk's In
tense disappointment had not re
appeared with another loving pair in
tow when the hands of the clock
pointed to 5. As Noonan closed up the
book for the day, however, he declared
that he "Just knew the little beggar
wouldn't pass him up altogether."
Testerday's scarcity of licenses was
in marked contrast to the record of th
day before Thanksgiving, when 42 11
censes entitling the holders to enter
matrimonial harness left the Court
house, leaving the county treasury $126
to the good. Noonan states that be can
not remember a day when only one 11
cense was Issued, and F. G. Wilde, who
has been in the office about 10 years.
says he recalls Just one.
JACKSON DAY TO BE NOTED
Oregon Democrats to Have Banquet
and Programme January 8.
Jackson day will be observed and
the election of Wilson and Marshall
will be ratified jointly by the Democ
racy of Oregon at an appropriate ban
quet In this city January 8.
This was definitely decided last night
at a meeting of the Jackson Club, when
details of the double celebration were
referred to- a r Special committee con
slsting of the president and secretary
and the members of the executive com
ml t tee. It is the intention on this occa
sion to have a gathering in Portland of
prominent Democrats from all sections
of the state.
Incidentally the election of officers
of the club for the ensuing year took
place at last night's meeting. In the
choice of six members of the executive
committee George I. Smith and Ernst
Kroner tied, Mr. Smith winning when
a coin was flipped. Officers elected
were: President, John H. Stevenson;
first vice-president, E. Versteeg; sec
ond vice-president, J. W. McGinn; sec
retary, Fred J. Phelan (re-elected);
treasurer, Adolph Harms; . executive
committee, H. B. Van Duzer, Bert E.
Haney, G. W. Allen, James B. Carr.
George I. Smith and W. S. Snider.
ACTRESS WINS HER SUIT
Validity of Ten-Year Contract With
Klaw & Erlanger Upheld.
NEW YORK. Dec 6. Edith St. Clair,
actress, won her 222.500 suit against
Klaw & Erlanger when a Jury de
clared today her contract for that
amount with the theatrical firm valid,
The verdict came after a sensational
trial. In which Abraham L. Erlanger
charged a lawyer with blackmail and
declared the contract was made under
duress to save annoyance to his wife,
who was ill at the time and who later
divorced him.
Miss St. Clair under the agreement
was to have received 12500 a year for
ten years. The contract was lived up
to for only one year,, the testimony
showed.
BOWLEGS ISJJEBATE ISSUE
Statesmen to Argue Relative Merits
With Knock Knees at Press Club.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.' "Resolved,
That bowlegs are a greater menace to
navigation than knock knees," will be
debated Thursday evening at the Na
tional Press Club here by prominent
statesmen of the Nation.
On the affirmative, William Sulzer,
Representative from New York and
Governor-elect of the Empire State,
and James M. Cox, representative from
Ohio and Governor-elect of the Buck
eye State, will argue. The negative
will be presented by Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, and Senator Gore, of
Oklahoma.
John Hays Hammond will be Judge.
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VOTE BEHIND REGISTRATION
In Election 144,113 of 169,888 Eli
gible Ballots Are Cast.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) The
total vote at the recent general election
was 15,775 behind the .registration, ac
cording to official. figures which were
completed by Secretary Oloott today.
The total registration was 169,888 and
the total vote as shown by the poll
books 144,113.
The heaviest vote of any cast on the
measures was that cast for woman's
suffrage, the total vote both for and
against on that measure being 118,109,
or 25,644 votes behind the entire total
vote cast, according to the poll books.
Power of States Is On
Side of Order.
GOVERNORS DECLARE POLICY
South Carolinan Snaps His
Fingers at Colleagues.
HISSES MET WITH LAUGH
Alabama Executive Starts Storm
With Condemnatory Resolution.
Conference Sounds Knoll of
Farm Mortgage.
RICHMOND, Vs.. Dec. 6. The Gov
ernors' conference unanimously repudl.
ated today the recent utterance of Gov
ernor Bleaae. of South Carolina, con
cerning the lynching of negroes. By a
vote of 14 to 4 it adopted a resolution
declaring against mob violence and for
the impartial enforcement of the law.
The four Governors who opposed th
resolution declared themselves as
strongly approving its purport, but
voted "no" because they thought they
had no right to reprimand a colleague.
Blemse Denes Colleagues.
Governor Bleaae himself, the target
of the attack, hotly defended his con
viction, snapped his fingers In the faces
of his colleagues, told them to "go, to
it," declared he cared not a whit w'lat
the conference said, thought, did or did.
not do, and announced that all the reso
lutions they might ever adopt would
neither keep him from the Governor's
chair nor from a seat in the United
States Senate in 1915, or earlier.
Four times within as many hours, he
asserted, his life had been threatened
because of his utterance, but this ap
pealed to him as little as the resolution.
Threats All Anonymous.
The four threatening letters Gover
nor Blease received were all anony
mous. One was mailed in Richmond, .
another in Washington, the third In
Louisville and the fourtli In Pittsburg.
The Washington writer told him he
would pay the penalty if he ever came
to that city. The Pittsburg writer said:
You will be taken to account on sight
for your words." The Richmond and
Louisville missives were unprintable.
Governor Blease was taken to task
by a dozen Governors. Governor Carey,
of Wyoming, denounced him for "claim
ing a monopoly for South Carolina of
the respect of the white man for
women.
Governor Hadley, of Missouri, de
clared that the floor of the conference
hall was not a clearing-house for "local
and personal controversies."
Goldsborongh Favors Resolutlom.
Governor Goldsborough, of Maryland,
declared he stood solidly by the resolu
tion because It was a matter of right.
. Governor Dlx. of New York, thought
it would be "most unwise not to adopt
the resolution."
Governor O'Neal, of Alabama, in a
speech which was interrupted time
after time by applause, asserted hli
belief that the entire conference had
been belittled by the South Carolinan's
remarks and that it was the sworn
duty of every executive to uphold the
law.
To these declarations Governor
Blease replied that he had been quoted
yesterday as saying "To hell with the
Contltution," and that what he said
yesterday he repeated today "to all the
good Governors here, to all the Gov
ernors of all the states, to all the peo
ple of the United States.
Our Triumphant Future Predicted.
"Long after many of you gentlemen
here today are resting In the shades
of private life," he continued, "I will
be reaping the rewards of public serv
ice. Long after you good Governors
are no longer Governors the white
women of South Carolina will pray for
me with their arms around their girls
and will arise from their knees to kiss
their husbands and beg them to go
to tbe ballot box and vote for Blease
to protect them ' from their dally
terror." ' ,
Once, when his voice was drowned
In a storm of hisses he turned to the
galleries and to his colleagues snd
laughed.
"What care I for your hisses T" he
asked.
Then, shaking his clenched fist, be
shouted:
'Hiss If you must. Only snakes and
geese hiss."
Alabama Unloosens Storm,
Governor O'Neal, of Alabama, un
loosed the storm when he Introduced
the following resolution:
This conference of Governors does
not undertake- to control the individual
views of its members on any question
of law or administration. It declares
that this Government Is baaed upon
the fundamental principle of law and
ordor; that the constitution of each
state Imposes on its executive the sa
cred duty of taking care that the laws
shall be equally enforced; that it in
vites ail proper methods for strength
ening and simplifying our methods of
civil and criminal procedure.
"This conference protests against
ny disposition or uterances by those
ntrusted with the execution of the
aws In any of the states of this Union,
which tends or could be construed as
tending to the encouragement or Jus
tification of moh violence or interfer-
(OincludMl on 2.