Balmy Weather Gives
Way to Blizzards.
COLD STINGING IN CHICAGO
Boreas' Grip Extends From
Great Lakes to Texas.
COAL MEN'S DESPAIR FLITS
Below Zero Temperature Wave Is
Sweeping Down on Windy City.
Mercury Is Below Freezing
Point All Oxer Middle West.
CHICAGO, Dec 8. (Special.) "Win
ter, more' than two months overdue,
after many false alarms. Anally ob
tained a fairly secure grip upon the
Northwest and the Great Lakes region
last night and today.
According to custom, Chicago should
have had heavy snows and zero weath
er early in November. Instead the days
have been balmy, outdoor work has
continued uninterrupted and the cus
tomary hegira to California and the
Gulf Coast country has not set In. Two
weeks ago. for Instance, It was colder
In Jackson. Miss., and other Southern
points than It was In Canada. There
bare been snows In Mexico sufficient
to stop the races at Juarez, but the
Great Lakes region moved blandly
along with Indian Summer weather.
Coal ci la Despair.
There were no calls for help upon
the charitable associations, and coal
men and merchants with immense
stocks of heavy garments were In de
spair. Tonight the temperature in Chicago
has sunk to 17 and Is falling rapidly.
That there Is no joke about It la shown
by what Is coming from the North
west. ' The" "temperature- Is 24 degrees
below zero In Minnesota, 18 below at
Q'Appelle, 16 below at Winnipeg, six
below at Duluth. Minn., and adjacent
points and six below at Huron. S. D-,
and In that territory. Moorehead.
Minn., reports eight below tonight and
prospects for much colder.
There is not much hope In the di
rect Middle West. At Des Moines and
other Iowa points It is 12 above, but
growing colder rapidly. Oklahoma is
below the freezing point ad Texas re
ports some minimum temperatures of
22 above.
Cold Cover Wide Territory.
Cincinnati Is within two degrees of
the freezing point, while St. Louis has
a minimum of 22 above. Snow Is fall
ing tonight In Lower Ohio, practically
all over Western Michigan and por
tions of Wisconsin. Rain is reported
along the lower Atlantic Coast, while
snow prevails In Eastern Canada.
Dispatches from various points to
night report a drop In the tempera
ture of from 10 to SO degrees, ranging
from the New England States to West
ern Canada. The Southeaster Gulf
Coast country Is also experiencing
cold, rainy weather. Indications are
for snow in the Mountain States and
over the Northwest generally tomor
row. -
In Chicago the day began with a
blizzard, which was quickly dissipated
by warm winds from the lake. There
were snow flurries and fitful sunshine
during the day, but tonight it settled
down to clear weather, too cold for
snow and growing steadily colder.
The seasonable change Is rather wel
come tban otherwise, as the unusual
warm weather had produced much ill
ness. Winds full of frost will clear
the city of dust clouds carrying mill
Ions of germs of every description.
ARGUMENT MADE FOR ROSS
Stair Will Submit Answer in Su
preme Court Soon.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. Arguments
were made in the Supreme Court of
the United States Saturday by William
D. Guthrie, an attorney of New York,
on behalf of J. Thorburn Ross, presi
dent of the defunct Title Guaranty &
Trust Company of Portland, plaintiff in
error, against the State of Oregon.
The purpose of the suit is to set aside
the sentence of Imprisonment In the
State Tenltentlary for five years, the
fine of $576,000 and Imprisonment in
the County Jail until the fine is paid,
being a jail term of "SO years. The
answer of the State of Oregon will be
submitted in a brief by Attorney-General
Crawford, of that state.
WILSON MAY MEET KING
President-Elect and George V to Be
Asked to Centenary. '
OTTAWA. Ont Dec 8. (Special.)
King George and President-elect Wil
son are to be asked to take part in
the celebration of the centenary of
peuce between Canada- and the United
States at Queenstown Heights, near
Niagara Falls, In June, 1911. The proj
ect for inviting the King was taken
up with Premier Borden today by mem
bers of the Cabinets of Ontario and
Quebec
The Invitations will be forwarded by
the Dominion government.
After Slipping Tour, Man Leaves
for Few Minutes, but Has Not
Been Back Since.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 8. (Special.)
Harold Blnney. a recent arrival In
San Francisco, failed to appear for his
own wedding, which was scheduled for
Saturday night at the Palace Hotel.
Miss Elizabeth Winchell. of Berkeley,
the bride-to-be, waited patiently for
the bridegroom. Then. In company
with Blnney's chauffeur, she began a
search for Blnney.
Charles Butters, head of Butters &
Co., a wealthy mining man. and his
secretary, Arthur Gowan. with twd la
dies were waiting for the bridal party.
Blnney arrived from New Tork Fri
day afternoon and took a suite at the
Palace. Miss Winchell went to ,the
hotel Saturday afternoon. She and the
prospective bridegroom spent several
hours shopping, and the parlor of Bin
ney's suite was littered with boxes
and bundles.
Shortly after dinner Blnney left the
hotel, saying, Miss Winchell said, that
he would be back In a few minutes.
After waiting for three hours for him
to return, the girl became anxious and
made Inquiries at the hotel office.
At 11 o'clock that night Blnney's
chaffeur arrived at the Palace and had
a long talk with Miss Winchell and
Gowan. The chauffeur left for a well
known fashionable cafe, saying he
would try to Induce Blnney to return
to he hotel, but in a short time he
returned without the lawyer. He had
another long conference with Miss
Winchell and Mr. Gowan.
It Is said that Binney met Miss Win
chell on the train en route from the
East. He Is said to be a widower with
two children living in New York. He
Is a member of the law 'Irm of Dick
inson, Brown, Reagner Z Blnney, of
New York.
Blnney's friends told the house de
tective at the Palace Hotel that he had
been recently in a -New Tork sanita
rium on account of overwork and ex
cessive use of coffee.
DEAF BOYS WILL SCOUT
Company Formed at State School at
Vancouver, Wasli.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 8. (Spe
cial.) A company of Boy Scouts, from
the State School for the Deaf, Is be
ing organized and will be the third
company of St. Luke's Boy Scouts, or
ganized by Rev. E. B. Collier, rector,
and Chaplain Lloyd, of the Second
Field Artillery, of Vancouver Barracks.
There are 20 of the deaf lads in this
company and all of the orders and in
structions will be given to them In
signs by an instructor who can talk
the sign language, as well as hear.
The boys are enthusiastie over the
new company and are greatly pleased
that they will be In' a position to enter
the competition for medals and prizes,
though they are heavily handicapped.
They will endeavor to do the same
drilling, go through the formations and
learn as much of the first aid to the In
jured Instructions as the boys that
hear.
CITY RUNS PICTURE SHOW
Biggs, Cal., With Municipal "Mov
ies," lteports Venture Success.
CHICO, Cal., Dec. 8. The trustees of
the town of Biggs, a short distance
south of Chlco, have taken the lnitla-
in -Knrtharn California in providing
. mnnininillv controlled and owned mo
tion picture show. The venture Is
financed by the-city and has provea a
Th how Is conducted by ap
pointed officials and the admission fee
of 10 and 15 cents is put back into tne
business, providing especially selected
films and pictures of educational inter
est The promoters of the plan believe it
- : n t u Kl . An hrnArier lines
can iuhuv ....
and' it is reported that the plan on a
larger scale will be lnvonea in vnico
... nrariun with the addition that
clean dramatic playlets will be added to
the motion picture programme, our
fni from the entertainments
will be devoted to the school supply
funds of the communities.
OLD-TIME GUN IS USEFUL
Otto C. Deku-m's Strong Right Arm
Fells Night Prowler.
..iA-inB?(ifr shnipun that had
Kin - w ---ry '
not contained a charge for many years
was used by Otto C. Dekun Saturday
night to cower a thief who was sneak
ing around his premises at att itoo-
.. Th wnfi non was one
with which Mr. Dekum shot ducks 30
years ago on the lake where the Union
Depot now stands, and had been stored
In the barn, where it came nanay wnen
he heard the intruder.
. -1. m vhn h& been the vic
tim of thefts recently, was Just clos
ing Lis barn when tne rrowier ap
a r:- liMnir the old gun, he cov
ered the man. who threw up his hands
and marched to the street. There- he
. .! rtnshori at his captor, but
Mr. Dekum shot out a fist and he went
down unconscious. When he regalued
consciousness he was let go with a
warning.
School Attendance Record Broken.
CEXTRALIA. Wash.i Dec 8. (Spe
cial.) The Ostrander School has closed
Its third month, with another record for
attendance. With 60 pupils In attend
ance, many of them small children who
walk a long distance, it Is believed that
this Is one of the most remarkable
showings ever made in educational
work In the elate of Washington.
Republicans Consider
Borah and Hadley.
MEMBERS CHAFING AT DELAY
Reorganization to Place Old
Generals in Ranks.
LA FOLLETTE TOO EXTREME
Idaho Senator's Declaration That
Party Is in Advance of Former
Heads Agreed To Definite -Policy
Is Essential.
' BY HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec. 8. Notwithstanding the
general agreement here ' yesterday
among Governors and others who have
been considering plans for redrganixing
the Republican party that no steps
would be advisable for the present, and
perhaps not for at least a year, the
subject will not down in Washington.
Individual members of the party, while
not, quarreling with the view that It
may be well to defer action, are chafing
nevertheless under the delay. Only the
fact that they have nothing practical
to suggest holds them within bounds.
There Is naturally considerable em
barrassment about the situation, for
most of the old party leaders have been
repudiated and President Taft has pub
licly announced that he does not desire
to be the party leader. According to
custom. President Taft would be the
recognized party leader under most cir
cumstances, for'he not only Is the. Re
publican President now, but was the
Republican nominee and party leader
In the late campaign. The President
realizes that he Is no politician and
that he is not equipped for directing
the reorganization of the party, and his
realization that some one else Is better
fitted for leadership has caused him to
eliminate himself so that the men npon
whom the responsibility ultimately
rests will not be embarrassed.
Need of New Leaden Seen.
It is apparent that the Republican
party cannot hope successfully to re
organize under the leadership ' of the
men who guided the party during re
cent years. Senator Penrose, the nom
inal Republican leader in the Senate,
has been repudiated at home and Is
certain to be retired If he comes up
for re-election. Senator Crane, his
right-hand man. Is to retire to private
life on March 4, having had his fill of
National politics, and ex-Speaker Can
non, of Illinois; Sereno Payne, of New
York, and John Dalzell, of Pennsyl
vania, the old Republican leaders, are
all out of the question. They are Im
possible and are not being considered
seriously by anyone. Cannon and Dal
zell have been relegated to private life,
and Payne, while re'-elected to the
House, will represent a minority of his
party in the next Congress. Moreover.
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Detective Forces Increased, With In
structions That Social Position
Will Save No One.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8. Klepto
mania is no more In Los Angeles. It
has been formally ' abqlished by the
managers of the larger department
stores and retail establishments whose
chief trouble from shoplifting proceeds
from this fashionable ailment. This
does not mean that there will be no
more stealing from the heaped-up holi
day counters, but merely that hence
forth It wll be plain larceny, not able
to hide under the mask of tempera
ment, and It will be vigorously prose
cuted, no matter who the culprit Is.
Nick. Harris, head of the detective
agency for most of the big downtown
establishments, said today that In ac
cordance with, these instructions from
the' store managers, he had put on
a larger force of detectives than ever
before. Seventy-five have been added
to the regular force In the last two
weeks, 33 being hired In one day. By
Christmas there will lie a veritable
swarm of them" in " the Broadway
stores.
The policy of arresting and prose
cuting all those detected In the act of
stealing from counters proceeds large
ly from the habit of crooks of feign
ing kleptomania when caught. It Is ex
pected that the net will land many
surprises. '
LIVING COST AGAIN ISSUE
President-Elect Favors International
Study of Causes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. President
elect Wilson Is quoted as In favor of
the Sulzer-Crawford bill providing for
an international conference on the high
cost of giving.
Representative Curley. of Massachu
setts, presided over a meeting to dis
cuss chances of passing the bill at
which others present Included Frank S.
Gardner, secretary of the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation, and
Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale Uni
versity. It is understood the bill will have
little opposition. Commercial, agricul
tural and scientific . organizations and
Influential Individuals were quoted as
Indorsing the movement for a world
wide study of the cost of living from
England. France, Germany, Austria,
Belgium. Holland, Denmark, Italy,
Japan, New Zealand and the United
States.
SWIMMING WINTER SPORT
Sunshine Tempts Bathers to Enjoy
Plunge in Willamette.
Not only at Gearhart, where Mult
nomah Club members took a plunge In
the surf, was swimming In order yes
terday. Here in Portland a dozen or
more boys braved the somewhat chilly
atmosphere and took a swim in the
Willamette. James D. Coffey of 1034
Third street, reported watching the
boys enjoying this rather unusual De
cember diversion from the end of Ross
Island.
The swimmers spent some . time in
the water and did not appear to mind
the cold. One who watched might
easily have Imagined they were seek
ing relief from the heat of a sultry
August day. "'
HURRY GET Y OURS AND RUN.
'Imperial Limited' Pul
man Is Looted.
$308 AND JEWELRY SECURED
Man in Black Mask Makes His.
Escape, Leaving No Clew.
LAUNCH'S AID SUSPECTED
Police Assert Desperado May Have
Had Boat Awaiting Him at Point
Near Buzzard Inlet and
Search Is Instituted. -
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 8. A train
holdup that for boldness has never
been equaled In Vancouver was perpe
trated last night Just as the Canadian
Pacific Railway's "Imperial Limited"
transcontinental passenger train,
leaving Vancouver at 7:15 P.M., was
passing out of the city limits.
A single highwayman, disguised by a
black mask, boarded the train as It was
passing the British Columbia Sugar Re
finery, a mile and a half out, entered
the Pullman car and at the point of a
revolver forced the passengers and the
Pullman conductor to pass over their
money and valuables. The man dropped
off the train just beforu it arrived at
Barnet, which is six miles from the
city. ...
The total loss was $308 In bills, two
watches and one chain, one diamond
ring and two English sovereigns
amounting to about 10. The conductor
contributed 830 of the $308.
There Is no trace of the robber.
The holdup was done In such a fin
ished ' manner and with such nicely
planned time allowance that only Pull
man car victims were aware of the
man's presence. Consequently, while
passengers of that car crouched back
from the menace of the robber's re
volver, and he. swiftly., went, through
their pockets and traveling bags, the
train continued merrily en Its way.
Passengers Not Spellbound.
The train conductor proceeded with
his task of collecting tickets from day
coaches, the tourist passengers made
preparations to settle down for the
night, members of the train crew paced
through the cars and all seemed well.
The engineer pulled the whistle cord
as the train neared Barnet. and the
robber backed out of the Pullman door,
swung-, over the rear railing and
dropped off.
Tho passengers sat still, afraid to
move. Seconds passed, then by one Im
pulse they leaped to their feet and
rushed forward through the train. One
of them found the conductor and
shod ted out the news. He rushed up
and jerked the signal cord and the train
came to a halt at Barnet.
The conductor Immediately dis
patched a report of the affair to the
Vancouver department of Canadian Pa
cific Railway police. They In turn no
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Law and Christianity Defended by
Clergyman and' Lively Debate Is
Heard by Street Crowd.
Tairinc .TcpnHnnR to statements
made against the Catholic Church by
a KnMnitKt .nnnhot orator at Sixth and
Washington streets last night. Father
O'Hara, among the best-known of
Portland priests, pushed his way
ttifmio-H - rrtvtvA nf nhoutlnsr Socialist
adherents and for more than an hour
argued upon differences in bellel Be
tween Socialists and Catholics.
"1 am not opposed to street speak
inc when th nnpakers confine them-
in thn hnunris of moral decency,"
shouted Father O'Hara after he had
dislodged the soapbox orator, out
when a man publicly denounces Chris
tianity, morality and the Institutions
which stand for and represent moral
decency- I consider It my place to in
terfere as best I can. It is none of
my business how much street speak
ers talk about bettering conditions for
the laboring people that is my desire
also but I do object to misrepresent
ing the facts regarding God and re
ligion. It is a fact that the Social
ist speakers have seized upon a taou
snnri and onA false reports and ru
mors and are Instilling them into the
minds of the people as truths when
they are founded on falsity. It is not
right. It Is not American."
Father O'Hara after making some
aTnlnnatlnns nf Catholic teachings and
doctrines, gave way to- the Socialist
speaker and lively debates between
the two followed, the Socialist stand
ing on the soapbox and Father O'Hara
in the crowd of auditors.
MASONIC APPLES SHOWN
Rosy Fruit Bears Emblems Photo
graphed by Nature's Process.
Three apples, on the rosy cheeks of
whlrh Masonic devices, one a Shrine,
one a Knights Templars and one a blue
lodgb emblem, have been photograpnea
by the sun while the apples were on
the trees, will be shown in the East
this Winter, together with 16 perfect
specimens of distinct varieties, all of
which were grown in the Yakima Val
ley. The apples are being shown in
Portland by Sydney C. Miller, of North
Yakima, Wash., who will take them to
Chicago.
As the representative of a Chicago
fruit and' produoo company. Jtr. juiuer
bought 160 cars of apples in the Yak
ima district this season, 25 cars of
which were of the Arkansas Black va
riety, for which he paid $1000 a car.
DOG DIES SAVING OTHERS
"Shep" "Visits Sleepers' Doors and
Barks When Lamp Explodes.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec. 8.
(Special.) More than the usual grief
for a dog was displayed today at the
burying of "Shop,." belonging to John
Vale, a lodging-house keeper, who lost
everything in a fire yesterday morn
ing. "Shep" was the means of saving the
lives of Vale and his wife and of the
lodgers, seven in all. A lamp exploded
In the hallway, where It was left
turned down for the night, and the
burning oil was thrown on the walls.
The dog roused Vale and then ran
from room to room, barking and wak
ing the lodgers. He evidently became
confused and was forgotten by those
he saved, perishing in the flames.
NOTED WOMEN TO ATTEND
Democratic "Victory" Reception to
Be Held December 21.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Completion of
the preliminary arrangements for
"victory" reception and breakfast
which will be tendered Saturday, Da
cember 21, by the Woman's Democratic
Club to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and the
Misses Wilson was announced tonight.
Among the women of prominence
who have accepted Invitations to be
guests of honor are: Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, Mrs. Adlal E. Stevenson, Mrs.
John A. DIx, Mrs. William Sulzer, Mrs.
Judson Harmon, of Ohio; Mrs. Champ
Clark, Mrs. Oscar Underwood, Mrs.
William J. Gaynor and Mrs. Thomas F.
Ryan.
POLE LOCATORS TO MEET
Geographic Society Will Pete Peary
and Amundsen.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. The North
Pole and the South Pole, through their
respective discoverers, will meet here
January 11 at the annual .banquet of
the National Geographic Society.
It will be the first meeting, at the
same board, of Rear-Adrnlral Robert
E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole,
who will be toastmaster, and Captain
Raold Amundsen, who found the South
Pole and wh-o will be the guest of
honor. The latter will be presented
with the gold medal of the society.
BERNHARDT 'SHOPS' EARLY
"v
Gifts for Granddaughter Receive
Greatest Attention.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. Madame Sarah
Bernhardt did her Christmas shop
ping here Saturday. "She took most
pains with the toy engine and dolls she
bought for her gTeat-granddaughter,
Sarah Gross, who lives In London,
England. ,
She spent a large part of the day
selecting gifts. Her purchases to
talled nearly $5090.
"All my Christmas gifts this year
will, be from Chicago," she said. .
Complete Justice to
Be Demanded.
WIDE PROGRAMME OUTLINED
Right of All to Opportunity of
Maintenance Asserted.
POVERTY TO BE ABATED
Living Minimum Wage, Most Equi
table Division of Products of
Industry Possible to De
vise Also in Platform.
CHICAGO. Dec. 8. (Special.) Cheers
that greeted its first reading today in
sure the adoption tomorrow by the
Federal council of the Churches of
Christ in America of a new creed that
contrasts strongly with the old style
declarations of faith.
The new declaration of faith by the
32 Protestant denominations says that
the churches must stand for the fol
lowing: Equal rights and complete justice for
all men in all stations of life.
Protection of the family by the single
standard of purity, uniform divorce
laws, proper regulation o' marrlago
and proper housing.
For the fullest possible development
for every child,' especially by the pro
vision of proper education and recrea
tion. Abolition of child labor.
Women'. Work to Be Regulated.
Such regulation of the conditions of
toil for women as shall safeguard the
physical and moral health of the com
munity. Abatement and prevention of poverty.
Protection of the individual and so
ciety from the social, economic and
moral waste of the liquor traffic. -
Conservation of health.
Protection of the worker from dan
gerous machinery, occupational diseases
and mortality.
Protection of the right of all men to
the opportunity of self-maintenance,
safeguarding this right against en
croachments of every kind, and for the
protection of workers from the hard
ships of enforced unemployment.
Suitable provision for the old age of
workersand. for those Incapacitated by
Injury.
Industrial Arbitration Indorsed.
The principle of conciliation and ar
bitration in industrial disputes.
Release from employment one day In
seven.
Gradual and reasonable reduction of
the hours of labor to the lowest prac
ticable point, and for that degree of
leisure for all which is a condition of
the highest human life.
Living wage as a minimum In every
Industry, and for the highest wage that
each industry can afford.
The most equitable division of the
product of industry that can ultimately
be devised.
In commenting on the new creed, in
the Olympic Theater, Rev. Walter
Rauschenbusch, of Rochester, N. Y.,
declared it was similar to tho Progres
sive party platform.
Government Declared Wasteful.
"If the inner truth were known," he
said, "both these documents are tho
outgrowth of the same Influence, work
ing in the hearts of the people. When
political parties and great corporations
themselves have taken up social serv
ice problems, it Is high time for the
churches to do so.
"Ours is a great wasting Government.
We have wasted our forests, our water
rights, our lands, our child life and our
motherhood, but the greatest of all ha3
been the waste of religious enthusiasm
due to denominational strife. As sec
tarianism declines the spirit of social
service will ascend." ,
The second quadrennial conference,
will conclude tomorrow night at the
Hotel La Salle with a banquet given by
the Chicago committee.
INAUGURATION PLANS TOPIC
National Chairman Will . Appoint
Cominltee While In Washington.
WASHINGTON", Dec. 8. William V.
McCombs. of New York. Democratic
National chairman. Is expected to set
tle upon the organisation of the local
Inauguration committee before he
leaves for Washington. Mr. McCombs
reached the capital late Saturday and
found nearly a score of Democratic
leaders on hand, ready to consult with
him about party affairs and inaugural
plans.
The Democratic chairman will take
up the Inauguration question tomorrow
or Monday with District of Columbia
committeemen and will probably de
termine upon, the chairman for the
general committee which has charge
of all affairs connected with the pa
rade. hp.U and general festivities of
Inauguration day.
Ex-National Committeeman P.np'r C.
Sullivan, of Illinois; Joseph Daniels,
of North Carolina: Edward Goltra. of
Missouri; Rolla Wells, treasurer of the
National Committee; Urey Wooiison,
former scretary; Governor Dlx, of
New York, and ex-Governor Francis,
of Missouri, are also in the city.