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VOL. 1,11- XO 16,255. ' ' l'(M'T AM). OREC40X. SATURDAY DECEMBER 28. 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ADR1AN0PLE SO BY TURKISH SPIRIT Sturdy Resistance Up sets Advance. ANCIENT BRAVERY AROUSED Forts Taken by Besiegers Re captured and Held. DEFENSE IS WELL MADE Diplomacy Seeks to Get Fortress Not Yet Taken by Force or Arms. With Back to Wall, Turk Again Is Terrible. T V FREDERICK PALMER. Bp.rl.l Coiwpondent of the New York Times and The Oresonlan, in the Balkan War. 1TCSTAPHA PASHA. Nov. 2. The minarets of Sultan Selira! Needle-nice, I have seen them rise over the In distinct mass of Adrianople from the distant hills, then as substantial col umns from the near-by hills, and again so close from the shellproof of an ad vanced infantry position that I could make out the tilings on the dome of the great mosque Itself. The simple grace of the minarets dominated town and landscape and siege. Weary drivers of the -weary oxen of the trans port and still wearier artillerymen, bringing up additional guns through seas of mud. saw them for the first time as a token of defiance, of work unfinished, of battles yet to be. fought and of lives yet to ba lost. Infantry men In the advanced trenches saw them as the goal against a foe which had fallen back without any adequate rear guard section, but which had begun to fight desperately under their shadows. That Turkish garrison, as It with drew into the shelter of its forts, seemed to find something of the spirit of old Sultan Sellm the Magnificent, for whom the mosque was named, but with this difference Sultan Sellm was not given to falling back on forts and minarets. He stormed forts; he went ahead to plant new minarets in the soil of Christendom. Old Quality ef Tnrk Aroused. From the first. In this war. the Turk took the defensive; from the first be accepted It as his part and portion of the campaign. In Bulgaria, where many Turks still live under Christian rule, we had seen the Terrible Turk, the great fighting man of the past, whose soul was supposed to be above lowly toil, as a hewer of wood and carrier of water. He did odd Jobs In the absence of the Bulgarian at the front. The lion of the past had been trained to dog harness. All the early victories of the Bul garian army completed an impression of a one-time lordly race demoralized and enervated, who retained only the fatalism of "Kismet" In its lexicon. The warrior's cry. "For Allah:" was lost forever. But at Adrianople "For Allah! For the Minarets! For the Padishah!" rose again to the dignity which aban doned bravery always commands. The sheer, impetuous fearlessness of the Bulgarian, well drilled and coolly manipulated, was the first great rev elation of the campaign, and the sec ond was how. In the hour of hopeless ness, his desperation aroused the old qualities of the Turk. Inside Facts Released. Though' we saw but little of the war nothing until the lust among my memories of personal experiences I would not yield that' of the minarets, of the dally trickle of wounded back from the front, the arrival of groups of prisoners, the many talks with offi cers and soldiers which the censors would not allow to pa.ee, and the glimpses that we bad of the actual workings of the siege. W hat Is writ ten here is uncensored, is written after the armistice is signed. nd it can do oo harm to the army which gave me a red arm band to wear and a set of multifarious regulations to obey. The world public has had news of the sort In meeting its demands for something reeking from the field of action, but has not had much of the inside facts of the war. These could not be given when fighting was still In progress. Every situation, every development In the war reverted to Adrianople. It was the nut to crack In the first plan of strategy of the campaign. It hovered over the First Army before Tcliatalja as a nightmare. It stood in the way of the prompt supplies of bread and bul lets for the First Army; It delayed the signing of the armistice for ten days; it has been the main subject of conten tlon before the London Peace Confer ence; it was responsible for the treat ment of the military attaches, who saw nothing of the war. and of the corre spondents who saw little. Adrlaaople Center ef Situao. Even our phlegmatic little English- speaking censor assistant at Mustapha would lose bis temper at the very sug gestion of any peace terms with Adri anople still in Turkish possession. We shall have a revolution if we don't g"t Adrianople." I have heard many officers say. "We shall not go home without Adri anople," the wounded soldiers return ins; from the front kept repeating. Such were the instructions which Dr. Daneff. the Elihu Root of the Balkans, took with him to London. Adrianople INSULT TO BIBLE PUNISHED BY FINE JUDGE IS SORRY HE CANNOT SEND MAX TO JAIL. "It Harms No One.- Says Defend ant Prosecuting Witness For gives Personal Assault. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. 27. Judge Neelen In District Court today iineo Martin Pemak 2o because he spat on a Bible. Pemak was brought before the court hv Afaso Ms.s7.lrka. who charged as a.nit anfl batterv. Maszicka said that Pemak pushed him and that he did not mind that; that he was angereu over another Insult, and he produced a dook before the court. The book was a Bible and Maszicka nrndureri It in court. "Your honor" said Maszicka, "he spat upon this book. I brought it with me from the old country, mis man r-amc into mv house, drunk and abusive and when I remonstrated with him and told him what this book commands us to do. he opened It as it lay upon the table and spat upon the pages." "Did youido that" Judge Neelen asked Pemak. The man shrugged his shoulders: "Oh. yes." be said. "I did do that, but it harmed no one. You can see that he wiped it dry again." "You are fined 25 and costs," Judge Neelen told him. "I wish that I could send you to Jail about 90 days. It would serve you right." WILSON CONSIDERS TEAL Western Man With Eastern Conser vation Ideas Is Wanted. OREGONLAN. NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. 27. The two Western men who appear now to be most in the mind of President-elect Wilson for ap DOlntment as Secretary of the Interior are said to be Joseph N. Teal, of Port land, and Alva.Adams. of Denver, Colo. While there Is no certainty either will be named. Mr. Wilson Is seeking all nossihle Information regarding tnem and reports thus far made by his ad visers are encouraging to tne lnenas of Mr. Teal, especially as Mr. Teal's attitude on the conservation question comes nearer the Eastern Idea than that of most other Western men. What Mr Wilson is seeking accora- Ing to his advisers, is a Western man with Eastern conservation views, and this eliminates most Westerners who have been mentioned for this Cabinet office, but operates In Teal's favor. It is known that Wilson has not yet de cided upon this appointment. PORTLAND IN FIRST PLACE) Increase In Bank Clearings Leads AH Cities or 200,000 Class. Portland led all cities above 200,000 ooDulatlon In the United States this week in the increase In the percentage of bank clearings, with Los Angeles a close second. Portland s clearings were $9,820,000. with a ealn of 25.5 per cent over the clearings of the corresponding week of last' year. The clearings at Los Angeles were J20.523.000. with an in crease of 25.2 per cent. Seattle's totals were 110.472.000, with a gain of 2 per cent. Spokane made no gain, wnue Tacoma registered a loss of 14 per cent. Tho total clearances In the United States for the week were J2.926.382.000, as compared with J2.601.315.000 for the same week last year, the gain being In exceBS of J325,0u0.000. MAN LIVED DOUBLE LIFE Harry Morgan, Killed at Vale, Had Two Families In Distant Places. VALE. Or.. Dec 27. (Special.) It developed this week that Harry Mor gan, who was killed as a result oi lad ing beneath an Oregon Eastern train near here a few days ago. had two families in distant places, though he made no pretense of living with either. When death ensued, the Vale office ot the raiiroad telegraphed the Chief of Police at Los Angeles for information, Morgan having previously given his permanent address as suua juonaua avenue in that city. Following is the reply received: "Morgan married girt here about a year ago. She found out later that he had a wife and family in Tennessee. left him. and Is now at Las Ve?as, Kiev. Think Morgan assumed name, and father-in-law will have nothing to do with him." MISSING MAN IN HOSPITAL K. Zelasko, of Aberdeen, Wash., Lo cated in Oakland. ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec 27. (Spe cial.) K. Zelaako. wealthy property owner of this city, who left December 14 for San Francisco and of whom rela tive could get no trace, was located totlay in an Oakland hospital, where he is seriously ill. The discovery of Mr. Zelasko's whereabouts was made tnrougn tne Oregon-Washington Railroad. Mr. Zelasko is old and has been In m. health for some time. He usually informs relatives whenever he reaches his destination, but wnen a week nan passed and no word carao search was started. NEGRO'S SECRETARY IN JAIL Chance Word About Leaving Country Lands Levy Bchlad Bars. tnitAuv, vcv. - - by Joseph Levy, the white secretary of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, that he intended to leave the United States caused him to spena lonism in me r- l. .... . .. Tail i.vv had been held V VUUIIU , . J in bond of J1000 to appear as a witness in the Federal case against Johnson on v. . . ..iAiatinff the Mann act. but when United States Judge Carpenter neard tnat tne pugiusi a in tended to leave Chicago, he raised the v. j n iiAnit Levy was unable to give the new bond WILSON WELCOMED TO HIS BIRTHPLACE Virginia Town Noisy in Demonstration. RED LIGHTS ILLUMINE ROUTE Order of Physician Prohibits Speeches on Way. EFFECT OF COLD LINGERS President-elect Retires Early to Room in Manse In Which He Was Born 56 Yewra Ago Day Like Fourth of July. STAUNTON, Va., Dec 27. Virginia welcomed home tonlgh1vGovernor Wil son, the eighth of her native sons to be chosen President of the United States. From the moment the President-elect crossed the state line at Alexandria In the afternoon, after he had a 10-minute glimpse of the Na tional capital, until 9 o'clock, when he reached the little parsonage where he was born Just 66 years ago tomor row, the reception was one of great enthusiasm, noisy demonstration and spectacular display. Escorted by cavalry, militia com panies and a torchlight procession the Governor and Mrs. Wilson motored through the streets of Staunton to the home of Rev. A. N. Fraxer, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. In this home Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, father of the President-elect, lived In 1856. Visitor Retires to Rest. "It is fine to be back again," ex claimed the President-elect, as he stepped Indoors. Suffering from the effects of his cold, he returned immediately to the room In which he was born to rest for the morrow, when the chief pro gramme' of the Jubilee will be car ried out. From far and wide, native -children of Staunton had come to" greet their fellow-townsmen. Except for a short visit a year ago, Mr. Wilson has not been here since three years ago. Staunton was not alone in celebrat ing the arrival of their distinguished visitor. Fireworks shot across the skies and red lights threw a festive glare at all stations along the route. Mrs. Wilson stood with her'fcusband on the rear platform of the train and enjoyed the demonstration. Wife "Real rresldent-Elect." "This Is the real PresUIent-elect," said Mr. Wilson, as he Introduced her to the crowd at Alexandria. Senator Swanson. of Virginia, and (Concluded on Pan 2.) ANNUAL HAS HANY FEATURES. There will be so many inter esting features in The Oregonian Annual that it is impossible to ' mention them alL Here are a few of them : Sixteen pages of Portland pic tures, including five seven-column views of the business dis trict. A new double-page map of the "Willamette Valley, showing 673 miles of electric railroads that will be in operation before 1914. A complete illustrated review of industrial progress in Oregon during 1912. A resume of Portland's de velopment, including big con struction projects under way. Expert discussion, of the effect the Panama Canal will hare on Oregon's grain, fruit, lumber and other industries. Description of the many har bor improvements, including jet ties, channel deepening and pub lic docks. A detailed account of railroad work under way in Oregon, em phasizing the building of new in terurban electric lines. These, and many more fea tures, will make the Annual not able. It will be issued- next Wednesday and will be sold for 5 cents. Domestic postage'will be 5 cents. Foreign postage 10 cents. SOLDIER OF FORTUNE DEAD Max von Buelov, Educated Euro pean, Killed Beating Way. RENO. Nev., Dec. 27. With both hands cut off and his skull fractured, Max von Buelow, said to be a descend ant of Count on Buelow, the famous German General, was picked up on the railroad track near the state line last night and died two hours later In the railroad hospital at Sparks. Von Buelow was a globetrotter and soldier of fortune. Several years ago he married Miss Christine Plummer, a wealthy woman of Pueblo, Colo., and they traveled through Europe In regal style, only later to be separated by the divorce court. Von Buelow was highly educated and spoke several languages. It Is believed he was beating his way West on a passenger train last night and fell beneath the wheels. FARMER - HELD AS SLAYER Iowan Charged With Murder of Family and Girl Visitors. VILLI SCA, la., Dec 27. Lew Van Alstlne, a Taylor County farmer, was arrested today by City Marshal Horton on "a warrant charging him with the murder of the Moore family and the Stlllinger gins on the night of June 9. The prisoner is In the city Jail and will have a hearing tomorrow. Moore and Van Alstlne are said to have had an altercation a year ago. Mrs. Van Alstlne said when her hus band was arrested that she would swear he was at home on the night of the murder. PORTLAND GETS LIKE TO ORIENTAL PORTS Hamburg-American to Run Freight Carriersr SERVICE WILL BE MONTHLY Lithonia to Sail From Ham burg February 5, TRADE GROWTH EXPECTED Besides This City, Vancouver, B. C, Is to Be Made Terminal, and Also Calls May Be Made at Puget Sound Cities. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (Special.) n. amhiira-.American line agents in New Tork have received a cable from tho head office of the company in uer many saying that in view of the open ing nt the Panama Canal and tne cer tain increase of trade on the Pacific cnoMt th directors have decided to establish a monthly freight service be tween Singapore, Hongkong, Manna, Kuniiilii Kobe. Tokahoma and van couver. B. C, and Portland, Or., with .u ot th Putret Sound ports of Seat tie and Tacoma if sufficient Inducement The service is to be inaugurated with tho steamshlD Slthonla, leaving warn hnrr n February 5 and sailing from the United States and Canadian ports ot the end of April. Tne tsunoma is o Knnn.tnn steel steamship 421 feet innr with 54 feet beam, built in 1900 and has a speed of 14 knots, tone wm be followed by a steamer or tne same .1,.. at tho ond of May. Tiiiino T Mever. assistant general manager of the Hamburg-American line in Amort, and resident vice-director. said tonight that the new departure had been made with the Idea oi extena ing the company's service from the Fa East to the Pacific and it would be in creased as the trade conditions war ranted. , ir hellevex that ther will be a big development In the trade on tne i'a ciflc Coast with China, Japan and the rhtiinTiine In the near future and that Portland will reap the benefit of the expansion. WORD RECEIVED IX PORTLAND Fritz Kirchhof r ' Is Notified of De cision of Company. Portland will be the Pacific North west terminal for the Hamburg-American line in a trans-Pacific freight serv ice to be established early next year, according to an announcement received here yesterday through Fritz Kirch- (Concluded on Page 8.) WOMAN, 101, WORKS FOR "LITTLE GIRL" NIECE, TOO IS 28, HAS NEG LECTFUL HUSBAND. Court Surprised When "Auntie Mor- gan," "Who Looks Like 50, Ap pears as Witness. PITTSBURG, Dec. 27 (Special.) '1 don't remember ever having had the pleasure of talking to a person 101 years old. I think there is some slight mistake. Tou are about 60, I would Judge," said Judge McKenna In the desertion court today as he grasped the hand of "Auntie Morgan," aged 101 of McKeesporL "Everybody thinks it Is funny about me," said the old lady, "but I'm not so old. Why, my mother lived to be 111 and my father 112. That was over in Wales. I was' born there." The court was more startled when It was testified that the old woman actu ally supported her niece, who at pres ent is not strong enough to work. The niece, about 28 years old; was in court asking an order that her husband be compelled to pay her $5 a week, as had been ordered by the court two years ago. Sidney Fleming, the husband, was committed to Jail in default of a bond. "Sure I work," the aged woman said, with a smile, "People have to work as long as they live. I knit ana ao nne needlework" and she held up her hands, showing her mittens "I sew for people, darn socks, mend clothes for people. As long as there's breath in this old body I'll work to keep this here little girl. By the help of God I'll not let her suffer." CANS OF OPIUM DESTROYED Collection of Five Months Assomv hied by Custom-House Men. Two score of cans, some filled with opium and others bearing every evi dence of having contained the drug, a dozen pipes, lamps for cooking the deadly poppy product and scales for weighing portions. In fact, complete kits for soaking the system of fiends with the ingredient to produce "mil lionaire's dreams," were destroyed by fire at the Custom-House yesterday, and the outlay represented but five months' work on the part of inspectors In rounding up opium "Joints." A Chinese merchant gazed on the pile previous to it being consigned to the furnace and remarked that in China even more stringent measures will be placed in vogue January 1 for stifling the opium trade, the penalty for smok ing being death, likewise for gambling. Aged persons addicted to the use of opium may obtain small quantities on permission of District Judges, though In renewing their permits and In pur chasing the opium they must bear on their shoulder a block of wood, weigh ing 20 pounds, on which their permit Is set forth so all may read. He also said that because of preparations for enforcing the law the price of opium had dropped lower than it had been for a year. As to Its consumption In Portland he said there were fewer Chinese num bered among its victims than of ne groes, as both sexes of the latter race In many families smoke it at home. HONOR MAY GO TO WOMAN Mrs. Humphry Ward Mentioned in Connection With Order of Merit LONDON, Dec. 27. The honors to be conferred by King George on New Year's day have given rise to interest ing rumors. The vacancy roll of the-. Order of Merit naturally creates the most spec ulation. The name of Mrs. Humphry Ward, the writer, has been mentioned In this connection, but it is likely that while she will receive some recogni tion, this greater honor will go to some member of the British Academy. Many would like to see Sir Aston Webb, the architect, become the suc cessor to the late Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema as a member of this order. It is said that John 8. Sargent the Ameri can artist, would have received it had he become a British subject. Johnston Forbes - Robertson, the actor, it is said, will be made a Knight. Prince Arthur of Connaught, the son of the Duke of Connaught. Governor General of Canada, is due to receive a Dukedom, probably that of Kent, but this may be postponed until the King's birthday. New peerages will be few and all of them outside of Parliament, as the Government is not willing to run any further risk of losing bye-elections. SENTENCE JS REMITTED President Relieves Colonel Cooke of I'Orfeiting Part of Pay. tit c?UTTf!TnV TIas 97 Tha 7rt. dent has remitted the unexpired part of the sentence imposed by general ..i..,ia.tial fn 1Q1A In tho CORA (if CfllO nei George F. Cooke, United States Army, retired. Colonel Cooke was tried at Seattle, in the Winter of 1910, on charges of neg- l f n ,1 .,rot.finM In liandlinfi: of Government funds and of failure to pay money borrowea irom ennsiea men. u was sentenced to djsmisnal. That sen tence was commuted by the President to the forfeiture of one-half of his pay s a Colonel on tne reurea iibi, wim a. I... s ..imhtirKin? the Government for the money alleged to have been lost through his lax business methods. The entire sentence is now remitted. SNOW PILERS QUIT WORK New York Street Laborers "Simply Couldn't Stand Rain." NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Three thou sand snow pilers and truck drivers era- ployed in removing enow and Ico from the streets of New York City quit work today as a result of the rainfall. The men "simply couldn't stand the rain." according to reports received at the office of the Street Commissioner. TEACRERS DIVIDE Ifi WAR ON 'THREE R'S "Dead" Methods Issue at State Session. SO-CALLED FADS DEFENDED "Dissection" of Literature Into Grammar Assailed. D. A. GROUT LEADS FACTION Assistant Superintendent of Port land Schools Take Firm Stand, and Professor Bailey, of Mas sachusetts, Lends Aid. Old customs in school systems found yesterday "open season" in many de partments of the State Teachers' Asso ciation convention, and lively discus sions were waged. Even the teaching of the English and history section In the afternoon, where D. A. Grout, As sistant School Superintendent of Port land, led a faction that raised its ob jection to making masterpieces of lit erature vehicles at the same time for analytical grammar study. Mr. Grout insisted that grammatical rules are variable and dependent large ly upon usage, and that an analysis of classical literary works would not nec essarily give the advanced public school student a working knowledge of gram mar, while it would detract from his appreciation of them as literary pro ductions. "I look upon literature as a thing of beauty and power and art, and it will never do to begin to tear It to pieces and analyze It," he said. "The study of literature should not be made the basis of grammar In schools, nor should grammar be introduced into the study of literature." ' Men and Women Divide. Mr. Grout's opinion was supported by the majority of the men in the meet ing, while the women agreed with Eliz abeth .Bain, of Lincoln High School, who was also on of the leaders in the discussion. She held that grammatical analysis frequently helped the pupil in understanding the literature they were studying. "We get our Idea of grammar more by imitation than by any study of rules," declared one of the men. "The pupil will absorb the grammar In his study of literature without being obliged to dissect the sentences. If he gets the swing and beauty of the lit erature he is studying that is more to be desired than a complete knowledge of how the anatomy of the production is built up." "Some of our greatest writers, more over," Insisted Mr. Grout, "couldn't tell the difference between a participle and an Infinitive If they were asked." "Do the people make the grammar or does literature rnaut the grammar T" was asked of him. Dead Methods Assailed. "It is principally the people. I be lieve," said Mr. Grout. "If they believe it correct to say 'It is I,' I presume it Is correct, although etymological rules may oo to the contrary. I believe that when a thing creeps Into common and accepted usage In the newspapers and magazines it may be considered gram matically correct" In the main auditorium Professor H. T. Bailey, from Massachusetts, In his afternoon lecture assailed "dead meth ods" and 'rituals of education," and toppled over the Icon of the three Its. "The boys who were a failure In the sohools of yesterday with their em phasis on the three Ks are the busi ness men of today," he said. "The successful pupils of those schools are tne lawyers, the doctors and tna clergymen today." He urged extension of tne educa tional Ideal so that It will cover the needs of all pupils and not only those of the pupils who are destined for the limited class in which the "learned professions" are found. "Our educational code ot tne past, he said, assailing the tendencies to curb the development of the pupils to the linos of old ideals, "makes It a crime for pupils to help one another. whereas the whole modern idea of so ciety In the real practical world is the idea of co-operation and mutual help." He reiterated his plea for a system of education that would appeal to the tendencies of all of the pupils. So-Called Fads Defended. "There are people who cry 'down with the fads in education: give us the three Ba, the essentials of educa tion.' The trouble with these peopU is that they do not realize that the Bchools have to deal with several classes of pupils. 'There are those in terested in nature, who are attracted by out-door things; those who are In terested in things that aro happening around them, as, for instance, the boy who Is tardy because he waited to see a trolley car put back on the track; and, thirdly, there are those who take their Interest from books. This last class is tho one for which the old time school was made. Its failures are the men who are successful in busi ness today. "We need schools that will train chil dren In what they like beat. We must make our schools for children of all three classes. There is no way for us to find which are the round pegs (Conoludvd on Page X.) ))T tmniill . .. .. I l . . . . 4 . t (Concluded on l'age 2.) and consequently went to jam
