Morning Oregonian., December 28, 1912, Page 8, Image 8

TIIE MORNING OREGONTAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Z8. 1913.
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OREGON FAIR HOW
WIFE OF WEALTHY NEW YORKER, SEEKING DIVORCE,
HUSBAND, WHO OBJECTS TO PAYING ALIMONY.
AND
AT CRITICAL POINT
President of State Board of
Agriculture Tells of
Deficiency.
SUCCESS OR DOOM IS SEEN
In Conference With Governor J. H.
Booth Declares Members of As
sociation Stand Personally
Mable to $14,000 Debt.
SALEM, Or., Dec 27. (Special.)
That after 62 yean of existence the
Oregon State Fair la now standing at
a critical stage In Its history and fac
ing either a chance of unparalleled
success or Its doom was the declara
tion made by J. H. Booth, president of
the State Board of Agriculture, while
that body was conferring with Gov
ernor West today.
Two matters of vital interest were
discussed. One was that there is a
plan on foot to remove the State Fair
to Portland and the other that the fair
now faces a deficiency of $14,000, for
which the members of the Fair Board
stand personally liable unless the Leg
islature will make good the deficit.
For two years the fair has been
financially unsuccessful, owing to bad
weather conditions. Last year the
fair went over $10,000 in arrears and
two years ago over $2000 in arrears.
bringing the total deficit up to $13,888.
Banker la Conference.
A. N. Bush, of the Ladd & Bush
Bank, of this city, who has taken care
of the deficit for members of trie board,
also appeared at a conference with
Governor West. ' While he is willing
to continue to carry the deficit, the
time is becoming extended for which
he has been carrying the indebtedness
and a strong effort will be made to se
cure a deficiency appropriation from
the next Legislature.
That a concerted effort will be made
to move the fair to Portland also de
veloped. A plan has been proposed
to exchange the Country Club property
for the State Fair property here and
establish the fair on the property of
the Portland Country Club and dispose
of the property here for building purposes.
It Is said that the move is fostered
and backed by stockmen, and promi
nent people in various parts of the
state, including Portland, and that it
will come as a serious question before
the next Legislature. All the mem
bers of the board admlttted this to be
a fact and expressed themselves as fear
ful of the outcome for the fair at Sa
lem.
New Buildings Required.
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Above, Sirs. W. Gould Brokaw,
Below, W. Gould Brokaw.
BROKAW FIGHTS SUIT
Co-respondents Named in
Action for Divorce.
WIFE SEEKS $15,000 FEE
Wealthy New Torker Says Entire
Estate Is $571,211 and Income
Is $10,500 Less Than Alimony
He Is Now Forced to Pay.
NEW YORK, Dec 27. (Special.)
The Identity of four young women and
three men, who figured as opposing co
respondents In the W. Gould Brokaw
It waa decided that the only way to I divorce action, became known today
continue the fair here as a success Is I when Mrs. Brokaw's application for a
to rejuvenate It, construct new build- I $15,000 fee was argued in the Supreme
lngs, secure covered quarters, provide Court of Brooklyn. The young women
places for exhibitors other than an- I to whom It Is charged Brokaw was
tiquated wooden buildings with leaky I frivolously attentive were Estelle Per-
roofs and provide generally better ac- ry, Mme. Suzanne Setty, Mabel Weeks
commodations and facilities.
The board decided to ask the Legis
lature for money to pay the deficiency.
for $o000 for the repairs and improve
ments and for $100,000 for a new pa-
and Janette Clark. In bis counter suit
Brokaw names Baron Alexander von
Hockwacher, Maurice Gray and one
other.
In opposing the motion for $15,000,
vllion. The Legislature appropriated I counsel for Brokaw swore that the en
$50,000 for a pavilion, but this bill was tire estate consisted of only $571,211
vetoed by the Governor and is still land that his annual income was $10,500
pending. In event the vetoed bill is I less than the amount of alimony he Is
passed over tne executive s head it is I now forced to pay.
probable an- additional $50,000 will be I Justice Aspinall reserved decision at
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Ho favors the commlssison plan and
thinks it should be provided for in the
bill presented for carrying the appro
priation.
T LET
NORTH BANK TO STRAIGHTEN
LINE TO ASTORIA.
ter hearing the arguments.
asked.
Although this was the annual meet
ing of the board, no election of officers
was held. A fight is developing over
the secretaryship between Frank Mere
dith, present secretary, and N. C. Maris,
of Portland, who desires to become sec
retary.
There probably will be no election
until next March and J. H. Booth will SUMMER LAKE VALLEY HOME-
OIL FOUND ON DESERT
remain in the position of president. An
effort will be made to secure the re
appointment of Mr. Booth, his appoint
ment as a member of the board expir
ing in March. Mr. Booth has ex
pressed himself as not desirous of con
tinuing as president, but an effort will
be made by the other members to dis
suade him from this attitude.
STEADER TAPS FLOW.
Well Sunk in Artesian Water Belt
Produces Illuminating Fluid and
Frightful Howling Noise.
UnlO UlVt UnllMrvO I" ntt Editor.) It became known today that
lOrval Polly struck a flow of oil while
Cbehalis County Saloon Is Forced to drilling for artesian water on his desert
i claim, wnicn is located in tne nortn end
noe lKKrs uerore Election. of Summer Lake Valley, where an ar
tesian belt is located. Thirteen flows
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Dec 27. (SDe- of artesian water nave been obtained
cial.) A story comes from MeClearv. y different residents of the section
the new home of the Chehalls Fir louring tne past year at aepms ranging
loor Company, that the drys" won from 130 to 600 feet.
out there before the election which Mr. Polly was sinking a well on his
voted prohibition in the unincorporated I claim and at the depth of 400 feet a
portion of Chehalls County. mow or Illuminating on nowed out. Tne
For some time a saloon was run I well now Is emitting a howling noise,
shout a mile from McCIeary, where I which causes some apprehension among
the Chehalls Fir Door Company is lo- the natives.
cated. This didn't suit Mr. McCIeary I Gas was found near the center of
very well, so he applied for and was this basin last Spring at a depth of 200
granted a saloon license. He then feet. This well was sunk to a depth
openel a "thirst emporium" at Mc-I of 625 feet and the gas Increased in vol
Cleary. I ume. Several times meals were pre-
instead. nowever, or entering the pared over the flowing gas. which
business for gain, booze was either forced its way through hundreds of
given away or sold at cost, according feet of water.
to reports, and the other place before It has been thought for some time
many days closed Its doors. Then Mr. that an oil basin lav beneath the aeo-
McCleary ordered his saloon closed and tion, but the people were not looking
Informed the County Commissioners for oil. their object being to secure
whenever anyone else applied for a natural flows of water to Improve the
license tne vummiasioners were to ten surrounding fertile lands.
tne applicant tne exact condition: This 625-foot well Is located one mile
That if he should open a saloon Mr. Bf the aourre of Anna River and
McClear would reopen his and give i. ot the areatest natural winders
liquor away. to ba found in Central Oreaon. The
The plan worked admirably until ,! iw c,h. or nf . hni. th.
election, when the voters decided that 8aftebrush plaln and assisted by sev-
me urnuLw,. ' "J l" umy eral Bmajler flows, forms the source of
should go dry, and now it is not neces- Anna River named after Miss Anna
sary for Mr McCIeary to worry any Foster the fim Birt Dorn ln summer
XllOrO UVCl lUU U1.11BI. T.l,. V.1UV ri0-ht f XT,- ., If,,
I James Foster. The flow never Increases
UDDDnDDIHTinM lO I liyri V nor remaining tne same tne
ArrnUrniA I lUli 15 LlrvLLT year around. The length of the river is
I between three and four miles. Its flow
Washington May Decide to Put of water emptying into Summer Lake.
l ine water, geologists say, comes zrom
JoOO.tMJO in lr lxmoit. a depth of from 700 to 900 feet and its
temperature Is 63 degrees Fahrenheit.
BRATTLE. Wash- Dec 27. fSneciaJ.1 A syndicate or capitalists, said to De
of nnnort from a number the Spreckels interests, of San Fran
of mnmhora of tha Stata Legislature Cisco, filed on 100 or more mineral
hvH added encouragement to the bust-I claims ln this section last May.
tiesa men and others ln various Darts of I r. ai. LHKibMAn.
the state who are working for a state
appropriation oi 1000,000 lor tne Duna- .t.r-rs.
ing of Washington-s part of the Pana- L BERAL GRANT FAVORED
ma-Pacifio Exposition. Tha new sup-
port has led the committee in charge of I , . . x ,., ,
the campaign to believe that the entire Josephine County Legislators Dis-
appropriation can be secured at the -. cvrTwWitlon Annronrlation
nai I n , V T In. "
Hnn nr oniv.nair oemz aDDroDriatea
h.n and tha other half ln 1915. I GRANTS PASS, Or.. Dec, JT. Spe
Members of the committee, the chair- I cial.) The attitude of tbe members or
man of which is J. E. Chilberg, believe the Legislature from Josephine County
that Washington should make a good I Is toward a liberal appropriation for
showing at the exDosition because of the Panama pacinc Exposition.
the showing which California made at I senator smitn saia: 1 Deiieve mat
the Seattle fair in 1909. $250,000 should be the maximum al-
Before the Legislature convenes a I lowed and that It should be expended
banouet will be given in King County by a committee drawn from the dlf
to the delegation of that county by I ferent sections of the state and elected
workers for the appropriation, similar 1 oy the Legislature.
affairs are nlarned by commercial or-1 Representative Blanchard declared
ganisations of some of the other coun-1 himself in favor 01 a rainy jioerai ap- 1
ties. -J propriatlon, but would fix no amount. I
Contract Secured by Twohy Bros
Calls for Wider Fills, More Bat
last and Bridge Improvements.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 27. (Special.)
The North Bank Railroad Company has
awarded a contract to Twohy Bros, for
making some extensive Improvements
to the company's line between here and
Portland. Monday evening a special
train of 35 cars, loaded with the con
tractors' machinery and equipment,
came from Portland, and the improve
ment work will be under way immodl
ately after the first of the year.
One of the important changes that,
it Is said, is to be made ln the line ln
the vicinity of Quincy, where a new
track will be laid across the tide flats.
thus cutting out a large curve and
shortening the road approximately 1
miles. At various other points along
the line the curvatures are to be re
duced, fills widened and the entire
roadbed placed ln first-class condition
by ballasting wherever needed.
Other Improvements that are under
consideration are making a cut through
Tongue Point and filling the trestle
from the, Young's Bay drawbridge to
the west side of the bay, but whether
or not this work will be done during
the coming Summer has not been offi
cially announced. When the cut at
Tongue Point is finished it will give a
straight line of track from the point
where the big curve now begins near
the John Day River, running along the
beach, back of the Hammond Lumber
Company's plant and joining the pres
ent trestle just west of Thirty-seventh
street in this city. The surveys for
this proposed improvement have been
completed, the estimates of cost pre
pared and a goodly portion, at least,
of the necessary rights of way se
cured. It is understood that the rock
and dirt obtained ln making this cut
will be used in filling ln the property
now used as a depot grounds.
The company is said to have set
aside $800,000 to be used ln bettering
its Astoria line and getting the road
ready for a faster train service, as well
as for handling the vastly-Increased
traffic that is expected to accrue with
the opening of the Panama Canal.
In addition to the work on the por
tion of the line between here and Port
land, it is understood, the plans in
clude the betterment of the roadbed on
the Seaside branch. During the past
few weeks a fore of engineers has
been engaged in that Section setting
ballast stakes and also going over the
formerly-surveyed route of the long-talked-of
extension of the, road from
Seaside to Elk Creek and Tlllamoolr
Bay.
Bandon Clergymen Elect.
BANDON. Or, Dec. 27. (Special.)
The clergymen of Bandon and vicinity
have organized the Bandon Ministerial
Association, electing the following of
ficers to serve one year: H. X3. Jlart-
franft, of the Presbyterian Church,
president; J. J. Mickey, of the M. E.
Church vice-president; S. R. Steele, of
the M. C. C. S., secretary-treasurer. The
association gave hearty indorsement to
the Boy Scout movement which is be
ing' inaugurated here, and went on
record as favoring the extension of
the Bandon Publlo Library.
Tillamook Man Buys Slore.
SPRINGFIELD, Or., Dec. 27. (Spe
cial.) Walter Price, the pioneer mer
chant of Marcola, a village on the
Mohawk branch of the Southern Pa
cific, a few miles above Springfield,
has sold . his general store to j. f.
Rogers, of Tillamook, who has already
taken possession of the business. Mr.
Price started in business at Marcola
with a capital of $300 and now his
stock of goods is worth something like
$10,000. Mr. Price will not leave Mar
cola, but will continue as postmaster.
torV. eating In Paris Is on tbe increas.
FUNDS IRE WANTED
Dissemination of Agricultural
Knowledge Desired.
COLLEGE HEAD IS HEARD
Sub-Committee Will Draft Bill to Be
Presented to Legislature, Asking
for Money to Co-operate
With Government.
jf'irst steps were taken yesterday to
present a bill to the Legislature asking
for an appropriation for the wider dis
semination of agricultural education
throughout Oregon. At the Commercial
Club at luncheon the committee on
country life education of the State
Bankers Association and representa
tives of the commercial bodies, agri
cultural college faculty members, rail
road and business men met to talk over
Dlans for the future of the new move
ment that has made such progress dur
ing the past year.
The meeting of the general commit
tee was followed by a conference of a
sub-committee which will work over
the provisions to be Incorporated, in
the proposed law and report at a later
meeting.
Emery Olmstead, chairman of tne
bankers' committee, presided at yes
terday's luncheon. Dr. J. W. Kerr,
president of Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, was called upon to explain a com
prehensive plan he has outlined for the
extension work proposed for the com
ing vear. He gave a full programme
that calls for extremely beneficial work
throughout the whole state. Finances
are to be secured, it was proposed, from
the Federal,, state and county governments.
Extension Work Planned.
The chief feature of the work, as
proposed by Dr. Kerr, is the plan to
bring it closely in touch with the farm
ers of the state. Instead of expecting
the man on the soil to leave his home
and attend the state agricultural school,
instruction will be brought to him. Thl
will be done by means of the most
complete extension work by exgerts
under the general direction of the agri
cultural college.
Demonstration work with the rarmer.
on his own farm and field woricers, who
shall be agricultural experts devoted to
helping the farmer solve his problems,
were declared to be the chief needs of
agricultural Oregon by Dr. Kerr. Fur
ther work in demonstration farms and
experiment stations was said to be
essential, but the greatest activity was
recommended by Dr. Kerr to be cen
tered on carrying the gospel of scien
tific agriculture to the farmers tnem
selves.
Dr. Kerr has gone extensively into
the subject of what other states are
accomplishing along the line of the
country life movement, or, as Bome
prefer to call It. earth eduoation. tie
reported the Federal Government will
ing to co-operate by meeting the va
rious states half way and ready to
appropriate funds for this cause ln
Oregon, provided Its people snow a ais
position to do something for them
selves.
College Facilities Strained.
Dr. Kerr said the Interest in farm
ing Is outrunning the facilities of the
Oregon Agricultural College, it being
necessary to use a circus tent at tnu
last fanners' week to take care of all
in attendance. The people are eager.
he said, to learn modern farming, and
he urged the Importance o carrying
thin knowledge to tnem.
Chairman Olmstead, C. U. Chapman,
R. B. Miller, William Hanley and others
nresent contributed tc tne aiscussion,
after which the sub-committe deliberat
ed unon the form of the proposed law.
Those present were: w 1111am -fianiey,
Burns: C. C. Chapman Dr. J. v.. n.err,
nn7.iii! W. E. Wilkes. Marshall N.
Dana, E. C. Giltner, R. B. Miller, Lydell
Baker, Emery Olmsteaa, jesne uuuir,
Hood River; C. L. Hawley, McCoy; O.
M Plummer. L. R. Alderman, Salem
W. H. Daughtrey, R. D. Hetzel, Corval.
lis. and C. A. Dobell. corvaius.
WOMAN .ROUTS ROBBERS
When Husband Holds Vp Hands She
Hammers Outlaw Over Head.
wow in elderlv but plucky woman
came to the front and did battle when
her "better half" had put his nanus
over his head at the command of two
m,d hltrh wavmen. .was one teature
nf n confession made yesterday at Van
couver. Wash., to Detectives Moloney
and Craddock by Joe Lane and James
Cameron. The two youths, after being
T-aiaeanri from the Linnton rocKpue jusi
before Christmas, committed four hold
ups and attempts and then nea to van
nvnr where they were caught Thurs
day night within an hour after their
first exploit in the wasningiuu my.
We said 'Stick 'em up, ana ine
mo,, Aid bo." said Lane, "Dut tne 01a
girl, she flies at Cameron with a pack
age she had in her hand and lammed
him over the head, gun or no gun. It
was so funny that I had to roll in the
grass and laugh, and finally we gave It
up and skinned out.
A futile attack on a watchman at St
Helen's Hall, attribuated at the time
to some admirers of one 01 tne gins
tha Institution, was also ooniessea
by Cameron and Lane. Their only suc
cessful exploits were committed while
nr, tha wav to Vancouver, Christmas
eve, when they waylaid A. W. Daniels
at Shaver street and Vancouver avenue,
and R. M. Pratt at Haight avenue and
Beech street.
As there Is an excellent case against.
the young men at Vancouver, no effort
ill be made to Dring tnem nere.
TEACHERS' TALK IS WARM
Continued From First Page.)
in the square holes until we nave a
hole school and the teacher can help
each child to find what he is fitted
for."
If Parenta Only Knew!"
Edward O. SIsson, the other lecturer
ln the afternoon, ln the main auoitor-
ium, was equally unsparing or tne 01a
order.
I should like to talk to a genuine
meeting of the parents of Portland,"
he said, "upon the curriculum ot tne
hools. I doubt if there is one ln ten
ho knows what his children are
tudving In the public school. If
everyone knew, I am certain that they
ould get in ana cnange some ot tne
things pretty quickly."
Lincoln High School hummed like a
bee hive all' day, for it was a "heavy
day" in the schedule of the convention.
With seven departments meeting in
different rooms, engaged ln lively dis
cussions of methods of Instruction of
every conceivable kind, and with prom
inent educators lecturing in tne main
auditorium and momentarily upsetting
me time-honored idol of formal edu
cation, teachers and Interested laymen
passed to and fro in the hallways.
laboring under the same difficulty,
nly multiplied manifold, of the per
son wno attends a tnree-ring circus
and tries to see everything that is
going on.
Year's Work Organised.
Organization for most thorough work
during the coming year was effected
in the Industrial department, where
the industrial teachers met under the
leadership of Professor E. D. Ressler,
of Oregon Agricultural College, and,
after a discussion of this department
of education and Its growing impor
tance, held their election" of officers.
In this meeting J. L. Kerschen, super,
visor of manual training in the Port
land schools, advanced a novel con
ception of the purposes of the Indus
trial education, by declaring his belief
that it is not to turn out skilled
workmen, but to give the pupil
broader and more effective contact
with real life and its activities.
H. C. Brandon, of the Portland School
of Trades, was elected president of the
Industrial Teachers' Association, A. R.
Nichols, of the Corvallis High School
vice-president, and Lilian Tingle sec
retary. Owing to the breadth of scope
in the industrial work in the schools,
chairmen for the various departments
included under the general head of
"Industrial" were chosen, as follows
Vocational educatios, E. D. Ressler,
of O. A. C. : manual training, J. L.
Kerschen, of Portland; domestic science,
Minnie Price, of Salem; domestic art.
Mrs. A. A. Sanborn, of Portland; art.
Esther Wuest, of Portland; commercial
education, Merrltt Davis, of Salem; and
agricultural education. A, A. Asbahr, of
Pendleton.
Extension Work Urged.
George Rebec, head of the depart
ment of education in the University of
Oregon, addressed the teachers ln the
department , of secondary education
early ln the afternoon, urging, as had
the other speakers, a persistent move
ment in education toward tbe practical
and that which will reach all. He in
sisted that the high school should carry
on its extension work jusf as the uni
versity and the agricultural college are
carrying on theirs, and bring the bene
fits of the school system of the state
always the closer to the masses of the
people.
In election of officers In the depart
ment of secondary education, T. T.
Davis was chosen president and A. F.
Bittner, secretary. The organization of
the other departments excepting the in
dustrial department is largely informal
at the present time. W. T. Fletcher
Was chosen chairman for the coming
year ln the elementary education de
partment, and organization may be ef
fected in other departments before the
institute adjourns.
Debating League Electa,
The High School Debating League
held its meeting also yesterday after
noon and chose officers for the coming
year. R. W. Kirk, of Corvallis, is presi
dent, and Robert Prescott, of the Uni
versity of Oregon, is secretary. The
membership in the league now amounts
to about 40 high Bchools in the state.
Departmental work was practically
finished in the meetings of yesterday.
and the general business session of the
State Institute will be the important
feature of today. Election of officers
will be the principal feature, and ln
the report of the resolutions committee.
which was busy yesterday afternoon,
several important measures, both ln the
policy of the organization and ln the
matter of proposed educational legisla
tion, are expected.
'BOOK TRUST ASSAILED
DEPARTMENT STORE ASKS PER
MANENT INJTTNCTION.
Issue Now Presented Is
Agreements Involving
rights Are Legal.
Whether
Copy-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The final
fight against the so-called "book trust"
opened today in the Supreme Court,
where a printed argument was filed
asking for an injunction against the
carrying into effect of agreements be
tween publishers and book sellers,
alleged to control the supply and sale
of books.
The injunction is sought by R. H.
Macy & Co., a New York department
store firm. Those sought to be enjoined
are the American Publishers' Associa
tion, a New York corporation, said to
be composed of publishers of about 75
per cent of the books ot the country;
many of its members and the American
Booksellers' Association, an unincor.
Dorated association said to be com
posed of a large majority of the book
sellers throughout the United States.
The Question has been in the New
York courts for years. These courts
finally held that the injunction should
be issued as to uncopyrighted books,
but not as to copyrighted ones. The
question now presented to the Supreme
Court is whether the alleged agree
ments as to copyrighted books are In
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law.
According to the argument of coun
sel for the petitioner, the publishers
and book sellers have entered into
agreements to maintain the prices of
copyrighted books, and to cut otr tne
supply of anyone who sells below the
prices fixed. It was declared that some
individuals who had supplied the peti
tioner with books were wholly ruined
and driven out of business.
10 BOYS DIE IN FlfiE
VESSEL BURNS AT SEA
GALE SHUTS OFF ALL- CHANCE
OF RESCCE FROM LAND.
Revenue Cutter to Try to Reach
' Blazing Schooner Off Rhode
Island Coast.
NEWPORT, R. L, Dec. 27. Following
the receipt of a wireless report that
an unidentified schooner was afire at
sea 12 miles southeast of Block Island,
without possibility of receiving as
sistance from the lifesaving station be
cause of the heavy gale and high seas
that nrevall. the revenue cutter Sen
eca was dispatched tonight from Lon
don, Conn., to the rescue, word was
also sent to the cutter Acushnet at
Woods Hole, Mass., and she is expected
to go to the scene. 1
The report came from the New Shore
ham lifesaving station on Block Island.
The message said a resident ot the
island, Warren Ball, had seen what he
thought was a schooner afire 12 miles
southeast of the island. Because of the
distance and the thick weather he could
not make an accurate observation, but
thought the vessel was a three or a
four master.
None of the lifesaving patrol saw any
sign of the supposed burning craft. As
telephone lines on the island were put
out of commission Dy tne storm, com
munication with the southeastern sec
tion nearest the vessel was impossible.
Sea ajid weather conditions are re
ported to be such that help from the
lifesavers is out or tne question.
YOUNG WIDOW ACCUSED
WOMAN CHARGED WITH PAYING
FOR HUSBAND'S MURDER.
Farmhand Confesses to Killing of
Planter on Promise of $00 and
Marriage With Wife.
MACON. Ga.. Dec. 27. Mrs. James
Kinar. widow of the owner of one of the
largest plantations in Middle Georgia,
was arrested today after Nicholas W1I
burn, a farmhand, had confessed, ac
cording to the police, that he killed
James King because Mrs. King prom
ised him 600 and to marry mm 11 ne
would do It.
King was shot December 12, wnen
hunting. Investigation led to the ar
rest of Wilburn and a negro, James
Barber, who, the police say, has con
fessed that Wilburn told him he was
going to kill King.
Wilburn is Quoted as saying: "Mrs.
King had offered me $600 to kill her
husband. She said she wanted to get
rid of him and promised to marry me
if I killed him. He had 2000 life In
surance.
'On December 12 I was passing tne
King home. She called to me and told
me that Mr. King had gone hunting
and for me to shoot him. I followed
him. and when he stopped to rest t
sneaked up behind him, grabbed his gun
and shot him. He begged me not to
shoot him any more. Just then he fell
over.
'I nut his cun In his hands and ar
ranged the body so as to make it look
like he had shot himseir, ana men went
back to the house and told Mrs. King
what I had done. She said I was a
good boy and she thought a lot of me."
Mrs. King Is tne motner or six cnji-
dren. Her eldest daughter married a
brother of Wilburn.
STEAMER LINE TO COME
(Continued From First Page.)
CHILDREN OF ROOMING-HOUSE
PROPRIETOR BURNED.
Girl Jumps From Third-Story Win
dow, but Is Not Injured' Many
Heroes Suffer Injnry.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27. Believing
that the early morning fire which de
stroyed a rooming-house on xxortn
Main street with the loss or two lives
and the Injury of six others was of
Incendiary origin, tne ponce are search
ing tonight for a man whom they as
sert had made a previous attempt to
burn the building. His arrest is ex
nected before tomorrow.
Two boys, Leonard and leopoia wai
ters, 18 and 14 years 01a respectively,
were victims of the fire, but not until
a search of the ruins after daybreak
had been made was it ascertained that
there had been any fatalities. A sister
of the two boys, Olga Walters, was not
seriously injured, although she Jumped
to the ground irom a tnira story win
dow. They were the children of tne
rooming-house proprietor.
There were many neroio, rescues dur
ing the progress or tne tire, wnicn
quickly consumed the building, several
having been hurt in assieting the
trapped occupants to escape, xne most
seriously .injured is Captain A.
Moore, of an engine company, who fell
through a burning floor to the base
ment, but he will recover.
Extensive Recall Is Proposed.
MADISON. Wis., Dec. 27. -A new ap-
nlication of the recall will be attempted
at the coming session of the Wisconsin
Legislature. Heretofore such a law has
been proposed to apply only to elective
facials, but a Dili will do introaucoa
which will apply the recall to all ap-
ointive offices, especially tne railroad.
Industrial and tax commissions.
Attend the watch party. Oaks Rink,
December 21. "
hoff, an importer of this city who has
been closely associated with the Hamburg-American
people in their North
west business.
In a letter dated December 20, George
Glese, Oriental manager for the Hamburg-American,
informed F. A. Free
man, of the special committee of the
Portland Commercial Club, that he in
tended to leave immediately for Europe,
and expected the company to make a
definite decision within a few days.
Service Is Extenalon.
The announcement received here
through Mr. Kirchhoff yesterday is as
follows:
"The Hamburg-American line an
nounces the establishment of a monthly
trans-Pacific freight service between
Singapore, Hongkong, Manila, Kobe
Yokahama, Vancouver, B. C, and Port
land, Or., with calls at the Puget Sound
ports if sufficient Inducement offers.
The service is to be an extension of one
of the branches of the company's Ham
burg East Asia service and is to be
inaugurated with the steamship
Sithonia, leaving Hamburg about Feb
ruary 6, sailing from the United States
and Canadian ports the end of April.
The agencies of the new service at the
United States and Canadian ports will
be announced later."
To maintain this service the com
pany will be required to keep eight
or nino steamers In operation, all of
which probably will be about equal
to the Sithonia in draught and tonnage.
The Sithonia has a registered tonnage
of E612 tons gross and 8544 tons net,
draws 24 feet 10 Inches when la-aen
and has an average speed of 11 knots.
Data Are Supplied.
The decision of the Hamburg-Ameri
can to estaDnsn mis servito is uo
lieved to bo due largely to the activity
of the joint committee from the Port
land Commercial Club and the Cham
ber of Commerce which secured and
transmitted to Mr. Giese, shortly after
his visit to Portland in November, spe
cific data concerning Imports and ex
ports at Portland.
It was after Mr. Gieses visit tnat
President Piper, of .the commercial
Club, appointed the special committee,
consisting of F. A. Freeman, C. S.
Jackson and F. H. Ransom to work
with the Chamber of Commerce Ori
ental trades committee.
Exports from this port were wen
known to be ample to warrant a
steamship service from the port, but
at the time of Mr. Giese's visit re
liable information as to imports was
not immediately availaoie. inrougn
the joint committees this was obtained
and forwarded. Prior to the visit of
Mr. Giese representatives 01 uwier
steamship companies had come and
gone and made no decision aiier mim
ing over the ground, and it is believed
by those who women in me ui
that the favorable decision of the
Hamburg-American was due largely to
the exhaustive information concerning
both ports and imports that was placed
ln Its hands.
F. A, Freeman I Active.
F. A. Freeman was especially active
in gathering this iniormawun. air.
Freeman was for a long time active ln
steamship business both on the Pacific
Coast and in the Orient, and is inti
mately familiar with the conditions In
Portland. Much of the statistics iur-
nished-from the joint committee was
obtained through his activity.
Thn obtaining or trans-t-acino serv
ice particularly of the character which
the Hamburg-American Company is
able to establish, is a most important
result and Is of far greater value than
one not familiar with steamship trans
portation would conceive," said Mr.
Freeman yesterday. "If the Informa
tion coming today from New York is
authentic, it will be very welcome, not
only to shippers of the port, but to the
transcontinental railways as well.
Transcontinntael earnings on imports
destined to points in the interior and
on the Atlantic Coast are much greater
now than they were before the Inter
state Commerce Commission ordered
the railways to publish their tariffs
from Coast points to the interior. Con
necting railway lines may be depended
upon to lend all possible effort to de
velop the transcontinental business for
this reason."
Attractive Field Seen.
Mr. Freeman further urged that the
surest method, in his estimation, for
building up a big ocean commerce for
Portland and to do it quickly. Is to
build upon the basis of an ably-managed
traffic bureau, whose function
should be to supply Information con
cerning the port and to assist carriers
In controlling the business that right
fully belongs to Portland and should
be handled here.
"There is no question that Portland
offers an attractive field for a trans
Pacific line," he said, "with the right
kind of service and an able manage
ment. This applies as well to the
Panama Canal business as other busi
ness on the Pacific, If properly backed
by an ably-managed traffic organiza
tion. "Investigation shows that much Eu
ropean business, now Is routed through
other places. Freight coming through
the Suez Canal by steamship could be
laid down in Portland cheaper than In
many other ports. Not only the Hamburg-American,
but many other largo
lines have their eyes on Portland and
I think it a safe conclusion that the
time of the establishment of the need
ed service Is at hand."
Support to Be Given.
S. M. Mears and O. M. Clarke, of the
Oriental commerce committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, which worked
In conjunction with the committee from
the Commercial Club to obtain the in
formation concerning the port for Mr.
Glese, declared their satisfaction with
the prospect of the coming line.
"I think that there is no question that
Portland can furnish all the tonnage it
requires on a service such as it con
templates," said Mr. Mears. "Portland
will give the line every possible sup
port if it Is to be maintained as the
Pacifio Coast terminal."
SPRINGFIELD WAR IS ON
SUIT FOR DAMAGES GROWS OUT
OF IMBROGLIO.
Eugene Man Wants $5000 for Al
leged False Imprisonment on
Recent Date.
SFRINGFIELD, . Or., Dec. 27. (Spe
cial) A suit for damages has grown
out of the imbroglio In the Springfield
City Council. C. S. Lupton, of Eugene,
today Instituted suit ln the Circuit
Court against Carl Fisher, Melvln Fen
wick, Wilbur J. Lepley, the "dry" mem
bers of the City Council, and David
J. Glendennlng, night policeman, for
$5000 damages for alleged false impris
onment. Glendennlng was night policeman un.
der the former administration, but upon
advice of the "dry" faction in the Coun
cil, has kept on duty, notwithstanding
the fact that Mayor Stevens appointed
another man In his place two or three
weeks ago. Lupton, the plaintiff ln
this suit, was arrested by Glendennlng
on December 20 for Intoxication and in
carcerated in the City Jail. Lupton al
leges that Glendennlng had no legal
right to arrest and incarcerate him,
hence this action for damages.
It Is believed that it Is simply a test
case to determine whether or not Glen
dennlng has any legal right to serve as
policeman when the Mayor has ap
pointed his successor, but the "dry''
Council has refused to confirm the
Mavor's appointment, neither will they
confirm the appointment of Frank A.
Denue as City Attorney. In his com
plaint Lupton alleges that his arrest
was caused by the three Councilmen
named for the purpose of foisting upon
tha Dubllo their pretended police officer
and to show that they had authority
to keep the policeman in office. The
Council is badly divided over the ques
tion of the Mayor's appointment and
this suit seems to have augmented the
Ill-feeling.
ALBANY FOLK NEAR GOAL
Three Days Left to Collect $33,000
of $250,000 College Endowment.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.)
Subscriptions aggregating 33,O0O will
insure the success of the campaign of
Albany College for a JJ50.000 endow
ment fund. The $200,000 necessary to
seoure James J. Hill's gift of $30,000
must be raised by December 81. 1912,
so almost $10,000 a day must be secured
during the remaining days of this year.
With the goal so near the Biiccess of
tho campaign is indicated. . President
Crooks has received one subscription of
$10,000 and another of $500(1 from
friends of the college ln the East with
in the post two days and if subscrip
tions continue to come in during the
next few days as rapidly as they have
ln the past week the college's hope of
years, for a substantial endowment
fund, will bo realized.
President Crooks Is now in roriianu
working with the committee of the
First Presbyterian Church there in an
effort to complete the endowment.
CIGARETTE BUTT IS CLEW
Slender Thread Lends to Man Who
Set Fire to House.
OAKLAND. Cal., Dec. 27. A cigar
ette butt, with only one letter of the
name of tho brand showing, was the
slender clew which today led In
specto; j McSorley and Emigh, of this
city, to Eugene Gousouiana. an in
cendiary. Gouaouland confessed having
thrown a bundle or burning papers.
soaked in kerosene, into the entrance
way of the residence of H. J. iressei
iat nlETht. The occupants were
aroused and the fire was extinguished.
nmisnuland s wife Is employed as a
domestic in the Tressel household. The
police Inspectors learned from her that
Kho oni her husband had Quarreled. A
few moments later they found the
cigarette butt. After a search they
found a cigar clerk who said Gousou
land had bought cigaretes of the same
brand as the 'bit of evidence.
Gousouland said he had wanted to
talk with his wife and had concluded
that the only way to do It was to
"smoke her out."
Car Ditched to Clear Track.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.)
Because it was delaying passenger
traffic on the Oregon Electric, a de
railed gravel car was unceremoniously
dumped Into the ditch near here to
day. This was the first serious de
rangement of schedules since tho Ore
gon Electric service was opened to
Eugene.
The extreme northeantern corner of 81
berla will oon be in wireless touch wltb
Vladivostok