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X PORTLAND. OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LH-XO. 16,285. $150,000 FOR DAM NQUIRY NDORSED Congress and 2 States Asked to pay. - JOINT COMMITTEES SEE LITE Harnessing Columbia River at "The Narrows" Studied. TWO GOVERNORS APPROVE Oregon and Washington Delegations See Chance to Bring Many Xcw Industries to " Territory if Project Becomes Reality. THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 2. (Special.) The United States Government and the states of Oregon and Washington will each be asked to appropriate $50,- 000 that a detailed survey and thorough Investigation of the proposed Columbia Kiver power project may be made, as a result of an inspection made today at the prospective damsite by joint committees representing Oregon and Washington. This state was represented by- Governor West. Senators R. R. But ler. of The Dalles: I. N. Day. of Port land; Representatives A. H. Eaton, of Eugene; C A. Appelgren. of Portland J. T. Hlnkle, of Hermlston; State En gineer John H. Lewis. Engineer L. F. liana and Engineer G. L. Parker, of the United States Geological Survey. Governor Ernest Lister headed the Washington delegation, which also In cluded Senator Leonard, of Chehalis; Senator McGulre, Representative N. B. Brooks, of Goldendale; Rowland, of Ta coma. and Stewart, of Spokane; High way Commissioner Roberts and F. F. Henshaw, of the United States Geolog ical Survey. Ximwum af River Amiiri. The joint committee arrived here at 1 o'clock this afternoon and was the guest of The Dalles Business Men's As sociation at luncheon In the Hotel " Dalles. A special State. Portage Rail way train took the visitors and 100 business men of The Dalles five and one-half miles up the river to the "Nar rows" of the Columbia, the site Of the dam for what will be the largest and probably the cheapest water power plant in the world, if the project ma terializes. The visitors were greatly Impressed by the narrowness of the river. Here the entire volume of water of the Columbia passes between walls of rock 200 feet apart. Many of the legislators, upon arrival, forgot their official duties long enough to try to throw rocks across the river, but Sena tor Butler was the only one who suc ceeded. After they had viewed the proposed site from all angles and had posed for pictures. Engineer Lewis called the delegations together on a fish wheel, which looks down upon the site, and they held an executive session. Mr. Lewis explained that he had commu nicated with numerous Industries In the East and In Europe, outlining the project, and said he Is certain the states could dispose of their 300,000 continu ous horsepower developed and their :36.000 additional horsepower available only eight months in a year. w Industries Possible. Some of the new industries, he said, which could be started In Oregon it the power plant should be constructed are: Fertilizer works, iron and steel Industries, wood distillation plants, aluminum, carbide, alkali works, electro-chemical Industries, woolen pulp and paper mills and light, heat and power In wholesale blocks to eucourage new industries. He said the "Juice" of the proposed power plant would be con sumed entirely by new Industries and would therefore not compete in retail business with local power companies. The engineer told the members of the delegation that diamond drill borings at the damsite and a thorough and de tailed survey of the project would be expensive, but necessary, to learn if the proposition is "anything more than a pipe dream." He suggested that each state and the National Government Jointly raise 5150,000, the amount needed to conduct a proper survey. Both Governors Favor. Governor Lister, of Washington, was asked if he favored the suggestion. "Today Is the first chance I have hac to look into this question, but these states need development of this kind and I believe the proposition is worth the right kind of an investigation, and would favor such an appropriation," he tsald. Governor West said he favors the ap propriation being made, and the com mittees from the two states said they would unanimously recommend the ap propriations to their Legislatures and to the Government for the purpose of making a detailed survey or the power project, whose estimated cost Is $23. 000.000. It would take one year to make the investigation, Mr. Lewis tli Inks. The visitors departed for Portland at S o'clock, returning from the trip up the Columbia shortly before that time. MORE POWER THAX NIAGARA Proposed Inquiry Is to Find Out ir Project Is Commercially Feasible. BT ADDISON BENNETT. A few days ago a resolution was in troduced In the Oregon Legislature call ing for a committee to be formed for Concluded on Face 5. VIOLET RAY MAY PRESERVE FOODS SCIENTIST PREDICTS SUBSTI TUTE FOR CHEMICALS. Brewing by Electricity, In Which Slash Tnb Will Disappear, Is Another Possibility. LONDON. Feb. 2. "Food kept in ultra-violet rays during the hot weath er." may be a shopkeeper'sannounce ment in the future, according to the Lancet, and it Is further suggested that the filter may be superseded by the silent electric discharge. "There can be little doubt that the study of the action of ultra-violet rays, or of the silent discharge, is leading to Interesting developments which may possess great practical Importance," says the writer. "The application of ultra-violet rays to the sterilization of water supplies furnishes an example, although it appears probable that there Is still room for improvement in this application In order to make the proc ess a completely efficient one. "The extension of this principle to the preservation of botn liquid and solid foods Is also foreshadowed, al though here considerable difficulty is encountered, owing to the opaqueness of the materials to the radiations. "A process of preserving perishable foods, independent of the use of chem icals, about the innocence of which there is doubt, would obviously be a valuable -discovery to the community." It Is also suggested that brewing will be carried ou by electricity, the mash tub being replaced by the con verter. TAFT NAMES 114 JUDGES Record for Life Appointments Un surpassed in Federal History. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Before he quits office President Taft expects to send to the Senate the nominations of five more Federal Judges, making a total of 114 In his Administration, a record unequaled in four years, so far as available documents show, by any other President. Counting these five nominations and ten already sent to the Senate but still unconfirmed, Mr. Taft will have named 58 per cent of the 195 Federal judges provided for by the statutes. While the President is known to re gain! his appointments to the Supreme Court as the most important he has made, and he lias named five of the nine members of that court and a chief justice, he has taken great pride, in his selection of circuit, district and territorial Judges. There are 146 Fed eral Judges who enjoy life tenure and of that sort Mr. Taft has appointed 6o per cent. Mr. Roosevelt in his first term named 43 life Judges and in his second 41. Mr. McKtnley named 23 life judges, Mr. Cleveland In his second terms 27, and Mr. Harrison 49. TRAINMEN HONOR ACTRESS Men Bare Heads and Lanterns Light Sarah Bernhardt Path. A novel tribute of respect was paid to Madame Sarah Bernhardt by six trainmen at Milwaukie last night as the renowned actress stepped from her private car to board her llmousino for her final appearance at the Orpheum. The crew of the engine detailed to haul the Bernhardt special stood with bared heads in the presence of the world famous actress and made two rows of train lanterns between which Madame Bernhardt walked. "Merci gentlemen" said the star bow ing to each of the trainmen, who formed the cordon of honor. Edward J. Sullivan, Orpheum man ager for Madame Bernhardt, says the tribute so moved the great actress that she talked about it constantly on her way to the theater. Madame Bernhardt and her company departed at 1:30 o'clock this morning fpr Chleo. Cal., where the world's star will appear for one night, before pro ceeding to Sacramento and Stockton. Fully 1000 persons assembled at the stage entrance to the Orpheum after the performance last night to have "one last look'' at the visitor. BOY, AGED 11 , IS HERO Springfield Lad Rescues Smaller Companion From Log Pond. SPRINGFIELD. Or., Feb. 2. (Spe cial.) In the person of Harry Sage, aged 11, who rescued Robert Palmer. aged 7, from a log pond, into which he had fallen while playing with a party of .boys, Springfield folk believe they have a candidate for a Carnegie medal. The Palmer lad slipped from a log into deep water and sank twice. In trying to reach him from another log, young Sage Vas also thrown into the water. Unmindful of his own safety. Sage held on to the smaller boy. man aged to remove his own coat and finally struggled to shore with him. The Palmer lad was revived on the bank, and shortly after was able to run home, while his rescuer limped away with a badly sprained ankle. HONEY SCARCE AND DEAR California Beekeepers, With Short Crop, Get High Prices. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Feb. 2. (Special.) The beekeepers of this county are receiving top-notch prices for their honey. Honey which brought in the past 3 cents a pound, now brings H to S cents. The output has been short generally. One district that generally ships about 10 cars sent out only two this season. The market is very firm and the ten dency upward. This condition will continue unless the rain is abundant. DIVISION OF IS PUT INTO EFFECT New Units Will Sim plify Mobilization. ORDERS ARE' MORE EFFECTIVE Promptness Will Be Gained in Time of Dire Need. COMMANDS ARE ASSIGNED Western Department to Be Un der Major-General Murray, and First Division rndcr Brigadier-General ML P. Mans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Provision for the tactical organization of the United States Army into three infantry di visions and one calvary division is made in an order issued by direction of President Taft, and made public to night by Secretary of War Stimson. The plan of reorganization becomes ef fective February 13. and includes the entire mobile army within the conti nental limits of the United States. Hitherto there has been no tactical army organization higher than a regi ment. There have been no brigades or divisions existing in time of peace. Up on the outbreak of war, when an army is needed, it was necessary to create such an army under all the stress and hurry and excitement of such an occa sion. Country Is Subdivided. In order to carry out the necessary administrative work connected with the military establishment' of the United States the country has been divided by the new order into four geographical departments an eastern, central, west ern and southern, with headquarters re spectively at Governor's Island, Chi cago, San Francisco and San Antonio. One army division will be situated in each of these departments, the cavalry division being in the southern depart ment, with an infantry division. In each of the remaining departments. The eastern and western departments are virtually the same territorially as the present eastern and western divisions, while the southern department is carved from the present central division. Commands Are Assigned. j By direction of President Taft the I following assignments to command of! departments, divisions, brigades and districts are announced: Eastern de partment, Major-General Thomas H. Barry; central department, Major-General William H. Carter; southern de partment, Brigadier-General Tasker H. Bliss (at present commanding depart- (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48 degrees; minimum. 31 degrees. TODAY'S Kaln; southerly winds., Ijegislatnrea. Heform bills In Legislature many. Page 9, Washington House committee completes . plan for reapportionment oi uibjiww"" al Districts. Page 9. Dock commission favors bill diverting tide, land revenue to school fund. Page 9. Foreign. Baroness Vaughan causes talk by efforts to entrap nusband. fage J. nr. PrHmann'! delav In maklnr public re ported tuberculosis cure puzxlea friends. Page 2. Ultra-violet ray may replace chemicals as food preservative, page J Porte orders army not to shoot until at tacked, page 2. National. Democrats counting on Income tax to pre vent deficit from tariff. Page -. Reorganization of Army on division basis formally announced, i-age i. TntmnRtAr-rcenenil would Increase 11-pound limit In parcel post and reduce some rates. Page 6. Domestic Hoboes' organization disbanded after row over Socialism. Page 0. Romh nt In oackage kills New York woman.- Page 4. City built by Cain said to be Klamath. Page 1. Women trampled to death In movlng-plc- ture theater panic. Page 1. Four lose lives In Sacramento fire at which young women are Heroines, rage . French philosopher says laughter is Inven tion to correct man s oiuuuei o. 6o Sports. nnfti-harrit nirks all-star track team from best athletes ever produced on Pacific Coast. Page 10. Secretary Farrell to decide whether Thorpe was Tree agent wnen ,ne smneu ..... Giants or property of Beaumont, Tex. Page 10. Multnomah track team to begin practice. Page 10. Del Howard may manage Seals. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Agnes Mannlon. ex-Portland nurse, disap pears suddenly from Roseburg. Page 3. Joint committees of Oregon and Washing ton Legislatures and two Governors in dorse inquiry Into Celilo dam project. Page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor Rushlight and Agnes O'Connor In nuletlv wedded. Page 14. Judge Clifford P. Bmlth, C. S. B., of'Bos- ton, speaks on tnnsuan Bvwao. i Governor Lister, of Washington, believes In vat. iwiOTjtr. T'n 4. Bull Moose plead with Legislature to grant party legal iwiiu v- - -- Seventh street widening work begins. Page 8. Frank B. Riley discusses proposed Interstate bridge. Page 14. County Assessor Reed Discusses proposed UiimnnM law. Pa0 8. Ground-hog sees shadow Sunday. Page 1. Defeat of School Boara leaves scnooia con gested, rage i. NO, $60,000 ISN'T AT JAIL However, Man Who Makes Inquiry for Same il Locked Vp. George Dowling, 32 years old, a la- Imrer. walked tnto rne rojice Dtation last night and inquired if someone had left some money for- him. "How much?" asked Patrolman Maas, after Dowling had been unable to tell the name of the man who left the money and the policeman could find no record of a deposit. "Oh about 160,000, said Dowling. He was charged with insanity and lodged in the County Jail. Snow Covers Prairie States. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 2. A storm that began early today has covered West ern Missouri, Eastern and Central Kan sas and Northern Oklahoma with from four to ten Inches of snow. WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A BRIDGE. CITY BUILT BY CAIN TRACED TO OREGON Klamath Is Said to Be Enoch of Bible. "LAND OF PEACH" IS FOUND Noted Archaeologist Reports Result of Research. LABORERS THEN WEALTHY Peabody Museum at Harvard Ad vised America Was "Iand of Nod," From Which Adam Was Taken to Garden of Eden. Points In archaeologist's dlscoery that Cain lived in Oregon: Klamath was original city of Enoch, to which many fled after deluge. Town was founded by Cain, and was communal settlement. Region thereabouts was known to tradition as "Land of Peach." Traces of airships have been found. Great cataclysm has destroyed early canals and irrigating ditches. Land of Nod, from which Adam was taken, was America. BOSTON, Feo. 2. (Special.) That Cain, the son of Adam, established the first city In America, near Klamath, Or., and that it was to this city, called Enoch, that the people of Asia fled in part to escape the flood. Is the asser tion of Charles Hallock, Ph. D., an archaelogist, in a report to the Peabody Museum at Harvard. The region about Enoch was known throughout tradition as the Land of Peach. It was a communal settlement. Great personal fortunes .were divided among the laborers. Just before the deluge, Dr. Hallock says the discoveries show, many routes extended out from the city, and gold probably was brought up from California. Traces of Airships Found. The actual discoveries on the Pacific Coast regarding the city have consist ed of stone, bone and metal tools at various levels, traces of rude machin ery, including ships and airships, and inscriptions and pictographs of what appear to have been temples. Some great cataclysm rendered use less the aqueducts and irrigating canals of the place. Disjointed records of this catastrophe are inscribed upon monoliths and porticos, according to report. North America is asserted to be the Biblical Land of Nod, lying to the (Concluded on Pat;e 3. SUNNYGR0UIMDH0G DAY ENDS IN RAIN WEATHER FORECAST IS SXOW IX EASTERX OREGOX. Skeptical Persons Insist Animal Xot Xutlve of Oregon and Theory Will Xot Hold Here. Somewhere within the belt of Oregon sunshine, the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday, and apparently he lost no time In scuttling back to his hole and beginning to brew the six weeks of Winter specified In the old time legend. Diners went Into the restaurants about 6 o'clock, and, emerging an hour later, stepped into a sprinkle of rain. "The groundhog has certainly seen his shadow," was the stock expression that went from lip to lip. The weather forecaster announced last night rain for today, with snow In Eastern Oregon, but was not inclined to prophesy six weeks for its duration, the "groundhog" and the "goosebono" and other time-honored means of prophecy not being regarded as au thoritative instruments for forecasting in the Government office. Forecaster Beals seems .rather inclined to think that, while Oregon is due for a certain amount more of Winter weather, the Spring season is likely to make its appearance some time before the ap pointed season of the groundhog's re tirement. Skeptics Insist that the groundhog isn't a native animal of Oregon, any how, and if there wasn't any ground hog to come out and see his shadow, the theory won't hold In this state. Therefore they scoff at the tiny rain that appeared last night, as if in proof of the old legend's truth, and continue to hold that Winter is pretty nearly over and that one shouldn't be sur prised to see swallows hanging about the parks within the next four weeks. "Snap, snap" (with the fingers). That for the groundhog in Oregon! NEW YORKJTIMES MOVES Xew spaper s Xew Home Just Around Corner From Times Square. NEW YORK, Feb. S. (Special.) The New York Times today moved its operating departments into a new building, the Times Annex. The new home of the Times is situ ated almost within calling distance of the old building. The Times Annex is on the north side of Forty-third street. Just around the corner from Times Square. It exceeds 2,500,000 feet in cubic contents and more than 144,000 feet in floor space is designed prlmar ily for newspaper use. There are five presses on the first floor below the street level four dou ble sextuple Hoe presses and one oc tuple press the combined capacity of which, when all are running at full speed, is extremely large, for each of the four double sextuples will print each minute on both sides of the paper an unuruaen . riuuuu ui paper, imu newspaper pages wide and 2 13-16 miles long. When running at full speed each of the double sextuple presses is cap able of turning out 72,000 copies of a 24-page paper an hour, or a total of 288,000 copies an hour. SOIL SURVEY COMPLETED Report on Hood River Conntry to Be Issued Xext Summer. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. The field work of the soil survey of the Hood River area, in Oregon, made by ex perts of the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agricul ture, has been completed. The report will be issued the coming Summer. The area surveyed comprises parts of Hood River County, Oregon, and Klickitat and .Skamania , counties, Washington, and contains 250 square miles, or 160,000 acres. The survey was made In order that the department might show the crop adaptations of the various types of soil in the area and make recommen dations aB to what methods of farm management should be practiced to ob tain larger returns per acre, and at the same time maintain or increase the present fertility of the soil. A soil map, showing In colors the location and extent of the various types of soil encountered in the area, and the location of all farmhouses, churches. schools, public roads, streams and rail roads in the area, will accompany the report WOMAN OUTWITS ROBBER Uold-up Man Gets 20 Cents From Pocket, Overlooking Fortune, Sirs. Fred Kemp, of 511 Columbia street, saved a large sum of money and several diamond rihss last night when she held them In her muff as a thug searched her pockets. The robber ap proached her at Sixteenth and Jeffer son streets and ordered her to "put up her hands." She complied, but kept tight hold of the valuables in her muff. The holdup man searched the pockets of her coat and took 20 cents, then allowed her to go her way. FIRE CHIEF'S HOME BURNS Official Rushes Into House and Re moves Mother, Who Dies Later. WASHINGTON, Fa., Feb. 2. An swering an alarm of fire today. Fire Chief Patrick Curran found his own home in flames. Rushing Into the house Cuief Curran stumbled over the body of his mother, aged 84, and carried her to the street. The aged woman died two hours later from burns received when her clothing became ignited from an open grate. WOMEN TRIPLED TO DEMI) PUNIC 4000 Stampede in Pic ture Theatre. WAITING CROWD IN CRUSH Boy's Cry of "Fire" Spreads Terror in Audience. STEEP STEPS ARE PITFALL Xew York Official Says There Are 800 Equally Perilous Places in City, but Xo Ordinance Has Been Violated. NEW YORK, Feb. 2 A boy's cry of "fire" and the smoke from an ex ploded reel of a motion picture machine in an East Side theater resulted to night in a panic among the audience of 4000 persons and a rush for the exits In which two women were killed -and 11 other persons so badly injured that they had to be sent to hospitals. The panic occurred in one of the most densely populated sections of the East Side and the thousands who poured into East Houston street In front of the theater and rushed to . the doors added to the confusion and to the number of injured. Women Trampled to Death. The two women, who have not been identified, were trampled to death In the crush of the crowd to reach the doors. The operator of the machine soon extinguished the burning film and the flames did not spread beyond the fireproof cage in which he worked. With the exception of one rear exit door, the only means of escape from the theater was through the main ves tibule and It was here in a narrow space that most of the Injured were found. The two women who were killed were picked up In the main sec tion of the theater, where they had been trampled. Steep Steps Prove Deadfall. Steep steps lead from the sidewalk to the theater entrance and down these hundreds fell, while those behind piled on top. Children became separated from their parents and frantic search ers for friends or relatives mingled with the panic-stricken audience. It was more than an hour before It was known definitely that only two had met death. In the panic clothes were torn from their wearers and the police gathered up a great pile of hats, coats, shoes, eyeglasses, and even pocketbooks. A few rings and watches were among the salvage taken to a police station for Identification. Waiting Crowd Caught la Crash. At the time the panic started fully 100 persons were waiting In the ves tibule td gain admission to the theater and as the doors burst open from with in, these were caught in the rush. Fire Commissioner Johnson arrived at the theater soon after it had been cleared. In a statement be declared that there were 800 similar places in greater New York where conditions are equally perilous. Ho said, however, that the owners had complied with every ordinance governing such places. PIGEON FL1ES 600 MILES Carrier Bird Takes Note to Xew York From Ship at Sea. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Bearing a note from a passenger on the Prins Frled- erlch Wilhelm, now in mid-ocean on the way to Bremen, a carrier pigeon dropped exhausted on the roof of a big uptown hotel late today. The message was from A. Schubach. of Seattle, Wash., president of a steamship company, who Informed the hotel management that Mrs. Schubach had left t-.vo valuable sable skins In her suite at the hotel before she start ed for Europe last Thursday. When In this city 15 months ago Mry. Schubach left two carrier pigeons, at A the birds were kept on the hotel ryof until last Thursday, when Mr. and Sirs. Schubach decided they would take the pigeons on their oceun trip. The Trina Friederich Wilhelm was nearly 600 miles at sea at 9 o'clock Sunday morn ir.g, when one bird was released. The hotel management replied to Mr. Schubach by wireless that the pigeon had arrived safely. STATE RACES FOR HONOR Xew Mexico Wants to Be One to De cide Income Tax Amendment. SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. 2. In an ef fort to beat New Jersey to the honor of being the SGth state to ratify the In come tax amendment to the Federal Constitution. New Mexico legislative leaders planned tonight for immediate action by the House when it reassem bles tomorrow afternoon. A pell of the House shows an over whelming majority of its members fa vorable to the Joint resolution of ratifi cation adopted Saturday by the Senate, and it is planned to suspend the rules and rush the measure to Immediate adoption.