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VOL. L.III NO. 16,287, PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. TURKS ARE PLAYING DEFENSIVE GUI Fortress Replies Fee bly to Attack. SORTIE IS NOT. ATTEMPTED Investing Forces of Allies Es timated at 1 00,000. DIPLOMACY STANDS STILL Segottatlons Unlikely to Be Resumed if Adrlanople Develops Ability to Hold Out for Appre ciable Time. LONDON, Feb. 4. The Turks remain on the defensive at Tchatalja and Adrianople. The Adrlanople fortress replies only feebly to the Bulgarian bombardment, and apparently no at tempt has been made in the way of a sortie. A bombardment of Adrlanople, de scribed as terrific, was begun last night, the Bulgarians " and Servian troops Investing the' place being esti mated to number 100.000. Military men who know something about the several lines of forts which form the defense of Adrlanople look for a pro loneed defense. This opinion appar ently prevails within Adrianople itself. Shukri Pasha, the Turkish command or, who is defending Adrianople, hai declared that he will not surrender the fortress until the last of his soldiers has been killed. Forte Radiate Confidence. The Turkish newspaper Tanln as serts that Adrianople has sufficient provisions for four months, and other Turkish reports declare that the fort ress certainly will be able to hold out for several weeks. Official quarters in Constantinople radiate a spirit of great confidence in the new regime and declare that the condition of the country and the win try weather preclude serious opera Hons along the Tchatalja lines for the present- Meanwhile, diplomacy has made no step forward since the resumption of hostilities and the Porte has made no further communication, either to the powers or the allies. Should it turn out that Adrianople can resist for any considerable time, diplomatic negotia tions are likely to remain at a stand still, although in the European capi tals a settlement by diplomacy rather than by arms still is hoped for. Scutari Heport Not Confirmed. There is no confirmation of the re ported occupation of Scutari by the 'Montenegrins. Tho new Grand Vizier, Mahmoud Pchefket Pasha, is already showing the organising qualities which won him renown and gives many hours a tiay to superintending in person the military arrangements. Although no serious fighting has occurred along the Tchatalja lines, the Bulgarian troops are not Idle. The village of Tchatalja, which has hith erto marked the limit of the Bulgarian lines. Is in flames. Its destruction was apparently decided on for tactical reasons. An encounter between Bulgarian and Turkish troops took place at Malatepe, near Gallipoli, today. Forty new Servian seven-inch guns are bombarding Adrianople, says a dispatch to the Daily Mall from Bel grade. Fugitives from that town say that there still are comparatively large quantities of breadstuffs in Adrlanople and a few medical necessaries. A Bulgarian aeroplane dropped proc lamations into Adrianople yesterday, inviting the surrender of tho town. The Constantinople correspondent of the Times says that all attempts to raise a foreign loan have failed. A Vienna dispatch to the Times says it is stated in competent Balkan diplo matic quarters there that a new Serbo Bulgarlan agreement has been con cluded, under which Monastir will fall to Servia as compensation for the help afforded Bulgaria. MEN SKI TO CRATER LAKE Deep Snow Encountered on Route, but Rim of Crater Is Bare. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Luke Clapp, J. W. Bailey and J. W. Devoe returned tonight from a ski trip to Crater Lake, making the earliest recorded visit to that re gion. . The trip from Chlloquln to the lake was made on ski over snow from 6 to 50 feet deep. The journey from Chiloquin to the lake consumed five days and the re turn down the steep inclines took two days. At the entrance to the park the hand sled used was abandoned and the trip to the lake was made with each man carrying a heavy pack. The tem perature rauged from 35 to SO degrees and instead of suffering from cold the travellers stripped themselves of their coats, perspiring freely and took on a coat of tan as they skied under the blazing rays of the sun. Although the approach to Crater Lake and the inside n-alls were covered with many feet of snow, the top of the crater's rim was bare and the trio found grass around ; hotel building. The lake was frozen 100 yards out from the shore and from Wizard Land to the mainland. NOMINATIONS TO REST FOR WHILE REPUBLICANS RECOGX1ZE PO SITIOX OF OPPONENTS. Gallinger Says It Is "Pure Waste of Time" to Attempt to Obtain Confirmations. WASHINGTON', Feb. 4. After an other Ineffectual effort today to force action on President Taft's nominations, pending in the Senate, the Republicans decided to make no further move for the present. It is probable they will caucus before beginning the fight again. Some Republicans predicted that any action by caucus would be nega tive. "It has been demonstrated that Dem ocrats can block all confirmations," said Senator Galllnger, discussing the situation, "and any of us consider it a pure waste of time to make further at tempts at confirmation. We are likely to decide to do nothing more." Today's executive session was brief. The Democrats forced an adjournment by demanding a rollcall to establish a quorum and then absenting themselves to Insure a failure of a quorum. It now is considered probable that the next move for an executive ses sion will be made by the Democrats and some believe it will result only In the confirmation of the Army, Navy, diplomatic, revenue cutter and public health service nominations . MEN STAND UNDER SHIP Steamer Beached so High That Res- cner9 Read Notes to Captain. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. With her bow pointing at right angles to the shore, the Norwegian steamship Nicholas Cuneo, laden with bananas and cocoa nuts from Port Antonio. Jamacla, grounded upon the sloping stretches of sand at Long Beach on the south shore of Long Island early today. When the tide receded it left the ship with her fore part so high on the sands that llfesavers were able to stand under her bowsprit and read to Captain Knudsen telegrams address him. Seafaring men do not recall when before a ship has "plied up" on the sands in this fashion. None of the crew of 30 men the Cuneo is a freighter and seldom car ries passengers was in danger ex cept for the first few hours while giant combers were sweeping over her stern. As the tide went down the waves lost their force. , Tomorrow at high tide an effort will be made to pull the Cuneo into deep water. PRIMROSE GETS DIVORCE Minstrel Says in Month He Paid for 4 0 Quarts of Gin for Wife. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (Special.) George H. Primrose, the minstrel, to day obtained a decree of separation from his wife, Esther H. Primrose, from Justice Keogh, in the Supreme Court of Westchester County. Mrs. Primrose last September started an ac tion against her husband for separa tion, alleging rude treatment and in toxication. Primrose filed a counter application. In the course of the ac tion, Mrs. Primrose said her husband had assaulted her in a hotel in Ohio and had tried to have her make over to him property of hers in Mount Vernon worth $50,000. Mr. Primrose -.said his wife some times drank to excess and that in one month he had to pay a bill of hers for 40 quarts of gin. LENT SEASON OPENS TODAY 10 Days of Penitential Service to Close Easter Day, March 23. For the next 40 days penitential ser vices wil be held daily, especially in Episcopal and Catholic churches, to commemorate the fast of the Christ in the wilderness, for today is Ash Wed nesday, the opening day of Lent. Easter day, which marks the close of Lent, falls unusually early this year. March 23 to be exact, and all dates are taken from It. Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, a day of preparation originally, whose purpose has been lost sight of, which is more noted in Eng land as Pancake day. Blshon Charles Scaddlng, of the Episcopal church, has outlined for him self an onerous programme, whereby he will visit every place in his dico cese during the 40 days. PARIS IS AWAITING FLOOD River Selue Now Within Short Dis tance or Ianger Point. PAKIS, Feb. 4. The River Seine con tinues to rise and now lacks only 40 centimeters or the 4.76 meters stage, which experience &as shown 1b the danger level. The authorities are be ginning to take precautions tor the emergency which will arise lr the flood goes beyond that point. Rescue parties have been organized and all boatmen have been Instructed to hold themselves in readiness In the suburban districts, which will be the first flooded. "LOAN SHARKS" HARD HIT Taft Signs Bill Over Protest Washington Money Lenders. of WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. "Loan Sharks" in the capital, credited with doing an enormous business among Government clerks, received a blow to. day when President Taft signed the blU limiting their charges and also those of pawnbrokers to 1 per cent a month. Passage of the bill bad been fought for years in Congress and the money lernirrs appealed personally to the r --Vcr o voio it. KIG SENDS GOOD WISHES FOR PEACE George V Cordial in Letter to Pilgrims. NATIONS JOIN IN BANQUET Roberts and Beresford Also Send Greetings. CHOATE IS OPTIMISTIC Ex-Ambassador Says Present "Little Difficulty" Is Not Serious and Will Bo Settled by Doctrine of Good Faith. XEVV YORK, Feb. 4. "I cherish the earnest hope that your gathering may emphasize the cordial relations that we know exist between Briton and Cana dian and American," wrote King George V, of England, in a message to the Pilgrims of the United States, read at their 10th annual. dinner In this city tonight. The King extended "greet ings and best wishes for a delightful reunion." Other messages of good will read by Joseph H. Choate, former Ambassador to Great Britain, the toastmaster, were from Field Marshal Karl Roberts, Sir Thomas Upton, Captain Clement Grea torex, of the British cruiser Natal; Ad miral Lord Charles Beresford and Queen Alexandra's private secretary. Several hundred citizens of England and this country Joined in the banquet of fellowship. Henry E. Brittaln repre sented Field Marshal Roberts, president of the Pilgrims of Great Britain. Present "Difficulty" Not Serlona. Diplomacy still will be employed, Mr. Choate declared, to insure friendly re lations between the two countries and arbitration win be used successfully when differences cannot be settled ; through diplomacy. I "We have a little difficulty Just now,' he said, "but I do not look upon it as half as serious as those which have arisen In the past dozen- times or more. There is nothing in It that can not be settled by direct application of the doctrine of good faith and honest dealings with one another." Good Faith Will Be Kept. The two men who made the Hay- (Concluded on Page 2. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS FURNISHES A FEW GLIMPSES INTO sfnrfz th iz wwai y (EJIglgSfc ) sSya t-osz xa'vJ . A ASS It Ism- Vrts covvr r5-y s jjp"1 - WA coory(? J r sSXWATO? A.&fZGLl. I, III!, fifW INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40 degrees; minimum, ZS degree. TODAY'S Rain or snow; easterly winds. Iglilatares. McCredle predicts end of Coast Leasne bell ' Id Portland it Sunday closing: bill be comes law. Page 7. Senate upholds 8-hour law passed by peo ple without enacting clause. Page 6. Washington Legislature- knocks out prize fight bill; reconsideration bout arranged. Page 6. Bill establishing Civil Service In Portland school passes House. Page X. Piper's minimum wage for women bill in dorsed at meeting of Olympla committer and social workers or two states. Page 9. Election laws up for many changes. Page T Foreign. Turks playing defensive game at Adrian ople. Page l. Domestic Railroad connection between North and teouth America almost completed. Page 1. Wilson favors second-choice primary law ior .New jersey. age o. Two men and one woman In puzzling tangle with law. Page & Bomb maker confesses to series of murders and attempted murders. Page 2. Prosecution nearly finishes case against rich clubman. Page 2. King George V sends message of peace to Americans, page l. Blankented Indians amaze Cblcagoans by iioBtonese talk. Page 4. Railroad files motion la suit brought by Horse, Oregon nop king, page S. National. Republicans defer to Democrats and aban don trying to force through nominations. Page l. Sports. Sportsmen think proposed game code will be amended before passage to eliminate freak clauses. Page 14. Vlsalla plans warm welcome for Beavers. page 14. McCredle buys Catcher Brady from. Toledo. Page 14. Nick Williams signs another catcher for Colts. Page 14- Pacific Northweet. Addison Bennett tells of Lincoln County opportunities. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Buyers withdraw from Northwestern wheat markets, page J.y. Wheat higher at Chicago on resumption of war In Balkans, page iw. Stock trading checked by European situa tion. Page 10. Robert Dollar will load big cereal cargo here. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Remedial Loan Company proposed for Port land. Page 18. Government to lease Oregon lands. Page 13. Proposed commission charter election causes candidates to hesitate. Page 18. Miss Lena Simpson weds Dr. McCauley, Page 13. President Ferrin, of Pacific University, resigns. Page 1. Three robbers at tack poor man In lonel y cabin, demanding his "hidden weaitn. Page 12. After five years In County Jail awaiting new trial Yee Gueng to plead guilty of manslaughter. page 12. Sembrlch charms audience as of old. Page 10. One hundred fourteen students to graduate from high schools tonight. Page li. CABINET SET SNEEZING Suffragettes Send Boxes of Pepper to British. Ministers. LONDON, Feb. 4. The Express say that the whole Cabinet was set sneez ing yesterday by the simultaneous re ceipt by each Minister at the House of Commons of suffragette letters containing- red pepper. T QUITS PACIFIC IT Resignation Accepted by Unanimous Vote. ACTION IS TAKEN IN EAST Committee of Three of Faculty Remain in Control. ALUMNi REQUEST GRANTED Though Service to 1'orest Grove School in Chair of Mathematics Is Lauded, Declarations Doubt Success as Executive. Dr. W. N. Ferrin. president of Pa cific University, Forest Grove, tendered his resignation at a meeting of the trustees of tnat institution held yes terday at tne Portland Young Men' Christian Association. The reslgna nation, which is to become effective at the end of the present school year, was accepted by unanimous vote. The resignation was forwarded to the trustees from the East, Dr. Ferrln having been delegated to canvass 1 the Atlantic States for endowment funds. He went there several months ago, after the trustees had taken action relieving him of tho management of the institution. A committee of three faculty mem bers, which took charge of affairB of the university before the present school year began, will, it is understood, re main in control until school is out next June. Meanwhile Dr. Ferrin is to continue- the financial campaign. Action Xot Unexpected. The action of Dr. Ferrin was not entirely unexpected by the trustees, as the board for ' some time has been divided In Its support of his administra tion. At a meeting last June there was tie vote on a motion favoring change in executives. The appointment of the faculty committee in charge was a compromise measure, and was not regarded as a permanent solution of the. unsettled conditions within the school. The request for Dr. Ferrin's reslgna tlon at that time was based upon dls. satisfaction on the part of some of the trustees, a petition of the faculty and (Concluded on Page 2. LEGISLATIVE LIFE AT SALEM. P I FERHIN AMERICAS ALMOST LINKED BY RAIL HIDE FROM BUEXOS AIRES "TO XEW YORK SOOX POSSIBLE. Only Few Miles of Road Remain to Be Built Carnegie Saj s Line Will Aid Peace Propaganda. WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The linking of the Americas by rail would be of great value as a peace propaganda among the different countries of Nyth and South America, in the opinion of Andrew Carnegie. This belief was ex hibited by Mr. Carnegie at a meeting here today of tho permanent Pan American Railway committee, of which he is a member, when reports of the linking of the Americas by rail were read, indicating that progress is being made towards this project. Henry Gassaway Davlij, former Sen ator from West Virginia, presided at the meeting. In Central America only 18 miles ot line remain to be constructed to make practical a railway journey to Gaute niala City. Construction is well under way of San Miguel, Salvador. From this point to the Panama Canal, 600 miles away, several links have been constructed and plans for others are well advanced. In South America only 175 miles are still to be constructed between Buenos Aires and Lake Titlcaca and the line has been completed from tho latter point to Cuzco, Peru, 2000 miles from Buenos Aires. In Bolivia, Chile, Co lombia, Peru and Ecuador progress has been made. The committee will make a full re port to the next Pan-American confer ence, which probably will be held In some South American capital in the course of the coming year. WOMAN, 103, FEARS TRAIN Mrs. Mary Daugherty, of Port In mi Drives Through Mud to Olympia. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Feb. i (Special One hundred and three years old, the mother of 16 children, Mrs. Mary Daugherty has just arrived in Olymp from Portland, making the entire trip through snow, rain and mud in buggy. She was afraid to trust her self on a train, and, therefore, called upon her young son, James Daugherty, of this city, aged 72, to come to Port land and drive her to his home to live. Mrs. Daugherty crossed the Atlantic from Ireland when a young woman. tone lived in New York several years and rode a train westward to Arkansas. Later she continued by rail to Port land, but In her extreme old age the locomotive speed became too much for her. Her family history is one of fight era, Her ancestors fought for. Great Britain, five, of her sons fought in the Civil War, and 24 of her sons or grand sons have served under the American flag. L0UNSBERRY IS INDICTED Prisoner in Kansas Must Face Trial lor Robbery of Oregon Express. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 4. Wells Lounsberry, of Medfbrd, who confessed Lfo the postal authorities that he had robbed the Oregon Express near lied Bluff, January 5, 1912, and had escaped with J2000, was indicted here today by a Federal grand jury. Lounsberry recently was captured by Postal Inspector Brauer. of St. Louis, and is serving a sentence In the Fed eral penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on a charge of Saving held up a train at Lawrence, Kan. Brauer testified before the grand jury today that Lounsberry had confesssed the Red Bluff train robbery to him. Railway Clerks Rhein, Ilenrich and Warner also testified against Lounsberry, who will be tried here when his Leavenworth term expires. GRADUATES DRESS SIMPLY Five-Dollar Limit Observed, Even by Wealthy In Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. Although many daughters of wealthy citizens were numbered among the 1500 school children who were graduated from the grammar schools here today, not one of them wore a dress costing more than $5 and most of the dresses were home made. The girls appeared simply garbed at tho suggestion of Superintendent Fran cis, of the city schools, who believed it was an opportune time to impress upon the children the rudiments of economy. The classes were consplc- ous by the absence of ribbons and ruf fles that have embellished the dress of former graduates. MILLION LEFT TO PARTNER Will Shows Agreement Between Members of Coffee Firm. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. The filing to day of the will of George W. Cross man, a conee importer, revealed a curious agreement between Crossman and his partner, Herman Sleleken. A codicil to the will showed that each had agreed to leave the other $1,000,- 000. In addition to' his bequest to his partner, Crossman left nearly $1,000,000 to friends and relatives. FIFTEEN BELOW IS MARK Minneapolis Mercury Drops With 45-Mile Gale Blowing. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4. The cold wave in the Northwest is. Increasing In intensity, the thermometer here reg istering 15 degrees below at midnight The cold is accompanied by a 40- mile northwest gale. CIVIL SERVICE FOR TEACHERS PASSES Great Powers Sought for Board Killed. OLSON CHARGE STIRS HOUSE Section Is Slashed When 'Deal' Is Said to Exist. DISCHARGE RIGHT CURBED Olson Attacks Applcgrcn Measure as Making Portland Board ot Edu cation Despotic "Dangerous" Clause Is Cut Out. STATE CAPITOL, S-.lcm. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Charging that the mem bers of the Board of Education of School District No. 1, of Portland, "en tered into a little deal with the teach ers whereby they would not oppose this measure," Representative Olson, of Portland, created a sensation in the house this afternoon and aroused enough Interest in his declarations to cause the elimination of a vital section in a bill by Representative Appelgrcn, also of Portland, virtually rcmovlnir great powers sought to be bestowed upon the Board. Representative Olson obtained the elimination of section 3 of the Appel gren measure, which sought to give to tfc Board of Education full authority to employ a superintendent and as many assistant superintendents as they should see fit, to prescribe their terms of office and their duties. Mr. Olson, who is standing rponsor for the so-called llaal: bill, also dras tic in its terms and aimed to minimize the power of the Board of Education at Portland, declared that, if the section to which he objected should pass, it would enable the present Board to name a superintendent and assistant superintendents for life jobs, with au thority to do about as they pleased, a thing to which he objected most strenuously. Civil Sen-Ice la Eatabllhed. With the elimination of the objec tlonal section, the "louse passed tits bill, which, briefly put, provides for a system of civil service for the teachers and demands for them a hearing b fora the Board at an open session before they can be discharged. It also pro-. videa that the Board shall not dis charge any teacher who has been em ployed for two years in the Portland schools, without giving the reasons and without granting such teacher a hunt ing. Charges must be filed in writing, and full testimony must be publicly taken and every opportunity given tlio accused to refute the charges. have no special objection to this bill," said Mr. Olson after Mr. Appel gren had explained It to the members of the House and had heartily recom mended its passage. "However, I am scarcely able to un derstand why it is that a provision audi as is given in section 3 of this bill should bo Included in a bill aimed solely to protect the teachers and to define in what manner they may be employed and dismissed. I have been informed, and upon authority which I consider first-class, that the section is there simply because the Board of Education at Portland decided that it , would be better to enter into a littlo deal with the teachers and not oppose this bill than to oppose it and also run up against my bill later or in the session. "Closet" Bond Klectlona Hit. 'I am convinced from what I have heard and from what the bill before us contains that tho members of the Board did enter Into such arrangement, for see none of them here protesting against It; not ono letter has been re ceived in opposition to it that I have heard of, and everything seems per fectly satisfactory all around, so far as the Board is concerned. ' Mr. Olson said he wished x the bill and his own bill sent to the Mult nomah County delegation for some recommendation or possible consolida tion, but that so far he had been un able to get a meeting of tho delega tion. Representative Upton then moved that the House go into committee of the whole to consider the Applegren bill, which was done, and the section referred to was eliminated and the bill then passed. " The Olson or Haak bill, which is backed by the civil council of Portland, will come up later. It provides for a system of civil service, and outlines in elaborate manner the duties of the Board of Education, the superintendent and assistants, etc., and greatly lessens their powers, also providing for a vote on school matters at the general elec tions to avoid voting in a small room on million-dollar bond Issues, such as was done last Saturday at Portland. Mrs. II- H. Grldley Vies. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Amanda Ellen Gridlty, wife of H. H. Grldley, a retired cap italist, died at her home, 414 West - Eleventh street today of heart troublo. She had been a resident of this city for 41 years. She was born In Port land. Me., November 23, 1833. She Is survived by the husband. In his S2d year, a sou, C. Clinton Grldlny, and a aughter. Mrs. Hubert Grldley Higgins. Three daughters died in infancy. . nm io9.o