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16 ALASKA ROAD WILL HAVE OFFICE HERE Plans Laid to Insure Portland Share of Trade in North , em Territory. SHIP LINE WOW ASSURED Commercial Committee Increased to 33 With Object of Keeping Ore gon Merchants In Touch With w Xeeda of Purchasers. t i Portland is to have an agency of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, so Alaska travelers may arrange trans portation for supplies to be delivered ' to that corporation and thereby be placed on the same footing as Puget 1 Sound houses for the buslness-i By the (White Pass route shipments can be made to the Yukon Basin two weeks earlier than via the mouth of the Yukon and the road is in operation two weeks after the river route closes. Port : land will be protected In the matter of rates in that territory. r t pnittrnr. nnrchuliiz a (rent of 'the White Pass, gave such assurances yesterday at a session of the Alaska steamship line backers at the Commer. elal Club. W. O. McPherson, chairman at the committee that has handled the preliminaries for the line, announced the appointment of additional members, so the full strength is 33 and they wUl erre for a year. The principal re- -.ikiiiMa. nf that hndv will be to I back the steamer line and endeavor to keep merchants In touch with Alaska 'buyers. Active Workers K aimed. In selecting the committee the aim ' was to name active workers as well as I representatives of different lines of 1 business that will play, a part in the northern trade. The personnel Is as follows: I J. Wentworth. 8. B. Cobb. W. B. Glafke, Fred Page. Allan Lewis. C. C Colt. Julius Meier. L C. 6anford, Henry Al bers, M. L. Kline. George Lawrence. Jr.. A. D. Sugden. T. D. Honeyman. F. W. Farrington. F. P. Kendall. O. E. LuU. F C Barnes. C. A. Burckhardt, M. G. Munly. H. W. McLaln. M. Feldman. A. T Huggins, C. Schalllnger. F. S. West, M. S. Hirsch. A. H. Devers, W. G. Mc pherson. Jay Smith, Edward Ehrman, A. H. Averill. John H. Burgard, C. B. Ja.-kson. H. J. Frank. Mr. McPherson, in assuring those present that there was no doubt of the steamship line oems ma-uum-.-.-, said 17 Alaskans, representing the cen tral district, met in Seattle and decided to induce Portland to compete with Puget Sound for the Alaska trade. Rep resentatives of the Chamber of Com merce met the committee, who proposed to give a Portland line full support for two years and then this city was to light to maintain Its gains. Saltnoa I'sed a Trade Basis. The salmon packing business, largely controlled by Oregon interests, was se lected as the foundation for the serv ice, so the packers were reached and later the Pacific Steamship Company agreed to handle the transportation end giving equal rates to Southern Alaska. Then W. F. Swan succeeded in amalgamating his Interests with the Portland corporation and is now turn ing back to their owners steamers he bad chartered for his Puget Sound line. The company plans to start Its Port-land-Puget Sound-Brltl.h Columbia line, a feeder to the Alaska fleet. In January with a vessel carrying between 800 and 1000 tons. Strong promises have been made In the way of shipments from Portland and It is said no trouble will be encountered in filling the ship on the return. Three trips will be made each month. , AIDS OX COOS BAY CHANGED Grays Harbor Outer Buoy Is Moored In Xew Position. Included in the most recent list of rhanges In navigation aids in the 17th lighthouse district are the following: Coos Bay Glsow wharf and North Bend raneea rear llht lo established at an tJ b."a fixed whit, llsht. of about 5 randlrpower. 25 feet above water, on an arm en a pile dolphin In about one fathom or water. It will serve as a co.nmon rear lltht for the Glasrow wharf "' "?aIe,i j,ow.r. bearlnr 103 degra. and the North B.nd nnia. bearing 10H decrees. Il luminating apparatus la to be a post lan- ".?rn'd!U . M Tarda 241 desreee. color to be changed from white to red, Intensity to be decreased from 45 to IS candlepower, and name changed to North Bend range front light. . Glasgow wharf light Nam. to be changed o Glasgow wharf range front light. ISO ether change. Grays Harbor Outer buoy. PS. nrst-class can. la bow moored In 6H fathoms of water. TERPSICHORE BOOB HERE Mnnnlngtry Sails From Honolulu to Load Lumber Cargo. In Merchants' Exchange reports yes terday was the sailing of the German ship Terpsichore from Mejillones. De cember 12. for Portland. She Is to load a grain cargo for the 1'nited Kingdom under charter to M. H. Houser. The P-ritish steamer Mannlngtry. chartered to Heatlcy Co. for lumber to Au-tralla. is reported to have sailed from Honolulu for the Columbia River December 13. The French bark Bre tagne. a wheat ship that will be loaded by Mr Houser. put out from Honolulu December 9. There are no vessels at San Francisco under charter for gram, but there are four French barks on the Idle list, a British tramp and several American bottoms. IXRD SEFTOX IXJADS HERE Pacific EipoTt Lumber Company to Float January Cargo. Negotiations for the charter of the . ...... i nrA Soft on bv the Pa- clfic Export Lumber Company were closed yesterday, ana im t-w i - - mnnth and load Tor come ' ' " " " m the Orient. She may be dispatched for irf.r.nt Dorts. such options navm-, Km srlven. The terms are private. t s.rtnn will carry about I.600 . . - ......1 reached San wny lcu " - Francisco December I f rom. Newcastle. K. S- W-. with coal. The British steamer Oceano Is to leave Esquimault in a day or two to load lumber here for the far East. About the same time the Buenaventura ts to come from Puget Sound for a grain cargo to be delivered in Europe. MONEY LOST. BOAT MISSED Youth Catches Bear at Astoria to Be Home Christmas. Arriving at AInsworth dock as the ateamer Bear's lines were cast off yes terday a youth of about 18 years, who was too late to get aboard, dropped hie earnings for the last month twice on the dock when running, and thought he would not be able to reach his California home for Christmas. All his trouble but the loss cf a mall amount of change vaniehed on tt being- arranged to aend him to As'oila by rail to catch the ateamer. He said he had been given wrong" directions to reach the dock. He dropped a handful of money on the lower dock in his hurry and gathering- what ne could in one hand, raced upstairs In the hope of jumping- on the ship, only to drop the coin again on the edge of the dock. Some rolled overboard. Wishes for "a merry Christmas" were passed around by the Bear's officer, as she will be in the southland that day. With her went 40 Oregon fir trees that will be presented to employes of the line at San Francisco, and a few friend a The trees were procured at Oregon City and sent down by steamer. AXDAIXSIA BRINGS CARGO Liner Is Last of Hamburg-American Fleet Placed on Portland Run. Inward cargo from the Far East is increasing with tne arrival of each Hamburg-American steamer and on the liner Andalusia, which came In Tues day night, were about 1000 tons, made up of 160,000 feet of Philippine lum ber, loaded at Manila, and 800 tons of general stuff. 75 tons being iron and other freight from hamburr and Ant werp, and the remainder Chinese and Japanese goods, provisions, merchan dise and Christmas toys. Captain Heifer is here on his initial voyage, as is the Andalusia, She is the last of the fleet designated by the Hamburg-American for the Hamburg-Portland service and will be followed by .i., cifc.nn(a h ii a .TjaniiArv 11. on her IUG AlbUVUH. " " second voyage, she having inaugu rated the schedule, i ne ahqsiuus built in 1886. carries 7000 tons dead weight and makes 1H4 knots. She waa 17 days on the way from Yokohama for Victoria and waa In southwest gales December 6, 8 and 9. but suffered no damage. At Victoria she loaded 123 tons of pulp for Portland and it is said there will be regular shipments hereafter. LE PEL1ER 13 CHARTERED Michclet Said to Be Negotiating Iot Lumber Fixture. With February 10 as her cancelling date the French baric Le Peller was fixed yesterday by E E Houser to load for the United Kingdom. She was reported taken at 2!s 9d for wheat and 30s 3d for barley. She has been at San Francisco since November 27, when she arrived with general, cargo from Hamburg. The French -bark Mlchelet, arriving there -December 10 with a Hamburg cargo. Is said to be in a rair way to load lumber, as she is being figured on. Confirmation of the reported charter of the French bark Champigny, ' also lying within the Golden Gate, was not received. BEX SELLING MAY . REMAIN" Retiring Member of Dock Body Asked If He Would Act Again. t t-i n i. - hia answer to Mayor Albee today whether he will consent to succeed nimsen as a 111011.". of the Commission of Public Docks, his term having expired Monaay. Being one of the original members or - . i u. Clllno. tm familiar With tne doiui ... i . r ---- steps taken in getting the public docks a - wav Tn former years also he served on the Port of Portland Commission and experience in n matters has been acquired in both po sitions. Marine Notes. ' l,.. .rr1vl at Will- hri.iKO with a fuel-oil cargo and barge No. 91 leaves there this morning on her return to California. . . v. t u m pr Harvest tvepsim w ' " " - . Queen are being completed and sne leaves on her regniar ruu i Sunday night, relieving the steamer Hassalo. With Los Angeles as her destination the steamer O. M. Clark haa heen . t.v. t AAA aaa feet of lumoer. 1 1 C ill r n "iiii - The steamer Bee cleared for the same harbor with 600,000 leet. W7. t Via mnYmnTlpr IL D. 17 rom rr ljjwi w Bendixsen. bound for San Diego, towed to Astoria yesternay. x no .... . , ,,n urinff the night and will load at the Portland mill. Word was sent from Bakers ow . .I.,, .t.. i-ir a Columbia yesteroay . . , : . , arrived there at 8:80 o'clock in the morning and will start at on . completion of the Sand Island channel In loading a California lumber car go the steamer Daisy went front Goble ? ... . t.v iiul the Welles- to westpwn j cdiu.j .. ley from Westport to Kalama. The Ol son & Mahony leaves iiem iw-j San Francisco. I . n-ar oarETO the in starving ' i. . . " , ., Hamburg - American liner Andalusia shfits this morning irom me o.t . , ni.iiHhfa Vn 2 and at nam aot-a. m ---- - noon goes to Alblna dock, proceeding to tne plant gi i"" 1 -t , T, Mills Company tomorrow to nnisn. Her grain cargo being abord. the British bark Thlstlebank went to the stream yesterday. The Clyde went . hi. rir icn a to Irving. I ru III vuiumui .' - . . . Jhe Hlnemoa, which has been in tne stream a few days, leaves oon and the Thlstlebank will follow her. Contingent on there being surricieni . - . v. - .1o,r the Yellow water on kfti " Rtark Line will dispatch the steamer Grahamona for Corvallis Saturday morning. She was on tne run ir few trips, but as the depth decreased .k , A..vnnn waa nut on for one trip. . Bound for Tillamook, tne steamer TT t . . iAft ilnvn last nlsrht. The gasoline schooner Patsy, which has been umicr repaira ntrrc . ....... .4 Sliialnw with sent away a 1 " 1 . , , a full load. The gasoline schooner Till amook is due today irom xauuvu Siuslaw. .mr.int.-at of late In driv Ing The Dalles-Celilo Canal toward completion have brought the strength - . i;nA tha lnrsrest num- ber yet retafned on that project. Malor Morrow. Corps oi r.ngiuee., . leaves this morning for an inspection trip over the line. A. A. Moran. manager of the Arrow . , , . v.-.-- tv.ia week from San uinc, is uc 1 " ' u Francisco to arrange for entering the steamer Navajo In tne passeuscr The Camlno. which entered yesterday from San Francisco, has 600 tons of merchandise and 200 tons of cement. She sails Saturday. In mail delivered yesterday at the office of Frank Waterhouse & Com pany was a Chinese calender, sent from Hongkong, which shows that Chinese n Tannarv 26. Port land Chinese may decide to celebrate : . - ... xr.. v... thia aeason. tne wnzte nin b ..en - owing to the administration in China being republican. s-i i,, ci..i.mith hiri a fat stock show of his own on Oak-street dock yesterday on tne receipt gi a s . , i i xt Wall nt Rtdkref ield. which weighed 482 pounds. A special bier had oeen conirucit ' ceased porker, so deckhands could de liver him on the dock without the aid of a block and tackle. Diaphanous Skirts Barred. ' DECATUR. 111. Dec. 1". Diaphanou i .irift, ana transDarent stock Illl Bill ... . w ...H in the Charleston High School at a special session of the girl students and women members of ,h. faculty held today. The teachers .,i,i that "conditions had become shocking." Parage valuable ;;onrce. the m-t Importa-in oi wn.w THE JTOHXTXG OKEOOXTAX. THURSDAY. DECE3IBEB 18, 1913. GOVERNOR MAKES IB OH ENGINEER Executive Says Lewis Respon sible for Condition of Carey Act Projects. COUNTER CHARGE IS MADE West Declared to Be Lined Cp With Central Oregon Concern Against Settlers Governor to Try Complete Development. KAi.smr or Dec. 17. (SDecial.) The fight between Governor West and State Engineer Lewis, became warm today, when the Governor in a written statement virtually accused the State Engineer of being responsible for the condition of the Carey act irrigation projects in the state, and Mr. Lewis, In response, declared that Mr. West stands with the Central Oregon Irriga- . I . nA amlnat 1h IntArAatB uvii vwiufnu' cw. "O".."- of the 50 settlers and contract holders. The Governor sad ne woum ignore the State Engineer In the future, and w.u tair., th IaaA in an effort to have the Stanley project, which the Central Oregon irriganuu v.um1....y wishes to turn back to the state ior lion nno comnleted through state and Federal co-operation. Mr. Lewis says -mere are no ibiihh on the north canal lands involved in the Stanley offer, and that the tract practically is United States property. He has urged that the completion of the project be done by the Federal Gov ernment, and the Governor holds that in doing so Mr. Lewis is trying to shift responsibility. Conditions Laid to EteKlneer. The following are the Governor's charges against Mr. Lewis: "I note what State Engineer Lewis has to say in reference to loading one of the DesChutes Carey act projects onto the Government, and I wish to say that this suggestion is in keeping with Mr. leW18 policy OX alWUja mm the responsibility onto the shoulders of someone else. "I hold that the State Engineer, through his lack of interest or his lack of knowledge of these matters, is largely responsible for existing condi tions as to tnese tjarey aci prujin. The state has a moral. If not a legal V-1 1 I nimrllolD thARA tirOleCtSL In Bplte of Mr. Lewis' failure to indorse in the start, the Idea mat tne ...i., .v.. Tumaln nrftloft the LB.no u.cr lim . r - " t i ,1 .... i mua npAvlnlnn for it- the 1105 iQiaiwi w " r work Is well under way. and the under taking undouDteaiy win db a. comumm success. Immediate Action Promised. T . ,1 nm ..f.r.lncr tliA StanleV 1 . . . VMi.rttl Rnvpmment to be forgotten, this office intends to for- . c.. iTnrlnr and. after formulating some definite plan for state and Federal co-operation, win u ." matter tip with the settlers. Commercial i't t . . 1. 1 1 , TTaatarn flrftiron. the local United States Reclamation Serv ice, and then see tnai it is auuiumeu to the department at Washington in ani-h a wav as to call for immediate action one way or the other. "If the State Engineer woum leave his cushioned chair long enough to get . .V.... nrna.ta finH STAt his feet iiui. yj 1 i"i ... j . . muddy and come in contact with the settlers, he would get a Detter we. o to the duty or tne state. Mr. Lewis' reply is as iuuowb; .... tt . a . , haa rintlv tsrnoreir the recommendation of the State Engi neer and stands with the Central Ore- T vllnn flnmnanv aSTAlnst the gUIl llllfi.ll." , j - qka aAttlera and contract holders. The State Engineer opposed further sales on the grouna mat avanauic miuima nn. i.ni.,tii A-rrAflalvA canal losses and that already the water supply Is oversold. Moral Obligation Denied. I.T.V. , r, rt aAttlAra On the NOrtll canal lands involved in the Stanley of fer and the tract is almost exclusively property of the United States, no moral nhiiirAtion exists for the state to com plete the project, aa in the Tumalo case. Oregon n ... proper share of the reclamation fund h.lta nmla(.t COUld be suggested for consideration by the United States. 11 iavumuie cannot be secured by the time the Leg islature mets, then we can conir iperation. t ah. TcriaiatiirA Intended the State Engineer to act as project engineer on ih Tnmalo work and do the field work on co-operative surveys. The Dalles power investigation ana db iiieocm. land and water board meetings all at i. .ttia time, in addition to the ad ministrative work of the State En gineers otrice. aonotiesa . would nave so MARINE INTELIGENCE. Steamer Schedule. DCK TO ARKIVB. Vaa,a FrOtH . Date. ...In port Alliance ?ureifBJ- Rose city cau Yucatan .......... .Ban Diego. . . . Breakwater Coos Bar. Beaver l- Anseles... Baar Loa Anealee. . . Roanoke. S O'eso TO DEPART. Name. Fr Alliance -Coo. Bay. Yale 8- F. to I.. A Camlno S'S.?010- Harvard B. F. to I. A.... Klamath Lo" Ange . . . Koae City Loa Angeles. .. Breakwater cooV rr-,"""' Yucatan 6" Franclaco. Willamette -Los Angelea. . . Beaver Loa Angalea. .. Boanok f" Dlego... Bm, Los Angeles... BUROPBAl JiD ORIENTAIa Name. - From Andalusia Hambur Den of AlrUe Ixindon. ...... Stthonla Hamburg Merlonatbahlre London Olenroy J-don- Crown at Toledo. ..Olaagow. . Cardiganshire London. . v .. . Radnorshire London Name. For Andalusia Hamburg Don of Alrlle London Blthonta Hamburg ..Dee. It ..Dee. XI .. Dee. ?1 ..Dec. 21 .-Dec 28 . .Dec 28 . riate. ...Deo. 18 ... Deo. ...Dec ....Dec. L.Dec ...Dm. ... Dec. ...Dec ...Dec ...Dec ... .Dec. ...Jan. SERVICE. . Data. ....In port ....Dec 26 Jan. 10 ....Jan 19 ...Feb. 16 ...Feb. 28 ...Mar. 16 ...Apr. 23 . Date. ...Dec. 1 ....Dec 81 ...Jan. 1 ...Jan. 4 ...Feb. 21 ...Mar. ae ...Apr. 2 Merionethshire. ... wb. . Olenroy London.. Cardiganshire London. . Radnorshire . . . London. . Movements ef Vessels. Portland. Dec 17. Arrivedteamer Mav erick, from San Franci.co. Balled Steam er Bear, for -San Franclaco and Loa An geles: ateamer Roanoke, for San Diego and WAy..or.m"Dee. 17.-Arrived at 3 and left up at 6 A M. Steamer Maverick, from San Francisco. Sailed at A. M.-!"" Breakwater for Coos Bay. Arrived down at s-40 A M. British steamer Harlesden. Out side at 1.30 P. M. Barge No. 3. from San K s Frinetaco. Dee. IT.-Arrired at 10 A. M steamer Yellowstone, from Portland. Sailed at noon Steamer Beaver, for San Mn; steamer Klamath, for Portland. ErUed at 1 P. M. Steamer Rose City, for Portland. Arrived last night Steamer. Nav a1o and San Ramon, from Portland. Jijmone; Dee. It-Sailed German ship Teroeichore. ior ruriiuu. Perim. Dec 16. Pasaed German .teamer Be cravla. irom narauuia i Singapore. Dec 1. Paa.ed Brltuh steamer Merlonetshlre. from London for PO.t"nrta. Dec la-SSiled at SrSO P. M. Steamer Multnomah, for Saa Pedro; at 7 p k. steamer Paralso. for San Francisco. Lu Palmas, Dee. 17. Arrived Steamer Epsom, from Portland. Or. Aries, Dee. 17. ArriTed, prerloTislT Steamer fianta Clara, from Tacoma and Ban iYanclsco. . Tacoma, Wash.. Dac 17. Departed Steamers H Jades, for Honolulu; Nome City, for California via Mukllteo; Titan (Brltlah), for Tokohama. 3aattle, Dec 17. Arrived Steamers r . H. Legget. from San Francisco: Catania, from Port San Luis; Leona (British), from Van couver; Prince Rupert (British), from Prlncs Rupert- revenue cutter Tahoma, from Soutn western Alaska. Sailed Steamers Watson, for San Francisco; AlkU for Southeastern Alaska; Prince Rupert tBritlsh), for Prince Rupert. . , SAN FRANCISOO. Dec. 17. Arrived Steamers Arollne, from Eagle Harbor; Grace Dollar, from Bandon; Georgian, from Seat tle: Yellowstone, from Astoria. Grays Harbor. Dec 17. Balled Steamers Wllhelmlna. for Honolulu; Rose City, for Portland; Klamath, for Astoria; Santa Mon ica, for Wlllapa; bark General Faldherbe (French), for Port Townsend. Perim, Dec. is. Passed Steamer Belgra vla. Antwerp for Victoria. Port Said. Dec 18. Arrived Steamer Talthyhlus. IJverpoo! for Tacoma. Liverpool. Dec 17. Arrived Steamer Lord Lonsdale, from San Francisco. Singapore. Dec 18. Sailed Steamer Mer lonetshlre (from London via Colombia), for Portland, Or. Hong Kong, Dec. 17. Arrived, previously 6teamr Chlyo Maru, from San Fran cisco. , Kobe, Dec It- Sailed Steamer Den or Alrlle (from London), for Portland, Or. Lobltos. Dec. 13. Sailed Steamer El Lo bo, for San Francisco. Tides at Astoria Thursday. High. Low. 4-52 A. M 7.4 feetllO:80 A. M 3.S feet 4:'oe P. M S.0 feetlll:0S P. at 0.0 feet Marconi "Wireless Reports. . All positions reported at S P- M.. Decem ber 17. unless otherwise designated. Multnomah, Portland for San Francisco, 27 miles south of Cape Blanco. Roma. Portland San Luis for Tacoma, 220 miles north of San Franciscc Redondo, San Francisco for Coos Bay. ZS miles north of Blunts Reef. 61erra, Honolulu for San Francisco, 8S0 miles out. December 18. ... Transport Thomas, San Francisco for Ma nila. 2 miles west of Honolulu, Decem- beventura, San Francisco for Sydney, "66 miles out December 18. - Portur, Portland for Monterey, 384 miles north of San Francisco. Klamath, San Francisco for Astoria, so miles north of Point Reyes. Beaver. San (Francisco for San Pedro, 32 miles south of Point Sur. Harvard. San Francisco for San Pedro, on Pigeon Point, 6:18 P. M. - - Edgar H. Vance, Columbia River for San Pedro, 20 miles north of Point Reyes. Adeline Smith, San Francisco for Coos Bay. 11 miles south of Point Reyes. Whlttler. Eureka for Port San Luis, 130 miles north of Ban Francisco. Rose City. San Francisco for Portland, IS miles south of Point Arena. 'Wllhelmlna, San Francisco for Honolulu. 05 miles out. Asuncion. San Francisco for Vancouver, 36 miles north of Point Reyes. City of Sydney, San Francisco for Panama, 1040 miles south San Francisco. Pecetan, Port Harford for Panama, 572 miles south Port Harford. . . ,,, Lansing, Panama for 8an Francisco. 387 miles south Port San Luis. Argyll. Port San Luis for San Diego, off Point Conception. Carlos, San Francisco for San Pedro, on point t.oncepiiwn. , . . 7 Richmond, New York for San Francisco, I 1 70 miles soum aan r 1 .inm' Colusa, Salina Crus for San Francisco, 800 miles soutn an r 1 ninu. mile, aouth Ban Franciaco. , Atlas. 151 BegUPQU ior M iioiuviow, miles west Point Firm in. Buena Ventura, Unlou Bay for Portland. n ... Tnint Firm in. passlnc Jintrance xamuu i isslnc Entrance Island at 7 P. M. Delhi southbound from Alaska, off East Vnfn Watson. Seattle for San Francisco, off Race Rock. W iBUii, ' ace . Rock. . . Chanalor. Portland for Monterey, barbouna insiae toiumoiB ni,i. Umatilla. Seattle for San Francisco, eight miles south Destruction Island. Drake. San Francisco for Seattle, with barge 83 for Portland, barbound Columbia RiH.r T. Scott. Tacoma for San Pedro, off Wlllapa Harbor. Porter. Everett for Port San Luis, 38 miles north San Franclaco. Lucas, towing bargs 95, San Francisco for Seattle, of Destruction Island. Admiral Farragut. San Francisco for Se attle, off TJmatllla lightship. Washtenaw. Portland for Port San Luis, barbound Columbia River. HOUSEHOLD PEST MENACE Bedbug1 Big Factor In Plague Spread, Says Physician. NEW YORK, Dec 13. The cimexlec tularles, less elegantly but more fa miliarly known as the bedbug, is a still mora danirerous Insect than is gener ally supposed. It la a potent factor in the transmission of tuberculosis, ac cording to Dr. J, Walling Beverldge, who has presented a paper on the sub ject to the conference on safety and sanitation which Is being held in this city. He said it was only recently that the bedbug had been given serious consid eration as a carrier of germs, but that lately a number of authorities were agreeing upon the possibility .that lep rosy and spinal meningitis germs were carried by this household pest and that numerous cases had recently been cited where tuberculosis Infection had been seemingly caused by the bedbug. It has been discovered that the bug is able to live 229 days without food, he remarked Incidentally In urging that a publicity campaign be conducted to warn housewives of the grave conse quences which might result in permit ting the bedbug to live. J CHEHALIS LOSES WINSTOCK Theater Man's Check Returned for Want of Funds After .Departure. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec 17. (Spe cial.) After a meteoric career in this city of about 60 days duration. Arthur Winstock, who during that time was manager of tho Bell Theater, the name of which he changed to the People's, left Chehalis last night for Tacoma. The People's was dark last nignt. And this morning a number of Chehalis people to whom Winstock had given -i i.- i. ..awn., fur cervices ren- CaKaO I" fi-J dered found the paper returned to them from their banks tor want oi iunuo. Young Winstock, who came to tue r pnp,ianii rrMtfii a sensa tion here a week ago when he married his pretty ticket-seller, miss rnai torn, of this city, after an acquaintance r. wasiia. Mrs. Winstock accom panied her husband to Tacoma. "WAPPY" MAY GET PARDON Rev. Mark A. Mathews, Behind Pros ecution, Confers With Governor, nt.virpri Wash.. Dec 17. Rev, Mark A. Mathews, who was responsible largely for the prosecution ana con viction of Chief of Police Wappensteln, of Seattle, was here in conference with nnvernor Lister In regard to the Wap- luniMn risa today. - While neither TT-mtirl riiaruas the result of the confer ence. it is-reported that Dr. Mathews would favor granting oi a. piu Wappensteln If certain conditions are met. t . . Governor Lister said he expected to reach a final aecision on mo stein case this week. Blaming It Os Mother. Chicago Record-Herald. ... - .. majTA TY1 A wVl ftt T STTl. .11 J UIVLUHI . .... ' said the political speaker as he proudly threw out nis cneou "Well." said a small man at the rear of the hall, "she must have put In most of her time at otner lamsa. Both Husbands Behaving. Tiirlr. wombat Mah husban' ain't i in 9n vaiara- Depil Biiwi ... -- Mrs. Coopley Mine's up fo' life, too. HUSBAND IS ASKED TO WED DAUGHTER Girl and Stepfather Vanish and Woman Offers to Obtain Divorce. MOTHER LOVE PROMPTS IT Mrs. Katherlne Becker, of New York, in Interview, Declares Elopers Only Must Return Her Bafey They Took. NEW YORK, Dec 14. Prompted by mother love, Mrs. Katherlne Becker, of Twenty-second street and Woodslde avenue, Wlnfleld, Borough of Quens, is willing to obtain a divorce from her husband, Martin Becker, 42 years old, so that he may be free to marry his stepdaughter, Lillian Herbst, 22 years old, with whom he disappeared Novem ber 5 last, taking with him Evelyn Becker, 5 years old, the child of his present marriage. In an Interview with a reporter Mrs. Becker declared she was willing to make this sacrifice so that her daugh ter would have a right to marry her husband. In order for her to make this sacrifice Mrs. Becker stated that the runaway couple must get in com munication with her and return her baby Evelyn. Ti 1. mao amnlnvaH AS a tinSIXllIIi scuaci . , o ..... tn the Dock Department, and six years ago ne marriea airs. iw.iii, the widow of Henry Herbst. with two children, Lillian and George. She is quite well to do, and owns her own home. Last September, on her return from a four weeks' stay in a hospital, she says she noticed an unuBual friend liness between her daughter and-her husband, ... It continued despite her objections to the day that the couple disappeared, taking with them the -baby, Evelyn. Becker drew ,1029 from the Dry Dock Savings Bank, in Manhattan, where it had been on deposit in the joint names of himself and wife. T have struggled night and day, said Mrs. Becker in her interview, "to try to decide what ought to be done. My daughter and my husband are gone I am willing to sacrifice myself in order that my nusoanu may ur opportunity of righting this great wrong as far as it can be righted. "If my daughter or husband will communicate with me and will return I comBumcax- w.. o Hivnrne. Drovialng ne will to get ls, .vrnva nrnvldlns1 be Will LU Bet ivwav, f- , , I p 7- -arArt Tt will break vorce is granted. It will rea I hanrt tr ?n into court ana te promise to marry inline wnen mo my tnfn nnrt and testily against my own daughter, but I am al I BgaiODl 111 y vnn . .-artv disirraced. I can't cry any more ready ;raceo.. ca "I have been to see the police a num ber of times," she added, "but they have learned nothing of their where abouts. HOLD UP DUE 10 PRIDE TWO PORTLAND BOYS ARRESTED US TACOMA PLEAD HUNGER, Henry Baker and Albert Splldsboel Frightened When Intended Victim Refuses to Give TJ Money. . . r i Txr-r, ne. 17 f Special.) 1 rtl..W-tl, I . (i ..... , - - - - . Hungry, and too proud to beg, Henry land boys, each 17 years old, attempted to hold tip liUS DJoritiiia.il nicht. were arrested yesterday and to , ' , a. Tiniirar The boys asserted that they had been working at the Willamette iron lived with their parents In Portland up . ootrAv ofliri Yin father to ten aays .. -- is J. Baker, who works at the Portland branch of the Btanaara w""" . ,, i-a -Mrtrth Twentv-second street, while Splidsboel asserted he Is the son of A. spnasDoei, u. i... Twenty-fourth street, who works at .... . . TlalrorV TOrtland. Uta (.guouiuci o - The boys left Portland without any definite object, except to come to i come, where Baker has two uncles t .... n Plaharila of 2114 SOUth K street, and Walter Richards, employed by Edwards lur company, inc. that up to sunaay nigui n..i - ah.. wt Enii Hotel on South Twelfth street, and left only when their money gave out. of money, the boys were too proud to tn no ir.-o relatives or Walter Rich ards, a friend at whose holse tney r-nllo Rundav afternoon. At. tiiai ii"" they said tney were going m jt niv.a that hnvn KR V . theV OUiiuuy i.'t.'. ..." . passed without shelter, and by Monday . . I . hnliliin trt night determinea to cumuni a. get money. Baker had a revolver, but ....la a.TT.ni or USC it. and when BJorKman, tneir muuinu . . J i iianri iroi nin mill nv. a.a uc ij y.xr hritTn a f Htrhtenea ana uiauucu. . took to their heels. BJorKman saw them yesterday in a k. street pom un. ana iucu iu-u Duhacri. a iiofi tciiiRv at DOllce headquarters, and said if the boys had told nJm oi uieir i;uw.Dww would have grladly given them assist- tftlltC AAC Bea - eairt rrr n nn hiki uio uiuuiti hml Invited his nephew to bring Splldsboel to either one ot tneir nom and stop with them while in the city. ., 1 m.a.T-a, Inrtl.H AVCF tO the Juvenile officer by the police, and an Investigation oi men dww - made. CASTLE ROCK MAN KILLED Caught by Log at Prescott Camp Edward Palmer Is Crushed. meirrit nfiTK. Wash- Dec 17. (Special.) While working in a log . v.iv, ha wan operating neaf Prescott, Or., Edward Palmer, of this city, was struck oy a mr, " 1 .. . ,j,i.j xx- .ai nr-ttner as hook fltaVJ l " ;.lV whT wa, being drawn In by a cable, "ddenly Jumped. sliding over mm. nr. " In Castle kock ior a nuiu. x . i ... hoiA todav. inter 'in- luueiBi " " .J ment being at Ostrander, where his wa. buried. He was unmar ried. - ' SNOW FALLING IN BAKER Sunshine of Past Four Weeks Shut Out With Touch of Winter. BAKER, Or, Dec 17. (Special.) For weeks Baker haa had almost per fect weather, with cloudless skies and telrm days, but early this morning the temperature fell, tte skies became overcast and a heavy fall of snow be gan, which continued all day. Tonight there was three and one half inches of snow and the fall was still on. HOTELS A'D Hotel Cornelius THE HOUSE OF WELCOME, PARK AND ALDEB STS, P0ETLAND, OB. In the theater and shopping district, ona block from any earline; rates $1.00 per day and up; with bath, $1.50 per day and up. Take our Brown Anto 'Bus. C. W. Cornelias, President. H. E. Fletcher, Manager mi Hotel Washington 3 0,. 1, ILK, ft Per Day With Bath Privlleae. 'soeelal Kates bv week or month. Bus potaTS WaaniSStrrst. and transfer. 150 outside rooms! Fireproof Building, cold running water and both telephones in TO This unique hotel combining the ideal home life with the perfect hotel service and comfort at pleasingly economical rates stands alone in Portland as "differently worth while." Eleventh - Street Just off Washington POETRY IS PREdOUS ELEVATOR STARTER LIKES WORK, DISTRUSTS INCOME. Man Who Aided Sons Writers In Dis tress Says He Wrote 1200 Scores In Five Years. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. The Govern ment cloned Its case today against Robert Kellogg, former piano salesman, charged with using the mails to de , .. ... ..I ...-. nf nnnsr noemg. William Miller, of the copyright office in Wash. Ington, was the last witness for the prosecution. He testified that records showed the defendant had copyrighted only seven poems sent by clients, whereas his agreement called for copy righting eacn. Kellogg then took the stand In his own defense. Many composers of popular songs, ne tRsiified. have the gift of- music, but are not musicians. "Often the best they can oo. ne smu, . nirii nut music for their songs on a piano with one linger. I revise the music of such compositions mi v it into good condition. The writing of music Is an inspiration and it some times takes weeks to write themusic for even a popular song. 'T "I write about xzuu songs ""b years. My receipts amounieu 800 a montli.' - c- i witnasua who sent their poems to Kellogg testified in his be half. Among them was John V. Van, an elevator starter. "It is a. great mystery where my in spiration comes," he said. "I Pre'eT poetry writing to .7 elevator starting Is more certain. In its pay than poetry. The titles of some of the songs sent to Kellogg, as testified to by witnesses who asserted they were satisfied with his publishing efforts, were 'La Grippe," "Kerchu," "The DrunKara s UTTTV ATT Pay Tne Millionaire a wuci, My Mother Used the Slipper" and "Un der the Old Man's Table Again. CANAL CHIEF ACCUSED COMMISSARY HEAD SAID TO HAVE. DEMODED COMMISSIVES. , Government to Determine Whether John Burke Is Federal Employe Be fore Acting on Charge of Clerk. T,r a c-TxrvrrtTi-i-NT Tf 17. Secretary viAaimiuiv.i, " - Garrison asked Attorney-General Mc Reynolds today to rule on the question whether jonn uurne, uiuftew, . D.nm.tf PAmmlsfUlrV (1 C DH.T t- JTclllcllllt ii,ini, - - ment, whose transactions are unirer In vestigation, is an employe of the Gov ernment or an employe ui v"'- corporation. It is charged by an ex-clerk In the commissary department of the canal zone that Burke demanded and re ceived commissions from persons with whom he had placed contracts for food and other supplies for the canal work- era AISO It IS ailBBCM men. uu. - onntmrtai to the Colon Import & Export Company, in which he is a stockholaer, ana mat no iiu at least 50,000 from his operations. On the Attorney-General's opinion will depend the action of the Govern ment at the conclusion' of an inquiry nffifinl Kald tonight into tiie i-1. ni & - . that nothing in this investigation this far had indicated any i i ernnienu . - , If Burke is a Federal employe, the Government may proceed against him criminally: otherwise the only recourse of the Government Is to proceed civilly to recover for the Panama Railway no- Tnnnev Burke Received unlaw fully. BODY-MAY OUST FOUNDER William It. George's Elimination From Junior Republic Urged. NEW YORK, Dec. 17. The elimina tion of William J. George irom "i George Junior Repuonc at. irecm, N Y founded by him more than a . ...K.M. will be recom- aecaae i"" mended by the State Board of Chart- . .n.a.n.Ant t hl R1 tO- ties in n ta i ...... - - . , morrow. The Board today adopted the report of a special commission appoint ed to Investigate charges nade a"1"8 Mr. George in ctuu-. . . V. a TirillhliC. This report probably will recom mend the elimination of Mr. George and the removal of all girls from the RESORTS. SMMFBI,lot 3 Persons tn Room. Jf ortiana, uregon $1.M, S. .M Per Day With Private Bath. to and from trains and boats, or take a De. et off at Twelfth street. European pun. modern and clean in every reppect. Hot ana every room. Larue Parlor o Main Lobby. r J V V.M IVJ.1., ah. wyvtfl. f a,aa 0to and Operated tJtlTE PORTLAND tWIUCd flK.04REASTr.Mcii.- G. J.IUUmANN mcr. HOTEL CARLTON Fourteenth and Washington Streets. Booms, with bath, ?1.60 day. Booms without bath, $1.00 day. All outside rooms, fireproof construction. Special rates for permanent guests. . Soss Finnegan, Mgr. Victor Brandt, Propr. NORTONIA HOTEL Sol Due Hot Springs Hotel la the Heart o t the Olympics. For descriptive literature, address the Manager, Sol Due Clallam County. Wa?:nKton. republic, said R. M. Hebberd, secretary of the Board. The report, although adopted today, will not be made public until tomorrow. For some time past an investigation of George's conduct in connection with his treatment of members of the re public had been under way. The in quiry has been private. More than SO witnesses have testified, some coming from as far as North Dakota to do so. THIN ICE CAUSES DEATH BODY OP SEVEN-YEAR-OLD.' OIHL FOtJND IX SHALLOW WATER. After Lone Search, Parents Find Daughter In Creek. Having Drowned 1 on Her Way to School. CHICAGO, Dec. 14. Seven-year-old Irene M. Stockwell, daughter of J. t. Stockwell, connected with the Brown ell Improvement Company, of Chicago, and residing in Thornton, III., broke through the ice on Thornton Creek, In the village, on her way to school and was drowned. At the point where the body wat found the creek is about five or six inches deep and about 15 feet wide. The water is almost still at that point and the stream was covered by a thin coating of ice. on which, it is supposed, the child attempted to cross on the way to school. The little girl had been home for her dinner at the noon hour, and shortly before 1 o'clock started to the Thorn ton School. She failed to reach the school and did not return to her home In the evening. The members of the family became alarmed and neighbors began a search of the village and surrounding terri tory. When Mr. Stockwell returned to nis home In the evening and learned that the little girl was pissing he joined in the search and soon found her body. Three physicians and a resuscitating .a , .nmmfirp tn the Stock- Uflviuc r, ci c "I" - well home, but their efforts were futile. Examination of tne ooay reveaieu that death probably was as much due to exhaustion as asphyxiation, since only a little water was louna in tne lungs. MURDER CASE .PARTS ELITE Wealthy Folk Divide and Will Fight Case In Court. ..T.. -DT17T7.0 V T T)A. 17 The iUJms .... . ... i , case of Joseph Morlarty, charged with the murder or Mra Garonne iuru, wife of one of George Gould's gar- i .-. i ,.... V. u a made doners at. uwiiu - two divisions of wealthy Lakewood colony. Moriarty's trial is on . ....... .alanilfir. and a row s ouyrcmo u... - .-- partisan crowd Is expected to fill the courtroom. . i.J . m,. The defense Is supennienuu , - i v. resident Of Jasper i,yncn, a . I" Lakewood, who believes Moriarty is the victim of a conspiracy. gaged three prominent attorney, and will sit among them at the trial. Mrs. Turner's mutilated body was found 'nearly three ye-rs ago In the woods near her home. A heavy cudgel nearby was the only clew to the mur Ser. Morlarty. arrested on clrcustan tlal evidence, has not ceased to pro test his innocence DISCHARGEDMAN STABS National Biscuit Manager Attacked While on Way to Office. . CHICAGO. Dec. 12. Harry J. Buech ler 31 years -old, 1512 East Sixty-Sixth Btr'eet, manager of the Aldricb bakery of the National Biscuit Company at 526 West Adams street, was stabbed in the left side of the chest at West Adams and South Clinton streets by Benjamin Duff, a discharged employe. Early Sunday morning Mr. Buecnler discharged Duff. Yesterday while on his way to nis office Duff accosted him. He drew a knife stabbed Mr. Buechler and fled. Mr. Buechler fell to the sidewalk and was taken to the office of Dr. A. 8. Park, 122 South Canal street. Later he went to his home. t