T PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. LIU. NO. 16,565. . . FOUR STATES WANT CE Washington, Idaho and Montana Give Aid. CAMPAIGN FOR PORTLAND ISO Country Bankers and Commer ciaf Bodies Add Support. GOOD EFFECT IS EXPECTED Organization Committee of New Cur. rencjr System Will Be Flooded With Requests to Choose This City as Location. Portland bankers and commercial or ganizations are conducting an active campaign to make this city one of the regional reserve centers, as provided by the newly-enacted currency bill. Every commercial body In Oregon and many in Washington and Idaho ars co-operating with Portland In further Ing this ambition. If a regional bank is established In .the Northwest, Portland doubtless will be selected. It generally is conceded that at least one bank will be located on the Pacific Coast probably at San Francisco. The organization committee, of the Federal reserve board, consisting of the Secre tary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Agriculture, has power to designate the number and the location of the re gional banks. There shall be so more than 11 and no fewer than eight. The Controller of the Currency is another ex-offtclo member of the organisation committee, but since L. O. Murray resigned a year ago that office has not been filled. Congressmen Are Werklng. The Oregon delegation In Congress gives assurance that It Is sparing no forts to have Portland selected. They re Impressing upon the proper officials the claims of Portland as a financial center and are pointing out Its favor able geographical position. Menwhlle the commercial organiza tions are adding the weight of their ap peals to the arguments of the Oregon Congressmen. Supplementing the telegrams sent by Edgar B. Piper, president of the Com mercial Club, to Senators Chamberlain and Lane on Thursday, the various organizations connected with the Ore gon Development League are sending appeals direct to the Secretaries of the Treasury and Agriculture. The bankers in various cities and towns of Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana will be urged today to enlist in the support of Portland, as It will be to their own advantage to have Portland designated. A special meeting of the Portland Clearing-House Association will be held probably this afternoon, at which plans for further action will be outlined. The Clearing-House will be urged to request every bank In the four Northwestern states to recommend Portland's supe rior merits to the officials at Wash ington. Faverable Effect Likely. This united support of the principal commercial agencies not only in Port land but of other cities in Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana, it la confidently believed, will have the de sired favorable effect with the organ ization commute In response to the message received yesterday from the president of the Commercial Club. Senator Chamberlain last night telegraphed as follows: I have been doing and will continue to ,1o all In my power to secure the es tablishment of a regional reserve bank at Portland. The Secretaries of the Treasury and Agriculture probably will fasue a statement tonight or tomorrow showing conditions which will govern their actions in this matter. I have an appointment to confer with the Secretary of the Treasury, and then will advise you." C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Ore gon Development League, last nlgM telegraphed to the several commercial bodies In the state affiliated with the league to send messages direct to the Secretaries of the Treasury and Agri culture 'urging Portland's claims the logical banking center of the Pa cific Northwest." Floe of Appeals enl. Other appeals will go forth by mail today. By the first of the week it Is expected a flood of telegrams and let ters will pour onto the desks or the two officials. But this campaign Is only prelim inary to- the final contest that will be waged in February. Advice was received here yesterday from Washington that Secretary Mc Adoo and Secretary Houston, of the Treasury and Agricultural departments, respectively, will conduct a series of hearings on the Coast early in Feb ruary. Tbey will visit Los Angeles. San Francisco. Portland and Seattle, successively, and will listen to the respective claims of each city. It is understood that Seattle and Fpokane ara each making some efforts to secure a regional bank. It Is certain that there will not be a bank at each place. The support of the country banks In the State of Washington Is divided. Many banks and commercial bodies in the northern state are pledg ing their support to Portland. The officials at the National capital Indicate that political Influences will not b considered either In the dete ' Concluded oa Pag Z 1 NTRALBANKHEH CARDINAL'S BLACK BOX STILL GONE ItAMPOLXA S WILL AND OTHER PAPERS THOUGHT STOLEN. Since Body Was Prepared for Coffin, Mystery of Disappearance Has Not Been Lightened. ROME. Dec 26. All the evidence thus far adduced concerning the black box which was taken from the room of Cardinal Rampolla the day he aiea tends to show the cardinal was fearful that it would be tampered with. The box. which is believed by some persons to have contained the last will and testament and other papers of Cardi nal Rampolla, was placed under his pil low by the cardinal the day be was forced to take to his bed with the ill ness that shortly afterward caused his death. Soon after the cardinal passed away and while the body was being movea from the bed to be prepared for the coffin, the black box fell to the floor. Some person picked it up and laid it on the cardinal's writing desk. Since that time all is a mystery concerning the box. No one can be found wno nas seen It. Whether It dlsappearea peiore, our- ina- or after the stream of people were admitted to the death chamber to view the body of Cardinal Rampolla is not known. Hone is still entertained that the per sons who appropriated the box are not Interested in the suppression or me Cardinal's will, but carried the casket away in the belief that It contained valuables and will return the useless papers. Negotiations are pending neiween me various heirs of the late Cardinal to see whether they can reach an agreement for a division of the estate under the will executed by Cardinal Rampolla in 1889. POSTMASTERS ARE NAMED Fourth-Class Offices Filled by Ap pointment and Reappointment. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec 26. Fourth-class postmas ters have been appointed in Oregon as follows: v.-. t Ttarnea. Barnesdale, vice Frank Barnes, superseded: Ward G Anderson. Hemlock, vice L. L. Crook, resigned: Lee Manning. Maplewood, Multnomah County, new office; Cather- ne D. Crater, Neskowin, vice J. W. vr. auoersedea: llanos n. oam.iv. Ketarts. vice J. A. Biggs, removed t.i-i FL Fletcher. Pine Grove, vice Maude Warner, resigned; Elva B. At kinson, Sand Lake, vice Eddie R. Hayes. superseded; Everett E. Parker, womb, W R Robeaee. euperseaea. Te following Oregon postmasters .... mannolnted: Gustaf E. Forsberg, Cherry Grove; Mrs. Augusta L Peter son, Elsie; Albert HUL Hamlet; George E. Harrlll, Melville; n&rico o. J vc J nolds. Mountalndale; Herman Ahlers, Necanicum; William Redberg, Oretown; r.i.ki T Edmunds. Pacific City; Mrs. Jennie C. Chapman, Rowe; Matthew J. McCormick. West woouDura; r i w McLcna Wilholt: James r: xiee her. Wilson; John A. Carter, Wells. MYERS READY FOR PHONES Postmaster Says He Had No Trouble With Parcel Post. With all Christmas business cleaned d. Tostmaster Myers, undismayed at whatover may be required of his of fice by the enlargement of the postal ..r-.tr-. .ven to the taking over of the telephone and telegraph lines, last night sent the following telegram to Postmaster-General Burleson at Wash ington: "Tis the day after the first parcel. rnt Christmas and all tnrougn me Portland postofflce conditions are nor maL Employes or 20 years say we passed through the Christmas period with less confusion and are better rleaned uo than ever before. All rec- cords broken for Increased business. "We are ready for the 50-pound limit on the parcel post and as soon as our new eight-story postofflce building is completed will be ready for the tele phone and telegraph." MAZAMAS ARE OFF TO SKI Party Leaves Today to Frolic on Elopes of Mount Hood. A party of nearly SO Mazamas will leave this morning for oovernment Camp, where they will enjoy the first ski outing of the season among the snows of Mount Hood. They will leave from First and Alder street at 7:30, nd from Bull Run will stage to Rhodo dendron, where they will pass the first Ight out. Tomorrow they will make side trips to points of Interest In the surrounding country, and Monday and Tuesday will be passed at Government Camp. E. Coleman. Government guide, will escort the party. New Tear will be celebrated back at Rhododendron Wednesday night, and on Thursday the party will return to Portland. COLD WAVE SWEEPS BAKER Temperature 1 Degrees and Drift ing Snow Threatens Traffic. BAKER, Or.. Dec 36. (Special) Snow which has been virtually continu ous for almost a week, ended late last Ight. and a alight thaw began today. which ended suddenly at sunset. Then cold wind sprang up from the foot hills to the west of town, and by clock It became bitter cold, with the temperature at about 10 degrees above sero and the wind piercing; The wind and cold weather started the snow drifting and railroad offi cials tonight said that there was real danger of a renewed tleup of traffic due to the drifts on the tracks In the mountains ja tb east, . BRYAN BLUNDERS IN CHOICEPEJiiAT Wilson Led to Name Savage Critic. EMBARRASSING LETTER OUT G. Fred Williams' Opinion of President Unflattering. BRYAN KNEW IS BELIEF Massachusetts Man Chosen for Min ister to Greece Presents Embar rassing Difficulty Since Cat Got Out of Bag. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec 26. William Jennings Bryan Is each day becoming a heavier handicap on the Wilson Administration, but the President has given no public indication of disapproval of the premier of his Cabinet. There is considerable speculation, however, as to whether the relations between President Wilson and Secre tary Bryan are really as cordial today as when the Administration came into power. President's Friends Uneasy. If President Wilson is not worried over the blunders of Bryan, many of his experienced political friends are grow ing decidedly uneasy, and there is no disguising the fact that a general sigh jt relief would go up among progres sive Democrats if some way could be found of retiring Mr .Bryan from the Cabinet. Thus far there is not the slightest inkling that Mr. Bryan In tends to retire, or that the President wishes him to retire. That situation only serves to add to the concern of those Democrats who regard Bryan as a menace to the Administration and to the party. The list of Bryan blunders is too long and too well known to need recounting, but -a striking illustration of the .mis takes in Judgment made by the Secre tary of State is shown In the recent nomination of George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, to be Minister to Greece. This appointment was made on the ur gent recommendation - of Secretary Bryan and is attributed solely to Bry an's Influence. The fact that Will iams was nominated is the best Indica tion of Bryan's strength and influence with the President, for Williams Is a man with a record, and his record for the most part is public. Williams Letter Embarrassing. George Fred Williams has always been an ardent Bryanlte. He supported and worked for Bryan back in 1896 when Bryan was running on a free sil ver platform,' and when the East strongly arrayed Itself against the Concluded on Page 3.) n m AW I I LNDEX4F TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4 degrees; minimum, 36 degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair; easterly winds. - ForeigB. Mystery of Cardinal Rampolla's will deeper than ever. Face 1. National ' ' President Wilson directs putting out of tire in south shore mansion. Page 2. " SInnott proposes alternative tor homestead cultivation bill, page 2. Bryan blunder In selecting diplomat may embarrass Administration, page 1. American Consuls to protect Japanese In Mexico. Page a. Domestic. Ninety-mile gale blows on Atlantic Coast. Page 1. Embassy attache reprimanded for not obey ing orders, page a. Crowd gathered to get look at Bostlck dis persed by police. t Page IX. Frisco receivers authorised to sue officials for restitution. Page 2. Dollar bearing date of 1S04 and other older coins are excavatea at xsew Haven, conn. Page 3. Prioru. T-r vnvnr rtpnorted from Calumet for blamino- fatal panic to citizens of ' town, - Page 1. Sport. Federal Lea cue seeks Higginbotham and Kraop. Page 14. Joe Tinker has conference with Federal League president. Page 14. "Gunboat" Smith la betting favorite over Arthur Felkey. page i. "Bill" Dahlen only one case In example, says ilatty. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Guards watch over teody of late Asabel Bush to prevent its theft, page -i. Commercial and Marine. American brewers yet to be supplied with hops. Page 15. Brilliant crop prospects weaken wheat prices at Chicago. Page 15. Stocks continue to advance with Reading in lead. Page 15. Better feeling prevails In commercial circles. . Page 15. Portland shippers pay tribute to M. Senda and Japanese House. Page fi. Portland and Vicinity. Selection of engineer for interstate bridge under consideration. Page 11 Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. License Inspector being Investigated on graft charges, page lu. Police Chief urges substations and munici pal ambulance. Page 11. Four states aid Portland in effort to get regional bank. Page 1 Dr. David S. Bomgardner and Miss Lena Malone married on Christmas day. Page 10. RIVER ICE THIN; TWO DEAD Twelve-Year-Old Lads , Drown Be fore Eyes of Hundred Powerless. GRAND LEDGE, Mich, Dec. 26. Elmer McDaniels and Harold Sackett, each 12 years old. were drowned In the Grand River tonight. The stream was frozen over for the first time this Win ter and the lads ventured on the Ice, which was too thin to support them. With 100 persons powerless to help watching from the river banks, ona of the lads struggled 19 minutes trying to' crawl upon the broken edge of the ice. T. R. COLLECTS ANIMALS President of Brazil Hears From Colonel as to His Progress. KIO JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec 26. Marshal Hermes Rodriguez da Fonseca, president of Brazil, received a telegram today from Colonel Theodore Roose velt, who is now gathering zoological specimens in the State of Mattogrosso, announcing that the naturalists of the expedition had secured a splendid col lection of animals. Colonel Roosevelt also highly praised the work of Colonel Rondon. one of the members or' the Brazilian expedi tion which Is accompanying the party. MAYOR DEPORTED B! CALUMET CITIZENS People Resent Charge of Panic Blame. VICTIMS ARE BITTER IN GRIEF Sum of $25,000 Proffered by People Is Refused. ONLY UNION AID WANTED Prosecutor Is Convinced Man Who Cried "Fire" Wore No Insignia. Door Guarded Against Ad mission of Outsiders. CALUMET. Mich, (Dec. 26. Charles H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was put on a train and sent out of the copper strike district tonight. The deportation was the direct re sult of refusal of families stricken by the Christmas eve disaster here to accept relief from a committee, the majority of whose members belonged to the Citizens Alliance, an organiza tion combatting the five-months' strike of the federation. At the meeting of the relief com mittee tonight it was said that the federation had forbidden Its members to accept any portion of the $25,000 raised for relief of the panic victims. A section of the committee thereupon was delegated to confer with President Moyer of the federation. Retraction Is Demanded. They arranged a .meeting with Mr. Moyer at Hancock, at which the Citi zen's Alliance men told the union ex ecutive that his attitude was against all dictates of humanity. They de manded that he retract statements credited to him that the cry of "fire" which started the panic causing the deaths of 72 persons was raised by a member of the Alliance. - Moyec it- was said,..re.fused to .make a retraction satisfactory to the com mittee. A short time later he and John Tanner, of California, an organ izer for the federation, were observed on a streetcar going from Hancock to Houghton. Just acress the bridge connecting the two towns, and distant about 400 feet from the structure, is the station of the Copper Range Railroad. There It was noticed that Moyer and his com panion boarded a train bound for Chi cago. They were accompanied Dy three men who seemed to be guard ing them, although there was no vis ible demonstration of force or coercion. Departnre Is Unexpected. That Meyer's departure was unex pected was evidence by the fact that he had engagements for tomorrow with (Concluded on page s.j 1 ' II MEN AWAIT GHOULS AT TOMB qF BUSH ATTEMPT TO STEALBODY FOR RANSOM IS FEARED. Family Guards Against Raid lake That Made on Burial Place of Late W. S. Ladd. SALEM, Or.. Dec 26 (Special.) Relatives of the late Asahel Bush.vmil lionaire banker, fearing an attempt might be made by ghouls to steal the body and hold it for ransom, as was done with the body of Mr. Bush's for mer partner, W. S. "Ladd, of Portland, are having the burial place guarded day and night. The body is in the E. V. Cooke vault in Oddfellows' Ceme tery. Announcement was made tonight that the body would be guarded until Mount Crest Abbey mausoleum in City View Cemetery is compleetd, where it will have final resting place, unless the family shouid carry out a plan being considered to have a private vault erected. A tent was pitched at the E. T. Cook vault immediately after the body was placed in it, after the funeral last Wednesday, and a man was left there to stand watch. A tent house was built later in the afternoon and two men were assigned to duty at night. The builder of the Mausoleum in City View Cemetery thinks it will be finished in about a month. It will be of suf ficient strength not to necessitate having the body guarded there. The body of Mr. Ladd was stolen in the early '90s from a cemetery in Port land and was taken up the Willam ette River in a boat to a point called the Bend, below Oregon City. It was hidden in the timber where it remained until the Chief of Police of Oregon City obtained a clew to Its whereabouts. It was declared that four men were im plicated in the theft, and one is said to have confessed that their object was to obtain a large sum of money for its ransom. STRIKE .FUND EXHAUSTED Philadelphia Garment Workers Will Take Vote on Res anting Work- PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 26. The garment workers who have been on strike in this city since July 15, were notified at a mass meeting today that the treasury of their union was empty and no further strike benefits could be paid. It was decided to take a vote tomorrow to determine whether to return to work Monday. More than $300,000 has been expended by the strikers, it was stated, since the beginning- of the trouble. Tne only money remaining in the treasury last week was appuea to iurnisning iuvu bail for five men held in connection with the shooting ot a nonunion worker. In spite of the efforts of the Fed eral Department of Labor the Manu facturers' Association has refused to treat with the strikers as an organi zation, declaring the workers will have to deal with their former employers individually. DESERTIONS ON INCREASE Major-General Carter Makes Report ' on "Unpalatable Facts." CHICAGO, Dec-26. ?The number of deserters in the second division of the United Sttaes Army, including those ap prehended and punished, is greater than the number of reservists in the division, according to the annual report of MaJor-General William H. Carter, made public today. The report said that in one quarter there were only i57 men still available for the reserve, out of a total of 91 separated from the service in thA nArind. Of the desertions, Major-General Car ter wrote: "These are unpalatable facts and are recited only that those engaged in the problems of creating a reserve may have the benefit of the experience of this division. "M0NA LISASALE TRIED pruiHH. Tells Judee Ho Offered Stolen Painting to Morgan. ROME, Dec. 26. Vincenzo Perugia, In whose possession the police of Flor ence recently found the famous paint ing "Mona Lisa." was examined today by the Magistrate who is Investigating the case. The prisoner said he had tried to sell the "Mona Lisa," to a rep resentative of the late J. Plerpont Morgan and also had offered the por trait to various dealers in London, Paris and Naples. Perugia's statements amazed the magistrate, who declared it was re markable that none of the dealers had notified the police. TACOMA PLANS WHITE WAY Commission Appropriates $35,124 to Install Lighting System. TACOMA. Wash., Dec 26. (Special.) Tacoma's business section Is to have a luminous arc white way system to re place the common arc and Incandescent strings as soon as the equipment can be installed. The City Commission plans to make the business district second to no city in the brilliancy of its lighting at night. An ordinance was passed by the Com mission today appropriating $35,124 for the work. The city light department will do the work of removing the pres ent lighting system and putting in the new one. All poles will be removed from the business streets. Wellesley's President Coming West. WELLESLEY. Mass., Dec. 26. Miss Ellen Fitzpendleton, president of Wel lesler College, started for the Pacific Coast today to seek assistance among Western graduates toward raising $1, 000,000 endowment fund. President Fitzpendleton will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco. Portland. Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver and Omaha. ATLANTIC IS LASHED BY 90-MILE GALE Crews of Two Barges Given Up as Lost. SUMMER RESORTS WRECKED Million Dollars' Damage Done Along New Jersey Coast. SNQW DEEP NEAR ALBANY Record of 18 Inches Is Set at White hall, Jf. Y. Two Men Frozen to Deatji in Pennsylvania. Mines Shut Down. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. Two men drowned in East River and ten men the crews of two barges, wrecked on the New Jersey coast, given up as lost is the cost in human lives of the storm which swept over this city and this vi cinity early today. At Seabrlght, N. J., a fashionable Summer resort 30 miles south of here, most of the houses have been either wrecked or are under water. Several hotels and fine residences were among those undermined and badly damaged. Seventy families are homeiess. Ninety-Mile Gale Blows. The damage done to property Is esti mated at $1,000,000, most at it borne by Seabrlght and other points along the northern section of the New Jersey coast. Most of the damage was due to bulkheads giving away under the on slaught of waves lashed into fury by a gale which at one time reached a ve locity of 90 miles an hour. The two three-masted barges whose crews have been given up as lost were in tow of the seagoing tug Edgar F. Luckenbacb. While the storm was at Its worst the barges broke away and then drifted inshore midway between the lifesaving stations 15 and 16, six miles south of Seaside Park, N. J. Only the masts of one of the barges was. visible this morning and on it was the form of a man. Both mast and man soon disappeared. . Ltfeaavers Find No Survivors. Heroic efforts on the part of the life- saving crews have failed so far to re veal a single survivor of the wreck. The tug was reported safe In port late to night. The two men drowned were longshoremen, whose boat was caught in the storm and swamped. Bulkheads were smashed, tons oi lumber were washed up on the beach and other damage was caused by the storm which raged around Atlantic City. The five miles of meadows be tween the city and the mainland re sembled a turbulent sea all day. The tide was three feet above normal. Hail, snow and rain fell. At Margate City several cottages were undermined but were saved from destruction by hard work of residents. Snow Heavy at Albany. A heavy snow fell today in depths varying from five to 18 inches through out this part of the state. In this city about five inches fell. but the record mark was set in White hall and 14 inch'es had fallen in Glens Falls by noon. Nine inches of snow was reported, from Johnstown. Electric and steam transportation lines suf fered as a result. Death and heavy property damage resulted in Eastern Pennsylvania. Michael Clark, an inmate of the Schuy kill County almshouse, and Dennis Mc- Fadden, a farmer, were found frozen to death today in snow drifts near Pottsville. High wind, heavy snow and low tem peratures at Reading and Hazelton demoralized wire communication and seriously delayed trolley and railroad traffic. All First Pages of Annual I 1U W1U1 First pages of all special sec tions of The Oregonian Annual will be printed in color and will be verv attractive. Two back pages, one a Portland J building view and the other the latest photographs of the I Panama f!anal. will also ho in color. The series of first pages is one of the finest that The Oregonian has prepared for any edition. The same high-class work will prevail throughout the pictorial features.. The Portland picture section is a remarkable collec tion of illustrations, while the industrial and shipping views AXC IUC i iirr.M, UULAJliauiC, 111. . two-page map of the Columbia I Kiver Basin is comprehensive J and correct in detail. J Altogether the Annual will a fnake a great showing of devel- opment in Oregon. If sent to friends in other states it will J serve as an introduction to a commonwealth in which prog ress is the watchword and op portunity gpelled in capital let ters. An order blank for the An nual is printed in today's paper. rm 108.0