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K VOI,. LIV.-XO. 1G,G01. PORTLAND. OREGOX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RAILROAD BUILDING FOR 3000 MEN NEAR One Portland Firm to Employ Army Soon. MARCH 1 IS PROBABLE DATE Coos Bay and Tenino Lines Are Porter Brothers' Contracts. SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED In Addition to Southern Pacific and northern Pacific Activity, Olym pla Connection Will Be Con structed by O.-W. R. & Employment for mors than 3000 men will be provided about March 1 by the operations of a single Portland con cern that of Porter Bros., railroad contractors. Porter Bros, are arranging- to re sume work on the Coos Bay line of the Southern Pacific between Acme and Marshfield and on the Tenino cutoff of the Northern Pacific south of Tacoma. . Both of these projects, which have been under way for several years, have been Idle on account of the Winter rains. About 2500 men will be employed on the Southern Pacific work and about 600 men on the Northern Pacific proj ect. It is planned to complete the Tenino line by September 1 and the Northern Pacific expects to have trains running over the cutoff soon after that time. As a direct result of operations at Tenino the O.-W. R. & N. Company will begin construction of a new line be tween a convenient point on this cutoff and Olympia. Contracts for this work have not been let, but a considerable force of men will be employed. Some Grading Finished. Porter Bros, have contracts for ap proximately 100 miles of the Southern Pacific's Coos Bay line and have been working- on It for two years. Grading on the first 50 miles west of the Not! tunnel was completed last year. As soon as weather conditions per mit, work will be taken up on that por tion of the line between Acme and the northern arm of Coos Bay, which rep resents approximately 60 miles of ad ditional trackage. Some heavy grad ing is necessary on this part of the lino and a. 'large force of men will be employed. Work will be provided for no fewer than 2500 laborers, it is esti mated. A small force of skilled men also will be required. Mmh Work is Expected. "We want to get all the grading be tween the mountains and Coos Bay finished this year," said A. R. Porter yesterday. "With the right kind of weather we ought to get it done. We will engage all the men we can use after we start our work again." It Is the intention of the Southern Pacific to have the Coos Bay road open and ready for operation from Eugene to Marshfield early in 1915. The work from Eugene to the Coast range is com pleted. The tunnel through the moun tains has been driven. Porter Bros., together with Mc Arthur Bros. & Co., of Chicago, are doing all the work west of the mountains. In addition to the grading, much of which is heavy, nearly 12 miles of trestle work Is necessary and sev eral concrete bridges must be built. This latter construction will prevent the road from being opened to use this year. DISMANTLING IS HALTED Mr. IJirrel, With Injunction, Stops Night Work at Cashier Plant. Dismantling of the factory of the United State3 Cashier Company at Ken ton, last night, was halted at 1 o'clock this morning when J. S. Blrrel, plaintiff in the suit asking an accounting of and a receiver for the corporation, obtained n after-hours injunction from Judge Davis and with Sheriff Word rushed to the factory. Two carloads of machinery had been loaded when the Sheriff arrived and stmi';l the operations. Mr. Birrel, late last night, had been advised by telephone from Kenton that a force if nun had been put to work dismantling the factory at 7:30 o'clock. At midnight he had obtained the in junction and called the Sheriff, who, wun several ueputies. served the war rant. TUumas Bilyeu and E. C. Baker, two of the officers of the company, were on the ground, as was also Frank P. King Deputies were left on the scene. WORK ON LOCKS NEARS Easement Issue Not Expected to Re tard Willamette Transfer. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington,' Feb. 6. In the opinion of ex Senator Jonathan Bourne, actual work on the Willamette locks may be started this month. The Federal engineer pro cured today for the Secretary of War the recommendation he reported to the Department of Justice, that the ques tion of the easement on the Willam ette locks would not "interfere with the engineering construction. The Secretary Is expected to sign the report tomorrow, in which case final action authorizing the transfer of title probably would be taken next week. EVIDENCE EATEN BY PRISONERIN COURT SAM MATIXESOX, HOWEVER, HELD OX BAD-CHECK CHARGE Alleged Spurious Instrument Dis appears as Officials and Spec, tators IvooK On. Although he ate the documentary evidence against him while on the wit ness stand, in full view of the court attaches and spectators, according to officials, Sam Matheson was bound over to the grand jury by Municipal Judge Stevenson yesterday on a charge of passing a bad check for $35 at the sa loon of C. D. Elder. Matheson. while testifying In his own behalf, asked to.be allowed to examine the check, retaining It while being questioned by counsel. He was noticed holding his handkerchief to his mouth and Court Clerk Crounse said his jaws were busily working all the while. Later, when Prosecutor Stadter called for the check, the prisoner declared he did not have it. A search failed to reveal the slip and the officers de clared Matheson had eaten it. Matheson, who formerly resided in Portland, has been engaged in Seattle as a contractor. He came to Portland to testify In behalf of Lloyd Frank in the breach of promise suit of Mrs. Gertrude Gerlinger, a few weeks ago. His arrest was on a charge of de frauding the Franklin Hotel more than a year ago, the bad check charge and a charge of defrauding the Portland Hotel, where he lavishly entertained a party of friends, following. MAN, 88, BRIDE, 63, ELOPE Being Treated Like Two Young Lov ers Is Resented. NEW YORK, Feb. G Wlnnlfred H. Nettleton, of Bristol, Conn., the 88-year- old bridegroom who yesterday In Hart ford, Conn., married his 68-year-old secretary, Mary Kelsey Baldwin, laughingly confessed on his arrival In New York today that he and his bride had eloped. "Yes," he said, "we eloped from Mrs. Baldwin's niece. That girl treated us like a couple of 'young lovers who did not quite know their own minds. She did not quite want us to marry, but we fooled her." Nettleton said he had known the bride all her life, but had not quite been able to persuade her to marry him until yesterday. The aged couple will complete their honeymoon in Florida. LOVE ROMANCE IS SHORT Pe Ell Man, Opposed to Divorce, Rushes South to Greet Newly-weds.. CENTRALI A, Wash- Feb. 6 (Spe cial.) W. C. Yeomans, a prominent Pe' EU mill man who was apprised earlier in the week of the marriage of his daughter, Edith, to Leo Rosenfeld, a wealthy Chicago chemist, the marriage taking place in Honolulu after a 24- hour acquaintanceship, left for San irancisco yesterday upon learning of further details In his daughter's matri monial whirl. It now develops, according to word received here,- that Mrs. Rosenfeld has changed her mind, and la seeking to have her marriage to Rosenfeld an nulled. It Is understood that the girl's father Is opposed to a divorce. ARTICLES OF WAR REVISED Bill Favorably Reported. Reduces Number of Capital Offenses. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Revision of the articles ot war to extend jurisdic tion of courtmartial and reduce the number of capital offenses was nm- posed today in a Senate bill favorably reported by the military committee. Capital offenses would be reduced from five to three in time of peace and from 15 to 12 in time of war. Death sentence, however, would be mandatory for only one offense the spy and two-thirds of a court must support a death penalty. The statute of limita tion would be changed to conform to other laws of the United States. PAINTING BRINGS $700,000 H. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, Buys "Sniall-Cowpcr Madonna." NEW YORK, Feb. 6. It was an nounced tonight that the "Small-Cow-per Madonna," also known as the "Hanshanger Raphael," had been bought by II. A. B. Widener, of Phila delphia, at a price in excess of $700,000. When the picture changed owners last in London, the purchase price was given as $500,000. The picture is only 24 by 17 inches in dimensions and was painted about 1505 at Florence when Raphael was in the first flush of enthusiasm for his art. It is said to represent the most gracious and delicate technique of the great master. 100 TO SPEAK ON ROADS House Begins Night Sessions for Shackleford Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. With more than 100 members listed for speeches, the House tonight held its first of a series of three night sessions to de bate the Shackleford good roads bill. Representative' Shackleford. of Mis souri, opened the discussion, outlining the project. He explained that the bill proposed a maximum of $25,000,000 of Federal appropriations, allotments to be conditioned upon equal local appro rlations, the expenditures to be on a graded scaie, ranging In three classes, from $15 a mile for dirt roads to $60 a mile for macadam roads. ENTHUSIASM MARKS III I! Y. M. C A SESSION Tri-State Meeting At Vancouver Busy. HOOD RIVER MAN PRESIDENT Preliminary Gathering of Of ficers Held in Portland. COMMITTEES CITE GROWTH Membership and Property Gains in Oregon, Washington and. Idaho Made in Year Boy Scouts Act as Escorts. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 6 (Spe cial.) Unbounded enthusiasm marked the opening here today of the trl-state convention of the Young Men's Chris tion Associations of Washington, Idaho and Oregon. ' The first session was called to order at 2:30 o'clock In the First Presbyterian Church. While only 150 delegates were present, this num ber was swelled to 200 before night, and by tomorrow 300 delegates and others are expected to be present. Leslie Butler, of Hood River, was elected chairman of the permanent or ganization at the night session; Dr. E. T. Mathes, president of the State Nor mal School at Belllngham, was elected first vice-president and chairman of the Washington section; Dr. H. B. Leonard, of Eugene, was chosen chairman of the Oregon section; W. B. Dudley, of North Yakima, was elected vice-president of the Washington section. The secre taries appointed are O. V. Bradley, of Caldwell, Idaho, for Oregon and Idaho, and O. C. Lovgren, of Hoquiam, for Washington. Boy Scouts Escorts. St Luke's Boy Scouts met at the church under the leadership of Rev. E. B. Collier, escorted the delegates to various homes in the city, answered many questions and ran errands. At the invitation of the Portland Y. M. C. A. the officers of the North west associations held a meeting in tha auditorium of the Portland Y. M. C. A. building In the morning, which was preliminary to the convention. F. D. Downs, of Tacoma, led the song service and devotions. Ralph C. Goodwin, of San Francisco, outlined the plan of how the association in San Francisco wlll.be able to care for boys sent there In 1915 to see the fair. H W. Stone, of Port land, told of the work being done In Colorado, New Mexico and Oregon. Fred B. Smith spoke on '"Personal Standards for the Employed Officer." A trip (Concluded on Page 2.) i LNDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 85 degrees: minimum, 28 degrees. TODAYS Unsettled, with light rain or snow flurries; variable -winds, mostly southerly. r Foreign. Militants split when effort to drop radical militancy is begun, and Sylvia Pankhurst goes with ultra-revolutionists. Page 1. Mexico City garrison turned out on rumor of coup d'etat Page 4. Bluejackets landed In Cape Haltlen to pro tect all foreigners. Page 4. National. - War Department opposes sea-going dredge, but Oregon Senators will continue fight. Fa go 2. Men responsible for New Haven railway's fi nances denounced In Senate. Page 2. President In letter condemns tolls exemption. Page 1. . Domestic. Discs defense Is girl knew who he was and is mora than 21. Paga 3. Mrs. Mary Scott Harlje secretly married to son's clium.. Page 5. California officials burn contraband drugs and paraphernalia valued . at $2-5,000. Page 2. Negroes buy steamship to aid back-to-Afrlca movement. Page 1. . , Pacific Northwest. ' State Commission puts street railway fran chise up to city. Page 12. Gold strike Is made at Canyon Mountain properties. Page 12. Enthusiasm marks opening of trl-state con vention of Y. M. C. A. Page 1. " Northwest's record cold spell of Winter la broken. Page 5. Mad dog scatters diners In grill at Baker , and bites one. Page 12. Lebanon greets farming experts. Page T. Sports. Harry Krause says second contract not sat- factory, either. Page 6. Tinker says Kansas City will be among strongest teams in outlaw league. Page 6. Giants-Sox on world tour fall Into net of money pirates of Orient. Page 6. Ohio boxing commission's new rules find fauur. Page T. Commercial and Marine. Early wool buyers confident of good market. Page 17. Wheat higher at Chicago on blizzard danger. Page 17. Stock prices sag In absence of new develop ments. Page 17. Further evidences of reviving; business ac tivity. - Page 17. . Steamer Beaver brings 14 cars of oranges from south. Page 16. Royal Mai! eauallzes Portland-European rate with Puget Sound. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Affidavit of late Judge KUlln must be basis of Proebstel suit, rules Judge McGinn. Page IS. Lincoln students present "AX Midsummer Night's Dream. Page 13. Sleepers startled when "row of telephone poles fall. Page 16. Three thousand men soon to be used In railway building. Page 1. Prisoner declared to have eaten evidence against him. Page 1. Opening of Oregon street to cause changes In streetcar routings. Page 10. Daughter of wealthy Arizona Ice manufac turer missing from Portland. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Hill railroads lease offices in new Pittock building. Page 11. William Hanley, of Burns, to run for United States Senator as independent. Page 4. BANK CLEARINGS INCREASE Portland Gain for Week 5.5 Per Cent Compared With 1013 Period. February has started In with a de cided upward stride as far as' bank clearings are concerned. Clearings for the week ended Thursday were $10, 473,000, an increase of 5.5 per cent over the corresponding week a year ago. Clearings in the country at large were $105,000 000 greater than they were last year at this time. Seattle is the only other Pacific Coast city that registered a gain. The in crease there was 5.4 per cent. HERE'S SOMETHING EASY. BOYS. WLSO CONDEMNS TOLLS EXEMPTION TreatyClearly Violated, Says President. POLICY IS DECLARED MISTAKE Debate as to Point of Honor Is Declined. BRYAN IS WARMLY PRAISED Secretary Commended, for "Justice, Transparent Integrity, Christian Principle, Tact, Capacity" and Other Qualities. BALTIMORE, Feb. 6. President Wil son, in a letter to Wrllllam L. Marbury, of this city, which will be published in the Baltimore Sun tomorrow, says tha.t the exemption of American coast wise ships from Panama Canal tolls "constitutes a very mistaken policy from every point of view and benefits for the present, at any rate, only- a monopoly." The President also pays a high tribute to Secretary of State Bryan. The letter follows: "White House, Washington, Feb. G, 1914. My dear Mr. Marbury: I have your letter of January 30 . . . With regard to tho question of canal tolls, my opinion is very clear. The exemp tion constitutes a very mistaken policy from every point of view. It econom ically Is unjust; as a matter of fact It benefits for the present at any rate only a monopoly, and it seems to be In clear violation of the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Debate Is Declined. "There is, of course, much honest dif ference of opinion as to the last point, as there is no doubt, as to the others, but it is at least debatable and if the promises we made in such matters are debatable I, for one, do not care to debate them. I think the country would prefer to lot no question to arise as to its wholehearted purpose to redeem its promises In the light of any reason able construction of them, rather, than debate a point of honor. Hrynn's Tact Praised. "Tour reference to the Secretary of State shows how comprehensively we have been looked on during the last few months. Not only have, Mr. Bryan's character, his justice, his sincerity, his transparent integrity and his Christian principle made a deep impression upon all with whom he has dealt; but his tact in dealing with men of many sorts, his capacity for business, his mastery of the principles of each matter he has (Concluded on Page 2.) NEGROES BUY SHIP FOR AFRICAN TRIP SOUTHERN- STATES CLUB WILL COLONIZE GOLD COAST. Aetna! Money Is Paid and Another Vessel Is Promised if Adventur ers Are Industrious. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. (Special.) The back to Africa movement started by "Chief Sam" among the negroes of the South and Southwest, took definite form today, when the Akim Trading Com pany, of which "Chief Sam" Is the head, bought a 3400-ton steamship, the Curl tyba, which will be used to carry ne gro colonists back to the Gold Coast of Africa. "Chief Sam" is known In this coun try as Alfred C. Sam. He describes himself as a chief of the Akim tribe of the Gold Coast of Africa. A, E. Smith, general manager of the trading company, said today that 125 clubs have been organized among the negroes of Oklahoma. Texas and Mis sissippi. Each member has paid $25 and this entitles him to a free passage to the Gold Coast and a certain piece of ground in the new colony. Sam Is reported on the way with more than 100 of his new colonists en route here, where lUis proposed to em bark them oh the vessel and take them to Galveston, where the main body of the colonists will embark. The officers of the line said that the Curityba had been sold to the Akim Trading Company for approximately $100,000, which had been paid In four Installments of actual cash, and the ship was delivered Wednesday. If the colonists are thrifty and in dustrious, another vessel will be bought and put. into the same service, carrying the products to whichever port offers the best market and returning with any negroes who may wish to join the colony, say the backers of the scheme. W. R. SCOTT IN CALVIN'S JOB Southern Pacific Announces Xew Vice-President Formally. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. The ap pointment of W. R. Scott, general man ager of the Southern Paclllc Company. Pacific system, to succeed E. E. Calvin as vice-president in charge of main tenance, operation and construction, was made here tonight by the com pany. Mr. Scott will assume his" new duties at once, retaining his former official title, and adding to it that of vice-president. Mr. Calvin resigned a short time ago to become general man ager of the Oregon Short Line. Like his predecessor, Mr. Scott Is a self-made railroad man, who started in the engine cab and worked up. He began as a fireman In 18S1. and ascended the ladder of success through the various stages of engineer, travel ing engineer, trainmaster, superintend ent, general superintendent and gen eral manager. GRAIN BUREAU PROVIDED Agricultural Bill to Include Appro priation for Portland. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 6. Representative Hawley today secured the adoption of a pro vision in the agricultural bill appro priating $12,000 for the establishment of a grain standardization bureau and laboratory in Portland in accordance with the recommendations of Oregon farmers and grain dealers. In the same bill he secured the ap propriation of $5000 to continue experi ments with clearing logged-off lands. BOND ISSUE IN PROSPECT Southern Pacific Stockholders to Have First Chance at $54,000,000. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. (Special.) An announcement will be made next week, according to a report in Wall street today, of an offering of $51,000,000 of Southern Pacific 5 per cent convertible bonds to stockholders of the road. Stockholders will have the right to subscribe to the new bonds to the ex tend of 20 per cent of their holdings. "JEAN LA BONTA" INDICTED Confessed Mali ltobbcr and $40,000 Eorger Wants Quick Penalty. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Clyde Kaufman, alias Jean LaBonta, was in dicted by the Federal grand Jury here today on six counts for robbing the mails. In a confession after a recent arrest he admitted several mail rob beries and said he had obtained $10,000 within a year by passing forged checks. Investigation led the police to doubt the check part of his story. TURKISH WOMEN TO LEARN University to Admit Fair Sex for Hy giene, Woman's Rights Talks. LONDON, Feb. 7. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Constantinople announces that a decision has been reached to admit Turkish women to the university. Special lectures on hygiene, gynae cology, domestic economy, science and women's . rights will be delivered for their benefit. NOBILITY REACHES DENVER Lord and Lady Decles Leave Tomor row for Salt Lake. ' DENVER, Feb. 7. Lord and Lady Decies arrived here yesterday on their tour of the West. They plan to leave 1 at midnight Sunday for Salt Lake City. . From. there they will proceed to San Francisco and Los Angeles. MILITANTS TIRE OF HOLS' TACTICS Effort to Drop Militancy Splits Ranks. SYLVIA PANKHURST SECEDES Ultra - Revolutionary Federa tion Chosen by Rebel. EXILE CHAFES CHRISTABEL One Daughter of Leader Would Keep Up Lawlessness, While Other, Be lieving Cause Is Being Hurt, Leans to Peaceful Ways. LONDON. Feb. 6 Miss Sylvia Pank hurst, daughter of tho militant suf fragette leader, announced today her secession from the Woman's Social and Political Union, the militant women's organization. The East End of London Federation, which hitherto has been a branch of the parent organization, will henceforth be entirely Independent ' The rift among the militant suf fragettes Is said to be duo to Miss Syl via Pankhurst's ultra-revolutionary as pirations, which the leaders of the Wo men's Social and Political Union are beginning to believe are damaging their cause. hrintnh-l Tires of Kxile. Reports of dissensions in the inner circles ot tho militant organization in volving tho Pankhurst triumvirate have been in circulation for some time. According to these, Christabel Tank hurst desires to end her long exile in Paris and return to London and take control of the organization, for it ia doubtful If her mother, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhur8t, who Is in Switzerland, will be well enough for some months to re uume her duties of commander-in-chief. But Christabel, the reports say, de sires to come back under conditions that will not necessitate frequent terms of imprisonment for her under the "cat and mouse" act. Therefore, It Is said, she wants militancy dropped. In this stand she has the support of many of the older members of the organization, who believe that continuance of mili tant tactics will bo Injurious to the cause. Some Gloat Over Fend. Sylvia Pankhurst, on the other hand, is not prepared to abandon militancy until she has fully tested the fighting capacity of her "people's army," with which she is credited as believing she can start a revolution that will force the government to enfranchise women. Several of the younger and more am bitious members of the Women's (Social and Political Union view with uncon cealed satisfaction the Pankhurst feud, believing that it will end the autocratic sway tho I'ankhursts have exercised over the society since Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pethick Lawrence vert driven out of it last year. RUSSIA CHECKS DRINKING Council of L'mpire Adopts More Drastic Iiegulutlons. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 6. The Council of the Empire adopted drastlo clauses today to the bill for the regu lation of the sale of alcohol. The new clauses prohibit the sale of . spirits in towns between 11 o'clock at night and o'clock in the morning and after 6 o'clock in the evening In country dis- I tricts. They prohibit the sale of liquors in several public establishments in cluding government offices, refreshment rooms in theaters, concert halls and moving picture shows and In public gardens. Count Serge Witte. ex-Premier, re cently made a dramatic appeal to the Council of the Empire to stop the con sumption of spirits, which, he declared, was leading Russia to ruin. BUSHEL AS STANDARD HIT Western Fruit Jobbers Would Make Cental Itecognized Measure. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 6. Abolition of the bushel and the use of the cental or 100-pound measure in its place was ad vocated at today's session of the con vention of the Western Fruit Jobbers' Association here. Opponents of the bushel said It was deceptive because it varied In volume In different states. In measuring onions. It was pointed out, that the Indiana law says 48 pounds ofonion constitute a bushel, while a legal bushel of onions In Illinois is 57 pounds. A Federal law providing the general use of the cental was proposed. JOHN D. QUITS CLEVELAND Journey Begun Day Before Time for Listing Property Expires. CLEVELAND. Feb. 6 John D. Rock efeller left here today for Tarrytown, N. T. Tomorrow Is the last day al lowed under the Ohio law for him to list his personal property fcr taxation. Whether this fact had anything to do with his departure could not be learned. Mr. Rockef-ller has been In Cleve land all Winter because, of his sisterv in-lay' Illness. 1