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THE MORNING OREGOXIAIf. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1915. .ENTIRE COAST IS IN E MRS UN ON i;Water Transportation Inter , ests Perfect Alliance in Secret Sessions. tain J. C. Rutenic. a local attorney, has collected an assortment of Indian relics. The collection consists of numberless arrowheads, spearheads, knives, tnotara and pestles, pistols, cannon balls and rifle shells, of old styled guns, a jaw bone of an Indian killed in the Modoc War. and many other relics of interest. To gain many of the articles. Cap tain Rutenic has made numerous trips into the lava beds near the California line with aged Indians and searched relentlessly, as well as purchasing out right many small collections. ;:ATTACK ON LABOR DENIED ""Greater Efficiency Without Injns i::;tic to Employes" Is One Ob ject Set Out in Constitution. Pelcgatcs Are Entertained. l.r.-i.-ji,. reoresentins the chle rmrts on the Pacific Coast and trans : 'mrixion lines extending from Seattl : - iiion met vesterday at the i w,i rransnn and effected the organ! ration of the Federation of Waterfront '. ,hH nf 11 A. M. in the hotel par lor and it was not until 5:30 that plans ' .-omnleted and a constitution ! Tmnnrv officers were elected sending a permanent organization to ':he effected in San Francisco at a later tint The Coast Federation is made up o ' units at the various ports along thi if hein nlanned by organize . a i. hi, abln to act in concerted ..i,i,in .mnn .mv matter whenever OC' 1 cation arises. The name "Union" has ' heen taken by -waterfront employers, . It is said, following the lead of the ; various organizations of longshoremen ; ?nd stevedores employe! oy men., uinj friendlv relations oeiweeu mo "'-' ! ia declared to he one of th ' objects of the Federation. It is said ' hy the organizers to be essentially a una re movement. iinn-Fvpr considerable secrecy was maintained as to the proceedings. ' Names of the officers elected were not plven out. It was said that Califor nia and Washington representatives in attendance demurrred to making the ' details of the organization public, as they saiu this is never done in their own cities. rresent were: Harold Ebey. repre Kentative at San Francisco of the Ham Imrir-American and Kosmos lines Ihirrv Vouni. head of the Californi Stevedoring & Ballast Company; C. Vf Cooke, of Williams. Uimond & Co.. Cal ifornia agents for the American-Ha waiian Steamship Company: G. Blair, Keneral manager of the San Francisco . it Portland Steamship Company; Lap- tain Bennett, of Bunnett & Goodall, op rating steamships from San Francisco to Southern California: G. K. Jlagill, of Seattle, acent on the Sound for the - American-Hawaiian line, and Captain J. S. Gibson, head of the International Stevedoring Company, wno, accompa nitd by a party of steamship men from Tugct SJiind. arrived ywturday. H. 10. Tennell. chairman of the rivers ard harbors committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and W. E. B. Dotlson. trade - comniissicner of the Chamber of Com- " merce. were delegatt s represent!!! that hociy at the meeting. A further conference of the dele ' frates probably will he held today. At noon, a luncheon will be given the visitors at the Commercial Club. Sat nrdav night they were guests at a din- tier at the Arlington Club and at theater party later. Objects of the Federation are to deal harmoniously with labor and it is as Kerted that with organization will come better facilities for bringing about fair conditions between the two interests. Jteferencc is made to this phase of the situation in the preamble to the con Ftltution adopted yesterday, purposes being stated us follows: "Better to meet the increasing and often unreasonable demands of union labor: to forestall by discussion with employers or their representatives Mich demands: to promote harmony be tween employes and employers to the md that greater efficiency without in justice to either employes or em plovers may be had; to take such united action as may be necessary on leg islative matters affecting the sliippim interests, etc." Adjustment of conditions at any on jort that may conflict with those of another and to be prepared to confer or arbitrate differences whenever ob jectionable features of any sort may present themselves are hoped to be brought about by the organization. RESERVE 'ARMY' INVITED rlKR TO Fl I.I. KM.ISTMEM, MK, IS ri.A.KD. JtlnhllUatlon hy Rrprenrntntlve lan)ner Jit Likely to lie Difficult, Force" I "Widely Scattered. as WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. (Special.) In line with his plan to entertain the 'L'nited States Keserve -Army," consist ing of 16 men, at a dinner in Washing ton. Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts, today wrote to each member of this army, askim? if a date late in Iarrh or early in April would be con venient to him. As the members uf the 'reserve army" are scattered from San Francisco to Porto JJieo, Mr. Gardner may encounter some difficulty in mobil izing the force, but he will make the t II Oil ailU iii'ra iu ruv.i. t u. The "reserve army'' members are located: William J. "Williams. 167 Twenty-tlfth vmie, San Francisco. Muo 1 Anderson, 316 North Forty first street. West Philadelphia. Leonard Neal, ill North Senate avc nuo, Indianapolis. Joseph Sturm. Kensington Hotel. 596 Grary street. San Francisco. Morris Klaif. 141 Bristol street. Antomo Sehettnio, i4bt freventiotn street. Brooklyn. John t'aramali. 11 Kast Fourteenth B t reet, N e w York. Isaea Sohn. 1-3 Bay Fourteenth Street. Brook lyn. , Claud Card, care Ferry J. Card, Faupac. Fa. Morris Borkin, 4 3 4 Sockman street. Brooklyn. John U. Kyien. 51S West One Hun dred and Sixty-fourth street. New York. William Boriskin, 317 Kast ne Hun. lrel and Second street. New York. Charles Neukert. 146 West One Hun dred and Fourth street. New York. Thomas Kelly. 317 West Thirty-third street. New York. William Schweisrert, 2S- Wallabout Street. Brooklyn. Victor Vegas, Henry Barraoks, Porto Ulco. FRAUD LAID TO CLERGYMAN I Zion Church Attendants Deny Debt to Former Pastor. That VV. W. Mathews obtained a cer tain note, which he is attempting to collect through the courts, by means SALEM CIRI, AND SPOKANE MAX TO BE WEDDED HERE TODAY. W ' ' 'I TREASURY LID PRIED Idaho Legislature Wades in Slough of Pet Bills. DEMANDS TOP $400,000 - .1 MIks Jtuh.v Stella Baker. Miss Ruby Stella Kaker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Baker, of the Almira Apartments, is to become the bride of Karl M. Fronk. traffic manager of the Western Pine Manufacturers Assoeia n. of Spokane, this afternoon. The wedding1 ieremony will be performed at the First t"nsren t tonal Church, Hev. leather It. Iyott officiating-. Miss Baker, a Salem (firl was educated In tho Portland schools and attended the Jefferson High School hre. Mr. Fronk s a prominent young: business man of Spokane, where the couple will make their home. of fraud is the char are made by the First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in its answer Saturday to the suit of Mathews. It is alleged that Mathews, who was pastor of the church until October 1", 1912, appointed a com mittee to fix his salary and induced the committee to name the sum $100 a month on representation that in lieu thereof he would accept voluntary of ferings and would procure the remain der through subscriptions. It is further charged that Mathews mismanaged the affairs of the church and placed the finances in a desperate condition before his removal to San Francisco. He is said to have induced ho church officials to sign the note in order that he might obtain $200 to ay his transportation to San r ran is co. FATHER SEEKS DAUGHTER Kansas City Man Wants to Jvnow Where Mrs. W. K. Wright Is. Annealing for assistance in finding he whereabouts of his dauchter, Mrs. William K. Wright, formerly Mrs. Dilts, wife of Captain Dilts. of the Volun teers of America. 1-rank P. Clayton, Kansas City. Mo., has written a let- er to Portland. He savs that when lart Heard troni Mrs. Wright was living at 757M. Thiir- man street, Portland. He descriDes er as being . years old, darK-Drown air and eyes and weighing about 100 pounds. He says he has not heard from her for about two years. Carbon Bulb, in Courthouse Since 1892, Burns No More. Old-Stjle Kleetrle I.Ieht Kept Souvenir When I'Ung Service at Vancouver Is Over. INDIAN RELICS COLLECTED Klamath Falls Attorney Gathers As sortment After Many years. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) After years of searching and tbe expenditure of much money. Cap- VAXCOUVJSK. asn.. leo. y. spe cial.) After probably more than 80,000 hours of use. an old-style car bon electric light globe has burned out t the Sheriff s office. it will De Kept as a souvenir of long and continued service. . When the Courthouse was built in 1892 tbe whole building was lighted with tire lamps then in use. being somewhat larger than the present day one-candle power lamps. One by one these lights burned out, until there was only one left. This was in the vault in the Sheriff's office. George Johnson, now Deputy Sheriff, was then living in the Courthouse, his father be ing Deputy Sheriff and jailer. He saw this particular light placed in the vault. This particular light was on the end of an electric light cord, suspended from the ceiling, and it was turned off each time in this manner, many times being left burning all night. It is always turned on in the morning when the Sheriff or his deputy opens the vault and has been permitted to burn all day. Bridges, Highways and Fairs Want Money From State County . Di vision Proposals Still Not Dead and Forces Unite. BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 7. (Special.) While the Legislature did little towards passing bills and sending them to the Governor for his signature last week, the two houses accom plished much in the line of committee work and should nave the law-making machinery in as good condition as it will probably be this session, xo srmu hut the numerous measures pending. Tne big issues are still awaiting their fate. Some excellent work, how ever, was performed in killing off numerous pet acts of members. The two bills sent to the Governor are both Senate measures, one relating to election registrations, or not a little interest to Boise, with a Spring elec tion in sight, and the other relating to the testimony a physician may give at a trial. Both houses, separately, however, passed some important acts. Numerous bridge, highway and fair bills made their appearance. The net result is that there are today pending in both-houses bills-calling for a total appropriation of approximately J400, 000. Of this amount bills in the Sen ate call for appropriations amounting to $119,000, while in the House they total more than $280,000. It was thought at one time that the quick passage of three county division measures, giving to Northern Idaho Boundary and Benewah Counties and to Eastern Idaho Teton County, settled the county subtraction problem for the session, but today that does not seem to be the case. This change in the legislative programme seems to bo due to the favorable consideration given the proposed Butte County measure in the Senate. It is quite apparent now that the southeast proposed to divide with the north in the matter of new counties, and will bring every pressure to bear to cr-ate Butte County and thereby accomplish this. Aimost a similar situation developed with reference to the Judiciary and judicial districts. Northern idano is aBking for a new juuiciai uilh-i.. i." ho Vnrn.-n n a the Tenth, composed of Nez Perce, Idaho and Lewis Counties, and the southeast for a new Judge. SHIP BILL IS IN DOUBT FRIENDS ADMIT WITHDRAWAL IS AMONG POSSIBILITIES. and Tamasan. described as "two little maidens from Japan. are easily the most unique, undoubtedly the most original, and probably the most enter taining on the entire bill. Their act won favor with every audience yester day. The feature of the entire bill, though, is "Runaway June." the motion picture serial by George Randolph Chester, creator of .Wallingford. This is the second episode in the career of June and depicts her efforts to solve some snarly domestic problems. Rapid-fire slapstick comedy is fur nished by Fox and Evans, who keep up a steady patter of airy -persiflage until their efforts are relieved by the more ponderous work of Daily and Sherman, two husky young athletes of no mean ability who style themselves Roman ring artists. Willie Zimmerman has an act a little out of the ordinary, and shows full authority for the title "The Mimic." A Keystone comedy and several other reels of motion pictures, all of un doubted quality, make up the rest of the bill. POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE SIXTY THOUSAND KNEEL WITH PONTIFF IN' ST. PETERS. Administration Forces Debnie Necessity of Passing Supply Bills With out Extra Session. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. With 21 workinir days left in the life ot the 63d Conarress, the fate of the Govern tnr-nt shin DUrchase bil!. which is ob structing progress in the Senate, still remains uncertain. If it :s determined that an enort ihnuM he made to nass the appropria tion bills and thus avoid necessity for the -extra session, the ship purctiase hill in the .pinion of some "f its taunchest friends, must be withdrawn. The immediate situation is the penu ing motion of Senator Clarke, of Ar kansas.' to recommit the ship purchase bill without instructions, and Admin istration forces probably will let i reach a vote, in which they expect to lose, with the rollcall showing 48 votes in its favor to 47 against. Then, on Tuesday would come, it Is planned, a motion by Senator Gore to discharge the commerce committee from consideration of a substitute snip im-hasc bill introduced by him last week. This motion will be debatable and will operate to force the Kepublicans to fight it. They may talk on this motion until March 4. if they choose, or et it come to a vote;' With the aid of progressive Republicans, the Admin istration forces are continent tney can carry th Gore motion. This would re sult in bringing the substitute bill back to the Senate and forcing the op position tq, resume its defensive fight. SOLDIER-PREACHER DIES VV. A. STARK, VETERAN CIVIL. WAR, DEAD. Pastor, 70, Was Member of Forces Led by Kit Carson Against Indiana in' Black Hills War. HOOD RIVER. Or., Feb. 7. (Spe ial.) Rev. w. A. Stark, a retired Bap tist minister, died here last night at the home of his son, Samuel W. Stark, an attorney. Rev. Mr. Stark, who was a direct descendant of General Stark, of Revolutionary fame, was 70 years of age. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having been a soldier in the Union Army and ths Black Hills Indian War. When fighting .the Indians he served under General Hainie. Kit Car son was their guide. At one time the company of which he was a member wandered away from the main army and became lost for 15 days. They bad nothing but mule meat for food. Rev. Mr. Stark was a native of Mis souri. In 188j he was ordained a Bap tist minister. He brought his family West in 1892. when they settled on a homestead near Mosier. Rev. Mr. Stark resided there until five years ago. when, with his wife, he came here to make his home with their son. For many years he was pastor of the Ho ler Baptist Church and he had served a similar capacity in many other Coast hurches. He was a past commander of Canby Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of this city, the members of which will assist with the funeral services tomor row. In addition to his widow. Rev. Mr. Stark leaves three children Mrs. W. X. Akers, of Portland; Charles R. Stark, of Spokane, and Samuel W .Stark, of this city. LYRIC OFFERINGS PLEASE "Runaway June" Episode Feature of Film Displays. , Artists of the Hippodrome circuit combine with numerous reels of motion pictures to make a lively and well balanced show at the Lyric Theater, recently changed to a vaudeville house. Of the four acts presented, Haru Four Hundred Churches In Rome Join in Plea for Termination of Hos tilities Now On In Europe. ROME, Feb. 7. There was an impres sive scene in St. Peter's today when Pope Benedict intoned his prayer for Deace. The great editice was tnrongea wun worshippers when the Fontur, sur rounded by 21 Cardinals, mounted to the papal altar. Standing between the four ncniy- gilded spiral columns of the Bernini canopy. Pone Benedict intoned tne nraver. which was repeated by the kneeling multitude, whose voices echoed throughout the great temple. The prayer was to the "God of all mer cies. King of Peace." The Pope, on arriving and departing. was the recipient of an ovation. As he was leaving after the ceremonies there were' many cries of "Long live the Pope" and "Give us peace." Despite the downpour of rain at 3 o'clock, all the bells of the 400 churches in Rome pealed out, calling the peo ple to services to implore the cessation of the war and the establishment of peace. More than G0.000 persons gath ered in St. Peter's. The immense basilica appeared more imposing than on usual occasions, there being no decoration except the numer ous candlesticks- with their flickering flames on the papal altar under the colossal dome, where the Pope alone says mass. Before the altar stood the great fald stool, which is approached by five steps. from which the Pope prayed, bpecial places had been reserved for the mem bers of the Sacred College, the patri archs, archbishops, bishops and diplo mats, members of the aristocracy and of the papal court and representatives of all the religious institutions. THREE HELD FOR MURDER Mexicans Accused of Killing Jap anese Who Saved .Train. MILFORD, Utah. Feb. 7. Three Mex icans were arrested late last night near Delta, Utah, and are held for the mur der of K- Kahlra, the Japanese section foreman who prevented a possible wreck on the Salt Lake route P'riday by placing a signal torpedo on the track after he had been fatally shot. The Mexicans had traveled about 40 miles on foot after the shooting before they were captured. They admit they were present when Kihira was shot, but say he -vas accidentaly shot In a The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York In 1914 In benefits to policyholders, the "Cldest Company in America" has again sur passed all former achievements. Total Amount Paid Policyholders, $69,032,809.50 The above total, including -death claims, endowments, dividends, surrender values, etc., amount to $1,327,554 for every week in the year, $228,585.46 for every day, and $28,573.18 for every hour, counting 302 working days of 8 hours each. The total paid to policyholders during the year exceeded the amount received directly from them by $10,612,872.70. Other notable features of the Company's business at the end of the year were Insurance in Force, Admitted Assets, Net Policy Reserves, Total Income, Total Disbursements, $1,612,574,168.00 611,033,800.53 496,438,884.00 85,482,390.33 80,013,720.06 The amount of new insurance paid for during the year including dividend addi tions was $147,720,038. Balance Sheet, December 31st, 1914 ASSETS. Real Estate ? 22,129,049.53 Mortgage Loans 127,415,467.26 Loans on Policies 80,766,345.11 Bonds and Stocks 353,752,949.56 Interest and Rents due and ac crued . . . : 7,590,552.84 Premiums in course of collec tion 4,450,552.06 Cash ($3,689,744.78 at interest) 4,039,717.02 Deposited to pay claims 889,167.15 Total Admitted Assets $611,033,8,00.53 LIABILITIES. Policy Reserves $196,438,884.00 Supplementary Contract Re serve " 3,696,764.05 Other Policy Liabilities 7,871,734.69 Premiums, Interest and Rents paid in advance 1,294,032.09 Miscellaneous Liabilities 659,355.39 Taxes, License Fees, etc., paya ble in 1915.. 651.210.00 Dividends payable in 1915 16,939,320.89 Reserve for Future Deferred Dividends 70,834,884.23 Contingency Reserve 12,647,615.19 Total Liabilities .. $611,033,800.53 ALMA D. KATZ, Manager Corbett Building, Portland, Or. THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. V. scuffle when tho weapon was In his own hands. Klhlra had recently sent money to Japan to bring his wife and children to this country. IJoad Policy Is Changed. PASCO. Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.) The County Commissioners made a rad ical change in the road-making policy of this county at their meeting: this week. The county has been divided into several different road districts. with an overseer in each district. Un der the new plan the county will be a single district and the County En gineer will be Itoad Supervisor. It Is expected to result in a saving of money and better roads for the county. ISan on Premiums Songlit. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) The Klamath Falls Business Men's Association, composed of most of the leading merchants of the city, at a meeting Friday adopted a resolution calling upon the Klamath County del. Ration in the I-emitlaturr to make trading stamps, scrip and other gift de vices Illegal In the slate. Warsaw Prices Fall. WARSAW, via 1-ondon. Feb. 7. 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