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i- "1.1 ?. .-.. -e--.--'" - , 4 VOL-. I,VI. NO. 17,484. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SWINDLER Or 300 WOMEN CONFESSES ELEGTIQNSAREHELD INLAND CITIES LOSE FIGHT ON RATES CONGRESS ENTERS Oil BUSY SESSION THIRD OF OREGON STUDENTS 'POSTED' ROOM OF MIRRORS GERfitIS BEGIN TO PLANNED FOR HOME N FIRE Of BUCHAREST 300 DECLARED DELINQUENT IN STUDIES AND ARE WARNED. LOS fGELES SOCIETY WOMAN TO BUILD MANSION. OREGOf TOWNS . - i J. M. Snyder Elected in Milwaukie Race. OREGON CITY LAWYER BEATEN Gladstone, Canby and MolaNa Select Their Councils. F. T. THAYER WINS AT SCIO Albany Defeatss Proposed Bond Is sue by One Vote; Brownsville to Have Park ; Woman Elected In Sweet Home Contest- T-ITIAVATTKrE, Or.. Doc. 4. SpecIal.) Mayor G. C. Pelton, who filed for re election an hour before the time for fil ing had expired, was defeated today In the city election by .T. M. Snyder by three votes, the count standing- 130 to 133. Before the count was completed, both Fides are said to have threatened contests. Second in interest only to the race for Mayor was the contest for Marshal. Sam Riley defeated A. L. Reed, 149 to 126. D. P. Mathews was elected Re corder; Philip Streib, Treasurer: Will iam Shindler, Councilman-at-large; J. J. Miller, Councilman in Ward 1, and T. W. Bates, unopposed, was selected to fill the unexpired term in Ward 1. In Ward 2 W. H. Grasle defeated. Harry Ameele and Mrs. Maggie Johnson, and G. A. Seavey obtained 67 votes against 27 for M. It Toates for the unexpired term in Ward 2. On the first count for Mayor in Ward 1, 173 votes appeared on the tally sheet when there were only 168 in the box. The vote was recounted and the error corrected. The results counted last night were as follows: Mayor, G. C. Pelton 130, J. M. Snyder 133; Recorder, G. P. Math ews 253; Treasurer. Philip Streib 244; Councilman-at-Large, J. W. Frutchey 114, William Shindler 150: Councilman, Ward No. 1. J. R. Kelso 68, J. J. Miller 106; Ward No. 1. unexpired, J. W. Bates 81; Ward No. 2. Harry Ameele 30. W. H. Grasle 45, Mrs. Maggie Johnson 21; Ward No. 2, unexpired, G. A. Seavey 66, M. H. Coates 27; Marshall. A. L. Reed 126. Samuel Riley, re-elected, 149. It Is said that the interest in the election was mostly among the men few of the women voters making their appearance at the polls. AI.BAXY REJECTS BOND ISSCE Proposal to Remodel School Into City Hall Loses Decisively. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 4. (Special.) In an election In which less interest was taken than In any city election here in many years, Albany today elected three Councilmen, rejected a proposed, bond Issue by the narrow margin of one vote and decisively defeated an ordinance to remodel an. old school building for use as City Hall. T. D. Leigh, W. C. Tweedle and Hanry Lyons were re-elected Councilmen from the First. Second and Third Wards, re spectively. They were unopposed. Two charter amendments were sub mitted to provide for a bond issue to take care of the city's warrant in debtedness. The measure to validate the outstanding, warrants carried by a. vote of 277 to 242, while the bond issue itself lost by a vote of 262 to 263. The City Hall ordinance was lost by a vote of 174 for to S89 against. This ordinance was passed by the Council, ' vetoed by Mayor Curl, passed over the veto and then the referendum was in voked. Because very little interest was taken and also because heavy rain fell most all day, only a small percentage of the voters went to the polls and the vote was the lightest in many years. Grants Pass Re-elects Mayor. GRANTS PASS, Or., Dec. 4. (Spe clal.) Mayor J. P. Truax was re-elect Concluded on Page 5, Column 1.) ASXUAL OHEGOIAV TO BE ISSUED JANUARY 1. In accordance with its long established custom, . The Orego nlan will publish it3 Annual Number on New Tear's day. In addition to the regular news de partment, the edition will contain four special sections devoted to the development of the city and the state. Two sections will be entirely pictorial and two will contain feature articles, especial ly Illustrated. The aim will be to present an accurate and compre hensive review of 1916 and to point out greater opportunities for 19l7. The shipbuilding Industry of the Columbia River district, which now represents $25,000,000 worth of contracts, will be es pecially featured; progress of river and harbor development will be emphasized; general farm ing activities will receive special attention, and prominence will be given to the civic, industrial, and commercial progress of Portland. The high standard of previous special editions will be maintained In the forthcoming number. SUPREME COURT TJXAJflMOTTS IX UPHOLDING ORDER. Portland Among tlie Cities to Get Benefit of Classification as Coast Terminals. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. Inland cities of the Pacific Slope lost their fight in the Supreme Court today against an order of the Interstate Commerce Com mission granting lower trans-continen tal railroad rates to San Francisco. Oakland, Portland. Seattle and other coast cities. Associate Justice Brandels announced the unanimous decision of the court dissolving an Injunction against en forcement of the order secured in the California Federal Court by the Inland cities, which contended that they were entitled to classification, as Coast ter minals and that water transportation through the Panama Canal, the basis of the lower rates to the Coast, had ceased. Tha cities and towns affected num ber 182, Including Sacramento, Stock ton, San Jose and Santa Clara. 10 NEW. CARDINALS NAMED No Americans Among Those An nounced at Secret Consistory. PARIS, Dec. 4. At a secret con sistory held this morning which was attended by 28 cardinals. Pope Bene dict announced the .nomination of ten new cardinals, says a dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome. None of the cardinals are Americans. Two more cardinals are to be nomi nated shortly. Pope Benedict, the dis patch adds, announced the immediate publication of a new code of canonical law, embodying- numerous different ecclesiastical .laws .now existing. His Holiness concluded his address with a prayer for the renewal of peace. BEAR IS BEING CUT IN TWO 0 7 Feet of Hull Saved Said to Be Worth Nearly $1,000,000. EUREKA. Cal., Dec. 4. Workmen today started cutting the wrecked steamer Bear In two with an oxy-acet- yline torch to save 307 feet of the ves- el, which will be taken to San Fran cisco, where a new stern will replace the old one. It was eaid nearly $1, 000,000 would be saved. The stern will be abandoned. It is planned to make thr-'Vjulkhead of the sternless vessel watertight by ce menting it. BORAH SAYS GUARD FAILS Idaho Senator Prepares Bill to Re peal Federalization Act. WASHINGTON, Dec 4. Senator Borah, of Idaho, today announced that he had prepared a bill to repeal the act which Federalized the National Guard. The Federalization of the National Guard has been demonstrated in the Mexican situation to have been a fail ure," he said. "It will be useless to at tempt universal military training as long as the present militia law remains on the statute books." SHOTS STOP JAIL BREAK Sew Mexico Convicts Dasli Past the Guards and Try to Scale Wall. SANTA FE, N. M.. Dec. 4. In a dash past the prison guards as they unlocked the steel cells to allow the cooks to prepare the morning meal. five convicts of the state penitentiary made a bold attempt to scale the 18-foot brick walls early Sunday morning, it became known today. They were restrained from climbing up a ladder only after 40 shots had been fired in their direction. 32 VOTES ELECT GOVERNOR Arizona Republican Candidate Wins by Narrow Margin. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 4. Thomas Campbell, Republican, was elected Governor of Arizona at the recent elec tion by a plurality or sz votes over Governor George "W. P. Hunt, it was announced officially today. The law providing for total prohibi tion was adopted by a majority of nearly 12,000, and capital punishment was abolished by a majority of 152 votes. SHEVLIN ESTATE FIXED Will of Late "i'ulo Football Star Gives Widow More Than $1,000,000. ST. PAUL, Dec. 4. An estate valued at $3,189,965 was left by the late Thomas L. Shevlin. former Yale foot ball player, according to a statemen filed at the capital today by appraisers The . will bequeathed to his widow, Elizabeth Shevlin, $1,081,430 and $824. 996 each to his son, Thomas Henry and his daughter, Elizabeth Brite. JOHN D. ARCHBOLD DEAD President of Standard Oil Company of Xew Jersey Passes. TARRYTOWN, N. Y Dec. 5. Joh D. Archbold, president of "the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey,, died at hi home here early this morning. Mr. Archbold has been ill for several days following an operation for appen dlcitis. Wilson to Deliver His Address Today. CROWDED CALENDAR IS FACED Action to Stay Rising Food Prices to Be Attempted. RAILROAD BILL PUT FIRST Immigration, Corrupt Practices and Trade Combines In Foreign Field to Receive Attention Em bargo Is Improbable. FACTS AXD FORECAST OF CONGRESS SESSION. The Congress that reconvened yesterday is the Sixty-fourth. It will expire by limitation at mid night March 3. The Sixty-fifth Congress will meet the first Monday in Decem ber, 1917, unless called in special session before then. The Congress now In session will consider, among other sub jects, the following: Legislation to supplement the Adamson act. Immigration. Limitation of campaign expen ditures. Foreign trade combines. Cost of living; food embargo will be discussed, with little prospect of enactment. Universal suffrage advocates will demand action on Kaker bill. Plan to curtail holiday recess is being discussed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Congress re convened today for a three months' session, with a calendar overcrowded with general legislation, facing rail- 'r'ad reforms and the high cost of liv- ing as new Issues, and confronted with nprecedented estimates aggregating 1, 654, S19. 63-1 to meet expenditures of the Government for the fiscal year 1918. Both houses adjourned early as mark of respect iG the late Senator Clarke, of Arkansas, and Resident Com missioner Rivera, of Porto Rico, both of whom have died since the Septem ber adjournment. President to Give Address Today. There will be a joint session in the hall of the House tomorrow to hear the address of President Wilson, which will contain recommendations for legisla tion sought by the Administration be fore the Sixty-fourth Congress dies March 4 next. That railroad legisla-t- to supplement the Adamson act 111 be urged by the President as the meet Important problem Is generally xpected. Leaders of both houses will endeavor (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.) j.--- , , .- , . -- -- - - Seniors and Others Prominent In Col lege Life Are Among Those No tilled of Impending Failure. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Dec 4. (Special.) Today marked the middle of the first semester, and the faculty lid closed down with' a bang on the delinquent students. Probation for those students doing poor work Is being Instituted for the first time this year, and this afternoon the faculty declared more than a third of the student body delinquent, and the bulletin board was crammed with 300 probation notices. These notices. In the college vernacular, are called posts," and are a kindly hint from the faculty to liven up In the work or take a failure at the end of the semester. An unusually large number of seniors, and particularly those prom inent In student activities, were among those placed on probation. The fresh men were found to be doing better work than the sophomores. This sys tem of probation Is a new endeavor of the faculty to co-operate with the stu dents In acquainting them with their work before the final examinations. when It Is "too late to remedy their poor work. The unusually large number of stu dents put on the list Is taken as signi ficant of the faculty's desire to raise scholarship standings at the university. CANADA SCENTS U-BOAT Ships in Dominion Waters Advised to Carry But Few Lights. HALIFAX, N. B.. Dec 4. The Do minion Naval Department has ordered all vessels in Canadian waters to carry only such lights as are absolutely in dispensable to safe navigation. It was announced today. Unofficially, it was said, the precautions were due to the reported possibility of German subma rine operations on the Atlantio Coast. The order which again placed this city in comparative darkness & few days ago said that "a real emergency does exist." ZOO MAY GET ARCTIC OWL Bird Captured by Fred Maggine, of Sheridan, Is Fine Specimen. The "Washington Park Zoo may get the big Arctic owl captured a few days ago by citizens of Sheridan, Or. Park Superintendent Convill has written Fred Maggine, owner of -the bird, ask ing him to give it to the Portland Zoo. . The owl Is said to be an extremely large and picturesque specimen and, if given to the Zoo, Is expected to attract a great deal of attention, there being no owl of this type there now. TWO CRAFT CRASH; 1 SINKS Italian Steamer Goes Down With Loss of 13 Lilves. ' CADIZ, via Paris. Dec. 4. The Italian steamer Amelia Campisl collided in the Strait of Gibraltar yesterday with the Portuguese steamer Iiha de Fogo. The former vessel sank and her cap tain, first officer and 11 members of the crew were drowned. Thirty others of the crew were rescued and landed here. FIRST. CATCH YOUR RABBIT. Osborne Impersonator Has Oregon Record. 4 TERMS SERVED IN PRISON Success With Fair "Sex At tributed to "Clothes." ESCAPE MADE FROM SALEM "Charles H. Wax" Gives Detailed Account ol Adventures With Rae Tamer, Who Sued Man He Resembles for $250,000. CHICAGO. Deo. 4. (Special.) Charles H. "Wax, as accomplished swindler as ever duped a woman, left tonlaht for New York to prove he is the "Osborne" known to Miss Rae Tanzer, ''who sued James "W. Osborne, ex-District Attorney there, for $250,000 for damages for breach of promise. Miss Tanzer later dismissed the ac tion, explaining it was an "honest mistake." "Wax says he doubts the honesty of It. District ' Attorney Marshall 13 waiting in New York to look at Wax toBatisfy himself whether the resemblance between him and Mr. Osborne is sufficient to have confused the voune woman. Mr. Osborne Is 20 years older than Wax, whose acquaint ance with Miss Tanzer covered a period of three months. 300 Women Among Victims. Wax a likely name for a smooth , crook is credited with having 300 women among his victims. He admits they were so many that he could not keep count. The latest of these Is his present wife. He acknowledges four o,f them, taken In New York. Brooklyn, Seattle and St. Louis. He married the little woman who was found with him at 1016 Irving Park boulevard, in St. Louis. 18 months ago. She said she worked to support a young sister. Wax has served four terms In peni tentiaries, according to Postofflce In spector Swain, whose unceasing ef forts, during which he traveled. 15,000 miles, resulted , in the capture. The search has been conducted more than a year with extraordinary persistence and vigilance. 60,000 Circulars Distributed. The Government distributed 63,000 circulars bearing a photograph and de scription of Wax. From these he was recognized several times, but either the trail was too old or else It was too well covered. A letter was received last month from a woman in Panama from whom three years ago Wax tried to get money. She lived in New York at the time. She wrote she had seen Wax leaving a department store here last November. A clerk In Lord & Tay lor's store. New York, recognized the picture as that of a fellow clerk who had tried to get $100 from a customer. The clew which brought success was (Concluded on Fee 2. Column 2.) Two Daughters, Who Married Kamm Brothers, of Oregon, WU1 Have Fine Suites Always Ready. LOS ANGELES, Die 4. (Special.) A palatial home. In which the walls of one room at least will be made of mir rors and which will contain two lav ishly furnished suites for her two mar ried daughters, will be built in this city shortly after January 1 by Mrs. Edward D. Roberts, wife of the vice president of the First National Bank, It was reported in society circles here today. Friends of Mrs. Roberts say the resi dence will become the center of social activities of Los Angeles millionaires. A luxurious feature of the home will be two separate, complete suites for Mrs. Roberts' married daughters, Mrs. Walker Willis Kamm and Mrs. Phillip Schyler Kamm, of Oregon, whose double wedding to the Kamm brothers at the Riverside Mission Inn two years ago was an event of state-wide social and political Importance. These suites are to be furnished, and kept always ready for occupancy. VISITING OFFICIAL HURT California Market Commissioner In' jured by Iiurch of Ship. A fracture of the forearm was sua talned by Harris Weinstock, of San Francisco, California State Market Commissioner, who is in the city to make a study of selling methods for market stock. Mr. Weinstock was a passenger on the steamer Northern Pacific on the stormiest trip of the season, when a lurch of the ship threw him against the deck. First aid was rendered aboard the vessel and it was not until an X-ray examination on his arrival In Portland that the bone was discovered to be broken. Dr. A. E. Rockey set the bone again. NEW HAVEN PRICES AT TOP Los Angeles Is Second Most Costly riaco for Foodstuffs. CHICAGO. Dec 4. New Haven, Conn, is the costliest place in the country to buy foodstuffs at retail, and Los Angeles, Cal, the second most costly. while Kansas City. Mo, is the cheapest. according to a table of statistics sub mitted to the City Council today. On the scale of retail costs, Chicago ranks eighth. New York City 13th and Oakland, Cal, 22 in the table. British Freighter Sunk. LONDON, Dec. 4 Lloyd's shipping agency announces that the British ship King Eleddyn has been sunk. The King Bleddyn. of 4387 tons gross, sailed from New York on November 16 for Havre. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 49 degrees; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds. War. Teutons bombarding- Bucharest. Fage 1. Allies warn world that German action In Belgium menaces relief measures. Fage 4. British cabinet to tie reconstructed. Fage 4. Trap set for allies by Greece: King now pre paring tor war. Fage 4. National. High cost of living made national Issue. Page 6. Inland cities lose fight on rate. Fage 1. Appropriation is asked to complete Portland POBtoKlce- fage a, Portland wins tourist rate case. Fags 2 Congress meets. Fage 1. Domestic. Noted confidence man with Oregon record confesses he Impersonated Junta W. Os borne. Page 1. Chicago diet squad eat oleomargarine and vea.1 loaf. Page 3. Alienist, for prosecution, certifies girl re porter Is sane. Page 7. Sport. Conference arranges for peace tribunal to settle dispute. Fage 14. Poniand hooVey team leaves for north to play Seattle tonight. Page 14. Darmody wants to drop Portland from Coast League. Page 13. Sportsmen's league develops sharp tiff on Rogue River seining issue. fage j.-. Pacific Northwest. SuDerlntendent Churchill says cheating In schools Is becoming common. Page 8. State Fair Board raises secretary's salary to S3000 yearly. Fage 8. Third o? Oregon students delinquent. Page 1. Fferce Count to vote on bonds for Army post. Page T. Results of elections in Oregon towns. Fage 1. Governor and Treasurer score shoddy prison- made shoes and garments. .rage o. Commercial and Marine Government demand for oats steadies North western market. Fage 19. Chicago wheat weakens with Increase In call loan rates. Fage 19. Call money flurry' unsettles stock trading In Wall street. Page 19. Norwood gets away with cargo of paper for California, page is. Heavy run and active market at Portland . stockyards. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Egg prices shrink 5 cents already as result of boycott declared Saturday, fage a. Sixth annual Pacific International Livestock Association show opens, page 9. Heavy gifts made poor. Fage IS. Mr. Daly has new plan to help Jitneys. Page 13. Three sisters arrested for hold-up in their search for $1,500,000 will. Page 13. Local clergymen not opposed to Inaugural ball Idea. Page 11. Buffalo herd at zoo has new leader after terrific battle. Page 13. Poultry aristocracy on view. Page 8. Charles H. Wax Identified as fugitive from Oregon Penitentiary. Page 2. Harris Weinstock. California market off! clal. In Portland to study market con ditions Page . Kentucky Klick rejoice over election result. Page la. Christie Home workers begin today. Fage 7. Employers said to use stenographers' names for liquor imports, rage . Weathar report, data and forecast! Fage 18. Guns Are Emplaced 1 1 Miles From' Capital. INVADERS EFFECT JUNCTION Von Mackensen's Drive Is On in Full Swing. ROUMANIAN ARMY BEATEN Berlin Reports Russian Attacks In the Carpathians Are Easily Re pulsed, and Apparently Of fensive Is Slackening. SITU ATI OX IX ROUMANIA SUM MARIZED. Field Marshal von Mackensen's drive against Bucharest from the southwest and south is again in full swing. Petrograd today announces oc cupation of Gradlchtea by the Teutonic forces. Gradlchtea Is on the Qlugiu-Bucharest railway line directly south of Bucharest, and its capture places Von Mack ensen's advance within a scant 12 miles of the capital. A report at Copenhagen says that German artillery, emplaced 11 miles from Bucharest, yester day began to bombard the city. On the northwest the Rouma nians, under General von Fal kenhayn's pressure, are reported on the retreat In the Piteshtl Tergovistea sector, marking a further closing in of the Invad ers, driving down from the moun tain passes. COPENHAGEN, via London. Dec- 4. According to the . Berlin-correspondent of the National Tidende. German ar tillery, wnich now Is emplaced only 11 miles from Bucharest, began to bom bard the city yesterday. BERLIN, via Sayvllle. N. Y, Dec. 4. The War office announced tonight that fighting south and west of Buchar est is developing favorably to the Teu tonic armies. The Russians have been Increasing their activity in the Carpathians, ac cording to today's army headquarters statement, but their attacks were ap parently made to cover a letting down of the offensive in this region. Such assaults as were made were easily re pulsed. Russians Win In Trotus Valley. On the Transylvanian east front the Russian pressure is being continued, and the attacking forces achieved some slight progress in the Trotus Valley. Further south a height recently lost by the Austro-German forces was re captured. The official statement announces that the battle on the Argecho has been fought to a decision and won by the Teutonic forces. The Important town of Tergovistea has been captured by the Austro-Ger man forces and the troops advancing from the north by way- of Campulung have effected a Junction with those moving from the west in the terrain between the Danube and the mountains. The defeat .of the First Roumanian army Is declared to have been com plete. and the Teutonic troops are con tinuing their victorious march east ward from Peteshti. Army Remnant Driven Baclt. "What remains of the First Roumani an army is declared to nave Deen driven beyond Tltu to the Junction of the railroad from Bucharest to Campu lung and Piteshti. Southwest of Bucharest the Rou manians have been repulsed, as they also were In strong attacks to the south of the capital, a severe defeat being inflicted upon them, while cav alry succeeded In Interfering with rail road communications in their rear. The total prisoners taken yesterday were more than 8000. Besides otner valu able booty, 35 guns were captured by the Danube army. RCSSIAXS HOLD OCT HOPE Bucharest Believed to Have "Fight ing Chance" to Hold Out. PETROGRAD, via London. Dec 4. The timely arrival of Russian troops before Bucharest at the critical mo ment, when fie loss of the ' capital seemed almost certain, has somewhat changed the Roumanian situation. Ac cording to military opinion here, the Roumanians now have at least a right ing chance to retain their capital and with the aid of the Russians, who ren dered their first valuable assistance to the Roumanian defense by an offen sive in the Carpathians begun five days ago. will now attempt to include Bucharest In the zone which they are able to defend, establishing a perma nent line north and west of the capital. According to Information received hre from Bucharest, the German plan of encircling Bucharest was perilously near to accomplishment when it struck an unexpected obstacle In the form of a Russian force between Bucharest, and the Danube. A flanking movement was partially (Coiujludd ob Fage 4. Column 1 m i r- 1 I r i, i -3