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VOL. jLVI NO. 17,503. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. DECE3IBER 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. LIVES ARE LOST IN 9,116,296 BALLOTS CAST FOR WILSON U. S. NOT WANTED IN PEACE CONFERENCE LOGGER KILLS WIFE WHO SEEKS DIVORCE VILLA CAPTURES SAN LUIS POTOSI CARRANZA'S LIMIT INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS UP, REPLY NOT OFFICIAL PLURALITY OVER MR. HUGHES IS 568,822. BAXDIT LEADER'S OBJECTIVE PROBABLY IS TAMPICO. ARKANSAS TORNADO Storm Mows Path Four Miles Wide, FIRES IN DEBRIS REPORTED Convict Farm, With 325 Pris oners, Reported Struck. ALL WIRES CARRIED DOWN Rouse Picked Up and parried 100 Yards, Killing Farmer Wife Is Expected to Die Death List May Be Heavy One. WESTERN" STATES EXPERI ENCE COLDEST WEATHER OK SEASON. Far-Western states are In the grip today of the coldest weather of the Winter. In Helena, Mont., thermome ters were 29 degrees below zero last night. There was more than a foot of snow in Eastern Wash ington and Montana. In Eastern North Dakota a blizzard is raging and there has been a 17-inch snowfall in 2t hours. Thero were heavy thunder storms In the Ohio Valley and the Gulf States. One young man was found frozen to death In Washington. In Oregon a rural free delivery mall carrier and two farmers have been mlsajyig since Friday. Southwestern Nevada Is expe riencing zero weather. Searchers who started Sunday to seek breaks In lines carrying power from the mountains to Tonopah and other towns have not been heard from. The storm reached Southern California and people of Los An geles experienced yesterday a flurry of snow. In the mountains of Fresno County. California, the snowfall Monday was four feet. A local train stalled several days at Huntington Lake finally plowed Itself out yesterday. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Dec. 26. From 17 to 21 and probably more persons were killed in a tornado that struck South Central Arkansas at 3 o'clock today, according to reports received here tonight. Four are known to be dead at Eng land, 17 are reported killed at Keo and several are reported killed at the state convict farm at Tucker. All wires into the storm-swept dis trict are down and only meaner de tails are available. Home Blown 10O Yards. The known dead are: Albert L Swarts, a farmer living near England, and three negroes, one of whom lived two miles north of England, and two who lived two miles south. The Swarts home was picked up and carried about 100 yards. Mrs. Swarta was believed fatally Injured and an 18-year-old daughter was badly hurt. The storm Is said to have swept a patch about four miles wide and It Is ported that several fires broke out 4he wreckage. Every physician In the little town of England has been called to the country to care for the Injured. Fears Flt for Convict Farm. Considerable alarm Is felt here over the situation at the state convict farm at Tucker, where there is said to have been a heavy death list. There are about 325 prisoners at the farm and it is feared that If the place was Btruck eome of the convicts might have es caped. - Captain J. R. Burkett, warden of the State Penitentiary, left here tonight with reinforcements for the guard at Tucker. Communication with the farm .was cut off about 3 o'clock. Three Little Girls Killed. The death of three persons and in Jury to five others Is reported from Carlisle, 28 miles east of Little Rock The dead are three little girls. Choice and Allclee Padgett, 10 and 7 years old, and Frances Snow, 9 years old. The parents of the Padgett children were severely injured when their home was wrecked by the tornado. A son also was hurt. Mrs. W. S. Snow and Mrs. Harold Snow were reported injured. 6everal houses were blown down. BLIZZARD SEVERE IX DAKOTAS Snow Is 1 7 Inches Deep and Train Service Is Demoralized. GRAND FORKS. N. D.. Dec. 26. Bnow ceased falling late today after a continuous storm of 24 hours, during fhich more than a foot of snow fell. nth the switching of the wind to file south comparatively high temperatures have prevailed, the lowest registered during the day being 8 degrees above gero. A 30-mJle wind is drifting the snow, making travel on the piairles almost Impossible and causing trains from the Wrest to be t'-om 6 to 10 hours late. BISMARCK, K. D.. Dec. 26. One of .(.Concluded oa Jfttge 2, Column CI Total Vote for All in Presidential Race Is 18,638,871, Gain of 3,593,549 Over 1912. NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Complete offi cial returns on the Presidential elec tion show that Mr. Wilson received 9.116,296 votes and Mr. Hughes 8,647, 474, a plurality of 568,822 for Mr. Wil son. In 1912 Wilson. Democrat, received 6.297.099; Taft, Republican, 3.846.399; Roosevelt. Progressive. 4.124,959. The vote for Mr. Benson, Socialist candidate for President, was 750,000, with eight missing states estimated, against 901,873 for Debs, Socialist, in 1912, and for Mr. Hanly. Prohibition ist candidate, the vote was 225,101, against 207,928 for Chafin, Frohlbi tlinlst. In 1912. The total popular vote for the four candidates was 18,638,871 as against 15,045,322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,593.549, accounted for by the in creased population and the woman vote in the new suffrage states. The following is a table showing the vote by states for Wilson and Hughes; State Wilson. HusTbes. Alabama 97.778 28,66:: Arizona 33,170 20.524 Arkansas 112.186 40,827 California 466.289 462,516 Colorado 178.816 102.30S Connecticut 99,786 luti.514 Delaware 24.. '.21 2.1.794 Florida 66.108 14.811 Georgia 123.831 11.225 Idaho 70.021 50,368 Illinois 930.081 1,152.316 Indiana 324.063 341.005 Iowa 221,609 280.449 Kansas 314.588 277,656 Kentucky 269,900 241,854 Louisiana 78,875 6.664 Maine 64.118 69.000 Marvland 138,339 117.347 Massachusetts 247.885 268.812 Michigan 28,77r 330.007 Minnesota 179.152 170.544 Mississippi 0.383 4,253 Missouri 39S.032 M9.339 Montana 101,063 66.750 Nebraska 158.827 117,771 Nevada 17.77B 12,127 New Hampshire 48,779 43.723 New Jersey 211,018 268.082 New Mexico 33.553 31.161 New York v 765,380 875.510 North Carolina. 168,883 120,800 North Dakota 60,271 52.631 Ohio 604,946 614,836 Oklahoma 148,123 97.233 Oregon 120,087 126,813 Pennsylvania 621.784 703.734 Rhode Island 40.394 44.858 South Carolina 61,846 1.809 South Dakota 00.191 64.261 Tennessee 153.334 116.114 Texas 285.909 64. 940 Utah .' 84.025 64.133 Vermont 22.708 40.250 Virginia t 102.824 49,350 Washington 183.388 167,244 West Virginia 140.463 143.124 Wisconsin 193.042 221.323 Wyoming 28.316 21,698 Totals 9.118.206 8.547,474 ENGAGEMENT IS RENEWED Miss Thackara to Be Bride of Mr. Cauldwell, After Six Years. PARIS, Dec. 26. Alexander M Thackara, the American Consul-Gen-eral, announces the engagement of his daughter, Eleanor Sherman Thackara, to Frederick Cauldwell, of Washington, D. C. The wedding will take place to ward the end of January at Boston at the residence of Miss Thackara's aunt, Mrs. Paul Thorndike. Miss Thackara Is a granddaughter of General' William T. Sherman. In 1910, when Mr. Thackara was Consul-Gen-eral at Berlin, the engagement of his daughter. Miss Eleanor, to Mr. Cauld well, who was then American Vlce-Consul-Ueneral at Berlin, was an nounced. THIEVES TAKE CHURCH PYX Priest's Christmas Cigar Stolen; Other Presents Scorned. DENVER, Dec 26. Thieves who broke into the rectory of the Immacu late Conception Cathedral here early today ignored many Christmas presents given the four priests who were asleep upstairs to take a Jewelled pyx and to rob one of the priests of a quantity of cigars given him by parishioners. The pyx, a vessel for carrying the sacrament to the dying, was valued at about $500. MERCURY DOWN TO 30 Portland Shivers, bnt Day Is One of Season's Brightest. Portland shivered yesterday In the coldest, yet one of the clearest, days that it has experienced in weeks. The minimum temperature was 30, as officially recorded, and the variation eta y ; i i v bia ' . -. The official prognosticator promises! more of the same sort of weather for today, "fair, continued cold and proba bly east winds," being the forecast. FAMOUS SEERESS IS DEAD Madame de Thebes Passes in Paris at Age of 7 2. PARIS, Dec. 26. Madame de Thebes, famous astrologist and clairvoyant, died Sunday at her country residence in Meung-Sur-Lalre, aged 72 years. The redd name of Mme. de Thebes was Anna Victorine Savlgny. She was a well known personality in Paris and possqfsec" innumerable secrets concerning the private lives of men and ! women of note. NEW COINS ARE DUE Half Dollars to Be Isued January 2 ; Quarters Two Weeks Later. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. The new silver half-dollar coins will be placed In circulation January 2, Treasury De partment officials expect, and the new sliver quarters two weeks later. They will be Issued at the Treasury here and the various sub-treasuries else where, , German Reply Omits Specific Terms. EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ASKED Berlin Would Unfold Plans in Secret Meeting. WILSON'S IDEA NOT MET 'Precise Objects" Are as Far as liver From Being Defined. President to Persist In Ef forts Despite Conditions. BY JOHN C ALLAN O'LAUCJHLIN. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. (Special.) President Wilson does not Intend to permit his efforts to end the war to terminate with the German suggestion of "an immediate meeting of delegates of the belligerents at a neutral place." It is the purpose of the President to communicate the German reply to the allies for their consideration. He will convey to Germany the response of the allies to his peace suggestion when that response is received Kotiation.i to Continue. In other words the President intends to continue the negotiations, expecting that he will be able slowly but surely to bring the belligerents to the point where they will discuss terms. The German note does not in any way meet the President's idea. Ger many favors an "immediate exchange of views," not, however, preliminary to a conference, but during a confer ence. Germany also Is not concerned so much about the prevention of future wars as she is about terminating that now In progress. This is shown by her declaration that "the great work of the prevention of future wars can be begun only after the end of the present strug gle of nations." "Precise Objects" Sonsht. The President was exceedingly de sirous of having the authoritative spokesman of each side "avow the pre cise objects, which would, if attained, satisfy them and their people that the war had been fought out." The German government has been careful to avoid describing the "pre cise objects." which1 it and its allies have as their goal. Indeed, in Ger man diplomatic circles here It is de clared that the central powers could not afford to make public their terms. It is contended that publicity would harm them rather than help the cause of peace. What Germany wants is to get the conference in session behind closed doors, there to frame a treaty, and then when the instrument Is signed and ratified, to announce it to the world. I nlted States Not Wanted. Nor does Germany want the United States to take part in the negotia tions. She does not suggest that this Government participate. She says ex Concluded on Page 2. Column 8.) JUST AS UNCLE SAM HAD t . s s e s.iss..s .. i.iu. ijijj s aj--.S- t'ttt .-. - A JL .--. The Weather. TESTE RD AT S Maximum temperature. 86 degrees: minimum temperature, 30 de crees. TODAY'S Wednesday probably fair; east erly wlnds;contlnued cold. War. Russia's attitude one of complete refusal of peace terms. Page 3. Mexico. Carranza's time limit expires, but he has not replied. Page 1. V Villa captures San L.u!s Potosi. Page 1. Portland member of Troop A on border shot by Mexican. Page 8. National. Washington regards German note as pre lude In diplomatic game. Page 2. Germany asks conference of belligerents; does not define peace terms; Cnlted States not wanted In conference. Page 1. Navy plans to tslte 10.000 civilians on cruises next year. Psge 2. Independents will decide organization of House. Ph.gs Z. 9.116.208 ballots csst for President. Psge 1. Congresa considering higher taxes. Page 7. Domestic Many lives lost In Arkansas tornado. Page 1. Sport. Madden has lofty ambitions ss boxer. Page 14. Rules committee may require deeper out fields In baseball. Page 14. Oregon team to arrive at Pasadena today. Page 14. Faclfic Northwest. Hood River proposes combining city and county administration. Page 7. Baker shivers with aero weather. Page 7. Rainier logger kills wife and self. Page 1. Tracks of lost men seen on Lower Rogue Valley divide. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Steamboat Inspectors Issue ruling to cut down fire danger on boats. Page 15. Wheat market firm on continued Eastern Inquiry. Page 15. Heavy selling at Chicago due to German reply. Page 15. Cargo of wheat valued at $43,000 starts for California. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Teschers begin arriving; for convention. Page 4. 100 gallons seized In liquor raid. Page 11. Points at issue In Carver franchise are all settled. Page 16. Multnomah delegation has hearing tonight. Page 10. Collection of Indian retlcs at City Hall to be catalogued. Page 0. Owners of Hotel Oregon property plan 15 story building. Page 7. Mrs. Rose Luciano reported In other checst operations. Page 5. Father of slain barber disarmed at Inquest. Page 5. Motormen and JItneur blamed for fatal wreck. Page 3. Salvation Army Christmas tree for 300 needy children held. Page 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. STREET RIOT IN HONOLULU Soldiers and Civilians Clash and Policeman Is Beaten. HONOLULU, T. H.. Dec. 26. Civilians and soldiers mingled here last night In a. frei-for-all fight on streets crowded with holiday merry-makers. The bat tie reached a climax when three sol dlers were arrested and their com panlons threatened to "clean out" the police department. One policeman was badly beaten. Order was restored by Army officers who turned out in charge of a provost guard and ordered all saloons closed. EDUCATORS ASK INCREASE California University Head Makes Report to Governor. BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 26. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the Univer sity of California, declares that college professors no longer are able to live on the salaries fixed by the state, in his annual report to the Governor, to be issued this week. Recently, It was said, many of the professors who receive small salaried have complained that their Income did not support their families, and that they were being swamped with debt. SETTLED HIMSELF DOWN FOR A W. J. Horton, of Rainier, Then Ends Own Life. HUSBAND BIDES HIS TIME Slayer Stands Watch Till Cus tomers Go, Then Fires. $16,000 LEGACY INVOLVED Victim Prominent in Circles of Women of Woodcraft and Both Managed Lodging-Houee In Portland; Greek Also Shot. RAINIER. Or.. Dec. 26 (Special.) Because his wife had started suit for divorce. W. J. Horton. & logger, today walked into the store where she was employed, shot and killed her and turned the weapon on himself. Horton died instantly; his wlfo lingered four hours. The Hortons, who formerly conducted a lodging-house at Broadway and Al der street, Portland, had been separ ated since October. Since that time Mrs. Horton had been working in Cobb's mercantile store here and Horton had been employed at a logging camp at Stella. Wash. Shot l ircrl Without Word. Today Horton Is said to have walked Into the store and to have engaged in an argument with her, later threaten ing her life. Later In the day he walked across the street where he could watch the customers enter and leave the store, and waited until business was at a standstill. Then Horton hurried across the street into the store and shot without a word, two shots being fired within a few seconds after he entered the place. Mrs. Horton had Just been Installed after re-election as clerk of the Women of Woodcraft. Horton was said to have been heir to $16,000. which might have been involved in litigation had there been any doubt as to which of them died first Both had children by former marriages. Greek Ctarget Shoo tin sr. Mrs. Horton left three children, Ray and Guy Wlsecup, Airlie, Or., and Myr tle, 10, who was living with her mother. Horton leaves a son, Troy, who Is somewhere In California. Mr. and Mrs. Horton had been mar ried only a few years and had man aged the lodging-house in Portland prior to their arrival In Rainier. He was 54 and she was 45. There was another shooting in town today. Pete Shensls, a Greek, charged that M. Murray had shot him in the face after the two had engaged in a rough-and-tumble fight at the edge of town. Murray denied having a weapon, but was placed under $1000 bonds. There Is no record of W. J. Horton and his wife having managed any of the apartment or lodging-houses on or near Broadway and Alder, and the (Concluded on Page 5. Column 2.) COMFORTABLE NEW YEAR Preparations for Another Attack on Chihuahua Believed Under Way. Reinforcements Are Sent. EL PASO. Dec. 26. A report was re ceived late today by sources known to be close to Francisco Villa and by government agents saying that Villa's forces captured San Luis Potosi yes terday. Many foreigners who left Tor reon before) Villa attacked that town recently went to San Luis Fotosl. No details were available. San Luis Potosi is southeast of Tor reon on the National Railroad line be tween Aguas Callcntes and Tamplco. Tamplco Is believed to be Villa's ob jective In order to obtain a port through which he can Import arms, ammunition and supplies. Villa was reported to be botween Torreon and Chihuahua City, and was said to be preparing to launch an attack against Chihuahua City soon. In anticipation of this attack. Gen eral Francisco Murgula was reported to have ordered General Francisco Gon zales, former commander In Juarez, to proceed south at once with his en tire brigade to reinforce the Chihuahua garrison. General Murgula also re quested all of the available troops from the command of his brother. General Jose Mugula, In Juarez to strengthen the force at the state capital. LEPER COLONY MUTINIES Many Escape After Others Consent to Removal. HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 26. Raising a flag and saying tnat they would be re moved only by violence. 174 Inmates of the San Lazaro Hospital for lepers, who were to have been transferred this morning to Marlel. refused to leave the building. After several hours' delay the lepers agreed to leave San Lazaro for Marlel on receiving the promise of health offi cials to remove them thence to a new hospital now under construction as soon as it is finished. It is reported that more than 20 of the lepers escaped from San Lazaro through a rear exit. SCHOOL CHILDREN STRIKE Fifteen Thousand Stay Out of School, Demanding Vacation. SCR ANTON, Pa., Dec. 6. In answer to their School Board's decision in not granting a Christmas vacation of one week, 15.000 school children of the 22.000 enrolled in the public schools of this city remained away from ses sions today. Students from two high schools marched through the city yelling: "We want a vacation!" At Intermission period at both Insti tutions the "strikers" managed to in duce several hundred others to strike. PERSIA TO BE CAJOLED Russia Decides Not to Adopt Harsh Measures for Control. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Informa tion reached here today from Teheran, the capital of Persia, that Russia has decided not to force matters with that country, but to gain control through slow processes designed to Inspire less hostility than harsher measures. As another step in the military con trol of Northern Persia, Russia haa de termined to form a force of Cossacks, numbering 11.000 men, under the com mand of 29 Russian officers who have already been sent as organizers. MILK EMBARGO IS LIFTED Cleveland Dealers and Producers Compromise on Price. CLEVELAND. Dec. 26. Cleveland's milk embargo was lifted late tonight when dealers and producers compro mised on a flat wholesale rate of 22 'j cents a gallon, beginning January 1. The retail price of milk, dealers de clared tonight, will remain at 10 cents a quart and 5 cents a pint. Farm ers who had been throwing away their milk lost $75,000 In the 12 days the embargo lasted. It is figured by pro ducers. DAKOTAS WILL TRY HEMP Harvester Company to Demonstrate Growing of New Staple. FARGO, N. D., Dec. 86. Plans for the lease of 5000 acres of land in the Red River Valley by the International Harvester Company to demonstrate to farmers of the region the possibility of hempralslng were announced tonight by representatives of the concern. The company also will lease a small tract near Aberdeen, S. D., for similar experiments. BOYS HOLD UP STRANGER Life Savings Lost in Chicago Be fore Lodgings Are Found. CHICAGO. Dec. 26. Michael Star rick, of Villa Park, near Wheaton, 111 , came to Chicago for the first time yesterday, bringing $357, the savings of a lifetime. He was held up and robbed by three boys In knee pants before he had been here long enough to find a lodging house, he told the police. Formal Break, How ever, Is Deferred. ACQUIESCENCE NOT EXPECTED Refusal Will End Efforts of Joint Commission. TIME EXPIRES AT 12 P. M. Mexican Chief Believed to Insist He Cannot Discuss Question So Long as American Troops Are on His Soil. WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. Although General Carranza had not replied to night to the demand of the United States that he either ratify or repudi ate the protocol drawn by the Mexican American Joint commission, the ex piration of the time limit was not made the occasion for formally declaring the negotiations at an end. While the time expired at midnight, officials wero Inclined to take into consideration that a reply might have been delayed and Indicated that a fa vorable reply, even though a day or more late, would not be rejected. Inasmuch as an adjustment of Inter national difficulties was the chief ob ject. Commission's Work Near End. Refusal to accept the terms of the agreement, under which troops would be withdrawn from Chihuahua, means the closing of negotiations through the Joint commission for adjustment of the questions at issue between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico. What effect the new situation then presented would have on the policy of the United States Is not known, but it was said at he State Department to day that any further move would be made through the usual channels and not by the commission, which for mora than three months attempted to effect an amicable settlement. Refusal la Expected. Dr. John R. Mott. one of the Ameri can commissioners, conferred with Secretary Lansing In the course of the day and both expressed the hope that Carranza's reply would be favorable. The more general opinion among Gov ernment officials, however, was that the Mexican executive would not alter his repeated declaration that the American troops must be withdrawn unconditionally and any further dis cussion of international subjects could not take place while foreign troops violated the sovereignty of Mexico. If Carranza persists In his refusal there will be nothing for the members of the Joint commission to do but to hold one last conference to close the record and say good-bye. omroaw Will Affect Loan. Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexi can group, spent Christmas here, the guest of Ambassador-designate Arre dondo. but was not in communication with the American chairman and re turned last night to New York for the meeting with his colleagues today. If a favorable answer finally is returned by Carranza the conferences will be resumed to discuss such subjects and the creation of an International court of claims, the treatment of foreigners, sanitation by co-operation of Interna tional forces, modifications In neutral ity laws and other questions affecting the interests of the two countries. Disruption of the commission would. It is believed, make slim the chances of Carranza's obtaining an American loan. PORTLAND IS BECOMING BIG WOOL CENTER. In line with the movement that is making Portland the big live stock marketing point of the Northwest, Portland is becom ing the most important wool cen ter on the Pacific Coast. Less than two years ago two large wool warehouses were estab lished here and the results in marketing obtained for the grow ers have been gratifying. A big proportion of the wool clip in the Northwest was forwarded to Portland and sold here direct to Eastern manufacturers. It is pointed out that the growers have profited by obtaining better prices and through better mar keting facilities than under the old methods of disposing of their clips. It is estimated that each year there is tributary to the Portland market nearly 60,000, 000 pounds of wool and it is pre dicted that in time a market will be established that will put Port land on a basis with Boston. The opportunities for the wool growers and the woolen industry will be fully set forth in the New Year's edition of The Oregonian
