Pages 1 to 16 84 Pages PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIX. NO. SO. OLD GLORY WAVES OVER 101,100, Within Home Borders Are 91,972,226. WASHINGTON GROWS FASTEST Increase of 120.4 Per Cent Exceeds That ef Oklahoma. EVEN EXPERTS SURPRISED Washington Will Bm live Rrpre snta tires In Cong re as Three .VorlliwMlfrn Slates Lead All la Development. WASHINGTON. Dae. ia-In tha United States and all Ua possessions the Sura and Stripes protect laUOO.Ona souls. This Is the official estimate of the United Statea bureau of the census, announced today la connection with the population statistics for the country aa enumerated In the 13th census. It Includes the Phil ippine. Samoa. Guam. Hawaii. Alaska and the Panaira Canal Zone. Within Its borders on the North Amrr- Irsn Continent. exclusive of Alaska, the 1'nlted States has a population of II. n Inhabitants. Country Cain 1S,I77.(1. ' In the last ten years the states of the I nlon had an Increase In population of IS.977.91. which amounts to tl per cent over the 13u Blurts. ilnc the flrst census was taken. In 1T the country has grown 15 times aa large, the population then having" been IK9.&4. slightly larger than the present population of Texas. The growth of the country waa greater than baa been expected by tba expert statisticians, who have closely watched the progress of the country's population. Washington's Gain Highest. The Stat of Washington carries off the banner for rate of Increasa In population between ISO and 19X0. Its present popu lation, announced by the Censos Bureau today to be 1.141.990k exceeds that of 1900 by C3.SS7. or gain of 13) 4 per cent. No other atata In the Union showed so larga an Increase. Oklahoma Is second with 10V.T per cent gain, and Idaho la third with Wl.l per cent. With this normoua Increasa of population. Wash ington will bare Cve Kepresentatlvea In Congress after the new apportionment Is made, and would have six but for the fact that the basis of apportionment prob ably will he Increased to or SO. 000. Census Director Durand today called attention to the fact that the rata of growth of population during the past 10 yeare was greater In tba Pacltlo North west than In any other part of the coun try, the average Increasa for Oregon. Washington and Idaho, taken collec tively, being M-f per cent. Coeutt Develops Kapldlj. Taking the thre Const statea alone, ex clusive of Idaho, the rate of incresse Is B per cent, and even this rate Is far greater than that shown by any other portion of tba United States, except the Northwestern trio. The compilation of state statistics given out today shows Orrgon to ba the Xlh state In s!xe. Washington Is loth and Idaho Is 43th. Trn years ago Oregon waa tsth. Washington 33d and Idaho 47th. Oregon'a apparent drop of one place is due to the combination of Oklahoma and Indian Territories, forming a new state whoso population exceeds that of Ore gon. Therefore, in reality Oregon's place among the statea haa not chanced. Wash ington has moved up three polnta and Idaho one. Director Durand expressed some sur prise that Oregon's heavy gain In popu lation had not elevsted the state on the list, but a careful scrutiny of the figures shows the announcement to be correct. Washington Counties tilven. , The table of population of Washington Conrturtd od Fas 4- 0 MAN GIVES SALUTE; HURLED TO DEATH OSCAR QCAIXE GREETS BROTH ER, BLOCK DISTANT, DIES. Fall of Ott ISO Feet Instantly Kills Gtnr Foreman on Selling Building; Balance I-oet- From the ton of the new Selling build- tog. Oscar Quail, foreman of tba scaf folding gang, waved a greeting to hi brother. Charles, working on the top of the Teon building, a block distant, and a moment later be waa hurling through tba air to death on the Sixth street pavement, over M feet below. The accident occurred at 1:3 o'clock yester day afternoon. Quails was superintending the shitting of a scaffold on tba ornamental cornice of tba new skyscraper. Bis eye chanced to catch the Bsrure of hla brother, loo tng In his direction. A wars of the band passed between the two brothers. Then Oscar picked up a plank and stepped backward, reaching out .to grasp a hang' Ing chain. He missed It and the momen turn of hla own weight and that of the plank forced him backward over the edge of tba scaffold. Qualle fell 11 stories In the clear, strik ing nothing In tho passage. Eye-wit. nesses say that be made no audible sound. Ills body descended bead down ward, with many twisting. When It struck the pavement there waa a report as from a pistol. Deathwaa Instant. Many persons saw the falling roan, and In an Instant the street waa lammed. W. E. Perry, watchman on tho building. waa standing exactly on the spot where tho body fell Just an Instant before, and bad moved but a short distance when Qualle fell. Qualle had been In the city but a short time. Ha resided with hla brother at tho Harrison Hotel. First and Harri son streets. Ua waa unmarried, aged S years. WOMEN FEAR JURY DUTY Many and . Varied Excuse Offered by New Voters at Oljnjpla. OLYMPIA. Wash, Dec 10. (Special.) By mall and telephone the women who were drawn for Jury service in the Justice Court of Milton Giles next Tuesday are making life miserable for him through their protests, while the rejected women are also on bis trail, declaring that he had no right to leave them off the Jury list when be put others on. As a result. Judge -Giles Is wondering what Is going to happen to Mm when ha calls bis court to order next Tuesday. Miss Bernlce Fapp announces she is not a taxpayer and Mlsa Jean XicLeod declares her home Is In Belllngham, not In Olympla, ao aha Is Ineligible. The question baa been raised as to whether or not tho wife of a physician is ex empt for Jury duty when her husband Is exempt, and If the court ao rules. Mrs. J. W. Mowell will ba excused, so that threj of tha six women drawn may not have to serve. Judge Giles an nouncea. however, that they must all appear In court on Tuesday and re port for duty whether they servo or not. but excuses made to the Constable or other person who serves the sum mons will not ba accepted by him aa valid reasons for tho persons whoso names were drawn not appearing In court. , SOCIETY GIRL TAKES DARE Eleonora Sears Braves Footlights at Boston Matinee. BOSTON. Mass.. Dec. 10. Special. Eleonora Sears, the Boston society girl, played a walking part In "Tba Yankee Girl at today's matinee. It was tha result of dinner-box party and dare. The dinner took place on Friday eve ning. The thoughtless person who dared Mlsa, Sears wss Mrs. George Law. of New York. Tho women had agreed they would go on In their street clothes. Mrs. Law waa late, but Miss Sears would not wait for her. walking onto tha stage at the opening of tho second act- Sha waa on tha arm of William P. Carleton. "Captain John Lawrence. American Consul. Sha waa dressed aa usual In a fetch ing mannish style, short skirted suit and heavy high topped tan boots. All she did waa to walk across, carefully turning ber face from tha audience. Sha said nothing. Mr. Carleton spoke s few words, he usually fpeaka with one of tho women of the company on his arm. Mlsa Sears, when It waa all over. sbM: "Well. I wssn't dared, wss IT' Mm. I -aw congratulated her. 1 HARRY MURPHY GIVES B STRIKE ISSUE UP TO ROADS I'M 96 Per Cent of Engi neers Vote to Strike. 33,700 MEN ARE EMPLOYED Clash, if One Comes, Greatest in Railroad History. TIEUP WILL BE COMPLETE All Lines Operating West From Chi cago Will Be Affected, and Sym pathetic Strike in East la Not Impossible. WAGES OF LOCAL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS. O. R. a N. Co.. 14.40 to S3.20 for ruo of 100 miles or less, to be com pleted In 10 hours or less. Southern Paclflc S3. 75 to fS.1T for run of 100 miles or less, to be com pleted In hours or lass. Overtime, pro rata. General Increase requested. 15 per cent. Number of anslneers affected. 425. CHICAGO, Dec 10. (Special.) War ren 8. Stone, grand chief of the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers, and four of hla assistants spent today can vassing tha recent strike vote taken by tha men on tha Western railroads. Mr. Stone said tha count would not ba completed before Monday, and it then will be announced to tha railroad man agers. Mr. Stone estimated that 98 per cent of the englnemen favored a strike. The next move, according to Mr. Stone, la with the railroads. Tho railroads affected In the present controversy are those extending west from Chicago, and If tho engineers strlks the Eastern roads will not be drawn Into the controversy. There is always a chance, however, of a sym pathetic atrike. and In that event the Eastern engineers would Join the strik ers. Switching service In the Chicago yards, however, would be brought to standstill. Sixty-one railroads will ba affected If the engineers vote to strike and their terms are nasi accepted by the mana gers. Tho number of englnemen em ployed on these roads Is 33,700. The lines represent 136.000 miles of road, or It per cent of the total mileage of the country. This vote Is the first that has ever been ordered by the Brotherhood of Engineers on a general scale and It Is the first of any kind to be taken since the strike on the Burlington In IMS. "Our Brotherhood is known through out the country for Its conservatism," said Grand Chief Stone, "and when we take a strike vote It means something. The managers tried to take advantage of ua because, we have not been In clined to atrike In the past. We have done our best to maintain harmony, and have even made concessions that our men would not be willing to accept. If It comes to a strike, which now seems likely, we will tie up every road west of Chicago." Aftsr months of negotiations the de mands of the engineers now are some per cent higher than the railroad -managers are willing to grant. If the demands are not acceded to a atrike that will close the throttle of every railroad locomotive west, south and north of Chicago may be called within five hours, it waa Intimated. ' WAGE INCREASE COMES FIRST Demands of Engineers Will Be Pre vented on Monday. Tomorrow is the crucial day in the contest between the members of the j Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers I 1 1 1 . 1 ..1 on Pass 7.1 EXPRESSION THROUGH Far a Good Boy. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEW poreicii. Brazil's tnatlnoua aotdlers nrrtvder after n x-u nihil t ion fitfht. taction 1. pas 2. Ireland looks upon fcom rul aa won. 8e Uod L, pa 1. National. United States flag- waves over lOl.lOO.OOO: Washington ht greatest growth of states. Section 1 pas . Nation's famous men travestied at Gridiron Club dinner. Section 1. page 5. Canal rata war with Sues predicted when Panama ditch la completed. Section 1. Pse a. Politic. Oregon Democratic committee deposes Fweek as chairman and elects Bert E. Haney, Section t, page 13. Do meal ic Defense In Burke s trial Bays Luetta Smith only lm a nines defendant father of nor chlKL Section I. Pag 2. Engineers will present strike Issne to rail roads Monday. Section 1. Pag 1. Select divorce colony at Reno Indulges In gorgeous secret ball. Section 1. Pag L Woman charge Federal Investigator with betraying grand Jury secret to Brick Trust, Section 1. Pag 2. Unknown woman brought to front In Maa- aachusetta murder case. Section 1. Pag ft. - Sport. Bowling teams make high averages; first place unchanged. Section 2. page 2, Prayne Is .favorite In betting In fight with ilogan. section 2. page 1. Nationals defeat Multnomah Athletic Club In fast soccer game. Section 2, pag 3. Portland's best tennis women ranked for ISlo season. Section 2, page S. Fair sex of Multnomah Club sports In Pa cific Ocean. Section 1, page 7. Tax on automobiles to be urged at conven tion tomorrow to maintain roads. Section 4. page J. Demand In city for automobiles may exceed supply, section 4. page Popular prices create big demand for auto mobile. Section 4, page G. Marlon Torpedo roadster contain many In novations. Section 4s page 6. MoCredle may dispose of Casey as he sees' fit under waiver rule. Section 4. page 7. Chalmers Motor Company salesmen. 150 strong, meet at Detroit. Section 4, page & Pacific Northwest. In trial of Jess Parker, of La gran do. Or.. for murder, testimony of state's principal witness Is refuted. Section 3L Page 7. Business men of Seattle seem to favor Mayor Gill's open-town policy. Section 8. Page 1. Division of Oregon State Teachers Associa tion, to meet in Portland, December. 21. Section 8. Page 12. Millions of cubic feet of valuable Crater Lake timber going to waste. Section 1. Page 0. Attempt of New York to foist inaan patient on Oregon Is blocked by asylum super intendent. Section 1. Page 6. Episcopal minister who has accepted Oregon City call, compelled to resign in Phila delphia. Section 1. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Heavy trading In Oregon and Washington hop markets- section z. rage . Whect weak at Chicago on fine quality re- pjrta from Argentina. Section 2. Page 18. New York banks' weekly report Is favorable. Section 2. Page 10. Stock market closes with food rains. Sec tion 2. Psge lt. City makes first venture In public dock business, with t,GOO annual aeau sec tion 2 Fag- - Real Estate. But one city In th United States exceeds fortian as percentage ot gain ia umu clearances, section 4. page v. Comfort Is main object of plans for new Multnoman county j-arra ouiiaings. oo tlon 4. page 9. Structures planned and under way In East side aggregate tuuv.wu vemea. ccviiun 4. page 10. Charplt method of clearing land 1s deemed great success, section 4. page iu. Building permits for week exceed $100,000. Oregon is destined to be chief wood-pulp state in union, section 4. page xi. Portland and Vicinity. Alleged scheme of J. Thorburn Rors and I. jU Kinney to speculate in 0001 xtay tanas Is enjoined by Federal Court. Section 1. Page 10. Tacoma officials here to Inspect Hawthorne bridge with Idea ol copying siy.e, Mo tion 1. Page 11. East Sid clubs considering dock sit loca tions. Section 1. Page 12. Ex-Governor O rover's suit for possession of 4tl acres of land is won by Mrs. Rachel L Hawthorne. Section 1. Page 14. Board of Education believes school tax levy must be one milt feigner, seo. 1. Page 12. Portland Gas Coke Company to spend $750,000 next year in extending gas mains and Pacific power fc IJght Company to spend $1,000,000 in Irrigation system. Section i. Page 1. Man greets brother from high building; then hurled to instant deatn. section 1. page 1. State Good Roads Association will meet Monday. Section 1. Page 14. Poultry show illustrates city's need of con vention haiL section 1. Pag ii Whisky-fume cur for consumption, ex plained, zecuon 1. pag-e a. Naylor tragedy at Forest Grove veiled In mystery. Doction i, page . Chief Oox demands that grand Jury probe charges of Municipal Association, section 1. Page 10. DEATH SPREADS ALARM Demise of Actress Causes False Tie- port Ellen Terry Dead. NEW YORK, Dec 10. Ella Craven. an elderly English actress, who had been playing- with FredTerry at the Knickerbocker Theater, died suddenly yesterday at the Hotel Van Courtlandt In West Forty-ninth street. In the early reports at tha Corot -er's office the came was given as El len Terry and a story was soon wide spread that the famous -actress waa dead. A VARIETY OF PICTURES TO THE PREVAILING CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. Lest We Fera-et. IRELAND REGARDS HOME RULE WON Asquith Promise Is Ac cepted in Full. BALFOUR ASKS THIRD CHANGE King Now Expected to Create Enough New Peers. TRUCE REFUSED TORIES Date for Execution of Liberal Pro gramme Xow Only Outstanding Issue End of long Battle Sor Clearly Visible. BT T. P. O'CONNOR. (Special cable to Chicago Tribune. Copyright. 1010. by Tribune Company.) LIVERPOOL Dec 10. Premier As quith has pronounced home rule for Ireland the leading: issue in the present campaign. This momentous pronounce ment was made In a small schoolhousa of a remote village in Scotland, but al ready It has stirred the whole British Islands, and eclipsed all other issues In the fight. The pronouncement waa made In an swer to a "heckler." as the typical dis turber of British political meetings Is called. "Is it the truth," asked this heckler, "that, if the Liberal government is re turned to power in this election, it will give Ireland a measure of Tiome rule?" "My reply,", said squlth, "is, 'It is.' " Reply Aids Redmond. The precision, firmness and candor of this answer on the part of a man so frigid and cautious and bo determined to, concentrate this election on the House of Lords comes as a thunderclap to all of the enemies of the Liberal party, and It Is a great aid to Red mond's fie-bt. - Though Redmond was well aware that it was Asquith's Intention to give Irish heme rule an immediate chance, the carpers and factlonlsbs in Ireland have been Insisting that Asquith was a trickster and that Redmond was his dupe. But now even the Dublin Inde pendent, chief supporter of the Healy faction, confesses that Asquith's declaration leaves no more to be said, and Is entirely satisfactory. Thus home rule at last Is unde niably before the eyes of all men and Is definitely In sight. For the general election practically Is over, and the government will return with unbroken strength to tha House of Commons. The second declaration against the Lords ends their existing powers. The Tories, however, are continuing to use every device possible to evade this final and crushing verdict. A. J.' Balfour, leader of the opposition, who in vain threw over hla protection of the House of Lords, and even the plural voting, which robs the Liberals of Innumerable seats, in the effort to scape defeat, now follows another line of retreat. Balfour practically demands a third election, following closely the lead of Lord Rosebery. who declared that If the Liberals lost even five seats It would preclude them from proceeding witfi the attack on the Lords. Thlej ridiculous pretension already is being laughed out of court I have no doubt that the Liberals will propose an anti-veto bill on tho flrst night of the new Parliament., will proceed with it promptly and when it Is rejected by the Lorda will call upon the 'King to create enough new peers to carry the measure through the second chamber. Veto Power Seems Doomed. Tie King undoubtedly will not .cefuse this request. But If he should. Premier Asquith must, by his pledges, Immediate ly ttslgn and leave Balfour face to face with a hostile majority in the House of Commons, which would throw him "out of office the next day. Already the Tories are sending up a - (Concluded on Pag. 2-) -IS WORTH TWO JNTrieRUSHj, i Do Early. IN BALL IN SECRET DISPLAYS OF GOWXS ANT FIG URES ARE GORGEOCS. Select Colony at Reno Said to Have Shown Costumes and Jewels Worth $75,000. REXO. Nev., Dec 10. (Special.). What was Intended to be a determined ly secret ball, at which only a select aggregation of the women of the di vorce colony were to participate, ex cluding all such as were not accept able, was given last night In a small obscure hal) over a store some distance from the center of the ctty, when 80 of the prominent women of the colony from New York, with their male com panions of Reno, made merry widows and other fantastic and spectacular dances until an early morning hour. Newspaper men were not admitted, and when asked if certain women of the colony were present, naming such, one of the favored ones replied: "They were not there." Th invitations were handed out per sonally, with admonitions of profound secrecy. They even took their own lunch, rather than make known heir plana to a public caterer, and irom convenient table mixed their' own cocktails from the whisky and Shasta water nrovided In abundance. .n J- R. Woodruff, of New Tork, who toured with Sousa on 'his famous Purnnpfln ensraeement as his SOlO vlo linist, when the festivities were at their height, took the violin from om nf the orchestra and rendered a selec tlon. the orchestra stopping and all th. r danclnir ceasins. Then she grasped her partner and the festivi ties continued. Tnr-h dlvorcon vied with her fellow xninnv members in srorgeous display of gown and figure, and the importa- ilny.. in Mitnmea and Jewels are saia tn hivn represented at least io,. Profusion of greenery and cut-flowers .rim-nod the hall. The brilliant rea Dan rir. of Mrs. Jessie Belknap Weiss, or Knur Vnrlr Paris and San Antonio, and the elaborate blue and gold costume of Mrs. Gertrude Nichols, or ijrooaiyn. dazzled everyone. Those of Mrs. Harold Hackett, mrs. Harriet Johnston, Mrs. Silva, all of New York, and Mrs. Edith Taylor, Phil adelphia, were gorgeous. FAIR SWIMMER'S DEFI OUT Woman Challenges California Chan plon for Open-Sea Race. I.OS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Beach visitors soon will be treated to an Interesting aquatlo con test If Dorothy Newkirk. the cham pion long-distance swimmer of South em California, accepts the challenge Mrs. Louise Scott. Winter tourist from Helena, Mont., Issued today. Mrs. Scott offerB to engage in a water con test wltk anv local woman swimmer for any distance, preferring to race with Miss Newkirk in the open sea. Mra. Scott has a wonderful reco-a tnr endurance and among other feats has accomplished a six-hour swim without resting, something that none of the exnert swimmers of Santa Monica Bav can boast. Mrs. Scott Is modest and unassuming and enters into all nhases of the sport for the love of competition. She also holds run ning records fo track athletics. She determined to race with some or the swimmers here and if the girls refuse her she will broaden the offer to include men. MRS. ELIZA R. R0YLE DIES Grief Over Husband's Death Short ens Life of Honored Woman. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 10. Mrs. Bllza R. Royle, one of the three honorary vice presidents of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, died here this afternoon, aged 75 years. She was the widow of Jonathan C Royle, who passed away In June. They had been married more than E4 years at the time of Mr. Royle's death and grief shortened the widow's life, al though she was tenderly caxd for by her children, Martha Royle Palmer, Ed ward Milton Royle, the playwright; J. C Royle, of the Denver Associated Press office, and Dr. Sinclair K. Royle, of New York. Two sisters, Mrs. Joseph "A. Batcher and Mrs. Mary S. Turner, both of Denver, survive her. Mrs. Royle was instrumental In organ izing the Ladles' Literary Club, of Salt Lake City, the first woman's club west of tho Missouri River. Ia There Anything In Physiognomy! OF PIPE TO BE LAID Portland Suburbs to Be Served in 191 1. $750,000 GRANTED FOR MAINS Pacific Power & Light Com pany to Spend $1,500,000. , VAST IRRIGATION PLANNED Guy W. Talbot, President of LocaJ Corporation and Larger Concern, Announces Big Improvements i for JText Year. Expenditures aggregating $2,250,000 will be made by the Portland Gas & Coko Company and the Paciflc Power & Light Company during the coming year, ac cording to announcement made yester day by Guy W. Talbot, president of both concerns. Of this sum $750,000 will ba spent in extending the mains and improving tha plant of the Portland Gas & Coke Com pany. The remaining $1,500,000 will be used in the further development of the light and power company's service along tha Columbia and Yakima rivers In Eastern Washington, making possible the Irriga tion of a large area. Work on the local Improvements will be started early In 1911. About 200 miles of gas mains will be laid. Additions will be made to the local generating plant to accommodate the Increased service. The new mains, so far as possible, will cover those districts In which the city is planning hard-surface improvements, but many of the suburban streets will also be served. Tons of Pipe Ordered. "It will be our aim to serve all of tha outlying sections," said Mr. Talbot. "Wa already have planned to serve Monta villa. Rose City Park, the Ladd tract, Fulton, Brooklyn, Buchs, the territory south of Powell Road, Woodlawn, tha district north of Hawthorne" avenue, tha Simon district, the streets north of Clin ton street and south of Tibblts. Orders have been placed for 12,000 or 13.000 tons of steel pipe with the United States Cast Iron Company. Much of this will be delivered within tha first few months of the year." v Included in the territory in which new pipes will be placed are from 50 to 75 mllesthat are not in need of enlarged mains at this time, but upon which the city contemplates hard-surface paving. The Improved service will be Installed to preclude the necessity of tearing tha streets when business demands tha change. ' Plant Large Enough. Nearly all of the money appropriated for this work will be spent in the ex tension of the mains and very little will be required in improving the generating plant, as that is large enough to accom modate the present and Immediate fu ture needs of the company. It is so constructed that additions can ba built at any time they are required. While It may be Impossible to carry out all of the proposed improvements during the coming year, the full J750.000 appro priated will be available, and that which Is not used in 1911 will be carried over Into the following year and the Improve ments completed then as fast as they can be taken up. The Pacific Power & Light Company Is controlled by practically the same set of stockholders, and now operates five electric generating plants. Two of these are hydro-electric gener ating electricity by water power and ara located at Natchez and Walla Walla. Three are steam plants and are in oper ation at Walla Walla, Kennewlck and Wenatchee. The proposed, improvements call for the extension of the transmission lines from the present terminal of the electrio cable at Sunnyslde to the adjacent dis tricts of Granger, Wapato, Zllla, Grand View and Mabton for the purpose of sup ( Concluded on Page 5.) Tip for Santa. mh.es Waat Sasasay Waata. la Delleata Health.