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. nfE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. rOItTLAim. DECEMBER 25. 1910. , E OF MUSIC STOLEN Six Scores Contesting for $10,000 Prize Disappear From Wagon. VALUE MAY REACH $50,000 After Being Judged by Walter Dam rosch Score Are Expressed to Another Judge, bat Disappear. Loss Mar Bo Irreparable. NEW TOIUC Dec A package be lieved to contain a tiO.CM) prise muaio core. addressed to C tor go W. Chedwlck. director of the New England Conserva tory of Muaio In Boat on. wu stolen to night from an tireu wagon standing la front of an uptown dwelling houeo. No motlvs la assigned In the report made to the police. The driver of the czpreaa wagon Informed the poUce that the package waa one of two be had re ceived a abort time before at the bouae of Walter Damroach. the conductor. When Mr. Damroach waa Informed of the theft, he eeeined wholly at a loaa and very much perturbed. Several musi cal a co ret had been submitted to him. he explained, aa one of the Judges in a con teat which haa been conducted for tow time by the Metropolitan Opera house. Of the compositions paaaed on. he bad selected six which ha had de cided to forward to Mr. Chadwtck. lie did not know whether theae alx had been done up In one or two packages, but waa i Inclined to thick they had all been sent 1 under the same cover. la that case be estimated the value of the package at HO.0.0 to The ' prize score was to have received CO.0U0 1 and. whatever the loss, he feared it would be Irreparable, as he doubted .If any duplicates sore to be bad. The block In which the theft was oom- . mined bouKi several characters known to the police aa guerillas. What they ' should want with operatlo compositions the dotectlvea do not know. : ENGLISH PASSENGERS BURN ! Trafa Wrecked In Lake District and Cars Take Fire. KTRKBT-STEPHEX. England. Deo. ' J. Eight passengers were killed, some I of them Instantly and the others burned to death, and 36 more injured In the wreck of the Scotch Express near Hawes Junction today. The expreas carried (00 persons bound for their homes In Sootiaod to spend Christmas. It was running at Its ordinary speed when near tbe Junction it collided with a pilot engine and was derailed. Fire broke out In the wreckage and the whole train with tbe exception of the locomotive and a rear baggage oar waa reduced to ashes. It was thought at first but two per sons had been killed and that the oth ers had had time to escape before the flamee swept through tbe coaches. A search of the debits, however, resulted In the discovery of charred bodies and by the time that the whole wreckage had been gone through eight bodies had been recovered. Moat of the bodies were burned be yond recognition. Among the dead was a little girl who perished In the flames before the eyes of her parents, who were helpless to save ber. The scene of the accident was high up in the Pennine Hills, the loftiest sec tion traversed by railway In England. The isolation of the wreck cauaed some d. lay before physicians could reach the place. SUGAR TRUST TO PAY BACK $700,000 Overpayment of Draw backs ;olng to Vncle Sim. NEW TORK. Dec U. Tbe American Buxir R'rtnirc Company will ahortly hand to the I'nltel Statee Government a check for irw.OO In settlement of a further evrlee of cu.jm frauds, accord ing to the Herald today. Tola will bring the total amount from this company up to nearly tUW.O'O. This latest settlement Is In connection with the so-called -drawback" frauds, which have been under investigation since the original customs fraud were de tected two years ago. as a result of the disclosure made by Richard Parr. The -drawback'" eases grew out of abuses of the tariff provision whereby the Govern ment pays back te Importers all but 1 per cent of the duty paid oa Imported 'raw susar when the ausar Is exported after being manufactured. It was alleged that the Government baa been paying hawk to the company more than It sbould during the las nine ytara It Is sxpected that a formal offer from the sugar toorair of the rMAOt agreed noon by Collector Loeb will be forward ed to the Treeeury Lerrtmnt following a meeting of the Sugar Company's di rectors next Tuesday. BIG STRIKE IS AVOIDED (Ciettnod rrym flrat reaa whereby a settlement might be reached ef the differences existing between the conference committee of the Western ananas-era and the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, we beg to ad viae as follows: "After thoroughly considering the rr poaal and the question la I la entirety, wa are of the opinion the offer will not yield the engineers compensation earn, tneaturats with the service performed, and It U with extreme reluctance we In form you It wtn be accepted. "la this connection we are prompted to accept the proposition through the Influence of yourself and a desire on our part to avert a calamity that would bring suffering and loss of a targe number of people who are not parties to the con troversy. "With theae facts In mind, you are, hereby authorised to effect a settlement la accordance with the proposed terms in your favor of December It. 110. Engineer Gain Main Point. The managers and engineers mat la joint conference at 4 o'clock In ths afternoon and formally signed the schedule which Insures peace and runs Indefinitely until It Is reopened by a notice of SO days oa either side. . Under the terms of ths compromise settlement the engtneers receive an In crease of Tl cents a day en the smaller Mallet engines aad II a day cn ths larger s'.aa over the regular schedule. The differential haa been firmly estab PRECIOUS PACKAG lished, whlah wa the obief point of contention la the controversy. Engi neers cn passenger trains, suburban service, through freight, pusher and helper engines, wreck trains, snow plows, work trains and mixed trains era te receive an Increase of 40 eenta a day ever the present schedules. Oa way-freight engines a differential of IB cents a day la allowed, making the increase la that service It cente a day. On through freight engines, with 115.000 pounds on the drivers, a differ ential over the regular rates of It cent an hour Is provided for. A flat In crease of 80 cents a day Is oonooded en gineers In switchyards and transfer service, and the advanoe on motor care Is 40 cents a day. with complete Juris diction over the work. Overtime Demand Waived. The engineers In the settlement had to waive the demand for pro rata over time. Under the custom the men dc not receive any pay for overtime leas than 10 minutes, while they arc given an hour for anything over that. They charge the railroads with making them work 2t mlnutee every night and then calling them off before the 10-mlnute lljntt is up. In the transfer esrvtce In Chicago the engineers are paid by the hour, re ceiving 40 cents an hour. Under the new schedule they will receive 46 cenU an hour, though they demanded to have the transfer service placed on a freight basis, which would have netted the men about 15 a day. The demand for pay for preparatory time, used In get ting their engines ready for a run, also was denied in the compromlec Representatives of the engineers are not satisfied with the settlement, and they expect In the near future to take up again the question of pay in the switchyards and terminal service In Chicago. The new schedule gives the engineers 14.25 a day In the swltch yarda. while the firemen on the same engines receive 14.75. The engineers assert that ths pay Is too low In proportion to the firemen, and that they will not be satisfied until they are placed on a higher wage basis. COMMENTS OX TAPTS MESSAGE VOICE OCCASION FOR ALARM. Hockl Says America's Financial Am bition In China Stronger Than Offensive Alliance. VICTORIA, B. C Deo. 24. Japanese vernacular newspapers received today , by the Keemun comment at length on . President's Taft's message to Congress, lengthy abstracts of which were tele graphed to Japan by the Japanese Am bassador. ' Some of the newspapers look suspiciously toward America's attitude toward China, notably ths HockL This psper says no power has sver suc ceeded In her policy towards China so well as ths United States. "The Secretary of State. Mr. Knox, has Indeed succeeded in his recent pol icy toward China." esys the Hockl. Though Mr. Taft assures us Amer ica has no ambition other than finan cial success in Its recent Investments In China, we must remember that a financial bond Is Just as Strang or even stronger than any alliance of a defens ive or offensive nature. Mr. Taft's new message to Congress only deepens the Impression that Japan must watch with a keen eye the development of rela tions between China and the United States." The Toklo Asahl finds In the mes sage three points that require Japan's special attention; references with re gard to the loan for the building of the Chlnchow-Algun line, the Japan Russia agreement and American Invest ments In China. The paper hopes that In their late Investments In China, the Americans will have no other ambition than a financial one as President Taft asserts In his messags and expresses thanks for the good will with which the Americans accepted the annexation of Cores. The JUI eays that Mr. Taft's mention of the expanalon of the central power. anticipating the riss of ths anti-Japanese question. Is an important toplo worthy of attention. AUTO GOES 1100 MILES LAKEVIEU MAN TRAVELS TO LOS ANGELES IX NEVE DATS. R. Sou ths tone Tells of Enjoyment of 'tourney Over Mountain Road of California. LOS AN'OELEa Deo. 14. (Special.) R. Southslsne. driving his 10 horse power car. arrived here today from Lakcvlew, Or, after driving his car 1100 miles and being on the road nine days. "It certainly was a wonderful run." said Mr. Southatone. "considering the condition of the mountain roads and the other obstacles the car had to over oome. I would not travel In trains If I could spare the time to uss my car. Ths pleasure of driving the car amply repays for the loss of my time. My wife, who accompanied me with our baby daughter, also agrses with ni that It waa a most pleasant experience. Our baby seemed to enjoy every mile of the trip and her cheeks are aglow with health. "The lengest run we mada in one day was 111 miles. This, of course. was over a level country and wnere the driving was easy. The car acted per fectly and we had no saglne trouble whatever. Oa the route we received two punctures and had to change two spark plugs. Outside ef this, ws did not have to touoh the car. except te give it oil aad gasoline." Woman Takes Dead Relatives Home. Nsw TORK. Deo. 14. After living 4 years In America Alma L. Schmidt, of Terra Haute, Ind, la Journeying bsck to Oermany on the liner Rheln. taking with her the remalna of all of ber rela tives who bsve died In this country. On board the liner with her, placed In a large coffin, are the bodies of her father, mother, brother and sister which will be burled In a plot close te the old home In Oermany. Miss Schmidt" s father was Carl F. Schmidt, who wsnt to Terre Haute as a pioneer and accu mulated wealth In real estate. fse of Trolley Rope Saves Boy. COLUMBUS. O.. Dec, 14. When Sey mour Borrer was taking an tnterurbsn car to ths barns today he saw Paul Martin, aa J-y ear-old boy. sink Into ths Scioto River. Borrer cut the trolley rope loaec and using It as a lasso dragged the boy to the shore. Nebraska Cattle Feeder Dies. CENTRAL. CTTT. Neb.. Dec 24. Thomas Ber.ren Herd ef this place, said to have been the largest cattle feeder In the world. a1d tortay at Mirre-nol'. M!ra-. w.ere ha went a few weeks sge to consult a specialist. He has suffered from peualyexa tor twe years .a. HOLIDAY SEASON MDSTPRDSPEBGUS San Francisco Enjoys Its Greatest Christmas Shop ping Epoch. RECORD MONTH WITNESSED Chicago, Too, Makes Mark With Ex penditure of Cloao to $18,000, 000 Even Berlin la Inclined to Refute Socialistic. Talk. . WHAT CnlCAOO 19 SrEXDENO 02T CHRISTMAS THIS YE All. Diamonds and Jewelry. . . .$ S.000.000 1 Musical Instruments 1,000.000 Women's apparel ........ 2,000.000 ', Men's apparel 1.000.000 i Children's apparel ...... 400.000 1 Furs 750,000 ' Home furnishings 500.000 Cbrtauna dinners 1.230,000 Tors 1. 200.000 Dolls 150.000 i Books and etatlonery 1.000.000 i Ctu-utmae trees 150.000 Chrietmaa flowera and dee- oratlona 175,000 i 800.000 pounds candy 150.000 1 Frulta, nata. eto 100,000 tvinea. Uquore and clears.. SSO.OOS lltaeellaaeeae 723.000 ' Tots f 10.000,000 ' SAN FRANCISCO. Dec L (Special.) The holiday season, which reached Its climax tonight, is far the most brilliant San Francisco has ever enjoyed. No city In the world is happier and none has greater cause to be. The remarkably fine weather of the whole holiday season, piled on top of a multitude of fundamental blessings, has made the San Francisco Tuletlde a record-breaker. In the matter of fine weather, Deoember, 1910, haa been a record month of all the many that have been figured upon in furthering the benevolent mission of good old Saint Nick. Weather Proves Good. Atmospherle conditions have been such that shopping was possible on' all days of December, the clear, bright skies In viting the shopper to linger over ' his or her purchases longer than usual. It meant the constant surging of throngs In and out the big department stores. "It msy seem like a fairy tale to you." remarked one of the managers of a large Market-street department store today, "but this weather has added at least 1500,000 to our Christmas sales. I am basing my estimation upon last year's business. "Even had we experienced the normal rainfall I do not think our sales would have been less than those of 1909. But rain Is the greatest detriment to Christ mas shopping possible. Assistance Not Adequate. "Last year there were about 1309 men and women taken on in the department stores ss extra help. In some cases these were found to be too many. This year the number has been doubled and several stores of ths larger" sort discovered they have not had sufficient assistance. "I would estimate that the fine weather means at least an addition of 12.500.000 to tbe profits of the merchants who cater esDcclslly to the holiday trade, and that the extra help will receive fully 1600,000 for their services." TAFT FAMILY REUNITED TODAY President's Children, However, Have Passed "Santa Clans" Age. WASHINGTON, Dec J 4. Like most other folks, a family reunion and a turkey dinner win be the features of President Taft's Christmas. ' After at tending church In the morning tha President will spend the day surround ed by his family. All three of the Taft children are In Washington and will spend the holidays at the White House In pursuance of the universal custom of family rsunlons at Tuletlde. The President's children have passsd tie cbrlsunas-trsc-and-Santa-CIaus age and for that reason there will be no present-laden spruce at the White House Ths White House has mlsssd the nov elty of the Chrlstmss trss since the early days ef the Boossvslt Adminis tration. WEATHER UNSETTLED TODAY Fair In East, Wet or Snowy in Mid dle West and Rockies. WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. Generally un settled weather Is the forecast of the bureau tonight for Christmas day. In the Eastern States It will continue fair, but It will probably grow colder by Monday. Rain or snow is predicted tor the Mid dle Western States for Sundsy and Mon day. It Is expected that the states north of the Rocky Mountains will havs snow far Chrlstmss, while the Southern Stat are expected to b v Wilted by rain. West of the Rocky Mountains the peo- - V i ! t U , r "lit - rnomnmrH op" gniEr-T sceb iw miian. chile, where, wombhs am teadixt bmplotbd TSATDCt-ro!. THB PHOTOGRAPH WAS CCCRKD BT MAJOR ALFRED T. 8 BARS. OF PORTLAND DIBISO A TISIT TO THAT CITY. -i. .seaiiisaasaeaseaas.eeaiiaTi'i - -i - Money Sated Is Monej Blade NICOLL'S GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL REDUCTION SALE Will Start Tuesday, Deo. 27. (Store olosed Monday.) Suit and extra Trousers for the price of the stilt alone, $25 to $45, to reduce stock for stock taking. Come early and seoure first ohoioe. No trouble to show goods. Satisfaction guaranteed m an oaaea Oarmenta ta order la a day it required. Full dreaa aad Tuxedo suits a specialty. WILLIAM J ERR EMS' SONS lOS Third Street pie will have unaettled weather tor Christmas, with little precipitation. BERLIN'S SHOPPING HEAVY Emperor William's Celebration ol Domestic Nature. BERLIN. Dec. 24. (Special.) la spite of bleak skies and continuous rains. Berlin Is thoroughly sngrossed in the Joys of the Christmas season. So heavy has been the' shopping during the week that politicians are citing it as an argument to refute Socialist com plaints of hard times. Santa Claus Is In a fair way to be come a political lasue. In most of the big department stores the police have found It necessary to closs doors at half-hour Intervals to keep shoppers from being injured In the crush. The lively sale of children's pres ents is carried on In the streets, where rows of peddlers shelter mechanical toys and Teddy bears under umbrellas. The only discontented tradesmen are dealers In skates and Winter sporting goods. Emperor William and members of the imperial household are planning to have a quiet Christmas, which will have mora than an usually domestic charac ter. AMERICANS LEAVE AFRICA Big Development Work Is Done and Race Question Up. NEW TORK, Deo. 24. After a jour ney of about 12.000 miles, A. Weir Ma son, one of ths Justices of the Supreme Court of the new Union of South Af rica, Is in New Tork to spend Christmas With HIS son, wno IS aiuucm. bi luc . Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Justice Mason left Pretoria on Novem ber 1. He will return early In Jan uary. "I doubt very much whether the American population of South Africa is Increasing." said Justice Mason In an swer to a question. "One reason Is that ws are now growing our owls men. Ths big lines of development have been laid down. The-American engineers who were responsible have done the big work and many have left the coun try, Naturally, there are fewer com ing In. . . 1, "South Africa Is an interesting coun try. Ws are more especially concerned over a problem with which you have had to deal in this country that Is, what are the proper relations between bucks and whites, for In our country the former are nearly five to one. They represent all ages. We are always looking to America to see how you arc progressing toward the solution of this difficult problem. In many parts of South Africa polygamy among the blacks Is recognised by statuts." Clerg-ymaa Is Guard Officer. ALB ANT, N. T. Dec 14. Governor White has approved a commission to the Rev. Herbert Martin, a clergyman, aa Second Lieutenant of Campany L Sec ond Infantry, stationed at Whitehall, N. Y. He is ths only clergyman holding a commission as a 11ns officer In the New Tork State National Guard. Detective, Shot by Prisoner, Dies. CHICAGO. Deo. 24. Detective Jesse Oilman, who was shot by Qregrl Graola laat night, died today. Oilman was at tempting . to arrest Oracle after the latter had fired four shots In a quarrel with a former employer, the owner of a laundry. - WOMEN OF IQUTQTJI, CHILE, AO T AS STREETCAR I l SI I iHjlSS... .1 Jl HH. -. c . ... . ..,'-" --,;''."vv' I JvYA :?Hvrr i : :r- i . a JS i lijJ''- v- 1 1 - To Our Store Friends "Wb wish to extend our thanks for their most generous patronage. To Our ' Employes We wish to express our appreciation of their willing help and co-operation in - handling the largest Holiday business we have ever had the good fortune .to enjoy. To. One and All We Wish We Also Announce That Our Store Will Remain Closed All Day Monday. Deo. 26 For Tuesday and the following days of next week" we have arranged a series of special sales throughout the entire store that will be unusually attractive to those economically inclined. Tomorrow's paper will give further details of this special sale. IS ROOFLESS CAB IX SHE GIVES BIRTH TO CHILD. Hunters Find Her In Pitiful State With Baby and Barefoot Four-Year-Old Daughter. DTJX.UTH. Deo. 24-WhIlo wolves howled around tha D&rrah cabin, Mrs. Walter Darren, 34 years old. gave birth six days ago to a baby In a partially roofless shack nsar Pelican Lake, In this county. With the woman in the cabin was only her 4-year-old daughter. Mrs. Darrah claims she was deserted by her husband some weeks before. It was only today that the woman, her baby and the little girt were found. All were temporarily removed to a farm house For a week previous to the birth of the child, Mrs Darrah had been criti cally Ul. and only the services of the 4- i . .kiu .r. ..tnurl. to her dur- jresw-iu - - Ing that time and the ensuing psriods and up to toaoy, wum uiui v s cross the shack. rph. ... f..r hiil heen erxtremelv cold. There had been no food and no fire Id CONDUCTORS. ,sa IfcT - ' - L I 3 iST A m m Merry Jgf fcv.JeV -r9l !T fcalSajstslssssasj' the cabin for a week, and mother and children were on the point of starva tion. The little girl had started bare footed for a spring for water when found. Duluth authorities have taken charge of the family. SIX ARE STIFLED BY GAS Two Women, Four Men, Found Dead In Ohio Town. KBNTON, O., Dec 24. Two women and four men were found dead here to day In two rooms in a building at the rear of the opera-house. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Clark Latham. Pearl Kennedy. William Kennedy. Harry Newcomb. Miss Elizabeth Bailey. The clerk of the restaurant on the flret floor received no responses to his repeated calls and went to the rear room and saw four of the bodies lying about the room. It Is supposed the fumes from a gas stove killed all six persons. Latham was found lying on the floor, while his wife was sitting in a chair and bad fallen forward upon a table. Newoomb was on one side of ths room and the Bailey girl on the other. Both had fallen backward when overoome by the fumes. All in the room were dressed. The two Kennedys, who were regular ten ants, were in bed and were evidently overcome while asleep. Hoqnlam Starts Figlit Now. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec 24. A re vival of the question of the removal of . v. ...n.w f f,nm MflntMmna to the harbor, either to Aberdeen or Ho- qulam. Is saia to nave siartea ai nu qulam. Mayor E. B. Benn, of this city, u 1 1 . ji.nvin. laariAPKhfn In the move- KUIIB UOMJ ...B " r ment. Is quoted as saying that Monte- eano is not the proper piaco ior me county seat, and that It will be an n mfltr. the fthsnffs when the majority so desires. About 70 per cent or tne population oi ,wm nuuuij Is in uns ena emu mi majvuu eaelly effect any change desired. Germany Soon to Import All Meat. WASHINGTON. Dec S4. In the course of a few years. Germany In all nir.iihAnf will rntiaums nothlnsr but Imported meat, according to Consular reports. Tnere is an immense uwisom noted rn the number of onlmala for .i...t.a .nriiin. tn the last count made on 'October 10, H10.' The espe cially notloeaoie is young .uiuuna. a. a result, prices of animals for slaugh ter arc expeoted to rise very high. Governor Revokes Pardon Granted. rnn Ttr a ah Tine. 24. governor Marion LUUUJ . . . r don which he granted lost January to for larceny, and who recently attempt- . a- t-1 1 1 wi iav.nv.nlf1 rtmiirhtar at ea fcu a., ' - Pasco. Hubert was pardoned condi tionally at ins request ox law omcers i ( -I. 4 , n.A him Am m. witna.a against alleged borse thlaieai. 12 LIVE 01! $1.35 A DAY PITTSBURG FAMILY HOLDS REC ' ORD FOR THRIFT. Woman Probation Offlloer Startles Court With Remarkable Tale. Boy Is Dismissed. PITTSBURO. Dec 24. A tale of com. fort and thrift contrary to tha usual ones of distress was unfolded in tha Juvenile Court today by Miss Nance Oppenhelmer, a probation officer, to the court and spectators. A family of 12 is supported on an income of $1.85 a day but how' it was done has not yet been disclosed. Miss Oppenhelmer told the story when she requested Judge Cohen to al low Antonio Elf, 10 years old, to go home. He was arrested for being in the streets late at night. "He has a splendid home, your honor." said Miss Oppenhelmer. 'His mother," pointing to the woman stand ing by the tad's side, "Is a splendid housekeeper and they have 10 bright children, of whom the oldest is a girl 18 years old." "I don't know how they do It," said Miss Oppenhelmer later, "but they are nice people and better home conditions couldn't be asked for. Everything is neat and orderly and there is no lack of wholesame food for the entire family. The father is a laborer and earns one dollar and thirty-five cents a day. That man is a oredlt to any commun ity." A murmur of surprise was heard In the courtroom and without further ado the boy was allowed to go home with bis mother. Negro to Be Tried in Hurry. RALEIGH. N. C. Dec 24. Governor Kltchln today ordered a special term of court for Granville County for the trial of Nathan Montague, the negro, charged with attacking Miss Mamie Sanders, the murder of the young woman, her father, J. L. Banders, and his granddaughter, Irene Overton, In Granville County, last Tuesday. Montague is also charged with setting fire to the bouse after putting all the bodies in It. The term will begin on January lg, 1 t ' Girl Gymnast Dislocates Neck. GREELET, Colo., Dec. 24. While go ing through the set of exercises pre scribed at the sohool which she at tended. Beulah Allen, the eight-year- old daughter of A S. Allen of this city. vestardav dislocated a verteora in ner neck. Physicians replaced the bone in its proper position and are watching tha case wltn interest. Robbers Dynamite Postofflce. ARROYO GRANDE, Cel., Dec 24. The postoffioe here was robbed i naw TK. inf. wn. hlavn with BtVI 1 J ------- -' dynamite and all the stamps and money taKCn. XIIO ixgioiciBU mail ao uut molested. A Sheriff's posse has taken sjp tna wswu oa um mvwa