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Pages 1 to 16 I i r Ky t t YOL. XXX-XO. 53. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECE3IBER 31, 1911. PRICE FIVE CEX TAFT REPLIES TO CRITICS OF PEACE Charge of Inconsis tency Denied. BANQUET FULFILLS MSSION Beginning Unpropitious, but Way Grows Smoother. PRESIDENT WELL GUARDED i:'lx of . intension seei In Small Slae of Washington Delegation Foreign Amnaador rail .to Appear. NEW TOKK, tiec. 50. Precede J by dissensions which ima for a time to threaten a climax anything but pa ctflc. the pea.ee banquet tonlrM pmved In realisation everything that u name Implied In Its attendant condition PresMent Taft. the guest of honor and ipk-r of the eveninir. while argu ins; for the pending arbitration treaties :twe?n the fn'ted State and Great Itr'.taln and France, went further to MKht than heretofore and replied sp' -iflrallr to crttb-tsms recently road scalnst t!i principle embodied In tlife treaties, lie also answered th cargo of Inconsistency lodged against alvm.atrs of th arbitration treatle I o did not favor arbitration In th lif'lculty between th Cnlted States and Russia. .rgetUttras IJealt Saeeeh. ' Those of na who are In favor of this treatle have been criticised aa Inconsistent because w did not Invoke at Miration In the recent difference be tween Russia." said Mr. Taft. "T am not entirely wllllna" to speak as frank ly aa X m'grht of that, because my tongue la tied la a slight way by what we hop lor In future negotiations. "Ail I can say Is that If you will rad the great argumant of :ilhu Root on th question of why th treaty ill (raid he terminated and why arbitra tion would not do, I would be coctent to stead on his exhibit and explana tion of that. "The truth le that the treaty Itself contains contractual obligations on the I art of th United Btatea to recognise It Joctrln of non-expatriation and Mrognls th rtght of Russia to say that th naturalised Russian citizens In I he United States should not lose their allegiance to Russia and could be punished for beenralng naturalised .Huns. Treaty Plala a Its tr'ae. "Now. that waa contained la the face of the treaty. . It waa In accordance with th doctxla that prevailed In th United States and that prevailed In Kussla In 1131. The doctrine has been Irparted from by statute In the United Slates, but It remained In tb treaty . nd we cannot, so far as a foreign tountry Is concerned. In contractual Irjllngs with her repeal a treaty by statute. -Hence It was stated In th notlc of termination of th treaty, made In accordance) with the term of th treaty, that the treaty was so old that U waa not responsive to the. views of the two nation. -Now. why snould . arbitrate a treaty of that sort in which we wer met. first and foremost, by tha propo sition that or J or years ago a repudiated as an International mat ter. "I aay that th Inconsistency that la supposed to exist In our failure to In voke arbitration there doe not exist, end I recommend to those who think iu.l'd en pas 2- I as "! 8 f ' ! J i Y VA ' rtC neve xsruzrt to U $GOA-r I t " JU4fCV' THAT- SlAJBLL. AND MOST tvlfT'rl. ' " ' ' ' X I rvsl- status TSd ' frV vcwr" W ocwvr tiTER jJtZ RlOlSQ X OPMANV A fvv, - - GOAT 1 VSrv CHRISTMAS -i2iSir l-X - Tr--a-i- ; PACKAGE - ' I 1 - - ' i ' t , . tH-TTTTIIIl--TTT--' V i r r RICH MAN GARBED AS GIRL, CHARMS PRESTOX GIBSON IX SKIRTS MAKES HIT IX WASHIXGTOX. Army Officers Who Paid Marked At tention to Mjsterlooa Pebutante Victims of Hoax. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. (Speclal. Washington society Is greatly exer cised over the alleged "discovery" that Preston Gibson, millionaire society man and playwright. Impersonated a debutante at th ball given at the Draper mansion. All the guesta were tn costume, but none was masked. One beautiful woman created quite a stir among th company. No en seamed to know her. Ih was drs4 In a raauv gown, deeollett. disclosing well-rounded shoulder and neck. Lax- nrtous black hair, parted en on aid gav a gypsy tinge of beauty to th face. Dainty pink sllppere. steaming with jewels, made the feet of the beautiful unknown "debutante" an attractive resting spot for any glances that hap pened to drop that way. It was said today that the beautiful mysterious "debutante" was asked for countless dances and sat out a few with well known Army officer, who said after ward that they "did not catch tb nam of th young lady." Mr. Otbson helped her husband per petrate the hoax on Washington so clety. Gibson now ha a Joke on a dozen prominent young Army officer and f orel en attaches. AGITATION AFFECTS WOOL Democratic Delay May Cost Growers $15,000,000 on Xext Crop. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec. 10. a. W. McClure. secre tary of the National Wool -rowers Association, today made the following statement: "There seem to be a disposition on the part of th Democrat to delay re vision of the wool schedule until the steel and sugar schedule have been re vised. This will mean that the wool schedule will be under consideration during th Spring and early Summer, at a time when the entlr American wool clip will be on the market. The result will be a depression in wool price of about cants a pound, or a loss to American woolgrowers of about $15. OOll.OOO. "Woolgrowers hope for early action on the wool tariff, as they know living price cannot be obtained for wool at a time when a bill reducing the duty la pending In Congress." STRAW-HAT PRICES MOUNT Revolution In China Curtail Im portation of Braid. NEW TORK, Dec JO. Next year's straw hat will cost more than this year's, and tb price will be still blither In llt, owing to a. shortage In the importation of straw braid, most of which comes from th province of Shan-Tung. China. Word reached th New Tork Importers this week that millions of dollars' worth of this straw have been seised and burned by the Chines rebels. This mean. It Is said, that next year th importation of straw from China will be practically nil. and there will be nothing to manufacture the straw hat of It IS from except papier-mache. "DIAZIFYING" IS FEARED Wattereon Coins Word to Express His Dread of Roosevelt, CHARLOTTE. . C, Dec. JO. "If Roosevelt should be returned to the Presidency, he would Dlaxlfy the of fice and -Mexlcanlse' the Republic." ac cording to Colonel Henry Watterson. the veteran Southern editor, at a ban- qu t here, v alierson aeciarea r.e uiu not share In the alarm that Colonel Roosevelt really la a candidate and ex pressed the belief that even should a stampede movement for him succeed In the coming National Republican con vention he would not carry a single stal In the Union. LOflE ROBBER KILLS BANK PRESIDEHT CentraliaScene of Hold up; Man Captured LYNCHING IS THREATENED Only Timely Arrival of Police Saves Slayer From Violence. TRAMPS AID IN CAPTURE Demand for Cash Attracts Official Who Draws Revolver Which Falla to Work and Holdup Man Gets Fatal "Drop on Him." CENTRAXJA. Wash, Dec. JO. (Spe cial.) "Hand up." yelled a lone rob ber In the Farmers Merchants' Bank, as he shoved a revolver Into the face of C. P. Vhlmann. cashier, at 7:15 o'clock tonight, then turned his weapon on Lawrence Birr, president of th savings Institution, shot and killed him. Th hold-up artist and murderer was captured by bank employes and two trampa aa th masked robber was try ing to make his' escape. Taking advantage of the New Year's celebration, with the Saturday nljfht throngs on th street, and timing his attempt to rob the bank when h thought th cashier was alone, the hold-up roan quietly entered tb bank's front entrance and, pointing a pistol at Uhlmann and a boy, Claude Krepps. ordered the former to "hand over th cash." L) aching Is Threatened. Just at this time President Barr en tered th banking room from his office and tno robber, without hesitation, nred at him. killing hint almost in stantly. The masked man theu ran lor. the front door, tnrough which he had entered, and. the shota attracting Uie tramps outsld the building, the murderer ran Into their arms. Soon the pulice were on the scene and only their timely arrival saved the hola-up man and slayer of u bank onlclal trom lynching. 'inree si.ota tired at Barr look effect, one locating In the breast, the other entering' the ainloroeu ana me third ilirougn uie hand. lhey'v gut me, Ben. but I'm ready to die." wer in last words uttered by -ar. Barr. as h expired In the arms oc Benjamin banc, a Centralia Jew eler, who waa among those wno heard the first shot ttrd and rusned to tne bank. Barr Would shoot Robber. According to Cashier Uhlmann. Mr. Barr. bearing the demand ot the would be roboor tor thta ban s cash, rusned in from hi oUlce. seised a revolver from under the counter and attempted to snoot tne hold-up mau, out his gun failed to work and the robber got tne "drop on him." The crowos on th streets were en raged to a point of violence and tue murderer was hurried to the police station and from there to the County Jail in Cliehaila. as there wer open threats of lynching. It Is not known whetner the man was working single handed. Two uien wer aeeu to run up an alley In the rear of the bank as soon as the suots wer fired and the police re searching for them. A good de scription waa secured of them and sent to towns surrounding Centralla In the hope of capturing them. Shortly before the shooting three men peered In at the window of the Zlmmer hardware store, where Miss Clara Knecht was working alone, but when she drew a revolver from a -desk drawer the men ran. These are be- It'oncluded en Pane &. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS '0FFESS . t t ANNUAL OUT T0M0EE0W. Tomorrow ia the date of publi cation of The Oregonian Annual, the big special edition in which the progress of Portland and the state during the past 12 months is chronicled. The Annual will be one of the most interesting and best illustrated numbers in the series of 30 elaborate year-end editions that this newspaper has published. The Annual will be sold in green wrappers only. The price will be 5 cents a copy. Postage in the United States and its possessions, Canada nnd Mexico will be 5 cents a copy. Postage to all other coun tries will be 10 cents a copy. Every citizen of Oregon should read the Annual, and mail it to his friends in other states. It contains a complete review of the remarkable advancement in this state during a year that has tenB ed to dullness in other sections. The complete section of full page Portland street scenes and two 14-column panoramas of tha business district, is sure to attract wide attention. The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 40 degreea; minimum, 40 degree. TOIiAY"S Occasional rain; aoutherly wind Statistical. Year's ptatlftlcs show Portland at height of proaperitr. Section 1, pare 1. Portland's school growth so rapid Board finds It difficult to provide facilities needed. Section 1. page 10. Year's statistics show severe shortage In bops la Imminent. Section 1. paee 11. Railroad and railways spend S30.000.000 ta 1011 In Oregon for extensions and im provements. Section 1, page 12. Exports of breadstuff for 1911 brak rec ord, even of "good, old days." Section 1, pegs It. UrAstock worth $10,000,000 Is sold at stock yards In 111. Section 1. pa.e 10. tlon 1. page 10. Foreign. King Geo in -.hoots many tigers and rhl m nocerU Section 1. page 1. National. Social workers ask Taft to aid labor to ad vance. Section 1. page 3. Domestic. Roosevelt for "broad, honest peace move ment." Section 1, page 2. Preston Gibson, garbed as girl, fools Army officers at Washington bop. Section 1. Pe 1. Bitter, cold weather and blizzards sweep Central West. Section 1. page 5. California manager of Portland concern gets no sympathy from Judrre In efforts to avoid double alimony. Section 1. page . One person drowned and several Oreronlans hurt when great waves rock steamer Roanoke. Section 1, page 1. Railroad policeman convicted of IxianslaughV tr as result of pursuit by mother of slain youth. Section 1, pae C News received of selection of Cabinet of Chines Republic. Section 1, page S. Three labor leaders arrested In dynamite conspiracy; others Indicted. Section 1, page a. Taft replies to critics of peace treaties. Sec tion 1. page 1. Great Sort hem "Oregon Ian" flyer wrecked In North Dakota, six killed, IS Injured. Section 1, page 2. b porta. Sport records for year ax many. Section 2. page 6. Northwest Intercollegiate conference ar ranges for track meet in Portland June 12. Section 2. page 1. Boxing season disappointing one. Section 2, page 1. Coast League lacking In good catchers. Sec tion 2, page x Independenta defeat O.-W. R. A N. soccer team. Section X page 2. Portland tennis players voice sentiments for central location plan for International tournament. Section 2, page 8. I-v-ciflc Northwest. Rejected suitor shoots girl in crowd of Seat tie's New Year revelers. Section 1. page 1. Grocer may fix own prices, despite manu facturer or wholesaler, la court ruling. Section 1. page S. Man. attempting to rob Centralla bank, kills president of Institution. Section 1. page 1. Portland and Vicinity. Civic Council and big taxpayers draft bill to change Portland a system of school ad ministration. Section 1 page 10. North Bank president modifies denial that Hill lines are buyers of East Side realty. Section 1, page 9. Captain Bailey, ex-Sergeant Cole and Joe - Singer are inair-iea ; v uae ana Jiomi tin- accused of second embexxlement. Section 1. page 16. Needy workmen, numbering 844. get first pay from city for two-days' labor, sec tion 2. page 10. Publicity biff feature of Western Governor trip through East. Section 1. page 15. Artificial New Teara eve celebration causes only rtppls In Portland. Section 1, page 4. Numbr ot building permits In 1911 far ex ceeds 1910 record. Section 1, page 10. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS A FEW PICTORIAL OBSERVATIONS ON NEW GIANT WAVE RAGS STEAMER 1 Drowned, Many Hurt as Angry Sea-Hits. PANIC SEIZES PASSENGERS Portland People Are Pummeled by Rushing Water. WOMEN BRAVE IN CRISIS Plles Broken by Flood Fill Dls fraught Ship With Hissing Steam. S. F. Blythe, of Hood River, Describes Experiences. SAX FRANCISCO. Dec 30. (Spe cial.) One life waa lost and several passengers and members of the crew were Injureo when the steamer Roan oke. Captain Jessen, bound from Port land to San Francisco, shipped a huge comber in crossing the Columbia River bar at I o'clock last Thursday morn Ins;. One passenger, Robert Stevens. 23 years old, a Canadian electrician, who forced his way from the social hall to the after-dock, against the orders of the ship's officers, was washed over board and drowned. His body was not recovered. H. A. Dahl, the ship's carpenter, who was on deck when the heavy seas struck the vessel, was carried 50 feet on tb crest of a bis: wave and thrown against a winch, breaking his right leg. When the Roanoke arrived at the seawall this morning Dahl was hurried to the Harbor Emergency Hospltal. Woman Is Injured. Mrs. Isabel liulreny. o Portland, sustained a severe Injury to her right hand, which was caught in a door Jamb when the sea atove In the sk:e of her stateroom. " O. Waldrop, of 8142 Lewison street, Berkeley, who was suffering from ap pendicitis, occupied a berth on the star board side of the vessel. The huge comber which threw the Roanoke on her beams crashed through the door of his stateroom. The young man was thrown from his berth and sustained serious Injuries which greatly aug mented his sufferings. He was hurried to Trinity Hospital. Several other passengers suffered slight Injuries. I'anle Seises Passengers. There were five women and six chil dren among the Roanoke's passengers. They with other passengers were hur ried to the social hall and equipped with life preservers. Panic seized the crowd. The officers, however, declare that the women behaved better than several of the men aboard, who in their fright tried to force their way to the decks to reach lifeboats. All except Stevens were restrained by First Officer Oscar Lnndahl and Second Officer H. Murchl- son, who forced them back and locked them inside: Hlsalns; Steam Kills Ship. The great wave which struck the Roanoke not only stove in woodwork along the rail, carried away doors and flooded the decks, but It broke steam pipes end hissing steam filled the dining saloon, galley and social hall and added to the terror of the panic stricken passengers, who feared the vessel was about to be swamped. 8. F. Blythe. of Hood River, past commander of the Department of Ore gon. Grand Army of the Republic, and Mrs. Blythe, were in their stateroom on the starboard side when the heavy seas were shipped. The door of their stateroom was battered In. They were (Concluded on Pace 3.) ROANOKE SUITOR SLAYS GIRL IN NEW YEAR REVEL GIRL. VICTIM IX MIDST OF SE ATTLE MERRYMAKERS. Gladys Tasolie, Aged 18, Attacked on Downtown Street by Man Whom Patrolman 'Captures. SEATTLE, Wash., Deo. SO. A throng of New Tear merrymakers at Fourth avenue and Pike street, the night cen ter of Seattle, were horrified witnesses tonight of the shooting of Gladys Tasche, 18 years old. by an unwelcome suitor, Charles Huford, a liquor sales man, aged 47. The girl and her mother were stand ing on the corner when Huford, pistol In hand, came from behind a streetcar and fired four shots Into the body of Miss Tasche, Inflicting wounds that caused her death three hours later. The brilliantly lighted corner Is al ways crowded at night, and was es pecially so tonight, with people singing and blowing horns to bid farewell to the old year. It Is supposed that Hu ford had been following the women and that he chose the crowded corner, in expectation that he could lose -himself In the crowds and escape. In this cal culation he was partly correct for no one on the sidewalk tried to stop him and he ran north on Westlake avenue. However, a motorcycle policeman rid ing along Pike street saw all the shoot, lng, pursued Huford and knocked him Into the gutter with his club. Huford had annoyed Miss Tasche with his attentions and had been told that she wished to have nothing to do with him. INFANTA IN SECLUSION Eulalic Said to Be Planning Secret Apology to King Alfonso. PARIS, Dec. 30. (Special.) The In fanta Eulalle has left Paris and is now in seclusion. It Is believed that she is in Switzerland, but a rumor Is cur rent that she has gone to Spain and will have a secret audience with King Alfonso for the purpose of making her submission and apologizing for the stand she took when she published her book to which he violently objected and which has now been withdrawn from circulation. The King's ostensible objection was to one of the Spanish royal houses printing the book before the head of the family had read and sanctioned It. The Infanta demurred at the King's in trusion and telegraphed him a denun ciatory message. Before the Infanta Eulalle disap peared from Paris she autographed and gave a correspondent a photograph of herself and Prince Alvero of Bourbon Orleans. MORGAN OFF FOR EGYPT Money King Will Go First to Europe, Then Up Nile in His New Boat. NEW TORK, Dec 30. (Special.) J. P. Morgan sailed for Europe today on the Olympic. It Is his Intention to visit London and Paris to look after his various art treasures before start ing for Egypt, his ultimate destination. "I'm going to Egypt on a vacation," said Mr. Morgan. "I shall go up the Nile In my new boat. I don't know when I shall return home." Among other passengers on the Olympic were Lord and Lad' Camoys, Lord and Lady Decles and Count and Countess de la Greze. GRAZING FEES ARE CUT Forest Service Makes Reduction on Use of National Tracts. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dee. 30. The Forest Service has decided to make a material cut in grazing fees to be charged for the ranee In National forests during 1912. The "new schedules will reduce the rate on sheep 1 to IVi cents a head, with proportionate reduction on cattle. It is estimated this reduction will reduce the total fees collected next year about $50.000. ' - YEAR'S. FIGURES FOR YEAR SHOW PROSPERITY Portland Business in 1911 Enormous. CITY TAKES HIGH POSITION Last Few Weeks Indicate Great Rush of Trade. BRIGHT PERIOD IN STORE Bank Clearings Pass Half Billion. Postoffice Now in Million-Dollar Class Building, Realty and Shipping Reflect Wealth, GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS IN PORT LAND MAKE IB11 BANNER TEAR. Portland's greatest development was reached In 1911. as Indicated as follows: Bank eieartngs are $557.4C,I4I.1T. against 1517.171.867.97 In 1910. Postoffice receipts are tl.000,200, against $925,164.52 in 1910. Building permits are S19.17S.874, compared with I20.SS8.202 In ID 10. Heal estate transfers amounted to S25.2G9.S49, the number of deeds filed being 18,333. In railroad construction, extensions and betterments the total expendi ture of the various roads in the state reached $30,00.000. With the close of the year a retro spective, view of Portland's activity for 1911 shows that the city has made ex traordinary progress in every line of endeavor. The records from month to month reflect achievements of such a pronounced and substantial character that the city easily takes one of the highest positions among the commer cial. Industrial andnlpping centers of the country. In the three years that prosperity has attended Portland, the past twelfth monih has witnessed every important branch of business eclipse all previous showings. The chief crops of the Northwest, the bulk of the returns of which filtered here, were normally good and prices satisfactory. The lumber industry, admittedly the great est wealth-producing factor In the state, has assumed healthy conditions after a long period of comparative in activity. Millions Spent In Betterments. Marked advances were made in the totals of bank clearings, Postoffice receipts. lumber, wheat and stock shipments, while building construction completed and under way is equally as good as the record made In 1910, the banner year. In addition to tiie great volume of business represented in these activities, there was expended millions of dollars In betterments and extensions by public service corpora tions. In the development of residence distriets large sums were involved while the expenditure in municipal Improvements reached enormous pro portions. Miles of hard-surface paving were installed and gas, water and sewer mains laid aggregating in cost more than $8,000,000. With these bis things accomplished, there were sev eral important projects planned and started that will be carried to com pletion early In 1912. Portland's trade expansion was one of the gratifying features of the year. The established wholesale business connections showed a healthy Increase while, with the opening up of the vast interior portion of the state by railroads, a larger and more direct (Concluded on Page V r.