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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
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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
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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
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