TTE SUXDAT OKEGOXTAX rOItTLATV DECOIBER 31, 1911.
12
MILLIONS SPENT
BY LINES BUILDING
Harriman and Hill Roads Ac
tive in 1911 in Reaching
New Territory.
S30,0C0,CC0 IS EXPENDED
Rig Central Orr-jrnn Branches t'om-pW-tcJ
In Year United Rallware
Active Lytic Road Completed.
Other Work Great.
E-rr.DITt REM BY RAILROADS
IN OKl.OON IX Kit.
By 11111 Mare.
Otn Trunk and Crooked
Mver br-Jae 1 8.B00 OOO
Cellto fcrtue irnM Co-
Iun-.b!e 1,000,000
Ortl FieeTrte between
6. era a'l r.urene 800.000
Cnlt-d Railwaye to I:enka
and Corneliua tunnei.... LOOo.000
By o.-w. E. x. c.
ComptttloD of Deacbutea
line
1.SO0.0O0
4 Wna-nette River bridge In
Portland
Fenln-ita tunnel
Tr'itdaie-St. John ul
I Off
JDout.ie irirklai aid
tralehrenrng line b
- twtrq Trio Dellee end
T I.110!H
J Diub.a irifklnf and
'r:hitn:ifl 1m b--t
w e a iiljlocke and
7 r-eechofre
New freight b moo In
t Portland
T Bhnpe at La Grande
f r'hnpa at AlMr.a
t Yard aad tre.ke In port-
land
l.4ft poo
.10. OOO
1. 100.000
OOO
75 fHM
75.000
51.000
Br Doalbmi mrlMc.
Cfnatrnrt!rn of 4T mil
on Nalroa-Klaxnath cut
o-f
Pr:rmlnary work on Eu-gm-
om Ia lino
Ct.nii't-'.U'O T.i.amook
2.SO0.000
OX). 000
1.500,000
no.ooo
03.000
Improvements on Yamhill
lliVl.fnn
Rnua'louHM and carehips
la Portland
II jr Jloaml Hoool Ballemy.
completion of l!no to Pull
Ku n 1 . 000 OOO
Fir rortluBit Railway. I. lent Power
rtoipaar.
Kxtn.ion. and irr.prove-meti-a
i n r.irt'ard and
In power ue;opinenl. . 4.50O.00O
Br vu. lalilorola at Oregon.
Narrow raum line from
la:. line to Lvtw.. 5O0.000
Br Parlflr Eastern (llarrlBiaa.)
Pre'Tmlnery writ on line
t..wn Va:a and D-S
M.un:ala
1 no. 000
Total IIO.570.oOO
RULKOtn IMPROVEMENTS AV-
THORIZPIU IOK 1812
Soathera pecino Una be-
'-n Euarno and Oooa
It. y 8. OOO. OOO
It.rr.man lino between
ale and l a Wuunlaln. 10.000.000
Completion of Oregon tl:eo-
tr'i- frun eaiem to r.u
gwne Conpi.tlon of Sju!r-rn Ia
ct'le Nairon - Klaniatb.
Cut-orf
Completion of T'nlted Rail
ways to Tillamook tprob-
1300 OOO
3.500,000
JL BOO. 000
et.
ImproTom-nta and ten-
Llfht a 1'ow.r to...
1. 500.000
I'.'T. 000.000
f Total
Expenditures for extensions and Im
provements hy the railroads operatlns;
within the Stitte of Oretron during; the
year aa-pregate 13 000 "00. Plans for
the coming year provide for the ex
penditure of an equal amount and
probably more.
Both the Hill and Harriman lines,
which are moat active In the develop
ment of the state, continue unabated
the work of rushing their rails Into
heretofore Inaccoaslb.e districts. Their
movements are mirrors of the confi
dence that the directors of those giant
enterprises have In the present and
future of Oregon. Wh'le Improvements
la some ether part of the country
have boen temporarily suspended, the
activity In Oregon proceeds.
Principal among the projects com
pleted In 1911 were the Oregon Trunk
and the Deschutes line of the O.-W. R.
4c N. Company. These two roads now
operate to Bend. In the heart of Cen
tral Oregon and ISO mllea south of the
Columbia River. Over the last 40
miles between Culver and Bend they
operate over Joint tracka.
Brtdae Beady o-
The Oreron Trunk bridge across the
Columbia River at Celllo has been com
pleted and wl;l be opened for traffic
January 6. Tl-Vgreat steel arch bridge
across the Crooked f.lver was built
within the year and Is used by both
road a
Within the closing months of t?ie
year the Oregon Kiectrlc, a Hill road,
was started from F.V.em to Eugene and
active work now ia in progress In con
struction of triat line. It wl'.l be rom
rleted In 1912. The I'nited Railway
' was pushed through Cornelius Cap by
means of a tunnel that cost $16j.00,
to lUr.k". which Is the temporary ter
minus. Tillamook i:y. on the Pacific.
75 miles west of Portland, is the ob
jective point. It is probable that the
remaining mlloatf. letween Ranks and
Tillamook harbor, will be covered with
rails or that work will be started on
t.-.at project before the end of the year.
Ilarrtmaa Work Vreat.
While the HIU Interests have been
active in the immediate vicinity of
Portland, the Harriman system has been
extending Its s'ope of operations In
oth'r parts of the state. All of Its Im
provements will have a direct bene
ficial effect on the city as well as other
p,.r"lons of otfu-cn The principal un
t'ert.iklnc of tl e tltrrlman lines Is the
construction if a road from Eugene,
bv way of the Siuslaw River, to Marsh,
f.e'd- on Coos liar, a distance of ap
prox.xnntely 1?3 miles. Actual con
struction has been started on this en
terprise. t!.o contract for the first 23
mtles west of Kucene having been let
t Twohy Urothers. of Portland, who,
row have a force of men at work driv
ing a tunnel on the extreme western
end of their contract.
In the cioslr.g da) s ef the year the
contract for the construction of 140
miles of road between Vale and Log
Mountain, a point in Harney County,
about 19 mtles south of Burns, was let
to the I'tah Construction Company, of
(rden. Utah, which cow, has a large
force of men in the field making ar
rangements preliminary to heavier con
struction work that will te done In
112. This road. It is understood, will
become a rert of a Harriman line that
is to cross the central portion of the
state from east to west, connecting
w-ith the new main line of the Southern
Pacific at or near Crescent, a short dis
tance south of Eugene.
Meanwhile the Southern Pacific con
tinued Its activity on tee Nauon-bllam-
ath cutoff that Is destined to become
the main Una btn Portland and
San Francisco. Approximately 47 mllea
of road an laid within the. year. It la
believed that the project can be com
pleted within the year, thua Inaugur
ating the promised It-hour service be
tween Portland and San Franclaco
early In 113.
The Lytle road between Portland and
Tlilamook was completed.
From the southern border of the
State of Nevada, the California Ore
gon road puaned ita way to Lakevlew.
thua c-ivine; that city lta flrat actual
rail connection and an outlet to the
outxlde world by way of Reno. New.
The Mount Hood Railway & Power
Company haa carried lta road to the
Junction of the Sandy and Bull Run
Hirers and haa carried on lta projected
power development. The' expendlturee
of this company approximate $1,000,000.
The Portland Railway. Light ft Pow
er Company haa Improved and extend
ed lta city and suburban lines, maklng
lmprovements In all departmenta to
meet Its ajrowlna; needs.
The Pacific Ureat Western railroad
waa orrar.txed within the year with the
announced Intention of building; a road
from Eugene to Coos Bay, paralleling.
In some placea the proposed route of
the Southern Pacific While the
Identity of this eoncern haa not been
officially revealed It la thought that
It la a Hill enterprise.
EPIDEMIC DANGER SEEM
PATROLMAN HAS SMALLPOX.
POLICE TO BE VACCINATED.
Clty Health Officer Trges Stringent
Blclhods) to Stamp Oat D incase. -Forty
Cases In Portland.
All policemen who have not been vac
cinated must be vaccinated at once or
remain nf from duty 0 days. This
was the effect of an announcement
made yesterday by City Health Officer
Wheeler, following the discovery of a
case of smallpox In O. A. Murray, pa
trolman In the Mount Scott district on
the first night relief. The alarming
appearance of smallpox throughout the
city, demonstrating the need of most
stringent measures for safeguarding
the health of the city, were, however,
the principal factors In Influencing the
health officer.
Ir. Wheeler wrote a letter to Acting
Chief of Police Plover last night rec
ommending that the subject of vaccina
tion be taken up by him at once, and
at the same time he announced that
the recommendation would be enforced.
During the month 40 cases of small
pox In Portland were under the super
vision of the health officers, and of
these 12 cases atlll remain In the city.
In the last two weeks an average of
one case a day has made Its appear
ance, and Dr. Wheeler announces that
the enforcement of most stringent
health measures will be neecssary to
prevent an epidemic.
Patrolman Murray's case was discov
ered Friday nlcht when he visited the
health office. The previous day. he had
gone to a physician and was told that
he had hives. A friend afterward told
him he had smallpox, and. becoming
dubious, he went to the health office to
determine the question. He was Im
mediately removed to the city detention
hospital.
A case discovered yesterday was that
of a traveling salesman, who had a mild
case and was also removed to the city
hospital. Smallpox also made Ita ap
pearance In Ores ham yesterday, but as
that locality Is out of the jurisdiction
of the city health office. It was not
learned there yesterday Just what were
the extent or nature of the cases.
"The only way people can safeguard
themselves against this disease." said
Lr. Wheeler yesterday, "la to be ac
clnated Immediately. This will be done
cheerfully, without cost, at the health
office it application Is made, or can
be done by the family physician, where
the regulation fee Is only fl.
"Without vaccination there is the ut
most danger of contracting the disease.
Of all the cases that have come under
our supervision this Winter, there has
not been one where the patient had
been successfully vaccinated. Whether
or not the vaccination Is successful can
readily be determined a few days after
the treatment."
The principal danger from Infection
Is from persons abroad with the disease,
believing they are suffering from some
thing else, says Dr. Wheeler.
"Most frequently." be said, "the fault
lies with physicians, who, either
through Ignorance or wilfully, diagnose
the case Incorrectly. The most com
mon diagnosis Is that of Manila or
Cuban Itch. In other Instances the pa
tients neslect to go to a doctor, be
lieving they have the la grippe or a
similar malady. Nearly every case that
has come under our supervision was
under the one or the other of tHese cir
cumstances." Dr. Wheeler urged that all cltliens
assist the health office In combating
the disease by reporting for Investiga
tion all cases of breaking out. and he
also told by what symptoms small
pox may be determined.
The symptoms are usually those
that distinguish the la grippe." he said.
"The person whom the disease attacks
generally experiences a chill at first.
After a time this disappears and Is fol
lowed by a fever. Almost Invariably
the fever lasts four days, and when It
has passed the patient breaks out with
small eruptions. He feels good, how
ever, after the fever has left him and
' wants to get out and about again. When
these symptoms appear the patient
ahould.be kept In seclusion, and the
health of fir e.ehould be notified, for al
most Invariably It will be found that
he haa the smallpox. The symptoms
described are those that manifest them
selves In nine cases of smallpox out of
every ten."
CIRCUIT COURT EXTINCT
Vnlted States District Court to Han
dle Work Veteran Clerk Out.
By an act of Congress the United
States Circuit Court became extinct
yesterday when It was adjourned sine
die by Judge Beau and all Judicial
mattrra. handled by It in the past, will
now fall to the Jurisdiction of the
I'nited altatee District Court. By the
act all matters now In progress herons
the Circuit Court will proceed with the
District Court without any formal no
tice and all appeala wtH be taken to
the circuit Court of Appeals as at
present.
The only effect of this at the Port
land Federal court building will be the
retirement of George H. Marsh. Circuit
Court Clerk, after a service of 21 years
and one month as deputy and chief.
Mr. Marsh has no present plane for the
future as he Intends to take a long
vacation before engaging In business.
A. M Cannon will continue as clerk
of the United States District Court and
announce that hla deputies will be: F.
H Drake, now of the legal department
cf the O.-W. R. N. Company; Miss O.
Clark, the present efficient deputy, and
V. Johnson, at present eonected with
the office of the court at Pendleton.
The first session of the District
Court, under the new law. will be
opened at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Coal l up. Edlefsen Fuel Co,
FIGURES FOR YEAR
SHOW PROSPERITY
LasV Few Weeks Indicate
Great Rush of Trade in
Various Channels.
BRIGHT PERIOD IN STORE
Bank Clearings Pass Half Billion.
Postorrice Now in Million-Dollar
Class Bnildlng, Realty and
Stripping Reflect Wealth.
(Continued from First Page.)
business relationship between Port
land and Central Oregon resulted.
Shipping Territory Widened.
In widening the scope of Portland'a
shipping territory, preliminary steps
have been planned and the growing
Importance of the city as an exporting
port waa never more genuinely realised.
The investment of several millions of
dollars of Eastern capital In Portland
and various parts of the state during
the last fer weeks of the year Is re
garded as an especially favorable
recognition of opportunities at Port
land's door and Indicates a strong
movement for the city and state In
1912.
Indicative of the great financial
growth of Portland Is the big gain
made In bank cleanings for the year.
The Increase over the 1910 totals was
HO. 292. f SO. or S per cent, and, the total
clearings for the year amounted to
1667.464.848.17. Clearings showed a
steady and sustained growth from
month to month, demonstrating Port
land's position as being the most pros
perous city In the Northwest.
Bnlldlna; Boom Continues.
In building permits and realty trans
fers Portland made records which. It Is
believed, will compare favorably with
any city In the United States. The to
tal value In permits reached $19,178.
874. and while the total was not quite
as large as that of 1910. building con
struction waa In reality more general.
A larger number of modern, fireproof
buildings were completed and planned
than In the previous year. A big gain
waa made In the number of permits.
In 1910 there Were Issued 5i3 permits,
while in 1911 the number of permits
reached 76S9, showing a gain of 161
permits, or 18 per cent. In point of
population no city on the Paclflo Coast
made such a satisfactory showing.
The real estate situation during the
year was healthy, the feature being the
unusual activity In Inside property and
local Investors showed greater Interest
In available offerings. By far the most
Important activity of the year started
a few days ago when 11 half blocks
on the East Side, between East Morri
son street and Hawthorne avenue and
Union avenue and the waterfront, were
taken over, presumably by one of the
big railroad corporations.
Large Bnams Involved la Denis.
Interest was added to the operations
yesterday when another half block was
purchased for HOO.O80. The property
la located at East First and East Mor
rison streets, with a frontage of 100
feet on East Morrison and 200 feet on
East First street It Is announced that
the title to property was transferred
to C. D. Brunn. who already had
closed deals for several parcels in that
vicinity. Down to the present. It Is
estimated that 81.000,000 has been paid
In cash for realty In this district.
Throughout the year the movement
In residential property was steady and
waa fully as good as In 1910. Several
fine additions were opened and placed
on the market. Activity along this line
promises to .be stronger in 1912.
Poetofflee In l.OOO, OOO Clnas.
One of the really important achieve
ments of the year Is the shifting of the
Portland Poatoft'lce Into the "million
dollar" class. The growth of the Post
office business has been phenomenal In
the past decade and especially note
worthy In the past two years. One
year ago the total receipts were 1926.
164.62. The receipts for the year Just
closing amount to 11.000.200. the gain
being 8.11 per cent. At this rate of
Increase, It will take less than one
year's receipts to pay for the new II.
000.000 Postofflce building, work on
which will probably be started before
the close of 1912.
The enormous growth of the Postal
Savings Bank Is another factor that
spella unbounded prosperity for Port
land. The Institution opened Its doors
September I, less than four months ago,
and has total cash on hand of 1285.440.
This record is regarded as one of the
best made anywhere In the United
States.
Breadstuff Shipments Are Record.
All records were broken In flour and
wheat shipments from Portland for the
past year, the total value of outgoing
products surpassing the record of 1910
by nearly 13,000,000,
Products sent abroad from this port
represent a total value of 110,244,268.
The most Important feature of the
ahipplng record waa the great gain
made in flour exports. There were ex
ported 743,467 barrels of flour, com
pared with 288.666 barrels during the
previous year, making the remarkable
gain of 169 per cent. Flour shipments
represent a total value of 16,644,142.
In wheat shipments an Immense In
crease waa also made. During the
year there were dispatched 7,866.861
bushels as against 6,187,865 bushels
sent out In 1910. Th'e total value of
wheat shipments was 82.721.170.
Lumber shipments were heavy, and
while the offshore trade fell behind
last year's record, coastwise shipping
was much better. The export trade
amounted to 73,693,902 feet valued at
1833.188, and the coastwise business
! reached a total of 122.767,138 feet, or
I about 12.000.000 feet In excess of the
I 1910 record. With the mills resuming
I operations and several large orders
I niaeeri for earlv delivery, there Is strong
Indication that the coming year will
surpass the showing made In both 1910
and 1911 In both foreign and coastwise
shipments.
Livestock Industry Climbing.
At the Portland Union Stockyards
the year Just closed waa the best of
record. There was 810.000.000 worth of
livestock bandied, thla being 11,000,000
more than the business conducted at
the yards in 1010. The total receipts
of cattle, calves, bogs, sheep, horses
and mules were 484.271 head, as against
150,612 head handled In 1910. This Is
an Increase of 113.761 head. The total
number of cars unloaded at the North
Portland yards waa 6846, or 438 In ex
cess of the number unloaded In 1910.
With the fine showing made the past
year. It Is' predicted that the operations
at the yarda will amount to 115,000,000.
The Institution haa been growing rap
Idly, and la more and more demonstrat
ing the Importance of Portland as the
leading livestock center of the North
west. Portland passed the half billion mark
In Its total clearings for the first time
last year when the total mounted up
to 1517.000,000. The present year has
eclipsed that record by more than 40.
000,000. showing an Increase of ap
proximately 8 per cent for the, year.
This steady trend upward proves that
the business expansion of the commu
nity is not s)f a spasmodic nature but
of a substantial, steady and perma
nent character.
Recent Growth Rapid.
Comparative figures for the last SO
years show that Portland's business
rrnvth haa been slow but Certain dur-
! lng the first 10 years of that period
and that the development wunin toe
last five years has been a mere reflec
tion of the remarkable advancement
made In all other Industries that com
bine to make Portland a metropolis.
In 1890, the first full year that the
clearing-house was In operation, the to.
tal clearings were 193,439.224. It ad
vanced until the year of the panic
1891. The lowest record was In 1894.
(When the total was but . 156.000.000.
During the next six years tne oui
ness increased more than 100, per cent,
giving 1900 a total of 1106,000.000. The
following five years provided another
100 per cent Increase, 1905 ending with
a total of 1728.000.000. Since then the
trend has been steadily upward, the
last six years again proving a 100 per
cent Increase. In 1906 the clearings to
taled 8281.000,000 and substantial gains
were made In 1907 and 1908. In 1809
the clearings reached a total of 8391.
000. A comparative statement of bank
PORTLAND BANK CX.EABXSOS
FOR 1811 BANK HIGH.
Portland.
Bank cl'earlnss In Portland In 1(11.
1S5T.44.8(.1T; clearinrs In 19K.
8S17.171.I67.;.
Seattle.
Seattle, Wash.. Deo. 80. (Special.)
Bank clearlnga In Seattle In 111,
IS32.t40.860.il; clearlnga in 110.
150,093,3I4.1.
Spokane
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Bank clearlnga In Spokane in
111. 3220. 117.447: clearings In 1910,
8241,041.859.
Los Angeles.
Loe Angeles. Cel.. Dec. 10. (Spe
cial.) Bank clearings in Los Angeles
in 1911. I94H 900,422; clearings In
1310. 8811.S77.4S4.
clearings, month by month, for 1910
and 1911, follows:
1810
January I 8.0M.S80.78
February ..... 30.613,74.78
March 7i... 4,.V343.S2.5
April 4S.27.-),0XU.!"8
May 41.3ti.V36J.13
June 42.14tt018.59
July 43.44H.020 01
August 41.549.702.M
P. ptember 44.OS3.573. 1 9
October 4S344.0O0.35
November 43.076.oi1.83
December 44.654.285.U4
Total . .
lull
January .
February
March ...
April
May
June .....
July
August . .
September
October . .
November
December
Total ..
.1517,171.867.97
.3 41.342.
. 87.7K4
302.78
845.115
539.06
. 51.41V
4l.OHJ,
. 44.518
. 43.902,
. 44.179,
. 44.377,
.235.71
677 4T
91.4
529 39
824.4M
. 49,691
.219.84
.193 44
. 55.133,
. 80.4S7,
. 45.401
851.80
.611.43
8557,464,848-17
Postal Receipts Jump.
The Portland Postofflce has entered
the 11.000.000-class with the close of
the present year and there Is no olty In
the United States of the same popula
tion that ranks with It in cash receipts
during the past year.
This fact tells little of the whole story
of the present Portland Postofflce busi
ness, as within the past 10 years It has
Increased nearly 600 per cent, the busi
ness this year totalling exactly 11.000.
200, while in 1901 It amounted to only
1220.267.71. During these years the in
crease haa been phenomenal and has
attracted the attention of the entire
country, far exceeding the annual in
crease of any other Paclflo Coast city.
The past five years have shown more
than a 76 per cent Increase and In this
period the receipts were as follows:
1907. 1628,475.19; 1908. 8680.811.96; 1909,
1778.861.71: 1910. 1925.164.62.
November was the only month In the
past year when the receipts of the of
fice did not exceed those of the pre
vious year, thla being due to causes
that the officials could not fathom.
The growth of the office has been
healthy through all channels and the
11.000,200. or 8.11 per cent Increase over
1910, represents the sale of stamps,
stamped paper and receipts from sec
ond and third-class matter. This total
would have been many thousands larg
er had It not been the rule of a number
of public-service corporations to pur
chase their stamps In other cities,
where the executive offices are located.
COLLEGE GONTRAGT LET
BdXDIXGS FOR REED INSTI
TUTE TO BE STARTED SOOX.
Arts and Science Structure and
Men's Dormitory Will Cost Ap
proximately $340,000.
Contracts were yesterday awarded to
the Sound Construction Company for
the construction of the Arts and Science
building an? the men's dormitory of
Reed College. The contract was let on
a cost plus commission basis. The es
timate of Doyle. Patterson & Beach,
architects, gives the cost of the build
ings as 1340,000.
Work on the excavations will begin
Tuesday. The buildings are to be ready
for occupancy In time for the opening
of the Fall semester In September. The
style of architecture to le used Is
known as College-Gothic. The special
Inspiration for the main building was
the new college at Oxford, England,
though some features of the construc
tion have been taken from the build
ings at Princeton and Washington Uni
versity of St. Louis. The exterior walls
will be of tapestry brick ornamented
with stone trimmings. The roof will
be of typical English tile.
This will be the first unit of the
group of buildings designed for Reed
College. The Arts and Science build
ing will be two stories and basement,
257 feet In length, 60 feet wide, with
wings 22 by 82 feet at each end of the
main building. When completed It will
be used for class rooms and laboratories
and It will also house the administra
tion department until a building for
that exclusive purpose Is erected.
The men's dormitory, which will be
begun at the same time. Is to be of the
same style of architecture and will fur
nish rooms for 126 students.
Fender Blamed tor Child's Death.
Antiquated ear fenders were blamed
by a Coroner's Jury yesterday for the
death of Evelyn Erlckson. four years
old. who was struck and killed by a
Richmond car last Thursday. It was
shown that the child was playing in
the street and that the motorman took
such measures as he could to avoid
hitting the child. "From the evidence
we believe," says the verdict, "that had
the fender been dropped the life might
have been saved." The Jury pointed
out that the ear was equipped with an
old-style fend-
NOTED DEAD MANY
1911 Roll Co'ntains Names of
Prominent Men and Women.
ONE IS PREMIER STOLYPIN
I.Ist Includes Lady Colin Campbell,
Stephen B. Ellhn, Cornelius X.
Bliss, Denman Thompson and
Justice John M. Harlan.
Men of prominence in political life
and in the world of business and men
and women known In art and letters
were claimed by death in 1911. In the
record of those in political life appear
the names of Stephen B. Elklns. Pre
mier Stolypin. of Russia; Cornelius N.
Bliss and Tom L. Johnson. The world
of business Is represented In the ne
crology for the year by Paul Morton.
Cornelius N. Bliss, John V. Clarke and
John W. Gates. On the literary scroll
appear the names of David Graham
Phillips, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Ward Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Sir w'illlam S. Gilbert, Eugene F. Ware,
Mrs. Myrtle Reed McCullough. Professor
Francis Andrew March, Charles Battell
Loo mis, Lady Colin Campbell and Will
iam Clark Russell. Two distinguished
Journalists who passed away in the year
were Joseph Pulitzer and William
Eleroy Curtis.
The list of distinguished dead in
chronological order is as follows:
Jan. 4 Stephen B. Elklna. -United States
Senator from West Virginia. 9.
Jan. IB Paul Morton, president of tne
Equitable Life Assurance Society and el
Becretary of the Navy. 64.
Jan. 24 David Graham Phillips, novel-
U Janf 28 Mrs. Elisabeth Stnart Phelps
WMarcri,?-itel.aDr. Charle. J. Wttle. pr
ldent Garrett Biblical Institute. 70. .
April 6 Charlea Frederio Moberly Bell,
manager and director London Times. B4.
April 10 Tom L. Jonneon, four times
Mayor of Cleveland. 87.
April 14 Denman Thompson, actor. 7T.
May 2 John H. Vanderpoel. noted art
teacher. Art Institute of Chicago. 54.
May 9 Thomas -Wentworth Higginson.
historian and essayist. 87. .,,,.
May 29 Sir William S. Gilbert, librettist,
author of Pinafore" and other popular light
opera librettos. 75.
May 81 John V. Clark, president Hibern
ian Banking Association, Chicago. 48.
June 8 Mark Bailey, teacher of elocution
at Yale Unlveralty for more than half a cen-
tUJune8 Mra Carrie Nation, militant op
ponent of aaloona In Kanaaa.
June 18 James Proctor Knott, famous
Congressman and ex-Governor of Ken
tucky. t0.
June 21 Clarence A. Knight, lawyer ana
traction head. Chicago. 63.
july i Eugene F. Ware. ex-Commlssloner
of Pensions and known as the poet "Iron
qulll." . .
July 18 Mrs. Ellsa Wright Osborne, leader
In woman sufTrage in New Tork State, 81.
Aug. 1 Bishop wlllard Francis Mallalieu,
of the Methodtet Episcopal church. 83.
Aug. 6 Blahop Oacar Fltagerald. of Metn
odlat Eplacopal Church. South, known aa
author and editor. 2.
Aug. 8 William Pierce Fry. United Statea
8enator from Maine for 80 years. 79.
Aug. General George W. Gordon, commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate
Veterans and member of Congress from Ten
nessee. 75.
Aug. 9 John W. Gatea. well-known finan
cier of New York. 66.
Aug. 17 Mrs. Myrtle Read McCullough.
author. Cilctgo. 87.
Aug. 18 Francis Colllng-wood. prominent
civil engineer. New York. 77.
ppt. 0 profeaaor Franela Andrew March,
noted philologist. Lafayette College. 86.
Pept. 9 Colonel J. C Gordon, noted Con
federate leader. 77.
Sept. 17 Colonel John James McCook,
noted Civil War veteran and New Tork law
yer. 66.
sept IS Peter A. Stolypin, Premier of
Russia 50.
Sept. 23 Charles Battell Loom is. humor
ist. 50.
Oct. 2 Rear-Admiral Winfleld Scott
Schley, United States Navy, retired. 72.
Oct. 8 Dr. John Bascom, professor emeri
tus of political economy at William College
and ex-prealdent of University of Wiscon
sin 84.
Oct. 6 William Eleroy Curtis, noted Record-Herald
correspondent. 60.
Oct. 8 Cornelius N. Bliss, Secretary of
the Interior under President McKlnley. 78.
Oct. 14 John Marshall Harlan, associate
Juatlce of the United Statea Supreme
Court. 78.
Oct. 23 John Tt. Walsh, once prominent
aa a Chicago banker. 62.
Oct. 29 Joaeph Pulltxer, proprietor of the
New Tork World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
64,
Nov. 2 Kyrle Bellew, actor. 84.
Nov. 2 Lady Colin Campbell, English art
crltlo and author.
Nov. 8 William Clark Russell, author of
sea stories. 67.
Nov. 27 Irving Bedell Dudley, United
Statea Ambassador to Braxll. 60.
Dec 18 John Blgelow, historian, lawyer
and diplomat. 94.
. NECROLOGT.
Jan. 2 M. J. Coghlan, veteran Chicago
soccer player, dies of diphtheria.
Jan. 18 John Parker, trap shooter, die
of pneumonia at Detroit.
Feb. 5 Arthur Clarkson. famous baseball
pitcher, dies at Cambridge, Mass.
Feb. 6 Charles E. Davles, conference
basket-ball referee, commits suicide at Mil
waukee. Feb. 8 Jockey Lang killed In fall at Jack
sonville. Feb. 11 G. B. Denies, jr.. Brooklyn prise
fighter, dies as result of Injuries received In
bout at Chattanooga.
Feb. 19 John MuIIlna, horse trainer, com
mits suicide at Pine Bluff. Ark.
Feb. 17 W. 8. O'Brien, trotting horse
trainer dies of pneumonia at Waukegan.
Feb. IS John Graham, veteran trainer of
college track teams, dlea at Westboro. Mass.
Feb. 22 Farmer Baldwin breaks neck In
wrestling match at Iowa City. Dave Davles.
Eastern turfman, dies of apoplexy at Long
Branch, N. J. Sydney Dixon, American
Jockey, dlea as result of injuries reoelved in
fall on South American track.
March 12 Simon Nichols, veteran ball-
? layer, dies at Baltimore. Dewey Hewitt,
6-year-old boxer, la killed in bout at Mount
Carmel. 111.
March 22 Harrington Jonea. sporting
writer and globe trotter, dies at Memphla.
March 24 Stanley Roblaon, president and
owner of St. Louis National League baseball
club, dies at his home In Cleveland, aged 54
years.
March 81 Neal McAuIlffe, former baseball
player dlea In poverty at Louisville.
April 8 Mike Ryan, noted turf trainer,
dlea of rheumatism of heart at Memphla
April 18 William Luke, of Waterbury,
Conn., dlea from boxing bout. Captain Car
ron. French aviator, falls from aeroplane
and la killed at veraalllea.
April 20 Pierre Louis, French aviator,
dlea from injurlea received from fall.
April 23 George M. Craig. Indianapolis
pitcher, dies from wounda received in atrug
gle with burglar at Indlanapolla.
Aprlr24 Edward C, Taylor, horse breeder,
found dead in bed at Broekdale stock farm.
April 25 William A. Portia, ' of Chicago,
dies from result of Injuries received from
fall in aeroplane at New Orleane.
May '2 Hank Griffin, colored pugilist
dies at Ann Arbor. H. H. Venderhorst, for
mer secretary of Baltimore baseball club,
dies. Frederick Clamp, pioneer yachtsman,
dies at Rockford. Colonel Theodore
Schnack. Swlaa aeronaut, dlea at Berne,
Switzerland.
May 8 L. H. McCordy. harneaa horseman,
dies at Selma. Ala.
May 10 Lieutenant George M. E. Kelly
thrown from aeroplane at San Antonio and
killed ' F. C Brown, captain of Yale eleven
of 1900. dies at Glen Head. L. L
May 11 Herr Bekeumuller, German avia
tor, falls from machine and. Is killed at
B May' 19 Billy Catten, Chicago bllliardlst,
dies. Frank S. Elliott, vice president of
Philadelphia National League club, dlea.
May 23 Laemmlln, German aviator, falls
from aeroplane and ia killed at Strassburg.
May 25 Benson. English aviation pupil,
killed at Kendon. England.
May 27 William O'Brien, pioneer ball
player, dies at Kansas city.
May 30 S P Dickson, automobile me
chanician, killed at Indianapolis la 600-mile
automobile race.
June 2 Loula Long, Oakland prizefighter,
shot and killed at Bend. Or.
June 3 William "Dad" Clarke, former
New York National pitcher, dies from stroke
ot paralysis at Lorain. O. ,..,..
June 4 Thelle. German bicyclist, killed in
fall at Berlin.
June 4 Dr. Edward Grace, veteran crick
et player, dlea at New York.
June 7 William Cornelius Hall, former
Tale oarsman, dies at New Tork.
June Herr Schendel, German aviator,
and Voaa. hla mechanic. Instantly killed In
fall from aeroplane at JohanniethaL
June 10 Marcel Basle, auto driver, killed
In race meet at Hawthorne track.
June 13 -C. A. Borardue. ex-champlon
rifle shot, dies at Springfield. Mo.
June 16 Fred Sellers, lightweight wrestler,
shot and killed In quarrel at Falrbank.
Alaska.
June 3 Arthur Brown, first baseman
Albany baseball club, ahot and killed at
Albany, X. T.
June 21 Walter Donnelly, auto driver, is
killed at Milwaukee.
June 24 John O'Ronrke, pioneer baseball
pitcher, dlea
June 25 Arne C Lerum. University of
Wisconsin football players, dlea at Mad
ison. June 4 David C. Johnson, noted turf
man, dlea at New York.
July 6 William Lelssengrlng. "Billy
Dutch," former Western League ballplayer
and umpire, commits suicide at Salt Lake.
July 10 Thomas Dolan. Jockey, killed at
Memphla Alfred Lequesne. bowler, struck
by lightning and killed at Royalton. O.
July 11 Merrltt Glfnn, Olympic discus
champion, dies at Jollet. 111. Alta P. Mc
Donald, turfman, dies at Albany. N. Y.
July 13 Dan 4s Kramer. Chicago ama
teur aviator, plunges from areoplane and is
killed at Chicago.
July 1 David M. Rlnaldo, turfman, dies
at Saratoga Springe. N. Y.
July 2t Lewis Strang killed in five-states
motor run at Blue River. Wis.
July 22 Louis Dodge, of Monroe, Wis.,
killed In motorcycle race at Beloit.
July 26 Harry Damelle, Chicago balloon
ist, falls 700 feet to his death at Plaint ield.
III.
July 28 C. Murxer, Helena, Mont., boxer,
dies of injurlea received in boxing bout at
L'tlca, N. Y.
July 30 Erall E. (Pop) Coulon. father and
manager of Johnny Coulon, bantam-weight
champion, dies following operation at Chi
cago. Aug. 2 Leslie Koombs Bruoe, turfman,
dies at Greenwich, Conn.
Aug. 6 Robert Caruthere, veteran base
ball pitcher, dlea at Peoria 111.
Aug. 15 St. Croix Johnstone. Chicago
aviator, killed In fall from aeroplane at
Chicago air meet. Wilson Richmond, auto
driver, killed In crash at LeRoy, 111.
Aug. 17. James "Soup" Perkins, famous
Jockey, dlea at Hamilton, Ont.
Aug. 26 David Buck, auto driver, and
Bam Jacobs, mechanician, killed In Elgin
road race.
Aug. 27 William A. Pierce, poglllstio
manager, dies at Charleston. Mass. ,
Aug. 28 Thomas Lessard. Gblumbns
American Association pitcher, dies ' at Co
lumbus. Sept. 2 Malaehy Hogan. fight referee and
newspaper writer, dies at Denver.
Sent, a PMHIm Smith, writer and fleht
referee, dies at Oakland, Cal. f
Oct. 1 Dr. James H. Kelley, former Na
tional League umpire, dlea at New Haven.
Conn.
Oct. 2 C. C. Dixon, aviator, killed in fall
at Spokane.
Oct. 4 William Wasnrund, former Michi
gan quarterback, falls from window and is
killed at Austin, Tex.
Oct. 10 Richard Jordan, world's cham
pion checker player, dies at Edlnborough,
Scotland.
Oct. 19. Eugene Ely, aviator, falls from
machine and is killed at Maco, Go. Benja
min, sporting editor of San Francisco Chron
icle, dies at Oakland. Marshall Key King,
pioneer baseball player, dies at Troy. N. Y.
Oct. 22 Ralph Dlmmlck. former Notre
Dame football player, dies at Portland. Or.,
as result of Injurlea received in game.
Oct. 25 Samuel M. Butler, chairman of
contest board of American Automobile Asso
ciation, killed In accident at Tlfton. Ga.
Oct. 243 Mj-ron McHenry, famous driver of
harness horses, dies at Genesco. 111.
Nov. 2 O. L Cheney, sport promoter, dies
at Bloomlngton, 111.
Nov. 10 James C. Lacy, well-known horse
breeder, dies at Freeport, 111.
Nov. 20 Jay D. McKay, auto driver, killed
In practice at Savannah.
Nov. 21 William Hepburn Russell, prin
cipal own-r of Boston National League club,
dies at New York.
Nov. 22 Roy Sobel. Jockey, dies at Nor
folk. .
Dee. 8 Dr. John Draper, former Cincin
nati catcher, dies at Cincinnati.
Dec. 4 Cyrus Rosa Jaynea, pioneer turf
man, dies in Chicago.
Dec 8 Fred Clarke, horse trainer, dies at
Providence. R. I.
Dec 11 Ernest Benzon, well-known race
track plunger, dies at London.
Dec. 15 Peter Bogardus. expert rifle and
revolver shot, dies at Springfield, III.
Dec 21 John McClellano, former trainer
for "Lucky" Baldwin, dies at Lexington, Kjr.
1911 DISASTERS ARE FEW
OXI.T SERIOUS EARTHQUAKE
OCCURRED OUTSIDE COUNTRY.
Triangle Waist Company Fire, New
York, in Which 144 Girls Per
ished, Recalled.
CHICAGO, Dec. 80. (Special.) From
great natural calamities, such as earth,
quakes and floods, carrying destruc
tion to thousands, the year 1911 was
singularly free, but there were two
earthquakes that may be classed as se
vere, both outside the United States.
On January 30 there were earth
quake shocks In the vicinity of Mount
Taal, Luzon Island, with a tidal wave,
and the volcano became active, the com
bination carrying death to 700 human
beings. A severe earthquake extended
through Mexico June 7, causing 1200
deaths.
The bursting of reservoirs by floods
caused deaths in the new and the old
worlds. On January 13 a large dam
near Huelva, Spain, broke, with the re
sult that 11 persons were killed. On
September 30 a dam at Austin, Pa.,
gave way. sending a wall of water
down a narrow valley and drowning 74
of those living there. A week later two
dams at Black River Falls, Wis., col
lapsed, causing five deaths and 12,500,
000 loss of property. These accidents
have led to a general demand for bet
ter protection of the public against un
safe construction of high dams, and
state control and Inspection probably
will result in states not now having
laws on the subject.
Great fires have been few In the year.
March 25 occurred the Aach building
horror in New Tork City, In which 144
girls employed In factories In the build,
lng lost their lives, many others being
Injured. This disaster caused the crea-'
tion of a Fire Inspection Bureau in
New York and stricter regulations for
the safeguarding of buildings In many
cities. April 30 one-third of the City
of Bangor, Me., was destroyed by fire,
causing 12,500,000 loss and making
homeless thousands of people. July 23
most of the Stamboul district of Con
stantinople was destroyed, two square
miles being burned over and 87,000
bouses being destroyed.
Accidental blasts of the year includ
ed the explosion of a large amount of
dynamite at the Hudson River terminal
of the Central Railroad, of New Jersey,
February 1. which killed 30 persons
and violently shook New York City and
the surrounding country for miles.
March 9 a powder mill at Pleasant
Prairie, Wis., blew up. with effects sim
ilar to those of an earthquake shock
for many miles about, killing 40. Sep
tember 26 the French battleship Liberte
was blown to pieces by the accidental
explosion of her magazines, 235 men
losing their lives.
Mines were the scenes of many acci
dents in 1911, as In previous years.
April 7 In a coal mine at Scranton, Pa.,
73 men and boys were killed, and April
8 an explosion occurred In a coal mine
near Littleton, Ala., killing 128. July
IS an explosion In a coal mine at
sykesvllle. Pa., brought death to 21.
December 9 occurred the entombing of
126 miners at Brlcevllle, Tenn.
Railroad accidents were numerous In
the year, but there were few In which
large loss of life occurred. The derail
ment of an excursion train, carrying
school teachers near Easton, Pa., April
39, killed 12; May 29 a head-on collision
near McCook, Neb., was the cause of
nine deaths. Two of the most serious
railway accidents 'of the year were out
side the United States. April 22 a
bridge over a gorge In Cape Colony col
lapsed, plunging a train down a great !
height and killing 82. A similar bridge
disaster at Montreuil-Bellay, France,
November 23, killed 30 passengers.
August 29 a rail broke on a bridge near
Manchester, N. Y., causing a train to
plunge Into a ravine and killing 29.
This accident seems likely to lead to
Government requirements In the manu
facture and testing of rails that will
decrease the large number of derail
ments from breakage a number that
has increased rapidly Is the last few
yea"- .
HIGH COST BLAMED'
10
Chicago Man Says Wholesaler
Is Wot Responsible for Big
Living Expense.
ORGANIZERS ARE SCORED
Oscar B. McGlnsson Says Associa
tions or Growers and Producers
- Benefit Only Pew Unneces
sary "Scalpers,"
BY OSCAR B. MGLASSON.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. (Special.) The
necessities of life are high. The house
wife has the best evidence of this fact
given her every day when she goes to
the retail grocer to buy foods for the
table., What has caused the Increased
cost of a lot of these food articles,
such as coffee, dried fruits, nuts, dried
beans and salmon? Those who are well
posted know It Is not the lnoreased
cost of production or great Increased
consumption.
Let us compare a few of the dally
necessities of food products, taking as
a basis the cost about 10 or. 12 years
ago. AH coffee Is sold or graded from
a standard known as Rio No. 7. About
10 years ago this standard Rio. 7 was
selling at about C cents a pound. To
day the wholesale grocer Is paying 18
cents a pound green and this same oof
fee roasted would mean a cost of 22
cents a pound. The production of cof
fee has Just about kept up with, the
consumption.
Manipulation Given aa Reason.
This unnatural condition governing
the price of coffee Is due to the manipu
lation of the Brazilian government and
moneyed interests. How long It will
last no one can say, as the supply and
demand must govern prices of coffee,
as It does everything, and there Is sure
to be a "slump" in coffee values, but it
may not come until the valorization
scheme of the Brazilian government
ends, which is the year 1919.
California nuts of all grades were
worth from 33 1-3 per cent to 50 per
cent less ten years ago; dried fruits
about 60 per cent less; dried beans
about 25 per cent less; canned fish, sal
mon, in 1898 was worth 75 cents a
dozen, today 11.60 a dozen, showing an
increase on this one article of 100 per
cent, -
The producer of these actual necessi
ties has not received the benefit of thes
abnormal advances in prices. Ths
wholesale grocer is compelled in as
sembling these goods to pay the ad
vance and to sell them as heretofore
on the well-known close margin of
profit.
"Middleman" Ia Blamed.
Then who gets these unnatural profit ,
and who Is responsible for these un
natural conditions?
WTe say, without fear of successful
contradiction, that it Is the "middle
many' an association of men who con
duct a "peculiar" business mostly in
the State of California, These "mid
dlemen" employ little or no capital In
the plan they operate under. Money
is furnished- by banks on contracts for
the purchase of goods signed by whole
sale grocers, all goods being shipped to
the wholesale grocer with sight draft,
and must be paid lor on delivery.
These "middlemen" have organised
the nutgrowers, the dried fruit pro
ducers and the salmon packers Into
associations. They then go to the
wholesale grocer and say, "I will sell
you so many bags of nuts or so many
cars of prunes or raisins or so many
thousand cases of salmon, subject to
the -opening price on each article as
made by the association governing that
particular article."
Wholesale Dealer Helpless.
These food products are sold In thlg
manner many months before grown
and the wholesale grocer, owing to the
close combination existing in Califor
nia, has been forced to buy them under
this plan. If the wholesale grocer re
fuses to fall In line and buy these
goods six months before grown, that
wholesale grocer, to his sorrow, finds
that he often Is short on these goods
and cannot supply the retail grocer,
and thereby lose the sale not only of
these articles, but of many others.
These "midlemen" should be elimi
nated. There are no Just reasons for
their existence. They are certainly
detrimental to the producers, wholesale
grocers, retailers and consumers' Inter
ests They are simply "scalpers" and
maintain associations that are abso
lutely illegal and In glaring restraint
of trade. They do not even perform
the functions of a legitimate broker,
who represents the producer or grow
er, in bringing these food products to
the wholesaler.
Wholesaler Not "Middleman."
The wholesale grocer Is not a "mid
dleman" and anyone so claiming speaks
without being fully Informed. The
wholesale grocer Is a merchant who
buys and pays for his goods, owning
them like any person, bringing thera
from all parts of the world to his own
store and then offering them in smaller
quantities to another merchant, the
retail grocer, who in turn sells them
to the consumer. It would be Just as
practical for the consumer to attempt
to buy these goods in the different
parts of the world as it would be for
the retailer. It would be Just as sensi
ble to expect the farmer to grind his
own wheat and offer the flour direct
to the consumer.
The wholesaler Is the most economical
and the most necessary medium
through which the consumer must get
the necessaries of life, be they food
products or wearing appareL Any
one who has given this subject a
moment's serious consideration knows
that selling a specialty cost, more
than selling the general line.
Some Examples Given.
Do you think a canner of corn or
salmon can hire specialty men to sell
his special article to the retailer at
anything like the cost of doing busi
ness that the wholesale grocer can?
Do you believe that a grower of nuts
or dried beans or producer of dried
fruit can get his goods into the hands
of the retail grocer on as close a mar
gin as the wholesale grocer does itl
If so. It would long since have been
done.' The fact Is the wholesale gro
cer is the best friend the consumer has.
He buys goods on a very close basis
and sells them Just as close, believing
that the necessities of life should al
ways be sold on a close margin of
profit and depending on the volume to
make It pay.
Such logic would lead one to believe
that It would be wise for a retail gro
cer to conduct a store In which he sells
only corn, another In. which he sells
only sugar, another In which he sells
only flour, etc. The housewife would
have a time chasing around getting the
necessary articles for a dinner.
This nonsensical talk from persons
who ought to be better Informed ol
eliminating the wholesale grocer is too.
absurd to receive serious consideration
from thoughtful business men.
MIDDLEMEN"