t o THE SUXDAT OltEGOyiAX. PORTLAND. DECEmER 31. 1911. PEOMETENT FIGURES AT PE ACE DUTNXB, LAST NIGHT. COAST TRAIN IN DITCH; SIX DEAD Great Northern's Oregonian Jumps Track-Flames Make Pyre of Wreck. i . . 13 PASSENGERS INJURED Broken Rail Cause of Disaster to West-Bound Limited In North Dakota High Official of Road Escapes VnhurU SHARON. N. D.. Dec 30. Train No. S of the Great Northern Railway, the ""Oregonlan." was wrecked four miles west of Finley today with a losa of six known dead and 11 Injured. Tbs wreck was due to a broken rail. The train left PL Paul at :2S o'clock this morning-, bound for Portland and Seattle. On the train. In bis prorata car. was J. M. Gmhr, general mm ager of the Great Northern Railway, wbo escaped unhurt. His car went off the track but remained upright. The Great Northern officials tonight report the dead as follows: Albert Lndsje. bt. Paul, cook on diner. Joseph Mother, cook. Bethl Hotel, 8U Paul. M. Mahoney. brakeman, Whlteflsh. Mont. Mrs. Martha Keeter. passenger, Kallspell. Mont. On male passenger, body not Identi fied. Two-vear-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J K Bailey. Boltlnrs. N. P. Bailer is agent of the Great North ern Railroad at Bottlnea. Among the Injured is . K. Laramie, passenrer. Whlteltxh. Mont., leg; In jured. Of the Injured, only two were seriously hurt, according to the officials of the Great Northern. The day coaches turned over. The dinlnc car. tourist car and the flrst rlais day coach rolled down a SO-foot embankment. The tourist and dining r.rs cauaht fire and were burned. Kfforts were made to put out the flames with lire extlnKilishers. snow and wet blankets, but without avail. The sleeper left the trsck but stood upright. The fatalities all were In the dinlna; car. Physicians were rushed from tiharon and Finley and the in jured were hurried to tbla place and to Finley. Vrecln-e crews were rrdered from levils Lake and Breck enrlilse and It was thought the road would be clear tonight. Mrs. Nellie Frank, of Chicago, was able to talk rf the wreck. , "The Brat thins; I knew," she said, "the car was pitching; over and in an Instant was upside down. Then It settled on Its side. As It settled down and the grinding crash of the timbers snd steel ceased, thers arose groaoi of despair from those who had been burt. "Women who had traveled with chil dren could be heard frantically call ing; for them. What had been Just a moment before a car of comfortable ness had turned Into a car of horror. "Almost In an Instant we could hear tbs calls of 'fire' from the rear and I beard aoma one In the car who had been seriously Injured plteously bee gins; to be rescued. "Most of them. 1 believe, were got out of the cars, but the whole thins has been so horrible that I cannot re member now of anybory in particular who appeared to he unable to be!p him self at the tlrrTe. At the bottom of the embankment there is slough, frosen over at thla time, but the beat of the Ore melted the Ice to a depth of about six Inches and sdded materially to the obstacles met by the rescuing parties. WATER LAW INTERPRETED Attorney-General's Opinion May In crease State's Revenue. SALUM. Or.. Dec. 30. (Special.) In an opinion prepared tor State Engineer Lewis. Attorney-General Crawford furnished a legal statement aa to the atatua of collection of water fees un der the law of 1911. which Is consid ered an exceedingly Important revenue statute. Two questions were asked of the Attorney-General: When the water right waa initiated prior to May 22. 10J. but no water actually applied to the gen eration of power until after that date and when the water rltht was Initiated prior to May !1. lt'?. and a part of the power actually generated before that date, what fees should be col lected? "Answering your first question, I beg to say." recites the opinion. "In my opinion, that where no water was ac tually applied to the development or generation of power and the power generated thereby prior to May 22. ltf. the statute doea not Impose any tax. You will notice that aectlon 1 of said chapter provides, 'every person, firm, corporation or association, here inafter railed "claimant.' claiming the right to the use of water for power development where said water sat ap plied to the development or genera tion of poser and the power generated thereby prior to May li. 10. shall.' etc, prescribing the time of payment and the rale of taxes to be paid. Prom this language it la clear that not only the right to use the water for power purposes must have been made, but that the water roust have been ap plied to the development or generation of power and the power generated thereby prior to the date fixed by ststute. Consequently where no wster was actually applied to the genera tion of power, although the rignt was claimed prior to May li. li. In my opinion, no tax can tie collected. "Answering your second question. 1 beg to say that, in my opinion, where any part of the water, to the use of whK-h the right waa claimed, waa ap plied to the development or genera tion of power and the power generated thereby, prior to May 12. l!0. the fees prescribed in the ststute should be charged for the whole amount of wa ter claimed In the application to ap propriate, for the reason that the stat ute makes the fees payable upon the amount of water claimed and makes It attach to such claim wher.evr the water has been applied to the genera tion of power, and it therefore becomes unimportant whether all the water haa been applied, or wnet.ier only a part of the water has teen applied, be cause the right to the tax attacres ss soon aa any of the water is applied to the generation of poster. "You wl'.l notice the word 'claimed' Is used throughout the statute ami not language to indicate that it la the amount of water actually used upon wblcb tees are to be paid. Where the water mas not appropriated nntll after May 12. lu. the power la taxable under chapter 221. page 27. Jaws of 1." I !J ' ' : ' ' III . "'V ' '-"."t V- III L FREMDEVT TFT ICOPTRIGHT BY MOFKITT), OdCAH STRAISS (COPYRIGHT BY ClINEDIXST)) BELOW, A.NDREW CAR.VKGIE, HGXRY CLEWS, JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. ABovr, TAFT URGES PEACE Charge of Inconsistency De nied at Banquet. PRESIDENT WELL GUARDED Ik-lioes of Dissension Which Were features of Preparation Are Heard Br fore Gathering; Is Called to Order. tfontlnufd from First Page. It does a close perusal of Mr. Root's argument and of the treaty Itself." Answering otber criticisms of the peace treaties tbe President continued: "There are certain questions that It Is said we would have to arbitrate un der this treaty. Ws would have to ar bitrate the Monroe doctrine. I say It Is not a Justiciable question under the treaty. Professor Bassett Moore, who is perhaps the greatest International authority we have in thla country, says the very same thing, rllr Edward Grry said so' on the floor of Parliament, so 1 think we are rather safe on that question. Then the question Is wheth er we should arbitrate the right of anybody to come Into this country against our wishes. Of course. If we make a treaty letting a man In. why. we are responsible to the treaty, but If we do not. the question of letting anybody In Is a question of National poilcy and not International policy and cannot be arbitrated. It Is a question of liberty to the Nation that owns the ground and territory. That Is a!L" lienor Shoald Be Arbitrated. The possibility of some tribunal's be. Ing established that would take up such a question also was touched by the President. "What we have got to come to Is this." he said, finally, "to recognise either that we want arbitration and a peaceful settlement of disputes, or that we don't. And we have got to mean business when we go Into arbitration. This playing of 'heads I win and tails voti lose' wl'.l make no progress In a Christian clvlllxstlon. It Is not possi ble thst we should win In every case. The President declared that If ever anything should be submitted to arbi tration It was questions of personal or national honor. Then he stopped and said: -Perhaps I have gone too far In my enthusiasm." but tbe audience would not have it that way. and when he asked pointeJly. "Are we to step back be got an emphatic "No," for a re sponse. Sentiment Leedly Cheered. The President wss cheered loudly as be concluded. Among those at tbe table with the President were the speakers of the evening Andrew Carnegie. Oscar 8. Straua. ex-Ambassador to Turkey; ex I nlted States Senator Towne and Henry Clews: Governor-e'.ect Brewer, of Mis sissippi: Blsnop Greer, of the Protestant Episcopal Church: Raoul Durand. chair man of the International Parliamentary- C.ioup of the Canadian Parliament, and I nlted Mates Senator O Gorman, of New York. John Temple Graves, the toastmastar, opened the speechmaking. There waa never a banquet swad dled In stormier gossip that has passed Into serener consumption," he declared. Mr. Graves. In giving way to the gueat of the evening, said: "I pres. nt to you William Howard Taft. the great peace President of ths Republic's ll.'e." The mention of Mr. Graves In his re marks of "two great, wise treaties with France, and England waiting the lag gard Senate s vote," early made It evi dent that specific indorsement of these looventtona. which bad aroused so much discussion In arranging the din ner, was not to be neglected, and thla wss further shown by the speeches which followed. With the Waldorf-Astoria humming with suppressed excitement and guarded within and without by a force of 100 or more police officers and se cret service men. the preliminaries to the peace banquet tonight savored i.l most as highly of tne sensational as did the events of the week of turbu lence amonx the promoters of the func tion. There was trouble before tbe arrival of President Taft. the guest of bonor, who reached bere at o'clock from Philadelphia, and was driven directly to the hotel. Through some misunder standing the dinner cards bad not been delivered, and the President, on reach ing the Waldorf-Astoria, was ushered Into a private room and had to watt more than an hour, while the commit teemen tried to untangle the snarls snd arrange for the seating of the more than 1400 guests. Before the difficulty had been adjusted, both management and prospective diners became per ceptibly agitated. Ambassadors Stay Away. Echoes of the dissension which had marked preparation for the dinner were still heard as the diners were assemb ling. The delegation from Washington was a disappointment In size, as none of the foreign ambassadors or other dip lomats who hsd accepted Invitations came. It was explained that there bad been an almost universal withdrawal of acceptances by those guests, some of the declinations arriving lata today one by telegraph. The discussion of the purpose of the dinner, whether It was to Indorse def initely the pending arbitration treaties, also waa revived with the declaration by Representative Richard Bartholdt, of Missouri, that be had Intended stay ing away when told the Indorsement of the treaties was to be "sidetracked," but bad decided to come when advised by the committee "that the purpose of the dinner had not been changed." Further contribution to the discussion also was made by Colonel Roosevelt, about whose attitude toward the func tion the controversy has centered. In hie letter declining the Invitation, Col- .ANNUAL FOR. MAILING. Ia purchasing the New Yenr's Oregonian, wrapped for mailing, tbe public is cautioned that GREEN wrappers have been used exclusively. Wrapped copies of the Annual are on sale at The Oregonian business office, at all news stands, and by newsboys at 5 cents each. Postage in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the insular possessions is 5 cents. Foreign postage, 10 cents. onel Roosevelt reiterated his declara tion that It seemed to him "worse than foolish In short, utterly hypocritical now to support these arbitration trea ties (until amended) when we have just abrogated the Russian treaty." Mr. Taft Closely Guarded. President Taft. In contrast to condi tions attending his visit bere a fort night ago, wss plentifully guarded to night. Besides a half dozen Pennsyl vania railroad detectives and an equal number of secret service men who es corted him from the train, four motor cycle policemen and as many city de tectives were lu waiting. A committee from the dinner management met Mr. Taft at the terminal, and, beaded by the bicycle officers, the procession of automobiles containing the party pro ceeded to the hotel. Nearly a score of "plain clothes' men were on duty within the hotel. A mem ber of the committee provided agalnat any possible disorder by having plenty of guardians of the pesce on hand. At the various entrances were considerable details of uniformed men. with many mors within easy call. RENT A NEW PIANO. New pianos to rent at 14 per month; rent allowed on purchase. The Wiley B. Allen Co.. cor. 7 th and Morrison. t. b:s reason told Colonel Opposed to Overawing of Senators. HONEST PEACE INDORSED Correspondence Over Invitation to Peace IMnner Is Made Public Objections Overcome by Later Explanations. NEW TORK, Dec 30. It now ap peara that Colonel Roosevelt might I m it it hnA not hnen that he is at j present unable to accept Invitations of any sort. The colonel's first oojecuops to attending were overcome by the ex planation that the purpose of the din ner had been amended, to make It rep resentative of a "broad, honest peace movement. Such a movement. the Colonel saJd, he could Indorse. The correspondence between Colonel Roosevelt and Wtllard J. Bloomer, ex ecutive secretary of the dinner com mittee, was made public today. The Colonel's first letter follows the line of his editorial in the Outlook. It says: "I cannot permit the use of my name for that Citizens' Peace ban quet." the letter reads, "simply because I don't know what that banquet la for. If It Is meant to overawe the Senate and force that body, against lta con science, to support the unamended treaties which the Senate committee i on foreign relations has shown, by unanswerable argument, to be hostile to the honor and Interest of the Ameri can people, then I am sot In sympathy with you. Wrong and Ryprocrltical, Tea. "For instance, if you propose to sup port the arbitration treaties, then I think that you are not merely wrong I but that you are engaged In what la essentially an unworthy and. however unconsciously, a hypocritical move against the Interest of peace and against the honor and Interest of the United States and civilisation. If you Intend to support these treaties, how ever, with the amendments Introduced by Senators Root and Lodge, then you are right, because you are supporting what is not a very Important, but still sincere effort to make things a little better." Mr. Roosevelt then reiterated what he said yesterday in his editorial, that "hypocrisy never pays," and detailed his views why the unamended treaties should not be supported. Among the subjects which Mr. Roose. velt said be believed should not be arbitrated were the Monroe doctrine. InloodS Sarsaparilla Cures blood diseases, loss of ap petite and that tired feeling, and builds up the whole system. There ia no "just as good" medicine. More than 40,000 testimonials received in two yeare an Tin paralleled record are the broad and solid foundation for this claim. Take Ilood's Get It today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called SaraatalM. AT THE HEILIG THEATER THURSDAY EVENING JAN. 4TH AT 8:15 The Largest Automobile Factory in the World. Comprising the Eight Mammoth Plants of the STUDEBAKER CORPORATION'S E. M. F. FACTORIES Of Detroit Will Be Reproduced in Motion Pictures "FROM THE PIG IRON TO THE FINISHED AOMOBILE" See the E. M. F. 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Phones Main 5969, A 2436 state bond question, the right of Amer ica to abrogate the Russian treaty of 1832, and the question of allowing un limited Asiatic Immigration to the United States. Mr. Roosevelt's letter then continues: , Extresalata An Criticised. "Now, If you don't believe that tbe questions I have named should be arbi trated, then you occupy an Improper and, from the National standpoint, a dishonorable position If you desire to see these treaties ratified without amendment. Of course. If you do be lieve In arbitrating all questions of National honor and Interest, Including the Monroe doctrine, the Jewish pass port question, the Immigration of Asi atics, and the question of tbe state bonds, then you are Justified In wish ing to pass the unamended treaties; although I think that in such case you will occupy a very foolish and un pa triotic position. But If you do not be lieve In arbitrating these and similar methods, then you occupy a wholly Indefensible position In asking that we pass In unamended form treaties which unquestionably pledge us as a Nation to arbitrate them." Honest Movement Finds Favor. Mr. Bloomer replied to this letter on December 12, saying the form of Invi tation to the banquet had been changed so aa not to Include the ratification of the proposed treaties, adding that the banquet, in his opinion, should be a On Tuesday Morning We open our doors on our 46i Annual Clearance Sale An event that will eclipse all former efforts. Watch for our advertisement in , Tuesday newspapers Woodard, Clarke & Co. demonstration for a broad, honest peace movement. To this Colonel Roosevelt replied under date of December 16, in part as follows: "As you state and understand the movement, I am entirely In sympathy with it. That is, I am In favor of a broad, honest peace movement In line With the traditional policy of this country, of good will and fair treat ment for all the nations of mankind." In replying to another letter of Bloomer, written In answer to the above. Colonel Roosevelt said: "Unfortunately It is not possible for me to accept an invitation of any kind or sort, otherwise I would surely ac cept thla." HAMMOND FIRMS MERGE One Concern to Operate Sawmills, Lumber Tarda and Steamers. EUREKA, CaL, Dec. 30. Announce ment was made here today that Janu ary 1 the Hammond Lumber Company nuTJ winanllilata all th nrnnartlftll known as the "Hammond Interests" j Into one great lumber manufacturing i concern, controlling the output of four big mills and a chain of 29 yards in the) leading cities of California, Nevada, j Oregon, Arizona and elsewhere. It is understood that the steamship 1 Una of the Hammond Company eJsa will be Included In tbe merger. The companies affected are: The Vance Redwood Lumber Com pany, owning a plant at Samoa, with an output of 400,000 feet of lumber dally, together with thousands of acrea of valuable redwood timber; Curtis Lumber Company, of Mill City, Or.; the Hammond Lumber Company, of Wat aonvllle; the National Lumber Com pany, a selling and finishing concern with 29 yards in the West, and ths Hammond Lumber Company plant at Astoria. $3 PIANO RENT. All money paid as rent can apply on purchase price if desired. Ask about our drayage plan. Kohler & Chase, 37S Washington street. Aurora Citizens Prosperous. AURORA, Or., Dec. 30. (Special.) There are plenty of "good fellows" In Aurora, but they were not called upon to display their philanthropy, as there was not a single needy family In the city. Christmas cheer waa abundant and the witcheries of the season ram pant, marred in no way by the wants of the unfortunate. Coal f up. Edlefsen Fuel Co.