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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
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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.
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See the E. M. F. "30" and FLANDERS "20" cars
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which is used in building 150 automobiles a day,
50,000 per year. Automatic machinery in action
which appears almost human. Foundries, milling
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These films (6000 feet in all) have been shown
by request at some of the leading universities and
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entertainment intensely interesting.
ADMISSION FREE, but all seats on the first
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Tickets can be secured at our salesroom beginning
Tuesday morning. Children admitted only when
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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