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T x-VXI-m 12. rOKTLAXD, OREGON, SUNDAY -MORNING, 31 ARCH 24, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS.
MOUNT HOOD ROAD
ABSORBED BY RIVAL
Portland Railway.Light
&, Power Co. Buys.
HUGE DEAL IS MADE IN EAST
$3,000,000 Reported Paid for
Additional Holdings.
SYSTEM TO BE UNITED
Official In This City Are Not In
formed of Transaction Made In
May fit Until Public An
nounccraent Saturday.
Sale of the Mount Hood Railway
properties to tie Portland Railway.
Light Power Company, negotiation
for which have been In progress for
more than a year. wa completed late
vesterday and has been approved by
the director, of both Interested con-
T-e purcfcaslnr company will assume
the contract of the Mount Hood people
t- complete the reservoir lt at the
head of the Sandy River, and the rail
lines of the two companies trlU be
connected and operated aa one system,
.o ofrX-tals of the purchaidng company
Announced. .
Tho tranactlon Involves the ntlre
pUnt f the Mount ICood system. In
. l.idtng the h Jro-elertric development
project, the railway Hue and the dla
tributton system. a welt aa other Im
provement at varloua point alone; the
right of way. It doee not Include the
real estate, which at flrat waa a part
.f the Mount Hood project and which
-.. sold a few weeka ago to a com
pany composed of rorttand capitalists.
The exart consideration haa not been
mae pbl!c. but It I. .alt to involva
$I.,.l00 or t2.OAO.040.
Vtsrfc psac la fiaat.
financial detaila and In fact all other
negotiation were bandied by official,
of both companies In tho East. It waa
not until wltuln the pat few dayi that
the Portland official, became actively
Interested. The pre.ent rllt to Port
land of C. M. Clark, or Philadelphia.
lalrman of the executive committee of
the Portland Hallway. Light & Power
Company, paved tbe way for consum
mation of the transaction.
The Mount Hood property consists of
a .mall distribution .ystero In North
Portland and in the Tenln.ula district
and a railway 20.J miles loog running
up the Sandy River to a reservoir
site. The railroad Is not yet electrified,
but la operated by the aid of steam.
There also Is a power-house capable. It
Is said, of producing 15.000 kilowatt,
upon the banks of the Bull Run. where
the water can be obtained from a reser
voir partially constructed. There I
tunnel 40" feet long and a flume two
or more miles long. It Is this prop
ertv which the Portland Railway, bight
power Co-upany has taken over.
Ktaaaetal Deal Mae.
"The original promoters and owners
of the Mount Hood Company." said Mr.
Clark yesterday. "never made the
necessary financial arrangements for
Ihe completion of the property. They
had advanced out of their own
resources, up to a year ago. about
ll.250.OOi. which was Invested In the
property. The owners were men of
means and financial standing, but not
strong enough financially to complete
the work contemplated. It wa their
Intention to raise the necessary money
by sale of bonds and stock.
"At this same time the financial re
quirements of the Portland Railway.
Light Tower Company were very
lrs;e for extensions and Improvements.
O'enrluued on P
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CARACAS WILDLY
ACCLAIMS KNOX
x-l vt yi n.A CAPITAL. GIVES
WHOLE TIME TO TASK.
lire-work. Make lay Like- Fourth of
July- Irne Crowd Follow
Visitors Everywhere.
CARACAS. March JI A sprinkling
of rain thla morning, the forerunner
of the rainy season, did not interfere
with the lavish entertainment In honor
of Secretary Knox and other American
visitors to which the. whole capital
was given over. Shops were closed and
business waa suspended by government
decree. The " programme carried out
was so arranged that at every place
vtslted one of tbe Ministers received
the American Secretary. An escort of
cavalry proceeded with the party, but
no guard attended the Secretary.
From the time of the arrival of the
Secretary until midnight the festivi
ties continued without Interruption. The
Plasa Bolivar was llterallv roofed with
electric lights. Tho explosion of fire
works was deafening and rivaled the
old-fashioned America celebration of
the Fouitti of July.
Dense crowds surged In the streets,
following the Knox party everywhere.
Tne demonstrations were unprecedent
ed. , Every member of the party was
attended by an official.
CLUB TO HAVE FINE HOME
Building to Cot $85,000 Planned
by La Grande Citizens.
LA ORAXDE. Or.. March 23. (Spe
cial.) Conatructlon of a communlty
flnancwd five-story atone edifice, de
voting It top floor as a perpetual home
to the La. Grande Commercial Club, a
structure built on what Is known as
the unit basis, became a probability and
almost a reality today.
If the building Is erected (members
aay there can be no other conclusion
than success) it will be on the vacant
lot now owned by Turner Oliver, the
rite to' cost 1 15.000 and the structure
fSS.OOO. It will be built along class A
plans, up to the minute In every re
spect. In fact the last word In archi
tecture. Plans and specifications are
now virtually completed and are In the
office of Given as Richardson, local
realty dealers, who are the promoters,
with C. E- Cochran, who adopted the
plans locally from plans used else
where. MRS. EDDY EXPECTED BACK
Belief In Iteurrectlon of Leader Ex
pressed by Mrs. stetson.
NEW TORK. March 22. (Special.)
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, for years a
leading Christian Science exponent of
New Tork. and often mentioned aa a
probable successor of Mrs. Mary Baker
t. Eddy, has announced her belief In
tbe resurrection of tbe founder of the
cult. In an interview today abe said:
-When Mary Baker Eddy, tbe God
crowned woman emancipator of hu
manity, comes forth triumphant over
death, and thla fact Is significant and
Imminent, consciousness will be, puri
fied and a new epoch will have begun.
Christ Jesus represented the father
hood of God. Mrs. Eddy represents the
motherhood of God. and will demons
trate her teachings as Christ Jesus
demonstrated his words."
NEW DIRIGIBLES ORDERED
German Array to Have Two High
Speed Dirigible.
BERLIN. March 2J. The army au
thorities ordered a new Zoppelln and
a new Parseval dirigible airship today.
The eppelln balloon Is a duplicate of
the existing military Zeppelin and Is
expected to travel 50 miles an hour.
Centralis Gets Glee Club Concert.
CENTRA LI A. Wash.. March 21.
? il Tliroiic-h the efforts Of
Centralis club of young men. several
. i - .nArnHMra are attending the
University of Washington, the Unlver-
alty Glee Club nas oeen securea ii -concert
In thla city on the night of
...ii . Th, trir. of the Glee Club
will Include Centralis, Aberdeen and
Olympla.
WHZB H SXTS. CAaXOONXSX
TAFT WILL WIH IN
NEW YORK PRIMARY
Majority of Delegation
Is Conceded.
EFFECT TO BE FAR REACHING
Direct-Vote Method Is One
Chosen by Leaders.
C0L0N FIGHTING HARD
X
o
o Opiiositlon to"0 Made In Home
DlMrict Toft Xjagcrs Con
cede Only 13 Delegates to
Their Opponents.
BY WUNER CfRTljS.
NEW YORK. March 23. New York
now focuses the attention of the poli
ticians who are agitated over the Taft
Roosevelt light for tho Presidential
nomination. The Empire State will
have 90 delegates In the Republican
National Convention and all except the
four delegates at large are to be chosen
at primaries to be held next Tuesday.
The four delegates at largo will be
chosen at a state convention to be held
at Rochester April 9.
The Roosevelt forces do not expect to
elect anywhere near a majority of tho
delegates. Taft will achieve the sub
stantial triumph of adding greatly to
his numerical strength in the National
convention by carrying most of the
districts in the formec President's home
state. The bandwagon effect of these
accessions is likely to be important.
It Is conceded that the four delegates
at large to be elected at Rochester
next month will be for Taft.
Choice of Methods Given.
Under the recently enacted New
Tork primary law district dele-gates
to the National convention mav be
elected In either of two ways. One way
Is to choose them by direct vote. Under
the alternative method oolegales to
the state convention are- elected by
direct popular vote and these delegates
separated into district delegations and
choose respectively tbe 8S district dele
gates to the National convention.
' The whole matter of determining
between the alternative methods rests
with the party organisations. The Re
publican organization elected to choose
the district delegates to the National
convention by direct vote. The Demo
cratic organisation has adopted the
other method. .
Ceateataata Are 'Independents."
An important point to bear In mind
is that the organisation in every dis
trict under the method adopted by the
Republicans has the power of naming
the candidates for delegates to be
voted for by the members of the party.
There are strict provisions designed to
prevent members of one party from
voting for the ticket of the opposing
party, as It Is contended was done In
the Nerth Dakota primaries this week.
But contesting candidates must be
listed on the ballot as Independents.
On Monday night, the eve of the pri
maries. Colonel Roosevelt will make a
whirlwind tour of the upper sections
of New York City, where He the great
est possibilities of winning closely
drawn battles. In other sections of
the state candidates In opposition to
tbe regular candidates have been nomi
nated In only a few Instances. Colonel
Roosevelt will not be opposed In his
home district, which embraces the
counties of Nassau and Suffolk. The
second district, embracing a part of
Queens County, also Is likely to be
carried by Roosevelt.
National Committeeman Ward, man
ager of the Roosevelt campaign in New
York State, controls the organization
In Westchester County. His domajn
embraces two Congressional districts.
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KOLBS S
MOTHER SENDS UP
CALL FOR FATHER
USE
DISCOVERED' FOR
. PARENT IX HOME.
MALE
Day Declared to Be. Coming; Wlicn
Few Will Bo Chosen for Sacred
Calling of Motherhood.
ST. LOUIS, March 23. More father
In tho homo was advised today by Mrs.
E. R. Weeks, of Kansas City, at the
convention of the National Congress of
Mothers. She is a vice-president of the
congress.
-Wo have heard much," Mrs. Weeks
said, "of woman's place In t'.io homo.
Well, man's place Is also in the home,
and be must not ba a stranger in the
home, or he cannot advise his wife If
she does not understand her problems."
Mrs. Harriet A. McClellan, of At
lanta, Ga, said she did not believe all
women were made for mothers, and she
did not think they should marry.
"Marriage Is becoming rarer now,"
she declared. "It used to be a stigma
for women to remain unmarried. Now
It is a distinction in some cases. Mar
riage will come to be considered a.
sacred Institution. It will be regarded
as a sacred calling to which few are
chosen."
ELLIS TALKS AT HEPPNER
Candidate for Congress Lands Ad
ministration of Taft.
HEPPNER, Or., March 23. (Spe
cial.) W. R. Ellis, candidate for Con
gress, Second District, spoke here last
night before a small but enthusiastic
audience. Lauding the present Ad
ministration. Mr. Ellis haa announced
that if it were necessary, he would give
up his personal campaign and confine
his entire time to campaign speeches
for President Taft.
Mr. Ellis stated that he was a 'pro
gressive'' Republican to the extent that
he thought the Republican party was
a progressive party and that he stood
for measures that benefited the major
ity of the people. Mr. Ellis said that
he did not consider the man a Re
publican who voted for three measures
with the Republicans and 20 with the
Democrats.- notwithstanding tbe fact
that this. same voter asserted he waa a
Republican.
Following Mr. Ellis' talk, James P.
Ncal, candidate for District Attorney,
and Homer I. Watts, prospective can
didate for Circuit Judge, Sixth Judicial
District, made addresses. John P. Rusk,
candidate for Congress, talked here to
night. MORE LANDS NOW NEEDED
Lewis County's New Settlers' De
mand Outdoes Supply.
CENTRA LI A,' Wash.. ' S'areh 23.
(Special.) In speaking before the Cen
tralla Commercial Club yesterday on
tbe work being done by the South
west Washington Settlers' Agency, J. E.
Barnes stated that more lands were
required to fill the demands of Eastern
and foreign settlers who were mi
grating to Lewis County. Tho only
concern which has listed lands with
the agency to date is the Weyerhaeuser
Timber Company, and Mr. Barnes urged
the club to support the agency both
financially and by listing suitable farm
lands.
E. E. Teachnor, County Commission
er, bore out the statements of Mr.
Barnes by showing the need of open
ing the unsettled portions of Lewis
County. Mr. Teachnor stated that the
value of timber lands In Lewis County
Is 40 per cent of the entire valuation
of ths county, and that the valuation
of city property is greater than that
of Improved farm lands in the county.
HOME RULE IS DISCUSSED
Irish Leaders Decide to Introduce
Measure In Hopse April 11.
LONDON", March 23. Home rule for
Ireland was the subject of another two
hours' conference today between John
E. Redmond. T. P. O'Connor and John
Dillon, the Irish leaders, and Premier
Asqulth and the other members of the
cabinet In charge of the home-rule bill.
The date of Introduction of the
measure in the House of Commons- is
now specifically settled for April 11,
and John Redmond Is particularly de
sirous that all the disputed points be
disposed of before the Parliamentary
adjournment over the Easter holidays,
during which the Irish convention Is to
sit In Dublin.
- THREE EMINENT POLmCXANS, A TEUTONIC WHITE MAN. BURDEN
IRION COUNTY IS
STRONG FOR TAFT
Massmeeting Unani
mous for Leader.
ROOSEVELT IS REPUDIATED
Failure to Keep Pledge Proves
ex-President's Undoing.
HENDRICKS IS CHAIRMAN
Senator Carson Declares That It Is
Up to Decent Self-Respect of
Every Voter to Get Out and
Work for Administration.
SALEM. Or., March 23. (Special.)
Marion County, the second largest in the
state, went officially in the Taft column
today.
At a mass meeting held at the Court
house Taft was unanimously Indorsed,
the movement toward his nomination
and re-election received an added Im
petus and a county that has heietofore
been considered safe for the continua
tion of the present Administration will
be bombarded by a committee which de
clares It will swing an overwhelming
vote.
Repudiation by Theodore Roosevelt of
his past declarations, his failure to keep
his pledges and his Insistence of his
third-term desire caused speakers from
the floor of the mass meeting today to
declare that while in the past they have
been firm supporters of the ex-Presl-derrt,
they-will not rest until they
see Taft safely again in the Presiden
tial chair.
Influence to Be Felt.
Organization of a. strong body which
will have its. influence all over the
county waa one of the features which
was visibly and materially backed by
reprepresentativea from country dis?
tricts which represent a large share (Of
the county.
The meeting waa distinctly represen
tative of the voting populace of Ma
rlon. That the welfare of the. country de
pends upon a continued Admnistration
of the peace, progress and prosperity
for which Taft stands; that the re-election
of Theodore Roosevelt to a. third
term would violate a precedent estab
lished by George Washington and rigid
ly adhered to by the people of the
United States to the present day; that
his re-election would be a menace to
the institutions of the Nation as well
as a menace to its prosperity, were
among a few of the statements made
tersely by the speakers and the mass
meeting In an organized body, indicated
Its Intention to go ahead and roll up
for this county a heavy vote for Taft
and inflict an equally keen repudiation
of Roosevelt and the third-term idea.
In its organization R J. Hendricks
was rramed as chairman of the meeting
and W. L Stanley as secretary.
Mayor Lauds President.
Mayor Lachmund. of Salem, one of
the early speakers, following the ap
pointment of committees, declared that
If President Taft "is honored with four
more years as President of the United
States his name will ring down In his
tory as one of the greatest Presidents
that the Nation ever had.
"Taft la not a politician." ho contin
ued. "He is a President of the people
and for the people of the United States.
For years I believed in Theodore Roose
velt as a man and as a President. Now,
since I rubbed elbows with President
Taft and since I have seen what the
former President and now candidate for
a third term has placed before the peo
ple, I am with William Howard Taft
first, last and all the time, and will
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PROPOSAL FLOOD
SURPRISES WIDOW
DAUGHTER ADVERTISES FOR
NORTHWEST STEPFATHER.
Letter to Mayor Rushlight Brinjs
Answers to Both Kansas City
Mother and Girl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 28. (Spe
cial.) Miss Blanche Eckles, 17 and
pretty, daughter of Mrs. Sarah S.
Eckles, 2334 Bellevlew avenue, wrote a
letter to Mayor Rushlight, of Port
land, Or., saying her mother was on
the matrimonial market.
The letter read: "I have a mother
and I want to find a good husband for
her. She has two daughters, one 18
years of age, and the other 17; one son
14. She is a good housekeeper, neat
and clean, and the man must have a
good home and plenty to provide for
her. She has made so many wishes to
be out on a ranch some place away
from the city, 'and I asked her if I
would find her a good husband, would
she have him, and she said "yes." She
dresses nicely and is pretty. Any man
writing in answer to this must send
photograph."
A few days after Mayor sRushlight re
ceived this epistle, letters began to
come to Mrs. Eckles. They came from
all over the Northwest; all sorts and
descriptions of men applied for the job
of husband.
Mrs. Eckles is a widow and pretty
and would like, to live on a ranch, but
she could not understand why hundreds
of letters were bringing proposals to
her daily. One day she read a few of
the many letters her daughter was
getting, and then she understood. They
had been proposing to her daughter,
too, and mentioned the letter which
Miss Eckles had sent to the Mayor of
Portland.
When Mrs. Eckles was asked if she
would accept, if a real good proposal
came, she replied with a smile. "That'3
my business."
EUGENE-COOSLINE RUSHED
Grade Work Westward Will Com
mence Monday.
EUGENE, Or., March 23. (Special.)
Upon the arrival Monday of four car
loads of mules. Fuller & Company, sub
contractors on tho Southern Pacific line
to Coos Bay, will begin grading opera
tlos westward from Eugene. This com
pany has had perhaps 200 men scat
tered along 13. miles of right of way
kali .Winter1o4ee.ring the land- ready for
the grading work with the settling of
weather this Spring. Power graders
will be put to work as soon as possible.
Twohy Brothers.' contractors, have
made a good start on the 2300-foot tun
nel at Notl Pass, and this week com
pleted the transportation of ten wagon
loads of compressor machinery, so that
the tunnel men may use air drills.
Deeds for sections of right of way
west of Noti Pass are being filed eyery
few days.
SAFE EXPLOSION IS NOISY
Cracksmen Set Off Charge Which
Leads to Earthquake Theory.
NEW YORK, March 23. Cracksmen
set off so much dynamite under a safe
In the office of a Staten Island manu
tacturing company early today that the
explosion was heard for miles and many
persons thought there was an earth-quakeV-
The five safeblowers fled after an
exchange of shots with watchmen. The
safe was blown to pieces and some oi
its contents were destroyed. There la
no clew.
EX-CONVICT IS ' IN TOILS
Counterfeiter Begins Altering Bills
as Soon as Freed From Frison.
BOSTON. March 23. Charles Strailie,
brought here from Kansas City last
week, decided to take up prison life
again and pleaded guilty to counter
feiting, a crime for which he has al
ready served many years. '
Strailie was released from the Leaven
wnrth nrinflii less than a year ao. and
soon was raising U bills to higher
value. He will be sentenced nere
Monday. '
$200,000 IS GIFT
TO 3 INSTITUTIONS
Willamette, Y. M C. A.,
Y. W. C. A Aided.
PORTLAND PICNEER IS DONOR
Peter W. Severson Gives Prop
erty in This City.
UNIVERSITY SECURES HALF.
Securities on Tract al Northeast
Corner at Fifth and Morrison
Transferred to Salem and .
Portland Organizations.
Peter W. Severson yesterday trans
ferred mortgage securities amounting
to $200,000 tc be divided between tho
endowment fund of Willamette Univer.
sity and the Toung Men's Christian
Association and Young Women's Chris
tian Association of Portland; $100,006
to the university and $50,000 each to
the Christian associations. The gift
was made freely, without binding con
ditions attached.
The securities are upon a block 100.-C
CO feet on the northeast corner at Fifth
and Morrison streets, which constitutes
Mr. Severson's principal holdings in
the city.
He came to Oregon in 1S5S hnd nearly
50 years ago took over the property in
payment of wages owed him by an em
ployer. Working for many years as a
wagon and carriage maker and care
fully saving and investing, he attained,
as Fortland grew, a position of inde
pendent prosperity. The property on
Fifth and Morrison was sold about twi
years ago, part of tho price being paid
down and tho remainder being given
In the form of first niortfage notes.
Campaign Attracts Attention.
Mr. Severson's wife died about 14
years ago, and having no children nor
near relatives dependent upon him,
he determined to use his fortune in
deeds of philanthropy. A portion of tha
securities he had already decided upon
giving to tho Y. M. C. A. and the Y.
W. C. "A., when he became Informed
about three weeks ago of the campaign
which Fletcher E. Homan, presldenl
of Willamette University, is waging
to raise an additional endowment fund
of $500,000. After negotiating with
Vice-President Todd, of Willametto
University, ' and John W. Hancher,
counsellor to the university, arrange
ments were finally completed and tha
transfer of the securities to the three
institutions was made in the office 11
J. L. Wells, Mr. Severson's agent.
The act of transfer marked a mo
ment of solemnity. R. A. Booth anc
A. M. Smith, regents or Willametta
Ijnlverslty; A. F. Flegel, and Vice
president E. H. Todd were present, rep
resenting the university; W. M. Ladd
and S. A. Brown represented the Y. M.
C. A. and E. C. Bronaugh and F. D.
Chamberlain the Y. W. C. A.
Transfer Is Affecting;.
As Mr. Severson affixed his signature
to the documents that meant the re
linquishment of the income from $200,
000 for the support of the three bi
institutions, not a sound broke the still
ness that pervaded the room. Then Mr.
Bronaugh grasped the aged man's hand
and in a voice hoarse with emotion en
deavored to express the appreciation oi
the organization he represented for thg
assistance that had come to it almost
unexpectedly.
Mr. Severson made it clearly under
stood that his donations were raadi
without reservation, and declared hit
wish that the campaign for the en
dowment fund of the university should
go on as if no contribution had been
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