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Pages 1 to 18 v K V vni -vvvt vn io PORTLAXD, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORXLXG, OCTOBER 20, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS. HUNDREDS LISTEN TO REFORM PLEA President Stevens of W. C T. U. Talks. 256,887 WOMEN PAY DUES Membership , in Year Shows Growth of 20,000. TREASURY BALANCE $7000 Reports Show Total of 369 New Unions Organized Throughout Last Twelve Months White Temple Is Crowded. W. C. T. V. PROGRAMME FOR TODAY. Services In the churches, both morning 'and evening, devoted to W. C. T. V. topic. For speakers see Saturday's Oregonian. 3:30 P. M. Convention service, with special aerraon by Rev. Edith Hill Booker. (At White Temple.) 6:."0-7:30 P. M. Young people' rally, with addresses by prominent workers. At White Temple.) 7:30 P. M. Devotional service. Ad dresses by Mrs. Edith Smith Davis, of Wisconsin, and by Miss Anderson Hurbes. of New Zealand. (At White Temple.) Dally meetings during convention week, commencing Monday, October 21. Executive committee In assembly room of Mallory. 9 to 10 A. M. Official board In same place, 10 to 12 A. M. 0 Tba Young People's Branch Insti tute in Grace M. E. Church, 10 to 12 A. M. The Loyal Temperance League Conference In Sunday school room. Convention church, 10 to 12 A. M. With Oregon roses at her feet and Dregon Woman's Christian Temperance Cnlon delegates en masse at her right nd hundreds of others from various states of the Union at her left and hundreds of auditors there arose on the rostrum At the White' Temple yes terday a fragile-looking woman, yet one -whose features told of an Indom itable will and an unquenched ardor, a tvoman whose utterances held the at tention and gripped the hearts of one and all in that vast audience. She was Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens, the National president. who, with 1500 other guests,, has come to Portland to hold the 39th annual convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Her address was the one overshad owing feature of the morning session. The afternoon was devoted to the re ports of the secretary and treasurer and to addresses by branch secretaries. Then came a demonstration that brought laughter and Joy to the eyes of those present, the singing, the marching of many boys and girls, mem bers of the Loyal Temperance Legion, "little soldiers In the cause," whose rarnesrness and brightness won the hearts of all who saw them. Grand Welcome la Given. And as a fitting finale Oregon gave Its welcome to the visitors, and Port land Its welcome too, the state by its Governor, the city by as. honorable representative, the church by its lead ing clergy, and organizations by their respective heads. Music and responses followed and the conference adjourned business until tomorrow. Though Mrs. Stevens read her ad dress she read it as though by mem ory. She paused here and there to emphasize a telling point, and she de- (Concluded on Pase 12.) I speech or two. I . . c i . t L t , y J" SIDELIGHTS ON SOME OF THE WEEK'S LEADING EVENTS BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. . ' ' ; II 1 lco t L, , "1 i I H Jl T " . 1 - ...... . . . t i i r SHIP AFIRE IN GALE AND PANIC REIGNS LIXER APACHE RUSHES TO AID OF BLAZIXG BERKSHIRE. Steamer Laden With Cotton and Mixed Cargo Bound From Sa vannah to Philadelphia. NORFOLK, Vs.. Oct. 20. With a fierce fire raging In one of the cargo holds and the passengers panic stricken, the Merchants' and Miners' steamer Berkshire, bound to Philadel phia from Savannah, was reported this morning at 1 o'clock in serious danger, 43 miles northeast of Cape Lookout, N. C. In response to the distress calls sent out when the lire was discovered, about midnight, the Clyde liner Apache Is standing by the endangered steamer. Assistance has also been asked by wireless of the revenue cutters sta tioned off the Carolina coast. The fire was not discovered until shortly before midnight. Smoke began to pour out of the hatches and a hur ried examination showed that It had gained access to considerable cotton packed in the holds. The wireless immediately began to flash up and down the Atlantic Coast news of the ship's danger.' The Clyde liner Apache, bound up the Coast, was the first to pick up the call for help and. being only a score or more miles away, was soon racing to the Berkshire's assist ance. The Berkshire is laden with a mixed cargo and carries a number of passen gers. .. ELOPEMENT KEPT SECRET Higli Scltool Students Forgiven When News at Last Is Known. SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 19. (Special.) After keeping their elopement and marriage at Coeur d'Alene a secret for nearly six. weeks. Miss Alma Josephsen, 18 years, and George Groshoff. 19 years, two young high school students, an nounced to their friends today that they had been married on August 29. The elopement was carefully planned and the secret of the marriage has been scrupulously kept. The pretty young bride carried out her part of the secret by attending the North Central High School until last Monday, when their parents were told of the wedding. On August 29 young Groshoff took, his father's automobile and with Miss Jo sephsen drove to Coeur d'Alene, Where the license was secured and the mar riage performd. Upon the return to Spokane the young bride went to the home of her parents and Groshoff to hiS." - ' " " "a The young bridegroom attempted several times to tell his mother of the wedding, but she always took the mat ter as a Joke and said: "Don't talk so foolishly. George." Last Monday, hav ing made up his mind that he would break the news. George showed his mother the marriage certificate. Mr. and Mrs. Groshoff have pre sented the young couple with a pretty, new home at 1608 Gardner avenue and they will commence housekeeping at once. Young Groshoff will go into busi ness with his father, who is a con tractor. CARNEGIE HOME TO VOTE Laird to Register Today and Ballot Will Bo Cast for Taft. "NEW YORK, Oct. 19. (SpeciaL) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carneglo and their daughter were among the passengers arriving on the steamship Baltio to day. They have been abroad since last June, and Mr. Carnegie said he was glad, to get home. "I am going to register today," he said, "and I. shall vote for Mr. Taft." It was learned that Mr. Carnegie had prepared a lengthy, argumentative statement in favor of President Taft's h.fnrn leavine Encland, hut when the wireless told of the .attempted assassination of Mr. Roosevelt tne statement was relegated to the waste basket or thrust around in the trunk of the Laird of Skibo. "Politically I favor Mr. Taft," said Mr. Carnegie. "I am going to work for his re-election and perhaps make a speech or two. i .. . I . DOCTORS ENJOIN ABSOLUTE PET Colonel Said to Have Overtaxed Strength. GRAVITY NOT COMPREHENDED Round of Calls and Confer ences Has Its Effect. WIFE STILL IS WATCHFUL Danger of Lockjaw Has Ceased to Exist, However, and Patient Looks Forward to Early Re moval to Oyster Bay. CHICAGO, Oct 19. Colonel noose velt, .at 11 o'clock tonlfrnt, told Night Norse Fltzarerald that be felt exceed ingly tired. He had pat ln,4he time since the consultation of his aura-eon at 6i30 In reading and talking with Mrs. Roosevelt, shaving; himself, havlns; a bath and eating a little lunch. Hla temperature at 9:30 was 98.2, at which figure it remained when taken again at 11. Ills respiration and pulse were stationary and about normal. "I feel quite tired,' he said to Miss Pltzsrerald, aa she left him for the night. "I think I saw too many people today. I will be glad to sleep. I need It." The Colonel took a book, naylna; fee would read a few minutes and then go to sleep for the night. CHICAGO, Oct. 19. Colonel Roosevelt must rest all day tomorrow in absolute quiet if he is to be able to take an early train for New York Monday morning. This was the decision reached to night by the surgeons who met in con sultation after a day during which, they asserted, the Colonel overdid it. A succession of social meetings and at least one Important political conference which he held with Governor Johnson took place today, and the surgeons definitely determined to call a halt., . Stricter Discipline Ordered. Dr. John B. Murphy, chief of the Roosevelt surgeons, declared tonight as he left 'the Colonel's rooms that his patient was going under stricter dis cipline tomorrow than he has yet ex perienced during his stay in the hos pital. "The Colonel Is going to be made to understand that his departure for New York, Monday, depends on his resting in perfect quiet all day Sunday," said Dr. Murphy. "There are going to be no callers; there will be no political or business conferences. Tho day must be one of complete repose, or we can not sanction any railroad trip the first of next week. Ail of Strength Is Needed. "We will have to put our distin guished patient under discipline. He needs all his strength to repair the damage done to his body. While lying in bed he has felt so well generally that ha has not realized what a task Is laid upon his system, and in conse quence he has been ready too ready to meet the demands which his friends and acquaintances have made on him. There has been a tendency on his part to overdo it all the time, and this must stop until he is more nearly recovered. "Otherwise, and this will be put squarely up to the Colonel, it will not be safe for him to try to go to New York Monday." How this will affect a scheduled con ference with Governor Johnson, of California, which was to take place to morrow, is something that remains to be seen after the surgeon's ruling is laid before the candidate. It was ! : : I . INDEX OF TODAY'S KEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. Bo degrees; minimum. 4ti degrees. TODAY'S Fair, with rising temperature; west to northwest winds. Foreign. .' . Mexican troops hastening to protect capital against invasion. Section 1, page 5. Turks are retiring before invaders.. Section 1. page 2. National. Canal tolls issue with Britain has passed dangerous stage. Section 1, page G. Brief funeral sen-ices held over the body of Senator Heyburn. Section . 1. page 6. President Taft says wave of high food prices is about to subside. ; Section 1, page 1. Folltlce. Colonel Roosevelt says his "P"f"E,' views are result of growth and describes process. Section 1, page 6. King County political tight carried on by many. Section 1, page 8. Republican State chairman Mooreo attacks Wilson's logic on present value -of dol 'lar. Section 1, page 11. Senator Jones of Washington says Taft Is greatest real progressive in history of Nation. Section 1, page 4. "Booster Club" formed to aid McCusker. Section 1, page 10. Maude Malone. suffragette, disturbs Wilson meeting and Is arrested. Section 1. page 4. - . Domestic. Bishops adjourn council to attend Portland Los Augeles ball game. Section 1. page 1. Abe Ruef says cure of bribery Is revocation of franchise. Section 1, page 7. Witnesses for Becker say raid on Rosenthal was genuine; that others plotted Rosen thal's murder. Section 1. page 2. Angry Chicago crowd threatens to lynch Jack Johnson. Section 1, -page 8. Steamer Berkshire afire at sea In gale; pas sengers In panic Section 1. page 1. Colonel Roosevelt's strength . overtaxed; doctors enjoin, rest. Section 1, page 1. Sports. Coast League results: Portland 8, Los An geles 1: Sacramento 6, Vernon 4; San Francisco 1. Oakland 0. Section 2, page 2. Yale eleven defeats West Point 6 to 0. 6ee- ' tlon 8, page 8. Chicago defeats Iowa 84 to 14. Section 2. page 3. Multnomah eleven defeats Oregon "Aggies" y to 0. Section 2, page 3. Whitman eleven, defeats Oregon 20 to O. Section X paga 8. raclflo Northwest. O.-W. R. & N. bridge in Spokane to be of concrete. Section 1, page 8. Orange road bills urged for passage by Hood River Commercial Club. Section 1. page 16. Disabled Camlno- taken in tow. Section 1, page 2. Printing Expert Harris has warrants out standing in own name. Section 1, page 8. Scientific farming methods shown to be prac-. Ucal. Section 1, page 7. Automobiles and Roads. Bountiful season looms for auto dealers Section 4. page 4. Oregon roads "O. K.," says M. C. Dickinson. Section 4. page 4. Tourists take note of road work in Oregon. Section 4, page S. System of yearly models In autos Is declared ruinous, eection 4, page 4. Real Estate and Building. Lumbermen's National Ban stockholders may build 18-story building on library . site. Section 4, page 6. Tract on West Side may be developed as factory center. Section 4, page 6V Paving and lights change vast area on South Bast Bide. Section 4. page 7. "Made-in-Oregon" campaign is urged. Sec tion 4, page 7- . . Commercial and Marine. Oriental flour trade checked by high freight rates. Section 2. page 17. Wheat lower at Chicago on reduced export bids. Section 2, page 17. Union' Psclflo strong feature of .standard stock list. Section 2, page 17. Excess reserves of New York banks further reduced. Section 2, page 17. , General W. H. Blxby, Chief of Engineering Corps, coming for official Inspection. Section 2, page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Samuel Lemman, Immigration Inspector, tells Oregon to put land to work. Section 1, page 17. Final premium list for Land Products Show. is Issued. Section 2, page 18. Examples of single taxation cited by workers show change of front. Section 1. page 14. Hundreds hear plea for reformation made by W. C. T. U. president. Section 1, page 1. Sullivan's Gulch bridge to be opened for traffic tomorrow. Section 1, page 14. Havoc from 70-mile gale oft coast is general In Northwest, Section 1, page 1. Oregon Poultry Show to be held December l-14. Section 1, page 16. Governor West tells W. C. T. U. motive in reform campaign. Section 1, page 1-. Heusnefs proposed franchise Indorsed at mass meeting. Section 3, page 7. Co-operative plan for stores proves success in short time. Section 8, page 10. Nature of play and recreation Influences youth. . says L. H. Weir. Section 4. page 1. Multnomah County registration- totals 61.744. Section 1, page 10. Two Aviators Fall to Death. GEINGEN, Wurtemberg, Oct 19. An noted bv Lieutenant Welss- barth, a German military aviator, and carrying a passenger, fell to me ground from a great altitude while flying near here today, and both men were killed. lRl 106.2 TAFT SAYS FOOD WILL BE CHEAPER Wave of .High Prices About to Subside. CROPS 20 PER CENT Bl Great Supply of Corn Means Reduction in Meats. FARMERS WILL NOT LOSE Savin? to Consumer on Nine Prin cipal Crops, It Is Estimated Wlll'Bo $500,000,000 Pro ducer Also Prospers. BEVERLY, Mass., Oct 19. In a statement Issued here tonight, based upon reports from secretary of Agri culture Wilson, President Taft declares the wave of high , prices for food throughout the world ' has begun to subside in .'this country. "The wave of extremely high prices for food throughout the civilized world," reads the President's state ment, "has reached Its height in the United States and is subsiding. The American people have cause to be thankful' that because of our indus trial prosperity it has not been attend ed here with the great hardship which has prevailed in some of the countries, where high prices have combined with low wages to reduce the working peo ple to a point bordering on starvation." Meat Will Become Cheaper. According to. the announcement of White House officials Secretary Wilson made an investigation of the causes of the prices and the effect of the bum per crop in the United States upon such prices. The great prosperity of the American farmer, the report to the President showed, has brought about a material decrease In the cost of food products, although in many instances the reduction will nolfbecome appar ent to "the consumer for several months. The report promises that the price of meat will decrease notably on ac count of,the bumper corn crop and af ter cattle," sheep and hogs fed from that crop reach the consumer. Nine Crops Save $500,000,000. Secretary Wilson advised the Presi dent that of the nine great crops of the country corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, flaxseed and hay the October prices indicated a saving to the consumer of about 9 per cent, or . nearly $500,000,000. The crop increase will make up to farmers, however, tho reductions in price. Mr.' Wilson shows that while the return to tho producer on October 1. 1911, amounted to $3,868,000,000, at the prices prevailing October 1 of this year their return will be $4,454,000,000. Mr. Wilson's report shows that the aggregate crop In the United States will be about 20 per cent greater than it has been for years. He shows that the wheat crop of the year is nearly one hundred million bushels greater than last year, and says that high grade flour is costing at the miHs 80 cents a barrel less than It did a year ago. Dairy Products to Drop, Too. . . The corn crop. Mf. Wilson points out, exceeds three billion bushels and there has already been a decrease in the price of corn of 7 cents a bushel. The hay crop, he says, has Increased more than 17,000,000 tons over a year ago and he ' declares that in consequence the price per ton has fallen $2.74. This decrease, he maintains, will not only BISHOPS ADJOURN TO SEE BALL GAME HEX BERRY'S INVITATION RE CEIVED WITH CHEERS. Before Going:, Churchmen Table Resolution for Minimum Salary Basis for Clergy. LOS ANGELES. Oct. 19. (Special.) Twelve blshbps of the Episcopal Church and four times as many rectors of Episcopal churches in the West ad journed their eighth annual missionary council this afternoon to attend the baseball game at Washington Park be tween Portland and Los Angeles, as the guests of Hen Berry. When Berry's invitation was received in the council chambers of the ministers In St. Paul's pro-cathedral there was a rousing cheer. Accompanying the clergymen to the game were many members of the woman's auxiliary. Following are the bishops who attended the game: William Nichols, of California; J. H. Johnson, of Los Angeles; James O. Funsten, of Idaho; Lemuel H. Wells, of Spokane; Robert L. Paddock, of Eastern Oregon; Julius W. Atwood, of Arizona; Louis Charles Sanford, of San Joaquin Valley district; Franklin a Spalding, of Utah; Peter Trimble Rowe, of AIaska;Henry D. Robinson, of Ne vada; Frederic W. Keator, of Wash ington, and William H. Moreland, of Sacramento. The council decided to hold its ninth annual meeting In Olympia, Wash., in 1914. The suggestion that the eighth missionary department be divided be cause of its size was tabled. A sugges tion, was taken under advisement to the effect that a minimum salary be estab lished for clergy, both married and single. Bishop Scadding, of Oregon, was placed on a committee to Increase the ministry. TWO FOOTBALL MEW HURT Colorado "Aggies" Sustain Injuries Which May Prove Fatal. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Oct. 19. Two of the Colorado Agricultural College eleven were seriously hurt to day In the game with Colorado College and one may die. ., Right halfback William Leigh re ceived a fractured skull in a running tackle. He was operated on tonight. His condition Is critical. G. Richardson, center, was hurt in ternally In a scrimmage. Leaving the field at the end of the game he was seized with convulsions. He was, put aboard special train and taken to a Denver hospital... Physicians say' there Is no immediate danger of death. WOOD FAVORS PRESIDIO General Will Ask $4,000,000 Ap propriation for Improvements. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19". Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States Army, announced after an inspection tour here today that he would recommend to the War De partment that Congress be asked for an appropriation of $4,000,000 for im provements at the Presidio. His plans, he said, included pro visions for an additional regiment of infantry and artillery each, a concrete warehouse and a new administration bulldrng, all of which he said he hoped to see completed by 1915. 1 THIEF PASSESUP $25,000 Wells Fargo Express Agent In Alaska Is' Sandbagged. SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct 19. Nearly $25,000 in gold in the Wells Fargo Company Express office was passed by a robber who sandbagged Agent Her bert Taylor last night. The robber took a package contain ing $1200. When Taylor went into a rear room for a bucket of coal the roo ber, who had been concealed In a closet, struck him over tho head. Taylor lay unconscious until found this morn ing. 70-MILE GALE OFF COAST HITS INLAND Ships Are Disabled and River Craft Sunk. WIRELESS SERVICE IMPAIRED Telegraph Lines Crippled and Trains Late All Day. STORM SWEEPS EASTWARD Weather Gauge Plays Tricks in Two HonrsSquall Damages Windows, Signs and Buildings Repair Crews Heavily Taxed. 1 ENTIRE NORTHWEST HIT BY FREAK STORM FRIDAY I AT MIDNIGHT. 4 Portland Gala SS to 40 miles an 1 hour, plate-glass windows shattered, I river craft endangered, telephone f and telegraph service demoralized, f and light and power service slightly X disabled, trains delayed. Astoria Sea veasels disabled, wire less service and weather gauge im paired. Gale 70 miles an hour. Rainier, Or. Steamer Lurllna Is wrecked and partially sunk. Oregon City Electrlo power plsnt temporarily Impaired. Pendleton Electrlo and telegraph service paralyzed for time. Pasco. Wash. Wlra communication crippled, roofa blown away. Rate of gale CO miles an hour. Spokane Trains delayed, wires crippled. Seattle Wires blown down la gale of 40 miles an hour and general dam age from wind. The gale reached 40 miles an hour at Walla Walla, 80 miles at North Head, 40 miles at Tatoosh Island and 40 miles at Spokane. Weather prediction today Fair and northwest winds. Sweeping up from the south at a rate estimated at 35 to 70 miles an hour, the raln-accompanted gale that struck Western Oregon and Washington coast Friday at midnight in two hours did havoc estimated at several thousands of dollars, disabled river and ocean craft, tore wireless towers from their moorings, paralyzed telegraph and tele phone communication, toyed with Weather Bureau apparatus and then, sallying inland several hundred miles, wrought playful vengeance among com mercial and resident communities. In the waka of the storm the chief damage reported was: Propeller torn from steamer Camlno off the Oregon Coast The vessel wus adrift in the storm for some time with 80 passengers for California points. Steamer Lurllne sunk when dashed against a barge near Rainier at 1:06 A. Mi The Monarch gave relief. Russian bark Clan MacFarlane driven on sands off Smith's Point Wireless aerials at North Head dam aged. Wlrea Badly Crippled. Telegraph and telephone communica tion disabled. The lines to the north were generally out the greater part of the day. The Associated Press leased news wire to Seattle and Spokane was out all day, but was restored at 6 o'clock. Spokane was served Its news direct from Denver Instead of from the Coast as usual. The storm was general on the West Coast, and yesterday moved eastward to Montana and Saskatchewan. Simultaneously the elements cavorted In the plains states of the Mississippi Valley and also on the North Atlantic