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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 15, 1912)
Pages 1 to 20 IMMIGRANTS' TEST SEA LORDS MAKE SEA FLYERS LOST PORTLAND HOLDS RECORD IN WHEAT PCGET SOUND CITIES' RECEIPTS FALL TO LOW FIGURE. PEACE DEMANDS OF ALLIES OUTLINED BOY TRAVELS 3000 MILES0N2CENTS "BRAEEBEAM" ROUTE IS TAKEN TO FIND SICK MOTHER. WAR ON CHURCHILL NAMING 0F PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBEKG STIRS IRE. AT NIGHT IN FOG PLOT OF INTERESTS ,wt,t vn Trv- sireniv urnRVTXR. . DFCEMBER 15. 1912. ' i PRICE FIVE CENTS vol. xxxi xo. oo. n..f... ; : . . I ! DIAZ OVERTHROW Standard's Hand Seen in Revolution. SENATE COMMITTEE ACCUSES Case Against Big Business De clared Conclusive. INTERVENTION IS PURPOSE T.arge Funds Said to Have Been Furnished by American Finan ciers to Foment Discord. Cnba Also Included. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (Special.) Great American financial interests will be held responsible for the revolutions in Mexico and Cuba by the sub-committee of the Senate foreign relations committee which has been investigat ing conditions in these countries. The sub-committee, under the direc tion of Senator Smith, of Michigan, expects to conclude its Inquiry within the next few days and to submit its report to Congress Immediately after the Christmas holidays. This report promises to be a scathing arraign ment of American business interests for the part they played in. aiding in the overthrow of the Diaz government in Mexico and in the attempts they made to create disturbances in Cuba. Plotters Desire Intervention. Some of the interests. It is asserted, were desirous of having the United States intervene both in Mexico and Cuba, with a view to annexing those countries to the northern republic. Others, notably In the case of Mexico, were dissatisfied with the treatment they received from the Diaz regime and wanted the Madero revolution to suc ceed, because they believed they could receive more consideration from a new administration than from the govern ment then in power. The report of the Smith sub-committee will disclose that the United States lias served as a base for Mexican and Cuban revolutions, that large sums of money have been obtained from Amer ican linancier3 for use in fomenting discontent and aiding in revolutions and that munitions of war have been purchased in this country and shipped in violation of the neutrality law to the nt ghbor'lng states. Daniases Declared Justified. If the Diaz government were in power a report such as the Smith sub committee will make would justify it in claiming heavy damages from the United States, it is declared. Standard Oil Is Involved. A large number of witnesses have been examined and the proof obtained against certain American corporations Is so conclusive that there can be no doubt they were involved in the Dlax outbreak, tffu committee declares. For example, a direct connection has been traced between the Maderistas and a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Com pany. When Dlax was in power an L'ngllsh syndicate having the ear of the government secured large holdings in oil lands. The operations or this syndicate were brought to a summary end, it is claimed, when Madero was installed in the Mexican Capitol." Mining Slen Helped .Madero. It is alleged that mining interests aided In the Madero victory. Every one knows the present President of Mexico had ample funds for his cam paign against the Diaz government. In fact. It is said, when Senor Limantour, Finance Minister under Diaz, stopped (Concluded on Page 2.) ' accoroancg wiin uaw... . L. - : ; OOA fevat? c 1 I : 1 : ; 1 '- - ' "y - ' ' ; 4 To Date Mark Here Is Within 2.000,000 Bushels 'or Combined' Receipts or Seattle and Tacoma. Wheat continues to pour into Port land from the Inland Empire in a steady stream. With 90 carloads received yesterday and 460 carloads for the week, Port land's receipts for-the cereal year to date passed the 10,000-car mark. Ii was two months later than this last season that the same total was reached. nfl three months later in the preced ing season, which shows how the ship ping trade of Portland has grown m three years. Portland's wheat receipts to date are far larger than those of either Seattle or Tacoma. and come within about 1,000,00 bushels of the combined re ceipts of the two Puget Sound cities. Since the beginning of the present crop vnr the wheat receipts of Portland. Tacoma and Seattle have been as fol lows: - Buffhels. .. . 13.0C.7.600 SEEr ".v.v.v.:::::::::::::::: mi;.2 Seattle .o.-.-v Th total value of the wheat received at Portland this season is $10,454,100. Local barley receipts are also much renter than thev were a year ago. amounting to 1305 cars, compared with 249 cars received up to this time last year. Oats arrivals are holding even. but less flour and hay are coming in than was the case last season. The total receipts of wheat, barley. oats, flour and hay at Portland since July 1 have been 14,432 cars, as com pared with 11,368 cars received in the corresponding period last year. ELKS WILL BRING CHEER Portland Lodge Appropriates $1000 to Provide Happiness for Needy. Portland Lodge of Elks s going to take an active part in the 'distribution of Christmas cheer among the deserv ing poor in the City of Portland. A special committee consisting of Dr. C. W. Cornelius. H. D. Griffin, A. r.M.nhclmer und Thomas J. Swivel kias been appointed to handle a fund of $1000 appropriated for this purpose. To get in touch at once with those r In real need and to whom Christmas goods will be acceptable and deserved, the committee has issuea a letter which has been, sent to every nhvolrlan and minister in the city, call ing for Information that will assist it in its work. The latter asks for the names and addresses of families in .need and a list of what things they may be most In need of groceries, shoes, food or clothing. It is hoped that replies will be ' received before December 17, so that the committee may devote the remainder-of the time between that date and Christmas putting into effect its holiday plan. 3 DEAD, 8 HURT, IN AUTO Flyer Going 60 Miles an Hour Hurls Machine 60 Feet. PERTH AMBOY, N. J Dec 14. Three persons were killed and eight . , , , .nk.M mnrtalli. lnjureu, several " when an express" train known as the "Atlantic flyer," on the Central Rail road of New Jersey, ran into an auto mobile stage at a grade crossing be moDue siage at & ' ' "j-3'"t tween Roosevelt and this city, today, The automobile, a closed machine re- serabling a trolley car, contained 13 persons. There is no gate at the cross inir The train, running at an estl-i mated speed of 60 miles an hour, hurled the stage and its occupants 60 feet. Two of the victims were children. They were instantly killed. Mrs. Heyburn to Receive $7500. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec. 14. The deficiency appro priation bill will appropriate $7500 to pay Mrs. Heyburn the equivalent of one year a Senatorial salary, i uis'-is in accordance with custom. SOME Turk Told He Must Not Procrastinate. ISLANDS WILL GO TO GREECE Scutari, Adrianople and Janina to Be Taken Away. WAR INDEMNITY EXACTED Ottoman Empire to Be Limited to Line East From Tchatalja to Be Drawn by Experts Named by Contracting Parties. LONDON, Dec. 4. On the eve of the nu rnnfinnra the Associated Press h . i,3th.FMi fmm thu reoresentatives of the Balkan kingdoms and the fore most Turkish delegate an auinoma fivo rfeclnration of the terms which the victorious kingdoms purpose to enforce. and the Ottoman views tnereon. Like experienced, diplomats all the In sneaklnar officially adhere to ihe watchword adopted in the first and probably the last plenary meeting before enteri lg the conference, that they .are "In complete accord and have established a perfectly united programme to follow. . Whm thev sneak with friends, not for Quotation, their faces light up with their enthusiasm arid, tneir lann j admirable. V America's Friendship Desired.- "Tell the Americans," they say, "that we trust in their sympathy and moral support, as we are fighting desperately and shedding our nest diooo. tor mc same cause which rendered the name nf wmthinctftn e-Iorlous and venerated. We are risking all we possess for our llhoptw and lndenendence. "Tell them," added in perfect English M. Vesnltch. the Servian Minister to Paris, who is a polyglot and a learned professor, "that some of the sons of ho rsalkans who became United States citizens are in the ranks at the front giving proofs of their valor ana Braverv. of which Uncle Sam should be as proud as we are." Turks Not Permitted TO Delay. The determination of the Balkan states not to allow an Ottoman policy of procrastination is significant on ac count of the form which it has mani fested. "The Turks are much mistaken," said one of the chief delegates, "If they en tartain aiirii an idea. Peace will prac tically be concluded between Christmas and, New Year's around the diplomatic table in St. James' Palace or we will impose it in Constantinople at Easter under range of our cannon and at the point of our bayonets. But then con ditions will be very different. Now we are satisfied with the minimum de mands; then- we will exact the maxi- I mum. Tonga Demanded, Garrisons Free. Tt.i m,in nnnditlons of the allies in clude the immediate surrender of Scu- I . . . , , tarl, Adrianople and Janina, to the garrisons of which will be granted full the evacuation of numau Uumi- Kastprn EuroDe by Turkey as far east as Tchatalja to a line which experts appointed by the contracting parties will delimit on the spot; the cession to Greece of all the Aegean islands, in cluding Rhodes and 11 others which Italy is keeping as a pledge for Turk ish fulfillment of the. treaty of Lau sanne; the annexation of Crete to Greece, and the payment of a war in demnity and the expenses sustained on account of Ottoman prisoners.' in re turn the allies will grant complete NEWS EVENTS OF A BUSY WEEK ARE ILLUMINED BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. Earl A. Lawrence De Mers, Who Hasn't Seen Parent for 5 Years, Going to Los Angeles Now. i Three thousand miles via the brake beams, with a total cash capital of 2 cents, is lhev trip being made by 15-year-old Earl Angelo Lawrence De Mers, of 1810 Aldrich avenue North, Minneapolis, who stopped in Portland yesterday on his way from Minneapo lis to Los Angeles. The object of his trip is to find his mother, who Is re ported to be ill in a Los Angeles hos pital. Earl has not seen his mother since he was 5 years old, when, because of bad treatment by his father, Frank Da Mers, she left their home and went to Los Angeles. There, the boy says, she has taken her maiden name of Elinor Tuscani. A letter, written to friends of the family in Minneapolis six weeks ago. said that she was ill, and a month ago the boy started on his travels. Outside of money given him by strangers the boy has lived on what little he could earn as he went. He arrived in Port land early yesterday morning in a box car from Pasco and slept in a carshed. Last evening he was picked up on the street by Detective John Price, who will find him work to earn his fare to Los &ngeles. - To test him the detective asked him if he would like a "drink." "Not tor me," said Earl. "I took the pledge when I was 23 years old and I won't go back on it." A member of the Elks' lodge, who overheard the remark, thought so well of it that he bought the lad his last night's dinner. PLEA FOR PEACE IS MADE Protestants In Mexico Asked to Help to End War. ' MEXICO CITY, Dec, 14. Rafael Her nandez, Mexican Minister of the In terior, called together the Protestant clergymen and the high officers of all the Masonic lodges, in order to ask them to render whatever aid was pos sible in the restoration j of peace in Mexico. This is a sequel to his recent appeal to Monsignor Begglani, the Apostolic delegate, to use the- power of the Cath olic church to assist in restoring order. As a. result of that appeal a special mass was said in all the churches of Maxlco on December 8, asking for di vine intervention for the restoration of peace. LAST DISABILITY REMOVED Army Officers Who Became Confed erates Now Kecognized. WASHINGTON, Dec 14. Repeal of the last of the Civil War "disability' statutes was approved today by the Senate, when an amendment offered by Senator Johnston, of Alabama, to the omnibus claims bills was adopted re pealing the . section . of the revised statutes which prohibits the auditing of the claims of regular Army officers who resigned to enter the Confederate Army. There are about 150 of such claims, which generally are for longevity pay. Among those represented are the heirs of Generals Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnstone, Fltz hugh Lee and Joseph B. Wheeler. ROSEBURG BABE HONORED Another Child Weighing 12 Ponnds Born December 12, 1912. ROSEBURO, Dec 14. (Special.)' Mrs. Harry S. Bodley, wife of a South ern Pacific engineer, has the distinc tion of giving birth to a son on the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year of the century, peculiarly its father's birthday. It Is also said that the child weighs about 12 pounds BILL STIRS HOUSE Opponents of Literacy Measure Beaten. ORATORICAL CLASHES WARM Burnett of Alabama Attacks Class of Persons Admitted. CURLEY MAKES DEFENSE JIassachiisetts Representative De clares He Sees No Difference in '. Black Hand Outrages and Southern Lynchings. WAaHncr.Tnv' Dac 14. A deluge of impassioned oratory swept the House nf TronroHantntlVAn for four hours to day during general debate on . the Dillingham - Burnett bill nxing a literacy test for immigrants to the United States. brought un under a special rule brought in from the com mitfAo mi 1-nipn which was adonted on a rollcall vote by an overwhelming majority despite complaints or gag rule" from the opponents of the bill. After four hours of discussion the House adjourned with the bill still pending. It will be taken up next week. Burnett Begins Debate. The field day of speechmaking was opened by Representative Burnett, of Alabama, in charge of the bill. He attacked the class of immigrants now coming to this country, and declared that the literacy test was demanded by labor organizations and farmers' organizations because they do not want the "spittoons of Europe emptied into this country." Mr Burnett arerued that the influx of European immigrants cheapened United States labor. Representative Moore, of Pennsyl vania, ill charge of the opposition .to ,t, hiu aniH thn hill would not accom plish the purpose 'for ' which it was framed. "You shut the doors to the European educated because their poverty has held them back and at the same time you say to the black hand, the scamp, iho nnorrhist. tho fellow who reads inflammatory and deadly literature. 'Come In; we need you,"" said Moore. Shades of Past Besought. Ttenresentatlve Curley, of Massachu setts, opposing the bill, called on the shades of Dante, i'etrarch. Michael lnroin and half a hundred other ancients of fame with tongue-twisting names to witness the intellectual quail tic,, nf th native of Southern Europe. Discussing the criminal tendencies of immigration, he said: "T ran see no difference betwen the much-cited black hand outrages of the North and the lynching bees of the South." Wonresentative Caleb Powers, of Kentucky, who had spoken supporting the bill, endeavored to interrupt itep resentatlve Curley. "I would yield to the gentleman," said Mr. Curley with some asperity, "if I thought it would adl to tne sum total of human knowledge, but I do not." 1 "Uncle Joe" Cannon made a speech opposing the bill and was answered by Renresentatlve Dalzoll. of Pennsyl vania, once a devoted supporter of the former Speaker, who pointed out that the issue had temporarily destroyed nflrtv lines. An attempt was made to obtain an agreement to vote on the bill in a nic-tit session toniKht. but a threatened filibuster forced an adjournment until Monday Naval Warriors Resent Appointment From Royal Family and Dicta tion by Landlubber. LONDON, Dec. "11. When Winston Spencer Churchill took control of the Admiralty as First Lord there was some speculation 'as to how a Minis ter of his enterprising and pugnacious temperament would work with the sea lords, who have been accustomed to dominate in professional matters. The resignation of the first sea lord. Vice-Admiral Sir Francis C. Bridge- man, whom Prince Louis of Battenberg succeeds, is followed by rumors that all the sea lords have threatened to re sign. A question of veracity between the First Lord of the Admiralty and Vice-Admiral Bridgeman, which has arisen, has caused a sensation. Mr. Churchill, pressed by Lord Charles Beresford in tl)e House of Commons for an explanation, declared that Vice-Admiral Bridgeman's retire ment was due solely to his health and on. Mr. Churchill's request. When the Vice-Admiral was asked by a reporter if he had retired on account of his health, Jie replied: "My answer is in the negative." The friction is believed to have been begun by Mr. Churchill's insisting upon directing the details of the last maneuvers, against the advice of the sea lords. There is considerable oppo sition to Prince Louis of Battenberg holding the highest position in the navy, on the' same grounds that the . army long opposed the Duke of Cambridge having the highest command, namely, that it was given to him because he was a member of the royal family instead of for professional competency. The First Lord and the leading offi cers .unquestionably are antagonistic Srme Liberals even express fear that the efficacy of the navy may be put In Jeopardy on this account. TEREDO PUNCTURES SHIP Washington's Leak Found After She ' Is Five Times Lifted for Search. After the steamer Washington had been docked five times in an effort to ascertain what made her leak aft. Cap tain Albert Crowe, survevor for the San Francinco Board of Marine Under writers, yesterday found a teredo punc ture in the sternpost, located just above the vessel's light load line. The Wash lngton had been brought here from Coos Bay for repairs. As often as she was floated from the drydock, the leak resumed working industriously, except once when the shaft and propeller had been removed to have a new lead sleeve fitted and the hole plugged. That is now explained by the fact that the vessel was not as deep aft as when the heavy gear was in place. The scrapes the Washington has been Into as a result of tussles with the ele ments and other unforeseen causes would All a book, but nearly always a leak has figured in her misfortunes. She has made water at the rata of two inches an hour through the aperture made by the teredo with his little augur. It is safe to say the hull of no ship has been more closely scrutinized to 'mark a leak. . ARMED ROBBER BLUFFED Grocer Gives Up One Dollar and Compels Intruder to Leave. Faced with a gun in the hands of a highwayman, W. L. Lister, proprietor of a grocery at Seventeenth and Irving streets, did not lose his nerve last night. The robber asked for all the money in Lister's cash register, when he entered the store at 6 o'clock. Lister handed the intruder a dollar from the till, told him that amount was all he would give him, then ordered him from the store. When Lister turned away and went into the rear of the shop, the robber, evidently bluffed out, walked out and disap peared. Boats Scour Ocean For .Missing Aviators. FRIENDS FEARFUL OF FATE Air Craft Fails to Arrive at Ventura as Expected. LIFE BELTS WORN BY MEN Horace Kearney and Chester Law rence, Newspaper Man, Start On Journey to San Francisco From Los Angdrt. 'LOS ANGELES. Dec. 13. Aviator Horace Kearny, who left Newport beach at 12:40 o'clock this afternoon to fly to San Francisco in a hydro aeroplane, with Chester Lawrence, a newspaperman, as passenger, became lost within less than an hour after his departure today. A fleet of motor boats, the only craft available, was started out tonight .from Redondo Beach, Santa Monica and San Pedro to find them. Both men have life preservers. Friends think they are safe unless there has been a mishap to the engine. The flying machine should be able to alltfht on the waves instead of plung ing, a wreck, beneath them, they say. Departure Is Delayed. Kearny, flying low, passed Point Flr mln, the northern headland of Los An geres harbor, at 1:15 o'clock this after noon, about 45 miles from where the start was made. Kearney had trouble with his motor early In the day and this delayed his departure for several hours, but up to the time he vanished and while passing several shore towns, , including Long Beach and San Pedro, his engine seemed to be working nor mally. Apparently he flew low from choice. A few seconds after clearing Point Flrmin the flyer plunged Into tho haze overspreading the ocean and dis appeared. Kearney, at the speed he was flying, should have reached Ventura, where hu was scheduled to stop for gasoline, at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. When he failed to appear opposite Point Dume, a few miles north of Santa Monica, the wireless was utilized In an effort to locate him. Bear Sees No Trace. Radiographs were flashed to vessels all along the coast. Only one, the steamer Bear, replied, and her com manding officer said nothing had been seen of the hydroaeroplane. After leaving the ground at Newport, Kearny circled in the air for five min utes before turning north. He flew low over the outer wharf at Long Beach, where officials of the Chamber of Commerce and municipal officers had gathered. Kearny was greeted with shouts as he passed over Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Monica. By that time he had climbed to an altitude approximating 1000 feet. Kearney said he could do the dis tance to San Francisco In nine hours, but probably would not attempt it. The aviator made a will Just before starting his flight, providing for his mother, brother and his financee. Miss Louisa McPherson, of Madlsonvllle, K)' whose "pet name," "Snookums," he con ferred on his hydroaeroplane. Aviator's Manager Worried. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. No word had been received here up to a late (Concluded on Pase 2.)