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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
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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
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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
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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
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