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''" !' I 78 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 13 lactadtac Xasasla - VOL. XXXII NO. 51. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 I T. I BOOTH WILL IKE RAGE FOR SEPiATE Eugene Man, Urged On by Many, Accepts. PRINCIPLES PUT ABOVE PARTY Platform Will Be Announced . More in Detail Soon. RACE ON -IN EARNEST In Seeking Republican Nomination, Candidate Who Deliberated Two Weeks Says He Is Heartily Oat to Win and Serve AH. - EUGENE, Or, Dee. 20. (Special.) After two weeks of consideration, during which tims hundreds of letters have come from all parts of the state, ura-ina- acceptance. Robert A. Booth, who was waited upon by a delegation of Eugene citlsens and asked to be come a candidate for the United States Benatorsblp, tonight determined to heed the request, and to seek the nomi nation for that office at the hands of the Republican party, of which he has always been a member. In a statement sent tonight to J. S. Magladry. who was spokesman of the delegation. Mr. Booth made known his determination, and indicated that in becoming a candidate he would - not bind himself to support party above principle, but . would endeavor, if elected, to secure such legislation as the enlightened morality of the times demands. CsMUcltei SaBrt Facter. Mr. Booth makes it plain that the unsolicited indorsements from all parts of Oregon have had a large bearing in making his decision. He has re ceived several hundred personal letters and scores of telegrams, many ef which represented the opinion not of the Individual, but of ' whole groups. One letter reported the results of per sonal queaUoulBB -among.- two-score nighbors; and other letters bespeak the Interest and support of entire com munities. There have been two or three dele gations named In neighboring towna to visit Mr. Booth personally and assure him of the support and loyalty of their communities. - , Besides the few hundred Eugene cit izens who waited on Mr. Booth two weeks ago who have continued to urge him to accept, hundreds of others, ap proving the action, have added their Importunities. Platforaa to Come Sooa. , . In making his statement Mr. Booth indicated he would in a short time set forth more at length the .principles for which be, stands and on which he will make his csmpalgn. Following is the text of the reply mad tonight by Mr. Booth: To the many citlsens and friends who recently assembled at my house in I Eugene: "The occurrence of December t, when on the threshold of my home you -brought affectionate greetings and by formal petition asked me to become a candidate for the United States Sena torial p, is. and doubtless will remain, the most important public event of my life. But fraught as It Is with deepest concern to me and my household, it Is no more comparable to the greater Issue In the larger sphere to which it relates, than is the lesser flre-slde group to the greater National family. The disar rangement In my or" plans and the sacrifices to which you are gracious (Conciuded on Pas -) i '' . ... " , ' : -;- . ; . - ' J -- J . JL U'AMXMAi.i'J' I11UMMII e .. .. . IIJ.ll .. II.HIJHAUAMI '.'-'"A" ' - , . ' :--" -? '.'-'t' ! A t -' A r-rmr-- :' 3" ""'"' MUNICIPAL COURT LEGAL, IS RULING - . JCDGE CLEETOX SAYS PUBLIC POLICY DEMANDS IT. Circuit Jurist Declares Tribunal Is ' Necessary In Maintaining City Government. City government must be maintained and courts are an essential part of every city government and must be upheld. Judge Cleeton ruled yesterday in, sustaining: the legality of the Municipal Court of Portland. The rul ing "was made on the demurrer by William Pappas. who appealed from a fine of 1100 by Judge' Stevenson for selling liquor on Sunday at the Hel lenic Club. 12 North Sixth street. The legality of the Municipal Court has been attacked by a number of ap peals taken to the Circuit Court, at torneys charging that the court has no existence because it was not pro Tided for by the new city charter. In none of the ottaor cases has I decision been made. In his derision. Judge Cleeton said that he realized that his was only an Intermediary court, and that if the Municipal Court must bo declared un constitutional it was the duty of the Supreme Court to make such a ruling. "Public policy demands." he said, "that law and order be maintained In every city, and that law and order may be maintained, courts aro neces sary. I uphold the legality of the Portland Municipal Court on grounds of public policy." CARDINAL WARNS PARENTS Greater Exertion of Authority Is Chief ed In Homes, He Sajg. BOSTON1. Dec. 20. In a pastoral let ter on "the church and the home" to be read tomorrow in the churches of the Roman Catholic arch diocese. Cardinal O'Connell lays emphasis on the need for greater exertion of parental authority. "The absence of the religious motive In the system of education generally prevailing In our country has resulted In the undermining of that respect for authority which Is a .necessary con dition for the. observance of law," says the cardinal. "Parentis! authority has been, shattered to . a degree that Is alarming until It may be said that in a large percentage of homes it Is not the. parents, but the children, who rule." 380 WANT ONE, $150 JOB Hundreds Tate Civil Service Test for Wharfinger Position. ' SAN" FRANCISCO, Dee. SO.- Three hundred and eighty applicants for a single position as wharfinger at 150 a month put in an appearance at the Lowell High School today and took the examination held by the iate Civil Service Board. It was the biggest ex amination yet held by the state. Fifteen applicants came more than 200 miles for the test. The aspirants included half a doxen policemen, sea captains, marine engineers, politicians and a sprinkling from all the ordinary occupations. The harbor board lent five clerks to help keep order In the class room. WOMAN CATCHES INTRUDER Mrs. Ids Morris Holds Alleged Bur glar Until Detectives Arrive. Hearing a man ransacking dresser drawers in an adjoining room, Mrs. Ida Morris, proprietress of the Ross Hotel, 213 First street, opened the folding doors separating her room from that In which she heard the noise. Before the man had time to run she caught him by the neck and held him until the arrival or Detectives Smith and Ham mersley. who placed him under arrest. The prisoner gave the name Hales and told the police he had rented the room. Hales entered the room by a pass key, and when searched was found in possession of a pair of silk stockings and a stickpin alleged to have been stolen from the room. CRITICISM FEARED BYiiBATl Carabao Affair Shows Dread of Ridicule. SENSE OF HUMOR IS LACKING Daniels Moved by Cold Recep tion Accorded to Speech. SONG OFTEN SUNG BEFORE Contrast With TafCs Appreciation of Jokes at His Expense Shown. Battleship Skit Folly En . ' joyed by Burleson. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. JO. The Wilson Adminis tration has advertised the fact that It la sensitive to criticism and ridicule. for that is what happened when Presi dent Wilson withdrew his letter ac centinz honorary membership In the Military Order of the Carabao . and when Secretary Garrison and Secretary DanieTs started an investigation Into the jokes and quips of the recent Carabao dinner at Washington, wherein Ait Administration was made the goat," though in an entirely friendly way. There probably would have been no investigation, no public expression or disapproval and no threats of court- martial proceedings had Secretary Dan iels been possessed of a sense of humor. Banquet Is Aanaal f-vent. The Military Order of the Carabao Is made up of officers of the Army, Navy, marine corps and the volunteed foroes who served In the Philippines during the insurrection. For 13 years this military organization has been.- hold ing banquets which have . been en livened by skits reflecting the senti ment of the members of the organixar tion and which have been both en lightening and entertaining. Songs have been the order of the day, and most of these songs have been written by Carabaos. Some have been patriotic, some sarcastic, others merely funny. President Wilson and most of the members of his Cabinet were Invited to the recent annual Carabao dinner at Washington, which has been made famous by the rumpus stirred up by the Administration. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Postmaster-General Burleson were the only Administration officials who attended, and Mr. Dan iels was the only spokesman for "the Administration. The 'Navy Seoretary was called on, in the midst of the even ing, for a speech and he delivered an effort In support of the liberation of the Philippines. Damlels Stirs ' Enthusiasm, His speech was coldly received. The coolness which greeted . him . peeved Secretary Daniels. The falntness of the applause manifestly got on his nerves, .but no sooner had he taken his seat than the assemblage broke forth in the favorite song of the Cara . baoa "Damn. Damn.' Damn the In surrectos." That was too much for Mr. Daniels. He left the banquet hall much offended. Not only did he disapprove the sentiment of the pong Itself, but the "cuss words" grated on his sensi bilities, for Mr. Daniels is a good man. It should be said that this particular song was written 13 years ago, when the Carabaos were first organized; at a time when the Philippine insurrec tion was in progress, and when Amerl- n soldiers, weary of the conflict in a tropical country, were anxious to wind up'the fight and get back home. Concluded on Page 2.) CARTOONIST REYNOLDS DRAWS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tli Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temiraturs, 41 degrees; minimum. 36- degrees. . . TODAY'S-Pali-; easterly wind. , National. Serious difrerences between House and Sen- ate develop over currency bUL Section 1 page 2. Carabao Incident due to Administration's lck of sense of humor. Section 1 pace 1. Hawley bill would lnclud growing of grass as "cultivation" of homestead. Section 1, Pge U. McReynolds believes independents are well satisfied with telephone agreement. Sec tion l. pare e. v ' Domestic. Mrs. Bnffum repudiates confession of double murder. . Section 1, pace 6. Considerable butter, but no arcs, coming" rrom abroad. Section 1 pace 3. Pacific Northwest. Governor Lister employs honor convicts as nouse servan ts. Section 1. Pe 7, Festivities end and girls of Waldo Ball at Agricultural College leave for nouaays. - section J, page S. Growers about Newberg form association to eliminate middlemen. Section l, page a. Work begins on West Umatilla reclamation project, section l, page 7. Copperfleld appeals to Governor to have lays enforced, Section 1, page 9. Sports. Other players Involved m Tinker transfer. Section .2, page 1.. Dnckhunters have poor Fall, presumably be cause ox mild weather. Section 1. page -Portland Gun Club would hold 1914 Pacific Coast shoot at Kenton trafs. Section 2, Pge 3. , Canadian baseball magnates, hurrying here. snow right. -Section 2, page z. Bowling game schedule altered. Section page 4. Many new hands will have hold of base ball reins coming season. Section 3, page 2. - .. McLaughlin and Miss Browne lead United btates tennis, players. Section 2, page Devlin to be only Coast manager to play m i9li. Section 2, page 1. Portland's Christmas day gridiron event will oe double -header. Section 1, page 3 Northwestern magna. tea to meet In Portland Monday. Section 2, page 4. Schaefer comedy often taken seriously. Section 2. page 2. Swimmers inform for .Christmas plunge. Section 2. page 5. - Real Estate and Building. Small Investors sway securities, says Frank lin T. Griffith. Section 4. page 8. Score residence sites In Alameda Park realise f 25, 000. Section 4, page 5. Elks hall at Roseburg unique. Section MM 8. . Building on East Side progresses. Section 4, page v. ...... r f . Automobiles and JRoads. Portland to have cycle car factory. Section 4. page 4. LanV County Snrveyor gives ruls for high way worn, section , page Roada limit area of farming lands says Paul D. Sarxent. Section 4. page o. Fred W. Vogter gives warning to prospective auto nuyers. eecuon page Improvement in hops expected after turn of year. Section 2. page 15. -Wheat lower at Chicago on fear of duty free Canadian grain. Section Z. page 10. Further advance In stocks 4ed, by American Telephone. Section A PfiQ- Many ships In port and expected insure busy week for docaworaera &ecuun , vs ' Portland and Vtelnitjr. - Turkevs for Christmas begin to arrive. Sec tion 1, page J; - pCOO men enroll for work from city. Sec tion 1, page 14. 1 Portland's new school census shows big gain over last year. Section 1,. page .H.. Fourth-street property-owners prepose erect ing nermanent arcnes.- section i, page x-u Express traffic reported to- be only 30 per cent of resuiar noiiaay business, oeuuun -1, page lo. Hundreds In Chicago clamor for Informa tion about Oregon. Section 1, page 15. . Portland bankers think currency bill will heln to bring prosperity. Section 1, nkn lO. - . ' - Christmas relief fund goes beyond 2500 . mark. Section 1. page l. War veteran who swore he would "sooner die than run away Is missing.. Section 1, page 10. WAR ADVICE WINS ARREST Washington Questions Sanity of Man Who Would End Strife. WASHINGTON", Dec. 20. Appearing at the Capitol tonight with schemes which ho said would .solve the Mex ican situation, a man, giving his name as Thomas Welsh, of Paterson, N. J., was arrested and held pending an In vestigation as to his sanity. One of Welsh's plans was to send an American battleship to Mexico dis guised as if coming from Spain, entice aboard the leaders of both sides, then sail off with them. - Judge B. B. Lindsay Marries. CHICAGO. Dec 30. Judge B. B. Lindsey. founder of the Juvenile Court at Denver, Colo., and Miss Henrietta Brevoort, stepdaugher of Dr. F. J. Clippert, of Detroit, Mich... were mar ried here tonight. SOME SKETCHES APPROPRIATE TO CHRISTMAS 11 1 PHflllF I IfJFRTfl iiuiii-i-iiiLu .u GDhNEGTWITH bell Corner ?.)e Is Sweep ing in Results. M'REYNOLDS IN HIGH FEATHER Compromise Wins More Than Litigation, Is Opinion. CITY EXCHANGE NOT YET Agreement to Make Xo Further Ex tensions Thought Highly Satis- ' factory to Independents. I'nrest- Is Allayed. WASHIXGTOX, Dec. 29. Attorney- General McReynolds told friends today that scores of the independent tele phone companies in the United States were gratified over the agreement the so-called telephone trust has made with the Department of Justice, which will give the Independent companies the ubg of thousands of miles of trunk lines operated by the Bell companies. The department, he said, hardly could have expected any court to order the Bell Company to allow Independents "to make use of Bell equipment and there practically was no chance that the in dependents could raise sufficient funds. if they had the desire to build com petinsr long-distance lines. To " bring about; competition in Interstate busi ness. It was pointed out, would have required an outlay of many millions of dollars and probably would have meant loss or a severe falling- off in the receipts of the Bell and the In- denendents that tried to get long-dis tance business. Access to All Lines Given. According to - figures laid before the Attorney-General by N. C. Kingsbury, the vice-president jit the American Telephone '& Telegraph Company, who conducted the negotiations which led to the agreement of last night, there are more than 20.000 Independent telephone companies In the country. The opening of the Bell lines to all these companies under the' simple and inexpensive pls,n, it is declared, will mean that every one of these companies has the right to make use of the Bell lines in every part of the Union. There was talk today at the Depart. ment of Justice of action by the Bell Company to allow- subscribers of Inde pendent companies In cltlr3 to talk to Bell subscribers through Bell exchanges and Bell lines, . but Mr. McReynolds said that this was a step that seemed to be far in the future. So far as he knew the Independent companies were well satisfied with the American Telephone & Telegraph proposal and Its agreement to make no further ex tensions and to give up its holdings in such instances as the department or the Interstate Commerce Commission bus Rested) such action. Government Ownership Fought. Announcement of .the agreement I caused an unusual buzz of speculation here today. In some quarters it was regarded as ah Indication of the fight that some of the conservative members of President Wilson's Cabinet will make against Government ownership of public utilities. It Is known Mr. McReynolds is trongly opposed to Government owner ship. The Attorney-General is said to feel that - Government ownership is likely to come In the United States unless there can be a restoration of free competition In, public service, but he believes the agre&nent with the telepAone and telegraph company Is a long step toward competition in the - (Concluded on Page 6.) Iturkeyshipments i on FOR CHRISTMAS SOME DEALERS SAY SHORTAGE MAI" BE EXPECTED. Prices Likely to Range Between 23 and 30 Cents, With Quality of - Birds Highest, 'Dressed turkeys are beginning to arrive from the country for .the Christ mas market. Whether the supply will be large or small Is not indicated, but one thing certain is that the quality of the birds, judging from the first re ceipts, will be unusually fine. All the turkeys received have been much bet ter than the Thanksgiving stock, and even better than the turkeys brought in last Christmas. Some of the dealers think the supply will be short because of the excessive quantity sent In for Thanksgiving and the possibility of snowstorms east of the mountains checking the movement from that quarter. Others believe that the supply will be sufficient. None of the poultrymen can set a price on turkeys, as the extent of the probable demand isalso an uncertain factor. The birds a.re not likely to re tail for more than 3 cents nor for less than 25 cents. Last Christmas the re tail price was 35 cents for the best turkeys. " ' Geese, ducks and chickens promise to be fairly plentiful. Prices probably will range on geese betwen 20 and 25 cents, on ducks between 20 and 30 cents and on chickens from 18 to 25 cents. Meat prices are ruling about ' the same as last Christmas. ' Steaks out of the grand champion steer that was ex hibited at the stock show will cost the consumer Jl a pounl. but the usual run of meat prices Is reasonable. Prime roast beef is selling at from IS to 25 cents a pound, the best of It coming from prize cattle. Pork and veal roasts are selling at IS to 25 cents a pound. ; I STEAMERS GROUND IN FOG Vessels Xavlgate With Difficulty in British Columbia. VANCOUVER, ; B. C, Dec 20. Miss ing the entrance to the First Narrows owing to the dense fog, the steamer Selma,crowded with passengers from Powell River and way points, grounded on the Brockton Point side of the channel this afternoon and remained there until high tide. The water was so shallow at low tide 'that the pas sengers were able to step off Into Stan ley Park. VANCOUVER, B. C.-Dec. 20. The Grand Trunk Pacific steamer Prince George grounded off the north shore while entering Vancouver Harbor to night and remained fast on the mud. A tug took off- the passengers. The Georpe will probably bj towed off at high tide. The fog, over the harbor and city is the thickest within living memory. ALL TELEPHONES SILENT For 2 1-2 Minutes Girls Practice Fire Drills While Calls W"ait. For two minutes and 30 seconds yes terday morning nat a call was answered at any of the Bell telephone stations in Portland. A Are drill was in progress. Similar drills will be a part of the res- ular routine in the several Portland stations two or three times a month hereafter. The general fire alarm was sounoed at 8:35 A. M. In a few seconds more than a minute every girl at the switch boards had left her place and was out on the sidewalk. "We did not give advance notice of our drill this time," said Fred Spoeri, manager of the Portland plant. Unions Boycott German Bank. BERLIN. Dec 20. The labor unions of Germany decided today to withdraw deposits amounting to 15,000,000 from a leading bank In Berlin, which recently discharged one of its employes because he bad been engaged in agitating for the formation of a bank clerks' union. SEASON. CHRISTMAS RELIEF FUND ABOVE $ Spirit to Help Needy Js Much m Evidence. TOUGHING CASES REVEALED Among Outside Towns to Send - Aid Is Dallas, Or. GIRL'S SAVINGS TURNED IN Little Doris Simon Oherdorfer. Aged 7, "Breaks" Own Bank and En lists Mother and Uncle, ex Senator, in Good Work. . Responses to the call for contribu tions to the Christmas relief fnnrt which is being raised by the Associated Charities and The "Oregonian came in an increased flood to the offices of tlie Charities and The Oregonian yesterday and by nighttime the total had passed tlie 12500 mark, making it the largest fund ever raised for the work of the Charities, with the exception of the fresh air fund last Summer, which amounted to moVe than S2S00. Christmas is yet four days away, and the earnestness with which the Deonle of Portland are responding leads Sec retary Manning, of the Charities, to believe that the fund will run bcyonii 13000 before Christmas eve. Fuel, Food and Supplies Given. In addition to the cash contributions, many gifts of food, fuel and supplies havs been pledged, and clothing sent In is already being apportioned among the poor families of the city. Among the supplies received yester day was a box containing a child's set of furs and a beautiful little doll, sent "with the compliments of Elizabeth Hayter, Dallas, Or." Other contribu tions have come In from people out side of Portland and several of the checks received tome from remote parts of the state. " Little Miss Doris Simon Oberdorfer. aged 7, who had had a very busy week shopping and buying presents for her numerous friends, read yesterday in The Oregonian of certain children who have but few friends and who hardly dared to think that Santa Claus would come their way. Ever generous, site decided to give all that she had left In her savings bank account to The Ore gonian's fund. To think was to act, so Bhe broke the bank's doors, drew her money, $1.25 In all, and asked her mother to see that it was sent to the office. Ex-Senator Takes Hand. Mrs. A. Oberdorfer, her mother, hap pened at the time to be speaking to her brother, ex-Senator Joseph Simon, who signified his wllllnginess to call In and deposit the money. "But I can't have my daughter set ting such a precept without giving my share, too," said-Mrs. Oberdorfer; "so here is $5 from me and Doris' $1.23," and with that Mrs. Oberdorfer handed over the nickels and dimes that had ac cumulated in Miss Doris' savings bank, as well as her own contribution. When Senator Simon, always open- hearted and generous, had reached the office of The Oregonian, that $9.25 had grown into $16.23, for on" his way ho had decided that with two such exam ples before him he could not lag behind in the cause. Accordingly he deposited $10 of his own with Mrs. Oberdorfer'a $5 and Miss Doris' $1.25. The Christmas relief fund goes fur ther in its work than merely to supply the family with gifts on Christinas and (Concluded on Page 6.)