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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 -)
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MUNICIPAL COURT
LEGAL, IS RULING
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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.
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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
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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
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