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Mat StwA mi-M&amMM, Section One Pages 1 to 18 74 Pages Six Sections " ; ' ' - " " . , , .. . . . x.x, ,vn TT7i-r,v cnvniv unTiXTXG. DECEMBER 28. 1913. PRICE FIVE ( EXl'S VOT vi j 3Zm vnxuAi'v ' i : - i i IYER SHOT AS HE IS BEING DEPORTED Governor Orders Sher iff to Investigate. SOCIALISTS ARE ARRESTED Charges of Fomenting Riots at Calumet Made. VICTIMS' GRAVES READY Thousands to March to Cemetery in What Promises to Be Blizzard. Vnlon to Have Complete Charge of Funerals. CALUMET. Mich, Dec. 27. The de portation of Charles It. Moyer, presl . dnt of the Western Federation of Miners and leading- the copper miners' strike, who was escorted from Hancock last night, after being- shot and clubbed, will be investigated by the special grand jury when it resumes its sessions next Tuesday. Moyer, who reached Chicago today with a bullet wound from which however, ha seemed to be suffering little or no pain, told of having been clubbed and shot by the committee that deported him. I He said that James McNaughton, manager of the Calumet & Hecla mine, passed the "mob" In an auto and was at the station when they arrived. He also charged that the Sheriff knew of the plan to deport him. Sheriff Cruz today began an Inquiry Into the facts of Moyer's departure. in response to telegrams from Gover nor Ferris and George Nlcholls. the speelal prosecutor In charge of the grand Jury. Each requested him to make a full statement of the result of his Investigations. Seclallata Are Arrested. Xm of the circumstances of Moyer's departure did not become generally known In the strike region until Moyer had reached Green Bay. Wis, today and told of his injuries. Warrants were served tonight on the business manager and a dozen or more employes of a Socialist newspaper In Hancock, the charge being "conspiracy to publUh misstatements calculated to Incite riot" The warrants were sworn out under the statutes relating to felony and the men were held In bonds or (1000 each The complaints were made by Sheriff Crus and were a sequel to an extra published yesterday, in which charges of grave misconduct were made against some Deputy Sheriffs who tried to as sist victims of the Christmas eve dis aster. The article, according to translators, accused the rescuers of slugging moth ers and fathers who tried to reach the hall where their children were dead or in peril and used the Finn equiva lent of "murder" In Its description of the disaster. Editors Takes From Desks. John Nuemavarl. business manager ef the paper, was taken from the edi torial room after the paper had gone to press today. Two members of the editorial staff were taken from their desks and service was made on a doxen others as they were found on the streets tonight. Because the charge on which they are held Is a felony, it is probable that their cases will be considered before the special grand Jury. The grand Jury was called to Investigate "acts of lawlessness arising from the strike." Intimations from union source that the grand Jury was "hand-picked" and "packed" against their cause were de- ( Concluded on Page ye-Oqr &o7j? OA US' MAN DODGES TASK; ACCIDENTS HAPPEN GEORGE AND NEIGHBOR IICKT; WIFE HO'CER STRIKER. Quarrel Over Packing In Wood Causes Suicide Threat and Vn intentional Shooting of Two. funnTi? wa.h . rec 7. (Spe cial.) George Bernarx. of McCormick. refused to carry In wood lor nis who this morning. Now George has a bullet hole through his arm and a wound in his breast; Andy Karnas, a neignoor, has a bullet hole through a foot, and Mrs. Bernarx Is In oc on a hunger strike. All except the hunger strike Is due to accident. Mrs. Bernarx refused to permit Rm m rindea nacklne In the wood. George was obdurate. Their arguments became heated. George announced n. -...u At- K,fnr Vi would carry In the wood. He got down his rifle, a 22-call- ber weapon. He threatened to coi"""' .ni.M before his wife's eyes and let her watch him die. George became actu ally careless with the rifle wnne ex plaining his prospective death. The trigger struck against something and the weapon was discharged. The bul let made a hole in George's arm and lodged in his breast. He shouted. Kirtiiii heard the shot and ran to the house. He found George pain fully injured, but In little danger of death, and decided that he would take the rifle home with him to prevent any further accidents. Andy, however. tril to hnr ud the weapon oy me trigger on the wall of his house. It was discharged again and sent him shouting and limping about the room. In the meantime Mrs. Bernarxecided that, whether George carried In the wood or not. she would not get up and make breakfast. FAMILY OF 4 FOUND DEAD Husband Shoots Wife, Kills Self and Children by Gas. 1-11- -vrov Tt.i 1 7 Henrv Knell. his wife and two children were found dead in the same bed at their home at Qlendale, L. 1.. today. There was a bullet hole in the head of the mother and the father and children had suf focated by gas. Knell shot his wife, then tried to hang himself from a chandelier, which broke and let gas Into the room. , - ,mnlnvpji bv the Phila delphia Steel & Forge Company, with offices in this city, and was treasurer of the Forest Park Congregational Church.- He was 47 years old. Yes terday he turned over to tne trustees of the church $700. This was $100 more than his accounts called fcr but Knell remarked that he wanted to be cer tain there was no anortage. r ntNu. believe he contemplated suicide several days ago. ARMY TO HAVE MORE FUN Congress to Increase Allowances for Post Exchanges. WASHIXRTOS. Dec. 27. Army chap- plains have undertaken the task of providing amusements for enlisted men, and Congress, at the Instance oi iorretarv Garrison. Is about to in crease the usual allowance for post xchanges by a special allotment oi IS2.500. Thi. will nrovlde a fund of $1245 for each chaplain with which he Is ex pected to procure a phonograpn. a moving-picture machine. Blides and 'lime. a lare tent with folding chairs for the audience and lighting appara tus, all with the design oi giving tne soldiers amusement. MOB FORCES JAIL DOORS Shots Exchanged, Xo One Hit, In Conflict In Maryland. CHESTERTOWN, Mi, Dec.' 27. A mob which had gathered around the Jail determined to lynch Norman Mabel, a negro, self-confessed mur derer of John B. Coleman, a farmer, Tuesday night, forced two of the doors of the Jail at midnight tonight. Shots were exchanged between the defenders and attackers but no one was hit. SOME OF THE srit. y zToms BIRTHDAY LETTERS PILE UP ON WILSON Friends and Strangers Congratulate. PRESIDENT IS 57 YEARS OLD Quiet Day Spent at Winter White House in South. SEA DOES NOT ATTRACT Executive Refuses to Use Yachts on Gulf Golf, Motoring and Sleep Diversions Mall Is Sorted Carefully Each Day. PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss- Dec. 27. President Wilson will be 57 years old tomorrow and letters and telegrams of contgratulation poured In today ' from all parts of the country. ' Some of them were from personal friends, but the great majority were from persons hitherto unknown to the. President. Some were written in pencil and half scrawled and 'others appeared more formal, but all brought a feeling of happiness to the President as he read them. The birthday will mean no change in the quiet atmosphere of the cottage which the President has chosen as his residence during his vacation here. He probably will attend services tomor row morning In the small Presbyterian Church, which Is perched on the edge of the beach road, half projecting into the Mississippi Sound. President Doea Little Work. It Is a wooden building, scarcely 30 feet wide, with a belfry that extends practically over the entire roof of the structure. The church seats less than 100 persons. With the exception of church service the President has no plans for tomor row, although he probably will take an automobile ride with his family. He Js taking life Just as easy as pos sible. After a geme of golf beyond Gulfport early today, he returned home and dictated a few letters, lolled about the parlor of the house for a while, reading some newspapers, and then took a nap. Mr. Wilson Is doing little work. His mail Is carefully sorted for him be forehand and thus far he has had no communications of any Importance from Washington and his rest has been undisturbed by official business. Sea Doea Not Attract. He has ample opportunity to vary his diversion with a sea trip, as the Wino na, a United States revenue cutter, is at his disposal during nis visit here. The President has declined to use It. however, and likewise has declined an invitation from the Conservation Com mission of Louisiana to use their yacht. President Wilson finds variety and rest enough ashore. The sea was rough today, the hither to still water washing the sand flats and running a surf close to the shell road that borders the Iawn of the President's cottage. Members of the President's family are enjoying their stay here. The Misses Margaret and Eleanor Wilson took a long horseback ride over the shell road today. Thely entertained the Misses Mary -and Lucy Smith, of New Orleans, close friends of the fam ily, who have visited them in Wash ington. Flre-Flgbter Gets Orders. Mr. Wilson's prowess as a fire-fighter has added to his fame here. One member of the volunteer tire depart ment of Gulfport revealed the dlscov- Concludei on Page 2.) PAST WEEK'S NEWS EVENTS ARE PUT INTO PICTURES BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tbe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 42 -degrees; minimum, 8.Q degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain ; -southeasterly winds. Foreign. Report Is Huerta will lead army tn field, giving- up Presidency. Section 1, page 1. Professor Gopdnow telU of China's needs. Section 14. page 6. Tolstoi's letters reveal his love for wife. Section 2. page ti. Tortures In Algeria startle England. Sec tion 2. page 6. National. Federal reserve bank' committee perfecting details. Section 1, page 1, Friends and strangers congratulate Wilson on birthday. Section 1 page 3. Pull text of new currency law. . Section 1, page 12. Domestic San Franc Uco gives work to BOO men. Sec. tlon 1. page 6. Mayor proposes to submit strike issues to arbitrators named by President and Gov ernor. Section 1, page 2., . -. First officer of steamer President found guilty of negligence. Section 1, page 2. Telegraphers on 'Frisco road to strike Mon day unless demands are granted. Sec tion 1, page 6. Bostick says he confessed In hope of avoid ing gallows. Section 1, page 3. Railroads asked for more information con cern'ng rate Increase they desire. -Section 1, page 5. - Inquiry into shooting of Moyer while being deported from Calumet ordered. Sec tion J, page 1. University professor blames perpetual Inter est bills for high cost of living. Section 3, page 9. Moyer's wonnd not serious, say physicians. Section 1, page 2. Sports. Multnomah to play Idaho New Year's day, with lineup unchanged. Section '2, page 3. Hares are chosen for New Year's paper chase. Section 2, page 6. Fielder Jones reviews 1913 baseball politics. Section S, page Z. Fans await championship billiard game In , Chicago. Section 2, page 5. Bowlers busy at close of season, Ahrens rolling high scores. Section 2. page 3. McCredie has 23 players on list for 114 team. Section 2, page 1. Ewtng hopes to see Coast League rank with majors. Section 2. page 2. Hay ward says Oregon will be weak on track 'his year. Section 2, page 3. Yeir 1913 lucky for America in sports. Sec tion 2, page 4. Tinker, Brown and Stovall go to Federal League. Section 2. page 1. raclflo Northwest. Dr. Linda Burfleld Hazxard at prison door says she is martyr. Section 1. paga S. Springfield election case won by drys" at Eugene. Section 1. page 7. Movement on foot to make educational fea tures of county fairs more attractive. Section 1. page 7. Automobile and Roads. Portland automobile dealers prepare for fifth annual show. Section 4, page 4. Eollls W. Llbby discusses road building Section 4. page 4. Paul D. fcargent points out cost of bad roads to farmers. Section 4. page 5. ' Beat Estate and Building. Franklin T. Griffith says public should be toid truth of public utility deals. Section - 4, page 6. School census shows growth of Irvlngton and Vernon districts. Section 4, page o. Pacific Furniture Company Is erecting two story structure. Section 4, page 0. Many deals is. iduinn recorded. Section 4, page 6. Many features of Pittock block are new to Portland. Section 4. page 7. Commercial and Marine. Destruction Intend crew praised for succor ing crew of Aloha. Section 2, page 8. Grain trade -with Orient" may be affected by reduction in freights. Section 2, page 15. Selling pressure falls to break wheat mar ket at Chicago. Section 2, page 15. Financial conditions in Europe are improv ing. Section 2, page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Brewster recommends appointment of com mittee to solve auditorium problems. Section 1. page 14. Timber d-al near Clifton. Or., involves $350, 6o0. Section 1. page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page K. Von Klein sentenced to prison from one to four years, section . page 10. Shipment of eggs from China reaches Port land. Section 2, page 16. Detention hospital for suspicious cases urged by quarantine officer. Section 1, page 11. Judge Kavanaugh renders opinion upholding . Municipal Court. Section 1, page 14. Year's record of crime reported by Police Chief to Mayor. Section 1, page 10. Letters by dozen congratulate Russell Cham benaln on reinstatement. Section 1, page 11. Location of rose show unsettled. Section 2, page Id. Ad Club will fete Alice Uoyd. Section 2, page 16. Late cars to run to handle midnight matinee crowds. Section L page 16. Portland financiers depend on merit for lo cation of regional bank. Section L page 16. 1914 Motor Plates Sent Out. SALEM, Or.. Dec 27. (Special.) Secretary of State Oltott today deliv ered to 3500 autoists automobile and motorcycle plates for 1914. Tnera are about 14,000 automobile and motor cycle owners In the state, and plates have been sent only to those making application for them. U 1 05.0 I COHHUTS PERFECTING PLAN Rules for Action Are Promulgated. ALU SPIRANTS' TO BE HEARD Hearings Will Also Determine District Boundaries. FORMS TO BE PROVIDED Applicant Will Have Nothing to Do . After Filling Out Blank Until Notified Where Reserve Bank Is Located. WASHINGTON. Dec 27. The Fed eral reserve bank organisation com mittee tonight supplemented Its plan for locating; Federal reserve cities with an unofficial announcement pointing the way for all cities to present their claims for banks. Before the commit tee, consisting- of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of Ag rculture Houston, starts on its tour of the country, it will advice clearing-house associations and boards of trade In cities that are in the field for a reserve bank when they can be heard. Only 14 cities in addition to Wash ington will be visited, but it was the understanding tonight that any city and any community can be heard at some point on the trip around the country which has been mapped out. All Aspirants to Be Heard. Although details for the hearings have not been worked out, it is prob able that the claims of Baltimore. Philadelphia and Washington will be heard here. Pittsburg will have an opportunity either In Cleveland or Cincinnati. Fort . Worth, Tex., which is in the field, will be allowed to argue in Houston and St. Paul and Minneapolis In Chicago. Information the committee procures will be used in determining the depositaries of the reserve districts. It was said that neither Cabinet officer on the organ ization committee had determined on the number of reserve districts and cities. The trip to be taken Is almost as much for this purpose as actually locating the cities and defining the districts. Officials of the Treasury today praised the decision of the committee to work out the district limits ana cities by public hearings. Banks Directed How to Act. The committee took its formal step today when It made official announce ment of the procedure to be followed by banks which wish to make legal application for membership In the new system. In accordance with this an nouncement every bank desiring mem bership shall within 60 days, through its board of directors, pass a resolu tion certifying its desire to enter the system. It provides for the full ac ceptance of the terms of the law and expresses the intention of the board to subscribe on behalf of the bank for stock in the proper Federal reserve bank. The filing of this form will be the first step of a bank toward member ship. It will have nothing further to to do toward coming Into the system until the organization committee an nounces the geographical limits of its district and the city where its reserve bank is to be located. Individuals Would Subscribe. Within 30 days after such announce ment the bank must take the second step that will bind it to the Federal system. It must begin to put up its - tConcluded on Page 0.) $350,000 TIMBER DEAL IS CLOSED NEW COMPANY TO WORK ON TRACT NEAR CLIFTON, OR. C. H. Mimnaugh, E. A. Holmes and W. G. Stevens Buy Interest in Area Valued at 81,300,000. t j The Oregon Timber & Lumber Com pany, of Clifton, Or., has sold its inter est in a large tract near that city to C H. Mimnaugh, E. A. Holmes and W. G. Stevens for approximately $350, 000. The tract contains about 600,000.000 feet of timber, principally yellow fir, valued at $1,500,000. The. Oregon Tim ber & Lumber Company had a logging contract on the tract, and had installed about- 12 miles of railroad, equipped with two locomotives. The firm owned 12 donkey engines, and considerable other logging equipment, all of which was Included In the transaction, tract is owned by N. B. Bradley, of Bay City, Mich., and his associates. Mimnaugh and Holmes are members of the Nibley-Mimnaugh Lumber Com pany, of Wallowa, Or. Mr. Stevens is a banker in Eastern Oregon. A new company has been organized, with headquarters in Portland. The company expects to take out about 40,000,000 feet the coming year. Another timber deal in Clatsop County is unJnr consideration by Olson Brothers, of Seaside, and the Kinney interests, of Astoria. The deal involves about 400.000,000 feet of timber in the Humbug Mountain region. It 'Is reported that Olson Brothers have secured a right of way along the Lewis and Clark River, and will con struct at least four miles of railroad. Four or five camps probably will be operated. GATUN SPILLWAY OPENED Water Gates to Be Used Each Day to Clear Ont Floating Islands. PANAMA, Dec 27. Gatun spillway, which regulates the levels of Gatun lake, was opened today for the first time Bince June 27. During the elapsed period the water had risen from 48.25 to 84.7 feet above sea level. While the maximum level the lake can attain Is 87 feet, the water will not be allowed to go any higher at present because the diking "of the low ridges forming the rim of the lake basin has not been completed. It is planned to open one gate of the spillway for an hour or so each day to keep tbe water at the existing level. This process Is to be utilized to rid the lake of the vast masses of swamp vege tation, commonly known as floating Islands. These are to be towed to the spillway by a tug and then sent through theVchannel and out to sea. STORK HAS ACTIVE YEAR 1913 Will Show Birth Increase of 25 Over Last Year's Record. This has been a busy year for the stork in Portland, according to the birth statistics compiled yesterday by the city health department. Between January 1 and December 1 there were 36S3 children born In the city. During December it Is estimated there will have been 335 more, making a total for the year of 4018, or an increase of 25 over 1912. The statistics show that Mr. Stork was busiest during the early Spring and the late Fall months. RADIUM HELPS BREMMER Representative Pays $100,000 for , Cancer Treatment. BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 27. Repre sentative Bremner, of New Jersey, who Is at a sanatorium here undergoing radium -treatment for a cancerous growth In his left shoulder, was re ported improving today. Mr. Bremner received his first treat ment of radium on Christmas day, when 11 tubes of the mineral, valued at $100, 000, were temporarily imbedded in the growth, which is said to be of a malig nant character. HUERTA TO LEAD ARMY, IS REPORT Gerostieta to Succeed ' . as President. DIPLOMATS CREDIT VERSION Washington Disturbed by Cen tral Mexico Conditions. REPORTS COME IN SLOWLY Region In Control of Neither Fac tion Presents Problem Women and Children Held as IIos- tages at Chihuahua. MEXICO CITT. Dec 27. Enr!ra Gerostieta, Minister of Justice, will be come President of Mexico early in tlio new year and General Huerta will take the field against the rebels, who refused to conform to this arrangement, ac cording to a report that was received with-credence by some of the diplo matic representatives hero tonight. Gerostieta is to be named Minister of Foreign Affairs, according to the ver sion of the story in circulation, and General Huerta will retire from the Presidency, In which case the Foreign Minister succeeds him. : " Gerostieta Advance In Aire. Senor Gerostieta Is well along In years. He was a lawyer of Monterey, who was brought to the capital to take the portfolio of finance, but instead was appointed Minister of Justice. WASHINGTON, Dec 27. Conditions In regard to the safety of private prop erty in Central Mexico continue to be unsatisfactory, according to the latest State Department reports. Owing to the fact that the territory from Du rango northward is In possession of neither warring faction and that both telegraphs and railroads generally have been destroyed, communication Is so slow that It required seven days to ,get news to the department from the City of Torreon. A week ago the report; was that Important strategic point still was in the hands of the federals, but the revolutionists were in control of the surrounding district. Gulf Coast Reports Delayed. On the Gulf Coast the rebels were active up to Christmas and the Consul at Tampico reported that General Aguilar. with several hundred men, took possession of the town of Panuco on December 24. They destroyed some buildings and committed other depreda tions and the State Department is try ing to ascertain whether American life and property were menaced. The State Department has caused representations to be made to General Villa, at Chihuahua, in the Interest of the women and children of the Span iards and other foreigners, who were expelled from that town by the rebels. Although the American Consul was as sured that these families would be per mitted to leave Chihuahua, for some reason the promise has not been kept and it is assumed that they are being held as hostages. Further pressure will be brought to bear in their behalf. Famine Xot Mentioned. The naval supply ship McLear ar rived at Topolobampo, on the west coast of Mexico, last Wednesday and sailed away yesterday. In reporting these movements the captain of the ship made no mention of famine among the American colony there, although he had ample provisions aboard to meet any probable needs. An offer of Japanese army officers to enlist under the Huerta standard in Mexico, which the Mexican war of fice says it has received through Its (Concluded on Page 2.)