78 Pages K Section One Pages 1 to 13 Six Sections VOL.. XXXIII NO. 2. PORTLAND,- OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS V NEW HAVEN -AGREES -ON REORGANIZATION Action Forestalls Disso lution Suit. VICTORY WITH GOVERNMENT Company Will Divest Itself of i Various Holdings. STEAMSHIP ISSUE OPEN Pepattiiwnt of Jnstlce Regards Set tlement as Vindication of Pol i Icy of Peace Criminal Ac tions Not Included. - pASinNGTON, Jan. 10. The New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Department of Justice tonight announced a preliminary agreement, designed to effect a reorganization of the New Haven and to prevent a suit for its dissolution under the Sherman la w. ' In compliance with department de mands, the New Haven will dispose of Its holdings In the Boston & Maine Railroad, cancel Its joint agreement controlling the Boston & Albany and rrlve up Its trolley lines and several of Its steamship lines. The question of Its retention of the so-called Sound linos of steamships will be left, for the !'i-esent at least, to the Interstate Com merce Commission. Under the Panama Canal act the road Is required to give tip all steamship holdings by July 1, unless the Commission finds that their continued operation by the railroad Is to the commercial advantage of the people and not in restraint of compe tition. Government Wins Victory. Tt was conceded tonight that the De partment of Justice gained practically every point It demanded. The announcement of the agreement does not have any bearing on the much-talked-of criminal suits against tic-directors and officials of the New Haven road. There has been no de cision by department officials on this point, and probabl-J.lii .wili J none for several weeks. Some officials are known to feel that such suits would avail little, since the men generally understood to be responsible for finan cial operations involving the New Haven probably could not be reached by the Federal Government. Officials of the Department of Jus tice were of the opinion tonight that the New Haven agreement was as big a victory for the principle of peaceful settlement of anti-trust cases as that registered In the case of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company. They pointed out that the complexities In the New Haven were greater than In the telephone case, and that the effect of a suit to Separate the New Haven from Its great holdings In other corporations might have resulted In disaster to the road itself and In reflex action on busi ness that would have been widely felt. Ample Time Will Be Given. All recognized the fact that the New Haven could not be expected to dis pose of lta holdings In a few months. They recognized the weight of . the argument that to force the road to get rid of Its interests within a specified time merely would permit prospective buyers to wait until the time limit ex pired and then pay their own price. As long as Chairman Elliott and his assistants In the reorganization show their Intention to carry out the terms of the agreement, assurances were given that the Department of Justice will not press them too hard for haste. Although no one In authority would predict how long a time such a re- (Concluded on Page 2.) V . MERCHANTS REVIVE BUYING MOVEMENT MIDDLE WEST CAN'T WAIT FOR ITS TRAVELING MEN. Han d-to-Mouth Policy Abandoned Since Tariff and Currency Questions Are Settled. CHICAGO, Jan. 10. (Special.) Busi ness throughout the Middle West Is so good merchants are writing in for traveling salesmen to hurry out with their lines of goods so that new stocks may be laid in, reported members of the Illinois Commercial Men's Association, holding their annual convention here today One leading wholesaler said his company had had several such requests In the last two weeks. "Settlement of the tariff question and the passage of the currency bill, with the prospect of extension of rural credits, has put a sudden end to the 'hand to mouth" buying of the last few months," said he. "For a while, with the tariff up in the air and the cur rency bill In the balance, with, a Mexl. can war looming up as a possibility, merchants were buying no more than absolutely necessary. They were de voting their energies toward closing out their stocks on hand." "In Des Moines," said a member of the Iowa , State Traveling Men's As sociation, "money already Is much easier.' PEOPLE WANT THEIR $35 Treasury Forced to Explain Per Capita. Is Not Being Paid. WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Hundreds of letters have poured into the treasury from persons In many parts of the country who have gained the Impres sion that there Is $35.11 waiting for the asking, because the monthly cir culation statement of the department announced this to be the per capita circulation. The letters came so fre quently that Treasurer Burke today is sued the following statement, which has been printed and sent to all in quirers: "There is no truth In the statement that a certain amount is due from the department to every man, woman and child in the country "The statement prepared by the de partment is to the effect that if the money In the country were equally dis tributed each one would be in posses-, slon of that amount." WATER -OF JORDAN USED The Dalles Children Baptized With Water Brought by Bishop.. THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 10. (Spe cial.) St. Paul's Episcopal Church wit nessed an unusual variation of pretty service last evening, when Bishop Rob ert L. Paddock, D. D., baptized two children with water from the River Jordan. The infants were the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Bertram A. Warren, and the daughter of State Senator and Mrs. R. R. Butler. Just as the 1 bishop was about to begin the service, he an nounced he had a little surprise for the rector and his wife. Some years ago, while In the Holy Land, he dipped from the Jordan a small bottle of water. He said he had kept the water bottled waiting for a special occasion to use it. , LINN COUNTY DRY ALL OVER Wet Vote lu Sweet Home "Cpset by Adherents in Harrlsburg. ALBANT, Or., Jan. 10. '(Special.) Linn County is again entirely "dry." There were no "wet" spots in the county from July 1, 1906. until a year ago, when Harrlsburg went "wet" in a local option election. Harrlsburg re turned to the prohibition column in. the election last November, but at that time Sweet Home went "wet." Owing to election contests both cities are now "dry." No injunction suit was brought to comtest the Sweet Home election, but the "wets" got -a ruling at Harrisburg which affected Sweet Home and the Councils refuse to Issue licenses. SOME IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE OlOt DRAINING FIFTH OF VALLEY IS PLANNED Increase 'of $22,000, 000 in Crops Seen. CORVALLIS FARMERS TO ACT First District Under State Law Is Proposed. 1,000,000 ACRES IN AREA Plan Is to Make Low Grass Lands Rich Farms and Let Improve . ments Pay for Themselres--Bn-rean of Mines Urges Scheme. BY MARK WOODRUFF. CORVALLIS, Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.) Probably the most important piece of development ever undertaken in re cent years- in Oregon has Just started near Corvallls. Land-owners occupying 40 square miles of bottom and prairie lands be tween Corvallls and Monroe have be gun the formation of the first drain age district organized under state laws in the Willamette Valley. It Is be lieved that successful demonstration of the beneficial results of drainage In the proposed district will bring about, an era of progressive development by which fully one-fifth of the total arable area of the Willamette Valley, or 1,000,000 acres, will be so stimu lated that crop products will be doubled In two years, that '.'white lands" will be eliminated and that the entire cost of the construction of the drainage system can be paid for. If necessary, In three years from Increased farm profits. So strong is the faith of the Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology, which is handling the preliminary Investigation for the farmers, that its experts believe It is probable that drainage "districts" will Increase by soil efficiency the value of the -annual crop of the Wil lamette Valley $22,000,000, and make the . total reach J70.O00.000 in three years, - without . the addition of 4 single farmer to the present rural population. Laid Close To River. The lands to be incorporated in the Corvallls-M"nroe drainage area par allel and are close to the Willamette River and have been used for grain and grazing purposes for 50 years. In Summer they produce enough to pay taxes and in Winter a few bands of half starved sheep hustle In the stub ble for a living. They are the low grass lands, and may be seen from railroad passenger trains anywhere be tween Eugene and Oregon City. They are water-choked lands, but soils that are as intrinsically rich as any land in the West, and on every 40 acres of which a family can make a decent liv ing, and open a savings bank account, when the water is given opportunity to escape as it falls from the clouds. L. N. Edwards. Charles Star and J. S. Watklns are representing the Benton County farmers in the formation of the new drainage district, and the com mittee is receiving the assistance of Professors II. M. Parks, I. A. Williams and A. M. Swartley, of the Bureau of Mines, all serving In advisory capaci ties and without compensation. Pro fessor Swartley has made a preliminary survey and has recommended the plan of work to the farmers. The farmers' committee Is raising the money neces sary to employ engineers to prepare a topographical survey and estimates. Then a petition,' carrying the names of a majority of the landowners to be benefited, will be presented to the County Court, receive the approval of that body and immediately thereafter ' (Concluded on Page 8.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS 'The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 48.8 degrees; minimum, 89.6 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southeasterly winds. Foreign. Cardinals refuse to annul marriage of Anna . Gould to Count BonL Section 1, pace 6. German array officers acquitted of assault ing; civilians. Section 1. page "2. Rational. Returning members of Congress urge haste in handling trust question. Section 1. page a Colombians put honor above money in canal negotiations. Section 1, pace 3. Bryan absent from his office fourth of time. Section 1, page 2. New Haven Railroad virtually agrees to Government's terms. Section 1, page X. Domestic Perfecting of human thoroughbred discussed at eugenics meetings. Section 1, page &. Representative Henry, of Texas, In favor of House committee on suffrage. Section 1, page 6. , j Buying movement revived In Middle West. Section 1. page L Gtrls starring, but refuse work at household service. Section 1.' page 1. Seven sailors convicted of mutiny. Section 1, page 6. Mayor Mltchel opens war on gangsters. Section 1, page 0. Ojlnaga falls; rebel generals scamper in all directions. Section 1, page 1. Sports. Germans offer training camps for Olympic athletes. Section 2, page 5. Portland's 1914 infield looks best. Section t, page 1. San Francisco fight fans yet doubt Gunboat Smith's place in champion class. Sec tion 2, page 5. Coach Bezdek looks for forwards for varsity basketball team. Section 2, page 3. Handball tourney to begin at once at Mult nomah Club. Section 2, page 6. J. E. Cody, of Multnomah Club, plans Sum mer swim of 300 miles down Missouri River. Section 2. page S. Federal League to have six strong clubs In race, section 2. page J. McCredle pitched fadeaway ball 80 years ago. Section 2. page 2. Mathewson says player-manager has hard time. Section 2. page 2. Fans make and break ballplayers, says Billy Evans. Section 2. page . Oregon amateur baseball teams expect big year. Section 2. page 2. Baxter says Conley real find. Section 2, page 2. Paclflo "S'ortJ et. Salmon egg collection In Oregon district this season big success. Section 1, page 11. Eugene fruitgrowers Increase capital stock. Section 1, page 11. Governor's refusal to go to The Dalles re lieves tension. Section 1, page 8. Washington employers estimate girls' ex penses at from $9.81 to $10.29 a week. Section 1, page 7. Politicians think liquor question will be cmer issue m Washington state cam paign. Section 1, page 9. Drainage project that will add I32,O0.90 to Willamette products planned. Section 1. page 1. Washington employes are losers under com pensation act. Section 1, page 7. Centralla to build new water system as part of plan to prevent typhoid recur- rance. section 1, page 7. Tacoma plans to build municipal carllne. section 2, page id. JSow famous Copperfleld case opens In court fight. Section 1. page 8. Road depreciation In Oregon heavy, says .reaestrian .rticKer. section 1, page 1. Real Estate and Building. Progress in Lebanon described. Section 4, peso l. : - Charles W. Myers tells of irapVoved business ouuook. section 4, page . Mayor Albee buys more Laurelhurst prop erty, section 4, page s. - Commercial and Marine. Unsold stocks of wool on Coast are light. bection z, page lj. Wheat prices follow corn fluctuations at cnicago. section 3. page 13. Bonds are firm, but stocks are barely steady. Section 2, page 10. Oil team backs Into river but la salvaged. Section 2. page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Mra Collsta M. Dowllng wins Rose Festival poster competition, section 1, page 14. Fourth street awestrlcken as electrlo trains rumble down route first time In history. section , page is. Educators address Portland Parent-Teacher Association at luncneon. Section 1, page 12.- . Political evils made target of bill of which Florence E. Olson, of Mllwaukie, is au thor. Section 1, page 17. A. M. Crawford announces candidacy for uoverr.orsnip. section x. page 16. Chief Clark would check "fake crime wave. section 2. page Is. Rev. J. J. Staub. D. D., attends 22d annual session of church he founded and still directs. Section 2, page 16. Salem House, once- Portland's finest hotel, .being demolished. Section 1, page 13. Word opens war on roadhouse clubs. Sec tion 1, page 17. Details given on working of widows pen sion la-. Section 1, page 13. City government expense soaring. Section 1, page 14. Ralph R. Earle, moving picture man, elopes with Tacoma girl. Section 1, page 2. Tax delinquency excess declared due to con flict over . exemption law. Section 2, page 15. Tax levies higher for 3 914. but city require ments unchanged. Section 1, page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page 7. Bankers base hopes for regional Institution on certainty of great development. Sec tion 1, page 15. WEEK'S NEWS MOVE i ROAD DEPRECIATION IN OREGON GREAT $18,000,000 Spent in 10 Years Avails Little. LOSS IN PERIOD $17,000,000 Childish Policy, Long Pursued. Appears to Be Changing. SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS FELT Pedestrian Kicker, Studying Condi tions at First Hand, Says Lack of Knowledge in Building In Past Has Cost State Much. PACIFIC highway' important. "There Is no development work of more vital Importance to the general progress of Oregon than the com pletion of a trunk road the Paclflo Highway from the California to the Washington boundaries, nor Is there any publla work In which I am more deeply interested. I have been a coo latent advocate of good roads, and one of my purposes, from now until the close of my term, will be not only to see the work on the Paclflo Highway thoroughly done and pushed forward with all possible haste, but to see work begun on tributary roads leading Into all the rich sections of the state. I have only a year before me I am not' a candidate for re election and In that year I Intend to do all for good road building that It is possible for me to do. . Oregon should not be behind Washington, California and British Columbia." Governor Oswald West. BT DAVID SWINO BICKER. . SALEM, Or.. Jan 9. (Special.) Eighteen million dollars has been dumped Into the mud roads of Oregon in the last ten years, thrown Into miles piled upon miles of ooze, sunk In mire, like the treasure chest ot the Egyptian slave slowly sank in the quicksands of the Nile. And of this vast . sum of money, assessed from the taxpayers for a commendable purpose, $17,000, 000 represents the actual loss through depreciation. Only $1,000,000 of the $18,000,000 spent on Oregon roads Is still serving the public. And this last million will go down in the mud be fore the end of another year. In the same manner that the statis tician used to pile up gold In pyramids to indicate relative costs and wastes, It Is a popular diversion today to ex press values in terms of eggs instead of dollars. The waste of an egg carries a severer shock to the average mind than the throwing away of a five-cent piece. Stop long enough, then, to make in familiar terms an adequate measure of the cost to Oregon of unintelligent. short-sighted road building. Fingers Snapped at Tomorrow. Here is the picture that will rise in your mind: Thousands of farmers in every part of Oregon engaged in the pleasant pas time of throwing precious eggs into the roads that pass their peaceful lit tie homes and watching - them break and spatter. How long it would take them to destroy enough eggs to create the loss in money that has been caused by . bad road building I am not a good enough mathematician to estimate. But I feel certain that the enfranchised housewives will be appalled. to know that 432,000,000 treasured eggs, selling at a market price of 50 cents a dozen, would have to be smashed before the destruction would equal In money loss the waste in labor and the waste in material, to say nothing of the waste Concluded on Page 10.) CARTOONIST REYNOLDS GIRLS STARVE BUT WON'T BE SERVANTS DENIAL OF "COIIPAM" PR I VI LEGE IS OXE REASON. Scores of Domestic Places in Los Angeles XTnfllled, While Hun drcds Await Ofrice JobsO LOS AXGELES, Jan. 10. Although they say they are starving and want work, nearly all of the girls and wom en registered at the municipal employ ment bureau turn down every offer of domestic service. One reason given In most instances, according: to an official statement, was that employers who want domestics do not accord to their servants the privi lege of having; "company" in the kit chen or elsewhere on the premises. An other reason was that employers ex pected the work of three women from one and cut down the pay. There are scores of domestic places open to applicants and hundreds of women on the employment lists, but not many positions as maids or cooks are filled. On the other hand, offers of office work are eagerly sought. The names of ?500 men and women were on the lists of the municipal bu reau today. WOMEN'S RIGHTS COSTLY Enfranchisement Makes State's Printing Bill Jump High. SALEM. Or., Jan. 10 (Special.) That the enfranchisement of women and the organization of the Progressive party will be expensive to the state through the printing of election matter was the announcement made by Secre tary Plimpton, of the Printing Board, rtoday. He said that three and one-half tons of paper was necessary for tally sheets alone at the coming primary, whereas heretofore two and one-half tons had been sufficient. The Printing Board today settled with Mrs. W. S. Duniway, widow of the late State Printer, for work done after his death. Mrs. Duniway had the pam phlets for the recent referendum elec tion printed by a firm in Portland, and, in declining to accept a profit on it. saved the state about $800. Under the old system the State Priqier made large profits on certain classes of matter, and came out about even or lost money on others. The profits on election pam phlets were large. BEACHEY FALLS 25 FEET Aviator' Has Narrow Escape ftoiii Death at Oakland.' OAKLAND, Cal., Jan". -10. Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, in making a flight here today, fell from a height of about 25 feet and escaped death narrowly. His biplane was so badly damaged that he probably will be unable to fly for several days. Beachey had ascended for an exhib! tion flight, when his mechanician be low noticed something wrong with the biplane. He signaled the aviator " to return and Beachey began to descend. At a point on the field where he planned to alight, Barney Oldfield wa sitting in an automobile. To avoid striking Oldfield. the avl ator swerved his machine, which turned completely over. Beachey was not much hurt. WIRELESS WORD AWAITED Powerful Tngs Searching for Large Schooner William E. Garms. SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 10. Three powerful tugs and the revenue cutter Snohomish are cruising southwest of Cape Flattery in search of the large schooner William F. Garms, with llJ men, which was last seen disabled and leaking on Wednesday. All the search ing vessels have wireless, and any news of tha Garms would be flashed promptly to shore. The schooner is of wood and carried a cargo of mine timbers, hence would float a long time even If waterlogged, and the wind since Wednesday has been more moderate than the preceding days, during which the Garms was bat tered. The weather today was foggy, hindering the relief boats. TO ACTION. OJINAGA IS TAKEN BY ARMY OF VILLA Nine Generals Join in Rush for Border. FINAL ONSLAUGHT IS FIERCE Climax of Battle Scene Is Bathed in Moonlight. OROZCO MAKES FOR HILLS Federal Defeat Leaves Rebels in Virtual Possession of All N'orth- ern Mexico and Is Most Im- , port ant of Campaign. PRESIDIO, Tex., Jan. 10. The Mex ican federal army with Its nine Gen erals, evacuated Ojinaga, Mex, at 10 o'clock tonight. The triumphant rebel forces under General Francisco Villa Immediately occupied the village. The defeat of the federal army fol lowed only a few hours' fighting In which the rebels, beginning at sun down, started to . close In on the be sieged garrison with a terrific rife of cannon, shrapnel and rifles. Army Scrambles for Border. General Castro and General Mercado, of the federal regulars, saw that the assault was to be nothing less than a massacre. The federals had left only GO rounds of ammunition for each man. Generals Castro and Mercado therefore gave the order to evacuate. All the federar soldiers and their officers who could scramble to the American side did so. The others ran In all directions. General Fascual Orozco, commander of federal volunteers, threatened with summary execution by Villa, was the first to cross. It was believed he es caped into the mountains in Texas. Patrol Prepares for Event. At about 9 o'clock, when the fight ing had been In progress about five hours, seven wagon loads of documents belonging -to the Huerta government came over and were captured by the United States border patrol. This was believed then to be a preliminary to the evacuation. Major McNamee, commanding the United States ' patrol, Immediately ordered out all cavalrymen to meet an emergenc-tf. Women, children and wounded soldiers had been crossing in numbers, but the apparent advance of the rebels to tho heart of the fed eral garrison gave reason to believe a greater rush across the border was imminent. For five hours the sharp flashes of the rebel fire had been seen drawing closer to the federal lntrenchments. The whole scene was bathed In moon light, partly obscrued by dust and-powder smoke. Desert Affords No Hope. The country about OJInaga is mostly desert with little to sustain life. With out food, the impoverished federals would be unable to proceed any great distance. Among the federals were nin gen erals Castro, Mercado, Orozco, Manuel Landa, Ynez Salazar, Antonio Rojas. Bias Oprinal, Lozaro Alavis and Roque Gomez. Some of them were men on whom Huerta depended to maintain his military power -in the north. De feat of the federal army at this point marks the most Important rebel victory in the present campaign. It leaves the rebels in possession of practically all the north of Mexico. Mercado. Castro and Landa were the only remaining commanders of the fed eral regulars. The other generals commanded volunteers, and had been Concluded on. Page 3.) Otjz vy 4 4 4