The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 15, 1914, Section One, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text78 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 16 Seym Sections, Including Srml-Monlhlj. Magili VOL,. XXXIII xo. 7. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V Ntne i build! VOTERS UP INARMS OVER AUDITORIUM If East Side Is Chosen Referendum Looms. ACTION. PRACTICALLY CERTAIN Residents of All Districts Pro claim Folly of Choice. MASS MEETING IS CALLED EThonl d City Commission Legislate Building to "Union-A venue District Taxpayers Plan to Act In terviews Show Sentiment. Bo strong has become the sentiment ton the part of residents all over the city against the plan of the City Com mission to place the public auditorium on the Hast Side that it Is practically certain the referendum will be invoked on the ordinances to be passed by the Council fixing; the site and appropriat ing: the amount of money -which will be necessary to purchase the site. Interviews secured from residents of different parts of the city yesterday showed clearly that the action of the City Commission In deciding: upon the Kast Side between Oregon street and Broadway as near Union avenue as possible does not meet with the ap proval of the public generally. Mans Meeting to Be Held. developments yesterday indicated that the referendum will be invoked on the Council's action as soon as the required ordinances are passed and an effort will be made to put the question up to the vote of the people at a special election which the City Commis sion will be asked to call for May 15. on the same day the state primary nominating election is held. Plans for this action probably will be formulated at a mass meeting which is to be called by K. K. Kubli and others to protest against the plan of the com mission. That the question can be decided at a special election in May is the opinion of Chief Deputy City Attorney Latour ette and others who looked up the matter yesterday. Mr. Latourette said the McNary ordinance, which governs the referendum in Portland, provides a form to be used in referendum peti tions. This form says the question shall be submitted "at the next regular election." The measure says, however, that the form of petition may be changed which makes it possible for petitions in the auditorium case being made to read "shall be submitted to the vote of the people at a special elec tion to be held May 15, 1914." Time Enough Is Belief. Judge Morrow ruled about a year and half ago that initiative and referen dum matters could be passed upon at either the regular or a special election In face of the fact that 30 days will elapse between the time the Council passes the auditorium ordinances and the date they take effect, it is be lieved there will be plenty of time to secure the required number of names on referendum petitions. It is thought sufficient influence can be brought to bear to get the Commission to call a special election. The protests against placing the building on the Bast Side are general from all parts of the city. People Including heavy property owners and business men on the Bast Side are just as much opposed to the Bast Side site' as are the people on the West Side. The principal objection to the Bast Elde plan is that it is too far from the business district, where such, a building should be placed. It is de- (Concluded on Page 13.) j REGISTRATION OF DAY SETS RECORD WEATHER AND CLOCK AT POST OFFICE SPCK VOTERS. 3 73 of Total of 1016 That Qualify Are Women Republicans Still Maintain Bis Lead. Records were broken again yester day at the registration quarters, when 1016 voters qualified to take part In the May primaries. This is 119 more than Friday, up to that time the larg est single day's registration, and only S8 less than were counted Wednesday, when 380 county registrations were in cluded in the day's total. The Republicans still maintain their big lead, 625 of the voters registering in the course of the day Identifying themselves with that party. The Dem ocrats were next with 251, followed by the Progressives with 53, the Independ ents with 39, the Prohibitionists with 37, and the Socialists with 11. Three hundred and seventy-two women reg istered, to 611 men. The increased Interest may be at tributed, it is believed, to three sources the erection of the big registration clock on the Postoffice lawn, the urg ing by the candidates that their friends register and the weather. If the weather continues good this week. Deputy County Clerk Tregllgas expects to register more than 1000 voters every day. Registration throughout the state is slow and the women continue to hesi tate to take advantage of their new privilege. The total county registration by par ty follows: Men. Women. Total. Republicans 11,511 3,745 15,256 Democrats 3,745 . 1,390 6,135 Progressives 744 " 429 1,173 Independents C40 210 8S0 Prohibitionists 271 371 642 Socialists 295 90 385 Total 17.206 6.265 23,471 RESCUER DIES IN FLAMES Man, Carried From Building, Rushes Back in Effort to Save Girl. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 14. One man lost his life and several others were injured in a fire that today destroyed the six-story building occupied by the Northern Manufacturing Company. To save the life of a girl employed in his department, William P. Howe, 70 years old, a shipping clerk, after having himself been assisted outside the burning building, plunged back be fore he could be restrained and was burned to death. Rose Schultz, for whom Howe lost his life, was carried down the stairs from the third floor, only slightly. in jured. WAR TALK NOT JAPANESE Sentiment In Nippon Declared to Be for Friendship and Peace. BOSTON, Feb. 14. "Talk of war be tween the United States and Japan has emanated from the Eastern part of America; not from Japan," Professor Sidney L. Gulick, of Dishisha Univer sity, at Tpklo. said tonight before the Twentieth Century Club. "I don't believe there will be any war," he added. "There are a few Japanese who say America will finally Insist on war, and there is a 'yellow press' in Japan, just as there Is in this country. But the Japanese earnestly desire the friendship of the United States, for they know they have foes at their back door and, besides, Japan sells more goods to this country than to any other." SWITCH OPEN; 30 INJURED Crowded Car Topples; Score Rushed to Hospitals in Pittsburg. mibBUKU, 'eD. 14. Ninety per sons were in a speeding streetcar when it struck an open switch in Llverty ave nue tonight and toppled on Its side. Thirty were Injured, three women prob ably fatally. A score or more were rushed to the hospitals. SOME AFFAIRS JOSEPHINE ROADS ARE GOOD AS BEST Discovery Surprise to David Swing Ricker. COUNTY SILENTLY AT WORK Big Purpose Is to Make Grants Pass Resort for Tourists. RAILROADS ARE AWAITED People of Southern Oregon Buy Ahead of Lines That Mean Outlet for Their Products and Pay rolls and Smokestacks. BT DAVID SWING RICKER. GRANTS PASS, Or, Feb. 14. (Special Correspondence.) Columbus passed from a storm into the glory of an American dawn and the sight of land. Sir Francis Drake climbed a tree and looked out upon an ocean. Peary staggered through the ever lasting snows and set up a flag at the pole. Marquette, Nansen, Stanley, Liv ingstone, Shackleford. Captain Scott! Great names all of them. But their triumphs pale before ours. We demand recognition.- We are open to vaude ville and moving-picture engagements. We have discovered miles piled upon miles of splendid highways, passable in all seasons, creeping over mountains, crawling through valleys, looking out to snowy peaks or to cliffs of red clay, flashing in the sunshine. But the acnievement is not alone ours. Part of It, at least, we are ready to share with this small, tucked-away-among-mountains, up-to-the-minute Joseph ine County. Here in Josephine County we have found the best stretch of Pacific High way we have encountered since we left Portland a highway which compares favorably with the highways of Wash ington and not unfavorably with many miles of the Government-built sections of the Pacific trunk road in British Columbia. Ways and Meana Dlscaaaed. A week ago we left Coos Bay. And for days before we left we put in our time discussing ways and means with salesmen who' "make" Marshfleld and North Bend. Our memories held & picture of those 61 miles of earthly travel into which we had been plunged at Roseburg and dragged out at Myrtle Point, and as often as our unfeigned enthusiasm over the Bay country and our happy environments softened recol lection, aching bones and stiffened joints taunted us. - We had only two alternatives to go out the way we came In or -get back to the highway at Drain and take the train to Roseburg, where we left the highway to make our side jaunt to Coos Bay. It was a splendid morning, sunny and warm, when we left the dock at Marsh fleld and crossed Coos Bay to meet the stage that was to take us 20 miles up the beach to Winchester Bay. Sel dom have we taker a more delightful drive than we took that morning. Bast of us hills rolled back to mountains. West of us stretched the ocean, calmer than usual and greener, flashing in the sun. Nor have we ever made a journey quite so quaint. At Winchester Bay we piled out of the stage and were convoyed in a rowboat to a stern wheeler anchored safe inside the bar. Start for Drain Made. " Soon we were at the picturesque and well-kept little town of Gardiner, where we were able to buy enough cheese and crackers to sustain us un til we reached Scottsburg after a ride of hours up the beautiful Umpqua. bordered with mountains standing (Concluded, on Page j OF NOTE IN THE WEEK'S NEWS ARE GIVEN ATTENTION BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 48.2 degrees; minimum 30.2 degrees. . TODAY'S Fair, brisk easterly wind. Forelgt. Britons stirred by railway's action in hiring American manager. Section 2, page . National. . Senator Bacon, head of foreign relational committee, dies, section 1, page z. Domestic. Mining Investigators deadlocked on question of going Into Christmas eve. panic Sec tion 1, page 6. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller's illness serious. Section 1, page 6. Return to zero weather, with high wind, causes deaths in East. Section 1, page 1. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw severely hurt by fall. Section 1, page 6. Hazel Herdman exacts pledge child Is not to know she killed herself. Section 1, page 2. "Wife cares for husband she released to other woman. . Section 1, page 5. Banker says Senator Gore's foe offered to settle suit tor $25,000. Section 1, page 4. Bryan almost drinks champagne, mistaken for water. Section 1, page 8. Packing of fruit not perfect yet, say New Yorkers. Section 1, page G. Sport. Portland sportsmen sailors prepare for busy season. Section 2. page 4. Baseball casting spell at Oregon Agricul tural College. Section 2, page 8. Coach Connibear may attend river regatta here in July. Section 2, page 4. Major leagues to break If Murphy Is not ousted by Nationals. Section 2, page 2. Devlin says Oaks will be 50 per cent better than last season. Section 2, page 4. Golf Club's deals give it Ideal site. Section 2, page S. Oregon University track team still weak. Section 2, page 6. Sam Bellah must enroll at O. A. C. to act as assistant coach. Section 2, page 2. Rheumatic ankle sends Dugdale to bench. Section 2, page 2. Murphy says Tener cannot keep Sweeney and Perdue from playins In Chicago. Section 2", page 2. Pacific Jiorthwest. Farmers interested in drainage district will meet In Corvallls Saturday. Section 1, page S. Sutherlln fruit orchards and factory of great importance to Oregon. Section 3, page 10. Hogs, on special grunt farewell as demon; stratlon trip ends. Section 1. page 7. Southwest Washington Development Asso ciation elects officers and adjourns. Section 1. page 7. John "Willis Baer. coIleKe president, princi pal speaker .at state Christian Endeavor Convention. Section 1, page 9. Rigorous drills now soldiers' lot. Section 1. page 9. Yamhill Republicans scramble for office. Secton 1, page 7. Initiative to cost Washington State ?100,- 000. Section 1, page 8. Idaho Republicans get together in harmony oanquei. aecilun 1, page S. Josephine County roads good as the best, says David Swing Ricker. Section 1, page 1. Bodies of three slain Japanese at Walville, Wash., found. Section "1. page 9. Express rates in Oregon to drop about .March. 1. section 1, page 2. Commercial and Marine. Hop stocks on Coast are sharply reduced. Section 2, page 17. Large export sales cause rally in Chicago wheat market. Section 2, page 17. Financial and Industrial conditions steadily improving. Section 3, page 17. More - vessels -may be required to ' Help Tiverton handle cargo offerings to north. Section 2, page 6. Big: Panama Canal cuts distances from Port land to other ports more than half. Sec- 2. page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Mr. Daly pushes plan that means loss of nearly ti,vvu,uw to city. section x page 14. Citizens leave Patton avenue extension matter to officials' decision. Section 1, page 11. State Engineer Lewis makes striking ad dress at Irrigation Congress. Section 1, page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page 17. Parcel post poll of country merchants taken. Section 1, page 10. Y. W. C. A. turns chapel Into cafeteria. Section 3, page 7. Second tax article shows why taxes are higher now. Section 1, page 11. H. B. Miller working to aid fruitgrowers. Section 4., page 10. Irrigation Congress indorses all but one resolution recommended by committee. section 1, page 12. Registration for day again breaks record. Section 1, page 1. Voters up in arms over proposed location of Auditorium and may resort to refer endum. Section 1, page 1. Portland to get (100,000 ' moving-picture theater. Section 1. page 15. Westover Terrace not damaged t-y flood. Section 4, page &. Spotlight converts Miss Zaro's gown into X-Ray and dance is stopped. Section 1, page IS. Governor's expected bomb at Irrigation Con gress proves to be boomerang. Section 1, page 1. Musicians strong for auditorium on West Side. Section 1, page 4. Youth Is third one accused of Hunthone forgery. Section 1, page 15. Chart shows population on precinct basis. Section 1. page 14. Customs officers stumped by cage of dogs which gains In "personnel" on tour. Sec tlon 1, page 1. GOVERNOR S BOMB' PROVESBOQMERANG Attack on Co-officials Stirs Hornets' Nest. IRRIGATION CONGRESS SCENE State Executive Castigated by J. E. Morsen in Public. 'GRAND STANDING' CHARGED In Speech Assailing Other Members of Desert land Board Executive Implies lie Is Only Honest One, Then Fireworks Start. OFFICERS ELECTED BY OREGON IRRIGATION CONGRESS YESTERDAY. President, Asa B. Thompson, Echo. First vice-president, J. w. Brewer, Redmond. Second vice-president. J. R. Black aby, Ontario. Third vice-president. W. Lair Thompson, Lakeview. ' Secretary. Fred M. Wallace, Laid law. .Committees appointed by president Legislative J. T. Hlnkle, Hermls ton. chairman; Abel Ady, Klamath Falls; Walter F. Burrell, Portland; Vernon A. Forbes, Bend; M. J. Lee. Canby. Executive Frank Sloan, ' Stanfield, chairman; C. W. Mallett, Ontario; W. F. King. Prinevllle; William Hanley, Burns; C. C. chap man, Portland; Guy Rice, Lakeview; W. R. Walpole, Irrigon. Governor West threw a verbal bomb shell into the meeting of the Oregon Irrigation Congress at the Imperial Hotel yesterday morning, but the shell. in Dursting, proved to ea boomerang. The Governor took occasion to at tack the records of Thomas B. Kay, State Treaurer; A. M, Crawford, Aiiorney-iieneral, and John H. Lewis, ataie engineer, as members of the desert land board, accused them of needless delay in handling the affairs of the settlers and implied- the idea that He' himself Is the only honest member of the board. But both Lewis and Kay got back at the Governor later In the day. They accused him of "grand-standing" and questioned his motives. Ancient Enemy Aronied. Not only that, but J. E. Morsen, the Governor's ancient enemy in the Deschutes, irrigation quarrel of a few years ago, castigated him so severely that the chairman was required to call him to order . "I wish the chairman would allow me to Indulge in personalities," shouted Morsen. "If he would, I would prom lse such a lashing of Governor West that he would get down on his knees and pray, 'Oh, God. be merciful to me a sinner!' "And that would be the first honest prayer he ever uttered in his life." Controversy Is Reviewed. Morsen reviewed quickly his contro versy with the Governor over the De schutes project and declared that it was only the "characteristic vindictiveness" of the Governor that delayed that work. State Treasurer Kay referred sar castically to the Governor as "the only honest man" on the Desert Land Board and accused him pointedly of playing to the newspapers and the grandstands. Other Members Criticised. The Governor was on the programme to speak on state and Federal co-operation in Carey projects, but drifted into a heated discussion of the Desert Land (Concluded on Pajfe 2.) DOG GAIN EN TOUR STUMPS CUSTOMS 'GYPSY GIRL" ACCEPTED "ONE" LANDS AS SEVES. AS Bill of Lading Differs "Widely From Facts When Crate Reaches Line Caging Mother and Six. One week ago Gene 51. Simpson, su perintendent of the state game farm, sent to George B. Brown at Nanalmo, B. C, the sum of $150 for a prize English setter. The dog failed to ar rive and Simpson got himself worked up into a beautiful little frenzy. He investigated. As "pigs is pigs" so "dogs Is dogs," and when Gypsy Girl, the prize setter, reached Seattle the immigration or customs authorities the message failed to state which stopped all progress of the setter towards the destination. The trouble lay in the fact that shortly after being accepted as "one dog in good condition" and passed over the line, Gypsy Girl aqulred a family and as seven dogs were not one dog. the officers did not know what to do. At a late hour last night, Mr. Simp son was still keeping the wires busy, but the Government officers and the express companies had not yet decided whether to ship the dogs on or return them as undesirable aliens. "JUICE" TO AID PLANTS Woodlawn 'School May Apply Elec tricity to Children's Gardens. Electricity may be used to improve school gardens at Woodlawn, if the plans of L. M. Lepper work out satis factorily. This will bo the first time such an attempt will have been made here. In England market gardeners, use electricity to stimulate the growth of vegetables. The vegetables are tjild to be better, crlsper and firmer. According to the plan employed the ground is wired and current turned on periodically. Bugs and pests are said to be killed and the ground ren dered more productive. Further details are now being se cured. TAX PAYMENTS INCREASE Lead Over Last Year Steadily Gains. Total Paid $317,898.13. Payment of taxes continues at the courthouse, with the lead over the amount collected and the number of payments made during the correspond ing time last year steadily Increasing. At the close of business last nigh J317.S98.13 had been collected, in 4721 payments, as compared with J282.048.84 collected In the first 12 days last year. The increase In the number of pay ments is 305. Deducting the rebates last year the total then in the 12-day period was J273.587.37. FALLING R00FCATCHES 3 Firemen Believed to Have Lost Lives at Tulsa, Okla. TULSA, Okla., Feb. 15. Three fire men are believed to have been caught when the blazing roof of the Bass Fur niture Company's store caved in at o'clock this morning. The fire started at 12:30 A. M. and for a time threatened surrounding buildings. It was not under control until two hours later. The loss will exceed $150,000. BENEFACTOR OF BLIND DIES Dr. Robert C. Moon, Aged 70, Sue cumos to Heart Disease. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Dr. Rob ert C. Moon, widely known as a bene factor of the blind, died today from heart disease after an illness of 18 months. He was 70 years old. He continued the work of publishing books and charts for the blind from embossed type which was begun by his father. Dr. William Moon, of England. ' BITING WINDS BLOW ON ATLANTIC COAST Deaths Increased by Zero Weather. COTTAGES SWEPT TO SEA Army of 16,000 Men Cleaning Streets of New York. TROLLEY LINES SUSPEND Snowfall In Metropolis Only Ten Inches, hut Upper Hudson Val ley Reports Two Feet Mails Generally Delayed. NEW TORE, Feb. 14. A snow storm. said to rival in severity the great storm of 1888, raged to the accompaniment of zero weather In the -upper Hudson Val ley, the Mohawk Valley and the north ern and western parts of the state all day long, tying up many of the smaller railroad and trolley lines and paralyz ing communication generally. All malls were delayed. Late today the fall of snow ceased In many districts, only to be followed, by a return to the zero weather and high winds which have had the state in their grip for the last four days. Four deaths were caused in this city by the storm. and the total fatalities due to the recent cold spell and stormy conditions num bered 17 tonight. Snow Heavy T."p State. While the snowfall in the metropolis was only ten Inches and at other points in the lower Hudson Valley as low as 12 inches, districts in the upper valley reported a fall of 24 inches. At Albany the blanket was 14 inches in thickness. and from points north and west of that city phenomenal falls for those sections were reported, the snow being from 24 to 36 Inches in depth. Reports from most of these points tonight said that a further decided drop in temperature had taken place, and that a biting wind, reaching in some places a velocity of 70 miles an hour, was adding to the discomfort and suf fering. The southern tier counties were affected by the storm, as well as the more northerly districts. Nw Jersey Also Suffers. Conditions In Northern New Jersey were almost as bad, although the fall of snow was not as heavy there, rang ing from eight to 12 inches. Trolley line service was crippled. If not wholly suspended, almost through out the state, and on many railway lines traffic was virtually halted. The abandonment of Its regular passenger train schedule was announced by the Erie Railroad. Only one train was sent out during the day by the Lacka wanna and none came In. Lashed Into fury by a heavy gale which swept down the coast, high waves today again attacked the Sea Bright, N. J., peninsula and placed it under two feet of water, causing the population to seek safety on the main land. Conditions in Sea Bright, it was said, were worse for a time than on January 3, when the bulkheads along the beach gave way and many build ings were demolished by the inrush ing waves. Cottages Strep t to Sea. Today part of the beach club build ing was torn by the waves and three cottages were swept out to sea, A northwest wind later drove tho waves back and averted further damage. It was estimated that more than 1. 500,000 cubic feet of snow were re moved from the streets of New York during the day. About 16,000 men were employed in clearing the princl Concludd on Page 2.)