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TheYecr's End Edition of Ike Journal v PRICE, FIVE CLNTS The weather -r-Probably fair to night and Sunday; southerly winds. JOIMJAL CIHCULATIO; rESTEKDAY WAS VOL. IX. NO. 259. . PORTLANp, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1910FIVE SECTIONS 60 PAGES. PRICE FIVE ' CENTS. CM TRAINS A TO BTANJjS, riVB CENld ijii::B. -.Tiiss. SAM IS PROUD OF YEAR'S RECORD onus ANTI-TRUST LAW ON IOI SUBJECT DEALT SIGIIIG I UNCLE AIM FAttlOUS AVIATOR, DISCRIMIMATIOH FAILS 100 FEET' AGAINST OREGON BLOW BY COURT - World's Flying Men Killed as. He. Is Setting Out on Flight for Micheliri. Prize. , ,YON FAME BY FLIGHT FROM PARIS TO.LONDON Man of Adventurous Career, (.Having Operated in Central I American Revolutions. i . , - ' Aviator Deaths In December. , 4 9 Caw Grace. American, sup- posed drowned In North Sea, on t an attempted return flight across English channel, Calais to 4 y Dover.' . . . Marquis Maria Paulla, passen- ger, and Alexandre Laf ton. In ' . Btructor at Antoinette school of aviation, killed In France when . their machine dropped 200 feet as they' started on ' a Paris to Brussels flight ' John B. Molssant. American, r killed In New Orleans. , $ ,--:v.: vsw, -' y (United Fre Leased Wire.) New Orleans, Dec. ZLJohn B," Mols- ,; ' t Vf ; 4 IM UVTUil V III VV1. V V ;nto fame by his daring: flight from j: 'arts to London, carry! ng his mechan ician, - Albert aa -a:: passenger, was dlled today when -his machine capsized Jit Harahan. ' Molssant fell a hundred j'eet and waa frightfully bruised, and t mi shed. ' Ha died two minutes after ;;ieing taken from the wreckage of bis Machine. ' ; i;';-;. ' '-. 7 t Molssant had started on an attempt f iv lift theMlchclln cup, for distance hying. 1U made the , ascent ; In a 60-hors ower Bleriot He flew from New Or- cans to Harahan, where he -alighted jo pat the finishing touches to bis 'nachine before aB con ding for the long Jllght ' . - , . . - Expected to Astonish Aviator ' Special arrangements'' had been made t Harnhnn. . which Is 10 miles from 'ew Orleans, for the assault on the )n,t distance record. Molssant carried a great can of petrol and just before he ascended he as ured his friends that he, firmly el ected to establish a record which vouid astonisn we aviation worio. When he ascended at Harahan he cx ectad to remain aloft until evening, omplfttlng his spectacular flight by eturnlng to the aviation grounds . In N'ew Orleans. " .;,.:;', , Stmgffle (7"lth Unruly Machine. He circled the field at IJarahan twice it an altitude of about 200. feet . Sud lenly the machine became unmanage able. It seemed to. leap ahead In short. erky movements, like a bucking horse. rhen It turned, earthward and plunged 'o th ground." ;;:;.; ' Molssant fought desperately to repaln ontrol of the planes, but the mechan .sm apparently was completely deranged ind : he had no control of his tilting ipparatus,,,v'When the machine was ibont 100 feet above the earth it re- iiimod Its Ducxing tacuca. , une strap lolding Molssant to the. seat broke and he aviator shot forward And was hurled rom the car. --- - , rails rirst; nana Tails on Sim. 'X few feet ahead of the falling aero plane he struck the ground. The wild- (Continued on Page Tnree.) In 1900 It cost an average of o pend a child to school one year. Last par the cost per pupil was 174.15. Next car the cost, according, to the school .oard" budget and allowing for an ln rease of 1300 puplla In the schools, These were a few of the llgures Iresented by County ' Assessor Slgler it the taxpayers ana civic council meet ng-held last night In the Commercial lub f His .table of costs showed that ha neoDle Bald $294,210 to support the schools in 1900, $1,330,134 In 1909. $1. i7 86S In 1910,and that they are how isked to spend $2,132,100 during 1911. rhese figures were exclusive . oi Dona bhibs.. The bonds asked to be Issued luring 1911 amount to $15,OO0 to meet via cost of flreprooflng echoola The Werage number" of teachers had In- reaeod from 5io in muu to st in 910, While at the same time the "aver- tge Of 30 scnoiars per ieuiir iu i jiad decreased to 23 scholars per teach' r In 1910.. -.,',.;; - ':..' -:-x.-,-5- Average ' Wag-, raid. ? Tha average wage paid teachers In 11900 was $873. while tha average asked &or 1911 la approximately $900 per teacher. The - total amount paid for ettchors1 saHwies in 1900 -was $208,- 74 - n rmpftf-wrth-the-TPanlsttloo por $900,000 for I9ii. - , v . Mf. Sigler had gathered the rigures vhltfh he presented last night by scarch m through th4 records. . Their ; read pne of Most Noted of All the AXPAYERS TAKE DECIDED STEPS Directors ing cnud surprise.' and ' gave ' point o his ansertlon that the school tax 9vy should be laid by a commission !.'-' .?-. - ' Apparent Partiality in Appor 1 tionmeht of Reclamation . Funds Explained on Behalf of Army Engineers. ' OREGON LANDOWNERS, SETTLERS OBSTRUCTIVE Few Extensions . Anywhere Apportionment Under Orig inal Act .Explained.' , ' By John E, Lathrop. , Washington. Dec. 31. -General Mar shall, formerly chief of army engineers, but now consulting engineer for the interior department. In a statement re lating to the assignment of the $20, 000,000 In certificates of indebtedness to reclamation projects, said; I "The -board .of army engineers made no recommendation for the extension of the Umatilla x project, but this action was not discrimination against : that project, because' they made no recom mendation for the extension of any other excepting possibly the Yuma proJ- ect, for which they recommended the Inclusion of certain Mesa . lands. ; No extensions were recommended In Idaho, Washington: Oregon,. Montana, Colorado, Utah Nevada, North Dakota or South Dakota. The (TJnited States 'has under, taken all the work it -can carry through with the resources at hand." It haa alao beeh' cited thut this 20 , (Continued on Page Three.) Military Authorities in Philip- ' pines Powerless to Prevent Apparently Unfriendly Acts on Part of Little Brown Men. . ttJnlted VtfM Lmsed Wlre.t Manila, Dec. 31. Japanese spies In the Philippines are active, not only Jn Manila bay and' on Corrcgldor Island, but,' the Fnited Press is informed to day, they, are engaged In mapping the entire archipelago.' ,' ' ' - " t Tne military authorities, It is learned, are fully aware o the activity of tha Little brown men, and have been secret ly1 watching 'them at their work. They know exactly what maps have been drawn, but they are powerless to stop the work, because there la no law by which spies can be Interfered with. The only law under which secret agents can be checked is trespass," and this law, It is learned, they have been careful not to' Violate. ', ". v. , . v , The maps - that ' have been made, it is ascertained, are not ordinary maps of the (Continued on Page Three.) of three which .should first pass upon every item of proposed expense. f Mr. Slgler declared that the Increase in Cost of maintaining the schools was disproportionata to the increase in the number of pupils and be expressed conviction that . censoring all content-, plated expense .would result in les sened cost to the. taxpayers. ' ' ;,. v. ; t. N. Flelschner was the only mem ber . of the . school board who attended last .night's meeting, v The chairman, John H. Haak, Introduced Mr. Flelsch ner as "one' whoTias shown a concil iatory spirit toward the taxpayers - and the dvio council.' . i 'i Zleetlag Wat "raroa," Mr. Fieischner named the meeting In Lincoln high s-Jhool Wednesday night a "farce." Following this remark he said that the abolition of the meeting was one of the Blx points wherein the school board agreed perfectly with the civic council and others.' Mr.' Flelsch ner volunteered the, statement that cus tom had sanctioned ther.niethods used at the Wednesday night meeting in se curing approval for the ' 1911 budget and that if an effort had been made to ascertain who were taxpayers and thus eligible to vote, one and all would have given the excuse that tax recaipts had .Doca,imat.hoa)a, Mr. Fleischner had -barely - ceased speaking when Dr. E. N. Hutchinson sprang to his .feet and declared that if it were true as the school director had admitted, that the Wednesday "night meeting was a farce, then no taxpayer (Continued on Pago Five) JAPANESE SPIES KEEP WITHIN LAV I'.'hQ IGiJORED THEM .."V - '" '" iMrm '7 Will! 'Il I 6 1 N USUAL SCtJlES T GREET NRV YEAR Ringing Out of Old and Ring ing in New Promises to Be Quietest Ever Seen in Port land, if Orders Obeyed. ; : Decrepit 1910 will pass away in Port land tonight Just as the clock strikes Its round to usher in youthful 1911. There will not be the accustomed waki of Celtic noise and enthusiasm, r The spirit of 'the departing year probably will pass into the unknown unaccompanied by sacks of confetti or the Jangling of cow bells. ' This is because the peo ple are expected to be obedient to police orders and not because they do not want to. live up to the revels of last year and the years preceding. ' - . 4 Youthful 1911 will take up fats eceptra of sovereignty to the ringing of bells In the churches and the blowing of whistles. This is usual and has not been declared offensive to . the - police Chief. . ,.'."'" - ',. v;-'.,.;... ;' ' Portland, however, will be wakeful to welcome tha New . Tear. The watch night gatherings In the churches will be. supplemented by watch night parties in many of the homes. ; Old-fashioned games will be played ail the old year (Continued on Page Three.) ESCAPE IN AUTO Yeggmen Make Too Much Noise and Citizens of Kan sas Town Are Roused. Marysvllle, Kan., Dec, 31. Four yegg. men who robbed two banks and escape! in an automobile from a hastily organ ized - posse,-are being sought-by the sheriffs forces. t The robbers first blew open the vaults of the Citizens' State bank at Waterville and took a sack of money.c From there they went to the Waterville State bank and dynamited the safe, , ., r , ,, TJTil9. .hoQpf ,.th. .exploslon,.ftttractcii trie attention or a watchman, who gave tha alarm. Seizing what money was In sight, the robbers jumped into a wait ing automobile and whizzed out of town. Several shots were fired by citizens at the disappearing autoraobilt. 1 - The two banks report a total loss of $6000,, STREETS MAY NO ROB TV0 BANKS: HOIKING MUCH IN WAY OF UD UPON ;,V--f. i f. 'i ... : . ";f 'iji- ' '". rnionn tmn rnii Chief of Police Orders Force to , Hold Down "Hoodlum ism" and "Rough House" Everything Else Goes. .:. (United Pran iJWwd' Wln.V - San Francisco. Dec. 81, J'Freedom for all,' but license for none". Is the way San. Francisco will celebrate the . new year, according to instructions issued to : his men by Chief of Police Sey mour i today, ,? Hoodlumism is strictly tabooed, but - otherwise "go as. far as you. like" says the chief. Nearly 800 policemen will be on the streets to see that his orders are enforced. Confetti, ticklers, bells and other im plements of torture will be permitted, with certain restrictions the chief has explained to the patrolman in a lengthy document posted in all the stations. Masking also will be permitted, but any tendency to Toogh house' is to be se verely dealt with, , . The feature of the merrymaking win be the midnight promenade In Market street, at which time street car traf fic will be suspended and the entire (Continued on. Page Three.) In Thirteenth District 37 Lives and 9 Vessels Lost; Grand . Totals 53, and 74. . (OottiHI Ptmm Lfmed Wbat " 'Washington, Dea' 3L Only 53 out of 8661 persona involved In 1464 disasters to vessels of all classes ' within the scope of the United States1 life saving service lost their lives, and but 74 vetK sels were; destroyed .during the fiscal year ended June 30 last, aocordine to the report of S. L Kimball, generalsu perintendent of the service. : i1 The report shows operations in the 13tl) district, embracing the -coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and Call- forniawaa..i:ollow.& 13&; vKBels lost, 9; persons on board. 670; lives, lost, 87. persons succored at stations, J4; number of days succor af forded. 29; value of vessels, $1,901,875; value of cargoes, $238,690. Total valuj of property Involved, $1,33065; value of property. savod, $939,466; value of prop erty lost, $391,110. y ft .-. van MARINE DISASTER: RECORD FOR YEAR 1EEVANC0UVER E E S; Water Works Col, Traction Co. and Gas Co. Sold to New . Corporation; Property Val- .. ued'at Million., . (United PreM lMed Wire.) . Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 81. A trans fer of property valued .at $1,000,000 is being made in Vancouver today. Tha transfer includes the property of the Vancouver t Waterworks company, Van couver Traction company and the Van couver Oas company. The th rev con cerns have been bought and are being taken over by the Oregon-Washington corporation formed in Vancouver on December 9,' 1910,' with a capital stock of $5,000,000. The exact amount paid by the corporation cannot be as certained today, w However, it will run far into the hundreds of thousands,' . It is generally . understood that B. M. , Atkins, present manager for the Vancouver Traction company, will have general supervision over all Of the Van couver .holdings, of the corporation. The office of the gas company is being moved today to the office of the water works company in the . Ran, building at Ninth and Washington. Manager (Continued on Page Three.) Soda Fountain Idyl Fetches Up vin an Elopement and Much Forgiveness. ' , fCnUud FrM LmmI Wire. Pasadena, CaL, Dec. 81. Cupid" Is in disfavor today -with a number of local gallants, former suitors for. the hand of Miss Louise Betting, heiress to millions, who ; yesterday eloped with George L. ExUeger, employed in a drug store here. They were married at Los Angeles. - The bride is the daughter of Charles faoturer of Grand Raptds, Mica.,, wpe has spent several winters -here. .From relatives of the bride the young couple will receive as wedding present1 a home richly furnished and a couple of automobiles, v . , .. .. . . , Krueger first met Miss Betting in the -drug, store where he was employed. 1 RMS CHANG HAND MERGED RICH GIRL ELOPES : VITH DRUG CLERK Alleged That Ownership of Patents on Machinery Used to Extort Money in Sale of Machine's Products. RIGHT TO COMPENSATION NOT RIGHT TO FLEECE Suit: Against Shoe Machinery Company Suspended Until Investigation Made. rjnttA Ptmh Ijtaimt Wtrw t ." Toronto. Ont, Dec. 81. As the first teat of the new Canadian anti-trust law whereby patents used to establish , re straint of trade may be voided, the suit against t the United States Shoe Ma chlnery company, charged with being an Illegal combination. Is to be pressed In the courts here. The suit was brought at the instance of a -number of manu facturers in Quebec, who alleged that the machinery company had combined to boost prices In restraint of trade. If the . courts find the charges sustained, the patent, rights held by the company may be revoked and the protective duty on the articles It manufactures may be removed. t Investigation Ordered.' A preliminary hearing was held before Judge Cannon, Who ruled that the manu facturers In their complaint had failed to make out a prima facie case against the combine, and an investigation of (Continued on Page Three.) GREAT GROWTH OF II Show Most Remarkable Gain in Building . Activity, Postal Receipts and Bank Clear ings and Realty Transfers. December's figures added ; to the totals of the first 11. months of th year,, which appear in another section of today' Journal, show that in build ing permits, bank clearings, postal re ceipts and real estate transfers Portland has made gains that are almost , ab normal ,over the splendid records made In all these lines in 1909. w! The largest Increase i occurs in the building activity of the city. With the value, of today's building permits not Included, the total for the year Is $19, 900,000, as Compared with " $18,579,560 for 1909. A gain Is here shown of 46-5 per cent and when the value of the per mits Issued today is added to the year's total it is altogether probable that the increase for the year will figure about 47.5 per cent ; In the matter of bank clearings the gain over last year amounts to Just 33 per cent ,' Estimating today's clearings, the total checking business of Port land's clearing, house banks for the year will, reach the stupendous total bf $511,000,000, as , compared with $391 000.000 for 1909. " v-'- . V ,.. " postal receipts for the year, which ,it is claimed more accurately reflects the prosperity of . a city ; than .' any , other commercial line, show an increase of 18.6 per cent, over the figures of 1909. The total amount of business trans- (Contlnued on Page Three.) SAN FRANCISCO FEELS..: . ; SHOCK; NO DAMAGE (TTnlted Press Vettti Wire.) ; " -. Saa 1 Francisco, Dec. 8L A sharp earthquake shock was felt in this city at 4:20 o'clock this morning. The vibra tions continued several seconds. No damage has been reported. CITY IS SHOWN BY FIGURES FOR YEAR WE SUNDRY JOURNAL Among tht Striking Fczlzrts of Tbt , . . Sunday hnml for Tomhirovi Are:, WOMArTS FREEDOM MAY BE CUP WTTH BITTER DREGS"-So Mrs. Donald MXean, honorary president of the D. A. R tells Ed ward Marshall. Read startling interview in tomorrow's SUNDAY journal: , . , ' ' PHILApITHROPIES OF THE YEAR During the twervemonth. phil anthropic men and women have dedicated more than $150,000,000 to the; cause their fellow men. See story on Page 4 of Magazine NEWS REVIEW OF 1910 Important events' of the year reviewed in concrete form governmental unrest, election results doings of con gress, activities of famous men nd women, disasters of a twelve- .month, achievements of science, and aviation, etc., - , ' jpiTORiAL ;p.4G , NAL'S. editorial page will contain daily sprcial article of "l .' interest, v These articles will be run in series of sevens, each deahuj with varied subjects,, such as Seven Famous Beauties, Seven Histori cal Mysteries, Seven Literary Prisoners, Seven Famous Outlaws, ttu CET TOMORROW'S ISSUE Highest Tribunal' irv State De nies Rehearing to Men Who Woulc Stop Building of ths , Broadway Bridge! ..... UPHOLDS RIGHT OF CITY, , TO CONSTRUCT SPAN Shows Fallacy of Kiernan's Pleas to Defeat the of People. , Justice Will R. King. ' . - Broadway bridge obstructionists were . dealt another blow today when the state supreme , court, at . Salem handed an opinion through Justice Will B. King denying a . rehearing of the : case in which Frank K lern an - sought to pre-; vent construction of the bridge by the ' city. The oplnlqn .was .concurred In by all the members of the court - Justice iXlng reviewed, the, argument made in the., brief of ' B. B. ,' Dunl way, attorney for the ' obstructionists, at length, and reltaratedt the( former, opln- ' Ion . of the court, showing ' the. fallacy '' of the pleas advanced In. hope of de feating the. bridga. Attack' upon the ... initiative and referendum ' Jb repelled and the Oregon system of government given a new bulwark' of precedent'' by ! the unanimous opinion1 of the court.- Touching on the question of the right 1 of the city to build, the Broadway bridge through an - initiative amendment to the charter,' the court' Bays: ; f ' ,, t , Power of ' ITaniclpaiities, . , 1 "Our holding is thaV the state may, , by constitutional provisions, directly delegate to !munlctpallti(7and( powers which It through; the legislature, could ' formerly have, granted Indirectly.;- In Howenstine. against . McMinnvlUe . (109 Pacific, 81) we held such to be the ef- . feet of the- charter- amendments under consideration. ..' ' . , "All the prerogatives' attempted to be ; exercised ; by Portland . In the construe- , tlon of the Broadway, bridge could form erly, have been granted by the legisla ture and the power to provide therefor, having been delegated to the city by amendment to our organic laws. Is valid, , and the right to exercise'- such powers ' will continue until each .time as changed by general enactments of the law mak- ' ing department of our state, provision for which may be made by the legis lature by general laws, applying alike to all municipalities of that .class, or by the people . through . the initiative, by the enactment of either general or spe- v" elal laws on, the-subject'' t .;.''" """ ' - . TJpholds &aws. . , . ' , . ; Justlce'Klng discusses the attack made ' on the initiative by Frederick V. Hoi- , man,; late president of the State Bar as soclatlon, who complained that dlsai-"'' trous results may follow from the re peal of the people's laws by the legls- (Contlnued on Page Three.) :7