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.THE OREGON SUNDAY1 JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNING, FEBRUARY' 12, Wl. i COUNTRIES Ot TO BE ASKED Joint Congressional Resolution Gives President Invitational Power When $15,000,000 Has Been, Raised. (Br' thi International New Serrfe- - Washington, Feb..ll.-Hou Joint resolution No. 21S. authorising the pres Ident of the United States to invite for eign countries "to participate In the Panama Pacific International exposi tion In X1S at San Francisco passed the senate at 12:15 oloek today. Credit Ib due Senator Perkins for smoothing matters, in the upper house. He had forestalled amendments by Sen ators Swanson and Rayner by promis ing to take care of the celebration In Washington and the assembling of the fleets at Hampton Roads. . The resolution as adopted reads as followsr "Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in conrress asembled: , "That whenever it shall be shnown to the satisfaction of the president of the United States that a suitable site has been selected and the sum of not less than $16,000,000 will be available to enable the Panama Paelflo Interna tional Exposition company, a corpora tion organlted and existing tinder and by virtue of the laws of the state of California for the purpose of inaugur ating, carrying forward and holding an exposition at the city and county of Ban Francisco. Cal., on or about the first day of January. 1916. to celebrate the completion and opening of the Pan ama canal and also the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Pa elflo ocean, the president of the United States be and he hereby is authorised and respectfully requested by procla mation or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite all foreign coun tries and nations to such proposed ex position with a request that they par ticipate therein." . , The next step Is to secure the pres-. ident's signature, to the resolution. This will be done on Monday with ap propriate ceremonies. He will use a special, gold pen for the occasion. A duplicate copy of the resolution signed by the president will be taken to San Francisco by R. B. Hale, acting presi dent of the exposition company.- ; On Fifth Fall to Paas. Annapolis, Md., Feb. 11. One fifth of the midshipmen at the naval academy failed to past the midwinter examina tions. - The proportion Is about the sam as at the examinations of a year ago. Reapportionment Plans Many j and VariedOutsiders Fear Greater. County. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. 11. Not less than three different reports recommending eourses to be pursued upon reappor tionment are expected from the special committee appointed to take up the sub ject by Speaker Rusk yesterday. Mem bers of the committee are believed to be hopelessly at variance in their ideas on the subject. The members are Am brose of Multnomah, Graves of Yamhill, Peterson of Umatilla, Westerlund of Jackson and Derby of Hood River. - Ambrose expressed His Ideas itid those of the Multnomah delegation In the bill he submitted yesterday, giving Multno mah 18 representatives and eight sen ators, as well as a Joint senator. Just low he and the Multnomah men are not Inclined to compromise, and they be lieve that Multnomah is not only enti tled to this number because the county contains one-third of the population, but that they can get them. 1 Various plans are favored by other , members of the house, the total being probably not less than 29. All of them would either decrease the number of Multnomah and leave it as it is at pres ent Practically all the outsiders admit .that Multnomah is entitled to 18 or 19 representatives by. reason of wealth and !; population, but they do not believe It expedient to give the county Its Just due. "Multnomah would run the house." ..U the cry they have raised on this point. EI T HtnSr i'b- "Tho Present at- tUude of the house Indicates that Mit. circuit Judge. I The Multnomah delegation was split ' rTrt camfi ln thls afternoon ' all of tho members but , BIgelow, touts and Clyde favoring an rwAa"f T. mge- BIgelow and Clyde objected to the Increase of two tth"' J";0V,d.?d ,n the f,rst report made . by the delegation, and when the bill was .J!TtLS!Ck th do,esation they ' A01"'1 by Fouts ln thpr Potest !?.i..th?w?" not nd for ven one additional jurist. Ai?. atttu pt. wa made thl afternoon ' ?JJW?.Ji0UM adDpt the minority report, but this was voted down. Cole . minutes to ask that the majority report be adopted, and this was done. " J The attitude of the house appears to bs that a majority of the Multnomah tnan know best what the bench of the metropolis requires and that they should bs given what they desire in this re pect - EMBASSY BUILDING I BILL1 PASSFS SFMnTr ;; :V;VV.iA.i ........ vi.iin i b. Washington, Feb. ItThe senate this' afternoon passed the bill for the pur- Countries, to be occupied as the offices ALB TOPANAMA-PAGIFIC SAYMULTNOMAH WOULD RUN HOUSE MULTNOMAH MAY G 111 JURIS . enu residences Of , American representa tive. The bill permits the expenditure of $500,000 annually, but limits the cost of any embassy building, to 150.000. r, - DESIRES PUBLICITY ' FOR MEADE BRIDGE Greater South Portland Com " rcittee Seeks $2000 Fund for Its Campaign. At all enthusiastic meeting of tha Greater South Portland Bridge commit tee, held In the city hall last night, it was voted . to initiate an extensive publicity movement In the Interests of the proposed charter amendment for the construction of a high bridge across the Willamette river jtrom .Woodward avenue, on the east side, to Meade street, on the west side. Soliciting com mittees were appointed to visit all the big mercantile ' houses in the business districts of both sides of the river to raise , 12000. Improvement clubs and property owners will also bo asked to contribute. 'Everybody who will be benefited by the contemplated viaduct Is expected to give something. B. C. Jones and A. I Barbur were appointed to take charge of the solicit ing. Secretary Jones reported that he has ordered protographs of up river scenery and the residence and business districts of South Portland for use In a pamph let descriptive of the territory on both sides of the river to be served by the new bridge. Copies of this pamphlet, which will also contain arguments In favor of locating the viaduct on Wood ward avenue and JJeade street, will be distributed among the vbters. At Its next meeting the bridge com mittee will order an organization but ton made and thousands of these will be worn by advocates of the viaduct. The Commercial club has unofficially promised to assist In the movement to obtain a favorable vote on the bridge bond amendment to come up at the July electlpn. The amendment provides for the Issuance of $1,400,000 of bonds. The estimated cost of the bridge, ac cording"" estimates made by City En gineer Morris, is $1,232,000. The rest of the Issue will be used to buy rights of way and for other, purposes. The committee, before adjourning, adopted a resolution changing the meet ing time from 7:30 Saturday evenings to $ o'clock. Meetings will be held every Saturday evening in the council committee room at the city hall. Every person interested in the proposed span is urged to be present at these meetings. Captures Long Event in Final SprintBooth Second on a Foul. Running in fine form throughout the race and sprinting the last five lap. H. Barndollar unn tlm It rlnv mom. thon race which ended last night at ino loung Mens Christian associa tion. W. Booth was givih second place and S. Vanderlip third. In the last lap of the race Vanderlip stepped on Booth's feet causing him to take a bad fall and on account of this foul Van derlip was put back one lap. Last night was the record run dur ing the week by one lap, tho first two runners completing J.2S laps. The for mer record was 125 laps made last Wednesday night C. Kurtz finished In fourth place and H. .Mumford in fifth. In the last night's run Kurtx beat Mumford out by one lap, making 115 laps. The final night's. race was nip and tuck between the first three runners, first one taking the lead and then the other, until the final sprint was started. About a minute before the finish In this sprint Barndollar proved to be the fastest of the three, winning by almost half a lap. Kurtz is the only runner who fin ished the race who is not complaining of sore feet or legs. The distance run during the six nights follow: Laps. . 736 . 73 . 735 . 690 . 643 Miles. 80. 17-24 80 17-24 30 16-24 Barndollar Booth Vanderlip Kurts .... Mumford . 28 17-24 5-24 27 THREE NEW CONCERN'S IN BUSINESS WORLD Tsree eoniDanlpa filri nriiHo. nr in. corporation yestorday afternoon with v-uuiiiy viem rieias. xne 1'ortland Rub ber Culture company Incorporated for 150,000. The business Is to bo trans acted In Portland, and the object is to plant rubber trees i pas, Mexico. The incorporators -are J. A. Pettit, C. A. Whitmore, Charles B. Merrick, James C. Gibson, John Fellman and George K. Brice. The Stanfield Construction company incorporated for $18,000. The incorporators ar H. E. Allon, Daniel P. Smythe and Robert T. Piatt The National Brick Clay com pany Incorporated for $250,000. The in corporators are James H TWrTsM,.hnii. Frank Comerford and A. King Wilson. x n uDjeci is to manuiacture brick and tile. HAD NO HAIR CUT SINCE LEE SURRENDERED italtlmore, Md., Feb. 11. John Adams, a Confederate veteran 80 years old, who died at the Confederate home at Pikes vllle, served throughout the Civil war, enlisting at Alexandria. When Lee sur rendered at Appomattox, Adams made a vow that he would never again have his nair cut and never did. His hair ex tended far down his back. As he grew older, much of it fell out, and to pre serve that remaining, he rolled it into ringlets. It waa, put In curl papers every night hefora he retired. Though he enlisted from Virginia, Adams was a native of Maryland. , . , PORTUGAL RECOGNIZED IF ELECTION IS HELD Washington, Feb. 11-The republic of Portugal will be recognised by tfce Uni ted States when, the people by a gen eral election, or some similar means, present government ' Sueij is the' atti tude Of this nation, It was declared to day in response to the reports from' Lis bon that tho Portuguese revolutionists are disappointed In being unrecognized i thus far. . - - . ' BARNDOLLAR WINS SIX DAY no B. DEtA MUERTA HUSBAND ON A BIE SCALE, ALLEGATION Soldier of Fortune Believed to Have Seven Wives; Maybe 8 Authorities Will Arrest Him. . ' (By the international News 8erfic. , hoa Angeles, Feb. ll.An additional complaint - charging Bertram Da la Muerta, soldier Of fortune, traveler and linguist, with bigamy, u filed hers to day in Justice of the Peace Summer field's court. The complaint Is sworn to by Conrad I Btelnel of Hollywood, a brother-in-law of Miss Anna L. Muel ler, Who married the fugitive ln April, 1909. The complaint states he la not legally separated from Blanche Hall of Byron, Texas, who the offloers state is also a wife of Do la Muerta, whose true name, they assert, is Herbert Smith. Tho first complaint against De la Muerta was sworn to by Mrs. Her bert L. Smith of Eagle Pass, Texas. De la Muerta.ls believed to be ln New ITork ln company with pretty Mrs. Char lotte Pounder, whom he married here. The authorities claim she is wife No. 7. The authorities of New York have been wired to arrest De la Muerta. The catalogue of the alleged wives of De la Muerta, according to the authori ties here, follows: No. 1 Miss. Lucy 8. Smith, St Thomas, Canada. No. 2 Frances Downs, Atlanta, Ga. No. S Blanche .Hall, Byron, Texas. Nob. 4 and 6, residents of Cuba.' No. Miss Anna L. Mueller, Holly wood, Cal., and No. 7, Mrs. Charlotte Pounder of this city. There also may be a No. 8 ln Mexico. Mrs. Pounder is the widow of the late George Pounder of this city, and mar ried the fugitive after a whirlwind courtship of three weeks, s, Desperate Cattle Rustler, Fully Armed, Escapes From His Guards. (Special Dispatch to The Journal. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 11. The entire police and sheriffs force are on the lookout here tonight for Frank COnley, a desperate cattle rustler, who, armed with stolon weapons escaped from the guards and leaped from a train near Avery, Idaho, on which he was being taken to the penitentiary at Deer Lodge. The escape was made from a Milwaukee train Wednesday. Two posses made an unavailing search In the vicinity of Elk River, Idaho, all day after tracing the fugitive to Avery by bloodhounds. Conley appeared on Elk Kiver prairie Friday, half -drunk, wearing a faded red mackinaw coat, blue overalls and tasseled cap which he stole from a woodman's cabin a few miles back, together with a supply of ammu nition and two revolvers. Conley was recently convicted of cat tle rustling ln the lower Montana-Idaho border section and was being taken to Deer Lodge by an armed guard. He secured a room for the night at Elk River, saying he was an army engineer. Officers were then hot on the trail, but Conley left the hotel and disappeared before morning. The desperado has friends ln Spokane and It is believed he is headed for this city. L (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Spokane, Wash., Feb. 11. Mourned as dead, Fred Lozler of Spokane, alive and well, arrived here today, to comfort his aged mother, who has been grief strick en and in mourning since -Sunday, when the body Identified as Lester's was found floating in the bay at Belllngham. Lozler learned of the mistaken- Identity ln Portland two days ago through a story published in a street edition of The Journal on his arrival there from Sacramento, and lost no time in hasten ing home. Black crepe betokening the sadness of the family was already hung upon the door when the yodng man arrived. Lozier is the guest of honor at a joyous feast ln his mother's home tonight PATRONIZED ANOTHER; DOCTOR'GETS DIVORCE (United Prtaa Leased .Win.) Denver, Feb. 11. If a woman s physician-husband fails to cure her of rheu matism and she goes to some one else fnr treatment. Is that any reason why the husband should get a divorce? It Is, according to a Denver court. After Mrs. Jessie Rothschild became the wife of Dr. Samuel Rothschild, a year ago, she developed rheumatism. She pleaded with her husband to cure her and when he failed she engaged a Christian Science practitioner. Dr. Rothschild was so nurt mat ne sued for dlvoroe. : :'. In a cross petition Mrs. Rothschild alleged that her husband was cruel to her. He admitted it, but alleged that, whun his wife showed no confidence in his medical skill he was justified. The court held that he was and granted him a decree. PALMIST ARRESTED " FOR FLEECING WOMEN f, (United Pre Lraaed Wlr. Columbus, Miss., Feb. 11. Charged with fleecing a number of society wo men out of dl&mojids and other valua bles to the amount of $5000, J. B. Davis, a palmist, was arrested here this after noojtjrfts.poljice, deolejtoxulgftJUia manner in which It is alleged that Davis procured the valuables. Among those who claim they were swindled are Mrs. W. I Owsley and Mrs, W: C. Park. The I former , place, her losses at $400 and the' latter at $600 SEEK BAD MAN IN IDAHO WILDS MOURNED AS DEAD KS IN ON MOURNERS RISH V1LL HEAR FATHER BROPHY Dublin Orator Will Be on Hand for St. Patrick's Cele bra'tioh. The birth anniversary of Robert Em- mett will be fittingly celebrated in Port land this year with suitable exercises. William Munly, a . well known orator and authority on Irish subjects, will be the principal speaker, and Roger B. Sln nott will preside. The : entertainment will consist of music, oratory and song, and will bs held in the W.'O'. W. ball, 12$ Eleventh street,. Sunday evening, March 5, under tho auspices of , tho An cient Order of Hibernians. Ths commit tee ln charge follows: T. J- Murphy, chairman; E. H. Deary, D. W. .Lane, P. J. Smyth, T. Mlnogue and 3. Shane. . On Friday, March 17, the Hibernians Portland .will honor St Patrick's day Plth a monster celebration, to. be held in the Masonlo Templo Professor Good rich has charge of the musical program, which In part will Include a chorus of SO voices. Rev. P. J. Brophy of Dub lin, Ireland, will be the orator. Fa ther firophy was associated eight years with tho world-renowned temperance lecturer. Father Matthew. He Is also representing the Hibernians of Ireland in this country, visiting different branches of tho society, obtaining data in oraer to e able to give a detailed report of tha order In America. He will return home in the near future. At present Father Brophy Is in Her- mlston, Or., doing a little missionary work-under tho supervision of the Rt. Rev. Charles O'Reilly, bishop of Baker. ALLEGEtTfiOBBER HAS NOTORIOUS ANCESTORS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ' Spokane, Wash., Feb; ll.--That Pres ton Durbin. brought back hero from the coast to stand trial as an accomplice of E. H. Harrison and son ln the robbery of three men at the points Of guns at Harrison's poolroom, is the descendant of the notorious Durbtn boys, partners of ' Jesse James, is an assertion of the Spokane police. . The robbery of which Durbin is accused occurred lata In No vember, and . was the most cleverly planned that has been executed here in years. Durbin and the Harrison lad masked and heavily armed held up .Har rison's father's poolroom In the East End when only three steady customers known to carry considerable money were ln the place. The elder Harrison's re luctance to give the police a description of the robbers gave the police the first clew, and Harrison and son were soon taken into custody. Durbin is suspected of a number of crimes in other north western cities. Vengeance has been sworn l)y- the prisoners upon Mrs. Anna Cooper, who gave Important Information to the police, and tha authorities are guarding her place to prevent violence. Washington High Loses. - (Special Dln&atrh to The Jinmalt University of Oregon, Eugene, Or., Feb. 'v 11. The Oregon freshmen tonight defeated the Washington high school team ln a game of basketball by a score of 42 to 12, Special Foster's Ideal Crib The idea of a crib with a high head, foot and sides and closely spaced spindles was first suggested to us by a thoughtful young mother. ' 1 During baby's waking hours, mother's watchful eye guards him from' danger, but when he is tucked away in his little: bed her vigilance is relaxed. Yet there is still danger for the little one not old enough to care for himself. He may fall out of bed, climb out, or, what is worst of all, put his head through the spindles and be suffocated in his attempts to extricate himself from this, dangerous position. (M A PA As per illustration . P I UOU Large Assortment to Select From. OUR HOLIDAY AND JANUARY SALES have left a few must make room for our -spring shipment, which is en CENT, TO 50 PER CENT lower than regular prices. ...v, -stantial -ONE-YEAR- AHEAD OF COMPETITORS ALLEGED LAMPING STANDS IN SHOES OF 0. HAMILTON Investigators Find Washington National ' Guard's Funds in Bad Company Is the Marge .Made. (Special Plipatrh to The Journal. I Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. That former Adjutant General George ; B. Lamping misappropriated between ' 117,000 and $20,000;. that he kept no adequate roe.-1 ords of his transactions; that he Is in volved ln a $3500 shoe deal that has not yet be en explained; that the offi cers on, waiting orders have not been paid, and that the deficiency in the guard will be between' $40,000 and $50, 000 by April 1, the beginning of the fiscal year. Is the result of the inves tigation by thoLandon legislative in vestigating committee today. ' For the last week there have been several men from tha state board of accountancy on the guard's books, checking from the time General Lamp ing succeeded ..General Hamilton until the former turned over the office to General Fred; Llewellyn, And they made a partial report to the .committee to day. V ' ' '- "V The figures are not taken by the leg islators to mean anything other than General Lamping mismanaged the af fairs of the guard. It is known that he tollected $17,600 for what 1b called the "retained pay" fund, which was spent ln traveling expenses; hotel bills and for other purposes relating to the guard which were in no wise beneficial.- This covers' two years, in which there were two encampments and three parades. The idea of retaining 60 cents of the dally pay of the men originated with former Adjutant General Hamilton and Is not authorised by law. The osten sible purpose for collecting it was to give the men a little more comfort in dress and camp life than a strict In terpretation of the army rules would include. The committee so far has not been able to discover what Hamilton did with thernbneys he' collected, but Lamping does in a way account for his. The committee has been handi capped greatly by the fact that Lamp-lng-s books do not show in detail Just where and when the money was col lected and expended, and Lamping him self has not been a willing witness. - The committee has found that Lamp lng bought $3500 worth of shoes, the men to pay one half and the state the other. There is nothing on the statute books to warrant Buch a proceeding, and also no explanation has been made as to where this money went. Ten officers are on waiting orders and are legally authorised to draw $100. They have not been paid that, and there is no money to pay them. The state's accountant's check shows that Instead of a deficiency bill of $12,500 which the house refused to pass, the military af fairs committee should present one car rying an appropriation of $40,000 to $50,000, as the guard will be that much short by the end of the fiscal year. Gleasi-IJp This Week Beds Just Beds ARNOLD BELIEVES DAUGHTER BEAD Young Griscom Professes Ig norance But Say's He Will Marry Girl When Found. ' , (United Press Ltsted Wire.) ' New Tork, Feb. U.Francls B. Ar nold, father of the missing Dorothy, Insisted tonight that his daughter .was dead. "Mr. Griscom hag been pestered to death and-isJtlkely to say anything," was his comment on the statement of George C( GriscomJr In Atlantic City, that he expected to marry Dorothy, Loronso Armstrong,, counsel for the Arnolds, said he did not think the mys tery of Dorothy's disappearance would ever be solved. v Atlantic Clfy, N. J., Feb. ll,-Retter-itlng his declaration thalAe loved Dor-otiiy-Arnold and would marfy her when found, George C, Griscom, JR. whose name has been conspicuously linked with that of - the missing New . Tork heiress, tonight asserted that he knew nothing whatsoever of the girl's where abouts. "The first I knew of Dorothy's dis appearance," said Griscom, ."was when her mother called on me at Florence, Italy. I was much surprised at her expectation of finding Dorothy mlth me. I knew no more than I do now about her disappearance," Griscom declared that he was pot the author of a personal which appeared ln a New York paper today, reading: "Everything going all right You may expect to hear from me Tuesday. Junior." ' He admitted, however, that "Junior" wao the signature which Doro thy knew as his. MALARKEY BILL TO (Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) Salem, Or., Feb. 11. -The railway and transportation oommlttee of the house will take up the Malarkey and Fouts publio service bills Monday and commit tees from many of the east side push clubs will be heard ln the evening. Three of the members of the committee are understftod to be ln favor of the Ma larkey bill and it is expected that there will be a majority report. If not one unanimously in favor of it MAUSOLEUM MYSTERY BAFFLING TO SLEUTHS United Prase leased Wire.) Erie, Pa., Feb. 11. Chief Gilbert Perkins, bead of the squad investigating the deseoratlon of the Scott mausoleum, admitted tonight that prospects for an arrest are not as promising as they seemed early 'today. . Two men who were being held under surveillance, and who detectives thought were the ghouls, have been dismissed. BE FAVORED BELIEVED Ideal Guaranteed v Iron Btsds This handsome style Ideal Guaranteed Iron Bed, as illustrated, has large two-inch continuous pbst, finish in the very best enamel, giving it a porcelain finish. Regular price $16.50; Special this (g j Q gQ ODDS AND ENDS and broken lilies in our stock. -We route, therefore we are selling these at from 33 1-3 PER Avail yourself of . this opportunity to secure tasty and sub-r articles: ' - i CANAL DATETQ Lowers Cost to $360,000,000 Including All Appurtenances Urges Diligence in Preparatory-Legislation. i (By the International News Berrlce.) ' "Washington, Feb. 11. Colonel George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Pan ama canal said today i the canal would . be completed by September 1, 1913,, at a1 cost of $360,000,000. i. ' This is two years ahaad of all earlier estimates Af or compjetkon. of the canal and fully r $50,000,000 less' than -many engineers have figured as the total cost. Because of the early completion of the canaC vC6lonel Goethals urged the house committee on commerce to pre pare legislation under which ' shipping tolls for passage of vessels through the waterway can be fixed. President Taft has - made similar recommendations and bills for this pur. pose have been presented by Senator Flint and Chairman Mann of the house committee, each , of which gives the president authority to fix. or to desig nate someone else to fix. toll rates' within a maximum .- and minimum charge.' v-. T. Colonel Goethals could not say what would be a fair charge, but thought' $t per tern of a vessel would be a heavy tax on vessels using . the canal, but. would, give the transcontlnenal rail roads competition on freight from Kew York to San Francisco. f , i Lantern Slide Demonstration. Plans are on foot to turn the hall of the house of representative over to Colonel Goethals Monday night that he may give an illustrated lantern slide lecture on the canal, the progress of the work, the condition of the workmen the character of the work and descrip tive scenery in and about the canal. It is suggested such a lecture would facil itate canal legislation The cost of the canal, the machine shops at Balboa, the Pacific terminal the coaling stations at Colon, the At lantic and Pacific terminals and other supply stations are all Included in Colonel Goethals' estimate of $360,000, 000 for the entire cost of the great waterway. He also believes it will be possible to build a drydock within the estimated limit of cost of the canal. $10,000 DESIRED FOR PENINSULA HOSPITAL Ten thousand dollars is needed for the proposed Peninsula hospttal. Thirty thousand dollars has been raised. Six committeemen are now working to get the $10,000. The committee in chart;o or raising runas is maae up oi j. t. Nolta. Dr. Strawker, Dr. A. B. Stone, George C. Carl, William Reldt and "Wil liam Slnnott. A mooting of physicians of the peninsula will be held Saturday. At that meeting doflnl'te plans will be considered. $10.50 -THEHOME OF GOOD FURNITURE GOETHA n nnnifrn UVt5 SEPTEMBER.1913 I Li : ' 1