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PORTLAND,--OREGON.' MONDAY .. EVENING, ' NOVEMBER 20, 1911 -EIGHTEEN PAGES. VQL.X. NO. 221. Dttrti : Txrr imwi on thaims wd trews TRIPLETS! Strong Man of China lililU bidders rush SEATTLE'S BROKDI WATER PIPESILL SOON BL7 REPAifiED en VE m FOR PRIMES IN BEAR STATE III '12 iv.''.;.-.'-..r-viv1v'v;t.i.;,-...,.::,.;..v;.u i BONDS: HIGH : RATE , Despite Recent Ruling of Gov eminent .Heads, Issue Is v Greatly Oversubscribed Lowest Premium 2.58. ; ' SHARPSHQOTERS"GET SAD DISAPPOINTMENT Large Number of Small Bids , Received; Ladd-A niton; Get Majority of Issue. , That Portland's credit" rests on too firm a foundation to bo shaken by any thing ' ahort of a financial earthquake was clearly ahown today when tha waya and means committee of the. city coun cil recommended- tha aal of - $337,405.03 worth of public Improvement bonds at a higher average premium 'than thia kind of bonds have brought' before- in recant year. , Tha high regard In which city securities ara held by lnveatora fa all tha more remarkable In view of tha recant ruling of tha United Statea au thorities that' Potrland - Improvement bonda ara not. direct obligation on tha city, Widespread publicity was riven to the fact that the government had atrick en Portland off the Hat of cltlee tha Improvement bonds, of , which could be taken aa collateral for" loana made by the postal savings bank. In ' aplte of thia' the Issue sold today waa over sub acribed nearly JTlve tlmea and three dif ferent bidders submitted tenders for the entire lot; " , All of the bonda brought a, premium of at least 2.5S per cent and one block of $100,000 brought a bid of .0 per cent above par.'-.;'.'; - . '.. -.' , Following the announcement Saturday that the i government had' eliminated Portland bonda aa collateral for- tha postal savings bank, a number of sharp hooters among the local brokers, be lieving the. announcement would have the effect of weakening .-, the de mand, aubmltted ridiculously -low bids v ranging - from - par - to - s-10 . of one per cent premium. - The sharpshoot ers got nothing for their efforta, how ever. '. -V-,, :- .'" ir: :-' A feature of tha sale this morning was the number of amall bids received. This abowa that the people . who have -small amounts to Invest are beginning to realise the opportunities offered by city improvement bonds. . " h - ! With the exception of a few thousand dollars worth, the bonds - 'were all awarded to the local banking firm of Ladd ft Tllton. ; The bank, submitted seven blda for the Issue. The bids fol low; Thirty-seven thousand four hun- (Contlnued on Page Two.) YnilNR WALTER BURNS v AlUinMfiVAlP .L Popular ' 'Member' of Portland's r Younger Society Set Taken Into Custody In New Haven for' Par ticipatlng In Wrecking of Theatre. (Special ta The Jenrnal.l - New Haven. Conn... Nov. 0. -Walter J. Burns Jr.. of Portland. Or., a Yale . -freshman, ia under arrest charged with being an active participant In the Hy .period Optja Houae riot Saturday night, when the aons of Old Ell wrecked the theatre's Interior and put; Mile, tiaby Des Lya end' her company to . flight Elgh tother; Yale ' undergraduates are under- arrest, on . the same charge. - Gaby Des Xys. who Is held ' partly V responsible for the dumping off - tha throne of Portugal of King Manuel, nea from: Sheer fright,; her. famous pearls dnrllfiv In a mami fr hr ftlridk. Her The row came with the defeat of the Tale Xootball.; eleven by the Princeton ARRESTED FOR ill team, ne moo erowaeo on n iwno, battered - at the actresses' . dressing i rooms and 'In the auditorium tore up aeats and other furnishings. They wera .'- finally driven from the opera 'house by a stream of water from the fire hose Several dismissals probably will , fol- low.-.',;.j.i'iy-.;:'.'1,t,;-.,-.'.,y:,v vv . Burns Is the son of Walter J. Burns, resident partner of Balfour-Guthrie Jk Co, while here he was a popular mem ber of. the younger society .set l ! (T:nltrd Pmu'fMwil Wire.. ' Columbus, Ohio, Nov. SO. The' Na tional Grange nasociatlon adopted reso lutions .Indorsing the Initiative, refer endum and t recall. ' The progreealvea wore -. victorious, i forcing ' through a unanlmov vote vindicating B. C. I-ftgloy of - the' Washington-' atate grange of charges made by Samuel HU1. MILLIONAIRE ROOTER PAYS LIFE AS PENALTY iI'hIIim! Cr-w I.ra-1 -r,.l Rockford, 111., Nov. ZO. Ovcrjsoaloiis rooting at the Mlehlnan-Wlacontiln foot ball - game at Madlxnn last Saturday, rausrd . the death., here today' of Harry Korbes, millionaire ' iron manufacturer, according to his physlr'.n. Forbes whs attacked shortly, f ti ie Btthi with a severe Illness to whi J a finally sue cumbed. It Is- bollevei 9 tut ovt-r xm tion caused a blood clo -.n his brain. N A VE MWM. BY NATIONAL GRANGE Yuan 6hl Kal, who recently was re s' called to .' the t premiership by the " Imperial government, after being dismissed in 'disgrace three) ears DESPERATE BATTLE AT HANKOW. MAY HEAVY LOSS Rebel Recruits Gather at Can : ton Preparatory to Joining , . Revolutionary Forces; Mas- sacre Report. Confirmed.- ; - " (United Freer teased wire. Vs- 4 ' Tien Tain, China, Nov. 30. A desperate battle Is In progress at Hankow. It la reported, here that the Imperialists have suffered heavy, Josissp,' &r. "Wi . TOklo, Nov.' 10. Unconfirmed report here are that a company . of Amerloan marines have landed at Che Foo, where a force of Japanese troops landed on Chi oeae soli -Saturday; a j ;'.' Shanghai.': Nov. ; SO. Afore than ) 8000 rebel recruits are. rnobUlslngv today at Canton preparatoryto Joining the revo lutionary . f orf es now before Nanking. The rebel attack: 'on NanKing wnicn was expected, yesterday has ..been de layed owing to thV.dlscovery that the potltlonvand torce's , of .the; .Imperialists were stronger than th rebel leaders had been led to believe. lt is probable tnat the rebels .will ..delay . .the .general . a sault until 'their . numbers 'are so in creased ; a to . remove jail danger ; of ', a JUindon, .Nov. 10. Confirmation of re ported massacres of ' foreigners at Haian Fu, China,' was received today In messages to the Exchange -Telegraph from Tien Tain. .The number of vlcUms Is . not stated. - If oat ' of . the ' foreigners there are English and Scandinavian Bap tists. Apparently the rebels are respon sible for the outrages, they having re- ; Keports of a massacre of French mis sionaries In the Lolos , territory, in South Ssechuen province, are uncon firmed.. It Is believed, however, : that Intervention by the powers cannot much longer be delayed. .' J.rt.x When it comes to taking a hand In the Cnlnese .situation, there la grave danger of friction between the European powers! v, England ; suspects Japan and Russia, believing. . they , have secretly agreed to the partitioning of China to the exclusion of the other nations. Japan landed troops at Che Foo, Satur day, and Russia has been secretly mo bilizing her forces in eastern Siberia In preparation. It. is believed, for a clash . (Continued on Page Two.) MAI' LOSE THEIR CHANCE TO GET : IMMEDIATE RELIEF . 'rl-TTmm: Attorneys Do Wt Appear in Court ; ' as Expected, BorTrtal Probabl "Win Proceed " Wednesday De . fendants Held in $30,000 Bonds. ' (United Pn- Icd Wire ) Washington, NotfJ S0.-The beef pack ers' lawyers i failed to appear before the United Statea supreme court today in the expected attempt to avoid going to trial In Chicago. As court adjourned thia afternoon for two weeks, the pack ers htivo now-ho opportunity to obtain relief at this Juncture of the case. l.So the trla,l,jnow before the United States district ' court In Chicago, will proceed. The postponement until Wednesday announced by Judje Carpenter waa not argued, the judge ordering the continu ance, without a motion, to that effect having been submitted by the govern ment. ."4 ,.";.' W:-).'. ! ?. ' ? : PHndlng the opening of the trial the defenduiits were ordered held In 130, 0()0 bonds each. ' The srovei-nment expeots that lh defense will demand separate trlala for ench of the, 10 defendants. It la stilted that' J. Ogden' Armour, who was absent last week, will not attempt to - follow his colleagues' course. BEEF BARONS UlWILlU) It i W1 Despite Fact He Believes Cali )i ifofnia Progressives Could H Swing Solid Delegation, Will ; s I Advocate Law. , SAVSjHPLL GIVE ALL ' , , i,' 'EQUAL OPPORTUNITY All Talk of'Debt to Taft" De dared fo Be "False Quan- I'.;- v Vtity.' , . 'I . (mi ted Tress leased Wire.) : ' ' ' ' ; Sacramento, Cel., Nov. Jo. Declaring thatC as at present " situated, the pro gressives are in full control in- Call. fornU'and could with no- trouble send a. full La Follette delegation- to ihe Re publican; national' convention,' Governor Hiram Johnabn today. In a statement to the .United Press, deolarea the progres sives will. forego their advantage and that (he will lncludy In 'his caH. for an extra sesaton the demand for a nmii. dentlal primary. - (!""'" Following Is Governor Johnson's sum ming up, of the political 4 situation, in California and his declaration of . the actlqn he and his fellow progressives w'-t taWf . V ' ' vVJ-frniM;-- i" 1 "The direct priihary law given us 'in 1999- contained a Joker designed to con tinue and perpetuate 191 J the power of the old Southern Paolflo machine. Thia provision was that the countv con ventions . which - should be selected in liiO- Bhould.be called: together Sxjaln In WW, . and " these ,'' county conventions should select delegates' to a state con vention, which ; in turn should choose delegates to : the national ; convention. Of course, at the time of tha tmetm.nt o the law in ,180s tha Id Southern Pa- cuio- political- machino looked- forward confidently . and ' complacently to the usual result In 1910 .by -which-It would eon trol most" of the' county ' conventions and the state convention as welt. C .... VrogresstTes ta Control , I "The political revoluOon of W10, how ever, : upsiel the pUns of those who- had done,our. politics fdf"ua for'so' many years, and the progressive wing Of the Republican party, after its extraordi nary victory in the , direct' primary of 1910. found itself: in possession not only Of the nominations, but; of f the party (Continued. on Page Two.), LEHIGH RAILROAD HELD iBiiliEi tS '. .' t -MM f'V.f iX . DEFECTS WEE KNOWN Inspector Says Company Was' Cog . ntzant ' of. the Character of Ball That .Ctused Disaster at Man ;. Chester, - Txero ' 29 Were Killed. V (United Jm Uar Wtn.1 T i Washington, . Nov.. 2 O.-trThe - Lehigh Valley; rallroadUs held responsible for the Manchester, N. T.,: wreck, in which It perse s were killed and 62 Injured, In the report of Chief Safety Appliance Inspector Hiram Belknap, submitted to tha Interstate; commerce commission to. day. He eald: -, f -.' -t--rThe company is. cognisant of. the faot that, defective rails, ara in service, and also - of the character . of the rail causing the disaster, ; as evidenced by letters -of Instructions to subordinates, which are now id the handa of the com mission." ,.-.,'... -. .)..,',-;; VIEW OF WATER GATE X m XQ i eft. ' Manchu - soldiers '' rccoutly lnassacred iho city and then turned loose a -i.it,' SB Cavalrymen, Go. to Laredo, .Texas, Under Orders to Ar r rest Mexicans Who : Spread ' Gospel . of Discontent. .': ,Waahington,lNov. 20. "The an4y, In Texas has found abundant .evidence of preparations for a .revolution? 1ft Mex ico and .the - strictest tigllanceJsLi4)e lng' maintained.":' declared rOenera) Leonard Wood. , chief of .staff -'of ' the United Statea army,- today.'-; "The civil authorities at. Laredo have been 'asked to seise all arms and ammunition found there. The aituation does -not warrant tbe mobilisation of additional troops on ine ooraer.T - San Antonio, Texas, Nov. JO-Ordered to arrest all revolutionists and enemies of the Mexican government airing their opinions on American soli, Troop . X, Third United States cavalry, under com mand of Captain G. . B." Conley, arrived here today enroute to Laredo.- - The re nmlolng troops of the Third", cavalry and possibly the Fourth ara expected to follow Troop L -.- - :, - ;. Maderlatas here- declare that, the:' ar rest of General Bernardo Reyes nipped the Beylsta revolution In the bud, and they do not expect further trouble from that Quarter. ' . '" .:?:';. i si-- .General Reyes today appeared, before Federal Commissioner Edwards and fur nished $5000 bonds for his appearance before, the federal court at the next terra. ' .He Is charged with fomenting a revolution within the territory' of the . . (Continued on Page Two.; . . . OUTSIDE OF WALLED CITY - - - - --vv ? ';:. "A 1 i r.. thousands of tho Inhabitants of Nanking. The Imperial troops sacked tho helpless inhabitants, slaughtering men, women and children. ALASKA HER HANISHE Leading Business Men Declare Plan to Put on Line of Boats " : Would f Aid Portland and Alaska, Too.- ?XS;?:J: -. ' Portland business men generally, are strongly of the opinion that how ia the time Portland should establish a steamship : line to Alaska, backed with sufficient' capital to insure - steady service and competently managed so as to be a financial success. -With few exceptions prominent busi ness men interviewed by The Journal are strong believers in the need for a Portland-Alaska line and think it would not only greatly extend 'Portland's mar. kets but would, upon the opening of the Alaska coal fields, furnish Alaska with her best ' ooal market They believe the reciprocal advantages would be marked on both sides. ;f Some of the opinions . expressed : fol low:- v ''. --... -, Jay Smith, manager Marshall-wells Hardware Co. There Is no doubt but that a regular steamship service . be tween Portland and the northern Alas ka ports , and Yukon river - territory would -be of great - benefit to Portland Jobbers and manufacturers and would also be a caving venture. We have been working on the establishment Of such a line for a long time : and any time the business men of this city come forward with a proopsitlon to finance a new line we are willing to do our share. "We figure we could have done 1100, T (Continued on Page Eight) . OF NANKING, CHINA -j - i v - yi J) GET EVEN' POLICE RAID ON CHINESE PR0VESAF1ZZLE Police Commissioner Coffey's . Squad f'HoIds SackTin'Vain While Sleuths Scour Town; flayor Had Better Luck. , The all engrossing toplo of conversa tion. In police - circles during the past few days has been' the rivalry displayed between Mayor Rushlight sad Police Commissioner Coffey; as - engineers of raiding expeditions In Chinatown. In cidentally there is a story of a raid that flashed in the, pan, the telling of which brings smiles to the mayor's ad herents and tears to - the followers of Coffey. ; '' . "-. "V: . :;.: It is said that Commissioner Coffey was extremely chagrined varly -: last week when the mayor sent a squad of plain clothes men Into Chinatown and seised 2 oriental gamblers and $500 In money from the gaming tables without having acquainted the police commis sioner 'of the impending raid. The ob ject of the mayor's raid, It la reported, was to ahow that Police Captain Bailey has failed to stop gambling on his re lief. . Coffey, it la said, , decided to "pull something "without; saying any wing to tne mayor,-'1- y Accordingly, the police commissioner With great secrecy gathered a squad of raldera and secreted them in the door way of the Medical building., Whllo the squad was kept in readiness two de tectives scoured Chinatown to find some gambling , game Jn operation. Bulletins of the search were dispatched frequently to an office wherein sat the police commissioner awaiting Impatiently for news, upon the receipt of which he could lead his squadron on the gam blers." The waiting plain clothes men waited and waited, but the scouts found nothing. '. Police Commissioner' Coffey la said to b disconsolate, The mayor aaya little. He displays no. anger that his appointee did not see fit to confide, '.t's all right with me," said Mayor Rushlight today, "If Mr. Coffey directs a raid. I have given him free rein and am only too glad whenever he exercises his authority. There Is plenty to do for ali.--.vl want to break up this graft and corruption and so does Mr. Coffey." REGARDED AS CERTAIN ' (United Prns tossed Wtre.l . Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. It la predicted here today that Samuel Oompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, and his fellow officers, will be reelected b:" large majorities at the con vention. This seemed to be the general opinion r.t continuation of tha seasions here today. . -J:'i .i-vvv,...- A hot" fight on the floor will be pre cipitated tomorrow, when the Socialists' resolution demanding Oompers" resigna tion from the National Civic federation will be adversely reported on.: It a oe. lleved . that either Richmond, Virginia or P.ocheste. N.iT.t will get the next convention, and that the 1918 gathering will bo held In San Francisco. . BODIES OF SEVENTEEN RECOVERED FROM MINE ., - - - - j (United Pri UiM Wlre. Blueflelds. W. Va.. Nov. 20. Seven teen bodies were removed today from the Vivian mine near Welch. Four men were recovered alive, but In sro critical a condition that they may die. GOIfERS REELECTION With Flood in Cedar River Go ing Down, Gangs Hasten Repairs to Trestle That Car ried Washed" Out Mains. ',-,.4 : EMERGENCY SUPPLY WILL LAST A WEEK WITH CARE Pierce County Streams Also Go Down; Those East of Cas cades Still High. . v r;u. f --'H " 1 Snerlt to Tli Jonrn.l.V - j- Seattle, t Wash., Nov. 20. With" the city water pipes at Cedar river broken- by. torrents, Seattle Is facing a water famine. - However, the sltuatlon is more encouraging this morning as late re ports are that the flood Is receding and that repair fangs are rebuilding the trestle which was washed away and ca which the pipes were laid. ' - The trouble ia laid to the Mllwaukeet Irallroad, which when building Its tracks changed the course of Cedar river from, which Seattle gets its supply. Thia weakened the bridge on which the wa-t ter pipes were carried and this structure was washed out, displacing the supply pipes. This alao broka the pipes sup plying the turbines with water for run- nlng the municipal light plant Last nlht all the city lights -went out but temporary arrangements have been made with the Seattle - Tacoma power com-, pany for light ...-, ' Bom Districts 'Waterless. It may be several ' days . before th water supply is restored as the repair men are hampered by high water. For the present the city Is securing water from tha local reservoirs In which are 100,000,000 gallons In storage. Wit a economy this will last a week but reel dents In the Intermediate service dis trict, supplied direct from Cedar river, will be without water In the meantime. City officials are urging economy. To this end the water has been shut off from the .hydraulic, elevators and street sprinkling haa ceased. t Ths city's powers plant Is 44 miles away at an elevation pf 154ft feet and the water, plant ts- tS miles distant, at an elevation of S46 feet. Stampede to Quit "genton. . j . - Early'cporta were to th effect that the city's Cedar river dam had given away, but this was erroneous, the trou ble beine- due entirely: to : flood condl- tiona This canard - caused consterna tion st.Renton.lt milrt south of Seat tle.'. A tremendous torrent or yeuow water swept down the valley, frightening;-the residents and causing a wild tamnede -enhanced when alarm signals were . given by tho fire bells and tho coal mine siren wnisiie. - ; : A telephone message irom v-eaar mountain that the water had risen three feet in a few minutes lentcelor tO the report Or ine Brown nam, Jia (Continued on Page Nlne. TO -PLAN IN ALL PHASES Thousands of Representatives of All - Classes of Financial Institntions . Gather Jn New Orleans Mone tary Reform toBo Discussed. ; ISpeolal to The Jnornsl.t . New Orleans, L1L, - Nov. 20. -Several thousand bankers, ... representing all classes 6f financial institutions and every state in the union, aasembled In New Orleans today for the thirty-seventh annual convention of tha American Bankers': association. There seems to be more than -usual Interest centering In the convention this year, this betrjt evidenced by the fact that the. attend ance l the largest in the history of the association's annual gatherings. ' .Currency reform will be the all ab aorbtng topic of discussion at the gener al ; sessions of the convention. It Is expected the v association will express Its formal approval of the plans, which presumably the national monetary com mission will recommend .to congress at the expiration of the life of the commis sion next year. That every phase of the Aldrich plan for monetary reform win be considered Is evidenced by the list of subjects assigned the various speakers. The prominent speakers at the con vention will Include Cengressman Ar sene P. Pujo of Louisiana, Paul M. War burg of Kuhn.; Loeb & Co.; New Tork; George M. Reynolds, president of tha Continental & Commercial National bantc of Chicago; Benjamin String Jr., vice president of the Bankers' Trust com pany of New Tfork; Joseph O. Brown, president of the Clttxens National banic of Raleigh. N. C; F. J. Wade, president of the Mercantile Trust company of tt. Louts; James B, Porgan, president Of the First National bank of Chicago; C. Stuart Patterson, president of the West ern Savings Fund society of Philadel phia;. Frank B. Anderson, president of the Bank of California, 8an Francisco, and I P, Padgett of Columbia, Tctui. : . n'ni"1 Vrt" . ! Wlr New OrU-ans. La., Nov. 20. New YorTc delegates to the American banking con gress here are. congratulating thci---selvea on being 'alive tclay, followl:--: an accident la which tholr special tim i was almost, wrecked lnt nlht. The train was ruslilnK h-. t n lrU i 90 miles from ew oii cars sod.lenly left the ni were susrwl''1" 'tir lviii-i feet above the,, water, bii.I train tiarrowly -il l'-' after them. The t-nx'.na-r u caution, coaxing thu cars I. track. BANKERS COMil CONSIDER ALDRICH