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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1911.
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IRREGULARITY IN
TRADE FEATURE OF
N SS FJ '
Repression and Lowering of
Profits Mark Period of Re
organization and Expansion
of Trade.
STATISTICAL STOBT OP 1911.
Value of agrlcul-
tural products. 8,417,000,000
4 Value of animal
products 2, 013, 000,000
Value of field
crops 6,504,000.000
Bank clearings.. 167,000.000,000
Exports of mcr-
chandlse 2,067.000,000
Building expend-
itures 126,000,000
Coal production.
tons 816.000,000
Labor strikers... 256,000
Nw York, Deo. 30. Nineteen hun
dred and eleven was a period of strik
ing irregularity in trade and Industry,
tout despite evidences of widespread
caution and repression, a fair. In some
lines a record, business was done. This,
It Is considered, was generally at the
expense of profits, which latter, rather
than the aggregate volume of business,
came in for widespread complaint. 11
. was a year of generally high commod
ity prices, broken, however, by some
remarkable extremes of movements In
staples, causing especial strain alike
upon manufacturing Industry and con
sumption, and eventuating in a les
sened volume of business and much idle
machinery. It was, furthermore, a year
of decided unsettlement, of intense agi
tation In some financial as well as in
dustrial lines, which for the first time
experienced the application of hitherto
untried methods of legal regulation.
Cool Judgment Controls.
These, at first viewed with decided
alarm, later lost most of their ter-
" rors, and with the passing of the year
tow: rd its close somewhat saner views
of politico-economic, questions led to a
perceptible improvement in general
sentiment For the purposes of a
trade review, indeed the year should be
divided Into two parts, with the first
eight months generally a period of dis
turbance, of short time in Industry, of
withdrawal's from savings banks, of
tariff revision and tinkering, of crop
1 . scares, of closely considered hand-to-mouth
buying and of slow collections,
while the last four months was a
period of some relaxation of caution,
of growth of more cheerful feeling and
of & disposition to look on the brighter
side of thl.igs.
. There were many drawbacks to trade
and Industry aside from real or fancied
obstacles finding their origin in new
complications of old laws. The weather
was not of the best. A wet, cold spring
restricted retail trade, and widespread
drought and excessively hot weather
from May to July damaged 'crops se
verely, cereals and foods for man and
beast alike suffering, this resulting in
smaller yields of and higher prices for
all crops but cotton, which because of
low prices at time of heaviest move
ment, showed a net return smaller
than has been realized from some
earlier crops far lighter In yield. A wet
harvest in the north seriously lowered
grades.
Tear of Varied Tendencies.
In 1911 "Wall street acted very much
the part of a weather vane, extreme
pessimism being visible at times, while
at other periods a disposition to view
things in a conservatively optimistic
light developed. With trust prosecu
tions hanging fire, the tendency was
apparently to fear the worst, while the
actual judicial decisions seemed to
bring an almost undue feeling of cheer
ful relief. The pressure was not en
tirely confined to the stock market,
gloomy views then reflected spreading
gradually to other lines and sections
of the country, but not affecting the
south until low cotton prices made
their appearance. Speculation, whether
In stocks or commodities, was closely
restricted throughout a large part of
the past year, but despite this, and as
Illustrative of the fact that capital was
not entirely prostrated, new stock flo
tations were of large volume, bonds
sold better than in 1910, short time
obligations were actively bought, and
the close of the year finds most stocks
higher in price than at the opening.
. cnal, money was easy, a reflection
partly, no doubt, of quiet in general
trade and speculation. Some idle cap
Hal, indeed, sought more profitable
employment abroad, where, by the way
the course of International affairs did
not run with entire smoothness.
Domestic Trade Large.
Domestic trade was large but not of
a record volume. Repression was in
evidenre in buying, stocks of goods
were kept down, and small and fre
quent rather than large orders were
the rule. Business was, therefore, per
haps, less profitably carried on. Basic
conditions appeared sound, however,
economies were practiced and credits
were not apparently overextended. Col
lections were made rather slowly, city
payments being easier than those from
the country; but, except in parts of the
northwest where past crops had been
deficient, and from the south, where
low priced cotton late in the year re
pressed both purchases and payments,
no real concern seemed visible. Wot or
mild weather retarded retail trade in
December, but holiday trude wus of
good volume.
Commodity prices justly cam in for
blame as hampering some Industries.
Thus, high-priced cotton and failure to
place goods made therefrom caused
much short time from January well
Into September. Later, uncertainty as
to the extent of thj decline hampered
dealings. Efforts to sell iron and steel
were not crowned with success until
low, perhaps coat, prices were reduced
In some instances. Then, however,
consumers acted promptly, and although
the railroads were out of the market
early In the year, their purchases of
jcars and equipment later on was a
"welcome support to the market Build
ing was quieter than in the preceding
two years, but still expenditures bulked
large in the year's operations.
Foreign trade made new records. Ex
ports especially were helped early by
lower prices for foods, and European
markets were reopened to our cereals and
meats, while iron and steel and cotton
. also swelled the balance of trade In
this country' favor. Later on low
prices for cotton reduced the favorable
balance Slightly. Imports, despite re
duced purchases of manufacturers' ma
terials, were only & shade below the
ll record. Ijkbor eame through the
year quit well, reductions in working
time rather than In wages paid being
,the chief characteristic The number
of strikes and . of strikers ' was loss
than Jalf those of 110. , The number
F
EOERAL
Kill!
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One Court Out of Existence;
District Court Adjourns
Until Monday.
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning
the United States circuit court for the
district of Oregon adjourned for the last
time. The court technically will not go
out of existence until midnight tomor
row night, but this afternoon Is a hol
iday and tomorrow Sunday, so that no
business was transacted by the court
after 12:30 this afternoon.
Judge Bean, after hearing a. motion
by Attorney C. 10. S. Wood, in' nn ad
miralty matter in the district, court,
announced that the United States cir
cuit court would iidjourn without delay
and that the district court would ad
journ until Monday morning at 10
o'clock.
Bailiff George Humphreys, who has
announced the opening and adjourn
ment of the circuit court for years, said:
. "Hear ye! Hear yel Hear ye! The
circuit court for the United States for
the district of Oregon is now adjourned
without day," and the court practically
went out of existence. The only ones
present at the obsequies were Judge
Bean, Clerk George H. Marsh, the bail
iffs and Colonel Wood. The last case
heard In the circuit court here was a
personal Injury suit against the South
ern Pacific, tried yesterday.
ISTANT
OF HOTEL ARRIVES
Julian M. Brownell, who resigned as
assistant manager of the Palace hotel,
San Francisco, to accept a similar po
sition with the Hotel Multnomah, ar
rived in Portlund last evening on the
steamer Rose City and entered upon
his new duties this morning. Thirteen
years have elapsed since Mr. Brownell
left this city to become the chief clerk
of the old Occidental hotel in the Cal
ifornia metropolis. In 1894 he opened
the Hotel Imperial and subsequently
became assistant manager of the Hotel
Portland under H. C. Bowers. Brown
ell was connected with the Palace Ho
tel company for many years and opened
the Fairmount and Palace hotels for
that corporation.
"It is certainly a great pleasure to re
turn to the Rose City ctftcr such a
lengthy absence, and I am fairly be
wildered at the growth of the city," he
said. "In all the west there is no more
magnificent hotel than the Multnomah
and the Institution is on a par with
either the Fairmount or Palace In San
Francisco. There can be no doubt that
the Hotel Multnomah will be a huge suc
cess from the opening day and is des
tined to become the center or social ac
tivity in Portland. Nothing wrll do
more to popularize this city as a con
vention seat and tourist headquarters
than the Multnomah."
ELECTRIC LINE MAY
TO
Corvallis will ilobably be connected
with the Oregon Electric by a branch
from the main extension now being built
to Albany and Eugene. President Carl
R. Gray has promised to take the mat
ter up for consideration at an early
date.
A delegation of prominent Corvallis
and Henton county citizens. Including
seceral city and county officials, called
on President Gray Thursday and ex
plained why they believed it would be
to the mutual benefit of the city, coun
ty and railroad company to give Cor
vallis physical connection with the Ore
gon Electric. It was Bhown that rap
Id development Is going on in Corvallis
and the surrounding county and that
such development can bo greatly stim
ulated by giving the city additional
transportation facilities.
A connection could be established by
building about six miles of road, the
Oregon Electric passing Corvallis within
that distance as now being extended.
The distance between Corvallis and
Albany is about 12 miles, with the Wil
lamette river flowing between the two
cities.
of those In business increased 'largely
during the year, but the number falling
was not greatly enlarged, and liabilities
in fact fell off.
One of the most notable features In
many lines of trade and industry as
the year draws to a close is the air of
conservative cheerfulness in evidence.
While there is testimony to this hav
ing a solid basis in actual Improve
ment already registered, it is plain that
some of it has had its rise in the feel
ing that there have been many worse
years in the countrys' past history, and
in the very apparent belief that some
of the year's doubtful questions have
been settled. It may be well, however,
to call uttentlon to a few cautionary
signals that are visible.
Presidential Campaign at Hand.
The coming year will in all probabil
ity witness an actively fought if not,
Indeed, a very exciting presidential
campalfrn, efforts by both the party in
power and that in opposition to play
politics and incidentally tinker with
the tariff, and it no doubt will see con
tinued efforts to put the anti-trust act
to further use in a legal way. Then,
too, present and probably future high
prices for food will constitute a bar to
fullest buying of the secondary neces
saries of life. Finally, the effects upon
consumption of shortened agricultural
yields, or, as at the south, of much
reduced financial crop returns, are yet
to be reckoned with.
On the other hand, it Is probably true
that under existing conditions neither
a presidential election nor a prospect
of tariff revision creates the feeling of
unsettlement that It formerly did. Fur
thermore, the basic facts cannot be ob
scured that stocks of goods are down
to hard pan; that any change after
two years of repression and of grow
ing up to the country's productive ca
pacity is likely to be in the direction
Of expansion; that money is and prom
ises to be reasonably easy, thus invit
ing new investment, and that new
crop prospects in the spring are a
source of possible stimulation. It has
already been found In several Industries
that given right prices an excellent
trade is possible of development.
There are problems still to be met
and solved, but the cheerfulness after
trial shown by the people at large au
gurs well for safe methods of trade
expansion, for saner views of possible
pquucai progress ana of legal regula
tion of business, and for reul national
conservation and uphullding la the year
to come, , , . ....... ,
ADJOURNS
AS
BUILD
ORVALLIS
Oregon's Population But Seven to Square Mile of Area,VPKQQZ
. - r- juUuuLOlu ML
Portoirf Claims About One-Third of People of Entire State
GROWTH OF RURAL
DISTRICTS iT IN
CUSSWTfflCITIES
Grant County Alone Shows an
Actual Decrease in Popula
tion, According to Census
Reports.
Washington. Dec, 30. The average
number of persons to the square mile in
Oregon was 7 In 1910, according to a
report of the census bureau on Oregon
population In detail. In 1900 the fig
ure was 4.3 and in 1890 it was 3.3. The
average number of persons' per square
mile for the United States was 80.9 In
1910. Multnomah county, with 451
square miles of area, has the highest
density of population, 601.7 persons
per square mile, while Harney, Lake
and Malheur counties have an average
less than one person per square mile.
The population of Oregon since the
first settlement is shown to be: 1860,
13,204; 1860. 62,465; 1870, 90,923; 1880,
174.708; 1900, 317,704; 1900, 413,688
1910, 672,766. The population or ron
land is given as 30.8 per cent of the
population of the state In 1910. Near
ly one-half of the increase in pulia
tion of the state during tne lasi ae
cade is credited to Portland.
Tn til. totals for the counties or ur:
egon some Interesting comparisons are
made. In 1910 Baker county naa ib,
076 people; in 1S90 but 6,764. Benton
county Is given 10,663, as against 8,650
in 1890 and only 6,706 In 1900. Clacka
mas 29.931 neoDlo as against 19,658 in
1900. Clatsop, With 16.106 gained 5890
in 10 years and Columbia, with i0-580
Increased to that figure from 6?37 In
10 years. Coos county, despite the lack
of railroads shows an increase from
8874 In 1890 to 17,959.
Over In central Oregon the figures
show different conditions. Crook county
had 3244 people in 1890, 3364 in 1900 and
9315 10 years later. Gilliam had 8600
In J890, 8201 in 1900 and 3701 In 1910.
Grant had 6948 in 1900 and shows an
actual decrease to EC07 in 1910. Mor
row was given 4205 in 1890, 4151 in
1900 and 4357 in 1910. Wheeler made
an increase of 41 in 10 years, from
2443 to 2484.
Curry county gained but 600 people
In the neriod from 1880 to 1900, when
the population was 1868. Ten years
later It had grown to 2044. Douglas,
with 19,674, had 11,864 in 1890. Harney,
with 2559, remained stationary from
1890 to 1900. actually losing one per
son; In 1910 the figures were 4959. Hood
River, a new county, Is given 8016. Jack
son had 13,698 in 1900 and 25.756 In
1910. Josephine hnd 487 persons in
1890 and 9567 in 1910. Klamath grew
from 3970 in 1900 to 8554. For 20
years Lake county remained stationary
at 2804, while in 1910 the figure is
4658.
From 6426 In 1870, Lane county
jumped to 33,780 in 1910, while Linn
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TO GET REPRIEVES
Morgan and Garrison, Sen
tenced to Hang Jan. 5 and
Feb. 9, Safe for Present.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Dec. 30. Although he had
no definite statement to make today re
garding what he would do in the cases
of Jack Morgan, sentenced to hang Jan
uary 5, and Frank Garrison, sentenced
to hang February 9, further than that
given out last week, Governor 'West said
today he would no doubt grant reprieves
until such timo as the people of the
state had expressed themselves at the
polls on the issue of capital punish
ment. JUBILEE YEAR IS HIS
(Cnlted Prem Leased Wire.)
London, Dec. 30. Ernest Benson, the
"Jubilee plunger," Is dead at Geneva.
His end recalls to Londoners the short
but spectacular career of the man who.
In the Jubilee year of the late Queen
Victoria, won fame by spending $1,200, -000
in ono year. Benson was brought
in a day from poverty to riches through
the death of a relative. His losses at
cards, race tracks and baccarat aver-,,
aged thousands of pounds a day. lie
wrote a book on "The Art of Spending
Money." In the year that his fortune
lasted he spent $100,000 on clothes, lie
probably would have died In abject pov
erty but for the fact that, apart from
his main estate, ho was bequeathed
pronsrtv which he could not touch and
which brought him an Income of $40
a week.
LETTERS THREATEN
POISONING OF WATER
SUPPLY OF ABERDEEN
(Rnerlal to Th Journnl.)
Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 30.
4 Letters have been pouring into
Aberdeen for the past few days,
' threatening to poison the water
4 supply, and to kill city officials..
4 They are supposed to come from
4 the I. W. W.'s. It is reported
4 that placards have been placed
4 In the larger cities of the north-
west, calling for 6000 volunteers
to go to Aberdeen to "uphold the
4 constitution of the United States
and the right of free speech."
4. No official confirmation has
p been received by Chief of Police
4 Templeton that an invasion of
4 the I. W. W.'s has been ordered
from St. Louis, although he ;
4 telegraphed to the authorities '
t of that city, asking definite in-
formation. . . . ., .
CONVICTED
MEN
PRIZE SPENDER IS DEAD
Density of population of
TOTAL POPULATION.
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NUMHK Of INHBlTlTt HN MUAM MIU
gained from 16.265 in 1890 to 22.662 in
1910. Lincoln has 5587 against 3675 in
1900. Malheur had 4203 in 1900 and
8601 in 1910. Steady growth Is shown
In Marion, the figures being 39,780 in
1910 and 27,713, and 22,934 for the pre
ceding 10 year periods.
The growth of Multnomah is remark
able. The census of 1870 shows 11,610;
of 1880, 25,203; of 1890, 74,884; of 1900,
103.167; the last figures being 226.261.
Polk county grow from 9923 to 13,469
against 3477 ten years previous. Tilla
HELD FOR FELOrtY
Must Stand Trial at Medford
for Taking Eulalie Hansen
to California.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Dec. 30. Charged with
child stealing, which is a felony , under
the statutes, Mrs. J. H. Adams will be
brought back from California to stand
trial In Jackson county. Requisition
upon the governor of California was
granted by Governor West today. This
is the first requisition for ,a woman
signed by Governor West.
The child stolen was Eulalie Hansen,
11 years old, daughter of Paul Hansen
and Mrs. Adams, his divorced wife. Paul
Hansen's wife, now Mrs. Adams, secured
a divorce from him in 1904, and was
granted custody of the child, but in 191
Hansen brought charges of wrong can
duct against her while she was living
In Portland and secured charge of the
child. The woman then married Adams,
and with him went to Medford, where.
It is alleged, Mrs. Adams enticed her
little daughter away Just before the
C ulifornia train was due and took her
Into California.
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Hurd Lumber Company's Bills
Being Settled and Plant
May Be Operated.
(Special to TM J,nmnl.t
Eugene, Or., Deo. 30. That the Por
ter Brothers, well known railroad con
tractors of Portland, will operate the
big sawmill and salmon cannery of the
Hurd Lumber and Navigation company
at Florenco is the belief here because
John P. Porter, a member of the firm,
In settling all the claims against the
Hurd company, which has recently been
in financial embarrassment. It is said
the firm will take over the property.
Porter Brothers own several thousand
acres of fine timber land In the Blus
law country and It is believed that they
will operato the lumber business on a
large scale after the Southern Pacifla
completes Its Coos, Bay railroad into
that section of the county.
riuce Poison tor Handier.
Lokevlew, Or Dec. 30. Joe Ambrose,
residing tin the west side of the valley,
is the latest victim of poisoning by
means of food. Two of his hired men
and Ambrose were eating supper when
they detected a sharp bitter taste In
the sugar. On examination it was
found that strychnine had been placed
In the sugar bowl while no one was
about the cabin. Dr. Smith- was called
and made sure of the presence of the
poison. , '
MOTHER-KIDNAPER
MILL AT F ENC
TAKEN BY PORTERS
Oregon by counties In 1910.
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mook Increased from 4471 to 6266 in
1910.
Umatilla Is given 20,309 people
against 18,049 in 1900, while Union coun
ty Increased but 121, reaching 16,191
In 1910. Wallowa grew from 5538 to
8364 In 1910. Wasco county was divided
during the 10 year period, yet the popu
lation in 1910 was 16,336 against 13,199
for the entire territory in 1900. Wash
ington grew from 14.46 7 in 1900 to 21,
622 in 1910, and Yamhill figures for
1900 were 13,420; for 1910, 18,285.
CLEANUP POUCY
Huntington Herald Compelled
After Hard Campaign to
Go Out of Business.
Huntington, Or., Dec. 80. The Hunt
ington Herald after 26 years of pub
lication has suspended. The Herald has
been the leader in an effort to clean up
conditions in this city. This resulted
In the withdrawal of advertising patron
age, which forced its suspension. At
tachment proceedings were commenced
against Its plant by the Huntington
Mercantile company and other interest
ed parties, December 27 In the local
court.
WITHOUT DEATH RISK
New York, Dec. SO. Discovery of a
way by which chloroform and ether can
be administered without the death risk
and nausea, made by Professor Charles
Baskerville of the chemistry depart
ment in the College of the City of New
Yorg today is a sensation in medical
circles here. The method already has
been employed in 6000 cases without a
death, but has not come into general
use. It is called "vapor anaesthesia."
The surgeon supplies the vapor of
the eleep producer through warmed
water. The gases in this way reach
the patient at blood heat, and the water
absorbs all poison. The odor so annoy
ing to the patient Is avoided by pouring
upon his or her face a few drops of
spirits of orange.
EXTRA PATROLMEN TO
KEEP EYES ON GRILLS '
FOR NEXT TWO NIGHTS
Special beats will be assigned 4
4 to about 60 patrolmen tonight
4 and tomorrow night In antlcl-
4 patlon of the New Year's cele-
4 bratlon. It is believed that rev-
elers will celebrate tonight, as
4 tomorrow night none of the
liquid refreshment establish-
ments will be open and that is
considered as an Important ele-
4 ment of the celobratlon. All the
it members of the mounted squad 4
4 will report tonight and tomorrow
4 night to Captain Bailey and will
4 te on duty from 7:30 until 12:30
4 o'clock and a half of the "emor-
4 gency squad" which has been on
4 special detail for two weeks will
4 be assigned to beats during their
4 regular hours of duty instead of A
4 patroung outside beats. Special
4 attention will be paid to the
4 grills tonight by plain clothes
4 men who have orders to arrest
4 all violators of the city ordl-
nances covering the sale, of
4 liquor to minors. .
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Municipal Association Sees the
Necessity of Smoke Abate
, ment and Lavatories.
The Portland Municipal association
has in a letter to Mayor Rushlight and
members of the city council called at
tention to two Important matters affect'
lng the amenity of the city, namely,
smoke abatement and publlo lavatories.
or comfort stations. The letter states
that it Is now time for the city authori
ties to take action on these two vitally
Important . subjects, and remedies are
suggested.
Following Is a copy of the letter:
"At the last meeting of the executive
board of the Portland Municipal asso
ciation, I was directed to bring under
your notice two matters affecting the
amenity of our city.
Smoke a imisanee.
"L Smoke Abatement: Within the
past three or four years the use of
wood for fuel has largely given way to
coal and oil, especially in publlo build
ings and for manufacturing purposes,
with the result that there Is a marked
increase in the smoke wbiah burdens
the city's atmosphere. The use of fuel
oil In particular seems to be accom
panied with a great deal of waste, cre
ating needlessly dirty conditions. A
few years ago only the faintest trace
of wood smoke was visible. Now, how
ever, a thick, black, sooty smoke of
coal and oil frequently hangs like a pall
over the city, and it dally grows denser.
"We believe it is none, too early to
adopt measures for the abatement of
this nuisance, as the longer it is neg
lected the more difficult will the prob
lem become. In many of the eastern
cities it has been practically reduced to
a negllblble minimum, while others are
battling with a problem too long un
touched. The Installment of proper
smoke consuming devices in furnaces
already in operation, as well as in new
buildings, can be enforced with eco
nomical results to the owners and much
added comfort to our citizens. j
"II. Publlo Lavatories or Comfort
Stations: With the exception of those
in some of our public parks, the city,
as far as we are aware, is devoid of
these much needed conveniences, and we
feel that steps should be taken at the
earliest possible date to provide them In
at least the more congested portions of
the city. In some of the eastern cities
these stations are partially supported by
small charges made for the use of some
of the rooms, and the revenue produced
Is emphatic evidence of the public's ap
preciation of the conveniences afforded.
"We respectfully suggest that your
honorable body take these questions un
der early consideration, with a view to
favorable action. Tours faithfully.
(Signed) "D. A. PATULLO,
"President"
T
ORATORS SELECTED
Ben Selling, president of the Oregon
state senate, obtained the first ticket
for the T. M. A. midnight matinee to be
given at the Helllg. Orpheum and Baker
theatres at 11 o'clock tomorrow night.
i Ha stood in line on Washington street
for more than two hours Friday morn
ing before getting the ticket.
Frank Coffinberry has been selected
as the orator for the T. M. A. at the Or
pheum, Cal Hellig at the Helltg and
George Baker is expected to orate at
the Baker theatre.
-As a usual thing all the shows In
town leave for the south at 1:30 o'clock
In the morning following the last per
formance, but this year arrangements
have been made to hold all acts that
are required to make the midnight mat
inee one big hummer.
Music is going to be the big thing at
the Orpheum. Director Bettmann of
the regular orchestra has gathered 30
musicians to Jingle a fond farewell to
old 1911 and shake the rafters as 1912
comes in. Mr. Bettmann started out
with 25, but he has secured so many
French horn players, oboes, saxaphones
and extra fiddlers that he announces
80 players, and he has the entire force
of ushers at work writing music.
The doors of all the theatres will open
at 11 p. m. and the curtain will go up
half an hour later. Every show in the
city will be over by 1:30. Arrange
ments will be made with the street rail
way company to run late cars on all
lines for the accommodation of patrons
of the matinees.
CASE GOES TO' JURY
Orovllle, Cal., Dec. 30. Accused of
the murder of little Helen Rumball
while she was triced up to a scantling
In the attic of her home at Qridley.
Arthur Lewis, brother of the child's
stepmother, probably will know his fate
before night.
After a hard fight between attorneys
over the summing up of the case the
Jury took the matter at 11:15 o'clock
today. The greatest Interest Is ex
pressed in the result of the trial and
the courthouse is crowded to hear the
verdict.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S
METHODS ARE SCORED
Methods employed by District At
torney Cameron In setting criminal
cases was bitterly denounced yesterday
afternoon In the circuit court by At
torney C. E. S. Wood. The speaker said
the "office of district attorney does
not have the dignity of a 'doll's house,'
and that system and fair deaillng are
two unknown features with the state
officer." Attorney Wood ' was before
the court concerning the trial of 13. H.
Rohles and Charles Mathews, two
young men arrested upon a charge of
forging names to the referendum peti
tion to the University of Oregon appro
priation bills. The district attorney
wanted to try Mathews first. Attorney
Wood asked that the two men be tried
together or that Rohles be given the
first hearing. The Judge ordered the
cases reset to take their place as they
naturally come on the docket. . , v ,
Moods of 67 Not Those of 30. -Seattle,
Wash., Dec, 30. Confessing
Her inability to adjust, herself to the
varying moods of. a husband aged S7.
Mrs. Louise V, Behner, aged 36, asks
the' superior court for a divorce on th
ground oX Incompatibility. i
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SETTLED IN WEEK
Already 474 Men Given Jobs
by City and Several Hun
dred More May Go to Work
at Early Date.
One thousand men, approximately,
hav In three days applied for work at
the city hall. Of this number 474
were given Jobs building the road to
Mount Tabor park. Two hundred and
fifty who came this morning were told
to return Tuesday and more work would
be furnished.
Hearing of the effort made in Port
land to give work to the unemployed,-
Seattle interests, it was reported this
morning, had been furnishing transpor
tation to Portland to a large number
of that city's unemployed. Thirty were
reported to have come In together last
night. The unemployed problem in Se
attle is said to be much more serious
than in Portland. These with the
floaters who have no intention of re
maining In the city or securing per
manent work, have been told to "move
on."
There will be an Interesting and pic
turesque sight this evening at the city
hall when the nearly COO men that have
been given employment will line up to
get their money. The mayor has ar
ranged that each man be paid In silver,
rather than by the usual warrant This
Is fot the purpose of giving coin to
those who want to buy food and fuel
tor their families.
Frcblem Boon Solved,
The giving cf employment Is being
ry to Mayor Rushlight The city free
employment bureau is cooperating in
giving work and finding employment
to as many as possible. Those who
have work in clearing land or any oth
er way are requested to report to the
free employment bureau, with the as
surance that men will be supplied at
once. With the beginning of contract
work on sewers Tuesday, it is believed
that the problem of the unemployed in
Portland will be practically sofyed. The
contract work provided in contracts let
yesterday will prevent the Immediate
exhaustion of the $10,000 fund appro
priated by the council.
"Fully two-thirds of the 250 men who
applied for work this morning," -said
Secretary McCord. "told me that they
had been In Portland less than a year
and that they had been attracted here
by advertisements published in eastern
papers giving promises of work to
great numbers of men at high wages.
In view of their unemployed condition
it seems no more than right that wo
should Insist that advertisements call
ing for men not be issued unless the
work is definitely provided for."
To Build 17 Sewers.
Places for another detachment of the
army of Unemployed men in Portland
was created by the city executive board
yesterday when the board awarded con
tracts for the construction of 17 sew
ers. El wood Wiles, lo whom 14 of
these contracts' were let, said today
that he would have employment for at
least 100 men. Applications for work
on the contracts may be made at the
office of the mayor. Mr. Wiles having
requested Secretary McCord to send
him men who need work most.
Mayor Rushlight and the members
of the board were assailed bitterly by
a delegation of workers from the O. W.
R. & N. car shops for not providing
more police protection from the strik
ing machinists. The spokesmen of the
delegation said the strikebreakers are
being subjected to dally abuse. Mayor
RushHght told the men that they
should take their grievances to Chief
of Police Slover, who has been given
full power to act.
The board adopted a resolution di
recting City Engineer Hurlburt to pre
pare plans and specifications .for a un
iform system of lights to be installed
thorne bridges.
Certificates of acceptance for a num
ber of paving improvements were sub
mitted to the board by the city engin
eer. These, including pavements on
Vista avenue and Glenn avenue were
approved.
A
Appeal of Harley Davis to the civil
service commission yesterday for rein
statement to the position of patrolman
brought up a question involving a pecu
liar point of law that has never before
presented Itself since the city adopted
civil service rules.
Davis was appointed on the police
force March 13, this year. He did not
report for duty until March 20. Sep
tember 20 his dismissal was recom
mended by Chief of Police Slover, who
did not make formal charges against
the patrolman for the reason that lie
believed Davis" probationary period of
six month3 had still one day to run.
Under the regulations of the civil ser
vice a city employe can be discharged
at any time within six months after
his appointment without the necessity
of formal charges being filed.
The police committee of the execu
tive board gave Davis a hearing and an
proved the action of the chief In dis
missing the policemen.
Davis then appeared before the com
mittee a second timo and he told them
he had been dismissed illegally for the
reason that his probationary porlod
had expired September 13, whereas his
dismissal had not been ordered until a
week afterwards. Investigation estab
lished the correctness of this claim. Yet
the police committee did not know what
to do. Davis took his case to the civil
service commission yesterday and the
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members of the commission declare.
that they did not know what procedure
to follow. It appears that Davis has
a good court case if the city authorities
refuse to restore him to duty.
Song Writer Sent to Prison.
lUnlfHd l'n- t,eHl Wire. I
Moscow, Doc. 30. M. Morosoff, the
well known author and scientist, who,
while starving a long sentence in the
Schuesselburg fortress on a political
charge, wrote "Songs of the Stars," has
been remanded to prison for the -work. ,
He says his reason was only saved by
his studying the stars through, bars
of his cell.
f - Manslaughter Verdict. ; a
( (hilti'ii 1'ri'iw Ijeutfi Wlre.V )';,
Redding, CaC Deo.: 80. The jury In
the case of Daniel Fleming, a state rail
road policeman on trial -here for the
murder of George Vallier of Tacoma, to-
day brought In. a verdict of manfclatigli.
ter after 12 hours', dellboration; Sen
tence will be pronounced next Wednes
day. : - .''
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