11 Li) COAST TEMPERATURES 5 A.M. Today.' Bols Ram tonignx t BSSttlS . -. . ,,,. ... 43 Bpokan . . . . . . , , . . . . , , . . . , . . . . ,. . . 34 Ban rranoisce , U, . . .... ........ 4a Portland t.;..... 54 ; Jsoaebnrf ......................... S3 Sunday; brlik south erly wlnda.' t . PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING; JANUARY lV 1012 TWO SECTIONS, 20 PAGES ; PRICE 'TW6I'"'CEMT3 '' txJI!wmncIT2 1 VOL 1I0.2C3., O". 'A Y. V vV A ;:'T,NJ I A. Nsl.-A V i v , 1 -- SI V.I V" I V A V I r. V a. .. . -fc. GTER, B'i, SCU1ES O'JER UtinOGKED SOUTH JETTY, ! AIID, PICliED UP, TURflS TURTLE aptain, Wife,sDaughter and Crewll t in All Are Safe; - Wrecked Vessel Is a SLumber Cmi bor to ' taneeiat -4h jrouraaS.1 i'f . Astoria.. OrV Jan. lS.-Tb Admiral N ank at - o'clock. Captain Wtcklund . lett with th Ufo m&ving rw at 7 a. v,-. and rMoued th allom. from tho Jetty, '. part of -whom wr on on !! an4 tha rmalnder on the ahora aide, f The tu Wallula put line aboard at o'clock . but waa tmaucceaafuL the Admiral turn ing turtle. . They had to lot o tha i veseel la ow drifttn toward Peacock " Spit. About o'clock Captain Bender, wlfemd jMttlo son war taken, off on ."to horo aide Of th jatty.SJ'.V. it i CiA.ir rorrfln Wlklund threw a line icro tho openlna-. of tho Jetty, . aatabllshed oreechea ouoy ana orougni ' the rernatader of the crew orer afely. "When the Admiral truck the Jetty V there waf hlgrli oouthweaterly al, - arMmiuniMi or hutt run auu nun eaa. 'I, ",, ' , "v '' Fort 'etOTtns,' Or JTan. lS.-Tho four r - tnaited achooner Admiral tore through K the nnrocked portion of tho toutlj Jetty thla' morning at ,7 O'clock a. m. The "" . captain's Wlf and child and a s part , of the crew ara w t Twrt.'Stevena, The bat !' beached on t Sand . laland. Three tug and -llfeaavlnar. crew from "K Fort Canby and Fort Bteven ra ren-doling- - all possible aaalatanoe. Part - xne ' Grew - ptqjvd w .ifcuvr vu f the Jetty. - They cannot. oe reaoneo BAHIA IS.SHELLEDBY ; TROOPS; f'ENTY SLAIN . , CCnltd freM Lei4 Wlr. i Buenos Ayras, Jan.; H---Twent per iston were killed-and1 not leas than 109 seriously wounded at Bahla, Braail, to day, when tht elty was shelled by fed eral troop under command .of General Setero Menese. ;:Th : clash resulted ' from a eonfllot between the federal gov ernment and the states -of the republic, prompted by the refusal of the Bahla authorities to accede to habeas corpus orders . Issued by a; federal Judge In " favor of Demdcratlo leglslators.t r t-- t Oenerad Meneie attacked the legis- latur. and battle lasting three hours . followed.'..; Many government building, It Is reported, "were destroyed. . , ' Rnmor Says' Humphrey Chosoa. (United Press Lessed Wira, H , ' ., Crawfordsvllle, Ind, Jan. 11. A. ru mor which could not b confirmed. Is current ; her. ' that ' Congressman Humphrey of Washington is to be ap pointed United : States Judge of that state. Humphrey Is graduate of "Wa bash college her. - .'.-" "-. Modjeski Refuses to Recede From His Position Holds Rail Type of Bascule Best Obtainable FIVE -JOY RIDERS DIE ' AS HUGE AUTOMOBILE DIVES INTO RESERVOIR SkWUng Car Neap Trenton, N. X . , Dashes Oven am. Embankment Car- ft' rylng Passengers to Quick Death; ;' (tralted ftea teased Wles.1 Trenton, - N. J.. Jan. IS, Five per- son are dead and a sixth probably will -. die as the result of an automobile accl dent.on th River road, three miles from Trenton, early today, when a machine . driven by Frederick: Foster crashed over an embankment and through th Ice of the frosen reservoir. tThe dead are; Donald Reed, son of former State Su preme J u stlce Reed; Chester Van Cleef, Helen Mulvey, Margaret Ttndall, Sarah Hetser. '..,:;k-?w.ir;f -.Jir , Foster Is In a precarious condition as a' result of exposure, his clothing having been frozen so stiff to his body that it , waa necessary to cut it away. - f Th party was "Joy riding." Round lng a curve on the River road, the auto mobile wheels skidded in the snow and - Foster loet control of the machine. The -car disappeared under the Ice with all " (Is occupants. '. - -. - - Foster managed '- to escape from be neath the oar. He climbed to the reser voir bank and found the others had van- Ished beneath the Ice. 'Running to the home of liouls Smith, he gave the alarm. At the time be reported the accident he said he did not know the girls' names. Two of them were Identified when their oodles were recovered. The body of Sarah Hetser pf Haiti more wa the last of th girls recovered. Bodies of all three slrls show contor tions that Indicate the victims made a desperate struggle for life. The bodies of Reed and Van Cleef have not yet been . Seccvered, :'t. -i-,-, ,t'T4.'i' "'i'v -5?,- mm yet ; The crewg- are -trying; to reach tbem' smith- lftboatfi.f1 it-in (" " Turning turtlo while - In tow of , the Port of Portland tug Wallula off the Columbia rlTer Jetty, the American four inaated echooner Admiral la supposed to be a total wreck, according to a reptrt ant to - the Merchant' Exchange by the Port of Portland at - IS., o'clock. There were said to be three men aboard at the time but they were .supposed to have been picked up. - - At I o'clock this morning the weather bureau observer at North Head reported to Pistrlct Forecaster E. A. Beals that the Admiral waa In distress south of the Jetty off Tillamook Rock. ' He later reported that the- schooner fiad been abandoned and that Captain Bender and his wife had got ashore at Fort Stev ens while seven or. eight men of the crew were still on the Jetty where they landed. " Preparations were being mad at . the time by the llfesavlng crew to rescue them. The report stated that It was raining and that a dense fog hung over the sea at the mouth of the river with the wind blowing .a gale of 41 miles from the southeast The Admiral was out 44 days from Valparaiso on her way to Grays vHar bor to load. She was of 60S tons net and was , built at .Korth Bend in 189, her home port being San Francisco. She was 171.4 feet Idng. S4.S feet beam and had 14 feet depth of hold. She carried nine men. i : .'. .' - '. ... :v , - -' or . fCslted Ptess Imm4 W1r.t' " Paris, Jan. 11. Germany has Its eyes on-almost the entire central portion of Africa, according to stories circulated here and It 1 publicly stated that Por tuguese colonies will be the first to -fall to Germany. A well known Portuguese writer claims ; that ,. the deposed king, Manuel, was eager to turn over Angola to the kaiser for German support In. re gaining hi lost throne. The Free Congo would come next It Is thought CAPTAIN'S MOTHER . . . MADE UP. SHORTAGE ' , Vallejo, Cal.. Jan.- IS. Prisoners re leased from . Mar Island naval prison say they have received all of the money Captain Arthur J. Matthews of the pris on marine corps la accused of having taken from their fund at the time the former, military, prison warden disap peared. ' Matthews' mother, it Is said, sent th S2000 shortage from the eaat Sh sold her property, it is declared, to pay th released prisoners. ENGINEER EXPLAINS ADVANTAGES Of RALL BASCULE FOR BRIDGE Mayor to ; Call Committee Meeting " Tuesday to ' Settle) ' Controversy; Modjeski -Would Submit , Argu ment In Writing to !TJounlttev.'.v' A Standing on hi reputation as ' on of th foremost bridge building axperts of the world. Engineer Ralph Modjeski de livered a Quiet but -dignified ultimatum to Mayor Rushlight this morning when he told the mayor that he would not recede from his position-of advocating the Rail type of rolling lift bascule a the rimat efficient and economic draw span that can be used for; the' new Broadway bridge. "'.'-'Engineer t Modjeski declared that he. had ; given long and careful consideration to all the bids sub mitted for the construction of the su perstructure, and that he believe it will be for the beat interests of the. city to select the Rail design. : He fureher stat ed that he would be unwilling to take any Issue with designers of rival baa- oules, but that if. the mayor and bridge committee of th executive "board de sires It he will submit an argument In writing to th committee, explaining hi position.'..".-'.' liJ-;-"'?----.:.'-,V'-V- -V-'.- : :: .i;; ' Modjeski waa due In Portland Thurs day night, but hia train was delayed SS hours so that he did not arrive until this morning. - . - . ij-.v, ? ';' lie sought the mayor. Without delay and as soon as he bad been admitted to the mayor's office be took a seat and remarked, ."Well, I am at your honor's dIsposaL"-,'v :',:.':"...; .', : t'.;...-. , , , Adda 100 Per Cent to Efflolenoy. I have asked you to com here," said the mayor, frankly, addressing ths eminent engineer, "to give th bridge committee eome .information a to how you arrived at. 'the conclusion which makes, the bid for the superstructure .(Continued on lag Three. ) CONTROL CENTRA mm KAIS SHOPE Kill Fill Willi ICEfiS AS THEY- CARRY. LOOT Three Cracksmen Shatter the Vault of tho State Bank of ; Newport, pal., Get, Away f With Little Coin., ? 1 CITIZENS! AROUSED - -?-' BY LOUD EXPLOSION Pursuer Is Shot In Gun Battle as Robbers Escape in ' (Cnited Press teased Wire. I Newport Beach, Cat,' Jan. IS. Three cracksmen early today blew, the safe of the State Bank of Newport and escaped with a small sum after a running bat tle with cltliens , during which one of the bandits was wounded .and Bradley Kerable, a fisherman., was shot twice In the back and perhaps fatally wounded. Bills of large denominations were scattered about the streets by .the ban dits, who In their flight dropped a bag Into which they had crammed gold and bills aggregating several thousand dollars..;-;:, '.:.;.:..:' .)::: v .- , The cracksmen shattered', the bank safe with nttro-glycerln shortly before S o'elock In - the ' morning.- Working rapidly, they gathered practically the entire -content of the vault and rushed Into th street before they were Interrupted..- The detonation caused by the explosion rocked the entire village and within five minutes a dosen citizens, armed : with - shotgun, war " on the Streets. .., y-, .-. iij-c-. -William - Hall. . a-, saloonkeeper, over took ths cracksmen as , they were at tempting to reach a buggy they had left at the edge of the town. He ex changed more than a dosen shots with them, on of th trio falling, apparently badly wounded. One of the bandits, carrying , his ' ' wounded : companion, reached the buggy, while the third mem ber of - the party engaged - Hall In a desperate gun duet -- While the fight waa tn progress th men In the buggy disappeared In th dlrecttonv of tIxngiBeach..7TThV 'third man- fled to the bay end escaped In rpwboat i ixy: -,';:". r.-.-i;w;,rt:J -&s$ Kembl was shot while pursuing th robbers, . suppasajdly ' by-a-iharg-from Hall's gun, when he crossed the range of fir.. He was takes to a hospital la Santa Ana, where . two wounds In his back -wer' dressed. ' ... .' . "v- That, the ' robbery' ws carefully planned Is evidenced by the fact that the cracksmen had out all telegraph and telephone wires into - Newport v Bleach. They also slashed th tire, of Cashier W H. Wallace's automobile, in a garage in the rear of the bank building. -. -J The bag of money dropped by the bandits was taken in charge by Cashier Wallace. It , was r a noa , bag of the variety used for feeding horses and bore the mark "XB, Los Angeles.' : ' . The safe of the State Bank of New port was dynamited four year, ago. and more, than . S1000 stolen. The county authorities believe that the same men "pulled both Jobs, v The genera) store of William McMul len, where the postofflc Is located, waa entered last night and a small sum of cash taken from the drawer. Th post offlc safe was not molested. Police Kept Busy Picking Up Half. Frozen Unfortunates on- Streets and -Bushing Them, to Places of ' Shelter; Snffering Is Intense. Chicago, Jan.. IS. Eighteen deatha from the cold within the last U hours were reported here today. Three suc cumbed in Chicago. Two Were frosen to death at Hammond, Ind.; three at Fargo, N. 0.; two In northern Minne sota r one at Valley City. N. D.. and six In northwestern Texas. ' , , - The coldest place tn the United States last hlght was Arcadia, Wis,, where It was 68 below. . i New Tork, Jan. . U.-r-Zero weather struck New Tork today for th first time In many years. At :80 o'clock this morning It - was five below sero, and at S a. m. the mercury had rlson only, three degreeav:, ..-''v:.:;,;-; ;-'v;,ys Accounts of the suffering on the lower east side when the mercury falls have been written time and again, but tho extreme privations of the poor in this blast of winter no one could fittingly describe. Deaths from cold and starva tion ar hourly being reported to the po lice, even the morgues are crowded with shivering and poverty stricken human ity trying to get warm, and every hall way and area grating where there is a breath of heated air today Is crowd ed thick with th flotsam ef the slums. Every effort of the municipal au thorities Is being given over : to block the grip of cold and starvation .upon ths" sufferers, i Police regulations are practically suspended, . and the blue coats, Instead of looking for law vio lators, are Searching the alleys of . the poorer sections, picking up those' un fortunates who fall and rushing them to shelter before they perish from the lW '' V'' : : v""':;' -v r-'r.."V"-J. GOTH ITESSHIVERING WITH MERCURY BELOW ER MUCH SUFFERING c A MUCH - 'I' ' iTmRtSV" TAILOR' EXPERT, PINflNCIflL PRESSING REPAIRING-. Weather Forecaster1 Issues ' a Special'Bood Warning- River to Rise to 1 9 Feet by Tuesday, Says Beals. - ; - . With leaps and bounds the river here Is on-lts way to the flood stage and, by noon tomorrow It Is expected . to reach a stage of 18 , feet 'at which time some of. th lower' docks ,wlll be. submerged At' 8 o'clock .this, morning It was at a .stag of ,11.8 feet, having, risen 2.8 feet , in the 11 hour,- up to, that time. Rainfall averaging half an Inch in th Willamette valley-during the past 24 hours together with the mild temper, ature which has melted the snows In the higher places tributary to the Wil lamette, have oaused the river to rise again very . rapidly, according to Dis trict Forecaster E. A. Beals. He Issued a special flood warning this morning to all Interests along th river her and advised those who have to move under 18 feet to get ready, and those that are affected up to 17 feet to move Imme diately. - SUs for Three Bays, "The Willamette river at ' Portland will rise rapidly for the next three days," says Mr. Beals, "reaching a stage of 14.S feet Sunday, 17 feet Monday, and between 18 and It feet Tuesday." A special report from Jefferson, on the Santlam, which empties Into the Willamette between Albany and Salem, gave a stag of 15. S feet which is a rise of four feet In the last Id hour up to 10:30 o'clock this morning. It was still raining there at th time the report was made, River readings at important stations on the Willamette river this morning were as , follows: v -?"..'.,. Eugene flood stage, 10; height In feet, 17.S; change In last 34 hours, rise of 8.7; rainfall In last 24 hours, .46. - Harrlsburg Flood stage, 1 height In feet, 12.1; change In last 24 hours, rise of e.l; rainfall in last 24 hours. 1.10. Albany Flood stage, ; 2; height In feet, 16.8; change In last 24' hours, rise of 8.2: rainfall in last 24 hours, .84. - Salem Flood stage, 20; height la feet, 17.2; change' in .last 24 hours, rise of 4.8; rainfall In last 24 hours, .09. Wllsonvllle Flood stage, 87; - height In feet, 22.4; Chang In last 24 'oours, rise of 1.6; rainfall in last 24 hours. .62. Portland Flood stag 16; height In feet, 11.1; Change In last 24 hours, rise of, 2.8; rainfall In last 24 hours, .37. - f. Socks Under Water Tomorrow. . " The first docks to be affected by-the freshet . Will be - the Ash, street dock and the Alaska dock, both of which are caught before th flood stag e of IS feet Is reached. . They will be under water tomorrow. Other docks , ' which are higher are making , preparations to get their f Might oft and those where it ha not already been done can do so at a moment's notice. .j, , . , Th weather bureau has notified Albany and Salem of the prospective rise," said Mr. Beals,,. "giving the stage at Albany aa SO feet and not less than 28 feet at Salem in the next 24 hour. Th highest that has ever been recorded at Albany was SS.S feet in 1881. In 101 there was 80.4 -feet; In 1S0S, StS feet and In 10 there was SO- feet" - The last winter freshet here was on January 20, 1911, ,- when the river reached a stage of 16 fert The last one of any consequence waa on March S. 1910, with a stage of 1. feet SENATOR P0INCARE PREMIER OF FRANCE 'a.''".''.'.'"-,. '.' '' , 1 : ' . . :''' . Paris, Jan." lS.-Foilowtog the decli nation of Theophlle Delcasse to form a cabinet. Senator Raymond Polncare to day accepted the premiership of France. In case Polncar falls In his efforts to form a workable cabinet It is probable that former Premier Brland will again Jake the rein of power. ' - . ' mil IS MLY GLIMBfNG UPWARD TO FLOOD STAGE 'i ., --i- ' 1 - - - w NEEDED ALTERING 1 1 i ... I i II .'.xt h i h ' t. i. . m a si w .a a .m i -v 1 . iu. i .1 . . 1 " ' : nt, THE SLEEVE ' : - rt' - ' V EVENED UP fl . ILT- ; VW ii, ' mjtkm, 11 -in ISLAND B URGED BY HARBORMASTER ..n - ' ., )MBMsaMSMBlBSl' )' - . ,4fJ Elimination of.. Bar to. Free -.1 Passage of Jpcean and River ' Craft Needed, Says Captain Speier; Report' Filed. . Th Immediate . removal r" of '. Swan Island In th lower harbor Is' the. most Important recommendation made by City Harbormaster J. Speier. In his annual report filed In th city auditor' office today. .i,, '.(..-:.x t : i: , . . . Th report contains detailed statistics of PorUand's harbor, these having been ordered by the council for th benefit of the dock commission. It shows that th total value : of domestic - exports irom the naroor in mi was 110,875.968 and the total value of foreign exports was 89.791.226, a total of more than S20.000.000. i, . , "In view of the Increased shlDoinx that will necessarily result In the open ing of the Panama canal," reads the re port and the necessity of having a harbor large enough to handle vessels of all types and sixes, the. removal of Swan Island seems to be sn absolute require ment for t the future welfare of Port land commercial interests." ,..;' . Tata of Imports.'" ' Portland Imported during the fiscal year ending June SO, 1911, foreign com raodltles valued at S2.662.41f. . These Imports . Included- tea, : coffee, burlap, bags, tin, rice, sulphur, tapioca, toys, iron, malt . liquors and various other commodities. Th dutie collected by th United States customs . department amounted to 819,1(1.76. Foreign exports included wheat flour. lumber, fish, cotton and cordage to the total value or 89,791.226. ' Foreign wheat shipments In 1911 were 7,748,630 bushels valued at !, 669,628. '' '; r-s :::: : , - Foreign flour , shipments were ' 748, 078 barrala, valued at S2.951.180. ' -' Foreign lumber, shipments were r72, 691.929 feet valued at 8824.810. '- ' . Coastwlae shipment of - lumber were 188,168.187 feet, valued at 81.446,345.- Coastwise . wneat shipments were 3,143,736 bushels, valued at 32,669,919. Coastwise flour shipments were 239,- 678 barrels, valued at 31.461,868..-. Imports were maae irora it roreign countries. - - :- - Exports were made to IS foreign coun tries.- - -:. ';.,...-' ... r... '" - ." '--!-. i' - ...The number of vsela entered In the harbor from domestic porta waa 912. The number of vessels cleared from th harbor for domestic ports was 787; . ."'"'-' JSlghteea' Vessel Entered, -.;r The number of vtssel entered from foreign port was 18. Th number of vessels cleared for foreign ports was 86, Of the domestio imports '. received there were 17,497.411 barrels of - fuel 11 and petroleum products. The report shows that the harbor pa trol boat Elldor made 2860 miles during the year.1':' The patrol service saved 18 lives. It kept- explosives irom being transported through the harbor on gas oline launches and prevented them from being stowd on dock.. ';!:,';';.;' Caotaln speier . recommenas tnai an sewers emptying, into the harbor be tween the harbor lines be extended so that' the openings will be submerged at th lowest stag of the rlner. ' He reoommend tnat a looaout station and office for the department be placed upon the new Broadway bridge and that a -suitable landing stage be built and moored "at r the foot ' of Stark street Captain Speier was assisted in gather ing the immense amount or aata or which the foregoing Is but a brief re sume, by William Souls, a . well known local newspaper man. , . f ...... ,J p H H "' tni'iiwi .in "iii 'i mil' ' ':.' .j ?i"l Noted Clergyman Dies. , ' Paris. Jan. IS. -The Rev. Df. John B. Morgan, rector of the American church of the Holy Trinity, died her suddenly Aoday pt .' .. SisSiral Nearly Two Days of Question ing. Fruitless; prospective Jurors Say They Can't- Be lieve Morris. .' After spendlng-all of yesterday after noon and this morning in fruitless ques tioning, the selection, of a jury In' th case-of ! Louis J. Wild Is aa .far away In " Judge Kavanaugh's , deparjmen.t Of the circuit court as when ; the lawyers first began- to ask. their Intricate ques tions, i .;'?.:';;'.:..;-"..;.- -.'-.'-.t. Practically six hours In all have been consumed In th examination of . three men-and starting th examination of a fourth, and no on eligible to serve on the case of Wilde has yet been found. Curiously enough, the three men dis qualified were not excused because of any opinion they bold concerning the guilt or innocence of Wilde. ' AH of them, went-down and' out because of their opinions concerning, W. Cooper Morris, cashier of the defunct Oregon Trust A- Savings bank, who is Jointly accused with Wilde of -embenllng $90,- 000 from the bank. ' Wouldn't Bellev Horrl. L. D. Nash, chief engineer . of . th plant -of tha - Union Meat . company, at Kenton, after being passed by the de fense for cause disqualified himself by declaring that i' be... would -' not . believe Morris under oath, under any circum stances, a to anything he might say. Morris becam at once the big issue in the case when the -examination of talesmen was begun. It is a necessary element in the case' to. prove Morris guilty of the embezzlement of the money before Wilde can be found guilty of aid ing him In the crime. The defense an ticipates a ; plea of guilty ' by Morris. and under, those - circumstances it. Is necessary for a JurokvJn oret to'.aual lfy, to say that, he . wlIL not regard Morris' plea of , guilty as - conclusive proof that -he Is ln fact- guilty. - ; Just why it should he necessary to produce further proof of a man's guilt after b admit guilt proved to be the most difficult thing for prospective Jurors to understand,1 The men first questioned declared they would believe w. uooper aiorris goiny n ne pieaaeu guilty.. v b, : :,."' -i ;",''.', 4". -;,V It was explained to them that as Mor ris Js principal Jn the present case on the'1 charge of - embexalement. while Wilde is only accused of ; aiding and abetting In the crime, It Is necessary to prove Morris guilty as principal be fore Wild can be guilty of helping him.; That it would be unjust to Wilde to ' permit,' the guilt , of Morrl to :- be proved merely by a plea of guilty by Morris was next explained. but the jurors were Strongly Impressed with' th idea, that If Morris pleads ' guilty hia plea would be enough for them. . , ; ?'"... Wild O004 Sftunor;.,:1.;::';;' Judg Kavanaugh told tb jurors they hould have proof of Morris guilt be sides a plea of guilty in, considering the question of Wilde'-guilt. H aatd the Jury must find Morris guilty inde pendent of a plea of guilty. . Mr- Wild occupied a seat In the court room alongside his wife.- some -10 feet back of his counsel. He Seemed In good spirits, and smiled broadly when- on of the, talesmen said he would not be lieve W. Cooper Morris under oath. With Mrs. Wilds were Mrs. C. E. Sumner and Mrt u W.' Poor, both of 6an Diego, friends of the Wilde family. The court room was again packed today. ' -' . Nearly the entire force ot th district attorney's office is engaged in the proa- eoutlon. In addition to A, K. cirk. the special prosecutor. . At the state's table aro District Attorney Cameron, . Mn Clark and Deputies Fltigerald, Collier, Page and Dennlson.- This leaves only Deputies Mlchelet snd Hennessy not en- r&ped In- the case. For tn defense are (Continued on Pag Three.) SOIHIPAK IS GETTING MY TO EfffER ASTORIA Proposed Route Said to Run Trom Bristow," Or., Along ik Salmon Berry Creek and the Necanicum to Seaside. GOES THENCE TO CLATSOP PLAINS AND TO'COLUMBlAi Absorption , of P. R. &;N. by Harriman Road Makes In- vasion Possible. ' 4 ' 1 .,.. v. (Speelsl to The JonresLl . . '' Astoria, Or- Jan. 18. That th South ern Pactfio raltway will begin active construction , on a Un from Bristow, Or- on the Lytle system,. to 8easld and Astoria with the coming of spring, is declared here among . persons - whose word there is no apparent reason to doubt' For three weeks this fact has been known to' six men and Informa tion has leaked out sufficiently to cast doubt on denials of the proposed move. Surveys were' made several years , a go, but wer considered, abandoned. . This and the fact that extensive fills are being: made along the Lewis and Clark creeic nav set a rumor in mouon mat is .hard .to refute.,;,' ,-; i--..?.-.'..,- Th proposed line' will, it Is said, take the route from Bristow,- on the Hills boro-Tlllamook road,' along Salmon Ber ry ' creek . to the , Necanicum and then down the Necanicum to Seaside, thence to Clatsop plains at th . mouth ' of Lewis and Clark river; and thence to Astoria. The distance from th Sal mon 'Berry to Seaside is 22 miles. , Few engineering difficulties will be ' pre sented If the Southern Paclfio Intend to follow out this plan, -' '. . , - .- - . -."The . Pacific 1 Railway A ' Navigation company was taken over, by the South ern Pacific for operation as a' subsidiary ef th Harriman road January 1 and is now under th Jurisdiction of Genergl Superintendent ' Campbell - with - other Southern Pacific lines In., Oregon. , f - - Speaking for Mr. Campbell, hi chief. SBBlstant-this morning denied that the' company is at work on any projected lines connecting with the. P. R, A company and said no surveys had been made along - ths - Salmon ' Berry : or N-canicum.rtvr-.-'-''A -i f " .- Former President E.' E. Lytle of .theH read had a number of preliminary sur veys made during the time he was build ing the Tillamook line, and among them was -the one outlined in: the. dispatch from Astoria.'., Mr. Lytic about eight months ago. said, that ultimately it-was planned to build these branches which would give .Astoria connection with tha Tillamook line- and -incidentally a new line- between - Portland and Astoria, by way '.of ' Seaside.:"-' Sflveral-i other lines were. Included in' the orlglhal plans as mapped out by Mr. Lytle. The statement Issued from Mr. Carnp- oeirs oince toaay was to tne errect that 1 no new' projects. of any character whatever have been taken up since the line-was turned over to the Southern faettls. ,x ., A. ,ir- i ' Persons acquainted with the railroad situation, . however, bellev - that .while definite instructions may not have been issued to proceed with the construction of the branch referred to above, it will eventually be built, as it would give the Harriman ' system opportunity - to com pete with the Hill line Into Astoria. . . Balloting Shows That 67 Mem bers of the Reichstag Have . " Been Elected and 120 Dis tricts Not Yet Reported. Berlin, Jan. ,13. Returns at noon to- ' day indicated that the Socialists elect ed members, to the - relchstag from 67 dlstrtcts and will have at least an even chance 'In electing their candidates In. th ' reballoting January 24 in the 120 districts' where no - candidates received a plurality in yesterday's electlan. " . Socialist leaders claimed today that they were certain to carry at least 30 Of these districts, the conservatives ad mitting that ' the Socialists .-probably would have at least 100 members In the relchstag, making them the second par ty In strength. ,v There Is also a possi bility that the reballoting may result tn the Socialists winning first pine from ' the Catholic centrists. : The So cialists retained five seats from Berlin and in the reballoting expect to carry the first-district, in which, the kslstr lives. ..-; - r : ' , i The. growth ; of socialism here la shown by the announcement that Leds- bour. J the Socialist leader, carried his district In BeTlln by an Increased vote . of 42,000. ; Although the centrists fntlel to gain ' new ,sats, ' they are . held to have been the victors In the election as they- retained their. 105 seats ' In . th relchstag. The Socialists won at the -pepse of the progressives and other pur ties. ' - . The ; government 'fears that ths F- Ctaltsts, Radicals . and Liberals wki form a. coalition and thus coinrlft'iy dominate the relchstag. Equal Right for SwrdisTi Vonn-i. ' Stockholm, Jan. 12. "f,V)ii) ?! M i- for the women of S"ln is ' r pushed forward eimrtrtlt-oHy .'. i r . enactment of a suffrnKH bill t t. - : to be assured a a result of t: i r- liberal election virtnr1s. ) ' ; attribute much of tluir i campulsnlng 1fn l.y t r esyecUUy In tVia Siiiou,: , SOCIAUSTVOTEIil GERIiSIIYSIIOI'IS , ; L A RGB INCREASE