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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
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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..;-;:,
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, 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
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ITESSHIVERING
WITH MERCURY BELOW
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MUCH SUFFERING
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A
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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
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. 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
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NEEDED ALTERING
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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
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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