Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1912)
r"'iii."-- :..:. ZMti'&r "if- THE WEATHER v TEMPERATURES TODAY Boston, , m...7a:Fortind, I a. as, M Jiwr Tort . ...70 statu .. t ...st . Washington" ...8Bolte '. Charleston . , .SOStn rran, , " ., .to Chicago, T ft. xtf. .64osbntf M Kan. Oltjr ...BaiMartntUld ...49 t. Paul ... .4Spokn , ,,. Portland humidity, 8 a. m... ...to , Tlr tonight ; andi Friday; i.t northerly,; windi. VOL. XI. NO. 168. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, " SEPTEMBER 19, . 1912-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES; PRICE TWO CENTS SAlWrtPXEl STANDS riVg CISIS. - PANAMA CANAL WILL BEREADY 0CT0BER15.1913 Official Announcement of Pro posed First Use of Great Waterway Shows Rapid Work and Reduced Cost. COMMERCIAL USE WILL BE PERMITTED IN 1914 Cost jof Construction Likely to Be Under Estimates Small Bond Issue to Be Needed. (United PrtM Leutd Wire.) ' Washington, Sept. 19. Revised eatl i mates mads public; hers today by ths Panama canal commission set October II, UU. as ths dfite on which the first vessel will pass through ths new water way between Ihe Atlantic and the Pa cific. The first vessel to go through will be a naval vessel, but which war ship will have the honor has not been decided. The commission's estimate an nounces that ths formal opening of ths (canal will be on January 1, 1915. Colonel Goethals, who In supervising the construction of the canal, reports that Its cost wilt be below the original ! estimate of MOO, 000, 000 and that when ths final stroke Is done the cost may not exceed $376,000,000. Unrestricted use of ths canal for commercial vessels, the government an nouncement says, will begin In Decem ber, 1914. The government announced, that the concrete work on the, locks at Pedrc Miguel Is 95 per cent completed, the I Mlra Flores locks 92 per cent complete.!, . and that the Gatun spillway will be completed In a month. ! The reason the canal will not fie In ' use for commercial purposes until De cember, 1914, is because numerous tests of the locks and gates are to be.madn ' to Insure perfect working before large 'vessels are permitted to pass through. It Is further announced that all the navies of the world are to be Invited to . participate In the formal opening of the 1 canal, and that representatives of all 1 governments are to be Invited to attend 1 and participate In the elaborate ceremo ' nles of the occasion. The president Is 1 expected to attend In person, and practi cally the entire American navy will be ; mobilized at the gates between the two ( oceans. The total amount expended on the canal to date Is given In the official i announcement as $283,674,000. The ca nal bill passed by congress authorized the Issuance of $376,000,000 In bonds. Owing to the excellent condition of the government funds, only $138,000,000 of .these bonds were Issued. The rest of the expense was taken out of the gen eral treasury fund. It Is predlctej that no further Issue of bonds will be neces- '. sary. According to figures announced by I the commission, 218,000,000 cubic yards ; of earth had been excavated up to Sep I tember 16. There are 24,000,000 yard 'yet to be removed. The monthly exca- yatlon averages 2,600,000 yards, and at ' the present rate of digging the big ditch will be completed by September 15, 1913. The big dams which are to lock the spillways are now from 75 to 95 per cent completed. The revised figures show that the , canal will have a summit eleVatlon of 86 feet above the level tf the sea, which 1 will be reached by three locks located 1 at Gatun, on the Atlantic side; one lock ' at Pedro Miguel and two locks at Mira Flores; on the Pacific side. Each lock wilt have- a -usable- len gtfr of 1 000 feet and a width of 110 feet, which will be the minimum width of the canal. The canal will be 60 miles long from the deep water of the Caribbean sea to the deep water of the Pacific ocean, and the width of the channel will vary from 1000 feet South of the Gatun locks to 100 feet near the Pedro Miguel lock. The minimum depth will be 41 feet In places In the canal several boats will be able to pass abreast. IN 1 Criticism of Taft and Roose velt Continues to Be Fea ture of Commoner's Work, (United Pren Ised Wlr!.) MIsoul, Mont., Sept. 19. William J. I Bryan, accompanied by Sam Stewart. Democratic candidate for governor, Is campaigning through Montana in the i interests of Woodrow Wilson's presi dential candidacy today. Bryan and Stewart will reach Butte I at 6 o'clock this afternoon. They will board a special train for Helena, where I the Nebraskan is scheduled to speaU to : night. In his speeches today Bryan repeated . the points mode In his trip through Col orado and Utah, praising. Governor Wil son and criticising President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt, Tomorrow afternoon Bryan will rpeak at Bozeman and In Uutte tomorrow night. Saturday he will enter Idaho, delivering his principal speeches at da. ho Falls in the morning and at ,'ocatello In the evening. After the rPocatello address, Bryan Will start for Los Angeles. Many Hurt in Hungarian Riots. (United l'rmg Ijfei1 Wire.) Buda Pest, Sept. 19. Eighty persons are in jail here today, following the Hungarian parliamentary riots, In which S00 persons were Injured. Of the In jured 24 are seriously hurt. MOM SPEAKS WILSON AND NEDED REFORMS Galaxy of Pretty Infants in Journal Contest , ft K ; H- i tt X t . r. List of First Fifty Prize Winners Announced 1 Hope Grant McMIUln, 21 months, 803 Kast Washington street. 2 Iialph C. Stone, 1220 Minnesota nvc -,.f nao. 3 Johns Stuart Youmang, 2 H years, 427 East Thirty-seventh street. 4 Jack K. Hunter, 4 yeurs, ' 510 Rodney avenue. ft V. Leon Ray, 2 years, 1005 Mississippi aVenue, O Marlon Alice, S years, 30 East fieventh-slxth street, North. 7 Mildred V. Gilbert, a ), years, 1120 East Mill street. 8 Vera Chandler, five months, 04 East Seventy-sixth street, North. O Evelyn' Lnndt, O months, 1270 Dcl mont street. V I j I rt' SjBSJaWB - mm;, 41 Mlw 'v' " " vj gmris Journal's Prize Offer Brings Instant Response From Eager Mothers and Fathers; Handsome Collection of Photo graphs Submitted First Day; Keen . Interest. Help! The bachelor members of The Journal's staff have fled and the mar ried men are masters of the situation. Although this Is only the first day of The Journal's baby contest, which is being held for the purpose of discover ing the prettiest baby in the city, the editorial department was today fairly swamped by photographs of the most beautiful babies in the world. They came through the mail by scores fa thers with pride oozing from every pore brought more, and mothers and grand mothers, all certain they possessed the prize-winning picture, added their offer ings to the steadily growing pile of photos. Hours before The Journal's chimes tolled off the noon hour today the first 60 baby pictures for .which The Journal offered two seats each at the Helllg for Monday night had been received. In truth, the deluge was on in earnest the first thing in the morning. The receipt Of 60 photographs, how ever, marked only the beginning.' The Journal started the contest to discover the prettiest baby in Portland. It Is a big job. So the fathers and mothers are called on to, help out. Send in your baby's photograph. Maybe it is the very one - that will capture the first, second or third place in the beauty con test and win for you either a box at the Helllg, four seats, or two seats, while "Baby Mine," Margaret Mayo's scream of a farce. Is being played at the theatre next week. The play Is centered around a baby, or rather three babies, and is said to be the "funniest play ever written." Don't forget the rules of the contest. Baby must be four year or under, and Its picture must be mailed or deliv ered to the city editor of The Journal before Monday night nt fi o'clock, when the contest clones. On th back of tho photograph the name and ape of the baby and the proper address of its par ents must be written. l-or the pret tiest, baby, a box at the Helllg Is of fered; second place captures foUr lower floor seats, and two lower floor seats will be awarded the third prettiest in fant. That the Judges will have a hard time Is already evident. Fortland Is simply filled with big clear eyed pink skinned babies, as a few samples, se lected indiscriminately from the big pile t of photos and published today, Tes tify. Tomorrow more pictures will be published ana each day thereafter In cluding Tuesday, when the photos of the prize winners will be printed. Below are the names of the first 50 babies, including age and address, whose photographs were received by The Journal. Each baby is entitled to two seats at the Helllg, good only for Monday night As photos of Portland's "Rosebuds" are prima facie evidence that they personally cannot call and re ceive the tickets, the name and ad dress of each one's parents is printed (Continued on Page Two.) LAFFERTY NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS PROGRESSIVE TICKET Bull Moose Men Make 'Selec tion in Quick Time; Com mittee for Campaign, Congressman A. W. Lafferty was given the Bull Moose nomination for congress In one, two, three order at tho convention of the third party this morn ing at headquarters In the Oregon hotel. No other name was presented, for the Progressive leaders had decided that Lafferty must be named because of the labor support he carries. Lafferty now wears the Republican and Progressive nominations. He was named by the Republican!, at the pri maries,' and they cannot now rid them selves of him, for the law does not per mit his resignation and the Republican committee could not substitute another candidate if he could. As Lafferty has come out for Roosevelt, the Republican county committee has already taken a whack' at. him, and it Is expected, to counsel-Tail "real" Republicans to turn either to Thomas McCusker, lndepend- tCcntlnued on Page Nineteen.) I OF 3 Discharged Alien Sectionmen Suspected of Putting Bolt Betwe-en Switch Points, (Sprcl.l to Tli Joiirnnl.) Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 19. Angered because they had been discharged, sec tion hands from south European coun tries are alleged to have placed a bolt between the switch points on the North ern Pacific main line track near Pomona In the Yakima river canyon last nlht. No. 41, the Burlington train from St. Louis, struck the open switch point at 4 o'clock this morning and the engine and two baggage cart? went Into the ditch. Fireman Raske was pinned under the locomotive and is thought to be fatally scalded. Two boys riding on the blind baggage are also badly Injured. Engineer Con nelly of Ellensburg Is slightly Injured. Other members of the train crew and passengers are reported slightly in jured. A wrecker left here shortly before 6 o'clock and It Is expected to have traffic open by noon. F Alleged Exorbitant Bill of $1926 for Printing Delin quent Lists Investigated, The grand Jury this morning started an Investigation into conditions sur rounding the publication of the delin quent tax list, and the bill of the Daily News for $1926,40 for publishing the same list for which the charges of the Oregonlan, The Journal and the Even ing Telegram, all newspapers of much greater circulation, were $1940.25, $1, 364.20, and $1303.10, respectively. Be fore the inquiry had advanced very far, bound over cases from the lower court took the Jury's attention, but the case will again be brought up as soon as urgent matters are disposed of. Investigation In the official record book of the county board of commis sioners shows that the action officially letting the publication of the delinquent tax list to the four newspapers reads: Order Is Reviewed. "It Is hereby ordered that the Ore gonlan, Evening Telegram, Dally Jour nal and Daily News.be the four news papers selected to publish the delin quent tax list for 1911. The rate of publication to be the same as 1910.'' This order was entered on July 31, 1912. The delinquent tax list was published last year In the Oregonlan, The Jour nal and Evening Telegram. The Ore gon Ian' s bill- then was $2452.12, that of The Journal $1990.07, and that of the Telegram $1904. This year the bill presented by each newspaper Is con siderably lower than last year, owing to the smaller size of the delinquent tax list. The bill entered by the Daily News, with a circulation of approxi mately 12,000, however, is only $13.85 less than the bill of the Oregonlan for the same work, ami Is $562.20 more than the charge of The Journal. The action of the grand Jury In tak ing up the case was due partly to the demand by County Auditor Martin of an Investigation before he would ap prove the bill presented by the News. Judpe Gives View. The law In regard to the publication of delinquent tax lists specifically di rects the county court to publish such lists In "the two newspapers mrvrfg the largest elroulatlon," in counties "hav ing 10.000 population." Iijraime this law does not say counties of "10,000 pop ulation or over," however, County Judge Cleeton maintains that the county court has the authority to publish the tax (Continued on Tnge alx.) OF E "(I'nlted Prf!i. Leased Wire.) Salt Lake City. Utah. Sept. 19. Gov ernor Spry today refused to call out troops at Bingham until he attempts In person to persuade the strikers to sur render their arms and to no longer threaten company property. It Is re ported President Moyer of the West ern Federation of Miners, who Is per sonally handling the strike, will confer with the governor this afternoon. Governor Spry and other state of ficials, with National Guard officers and tho mine authorities, went to Bingham at 11:30 o'clock this morning to per sonally Inspect the strike situation. BODY FLOATS IN BAY Special to Th Jonrn.l.t Newport, Or., Sept. 19. A suitcase containing underclothing, a kodak, films, negatives and letters addressed to Frank E. Westcott was found float ing in the bay early this morning by Andrew CollVer, proprietor of the New port House. About midnight people in Newport heard cries of distress from the water and the- finding of the grip adds to the mystery. 1 From papers found, the man's home was in New Jeisey and he had been traveling in Alaska, Washington and Oregon. . Accident or foul play are the theories commonly accepted. BURLING ON CARS GO T THI N CANYON 1 HURT IL NEWS CHARGE R TY, INI PROBED BY GRAND JURY GOVERNOR UTAH STUDIES COAL STRIK MAN SCRIES ARE HEARO Justice Dunbar Dies III f -1 - TVf 'i Ralph Oregon Dunbar, member of the supremo court of Washington since 1889. 1 Tl OREGON PIONEER OF I, EXPIRES; APTJPLEXY Washington Votersr.Will Have to Nominate Successor by Use of Stickers. (Special to Tbn Journal.) Olympia, Wash., Sept. 19. Chief Jus tics Ralph Oregon Dunbar, -member of the state supreme court since 18S9 and Just renominated without opposition, died of apoplexy at his home in this city early this morning after an illness of several months. Despite his falling health he continued to perform many of the Important and arduous duties of his position up to the very last. Judge Dunbar was born In Illinois In 1845 and the next year was brought by his parents In an ox-wagon across the plains to the Willamette valley. He was educated at Willamette university and in 1867 was moved to Olympia, took up the atudy of law and was admitted In 1869. From 1869 to 1871 he was clerk of the federal court but resigned, went to Yakima and practiced law until 1875. He then moved to The Dalles, Or., and continued practice " two years, return ing to Washington and locating at Gol dendale. In 1878 he was elected to the territor ial council and later was chosen pro bate Judge. In 1885 he was elected to (Continued, on Page Seventeen.) WILSON FUND, STILL $2100; VOTERS HELP Money Is Divided Equally Be tween State and National Campaign Committee, Contributions' to the Wilson Fund. Previously acknowledged $2,052.R5 C. E. Hedge, Beaverton 1.00 Geo. T Moeck. Rainier 5.00 Jas. D. Hart. Portland 24,00 G. A. H.. Portland 100 Total $2,088.S6 Every day brings fresh accessions to the Woodrow Wilson campaign fund. Today's receipts bring the total closo to the $2100 mark. As an Indication of how the Wilson voters In Oregon view the situation, the following extract Is .taken from tho letter of a contributor to the fund: "I am a firm believer In Wilson's story about the old-fashioned pump which needs priming hefore it will raise the water, and the first water to come Is what you put In. It Is the same with campaign funds. The big corporations do the priming and get the first re sults when their candidate Is success ful. "If Wilson's campaign funds come from the people generally, they will doubtless get the benefit." As announced several days ago, the funds now coming In are -being divided equally between the state and national committees. The chairman of the state committee Is In hearty sympathy with The Journal's efforts to raise funds for the campaign, and reports an In creasing and encouraging outlook that the vote of Oregon will go to the Demo cratic nominee. The Journal is not the only paper in Oregon engaged in raising funds for the Wilson campaign. Several other papers throughout the state are In the same work and all report substantial returns as a result of their appeals fo the peo ple. ' On this - page of The '.Journal Is a coupon for subscriptions to the Wood row Wilson campaign fund. Cut It out and send It to The, Journal .'with your contribution. I BAR GAINING NOW NEAR Woodrow Wilson Campaign Fund TO THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL: Herewith I inclose i for the Woodrow Wilson cam paign fund. - ; (NAME) (ADDRESS)..... .T.-. Mall this eonpon, with yens eontribntlon enolosed, to Th JotirnsL WU ion Campaign rand, Portland. Or. Checks should be mads payabl to THS Journal. DEMONSTRATION FORWELS0NSP0ILS MANAGERS' PLANS I....- f Great Crowds at Chicago De mand Privilege of Shaking i Hands With Democratic! Leader."' "," CONFERENCE DELAYED .' BY TRIP TO DETROIT- Governor Wilson Continues At tack on Methods of Roose-" I velt and Taft. - (Unltod Prens Leiwd Wirt.) Chicago, Bept. 19. Plans of Governor Woodrow Wilson, Democratic candidal for president, to confer with Ms cam paign leaders here today were shattered i by the enthusiasm of a monster crowd; determined to shake the hand of ths Democratic standard bearer. Although I he was disappointed at his Inability tot discuss the political outlook with hls campaign managers. Governor WllSOfj was immensely pleased with the spo'n-, tanelty of the demonstration and wis , kept busy shafting the hands of his ad-j mtrers until a few minutes beforo his: train left for Detroit. Governor Wilson was met at th St-, tlon here by thousands of enthusiastloj Democrats. He was escorted to Demo-i cratlc national headquarters by party j leaders who rode In 60 automobiles. Thol candidate was accorded an ovation aU along the route to headquarters. Ther he was forced by the crowd to hold an Informal reception, which kept him busy until time to leave for the train. Governor Wilson expressed pleasure at the reception accorded him in St Paul and Minneapolla yesterday. The crowds, he said, were very large, and his at tack on the Progressive platform and Colonel Roosevelt was enthusiastically received. When Wilson's private car passed through Milwaukee this morning tho governor was asleep. Several hundred persons who were waiting at the sta tion to greet him were disappointed. Governor Wilson looks forward to his trip to Detroit, where tonight he has an appointment with Ty Cobb, the sen sational outfielder of the Detroit Tl- ' gers. 'Ty and I are old rrlertds, laid Wilson. "We are both Georgians, and I shall be mighty glad to see him." (United Preie Letted. Wire.) St. PauL Minn., Sept 1. Before, a , big crowd at the Auditorium last night Woodrow Wilson closed his speech mak ing tour in Minnesota. . people w deeply Interested in the political discus sion of the Democratic nominee. "I would be a radical if necessary," said the governor, but I am a pro gressive, because it is not necessary to be a radical. It Is not necessary to put the body politic to uncomfortable i strains, because we can by cooperative effort accomplish the things necessary for our economic salvation." t "I have simply wanted to show you the Inside of my mind," said the nom- , lnee, in conclusion, "so there need b no misunderstanding between us, so -you wouldn't think I was one of tnos wild fellows running amuck becaus I knew something was the matter and didn't know exactly what This la no Donnybrook fair. I have got my shil- lelah but I am not hitting every head 1 see. I have selected the heads and , . If they'll only engage in a- little mor ' hard thinking ' underneath the endan- ' gored cranlums they needn't be hit at ' allbecause the whole thing Is as much In their Interest as in the interest of ths rest of us. "I am "not out after any man's top- knot, I am not aware of entertaining '. the least feeling that we ought to get even with someone. I am only pos sessed with the passion to create a con-' ' dltlon that will be even for everybody." Governor Wilson said he was not going to be kept awake at night by th free trade bogle. "There isn't any danger of fre trade." he declared "because- we hy one of the most expensive and extrav . gant of central governments." 3 DEMOCRATS REFUSE TENDERED NOMINATIONS (Snletti Biiretn of The Journal.) Salem, ..Or., Sept. 19. Three refusals to accept Democratic nominations wer received by the secretary of state toJay. W. H. Chatten of Portland refused th nomination for representative for th Sixteenth district as It "came from th wrong side of the party." Ernest C. Smith of Hood River re fused the nomination for district attor ney for the Seventh district. A. J. Derby of Hood River refused the nomination for representative for the 29th district. PORTLAND PASTOR GETS ; $300 FOR 300 SERMONS ITJnltM Prewi Lnted Wirt. Los Angeles, Cat., Sept. 19. Lose 300 sermons, pay $300, was the ruling of Superior Judge Walter Bordwell In damage suit against . the Southern Pa cific by Rev. A. Febelkern of Portland, Or., for the loss of a trunk containing the sermons. 6