1 TE.V,rEiiATU,ZJ WEATHER Fair tonight and probably,. Saturday; nouthorl y winds. t i- u Boston, 8 ft. m. ra'PortlanO. 8 Hvr York " ,.c fmui, Charleston . .&n: inn Washlng'n . .44' fcfia. Iran. Chicago. 7 I. m 3 i Roiaburg Xn. City " . .3aiSi)okau K n r " . . i " " J " ..3 1 u ..4i u t A. A i 1 -r -i i St. Pan! " . .minarnhMnia Portland humidity, & . m. ., ...aa VOL. XI. NO. 222. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, : NOVEMBER 22, 1912 TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS 2?.IZkiyn ANB . BIANDS mil Cfcais. A HAPPY ARRANGEMENT! 1 i ' M ' ' .i it 1 1 1 1 i PEACE: RES IIORTI 1913AT7.7MILLS BOARD 6E MADE I s - ffiOTIATK FOR DIM FIXES CHYTAXLEWFOR DEMAND CHANGE IN HORTICULTURAL ' '"'Vn 1 ; ' '-n " .'' ,&Gr, rTZZ? HID; GREEKS ill IK Fighting Continues .About Tchatalia Forts Bin uui -garian Will Modify Terms of Their Demands. - v. :V:. - f-is--; HELLENESlSEWD FLEET r) AND. ARMY JO AID ALLY Combined Forces' Plan Land , and Sea Attack upon "Constantinople. s TTr.lt.A Pr... Leased" Wire.) ' Sofia, Nov. 22. -New communications from th power urging that th Balkan afliea modify their demands on Turkey -were received here this evening. bah. No. (.Official announcement that peace negotiations with Turkey had r.iimd. but that. the fighting t continued about the Tchatalja fort was ' made today it la expected the allies will modify their terme, but that a new set of demands will be sent to the Turk- , ish officials. : ' - Athena. Nor. 82. Indication that the Tt.ur.naiiiM win ill venture on a ter- rifirt frnnti attack on the line of Topt.H in the hone of crushing Tur "-iriTB-Twifh nnir- blow came today when S0.Q00 Greek troops wera ordered to help" the Bulgarians berore uonswnimopio. Tn nurauance of the plan Servla Is ex pected also to send a heavy forte to 'f Join General Savoff. and it is reported on apparently good .authority that while the land attack Is being delivered the ' Ore fleet will effect a diversion by a determined attempt to run the cordon of forts there and force the passage of the Dardanelles. - - While no official confirmation is ob . talnable, it Is the general belief here that ths Greeks from the vicinity of ' Salonika and Monastir and the Servians from the latter fortress- will rush at - once toward Contsantinople. There, It is believed, they will be joined .by every Bulgar who- can be .spared from the investment of Adfianople. With these reinforcements General Savoff prob ably will be in a position effectively to oppose the fresh Turkish levies from " Asia, who have rallied to the defense ; of their capital. . ' . Break Puzzles Europe. , fCnltAd pis fnwa Wlre.t ' '. ' .- "'London.. Nov. 22. Europe is pusiled " over the sudden ternlnaUewf peace negotiations between Turkey and the :- Balkan allies. It la supposed the sultan . and his advisers believed all was lost 'and sought peace terms. Then Nailm Pasha, commander of the troops defend Ina the Tchatalia forts. 4 unexpectedly rt-cttec1raatha Bulgartan-advancB-and the hopes of the Turkish officials were re vived. . It la thought, howeveT, that Turkey is doomed to defeat, and that the Bui garian position in regard to Constant!' ; nople also is critical. The Turks may ; hold the Tchatalja defenses Indefinitely ; , agatast the ' Bulgar attack, the sultan strengthening his forces by drawing on ... his army in Asia. Kaiser Holds Conference. (United Prp t.rnd Wlr. 1 Berlin. Nov. 22. The attitude of.Aus' trla regarding Servian Invasion of the Albanian coast may be determined at a conference today between Kaiser wll helm and Foreign Minister Kiderlln Waechter of Germany and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. The visitor waa met at the station by the halser and KlnderlinWaechter and the discus slon over the Balkan situation started at once, f Unverified ' reports say that u stl H -it8iminr a awti'Servlan paval demonstration along the coast of .Albania. - Battleship Is Torpedoed. . ftlnltad Pkm LfMwd Wlrc t Constantinople, Nov. 22. Th Turkish battleship HamldleH was towed into port her today and docked. The vessel had been torpedoed and badly damaged, but whether It sank any of the Bui garian tropedo boats which attacked It in the Black sea could not be- learned : : - ' " , Austria Calls More Reserves. (United' Fi-ms Lawd Wlra.t " London, Nov.' 22. The Austrian gov- - ernment has called six more corps of army reserves to the colors, according 10 a aispatch rrom Vienna. : WILSON; THREATENS ' - L s piuh oiiot iinnin m '.'I - .Tnlted" Pt tt4 Wtoi " Hamittor BermUdarTIOv. 22.iT6u , are no gentleman, and J will thrash you , if you do that again!'; This was .what President-elect Woodrow Wilson told a photographer her today who per slstad in taking a snapshot after the governor had refused hlmJ permission. Wilson's face flushed and he clinched his fists ready to "do business" If the photographer snapped him again. The photographer, , however, apologized and the Incident was closed. Governor Wil son and his daughters spent the after 5 noon bicycling. , ... ' . t (tlnltod Pnmm L.nt Wlr. w ntwsonrg.-Ky.Tr'OVl gray hair, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John IT. Craft, of Prince Creek, is the wonder of the commutifty. The news of the frrnk upread rapidly and all through the tiny pe'ipU b-.filfrivi - the Craft home, lu'l'iiig to set a gUmpae of the infant. unless the Council Changes Precedent . and 1 Alters ' the Figures, This Rate as Set tled by Budget Will Prevail. APPROVED BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Increases - of Salaries in Fire Department and More Men Are Decked On; Tha city tax levy for 1912 Will be 7.70 mills. That " was : the ' figure recom mended by Mayor Rushlight In his ani nual budget and ratified by the ways and means committee of the city coun cil at .a special session this morning. The recommendations of the committee will be submitted to the council next Wednesday and If that, body follows It? regular custom the 'action of the Com mittee will be approved. ' Mayor Rushlight's recommendations were closely followed by the ways and means committee, which ordered salary Increases amounting to approximately $15,000 a year. Most of these Increasej will b in the fire, department Of these raises 34 Were for fire captains who wars advanced from 'ins to 1125. An increase of tS a month was given to 45 lieutenants in the department, the new salary being 111$ a month. Twenty-three engineers in the fire department were granted an1 Increase of 110 a month, making the monthly stipend of each $120. Other salary ad ditions wUl help to swell the annual payroll of the department by $11,000. Fir rorce Increased. The' levy for the fire department will be 2:14 mills. This will raise a total of $628,893. Provision is made for 41 new firemen at $80 a month. The com mittee made several reductions on the estimate, amounting in all to $3800 This money will be used to purchase sites for new fire stations in the Alber ta and Peninsula districts. The tax levy for the police depart ment will remain at 153 mills, the levy fixed by the mayor . In his budget A feature -or the work or the committer today was the abolishment of the mounted polic The committee recom mended that horses used - by mouited officers in the past be sold, and that motorcycles b substituted, A saving Of $5000 was effected In this way. The committee recommended that the salary of Wilms Pearl Chandler, as sistant to the superintendent for the public safety of women, be increased to $100 a month. The salary has been $S5 month heretofore. An increase of tx a month was also. allowed, f o Mrs. Elis abeth Moored, stenographer ror tie same department She will receive $75 month. Cuts Street Estimate. The levy for bonded Indebtedness in terest remains at .62 mills. The levy for lighting stays at .52 mills. ... The levy for the street repair depart ment was reduced from .52 mills to .28, (Continued on Page Two.) HOMESICK MOTHER AT Ceres' Smile Not .So Radiant to Her as Smile- of Ones on Farm, There is Just one Oregon "product worth while, in the eyes of Mrs. J. K. Carper of; Promise, Wallowa,-county. She is here with her husband, who has one of the finest exhibits of fruit at the land show from his 200 acre farm, grubbed from the timber. Mrs. Carper sits tn the booth, most of the time with her baby or rather her youngest, fop there are three more "babies" at home... And Mrs. Carper wants to aro hometo them. Tears form in her eyes when she thinks ot tier dear ones so far away. . , "Promise is 25 miles from the rall roacf and it Ukea three days to get there. an-I4on:t. ktiaw.. wli.t.m&)t:jiAppn. bei fore I can get home," she says. "But aren't the 'babies' at home old enough to take care of themselves T" a kind hearted visitor to the show asked. "flow old, 1..tls-o.l4es.trL- t, .-, "He's Zs ana; marnea. several of them are married, but I want to be home to see after them," ' fiAny grand children.' the visitor asked. Mrs. Carper instantly cheered up. First she kissed the baby in her arms. -I , "Oh, yes," she then replied. "I've got three.", ,: ; -.. . ' -. . . - - - JAPANESE IN MARKET Sudden appearance In th Pacifle Northwest markets Of Japanese wheat buyers has caused much speculation among the local trades as to the prob able cause of the buying.- i ; LTon mnnthsharaUMMS been. raotk41)y no uemana -ior wneat rrom the Orient Buyers there could not be interested In the product at any price; therefore the sudden buying has led to the idea that Japun in storing tip supplies in antici pation, of a general conflict in Europe. 'yy I POTATO WAR ENDS; SMITH OF CANADA United States Defeated in Con test at Land Products Show; Northwest Wins Prizes; Round-Up Day Tomorrow. f 4) - Hood River JTight 4 Tonight Is "Hood River Night" at the Land Show. The Hood 4 River Commercial club came-to Portland yesterday more than-a hundred strong, and as a spe- clal feature, will give away at the show tonight a box of the 4 most fancy " Hood River apples. 4 The manner in which it is to be awarded is secret,, but everyone who attends will have a chance 4 at It There also will be special 4 music and other features. Show to Be Annual Event The Pacific Northwest Land 4 Products Show is to be made a permanent annual event in Port- - land. A resolution to this effect 4 was unanimously adopted at a complimentary luncheon given by the Commercial club yester- day to the out of town exhibit- 4 ors-atfr-thePatHftaiwterBataJ--- Dairy Show and the Pacific Northwest Land Products Show. B. S. Worsley of Astoria intro duced the resolution. About 200 attended the luncheon and Edgar B. Piper, president of the club, Introduced three speakers A. P. Batehara, president of the Ore gon State Horticultural society; J. W. Cllse of Seattle, president of the Dairy Show association, and Mr. Worsley. 4 The International potato war of the Smiths is ended. Truce was declared this morning at the land show, Asahel Smith is still world's potato king Smith of Canada had come out o the north with his SO varieties of choice tubers boasting that it? would win. He found here Agriculturist Smith of the northwest who Said: "He'll find he boasts too soon.? ; Smith of Canada oiHr"nrild-i-Ai-Wll mrotBgwhen the blue ribbon, waa laid across his ex hibit,-end he received the great silver cup and $100 in cash he said. "I'm not in the least surprised. I am entirely .satisfied." . i ' Then he hurriedly cauea a messenger and telegraphed the news of his new victory home to his neighbors, at Lad- ner, British Columbian . "They're anxious to know," Smith of (Continued on Page Nine.) ' (SdcI1 tTb Journiti. University of Oregon, , Kugene, Or., Nov. 22. Professor V. L. Shinn, of the department of chemistry, here, was burned about the arms,' and .two 'stu dents, Ira Staggs of Portland, and Wil liam O, Murphy of Eugene, were slightly taiured JtsUrdaywlien a. retort ploded in t the chemistry laboratory In which they were worRing. Th profes sor and students were distilling: wood chips. - In som manner th safety-exhaust became clogged and, on end of lbs apparatus-blw out INTRODUCED BY DR. J. IT. Oregon Woman Holds Spell bound' Mass Meeting of Na tional Suffragists, (United Prn Lcaaed WIm.) Philadelphia, Pa Nov. 22. Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden ' of Portland held 1500 roijis Bprtlbouna-gra; mag Tneellng of the National American Woman's Suf frage association, while she told of the struggle for equal suffrage In Oregon. She was greeted with cheers .because she represented "one of the five new stars in the constellation of states whol ly free," as Dr. Anna Shaw aald when introducing her. ; Mrs. -John Hailey Is another Portland woman who is commanding much atten tion. She has been called into meetings every hour to. outline plans of system atic campaigning for women la states that are yet to be won to the cause. The Oregon women are expected to sup port the resolution aimed at Jan Ad dams of Chicago, who led in a partisan campaign in the Interest of Colonel Roosevelt The women leading the movement are mostly those who bitterly oppose parti san politics. They fear alliances which will ultimately divide their forces. The resolution will prohibit alf members of the Tfst tew ssKscTansrrf ar partidptt- lng in any way in any partisan cam paign. DIDN'T SEE NEWELL ON Says Her Husband Is in Ore gon and That She Went Home Alone at 12:45 A, M. .(SpwUl to The Journal. I GtrntraHarWash.r Nor.-S2. At th-in quest over Charles Newell this morn ing the first witness was Miss Laura Barner, young Newell's fiance, she testified that the murdered nian left her home at midnight on the night be fore the-murder. She was followed by Earnest Waunch, the 12-year-old youth who found the body, Joe Hilton, the first man to arrive, Coroner Stlcklin, Policeman Patton, Drs. Livingstone and Scott, Harrison Minton, a cook in the restaurant where Newell was last seen alive, Chief of Police Schlelder and Mrs Jack Miles. Mrs. Miles was the most Important witness called and every word of her testimony was eagerly consumed by the big crowd. Mrs. Miles denied that she even knew young, Newell and stated that she went to her home alon on the night of the murder, arriving .there about 12:45 a, m. It Is expected wit nesses will be called in an effort to dis prove both statements: ' ' Mrs, Miles swore that her husband had not been ia Centralia for three weeks and that she had had a card from him in Oregon. Chief of Police Schlelder swore he had not been, shown any" card from Miles, his testimony being In di rect contradiction to relatives of Miles, who arc athomr'for'taemwtthat they received cards from him and that they showed these cards to the chief of police, telling him he could get Miles If he wanted him. , J . The inquest adjourned at noon until t o'clock! - -1 , . . ' 1 M HIDDEN GETS OVATION MRS MILES SAY SHE NIGHT OF HIS MURDER MRS NNE REPEATS READINESS TO HANG FOR FIVE MURDERERS Governor Will; Not Commit Himself, But Is Not Expect ed to Accept. (Salem Berets ef The Journal.) Salem, Or., Nov. 22; Governor West declined to make a statement in regard RjrHrr.- Chares Wynns offer of-her own life in substitution for the lives of the five men condemned to hang next month. It is known, however, that it is not an offer he will consider seriously. (Special to rhe Journal, Klamath Falls, Or., Nov. 22. "I meant what I wrote to Governor West I think it a shame that any man should die without a chance to become a Christian. Those five murderer have had no chance to repent. I am a Christian and would give my life any time to save one soul. In earlier years I was a society belle, but I gave that life up when 1 accepted Christ" In these words Mrs. Charles D. Synne, the Klamath Falls woman who s twice asked Governor West to hang her instead or Jack Roberts, Noble Faulder, John W. Taylor, Mike Morgan and Frank Garrison, who are to die De cember 13, declared her sincerity. Mrs. WTBrtrlff-iipparmtyBtgeekTnr-Tiij torlety. She Is about 60 years old and formerly lived at Billings, Mont Her husband is a salesman. When' young she did writing for newspapers and magazines, also artistic painting. The modest and convincing way in which she she says she would feel justified in giving her life to save the five con demned men indicates genuineness. She seemed embarrassed and annoyed that Governor West had given publicity to her letter without acceptlnarehar offer. She ays- she wants-no publicity -and would, rather the governor said nothing unless he acceded to ner request Mrs. Wynne is a member of the Inter national Bioie study association and a follower of Charles Russell of Brook' lynV - WHEELER SEEKS TRACE . OF SON IN VANCOUVER (RDeclal t The Journal. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 22. T. J.' Wheeler of Dallas, Texss, was in the city this morning seeking his son, Bruce Wheeler, the young bank clerk who disappeared from Portland about Sep tember 1. . 1 : j ... In-a letter written to his wife on October 20" and mailed at North Yaki ma on October ,28, young Wheeler said ha had been hitover the head whwi he rushed to give assistance to a woman he had heard scream; that five men took him captive and that he was being held in a cave up in the mountains, but the letter contained no information as to the exact location. The letter had been secreted in a pocket of a saddle, which had been sold the day after the letter had been written, Mr. Wheeler is at a loss to account for his son's disappearance - as lt books in Portland were said to be in excellent shape. ., He believes the young man's mind, has becom deranged and that possibly he Is being; held In some Jail or asylum. : j , : f,oWl0 - - teHtfi' - ia3r - t a noax ana mat young air..' Wheeler may ;b 'attempting to oover up h: whereabouts to deceive his wife, whom he is said to hav left T. J. Wheeler, however; said .that the authorities '-very where gave ilm ,th-worat of it ELECTION AFFECTING JUDGE T Upon Bearing of Alleged Hie 1 gal Ballots iri 28 Precincts Depends Victory for Davis or Tazwell. f ThepeeuliaradVenturestif the tats Mrr Finnegan, who was "in again, out again. In again," aptly fit the unusual mix up that has arisen in the contest for Judge of the circuit court between George N. Davis and George Taxwell, present muni cipal court judge. But Finnegan at least knew whero he was "at, "while no One can tell to day whether Mr. Davis is in by 123 votes over Taswell, as the official eount for Multnomah county -- shows, or whether he is out and Tazwell in by a plurality of 162 votes, which will be the case if the vote in 28 precincts in Portland, In which deputies of the coun ty clerk have discovered that technical ly illegal ballots were cast, Is thrown out Investigation Is Completed. The investigation of Irregularities in swearing in unregistered voters by six freeholders on the so called "Blank A" aMat-ee-pw4dd- the- prpe was finished this morning by R. R. Fee bler, deputy county clerk. Mr. Peebler checked up every affidavit, and found that under the election laws 94 of them. scattered through 2$ precincts, wer wrongly made out and illegal. The total vote in these 28 precincts. the validity of which is affected by this discovery, was 7437. If the courts should hold that these votes wonld have to be cast out because of the presence of tha technically illegal" ballots, Taswell would be elected circuit judge by a plu rality of 152 votes over Davis. The numbers of the 28 precincts af fected are 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 80, 31, 32, 40, 49, 64, 66, 17, 7. 78, 18, 83, 103, 105, 10SK. HO. 121. 123, 134 137, 138 and 147. The vote of glesby , Young would ba reduced by 1929, leaving him third In any event, by at least 800 votes. In nearly-all these, precincts Davis led Taswell on the official returns. By throwing out the vote, Davis would 1 Continued- -en- Page- fw.) - BOY DESPERADO JONES CHASES MARSHAL JONES, ELUDES SHERIFF JONES 4 (Special to The Journal.) 4 : Medford, On, Nov. 2C. Hold- lng an officer who had! attempt- 4 ed to arrest him at th Joint of a 4 revolver, Lester Jones.lyouthf ul ; 4 desperado, forced him io walk 4 ahead 100 yards Up the nbad and 4 then turned Into th brush and 4 -'. escaped. Jones waa wanted for " 4 burglary at Jacksonville . and 4 Marsbal M.. D.. Joneg Was sent with a warrant to make the ar- rest The 'marshal came upon 4 th boy driving on the country 4 ' road.- . '. ,, -I f.K ' ir' i:y .....y : "Let's se the warrant" de-- A 4 'manded the youth, and while th 4 marshal was reaching for tha paper h covered him with a re- 4- volver. ' . . ..;-'( . ...' 4 Sheriff Wilbur Jones and f; A poss are today looking for th 4 into 1 three Jacksonville houses 4 during the past month. , t . Althcvugli all concerned ar nameil Jonen, thora is. no rela- tionf ii'p. MILL III IIS c - ' j. - v 4 v V e ' i'ft;v-ai'-;;f f f! ...... I - l " . " .1. " t necommenaauon oy Legisia- tive - Committee: of . Oregon Society That New Commis-i sion Be Made Starts Fight. GROWERS SAID TO--' " , BE DISSATISFIED Fight Probably Will Be Carried td the Next l Legislature , for Determination. V Recommendations of the legislate commute of th Oregon Stat Horti cultural society to th effeot that th next legislature shall be requested to appoint a commissioner of horticulture as a substitute for th present " state board, precipitated a warm fight on the convention floor at this forenoon's session. The meetings are being held across th street from th Land Show. The discussion provoked by th. report- finally ; was put over - until - this afternoon, when. It is anticipated, th matter will be thoroughly threshed out What decision will be arrived at can not be predicted. Sentiment apparently was evenlv, divided, anil nlcr rnr both factions agreed that a line of ac tion agreeable to all interests . Would have to b adopted to prevent a. con flict among various horticultural - In terests at the legislature. Favor Sew Quarantine Law. During th debat charges wer mad that horticulturists In various sections of the state have been dissatisfied with th work of the present board, and do aired a change. These- charges were re plied to by H. M. Williamson, secretary of the board, who declared that the board had performed as efficient ser vice as it's appropriation would allow. admitting, however, that th service has not been all that horticulturists hav a right to expeot In this connection W. K. Newell, presi dent of th board, said that it is con templating some changes in the laws governing , the quarantine of Imported soft fruits and nursery stock which , he (Continued on Pag Two.) ; E III Church in Acambay Falls. Up on Worshippers Killing All?; Two Towns Are Destroyed, (United Prea Leaead Wlr.l Mexico City, Nov. 22. That 1200 per sons, and possibly hundreds mora, lost tneir lives in Tuesday earthquake. U reported in dispatches from th stricken Mexican districts. Communication wlu many points Is cut off. but the towns ot Acambay and Tlmllpa appear to hav) suffered most. At Acambay, a churea was filled, with peopU attending, mass when the tremor shook down th walls ; crushing everyone within them. In the center Of the stricken region a large hill suddenly burst into an a tlvf "VOlciftHOTTiurtirrgr smofcr ana wtK in" every direction, The scene of the dls aster is less than 50 miles from here. THE SUNDAY Journal ; For November COMPLETE IN FIVE NEWS SEC TIONS, MAGAZINE AND WO MAN'S SECTION" .AND FOUH PAGE COMIC. ...... t t ACCURATE TELEGRAPHIC DIS PATCHES GIVE THE - NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD. HAPPENINGS INT AND NEAR -- PORTLAND ARE COVERED COM PREHENSIVELY. ; f REVIEWS FROM A BROAD FIELD ANDTL'LTJSTRATED FEATURES . COMPLEMENT " THE DAY'S NEWS. JNTHEMAGAZINE THAHXSOIVIHO rSATTrKKS, Page Illustration in color. , , Thanksgiving in old Oregon. A TOWV THAT &XTZ3 TBI T3 , t--- T kBTi uy: m-v-- Remlnlscenoes of early days In Jack sonville, Oregon, - ,v t? . , BACTO 8UI0TDI1 T.TMTT. Professor Simon N. Patten says It is liooo a year, ,: , ' OXXDTMir WZX9L .' Pretty wives won by football star ia recent years. - - ; SAvraro asxxxxs' xrrra. Dramatic experiments .conducted by U. 8. Bureau of. Mines. - KSAXTX AJTD XTTXCZZVC7. Vigorous comment on vital topics ty : Lora C. Little. . anew cothtt at axtcti? t. More - suggestions for .y th 1 r ' ? LP ixy:.?y " 1 r ,yl JOTO PAGES OF Vrr-? XIBEST ' TO f ' on ' in EARTHQUAK KILL 11 SJNT01LAI