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.. - " i " " t'J rf-$h Jl-"?2- V" TEMPERATURES TODAY Soton, 8 ft, m.-. .32 Portend, B . m.41 Charleston .44 Home ,,s Wash'ton ,83 fia Fran. , .4 1 Chicago, 7 ft. m. 34 Koebnrjt ,.:, Kan. City " ,a4lKpokan ..s Bt. Paul, . .33 UarsUlitU " ..41 PortUna humidity, 6 ft. pi,. . . . .-. 6 J UN s yws o ! i ... 7" if 1 'XT 1 1 VOL.. XI. NO. 237. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1012 TWENTY-SIX PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 0 TAIW 4 HO W?Wt TAKsa nvx Ci.i xa. PREPARING FOR 1916! DAUINC DCTITI nnrisn JAimtLLLllll , T ) WFATHFR - ' . Mi L-Ji i f ' K t i ! i"i r A I I v K Y ! I I R V V'L'-K V X II K fill A 1 -iTrri-rV XX' I M II I i mimiiT mi (AUlillLUit- jSre fuSjSSs OOitFERDiCE HEAR LEADERS EXPLAIN mil "rnin niiiun Mini nun viukv iuml nur OllilVO IP; ALL Hi Mew British Battleship Centur ion Collides With Unknown . Steamer While Cruising Off Devonport, England. INJURED VESSEL DROPS FROM SIGHT AT. ONCS Rescue Boats Can Find No Trace of Wreckage or Crew : , After Accident. (UnlUd Praia LriMd WIrt.t Plymouth, JESng., Dec. 10. -Th njw - British dreadnaught Centurion, on her trial cruise off Devonport thla after noon collided with and . sank an tin Identified pteamer. Immediately after the collision the CvpMrlon eent a wireless message aay .0tf?k that her bo we were damaged. Sv- f eral 'craft were t ' one aent to the scene of the collision but there was no trace of the lost vessel or Us crew. Later the Centurion returned here with lier anchors 'driven through her bows. No rescued - seamen were aboard the warship, and It Is belle wd that all on board the sunken vessel perished, - Charles E, Rigdon Arrested; Employe Makes Full Con '.fessloh; About $30 Taken. Charged with the embeeslement of 1st. ' tere, Charles E. Rlftdon, a mall carrier of the main postofflce. residing at 631 East Fifty-first street north, in Hose City Parle, was arrested this morning by Postofflce Inspector Harry O. Durand and Secret Service Officer Steve Con? When Rigdon returned to the office j, after making the first, delivery of the , day, the oiricers were awaiting-for him and an hour later he had made a full confession. He said that he had been taking the; letters for' about a month and In that time had secured four or five. Not more than $30 was taken and . he said that he had intended discontinu ing the practice the first of the Vear. He would feel the letters that looked like they had money In them, and satis fying himself on that point, after re moving it, would destroy the mutilated ' matt.- ' -.r He took the letters, he said, because - ho was hard up; He had been buying a horns and .recently' his wife had ft se vere Illness and underwent an, opera tion. He had ft good record as a carrier and was what la known as a maximum salary man, getting 11200 ft year. He has been a carrfer over five years. , '1 'T! E OF 50G A DAY (Uolted Press Tossed Wire.) Rome. Deq. 10. Through his appeal V to the ministers of posts and telegraphs, sVigelo Sarto, postmkster in the village or Coraiie and brother of Pope Plus, was notified today that hereafter his salary of 60 cents ft day would be doubled, and that he w,HI have an assist ant Sarto Is 7$ years old and In the fulfillment of his duties. Is obliged to walk 10 miles a day." . TRAIN ROBBER SHOT. . (Uiiltfd Press Ied Wlre.l Memphis, Tenn,, Deo 10. Following ft battle with four train robbers, whom they surrounded in ft hut on the out skirts of Memphis today, detectives arrested three of them after killing their leader, Kinney Bergman. The bandits ' have been robbing postof flees and banks of , the southwest for the past two years., Road Gives Conductor $2000. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10. Conductor M. E. Smith Of the Union Pacifio railroad, is 2000 richer today,, the company hav . Ing mailed hlni a check for that amount for capturing William Lounsberry of Medford, Or., after the latter had robbed a. mall- car between Kansas City and Lawrence, Kan. t y WATCH FOR "Ttitt JS E T By Rex Beach The newest, most -daring -and thrilling of al) the stories by this author,,,,,. , IN THE SUNDAY JOURNAL Magazine, beginning ' . , NEXT SUNDAY MAIL CARRIER STEALS FROM LETTERS; SAYS HE 'IS HARD UP" POPE S BRO RAIS THREE ARE CAPTURED Roosevelt Indicates That All but "Four or Five Hundred . Republicans" Will Be. Al lowed in Bull. Moose Fold. "WANT NO CHRISTMAS - : WITHOUT SANTA CLAUS" It Would Be That if Perkins Were Ousted, Says One . V Delegate. - (United Press Leased Wlr. Chicago, Deo. 10. With Colonel Theo. dore Roosevelt and other Bull Moose leaders In attendance, the Progressive conference was. called to order hero today by Senator Joseph M, Dixon of Montana. , Although there has been con siderable sentiment among some of the party leaders that financiers like George W, Perkins of New York and Dan R. Hanna Of Cleveland should be ousted from the organization, Roosevelt Is said to oppose this movement, asserting that he does not want to see the party wrecked. When one of the eastern leaders was asked If anyone were likely to start ft movement against Perkins and Hanna at the conference, he said: "I should say not Such ft move would be as sensible ss saying 'We will celebrate Christmas, but do not want any Santa Claus. " . ; Senator Dixon r predicted ' complete harmony and that the party's organia tlon would not be changed. . , - Who (Jot the riftnkf An explanation of the eleventh hour disappearance of the trust legislation clauBe from the trust plank of the progressive national platform was given this afternoon by Oscar King Davis. H said it was not contained In the first copies of the platform issued, not be cause George W. Perkins did not favor It, but because it was inadvertently left out in the hurry Incidental to the pre paration of platform copies. He said the clause ultimately was contained In the platform as adopted, Hundreds of delegates wer waiting when the doors to the .conference room in the La Salle hotel were opened. ' Cheer Jane Addftms. . : ColoneL Roosevelt, James R. Garfield, Oscar Straus and Senator Dixon were greeted with cheers. . The . delegates arose when Miss Jane Addams of ChCI cago entered. Colonel Roosevelt spook her hand. -,. u' ; Senator Dixon called, the meeting to order at 11:05 a. m. Senator Dixon com- mented on the fact that there were only 98 days from the foundation of the Pro gressive party until the last national election. He Introduced Colonel'Roose- . (Continued on Page Two.) II Time to Quit Puttlnr Ud "Sticks" for Ofice, Leader Declares. ! Changing of the name, of the Prohi bition party,, consideration of plans for two years' work, and the Question of In augurating or joining in a campaign to make Oregon dry in 191 1 are leading Questions for the conference of prohibi tion workers, which met this morning in state headquarters in the Behnke-Walker building. Little was accomplished this morning beyond hearing An address " by J, P. NewelUa the .state chairman, who pre sided, and Abe discussion of plans for maintaining & state paper and advertis ing Erohlbition-party-TVorlc-the "latter discussion being led by T. W. . Tasker. This afternoon the state secretary, B. E. Taylor," will present a. comprehensive plan for the work of the party the com ing two years. The proposal for change of name Is 6 come up lor debate tomorrow morn- ng. This . will take the form of . a proposal to recommend to the national party conference that the party da re named as the National Reform party, or given some similar name, of broader significance than Prohibition. ' Oregon ProhiMtlonlsts are divided on this, some believing the old name is best others ar guing that the party occupies ft broad field v and would be benefited by ft cnange oi name, as some people ftre prejudiced against tne oia- name. "In 'times past the party has nom lnated 'sticks' for . office." said State Chairman Neweu m his opening- address. "Hereafter we should take care , that the party names not only good men, but capable men, men who can fill the of flee with credit if elected. Nominations should be made for every office, not merely to fill the ticket but to present to the people canaiqaies wno are worthy 0 Win,";,- -: ; -.-v ., : , Vralss fox ragst, ' v: ' Mr. Newell took 'occasion 1 td praise the campaign for United States senator mado this year hy B. Lee Paget He said this had been ft clean, splendid fight and that Mr. -Paget had made a, good impression with men of all parties and done the' Prohibition cause a great service. He. purged , the party workers not to become discouraged by failure to elect . candidates and . the small results visHlerom-the'iTTnT'agn: ' " "" " ' 1 "'. ' Discussion of plans for a dry state Is scheduled for this afternoon. Some of th party leaders want to start out on the fight at once, urging that the con ferring1 of the ballot on the women WOULDINJEC n (Continued on l'age Two.) FRANCISCO! TO CUT PHONE . BY USE OF INITIATIVE Association Organized tp Cap italize New Law and Reduce Cost of Service 20 Per Cent , (United Press Leased TTlre.) ' San Francisco, Deo. lO.-Capltalltlng the Initiative for the first time since the direct legislation movement began In America, the San Francisco Telephone Users' association today started out 150 solicitors to secure tne requisite num ber of signatures to petitions calling for a., special election on an ordinance to cut telephone) rates In the city 20 per cent The association was organised for profit and is regularly incorporated. It already has the signatures of more than J000 leading merchants and professional men of the city to ah agreement to pay the organization one-half of the amount saved to them by the reduced telepnone bills for one year after tho "cut" or dinance planned becomes effective. , "San Franelsco is paying at least $500,000 a year more for telephone serv ice than any other city of similar size In America," said C. B. Ward, secre tary of the Telephone Users' , associa tion, today. "Tho present rates cpuld be reduced 2S per cent more than we propose fcnd still . leave , fair prom to the company.". ; The action of the association moving for ft cut in rates by means of the Ini tiative came only after the San Fran cisco board of supervisors had repeated ly refused to order the company to re duce its charge - v. . , ''TOO OLD-" MINISTER F (United Press X-mmS Wire.) ; Santa Barbara, Cal.. Dec 10. Despite his sensational - resignation and depar ture from his pulpit while bis congrega tion was assembled, the Rev. W. C Merrill, pastor of the fashionable First Congregational church, has been offi cially retained by his parisnioners. . "I have been informed that this con gregation wants a younger pastor and I hereby resign,'' Rev. Mr. ' Merrill de clared from his pulpit Sunday evening, and. placing his Bible under his arm. passed down the aisle and out of the church, leaving ms pariBnioners gasping in amazement " - , A business meeting of, the church was Immediately called, and the resignation was refused. Mr. Merrill has occupied his pastorate 10 years. TEN THOUSAND STRIKE; , CAUSED BY ONE DRUNK i - (Unltea rrc Leafed Wire.) London. Dec; io. ah railroad em- trtores at Sunderland, York and Leeds struck today in sympathy with - the Northeastern railway strikers. Ten thousand men are. now out Preicht traffic on the Northeastern road is paralyzed, passenger traffio Is greatly hampered and all other indus tries along the line are affected by the fctrike. All collieries and iron foundries along the line are, Trepang to shut down Indefinitely unless a settlement is ffpcted. . The strike was roreclDltated ey 4wny inwer Knox Wlng-r4uynd 4Kftk for intoxication., mis comrades allege "he has a perfect right to get drunk so lontr as he attends to his work." ' Knox appealed today to Home-Secre tary McKenna, asserting the charges of drunkenness preierred by the company A R RATES WALKS OM CHURCH are untrue. - GOLDEN OF P Construction of Clackamas ' Southern Formally Begun Before Crowd of farmers and Oregon" City Citizens.1 (Speclsl to The Joarnil.) Oregon , City, Or., Dec. lO.-Thls J. Golden Spike day In Oregon City, George A. Harding, T, W. Sullivan, Charles Howard, pioneer citixens, and Oliver Robblns of Molalla were the principal characters In the main event of the day the driving of the shining spike against the first rail of the Clackamas Southern track. These four ardent boosters of the local railroad company, -before a fair-sized -crowdof Clackamas county people, each took his turn at the sledge hammer and with a few swift, short blows, format con struction of the Clackamas Southern was begun. '(.- w---. v- . v The feature of Oregon City's gala day occurred about 2:30 this afternoon, and preceded by a lengthy parade, the line of march culminating at the corner of Fifteenth and Main streets, where the sturdy pioneers tried out their muscle, assisted by other prominent members of the Live Wires. Uke Cirous Day In Town. A crowd from all sections of Clacka mas county, And especially from points tributary to the Clackamas Southern right-of way, poured Into Oregon City at an early hour this morning in true circus day fashion. Every business house In Oregon City was fittingly dec orated and to lend additional effective ness, streamers of pennants In all col ors were hung aeross Main street at When - Portland Woman Saw Robber She Slipped Them Off in Her Muff, fBrvy-IM tn The 3ani. ' Victoria. B. C, Dec 10. The presence of mind of Mrs. J. C. Maxfield, 725 Pat ton Road, Portland, ' Or., who was ft passenger on the Imperial Limited Ca nadian Pacifio train, held up near Vand couver, . v.. Dttiuruay evening, saved her diamond rings, valued at 1600. When the masked bandit, who carried a long revolver, entered tho car. he commanded all the passengers to throw np tneir nanas. nerore comply ing, Mrs. Maxfield slipped the rings from her - fingers and left them in a muff she was carrying In her lap. Her husband, nowever, was relieved of a wallet containing more than 1100. -The couple wero on their way from Port land to Calgary. Instead of 1300, as was first reported to have been stolen by the bandit It has been found that he secured more than 51000, as one man sustained the loss The highwayman1' escaped In tho fog. two miles east of ; Hastings, and car ried with him in addition to the money he secured, two watches, one chain and a diamond ring. The Canadian Pacific Hallway company has offered a reward ME i 1 INTO Continued on Page Five.) . ISIAXFIELD SAVED- urn niiiinim mtino tltlf MIUNU Mo FROM MASKED BANDIT of 300 for the mans capture, j ERI E E Judges' Are Making Awards Now and Winners Are Ju bilant; Attendance Large, Two emotions Joy and disappoint ment predominate at the poultry show today, for the progress of the show Is I markAil hv th unrainni,. rnm to u of rou colored ribbons Indicative of places won by the Various chickens competing for the prizes. It Is easy to pick the winners they wear smug smiles of satisfaction, nd can usually be found near the coops contain ing their prize winning fowl but the losers are much harder to find. Yesterday and last night, approxi mately 5000 persons attended the show, Which Is being held at the Land Show building. East First and East Morrison streets, and today there was a much larger attendance over that which ob tained during the same period yester day. ' The Judges, H. H. Collier and . Purvis Miller, began work this morning as soon as the doors were opened. Collier com pleted scoring the; White Wyandotte hens and pujlets shortly after noon and began passing on Barred Plymouth Rocks Immediately thereafter.' Judge Miller completed scoring the White Leg horns about the same timo and this afternoon will start Judging the White Plymouth Rocks and possibly will fin ish with the Rhode Island Reds oefore nightfall in addition. Kust Be Good. - Under the rules governing the compe titions, ho bird can be given ft first place unless It scores 90 points or more, or take second unless It scores 59. No award can be given where ft bird scores under 85. For this reason, firsts and seconds were not awarded In some classes. ',.' .''..-. . If the Judges continue scoring at the present "rate they-wlll complete their, work in the poultry division either to- I morrow or some time jnursaay. rThev will then ludge the sen and col lection birds that aro competing for .a number of special prizes, cups and trophies. Included among the cups Is the 560. Northwest Poultry Journal cup, for the best Exhibit of 25 cockerels of ono variety bred by the exhibitor, .. Awards Made TesUrdsy. , V The following awards wero made yes terday: . "... ' S. C. White Leghorns, Cocks First, W. B. Brown, Portland; second, Square Deal Poultry Farm, Hllisboro; third, R. H. Greer; Hillsboro; fourth, J. P, Hall, (Continued on Pago Twenty). (United Press Leased Wtrs.l ' Stockton, Cal., Dec 10. Ten carloads of San Joaquin onions will be shipped by the Stockton Chamber of Commerce to Chicago,, as HtocKton s Christmas gift to the poor. The statement that 60.000 sacks of . onions wero to be dumped Into tho river on account of the stag nation in the market, inspired the thought The Santa. Fe. Southern .Pa cifio and Western Pacifio. railroads have ttTTwhed t-tremspors- the- shipment free. Secretary Edwards of the Merced Chamber of Commerce, has promised to add five carloads of sweet potatoes to the shipment Jane Addams of Hull House, will be asked -to distribute the BOWS OF BLU BBON AT CHICK N SOWAR CAUSING SMILES i5R0FCK0 Shipment 4o the poor of Chicago, Six- Huge Documents Calling for Expenditure of $1,500, .000 Early in Year . Have 'Been Placed With Auditor. LOW COST OF MATERIAL ONE CAUSE OF INCREASE More Than 50 Miles of Streets Be Paved if Present Plans Carry. ; 61x enormous petitions for hard sur face improvements in a district compris ing more than 100 blocks In Koetmere, Rose City. Parle and Elmhurst and call ing for the paving of nearly 50 miles of streets, have Just been filed in the city auditor's office. Besides this one huge district ft number of .other petitions for the hard surfacing of single streets, in some instances , a mile in - length, .wil'. mean an outlay of $1,600,000 for street Improvements Immediately after the first of the year , if the city, council orders , the work to proceed in accord' ance with the wishes of the property owners. At this rats the year 1913 will be ft record one in paving development and the tremendous total of f 7,000,00V piled up for pavements In 1911 will be far eclipsed. 4 . . . reeling of Confidence. In the opinion of City Engineer Hurl- burt this activity on the part of home owners to obtain such an amount of street Improvements is an undlsputabls indication of prosperity, and one that expresses the utmost confidence in the future of the country under the impend lng national regime of Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic party. "I attribute this state of affairs at this time," said, the citytengincer toJay, "not only to the general feeling of con fidence on the part of the whole people, but particularly to two other things. "One of these is the recent announce ments by the Hill and Harrlman rail road systems of the intention, of these big oorporatlons to spend several mil lions of dollars In and around Portland in development projects and the near approach to tho' fulfillment of these promises by reason of the fact that the council is soon to take final action on Important franchises sought by the railroads. Cheap Cost restart. Tu "Tho ether Influence is the compara tively cheap cost of paving. X have tabulated the cost of hard surface lm provements made during the past five (Continued on Pago Five.) TO SUCCEED COFFEY Report Authoritative, It Is Said, Though Mayor Has Not Yet Made Announcement. C. W. Hodson.. C. W. Jlodson, formerly president of the Portland Commercial club, and at present engaged in the realty business, will be appointed by Mayor Rushlight to renlaca Police Commissioner John B. of f ey on the city executive board, when Coffey resigns tno nrsi oi d year to take up his new duties as county clerk, th office to which he wa elected by the people at tho recent general election. No official announcement to this ef fect has been made from the mayor's office today, but the Information comes from ft thoroughly reliable source, and one that may be regarded as absolutely authentic ' i There will be another vacancy on the city executive board after the first of the year, in addition to that which will be caused by the resignation of Mr. Coffey. This vacancy will be caused by j the resignation of M. J. Murnane, who was elected, to the state legisla ture last month, Charles S. Rudeen a weir known finest rcrjJJ tUtinttonea ir una uaniuu. Besides having been head of the Com mercial club, C W, Hodaon also served In the state legislature as senator from Multnomah county. lie was at one time intimately associated with tho HODSON TO BE NAMED ON EXECUTIVE BOARD 1 f if - ; ! I A v - t i A i y " Continued oa tuge Five.; Judging of Stock at Northwest ShowWitnessed by Excur sionists, Who Start Home-. ward" Tonight. U. OF I. STUDENT JUDGES BEAT W. S. C. BY 202 j I . ' .-.i-, , - . , : i .,.... : , .".,' Camas and, Nez Perce Plains Swell Attendance by, One , Thousand. (Special to The Journal.) Lewlston, Idaho, Dec 10. Seventy- fly representatives of the Portland Commercial club, accompanied by 25 business men of Pendleton, arrived in Lewlston this morning over the O.-W. B, A N.. Co., at la o'clock. ' . The excursionists wero , met by ft large delegation of the Lewlston Com mercial club and escorted to the Ma sonic temple in Lewlston, where they were entertained at breakfast This af ternoon they were taken to the grounds of the Northwest Livestock association to witness the stock Judging. Tonight they will be banqueted at ft monster smoker planned by the Idaho Washington Development league and the Lewlston Commercial club, and will return tonight to Portland. . :--, Betnrns X.ewiston's Compliment . The visit of the Fortlanders 1. a re turn for the. big excursion which ' the ' Lewlston people made to tho Rose City last March, to attend tho Pacifio Inter national Stock Show. : . i . With fair weatnef tho second dav of the Northwest Stock Show entertained biff Crowds. Who have rrlvl frnm all the tributary country. From the Ca- mas and Nes Perco prairies, no of the big stock countries of this state, over 100Q visitors came to Lewlston this morning. The University of Idaho was awarded first place over tho Washing ton State college . Judging team , by a margin of 202 points. . Last night the stockmen filled the' Commercial club rooms to listen to ad dresses by Professor W. I Carlyle of the University of Idaho: B, W. Thatch. r of the Washington state experiment station at Pullman; C, C Colt, presi dent "of the Union Meat company of Portland, and Paul Clagstons, president of the Northwest Livestock associa tion. . ' TTauiuaJly flood Stock Present. ' ' In a young livestock district such as Is the northwest, it. ie scarcely possible to appreciate the scope of ft show like the second-annual Northwest livestock show here. The livestock Industry Is in lta infancr. but the foreign observers from the older districts express keen amazement in viewing the unusual col lection of stock that has been assem bled fof' this occasion. "Although the larger livestock centers such as Kansas City, Chicago and Denver can boast of much larger shows; stockmen who have WftH riAttsiAsI thasa ftVenfsi eivAvatt .Um 4 . say that the Northwest livestock show is ft finely balanced exhibition. E ;r invest New .York Clearing House Un der Fire: ' Chairman Denies It Has Autocratic Power, (Cotted Frees leased Wire-.) Washington. Dec. 10. The New Tork stock exchange was the subject of to day's cession of the house "money trust" investigation committee. When today's hearing began bankers representing many millions of dollars were ready to testify. ,. 1 - Attorney Untermyer, representing the Committee, plan an Inquiry to deter mine to what extent , the New Tork clearing house dominates country banks nd what effect its refusal to clear for other banks has on these institutions. Because of the interest In the com mittee proceedings the hearings were transferred today to a larger room in the house off ice building. Walter Frew, president of the Corn lr-rrurm ftanlr nt Nov York, anil rh.lr. man of the executive committee of the New Tork clearing house, was the first witness. He described the organiza tion of . his bank and its absorptioirof other banks. The Corn Exchange bank, he said, has 29 branches in New Tork. ' The clearing house, Frew said, in considering eligibility for membership, did not consider bank's surplus, but that both should be considered. He de nied the clearing house "has autocratio power," but admitted his committee 14 empowered to establish rules for its members. Frew admitted his committee could suspend members, and that "unless It was- a good, strong bank with ft large surplus, the suspended Institution wouM be forced out of business, while the question of expulsion was under con slderation." The witness recounted the failure of tho Mechanics' and Traders' bank of New Tork m 1907. Attorney i;ntrineyr iniulred at great length regarding tho Influence pf J. I. Morgan tn banking circles. Frew explained how- MorKn dominates the Bankers' 'Trust--company with-f-epmt'ts of li;o.oud.bO'. - 1 1 company, Frew said, was 'controlled i,r the members of Morgan's firm, . Imnin O. Reld, tioorgo VV. Perkins n 1 if. r. lavdo. he talO, -r iha thr, fri tees of -the lUnk(M's" Trtt -who selected ell tiie direct mi j i , . trollc-J ti: aflairs of t.'-e i STOCK EM HAS ITS TURN I EY IS GATORS