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WEATHER Occasional rain today; easterly winds. VOL. IX. NO. 23. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1912. price Fiyc ce:;;: U. S. A ttorney General icaiiw Pi COHE W5-SITELAV ROD VERY IILIUUilhO IU b'L held bo;;?. t at t it t . t e . Son Is Hurrying to London TO ABE PEACE FOR RE 1 . EilVOYS FRQI.1 ilEAR v EAST I'll COM O A BILL 111 BAIJQUET AHACKS DRAVS GREATII TO -mum Greece Sends Ministers to Unite in Conference to Be gin in London Tomorrow Fighting Is Continued.- BALKAN ALLIES NAME SERVIAN FOR CHAIRMAN Oldest of Delegates Will Be Suggested to Guide Confer , ence Through Difficulties. (Cnlted Frcii teased Wire.) London, Deo. 14. With everything- In readiness for the formal opening of the Turkish-Balkan peace conference at St James palace Monday, onlookers in the .war game were chiefly Interested in the attitude of Turkey and Greece towards each other, .. . ; ,.. The Greek government, so far ad was known, has neither signed the protocol of Baghtche nor made any armistice agreement with the Ottoman govern ment. Yet the Greek envoys 'expected ' to enter the conf ernce Monday, which will be opened .by an address by Sir Ed ward Grey, who already lias greeted the peace plenipotentiaries at the '; foreign office. That there was no misunderstanding among Greece and the Balkan states and that the alliance was in no danger' of disintegration, as dispatches emanating from Constantinople stated, was evi denced by the following semi-official statement published in Athens: -Athens Issues "Btatement. The fact that Greece has not signed tha armistice should not be interpreted lit proof of dissension among the al lies. According to explanations fur. nished there, Greece was particularly anxious that her naval action -Should not be interrupted. In order that the re- vlctuatiaing of - the Turkish fortresses In Epirus should not be renaerea pos sible. . J - . i - Greece was considering the Interests (Continued on Tage Twelve.) III WlPC : II IB' YORK WILL Wholesale Indictments 4 Ex pected ;to -Follow Real. In vestigation, of Evil,' ..' y i Ttu wA Wire.) " New ork. Doc. 14. That- a "com rviot- .miftfti" - had been made by an '.nt ftf the vice trust which; under the protection of certain grafting . police men, haa operated disorderly resorts in this city, was rumored tonight.- It was because of this fact that, the report aid. ' that District Attorney Whitman and Justice Gof f conferred today and It was decided to start the grand Jury on a real investigation of th entire city disorderly business On Monday. : s i , That sensation revelations are-im pending is not, doubted." It was lntl mated, at the district attorney's office this evening that tha , Becker incident would be eclipsed and wholesale indict ments were expected. 3 ' ' . ' Mrs. Mary Goode. who bo calmly ad : mttted to the aldermanlc investigators that she had run illegal resorts here for years; that she had paid for protection and that "they ail do it." is .the he a and front of tha investigation A num ber of women independents, so called because of their illegal houses in oppo sition to the "trust" which has had a monopoly of .(the infamous trade,, met tonight with Emory R. Buckner, chief of the aldermanlc investigator's coun sel. The meeting place was' a closely guarded secret, .the women having ex plained to Buckner that they feared .the fate of Rosenthal if certain "police grafters" learned their identity. Buck ner was once one of .Whitman's assist ants and he was expected to place all of the Information he obtained, at the disposal or the distriot attorney. Startling information Sxpeeted. ' . There are a number of casns bend Ing against women and men. disorderly ' house proprietors in the courts. It was understood tonight that some of these persons accused, satisfied that the rule of the police through graft was to be shattered as the result of the impend ing upheaval, had offered to tell all tney knew about graft payments; how much was paid, who collected it and where it went, if they were granted' im munity from the charges on which thev await trial. In addition It was reported . that Whitman, with the consent of Jus tlce Goff, had already arranged with at least one collector ta arrant him 1m. munlty fcrovlv-ng ha furnished evidence that would ' convict the main police grafters.' The very, fact that Whitman, through the use of these methods, was able to convict Becker and the gunmen lent color to this rumor. It was also ! reported that the proprietors, of certain t,aioons. wner toa women 01 tne under world have been in the habit Of eongre jsating, were subpoenaed today and will he subjected to "joe Doe" interroga tions ," ' ',-. " . , - Becker Denounces JVoBeculor.'v Waited Press' tawed Wir.).-'-.Y'-.' New York. Dec, 14. Bitter denruncla tlon of Justice Goff and District At torney wnitman la voiced today- in a -tettr-wtmcn-tvy fcrrmcr-'T'oiiLe Lieu tenant t"harltS Becker, charged with the murder of Herman Rosenthal, from the death house at Sing Sing pr!non, to Wil litim Llcb, a boyhood friend. Ifeckrtr maintained his Innocence, de clarlng he "would go to tils death like a man." MP CRUSADE I tW:fll PASS BECKER AFFAIR i I Photograph by the International News Service. i . , George W, Wlckersham. ' "FOOD TRUST" UNDER : GOVERNMENT ATTACK Federal Agents ; Declare .War On Packers and Produce ' , v Dealers,, (United Pre.i T.riwd Wlri I . Chicago, Dec. 14. In the investiga tion that resulted in a suit filed here today by United 8tatea Attorney Wilk inson to dissolve the Elgin Board ,of Trade and the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, It was learned tonight that government agents have turned over to department of Jus' ties officials evidence of a food trust,' which, they say, has manipulated price of necessaries for years.- .' . Charles F. Dewoody, , chief agent of the department in Chicago, It was said tonight, has compiled evidence Which the United 'Kates attorney's office hopes to be able to use in prosecuting cold storage house owners in Chicago, New York, Kansas City, Omaha and many other cities. -vv- - . The storage business, it was Raid by the government agents, is the greatest aid to the "food trust,", and their ware houses, centering In Chicago, extend from one coast to the other, . . . Packers, commission merchants and produoe dealers are to be the target of the trust prosecution which the gov ernment plans ,tj start.; The charges will be that butter, eggs and poultry and all kinds of other meats .'are dl verted from markets, where they would naturally be .sold at low prices, and that the ."food trust", arranges prices so that vegetables and fruits cannot be gathered and shipped at a profit, caus Ing a shortage In supply and maintain ing , .high selling, price, , t TUDrT- GUESS I'LL ...'..- ..y. - v.. , '' .' ' Attorney General Says Inde pendence of Judiciary is De stroyed Tinkering . With Constitution Harmful., . MAKES APPEAL TO SAVE . BELOVED INSTITUTIONS Initiative, Referendum and he- call Condemned , With Roose- t velt's Judicial Plans. (Culled rreo Leaird Wire.) -New York. Dec. 14. Remedy . modern politics, but leave the 'constitution se verely alone. 1 Such : was the plea which Attorney General Wlckersham made,, tonight to the Pennsylvania: society, meeting for Its annual banquet "at the . Waldorf-As toria, , He ridiculed tha modern Utopia promised by reformers and bitterly con demned, the Initiative, ' the' referendum and the recall. " Among numerous other speakers msr British Ambassador Bryce and Senator Borah otldaho'i;" ,4 Admitting that the evils of machine fule and corporation control of the leg islature, and judiciary had in the past demanded drastic action, the ' attorney general said the fault "lay not with the inadequacy of the constitution, but the apathy , of the voters." - Pupllo Conscience Overturned, -x Publlo conscience, he declared, has awakened, and many corrective meas ures have been applied by congress through laws which do not affect tha constitutional government. Reviewing the effect of the Initiative and referendum in the 17 states where it is now in effect, the attorney general said that the Independence of the judi cial system has been almost entirely destroyed by short terms of office and small salaries, together Trlth the threat of removal that is constantly hanging over them." . - , ; t'The-new school." .Wlckersham -said, "rejects as . unworthy all limitations upon -.the immediate exercise of power and reduces ; bills of .rights to mere counsels of perfection. It abandons all idea, of permanency in ,th fundamental law. The constitution t changed a lightly as th'cod3 of legal procedure, - Cites Oregon Changes. , In Oregqnfor example, its constitu tion was not changed, between 1869 and 1902 period of it years. Between 10J and, ' 1910 eight years-it was amended 12 times.' ' This. .ConstltutIon tinkering is Ue inevitable result of re ducing constitutions to tha category ' of statutes." V-v t?..-J'My fr-r Wickeraham scored the Roosevelt pro posal to submit judicial decisions upon the justness and adequacy of new stat utes to a popular vote to determine their legality. To accomplish this,' ha (Continued on Page Twelve.) - HAVE TO WAIT FOR Weekrs Hearings Reveal the .Conditions in the Financial World That Will' Mean New i Laws to Prevent Abuses. STARTLING, REVELATIONS 5 PROMISED THIS WEEK Statutes Will ; Be Aimed at Wall Street Stock Gamb lers and ".Short Selling." Fnltrd Preis Leaned Wire.) ' Washington, D. C, Dec, 14.-n-"We've only skinned ths surface so far." "This was the declaration tonight of a member of the "money trust" investt gating committee, which; this, afternoon totalled up results of its "week's work and .laid lines. for; mora exhaustive In qulry next week. . , ... Privately, the Investigators expressed great satisfaction with the information disclosed durfbg the last week's heart lngs. . They declared that abuses de manding correction have been clearly shown. . It was learnea aumomanvei.Y that recommendations for legislation to meet certain alleged financial abuses will follow within , a month or six weeks. 1 1 Necessity for such legislation Is baaed by committeemen upon the following principal developments of the Inquiry so far; What tfa Inquiry Shows. That gambling exists in the New Tork Stock Exchange, to . some extent,, at least. ' , 7 ' ' " ' ' That most ' brokers consider "short sellinjc" of stock legitimate. That stock "pools" have been oper ated to blind investors and bankers as well as damaging, sometimes, the op erators themselves. ' r : i 5 That stocks have been violently man ipulated by a single operator. That the New York Stock Exchange compels its members by ironclad rules to trade only In securities listed on that or tha fcmV' exchange. That the exchange sells for $100,000 a. yearits quotations to the Western Union Telegraph company . for distri bution to all points of the world. That brokers rehypothecate securities Of their customers. . , That brokers epeculate to a great ex tent on their own account without pay Ing commissions charged the public, i - Capital Stock Bold Over. That the entire caplttr'atock of many corporations is "sold", ovei time .and again,- tri ..year,"..',,'-.';;I'v.i'V That a small percentage of stock sold is actually transferred, on the corpora tion's books. 1 ,"!'.! . V rf '''..:' t That:: securities of , brokers who fall are first used' to pay other brokers be fore customers or creditors1 are cared for.'.: An-i"-"f: , ;,-"' .,.-.' .y. i,' That six "gwernors" of th stock: ex change control the membership and list Ing of stocks. ". ;'".".! : y- ''v..' v' (Continued on Page Twelve.) PROFESSOR WILSON V j V 'is LV . American Ambassador ' Has . Been Suffering From Old- ."Ailment" Since October,'.- (t'nlted Press Leaird Wire.) London. Dec. 14. Whlteiaw , Reid., American , ambassador to 'the court of St, Jami-was much exhausted ronitfht. despite 4 ."JTontinut'd administration of oxygen K 'lie nj)eoIaiit in attendtnee at DoroJ llvse. ''ThflOgh encourag ing bul'u.s were, given out, it' was learned tf,t. the , physicians had the gravest U ars.' .Bulletins issued byhe physician late In the afternoon said that Ambassador Ketd was 'very weak and tired, but had siepi, ana no immediate crisis is feared, y Tha ambassador, who is. 75 years of age,, has' not been well since he dellvi cred an address lata In October at the opening : of v the . University of Wales Thd trip taxed his strength and brcught on ft return of his old asthmatic ali ment. Since returning to London he has been out of his Dorchester house very;, little. ' .; ..- : : It was learned tonight that Ogden Mills Reld, son of the diplomat,-sailed for. England today on the liner Xron prinxessln Cecelle, called by his father's illness. T " ' Wfelteiaw' Reid is the owner of the New York Tribune, and has been ambas sador to Great Britain since 190S. -,,?.V .'-.:-'"'.".. ' "'' V..'.:--t.v ; DciMirtment of Stat Alarmed. " (B? the International N'nw Hrrrlee.) ' Washington, Deo 14. That the condl tlon of, Ambassador , Whlteiaw Reid la very serious was ' learned at the state department here today. - Great fears are entertained for his- recovery. At first it was thought, that the atack waa'only another of the recurrent ones to which ho Is accustomed, i However, the pres ent one is much more virulent than is usual, i He is having- great trouble in breathing, and has to be propped, up In his bed in -order to do 'so. , ' y The condition of nishealthls' such that, should he recover from this attack it is Probable-' that he -would be unable to resume his ambassadorial duties and the appointment of, bis successor will be necessary. ; ; ;u . , . ENGINE. STRIKES. BUS; .TWO PERSONS KILLED Atlantic City Express v Collide With an Aatomobile ta Perth . , Ambyr'NJ.r-y'V-''' i Perth Amboy, N. X. Dec 14. The At lantlc City Express on the New Jersey Central crashed into an automobile bus at an unprotected crossing near hero at 4:30 this afternoon. Of the It persons riding within the bus two are dead, one Is dying and six are Injured. The dead: - DANIEL THORNTON, 6 years Old, of Chrome, N. J. MRS. THORNTON, mother of the dead boy. , ' .. ' The dying: MARGARET THORNTON, a daughter. The bus, belonging to the Perth Am boy Transportation company, was mak ing one of Its regular trips. Owing to the cold weather, Elmer 'Glover, the driver, manipulated the steering wheel from behind, a glass partition. This prevented him - from ' bearing the ex press approaching. . , VACATION OVER, WILSON ' SAILS FOR NEW YORK Hamilton. BermuAay via Jamaica,' Dec. 14. President-elect. Wood row Wilson with Mrs.. Wilson and their daughters sailed.fcn home, today a'ad w pett to reach New York Monday. A large crowd of enthusiastic Bermu dlans and visitors thronged the quay and cheered the Wilsons lustily. " Mrs. Wllswn and the Misses Wilson, respond ed by waving handkerchiefs and Gov ernor Wilson waved his hat, . "I'm fueling fine. Tt linn hecii a grenf vat-allon,'' was his comment.- - r I! I 1 111 T : H , j J - -J - -4 1 f i-Potograph by the International News '- .Service.. , Top Whlteiaw Held, American am ' bassador v, to the Coort ot . . St. , James.-. ; ISottom Ogden KLills 4 Held, son of Whlteiaw Reid, who lias been called tq London by Ms 1 father'g Illness. - , TW0.CB. WADE CASES AT LAST GO OFF DOCKET Judge' ; Believes . .That Trial , After , Seven Years Would Bo y - - Fruitless.-' o (SpecUt to The Journal. ) ' ' ' " ' Pendleton, , Or., Dec. 14. After, being untried- upon - the docket of tha local circuit court for .the past seven years, the two cases against C. B. Wade, the former; Pendleton banker who. It Is al leged, misapplied bank funds, were to day' dismissed by Judge Q W. Phelps upon motion of District 'Attorney S, E. Van'Vactor. : ' ' ;::y y,yv.. , .The , original, information charging Wade with forgery and obtaining money under false pretenses was filed In 1905 by Judge Phelps himself, then district attorney.- r- When brought ' back "to the city for trial, a hearing was had at which local physicians testified that the defendant was .mentally' Incapable - of Withstanding the strain of a trial. In formation from Los Angeles, where he has , been for several years., has indi cated to. the court that his mental con dition has not improved and that he .has beer, earning his living by odd Jobs. .. .y Acting upon tills lnform&ton and upon the belief ' that at this date a ' trial would only be a drain upon the county treasurer and would either- result In a hung Jury or acquittal.' Judge Phelps al lowed the motion to dismiss. : ; Game Legislation ' Hunting and fishing bring $20, 9 0(KO0O - annually- to- the state of Maine, which it the recreation ground for thousands of sports men. ''.The maintenance of this re source requires intelligent .consid eration from the whole people. ; y J 'The;!., problem "4 mast be , ap proached in a broad manner.' In the past ten years the different states have v passed y 132$ game laws. : Oregon baa done much in the way of game protection.' More remains tqjbe done. T The salient features of the ques tion are discussed with authority by State Game Warden William L. Flnley, in a Ferlns of n rt ii-If-x, th first of which will a );,;. r in T11H F.i:NI)Y JOniNAI, r -nzina for ii.M'or-! .'!- Large - Financial Intcrcc. Scathingly Arraigned i . , Report of Senate Invccli- gating Committee. MEXICO AND CUBA ARE ' COUNTRIES CONCERNED Capitalists in U. S. Said t) Have Deliberately FomentcJ Discontent and Strife. . (Special to-The JournaL -Washington, D. C.,rDec. . 14. Gio.it American financial , interests will lo held responsibly for the revolutions '.n Mexico and Cuba by the sub-commHti e of tha senate foreign relations com mittee which has been Investigating con ditions in : thosa countries. The sub committee under the direction of Sen ator William Allen Smith, of Michigan, expects to conclude its inquiry during the next few days and to submit In report to congress Immediataly after tha Christmas . holidays.- - This report promises to be ft scatching arraignment of American business interests for tl.'j part they played in aiding1 the over throw of the Diaa government in Mex ico and In, the attempts they made t i create disturbances ' In Cuba. Borne of the Interests, it is asserted were anx ious to have the United States intei vene both -in Mexico and Cuba with a view to annexing those countries to tlm American republic. ? Others, notably in the case of Mexico, were dissatisf l 1 at the treatment they received from th Dias regime and wanted the Madera revolution to succeed because they be lieved they could receive more consid eration from a new administration than from the government then in power. America Base of Eevolution. The report of the fcmith sub-committee will disclose. that the United Statt has served as a base for Mexican ami Cuban revolutionists. That larxe sum of money have been obtained from Amer ican 'financiers J" for use in fomenting discontent and aiding in revolutions; that, munitions of war have been pur chased in this country and shipped in violation of neutrality laws to tins neighboring states.' If the Dins ernment Were In power a report eu'-h the - Smith sub-committee will . v would justify It in claiming heavy ages from the United States, The t-j est care has been observed by Kei Kuiitn ana -hi associates in coli, facts. It was realized that it v. -nil be unwise to charge unjustly an A- .----lcan Interest having investments In J! lch 'With participation in the Madi r i revolution, for in Case of the overthrow of the Madero government the interest in question would be harshly dealt with, especially if adherents of former Prt's' ldent Dlas were to regain power. There fore, a large, number of witnesses have been exanjyed and the proof obtained against- ceptaln- American corporations la ao conclusive that there can be nu doubt they were involved in the anti Diat outbreak. : .: v raiis White Wife of Negro (Pagilist Told to Leave Pompciian Room at Congress Hotel, . " (3pdl to The ioiirnal.) ; Clllcaro. IM 14 Whr. T'",, Cameron Johnson, wife of Jack John...,, negro pugilist, was discovered em;, dinner with a cart v of frlan.ia t . . Pompeiian room at the Congress ' t tomgnv jao guests left their tables , ,. woman, with her friends, were el ! from the hotel bv Prsiiint ...... and a detective. - She was accomi i ! oy two . women anrt a man. " Bedecked with diamonds and e!u h i Is white furs, aha attracted h .,(...., tlon of the several hundred gueots tis sns entered tne fining room with 1m-i . companions .shortly before 6 oV!,k k. The mart ordered win mil th. talked in loud voices. Guests eimnn' ued to watch the party, and it whispered that she was some fam i ; actress, wo one knew them, Tft young men entered the dining room ami both appeared startled wi All lh,v p. . ognlxed the woman. They whispered t 'at,h. other and with A .smile wu!h4 table near the party. Then In a vol .- that could be heard all ovr th ri-,.,i dining room one of them said; "llnrn , that's Lucille-.Camoron,. wife of Ja i Johnson." , Other Oneats Indignant. Immediately there .was eonfusii , Women and . men . pushed their rha, 4 from thctr tables and walked out. -ders were cancelled by those who I not been' served. Lucille Cameron "Johnson " and 1 companions . appeared surprised; lt deht Kaufman was notified ly ini!!;; ; .. gust. - Detectives were ordirrd t i cj the Johnson woman. The man Uh objected, Sns said, "Why., you I . . no right to put Us out. We a re cr'-' They serve us at the Blackstoiif. '. just had several bottles of niim i. there. : We have also b-n t iStratford." ; ' l'b iUtactlv. 1,U hn4 .... man's shoulder and naM. ' V''i w::l ' to gtt out. We ihi nut w.i money her. Tbs t t h r j.- t. and you will Mtvi t ( Appnrentlv -( r Will 4i 1" 1 w lio v,-y era m