r
THE
WEATHER
. Rain tonight
and tomorrow;
warmer; brisk,
southerly
winds.
.-. TEMPERATURES TODAY
Boston, t a. m. ' 391 Port'nd,'o m.?"
Ww York " ..401 Seattle " . .!
Charleston ' M . .60Boiae ' " , .14
Wasb'gton ..36jSu. rra. .,44
, ' CMoago, 7 ft. M, ,8a!oseburg " ,.81
Kan. City " ,.88 Bpokane " ..21
- St. Paul . .101 Saarshtield " . .3'.!
, Portland humidity, ft a. in . 83
VOL. XI. NO. 2R2.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, , 1912-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES..
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EDUCATORS OF STATE ATTENDING CONVENTION OE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
USIfiESS
Xpft to right, top -Dr. Joseph fichafcr, University of Orejjon, who syoke yesterday; Miss ItfV Stall h (standing), rural supervisor of Yamhill coun
. ' ,ty; (Hitting) Mrs. A. E. Watson, principal Kerns school, l'ortlund; George Hug, p famous old University : of Oregon football player, now
prnlcipnl of tho Eugene )Iigh whool, demonstrating at blackboard, llelowrrofessor I). A. Grout, assistant superintendent of Tortland; E.
T. Moores, superintendent of school for blind at Salem, going over knotty problem. - , T ' " ,
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Freight Steamers Will Be Run
t Monthly Between Portland,
Europe and Points in Orient,
It Is Announced.
LOCAL SHIPPERS TO
. GET GREAT BENEFIT
Agencies ,f or Hamburg-American
Service Will Be Made.
Known Later.
Portland has been chosen by the
Hamburff'Amcrlcan Line, as Its, pacific
Northwest terminal for a Transpacific
freight, service line to De established
aoon after the first of the year. It
will nrovlde monthly ateameu between
'Xflrtmi. the orient -and Europe, and
furnish the means for the upbuilding; it
commerce that hat been Jeopardised be
cause of the lack of regular transporta-
tlon facilities, r , ,
This encouraging news was received
this morning la an official announce
ment from the company's New York of.
Ifices, and was received with the keen
est appreciation of Portland business
men in general and shippers in particu
lar; The company la promised the
heartiest co-operation and every poast-
Jble assistance, The official announce
Jmont reads:
To Announce Arencles Later.
"The - Hamburg-American lirte ant
flounces the establishment of a month
y Transpacific freight service between
.Singapore, Hongkong, Manila, Kobe. Yo
kohama and Vancouver, B, C. and Port
land, Oregon, with calls at the Puget
nound ports if sufficient Inducement of
fers. The service. is to be an extension
jof one of the branches of the company's
uamourg-isast Asia service and 1 to be
inaugurated with the steamship Sltho
nla leaving Hamburg about February
fifth, sailing from the United States
na Canadian ports the end of April.
rine agencies or tne new service at the
hJnited States and Canadian ports will
he announced later."
, , V... Boats of Large Sis'.
The steamer Slthonia is a modern
raft of 8500 tons dead weight carrying
apaeity, her registered tonnage being
.613 tons gross and 3544 tons net Her
frneasurement capacity Is 11,000 tons. She
iraws 24 feet -10 ; inches, when fully
aden. and has an average speed of 11
utottVV She. was built, at Flensburif In
(1903 and is equipped with gear for the
landling of single pieces of freight such
hs machinery, to the weight of If tons.
To maintain this service, the company
kUr.be required to keep eight or nine
hteamers.ln operation on the run. It Is
(Continued on Page Five.)
E
Vessels Ashore, Harbor Works
; Damaged, and Liners De
layed by Storm.
iUnitrA Pr tmA TVI
London. Dec. 27. As a result of a ter.
nno storm which, swept over England,
epons are reacning Here today of con
Wderable damage... Telephone and tela
kraph wires were torn down In many
Maces. : xne Italian steamer Trlnolitanl.
pom Genoa to Barry, Wales.Was driven
ashore and wrecked at Mounts Bay. One
MLthe crew was drowned and 2T others
l.iKVthniilng escapes. -
Plymouth, England. Dec. 27. -The erale
kvhich swept over England yesterday
mill continues and many small craft are
reported here today to be' ashore. The
prnzinan steamer Goyas and the Brit.
sh steamer - William Gilmore are
iLTOund and have sustained great dam-
PL'. Two persons are known to have
jcrisned and many were rescued at va
lous points. along the coast durln the
mci i oi me siorm.
Cherbourg, France, Dec. 27. -The "Ger
man cable ship Gros Ileraog entered this
ort today severely damaxed as a re
hult Of the storm which swept over Eng.
ana, causing great navoc. it reported
ne British steamer Naming in distress
rr the coats of Brittany. . On account
t. the gale th liner Oceanic was de-
yed several .hours from entering port
u iaue un passengers. .
Havre, France. Dec. 27.As a result
f the terrific storm which swept over
.L. I. ..... . . .T
ne vui tuuay, uie new Jiaroer worKS
kt this port were considerably damaged.
Many vessels art ashore and others are
htorm bound. , '-
The Year in Review
A general resume of 1912, and
what it has brought Portland and
Oregon in the way of substantial
development, will be included in
mittu auNUAx juukwal tor
r a. .
This' will be supplemented by a
?;eneral review of the world's news
or the twelve months, which dis
closes 6me remarkable facts.
These features, attractively illus
trated, will supplant the usual spe
cial nurBberTwhich'wiH hot be"pub
lished this year. , :
NEXT SUNDAY
IPS
ARE
WRECKED
ENGLAND'S COAST LIN
H. H. Humphrey Changes His
r Plea of Not Guilty to Guilty
in United States ' Court, in
Orchards Case. .
BUT ONE DEFENDANT,
REMAINS; FOR TRIAL
A. J. Biehl Only One "of Trio
Who Has Not Made-Confession.
, Before United States Judge Bean thin
morning H. IL Humphrey changed hi
plea, of not guilty of the charge of mis
use of the malls in disposing of some
14,000,000 worth of bonds of doubtfU".
value In connection with the well known
DeLarm, or Columbia River ' Orchard
company, v , - , .
Humphrey's plea of guilty leaves only
one defendant, A. J, , Biehl, ( to a&Jnd
trial on the charge, Humphrey being the
second one of the accused to save the
court the expense of further prosecut
ing them. The first man to plead wan
R. HMcWhorter, real estate dealer ot
Seattle, who voluntarily appeared before
Judge Bean and confessed his guilt. -
, JUng leader May Be Bead. .
W. E., DeLarm, .said to have been the
ringleader In the promotion of the Co
lumbia River Orchards company. Is dead
to all Intents and purposes, though
government agents who have spent
some months in investigating . his sup
posed demise are still In doubt as to
whether he lives or not. ''
George" C. Hodges, another of the land
operators indicted, escaped, to Canada
and was hot arrested, so that with the
McWhorter and Humphrey pleas of
guilty on the records. Biehl, whose case
Is now being heard before Judge Bean,
Is the only one of the quintette to stand
trial.
That th .Cnliirrtlilft . THvai nrnhaiu
company, so far at least as Blrfhl was
concerned, had In view the upbuilding of
eastern Washington for the public weal,
was the gist of the contention of W. T.
Hume, attorney for Biehl, "in his. opening
statement held this morning.
Mr. Hume arto Argued that no matter
what 'degree of guilt might be attached
to other defendants In the ' case. ; it
would In no wise affect Biehl, who no
said naa acted in good faith through
out the entire matter, with, no intent
to do wrong.
How the ttoek Was Transferred.
Details of the transfer of the stock
and control of the original Columbia
Orchards company to DeLarm and Biehl,
who reorganized the corporation, was
given by George W. Armstrong, paving
contractor of Spokane, Wash., who was
me nrst, witness called by the govern
ment. Mr. Armstrong said that he. was -one
of the original organizers of the Co
lumbia River Orchards company, and
that he and his associates sold to De
Larm and their associates largely be
cause the original promoters could not
raise funds sufficient to put the propo
sition through on the scale they con-
(Continued on Page Seven)
Candidate for President
Raymond Polncnire, premier of '
' France.
. (United Tr8 r.cuM.l Wire.)
Paris, Dec. 27 Yielding. to the per-
slstence of his friendM'In the senate
and chamber of deputies, Premier Ray-
mona roincaire has . consented to be a
candidate for the presidency of France.
A successor to President Fallleres is to
b$ chosen January 17. " , i . ' . v
Alexandre Rlbot, former premier, an
nounced his candidacy for President of
France" trrb'Pposrt Ion 'foVofncai re. Boi li
men ro affiliated with the Republican
party. Polnralre was-the first to sug
gest that Rlbot make the race, but the
latter refused until after Poincalre had
announced' his own candidacy. ' T .
7 :'v.
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' 'A i ; . X, ,t7y -;X XJv. -
i : . . . r-n fll ' . s
FEWER DEATHS IN 1 91 2,
! HOI
j , ... -' , ,t
I SW HAS EN!
Portland Certainly Is in No
Danger of Race Siiicide at
Present Rate, .
In 'the greatest, home stretch rush
ever made by the long-legged bird of
life, the stork ' has cpitipletel.V '.ou tdlB
tanced the grey haired old scythe wield
er in the Portland population handicap
race Of 1912. statistics Just completed
in the city health of flee showing , that
the births for the first 11 months ex
ceed the deaths by 1698. With only a
few more days of the present year to
run, estimates of City Health Officer
C. H. Wheeler Indicate that the long
lead already established by the winged
messenger of life will be increased to
more than 1700.
Other gratifying revelations brought
to light by the 'statisticians of the
health department are that the death
rate for 1912 will be much lower than
that of 1911. while the birth rate will
show the largest increase in the his
tory of the city.
The records for the first 11 months
of the year show 2055 deaths and 363
births. It is estimated that the total
number, of deaths for the year will be
2233 and the total .number of births
Wilt be 3985." Deaths last year num
be red 2394 and births were 8711.
-The death and birth rates last year
were figured on a basis of 252,000 pop
ulatlon,. the estimate furnished by
Polk's directory. The death rate last
year was 9.47 per; 1000 " of population
Tlie birth rate was 14,7. Figuring that
the population has Increased to 260,01)0
this year, the estimated birth' rate, for
1912 Js -8.68 -arid the birth rate Is 16.32.
"It is a wonderful ; record," declared
Dr. Wheeled today; v"not only h'aa, ; the
number' of births' far cxceecled the-number
of deaths, but the deaths were. actu
ally fewer than they were last year. No
more fitting comrhentary could be made
on Portland's grand climate and pure
water supply."
BY PARCELS POST
(United Prew Leamd WIr.
"New.York, Dec 27. By organising a
consumers' and producers' registry, Mrs.
Julian Heath, president of the National
Housewives' league here ftoday. plans to
supply housewives ; after s January 1,
with butter, gga, and produce,-utilising
me parcels post o,a a meaium or aellv
ery' .v-.v,.-. ,,';V,r-
Tne registry win De: m. cnarge or a
committee of the league. ' Housewives
desiring to purchase small quantities
of farm product. must register. Farm
ers living within 60. miles of the city
also must enroll themselves with, the
league. By this arrangement it is
hoped to facilitate the use of the par
cels post. . i
TAFT IS EN ROUTE
E
' (United Press Letted Wire.)
('. Colon, Panama, Dec. 27. A wireless
message received .here today from the
battleship Arkansas, which has on board
President Taft and party returning to
tho United States after a visit to the
canai Hon,, stated that ! ail . on board
were' well. . '':- i; :", V V' -
The,jir:alJi;ntJeXt..CQloa.at.l.t'cloikJ
last night for Key West Accompany- I
Ing tho president's party la Colonel
GoethBls, chief engineer of the canal,
who bo:u'dea the battleship Delaware,
which Is en route north with the-Arkan-sas.
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sN. j J SL. v . Frame, Building Quickly En
t ' l'r- veloped injlames; Gallant
?2y.' Rescues Made, ; . ' ' . V,
WaoeSrPaid to WorMtig Wome)
Some. 'Doni '&ef a ' Livina Scale
Consumers'" League Survey ; Committee Renders Report in
Campaign to Secure Minimum ?: Wage, Commission;
Stenographers Best Paid; Living; $10 Week.
What the women of Portland earn,
and the fact that more than half of them
receive less than a living wage, was re
vealed yesterday by. a . report of the
Consume' leaeun survev committee.
Wages and living conditions of 7817
women and girls who wefrk in Portland
were investigated, to get the informa
tion for the committee by Miss Caroline
Gleason,' an expert. '
She obtained their schedulsof giving
expense and found that in Portland a
girl who supports herself by work must
have at least 910 a week. An -exut
ence can be eked out on less, but not in
such a way as contributes: to , moral
stability, mind Improvement , and body
health, says the report.
Becelve Less Than $10.
The report shows:
" That 68.21 per cent of girls employed
In department stores receive less than
iio a wee. '
That 74.7 ifer cent of girls In fac
tories receive less than $10 a week, and
over a fifth of them less than 6
week.
' That laundry work Is more , poorly
paid than any other woman's employ
ment in" the city, 92.6 per cent of laun
dry workers receiving less than $10 a
week. , . " , ' . -
That of women workers in hotels
and - restaurants, 49.2 per-cent receive
less than 310 a week, and 60.8 per
cent .over 110 a week.
That 48.4 per cent or women otner
than stenographers, employed In 'offices
IS
If 12 Feet Above , High -Tide,
Draw Must Stay Open; , If
, 24 Feet, May Stay Closed;
A (WtablnEtti Rurean of Tb laerntl.t ' '
Washington, Dec. 27. Senotar Bourne
has received a; letter- from General
Blxby, head of the engineers in the war
department, giving the Willamette Pa
cific railroad ; permission to build a
bridge across Coos bay under the- fol
lowing conditions:; The bridge to be 12
feet above-bigli .watpewthe-"drgwj
open except when trains are crosslns.
or 24 feet above high water and the
draw open only when necessary, The
railroad company ) to maintain tugs,
If necessary, to help ships through the
draw, , .
COOS
BRIDGE
AUTHORIZED
IR
A
MENT
CHEFS
hi "ry rmr in mr hmriro
receive less i than 310 a week and 63
per cent more than $10. :'
L Stenographers Better Paid.
: That stenographers re , better paid
than any. other women workers, the
members receiving less than $10 a week
being 22.2 per cent, those receiving
more than $10 ' a week, 77.2 per cent.
That of women In the printing trades
69.1 per cent receive less than $10 a
week and 43.9 per cent over $10 a week.
' That telephone operatives strike an
(Continued on Page Five.) )
Tariff and Trust Legislation
Will Be Done Quickly and
Sanely, His Belief.
(United Prew Ix-med wire.)
Washington,' Dec. 27. The Democrats
can revise the tariff downward and can
deal adequately with the trust question
in a special congressional tesslon last
lng not more than 90 days.
. That Is the statement made by Sen
ator Chamberlain of Oregon today, who
said that the business Interests of the
country do not oppose a reduction ot
the tariff so long as It is done quickly
and is not too radical.
"We do not want to disturb the busi
ness of the country," he said. "I ap
prove the suggestions of President-elect
Wilson that the Democrats get promptly
to work and that no radical reduction be
attempted, We have the power in both
houses of congress . to get' results
quickly," . .
Jl
IS OFF FOR STAUNTON
,l (United Prew I..seS Wire)
Princeton, N. J Dec, 27, Accompa-
nlfiil. by Mri.i,. Wilson,. Ptldsat eleei
Wood row, Wilson left here at ' 10:80
o'clock this morning for Virginia, He
declared ho felt well. "
Tho nrclf1nt.lnpt tV-111 arrlvn at hn
birthplace, Staunton, tonight, and will
return Sunday mornlnff.
DEMOCRATS NED BUT
iis'iiis
SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN
WILSON
EELINVELL
(United Press Leased Wire.) '
Los Angeles, , Dec S7.TWO persons
met death and seven were Injured, one
seriously, in a fire that destroyed a
lodging house on the north side early
today. Two twisted bodies recovered
from the ruins were Identified as those
of Leonard and Leopold Walters, aged
18 and 14 respectively, sons of Mrs.
Edna Walters; proprietress of the house.
ronowmg is a list or tne casualties;
. Tbe Dead.
Leonard Walters, 18.
Leopold Walters, 14. , "
The Injured.
Olga .Walters, 16, sister of Leonard
and Leopold; jumped from second story
window, receiving - internal Injuries
which may prove fatal. - , .
- 8. Anderson,- 81 laborer; leaped from
third story window; sprained ankle, duts
and bruises.'1-
Joseph Caruso,, laborer; face and head
burned, cut and bruises.
Roxy Good.i 21L. Jumped from third
floor; back' wrenched, burned- and
bruised.
Michael Vansky, laborer; overcome by
smoKe ana rescued ty firemen, i
Fire Captain A. H. Moore, fell from
ladder; three ribs fractured.
Herman Relchert; foot cut by falling
The flre. 'th'e origin' of which has not
been determined, was discovered shortly
after 1 o'clock. " Before all, the occupants
of the house, which was a three story
wooden structure, could' be aroused, the
flames had enveloped the enttfaf building.-
, ..fa.;-.; ,
Many Uves Saved.
Heroic work by firemen and police un
doubtedly saved many lives. Although
a majority of the 30 lodgers in the house
escaped through the halls and by Jump
ing from - the - windows, several .were
found groping through the smoke In the
halls and were led to the street. ; .
Before the firemen arrived Olga Wal
ters and four men had been seriously
Injured by jumping -from windows.
Others were less ' serlouBly hurt by
Jumping. Firemen at once braved the
smoke and flames and searched in the
first and second floors. , It was lmnos-
sible to penetrate to the upper story,
ah or tne injurea were cared for at
a nearby hospital. Doctors stated that
it is yet lmpOBsibie to determine the ex.
tent or uiga waiters' injuries, but thev
fear that if. she recovers she will be
crippieo ror lire. 1
The fire loss Is estimated at $30,000.
, (United Tress teased. Wire.) '
San Francisco, Dec. 27. Wliile ,A. D.
McDonald, auditor, of the Southern Pa
cific, is en route to New York in re
sponse? to, wire summoning him to
headquarters a persistent rumor is cur
rent here today that a big shakeup is
due in I the entire auditing department
of the company. -. . -
According to Southera Paciflo offi
cials, the most Important -changes will
affect William -MahLjrlce president and
controller; C. B. Seger, formerly, aud
itor; A. D.' McDonald, auditor, and Q. L
BTsSCnettTTorinerly auditof" of passen
ger accounts.
Mahl, U is said, will resign and be
succeeded by Seger. . McDonald will
succeed Seijer, and Blssonett will re
place McDonald, auditor. Many other
minor changes also will follow.
SHAKE-UP IMPENDS
ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Massachusetts Educator, In
, Address to Oregon Teach
ers, Says Boys Must Be
Taught "Live" Subjects.
ALL ARTIFICIALITY IN
- EDUCATION CONDEMNED
Pupils Should Be Conronted
With Real Life Each Day,
Prof. Bailey Asserts.
To turn out of the public schools a
live boy who will be a live man,1 teach
him live subjects in a live way".
That, boiled. down, is the recipe as
Henry Turner Bailey, 'noted Massachu
setts educator, gave it to Oregon teach
ers at this' morning's session of the
fciate Teachers' assoclaton . in Lincoln
high school, in an address on "A Whole
Boy in a Whole School." . '
r "It's jail In the teaching," would sum
it up in a slangy way. For Mr. Bailey
made It clear that anrsubiect on earth
can be made live and Interesting if only
It is handled in a live way. He gave
some striking Illustrations.
"Take mathematics," he said. "That
has always been , regarded as a dead
subject I was in a schoolroom not long
ago when a-teacher asked her class the
problem, "What will 114 . tons of coal
cost at 84.60 a ton? . ,..
NOW : what kind of coat do vou aim.
pose this wasr the teacher asked. 'If
they-bought 114 tons of it, it must have
been furnace coal, and probably Laok.,
kwanna coal,' answered a boy.
how much does Lackawana coal
eostr she asked. Tho boy'a answer mn
87.73 .ton. ,. . !j: .v. .;
"'All rlgbt. change the nroblem . tn
read; "How much will 114 tons of
Lackawana furnace cpal post at 17.75 a
ton?" the teacher sald . . '
"While theywere working that out.'
she read, a problem about apples, .and
asked a boy how much apples were
worth. .,.... ' ... .....
" 'Nothing,. this. Winter,' answered the
boy, so she said: 'Very well.- then we
will omit that problem . .' ' .
Now that is live mathematics,' com.
(Continued on Vacr Klv
" w - - - o . . .
Oldtime Whippings Not Now
Permitted; Honor Policy in
Vogue; Gossip Denied.
(Slcm Bureia of TUe Journal.) . "
Salem,, Or, -Dec. 7.Charges: that
Superintendent W.' 8.' Hale's policy -at
the state" reform school is demoralizing
the discipline heretofore maintained at
the Institution .and that escapes are al
most daily occurrences, are : floating
around the eapitol. ? Superintendent
Hale , emphatically denies , them, an l
says he is ready to produce the rec
ords i to show there are not as many
escapes Under his policy of Duttln bnv
on their good behavior and then trust
ing them as there were under the old
Vhfnnina .anil ' atrUft J4.Afnlt.. .....
Superintendent Hale proudly pointed
to the fact tljat on Christmas day ha.
allowed all but six of the boys who
comprise a group of 60 of the younger8
lad at the institution to spend several
hours In the woods about the school,
and that ; all returned ,in the evening
H said they scattered over a radius of
several mtiee and had every opportu
nity to escape. , ...
The boys In the older group, number
ing nearly 60, with the exception of 15.
he allowed to go to their homes or to
friends for Christmas. Some went to
Portland, some to Eugene, some to Al
bany, others to other cities In the state.
Superintendent Hale said he, -was confi
dent all of tnem would come ..back. .
Tan ; Escape;. Seven ; AxeCangbt, . , ,
Report have been circulated that 18
boys escaped within the last month, of"
whem 'seven escaped from the dormitory
from the windows of which Superintend
ent Hale removed the screens soon after
he assumed his position several monti.s
ago, Mr. Hale said the correct number
of escapes was 10. and that all but three
of these had been returned.., Two of
the three have been located in Nebraska
and the third In Portland. ' , . , ,
It is said discontent exists among
tin employes at the institution, t4-
wm ouyciiuieiiueiji. xiaie win lane tne
word of a boy in preference to the won
of an employe. It is alleged there i
no control maintained over the boys,
and that the officers are not allowed
to punish them, giving them only four
or, five "licks" on the. hand for running
away. It is said the boys swear at the
qfiicers, that the officers are not al
lowed to punish them for It, and that
If an officer makes a report against a
boy nothing comes of It,
' 1 Sale's Ideas of Vanishment.
"This- is no prison.-: declared Super-
IntendentHale when asked about, these
statements. Y'l punish the boys, but i
do npjbeat Vhem until it makes them
rehraltous and criminals. I punish them
as Iwduld my own ohlld.
"The trouble we have had has ben
with some new boys we have recelvril
who are of the crimlnnl type. It I
wrong to send such boys here. They d
moralize the .whole Institution before
wewhavi:ttnie, to.-gttttny.xesulU .fioa,
our training of Kit in. 1 sliiill gu bi tir
tha legislature and advocate, an Jimft; i.
ticn "for criminal boys. IHlK-r sl.i.-i
have separate institutions for th'"n
Oregon- needs one'.-i The wrirtv i , .
rltiihlo-' boys and 1 it;.. n!i,-.. .,;
-i-TJ"f",