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TIIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1913. ..CliiiSE PARK m !..:,"C2S3 in Prices of Land Gclng Ahead Rapidly, and f .'o Time Should Be Lost, Declares L. H. Weir. rop'-Uaticn Increase ui Property Vain. - 1900. 1910. IncrB8 V p'dation ...90,426 207.214 129.27o !.. property 1900. 1900. Increase. i ,;;h c'nss . lot 50x100 ...$2000 i-.-cond class.... 1000 TMrd class"..- 158 $6500 . , : 2257t 3500 250 600 .300 -jtisiaess Property. Congested District. Front loot ...., 2500; -', 6000 '100 That the price of real estate In Tort !. Iris Increased In 10 years out of i ll proportion with the growth of pop Nation, great as that has been. Is as t ..Ttr-J in. the preliminary report of the r ;.il survey committee of - the Con f oners', league by I It .sVlr, field ' rotary of the Playground and Recre ut.on Association of America. The pre I'm.nary report weg made public yester- it shows that the Increase In popula tion was 129.2 per cent between 1900 at ;il 1910; the'tnurcase in the valuation of high firade property has been 825 j ; r cent; second grade, 250 per cent, arid third grade, 300 pec cent. .- Business property in the congested district had jin average increase of $2500 a front fot in 1900 to $3500 in 1905 and $5000 in 3910. v In other words, the Increase of valuation of third grade property lot s toward the edge of the city has ion three times as rapid as of property i i the congested business center, "As- compared with the increaseof r opulatlon for a period of 10, years," reads Mr. Weir's-report,- "the increase n all classes of residence property is- from 85.8 ,per cent to 170.8 per cent 1 ..ixhot than the increase In population (period ' considered ilOOO-lBlO)' It Is iihln the , residence parts of the city is hTft the parks.' playgrounds' and ath- Jttic Tields will have to be acquired. It is therefore to the business .Interest of tin? city to acquire these sites- at ' the fin-Host possible time .that the city's finances will permit"" - 1' :$; Not only, asserts Mr. Weir, should concern be had for acquiring of park l roperty wherever needed as expedi tiously as possible, but the uses to .h;eii the property is to be put are to be riven first consideration. ; "The new view of the public park is to provide a great range of. active uses in- "the people," he states. "Now , the j i rl: u not only, a place where people may sit in sun or shade or walk sedate ly about.-admiring flowers and lawns end shrubs; but also the playground for tiie children, the place for) games and moits of youth, the swimming center, the evening recreation center; the popu- ;i i- musical center; the festival place. In short the place where that touch of j tu re which makes the whole world I n can be found, and the place where this kinship of a people is Indlssolubly wlded by active participation- in plays, i a mes, sports and other activities that people of all ages delight in." Tho report of Mr. Weir calls attention to the fact thaW Portland has about 400 population to every acre of parks, when the proportion' should be 100 persons t each acre of park. He asserts that the city seems to care more for the care of its animals in the zoo than of chil dren trained to exercise and ' play In the park, since the salaries of the Sob tinder and assistants are greater than paid to the playpark instructors. , lie calls attention to the fact 'that two of the most, congested districts in the city csouth Portland and lower Al blna are ' entirely unprovided with parks or play , parks., although their populations are at least 10,000 each, with between 8000 and 4000 children each, 'who have no place to play save on the streets, where there are many other things to multiply hazard and lower ktandards. -.v.:.-s j,'.!';.-; v-Vi ' V ' ;- His preliminary report is comprehen sive, including review of the city's so cial and recreational facilities along the lines - of parks, playgrounds, publio schools, physical training, municipal concerts, libraries, commercial amuse ments and to forth, "h " C. R. SMITH TO SPEAK ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE This afternoon at t o'clock and this evening at 8 o'clock, also tomorrow ev ening at 8 o'clock, Judge Clifford P. Smith,, C. a.: B., of Boston, Mass., will lecture at First Church of Christ, Scien tist, Nineteenth and Everett ; treets, on Christian . Science, A'-'- -.-' A-' Judge Smith is i' member of the board f lectureship of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, In Boston, Mass. These lectures are under the auspices of First Church and afford the public en opportunity to hear a correct state ment of the teachings of Christian Sci ence by an authorized lecturer,; . ASTORIA COLLEGIANS DEFEAT BR00KLYNITES r (Special (o The Jonrnal.) Astoria, Or., Feb. t In one of the best played games of basketball ever witnessed in the 'city, the Astoria col-, lelans defeated the Brooklyn club of Portland' tonight by the' score of 25 to 24. The teams1 were evenly matched and the score was tied during, the last minute of play, but as the referee blew the whistle a foul basket was made by Astoria, which won the contest. You Can HaveVour Wish- 1 J i For Either a Beau tiful Brown or ' Raves BUck Hair Tan don't hare to , J will an houf. Jut y malt" op your wind r pole tin t you are going u- to f orerer rli youreelf of ttjM irrTi iireaitea, or .- w !, hiinhiir it with Mr. ' JVrttfr'sWalniiU'lntnsIr Stain. - ' . . ,1 ft. . m k..t. Iw T" a yw. Don 1 wo-f a rub. J .i.tnu. ImUt, qpM? Ma-ato- anplw HUoiit iri K.m prU-. .. In, lUtnr'. V' In.t Ti.t, fur H "taiM ts .ilt p-rtwti -nii w r tat ' tnitU-f. Ht.iBlf alrwwom-jil. . wnih i.. n-f Wl"rul Ht. .. ) I I, (re inm ul, wlb.r. nliKlH icwnio roiaiHMUMl", Ml ill H . I Um m, Mmt at . - ' 3 If vmi ii,l . , ! J m vniiisM. hook on h nmIWm"" 1, mt nt ,smvi a, hur, ludiofci. ,) i" , ... m... lHir.Hrli. Cupnl C.-j m ACTION OF SENATE IS ATTRIBUTED TO "PETTY POLITICS" Disregard of Court's Conduct in Recount of Contested :v Ballots for Senator Held as Great Injustice. " . La Grande, Feb, 1. To the Editor of The Journal A few days .ago the peo ple of this state were afforded an ex hibition of spleen and petty politics in the state senate, both rare and ridicu lous, were it not for the injustice per petrated. The action of a circuit Judge was denounced in terms of bitter, in vective, because,- forsooth, . he had rc fused'to play politics, and had followed the plain-directions of the statutes of this state, -which were plainly consti tutional, and bo decided by him after a careful consideration of the authori ties, and the rulings of tho highest courts in the land. ' :', The provision1 of the corrupt practice act adopted by the people, providing a way for a recount of the votes, in case of an election contest over . & legislative office, was -declared by certain state senators to be unconstitutional and null and void. "Senators May Be Wrong." . Of course every member, has an In herent right to discuss all subjects tin der-consideration, and express his opln ions; but a discriminating public will consider that ft is barely possible that a circuit court whoso duty it is- to con strue the law and the constitution as well, may be right, and the Daniel Web sters of the senate may be wrong; that it is possible . that a. superior court ac customed to weighing such questions after a presentation ef both sides with all the authorities is at least as likely to be correct and as competent as the political branch of the government go lng off half . cocked without such re search, or art ex parte one. . This tempest in the teapot grew out of the fact that in the twenty-first sen. atortal district where the Republicans have a registered plurality of about 1400 votes, the Republican candidate for sen ate, Ed Kiddle, was returned as elected by a plurality of only, four votes. The returns from certain precincts appearing suspicious." " his r iJe'rnbcratic b'pponent, John S. Hodgln, contested them, and had the vote recounted in the circuit court in the manner provided by law,--;, Sodgla wins la Beeount In the recount, the result showed the election of Hodgin instead of Kiddle. The circuit judge made his findings, cer tified them up to the secretary of state. who in turn transmitted them to the president, or, lb senate, as provided by law. " Thus the senate had before it two records one . made by the election Judges of the different precincts con tested, often by inexperienced men at hours and under circumstances maklna errors highly probable at least, and the other made in a Judicial forum by and under the eyes of circuit Judge, in open court, in the presence of Interested i partres keeping's check on the tallies,! and during waking hours. The ballot boxes were brought into court, the seals broken and the vote counted correctly. In the fact of this the Judicial re count is rejected, the Judge denounced for "tampering with the ballots," and the man seated who is not elected to the office, by a majority of the senate, though to the creuit of many fair mind ed .. Repu6ilcans they refused' to be parties to this iniquitous proceeding and voted against seating the Repub lican claimant seven voting against him and two not voting at all. Some desired to make a recount of the uncontested precincts, to which the contestant and bis supporters fully ac quiesced. The ballot boxes were in tact, and as returned by the electton boards to the county clerks, and this could have been done with but little de lay. It is not likely that any court, after an Investigation, will ever declare this law unconstitutional. The supreme court of Minnesota, state ex rel Haynes, SI N. W. 563, holds that a court making such recount is only a canvassing board in case of contest, and its procedure a convenient ' way Of gathering evidence in a tribunal removed from petty poli tics, under the safeguards surrounding a Judicial forum, to be certified up for use in the legislature when it convenes. The court decides nothing as to who is elected, but merely makes a recount and certifies up the number cast for the respective partita as counted by it. Tile objection to the court recounting the ballots could with equal force and pro priety be made to having the ballots for legislative offices counted by the election boards, and require such bal lots to be transmitted to the legislature at Salem to be counted In some way. Why a recount by a Judicial forum is an interference with the light of the legislature to be the Judge of the elec tion and qualifications of its own mem ber, I fail to see. No Judgment Is ren dered. 'Does As It Pleases." Th-i legislature does as it pleases, as is exemplified in this case, subject to public opinion, which generally believes In a square deal, regardless of party. The constitution of this state docs not make the legislature the Judge of the constitutionality of such questions; and to say that an act passed by Itself 'or by the initiative of the people is so, in the face of a .adiclal decision to the rontrarv- la certainlv "noina- some." Judge Knowles who made Una recount is a Republican, the county clerk of this county is a Republican and the court stenographer is a Republican, but are honest and did their duty fairly and impartially under the laws of the state; j and is it asking too much, or expect ing too much for the highest branch of J the state legislature, which assists in i making lawn, to do likewise? Should not law makers set us a good example, , and rise above petty politics? Why; should the fact that a man may have 1 different political views on some cues tlons deny htm the rights of a citizen? The people of this state who have elect ed Democratic senators and governors have said that a' man's political views are not all that must ' be considered. Right is above politics. . . , . : JOHN S. HODGIN.; SOOTHSAYERS DRIVE , ,. r ; WOMAN TO SUICIDE ' ITInlted Press trnti Wlr..) : New Tork, Feb. 1. erased by repeat ed visits to fortune .tellers who had told her she would be destroyed in a great I conflagration if she returned to I re 'land, Mrs. Mary Walsh Jumped off-the , gang plank of the steame Cymric to- day as she was being led on board by her husband. A stalwart young quarter ' master, John Burchell, plunged in after tie sepaamiwg" woman as she 4flonwl4e4 'about in the icy water. He succwtled In reaching the piling of the dock with the woman under one arm and hung on until rescued. .'.: mystic shrine iHo?5l DozenStates Represented : in Event in Which More Than 1600 Join; BancT Makes Its First Appearance. ' Representing a doxen gtates, 1600 and more nobles of the Jtfystle Shrine par ticipated : in and witnessed the events incident to th ceremonial of Al KaJer temple, given last night at the Masonic temple. The ceremonies were partici pated in by officers, teams, patrols and bands' of 1 Afifl temple, Tacoma; JVlle temple, jpattle, and Al Kader temple, PortlaiySfiLA class of K5 candidates was initiated.-, . . v... The ga,therlny was the most success ful of any of, the ceremonials that have been held in tho Northwest. Until the doorkeeper stopped counting, 1563 en tered the auditorium and a i hundred more were admitted during the evening. The feature of the ceremonial was the work of the patrols and bands from the three temples. Al Kader band made its first appearance at a Portland ceremo nial and made a great hit'. , . Sanquet Zs Held. 1 1 The degree work and ' incidentals of the program was not Tinisned unui 11 O'clock. A banquet for officers "and members of the class that received the degree was given on the fifth floor and a buffet supper was served on the third floor Or the other members. .'. 250 attended the ceremonial from Se attle and 200 from Tacoma. They ar rived on a spectai train at 6 o'clock Sat urday evening and a big delegation from Al Kader Temple with the patrol and band, was on hand to meet them. They were ecorted to the Oregon hotel for dinner and later in the evening the pa rade, largely augmented, was resumed to me ftiasonic Temple Practically all high rank Shriners of the Pacific nortbwesfwere present. The most, prominent was FJlis Lewis Garret- son,; imperial marshal of the Imperial Council of the United States, of Taco ma. John" McLean, - Illustrious poten tate of Nile Temple, Seattle; Robert L. Radford, past potentate of Gezeh Tem ple, Victoria; O. Tomasini, i'lustri ous"potehtaie of Af Kader Templei. Port land; W. O. Bristol,, past potentate of Al Kader Temple, and its most active member, as well es many other officers, were in the gathering. Representatives of temples in the states of New Tnrk, Iowa, Texas, Arizona. California,, Mis souri. Montana, Pennsylvania and Flor ida also regjstered. Tacoma Kext Place. Last night's' ceremofllal was one of two that are given by each of the three temples during tho year. The next of tho winter ceremonials will be given in Tacoma some time the latter part of this month. The others will be given dur ing the summer months, The following men were initiated: George W. Akers, William W. Ashby, Gustav Abraham, Thomas H. Banfleld, J. J. Barrett. Charles W. Barr, J. E. Bronough, Michael H. Bauer. W... B. Burton, Thomas Callahan, Jesse F. Campbell, Virgil I Clark,. William J. Curtis, Lewis J. Davis, James R. Dick son, L. R. Elder, Thomas D. Evans, Carl w. Fra-k. Joseph K W. Ganong, Richard B. Garllng, John Gray, Geor?e H. Grornbacher. Charles B. Hall, George A. Housroan, James A. Harper. Thomas R. Jarbee, O. O. Koeppel, Merton W. Kiddie, Arthur Languth, Barge Leon ard, Adolph Levy, O. L. Mortensen, S. A. Murhard, William J. Neef, Arthur O. Nelson, Archie Nicholson. A. M. Ol iver, -Cyrus J. Porker, Harold B Pors, Ed C. Phlnnan, C. E. Pearsall, Harold D. W. Plneo. Philip Rlchter. John F, Rlsley, Charles W. Rlsley, John A. Reu- ter, R. R. Schomp, Harry EL Stephens, R. R. Shawcross, Gordon V. Skeleton, Joseph C. Smith, J. R. Shaw, James H. Sturgis, A. C. Tomllnson. Walter K. Taylor, Thomfls M. Word, John P. Whit- lock, W. W. Wlswell. George M Weister, William Weniger, Charles Van Buren, L. Ray Wattis, George W. Zlm merman, ,R. L. Nottingham, V. D. Mc Cully, James B. Blrdsall, William B. Bethune, D. S. Williams, Marion J Jones, E. A. Robinson, A. H. Hlnnen kampf. J. C. DePennlng, Herbert Far row. F. J. Herman, W. D. Jamison, C, IL Mayer and Sylvester II. Dykstra, tshwih BaPr.lchte ETAOIN UN -UN SCHOONER'S CREW 1 Fifteen Men Believed to. Have Perished When Blackburn Was Dismantled. (United Prem Leaned Wlr..) Norfolk. Va., Feb. 1. Tossing some where out at sea tonight, 200 miles off the coast, is the dismantled schooner S. P, Blackburn, inbound It Is believed that her crew of 15 men, last seen clinging to the rigging by a passing liner, may have been lost. Revenue cut ! ters dispatched from here when a wire- -ss aesmDing ui u..or- y..B". was received had not been heard from up to a late hour. MADER0 GOVERNMENT FACES NEW UPRISING (llr tlip Internutlunal Nw Rervtre.) Mexico City. Feb. 1. The Madero gov ernment Is confronted by a brand new revolution in the state of Puebla. The new movement is headed by Augustin ixi Pozo. the defeated gubernatorial candidate, who is reported to have a large following Del Pozd has Issued a manifesto calling on the -people to op pose tho present government by arms and tot refuse to pay taxes. LETTER CARRIERS' BAND GIVES STREET CONCERT Nineteen strong, the brass band of the Portland Letter Carriers' assocla tlon. gave a creditable concert about the business streets last . night The Jourrial, among other places, was ser enaded. The band was out advertising the annual Letter Carriers' Party! to be given February 11 at the Baker thea tre. The Portland Letter Carriers' as sociatlon has bought out the house for that night, when the play, "The Brass Bowl,' is to be given. ' . A Baltimore inventor Jias patented an automobile fender designed to pick up without injury a person a car Equipped with it may strike. , MAY BE I I CAILLE PROVES HER REAL TRIfll Madame- Sarah. Bernhardt Wins New Laurels at ; the Orpheum. Madame Sarah Bernhardt does well to reserve "Camllle'' for her final per formances. It is her masterpiece, if it may be judged from the wonderful ova tion accorded her last night in her ap pearance at the Portland Orpheum. As the consumptive sweetheart, Mar guerite Gau tier, Madame Bernhardt may well take advantage of dramatic ef fect of the little arts and artifices with which in other roles she covers up the effect of the years on her physical body. In "Camille"' the demands upon Madame Bernhardt's artistry are for facial and vocal expression .rather than for bodily action, and in such the great French actress excels. Probably, the most effective tribute paid -Madame Bernhardt during her Portland engagement was the absolute silence and attention observed by last night's audience during her interprets tlon of thfl. last gasping moments in the life . of Marguerite Gautter. i The act brought tears,- too, and as the suspense of the audience relapsed with the drop of the curtain a burst of applause broke the silence, and curtain .call followed call. . . The Armand Duval of M. Lou Telle gen was dignified and reserved, and ad ditional support of & high order was given by M. Dcneubourg as ... Gaston Rieux, M. Fqvieres as the doctor, and Mile. Seylor as Nainlne. ' Last night's audience was tbe largest of the local Bernhardt engagement, Mad ame Bernhardt will make her last ap pearance in Portland this afternoon and tonight in "Camille."' ' From Portland ; the company goes south, accompanied by the entire Or pheum bill which has been given here this- week.. ' ,,'';,h' T 400 Students Resent Disrois- sal of 40 Comrades for Hazing. (United Press Lexied TTlrt.) College Station. Texas, Feb. 1. Four hundred students of the Texas Agrlcul tural and Mechanical college are on strike, following the dismissal of 40 of their comrades on hazing charges. It is said that the whole college is on strike. but President Mllner acknowledges only the 400. A student from Houston, wiring home for money and stating that the strike was on, was the first intimation of the trouble. On inquiry, President Mllner Issued a statement in which he admitted that 400 students were at that time awaltlnit trains for their homes. He said that the remainder of the student body, con-, sieting of perhaps 100 embryo Texas agriculturists, were "subservient to dis-. clpllne, and school duties will not be in terrupted." The dismissal on hazing charges nave taken place during the last week, fol lowing an Investigation by the academic board, which refused to reinstate trie men who were disciplined. t Still active in promoting his ideas as to how the suit of the government' for forfeiture of the land grant to the Ore gon & California railroad should be con ducted, Congressman Lafferty has sent members of the legislature a letter urging them to pass a bill to provide for- refunding taxes on these lands to the company if the final decree of the courts declares either a forfeiture or specific performance of the grant. t Lawyers for the g6vernment do not see tne mauer in me same ugn. w ferty. . They are unable to determlnt how such a bill as Lafferty proposes would In any way assist in- protecting the rights of the state or the national government. - - v -, , Payment of taxes is not the point upon which a claim can be based, it is pointed out The contention of the at torneys for the railroad is that the gov ernment acquiesced in the violation of the conditions upon which the land was granted ,to it, and that it has thereby been estopped from forfeiting the grant or from pursuing the Lafferty theory of specific performance. Lafferty in his letter says the com pany will have no defense unless by the payment of taxes It Is permitted to build one. Lawyers who discussed the question yesterday said this is a fallacy, and especially untenable as to taxes paid since the suit of the government was begun. - The status of the matter, so far as tax payment is concerned, is declared to have been fixed when the suit was brought, as that gave full no tice to the company as to the claims of the government. In addition to this, it is pointed out that the suit is by the government, in tbe federal courts, and the payment of taxes is a matter over which the na tional government has no control, so it would be difficult to bind the govern ment by anything the state may or may not do. The "scrap'' is between the rail road and the national government AGGIES WIN FROM '.' . MULTNOMAH FIVE (Special to The Journal.) . ' CorvalllB, Or., Feb. 1. In a snappy game of basketball- this evening the Oregon Aggie quintette masterid' the fast Multnomah five with a Tesultlng soore of 30 to 16. -At the end of the first half, the score stood 11 to 7, but in the second session the Beavers put up a determined fight and tan, their end of the tally up to 30, at the same time holding the visitors down to nine points. Ti& game was -rough, 13 fowls being called, eight on Multnomah and live on O. A. C. ''J"v. ..' Dewey and Cooper converted ft foul with a point for O. A. CY while Masters threw, two for the visitors.; Keck and Masters were the stellar performers for the Winged "M," each throwing three gnaift. ,1 GO ON STRIKE AFFERTY REQUESTS OF LEGISLA ORS .isgpj;5d.em4l&Jlud t May shone for the locals, jto the houserrlVe mother and child are tally. Everett Burdlek running close second. , May scored, four field goals,, leading the players In that Una. y (" . GIVE ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF LOGGING COURSE President of Columbia . River Association and Others Urge ' Plans Before- Ways and Means Comrnittee. H. C. Clair, president of the Columbia River Loggers' association; J. D. Young, A. B. Westell and J. S. O'Gorman, rep resenting the logging industry of the state appeared before the ways and means committee of the legislature Fri day evening and presented arguments in support of the establishment of a course of logging engineering at the Oregon Agricultural college v:Ji . ' Mr. Young went Into the matter fully and explained the .Importance of such a. course from a logger's viewpoint and showed of what benefit It would be to the state.hiBe said: -'Yt voV'- '' '''' r'---, Wasliisgton Zns Course. -' The Pacific Logging Congress at its last session, held in Tacoma last June, realizing the need of a logging en gineering course, passed strong resolu tions favoring the establishment of such a department and appointed commit tees for the states of Oregon, Washing ton, California, Idaho, Montana and the Province of British Columbia. These committees to use every effort to have such a department established In each state and province. h.-r': . j s "I am informed that the state of Washington has such a course, which Is giving a good aecpunt of itself. . s v "The farmer, the dairyman, the horti culturist and the miner' have been be fore the Oregon legislature and asked for help. Appropriations have been made for buildings and equipment for the Oregon Agricultural college at Cor vallls amounting to more than $250,000, besides numerous experiment stations for the agriculturist You have pro vided equipment for the analysis of the soil and trained experts to test the soil, to show them' how' to prune and culti vate his trees and to chase away the bugs and other Insects that annoy htm. 'You have provided Experts to teach the stockman the best methods to improve and care for his herds and the poultry man to get more eggs from his flocks of chickens. You have done this at the expense of the whole state, relying upon the principle that it : will add to the prosperity of the whole state and the only question that is pertinent to the case is, does it pay? t ' ", Pay Heavy Taxes""-' "The logger and the lumberman tnrougn taxation have contributed lib erally to those several institutions by paying nearly one half the taxes of the whole state. You have provided the mining Industry with a building at a cost of nearly $35,000, but the lumber ing and logging industry has no build ing, no place where forestry in any of its branches can be taught unless it be under the shade of tbe trees on the campus. ' "I - was, particularly impressed as to the. importance of scientific work in agriculture a few years ago while on a visit to Honolulu in the Hawaiian Is lands., On the large: plantations there a corps of chemists with suitable la boratories are established and main tained; samples of soil from each field is regularly analyzed and the deficiency of the soli for the best results in pro ducing sugar is carefully noted. "The logger is engaged in a gigantic undertaking; he is harvesting an im mense crop from the rugged and steep mountain sides of this state, a crop which for magnitude has never been equaled in the world, and a task which for difficulty in accomplishment has seldom if ever been surpassed. Regard ing the magnitude of this crop, I will say that we have over five hundred bil lion feet of standing timber and if this great volume of timber were manufac tured into lumber and shingles, it is estimated that at present prices, it would net the state nearly $7,000,009, OJO. It employs over 22,000 working men at the present time; pays annually 314.000,000 in wages, and the value of the lumber and shingle manufactured In the. State each year amount to the enormous sum of $30,000,000.". He further pointed out that It will show a tremendous development upon the completion of the Panama canaL, ROCKEFELLER SELLS HIS WATERS-PIERCE STOCK - (United Pmw Leaii-d Wlra.) New York, Feb. 1. John D. Rocke feller and several of his associates In the , Standard Oil company, it was learned tonight have sold their stock In the Waters-Pierce company of St I)uls, thus ending a year-old fight by Henry Clay Pierce to gain control of the company bearing his name. The Rockefeller Interests are said to have received about $2,000,000 for the two thirds interest they held in the com pany. It is understood here that Pierce in tends to operate the Waters-Pierce com pany as a competitor of oil companies in Kansas, Missouri. Texas. Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, controlled by the Standard. MOVABLES ORDERED FROM ALL SALOONS Redmond, Or., Feb. 1. At a recent meeting of the city council a resolution was, introduced requiring saloons to re move all tables, chairs and screens from doors and windows, also that there be but two doors opening into such places of business, shutters of which are to swing outward Instead of inward and no back or side rooms or cellars to be allowed in connection. It is the intention of the. resolution to prevent the possi bility of gambling or other unlawful acts in connection with saloons. If the ordinance Is passed and becomes a law it will be considered an advance step in the direction of moral reform. ; The Improvement of Redmond s moral con Uitior. since the movement last summer to cure vice conditions is material WIFE AND BABY SHOT BY DRUNKEN PAINTER (Untied Preu Leasri! Wlre.i New York, Feb, 1. Albert Willlbalt, a painter, 27. shot bis wife, Sophie, to night, when be returned to hta home in Brooklyn In an intoxicated f condition, and then fired a bullet into the right temple of his two months' old baby boy. Believing them both dead, the drunken man then fired fc bullet into his temple. in a dying condition. , ; v. Journal Want Ada ''being results. LEIIIIEN COUNTY GRAND JURIES Multnomah Delegation e Asked to Present Matter.to Legis lature; New Indictments Al leging Offenses Returned. To the Multnomah county delegation in the legislature the January grand Jury" yesterday sent letters suggesting that laws be passed removing many; limits to their action which at present hampers the work. ; The most import ant change which the grand jury deems necessary for effective work la the re moval of the monthly . term for the grand Jury. Tbe suggestion is made that a grand Jury be chosen without definite length of service being speci fied. " By this proposed lengthening of service the grand Jury can accomplish much more,' as it will not bo necessary, to break in new men, just at the time when the old members have become familiar-with the work. Longer terms will also permit mora investigations. T Another suggestion was unintention ally left out of the letter which dealt With the appointment ' of an official stenographer for the grand ; jury. At present one member acts as secretary and his task is arduous for he is ex-, pected to keep track of the InveBtlga-" tiops and his clerical work at the same time. The ' grand ? Jurors felt that a stenographer sworn to secsecy who could take notes of the .proceedings would be an Invaluable aid to that body. Indictment Ketuxned. . One of the'"most important indict ments returned, for some time was that of T. J. Leonard for obtaining property under false pretenses. Leonard in an exchange with M. J. Denny for proper ty worth $14,500 owned by Denny gave Denny a note for $4500 on some. Ska mania, "Wash., property. He is charged with having represented to Denny that he had sold the property to C, O'Don ovanfor $?000 and had received $4G0O in cash and the note for $4900 secured by a first mortgage. Denny after mak ing" the trade became suspicious and in vestigated, finding that the property was worth but .'about; $100.d, ;that no money had ever passed between Leon ard' and O'Donovan and that the' mort gage was "phony. ; '!,. Another Indictment was returned" h connection with the vice crusade. Edgar A. Sraalley was charged with commit ting an indecent immoral act with Ma rlon Mulkey. James G. Ayle and Mrs. Lydia Mulloy were indicted for a stat utory offense. George Alberts was Indicted for three offenses. One indictment charges him with larceny of $17 from the person of Samuel Enkeles on September 31, anoth er charges him with, robbery by putting Enkeles in fear of force and violence while taking the money, and the third charges him with the larceny of cloth ing from Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Connolly, 286 North Fourteenth street Others Axe Aeonsed. . . Two indictments were rettTrned against Farley Hunt one for burglariz ing the Terminus house, 80 Vi Third street North, on the night of . December 7, while Hattle Johnson was In the house, and the other for the larceny ot a' watch, valued at $15, and $7 cash from Hattle Johnson on the same night- - Other indictments returned were'. Jose and Angelo Santovlcca for con tributing to the delinquency of 17 year old Lillian Hunter; George Kemp and William Heffron for the larceny of an automobile belonging to F.- A. Sommer on January" 13; Paul Dorca for burglar izing the dwelling of R. 13. Seely on the night ot January 24; Christ. Hansen for obtaining money under false pre tenses by cashing a check for $20 on the Lafayette State Bank on C. Splids- boel without having funds in the bank; John Moore, for sssault with in tent to rob on January 4 when he held up Louis Mantell. It Smith and M. Henderson at the point of a revolv er; and H. E. Bernstein for obtaining money under false pretenses by selling Iron and steel rails at Cooks, Wash., to G. A. Nichols which did not belong to him. DEI PANAMA CANAL ACT (United Prws leased Wire.) -.: Washington. Feb. 1. Bitterly declar ing that he was "dona", with attempting to maintain an American merchant ma rine, R. P. Scherwin, vloe president of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, to day told the shipping trust investigating committee that investigation anecung the Panama canal had virtually doomed his line to bankruptcy. "I would not raise another cent for the American flag," he said, angrily. "I've given 20 years of my life, day and night, trying to fly the Stars and Stripes at the masts of the Pacific Mall line. Against the "advice of my assocl ates, I extended operations into Korea, Manchuria, the orient and finally, against the warnlngof friends and foes alike, I raised $12r000,000 to build four of the finest ships afloat for the Pan ama canal trade and the Wilson bill, prohibiting a Chinese crew and the Pan ama canal act. refusing passage through the Panama canal to all railroad-owned steamship lines, makes them absolutely useless." ';. ...S'-:.v- v ::.y ; ... - ;-., ... j-v "Wlth the canal free to the world," Schwcrln asserted, "thousands of ships would have rushed Into the business and practically coastwise tonnage . would have been carried through the Isthmus. This would have thrown nearly, every big trans-continental line into a receiv er's hands and, a readjustment would -have been necessary to relieve an era of financial terrorism." Fighting Japanese -competition in the Far East, the Witness said, was almost hopeless, because of the indifference of the American government and the activ ity of the Japanese in promoting trade. GIRL DECEIVES, THEN : ' ROBS PAWNBROKER A 17 year old girl stole an . $5 cent finger ring from a department store early last week, sold it to a pawnbroker on Third street for 75 cents, then stole a ring from the pawnbroker, and sold this for $1.60. , :;'.'- f v"' This is tbe unique tangle which the detective department was called upon to solve, Detective La Salle arrested the girl - yesterday, but upon her con fnsslon allowed her to go homo, her father paying for both stolen rings. It awthaJM8JLi't9P.la Jte ..fJlJMtr tlon. the girl admitted. How she man aged to sell the 83 -cent ring to a pawn shop dealer for 75 cents la what is puz zling th detective bureau. . t 111 HI hli NOUNCES PHATBl RENEW WAR ARE RUSHED HTURKEV ' It Is Believed New Struggle " Will Be Brief; Cost in Men" and Money Too Great to Last long. , ' . CUolted Prcn ttaacd Wire.) . London,- Feb.' I. Almost the las. doubt that the Balkan war would be resumed Monday evening was removed tonight by the-reports from Constanti nople and Sofia of the active prepara- . tions for hostilities being made by the Turks and by . Bulgaria, reece, Monte- negro and Servian But the ambassadors of the powers professed to believe1 that the renewed fighting would be very brief and that Turkey would request tho ' resumption of the peace negotiations soon after th first battle. The representatives of the Balkan alliance concurred tn this belief. It'ls thought tobe certain that Tur key cannot longer carry on effective warfare, for lack : of both money and men. '. h';';v"S ' ;'; ; -.-'. . - That the porte . is bankrupt, Europe , has good grounds to believe, and it is certain : that none of the powers will finance the empire for continued being-, eranpy,- Since the declaration of the armistice. Turkey has moved across into Europe something like 300,000 troops from Asia Minor, but they are poorly drilled and not very well armed and military experts say they cannot cope with the Bofdiers of the allies, f The Balkan states have conquered about 23,000 square mlleg of Turkish territory,' but. if fighting is renewed, they will have to hold it W; force of . arms. It would require many thousand, of men to hold the .country already taken, and to do this in addition to maintaining an offensive fighting force . against the Turks in the field would, the experts Wy. require more men than the allies can muster, . - . MOTOR BOAT AND ii Gasoline Craft and Passen gers Saved at Sea by the 1 Steamer Paraiso. - (Special to The Journal.) Astoria, Or., Feb. 1. 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