The Oregon daily journal., December 21, 1913, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER- 21. V1913.
, ENGINEERING COURSE
IN STATE UKIVERSITY
SE
. Board of Higher Curricula As
1 I signs Subject to Oregon
'Agricultural College.
FnirlnMrlnir at the University of Ori
gon "received a Bevere'blow by a decision
f the board of higher curricula reacned
last night In an order assigning me ot
partments of electrical ana cnrinu-ai c"
Cineerlnsr to the Oregon Agricultural col
' The board further decided, how
aver ta eliminate a large field of aca-
' demlo studies from the college in favor
tn the university.
vWith two propositions before it the
' board reached its decision at 11:30
,' o'clock last night after a two days' ses
.inn ont nrnltinsred consideration of
brief submitted -by President Kerr
n' nrnn Aaricultural college and
.President Campbell of the University of
. Oregon.
The decisions denote a tendency to
ward making the college an lnstltu
tlon of applied science and the univer
sity one of pure or liberal science.
Propositions Considered.
' Vh nrnnosltions before the board
were:
. First To eliminate from the unlver
tv n,l nsxlirn to the Agricultural col
lege the department of electrical engl-
fceerlng, chemical engineering ana civu
engineering, conditional on the agricul
' tnral college's requiring a four year
IJgh school course or Its equivalent as
1 preparation 1H aft engineering courses.
' 'Second To eliminate from the Agri
cultural college and assign to the uni
retv the deoartments of (a) fine
artv Including architecture and music;
(b) economies; (c) higher commerce;
: ., ia .rinontinn. and fe) graduate school.
' In respect to nropositlon one the board
has entered a definite order that the de
partments of electrical engineering anu
f chemical engineering be eliminated
from the University or Oregon ana an
, .imi n the Agricultural College.
The second proposition was adopted
In full with the provision that a more
particular definition of the several de
partments under this head ahall be
made In conference with the heads of
tha state university and the agrlcul-
' tural college.
To Reserve Comment.
This means an understanding is to
be arrived at as to Just what tne oe
nartments of fine arts. Including archi
tecture and music, economics, higher
commerce, education and graduate
school embrace.
The board further ordered tnt Its
cecretary call a meeting for Saturday.
PVhmarv 7. at which time it Is pro
posed to enter an order eliminating the
department of civil engineering rrom
..the agricultural college and assigning
It wholly to the university.
At the same time the course under
civil engineering-, so far as required for
other departments of engineering at
the agricultural college and In the
departments of forestry and agricul
tural, will be mora specifically defined
In conference with the head of that
Institution.
The board will make no explanation
for lta action at this time, but will re
serve all comment for the report which
It will make 4o the governor. The
meeting for February 7 is announced
St tht time In accordance with the
law requiring 19 days' notice of the
meeting- of the board. The presidents
Of both institutions will be allowed to
enter briefs at this time.
The original proposition Involved the
limitation of the department of civil
engineering from the University of
Oregon as well as the departments of
electrical and chemical engineering, but
the board'' evidently saw fit to take a
different stand on this subject.
With the transfer of the pure science
.branches from the college to the uni
versity the agricultural college will be
purely a technical school In all its de
partments. No definite time Is set for
- the changes.
Present at last night's meeting were
"th -X R. Wilson of Portland, presi
dent of the board; O. P. Coshow of
"Rosebnrw r. GT-i. Smiths of Portland;
X EL Hedges of Oregon City. The
fifth member, A. O. Heals of Tillamook
la confined to his home with smallpox,
but was consulted by the board by tele
phone. REBELS REPULSED. IN
EARLY ATTACK, RETURN
TO RENEW THE BATTLE
(Continued 'From Page Orra.)
against printing anti-government news,
pictures of the rebel leaders or reports
of rebel successes.
The government today through
.Charge D'Affalren O'Shaughnessy ace
cepted an invitation to take part In the
water games at San Francisco next
year.
The German cruiser Nuremberg ar
rived at Manzanlllo today. She prob
ably will visit other Pacific porta.
A train of oil tanks arrived at San
Luis Potosl today from Taniplc, but
brught no news of the movement of
the rebels.
ROYAL ARCANUM TO
OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
. -
Multnomah council of the Royal Ar
canum will hold a Christmas entertain
ment for its members nnd friends at
K. P. hall Monday "evening, December
22, starting at 8:30 o'clock. A Christmas
tree laden with presents, Old St. Nich
olas himself, and dancing with all the
features of the old fashioned party, will
constitute the evening's program. The
committee in charge consists of L. C.
JlacKay, C. N. Stock well, W. U Cooper,
H. G. Wellington and. J. H. Joyce.
KING MENILEK IS DEAD
7 F0R SURE THIS TIME
Vienna, Dec. 20. King Menllek of
""Abyssinia Is really dead, according to
-.dispatch tonight from Rome, where
t was said that word has been re
' cMved from Addis Abedia, capital of
Abyssinia, saying the king had died
;n Doc. 12. Official confirmation.
though, is lacking.
; Woman's Lost Handbag Found.
A woman's' handbag, containing a hun
dred dollar bill, was found In the mam
corridor of the postofflce last night by
Patrolman Phillips who turned it over
to the assistant postmaster. Mrs O.
to, Ureen; til, Washington street, after
wards returned to the postofflce and
, Identified her property and the bag was
muxnea 10 ner.
.-V
. ' Kappa Sigma Banquet,
Ixtcal alumni of Kappa Sigma nation
al college fraternity held their annua;
i banquet at the University club laat
Night. About 80 were present.
GETS
BLOW
UNA
SPOONER
AND
ROOSEVELT CREDITED
WITH PANAMA CANAL
Ex-President Taft Gives Per
sonal Award of Merit for
the Big Waterway.
tRy (hp Iuti'rnatloniiJ Ncwn terlc.
New York, Dec. 20. Theodore Roose
velt, John C. Spooner and the late Mark
A. Hanna were given credit for the
building of the Panama canal by former
President Taft i" an address delivered
tonight at the annual banquet of the
Ohio society at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Mr. Taft also declared in favor of the
fortification of the great waterway and
advocated preferential tolls, expressing
the belief that the old treaty gave t.itt
United States the right to favor Its own
vessels. At the same. time, however, lie
was willing to leave the whole matter
arbitration.
Award of Credit Explained.
Explaining his award of credit for the
construction of the canal to the three
men mentioned, he stated that Senator
Hanna's keen buMness instinct had re
moved many difficulties at the outset
of the planning of the canal. Senator
Spooner had framed the act under which
the work was conducted ana rresiaeni
Roosevelt had carried out the Ideas.
Touching briefly upon the circum
stances under which tie canal ion was
cauired. Mr. Taft declared that ne
doubted very much if the canal would
ever have been built, certainly not so
promptly, unless those eventa had oc
curred.
The gathering sent a telegram of con
gratulations to Colonel Goethals anJ
drank a toast to him.
Fill Interstate Commerce
Commission Censure
For Army Officers.
Washington, Dec. 20.-i-Seated In his
study in the White House. President
Wilson tonight wrestled with the re
port of his war and navy secretaries on
the Carabao dinner incident and a list
of names from which he was selecting
two Interstate commerce commission
ers. As commander In chief of the army
and navy, the president was preparing
a memorandum of censure for the of
ficers who participated in the Carabao
dinner. He was expected to declare
that the society had outlived its use
fulness.
So far as the Interstate commerce
commission was concerned, the presi
dent was expected to name an eastern
man tc succeed Commissioner Prouty,
who retires to take charge of the phy
sical valuation board, and a western
man to succeed the lata Commissioner
Marble.
Commissioner Clements Is to be
named- to succeed himself. The names
under consideration and the ordei7 in
which they are regarded were under
stood to be as follows:
William R. Heeler, of California;
David O. Ives of Boston; Henry C. Hall,
Denver; Mtlo R. Maltbie. O. A. Hen
ehaw, Oklahoma; Allison Mayfleld,
Texas; Henry Thurthell. Nevada. Mar
tin T. Decker, New York; and P. J.
FarrelL, now solicitor of the commis
sion BANKER GREETS BRYAN
TALKING ON CURRENCY
Asheville, N. C, Dec. 20. Secretary
of State Bryan and Mrs. Bryan stopped
off here today on their way to spend
the Christmas holidays In Florida, in
order to pay a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
P. Lm. Seeley. Mr. Bryan sent a mes
sage to President Wilson, congratulat
ing him on the passage of the currency
bill by the senate.
While telling a group of newspaper
men that while the financial magnates
of the country might be resentful over
the passage of the new measure, their
lives would be much happier when pros
perity began with the people, Mr. Bryan
looked up to see George F. Baker, pres
ident of the First National bank of
New York, standing by htm with out
stretched hands. Mr. Baker and his
daughter, Mrs. W. G. Loewe, greeted
the secretary with much cordiality.
ROBERT HILLIARD MAY
FACE SLAVERY CHARGE
RESIDENT TO NAME
COMMISSIONERS SOON
" " side dewn for an eiffhth of a mile.
New Orleans, La., Dec. 20. Robert previously Beachey had done the loop
Hllllard, the actor, who is appearing , three times and announced this after
here in "The lgylleCpef was noon before ascending for the third
brought face to face with a charge of tlme that he would malre the try for
white slavery today asa result of hla four times. This was done success
friendly interest In Mr. Olga Williams. runy an(1 without apparent daniter of
a wealthy Philadelphia divorcee who !
has traveled south with the corhpany. I
The charge was hinted at by Judge
W. Lazarus, counsel for William Page
formerly valot for Hllllard. Page had
sued the actor for $5000 damages, al
leging that he was beaten by the
latter. The case came up for prellm-
inary hearing today in the first city
court. Mrs. Williams was wanted as
a witness, but she was absent
Special Agent Pendleton of the de
partment of Justice, said tonight he
did not think the matter came within
his jurisdiction.
NEW HAVEN JOB FORCES
HARVARD MAN TO QUIT j
Boston, Mass., Dec 20. Professor j
Bootn w yman. wno aamittea Derore tne i
public service commission in the in
quiry this week Into the 1337,000 New
Haven underground fund that he helped
Governor Fobs frame the public utili
ties bill when in the employ of the
New Haven railroad, resigned suddenly
from the' Harvard Law School today.
In his letter of resignation the pro-,
fessor wrote:
"I have found myself placed in a po
sition which I now realize cannot but
Injuriously affect the law school."
HIGHWAYMAN ROUTED
BY VICTIM'S JOKES
K. Llllls 420 Morris street, brother-in-law
of Police Sergeant Burke, Joked
a highwayman who waylaid him last
night until the fellow gave up his at
tempt at robbery, and fled. The robber
was taken by surprise when he was
told by his victim to not get excited,
and was more surprised when informed
that he was not a, real highwayman,
but merely a beglaner. y- v
GRADING
WORK
WILL
BEGIN AT ONCE ON THE
It Is Believed Tt'WHT HeTp" Re
lieved the Labor Problem In
Portland Materially.
( Wanhdigton Bttrtto of The Journal.)
Washington, Dec. 20. The reclama
tion service council today unanimously
recommended that Secretary Lane order
work to begin at once on tha West
Umatilla extension and the secretary
without delay gave his approval to tha
recommendations and ordered the work
begun.
The council reported to the secretary
that "Since It appears the decree h
been signed by tho secretary in behalf
of the government and by W. C. Bristol
on behalf of the Oregon Land & Water
Power company, and there appears no
reasonable' probability that there will
be uny further difference concerning
the tame, and that the decree will in
due course be entered, I am of opinion
that the work on that project should
be commenced without further delay.
limiting the same along the line sug
gested in tho telegram from Mr. Mor
ton, district counsel for that section.
and so recommend."
(Signed) WILL R. KINO.
Judge King has also recommended In
stitution of condemnation proceedings
for the Umatilla Reservoir site and the
first legal steps required are being;
taken by Secretary Lane.
Secretary Lane has acted in response
to Governor' West's plea with extra
ordinary promptitude.
Judge King wired yesterday to Engi
neer Morton of the reclamation service
in Portland, regarding the probability
of the decree being acceptable to the
court, and whether there was likelihood
of a' slip anywhere along the line.
Morton wired immediately that Bristol
had signed the decree and in writing;
expressed the belief that the court
would be satisfied. In view of the
fact that persons against whom notice
Is published have the right to answer
the petition, Morton advised that no
considerable expenditure be undertaken
until 60 days elapsed. He adds:
"However, Hopson and I are strong
ly impressed with the serious labor
situation and believe conditions justify
the moderate expenditure in the work
proposed which will only include cheap
grading specially suitable to relieve
the labor problem. My opinion Is the
more costly work should only be under
taken after a decree Is entered."
IE LANDS BELONG
TO PEOPLE SAYS COURT
California Supreme Court En
ters Decicion Affecting a
Vast Amount of property,
8an' -Francisco, Cal., Dec. 20. Af
firming the doctrines that the tide
lands of California belong to the people
of the Htate in their sovereign capacity
I and that the legislature or other of
i fldal bodies have no power or author
j lty to sell them, the supreme court to
I day returned a sweeping decision that
will affect the titles of millions of
dollars of water front property owned
by corporations and private Individuals.
Under the decision the patents of
nearly all claimants to San Pedro lands
UMATILLA
EXTENSION
,Jon which wharfs are not already built
are Invalidated. The same holds true
of millions of dollars of tide lands
claimed by tho Southern Pacific, the
Western Pacific, the Santa Fe, and
other corporations in Oakland, Rich
mond ad other bay cities.
The decision will likewise save the
Htate etom J2.000.000 appropriated by
the legislature for the condemnation
pioceedings to acquire land for the
Islam creek project In San Francisco.
Under the decision the holders of pa
tents to these tide lands have titles
that automatically expire when the
state decides that the Interests of com
merce or navigation require the use of
the lands.
FLIES UPSIDE DOWN FOR
ONE-EIGHTH OF A MILE
Fresno, Cal., Dec. 20. Lincoln
Ileachey this afternoon broke his own
world's record for looping the loop by
I doi;g the complete turn In the air four
1 times, 1'ollowlng which lie crossed the
at
field and drove over the
Bv Wmi
Kor the other features of the" after-
noon r,rogram. Beachey did the reverse
spiral, and flying without his hands on
the steering gear. He also made a
headlong descent of 150 feet.
Beachey tomorrow intends to do the
loop without having his hands on thij
steering gear at all during the turn.
This will close his two
days', ezhibl-
tion.
TAXICAB IN COLLISION
WITH A BICYCUST
den by Sidney Neal last evening, wreck'
t Ing the bicycle but not Injuring the lad.
who Is a messenger for Bushong tic
company. The taxi driver was later
arrested by H. P. Coffin, special offl
cer for the Automobile club, for vlolat
ing the traffic ordinance by not proper
ly turning the corner at Sixth and Oak
streets, where the accident happened.
While investigating the accident, the
special officer notified William Thurlow
that he must appear in municipal court
Monday and explain why he did not have
A license tag on the front of his auto
mobile. Thurlow stopped near the scene
of the collision, then started with bis
muffler open, which attracted the at
tention of Coffin. ; ,
CLOTHING STORE IN
OREGON CITY BURNS
.Oregon City, Deo. il.w Fire last night
destroyed the Chicago Clothing com
pany store, owned by Mogbensky A
Hay den. ' The building was owned by
George Htfrding and was located - on
Main street. Loss .to the stock Is
12000, '
STRANGEST
PRISONER
v.
Uncle Sam Takes' Cafe of Rep
tile Pending CoticJDsipn of
"Pedro"' Is the strangest prisoner that
Uncle Sam ever had to keep In custody.
He Is a bull snake, one of the largest
of his species, feet Inches long, and
bigger around In his middle than a
man's wrist. He is spending Sunday at
large, in United States Marshal ' Mon-
tags office In the postofflce building.
"Pedro" was one of three prisoners
arrested" by Deputy United States
Marshal D. B. Fuller at. Pendleton Fri
day. Ills owner Is Nellie Wronn, a snake
charmer, who Is held at the principal
witness against J. H. Hoover, an itiner
ant showman, charged with violation of
the Mann white slavery act She re
fused to come without "Pedro," so he
was brought along, cosily colled up In
a wicker handbag, which Fuller held at
arm's length every time he had to take
hold of It. Nellie Is said to have cnea
herself to sleeD last night at the county
Jail because she was not allowed to take
"Pedro" with her.
Sheriff Word bucked over the traces
when the marshal's office asked him to
take charge of the serpent.
Bo last night Chief Deputy Marsnai
W. B. MacSwaln went to the Jail and
took Pedro, basket and all, to his of
fice. MacSwaln, setting the basket
on the floor, lifted the lid. Instantly
the serpent's head snapped up, three
feet high, and he calmly surveyed sur
roundings. Then a long, empty box was secured
and MacSwaln, lifting the august Pedro
by his tall, dropped him lgnomlnlously ,
In It. Pedro was soon lost to view
beneath its blanket The top of the
box was nailed on; with two narrow
silts being left for air. MacSwaln
dragged the box over against the ra- ,
dlator to keep Pedro good and warm j
and left the office.
Returning a few minutes later he 1
IS HUGE BULL SNAKE
found the snake gone, the first federal I Chinamen came to the house and de
prlsoner to escape In years. A search ' clared their Intention of searching: the
revealed Pedro colled under a waste
paper basket j
MacSwaln tried to seise him by the
tall, but failed. So after chasing him ,
awhile, Pedro was left In charge of tho ;
office for the night
This morning the marshal's force will
assemble and corrall the serpent again.
In the meantime MacSwaln is wondering I
what to feed "Pedro." The owner says j
he Is very particular and eats nothing
but eggs and live animals, such as mice;
and pigeons.
He only eats once a week.
however,
SALOON MEN SAID TO
CONTROL COPPERFIELD
Governor Asked to Take Ac
tion Towards Remedying
Existing Conditions,
(Salem Bureau of The Jrmrnil.)
Salem, Or., Dec. 20. With the mayor
and half the members of the town coun
cil saloonkeepers and bartenders, condl- ,
tions at Copperfield, one of the last I
remnants of the "wild west" on Snake I
river In Baker county, have become so
bad that a score of citizens has peti- !
tloned Governor West to step In and
close the saloons and see that law and ,
order are enforced. The governor is j
looking into the situation. j
Besides the petition, the governor has .
received appeals from parents and aff I- , Ralfiwin Frtwhllp Slin
davlts from bovs to whom liouor has DdlUWIII) LlblWIIIItJ OUp
been sold. The citizens allege that i
Mayor K. A. Stewart, a saloonkeeper,)
has been selling liquor to minors and on
Sunday. They advise the governor that
Councllmen Tony Warner and W. M. !
WIegand are saloonkeepers, while Coun- i
oilman W. Woodburlee is a bartender.
They alleges that the saloon men keep
control of the town by bringing in
voters a short time before election.
KNIGHTS OF GRIP TO
BE INVITED GUESTS
'
New and better features than evei
before, are promised at the fourteenth
annual banquet of the Trave'ers' Pro
tective association of America, Oregon
and Washington division, to be held at
the Multnomah hotel on the evening of
December 27, and this year the women
are to be entertained as well as the
men.
Members of the United Commercial ! other sensational chapter in this Amerl
Travelers have been invited to attend tan Dreyfus case-. Watch its develop-
the banauet and a fine musical program :
has been arranged. Among the enter
tainers will be the 'Ad club quartet,
the Multnomah Hotel orchestra and
several well known local singers and
a big turnout of guests is being pre
pared for.
Amone the speakers will be Governor !
Oswald West and Mayor Albee. Tick-
eta this year have been reduced to II.
and are to be secured at the T. P. A.
headquarters In the Gcrllnger build
Ing, or from the committee, of which
Paul C. Morton Is chairman and E. 8.
Myers, R. L, Adams and S. A. B. Fox
are members.
"NEAR ARISTOCRATS"
CRITICISED IN COURT
San Francisco, Dec. 20. In a brief
filed in Judge Graham's division of the
superior court today by Feagans & Co.,
a firm In Lob Angeles, the charge Is
made that a certain class of persons
in the . United States who are "near-ar
istocrats" make a practice of preying I
upon tradesmen In order that they may'
live a life of ease and luxury.
Feagans & Co. recently brought suit
against Dr. A. J. McAdory, surgean of
the steamer Nippon Maru, to recover
1560 alleged to be due on a diamond
ring purchased for him by his wife,
Josephlne, as a birthday present
The brief, after setting forth that
Mrs. McAdory declared she was unable
to settle the account, alleges that Dr.
McAdory refused to pay the bill on the
ground tnat the ring was . "not a ne
cessity 'of life." It is further set forth
that Dr. McAdory refused to return the
ring because of sentimental reasons.
BURGLAR KILLS YOUTH
WHO SEES HIM AT WORK
San Francisco, Deo. 20. EdwarJ
Driscoll, a 17-year-old student of 'San
ta Clara college home for the holidays,
was shot and killed by a burglar, whom
he Intercepted v ransacking his aunt's
home here tonight. ,
A story always lias a sad ending when
It lands in the waste basket '
GIRL'S DREAM OF FINE
ANDTRAVEL
BY FATHER
Ftrrerellsow-Oaughtef
'Rah r Away"; From ', Home
Witness In Case,
am afraid that Ooldle's dream of
fine clothes, high life and; travel hni
not been ' realized," ald " Thomas T.
Goodell, a Portland expressman ' and
the fnthr nf ftnlHia (Innrtnll ' wir.afc
. te8timony against .Harry Toy, a China-
man formerly of Portland, has caused
his. Indictment In the United States
court at Tacoma, on , a white slavery
charge. Goodell resides at 286 Hi First
street.
;"Goldie was carried away with th
man's promise to give her fine clothes
and to travel, and she, like a child, be
lieved him and now. she is In the hos
pital, desperately 111, and Harry Toy
Is In Jail," lamented the father.
Miss Ooodell ran away from her
father last March, after she had re
ceived a letter from Toy saying tl.at
If she wanted money to come to Seattle
and he would furnish It Hq asked in
the same letter what sh had 'done with
other money he had sent.
Girl Goes to Seattle.
The father staged that the girl first
met Harry Toy when she and her old
er sister, Mrs. Edith CromwelL wife
of a negro, with whom the father has
had nothing to do for several years,
went to Seattle to bury their eldest sis
ter, Daisy Davis, over a year ago. At
that time. Toy entertained them with
trips and suppers.
Last March, enticed by his promises,
the girl, in company with another sTl'l.
went to Seattle to live with Toy. A
few weeks ago he attempted to put the
girl in a disorderly house and when she
refused he threatened hor life and she
fled to Portland, going to the home of
her sister.
place for Goldie. The sister became
frightened and smuggled Goldie out of
the house at midnight, and sent her back
to Seattle, where she, becoming very
111, fell Into the hands of kindly people
to whom she told her story.. They re
DOrted It to the eovemment officials.
wn0 arrested Harry Toy. The girl's
mother Is dead.
Two noteg are Bali nave been
found on tne giri at the t)ma 8ne
takftn tnto -u-todv at Seattle. One
plained that she had killed herself and
another that she had been killed acci
dentally. These notes, she Is said, to
have told Seattle offloers, were Intended
to be explanatory whfcn found on her
bodv In the event of her death.
I Miss Chandler of the Portland de
partment of public safety for women,
was a witness before the grand Jury
In Tacoma Tuesday, and gave much
valuable evidence concerning the girl's
history while she was In Portland. Dr.
Mary B. Martin, of the women's safety
department of Seattle, rescued the girl
from the Chinese, government agents
say. It is known that she was work
ing ,on the case In connection with the
Portland federal office In October of
this year, and shortly thereafter the
girl was taken in custody.
COOK CALLS HIMSELF
i
amontc tho I ncs nf Pfl'ntnin
-"'"-u v,. vUfiu.M
porter of Polar Claims.
(TJ lilted Press Tinned Wire.)
raterson, N. J.. Dec. 20.- Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook, the Arctlu explorer, who
closed a week's engagement at a local
theatre Tiere tonight; sprung a wnsa
tlon at the end of his final lecture.
Concluding he said: . .
"Now, my friends. I want to thank
you for the cordial reception here this
.., V r l ...... t ?..(.. umii i.
Europe in a few days. But on the eve
of my departure, there comes the dark
ness of what looks like another con
spiracy. Captain K. B. Baldwin, who
has endorsed my work and who haH
been at work In my room two months
preparing a book to defend my cause,
has suddenly disappeared, and simul
taneously some one has taken from my
private trunks valuable original data.
"I fear very much that this Is an-
ment.
"Returning from my trip west lat
week, I telegraphed Captain Baldwin
who had the uso of my rooms at th'l
Prince George hotel, that I would be In
New York at a certain hour on Thurs
day and to see me. Whan I arrived.
however, Captain Baldwin had left anl
we have not seen or heard directly
from him since, although I am Informed
he P'd one or two visits to Brooklyn
and wus seen about a week ago in Phil
adelphia,
"As late as tonight we telephoned
his relatlvees In White Plains, N. V.,
whom he frequently visits, but they had
not seen or heard of the captain in
some time.
"Baldwin ha been an ardent 'sup
porter Of mine, both in writings and 'n
public statements, and his disappear
ance it this time is rather strange, to
B8y the least"
MAJOR GILLETTE SAYS
CARRANZA IS DEAD
New York, Dec- 20. General Carran-
za, Mexican rebel chieftain, has been
dead since Aujust. and the man whom
William Bayard . Hale Interviewed was
an Impersonates according to a start-
ling statement made here tonight by
Major Cagslus E. Gillette, V. 8. A., engl-
neer corpi-i, retired. Major Gillette, ad-
dressing ah audience In the Engine
society's building, said he was in Mex-
lco last summer. He said he had no
positive Information, but had reason for
believing Carranza dead.
TEACHER GOES 10 MILES
ON SKIES TO CINCH JOB
. i . .. .
Fort Collins, Colo., Dec. . 20. Five
feet of snow on the SO miles of reed
between her home and Fort Collins did
not freeze the ambitions of Miss Anna
Sheridan. IV to become a teacher. The
county examinations .were held today,
but Miss Sheridan left home yesterday.
She covered ten miles on skis and then
rode horseback for 20 miles. Tea min
utes after she .dismounted la front
of the high school she was answering
the examination questions. ,
CLOTHES
BLAMED
AMERICAN-IEYFUSS
100
NOVITIATES
OVER
SANDS AT MANILA
BkMrlnitiatlon-.to Draw - 40
Lodgemen From .Vicinity of
Portland;
When the . Great. Northern steamship
Minnesota sails from Puget sound De
cember SO every cabin will be filled
with ardent Shrlners from the north
west, who will help escort 100 novitl
ate over the scorching sands at Ma
nila. Forty of these passengers will
have been recruited from the vlolnlty
of Portland. ,
The big Initiation In the Philippines
will take place January 31. First and
second cabins on the Minnesota were
sold out long; . ago and Harry Dick
son, city ticket agent of . th ' Great
Northern, said yesterday a waiting list
of more than 100 Is ready to step Into
any room that may be left by the
dropping out of any of those who got
there first
Those from this vlolnlty who will
take the trip are Dr. H.vC. Jeffords,
Rodney L. Gllsan, E. J, Jaeger, Charles
W, Hastings, Mrs; Jean- S. P. Macken
sie, Miss Jensle Q. MacLean, Mrs. Jose
phine G. Perrine, Miss Mary Pearl
Long. Mrs. A. G. Long, Howard 'A.
Long, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jennlng, Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Horn, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Supple, Mr and Mrs. O. H.
Fithian, Mrs. James Thompson, Mrs.
S. W. King, Miss Caroline Glisah, Rev.
and Mrs. ' Paul Dolts and daughter,
Henrietta, and J. H. Barbour of Port
land; Mr. and Mrs. George W, Johnston
of Dufur, Mr. and . Mrs. George C.
Blakeley of The Dalles, Julius E. Wolf
of Salem, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Dunn
daughter, Gertrude, of Eugene, ilr.
and Mrs. M. M. Hill and daughter of
Hood River. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mlnto,
Dr. It. E. Lee Stelner and Dr. Lai H.
Tick of Salem.
.Mr. Dickson purchased for the re
fection of the passengers the srand
champion steer "Ike." which won hon
ors me racino international Live
stock Bhow in Portland. He paid IT
cents a pound for the animal on the
hoof. "Ike" weighed 1620 pounds.
NUMBER OF WATER
CONSUMERS INCREASES
There has been an increase of 75.8
per cent in the number of water con
sumers since January 1. 1(09. accord
ing to the annual report of the water
bureau completed yesterday. At the be
ginning of 1909 there was a total of 83,
143 consumers while at the completion
of the fiscal year ending November 30
there were 68,278 consumers.
It Is stated in the report that It will
probably be necessary to Install meters
In all lawn sprinkling service before
the beginning; of summer with the ob
ject of removing the limitations as to
hours when sprinkling services may be
used, thereby distributing the strain
caused by the service during; the II or
14 hours of daylight
INTRODUCES BILL TO
REPEAL H ETCH H ETCH Y
Washington. Deo. 20. A bill to repeal
the Hetch Hetchy grant to 6an Fran
cisco was Introduced this afternoon by
Senator Works. He declared the bill
was pushed through by the most "pow
erful and insidious lobby ever known,"
and that votes of senators had been ob
tained by misstatements, and especial
ly in regard to the lack of other sup
plies and the amount of water left'for
lrrlgatlonlsts. He mildly rapped the
vice president and the cabinet offloers
for giving out signed statements favor
ing the bill which were printed, In a
special newspaper edition here.
Mr. Bowers Says-
ElQffiEB
"Your Christmas dinner here this year will be
different from the ordinary hotel 'Holiday' din
ner. It will be a banquet in every sense of tho
word served in courses.
The magnificent Arcadian Gardens which have
been newly decorated for the occasion will be
the scene of this most sumptuous repast.
Our reputation for best in cuisine and service
is well known to you to be beyond reproach,
and for this event a special effort is being made
to surpass anything before attempted.
' An entirely new high class entertainment will
be presented a la Cabaret, assisted by our in
comparable Orchestra.
Many reservations have already been made and
1 would .suggest that in. order to have table
reserved -you telephone our superintendent of
service, Mr. Martlin."
Christmas Dinner
Between five thirty and eight
Two Dollars
Portland,
,H. C. BOWERS,
Manager.
Don't M Special Grand Concert Tonight ir
Lobby, 830 Until 10 o'CIock.
Hotel Multnomah Augmented Orchestra,
".'.Herman S. Keller, Director. -
Special Table d'Hote Dinner Sunday Evenings,
LEVIS
FORD
SUBMITS BILL
JO
E VIE LINES
GOVERNMENT
PRO OR
Elaborate-Provisions! for Gov-;..
' ernment Ownership Included
in Marylander's Measure,
, (United Press Letied Wire.)
Washington, Deo. 20. Following up
announcement that the A. T. & T. com
pany will voluntarily divorce Its tele
graph holdings, Representative Lewis
Introduced In the house a resolution,
which, If passed, will put under way
the administration plan for a govern
ment monopoly of the country's tele
phone and telegraph business under
postal direction. His resolution called
for"an authorization to the . postofflce
committee to proceed with work, of
drafting a government monopoly meas
ure. .
This measure would provide, accord.
Ing to Lewis' recommendations: That
the United States monopolise the func
tions of communication for hire by elec
tricity. TUat transfer of title by statute of
the telephone net work of the country
be vested in the government on Jan. 1.
1915 (farmers lines excepted).
Postal Service To Operate.
That the postmaster general
then
and
operate - the wires - as telephone
telegraph lines simultaneously.
That the Interstate commerce com
mission determine the payment for the
lines by an appraisal after Jan. 1, 1915,
with a reservation of right of appeal
to the circuit court of appeals as to
the amounts of the respective awards.
That owners of telephone property
receive 4 per cent Interest after Janu
ary 1, 1815, providing payment of
awards.
That the treasury pay the awards
and issue t per cent bonds to cover the
total
That existing telegraph and radio
companies be licensed to continue their
business and railway agencies for rail
way purposes.
Called Ooveramrat Tiuietloa.
That states, counties and cities be
permitted to make extensions subject te
acquisition by the government
That the merit system prevail In ap
pointment of employes. ;
Lewis held that the transmission ef
telephone and telegraph business Is as
essentially a government function as
the carrying of malls, and that under
private control this electrical function
amounts to from two to six times the
charge made by postal services in other
countries.
Commenting on the A. T. A T. offer
to the government, Lewis said that this
plan would not remedy faults of which
backers of government ownership com
plain. "It will not reduoe rates for tele
phone or telegraph service," he declared,
"no more than did the Standard Oil de
cision lower the price of oil."
MME. M0NTESS0RI SEEKS
REST IN SANITARIUM
Battle Creek, Mich., Dec, 20. Mm a
Montessort, the famous Italian edu-
Icator, amvea nere mis arieraoon, some
what exhausted from her American tour..
and went Into temporary seclusion at
the Battle Creek sanitarium. She wilt
be the personal guest of Dr. J. H. Kel
logg for the next few days and will
not be seen in public. Mme. Montes
sort is badly in need of rest.
AUT0IST TO PRISON
FOR KILLING CHILD
Milwaukee, Dec SO. Norman Schu
bert, 26. and rich, was sentenced to a
year in prison for killing four year old
Mabel Lohman with an automobile.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
Oregon
LOUIS P.
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REYNOLDS,
Assistant Manager.
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