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t - ii 'THBT LEADING "CO Ah AND "WOOD" P BALERS advertise In The Journal s Classified "Business Directory ' ;; Give them a trial and mention Th Journal when doing so. JVOU XH. .NO. 255. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1913 TWO SECTIONS 28. PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. S&SSfVitfPfiE! BREAKING HOME TIES! NEW YEAR TO BE 1914 BUDGET OF III Oi l & N. CO. HUMAN LADDER OF FIREMEN SAVES 50 $5560101 STORM AND FLOOD CAUSE DAMAGE TO tAUFORNIA CITIES eurorn im UUIILIiLU 111 (III il IN TENEMENT FIR MIRTH ID SONG Eight Are Caught in Their Rooms in East Side of New York and Smother but He roic Work Saves Many. STAIRWAYS BURN FIRST CUTTING OFF ESCAPE Rescuers Stand on Red Hot Fire Escapes and Pass Down Children. (United I'rew Luted Wire.) New York, Dec. 31. Eight persons perished early today In a fire which swept a five story brick tenement on Monroe street, one of the most thickly populated sections of the east Bide, six others were seriously burned and removed- to the Gouvernour hospital. The lives of a score of other tenants were endangered, as the blaze had gained such "headway that stairways were burned away and fire escapes blocked before firemen reached the acene. Only heroic work on the part of the fire fighters saved 'their lives. When firemen reached the scene, they found the tenement a roaring mass of flames. The stairways had been burned away and it was impossible for them to enter the building. The wildest panic followed. Terror stricken men and women choked the windows and fire escapes. The names licked up the bundles of clothing and rugs piled on the platforms at eac h floor, und but for the heroic work of the firemen many tenants would have lost their lives. Ladders were hastily put in place and the firemen pawned men. women and children down from floor to floor, until they were safe on the street. Stairway Burns rirst. Policeman Murrav was the first to discover tha fire. When he entered the building the first stairway was already a mass of flames. No one in the build ing knew of the fire until Murray shouted the alarm. Within a short time women and children were shriek ing for aid from a dozen windows. Scrambling out on the fire escapes were men and women in scant night attire, suffering intensely from the cold. uAt the Hmes'feai'n,'"-thrrj1ligh the -windows their garments were set ablaze. Practically every family in the tene ment lost everything they possessed in the fire. Few had time to collect clothing. , The victims were three women and five men. By 9 o'clock all of the dead had been identified. The fire was incendiary !n origin and those who perished were trapped In their rooms and unable to reach the fire escapes. The dead are: Oussie Mazzln, 19. Isaac Welsherg. 60. Peart Weiaberg, HO. . -Louis Kaplin. Barney Kaplin. Becky Kaplin. Israel Goland. 8am Cohen. In addition to the seriously Injured, two received minor bruises and burns, bringing the total up to nine. The in- Jured either fell from fire escape bal- i conies, were, badly burned, or lacerated by broken glass. Mrs. Esther Kosko wlta fell from a balcony and Is feared to have Buffered internal Injuries. It m certain that but for the work of the firemen and policemen the death toll would have been appalling. More than SO men, women and children were passed down the fire escapes by fire men who formed human ladders from Tloor to floor, though the fire escape balconies on which they stood were burning hot. A panic was narrowly averted in the Beth' Israel hospital, twb blocks away, when someone turned In an alarm from a fire box In front of the building. Seeing the blaze 4n the tenement, pa tients thought the hospital was on fire. Nurses succeeded In quieting their charges only with the greatest effort. The fire completely destroyed tho tenement, causing a loss of $25,000. In exploring the ruins the firemen found that all the dead had been suffo cated In their j-ooms. They lived in apartments that had no fire escapes. PACIFIC COAST ON EVE OF GREAT L London Times Predicts Re naissance in Commerce, Arts and Industries, (United Prei Ied Wirt.) - London. Dec. 31. With the object of REVVA presenting to Englishmen the ProbableL, t0 defer flna, actlon unm gat. effects on the west part of the United States of the opening of the Panama canal, the" London Times today Issued a 54 page supplement, aevoted entirely to the Pacific coast. "So far as the general carrying trade of the world Is concerned, It Is tolerably certain that British ships will mako more use of the canal than the Ameri can," the Times says editorially. "For America, Its chief value will lie In the extension of its coastwise traffic. The American mercantile marine is Infl- nltely larger than is generally realized by the people of this country," ' "Referring to the Pacific coast states, the editorial says: "They stand on the eve of a great renaissance In commerce and In all the 'arts and Industries of civilization, owing , to tha opening of the Panama canal." The supplement also devoted consider able space to Alaska THIRTEEN PLOTTERS IN .;' FORMOSA PUT. TO DEATH ", Toklo.' Dec" 3V-Charged with plot .v tin to overthrow Japanese rule (a Vor i mosa, 13 -men were publicly executed . today at Talhoku, .. ... ... . - ; . - Estimates Which Will Be Sent to Judge Lovett Today Are for Betterments of General Character. LINE TO OLYMPIA IS INCLUDED IN FIGURES General Scheme of Develop ment Hitherto Followed to Be Continued. Budgets of estimated expenses for the needs of the O.-W. R. ,& N. company, finally drawn this morning and to be submitted the afternoon to Judge R. S. Lovett, chairman of the board of di rectors of the Union Pacific system, provide for $5,560,000 which the execu tive committee will be asked to ap prove. This money, if authorized, will be expended for rock ballasting the sys tem, revision of the lines between Bla lock and Wallula, new passing tracks, new station buildings, . enlargement of terminals, additions to round house and shop equipment and new locomotives and freight and passenger cars. Only one bit of new construction work will be submitted for the approval of the directorate. This will be the con nection of the main line between Port land and Seattle with Olympla. Ter minal grounds have been acquired at Olympla and surveys are now being made for the line, which probably will (Concluded on P( Two. Column One) OF IN PORTLAND TO PAY 27 1L TAX IN 1914 Levy Made by County Com missioners Today Same as Forecasted by The Journal The assessment of Portland property owners for the expenses of government for the year 1914 will be oh a basis of 27 mills. This amount corresponds with the forecast made by The Journal -some weeks ago. The levy was finally arrived at today when the county commissioners adopted without change the tentative budget submitted December 8. The levy for county purposes Is 4.15 mills. This added to the state levy of 6.8 mills nnd the city, school and Port of Portland levies of 17.05 mills, makes a total of 27 mills. Following is a detailed statement Af the total levy: ) State 4.60 State schools. 1.20 County 1.75 County high schools 15 Roads 1.80 Library 45 Port of Portland 1.X6 City 7.70 School District No. 1..; 7.60 Total 27.00 For state nnd county purposes this levy will yield the following sums: State, $1,571,235.87; state schools, $409, 887.62; county, $597,752.78; county high schools, $61,235.95; roads, $614,831.43; library, $155,707.86. The budget as adopted by the county commissioners carries with it an appro priation of $26,000 for the installation of the Somers system of assessment. Whether the system shall be Installed or not is left for future determination. For the purpose of considering the ques tion a public hearing will be had by the commissioners at 10 a. m. next Satur day at which time arguments in behalf of and opposed to the system will be heard. A committee consisting of Robert H. Strong, William MacMaster, Carl 8. Kelty, R. A. Hagood and Henry E. Reed, county assessor, .appeared before the commissioners today and recommended the Installation of the system. They set forth that It was an equitable system and that Its installation would pla.ee assessment on a scientific basis. The mere valuation of buildings It was as serted would yield returns far In excess of ths first cost. A protest to the Inauguration of the system has been made by the Realty Board. In order to give an opportunity for full expression the commissioners urday. OWNERS PROPERTY Year's End Number, Part Five Today Included in today's JOURNAL Is Part Five of THE JOURNAL'S YEAR'S END NUMBER. This concludes the special sections that constitute this big annual review. The price of today's JOURNAL, Including the special section, Is TWO CENTS. Pay no more. These, five parts that comprise THE YEAR'S END NUMBER, re plete with statistics, text and illustrations, -form a"" comprehensive resume of the year's activities in Portland and Oregon. You undoubtedly are deBlrlous of securing extra copies to for ward to out-of-town friends. In fulfillment of this want, all five, special sections, with the news sections with which they appeared, may be purchased at THE JOURNAL office, wrapped and ready for mailing for 10 cents." Qt THE JOURNAL will mail all five sections to any address, postage prepaid, for. 15 cents, v..- : v ft RKMK51BER, ' THIS 'BIG 'ANNUAL KKVIKW IS,, doMPLKTE INjv: Southern Pacific Blocked by Slides at Cantara, 2000 Feet of Track Buried, Trains Delayed Indefinitely. SACRAMENTO RIVER IS REACHING FLOOD STAGE Coast Lashed by Storm, Ves sels Disabled, While Inte rior Is Flooded. (United Press Leaied Wire.) San Francisco, Dec. 81. A terrlflo storm prevailed today along the Califor nia coast, and the Interior was lashed by a furious wind, and rain storm. Heavy damage resulted both on land and sea. A rapid rise in the tributaries of the Sacramento river caused that stream to swell rapidly, and at noon it was still rising 12 Inches an hour. Unless the rain ceases Sacramento and other towns along the river banks will face a serious flood situation before tomor row night. The entire eastern section of the town of Napa was flooded by a sudden rise in the Napa river. Scores of fam ilies in the low-lying district are ma rooned. James Clark, a trucJtman, was drowned while attempting rro rescue women and children in the flooded sec tion. The lower section of San Rafael Is under water. Lark spur, Kentfleld and Ross are Isolated, tne water in this section, being over the railroad tracks. Reports from Redding told of a ter rific storm there last night, which con tinued today. Five Inches of rain fell In the 24 hours ending at 6 o'clock this morning, and the downpour continues. The Shasta Route of the Southern (Concluded on !'( Three. Column Kour) UNO COMES TO MEET WILSON IN MISSISSIPPI AND DISCUSS MEXICO He Left Vera Cruz Last Night and Is Said to Have Offer From Huerta, 44 $50,000,000 X,oan Claimed. Mexico City, Deo. 31. Finance Minister De la Lama, recently sent abroad In an effort to raise loans for the Huerta govern ment, cabTed today from Paris that he had obtained $50,000,000 from French financiers. Marclal and Jose Esperanza, brothers. arrested last night charged with complicity In a plot to assassinate President Huerta at the New Year's recep tion he will give, were released today. . (United Prfiw LeaMd Wire.) Pass Christian, Miss., Dec. 31. That Special Envoy John LinJ, now steaming northward on the scout cruiser Chester, brings with him at least a tentative proposal from President Huertu was considered certain In the light of devel opments at the "winter capital" today. It was understood that in the last six hours the provisional president had re newed his offer to retire, but with only a few of the strings placed on the orig inal offer withdrawn. All information regarding the Llnd visit was refused at the president's cot tage today. The president himself was sphlnxllke. It was the belief here that the president doubts Iluerta's good faith in the latest proposal, and wants Lind's personal views on the matter. But It Is known that the hope of Iluerta's elimi nation as a result of these developments Is only faint. Llnd left Vera Crux at 7 o'clock last night In response to Instructions from the state department. The' exact hour for Lind's expected arrival Is unknown. If present plans are adhered to, he will be taken from the Chester at some point on the coast one rumor today said P.ay St. Louis by tho revenue cutter Wlnonn, and brought to Gulfport, where rooms have been reserved for him at the Great Southern hotel. , The president did not consider the de. (Concluded on l'o Kite. Column Two) fr UNEMPL01 PROBLEM IDEAS ARE AT VARIANCE .i Chief Clark, Sheriff Word and Judge Stevenson Express" Views on Question, Tha problem of vagrancy Is giving th city concern. Driven from other cities, brought from the country by winUr, hundreds of men have flocked Into Portland, It is said. Some of them, according to report. consider, work : wron g. Others haye no I creed forbidding labor, but have phys ical nnd mental antipathy to It. Solution of the problem Is sought. There is desire that sympathy for men involuntarily out of work shall not be misdirected to the benefit of the'volun tarlly idle, especially when such sym pathy Is expressed In the form of food, clothing and shelter needed not only by jnen resident here, but by their fami lies, including little children, that ar dependent on them. Three officials discussed the "vag" problem for The Journal this morning. These were Chief of Police Clark, Mu nicipal Judge Stevenson and Sheriff Tom Word. Kockpllt Ii a commanded. Chief Clark declared that every man without visible means of support should be at once sent to the lrock pile. He said that news that idle men were put at hard labor would ke"ep othrs, now attracted toward this city, away and result In getting out of the city the vagrants now hero as soon as they had served their sentences. He said the municipal court is falling to co operate In' such a policy. Judge Stevenson answered that there is no lack of cooperation, but. that he Is not going to send men to Jail simply (Concluded on Page Fire, Column Oni) FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE Warm Clear Weather Insures Hilarious Welcome for 1914 on Streets. (Cnited Pre leased Wire.) New York, Dec. 31. Clearing Bkles and moderating temperature gave prom ise today of an atmospherically Ideal New Year's eve for New York. Ad vance preparations indicated 1914 will be ushered Into the greater city with a lavish expenditure, perhaps, never equaled. At midnight, when the glasses clink in the costly restaurants, the star of 'hope, th Idealists' beacon of good will, will be turned on for those un fortunates on the Madison Square benches. 1 ' , The tango will be , allowed In exclu sive cafes for the first time; NEGLIGENCE BLAMED FOR DEATH OF MINERS Newcastle. 'Colo., Decl,-Negligence on the part of Coryell Leasing company, a subsidiary of the , Rocky Mpuntaln Fuel oompany, caused the recent explo sion !n the Vulcan mine here which re sulted In the death of 88 m)nera, ac cording to tne verdict of the coroner's Jtusjr' returned today., ' ' j . The iurers state1 that the operators did not sprinkle the mine properly, per mitted the use of open lights, did not forbid smoking by the 'miners at work and frequently fired shots while miners were working- in tha shaft:1,;; s.".'--'' ' IS WORRYING OFFICAL NEW YORK PREPARES YEAR CLOSES WITH A NEW MARK GAINED IN LINES OF COMMERCE December Surpasses Jame Month " of ' Last Yea f,' and Outlook Is Bright, With today passes another year In which Portland has witnessed the com pletion as well as the Inauguration of many Important undertakings. The year 1913 will long be remembered In this city as one of general prosperity, solid growth and widespread legitimate ex- panslon. In many 'respects the closing month of 1913 made a remarkable showing In that the unusual records of December, J912, were surjiusscd. This steady growth Indicates that prosperity Is not confined alone to the boundaries of Portland but that the whole territory tributary to the Oregon metropolis is growing, developing as lt has neverj3one before. Truthfully It can be said that prosperity reigns over the entire dis trict that contributes to Portland's greatness. With such substantial progress to Its (Concluded on lKe Eleven, Column K)tp HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES Federals Have No Artillery and Suffer From Attackers' Ma chine Guns, (I'nlted Press Leaned Wlre.l EI Paso, Texas. Dec. 31. Although the fate of O.iinaga was still in doubt today, dispatches from there Indicated that the town was expected to fall Into rebel liandn before nightfall. Their am. munition running low, the federal gar rison was ntlll offering desperate re sistance ngulnst overwhelming odds, but that resistance was rapidly weakening. All advices show the casualties have been very heavy, especially on the fed eral side. The defenders, realizing that to be captured would mean execution, have fought fiercely. AH day yester day and last night, however, the rebel forces, numbering 6000 men, under Gen erals Ortega, Rodriguez and Sebastian C'arranza, advanced steadily from the direction of La Alula and Mulata, grad ually capturing all the outworks erected by the federals, and at dark they had drawn a cordon tightly around three sides of the town. As the federals retreated during th.; night they took up positions In the lit tie buildings or the town nnd fired. a the enemy through the windows, re treating only when each building be came untenable. The federals have no artillery but a, few rapid fire guns. Th rebels have ten machine guns and five or six cannon. DR. GLADDEN, TAINTED MONEY HATER, RESIGNS Columbus. Deo. 81. ftev. t)r. Wash ington Gladden, nationally prominent for -hla books on sociology and Who ,re fused a donation from John D. Rocke feller, "because It was . tainted money," today served Ms -last day,, as active pastor of ';. the Tlrst Congregational churab, " where he has preached f or ' 3 1 years. -Advanced a$ caused the wlth iinvil . . Rv. l)r irl S., Patten, asso ciate pastor, will I toeed him. REBELS CLOSING OIAGA A AT S E WILL MAINTAIN FIGHT L Statistics Showing Financial " Importance of Portland to Be Gathered, The Chamber of Commerce today uhanlmauiilyt-decided to maintain the fight for tho establishment of a region al bank in Portland. The trustees in their weekly meeting Instructed their sect eta t ies to collect all. available facts and figures which will be submitted be fore a meeting nf .bankers Xq becalled as hoon as the statistics are gathered All this will be In- preparation for tho visit of Secretary McAdoo and Sec retary Houston of the departments of flnauce and agriculture respectively, who are expected here about February 8 on their tour of the country preliminary to designation of federal reserve cities under tlie new "curre iw y law. The trustees attending the meeting were President A. H. Averill. F. W. Mulkey, U. A. Pattullo, O. M. Clark, H. U. Ramsdell and K. C. Olltner. It was on the motion of Mr. Ramsdell that the action was taken to call a con ference of bankers. Facts To Be Gathered. Facts regarding the capital and sur plus of every bank In the Portland territory will be gleaned to provide a proper estimate of the financial strength of this city. These figures will cover the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. In the meantime efforts will be made to secure tho co operation of the financial interests of the adjacent states, realizing that Wash- ( Concluded on Pukc Three, Column Three) MURDERED BY REBELS Father Receives Word Son, Held for Ransom, Was Killed by Salazar, (T'nlteil Pre5 lo.ert Wire.) El Paso, Texas, Dec. 81. Alberto Ter razas, son of Luis Terrazas, Mexican multi-millionaire, lias been murderedhy Salazar's troops at OJinaga, according to advices Tecelved here toduy by his father. Terrazas' cousin. Alexander Cullty, also was reported killed. The message to the elder Terrazas said that his son and nephew were slain when they protested against the pro posed execution of Generals Mercado and Castro, deposed federal commanders at Ojtnaga. Mercado and Castro then were shot, the dispatch said. , At noon no confirmation of the reports had been received. . Terrazas Sr.j wbb reported today to have agreed with General Villa on J250, 000 as the ransom for his other son, Luis Jr., who has been a prisoner In Chihuahua City ever since its capture by the rebels. --. LANE WILL RUSH WORK .. ON UMATILLA PROJECT ,'. ;, . '- ', ' Wsliliiton JRumltl of Tbf Jnnrnl.. 'Washington. Dec - 81. Secretary of the Interior Lane told panator Chamber laitt...thirhornlng, he "would do every, thing possible to rush Work on the West Umatilla .project to help the. Irrigation situation and relieve the labor problem. COMMERC CHAMBER EIONA BANK TERRAAS AND COUSIN Joy Win Reign as King When Another Leaf Is Turned , in the Book of Time by Port land Citizens. CELEBRATION KNOWN AS CHEMICALLY PURE Unseemly Conduct Will Not Be Permitted by the Police. With the consistency of the human race tonight will be celebrated the com. ing of new year with pagan rites even though the Christian people of the world have barely finished singing Hosannas for the greatest of their feasts, Christ mas. The celebration in Portland will be chemically pure. There will be a good time. Restaurateurs are unanimous In agreeing that the celebration of the birth of 1914 will be orderly and with only a pardonable loss of decorum. They have confidence In the Portland public and think the mayor in his recent an nouncements was referring to the - San Francisco brand of "rongh stuff," than which, It is said, there is none than whicher. New Year's will be celebrated with crash of music, darking of rooms for one brief Instant while the clocks strike the hour of midnight, the strains of "Auld Lang? Syne," showers of confetti and serpentina, rattle whirligigs, shriek of factory whistles, cry of tin, shouts of the populace, song and dance, eating of rich food and many Katzenjammers In the morning. " The meek will hold watch services in the churches and watt patiently for the coming of the new year; the stoic will hie to bed about 10 p. m., and let the new year shift for itself; the enthusias tic will celebrate in the Broadway man ner, 'mid the bright lights and the lob ster palaces. There will be all manner of celebrations in theatre, cafe, restaur ant, hotel and dairy lunch. New Year comes but once a year, and the proverbial accompaniment . to its arrival Ja the popping of corks and the ctatter-tif dishes and silverware. '.-V . ' Fear that the mayor, and the police would Interfere with the customary (Concluded on Page Two, Column Tune) RADIUM TUBE WORTH $4500 DISAPPEARS AS GIRL IS TREATED Whole Supply of Detroit Hos pital Gone; If Stolen -it-Can Not Be Sold, (United Pre (.eed TVlre.l Detroit, Mich., Dec. 81. A tiny speck of radium, weighing 35 milligrams and worth $4500, the whole supply of 8t Luke's hospital, mysteriously disap peared from the body of a girl patient undergoing the radium treatment ; for cancer Monday, hospital of flclalsdmtt ted today. Detectives from, an Insur ance company and from the police de partment have been unable to find it, . The bit of mineral was placed in a tube one inch long by an eighth Of an Inch in diameter and bound to a wound on the body of tire girl patient, said to be a member of a wealthy Des Moines, Iowa, family. When a physician exam ined the wound Monday night the rad ium was gone. S . "A thief would find it difficult to dis pose of," said Superintendent Curtis to day. "No one would purchase that amount of radium without finding where it came from. The location of all the radium 'in the world is definitely known." . A Chain of Chances Here is a chance to rent a flat with a sleeping pftrch for $16.50, and the location is within walk ingr; , distance. If you do not yearn to wearut shoes going to work, you can buy a fine biv cycle for $30, a. 1912 Indian -motorcycle for $125, or a good team of horses cheap.' If your' ambition leans towards style t you can get an automobile , lor $300. ' . ' ' v , The flat ca,n be furnished5 at small .expense with used furni ture of good quality. To cut down .expenses you can get' an accurate grocers' scale for a song, and can then check up your purchases, and for a small, sum can have your wife taught 'to nake her own: clothes. II your wife and house wprk do not agree, you can get a good housekeeper who will work for her, husband's board. ; ! .If this proposition doesn't appeal to ycti, here is another. ,A marj has bought a ranch aid is not an experienced farmrr , he is -looking for a man to roi it for ; bim. Jf thin doesn't ap peal to you, somethinsr rl , I-i today's Journal Var y()s vw.'l. v',V;'i :." ; . . ',.: .., , . ; i' ;'- A ' I A '! "' aT4-tli,iH,lf.Tir rrf' rti,r,-;i, i.-.,i,,f'a,''l ,. t,y it i: 7. r .; . .