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JVOU XH. .NO. 255.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1913 TWO SECTIONS 28. PAGES.
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BREAKING HOME TIES!
NEW YEAR TO BE
1914 BUDGET OF
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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
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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.
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