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Portland; Oregon, fri day evening, January 2, ,1914 EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. f. VOL. XIL NO. 257. DEPOT FOR ALL LI Hill and Harriman Officials . and Commissioner Daly; Conferring Today in Effort to Straighten Out Tangle Resulting in Two Terminals $5,000,000 MAY BE EXPENDED IN SCHEME Expected Agreement Would Result in Bringing All Pas senger Traffic Into Union Station and Use of Guild's Lake Bottoms for Tracks. . Ona huge terminal for all of the main railroads centering In Portland will be the Immediate result If an agreement is reached this afternoon by representatives of the Hilhand Harri man systems, who are in conference 'wltb'IWlH H. Daly, commissioner of publio utilities, at the city hall. Quiet ly the project has been under consid eration forthe past three months. Prosecution of the proposed plan will Involve an expenditure of approximate-. ly 15.000.000 It ia estimated. . At .a conference held with Commis sioner Daly in November local repre sentative or the Hill and Harriman systems agreed upon tentative plans that would as far as service is eon cerned, consolidate all of the terminal homings in the northwestern part of iue cny, uia cammiiiuiueBi ox a. union depot and the removal of the main freight track of the O.-W. K. & N romtMnv from IJ'ront fttreet. i IPkA ....... I (n n .. . J ..... rangements whereby all freight trains will be ma1 a ud on new tracks to be in yards to be established at Guild's lake, where the low land is now being filled, leaving the present yards of the North Bank line and the North Pa- -ctfiG ' Terminal company which are controlled by the O.-W. K. St N. and the Southern Pacific, with part owner. ..ahin in the nanaa or tne JNortnern 'a eiflc--exclusively for passenger traf fic of all of the Hill and Harriman lines. : SUv Fasaenger Depot Eventually. ; While under this arrangement a new v passenger statlonwlll have to be built ttnawt tha npmanna or irainc as it develops, it Is the Impression that the present union station, with per haps' a few alterations, will answer for some time to come. - A great many changes, however, willjhave to be made tft conform to the plains for track ar rangement, since all main lines would (Concluded on Page Four. Column One) inTiwr nrorr iirwui ttbiiVL rib.ni urun " Trend of Present Vogue Is Immodesty It Is iJgclared; (United PrM Leued Wire.) New Tofk, Jan. 2. Cardinal Farley started an active fight on the tango today When he announced through his secretary that be deplored the trend of the present vogue as immodest and had determined to do all in his power to discourage it. Invitations already out for a dance to be given by tlie Junior auxiliary of the-Catholic Institute for the Blind at Delmonlco's next Monday night, were immediately recalled and the affair abandoned. ' A monslgner close to the cardinal further stated that no priest will per mlt the societies conected with his parish to hold dances whJleTthe present vogue or dancing exists, nor will par . lsh' charities, schools or other parochial institutions accept funds raised in such a way. Cardinal Farley Is said to have reached his decision -to act against the tango after carefully considering the prevailing popularity of salacious mov ing picture films and the filthy dramas which pollute the. stage, together with the modern oances. , The "dances were denounced by the monslgnor as "ball room acrobatics. It was explained that while the Cath v olic church has not officially placed a ban upon dancing, the church's at tltude is reflected in Cardinal Farley's action, v , WORKMEN . .j. ' ' . i The J looo a month man has $200 a month men working for him, ;t5fr $200 a month man has 9 IS almonth men working sfor him ancTTbey all agree that a tSc; Journal Want Ad is the most efficient workman -of alt TANGO COMMENCED BY CARDINAL FARLEY This little ad will visit thousands of homes throughout Oregon , and won't send in any "expense accounts." It will bear its mes- - sage to rich and poor alike and ! get a . hearing where the others could not. It will say just what you tell it and will not mis- ' represent you. . Why Not Employ One? BANKERS MEET IN INTERESTOF CnY All Agree That if Northwest Is to Be Granted Reaional Bank, Portland is Logical Location. MANY FEATURES IN FAVOR OF ROSE CITY Banks of Seattle, Spokane andTacoma Carry Re serves Here. The movement for the establishment of a regional reserve bank In Portland in accordance with the currency bill passed by congress last month, is rapiaiy drawing to focus. At a meet ing of the Portland clearing house to be held this afternoon it Is expected that a resolution will be passed urging upon the government the founding of one of the regional banks in this city. The bankers of Portland are unani mous in agreeing that If a regional bank is to be established In the north west, Portland is the logical and only city for its location. Under the terms of the act, the organization committee for the establishment of the regional banks and the promulgation of the currency act, consisting of the secre taries or the treasury and agriculture, has at its discretion the establishment of from 8 to 12 regional banks. It Is conceded by all the financial and com mercial interests of the Pacific coast that San Francisco will be the first choice in the selection of cities. Los Angeles has already withdrawn from the fight in favor of San Francisco, leaving the Golden Gate city a clear field for California at least. The question now facing the coast is: Will the committee decide to es- (Concluded on Page ScTenteen, Column One) CREW HALF STARVED Vessel Breaks in Two and Men Go Five Days With out Food, (United Press Leaaed Wire.) Mobile, Ala., Jan. 2. With their ves sel broken In two under them, kept afloat5 by her cargo of lumber, officers and crew of the British schooner GleriM Afton, five 'days without food, were rescued by a fishing vessel and brought Into Mobile today. The ve- sel s cargo was valued ,at $78,000. The rescued are all in a hospital. several seriously 111 from their priva tions. In addition to starving, the hulk floated low in the water and huRe seas washed over, drenching the men continuously. t AS MONEY CENTER WHEN RESCU E COMES IT SURELY IS HARD NOT TO WANT MORGAN RESIGNS" DIRECTORSHIPS IN MANY CONCERNS Financier Says He Does Not Find Time to Devote to Duties of Numerous Board Meetings. ; PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS AGAINST DIRECTORSHIPS Other Members of Firm Sever Connections With Boards of Railroads. New York, Jan. 2. Members of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. have re signed as directors in about 20 railroad and Industrial companies, it was an nounced today. In a statement issued Morgan declared the resignations were tendered because of the time taken from the business of the firm by at tendance at various directors' meet ings. ! Morgan also declared in his state ment that "an apparent change in pub lic : sentiment In regard' to director ships'' seems to warrant withdrawal from many of the companies. Mor 'gan's statement follows: "The necessity of attending many- board meetings has been bo serious a burden upon our time that we have long wished to withdraw from the dl rectories of many corporations. "Most of these directorships we have accepted with reluctance and only be- (Concluded on Page Six. Column One L F OF Daughter of Rich Parents Does Not Want to Return Home However. (United Press Leaded Wire.) Omaha, Neb., Jan. 2. After a search that continued seventeen monihs and which took pursuers and pursued through 14 states, the parents of Lyit k Tioman, 13 mrs old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, wealthy farmers of the Sacramento valley, Cal , succeeded , yesterday afternoon in re covering their daughter in a gypsy camp at Florence, Neb. But the little girl, dressed In the gautiy, multi-colored costume ' of the gypsy, does not want to go back home. According to Mrs. Thomas, the gyp sies boldly kidnapped her daughter. .Mitchell Mark, "King" of the gypsy band, is said to "nave been responsible for the girl's disappearance. The girl's parents say they are Greeks, but members of the gypsy band allege that the little girl is a gypsy and belongs to their band. RESCUED ROM BAND GYPS ES COLUMBIA BRIDGE AWARD INDORSED BY BUSINESS MEN Protest at Amount Tentative ly Agreed to. as Commis sion for Engineers of Great Structure Said Ill-Advised. CHAIRMAN HOLMAN TO STAND BY GUNS Head of County Court to At tend Meeting Tomorrow if Orderly and Fair. Eufus Holman, chairman both of the Multnomah county board of commls sioners and the interstate bridge com mission, announced this morning that he will attend the mass meeting to morrow evening in the central library, called to protest against awarding the engineering of the Interstate bridge to Waddell & Harrington, a Kansas City firm. "If the meeting Is conducted In' an orderly manner, and Is not a rabble and confusion, I can and will show that the award was made, not hastily, but after due consideration; that thee was no graft or thought of graft, and that the entire commission was actu ated by desire to get the best engl neers and through them the best bridge for the money to be spent," said Com missioner Holman. - "It has been said that the engineers submitted bids and that, the contract was awarded to Waddell& Harrington, although the highest bidder. This is (Concluded on Page KlTe. Column One) OPEN NEXT MONDAY County Clerk Coffey Expects 100,000 to Sign Their Names. Registration for 1914 elections will begin Monday morning and everybody that desires to vote in the primary election of this year' Without being sworn in must register before May 1, when the books close for that elec tion. As it is estimated that approx imately 100,000 legal voters must be registered, County Clerk Coffey re quests that all register early to avoid the rush. As the 1913 registration' laws were declared invalid, all must be registered in the manner in vogue prior to the passage of the new law, and all who registered under the new law must register again. Mr. Coffey has made all appointments for deputies in the registration department and the depu ties are ready to take care of all com ers who appear Monday morning. TO BE SAVED regis BOOKS . . . i i . ; . - - . - ''. ..' ;, . - - L HEAD OF GOVERNOR'S EXPEDITION AND ROUTE TO COPPERFIELD ifaM&F A COMMON ASKED; km0Ssk ' M Mil iTARV I AW IF IT II hJ&sf UiH' jXL' I "Tt fa.'l 1 I tirve- pakti irtM in in rrv r"i V'AVltl M ti I 1 I lil ITIII I III I 111 i r?'; w ; J i i i r; 4 Aw-r ivjzz-.- i ...... .1 ?&(t tiA--, AVTrrr-XZ"" i II governor vvesx, in ieuer iu I W Copperfield Officials, DeM ' 'V """ fLr Ucutlve'a offic relative to the ques- I kN """'i 1 !!mF t tinn 1m rnnfninii tn n 'lptter from flftv. ' Brn I I day by his secretary, Mlstr Fern Hobbs. Miss Fern Hobbs, private! secretary the executive office at Salem. TO BE INVESTIGATED BY IT Assertion by! Commissioner Hart That He Was Offered Bribe to Be Taken Up. Rigid investigation will be made by District Attorney Evans and the grand Jury of the assertions of County Com missioner D. V. Hart that representa- tives of several bridge building engi neers, who were bidding fofr the inter state bridge, offered him brifcs for his vote, and if the conditions warrant, an equally rigid prosecution of the per sons offering the bribes Is o be pushed. This is the declaration of District Attorney Evans this morning who has spent considerably "time since the ' re port' of Commissioner Hart's state ments reached hid ears, looking up the statutes on bribery. This morning hi3 desk was scattered with books opehed to sections pertaining to the giving, offering or promising bribes. The January grand Jury will con vene January 12 and at . that time tho matter will be laid before it and Com missioner Hart will be summoned to tell again his story. As yet he has had no conversation nor communica tion with the district attorney. "We are investigating tne matter cow. If we lind tnat trie iaw nas oeen violated, we will surely prosecute,"' said Mr. Evans, j "I have no informa tion now except hearsay, but it is cer tainly well enough established to war rant us looking jnto it thoroughly. . It is my belief that Vnen who. attempt to corrupt officials that they may secure something to which their, merits do not entitle thenv should be dealt with most severely." j Commissioner Hart's story is to th effect that one offer of $1500, two ffers of $1000 nd another offer of $350 were madeJto him if he would vote or the firm offering the money. when the matter of a final selection of an engineer was taken up. Commls sloner Hart has refused to state who the men were who made the proffers. MELTING CHEESE HALTS New York. : Jan. 2. Struggling through tons of Sticky, melting cheese, firemen fought for hours early today against a fire in the five-story fare- bouse of (rRoth ,& Co., cheese import ers at 15 Jay street. At the Hudson '. hospital nearby a panic among patients was averted by the; superintendent and nurses, who went through tle building, closed all Windows to keep out the smoke and assured their charges there i was no oanKer. xne rire loss was esumatea at $50,000. , When the Garter Gtc Way. Chicago. Janj 2. Extreme modes cost Miss Elsie Pethlong 114.40. a powder puff, several hairpins and a tiny mirror. All these were concealed In the ruffles Of a pink garter that became unclasped on State street.! A well dressed young man picked np the garter, but she was afraid to ask Mm for it. By the time Miss Pethlong found a police woman the young man BY CHARGES ISM PROSECUTOR WORK OF THE FIREMEN to Governor West, at her desk in PEACE IF POSSIBLE, FORCE IF NECESSARY, PROGRAM OF WEST Governor Asks Cooperation of Saloonmen-Officialsather ; Than '-Have Trouble. (Aalpm Burean of The Journal.) Salem. Or., Jan. 2. It not volunta lly, then by force the saloons of Cop perfield will be closed by 4 o'clock thli afternoon, and will remain closed until there- is ,a complete reorganization of the town government, with the saloon men officials eliminated, announced Governor West today. MIbs Fern Hohbs, the governor's pri vate secretary, left last night for the scene of the trouble. ' On this train with her were B. K. Lawson, warden of the penitentiary and lieutenant colonel of the coast artillery, O. N. G.. and -five memoers of tho national aruard. MIks Hobbs left as an envoy of peace, as the personal representative of the governor. But because the governor says the saloon business and good government do not harmonize, she will ask the mayor and the councilmen, who are engaged In the saloon busi ness, to resign and to close their places of business and ship their stocks of liquor out of town until a reorganiza tion of the town government is ef fected. If they do not heed her request, and do It before 4 o'clock. Colonel Lawson and his- men under martial law. will clamp the. lid down so Tight that Cop perfield will almost smother. In this event, the colonel is Instructed to clean out the. saloons, stock, fixtures, and all. and ship the stuff out of town. It is to' be on its way not later than- 4 o'clock tomorrow. Besides this Colonel Lawson is In structed to confiscate every gun found on any person. The governor said he was prepared to meet every emergency. Martial law will not be declared In Copperfield while Miss Hobbs Is. there. But 10 minutes after she leaves, if her requests have not been obeyed... the military authorities will take con trol of the situation. "Our proceedings have been regu lar in every way," said the governor. "Miss Hobbs has gone as the repre sentative, of the governor, not at the hcatf of the militia, to ask for the co operation of Copperfield citizens for law and order. She will arrive there at 2:50 this afternoon. She has the resignations of the mayor and council men identified with the saloon busi ness all written out She win im mediately hold a conference with thl city officials, which will include all the saloon, men. If they will not re sign, she will leave on ah out. train (Concluded no I'age Seventeen, Column Two) A New Dress for the New Year i Today THE JOURNAL appears a new dress which consists in an eight column page instead iot a seven-column pags. 1 This change is in line wltn that adopted in recent months by the most progressive news papers in all parts of ihe -coun-L try and is one that is certain to prove popular, witif reader and advertiser alike, iince it permits a " bettei display: of both news and business. . (Sali'Bi Uurean of TUi- Journal. 1 , Salem, Or.. Jan. 2. State's case in the Copperfield saloon controversy, and tht? proposed program of the ex ecutive s office relative to the ques tion. 1h contained in a letter from Gov ernor West, carried to Copperfield to day by his secretary, Mlstr Fern Hobbs. The letter says: To the Honorable Mayor and Mem bers of the City Counril, Copperfield. Or. Provision is made, through the constitution and lows of the state, for the Incorporation of cities and towns and they are given the right to regu late all local affairs subject to tho criminal laws of the state. The purpose of permitting cities and towns to incorporate is appAM- It ives the residents tti-reor honrnvpule n the matterf all local government. thus making posible a better enforce ment of the law and securing surti other advantages of government as the residents may desire. It was never Intended that the right to incorporate should be used by any number of citi- vAna as a moQna tn nrninnt nnrnnfvurl i vice or to make themHelves immune i from prosecution under the criminal i laws of the state. It is a ract which cannot be disputed that most of the crime and disorders with which gov ernment has to cope spring from the saloon. Therefore, it follows as a corollary that where the city govern ment Is under the control of the sa loon, law enforcement will ha thrown to the wind and vice will prevail. Our investigations show that 'the mayor is engaged in the saloon busi ness;' that his associate in" such- busi ness 5r a member of the city council; that the proprietor of another saloon In yotir city Is likewise a member of said council, and that his bartender Is also a councilman; that a fourth mem ber is a hanger-on around one of these resorts and In sympathy with their activities. This' gives the. saloon ele ment absolute control of all city af fairs. We further find that on November (Concluded on Vtgn Nine, Column Two) SPECIAL ENVOY UNO IS CALLED TO-CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT Meeting at Pass Christian May Affect Policy on. Mex ican Affairs, (I"n!tpl Prea Inaed Wire.) Pass Christian. Miss., Jan. 2. .The stage was set here today for a confer ence that may have an Important bear ing On the. administration's futur.i course In the Mexican situation. Presi- ! dent Wilson's special envoy, John. Llnd, warf aboard the cruiser Chester, anchored off Ship island, and the reve nue cutter Winona was alongside, pre pared either to bring Llnd to Pass Christian for the conference 'or to take the president out to see the en voy. Information in advance of the meet ing was positively refused by the ex ecutive today. At the "winter White iiouse me president wag up early, walking about the garden, but beyond' stating that there would be Informa tion forthcoming after his talk with Lind, he declined to comment. The president Is very much the fact that he had sent for Lind i rU . , i 7 ' leaked out." ' fcwork to several ticmsand of , the city An investigation to determine who ' ur,emp,oyvl n caused a halt-lo the let the secret out Is already under i Prsram -to form i parade Of Jobles way. It had been planned to have the I and march to tk cltf hall to demanu Winena, carrying the president on a'work.- I. W. W.; leaders expected to yachting trip, accidentally meet the ! cajl a massi meeting on 8nday' r Chester, with Lind aboard, and to have J !' ' ' -' t :' the. conference over and Lind back in L Touch . of Winter fa' St.' PauL ' theXtwo radmet w that gt pauU MlntL, Jas, JL-Th. entir. At 10:SoVlIunch from the. Winona il Tcl wer ad came Into Pass Christian harbor and T". .1.. ,C-5 ' 31?!' Z??? Lieutenant Howell delivered a message from Lind to one of the secret service men, who hurried 'away In an auto mobile to transmit it to the president. Later it was reported that orders were sent to Lind to come into Pass Chris tian : and talk with the president this afternoon. ,,;.'' Despite the fact that a driving rain storm had set ln which drenched the rolf links, the president motored over to KoHt Gulf port, stating as he started that If possible he would play a nine hole round. ' He did not leave the cot tage until after 10 o'clock. Wr Does Not Affect Canal, Washington. Jan. 2. Denial of a story printed In Hearst' papers: that the onent n ir of that Panama canal will de- pen? upon developments in the Mex lean situation was made touay oy K co GUARDS If 10 m IF NECESSARY 1 I Miss Fern Hobbs Not Awed; Proceeds to Public Town Hall and Reads -Proclanja- , tions to Local Officials. v. SALOONS MUST BE CLOSED AT: 4 O'CLOCK Colonel Lawson.' 0. N. G., and Five Militiamen Accom--pany Governor's iSecretaryl and May Place .Camp Un der Martial Regulations. Copperfield, " Or., Sao. lXrtll law was dcl.red B Oopparfleld at 4 o'clock by Colonel Xiawsoa. CopperfieldOr.. Jan. 2.-After May. r Stewart had refused to resign "without u hearing," as he shouted at Miss HobtiH when slie fked hi.Ti to va eate his office. Colonel Lawson de- V ciHiei martial law to "exist and nailed the governor's proclamation to the wall of the hull. Four of i the isix, council, men als refused to - resign i: He saVe orders thut eli arms i be, ' confiscated, and that, the supply i f J liquor in all salouna must ready for' Khiiiment by 4 o'clock, i tomorrow afterV noon. ' . . " i Captain Mttcalf wa sent after the militiamen and the women who had gathered in the hall to hear the tnes-snM- brought by -Miss Hobbs, were nkeil to leave the building while the ' men were searched foi? guns A" the women . were leaving, thtr ' crowded around Miss! Hobbs clasping her hand uad thanking lit r. ; The gov- ' ernor s M erest ntative., who harf rsri lhe "fKO' ' ity officials without a waver, ne arly broke; do (Bsff Correspondence.) Copperiieid. or., Jan. 2. Miss Fertl Hobbs wr.s Hanked t-i Lieutenant Col " onel Lawxon of the Oregon 'National'.! Etiard. and five Members of tha eaimt Lartlllery with rifles loaded and ready,. wiieu e sieppe-j on tne train ner at . 5! o'clock this afternoon. , . ' - The ' go vernor f persi - representa tlve, accompanied ; y-iHiloael Lewofi, went direetly to the town halh wTif y.l,e read lhe. governor's proclamation. The guard men remalceJ at the railroad 1 station under Colonel Lawson' order,, i The attorney fori Mayor Htewsrt and . William Weigand; Hwo of the saloon, ' keepers, James Nichols of linker, tele- ; phoned. bis client this morning not to let the governor bluff them out, and . to use force If ne'eessnry to ketp th , saloons open. ' '- Mayor .-sto wart, Jeidr of one faction ' of the town, an Martin Knezorttch of the oiher, were haxh on hand' with I tneir followers, t -: . "i have u proclamation her from t!ie Korniii.i'," said Mis Hobbs. 8h tiidn't stem dismayed' by ' the nature n' the welcoming erowu the , appear ance of wt.h-h. would have been enough to make an ordinary niah retfeat to the train, to hy r.otBttii of a alrl so small' Khe seemed lobt In- her great, coat and 1 in n. . , . - . . "All right, go ahead." raid Mayor Stewart. Then Miss Hobbs -read the Koverndr's t-roclaniatfon saying that if nece.wrv to keep tln- two saloons of Copperfield closed, Colonel Lawson has instructions to burn down- the, bulld intb. ' . .' . j .- ,7. MlssMIobbs has typewritten reelgna t'ons ready for the mayor and member of the city council to sign should they be wlMlnjr to do mo. If not, it doesn't mattermuch. becaotiaj tba militia have i('iirlnilet n rse.ereaWtm. Colons TUree ( Several Thousand". Men Get . Relief Ln Chteajjpamdevl Plan Halted, (I'nited Preta Tm4 wire.) : Chicago, Jan. I. Continuation to. i tciii ia Lite in-iW JllCff 11 ' four Inctiea of mow: hero yesterday and is still falling tods yt The snow. Is not heavy enough tof trouble, wires or , tie up traffic. .'..4'f..:.:',:-.u?.I-''"v' ' AUTO RUNS INTO BARBED . WIRE FENCEjxtjDEADi '-. ., Tmi:" -.V':,y--; - - .'-I. Wells; Minnsn.5i-4n:RalphEf McBroom., 5, wa killed. Xarl Babtfo perhaps fatally wounded. aRd Chariss Boetcher had several ribs broken early this morning - when their automobils left the road and crashed Into a barbed' wire fence neat rjere, . ' " .- , , , The men were returning from trip to Walters. The men were all resi dents f Wells, ;: Boetcher la married. Dr. kfcBroom, wb was a vetertnartin. had relatives i in Chicago . and . Cali SNOW BRINGSIWORK FOR PLOYED and the garter were gone.. re tar y of War Garrison. ' V ' ' fornia. ,i.?'tr'1?.v''i' - '. ' S. . .1 ' . -' '-- ....i;