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...... . ' . . ' ' . . . " . - : : ' : ' . .' : . . ' " '"r", . fh man tMihn uiantM to mell hi I XV I If JT V SJ"C3sVk-'X-r'r' r r-t-ii?i e--s "V V T J -fTS, VI wtrttiv 11 "t.c.,. . I y, lgPH ' ULl .1 352-" . II ' - 1 L 1 ' ' ' """ ' ' ' ? " - ' ' ' ! ! ' C - VOL. XII. NO. 265. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY "EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1914. FOURTEEN PAGES. UOTrTf TMrrt "TT'XTT'O OK TltOTB AKD Ew6 IT X TV V A O. RTINIW ' FTVF CUIT1 MAKING A SHOWING TO GET THE REGIONAL RESERVE BANK CARFARE MEASURE DECLARED VOID BY ON TO MEHtO' IS VILLA'S WM CRY FOR NEXl MOVE Next Objective Poilt Torreon, Which He Expedts Will Be Taken Without! a Fight, Clearing Way h Capital. ALL BREAKFAST AT EXPENSE OF DISARMED REFUGEES AT THE BORDER LINE E R. IS. ' GOVERNOR WEST tCJiiT, Ncwamvice; ! H Baw J-V Lv vly V I J BEAN Forty of 96 Unemployed That Walked to Salem Are Put to Work Digging Ditches and Clearing Land. STATE TO PAY $1.50 DAY, CHARGING $4 FOR BOARD Request to Call at His House Ignored, Governor Calls Early at Army's Haven. (Salem Burpaa nf Tho Journal.) Salem, Or., Jan. 12. Governor West this morning dug into lils pocket for the price of breakfast for the 96 un employed men who marched here from Portland seeking work, and then pro- vided Jobs for 40 of them. "At 7 o'clock this morning the gov ernor crossed the street from his resi dence to the basement of the First -i. t i i . . . i ., . -j 'iiiBuui cuurvn, wnere me army or nc uiioiuviujreu w a, a campeu, ana rout ed them out, offering work to 40 of tfljim flljktr rokfA m.l.A.I Ki.nh of men. 1 The men had come to make a dem onstration at the capitol and ask'The governor for work. Last night Mr. aid Mrs. E. W. Kimer, advance agents for the army, - communicated with the governor over the telephone and In formed him that they would be at the elate house at 8 o'clock this morning to Interview him. Hons Showed Up for Work. uvveiuui vvchl luju lliem liiaL wa. ; unnecessary, but for the men to be at bis house at 7 o'clock, ready for work, v They didn't show up, so the governor 'krpnt to invpRtiirat Thp mn hati Tint had their breakfast and told the gov - ernor that the Rimers had not told them about his request. Then' the governor sent the men down town to a restaurant for break ' fast and footed the bill. When they returned, rigs from various state ln- '. 'titutlons were waiting to take 40 men out to clear land, dig ditches and do other farm work. Before they would go, the men In quired particularly about the hours : mey wouia nave 10 worn, ana. me pay , iney wuuia reuev xucy werw ui land will be charged J 4 a week for " board. At first they objected to these . terms, but finally accepted. w orx uiTin o neip vu.i. Thtf'-o warfa flrn Iti Wpn1nf7- with ' " 1 n - - --- o . . i ...it.. . . I . 1 .. , .1 . . n - f stltutions." said the governor. "This 'was done to help out the labor situa tlon. and should be accepted In the spirit it was given. The men will have good places to bunk, and good - food. If the emergency hoard tiaa granted funds for road work, we could have taken care of the entire situa ilon." ' The governor said he had done his ' share, and It was up to the city or county to take care of the others z Mayor Steeves said he did not know nil ot th pitv pouM ili-i for them, as It had no work. He said if the men wanted to work enough to take what (Concluded on I'age Two. Column Four) ALASKA R. R. BILL IS DISCUSSED IN SENATE i Chamberlain Addresses Body Says He Favors Leas ing of Mines, (Washington Bureao of The Journal.) Washington. Jan. 12. Senator Cham berlain addressed the senate today on Ma Alaska, railroad bill. His references to the; coal and other mineral wealth 'i of Alaska aroused much interest and ' 'Various senators asked his opinion : about regulations for opening up tie mines. Chamberlain expressed doubt ; . as to whether regulations could be framed that "would satisfy everyone, i but, he favored the leasing plan. Sena tors Borah, Smoot, Sutherland, Walsh, Cummins and others took pp.rt in the discussion. ALASKA FISHERIES TO BE AIDED, SENATOR TOLD . ( Wa'binettm Bureau of The' Journal.) Washington, Jan. 12. The secretary of commerce told Senator' Chamberlain and others Interested that there Is i.o Intention whatever, either of aban-Jot. lng tlie department of Alaska f isherlc of of diminishing the value of goverr. nient control over them, that on tho contrary. It is the purpose to increase the work done for Alaska in ever form and particularly In the matter of, fisheries to facilitate normal grow. alonapla.wful lines In every practicabl way. Secretary Redfield promises tna a deputy commissioner of fisheries will visit Alaska and familiarize hiir.et-1 on the spot with the problem. COLD WAVE CAUSE OF ; SUFFERING IN CHICAGO ) Chicago,' Jan. 12. Much suffering - followed . the cold wave which struck Chicago at 7 "o'clock thl morning. - Twenty-five municipal lodging houses "were packed last night with homeless : . men.' . v William X-eusche, aged. 21, was -'rowned- today, In Bangs lake. -This !s the only death due to the. weather eported. , '. ; , SIEEL MILLS REOPEN; 50,000 MORE MEN AT THAN WEEK AGO Ittsburg District Feels Op timistic Over Resumption of Mills on Full Time. (Tnlted Preafl Leased Wire.) Pittsburg. Pa., Jan. 12. Steel mills, shut down for from one to three months through lack of business, be gan opening up again today through out the Pittsburg district. Jt will fce toward the end of the week before they will be running normally but by that time, steel men said, at least 50,000 rhore employes will be at work than last Saturday. The feeling In business circles, naturally, was ex tremely, hopeful. Several large contracts placed and in prospect lent the optimism of the niaiiuiaciurers material DacKing. Among them was the New York Central's order for 125,000 tons of steel rails. It was divided among eatern com panies, the independents and the Car negie Steel company. In all 100,000 tons of steel rails were on hand from companies in the Pittsburg district this week, one half the business com' lng to the Carnegie mills, which have been runnjng on short time. Accord ing 10 unorriciai announcement at tne Baltimore & Ohio office today, that road has prepared to spend J6.000.000 for steel equipment. At the offices of the Jones L&ugh- lln Steel company, largest of the local independent producers, it was stated that contracts on hand will cause early full time resumption In three of their plants. They have been working on half time. Officials of the Crucible Steel company declared their mills are now "scraping- bottom," b'ft that early and marked improvement is assured. IS Tugs Still Hunting for Amer ican Schooner and Grew Reported in Distress. (United Press Leased Wire.) Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12. Except for the report of the United States life saving tug Snohomish of having sight ed drifting mining timber, no clue to the dismasted American schooner "Wil liam F. Garms has been discovered up to noon today. The Garms left Coupevllle for Santa Rosalia.: Mexico, December 28, with cargo of mining timber. The disabled steamer Crescent, which limped into port Saturday, reported the Garms in distress with a crew of 12 men on board. The Snohomish and three tugs, the Tatoosh, Tyee and Lome, were dis patched ! in search of the schooner, but it has not been located. The search is being kept up. Twins Desert Husbands. Los Angeles, Jan. 12. Bored by mar ried life. Mrs. Sophie Lareene and Mrs. Genevieve Asmk, twlna, drew their husbands' savings.; $800, packed their clothes and decamped. The husbands told the police they, want back - the money. - - ... - ' -v ' ' i WORK DRIFTING TIMBER ONLY SIGN GAM OREGON PROJECTS ARE 4 IN AN T Senator Chamberlain Asks $1,000,000 for Dredge at Columbia. (Washington Bureau of Tbe Journal.) Washington, Jan. 12. Senator Cham berlain today introduced the followirig amendment to the rivers and harbors bill: For continuing the improvement and maintenance, including repairs, and op eration of the dredge at the mouth of the Columbia river, $1,000,000; the en tire project to cost not over $5,100,000, putting this project under a continu ing appropriation; and also for con tinuing the improvement of the. Sius law and completion of the north jetty, provided local authorities furnish a like sum, $146,000; continuing im provement of the south" jetty, . con ditioned . on local authorities fur nishing a like sum. $100,000; for ex amination and survey of the Columbia and Snake rivers in Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho, with a view to the canalization, of these streams bttwen Celilo and the mouth of the Columbia, and to Pittsburg Landing on the Snake, or for such lesser distances as may be advisable, together with a consideration of local cooperation and economies that may be secured b.y co ordination of the i improvements with the collateral use' to which the im provements may be put by utilisation of the structures i for power delevop- ment, irrigation, etc., $50,000. IS Executive Committee of Race Betterment' Conference Says It's Impossible. (t'nlted Press Leased Wire.) Battle Creek. Mich., Jan. 12. A ma jority of members of the executive committee at the National Race Bet terment conference here made it clear in interviews today that when the com mittee announces its conclusions next month it will reject as unsound the policy of breeding a race of thorough breds by mating eugenlcally perfect men and women. The proposition was handled fully in addresses today by Irs. Maynard Metcalf and Wlnfield Hall, who agreed that arbitrary control of marriages or the scientific mating of human beings would be impossible, even if advan tageous. They favored frank and systematic sex instruction and the close scrutiny of one another's pedigrees by parties to marriage contracts. NO FEDERAL i HELP FOR PURE MILK CAUSE HERE (Washington J&trean of The JnornaL) ' Washington. Jan. 12. The bureau of animal . industry has denied Senator Chamberlain's request . for " assistance asked by the Oregon Stats Livestock Sanitary Board, in t making tuberculin teats of cattg. supplying Portland with milk. ' becauc t f unda for this work are $ lacking. . - v ... ' PROVIDED FO AMENDMEN MD SCIENTIFIC MATING REEJCTED BY DOCTORS CONGRESS CONVENES TO TAKE OP T OTHER BIG SUBJECTS Adjournment Unlikely Before September, So Important Is Work to Be Done, (United Press Leased Wire.) Washington, Jan. 12. Congress re convened at noon today. It may ad journ in June, but probably will not finish its business before September. Anti-trust legislation, it was said, would hold the center of the stage. A special address on trust legisla tion from the president is expected to be delivered early in the week of Janu ary 19. Chairman Clayton, of the Judiciary committee, is considering consolida tion of two of the three tentative anti trust bills, it was learned tonight. He plans to submit two bills, one dealing with interlocking and "dummy'' direc torates, and another supplementing the Sherman law, covering such subjects as price fixing, "personal" guilt, repeal of "the rule of reason" and injunc tions. Ho Trust Changes. Nothing to supplement the provision of the Sherman law for dissolution of trusts. is planned. Chairman Newlands of the senate committee on commerce will begin con ference on trust legislation next Fri day. He and Senator Williams of Mis sissippi have rival remedial bills. Other subjects before congress in clude: Government owned railway In Alas ka, now pending in both houses. Rural credit legislation. Woman's suffrage constitutional amendment in the senate and suffra gettes' plea for a special house com mittee, in the house. . Report from the Overman lobby In vestigating committee and the West Virginia strike probers in the senate. Strike Inquiries Asked. Senator Owen's bill for a cloture rule in tht? senate. Proposed investigation of the Calu met and Colorado strikes in the house. House lobby investigating commit tee's report, recommending action as to Representative McDermott of Illi nois The McKellar and other bills to reg- lnt cold storage or rooa proaucts. The steel car and train safety bills nf Ronresentative Stevens of New Homnshire. Federal control of hydro-electric tates upon power developed from pub lic waterways. Negotiation with Canada of a new agreement regarding water rlower development or .Niagara atis. The senate is facing the problem over confirmation of Henry M. Pindell of Peoria, 111., as amDassaaor to uus sla t Debate is also threatened in both houses regarding the administration's course in Mexican arrairs. , WEST POINT, ANNAPOLIS NOMINATIONS ARE MADE i (Washington Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, Jan. 12. Representa tive Hawley has appointed Melvln L. Hanks of Independence,! principal; Merrill C Proctor, Salem, nd Richard C BabbitV alternates to take the ex amination to enter West I Point; and Stanley M. Haight of Medford, .princi pal; Ray W. Metcalf, Merrill D. Rich mond v and Kenneth A. M cores, all of Salem, alternates to Annapolis.:'.;::-, RUSTS City Ordinance Requiring the Company to Sell Six Tick ets for 25 Cents Cannot Be Enforced. I ORAL DECISION GIVEN IN FEDERAL COURT Proposed Law Held in Con flict With Public Utilities Act of State. out of Decision. If the ordinance is valid and the public utilities within the city of Portland ire taken out of the operation bf the public utilities act and tle Jurisdiction of the commission:created by It, then every municloalitv within the state may amend Its charter with like effect and the public utilities act becomes a useless and emasculated niece of legis lation, the will $f the entire people as" expressed therein would be Ignored (and a part of the state becomes greater than the whole. Judge Bean. The ordinance passed by the city council November 5, providing that the street car company sell to its patrons six fares for 25 cets, was declared void in a verbal decision by United States District Judga R. S. Bean this morning. The ruling was upon the city's motion to dismiss the injunction sought by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. to restrain enforcement of the ordinance. J That the public utilities act of the state of Oregon, which gives life to the state railroad commission, provides one set of rates for the street railway company, and the "Bix tickets for a quarter ordinance" jprovides another set; that it would be impossible for the street car company to live up to both, and that the jurisdiction of the state railroad commission is greater than- that of the. eUy of Portland, are the principal grounds for the opinion sustaining the railroad company's de murrer. I In Its petition for dismissal, the city declared that the federal court had no jurisdiction, but Judge Bean showed very substantially, Iji-four instances, tnat tne' junsaiction or tne reaerai court was well founded. Measure in Conflict. "The city must confine its legisla tion to purely municipal matters," de clared Judge Bean. '"The public util ities act covers the entire law In this regard, and I don't think the city has the right to legislate against It. If one city could, then all cities could take actions similar ! to this, and the act would amount to! nothing." The ruling of the state railroad com mission as to the rates the street rail way company should charge its pat rons and the rate provided for by the ordinance in .question; were directly in opposition. Judge Bean said, and for the company to try to qbey either would make it in direct violation of the other. Both codes provide heavy penalties for violation. ' Decision Oral On. The decision was jan oral one, and Judge Bean said .thajt he delivered it in this way because he wanted to cause the two parties to the action as little delay as possible. The city now has two courses of action. Either it can appeal from Judge Bean's decision to a higher federal court or it can seek the legislation! desired through the state railroad commission. Judge Bean's ruling was on the pre liminary injunction, but this will stand (Concluded on Page Se'Sen. Colnmn Three) DEFECTIVE TITLE IS COSTLY TO SHIPPERS i Delay in Acquisition of Ore gon City Locks by U. S. Is Protested. (Washington Bureau tf The Journal.) . Washington, Jan. 12. Congressman Hawley has recently ben renewing his efforts to secure final action in the matter of the acquisition and opera tion of the Willamette locks at Oregon City by the government. This matter has been dragging long because of the government notj being satisfied with the abstract ofj title offered by the Portland Railwaj, Light & Power company in May, 191. The matter is now before the department of Justice, where some delay his arisen In per fecting the title papers to the prop erty involved. j Mr. Hawley has fointed out that shippers are not receiving the bene fits of the act of Junjj 25. 1910, which provided - for the purchase and im provement of the private canal at Wil lamette Falls, and has filed protest against further delay, calling atten tion to the fact that the Albany Com mercial club and o oners have been very insistent that Willamette valley shippers should have! the benefit of government ownership and decreased rates. The state of Oregon has already transmitted $200,000 (of the JJOO.000 due from it, and assurances have been given -the government . that the remainder will be paid as$soon as the final papers are signed and - the gov ernment has acauiredj tha locks, t . N ; xi . SSL Xfmm i1, "' JySrU -NH A Major M. W. McXaxnee, IT. 8. A., In command of American troops at Presidio, Tex., opposite Ojinaga, Mexico, Just captured by the rebels. COMIyI E T OF DEEP BAR CHANNEL Meeting to Be" Called, Prob ably Friday, to Inaugurate Campaign for Dredge. Believing that the time has come for definite action, as a Portland express sion of support of the campaign to deepen the bar channel at the mouth of the Columbia river. President A- IL Averill of the Chamber of Commerce announced this morning that he will call a meeting of citizens to organixe in support of the campaign. The meeting will probably be held Friday of this week, but Mr. Averill will decide the date definitely after ascertaining when the largest number can attend. He believes that It is essential to place upon the bar a gigantic- dredger of the type asked for In the Iane bill. (Concluded on Page Two. Column FlTe) POPE DECIDES AGAINST F Upholds Rejection of Duchess de Talleyrand's Appeal From Annulment. (United Press leased Wire.) Rnm. Jan 12. PODe PiUS X this afternoon formally sanctioned the re jectlon by the Segenatura tribunal, the Vatican's high court, of the appeal or the Duchess de Talleyrand against the clerical annulment of her former mar riage to Count Bonl de Castellane. This means that the Rota tribunal, or lower court, will ratify its original ruling, mde at the Instigation of De Castel lane, and it is said that will end the incident, so far as the Roman Catholic church is . concerned. T All Employes Vote and Ma jority Said to Favor a Walkout. (CnlUd Press Lewd W1r.) Albany, N. Y.. Authority to call general strike of all employes of the Delaware & Hudson railway Is granteJ the unions, according to indications this afternoon after one fourth of the 6000 referendum vote had been counted This was the announcement of M. C Cary, vice president of the, railroad conductors' union, and one of the lead ers In the fight against tbe company. Cary declared tbe vote would not be completely canvassed until tomorrow As soon as the result la known he said the union officials would seek a con f erence , with tha Delaware & Hudson officers andi a final attempt at adjust meat of differences would be . made before strike la called. . CHAMBER T0ORGANIZESUPP0R ORMER ANNA GOULD STRIKE HREATENS DELAWARE HUDSON 1 FIRE DEPAR1ENT IS SAID TO BE ON VERGE Workings of Organization of Firemen and Ex-Firemen Under Fire of Investigation A general shakeup in the fire de partment may result from an investl Ration which is being made of the workings of an organiiatlon of fire men and ex-firemen, known as the Firemen's Mutual, Social, Benevolent and Protective association, but called ty others "The Black Handera." The charge has been mads that the body was organized to fight all discharges and to override the decisions and or ders of their superiors. Just how far the shakeurt will, af fect the, department is a matter of con jecture, but it is considered likely that"' it will include about 10 men. said to be ringleaders in the movement. All told. there are only about 30 members, while a short time ago practically all of the membefg, with the exception of the of ficers, were paying dues into the as sociation. Association Bald to Fay Cost. It Is charged that the members are doing everything in their power ' to prevent ! order from the chiefs and subordinates from being enforced; and that the association is also paying the expense of fighting all cases of men who are discharged for breach of discipline. On the other hand the members of the association state that the organ ization Is similar to the Police Ath letic association, and its only purpose to promote good fellowship among the member of the department. They (Concluded on Pag Seren. Colnmn Four) WOMAN CLAIMS MEN T Trouble Over Claim Results -in Alleged Attack by ! Nfght Riders. Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 13. Mrs. Margaret Ross, a prominent resident of Aberdeen, who settled on a claim at Brooklyn, North river section, com plained this morning to Governor Lis. ter and the sheriff that last night she and members of her family were at tacked by lp masked men, who fired several shots into their home, and that the house and a nearby woodhouss were set on fife and destroyed. Mrs. Ross declares that herself and ramiiy were bundled Into a wagon and moved to a bridge a half mile away, jney were" tnen inxormea. sh anva that if they reentered the county they would be hanged in the woods that skirted the bridge. Mrs. Ross sava they were then driven 12 miles away ana lert. Mrs. Ross claims the outrage was the outpome of jealousy over, the claim she settled on, from which, she says, those m the vicinity have at tempted to oust her. She aays she will demand a sheriffs posse and de clares she can identify some of the desperadoes. - , Mrs. Ross was a candidate for tha legislature in the last campaign, j ghe la saia to nave jumped a timber Calm in Pacific county on the - otaarre wl it -was hot properly held by another woman. There has been trouble siaca. OF GENERAL SHAKEUP HREATENED LYNCHING NO PRISONERS SliOT, SAYS REBELIGENERAL About 450Q Federals Camped on American Side, Sans Food or Supplies. Prsidio. Texas, Jan. "We're Jn our way to Mexico City,'! said General Villa at Ojinaga-today. . I The rebels were hard in posses sion of the little -Mexican! border town before their lender - begyn preparing for his mnnh on the capital. Fifteen hundred of his men left test night for l'alomlr to en t ruin far Chihuahua City. There Villa said they would be given a week's rest. ne outfits and fresh horses and then ietart south ward, j The general planned s-to have- de tachment after dc'taclSnent leave throughout the week untl only 300 re main as a permanent Igarrlson at Ojinaga. ;t "I have 7000 troops hre." he ex plained, "and It will takf me a week to get the last of them lout. In ths meantime I Intend to male sure there are no lurking bands of federals in the neighborhood who might attempt to retake the town and ue!t as a base from which to harass Jur lines of communication along the border., "From here we must fmarch over land to Falomlr. From there we can" go by train to Chlhualuiaf City. From Chihuahua City we will" nyove on To'r reon, which I expect the federals to evacuate without fighting. Five to seven thousand fresh troops will Join us at Torreon from Duringo and ths Laguna district. - "Then will follow oujf campaign against Monterey, San JulS Potost. Saltlllo-and ultimately Mexico City. We will gather recruits Oji we go and by th time we capture the capital capture, that is. If it is njot evacuated before .we arrlve I expect to have 25,000 to 30,000 men with me." Military men here believed, how ever, that before withdrawing too many of his men from djhnaga Villa would have to reckon wth Generals Orozco, Salazar, -CaraveoJ and Rojas, who, with 500 cavalry, "escaped Into the hills. Reports wire- current among th rebels that tfey were al ready surrounded, but they were not believed here. j: Villa denied that he executed any of his prisoners. s Most of them, he addef, were only (Concluded on Page Two.- Onjurnn Three) STREET SEMAPHORES GIVE FIRE WARNINGS First of System of Signals, Will Be Installed n Few .Days. I Within a few days Portland wlU have its first street signals in use for warning traffic of the existence of -fire in the locality. Three of the pieces of apparatus, known as "semaphores." have arrived from the eas and will ba Installed In the business unction Imrre dlately. Electricians fronV the fire de partment are busy with the Installa tion. The t'.iree pieces of apparatus will be placed on the busiest turners down town. A large arm extending over the street will move, a bill will rlnt and at night a red light will Illuminate whenever an alarm Is run;. These instruments are tfie first of a large number of such pieces to be In stalled this year. The council allowed in the appropriations for'1914 a sub stantial amount to pay for the signal system. f $2,500,000 ASKEDF0R DRYD0CK ON COLUMBIA (United Press Leased V!ir.) Washington, D. C, Jan. $12, A huge drydock on the Columbia rfver between Portland and the sea wasrovlded for In a bill Introduced this afternoon by Senator Chamberlain. TS appropria tion suggested was 92.SO0.fOO. Japanese Volcano Igrupta, Tokio, Japan, Jan. 12. i-Following repeated earthquakes wglch started yesterday the Volcano VSakureJima, near Kagoshima, was in irdptlon to day. Residents are fleeing from the vicinity. f 1 HAVE A CLEARANCE SALE OF YOUR OWN There's not a bit j If use in keeping things you .rfon't use. Floor space is too valuable for that. j Why not sell tbe unfjsed bed room outfit, do awaylwith the stored settee, the hallftree, and those other things, yoa've been saying you're anxiou to get rid of? . , ; ; Tura- them into casrg throuf h " a "Want Ad" in the For Sale columns of The Journal. ' -