THE ' OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, - NOVEMBER SO, '-1914.
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KILLERS
GOTHAM
ACCUSED
LATEST MURDER CASE
vl Barnett - Baff, Head of Inde
l pendent . Poultrymen, Was
I not Slairi by the 'Trust,"
c HUDSON -"OUSTERS" IN IT
'RAILROAD NEWS
O-W. B. & N, Co. Announces
Changes in Traffic Department.
KMlw XUlsrs wrA ivcar ana Bit.
, tw Vun 8aff, VTho SUA Cut
Omt Tbaix Profits, Thss- Claim. .
V 7-' VSt4BM Iiw4 WJr'. -"'w
York, Nor. 30. The "poultry
trust" mas bcn cleared of suspicion of
being concerned in the assassination of
Baraett Baff. the blga-est Independent
poultry dealer In New XQrkv investi
gator from the district attorney's of
fice turned their attention to the gangs
that have terrorized West Washington
market as the ones responsible. One
suspect, a gangster. 1 being "sweated"
In the Tombs.
The district attorney Is -now confi
dent that the men who murdered Baff
were tnemaers of the Hudson "duster"
gang. The police are lowly but surely
throwing .put a net" that will, round
them up and from the lot It la believed
that the real murderers will be singled
out.' .; f.
, The Investigation has reveals a war
on Baff conducted by a ring of men
known as "kosher killers, who prac
tlcally lost their means of livelihood
through Batfs enterprise. Before Baff
Inaugurated dally quotations on poul
try the buyers would secure big con
stgnroents of poultry and then see that
the price was fixed at a sure profit
for themselves. This was graft that
Baff eliminated and the men whose
extortionate profits he eut off began
a war of terroritatlon. All of the retail
merchants who accepted the dally quo
tations 'were affected by the war.
Thefts, aJuggings and attempted mur
ders followed each other In the West
Washington market and culminated In
the assassination of Baff, the leader of
the Independent aeaiers.
. The gangsters who worked for the
'disgruntled buyers were recruited from
Hoboken, where members of the Hud
eon "duster gang bad their headquarters,-according
to the police theory.
The district attorney's investigation
has brought scores of complaints from
retailers," of violence and-threats.
Harry Baff. son of the "murdered
man, today told the police that he has
been threatened repeatedly and that he
' was slated for killing on the same
night that Jila father was shot.
, A. T. Pearson, representative of west
ern poultry shippers, la also slated for
death,' according to his story to the
police. '
Sines the murder of Baff he has re
' celved a warning that hs Is to be the
next victim.
rEoumanians Eager
To Join in the War,
People Would Tight on Bid of Bas
al a Oaee. Bat Oorerameat Watt-
.tag for Chaaee to Drive Bargain.
""' Bucharest, Oct. 37. "(By mall to
flew Tork.) Boumania is fairly wild
to get Into the war.
It seems certain that in the end It
will do so. The royal family opposes
' It. It might not do so if popular pin
Jon favored Germany, for Roumanian
royalty is strongly pro-German.
" The people, - however, are for Rus
sia. This Is partly owing to the two
countries' racial relationship. It is
also for the more material reason that
the Roumanians want to acquire the
"Austrian provinces" of Transylvania
and Bukovina.
If Roumania were on Germany's side
which Is out of the question in any
event, on account of its Russian sym--
. pathles It naturally could not get
: this territory, Austria being the Ger
mans' ally.
It is not entirely certain that it can
get them both from Russia, either.
,The cxar presumably would have n
objection to seeing Transylvania
' Roumanianised. but he has already
- pretty effectually conquered Bukovina,
t and may want to keep it for himself.
This undoubtedly explains why Rou
mania has kept out of the war so long,
r The people do not take Into consldera
, tlon the fact that any material advan
V tage may be gained by waiting, and
are very impatient. Roumanian dtplo
.'" mats, however, are anxious to wait
until some very critical stage for the
allies, and especially for Russia,1 is
reached. Thy figure that they can
, drive a better bargain at such a time.
i Germans Accused
: , Of Inciting Tribes
Madrid. Nov. SO. Messages from
; Morocco continued to bring news today
. of the spread of the native revolution
,'i against the French.
The French assert that the tribes
;f men are being stirred up by German
"'" agents, and advices from Spanish
; sources Indicated that, though perhaps
not actually leading the natives. Ger
. ; mans are at least Industriously spread-
ing reports that the French foeces are
desperately pressed at home, and that
-' the time Is a favorable ons for an up-
rising.
.. The tribesmen are responding reaU
. . ily, .and as it, Is a fact that every
'.French soldier who could possibly be
spared , was withdrawn from Africa
. ,', early in the war and the military es-
tahlishment there is very weak, the
r1els fcSvN gained ground In' many
i quarters.
The prediction Is mads by Spanish
; officers that unless the French take
speedy steps to suppress the revolt,
' they 'Will shortly, face a very serious
. situation in their African possessions.
'' The -Spanish are somewhat uneasy
' concerning, their- own territories, as
r there has been considerable restles
. ness lately among, their inhabitants,
. probably more or .less In sym path
i' with the movement In French Northern
Africa. 7-. . . ..
Taney Will Be Covered. ;
When -the changes. Jn the O-W. R. &
N. traffic department, whereby Harry
I Hudson becomes a district freight
and passenger agent at Seattle, become
effective tomorrow, "Jack" HV O'Neill
will begin its duUes'as traveling pas
senger agent in tha Willamette valley.
' This assignment was " mads as an
eleventh hour measure when it was
decided to include both freight and
passenger departments in the duties of
Mr. Hudson at Seattle. It was recog
nized . also that tha Willamette valley
had not been covered adequately from
a passenger - solicitation standpoint
sines the merger of the Union and
Southern Pacifio systems was dis
solved. t '
Guy L. Anderson has' been looking
after freight matters in the valley for
several months. The other changes in
the tariff organization include the
transfer of I M. Foss from Bend to
Lewis ton,. Idaho, taking Mr. Hudson's
place, and the appointment of A. C.
Egan as traveling freight and passen
ger agent at Bend.
Karrixnaa Club to Meet.
Officials of the Harrlman club will
meet this afternoon with O-W. R. A
N. officials to formulate a program
for the club's participation in the live
stock show on December 9. Last year
the club went to North Portland in a
special train, with, a parade preceding
the trip. It is hoped this year that a
"wild weat" parade feature may be
included in the parade.
Carload of Hindus Coming.
The Great Northern will bring down
from Seattle tonight a carload of Hin
dus, who have been deemed "undesir
able" by the immigration authorities.
and who will ba. deported. Three "de
ports" will be picked up in Portland
and taken over the Southern Pacifio
to San Franclseo, where eight mors
will be added. The car will go on
via Los Angeles, where still others
are to be gathered in and will proceed
to El Paso. Texas, where the Rock Is
land will take the car to Chicago. The
"undesirables" picked up in Portland
ars bound for Europe. Henry Weiss,
immigration agent, will accompany the
party.
Beany Xea Woman lector.
W. R. Bkey, special agent of the
O-W. R. & N.. has notified General
Passenger Agent William McMurray
that ever-Increasing crowds are at
tending the apple demonstrations' of
Mrs. "Elinor Meacham Redington in the
Washington towns where she is now
touring. - At Colfax and . Pullman,
about 300 attended each demonstration.
UMATILLA
F,
ARMS
WANT GOOD ROAD TO
THE COLUMBIA RIVER
WilPMake Effort for Railway
or Hard-Surface 'Thor
oughfare for Their Grain.
(Special to The Journal.)
- Pendleton, Or., Nov. 80. Anticipat
ing the completion of the open river
work, the f armera of the northern sec
tion of Umatilla county . have started
an organized effort to secure a railway
or hard surface road to the Columbia
river, which will make it easy to mar
ket their grain. Saturday afternoon a
mass meeting was held in this city, at
which a committee was appointed to
make an investigation to determine
whether a ralrway or hard surfaced
road would be mom feasible. Th ma
jority sentiment seemed to favor the
latter project.
One Of the principal speakers at the
mass meeting waa F. 3. Walsh, engi
neer for the port of Astoria. He told
of the preparations being made at As
toria for handling the wheat from tffe
interior as soon as the open river-is
completed and predicted a big reduc
tion in rates as soon as boats and
barges begin to ply. At present the
farmers about Holdman and Cold
Springs have to haul their wheat eight
or ten miles to get it to the railroad
and this increases the cost of market
ing their stuff about 5 cents a bushel.
If a hard surfaced road is built, auto
trucks will be used to carry the grain
to the river. Many of the farmers ex
press willingness to contribute large
sums for the advancement of the road.
Turkey Agrees to
Pass U. S. Messages
As Basalt of Sharp Protest by Ambas
sador and Stats Department, Porta
Bays It Will Be Good.
Washington. Nov. 30. As a result
of a sharp protest made by- Ambassa
dor Morgenthau on Instructions from
President Wilson, the Turkish govern
ment has advised the state department
that diplomatic messages from the
embassy at Constantinople addressed
to Washington will be respected here
after. For several weeks officials of the
state department have stated privately
that they have been greatly irritated V S
by the manner in which the "Turkish if
rovemment had handled cipher mes- :
sages sent by Mr. Mergenthau to the
department.
Some of Mr. Mergenthau's messages
wers delayed for days and finally an
order was issued prohibiting altogether
the transmission of cipher messages.
No reason was given for this unusual
orderK ':- ' ' - ' - "
The state department Is now receiv
ing dally cipher messages from Con
stantinople. The department was ad
vised by Mr. Morgenthau that, he has
been assured by the Turkish govern
ment there is no occasion to worry
over the condition ' of Americans in
Turkey. - " , ' ' . ' - -
Baltic Cables Cut. .
London. Nov. 80. A Central News
cable, from Copenhagen says that the
ITrMlerica - and Libau
have been broken in the Baltic sea
170 miles east of the island or Born
holm. : They i are supposed to have
been cut by the Germans.
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The Oregonian has for two weeks past been running a daily series of Advertising
Talks. The Journal has heretoforeref rained from commenting, for fear the Oregonian
might quit prevaricating, thereby curtailing the amusement that it has been affording its
advertisers. '
fcn usli sAitfrt i
But the Oregonian's Advertising TalkNo. 16, published November 28, is the "straw
that broke the camel's back." It borders on the ridiculous. In Advertising Talk No. 16,
the Oregonian says, in speaking about its outside circulation: "Almost every fanrij has
the Oregonian delivered daily. The rural mail carriers deliver it to him. It reaches! him
generally, uciurc uuuii.
According to the Oregonian's sworn figures, printeli herewith, their daily suburban
mail subscriptions amount to 2298, and the country mail subscriptions 5526, or a totil de
livered separately by mail of 7824. Now, a part of the Oregonian's 7824mail subscribers
have their papers Stent to their postoffice boxes or to general delivery in the various cities;
hence the rural carriers in the Oregonian's circulation radius don't even deliver 7824 pre
gonians daily. Therefore their statement that "almost every farm has the Oregonian de
livered daily; the rural mail carriers deliver it to him," is far from true, for the reason that
there are approximately 46,000 separate farms in Oregon alone, operated by owners!, In
addition, there are approximately 7000 farms in Oregon operated by hired help or tenants
making a grand total of about 53,000 farms in Oregon aldne. Besides, there are several
thousand farms in the Oregonian's circulation radius that are outside of Oregon. row,
then, can the Oregonian deliver a paper daily by rural mail carrier to almost every farm
in its circulation radius, when its sworn statement shows a total of only 7824 mail Sub
scriptions in a territory having over 60,000 separate farms, or more farms than the Ore
gonian's total daily claimed circulation? Surely, the Oregonian claims some circulation in
Portland and the other cities within its circulation radius.
Sworn Statement Made by the Ore
gonian, November 6, 1914, cover-
- ing the Daily Average For July,
August and September.
CITY NET PAID
Daily
Carriers . . . -. -. w. . .... .23,457
News Dealers .. ... ... . 2,211
fStreet Sales . KRK
LCounter Sales ...... aDD
Total Net Paid, City ... 28,233
SUBURBAN NET PAID
Suburban Agents and News
Dealers . . . ... . 2,639
v Suburban Mail Subscribers 2,298
The Journal's daily city
net paid for the same
J period was greater
than the Oregonian s.
Total Net Paid Sub..,. 4,937
COUNTRY NET PAID
Country News Dealers . 23,272
Country Mail Subscribers . , 5,526
Total Net Paid Country 28,798
The above figures are sworn to as follows:
I hereby make oath and say that all statements set
forth in the four pages of this quarterly statement are
true. - (Signed) C. A. MORDEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of No
vember, 1914.
,'- Signed) W. E. HARTMUS.
Notary Public.
Morning Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. - "
Third quarter.; . iiju-.
r ADVERTISING TALK NO. Ii'
Not Only Within the Limits
of the City of Portland
Does the Oregonian Have a
Larger Circulation Than
Any Other Portland Paper.
3 ' ' '
Of the 63,000 daily and 82,000 Sunda cop
ies delirered, thousands reach the smaU town
resident and farmers. '
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Almost every farm has The Oreon-V
ian delivered daily. The rural mail- I
carriers deliver it to him. It reaches J
him srenerallv before noon. -lU
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The Oregonian, in most instances, s the
only Portland daily paper the nar-tovPort-
land farmer sees. So, merchant j whof catef
to the trade of these fanners, and m4f t f,
them do the bulk of their trading in Portland, "
must advertise in The Oregonian if they would -influence
this vast business to their stores.
The Oregonian swears to ONLY 7824 mail
subscribers. How can the statement above
be true when there are over 60,000 farms! in
the Oregonian's circulation radius? V
The
The J
Oregon Development League in Reply to an
iqiiry " Wntes as Follows
4-
AM
Portland, Oregon, November 28, 1914.
ournal, Portland, Oregon. Gentlemen: Replying to your inquiry as to the number of farms in Ore4?
gon, will state that the best estimate we can make, based on assessors' returns, United States Census, and;
reports from different counties, -is that there are approximately 46000 separate farms in the State operated by
owners.
farms operated by owners.
According to the United Sutes Census in 1910, there were 37,292 men and 1,289 women classified asj
farmers, or, heads of farm families. The census-also shows 37,796 farms in the state in 1910. .This refers to;
in addition to the foregoing, there are approximately 7.000 farms upon which there is no re$i4'i
dent owner. Many of them are operated by hired help or tenants. Taking such farms into consid
eration, there would he a grand total of approximately 53,000 separate farm property , units in the
state as compared with 4SJS02 the census figures given for 1910. ' , .
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... Trusting this will give you the information desired, and assuring you of our-willingness to sefve you at:
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we are,
Yours cordially,
(Signed)
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