fff"' orvrvs, A. A A7AQll' ' "lh THE WEATHER " ' ; ',fMM;
Beetles 1 Osaeiel Jfew.
Beetles Spurts, automestlts. Seed n1i.
Markets. -fiuiM. Am! Estate.
West A4., Martae.
Section Photoplay. Dramatic. Editorial
Hefiews, Fetteres, Society. CUkt.
Music, TaihUia
tin eiea sLaiae.
Seriiea S Oomle.
Oregoa Out-of-Doors.
VOL. XIV. NO. 41.
C
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1916.
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PEACE OFFER
G
ESI I FOi!
Allies Refuse to Consider the
Central Powers' Proposal
as Now Understood and
Announce Determination
to Continue War.
GUARANTEE DEMANDED
AGAINST FUTURE WARS
Contention Made That En
tente Nations Made Every
Effort to Prevent Present
Cpnflict, Place Blame Upon
Germany's Diplomats.
GERMANY'S TERMS READY
By Carl I). Arkerman.
Berlin, Dec. 30. (U. P.)
Germany will announce her peace
terms when her representatives
meet face to face with represen
tatives of the entente wno are
prepared to discuss a real basis
for ending the war.
This can be stated tonight as
the position of Germany a posi
tion on which not only press
opinion but that of diplomats and ,
those close to the government
agree;
Germany's terms are ready.
The entente can learn them as
the Imperial chancellor stated
by agreeing to arbitrate.
Despite reports, Germany Is
not disappointed because those
acquainted with developments de
clare it will be Impossible for
either ide to announce publicly
what their final terms will be.
mij. rkfiMf ttiie. " 30. (U. P.) The allies
' rflfiy flatly trued to conaider Oer-
; ,, ntany'a peace proposals.
!:,TlMpnVjaelm.'tat' lb 6msn
vf ovtrmnt -Tyaa branded a a mMitaiy
': ttianet')r- rmttwr than a peace proffer.
','.Th reply of the entente alllea de
, cfred the war must go on until Q.-J
tnan ta ready to tat br terma.
. Germany was again ooarged with r--poneiblllty
for the war.
. .' Peece Is Imposstble. the allies de
clared, tint II reparation. Is assured,
r "fhefe moat be guarantees for the fu
ture peace of the world.
: The fret existence of small countries
must be recognised.
. The German proposal was branded
as "Insincere" and tha determination
of all entente powers to reject the pro
posal and to continue tbe war until
their aims are attained pronounced in
the strongest terms.
Oermaay'a proposal was declared to
: be an attempt to bring- about a Qer
manrtade peace,
. Would. Xnflueaoa Ventral.
''Vhe' allies charged, It was made to
disturb opinion in neutral' countries,
and to reaffirm German public opinion.
Germany was referred to as the em
pire which "proclaimed that treaties
were scraps Of paper."
Offers based on the present war map
da not express the true situation nor
the real strength of the combatants, it
Was declared.
' The reply of the allies was made In
a collective note which was handed to
the neutral diplomatic representatives
la Parts at ? o'clock this evening.
In addition' to the note signed by
Prance, Belgium, Oreat Britain. Italy.
J span, Montenegro. ' Russia. Portugal.
Roumania and Serbia, appended was a
Special -.. Belgian protest against the
v rrimM committed by Germany against
that country. In this statement liel
glum declared the king and people of
the country desired no peace that does
not Include legitimate reparation and
guarantee ef. security for the future.
The atllea' collective note was handed
to American Ambassador William a.
Sharp by French Premier Briand him
self. - . .
: y Teat Is Made JPublle.
' Ttis) text of the note follows:
; - "The, allred governments of Belgium
' France, , Great Britain. Italy. Japan,
Montenegro, Portugal Russia, Rou--t
jnanla and Serbia, united In the de
Xsnea of the liberty of their peoples in
true engagement, will not, separately
v lay down their arms and have decided
- colietftlvely. to answer the . so-called
" v i eacet" proposal.
' "First of. ail, tha allies protest
agaln"t; th enemy's assertion t-
temptiner to throw , on the allies rt
" at oiusrbillty for the war, and also to
' protest against the v proclamation of
victory by the centre! powers. Both
'these assertions are untrue.
"ror JO months the allies- have sus-
tained ths war wbh-h Uiey fid IU ul
' .'rtiost to prevent, and they fcnve showed
' by lhsir acts their attachment for
V peace.
, "This attachment is Just as strong
" today mi in 111 4.
' "After tlia violations (by the'central
powers) an -their engagement in war
they the allies) cannot end the war
at Getmany's suggestion without any
' conditions writh wild, to open negotiations.-;
V : .
j "Th4 German proposal is not an ef
- fer of peace. . Tbe proposition appears
more like a war maneuver;
"As Tar as the past Is concerned, the
(German t not ignores facta, dates and
' ' figures ehowing that Germany wanted,
i - provokM nd declared ths war. v ,
'"At Th llagua it wea the German
delegation that refused the dlsarma-
(Oadaded s Pi is Poor. Celume Ti
NEWS INDEX
SECTION 0E 14 PAGES
Allie Reject Peace Proposal.
LUltui to Ht Buy Bataiom.
Butineu Supremacy Established.
Carraoiiatas Surprisa Ulistas,
191 Banner Year for Oregon.
ProrretsiTS Idea Preratls.
Kew Year s Celebretica to Be Quiet.
Each Side Prepare (or Bteel Strike. ,
Separate Trials for I. W. W.'s.
Mew Year's Celebrations Elsewhere.
Water Wheel Aid to Irritation.
10, COO Ouardstr.en Ordered Huns.
Arbitration BUI Urged.
German Submarines Active.
Central School Was Land Mark.
iijht-Honr Day for Women Workers.
Homestead Law Opens Acres to Oraiing.
Bridge Com mill loners to Beck Eraa
thise. Emperor Charles Crowned Sing of
Hungary.
Confesses to Revolting Murder.
Maxamas WiU Ascend Mount Jefferson.
Another Decision in Monarch Mill Case.
San Diego Fair Kear Close.
Irrigation in Horse Heaven Country.
Many Expeoted at Irrigation Congress.
Britain's Year of Wat.
Germans Want Peace.
Seattle Takes Lead in Hockey League.
General Psrtbtng s Forces May Quit
Ksxioe.
Prinertlle School System Suoceis.
Contract Let lor woolen Mills .z ten
sion. Oloott Would Bdooe Election Expenses.
Siate Engineer Completes Survey.
Reduction of Coos Budget Sougnt.
Ffod River Freight Business Heavy.
Rural Credits Act to Be Explained.
Milwaukee's Mayor for Economy.
Judge Stanton May Resign.
Year's Building Reviewed.
Annexation to Multnomah Sought.
Fiih Commisaicn Makes Mo Financial
Statement.
10.
12.
13.
14.
SECTION TWO 16 PAGES
i-s.
i.
-9.
10 11.
13-16.
16.
Sports Mews and Gossip.
Good Roads Review for 191S.
Automobiles.
Market and Financial Review.
Want Ads.
Marine Mews and Review.
SECTIONS 3 AND 4 16 PAGES
Page.
1.
Ebipbullding Aotivitiee in Picture,
Year's Fire Loss Reduced.
City's Park System leveloped.
Photoplay News.
In Stareiand,
In Vaudeville.
On Broadway.
Year's Review of tbe War.
Events of 191 at Home.
Oregoa Prosperous During 1916.
Deaths of Motable Persona During Tear
Review of Proerress in Different Sec
tions of State.
Railroads Bpend 15.00.1,000 in Im
provements, Editorial.
Brief Information.
Town Topics.
What Farm Loan Act Provides.
Mineral Resources of Curry County.
Why Portland Is "Rose City. "
The Week in Society.
Women's Club Affairs.
Ths Realm of Music.
Fashion Chat Br Mme. Qui Vive.
Beauty Talk Bjr Lillian Russell.
Are You to Blame 1
Needlework Design.
Mow Electoral Collate Works.
10-13.
13.
14.
14.
1.
Comet Due la Spring.
Little Stories About Big Men,
Pcpulas Science.
SECTION FIVE 12 PAGES
(Flctioa Magaxiae.)
SECTION SIX 4 PAGES
(Cmle.)
OREGON OUT-OF-DOOKS 24
PAGES
Costly Gifts for
His Oregon Bride
. Ml atotamote,' Wko ltarrted Kiss
Wlalfrsd Wamplsr of Xlamatn. Tails,
Or., Kavlsb VHs' Vressats.
Pau Francisoo, Dec, 30. (P. X. 8.)
A beautiful $30,000 home in Ban Jose,
now being built and a $5000 automobilo
pre tbe veddlng gifts D. M. Mclemore,
wealthy cattle man, is making to hi3
bride, with whom he has arrived at the
Plaza hotel. A quiet wedding, which
took place at Klumath Falls, Or., comes
as a complete surprise to McLemore'r
many friends and fellow clubmen in
San Francisco, where he has resided
for the last year. The couple are en
route to Honolulu and are taking a
large touring car with them. They
will sail January 22. on the Great
Northern.
McLemore Is the man who paid a
cool $40,000 in American gold coin to
Villa after he captured the state of
S'onora, He had purchased 10,000 head
of cattle in Sonora before Villa came,
and to obtain the Mexican chieftain's
permission to export the cattle to the
United States he had to pay $t a
bead tax consignment.
"I took the money across the line
in suitcases and Villa was as fine as
silk. He always is when you bring
him money," McLemore related today.
Mrs. McLemore was formerly Miss
Winifred Wanrpler of Klamath Falls.
Or. She is a daughter of M. 11. Samp
ler, owner of timber lands. Mrs. Mc
Lemore was graduated at Klamath
Falls and afterward attended college
ir. Portland. She is an expert horse
woman and has many friends in
Klamath Falls and Portland.
Portland Society
Woman Is Married
Miss Elizabeth M, Caldwell, prom
inent in society circles of Portland,
and Irving Clinton Tomlinson of Bos
ton, Mass:, were "the principles of s
cpiiet wedding performed at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the home of
the bride, 649 Ravensview drive.
Dr. Luther R. Dyott officiating ii
the ceremony, at which only close
friends and immediate relatives wti o
in attendance. The cot) pie departed
immediately after the ceremony tor
their future home, S West Hill plac.
Charles River Embankment, Boston.
Mr. Tomlinson la high official of
the Christian Science church in Bos
ton and his bride has been a Chris
tian Science practitioner hers.
Wilson Limps From
Slip on Golf Links
Washington. Dec. 30. (U. P.) As
the result sf a fall on the golf links
today. President Wilson ta suffering
from a wrenched ankle and walks with
a marks) limp.,
The accident occurred during a round
of golf with Dr. Grayson,- the presi
dent's private physician. The ground
was partially frozen. Going down a
sharp declivity the president slipped.
One ankle turned slightly under him
as he fell to the ground.
Aslda . from a momentary snap of
pain, the accident resulted In no im
mediate discomfiture to the president
and he continued his play. Later in tbe
day Uf began to pain llm more and
walking caused him some 'discomfort.
LEGISLATURE IS
SCHEDULED FDR
UVELYSESSION
Six Per Cent Tax Limitation
Will Demand Economical
Expenditures and Clashes
Are Expected as Result.
POLITICAL FENCES IN
NEED OF REPAIRS
Avowed Candidates for Gov
ernor Two Years Hence
Already in Field.
Salem, Or., Dec. 30. A week from
Monday the 1917 session of the Ore
gon slate legislature will convene at
tho state capltol. The prediction is
frequently made that it will be the
most interesting session held in many
years.
Two things In particular will con
tribute to the importance and Interest
of the session. One is the six per cent
tax limitation, which will enforce rigid
economy and consequently provoaa
vigorous fights for or against pet ap
propriations, and the other Is th'i
politics which no doubt will baplayed
for advantage in the electionv two
years hence.
The fight for the Republicarguber
natorial nomination in 1918 is already
on and it is expected to have a ma
terial effect on the undercurrents of
the coming legislative session,
afoser Xs Candidate.
Senator Gus Moser of Portland, who
appears to have the presidency of the
enate safely tucked under his arm, i
was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination
In 1914 and Is avowedly a candidate
for 1918. It is not expected he is
going to overlook any chances to
further his interests while he weilds
the gavel' during the approaching ses
sion. Oovernor Withycombe, according to
report about the capitol, will eek
reelection. If this is true, he will
have a weather eye out for ths gaps
In his political fences and may seek
to do some repair work during the
session. He Says he looks for a Very
peaceful and harmonious session, but
Indications ar8 there will b several
bumps ahead for the chief executive.
No one here doubts that State Treas
urer Thomas B. Kay will be a candi
date for governor at the next elec
tion, while there is much talk that
Secretary of State Ben W. OkJott 'ts
being urged by many frienda to get
Into the race.
While at this time the probability
of Olcott becoming a candidate does
not appear to be such a sure thins
as that of Kay, still the possibility
of all three members of the state
board of control being candidates for
governor, with the president of the
senate also a candidate, presages con
siderable political interest in the
events of the 40 days following Janu
ary 8.
And there is no telling how many
other political booms or boomleta will
be launched during the session.
Economy Is Imperative,
As to legislative business, the neces
sity of keeping appropriations within
the reach of the 6 per cent tax limita
tion looms largest In the minds of the
lawmakers at this time.
Other important questions which will
press to the front Include the state
penitentiary, the flax experiment, the
"bone-dry" amendment, the proposed
insurance code, state aid to charitable
institutions, the higher educational in
stitutions, and the tenure in office law
for taachers in Portland.
The committee which was appointed
by the state board of control to in
vestigate the state penitentiary, par
ticularly in relation to the system of
handling the convicts, has visited the
institution a number of times and has
been conferring with Warden Murphy.
It is expected a report will be made
soon to the board, which probably will
present it to the legislature. The mem
bers of the committee are F. W. Mul
key and Lloyd Wentworth of Portland
and K. E. Brodie of Oregon City.
Another committee, appointed by the
board, is investigating the industrial
school for srlrls and the training school
for boys. This committee is comprised
of Rabbi Wiss and Mrs. George Mc
Math of Portland and Professor Conk
lln of the University of Oregon.
Sdaoatloa Xs Considered.
Appointed by the last legislature, an
other committee Comprised of Senator
W. H. Strayer of Baker and Represen
tatives W. W. Cardwell of Roseburg
and Charles Childs of Brownsville, lias
been investigating the higher educa
tional institutions of the state.
Considerable legislation of Interest
to women is expected to be introduced
and the Women's Legislative council
of Oregon is preparing to open head
quarters in Salem during the session.
The council includes representatives
from the State Federation of Wom
en's clubs, the W. C. T. U.. the Con
sumers' league, the Oregon Congress
of Mothers and the Parent-Teacher as
sociation. Aumlng that Senator Moser will
be jX'esident of the senate and that
Robert M. Stanfield w ill be speaker of
the hous it is reported here that
Moser has promised ths chairmanship
of the senate ways and means com
mittee to Senator Wood of Washington
county, and that Stanfield has prom
ised the chairmanship of the similar
committee in tbe house to K. K. Kubli
of Multnomah.
Port of Raumo IS
Closed by Mines
Berlin, via Ssyville 'Wireless, De.
50. U. P.) According to the Swed
ish newspaper Aftonblsdet, the Port
of .Raumo, In Finland, was sown, with
mines Friday" night.- v;--
Raumo ths most important -of -Rus
sian seaports, now .is closed to naviga
tion. , - - - .'.
Year Established Supremacy
In U. S. Finance and Business
General Business Trend Attained Record Dimensions Despite Cer
tain Untoward Conditions in Some Lines, Declares
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Annual Review.
New York. Dec. 30. (U. P.) A year
which has established the world su
premacy of the United States in fi
nance and business is closing under
the disturbing Influence of peace dis
cussion. Kurope's war has boomed America's
business until the discussion of the
situation by big men in finance and
annual reviews by conservative writers
fairly shout with billions and super
latives. The influence of peace, how
ever distant, is seen in the fact that
December, to all Intents and purposes.
ranks with 1917,, a part of the period
of readjustment.
"Despite international complications,
disappointing crop results, labor trou
ble and other adverse factors," says R.
G. Dun & Co. in Us annual review of
trade and finance, "general business
attained record dimensions, with prices
and profits unprecedented, and the
enormous expansion in merchandise ex
ports, due mainly to the war require
ments, placed this country in the fore
most position in the world's money
markets."
Kscord Says In Wall Street.
The year has been one of startling
gyrations in Wall street. In the Chi
cago wheat pit and in the cotton ex
change. In these three centers of
speculative activity prices have hurtled
upward, establishing new high records
day by day, while millions already
JOYOUS PIS - SH POP
OF CHAMPAGNE CORK
TO BE SADLY MISSING
New Year's Birth Will Be Ac
companied by No Baptis
mal Splash of Joy Water.
One festive sound that has been
wont to accompany the comlnf; of the
New Tear will not be heard In Port
land tonight when the old year takes
its departure and makes way for
the tew.
There will be no popping of cham
pagne rorkn. That pleasing note Wilt
only be approximated In the drawing
of corks from champagne cider and
other mild but withal healthful bev
erages of a new age. Waiters will not
get writers' cramp taking orders for
magnums and there will be no
raucous calls for either Monsieur
Mumm's or the domestic product.
Save for the absence of Joy water,
however, the accompaniments for the
coming of the new twelvemonth will
b quite similar to those of former
years. There will be ringing ot bella,
blowing of whistle, watch services
In churches, midnight suppers, parties
and dancing after midnight.
Can Saacs Xt Za.
New Tear's eve comes on a Sunday
but New Tear's day Itself falls on a
Monday, and opportunity for those who
desire to dance during the first few
hours of 1917 will be given at sev
eral of the city's larger hostelries.
Favors will be distributed,' tin horns
given to the 6trong-lunged and ser
pentina will be thrown as of yore.
Just at midnight, as the old year
makes its last gasp, lights will bo
lowered and "Auld Lang Syne" will
be sung by all the watchers, just as
it has been sung by all New Year's
watchers for many years past.
If the present cold weather contln
use it is Bafe to predict that there
will not be many people abroad on tha
streets at the witching hour. But lu
the warmth of the home or the com
fortable interiors of hotel grills the
coming- of the New Tear will be cele
brated in the conventional way, except-New
Tear's eve parties are an
nounced by the Portland, Jlultnoraai
and Oregon hotels. At the Portland
supper will be served from 10 p. m.
to 2 a. m., with dancing after mid
night. There will be special music
with singing prior to the coming of
midnight. Supper will be served in
the Artadian Gardens of the Multno
mah beginning at 11 o'clock and danc
ing will begin at midnight, to continue
indefinitely. Souvenirs will be dis
tributed among the guests and an aug
mented orchestra will play. At tho
Oregon, supper will be served from 11
o'clock until 2 a. m., with dancing aft
er the arrival of 1J17.
"Happy New Year" is ths word.
Fire Kesurrects a
Picture Long Lost
Hissing Xikeness of Oeorgs Iangford
TTnearthed When Flrsmsa Delra
Through. Z.aagford Home.
For years Geerge Langford, for
merly a well known contractor, had
hunted for a picture of himself taken
about SO years ago. He sesrehed In
vain. The picture was highly valued
because it matched the one of his late
wife in the home Of his son, Ted
Langford.
At noon Saturday the chimney In his
home, :i Second street, burned out.
and sparks set the house on fire. Mr.
Ijangford at one time was a volante-r
fireman. ITe tried to put out the
blaze, and falling, called the fire
bureau.
Putting out ths fire In a storeroom
of the house, firemen pulled out the
furniture an set everything Jn the
room upside down. In a corner where
it had lain for years was the valued
picture. - Now Mr. Langford is happy
because the chimney burned out. If
It had not he believes that he would
hare never found the picture.
- Mr. Langford in attempting to put
the fire out with- pails of water, was
singed and blistered on the face an 1
hands. His Injuries are not serloss.
Ths loss wa v estimated at between
00 and Woe. : Ths fire swept up the
ceilings to the attic and then to-the
root A . considerable portion of the
root was destroyed..;
made by professional and amateur
traders alike. The greatest bull move
ment these markets had seen since the
boom days of trust formation which
marched through a presidential cam
paign unhalted came to an abrupt
end with a "peace panic." The German
chancellor's peace proposals and Presi
dent Wilson's message to the belliger
ents precipitated the worst crash the
markets had known in 15 years.
Hard Sledding- for "War Babies."
The year closes with every indica
tion that the "munition shares" whose
crash ruined thousands throughout the
country, and brought new millions to
pUingers who sold short, having hard
sledding ahead. ".Peace babies" are the
new fad of the street.
As the conservative business world
looks to a continuation of prosperity,
with readjustments, following peace,
the speculative world hopes to see rail
roads and many industrial shares boom
as American industries help upbuild
war stricken Europe.
The 1916 performance of American
business Is outlined by Dun's Review
in a box of comparisons as follows:
Article. 1916 1915.
R K. earnings $ 2.214.OOinft0 .' 1 SM. 900.000
Kum crop. . . 7.S43.OU0.00I)
Bank clesrlng 209..'74.OOO.OiO
Bond fsles 1, 1,U)0.HK
Stork sales
(shares ... z41.6O0.000
Mrrrhandifie ex
ports (11 mo.) 4.1.2O0.n00
ri.s:!.io.o'i
l8i.ssn.(Ki.o.
8ti2. 329,100
173.238.000
8.193.400.00
PROGRESSIVE IDEA IS
Reaffirmation of Policies for
Which President Wilson
Stands Is Feature.
Washington, Dec. 3". (WASHING
TON BUREAU OK THE JOURNAL.)
Reaffirmation of progressive policies
Is the distinctive note sounded in po
litical affairs in the United States in
11, Many other tiring were Involved
in the irtUIonslM'ampatsrn and the tri
umph of President WJlson, but this
was the groundwork upon which the
rest were perfected,
The rift in the Republican party
which many believed '1htd- been closed
hy the nomination of Hughes still con
fronts that party, arid another period
of Insurgency la congress is due. The
hope of the old guard for .control of
even one branch of congress is gone.
Whatever party or combination organ
izes the next house of representatives,
it will not be under old guard auspices.
This has been forcibly brought to
mind by the declaration of Represen
tative Gardner of Massachusetts
against the election of James R. Mann
as speaker. Gardner does not com
mand a large following in himself, but
his voice is the voice of revolt, giving
new courage to those who have already
resolved that Mann, the standpatter,
shall not snare the progressives in his
net.
On the senate side the same obstl
nancy has appeared among the Progressive-Republicans',
five of whom refused
to vote for Gallinger of New Hamp
shire as president pro tern of the sen
ate. On both sides arises the same de
mand for new leadership, for men who
will give the Progressives a glimmer
of hope.
South and West Cooperate.
The south and west made common
rtauee in electing President Wilson for
a second term. The south and weet
also established the rural credits sys
tem, they together supplied the votes
for the federal reserve system, they
formed a coalition to enact legislation
for federal aid for good roads, and on
numerous occasions the memberu
from those sections have stood to
gether to secure things that the east
ern men generally opposed.
Now there is a movement on foot to
combine southern support for recla
mation and irrigation districts with
western support for federal aid In
drainage, just as in the last session the
south and west joined hands to enact
the bill for flood control.
These alliances have come about
naturally, and without any formal ac
tion. The development of progressive
ideas has happened to move along
much tne same lines west and south,
and while many of the southern lead
ers are yet far from progressive, in the
sense in which the word is used in the
far west, they have gradually thrown
away vrt of their state rights conser
vatism. They have found that their
interests lie with the west rather than
the east.
Elements of Similarity.
Southern leaders appreciate that in
the years to come they, ma jr be drawn
more and more strongly to vole with
tbe west. The west and the south sre
alike great producing sections, opposed
to the centralization of financial and
political control in Wall street; and in
the state of New York,
Among the political ideas which seem
to have reached the point of aggressive
agitation are the direct election of
president and vice president and an
easier metiiod of amending the federal
constitution. Constitutional amend
ments come slowly, as the suffra
gists and prohibitionists can testify
and as the advocates of the income
(Otmioded oa Fa.p IToruv Cotaaa On)
WonfeS Object to
Military Training
Cblcsgo. iDec. 30. L, P.) Follow
ing close tipon the announcement that
Chicago will be the first great Amer
ican city to establish military instruc
tion n its schools, the delegates ta the
Illinois Women's legislation . congress
voted' unanimously tsdsy against soy
GIVEN
EMPHASIS
POLITICAL
AFFAIRS
such step. v-.,-;i r ;.
GARRANZISTAS
ARE SURPRISED
BY VILLA'S MEN
Latter Attack Suddenly After j
Evacuating Jiminez Before
the De Facto Troops and
Desperate Fighting Follows
I LOSSES ARE REPORTED
HEAVY ON BOTH SIDES
Many Wounded Are Taker? to
Jiminez Station, Reported
in Carranzista Hands.
Gun Squad stashed to Border.
Laredo, Texas, Dec. 30.
(U. P.) The motorcycle ma-
chine gun squad of ths Ninth
Limed states lnrantry was
rushed to a point near the Ls-
Guna ranch, 20 miles south of
If- here on the Hio Grande, fol-
lowing telephonic advices from
that place tonight. The squad
contains six machine guns.
Military officials refused to
divulge the reason for the
maneuver, but it was reported s
that another large banJ of
Mexican filibusters were plan-
ning to cross the Itlo Grande
into Mexico tonight to Join ths t
Felicistas, operating a few )
miles south of tha border.
El Paso, Dec. 30. ( r. P.) Carranza
troops sent south from Chihuahua City
by General Murguia were attacked at
Jiminez today by the Villa forces snd
the fighting continued until late to
night. A large number of wounded
have been taken into the Jlmlnes st-i-
tlon which, it Is understood here, H
held by the de facto forces.
Vllla s troops evacuated the city Just
before the arrival of the government
troops but after the entrance of the
government forces into Jiminez th-i
Vlllista forces executed a surprise at
tack. Reports reaching the border
here tonight say the - fighting was
dasperaie and the losses r heavy- on
each sldsT" ""
: It -
Carranxlstas Flee, Is Report.
El Paso, Dec. 30. (U. P.) Member
ii.. r i . . . ' . . . .
of ths Mexican, revolutionary junta
here declared tonight that 1O00 men
of the Carranza garrison st Monterey,
principal city of northeastern Mexico,
fled towards the American border
upon the approach of a division of
Villistas and that 300 others with two
generals remained in the city to Join
the bandit chieftain's forces.
It was further stated that Villa left
B000 men in the vlcinty of Torreon,
whih has not been completely evacu
ate" by tho Villistas, and that the
merged outlaw bands of Manuel Ochoa
and Colonel Tamez, numbering more
than 1000 men, are now
Ahumada, midway between
.... .. . -1 . : 1 1. . . . . -. . . .
cli i 1 v-lllliuttliuu I
From no other source, however, has t
confirmation been obtainable of these i
rapid gains In number of followers 1
U?ebandU8l?eadOefrterrll0r'al CnUl I
Knowledge that a trainload of rifles
and ammunition was being rushed
i si a iYi-n iirtit fiti wo. 1. . . i i '
north from Mexico City was the direct
cause of Villa's raid upon Torreon.
United States department agents here
learned today. The munitions were
part of a shipment of a million rounds
from the United States, brought
through Vera Cruz a few weeks ago
in spite of the embargo. Villa, learn
ing tnat a train load wan sent north,
raided Torreon and captured it. At
once liberal surrllp w, int tn
each of his followers. Sixteen oiec.s !
of artillery, abandoned by the garrison I
aiso leu into the bands of Villa.
Despite reports of Vlllista activities !
near Saltillo and Monterey, federal
agents here are inclined to believe to-
nignt that Villa, with his main army,
is somewhere between Torreon and
Chihuahua City.
Grain Too Valuable
For Annual "Battle
Chicago. Dec. 30. (U. P.) Wheat
and corn are worth lots of money this
year, and as a result the usual New
Year frolic of the grain speculators on
the board of trade was somewhat cur
tailed today. -V
Following the custom the menfqti
the floor wound up the year wltha
Tough house" In which they poUdi
eacn oiner wun grain. Tne gctlng as
furious while It lasted, but receipts
had been small ami the supply of
samples was exhausted juickly7 .
'. -fi
Imports Half Billion '
Over Those of "1915
Washington, Dec. 30 -r-y. NC S.Wln
addition to the enormous' Increase rn
American export trade during, the first
11 months of 1911!, the Imports . In
creased more than half, a billions over
Imports for the seme., period 1815,
the department of commerce announced
todav. The total for the first St
months of this year amounted to 1 2.-
1SMU.703.
Rio De JaWSiro WiU
- BorroixMilUoiis
4:
Rio De Janeiro. Dec .
,-JO.r-HtJ. P.)'
Approval Jhas been rendered i.py the
Brazilian corgress ir-a toa-,of it.
000,000 to; te cfty : of-' Rife. Negotia
tions Tre,-piirn ivyny -wun , tsw
fork flsaoqssj fitereeis, re!! thlsjend frsm the sale of various
nm,.i'-??.:'.y ".v.;.f t -5i-- J held as investments for ths wat
Heavy Snow
In California
Dozen Stages, Two Score Pri
vate Cars in Trouble Aid
13 Being Sent Out.
Los Angeles. Dec. 30. (U. V.) As
! the result of the worst mountsln
'snowstorm southern California lias
witnessed In 25 years, which lias cov-
it-l Ihn crnii n A t.. e ,1nth of four
feet m puces, a dozen automobile
siajfen ana iwo score oi privoie nuiu
inobiles are stalled deep in the snow
in and about Lebre and Sun Burg,
along the Kidge route. News of this
and of the plight of nearly 100 auto
drivers and passengers was received
tonight.
Owners and passengers of cars have
been compelled to walk to shelter
sometimes for iniies. Half frosen mo
torists have been appearing at farm
houses and ranches and the barns" of
I many of these places have been con
verted into veritable temporary hotels.
Travel along the JUdye route, be
tween Saugus and Bakersfleld, t has
been discontinued entirely. The auto
mobile club of southern California this
afternoon sent a scout car to Saugus
to make an effort to fight its way to
San Burg, fit the summit of the Kidge
toute. Provisions have also been tent
to the stranded motorists and if the
automobile cannot fight Its way
through, mules and burros will be used
to get foodstuffs to these people.
Gigantic snow slides have closed
Boquet Canyon, The coast auto route
to San Francisco is barely passable
aboe Santa Barbara.
! Income Tax Refund
Is Asked by Crocker
California Banker Wise Action AlUglag
X,ossea oa Stocks and Bonds; Bul
lions Involved la Outcome.
8an Francisco. Dec. 30. (P. N. S.)
Retention of millions of dollars col
lected by the federal government
throughout the country In Income
taxes may hinge upon the final de
cision In a suit which has been filed
here with extraordine-y secrecy by
William H Crocker, multimillionaire
California banker. Crocker has sued
internal Revenue Collector J
for a refund of $11,340 on tl
J. Scott
the income
tax he nald the government. By spe-
oial order from Washington, the corn-
plaint was placed on the secret file.
The action is based upon treasury
department rulings that exemptions
may be allowed when sustained by a
person trr a- particular business by
which he earns a living. Crocker de-
punas mst "TP. i Vf)
mm ix.iti wmcn ne aiieses, repre-
sanla losses on bonds an J - stocks
Scott has held that Crock losses
lirrsy - agtiUsTtt:rM k securities with
I I -1 1 w. ' . - JkkA
not incur 'these losses In the'VurSutt
ot the business by which lie earns his
livelihood. ... V-" '
It is stated that'll Crocker should
win his case, it will mean the govern
ment must refund millions upon mil
lions of dollars. In nearly every state
in the Union, and particularly in New
York, wealthy citizens have applied for
refunds on losses similar to those set
forth by Crocker and have had their
petitions denied. Crocker's suit is the
first of its kind
TKuSBlBig Bobsled Glides
Nearly to Morrison
OW SUth StrMt TkM OB ABVtCt
Uncommon Tears Ago, but Decidedly
etrange BOwadays.
Cold weather rejuvenated old Sixth
street last night and the old fellow
felt the glide of a huge 20 passenger
bob sled for thy first time in prob
ably 25 years. A merry party which
began its Journey somewhere "up
south" carne sailing along down almost
to Morrison. Years ago this was a
common thing when snow blanketed
Portland, but the coming of pavements
lad Hopped such levity. It was
be-
Heved.
w earner conoiuunn ""J "
noticeably tne came as tne aay Derorc.
The streets were left to their own d'
vices, Saturday night, few people
were to be seen out. preferring to hug
stove or radiator Inside their homes.
The maximum temperature Ssturday
was 29 degrees, and for Friday was sH
Unsettled conditions today, the
weather wlxanl ; prognosticates, with
possible snow flurries, and an oast
wind. A sparse flatter of snow was
discernible Saturday morning, which
resumed operations spasmodically dur
ing the day, and left a new film of
snow on top of the ley crust on the
streets.
Streetcars are experiencing little
trouble with frosen switches and ma
chine rj'. Temperatures continue below
normal In this state, according to the
report.
SantaTs Pack in U. S.
'250,000,000 Pounds
W'asbltigton. Dec. 30. ft. P.)
VVhejj..' Unle 8am played Santa Clans
this year.fcls pack weighed 250.000,000
pounds- an average of about two
and, ae-hslf pounds for every man.
4 woman and child in the land.
j.-reveaMflg the magnitude of the
service performed the postoffice de
partment today .pointed 6u -ove
figures were foe Psrce post alone and
did not include millions of Christmas
letters and Jotcardaior second class
malL : - ;-, v,;
WillHedecsinBondg
1 , Sold;30 Years Ago
Munlcpal bonds, sold 80 years sgo
to purciis.se Portland's first water sys
tens, are i be redeemed by City Treas
urer Adams after Tuesday. Ths bonds
total $100,000 and are1 held by in
vesrorf throughout, tho United States.
" Money; to- redeem these bonds was
secured from ths water sinking fund
bands
IS
f-y-'-:-:
THIS STATE
Total Value of Products Ex
ceeds Either Last Year or
Year Before by Tens of
Millions of Dollars.
NEW YEAR BIDS FAIR
TO BE EVEN GREATER
Tide of Prosperity Has Hit
Practically Every Line oL
Endeavor. f
Tortland and Oregon have Just gone
through one of the greatest years in
the history of the northwest. Howlers'
of calamity have there been, howlers In
BUSINESS
almost every line. Men there be whO),1
look with misgiving upon the comlnsT ",.
months and what they may bring forth.
But the great outstanding fact re';
mains that. Judged from every token, " ' m
tiie tide Is flowing strongly toward tbe .-
shore of fortune. '..':
Of all the primary products Of na
ture which man depends upon forjA
wealth, lumber atone in not yet bacK .
to normal. The restrictive Influence.1.:,
of the war upon foreign marketing of ?
this great commodity Is what has 7
caused the condition. The war haa.. '
cut off opportunities to sell In Ku
rope. More than that, however, It has
taken away from this coast ths ships
that formerly carried mighty cargoes.
Gain Has Bsen Immense. . "
But when one considers thst ths - Tjf
total vfllue of farm products of Ore- .'.
gon In 1816 was 13:5,000.000 and bet . .
ter. compared with IJ00, 000.000 In '
1816 and $256,000,000 In 114 in- ;
creases of 12 end of 23 per cent one-:
can see how general conditions .'
beginning to offset the temporary de 7
cline in one great Industry.
Livestock brought tha farmers IlltW .;, 'f,.
865,000 during the year, compared wltii . ' .
Ill,600,000 the year before and 107, ;
600.000 In 1 1 4. Values of Vegetable
production gained $ 1, 000.00 during ths ;: "
year, with I30.330.0tt0 as the total, ,
compared with some 122.000,000 in 11 v
and 110,000,000 tho jrsa- fforr-,-'i-.''-,r.-,
Dairy produots worth,; 9lt.OQO.6QO ( '
showed SljOOQ.Q0Q . gain, while biflfh
i j liissssSf grain are i reflected Tn Hh
tlu,rrn01J, lner
ncroase in value of cereals.
which lumped from I4l.lt I,t09 last year
to f",m.0 l 1K. . ,
. Xlfosf rrless Also Kelp. ., , .
Oregon fruit brought' In f 12.050,000
during the year, against 17,000,000 tn ;!
1V1& and $,e0.ooo in 14. This was .
accomplished by ths combination ' of
more satisfactory prices with a heavy -yield
In most of the orchard products,- . . '
Salmon, wool, poultry, eggs, .hops. .M
mohair snd honey added 170,700.000 to ;v
the total, which Is sees to, be. en st ..
the largest Jn MstSfft. " y' J J'?
Weather conditions .hurt f th , dstr .'
Industry and high prices of feed dt.; U
creased tbe not return In the poultry
industry; but the wool . clip . galuxl ? '
nearly f 1,000,000 during the year in -, '
spite of a smaller production." lllghrs re
prices were st work In almost all ,
imes. Tbo catch of salmon increase'! .
to such an extant that IZ.O00.OOO was1
added to the 1U totals. '' "" ' .' ,t
lUastslsrAtU iMw, Wssit.;iiJ'.:;
The earb 'la "yielding up . its mln- V
erala. also in a pleasure far outstrip V
ping a grtotdtural-, development. j. Open-' -ing
of great -copper prospects in Jack- .,
son. Curry, Coo .and Josephine , and ' '
in Baker, Grant and 'Wallowa coun .' .
ties are adding new wealth, ZS'ew tnln-
eral discoveries are about to add still" ;
more. Figures on the mining output , ;
have not been compiled, but , It lav i
known that .the total production tblS V
year is more than double that of 1J15,
As for progress in the secondary In .
dustries manufacturing the most re- ,
inarkable development has been tn ths .
building of ships. During ths Isst few .'
months new shipyards have sprung sp ;
to fill the demand for bottoms the
world over. Now under construction-'
ar four mammoth steel froJgbteus ' ,
within Portland city limits, while, half ? '
a dosen yards are turning out wooden ' -ships
of s new snd sffectivs tfps.;'
Oregon as a whole now leads tbo na
tion In the number of wooden vessels-,;, '
under construction, including 21 ships. ' :
totaling 43,600 tons,- -: M
rectories Doable Output- .Cf-"'-:
Portland's many factories for ths - - T
production of wares f sil kinds, wwkeiv
ing up tbs raw products of ths farm,: . ,
have in mssy oases doubled their out. ,
put. The furniture industry bss shown . ,'
especially large gains. Packing of
meats, vegetables, cereals has gone for. .
ward. ' .' ..... : . . ' ,.. .
All of which leads up to ths vl'
dences of material prosperity ta 4hs i
rank and file of Portland's populstlon. "
This prosperity hes shown Itself Jn4
a gain of i.40,ooo in nauaing pert .;
mlts. distributed over 4407 individual'
Items of construction.- Total buildlngs"'
contracted for during the year art -si'
corded as costing- l01,J0, against -V
223 buildings' Ust refr .costing' 1 4 A
185,000. ; V'i ; 'V..,
In another wey, the tendency showed 'I
itself through the Wr increase In bank.'
de-posits, 13S.OOi.O0O -being reprssested
In the institutions ot the state at the
time of ths lest call of the comptrollers
of ths oirrencyT . . TV " .. y y -
At ths time of (be Corresponding call 'J
of llt. " $112,000,000. was m deposiu
Approximately ,00 per sent of this ts.
now actively at work, loaned out to V
the farmers and uelness men Wbe
make it add more to the Industry of
tne stats., r v?"r.1 r-.5Vi 'FP- :
rostpf f 10S tSCJSUg Slf . 5-v
Business" Aons at . ths' tKatof flee. ' ,
based on estrtrrates made last night."
now a isjb t some ft2.Z7F lor ths '
year, or about $1000 . week In sxces
of 116, The"toul was 1,UA12
which Is unueually heavy, . , t , ,
Conservatism, caused . by tb jeie-2
tlon from ths preceding period of de
pression. featured ths realty market
during thsjresr ths numbsr of trans-'
fers being reduced and ths declared' '
values f properties transferred show,
ing a decrease. ,The final months of
.
ter fund.
tConchidrtJ en 1'tre ItarOolams Osti