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Jiwill tiff PORTLAND, OrEGOX, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1915 PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOI- MI- NO. I6.073. CANAL PLANT MAY OPEN COLUMBIA FRANKLIN FORGETS; ATTORNEYS SMILE GREAT TUNNEL IN MEAT AT HIGHEST PRICE SINCE WAR HOTEL WAITERS IN NEW YORK STRIKE SIERRAS IS AFIRE HEWS OF DEMAND HIS SEAT SHOO-FLY" TRACK X'OW BEING PACKERS BLAMTS CONDITIONS TO CORN, SCARCITY. PtEP W ATER TAY TO CANADIAN LINE I'ROED. BUILT FOR TRAINS. HAVANA EXPECTING C0I1IITEE1H 10 FIGHTING Move Will Be Forced by Mebraskan. 'NEW PEOBLEdl IS FRESENTED Roosevelt Men Plan Capture Before Contests Arise. BRIEFS ARE ALL IN HAND rriary 'or Tabalating rnirn lion foe Coaalrlerallan l-atrr. Barton Likely lo Plan Taft la Nomination. rillCAOO. May 29. Word that R. B. lowetl. recently elected Republican Na tional rommlt(fnian from Xebraeka kr direct primary, will come to Chi -- oa Jan f. when the National eoia mtttea meets to hear contests, and de nand hie aeat raaeed a atlr today among members of t ha committee Mr. Howell la a aupportar of Colonel P.DOMitli, and was rboaea at tha direct primary aa tha Hmuor of Victor l:oewalr. artlng chairman of tha Re tubllcaa National cotnrolttea, vhoM rtlctal duty It would b to call tha Kepubllcan National Convention to or ler on JuneJl and Introduce Senator 1 Mt aa temporary chairman. Keewcaltlaa to B DesaaaaVa. At Kooaevelt headquarter It was id lr. Howell had been advised that un.ler tho law ha la entitled to troma Hat possession of hla Beat, and h I aill Inalat on recoa-nltloa when tho ommlftea mffli to hear tho contest m June- . Thomaa K. Xledrtnghaus. elected Na :inal Republican committeeman from M.saourt unilrr tha direct primary, and .thers almllarly elected. It la a Id. will lrmand their aeata when the commll- rre meet B'lt week. Roosevelt manager hero declaro ttore are at least Ova new National committeemen who will attempt to aa ume their ofiiv-ial dutlea before tho Ideation of conteata la taken up by he committee. tHaaary rvvblean la rw. The operation of tha direct primary law In stalea where the National com mitteemen are rboeen by popular vote Instead of by deleaatea presented a new problem which. In all probability, will hare to be dealt with either by the Na Tonal committee or the National con mention. Harry tl New. chairman of the eub-commitlee on arrangements. aid: "The terra of a National committee mm bes-tne with the adjournment of ibe contention, when the new mem bero always are called upon to meet and aaaum their official dutlea. Thla s the rule and practice of tho party, and la no reasonable excuse for a de parture from thla rule. Ttaao Llaalt Ksplrea. The time limit aet by the National oinmlttee In Ita call for. the filing of conteata expired at midnight, and the briefs la all caaaa are now la the handa f Secretary Keyword and will be tabu lated for the consideration of the N t-cnal committee when It meeta June C About lie rontesta hare been tiled, of i. h It la aald 311 were prepared by m Kooaevelt forcea and 31 by '.frtende .1 ITealdent Taft. Sergeant-at-Arsne fttone announced 'He appointment of William B. Austin preaident of the Hamilton Club, aa hief uaber at tha convention. Ti-keta for tho convention will be attributed through the National com mitteemen of the different statea Mob-1-y. June 17. The oolr exception la the ;e tlrketa for the rhlracoane who ontrlbutrd t the fund of lllt.ee for . In meet in a; the expenses of the coa--eatlon. These will be distributed by .-'red W. tphem, chairman of tho Chi io committee. tea May Ppeah for Taft. Senator Bur to a. of Ohio, waa men tioned aa the probable oole-tloa to n-ake the nominating apeech for Treat lent Taft. Frtrnda of Colonel Roosevelt hate instated that the picture of gtaelr can litate have eual prominence with that 'f President Taft In the conveattoa kail decorations, hut no action haa been uWta, i t Ol ONKI. IS MICH fl.ATF.D Koall In New Jcre j Dex-larrd to Usie l ink- to Sal. OYs'TKR BAT. ... T. Mar S "Tho lit In New Jersey speaks for Itself." 'id tVlonet Uooaevelt today. "I don't re i;-.al New Jersey haa lett much for "ie to say " The Colonel wa greatly elated at the -iU-OTlie i.f t"e primaries. He said that 'fer tre uhl-i ote r-e had asserted tho -ontest for INe Presidential nomination d b'n settled, so that the result In ew Jersey. in hie opinion, did not alter t ,it-a;un. v T. e ione was asked whether ho ouid now begin to make plana for the til campaign, since he felt confident obtaining the nomination. "In the course of a long period aa a nter.- he said. "I hav learned never divide the bear skin until the bear I dead." "re Colonel will speak tomorrow at tjseurg , Preferential Primary U, Building of PiIoum Irrigation Project Backed by Fanners. SPOKANE. Wash.. May St. Farmers or Washington and Via ho. In annual convention of the District Union In acs- slon here, went on record today In fa vor of moving the Government machin ery now being used on the Panama Canal to the Canadian border and for opening the Snake River and tho Lake Washington canal. Other resolutions adopted at the busl- nesa session today, which waa given over entirely to the consideration of committee recommendations. Include the following measures: Urging the enactment of a Presidential preference law; demanding that a textbook mis representing climatic conditions In Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho bo expurgated or Its use be for bidden In the public schools: calling for the free use of the Panama Canal by all American ships t except those owned by railroads: advocating the adoption of the Initiative, referendum and tho recall amendment, and urg ing that the recall of Judge be In cluded: declaring for the admission of Jute and grain baga free of tariff duty: Indorsing the Palous Irrigation proj ect: condemning proposed scenic high-wars- as a part of good roada legisla tion, and declaring. Instead, for "feed era" radiating from trade centers: de claring for the establishment of probate courta and public administration In the State of Waahlngton. Among the officer elected are: Presi dent. L. C. Crow. Pullman. Wash.: vice president. P.lley Rice. Cottonwood, Idaho; secretary and treasurer. A. I. Cross, 81. Andrew, Wash: delegate to National convention. Loul Dellvuk. VALE EXTENSION ORDERED Work on Fin S Miles or Road to Be Ruhrtl. ONTARIO. Or, May St. (Special) Order wore Issued today by Chief En gineer Carl ftradley, of the Oregon Hhort Line, to the contractors on the Oregon A Eastern 'Railroad to rush work en the first 10 mile of the ex tension of that lino out of Tale. This will take tha line X mile southwesterly from Ontario to River side and will be practically through the Malheur Canyon, where all the heavy work on the Una between On tario and Buraa la encountered. It could not be learned a to whether any contract had been let for the rest of the road west to Dog Mountain, where It waa announced a short time ago tho road would bo built to thla season. The rushing of work on thla exten sion and the building of the electric line from Caldwell to Ontario Is bound lo make business good in this section this Summer. WEE NAP WINS LONG HIKE Albany Judge Sleep Konr Miles' Worth on Train. ALBA NT. Or, May . (Special. A nap on the train while en route horn from Salem cost H. H. Hewitt, ex-clr-cult Judge of the third Judicial dis trict, a walk of about four mile Mon day evening. Judge Hewitt boarded the train at Salem and fell .asleep. The train was three mile south of Albany when he awoke. Then the conductor stopped the train and let the Judge alight. Mr. Hewitt was at the depot to meet her husband when the train reached Albany at 7 JS o'clock. More than an hour later Judge Hewitt reached home and confessed. As Judge Hewitt trudged homeward. along the railroad track he met a crowd of wayfarers who were ramp ing beside the track. They Invited him to Join them, but tne invitation wa not accepted. RAINS HAMPERING POSSE Caplrl Continue to FJnde I a w F.lgln Elo pew lent Case. t C.RAXPK. Or, May !. Ifpeclal.) Hampered by Ineeaaant raina Cupid s apparently fighting a winning gam a tha Blue Mountains, In hi tussle with the arm of the law. for Miss Norrl and Hopson. to K:ln youtha who loped, aha drrsead aa a man. are (till safely hidden In the mountains out ram R'.gln. No word haa been received flare to night Of (ha man-girl hunt inaugurated yesterday when deputies were sent out o arreet the lovesick couple afier their probable whereabouts became known. hertff Chllders will take the trail to morrow unlesa word la received from the deputies. NECK BROKEN, MAN LIVES Andres Tolloon. 7 Year Old. Re rover From Paaceron Injary. TROITDALE. Or.. May ;. Special.) Andrew Tolleson. who fell from his wagon several weeks ago and fractured a bone m hla neck, has so for recovered that he Is now able to be out. and will probably fully recover. Ir. TV. C. Belt found a fracture of the spinal vertebrae about four inches below the base of theeknlL Mr. Tolleson. who Is 7 years of age. has shown remarkable vitality and says he Intenda to get well and llv several years yck Detective Can't Recall Talks With Darrow. STEFFENS PRESENT AT ONE Writer at Table When Lawyer Spoke of Jurors. DEPOSIT SLIP INTRODUCED Prosecution Score! ?-Vr ,"- Ohjec- tion of Defense In w.'7 r, J Money Transaction Between Pefrndant and Franklin. LoS ANGELES. May I. The third week of the trial of Clarence 8. Darrow on an Indictment alleging the bribery of a McNamara Juror was begun today. The entire time waa devoted to a con tinuation of the direct examination of Bert H. Franklin. Franklin told today of his attempt to bribe George N. Lock wood, after concluding his story begun yesterday of the alleged corruption of Juror Robert F. Bain. Attorney for the defense exchanged algnlScant amllea on a-?veral occasions when Franklin, asked by the prosecu tor to tell of conversations with Dar row regarding his dealings with Lock wood, declared that he could recall no specific talks with his employer In which the alleged corruption of Lock wood was the subject. Loekwood'a Integrity Questioned. Franklin testified twice. when aaked by Darrow if he could trust Lex-k wood, thst he knew Lock wood was a "man of character and sterling In tegrity." Hla last conversation with Darrow concerning Lock wood, said the witness, occurred in the grill room of a Lo Angeles hotel. Lincoln StenTans. the magaiine writer, was dining with Mr. Darrow. he said, and after he had been Introduced to the writer. Mr. Darrow took a list of names from his pocket. Franklin said it purported to be a list of the ninth specisl venire in the Mc Namara trial. "He handed me the list." said Frank lin, "with the remark. That look bet- (Concluded oa Tags 3.1 e CTMIIW : 4. m w- wmm ! T . K J Bore I'ndcr IW-kwllh Pass on WeM' ern Pacific Railway May Be Cloeed Six Month. PORTOLA. Cal, May St. The great Chllkoot tunnel, of the Western Pa cific Railway under the Bcckwlth Pass, a few miles eat Pt Beckwlth. Is burn ing and every effort to quench the flames has proved Ineffective. ' Traffic will be delayed a few days, probably until Sunday, by which tim it Is expected that trains can be oper ated nver a "shoo-fly" track that 1 being built over the pas. It Is roughly estimated that the tun nel Itself will be closed to traffic for six months, aa It will have to be re timbered. TRANSFERS MADE BY AUTO Section Men and Oilier Laborers ( Fight Roaring Flames. OROVTLLE, Cal, May St. Tunnel -W! from Orovllle. Portols, Berry JLjek. Spring Garden and all Other points along the Western Pacific and section men and laborers from other points have been rushed to the seen of the fir at Chllkoot, where they are engaged In fighting the flames and Id building a track over Bcckwlth Pass for use until the tunnel can be re paired. The last train through the tunnel passed Chllkoot In the night. Half an hour later the fire was discovered. The crew at Chllkoot was too small to handle It nd help -as called. It was reported this morning that the fire had been gotten under control, but ad vices from Portola afterward contra dicted this. The tunnel is like a fur nace. Passenre trains Nos: 3 and t have been cancelled until the temporary track. Is completed and the other trains will transfer passengers, baggage and mall by automobile over the pass, "MILLIONAIRE JURY" ACTS Verdict Tor 10.000 I Relnrned Against Big Inarance Firm. PENDLETON. Or, May 29. (Spe cial.) The "millionaire Jury," so called because it represented a goodly portion of Umatilla County" wealthy farmers, late this evening returned a verdict In favor of Ida M. Moates against the New York Life Insurance Company for 110.009. The caae was an appeal from I'nion County and consumed three days be fore Judse Bean here. ' Piatt ' and Piatt, of Portland, appeared for the insurance company, while George Cochran, of La Grande, was counsel for appellant. The case was hotly, con tested throughout. I! i ! II I I ! ij I t HONORING THOSE WHO DIED FOR THE STARS Federals and Rebels Are Face to Face. GOMEZ ISSUES STATEMENT Uprising Is Declared to Well in Hand. Be GENERAL GOES TO FRONT Brigadier Who Resents Order to Re main Inactive May Resign and Demand Inquiry Rein forcenientaArrive. HAVANA. May 29. The capital still awaits - with the keenest expectancy news of decisive fighting In the western section of Orients province, where the national and Insurgent forces have been face to face for several days. Up to the present there have been only trifling skirmishes by the outposts and occasional raids by the rebels on small towns. Confirmation has been received of previous reports that some small squads of rurales had been cap tured. Cornea leases Statement. In the meantime President Gomes haa deemed it expedient to make an official statement with respect to the situation as the government views it. and has issued a proclamation In which he says: "A group of men belonging to the colored race have risen In arms, and although the movement started in vari ous parts of the republic. It now exists only In Orlente, having been crushed elsewhere, thanks to the valor and effi ciency of the regular and rurales. The rebellion now consists of a misled up rising under the direction of persons desirous of gratifying their personal political ambitions. laeraetie Actloa Proas laed. "That the great majority of the col ored population repudiates the upris ing and remains loyal to the govern ment is proof that it is untrue that both the whites and blacks are now assuming an attitude of hostility. "Reduced, as the rebellion is, to a small part of Oriente, the government, backed, as It is. oy sufficient military (Concluded- on Patte 3.) AND STRIPES. Retail Butchers In Chicago Charge From 4 to 5 Cents a Pound , More Than Week Ago. - V CHICAGO, May 29. (Special.) Meat today advanced to the highest prices known since the Civil War. Retail butchers began charging from 4 to 5 cents a pound more for prime cuts of beef, veal and mutton than a week ago. An unusual feature of the soaring retail market is that, although Chicago is the meat producing center of the country, prices here today for meats average from 1 to 2 cents higher than butchers are charging in New York City. The packers blame the almost pro hibitive cost of meat to the shortage of cattle, due to the scarcity of corn. All meats today cost from 3' to ( cents more than they did at the same time last year. The following com parative table shows this difference in retail prices: 1912 per lb. stesk .... 3-'c 1911 per lb. 20c Porterhouse f-lrloln Prime rib roast. Lamb chops Veal CbOis .... Veal Cutlets . . . 2-lc iOc 34c ' 2c 2L'c ltfc 22c POSSE. SEEKING. GUNMAN Masked Individual Holds Up and Shoots Myrtle Creek Resident. . ROSEBURG. Or.. May 29. (Special.) A posse of citizens headed by Sher iff Quine tonight is searching the hills of Southern Douglas County for an un known man who today held up and fired seven shos . at Guy Bates, who lives near Myrtle Creek. One bullet is said to have passed through Bates' hand, while another grazed his head Five of the bullets went wild. According to the story told by Bates, he was returning home after an hour passed In Myrtle Creek, when toe met on the road a man wearing a black mask and acting strangely. As Bates was about to pass the stranger, the latter pulled an automatic revolver and ordered him to throw up his hands. Bates complied with the demand, whereupon the gun man started to shoot. Bates grasped the revolver and after a lively tussle succeeded In es caping and giving the alarm. A posse, was immediately organized and went In pursuit of the gunman. According to reports received here late tonight the pobse is tracking the stranger through the hills In the di rection of Canyonville. Although pain ful. Bates' injuries are not considered serious. GREAT CLYDE BRINGS $6000 Splendid Specimen of Horseflesh Bought by La Grande Man. LA GRANDE, Or., May 29. (Special.) Dunure Edwards, conceded to be the finest specimen of Clydes in the United States and the grandson of Baron Pride, the sire of all the greatest prize-win ners in Europe, and himself undefeated n all the prize rings of the United States where exhibited, has been pur chased from Salt Lake parties by N. K. West, of this city, and should arrive in the city tomorrow. The purchase price was 16000. This splendid specimen of the Clyde breed weighs 2400 pounds. His prize winning abilities are touted far and near in European horse centers; he has never been beaten, in fact-s His an cestry claims undefeated show honors throughout Europe. "UNWRITTEN LAW" FIRST Judge Instructs Jury That Homicide May Be Justifiable. OAKLAND, CaL-, May 29. Superior Judge Ellsworth, -Instructing a Jury today, said the "unwritten law" ante dated all other law and there might be occasions when homicide would be Justifiable. He told the Jurors to put themselves in the place -f the defend ant, Harry Prescott, who killed Ralph Thompson when he found him In Mrs. Prescott' apartments on the night of February 25, and to consider the pos sibility of momentary insanity. The Jury brought in a verdict of ac quittal. At a former trial the jury had disagreed. DOWNY CHICK GETS CREDIT Hen Career Started at Two Weeks Old, Says Poultryman. WOODLAND. Wash., Mpjt 29. (Spe cial.) Carl Johnson, who operates a poultry yard here, is exhibiting a plate of nine eggs, six of which are full-sized and were laid by 1-year-old pullets, two are about one-third size and were laid by chicks that came from the Incubator on March 23, 1912, and the ninth egg is a tiny affair that was laid by a chick that had been out of the Incubator only two weeks. Mr. Johnson stakes his reputation for veracity on this story. The chick ens are White Leghorns. - ' Med ford Votes 20,0OO for Bridge. MEDFORD,'6r, May 28. (Special.) By a vote of 41S to 81 today the City of Medford decided to bond itself for $20,000 for the purpose of constructing, with, the aid of the county, a bridge over Bear Creek, and by a vote of SOS to 26S decided to hava city notice printed in the Medford newspapers but once instead of three times. ' Would-Be-Diners Left Dinnerless. 600 QUIT WORK AT WALDORF Action Comes When Proprie tors Are Fairly Prepared. FOUR BIG PLACES INVOLVED Things Kept Moving After Fashion by Other Help Owners Refuse to Recognize Union bat Offer Better Terms. NEW YORK, May 29. (Special.) More than 1000 waiters, together with cooks and other hotel workers, went on strike at four large hotels after 7 o'clock tonight, leaving thousands of would-be diners dinnerless or forcing them in many . instances to wait on themselves. More than 600 waiters struck at the Waldorf, where 1500 patrons were left hungry. Three other; large hotels were involved, the Bres lin. Rector's, and the Gotham, with several small ones. Unlike the day be fore, the proprietors of these hotels were able, in a degree, to keep things moving by obtaining other help. Waldorf Swept Clean. Interest centered mainly in the strike at the Waldorf-Astoria. The almost clean sweep of this hotel, which at any other time would have caused a complete paralysis of business, was negatived in large part by the tactics of the properietor, George C. Boldt, who forced the issue at a time when his hotel was least busy, and when he was best prepared to meet it. It was around 6 o'clock when Mr. Boldt returned from the hotel men meeting. He had heard the rumor and the force was marshaled Into the ball room. Mr. Boldt told them what the hotel proprietors had. agreed to do and asked if they were willing to accept the terms. He was informed that as they belonged to the union it would be necessary for them to go out unless the union was recognized. Inlon Not Recognised. "That I cannot and will not do," Mr. Boldt replied, "nor will any other member of the Hotelmen's Association. If you must go I ask you to retire as quietly as possible." "Boys," called out one of the men, "some of us have been here for a long time. Oscar and Mr. Boldt have always treated us as gentlemen and we should treat thera as such." Then they marched in order to th cashier's desk and received their pay. some of them cheering as they went, but without disorder. Even while tho Waldorf's proprietor was talking to his "men 116 waiters who had been se creted in the hotel tor several aaya were slipping Into their clothes and by the time the last of the old ones had gone they were standing in front of the tables ready for business. J.nera was a little interruption in the service. The dining and grillrooms at Rector's were closed temporarily. Hindus Won't Strike. The Breslin has a number of Hindu cooks, who refused to strike, and was able to recruit a number of waiters. After two days of enforced idleness in the restaurant department, james B. Regan, proprietor of the Hotel Knickerbocker, opened his two main dining-rooms -tonight. During the. day he was able to obtain 86 waiters and cooks through an employment agency. The principal concessions offered by the Hotelmen's Association lonow: Steady waiters, 130 a month, payable bi-weekly, with half a day off each week or a full day every fortnight. Extra waiters for banquets. 830.50; ex tra evening men who clear off, 83; ex tra luncheon waiters, $2; a la carte waiters, 82 for full day, 81-75 for two meals, 81-25 for . one meal: steady luncheon or evening waiters, $5 a week; steady dinner and supper waiters, 86 a week; improved sanitary conditions; fine system to be abolished. LOT IS SOLD FOR $175,000 Portland - California Investors Buy Loewensou's Property. A syndicate of Portland and Cali fornia investors yesterday purchased from Max and George- Loewenson the 50x100 foot lot at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Morrison streets fot 8175,000. The lot has a frontage of 100 feet on Morrison street and 50 feet on Eleventh street, and is improved with a two- story frame building. The property la under lease, which will expire in about two years. At the termination of the lease the new owners, it is an nounced, will build a modern structure on the sltef Loewenson brothers bought the lot nine years ago from the Lindsley es tate for 821.000 and later erected the' frame building that now covers the site. Since that transfer the property has Increased in value from 8210 a front foot to 1750 a front foot. The sale was negotiated by Goldgchmidt's Agency.