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THE 'MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARC1I 6, 1914. POWER REQUIRED TO PRODUCE NITROGEN Senator Jones Urges Hydro Electric Development to Reduce Cost of Food. CAPITAL GOING ABROAD Itself in Coos County in relation to the coming campaign for the County Clerk ship. No candidate has announced that he will seek the place. The ominous silence, it is said, presages a sudden outbreak and any day may see a dozen men in the field. The office is one which pays 11800 a year and admits of considerable pat ronage. , Ray Watson, tho present chief clerk, Is the one who is most frequently men tioned as likely to became a candidate. There are three men in Marshficld spoken of in connection with the of fice. Mayor Allen, recently elected as the city's chief executive, is mentioned as a possible aspirant. Levi Smith, a member of an old Coos River family. and now a member of Marshfield's po lice force,' is likewise talked about for the clerkship. Jack Guyton. a news Iceland, Canada and Labrador Said to Be Receiving; Benefits at Ex ' pense of United States Ex plosive Supply Menaced. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash lnfeton, March 5. Two hundred million horsepower is going to waste In the United States today because of the con servation policy of the Federal Gov ernment. The total production of hy dro-electric energy in this country does not exceed 6,000,000 horsepower. These statements were made in the Senate today by Senator Jones, of Washington, in the course of a speech in support of his waterpower bill. As a result of the prevailing: Federal pol icy. Senator Jones said, millions of dol lars of American capital are being in vested in foreign countries which wel come development and all this money rnlght.have been invested in the United States had the Government been willing to permit the development of water power on a practical basis. Investors Going; Abroad. "Because of the fact that these great industries have been unable to locate In this country under terms that make Investment practicable." he said, "they are turning to such places as Canada and Labrador and also to Iceland, where project is now proposed for the development of 1.000,000 horsepower. We imported during 1913 more than $41,000,000 worth of nitrogenous pro ducts, all of which could be. made in the United States if we were possessed of a rational waterpower policy. Of this importation 625,000 tons, having a value of $22,000,000, consisted of Chil ean nitrates, the price of which is con trolled by a European monopoly. ' "It has been shown conclusively that with an adequate supply of nitrogen as fertilizer it will easily be possible, by intensive methods of agriculture, so to increase the yield of cereals per acre as to bring down materially the pres ent cost of living, and set forward the danger line of shortage of food for the ever-increasing population of the earth far into tho next century. Aitrogen Needed for War. "We well know that nitrogen is the basis of all explosives and until it is manufactured in this country the United States will be dependent in time of war on foreign nations fpr its supply. "Phis is surely a menace that cannot- be lightly considered. We can become independent producers of nitro gen if, by means of wise laws, we make it possible to establish a new industry in this country. This industry is to bo obtained only through the develop ment of the cheapest kind of electric power.' Senator Jones also urged as a second use of hydro-electric power the pump Ins of water for Irrigation. This, he urged, would furnish homes for hun dreds of thousands of people. He de clared the Interior Departments atti-. tudc toward Irrigation pumping to be an illustration of "wanton waste of waterpower resources." METHODIST MEETING OVER Prohibition and Keforni Discussed at Vancouver Convention. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 5. (Spe cial.) The annual meeting of the Van couver District Puget Sound Confer ence of the Methodist Church closed its session last night. The meeting tonight was addressed by Lester E. Kirkpatrick, president of the Washington State Anti-Saloon League. Mayor Hubbard, of Kelso, spoke to day on the reform movement in his city. The programme was: Morning 9. Meeting of the district group's, led by their respective chairmen, in different rooms of the church; 0:45, devotions, led by K. V. B. Dunlap, pastor at Kalama; 10, "Our Advocate." by Robert H. Hughes, editor Pacific Christian Advocate: "Our Flat Wheel," by Dr. George B. Pratt, Portland; discussion opened by J. C. Dorwin, pastor at c-outh bend. Afternoon 1, "The Counsel Hour," led by the district superintendent, for the preachers of the district and their wives; J :-Jo. devotions, lea by V. L. Baldwin, pas tor at Chehalis; 2, "The Evangelism That Wins and Wears," Amos A. Luce, pastor at Centralla: "State Wide Prohibition in 1914," hy George S. Conger, state superintendent -inti-taloon league; "The Pacific Coast Im migrant," by Dr. C. O. McCulloch, Portland. KELSO LAWYER SEEKS PRO GRESSIVE NO.MOSATIO.V. 5 ft 4 1 3w ,v - r-r " Hb. -S .1 B. L. Hubbell. KELSO, Wash., March 6. (Se cial.) B. L. Hubbell, of Kelso, has announced that he is a can didate for the Progressive nom ination for Representative in . Congress from the Third Con gressional District, embracing the counties In Southwestern Washington. In addition to the platform of his party he an nounces that, if elected, he will stand for state and Nation-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic and exclusion of undesirable emigration from Asia. Mr. Hubbell has practiced law at Kelso for the past 10 years, holding numerous offices, at present being Mayor of Kelso and secretary of the Board ' of Education of that city. paper man, is being urged to become a candidate. It is believed the Coquille River country will produce several aspirants. CLARKE COUNTY JUDGE DISPOSES OK ATTACK OF PROCEDURE. MOTHER PLEADS FOR SON Diary Sliows Condemned Man In sane, Says Mrs. S. L. Dorr. BOSTON. March 5. Mrs. S. L. Dorr, of Stockton. Cal., pleaded with Gov ernor Walsh today for the life of her son, William A. Dorr, who is under sentence of death tor the murder of George E. Marsh, a wealthy soap man ufacturer, of Lynn. The Governor took the plea under advisement. 'T told the Governor about the diary which the Government introduced asainst my boy without any intima tion of its contents to his lawyers," Mrs. Dorr said. "If they had known about it. their conduct of the trial miaht have been changed, for the diary was evidently that of an insane person." A plea for the commutation of Dorr's sentence to life imprisonment is now before the State Parole Board. MEMPHIS CASHIER INDICTED Additional Counts Also Found Agnint Head of Defunct Bank. MEMPHIS. March 5. Claud Ander son, cashier of the Mercantile -Bank, which recently closed its doors, was indicted on five counts here today. At the same time 12 additional in dictments were returned .against C. Hunter Raine, president of the bank, now in jail on an indictment charging larceny, embezzlement and fraudulent breach of trust, which grew out of the failure of the Mercantile Bank. CLERKSHIP RACE IN DOUBT Aspirants Hold Off From Entering Coos County Contest. . MAKSHFIELD. Or.. March 5. (Spe cial.) A peculiar situation presents Franchise Across Columbia River In terstate Span Asked by Owners of Trolley Line.' VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 5. (Spe cial.) Two important events in the history of the building of the interstate bridge between Vancouver and Port land, spanning the Columbia River, oc curred today. Judge Back, of the Su perior Court of Clarke County, ruled that the bond issue of $500,000 is valid. and a petition was filed with the County commissioners asking for a franchise over the bridge, as soon as completed, by. the Washington-Oregon Corpora tion, which controls the streetcar sys tem of Vancouver. The petition was filed by Isaac W. Anderson, and it says the corporation contemplates building a network of interurban lines throughout Clarke County. The decision regarding the bonds was given by Judge Back today In the case of E. M. Rands, ex-State Senator from Clarke County, who brought suit against Clarke County and the County Commissioners to enjoin them from continuing to prepare to build the interstate bridge. He alleged the pro ceedings were illegal. E. E. Howard, engineer under John Lyle Harrington, conferred with the County Commissioners. Secrist, Raw son and Lindsey today relative to the bridge, and the reports of the four com mittees, representing Main, Washing ton, Columbia and Jefferson streets was turned over to him. No date has been set for the meeting of the Commission, when the bridge site will be chosen, though it will be at as early a date as possible. HPHE BGYS are welcome here eyery day. On Friday and Saturday we make un usual preparations to accommodate all boys who come to see this great stock of new clothing. Every boy will want to see the new patterns in these famous school suits with the two pairs of full -lined trousers fathers and mothers will be delighted with their style and quality and their lowness of price $5, $6.50 and $7.50 Middy SuitSj French Blouse Suits, $5 upwards. Wash Suits, $1 upwards. Extra Special Friday and Saturday Another lot of the famous, nationally advertised K. & E. boys' waists that sell all over America at 50c, our price for two days only, . ry q Friday and Saturday . . ,--wyC BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER MORRISON AT FOURTH Dunlap and Brewer Hats for Men EDITOR IS PUNISHED Article on "William the Last Costs Term- in Prison. TRIAL HELD IN SECRET Ascension of Crown Prince Pictured as "Public Misfortune" and Conduct Held to Promote Kcpublicanlsm. BERLIN, March 4. For insulting the Crown Prince , in a newspaper article, Hans Leuss, a writer, was sentenced today to six months' imprisonment The article, which appeared in the Weekly Die Welt am Montag. was entitled "William the Last." It declared that the Crown Prince, by sending a tele gram of congratulation to Colonel von Reuter in connection with the incidents between the army and civilian authori ties at Zabern and by his farewell or der to the "Death's Head Hussars, when he left the command on January 9, "was propagating republicanism. The writer said it would be "a public misfortune" if the Crown Prince were called on to ascend the throne. The tri.nl was held behind closed doors. An Alsatian newspaper gives the text of the Prince's telegram to Colonel von Reuter as follows: "I congratulate you on the firm ener getic stand you have taken." The farewell address to the Death's Head Hussars concluded with the sen tence: "If ever the King calls and the bugle sounds the charge, then think of him whose fondest wish it was to live this moment of a soldier's highest happi ness in your company. FIRE CHIEF IS DROPPED OPPOSITION DECLARED WHOLLY DUE TO ECONOMY. NORTH ZONE SAVES NEGRO Black "Lives to "Receive Sentence Be cause Hs Is Not in South. HARTFORD, Conn.. March 5. "I sentence you to not less than 20 years and not more than 25 years in state prison, and you may thank heaven you live in a more or less temperate zone," said Judge Chase, in the Superior Court in passing sentence on Everett Brown, negro, 2S years old, who was found guilty by a jury ot assault on Mary Staukey. white, aged 14. State's Attorney Alcorn said the fact that Brown lived north of the Mason and Dixon line was the only reason he had lived to be tried.. . SALT GUILTY OF ASSAULT Captain, Who Attempted to Hold Xji Another, Convicted by Jury. SAN FRANCISCO, March 5. Captain A. B. Nelson, who tried to hold up Captain Charles Reiner, of the steamer Willamette, oft the , coast of Los An geles County, December 31 last, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm by a jury in the United States Dis trict Court today. The offense carries a maximum penalty of live years' imprisonment. ILLNES DENIED BY MELBA Singer Denies She Will Cancel Her American Engagement. BOSTON. March 5. Madame Melba, who was reported in a New York dis patch today as having cancelled her American engagements because of ill ness, said tonight that the report was incorrect. , She said she was not ill and expected to fill her engagements, singing for the first time Saturday in "La Boheme." More than 50 per cent of the nhcep of this country are on the large ranches of the Weat. Volunteers Resign In Body nnd Feel lag Runs High, Friends of Bulb Sides Threatening Reprisals. MEDFORD, Or.. March 5. (Special.) After eloquently urging the reten tion of Fire Chief Amann at last night's Council meeting. Mayor Purdin, concluding that the Council was de termined to secure his removal, pro cecded to offer the chief's written resignation, which was at once ac cepted by a unanimous vote. Accord ing to H. H. Sargent, Councilman from the second ward, who led the attack against the fire chief, the move was one of economy solely and no one was appointed to fill Amann's place, but Harry Ling, assistant chief, was ad vanced to the post. in sympathy with the deposed chief and also because their free telephones have been removed by the city, mem bers of the volunteer fire department have resigned, leaving Medford with but six members of the department. Considerable indignation has been aroused among the citizens by the action of the volunteer department and rumors of a new volunteer. department are current. Meanwhile, there are many threats on the part of fire de partment partisans of instituting a recall against Councilman Sargent, who is held responsible for reforms which his friends declare will reduce the city expenses over $10,000 a year. SPEAKER IS TAKEN TO TASK Fort Canby Physician Comments on Dr. Woods Hutchinson's Ilemarks. FORT CANBY, Wash.. March 5. (To the Editor.) Assuming that the re port of Dr. Woods Hutchinson'.s lecture on "Foods and Foolishness," as presented in The Oregonian February 28, is authentic, there would seem good reason to believe that the worthy doctor rather overdid himself on the "foolishness" end of the subject. Taking Dr. Hutchinson's utterances "by and large," their chief message to the public appears to be, "You're absolute ly right, just as you are: go ahead In the same old way!" And, it may be remarked, this obvious bid for popu larity has made wonderfully good; for the dear public always will retain a warm place in its heart for the man who eulogizes the "path of least re sistance." No sane and intelligent being at the present time -advocates the use of Graham bread on account of the in creased nutriment contained therein as a matter of fact, the best analyses credit Graham bread with less nitrogen and less nutriment than the white variety. The good lord knows that the average comfortably-situated human eats from two to four times as much food as is actually required, now; so that (especially for the "path ot least resistance" folks) some subterfuge by which the amount of nitrogen and nutriment in the food might be de creased, would prove an everlasting boon to the human race. The best evidence points to the be lief that the superiority of Graham flour as also of entire oatmeal, whole rye flour, and brown, unhulled rice is due to some as yet undetermined prin ciple contained in the husk of the grain, which wields a most profound influence over the intricate processes of nutrition. It has been satisfactorily demonstrated by the Philippine board for the study of tropical diseases that beri beri, that terrible scourge of Southeastern Asia, Is most commonly due to a too restrictea iiet or wnicn white, polished rice forms the prin cipal part, and that, conversely, the simple introduction of brown, unhulled rice into the diet of beri beri sufferers results in an almost immediate abate ment of the disease. But beri beri is not confined to the tropics. Recent reports from the New foundland coast indicate that it is quite common among the poor fisher folk there, who often for continued periods consume a restricted diet of which bolted white flour constitutes a very considerable portion. One in stance is cited in which the chance lightering, and free distribution among the coast folk, of part of the whole wheat flour cargo of a grounded freight steamer, resulted in the prompt allevia tion of many existing cases of the disease. With all due respect to Dr. Hutchin son's many brilliant attainments, no man is yet justified in proclaiming that he knows all that can be known of foods and diet. We might now know more than we do, had not so much past zeal been bestowed upon charms, miracles and an idiotic "materia medica." Respectfullv vours, CHESTER J. STEDMAN, M. D. ROCK CRUSHEFMS DESIRED Sandy Residents orfer to Raise Half of $900 Required. OREGON CITT. Or,. March 5. (Spe cial.) A new rock crusher for road district No. 7, which is near Bull Run, and a steel bridge over the Clackamas River at Barton were the principal matters taken up at the session of the County Court today. The rock crusher is desired for the road from Sandy to the Multnomah County line and is the result of a pe tition from the people of that district. If the county will stand half of the expense, which will be about JD00, the balance will be raised by the residents of Sandy. The Barton bridge will be of -steel, about 21b feet long and probably IS or 18 feet wide. Plans will be pre pared and bids asked for as soon as possible. BARKED Raymond Lumber Plant De clares War on Strikers. TWO MILLS ARE OPERATED PAVING CAMPAIGN PLEDGE Oregon City Councilman Makes Statement as to Street Xccds. OREGON CITY, Or.. March 5. (Spe cial.) That he as chairman -of the street committee would open a cam palgn Tor the improvement of Main street with nothing less than a hard surface pavement was the statement of Councilman Templeton at the Coun cil meeting here last night. I will oppose any patching or at tempted repairing of the street," said Mr. Templeton. "Nothing but a hard- surface street, replacing the present brick pavement will do. The statement is the result in an in direct way of the unsuccessful attempt to bring about the improvement of the street some time ago through the property-owners. NEWPORT BOND MOVE ON $20,000 Isbuc to Run 20 Years Fro- . posed to Pay Off Debts. NEWPORT. Or.. March 5. (Special.) If the resolutions offered by New port Commercial Club, Nyebeach Im provement Club and Mayor Kelly are adopted, the City of Newport will issue bonds amounting to 120.000, to be re tired in 20 years, the funds to be used to pay the outstanding debts of the city. In order to learn the desire of the residents without the expense of a spe cial election, upon a resolution of Coun cilman Armitage, Mayor Kelly ap pointed a committee of Councilmen and citizens to make inquiry and if neces sary to circulate petitions. Cottage Grove Folk Subscribe. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 5. (Special.) Following up the work of the mass meeting Saturday eight mem bers of the stock subscription com mittee are engaged In getting money signed up for the establishment of a cannery here this Spring. At the mass meeting the business men of the city pledged $1250. The growers present pledged $450 and it is understood that several hundred dollars has been pledged since then. Number of Applications for Jobs Reported and Full Complement of Iiaborers Kxpected Today. Trouble Declared Unlikely. RAYMOND, Wash., March 5. (Spe cial.) "When the whistle blew this morning at our mlU No. I and the for mer union employes failed to go to work,- it sounded the aeath knell of unionism in our mills," emphatically declared President Case, of the Case Shingle & Lumber . Company, tonight. "We will start all of our mills with nonunion labor just as soon as it can be obtained from tlie outside communi ties and no man who was working for us before the walkout will ever again work in our plants." This means that the fight is on be tween the operators and union men on this harbor to a finish and the mill op erators declare that it will be a. short one, as laborers are plentiful at this timo and already are flocking to the city, eager to go to. work in the mills after the lean Winter which has just passed. The union men are keeping their ovn counsel and what their next move Will be has not been made pub lic, though it is thought they will at tempt to picket the two mills now in operation. When the whistle blew this morning about half a crew responded and the mill has been operated today with halt of the machines idle. Mill No. 3, which was started yesterday, is run ning with a full crew and it is more than likely that a full crew will be on hand at mill No. 1 in the morning, as several new men arrived late today and more reported that they would arrive tonight. There are 1300 men working in the mills of this city and the union strength, it is said, is less than 2 per cent, so there is little likelihood of the strike spreading to the sawmills. MURDER THEORY IS GAINING Evidence of Suicide Lacking In Ab erdeen Mystery. ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 5. (Spe cial.) Additional information in the case of Charles Starr, the sailor who was found dead in a local lodging-house yesterday morning with a bullet wound in his head and a pistol lying on his breast, seem to substantiate the murder theory and not suicide. 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The Clatsop County Court today awarded a contract to Jacus Kdison for the erection of a superintendent's cot tage, barn and a boiler-house at the Jobn Jacob Astor experimental station as authorized by the IyPfrislature at its last session. The contract price for the buildings is approximately $8000. Norlh Bend Man Killed. NORTH BEND. Or., March 5. Wil liam Pond, head millwright at the Por ter sawmill, was caught as he at tempted to throw the belt from one of the main shafts without reducing the speed, and was whirled to death in the pulley of the mill today. Dont They Know That The Proper Number of Life Is now on sale for ten cents at every news-sland in the United States?. Just oat. Obey that Impulse. 4