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VOL. LIV. XO. 16,G29. PORTLAND. OKEGOX. FRIDAY, 31 ARCH 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AMBASSADOR ASKED TO PRODUCE PROOF Senator Chamberlain on Heels of Page. COPY OF SPEECH DEMANDED Definition of Monroe Doctrine N l Is Particularly Desired. CANAL MENTION IS ISSUE Kesolution Calls on Diplomat to . Support Assertion America fs Pleased That Britain Will Reap Most Profit. WASHINGTON, March 12. Walter Hines Fage, American Ambassador to Great Britain, was made the target of inquiry in a resolution adopted today by the Senate, calling on the Secretary of State to investigate alleged public - assertions by the Ambassador relative to the Monroe Doctrine and the Pan ' ama Canal. Senator -Chamberlain, aroused over reports of a speech by Ambassador Page in London last night before the Associated Chambers of Commerce, in troduced the resolution of inquiry and his request for immediate consideration resulted in its adoption without de bate. Evidence Is Demanded. The resolution requests the Secretary of State to procure a copy for the use of the Senate of Ambassador Page's address and to call on the Ambassador for evidence upon which he based the alleged statement that "it added great ly to the pleasure of the people of the United States in the building of the Panama Canal to know that the British would profit most by its use." Particular request is made in the resolution for a verbatim report of that portion of the Ambassador's address in which he is reported to have defined the Monroe Doctrine as meaning mere ly that "the United States would pre fer that no European governments would gain more land in the new world." t After the resolution had been adopt ed Senators heard of dispatches from London saying the Ambassador's speech was delivered extemporaneously late in the evening and not reported verbatim, and quoting Mr. Page as ex plaining that his reference to British use of the Panama Canal was in a light Vein. It was taken for granted at the Capitol, however, that in response to the State Department's request, the Ambassador would furnish his recol lection of just what he had said with the desired legislation. No attempt to oppose the resolution was made when Senator Chamberlain offered it, the usual custom being to pass such measures as a matter of course. Later in the day a similar resolution was introduced in the House by Representative Murray, of Okla homa, a Democrat, but it did not get before the body for discussion. Monroe Doctrine Not Waning. There was no official comment on the speech or the action of the Sen ate. , In an informal discussion at the White House, however. President Wil son iudicated that the Monroe Doctrine was as much a part of the American foreign policy today as a hundred years ago. He did not express an opin ion concerning the Ambassador's speech, but when asked whether he considered the Monroe Doctrine obso lete, replied he had not heard that it was "failing in any way." The Senate resolution had not reached Secretary Bryan tonight. Ac cording to custom, if Ambassador Page does not forestall action by voluntarily forwarding an explanation of the in cident, the resolution will be cabled him tomorrow as soon as it is sent to the State Department. Representative Murray's resolution sets forth that the remarks of Ambas sador Page seem "to portend the policy of the State Department to abandon, upon demand, the Monroe Doctrine' and to invite Kuropean violation." It would ask the State Department whether "a new American policy of subjecting American weal to the'selfish interests of the nations of Europe" is the funda mental reason for the demand to repeal the law now in force exempting Ameri can vessels conducting a coastwise trade from canal tolls." Portland Protest Recalled. It was recalled at the Capitol that Senator Chamberlain last November in troduced in the Senate a petition of protest against reported remarks by Ambassador Page from members of the Confederated German Societies and the Robert Emmet Society, of Port land. Or. These protests, which also were for warded to President Wilson and Sec retary Bryan, characterized as "un American" remarks attributed to Am bassador Page to the effect ;that the United States was "English led and English ruled, and that the obligation . of government and civilization rest with the people who speak the lan guage of Shakespeare." "IX LIGHTER VEIN'," SAYS PAGE Ambassador Speaks Late in Evening. and Extemporaneously. 1 ' LONDON, March 12. Ambassador Page said today his speech of last night (Concluded on Faso 2.) MAN WHO CUTS OFF FEATHER SET FREE JUDGE UPHOLDS IXALIEXABLE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE. Young "Woman Calls Man Who Ob jects "Old Fool," and Causes Ar rest, but He Triumphs Later. CHICAGO, March 12. Every man has an inalienable right to protect himself from the long feathers with which a modern hat is adorned, ruled Judge Turnbaugh in the Municipal Court to day, when he discharged Ernest de St Aubien, a real estate dealer, who had been arrested on the complaint of Miss Eva Julien. "He sat behind me and mother," saii I Misi Julien. "He got mad and pulled the feathers out of my hat. All I had done was to call him a.ii old fool." De St. Aubien produced a feather from his pocket and said ho had torn it from the hat when it struck him in the face every time she half-turned her head. "I protested and she called me an old fool and gave me a look of disdain. Then she whirled around and the feather hit me in the eye, so I gently removed it." he said. TODAY IS "SALMON DAY" Portland to Take Part in National Observance of Date. This is Salmon day. Everyone is authorized to eat at least one can of salmon. v Portland will take a prominent part in the National observance of salmon day. The Transportation Club will con duct a salmon luncheDn at the Mult nomah Hotel at noon. Salmon in va rious appetizing forms will be served. Every man will receive a large can of choice Chinook to take home with him. An excellent, speaking programme has oeeu arrangea. Housewives are expected to make a general use of salmon today. PRESIDENT GREETS. COUSIN Portland Man Is Guest at White House for three Days. A. M. Wilson, who I'ves at 539 East Twenty-second street, North, a cousin of President Wil-son. has Just returned from Washington, i,. C, where he was the personal guest of the President in the White House for three days. He attended the Congressional re cption and lunched with ex -President Taft, Senator Elihu Root and Secretary of State Bryan. Mr. Wilson .was a member of the Oregon delegation to protest against the proposed dissolution of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads. FLY DOOMED IN PORTLAND Should Pest Avoid One Snare, An other Will Trap Him. Should a fly avoid one snare in Port land this Summer he will fall into an other, for every method of pestering them to death was adopted by the fly campaign committee yesterday. Butchers and grocers will aid, or patrons will write them and tell them how many flies are in their shops. Prizes will be given the best swat ters in school and all sanitary inspec tors will join the hunt. A demonstration will be held at the City Hall, soon and "fly week" will follow. SCHOOL REPLACES SOCIETY California Girl to Study Domestic Science at Corvallis. OAKLAND, Cal.. March 12. (Spe cial.) Miss Sara Yeatman, daughter of Mrs. J. A. Yeatman, has chosen to de vote her time to study rather than to social gaieties. For the next three years Miss Yeat man will be a student at the Oregon Agricultural College, specializing in domestic science. She left here today to begin her course, which is similar to that taken by Miss Margaret Meek, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R, W. Meek, also studying in the North. HURRICANE SWEEPS PORT Spanish Cruiser at Melilla Saved by Putting Out to Sea. MELILLA, Morocco, March 12. A hurricane of unparalleled violence did enormous damage today to the port of Melilla and shipping. The Italian steamer Leonardo was torn from her moorings and dashed against the mole and it is feared will be a total loss. A tug caught by a terrific wave also was smashed to pieces, while 17 Ashing beats were sunk. The Spanish Cruiser Infanta Isabella, which was in port, escaped probable serious damage by putting to sea. FOSSIL HINTS AT FINE RACE Aged Skeleton Held to Prove Highly Developed Race Existed Once. BERLIN. March 12. A valuable an thropological discovery in the northern part of German East Africa is reported in the Lokal Anzc'jer by Dr. Hans Reick, of the Geological and Paleonto logical Institute of Berlin University. It is a fossil human skeleton in a mag nificent state of preservation. This is held to prove that many tens, nay hundreds, of thousands of years ago a highly developed race of men in habited the African continent. Coast Guard Bill Passes 'Senate. WASHINGTON. March 12. The Sen ate passed today the bill by Senator Townsend to create a coast guard serv ice by consolidating the revenue cutter service and the lit esaving service. ALASKA RAILWAY TO BE BEGUN AT ONCE President Signs Bill in Happy Mood. LANE DEVELOPS HIS Goethals Unlikely to Finish Canal in Time for Job. LEASING BILL IS NEXT Attempt to Be Made to Gather Work ing Force This Year, and Presi dent Will Study Map Showing- Conditions. WASHINGTON. March 12. Presi dent Wilson today extended what he termed "the hand of real helpfulness and brotherhood to Alaska" when he signed the bill authorizing the ex penditure of $35,000,000 for the first Government owned railway constructed by the United States. Secretary Lane, a group of Senators and Representatives and members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce stood by the President as he affixed his sig nature to the act which passed both houses of Congress by substantial ma jorities. The President was in a happy mood as he signed and, in laying one souvenir pen aside to use another, smilingly remarked: , "I'll change engines." President Is Gratified. When the bill had been signed, the President made a brief speech. "I want to say," he said, "how sin cere my gratification is in the comple tion of this measure and its successful passage. I feel that we have at last reached out the hand of real helpful ness and brotherhood to Alaska, which will now link it to us by many bonds that will be valuable to both sides. This is a. consummation that I have been hoping might arrive in my Ad ministration and that it has come so soon is to me very delightful." , , Secretary Lane Immediately after ward had a long talk with the Presi dent about the selection of engineers for the task. ' Although Colonel Got thals had been mentioned for the work, it is unlikely that he will be through with the Panama Canal in time for the present undertaking, which Mr. Lane Intends to put into operation, at once. Leaslngr Bill to Follow. The Secretary said the enactment of the railroad bill would be followed by the passage of the Alaska leasing bill, which would mean the carrying out of the Administration programme for the development of Alaska in an incred ibly short time. He added that an at tempt would be made 'to gather the (Concluded on Page 3.) tax PAYER INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 degrees; minimum, 45 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; variable winds, foreign. Japanese eruption is of great value to. sci ence. Pace 5. National. Ambassador'Page's London speech starts in- - Quiry. Page 1. . Carnegie peace endowment attacked as a scheme to promote" 'fiance with Briton. Page 2. "TrW Settlers n" .tement of G per cent ot ' ty os at tfme of eniry. Page o. 1M..,vay to begin at once. Page 1. ot ,.' Domestic. George W. Vanderbilt leaves $20,000,000 to wife and daughter. Page 3. Twins born to homes of preachers, life pals. Page 1. Inventor of airbrake' dead. Page 2. Secretary McAdoo to marry President's youngest daughter. Page 3. Idle army cuts clubs to use as weapons. page. 3. . Man who cuts off woman's plumes dangling in nis face, goes free. Page 1. Sport. Nick Willfams has option on .wo recruit Beaver pitchers. Page 0. Ritchie gets decision over Ad WolgasL Page 8. White Sox regulars, rounding In form, de feat. Oaks. Page 8. Pendleton elves up Western Tri-State fran chise. Page 0. , Pacific Northwest. Hood River editor says Americans in Phil ippines despondent over Administration's attitude toward Filipinos. .Page 7. Chchalis murderer-suicide declared modern Bluebeard. Page 7. R. A. Booth files as Senatorial candidate with ptthy slogan. Page 7. Booth's candidacy held to mean party uni fication. Page 1. Accused. Seattle Councilman to resign. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Wheat market not affected by loss of grain on Alblna docks. Page 30. Immense estimated yield of Kansas ' wheat weakens Chicago prfces. Page ill. Stock market sags from lack of support. Pasre JB. Damages to Cricket and Glenroy estimated at SS0.00O. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Martin Beck may share in division of Sullt . van & Constuine theaters. Page 18. Waterfront fire sweeps four blocks, causing loss of more than $600,000. Page 1. Registration again jshows gain over previous day. Page 11. Mr. Brewster tells why he favors Daly wa ter meter scheme. Page 13. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 19. Scores volunteer to circulate meter referen dum petitions. Page 1. WOMEN WILL GO ARMED Target . Practice Part of Fitting: of Sex for Police Duties. CHICAGO, .March 12. Ten police women, recently appointed and now under course of instruction in the po lice school, will carry revolvers and at tend monthly target practice, if an or der now being considered by James Gleason, Chief of Police, goes into ef fect ' The policewomen take dally shooting practice now, in anticipation of being armed. ' DENMARK PLANS REFORMS Parties Unite for Passage of Bill to Give Votes to Women. ) COPENHAGEN, March 12 An agree ment reached today between the Social ist. Radical and Moderate parties, which control majorities in both houses of Parliament, assures the passage of a constitutional reform bill. All electorate property qualifications are abolished and suffrage is granted women. GOOD MORNING ! HAVE YOU BEEN INSPECTED I 1 s- , - SCORES VOLUNTEER 1 METERS Move to Refer Act Is Started With Cheers. ECONOMY IN CITY DEMANDED Speakers Cite City Costs and Hint Political Machine. ELECTION EXPENSE IS NIL Vote May Be Taken at Kcgular City Election, Cliairman of Protest Meeting Explains Big Profit on Water Xow Shown. Scores of Portland citizens, aroused o xinit ti nronosed expenditure of $500,000 for the unnecessary installa tion of water meters, gathered at thi &t RMo T.lhrarv last night and be came voluntary circulators of petitions that will refer the J-aiy universal mo t- (.rrfinancii to the neople. The meeting, which had been called o nmmtttpo nf citizens, was unan " j mously opposed to the meter ordinance, An economical administration oi in cltv's affairs was demanded. Kvprv sneaker, except one, agreed thot navment of $500,000 for meters when two-thirds of the city's present i . i. . j , i water Bupply is running over m ways, is an actual and an economic waste. - Many to Circulate Petitions). 1 . . . t- -i' man rwl WOnian in til ncaiij -- j ... auditorium went away carrying one or more petitions. They propose to con duct a vigorous and active campaign among their friends to secure signa tures. Although the law will allow the ref .nniim Tirt H inn to be tiled with th City Audtor as late as March 29, which ic a tav aftAr the nassase oi me me ter ordinance, it is the purpose of the committee to have the required num ber of signatures 7000 or more on ilia as early as March 22. IT.annartars fr,T tflA CamDaiSTn against the meters and their attending expenses nave Deen esiaoiisneu ui i" Railway Exchange bulfdtng. Kxnense May Be Avoided. J. W. Conway, who has been chair man of the committee opposed to the meter ordinance. Dresided at' last night's meeting. He explained at the start that it is not necessary to put the city as a whole or any of its cit izens to any unnecessary expense to The petitions now in circulation, if iiiea wiin me requirea numoer or. Big natures, will have the effect of delay ing the installation of meters until the people have had opportunity to (Concluded on Page 4.) TODAY? PASTORS, LIFE PALS, -ARE DADS OF TWINS FKIEXDS WED FKIEXDS, START FAMILIES SIMULTANEOUSLY. Stork Brings Boy and Girl' to Each Home on Same Day Careers of Men Strangely Coincide. LANCASTER, Pa., March 12. The birth today of twins, in both cases a boy and a girl, in the home of Rev. Nathan B. Yerger, of Rohrerstown, and Rev. Elbert E. Landis. of this city,, has callled attention to a series of life parallels which are extraordinary. Both ministers are Lutherans, and although they were born in different sections of the state they have been friends from boyhood. They entered college at the same time and were roommates for four years. They were graduates in the same class and were stationed in Lutheran churches in the same county. They were married on the same day and the wedding trips were taken together. Their wives were girlhood friends. They entered the same school together. Like their husbands both were grad uated in the same class and both took up the profession of teaching, which they abandoned at the same time to become brides. ALBANIANS M DISTRESS Smallpox and Famine Combine to Cause Suffering. WASHINGTON, March 12. An ap peal for more money to combat famine and pestilence, which already has car ried oft hundreds of lives In Albania, was received today at Red Cross head quarters from Henry Morgenthau, American Ambassador to Turkey, and W. "W. Peet, treasurer of the American Red Cross chapter in Constantinople. They cabled in part: "Our relief committee in Albania re ports smallpox and no bread at Elbas san. Four thousand refugees are at Berat. Great destitution is everywhere. Hundreds have already succumbed. Hospitals are overcrowded. Temporary hospitals have been opened; bedding, clothing and medicine are required. Have sejit all we can, but more funds are urgently needed." SHRINERS END LONG TRIP Mystic Nobles Who Went to Install Lodge at Manila lieturn. SEATTLE, Wash., March 12. On hundred and fifty Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, representing most of the im portant temples in the United States and Canada, returned on the steamship Minnesota today from Manila, where they went under the auspices of Nile Temple, of Seattle, to install 150 novices. The Shriners, who left Seattle De cember 30, made the longest pilgrim age in the history of the order, visit ing the principal ports in the Orient. Many were accompanied by their fam ilies; the party numbering 250. ANCIENT CAR DISPLEASES Albany Residents Prefer to Walk Till Company Gets New Vehicle. ALBANY, Or., March 12. (Special.) Ninety-seven residents of First and Lyon streets, along which the Portland Eugene As Eastern operates a lone streetcar, last night petitioned the City Council to have the car removed, on the grounds that it is "antediluvian1 and au eyesore to the neighborhood. The Council ordered it removed until May 1, when a new' car is to take Its place. The old car makes so much noise and is out of repair so often, the patrons say, they prefer to walk. IDAHO C0UNTY DRY AGAIN Kootenai Vote Affects 24 Saloons, Six Wholesalers and Brewery. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, March 12. Kootenai County, one of the largest counties in Northern Idaho, voted dry" yesterday by 405 majority, ac cording to unofficial returns counted today. Twenty-four salons, six wholesale liquor houses and one brewery must close within 90 days. , Kootenai County went dry some years ago, but returned to the wet column at a later election. MAN BEATS BEAR TO DEATH Quinlault Valley Kanclier Fights Hard Battle Without Gun. ! OQI.T AM, Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) John Bunch, a rancher In the Upper Quinlault Valley, killed a large black bear last Friday after a desperate fight with nature's own weapons stones and clubs as he was without a gun. His two dogs attacked the bear, otherwise their owner probably would have been killed. The dogs and owner were consider ably mussed up and the latter's supply of clothing was reduced. EXPRESS RATES HIGHER Astorians Complain of Xew Schedule for Local Service. ASTORIA, Or.', March 12. (Special.) Astorians were surprised today when the new express rates, recently ar ranged by the State Railroad Commis sion, became effective to And that all the rates from this city had been lowered" with an upward slant. Some of the local rates under the new schedule are nearly three times what they were formerly and are made without any regard to distances or ex isting conditions. WATERFRONT FIRE BLOCKS SWEEPS. 4 Docks, Ships and Grain Among Ruins Now. ORIGIN OF BLAZE IS MYSTERY Lucky Change of Wind Helps Firemen Halt Flames. RESCUES ARE THRILLING Harbor Patrol, Vessel Officers and I'atrolnicn Counted Anions He roes Insurance Covers Half of Loss Totaling $600,000. : DAMAGE OF EARLY MORNING FIRE TOTALS MORE THAN $600,000. Estimated losses by the fire which early yesterday morning destroyed the Columbia No. 2 and Montgomery No. 1 docks and damaged the coast ing steamer Cricket and the British, liner Glenroy are distributed as fol lows: Columbia No. 2 dock, owned by Allen & Lewis (fully In sured) S 80.000 Grain owned by M. H. Houser (fully insured) 400,000 Montgomery dock No. 1. owned by Montgomery es tate (half insured) 40,000 Freight consigned to O.-W. K. & X. (partly Insured).. 30.000 Coasting s t e a m e r Cricket (partly Insured) 60,000 Asphalt contents of Cricket (Insured) 11.000 British liner Glenroy (in sured) 20.000 Alblna Fuel Company (not insured) : 2,500 Total dama&e $643,500 Insurance covers more than half the losses. Two great docks were burned, nearly $300,000 worth of grain ruined, and two steamers badly damaged by an early morning fire which broke out at 4:12 yesterday morning on Columbia dock No. 2, foot of Alblna avenue, and' worked rapidly northwest to the foot of Randolph street, four blocks away. Springing from the Columbia No. 2 dock to the Royal Mail liner Glenroy, and to., the Montgomery No. 1 dock, the fire consumed 1400,000 worth of wheat, oats and barley owned by M. H. Houser and stored on the two docks. Thence it passed to the asphalt laden coaster Cricket, whose cargo of 4000 barrels of asphalt, a quantity of sul phur and several drums of gasoline soon was blazing. The bulk of the damage was done between the time of the first alarm and 5 o'clock, when the wind, which had been northwest In direc tion, switched about and blew east. The fire stopped at the slip of the lower Albina ferry, but the Cricket, breaking loose, started downstream, bumped into the Montgomery No. 2 dock and set it afire In a minor way and went on downstream. Change In Wind Fortunate. With the lucky change in the wind, the firemen, who had laid in lines at the ferry slip, were enabled to stop the blaze at the yards of the Albina Fuel Company at the north end of the Montgomery No. 1 dock. But the whole surface of the two docks blazed away until 7 o'clock before they were put under control. Two cars of asphalt on a siding on the Montgomery dock contained 0 barrels of the product, and the fierceness of the blaze scorched cars standing on East Water street 100 yards away. Red embers fell in Union avenue and for four blocks in any di rection from the fire. Quick and heroic work on the part of engineers and watchmen saved the two county ferries in Alblna, the Web ster and the Mason. S. P. Lee, watch man on the Mason, came up from the bold at 4:15 to find his boat surrounded by flames and badly scorched. He start ed the engines and conveyed the ferry single-handed, to the West Side slip. Engineer Reece, of - the Webster, though not so near the blaze, took his ferry out of the way, with the aid of I. Isaacs, watchman. County Commis sioner Holman, on receiving informa tion from Superitriendent Murnane. sent the crews of the ferries letters of thanks and congratulations. No Fatalities Recorded. No fatalities and few serious Inju ries marked the big blaze. R. L. San ders, first officer of the Glenroy, dislo cated one shoulder when he fell down a companionway into the hold. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital. Of the 32 Chinese, members of the crew of the ship, but three, Oi Mai, Ah How and Ah Sing, were burned, OI Mai seriously. They were treated at the emergency hospital. The cause of the Are has not been defined and probably will not be surely known. The blaze started either in a pile of chaff on the Columbia dock near the berth of the Glenroy or in the . small boats of the Glenroy itself. The first threo persons on the scene say that the blaze started at this point ami was going strong when first seen. Accident saved one company $10,000 and cost another company $11,000 on account of the fire. The Cricket, whose cargo -was consigned to the Montgom ery dock No. 2. on which is the Barber (Concluded on Page 18.) r