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VOL.. XXIX. NO. 23
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
lATNOONTOMOBROW
50,000 COLONISTS
MOVETHElRHORiES
YOUTH TOASTED BY
SWIM IN COLUMBIA
CENTRAL MUST SAY
'HELLO'TUNEFULLY
PROHIBITION WANES
THROUGHOUT SOUTH
KING GEORGE CALLS
LEADERS TO MEET
RDSERE1GNBEG1NS
BYTAFTAS
AMBITIOUS liAT STUDIES FOR
SUNSET COMPANY' WILL TEACH
GIRLS VOICE CULTURE.
TIDE SAID TO HAVE TIKXED IN
OTHER DIRECTIOX,
"EXAMS" STANDING UP".
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SOC M
VIEWED
MENACE
SpringTravelto North
west Breaks Record.
OREGON -GETS LARGE SHARE
Increase Shown Despite Immi
gration to Canada.
FARES DO NOT CONTROL
Burlington Official Thinks Differ
ence or $5 Had liittle Effect.
Period Two Weeks Shorter
Than That of Last Year.
During the brief period between March.
1 and April 16. this Spring, between 40,
000 and 60,000 colonists, according to the
various railroad (managers, found new
homes in the Pacific Northwest, in Cali
fornia and in Idaho, Montana. Nevada,
Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.
The Spring movement of colonists is
regarded as having broken the record of
the Spring of 1909 by from 15 to 20 per
cent. With the exception of figures which
were prepared by the management of the
Ilarrlman lines, all figures of the colonist
movement Into the Northwest are esti
mates. The figures presented by the
Harriman lines may be regarded as con
servative and as being close to the actual
movement.
Travel Relatively Greater.
Corresponding figures over the Burling
ton, the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern could not be obtained, as no
-detailed account is made of such move
ment. The figures of the Harriman lines
show that during the six weeks of the
Spring movement a total of 16,542 persons
found homes in the various states and
territories mentioned. During the same
period of 1909 only 13,947 colonists moved
through the various gateways fed by the
Harriman roads. This is an Increase
for the six weeks of 2595 colonists, or
approximately 16 per cent.
This comparison, however, does not tell
the whole story, as the movement during
19U9 ' continued 14-days longer than the
present movement. Reduced rates were
In effect last year from March 1 to April
30. For some reason unexplained the
railroads decided, this year to reduce the
colonist period from two months to six
weeks. Accordingly, comparison can be
made only between the entire period this
year and the corresponding six weeks of
th plrht weeks" period of 1909. The In
crease in the total movement of the;
entire period this year was not sum
clent, however, to make the movement
greater than that of last year.
Period Too Short.
Between March 1 and April 30, 1909, a
total of 19.935 colonists moved their homes
into the territory .mentioned over the Har
riman lines, as against 16,542 for the
entire period this year, the period being
two weeks shorter. Had the colonist
movement extended this year to May 31,
and had the average of the entire perio'd
been maintained, a total of more than
23,000 colonists would have gone into the
various territories. This would have rep
resented fully 20 per cent increase over
last year. Following Is a table of the
colonist movement over the Harriman
lines for the entire Spring period of
March 1 to April 18, inclusive:
To 1110. 1000.
California .............. o.-to 4.1)50
Portland 2.a5S 2,322
Other Oregon point. . . . 2.377 1,621
Fuset Sound and other
Washington points.... 2.5SS 1.726
Idaho. Montana. Nevada.
Utah. Colorado and
Wyoming 1.512 1.550
Totals 16,542 13.047
Ino.
309
36
856
862
47
251) 5
Uecrease.
Last year's period extended to April
B0, and the total movement was 19,935
colonists.
Total Near 50,000.
Although no definite figures can be
obtained from the Hill lines, the move
ment over them into the Northwest is
usually at least double that over the
Harriman lines. Figuring upon this
tt"oncludedonPaj5e 5-
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Oh. Tr-la-la for Tomorrow !
A
Clothing Is Painful to Chester Mill
Ington, Who Will Sleep Face
Downward Until Burns Heal.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 4. (Spe
cial.) With his back so badly burned
that he cannot suffer to have his clothes
put on. as the result of a swim in the
Columbia River Decoration day, when
the sun was exceedingly hot, Chester
Millington, a pupil of the Vancouver
schools, is endeavoring to keep up with
his classes by having the lessons taken
to him daily He studies in his room,
without clothes, standing up most of
the time.
The plight of the lad is serious and
painful. His mother says he was lit
erally "cooked" by the action of Old
Sol's rays on his back and arms. He
Is swathed in cotton batting and sweet
oil and other unguents. The boy is
compelled to sleep face downward.
This being the last of the school year,
he is making a heroic effort to keep
pace with his classmates, that he may
pass the final examinations this month.
In speaking about his painful pre
dicament, Chester says that he is going
to wear a bathing suit ' the next time
he takes a swim.
CHINESE FILE COMPLAINT
Conditions at Bay City Immigration
Station Held Intolerable.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 4. Com
plaining of what the Chinese League
of Justice of America characterizes
as Intolerable conditions at the Angel
Island immigration station, Chinese
merchants of San Francisco have for
warded to the authorities at Washing
ton a voluminous arraignment of the
administration of that station. Ns Pong
Chu. editor of a Chinese paper, will
present the complaint.
This action follows ' an urgent ap
peal from China to local merchants
to boycott American manufacturers and
goods until relief is accorded. The
movement is attributed to Chinese stu
dents, who have been seeking admis
sion to the United States for the pur
pose of entering American universi
ties. They charge that not only have
they been deported without cause but
that they have been subjected to indig
nities by the immigration officials and
their women insulted.
The complaining local merchants ask
that the immigration station be re
moved from Angel Island to this city
because of the loss of time consumed In
taking witnesses to and from the sta
tion. LYNCH ELECTED BY 22,000
Official Results of Typographical
Election Announced.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 4. The
official count of the ballots cast in the
election of officers of the International
Typographical Union was announced to
day at the headquarters of the organiza
tion as follows:
For president J. M. Lynch, Indiana
polis, 22,000; W. M. Reilly, Dallas. Tex.,
15.SS3.
For first vice-president G. A. Tracy,
San Francisco, 20,1-4; C. H. Govan, New
York, 16,352.
For secretary J. W. Hayes, Indiana
polis, 23,163: R. C. Albrook, Denver, 13,809.
Delegates to the American Federation
of Labor Morrison, Chicago; Max S.
Hays, Cleveland; Hugh Stevenson, To
ronto; T. W. McCullough, Omaha.
Trustees Printers' Home Michael
Powell, Ottawa, Canada; W. H. McKee,
New York; Thomas McCaffery, Colorado
Springs.
Agent Printers' Home G-. P. Nichols,
Baltimore.
$20,000,000 IN STORES
May Company Is Incorporated by
Xew York Men.
ALBANY, N. Y., June 4. The May
Department Stores Company, of New
York, capitalized at $20,000,000, was
incorporated ' today to conduct general
department stores. Of the capital stock,
$5,000,000 is to be 7 per cent cumula
tive preferred, and $15,000,000 common.
The papers say that the company In
tends to take over the property of the
Sehoenberg Mercantile Company, of St.
Louis; the May Shoe oi ciotning corn
pany, of Denver, and the May Com
pany, of Ohio.
The directors include Frank Maguire
Samuel Schlem. Philip J. Dun, C. D.
Jorup. Marx Moses, Frank Maguire, Jr.,
Henry Newman. Simon Piatt. Oscar B.
Van Zant, Emery H. Westlake, Henry
Saxe, Martin Vogel and Edwin O.
Vogel, all of New York.
The company paid the state an or
ganization tax of S10.000.
HARRY MURPHY RISES
Who Is the IvInKf
Quietly, Rex Oregonus
Will Arrive.
100,000 VISITORS TO BE HERE
Queen Rose to Come Tuesday
- in Shower of Blooms.
REST OF WEEK FESTIVE
Incidental to Festival, Rose Show,
Society Circus and Parades of
Various Sorts Will Draw At
tention to City's Glory.
Rex Oregonus, king of the Festival,
will take up the scepter in Portland
tomorrow at noon. At that moment
the city changes from a municipality
into a crown kingdom.
His Majesty has been long expected
and eagerly awaited. All preparations
have been- made for his reception, and
in a quite informal way he will land
at Stark-street dock at noon and be
received by Mayor Simon. For six
days the keys of the city will be his
and heralded by trumpters riding in
automobiles in place of on fiery steeds,
he will proceed to the apartments pre
pared for him at the Lewis and Clark:
Fairgrounds.
With the coming of His Majesty the
Rose Festival of 1910 will be formally
opened. Monday, with the exception
of the brief ceremony at noon, when
the King arrives, will be given over
to the arrival of out-of-town excursions
and to sightseeing. No formal amuse
ment programme has been prepared for
the opening day except the fireworks
spectacle at the Oaks Park. The light
ing of the electric illuminations over
the city will be an interesting feature
at night, turning the drab city streets
Into a fairyland of color and enjoy
ment. Queen to Come on Tuesday.
Tuesday morning the visitors will
have had time to become attuned to
the Festival spirit, and on that day
the queen of flowers, regnant over all
Portland hearts, will take her honored
position. With Rex Oregonus, Her Maj
esty, Queen Rose, will for five days
receive the adulation of an enhanced
number of her subjects.
No King or Queen could possibly be
greeted by a more appreciative pop
ulace, for when the labor unions con
cede honor to their majesties and tem
porarily refrain from strife at their
behest, no little has been accomplished
in the annual growth of the spirit of
the Festival., That spirit which has
had centuries to prepare for the annual
ml-careme at Florence, the feast of the
flowers at Rome and all those old-world
celebrations has had but four years to
develop here Yet It Is not lagging.
Spurred on by the action of public
spirited men, the buildings of the city
are decked in colors of the rainbow.
Delicately-tinted bunting twists Into
shapes that delight the eye; prismatic
arrangements of shades appear every
where; the artistic and esthetic sense
is satisfied by the most perfect selec
tion Portland artists and decorators
have been able to achieve.
The result is a city beautiful a city
that in a decorative sense has found
herself.
Strangers Must Become Attuned.
Surging crowds of strangers are
gathering everywhere for the week's
festivities. To them the Festival-spirit
is something strange. They do not un
derstand it or appreciate it for a time,
that is. That they may find the spirit
part of themselves the first day has
been assigned. "
When they find themselves, and roam
about the streets admiring the beau
ties Portland is about to unfold for
their delectation; when the first glory
of streets, a mass of rosebuds, strikes
their eyes; when the first Joaded car of
roses appears and they see roses, which
to them must represent hundreds of
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Oregoous.
Tones That Carry Best Over Wire to
Be Song-lit as Improvement for
Telephone Service.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 4. (Special.)
The Sunset Telephone Company has en
gaged an expert vocal teacher and is
giving a course in voice culture to 0
picked central operators.
They always have been taught to re
spond in a sweet tone, but the most
pleasing sounds sometimes fall to carry
t well over the wire and now they are
studying tone production. The object is
better service and more agreeable
"hellos," and if the experiment is a suc
cess the instructor will go all over the
system, according to officials.
Vocal culture is not to the liking of
all the girls. Some of them protest
that they would rather see the company
employ a halrdesser and manicurist
than waste time on voices which, they
say, cannot be cultivated.
Others who aspire to the stage and have
dreams of becoming prima donnas are
delighted.
'Say, I can't hear you. Try the key
of A sharp. I can't get you at all in B
flat," may be a specimen of future con
versation between operators.
AMERICANS DROWN ABROAD
Two
Missionaries Perish
Bathing Near Bombay.
While
BOMBAY, June 4. Miss W. Williams
and Howard Bishop, missionaries of the
American Baptist' Society,. were
drowned while sea bathing in the Gulf
of Cambay at Bulsar, north of this city.
Bishop lost his life in attempting to
save his companion. The bodies were
recovered.
NEW YORK, June 4, The mission
aries drowned in India were Miss Mary
E. Williams, of Baroda, India, and How
ard F. Bishop of Nadiad, both Ameri
cans. They were sent to India by the
Methodist Eplsco.l Church. Mr. Bishop
was from Webster, la., and Miss Wil
liams from Grove City, Pa.
Mr. Bishop was the head of the Na
diad Industrial and Engineering Insti
tute. He was born in Webster in 1880
and graduated from the Iowa State
College in 1904 with the degree of me
chanical engineer. He was married to
Miss Mary Dawson and in the year of
his graduation went to iNadiad.
LARGE FIRM IS INVOLVED
Receiver Appointed for Kansas City
Dry Goods House.
KANSAS CITY, June 4. Receivers for
the Jones Drygoods Company, one of the
largest retail general merchandise con
cerns In this part of the West, were ap
pointed by the Federal Court here today.
The liabilities are placed at $1,400,000
and the assets at $2,000,000. Henry L.
Root and Charles Campbell, of this city,
who were named as receivers by Judge
John F. Phillips in the United States Dis
trict Court, gave bond in the sum of $400,
000. The receivers stated that the com
pany was solventN and that its business
would be continued without Interruption.
The action by the court was taken fol
lowing the filing of a bill In equity by
Hollingshead & Campbell, of New York
City, note brokers. The principal cred
itors are in St- Louis, Chicago, Phila
delphia and New York.
HATS MAY GO AT AUCTION
Government Seizes Panama Invoice
Valued at $160,000.
NEW YORK, June 4. Secretary
MacVeagh, of the Treasury Department,
Collector Loeb and United States Attor
ney Wise talked over the recent seiz
ure of Panama hats today and decided
that proceedings should be taken in
the Federal courts for their forfeiture
and condemnation. The hats, invoiced
as being valued at $65,000, were said
by the Government to be worth $112,
000, and, with duty added, ,$160,000.
.Goods seized In this way by the Gov
ernment are sold at auction.
OPPOSE BATTLESHIP PLANS
f-
Japanese Press Thinks National
Funds Will "ot Stand Strain.
VICTORIA, June 4. The Japanese Min
istry is endeavoring to persuade the
naval authorities to postpone their pro
posed scheme for building a number of
battleships, owing -to the lack of na
tional funds.
The Tokio Nippon says the safety of
the Katsura government will be en
dangered if the naval "authorities rush
forward their plans; for naval increment.
DecoratiBff'M Where- the Fan
Comes In.
"Rule by Groups" Is
Danger of Future.
PEOPLE'S PROBLEM SERIOUS
Greatest In Country's History,
President Believes.
ISSUE IS BEING FRAMED
Demand for Xew Rule of Distribu
tion Outgrowth of Corporate
Abuses "Regulation' May
Save Private Effort.
JACKSON, Mich., June 4. President
Taft proclaimed socialism as the great
problem that confronts the American
people an issue that is to come and
must be skilfully met.
By its history, he declared, the Re
publican party had shown itself cap
able of dealing with the great Ques
tions effectively and wisely, and he
predicted that the American people
must soon determine whether it shall
trust the same party . with the solu
tion of that problem "than which we
have had no greater in the history of
the country."
Campaign Issue Framed.
Mr. Taft spoke with great earnest
ness, and his remarks coming as a re
iteration to the brief reference to so
cialism in his speech at Ada, O., yester
day, seemed to impress his hearers
deeply. By , many, his words were
taken as framing an issue for the
coming campaign. The President dis
claimed any purpose of making a parti
san address, but the occasion of his
visit was the unveiling of a bronze
tablet commemorating the organiza
tion of the Republican party "under
the oaks" in 1854, and- Ire- could not
altogether refrain from a comparison
of the party with its opponents, which
was not altogether favorable to the
opponents. He also declared that pop
ular government must be a govern
ment of parties, and In this connection
there was just a passing hint, at in
surgency. Parties Preferable to "Groups."
The President declared fhat unless
individuals are willing to sink minor
considerations to the will of the ma
Jority in a party there would come rule
by groups.
"In that event," he added, "the Lord
knows where your Government would
be and what it would accomplish."
In his speech here this afternoon the
President's reference to Socialism came
at the conclusion of a brief history of
what the Republican party has done.
He said:
"For the future I shall say nothing,
because you would say I was making
a political speech. All I can say 1
that the issue that is bein framed, as
It seems to me, is the issue with re
spect to the institution of private
property. There are those who charge
to that institution the corporate abuses,
the greed and the corruption that grew
out of those abuses, the unequal dlstrl
butlon of property, the poverty of some
and undue wealth of others, and there
fore say we will have none of it and
we must have a. new rule of distribu
tion that for want of a better name
we shall call Socialism.
Some Demand Regulation.
"On the other hand, it is contended that
it is not the institution of private prop
erty that should be abolished, but only
that the time has come in which it is
necessary to lay down certain rules re
stricting and regulating the use of that
private property which shall not deprive
the world of individual effort, but which
shall keep the law and the opportunity
to use private property under such con
trol that these abuses may be wiped out
and the boon of individual effort still be
left to us.
"Now, my friends, that presents a great
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Timely Tip.
Alabama, Texas 'and Louisiana Re
volt and Truces Are Declared
With Liquor.
XEW ORLEANS, La., June 4. (Spe
cial.) That the drift toward prohibition
in the South has been checked if the
tide has not been turned in the other
direction, is now generally admitted.
Evidence on this point is striking in
Alabama, Texas and Louisiana. Each
state has revolted from the rule of pro
hibition. In Texas, where prohibition seemed
certain to win, and where a popular vote
in a primary, had favored it, the Issue
has been postponed indefinitely, whilo
In Louisiana, upon which the prohibition
ists had contemplated a very savage at
tack at the present session of the Legis
lature, they have asked for a two-year
truce In which nothing is to be done, dry
and wet lines to remain as they are at
presant.
In Georgia, prohibition still fingers, but
there also a truce has been agreed on.
Governor Brown was elected over Hoke
Smith on the pledge that the liquor laws
of the state should not b changed during
his administration, and he is strong
enough to carry out the pledge.
FARMERS GUIDED IN LOVE
Kansas Professor Issues Bulletin on
Matrimonial Reform.
TOPEKA. Kan.. June 4f Rnoclol 1
"Farmers know much more of a specific
and reliable nature about preparing
their hogs for the livestock market
than they do about nrenarlne- their
sons and daughters for the matrimonial
marKet. All these Important matters
are left to chance and accident because
we have been laboring under the fool
ish delusion that love Is blind and not
to be Influenced by instruction or rea
son." This is the text of an official "score
card on matrimony," issued by W. A.
McKeever, professor of philosophy at
the Kansas State Agricultural College,
in a bulletin Just Issued to farmers of
the state.
As a foundation of matrimonial re
form which Professor McKeever will
inaugurate in Kansas, the qualifica
tions of the young man and young
woman who apply for marriage licenses
should be passed upon by the probate
judge of each county, he says. This
official, he contends, should be em
powered by state law to hold an ex
amination and Inquire into fitness of
men and women seeking marriage.
WEDDING PLAN IS SECRET
Mrs. Gouraud, Formerly Amy Crock
er, May Marry Again.
NEW YORK, June 4. Speclal.)
Melville Ellis, who writes music, plays
the piano and designs costumes for
chorus girls for the Shuberts, was
asked today if it was true that he is
to sail for Europe on Monday, meet
Mrs. Jackson Gouraud in Paris and
marry her.
Mrs. Gouraud, - the widow of Jack
son Gouraud, a man about town, was
formerly Mrs. Gillig, and before that
was Amy Crocker, of San Francisco.
' "Who. told you I was to wed Mrs.
Gouraud," asked Mr. Ellis.
"A certain party," replied the in
quirer. "I can say nothing about it now,"
said Mr. Ellis. "Later in the day I
may make a statement. I shall have
to consult with others first."
Mr. Ellis failed to make the statement-
FAMOUS WINNER IS SUICIDE
Conrad Hawk Made and Lost For
tune in Com stock in '70s.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 4. Conrad
Hawk, 70 years old, who made a great
fortune and lost it In the Comstock in
the '70s, took his own life this morning
by shooting himself in the heart on the
City Plaza.
Tacoma Brakeman Killed.
TACOMA, Wash., June 4, William
Royster, aged 40, a brakeman on the
Tacoma Eastern Railway, waa run over
by freightcars going into a siding
seven miles from Tacoma last night.
He crawled off the track and was found
I sitting up against the bank, dead, a
I few minutes after the accident.
FEW TIMELY PICTURES
S CONFIDENTLY
BELIEVED That
PPR 5PNS WHO
HrVVENT SniLtD
IN X EAR 5
WILL BE
HAPPY DURING
FESTIVAL..
Joy Will Be U neon fined.
Conference of Parties
May Settle Quarrel
LORDS' FATE TO BE DECIDED
Liberal Fighters Unwilling to
Make Concessions.
COMPROMISE MAY RESULT
Though Difficulties Are Many, In
fluences In Favor of Quiet Con
stitutional Change Are Work
ingRoosevelt Wins Irish.
(Copyright. 1010. by the Tribune Company.
Chicago. )
LONDON, June 4. (Special.) Kins;
George has taken a hand In the political
struggle which has stirred Great Britain
for months. He has called a conference
of the leaders of all political parties in
an effort to get a compromise in the
fight over the curbing of the veto power
of the House of Lords.
Because of the present temper of the
English mind, due to grief over the death
of King Edward and the desire to give
King George the best chance for showing
his power, neither Liberals nor Tories
will dare refuse to attend the conference.
Balfour pledged himself some time ago
to give the present King every help he
could In hie difficult position. This
pledges Balfour to the conference, and
Balfour's acceptance compels Asquith's.
Compromise Is Possible.
Whether the conference will end In any
compromise is impossible to anticipate.
The difficulties appear nowto be Insur
mountable, but the overwhelming desire
for peace in the masses and the Tory
dread of fighting on such an unpopular
Issue as the. House of Lords, the Liberal
dread of affronting the popular senti
ment, and the Englishman's radical love
of a compromise may perform miracles.
Of course, the Liberals are not likely
to accept anything unless with the cor
dial assent of the Irish party. Last week's
violent exchange of shots between the
party organs showed how far the parties
were from a compromise, and this week
the repetition in the extreme Tory organs
of all the absurd rumors and charges that
the late King's death was accelerated
by the Liberal attack on thelTouTi
Lords has further incensed the Liberal
opinion.
Liberal Fighters Oppose Peace.
All of the fighting men of the Liberal
cabinet also are In favor of going straight
through with the fight. Similar views
are held by Redmond and the other Irish
leaders, who, coming to London for the
Roosevelt lunch, had an opportunity of
making their views known to the govern
ment. On the other hand, rumors are to be
heard in many quarters of a certain ten
dency to compromise, especially on the
Irish question, among leading Conserva
tives. t
The Government now is resolved to in
troduce and press the coronation bill,
omitting insulting words to the Catholics.
The Tory leaders will not oppose this,
knowing the strong views of King George
against the present form of declaration,
but vehement opposition is certain from
the Orange party in England and Ireland.
Roosevelt AVins Irish Hearts. .
The chief comment in the English pa
pers on Colonel Roosevelt's lunch with the
Irish party is half humorous and half
plaintive. It is on the contrast between
Roosevelt's thoroughly amiable tone and
the entire amity of the gathering on the
one side and the outspoken criticism of
the English policy. It is absolutely true
that the proceedings from beginning to
end were a rollicking success. Colonel
Roosevelt remembered the face, name and
career of every member he had previously
met and managed to exchange some words
with everyone present. Redmond's little
address of welcome was a model of grace
arid taste. Though the promise to regard
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