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SfTE STJNT3AY OREGOISIA?". PORTLAND. " JTJJfE 26, 13IO. RAELROADS COUNT ; ON CROPSHDRTAGE Rigid Retrenchments Ordered ; in View of Coming Lack of Business. WHEAT HEADS TOO SOON .Early Drouths Followed by Hot . "Winds Cause Heavy Loss-X Large ; Acreage Is Being Keplowed ' and Sown, to Flax. CHICAGO, Juno 25. (Special.) Alarmed over unfavorable crop reports, 'railroads extending Into the Northwest have decided to inaugurate one of the ,most rigid retrenchment policies of re cent years. All "Western railroads, In cluding those running from Chicago ln !to the Northwest and Into Canada, have .had experts out on their lines for the last ten days gathering data regarding i crop conditions. These men have made reports to various railroad manage ments, which have caused general alarm as to the tonnage of the future. Several of the Northwestern railroads have already called conferences' be tween operating officers with a view of giving them Information regarding con ditions and discussing retrenchment.' -i Railroad crop reports for the North west indicated that along the lines of me fat. faul, Burlington, Northwestern, Minneapolis & Omaha and other roads the wheat crop, in several states, will not be greater than 60 per cent. The experts declare that in Minnesota and In North and South Dakota, for exam ple, a large proportion of the wheat acreage is being plowed up and sown to flax. i An early drouth in this section, fol lowed by days of continuous hot winds, which took the moisture out of the ground and started the wheat to head ing out, have been the causes of the threatened crop shortage. On all of the Northwestern roads all new construc tion has been ordered stopped. One road which had several hundred miles of new road graded and ready for rails has ceased work on this Improvement. Track forces have either been cut to a minimum or ordered reduced In the immediate future. FARMS CALL FOB HARVESTERS Kansas Gets 25,000 Men and Xeeds as Many More. TOPEKA, Kan.. June 25. (Special.) The big rush of the wheat harvest is now on In 60 counties of Kansas. A call for 40.000 men to help in the fields has been responded to by probably 25.000 and as many more could be used In the grain end alfalfa-cutting with profit. The Kan sas eight-hour law does not apply to the wheat fields,- and a day's labor of 16 bours more properly fills' the bill in the harvest fields. Kansans respect Sunday as a day of rest and for religious worship, but they consider It a duty to go into their fields' and work on that day to save their crops If that is deemed necessary. In years past wheat farmers have worked In their fields on many Sundays, and they will do it again tomorrow. Local employment agencies have been 'deluged with calls for hundreds of men from all sections of Southern and Cen tral Kansas and Oklahoma. In Okla homa word comes that many fields of wheat are so rire that the grain is fall ing on the ground. There has not been 1 sufficient labor to take care of it. i 1 OREGON RATES ATTACKED ; State Railroad Commission " Files i Complaint in Washington.. ! OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash- Ington. June 25. The Oregon Rail road Commission today filed a com , plaint with- the Interstate Commerce '; Commission ag-anst the Southern Pa i ciflc and about 50 other railroads, al J leging that less than carload rates from .Eastern points to points in Oregon, on the Southern Pacific south of Portland, are excessive in that they exceed the J rates in effect prior to March 22. 1910. They object to the Increased locals J from Portland to Valley points, which - in every case are added to the rate from the east to Portland. The State .Commission asks that these alleged un- reasonable rates be abolished and that ; the commission fix new maximum rates i that are reasonable. :RATE TROUBLES REVIVED ; Shippers Protest Against Changes in ' Eastern Classifications. , CHICAGO, June 25. A controversy J has arisen, it is said, between the rail i roads and the shippers regarding I changes in the official classification r that governs freight in the territory J east of the Mississippi River and north . of the Ohio River. The shippers are ' making the claim that the agreement between the railroad presidents and President Taft with regard to increased ; freight rates Included all Increases, i The railroad men Insist that classifica ' tlpn matters were not included and ! ehould not be. i The shippers Insist that changes 'in classifications are often the me- dlum. of increasing' the transporta ; tion charge and that these matters , should also be submitted to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. :AUT0 ROAD TO BE TESTED J Carriage Party Leaves Astoria to ', Meet Portland Excursionists. ASTORIA. Or., June 25. (Special.); JI. F. Prael, F. L. Parker and C. S. Brown left this morning In a carriage for Portland, going by way of the J Nehalem Valley and thence to St. Hel . ens. where they will be met by Port : land automobllists. . The object of the trip is to ascertain ? whether the roads between here and Portland are in a condition to be used ' by automobiles. COLONEL AMES ON TRIAL Court-Martial Investigates Army Scandal in Secret. MANILA, June 25. Mrs. Janney, the -(Widow of Lieutenant Clarence M. Jan ney, was a witness today at the trial by courtmartial of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert F. Ames, of the Twelfth Infantry, U. S. A., charged with conduct unbecom ing an officer and to the prejudice of military discipline. The proceedings were private. The taking of testimony will be concluded on Monday and the argument will follow. The Janneys were married In New Tork in 190S. She was Madeline McKasslck and belonged to a prominent family in San Francisco. She first married Dr. Padar Burguiare, whom she divorced for failure to provide. Lieutenant-Colonel Ames is a native of Rhode Island and entered the Army In 1874. At the head of the court are Brigadier General John G. Pershing, Commander of Fort William McKinley. and Brigadier General Daniel H. Brush, Commandant of the Department of the Visayas. Following the invesiigation of the sui cide of Lieutenant Janney while he and his wife were dinner guests at the home of Ames at Fort Wl!liam McKinley. the Waf Department ordered that Ames be tried by courtmartial. The trouble be tween the Janneys began when Janney discovered In his superior officer's house a champagne cooler itfhich had belonged to him at one time, but had been given to Ames by Mm. Janney. FRANCE BUYS L BERALLY TRADE WITH UNITED STATES IS LARGEST EVER KNOWN. Sales of Luxuries Offset by Pur chases of Merchandise Colonies ' Poor Markets for America. . WASHINGTON. June 25. Trade of the United States with France in tlje fiscal year ending with this month will proba'bly aggregate about $250,000,000, the largest total on record. Should the rate of commerce Between the two republics shown by the ten months' figures at hand be maintained during May and June, imports will ,be $130, 000.000 and exports $120,000,000. Comparative figures prepared by the bureau of statistics ' of the Department of Commerce and Labor covering the past four years show that commerce with France follows the general trend of International trade during the past few years a decline in 1908 from the high level touched in the preceding year, a partial recovery In 1909, fol lowed by high-record figures in 1910. Imports from France In 1907 were $128,000,000 in value; In 1908 they re ceded to $102,000,000, in 1909 stood at $108,000,000. and for ten months of 1910 amount to $118,000,000, indicating for the full fiscal year a total of $130. 000,000. Exports to France In 1907 aggregated $114,000,000, in 1908 slight ly advanced to $116,000,000, in 1909 re ceded to $109,000,000, and In ten months of 1S10, were. $106,000,000, indicating for the twelve months ending June SO a total of $120,000,000, both imports and exports being. In the present year, the highest on record. Of the imports from France a very large proportion is composed of ar ticles 'usually classed as luxuries. Of diamonds, for example, the imports in the ten months ending with April amounted to over. $5,000,000, or twice those of. the preceding year; of the other precious stones, nearly $4,000, 000, against $2,000,000 last year; of cot ton laces, etc.. about $8,000,000, or slightly less than those of last year; silk manufactures $13,500,000, against $12,500,000 last year; of champagne, $5,750,000, against $4,500,000 last year; distilled spirits, $2,250,000 against $1,500,000 last year; of automobiles, $1,250,000. against $1,500,000 last year; and of kid and other leather gloves. $3,000,000 compared with $2,500,000 last year, in the corresponding period. Art works, of which the class "20 years old. or over" was by the recent tariff transferred to the free list, show in the ten months importations of nearly $9,000,000, against a little over $1,000, 000 in the like period of 1909. Other Important items include feathers and flowers( ' woolen dress goods and olive oil; while among the class of articles for use In manufacturing, hides and skins, India rubber, raw silk, argols, and glycerin- range in value from $1, 000,000 to $4,000,000 each in the ten months. Exports from the United States to France consist chiefly of manufactur ers' materials and foodstuffs, though many classes of American manufac tures find markets of greater or less extent in that country. Of raw cotton the exports in ten months ending with April amouned in 1910 to $65,000,000, against $47,500,000 in each o'f the last two years; of pig copper $10,333,000; of unmanufactured tobacco, $2666,000; of lubricating oil, $2,000,000; of boards and timber, $1,000,000; and of fertil izers, $500,000. Exports of foodstuffs, to France, as to other countries, show decreases compared with earlier years. In the ten months of 1910 under re view, corn exports were about $250,000 in. value; . wheat $760,000; fruit and nuts.' $500,000; meat and dairy prod ucts, . leps than $500,000; - and cotton seed oil, $500,000. Agricultural imple ments exported to France were valued at. $2,066,000; builders' hardware, $500, 000; typewriters. $750,000; metal-working machinery, over $500,000; electrical machinery, '$333,000; upper leather, $1,000,000; boots and shoes, over $333, 000; and furniture, about $200,000. Merchandise from the United States forms a steadily increasing share of the total imports of France: In the five years ending with 1884, 9 per cent; In the five years ' ending with 1904, 10 per cent; and in the five years ending with 1909, 11. per cent. Mean time the 'percentage of the imports Into the United States, from France, which was 11 Va .per cent in the five years ending with 1S84, had decreased to St per cent in the five years end ing with 1004, and 8 per cent in the five years ending with 1909. French colonies and possessions have not. thus far, proved large markets for products of the . United States, and comparatively "few of their products enter our own markets. Considering the ten months' figures now at hand, the imports from all French colonies amounted to $1,250,000, and exports to .that tt rritory-' $3,000,000. The imports came, chiefly from French Africa and French Oceania, while the exports went principally to French Africa, French Oceania, French Guiana, and the Fre'tach West Indies. According to the official figures of France, her colonies have a total import trade of $220,000, 000, of which the share supplied by the United States is but $5,250,000, or 2Vt per cent. Their exports were, in the latest available year, about $180, ,000.000, of which less than $1,000,000 in value went to the United States. TREAT PLANNED FOR TOTS Vancouver's Poos Children Will Be Taken on Picnic. , VANCOUVER, Wash., June 25. (Spe cial.) For poor children of the city and surrounding country, an annual picnic will be given on Burnt Bridge Creek Wednesday, June 29, by the Sal vation Army, of which E. W. G. Walsh Is captain here. Some of the children will go to the grounds on the street cars, others will be taken in carriages and not a few will walk. Last year more than 100 youngsters were treated to a delightful day. under the trees and on the banks of a beau tiful stream. BOY CONQUERS AIR Hood River Genius Winner of Aviation Prize. MODEL NOT LIKE OTHERS Severe Test, Imposed by Inventor . Himself, Is Met by Machine, ' Which Is Aeroplane, but Has ' ' Big Planes Set in Rear. Fifteen-year-old George L. Batch elder, of Hood River, in competition with several hundred other boys from all sections of the United States, has won a prize for constructing the best aeroplane model. The miniature flying machine built by the Hood River lad is of a unique model, embodying some new ideas in aviation. It was constructed In a short space of time. The trophy won by XT i George L. Batchelder, of Hood River, and Aeroplane Model, for . Construction of Which He was Awarded First Prise In Aero- . anew msBiune V ompf UT1UH. f young Batchelder was a cash prize of fered by Fly, an aeronautical maga zine, v George Batchelder's description of his aircraft and how it was built will be of great interest to the lads of Portland, for there are several in this city who are interested in attempts to conquer the air. The following is young Batchelder's letter describing his monoplane: "I am 15 years of' age. The model flies with the large surface (and the propeller) in the rear. r Work Speedily Bone. I built the framework in a single afternoon and covered it with cloth in about one hour and a half. The Joints are fastened by punching- a hole in the II life '--v it , v f fLiiifrtmiMiHT in ai in i i.i wood and tjghtly fastened by running a wire through and binding it with wire, as I find that is stronger and better suited for the Jars received in flying' and landing than gluing. The small front - plane is 10 Inches ' by 3 Inches, or 30 square inches, and the large plane is 24 inches by 4 inches, with an open place in the center" 4 inches by l Inches, making 120 square Inches in the large plane. Altogether there are 150 square inches of lifting surface in the monoplane. "The cloth used in covering the aero plane is longcloth; the large plane is made of spilt bamboo about 3-16 inch square, and the small plane with split bamboo about inch square; the two main pieces going the whole length are of fir, 20 inches long, 3-16 inch thick and Vz inch 'wide. The entire length, including the propeller, i 21 inches. "The propeller is 8 inches long, and its greatest width is Vt inches. The aeroplane has "traveled 114 .feet with 95 turns of the propeller. I had the propeller cut out of tin at a local plumber's shop, although the plan was altogether mine. "Another test of the propeller is to hold the machine perpendicular and with the propeller wound 95 times, with a slight shove, it will push Itself to the height of 15 feet and then auto matically right itself and fly 30 feet forward on the level. And still another test is to start it slanting at about .45 degrees and it will fly to a height of over 25 feet. "My longest flight was 114 feet with 95 turns of the propeller, making an average of 14 1-3 inches tothe turn; while I made witft a stronger rubber, which would only stand 15 turns, a flight of 100 feet, which was about 16 inches to each revolution of the pro peller. "My model is a monoplane, unlike any large size monoplane, as the small plane is in front and the propeller Is in the rear. The Clarke flyers of Eng land are similar to this machine, but they are not man-carrying aeroplanes." LAND TAXES TO BE FOUGHT Clark County Protective ' Union Formed to Aid Settlers on Grants. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 25 (Spe cial.) To bring a' test case against Clark County to have the delinquent taxes on lands levied In 1902, 1903 and j 1904, and formerly owned by the grants, canceled, the Clark County Protective IJnlon was reorganized to day at a meeting held In the County courthouse. More than $10,000 is in volved in the controversy. President Olson, of the union, said today that Representative McCredie would be secured to fight the case for the settlers, if possible. Under the land . grants of 1864 the Northern Pacific- Railroad Company were given lands provided that it would build a railroad from Walla, Walla to Portland. The grants were declared forfeited in 1896. and for sev eral years the case was in court. Set tlers were coming in and taking up the land and for three years settlers' proofs were not approved tby the Gov ernment. The settlers contend that they should not be compelled to pay taxes on the lands until their patents are issued. .,. - Men Named to Spend Fund. OREGON CITY; Or., June t5.-(Spe-clal.) The board of governors of the Oregon City Commercial Club has named a new publicity committee that met last, night for . organization and to elect a chairman. This committee, un der a': special resolution, will have power to disburse the funds of . the publicity department. It Is composed of It "E. Cross. O. D. Eby, Frank Busch, Linn E. Jones and George A. Harding. i THE WHOLESOME SATISFACTION that you derive from our clothes as well as the courteous treatment that you receive will surely make you. a permanent customer of this store of solid values OUR MEN'S DEPARTMENT includes everything that is newest and best OUR JUVENILE DEPARTMENT contains the latest novelties made with the same care and attention as the men's- . MODEST PRICES ALWAYS PREVAIL HERE LITTLE WOMEN'S and MISSES' WASH DRESSES ONE-HALF PRICE BEN MRS. HOUI LEADER NORTHWESTERN Y. W. C. A. IN "SESSION AT BREAKERS. Portland Woman Social Spirit Lead er With Walla Walla Delegate. Montana Represented. THE BREAKERS. Wash., June 25. (Special.) While the Northwestern conn ference of the Toung Women's Christian Association is In session at Tha Break ersi there are three other similar gather ings In the United States at the same time, Asheville, N. C.; Silver Bay, N. Y., and Gravesvtlln. O. Jessie M. Honeyman. of Portland, the social hostess, is the leader of tha social spirit which is felt in every part of the conference. Mrs. Honeyman and Mrs. Penrose, of Walla Walla, met each guest at the door as the secretary and teachers called upon the different groups at their stations, while later in the day the calling became general. One of the interesting features was the guessing of the distance covered by the delegates in attendance. The association most distant was Billings, Mont., and it was estimated that the four young women from that city were 1250 miles away from home. The women from New York were sur prised and one of them exclaimed: "Why, it is as though the girls in Omaha would attend Sliver Bay conference, in New York." It Is planned that the assembly will be an outing as well as a time for study, and no classes are held in the afternoon that the girls may return to their homes without the wornout feel ing that so often accompanies a conven tion. - There has been inaugurated "the quiet hour" between 2 and 3 o'clock every aft ernoon. The halls are empty at this time and tire house is nearly hushed as though the nighttime had settled upon It. Every girl is supposed to pass this time in rest ing or studying, although some of the most indefatigable wander off to the beach. Ben Chism's Funeral Held. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. June 25. (Spe cial.) The body of Ben Chlsm, who was taken to Portland Thursday for an opera- FOOD THS GREAT BEAUTIF1EH is a sure remedy for Hoi low Cheeks, m Scrawny n e o k. Thin Shoulders and r m aa well ti "Crow's Feet" about the eyes ana lines around the mouth. 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