fi TITE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909. , ! SHINGLE STRIKE SEEMS IMMINENT Grays Harbor Trouble May Spread to All Coast Mills. INSPECTORS ARE BLAMED Weavers Claim They Cut Down Their Pay Demand for Raise Made, but Mill-Owners Re ject It Meet Sunday. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. S.--Shlngle manufacturers here openly confirm . the tatement that If the strike of shinglo weavert Is declared all the mills of the Coast will be drawn Into the controversy. and that It will end In a declaration by j all manufacturers for the "open shop" ; policy. Following; a declaration of strike. If It should be declared, the' mills or Grays Harbor and Chehalis County will prompt ly close and will not reopen until mar ket conditions shall Improve and the open shop order can be enforced. Grading Is a cause of part of the trouble. Inspec tors are now Installed In all the mills who require workers to conform to certain standards. The weavers say that this rullne reallv cuts down their pay. The manufacturers say that they pay for good grade shingles and that they are en titled to what they pay for. A strike appears Imminent. Wage Scale Js an Issue. The shingle weavers want a raise of one and one-half cents per 1000, or from eight and one-half cents, the present wage, to ten cents. Both sides are re ticent, the manufactures saying thev will do everything In their power to avert trouble, but allege that the present mar ket prices do not warrant an advance. The shingle weavers say they do not care to discuss the situation until after Saturday's meeting when both sides hope a compromise can be made. As the case tands now. the weavers have submitted their demands and the manufacturers have replied in a statement, issued after the meeting last night that "It is impos sible to concede the demands of the weavers or Increase the present scale of wages in any particular." WAGE SCALE IS TCRXED DOWN Shingle Packers Asked 10 Cents Per 1000; Knot Sawyers $4. HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept. S. (Special.) The Chehalis County Shingle Manu facturers' Association has turned down the following schedule of wages re cently submitted by the union: Packers. 10 cents per 1000 for IB-inch Ihlngles; knot sawyers. J4 per day, working six men behind 10-block ma chines. 14.50- working five men behind same and $4.50 working three men be hind a double block. The union will hold a meeting here Sunday to decide upon a course of action. BULK OF HOPS HARVESTED Vield This Year Will Fall Short of Early Estimates. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) "In another week S5 per cent of the Oregon hop crop will be under cover." declared st prominent grower this evening.. "The weather is ideal for hop-picking, espe rlally in view of the critical condition of the crop. The hops are swarming with lice, but there is scarcely a trace of mold. "The crop is lighter than anticipated in most yards and will fall short of the . .0OO to M0 bales predicted. When the pickers get into a yard they find a great many very small hops. Also, the crop la green and the shrinkage will be larger. ' The latest estimates are from 60.000 to ' C5.00O bales, but it is too early to tell how accurate these figures are." It is reported that the Krebs yards are holding up very well, the yield being es timated at 1500 bales. SLEEPING MAN IS KILLED Rock Crashes Into Laborer's Hut at Hastings Camp. GRASS VALLEY. Or.. Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) The first fatal . accident In the construction of the Deschutes Railroad occurred at the Hastings Camp. Sher ar's Bridge, Thursday night about U o'clock. A. Rowson was sleeping m a tent with Gill Faley and James Reece. A large rock about the size of a man's head fell from a high cliff and tore through the tent, striking A. Rowson on the left aide. It fractured the left leg and caused Internal Injuries. Rowson was brought to. the Deschutes Railroad Hospital In this city at 6 o'clock this morning, and died at 10.35 A. M. He was a native of England, 35 years 6 months old. ALBANY MAN SWEEPS FIELD fiU Hogs, Sheep and Poultry Rank First at Sacramento Fair. ALBANY, Or.. Sept. S. Speclal.) Word das been received here that Ed Schoel, a farmer residing two and a half miles south of Albany, has taken every first prize In the classes of hogs, sheep and poultry in which he competed at the California State Fair at Sacramento. Bchoel took 25 hogs, 13 sheep and 39 specimens of poultry to Sacramento and has evidently swept the field. He will take his exhibit to the Oregon State Fair at Salem, the Pacific National Livestock Show at Portland and the Seattle Exposi tion. Last year Schoel took 1774 in pre miums at fairs at Salem, Portland. North Yakima and Spokane with an exhibit of hogs and poultry. WIFEBEATER SERVES TIME Clifton May Must Spend SO Days In Oregon City Jail. OREGON CITT. Or., Spt. S. (Special.) Clifton May. of Beaver Creek, who ftruck his wife in the face on Main street yesterday, with such force that she was thrown to the ground, appeared for a hearing this afternoon before Recorder Dlmick. The charge was drunken and disorderly conduct. After being severely reprimanded by Recorder Dimlck for the act the man was sentenced to 50 days In jail. If May should repeat his offense when he is given his liberty, it Is prob able he will have a chance to visit the whipping post. May had been drinking heavily at the time he struck his wife, and it was while he was attemptlng'to drag his little child from the buggy his wife Interfered and pleaded with him to go home with her. The man raised his ftet and struck a vicious blow, but dodging this she was again attacked, the latter blow felling her to the ground. A large crowd gathered, and May was at once taken in charge by Officer Miles. AGED FARMER SWINDLED Alleged Racetrack Men Kept Him Under Hypnotic Influence. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 3. Opecial.) Lars Olson, the aged, retired farmer of Belllngham who was buncoed by racetrack men here, made the claim to the court this morning that he had beep hypnotised by the men. John W. Stanton and Ha'rry 'Overton, "of Seattle. Olson . lost on a fake poolroom stunt and was pearly beaten out of a cheque for ' J5X: He 'stated today that the, men, he believes, kept him under hypnotic influence from the time they met him. preventing him from getting the boat back to Belllngham on which were his wife and daughter, and making him bet on the alleged races when he had never before wagered a single bet. The swindling took place August 26. LADIES WITH Ai M LT V. . , wi f f J 4 - W LEFT TO MIGHT MISS T. TAKAS.W1II. MRS. K. TAKI, JRS. HOR1KOSHI, BAHONESS N. E. SHIBl'SAWA, ' BARONESS S. KAXDA. ' Both prisoners were committed for trial without ball by the magistrate. William Hi. Gill, the well-known Se attle lawyer and Councilman, appeared for a third party in the case whose name he refused to divulge, and who is much wanted for an interview by the local police. BLAST UNCOVERS GOLD ORE Workman Has Quartz Quietly As sayed and Flies on Four Claims. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) When a blast on the state road, being built east of Washougal, through, the Cascade Mountains, was set off re cently, it revealed a large quarts ledge, bearing gold and silver. John Greene, a workman, who was formerly a miner, was the only one there who knew the rock was mineral bearing. Taking Bamples of the quartz, he had them assayed in Portland, and it was found that the rock carried 32 In gold ,h. with rpvatrI ounces of silver. Without telling his fellow workmen of his discovery, Greene staked out four claims near the Bear Prairie bridge, on wo-hnttcrai River, and came to this city, the county seat, yesterday, and filed on the four lode claims, me w uu Cat, Greene Stockton and Bear Prairie. After learning of the discovery of gold i ih. .rwir. th nthpr workmen and resi dents of Washougal are staking out claims. Greene resigned his position on . road and is spending his time on his claims. Quite a ripple or goia buk" prevails at WashougaL THIS LABOR DAY UNIQUE Patrons of Cherry Grove DUtrict Will Fix t'p Sclioolhouse. VANCOUVER. Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) At Cherry Grove, this county. La bor day will be spent in preparing for the opening of school. Invitations havs been sent out calling the people to the schoolhouse early In the morning, and the women are requested to bring lunch baskets. The women will wash the school house windows, scrub the floors, wash the furniture, adjust the blinds, put up curtains, arrange the flowerbeds around the school. The men are asked to fix the fence, level the playground, put up swings and make the woodpile larger. HEAVY RAINS DELAY TRAINS Washout at Unity Ties Fp Traffic on p. R. & X.' Line. BAKtR CITY. Or., Sept. t (Special.) Following a terrific waterspout at Unity, which washed out the O. R. & N. tracks and delayed all trains until noon today, a heavy rain fell throughout this sec tion of Oregon this afternoon. Considerable damage was done to grain that had been cut. The Senatorial train, east bound, was delayed here until this afternoon and the Senators were entertained by Baker City business men with a tallyho ride around the valley. LAST TRIP STEAMER POTTER The O. R- N. steamer T. J. Potter, from North Beach, will make her last trip leaving Megler. :00 o'clock P. M. Monday, September 6, Labor Day. Indian Fighter Dies. MILTON., Or.. Sept. 3. (Special.) James Shaw, aged K years, pioneer Indian fighter and trail-blaser, died at his home near Sunnyslde, a few miles below this city, Wednesday. Death was due to blood poisoning. TRADE INTERESTS AT Japanese and Americans Pledge Reciprocity in Trans-Pacific Traffic. BANQUET IS ELABORATE Commercial Men of Two Nations Promise to Aid In Increase of Exchange of Commodities Be tween East and West. - SEATTLE. Sept. S. A .treaty of peace and reciprocity entered into by the busl- UNITED BOARD JAPANESE PARTY SOON TO VISIT PORTLAND. . A V t j ' ,r ness men of Japan and those of the Pacific Coast of the United States was ratified tonight at a banquet given in the Rainier Club by the Associated Cham bers of Commerce of the eight ( large cities of the Pacific Coast to the repre sentatives of the six great commercial cities of Japan. It is agreed by the contracting parties, without signing any papers, that they will be friends always; that they will buy merchandise from one another; that they will make, pack and ship the goods in I the manner that pleases the purcnaser, conforming to the usages of his country. The Japanese, who are about to start on a Journey to every manufacturing city of the United States, were all present at tonight's dinner. They had spent the day looking through the Seattle factories that make goods which Japan needs, but does not produce. In all the cities vis ited this will be the programme. Few Visitors Speak English.' In banquet halls the Japanese are somewhat t a disadvantage, for the chief man among them the greatest man in Asia, his fellow-commlssloners call him Baron Eiichi Shlbusawa speaks no English, and others of the elderly 'men are similarly handlcaped. The commis sioners will from time to time offer sug gestions to American merchants and manufacturers that will increase their sales In Japan. The assemblage tonight, when the time for speeches arrived, was called to or der by J. D. Lowman, president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce on the Pacific Coast, who Introduced Judge Thomas Burke, of this city, to deliver the address of welcome. Judge Burke said In part: Judge Burke Makes Address. "This is an auspicious occasion. It Is far more than a mere interchange of courtesies between a few merchants of two countries. This delegation from Japan Is composed of the most eminent representatives of financial, commercial, manufacturing and educational tnterests of the empire. They come as envoys di rect from the people of Japan to the people of America. Their mission is to bear a message of friendship and good will to us, to becqme better acquainted with the people of this country, and to afford the people of this country an op portunity to become better acqualnlied with the Japanese; to observe and study at first hand the great country about which they have heard so much. Its cities, its great industrial centers, its agricul tural regions and- its educational insti tutions; to extend their acquaintance with the business men of the country, and thus lay the foundation for an increase of trade between their country and ours. "It marks the most advanced and Inter esting step yet taken to bring the pro ducing classes of the two countries into intimate, neighborly relations. It will go far toward putting an end to old preju dice. It will increase mutual respect. It will stimulate trade between the two countries, to the Immeasurable benefit of both. It will make for international peace." Judge Burke's address was repeated in Japanese by an Interpreter, Mr. Zumoto, of the Tokio Times. Shlbusawa Pledges Friendship. Baron Shlbusawa, speaking in Japanese, gave thanks for the friendly reception of the commissioners in Seattle, and as sured his hearers of Japan's affection for the United States. The great develop ment of the Pacific Coast In recent years had filled him with wonder. United States Senator Piles proposed the toast, "The Empire of Japan," and B. Nakano responded. E. F. Blaine, of this city, one of the American trade commissioners who visited Japan last year, described the experience of the commissioners and their Impressions of Japan. Response was made by 'K. Mat sukata. the great shipbuilder of Kobe, the only speaker of the night who needed no Interpreter, being able to address the banqueters perfectly in both tongues. He repeated what he said at the Kobe banquet to the Americans that If the merchants of the United States and Japan understood the peculiarities of the de mands of each country, there would be a tremendous Increase In exchanges of commodities. - Robert S. Dollan .delivered an address of welcome in behalf of California. BEXSOX TJXABLE TO ATTEXD Governor Will Be In California When Japanese Are Here. SALEM, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) Governor Benson, who has been in vited to deliver the address of wel come at the banquet to be given by the Portland Chamber of Commerce on September 9, In honor of the distin guished Japanese now touring this country, will be unable to accept the invitation. Secretary McArthur states that the Governor has changed his plans and will not be home until September 11 or 12. . ROYAL GIFT IS PRESENTED Columbia Lutheran Synod Gets Flag From Sweden's King. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) At a session of the Columbia con ference of the Swed!ss Evangelical Lutheran Augustina Synod today. Bishop C. E. Frisk, of Tacoma, who Is presiding. i . r ! ' if- presented the conference with a flag which was a gift from the King of Swe den and with it the personal greetings of the monarch. The conference convened this morning. Eighteen ministers and about as many lay delegates are in attendance. The conference takes In Washington, Oregon and a part of Idaho. Missionary topics will be discussed and business transacted pertaining to the church college at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The conference opened this morning with a sermon by Bishop FtiRk. This afternoon there was a general dis cussion and tonight there was an Eng lish session wnen sermons were delivered by Rev. G. A. Rydquist, of Astoria, and H. A. W. Young, of Seattle. Sunday the 25th anniversary of the organization of the local church Is to be celebrated and the conference will also install Rev. Richard Olson, who Is to succeed Rev. B. F. Bengstson as pastor of the local church. STREET GRADE TO COME UP Astorians Wrestle With Expensive Problem. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) Dur ing the past few weeks efforts have i been made to secure the consent of the interested property-owners to raise the , grade on Commercial street, between Eighth and Tenth streets, about four feet. The owners of the property in the first block were anxious for the change. but those owning property in the second block objected, saying the cost of raising the buildings would be too great. As the construction of two reinforced concrete business blocks depends upon the grades being changed and, as under the charter, a petition signed by the own ers of at least three-fifths of the abut ting property must be secured before the grade of an Improved street can be changed, a plan is now being devised to overcome the opposition by circulating a petition, asking that the grade on, five blocks be raised, thus enlarging the dis trict in which It Is believed the required number of signers can be secured. The grade on the additional three blocks -is to be raised only an inch or two. Just sufficient to say that a change Is made. PRESS COMMITTEE NAMED President Hazeltlne Appoints His Executive Board. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Sept. 3. (Spe cial.) At the recent annual session of the State Press Association in Seattle the appointment of the main committee, the executive committee, was left to be named by the president, F. A. Hazeltine. The committee Just appointed by him is as follows: J. W. Lysonp, of Seattle; J. D. Dean. White River Journal, Kent; Thomas Hooker, Chronicle, Spokane; Ben Spear, Douglas County Press, Wat erville; G. A. Haynes, Record, Prosser, and A. H. Stulfauth. Capital, Ellensburg. This committee will select the next place of meeting and fix the date. The cities bidding for the next meeting are Walla Walla, Anacortes and Wenatchee. EXCURSION CLATSOP BEACH I'm going "Down the Columbia" to CLATSOP BEACH on the A. & C. R. special Labor day excursion train, leav ing Portland at 7:45 A. M. and return ing at 10:15 P. M. COME ALONG. Oregon Creamery Removal. Best quality milk, butter, cream, cheese, etc., at Oregon Creamery Co., 130 Second street. New ana larger facilities for conducting business In most approved" sanitary manner. Oregon Herbs (a tea) best remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. Nature's own preparation. 60c at all druggists. 1 NAME STARTS ROW North Bank Objects to Bingen for White Salmon. INJUNCTION SUIT BEGUN Demand Made of State Railroad Commission That Original Name Be Retained Because of Jts Trade Value. " WHITE SALMON, Sept. 3. (Special.) The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Company yesterday filed in the Superior Court of Kllckitatt County a suit for an injunction against the State Railroad Commission of Wash ington to' delay enforcement of the Commission's ' order that the railroad place the name of Bingen as a station on Its timetables and tariffs, bracketed with the name of White Salmon, and that tickets sold to passengers for Bingen shall bear the name of Bingen, in connection with that of White Sal mon. This order was Issued by the Rail road Commission August 16, as a re sult of Bingen's protest against its non recognition as a station. The petition asks the Superior Court to make an order requiring the Commission to cer- j tify to the Court all the pleadings and testimony relating to the hearing at the White Salmon station within 90 days after the date of service of the writ. T.ocf Cnrlnt. thtt Catn T?nllrnart Pflm. 1 r ...v- - , mission, composed of H. A. Falrchlld, 1 J. C- Lawrence and Jesse S. Jones, made a tour of inspection over many" of the railroads In this state, notify ing each station in advance as to the time of its arrival and requesting that any complaints as to the service or ef ficiency of railroad facilities be pre sented to them for hearing. The Com mission reached White Salmon Station June 7, and the complaint submitted here was in substance as follows: At the time the North Bank road was built, the depot for Bingen and White Sal mon was located on a portion of the right of way obtained from the town- site of Bingen, and for a time was called Bingen. About 15 months ago the railroad company changed the names of the station to White Salmon, which seemed to the people of Bingen an injustice, and their protest caused the Commission to issue the recent order. , The "White Salmon Valley has been widely advertised, until White Sal mon has come to be a trade name for this section, and its products, and the confusion resulting from the valley be ing known by one name and the sta tion tapping It by another, caused the railroad company to make the change and to file suit against the enforce ment of the Commission's decree. The fact that there is another station of similar name, Benge, on their line near Spokane, added to the confusion of traffic. , Judge W. W. McCredle will hold the next session of the Superior Court for Klickitat County at Goldendale. the county seat, on September 14, 1909, at which session the petition will be heard. COOS BAY SHORT OF MEN Sawmills Resume, but Find That They Are ' Short-Handcd. MARSHFIELD. Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) Help for mills and logging camps is scarce here now. The Simpson mill at North Bend resumed operations today but only with a small crew, as millmen could not be secured. There is also a scarcity of men in they lumber camps around Coos Bay and In the Coqullle Valley. The lumber business Is reviving gen erally m this county. .The Simpson Company at North Bend will now run both of its mills. The Myrtle Point mill has received a large order and will re sume and the Reynolds mill at North Bend has been reopened. The rebuild ing of the Cody mill will be hurried and the Lyons & Johnson mill at Bandon is cutting the lumber for the new Cody mill to replace the one which was burned. Reports from all parts of the county are encouraging for the lumbermen. PRISON EXPERT EXPOSED Not an Authority Because He Is ' Only Purchasing Agent. TACOMA, Sept. $. Prison Commis sioner Mills, of New York, who bitterly denounced Judge Be"n B. Llndsey, of Denver, and declared too much eentl mentalism was Injected into prison re form work, at the convention of the American Prison Congress in Seattle a few weeks ago, was ridiculed this morning by Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Gov ernment Prison Inspector. "Commissioner Mills, who Is treasurer of the American Prison Association, la not a practical prison man," said Mrs. Foster. "Hie position Is that of agent for the purchase of prison goods and is one which does not bring him into daily con tact with prison reform worR. Conse quently he does not know." SALMON RUN IS HEAVY Large Xumbers Are Being Taken in Gray's Harbor. HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept. 8. (Special.) The run of black salmon on Grays Harbor is increasing and more than 450 fine fish were received at the Hoqulam Packing Company's cannery yesterday. The fish are exceedingly large, averag ing about 20 pounds. Many of them scale as high as 45 pounds. The run for so early In the year Is said to be nearly 33 per cent larger than previous seasons. A great many green sturgeon are -also being caught. Fines Total $1,584.50. HOQUIAM. Wash., Sept. 3. (Special.) Fines, forfeitures and court costs amounting to $1584.50 were turned over to the city yesterday by ' Police Judge Warren, It being the biggest financial month experienced by the city In years. The police made 113 arrests and 94 cases were tried. Chinook Salmon Monster. HOQUIAM, Wash., Sept. 3. (Special.) A Chinook salmon weighing exactly 50 pounds was shipped to H. D. Chapman, at the Seattle Exposition, to be used as an 'exhibit in the Chehalis County build ing. The fish is the largest caught In Grays Harbor this- season. Baker Pioneer Is Buried. BAKER CITY, Or., Sept. 8.-SpeclaL) j 'I " J VICTOR What are you planning in the way of en tertainment and amusement for the Fall and Winter evenings ? This is the problem that will soon con front you. . Let Us Help You. 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Nice shaded walks, swings, tables, and on the banks of the sceniq Clackamas. Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. A. Leonnig. one of the most prominent pioneer residents of Baker County, who died Tuesday, was buried here this af ternoon. Leonnig was the first rancher In Powder Valley who raised vegetables, and the foundation of the large fortno which he left was laid by selling his products to miners in the early days. COURT GRANTS FRANCHISE Electric Company to Transmit Pow er to Mount Angel to VVoodburn. SALEM, Or., Sept. 3. (Special.) The Marion County Court today granted the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany a franchise for the construction of a JTOOO-transmlssion line from Mount An gel to Woodburn. The new line will be modern and high-grade In every respect. The court has also ordered the con Ziehen you say give me the best value in a hat, the honest hatter hands you a Gordon Hat $3 The"tordon De Luxe $4.00 'fill struction of a fill 1182 feet long across Mission Bottom, where an old bridge Is now used. This Is one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by the county. Reduced Fares To the East low Summer Tourist Tickets on snle September 9 and October 4. When vou go East take the "Scenic Siltghway Through the Land of Fortune." Service as superb as the scenery. Visit Yel lowstone Park en route. Full par ticulars, with illustrated litera ture from A. It. Cbnrlton. A. G. P. A., 255 Mnrrlnon St., Pnrtlnnd. I ATHLETES TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM MUST LOOK WELL TO THE CONDITION OF THE SKIN. TO THIS END THE BATH SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH f-IAMH firm. 'gjjaX SAPOLIOS All Crocero and Druggist . r