THE MORNING OREGOMAN, FRIDAY, APRIL. 22, 1910. 17 FIGHT FOR PACIFIC COAST C0I1L LOST Alavy West Not Confined to Use of Home Full, For eign Vessels Win. HUMPHREY'S DATA WEAK 'Representative Not Prepared to Answer Questions in Debate on Naval l-'uel Bonus Too Cost lyAlaska Pinchot-Tied. ' OrtBGCXNTAN' NEWS BUREAU. Wah- . Ington, April 21. With the coal resources of Alaska still undeveloped, and their ' future wrapped in considerable doubt, as a result of "Pinchot conservation." the House of Representatives refused to In sert in the naval appropriation bill a provision requiring the Navy Department to burn Pacific Coast coal exclusively in ; the warships' on the Pacific station. Simultaneously, the Houfe turned down the request of Representative Humphrey, t V, T anil T eTra art t a t ir a KBtin. or caltrornia, mat coai snipped to the Pacific from the Atlantic Coast be "transported exclusively in American bot- ... If. . t -. ....x.x.l . i 1 ,1 f .. 1al rf votes, for both amendments were sub mitted to the House and defeated on a division. It has been established, beyond all question of doubt, that much of the coal tied up 1n Alaska Is superior to that miner! In "Rrttlwh ivlnmhlfl nnd much su. perior. for steaming purposes, to the coal mined in the states bordering on the Pacific. If this Alaska coal were beins developed in commercial quantities, and If the continued production was assured through the patenting of Alaska coal landn to Individuals and Corporations Pre pared to market the product. It is quite probable that Oonpress, in the interest of economy, would require the depart ment to purchase Alaska coal for its Pa cific, fleet so long as that coal could be obtained at a price below that now paid for Pocahontas coal, that is transported around the Horn from Newnort News, Va. foreign Ships Cheaper. It was shown in the debates that the Navy annually ships to 'the Pacific Coast about 174.000 tors of coal .for the use of Its Pacific fleet. Most of this coal now Roes in foreign bottoms, because they have contracted to deliver the coal at San Francisco or Pugcet Sound for about $3.50 a ton. American ships refuse to handle this coal for less than $7 to J7.25 a ton. iiciii:e nave Deen reiusod tnis Dusiness. The Navy Department is willing at all times to pay the American ships 50 per cent mora than Is asked by foreign Steamers, which at present rates would be $5.K a ton, but the American ships maintain they cannot handle the freight for this rate, and no longer compete. When Representative Kahn offered n amendment to the Naval bill, add ing: $100,000 to the appropriation for transportation of naval supplies, with the idea that this amount should be paid to American vessels for carrying coal to the Pacific, a spirited debate Ensued, and Chairman Foss, of tho naval committee, opposed the amend ment on the gTOund that It amounted to a virtual donation of this amount to American vessels, and would b.e a deliberate waste of bo much Govern ment money. Plea for Shipowners Made. "Kahn and Humphrey made impas Honed pleas for the American ship owners, who were, as they said, being- ' Irlven out of ' hiininefKe ,v tha mAt- less competition of foreign ships. They thought Congress should empower the - j i ' - . " - 1 1 1 1 I II til Bhips whatever price the American shipowners maintained was fair for carrying coal to the Pacific Coast, and argued earnestly in support of their contention. Not only did they object io allowing foreign ships to engage In loastwise trade, as the Navy . Depart ment is doing in awarding them these soal contracts, but they objected to letting these foreign ships work their fray to the Pacific Coast with cargoes 9f coal, so that they might depart with ther cargoes to foreign lands, at rates less than those quoted by American vessels on the Coast. Against such jompetltion. declared Mr. Humphrey, no American vessel can contend. He said lhat as a result of this practice the Dnly cargo on the Pacific Coast that Is left to American ships is lumber. Bonus Too Expensive. But these arguments fell upon deaf ars. The House could see no justifi cation for paying American vessels $7 r $7.25, or even more for shipping Soal from Newport News to the Pacific Coast, when it could ship the same coal in foreign bottoms for $3.50. As a matter of sentiment, the Humphrey Kahn argument might have been sound, but the House preferred to deal with this question as a pure busi ness proposition. It could not see its way. clear to pay annually over $600, 000 to American vessels solely for the purpose of shipping this Naval coal under the American flag. The bonus would amount to more than the neces sary cost of transportation. Taking ' up the other phase of the Question, Representative Humphrey Bald: "This bringing of coal from the Atlan . fie to the Pacific ought not to be permit ted at any event. There is no reason why it should be done. There is coal ipon the Pacific Coast fit to be used by the Navy. It has been used by the Pa cific Mail steamers; it . is used by all other Government steamers. It Is good enough for everybody except the Navy. If the time should ever come when we should need the Navy in an emergency - upon the Pacific Coast, we would be compelled to use Pacific Coast coal, and it should be used now, and the Govern ment ought to be prohibited frm send ing any coal from the Atlantic around to the Pacific Coast for that purpose." Humphrey Not Prepared. But when Mr. Humphrey was interro- gated about the coal situation on the Coast he was unable to prodix-e the facts. He could not quote the prevailing price r of Pacific Coast coal at San Francisco ' nrr Puget Sound. He did not know wheth- er the ships now carrying Navy coal to the Pacific were subsidized or not: he charged, but did not know that these ships employ Chinese crews, but it turned out that none is subsidized, and ' Chinese are very scarce among the crews of these tramp steamers. The whole situation was summed up "when Mr. Humphrey admitted he would prefer to see the Navy use British Co lumbia coal rather than Pocahontas coal shipped around the Horn in foreign bot toms, and if the Pacific Coast coal can not be used, he would prefer to pay American ships double the price asked by foreign vessels, to have the coal trans- ported under the American flag. Upon this statement of the- case, the House quickly readied a concluslon.-.and voted down the Kahn amendment in creasing the bonus to American ships, and as quickly voted down the Humphrey amendment prohibiting the shipment of coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. STREET ORDINANCE STANDS Act Opening Morrison Will Not Bo ' Vetoed or Signed. Mayor Simon yesterday announced that he will not veto the ordinance for the opening of Morrison Street from Chapman to Washington, but that he will not sign it. He does not approve of the assessments of damages and bene fits, it is understood, although he did not issue any statement on the subject. The measure will, therefore, become a law without his signature. F. W. Mulkey and some others who are assessed benefits for property east of Fifth Street on Morrison intend to light the opening in the courts, and Mr. Mulkey is preparing his case to that end now. 1 i DISAPPEARANCE OF EST AC AD A MAN REMAINS MYSTEKY. fx i John I.. Bate. The disappearance from Estacada. of John L.. Bates is still a mystery to his friends. Mr. Bates had real estate Interest and in addition to that bad charge of a stallion, which he left on April 7 in the custody of Frank L. van Du ran while he went on a trip to Portland, with the avowed Intention of getting? figures on the cost of an icehouse and stor age plant which he contemplated building for van Duran. Krlends found on the bank of the river near here a registry book used by Bates, and a hat and coat, and this has given rise to the belief that Bates may have been mur dered and thrown Into the river. There U talk of offering a reward for information about him, dead or alive, but as yet no organized .effort has been made to search for him. He will allege that the viewers' report is unfair, in all probability, although ho may also, raise the question as to whether the dedication of the street was ever made. Mayor Simon also took action to cor rect an ordinance granting to Alder street firms the privilege of placing a certain type of lamp-posts and support ing brackets on that thoroughfare. In advertently, the ordinance repealed an other, relative to other streets, and he vetoed this in order to have the error corrected. " FATHER OF BISHOP DEAD Edward O'Dea, Aged 80, Passes at . Family Home Here. Edward O'Dea, aged 80 years, a resi dent of Portland since 1865. died of apoplexy yesterday morning. Mr. O'Dea was the father of Rev. Edward O'Dea, Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Washington, with headquarters at Seattle. Mr. O'Dea was born in Limerick County, Ireland, and came to the United States early in life. He was married to Miss Ellen Kelley, in Massachusetts, and soon afterward moved to-Portland. He was a tailor by trade and worked at that craft both for hims if- and others, until seven years ago, when .ie retired. Hie widow and five children, three sons and two daughters, survive' him. They are: Bishop O'Dea, of Seat tle. Thomas, of Seattle, and Joseph, of Portland, and Mrs. John B. Coffey and Mrs. Chris H. Jones, of Portland. The funeral cortege will start from the family residence, 695 East Main street, at 8:45 o'clock' Saturday morn ing, reaching St. Francis Church at 9 o'clock, where pontifical high mass will "be sung. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. BEAR MINUS THREE CLAWS Trap Kails to Catch Animal That Has Kaided Seaside. SEASIDE. Or., April 21. (Special.) Three claws are all that can be captured of a large black bear that has been har assing farmers and dairymen on the out skirts of the town for several weeks. On various occasions the bear has made visits within the town limits to secure a fat pig and several calves belonging to dairymen. Partly consumed carcasses and telltale tracks mark the scene of his nightly feasts. Children have been warned to stay close to the dooryards and several in quisitive dogs have started out on fresh bear trails and returned the worse for their trips. Frank Millard, the veteran trapper of the Necanicum, set a cleverly baited trap for the bear,, but the claws were all he got. WASHINGTON GETS WADE Attorney Must Stand Trial as Bogus Check Operator. R- A. Wade, an attorney, who 'was ar rested in this city 10 days ago upon the charge of Frank Hugan. a real estate agent of White Salmon, Wash., who al leged that Wade had passed a bogus check upon him for $100, was extradited yesterday and was taken to Klickitat County. Washington, to stand trial. Wade came to Portland four years ago from Chicago, where he got into trouble and was forced to serve six months in the House of Correction. At the time of his arrest lately the local authorities were investigating his alleged connection with a gang of automobile thieves oper ating In Chicago. Wade had received one of the stolen cars and It was seized by the police and sent back. Salem, Oregon. I have sold Hall's Texas Wonder of St..' Louis, Mo., for the last five years for kidney, bladder and rheumatic troubles, and have never had a complaint and cheerfully recom mends, i.t. to the public. .J. C. Perry.. Sixur days' treatment in each, bottle. f 3 1 A - WHITMAN TAKES GAME tJNIVEKSITV OF OREGON NINE LOSES AT WAULA WALLA. Every Man on College Team Except One Gets Hit Another Game Scheduled. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. April 21. (Special.) In a slow game featured only for the way WThitman clouted Henkle, the local college nine won from the Uni versity of Oregon by the score of 4 to 2. Whitman started off in the first with a three-bagger by Belt, the first man up, and this was made good by a single by Shubert, both men scoring. Every man on the Whitman team save Perringer got Just one hit. Belt and Borleske lined, out three-baggers, Dunbar and Felthouse double-sackers. Oregon was outclassed and was not in the running. Her two Bcores came In the sixth, when a base on balls, a sacrifice, two errors and a hit brought two men home. The same teams play again to morrow. The score: WHITMAN. ,. . AB R H PO A B Belt. 3b. ..i .1 1 J O 0 Shubert. lb... 4 117 10 Stuth. cc... 3 1 1 1 !2 Borleske, p 4 1 1 1 13 1 Johnson, c. ......... 4 I O 8 3 0 Cox. If 4 1 o 1 0 0 Dunbar. 2b.......... 4 1 o t 1 O Perlnger, rf 4 O O O 0 0 F' house, cf .,.3 1 0 8 0 0 Total S3 8 4 2T 19 6 OREGON. AB R H PO A B Clark, cf -,.'.4 1 1 2 O 0 Chandler. If .. 4 2 0 3 0 o Barbour. 2b......... 4 0 O 3 1 2 Van Marten, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Mcintosh. 3r 4 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor, ss . 3 0 0 3 1 1 Jamleson, lb 4 10 4 10 G'rlelson, c 2 0 1 It 1 3 Henkle, p . .. 3 O 0 0 10 0 Totals ............32 4 2 24 14 6 SCMMART. R.H.E. Whitman 202COOOO 0 1 S Oregon OO 0 0 O 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 1CLIXG CASE MAY BE REOPEXED President lyjnch Want Xo Bur lesque on National Game. NEW YORK. April 21. President Lynch, of the National League, hearing that John G. Kling, the recalcitrant catcher of the Chicago team, intended to raise the $700 fine imposed upon him by the National Commission for re fusing to play with the Cubs last sea son, by acting in vaudeville, announced he has sent the following, telegram to Chairman Herrmann of the National Commission: . "I suggest you take steps to stop Kling's appearing in vaudeville. He cannot make a burlesque of the Na tional game. Insist on his reporting to his club at once, or the commission will take further action in 'his case." If Kling defies the commission, Pres ident Lynch will ask to have the case reopened. Petrain's Talks on Current Sporting Topics MAC'S crowd made enough errors yesterday to last t-em the rest of the week. "With Steen on the slab the aspect to-day is promising. Gene Krapp had an off day, but he was due for a beating and got it. Five straignt wins was a good enough string for the start. That speedy double play from Netzel to Rapps to Olson, killing off Wares and Wolverton, was sufficiently excit ing to -cause much comment on the part of the fans. It was pulled off quickly and accurately. Poor Judgment on the bases as well as at the bat deprived Portland of at least one run when Buddy Ryan led off in the fourth with a two base smash that came within an ace of be ing a home run hit. The Oakland Club worked the hit-and-run game most advantageously, and yesterday they scored at least three runs by the use of this play. McCredie's boys don't seem to work it at all. Perle Casey was in uniform yester day and made his presence known on the coaching line. The doughty little captain will probably be able to play against San Francisco the latter part of next week. Veani Gregg is likely to be sent against the Oaklanders tomorrow, for McCredie is ready to give him a tryout any time. If the home guard takes to day's game, Gregg will surely make his debut Saturday. Sacramento brought the long string of defeats to a close by -trimming the Seals nicely yesterday, and as Los An geles defeated Vernon once more, the relative standing of the clubs is not changed. e Gus Fisher was not in uniform yes terday, for the star catcher pot a bump on the shins the other- day which both ers him some, and while it is not serious, McCredie decided to give Mur ray a trial back of the bat.- Tommy has a pretty wing to second. Jimmy Whalen,' the suspended Sac ramento pitcher, is reported as making- a yell about the injustice done him. If he assaulted the umpire, no matter how slightly, he has not been treated half as severely as he deserves. It is time the players learned to re spect the officials. Multnomah to Play Soldiers. Opening the season for the club, the baseball team from Multnomah will' play the regimental aggregation from Vancou ver Barracks on the local grounds tomor row afternoon. The teams' are as follows: Multnomah. Vancouver. Stott 'CT Cashatt Douglas or Morris.. P Giiman Burton IB mm Ean Twohy 2B Cooper Campbell SS Bladen Meyer SB Mills Shearer LP Hardins McPherson ....... .OF Si-hrlber O'Brien RF Hemphill Chehalis Firm Offers Ctin. CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 21. (Spe cial.) Hartman & Nathan, of this city, have offered a silver loving cup to the team in the Washington State league which wins the baseball pennant for the present season. The Chehalis club is now engaging In daily practice. It will have a preliminary . tryout with the Eller team, of Seattle. Sunday. Oregon Mile Runner Goes'South. HOOD RIVER. Or., April 21. Chester Huggins, the Hood River High School wonder, who won the open championship one-mile race at the Columbia University track meet, in Portland. Saturday, left Tuesday night for Stanford University. California, to participate in the big inter- WHXANB STRONG By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound - Jefferson, Iowa. 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For thirty years this famous remedy has been the standard for all forms of female ills, and has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with such ailments as displacements, fibroid tumors, ulceration, inflammation, ir regularities, backache, etc. If you want special advice write forit toMrs.Pinkham.Ijynn.Mass. It is free and always helpful. scholastic track and field meet which will be held Saturday at the - California university. O A. C. CLUB WILL TOUR EIGHT GAMES "WILLi BE PLAYED IX NORTHWEST. Contests Will Affect Standing of Conference Teams Meets Mount Angel Here on Saturday. ' - OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COL LIME, Corvallis, April 21. (Special.) The O. A. C. baseball squad, including- twelve men, will leave here Friday, April 22, for a tour of the Northwest. While away the team will play six games with Conference Colleges and two with Non-Conference Schools. The team is in exceptionally good condition and expects to win a ma jority of its games. The only fear is that the eight games in eight days may be too hard on the two pitchers. Both men are strong, however, and it is hoped that they will be able to hold out. At the "present time O. A. C. has a percentage of 625, having won two games," lost one and played one tie game. Fourteen conference games are yet to be played and the men feel that Fielder Jones will pull them through near the top of the list. The result of the present trip will decide in great measure the standing of the local club, as six of the remaining 14 games will be played vhile on this tour. The series will be started with a game with the Albany College team Friday afternoon. The team will then proceed to Portland, where it will meet the Mount Angel College men on Sat urday. On Monday and Tuesday they will cross bats with Washington State College at Pullman, after which they will go to Walla Walla for two games with Whitman College. Friday and Saturday, May 23 and May 24, the team will cross bats with Idaho University. The men who will go on the trip are Captain Poff, Moore, Keene, Reiben, Cooper, Horton, Crewe, Murray, Keck, Carroll and Montague; PORTLAND ASKED TO JOIN Western Chambers Bid T. It. and Taft to Farm Congress. From the secretary of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce has come a re quest to tile Portland Chamber of Com merce, asking that the latter join with similar commercial organizations of Los Angeles. San . Francisco. Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane, in inviting ex-President Roosevelt and President Taft to at tend th Dry Farming Congrew at Spo- Trees and Shrubbery Being Placed byP i 1 k i n g t o n Bros. Other Improve ments Prices Advance May 1, ALAMEDA PARK, which for a considerable time was held with a view to city park purposes, on account of its natural beauty, is to be none the less the residence Park ol Portland. The EXCEPTIONAL NAT URAL ADVANTAGES enjoyed by this section are being enhanced by the Alameda Land Company for the enjoyment of all residents of the Park. , There are three separate pieces of ground reserved within this addition which will be dedicated to the city for park purposes. Besides, a whole block has been set aside for a TENNIS COURT and CLUBHOUSE. u rrrfm 1 ALAMEDA PAR PAR The a a SALEM AGECr, V. IV. MOORF.S, 1-2 Bl SU-BREVM.iX BLOCK. E17GB1VE AGENCY, HAGLADHf & SHUMATE. ALBANY AGENCY, A. T. STARK, BAKER CITY AGENT, IHA D. STURGES. CONDON AGENT, J. XV. COCHRAN. WALLA WALLA AGENCY, C DRUM HELLER dt ENNIS.T W. C. KOEH.XE. J ASTORIA AGENCY. HIGGINS A WARREN. kane this Fall. The matter will be offi cially considered. It is understood that the plan involves a vlsdt of the cities mentioned when tho convention has ended. The Chambers of Commerce of the citlep mentioned have formed the As sociated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast, to which the matter will probably be referred. INSTALLMENT FINE DENIED Trespasser on IJe Rock Property Gocs to "de Rockplle.". Anton Ar-ach, a foreign' laborer, -naively informed Judge Bennett in the Municipal Court yesterday that he would pay off a fine of $25, imposed for trespass, at the rate of $5 per month. "I guess you do not understand the courts of justice," said Judge Bennett. "We are not like the f urniture" house, run on the installment plan. It's strictly cash with the city. So you will have to go to the rockpile." Arvach was arrested for trespassing upon the property of Mrs. F. De Rock, 305 Nortli Seventeenth street. During the acBonce of the men of tho household, Arvach had entered the house on sev eral occasions, and at the time of his arreft had gone up to the second floor. His presence ptartled the women, whose screams brought assistance from the street. COUNTIES SHOW PRODUCTS Clackames, Hood River, I. Inn and Lane to Display Here. M. Mosessohn, assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, who yesterday re turned from a short trip to the Willam ette and Columbia River valleys, an nounced that four Oregon Counties will maintain exhibits in the Chamber of Com- K TO BE K BEAUTIFUL The plan formerly, announced of using flowering hawthorn trees is now being put into effect. These trees are being placed by Pilkington Bros., the well-known nurserymen. Ornamental CLUSTER STREET LAMPS are. another feature. These will be placed throughout the Park at no ex pense to lot purchasers. The STREETCAR LINE TO THE CENTER OP THE TRACT, 29th and Mason streets, is rapidly approaching completion. Regular Broadway schedule will-be main tained to this point, commencing May 1. All these features point to CONTINUED RAPID IN CREASE in lot values, and PRICES WILL ADVANCE MAY 1. Information may be had of the Alameda Land Company, owners of ALAMEDA PARK, 322. Cor bett building. Agents at Eugene, Or., Hammond & Duryea. Addition with CMmcter (T Real estate in some form is the basis of the wealth of the Avorld. Residence property in growing cities is the safest form of investment. There is no more land in Portland today than there -was fifty years ago. There will never be any more land, but there will be more people every year. Real estate is the one commodity of which there can never be an over-production. Therefore, you had better buy some of it. Laurelhurst is a superb residence tract, located close in and surrounded by many of the finest homes in Port land. Its restrictions bar any but equally fine homes. Its improvements cannot be excelled, for the city is installing every modern improvement. Yet the prices of Laurelhurst lots are so reasonable that they afford the man of moderate means an oppor tunity of securing a home in a location which is bound to increase in value, and amid environments which usually only the wealthy can afford. See Laurelhurst and see why its future is so much brighter than other sections. See Laurelhurst and real ize what an addition one mile long and three-quarters of a mile wide will look like when equally improved and equally restricted to only fine homes. Montavilla and Rose City Park cars serve the portion and the Sunnyside and Mount Tabor the southerly portion. merce exhibit rooms. These are Clack amas, Hood River, Linn and Lane. Mr. Mosessohn spent several days at Albany, in Linn County, and Eugene, In Lane, where, he says, conditions are prosperous. The general prosperity, ho declared, is reflected in the healthy, mil- fill acraa aaaaaaa mm 3 H r v i mi Ay bast tu aaaaaaa 3k xf O or Ju SCHOOt I "DUY now, before prices advance. . -LJ Prices will be raised $200 on every lot remaining unsold on May 1st. The lots referred to are located in the blocked-off section of the map. Present prices. May 1 prices Corners, 100x100 .$3000 $3400 Inside lots, 50x100 ... $1250 $1450 10 per cent down, 2 per cent per month. Improvements bonded. At present prices these lots are the big gest buy in Portland. They are .much lower than is being asked in other sec tions of Irvington for property without the improvements you get in this sec tion. All of these lots are sightly the high est elevation in Irvington, one block from the Irvington School; every possi ble improvement completed; close in, only a 12-minute ride; cars every five minutes. There is not another such improved res idence section in Portland. Come out and see it for yourself. When the Fifteenth-street extension of the Irvington carline is completed the prices in this section will double. "Work is under way now cars will be running this Sum mer. We have no promises to make. We offer you the actual realities. Take Woodlawn, Alberta or any other car running out Union avenue; get off at Knott street, walk one block east to our Irvington office, which is on the property. Mr. Mumford is in charge and is there all day every day. Rountree & Diamond, 241 Stark Street northerly cars serve 522-526 Corbett Building Phones Main 1503, A 1515 Chas. M. Burrowes, Ad Service. ltant condition of the commercial bodies of the two cities visited. The exhibit tables will be maintained at a cost to the counties of J25 a month. Their various products will be processed and kopt in their original state of preservation. se t o mi