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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. L - NO. 15,G43.
SENATE TAKES UP
DIRECT ELECTION
Test Vote Puts End to
Procrastination.
EORAH PRESSES FOR ACTION
Heyburn Blocks Motion to
Name Day for Vote.
FIGHT WILL BE CONTINUED
Leader on Both Sides Ask Time for
Consideration, tint Opponents of
Chance Admit They Can No
Longer Avoid Decision.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1J. That the
Senate at thla session mult fare the
question whether the Constitution shall
be amended so as to require the elec
tion of Senators by direct vota of the
people was made snparent today. A
vote, which many Senators considered
a test of sentiment, resulted largely in
favor of the proposition.
The matter came up In the Senate In
connection with the Joint resolution for
the amendment of the Constitution re
cently reported from the committee on
Judiciary. When the resolution was
reached on the calendar, Kean waa
ready with an objection, which pre
vented Immediate consideration tinder
the ordr of business.
Galllnaer appealed to Kean to with
draw hla objection. He consented and
the Senate election resolution waa
launched upon Ita legislative voyage. The
situation waa such aa to arousa the Im
mediate Interest of the Senators.
Ttajner and Hale Ask for Time.
Sutherland waa prompt In obtaining
the attention of the chair. He wanted
to amend the resolution so aa to strlks
out the provision giving the State Leg
- failaturea supervision of elections and
making other changes.
Rayner. a staunch advocate of the
committee resolution, suggested that, aa
the amendment went to the heart of
the question, there should be time for.
consideration.
Rayner did not press bis point, but his
plea waa taken up by Hale of Maine,
whose position on the merits of the
measure Is diametrically opposite. Ho
was aura that the resolution could he
acted upon without protracted debate.
He urged deliberate movement and pre
cipitately moved an adjournment. The
vote waa viva voce.
'The ayea appear to have It. aald the
chair.
"Never. exclaimed a half dosen Sen
ators. "Let ua have the ayea and noes."
Advocates of Action Win.
Accordingly, a rollcall was ordered,
with the result that 43 out of (0 Senators
present voted against adjournment. Of
the 41 negative votes. 2J were cast by
Republicans.
Encouraged by this. Borah prepared to
press consideration vigorously. He dli
not desire to prevent debate, he aald.
and added he would not do so. If he
could obtain the consent of the Senate
to name a day for a vote on the reso
lution and all amendments. He auggested
Tuesday. January 24.
For probably ten mlnutea the members
of the Senate discussed the details of
tha proposition. Even Hale appeared to
fall In with the request.
Heyborn Blocks Borah.
Borah's colleague. Heyburn. had not
aald a word up to thla time, but when
the chairman put the request for unani
mous consent, he said "no and spoiled
the entire plan.
Borah seemed displeased and pro
ceeded to discuss the situation, saying
the Sutherland amendment had been of
fered In committee and waa perfectly
understood, aa waa the general proposi
tion. Carter did not agree. He wanted time
for consideration and for the digestion
of the Sutherland and other amend
ments, which by this time had been
presented by Depew and Nelson.
Cullom made a request for an execu
tive session. Such requests by the ven
erable Illinois Senator seldom fall on
unheeded ears. This was no exception.
After a brief session the Senate ad
journed until Monday.
BORAH CONFIDENT OP VICTORY
Opponents of Direct Election Admit
They're at End of Rope.
OREGON! AX NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Jan. 13. Senator Borah, who
has charge of the resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution pro
viding for popular election of Senators,
expressed tha opinion after today'a
test vote that this resolution would
pass the Senate before the end of thla
month and paas the House and Tie
algned by the President before March 4.'
Borah'a opinion Is strengthened by
the fact that several state leaders, who
have alwaya opposed such legislation,
admitted privately thla afternoon that
they had reached the end of their rope
and could not longer atava off thla reform-Today's
test vote showed. In Borah's
opinion, that a large majority of the
; Senate favor popular election, and he
i'narindA a face H
FIRST NORTHWEST
APPLE TREE FOUND
FKCIT-BKARER, 85 YEARS OLD,
AT VANCOUVER POST. ,
Horticulture luspettor Hearing Ita
History Begins Search and Suc
ceeds Army Protect It.
VANCOUVER. BARRACKS. Wash..
Jan. 12. (Special.) The oldest apple
tree In the Pacific Northwest, planted
ti years ago, by the early ofdeera of
the Hudson Bay Company, from aeeda
carried In their vest pockets from Eng
land, has been discovered by A. A
Quarnberg. District Horticultural In
spector, and positively Identified. The
tree la In front of the Chief Comrals
sary'a office. In tha southeast part of
thla reservation.
Colonel McGunnegle, commanding of
ficer of this post, upon learning of the
history of the tree, gave orders Immedi
ately to have a fence built around it.
a tablet bearing a short history, and
every precaution taken to preserve it
Inspector Quarnberg says the tree may
live to be 100 years old.
The record of the tree wss written
by Mrs. Mary Whitman, of Vancouver,
Wash., September 12. 1838.
Another record. It Is thought by His
torian Bancroft. Is:
"At a lunch party In London, about
1325. given In honor of some young
gentlemen who were about to embark
for Fort Vancouver In the employ of
the Hudson Bay Company, aeeds of the
fruit eaten were slyly slipped by some
young ladles into the waistcoat' pockets
of the young men, and. upon their ar
rival at their destination, the young
men. In overhauling their wardrobes,
discovered the seeds and gave them to
Bruce, tha gardener, at the fort."
Originally there were three trees
which grew from these seeds, but the
other two have disappeared.
WOMAN CATCHES FORGER
Stenographer In Bank Unwittingly
Leads Him Into Trap.
OREGON CITT. Or.. Jan. 13 -fSpedat.)
Mlas June Charman. stenographer In
the First National Bank, was largely re
sponsible for the unexpected capture of
a confessed forger shortly before noon
today and she waa quite an unintentional
sleuth, co.
Just after the bank opened this rriofh-
Ing two men came In, one of them pre
senting a check on a bank at Sclo, Linn
County, and drawn by C W. Beard. The
men were unknown at the nk and
Cashier "Meyer declined to cash the pa
per unless he received telegraphic In
structions from the Bclo bsnk. This
the msn said he would obtain, and left
the bank with hla companion.
Not long afterward tne tonatablo at
Sclo telephoned Mr. Latourette, at the
bank, asking him to hold a man port eg
aa C. W. Beard, and no sooner hod the
conversation ceased than the telephone
rang again and a man's voice asked Mlas
Charman If the bank had received the
telegram. Thinking It was the Sclo of
ficer, and that he meant telephone In
stead of telegram. Mis Charman an
swered that the message lwi.l been re
ceived, and in a few minutes tho furgr
walked in to get hla money. He waa
promptly taken to the County Jail, where
he will be held awaiting papers from ,
Linn County, where he is said to have
swindled the Sclo bank out of J2S. The
man broke down and confessed. He waa
recently paroled frona the Oregon Peni
tentiary. His correct name la aald to
be Harry C. Beard.
BATTLESHIPSJEACH CUBA
Winter Maneuvers at Guantanamo
Will Begin In Few Days.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 The Atlantic
battleship fleet, in command of Rear
Admlral Schroeder, cruised Into Guan
tanamo. Cuba, today, completing Its voy
age across the Atlantic from the English
Channel, In the course of which It was
detained aa a technical "enemy" by the
scouting squadron In command of Rear
Admiral Staunton. The latter squadron
Joined the former In the Caribbean Sea
and arrived at Guantanamo with It.
The Navy Department was Informed
of the arrival of the vessels by wire
less. In a few days the vessels will
begin their Winter maneuvers at Guan
tanamo.
Th'.s practice will be extensive and
thorough In every feature of naval war
fare and will be curried out on a larger
scale than previously attempted. -
AERIAL TRAFFIC AFFECTED
California Legislator Presents Bill
to Regulate Airships.
SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 13. A bill
to regulate aerial trafflo was Intro
duced In the Legislature today by As
semblyman Fitzgerald, for the Pacific
Aero Club.
The bill. In addition to requiring
licenses and Insuring aviators against
damage suits, provides that each aero
plane must carry at least nine lights.
Fitzgerald wanted It aent to the com
mittee on navigation, but It went to
the Judiciary.
EARTHQUAKE- KILLS 204
Violent Shock Is Felt In Plsbpck
District of Asiatic Russia.
8T. PETERSBURG. Jan. 13. A dis
patch today from Vyerny. capital of the
territory of Semlryetchenck, Astatic
Russia, aayt that a violent earthquake
occurred last night In Kebery In the
nshpek district of the territory and
that the bodies of 204 Kirghls have
been taken from tha ruins of buUdloj...,
WOMAN LOVES
Plttl SALESMAN
Man Had Auto Rides
With Mrs. Schenk.
SPOUSE'S DEATH PREDICTED
Witness Refuses to Answer
Questions on Intimacy.
DIVORCE ALSO DISCUSSED
Dreary Series of Hypothetical Ques
tions Gives Way to First Bit
of Scandal In Wheeling
Poisoning Case.
WHEELING. W. Va.. Jan. 13. The
tedium of hypothetical questions and
technical testimony waa suddenly ended
In the Schenk case today when the
state, through a witness, brought Into
the court records the first Intimation
of scandal In Ita prosecution of Mrs.
Laura Farnsworth Schenk, charged
with administering poison to her hus
band. John O. Schenk. .
Daniel Phillips, a piano salesman,
whose name has been guarded from
publicity, told of long automobile rides
with the accused at her Invitation for
more than IS months prevloua to her
arrest. In the last year, he said. Mrs.
Schenk had talked to htm about plans
to secure a divorce and later talked
almost constantly of Vie strong prob
abilities of her husbefhd's death.
Wltnee Refifcs to Reply.
Phillips admitted that Mrs. Schenk
on various occasions had given him
costly presents. Including a diamond
pin and a fur-lined overcoat.
The atate attempted aeveral tlmea to
establish Intimacy between the witness
and the defendant, but to all such ques
tions Phillips refused an answer, on
tha ground that ha would Incriminate
himself.
Phillips told of many automobile
rides. In which he waa alone with Mrs.
Schenk.
The witness admitted that immedi
ately after Mrs. Schenk's arrest he had
called up Prosecuting Attorney Hand-
Ian and offered to make a clean breaat
of the affair.
Dr. J. T. Thornton, one of the chief
witnesses for the state, waa recalled
In the afternoon. He conducted blood
and other tests In an effort to secure
a correct diagnosis of the case. In an
swer to a hypothetical question by
Prosecutor Handlan, he said the symp
toms alleged to have been shown by
Frank Schenk might have been due to
lead poison and arsenic poison.
On cross-examination he admitted
that some symptoms might have been
due to serious disorders of the stomach.
Chemist Finds Arsenic.
Dr. J. W. Mallet, emeritus professor
of cljemlstry In the University of West
Virginia, stated that hla tests showed
that the water used by' Schenk con
tained eight-tenths grain of white ar-
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ANNUAL "WIDE IN SCOPE
It is seldom that a single pub
lication combines so many excel
lent departments as will be in
cluded in the Fiftieth Anniver
sary Edition of The Oregonian,
to be printed February 4. This
edition will be broader in scope
than any newspaper ever issued
in the Pacific Northwest. .
The historical section will con
tain not only many interesting
articles, but the information
published will be worth preserv
ing for future reference on sub
jects connected with early days
in Portland and Oregon. Each
county in the state will be writ
ten up separately, and other de
partments will chronicle the in
dustrial -development of Port
land and the state at large. Great
care has been taken to get to
gether the finest collection of
Oregon pictures ever published
in one issue of a newspaper.
PENSION CONFIRMS LIFE
Veteran Who Disappeared 16 Years
Ago Found hy Its Aid.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) Early' one morning 16 yeara ago.
F. A. Clark, a prominent and prosperous
contractor, left his home and family to
go downtown to a building he was con
structing. From that day his wife aarl
three daughters never saw him, nor did
they hear of him, directly or indirectly)
until this evening.
The police, the newspapers and hla
relatives and friends worked long on the
mysterious disappearance and finally he
was given up as dead. His family was
left In comfortable circumstances with
a bank account and a good house.
Several months ago, Mrs. Clark, In go
ing through a family chest, found
Clark's discharge fttn the Union Army,
he having served in the Twenty-fifth
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and enlisted
at the age of 17.
Mrs. Clark consulted her attorneys
and -decided to apply for a widow's pen
sion. Now she Is Informed by the Pen
sion Bureau that F. A. Clark, who ap
pears to be positively Identified as her
husband, la living at Benton ' Harbor,
Mich., and has been drawing hla pension
for a number of years there.
INDIAN IS GREAT TENOR
New York Musicians Say Chemawa
Product's Voice Is Marvelous.
CHEMAWA, Or, Jan. 13. (Special.)
In C. N. Lafonso, an Indian born on
the famous Bldwell ranch, near Chlco,
Cal., and educated at tha Chemawa In
dian School. Miss Frances Green and
Dr. C. B. Cromley, both of New York,
and both musicians of note, believe
they have found a person whose tenor
voice will become world famous. Toung
Lafonso, who Is only 23 years old,
went from Chlco, recently, to San Fran
cisco for the express purpose of sub
mitting to a test of his voice by the
two musicians. The test was made and
both pronounced the voice of the red
skin singer marvelous.
The "find" la to be credited to Mrs.
John Bldwell. widow of General Bid
well. Some time ago she was struck
with the dulcet tones of the young man
working on the ranch. Lafonso will be
sent by Mrs. Bldwell to an Eastern con
servatory. Miss Green is the director of the New
York Philharmonic Society and Is a
weil-known composer. Dr. Cromley
three years ago gave up the practice of
medicine to go on the concert stage.
SCHOOL DAYS IN THE FUTURE.
Ar l Pir TUfLb
BARON IS NDTTOO
OLD JE DECLARES
Decies in New York to
Wed Vivian Gould.
"DASHED ROW" IS RESENTED
His Age and That of Fiancee
Held Not Public Business.
HE TELLS OF COURTSHIP
Peer Is Astonished at Frank Ques
tioning by American Reporter.
Marriage to 17-Year-Old Girl
to Be Held Soon.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. John Graham
Hope Horsley Beresford, Baron Decies,
peer of the realm of Great Britain,
veteran of three wars, an Incumbent
of one of the most noted titles in Ire
land, who Is soon to marry Miss Vivian
Gould, daughter of George J. Gould,
and 27 years his Junior, very strongly
resents the suggestion of an unsuit
able disparity In age between his
pretty little bride-to-be and. himself.
His Lordship arrived last night on
the Lusltanla and before he left the
Waldorf-Astoria today to call on Mrs.
Gould and learn of her plans for the
wedding, he told a reporter exactly
what he thinks of all this talk of dif
ference of age.
"What Is all the dashed row about
anyway?" he said. "I never knew such
a bother over any ordinary engage
ment. It's most extraordinary. I don't
see that It is any of the bally public's
business how old I am, or how old my
fiancee Is."
Engagement Not Ordinary.
It was explained to him that the
engagement was lifted somewhat out
of the ordinary because he Is 45 years
and because his bride-elect Is 17 and
has not yet made her debut in New
York society. Also, because Miss Gould
will take a. dowry of from 30 to 60
millions of American dollars with her
to enrich the British peerage.
"Me old." said his Lordship; "it's all
tommy rotl Why, in England a man
especially If he has led an putdoor life
as fellows of my sort do Is regarded
young at 60. Suppose Miss Gould is
17; what, of It? In London society,
marriages of young women of that
age with men of twice their years is
every-day occurrences. It doesn't seem
at all out of the ordinary to me. I
think that so long that Miss Gould is
pleased and Mrs. Gould, I might add
nobody else need be annoyed.
Baron Is Astonished.
"How did I win her? My dear chap.
what an extraordinary question; upon
my life, you Americans are most as
tonishing. Quite in the ordinary way
I should Imagine. It was my first
courtship, you know.. We met In the
ordinary manner and I cannot recall
that there was anything unusual about
our early conversations.
"I came over to your horse show. I
like horses and so does she, and that
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MAN IS BLOWN TO
BITS BY CHEMICAL
FOUR PERSONS INJURED
OAKLAND FERRY'.
ON
Compound Carried by Mining Engi
neer Is Crushed and Ship's Com
'partmcnt Is Wrecked.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. A bottle
of a chemical compound dropped by or
crushed in the pocket of John O. Nor
bon, a well-known mining engineer. Is
believed to have caused an explosion
late today, on the ferryboat Berkeley,
plying between this city and Oakland,
which brought Instant death to Nor
bon, seriously Injured two other men
and created a panic among the 2000
passengers crowding the vessel's decks.
The explosion occurred in the lava
tory, In which were four others besides
Norbon. Norbon's body was blown into
bits. Roy L. Sampson and Edwin Hoft
schnelder were badly hurt, the latter
perhaps fatally. A. C. Miller and Louis
Saure were cut and bruised in the
wreck of the lavatory, but escaped
serious injury. All the injured reside
in Oakland.
Norbon was identified at the Oakland
morgue by a letter in his pocket and
a notebook which contained a list oZ
explosive chemicals and which are
thought to have been carried in a
compound on Norbon's person. There
were no witnesses of the accident, and
the exact cause may never be known.
Norbon resided in Berkeley. He was
said to have been well known for his
operations in South Africa and Mexico.
He had been engaged in mining work
for many years In Shasta County, Cali
fornia FARMERS SAVE "MILLIONS
Co-operation Highly Probable, Ex
ecutive Committee Finds.
LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.)
More than $600,000 with unknown
profits probably bringing the figure to
an even million dollars, have been
saved by farmers of Union, Wallowa
and Baker counties in two years,
through co-operation and organization
under the Farmers' Co-operative Union.
This was asserted today at a meet
ing of the executive board of the Ore
gon State Farmers' Union. The mem
bers present were J. W. McAllister of
La Grande, Or.; C. C. Conners, Helix,
Or.; Clyde Wilson, Buhl, Idaho; J. P.
Brown, Arlington, and M. M.. Water
man, The Dalles.
The principal worft of a rvMic na
ture was to determine the profits be
longing to the union, which were
largely realized ' by Union County
farmers, for that county has the larg
est number of members. Helix does
the most actual work and accomplishes
the moat good, while La Grande has
the greatest number of any local union
In this jurisdiction, the board says.
The Tri-County Convention also was
held. Local merchants and farmers
met tonight to discuss topics of com
mon interest. About 300 were here for
the meeting.
DEAF MUTE GIVES ALARM
At Signal 225 Silent Children March
From Burning School.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Perfect drill
saved 225 deaf and dumb children from
the flames tonight when fire broke out
In the upper stories of the Institution
for the Improved Instruction of Deaf
Mutes, while the 30 Instructors were
at supper In the basement.
There was no panic and there were
no Injuries, but the heat and smoke
pressed the rearguard hard and the
police and bystanders vied with one
another in helping the last comers to
the streets. All orders were given by
sign.
Mabel Stene, a deaf mute, gave the
alarm. Two passersby, who had seen
the roof ablaze, rushed into the hall
way and carried her to the street. One
look was enough for her. She has
tened to the basement, words darting
from her fingers, and Superintendent
Taylor Instantly told the teachers to
marshal the children.
CLEARINGS AT HIGH MARK
Portland Makes New Record, With
23.7 Per Cent Gain."
Portland established another high
record in weekly bank clearings the In
crease for the week ended yesterday
over the corresponding week of last year
being 23.7 per cent. Portland made tha
largest gain of any city In the country
of its class, Los Angeles being second.
The totals for the week for Portland
reached Jll.950,000. Portland bankers be
lieve that before the month closes, the
weekly clearings will exceed the 12,O0O,O0O
mark and. If that Is attained, a new
high record will have been made.
Seattle showed a loss of 11.3 per cent
and its totals were less than Portland's.
The Seattle clearings were $11,048,000.
Spokane made an appreciable gain of
6.7 per cent, with a total of $3,113,000,
while Tacoma's total was $1,402,000, a de
crease of 25.4 per cent compared with the
showing made for the same week a
year ago.
ABSENTEES' ARREST NEXT
"West Virginia Democrats Take
Measures to Break Deadlock.
CHARI,F.STON', W. Va., Jan. 13. The
15 Democrats who compose the tem- j
porary organization of the State Sen
ate today adopted a resolution author
izing the temporary president of that
body to arrest forthwith the 15 Repub
lican absentees, whose failure to appear
In the Senate chamber has prevented a
quorum and the permanent organiza
tion of tha upper House, j
SUBURBS SWELL
'5 SIZE
Addition Would Give
City 21 5,525.
OTHER PLAGES HAVE GROWN
Pace Set by Metropolis of
Oregon Is Followed.
SOME FIGURES DOUBLED
So mo Cities of State Are More Than
Twice as Large as They Were .
When Census Enumeration
of 1900 Was Taken.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. -Washington,
Jan. IS. If Portland's corporate
limits had been extended to Include the
suburbs of Gresham, Linnton, Mllwau
kie, Oswego, St. Johns and Troutdale.
Its total population, as shown by the
recent census, would have been 215,
525 Instead of 207,214, as announced.
Incidentally, had these suburbs been
part of Portland, Oregon's metropolis
would have shown a greater popula
tion than Denver and St. Paul, both of
which exceed Portland as the figures
stand, but both of which have less than
215.000 population.
Portland's suburbs, as announced by
the Census Bureau today, show popula
tion as follows:
Gresham. precinct No. 100 540
IJnnton U
Mlfwaukle SftO
Oswego 1107
Ft. Johns ; 4873
Troutdale 30J
Linnton had 3S3 residents, according
to the census of 1900. and Oswego had
693. None of the other suburbs waa
separately reported ten years ago.
Oswego, however, also figured in the
census of 1890, when It returned a
total population of 920.
Oregon Cities Grow Fast.
The Census Bureau today also an
nounced the population of all cities in
Oregon, having a population of over
5000. This list, exclusive of Portland,
follows:
City 1010. 1900. 1890.
Ashland 6020 . 2834 1784
Astoria 9r,ll MSI 81S4
Bker City 6742 688.1 2804
Eugene M009 82H8
Medford RS40 3 791 967
Salem 1404 -4258
Cities having a population of more
than 5000 contributed 5.5 per cent o
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 33
degrees; minimum. 26 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair. northeast to soTttheast
winds. N
Legislatures.
Bills vetoed by Chamberlain not to be con
sidered if Senator Bowerman has his
way. Page 6.
Six-hour working day in Statehouse must be
lengthened is Olympia edict, page 6.
Eaton plans to wage vc&r against appoint
ment of House committees by Rusk next
Monday. Page 18.
Foreign.
Asquith sounds note of warning. Page 18. ,
National.
Senate at last votes to take up amendment
providing direct election ot Senators.
Page 1.
Census of Portland suburbs and Oregon
cities of over 5000 people published.
Page 1.
President nominates Malcolm for reappoint
ment as Collector of Customs In Port
land. Page 2.
Kellogg grills Standard Oil before Supreme
Court. Page 3.
Government fears It haa no Jurisdiction over
foreign steamship lines and may adopt
Humphrey bill. Page 2.
Domestic.
Roosevelt and Carnegie speak on labor
question to Civic Federation. Page 2.
Edith Belber, of Albany, N. Y., confesses
poisoning her child to end struggle tot
support him. Page 5.
Baron Decies says he is not too old to marryt
17-year-old Vivian Gould. Page 1.
Man testifies Mrs. Schenk often took him
for auto rides and predicted Schenk's
death. Page 1.
Chemical explodes on Oakland ferry, killing
one. Injuring four. Page 1.
Five killed In New York train wreck. Page 3,
Sports.
McCredle says Beavers will report at Santa,
Maria February 23. Page 7.
Big amateur wrestling tournament will
come to Portland. Page T.
Danny O'Brien gives Schuttz rattling fight
at Milwaukee. Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Third annual meeting of Oregon Common
wealth Conference opened at Eugene.
Page 8.
Apple tree, 83 years old, oldest In Pacific
Northwest, Is found at Vancouver Bar
racks. Page 1.
Storm brings deaths: trains In Rockies still
blockaded. Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
Brighter prospects In wool market. Page, IT.
Wheat closes firm and higher at Chicago,
page 17.
Stock market narrow but strong. Page 17.
Active demand for all lines at Portland
stockyards. Page 17.
Direct water service to La .Center prom
ised. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Hill may reach Coos Bay district by line
from Eugene to Florence In conjunction
with Siuslaw River line. Page 12.
Train dispatchers ask for Increase in wages,
page' 10.
Collins Hot Springs purchaser says In suit
that water Is artificially heated, page
10.
Sunset Route may inaugurate through serv
ice from Portland to Washington. D. C
Page 12.
Theodore B. 'Wilcox enthusiastic advocate of
livestock show. Page 9.
Grand Jury told Food Commissioner Bailey,
exnensa accounts. Pag 4k
PORTLAND