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rORTLAXD. OREGON.. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI NO. 15,761.
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GREAT MERGER IS
PLANNED BY HILL
Great Northern to Own
All of Burlington.
NEW BONO ISSUE IS MEANS
Debt of Both Roads Funded,
N. P. Interest Bought.
' EXTENSION'S TO BE MADE
By AsUtorlslng 900. 000. OOt La
Bonds, Hill bjstrro Has Larf
Margin for Katenkn North
ern raclflc Uaa w Ally.
IIOIRES CC THE XntGEH.
Barimatoa M!le. IOl: .took.
Iiio.icw.noo: beads, ijt.poo.ooo.
lM Nocth.r- M tl-... T":
liM-ki. 12:0.000.000; bond., $100.-
T-tl hums. . lTfto: nock.
$3jn 0U.0"O; (mod.. JI3.0O.0X.
Tola! capitalisation HI2.0OO 00.
mirAOO. May It (Special.) On of
l blsseat railway mr;rs of rcr
years. Involving; tha Great Northern an
.M.-. no. Burllnston Qulnry Rail
rrwls. a total of ! miles of (Inc. was
reported a blnc In prospect ystrdaj.
TT.a report cam at a ruU of an an
nouncement by Jamas J. Bill tn Bt
Fa i I of th execution of a fcjOX'VO.OO
ftrt and refunding roort-ag coveriny
th bond Issues of tb two roads.
Although Prealdent Partus Millar aid
other official of th BurIln(toa d
rlined to confirm th. report, th ar
aouncement la construed In many Quar
tara aa tha flr.t atep In a plan whlcn
ha bn undar discussion In railway
-Irct.e for soma tire. It baa bocn pre
llcted that th Great Northern oull
tak orar th Northern Pacific" ha f
laterat la th Joint control of th Bar -Icgtoo
by th two companies.
Statu of Burlington Shown.
Nlnty-v a per cent of th Burllnf
ton'a capital atoek. or $107.tll.00O, waa
jlred Jointly In rt by th Oreat Nortr
rn and Nurthern Pacific at CO a ahar
nd tfepoalted with th Standard Trut
Company of Nw Tork aa collateral f.r
an ban of Ci." WO 4 per coat bond.
Iu USX and guaranteed Jointly by U
two companies.
Mr. HHPs statement declare that sf
:h $.000.000. Ki0.000.0V0 la to b ua J
Tor refunding a Ilka amount of outstand
ing oblcations of th company, which
would Include th Great Northern'! bond
laau of r-0O.00P.0O and th Burllnrtcn
Isau also.
X. P. and Xorthwestern to Join.
Th rsmor that tha Orrat Northern
proposed to take over th Northern Pa
cific's Interest In th Burlington wsa
ascribed In soma quarters as th rea
son for spectacular rt.ee of aa much aa
elcht points tn tb Northern Pacific
stock In December and la also said to
b connected with recent reports of n-
gntlatlons between tha Northwestern
and Northern Pacific for through pas
senger car serrlc to th Pacific Coast.
Th Northern Partftc'a through trmlas
run between Chlcaso and St. Paul oyer
th tracks of th Burlington.
C. W. Bunn. general counsel of th
Northern Pacific at St. Paul, was In
conference with President Miller aad
the Burlington attorneys during tha day
at Mr. M!llera offle her and Howard
KUIott. president of th Northern Pa
cific, waa a visitor her on his return
from New Tork on Saturday. Mr. .Mil
ler, however, declined to entertain th
reports of a merger.
Burlington Pea! Pay.
Th purchase of th Burlington by th
two road tn 1901 actually paid for It
self, aa the Burlington atock waa ac
quired at $100 a ahar arftl exchanged for
douhle the amount of collateral trust
bonds paying per cent,' wbll th Bur
lington atock fcaa paid t per cent. Th
bend are subject to call at 10 and
Intereat on any Jnly 1 or January 1- In
the tranafer l.t'tUli out of a total of
1.10S 191 shares wer exchanged.
Th statement of Mr. II. n announcing
the borv! lean fnltow:
"Hle- Great Northern Railroad Com
pact as of date May 1. 111. ha exe-r-vM
its first and refunding mortgage.
-rurlnc a total authorised Issue of
4eo.0.eA bond.
Tne elae of the mortsajre la ex
plained by the fait that the outstanding
obligation of th comi-any. which ar to
he re fun dd amount approximately to
t31a.0O4.0O4. Included, however In th
figure last named ar the direct acd
contingent obllgatlona of the company on
th Burlington Joint fours, maturing In
1!I1 and aggregating $::.40.000.
-Covering a futur of SO years, approx
imately .: 70. .. In bonds therefor
wUI be aval'aMe for general corporate
purr, double-tracking and ad Utlonal
mileage. Pipe Ita bectnatngi I- years
so, th Great Northern has expended
Aetneen i:S0.0v.(N and !M.0O.ftO out
if capital and earnings. Tb prcrtsk n
mad for th future, tn consideration of
3e rapldly-growtng territory which
r.reat Northern llnea aert. vvgM seta
Intelligently conservative.
'Tb railway company evidently has
snad ampi financial prorlakm to n
aHje It to keep It facilities and exten
sions eual to all demant'a that a rap-
ilwda e bm a
STORM SCATTERS
DEATH ON LAKES
rOtR KTIXED AT CLEVELAND
AXD LORAIN; S AT PITTSBCRO.
Boats Capsize and Occupant Fcr
lb Girl Drops From IVicbt.
Magnate Among Victim.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 11. Four
dead and 2 Injured wss th toll of th
teniflo wind and rain itofm. which
swept over Cleveland and vicinity to
cr Thre Uvea wer lost at Lorain.
All of th dead wer In row boats which
war capsized by a sudden wind which
sprang up out of th calm.
Th body of a woman, on of thos
drowned, was Identified as that of Mm.
Ethel Early. She. with David and
Thomas Longstreet, her brothers, wer
oat on th Ink in a row boat. Two
more empty rowboats wer picked up
by a tug.
Twenty bathers at Edgewater Park,
who took shelter In the boathouse,
were burled when th roof fell. On
man had both legs broken when a
wagon was blown on him and another
was struck by a piece of cornice, blown
off an Il-story building. His skull waa
fractured.
PITTS BtrRO. Pa, May 31. With th
wind blowing 4 miles an hour and
with rain that fell In torrents today, a
storm swept over this section of th
stat. leaving death and destruction In
Its wake.
A young girl was whirled Into the
door of her bom by th wind and fell
dead from fright. Oeorge A. Martin,
president of the Pittsburg Tub Com
pany, la dying In a hospital with a
fractured skull, caused by a falling
sign.
0. C. RICHES IS DYING
Portland Man Victim of Tubercular
Meningitis at Spokane.
SPOKANE. Wash- May 11. (Spe
cial. O. C. Riches, of Portland. Acting
Poatofflc Inspector during the absence
In Los Angeles of Inspector James
O'ConnelL lies In a dying condition at
th horn of E. J. Bowers. 1I0S Thlr
teenth avenue. At hla bedside ar
Mrs. Riches and daughter and a
brother who arrived laat night from
Turner. Or. Th other flv children
hav been sent for and will arrive
from Portland tonight.
Mr. Riches arrived In Spokane May
& and waa almost Immediately stricken.
Two weeks ago he took to his bed
nd has been sinking slowly. lie has
been unconscious for Br days and la
st th point of death, a victim of tuber
cular meningitis.
Mr. Riches Is 40 years old and has
been a poatofflc Inspector for ten
years. He haa been In the service for
almost 10 years and holds an enviable
record.
PAINTINGS ARE LOANED
Press Club and Commercial Club
- Get Pictures From Louis Hill.
Louis W. Dill, president of the Great
Northern Railway, haa loaned flv oil
painting of scenic points along th
line of that road to Portland clubs and
other Institutions. Although th pic
tures ar "loaned." It is understood
that they will remain In their respec
tive place Indefinitely ao long as they
are well cared for.
Probably the most handsome paint
ing Is that given to the Portland Press
Club. It pictures Lake McDonald.
which Is acknowledged to be on of th
prettiest spots an the American contin
ent. The Commercial Club, was simi
larly remembered by Mr. HI1L The
others havs been placed tn tha Oregon
Hotel, the Portland Hotel, and th
North Bank ticket offlc.
Th picture were carried on Mr.
Hill's private car for some time snd
wer left In Portland on Ms last visit.
OFFICE HELD .35 YEARS
PrxtmaMrr at Gilmer Retains Job
Longer Than Any In Washington.
HCSUM. Wash.. June. 1. (Special.)
The town of Gilmer, six miles north,
boasts of retaining its postmaster.
George Gilmer, for IS years, that being
the longest continuous service of sny
postmaster In the Stat of Washington.
The postal Inspector on hla occasional
visits declares that the offlc la con
ducted in better ahape than the major
ity be Investigates. Whit Salmon is said
to be the oldest postofflce in the county,
while Fulda comes second 'and Gilmer
third.
FRANZ JOSEF IMPROVES
AuMro-IIungarlan Emperor Enter
tain Premier at Luncheon.
GOKDELLOE, Hungary. May SI.
Emperor Franz Joaef received In audi
ence Count Khuen von Hederwary. the
Hungarian premier, this afternoon and
eubsequently entertained the Hungarian
statesman at luncheon.
Th emperor, whose appearance belied
he recent scares published concerning
nla health, will leave the royal palace
tomorrow for the Austrian capital.
GOTHAM NOT CONSIDERED
Mrs. narrlman Will Not Establish
I'nlverslty In New York.
NEW TORK. May 11. A report that
Mrs. E. H. Harriman contemplated
founding a university In New Tork City
has gained widespread circulation.
Mrs. Harriman'a office today gave out
Information that she never has had any
idea of such aa undertaking. i
E RULE
NIL IN DRY ZONE
Second Vote Needed
Says Supreme Court.
LOCAL OPTION PARAMOUNT
Decision in Joseph Case Is
Affirmed at Salem.
CITY AND COUNTY UNTIED
Justice Moore Holds That Town
Councils Cannot Issue Licenses
Vntll People at New Elec
tion Vote "Wet."
SALEM. Or, May 11. (Special.) Af
firming Judge Knowles. of Wallowa
County. In th case of th state against
E. T. Schleur, appellant, tha Supreme
Court. In la opinion written by Justice
Moor and concurred in specially by
Justice Burnett, held that under th
"Horn Rule Amendment" an Incorpor
ated city or town cannot, without hav
ing a favorable election by legal voters,
through ita city council, pass an ordi
nance allowing th sal of liquor for
beverage purposes when the county
within which that city or town is lo
cated la "dry."
"Giving to each word of th amend
ment the importance to which it Is en
titled." write Justice Moor, "it will
be seen that while the legal voters of
every city and town ar authorized to
license or prohibit the sale of Intoxicat
ing liquors therein the clause, "but such
municipality shall within Its limit ba
subject to th provisions of th local
option law of tha state" Is a limitation
upon th power delegated, whereby It
can be exercised only in the manner
prescribed la tha law referred to. . .
Rescinding Vote Required.
"We ar of th opinion that an em
ployment of the power conferred Is
subject to all of th consequences that
may have resulted from an adoption
of the local option law. so that an order
of prohibition, made In the county aa
a whole, cannot be modified or vacated
except by subsequent vote of the quali
fied electors of th incorporated city
or town cast against prohibition at an
election regularly called for that pur
pose In the municipality.
"No election of this kind having been
held In the City of Joseph, the license
Issued to defendant Is Invalid and henc
th Judgment 1 affirmed."
In thla oase the City of Joseph Issued
a license to Mr. Schleur following an
ordinance passed by th City Council
purporting to be under the Home Rale
amendment. The contention was raised
that the Council had no power to pass
such an ordinance until after the legal
voters of the city had voted to allow
Conoluded on Page 4.)
M
LAW
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INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
Tb Weather.
TESTERDAT8 Maximum temperature, 14
decrees; mini XT. am. 00 dasrees.
TODAT'8 Increased cloudiness, followed br
Uht eaowara; cooler; souihwsstarly
' i wind.
Ferelga.
la tsar,' Dlaa say good-bye to soldiers and
tn Unlrik Pan S.
Pans correspondent telle how Portland
j.wel.r waa robttea or ta-uv oy
dence same. In Paris. Paz 3.
Paris correspondent tells how Portland
Jeweler was robbed of 13200. Page 4.
Damsstie.
rfit mar, mrr I. nlafined h H11L Page 1-
Seymour gets writ restraining Ban Fran
else Folic Board tn nick or time. Pa. 3.
Storm cause loss of life and much damage
at Cleveland. Page L
Associate Judre Harlan to celebrate 71th
blrtbaay today, rage a.
nat commlttM rt drnllon tram
lobrlsu. &f alost reciprocity P4r -
WlcJcershun ptvparea to prosecute trust of-f.cJ--J.
crlmljia:iy. Pace 2.
Fend between Genermle Wood and Alne
worth la bitter. Pace 2.
Sport.
Pacific Cout T-e,ru results yesterday:
Portland ft, Oe-lc'and 4: ban Francisco 7.
Leoe Angelas 1; Sacramento 6. V ernon 2.
Page 8-
Korth western Lea rue results yesterday:
Tacoma ft. Portland 1; Vlctori a Seat
tle 3; Spokane 5, Vancouver 4. Fae 6.
Many women to compete In swimming
championships. Paa-e &
raclflo Northwest.
Appropriations amounting to $4,709,246.06.
rec.lus.ve of two funds referred, passed
by recnt Oregon Legislature. Page 7.
Locks! y Hall, hotel at Seaside, is destroyed
by rire. rage o.
Municipal League of Eugene gives banquet
at which prominent speakers discuss in
terests of University of Oregon. Page 7.
Southwest Washington Development Asso
ciation convention to open at Chen alia
today. Pass .
State Supreme Court holds home rule law is
applicable In dry" towns only when
second election puts towns in "wet"
column. Page L
Ex-Chief of Police Wappenstein Is favored
by witnesses for prosecution in opening
or trial. Page L
Vancouver Elks dedicate new $65,000 home.
Pag .
Gasoline launch in Port Orchard explodes,
two men save seven girls, all of party.
Page L
Commercial and Marine.
Hide market firm and prices advancing.
Page 1.
Close of May wheat deal at Chicago. Pags
, -l
Tobacco stock drops 82 points on New Tork
curb. Page 21.
Portland leads all Puget Sound ports com
bined in wheat export Page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Women of Woodcraft hold drill competition
at Armory. Page ill
John C. Carson, octogenarian pioneer; dies
without warning, i'age 14.
Mount Scott district to get Bull Run water
today. Page 14.
Socialists expect heavy rote In Portland
campaign. Page 12.
JI1x Injured in explosion at Mount Bcott
je-meiery. rage li.
Sot hern and Marlowe present "Romeo and
Juliet" at the Helllg. Psge 12.
Norman brothers sell their lnteit In Hotel
Portland to Day brothers. Pag a.
Industrial statistics for May show Port-
land s continued growth. Page L
MILE LOPPED OFF OCEAN
Jap Steamer Makes 4213 MJIes
Where Globe Mark Is 41313.
TACOMA. May J 1. Arriving in Ta
coma thla morning on her maiden
voyage and bringing" th first shipment
of the new tea crop, the steamer
Canada Marti, of the Osaka Bhosen
Kalsha virtually won a race with tha
composita great circle by one mile and
incidentally broke a record in trans
pacific navigation that will probably
stand for many years.
When Captain Horl made his com
putations en rout from Victoria to
Tacoma. be found, much to his sur
prise, that the distance traveled be
tween Yokohama and Victoria had
been 4111 miles, whereas the distance
by the composita great circle would
have been 4211 miles. The nearest tfny
other steamers of tha line have com
waa 21 miles.
THE SIMON CORNERSTONE.
STATE WITNESSES
I E ST
Prosecution Puzzled by
Turn of Case.
VICE DISTRICT LAID TO GILL
Two Councilmen Also Blamed
. for Redlight Taxes. .
POLICE SERGEANTS CALLED
Both Testify Counting Seattle's Fall
en Women for Superiors, One
Saying List Was for Health
Board's Use.
SEATTLE. Wash.. May 11 (Special.)
Th prosecution of C. W. Wappen
stein, ex-Chief of Police, wan duro
founded todav. their flrsf witness testl-fvlna-
that Wappenstein was not re
sponsible for the location of the vice
district.
J. E. Crlchton, City Health Commis
sioner, declared that Councilmen E. F.
Blaine and Max Wardall save the first
word that Seattle's fallen women were
to be examined and taxed.
That the state's attorneys were dis
concerted was evinced by a hurried con
sultation and several recurrences to the
same question In the hope of getting
either a different or a Qualifying an
swer. They wer disappointed keenly
in this, as well as in attempts to prove
bv Dr. Crlchton and his secretary, A. A.
Bramer, that Wappenstein, when Chief
of Police, had a hand in establishing tha
llnea of the restricted district. Both
witnesses were positive that Mayor Gill
had told them that ho (the Mayor) had
fixed the boundaries.
Police Sergeants Called.
Wardall. referred to by Dr.' Crlchton.
was Acting Mayor during the absence
of Mayor Gill on a fishing trip to Alas
ka, and ordered the district closed and
attempted to remove Wappenstein from
his position at the head of the police
department. Blaine, also mentioned by
Dr. Crlchton, was a member of the late
Council investigating committee. Blaine
was at tha time the ranking member of
the finance committee. Both are now
rival leaders of the purity brigade In
the City Council. A. A. Bramer, chief
clerk and secretary of th City Health
Department, gave the same testimony.
The first testimony connecting wap
penstein with the restricted district was
brought out in the examination or po
lice Sergeant E. L. Hedges, who was
placed In c,.rge of the so-called dis
trict March 11. t2e day Wappenstein as
sumed his duties as Chief of Police.
Intent to Segregate Told.
Heda-es testified that the only disor
derly house operating th night of
March El in th King-street district
was the Midway, the house that Wap
pe n stein Is charged with promoting.
(Concluded on Psge S.)
. HA RAW.
riuftrwU
LAUNCH EXPLODES,
7 GIRLS RESCUED
MAX DIVES OFF 30-FOOT DOCK,
SAVES ONE WHO JUMPED.
Helmsman on Port Orchard Craft
Quiets Six Panicky Toung Women
Who Hang to Wreck.
PORT ORCHARD, Wash., May 11.
(SpeclaL) Peter F. Norcey, Jr and
Gilbert McNeil, the former In charge
of a gasoline launch, with seven young
women as guests, the latter casually
walking along the shore, became he
roes and saved seven lives when the
launch exploded early this evening.
Without any warning there was a
deafening detonation which almost de
molished the craft. That it did not
kill some of the party is miraculous.
The shock of the explosion, with Its
deafening noise, paralyzed the young
women with fear and they collapsed.
There was one exception. One of the
passengers became hysterical for a few
minutes, then sprang wildly into the
water. This performance drove the
other girls into a panic, but young
Norcey managed to convince them that
they would drown if they did not stick
by the remnant of the vessel, meantime
assuring them that the danger was
over.
Gilbert McNeil chanced to be looking
at the launch from ashore when it blew
up. He stripped off his outer clothing
quickly, made a .run, sprang from the
wharf in a 30-foot dive and swam 50
yards to where the young woman was
managing to keep afloat. By a heroic
effort he seized her and swam ashore
without difficulty.
JOHNSON BUYS 'GLAD RAGS'
Chicago Tailors Busy Making Coro
nation Wardrobe for Champion.
CHICAGO, May 11 (Special.) Chi
cago tailoring establishments will be
pushed to their capacity this week. The
reason is Jack Johnson, the champion,
unexpectedly and unheralded, arrived
in town tonight to make final prepara
tions for his trip to England, where he
expects to Join in the coronation fes
tivities. Naturally, he wishes to be properly
attired, and has places orders, for 20
suits and a startling number of bats
and caps of various styles and colors.
On bis last visit to Chicago the big fel
low superintended the construction of
an assortment of wearing apparel.
Consequently, when he starts across the
water his trunks will be burdened with
at least 50 suits of clothing.
On bis Eastern trip Johnson signed
several theatrical contracts. He has
completed arrangements for an automo
bile trip from New Tork to St. Louis via
Chicago. He will appear at theaters in
big towns along the route. His re
numeration for this work will be 11750
per week and 65 .per cent of the theat
rical receipts.
HAMMOND JQUITS YALE
Rich Engineer Leaves Sheffield
Faculty When Huntoon Resigns.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May SL (Spe
cial) Trouble In the faculty of Shef
field Scientific School, Tale, which re
cently resulted In the resignation of
Professor Louis D. Huntoon, has been
followed by the withdrawal of John
Hays Hammond from the faculty and
consequent loss of his financial sup
port. Mr. Hammond gave the school his
metallurgical laboratory, the largest of
any American university and founded
its school of mining. He was at the
head for a time, but later brought
about the appointment of Professor
Huntoon for that position.
Several weeks ago there arose a dif
ference of opinion between Professor
Huntoon and Professor Russell H. Chit
tenden, director of the school, and Pro
fessor Huntoon's resignation from
Sheffield faculty was tendered and ac
cepted. Mr. Hammond has taken Professor
Huntoon's part and has finally followed
Professor Huntoon In severing all
connection with the Institution.
BUTTER "BRANDS" FARCES
Product All Alike, Bought in Bulk
and Then Given Different Labels.
KANSAS CITY, May 31. It is useless
for the consumer to tell the grocer to
send a certain brand of butter and no
other. Practically all the butter sold
by the retailers Is purchased In tubs in
carload lots, taken to the place of busi
ness of the big distributers and there
molded into packages and branded. Lit
tle of the butter distributed by any one
company with a particular brand is
manufactured by that company.
This was the testimony of Walter L.
Grush, a produce dealer, today before
Judge A. F. Evans, special commis
sioner here In a suit to dissolve the
Kansas City Fruit and Produce Ex
change on the ground that it is an Il
legal combination.
LINER BEACHED, ALL SAFE
C. P. Steamer Amur Hits Wrangle
Xarrows, Finds Haven.
VICTORIA, B. C May 31. The Cana
dian Pacific steamer Amur struck a
rock on Wrangle Narrows late today.
She floated off in a short time and was
run ashore on a sandy beach at North
flat. There was no danger to passen
gers or crew.
The steamer Princess May, now on
her way from Skagway from the south,
will reach there tonight. The extent
of the damage to the Amur Is . cot
known.
BUILDING IKES
BIG GUI. M
Exports of Flour Also
Break Record.'
BANK BALANCES INCREASE
Month's Statistics Show Con
tinued Growth of City.
GRAIN SHIPMENTS LARGE
Export of Flour and Cereals by Port
land Larger Than Total of Any
Month for Two Years and Ex-
ceed Sound by 50 Per Cent.
Maintaining its position as one of the
most prosperous cities in the United
States, Portland advanced to first place
in flour and grain shipments for th
month of May and made a correspond
ingly strong showing in postal receipts,
bank clearings and building permits.
The flour and cereal export buslress
was larger than the total of any month
for two years and exceeded by 60 per
cent the total from Puget Sound ports.
One of the surprising features of the
month was the Increase in the number
of building permits over the totals for
May last year. During the month
just closed 677 permits were issued, for
buildings costing a total of 11,868,130,
compared with 598 permits and a total
of $1,803,445 for May, 1910. The percent
age for the month was Increased large
ly with yesterday's volume of business,
when 29 permits were Issued for build
ings of a total value of $182,450.
Building Record Noteworthy.
Taking into consideration the situa
tion of the money market throughout
the country and the general retrench
ment of building operations, Portland's
record is considered noteworthy. It Is
believed that no city in the United
States will show as great a percentage
of increase in building permits.
In postal receipts the gain was so
marked that there remains no doubt
as to the sustained and steady growth
of the city. At the close of business
Tuesday night the receipts for th
month amounted to $76,056.47. On ac
count of the mailing of campaign lit
erature yesterday, the receipts for the
day were unusually large, amounting
to approximately $4000, making the to
tal receipts for the month in round
figures $80,000. The receipts for. the
corresponding month of last year were
$68,260. The gain of more than 18 per
cent is one of the largest increases in
the history of the Postoffice.
City Financially Sound.
Evidence of the sound financial sit
uation In Portland is shown in the sub
tantial increase in bank clearings for
the month. At the close of business
at noon yesterday, the totals for May
reached $44,518,677.47. In May, 1910,
the totals were $41,395,362.13. The la-
crease Is 7.5 per cent. Balances for
the month were 15,231,482.5. compared
with $4,707,440.94 Ma- of last year.
The total i ? the five rr.w.hs of y
year is $?2,' '"3,098, as aeainsL 1207,
665,604 for f 1 j same period In 19in,
an iucreasei of ii.ore than 13 per cent.'
One of tlje noteworthy records for
May was mdsde In foreign cargo ship
ments of flour and cereals. The largest
gain was mr.de In flour shipments.
115,800 barrels having left this port.
as compared w'th 11,067 barrels in
May, 1910. Foreign I'jirber shipments
showed little change, while coastwise
shipping exceeded t!ia; lor May of last
year by a good marsain.
Real Estate Still Active.
Activity of the realty market was
satisfactory, there having been more
transfers than in May of last year,
though the total was slightly smaller.
The total valuations represented 'n the
1688 transfers amounted to $2,641,950.
For May of last year there were 1663
transfers and $2,804,142 as the total
valuations.
In addition to the healthy business
and industrial conditions of Portland,
a large amount of municipal improve
ment work is in progress in all parts
of the city, including street paving,
extension of sewer systems and park
improvements.
MRS. TOY T0GIVE BOND
Portland Chinese Woman Finds Au- .
stralian Exclusion Law Strict-
SAN FRANCISCO. May 3 (Special.)
An interesting passenger on the Brit
ish steamer Maitai. which left this
morning for Australia and New Zealand,
was Mrs. Lucy Toy. a Chinese woman,
who makes her home in Portland, where
she is a teacher.
Although Mrs. Toy has a perfect Eng
lish education and considers herself a
citizen of the States, she was compelled A
to put up a bond of $1000 to guarantee
that she did not intend to remain in the
British colonies, where the Asiatic ex
clusion laws are very strict. Mrs. Toy
will visit her brother in Sydney, who
went to that country before the prohibition.
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