PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AUTHOR TO SEEK
WORLD IN FUTURE
BRYAN'S POLICY OF
CANOE CAPSIZES;
TO
DEEPEST JUNGLE
TO BE NOISELESS
HARVARD MEDICAL PHOFESSOK
MAKES PREDICTION.
GIRL IS DROWNED
"PEACE" IS BLAMED
KLEIN TO
LAND NO WHITE MAX HAS VIS
I TED ' IS OBJECTIVE.
KATE O'CONNOR. OF JIONTAG CE
CAL., CORVALLIS .VICTIM.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. APRIL 31, 1913.
UN
PURSUE
BELGIUM
MAY
MARKETS FARMER S
LEADING PROBLEM
Ei
SOC
Deep Feeling Is Shown
at Ccn'erence.
EARLY REFORMS DEMANDED
Waste Between Grower and
Consumer Strikingly Shown.
NEW BUREAU ASKED FOR
Professor MacPherson. of Oregon
Agricultural College, Analyzes
Recent Chicago Meeting Ap
peal Made to Congress.
BT HECTOR M ACPH ERSON.
CHICAGO, April SO. (Special Cor
respondent) The first National
conference on -Marketing and Farm
Credits'" has now passed Into his
tory. It Is worth while at this point.
I believe, to review its contribution to
agricultural economic thought and ask
what lt practical effect is likely to be
In solving the problems of the farmer.
In the first place, this conference
did not originate among farmers. The
spark which set the name going was
kindled in the brain of Colonel Frank
P. Holland, of Dallas. Tex., while off
tin a bunting expedition. Now. Colonel
Holland Is president of the Associated
Farm Papers, an organisation which
includes. In addition to Holland's own
paper. Farm and Ranch, eight others
of the largest farm papers of the
country.
Snaplclon Qaif-klr Dispelled.
Immediately on his return to civili
sation Holland laid the plan before
his association, and the call for the
conference was Issued.
On account of Us origin among: the
big farm Journals, some were Inclined
at first to view the conference with
suspicion. They thought It would
amount to little more than a big ad
vertising scheme. The call, however,
was one which could not be disre
garded. It was for a conference on
-Farm Credit and Marketing." the most
live topic before the American peo
ple today.
People of Interests the most diverse
sat up and took notice when the call
for a conference went forth. It ap
pealed to all to the politician, the
philanthropist, the railroad man. the
publisher, the educator, the middleman,
the consumer, and the farmer. Interest
was Intensified by the fact that the
best-known thinkers In the country
were secured to lead in the various
topics of discussion.
Oafereaee Widely Repreaeatattve.
To make a long story short, there
gathered In Chicago, during the three
days of the conference. 441 regular
delegates. Besides. It Is estimated that
about half as many more attended the
conference who either could not or did
not register. The registered delegates
represented 34 states, four Canadian
provinces and the Republic of Mexico.
They represented widely different In
terests: yet. from the beginning to the
end of the conference, there never was
a minute when sentiment favorable to
the best Interests of tte farmer did not
dominate the meeting. Let me Illus
trate this by two Incidents, represent
ing the two great topics under consld
eratlon. "Marketings' and "Credit."
There were present at the confer
ence three representatives of the United
States Department of Agriculture. The
most prominent was W. J. Splllman,
who was there as the special re pre
Tentative of Secretary Houston.
Uw of Prices) Dlaeraaaed.
Mr. Splllman applies the law of
normal value -to the prices of agricul
tural products, and thinks we will be
somewhat disappointed In our efforts
to secure better prices for the farmer.
The law of normal value Is that, under
conditions of free competition, there la
a tendency for prices to equal the cost
of production. Including wages of labor,
rent for land and Interest on capital.
We cannot here examine this theory;
but, notwithstanding Mr. Spillman's
argument, I am convinced that It plays
but a small part In determining the
farmers present Income, and will be a
still smaller factor under organised
systems of credit and marketings.
Now. Mr. Splllman was chairman of
the committee under whose supervision
the new office of Markets in the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture began
its existence. He waa desirous, there
fore, that the reports of the various
official committees make due recogni
tion of the new office. Both the com
mittee on resolutions and the commit
tee on distribution brought forward
strong pleas for a Federal bureau of
markets, entirely.
When the committee on distribution
brought In Its report, Mr. Splllman
urged the advisability of recognizing
the beginning which had been made In
the office of markets. He was abso
lutely overruled by the vote of the
conference. Whether rightly or wrong
ly. It was the opinion of those present
that the new office, with Its $50,000
appropriation, is utterly inadequate to
cope with the situation, and amounted
to little more than a sop thrown to the
farmer.
In the course of the discussion Hatton
W. Summers. Representative In Con
gress from The Dalles. Tex district,
declared that Congress "must create
a marketing bureau, clothe It with al
most unlimited discretion, supply It j
iCuncludcd on U
WcIfHrc Committees Will Be land
ing Factors Believing Suffer
ing From Sound.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Ppril 20. Dr.
Clarence J. Blake, professor of ethnol
ogy at the Harvard medical school,
forecasts a comparatively noiseless
world In the years to come.
"In time we shall have, while not a
soundless world, a world that will
practically be noiseless," said Dr. Blake
today.
"I'nnecessary noise in the factory. In
the mill, the mines and the outdoor
worH. is dally claiming its toll from
the mase by causing a diminution in
the hearing power. Welfare commit
tees are working industriously to abol
ish these Injurious conditions and these
associations will be the greatest factors
lu bringing about a noiseless world.
"Deafness can be attained through
irHiatfri iniifoni membranes in the
throat and nose as well as from sound."
Among the occupationsin mcu
ikAua .mnlnv, J suffer crreallv from
deafness. Dr. Blake cited dealing In
hat.. nlH r.TI nrt hlnwinor OD wind
Instruments. Cutting mother of pearl
is tne most oangerous oi an iru
Its effect on the hearing, he says.
CANNERY TO OPEN MAY 9
Corrallis Plant Will Run Night and
Day During Season.
CORVALLIS. Or., April 20. (Special.)
Having finished a two-story addition
50x50 feet, and added new equipment
and completely renovated the old plant,
the Corvallls cannery will be thrown
open for inspection May . The open
ing Is to be a booster occasion, the
feature of which will be a dinner
served by members of the Benton
County Growers' Association.
DriiMi.it Ttnhert Strahorn and other
prominent officials of the Portland.
Eugene & Eastern Railroad have prom
ised to be present and appear on a pro
gramme with representative business
men of Corvallls and Albany.
The cannery has been given the
financial support necessary to put It on
its feet, and the growers of- Benton
and Linn counties are co-operating with
it in such way that Manager George
H. Tinker has made plans for continu
ous operation, night and day, through
the season. The cannery will care for
everything raised In this section that
will admit of canning.
FEEDING STATION . CHOSEN
Short Line Elects Ontario, Or., as
Place for Handling Stock.
nVTARIO. Or, April 20. (Special.)
An official of the Short Line Railroad
while in Ontario last week made ar
rangements with Dave Magill. stock
man, to take charge o( the feeding sta
tion for cattle, which will be estab
lished here. The railroad official said
. . . i. ...in, nrntilf! be made un
here and sent Into Portland without a
stop for feeding the cattle. Work will
be commenced on the yards and pens at
once.
Announcement of the railroad's fu
....... ni.n st'DntArln Is expected soon.
Everything seems to indicate that the
Short Line will make Ontario the prin
cipal division point between Salt Lake
City and Portlana.
MIMI'S DEADARE HONORED
Friends of Vessel's Victims Hold
Service at Seaman's Home.
Friends of the late Captain Albert
Crowe, sailors and other victims of the
Mlmt disaster gathered to honor their
memory in the Seamen's Institute. J29
Everett street, last night. Among those
present were Mrs. Crowe and her son
and daughter. A. C. Newlll led the
Episcopal service. Rev. Mr. Bischler
itdrnmi the assemblage In German
and Rev. E. H. Roper, chaplain of the
Institute, delivered an address In which
he eulogized Captain Crowe. Mrs. Ruth
Q. Gilbert sang two solos.
Among the hymns 'which were sung
was "Nearer. My God. to Thee." As
Captain Westphal and the German sail
ors had left Portland, none of the sur
vivors were present.
L0VETT TO MEET JUDGES
Dissolution of Harriman Lines Mer.
gcr to Be Discussed.
ST. PAUL. April 20. Robert S. Lov
ett. chairman of the board of the Union
Pacific Railroad, arrived here today and
tomorrow will hold a conference with
Federal Judges Sanborn. Hook and
Adams relative to the dissolution of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail
roads. An application for additional time In
which to consider the case will be filed
In behalf of the railways unless a
method of dissolution is agreed upon
at the conference.
Mr. Lovett declined to discuss the
case.
CHURCHMEN END MEETING
Coos-Sub-District Minister- and
League Convene at Bandon.
BANDON. Or, April 20. (Special.)
The Coos Sub-District Ministerial As
sociation and Epworth League Con
vention for the Eugene district of the
Methodist Church held their eighth
annual session at Bandon during the
week.
Rev. S. R. Steele, of Bandon. made
the welcome address and District Su
oerintcnder.t Rev. J. T. Abbott re.
responded.
The ministerial delegates present
were Rev. H. I. Rutledge. of Marsh
fiaM P.v n ft nixhnn n a rA ry T? v
R. C. Young. Coqullle: ilev. C H. Bry
an.' Myrtle Point, and Rev. A. S. Hisey,
of North Bend. The sessions of the
conference entied tonight. j
Japan's Attitude Be
lieved Sequence.
SMALL NAYY NOW RIDICULED
Administration Embarrassed
by Disarmament Talk.
RAKER TO MEET 'WILSON
Californian Will Tell President His
State Shonld Enact Law and
Let Japan if Aggrieved
Appeal to Courts.
WASHINGTON. April 20. It is no
secret In Washington that the Admin
istration finds Itself embarrassed in
dealing with the present' Japanese
question by Secretary Bryan's "peace
policy. Mr. Bryan has been strongly
in favor of a smaller Navy and com
parative disarmament, and It .Is de
clared here that officials to a large
extent attribute the belligerent atti
tude of Japanese across the water to
this fact. This has hampered not only
President Wilson in dealing with the
issue, but has proved embarrassing
even to Mr. Bryan himself.
Advocates of an adequate Navy are
laughing in their sleeves today at the
predicament in which the Secretary of
State finds himself. They do not hesi
tate to say that they believe the Sec
retary and those Democrats who have
been trying to block the building up of
the Navy are likely to have their eyes
opened before the Administration gets
out of its present tangle..
Bryan Hears From Johnson.
Further consideration of proposed
alien land legislation in the California
assembly tomorrow Is awaited with
deep interest here. Secretary Bryan
today received a telegram, reported to
be from Governor Johnson, acknowl
edging receipt of the President's mes
sage of yesterday, outlining the Ad
ministration view of the situation, but
did not make the contents public. Cali
fornia representatives issued state
ments discussing the demand In their
states for alien land laws.
"This matter will be settled satisfac
torily. Legislation with reference to
holding of land by aliens will be enact
ed," said Representative Baker. "The
people of California want the question
settled once for all."
Mr. Baker asserted his confidence
that the California Legislature . would
put through a bill. He Is not yet ln-
(Concluded on Pag 3.)
j nAS jT C0ME T0 THIS?
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Body Remains 'Under Water and
Companion's Efforts to Effect
Rescue Are Unavailing.
CORVALLIS, Or, April 10. (Special.)
Kate O'Connor, of Montague, Cal., a
Junior student in the domestic science
class at Oregon Agricultural College,
was drowned at 5:30 P. M. today while
canoeing on the Mary's River with
Robert Savage, of Salem, a sophomore
in the class of mechanical engineering.
The girl's body was carried below
the surface at once and never came up,
so her- companion was powerless to
render any assistance. .
The accident occurred four miles up
stream from Corvallls. in a swift cur
rent, and the canoe was capsized by
striking a log while the occupants
were endeavoring to turn round.
Three students, R. J. Chrisman. G. M.
Stambach and G. Schumaker, witnessed
the accident and rendered all the as
sistance possible. A large party was
organized at once, and systematic
search recovered the body shortly after
10 o'clock.
The party, which included Miss
O'Connor and Mr. Savage, left Corvallls
at 3 o'clock and were breaking a strict
rule of the .college, which forbids any
girl going on the water without first
having filed the written consent of her
parents to engage In aquatic sports.
RACE IS LOST; BRIDE WON
SorUalcxw, Indian Athlete, Runs to
Win Penobscot Maid's Hand.
BOSTON, April 20. (Special.) An
drew Sockalexis. the Old Town (Me.)
Indian who finished second in the Bos
ton 25-mlle Marathon race yesterday,
was running for a greater prize than
the medal signifying victory, it de
veloped after the race. Sockalexis, who
was beaten by exactly two minutes by
Fritz Carlson, was fighting for the
added prize of,the hand of Pauline Shea,
of the Penobscots, who waited anxious,
ly at the finish and swooned as the In
dian staggered across the line.
When Miss SHea had been revived
sho told the judges of the race that she
would marry the redman anyway.
PRISONER LEAPS FROM CAR
Man Handcuffed Leaves Fastly-Mov.
Ing Train, in Idaho. :
BOISE. Idaho, April 20. E. P. Mar
shall, wanted In Sacramento on a charge
of issuing fictitious checks and who
was In charge of Detective J. J. Thlelen,
of Sacramento, leaped from a train run
ning 30 miles an nour, two miles east
of Nampa, and escaped last night. Hold
ing up a farmer, Marshall took a file
from the wagon and cut oft his hand
cuffs, later fleeing into the desert. A
posse from Nampa was sent out on his
trail.
Marshall was. arrested In Pocateilo on
a fugitive warrant from Sacramento
and Thielen brought him to Boise. Ex
tradition papers were, granted and the
officer was taking him back to Cali
fornia when he escaped.
MissNewcombRefuses
to Drop Case.
STORY OF COURTSHIP TOLD
Purpose Now Is to See Other
Women Are Protected.
VICTORY WON IN ILLINOIS
Chicago Detectives Say Von Klein
Was Arrested In Galesburg, 111.,
When 1 Years Old, for Steal
ing From Young Girl.
CHICAGO. April 20. (Special.)
Miss Ethel Newcomb, who caused the
arrest of E. C. von Klein, alias "Jack
Lewis," son of Professor Carl H. von
Klein, declared today she would prose,
cute the young "diamond broker" de
spite Influences brought to bear up
on her.
She Insists Von Klein is the man
who inveigled her Into a marriage and
took her Jewels. It is said that re
cently $3500 was offered Miss New-
comb If she would not appear in Judge
Williams' court Tuesday morning.
when Von Klein Is to be arraigned.
Von Klein Is at liberty on 114,000
bonds, signed by a surety company,
and it is said that since regaining his
freedom he has been constantly shad
owed by employes of the bonding con
cern. It is also predicted there will be an
Interesting legal clash when Von Klein
is arraigned. He is being represented
by Charles E. Erbstein, and Miss New
comb has engaged Robert E. Cantwell
to look after her Interests.
Miss Newcomb won a victory in
Springfield Friday when Governor
Dunne Issued a Governor's warrant to
Detective Sergeant Day, of Portland,
for the return of Von Klein to Port
land to stand trial a charge of
grand larceny. She appeared person
ally at the state capitol. She is pre
pared to accompany the officers in
charge of Von Klein to Portland to
prosecute the case there. Sergeant
Day listened to the original complaint
made by Miss Newcomb in Portland
and was detailed on the case. He
said today that he learned that on the
morning Von Klein, then known as
Jack Lfwis, disappeared he showed a
barber in the Portland Hotel several
diamonds, with the remark:
"They are beauties, and I got them
easy, so good-bye."
Detectives Rieck and Shubert, of the
Concluded on Page 3.)
Stewart Edward White Outfitting
for Forests Filled With Sav
ages and Wild Animals.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Steward Edward White, the au
thor, is outfitting an expedition at Santa
Barbara for the Arfican wilds, this time
to enter recesses never before visited
by a white man. White intends leaving
Santa Barbara next month for New
York, to sail for Naples and thence for
Africa, where he will Join a Mr. Cun
ningham, who will be his only white
traveling companion throughout his
trip.
Cunningham is a native of Scotland,
but has spent the greater part of his
life on the game trails of the most re
mote spots in Africa and is also a famous
elephant hunter. He accompanied Mr.
White on a former trip.
The territory selected by White for
exploration lies southeast of the great
Nyanza Lake, the largest In Africa, and
is a stretch of mountains and thick for
est inhabited by unknown savages.
Other parts of the country Mr. White
and Cunningham will penetrate are
thought to be inhabited only by wild
animals. The trip will cover eight or
nine months, or more, during which Mrs.
White will travel in Europe and also
spend a few months with her aunt in
Scotland. She will Join her husband in
Italy after his explorations and return
with him to Santa Barbara some time
next year.
WOMAN FINDS SKELETON
Discovery May Explain Disappear
ance of Percy Jaquith.
HILLSBORO. Or.. April 20. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Thomas Haines today found
a skeleton on her husband's ranch, 10
miles southeast of this city and south
nf SfAnlla A revnlvpr WAS lvinfiT near
and the skull had been penetrated by
a Dunet. To doming was juunu.
The discovery recalls the disappear-
.nn. f Pnrr..f T tl r , 1 1 1 f h 23-VAfl.r-Old SOn
of W. W. Jaquith, of Scholia, who left
home July 18, 1911. His ciotning ana
mqaU nr.,. fnimH nn tho hank of the
Tn.i.Hn Pfvpr nhntit a mile and a half
from the place where the skeleton was
found today. The youth had a revolver
at the time of his departure, n is sup-
that tha Vnl, n IT TT1 0 Tl dfillOSited
his clothing on the river bank and
walked away and shot himself in a se
cluded place, trusting that his body
would not be discovered.
Tha teoth Vihvp cold, cement ana bu
Allium, hut rnrnnflf Rnrrett has
VDI UJIIIIfiO, uuw .
n ..i .otahlishnrl identification by
this, means. Young Jaquith had a few
hundred dollars aeposnea in a
boro bank.
Hugh Brady, the Portland diver
f,..ui.oDiv eftArrhAil the Rowell & Co,
mlllpond, above which the clothes were
found, shortly after tne Disappearance.
CHARTER ISESSAY TOPIC
High and Grade Students to Write
on Commissoln Government.
The future voters of Portland are to
have an opportunity to express them
selves on the proposed new charter.
The charter campaign committee has
offered a prize of $23 for the best esay
whitten by a student in any Portland
high school on the subject, "The Bene
fits to Be Derived From Commission
Form of Government."
Prizes of $15 and $10 will be given
for the best and second best essays on
the same subject written by students
of the grammar grades. All manu
scripts must be received at charter
headquarters, 175 Broadway, by 2
o'clock Saturday, April 26 -
There are no other conditions, except
that the essays are to be kept within
500 wcrds in length, and must be plain
ly written cn one side of the paper.
Further information may be secured by
calling at headquarters or telephoning
Marshall 6600.
NEED OF FAITH ASSERTED
W. J. Bryan Addresses Endeavor
Meeting iu Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Secretary
of State Bryan told an audience of
men in the second of a series of Sun
day., afternoon Christian Endeavor
meetings that there never was a time
when faith was needed more than at
present.
"Without faith," said Mr. Bryan, "it
is impossible to accomplish anything
worth while. A man must have faith
In God, faith in himself, faith in his
fellow men and faith in his govern
ment before he can do any work of
Importance In the world. Faith in the
government does not mean that men
shall not see its defects. They must
try to perfect It. Our form of govern
ment makes it possible to make the
Government Just as good as the people
deserve."
WARM WEATHER FORECAST
Storm Slated to Appear in Far West
Tuesday or Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Moderately
warm weather will prevail throughout
the Great Central valleys and the
Rocky Mountain region and the plains
states the coming week. The weekly
bulletin of the Weather Bureau says:
"The first storm of importance will
appear in the Far West Tuesday or
Wednesday, move eastward and cross
the great central valleys Thursday or
Friday and the Eastern States near the
end of the week. This disturbance will
be' preceded by a general rise in tem
perature, be attended by showers and
thunder storms and be followed by
considerably colder weather, which will
overspread the Northwestern States
Thursday and Friday.
Belief Is End of Strike
Is in Sight.
GOVERNMENT IS CONCILIATORY
Motion Providing Reform of
Franchise System Framed.
SOCIALISTS HAVE HOPES
Leaders Declare Proceedings In
Chamber of Deputies Show Thin
End of Wedge Has Been In
serted Order Obtains.
BRUSSELS. April 20. The opinion
now is general in political circles that
at the session of the Chamber of Depu
ties Tuesday the government will ho
prepared to accept the conciliatory mo
tion of the Liberal leader, M. Masson.
This provides that if the parliamentary
committee appointed recently to con
sider the reform of the provincial and
communal franchise system evolves a
plan which appears to be a manifest im
provement on the present methods, then
the advisability of revising parliament
ary elections along the same lines shall
Immediately be considered.
Adoption Would End Strike.
The adoption of this motion by the
chamber would mean the end of the
strike which is paralyzing Belgium's
industry.
The Socialists assert that there will
be 500,000 men out tomorrow.
Twenty thousand persons assembled
at a great meeting at Liege today and
listened without the slightest disorder
to addresses on the strike .situation
throughout the country. Tho Socialisf
leader. Emlle Vandervelde, said the
proceedings In the Chamber of Deputies
seemed to show that the thin end of
the wedge had been Inserted.
Strikers' Meeting Sanctioned.
The Burgomaster of Charleroi has
sanctioned a meeting of all the strikers
in the province on Thursday on condi
tion that the strikers themselves ap
point police to preserve order. The lib
erals will participate actively in the
demonstration.
The Antwerp diamond cutters, by a
vote of 1021 to 162, decided today to
Join the strike movement. A detach
ment of clerical union workers also will
go out.
Three thousand members ot tne
Antwerp civic guard are protesting
against further detention from their
business since there has been no
trouble.
NAVY PLANS LONG CRUISE
Atlantic Fleet to A'isit Mediterranean
Next Winter.
WASHINGTON. April 20. Secretary
Daniels announced today that next
Winter practically the entire Atlantic
fleet would be sent on a three months'
cruise to the Mediterranean. This will
be the new Secretary's first step In
pursuance of his policy to make the
Navy In times of peace a great educa
tional force for the enlisted men anu
to afford them opportunity to enjoy the
broadening advantages of first-hand
knowledge of the great countries of tho
world.
The Secretary believes such a cruise
will add greatly to the sailor's useful
ness.
'I believe we should offer to the en
listed men every opportunity which lies
In our power to obtain knowledge of
other countries from personal observa
tion," he said, today. "Tho cruise will
be so timed as to give every man in
the fleet shore leave at every port oC
Interest. Instead of usual annual Win
ter maneuvers at Guantanamo. Cuba,
the whole fleet, including the torpedo-
boat destroyers and auxiliaries, will
make the foreign cruise.
The exact dates and details of the
voyage had not been definitely de.
termined,
EX-KING MANUEL TO WED
Bride-to-Be Princess Augustine Vic.
torla, Relative of Kalscr.
BERLIN, April 20. (Special. King
Manuel, of Portugal, Is betrothed to
Princess Augustine Victoria, daughter
to Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollen, a
relative of the Kaiser. The formal an
nouncement has not been made, but it
is understodo that arrangements have
been completed and an official state
ment will son be forthcoming.
King Manuel is now visiting Sigmar
lngen Castle, the home of Princess
Augustine's father, and he has spent
much of his time there since last Fall.
The marriage will not bring the ex
King into close relationship with the
Kaiser. Even though Kaiser Wilhelm
and Prince Wilhelm are both Hohen
zollerns, they belong to different fam
ilies, although they are distantly re
lated. The Kaiser calls the Prince
"cousin," but a blodo relationship be
tween the two would ouly be found
hundreds of years back.
Prince Byrne Is Bend.
SALEM. Or., April 20. (Special.)
Prince Byrne, a well-known resident
of this city, died this morning.