VOL. LIII XO. 1C3G0. PORTLAND, OREGON, TITURSDAY, MAY 1, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. il s. CALIFORNIA READY FOR QUICK ACTION Drastic Bill Will Be Acted On Today. FARM COLONIES WIPED OUT Proposed Law Most Rigid of Any Yet Suggested. EFFECTIVE CHECKS GIVEN Leasing to Non-Eligible Aliens Ab solutely Prohibited, and Inds Now Held Cannot Be Be queathed to Aliens. SACRAMEXTO, April SO. An open right of way for final action in the Fenate tomorrow morning on the Webb antl-allen land act was prepared today by the floor leaders In the upper house. The vote Is expected before night. Secretary Bryan spent the day In San Francisco, not returning; until late tonight, and it was not known whether he had received further instructions from President Wilson regarding; his propositions to the Legislature. In bis absence the original plan to permit no further delay was carried out. and when the Senate adjourned tonight the Webb bill, which stands on the file as the accepted substitute for the orig inal Thompson-Btrdsall measure, was due to be. reached within a few min utes after the upper house convenes at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Long; ' Debate Mot Improbable. A long debate is not Improbable, and a few amendments may be offered, but they will be resisted with the full force cf the administration leaders, who said tonight that they expected the act to be passed in its present form. There was wide discussion today of the new bill, although little criticism was forthcoming from the standpoint of California. In comparison with various drafts that preceded It. the Webb act Is said to be more drastic and effective In reaching the Japanese farmers of the state than any other form, and at the same time least ob Jectlonable of all from an international point of Tiew. Senator Thompson declared tonight that the bill provides for "the immedi ate and direct solution of the Japanese problem," and to this extent It is the most rigid and uncompromising meas lire that has been suggested. Wilwt Said Not to Approve. Senator Thompson denied that the wording of the act. or any part of it, can be taken as a concession to the objections of Secretary Bryan, and Governor Johnson said today that from what he understood of the situation tbe measure did not have the approval of President Wilson. , . . "It Is altogether probable that we would, have reached this form of bill In any case." said Senator Thompson, "and It cannot fairly be said that the draft prepared by Attorney-General Webb reflects any of the sentiments of Mr. Bryan except his desire that we do not offend any one, and of course. has been our guiding principle from the beginning. At no time have we had a wish to (Offend the people of any na tion, and our desire to avoid the words 'ineligible to citisenship has been ouite as strong as that of the Federal Administration. "Those words are not used In the Webb bill, but I do not hesitate to say that the effect and result axe precisely tha same as if they were Included, and It will be so understood. There waa no way to avoid It." Ead Put to Canonising. A close study of tha Webb bill shows tha extent of the restrictions placed on aliens who are not permitted to be come citizens, although the limitations re precisely those that are imposed In the existing treaties between us and Japan. China and other nations whose subjects are ineligible. In the ce of the Japanese, they are prohibit ) en tirely from acquiring or holding land for farming or agricultural purposes, and it Is declared that the passage ot the act will put an end. not only to the growth of Japanese farming colonies, but eventually to tbe colonies them selves. This purpose of the act Is effected in two ways: 1. In the death of an alien land owner, the bill provides that his owner ship ceases and that the property must be taken over by the probate court and sold to the highest bidder.' Under Its terms an alien cannot be queath real property except to a citi zen. The proceeds from the sale of such land are distributed to the heirs by the court. Leasing la Prohibited. S. No leases whatsoever are permit ted. Originally It was planned to per mit leases covering a maximum per iod of three to five years, but the Webb act denies this opportunity for coloni zation by aliens and provides that any lease of agricultural lands is subject to escheat to the state on the day It Is begun. To make number two more effective, the bill provides that when suit is be gun to escheat such leases, the court shall appraise the lease, sell the pro perty at a forced sale and pay the value of the lease Into the state. The j remainder of the proceeds shall go to (Concluded on Tag 2.) JAPANESE TARGET OF GRANGE ACTION NIPPONESE OWNERSHIP OF OREGOS LANDS OPPOSED. Pleasant Home Body Adopts Reso lution Agitating Movement by State Organization. PLEASANT VALLEY. Or.. April 30. (Special.) A reno1utton opposing the owning or leasing of Ia:id in Oregon by Japanese wil! be submitted, by the Pleasant Home Grange to the State Grange, which will be held next month. This resolution waa adopted at the regular meeting of the Grange Satur day, and was placed in the nanas or uun Riehev. one of the delegates to tne State Grange from Multnomah County. The resolution was warmly discussed by the members, some being against the measure. Reference was mads to the many Japanese farmers In Eastern Multno mah County who have leased some of the largest farms of the Russellville district. It was argued that the Tel low peril1' in Multnomah County was becoming a reality. FLIER WINS $10,000 PURSE French Aviator Covers 10H Miles Between Sunrise and Sunset. PARIS, April 30. Ernest F.. Gulllaux, a French airman, whose aeroplane Clght on Sunday last when he traveled from Biarritz, France, to Kollum, not land, a distance of nearly 1000 miles, won a prize of $10,000 and the Pommery or Single day distance cup, which was decided at sundown tonight. Competition for the Pommery cup, valued at 11500 is open every six months and the prize Is awarded' to the aviator making the longest flight In a straight line between sunrise ana sunset of tbe same day. Gulllaux started from Biarritz, in tne extreme south west of France at 4:32 o'clock Sunday morning and after making two stops at Bordeaux and Villa Coublay to repiemsn nis mei, finally reached Kollum. Holland. Pierre Daucourt, a Frencnman, won the cud on the last occasion wiu a flight on October 6. 1912. from Valen ciennes to Biarritz, a distance or ejo mllc. MANY CLAMOR FOR CORN Townspeople as Well as Farmer AVould Try Experiment. - C. L. Smith, agriculturist for tne O.-W. R. & N, has been besieged wltn a stack of applications for seed corn from all parts of the territory tribu tary to the company's lines In response to the announcement in The Oregonlan a few days ago that free distribution of seed would be made. In addition to the mail requests many inquiries are received every hour by telephone and In person. Many women have called at his office In the last few days bearing buckets, baskets or other receptacles In which to carry the corn away. It ts the evident intention of many applicants to plant corn on city lots and so long- as the seed supply holds out they will be accommodated This free distribution of seed Is being made to demonstrate the truth of the theory held by Mr. Smith and by other officials of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. that the climate and soil of Oregon are better adapted to corn growing than the climate and soil of any .other state. BOARD URGED BY CHILDREN Tract Used as Storage for Reservoir Wanted for Playground. More than S00 school children and others will appear at the City Hall this afternoon at J o'clock to urge the City Water Board to open for a public play ground a tract of land east of Mount Tabor reservoir No. 2, now used for the storage of pipe and other supplies of the water department. Six schools of the East Side district arc behind the plan. It is proposed to have the tract turned over to the Park Board, which has promised the residents of the sec tion that the tract will be supplied with play apparatus. A delegation appeared before the Park Board yesterday and received promise of support. MANILA VICTORY NOTED Dewey's Snccess 1 5 Years Ago Today to Be Observed at Dinner. WASHINGTON. April 30. Dewey's victory over the Spanish fleet In Ma nila Bay, 15 years ago, will be cele brated here tomorrow night at the an nual reunion and banquet of the So ciety of Manila Bay. Twenty-two of the survivors of the famous battle. Including Rear-Admiral A. S. Walker, who commanded the cruiser Concord and the only survivor of the six officers who commanded vessels of Dewey's fleet, will gather around the banquet table to do honor to Admiral George Dewey, president of the association. POLICE HERD TIE' BEGGARS Political Jobhunters Stand in Ijine All Xight at Washington. WASHINGTON. "May 1. (Thursday) Hungry Jobhunters, among them many who have despaired of gaining the official pie counter through official in fluence, gathered in such numbers to night in th vicinity of the Civil Serv ice Commission headquarters that the police reserves were called out. The gathering; was Inspired by the fact that on May 1 the examination blanks for appointments to minor po sitions sr! given out. The commission's doors will be opened t, 3 o'clock in the morning. PROSPERITY SEEN APRIL RETURNS Contrast With 1912 Shows Growth eUGSIN1913$5,700,000 Activity in Lumber Industry Most Marked. POSTAL INCOME IS GAINING Livestock Receipts for First Four Months Are 30 Per Cent Greater Than for Previous Tear and Grain Is "Well Cleaned TTp. Evidence of the notable expansion in general business for the month of April is Indicated in substantial gains In building permits, postal receipts, live stock receipts and lumber shipping and in the large volume of bank clearings and export trade. Discounting the er feet of the city primary campaign, the records for the month are most gratify ing and show conclusively that Port land's commercial progress Is consist ent and wholesome. Portland's big growth is reflected In the immense amount of building con struction that Is under way. Since the first of the year authorized construc tion has reached a total of 5,700,000. With buildings under course of con struction and definitely planned, the total investment In homes, business structures and plants so far this year will aggregate approximately $8,000,000. Building Shows Increase. With the exception of one month. April broke all records In building per mits. The records of the Building In spector . show that there were Issued 1431 permits, representing a total cost of $2,938,770. The largest previous showing was made In December, 1810. when the totals exceeded 14,000,000. Compared with tha totals for April of last year, tbe past month's record shows a big gain, the increase being 3632,834, or 27.3 per cent Chief among the gains of the month was that made in the domestic lumber trade. Not only was a new record made in coastwise shipping, but also the output of tbe mills of the Portland j district was much larger than any previous April. California Is drawing heavily on lumber, while the foreign market Is showing steady improvement. Rail shipments also are heavy. Lumber Movement Heavy. The combined coastwise and offshore lumber shipments reached a total of 30.162,071 feet, or more than 1,000,000 iConcluded on Page 5. ) ....... , t SPURNED. ... j St' Vi7 J iufww t i S 1 : - ....'.; INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 86 degree: minimum, 3S degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreicn. Americans reported killed In Mexico. Pace 4. Hundred thousand Austrian troops march on Montenegro.' Page 1. . National. Will R. Klng get 0OO Job. Page 1. Wilson has Dlan to weld National and Con- jtressional committees in 1W4 Congres sional campaign. Face 5. Underwood says ilouse will complete tariff bill this week. Page S. Government to exact 3 per cent interest on deposits In banks. Page 2. President Wilson puts In strenuous day at White House. Page J4. Domestic. Los Angeles grand Jury expected to''lndict one or more rich men today. Page 3. Jefferson memorial is dedicated at St. Louis. Pago 3. Vote on California anti-alien bill exported today. Page 1. Sports. . Coast Leaa-ue results Venlc 2. Portland 0 Sacramento 8, San Francisco 4; Oakland 8. Los Angeles 6. Page 8. Northwestern - League results Spokane , 8, 8eattle 0; Vancouver 11, Victoria 4; Port' land 0, Tscoma 4. Page 8. Berg, Swedish wrestler." in trouble for crook ed work at Pasco. Page 9. Walla Walla and Boise tied tor first placo in Trl-mate league. page 8. Paetfle Northwest. Union Pacific Life wins contest against Ore gon Insurance Commissioner. Page 6. Pleasant Home grange agitates anti-Japanese move In Oregon. Page L Molalla Commercial Club organized. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Steamship companies deadlocked in effort to revise trans-pacirio rates, page as. Lower Oriental freights will lead to active wheat and lour markets. Page 18. Coveting strengthens wheat at Chicago after weak opening, page 18. Standard stocks alone resist bearish pres sure in Wall street. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Statistics of various Industries for April show prosperity prevalent. Page 1. Miss Ruth Stelner and Earl Latourette married. Page 13. Lombard denies Baker's charges and says he was resident ot ban Francisco 20 years ago. Page 12. Mayor Rushlight makes charges against opponent. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Portland,' Eugene & Eastern Railway and Home Telephone electricians go on strike. Page 4. Straw hat season lnauguarated by Ad Club. Page 18. Ballots on proposed commission charter to be counted first. Page 20. PLEA FOR "OREGON" MADE That Battleship Go Through Canal FJrst Is Request. SALEM, Or., April 30. (Special.) School children to the number of 61, 200 In this. state have signed a petition asking President Woodrow Wilson to direct that the battleship Oregon be designated to bead the fleet that first passes thror-gb. the Panama Canal. The petition of the Oregon school children in part is as follows: "The Incident of history which, more than all others, impressed America with the immediate need of an inter- oceanlo waterway at Panama, was the famous voyage of the battleship Ore gon. That marvelous race of a great battleship around the continent to fight the battles of an alien people stag gered the world. She is at once the most famous and most loved vessel in all the fleet of the Great Republic. Therefore we, the school children of the commonwealth of the State of Oregon, whose name this floating fort ress so proudly bears, respectfully pe tition that the battleship Oregon be the first .ship to pass through the canal from ocean to ocean." 100,000 MARCHING 0M0HGR0 Austrian Troops Move By Sea Also. CONFLICT SEEMS IMMINENT 220,000 Greeks and Servians Face 60,000 Bulgarians. COUNTER MOVES ARE MADE General Fear Is That Britain, Rus sia and France Will Procrasti nate, Rather Than Support Action by An stria. LOXDON. May 1. One hundred thou sand Austrian troop now are moving In the direction of tbe Montenegrin frontier, according to an Anrlvart dis patch to the Mall. A large number of Austrian txoopa also la proceeding; to Antrvart by sea. LONDON, May 1, A Vienna dispatch to the Times says that in the event of Austria attempting to coerce Montene gro there is little doubt that she would be supported by Italy, which proba bly would occupy Santa Quaranta and Avlona, while Austria would proceed against Lovchen Mountain and Scutari. In order to avoid needlessly offend ing Russia, the action against Scutari would be carried out through Albania, not from .Herzegovina. A The Sofia correspondent of the Times leiras that the Greek and Servian forces now massed in Southern Mace donia aggregate 220,000. They are confronted by three Bulgarian dlvis ions totalling 60.000 men. Almost all the remaining Bulgarian forces are still before Bulair and Tchatalja. The Bulgarian government, tbe dis patch adds, la exhausting every means to arrive at a friendly arrangement with Servia and-Greece, but the dan ger of a conflict la sill imminent. ROME, April 30. It is considered here that the last hope of avoiding the gravest ' complications in the Balkan situation lies in the meeting of Ambas sadors in London tomorrow, when tha question of united action by the pow ers Is to be decided. The general fear in Rome is that Great Britain, Franca and Russia, not because they desire discord, but be cause they do not wishto back Austria in immediate action against Montene gro, may procrastinate, thus forcing the isolation of Austria. In such a case Italy, for the proteo tion of her own interests, almost cer tainly will intervene to insure order In Concluded on Page 4.) JOB PAYING $6000 IS LANDED BY KING SEW YORK PLACE LOST, SEW OSE PROVIDED AGAIX. Reclamation Service to Get Legal Advice Front Oregon Man Con firmation Is Not Necessary. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April 30. Will R. King. Demo cratic National committeeman for Ore gon, landed a Job today. He is to be chief law officer of the reclamation service at $0000 a year and will occupy an office immediately adjoining that of Secretary Lane. President Wilson sent for Mr. King yesterday and urged him to accept this office. Mr. King notified Secretary Lane this afternoon of his acceptance and received assurance he Could have It as soon as be is ready In fact he was asked to take charge immediately. However, Mr. King will have to re turn to Oregon to adjust his affairs there, and says he will take office about June 15. At the request of Secretary Lane he will attend a series of conferences be ginning tomorrow at which represen tatives from all the Government lrrlga tion projects will have opportunity to lile complaints against and make sug gestions for the betterment of the reclamation service, for later on It will devolve on Mr. King to work out reforms that may be found desirable. Mr. King will leave for Oregon when these conferences are over. The chief law officer of the reclama tion service does not have to be con firmed by the Senate, and therefore Mr. King can take 'office as soon as he returns to Washington. Mr. King's failure to secure position on the board of appraisers at New York, which was promised him soine weeks ago, was due largely to the op position of Tammany and other New York Democrats, and also due to a fight which has arisen between Secr; tary McAdoo and Senator O'Gorman over the appointment of the Collector of Customs at New York. It is under stood the Administration in the settle ment of the New York row will appoint a New Yorker to the place once ten dered to Mr. King and the Oregon man was sacrificed in the interest of har mony In New York. Only a few weeks ago Clay Tallman, of Nevada, was appointed chief law of ficer of the reclamation service, but it is understood he is to be otherwise provided for. SWORD FINAL, SAYS PRINCE Future Emperor Doubts That War Ever Will Be Abolished. BERLIN, April 30. Crown Prince Frederick William, in writing the preface to a book, "Germany In Arms, published today, of which he Is reputed to be the author, exhibits himself, the future German Emperor, as a disbe liever in the possibility of ever abolish ing war. He declares that diplomacy may de lay and occasionally .avert conflicts, but "the sword will remain the final and decisive factor until the world's end." The author points out Germany's un fortunate geographical position, and warns his countrymen that the German army and navy must be kept continu ally at the highest point of efficiency, and he appeals to all Germans to be ready to sacrifice their blood and their professions. LIGhTS TO SHINE ON CUPID Park Board Decides to Extend Light ing System in Parts. Spooning in the parks at night i3 to be under the ban this coming Sum mer, unless the "spooners" are willing to do their cooing in the glare of arc lights. At a meeting yesterday of the Park Board it was decided to extend the elaborate lighting system recently adopted for Washington Park into the other public parks of the city. The action was taken on the request of the residents of many sections of the city. who declare that it is wrong to have parKS In darkness at night. It was decided to let contracts at once "for lights in Brooklyn and Penin sula parks. An extensive lighting sys tem is also to be installed on the com pleted portion of Terwilliger parkway and boulevard. . GIRL THROWN TO SAFETY Stenographer Cast From Window During Fire Caught by Employer. SPOKANE, Wash7 April 30. (Spe cial.) Encircled by flames, which to tally destroyed the Inland Casket Com pany at a loss of $12,000 today. Miss Martha Krlsty, stenographer. was thrown from the second-story window after losing her way in the smoke, by Walter Sether, employe, and caught In the arms of Emil Skone, one of the proprietors. Sether and Kristy, brother of the girl, bookkeepers, leaped to safety from the windows after the girl had j been Baved. The Inland box factory adjoining was damaged Both factories will bo rebuilt. POPE GOES DOWN STAIRS Ilemoval of Doctors' Restrictions Cheers Pontiff Greatly. ROME, April SfTThe . Pope sat to day In an arm chair at his desk in the large library of the state department. This was the first time since his recent illnris that the Pontiff has been able to llive his apartment for the floor belol. In lh strei,-t he last week he has gained much th. and the removal of the re strlcv.ons placed on him by his physi cians has cheered him greatljr. HOSTILITY sown 10 PEACE MISSION Outbreaks on Arrival Are Predicted BRITONS AND GERMANS JOIN Suffragettes Warn Women to Oppose Alliance. G0MPERS' AID IS INVOKED Leaders of Extreme Irish and Labor Movements in England Also Object to Reception of Visiting Delegation. LONDON, April 30. The British dele-' gatlon now on Its way to the United States for the celebration of the Anglo. American peace centenary may encoun ter some hostile demonstrations. Cer tain leaders of tne extreme Irish and labor movements are advising their American friends to express opposition to the British mission. Suffragette lead, ers are appealing to American women to denounce any friendly dealings be tween the two countries until England gives the vote to women. Opponents of the peace mission predict that its pub lic appearance will provoke outbreaks such as occurred at the peace meeting at Carnegie Hall In December,. 1911. in support of the ratification of the arbi tration treaty pending between the United States, Great Britain and France. Germans and Brltona I'nitc, Because Lord Weardalo and other members of the delegation are con nected with the Carnegie peace founda tion, the laborltcs call it the "Carnegie mission." The English labor unions will hold meetings, as is their custom, in Hyde Park tomorrow. V representa tives of the German unions will parade with them for the first time and Eng lish and German speakers Intend to denounce the Carnegie mission. "Their ground Is that the mission is designed to foster an Anglo-American alliance and alienate American sym pathies from Germany, whereas thry argued workers of all nationalities should stand together for their own In terests. Appeal Made to Gompera. Benjamin Tlllett, secretary of th Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland,, will send a cablegram to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, asking him to oppose the British delegation. "General" Mrs. Flora Drummond. one of the leaders of the militant suffra gettes, who was arrested today, suc ceeded tonight in smuggling out of the Jail a message for the American suffragettes. This message, which later waa cabled to the women's suf fragette union of New Tork, was as follows: "Carnegie's ..so-called peace dele gates are nearlng your shores. None of them have raised' a voice against the torture of women in English prisons. The Tory members of Parliament, among them won their seats on a "sink the German navy" policy. They have all voted against home rule. Suffragettes, Irishmen and Germans will start a National boycott against these war provokers." Surf rRgette Sends Cable Message. Miss Scott-Troy, the San Francisco su.f ragette. sent a cable message to Senator O'Gorman at Washington, say ing: "If the Senate will investigate Car negie's peace fund they may find an olive branch wrapped around a sword. We hope that the Senate will not at tend the functions given in honor of the peace delegates, who dictate to Americans that they write their history to save English feelings and sully the fair name of George Washington." ' CARNEGIE TO SPEAK TODAY Woman Deplores Stress Placed on War in History Teaching. ST. LOUIS, April 30. Andrew Car negie, who arrived here this afternoon, will speak at the opening session of the American Peace Congress tomor row morning on the "Baseless Tear of War." .s a preliminary, the American School Peace League held a meeting tonight. Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews, secretary of the league, criticised methods of teaching history in the public schools. She declared that the greatest waste in history teaching re sulted from the excessive and dispro portionate amount of time spent in the study ot wars. She said that while wars should receive attention as im portant factors in racial and National1 evolution, such study should not In volve the military minutiao of cam paigns. Fully a third of the delegates to the peace congress are women, and many prominent women will make addresses. Abraham's Name Submitted in Error WASHINGTON. April 0. It-is said by Senator Chamberlain that a mistake was made In submitting the name of Senator Abraham, ot Roseburg, Or., to the Attorney-General as a candidate for United States District Attorney nt Portland, Or. Abraham Is a Republi can and is not seeking any office under the new Administration.