VOT,. TiTII. XQ. 16,425. - ' PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY. JtJL,Y 17, 1913. , PRICE FIVE CENTS. - " ' ' l " .. . , , , . . , -. . . . ,. - ... . . JAPANESE ISSUE IS LEFT TO COURTS Bryan Delivers Reply to Latest Notes. FIELD IS MUCH NARROWED Diplomatic Victory . Regarded as Complete. JUDICIAL TEST HASTENED United States Iooks to Japan to Initiate Proceedings, but Will Do Everything Possible' to r Facilitate . Action. . WASHINGTON'. July 16. The Ameri can reply to the last two Japanese notes on the California anti-alien land law was delivered today by Secretary Bryan to Ambassador Chlnda, who at ' once cabled it to TokIoj As in the case of the preceding notes, the contents of the latest o'ne were withheld from pub lication. There is some expectation in official circles that the delivery of this last note will conclude the negotiations on this subject between the two countries for the present at leaat. if not alto gether. Must Be Left to Court. It is declared that the American re ply to the various points of objection to the California legislation has been made so complete as to remove most of them from the field of discussion. Even in cases where the Japanese conten tions have not been manifestly com pletely negatived, the expert diploma tists are said so to have framed their responses as to reduce the points to clear issues, which probably can be adjusted only on the basis of judicial decisions. - . The- result has been reached through the exchange of five notes, the negoti ations beginning May 8 last. with., the original protest by Japan J against the projected alien land owning act by the California Legislature. Initiative Left to Japanese. Unless the Japanese Foreign Office concludes that there is something in the American note delivered today re quiring immediate attention and reply, probably there will be no further diplo matic exenange ror at least another month. At the expiration of that time the Webb alien land-owning act will become effective and the way will be opened for a judicial test of its consti tutionality. jne btate Department is looking to the Japaneso government to take the initiative in securing a. Judicial deter mination of the question whether this act is in conflict with existing treaties ur wnemer n violates privileges to which the Japanese are entitled under the broad principles of international law. While the Japanese negotiators have expressed unofficially the opinion that it was the duty of the American Government to make this test, follow ing a precedent established during the Roosevelt Administration in connec tion with the exclusion of Japanese pupils from the American public schools, the State Department has de clined to accept this view. Case Will Be Facilitated. Officials suggested today that the Japanese government would be in bet ter position to resume consideration of its grievance by -diplomatic means In j the event of an unsuccessful litigation if the test were initiated and prosecuted . by . a Japanese resident of California In a private capacity, even though actually supported financially by the Japanese government. Some apprehension has been ex pressed by the Japanese over the dif ficulty of securing an early judicial decision on the constitutionality of the California legislation. The State De partment, however, is prepared in good faith, to facilitate the. proceedings by every proper means, even to the extent or causing the Attorney-General to peek advancement on the docktt of the fciupienia Court of such a case. KING. SERVES BIG SALMON Democratic Committeemen llcip Der our 50-Pound Chinook. OIUIGONIAS NEWS BUREAU, Wash ingtoii. July 16. Will R. King- today Svti a salino:i luncheon at the Uni versity Club to all the Democratic Na tional committeemen in the city. Sena tors Lane and Chamberlain and several Government officials also being- guests. Mr. Kins served a 60-pound Chinook saimon sent to him by Herman Wise, of Astoria. $625,000 PEARLS STOLEN Valued Necklace Alleged to Have Been Taken Front Malls. LONDON. July 16. The theft of a pearl necklace valued at $635,000 was reported to the Scotland Yard author ities today. The pearls are alleged to have been stolen during transit by post from Paris to a dealer in London. The robbery was discovered in Lon don today, when the registered packet was opened. The case contained only pieces of sugar. ST.HELENSGIVESUP MRS. SMITH'S BODY SEARCH ENDS 100 0 FEET FROM WHERE MATE DIED. , ; Death. Supposed to Have Come In . Much. Same Manner as Husband. Party En Route to Vancouver. WOODLAND, Wash.. July 16. (Spe cial.) Word was received late tonight that tire body of Mrs. Clinton Smith, of Portland, who, with her husband, was lost on Mount St., Helens, has been found. . It was about 1000 feet from the place that Mr. Smithes body was discovered Monday. The telephone message received here was that the body of Mrs. Smith was found Wednesday morning. No previous word had been sent out, as the search ing party was preparing for Its trip to Portland. The trip is being made toT night. It is expected that the search era, 'who are traveling in automobiles, win arrive at "Vancouver about 3 o'clock In the morning. ' It is supposed that Mrs. Smith met her death in much the same way as did her husband, whose body was found at the bottom of a 300-foot precipice of ice and lava above Toutle Canyon, on the southwest slope of Mount ;St. Hel ens. It is apparent that Mr. and Mrs. Smith became separated while trying to make their way down the mountain in . the blizzard of Sunday, July 6. Since the loss of the couple was re ported by Miss Verda Monroe and Ran. dolph Carroll, their companions on the fatal ascent, the search has been pur sued steadily and with great difficulty. Many trained mountaineers and men from nearby logging camps have joined in the search, in addition to party from Portland. - Stormy weather has made the efforts to find the bodies most dan gerous. The men have worked with meager equipment and at times slept out in the open, exposed to the storm and rain. VANCOUVER, Wash., . July 17. (Thursday) The rescue party return ing with the bodies of Mr. .and Mrs. C. B.. Smith reached here this morn ing at 1:15 o'clock. Charles Williams, ariver t the auto said the body of Mrs. Smith indicated death came en tlrely from exhaustion. The body was found by Messrs. Peaslee and Pensley. The bodies were packed 14 miles on the backs of the rescuers. TROLLEY WILL BRING CASH Railroad Man Predicts Rapid Devel opment in Oregon. "I look for a development in the Wil lamette Valley- following the comple tion of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern electrification even greater than .the development .that followed the electri fication of the . Pacific Electric south of Los Angeles," -eaid Lewis J. Spence, director of traffic of the Southern Pa cific, who was in Portland for a few hours yesterday. Mr. Spence and members of his fam ily are making a tour of the Coast. He left here on the Great Northern last night for the north and will return home over the Canadian Pacific. Mr. Spence's headquarters are in New York. "I never Baw the Willamette Valley looking more prosperous," said Mr. Spence. Bridges Formally Made Laureate. LONDON, July 161 The new British poet laureate Is Dr. Robert Bridges, who was appointed by Premier Asquith today . to take the place of the late Alfred Austin. He is a master of arts. a bachelor of medicine and a doctor of literature of Oxford University. He is 68 years old. DIRECTORS OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ' OF UNITED j- . -k?- Vm'' :r-s vs -itip JM' 381 ! . -v. ct JL 4 1 - ft hy '-:5-'-- ! 1 a! , r r 5 . a - - - J- J v - X i Tteadlns From Left to Klsbt K. H. (ioodniu, of WnshlnKton, D. C Secretary of the .National Chamber! A. H. Averlll. Prenident of Portland Cham ber of rommrrrn A. I.. Shnrplelgh, of ht. LouIkx T. I.. I Temple, or Texarkana. Texas i w.. M. MKorralrk, of Baltimore, Md.i R. i. Hhett, of Charleston, S. C.i J. H. Fahey, of Boston; H. A. Wheeler, of ChlemKo, President of National Chamber! H. K. Miles, of Racine, Wls. Arfhnr Temple, Jr.. of Trmrknnn ; If. H. Johnson, of Clevelnnd, O.i J. N. Teal, of Portland, Vice-President of the National Chamber! J. W. Philp, of Dal las, Texas. .... . . . . .. AMBASSADOR TO ilEXIGO CALLED IN President to Confer in Person. RETURN BELIEVED UNCERTAIN Embassy May; Be' Left' in Sec retary's Hands.' STEP, LONG CONTEMPLATED Bryan Reasserts That Lecture En gagements Will Xot - Interfere With Business, and Are Sub ject to Cancellation. ' : . . ...... j ; WASHINGTON, - July 16. The an nouncement was made formally at the, White House tcxSay that Ambassador Wilson hal been summoned from Mex- j lco City for a conference with the j President on the Mexican situation. Commenting on this. Secretary Bryan said tonight that this step. had been In contemplation for some time. He re fused to discuss a suggestion that this statement Indicated the Ambassador's recall and. was. not brpught about by the action' of the diplomatic body In Mexico City . in formulating a Joint complaint against the attitude of the United States toward the Huerta gov ernment. . ; Return to Mexico Is Uncertain. The Secretary would not confirm tr deny the report of the meeting of for eign representatives in Mexico. There, is much speculation in official circles regarding Ambassador Wilson's future, but it is believed generally that his re turn to the Mexican capital is by no means certain. . .. ' Mr. Wilson, was thrown into close association with General Huerta in the days preceding the overthrow of. Ma- dero and Immediately afterwards. One of his first official .communications, to the Btate Department after ' the coup d'etat resulting in the death of Ma dero and Suarez suggested that he be authorized to extend the formal recog nition of the United States to the new government. - - ... . , . . Private Reports Received. President Wilson " has received " re cently reports from . individual Amer icans not connected with the State De partment .on . Mexican conditions, so that he will be' prepared to take up the discussion , with the Ambassador with considerable personal knowledge on the subject. If the President should conclude that It Is not necessary to return Mr. Wil son to Mexico, the embassy there would be left in charge of Secretary O'Shaughnessy. Thus Its status would correspond to that of the Mexican em bassy in Washington, which is under the care of Secretary Algeria. Recog nition of the Huerta regime would- be Involved In the dispatch to that coun try of a new Ambassador. Lecture Dates Do Not Interefere. ' Secretary Bryan was asked If the coming of Ambassador Wilson to (Concluded on Page a.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum' temperature," 76 degrees; minimum, 53' degrees. -TODAY'S Fair and probably . warmer; northwesterly winds. Korelsn. ... Widow of ColHs P. Huntington becomes bride of late husband's nephew. Page 3. Turks and, Roumanians occupy Bulgarian. territory. Page 4. XatlonaK Forest service reports prospect for minimum fire damage this season. . Page 1. Mulhall admits place In President's Cabinet one of aims of lobbyists. Page 1. Reply to Japan believed to mark diplomatic victory in alien land case. Page 1. Ambassador Wilson called to Washington to discuss Mexican, situation. Page 1. Domestic. ... Police close 37 "social" clubs-In San Fran cisco. Page 2. Judges declare Guggenheim divorce in 1901 was obtained by fraud and order prosecu tion. Page S. Railroads submit counter demands for arbi tration. Page 2. . Mercury In. Middle West goes to 112, five being reported dead. Page 3. ' Sports. Coast ' League ' results t Portland 12f; San .Francisco 3: Los Angeles 6, Venice 0; Sacramento t, Oakland -4. Page 7. Northwestern league results:' Portland 4. Seattle D: . Spokane 3, Tacoma 5; Van couver 1-4,. Victoria 0-6.- Page 7. Fight fot" Oregon tennis- titles growing" In teresting Page 6.. Milwaukee -wins 19-lnning game against Co . lumbus. : Page 0. Taclflc Northwest. Tax levy to - be increased on account . of state s bijc deficit. - Page 11!. Mrs. C. B. Smith's body found on Mount St. Helens. . Page 1. . . Harmony feigns . once more ' between The Dalles Mayor and Council. Page 5. Minister scores modern 'social life in Chau - -tauqua , lecture. . Page 5.. , . . Commercial and "Marine. European hop crop estimates 'are reduced. Page. 17. Wheat higher- at.Chicag-o on, better export demand. Page 17. - Sharp rise in Wall street stocks with for eigners again buying. Page 17. State may- bo ,askd to lease dock to South -era. pacific. Page -10. Portland and Vicinity, Commission, in busy session; passes - dos- muzzling -ordinance:-. Page 10.. Miss Margaret McCall honor Riiest at tea given by. Miss Morrison. Page 10. Water, main extensions may be stopped for jacK or runas. rage itf. Weather ' report, data and forecast. :PaBe 13. Laborers wanted in. all parts of state, at ?2.B0 a day; Page 11. '- -' Portland- welcomes directors' of - National ' Chamber -of -Commerce. Page- I I. W. W. speakers temper words and keep within bounds, set by Mayor. Page 1 Dr. teisson appointed Commissioner of Edu- . cation In Idaho. .Page 4. Miss Xewcomb tells story of how she was qupea Dy von iviein. fage II. CALIFORNIA POTATO HIT Washington May Place Ban Because . , "of Tuber Motlt. OLYMPIA,.Wash., July 16. (Special.) Declaration of quarantine against all California-grown, potatoes is- .threat ened by the new department, of agrl culture, on account of the prevalence of tuber' moth, a new and dangerous pest, on potato shipments from the South." : ........ ' 'T. O. Morrison', TJepiity Commissioner of Agriculture, has asked, the' Attorney General for a formal ruling. as :ta his powers in the matter. The tuber moth Is a new pest. : which lays, its eggs in the eyes of the potato. The worms bur row in 'the root and destroy its food value. : '...- 2 TOWNS VOTE FREE BOOKS Xorth Bend and Clentlale First to Act Under Xmv Xatr. SALEM, Or.; July 3 8. (Special.) Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill was notified today by Super. lntendent. Raab, , of the North Bend schools, that the district had voted to furnish books free to school children ' A recent act of f.he Legislature pro vides that districts may hold .an elec tion for the purpose of voting on free school books, and North Bend and Glen dale are the first towns to take ad vantage of the law. STATES AND PORTLAND MEN PLACE IN CABINET TL Mulhall Admits Effort to Run Campaigns. DEFENSE FUND ElfORMOUS Half Million or More Yearly 'Raised to Fight Legislation. NATIONAL LEADERS NAMED Two-Hour Interview Between Roose velt and ex-Representative Wat-" ; son Related In Letter Plans " Kept From Van Cleave.' WASHINGTON, July 16. Plans to make the National Association of Manu facturers the controling factor in cam paigns for Congress, to defeat legisla tion'in Washington of which its mem bers did not approve, to get the ears of men who were running Presidential booms and to land a member of-the as sociation in the Cabinet of "a President. were laid 'before the' Senate lobby in vestigating committee today. Martin M. Mulhall, self-styled lobby ist, for. the association, swore . to the authenticity of nearly 400 letters which told of these plans and brought In the names of such men as ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. the late Vice-Presi dent Sherman, ex-Speaker Cannon, ex Senators Aldrlch, Hemenway, Foraker and others, Arthur I. Vorys, Ohio man ager of the Taft campaign of 190S, and Frank H. Hitchcock,- one-time chair man of the Republican National Com mittee, and Postmaster-General in Mr. Taft's Cabinet. UlST . Defense Fond Raised. 'Mr. Mulhall testified, too, that the National Council for Industrial Do fense. an organization allied to the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, had raised between $500,000 and $700, 000 a year to be used in opposing legls latlon its' members did not like.. He said this information came from a col lector for the council and that he bad no personal knowledge of it except that he. had been paid for political work from such a Xund. ? Mr. Mulhall showed the strain he has been under for four days at the after noon session, and. the committee took him from the stand for a half hour and listened to testimony by -J. P. Bird general manager of the National Asso elation of Manufacturers and treasurer of the Industrial Defense Council. The', committee heard that F. C. Schwedtman, of St. Louis, secretary to the late James W. Van Cleave, once president of the National Association of Manufacturers, had about 130,000 letters bearing on the association's work. Schwedtman was in constant communication with Mulhall, according to the latter's evidence. 'Talk With Rousevrlt Detailed. The committee was greatly interest ed in a letter which Mulhall swore he wrote to Schwedtman on April 16, 1908 It told of a conversation Mulhall had In Washington with ex-Representative (Concluded on Page 3.) WHO WELCOMED THEM. EVEN QBBY fill,! FOREST FIRE PERIL NOW AT MINIMUM COXDITIOX3 , MORE THAX USU ALLY FAVORABLE. Damage Thus Far Confined to Two Southwestern States, Which Arc Exceptionally Dry. WASHINGTON. July 16. As the Summer progresses without heavy fire losses on the National forests, the for est service is having higher hopes for small fire damage during 1913. Con ditions everywhere, except in the Southwest, ' are more than ordinarily favorable. Officials point out, how ever, that the situation may change al most over night, and a comparatively short period of general dry weather and high winds may bring disaster. The appropriations for fire fighting are not yet large enough to insure immun ity from heavy losses. During the past week general rains n the far Western states, with the ex- eptlon of Arizona and New Mexico, have reduced the present fire danger to a minimum. In the latter two states the weather is reported exceedingly dry, with occasional electrical storms that bring chances for fires set by lightning. Four fores are burning on the Coconino forest in Arizona, and dur ing the past week there have been 5S fires all told In the two Southwestern states. The acreage burned is reported l 2090. ''.-. Thus far this season there have been 50,798 acres burned over on the Na tional forests, or only sixteen-thousandths of 1 per cent of the acreage which the forests include. WEED HARVEST AT HEIGHT Owners of Lots Obey Orders to Cut Unsightly Patches. As a result of the campaign of City Commissioner Dieck against Portland weed patches, the weed harvest i under way in all parts of the city. It was reported yesterday that on fully 50 per cent of the lots upon ' which weed-cutting notices were posted Mon day, the cutting has either been com pleted or started." Yesterday was only the first of the five days allowed in which to finish the work. Street inspectors in the engineer's office continue to post notices. By Saturday it is expected the entire city will have been ' covered. A . record is kept by the engineer 'of when and where each notice is posted. v The Sellwood Board of Trade is co operating with the engineer's office in posting the notices- and notifying own ers, of property upon, which weeds are growing. POSSE FIGHTS WITH POSSE Armed Parties Hunting Robbers Mis. take Kacli Other in Darkness. BOISE, Idaho. July 16. (Special.) Three masked men entered the liquor department of the Glenns Ferry Mer cantile Company at Glenns Ferry last night, ordered Harry Evans, the bar tender, and. two customers to hold up their hands, lined them up against the wall and robbed the cash drawer of $46. They then marched the prisoners to the freight depot, locked them in and made good their escape. Evans and his companions managed to break out of the freight depot. Ob taining rifles and splitting Into two posses, they started out to round up the holdups. The posses, approaching each other along the railroad right of way, mistook the other for the robbers. Both opened fire and continued to shoot until ammunition was exhausted and they discovered the mistake. One man was shot through the arm. The robbers have not been found. GOULD DECREE COMPLETE Catholic Newspaper Explains Vati can's Attitude on Dlvoree. PARIS,. July 16. (Special.) In re sponse to many inquiries regarding the exact position taken by the Vati can tribunal of Rota in regard to the Castellane-Gould marriage, about which contradictory reports have been pub lished, the Catholic newspaper. La Croix, says: "We can assure our readers that the result of the trial leaves not the slight est doubt that the tribunal decided that Anna Gould, at the time of her first marriage, did not give full consent within the meaning of the doctrine of the Catholic Church. She always an ticipated that a divorce was possible and therefore, as her consent to the marriage, as the Catholic dogma ex acts, did not exist, the marriage is nul lined." POPCORN WAGONS TO MOVE City Attorney Says Xo Vehicle Is Permitted to Stand Still. Popcorn wagons must be kept on the move in the city's business district, the same as all other classes of 'Vehicles. This was the edict yesterday of City Attorney La. -Roche, who handed down aifopinlon to the effect that an ordi nance passed by the Council recently exempting popcorn merchants from the provisions of the traffic ordinance is clearly unconstitutional and discrim inatory. Attorney La Roche says the traffic ordinance prohibits any vehicle from standing on a street corner for longer than 30 minutes during the morning and evening rush hours. He says the popcorn wagons cannot lawfully be exempted. The opinion is a blow to the popcorn and peanut merchants, who worked for months to get the ordinance passed. PORTLAND GREETS READS "All of Oregon Seen," Says Cleveland Man. AUTO CLUB BANQUET SCENE Chamber of Commerce Men Right Royal Hosts. CAMPAIGN NATION WIDE Directors of Xational Organization Plan Business Betterment and Pacific. Coast Recognized as Vital Factor. Directors of the United States Cham . ber.of Commerce, stepping from their special cars at the Union Station in Portland . yesterday, walked Into the arms of a , reception committee from the Portland Chamber of Commerce which filled the first evening of their visit in-this city so full of entertain ment that there was little opportunity for discussion of the business objects of their trip. I feel as though I have been shown all of Oregon within the last four hours," was the remark of II. II. John son, of Cleveland, Ohio, at the dinner given to the National directors at the Portland Automobile Club in the even ing. A. II. Averill, president of the Port land Chamber, and J. N. Teal, who it one of the vice-presidents of the Na tional Chamber, accompanied the party from San Francisco. Portland repre sentatives also met them at Roseburg. The visitors declared that at no other stagre in their journey has equal in terest in their tour been shown. , Autos Convey Visitors. From the station they were taken in automobiles to the Oregon Hotel, where they-were given time to rest and pre pare for the trip to the Automobile Club for dinner. In each of thtlr rooms was placed a beautiful leather bound souvenir Oregon album issued by the Portland Chamber, and a bou quet of Portland roses. M. C. Dickinson, under whose super vision the entertainment at dinner was given, piloted the party of seven auto mobiles which carried them to the Au tomobile Club. Out along the Sandy road and up to the Chanticler Inn the party went before driving down to the clubhouse, and from the promontory on which tho inn Is situated they looked with expressions of delight and admira' tlon out over the Columbia River basin and -the stretch of Cascade Mountain scenery. The dinner given after the art-lvat at the Automobile Club was informal. Mr. Averill, at Its close, called upon several of the Portland representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and sev eral of the visitors for impromptu talks. F. C. Knapp gave a word of welcome to the guests and Mr. John son, In replying, devoted little time to discussing the purpose of their visit and most of his words were In praise of what he had seen of Portland and the country lying about It. Men and Country Z.lked. "And we like the men we have found here," he conclude "even more than we like the countrrVand that is cer tainly, saying- a gorleal.". Robert G. Rhett, of Charleston, S. C, reiterated the sentiments of Mr. John son, declaring that In. Oregon he had found the first place that reminded hira of home since he had left South Caro lina. "As for the scenery you have shown us," he said, "there Is nothing I have seen that can surpass It and nothing that can equal It unless It be in some of the favored spots of France." Mr. Rhett briefly outlined the plan under which the National Chamber of Commerce was organized and the pur pose of the present trip to the West. The National organization, he declared, seeks to unite the , business organiza tions of the entire country, to secure the. common opinion of the business interests of the country upon matters affecting the entire Nation, and upon the opinion thus obtained to base Us efforts to secure Government legisla tion. Campaign Nation-wide. In this Nation-wide campaign for business betterment, the National offi cers recognize the Pacific Coast to be a factor of rapidly increasing- im portance and the present tour for tho purpose of becoming acquainted at first hand with Western conditions was prompted by a "recognition of the fact that the states west of the Rocky Mountains are entering upon a period of such vast and varied development that the Western country will soon be come a dominant force' In National aa well as local affairs." C. S. Jackson was the other speaker of the evening and devoted most of his talk to outlining the commercial op portunities which the Northwest coun try will ofter in the period following' the opening of the Panama Canal. Those present at the dinner were: II. A. Wheeler, of Chicago, president of the National Chamber of Commerce; K. C. Knapp. of Portland; A. II. Averill, president of the Portland Chamber; H. H. Johnson, of Cleveland,' O.; J. N. Teal, of Portland: A. L. Sharpleigh. of St. Louis; M. Mosessohn. of Portland; C. S. Jackson, V. H. Ransom, E. C. Gilt ner. E. H. Beall and D. A. Pattullo. of co ecE (Concluded on Page 2-