VOL. LIII. XO. 16,438. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRFDAT. AUGUST I, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. t WAGE NOT FACTOR IN STRIKE THREATS Railroaders Ask Inter change of Jobs. TROLLEY LINES BRING UNREST Question of Seniority When Shifts Made Also Issue. ROAD WOULD ARBITRATE President Sproule Telegraphs Offer to Board of Mediation at Wash ington Trouble Likely to Stop Development. DISSATISFIED MEN TO REST ON OARS. Dissatisfied employes ot the South ern Pacific Railroad will rest on their oars until the National conciliation and mediation board has had time to frftnillarize Itself with the conditions which led up to the strike vote by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Railway Con ductors. This is the statement given out In San Francisco tonight by Robert Mclntyre, vice-president of the trainmen, and T. -A. Gregg, vice president of the conductors, after receiving a telegram from the board at Washington stating willingness to act. No questions of wages or conditions of employment enters into the con troversy between tne Southern Pacific Company and its conductors and train men who are threatening to call a strike unless their demands for Inter change of positions between the steam and the electric lines are complied with. The question of allowing the men to Interchange their places of employment at will from steam road to electric line or from electric line to steam road, alone enters into the situation. This difficulty has arisen through the electrification of a part of the Southern Pacific's steam , lines radl a-ting out of Portland and the proposed strike Is of peculiar interest here. Com pa n offer Optional Jobs. The company has offered all its con ductors and trainmen now employed in the steam service the option of posi lions on either the electric or the steam lines. The rates of pay. hours of serv ice and conditions of employment on he electric lines will be the same as those now In effect on the steam road. The company reserves the right, how ever, to operate the electric system on a basis entirely independent from the steam road subsequent to the initial se lection of employes. It takes the atti tude that when once a man elects to enter the electric service he loses his rights of seniority on the steam lines. The men contend, however, that their selection of a position on the electric road should not bar future recogni tion of their seniority rights on the steam line. It is upon this subject that the controversy hinges. Sproule Would Arbitrate, President Sproule. of the Southern Pacific Company, has telegraphed the board of mediation and conciliation at Washington offering: to arbitrate the issue under the provisions of the New lands act. "It is regretted that the statement has bee'n made in newspapers that the proposed strike of trainmen on the Southern Pacific system is based on the announced intention of the man agement of the Portland Eugene & Eastern electrical system to reduce the wage scale of conductors and brake- men." said President Robert K. Stra horn. "There is no controversy as to wages or hours of labor involved In vthe proposed striKe. I "The strike hinges on the demand J by the train crews that conductors and brakemen employed on the steam lines of the Southern Pacific system shal have Interchangeable rights on the electric interurban trains of the Port land, Eugene & Kastern system, which is separate and distinct and separately administered. Experienced Men Wanted. "There is as much difference between! the operation of steam roads and -electric roads as there is between operating a steamboat and an auto mobile. The men who are skilled In steam operation are not familiar with handling electrical trains, and in the interest of public safety this company is insisting on employing train crews In whose care it believes it Is safe to intrust the lives of the thousands of passengers it will carry each day. We have high-class electric line ex perts to train these men for their par ticular work from the time they are selected as applicants until they are fit to take charge of trains. These experts will necessarily commence on the steam line men we expect to take over. If the company conceded the de mands of conductors and brakemen the electric company would be com- I'eueu io accept uie services of any steam trainmen who was next in line for promotion. It we needed a man we would be expected to notify the Southern Pacific officials and they would be compelled to tender the posi tion to the first man on the list, re trardless of his skill and efficiency. At the meeting with the nummtt- rf Concluded on Fui 14.) CUPID MAKES NEW RECORD FOR JULY OF 178 BRIDES-ELECT AT VAX. COUVER, 5 8 ARE WIDOWS. Rush of Wedding Parties Across Columbia Leads to Advertise ment for Couples. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 31. (Spe cial.) All marriage license records for the month of July were broken here this month. During the 31 days 178 licenses were granted to persons, all of whom married here. Most of them came from Portland, Or., and other Pacific Coast cities. The record for June was 171. Fifty-eight of the brides-elect were widows. So great has the rush been to this city, the Gretna Green of the Pacific Coast, that some persons have started to commercialize the marriage institu tion, and are advertising in Portland papers to "marry in comfort in Van couver. Marriage licenses. Justice of the Peace, dinner, etc., can all be se cured at Hotel only five blocks from the ferry. Phone ; make ar rangements. Those securing marriage licenses to day were: Charles Henry Powers and Mrs. Delia Prince. Herbert G. Drew and Mrs. Myrtle A. Whitaker, W. A. Perkins and Josephine Le Blond, all of Portland; C. E. Cook and Florence M. Hall, of Newberg, Or., and Joseph Snider and Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, of Battleground. STORK, NOT D1V0F.CE, NEAR Alfred G. Vanderbllt Denies Sister, Countess Szechenyi, Will Sue. LONG BRANCH. N. J., July 31. (Special.) Alfred G. Vanderbllt, who arrived at the horse show grounds this afternoon, says there is absolutely no truth In the rumor that his sister, the Countess Szechenyi, contemplates ob taining a divorce. A report which was sent by cable from Paris said that the Petit Parisien, a newspaper of that cltv. had received a dispatch from Budapest, which it published, saying that the former Gladys Moore Vander bllt contemplated beginning action for divorce at once. The heavy losses of Count Szechenyi in business ventures was given as the cause. It was learned from a most reliable sourse today the count ana louiikm are now in England, where a baby likely to be born to Countess Szech enyi. some time next month. DIVORCEES LOSE PENSIONS Cowliti Judge Says Law Does Not Provide for -"Grass Widows." CENTRAL! A, Wash., July 31. (Spe cial.) That a divorced woman, even thouarh she la the mother of minor children, is not . entitled to financial assistance from the county under the new Washington state mothers' pen sion act, was the ruling of Judge Darch in the Cowlitz County Superior Court yesterday, when he denied the pension application of Mrs. Walker, of Castle Rock, and Mrs. J. Gidez, of Kelso, both of whom are divorcees. Mrs. Walker, who has three children, cave her age as 21 years. Pensions were granted yesterday to Mrs. McClure, of Kalama, and Mrs. Elizabeth McKay, of Kelso, each re ceiving $25 a month. Cowlitz County is now paying pensions to eight moth ers, in sums of from $10 to S25 i month. INDIAN DANCES FORBIDDEN Mertiolne Men Said to Have Too Much Influence Over Chippewas. NETT LAKE, Minn.. July 31. The grand lodge medicine dance of the Chippewa Indians at the Bois Fort Res ervation and Nett Lake agencies has been put under the ban. This was the decision made today by L. F. Michel. United States inspector. It is the custom of the Indians dur ing the dance to give away practically everything they own. Thus they are kept impoverished, while the medicine men flourish. Gambling also has been forbidden. The Indian doctors exert an In fluence so strong over the members of the band that they will not go to the agency physicians, even when seriously ill. SUNDAY BALL NOT TO STOP Commissioner and Park Board fuse to Prevent Games. Ke Despite the protests of church people Sunday baseball is not to be prohibited in Portland parks and playgrounds. This was decided yesterday by City' Commissioner Brewster after a confer ence with members of the old City Park Board. Every member of the Board was In favor of Sunday ball. There has been much complaint from the churches because children are al lowed to play regular playground league games on Sunday and are as sisted by playground directors. Com missioner Brewster and members of the Park Board concluded that there was no reason why the games should not be permitted on Sunday. WOLVES SURROUND COUPLE Husband and Wife Save Lives by Building Fire in Woods. SHOTLET. Minn.. July 31. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boyd, of Minneapolis, told today of having been besieged by a pack of wolves Monday night. They saved their lives by building a fire when they became lost near upper Red Lake, where they were camping. After a night of terror the Boyds returned to their camp. JOHN P. iTCHEL Democrat Head of Anti- Tammany Ticket. FUSION COMMITTEE CHOOSES Candidate for Mayor of New York Has Youth, Ability. CHOICE MADE UNANIMOUS Republicans, Progressives and Inde pendent Democrats Give 45 Votes to Collector of Port and to C. 6. Whitman. BT LLOTD F. LONERGAN. NEW YORK, Aug". 1. John P. MItchel, Democrat, Collector of the Port of New York, was nominated for Mayor of this city on the Fusion ticket by the Fusion committee of 107 shortly before 2:20 o'clock this morning:. Mr, Mitchel received 45 votes to 43 for Charles S. Whitman, District At torney of New York County. The nom ination of Mr. Mitchel afterward was made unanimous. He will be the op ponent of the Tammany forces. Besides deciding on a man for May or the committee, comprising Repub licans, Progressives" and Independent Democrats, is to pick candidates for Controller, District Attorney and vari ous other municipal officers and to adopt a platform. The balloting was in progress at a late hour. Mltcbel Foe of Tammany. John Purroy Mitchel, the new candi date for Mayor of New York, has three distinguishing characteristics youth, ability, and a hatred from childhood of Tammany Hall. When he was nominated for Pres dent of the Board of Aldermen last Fall, he refused to "run on any ticket that was not pledged to oppose Tam many Hall and all it stood for." Mayor Gaynor was elected as a Dem ocrat, and although his administration was extremely non-partisan, the regu tar organization got some crumbs and a few active- members were put in office. Mitchel would not give Tammany crumb. Tf he had his way Tammany would get nothing except the limit of the law. The new candidate for Mayor is 31 years old. His uncle was Henry D, Purroy, who for several generations was the political boss of the Bronx. He fought Tammany Hall and for many years was independent of the or ganization. Young: Man I Areneer. It is a peculiar coincidence that Louis Haffen broke the power of Henry (Concluded on Page 4. INDEX OF TOD AFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 98 degrees; minimum. 63 degrees. TODAY'S Probably showers and cooler; southwesterly winds. Foreign. Trials cf German officers accused of be traying secrets begin. Page 5. National. Wilson determined not to recognize Huerta regime. Page 6. Suffragists march on Capitol and present petitions to Senators. Page 2. McAdoo will supply Federal cash to help move crops. Page 5. Senators clash over Mulhall's cross-examina tion. Page 2. Louisiana Senator predicts ruin for tariff. Page 5. Io Dies tic. Embezzler reaps $70,000 profit oft $30,000 stolen rrom. employers. Fage Heat wave covers entire country; crop damage great; list of dead large. Page 1. John P. Mitchel -wins nomination on Fusion ticket Xor Mayor of New York. Page 1. Ocean road auto becomes chief clew In jewel roDoenes. Fage 5. Sport. North wsrn League results: Tacoma 8. Portland 3; Seattle 6, Spokane 1; Victoria 7rl, Vancouver 5-5. Page S- Two "dark horses upset tennis dope at Chicago, page 9. Pacific Coast League results: Los Angeles rorttand it; venire . Sacramento a; San Francisco 7, Oakland 1. Page 8. Pendleton within striking distance of pen- jia.ii.. rage o. Pacific Northwest. Deserted wife refuses to testify against al leged bigamist and goes to jail. Page 6. Washington state politicians busy trying to reorganize Republican factions. Page 1. New July marriage record made at Vancou ver, fage l. Deal closed for electric Una from Metollus to Prineviiie. Page 0. Bursting boiler kill; one, injures other mill employes, page o. Inple heirs likely to contest for TOOOO e- -tate. Page 7. . Commercial and Marine. Hop buying -Is again on activ scale and htgiier prices are bid. Page 19. July corn forced up four cents In squeeze or snorts. rtge iu. Large sales of Steel are feature of stock market. Page 19. Reld property purchased for East Side docks Dy cuy at cost of ssoo.oou. Fage is. Movement of cereal crop sets new mark for I'.'ia-j season. Fage is. Portland and Vicinity. North Bank Road will open new Industrial district on East Side. Page 14. Wages not question in railroaders strike threat. Page 1. Women of Woodcraft open sessions In Port land. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Portland has hottest day of season. Page 1. Streetcar traffic to be resumed over Harrl- man bridge. Page 18. Portland's July business shows big gain over last .year. Page 15. Term of School Superintendent increased to two years. Page 14. O.-W. R. & new schedule cuts running time to East. Page 14. Commissioner Holman praises work of New York municipal experts. Page 18. Second fresh air party leaves for Silverton farms. Page 4. Portland Woman's Club to be hostess to Los Angeles visitor: Page 12. City milk scored as result of Inspection. Page 11. Roaeburg Reserve wins state shoot. Page 4. HUNT FOR HEIR SUCCEEDS Albert Kcpp" Ignorant of Share in Estate Until Return to Eugene. EUGENE. Or.. July 31. (Special.) Unaware that he was heir to a portion of $7000 and that he had been sought by brothers for the past Ave weeks, Albert Kepp was found here today. The Kepp brothers Inherited a farm near here, for which a sale was pend ing, but with the death of the former owner it could not be sold until all the brothers signed the deed. Kepp had been across the Cascades to Prineville while his ' brothers searched. UNCLE SAM TAKE A GOOD, LONG LOOK, WOODEOW. FEDERAL " CASH TO HELP MOVE CROPS McAdoo Promises Deposit Millions. to BUSINESS PAPER ACCEPTED Government Bonds to Taken at Par Value. Be FUNDS AVAILABLE SCON Secretary of Treasury Reverses Predecessor's Policy, in Antici pation of Money Stringency at Harvest Time. WASHINGTON. July SI. Twenty five to fifty million dollars of Govern ment funds will be deposited in the National banks of the South and West at once by Secretary McAdoo to facili tate the movement of crops. Federal, state and municipal bonds and prime commercial paper will be accepted as security for the money, on whicli the banks will pay 2 per cent interest. The motive of Secretary McAdoo in announcing this policy to to anticipate the money stringency in the late Sum mer and Fall, which invariably accom panies the marketing and movement of crops, especially when they are un usually large, as the harvest now be ginning forecasts. He Intends to take time by the fore lock and prevent or minimize the usual tightness of money. Bonds Accepted at Far. In a statement tonight the Secretary made, the significant announcement that Government bonds would be ac cepted at par as security for the new deposits and that the additional money would be placed only with banks which have taken out at least 40 per cent of the'.r authorized circulation. The United States 2 per cent bonds, serving as security for most of the Na tional bank circulation, have been de creased recently -.to ne-. low market records, droppings to 95 v in the last few days. The Secretary's willingness to accent these bonds at par as security for the $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of promised deposits and the inducement to-the National banks to increase their circulation up to the 40 per cent limit is expected to help in restoring the parity of the depresssed 2s by creat'rg a new market for them. Commercial Paper Permitted. For the first time in history the Gov ernment will accept prime commercial paper as security for deposits. This privilege will be granted, announced the Secretary, in order to make these special deposits available to banks on tConcluded on Page 3.) MERCURY GETS UP TO 98 IN PORTLAND MAXIMUM KOR DAY "WITHIN FOUR POINTS OF RECORD. Heat Continues Well Into Xigbt but . Weather Man Promises Some Relief for Today. Only seven times since weather bu reau records have been kept in Port land, dating back to 1S74, has it been hotter than yesterday, when the mer cury shot up the thermometer tube to a heat record for the season of 98 de grees. Not only was it the hottest day of the Summer it was just four degrees under the record hot day of any Sum mer In Portland. One blistering day In 1S91, on July 23. by the Weather Bureau records, the temperature went up to 102 degrees. That mark has never been exceeded here in the history of the local weather office. Sixteen years later, however, on July 30, 1907 six years and one day ago came a scorcher, when the 102-dgree mark was equaled. Last year's hottest effort was a mere 96 degrees. Up to yesterday this sea son's warmest day was Saturday, July 19, when a maximum of 94 degrees was attained. For five days, between July IS and 22, a hot wave kept the mercury boiling between 90 and 94 degrees. As usual, the hottest nour of the day was 4 o'clock. At 7 P. M., however, it was still 90 and like an oven. Relief is in sight, however, according to the weather forecaster, whose prediction for today is: "Probably showers and cooler; southwesterly winds." For the benefit of those who care to dissect their sweltering by hours yes terday, the hourly temperature Is appended herewith: Des.l Dei. 5 A. 6 A. 7 A. 8 A. B A. JO A. 11 A. M 64(1 P. M 93 M B32 P. M 4 M 673 P. M 9B M 69 4 P. M 98 M 745 P. M 7 M 79;6 p. M ..9S M. P. M. .90 -S7 HERO OF AIR DARES DEATH Aviator Turns Plane at Telegraph Post to Avoid Striking Crowd. SBURT, PARK, N. J., July 31. To avoid mowing down spectators who had rushed the stands where he was about to alight here tonight after a flight from New York, George M. Dy. not, an English aviator, elevated the nose of his plane sharply and his machine headed for a telegraph pole. To avoid this collision he pointed the monoplane downward and Eklmmine- over the crowd struck the beach wfu. such force that the machine turned a somersault. Dynot was thrown to the sands but escaped injury. Dynot left Hempstead, L. I., this morning . for Washington. He de scended at Brighton Beach, N. Y., be cause of unfavorable wind conditions. Early tonight he resumed his flight, heading for the New Jersey coast after rising to a height of 500 feet and main taining a speed of 63 miles an hour to this city. BLOOD SACRIFICE IS FUTILE Young Man Stricken "With Flastic Anaemia Dies Despite Aid. NEW YORK, July 31. Offering of blood by members of the wer.lthy Middleton family failed to save the life of Leight Bourne Middleton, who died today. For 10 days he had been at death's door with a plastic anaemia. or. poverty of blood,' which frequent transfusions failed to appease. His father, brother, wife, cousin and a col lego mate all poured their blood into his veins within 10 days. Young Middleton was first stricken while on his wedding trip two months ago. His bride gave 15 per cent of her blood supply and his mother want ed to add a quantity of her blood to that already sacrificed, but physicians forbade it. PREFERENTIAL VOTE LEGAL Duluth Judge Rules Cities May Have System of Balloting. DULUTH, Minn., July 31. In a sweep ing decision dealing with nearly every phase of the Minnesota election laws as well as the provisions of the Duluth city charter relative to the preferential system of balloting. District Judge Cant today declared William I. Prince le gally elected Mayor of this city at last April's municipal election. Two contests were filed immediately after the election by W. B. McEwe and Marcus L.- Fay, candidates for the of fice. Their contention that the charter of the city providing for a preferential system was unconstitutional was de nied by the court. CLATSOP CONVICT ESCAPES With 9 1-2 Years to Serve John Troy Takes Leave. SALEM, Or., July 3L (Special.) John Troy, sentenced to serve 12 years In the penitentiary for highway rob bery from Ciatsop County, escaped late today while working in the prison brick yard. . . He had served two and one-half years of his term. Harbor Towns Get Service. ABERDEEN. Wash., July 31. ("Spe cial.) Night mail service between Port land. Seattle and Tacoma, on the Owl train of the Oregon-Washington- Com pany will begin August 16. according to official announcement made throu the postoffice department. The serv ice will be of material benefit to busi ness menof the Harbor and In the cities specified. IS FURNACE Crops Withering Under Sizzling Heat. LIST OF DEAD GROWS HOURLY Mercury 100 or More Important Cities. in 19 RECORD FOR JULY IS BAD Humidity Adds to Suffering in Cen tral "West "Work Practically Sus pended 011 Account of Intense Heat California Only Cool. CHICAGO. July 31. (Special.) Prac tically the entire country is sweltering In the heat wave, the heritage left by July, which passes with a bad record. In 19 important cities the temperature today was 100 degrees or higher, and the list of dead and prostrated are again a grisly feature of the weather reports. Fourteen dead from heat are report ed at Detroit. 11 at Cleveland and 1 at Memphis. Chicago, because of a friendly shift in the wind, which brought In the lake breeze and heavy clouds, due to early morning showers, was spared, to a considerable extent, but the showers raised the humidity to a high point, causing more suffering than direct heat. It was the smothering "sticky" heat, peculiar to Chicago. Nine pros trations were reported, and lightning in the early showers did considerable damage in the suburbs. "Work Suspended In Many Spots. Out in the state and in Iowa. Ne braska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Missouri, Lower Michigan and other places the heat was terrific. In many cities and on the farms, work was practically suspended, as men and horses could not endure the heat. In Arizona tempera t,i.es of 100 were reporter, but it was dry iieat and not so unendurable as the moist heat of the Middle and Central West. Illinois down-state points, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas reported temperatures from 100 to 105 in the shade, while in the open the mercury ran up to 110 and " higher. For the Chicago district slightly cooler weather is predicted up to,.Sun day. when forecasters say another heat wave will pass over the country, prob ably continuing four days or longer. July Record Above Normal. July retires from the calendar with an ugly record. In this district the average temperature has been 74 1-10 degrees, or 2 3-10 above normal. The month opened with a heat wave which lasted eight days, when it was broken by a thunder storm. Three severe sieges of heat followed and the list of deaths ran above 100 and the prostra tions at Chicago and other affected points exceeded 1000." There were several days in July when Chicago experienced 90 degrees or higher, the mercury reaching 99 last Tuesday. Throughout Kansas and Nebraska and in portions of Iowa almost the en tire month was marked by sizzling days and baking nights. Pastures are drying up, wells falling- and the corn crop is suffering great damage. In Illinois and other states produc ing large crops of oats the heat and drouth caused the oats to head about six inches from the ground, making harvesting difficult. The quality of the grain was poor and the quantity greatly diminished. It is feared the same effect may be produced -upon late Spring wheat in the Northwest. DantfiC to Corn Great. In the corn belt hundreds of thou sands of dollars' damage already has been done. The corn is . curing and drying up badly. The present heat wave seems to be spreading in all directions. Portland, Or., usually well behaved, tonight re ports a maximum of 98. Walla Walla, Wash, has 94 and Medicine Hat. breed er of all sorts of bad weather, has 02 four degrees hotter than New Orleans. Cincinnati is suffering under 100; Okla homa joints report 102 and up and . Texas points range from 100 to 92. Los Angeles, with 76, Is the second coolest spot in the entire country, San Fran cisco leading with 66. Fresno, on. the contrary, reports 98, or eight degrees hotter than Tampa, Fla. ASTORIA HEAT WORST OP VEAR Thermometer Registers 9 3 Degrees and Wind Is Unpleasant. ASTORIA. Or., July 31. (Special.) ThiB was the hottest day of the pres ent Summer In Astoria. Shortly beforo 2 o'clock the thermometer at the local Weather Bureau registered 93 degrees. During the morning an east wind prevailed, adding to the unpleasant conditions, but this afternoon the breeze shifted to the west, bringing a decided relief. Heat Welcomed at Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or.. July 31. (Special.) With the thermometer hoverins about the 100 mark, the citizens of Roseburg and Douglas County today experienced the warmest weather of the season. Farmers are busy curing hay and the heat will prove beneficial instead of detrimental- ENTIRE ONE- COUNTRY 1