THE MORNING OREGONIAN", FRIDAY, AUGUST 29. 1913. 18 END OF MEXICAN SIRE PREDICTED Guadalajara Banker Thinks Stable Government Soon Will Be Established. INTERVENTION IS POSSIBLE A. R. Downs, Formerly of Seattle, Says Revolution Has Cost 3IH Ilons of Dollars Japanese Are Flocking to the Republic. "Mexico will have a stable govern ment within a reasonable time." de clared A. R. Downs, who has Just ar rived from Guadalajara, at the Port land Hotel yesterday. "I think It will come within a yar. The Mexicans will either establish it themselves or some foreign power will do It for them." Mr. Downs is a banker and land dealer in Guadalajara. He left there July 28. Guadalajara Is the Colonia Seattle, a suburb settlement -of Amer icans, some of them, like Mr. Downs, former residents of Seattle. "It Is not a case of "cold feet' with me." he said. I simply had some busi ness up here, and came up to attend to it Besides, there has been little or no trouble In our state of Jalisco, of Which Guadalajara is "the capital, or In the state of Coltraa, whose prin cipal city, Manzanillo, is our seaport. "Of course, there are some bandits In the mountain districts, more of them than before the revolution started, but there has been no organized revolu tion in these two state," he con tinued. "As for the revolution Itself, It amounts for the most part to brigand age. Some of the leaders are men of high ideals and purposes. Madero was such a man a Socialist dreamer, a good writer and talker, but lacking in the firm executive qualities that were needed when he came into power. But the bulk of the revolution is mere outlawry. A band of revolutionists will enter a town and demand a ransom from each business man, ranging from tlOO to $20,000, as they size up his ability to pay. under threat of looting and burning the place. 8ome towns have suffered this fate because they could not meet the demand. "The peons who compose these so called revolutionary armies are able to earn 40 or 60 centavos a day, or about 25 cents gold, at honest labor. Along comes a revolutionary 'general' and offers them a peso, or nearly half a dollar a day gold, for their services. They become revolutionists, and. the revolution exists, to a large extent, because it has been found easier and more profitable to be a revolutionist than a working man. "The revolution has destroyed mil lions of dollars' worth of American and foreign investments. It has been es pecially disastrous to mining equipment, railroads and power plants. A ft the northern part of the country is in the hands of the revolutionists. The busi ness of the country has been paralyzed no trains runntng. no mines working, nothing doing but revolution. It Is ex tremely difficult for an American to get to Mexico City, and go by rail from there to Vera Cruz, or to one of the open ports on the west coast. "Japanese are flocking to the coast. Just before I left Guadalajara I saw a remarkable demonstration, led by students in the schools there, welcom ing the new Japanese Ambassador. The Japanese flag was carried by the stu dents as an evidence of their friendly feeling for Japan. People that need la bor are encouraging the Japanese to rome in to colonize and cultivate large tracts." Mr. Downs believes that "Western J.ffcxtco. like the Paclflo Coast state of the United States, will be greatly bene fitted by the opening of the Panama Canal, but says that the average Mex ican is apathetic about it. and cannot see where it is going to help. Mr. Downs speaks In high terms of the Mexican peon. He says that if treated rightly he is a good and faith ful worker. Mr. Downs will remain In Portland several days, and will go from here to Seattle. PERSONAL MENTION. J. H. Lauderman, of Salem, is at the Seward. D. H. Welch is at the Seward from Astoria. S. W. Taylor, of Eugene, is at the Cornelius. Frank Seufert, of The Dalles, is at the Imperial. W. H. Bevans, of Attalla, Wash., is at the Carlton. Captain A. Bystrom, of Tacoma. Is at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pearce, of Seattle, are at the Carlton. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Francis, of Seat tle, are at the Annex. William Bain, an Albany business man. is at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson, of Salem, are at the Annex. P. J. Mulkey, a stock man of Arling ton, Or., is at the Perkins. Howard S. Aman, a Seattle real es tate man. Is at the Oregon. H. M. Dryer registered at the Carl ton yesterday from Umatilla. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Long, of Eugene, are registered at the Carlton. J. D. Zurcher, of Roseburg, regis tered at the Cornelius yesterday. M. E. Goodhue, of Chicago, arrived yesterday and is at the Cornelius. J. A. Tomalin registered at the Im perial yesterday from London. England. Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Barber, of Chicago, are registered at the Mult nomah. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Houghton, of The Dalles, registered at the Seward yes terday. J. H. Raley, well-known Pendleton attorney, registered at the Perkins yes terday. J. H. Stonehouse, of Corvallls, Is In the city on business, and Is registered at the Perkins. D. R Kearns, a Chicago manufac turer, accompanied by Mrs. Kearns, is at the Portland. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Heffron arrived Wednesday from Dickinson, N. D.. and are at the Seward. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Isabel and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nathan, of New York, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. Horatio J. Brewer and Talbot M. Brewer are registered at the Portland from New York. Mr. and Mrs. J. Herrmann were ar rivals yesterday from New Haven. Conn. They are at the Cornelius. E. E. Kiddle, who Is in the flour milling business at Island City, reg istered at the Imperial yesterday. Dr. W. T. Phy, of Spokane, is at the Oregon. He was formerly superintend ent of the Hot Lake, Or., sanatorium. C. B. MiUlkin. of Spokane, and his mother. Mrs. S. A. Mlllikln. of Ottawa, I1L. registered at the Annex yesterday. W. E. Carpenter, superintendent of Wells-Fargo Express Company, with headquarters at Seattle, is at ths Port land, H. W. Vermilion, who has been at the Oregon with his mother for 10 days, left with her yesterday for their home at Los Angeles. Ira G. Boyce is the first merchant to come to Portland for Buyers' Week and to register at the Imperial. He is in business at John Day. Or. Mesdames A. O. Goettsche and Ray Wright returned to their homes at Grants Pass yesterday, after passing several days in Portland. They were at the Annex. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Whitaker are vis iting the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bartch. They expect to sail for England and the continent September 13 to be gone several months. Arnold Hollnger. Elsie F. Hollnger and Arnold Hollnger. Jr.. are sojourn ing at the Portland. Mr. Hollnger is president of A. Hollnger & Co.. Chicago, and is also Swiss consul for that city. Charles R. Champlin and A. E. Gra ham, of Gold Hill, registered at the Multnomah yesterday. Mr. Champlin owns and operates a placer mine In the Foots Creek district, near Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. R Curtain and daughter, of Helena, after seeing the sights of Portland for a week, depart ed yesterday for San Francisco. They will extend their tour for some time before returning to Montana, where Mr. t AMERICANS EEECT SUBSTANTIAL AND HANDSOME EESIDENCES IN STATE OF JALISCO, t DWELLINGS Curtain operates a chain of stores in the principal cities. They were at the Oregon while here. Mrs. O. M. Plummer and little daughter Ruth returned yesterday from Lake Biy, Alaska, where they visited Mrs. Plummer's eldest daughter, Mrs. Frank S. Barnes, whose husband is engaged In the canning business there. r-utr-Ann inr. SR. fSnerlaLI The following from Portland are registered at Chicago noteis: congress, u. c. cb llsh; Majestic H. Conniff: Great North ern, Fred J. Blakeley. TAX EXEMPTION TESTED Suit Brought to Fix Status of New Household Goods Law. To test the constitutionality of the law exempting from taxation house hold goods, suit was filed in the Cir cuit Court yesterday by G. H. Watson, president of the Baltimore Restaurant Companv, in this city, against Sheriff Word. The suit Is a friendly one and Is brought by Mr. Watson's attorney, W. Y. Masters, merely as a test. Mr. Watson's household furniture at his home at 864 Alhambra avenue was valued at S00 and taxed at (17.60, which he has refused to pay. The law passed in November. 1912. exempts from taxation "all household furniture, do mestic fixtures, household goods and effects actually In ue." District Attorney Evans has given as his opinion that the law does not ap ply to 1912 taxes. Attorney-General Crawford, on the other hand, holds that the law becomes effective from the day of its passage. PUPILS TO LEARN OF CITY Lecturers at Reed Will Tell How to Run Municipal Affairs. Members of the City Commission yes terday promised support to officials of Reed College in a series of lectures to be given next Fall on municipal gov ernment subjects. At a conference yesterday between President Foster, of the college, and Mayor Albee and Commissioners Daly. Blgelow and Brewster, the lecture plan was con sidered and indorsed by the city offi cials. The subjects in the lecture course will be as follows: "How the City Is Governed: Old and New Forms"; "The City's Money, How It Is Raised and Spent"; "The Health of the City, It's Conservation": "How the City Protects Life and Property"; "The Beauty of the City, as It Is and as It Might Be"; "Social Progress for Ail the City's Peo ple." FAMILY TIES CONSIDERED Qualification Made Before Missouri Extradition Is Honored. Only after an officer from St. Louis had consented to take the prisoner's wife and child along also, so that they would not be left stranded in Portland, would District Attorney Evans consent to the extradition to Missouri of C A. Stuewe. When this had been arranged, Mr. Evans secured a parole for Btuewe on a charge of attempting to pass a bad check for $150 in Portland. Stuewe pleaded guilty and was given a sentence of from one to five years and, a parole by Judge Morrow. He vat rearrested Immediately by the po liceman from St. Louis, where he is wanted on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Mr. Evans would have held him here had not the St. Louis authorities agreed to take the wife and baby East with the prisoner. Notice to Mariners. Columbia River Enterprise Land ing Rangefront light to be moved the night of Monday, September 1. 1913, to a location on a dolphin, a short dis tance down stream from its present position. This Is the range which leads through the channel across Hunter's Bar. The change In location la nec essary in order to make the range con form to the channel as recently dredged under the direction of the Port of Portland Commission. By order of the Bureau of Lighthouses. HENRY L. BECK. Inspector. Aa a rule, tears do not accompany a baby's crlaa until it Is a months old. - - 1 ' : . .f- imMiMltim.wi r--itiiiniii.nl .'i , ., . ill : i r ur Tvd NAVAL MILITIA TO TAKE RIVER TRIP Drills Entailing Landing, Field Work and Camping Will Last for Two Days. LAUNCH WILL BE TAKEN Lieutenant Becknith Proposes to Have Week-End Practice Once Each Month, Following Pro gramme of California. Putting Into execution a plan that has been under consideration for some time, the Oregon Naval Militia will MEXICO. i, - SI.. ... - I. THE COLOXIA SEATTLE, NEAR GUADALAJARA. conduct drills on the lower river Sun day and Monday in the way of landing parties and fleldwork. which means the camp features as well. Lieutenant Beckwith said yesterday that about SO men would make the first trip, leav ing the cruiser Boston tomorrow and remaining until Monday night. The Boston's steam launch will tow at least one whaleboat. and. while speed Is not figuring In the trip. Lieu tenant Beckwith thinks they will pro ceed as far as St. Helens. Each man will supply his own rations, sufficient for two days, and blankets and ham mocks will be provided. If atmospheric conditions are not the most pleasant, the citizen sailors will experience a touch of sleeping on some Island with only the sky above. The cruiser's launch has been gone over In advance and she will be stored and provisioned today. The fact that Monday is Labor day permits many of the militiamen to enjoy the two days' outing and the benefit of drills that have not been as frequent as the of ficers wish. The party will embark as though ordered on a scouting expedi tion and have all gear for landing pur poses stowed on the whaleboat In reg ulation style. The desire to conduct week-end drills at least once each month first prompted the militia officers to suggest that the Government recall the cruiser Boston to the Bremerton Navy-Yard and sub stitute for her a gunboat or other small vessel that could be navigated with ordinary speed down the river, and pos sibly outside for a few hours, and in that way the men could leave late Sat urday and be In port again Monday morning. That system Is worked out with the California Naval Militia on monthly cruises out of San Francisco and Is said to be a most satisfactory programme, as it gives the men actual sea duty frequently between the an nual cruises. FIVE COLLIERS REPORTED Government Will Have Dozen More Steamers Next Month. By the last of, September 17 tramp steamers will have reached San Fran cisco or Ptiget Sound with coal for the Government, of the fleet that began to arrive on the Coast last week. There are five of the colliers within the Gol den Gate discharging the British steamer Harflete. which loads lumber outward for Melbourne; the Bellucla, which Is under engagement to the PorUand Flouring Mills Company for either United Kingdom or Oriental business: the fiellorado, under en gagement to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. for grain to the United Kingdom; the Harlow, which is likewise fixed to work grain here, as well as the Hart ington. which the Royal Mall will send to Manila. The Government has either afloat for the Coast or being discharged at San Francisco about 120.000 tons of fuel. The five vessels at San Fran cisco brought 36,000 tons, end over SO, 000 tons are on the way. RIVER BUSINESS SHOWS GAIN Steamers on The Dalles Run Carry More Passengers This Season. " Travel between Portland and Mid dle Columbia River points as far as The Dalles exceeds the number of per sons carried last year on steamers of The Dalles. Portland & Astoria Navi gation Company, says Steve McDon ald, superintendent of the fleet. The business for August particularly has been greater than for the same month last season, and every Sunday, when weather conditions were favorable, ex cursionists have been left on the dock. Freight offerings have been normal, though the steamer Tahoma had her full share in competition, and has made extra trips in order to clear Oak-street dock. Talk of either the steamer Monarch or State of Washing ton going on the run has not ma terialized, though it is said negotia tions are pending yet. COLUSA BRINGING REFUGEES Grace Liner Will Carry Excursion lsts to See Canal's Opening. Eight American refugees from Mex ico City are to be sent to San Fran cisco from Salina Crux on the new British steamer Colusa, of W. R. Grace & So.'s line, which loaded her first lumber cargo here several weeks ago. The vessel departed from San Jose de Guatemala a week ago. and after tak-. Ing on the refugees will make no call south of the Golden Gate. The Co lusa returns here to load another lum ber cargo. Her dispatch will be rushed, as her passenger accommodations have been sold to excursionists who expect to witness water being turned Into the Panama Canal the latter part of next month. It Is Intended to send the steamer south so that she will arrive Just before explosion of the final charge of powder that will destroy the last dike and the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific are Joined. FEDERATION' SCORES O'lOX Regular Long-shoremen Supported in Clash With Independents. As further evidence that marine or ganizations affiliated under the ban ner of the Waterfront Federation will not labor harmoniously with the Inde pendent Longshoremen's Union recent ly formed, a resolution has been adopted forbidding any member from working with the Independents. At the same time Local No. 6, the regular longshoremen's union, is backed in Its opposition to the newcomers. No trouble has been reported between the unions during the past few days though when the Independents at tempted to load the schooner Omega with lumber a fight ensued that led to several bloody affrays. The resolution is as follows: Be It resolved by the Water Front Fed- -4, -'JU eration. in resular moating- assembled, this 26th day of August. 3918: That w place ourselves unreaervedly on record as con demning the so-eaKed dual woulfl-oe inde pendent Longshoremen recently mobilised against Longshore Local 33. ft I. L. A. Bo It further resolved: That wo pledge the full and unlimited aupport of tho Water Front Federation to Local Us-S and will not tolerate any of our members to work In conjunction with members of thut conglom eration of unprincipled human beings. Cony of this resolution to b forwarded to all affiliated urttons. with Instructions to carry it out to tho letter. J. I. TUCKER. Secretary. Marine Notes. Harbor police yesterday took pos session of two women's hats and a rowboat found near Sellwood and for a time it was thought they might be connected with a tragedy, but no re port was made of a drowning. On the steamer Yellowstone, which left the harbor last evening for the South, was a large amount of door and window frame stock being shipped to San Francisco, that was recovered after a recent fire at Fisher, Thorsen s Co.'a, Her cargo of lumber for Antofogasta being stowed, the schooner Wm. Not tingham will be shifted from the Eastern & Western mill to the stream today. The schooner Omega Is ex pected to be ready in a day or two. The last of the grain to be loaded aboard the British ship Milverton will bo In place this morning at Irving dock mid she will go to the stream. The French bark Jean Is to finish dis charging ballast, at Linnton today. Bound for San Francisco, the steam er Saginaw left down from Linnton last evening and will stop at Astoria to complete her lumber load. The Nehalem went from Rainier to sea, the Wlllapa cleared for Raymond in ballast and the Yellowstone cleared with 600 tons of wheat and 40,000 feet of lumber. Carrying 633 tons of New York car go and about SO tons of bonded stuff. the steamer Paralso, operating under the American-Hawaiian nag, sailed from San Francisco yesterday and will begin discharging at Albers dock Mon day. Two "spuds" for dredges In service on the Panama Canal will be shipped from the plant of the Portland Lum ber Company on the steamer San Ra mon tomorrow and they will be re ghlpped at San Francisco for Balboa. United States Inspectors of Steam Vessels Edwards and Fullelr have set Tuesday as the date for investigating the death of L. Lau, a steerage pas senger on the steamer Bear, who leaped over the side and was drowned Just after the vessel passed through Broadway bridge on August S. Captain Chris Bluhm has regained command of the steamer Pomona, re lieving Captain E. P. Williams. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Aug. 28. Arrived Steamer J. A. Ca&nslor, from Monterey; steamer Klamath, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay: gasoline schooner Tillamook, for North Bend and Bandon. Astoria, Aog. 28. Left up at midnight Steamer J. A. Chaoalor. Arrived at 3:20 and left up at 6:30 A .M. Steamer Klam ath, from San Francisco. Sailed at 4 A. M. Steamer Catania, for Port San Luis. Sailed at 6 A. M. Steamer Roanoke, for San Diego and way porta. Sailed at 6:15 A. M. Steamer Yosemlte, for San Pedro. Arrived at 7:30 A. 11. Barge No. Ul. from San Francisco. San Francisco. Aug. M. Arrived Steam er Yucatan, from tjan Diego. Sailed at 10 A. 31. Steamer Paralso, for Portland; steamer Fort Bragg, for Portland; at noon nteamer Dear, xor roruiwi. Honolulu, Aug. -S Schooner 6alem, for Portland. Kabulul, Aug. 2. Sailed Schooner King Cyrus, for Columbia River. Astoria. Aug. 27. Arrived at 10 P. M. Steamer J. A. Chanslor, from 3fonterey. Sailed at lO P. M. steamer Geo. W. Fen wlck. for San Pedro. San Francisco, Aug. 38. Arrived Steam ers Atlas, from Astoria; Asuncion, from Solomon Bay Sailed Steamera Tamalpala. for Grays Harbor; Paralso, for Portland; San Juan, ror .Ancon. Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 58. Arrived Steam ers Sanukl Maru (Japanese), from Hong kong; Watson, from San Francisco; Ves talla (British), from Antwerp: Wasp, from San Francisco; schooner Encore, from Val paraiso. Sailed Steamers Dolphin, Aiki. tor Southeastern Alaska. Tenerlffe, Aug. 2T. Arrived Steamer Klna. from- Portland, Or., for United Kingdom. ' Colombia River Bar Report. Condition at tho mouth of the river at 6 P. M smooth: wind, southeast, 14 miles; weather, cloudy T1d-s at Astoria Friday. High. " Low. 11S4 A. M 7.0feet'S:15 A. M... 0.4 foot 10-:&7 P. M B.O feet 5:14 P. M. 3.2 feot Mexico's first button factory has been started at - Mexico City. Ecuadorian ivory nuts ax 1 EFFECT OF DEEP CHANNELS SHOWN Warrenton Member of Ports of Columbia Body Cites East Coast Cities. CELIL0 CANAL FACTOR HERE Predicted Lower Rates and Fact Local Harbor Two Days Nearer Orient Than Pnget Sound, Offered as Arguments. In a letter to Dr. Alfred Kinney, of Astoria, accepting membership on the Ports of the Columbia committee, which Is working for the speedy open ing of the Columbia River to the largest shtDS In the world through completion of the north Jetty at the mouth of the river, Charles Dodge, of Warrenton. says in part: "That 40 feet of water is required across the bar at the mouth of the Columbia is beyond question. That it will be accomplished, and quickly, too. Is not problematical when we take into consideration what dredging has done on the Atlantic The Government has Just completed a 40-foot channel into New York harbor; has dug and maintained for years a 30-foot chan nel into Philadelphia and has dredged, or is dredging, bars to the entrances of every seaport, on the Atlantic. That their expenditures In this line have been fully Justified is evidenced by tho following report from the Department o'f Commerce and Labor, 112, which gives the seaport traffic of the United States as $4,000,000,000: " 'New York. 40-foot channel, 12.000, 000.000; Boston, 30-foot channel, S 198. 000. 000: Philadelphia, 30-foot channel, 3154,000,000; Baltimore. 30-foot chan nel, sm.ooo.soo. "This proves that trade always will finally seek the easiest grades to the cheapest ports. Into the largest ves sels.' James J. Hill. Explanation Is Offered. "This Is an astonishing record. In 1863 Boston was the queen city of tne Atlantic, and Philadelphia and New York were third and seventh, re spectively. One naturally asks. What wrought this great change? The answer is. water-level haul, ocean-side seaport, land-locked harbor. The New York Central Railroad, up the Hudson River, through the Mohawk Valley, along the lakes Into Chicago, taps the products of the Mississippi Valley at their greatest centralization point and gives New York, over Boston. Phila delphia and Baltimore, the advantage of water-grade haul, as against mountain-grade haul. "The same report gives the traffic on the Pacific as: San Francisco, $103,000,000; Puget Sound. $102,000,000; Portland-Astoria, $12,000,000. "This shows plainly that the trade and traffic to and from the Inland Em pire to the extent of $9,000,000 an nually is being transshipped on the Sound, bearing the mountain-grace freight rate, and that this trade can be readily regained to the Columbia with 40 feet of water on the bar. "The Port of Columbia nqt only has the only down-grade haul on the en tire Pacific Coast f rom . the Interior, an ocean-side seaport and a land locked harbor, but in addition Is tne greatest fresh-water harbor In the United States, and nearer the Orient by two days' steamer travel than any port on the Sound, and four days nearer than San Francisco, and nearer any Atlantic port by two days' travel than Puget Sound, Celllo Canal Held. Important. "So much Is said these days about the Panama Canal that the importance of the Celllo Canal in this relation is little spoken of. To me it means the safeguarding of our equitable freight rates. If the Panama were eliminated from the question, the competition that the open river will bring with the com pletion in 1915 of the Celllo Canal will lower even the present common-point rates enjoyed by the Sound and San Francisco, and the Columbia Harbor will, forever determine the freight rate to and from the interior upon the water-grade haul. "Freight travels by wagon ten miles for $1. by rail 127 miles, by lake steamer 1250 miles and by river barge 2000 miles. With the completion of the Celllo Canal, the Columbia will carry a heavier barge for a greater distance than any navigable river in the United States. ' We will, therefore, be carrying freight on the Columbia In 1915 In competition with the rail roads that feed this territory at n rate of one-half a mill per ton mile, giving us a rate of 25 cents per toa from Lewlston. Idaho, and a rate of IS 2-3 cents per ton from Pasco, Wash., as against a freight rate now of $4.05 to the Columbia Harbor. These are the actual effects of the economical laws of rail and water traffic as worked out In our Eastern possessions, and they must work out to much the same result upon the Pacific." Y. M. C. A. STAFF GROWS Slembershlp AVork Will Be Placed on on Different Basis. With the appointment of two assist ant secretaries and the formation of a new committee of management, the membership department of the Port land Young Men's Christian Associa tion has Just been greatly strength ened. The changes amount to putting the membership work on an entirely new basis. The new committee wil be headed by I. C. Cunningham and will have general supervision of membership ac tivities. W. B. Piatt will continue as membership secretary and will be as sisted by S. W. Harris and C. S. Poling. Mr. Harris at present Is social secre tary and Mr. Poling Is employed in a railroad office. He is the son of Rev. C. C. Poling, pastor of the First United Evangelical Church. Mr. Poling will do most of the office work, leaving Mr. Piatt and Mr. Harris free to work on the outside. They will endeavor to Increase the associa tion's enrollment and in addition will see that men Joining are put In touch with the phases of the work in which they are especially interested. The principal object of the changes in the department is to see that members are given opportunity to get the fullest benefit out of their connection with the association. Switching Rates Protested. The St. Johns Commercial Club has started a movement to have the switching charges from that point eliminated and also to secure a more uniform rate on lumber shipments on the river and to interior points. At the last meeting of the club a special committee was appointed to take up the matter with the proper officials. It was asserted at the meeting that the charge of $5 a car Is too heavy a burden on the shipments made out of St- Johns and amount to a large sum In the course of a year. 3 Days' Outing for $3 li llamook County Beaches ACCOUNT LABOR DAY VIA f Wil SUM SET J I OODtNiSHASTAl I I 1 ROUTES I I XCi "THE EXPOSITION LIXE ISIS" Tou can leave Portland on the morning or afternoon train, spend Sat urday afternoon, all day Sundav and up to late in the afternoon of Labor day on the beach or fishing In the Salmonberry and Nehalem. TRAIX Leave 1'nlon Depot Leave Fonrta aad Vamkill AFTEROOX TRAIJT Leave Union Depot Leave Fourth and Vamkill Call at City Ticket Office, m Sixth St, earner of Oaki Feurth and lanihilU or I'nlun Depot. John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland. 95IRMTSC0I Other Acceptances Are pected Sjion. Ex- PLANS MAKING PROGRESS Widely Separated Towns of North west Represented Committees Are Appointed to Take Charge of Visitors. Secretary Chapman, of the Commer cial Club, up to yesterday bad received 95 answers from buyers and merchants accepting; the invitation to come to Portland for Buyers' Week. September 1 to 6. It is estimated that from three to five times as many will come to Portland as send answers to the postals sent out by the Commercial Club. The reservations received so far are scattered over a wide territory, extending from Oregon City and Hills dale to such distant points In Idaho as Sand Point. Coeur d'Alene and McCall. and. they are from all varieties of stores. Headquarters for the buyers will be opened in room 1. of the Commercial Club bulidingr. Additional committees were announced yesterday as follows; Thursday evening; Julius Durkhelmer, chairman, Wadhama fc Co.; R. K. Br Is tow. Carman Manufacturing Company: A. M. Cronin. P. J. Cronin A Co.; H. D. Curtis. The Gauld Company; J. J. Englehardt, W. P. Fuller Company; Max Htrsch, Hirsch Weis Manufacturing Company; A. M. Ha ra don. Haradon Candy Company; R. M. Ir vine, Fleischner, Mayer St Co.; C. S. Jacob son. Neustadter Broa. ; M. 1. Kline. M. L. Kline; L. Lang. Lng & Co.; H. E. Lewis. H. E. Lewis, importer; I. Lowengart. Low en gar t & Co.; W. F. Norman, Fairbanks, Mora ft Co.; W. J. Ruppe, Gorman-Revere Rubber Company; A. E. Sugden, Pa cific Hardware fc 6 tee I Company. Friday evening oanquet Ed Ehrman, chairman. Mason. Ehrman fc Co. ; Everett Amea, Ames, Harris, Seville Co.; John S. Beall. Coast Culvert A Flume Company; A. F. Biles, Central Door fc Lumber Com pany : C C. Colt. Union Meat Com pany; A H. Devera, Oossett Ievers; IX T. Honeyman, Honeyman Hardware Com pany; J. . Kenworthy, Wadhama St Kerr Bros.; L, Allen Lewis. Allen A Lewis; P. Lowengart, M. Feller Co.; B. M. Meara, Portland Cordage Company; J. L. Meier, Meier fc Frank Company; F. A. Nitchey, Crane Company: S. C. Pier. Marshall-Wei la Hardware Company; bus Mm on, M. A Gunst Company ; M. G. Thorsen, Fisher, Thorsen & Co.; F. S. West, Goodyear Rub ber Company. Reception committee, Monday W. H. Beharrell. chairman. Hey wood Broa. & Wakefield Company; T. J. Armstrong;. W. C. Noon Bag Company; Frank Barringer, E. C Atkins Bag Company; Frank Bariinger, E. C Atkins A Co. ; Kenneth Beebe, the Beebe Company: O. C Calhoun, Miller. Sim lngtoa A Calhoun Co.; H. A Conner. Pacific Coast fcyrup Company; Jerome uiop. Baron Fulop Company; S. E, Holcomb, Multnomah Trunk A Bag Company; E. C. Johnson, Portland Seed Company; Fred Jennings, Portland Furniture Manufacturing Com pany: D. E. Krausse. Krauaae Brothers.; W. B. Mann. John Clark Saddlery Company; E. C Oliver, F. 8. Harmon A Co.; L. R. Par ker, John A, Roeblings Sons Company; John Ren ken, Portland Glove Works ; R. A. Stewart, Hoflus Equipment Company; Edward E. Shaw, Henry Diss ton A Sons. Inc.; Otto Stein, Clarke-Wood ward Drug Company; W. J. Walrath, Aid on Candy Company. Smoker committee. Tuesday Paul De Haas, chairman, Dougherty Shoe Company, B. F. Bo t den. Prince Bhoe Company: F. S- Doernbecher. Doernbecher Manufacturing Company: Dwlght Edwards. Dwlfcht Ed wards Company: . l. Franic, iumauer Frank Drug Company; O. H. FIthlan, Flth-lan-Barker' Shoe Company: George E. K. Fitch ner. Rudgear-Merle Company; Joseph Goodman, Goodman Brothers Shoe Com pany: Sol Hart. Hart Cigar Company; A J. Kingsley. Oregon Chair Company; J. C Luckel. Luckel, King A Cake Soap Com pany; Robert Lutke. The Lutke Manufac turing Company; W. A Montgomery, J- K. nm Cnmninv! S. J. McCormick. Ellera Muaic House; J. W. Pettlt. Pettlt Feather A Bedding Company: F. C. Stettier, . Stettler. Company; H. S. Tuthlll. Oregon Paiket Can-man v: Paul Wesslnxer. Henry Welnhard Brewery; C. F. Wright. Ballou A Wright; Dam J. Zin, Zan Bros., inc. Wednesday Ad Club committee A G. Clark, chairman, Wadhama A Kerr Brothers; J. H. Dundore. Shermau. Clay A Co.; C. D. Joslyn, Nott-Joalyn Company: O. W. Mlelke. Blake-McFall Company; Henry W. Mtzrr. Herman Metzrer: H. W. Mac- Lean. Pacific Paper Company; Walter Ro- senfeld, Koaenreiu. smitn a lo.; . Tlmms, Timms-Cresa A Co.: Harry W. Harris. D. N. A E. Walter Co.; Milton H. Wasaerman, Thanhouser Hat Company. Wednesday Jollification committee A. C. Black, chairman. Union Meat Company; Rimuel "R. Archer. Archer A Wiggins Com pany; Otto Breyman. Breyman Leather Company ; R- L. Brackett. Crescent Paper Company; A J. Bale, Pacific Coast Biacult Company; J. B. uraasnaw, xiraasnaw Brothers: B. O. Case. B. O. Case A Co.; A E. Gantenbeln. Independent Cracker Company; E. J. Hall. T. w. jenKina a to.; Alfred Hexter. Hexter A Co.: George Law rence, Jr.. The George Lawrence Company; H. R. Lewis, Columbia Supply Company; j. B. Rasmuasen. Rasmuaven A Co.; H. A Sargent. Simonds Manufacturing Company; j. w. Vogan. Modern Confectionery Com pany; X. Welnsteln, N. A S. Wefnateln; Si mon Wolf. H. Wolf A Sons; M. A Zan. Mease A Gottfried Co. Cornelius Woman Buried. HILLSBORO, Or.. Aug;. 28. (Special.) Mrs. Ella Hopper Reynolds died at Cornelius Tuesday from a throat af fliction. She was born at Clinton, I1U THE SCHEDULES 8i4S A.M. StOO A.M. 1:20 P.M. 1130 P.M. December . 1S38. and was married to J. J. Reynolds, in 1855. They resided in Illinois until 16S5, when they moved to Forest Grove. She leaves the follow ing children U H., J. N., F. T., W. S Charles S. and J. C. Reynolds. Mrs. Vina M. Bacon, Mrs. Mary E. Johnston and Mrs. Alice Maury. The funeral took place yesterday, interment be ins; at Buxton cemetery. Forest Grove. Services were held by Rev. B. C. Cook, assisted by the Woman's Relief Corps. INTERURBANJLINE OPPOSED Objection Is Filed Against Proposed ITse of East Seventeenth Street. Property-owners on East Seventeenth street yesterday filed with City Auditor Barbur a Ion? remonstrance agrainst the proposed franchise of the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company for an lnterurban electric line from Orejron City to the West Side business district of Portland. Tha line, as proposed, would run alone; East Seventeenth street, which fact has aroused the lr of the residents. Objection Is based on the fact that the district is now well supplied with streetcar service and that the new line, as proposed, would be purely for ln terurban service. Objection Is made to the marrins cf the district with the large tracks and heavy, rapidly-moving; cars. EMPRESS CREW WINNER stagehands Get Half of Pnrse for Best Interior Setting. Word was received by E. E. Barbour, stage manager at the Empress, yes terday that he and his crew had won half of a 325 purse offered by J. Her bert Frank, star of "The Arm of the Law," to the stage crew that would provide the best interior stage set for his vaudeville sketch. The stage hands of the Empress, Kansas City, Mo., win the other half of the purse. Stage hands of more than 50 thea ters In tha United States competed to win the bonus. Ernest Hood is tha stage property man who was instru mental In making Portland victorious. Men Welcome E.oiher's Friend A Dtity that Every Man Owes to Those who Perpetuate the Race. It is just as important that men should know of progressive methods in advance of motherhood, 'loe suf fering incident to child-bearing can be easily avoided by hav ing at hand a botUe of Mother's Friend. This is a penetrat ing, external applica tion that relieves all tension upon the mus cles and enables them to expand without painful strain upon ths ligaments. Thus there is avoided nervous Epells ; the tendency to nansea or morning sickness is counteracted, and a bright, hap py disposition is preserved that reflects wonderfully upon the c harder and tem-a perament of the little one soon to come. Ton can obtain a bottle of "Mother's Friend" at any drag store at $1.00. It preserves the mother's health, enables her to make a complete recovery, and thus with renewed strength she will eagerly devote herself to the care and attention which mean so much to the welfare of the child. Write to the Bradfield Regulator Co., 223 Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga for their vain able and instructive book of guidance for expectant mothers. A Word to Our Advertisers To you merchants of this city who send your message each day to your customers through the columns of The Oregonian: Tou have on your shelves the products of many manufacturers. How many of these manufacturers are using the one medium of ad vertising which you know to be the best the daily newspape r the medium that will bring customers for the goods on your shelves? Tou have spent time and money proving that the daily newspaper is the chief avenue of advertising that brings in customers. Do you put in your best efforts working with the manufacturer who helps you the manufacturer who advertises in local newspapers, the fact that you sell his product? Tou should. Do you ever tell the manufactur er who does not use newspapers what yon know about the value of newspaper advertising? Tou should. Dealers and manufacturers inter ested in newspaper advertising can obtain advice and co-operation by writing to the Bureau of Advertis ing. American Newspaper Publish ers' Association, World Building, New York.