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VOL. JLIV. NO. 16,GoO PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7. 1U. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PORTLAND IS FIRST POSTAL REFORMS City Becomes "Model" for Modern Ideas. NEW BUILDING TO PLAY PART FATHER IS JAILED; FAMILY NEEDS AID DEPUTIES HELP WIFE AND BA BIES OF CHINESE DENTIST. JOHN D HIKED WTH 1 STRIFE 111 COLORADO INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Present Structure to Be Kept as Business Mail Center. WORK TO BE REORGANIZED One Hour Mill Be lopped Off Time Taken to Make Trains, Parcel Post Convenience Extended and Other Aids Given. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, April 6. The Portland postoffice today was selected by the Postmaster General to be the first of a series of "model postoffices in which reforms in postal service are to be tried out. Postmaster Myers since taking charge of the Portland office, has sug gested many practical reforms in the handling of mails, money orders and postal savings business, and because of his interest and the practicability of his suggestions, Portland was chosen as the first city where the reforms will be tested. Instead of having five independent divisions, as in the past, the Portland postoffice will now have a two-divi sion organization, namely a division of mails and a Civision of finance. The Superintendent of Mails and two as sistants will exercise supervision over the entire mailing floor, supervising every -operation relating to receipt. distribution, delivery, collection and dispatch of all mails. The Assistant Postmaster will act as superintendent of the division of finance and will sup ervlse money order and Ings service and all latins to accounts and bookkeeping. Speed Provision Made. A new accounting system will- be adopted which provides for a double check on every financial transaction. When the new Portland building is completed the present postofrlce will be operated as a main station serving patrons of the business- and shopping districts, and the new building will provide for the larger operations of collections' and delivery and the gen eral handling of all outgoing and in coming mails in accordance with- mod ern postal methods. Under the new plan to go into effect immediately, let ters will reach the railroad station in three minutes from the time they are deposited at the main office, a gain of one hour over the old plan. Portland is to have a second automo bile? to make collections on the East Side and this automobile will make col lections also on the main thoroughfares in St. Johns, Kenton, University Park, Hose City and Sellwood, and also will stop at Stations B, 5" and D and cover portions of the Station A. district. Col lection service in this territory has heretofore been unsatisfactory, it I pointed put. Parcel rout Gets Attention. Parcel post matter, under the reor ganization, is to receive especial at tention, and hereafter packages will be canceled at the place of deposit to prevent rehandllng at the main office. All parcel post business in the main office will hereafter be transacted at one wing. The reorganization at the Portland office is as recommended after a long Mrs. Lee and Children Beg to Join Man in Cell Crime Is Prac ticing "Without License. With a wife and five little childrenJ dependent on him and In need of imme diate assistance. Charlie Lee, a Chinese. was remanded to jail yesterday in de fault of a fine of $75. assessed when he -pleaded guilty -to practicing den tistry without a state license. Mrs. Lee and three of the children were with Lee.when.be .was. taken to.JaU and begged that they might remain there with him. Sheriff Word.- who was In the Jail when Deputy Constable McCullough brought Lee up, detected the needs of the family for the father and offered to let Lee go on his own recognizance. if he would promise to pay the $75 in five days. But Lee said that business was poor and he could not pay, as much as he would like to go. -Deputies in the Constable's office, who heard Lee's story, took up a col lection so tnat Mrs. Lee might buy milk and food for her babies last night. "He is a hard-working Chinese who Is in hard luck." said Deputy Consta ble Nickelson. "He is a graduate rrom an American law school, and has taken the state bar examination, but was not admitted to practice law. He has taken the dental examination several times. but each time has failed to obtain license. He has continued to practice dentistry, and each time he is arrested pleads guilty without a trial. Now his family is in need because he is not able to pay the fine and must go to jail to serve a 30-day sentence." Son of World's Richest Man Testifies. MORAL BLAME IS DENIED Arbitration, If Board Is Square. Favored by Scion. FATHER OWNS 40 PER CENT ITplift - Worker . on Stand Before House Committee Says Company Would Rather Lose Millions Than Deprive Men of Rights. ROADS IN RESERVE IS PLAN Chief Forester Graves Promises Co operation- for Forest Work. OREGON! AX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 6. Senator Lane had a conference today with Chief Forester Graves concerning the condition of the Oregon National forests, and secured the. promise of his co-operation in a plan of road improvement in the re serves on a larger scale than that af forded by the present plan of devot ing 15 per cent of the forest proceeds for the work. An effort will be made to secure leg islation authorizing a bond issue to ob- nd the postal sav- I tain adequate funds for building roads other matters re- and other forest improvements, so that local communities will receive the benefits. The Forest Service will co operate with Secretary Lane in this direction and will send an expert to the Siskiyou forest immediately to make a survey and lay plans for new roads in that forest. GREAT POLE TO BE RAISED Oregon Flagstaff for Exposition Weighs 93,000 Pounds. The great flagpole of Oregon fir. which was towed to San Francisco from Astoria for the Panama-Pacific Expo sition, will be set in place on the expo sition grounds in the last week of May, when the delegation of Portland Rose Festival people visits San Francisco. Special ceremonies wrl accompany the raising of the pole, and the day will be made one of especial celebration on the exnosltlon (rroundi The timber, donated" Dy tne w nuney Lumber ComDany and towed to ban Francisco in one of the Hammond rafts, was cut in the Nehalem country, it I 246 feet long and 54 feet in diamete at the butt. It weighs 93,000 pound mnt. t 'i 515.48 feet of lumber. Owine to its great weight it will cost fully $1000 to prepare tne Dig suck raise it and set it In place, it win d the largest flagpole standing in the world.- TRAIN MAKES WILD DASH jrotorman, After Jviliing .Man, Paralyzed by Experience. WASHINGTON. April 6. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of the world's richest man, testified today before the House mines committee as to the ques tion of his mural responsibility for the industrial strife which has kept the coal fields of Southern Colorado in turmoil for six months. After more than four hours of cross-examination, Mr. Rockefeller had told the committee: That he and three others directed his father's interest of about 40 per cent in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany, the central figure In the big coal trike. "Competent Mm In Charcr. That as a director he had fulfilled 11 of. his interest and responslbllity the company when he placed the officers, "competent and trusted men," in charge of the company's af fairs. , That he knew nothing of conditions n the strike district except from re ports of officers of the company. That the strike had become a fight for the "principles" of freedom of la bor and that he and his associates would rather than the present vlo ence "that they lose all their millions nvested in the coal fields, than tha American worklngman should be de prlved or the right under the Constl utlon to work for whom they pleased." Arbitration Generally i'atortd. That he ' favored arbitration in in dustrial disputes generally but th in the present instance he supported the officers of the company In thel refusal to submit the question unionizing the mines to arbitration, In support of these conclusions Mr. Rockefeller was kept busy for hours explaining, defending and arguing. II asserted that employer and employe were "fellow-men and should treat each other as such." but could see no analogy between the unionization of workmen and the combination of capl- The Weathc TKSTEHDAT'S Maximum temperature, 6! degrees; minimum. 3H degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Foreign. House of Commons votes down plan to re Jcct Hume Kula bill. Pa4t 3-Domeatlr. When Jury says guilty prisoner slabs deputy prosecutor. Ml z. Threatening postal card sent woman accuser or New York clernxan. 1'aga 3. National. Fortlaud become, first seat fur postal ' forma. Pace 1. Senate committee on Interoceanlc canala fixe publicity for tolls deliberations. Pasjo ... John U. Rockefeller linked with Colorado strife. Iky .sun, .who denlea .motal responsi bility. I'sce l. Pacific Northwest. Captain J. H. Griffith, miasm, helped finance. Hfjo.ooo. Uiuaer aeL .!'. j. First bore for Interstate Bridge mad n ancouver. Paze t. Portland's praise heard Is Aluki by Addison Bennett- Pass e. Slnele tax declared failure In Vancouver and end is predicted. Paso Sport.. Colts arrive 21 strong and open today acalnst Helena team. Paao 8. HI West opens against Seala today. Pas a. alg-ary likes baaeba.ll so well It sends "x correspondent" 2tK miles to team s train- Ins camp. Page i. Portland and Vicinity. Five men work stx hours to case bis buffalo. Paso IS. Weather report, data and forecaat. Page 19. More than 100' defend claims to Winters estate. Page IS. City Attorney La Roche holds that Lenta Is legal purt of Portland. Page 13. Commercial and Marine. Wool buying will begin In Eastern Oregon thia week. Page 19. Wheat depresaed at Chicago by expectation of flattering crop report. Page 10. Steady Inquiry for high-grade bonds In Wall street. Page 1H. - Dredging In harbor attracts searchers for water-opals. Page 14. FOREIGN POLICY OF REBELS SET FORTH , UNDERWOOD LEADS HOBSONFORSENATE ICTOKY BY 30,000 TO 30,000 CLAIM-ED BY MAXAGEK-S. Peace Forum Acts With Carranza's Consent Tlirce-Cornered Contest for Alabama Short Term Seems to Be Willi RusJiton and Vtliite. MISSING ARMY MAN 111 $600,000 DEAL Timber Sale Pending in. Portland. 'TO'uURDIAUTT IN FORE Powers Not Left in Doubt as to Feeling Toward States. HINT IS GIVEN EUROPEANS nillfilNOHAM, Ala.. April 6 Scat tering returns from 40 out of 7 coun ties show Oscar W. Underwood lead ing Richmond Hobson by a substantial vote in the race for the United States Senatorshlp. At 10:30 o'clock Underwood's cam paign leaders claimed a victory by from 20.000 to 30.000 votes. No atatement was made at the time by Hobson' a cam paign raanagera. Early returns indicate that tha three- cornered contest for the Alabama ahort term in the United States Senate would rest between Ray Rushton. of Mont gomery, and Frank S. White, of Birm ingham. Ex-Governor B. B. Comer was lead ing the three other candidates In the gubernatorial contest, according to r.n. nn.lkt rhlrf 1 In Atror'tl reports. His closest opponent ARREST INTERRUPTS "CLOSE" Captain J. H. Griffiths Said to Have Fully Confessed. ASSOCIATES EULOGIZE HIM With Attempt to Thrust Responsi bility on America Because ot Its Attitnde to Mexico. CHURCH PUBLICITY URGED Cards in Stores and Space in Paper for April 10 Suggested. Various means used to advertise "Go- to-Church Sunday." which is April 19. were reported at the monthly meeting of the Portland Ministerial Federation at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday by Rev. Delmer H. Trimble, chairman of the committee having the matter in charge. He said that the leading stores in the city would have cards in their win dows. Dr. John II. Boyd, of the First Pres byterian Church, said he was a strong advocate of using space in the daily papers. COAL LANDS ARE CANCELED EL. PASO, Tex, AprU S A carefully- worded . communication from General Carranza, dealing with the rebel for eign policy was made public today by Dr. Henry Allen Tupper. of the Inter national Peace Forum. Dr. Tupper in terviewed General Carranza on the sub ject at the request of Morris Sheppard. of Texas, and the summary of the Gen- eral'a reply was made public with Car ranza's consent. The letter follows: I have read with much Interest the letter of Senator Sheppard, which you were so kind as to forward to me. In regard to the matters contained there in 1 beg to state the following: I possess a deep admiration for the American people and hold In great per sonal esteem President Wllsorr" and William J. Bryan, the Secretary of State of tho United States of America. I know they are men of great personal character as well as moral and politi cal alms, and for that reason I think their friendship towards Mexico and the sympathy evidenced for the prin ciples of the Mexican constitutionalists are not only sincere but entirely dialn was Charles Henderson, of Troy. R. F. Kolb. of Montgomery, was running third. John W. Abercromble. Representative from the state at large, and Congress man J. T. Heflin. from the Fifth Dis trict, were unopposed in today's contest. Court-Martial of Officer, Set for Vesterday, Postponed Reward Orrered Police for Capture. Xo Trace ot Him Found. SEATTLE. Wash.. April . (.Special.) That Captain J. H. Griffiths. U. S. A.. POTATOES SHIPPED SOUTH disbursing officer of the Quartermas ter a depot, who waa under arrest for Cars Will Be Sent to California From Clarke County. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 6. (Spe cial.) Eleven cars of Clarke County potatoes will be shipped to Stockton. Cat., wihtin a few daya by Wolf & Sons. through their local agent, Frank W. Pearl. One car goes from Vancouver Junc tion and two cars each from Vancou ver, Fellda. Sifton and Orchards. Two more cars will ba shipped from Fellda to San Francisco, by boat, and trans ferred there to be shipped by rail to Stockton. Potatoes in San Francisco vary In price front IS cents to 11.15 per hun dred. Five carloads were shipped from this county last week to a Denver firm. 320-ACRE CLAIMS URGED of Wyoming Acres. WASHINGTON. April 6. 1'atenta conveying 2840 acres of public coal lands in Anita County. Wyomlnar. to Thomas Snedden and Daniel F. Harri son. will be canceled by a Supreme Court decision today which held the patents were gotten through fraud. The land has coal 14 feet thick. The entry-men swore it had none. County Increased. At a meeting of the Commercial Club held March 30. a resolution waa adopted calling upon the Secretary of the In terior to declare all Wheeler County open to the 120-acre homestead law (Concluded terested. and are the result of tha ex- . . i . .i i. .. I 0ujir2int3 v.. i ui i a i nu 3 a I 4i i! u in x:.uirj I cause WRicn & nvv uiw i'"1" .v fc sent and the Ideals of American oemoc racy. - . Cardial Helatluaia a 'Duty. "I possess such a high opinion and esteem of the political purposes and sagacity of the American Government and I am so satisfied as to their loyal friend ot th imposed upon ma aa the chief ot well defined party, which reckons with the Intellectual, moral, legal and aco nomlc elements sufficiently to be cor. sidered a decisive factor In political matters, not only of my own country but of fureign countries as well, that 1 have expressed no inconsistency in dealing in an unofficial and expeditious way w'.th nil matters of au interna tional character which have been pre- dship toward Mexico that In spite with the exception of Mineral and tlm . ,, ,.,,. , ber lands and lands withdrawn for He great responsibility which is power Cople3 of tna reloluUor Jury Hangs In S50.000 Suit. EUGENE, Or. April 6. (Special.) No verdict was returned by the Jury In the $50,000 daman' case of Joe Bur gess against the Willamette Pacific Railroad except to determine that the youthful paintiff was working for the Willamette Pacific and not for the Southern Pacific. The Jury was out 41 hours, divided six to six upon the sumption-of-r!-xk issue. SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. (Special.) study by Special Agents F. E. Frazier. An unidentified man walking on the E. T. Bushnell and J. E. Pickett and Postoffice Inspectors Knox. Perkins and Martin. Commenting on the reorganization First Assistant Postmaster-General Roper says: "Postmaster Myers is heartily in ac cord with the recommendations of the commission and the Department enter tains no doubt of his success in giving effect to Important changes that have been authorized. The endeavor to standardize and improve the methods e ml 1 ax- Peninsula Electric tracks was Killed this morning by a northbound train. Paralyzed by horror, the motorman was unable to stop the car after the acci dent and the vehicle ran wild for over mile. The conductor and a passenger had seen the man walking ana saw tne body thrown 20 feet to one side against i fence. They expected the car to stop Immediately, but instead saw the mo torman standing like a frozen man be side the controller box. He was un- procedure in the postoffice should aDle to turn off the current or apply the hearty support and co-opera- the airbrake. ' li-;n of the people of Portland who can! prreatly aid the postmaster in bringinc his service to the highest degree of fi 792.360 iiiivicu!.;. EGGS ARRIVE DISAFT OF PLANS IS HERE I New structure Will Be Four Stories Noxv $1,000,000 Cost Limit Portland's new postoffice building. to be erected on the block bounded by liroadway, Hoyt, Park and Glisan streets, is to be of steel skeleton con struction throughout, four stories and a basement, according: to "programme plans" received by Postmaster Myers from Washington yesterday. The plans are in the nature of memorandum for the six architects who will compete in supplying plans for the building. The cost limit is fixed at $1,000,000. The allowance for certain appliances and for fees tx the architect appointed is to be limited to $150,000, leaving $850,000 gross for the construction of the building. Fruit Weighs 1000 Tons. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 6. The largest consignment of Chinese eggs ever shipped from the Orient to Amer ica was received here today on the steamship Empress of Russia. The shipment, weighing 1000 tons. contains 6.7SZ.360 eggs. most n tne eggs are consigned to points in the United States. MINERS CONTINUE AT WORK Indiana Men Vote 82 to 32 In Favor of Staying on Jobs. TERRE HAUTE. lnd April . By a vote of 82 to 32 the mineworkers of .4 1 ....! .v." 1 i n i-invnt1nn IaH.v It is Intended that the building shall I tabled indefinitely a resolution which be of the modern office building type. rather tnan a monumental structure. The bill authorizing its construction re-I quires that it shall be built to accom- (Concluded on pate i) provided that the miners refuse to con tinue at work pending the adoption of a new contract. On a plea for interpretation of the vote. President Houston declared it meant the men should continue at work. way with nil nutttrs of au interna-j (Concluded on Pjbrt -- I : : DON'T KICK REGISTER I i s& coomtrv is ryr : ; x Kzg-) Goii&ToYHE : I (A JT ' A4TJ TAXES RoTTBriJ rA I I dy T VOFFICUS ETC. ' t I r-t- : " n.lWAuitf i vrnm v im i "-"- : t It I . .. .. C' '"?TNN ' 'l . ill III &S-r'jr I a I t . . 1 1 i tlun were cent to all Oregon representative! In Congress, and to the Secretary of the Interior. Should secretary Une take tb ac tion, hundreds of-S20-acre homesteads will be located in Wheeler County on lands that do not justify location un der the KO-acre act. as they are chiefly grraxinfr lands, though having suffi cient arable land on them to raise feed for the livestock, AHSAHKA TO HAVE MILL Orofino Contractor Prepares to Move 1 I Houses From Tract. the alleged embezzlement of $9000 of Government funds, and who disap peared from his quarters at the Pcrry Hotel on Saturday night, had success fully financed a timber deal in Port land, which involved nearly $.600.00.0. was brought to light today through an investigation made in Portland by Colo nel James Iw. Chamberlain. Inspector General of the Western department, with headquarters in San Francisco. Captain Griffiths made reference to the timber deal, it is stated, in his al leged confession to Major Hugh J. Gal lagher, and investigation by Colonel Chamberlain followed. Captain Grif fiths is said to have shown keen Judg ment in working out the details of the financial enterprise, and. according to statement made by brother officers today, "was too good a nnancler"to be in the Army." Final Investment Interrnpted. . Final details of his investment, how ever, had not been completed. Interest t 8 per cent on his Investment would have brought him a revenue of $100 a day. The statement that this was how the money had been used Is believed by his brother ofiicers. as they state he had always been a man of exem plary habits. The full confession which Captain Grlinths is said to have made is in the hands of Captain Dennis P. Quinlan, Judge-Advocate of the court-martial board. Captain Robert M. Brambila. of Van couver Barracks, la acting as Captain Griffiths' successor. Neither the Seattle police nor Unlisi States Army officers have found tiny trace of Captain Griffiths. Fifty dol lars reward is offered for the arrrst of Captain Griffiths, a deserter. Ho is 45 years old. 5 feet. 10H Inches till, weight 155 pounds, light complexion. light hair, blue eyes, smooth-shaven. He Is supposed to have fled from the city. He hud been under arrest sev eral weeks, confined to his quarters on his honor as a gentleman, pending courtmartial. Tho courtmartlal. which was to have been convened at Fort Lawton today to try Captain Griffiths. was dissolved until the mlsMng officer Is found. Tho courtmartlal was to have been OROFINO. Idaho. April . (Special.) To make room for a big mill to be erected by the Clearwater Timber Com pany at Ahsahka. I. Hanson, a local contractor, has gone to that city move 11 houses from their present sites I to points on the other tido of tha I composed of Brigadier-General Ramsey xf- i. I D. Potts, president: Captain I. P. Quin. " iwii.il in nun "1 mo iiimi lan. Judge Advocate; Colonel R.H. Wil son. Fourteenth Infantry; TLieutcnant- Colonel John F. Morrison. Twenty-tlrft Infantry ;-iileutenant-Colonel John l Hayden. Coast Artillery; Major Harold E. Cloke. Coast Artillery; Major S. C. Vestal. Coast Artlllwry: Major R. H. Van Deman, Twenty-first Infantry; r.nt.fn P.rrv T . XfllM Knii rt jin t ri In- t I KDPIAH ROAD bh Nli BU LT funtry. Captain Edward Kimmell. Cap- l l . i ... u ci.x. r-....... i i -,....-i . . lll V.1.1 tlH C U. U'il I 111. Ht?lAll. W V 1. " . 1 Ordway, Captain J. L. Hughes and Cap. tun Frank R. Edwards. Coast Artillery y xx 1 1 1 .ma rostai iiuuie. win be begun as soon as the site Is cleared. It Is said that a large crew of men will be given employment from the start. There are nine Indian houses. church and 10 or 12 barns to be moved. giving the company something like five acres. Connection Willi Xcivaukum High- xvi CENTRALIA, Wash.. April 6. (Spe clal. ) Improvement of the road con necting Centralla and Koplah is under way, and when completed a new ter ritory will be opened to local mer chants. Road Supervisor Wyatt will have $10,000 to spend on the highway this Summer, which will permit regrad. ing where necessary and surfacing with rock a greater portion of the way. This road will connect with the Corps. WI FK SAYS S1I12 IS IGNORANT Mrs. J. II. Griffiths Receives letter From Mlj-ln;r Captain. Mrs. J. H. Griffiths, who lives at SI1 Cguucll Crest "Drive, received a letter yesterday morning from her husband. It was posted in Seattle after the time Newaukum road, making it possible to Captain Griffiths is said to have d I sap- establish . another rural route out of Centralla. free delivery PENDLETON BILL PASSES House Allows $130,00 Instead of $70,000 for Public Building. OREGOXIAN' NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. April C. Representative Sln nott today secured the passage through the House of his bill increasing the limit of the cost ot the Pendleton pub lic building from $70,000 to $130,000. The increase is made'to provide ac commodations for the Federal Court which holds regular terms at Pendleton. GOOD FRIDAY PAUSE URGED AH Chrlr-tians Aked to Pay or Do Hind Deed for Minute at I-asl. NEW YORK, April . A pause of moment for prayer, for mediation or for the performance of some rharity or kindly deed is urged by the Protestant Episcopal Church on a!J Christians at noon on Good Friday. The request has been sent out broad cast. peared from his hotel. Mrs. Griffiths said the letter did not disclose the plans of ber husband, other than that he was leaving Seattle, but did not tell ber where he was going. His present whereabouts, she said, she did not know. "Mr. Griffiths did not come h&re." said Mrs. Griffiths, "and I do not know his present whereabouts. I could not tell If I wished to, because I do not know. I have received a letter every day from him since he was detained." Asked for a statement which woml-1 clear up soma of the unpublished phases of the case, she said: "When he was arrested he refused to make a statement. If he refuses to malie a statement, it vxould not be right for others, especlalry for me, tvis wife, to make any statement of the case." As to whether she intended "-ax-1u-; Portland soon or had any plans for trr future. Mrs. Griffiths refused to be Quoted. .-.a Ix at ion Army Icader Dam. NEW YORK. April . Mrs. YTIlli:.ti Peart, wife of the Secretary of the vation Army In the V"it-:d Stives. ai"l Bfi-ond to Mils Booth in command t f the Army In this country, died today at ber home In Mount Vernon. N. Y.