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Newspaper Page TextVOL.. LIV. NO. 16,717. PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY. JUNE 23, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V SPOKANE RATE CASE LOST BY RAILROADS Long and Short Haul Clause Is Valid. INLAND CITIES WIN HARD FIGHT Commerce Commission Upheld. Commerce Court Reversed. SUPREME , COURT. DECIDES Pending .5. Per. Cent Increase Kate Case Result Believed Koreshad owed in Intel-mountain Ruling. . Freight Zones Will Remain, FACTS IBT HISTORT OF SPO- . kank rate case: and t ' .V. : results. ' : Supreme Court upholds Inter. " state Commerce Commission rul ing; and reverses ruling of de funct Interstate Commerce Court Decision ends 2G-year fight of Inland cities, led by Spokane. ; Long and short haul clause up held as constitutional and right of Interstate Commerce Commis sion to establish zones for relief of inland cities upheld. Northwest Inland cities receive -reduction In freight rates rang ing; from 4 per cent to 25 per cent on all commodities. . Ruling; is defeat for railroads on; practically all Issues which have arisen in the long fight and Indicates the 6 per cent rate in crease request of the railroads ' now'pendlng will be decided with .the lnter-mountain riling as a partial basis. This is significant, inasmuch as the railroads had V used in their arguments for in creased rates rulings of the Com merce Court, reversed -in this de cision. . ' . Ruling leaves way open for in land cities to press suits for re bates amounting to several mil- : lions of dollars, claimed as a re suit of paying the higher' rates while, the case, ha? been in the courts. , . WASHINGTON, June 23 The .Inter state. .Commerce Commission's so-called Mntermountaln or Spokane", rate orders were sustained as valid today by the Supreme Court, which held, at the same time, that the . long and short haul clause of the Interstate commerce law was constitutional. Both had been attacked by the transcontinental rail roads. The defunct Commerce Court, passing ever the constitutional question, had annulled the orders on the ground that the Commission had no authority to Issue "blanket" or "zone" orders, and might act only on the reasonableness of specific rates. In overturning that contention today and holding that the Commission did have such power, the Supreme Court decided a point which lawyers and close observers of the In terstate Commerce Commission's pro cedure say Is of equal importance to the intermountaln rate case itself. If not greater. Rate Increase Case Concerned. Opposition1 to" the 6 per cent Increase in freight rates being asked by the Eastern railroads, and upon which the Interstate Commerce Commission la ex pected to announce its decision at any day. had been based principally upon the contention that the Commission did not have authority under the law to grant such a "blanket" increase. Copies of the court's decision today were sent immediately to the Commission for its guidance. ' - " What the effect, if. any, of the de eision upon the rate case may be can only be the subject of conjecture. There are those among the well informed in the Commission's procedure, however, who say the decision, In the disposi tion of the railroads' application, has been delayed awaiting the Supreme Court's decision on that Important point. As to the tntermountain rate orders themselves, however, their effect is that such Western cities west of the Rocky Mountains as Reno. Spokane and Phoenix, will not be forced to pa upon their freight from the East the regular rate through to the Pacific Coast and then also another rate from the Pacific back to their stations, because the rail roads are competing with water-borne traffic around Cape Horn or through the Panama Canal. Certain Increases Payable. They will, however, pay certain In creases over the normal rates from certain rones. Thus the railroads may charge no more than the regular rate on shipments originating In the terri tory west of a vertical line drawn through St. PauL They may, however, charge an Increase of seven per cent on those originating between St. Paul and Chicago, not more than IS per cent on those . between Chicago and Pittsburg, and not more than 25 per cent on those between Pittsburg and WILSON SAYS ERASE MASON-DIXOti LINE LINCOLN HIGHWAY MARKERS E MIXD OF PRESIDENT. Nation's Executive Writes Letter Suggesting Way to Obliterate Sec . tlonal . Feeling; Further.- . .WASHINGTON, June 22. President Wilson expressed the wish today that the Mason and Dixon line be forever forgotten. In a letter to President H. B. Joy, of the Lincoln Highway Asso elation., asking that the road run from Philadelphia to Gettysburg through Washington,' the President suggested that it would be a good means of further oblleratlng sectional feeling be tween the North and the South.-' The letter reads: "I am sure the entire country is in terested to see to it that there should no longer exist a North or a South in this absolutely united country, which we all love, and that the imaginary Mason and Dixon's line should be made once for all a thing of the past, and as a small contribution to that end earnestly suggest that the Lincoln Highway Association should grant per mission to place the official Lincoln Highway ' markers of the macadam roadway from Philadelphia to Wash lngton through the properly selected streets of the latter city, to the Lin coln monument, and from there through Frederick, Md., to Gettysburg. "Cordially and respectfully yours, "WOODHOW WILSON." CHINESE CITIES FLOODED West River Is 70 Feet Oat of Banks and Natives Flee to Hills. HONGKONG, "June 22 Extensive areas In the provinces of Kwangsi and Kwantung are Inundated as a result of the flooding of the West River, which hair risen 70 feet out of its banks. Thousands of natives who at first took refuge. on the. roofs of houses, finally were compelled to flee to the hills for safety. The number of persons drowned Is not known. The parade ground in Wuchow, a treaty port In the province of Kwangsi 180 miles west qf Canton, is ten feet under water. The customs officials and the members of the foreign staff are living on boats. FIVE GENERATIONS ALIVE Woman In New Jersey at 88 Great-Great-Grandmother. Is MONTCLAIR, N. J June 22. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Goble, 88 years old, of this town, became a great-great-grandmother today when a son was born to Mr.'- and Mrs. Jacob Lichtensteln, of Bloomfleld. The child born today has living- two grandfathers and two grandmothers, two great grandfathers . and two great-grandmothers and the great-great-grandmother, 11 grand-uncles, eight grand aunts and three great-great-aunts. All of the family live in Montclalr and adjacent towns. 121 CHARGES AGAINST FOUR Total Counts in Indictments Involv . ing Illinois Banker Is High. OTTAWA, 111., Juno 22.-A total of 121 indictments were returned today against John Harlenbower, of Chicago, president of the defunct Tonlca Ex change Bank; George T. Hlltabrand, cashier; Benjamin F. Hlltabrand ' and W. J. Ebner, assistant cashiers. Harlenbower and both the Hilta brands were charged with embezzle ment, of practicing a confidence game and receiving deposits after they knew the bank was insolvent. Ebner was In dicted for receiving deposits after the bank was insolvent. ' $1,000,000 FUND PROPOSED American College of Surgeons Wants Endowed Permanent Home. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 22.-An endowment fund of $1,000,000 and the establishment of a permanent home for the college in Washington, D. C, were decided upon at a meeting of the offi cers and regents of the American Col lege of Surgeons held here today. More than' $100,000 of the proposed fund was pledged at the meeting. Fellowships were conferred upon 1032 surgeons from all sections of the coun try at the second convocation of the college here tonight. MILITIA OFFICERS BENEFIT 10 Per Cent Increase in Pay. Allowed on Certain Sea Duty. WASHINGTON, June 22. Comptrol ler Downey of the Treasury, interpret ing the militia act of February 16, 1914. decided today that officers and men of the Naval Militia were entitled to 10 per cent additional pay when on sea duty under conditions where offi cers of the regular Navy were allowed the additional pay. The decision will have effect in cer tain militia maneuvers. SULTAN Order of HONORS WOMAN Shefakat Conferred for Work of Higher Education. NEW YORK. June 22 Advices re ceived here from Constantinople today state that Sultan Mebmet V has con ferred the order of the Shefakat on Dr. Mary Mills Patrick, president of the Constantinople College for Women. The order is conferred in recognition of her services to the cause of higher FLIGHT OVER VERA GRUZ IS DESCRIBED John T. McCutcheon En joys Air Jaunt NAVAL FRIENDSHIP RENEWED Battleships 1000 Feet Below Fade Into Insignificance. 100-MILE SPEED ATTAINED Artist Comments on Great Sense of Security Felt in Government Craft and Only Regret Is Failure of Photographs. BY JOHN T. M'CUTCHEON. By Arrangement Between The Oregonlan ana me imcago inpuno. BATTLESHIP MASSACHUSETTS. Vera Cruz, June 15. Back in '99, during the war in the Philippines, I em barked in a little "mosquito" gunboat. the Samar, for a day's trip up the coast for San Fabian. . I expected to return to my "Dase" in the evening and did not take any traveling equip ment with me. I was gone five weeks, and the events and adventures that un folded in rapid succession during that period were enough to All volumes with thrilling narrative. The events in cluded nearly every experience, from a storm at sea, a fire on shipboard, a two weeks chase after Aguinaldo through mountainous districts . never before traversed by American soldiers, and. a fiercely contested battle at Tilad Pass, where 60 Filipinos under General Gregorio del Pilar held a battalion of the Thirty-Third Infantry in check for five hours and were only dislodged after 62 had been killed and wounded. It was en this occasion that Del Pilar was killed at 600 yards by Corporal perry, and upon the dead body of the herolo young officer was found a dairy In-which events up to the moment of his death were entered. But what I started to speak about was the Catnap and the man in com mand. The Samar was one of the little 243-ton gunboats which our Govern ment acquired from the Spaniards and she was in command of an ensign named Mustln, one of the most daring and- efficient officers in the Navy. . His ! work on the Samar won. for him the J highest commendation from the Navy Department. Cruise Is Eventful. From the start my little cruise on tho Samar was destined to be eventful. We ran into the tall of a typhoon. (Concluded on Page 2.) r I NAUGHTY! NAUGHTY! J I .JLjn m-sisss I S&2'a& ' - UL2-TysTSi lit V - t Am- Y f Mill I II . ' n voo,fA-- mw .r,..,MA mji ,y,a' . ,r7 : 1 I V -j III I y . x 1 . t.n J -V I IV 1 1 I . v w g 1 r wi j - j 1 a A I 1 aw I 1 a ga . 1 ,r r ' I f I I IV 4Ge 1 " ' ' I I T --BBBB11BBllsaBBB1BB1BBM 1 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum, S degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southerly winds. Mexice. Carranza dispatches envoys to Washington, presumably to meet Huerta's delegates. Flight over Vera Cms described by John T. Mccutcnen. Page 1. Actress kisses Hon that klUed her finance. Fag a. KstlonaL "Spokane" or "lntermountaln" rate case Is lost by railroads la highest court. Fags 1. Railroads win $700.000. 000 oil lands contro versy from Government. Fage z. Kewlauds- wants waterways commission to be one of authority. Fage 6. President TVIlson would eras Maaon-Slxon line. Pane 1. Standard Oil loses pipeline cue. Page Si Domestic Storms In .Kansas and Ohio cause big prop- , eriy loss, rsx Sports. Northwestern Leas-ue results; Seattle 8, Port land 2: Spokane 7. .Victoria 2; Vancouver 13, Tacoma 8. Fage a Dan Howley now leading Montreal team. Fage 8. McCredle, gloomy over suspension, says he man t puu umpire-e nose, rsse a. West now appears as "white hope" of po lolsta. Page 9. . " Pacific Northwest. Ex-Mayor of COpperfleld shot. Marshal's . brother sought. Page 1.. - Crowd gets sordid details of alleged slaying of wire by Anarew sossen. Fage a. Judges Benson andMcNary now are tied. Page 1. Klickitat sheep camp raided and man shot in range xeua. page a State Retail Merchants open convention at IjM. (Jranae. page 7. Spokane wins 29-year fight In rate ease victory. -Page 6. New Butte union puts ban on 1. W. W. Page 5. ' Commercial and Marine. Northwestern farmers slow sellers of new wheat. Page 10. Chicago wheat market slumps on heavy ar rivals, page is. Wall Street stocks boomed by decision In ell lands case. Fage IB. Swing draw urged for Interstate bridge. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity, Grill raid victim to sue oity for $20,000. Fage 14. Pentagon has two big acts this week. Page 34. , Attorney Cyrus A. Dolpb, 73, pioneer. Is dead. Prae Id. Three Mexicans and boy " admit using auto In robbery of four stores. Paga 18. Portland gets attractive advertising In Pitts burg. Page id. New Alnsworth school formally opened to public. Page Is. Chapman school enters full ticket in Junior election contest, pace la. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Ex-Marshal Colwell Is dead. Page 7. Commencement exercises of three high schools to be held tonight. Page 6. SPORTSMAN-CLERK GUILTY Bookkeeper, Fleet Commodore on Sunday, Admits ITjrbezzlement. ST. LOUIS, June 22 William a Fer guson, bookkeeper on woraaayg ana commodore of a fleet of Mississippi River powerboats on Sundays and holi days, pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzlement today and upon the agreement of counsel will be sentenced to five years In the Penitentiary next Wednesday. Ferguson was accused of embezzling $5600 from a trade paper publishing company. 'He was caught, at Seattle, Wash. ' ' 1 rCfllL v'-w -I , DEPOSED WW GOPPERFIELD SHOT Posse Seeks Marshal's Brother, Missing. VICTIM FALLS AS HE WORKS Despite Dreadful Injuries, Vic tim Crawls to Town. WOUNDS THOUGHT FATAL Recent Charges by Mr. Stewart That Ed Fisher Had Attacked Woman Homesteader Partly Respon sible for Crime Theory. BAKER. Or., June 22. (Special.) H. H. Stewart, wounded by a gunshot at Copperfield this morning, arrived at the Baker Hospital shortly after 10 o'clock tonight. He stood the trip from Copperfield by train well, but physi cians after cursory examination would hold out no hope of recovery. COPPERFIELD, Or.. June 22. (Spe olal.) Sheriff Rand and a posse of citizens of Copperfield are searching In the woods near here tonight for Ed Fisher, brother of the City Marshal, on the theory that be may have been the assassin, who, from ambush this morning, at 8:15 o'clock, shot down H. H. Stewart, deposed as Mayor of Copperfield by Governor West in Jan uary. -A Mr. Stewart was shot clear through the body by a rifle shot, said to have been a high-power .22 caliber. The bullet struck Just below the ribs on the left side, passed Just under the heart, tore a gaping hole In the liver and pierced the intestines In three places. Dr. Herbert C. Eastland, of Halfway, who was summoned, gave no hopes of recovery. 'Disappearance Arouses suspicion. . The wounded man was put on a train for the Baker Hospital late today and should reach there before midnight, al though there is doubt as to whether he will be, alive or not. Fisher was seen around Copperfield Just before, the time of the shooting this morning. He has not been seen since, but had said he was going to Wallowa by foot trail over the moun tains. The City Marshal went to the homestead on Snake River in the hope of finding his brother there to Induce him to return to clear himself of sus picion. Mr. Stewart. In a published state ment a few weeks ago, accused Fisher (Concluded on Page S.) JUDGE BENSON IS TIED WITH M'NARY TWELVE OF 3 COOTIES YET TO BE HEARD FROM. Ballot Box Tally Sheets May Be 11 checked. If Klamath Maa'a Stipulation Is Accepted. SALEM. Or., June I!. (Special.) According to official returns received by Secretary of State Olcott and unof flcal returns received here tonight by Justice Charles L McNary, the latter and Judge Henry L. Benson, of Klamath Falls, are now tied for the Supreme Court nomination. Gains mad by Justlc McNary la the last few days in Multnomah and Lincoln counties are responsible for the tie. Advices received Saturday by Justice McNary from Portland friend say that Judge Benson. Instead of gain ing 20 votes In Portland, had gained only ten. This is oonflrmed by Judge Benson. Amended returns from Lin coin County today reported that Judge Benson had lost five votes, glvln Judge McNary five votes not figured on. ' Judge Benson, In confirming the fact that he had gained only ten votes I Multnomah, requested' Justice McNary to enter into a stipulation to have the Multnomah Circuit Court tally sheets In certain precinct ballot boxes com psred with those of the County Clerk. Justice McNary today received the atlp platlon and will return it to Judge Ben son tomorrow. Should a comparison of the ballot box tally sheets with those in the hands of the Clerk show no gains for either It seems certain al most that the two either will demand a recount or draw lots to determine which Is entitled to the nomination, Amended returns have been receive from 22 counties. FRENCH TO TAX INCOMES On July 1 B Per Cent on Returns Villi Co to Government. . PARIS, June 22 The French Govern meat Issued today regulations under which a tax of 5 per cent Is to be col lected on Incomes received In France from foreign stocks, bonds and securi ties of whatever form. Including Gov ernment bonds. The regulations go Into force on July 1. The regulations are Intricate and de tailed. They require banks to keep record of all coupons, checks or other Instruments of credit used to transfer or collect interest from abroad. Severe penalties are to be inflicted on persons seeking to evade the new law. The extreme limit Is-a year's Imprison tnent and there is a series of heavy fines. DESTROYER CRUISE BOAT Washington Naval Reserve Gets Goldabo rough for Summer Trip. VALLEJO, Cat.. June 21 The torpe do-boat destroyer Goldsborough re celved orders at the Mare Island Navy yard today to proceed as soon as prac tlcable to Tacoma, -to take aboard the officers and men of the Washington Naval Reserve for their regular Sum. mer cruise. The Uoldsborough win leave here this week. The Monitor Cheyenne, the mother ship of the H group of submarines, ax. rived at Mare Island today with I number of divers aboard, to undergo a week's repairs before sailing for the Navy-yard at Bremerton. Wash. MINIMUM WAGE IS ISSUE Agreement on $ii Expected at Laon- dry Women' Conference. OLYMPIA. Wash- June 22. With in- Idlcattons pointing to the recommenda tion of a minimum wage of l a week, though a special committee had failed after three hours of deliberation to reach an agreement, the second laundry women's minimum wage conference ad journed tonight to meet In the morn Ing. When the committee went out the employers had agreed to 18.90 as minimum and the employes to f 9.60. The committee is striving to bring an agreement somewhere between these points. WILSON FELICITATES KING President Sends Birthday Congratu. latlon to English Ruler, WASHINGTON, June 22. President Wilson, in recognition of the official celebration of the birthday of Klr.g George, sent today this congratulatory telegram to the British monarch: "I beg of Tour .Majesty to accept my hearty felicitations on this birthday anniversary and my best wishes for your continued happiness and well being, and at the same time I wish to convey to you the expression of the good will whloh this Government and people bear to your great country." ENGINE LIGHTS PROVIDED Plant Going In at Koseburg to Equip Locomotives, by July HI. ROSE BURG, Or., June 22. (Spe cial.) To comply with the new slate law requiring all locomotive headlights used on all railroads to be lighted by electricity, a plant will be Installed here at once to charge storage bat I teriea All locomotives in the Southern Oie- gon district will be brought here to be provided with the new lights, which, according to the law, must be accomplished by July IL COLOMBIA TREATY ID II Bryan Produces Draft of Taft's Term. 'HONEST REGRETS' THEN USED "Sincere Regrets" No More to Be Opposed. Says Secretary. ARCHIVES TO BE EXPLORED Correspondence of Former Admin's, tratlon May Be Brought Tp tn Show Negotiations Once Nearly went to Arbitration. WASHINGTON, Julia M. Criticism of the proposed treaty to settle the differences between the United Slates and Colombia ver the separatios ef Panama brought a formal statement tonight front Secretary Bryan defeas ing the clause expressing -sincere re gret" en the part ef the United ttstes that anything should have occurred to mar the friendly relations between the two countries The expression 'honest regret." Mr. Bryan said, was used In the memo randum drafted during the Tart Ad ministration a which the present ne gotiations, as well as those which had failed previously, were based. Bryan Remains Hepefnl. Despite opposition In the Senate Mr. Bryan was hopeful today that tba treaty would be favorably reported and ratified. Members of the foreign rela tions committee expected that corre spondence la the archives ef the Mate Department bearing upon the treaty would reach the committee Wednesday. It will be referred to a sub-cemsalttee and probably will fee made puollo. It Is said that this correspondence will show that at ens stage of the ne gotiations with Colombia during the Tart Administration the United Ittates proposed to submit the dispute to arbi tration with the knowledge that a ver dict In favor of Colombia would mesa a Judgment for at least 140,000.000. Bryan Given Ont Statement. Seuretary Bryan's statement follons: "Article one of the treaty new be fore the Senate reads as follows: The Government ef the United Stares of America, wishing to put at rest all controversies and all differ ences with the republlo of Colombia arising out ef the events from whli h the present situation on the Isthmus et Panama resulted, expresses. In Its own name and in the name of the people of the United States, sincere regret that anything should have occurred to Interrupt er to mar the relattens of cordial friendship that hs4 so long existed between the two nations. "The government of the RepoMle of Colombia, In Its own name and In the name of the Colombian people, ac cepts this declaration In the full as surance that every obstacle to the restoration of complete harmony I.e. tween the two countries will thus dis appear.' Dnbeta sseenerandnm Med. In what Is known as the Dubois memorandum, mads during the last Administration, which presented me basis upon whli-h he was authorised to negotiate a treaty, the following language Is used: The Government and the people oi the United Statea hnneetly regret any thing should have occurred to mar. In any way, the long and sincere friend ship that existed for nearly a century between Colombia and the United Statea and the latter country has foe years earnestly desired to remove the Ill-feeling aroused In Colombia by the separation of Fanama.' It will be seen from a comparison of ths two paragraphs that they aa Identical In meaning and almoet Ident ical In language. In the Dubois mem orandum the United Wales 'honestly regrets' and In the pending treaty 'the Government of the United Plates o America expresses In Us own name wvl In the name of the people ef the United States sincere regret'. There Is no ma- erlal difference between "honestly te rete' and 'sincerely I egrets.' Other C osaparleena Made. 'The pending treaty uses the pla-aee to Interrupt or to mar; me memorandum uses the words to mar.' The Dubois memorandum describes the friendship formerly existing as 'sin cere," while the pending treaty de scribes It as Vordlal.' Hotli refer t the 'events of 10.' The Dubois nssm- randuin speaks of 'the Ill-feeling aroused In Colombia by the seperetlou Psnania;' thm pending refers to 'aVe events from which the pre.enl situa tion on the Isthmus of I'snsma re sulted.' In ths pending tresty the gov. eminent of Colombia accepts this d - laratlon In the full assurance t.'Ot very obstacle te the restoration of the complete harmony between the two rm tlons will thus dlsappeer, while He Dubois memorandum declares that the United Statea desired to remove tie Ill-feeling aroused In Colombia br the separation of Panama." "This comparison l made l shew that the two expressions of regret 'are Id aU eaaeutlai fsaturee ILe same.'" Tinnninncmjiini lUllUIUUULl LIIULU aCeacluded ea Fag 6- education for women.