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PORTLAND. OREGON. SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1914 Pit ICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIT. NO. 16,721. PAN RAISES EW DIPLOMATIC S3 California Singled Out for Retaliation. FUTURE RIGHT IS RESERVED Significant Italics Appear in Land Ownership Clause. NEW TREATY IS ABANDONED Reply Wanted to letter in Which United States Was Asked to Stop "Obnoxious Discrlmittaion" Against Orientals. WASHINGTON, Juno 26. Japan's protests against the California alien land law, brought conspicuously before the publlo again by publication of the correspondence between the Washing ton and Tokio governments, was dis cussed with absorbing Interest today In 'official and diplomatic circles. Secretary Bryan said the Japanese note of June 10 last, which reopened the subject after nearly a,, year bad elapsed since a formal coswrunlcatlon had come from Tokio, would be made public with the American reply within a few days. "One Remedy Instated On. It is' known that Japan, abandoning the idea of negotiating a new treaty to guarantee property rights to Its sub jects, now has asked for a reply to its note of August 26 last, in which the United States was. pressed to stop the "obnoxious discrimination" resulting from the California legislation. "There is but one remedy," this note said, "and the Imperial government is unable to escape the conclusion that the duty of applying that remedy de volves solely upon the Government of the United States, as the measure com plained of, despite the "protest lodged by you, has been permlTted to go Into operation." - Separate Retaliation Suggested. One phase of the negotiations dis closed in the correspondence which at tracted particular interest in official circles was said to suggest the possi bility of an issue entirely new In the history of the United States. In Italics in connection with the promise by the Japanese government to grant land ownership to Americans, appeared the words, "reserving for the future, how ever, the right of maintaining the con dition of reciprocity with respect to the separate states." t This, it was pointed out, appeared to be a distinct reservation by the Jap anese government of the right to re taliate directly upon the Callfornlans .by singling them out among American citizens for exclusion from the right to possess real property In Japan. WEDDING TRIP 8000 MILES Mining Engineer and Bride Will leave Baker for Oorea. BAKER, Or., June 26 (Special.) A wedding trip of 8000 miles to their new home was started today by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McDowell. They left for Port land, and after a few days there will go to San Francisco' to take a steamer to the, Orient. There they will board the modern American railway train to a little single-track line that will take them to the mining district of Taracol, Corea, their new home. The trip from San Francisco will be made In 2S days. They will be on the water 18 days, and in the foreign coun try will travel four days to their new home, where Mr. McDowell is a mining engineer. He has been in Corea for five years, but before that time was at Bourne, Or., where be met Miss Evans, a popular young society woman, who became his bride recently. When he returned for the wedding he left Corea March 22, and arrived here Just before the wed ding. He expects to stay in Corea at least a year. DUBOIS TO REFUTE T. R. l.nvoy Who Negotiated Colombia Pact Denies Colonel's Charges. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., June 26. The declaration that the charges of "be lated blackmail" made against the Kuvernment of the Republic of Colom bia by Theodore Roosevelt would be refuted in every detail was made to night by James T. Dubois, formerly United States Minister' to Colombia. Mr. Dubois said, he will have pre pared a complete statement refuting the Roosevelt charges. He negotiated the proposed treaty of 1912. LAWMAKERSPLAY BALL House Republican-Progressive Team Meets Democrats Today. WASHINGTON, June 26. The annual house baseball game will be played at the American League park here tomor row. The Republican - Progressive players are Patton, Farr, Winslow, Bar ton, Slnnott. Slemp, Woodruff, Rogers and Miller, the captain. The Democrats Include Webb (cap tain) Rouse, Oldfleld, Harrison, Murray. Connelly, Elder and McDermott. The game Is lor the benefit of the Washington Playgrounds Association, OFFICERS RESIGN PLACES IN ARMY MEXICAN" POLICY SAID TO BE COXTROLiMXG BJEASOX. "Watchful Waiting" on Border Held to Place Young Men In Position. Not at All to Liking. SAN FRANCISCO. June 26. (Spe cial.) Explaining a recent epidemic of the Army, officers at the Presidio were reported today as saving privately that it was due dl rectly to the vacillating policy of the Administration in Mexico. Private advices have been received here that several of' the younger offi cers now on the Mexican border are planning to file their resignation feeling- that the present "watchful waiting" policy places all Americans on the border line in an equivocal posi tion a position that a young officer who has many fields or activity m civilian life open to him does not find attractive. All the resignations tendered from the Presidio here have been accepted bv the President. Second-Lieutenant Wvnriham Manning. Twenty-sixth In fantry. will leave the service June 30. Second-Lieutenant William it. Anaer. son, Thirtieth Infantry, surrenders his papers August 1. First Lieutenant Tom.. Tf namnbelL Coast Artillery Corps, will quit the service August 1. First Lieutenant Charles R. Castien, Medical - Corps, has resigned, as has Second Lieutenant David K. Sgubin, Coast Artillery Corps. First-Lieutenant Ralph M. Lecompte, who resigned some time ago from the Medical reserve "- h.B rAc.elved notice mat resignation has been acceptea. OLD FRIGATE TO BE SOLD Patriotic Efforts to Save Historic Independence Fail. VALLEJO, Cal., June 26. The old re ceiving ship Independence, formerly a war frigate and flagship of live liner ent commodores of the American Navy, will be sold to the highest bidder Sep tember 21 nextr It will be the first time she has moved from her berth since 1853. Efforts of patriotic Individuals to have the Telic preserved have failed. The Independence was intended for service in the War of 1812, but was comnleted too late. She was Commo dore Decatur's flagship for the Subju gation of the Barbary Coast pirates and led the American fleet in the cap ture Of Masailan and Guaymas in the Mexican War. DISPUTED LAND TAXED Clackamas Tries to Collect on Hold ings Claimed by Government. OREGON CITY, Or., June 26. (Spe cial.) Property, valued at $1,149,880, In dispute between the Federal Gov ernment and the Oregon & California Railway Company is to be put on the tax rolls of Clackamas County and. unless an Injunction is issued, an at tempt will be made to collect the taxes. This statement was made by J. E. Jack, County Assessor, today. Mr. Jack has received a letter from the State Tax Commission advising him to follow this course of action. Several decisions are cited to show that taxes can be legally collected on the land. The case. In volving the ownership, is now in the courts. BORAH FIGHTSP0RK BILL Republican Senator Announces De termination Formally. WASHINGTON, June 26. Another stumbling block in the. path of early passage of the appropriation bills ap peared today when Senator Borah an nounced he expected to conduct a fight against the river and harbor bill, the so-called "pork barrel" measure. The bill as reported to the Senate carries about $53,000,000, an increase over the House bill of about $10,000,- 000. Senator Burton, another Republican, already has criticised the measure in a minority report and it was understood tonight that other Republican Senators may join these two. SUMATRA SUFFERS QUAKE Many Lives Believed Lost and Heavy Damage Reported. BATAVIA. Java, June 26. Southern Sumatra suffered severe and wide spread damage today by a violent earthquake. Many lives are believed lost, but because of the destruction of cable and telegraph lines details are not obtainable. The offices of the Dutch Resident and many other buildings cJllapsed at Benkoelen, the 'capital. Sumatra is the largest island of the Malay Archipelago except Borneo. The population is estimated at 3,500.000, among whom are about 5000 whites. HOUSE INSISTS ON "CUT Members Vote, 184 to 50, to Reduce Mileage to 5 Cents. - WASHINGTON. June 26. Amid a maze of parliamentary tangles that kept members guessing, the House to day sent back to conference the ques tion of . mileage of Representatives in Congress. ... The body voted yesterday in favor of 5 cents a mile each way for Senators. and the defeat today. 184 to 9. of a motion to recede from disagreement to the Senate proposition of continuing the present 20 cents a mile, sent the whole question back to be threshed out again by the conferees. , , 1S1E RIOTS 'ID FUN ID LIFE Linn County Pioneers Picnic at Reunion. COSKOW'S GROVE IS GAY PLACE Excursion Crowds Come From Albany and Lebanon. OLD MEN ARE "KIDS" AGAIN Bands Play, Hawkers- Bark, Red Lemonade and "Hot Dags" Dls appear, Toy B alloons Sail and Old Sol Smiles Brightly. BY AODISON BENNETT. BROWNSVILLE, Or., June 26 (Spe cial.) The old town of Brownsville has had one of the busiest days in her career, and yet tomorrow will see still larger crowd present, If the weather is as it ought to be, or as the people here think it ought to be. Speaking of weather, it could not be finer. The sun Is not too bright, there is no wind, no dust, the fleecy clouds float above like lace and there is a sweetness of Spring In the air. It is a day to make the blood course through the hearts of old and young, that makes the living of every moment a period of Joy. Happiness Is on Every Face. ( The bands play, the parades march and countermarch, the flags and bunt ing wave gaily in the breeze, the young and the old, -the hale and the halt pack the walks and crowd -.the streets; the gaily decorated automobiles and the be spangled and richly caparisoned horses haul their great and joyous loads of human freight to and fro. There is a smile on every face, a look of content and happiness on every countenance. Indeed, it is a good place to be, a good place to see and be seen and an extremely good place to meet candi dates for office to get a pre-election handshake and witness wonderful pre election smiles. Out In Coshow's grove there is a dearth of space, every Inch of ground Is occupied. The merry-go-rounds are laden to capacity, lads on camels, fat men on ostriches, lean and slippered pantaloons on giraffes, comely young men and beautiful young women hold ing closely to each other, much closer than seems necessary, in the chariots. Carnival Features Bewilder. Balloons are ascending, the exhorta tions of the ballyho men are entreat ing, expostulating, coaxing the masses to beware before It is everlastingly too late to see the greatest wonders on earth. The baseball players are hav ing their fun, the red lemonate la dis- (Concluded on Page 2.) j - JAPAN IS BACK AGAIN. 1 ' pefTHApiN. llllilllil I - fyouk C7RIBVAMCB J S N IS SoMEIAHAf J tTftv t A How VycHQio&'y vllTf i r "IUCH WILL. V"' Sl L lllllIsS I youFoWr Q nrpT ! Jt -Mm, . ' 11 t... ' . j INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tlie Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, Tl degrees; minimum. e aesreea TODAY'S Fair; warmer; northwesterly winds. Mexico. Rebel agent says Villa bu been Imposed on by ueslgnlng- impostors, rase -. National. Japan threatenr to single out Californlans lor retaliation. Fage l. Domestic v Work of relieving 18,000 homeless at Salem, Mass.. Is begun. Page 5. Epidemic of Army resignations attributed to Mexican policy. Fage 1. Butte officials promise to prosecute rioters. rage Etockton employers " issue mttmatum to boycotting unions. Page 8. Reorganization of H. D. Claflln Company to be begun promptly. Pace 3. . Cloudbursts turn towns into lakes In Middle West. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Sheriff Rand reports capture of Ed Fisher In Wallowa County. Page b. Washington telephone girls -vote solidly with employes for low-wage minimum. Page 1. Linn Couuty ' prisoners play and dance In reunion at Brownsville, page i. Babies and Spanish War veterans divide honors In Cherry Fair parade, page o. Astoria- ready for big regatta. Page 2. Battleship Oregon demanded as leader of parade through canal. Fage 3. Sports, Coast Learue results Los Angeles 14. Port. . land O; Sacramento 9, Oakland 4; Venice 3. San Francisco 2. Page a. Northwestern League results Portland 4. Seattle 5; Vancouver S, Tacoma 0; Spo , kane 4, Victoria 0. Page 8. Jack Johnson and Frank Moran fight to night in Paris for world's heavyweight ring title. Fage 7. Columbia oarsmen, after 20 years, win annual Intercollegiate regatta at pougnaeepsie. Page 1. H. Chandler Egan enters finals In golf play at Seattle. Fage 8. Commercial and Marine. Last of Oregon wool crop Is' selling rapidly. Fage 17. Chicago wheat market breaks further an- der flattering crop reports, page IT. Demand for Iron and steel expands. Page 17. Stock market no longer affected- by Claflln failure. Page 17. Steamer Santa Catallna leaves for New York. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Gearbart enoampment will be record breaker. Page 7. f Richards' Grill loses liquor licenses and emergency is declared, page 11. Women's boards of Congregational Church pledge 1375 for missions. Page 9. Junior Government campaign to be launched tonight. Page 10. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT. Boys and girls have day In public market. Page 12. Beth Israel synagogue celebrates its 25th birthday. Page 4. Liquor foes hold first "Oregon dry" Tally. Page 4. . Dr. Littlefield says he manufactures his own breakfast crabs, page . Bookings for new season at Helllg look promising. Fage 7. School Board committee' agrees with Build ers' Exchange. Page 13. - DANIELS REITERATES PLAN Substantial Increase in Pacific Fleet Gomes With Canal." WASHINGTON, June 26. Secretary Daniels today reiterated his determina tion to increase the strength of the Pacific fleet substantially with the opening of the Panama Canal. The Secretary - also announced the ships of the Atlantlo fleet, which are to lead the International naval parade out of Hampton Roads for the canal open ing next March, would remain in Pa cific waters several months. He said they would be there the Fourth of July next year "and possibly Christmas." Mr. Daniels said the decision to strengthen the fleet in Pacific waters was not influenced by the Japanese situation. LSN WIN AFTER 20 YEARS Pennsy Is Second, One Length Behind. WASHINGTON FINISHES FIFTH Cornell, Battling Like Wild Men, Comes In Third. 50,000 THRILL WITH RACE Victors Who Won First Annual Re gatta In 189S Acclaimed by Crowd Real Surprise Is Fur nished by- Quaker Crew. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. T June 2. In a thrilling four-mile triangular struggle with Pennsylvania and Cor nell, the Columbia University eight- oared crew won by a scant length the premier" race of the 20th annual re gatta of the intercollegiate rowing as sociation on the Highland course today. Pennsylvania finished second, defeat ing Cornell by the length of Its shell, with Syracuse, Washington and Wis consin taking the wash of the leaders in the order named. The official time of the crews was as follows: Columbia, 19:37 4-6; Pennsylvania, 19:41; Cornell, 19:44 1-5; Syracuse, 19:59 2-6; Washington, 20:01 3-6; Wis consin. 20:20. Final Sport Tells. Columbia's victory was the result of a desperate and sustained spuTt in the final half mile. The Cornell crew, ex hausted in trying to keep pace with the vicars, faltered and slipped back into third place at the finish. Better for tune attended the efforts of the Cornell Junior varsity and freshman eignts. each combination In turn winning Its race In impressive fashion. The victory of the Columbia crew after 20 years effort was extremely popular and tonight all Poughkeepsle celebrated the event in uproarious fashion. Not slnce l95."when Columbia won the four-mile race, defeating Cor nell and Pennsylvania In the initial recatta held on the Hudson River course, have the New York City uni versity oarsmen ehowed the way to the finish line. Pennsy'a Show inn Feature. The real surprise of the regatta, how ever, was the remarkable showing of Pennsylvania, for Cornell and Columbia were favorites in the wagering. While the Quaker eight was named to row a good race, the possibility of the red and blue winning was dismissed with out discussion. Yet the crew coached by Vivian . ickalls, the famous English oarsman and for -er member of Oxford (Concluded on Page 2.) GOLUMBIAOAF EN CLOUDBURSTTURNS TOWNS INTO LAKES MAXDAX, X. D., IX OLD BED OF RIVER, PARTLY IXCXDATED, Lanesboro, Minn., Village of 1000 People, Flooded for Six Feet. Communication Cut Off. M AND AN, N. D. June 26. Mandan, located on the bed of what was once the channel of the Missouri River, Is flooded tonight, the east end of the principal business street of the city being waist deep In water, the result of a cloudburst. Business men and shoppers who were In the downtown district when the flood of water rushed down the old river bed are marooned there. It Is feared heavy damage has been done to growing crops and that the farm buildings have been wrecked. Rural phones are out and all means of transportation within the city have been abandoned. LA CROSS K, Wis., June 24. -A cloud burst at Laneaboro, Minn., made the village of 1000 people a lake six feet deep. Railway service has been abandoned. Laneaboro cannot be reached by tele phone and rescuers are obliged to to about In boats. No reports of loss of life have been received. 16 SAL00NS DROPPED Portland Licenses Below Mark of More Than 20 Years Ago. Portland now has only 389 saloons, the fewest In more than 20 years. When all the licenses were counted yesterday following the expiration of time for re newals for the rest of 1914, It was found that IS had been dropped. The Council yesterday revoked the license of the bar in Richards' grill. The cause of the shortage Is, It Is said, the refusal of the City Commis sion to grant transfers of licenses. which up to this time have kept the number of licenses well above the 400 mark. Among those dropped was bar and grill license held by Theodore Kruse for the old Louvre on Alder street, now gone out of business. ANARCHY RULES ALBANIA Minister William Vrges Powers to Crcute Local Government, ATHENS, June 26. George Fred Williams, the American Minister to Greece, today sent to the newspapers a report of his investigations In Al bania, which country he visited re cently byTiuthorlty of the Washington Government. Mr. Williams says he considers the conditions In Albania anarchical and de clares the present regime Impracticable owing to antagonistic rivalries. He appeals to the powers to create a neu tral state with an essentially local government. CHILD LABOR FRUITS SHOWN Products of Illegal Conditions In Xcw York Exhibited. NEW YORK. June 2 Exhibition was made today before the state factory Investigating committee of some of the products of child labor, operating, ac cording to George Hall of the New York Child Labdr Commission, under pitiful and illegal conditions. As a sample Mr. Hall showed a bunch of violets made by a girl 14 years old. He said the girl had to make 67 flowers and paste them In wreaths to make ten cents. The average earn ings would not exceed $ a week. GREECE CALLS RESERVES Nation Prepare. Though Tension Apparently Is Relaxed. ATHENS, Greece, June 21 Reven classes of the Oreek naval reserves were called today to the colors, the of ficial explanation of the mobilisation being "the Increase of the fleet and the naval maneuvers to begin next week." The real reason of the step taken by the Ministry of Marine, however. Is understood to be the determination of the Greek government to be prepared for all eventualities, although there Is uu apparent slackening of the tension between Turkey and Greece. NOMINATION IS REFUSED Dr. J. P. Wallace M ill Not Run for Legislature as Democrat, ALBANY, Or, June !. (Special.) Dr. J. P. Wallace, of this city, an nounced today that he will not accept the Democratic nomination for State Senator from the Fourth Senatorial District, comprising Linn and Lane counties. There was no Democratlo candidates for this office on the bal lot at the recent primaries, and Dr. Wallace's name was written In. This announcement gives E. D. Cuslck, of this city, the Republican nominee, a clear field. TRAVELERS MUST BE 21 Commercial Men Ex peeled to Art on Women's Auxiliary Today. COLUMBUS, O., June 26. Traveling salesmen under the age of 21 will con tinue to be debarred from membership In the United Commercial Travelers. The Supreme Councli of the order In session today rejected a proposed amendment to the constitution provid ing for admission of young "drummers' below voting age. It Is expected a plan of organisation for a national women's auxiliary will be submitted tomorrow. PHONE GIRLS VOTE WITH EMPLOYERS Washington Operators Ask Low Minimum. rflGH WAGE FIGHT IS BLOCKED Olympia Conference Probes Actual Living Cost. $8.19 IS HIGHEST ESTIMATE Representatives of Public Xsnd Ground and Committee o Practically Deadlocked In Finding CVm romlee. OLTMFIA. Wash, June !. lr- claL) The telephone minimum wsge conference, whlrh convened hre today, developed a. surprising situation. Tin three "hello girls" on the confreme thus far In the deliberations have stood with the three employees. In ad vocating a low minimum n. while the three representatives ef the pur., lie, unwilling to accept the estimates of the workers, ere striving for a that will approach the wages In eth. r Industries. Ksapleyers t'sapUyee Asree. When the conference epened n4 estimates of cost of living were called for, the three employes unanimously agreed with their employers that 14.1 a week was amply sufficient tor room and board. The Psclflo Telephone Telegraph Company displayed a complete ou'f't of women's clothing, all declared to atandard goods and sufficient to Isat a telephone girl for a year, pur-hs'l In Seattle department store for 7. The outfit Included l separate ple, clotblna In pairs belnn counted one piece. Women members of the Indus trial Welfare Commission said mu li ef the clothing was of shoddy, or film character, but the telephone airls voted substantially the same as their employers. SM.IS Is lllse K-atlesate. The highest estimate of the coft of living for a year submitted by any employe on the conference was t:.I'. which would necessitate a weekly wage ef only $l l. whereas the Com mission already baa fixed a 110 ws for mercantile establishments. I) fr aundry and t.0 for factories. The three telephone officials: J. . Newell, of Beatlle; J. M. Winslow, or Everett, and C U Munsell. of Wenat- chee, submitted estimates a truie wer than those of the girls, the esti mates of employers and employes to gether averaging 11.04 per wrk. The three representatives of the publio " the conference save much hlsh.r esti mates. Henry M. Hart, principal of the Lewis and Clark With Kchool, of Hpo kane, estimated 4l.t0 as the mm- mum yearly cost of maintenance. Mrs. Helen Moore Btibb, a prominent Se attle club woman and former presi dent of the Btate Mothers' Consresa, estimated $44 51 end I'r. Ella J. Tr'l- field, of Tacoma, 1477.14. resamltte Kew at Wstk. A committee was appointed to de termine a minimum wage upon whl'N all parties could scree, but, at a late hour tonight little progress had made. A monthly minimum of IJ7I" was proposed, Whlih would be It i per week, but the suggestion n te Jecled by the telephone officials. Prob able disagreement of the confrn. or a majority vote for a rate so low that It will be rejected by the Welfare Com mission Is generally forecast. The Wt fare Commission already has rejected IS.60, recommended by the first laun dry conference, as the wage for that Industry, en the ground that It was too low, wblih would make adoption cf a lower wage for the telephone Indus try unlikely. The conference, eftef en ell-day ses sion, adjourned at 10 o'clock tonight without having reached any agreement. It will meet in the morning f-r a con tinuation of the proceedings. WKLFAnK RII.E NOT ITIIM-D leaving I.nnclieon Tim in Vote of I jiiplojea llrld Invalid. OLYMPIA, Wash.. June . Ifpe. clal.) The recommendation of the re cent laundry minimum wage confer ence In regard to the noon luti'-h pe riods for laundry employee Is Invalid, the Attorney-General's offlee rules In an official opinion given lbor Com mlssloner Olson. The conference recommended an hour lunch period, with the provision that this could be reduced to not less than JO minutes by employers upon the re quest ( two-thirds of the employes of that establishment, the view being taken that vote of employes would net alter health conditions. Wilson Iela)s Rending Troops. WASHINGTON, June t. Indications tonight were that President Wlin would not act Immediately on the re quest of Governor Htewart, of Men tana, made some time ago, that Fed eral troops be moved from Port Van couver to Fort Missoula so as to have them near In case of further Hows trouble among the miners at Kutte. The President has not referred tle subject te the War Department, and probably will not do so until be con siders It absolutely necessary.