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VOL. LIT XO. 16,723. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2, ' 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V RATE PLEA AFFECTS PORTLAND, IS REPLY Railroads Present Case in Astoria's Fight DECREASE HERE MAY BE ASKED Proposed Parity in Schedule Held to Be' Unprofitable. STATISTICS ARE GIVEN Astorlan, at Hearing, Denies This City Factor In Application for Same Figures as Paget Sound. I Kxport Gains Here Told. Attorneys and traffic officials of va rious Northwestern railroads industri ously provided the record of A. D. Push, examiner for - the Interstate Commerce Commission, yesterday with statistics and information intended to how that Astoria's demand for ter minal rates affects the shipping: Inter ests of Portland as well as those of Puget Sound, - but that, even should the rates be granted, ocean-going car riers could and would continue to come to Portland to receive and unload traffic They went farther and tried to prove that should the Astoria rate be cut to meet the Puget Sound rate, the ship pers and railroad interests of Portland will promptly ask the Commission to grant a reduction in the Portland rate on the theory that Astoria is 100 miles farther from the interior than is Port land and that the railroad should not be permitted to charge as much for the Portland haul as for the Astoria haul. Nt Change Predicted. Then, with Astoria and Puget Sound having the same rates and Portland having lower rates, the railroad attor neys sought to show, the carriers serving Puget Sound would be forced. to preserve their business, to meet the n'.V Portland rate, thus reducing the , relative position of the .three affected ' points to that existing at the present time. By this arrangement, they pointed eut, Astoria would be just where it is today, regarding its relation to Puget Sound, and the revenues of the railroads would be materially reduced. Revenae Held Inadequate. These revenues, the railroads went to considerable trouble to show, now are not sufficient to pay the carriers an adequate return for their services. In the case of the O.-W. R. & N. Com pany the business does not produce money enough to pay dividends, and has not since the company was - or ganized; and in the case of the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle, the North Bank Road, the revenue does not pro vide Interest on Its bonds. The Ore gon Trunk, a North Bank feeder, does not even pay operating expenses. Ex-Senator G W. Fulton, represent ing the City of Astoria, contended throughout yesterday's proceedings, as he did on the previous day, that the position of Portland Is not a factor in the case at all and repeatedly reminded the examiner and the railroad lawyers that his original complaint asks, only for an adjustment of the Astoria rate to meet the Puget Sound rate without even considering the Portland rate. Portland Prominent Factor. Mr. Fuiton implied that he is seeking an order from the Commission that will make it imperative upon the carriers to give the same rates to Astoria that apply to Puget Sound, regardless of what the Puget Sound rates are and regardless of what the Portland rates are. Under such an arrangement the railroads could go so far as they like in reducing the Puget Sound rates, be cause the Astoria rates would go down at the same time. Regardless, however, of Senator Fulton's efforts to keep Portland out of the fight, Portland was a ' very prominent factor in yesterday's fight, bo prominent in fact that a night ses sion was necessary. Terminal Effect Described. Typical of the way Portland figured In the case was the direct examination of W. D. Skinner, traffic manager of the North Bank road. C. A. Hart, at torney for the North Bank, told what. in his opinion, the effect would be of a terminal rate at Astoria. "Tho O.-W. R. & N. Co. doubtless would seek to protect its interests at I'ortland," he replied, "and would cut under the Astoria rate enough to in duce ships to come here for cargo." To a later question Mr. Skinner said that he had been told that if Astoria gets terminal rates, Portland will ask for lower rates. "What have you heard about plans of Portland people to ask for a lower rate?" asked Mr. Hart. Retort Follows Protest. - "Well, now, I think that is about enough .of that kind of questioning," protested Senator Fulton. "It seems that .these railroads are holding out urgent invitations for someone In Portland to apply for lower rates." "Oh, I guess they don't need much of an Invitation." shot back Mr. Hart. Under cross-examination Mr. Skinner expressed it as his opinion that the Grays Harbor rate, which is lower than the Astoria rate. Is "an improper ad justment." He considered It inadvisable to meet ttfonllnusd ou Pat 2.) WILSON GIVES GIRL DEMOCRAT'S JOB ALICE WEATHER SOX OUTWITS POSTMASTER AT FXOKEXCE. Bolt Conies From Clear Sky as Presi dential Mandate, Approved by Senate, Is Handed Him, EUGENE. Or., July 1. (Special) Alice Weatherson, a 25-year-old Flor ence miss, not only -utwltted Post master Buchanan, of Florence, but she went directly to President Wilson and Senator Chamberlain and asked them to oust a Democrat from of floe In order that ahe might have the place. She got It The rounr lady returned to her home on the Lane County coast. Sun day, carrying the appointment of post mistress, signed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Mr. Buchanan and he reluctantly ac- cepts defeat. He has declined to turn over the office to the new postmistress and, with an attorney, is in -Eugene today consulting, among other au thorities, the Democratic precinct chairman here. The latter's partisan ear has listened sympathetically to his protestations regarding various ainas of political "deals," but admits the situation is hopeless. When Postmaster Kyle resigned, nearly a. year ago, he recommended Miss Weatherson. Buchanan, Democrat, was appointed. Miss Weatherson shortly afterward left. supposedly for a visit with an aunt in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the office was raised from fourth to third class. Buchanan understood that he would re main as postmaster and filed the necessary bonds. He thought -nothing more of it until his rival presented her appointment this week. ril C CATC CIRM A Wn niFS Owner of Animal Now Wants $35 for Cloth-Devouring Quadruped. ALB ANT, Or.. July 1. (Special. To recover the value of a calf which died from eating one of the firm's cloth ad- vertlslng signs. Frank Cooper, who re- sides near Tangent, has presented a bill for $35 to M. Sternberg & Co.. of this city. A few days ago the firm's advertising man posted a cloth sign on Cooper's! barn. One of his horses pawed the sign down onto the ground and a calf ate it. The calf is now dead. MRS. WILSON PLANS REST Wife of President Prepares for Va- . -... cation at Cornish, X. H. ' WASHINGTON. July 1. Mrs. Wilson, the wife of the President, accompanied by Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, prob ably will go to Cornish, N. H., next week to begin her Summer vacation. Miss Margaret Wilson is not expected to be with her mother much this Sum mer, because of editorial duties, which will take her to Madison, Wis.. The President has as yet made no plans for vacation. TRANS-OCEAN TALK SOON Marconi Wireless Phone to Be Used Wales to Xew York, This Year. LONDON. July 1. "Mr. Marconi con- 1 templates being able to telephone from Carnarvon, Wales, to New York before the end of this year," was the state ment made today by the manager of the company in testifying before the Dominion's Royal Commission on Im perial Communication. He added that Mr. Marconi also ex pected to Increase the speed of the wireless to 300 words a minute. AUTO .FEES MAKE GAIN Registration for Six Months Heavier Than In All of 1913. SALEM, Or., July L (Special.) Secretary of State Olcott announced today that the fees for motor vehicles, dealers' and chauffeurs' registration for-June, totaled $1774. In June, 1913, 4450 was received. The fees so far this year total $69,- 110.50 as compared with $48,609 in 1513 and $37,390 In 1912. Almost $13,000 more has been received thus far this year than was received during the whole of. 1913. BROTHER SEES LAD DROWN Salem Boy Sinks When Cramps Take Him in Deep Water. SALEM. Or., July 1. (Special.) With his little brother only a few feet from him, but unable to render assistance, Paul Reamer 12 years old. sou of Dr. E. F. Reamer, of 1605 Court street, drowned In North Mill Creek to day. The lads went swimming shortly after noon, and Paul, who could swim but little, ventured beyond his depth. A physician thinks his death was due to a cramp caused by overeating of cherries. SHIP... OFFICERS ACCUSED Indignant Passengers on Harvard Say "Shanghaied" Man Beaten. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. On the complaint- of indignant passengers, warrants were issued, today in the United. States District Court for the arrest of the . captain, first mate and chief steward of the Pacific Navigation Company's steamer Harvard, which ar rived here today from San Diego and Los Angeles. The three are charged with having beaten Louis Lull, who said he had been shanghaied at San Diego. SENATE TO FINISH TRUST PROGRAMME Democratic Caucus De cides to Stay. 1 DEFINITE NOTICE IS SERVED Resolution Is Answer to Advo v cates of Adjournment. BILLS MAY BE CHANGED Members Xot Bound as to Votes, but New Caucus Will Be Called If It Is Decided Party Lash Should Be Applied. WASHINGTON, July 1. Democrats of the Senate, in conference late today, adopted a resolution declaring their purpose to stay In session until the trust legislation passed by the House has been acted on by the Senate. The resolution does not bind Senators to vote for the bills without change. The resolution is designed to serve definite and final notice to business and the country that anti-trust legisla tion Is to be passed before Congress Quits Washington. It was proposed by President and with other Democratic leaders. Answer Given to Propaganda, Senator Stone said it was Intended as an answer to the propaganda for Imme dlate adjournment of Congress. ,if the party leaders decide In the future that it will be necessary to make party measures of the three House bills or the substitutes offered for them, another conference will be held for the purpose of binding Democrats to definite legislation. Some Senators thought the resolution might bind Sen ators to vote for the bills, but Senator Kern, chairman of the conference, de clared that such was not Its purpose, and a clause stating this in specific terms was adopted by a close vote. P Caucus Not Binding as to Bills. The explanatory clause, attached to the resolution reads as follows: 'The resolution herein before adopt ed Is Intended merely as an expression of the purpose of the majority party in reference to adjournment." Senator Kern, as majority leader, will ask the Senate to hold night sessions j next week to take up the calendar and 'other business." The trade commission bill already Is before the Senate and a vote may be asked for any day. The railroad securities bill and the Clayton bill are still in committee, but it is possible one of them "may be re- SConcIuded on Pag 2.) i PRESIDENT AZV zk 17, ' 1 - 1 " ' ..- - . : j ............ ...... I llTies'sSSSStSTST-TTt-T-T------"------'""- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAra Maximum temperature, degree: minimum, 69 degreea TODAY'S Fair; not so warm; northwesterly winds. Mexico. Huerta says half of Mexico City will die with him before be resigns. Page 1. Foreign. Peer resents Idea that illustrious ancestry should bar man from honest work. Page 3. National. Navy plucking board retires IS officers with reluctance. Page 1. Senate Democrats in caucus decide to stay until trust programme is complete. Page u Women persist In efforts to obtain action by Congress on suffrage question. Page Ex-Minister to Colombia denies pending treaty contains "apology. Page 2. Proposed rate for carrying mail- on railroads denounced by Mr. Bourne as comiscatory, Page 2. Domestic. Ashes from Mount Lassen's 14th eruption tall 14 miles away. Page 1. Colonel may make a few speeches as test of threat. Page 5. Young elopers from Portland caught at San Francisco. Page 3. Murder inquiry reveals telephone device In stiued in doctor's consultation room or whs. xage u. f Sports. Coast League results: Venice 7,. Portland 5 Sacramento 3, San Francisco l; Horn An geles 1. Oakland Z. Page 8. Northwestern Leairue results: Spokane 9, Portland 3; Vancouver 4-H. Seattle -S-7 Tacoma S-7, Victoria 4-5. Page t. Hal Chase to go Into court and fight for right to play with Federals. Page V. Two American oarsmen win preliminaries in trials at Henley course, England. .Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Three parties In Idaho adopt prohibition planks. Page 6, Tacoma Controller defies Mayor In dlspnte over payment of SS0.000 . In salaries. Page T. Lodges will compete at Fourth of July eel- ebratlon at Vancouver. Page 7. Annual regatta opens at Astoria this morn lng. Page 8. Alice Weatherson outwits Florence Fostmas. ter and gets his Job. Page 1. State compensation act In effect. Page fl. Commercial and Marine, Hon croo orospects In most producing cen ters are favorable. Page 39. Wheal prices at Chicago lifted by unerpeet. ed foreign advance. Page 19. Stock market narrow and price movement irregular. Page 19. Naval Mllltla sail for Honolulu. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Psychological bogey to be burned in eleo- tiical celebration of Fourtn. page is. Portland Chamber of Commerce members vote "wet," 470 to 111. Page 14. Life of drunkard described at hearing of commission. Page 10. Grocers - aroused by alleged frauds at mar ket. Page 18. Weather report, data end forecast. Page IS. Portland sending to China for more eggs. Page 15. Rallroid lawyers contend Portland Is affect ed by Astoria a rate reduction plea. Page 1.' Portland Importing corn from South Amer ica and the Orient. Page 13. LAGUE SPREAD BY FLEAS Source of New Orleans Bubonic In- fection Traced, Is Belief. NEW ORLEANS,. July 1. The real cause of the spread of bubonlo plague infection was revealed here today by W. W. ' Wilkinson, now at an Isolation camp Here undergoing treatment tor the malady. Sending for Dr. Oscar Dowllng, pres ident of , the State Board of Health, Wilkinson told him he had been bitten by fleas while at the warehouse of the Volunteers of America. When stricken he was lodging at the industrial homo of the order, as was Charles Lund en e, who died Sunday from the plague. THEY'VE GOT HIM CORNERED. - , 15 ARE PLUCKED IN T RELUCTANTLY Distinguished Men on Retirement List DANIELS ASKS CHANGE IN LAW Captains Gibbons and Hill Among Those Sacrificed. ONE OREGON MAN GOES Secretary Says Personnel Is Now In Such Shape That Question Row Is Not Who Is Unfit bat Who Can Be Spared. WASHINGTON, July 1. Fifteen Na val officers, several of them .captains with distinguished records, ended their active careers today, on the recom mendation of the dreaded "plucking board." Secretary Daniels made pubic the names of those selected for com pulsory retirement this year, with formal announcement that he expected to ask for the reDeal of the law of 1899 under which the annual "plucking" Is done. In addition to the list of those who retired, several other officers had asked for voluntady retirement and had all the applications been accepted, tne board would have been relieved of the necessity of "plucking." Last year, however, the President decided not to permit the voluntary re tirement of any officer who has not had 20 years' service after graduation from the Naval Academy. The law requires the creation of 40 vacancies annualfty, with 15 compulsory retirements if nee- ossary. i Prominent Names Included. Included in the list of "pluckeeR'. this year are the names or some omcers who have been so prominent In naval circles as to cause great surprise among their colleagues at their retirement. Captain Gibbons has been superln tendent of the. Naval .Academy ana naval attache to the American Embassy in London, assignments given to o fleers of the highest professional abil ity. Captain Hill is one of the younger school of officers who became proml nent through his outspoken criticism of defects in the emplacement of armor on the older battleships, which led to radical changes in the designs. "Health Merely "Unsatisfactory." Some of the officers had been re garded as in somewhat unsatisfactory health, though not in a condition to warrant medical condemnation. Secretary Daniels., explained that (Concluded on Page 2.) GRIM ULTIMATUM GIVEN BY HUERTA "BEFORE I RESIGX HALF OF MEXICO CITY DIES," 1IE SAYS. President of Distressed Nation Casts Aside Usual Jocularity and Is Taciturn While Taking Tea. VERA CRUZ, July 1. "Before I re sign, half the people jof Mexico City will die with me." Is the remark President Vlctor.ano Huerta 1. credited with having made to friends on Mon-1 day, while sitting in a Mexico City cafe at tea. The party was discussing the efforts I of the mediators at Niagara Falls to find a solution of the Mexican problem. I Qeneral Huerta was more grim and I taciturn than usual and showed little I of his accustomed Jocularity. When the passengers, who arrived here today, left the capital yesterday, General Huerta's family was , still there. Constitutionalists in possession of Tuxpan June 29 made a demonstration against Americans In that port.. They! marched through the streets shouting "death to the Americans." No one was hurt. AUTOGRAPH LETTER FOUND Seattle Man Uncovers Epistle Writ' ten by Sir Walter Scott. SEATTLE. Wash., July 1. An auto graph letter of Sli Walter Bcott, dated April 23, 1813, was found today by W. E. Theodore In an old yolume of Wash- ngton Irving's "Knickerbocker's His tory of New York" which he pur chased in a second-hand bookstore. The letter Is an acknowledgment of the receipt of an early edition of Irv- ng's work. Mr. Theodore learned to day that similar autographs of Bcott'! had brought from 11200 to 12400. The letter was folded, without an en velope, and addressed to Henry Bre voart, care of McTavlsh. Fraser & Com pany, London. MARYE NAMED FOR RUSSIA Calfiornian, Linguist and Interna tional Law Student, Wilson Choice. WASHINGTON, July 1. George T. Marye, Jr., of San Francisco, has been finally nominated for Ambassador to RuBSla. President Wilson today sent his name to the Senate. Mr. Marye Is one of the younger Cal ifornia pioneers. He was born in Balti more in 1849 and his parents took blm to California as an Infant. He was a stock broker for 30 years and was at one time president of the Pan Fran cisco Stock Exchange until his retire ment. In 1905, . 1 BIRD SEASON TO CTHin O I AIM U Plea for Amendment as to Migratory Fowls Is Refused. OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 1. Senator Chamberlain was advised today by the Secretary of Agriculture that his department cannot grant the petition of the Harney County citizens asking an open season for migratory game birds, beginning September I, and that March 1 be in cluded in the open aeason. At present no state has an open sea son during March, and October 1 is the general date for opening the sea son. HOT DAYS BENEFIT HOPS Vines Grow Fast and Lane- County Growers Expect Big1 Crop. EUGENE, Or., July 1. (Special.) Lane County hopgrowers are shilling as the temperature Increases. Every hot day is tending to make one of the best crops in years. One grower saya that he expects to harvest 2500 pounds an acre, and sees little danger of los ing the crop. Every hopyard In the county Is said to be in the best of condition. The vines are clean and are growing fast. CORN COMES FROM JAPAN Seattle Firm Receives Shipment of 3000 Bags at Low Price. SEATTLE, Wash., July 1. Three thousand bags of corn arrived from Japan today, consigned to a local mill ing company. The price of the grain landed In Seattle is the same as that of corn from the Middle States, and the quality is high Further importations are ex pected. MEN'S HOURS INCREASED Santa Fe Announces End jot Its Re trenchment Policy, SAN BERNARDINO," Cal., July 1. Announcing that the retrenchment pol icy put into effect aome months agorB had been terminated, the Santa Ke rail road increased today the working hours of 1000 men in the shops at this point from 40 to 45 a week. The increase In working time applies to all departments of the shops. Drouth Broken In Missouri. ST. LOUIS, July 1. The drouth that has prevailed here since May 29 was broken today by a rain that amounted to 66 one-hundredths of an Inch. Rain was general In Missouri. Russian Army Airman Killed. PSKOV. Russia. Julr 1 Cantain Bo- Urnrlo. a Russian army aviator, was killed today when his monoplane col- lansed and fell from a treat heiaht. I the ASHES FKUffl LASSEN FALL 13 ft Two Eruptions Appear to Be Simultaneous. R nflKFNFfl STFIM RISFS Mil F Odor of Sulphur Emphasizes True Volcanic Nature. NEW FISSURE OBSERVED Phenomenon Is Seen to Advantage In Early Attorning Hours Out bursts Thus Far Progres sively Violent. RED BLUFF. July 1. After less than 24 hours of quiescence, Lussen Peak burst forth early today In a stupend ous eruption the fourteenth In the series that began May 30. No flames were seen, but the vast plume of black ened steam from the crater waved a mile high In the sky and volcanlo ash fell at Maeomber Plata, 13 miles dig. tant For a little less than half an hour the Inverted cone of soaring gases maintained sharply defined the well known volcanic outline. First, from the mouth of the crater Itself, stood up a vertical shaft of Jet black ash. As the shaft rose It mushroomed out ward, keeping In Its heart the black core of ash, but beginning to shade Into whites and grays at the edroa ant flnallly fanning outward over the sky In a vast panoply of gloom. Obarrrera Ilae Cood Vlrw. The air was clear today, and from the moment the eruption beaan. at 6:4". A. M.. until the spreading- cloud of amoke ebscured vision, the phenom enon could be observed with precision. So great was the force of the erup tion that the height of tha cloud Beamed to equal the distance from the mouth of the crater to the plateau at the base of the peak proper. It was almo.t as If one mountain had been stood ainp of the other. At this distance there was the ap pearance of what aeemed a thin sheet of gases hissing from a crevice or fla- h . 4 . .. H-..v - t . . . . . iope, aisunrt irom the main crater Itself. Two eruption-! seemed to be going at the same time. New Vest -of Larce Usteat. The length of thla fissure or Its position with relation to the main crater were Indeterminate today, but. judging from appearances, the new vent was of considerable length. The true volcanic nature of the erup. tlon, aa determined by J. 8. toiler, of the United Statea Geological Kurvev. waa further emphasized today by tha strong stench of sulphur perceptible at Volta and at Viola, 22 miles down tha wind to tha north. No ashes fell at the United States forest station at Mineral, which lay up the wind. These last two successive eruptions of the peak emphasized the warning given by Mr. Dlller, after his reconnaissance, that nothing could be predicted of the future behavior of the volcano. It might be absolutely quiet or It might move eff lesser eruptions, sradtially dwindling away, or It might blow' Ita head off In convulsions. Vloleaee la Increasing. Thus far the outbursts have been progressively violent That of yester day was easily the most marked of tha aeries up to that time, and today's far overtopped yesterday's In grandeur and duration. So far aa la known, nobody was with in the danger zone last night or today. The district is sparsely populuted, and those living In the little hamlets 20 miles or more away ara thus far In no 'PPrehension MUlfJurp DAY" IC CI OPrlM iiiuiilii rii ig ukvunn National Education Association President Announces Demand. ST. PAUL. July 1. Dr. Joseph Bwa'n. president of the National Ivduratlon Association, arrived here today for the annual convention, which opena July 4 and continues one week. Dr. twain, who la president of Swarthmore Col lege, was elected president of the as sociation last year, after hla presents- tlon of a rPrt on tn teachers' sal aries, tenure and panalona "Better pay for teachers" Is the slo gan of Dr. Swain, who declares that time changes, greeted demands and qualifications required have so altered the atatus of the teacher that aalarlcs must be Inoreased if compatant tench- take up the vocation and remain In the work. WHITMAN T0GET LAND College Raises $$T3,000 and Gta $125,000 From Rockefeller. WALLA WALLA, Waah., June 0. (Special.) President ti. B. L. Penrose, of Whitman College, announced laat night that the college had been suc cessful in raising $375,000, the sum re quired to secure the $125,000 promised by the General Eduratlon Board (Rock- efeller fund). aooui oi me nan-minion dollar fund will be used for buildings. remainder tor endowment. ILES AWAY i