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. . . . TmnT ftvt: CEXT3. - r nnwTT i vn mtv.cmv. Friday. JULY 3, 1914. - - y xmr t TV vn. ifi.refi. ''. uiw , , : . ; M-tm " V - -M- WS) V r SBSSSSSSS1 - sssaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawM . 29 MEASURES TO GO UPON BALLOT QuestionsforNovember Voters Vary Widely. FINAL DAY SEES NO RUSH Prohibition and Abolishment of Senate Are in List. LEGISLATURE REFERS II Petitions for Many Amendments Not Finished on Last Filing Day. One Gives Power to Governor to Remove Certain Officers. SALEM. Or, July 2 (Special.) The electorate of Oregon will have the priv ilege of voting upon 29 general meas ures at the election in November. This Is nine less than at the last general election. Contrary to expectations there was no rush of petitions today, the last day for filing them. A number ef the most important measures pro posed will not appear on the ballot. Secretary of State Olcott will have the petitions checked at once for irreg ularities. DUt it is believed that all filed are within the law. Eleven of the gen eral measures were referred by the last Legislature. In addition to the gen eral measures there are three local ones. There were seven at the last general election. Prohibition important One. Probably-the most Important amend ment to be voted upon provides, for state-wide prohibition. It prohibits the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in the state. John H. Albert, a banker of this city, and others Initi ated it Another Important amendment abol ' Isbes the State Senate. It was Initiated by the officers of the Oregon State Grange. Oregon State Federation of Labor, People's Power League. Fawn ers Union, Farmers' Society of Equity and Proportional Representation Bu- j reau. An amendment for proportional rep resentation. Initiated by the same or ganizations as the one to abolish the State Senate, provides that every voter may vote for any one aspirant for Rep resentative in the Legislative Assembly and no more. Election of 60 Provided. The voter. may write or stick on the ballot the name of the person he votes for. The 60 aspirants who receive the greatest number of votes throughout the state shall be declared elected. Among the measures for which com pleted petitions were not filed and which, consequently, will not be voted upon, was one empowering the Governor to remove from office District Attorneys, Sheriffs and Constables, and appoint their successors, proposed by Governor Vest. An amendment proposed by C S. Jackson, of Portland, which made a change In land condemnation, will not go on the ballot Another amendment by Mr. Jackson, providing for the taxa tion of all land that is not public property, also will not appear on the ballot Bonnie's Bill Not Filed. ' Jonathan Bourne. Jr. ex-United States Senator, who advertised widely a meas ure proposed by him prohibiting the payment of circulators of petitions, failed to file a petition of the bilL A petition was not filed for an amend ment proposed by A. M. Crawford, era powering the Governor to veto certain sections in legislative bills.. , Completed petitions were filed for measures designed to put an end to single tax agitation, and restore in part the assembly. They were initiated by David M. Dunne, of Portland. The first measure provides that the Legislative Assembly or the people shall pass a law for uniform and equal rates of assessment and taxation of real and personal property within the state, ex cepting municipal, educational, literary, etc, and a nominal exemption of not more than $300. ' ' Jt is provided in the measure that it cannot be repealed unless by a two thirds vote of the electorate. Convention Plan Provided. In the amendment relating to the assembly proviison is made that pre cinct elections shall be held for selec tion of delegates to a convention or meeting for recommending candidates for office. The law, however, says that It shall not be construed to affect direct nominations made by petition under ex isting laws. Other measures for which completed petitions were filed are as follows: Graduated snr-tax amendment; In itiated by H. D. Wagnon and others, provides for a graduated tax on land and other resources which are held in private hands. Amendment to abolish death penalty; Initiated by Paul Turner. L nemploymmt Measure la List Amendment to estaCllsh department ef industries and public works; Initi ated by the Socialist party of Oregon, provides for the creation of Industries to give employment to the unemployed and for a tax on the estates of de ceased persons to maintain them. Bill consolidating the office of Cor poration Commissioner with that of State Insurance Commissioner; lniti . .. hv Ernest Kroner and others. Amendment to equalise the terms of 4 Concluded on Fas -j DIRECTORY ERRORS CAUSE SENSATION WIVES ARE PERTURBED WHEN THEIR NAMES ARE OMITTED. Governor Johnson, Who Is Married, Among Those Rated as Bach elors, but Son Is Included. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL, July 2. (Spe cial.) When the publishers of the San Francisco city directory rumpled their hair In an effort to devise a plan that would make the book a little different from the usual conception of such pub lications, and at the same time a,' little more Interesting, they accomplished more than they expected but not ex actly what they Intended. It was de cided to include after the name of the njan the name of his wife, thus Ellas Optimist (Joy). The publishers called attention In the book to the Innova tion and then sat back to await ex pected compliments. It was interesting, ail right "Wives heard about it and thumbed the book until they came to the proper place alphabetically; but often to find no wifely name mentioned. Then there was trouble and hubby was accused of having ;wifie's name omitted purposely, so he could play the bachelor when he saw fit ' Also many men who are sin gle found feminine names enclosed In parentheses after their own, although aoms really married men, of the same name had nothing to Indicate the pos session of a helpmate. Amnnsr Rnma o f the men. whom the public knows to be married, but who are bachelors in . the directory, 'are Governor Johnson, who, however, is credited with a son; Mayor Rolpb, Hiram Johnson, Jr. General Arthur Murnv of the Army: Gavin McNab, Democratic politician and lawyer; Wil lis Polk, famous architect; Rudolph Spreckels, and William Sproule, of the Southern Pacific MAYOR CHANGES TACTICS Tacoma Official Signs $SO,000 in . Warrants In Spite of Threat. TACOMA. Wash . July t. (Special.)- Mayor A. V. Fai-oott changed front entirely today In the fight between himself. and the City Controller oyer the city salary warrants and signed the warrants, distributing about 180,000 among Tacoma City Hall employes for the Fourth. The Mayor had threatened that he would go to Jail before he would sign any of them. The trouble Is the re sult of a dispute over 11 reductions In alarv covered bv an ordinance the passage of which is In controversy. FORGED PETITIONS, CHARGE Tacoma Recall Held Up by Court to Investigate Claims of A. TJ. Mills. TACOMA. Wash., July 2. (Special.) Attorneys for Commissioner of Pub lic Safety A. U. Mills today obtained from Superior Judge Card an injunc tion temporarily restraining the City Clerk from proceeding with the recall election to the Invoked against Hills. The clerk recently certified the pe titions as sufficient The complaint in the suit cites many alleged Irregu larities, among them three forgeries, and the fact that 11 petition signers are dead and that 300 have removed from the city since their names were signed to the petitions and ere, there fore, not legal voters. MONTAMARA FESTO IS ON Big Crowds Gather for Tacoma'a An nual Carnival and Pageantry. TACOMA, Wash., July 2. Opening the Montamara Festo, Tacoma'a annual carnival, large crowds attended street shows and concerts this afternoon. To night about 10,000 persons in the Sta dium witnessed fireworks and a his torical pageant including about 500 persons and a ballet of 150 children. Tomorrow the Inter-City Century and Potlatch trophy automobile races will be run at the new speedway and the Montamarathon will be run Satur day. ' IRISH VOTERS LAND ARMS Police Caught Napping When Cargo Reaches Coast Off Dublin. DUBLIN, July 2. In the absence of the police the Irish , National voters succeeded tonight in -landing here 400 cases of ammunition and 800 cases of rifles. , - The arms and ammunition were taken from a boat which had. been hov ering about the coast off Dublin for two days. - 30,000 POUNDS IN CATCH Halibut Schooner Decorab at Ya qufna Banks Only Since Monday. NEWPORT, Or. July S. (Special.) The halibut schooner Decorah came In tonight with 30,000 pounds of fish caught since Monday morning on Ta qulna banks. The Decorah passed the Daisy, on the banks today, with 7000 pounds of halibut She comes in tomorrow. STORM BREAKS HOT WAVE Soldiers Killed When Lightning Strikes Camp in France. PARIS, July 2. Electric storms broke the heat wave which has been prevailing for several days. Light ning did much damage. At Bourges, department of Cher, lightning struck a tent where troops were In camp, killing 'two soldiers and seriously Injuring-four others. TREATY FORFEITS RESPECT. SAYS T. R. Colonel Denounces Co lombian Pact BLACKMAIL CHARGE REPEATED Wilson and Bryan Challenged to Answer Statement. DUBOIS ALMOST IGNORED Small Wonder, Says ex-President, That Hundreds of Americans iu Mexico Must Seek Other Citi- zenships for Protection.- - OYSTER BAT, N. T., July 2. If the Wilson Administration puts through the treaty with Colombia providing for the payment of $25,000,000, declared Colonel Roosevelt in a statement to night. It will forfeit the right to the respect of the people of the United States. Colonel Roosevelt's statement was drawn out by that of James T. Dubois, ex-Mlnlster to Colombia, who assailed the acts of the Roosevelt Administra tion in connection with the Panama revolution. The ex-President barely referred to the Dubois statement how ever, and plunged Into a denunciation of the treaty before the Senate. Dubois "Merely an Instrument." ' "I have nothing to say about Mr. Dubois,'' the Colonel said in his state ment "He was merely an instrument "Mr. Wilson Is responsl-le for the payment of the blackmail to Colom bia. Whether he did it on his own Ini tiative or at the Instigation of -Mr. Bryan Is wholly unimportant and It Is of Infinitely less importance what par ticular subordinate was chosen to car ry through the discreditable transaction or to apologize for it In the public press. ... "Neither Mr. Wilson nor Mr. Bryan can answer my statement The . pay ment, if made, will be a'naked payment of belated blackmail, and the mere proposal to make it Is an outrage on the honor and a heavy blow to the interests of the American people. Desire te Expatriate Asserted. "There Is small wonder that many hundreds of Americans in Mexico have been endeavoring to become British, German or French subjects in order to get some protection from some gov ernment .. . ' "An administration that will conclude such a treaty as this for the payment (Concluded en Pass 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAY'S-Maxlmum temperature. 83 degrees; minimum, 09 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; not so warm; winds mostly westerly. Train Bobbery. One dead, two injured in daring O.-W. R. & N. holdup, near Pendleton. Pass t Spot picked for train robbery long known as danger spot by officials. Page 2. Reports to company tell story of train rob bery. Page . Dead man In O.-W. R. N. train holdup near Pendleton is notorious Hugh Whlt .. ney. Page li. National. J. P. Morgan and President Wilson have hour's conference at White House. Page 6. Domestic. Roosevelt says Colombia, treaty would for feit respect of Americans. Page 1. Detectives seek revolver with which woman in doctor's office was killed. Page 4. Errors in San Francisco directory cause sen sation. Page 1. Former society belle divorces laborer-husband, now in straitened circumstances. Page 5. Cananea miners strike; imprison United Elates Consular Agent. Page 6. . Foreign. Imperial cortege received with solemn cere mony in Vienna. Page 8. Sport. Northwestern League results Spokane 8. Portland 1; Seattle 6, Vancouver U; Vie. torla 4. Tacoma 1. ,Page 6. Coast League results Portland 2, Venice O; Oakland IT, Los Angeles 6; Sacramento 8. Ban Francisco 2. Page 6. America rowin crews victors on Thames .and Harvard may carry oft cup. Page 1. Mathewson ' emphasizes need of secondary force in big league teams. Page 6. Oregon Kid II shows heels to Oregon Wolf No. 4 in motorboat free-for-all. Page 7. Waverly Whites win second match with daring Spokane riders. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Five-Mile Valley, "near The Dalles, Is swept ipi by flames, t-age j.. Twenty-nine measures will be voted upon . - i xiAu.mhAi Pair. 1 Astoria Admirals are ready . for Mexico. ( Conductor of held-up train turns off gas for air switch. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Estimates of Northwestern apple crop are decreased. Page 17. Chicago wheat advances sharply on black rust. Page 17. Amalgamated Copper strong feature of wall street stock market Page 17. Georgiana makes maiden trip with 219 guests on board. 'Page 12. n Portland and Vicinity. All is ready for glorious Fourth. Page lo. President's attitude on suffrage discussed by Portland women. Page ft. Prisoner accused of swindling farmers by running fake produce company. Page 1L Commissioner Blgelow favors 10-cent market fee. Page IS. Agricultural High School plans discarded. Weather report forecast and data. Page 13. BLAME IS DISCLAIMED California Language instructors Say Poor English Is Not Theirs. mtmrFi.KY. Cat.. July J. The teach ers of English in the schools of Cali fornia are in open revolt, me reoei n .tartari when the English section of the Callfcrnia High School Associa tion met today at the University oi rciifM-nin. The around of their crit icism la declared to be the following: The. teachers of English are only ...,n resnonsible for the poor language said to be used by high school graduates. . , The teachers of English are too much set upon by their fellow pedagogues. The teachers of English want better conditions of labor. The revolt found chief expression in the decision of the Instructors to go as a body Into the California English Association organized last April. SOME OP THE MAKINGS FOR A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH. I " ,.,",, , , I 1 - 1 I T T - --.---- ASTORIA -ADMIRALS READY FOR MEXICO 3 Full Crews and One Private Available. FAIR NOTICE IS GIVEN WILSON Vice-Admirals Avoid Vice, but Rear-Admirals in Arrears. ALACK! GOLD LACE ALL OUT Johnnie's Pet 'Wolf Falls to Devour Kid' 'Boo Yak's 348 Springs Her Axle, of Course 'What 31a Says' Is 1815 Winner. BT ADDISON BENNETT. ASTORIA. Or July 2. (Special.) e 1 -rldent Wilson really and truly ' hes to settle the Mexican Imbroglio et him send instant and peremptory orders to Queen Allie for the mustering in or three or four crews of sailor men from the Astoria navee. Of these crews let there be no officer under a captain, and but derned few of them, the most of them to be admirals, rear admirals and, of course, vice-admirals. Vlce-Admlrala Not Vice Hunters. A vice-admiral of the Astoria navee, let It be understood. Is not a man of vice, not an uncoverer of vice, not even a hunter of vice. He is simply a has been, covered with gold lace, encased In a corset and wears, when on view, a pair of cotton gloves costing 10 cents, three pairs for two bits; gloves that were once upon a time white. A rear-admiral, of course, speaks for himself, or rather, his name suggests where he belongs. All of them here are In the rear, many of them in ar rears and some of them rear up and swear when It Is suggested that they are where they belong and will always remain there -' Gold Lace Gone, Admirals Are Few. Mind, I mention no names, but I may say the reason for this year's crop of rear-admirals is small, because the Portland and Astoria tailors ran out of gold lace. Next year the tailors will lay In a largo stock of lace and there will be no official of the Astoria navee below a rear-admiral. Just now, there are nine assorted commodores, captains and commanders and one private. Also a war correspondent, who wears no lace whatever. Getting back to Mexico, let it he said that President Wilson could get up three crews of admirals, every man of which knows a cutlass from a six shooter and every man of which can, at the first guess, tell a war vessel (Concluded on Page 7.) FIVE-MILE VALLEY IS SWEPT BY FIRE APPEAL- SEVT TO THE DALLES FROM NEARBY HA'CH. Path of Unchecked Flames Is SUlcs In Width Vast Fields ot Grain Are Threatened. THE DALLES, Or., July 2 (Spe ciaL) An appeal was received at ! o'clock tonight for help in fighting i fire in Five Mile Valley, six milei east ot here, which had swept un checked through an area miles in ex tent and threatened the destruction vast fields of standing grain. of Starting from an unknown cause on th Georsra Reed ranch, the flames spread wildly and resisted evory ef fort of the farmers to checu or con tine them to a single section. Sixty men sent Into the valley tonight prac tlrallv were nowerless before the rush of flames. The flames lncrea In vlo tm r t ijin tha area in their path with every hour during the even ing. It was Impossible to determine to niihi that mtitnt at the damage. Th valley promised a bumper yield of rrraln. The flames have lighted up the sky here, .though the fields where the fire was raging were hlduen by the mountains along the t-oiumni River. The call for aid wac sent from th George Reed ranclK HOBO CAPTURES FUGITIVE Frank Baldwin Arrested at Oakland" by Posso Vcd by "Weary Willie." ROSEBURG, Or., July 3. (Speclat) Frank Baldwin, who escaped from Sher iff Gage, of Coos County, at Drain late Tuesday, was arrested near Oakland to day and returned to the State Peniten tiary at Salem. Information that Baldwin was travel ing south was brought to Oakland by a hobo, who asked if there was any reward for the fugitive's capture. When told there was he took the of ficers to where Baldwin was hiding in what is known as the "Jungles." When Baldwin saw officers approaching he plunged Into a stream-and only sur rendered when guns were . drawn. Baldwin was being taken to the peni tentiary from Coqullle when he es caped. PREACHER FINES OFFICER Profanity Expended on Boys In Dur ance Leads to Arrest. LEBANON. Or., July 3. (Special.) For the first time in the history of Lebanon a police officer was fined this week by the City Recorder for violat ing a city ordinance, when Rev. Mr. Elklns, the Recorder of Lebanon, fined M. D. Davis, the' night officer, for using profane and abusive language in a publio place. Davis arrested three boys late at night and locked one of them up in the City Jail over night and let the other two go home. The next morning in a wrangle with the offenders and some ot their friends the officer was profane and the boys had him arrested. DISARMED LOOTERS SLAIN Clrincse Executed After Surrender ing on Promise of Freedom. TIEN-TSIN, China. July 2 One hun dred and fifty of the soldiers of the first division who recently looted the town of Kalgan. 125 miles northwest of Pekln, and afterwards were Induced to disarm by a promise of their free dom, have been put to death. The garrison at Kalgan. composed of 6000 soldiers, muttned last month and looted and burned the city. All per sons who resisted them were killed. CANDOR AMUSES HOUSE Member Gets Leave of Absence to Prosecute His Campaign. WASHINGTON. July 2. Members of the House laughed today as leave of absence was formally granted to Rep resentative Thompson, of Oklahoma, "to prosecute his campaign for the Democratic nomination for Congress." It was the first time on record that a Congressman had been so frankly lit eral in presenting a request for leave. "Important business" and "Illness" are the stock excuses. FOUR GIRLS LEAVE SCHOOL litliel Smith, of Portland, One of Quurtct Sought by Police. SALKM, Or.,' July 2 (Special.) Ethel Smith, of Portland; Rlnda Fisher and Opal Lattln, of Eugene, and Cath erine De Orsay, of McMinnville, escaped from the State Girls' Industrial School tonight. Mrs. Catherine Hopkins, the matron. Immediately notified the Sheriff and the police and a search is being made. All were committed on charges of de linquency. NEW TREATY IS SOUGHT Ambassador Marje to Take Up Sub ject at St. Petersburg. WASHINGTON, July 2. An official intimation of the purpose of the United States to begin negotiations with Rus sia for a new treaty to replace the one abrogated about a year and a half ago. was conveyed In a statement at the White House today that George T. Marye, Jr., newly appointed Ambassa dor to St. Petersburg, might take up that subject. .2 III TRAIN HOLDUP Deputy George M'Duffy, of Heppner, Hero. RAID IS MADE NEAR KAMELA Robber Slain Identified as No torious Hugh Whitney. DUEL IN CAR THRILLING Two lilghus jiucn. One Wounded, Escape and Trail Is Lost Three Suspects Are Taken on Tired Horses at Bingham Springs. PENDLETON. Or., July 3 (Special One train robb.r, the notorious Hugh Whitney, Is dead and Deputy Sheriff George McDuffy, of Heppner, Or Is painfully wounded as the result of the daring holdup of O.-W. R. N. train No. 6 between Kamela and Mesclism, Or, shortly after 1 o'clock this morn ing. Two and possibly three other high waymen, one of them wounded, made their escape Into the mountains. Blood hounds from Walla Walla penitentiary were taken to the scene and posses are on the various trails. Aute Gives Clew. Information received late tonight leads local railroad men to believe the outlaws escaped Into Washington. Of ficers are hurrying back from Meacham by special tratu and are expected to centlnue over the Washington division toward Walla Walla. They base tlielr opinion on a report that a brown auto mobile carrying three men passed through Athena at 4 o'clock this morn ing going toward the Washington state line. The robbers bad about enough time to reach this place at that time after the holdup. Further Information received by the railroad authorities Is that an auto mobile ef the sumo description and carrying four men panned through North Powder, between Union and La Grande, on Tuesday. On that day the men held up and robbed a farmer at North Pon der and proceeded west. Auto Has K NaMber. The brown automobile was further distinguished by the absence ct a li cense number. Later the man. who was killed during the boldup, appeared at a local hardware store and bought some tin numbers. Later he visited a harness shop in Pendleton and had the numbers attached to a piece of leather for a plate, and instructed that space be left for tho abbreviation of the State of Washington. He did not re turn for the plate. He was Identified by the men with whom he negotiated these matters. On the same day men fitting the de scriptlon given of the robbers were en camped near Meacham, and the scene of the robbery, sccordlng to the state ments of two laborers who passed the camp at different times Wednesi. Leet le I7SO. . Cash to the amount of f 210 and some cheap Jewelry was taken from the ex press car safe, while money and Jew elry valued at $500 was obtained from passengers. If the dead man is Hugh WhltneV. Deputy Sheriff McDuffy. hero-of the twilight crime, has dropped a man on whose head a price ot more than 3000 kmA hun nliured. and a desperado who has killed and ravaged with a daring akin only to that dlsplayea oy uarrjr Tracey. At La Urando, however. It was reported that the dead highway Identified it George Chap man by a prescription bottle filled at a La Urando drug store. Trala Wreck Pre lee Deputy Sheriff McDuffy Is essfly the h.r of ha hour. He not only killed the highwayman, but he brought to a speedy end a train hold-up wnicn nao. been carefully planned and was being coolly executed. He also prevented a train wreck which would unoouoieuiy have been the most disastrous in the history of the road. Tii. rohbars boarded the train at Kamela, the summit of the Blue Moun- n stoDoed the train after It had proceeded but a few miles down the mountainside. The entire train c.ew were herded into one end of the bag- o.e and UeDt covered with two guns lu the hands of one of the rob bers. Trainmen declare tnal wunoui anyone In the engine the airbrakes would only have held tne train a tew minutes and that as soon as they auto matically released the train would have dashed down the mounlainsiae to inevitable destruction. roUUclaae Are Aboard. i .Hitmn to the regular train there were two Pullman coaches loaded with Northern Idaho delegates homeward bound from the SUte Progressive con vention at Boise. T-, nhvtlclana among the delegates. Dr. C. A, Dettmau, of Burke, Idaho, and a Dr. Mason, were aroused from their berths to dress the wounds of the In jured officer. The physicians were not located, however, until after a nurse from Baker had prepared to adminis ter "first aid" remedies. xr-nnffv. whose life was saved by a brass pencil-holder, which deflected Ihs K.,n-f wa the coolest Man en the train during Uie holdup and exulting revolver duel, as well as aiterwaros. (CCUVlUUvti UK 8 1 DEAD fiJURED V