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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIV. NO. 16,731. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1914. ; V NOTED MEMBERS OF KARLUK PARTY LOST Arctic Night Swallows Three Scientists. EIGHT IN ALL NOW MISSING Quartet Left at Edge of Open Water Disappear. AID REFUSED BY OTHERS Anthropologist Last Reported With i .Hands Frozen but Declining (Transportation Back to Camp. -- " Captain Has Recovered. 'OTTAWA. Ont, July 8. Two parties, of four men each, who set out from the wrecked Arctic steamer Karluk, of the Stefansson expedition, ten oays after that vessel sank, are believed to have perished. That they cannot have survived their attempt to reach civili zation is the conclusion reached by the Deputy Minister of Marine here today after reading the latest report from Captain Bartlett. who commanded the Karluk. Captain Bartlett Is now Nome. The first party set out for Herald Island. The other sought an unknown shore that was barely discernible through the Arctic night. Neither Party Heard From. The supporting party which accom panied the first party returned and re ported that progress had been stopped by open water three miles from shore. Four men were left with provisions on the edge of , the Ice, waiting for a chance to land. That was the last heard of them. The four were Officer AleX' ander Anderson, of Inverkelthing, Fife shire, Scotland; Second Officer Charles Bartlett, Seaman John Bredy and Sea man Archibald King, all of Victoria, B. C. The second party consisted of Henry BeuchaU of Paris the -anthropologist of the expedition; Alister Forbes-Mac Kay, of Edinburg, the surgeon of the expedition; James Murray, -of Foxfleld Hants, England, the oceanographer of the expedition, also a Shackleton man, and Thomas Morris, sailor. Scientist's Hands Fro sen. This party was seen a week later1 by an exploring expedition from the main party, which reported that Beuchat's hands were frozen and he seemed to be In poor shape, but that he refused of fers of assistance and transportation back to camp. That was the last beard of the second party. The main party, of 14 white men and several Eskimos, left their camp at the scene of the wreck February 14 and set out for Wrangell Island, which they, reached March 12 after a hard struggle. Captain Bartlett, with an Eskimo, left, seeking help. It took Mm 17 days with a dog team to reach the Siberian coast, about 60 miles west of North Cape, after a Journey of 160 miles. From his landing point Bart lett made a 60-mile Journey on land to Emma Harbor, where he subsequently was picked up by the whaler Herman, Captain Peterson. Captain Buffers Greatly. A letter from Peterson says that Captain Bartlett was In bad shape. On the long sledge Journey his hands and feet had been badly frozen and he was suffering greatly. Bartlett, apparently recovered, Is now at Nome, waiting for the American rev enue cutter Bear to take him, with supplies, to Wrangell Island. When Captain Bartlett left Wrangell Island the 13 men who remained were appar ently in good shape. Since navigation will not open until the end of August, no word of the par ties can reach civilization until Fall. Dr. Alister Forbes-MacKay. surgeon of the Stefansson expedition, was born at the Fall of Cantyre, Scotland, Feb ruary 22, 1874, and is a son of Colonel Alexander Forbes-MacKa, of the Ninety-second Gordon Highlanders. He studied botany, zoology and medicine at the University of Edinburgh, inter rupting his studies to enlist in the City Imperial Volunteers of London for serv ice in South Africa in the war against the Transvaal Republic. Service Seen With Shackleton. He served a year, returned to Scot land to take his examination, then went back to South Africa as a civil sur geon. Returning to Great Britain at the close, of the war, be entered the Uoyal Navy as a surgeon, and after tour years retired to join the Shackle Ion Antarctic expedition in 1907-09. In 1910, as surgeon of the ship Polycarp. he made a five months' Journey up the Amazon River. - His love of adventure took him to India as a railway sur geon, and on learning of the Stefanjson expedition he offered his services. Dr. Forbes-MacKay is of striking appear ance, five feet 10 inches tall and weighing ISO pounds. James Murray, oceanographer, was also a member of the Shackleton ex pedition with Dr. Forbes-MacKay and was the oldest member of the party, but none was able to outdo him in en durance. He is also the oldest man in the Stefansson expedition. Murray was born In Glasgow in 1865; was biologist and surveyor on the Scottish lake sur vey under the late Sir John Murray, 1902-07. and naturalist of the Bolivian boundary commission in 1911-13. H DIPLOMAT MADE FURIOUS BY SLIGHT FRED WILLIAMS PIQUED AT BEING IGNORED. International Commission Said to Hare Been Unaware of Presi dent's Instructions. LONDON, July 9. The Corfu corre spondent of the Daily Express says he is able to give some of the secret his tory of the affair in which George Fred Williams, the ex-American Minister to Greece, figured so conspicuously. The correspondent says that seven weeks ago a member of the United States House of Representatives, after a tour of Eplru&y ' arrived In ureece. He declared he had seen massacres of Albanians by Greek soldiers. He cabled to President Wilson and to Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, urging them to intervene. President Wilson instructed Minister Williams to proceed to Eplrus to investigate the situation. Before . starting on this mission Mr. n'nn x : 1 i . . ... . . ...... -4 leagues that the results of his invest! gation would be at their service. Later he telegraphed ' to the international commission that he had visited Al bania, but the commission. Ignorant of the fact that he had been under in structions from the President, refused to receive him. Mr. Williams, furious at this slight. then wrote his report, in which he se verely criticised the commission. IOWA PROGRESSIVES "DRY" Prohibition Plank Adopted by Con vention, 358 to 2SS. DES MOINESi la., July S. The Pro gressive party in Iowa is "dry." After a fight which raged for hours In the resolutions committee and later in the convention proper, the delegates went on record by a vote of 358 to 283 in favor of the following plank: "We believe that the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquor for a bever age Is a social and economic evil, both state and National. Therefore, believ ing in the rule of the people, we favor the submission of an amendment to both our state and National constltu tions prohibiting the making and sale of liquor as a beverage." CHOICE IS GIVEN STRIKERS Mexican Miners May Go to Work, Leave Camp or Join Army. NOG ALES, Ariz., July 8. Colonel Calles, . commander of. the rebel gar rison in Sonora, has given the 2500 striking miners at Cananea the al ternative of going to work, leaving the camp Or Joining the army. This was the news brought here tonight by John Bowman, United States Consul at No gales, Sonora, on his return from Cananea. At present the mines and all stores are closed.. It Is reported starvation will bring on more trouble shortly un less the strike la settled. ONE TREE YIELDS $23.37 Cottage Grove Man Gets 90 Gallons of Cherries From Tard. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, July 8. (Spe cial) Twenty-three dollars - and 37 cents was realized from one Royal Anne cherry tree this season by J. B. Lewis. The tree belongs to Mrs. Er nest Oberg, of Portland, Mr. Lewis daughter, to whom he gave it 21 years ago. It is 6( inches in circumference at the base and about 60 feet in height. The yield was more than 90 gallons. Eighty five gallons were sold, one-half at 30 cents a gallon and the other half at 25 cents. i JUDGE BENSON LOSES VOTE Three Salem Precincts Recanvassed In Nomination Contest. SALEM. Or.. July 8. (Special.) In a recanvasB of precincts 1, 17 and 18 in this city under a stipulation of Henry L. Benson and Charles L. McNary, con testants for the Republican nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge Benson lost one vote. . Under the stipulation . several, pre cincts in Multnomah and Harney coun ties are to be recanvassed. Friends of each contestant say their favorite -is leading. ' r LIGHTNING STRIPS SOLDIER Mexican Rebel Messenger Killed by Bolt on Border. BISBEE, Ariz., July 8. Miguel An guiano, who carried, papers Indicating that he had enlisted in the constitution alist army of Sonora, was struck and instantly killed by lightning near the border todajV ' - The clothes were stripped from his body. Th Mexican apparently was making his way into Mexican terri tory from Bisbee, it was said by those who found' his remains. VOD'VILLE SHOCKS PARIS 'Undraped Scenes" Arouses Public Prosecutor to Act. PARIS, July 8. Two of the principal vaudeville houses in Paris will be sub mitted to an Inquiry by the migis- trates tomorrow. . . 1 It Is charged by the public prosecu tor that certain undraped scenes show ing at these establishments constitute an offense against public decency and the managers, together with several actresses, will be interrogated on this WILSON PERSUADED TO MODIFY POLICY Chicagoans Succeed in Making Impression. TRUST BILLS TO BE CHANGED Author of Trade Commission Called to Conference. SIMPLER SYSTEM SOUGHT Business Men Say Expensive Set of r Reports. Imposes Burden Crite rion : to Be Whether Prac tice Is Reasonable. - WASHINGTON, July 8. Representa tives of "big business" had a . long conference with President Wilson at the White House today about the Ad ministration's anti-trust programme. Ten leading members of the Chicago Association of Commerce gave Mr. Wil son their Ideas of proper trade com mission and railroad securities bills and as a result the bills passed by the House and now pending in the Senate may be modified as to details. As a direct result of the discussion, the President telegraphed to Repre sentative Covington, of Maryland, who framed the House trade commission bill, asking him to return to Washing ton to confer with the Chicago dele gation. ' System of Reports Opposed. The Chicago delegation advocated a trade commission with broad powers of investigation and authority to order the discontinuance of practices con trary to law. They objected to making all corporations return annual reports to the commission, and thought too many definitions . of Illegal practices were unnecessary. President Wilson was particularly pleased to hear that the delegation did not object to the proposed com mission passage on questions of un fair competition and practices. The Chicagoans summarized - the points for which they contended as follows: ... The Sherman law should be retained and not changed. It should be admin istered by a strong, business-like com mission, which should act on its ownj initiative, on the request of the Presi dent, the Department of Justice or on complaint of aggrieved individuals. Definition Held Impracticable. ' An extensive system of definitions is not practicable. Each case should (Concluded on Page 4.) v BACK IN THE LEANING TOWER AGAIN. orNETo eMn ff?utHnitiCr SourH iS SrlttltiCA WT AtHD rHB REBELS Is. ..K i iji ... .......... . . .X. . .... LJL.J. . J 'A' ,..A.A.4 . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, "IV dejrrees: minimum. 55 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly, winds. , Foreign. Peers make important amendments to home rule bill. Pass x. Scientists on Karluk reported lost. Pace 1. George Fred Williams said to have been angered by being snubbed by interna Uonal commission. Page 1. National. Wheat crop breaks all records. Page 1. President will stand by bank board nomi nations. Page 4. Chicagoans persuade President to modify anti-trust plans. Pase 1. Mrs. Carman arrested for murder. Page 1. Domestic. Teachers opposed to sex Instruction schools. Page 2. Colonel urged both ways as to New York race. Page z. Sports. Coast League results: San Francisco s, Portland 2; Oakland 8, Venice 2; Ks Angeles 8, Sacramento 3. Page a. Speedway ready for first practice today. Page 7. Trl-State League decides to stick . through season. . Page 7. Northwestern League results: Vancouver S Portland ; Tacoma a, epokane tie 7. Victoria 6. Page . British Columbia sending 60 oarsmen for Kortn Paollic Hegatla. rage e. Multnomah tClub women take plunge at Wlndemiith. . Page 12. Dark horses appear In Davis eup tennis play In New York. Page 7. - Pacific Northwest. Hstelle Gray is Chautauqua star at Glad stone Park. Page 8. " Baker, Or., Mayor begins secret crusade. Page 18. Fish code bill, one of Washington's "seven Bisters" initiative measures, no names short. Page 6. - Fifth Albany Chautauqua opens 10-day ses sion. Page 3. Boise's .'million-dollar Capitol too poor to operate. Page 6. Carlton mother kidnaps own child and flees in auto; husband In pursuit, rage i Commercial mad Marine. Northwestern wheat market now on Oriental basis. Page 17. Government orop report weakens Chicago wheat market. Page 17. Gould stocks weak and ether securities steady in Wall Street. Page 17. J. B. Stetson sails for Alaska with full passenger list and cargo and mucn iext over. Page 1. - Portland and Vicinity. Mrs. Ralph Modjeskl denies all of husband's allegations in divorce suit, rage iu Fortlander finds East stirred over canal s possibilities. Pale 11. Weather report, forecast and data. Page 17. City Attorney Instructed ' to test title to tide landa page lx. Sluts' fun suddenly grows serious. Page 18. Court rules that Russell T. Chamberlain can not be discharged, rage io. Sllverton ready to place 50 lads on farms. Page 18.. Celebrities of many ages represented at Sweet Pea Show. Page 9. COSTA RICA TO BE PAID Bryan Sleets Objections to .Treaty With Promise of Money. WASHINGTON. July t. Opposition by Costa Rica to the proposed Nica- raguan treaty, it became known to night, has been met by Secretary Bryan with an Offer to pay-Costa Rica a fair sum for any rights it may have In an Inter-oceanic' canal route by way of Lake Nicaragua. The Costa Rlcan opposition Is based on a claim to jurisdiction over a small portion of the proposed route, and as the treaty provides for an allowance of $3,000,000 to . Nicaragua, the State De partment; without according full rec ognition of any claim, has decided that Costa Rica should be placed on the same basis as Nicaragua. DR. CARMAN'S WIFE INJA1L FOR MURDER Woman'sNervelsShat tered by Events. EYE-WITNESS IS LOCKED UP Insurance Aaent Describes Figure He Saw on Lawn. PHONE DEVICE FIGURES Man Who Installed Instrument 6ay Mrs. Carman Told Him She Kept Diary Record of Everything She Overheard. FREEPORT, N. T.. July . Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, wife of Dr. Edwin Carman, was arrested today, ac cused of being the assassin wno week aa-o last night murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey, wife of a Hempstead n,..r.,.i,r.r bv flrlnsr a bullet through her heart while she was stand in in the physician's office. Mrs. Carman, at whom the ringer oi susnlcion has been pointing since the day that she had installed a telepnone Instrument In her husband's office so that she might hear conversations be tween him and bis women patients. Is lacked no tonight in Nassau County Jail at Mineola, There she will remain until Monday, when sne wui do ex amined again the Coroner's inquest. sh wm. arrested today in the room where Mrs. Bailey died.. Woman Assisted to Cell. Mrs. Carman's Iron nerve is shat tered. for as the steel-barred door of the Mineola jail closed behind her she pulled her heavy velKfrom her face and broke down. Her husband and the Sheriff, who took her In an automobile from her home here to the Jan. as sisted her to the top floor of the Duna Ine. The immediate cause of the arrest was the testimony given this morning by " Ellwood Bardes, an insurance agent, whom the authorities called the single reliable eyewitness or ino crime. Bardes is under lock and key also. He Is being detained as a material witness, for his story Is of so great Importance that the authorities said they feared an attempt might be made to get him out of the Jurisdiction of the New Tork courts. Woman oa Lawn Described. At 7:30 o'clock on the night of the murder, Bardes said, he determined to pay a professional visit to Dr. Carman and allow him to dress a minor injury (Concluded on Page 2.) MOTHER KIDNAPS BABY BY FORCE OARITOX, OR., LAD TOHX FROM GRANDMOTHER'S ARMS. Mrs. Pemilla Peterson, Aided by Two Men and Woman, Speeds Off in AutoHusband Pursues. CARLTON. Or., July 8. (Special. ) Mrs. Pernllla Peterson, assisted by two men and a girl, tonight at I o'clock forcibly kidnaped Mrs. Peterson's SVi-year-old son from the arms of her mother-in-law and, boarding an auto mobile which waited in hiding a short distance away, sped toward North Yamhill. Fred ' Peterson, from whom Mrs. Peterson separated five months ago, engaged another automobile as soon as he heard ef the kidnaping and start ed in pursuit At midnight nothing had been beard of the chase. Mrs. Peterson was aided by her brother, Ole Olson, Lloyd Perkins and Margaret Barnes. The kidnaping was the aftermath of a Fourth of July incident, by which Mr. Peterson took possession of the child, who had been with his mother since the ' separation. According to Mr. Peterson Mrs. Peterson attended a celebration at Gaston, Or., at which he also was present. He said she left the baby with a woman friend early in the evening, while she went to attend the programme. Mr. Peterson said he discovered the child in the care of the woman and stayed with it until 1 A. M.. at which time Mrs. Peterson had not returned. He then took the child and brought It to his mother's borne, Mrs. M. P. Peterson. It was at this place the kidnaping tonight took place. 15 HURT BY COLLISION Several Are Mortally Injured; AVoni an's Eyes Put Out by Glass. FARIBAULT, Minn., July 8. Fifteen persons were Injured, several probably fatally, when a freight train crashed into a suburban car near here late to day. Women and men in the forward end of the car were jammed and cut with broken glass and wooden splinters. One woman had both eyes put out by glass. The motorman of. the car did not see the on-coming freight until too late to avert the collision. BEAU BRUMMEL IS IDEAL Negligee Costume and Lack of Shave Briny Demerits Prom Mr. Dleck. Demerits for "undignified appear anue, is the latest innovation to be brought forward by City Commissioner Dieck. Ten demerits are recorded agains City Chemist Dulln. It Is reported he appeared in Mr. Dieck's private office in negligee costume on one of the recent hot days. Another employe in the department got 10 demerits for slovenliness.' It is said he did not present a neat appearance and had neglected to shave. COUNCIL IS AGAINST GRILLS Application of Wong Ho Refused by Unanimous Vote. Unless the City -Commission has decided change of mind Portland will have no new grills during the present administration. At a meeting of the Commission yesterday Mayor Albee opposed the application of Wong Ho, Chinese, who asked for a grill license for his place at Park and Alder streets. and was upheld unanimously. The Wong Ho place has been oper ated for years. The license expired in June. TRAFFIC WAITS ON HEN Pendleton Busnec at Standstill While Leghorn Lays Egg. PENDLETON, Or, July 8. (Special.) With a score of persons looking on and making facetious remarks, a little Buff Leghorn today calmiy seated her self on the pavement under the car of Dr. R. E. Rlngo, on Main street, and laid an egg. Where she came from or whither she went is not known, but she nearly tied up traffic on the busiest part of Pendle ton's street for ten minutes. OREGON MEN AT HONOLULU Militiamen on Milwaukee Well; Bull Saturday, Says Oregonlan Cubic. The United States cruiser Milwaukee, which carried the Oregon and Wash ington naval militia members on their annual cruise, arrived at Honolulu at o'clock yesterday morning, according to a cable message received yesterday from William Mahoney, marine re porter for The Oregonlan. Everybody is well and we may postpone sailing until Saturday, added the cablegram. HEN LAYS OSTRICH" EGG Cottage Grove Biddy Produces 'lYult' 7 3-4 by 6 1-2 Inches. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., July t (Spe cial.) W. C Billings declares he has the largest hen's egg ever produced in the Cottage Grove country. It measures 7 i inches In circumfer ence one way and 6hi Inches the other and looks as if it might hatch an ostrich. WHEAT CROP CLOSE TO BILLION f, Yield of Cereal Greater Than Believed. CORN, TOO, BREAKS RECORDS Grain Estimates for Nation Made by Government. POTATO CROP IS AVERAGE Production Per Acre in Nearly All Items Larger Than t'sual Out look for Parmer Gener ally Excellent. OFFICIAL ESTIMATFS OF IF. AD- I.NO CROrn IX HARtFNT OF ISI4. I Commodity Bushels. Wlntsr wheat tit.nnt.to Iprlnc wheat :;t.00O.ne ! Total wheat crop tjt.toO.OS I Corn I, ut. Odd. ooo Oats I.JOl.OOO.o Barley White potatoes ttweei potatoes Flaa Rloe tll.Oft0.A0t lii.ooo.ene .oco.oofl ll.eoo.oo .Jl.ooe.ooe 4 WASHINGTON. July . Estimates that the total wheat crop would ap proach the billion-bushel mark 830, 000,000 bushels, to be more nearly exact and be the greatest wheat crup ever grown were given out by the Department of Agriculture today. Tlie estimate for corn was 1,161.000,009 bushels. Probabilities of the crops on July 1 were as follows: Thirty million bushels of wheat were added to the prospects of the crop during June by the excellent weather conditions. Cora CeadKloa Improved. The acreage planted to corn this year was only slightly leas than that of last year, while the condition f that crop was 1 per cent better than the ten-year July 1 average condition, making the prospects good for a crop better than the average for the last five years. A 200.000, 000-pound decrease In the tobacco crop Is Indicated, a total crop of 733,000,000 pounds bolng estimated. Reports for July 1, of the various crops follow: Winter wheat Area planted, 35,387. 000 acres, compared with 31,S9l,uuo acres last year. Condition, M.l per cent of a normal, oompared with !.T per cent on June 1, ll.t per cent on July 1, last year, and S0.I per cent, the 10 year average on July 1. Indicated yield 18.5 bushels per acre, compared with 16.5 bushels last year and 15 6 bushels. the average for the past five years. Es timated total production. tlS.OOO.uuO bushels, compared with 633.000.000 bushels, the June forecast. 33,u6l.ote bushels produced last year, and 4(1. 000,000 bushels, the average for the past five years. Sarin Wheat Yield Improves. Spring wheat Area planted. 17.190,. 000 acres, compared with 1I.4I5.000 acres last year, uonaiuon, s-.i per cent of a normal compared with i.S per cent on June 1, 73.8 per cent on July 1 last year and 4.4 per cent, the 10-year average on July 1. Indicated yield 15.1 bushels per acre, compared with 13.0 bushels last year and 13.3 bushels, the average for the past five years. Estimated total proauruon 175,000,000 bushels, compared with S B S. 000,000 bushels, the June forecast, 239,. 610,000 bushels last year and 146.000.. 090 bushels, the average for the past five years. All Wheat Area planted. i,iti.vvv acres, compared with 10,114,000 acres last year. Condition, 61.4 per cent of a normal, compareu wun . i per ram on June 1. 71.6 per cent on July 1 last year, and 11. T per cent, the 10-year av erage on July 1. Indicated yield, fi.t bushels per acre, compared wun la.3 bushels last year and 14.7 bushels, the average for the past five years. Esti mated total production. 130.006,000 bushels, compared with t00.000.000 bushels, the June forecast, 743,380.000 bushels last year and 686.000.000 bush els, the average for the past five years. The amount of wheat remaining en farms July 1 la estimated at about ii.- 236,000 bushels, compared with Si.OK.. 000 bushels on July 1. 1111, and 23.174.- 000 bushels on July 1, 1112. 4reat Cera Crop Indicated. Corn Area planted, 105.067,000 acres. compared with 105.120.000 acres lael yeur. Condition, 15.1 per cent of a nor mal, compared with 14.1 per cent on July 1 last year, and 14.7 per cent, the 10-year average on July 1. Inflicalei yield, 27.1 bushels per acre, compared with 23.1 bushels last year, and 25.1 bushels, the average for the past five years. Estimated total production. 2,868,000,000 bushels, compared with 2.446,881,000 bushels last year, and 2,450,000,000 bushels, the average for the past five years. Oats Area planted. 11,313,000 acres. compared with 18,399,000 acres last yesi. Condition. 14,5 per cent of a normal. compared with 19.5 per cent on June I, 76.3 per cent on July 1, 1913, and 1.7 per cent, the 10-year average on July 1. Indicated yield, 31.1 bushels per acre. compared with 29.3 bushels last year. U.6 bushels, the uverase. for the .(OmUuded eu J ate i-l (Concluded on fas a.) subject, V