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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1914)
TTTE mmSTKB OREGOXTAN. MONDAY, JTTLY 30, 1914. LATE PHOTOGRAPH OF PLYING BOAT WHICH WILL ATTEMPT TRANS-ATLANTIC TRIP. CONGRESS FORGETS FLYING BOA! SOON ECONOMY PLEDGES TO BEGIN VOYAGE America's Pilot Drops Experi-j mi a . x merits ana nans Man for New Foundland. DANGERS ARE CONSIDERED Craft Is Marvel of Staunch Construc tion, Tt There Is Chance of Missing Goal and Krror Will Mian Death. HAMMONDS PORT. N. Y July 19. (Special.) Lleutenam. Porte, pilot of the Rodman Wanamaker tlylnK boat expects to start for New Foundland not later than August 1 with the America. A series of experiments with the flying boat, planned last night for this week, were dropped overnight and efforts are being made to nave me ouuiimi: for shipment to New York the latter part of this week. This decision evi dently was arrived at after a review of the past performances of the boat. As the America now stands, without Installing the third motor, it is believed he can carry Lieutenant Porte and George Hallett. his aide, with fuel and oil for 24 hours and another hundred weight of provisions and accessories. Lieutenant Porte and George Hallett will start on their perilous Journey with the best wishes of all the civl lixed world, which has been watching with unusual interest the preparations for the unprecedented feat. Mnny Perils Coafroat Aviator. In order to make the trip, the two engines in the America must pound their hardest for 20 consecutive hours, at the least calculation. This will en danger the light framework and eat up at least two-thirds of the fuel. In rase an adverse head wind Is encoun tered most of the way. the remaining one-third of the fuel will be exhausted before the boat could reach the Azores. The men have welshed the chances carefully". Assuming that the air currents are favorable, that nothing happens - mar the working of tile machinery and that the fuel holds out. Porte and Hal lett must drive a course as true as a bullet through 1200 miles of ocean and air and pick out the tiny Azores. They must give unflagging attention to driv ing and balancing their craft and at the same time find their way over the vast waste with certain death beneath them at all times unless Itiey hit the mark. Porte and Hallett put their chief trust In starting with a favoring breexe and the swiftness of their flight. Both men believe the craft and its engines will stand the strain. They are willing to take all the risks, modestly accept ing the rewards of pioneers If they succeed and passing like men it they fail. Boat Is Marvel of Strensrtb. The America Is pronounced by all ex perts a perfect man-el in aero-yacht kniuior He.- hull wcichs only 550 pounds, and endures most surprisingly . the immense pressure 01 waier mci while the great 3000-pound machine is ripping through the water at a rate of 62 miles an hour. No motorboat has yet been constructed whose bow ran withstand such tremendous head on pressure. The wings of the boat were manufactured at the National Physical Laboratory at Tennlngton. Eneland. and are considered the final word. They will maintain an equili brium of the twin-propeller hydroplane when It Is forced to fly with one pro peller dead, owing to the disablement of one engine. The America, which has twin engines, has demonstrated Its ability to remain In flight with one engine out of commission. The ailerons, or flippers, which are at the extreme ends of the wings, are single acting. Lieutenant Porte manip ulates those on his side with his foot, while Hallett operates h!s with his shoulders. These ailerons have such a large area of surface that they easily keep the lateral balance of a great boat like the America. The Americans elevator and vertical rudder have been so cunningly constructed that the boat is Instantly sensitive to the slightest touch of control. Murk (MM Dae to Hallett. Many aviators who have journeyed to Hammondsport to view the America and discuss her prosperts say that if she goes successfully across the At lantic, much of the credit will he due to George Hallett, the American me chanic. In his line be is incomparable, and can make a Curtiss hydroplane run almost without a pilot. The criti cism of Porte is that he Is too cum bersome In his movements and often loses control of his machine when a quick movement would maintain her equilibrium. Hallett. on the contrary, is endowed with almost supernatural knowledge, or instinct, which enables him to do the right thing Just at the right second. He Is a native of Southern California, and practically all his life has been spent In navigating the water and air. He knows every type of air machine, and Is admittedly the finest hydroplane mechanic In the world. Ha is remark ably cool In crises. He and Porte are said to differe re garding handling the America, but they have agreed each to attend strictly to his own work. GIRL IS PLAGUE VICTIM Sixth Case Discovered in New Or leans oix Blocks From FirM. NEW ORLEANsTTuly 19 The sixth ease of bubonic plague was discovered here Saturday. The victim la Helen : U. 10 years old. She was stricken Thursday. Her borne is 10 blocks from where the drat plague case developed June 27. A force of men directly under the supervision of Dr. Oscar Salomon, of New Orleans, began today inspecting all freight leaving the city by rail. Be fore each car Is sealed It will be known definitely that it contains no rata An organization of women members of the civic federations, who have been divided Into four committees, also be gan work today. Each committee will have separate duties. Including clean up campaigns at hotels, hospitals and markets. The fourth committee will devote Itself to educational work in homes. More than 1200 rats were caught yes terday. No new cases of rat infection had been reported tonight. ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT. It all happened in eight hours, but completely changed the life of a girl and a man. The screen production of this great story, headed by the man who won the Ladles' World hero con test, will be shown at the Globe, Eleventh and Washington, four days, beginning Wednesday. Millions through out the country have been watching for it. and the manager of the Globe is congratulating himself and the Port land picture lovers in having secured It. AdT. MILITIA TO RETURN Guardsmen to Start Wednes day; Regulars Follow. 1000 AT SUNDAY SERVICE Chaplain Gilbert, of Third Oregon, Defends Preparedness for War, While Peace Advocates Talk Loudly for World Peace. CAMP JACKSON, Gearhart. Or.. July 19 (By Staff Correspondent.) The Oregon battery and cavalry troops will break camp Tuesday morning and en train for Portland, followed on Wednes day by the Third Oregon and Second Idaho. The regulars will take up their re turn march to Vancouver Barracks Thursday. Chaplain Gilbert, of the Third Oregon Infantry, addressed more than 1000 Na tional Guardsmen and regulars today in what was the largest camp services ever held in Oregon. While the peace advocates are ar raigning war as a thng of the past and denouncing military organizations as both useless and brutal, attention was called by Chaplain Gilbert to the fact that half a dozen wars barely are ended, several of them so recently ter minated that the din still rings un pleasantly In our ears. "At the same time the international horizon is not clear, and there Is little doubt but that the world Is to see more wars," added the chaplain. This fact was given by Chaplain Gilbert as full Justification for the prep aration for war that is imposed upon us by the present conditions of civili zation. It all may change at some far off date, the chaplain said, but not until civilization has effected all its adjustments and the human animal has been evolved to a little higher moral plane. Duty of Preparedness Higk One. In the meantime the duty of pre paredness is a high one, said the vet eran Oregon chaplain, who served with the Oregon regiment through the Spanish-American War and the Phlllp nin. insurrection and who had an op portunity to view warfare first hand. "Preparedness is the great disciple of peace under present conditions." con tinued the chaplain. "Where it was charged years ago that the German war lord was endangering the peace of Europe with his great fighting ma chines, it is acknowledged now that he was. in fact, making possible the long peace that Germany has had and Is contributing to the peace of all Europe. "We who are In the service do not want war. It is abhorrent to us. But how much more terrible would it be for us to have to go to a war that was forced upon us without having prepared for the emergency. "So we are keeping in readiness to meet the things that may come In a world of stern reality, as distinguished from a world of fancy. We all are envious of peace. In that, by prepar edness, we help to make war more difficult. A great, wealthy nation that Is unable to defend Itself might not find itself able to survive, even today. Look Into history for the nations that fell when their strong manhood van ished' All Turn Out for Review. Every officer and man in the big maneuver camp was In line for the parade and review on the beach in front of the Gearhart Hotel this aft ernoon. Three regiments of infantry, a bat tery of artillery and a cavalry troop presented an imposing military appear ance, after the seasoning of a week of arduous Instruction in field exercises. Several thousand spectators lined the beach resorts and hundreds ot people from Astoria. Portland and other Oregon points viewed the spectacle. The reviewing officers were Acting Governor Olcott and Adjutant-General Finzer. for Oregon: Adjutant-General Patch, of Idaho, and Colonel Young, of the Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel Day, Inspector-general's department of the Arniv. The Twenty-first Infantry was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Mor rison, the Third Oregon by Colonel Martin and the Second Idaho by Colonel Edellbrut. The Instruction course tomorrow Photograph Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. AMERICA HE.VnV TO I.ACNCH AND IN FLIGHT. morning will be continued, outpost, rear-guard and advance-guard prob lems being- taken up. FIRE SWEEPS BIG AREA (Continued From First Pa.) this morning, the blaze appeared to be under control. Sheriff Word has made arrange ments with the Portland fire depart ment to join the volunteers today. "We have worked consistently In fig-hting this blaze for 24 hours," said R. J. Phillips, the leader of the volun teers, "and seldom stopped, except when fatigued or thirsty. Besides my self, a woman and two other men have been the only ones volunteering. There were about 40 men passed us, stood and watched us and then passed on without volunteering aid." Blase Starts In Mill. The fire started about 3 o'clock Sat urday afternoon in the Goodwin Shin gle Works and rapidly spread to the neighboring pines, until by nightfall Saturday the entire surrounding coun try was ablaze. All telephone com munication has been cut off and late last night one of the volunteer fire fighters walked several miles to reach a telephone to notify Sheriff Word. The light in the sky was visible for miles. The path of the flames is con fined between two roads, one the Boone road and the other a narrow highway to the east. If necessary. Sheriff Word will car ry out the prisoners of both the County Jail and of Kelly Butte. Superintend ent Curtis of Kelly Butte Saturday afternoon called out 17 prisoners to fight a small blaze. Just east of the Butte. Not a prisoner attempted to escape, although only two guards were present, 14-MII.K TIMBER BBIT HIT Forest Fire Near The Dalles Sweeps Big Area. THE DALLES, Or., July 19. (Spe cial.) Four hundred men have been fighting since noon the first forest fire In the history of The Dalles district. The flames are under control tonight after sweeping an estimated area of 14 square miles. The fire started last night on the ranch of Henry Harper, seven miles southeast of this city in the Chenowlth Creek Valley. Fanned by a strong wind, the fire spread rapidly this morn ing and appeals for help were sent to The Dalles business and professional men, who. joined by the members of the volunteer fire department, were rushed to the valley In automobiles and trucks. Timber valuod at $40,000 has been destroyed. All of the buildings on the Jordan ranch were totally destroyed, as was the barn of Andy Grimm, to grther with a large amount of his hay. Henry Hendricks lost a large amount of cordwood. Several other farmhouses and buildings in the burned district were saved. The firefighters directed their efforts to preserve the buildings, as to try to stop the fire in the timber and grass was useless. A systematic method of back-firing resulted in getting the conflagration under control this even ing. The flames Bwept as far as The Dalles brickyards, opposite the Flack ranch, and the Oddfellows' Cemetery at the southwestern edge of this city. MJT. EMILY FIRE IS ' REPORTED Grand itonde Valley Smoke-Filled When Timber Tract Burns. LA GRANDE. Or.. July 19. (Special.) Lookout John Blumensteln Informed J. T. Williamson, manager of the Mount Emily Timber Company here that a small fire had been reported in the company's holdings on Mount Emily, 12 miles North of this city. While the Valley during the after noon has been filled with dense clouds of smoke from the burning timber, Mr. Williamson is Inclined to scout the idea that the fire is at all serious. No further reports have been had from the lookout as the only means of com munication is at his station on the mountain. SMALL FIRES XOT SERIOUS Rogue River District Breaks Into Flames, but Wind Dies. MEDFORD. Or., July 19. (Special.) A pall of smoke hung over Medford and the Rogue River valley today from a dozen small forest fires in the hills, none of which at a late hour tonight had done serious damage. W. T. Grieve, of the Jackson County (ire patrol, had a force of 50 men fight ing the fires, the one In the Apple Gate near Provolt being the most serious, having burned over an area of several hundred acres. ROADS WIN PRAISE Auto Club Official Points Out Value to States. SCENIC BEAUTIES UNVEILED A. G. Batchelder Visits Columbia River and Describes It One of Really Wonderful Travel Lines to Be Fonnd in World. "The Columbia River Highway will be one of the noted scenic roads of the world," yesterday said A. S. Batchel der, chairman of the executive board of the American Automobile Associa tion, after a trip in company with Frank C. Riggs, who took Mr. Batch elder in hand In the absence from the city of President W. J. Clements, of the Portland Automobile Club. "When I attended last Winter, in Washington, D. C, during the Rivers and Harbors Congress, the interesting illustrated lecture by Samuel Hill, whom, by the way, we missed today on the road by scarcely an hour, It ap pealed to me that a highway along the Columbia would be an undertaking of a magnitude to command country wide attention. From what 1 saw dur ing our ride 1 can say that Mr. 1111,1 did not exaggerate the beauties of this great waterway," Chairman Batchelder could only spond the day in Portland. In company with the party of State Highway Commissioner Roy, the A. A. A. chairman spent two days in going over the new road which is building in Snoqualmie Pass. Commenting upon Pacific Coast !. Is progress generally, Mr. Batchel der said: "Both the Columbia River and Sno qualmie Pass roads present construc tion problems, but the opening of these urteries of communication will mean more to the prosperity ot' the two states than you realize at present. "Admitting that we must concern ourselves vitally with the reads that connect the murket places with the farms, we are indeed shortsighted in these days of accelerated travel If we do not make our scenic assets availa ble to the road vehicle owners. "Of course, the country-wide high way Improvement now In progress must carry with it a logical and re sultful participation of the National Government, which In this regard now owes to the several states a duty like that possessed by the states In rela tion to the counties. "If Federal co-operatlon be given to the states on those highways which have a bigness and interstate charac ter it means in the final analysis that the states will have that much more money to expend upon the equally es sential tributary roads. "In this work the automobilists have done much, and the A. A. A. clubs, in cluding the notable one 'n Portland, have mere than contributed their share." RATE CASE RULING NEAR Decision Likely This Week on Mat ter of Increase Is Statement. WASHINGTON, July 19. Chairman Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission stated tonight that it was the hope of the commission to reach a conclusion in the freight rate case and announce it during the coming week. Published reports have said that the roads' appeal for a 5 per cent increase had been rejected but that certain in creases would be allowed. KNOWLES' TIME IS WANING (Continued From First Pate.) to me I shall answer; that Is all. But I doubt if there are any lengthy con versations. Before I go into the woods I will write once more on the paper of civilization. The next you will re ceive will be written on something primitive. It may be a stone, bark or any other kind of material I can find, but I will write. Complexion perlecuen. BaatUaptlo Lotion. Aov. u Appropriations This Session Promise to Outstrip All Pre vious Aggregates. BILLION MARK IS PASSED Only Failure of River and Harbor Bill Can Prevent Total From Being Far Ahead of Es timated Revenues. WASHINGTON. July 19. (Special.) Despite platform pledges of economy and diatribes against Republican ex travagance the present session of Con gress promises to outstrip all its pred ecessors in the aggregate of expendi tures authorized. With the single exception of the rivers and harbors bill all the meas ures making appropriations for the support of the Government during the present fiscal year either are on the statute books or are in conference. Figures Stactger Democrats. The amounts authorized by these bills total the staggering figure of $1,121,700,000. It is enough to give the Democrats pause. They are scratch ing their heads over the following: Totii! appropriations this uscal year $1,121,700,000 Total appropriations last fiscal year 1,098. 678. 7S8 Estimated revenues for this year 1.(135,000,000 Possible deficit June SO, ISIS.. J 88.700,000 When Speaker Thomas B. Reed some years ago talked to a more or less astounded country about a billion dollar Congress it was thought by many that the high-water mark of ex penditures had been reached. The present Congress is on the way to a two-billion-dollar Congress. It has conclusively demonstrated that a Dem ocratic Congress is not successful in holding down appropriations. Only One Way to Escape Left. In only one way will it be possible for the Democratic leaders to prevent the appropriations for the present fis cal year from running ahead of any thing on record and far ahead of the estimates for revenues. This Is by fail ing to pass the river and harbor bill. Even if this is done, the appropriations will reach a total well up toward the $1,100,000,000 mark. The derails of the appropriations in rounu nguies-Hie. This fiscal yr. Agricultural . .$ 10.000.000 Army 101.000.000 rMninma I n n rt Last fiscal yr. $ 17,986.945.00 94.266,145.51 3.730,64 2.6 11.383.739.00 5,218.2.10.00 0.486.819.67 35.172.434.50 1. 099.302.87 140.800.643.53 180,300.000.00 285.376.271.00 41.078,094.00 118.795.327.01 127.525.684.12 28.408.509.53 .nnnilnr Dlst. of Col'bla Fortifications .. Indian Legislative . . . Military acad.. Navy Pension Postoffiee River and har bor (pending) Sundry civil... Permanent an nual appro priation Deficiency and mtsc l'J.000,000 0.000.000 10,000,000 :!8, 000.000 1.000.000 140.400.000 169.lfiO.000 311.750.000 B3.000.000 109.000.000 131.000.000 18.000,000 Totals ....$1,121,700,000 $1,098.67S.78S.40 Appropriations Are Analysed. An examination of the appropria tions and authorizations for the current fiscal year shows that in most cases they run about even with those made bv the last regular session of Congress for the last fiscal year, which was the Hscal year ended June 30. 1914. The Army appropriations this year are no Uceably heavier. The agricultural, diplomatic, District of Columbia forti fications, Indian, legislative, military academy and Navy are about alike for each year. The pension will decline considerably this year, owing to the in creasing death list of the veterans of the Civil and Mexican wars. The postoffiee bill for this year Is about $26,000,000 higher than it was last year. Tt is by far the largest postoffiee bill In the history of the re public. . ' LECTURE SERIES CLOSES Vancouver Programmes Close To night After Evening's Fun. VANCOUVER, Wash., July 19. (Spe cialsAll of the Protestant churches of the city Joined in holding a ' get together" meeting at the Vancouver Chautauqua Saturday night, when Rev. Peter MacQueen. the noted war corre spondent, gave an interesting lecture on "Mexico and South America. He illustrated his travelogue. Mrs William Calvin Chilton enter tained the first part of the programme with sacred classics. Today will be the last of the Chau tauqua. Vancouver may become an an nual stopping place on the regular clr- UThe children are playing Indian gmes taught by the morning lectures on the Seton Indian games. This afternoon the Dunbar singing orchestra will open the programme and Dr. Charles L. Seasholes will give , hi. popular lecture, "Brains and the Bible. Tonight will be "joy night." with a full evening of Jolly entertainment. Yellow Beetle Ravages Elms. ASHLAND. Or.. July 19. (Special ) Plain arsenic of lead is being used to combat the ravages of a yellow beetle, the destructive work of which seems to be confined to elm trees through out the Valley. Fruit trees as yet seem to be Immune. Elms are now In full HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS Headache is never a disease. i is always a symptom. Applications, pow ders and tablets that drug the head ache into quietude are treating the symptoms, not the disease, always a useless proceeding and often harmful. When headache is associated with some dizziness it Is usually the result of nervous exhaustion and -11 con tinue as long as the person who -s overworked allows the debility to con tinue. It rapidly disappears when rest and the proper tonic is taken. Nervous exhaustion, the cause of such headaches and dizziness, results from a strain on the nerves with which the re building work of the blood 1. unable to keep pace. The best tonic for such a condition is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Thee pills build up the blood and strengthen the nerves. With this treat ment, unless the overwork, worry, or whatever has caused the nervous break down is persisted in. the headaches, dizziness, nervousness and irritability that characterize neurasthenia rapidly disappear. The Dr Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady. N. Y., will send free on request a helpful little, book on the home treatment of nervous disorders. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are obtainable at any drug store, Adv. Unprofitable and Annoying Every non-user of the Pa cific telephone has had a friend or business associate say "I tried to get you yesterday, but you did not have the Pacific telephone." Whether friend, acquaintance or busi ness associate, this is an inconvenience. With 42,557 Pacific telephones at your disposal in Portland, this inconvenience is eliminated, as practically every one is brought within reach of your voice any place in the city. The value of telephone service is propor tionate to its widespread use and depend ability, therefore the Pacific is economy; you cannot afford to do without it. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Sales Department. foliage. A peculiar bunching up of the leaves is a suspicious symptom and should be investigated, as It Invariably reveals the presence of the beetle pest. 8 PETITIONS UNCHECKED Washington Pamphlets May Bo Held Vp for Court Inspection. ft VMPI A WBBh Tulv Is fSDecial.) With 13 working days remaining In which to complete the check of the eight remaining initiative petitions. Secretary of state l. m. nowen in con fident he will havo It completed within the legal time. He Is not so sure of being able to print and mall within the required time The New England Mutual Life In surance Company has been con tinuously in business for three generations Horace Mecklem, General Agent 330-331 Northwestern Bank Building COOLER to go East through California. Also more interesting. You can stop at such places as the Yosemite Valley and the Grand Canyon, and most all transcontinental travelers are familiar with Santa Fe's superior service. Excursion tickets on sale daily until September 30. Let me arrange details of your trip. H E VERNON, Gen. Agt. Santa Fe Ry. 122 Third St., Portland. Phone Main 1274. Santa Fe As a Nourishing Tonic, Try Weinhard's Columbia Beer The food value of barley-malt, the tonic of Oregon hops, and its effervescence make it a delightful beverage. It contains 3 to 4 of alcohol. Ask your dealer or phone A 1172, Main 72. Henry Weinhard Brewery Main 8800. the pamphlets which the law require! he shall mall to every qualified voter. If the court undertakes to inspect the 30,000 odd signatures on each peti tion It is unlikely that the task will be finished short of two weeks, which may make it impossible for the 8tat. Printer and the Secretary of State t.i print address, wrap and mall 600. Ouo copies of the pamphlet. Taxpayers Ask Irjr Out. KELSO, Wash.. July 1. (Special.) At Its recent meeting the Cowllts County Taxpayers' I.engue went on rec ord as favoring a le liled reduction In the rate of taxation and adopted .' strong declaration of principles. This organisation will nH support any can didate for office who will not subscribe to these prtn-lpl i