TTTK MORNING OREGONTAN. SATURDAY, APRLL 3, 1915.
5
DUSTRIAL
W ON
BRITAIN
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ADVISED
Manufacturers Told They Can
End Distress by Refusing
to Supply Necessities.
FACTORIES MAY SUSPEND
C'ouutry Dependent on Germany for
Certain Kaw Material Mr. Metz
Would "Kick Few Holes"
y In International Law.
PHILADELPHIA. April 2. American
manufacturers were urged 10 taKe im
mi.ti. mnnArtpd action to obtain 1
modification of Great Britain's rules
OTivornino- fivprfipa commerce to neutral
.n.M. fav Herman A. Metz. member
of Congress from New York and a
widely-known manufacturer, in an ad
dress at a conference of dyemen here
today. Unless the British government
changes its policy. ilr. Metz declared,
hundreds of factories throughout the
United States will have to suspend
operations and about 300,000 men will
be thrown out of employment.
"The State Department is doing all
it can to cope with the situation." said
Representative Metz, "but it is com
pelled to respect International law. The
manufacturers of this country will have
. to take the matter out of the hands of
the State Department and handle it
themselves by declaring an industrial
war on Kngland. They will have to
tell England that unless she assumes
A more reasonable attitude she will be
deprived of cotton, ammunition and
other things she has been buying from
American sources in great quantities."
Germans Want Goods In Return.
Mr. Metz said that American manu
facturers are absolutely dependent on
Germany for certain raw materials, but
in order to get them they must find a
way to ship to Germany the cotton and
other things of which ene is Daaiy in
need.
'-The Germans." he added, "have got
ten tired of sending us dyestuffs and
other materials without getting any
thing in return.
"If American manufacturers declared
an embargo on England," declared the
speaker, "they would soon put an end
to present conditions, and would mighty
near end the war. You say that would
be In violation of international law.
Perhaps it would, but it is high time
that we kicked a few holes in interna
tional law."
Letter From Wilson Read.
T. F. Waters, of this city, read a let
ter from President Wilson, in which
the President said the State Depart
ment appreciated the situation and was
doing all it could to relieve it.
The meeting was under the auspices
of the board of directors and advisory
board of the National Association of
Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted,
Charles E. Lelppe. of Reading. Pa.,
president of the association; Congress
man Metz and D. K. Waters, president
of the Master Dyers' Association, were
appointed a committee to place at once
before the State Department at Wash
ington the acute crisis in the dyestuff
industry at present confronting this
country and urge in the strongest terms
that such steps be taken as shall re
lieve the- situation.
It was said by several speakers at
the conference that the supply of dye
stuffs now in the United States would
last only about two months.
NOTED WHITE WIFE OF CHINESE WITH HER HUSBAND IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
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SHINGLE MEN FIGHT
VICE IDEA IS FOUGHT
Miss Monroe Finds Chinatown
Trip Disappointment.
NEW ERA IS SEEN DAWNING
Guide Points Out "Dangerous'
leys In Attempt to Awe but Trens-
of Genuine Art Passed
Up and Party Dwindles.
GIRLS' AID IS INDICTED
Partners of Mian Killed in St. Paul
Burglary Sentenced to Prison.
SALKM, Or., April 2. (Special.)
The Marion County grand jury today
returned an indictment against James
La orande. of Portland, charging him
with aiding Virgie La Grande and two
other girls in escaping from the State
industrial School for Girls. The girls
and La Grande were speeding through
Oregon City in an automobile when
captured by Chief Shaw, of that city.
Frank Undermeyer and James Grady
Indicted on charges of burglary, pleaded
guilty and were sentenced to serve
from two to five years In the Peni
tentiary. They robbed a store at St.
Paul, a companion not Identified hav
ing been killed while making his
escape. J. C. Douvllle. of Portland.
who passed several worthless checks
here a few days ago, also pleaded
yuilty and was sentenced to serve
from one to seven years In the Pent
tentiary.
Other Indictments were against Ce
cil Sloan, charged with giving liquor
to a minor; Adren Whorley and L. Lee,
charged with contributing to the de
linquency of a minor; Charles Bennett,
cnargea witn polygamy and Jack Rob
lnson, charged with larceny.
FRESHMEN DEBATERS BEST
Class Championship Sewed Cp by
I Victory Over Juniors.
OR KGON AGRICULTURAL COT.LKGE.
t nrvallis. April Z. (Special.) The de
rate team representing the Freshman
class or the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege has sewed up the class champion
ship by defeating the Junior team in
the last of a series of interclass de
rates wnicn was neid at the Oregon
Agricultural College last night The
f reshman trio consisting of T. J. Lowe
of Nyssa; A. O. Leach, of Albany, and
Kric Lnglnnd. , of Portland, success
fully upheld the negative side of the
question. "Resolved. That immigration
Into the United States should be further
restricted by the addition of a literacv
test similar to that embodied jin House
resolutions uv. ine junior team
was composed of the following. R. J,
Case, of Portland: O. K. Ferguson of
1-elii. and B. D. Roseman, of Portland.
The alternates were: V. I. Basler, of
(rants Pass. lor the Freshmen, and
Paul Crouter. of Union, for the Juniors.
JAIL SENTENCE IMPOSED
Liquor Cases on Court Calendar at
Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 2. (Spe
cial.) The selling of liquor at Wash
ougal a few weeks ago by Melvin
Short was the cause of his being, sent
to the Penitentiary to serve a term
from six months to five years.
Short was sentenced to state prison
for six months to live years recently
by Judge Back, of the Superior Court,
tut was paroled.
When he was arrested In Washougal,
his parole was revoked.
George Whitcomb. who pleaded guilty
to selling liquor in Vancouver, was
fined $100 and sentenced to 20 days in
Jail. Another bootlegger was fined JT5
and costs. There are several other
cases of bootlegging to be tried.
BT ANNE SHANNON MONHOE.
PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION. San Francisco. Cal.
March 30. (Special.) Only one show
in all San Francisco or the East so far
has proved less than it was advertised.
I think it's perfectly fair to tell about
this because otherwise so many good
Oregon dollars may be wasted. I refer
to the accepted and advertised trip to
Chinatown. Once this was a trip, but
now the operators live on its former
reputation.
With a group of Oregon people wh
had never happened to "do" Chinatown,
as advertised. I set out one evening
from a downtown hotel. A third of th
way through, our party had fallen off
half. Half the way through I could
scarcely induce the remainder to con
tinue and only a few saw it to tn
end. We were taken into one or two
Grant-street shops, where we were left
some minutes and here we were sup
posed to make purchases, then down a
supposedly "dangerous, out reaiiy
dirtv back alley, where othe
"dangerous" alleys .lead' out. so the
guide said, though they seemed only
the exits to other ill-kept streets, and
to a "typical" Chinese home, where
some American-born Chinese children
sang American missionary hymns. Here
a collection was taken, then a visit to a
Chinese musician where another col
lection was taken and so on through a
half dozen dirty, sordid bunkhouses.
Vice Idea Being Koaght.
This was the trio to Chinatown lor
which we had paid 1 each, in addition
to the various "collections." and the
money gouged out of the more gullible
for chean souvenirs. Toe "lecturer on
the way told of Chinese vice, gambling
Hens and nolice raids which were of
frequent occurrence.
Since this visit. I am glad to say,
I have had an opportunity to meet
Mrs. Wong, wife of a prominent Chi.
nese. She incurred the illwill of every
one bv marrying Mr. Wong she was
Miss Klla May Clemens, a sister of Mrs.
Howard Gold but out of this marriage
which neonle have made it their bus!
ness to sav should not have been, but
which seems, as De Morgan would put
it, "somehow good." tnere is springing
wonderful reconstruction or the
Chinatown idea.
Mrs. Wong, a missionary worker
among the Chinese before her marriage.
and always in keen sympathy with the
old civilization of China, is now making
it her business to stamp out the for
merly accepted idea of Chinatown as
a center of vice, and plant in its place
an idea of Chinatown virtuous.
As she 'Says, old Chinatown meant
capitalized vice. Its attraction to
tourists, blatantly advertised, was its
underworld. All that was good ana
worthy in Chinatown was made subordi
nate to all that was low ana snocKing.
The name of Chinatown tilled one with
horror.
Chinatown Resplendant With Art.
Now. in San Francisco's present
Chinatown are wonderful examples of
Chinese art. customs and progress.
Many of the distinguished merchants of
Chinatown feel keenly the shame of
her position in the public eye. Many
resent the misrepresentation.
So Mrs. Wong is working out a real
trip through Chinatown that will be
educational. interesting, and make
known the features of genuine value.
She has supporting her in this worthy
work the Chinese Consul-General. S. H.
Chu. the Chief of Police, the Rev. Father
Stark, of St. Mary's; Mrs. Mary T.
Gamage. president of the local Council
of Women, and many other prominent
civic, churcn ana ciud aignuaries.
The Ruins." the Wong establishment
Grant street, is filled with relics
of the San Francisco fire. - They wall
the rooms, hang from the ceilings, and
stare at you from the floor. Many are
nexpressibly beautitui. Many are
merely curious. Here Mrs. Wong serves
tea in Chinese style, and the two
ittle Chinese girls whom she has
adopted and is bringing up in the best
traditions of China, wearing lovely
Chinese clothes, help to entertain you.
The little girls are gifted dancers
and most gracious mannered. They are
orabining in themselves the best of
wo countries and I look for a develop
ment of an Important nature, for they
are exceptionally bright. The older one
is ambitious to do something worthy
Top Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Voe, Be
low Chinese Child Trained by Mra.
Wong.
with her life, the little one Is :
baby, like any other lovable
i lovable
baby.
AFFAIR OF FLAG CLOSED
DESECRATION IN MEXICO CITY NOT
WORK OP OFFICIALS.
Bryan Announces No Apology Will Be
Sought and Thanks Braxlllan for
Getting McManns Indemnity.
WASHINGTON, April 2. Inasmuch as
the desecration of the American flag
flying above the home of John B. Mc
Manus, an American citizen murdered
in Mexico City, was the act of-lawless
persons acting without authority, the
United States Government decided to
day to make no demand for an apology.
Secretary Bryan announced that the
incident was closed with the receipt to
day of a dispatch from the Brazilian
Minister in Mexico City.
"The Brazilian Minister," said Mr.
Bryan, "did not think the facts in th
case showed an attempt on the part of
any officers or authorities to desecrate
the flag, and be did not therefore re
gard it as a case where an apology
should be asked."
Officials pointed out later that the at.
titude was in accord with the policy of
the United States in dealing with such
cases in the past. The payment of the
20,fl00 In indemnity to the widow of
McManus and the general expression of
regret by the Vllla-Zapata authorities
are held to be sufficient reparation in
the circumstances.
Secretary Bryan today conveyed to
the Brazilian Minister the appreciation
of the United States Government "for
his efficient handling of the McManus
case.
4 DIE, I HURT IN FRAY
DISCHARGED CONDUCTOR SHOOTS
LOGGING HEN AND SELF.
Attack Made on Train Crew K
Lonely Cnmp 30 Milea From
Montesano, Lewis County.
TACOMA, Wash.. April 2. Four men
are dead and. a fifth probably fatally
wounded as the result of a shooting
affray late today in a logging camp
in Lewis County, 20 miles from Monte
sano. Wash.
The dead are: Joe Stertz, foreman
of the Simpson Logging Company;
Alexander Johnson, conductor on log
ging train; J. r . Day, switchman on
logging train, and George Steele, who
killed himself after shooting the log
ging company employes. James V.
Buck, another logging company em
ploye, was shot through the body and
is not . expected to live.
Steele was discharged as train con
ductor by the logging company a few
days ago and is believed to have been
nsane. Ine shooting took place near
logging camp No. 6, in a remote part
of Lewis Counts-, and after Steele had
shot down the four men he disappeared
In the woods and killed himself.
The Church
stt?rs.
of Scotland has 1,800 mtn-
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES
Allen's Poet-Ease, the antiseptic pow
der for the instant relief of painful,
smarting, tender, nervous feet. It
takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. Simply shake the contents of
one of the small envelopes in each shoe.
Over 100,000 packages are being used
by the German and Allied troops at the
trout. Sold everywhere, 2sc
Lumber Interests Attack Pat
ent Roofing Firms.
WEST COAST MERGER WINS
Manufacturers' Association Grows
When Branch Votes to Combine
Interests and Push Proposed
Work of Exploitation.
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SEATTLE. Wash., April 2. (Special.)
Asserting that the present depression
In the market is due largely to the ef
forts of patent roofing manufacturers
and insurance companies in frightening
the public into the belief that wooden
shingles are the cause of fires, manu
facturers of Oregon and Washington to
day formed a compact organization as
a branch of the West Coast Lumber
Manufacturers' Association, and at the
preliminary meeting in the assembly
rooms in the White-Henry building
appointed a permanent committee and
levied an assessment of not to exceed
a half cent per 1000 on all shingles
nianuactured to carry on the proposed
work of exploitation through maga
zines and newspapers.
Speakers pronounced the meeting the
most representative 'from the basis of
shingle manufacturers ever held in the
Pacific Northwest. Called by John Mo
Master, the dean of the industry on
Puget Sound, in the face of previous
failures along similar lines, the session
was attended by prominent muimen
from all parts of Oregon and Washing
ton, and when called upon by Chairman
Neil Jameson, of Everett, for an ex
pression by a rising vote, each manu
facturer present rose to his feet to de
clare that he favored immediate or
ganization and affiliation with the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Associa
tion rather than a separate entity.
Practically all the speakers held the
new tariff laws responsible for the de
pression in their shifting of the bulk
of selling to British Columbia mills,
but all assented to the statement that
great harm had been done by the manu
facturers of substitute roofing in prose
cuting their campaign against so-called
highly inflammable wooden roofing.
A committee on detailed plans was
appointed as follows: L. C. Tevis, Port
land; E. E. Case, Raymond; E. C. Miller,
Aberdeen; E. W. Demarest, Tacoma;
John McMaster, Seattle; L. Gillafen,
Bellingham; Neil Jamison, Kverctt. and
J. S. Goldsmith. Port Angeles.
C. D. Howell, of Portland, urged that
the manufacturers market shingles by
grades, or when they were not up to
the standard of weight and measure
ment to deduct accordingly. He said
that British Columbia shingles were not
making as much headway in competi
tion as commonly supposed, as he knew
of several carloads now at Kansas City
that had been rejected.
Today will be a busy day at this
store-there are scores
rAy
of boys to clothe for Easter! M
Here are actually hundreds of new suits for tf(V hw'rh-
boys sturdy, stylish Norfolks, every one Min''vWnfI
with an extra pair of knickers. Every coat 1 J-.t WwX t vvf T I 1
is lined with serge or alpaca lining and
every pair of knickers has sleeve lining and
taped seams.,
Clothes such as these will give many months
of satisfactory, wear. Bring the boys to
day and let our young men fit them for you.
$6.50 upwards
Boys'
$1.50 Hats
50c
Boys'
$1.00 Caps
59c
Boys'
$1.00 Shirts
50c
Boys' 60c Blouses
35c
3 for $1.00
Boys'
25c Hose
19c
Spring Styles in Young Men's Suits $10 to $25
Second Floor
BEN SELLING
Morrison at Fourth
LEADING
CLOTHIER
WATER BONDS VALID
Supreme Court Says Oregon
City Issue Is Legal.
WORK NOW TO BE PRESSED
Astoria March Rains 5.70 Inches.
ASTORIA, Or., April 2. (Special.)
The records in Local Weather Observer
Gilmore's office show that the rainfall
in March was 5.70 inches, or 1.47 inches
below the average for the correspond
ing1 month in previous years. The
greatest precipitation during- any 24
hours was 1.23 Inches, on March 13.
Rain fell on 16 days, while there were
15 clear, seven partly cloudy and rtlne
cloudy days. The highest temperature
waa 77 and the lowest was 25 degrees
above aero. The greatest daily range
in temperature was 27 degrees.
Construction to Be . Started and
Money Soon Will Be in Bank
for First Large Block Case
Moved Up on Calendar.
Deer Slayer Fined at Canyon City.
BAKER, Or.. April 2. (Special.)
William and Frank Baler and S. P.
Lyon were taken before Judge Dustin,
of Canyon City, on the charge of kill-
nar deer out of Beason. Frank Beier
pleaded guilty and was fined $25, while
the other two pleaded not guilty and
were released. Only one deer was
killed.
OREGON CITS', Or.. April 2. (Spe
cial.) The vote of the people of Ore
gon City for the South Fork water proj
ect is valid: the South Fork water com
mission is authorized to construct the
25-mile pipeline to the south fork of
the Clackamas and the $375,000 bond
issue, voted by almost 8 to 1, is legal,
the Supreme Court decided today. C.
Schuebel and L. Stipp, attorneys for the
South Fork commission, received word
of the decision late today by telephone
from Salem.
The decision of the Supreme Court
removes the last legal obstacle to the
construction of the big pipeline and in
sures the sale of the bonds at once.
Construction probably will be started
before the expiration of another week.
The commission has awarded to Sweet,
Causey, Foster & Co. the $375,000 bond
issue for 95.56 cents on the dollar.
$1200,000 Be Paid Soon.
The transfer of the bonds to the
banking house has been held back until
the decision of the Supreme Court was
received.
Under the agreement with the firm
the city will receive cash for the sale
of $200,000 of the bond issue within 30
days, the money to be delivered either
to a Portland or an Oregon City bank
The decision came sooner than was
expected. The case was submitted on
briefs Monday and it was thought that
a decision would be reached next Tua
day.
Twelve days ago the validity of the
water election was questioned. Storey,
Thorndyke, Palmer & Bodge, Boston
bond experts employed to approve the
legality of the issue, sent word here
through Morris Bros., of Portland, that
in their opinion, a clause in the city
charter had been violated In the call for
the election.
Date of Election Ctneatloned.
They contended that the charter pro
vided the resolution calling the elec
tion should be filed with the Council 21
days before the date of the election.
They argued that 21 days should have
passed between the final passage of the
charter amendment and the date of the
election. The language of the amend
ment, however, provides that the elec
tion may be held within 21 days from
the date of the filing of the ordinance
and the record shows that the orciinanco
was filed under orders of the Council
February 8, and the date of the election
was March 3.
While the court was deliberating,
William Andresen, chairman of the
commission, and Engineer Rands have
been in the field and obtained a large
part of the right of way, ao that work
cannot be further delayed on that account.
LA GRANDE JOINS IN HYMNS
Business Suspended to Attend Serv
ices on Good Friday.
LA GRANDE, Or., April 2. (Special.)
Business was suspended in La Grande
for three hours this afternoon, while
brief sermons upon "The Crucifixion of
Christ" were given during an exhibition
of sacred stcreopticon views at a mov
ing picture theater. Hymns were sung
by the audience and a musical pro
gramme was given in series so that the
audience might go and come at any
time and yet hear connected addresses
and song numbers.
A large number of "Passion P!ay
pictures. "Entry to Jeruitalem" and kin
dred subjects, were dealt with on the
screen. When seven mlnintcrs had been
heard the meeting was closed and busl
ness resumed. This is the first time In
history that stores have been closed on
Good Friday. About 1000 or mors were
present at various times during the
programme.
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD
Body of Rancher Near Burbank Is
liccovrrcd From Columbia Ttlver.
KEXNEWICK, Wash., April 2. (Spe
cial.) A body thought to be that of
J. M. Miler. of Biirb:ink, who disap
peared mysteriously several weeks ago,
was taken from the Columbia River at '
Coolidge this morning. The body
evidently had been in the water for
some time. '
Several weeks ago J. M. Milcr. a
rancher living with his wife near Bur
bank, went to town 'n the morning to
deliver some cream and do some shop
ping. Wnen he failed to return within
reasonable time, his wife began in
quiries. His team was found tied to
the hitching rack, but no trace was
found of the missing man. The Justice
of the Peace at Coolldge will hold an
Inquest. ,
Grade to Coos Bay Nearly Completed.
MARSHFIELD. Or., April 2. (Spe
cial.) H. P. Hoey, enatneer of the
Willamette-Pacific, who is here on a
tour of inspection, says that the grad
ing of the road between Coos Hay ant
Eugene is 95 per cent completed urtd ,
bridge work at Siuslaw and Coos Bay
is progressing satisfactorily. Mr.
Hoey is of the opinion that the South
ern Pacific officials will Insist on fast,
work this Summer to complete 1 h
road.
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