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VOL. LTV. NO. 17,109. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WEST DECLARES FOR ITS OF STATES Federal Control Idea : Beaten 28 to 7. POWER CONFERENCE AT END Act Recognizing Local Author ity Over Land Wanted. MR. WALSH TWICE LOSES Erfort to Tromote Policy or Kilty Year IxHse Is Defeated Brisk Two-Hour Debate Precedes Final Vote on Resolutions. The West made its answer yester day, in terms and with an enthusiasm Impossible to mistake, to the question whether Federal or state control of the water pov. er resources and devel opment of the West should prevail as a National policy. By the emphatic vote of 28 to 7, delegates to the Western States Water Power Conference in their concluding session at the Multnomah Hotel de clared for control by the states of the waiter powers of the states, a? against long-distance Federal guardianship by the Secretary of the Interior. Conference Vote, Adjourn. This was the vote by which the reso lutions presented in the majority re port of the committee on resolutions were adopted by the conference. Five minutes later, at 2:10 o'clock P. !., after sitting continuously since 9:30 o'clock, the conference 'adjourned sine die. The resolutions adopted were the came as published in The Oregonian yesterday after having been formulated by the resolutions committee. Recognition Is Asked. They declare not only for control by the states of their own water power re sources and development, but call on Congress for a declaratory act "recog nizing and acknowledging that the proprietary interest of the United states in the vacant land within the states Is subject to the Jurlsdlcion and eminent domain of those states for all uses which are declared by the laws of those states to be public uses and which are so essential to the development, well-being and prosperity of those states." This is how the delegates voted: Arlxonn. Howard S. Reed, of Phoenix Aye (No other delegates attending.) California. . A. E. Chandler, San Francisco No (No other delegates attending.) Colorado. - George E. West, of Duragno ..Aye A. P. Ardourel. of Boulder Aye Clyde C. Dawson, of Denver Aye Thomas Tonge, of Denver Aye David R. Elliott, of Denver Aye W. F. R. Mills, of Denver Aye Idaho. Governor Moses Alexander Absent James H. Hawley, of Boise Aye John W. Hart, of Menan Aye Fred W. Berger, of Berger Aye I. E. Rockwell, of Bellevue Aye Dr. J. B. Morris, of Lewtston Aye J. S. Randall ." Aye Montana. T. J. Walsh, United States Senator, of Helena . . No J. B. Collins, of Miles City Ay Pain D. Goza, of Helena No J. E. Erickson, of Kalispell No New Mexico. No delegates attending conference. Nebraska. George Lyon. Jr., of Nelson .Aye (No other delegates attending.) T Nevada. William M. Kearney, of Carson.... No (No other delegates attending.) North Dakota. D. V. Moore, of Grand Forks. .... .Aye John O. Hanchett, of Harvey No Oregon. W. Lair Thompson, of Lakeview. . . Aye S. B. Houston, of Portland Aye Governor Withycombe Absent Edgar B. Piper, of Portland Aya South Dakota. No delegates attending conference. Utah. Governor William Sqpry, Salt Lake City Aye United States Senator Reed Smoot, Aye K. A. Wedgwood. Salt Lake City... Aye S. A. Bailey, Salt Lake City Aye W. D. Beers, Salt Lake City Aye Washington. Governor Ernest Listei Absent Phil H. Adams, of Ellensburg No M. C. Harris, of Hoquiam Aye A. H. Imus, of Kalania Aye W. V. Wells, of Anacortes Aye Wyoming. Clarence D. Clark. Un;ted States Sen ator Aye Result: 28 ayes, 7 noes. Absent 3. Had Governor Lister, of Washington, been present, his vote probably would have been no, as he was one of four of the 12 members of the resolutions committee to sign Senator Walsh's mi nority report. The other three signing It were A. E. Chandler, delegate from California; Senator Walsh, of Montana, and William M. Kearney, of Nevada. Washington, Majority firm. The resolutions committee was made up of one member, chosen by the dele (Concludad on Page 7, Column 1.) ml DEAD MAN'S NAME MUST BE STRICKEN TACOMA BOARD SAYS TABLET INSCRIPTION IS ERRONEOUS. Late Representative Cushnian Did Not Obtain Park, .as Credited by Women, Say Officials. TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 23. (Special.) The name of the late Representative Francis W. Cushman must be stricken from a bronze tablet to be unveiled Saturday in Point Defiance Park by the Daughters of tne American Revolution. This was demanded by the Metropoli tan Park Board today at a special meeting called to consider the ethics of permitting Mr. Cushman's name to go on the tablet. The tablet is being placed on a large boulder in the park as a memorial to Captain Wilkes", discoverer and namer of Point Defiance. On the tablet, however, the women have placed the statement that Repre sentative Cushman obtained the park from the Government for Tacoma. This is untrue, the Park Board an nounced today, because the park was granted to Tacoma in 188S, and Mr. Cushman merely obtained for the city a fee simple title to the property 17 years later. Mrs. C. A. Pratt, regent of the Mary Ball chapter. Daughters of the Ameri can Revolntion, and Mrs. Frederick Beebe, chairman of the memorial com mittee, appeared at the board meeting, and it was finally decided to allow the tablet to be unveiled, the Inscription to be changed to meet the board's ap proval. . AUSTRIANS PLAN STRIKES Wheeling Mill Managers Prepare to Employ Other Workmen. WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 23 Movements to have all Austro-Hun-garians quit the plants where they are employed in making munitions of war for the enemies of Austria will begin here Saturday night. A speaker repre senting a Cleveland society will address such workmen at Bridgeport, O.. Sat urday night. Mill managers, fearing the men would walk out, arranged to have their places taken by workmen of other na tionalities. Important contracts for shells are being filled by factories in the Wheeling district. BRITAIN NEEDS DOCTORS Appeal May Be' Made to Americans to Meet Kequiremnets. LONDON, Sept. 23. "There will be no course open but to apply to the United States to fill up the necessary comple ments of medical men if this country cannot produce the requisite doctors," writes Sir James Barr, vice-president of the British Medical Association and a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, in appealing for doctors for the armies going abroad. "Two thousand five hundred of them are required," declared Sir James, who adds: "Conscription is coming-" CONSTANTINOPLE IS DARK Turks Without Lights, Munitions Makers Out of K-aw Material. GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 20. via Paris, Sept. 23. (Delayed in Transmis sion.) A Swiss, who lias Just returned from Constantinople, writes to the Gazette de Lausanne that there is no gas, electricity or candles in the Turk ish capital and that conditions of life there are almost intolerable for for eigners. He says that 2000 workmen from the Krupp plant in Germany are idle, ow ing to lack of raw materials. LIQUOR MEN MUST PAY UP Washington State Officials Spurred by Number of Discontinuances. OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 23. (Spe cial.) More than 500 holders of Fed eral liquor licenses, who have, not ob tained licenses for the current year be ginning July 1 have been notified by the State Tax Commission that they must pay within 15 days or be made subject to criminal prosecution. The fact that firms are going out of business daily has determined the Tax Commission to insist upon prompt pay ments. SERBS FACE 800,000 FOES Vast German Army Expected to Try to Force Way Through. NISH. Serbia, via Paris, Sept. 23. The best information obtainable here indicates that there are 800,000 German troop3 available for an attempt to force a passage through Serbia. It is felt in Nish that this movement will be undertaken. The operations thus far still are of a character which indicates that the Teutons are feeling out the Serbian positions. SIRE SON'S COLLEGE MATE Rev. D. M. Hlgbec, of Shedd?. En ters in Special Course at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 23. (Special.) A father and son are both attending Albany College this year. They are Rev. D. M. Higbee and his eon, V. Byron Higbee, both of Shedds. The latter Is enrolled as a member of the freshman class and his father is taking special work in English and literature. il TIPPERARY" LIVENS JOHN D JRS, T0E5 Financier Dances in Little Schooihouse. PRETTY WOMAN HIS PARTNER Every Girl Present Afterward Has Her Tarn. MINERS STAY TO SEE FUN Frolic Suggested by Visitor Him self "After Older People Have Gone Home His "Hesita tion" Betrays Experience. WALSENBURG, Colo., Sept. 23. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., tonight danced in a little schooihouse at the Cameron mine, 2000 miles frojn Broadway. With Mrs. Charles Kaiser, the young and strikingly pretty wife of the mine superintendent. Mr. Rockefeller glided over the none-too-smooth floor to the strains of "Tipperary." rendered by a snare drum, a clarinet, a trombone and an accordion. Members of the Rocke feller party also participated, choosing their partners from among the wives and daughters of coaldlggers and mine officials. KlnnnclPr $HKKnt Frolic. Mr. Rockefeller arranged the dance. He attended an entertainment at the schooihouse, given In hi honor by the Cameron Club, an organization of the miners of the camp. Near the end of the entertainment Mr. Rockefeller made a speech. After referring jocu larly to the manner in which he had "packed the house" by bringing his nu merous personal entourage, he said: "I've often danced to that tune the orchestra played a little while ago. 1 ve Deen wondering ir when this en tertainment is over, and the older peo ple have gone home,, we couldn't move these chairs out and have a dance. Don't you-think we could arrange it?" Consent 1m t nnnlmoaN. - There was unanimous assent. A few minutes later It was announced the dance would follow. No miner elected to miss the chance of seeing John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. the man who was supposed to own about everything around these parts, dancing in the Cameron schooihouse. In two minutes the chairs had dis appeared. The orchestra launched forth. Two or three miners with their sweethearts were on the floor in a trice. Then W. L. MacKenzie-King chose a partner and sallied forth. Mr. Rockefeller hesitated no longer. Bowing to Mrs. Kaiser, who had been his hostess at dinner, he offered his arm, led her to the dancing floor and glided gracefully through the throng of coaldiggers. mine officials and miners' wives and daughters. After his initial two-step with Mrs. Kaiser, Mr. Rockefeller danced with (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2) - i 'lit Ui ll tfW" f mm "A."voUii) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum' temperature, 65 degrees; minimum temperature, 55 de grees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Wr. Germany yields In adjustment of Frye case. Page 2. Domestic. First Oregon Gravenaleins attract attention at exposition. Page 5. Loan to allien to be reduced to halt billion. Page 2. "Tipperary" sets John D., Jr.'s, toes afire, rage 1. S porta. Phillies win two same and put Cubs in cellar. Pase 14. Red Sox win . two and have pennant almost within grasp, page 14. Pacific Ccast League results: San Francisco 8, Portland 2; Oakland 10, Los Angeles 4; Salt Lake 10, Vernon 3. Page 14. Oregon fears rain may aid heavy Multnomab team. Page 15. Pacific Northwest. Pendleton Roundup opens with good attend ance. Page 1. Tacoma board orders- late Representative Cushman's name stricken from park tab let. Page 1. . Elks at Medford dedicate new $ 30,000 temple. Page 15. Corn feature of Lane County show. Page 5. Presiding elder reviews work done In Port land district. Page 6. Dr. T. B. Ford, Oregon City, otters defense at Koseburg conference. Page 6. Washington Grand Commandery, Knights Templar, meets at Vancouver. Page 8. Commercial and .Murine. Barley prices higher, owing to farmers' holding. Page 19. Buying of Canadian wheat for shipment to United States weakens Chicago market Page 10. Moderate fluctuations in Wall-street stock market Page IK. Montreal harbor official gives advice to Portland. Pago 1H. Portland and Vicinity. Conference declares for state's rights, -S to 7, r.nd adjourns. Page 1. F. W. Hild, Portland railway manager, re signs to take post in Denver. Page !. Irvine ton, Iiolladay and Ladd Schools lead In fire dsill contest. Page 13. Senator Clark declares Government nas duty to develop resources. Page 7. Fourth Is arrested in arson campaign and confession of another corroborated. Page 20. ' County Superintendent finds ."0.U55 children of schcol age in county. Page 13. Splendid floral display revealed by opening of dahlia show. Page 16. New 'York State Secretary and Deputy Controller injured when bus wrecks. Page 0. Stores are swamped by 'Dollar day patrons. Page 1. Knights Templay to parade today. Page . $150 WON IN $10,000 SUIT Verdict Quickly Ketiu-ned in Rail way Right -of-Way Case. r OREGON CITY, Or.7 Sept. 23 (Spe cial.) After'only a few minutes of de liberation, the jury in the condemnation case of the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company vs. O. F. Witte, lessee of Crystal Lake Park, returned today a verdict of $150. "Wltte sought $10,000 as damages by reason of the construction of the railroad through a portion of his resort. The small ver dict was the exact amount previously tendered by the railroad. The trial was featured by the expert testimony of well-known Portland the atrical and amusemeht men as to the transportation problem in the amuse ment business. NEW PACIFIC LINE COMING Knglis.li to Put Freighters on San lancico-Hong-kong Run. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. The Bank line of London will- enter the San Francisco-Orient trade shortly with a line of freighters, according to a cable gram received here today from Andrew Weir & Co., of London. The first steamer will be the Inveric, which will begin loading at Hongkong for San Francisco about November 1. PROTECTING OUR WATER. ROUNDUP OFF WITH DEEDS OF DAB 90oe Opening of Pendleton's Show. CLOSE CONTESTS THRILLING Riding and Bulldogging Fea tures Arouse Enthusiasm. GOVERNOR LEADS PARADE Ifappy Canyon, Replica of Rollicking- Reckless Mining- Camp of Bygone Days, faithfully De pleted, Is Great Attraction. PENDLETON, Or.. Sept. 23. (Spe cial.) With a bigger attendance than that which marked the opening of the 1914 Roundup, Pendleton's sixth frontier show opened this afternoon and the hazardous, nerve-wracking events of the "opener" have served to whet the appetites of the crowds for even more excitement tomorrow, when the crowd will be augmented by many hundreds coming in to the city tonight by spe cial trains and extra coaches to the regular trains. The opening attendance was be tween 8500 and 9000. Scene Is Wild One. The "yip!" of the buckaroos. the swish of lariats, in the hands of many expert ropers, the bawling of brutes of the range who are pitted against the cowboys and cowgirls in the nerve wracking contests of brute strength against brawn plus brain; the war whoops of Indians; the hoof-beats of Immense herds of range cattle and wild horses; the incessant shouting of thou sands of voices these are the Indi vidual noises which contributed to the Roundup's pandemonium. The opening day was "Pendleton day," and the bleachers were filled with hundreds of school children, not alone from Pendleton, but from every part of the country The show started promptly on. the dot, and the first act sent the audience into spasms of merriment. A dozen bucking steers, bulls, cows and burros were turned loose Into the arena, at once, and the air was full of kicking heels and flopping chaps. Sharkey Is Mastered. Sharkey, the famous old bucking bull, displayed a laziness today that comes from too much fat living, and. for the first time in his long career, he failed to unseat his rider. The squaw race followed immediate ly, and the pretty Indian maidens In their bright dresses whipped their lit tle ponies into a reckless speed, taking the breath from the spectators as they dashed around the sharp curves. Standlug Ituce Exciting;. The standing race for cowgirls was equally exciting. Vera McGlnnis and Bertha Blanchett standing erect on two (Concluded on Page 2. Column 1.) Thursdays War Moves WHILE Bulgaria is mobilizing her military forces word comes from 1 Nish, the Serbian capital, that 800.000 German troops, according to the most authoritative estimates tljere, are avail able for the forcing of a passage through Serbia. As yet no general movement in this direction has been undertaken, al though preliminary operations by the Germans are under way. Having crossed the Serbian territory, the Ger mans would have to advance through Bulgaria before they could carry aid to the Turks in Gallipoli and at Con stantinople. Bulgaria's future attitude may depend on what action Germany takes with respect to Serbia, or Ger many may bo waiting the completion of the Bulgarian mobilization. An official of the Bulgarian legation at London has pointed out that both Roumania and Greece have been mobil ized for a considerable time, and in timates that Bulgaria has a right to do likewise without causing astonish ment, but has offered no explanation of the action of his government at the present time. The efforts of the en tente powers, however, are being di rected vigorously toward bringing about a reunion of all the Balkan states. In the East the Germans have begun a big offensive movement with its ob jective the capture of the fortified city of Dvinsk, 90 miles northeast of Vilna and the junction point of the Vilna Petrograd railway lines. The Russian advanced positions have been pene trated in this region and many prison ers have been taken, according to Berlin. A battle also is- in progress along the Dvina River, near Lenne waden, 30 miles southeast of Riga. Continued progress against the Rus sians who evacuated Vilna is recorded in the German official report, but a Petrograd dispatch says the Russian military authorities regard the with drawal of this large body of men as virtually complete, and asserts that the Germans lost 200,000 men in their op erations around Vilna. A Swiss report says the royal palace at Stuttgart was badly damaged by the raid of the allied aviators Wednesday and that several members of the royal family were in the palace at the time. After the raid, it is added, some of the airmen flew to Nledriechafen, where the Zeppelin factory was bombarded. On the western line' in tense artillery operation and bonibthrowing continued unabated. Allies' aircraft have been busy bombarding German positions. The Italian official communication records the repulse of Austrian attacks at various points and declares that in the region of the Danoa and Giudi caria valleys the Italians by a sur prise attack succeeded in demolishing part of the Austrian trenches. Vienna admits the evacuation of Monte Coston, which was attacked by an Italian force "ten times stronger" than the Austrian defenders. American vessels carrying condi tional contraband of war hereafter un der no circumstances will be sunk by Germans, nor will American merchant mencarrying absolute contraband of war be sent to the bottom except in cases of extreme necessity. These promises are made to the United States in a new note from Germany concern ing the sinking of the ship William P. Frye. Germany in the note accepts tlie pro posals of the United States that a com mission of experts fix an indemnity for the loss of the Frye and to submit to The Hague the question of the meaning of the treaty of 1S2S between the United States and Prussia with regard to such cases as the Frye. September 24, 1014. Passage of war tax bill by House assured. Fierce battle reported raging rear Breslau. British and France do not recognize transfers of ships unlejd good faith is proved, American Red Cross surgeons and nurses reach England. Russian advance reported before CracowL Marconi wireless station at Siascon sett to be closed by order of Washing ton officials, despite injunction suit. ESTATE OF $368,643 LEFT Margaret Morris Asks to Handle Property of Lotto J. A. Ebbert. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 23 (Special.) James A. Ebbert. who died at Spring field September 2, 1915, left an estate of $368,643. distributed among 69 heirs residing in various parts of the United States as revealed by the filing of an application in the Probate Court yes terday by Margaret Morris, of Spring field, asking that she be appointed as administratrix. The petition says "the probable value of the estate of the deceased in the State of Oregon is $31,950. The prob able value of the estate of said de ceased in the State of Washington is $336,693." The Washington property is said to Include a large amount of wheat land in the Eastern part of that state. MALADY LOSING .TERRORS Science Promises to Take Tubercu losis From List oX Fatal Diseases. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23. Or. Jef ferson D. Gibson, of Denver, president of the American Association of Clini cal Research, declared in an address at the Hahnemann Medical College heie today that within 10 years medical sci ence probably will have succeeded in all but eliminating death from tubercu losis from vital statistics. Dr. Gibson said that recent discover ies, by which the presence of tubercu lar tendencies can be detected even before the germs appear In the sputum, together with a later and higher de velopment of the X-ray, will In a short time remove tuberculosis from the list of necessarily fatal diseases. DOLLAR-DAY STORES SWAMPED BY RUSH Crowds Appear Before Doors Are Opened. $500,000 IS SALES ESTIMATE Special Bargains Cleaned Up, Regular Goods Bought. Too. MERCHANTS ARE GRATIFIED Out-of-Towii and Xcw Patrons At tracted and Effect Inspected to Last Iong -Kepetition of Trade Carnival Favored. Nimbler than all other dollars, the iron men spent yesterday rolled farther and brought Dack greater values than those expended on any other day. -They rolled into the tills of local merchants from every corner of the city, as well as from every portion of surrounding counties, whose people were attracted to Portland's big shop ping carnival, and when the dollars stopped rolling and the strong boxes were locked last night, these active coins had established a new trade event that Is destined to become a per manent fixture among the list of holi days and festivals that Portland cele brates. Repetition 1m Forecast. Dollar day has come to stay. This was the consensus of opinion among retailers. Chamber of Commerce offi cials who planned and carried out the business-getting coup, and the mem bers of the business men's committee who were responsible for the arrange ments and the entire success the day proved. For instance: One firm advertised 500 aluminum combination cooking sets at $1. The last one of the 500 was sold at 11:3 A. M. These regularly sold at $2. First Allotments Uo Quirk. Another firm put on several thou sand pairs of gloves. They were -disposed of and a new allotment rushed into the store late in the afternoon had to be parceled out. These gloves regu larly sold at $1.50 and $2. An out-of-town buyer hurried to one Sixth-street millinery store to buy a quantity of hats at the dollar day price. To his regret he was about two hours late as this particular display of ad vertised huts had been disposed of at 10 o'clock in the morning. He took an order of different, but reduced head gear. One sture exhausted an assortment of $2 and $3 silk petticoats whin were sold at $1 each. A moving-picture theater which of fered It 10-cent tickets for a dollar arranged to sell 500. Before 6 o'clock laet nignt all but 100 were gone and many of the night crowd were "too late." Clothing Stores Sinmptil, Several men's clothing stores er "swamped." men's shirts and hosiery sales taxing the capacity of the store and the clerks during the rush hour. General estimates are that no less than 10.000 pairs of hose went. Neckties veritably went "like hot cakes." No less than $500,000 was distrib uted yesterday, it was estimated last night, although an accurate count is. as yet, of course. Impossible. The ad dition of this half million to the cir culation coursing through the business community will prove a trade stimu lant, it Is said, the effects of which will bo permanent, resulting In an In creased civic prosperity and a pro nounced general optimism. Retail District t'ronded. Portland's retail district was the mecca yesterday of crowds that cama early and stayed late. The suburban cars brought in their quotas of shop pers that resembled circus crowds. From out of town the electric inter urban trains and the steam lines car ried thousands more. The downtow n streets all day long were filled with people and the city yesterday, in this lespect, looked like nothing so much as another Rose Festival. Merchants said the throngs that filled their stores yesterday reminded them more than anything else of Christmas shoppers. The spirit was the best and everyone wanted to buy and was good natured and happy about it. They were typical holiday crowds. Crowds Walt ior Stores to Open. As a rule the buying started early. Some stores reported that people were standing In wait when the doors were thrown open for the day's business. This was particularly true where some striking bargains had been offered, where it was feared by the customer that the supply might be exhausted early. Crowds wedged themselves Into some shops until they gave the places the appearance of the day before Christ mas. Other places did a steady busi ness throughout the day without con gestion and all firms that participated in the Dollar-day shopping event ex perienced great increases in their business and In most cases the volume of trade was a big surprise to pro prietors. Bayers Not Disappointed. Retailers generally credited their ad vertising with bringing about the astonishing results. They said the-bar-gain festival had been exploited prop iConcluded on Pass l. Column !.)