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Newspaper Page TextVOL.. YTA NO. 17,404. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIRST BATTALION ON ITS WAY HOME RAILWAYS BELIEVE STRIKE PERIL PAST SCHOONER BAND0N DRIFTS ON BEACH E GIRL, 14, WEDDED IN LAUNCH AT SEA GRANTED GAR LINE HUI BELL IS PASSED BY HOUSE BR1DG CONNECTION MURIEL IS CROWNED QUEEN OF REGATTA Guns and Whistles Join REMAINDER OF OREGON REGI MENT TO START SOON. VESSELS CONSIDERED IX DAG PART OWNER OF CRAFT MAR RIED BY CAPTAIN. GER FROM SITDDEX STORM. Measure to Avert Strike Is Sent to Senate. VOTE IS SET FOR 6 O'CLOCK Senators Agree on Programme for Limiting Debate and Insuring Action. PASSAGE SEEMS CERTAIN Measure Is One That Brother hoods Say Constitutes Sat isfactory Settlement. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Preven tion of the threatened railroad strike through an act of Congress seemed assured tonight after the House, by an overwhelming vote, had passed the Adamson eight-hour day law and the Senate had agreed to take a final vote on the measure not later than 6 P. M. tomorrow. Although it is possible that the Sen ate amendments may make confer ences necessary, it is generally be lieved on both sides of the Capitol that when the test comes the House bill as it stands will be accepted and rushed to Shadow Lawn for President Wilson's signature, and, while no for mal announcements were forthcoming from the employes' brotherhood heads tonight, it was said that this will re sult in the immediate dispatch of code messages calling off the general strike order for Monday morning. Measure Satisfactory to Unions. The Adamson bill as passed by the House by a vote of 239 to 56, with minor amendments, is the same meas ure which the brotherhood leaders of ficially' declared yesterday would con stitute a '.'satisfactory settlement" and prevent the strike. The amend ments, added to conform to a draft framed by the Senate interstate com merce committee, would fix the ef fective date January 1 instead of December 1, 1916, and exempt rail roads less than 100 miles long and electric street and interurban lines, Briefly, it provides: That eight hours shall be deemed a day's work and the standard for reckoning compensation of railroad employes operating trains in inter state commerce after January 1, 1917, and, Effect to Be Investigated. That a commission of three ap pointed by the President shall inves tigate the effects of the eight-hour standard from six to nine months and then report to Congress, present wages not to be reduced during the investigation or for 30 days there after, and overtime to be paid at a pro rata rate. It was after a day of hot debate that the House passed the bill, under a spe cial rule brought in when Republican Leader Mann objected to its consid eration. Less than half of the Repub licans followed their floor leader in the opposition, and when the final vote came 70 of them lined up with the majority, while only 54 voted against the measure. Just two Dem ocrats, Representatives Steele of Pennsylvania and Black of Texas stood out against the bill, and Rep resentative London, of New York, the only Socialist, voted for it. - Senate Discusses Own Bill. Red tape was eliminated so far as possible to pass the measure over to the Senate, which, after several hours of lively discussion .. over .a bill re ported by the interstate commerce committee, . had recessed until o'clock. When the Senate reconvened the House legislation was there await ing action. The Senate committee bill, drafted during a late session last night, and another this morning, was the Adam son measure with the same amend ments adopted today by the House and an added section empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix the wages of interstate railroad employes at the end of the proposed period of investigation and there after. .At the outset of the night session Senator Newlands sought and obtained unanimous consent to put aside the iCoacludod on 13, Column $.). Arrangements . for Transportation Are Completed; San Diego Sorry to See Soldiers Leave. . SAN DIEGO. Sept. 1. (Special.) Bronzed and hardened from their three months or" patrol duty along- the Mexi can border, the Third Regiment of Ore gon Infantry started entraining- early tonight for Camp Clackamas. San Diegoans express regret over the leav ing of the Third Regiment, which has made a fine impression here. The First Battalion left the Oregon camp at Imperial Beach at noon, reach ing San Diego over the tracks of the San Diego & Arizona Railway. The battalion left for Portland tonight over the Santa Fe. The train, will be turned over to the Southern Pacific to night at Los Angeles. The train con sisted of eight chair cars, two baggage cars, four box cars and two flat cars. Arrangements for- transportation for the Second and Third battalions were completed tonight by the quartermaster at Fort Kosencrans. The Second Bat talion i3 expected to leave tomorrow noon and the Third late tomorrow night or early Sunday. The mule pack train and horses will be shipped north Mon day. ' SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 1. The First Battalion of the Second Infantry, Na tional Guard of the United States, for merly a Washington militia unit, left Calexico en route to the rendezvous at American Lake at 4:30 o'clock today, according to a report received here to day, from Captain Roy B. McClinton, Company A. They are expected to ar rive Sunday night or Monday morning. It is probable that the Second Bat talion will follow Saturday. ARMY IS LAYING IN FOOD Supplies for 7 0 Days Now Collected at Points on Border. EL PASO, Tex.. Sept. 1. One million Ave hundred thousand pounds of flour and a supply of hams and bacon, suf ficient to- last -the troops now on sta tion in this district four months, were bought from local dealers today by Mi- or William Elliott, district depot quar termaster. Major Elliott said that enough food is concentrated In El Paso, Douglas, Columbus and Nogales to ration the troops at those points for about 70 days. JAPAN MAY LEND TO CHINA Pekin Government Responds In- willingly to Overtures. PEKIN, Sept. 1. Being unable to obtain funds in the United States, Chi nese officials are unwillingly respond ing to overtures from Japan to lend 130,000,000 or a larger amount. The money is needed immediately, as China's financial situation is desperate. Indi cations are that Japan's assistance will be accepted within a fortnight. Great Britain, France and Russia will participate in the Japanese loan. The salt monopoly surplus probably will be the security. GERMANS RETIRE IN AFRICA British Occupy Mrosroro, Seat of Provisional Government. LONDON. Sept. 1 General Smuts, commander-in-chief of the British forces in German East Africa, reports under date of August 30 that the Ger man forces, in that colony are in full retreat. He announced the occupation of Mrogoro, the seat of the German provisional government, and said he believed the German military head quarters and provisional government had retired into the mountains. SLIDE CLOSES CANAL AGAIN Shipping Is Expected to Be Held Vp About Two Days. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 The slide in the Panama Canal yesterday was purely local movement and in no 'way connected with the slides which closed the waterway last year. War Department reports today from Governor Goethals said the movement occurred along the Cucaracha channel which was congested slightly for 200 feet and impedes traffic so ships will be' held up about two days. AMERICAN STEAMER SOLD George W. Fenwick Is Taken Over ' by Norwegian Firm. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 1. The sale of the steel steamer George W. Fen wick, engaged for several years in the coastwise lumber trade, to a Norwegian shipping firm, is announced today by the Hammond Lumber Company. ' The price named ; is $530,000. The vessel is registered at 2000 tons and is at present in the Orient under char ter to the Robert Dollar Company. MUSIC PRECEDES HANGING California Murderer Enjoys Phono graph as Death Nears. SACRAMENTO. Sept. 1. ' Kosta Kromphold was hanged today at Folsom prison for the murder of John Sper beck, an officer of the Marysville police force, last September. He had a phonograph played in hi. cell last night. One of the selections he called for was "If I Had a Thousand Lives to Live."- " Embargoes Are Modi tied or Rescinded. PRECAUTIONS STILL TAKEN Men Deny Defections From Rankfc Asserted by Managers. SOME PROMISE TO REMAIN Thousand Conductors of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Telegraph. Garretson They Will ifot Walk Out If Ordered. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Convinced that Congress will force them to surrender, presidents of important Western - rail ways tonight ordered rescinding or modifications of the freight embargo es tablished in preparation for a general railway strike. At the same time the railroad executives announced defec tions from the ranks of the railway brotherhoods and declared they had enough men to operate trains, strike or no strike. This was denied by brotherhood officials. Hale Holden, president of the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy, spokesman for the railroads in the conference with President Wilson, said the railroads are convinced Congress will force through the eight-hour day law before the date set for the strike, but they are taking no chances. Embargo Revoked; Precautions Taken. "It seems .tonight that Congress will make us surrender," Mr. Holden said explaining an order by his freight de partment revoking the embargo. "The Burlington and other roads have felt today there is little chance tqr a strike now. , We are revoking our embargo so as not to inconvenience the shippers at all. But we are going ahead with our plans to operate trains in event of a strike. The strike order must be actually revoked before we let up In our precautions. We have men enough to run our trains." While railroad executives were claim- ng defection of thousands of brother hood members, officials of the unions. through Timothy Shea, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and En- ginemen, said the railways habitually circulate such stories and they have no fears their men will not obey the strike call. Suits for Injunctions Filed, Suits for injunctions against calling strikes were filed by Individual brother hood members in various parts of the country. Including a number of Sante Fe trainmen employed in Texas. Chairman Higgins, of the General Managers' Association of Chicago, is- (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHILDREN WHO WILL NOT ATTEND THE PARTY ON SHADOW LAWN TODAY. Of? ' JSS HOS Carrier JIas Second Disaster in Six Tears Tug Stands By to Float Ship at Next High. Tide. BANDON. Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) The steam schooner Bandon, from San Francisco for this port, broke her moorings at Port Orford, where she had stopped to work cargo, late today and drifted on the beach, the fouling of a line in her wheel having rendered her non-navigable. She was reported tonight to be resting easily and it was expected an effort would be made on tomorrow morning's tide to float her, the tug Klihlam having gone from here for the purpose. The Bandon carried no passengers and the only " cargo on board was 25 tons of hay. The chief element of danger In the situation arises from the fact that Port Orford Is an open port, and in case of sudden storm it was con sidered likely the vessel might be wrecked. ..A rising wind was reported tonight. The B'.-ndon Is a wooden vessel of 350 tons net register. She is owned by Mhe Oregon Transportation Com pany, of San Francisco, and is the second vessel of that fleet to meet disaster this year, the other having been the steamer Fifield. which was wrcked off this port February 29 last. Six years ago today the Bandon was wrecked on the jetty here, but. was later salvaged and repaired. Loss of the Bandon at this time would be a serious blow to local shippers, as the fleet coming here is already inadequate. FEDERAL PROBE ORDERED Grand Jury to Investigate Affairs of Edward V. Morrison. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Federal Investi gation by a special grand Jury into the intricate financial affairs of Eld ward T. Morrison, whose creditors have filed a petition in bankruptcy, was or dered by Judge Landls, of the United States District Court, today. Morrison, it is charged, Has been fleeced out of a large part of his for tune, which is estimated to have been from $3,000,000 to s,vuu,000. SUBMARINE L-6 IS FLOATED Vessel Believed Undamaged by Go ' Ing Aground. - LONG BEACH, Cal.. Sept 1. The United States submarine L-6, launched here yesterday, was towed from & mud bank In the harbor at high tide today, nearly 24 hours after the vessel struck bottom & few moments after taking the water. Officials of the California Shipbuilding Company said the subma rine apparently was undamaged. The submarine will later be placed in drydock for final inspection. Moving Van Drivers on Strike. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1. Five hundred van drivers, chauffeurs and helpers struck .here today, for - recognition- of the union, a wage Increase and a 10- hour day. No attempt was made to move wagons. Old Trestle Approach to Continue in Use. TERMS TO BE DECIDED UPON Question of Requiring Jitney Franchise Will Come Up. COLUMBIA SPAN NEAR DONE Agreement on Fares to Be Subject to Approval in Oregon and Wash ington, and Also by Sec retary of War. The Portland Railway, Light Sc. Power Company will be permitted to put In a connection with the Interstate .bridge from the end of its present Vancouver line, utilizing its old right of way and trestle up to the bridge, according to action taken at the meeting of the Interstate Bridge Commission at the Courthouse yesterday afternoon. The Commission met with represen tatives of the railway company and various details of the proposed common-user franchise to be granted the company were discussed. Under the law the franchise must contain a common-user clause. Plans Call for Double Track. The proposed franchise, as submitted by a committee composed of District Attorney Evans, E. E. Howard, con sulting engineer, and District Attorney Blair, of Vancouver, provided for the construction of new double tracks down the embankment approach to the bridge. being a distance of approximately two miles. F. I. Fuller, vice-president of the company, objected to this, explaining that It would mean an outlay on the part of the company of approximately 100.000. He asked, however, that Ma company be given an option whereby they might have the right to change their track to the embankment within a certain period of, say, five, years. Trial Period Sought "We want the franchise," ' he said. "but we want to make connections across the bridge with the least possl ole outlay. We have lost $500,000 dur ing the last few months because an other form of transportation has come in which is unregulated. The situation is a serious one with us, and the future of the street railway is uncertain." In asking for a five-year option. Mr. Fuller explained that within that period his company would know whether the street railway .is to be supplanted by some other form of transportation, and would consequently know whether to invest further money in the enterprise. (Concluded on Page IS, Column 2.) Bridegroom In Romance at Florence Is 3 2 Bride Too Young to Secure License Ashore. FLORENCE. Or., Sept 1. (Special.) Cupid may find & way when the course of true love falls to run smoothly. He did so In the case of Andrew Jackson, of Mapleton. S2, and 14-year-old Lottie Sherman. When they were unaTIe to marry be cause the bride-to-be was under legal age to procure a marriage license, they boarded the launch Restless, of which Mr. Jackson Is one of the owners, tak ing with them a company of relatives and close friends. Then they moved down the river and out safely beyond the three-mile limit on the high seas. The words which united the coupla were spoken by Captain Ira Harrtng ton. The party then returned to Flor ence. This is the second wedding of local persons on the high seas within the past two years. The first was when Captain Harry Reed united E. E. Hazen and Mrs. Alice M. Scott on board the launch Lena, a small boat used only on the river. The Restless was built for use In freighting and halibut fishing, and has made trips to Coos Bay. the Columbia River and other ports in charge of its owners, the Jackson brothers. UNNAMED BOY, 3, DROWNS Child Held Under Water In Flume by Nails Catching Clothes. HOOD RIVER, Or, Sept. 1. (Spe cial.) The 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Warner was drowned this afternoon in an open Irrigation flume in front of the Warner home. In the Barrett district. No one saw the child fall in the flume. When found, the lifeless body was held to the bot tom of the structure by protruding nails: The water in the flume though not very deep, flows swiftly, and it Is thought that the force of the stream caused the child's clothing to become so entangled In the nails that he was unable to extricate himself. Despite his three years of age, the little boy's parents had never named him. BRYAN TO MISS CEREMONY Engagements Will Prevent Presence at Mr. Wilson's Notification. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. William Jen nings Bryan will not attend the cere monies at Long Branch, N. J., at which President Wilson will be notified of his renomination tomorrow, it was an nounced at the National Democratic headquarters today. , Mr. Bryan sent a letter to ance C. McCormick, National chairman, saying that ens-airements previously made would prevent his being present. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. It degrees; minimum. 80 decrees. TODAY'S Probably fair and cooler: wester ly winds. Railroad Strike. Railroads think strike dancer la past. Plus i. mv action by Congress without Inves tigation protested by Portland business man. Page S. Adamson bill pause House. Paso 1 Portland may routa freight over Canadian lines. Pace 3. War. vine- fonstantlne of Greece said to have abdicated. Pago 4. r.rmV trooDS In Macedonia rebel. Pace 4. Mexico. Villa and 500 men headed toward border. Pace IX Politic. Mr. Hurhes criticises armed intervention in Haiti and San Domtrgo. Pace 2. Hiram Johnson invited to make speeches In Oregon for Republicans. Pago 5. Nat tonal. President Wilson at Summer home, await ing notification. Page 6. Domestic. First attllon now on way homo: remainder of regiment to follow at once. Page 1. Mayor Sebastian, of Los Angeles, resigns under 'ire Page 2. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 6. Los Angelas O; San Francisco ft. Salt Lake 4; Vernon 4. Oakland 2. Page 14. Napoleon Direct paces mile in 2:JO. Page 3 3. Maurice McLaughlin Is defeated by George M. Church la National tennla play. Page 13. "Billy" Spaas receives five days" notice of release from Portland club. Page 12. Brooklyn is shut out twice by Phillies. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Muriel Is crowned queen of regatta. Pace 1. Camp W.lhycombe Is pre-pared to receive Oregon troops. Pago 7. Forger, wanted in Portland, killed by Cen tralis police chief. Page 7. Girl. 14, weds man. 82, on launch at sea. Page 1. Echooner Bandon drifts onto beach. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Wheat and flour trading for Eastern ac count at standstill. Page 19. Chloago wheat traders sell, fearing hitch m Congress. Page lis, Stocka close lower after Irregular fluctua tions, paga 19. Japanese line makes contracts for 1917 da livery of sulphur. Page 13. Portland, mod Vicinity. Streetcars to connect with interstate bridge by old trsstla approach, page 1. County employes to get pay today. Page 18. Plea la znado for reforms in school curri culum. Page S? Northwest to unite In advertising scenery. Page 10. Judge McGinn finds alleged bootlegger not guilty. Pape 18. Alleged forger held here wanted la Colorado. Page 11. Principal of Girls' Polytechnic School to fight for her place. Page tt. Frank J. McGottlcan appointed manager of Orpheum. Page 9. I.lquor case appeal breaks record in rush to .fudge McOlnn's court. Page 20. Wfathw leport. data und forecast. Page 19. hertdn iumlr mill closes today because oI"car' curi- is, in Noisy Welcome. FLOWERS STREW 'ROYAL PATH AH but One Cruiser Is Disqual ified in First Race. PORTLAND BOY IS WINNER Brilliant Reception and Ball for Queen and Admiral Close First Day "Water Sports Fill la Time Between Races. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 1. (Special.) . The 21st annual Astoria regatta came into being: this morning, and while the. lowering; skies and a heavy showlr of rain curtailed the attendance at tho opening events, they did not slacken the enthusiasm of the happy spectators. Shortly before 8 o'clock amid the booming: of cannon and the shrieking; of whistles. Queen Muriel and her court and Admiral Cronan and his staff ar rived on the royal barge T. J. Potter. They were greeted by Chairman Harley. Mayor Johnson and the members of the reception committee and received a hearty welcome. Klovrers Strewn In Queen's Path. On the arrival of Queen Mu riel a beautiful bouquet of asters, the oftlcial regatta flower, was pre sented by Miss Emma "Vooten. of this city, a prominent University of Oregon girl. As the party stepped ashore, four little girls strewed flowers in Queen Muriel's (Miss Saling) path. They wen Misses Eleanor Eakln. Bernlce Davlea. Lorls Gratka and Eva Clare Love. On the arrival at the grandstand King Neptune (Don Simmons) crowned Miss Saling queen of the harvest and of the sea. Mayor Fred- J. Johnson," in a few words inviting Queen Muriel to ac cept the ruiershlp of the city, pre sented to her the golden key to the city of Astoria, and Governor Withy combe greeted the happy rulers of the Astoria regatta. Maid of Honor Attend. Queen Muriel's maids of honor in her reign at thj city by the sea are Miss Lillian Hendrickson. of Portland; Mrs. Maud C. Oilman, of Portland; Miss Edyle Fraascb, Eugene; Miss Louisa Taylor, Portland; Miss Mildred Pegs, Vancouver; Miss Margaret Norberg, As toria; Miss Jessie Reith, Astoria Guests of honor are Admiral Frin- cess, of the regatta; Mrs. John E. Cronan. of Portland; the Princess of Portland. Miss Sue Schacht; "King Joy," Til Taylor, of Pendleton; Mrs. F. Ritzinger, of Portland, and Mrs. Saling. mother of Queen Muriel, of Pendleton. The water conditions were ideal this morning for the boat races, and soma Interesting and close contests resulted. A decided improvement was made this year in reducing the length of the course from five to three miles, and thus the contesting craft were In plain, sight of the flagship and the grand stand from the start to the finish. Coarse "Well Patroled. This fact added materially to the Interest in the contests, especially from the spectators' point of view. Captain Dodge, of the cotter Unalga, detailed several officers to patrol the course, and the result was that none of the racers were hampered. The first race of the morning was the cruiser handicap contest, in which, there were six entries. They were tho Peggy II. Rowmar, Sea Wolf. Martens, Service and Wanderlust and they got away in the order named, their handi cap being imposed at the start. Under the rules no boat was allowed to roaka the course of three miles in less than 24 minutes and 53 seconds, and this proved the undoing of all except tho Rowmar. which was the last craft in but won first prize. All Want to Race Again. All of the others were disqualified. At the request of all the contestants this race will be run again tomorrow. The second race scheduled was tho first heat in the free-for-all speedboat contest. It was seven times around the course, or 21 miles, for a prize of $10 a point, the winner getting five points, second three points and the third receiving two. The winner of tho greatest number of points in the three, heats will be the Pacific Coast cham pion for this year. The only entries were Volger III, run by Orthe .and Frank Mathlot, and Vogler II run by Gus Gade. The latter had engine trouble and did not get away until after her contestant had made the first lap. but she made an excellent showing during the remainder of the race, running the six laps neclc and neck with the larger craft,, but. of course, was able only to get second place. Water Sports Fill In Races. The last water contest of the morn ing was the race between four-horsepower Columbia River fishboats. twice around the course, or six miles. Tho prizes were: First, 24 pounds of twine; second, $25; third, 115; fourth. $10. There were seven entries, but two of them missed buoys and soon dropped out. The contest was hotly fought and was won by No. 01144. with No. OTIS tCoucludi ua-Page Column 2.)