THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919.
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CHANNEL AT RIVER'S
Mil T
be we
Increase Will Be From 600
Feet at Present to 700.
DREDGING ALSO ARRANGED
Standard Depth of 30 Feet At Zero
to Be Established Navigation
Endangered by Freshets.
An xtensive programme of dredg
ing, involving an increase in the width
ef the channel at the mouth of the Wil
lamette from 600 to TOO feet and clear
ing the bottom about the oil docks to
the standard depth of 30 feet at zero,
was adopted by the Port of Portland
commission yesterday at its first meet
ing in its new- offices In the Spaulding
building.
It is estimated that the dredging at
the mouth of the Willamette will
require about four months. It will
be performed principally by the dredge
Tualatin. It was pointed out at the
meeting that because of the action of
the strong current in the Columbia at
freshet time, vessels entering that river
from the Willamette are forced over
toward the west shore where there is
come danger of grounding. Incoming
and outgoing vessels, moreover, are in
danger of meeting, it was said, by both
holding to the deeper water near the
east bank. By widening the channel at
this point, both these dangers can be
eliminated.
I'amy Arreaa to Dorka Sought.
The work around the oil docks will
be undertaken to provide vssels with
easier access to these docks. At pres
ent, it is necessary for boats to ap
proach the pier on a slant and then
straighten out to make a landing. By
providing deep wwr both above and
below the oil docks, the maneuvering
of vessels will be made much easier.
The work involves the removal of
about 267.000 cubic yards of river bot
tom. It is planned to have it com
peted by November 1.
A resolution adopted by the commis
sion provides that the scale recently
established as the wage for masters
and mates on the Pacific will apply to
the Port of Portland sea-going tug
Wa I 111 la. Pay under the new coastwise
NEWS NOTES FROM THE CAPITOL
Drake C. OReilley. it was decided to
addness a formal letter from the port
commission to the bar pilots requirin
them to keep a sufficient number of
pilots on duty at the mouth of th
Columbia to maintain service.
Several complaints have been receive
by the commission that vessels were
delayed by the lack of a pilot and i
some cases ships have put to sea with
out a pilot because none was available
A bill for election expenses presented
to tlw port commission by the county
cierk fur expenses in the recent bond
election was refused by the commts
sion on the ground that the port is no
liable for a third of the total expenses
of the election, but only for the extra
expense of placing the port bond mat
ter before the people.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 11. (Special)
They say down at Roseburg that
Edwin Weaver knows more about
prunes tkan any other man In Oregon.
At any rate, Ed owns about 150 acres
of this choice product, for which he
has always received top-notch prices.
Mr. Weaver also dabbles in politics a
little, and in an election held not ver
long ago. was elected countv commis
sioner of Douglas. Tuesday Mr. Weaver
was In Portland attending a meetln
of the state highway commission an
on the way home stopped over In
Salem to say '116110" to Governor Olcott
ana other state officials. Betwee
building good roads and harvesting hi
prune crop, Mr. Weaver admits he is
a busy man.
Frank Lee Campbell of Philadelphia
peddles Bibles, and though it may
sound peculiar, he stopped over in
Salem yesterday to Interview state of
ficials. The firm for which Mr. Camp
bell works maintains several offices in
the United States. " together with
branches in Paris and London. The
war, he says, has proved a great stim
ulant to the tfiDle vendor, and thou
sands of volumes have been sold In
towns where, prior to the conflict, the
sas amounted to only a few hundred
a year.
airs. M. E. Sims Is proud she lives In
Portland and wasn't afraid to tell the
governor so. She makes her home In
the McKlnley apartments and came to
Salem yesterday to confer with the ex
ecutive regarding official matters of
importance.
All that D. F. Banks of Boise has to
do Is to examine all the offices, state,
county and municipal. In the state of
Idaho. He is officially known as state
examiner and his work Is varied and
comprehensive. He arrived In Salem
yesterday and passed several hours
with Assistant Secretary of State Sam
Koxer learning the ins and outs of the
Oregon budget system. On his way
home he will pass a couple of days In
Portland studying the municipal gov
ernment there.
T. J. Stewart of Roseburg. who looks
so much like Woodrow Wilson that he
dislikes to travel for fear of embar
rassment, came to Salem yesterday, re
ceived a government truck through the
courtesy of the state highway commis
sion and departed for his home last
niRht In private life Mr. Stewart is a
capitalist, but he only recently resigned
his position as mayor of Roseburg to
accept the more promising Job of
county judge. He was appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of R. W. Marsters. who is now a vendor
of culverts and the like for a Portland
wholesale house.
WrXDJAMEKS TO LOAD LUIBER
Dredjlnjr of Outer Bar Expected to
Bring Shipping to Grays Harbor,
ABERDEEN", Wash.. Sept. 11. (Spe
eiaL) Three windjammers will load
lumber for offshore ports during the
present month. The Norwegian schoon
er Washington is expected from British
Columbia about September 15 to load
1.250.000 feet for the United Kingdom,
The other two windjammers which will
load here are the barkentine Retriever,
which has just completed repairs here
cud the Fred J. Wood, now in San
Francisco. The Retriever is waiting
lor a charter.
una steamer Alpine will, which ar
rived yesterday for a cargo for the east
coast, will be the 13th emergency fleet
corporation steamer to clear the harbor
with. United Kingdom or east coast car
goes.
Two other emergency fleet steamers
are booked to load here. Dredging of
ir.e outer bar. now In progress, is ex
pected to brin- others as the depth of
the bar has brought threats from the
hipping board not to send other of its
ships here. Of th el9 already loaded
r.ine were for the Christensen, Hanify
Weatherwax company, eight for the
McCormick company and two for the
Ocean Lumber company. The two still
to come are for the McCormick com
pany.
ELEVATOR IS SE.VKLV FIXISHED
Bis Storehouse at St. Johns to Be
Ready for Operation Soon.
The million-bushel grain elevator at
the St. Johns municipal terminal will
be ready for operation in two months,
according to reports made to the dock
commission yesterday by G. B. He
gardt. chief engineer. Storage bins.
Mr. Hegardt said, are ready for use.
the operating house is rapidly nearing
completion ana machinery for handling
grain is being installed as fast as prog
ress in construction work permits.
The commission rejected the claim of
Mrs. Frank Starr, whose husband was
killed in an accident at the terminal,
for 112.000 on the recommendation of
City Attorney LaRoche. Employes of
the dock commission are protected by
Insurance with a casualty company.
TONNAGE COMMITTEE NAMED
Centralis to Co-operate With Back
ers of Large Pacific Fleet.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 11. (Spe
cial.) Following a recent address be
fore the chamber of commerce by Vic
tor Beckman. a prominent Seattle lum
berman. In which he explained his plan
for the construction of a huge Pacific
merchant fleet. R. J. Fletcher, presi
dent of the chamber, today announced
the appointment of John D. Wonderly,
E. H. Colson and John Raught as a
committee to ascertain the amount of
tonnage available from local industries
for the fleet.
This committee will report at a con
ference to be held in Seattle, probably
in October, attended by similar com
mittees from other commercial organi
zations of the northwest, at which a
plan for construction of the fleet will
be worked out.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
Captain M. F. Tarpey relieved Captain
Coualns f th. Prrstaent today. Captain
Couains Is incapacitated at prMcnt with an
attack of gastritis. Captain Tarpey during
the war hid command of the turblner Har
vrd on the eaal coaat. The President m
being msh.d out todav so ahe could shift
doirn sound and meet the Pacific iiet when
Inev passed Into the straita.
The schooner Spokane was expected here
from South ca island copra station to dis
charge. Th. Spokane may load lumber here.
At the plant of th. Tacoma Ehtpbulldtng
company, th. power tender Ambaasador waa
launched. The vessel waa aponaored bjr Mrs.
Vk. R. Kuat. The Ambassador la a wooden
steamer 11 2 feet In lencth and wilt be pow
ered with seml-dleael engines. The ves
sel will b uaed by the Chichagoff Mining
company In Alaska.
A proposal to give the Chicago, aUl-
"I knew I was right when I ure-
pared and submitted to the last legis
lature a bill providing against operat
ing neavy trucks on certain highways
during the winter months of the year,"
saia jonn F. Theo B. Brentano of St.
Paul. Or., who visited the capitol yes-.
teraay. "jaut those legislators wouldn't
listen to me and the bill never saw
the light of day. Now. the river pass
ing through our town has almost dried
up, th5 detour roads are impassable
the car shortage has hit us square be
tween the eyes, and we are In hard
luck so far as transportation facilities
are concerned." Mr. Brentano is a
frequent visitor at the capitol, and as
orten Is given an audieno by the ov
ernor and other officials. Buying morV
gages is one of his chief occupations.
Joe Richardson, who assists Stato
Treasurer H o f f in conserving the
state's funds, slipped quietly away last
night and started for Gold Beach.
Curry county, where he has been called
as a witness in the case of George
Chenoweth. accused of murder. The
summons said Joe was to testify as to
the soundness of the defendant's mind.
Mr. Richardson was a member of the
lasr tension of the state lesinlj-ture.
and his friends say he should be qual
ified to testify In the role of an in
sanity expert.
Oregon and is known as one of Ore
gon's most vigorous prosecutors. He
specializes, he says, in bootleggers and
manufacturers of liquor. Mr. Neuner
was a visitor at the capital yesterday.
I. H. Van Winkle, who spends much
of his time giving out opinions, legal
and otherwise, has been passing the
past two weeks at the coast enjoying
his annual vacation. He is expected
home next week and will resume his
duties as assistant attorney-general.
Fred Buchtel says Medford certainly
produces some live wires. Mr. Buchtel
is a member of the public service com
mission and returned from the south
ern Oregon city toay. While at Med
ford he held a hearing of the appli
cation filed by the Home Telephone
company there for an increase in rates.
Dr. R. Lee Stelner. who herds about
200 state charges within an enclosure
about a half mile east of the capitol,
has returned from the coast where he
passed a few days. During his ab
sence Deputy Warden Talley had the
pleasure of entertaining the mischiev
ous guests.
That the best regulated newspapers
will sometimes make mistakes is at
tested In two items appearing recently
in the Portland press. In one item it
was said that Mrs. bteiner s present
husband was an ex-soldier, while in
the other it was stated that Mr. Steiner,
the warden, had escaped from the peni
tentiary with another convict. In the
former Item Mrs. Steiner's name was
supplemented for that of another wom
an who recently obtained a divorce
from her convict husband and had remarried.
BANKER-AVIATOR OF
L1T1 LOSES LIFE
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pay $6.50 and $6.25 a week to their
waiters. When we know that the
dimes and quarters we accept for our
services are going to buy clothing for
our families we can't afford to feel hu
milated. Besides, the octopus, prohi
bition, has struck in still another quar
ter. It has bred caution in diners and
the customer notices whether it is a
half dollar or a dollar he leaves on the
tray.. Mostly he leaves the half dollr."
Lieut. Edward E. Wilson Killed!
at Carruthers Field.
FAREWELL FLIGHT FATAL
Young ex-Service Man Said to Have
Been About to Return to West
to Resume Business.
George N'euner used to mush the
trails in Alaska. He then returned to
Oregon, studied law and was admitted
to the bar. Not satisfied with this ad
vancement, he ran for the legislature
and was elected to the house from
Douglas county. He then aspired to the
senate and was successful. George now
is district attorney down In southern
The state insurance commissioner is
getting all dolled up and will leave
early next week for Portland where
he will be one of the active partici
pants In the annual convention of Pa
cific coast fire chiefs. Mr. Barber says
he hasn't had much experience in fight-
ng fires, but does have some knowl
edge of the prevention methods now
employed in most of the larger cities of
the United States. -
In the language of the street. Gov
ernor Olcott has a white elephant. On
his recent visit to Astoria, Secretary
Daniels, of the navy department, saw
fit to give the executive the battleship
Oregon, together with information that
it ought not to cost more than soO.000
year to maintain the grand old ves
sel. The governor hadn't thought of
the expense attached to the gift, and
ow he is sitting up night figuring out
plan whereby the state can be in
duced to provide a fund of $20,000 for
the upkeep of the craft, m the event
Oregon provides half the maintenance
fund, the government will match the
um dollar for dollar, according to Sec
retary Daniels.
a
f it costs $10 a month to keep one
cow. how much will it cost to Keep a
cow and a horse, and similar questions.
are daily confronting Dr. W. H. Lytle,
state veterinarian. In his official
capacity, te doctor has to do with the
livestock Interests of the state, and
eome of the inulries that reach his
office are worthy of a prominent place
in the archives of 'this commonwealth.
Arthur Lawrence, wh'o served as
state printer here for several years,
yesterday said bood-bye to his former
employes and departed for Corvallis
where he has purchased a printing
plant. Before coming to Salem Mr.
Lawrence "stuck type" on the Orego
njan and other Portland newspapers.
Oregon's prosperity Is reflected to
some extent In the number of articles
filed In the local offices of Corporation
Commissioner Schuldermann. Hardly
a day passes, according to Mr. Schul
dermann, but that five or more corpora
tions file, while many others increase
their capitalization. ,
e e e
Will Kirk, of the state accident com
mission, is a firm believer in the re
construction of man and to that end,
he is advocating expansion of the com
mission's operations under an act of
the legislature passed last winter. Un
der this law men Injured and entitled
to state compensation are subject to the
most expert treatment at state ex
pense. Two men, sufefring from total
disability, already have been taken in
tow by the commission under this act
and are receiving a so-called recon
atructlon course of treatment.
Lieutenant Edward Everett Wilson,
28, vice president of the First National
bank of Linnton. was killed yesterday
at Carruthers aviation field near Fort
Worth, Texas, while flying, according
to word received by his brother, S. A.
Wilson, president of the Linnton bank,
yesterday. Details of the accident have
not been received, but it is believed
the young man, who formerly was in
the air service, met his death while
taking a farewell flight before start
ing west to resume business affairs.
Lieutenant Wilson enlisted in 17
as an aviator, reporting for duty at
Berkeley ground school. The follow
ing year he received his commission
and subsequently was made a pursuit
pilot, squadron commander, and later
stage commander. From Berkeley he
was transferred to Carruthers field,
where he remained until January, 1919,
when he received his discharge.
After leaving the army Lieutenant
Wilson engaged in the oil business at
Winters, Texas, and was disposing of
his holdings with a view to returning
to Linnton when he met his death. He
was a graduate of Portland academy,
at which institution he was a popular
athlete and active in student affairs.
He received his diploma in 1910. Sub
sequently he attended the University
of Wisconsin and later became super
intendent of the Clark-Wilson lumber
mill at Linnton, being engaged in that
work when tho war broke out. He was
a 32d degree Mason.
Lieutenant Wilson was a native of
Michigan and rame to Portland with
his parents in 1S05. His father died a
year ago. Besides his mother, Annie
Jane Wilson, now visiting in the east,
the young roan leaves three brothers.
all of whom were in the service during
the war. They are Captain David Wil
son, regular cavalry, stationed at Camp
Mills; Carl Wilson, a student of Reed
college, who was sergeant of infantry,
and S. A. Wilson, of Linnton, who was
a private in the Infantry division.
The body will be brought here by
Captain David Wilson, who will be ac
companied by his mother. Funeral ar
rangements will be made later.
MAN, BLIIMDED.ASKS $20,000
Parents of Lad of 8 Who Handled
Gun Are Sued.
LONGMONT, Colo. Charging Mr. and
Mrs. William A. Dickens of Longmont
with carelessness and negligence in al
lowing their son Floyd to have a .22
rifle, Henry E. Barnham of Longirfont
has brought suit through Rinn &
Archibald against them for $20,000, to
gether with doctors' and hospital fees,
amounting to $450. Barnham lost the
Mght of an eye and was permanently
disfigured by a bullet said to have
been from the rifle owned by young
Dickens. The shooting occurred on
May 11 of this year.
"I was walking along Main street,
out into the country on the afternoon
of May 11," said Mr. Barnham, "when
1 was struck by a bullet. I was
knocked unconscious and was picked
up some time later and removed to
the Longmont hospital by Billy Mitchell
of Boulder. The bullet not only put
out my right eye, but shattered the
bones in my forehead, with the result
that I have had to submit to a num
ber of operations for the removal of
the fragments."
After the removal of Barnham to the
hospital. City Marshal Calloway of
Longmont made a trip to the scene
and he, also, it is said, narrowly es
caped being hit by a bullet fired by
young Dickens. The latter, it is al
leged, was firing indiscriminately
across the main highway into another
field, and continued the practice, un
conscious that he had- hit Barnham. un
til ordered to stop by Marshal Callo
way. Barnham, before the accident, was
employed as a painter and decorator
by George Rimer of Longmont. He is
a rr.En 29 years of age. The complaint,
which was prepared by Rinn & Archi
bald, charge the parents of the boy,
who is only S years cf age, with care
lessness in allowing him to have a
rifle, and with negligence in not stop
ring tho shooting.
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TORS OF
RESPOi TO GALL
Many Physicians Give Up Big
Practices to Wear Uniform.
EVERY COUNTY IN SERVICE
Multnomah Naturally Leads List
in Number of Men Sent to Aid
Country in Time of Need.
AMrSEMIVTS.
At HEILIG THEATER
BEST IN
THE
VAUDEVILLE
Sun.. Mon.. Tuea., Wed. Night. ISc to $1.
Sun., Jlon.. Tufa.. Wed. Aft'n, 15c to 75c
ALICE EIS,
Julia Nash C. H. O Konneil: Kay W.
rinnw: Wm. Dunham & tirace O'Malley;
Ted Doner; Rea King- Trio; The tee
backs; Kiuog-rauiH; Topic of Day.
HI MIAR'S
TENNESSEE TEN.
waukee & St. Paul railway, which expects
anon to have Us Tacoma terminals elec
trified, an sxclualv. franchlae for opera,
lion "f freight ears on the city tidelands
line waa submitted for conalderatlon of the
council bv H. Roy Harrison, commissioner of
public works, today. In conalderatlon there
of, the railroad would maintain the city's
entire line without coat. The city would be
out the price of the power only.
Portland a larger shipyards are signing up
the Pacific coaat agreement of blanket "wage
acale and working agreements under union
cloeed-ehoo provtalon. aaid Adam H. Berth
of Tacoma. secretary of the Pacific Coaat
Metal Trades Diatrlct Council today. 1 ne
Portland and Los Angeles ship building com
panies were the chief alumbiing blocka met
with at the San Franciaco conference ol snip
yard owner, and union repreaentallvea.
If the agreement ia ratified ny tn. rer
erendum vote of the memberehip not a man
will b permit!. d to work In Tacoma ship
yards after October 1 without being a mem
ber of one of the metal trades unions. This
a Involved In the agreement. At present
here ere aeveral hundrd mn working in
th shipyards who are not members of any
metal trades union or who have dropped
out and refused to pay dues.
SEATTLE, Wash.. 8ept. 11. The Skinner
.Eddy yard Thureday laid the keel for
Its last ship contracted by the shipping
board. The keel waa laid on th ways from
which the steamship Klkton was launched
Wedneaday. After the next launcntng
he yard there will be a vacant sup, as no
advance contracu have been made by the
company.
Deeds to the lemes ana lika wasningron
dock aitea wers atgned by officiate of the
port of Seattle "Wednesday and the legal
tie In theee properties paaaed to mng
county, provided the transfer la legal. The
dock sites conveyed are at Leacm park
Bellevue and Medina. The flock alt ai
M.dlitin Dark already la owned by the coon.
This port win continue 11a owneranip
of the Bay dock sit at tn root 01 Marion
atreeu
which followed have made necessary
the taking of the country's census
which, the government has decided,
shall be the night of October 7-8, when
all persons in all households, whether
temporary or permanent, shall be
enumerated.
ABERDEEN, trash.. Sept. 11. (Special.)
The steamers Wahkeena and Carlo ar
rived from San Pedro. Th Carlos is load
ing at the Donovan mill and th Wahkeena
th A. J. eai mm.
Th steamer Chehalls sailed with cargo
from the American mill. Th Blue Eagle
sailed for Eng. and with cargo from several
arbor mills.
HOXOLCLC TO GET RELIEF
Passage to Mainland Will Be Facili
tated by More Boats.
HONOLULU. T. H.. Sept. 11. (Spe-
ial.) More than 1000 persons are
booked at local offiees of steamship
companies for passage to the mainland.
About 300 may be accommodated this
month and the rest will have to wait.
Lack of passenger accommodation on
steamers returning to the coast haa
been the bugbear of Honolulu for the
past year or more, but the relief is now
sight with the big Matson Hirers,
Matsonia, Maui and Wilhelmina, re-
urning from transport service in the
Atlantic within the next few months.
Standifer Ship Launched.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 11. (Spe-
lal.) The Olocksan, a 9500-ton steel
hip. the fifth which has been launched
fro mthe G. M. Standifer shipyards of
his city, was floaed at noon today.
The ceremony was witnessed by visit
ing county commissioners and engi-
eers, who attended in a body.
Census in Germany Ordered,
BERLIN. Losses occasioned by the
OLD MIME TO BE REOPENED
Once Famous California Property
Still Counted Producer.
PORTE RVILLE. Cal. Indicating
revival of mining at White River, the
once famous "Tail Holt" of bonanza
days in California, Grass valley gold
miners have bought the claims of Blue
Mountain Mining company, situated in
the White river foothills. The company
has been reorganized, capitalized at
$400,000 and the new owners have an
nounced that a large force of men will
be put to work on the property at once.
The deal was closed by Rodney Mc
Cormick, president of the Golden Center
of Grass Valley Mining company, and
J. W. Howard, the secretary of that
corporation. The latter has been chosen
president of the new company and Mr.
McCormick secretary. E. R. Abadle of
this place, a retired mining engineer,
who is now engaged in orange growing
In this district, and who brought the
attention of the Grass valley men to the
property, has been made superintendent.
Purchase of the property was com
pleted after the third visit to the claims
by Messrs. McCormick and Howard,
who were accompanied by Oscar L.
Coffin, a mining engineer, who con
firmed previous reports.
According to Engineer Coffin there is
a mile of outcrop on the claims and the
value of the ore, which is of free mill
ing quality, is equal to that o$ Grass
Valley. He added that the ore vein is
twice as wide as that in the Grass
Valley holdings of the same men, and
Is perfectly straight and true. None of
the levels of Blue Mountain show any
water, he said, and other conditions
are good.
It has been announced by the new
owners that the necessary capital for
operations on a large scale has already
been provided by the owners of the
new concern, which is to bo a close corporation.
WORKERS COERCE FARMERS
Wire Barricade Across Roads Se
cure Support for 3Iore Pay.
LONDON. Erection of wire barri
cades across roads leading to a farm
ers cattle fair was the novel method
o fenforcing their demands for higher
wages reported to by some farm hands
in Southeast Neath. More than 1500
of these men went on strike through
out the district.
Farmers en route to the fair at Na-
van were not permitted to drive their
exhibition stock past the obstructions
until they gave assurances that they
would support the laborers' demands
for more pay.
DEATH POOL GETS ANOTHER
Oakland School Teacher Drowns in
Forbidden Swimming Hole.
OAKLAND, Cal. Fiedmond's myste
rious "Death Pond," where in the past
several persons have drowned, claimed
another victim in the mysterious death
of Miss Grace Meeker, a retired Oak
land school teacher, whose body was
found, face down, under two feet of
water at the- edge of the old pool
According to the Piedmont police, she
had been subject to epileptic fits, and
it is believed that she suffered one of
these attacks while picking grasses at
the edge of the pdnd.
The "Death Pond" is an old pool,
supplied by drain water, in the old
Dracena park quarry, near the ceme
teries. In former days it was used as
a swimming hole by boys in the neigh
borhood, several of whom were
drowned, and old residents say that
there was at one time a story to the
effect that "a queer animal in the
water dragged swimmers down." The
place was boarded vf and swimming
forbidden.
Miss Meeker, who lived at 128 Bowie
street with Mrs. A. G. Gruber, was in
the habit of visiting the place, accord
ing to Mrs. Gruber, to pick grass for
rabbits they kept at the Gruber home.
Yesterday when she did not return Mrs.
Gruber notified the police that there
was some one in the water, and the
body was found.
The dead woman had retired from
the position of drawing teacher in the
Oakland schools some time ago and was
in poor health. Efforts are being made
to locate her relatives. She was 40
years old.
OLD MINING LAW HELD VOID
Foreign Oil Interests in Mexico De
clared to Be Without Rights.
MEXICO CITT. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) The mining
law of 1884 is unconstitutional and il
legally excepts hydrocarbonates in the
soil and subsoil from the national do
main, according to a letter from Jose
Vazquez Schiaffino, chief of the petro
leum section of the department of in
dustry and commerce, in El Universal.
Protest by foreign oil interests against
alleged confiscatory oil decrees is baaed
on rights acquired under this law.
In tracing the oil law initiative, sent
by President Carranza to congress last
November f"r developing article 27 of
the constitution, Mr. Schiaffino said his
department was Impelled by the high
est motives and sought to protect vest
ed interests and investments. He as
serted that the reading of the transi
tory provisions of this initiative would
show that, in regard to vested inter
ests created by the protection of former
laws, only a simple tax was imposed.
With regard to tho mining law of
1884, his statement said: "This de
partment has not interpreted ca
priciously in a thousand different ways
article 27: but in only one way, the re
vindication of the dominion of the na
tion over the hydrocarbonates of the
soil and subsoil and its incorporation
into the mining regime which always
h.s been in force in Mexico since the
time of the Spanish domination, and
from which it was illegally excepted
ty an unconstitutional law. (The min
ing law of 18S4.)."
UNFIT PRODUCE IS SEIZED
Apples, Pennies and Eggs Taken
From Denver Stores.
DENVER, Colo. Deputies from the
office of Samuel J. Burris, United States
marshal seized 1200 gallon cans of ap
ples and 17 cases of eggs, considered
unfit for food.
This consignment of 1200 gallons of
apples is the largest consignment of
canned fruit ever seized by government
authorities in Denver, according to the
marshal
According to R. S. Hiltner, who is
in charge of the United States food and
drug inspection laboratory, the apples
were not properly prepared and failed
to pass the standard set by the gov
ernment
The shipment arrived at one of the
largest wholesale produce houses of the
city recently.
Eighty-five cases of prunes were also
seized by officers from the United
States marshal's ofjice. The names of
the firms from which the" goods were
seized were withheld by the marshal's
office pending further investigation to
place responsibility for the condition of
the food.
FINANCE ACT IS TRIED 0U
Performance Given to Materials
Produced Within British Empire.
LONDON. (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) The finance act,
which more than any other recent leg
islation echoes the popular cry of
"Britain for the 'Britons" through the
preference which is to be given ma
terials produced within the empire.
to be tried immediately through two
orders issued by the board of trade.
One order provides that preference
shall be given refined sugar, molasses
and tobacco imported from the colonies,
and the other sets the standard of "im
periol origin by declaring that no
manufactures shall be considered of
British or imperial origin unless 2
per cent of the total value is the result
of British or imperial labor.
For the purpose of the regulations
governing the second order it is pro
vided that the total value of an article
shall be "its cost to the manufacturer
at the factory and shall Include the
value of containers and other forms of
interior packing ordinarily sold with
the article at retail, but shall not in
clude the manufacturers' or exporters'
profit or the cost of exterior packing,
carriage to port and other charges in
cidental to the goods subsequent to
their manufacture."
In calculating the proportion which
is the result of labor within the em
pire there may be included the cost to
the manufacturer, including wages.
proportion of fuel, supervision and
other factory charges and the cost of
labor for packing for retail sale.
war, the revolution and the disorders 000 gallons.
By raising eight and a half feet the
dam which Impounds water for Bombay
its capacity was increased 10,500,000.-
HUMILIATI0NHELD "BUNK"
Tips in Xew York Mount Vp to Sub
stantial Sum.
NEW YORK. The attempt of Brook
lyn barbers to uproot the very founda
tions of the tip-receiving world by bar
ing their souls and revealing that the
receiving of tips humiliated them, will
be short lived if the co-tippers are al
lowed a voice. Waiters, hat checkers
nd bell boys deny that they feel a
blush approaching when a patron slips
a dime into their hands.
They are, indeed, indignant that their
their brothers have bolted the party.
It seems to put a taint on the prin
cipal means oftheir livelihood. Pro
hibition hit hard, but for traitors to
appear within the ranks has near
broken the hearts ot some or them.
What if their regular salaries are ab
normally low? When waiters acknowl
eds tips to the ahount of $150 or $200 a
month and bell boys come along with a
balance of $76 for rushing ice water
to the seventh floor, it requires lots of
humiliation to breed a protest.
"Humiliation:" snorted a waiter.
"It's bunk. It's a grand think to earn
a steady living each week without de
pending upon the good humor of cus
tomers, but what employer is going to
pay salaries equal to the tips? And
what's more, what waiter, barber, bell
boy or check boy is going to refuse a
tip even after he gets such a steady
salary?
"I'm not humiliated when I accept
a tip. Some large hotels in Brooklyn,
RADIO OPERATORS HIRED
Civilians Get Places in Naval Wire
less Stations of Hawai.
HONOLULU, T. H. Secretary of the
Navy Daniels announced that he had
authorized the employment of 20 civil
ian radio operators for service in the
naval wireless stations of Hawaii, thus
relieving congestion of traffic resulting
from the discharge of many "duration
of the war" enlisted operators.
A committee of the Honolulu Cham
ber of Commerce, which presented com
plaints of poor commercial wireless
service to Mr. Daniels, was informed
that the secretary firmly believes the
wireless systems should remain under
the control of the navy, but that no
effort would be spared to improve the
service and to maintain it at a high
standard.
Secretary Daniels pointed out that
with several wireless stations working
on this island, there would be inter
ference which would seriously hamper
communication. It was brought out
that 12,000 words are now being trans
mitted daily by the wireless stations
here, as against 5000 in pre-war days.
LONDON SUGAR MARKET
Exporters Trying to Retain Trade
Wrested From Hamburg.
LONDON. An effort is being made
to make London "the sugar market of
Europe," in place of Hamburg, Ger
many, which before the war, was the
center of the trade, handling vast
quantities of home grown as well as
imported sugar. When the British
blockade isolated Germany, London be
came the pivotal point and exporters
are doing all they can to make the
change permanent.
Every week large quantities of sugar
reach here of which only a small por
tion is taken by the sugar commission
for home consumption. The rest is re
exported. But for this fact there would
be no reason, experts say, for sugar
rationing in Britain.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Oregon physicians made a
splendid showing in the war just closed
in the numbers who dropped practice
at home and went to the front. The
records of the surgeon-general of the
army show by counties the names of
all physicians from the state entering
the army mecMcal corps, as follows:
Baker Claude Melvin Pearce.
Benton Harry Joseph Anderson and Wen
dan Philip James.
Clackamas Willis Dole Butler. Frank
Reid Mount, Eugene Watson Kockey and
William Ray Taylor.
Clatsop Alfred Earle Kinney, Kenneth
William Kii-ney, Frank Van Doren and El
dred B. Waffle.
Columbia Rudolph E. Schmidt and Mer
vin H. Smith.
Coos Ira B. Bartle, Philip John Klzer,
Smith J. Mann and Edwin Ephraim Straw.
Crook Charles Spencer Edwards and Gail
Simpson Newson.
Curry Carl William Robbins and Clark
tdward Saunders.
Douglas George H. Houck, Orra Edgar
Patterson and Earl Bryan Stewart.
Three Go From Hood River.
Grant Leo Wesley Chilton and Philip L.
Newmyer.
Hood River Vesse D. Cuttery, John Wes
ley Sifton and Justin Miner Waugh.
Jackson Robert Wellington Clancy, Rob
ert John Conroy, Samuel D. Earhart, Clark
Edward Saunders and Eberly Seely.
Jefferson Clarence D. Fulkerson.
Josephine Elmer J. Billick and Leonard
H. Vincent.
Lake Charles A. Ballard, Ernest D. Ever
ett and John Lucius Garner.
Lane Waldo L. Cheshire. Everette H.
Hobson. Werle George Howard, Eugene Kes
ter, John E. Kuykendall, Floyd B. Lawton,
David P. Love. Thomas H. Miller, C. How
ard Palmer, Sam Clarence Standard and Ed
ward Lee Zimmerman.
Lincoln Walter C. Belt.
Malheur Frank Lee Wiillams.
Marion Roy Dean Byrd, Harry E. Clay,
Julius H. Garnjobst. William Craig Judd,
Floyd D. Lewis. William W. Kettle, Walter
W. Looney. Lloyd Howe Mott, Orville P.
Overton, Victor L. Rocho and William C.
Smith.
Morrow George C. Gaunt.
Multnomah List Is Large.
Multnomah Elmer E. Anderson, Horace
P. Belknap Jr., Nathan M. Benyas. Linford
Bosson. Charles BilIinLon, Harry uiacK-
ford. Charles D. Bodlne, Isador C. Brill,
Lloyd W. Brooks, Roscoe W. C'ahill, William
M. Campbell, William Maxwell Campbell,
Ernest Charles Dalton, Stanley B. Rickln
son, Richard B. Dlllehunt, Chester Arthur
Downs, John Ettelson. Ralph A. Fenton,
Frank P. FIrey, Eric J. Gambee. Robert S"t.
Clair Graffis. Daniel Grant. Fred Gullette,
Herbert M. Greene. William Boyd Hamilton,
Frank Hart, Archie K. Higgs, Herbert H.
Hughes, Garrett L. Kynson, Richard F.
James, Marion J. Jones, Homer I. Keeney,
Sam Frank LeFevre, Charles R. McColl,
John W. McCollom, Joseph L. McCool. Clar
ence J. McCusker, Roy Cowles McDanlet.
William O. Manion, Karl H. Martzloff,
Charles S. Menzles, Dwight F. Miller, Sam
uel W. Miller Jr.. Harry B. Moore, Ralph
Vernon Moore. Earle V. Morrow. William
Charles Munly, Edward Myers. Wllley H.
Norton, Dorwln L. Palmer. Charles George
Rattner, David M. Roberg, Alpha E. Rockey,
Paul Rockev, Arthur S. Rosenfeld, Charles
G. Rabin. William O. Scott. Charles Edwin
Sears. Lawrence Selling, William Albert
Shea. Stuart H. Sheldon, John W. Sherwood.
William H. Skene. Clarence U. Snider, John
A. Stewart, William E. Stewart, Leon E.
stnrv. John Guv Strohm. Karl J. Swenson,
Archie C. Van Cleve. William H. Vose, Ben
jamin N. Wade, Raymond E. Watkins, Rich
ard H. Weellngton. Otis B. Wight. Robert
Clark Tenney. Edward F. Ziegleman and
Frederick J. Zlegler.
Tillamook Has One.
Tillamook Jacob E. Shearer.
Umatilla James A. Best, Hillis H. Hat
tery. Charles H. Smith, Cyrus C. Sturgls.
James D. Plamonden and Clyde Otis Wains-
CUnion Harry M. Bouvy. Frank E. Butler.
Ernest D. Lamb, Arthur C. MeCown. Carl S.
Moore, Frank Leslie Ralston, Herbert L.
Underwood and George R. Verrs.
Wallowa Clyde T. Hockett and James H.
Thompson.
Wasco John Lewis Elwood and Thomas
Coberth. . . ,,
Washington Earl J. Crowthers, John Bell
Dinsmore, Herman Roscoe Kauflman and
Prince C. Pace.
Yamhill Edgar Hayes Brown, Howard K.
Carruth, Harry A. I.lttleriei. .u.nn ou
Rankin. Charles L. Williams. .--nc George
Howard, Benjamin N. Wade,
Hynson, Henry W. Steelhamer,
McColl and Arthur C. McCown.
MATINEE TOMORROW.
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Presentins Ruth Chatterton'a Comedy
Success
COME OCT OF THE KITCHEN
AH Week Matinee Tomorrow.
NEXT WEEK: ONE OF US.
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THIRS, FRI., SAT.
BABY MARY OSBORNE
In a Rra.1 Crook Drama,
THE LITTLE DIPLOMAT."
STRATFORD FOUR
"THIS "EW TEACHER."
Something Better Something Different
ROSH AND
BO.VIWE,
"Whipped."
THE PUPPETS,
Mirthful
Oddity.
DAN AHERJf,
Contradiction
Comedian.
FOGARTY AXD
FISHER,
Squirrel Dodgers
ADDED ATTRACTION,
MR. FENWICK NEWELL
Accompanied by 3Irs, Newell,
FAMOLS AMERICAN TK.VOIl,
This Ia a Real Classy Show.
Garrett L.
Charles R.
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Doc-kfton and the Famous Koof
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The .Latest u York Musical Corned
8urres.
6 Other Bir Acts fl
Three Performances Daily. Night Curtain
at 7 and 0.
LYRIC
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COMEDY CO.
Matinee Daily Nights at 7 and 9.
Dillon Frank aa Mike and Iks
THE RAH! RAH! BOYS
18 Pretty Girls Music and Laughter.
CHORCS GIRLS' CONTEST TONIGHT.
CHEAP RATES ARE GRANTED
Confederate Veterans May Travel to
Atlanta Reunion for Cent a Mile.
ATLANTA. Ga. All sons and grand
sons of Confederate veterans who ex
pect to use the cheap rate of 1 cent a
mile granted by the government to at
tend the annual reunion of veterans in
ithnti fwnher 7-10 should see to it
at once that they are members in good
standing of a Sons of Veterans camp.
This fact was emphasized tooay uy
N B. Forrest, adutant-generai 01 ine
Sons of Confederate Veterons and gen
eral secretry of the reunion, in giving
out details in regard to those who are
eligible for the cheap travel rate to
Atlanta.
"In giving us this rate the govern
ent requires all purchasers of tick
ets to show certificates to the effect
that they are Confederate veterans or
embers of a veteran s iamuy, oons 01
Confederate Veterans or memDers 01
their families, members of the Uniud
Daughters cf the Confederacy or mem
bers of the Confederated Southern Me
morial association," said General For
rest. !
We have these certificates ready to
mail out from reunion headquarters,
062 Chamber of Commerce building, At
lanta. They are obtainable by the of
ficers of all camps in good standing,
by the department, divisional and Dri
gade commanders as well.
AUTO SPOONING IS FATAL
Morgue Fills Up When Drivers Put
Arms Around Girls.
CHICAGO. One of the charms of the
old-fashioned horse and buggy was
that when driving along country lanes
ou could hold the reins witn one nana
nd keep the other arm around a
pretty girl's waist.
This arrangement isn t quno bo prac
tical in an automobile, though a num
ber of Chicago swains don't realize it.
motor car somehow won t amble
along like old Dibbin, and the young
man who tries to spoon and be his own
chauffeur is liable to get into trouble.
So frequent, in fact, have accidents
because of this sentimental practice
that Coroner Hoffman conferred with
Chief Garrity to determine whether
there was any law to prohibit driving
with one hand.
If no such law can be found on the
statute books, Coroner Hoffman will
take steps to have one introduced.
"Thus far this year." he said, "twice
as many deaths from motor accidents
have been reported as at this time a
year ago. A large percentage of such
tragedies are caused by the divided at
tention of the driver. You can't make
love and drive a car at the same time."
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nian. Main 7070, A 6095.
Dance Tonight
COTILLION
HALL
Milton Tlt.ttrfi1d and tho
w Cotillion Orchestra.
Public dnncinft every evening
except Sunday.
Sunday afternoon and eve. at
Columbia Reach.
COUNCIL
CREST
PARK
Kemains open during September.
DANCING EVERY EVENING
Except Sunday.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
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8.
8. City of Topeka
Paila at 9 P. M. September 14, for Cooa
Bay, Eureka and San Francisco, con
necting with ateamers to Loa Anselea
and San Diego. Ticketa Bold to all theaa
points and bagggae checked through.
Summer excursion round-trip farca to
ALASKA are on sale until September
10. and to CALIFORNIA ports until
September 20.
Make Reservations for lour Vacation
Now.
Ticket Office. 101 Third Street.
Main 1460. A 3332.
Local Freisrht Office East 4331.
PACIFIC 8TKA.MSLUP COMPANY
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SAN FRANCISCO
S. S. Rose City
Depart 12 Noon
SEPTEMBER 19
From Ainsworth Dock
Fare includes Berth and Meats.
City Ticket Office, 3d and Washington
Phone Main 3530
Freight Office. Ainsworth Dock
Phone Broadway 263
SAN FRANCISCO oi PORTLAND
S. S. LINES
STEAMERS
The Dalles and Way Point.
Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 7 A.M.
DALLES COLUMBIA LINE
Taylor St Dock. Main 8063,