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Jiiirriiiiti: TRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. LX XO. 18,G9 Entered at Portland Oreron PoBtofflce bp Second -Claw Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTE3IBER 7, 1921 i it; is BELIEF OF WARDEN Official Thinks Bandit Lies in Woods.. CORDON THROWN ABOUT SPOT Guards Are Within Earshot . and Sight of Each Other. POSSIBLE CLEW IS FOUND Irison Library Card Picked Up at Infrcquented Place Launch Patrols Are Doubled. TACOMA. Wash., Sept. 6. That Roy Gardner, California mail robber, wtio yesterday afternoon made a sen sational break from the federal peni tentiary on McNeil's island near here, is seriously wounded and lying In hiding- beneath the dense under- growth of a 1'60-acre wooded tract on the Island is . the theory upon . which V.'arden Thomas Maloney based final instructions to his little army of guards and special deputies tonight. While an armed cordon was placed around th's tract, the men being so close together as to be within sight and earshot of each other, additional members o" the prison force were slowly beating their way foot by foot through the brush supposed to be sheltering the wounded man. Launch Patrols Doubled. . The . patrols in launches were doubled as darkness fell to minimize any effort Gardner might make to slip from the island during the night should he still be cornered as be lieved. The search is to continue through out the night. Warden Maloney de cided. Assistance frbm the Southern Pacific railroad, the secret service and other sources is expected, al though none had arrived tonight, he said. .The spot where Gardner is believed hidden offers abundant opportunity . for concealment The ground Is split with ravines and covered with tim ber. The underbrush Is almost im penetrable in places. Fallen trees over gullies provide additional spots of seclusion while the bank at the water's edge contains numerous pits and caves capable of shielding a man. Water is available from several Bprings and even If wounded Gardner is assured of shelter and sustenance for an indefinite period. The officials admit this. Possible Clew Picked ITp. One possible clew was pi6ked up today which might, indicate that Gardner has already passed beyond the district bo carefully guarded. It was a prison library card, found a mile to the north of the road which marks the boundary of the 160-acre tract. It is considered unlikely that the card was dropped under other than ..suspicious circumstances, as the spot is remote from the prison and no prisoner had been over the road since a jail break of 15 years ago, so far as could be learned. The road is little frequented by guards, giving strength to the supposition . thai Gardner himself dropped it, Heber H. Votaw, superintendent oi federal prisons, declined to be Inter viewed by newspaper men and witb his face covered by a handkerchief to protect himself from photograph ers, left the prison today and board ing a launch,' returned to Tacoma on his way to Portland, Or. CAREFUL- PLAN IS SUSPECTED Guards Recall Seeing ' Gardner Waive to Launch Before Escape. TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 6. (Special.) That Gardner, Americas most spec tacular bandit, made his escape as the part of carefully formulated plans in which confederates on the outside figured, was among the pos sibilities being considered by prison authorities today. Strength was I added to this theory when a guard today recalled that he had seen Gard ner wave bis hand to a passing launch about ten minutes before he made his dash for freedom. The launch passed the penitentiary wharf and proceeded In the same direction as did Gardner when screened for a time bfr two other prisoners until they fell before the withering rifle fire poured from the guard towers, It is not uncommon for prisoners GARDNER HUP . to wave at passing boats, It was said at the penitentiary today, and the fact that Gardner waved his hand at a .launch just prior to his break for liberty Is accepted as a coincidence in some quarters. In others it Is ad mitted that the wave of his hand might have been a pre-arranged, sig nal. That Gardner is still on the island is considered certain at the penitentiary. There was no chance at all for him to get away before darkness fell, and It is highly Im probable that he managed to escape v during the night. It Is declared. Immediately after the escape, prlsos launches circled the island sad all loose boats were gathered up. During the night launches with armed guards aboard constantly patroled the water surrounding the Island, making it Im. possible, they believe, for a confed (Concluded on Page J. Column 3. J CHILE STORM CENTER AT LEAGUE ASSEMBLY TROUBLE BREWING OVER TAC XA-ARICA QUESTION". tbolt by .Delegation Reported if Matter Is Placed on Agenda -as Asked by Bolivia. . GENEVA, Sept. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The air was charged with electricity when delegates to the league assembly gathered today. The storm centered around the Chilean delegation, a number of the leaders engaging in discussion with Augustln Edwards, head of the dele gation, regarding the Tacna-Arica question. ' It had been reported that the Chileans would leave the assembly it this question was placed on the agenda, as requested by Bolivia, for revision of the treaty of 1904. The report was persistent until Senor Ed wards gave out a denial. The assembly remained agitated and conferences continued until Pres ident Van Karnebeek called the as sembly to order. He proposed that, Instead of 'discussing the agenda, which Included the subject of Tacna Arlca. the assembly complete Its or ganization. This occupied the. day's sessions. Meanwhile the delegations named their representatives on six committees which met in the after noon and elected chairmen. Efforts at conciliation In the Chilean-Bolivian conflict were . con tinued by Lord Robert Cecil, who represents South Africa, and others, but without success. The uneasiness caused by this incident increased in the afternoon.- It was announced then that the Bolivians were deter mined to maintain their demand and Intended to ask instructions from their government in case the assem bly rejected it. They declined to state categorically whether they would leave the assembly, but ex pressed the fear that public opinion in Bolivia would demand their with drawal if the assembly refused to arbitrate. The Bolivians said they were willing to submit the question to the International court, but the Chileans declined to do so. The vice-presidents elected by the assembly are' Leon Bourgeois, France; A. J. Balfour. Great Britain; Dr. Gastoa da Cunha, Brazil; - Viss, count Ishii, Japan; Paul Hymans, Belgium, and Dr. Eduard Benes. Czecho-Slovakia. Chairmen of the. .committees who are ex-officio vice-presidents, follow Vittorio Scialoia, Italy, amendments Take Jonescu, Roumania, tech n lea and Interior organization of the league; Hjalmar Branting, Sweden, disarmament and blockades; Augus' tin Edwards, Chile, finances; Charles J. Doherty, ' 'Canada, humanitarian and relief organizations; Senor Te- meno, Spain, admission of new states. YOUTHS COMMIT SUICIDE Two Boys End Life in Preference to Going to School. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Sept. 6. Alonzo Gray, 14-year-old newsboy, son of Mrs. Pauline Gray Oie, yester day shot himself through the head with a 32-caIlber revolver while on a fishing and swimming expedition with other newsboys. He had tolc his companions previously that he did not want to go -to school. SPRING FIELD, Mo., Sept. 6. Harry Meadows, 15, committed suicide hero today rather than go to school, wheru he feared other boys would "pick oti him." ARMY CHIEFS. SELECTED New Staff Heads Are Announced by War Department. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. t.-St lection of chiefs of new sections of the army general staff, as reorgan ized by General Pershing, were an' nounced today at the war department Brigadier-General James H. McRae is to be chief o( the personnel di vision; Brigadier-General William Lasslter of the operations and train ing division; Brigadier-General Will lam D. Connor of the sppply division; Colonel Briant H. Wells of the war plans division, and Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Heintzelman of the military intelligence division. HIGHTOWER DENIES GUILT Trial of Alleged Murderer to Be gin October 3. REDWOOD CITY. Cal., Sept. 6. William A. Hightower. accused of the murder of Father Patrick E. Heslin, a Colroa, Cal., Catholic priest, pleaded not guilty when arraigned in the su perior court today. His trial date was set for Monday, October 3. ' MOVIE THEATER LOOTED Robbers Make $2 000 Haul a4 Omaha Picture Theater. OMAHA. Sept. 6. After binding a negro porter to'a chair on the stage of a downtown moving picture thea ter today, two robbers escaped with 12000, representing the theater's holiday receipts of yesterday. The money was taken from a safe. MR. BAKER'S MOTHER DIES Parent of ex-Secretary of War Suc cumbs In Cleveland." CLEVELAND, Sept. 6. Mrs. New ton D. Baker, 78 years old, mother oft Ex-Secretary of War Baker, died to day after eight weeks' illness. The funeral will be held at Mar tinsburg, W. Va., Thursday. WAY SEEN OUT OF IVELTEROFWASTE Nation Working Out of Chaos, Says Chief. PROSPECT CHEERS PRESIDENT Letter to Senator McCormick Tells of Progress. EXPENDITURES CUT DOWN Triumph Already Held Achieved In Legislation and More Expect ed Within Coming Year. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. - President Harding, in a letter review ing achievements of the republican administration, particularly with ref erence to congress, declares that "sur veying the national situation. It is plain that we are working our way out of a welter of waste and proi'gal spending at a most impressive rate." The letter, made public today, was written by the president under date of August 29, to Senator McCormick of Illinois, and. It is understood, will be used In the campaign In New Mexico, where Senator Bursum, ap pointed to fill out the unexpired term of Secretary of the Interior Fall, is a candidate for election. The letter, it also is understood, is considered by republican leaders as a reply to attacks on the legislative record of the republican congress by Chairman White of the democratic national committee and other leading demo crats. "We have made much progress to wards retrenchment and greatly in creased efficiency." the president as serts. "I cannot but account It a monumental accomplishment, which has marked the work of the extraor dinary Bession down to the tima of its recess." Furore Is Not Feared. Looking to the future, Mr. Harding expresses the confident hope "that congress, after the recess and before the end of the extraordinary session, will adopt both the tariff and taxa tion measures and that along with these it will pass' the bill to permit funding the debt owed us by foreign governments." "This, I hope," he adds, "will short ly be followed by arrangements un der which the debtor countries will begin paying Interest on their obli gations. Likewise, I am . confident that the bill facilitating the funding of the debt of the . railways to the United States will become law during the extraordinary session. Insuring a large and Immediate demand for em ployment of men now. Idle." The president expressed thanks to (Concluded on Page 5. Column 3.) THE JUAN LY YUS S SVAOOYH SJE. 36,834 IN SCHOOLS FIRSTS OF TERM EAST . S SHOWS GREATER OH THAN WEST. O Tr. V .rollment Exceeds Expccla- ,ns of Superintendents ? and Principals. Several hundred more children ap peared at Portland schools yesterday morninar to Start the term's work than had been anticipated by super intendents and principals. The total enrollment was 36,834; as compared with 34,131 on the opening day of school last September. This is a gain of 2703 pupils. It is expected that the registration will soon, grow to more than 40,000, since many chil dren- are several days late usually in beginning school. All the pupils ' are adequately housed, in spite of the Increased at tendance, according to D.. A. Grout, city superintendent of schools. One new school, as yet unnamed, was started yesterday with a nucleus of three portables. This school Is des ignated as the Franklin primary and is located on the Franklin high school grounds at Fifty-second and Division streets, facing on Division. This re lieves the congestion at the Richmond and Creston schools. ' ' East Side Schools Show CJrovrth. Schools' on the west side showed little growth, some of them 'having the exact registration of a year ago. The principal growth In enrollment was in the high schools and in the schools on the east side, especially those in the outlying districts. The Jefferson high school main tains its position as the largest high school in the city, with an increase in enrollment of. 241, from 1611 students a year ago to 18B2 yesterday. Wash ington now has 1454 students as com pared with 1297 last September and Benson Polytechnic showed a sur prising increase from S97 to 1013 stu dents. Lincoln high's growth was not large, the registration now being 1027 as compared with 980 last year. Franklin jumped from 936 to 1083 yesterday. School will begin in earnest todaj with full-time periods. Attendance Figures Given. The attendance at ail the schools in the city, as reported yesterday September, follows: and .January, 1921, Sept. Jan. Sept. lil-D. 11I2L 11)21. 2Tti 336 830 127 141 168 602 790 iSO ... ... 47 736 869 801 167 200 202 121 843 864 81 96 11U 0T 1.070 1.013 478 S2J 452 . 530 . 547 . 414 m 140 " 121 463 537 .' 449 61)3 . 771 786 7.17 80U 760 555 611 621 210 34S 2t3 15 23 22 133 I2 170 523 608 565 31 63 40 815 860 770 483 530 4S4 15 15 16 936 1.122 1.063 27 20 - 81 14 66 .68 - 63 245 339 803 113 120 - 113 100 232 1U7 523 571 578 133 173 100 83 119 1(5 662 615 606 6K5 746 674 518 561 879 Alnsworth Alameda Albina homeatea.. . Albina kindergarten Arteta Atkinson Beach Beaumont .' Benson Polytechnio Brooklyn .......... Buckman Capitol Hill Chapman ......... Clinton Kelly Couch Creston Davis Deaf Duntway Kliot Etna Failing Fernwood Florence Crlttendon Franklin bigh Franklin primary.. Fmzer Home Fulton Park Girls' Polytechnic. Girls' Poly., women George Glencoe ........... Glenhaven Gregcry Heights... Hawthorne Highland. Htfrh Si-hoot of Com. (Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.) WHO SYMPATHIZES WITH A UCU .GfbfS-V. ov Q UVKt'TCL VVV GE- ANAY V .J-,l"-"C 'r' ' - f'' V ' ST. HELENS JUSTICE "BEREFT OF FAT FEES XOWX CHUCKLES AT. REVENGE TAKEX BY SHERIFF. failure of Orficlal to Penalize Moonshiner Costs Him Xeat $108, Gossip Has It. Motorists who arrived in Portland from St Helens last night said that city was .chuckling quietly over a little friction between Sheriff Wel lington and M. F. Hazen, justice of the peace, which had resulted In the sheriffs sending all his speeders to Rainier and Clatskanie for trial. Judge Hazen is noted for his liking for speed trials, which net him $2.70 each. Gossip .in St. Helens had it that his row with the sheriff cost Judge Hazen $108 yesterday. The friction started last week over thm trial nf an allfta'pri mnnnshlner. The sheriff had done quite a bit of work on the case, and intimated that the prisoner should receive a stiff sentence. Judge Hazen found the prisoner guilty and fined him $100, without jail sentence. It was presumed around town that this leniency Irked Sheriff Wellington a trifle. Monday usually Is a profitable day for Judge Hazen. The heavy traffic on the highway Sunday', and the re sultant arrests, net the judge a tidy sum. Yesterday, with Sunday and Labor day to supply victims, should have furnished profits worth smack ing one's lips over. Judge Hazen arrived early. The courtroom was empty. Not even one of the loafers who habitually sit around and chew tobacco during the trials had shown up. .The judge took his seat. He sat there all day, except for a few strolls te the door to look Jut, but "nary a speeder." It was said that $5 alleged speed ers arrested on the St. Helens high way were taken to Clatskanle and Rainier for trial. About 40 of the defendants, it was said, would have ccme before Judge Hazen in the ordi nary course of events. FEDERAL CONTROL ASKED Government Urged to Take Charge of Salmon Industry. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 6. (Special.) A resolution calling upon the United States government to assum; jurisdiction over and control of tho salmon fishing Industry on the Co lumbia riyer'was adopted by thefAs torla city council tonight Copies of the document will be sent to the Oregon congressional - delega tion. The resolution sets forth that the Columbia la an Interstate stream, recites that all efforts of the legisla tures of Oregon and Washington to pass laws to protect the Industry adequately bave failed, and that by reason of the operation of purse seines the industry is threatened with destruction. Ford Invited to Capital. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept 6. Henry Ford was Invited today by Secretary Weeks to come here at his convenience to discuss with govern ment officials his proposal to pur chase and lease the Muscle Shoals. Ala., nitrate plant and water-power project' CRIMINAL il P E Prejudice In Douglas County Is Charged. JUDGE WILL DECIDE TODAY Spectators Pack Courtroom During Hearing. .ATTORNEYS CLASH AT BAR Crowd Claps Hands in Course of Proceedings and Is Rebuked With Threat of Fine. BY W. A. PETTIT. ROSEBURG, Or, Sept. 6. (Special.) Judge G. G. Bingham, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, will give his de clslon as to whether Dr. Richard M. Brumfleld, alleged slayer of Dennis Russell, will be tried in the circuit court of an adjoining county or in Roseburg, where he has resided and was engaged in business for more than 12 years prior to the murder charged against him. This was tbe announcement made by the court this afternoon, follow ing arguments for nd against a mo tion asking for a change of venue. The motion was filed by Attorneys Rice and Orcutt, representing the de fense, while a counter-motion was presented by the district attorney. Attorney Rice, In reviewing the several affidavits and newspaper clippings attached to his motion for a change of venue, contended that the feeling against Dr. Brumfield in Douglas county at the present time was such as to preclude any chance of a fair and Impartial trial. The finding of the mutilated body, he said, caused great excitement In Roseburg and surrounding country, while subsequent newspaper stories published in the local and Portland newspapers had so Inflamed the public mind against the accused dentist that veiled threats had been made against his life. ' ' Htorlea Are Cited. Referring to specific newspaper storiea picked at random from the press. Attorney Rice said it had been definitely set out in at least one of these accounts that Brumfield had cemmitted the homicide for the pur-, pose of collecting his insurance. An other story, he said, conveyed the im pression that Brumfield had killed Russell to avoid disgrace at the hands of a woman, while in a third article it was reported that the dentist planned and executed the murder under the pressure of blackmail. Many of these stories. Attorney Rice alleged, were written and printed prior to the re turn of the Indictment and apparently for the one purpose of Inciting resent ment against the defendant. As a result of these alleged untrue newspaper stories. Attorney Rice said, threats had been made against Brum field, private citizens bad been in cited to contribute letters to the presi derogatory to his Interests, and that it had been necessary for the officers to resort to unusual precaution is handling the -prisoner. Return Is Described. Attorney Rice charged that wher Brumfield was brought back from Canada, he was removed from a train at Edenbower, a hamlet some distance north of Roseburg, and spirited into the city in an automobile at night Also that he at first was placed in a room on the second floor of the jail, but later was removed to the steerage of the Institution. The transfer ol the prisoner. Attorney Rice said, was due to resentment that had been aroused against him by newspaper stories, personal discussions and ths I fear that he would be shot on sight Argument also was made by Attor ney Rice that certain business men of Roseburg had circulated a petition asking the governor to appoint spe cial counsel - to assist them In the prosecution and that newspapers had reported that the Ku Klux Klan was organizing In Roseburg for some un explained purpose. News Storiea Shown. The court especially was asked to read a story appearing In a Portland afternoon paper under the heading "Harry's Crowd Critical." It was al leged by Attorney Rice that this story, although humorous in its character and referring to the gossip of a rural harness shop, had contributed largely to the resentment aroused against Brumfield. m Another story which appeared In the same publication, in which the writer purported to give the details of the crime, together with the scenes of the various acts entering Into Its execution, was called to the attention of Judge Bingham. On the wall of the sheriffs office Attorney Rice said, there had been posted a photograph of the wrecked car, under the caption, "Brumfield murder car." This photograph, to gether with a highly sensational newspaper story. Attorney Rice averred, were placed in the sheriff's office on the very day that the Jury panel in the B-umfield trial was called and in plain view of the tales men. Attorney Rice quoted R. W Long, county commissioner, as Baying that prejudice against Brum.'ield was very Concluded on Page S, Column i.X BRUMFIELD IS 0 VENN CHANGE ECONOMY HELD CAUSE FOR OUSTING BRYON LXRXS SATS PORTLAND OFFICE TO BE DISCONTINUED. So Charges Made Against Secrel v Service Agent Resignation an Impersonal Matter. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, D C, Sept. S. W. J. Burns, chief of the Investigation di vision of the department of Justice, on his-return to Washington today declared that the recent call for the resignation of Secret Service Agent W. R. Byron at Portland was Incident to the general plan of the bureau to reduce expenses and that Bryon was one of the 37 secret service agents whose resignations were asked. Congress reduced the appropriation for the secret service division, and the attorney-general announced at the time of Mr. Burns' appointment that tho bureau of which he is head would be thoroughly reorganized and re duced in size. Mr. Burns says there are no charges whatever against Bryon, that he himself docs not know him, and that the request for his resignation was entirely impersonal. Under the reorganization the work of the Portland bureau will be directed by the secret service agent at Seattle, who Is now In charge of this line ot investigation in both Washington and Oregon. The charge made by a Port land paper that Bryon's resignation was dictated by friends of Woerndle, a German suspect, Mr. Burns charac terized as absurd and silly. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS SUIT Wife Probably Fatally Wounded, Husband Suicide. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Sept. . Charles Erhardt died here today of self-inflicted gunshot wounds after, according to the police, he had twice shot and probably fatally wounded his wife, Margaret who two months ago filed suit for divorce. The shooting took place at the home of J. H. Lane, where Mrs. Erhardt had been a guest, the police said. "If I can't have you no, one else can,' said Erhardt. as he fired at his wife, according to what the police said Lane told them. FUNERAL LONG DEFERRED cervices ncld for Boy Who Dlsap. peared 7.trars Ago. ST. LOUIS, Sept.' 6. The ft'neral of Jacob Silverman, 14 years old when he disappeared from home seven years ago, was held today. A death notice published at the in stance of Mrs. Minnie Silverman, the mother, gives the date of the boy's death as that of his disappear ance, September 6, 1914. Mrs. Silverman concluded that the body of a boy taken from a lake near East St Louis in 1914 was that of her son. GRAND LARCENY ADMITTED Minnesota Man Confesx-s Misap propriation of $475,000. AUSTIN. Minn.. Sept. . Ransome J. (Cy) Thomson was sentenced to a term not to exceed 15 years in the state penitentiary today after he had pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny in the misappropriation of $85,000 and $390,000 from u.orge A. Hormel & Co., packers. The defalcation charged against Thomson by his former employers totaled $1,187,0,10 and the mlsappro priations covered five years. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75 degrees; minimum. 63 desreea TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Foreign. Chile storm center at league assembly. Pag 1. Photography aids explorers In mapping Mount Everest region, rags a. Hint to burry up angers Sinn Fein. Page 3. National. Senate commutes favors making repeal of excess prollts lax retroactive, fags a. Economy held cause for ousting of Bryon. Page 1. Era of unparalleled prosperity forecast for United States. Paga 4. Nation Is working its wiy out of welter of waste, says President Harding. Pagt 1. American rights In mandate territory u- erted In not sent to powers. Pag 4. loiuestie. r Dairy products declared life-savers tor northwestern farmers, fag 2. raeifle Northwest Two nations build ptc portal. Pag T. Brumfleld lawyer asks venue change. Pag 1- Roy Osrdner is still at liberty. Pag 1, gt Helens Justice bereft of fat lee. Sports. Race of tbe century booed and hissed. Page 1 Pacific Coast lesgu results: At Los An geles t. San Francisco 3: no otner games, teama traveling. Pag IX Martin and Hector In excellent snaps. Fag 1- City tennis mslches get down to real stun. i-s 36,8:14 in scnoois urst ur oi new term. Pag I- Commercial and Marina. Hop picking general In western Oregon. Page 21- Esrly advance In Chicago wheat lost on selling. Psg 21. Oils lead strong advanc la stock market Page 21. Seven steamers berth at municipal dock. Pag 20. Portland and Vicinity. Pioneer revisits Yukon after 20 years and sees great changes. Page 4. Two big grain exporting concerns combln to operate In Portland. Page 1. Professor Landers, new president of Ore gon tt normal school, outlines poll. cles. Psg 10. School open with 3B.M4 pupils. 1703 mor than last September. Psg 1. Federal aid for farmers and stockmen to be available soon. Paga 11. Frank Branch Riley Is horn from ast tag 10. R IGGEST DF GRAIN CONCERNSJS HERE Exporters Merge to Oper ate in Portland. BUSINESS ALREADY STARTED Gray-Rosenbaum Grain Com pany, Inc., Established. BULK HANDLING ADOPTED Jjs-lcni Far Speedier Than Old Sack Method Offices to Bo Opened Here Shortly j Two of the most Important and substantial grain exporting concerns In the United States have combined their Interest.! to export wheat through Portland. The new combine, which will use the municipal grain elevator and terminal. Is the Gray Rosenbaum Grain company. Inc. It started out snupplly yesterday morn ing by buying 150,000 bushels ot wheat before noon and directing de livery of shipments to the municipal terminal at St. Johns. The first cargo probably will be sent to sea before the end of the month. Offices will be opened today In the Board of Trade or Lewis building; a s staff of experts Is now on the way from the east, and as soon as pos sible the new corporation will b operating In four states Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. In the course of the year million of bushels will be exported through Portland, port facilities being avail, able, and all of this wheat will bs shipped in bulk Instead of In sacks, thereby shattering wheat traditions in the Pacific northwest Headquarters t Re Mere, Of the wheat handled by the Gray Rosenbaum Grain Co., Inc., 90 per cent will move through Tortland and 10 per cent through Tuget sound. The corporation will have an estab lishment at Seattle to look after such wheat !) buys to go In that direction. " J Three thlruVs are responsible for this new concern invading the field and selecting Portland as head quarters: First The differential In freight rates favoring Portland from the Snake river country, through the decision of the Interstate commerce commission, thus making available millions of bushels of graia directly tributary to this port. Second The most complete munic ipal grain elevator and dock factil ti.j in the country for handling grain In bulk. Third Water transportation. Portland Loarlral Point. These salient factors convinced the principals of the new concern that Portland was the logical point for their main operations, although strong efforts and Influences were urged to have the Gray-Rosenbaum Grain company Inc., go to Seattle. John H. ilurgard, chairman of the dock commission, and his colleagues, and Emery Olmstead of the North western National bank, wer largely instrumental In overcoming the pleas ot Seattle. The big innovation proposed by the new exporting company is handling grain in bulk. Instead of In sacks. This hitherto has not been undertaken on the Pacific coast t any extent. Grain In bulk can be handled more expeditiously and cheaply than when a sack suit la put on every two bushels. Bulk loading means quick dispatch for steamers, as a cargo can be streamed into the hold automatically, compared with the more tedious and cumbersome method of handling sacked grain and slowing It away. Loading In bulk is a matter o hours Instead of days. Organisation Conslac West. Tending the arrival of the organlxa. Hon. now crossing ins trau"i Charles W, Baum of Chicago la look- .ftr the rortlana end. nas been using his room In the Benson as an oince. -. - nis-ht for Ban Francisco ana i.. . Rosenbaum departed al the same tlma f,,r New York, having telegraphed Saturday for their selected forces t come west The Gray-Rosenbaum Grain torn pany. Inc.. was chartered In Delaware with 1250,000 as initial capital. Copies of the Incorporation papers win om filed In Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Montana Immediately. Ths amount of the Initial capital gives only a slight Indication of the exten sive scope of the company's proposed operations. The P. N. Gray company of New Tork and the J. Rosenbaum Grain company of Chicago are the interested parlies. Although each la en Independent organisation actively exporting and with Interests In many parts of the country, they have, so far- as Portland Is concerned, com bined In the Gray-Rosenbaum Grain Company, Inc. These companies exported last year 150,000.000 bushels of grain, which gives sn Idea of their activities. They operate In Galveston, which Is their big exporting port, where they use the Southern Taclflo elevator; In New: Orleans, in all the cities on the At lantlc seaboard and In Montreal. For a market for the wheat shipped (Concluded ou Pag 4, Column 1, i