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mxim PAGES I TO 5 FORTY PAGES PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBBUARY 28, 190d. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. XXIIL 2sT0. 9. i) HEROES OF WAR Japanese Emulate the the Feat of Hobson. ESCAPE A GREAT SURPRISE Officers and Jackies on Ships at Port Arthur MANY VOLUNTEER SERVICES Daring Seamen Bid Comrades Good Bye, as They Are Sure They Can not Withstand the Fire of the Land Batteries. , '"At- TOKTO, Feb. 27 Naval officers com manded and "Jackies" manned the five steamers that were sunk at the en trance to Port Arthur. Merchant sail ors volunteered for the dangerous un dertaking, but their, services were not accepted, Admiral Togo deciding to en trust the perilous mission only to regu lars. There were 10 officers and 67 sailors In the crews, arid all volun teered for service. They bade fare well to their comrades, expecting to die under the fire of the batteries of the enemy. The rescue of the entire crews surprised even the Japanese, who expeoted that a majority of the daring seamen would bo killed. The steamers did not carry lights and were not armed, and consequently were not discovered until the operation of sinking them was practically com pleted. Japan is singing praises of the vol unteers who participated In the dan gerous work. It Is expected that the Emperor will publicly thank them and give them medals to commemorate the daring aot. It Is understood that Ad miral Togo's main fleet is still In the vicinity of Port Arthur, and- it is ex-I naori thnt this fleet will continue bom- I barding the place until It Is untenable or until the Russian fleet is destroyed. Searchlights Caused Failure. The official report of the 'naval of- flceA'"rtwlios"5ittempted to block-the en trance to the harbor differs Jn some respects, from the accounts already printed. From this Teport it appears the Russian searchlights discovered the approach of five Japanese steamers before they had reached the point where It was proposed to sink them, and -that, the Russian guns disabled three of the five. Another new feature is that a portion of the crews of the sunken steamers were- not picked up until the afternoon of February 24. The report of tho officers In substance Is as follows: Five vessels intending to obstruct tho entrance to Port Arthur advanced about 4 o'clock in the morning of Feb ruary 24 from the southward through tho Mao Thio Shan channel toward the mouth of the port. It appears that tho Tenshln Maru, which was in the van. was steered too far to port, and when Bhe was about three miles to the southwest of the shore she was shot and seriously damaged. Sho was run on the shoals Intentionally. The other Bteamors which were in her wake changed their course to tho northeast and advanced, but the enemy's search lights flashing upon them impeded their progress. The enemy's fire first Ftruok tho steering gear of the Bushiu Maru, disabling her. She grounded near the Tenshln Maru, and after striking her officers destroyed her, and she sank. Next tho Buyo Maru was seriously damaged by the enemy's shells, and sho sank before reaching the harbor entrance. Give Cheer, Then Leave Ships. In tho meanwhile, the Hokoku Maru and the Jinsen Maru had advanced with great rapidity and had reached tho entrance to tho harbor with con siderable difficulty. .The Hokoku Maru -was on the outer side of the stranded Russian battleship Retvizan and the Jinsen Maru on the eastern side of the Retvlzan. The crews of each lighted, explosives to destroy the merchantmen, and after giving loud choor, got Into their small boats. "When they found their vessels sinking. the crews endeavored to row to the Japanese torpedo-boats, which wero ready to pick thom up, but tho Russian searchlights lit up their path and the Russian fire became very severe. The crews In the small boats were, com pelled to row around under cover and they were unable to reach the torpedo- boats. The sea became heavier at sun rise and the crows suffered great hard ship. They finally succeeded In reach ing the Japanese squadron at 3 o'clock In the afternoon of the same day. NO DESIGNS ON MANCHURIA. Japan Will Let It Remain Chinese Territory, Even if She Wins. SPECIAL WAR SERVICE. NSW YORK. Feb. 27.-The Times prints the following from Its Berlin correspon- Sent: "An lraortant statement was made at tho Japanose Legation here today. It was ttated that if Japan were successful In the war, she would allow Manchuria to remain unmese territory. it was also declared that as Russia bad spent much money on railroads In Manchuria, even in tho evont of victory. Japan would not try General Andre has Issued a circular, au , ... . , , I thorlzlng the army to make contribu te i.uo.u. uom araiiiag ITOOOS there to guard the linos. j. no Japanese official who in ado these statements added that Japan guaranteed the neutrality of China before the "war began." JAPAN WILL LODGE PROTEST. Russian President of The Hague Court Under Fire for Speech. tfHE HAGUE. Feb. 27. Mltsuhashl No- boukata, the Japanese Minister here, has been Instructed by his covernment to lodge a protest -with the President of the Council of the Permanent Court of Ar bitration against the language used by M. Muravieff, President of the Arbitra tion Tribunal anl Russian Minister of Justice. In a speech he made after an nouncing the tribunal's decision In favor of the blockading powers as against I Venezuela. It is expected in diplomatic circles that the only result of the Japanese protest will be that a copy of the complaint will be sent to the powers represented before the Arbitration Tribunal. (M. Muravieff. .In the course of his re marks, said the findings of the tribunal had been reached after a most minute and most Impartial investigation. Like all human acts, the decision was sus ceptible of criticism, but now it was made, everyone should accept it. The arbitration, begun in times of peace, had ended amid the sinister acts of war, which was a terrible obstacle In the path of light and progress. Inv spite of all good will, alas, no one was secure against an unexpected hostile attack. A nation was obliged to accept a war when the legitimate defense of honor and liberty was Involved. The Just Providence which ruled over battles would distin guish between right and unfounded pre tentions. At the end of this war be tween a European and an Asiatic people the right, he concluded, would shine out afresh.) SAY THEY BELONG TO GUNBOAT Japanese Arrive at Chefoo From Port Arthur In Small Craft. CHEFOO. Feb. 27. Japanese officers and sailors who landed here from an open boat early today refused to give any Informa tion as to where they came from. At the Japanese Consulate It was given out that they belong to a gunboat which was dam aged during the fight off Port Arthur and which sank trying to reach this port. The statement that they were members of the crews of the merchant steamers sunk near the entrance of Port Arthur- for the purpose of blockading It, and that they were not picked up by the torpedo-boats in company, was positively denied. They crossed the gulf In the open boat in which they arrived. The Consul say that he has b.een expecting the arrival of survivors of the action off Port Arthur. NEW YORK, Feb. 27. A previous dis patch from Toklo giving details of Ad miral Togo's attempt to bottle up the Rus sian fleet at Port Arthur, reported that all the crews of the four Japanese vessels which were sunk off Port Arthur escaped In boats and were picked up by the Jap anese torpedo-boat destroyers convoying them. It Is considered probable, however. that the sailors mentioned In the fore- going dispatch were a part of the crews of the sunken mercnantmen. HOLDS JAPAN VIOLATED FAITH Professor of International Law Up holds Contention of-RussIa. PARIS. Feb. 27. F. Demartens, profes sor of International law at the University of St. Petersburg, who represented Bus. sla at the Peace Conference at The Hague, has, as a member of the Institute of France, made public a letter written ap parently for the Frcnoh Republic He seeks to establish legally that Japan was guilty of violation of International law In committing acts of war before making a declaration of war. In view of the facts," Professor De- martens 'writes, "it is Impossible to hold that the failure of Japan to declare war was not a maneuver of bad faith. It was premeditated for a long time and exe cuted without scruple. It consequently appears to me impossible to find that Japan acted correctly. In the light of the usages adopted by the civilized nationB of Europe and America. In any event, the conduct of Japan has wounded the Rus sian nation deeply, and I do not know how many generations must pass beforo this deep wound can be healed." SPAIN'S ONLY CARE. Ambassador Declares Her Activity Is Simply to Mainatin Neutrality. PARIS, Feb. 27. The Spanish Ambassa dor, Senor Leon y Castillo, In the course of an Interview on the new Franco-Span ish arbitration treaty today, explained the recent reports of Spain's military and naval mobilization. He said: "I was particularly glad to see this treaty signed, while war is going on else where for pledges of peace are particularly precious during the course of a conflict. In the present criBls Spain's only care has been to take measures which will properly safeguard her neutrality. If. through any possibility, it may be menaced, while such a menace is Improbable, yet we adopt the same safeguards as' the rest of the world. My government has sent several battalions to all strategic points In Span ish territory. But It Is sheer folly to at tribute ulterior motives to those measures of precautions." RUSSIANS ARE SPREADING OUT Force Now Extends From Near Wlgl to Takushan, on Bay of Corea. MOSCOW. Feb. 27. According to the latest Information In high military cir cles. Russian Infantry has occupied the road between Llauyang, on the railroad. from Mukden to Port Arthur, and the Yalu River, Its front and flanks being strongly supported. The right flank Is at Takushan, and the left near the town of Wiju. The Russian cavalry crossed the Yalue between Antung and Yongampho, and occupied the road toward Sukchon, and Cossack scouts advanced along the greater and lesser caravan routes. Scouts are now ten miles east of Pheng Yang. The cavalry Is 355 miles north and the infantry 125 miles northwest of Pheng Yang. Griscom Cables Account of Battles. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The State De partment has received from Minister Gris com at Tokio, by cable, a report "of the naval encounters at Port Arthur on Feb ruary 23 and 25. His dispatch adds noth ing to the detailed accounts alretdy given in the press dispatches. Tolstoi Contributes to War Fund. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 27. Cbunt Leo Tolstoi has contributed 1000 sets of his works, the profit from the sale of which is to be expended for the benefit of the troops taking part in the campaign in the Far East. French Soldiers Can Contribute. PARIS. Feb. 27. The Minister of War, 1 .i ,. Ki.r.fl f , .n,AX l I tho. Russo-Japanese War. DULY MEET ONCE Republican Convention on May 11. M'BRIDE IS TURNED DOWN He Favored Two Conventions in Washington.- TACOMA GETS THE PRIZE State Committee Ignores All Appeals in Its Action and .Rejects Basis of " Apportionment Proposed by the Governor. SEATTLE, Feb. 27. (Special.) But one convention will b held by Washington itepuDiicans mis year. ine siaie i;om mittee today, by a vote of 19 to 16, decided In favor of this policy. The convention will be held at Tacoma on May 11, the meeting being fixed a week earlier than originally Intended on account of a con flict of dates with the Knights of Pythias meeting at Spokane. A stubborn fight against the single convention plan has been made during the past few weeks and today recommen dations from citizens- throughout the stat and suggestions from National politicians wero presented to favor the double con vention plan. The alignment in favor of one meeting was too solid to be disturbed. One vote, that of S. J. Cameron, of Ya kima, was lost to the single convention advocates. Though Congressman Jones, of his own county, favored ono convention. Cameron voted for two. McBride on Losing Side. The solid McBride support was cast for two conventions. The Governor insisted early in the fight upon two conventions and Induced Chairman Ellis Morrison to call the State Committee together early In order that the double convention plan could be carried. Recently, as the tide in favor of one meeting has grown stronger. McBride has declared he had no prefer ence, but it Is a significant fact that none of his supporters were with the one- meeting crowd. The McPrido people, attempted, to hid off the single convention plan, Tjy refusing to recognize proxies given by committee men to persons outside the county they were presumed to represent. There were Just two -such proxy-holders, W. B. Blackwell, of Tacoma, and Hal J. Cole, of Spokane, both of whom favored one con ventlon. Blackwell represented Okanogan and Cole Whitman County. The effort to exclude their votes was defeated. Even had they been refused a vote, the single convention scheme would have carried by ono majority. The vote was: One convention Adams, Clark, Colum bia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Klickitat, Lewis. Okanogan. Pierce, Skamania, Sno homish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wab klakum. Walla Walla, Whatcom, Whit man; total, 19. Opposed Chehalis, Chelan, Clallam, Cowlitz, Garfield, Island, Jefferson, Kit sap, Kittitas, Mason, Pacific, San Juan. Skagit. Yakima, Lincoln, King;, total, IS. No representative from Asotin attended the meeting. Taccma and Seattle both asked for the State Convention, the vote standing: Ta coma, 20; Seattle, 14. The apportionment of delegates to the State Convention was fixed, each county being granted two at large and one for every 100 votes or major fraction thereof cast for Judge Hiram E. Hadley two years ago. The McBride forces attempted to se cure the Cushman vote as a basis for the representation. This would have favored THE ASKOLD, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 27. According to a telegram received from the commander of the Russian cruiser Aakold at Port Arthur, all rumors regardl&c the slaking of his vessel are false. The commander adds the Askold la quite sound. those counties believed to be friendly to the Governor. The movement was a fail ure. The- Hadler vote gives a convention of 654, apportioned as follows: Adams - SI Lewis .... 21 Asotin ...... 6 Lincoln 17 Cnehalls- i -OS, Chelan 9 Mason - 7 Okanogan a Pacific 10 Pierce 69 San Juan 6 Clallam? ... S wiarx 11 Columbia 10 Cowlitz 13 Skagit ...... 21 Douglas . 9 Skamania Snohomish I 40 Spokane 45 Stevens 15 Ferry- 6 irankim - 4 Garfield 7 Island HThurston 15 Jefferson 9 Wahkiakum S Kins 114 Walla Walla 20 Kitsap. 13 Kittitas 13 Whatcom 36 Whitman 24 KUckltat il.v HlYaklma .. 13 CONTEXTS OP TODAY'S PAPER War la the Far "East. Japanese emitted. the feat of Hobson In at tack on ysrt Arthur. Pape l. Russian domasor toward Americans at St. Petersbcrs; la no looser one of friendliness. "France la nor: satisfied European powers will not be draws Into war. Page 3. - Russians bsvj fan scattered from Wlju, on Talo-to "Jokunsban, on Bay of Corea. Pape-).. Japanese -..enL fleet to continue attack on Port Arthur, until It falls or Is made un tenable, visi i. Concrete. Oregon ' Sccalbfs open fight on Frre shipping bill; de&aiicg It discriminates against the joiaznciK.- trace u Determined fffort is being made to Increase the ealary.f rural mallcarriers. Page 0. House passes a great number of pension bills Page 0. Domestic Land office ctQrks deny on stand that Specu lator Benson paid them for Inside Informa tion. . Page 6. Fire Wisconsin capltol building completely wrecks it, entailing a loss of $300,000. Page 3. Political. Republlce&n Committee' of Washington decides on one- convention, to be held at Tacoma. Page 1. New York Republican State Central Committee pledges Roocvelt hearty support, and Axes date for Stae Convention. Page S. .Sports. Monroe outfight Eharkey in six-round battle at Philadelphia. Page 14. Managers Ely and Morley refuse to give up playere President Bert had surrendered. Page 14. Oregon State Baseball League organized. Page 14. jKJ Commercial Club 'defeats Multnomah at bowl ing. Page 14. Pacific Coast. Important suit to test Washington law regard ing state timber land. Page T. Hood RlTcr farmers will soon own Irrigation ditch. Page T. Railroad engineer who narrowly escaped pol soning etnas young wife back to her par ent!, rage 7. Steam achoonar Rival In -dlstfera off Oregon coast. Page 7. Commercial aaa 'Marine. New York etock -markets stagnant and easy. rage J5. r Review, of the week la Wall street. Page IB, Bank statement shows unexpected gain in cash. Page 13. San Francisco produce quotations. Page 15. Heavy lumber ahlpnseribrrroea "Portland In Feb ruary, roga js. - r-ortia. ajp Tletetty. Ort fi&tJV&tr, ,05 er; 'A- SfciijM v.Conpan r pvi i a,-in uc care ;jec wjju , jit. "Pa 1. Dr., Hi W. Coe ,saysjhkn"iylam is no mn- ace 10 Aurai j.aour. rue is. Flreboat is chrlstcnei -by Mayor's daughter. Page 10. r Prohibitionists lasuecall- for County Conven Plan for collection . oMgarLage -suggested Woman's Club Is. not feasible. Page 10. by Railroads grant new. freight rates to Spokane, Attorney argues thatYclty'fostera crime. Page 12. ' I. Samuel returna;frointrtp.to Cuba. Page 10. Mazamas decide to climb vIounfShasta. Page 13, Bids are called for On EeIs and dark build lags. Page 10. .) Features aaa Departs eats. Editorial. Page 4. 4 Church announcements. Page 23. Classified advertisements; Pages 23, 24, 23, 28. 27. , Opportunities for-young men. Page 31. Russia's setroag grip on Manchuria. Page 32. Lane heroes of Russia and Japan. Page 37. Recollections of Father Time. Page SC. Unrecorded Incidents of the Lewis and Clark Journey. Page 31. Corea as the battle-ground. Page 33. McLaughlin and Old Oregon. Page 59. Social. Pages 20, 21. Musical. Page 22. Dramatic Page 18. Household and fashions. Pages 34, 35. Youths' department. Page 33. RUSSIAN COMMANDER DENIES THE LOSS LENTYDFPOWE 0,W.P.&.Ry.Co.to Build Immense Plant LECTRICITY AT WHOLESALE Retail Sale to Be Controlled by Portland General. THE COST WILL BE $1,000,000 Clackamas River Is to Be Harnessed at Cazadero, and Will Generate 16,000 HorsepowerPlans In spected by Engineers. be expended by the Oregon Water Power & .Ran way Com pany during1 the next two years for the Installation on the Clackamas River at cazadero of the largest electric .power plant In the Pacific Northwest. "t-The uregon water rower as itaiiway company will be Interested, however, only on. a wholesale scale, the company having signed an agreement with the Portland General Electric Company In which it is agreed that the latter company Is to have the control of all power generated at the new power plant except that which will be necessary for the use of the Ore gon Water Power . Company, for Its electric freight and passenger transporta tion lines. The agreement signed Is for 23 years, at the end of wlhch time the Portland General Electric Company will be allowed a 20-year renewal privilege. Fred S. Morris, treasurer of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company, stated yesterday afternoon that he had been ac quiring the necessary titles, deeds and rights of way for this purpose since 1890, and having secured every necessity for tho complete success of the venture no time would be lost Installing the plant. "Much preliminary work has already been accomplished, all of which has been done In a thorough, practical and up-to-date manner." said Mr. Morris. "Roads and bridges have been constructed, bunk houses, workshops and nearly all neces sary construction buildings erected and the work of harnessing the Clackamas River will be commenced immediately. We will spend at least Jl.000.000. "The power plant will be constructed on the south side of the Clackamas River. across the stream from the new town of Cazadero 43 miles from Portland. Power will be generated by carrying the "water of tho Clackamas in a ditch a milo and a half long from a point up the stream to the power-house where a 125-foot head will be had and where the water will be carried down Immense steel pipes on to water-wheels, from which It will be turned back Into the regular channel of the river. "At the head of the ditch, a mile and a half up the river from the power-house. a dam will be built In order to turn the stream Into the conduit. The ditch will be 75 feet wide and at least 12 feet deep and will empty Into a reservoir at the power-house which will cover SO acres of ground, will have an average depth of IS feet and will hold a supply of water in readiness at all times to supply ten hours' power for the total output of the plant. "The ditch and reservoir will be of solid rock formation throughout. The ditch will also be utilized to float logs to the reservoir, which Is reached by the electric line and will make it possible to utilize one of the finest timber belts In Oregon which othprwUe would have been a physical Impossibility. "The power-house wuere the generators will be located, will be about 200 feet long by 40 feet"ln width, will be one story In height and constructed of stone and cement. Immense steel pipes 400 feet long and 6 feet In diameter will carry the water from the reservoir to each set of water-wheels. Two wheels will be Installed for each generator and the wheels will be designed to carry 50 per I cent more than the normal output of the generators. On the- opposite side of the OF CRUISER D river, at the same elevation as the reser voir, the transformer station and switch board building will be located. "The current will be taken from the generators at about 2200 volts and will bo stepped up by the transformer system to 33,000 volts. The power will be trans ferred to the city by two sets of polo lines. Each, set of poles will have two three-phase lines and each individual line will be capable of carrying 5000 horse power. The power will be delivered to the Portland General Electric Company at point between the woolen mill and the golf links, east of the original town limits of Sellwood and south of our electric line; Five Different Sub-Stations. "The current required for the operation of our Springwater line will be changed from an alternating to a direct current at five different substations, located at Eagle Creek, Boring, Gresham. Oak Grove and Portland. Just where the Portland sub station will be located has Tiot been de cided, but It will be on one of the present properties of tho company that will be convenient. -We have sold the entire output of the plant, with the exception of what we will use ourselves, to the Portland General Electric Company, assuring them all the necessary power that will be needed for years to come. We are to add additional units, as the business grows, and will fur nish power to the Portland General Elec tric Company as It desires It. At least fOCO horsepower will be sold them as soon as we can supply it, but it is more likely that 10.000 horsepower will be needed. The units will be of 2500 horsepower, and will be designed to carry a 60 per cent over load for five hours withot excessive heat ing. "We propose to make this plant the most up-to-date In the Pacific Northwest, both In. Insulation and operation. The city will be better supplied per capita than any city In the West, Before installing the plant our chief engineer, G. I. Brown, will visit all the principal plants in the country in order to take advantage of all the latest improvements. He will also visit all the principal electrical machinery and water- wheel manufactories, and the machinery installed will be of the beBt and very latest Improved order. In anticipation of a continuation of the present rate of in crease of travel over the electric car lines of the company we have already ordered 12 new motor, passenger and trail cars of the latest design, from the Brill Car Com pany, of Philadelphia. The Summer travel on the lino will be enormous this year. not only on account of the attraction of the enterprise, but on account of the In ducements of the location as a Summer resort and picnic place. On the only pleas ant Sunday we had last Summer we car ried over 1300 people to the end of the line. The freight business has also increased. and we have had to increase our freight motors and cars to a large extent and havo doubled the motor power used on the freight service. Hourly Service This Summer. "We will furnish an hourly service this Summer and will make the round trip of SS miles In 2 hours. Every one knows how real estate has Increased in value in that section since the line way put in. We have done a great deal ef prelimi nary work already. All the materials necessary for the construction of the dam. including compressors, hoisting engines, a sawmill, and rock-crushers, are already on the ground. An electric-lighting plant lias been Installed, and the work will be rushed night and day. We will have the neces sary steam derricks and shovels on the ground within, SO days. Bunkhouses, mess- houses, cookhouses, engineers' buildings ana buildings In which accommodations will "be provided for the company's officers and friends have already been provided. "looted engineers from all over the coun try have been over the ground and exam Ined the enterprise, and tho only criticism any have passed is that we should have taken up the work before this. I have been acquiring this proposition since 1S30 and have" Just succeeded In perfecting- my titles, aeeas ana ngnts or way. .every thing that Is necessary for the success of the venture without any possible interrup tion has been secured. We own all the ground, consisting of several thousand acres, along the river where we will make the Improvements. There will be no town near the power plant. We don't want one. and as we own all the land, there will not be any. We will reserve the property and will use It for the company. Parks will be provided and travel will be en couraged by making It an Ideal place for pleasure parties. May Be Ready for Fair. "We hope to finish the plant before the close of the 1S05 Fair, and nothing will be neglected to bring this about, but as to this there is no certainty. Practically all of the stock Is owned by Morris brothers and Christenseh.' "We have contracted with the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company," said President H. W. Goode, of the Portland General Electric Company, "to furnish us with from .000 to 10,000 horsepower In 1905. The power will be delivered to us near Sellwood, and we will have the entire out put of the new plant, excepting what the company uses for its own purposes. The growth of the city makes It necessary for us to have more power, which we will get at the present time from our new steam plant In North Portland, which will be completed In about 60 days at an expend! ture of $250,000. The plant will have capacity of about S000 horsepower. With the 12,000 horsepower that we get from Oregon City and the 10,000 horsepower from the new plant we will be utilizing 20,000 horsepower in this city In 1S06, all of which will be neetied. This power will not be used alone for lighting purposes. In fact, the most of it will be used for man ufacturing purposes. "We are constantly improving the city lighting system and are at present chang ing the entire system to an all-arc sys tem. The rapid growth of the city will necessitate continued demands for electric power, and the new plant will be able to furnish all the power that will be neces sary for many years." About a year and a half ago the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company con templated the Installation of an electric llghtlng plant In Portland to run in oppo sition to the Portland General Electric Company, which would have resulted in electric power rate ware, as well as In honeycombing the streets with hundreds of additional poles. After considerable consideration, however, the two companies managed to get together, with the result that the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company will do the wholesale electrical business, while the Portland General Elec tric Company will retail the electric power of the city. The new plant will mean the furnishing through the Portland General Electric Company of power for all the street-car lines of the city. The Portland General Electric Company now furnishes some power to the Oregon Water Powor & Rail way Company, the company generating 1200 of Its own horsepower and getting the balance from the Portland General- The City & Suburban gets Its power from the Portland General, and the Inman-Poul-sen's mill plant, all of the West Side pow er coming from the Portland General. The Portland Railway Company depends en tirely upon the Portland General. The new plant will furnish power in quantities sufllclent to guarantee no fur ther trouble In the electrical service. The high and low water that has so often re duced the power at Oregon City will not afTect the new plant, which promises to furnish a service second to none west of ;the !MlsslssIppi River. REGQN AGAINST Frye Shipping Bill in In terest of the Few. COLUMBIA NOT IN GLASS Mitchell Says Oriental Trade Will Be Destroyed. DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PORTS If Government Supplies Have to Go in American Bottoms, Business With Dependencies WiJI Be Greatly Restricted. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 27. While the two Senators from Oregon today voted against the leaders of the Senate, who are endeavor ing to force through the Frye shipping bill, they are not opposed to the principle underlying that measure, but rather dis approve of having It become operative. In brief speech Senator Mitchell clearly outlined his position on the -pending meas ure, which proposes hereafter to restrict me vamusc 01 oil vioverpment supplies by sea In American-built ships. As drawn, the bill becomes optYatlve upon its passage. I Senator Mitchell unsuccessfully attempt ed to have the. bill amended to provide that it should not go Intof effect until July 1, 1903, and In behalf ok his amend ment stated that the Immediate restric tion of Government carrying trade on the Pacific to American ships wiould be a rank discrimination against r'Crtland and Astoria, and In favor of San Francisco and Puget Sound. He showed the Senate that wlfille Amer ican ships engaged In Oriental trkde are plying from Puget Sound and 'jKrisco, none sail from the Columbia Rivr. NTb pas3 the bill In Its present form wouldX temporarily at least, deprive Portland of V all Government business, so far as tha X , Philippines are concernQd? and would largely tond to compel the WarJDepart- ment to purchase forage, lumb.e?-and other supplies for the Islands In the coun J try tributary to ths two port?, rm, which Amescan ships sail, rather than In tha Oregon markets tributary to Pprtfand. Senator Mitchell stated -that -he -favored the general purpose of the. bill; that the word did not scare him, and he Relieved in legislation that would build up the American merchant marine, but he did not want that legislation couched In terms that would Injure his state and restrict the commerce of Its leading ports. If the bill did not go into effect until July 1, 1905, he said American vessels would no doubt be put on the Portland run, and by that time Portland would be In a position to compete with other port3 on the Pacific Coast. While Senator Fulton made no public declaration on the bill, his views are similar to those of his colleague. He thinks the general purpose of the pro posed legislation Is right, but that the bill as It now stands Is a discriminating measure that will not meet the approval of his constituents. NEAR APPROACH TO FILIBUSTER Democratic Senators Strongly Oppose the Frye Bill. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The Sedate today approached nearer to a filibuster than on any former occasion during the present session. The demonstration was made on 'the part of the Democratic Senators' against requiring the use of American ships for- the shipment of Gov ernment supplies, and amendment after amendment was offered, only to be laid on the table on motion of Hale, In charge of the bill. The numerous votes were Interspersed with debate, so that be tween the two forms of procedure, the entire session was consumed. On most of the votes the Senate divid ed on party lines, but Mitchell three or four times voted with the Democrats. Mitchell tried to change the time when the bill shall take effect, and in this he had the co-operation of Dietrich and Ful ton, Republicans, and of the Democrats. At the close of the day, Hale consented to make material modifications of the bill, whereupon unanimous agreement was reached to vote on it next Tuesday. Immediately after convening a rollcall was ordered on Carmack's motion to re commit. The motion was lost, 19 to 33. Hale moved to lay on the table Daniel's amendment relieving the Government of the necessity of enforcing the provisions in the proposed law In cases In which the charge of American vessels exceeds that of foreign vessels to the extent of 10 per cent. The motion was carried, 42 to 20. Efforts to fix the figures at 15 and then at 20 per cent also were unsuccessful- The votes were all on party lines. Amendment of Mitchell. Mitchell offered an amendment to poqt pone the date when the bill shall take ef fect until July 1, 1905. He expressed the opinion that the bill as a law would have the effect of restricting trade between the United States and its dependencies in the Pacific He also charged that the effect would be to discriminate in favor of soma Pacific Coast ports as against others. None of the American vessels that would engage In the trade ever enter the Colum bia River. He said all Oriental trade from the Columbia River ports would be imnfe dlately destroyed it the bill should become a law. Hale moved to lay Mitchell's amend ment on the table, which was carried, 34 to 23, Mitchell, Fulton and Dietrich vot ing with the Democrats, as heretofore stated. The Senate also tabled amendments giving- American vessels tho preference where the charges do not exceed by more than 25 per cent those of foreign vessels (Concluded on Page Three.)