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Pages 1 to 16 ! i NSf Y y " v r v v v -r y v --" . TZZTTTZZ npvTn -ta kith iTT 101.1. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BRIDGE DEDICATED AT BLARE OF BAUDS West and East Side of Valley Linked. HELEN WEST CHRISTENS SPAN New Epoch Marked as Train Crosses Willamette. BUILDER REAR PROUD MAN Mlrm Crowd and Visitors Aid Big Celebration as Two Widely Sep arated ;eojrraphlal Divisions Arc Merged Into One. SALEM, Or., March li. (Special.) With blasts of whistles, shout from thousands of throats and the blare of bands, the new Portland. Eugene & I -a stern brldc that links the weft and the east sides of the Willamette Valley ("jrether. formally was dedicated to the commercial development of this section today. It was but a few minutes before noon when the two great American flaps, which were stretched across the bridge, were nosed aside by the pilot of the locomotive and little Mlsa Helen West, daughter of Governor West, standing erect on the pilot, cast Into the river on each sids of the new structure large armfuls of flowers. Down through Union street, crowded by densely packed lines of spectators, moving-picture machines and lines of rsmera men, tlowly moved the. train. Miss West throwing flowers right and left Into the cheering crowd. Valley'n w Epoch Marked. As the engine and Its three cars came to a stop and tha crowd surged In to congratulate President Strahorn on his achievement, a new epoch was marked for the Willamette Valley. The dream that has been alive In the minds of rall rosd men ever since a locomotive whis tle ass first heard In this vicinity had Him true. The mighty river has been spanned and what hitherto have been practically two widely separated geo grsphlcal divisions are now merged Into one. President Strahorn and his party ar rived shortly after 10 o'clock and. after a brief rest at the Hotel Marlon, was escorted to the Intersection of Union snd Front streets, where the special train, given the distinction of formally opening the new bridge, was awaiting. On tha front of the locomotive, which was gaily- decorated, a small throne had bten prrptrtd for Miss West. With j:er ere President Strahorn, Judge V. II. P'Arcy. president of the Salem Hoard of Trade; O. S. Sergeant, August lluckesteln and Superintendent Fields, of the Southern raclflc, as well as a number of newspapermen. History of Road Retold. Years ago the Salem. Falls Cltr t Western Koad was conceived In the minds of a few men who saw the im mense possibilities th-t It would de velop. The road, wl.en first organized, was under the vice-presidency of H. L. rittock. of Portland. Asso:.tted with him were the Gorllngers and others, and these men fought out the battles In constructing th railroad which now unfolds almost limitless possibilities In connection with the future of the val ley. Following the main feature of the day the railroad officials were guests of the Board of Trade at a luncheon at the Hotel Marlon. At i o'clock a pa rade. In which over 200 automobiles (Concluded on Fag 10.) TVJ'rZlZ'XZP 4J M ' . -W. SZaok, "-"$5&fr T I I ! JOB SEEKING LIST IS GROWING FAST SEVKNTEEX MORK APPLY TO MSXATOK CII.VMBEItI.AIX. Tlionias S. Borke, Baker, Who Rec ommended I. A. Miller as Col lector, Xow Is Aspirant. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. March 15. Practically all Ore gon candidates for Federal office who applied to Senator Lane for appoint ment also have appealed to Senator Chamberlain, but In addition Senator Chamberlain has received the following additional applications: For District Attorney Clarence I Reames. Medford; H. L. Hedges. Oregon City; J. N: Hart. Portland, and Albert Abraham. Roseburg. Or. For Collector of Customs, Portland Thomas P. Thornton. Portland, and Thomas 8. Burke, Baker. Burke at first recommended the ap pointment of M. A. Miller as Collector. and later became a candidate against him. For Collector of Internal Revenue E. P. Schow. H. Wolf and S. L Adair, all of Portland. For Marshal W. H. Cannon. Med ford: R. B. Beattle, Oregon City: C SI Collier, Grant County; J. E. Cronan, lone: X. Berkley, Pendleton; J. X. Rice, Clatskante: R. L. Brown and D. M. Watson, Portland. MANY DEMAND PER CAPITA Facetious Story Brings Xunierous Requests to Director of Mint. WASHINGTON. March 15. Apparent ly under the Impression that the Demo crats will divide the Nation's wealth among the people of the country, several hundred persons In letters re ceived today by George E. Roberts, di rector of the mint, applied for the 134.7: which, the Treasury Department estimates Is the per capita circulation of the United States. It was a revival uf an old story, in tended facetiously, which was .repeat edly denied during the Taft Adminis tration, that $34.72 awaited every lndi. vidual In the country. Many of the ap plicants asked that the amount be for warded by parcel post In pennies. "The story, of course. Is absurd,' de clared Director Roberts, "and each ap plicant will be Informed In a circular letter." NEAREST STAR INVISIBLE Observations Indicate Body to Be 4 6.000,000,000,000 Miles Away. NEW IIAVEX, Conn.. March 15. Ob servations during some 20 years for parallax of fixed stars have been com pleted at Yale observatory. They have included 338 stars of the Northern hem. Ipphere of the heavens. The nearest to the earth of these stars observed and the nearest of all the stars of the Northern hemisphere is one of the seventh magnitude, invis ible to the naked eye. Its distance In mites from the earth Is represented by the figures of 46,000 billion, denoted in astronomical terms by about - elffht "light year." This means that light, which travels about 156.000 miles a sec ond, would require eight years to tra verse the distance from this star to the earth. OIL KING'S SON IS HOST L. It. Alderman Guest or John D. Rockefeller, Jr., In New York. L. R. Alderman, Superintendent of Schools for Oregon, who is now In the East, Is the guest of John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., when in New Tork. Mr. Rock efeller wrote to Air. Alderman some time ago, saying he wished to have him as his personal guest when ho was in the East. Mr. Rockefeller became Interested In Mr. Alderman through a report filed by the Oregon school superintendent on home credit systems, some time ago. He read the report, after which be ex pressed the desire to become personally acquainted wVh the writer. SIDELIGHTS - 1 1 1 NEW DISSOLUTION PLAN IS ABANDONED Lovett Makes No Con test in St. Louis. HEED IS PAID TO CALIFORNIA Effect on French Banking In terests Is Considered. METHOD TO BE WORKED OUT Court Asked to Lieave Final Disso lution Decree In Abeyance, but Xo Intimation or Future Plans la' Given. ST. LOUIS. March 15. The Union Pa cific-Southern Pacific dissolution plan, which contemplated a preferential traf fic agreement between the two Harrl- fnr th use of the Benlcla cutoff, from Oakland to Sacramento. Cal.. was abandoned in the reaerai here todav by the Harrlman interests, and It now devolves on the railway attorneys and the Atiornej General to devise a new arrangement . rrr into effect the dissolution do- cree of the Federal Supreme Court. The dissolution decree, wmcn wa ,.m.rt tn the District Court of Utah on February f. gave the railroads three months to submit a plan to me iu court. This time limit will expire on May 10. Xnr rlam Expected IB -if". tc hoi. was set by the Judges of the Eighth Federal Circuit, sitting as the District Court of Utah today, for the rehearing of the case, Dut it is expected that a new plan will be laid before the court some time in April. What arrangement the railway coui ,.nl. contemplate was not Indicated by Chairman lovett. of the Union Pa cific system, who announcea mo donment of the plan in the court today. Mr. Lovett and other officials and attorneys for the Harrlman lines left a. Tnis for the East on a special train this afternoon. United States District Attorney Houts. who represented the Attorney-General in tne proceeaius today, has no information as to the fur . . 1 1 -,1 hV the rail- ther course .n it ... . - way representatives. man Second to Be Tried. The arrangement known as the modi fled plan, which was abandoned today, th second device drafted by the railroad in an attempt to comply with Hixinliitlon decree of the supreme Court. The first plan, which was sub mitted to the Circuit Judges on Febru- rv u. was modified because tne Cali fornia Railway Commission objected to the clause pro.-Idlns for the lease of ,. 5nnthrn Pacific Short Line from Oakland to Sacramento to the Central Pacific, which In turn was to be taken over by the Union Pacific, and to the provision for the exhaustive Joint use of the cutoff by the two major Harrl man lines. The modified plan, abandoned today, provided for ft preferential traffic agreement between the Southern Pa cific and Union Pacific for the use of the cutoff. California Objection Controls. The abandonment of the plan came as a surprise, as. Mr. Lovett and other attorneys came here fully expecting to present the dissolution arrangement to the Circuit Judges for approval. After his arrival In St. Louis, Mr. Lovett re ceived a topy of the protest filed by the California Railroad Commission. Realizing that the approval of the Cali fornia Commission was necessary to (Concluded on Page S.) ARE CAST ON SOME OF INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 54 decrees: minimum, 52 degreee. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southea.terly winds. Foreign War passion In Europe felt by military bills. Section 1, page 0. Mexican federals at Naco surprise superior force of rebels and drive them back Section 1. page 2. National. Friends of Wilson take control In Senate. Section 1. page 2. United States Senate advances woman suf- - frage committee to majority rank. Sec- - tlon 1. page 3. Schism of Democrats in Senate Is wide. Section 1, page 1. More Oregon Democrats apply for Federal Jobs. Section 1. page 1. Wilson feasts on Oregon salmon. Section 1 page 4. Domestic. ' Woman arrested on. charse of blackmailing rich men. Section 1. page o. Actress tells vice Investigators poor pay does not drive glrla to stage, bectlon . page 1. First conviction in police graft crusade ob tained in New York. Section 1. page 5. Harrlman Interests abandon modified plan of dissolution. Section 1, page 1. Mrs. Mabel Clarkaon, missionary's wife who ran away with alleged burglar, returns penitent. Section 1. page . Itallroad firemen declare companies' statis tics mislead. Section 1, page 0. Jnlian Unvthnrni In Tombs thinks of him- elf as In his "cabin" at ssa. Section 1. page . Postmaster, his wife and four children fro zen to death In blizzard. Section 1. page 6. Mrs. Rube Marquard sued for hair worn at wedding, section l, page z. Bernhardt uses billboard to score writer. Section 1, page 1. Sports. Beavers lose to Chicago Giants by 2 to 0. Section 2, page 2. Anderson and Brown fight 20 rounds to draw. Section 2, page 4. McCYedie plans to bring Chicago colored Giants to Portland for games with Colts. Section 2, page 2. Seals' showing cheers fans. Section 2, page 3. Hawkins hopes to lower his mark in high hurdles. Section 2. page 3. Columbia and Jefferson have best track prospects. Section -. page 4. McFarland proves he Is still "peerless box er." Section -. page 5. Pacific Northwest. Washington's 13th Legislative session most successful, most stormy ana most un usual in history of state. Section 1. pago 8. Lsldlsw pays honor to late Legislature for passage of bill lor Columbia bomnern project. Section 1. page 7. Head of Oregon schools studies New York methods. Section 4, page lO. Shipowners to begin wool clip at once. Section 4. page 10. Logged-off land law in Washington Invites colonists. Section l. page 7. Proposed Hood River apple-selling com bine's plans discussed. Section 4, pago 10. Umatilla chief goes to Washington to con fer with White Father. Section 1, page 7. . Henry's father pleads for son by temporary insanit y testimony. section l, page o. Depositors of defunct Vancouver bank meet. Section 1. page V. Salem bridge of Portland. Eugene & East ern dedicated, section 3, page X. Real Kslate and Building. Portland realty market takes on vigorous activity. Section 4, page s. Plan to make Washington street "great white way comes up. bectlon 4. page i. Group plan made for Reed College. Sec tion 4, page o. Commercial and Marine. Remote prospects for Improvement in po tato and onion markets. Section 2. page ll. Wheat at Chicago touches lowest price of season. Section 2. pago 19. Selling of Union Pacific feature of stock market. Section 2, page 19. New York banks increase aurplus reserves. ' Section 2, page 19. Harrison Line builds eight new vesselB, which will call regularly at Portland. Section 2. page T. Portland and Vicinity. T. M. C A. teams ready for membership contest with Seattle. Section 2, page 20. Property of H. D. Winters may revert to State. Section 1, page 12. Lhevlnne tells of Army life and love of sports. Section 1. page 13. Campaign to take advantage of new farm extension laws started. Section 1, page 10. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page 8. Evans positively denies legality of personal tax levy, but cites difficulties of show ing exemption. Section 1, page 11. Retail Merchants'- Association officers re elected. Section 1, page 14. One child killed and one hurt while playing 'In street. Section 1, page 12. Oregon-Washington committee decides to continue Interstate bridge plans. Section 2. page 20. Dr. Harvey v. Wiley discusses temperate living and pure foods. Section 1, page 12. Rossrlans predict success In effort to raise festival fund. Section 1, page 15. Prire-winnlng salmon recipes are given. Section 4. page 9. Lents pupils are trained for work. Section 4, nage 10. Fitting plana for observing St, Patrick's day are made. Section 2, page 7. Oregon Hebrews urge Jews to engage In farming. Section 1, page 4. Norwegian minister Bryn In Portland. Sec tion 1. page ll. THE PAST WEEK'S EVENTS BY CARTOONIST nn i o7.o SCHISM OF SENATE E Disruption Harks Back to Republican Rift. YOUNGER FACTION WINS POINT Older leaders Forced to Dis gorge Positions of Power. HARMONY NOT IN SIGHT Ffear Now Is That Unhorsed Leaders May Array Themselves With Kival Party When Tariff Session Is Begun 111 Feeling Is Seen. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, March 15. The Democratic ma jority of the new Senate Is as badly divided today as was the Republican majority two years ago. There Is no such thing as harmony, and there are two widely separated factions, quite as far apart and quite as bitterly opposed as were the two factions of the Re publican Senate In the middle of the Taft Administration. Whether the ex isting disruption in the Democratic ranks will lead to as disastrous results as followed the Republican split re mains to be developed. The recent effort of the Democrats to organize the Senate is primarily re sponsible for the existing ill-feeling. With the Democrats, as was true of the Republicans, the trouble primarily grows out of the demand of the younger and more progressive Senators for rec ognition, and the refusal of the older Senators voluntarily to relinquish that power and position which they feel should be theirs by reason of long serv ice and seniority. The older Democrats of the Senate, like their Republican brothers, were unable to bring themselves to believe that younger Senators should step Into positions of power and Influence, and it became necessary for the younger element to take matters into their own hands, and force the older Senators to come to time. Touneer Meat Win Point. So far as attaining their first ob ject is concerned, the younger and more progressive Democrats have won their point, for they have compelled the older leaders to disgorge, and give up many of the positions they normally would have held by reason of their greater length of service. Men like Senators Bacon, of Georgia; Martin, of Virginia, and Tillman, of South Caro lina, under the old system, would be In virtual control of the Senate today, but for the revolt that sprung up, and this revolt has thrown custom to the winds, and prescribed an entirely new system of organizing and conducting the affairs of the upper branch of Congress. With the Democrats, the younger and progressive element constitutes the majority of the party caucus, whereas the progressive element In the Repub lican party two years ago was In the minority, and made itself felt only by combining with the Democratic minor ity. Until the special tariff session gets under way, It will not be known whether the unhorsed leaders of the Senate will go to the extreme of array ing themselves with the Republicans, in order to thwart the will of the new leaders. On many questions It is doubt ful if such an alliance will be made, and certainly the influence of the Ad ministration will be against any such move. But among th.e older Senators are several of the "protectionist" type who will not be In favor of as radical (Concluded on Page 2.) DEMOCRATS IS WiD BILLBOARDS CARRY SARAH'S DEFIANCE BERNHARDT CAII,S WRITER COWARD OX FOSTER. Intimation That She "Enjoyed" Auto Accident Causes Rage When Actress Reads. (LOS ANGELES, March 15. (Special.) Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, who was so badly injured In an automobile acci dent Wednesday that she was forced to cancel her Friday appearances at the theater at which she was appearing, does not like newspapers to say that she "enjoys" such affairs. As a result, an unusual poster ap peared on billboards In Los Angeles to day. The poster reads: "An open letter to the public An article appeared Thursday morning In a Los Angeles newspaper. The article is entitled, "And She Enjoyed It' and Is unsigned,-but I hereby declare 'hat it has Leen written by a liar and a cow ard. SARAH BERNHARDT." if. Marconton, Madame Bernbardt's personal manager, explained Saturday moraine; that the distinguished actress took exception to the article. "She did not approve of It," he said, "and took this method of expressing her disapproval. If any of the posters have been defaced or covered up, I have not heard of It." INSANITY COSTS! 35,000,0Q0 Persons in Asylums Outnnmber Col lege and University Students. PHILADELPHIA. March 15. There are more insane persons in asylums and similar Institutions in the United States than students in colleges and universi ties, and tey are responsible for a di rect and economic loss to the Nation of S135.000.000 a year, according to asser tions made today by Clifford B. Beers, secretary of the National Commission on Mental Hygiene. Mr. Beers spoke at the long table luncheon of the City Club, which marked the opening of a week's con ference and exhibition of mental hy giene. HALF OF FLEET WRECKED Sealers Out of Halifax Have Disas trous Experience. HALIFAX. N. S., March 15. Half of the Gulf sealing fleet of eight vessels, which left here recently, has met with shipwreck, according .to advices re ceived today. The steamer Lloydson struck a sunken rock while breaking through the Ice and was so seriously damaged that the voyage had to be abandoned. The Laborador sprung a leak while in heavy Ice and had to be beached In St. Marys Bay. The Boothis and Bella Venture were damaged in collision and are being repaired at St. Johns. ( WILSON GETS SHAMROCK Gift of John Redmo- Arrives at White House'.n Box. WASHINGTON, March 15. St Pat rick's day may find President Wilson wearing in his hat a sprlgr of sham rock from the "old sod." From Ireland today there reached the White House for the President a box of real Irish shamrock, the gift of John Redmond, Irish member of the British House of Commons. The Presi dent's secretary, Joseph Patrick Tum ulty, with a smile, said that he felt he alone was qualified to receive them. PONTIFF OMITS ADDRESS Physicians Advise Against Addition al Effort Involved. ROME, March 15. It Is customary for the Pope to deliver a short address when receiving the Palms. Under the advice of bis physicians, however, Pope Pius omitted that ceremony today. The latest announcement by his physicians Is that the Pope has practi cally recovered from his illness. REYNOLDS STAGE NOT GOAL OF POORLY PAID LS Actress Says Ambition Is Ruling Motive. PROBERS TO CALL ON WILSON Inquiry Into Vice Conditions Covers Wide Scope. MINIMUM WAGE DECRIED Department Store Manager Says to Weed Out All but Best Would Drive Less Competent Ones to Dire Extremities. PEORIA, 111, March 16. Miss Jan ette Fullerton, who acts "In stock." told the Illinois vice commission about the life on tne stage here today. The women employes of two shows playing here had been subpenaed, but there was time to hear only Miss Fullerton. She gave the average minimum wage of chorus girls as J16. Those who "read lines," she said, rarely received less than 25 a week. "Reading lines." she explained, means speaking parts. The average salary of actors and ac tresses "reading lines" runs from S3i to S70 a week, she said. There were who received salaries running Into the hundreds and thousands. Dressing Rooms Are Separate. vftn know anythtna: of stage people of both sexes being obliged to dress tn the samo aressinp - uum . Lieutenant-Governor O'Hara, chairman of the commission, asked. "Never heard of sucn a tning. m hi Mtv m v dressing-room has a large mirrnr and room for two trunks. In some houses there is less room, and two women may be put togetner never persons of different sexes, how ever." Chairman O'Hara has asked a great many women, since the commission was instituted, whether they were driven to the downward path by low wages. He asked Miss Fullerton whether women were ever driven tv the stage by inadequate pay received In other branches of endeavor. Glrla Spurred by Ainblttom. "Oh, no; most girls go on the stage because, they are ambitious." she re plied. "They feel that they have talent." The commission worked fast, and during the day questioned 18 witnesses, Including merchants, manufacturers, girls of the underworld and pro prietresses of resorts. The Eastern trip of the commission depends on whether the Senatorial deadlock Is broken before Thursday. If It is broken by that time, the com missioners will visit several Eastern cities, but if it Is not, the commission will respond to an invitation from President .Wilson and make a flying trip to Washington on Thursday to discuss the vice crusade, returning to snHne-fiaM Immediately to attend ses sions of the Legislature, deferring visits to other Eastern cities. Firm's Profits In Danger, Thomas Greer, manager of a de partment store, said he did not know thtt nrnfitn nf hla firm, hut he was sura that the firm could not pay a minimum wage of S8 to Its women employes without seriouslv Interfering with the earnings of tha house. - P. A. Bereer. head of a. denartment store, declared his belief that low wages had little to do with ir -norallty among women. He expressed the opin ion that a minimum wage scale ior women would be disastrous. In the first place, firms would hire only persons who were worth the (Concluded on Page G.)