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PORTLAND'S RELIEF
10 EXCEED $31,000
$16,000Cash,$1 5,000
In Supplies Donated.
MAN OUT OF WORK GIVES SUM
Chamber of Commerce Fund
Near $10,000 Money Alone.
"MITE BOX" SWELLS TOTAL
Store Clerks Give, Y. M. C. A. Turns
Over 'Circus Receipt andAll
Sources Bender Aid Rela
tires' Messages Arrive.
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. OKECOV8 CONTRIBUTIONS WTO I
I OHIO AND INDIANA FTOOD I
8VFFERER9 STEADILY J
GAINING. ,
Sent bv Chamber of Com-
mere- to Ohio 5.000
S-nt I iThsmb-r of Com-
t mer. to Indiana S.50
Clearing. Houn contribution. . l.OOO
t Elk.' contribution to grand
lo1 re commute l.OOO
Approximate receipts from
4 "Folllee" show 1.000
. VPiircieu i'"bw .
eoiia sources B.TOO T
Contributed by Commercial J
Club members TSO
t Sent by Rotary Club to Na- J
f tlonl officer 600
I r:if. hr Rarlee to commit-
te In field 50
4 Balance In Chamber of Com-
. mere fund l.SOO
i Total 17.S0
w a Uu n'fS SIS.OOO al0
J have been sent from varioua polnta
in Oregon.
It Is certain now that the Portland
Chamber of Commerce will collect more
than lt minimum of 110.000 for the re
lief of the Ohio and Indiana flood suf
ferer, for nearly 19000 had been col
lected when the office closed laat
night and contributions still were com
lit In.
Money, fooa and clothing also -wen
in large xolumes from various other
sources, with the result that Portland
now has sent and has ready to send
an aggregate of approximately $16,000
In cash In addition to more than $16.
000 worth of eatables.
' Contributions kept coming so stead
ily yesterday morning and In such sub
stantial amounts that when the spe
cial committee in charge of the fund
collecting campaign met at 11:30 It was
decided not to solicit subscriptions at
all but to depend entirely upon volun
tary offerings. -
3SOO Sent to ladlaaja.
Upon Instructions from the commit
tee. E. C. Olltner, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, yesterday tele
graphed 12500 to Hugh Daugherty. of
Indianapolis, trustee for the Indiana
relief fund.
With the $1000 contribution tele
graphed to the same official on Fri
day, this makes $7500 already expended
by the Chamber of Commerce.
When the books closed last night
the collections aggregated $8902.80.
Many who hare telephoned or written
of their Intention to contribute are
sen.ling money by mail and their sub
scriptions probably will be received
tomorrow.
Since the Chamber of Commerce
hooks closed last night a check for
110 bas been received at The Orego
nian office from A. B. Stetnbach. $10
from John Backus, of Kelso, and $6.50
In rash from tY. II. Hardy, making the
total now at the disposition of the
committee nearly $1300. The Rosarlans
yesterday voted $100 from their treas
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RANCHER CHECKS
UP ON MIDDLEMAN
POTATO FARMER PITTS NOTES
TO CONSUMERS IX SACKS.
Replies Show Ultimate Buyer Pays
$1.23 to $1.50 lor What Grower
Sells at 65 Cents.
BOISE, Idaho, March 19. (Special.)
In order to determine Just how badly
he was being robbed and at the same
time show the consumer how he was
being held up. L. I Young, a rancher
residing near Kampa, Idaho, put into
operation a unique scheme that brought
astounding results from the potatoes
be raised and sold.
Toung is an extensive potato raiser.
After he had harvested his Murphy
crop last Fall and while sacking the
potatoes, he placed a note in the bot
tom of each sack asking the consumer
to be kind enough to write him what
price he paid for the spuds. The po
tatoes were later sold by Mr. Toung.
who received for them EG cents a sack,
a net profit of 38 cents a sack.
Some time later letters began to pour
In to Mr. Young from all parts of the
United States. The consumers -had
found the notes. The several hundred
replies received stated that the con
sumers had paid prices ranging from
$1.50 to $2.50 a sack for the spuds.
Mr. Young said he expected the mid
dlemen to make a reasonable profit,
but that he, as grower, was receiving
such a small fraction of the ultimate
selling price demanded of the buyer as
astounded him.
The revelation has spread among
Idaho growers, many of whom are
confident now that sales direct to the
consumers would be more profitable all
around.
GIRL THIEF NOT CURED
Operation for -Kleptomania Proves
Only Partially Successful.
PASADEN'A. Cal., March 59. Jean
Thurber, the young Los Angeles wom
an, who attained much notoriety be
cause of having undergone a surgical
operation for kleptomania at Berkeley,
Cal., two years ago. was arrested here
today on a charge of having stolen
from three Jewelery stores diamonds
and rings valued at nearly $600.
The young woman, who also has used
the name of Alice Taylor, told the po
lice that the operation had done her
a great deal of good, but had not en
tirely cured her.
The officers aald she admitted her
guilt In the present case and added
that she had committed several other
robberies since having undergone the
operation.
ASTER FLAG SPOKANE PLAN
Power City Proposes Novel Exhibit
at San Francisco Fair. .
SPOKANE. Wash March 29. (Spe
cial.) Spokane's municipal flag will be"
planted In asters at the Panama expo
sition at San Francisco.
Plans for bringing this about have
been taken up Jointly by the city beau
tiful committee and the Sacramento
committee of the Ad Club.
Two thousand nodding asters will be
used to form the design of the 8x14
floral flag. The city colors, white, pur
le and gold, will be carried out in
flowers and in all probability asters
will be used almost exclusively. The
California poppy may be used for the
gold.
40 FALL WITH TRESTLE
Several Reported Drowned When
Bridge Collapses In Illinois.
MOUNT CARMEL, III., March 10. A
trestle ok the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
way, near Jackson'a Hill. Ill- on which
40 men were working, was swept away
today when six miles of track was
washed out.
Several of the psrty were marooned
on a knoll and have not been rescued.
Several are believed to have been
drowned.
SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK LEND INSPIRATION
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DAYTON
APPEALING
FOR PURE WATER
Thirst Is.a New Peril
Confronting People.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES LACKING
Undertakers Denounced by
Major Dupuy as "Ghouls."
QUICK ACTION PROMISED
Relief Forces Work In Concert and
Prompt Action of National Gov
ernment Is Declared to
Have Been Effective.
IATEST REVISED CONSERVATIVE
ESTIMATE OF OHIO AND
INDIANA DEAD.
Ohio.
Dayton' (conservative estimate) .-!l50
Hamilton (bodies recovered) PI
Columbus (bodies recovered) S4
Zaneavllle (known dead) lO
Delaware (bodlea recovered) 10
Chlllleothe IS
Mlamlaburg 15
Plqua 12
Tiffin 15
Mount Vernon 10
Fremont . .... 1-4
Franklin : 4
.Troy 8
Coshocton 5
Aflddletown ' 0
Valley Junction 0
Harrison 12
Cleves 2
Van Wert 3
Venice 3
Mansfield 1
Globe Center . . 1
Wooster 3
Loudonrllle 1
New Bethlehem 3
Ohio total 471
Indiana.
Peru 30
Brookvllle IS
Fort Wayne ..' 6
Terra Haute 4
Total Indiana 46
Grand total BIT
DAYTON, C, March 29 The work
of rehabilitation began today as the
work of rescue approached Its end. The
weather snowed improvement, as
viewed by refugees, for it was warmer
and pleasant to frost and water-chilled
bones, but the sanitary experts ac
cepted the rise in temperature vrlth
mixed feelings, for the cold had re
tarded the decomposing of animal mat
ter and refuse.
Secretary of "War Garrison conferred
with various officials and heads of the
committees, telegraphed President Wil
son, that the death list would not reach
500 and otherwise epitomized the sit
uation, and departed for Cincinnati,
after a flitting view of the city from
an automobile. It Is probable that he
will go to Columbus tomorrow. W. E.
Blackwell, in charge of morgues, esti
mated the death list at 250.
Water Famine Btext Danger.
Members of the citizens relief com
mittee are apprehensive of a water
famine. It Is believed there Is little
chance that the present supply can be
made to last until the water mains are
in use again.
R. H. Grant, head of the relief sup
plies committee, issued an appeal to
night to all cities in the country, ask
ing that as much bottled water as
possible be shipped to Dayton immedi
ately. It is especially desired that this
water be pure, as It Is practically im-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, t2
degrees; minimum. 4S degree.
TODAY'S Showers, probably .clearing in the
afternoon: southwesterly winds.
Flood.
Rising of Ohio River drives 1B.000 from
homes on Kentucky side. Section 1.
page 7.
Portland's contribution to flood sufferers to
exceed $31,000. Section 1. page 1.
Ohio death list now placed, at 471. Section 1,
page 4. - '
Dayton confronted by danger of water fam
ine. Section 1, page L
Omaha plans restoration fund. Section 1,
page 0.
Foreign
Balkan allies defy powers and fight on.
Section 1, page 5.
Titled American women urged to aid suffra
ges La In behalf of Detroit woman. Bec
Uoa 1, page 3.
National.
Tariff revision will depend on rate of in
come tax decided on. Section 1, page 1.
Democrat, find fat Jobs protected by civil
service. Section 1. page 2.
Demesne.
J. P. Morgan's Illness causes anxiety. Sec
tion 1. page 2.
Prisoner crawls mile In sewer and escapes
from Federal prison. Section 1. page 2.
Effort to sell Australian beef at 7 cents a
pound defeated by Federal authorities.
Section 1. page 1.
New York bomb mystery cleared up by
dying man's confession. Section 1. page 5.
Negro clubwomen excluded from league
luncheon In Chicago hotel. Section 1.
page 1.
Trial marriage after six montba Is pro
nounced auccess. Section 3. page 8.
OJeda cuts way through rebel lines and
reaches Naco. Conors. Section X, page 2.
Sports.
Portland Colt fans- consider team better
than Seals. Section 2. page t.
Plans outlined to further tennis play In
Portland this year. Section 2, page 3.
Walla Walla Bears of Western Trt-state
League begin to train. Section 2, page 4.
Four Olympic contestants of 1012 expected
to represent Multnomah Club. Section 2
Page 6.
Sacramento coasters defeat Colts, 1 to t
Section 2, page 3.
McCredle and every other Coast League
manager predicts their teams will be in
first division. Section 2, page 2.
Beavers beat Quincy 9 to X. Higglnbothara
pitching 5 iuninsa without hit. Section
2. page 2.
Forty thousand fans may see opening games.
Section 2, page 2.
Howard announces Seal lineup against
Beavers. Section 2. page 3.
Change in game lawa la radical. Section 2,
page 4.
Dog Show has 28" entries. Section 2. page 4.
Militia to stage high-class bouts. Section 2,
page 4.
April 15 Is rod letter day In sportdom. Sec.
tlon page 4.
Grammar school baseball games scheduled.
Section 2. page 5.
Pacific Northwest.
Governor West names Bureau of Mines and
Geology members, b'ection 1, page 8.
Rancher, by unique scheme, learns middle
man's pi-ont. Section 1, page 1.
South Santiam River reaches flood stags
and North Santiam Is rising.. Section 1.
page ,
Mrs. Sarah Todd, of Eugene, celebrates 103d
birthday. Section 1, page 8.
Real Estate and Building."
Aim of Portland Realty Board is high.
Section 4. page 8.
Big growth made in Vernon district. Sec
tion 4, page 8.
Logging road near Seaaide opens up saw
mill deal. Section 4. page 8.
"Potato King" to live In Oregon. Section 4,
page 9. . '
Albany opens new hotel. Section 4, page .
Commercial and Marine.
March hop trade of lighter volume than
usual. Section 2, page IT.
Good crop conditions hold down Chicago
wheat values, section 2, page 17.
Brisk advance in stock market continues.
Section 2, page 17.
New York banks still creasing surplus
reserve. Section 2. page 17.
Royal Mail man advises deep channel In
Portland harbor. Section 2, page IT.
Fori land and Vicinity.
Messenger carries official Invitation of
Rosarlans to Oakland. Section 1. page 12.
State Immigration Agent Indorses perma
nent Oregon exhibit to be located In
Portland. Section 1. page 15.
Lack of love and affection first reason why
girls go wrong, say Portland workers.
Section 1. page 12.
Sanitary Commission says parts of water
front and terminal yards are unsanitary.
Section 1, page 14.
Elks in special train now in Seattle town.
Section 1. page 14.
East Side Club Indorses Rose Festival
features. Section 2. page 18.
Supporter of minimum wage law answers
objection. Section 1, page 14.
Death of ex-president of Pennsylvania
lines is coincident-. Section 1. page 12.
Dan Kellaher enters Mayoralty race as
Progressive. Section 1. page 9.
C. M. Idleman files demurrer In defunct
- bank note case. Section 3. page 7.
Assessment of Sandy boulevard property
has complications. Section 1. page 14.
Flood sufferers fund Increased I110O by the
atrical men's follies. Section 1. page 4.
Visiting Methodist Episcopal churchmen
feted. Section 1. page 4.
Weather report, data, and forecast. Section
1. page 4.
Booklet explaining proposed park bonds is
sued. Section 1. page 0.
Brother of Portland man describes Omaha
cyclone Section 1. page 7.
TARIFF HINGES ON
N COME TAX RATE
Democrats Discover
Need of Revenue.
EXPENSES NOT TO BE CUT
"Extravagance" Now Proves
Necessary Outlay.
DREAD OF DEFICIT FELT
Party in Power Fears Lest It Sig
nalize Advent Into" Office by
Depleting Treasury and Cau
tion Is Watchword.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 29. Congress will con
vene in another week for the primary
purpose of revising thetariff thorough
ly and downward, and when the gavel
falls at noon on April 7 the ways and
means committee of the House will be
prepared to submit a complete system
of revision and ask for its approval.
Truth is that the men charged with dl
rectlng the tariff light have some mis
givings about the bill to be presented
and recognize that it may be subject
to material amendment when It gets to
the Senate. In fact, the House leaders
wfll be glad to have the Senate assume
part of the responsibility for the bill.
The Democrats are now in full con
trol of the Government, and on the one
hand will be entitled to all credit that
comes from the revision' of the tariff,
but by the same token they will be
entirely responsible for all shortcom
ings in the forthcoming bill.
Revenue Essential Need.
House leaders realize that they must
do two things. They must make such
revision as will be in keeping with their
pledges to the people, and at the same
time must provide for ample revenue to
run the Government. They have dis
covered already that they will need
fully as much revenue as has been
available during the past few years, for
they find they cannot in any material
way reduce the expenses of the Gov
ernment. What they used to style Re
publican extravagance, while the Re
publicans were In control, they now
find to be necessary expenditures for
conducting the Government properly,
and they are also aware that as the
Government expands, expenses are go
ing to increase rather than diminish.
With a certainty that a certain
mount of revenue must be available
each year, tariff revision must be so
shaped as to produce that revenue over
and above what can be raised under the
income tax. How much the income tax
will produce will not be known, even
approximately, until the tariff bill has
nassed both branches of Congress and
been approved by the President, for
there la more difference or opinion
about this feature of the new tariff
bill than over any one other section.
Figures Show Probable Deficit.
At the outset it was calculated that
the income tax would produce about
$100,000,000 a year. Proceeding on this
assumption, the ways and means com
mittee framed a tariff bill, making
rather extensive reductions and when
It got through with the tariff schedules
figured up and found there would be a
deficit on the basis of calculations of
tariff experts. Immediately the whole
subject was reconsidered, some mem
bers of the committee favoring lesser
reductions in the tariff and others
clamoring for a heavier income tax.
For a time it was proposed to levy
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TO THE PEN OF CARTOONIST. REYNOLDS.
MEAL REFUSED TO
NEGRO CLUBWOMEN
FASHIONABLE CHICAGO HOTEL
STOPS CLCB LUNCHEON.
Cook County League Forced to Post
pone Event Because Six Colored
Members Were to Attend.
CHICAGO, March 29. The annual
luncheon of the League of Cook County
Women's Clubs was prevented here to
day when the hotel In which the lunch
eon was to be served excluded six
negro women who represented the
negro women's club. ,
The luncheon was Indefinitely post
poned by the offlc'als of the league.
The club women decided to stand by
the negro organization.
There was no expectation of trouble
until this morning, when the manager
of the fashionable hotel where the
luncheon was to have been served, tele
phoned to the president of the league
that he understood that several negro
women were to be among the guests.
"We cannot serve them," he said.
The club federation will hold a spe
cial meeting April 19 to consider ac
tion against the hotel. v
OPINION ON TAXES IS GIVEN
Right of Sheriff to Segregate Assess
ments Is Denied.
In response to a request from Sheriff
Word, an opinion has been given by
Deputy District Attorney Smiley that
the Sheriff has no right to go back of
the assessment roll in collecting taxes.
The opinion was called forth by the
fact that many persons are refusing to
pay taxes on household goods, clothing,
jewelry and other'articles exempted by
an amendment adopted by the people
at the last November election.
Both Attorney-General Crawford and
District Attorney Evans harve ruled that
this tax cannot legally be collected,
but, as the personal items exempted
are not segregated from personal Items
unexempted on the assessment roll.
Deputy Sheriff Huckaby, in charge of
tax collecting, has been in a "Jam."
The opinion. In short. Is that the
Sheriff has no right to attempt the
segregation himself.
CREST'S PURCHASE URGED
City-Wide 3Iovement Starts to Have
City Make Purchase.
The movement to conserve Council
Crest as a public observation park as
sumed city-wide proportions at a meet
ing held at the Portland Heights club
house last night, representatives from
the East'Side clubs and from the down
town districts being present and urg
ing that action be taken to that end.
The special committee recently ap
pointed to investigate and make a rec
ommendation as to the amount of prop
erty that it is desirable for the city
to take over reported, recommending
that nine acres be secured at an esti
mated cost of $100,000 to $125,000, to be
used for- observation purposes only.
There was some opposition from resi
dents of Portland Heights, because of
the congestion of streetcar service that
they argued would ensue If Council
Crest should be made a public park.
TRAIN GOES INTO RIVER
Bridge Collapses in Flood Near
Shoals, Ind., Is Report.
SPRINGFIELD, March 29. Word
was received here tonight that a Balti
more & Ohio train, which- was run on
a bridge over White River, near Shoals,
Ind., to increase the flood resistance of
the bridge, had plunged into the river
when the underpinning of the bridge
collapsed.
As the wires are down details are
lacking.
POPE PIUS FEELS BETTER
Prelate for First Time Since Illness
. Stays Tp Until After Dark.
ROME. March 29. Pope Pius felt bet
ter today and for the first time since
the beginning of his recent Indisposi
tion, remained up until after dark.
EFFORT TO REDUCE
MEAT COST HALTED
Australian Shipment
Is Held in Port.
TAGS NOT ACCORDING TO LAW
Health Authorities' Vigilance
May Defeat New Move.
PROPOSED CUT IS 4 CENTS
Cargo of Beef From Antipodes, First
of Series, Instead of Being Sold
at 7 Cents to Consumers, May
Be Ordered Sent Back.
8AN FRANCISCO, March J9. (Spe
cial.) The first real opportunity for
lowering the high cost of living, wel
comed by housekeepers and looked
upon with hopeful trust by every man
and woman who must eat. is halted
and may be defeated through the
vigilance ot the health authorities,
both city and Federal.
The first shipment of beef from Aus
tralia arrived yesterday on the Sonoma.
It was announced that it is but the
beginning . of a traffic which would
reduce the cost of meat to consumers
to 7 cents a pound, 4 cents less than
the prevailing prices here.
Bottom Prices Sought.
Arrangements had been made to fol
low the shipments rapidly, both of
beef and mutton, frOM Australia until
the price went down to the levelof
the low charge In Australia plus tho
cost of carriage and the duty.
But the Importers had not reckoned
on the difference in tho method of
stamping the meat after inspection In
the Antipodes, '.there the meat Is sim
ply tagged by the Inspectors, whereas
in this oountry it is stamped with In
delible Ink on the meat so that each
piece Is sure of the examination mark
when it arrives at its destination. The
Australian tags are easily lost.
Dr. R. G. Broderlck, the city's Health
Officer, ascertained that the Austra
lian meat was simply provided with
a tag.
Federal Authorities Act.
The matter of the Sonoma cargo of
beef was brought to the attention of
the Federal authorities the Bureau
of Animal Industry, the Bureau ot
Pure Food and Drug Department of the
Department of Agriculture.
United States inspectors made an ex
amination and found some of the car
casses of dressed beef separated from
the tags. They immediately ordered
the entire cargo in cold storage until
the authorities could determine upon
a method of procedure.
The beef will not be released until
the authorities at Washington have
passed upon the question of stamping.
If the meat Is finally released and the
point settled, the future shipments ar
ranged for can be made without de
lay. ALIEN W0MEN MAY VOTE
Husband's Citizenship Declaration
Enough, Says Ruling.
SALEM. Or., March 29. (Special.)
An alien woman may vote If her alien
husband has taken out his declaration
to become a citizen, declared the Attorney-General
today in opinion on the
question that has bothered Oregon since
equal suffrage was granted.
Furthermore the ruling holds that
an alien woman may not take out a
citizenship declaration In order to vote
if the husband has not done so.
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