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Pages 1 to 16 VOL,. XXXII NO. 1G. : I . ; ' I I unuHii iiiniu iiiLL ASSERTS HIS FAITH Belief in Atonement (or Sins Affirmed. SON IS RESIDUARY LEGATEE Specific Bequests of Only $20,000,000 Are Made. FORTUNE NOT ESTIMATED Art Treasures Intended for Public, bat Son or Grandson Will Be Left Free as to Details. Employes Remembered. NEW TORK, April 19. "I commit my out Into the hands of my Savior In full confidence that, having redeemed It and washed It In his moat precloua blood, he will present It faultless be fore the throne of my Heavenly Father; and I entreat children to maintain and defend, at all hazard, and at any cost of personal sacrifice, the blessed doc trine, of the complete atonement for sin through the blood of Jesus Christ, enco oJTered. and through that alone." Thla is the extraordinary and strik ing; utterance which begins the last will and testament of John Plerpont Morgan, who died at Rome on March Jl last, whose body, heaped over with flowers from the crowned heads of Europe, was. a fortnight later, brought back to his own land, and last Monday was borne to its last resting place at Hartford. Amount of Estate o Gives. Ever since the funeral the publica tion of the great financier's last will has been awaited with keen expecta tion, and It ia safe to say that of all the Interesting testaments of eminent citisens of America, that of Mr. Morgan, to be offered for probata here Monday morning, is by far the most interesting- As to the amount of the estate, which Is one of the first questions the public naturally Is asking; there la nothing In the will to give any accurate Idea, and the executors declare that no announce ment will be made on this point until the appraisal has been made for de termining the state Inheritance tax. Sea Gcta All Bat 30.000,000. The amount of trusts and bequests named by speclfle sums Is under $10, 009.000. but the entire residue of the estate Is left to J. P. Morgan, Jr.. who Is designated by his father to become the chief heir, not only to his fortune, but to his many charitable and artistic activities. As to the document Itself. It is un usual In many of Its features, and. ac cording to those two or three Intimate friends who already have had a glimpse of It. it Is a portrait of Mr. Morgan himself, beginning with the striking confession of his religious faith (a side of his character which was known to his close associates but not to the world) and running through -all Its 37 articles, duly set forth In the same logical and orderly fashion which, his friends say. marked all Mr. Morgan's mental processes. Every CmflasieaeT Considered. Ha has apparently prepared with painstaking care for every contingency that might affect Ms family or his banking firm, and to. his executors, name!?, his son. John Plerpont Mor gan. Jr.. his two ons-1n-law. William Ilerson Hamilton and H- L. Satterlee, and his friend, Lewie Cass Ledyard. he give careful directions under many clauses as to alternative courses of procedure. It Is to be noted also that (Concluded e Page e. ; Ts?uc- JS oy yy Te Af? fJK J N? I : x rrsr-js, j 1 " . t is i i i ' t it t ssssstsisstssssitist tssssssisiit---- CHILDREN SAVED ON FLOOR OF CAR MOTHER TAKES PRECAUTION" AS COLLISION IMPENDS- .Motor Driven by R. D. Fontana Crashes Into Irvington Car and Mrs. D. E. Bowman Hurt. t-v. v,.r tiro little airls on "the floor of the streetcar to protect from the wreck which she saw coming, Mrs. V. E. Bowman, IJ4 East Fourteenth street north, was badly injured about the face by flying glass and was se verely shocked when an automobile driven by R. D. Fontana. manager of the Oregon Packing Company, plunged Into the side of an Irvlngton streetcar at East Fifteenth and Wasco streets about o'clock last night. Protected by their mother, the chil dren, sged six and three, were unhurt. Both streetcar and auto were wrecked. Mrs. Bowman was taken into the home of Mrs. L. H. Peters. 192 East Fifteenth street north, where she was attended by Dr. C. O. Young. Shock, in addition to the cuts, rendered her condition serious. She was removed to her home later. Mr. Fontana had not reported the accident to the police at a late hour last night. He refused to discuss the accident. The machine struck the streetcar di rectly below where Mrs. Bowman and her children were seated. Other pas sengers only received a slight shock. CONDON MAY RETAIN FAIR Sherman County Feels Not Equal to Com of Trl-County Event. COXDOX. Or.. April 19. (Special.) The annual Trl-County Fair of Sher man. Gilliam and Morrow counties may again be held in Condon this Fall. Sher-. man County was to hold the big event, but on account of arrangements al ready made tnere for their local county and school fair it may give up the Tri County Fair. Traveling Freight Agent Oliver, of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, who Is urging that a fair be held this year, says that Sherman County does not feel eoual to the financing of the fair with out appropriations from the other two counties. As it was ruled last year. Just before Condon held the first Trl County Fair, that the county in which the fair Is to be held should finance the event and depend only for exhibits and attendance from the other counties, a selection for the fair site for this Fall still remains unsettled.- Sherman County says It cannot finance it alone. Condon business men are now taking up the matter and are willing to take the Tri-County Fair, providing it is made a permanent an nual event In Condon. BIRDS GIVEN PROTECTION Permits to "Bird Islands" at Klam ath Lake Limited to One Day. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. April IS. (Special.) The "Bird Islands." In the Lower Klamath Lake, have long been the breeding place of Innumerable birds. Pelicans especially have made that locality their home for many years, as it is peculiarly fitted for the purpose, being hidden among the tule growth and reached only through tor tuous channels. To further protect the birds from dis turbance during the breeding season, the State Game "Warden has given or ders that no general permits bo issued to parties who make a business of tak i .,,i.r,inna th. Permits to in dividuals will be good only for one day. WEISER RENEWS CONTRACT Growers Will Market Apples Through Fruit Exchange. WEISER. Idaho. April 19. (Special.) The apple crop of this district will again be marketed through the North western Fruit Exchange of Portland, as 14 s a .a. a fas vNaa. t-t at sti t tsr ft K fiBOfl?. The Welser River Fruit Association to- . . . . . I . t- .Via day renewea i coiiwki i.m Portland organisation for the third consecutive year. A. A. Prince, secretary-of the Ex change, who is here today, stated to night that the local crop of about ISo - -. . 1A A rt mirk.t under afflll- WW,.., I " " atlon with approximately the same SOClatlons a last year. CARTOONIST I, i .. 1 ' PRICF FIVE CEXTS PORTLY. OREGON, ".SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 20, 1913. ; - nn irnnim unnrn An Am m irnrr Muiun nun n mt.L w i . mi.iiiifi 1 Il I i l llllllllllll I ft sknV TO ACT GAUTIOUSLY Administration's Views on Alien LawlGiven. SENATE BILL DEEMED BEST Words "Ineligible to Citizen ship" Are Objectionable. STATE RIGHT RECOGNIZED Suggested Provision Not Welcome to Japanese, but Likely to Be Tol erated Laws of Other States Are Similar. WASHIXGTOX. April 19. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan, following the precedent of previous Administra tions, today made known their views nn the international character of the legislation now pending in California by which Japanese would be preventea from owning land in that state. In a telegram to Governor Johnson. made public both at Sacramento and Washington. Secretary Bryan expressea the view of President Wilson that the California assembly measure might be construed as a violation of treaty obli gations with Japan, while the Senate's measure aa drawn would not oe oDjt, tionable. If alien land legislation Is to be enacted at all. State's Right Recognised. In this the Federal Government rec ognises the sovereign' right of Cali fornia to legislate according to Its own judgment, but today's message coun selled caution. The telegram and other Information from official circles Indicated clearly that the provisions in the assembly bill by which allena "Ineligible to citlsen shlp" would be prohibited from owning land were regarded a a distinct dls .rin.iniloii aa-alnst the Japanese, who at present have not the right of natur alisation. The language oi ino sc...... viii .i.l4nr -nwrntrihlD of lan Is to citisens of -the United States or aliens who have declared their intention oi becoming citisens" Is approved by the President, as he has discovered that this is the phraseology of the statutes already in force In New York. Dela ware. Kansas, Minnesota. Kentucky, Washington. Missouri and the District of Columbia. Ownership Denied Japanese. Incidentally, all these laws make it impossible for Japanese to own lands until they are able to declare their ln t.Minn of becoming citisens, a privi lege which the lower courts thus far have not given them on tne grouna that they are not of "white or African descent." ' By enacting a law similar to those in rnrre In several states,. California would not embarrass the Federal Gov ernment, because no protest hitherto has been made against these statutes, the whole nroblem becomes one of naturalisation. It Is not unlikely, however, that the Japanese government will now attempt to have the question of naturalization pressed to higher courts. " ( fclnria Pally Informed. Viscount Chlnda. Japanese Ambassa dor, had a long conference about the situation today with Secretary Bryan. The Secretary had been keeping the Ambassador freely advised of the steps taken by the Federal Government to preserve the treaty rights of the Japan ese, and accordingly made known to him today the contenta of the message dispatched at the direction of the (Concluded on Psge- a) REYNOLDS PICTURES ! iln..n,M.l..riT inn PRI7F row YIF ns no ni The Weather. TESTER DA'T'S Maximum temperature, 81 . degrees; minimum, 46 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, with light frost in early morning-; northerly Kinds. Foreign. Krupn works Involved in ugly graft scan dal. Station 1, page 1. . Domestic. Aviator Brodle Is killed. Section 1. pare Court commissioner finds Editor Nelson was Justified In criticising divorce decison. secton 1, put 2. South carolna Governor says courts cannot dictate to him. Section 1, pags 2. Alderney cow gives 36 quarts of milk a dajr. Section 1, pare J. P. Morgan In his will asserts belief In atonement for sins. Section 1, psge 1. Police at Fan Francisco create blockade, of Chinatown. Section 1, page 6. Sports. Columbia Vnlverslty wins dual track meet w:th Jefferson High. Section 2. psge a. Pacific Coast league results: Los Angeles :i. Portland 1; Oakland , San Francisco 'J: Venice S. Sacramento 3. Section -. page 2. Northwestern League results: Portland 8. Spokane 3: Vancouver 3. Taooma 1: seat tie 3. Victoria 8 (11 innings). Section 2. page 2. -Harlem Tommy" Murphy defeats Ad Wot gast. Section 2. page 4. University of Washington wins triangular boat race. Section 2. page 5. Multnomah defeats tmiversity of Oregon nine. to 4. Section 2. page 8. "Soldier" Carson to pitch for Beavers to day. Section 2, page 2. Pacific Northwest. Mother and daughter drown In Columbia near Kalama. Section 1. page 8. Thief Martin amplifies conf-ssion. admits true name and tells of bilking big rail roads from East to West. Section 1, page 1. National. Administration gives its views on anti alien legislation to California. Section J. page 1. Wool Senators looking for combine to de feat Wilson's programme in caucus. Sec tion 1, psge 5. Secretary Lane to call water users In con ference. Section 1, page 5. Woolgrowers to oppose tariff on manufac tured product. Section 1. page 5. Commercial and Marine. Brownsville mohair pool sells at S3 cents pound. Section 2. page 17. Wheat advances sharply at Chicago on ele vator b lying. Section 2, page 17. 0 Portland and Vicinity. Hearing of E. E. C. Von Klein set tfor April 22. after which extradition Is expected. Section 1. page 11. Broadway bridge now complete, with open ing w-rrmony due Tuesday. Secton I, page 12. - Kirmess given by children successful. Sec tion 1. page 11. Christian Endeavor Societies plan big rally. Section 1, page 13. Ad Club members to appear In play at tha Baker next week. Section 1, page 18. Parents' Educational Bureau will fce opened tomorrow. Wectiun 1, page 13. Municipal experts report on Bureau of Healtn. Section 1. page 10. Features of corrupt practices act set forth. Section 1. pagn 10. Human lite conservation conference takes on big proportion. Section 1, page 14. Today's services In Portland churches. Sec tion 5. rage 11. Mother's precaution saves children from In Jury In car collision. Section 1. page 1. MAYOR HOLDSAJP PAYMENT Contract for Delivery; of Copies of Charter Lort, Say Officials. ; Following an Investigation -which shows that " the firm which had the contract for the delivery of cop ies of the official commission charter pamphlet has failed to do the work properly, Mayor Rushlight yesterday ordered payment for the service held up. "The contractors will be required to resort to the courts to get the pay, amounting to 1147. The same firm has the contract for delivering the copies of the official mamnhla, fnrtflltlint- - the MI11M and v. r - platforms of the candidates at the pri mary nominating election. The Mayor and City Auditor Barbur decided yes terday to take this work away from the firm and send the copies to the voters by mail. A large force of clerks will check up on the registration books and mall a copy of the pamphlet to each registered voter. ANVIL MAY YET-BE SAVED Insurance Agent Finds Vessel in . Fairly Good Condition. FLOREXCE. Or.. April 19. (Special.) Mr. Genereaux. who has charge of the Anvil for the Insurance company, found after an examination that the vessel is In much better shape than was feared and Is confident of success in the at tempt to float her. She Is gradually moving closer Into deep water. aeep water. ' - : HIS IMPRESSIONS OF SOME OF THE PAST WEEK'S EVENTS. RYE OH FREE LIST No Change Is Made in Rate on Wheat. SHOE MACHINERY FREE TOO Mutual Savings Banks Exempt From Income Tax. DISCOUNT IS DEBATED House Caucus Finally Agrees on Re bate for All Goods Imported in Vessels Entitled to Anier- , lean Registry. WASHIXGTOX, April 19. The Demo cratic tariff revision bill with its sweeping reductions, a long free list, augmented today by the ways and mean's committee and its income tax. is now ready for aebate in the House of Representatives. Approved late today by the Demo cratic caucus as amended in two weeks' discussion and by the committee in minor features the bill will be reintro duced Monday by Majority Leader Un derwood. It will be reported favorably by the majority of the ways and means committee on Tuesday and called up for debate on Wednesday. Early Pannage Predicted. Chairman Underwood predicted to night that the bill would be passed in the House by May 15- Two months, the Administration leaders believe, is a generous time to allot to the Senate for Its consideration and passage, and un less it is decided to bring in a cur rency bill thereafter, Congress should be ready to dajourn about July 16. The bill, as approved by President Wilson, came through the caucus un scathed. Democratic opponents to free sugar in three years and to free raw wool made the most vigorous fights on the President's suggestions adopted by the ways and means committee, hut they were hopelessly outvoted with lit tle chance to develop enough opposition with Republican alliance to do any thing with their amendments on the floor of the House. Free U"t Augmented. The caucus agreed. to an amendment tn transfer buckwheat and rye to the free list and to add savings banks, "not conducted for profit. " to the list of ex emptions from the operation of the in come tax. They were reported late to the caucus. There was no change in the item of wneat, on which the mil iars have been making a great fight, because of the putting of flour on the free list. The principal changes were. Shoe machinery, buckwheat, rye, rob bit fur and phosporic acid, transferred from dutiable to the free list; onyx reduced from 65 cents to 60 cents a cubic foot to put it on the same basis as marble; diamonds, uncut, are un changed, but cut diamonds are in rraiii from is to 20 ner cent: castor oil i reduced from 15 to 12 per cent; cod, seal and herring oil, reoucea irom 5 to S per cent; sperm oil reduced from 5 to 3 per cent; vanlla beans reduced from 50 to 30 cents a pound; salts and other compounds and mixtures of which w i . . . .nlil vtlatlnum rhodium. silver, tin and "uranium constitute the chief value, cut from 15 to 10 per cent. Proposal Made to Limit Debnte. Representative Hardwlck Insisted it would be mockery not to draw the lines closely on the offering of amendments. He introduced a resolution, which was referred for subsequent action, provid ing that the tariff bill shall be passed under a special rule, restricting gen- Concliided on Psge o PRIZE COW YIELDS 36 QUARTS A DAY BUTTER PRODUCT FOR WEEK IS 26.47 POUNDS. Alderney Xot Yet Five Years Old Declared to Be Finest Speci . men in Pennsylvania. WILKESBARRK, Pa., April 19. (Spe cial.) William D. Robinson, a farmer near here, has the prize cow of Penn sylvania. Her supply of milk is so great that the State College of Agri culture has taken her record as a sub ject of analysis, and it is declared that she Is the greatest butter producer in the country. Professor Painter, of the State Col lege, who made a study of the cow's production of milk," found that Bhe gave 636 pounds of milk in a week, or an average of more than 36 quarts for each of the seven days she was under test. This milk produced 26.47 pounds of butter, and at the average market price of 40 cents a pound, her yield is worth nearly $11 a week. The cow Is not yet 5 years old, and is declared to be the finest -specimen of Alderney in the state. GIRL SINGS AMID MYSTERY Miss Tate Later Learns Dnke Host to Unseen Audience. LONDON", April 19. (Special.) Miss Tate, the California singer, had a pe culiar experience this week. While appearing at the Palladium Music Hall she was asked by a foreigner if she would sing that night at a private en tertainment. She said she 'would at a certain big figure, which was immedi ately paid. After her performance at the music hall she was taken in a mag nificent limousine over which the cur tains were carefully drawn so that she could not see where she was going, and was driven to a country Jiouse. Miss Tate appeared on a stage where the lights were so fixed that she could not see the audience; she simply knew that the people were there byt he ap plause. She was taken back to her home with the same secrecy. Later Miss Tate discovered that she had been at the house of Grand Duke Michael at Hempstead, but why the pre cautions -were taken and why the se crecy she was unable to ascertain. AGREEMENT IS REACHED Hood River Lighting Rates Adjusted at Recent Meeting. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 19. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Commercial Club committee, H. F. Davidson, C. K. Marshall, M. E. McCarty ,and R. E. Scott, N". C. Evans, president of the Hydro-Electric Company, and John F. Lalng and J. E. Davidson, respectively, attorney for and general manager of tho Pacific Power & Light Co., last night an agreement was reached as to the adjustment of the lighting ratea for the city. Both power companies recently asked the Railroad Commission that they be allowed to change their system of rates from a flat rate basis and install meters. The Pacific Power & Light Company asked for an increase over the rates that they had put into effect about a year previous. In their peti tions both companies cited that a ruin ous competitive rate cutting had been in effect. The rates agreed -upon are: First 15 kilowatts. 15 cents; second 15 kilo watts, 8 cents; third, 5 cents; and all above, 3 cents. IDAHO RAILWAY TO BUILD Camps Being- Established on Route of z Perce Line. LEWISTON", Idaho, April 19. (Spe cial.) Horses and grading machinery are being assembled at Lewlston by Z. A. Johnson, president of tho Nez Perce & Idaho Railroad, and camps will be established this week. By the middle of next week active work on the grad ing will be commenced. It Is the intention of Mr. Johnson, if possible, to have the road graded and ties and rails land into the Tammany district by Fall, so that the wheat crop from tnai qisrrict can up uaimicu OF IS THIEF Tualatin Office Robber Tells of "Deals." EVEN BIG RAILROADS BILKED George Gould Personally Is Left I. 0. U. for $310. CANADIAN BANKS LOSERS Catch Made by Archie Leonard and W. P. Lillis Turns Out to Ba Romeo Stephens, Son of Rich Montreal Man. HILLSBORO. Or April 19. Romet. H. Stephens, 32, alias Harold E. Martin, under arrest here for stealing $70.90 from the Oregon Electric while acting as station agent at Tualatin, on the Salem line, today repeated and ampli fied his confession to Portland officers, yesterday declaring that he had swin dled many railroad companies, all the way from New York to San Francisco, out of various sums. He swore that he bilked the Gould road in New. York out of $310 and left his "I. O. U.," directed to George Gould, for the amount, pinned to a comment that the road's system was rotten. Stephens says he Is the son of Har rison ' Stephens, of Montreal, Canada, and that his father is wealthy. His peculations, according to his statement, will run into thousands of dollars, the largest amount at any one time be ing in the neighborhood of $400. He says he attended McGlll College, at Montreal, and shows every, evidence of superior education. He Is an expert agent and telegraph operator. Three Officials question Man. E. B. Tongue, District Attorney; Spe cial Agent LUlls. of the Oregon Electric, and Archie F. Leonard, of the O.-W. R. & Ni detective bureau, questioned Martin, whom they arrested in Port land last night. Stephens' Tualatin venture led to his first arrest, according to his statement. He says ho cashed a spurious Wells Fargo money order it the Clyde Hotel for $10 and another for $40 at the Union Depot, and it seemed so easy that he concluded to remain In Port land. His decision cost hira his tree dom. The prisoner, who. Is In the Countj Jail here, passed three hours detaillnu. his passing of bogus checks, robbing ot railway companies, where he was trusted as agent and looting tills ot Western Union offices. Father Donates Often. He says he occasionally received from $50 to $100 from his father, but the more easy way was to touch a railway company. He forged his references and readily secured positions. He worked for the Canadian Pacific at Moose Jaw, B. C and absconded with $250 from that point. He also alleges that he worked for the Gould people In New York and touched the Long Island Railroad Company at Flatbush for less than $100. Stephens says he beat the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Bank of Montreal, Canada, out of various sums. He tricked the Manhattan Elevated out of $310, .and says he left a note for George Gould as follows: "I. O. IT. $310. Your system is rotten. Your hours are too long 13 hours and $15 per week." Canadian Pacific Hit, Too. The Canadian r.aclfic offered $504 for his arrest after he had absconded (Concluded, on Pags fl.) iRiin - , ' A