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THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAX, PORTIiATTD, APKIL 18, 1915. ADVANCE GRAIN RATES IS OPPOSED Railroads Told Economies in Handling Would Result in Equivalent Saving. TRAFFIC NOW PROFITABLE Character of Many of Cars Sow fur nished Criticised Products De clared to Bear More Than i Share of Burden. CHICAGO. April 17. Basing his tes timony on statistics tabulated in 22 exhibits. W. M. HopKlne. formerly man ager of the transportation department of. the Chicago Board of Trade, today Bought to prove that Western grain freight rates should not be advanced. The principal contentions voiced by him before W. M. Daniels. Interstate Commerce Commissioner, who is hear ing the petition of 41 Western rail road systems for permission to advance their "freight rates on certain com modities, were that a saving equal to the proposed increase of 1 cent a hun dred pounds be effected if a more economical method of handling grain were practiced by the railroads, and that grain now pays more than a fair share of the total freight transporta tion charges. . Uneconomic Method Charged. Illustrative of present methods of handling grain, which he classed as un economic, Mr. Hopkins cited the un satisfactory character of many of the cars furnished the shipper for grain loading, failure to furnish receipts or weighing at initial stations and un necessary delays in hauling, delays at terminals and unnecessary switching. "Grain movement is highly remuner ative' to the carrier," declared the wit ness, '"because it loads to capacity and moves from the Western fields to the extreme liast and South of the coun try." Judge A. E. Helm, of the Kansas Railroad Commission, gave a general outline of the objections to the pro posed advance. Western Farmers Affected. "The proposed advance in rates on grain and grain products and on live stock affects the interests of the farm ers of the West more than any other class." said Judge Helm. 'It will be shown to the Commission that the yearly averages of the produc tion of wheat, corn, oats, rye and bar ley in the United States are about one third of the entire production of these crops in the world; that with the gross tonnage produced per mile of road and the relative proportion of the products of agriculture handled by the carriers In the Bast, the present rates on grain and grain products are higher than the .verage of rates on all tonnage, while the operating ratio of cost to revenues is lower than on almost any class of. carload freight. We contend that the present and proposed rates on grain and grain products in the West are much higher than the rates for similar distances in Eastern territory. "We ehall show that the products here involved now sustain more than their full share of the burdens of trans portation, and that any addition to these charges will be unjust to the farmers of the West." PEAR SCAB REMEDY TOLD i Idaho Agricultural College Experts Tteoommend Spraying. CLAEKSTON, Wash., April 17. (Spe cial.) Pear scab, the most serious fungous disease of pears in the North west, may be controlled by proper 85-raying and cultural methods, accord. Jng to the leading plant pathologists of the agricultural college. It is caused by a fungus that may live over Winter on decaying leaves and on the twigs. Three sprayings are recommended: The iirst Just as the blossom buds, the second just after the petals fall and the third ten days or two weeks later. Good results in the Willamette Val ley are obtained by the use of lime ulphur (stock solution, SO degrees Baume) diluted 1 to 30 parts water. If desired Bordeaux, 6-5-50, may be used in tne application made previous to the opening of the blossoms. Arse pate of lead may be combined with either mixture for codling moth, where the time of application coincides with that for scab. FAMILY NOT RECOGNIZED Engineer Who Spent Six Months In Panama Keniemhers Xothing. SAN FRANCISCO. April 17. Benja min Harris, who went into the unset tled mining district of the Republic of Panama 10 months ago on a prospect ing trip, returned today on the steamer Peru, unable to recognize his wife and eon, who met him at the pier. Harris was found with his mind un balanced by a searching party sent at the request of his wife. He had been in the interior of Panama more than atx months. He remembers nothing of the trip. After Mrs. Harris had talked to her husband for a time he accepted her statements of their relationship and gradually, ho said, he remembered her. PATROL? NO. TAXI WINS Widow's Burns Walt Till Telephone Straightens Out Travel Mode. PHILADELPHIA, April 7. Because Mrs. Mary Baatrick. a widow, didn't Ilka to ride to a hospital in a police patrol, physicians at St. Joseph's were delayed half an hour in treating her burns. The woman wanted a taxicab, and she got it. The bottom dropped out of a teapot with which she was serving tea and emptied the scalding liquid on her legs. The family telephoned for the. hospital ambulance, but It was out. Next they telephoned for the patrol of the Nine teenth and Oxford streets police sta tion, but the woman wouldn't ride in it. Finally a taxicab came and took the woman to the hospital. Physicians say her burns are not dangerous. Catlilamet Faculty Is Elected. . CATHLAMET, Wash.. April 17. Sr- cial.) The School Board vestenlav elected the following teachers for the ensuing year: Sumner Bryant. Drin clpal and high school teacher: Miss Helen T. Reardon, sixth and seventh . grades; miss Helen Melghan. third fourth and fifth grades; Miss May Wat- Kins, first and second grades. Mr. Bryant has been teaching in thif county for two years as principal of the Grays River School. Miss Melghan ana Airs. watKins aie both members of tne present corps. BRYN MAWR PRESIDENT WHO INHERITS FORTUNE OF APPROX. IMATELY $10,000,000 FROM CLOSE FRIEND. i ' is." 1 II 1 ,s Ai;.'f' "II r 1 MISS MARr CAREY THOMAS AND BARON RUSSELL BRIGGS OF RED. CL1KFE COLLEGE, JAPANESE ARE WATCHED AMERICAN ADMIRAL PAYS VISIT OK COURTESY TO TURTLE BAY. Washington Believes ReaduTNi Has Been Used Bat That Neutrality Mar Not Have Been Violated. WASHINGTON. April 17. "No report had been received late today from Com mander Noble Irwin of the cruiser New Orleans, detailed by Admiral Howard, of the Pacific fleet, to investigate re ports alleging that Japanese warships had established a base in Turtle Hay, Lower California. "I telegraphed Admiral Howard, who is at Mazatlan," said Secretary Daniels tonight, "the substance of what the press had said concerning the Japanese warships and asked him to make a re port. We did not tell him to do any thing but to pay a visit of courtesy and report what he found." Officials manifested strong desire to learn exactly what activities of Japan ese vessels have been . in Lower Cali fornia. While believing nothing of a permanent character is being estab lished by the Japanese, American naval officials have no doubt that the big warships have made a rendezvous of the quiet waters of Turtle Bay while engaged in scouring the seas for Ger man vessels. The bay. It was said. Is large "enough for them to anchor out side the three-mile territorial limit and still enjoy the protection of the jutting land. The cruiser New Orleans was due at Turtle Bay today and a radio report is expected tomorrow. GUARD TO GO TO KLAMATH Arrangements Made for Annual En campment of Californlans. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 17. (Special.) Final arrangements have been made for the Summer camp and maneuvers of Battery B, Field Artillery, National Guard of California, on the Klamath Reservation north of this city, according to information received from Major K. J. Faneuf, commanding the Field Artillery of that state, and Cap tain Yule. United States Army, in structor of Field Artillery In the Cali fornia Militia. A battery of Regulars will be in camp to instruct the Militia men, the men taking only their per sonal equipment, as the horses and guns of the regular battery will be used for drill purposes. - The encampment will start about June 5, and school for non-commissioned officers will be held for the first ten days, after which each battery of the California Militia will spend two weeks here and drill under the guid ance and direction of the Regulars. The United States Regulars will be here nearly three months. LUMBER INTEREST IS SOLD Partner Sells Ualf.Lap-wal Plant at Enterprise for $45,000. ENTERPRISE. Or.. April 17. (Spe cial.) The partnership between A. Hackbarth and H. Venske. doing busi ness as the Lapwai Lumber Company, has been dissolved. Mr. Hackbarth hav ing bought Mr. Venske's interest. The consideration for the half interest was $45,000, which was paid in California, Enterprise and Idaho property and in securities. Four miles west of Enterprise the Lapwai Company has a good-sized sawmill and planlngmill, the shipping station being Gwynne. About 6.000.000 feet of lumber and logs are on hand, and the stumpage that goes with the property Includes 18.000,000 feet of Ore gon white pine on the northern slopes of the Wallowa Mountains. .Mr. Hack barth and Mr. Venske came here from Idaho two years ago. WANT STRONG CANDIDATE (Continued From First Page.) element in the Party, and It is the main effort of the leaders to pick a candidate who will be acceptable to both the regular and the progressive Republicans. Pennsylvania Needs no Help. Ex-Secretary of State Knox wears the tag of "dollar diplomacy," which does not go well with many Repub licans, and, besides, he is from Pennsyl vania, which is so strongly Republican as to require no candidate to hold it safely in the Republican ranks. Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts. Is a banker. The cry of too close affilia tion with the "money trust" Is being raised against him. President makers are hunting for the invulnerable candidate. They are going into the fight with determina tion to win. Senator Cummins undoubtedly will have a great deal of support from pro gressive Republicans. Ex-Vice-Presl-dent Fairbanks is making a bigger im pression than most people realize. Ex Uovernor Hadley. of Missouri, it is said, would not be satisfactory to Colonel Roosevelt. MAD COYOTE BITES WOMAN Issk Grande Resident Attacked by Animal That Enters City. LA GRANDE, Or.. April 17. (Spe cial.) Fears entertained here for some time that prevalence of rabies among coyotes would result in injury to hu mans came true today when Mrs. J. F. Fisher, who lives on Lake street, was bitten by a coyote. The animal sprang at her at dawn, when she was investigating to learn the cause of commotion in her chicken coop. The animal bit her twice on the hip and chased her Into the house. A neighbor killed the coyote. Pasteur treatment will be administered to Mrs. Fisher. TEACHER NOW RICH Bryn Mawr Head Inherits Mil lions From Miss Garrett. OTHER BEQUESTS SMALL Estate Valued at $10,000,000- and Miss Thomas Named Executrix. Johns Hopkins University to Get Baltimore Home. BALTIMORE. Md., April 17. Miss Mary Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr College, will receive the bulk of the $10,000,000 estate left by her friend. Miss Mary Elizabeth Garrett, who was the daughter of John W, Garrett, late president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, according to the will, which was probated In. the Orphans' Court here. Miss Thomas is the residu ary legatee and also executrix under the will. Bryn Mawr College, of which Miss Garrett was a graduate, receives no bequest, but the terms of the will, however, indicate that Miss Thomas and Miss Garrett, who had been close friends for years, had an understand ing according to which the college will receive substantial benefits. The principal specific bequests of Miss Garrett's will are as follows: A trust estate of $50,000 is set aside for Miss Garrett's aunt, Miss Rebecca Frances Harrison. The trust is placed with Miss Thomas, who is to pay the income from it to Miss Harrison dur ing the latter's life. At her death the trust fund is to revert to the residue. The Bryn Mawr School for Girls, In Baltimore, which Miss Garrett founded, is given the land upon which it stands and the buildings, equipment, furniture and apparatus, upon the condition that it covenant with the executrix of the will. Miss Thomas, to maintain and con duct the school exclusively as a college preparatory Institution for girls. By a codicil executed two days before Miss Garrett's death the school is released from Indebtedness to her, amounting to about $65,000. Miss Garrett's handsome residence in Baltimore Is given to Miss Thomas dur ing her life, and at her death shall go to Johns Hopkins University, provided that the university covenant to hold the property or the proceeds of Its sale as a part of the permanent endowment fund of Its medical school. These are the principal specific be quests. In giving the residue of the large estate to her friend. Miss Thomas, Miss Garrett states that she does so ab solutely and without reservation or re striction and without purpose of creat ing a trust Nei Perce to Have Citizen Ticket. NEZ PERCE. Idaho, April 17. (Spe cial.) A citizens' ticket will be placed in the field on election day, April 27. The required number of signers were obtained yesterday by several commit tees at work circulating petitions. Those named for the ticket are Dr. J. H. Lewis, Dr. O. A. Jeffreys, Charles T. Thomas, L. J. Howe, A. A. Hunter and A. B. Fike. Pasco Wins Rooming-Hoiise Mglit. PASCO. Wash.. April 17. (Special.) Judee Bert Linn today granted the injunction against the McFarland rooming-house, which was asked for last week by the Prosecuting Attor ney under the red light abatement act The Injunction was fought bitterly by the defendants and more than 50 wit nesses were heard. Toledo to Clean TJp April 24. CENTRALIA, Wash., April 17. (Spe cial.) At a meeting held Thursday night by the Civic Improvement Club, of Toledo. April 24 was designated aa clean-up day in the town. Cash prizes have been offered by the club to the boys and girls collecting the largest pile of rubbish. The older residents will take a hand in the work. Railroad Conference at Koseburg. ROSEBUEfi, Or., April 17. (Special.) A. Welch, of Portland, who' owns the local water and light system, arrived yesterday to confer with the commit teo In charge of the railroad which Kendall Bros., of Pittsburg, propose to build from this city to the line of the Caseadn National forest reserve. Wear -Ever Coupons Will Be Redeemed by Henry Jenning & Sons Fifth and 'Washington Streets Redeem Your CouponsHere We have secured 5000 of these 55c Wearever Aluminum Saucepans to sell for 17c, and are prepared to give you quick service and delivery. iaa7 m . tats THQj2ALrnrSTOr& oi Portland Varsity Fifty Five With Two Buttons This design, made in the new Glen Urquhart plaids, is a suit that any young man may be very glad to wear. These new fabrics, imported and domestic, are sure to be seen a good deaL Hart Schaffner & Marx are the only makers of the Varsity models; if you like that style you'll have to come to us and ask particularly for their goods. We have the Varsity Fifty Five and other good ones in other fabrics beside Glen Urqu harts; plaids, stripes, checks. $25 is a good prices to start with. Some more, some less Copyright But Schalfner & Utn Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison ROAD WORK IS SOOGRT CAMAS. VANCOUVER AD LA CEN TER ASK IMPROVEMENTS. Clarke Commissioner Plaa to Spend $ 10,000 for Two-Mfle Macadam Highway Towards Pioneer. VANCOUVER. Wash., April 17 (Special.) Tne Clarke County Com missioners yesterday received delega tions of business men. from Camas. Vancouver and La Center seeking road expenditures In their districts. One plan is to extend the Main-street road from Salem Creek to La Center, while another is to build two miles of per manent highway west from Camas, two miles through Minnehaha and two miles east of Ridgefield. For several years the Commissioners have built a hard-surfaced road out north from the city, extending the Main-street road, which is the Paciflc Highway, with the ultimate expecta tion of having the Pacirtc Highway paved from Vancouver to the Cowlitz County line. However, some new road has been built and it has not yet settled enough to permit the building of a hard-surfaced road this year. It is contended that the money can be expended more Judiciously elsewhere. The Commissioners' plan now is to spend $10,000 of the permanent high way fund in building about two miles of 16-foot macadam road from Camas west on the river road, from the Min nehaha Hill north two miles toward Manor and from Ridgefield east toward Pioneer. COLLEGE DEBATE IS TIE Albany and Pacific Each Win 2-to-l Decision. ALBANY, Or., April 17. (Special.) Albany College and Pacific College tied In their dtinl flehnte last nlsrht. Albany winning the debate at this cily and Pai-lfic winning at Newbcrg. In each case the victory was by a i-to-1 decision. The question disciiHsed was "Re solved, that there should be an im mediate increase in the I'nited States Navy," and in each case the affirmative team won. Jn the debate at tills city Albuny College was represented by Mil'- Mr Key and Virgil Parker, and the Pacific speaker were Meade lOlliott and Clar ence Jones. The JuriKes were Pro fessor Matthews, of Willamette Uni versity, and Professor Berchtold nd Professor Baldwin, of tho Oregon Agri cultural College. In the debate at Newberg, Albany College was represented by Howard iipeer and Edward Iilair. Tour Stirs tVlilo IVto Intcret.t. PASCO, Wash.. April 17. (Special.) Mayor Zent and Chief of Police Ste vens nuirie a tour of thi entire county today to advertise and increase Interest in the open river celebration May 4. They report that the whole county 1i enthusiastic and that large delegation.! Will H.fenH. Get This 35 c One-Quart 1 "Wear-Ever" Stewpan vwearhever For only 17c fip III Y --- i i Aluminum is NOT "all the same." Be sure you get "Wear-Ever." Look for the "Wear Ever" trade mark on the bottom of every utensil. If it is not there it is not "Wear-Ever." Refuse substitutes. 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