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THE ' SUNDAY OREG ONI AX, PORTLAND, JULT 9, 1916. IS NOTED KANSAN WHO REACHED PORTLAND YESTERDAY AND DELEGATION WHICH MET HIM. SCENIC HIGHWAY IS OPEN FOR MOTORS TWO LAURELHURST CHILDREN WHO ENTERTAINED AT UNIQUE PARTY AND FLORAL PARADE. 'POLITICAL ORPHAN' Noted Kansas Editor Says He's a Thousand Miles Away From Either Party. Hours of Traffic During Time Paving Is Being Laid Are Announced. IDEALS NOT SURRENDERED FLOWER PICKING IS TABOO 14 VICTOR iMURDQCK p J. rv' -- 1 6 KILLED; 187 HURT t ,!!J I Prospect of Mr. Taft's Appointment to Supreme Bench on One Hand and "Dishonorable" Pact With Carranza on Other, Cited. BY ADDISON BENNETT. It is a difficult matter to get a na tive of Kansas to talk about anything except Kansas, and Victor Murdock is no different from the rest. On the con trary, he is so firm a believer in the Sunflower State that he has an idea the air of that state is purer, the winds softer, the rays of the sun brighter and the people superior to those of any 'other land on earth. So for the first half hour of my talk with Mr. Mur dock at his hotel yesterday morning we did not get away from Kansas, from the Kansas people, from the glo ries of the dear old state. We went over the days of the '80s in some detail. We called up with fond recollections those whom we knew a generation ago, from Preston B. Plumb and John J. Ingalls, two of the famous Senators of Kansas, down to the post master at Lamed, the editor of The Globe at Dodge City and the Prosecut ing Attorney of Garden City, Henry F. Mason, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas. Next we came to boom towns of the early days, and I could not help asking about the four lots I sold Marsh Murdock, the father of Victor, in Ulysses, Grant County, Kansas, in 1884. Victor admitted that the lots are still there, but said the town has moved a few miles to the west. Answer Is Evasive "But," said I, "''I am here at the re quest of the editor of The Oregonian to get your views on certain political matters: so let me ask you a question: Are you going to ride the moose, sit astride the donkey or get aboard the elephant with the great majority of the Progressives for the coming cam paign?" Mr. Murdock's answer was given in . detail and yet it was not an answer. Still, as he gave his views at length, he probably gave as much information on the subject as he will give out for publication for some time to come; perhaps he will sit tight in his tent until the campaign is over and Hughes seated in the White House. "I have," he said, "certain fixed "con victions from which I cannot and will not swerve. First, I believe in Govern ment ownership; secondly, in National prohibitions third, in a ten-year term for Federal Judges I do not believe any man should hold office for life; thirdly, I believe in. a Presidential pri mary; fourthly, in the establishment of National schools of science, art and - music; fifthly, I believe there should be some simpler method of changing the Constitution of the United States. "My great hope is that this democ racy of ours will flower into a more perfect form of government, I am now confronted with the alternative of two parties, neither of which is within a thousand miles of the advocacy or real ization of my ideals. I find myself simply a political orphan. Silence Regarded as Luxury. "Not being an aspirant for any of fice and feeling that my opinion is only of interest to myself, for the first time in my life I am luxuriating in the priv ilege of taking my own time to form my opinions. Of -course, I am suffer ing considerable mental travail when I look at Hughes. I know him to be a big, strong personality with a truly splendid Arctic isolation; but when I think of him appointing William How . ard Taft to the Supreme bench I have palpitation of the heart. "There is much about our scholarly President that I admire; many of his acts I indorse; but when I contemplate 'how he is patching it up with Carranza for releasing a few prisoners at Chi huahua and at the same time 'is abso lutely ignoring the treacherous murder of our soldiers at Carrizal, it makes me sick at heart. "In other words, I am up in the air except on one thing I know that my country must prepare. It is big, rich, ambitious, aggressive and is at the present moment physically soft. We must harden ourselves against the cer tain menaces which are all about us, and both parties are now claiming equally a readiness to do that. "I have not for one moment surren dered my belief that there must come in this country a new organization which will give me and my kind a chance to express ourselves politically. In the meantime I shall continue, for a while at least, to view the political landscape o'er and to chew the cud of contemplation vouchsafed to a man up a tree. "In other words, I do not know where I am at, and will take my own time to find out. I am like a man on a raft in the open sea, with nothing but a white shirt and a broomstick aboard and no vessels in sight. I am not fussed, but I am subdued." PORTLAND SECOND CHOICEH Rational Education Association Hon ors Idaho Man. SEW YORK. July S. The board of directors of the National Education As sociation today elected the following as members of the executive committee: J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Schools of North Carolina; W. R. Siders, Superintendent of Schools, Pocatello, Idaho, and George B. Cook, State Su perintendent of Schools of Arkansas. The committee is now complete. The directors took a preferential bal lot in regard to the location of the- next convention. v The first choice was Asbury Park N. J.; the second. Portland. Or.; the third. Cincinnati, and the fourth, Mil waukee. The board of trustees and the executive committee, acting Jointly, will choose the place of convention. Major McAlexander Leaves. Major ' U. G. McAlexander, United States Army, and recently in command of the Oregon Agricultural College cadet corps, left Portland Friday night to take command of the preparedness training camp of the San Francisco business men, which- will be located at Monterey. He expects to return to Oregon about August. Auto Victim May Recover. Mrs. G. A. Snyder, of 349 Fast Thir tieth street, who was struck by an auto Friday afternoon, sustaining a fracture of the skull, has recovered consciousness at Good Samaritan Hos pital. It is now thought that she will recover. Her husband is the proprietor of Snyder's Coffee House, 467 Wash ington etreetv Traffic . Accidents of Months Compiled. VIOLATIONS NUMBER 2183 Of Those AVho Erred, 5 65 Escaped AVitli AVarnlugs, 1618 Were Ar rested, 796 Fined and 2 0 Sent to Jail in Aggravated Cases. Six persons were killed and 187 in. jured by traffic- accidents in the city of Portland in the six months ended June 30, 1916. The accepted average of deaths in other cities, due to traffic accidents, is from 10 to 60 each month not every six months. Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the Public Safety Commission, has pre pared a tabulated report of traffic acci dents and violations of the traffic ordi nances occurring in the city during the past six months. ' This report shows that alcohol and gasoline do not mix in Municipal Court, for each intoxicated driver who ap peared before Judge Langguth in that period was sentenced to ja During the six months a total of 563 violators were warned or paroled by the police without being sent to court. These were mostly minor offenders who blocked the entrances to buildings or erred in other trifling manner. All were first offenders, but 1618 were really arrested and stood before the oaken rail of the city's court for trial. A total of 796 were fined; 604 had their cases continued for sentence; fines were suspended for 21; the City Jail housed a score of penitents, third-time offenders for the most part; two got suspended Jail sentences; nine were minors and went to the Juvenile Court; 140 cases were dismissed, and 26 bench warrants were issued for those who forgot their obligation to appear in court. Crest of Wne In April. The crest of the wave of violators surged into the police station in April, when 427 violators were dealt with in court, and 29 warned and paroled by the police. Court cases were lighter in May, when 34 3 violators appeared for trial, but traffic violators who were cautioned by the police totaled 277 for the month. ' Five of the fatalities were caused in automobile accidents, two in February, two in March and one in May. The sixth death was due to a streetcar ac cident and occurred in May. Of the 1!7- persons who were injured. 148 came to grief in motor-vehicle accidents and collisions, 21 in streetcar accidents. three in interurban car accidents, nine n ordinary vehicle accidents and six in coaster accidents. The crest of the accident wave corresponds to that of court cases, attaining a maximum of 40 jnjured persons during April. Jail Yawns for Drinkers. Of a grand total of 2103 traffic vio lations during the six-months period. lb were for driving while intoxicated. 72 for reckless driving and 480 for speeding. For passing a streetcar while stopped 76 arrests were "made. The remaining violations were for ob structing traffic, obstructing fire hydrants, obstructing mail boxes and building entrances, no license. Jockey ing, muffler open and a score of minor faults. Under the jitney ordinance 125 vio lations are recorded, ranging from SI in January to seven in June. There were 256 automobile collisions during the six months, 69 being rated as of accidental nature, while 152 are charged to carelessness. There were 18 collisions of streetcars and automo biles and three collisions of streetcars and other vehicles. As for the pedestrians who saw the juggernaut too late to escape injury. the record chronicles 108 persons, rtur of these. ' tabulates Mr. Coffin, came to hurt through their own reck lessness, while 48 were injured . by recklessly driven autos. Auto acci dents caused the injury of 29. Three pedestrians were injured by streetcars through their own carelessness and five were accidentally injured by street cars. Nine fell from streetcars, and two were injured by interurban elec trics. WOMAN WINS M0T0RB0AT Jury Iecldes ex-Husband Docs Not Own Craft. The motorboat Thistle, taken from the houseboat of Mrs. Marie Riddell by her former husband, Alex G. Riddell. the same morning she secured a divorce from him by default, was ordered re turned to Mrs. Riddell by Circuit Judge Davis yesterday, when a jury found it to be her property. "" An appeal from "he decision will be taken, announced George Cameron, at torney, with AV. A. Carter, for Mr. Rid dell. No formal transfer of the boat,' since its purchase by Mr. Riddell, had been made to his wife, but Attorney Roger Sinnott won his case by proving the general reputation of the boat as the property of Mrs. Riddell. Electric Company's Flume Completed LA PINE, Or., July 8. (Special.) The Pringle Falls Electric Company-has completed its flume and turned on the water. Installation of the machinery for the power house will commence next week. Plans are to have electric power available in La Pine by Septem ber. Why buy used, unimproved pianos at same price as new 1916 models, with all the up-to-date improvements, 60 per cent more tone and efficiency, dur. ing make-room sale at Schwan Piano Co., Xll Fourth, street. Adv- Six ( -M'-LS:"-"-.t-:' ) I t"""""T si y ' Abovp (Left to Right) V ir-tor Murdock., Mrs. I.rr- Davenport. I,ee Davenport. Addison Rranrtt, Dave Hucrn und Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp. Belo-w Close. Lp View of Mr. Murdock, One of the Original "Progressives." FUND IS GIVEN BOOST COStiBEGATlOXAL CHCRCHKS GIVE IOO TO ARMENIANS. Many contributors, Recognzllnfr Need of Immediate Relief for Suf- . fercra, Doable Donations. A little, more than $4300 has been contributed tward the J15.000 fund which it is necessary to raise in Ore gon for the relief of the Armenians who are perishing in Turkey. The largest gift received for some time came yesterday from the Congre PORTLAND ELKS PHOTOGRAPHED kY 'tsTz Mit :e ' . .4. " n iri " " - ': iW rfP ' K i i J . cr-- JUB 2bs- J- HAPPV PARTY POSE ON WAY EAST. Oregon Elks and their families formed a. happy party when they started last wejk for the National convention of their order at Baltimore. When they got to Seattle they were photographed on the observation end of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul's fast train, the Olympian. James W. Casey.' traveling passenger agent for the railroad in Portland, went with them as far as Seattle and started them safely, on their transcontinental Journey.' W. R. McDonald, past exalted ruler of the Portland lodge, is the delegate from Portland- He Is accompanied by Mrs. McDonald. Other Portland Elks In the party are Dr. Louis Buck .and F. W. Fletcher. Additional mem bers of the party are: C. H. Chandler, of Baker; O. V. Robinson, of Eugene; William Parker, of Albany; Mr. and Mrs.. W. H. McGowan. Medford; Mr. and Mrs. B. Fletcher, of McMinnville; S. S. Josephson, Mrs. W. E. Master , son of Astoria; Mrs. H. E. Coolidge, of Eugene. ..'---.. gational church of Portland. It amounted U 1190.25. A. U. Devers sent a second donation of- J10 for the fund. Practically all of the members of the committee have doubled their original donations and many contributors, rec ognizing the emergency that exists, have contributed a second time, as did Mr. Devers.. The list of contributions announced yeeterday b Ben Celling, treasurer of the fund, follows: Previously reported : S4,112'.8.1 A friend .' 5.00 W. C P.. Rye Valley 5.00 Mount Zton Sunday school..... 2.00 I'nited Evanftellcal church 3.0O ConKreita'.ional churches of Portland 11.Jfl Grandma 2.00 A. H. Defers, second donation 10.00 Miss Patterson ..10 W. and N. H. Woodward. 10.00 Total. ' 1 4.340.61 Relfrlum'a population at the outbreak of the war was 7.7uO,ouo. AT SEATTLE ON WAY TO ANNUAL CONVENTION AT BALTIMORE. - s -v:VV . -J John B. Icon Estimates That S600 Cars MadeXse'of Columbia Drive July 4 and That Owners Paid $3COO for Gasoline In Pay. RILES AND UKCfLATIOXS 1'OR TRAFFIC ON COLUM BIA RIVER HIGHWAY. Twenty-five miles an hour on straight way. Fifteen miles on all curves. Keep to the extreme right on all curves. Do not stop or park machines on any turns. Do not pick flowers or shrub beries. Never pass a machine on turn. Roadmaster John B. Yeon expects a heavy volume of traffic over the Co lumbia River Highway today and has made ample arrangements to accommo date the crowd. The road will be open for traffic over the entire route all day long, includ ing the unit between Bonneville and the. county line. On other days of the week the fol lowing regulations apply to this sec tion of the road: The road will be open to traffic from Bonneville to the county line from 13 M. to 1 P. M. and from 7 P. M. to 6 A. M. during the paving construction, ex cept on Saturday, when it will be open from 6 P. M. to 5 A. M. Open all day on Sundays. Flower Picking Barred. Mr. Yeon again wishes to request people not to remove any of the flow ers or shrubbery along the highway. Within the last few weeks, he reports, numerous beautiful plants have been removed. This mars the beauty of the highway and if persisted in soon will rob the famous road of one of its char, acteristic charms. There is not much objection to folks going back from the highway a few hundred feet and getting ferns and grasses. Their removal from any point not visible from the -road is not ob jected to, but the removal of plants that add to the beauty of the route Is regarded as highly objectionable. Traffic July 4 Is StIOO Cars. An aggregate of 2600 automobiles passed over the road on July 4, accord ing to Mr. Ycon'a reports, and based on this figure he has prepared the follow. ing statistics: Twenty-six hundred machines, aver aging five people each, total 13.000; spacing each auto, 150 feet apart would make a continuous line of automobiles seven and a hair miles long. Value of machines on average of $2000 eacb would be $5,200,000. Horsepower ex ercised on average 30 to each machine would make 78,000 horsepower. Allow ing 75 miles average to each machine for the round trip would mean 195,000 miles. Allowing 75 miles to each-machine and seven gallons gasoline, they would consume 18,000 gallons of gaso line at a cost of 20 cents a gallon, or $3600. Tbese 2600 machines would pay to wards Multnomah County's taxes $80. 000: also would pay $17,800 towards state license tax, making a total tax of $87,800. Arrangements have been made for the policing today of the Columbia High way, that will, it is believed, practi cally obviate accidents. A number of special traffic officers . will Jse em ployed. Roadmaster - Yeon will have special deputy sheriffs stationed at each point of interest, while the roadway will be constantly patroled by motorcycle officers. i - ---- a, - . Grownups who give fancy dress parties were surpassed several degrees by Masters Lewis and James Forbes, of Laurelhurst, who with their guests participated in a Juvenile floral parade, Thursday afternoon. The affair took place In the Laurelhurst district, near the home of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Forbes, a block of pavement having been reserved by the city for tha mobilisation of the floats. Decorated perambulators, velocipedes, toy automobiles'and other vehicles of small size were accompanied over the line of march by the small partici pants, appropriately costumed for the occasion. Fairies in teams, harle quins and a number of other well-known characters figured among the as sembly. Fremont Smith, equipped with a snare drum, led the parade in the costume of Uncle Sam. CHILE HIGH IN OHE Santiago Publication Sets Forth Market Advantages. CONSUL FURNISHES COPY Statement Is Made That South Amer ican Country Possesses Klfflit Tcntlis of World's Avail able Supply of Product. Ramon Escobars. Chilean Consul in this city, is in'receipt of a. copy of the South Pacific Mail, published at Santi ago of May 4. In which is set forth In a lengthy article the details of the world's iron production and the part that his country plays in that produc tion. Bearing a preface in which the re port of the entire production by conti nents is given, the article asserts that "after analysing the situation oi ir rich iron ore of Sweden and Brazil, which are eliminated from the world's consumption. Chile possesses eight tenths of the rich- iron ore existing in the world."' It is stated that "The prohibition of the Swedish government to exportation of pure ores from that country deprives the world's consumption of 1.095.000.000 tons." tkllria Hani Shorter. "The matter of the distance to the Coast and the cost of ' transportation must not be forgotten." the article con tinues. "Brazilian Iron ores have to be transported over more than 600 kilo meters of railway to reach the port of Victoria, in view of which distance these ores also ara eliminated front the world's consumption for the present." It is stated in the article that the nearness of the Chilean deposits to the Coast make them available for con sumption, the "most distant of the de posits being but 36 kilometers." or ap proximately 14 miles. Quoting further from the. South Pa cific Mail, it to asserted that i"th Iron ore deposits of Zapallo and Pleito. Cerro Negro. Llano de Crlstales. and Corta dera. contain six-tenths of the rich Iron ore of the world of the hematite class, and the owners were on the point of closing negotiation in England for the sale of these deposits when the war broke out. on which account the busi ness remained in abeyance. America Itrarcst Consumer. "The world's consumption of iron ores Is 200,006.000 tons a year. Of this quan tity the United States consumes one half, England and Germany one quar ter, and the other quarter-is consumed by the other countries of the -world. "Of the Chilean deposits, the Beth lehem Steel Company rents the E1 Tofo' deposit from a r rench company. At the time the transaction was made there were measured 45.000,000 tons. "The ' consumption of the United States Is provided at the present time partly from Cuba and in the. greater part from the deposits of Lake Super ior, the ores of which are now extracted at a depth of more than 500 meters, and it is probable that the grade hag trune down considerably. The iron oreb have to be transported In the Great Lakes. 2000 miles - in extent, which freeze over in Winter, and moreover have to pay a toll In. the Santa Maria Canal, which toll is the same as that charged in the Panama Canal. "It can be seen, therefore, that the Bethlehem Company with its lease on the 'Tofo' and other high grade de posits existing in Chile, can. on account of their high grades, compete favor ably with the deposits of the United States in the market of that country, as well as in the markets of Europe, and especially in the markets of Eng land and. Germany, where the iron grades have gone down below 30 per cent." Canadian to Be Deported. Deportation' will be the lot of John Adams, ex-Urltlsh soldier, who was ar rested on Friday while pilfering from the Fourth-street Department Store. This decision was reached by immigra tion officials yesterday, after an in vestigation .of Adams' record. He was a private in 4he British army, stationed In Canada. An injury that incapacitated him caused his discharge from the service, lie has served two sentences in Canadian jails for larceny. His case will ba heard in Municipal Court Monday. Jewelers to Close Earlier. During the Summer months the re tail Jewelry stores of the city will close at 6 o'clock on Saturday night, according to an agreement just made among them. The stores to be under this closing schedule are: Jaeger Brothers. Felix Bloch. A. & C. Felden heimer. L. C. Henrichsen Company, G. Heitkemper. F. Friedlander. H. Solo mon,. Herman J. Alstock, Fritz Aben droth, X. L. Smith and James Cini. There nrc r.T.272 blind In th I'nltd ?tat. niafernlfy! The Word of Words i It Is written into life's expectations that motherhood is the one sublime accom plishment. And if there is anythinr, no matter bow simple, how apparently trivial it may seem. If it cam aid, help, assist or in any way comfort tha expectant mother, ft is a blessing. And such is a remedy called Mother's F r I nd. You apply It otct tha stomach mnarles. It is gently rubbed on tha surface, and makes tllA tmivU nllanl this relieves the strain on ligaments, natural expansion takes place without undue effect upon the nerves. And as the time ap proaches, the mind has gone through a pe riod of repose, of -gentle expectancy, and this has an unquestioned influence upon the future child. That this is true is evidence.! by the' fact that three generations .pf mothers have used and recommended "Mothers Friend." Ask your nearest drurgUt for a bottle of this splendid remedy, lie will get it for you. And then write to Bffcdueld Reg ulator Co.. 407 Lamar Bldg Atlanta, Ga for a most interesting bonk of information to prospective mothers. It is mulled free, (Trito today. It U Intuit you will enjor. Try Magnesia For Stomach Trouble It Neutralize Stomach Aridity. Prevents 'ood .Fermentation. Doubtless, If you are a uufferer from In direction, you have already tried pepein, bismuth, soda, charcoal, 1niKi and various digeatlve acids and you know these things win not cure your trouble In som cases do not even give relief. But before giving up hofje and deciding you are a chronic dyspeptic Just try tha eftVct of a little mac nest a not th ordi nary carbonate, citrate, oxide or nlk, but the pure blmirate! rnagrnesla wblch you can, obtain from practically any druggist In either powdered or tablet form. Take a tea spoonful of the powder or two compressed tablets with a little water after your next meal, and see what a difference this make?. It will Instantly neutralize the dangerou. harmful acid in your stomach which now causes your food to ferment and aour. mak ing gas. wind, flatulence, heartburn, and tha bloated or heavy lumpy feeling that itecms to follow moat everything you eat. Tou will find that, provided you tak a little tilwurated magnesia immediately after a meal, you can eat almost anythiu-g and en joy ti w ithout nny danger of pain or dis comfort to follow and moreover the con tinued use of tho bifea rated magnesia cannot Injure the stomach In any av o long as there are any symptoms of acid Indigestion. Adv. Drink or Drug Users "Marked" From the day that high-class men or women commence usinr liquor or druss regularly or excessively they are "marked" for miserable lives and un timely deaths. Their systems retain and "store up" the virulent poisons, causing; a diseased condition, which forces continued indulgence. There is no longer any excuse for high-class men becoming mental, moral and physical wrecks. 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