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"SO THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND- JUNE 2, 1918. SCHOOL MA'AMSIQ HELP III HARVEST Over 100 Portland Teachers Already Enrolled ift Ore gon's Industrial Army. WORK FOR 1000 PROBABLE Drive of. Boys Working Reserve on Berry Fields of Hood River Val ley Slightly Postponed by AVeatber Conditions. A battalion of young women school teachers In the industrial army will help in the seasonal harvest of Oregon. More than 100 are now enrolled in the records of J. W. Brewer, farm help specialist, at room 704, Chamber of Commerce, and he will place them in the different classes of work in which they are best qualified. Berry growers ot the Salem district are already appealing for early assist ance in taking care of their harvests. The young women are to be sent out In camp groups, that will be organized and conducted on a soml-military basis, with a matron or director in charge, who will be first in command and will have such assistants as may be found necessary to the proper management, of the co-operative methods of housing, provisioning, supervising and handling the work in the fields and in quarters. Work for 1000 Probable. Mr. Brewer- estimates there will be work for 1000 women in the seasonal harvest, if such a number can be pro cured. It is realized the need Is prob ably greater than the available supply and the Invitation of the Federal bu reau having this work in hand is ex tended to all whose situation permits them to share in this important task of saving the food supply of the Nation. Those who can help with this work for even a portion of the season and whose health and strength is such as to en able them to perform efficient service, have the chance to earn good wages while also aiding" In necessary work. The harvest of berries is almost upon the growers and" there are also addi tional demands for help In new can neries andtpacking plants, and in all of the "various avenues of war work that have opened during the past year. The first Oregon berries are coming into market from Salem, Springbrook, Hood River and many other localities. The strawberries will last until the middle of July, and while this crop is being harvested the ripening of the blackcaps and loganberries will also begin, the first of any note coming about June "5wr Cherries will ripen, too, in the same period, but the cherry crop is one fruit yield that is not promising to be heavy, but there will be a demand for pickers at The Dalles and elsewhere. Work to Do In July and August Newberg grocers are also calling for help that will be badly needed through July to do weeding and cultivating. as well as in gathering crops. In Aug ust the prune crop will begin to call for attention and likewise other of the later maturing crops. From the starting of the first seasonal harvest camps through the frost of Autumn, there will be a. constant demand for help. ts. Cunningham, of Salem, was one of the callers who was in to arrange with Mr. Brewer yesterday for hand ling his crop of berries. He will need 6G pickers on his place, three miles from Salem. The women to be em ployed will be housed In Salem and go to and from the fields on the electric cars. Mr. Cunningham expects his berry picking to last about six weeks. Weather conditions have decreed that tho drive of the Boys' Working Reserve on the berry fields of the Hood River valley be slightly postponed, and the first camps will be established near Dee the last of this week, and actual work-in. the berries will begin about June 11. Sixty-nine boys were exam ined for physical fitness at the boys' division of the Y. M. C. A. yesterday and Friday afternoon, of those whose certificates entitled them to join the first contingent, which it had been planned would probably leave Wednes day. Middle Valley Berrlea Ahead. As originally planned the first camp was to have been pitched in the lower Hood River Valley, but in one of her caprices Nature has showered the bounty of ripening sunshine and warm breezes most lavishly on the fields of the middle valley, and It is there the ' first camps will be established. Two camps will probably be set up near Dee and these will be followed later by a camp at the Steinhauser ranch, in the upper valley, near Parkdale, and also by camps In the lower valley. Aside from those to be started In another week, it is probable that the greater call for larger number is to come Just about at the close of school. Owing to the fact that notices mailed to the various boys in school were in the postoffice too late for delivery Wednesday, few were notified in time to report Friday for examination, and others were unable to secure the ne cessary certification to respond yester day. However, it will not be too late to be ready for service as rapidly as called, and all boys who are to Join In the work of the reserve are urged to heed .the instructions of the an nouncements sent out, and report early to the r. M. O. A. in order that enlist ment may be completed quickly and aid the directors in mapping out the or franlzation and assignment to camps aa formed. The first contingent will be between 60 and 100 boys, and the num hers assigned to additional camps will depend upon needs of different sec tions. SOW OF J. C. BRALY DEAD Malcolm, Aged 17, Passes Away In Good Samaritan Hospital. Malcolm Shepard Braly. eldest son of J. c. Braly, of the Braly Auto Com' pany, died at 8 o'clock Friday night in (jrooa Samaritan Hospital. . Pneu monia, which followed another illness, was the cause. The lad had been 111 about a week. He was 17 years old. The funeral services will be held at iiolman s ' Chapel, Third and Salmon streets, at 3 o clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, of Grace Memorial Church, will conduct the services. The burial will be in River view Cemetery. HARNEY RANCHER IS DEAD T. i . Mahon Passes In Portland After Long Illness. J. F. Mahon, one of the best-known stock raisers an farmers of Harne County, died Friday at the Portland Surgical Hospital. He had been In Portland during the past six weeks re ceiving medical treatment. Mr. Mahon was prominent in the Ma sonic and Elks lodges. He was a mem ber of Oregon Consistory No. 1. Scot tish Right of Free Masonry, and of Al Kader Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Portland. Mr. Mahon was born in Fayettvllle, N. Y., In 1855, and located In Eastern Oregon in 1879. A widow and three children sur vive. They are Ira Mahon. of Ander son Valley. Or.; Mrs. John J. McMahon. Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Claude Smith, Harney County. Interment will be at Burns, with the Masonic Lodge officiating at the services. SUGAR USERS MUST REPORT Violators of Regulations to Be Given Extreme Penalty. Manufacturers using sugar who fail to report to the Food Administration by une 10 the amounts they have used during the first half of the year and on hand will be given the extreme pen alty of being- denied further allotments uring 1918. Substance of the drastic new require ment is given in this order from Wash ington to the . Oregon Food Adminis tration: "Make it known that all manufac turers -of less essential food products sing sugar must file the required statement with you by June 10 cov ering sugar used and on hand, that we may know they are conforming to our rules. If their sugar on hand plus the amount used to date Is more than 80 per cent of the amount used by them VETERANS OF FOUR WARS POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPH AT ROSEBURG. I A- v' v ?' ..Z?.'?'?-. . j, --tir- - - Mini,aiiiinoiTWW;i..i' From Left to Right Johnny Todd. Veteran of the Mexican Wan John W. Cordon, Veteran of the Rogne River Indian Wir J. P. Fletcher. Veteran of the Civil War Ir. F. W. Haynea. Who Saw Service In the Spanlnh-Amerlcan War. and Sergeant Ray Lahey, 16thj Con . pany, C. A. C. Fort Stevenaj, Or, Who la Home on a Furlough. ROSEBURG, Or., June 1. (Special.) Veterans of four wars, besides a young soldier representing the present National Army of the United States, sat in the audience of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in this city last Sunday morning and listened to the sermon by the pastor. Rev. J. C. Spencer. The occurrence was so unusual that the following afternoon a photograph of the five men was taken Just outside the . church. from January to July, 1917, such ex cess must be turned over to the Food Administrator for his disposition. "Unless these reports are filed by June 10 no sugar will be allotted for the balance of 1918 to the manufactur er failing to make such return." TURN . VEREIN TO PICNIC Annual Outing Win Be Held at Crystal Lake Park. The members of the Portland Social Turn Verein will hold their annual out- ng and picnic today at Crystal Lake Park, Mllwaukte. A long list of races and other outdoor sports has been arranged by Professor Generowski, physical director. Boating and swim ming will keep those fond of acquatlc events busy during the afternoon. Dancing will be indulged in at the large pavilion. The programme of events arranged by Professor Genserowski follow: Vol ley ball game, between girls', teams; baseball game, between second boys' class; high Jump, for second girls' class; baseball throw, by first girls class; three standing ' Jump, second boys' class; high Jump, first boys' class. The open events are, 30-yard dash, girls 6 to 11; 30-yard dash, boys 6 to 11; 50-yard dash, girls, 11 to 15; run ning with weights, boys, 11 to 15. "BENEFITS" TO BE CURBED Check on Sale of Tags to Be Taken by City Officials. A check on the sale of tags and tickets for the benefit of supposed war emergency organization will be taken immediately by city officials. -The City Council has directed Chief of Police Johnson to enforce the ordinance re cently passed requiring that all Indi viduals and . organizations soliciting funds or selling tickets for war emer gency purposes or benefits' receive the approval of the War Emergency Coun cil. Reports have reached the council that canvassers are selling tickets for entertainments under the guise of war emergency purposes. Such action hln ders authorized drives, the commis sioners believe and will not be toler ated in the future. WAR WORKER WILL SPEAK Mrs.. Vernon Kellogg Spreads Gospel of Food Conservation. Impetus to the food-saving propa ganda is ' expected to result from the appearance in Portland. June 14. of Mrs. ernon iteuogg. wno. witn ner nus- band, was associated ' with Herbert Hoover in the work for relief of Bel gian - sufferers. Mrs. Kellogg will speak at the Heilig Theater under the auspices of the Food Administration. Flans to make the meeting Mrs. Kel logg addresses one of the largest and most enthusiastic ' yet witnessed In Portland in' the cause of food con servation are being elaborated. One of the features will be a motion pic ture, "The Patriots." prepared by Sid ney Drew. OSTEOPATHS ELECT .HEADS A. P. Howells, of Albany, President of State Association. BAKER, Or., June 1. (Special.) At the closing session this evening the Oregon Osteopathic Association elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President. A. P. Howells. Albany; first vice-president, G. S. Holsington, Pendleton; second vice-president, W. W. Howard. Medford; secretary, Mary Miles, Portland; treasurer, John Tal bot, Portland. These officers, with W. L. Howland, C. T. Samuels and C. A. Pengra, constitute the board of trus tees. The executive committee will choose the place of the next annual meeting, MR. PIERCE PLANS ACTIVE CAMPAIGN Candidate for Governor Op timistic Over Chances of Election This Fall. REPUBLICANS TO ORGANIZE Xames of Jj. J. Simpson, Clyde Hunt Icy, E. B. Tongue and X. B. Xeu--hansen Are Mentioned In Con nection With Chairmanship. "Not only am I going to conduct an I active campaign, but I am going to be elected next November, asserted State Senator Walter M. Pierce, Democratic nominee for Governor, at the Imperial Hotel yesterday, with the customary candidate confidence. "1 do not be- lieve in long drawn-out campaigns, but in the latter part of the Summer and early Fall I shall visit every coun ty in the state in the Interest of my candidacy for the Governorship. My Campaign will be a vigorous one and I am going out to win. Senator Pierce expressed complete satisfaction with the result of the Democratic'" primary election, particu larly with the Judgment of his party voters in their choice of a Guberna torial candidate. The Senator was par tlcularly pleased with the vote in his home county of Union, where, in 50 per cent of the precincts, his opponent for the nomination did noc receive a vote. In his home precinct Senator Pierce received the unanimous Demo cratic vote of 58 cast for Governor. 'Naturally, I am proud to have re ceived such a flattering indorsement in my home town and the community in which I am known best," he added. 'Crops throughout the eastern part of the state are in serious need of rain." commented Senator Pierce, dis cussing present conditions. "Warm weather is also needed to insure a maximum crop production.. We have the acreage for an increased production of all crops, but we must have rain and a period of good growing weather if we are to reap the harvest that we should." Senator Pierce was in Portland yes terday en route from his home at La Grande to Corvallis to attend a meet ing of the board of regents of the Oregon Agricultural College, of which he is a member. He expects to return to Portland tomorrow and will pass the greater part of the week In this city and the Willamette Valley. Next Thursday . he goes to Brownsville, where he will deliver an address at the annual picnic of the Linn County Pioneers Association. Just as soon as the various county committees have met, organized and elected members ot the state com mittee this week, interest in political circles will shift from the county con tests to the real scrap in the organiza tion of the newly formed state com mittee. Many Republicans feel that the state committee should be called to gether and effect an organization some time this month. The exact date for the meeting has not been discussed but the formal call will be Issued by E. D. Baldwin, secretary, who Is now in Washington. Political gossip has suggested the names of L. J. Simpson, recent can didate for Governor; Clyde G. Huntley. Clackamas County member; . E. B. Tongue, .state committeeman from Washington County, and T. B. Neuhau- sen, manager of Senator McNarya cam paign with the state chairmanship. But there is a growing sentiment amone Republicans that the ultimate choice of chairman and secretary of the state committee should be left to Governor Withycombe and Senator McNary, who are. most concerned in the approaching election. "Whoever shall be elected to head the state committee should be satis factory to both Governor Withycombe and Senator McNary," said a member of the Governor's official family yes terday. "These two nominees should at least be consulted if they are not per mitted to name the orficers of the state organization. Certain it is that the man who is elected state chairman should be . a man acceptable to the party's nominees for Governor and Senator, regardless of the selfish personal ambition of any Republican who may seek the state chairmanship. There appears to be a growing disposi tion among Republicans throughout the state to leave to these two nominees of the party the selection of the new state chairman." LANE DEMOCRATS ELECT Frank Armitage, of Eugene, Chair man County Central Committee. EUGENE, Or., June 1 (Special.) Frank Armitage, of Eugene, was today elected chairman of the Lane County Democratic central committee, to suc ceed Attorney L. M. Travis, who re cently resigned after 15 years' service. Mr. Armitage has been 'a leader of his pa,rty in Lane County and was a delegate to the St. Louis convention from Oregon. J. K. Pratt, of Eugene, was elected secretary and treasurer; J. A- McLean, of Eugene, member of the stcxte cen tral committee, and J. C. Dimra. of Springfield, member of the Democratic Congressional committee. The efforts of the Democratic organ ization will center largely on the elec tion of D. A. Elkins. incumbent, .as Sheriff of Lane County, at the Novem ber election. Nearly all sections of the county were represented at the com mittee meeting today. NEWBERG TO GRADUATE 31 Corvalis Educator Engaged to De liver Class Address. NEWBERG. Or, June 1. (Special.) Commencement festivities at Newberg High School begins Sunday evening, when the baccalaureate address will be delivered at the Friends' Church by Rev. George A. Pollard, pastor of the Baptist Church. The Junior class play, "The Merchant of Venice Up to Date." will be given Friday night. June 7. The class night exercises will be given at the high school Thursday night, and the graduating exercises will be held Friday night. June 14. Professor Bum baugh. of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, will deliver the address to the class. Thirty-one will receive their diplo mas. They are Theresa Boyd, Jesse Hatch, Nellie Cole, Roland Heater. Htanson Haworth. Gladys Moreback. Clare Say, Leslie Cullen, Beryl Deford. Frances Everest. Alice Green. Llllie Hertigr, David Hobson, Alberta Lang- ton, Florence Lelon. Neva Manlon, Ruth Mellinger, Dewey Noble, Grace, Grace Riley, Ralph Root. Melba San ders, Elsie Sharp, Gladys Sharp, Gladys Small. Arthur Smith. Olive Stanbrough, Merritt Timberlake, Austin Young, Hazel Youngs, Wendell Votau and Mtna Ames. POLK COUNTY IS IN VAN Wheatless Basis Until August Volun tarily Adopted by Dealers. DALLAS, Or., June 1. (Special.) Polk County was one of the first coun ties In the state voluntarily to go on i wheatless basis until August 1. At the meeting of the dealers held in this city Tuesday it was voted to sell no white flour before August 1, and to return all stock on hand to Portland. Dealers not present at this meeting have signified their approval and have given assurance of their co-operation. Arrangements are being made by County Administrator Winnie Braden to hold meetings in 12 communities during the week of June 10, where Edna L. Mills, emergency home dem onstrator, will give advice and demon strations on the making of wheatless breads. FOREST WORK CHANGED II. B. Rankin Transferred From Sluslaw to Crater Lake. EUGENE, Or., June 1. (Special.) H. H. Rankin, supervisor of the Sluslaw National Forest, will leave Monday morning for Medford, where he will be stationed as supervisor of the Crater Lake National Forest, according-to an nouncement made today. Mr. Rankin will succeed M. L. Erickson, who re signed last March to take charge of the Port Orford Lumber Company's operations In British Columbia- Mr. Rankin was formerly supervisor of the Umatilla forest, with headquar ters at Heppner. His successor as su pervisor of the Sluslaw foreBt has not been announced. LOYAL VOTERS ORGANIZE Stafford and Cary to Be Opposed for Congress In Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE, June 1. An organ ization to be known as the Patriotic Congressional League was organized here today to select opponents to run for Congress against William H. Staf ford and William J. Cary, who repre sent the Fourth and Fifth Districts, re spectively, in the lower house. The announced intention of the or ganization is to secure co-operation by both Democrats and Republicans to defeat every Wisconsin Congressman who failed to vote for war with Ger many. Prominent Dallas Merchant Dead. DALLAS.' Or., June 1. (Special.) H. A. Webster, one of the best-known mer chants of this city, having for a num ber of years conducted the largest con fectlonery store In Dallas, died at his home Thursday morning. Mr. Webster Is survived by J. Webster, his father, who is critically 111; his mother. brother, Richard, and sister, Mrs. Nel lie Tatom, all of whom reside In this city. Funeral services have not yet been announced. PORTLAND EMPLOYE GOES TO CAMP LEWIS AS ASSISTANT BACTERIOLOGIST. Mls Anita Trenchard. Miss Anita Trenchard, assistant bacteriologist and milk chemist for the city of Portland, left early last week for Camp Lewis, in compliance with an order issaed by the United States War De partment. Miss Trenchard will be stationed at the United States Army Base Hospital and will be engaged in bacteriological lab oratory work. Miss Trenchard is a graduate of the Good Samaritan Hospital nurses' class of 1906. has lived In Portland for 15 years, coming here from Astoria, where she re ceived her early education. For the last four years she has been In the employ of the city. Although Miss Trenchard was elated at the opportunity of serv ing her country, she Is anxious to secure overseas service, and a host ot Portland friends expect that she will eventually be sent across the water. CHARITY GETS SHARE Will of Mrs. Anna Mary Mann Filed for Probate. OLD PEOPLE'S HOME AIDED Children's Home, Albany College, First Presbyterian Church, Good Samaritan Hospital and Oth er Institutions Included. To the Old People's Home, which -she founded as a memorial to her husband, Mrs. Anna. Mary E. Mann, widow of the late Peter J. Mann, leaves the bulk of her $600,000 estate, according to the terras of her last will which was filed for probate yesterday in the County Court. After numerous other bequests totaling about $100,000 are made. Mrs. Mann leaves the residua of her estate to the Old People's Home as perpetual endowment. In leaving practically all of her for tune to charitable institutions. Mrs. Mann did so because of her love for the city which had been her home for 50 years as well as the home of her parents and husband. In her last will it was stated that she desired to show the family's fidelity to the .city where they had lived so long and prospered College la Left H5.0O0. A bequest of $30,000 is left to the Children's Home. To Albany College, of Presbyterian denomination, is left $15,000. The First Presbyterian Church of Portland and the home missionary board of the Presbyterian Church, are left $5000 each. A special bequest of $10,000 for a room endowment at the Old People's Home is made, while the T. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., of Portland, the Good Samaritan Hospital and the Portland Art Museum are bequeathed $5000 each. A codicil to the will which was exe cuted June SO. 1917. provides that prop erty of the estimated value of about $20,000 be sold by the executors for the building of a woman's home at Reed College. The codicil further provides for a substantial property bequest to the Homeopathic Hospital 'and Dis pensary if it be built within five years from her death. If not built, this prop erty reverts to the Old People's Home. Relatlvee Share Small. The bequests to friends and relatives are comparatively small. Charles Mc Fadden. of San Francisco, is left $3000 while Henry L Mann, of Portland. Is left $50 a month for the remainder of his life. Mrs. Margaret Paget, wife of B. Lee Paget, is bequeathed $1000, while all of the domestic employes of Mrs. Mann, who had been with her for at least a year, will receive $500 each. The Neighborhood House, of Port land, is given $500. while the scholar ship fund of the Women's Federated Clubs will likewise receive $500. The personal property Is left to Mrs. Emma Kennedy, of Bellefontalne, O., and Mrs, Lydla Martin, of Chattanooga, Tenn The household effects and furniture are left to Mrs. Margaret Paget and Mrs, H. IL Northup, with the request that they distribute the articles among the Old People's Home and numerous friends of the deceased. All of the residue of the estate is willed' to the Old People's Home. B. Lee Paget and John B. Cleland are named as executors of the estate to carry out the last wishes of Mrs. Mann, as expressed In her final will. They petitioned yesterday for appoint ment as executors. RATES ALMOST DOUBLED MARKET PRICES TO BE AFFECTED BY FREIGHT RISE. Portland District Traffic Comailttee te Submit Data Protesting Against Recent Order of Director. Under one of the provisions of orde No. 28 of the railroad administration, the minimum rate on logs and slmlla shipments is raised from $1 per 1000 feet on short hauls to a minimum charge of $15 per car. This will hi the effect of almost doubling the rate In some instatnees on logs and will seriously Interfere with the established market prices of some classes of prod ucts. It will also increase the cost of delivery to local yards of a consider able amount of wood, including slab wood from nearby plants. It is. especially with reference to the short haul that the change will be most felt, for it will increase the cost o transportation in all cases where th rate was less than $2 per thousand feet. In the matter of cordwood the lncreas will depend somewhat upon the cars used for moving the wood to market. Some of the old cars of small capacity do not come up to the average standard of heavier equipment that usually hauls from 12 to IS cords. This rate will probably be amon the first that will be brought to the attention of the Portland district traf fic commitee for adjustment, as its ef feet will apply so directly to many line of the lumber Industry that those the lumber trade are already making verbal protest and preparing data to show what it will mean in dollars and cents as compared with the existln rates. $26,841 CAMPAIGN COS STANFIELD LEAGUE FILES PENSESTATEMENT. EX Coat of O. P. Hoffsi Drive Shown to Be aS89 Ralph Williams Spends S2060 (or Re-EIertlon. BALEM. Or., June 1. (Special.) j. lie cianiieta-ror-senator League ex pended $26,841.62 in promoting the in terests of the candidacy of Robert X. btanileid for tho Republican nomina tlon for Senator prior to the recent primaries, according to a statement riled today by W. C E. Prultt. secre tary-treasurer of the league, with Sec retary Olcott. Ralph Williams, candi date for National committeeman, spent Other statements filed today, the las legal day for filing, were as follows: Ben K. West. State Treasurer, Republican, $.M9.81: Samuel H. Brown. Representative, rirst uisirict. Republican. JS4.70: M. Meaoham. Representative, Eighteenth Dl trlct. Republican, S30.5O; O. P. Hoff, Stat treasurer, ttepuDiican. SS4H.4S; Henry A. Dedman. Representative, Sixteenth Dlstrlot Republican. M60: Colon R. Gebhard, state Kenaton, .lneteentn District. Republic, 133: Eisner E. PetUnsell. Representative bignteenm District, Republican. $43.07 Oeorite C. Brownell, State Senator. Twelftl District. Republican. $UO.S0: John C. Mrkum, Labor Commissioner. Republican. f'J-19.50; t:. ii. Runyon. In behalf og 8. B. Huston, s.uu: -. w. iioarora. Kepreentatlve. Klgh, teenth District. Republican, (50: E. N. Hurd Representative. Nineteenth District. Repub- i L ,' ''X VC . ,u ror"na llcan. $17.25; H. M. Patton. State Senator I brary. n order that the necessary a Fourteenth District, Republican. $33.75; I signrnents may be arranged. Mrs. M. George Al. Brown, Attorney-General, Ke-J A. M.' Ashley is secretary. publican. S53.B0: John 6. CoVe. Justice of aa Suprazna Court. Republican. s.isi..v: . . Burke, in bebalr ot o. P. Horr. William A Carter. Circuit Judge. Kourth udlcial btatrlct. Department No. 0. Repub lican. iUO.SS; J. B. Schaefer, Superintendent f Water Division No. 1. Republican. 116:l.: U. Huston. United Slates benalor. re publican. S.".s.2S; Robert C. Morrow, Circuit Judce, Fourth Judicial District. Department No, 2. Republican. $73.30: W. Al Jonea, a Senator, First District. Republican. U6.&; P. O. Bonebrake. Representative, Kllhteenth District, Republican, J3; Kalpn Coin, Representative. Eighteenth Dis trict. Republican. Su3: Robert &. Acheson. Representative, Second District. Republi can. $10: Geon e K. Brlce, treasurer of Mos er campaign committee S1924.69; Gus C. Moser. Governor. Republican. George '. Wlllett. Representative. Nineteenth Dis trict. Republican. 215: El wood Wlies. Rep resentative. Eighteenth District. Republi can. (19.00. RATE RISE PROTESTED CALIFORNIA MAX TO REPRESENT OREGON AT BEARING. Public Servlee Comm laaloM Saia Pre el Increases will Be Great Birdra ta Oregon Peeple. SALEM. Or.. June 1. (Special.) De claring that the burden of the proposed per cent Increases in rates on rail roads will be much greater on the peo ple of Oregon than in the territory of he Central Freight Association, the Public Service Commission today tele graphed to Director-General McAdoo hat it has designated Max Tneien. oi California, to represent this state in protest against the proposed increases. The commission presented Its position to the director-general as follows: "You will no doubt be inundated witn protests from shippers In all parts of the country setting forth various argu ments why their particular interests should be exempted from the 35 per cent Increase, or more leniently dealt with. We have been requested to join u these, but have refrained from doing; so and have delegated Mr. Max Thelen. of the California commission, who is familiar with conditions in this terri tory, to present the views of our re spective commissions at the conference to be held on June, 5. May we oe per mitted to advance the statement that this country is sparsely settled and that owing to the lesser density of traffic rates are much higher in Ore gon than Central Freight Association territory. First-class rate in Oregon is 91 cents for 300 miles, while between Cincinnati and Chicago, about the same distance, the first-class rate is 45 cents. 'It requires no argument to prove that the 25 per cent advance will be a greater burden to the people of Oregon than the same percentage of advance n the Eastern territory. This state is l large producer of raw materials. while in the East the finished product is manufactured, and yet they have much lower rates. We realize that yeuir task Is stu pendous, but feel confident that you will act to the best of your ability so that no part of this great country shall bear more than Its Just proportion of the' burden entailed by the cataclysm which prevails in Europe." MASS MURDER CHARGED TURKS SAID TO KILL WOMEN AND CHILDREN BV THOUSANDS. Bolshevik Protests to Berlin Foreign Office. Placing Blaine Upon Germany. WASHINGTON'. June 1. "Mass mur der." committed by the Turkish army advancing in the Caucasian districts, has brought a sharp protest from the Russian Commissioner of Foreign Af fairs to the Berlin Foreign Office, ad vices today to the State Department said. Responsibility for the crime, the pro test said, falls on the Carman govern ment, which enabled Turkey to take possession of Ardahan. Kars and Batum provinces after the Rusisan aries had driven out the Turks. "The advance of tho Turkish army on the Armenian front was accompa nied by mass murders, and women and children were killed by the thousands." said the protest. "The treaty which we were forced to sign at Brest-Lltovsk afforded the pop ulation of Ardahan. Kara and Batum the right to decide their own destinies. "Events no wtaklng place in these regions Indicate that the policy of ex termination of the Armenian people, which has been applied for some 10 years, continues. Russia was success ful on the Turkish front and was forced to relinquish Ardahan. Kars and Batum simply because Turkey had Ger many as an ally. "The responsibility Tor cruelties against tho Armenian population in the regions no woccupied by the Turkish troops thus falls also on the German government, which enabled Turkey to take possession or tnese aistricts. i ne people's commissariat energetically protests against the abuse made of the right of the population of Ardahan. Kars and Batum to decide their own fate." MRS. UELSON BIRD PASSES San Francisco Woman Survived by Iflece, Residing in Portland. Portland friends who knew Mrs. Nel son Bird, of San Francisco, when she visited her cousin. Mrs. John E. Alt chison. In Irvlngton. after the earth quake, will be grieved to learn of her death, on May 2S. at the El Reposa Sanitarium, in Berkeley. Mrs. Bird was a member of an old English Canadian family. She was married, when young, to Dr. Nelson Bird, and accompanied him to San Francisco, the Journey being made by the way of Panama. Mrs. Bird was prominent in church and social life. She was a member, and for many years was corresponding sec retary of the Laurel Hall Club, one of the first of women's clubs on the Coast. She was a musician, a woman of rare culture, and with a charming person ality which she retained through the years of invalidism that preceded her death. BELGIAN PRISONERS SHOT Eighteen Reported Executed; Abbe Engleboot Deported. WASHINGTON. May 1. A calegram received today at the Belgian Legation said that IS Belgians confined in the fortress of Vleux Dleu had been shot. It said also that, Abbe Englebort, rec tor of Comblain Au Pont, and Alderman Strauss, of Antwerp, had been deported to Germany. Woman's Auxiliary to Sleet. The forty-sixth annual reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association will be held In the Auditorium hero on Thursday. June 20. Plans are being perfected by the Woman's Auxiliary of the associa tion for the annual banquet, and all members and their helpers are request ed to meet Monday, at 2:30 P. M., in DRUG STORE RAIDED Stil! and Whisky Seized at Harrison Pharmacy. TWO ARE UNDER ARREST, Joseph II. Murphy, Proprietor, and W. D. Porter, Clerk, ncld by Fed eral Officers for Making Liquor 'Without License, Deputy Sheriffs Hurlburt and Schir. mer and Internal Revenue Offlcera Das J. McGill and William Kennedy yester day raided the Harrison Pharmacy, 594 Sixth street, seised a still and a quan tity of recently made whisky and ar rested Joseph H- Murphy, proprietor, and W. 1). Porter, the clerk, on the charge of manufacturing alcohol huJ brandy without a Government license. The men are being held by the Federal authorities, and in default of $2000 bail each are in Jail. A still, in full operation and capablo of manufacturing a quart of alcohol an hour, was found back of tho pre scription counter. The officers also seised more than two gallons of tho distilled liquor, as well as three large barrels of raisin "mash" which was in tho process of fermentation. Although of crude construction, the still was complete In every detail. Little Liquor 5old. Murphy admitted to Assistant Vnitcd States Attorney Rankin that he Is h manager of the store, and that the still had been in operation for two months. He says that he purchased the necessary equipment from a local supply house. By a chemical process be said the coloring fluid for the liquor was produced. Murphy further asserted that Porter operated the "soda foun tain line" In the drug store and dlvldeU the profits with him. Porter positively denied any knowledge of the mill and Its operation In the store, where he has been employed for only six weeks. Both men agreed that only a small quantity of the home-distilled liquor had been sold. After questioning the men Mr. Ran kin filed a complaint charging each with four violations of the Federal liquor laws, euch charge constituting a felony. The different charges follow: Setting up a distilling apparatus with out a Government license; setting up a. distillery without paying the Govern ment tax: distilling liquor without pay ing the Government tax. and operating a distillery without paying a Federal revenue. Mr. Rankin said It will ba the policy of the Government vigor ously to prosecute all persons found manufacturing illicit whisky, and a be ginning of that policy will be mado in the cases of Murphy and Porter. PTlor Conviction Cited. Murphy has once before been con victed of bootlegging, and received a 150-day jail sentence in Municipal Court on November 28. 1916. On ap peal to the Circuit Court he was again found guilty and fined $300 and sen tenced to six months In the county jail. The jail sentence was suspended and he was paroled on payment of a fine of only J50. OtHclals said yesterday that numer ous complaints had been made regard ing Murphy's drug store during the past few months, but yesterday wa"j the first time a good opportunity for a raid was presented. With one conviction against him. Murphy will lose his license as a phar macist for a period of six months if he pleads guilty or In found guilty on the present charge. For the third con viction his license is automatically re voked permanently, under the prohibi tion law. POWER VALUE GIVEN SFOKAXK STREETCAR LINE OT INCLUDED IV FIGURES GIVEV. Mera;er Pending;, It Is Stated, Between WnaJilna-ton Wnter Power and Spo kane Traction Company's Lines. OLYMPIA. Wash., June 1. (Special. Valuation of the Washington Water Power Comoany's light and power properties In Washington and Idaho is fixed by the Public Service Commis sion at S20.SOO.000. The company's streetcar line In Spokane and Its in terurban system through the Inland Empire are not Included in this valua tion on account of a pendingmerger. it is stated, between the Washington Water Power and Spokane Traction Company's lines. On properties situated In Washington the commission places a valuation of f 16.700,000. leaving $3,800,000 for the Idaho properties. Washington and Idaho commissions worked jointly on the present valuation, which began in 1915. The commlsrton finds an investment of $19,529,32$ in construction and per manent improvemsnts and the author ized capita; stock of $20,000,000. ot which shares to the amount of $15. 490,000 have been issued. The com pany's fund Indebtedness at tho close of 1917 Is found to be $6,377,000 and one-year coupon notes to the amount of $2,670,000. Its total market value for light and power Is fixed at $22. 500,000 in both states. SCOTTISH RITE TO FROLIC "Liberty Class" Will Ba Initiated at Semi-Annual Reunion. A large class of candidates for the first degrees In the Scottish Run Masonry will be started Tuesday. May 4. by the local Scottish Rite Lodge. This is the fourth section to be started within the past few weeks. The order has been holding classes for the many candidates who will be admitted to the lodge during the semi-annual reunion which is to be held here Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this week. Al ready 200 candidates have completed the preliminary work for admission. Many more will be ready before tlm reunion is over, so the new class will be by far the largest ever Initiated in the history of Oregon. On account of the war and the largo number of military men who are to be admitted, the group will be known as the "Liberty Class." Clarke to Elect 2 7 Delegates. VANCOUVER, Wash., June 1. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of the Republican county central committee of Clarke fntintv at the courthouse in this cltv I todav it was decided to call a nublic I mass meeting to be held at the court- 1 house at 10 o'clock on the mornlnar of June 22. to select 27 delegates who I u v r ucrii aiiuiicii vial ha v uuluj as Its representation In the Repub lican state convention, which Is to be held in Tacoma on June 27. The state convention will be designed to act only on a Republican state platform, and will take no action on National matters.