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THE SUNDAY OREGOTflAN, PORTLAND, JULY 2, 1933 5. 01! THREE OF 15 El 111 July 6 Last Day for Turning in Petitions. OTHER FILINGS EXPECTED Workers Slaking Strenuous Ef forts to Get Necessary Per centage of ' Signatures. SALEM. Or., July 1. (Special.) Of the 15 constitutional amendments and measures, which it is proposed to refer to the voters of Oregon at the general election to be held No vember 7, only three have been com pleted through the filing of proper petitions 'with the secretary of state. July 6, under the law, is the last day on which completed petitions lor the November election may be filed. Amendments for which completed petitions have been filed include the single tax amendment, initiated by the Oregon Single Tax league; sal mon fishing and propagation amendment initiated by G. G. Green of West Linn, and the 1925 exposi tion tax amendment initiated by the Atlantic-Pacific Highway and Elec trical Exposition commission. In each instance the completed peti tions for thesje amendments contain the sufficient number of signatures. Fee Is Required. Affirmative arguments supporting any such amendments or measures under the law must be filed not later than July 15, and .can be pre sented and filed only by the person, committee or duly authorized offi cers of any organization filing any petition for the initiative. Argu ments opposing any amendment or measure can be filed by any person, committee or organization for in clusion in the pamphlet copy of the measures, but with such arguments, as with all affirmative arguments, there must be tendered a sum of money sufficient to pay all the ex penses for paper and printing to supply one copy" with every copy of the measures to be printed by the state. As there are approximately 325, 000 registered voters in Oregon, the cost each page for both affirmative and negative arguments on any amendment or measure will be ap proximately $120 for each page of space which any of such arguments may occupy in the pamphlet copy of the measures. Negative arguments can be filed at any time up to and including July 25. The constitution provides that initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months be fore the election at which they are to be voted upon. Signatures Need Certification. Mr. Kozer said today 'that it is likely that completed petitions will be filed for nearly all of the 15 pro posed amendments and measures, as strenuous efforts are now being made to obtain the necessary num ber of signatures. No petitions will be accepted after July 6, Mr. Kozer said, as the constitution provides specifically that they must be re ceived in the offices of the secretary of state not later than that date. The signatures on every initiative petition must be certified to by the county clerks from the registration lists in the respective county. Sig natures that the county clerks are unable to certify may be certified by notary public residing within the county within which the signor re sides. Signatures which are not cer tified in the manner which the law provides cannot be counted. In order to refer any measure to the people at the forthcoming gen eral election, an initiative petition must contain not less than 13;261 certified signatures. This number is 8 per cent of the whole number of votes cast for justice of the supreme court at the general election held November 2, 1920. The constitution fixed such vote as the basis for the number of signatures required for initiative petitions at this time. LOTTERY LAW VIOLATED Decree Ends Alleged Illegal Col lection of Millions. HAVANA, July 1. Alleged illegal collection of nearly $10,000,000 a year irom rne uuDan people through violations of the national lottery law was ended today by presidential de cree. Pointing to the wide variance be tween present methods of conduct ing the lottery and those set forth in the laws of July 7, 1909, and July 9, 1912, which established and" regu lated the institution. President Zayas ordered reforms intended to remove the lottery from the cate gory of political spoils. are to bear 5 per cent interest. The exact amount of the issue has not yet been determined, cays the Hillsboro Independent. Oil Driller Optimistic "Everything looks most satisfac tory and the conditions are fully as good as I expected them to be at thia depth," said Field Superintend ent Malcolm Scott of the Lower Co lumbia Oil & Gas company in speak ing of the situation at the welL The water had been bailed to a depth of 3080 feet, leaving about 770 feet of water in the hole. The showing of gas, according to Mr. Scott, is grow ing stronger as the water is re moved and there is some showing ol oil. The bailing is proceeding slow ly and cautiously, says the Astoria Budget. . Albany Lure Ex-Realdent. Word has been received in Albany that F. P. Nutting, deputy collector of internal revenue at Portland for more than five years, has resigned his office and will become a resi dent of his former home, Albany. Mr. Nutting is one of Linn county's most widely known residents. He was editor and publisher of the,Al bany Democrat and was active in civic and political circles. Roy Nut ting of Albany and Mrs. Hubbel Young of Tangent are son and daughter of Mr. Nutting. RAILWAYS TO G FROM GUT IK RATES Increased Freight Hauls Will Offset Decrease. T IS SET TESTIMONY TO BE TAKEN AT THE DALLES TOMORROW. TRAFFIC REVIVAL NEAR Huge Savings in Every Branch of Business and Industry In dicated by Reductions. Mine Interest More Keen in Eastern Oregon. Vews From Granite District Indi cates Prosperous Year Smelter to Reopen. MORE interest is being mani fested in eastern Oregon mines than in a number of years. News from the Granite district indicates a prosperous year for the mines of that locality. From every locality comes report of prospectors getting busy and a number of discoveries of ore have been reported. Keen in terest is taken among the miners in the reopening of the smelter at Sumpter. It is felt the opening of this plant would be a great incentive for developing the mining interests of the country, says the Baker Herald. Pictures of Slain Man to' Be Sent Over Country in Effort to Establish Identity. THE DALLES, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) A coroner's Inquest over the body of the unidentified man found Friday night on the bank of the Columbia river, about 14 miles from The Dalles, will be held Monday at 10 o'clock, Deputy Coroner Morgan announced today. Attempts were made this morning to photograph finger prints left on the top of the white guard rail on the Columbia river highway, which are believed to have been made by the murderer after disposing of the body. No good pictures of the prints could be obtained. Photographs of the murdered man were made at the instance of Sheriff Ohrisman, who is sending them all over the country in an effort to establish his identity. Several telephone calls were re ceived by the sheriff today from per sons who bad read accounts of the murder and thought that the dead man was a missing relative, but no description from these persons tal lied with that of the body in the morgue. The body was first, discovered about 5:50 o'clock Friday afternoon by HI Hendricks, a brakeman on freight train No. 253, from Spokane to Portland. It was learned today he signaled the train to stop, and the train crew walked back and verified Hendricks' original finding. A red blanket, with one arm pro truding straight in the air above the water, was what had attracted the brakeman's attention. The head and remainder of the upper part of the body were cov ered by this blanket. The blanket was tied around the neck with a rope and around the waist by a piece of bailing wire. To this wire was also attached a heavy rock. Whoever carried the body from the Columbia highway, where the first blood stains were found, to the bank of the river, a distance of about 50 feet, had intended to sink it. The blanket had caught on one of the many sharp rocks, however, and when found the body lay submerged under about a foot of water. The opinion of Wasco county authorities that the man was not a tramp, but a citizen of the middle class, was heightened today. It was regarded as practically certain that the murdered changed clothes with the dead man before attempting to sink the body. SUSPICIOUS CAR REPORTED Oregon City Jeweler Gives Clew in Murder at The Dalles. A well-known Oregon City jew eler, who feared to have his ,name published because it might involve his family in some danger reported to local county officers last night that he and his wife observed a sus picious automobile at a point near Hook, 15 miles east of where the body of the murdered man was found in the Columbia river, at 11:30 P. M. Thursday the time at which it is thought the. murder was committed. "The road was rough and rocky," he said. "As we neared the car the searchlight was -being played about it, on the hills and the river. I was afraid that it might be a holdup gang, and my misgivings were such that I thought only of getting past it as quickly as possi ble. "My wife, however, watched it closely as we passed. "Their own light was turned out at our arrival; our own lights re vealed a dark runabout of the sports type. One man was leaning back in the machine, while another, dressed in khaki clothing, was about ten feet from the machine with a flash light. He was flashing it about as though examining his surround ings, but when we drew past he held it so that the beam went straight to the ground near his feet. "We would have thought no more of the occurrence than to be glad we passed it without , mishap, had not we read yesterday morning of the body found in the river. It was 'drivers' intuition' that told us something was wrong about the machine at the time we were pass ing it." In all probability the jeweler and his wife will accompany officials of The Dalles to the spot, with the in tention of examining it for blood or other evidence that might tend to prove it the point of murder. , Support Assured Pair. F. H. Pfeiffer, president 6f the Linn County Fair association, and F. E. Calister of the First National bank have returned from a trip to the towns of Linn county, soliciting advertisements from business firms to place in the county fair catalogue. They report a successful trip and much sentiment in favor of support ing the fair, says the Albany Democrat. Bond Offer Best Ever Made. The council met Tuesday evenins and accepted the offer of the Clark Kendall company of Portland to take the bond issue to be voted upon at the election July 31. Acceptance is subject to ratification by the voters, and the offer is considered a very good one and the best ever made for a Hillsboro issue. According to its terms the company is to pay par, ac crued interest and a premium of $15.75 each $1000. In addition it will supply the printed bonds and all legal services incident to the deal, the two latter items representing several hundred dollars. The bonds BY HARDEN COLFAX. (Copyright, 1922, by The Oregponian.) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1. (Special.) The close of the rail roads' most prosperous month since the beginning of the business de pression, so far as can be gauged Dy surface indications, ushered in the period of lower freight rates today. From the volume of traffic hauled and other factors already known and measured, it is estimated that the carriers of the country, taking them as a whole, earned dur ing June just about the amount necessary for them to return profits oi 6 per cent. Reports from the chief sections and industries indicate that the 10 per cent decrease in rates, which became effective today, will speed up business generally to such an extent that the present surplus of freight cars will be dissipated within the next few months. Loadings Are Increasing. Loadings from the week of June 17, covering latest figures available, totaled 860,772 cars and are continu ing to increase week by week. That week, for instance, topped the pre vious week by nearly 15,000 cars. A return of the million-car week, the highest mark ever reached, is expected when the coal mines re some operations. Transportation of commodities on such an enormous scale, even at the reduced freight rates, is expected to carry the rail roads into a period of general pros perity. The cut in freight rates, which went into effect today, will reduce the nation s freight bill, it is esti mated, to the extent of about $240, 000,000 a year, or $20,000,000 a month. Previous adjustments, largely on ag ricultural commodities, already had cut the bill by about $200,000,000, according to Julius H. Parmalee, di rector of the bureau of railway economics, thus bringing the total reduction down by approximately $440,000,000 annually from the high charges of 1920. That sum repre sents the sum of the freight rate deflation since August, 1920. Benefits of Reductions. Translated into personal terms, it means a reduction of 22 cents m the single item of freight charges for every family in the United States. Specifically, for instance, it means an average reduction of about 27 cents on the freight charges for every ton of bituminous coal hauled in the United States. To the man building a house it means an esti mated reduction of about 1 per cent in the total cost, according to fig ures of the Associated Benefactors of America. To some builders, according to the same authority, the saving will be greater. Savings vary, according to localities. In Illinois, for instance, the freight cost on a mile of con crete road taken as typical for that realty, amounted to $4000. The 10 per cent reduction means a saving of $400 a mile. The average freight charges for the materials entering into a concrete road in the vicinity of Boston, Boise, Cleveland, Denver, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Omaha, San Francisco, Seattle and Toledo amounted to $6500 a mile. The sav ings there would mean $650 a mile. Savings on Roads Enormous. The people of the United States this year are spending about $1,000, 000,000 to build roads. It is estimated that about 12 per cent of the cost is represented by freight charges on materials. A reduction of 10 per cent in freight rates means an annual saving at this rate of about $12,000,000. The saving on freight charges of coal is estimated con servatively at more than $100,000, 000. The estimated saving on freight charge on building materials, on the basis of the tremendous house-building programme in prog ress at this time, runs from $2o,000,- 000 to $50,000,000 annually. Coupled with the freight rates is a cut in the maximum interest rate which the government fixes as a fair return for the railroads. Under the old prescription the fair return was fixed at 6 per cent; under the new order, beginning today the rate is fixed at 5 per cent. That one-half per cent in what the government fixes as fair earn ings for the roads means about $50,000,000 annually in favor of the man who pays the freight. General Conditions Reflected. General business conditions are reflected in the returns of car- loadings. In the automobile indus try virtually every operating com pany has made a good profit during the first six months of the year. The entire situation is proceeding at such a quickened pace that some of the more conservative concerns are fearful of overproduction, as is already the situation in the case of automobile tires. . In the building trades prices have risen somewhat with the revival of business. It is estimated that the cost today of building a house to sell at about $10,000 is several hundred dollars greater than it was three months ago. The nation s banks, according to the weekly statement of the federal reserve board, continue to reflect a great surplus of money a condition that augurs well for the soundness of readjusted business enterprise, but cuts into the profits of the banks themselves, because, in order to make a minimum income, they should have more money at work. Individual deposits, subject to check, at 800 of the leading banks have increased nearly $200,000,000 within the six weeks last past, and are nearly $1,250,000,000 above the fig ure of a year ago. The number of business failures. according to commercial agencies. has decreased steadily during the 30 days last past. TO HIE JULY 7 REPRIEVE IS ONLY HOPE OF , KIRBY AND RATHIE. JAPANESE, WHITE FINED Lawyer and Client Assessed $750 in Alien Land Law Case. SANTA ROSA, Cal., July 1. Wil liam C. Cockril, Santa Rosa attorn ney, and S. Ikada, who were con victed Tuesday on a charge of con spiracy to evade the alien land law of California, were sentenced yes terday to pay a fine of $750 each by Superior Judge Sewell. Motion to arrest judgment was denied, whereupon counsel for the defend ants filed notice of appeal. It was charged that Cockrill and the Japanese conspired to purchase land from a white man with a third white man to act as guardian of the Japanese purchaser. Talk Heard of Initiative Petition for Abolishment of Capital Punishment in Oregon. SALEM. Or., July 1. (Special.)' Unless again reprieved by Governor Olcott, John Rathie and Elvie Kirby, alias James Owens, slayers of Sher iff Taylor of Umatilla county, will be hanged in the state penitentiary here Friday, July 7. Rathie and Owens were convicted of the Taylor Hiurder in 1920, and were sentenced to hang. They after ward appealed their ; cases to the Oregon supreme court, with the re sult that the verdict of the lower court was affirmed. The men then were returned to Umatilla county and resentenced and were to have been hanged in January of this year, j A few days before the date set for the executions attorneys for Kirby filed habeas corpus proceedings in the Marion county circuit court, whereupon Governor Olcott granted reprieves in the Kirby and Rathie cases until July 7. Subsequently Judges Bingham and Kelly, who heard the arguments, denied the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The latter court later upheld the ruling of the circuit court, and the case was taken to the United States supreme court for final determina tion. Information received here re cently from Washington indicated that the United States supreme court had refused to review the Kirby case. The time for perfecting this appeal expired June 21. It was reported here a few days ago that persons interested in Kirby and Rathie had threatened to ini tiate petitions looking to the abol ishment of capital punishment. In case these petitions materialized, the authors had expressed the hope that Governor Olcott would extend the reprieves of the condemned men un til the voters could decide the issue at the polls. ' GAMBLERS SENT TO JAIL Police Judge Imposes Heavy Fines Upon Greek Offenders. Fines of $250 and jail sentences of 30 days were meted out yester day to Gregory Carmodis and J. Bubis, Greek operators of a bar buda gambling game, by Municipal Judge Ekwall, following a verdict of guilty returned in police court Fridav. Ten gamblers, caught in their resort, the Hellenic club, were fined $10 each, but the fines were remitted on recommendation of the jury. Judge Ekwall said that the Greek barbuda games have been operated openly by means of an intricate sys tem of signals which warn the gam blers of the approach of the police, and the fact that the police did stage a successful raid gave the court its opportunity to help break up this form of gambling. Notice of appeal was filed on behalf of the two defendants. NATURE CLUBHOUSE OPEN Grounds in Seven-Acre Tract Are Being Improved. HOOD RIVER, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) The clubhouse of the Oregon Nature Lovers' club, occupying a seven-acre tract on the Columbia river highway just west of the Co lumbia Gorge hotel, has been opened. A collection of material for the in formation of motoring tourists has been made available and views of Oregon scenic attractions have been assembled. C. E. Graves, secretary, who had charge of construction of the club house, is now engaged in improving the grounds. Trails are being cut through to promontories overlook ing the Columbia gorge. These will be connected with paths through the spacious grounds of the neighbor ing resort hostelry. Grand Lodge to Lay Stone. ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 1. (Special.) The grand lodge of 'Ma sons of Washington will convene Coolly Speaking! SUMMER SUITS $15 J16 '25 '40 Comfort and Style in my new suits of summer weight. Palm Beaches, Mohairs, Gabardines and Light Wool Worsteds. Plain and sport models in single and double-breasted styles. BEN SELLING Portland's Leading Clothier for Over Half a Century ' Morrison at Fourth The Bon Marche Decides to Unload! in Aberdeen at 10 o'clock on the morning of July 4 to officiate at cornerstone ceremonies for Aber deen's new state armory. De Molai commandery, Knights. Templar, will act as escort to the grand lodge during the parade prceding the dedication exercises. All Grays Harbor county Masons will take part in the parade. Governor Hart will act as grand orator. FAMILY REUNION HELD Gathering at Home of Sir. and Mrs. George Collins Knjoyable. A family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Collins, 10 East Thirteenth street last Sunday. A bountiful dinner was followed by music and remin iscences of childhood days at the family home of pioneer parents in Yamhill county. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stephens, 49-0 Vancouver avenue, Portland; Mrs. Ellen Rodgers, Goldendale, Wash Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Stephens, Cedar Mills, Or.; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Collins, 10 East Thir teenth street, Portland; Mrs. Leah Chapman, Malcolm Van Billiard, Lowell Collins, all of this city; Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Stephens, Oregon City; Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Price, Beaverton, and Miss Dorothy Rodgers, Manton ville, Minn. and usually adds a jail sentence. He maintains that deportation would be the proper punishment. Two prohi bition violators are now in jail Berving their sentence. The fines collected are turned over to the county treasurer and placed to the credit of the county's general fund account. Warships Ordered to Astoria. THE OREGONIA N NRWR TtrTRTn A TT WASHINGTON, D. C, July 1. The battleship Connecticut and one or more destroyers are to report at As tor'a for participation in the Fourth Fifty-Thousand-Dollar Stock oj Millinery, Cloaks and Suits to Be Sold in Great Haste. Sale to Open Wednesday M orning, Next, at Nine 6 'Clock. THE BON MARCHE suddenly finds that it has more finery for women than it actually needs. ilO U1C ICttC U. i . JlXUXgdll. CAJJXCODCU 11 store is suffering from "Undigested stocks." The manager has prescribed drastic remedies. And the store has agreed to take the prescription faith fully. Everything will be marked down in the most emphatic manner. All the beautiful trimmed hats, all the fine wrappv coats, all the smart tailored suits, everything will go. Dress skirts and blouses will be sold for the pro verbial "song." - JT TV. TnYP'PPT fr foVo a covovo lnoo in nvflar. rr yy remedy the situation, but we believe that the store will be all the better for the 'house cleaning' proposed. Everything will be marked plainly and we are sure the sale will be conducted in a manner that will make hundreds of new friends for the store. ( "We will require the services of at least twenty experienced salespeople, and we expect to break all records for quick selling." The sale, as stated, will open on Wednesday morning, and further particulars will be printed in later issues of this npwsnjinpr The Bon Marche One Low Price to All Cor. THIRD and MORRISON Sts. of July celebration, according to or ders issued by the navy department today. Federal Trade Counsel Coming. THE OREGONIANNEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C July 1. A. M. Craven of the legal department of the federal trade commission will depart shortly for the Pacific coast on a trip to Spokane, Seattle, Ta coma, Portland and San Francisco to look after matters for the com mission. Mr. Craven formerly re sided at Spokane. Shingle Bolts Are Burned. ABERDEEN, Wash., July 1. Special.) Fire, believed to have started from a carelessly thrown cigarette stub, Wednesday night de stroyed approximately $1500 worth of shingle bolts in the woods a short distance east of the M. R. Smith shingle mill at Moclips. The entire woods and mill crews of the com pany were put to work fighting the blaze, which was under cpntrol at midnight. Justice Fines for Month $2372. ST. HELENS, Or., July 1. (Spe cial.) Fines collected from persons found guilty of violation of the pro hibition law and imposed by Justice of the Peace Philip amounted to $3372 for June. There were two fines of 1500 each and the other fines ranged from $50 to $400 Judge Philip does not hesitate to Bay $400 or $500 when an alien is apprehended for bootlegging- or operating a still Los Angeles Gets Convention. CHAUTAUQUA, N.T., July 1. The 192t biennial convention of the Gen eral Federation of Women's clubs will be held at Los Angeles, the board of directors announced today. , Bead The Orcgonian classified ate. m When Our Grandfathers Fought the Indians even in those days when Oregon was a wilderness and settlements scattered and remote Edward Hol man & Son had been established in the confidence of Portlanders for many years. The fact that this institution has maintained that confidence through- generations is due to the high character and dependability of its services, Edward Funeral Directors . SINCE 1854 HOLMAN &.S011 SALMON AT JHIRD The First 50 Customers Who Enter My New Salesroom Monday Can Have Five Genuine Edison Mazda f (25-Watt Size) -f JLampS Regular Price Is $1.75 tOY Si, (Every Lamp Tested) ' This is a special inducement for you to visit and inspect my new display room. "'' Actual Photograph of a corner of my new display room where my WDCHT AXTTTT17TPT?a A 1? V G A T T? 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