THE, OREGON DAILY JOURNA& PORTLAND, TUESDAY' EVENING, JULY' 22, .1913. ilWABY PIONEER AND HISTORIAN DIES OF THE BULBARS Greece and Servia Agree to Negotiations and War Nears i End; Turks Say They Have Adrianople. Ualt4 Vrrm 1.1' Wire.) ;Vletina, July K.Dlapatcjies her to ; day from Bucharest say that Roumanla .fig willing to accept ,the peaca. terms proposed by Bulgaria. Greece and Ser via also have agreed to open negotia tions and it la believed that an end to the struggle approaches. . Turks Claim Adrianople. f Molted Praaa tAiiueA Wire.) . Constantinople. July 21 The port officially announced here tonight that 'Knver Bey's army had entered and re- raptured the holy city of Adrianople in ha namo nt fha Turkish emrjlre. f Report la Doubted. . 'tf-.y. (Culrxl Pram Wtre.i " London. July 2J. Whether Adrian ople today la In the hands of Bulger or of Turk there la aa yet no conclusive evi dence. Dispatches from Sofia deny . that the elty haa been recaptured by the Moslems, although they admit It Is menaced by a Turkish force, ' From Constantinople, on th other hand, com positive statements that the , Holy City again la under th banner of the sultan.. On dlspetci aays that Kadjl Adil Bey. former minister, of th interior, haa been appointed Turkish governor of Adrianople. This la taken as a strong indication that th Turks really have reoccupied the elty. NOT LAND'S PROGRESS CAUS EOF SURPRISE ' 'Van'Kvrle Kllpatrlclr of New York, prealdent of th School Garden aaaocla tlon of America, la in Portland today. ' a guest of Superintendent I. R. Alder man and Director o. M. Fiummer of th Portland schools. Ha paid Portland tiro 'compliments. ,"I have seen bo elty lshere so much building was ,ln progress as in Port land. aaid he. : 'It Indicates wonderful confidence la th future of a city and security ' and prosperity now, to keep building operations going on such a scale. .- Why, It seems to ma that ecarce- l ftt1w.lr In th hn!n.iaa antfon hut haa a new bulMlng going up or an old on being made larger. "Portland la one of the foremost cities M r i i I in v r M 1 1 1 twwi i mum n -I 1 STOP CONSiGNMEN T no Joseph Gaston, a realdent of Oregon since, 1183, died Sunday at Pasadena, Cal., aged 80 years. lr. Gaaton was ill five days. A month ago he aold hi home In Portland and moved to Pasa dena In the hope that a chang of ell- mat would benefit the health of his daughter, Miss Mary Oaaton, who has Been in Faeadena since laat November. Miss Oaaton la critically 111. Mr. Oaaton cam to Oregon from Ohio, his native statue, and began practicing law and edlt'lng the Jacksonville Senti nel In Jackson county.' - In 1811 he be came Intereated in railroad development In the UnltedStates in th matter of and was appointed agent to collect and school garden a Tour results have been wonderful. Th children have suoceed ed in crowing vegetable and in learn ing really valuable lessons in a way that' has made this particular part of ! disburse money subscribed for survey ing a route connecting the Paclfio rail road of California with Portland. The route selected waa through the Willam ette, Umpqua and Rogue River valleys. Portland's activities known across the) When, In MM, congress set aside land United States." ... Mr. Kllpatrlck came to Portland yes terday evening. He will leave tonight Cor Puget Bound, grants to the builders of a railroad Mr. Gaston was An Incorporator of the Ore gon Central Railroad company, the pur pose being to build the line and secure the land giants. But this company waa In 'competition with Interests represented by Ben Holladay, and the fight for rec ognition by state and- national govern ment. waa bitter. It finally resulted In IS DECISION OF COURT :"Lll?ia ;,hy. .SEiSS grants, and In 1870 the Holladay com pany absorbed the Oaaton company. Mr. Gaston waa active in railroad pro motion work until 1880, when he retired to hla farm In the town of Oaaton and CANNOT TAX GROSS I CORPORATE EARNINGS, (Continued From Page Ona) ' .Tie sum of 818,881.08 from the Portland js sV-Coke company.--The contention of the company was that the tax waa not a license to do business, but that it was a tax upon the franchises and property of the company which were already taxed by the state, and that this tax resulted In double taxation. Judge Catena declared that the city charter, as he Interpreted It, gave the right to license bualneas which would otherwise escape taxation. He aaid that he believed this waa meant to be paid prior to giving permission to do busi ness. He said he did not believe It : would be impossible tor exact a tax auch as! the ordinance In question proposed, but that he did not consider the pres ent charter provided for this manner of taxation. Five other aulta baaed upon th same erdlnance are oendlnc In the local Two of the aulta In addition to the one demonstrated the feasibility of reclama tion work by draining a swamp and converting it Into productive farm land. In 1888 he aold his farm and moved to Portland. While a resident of Portland he had active management of a fruit farm on the Columbia opposite Hood River and was successful In the develop ment of soda-borax minea in Lake coun ty. Writes History of Portland. In 1811 a history of Portland and Portland people, written by Mr. Oaaton, was published, and the publication la an authority on Oregon's early development period. He always took an active In terest in polities and- publio affairs, but was only once a candidate for office. " aromiaated by Populists. - Th Populists nominated him for Jus tice of the supreme court In 1884. He was defeated by Judge Robert O. Bean. but Mr. Gaaton polled more votee than John Bennett, the Democratic candidate. Mr. oaston will be burled in Portland at Greenwood cemetery, where hla wife, who died in 1898, was burled. Beside his daughter, now ill at Pasadena, Mr. Gaston is , survived by the following relatives: J. 8. Gaston add Douglas Gaaton. both nephews: Mrs. Retta Q. Clark, his niece, and her daughter. ! Beatrice; Mrs. j. s. York, a niece, and her son, Ralph L. Fatton; the wife of his dead brother, Mrs. S. O. Gaaton, all of Portland, and Mrs. Anna G. Patton, a niece, who is with Miss Gaaton in Pasadena. coma of the present suit should the elty commissioners authorise an appeal to the supreme court The six suits and amounts of gross earnings and taxes are aa follows: On 1911 earnings P. G. & C. com pany, earnings 8(87,689.47, tax 119,- 88Z.08; P. R., Li. & P. company, earnings 899S.816.69, tax 832.861.28; Mount Hood company, earnlnga 810.14441, tax 8134.76. On 1911 earnlnga P. O. & C. company, earnings 81.146,410.01, - tax 884,862.80; P. R.. L. At P. company, earn lnga 81.884.944.06, tax 966,648.82; Mount Hood company, earnlnga f8274.ll, tax 8281.22. Judge Gatens alao decided two suits in xavor or me aerenaanu. one was iecided MB toTZJSJtl01 ult of tn UnU sttM Fidelity iShSB2,: M. Guarantee company ag.ln.t O. F. M. tin and C. A. Sheppard, to collect an th period from June, 1911, to January. 1 11 9 qh. k ....... cefpu tor mi' Two were against LTsuft tSSW gas comoanv. two anin.t th- hm-h.,. WM to collect an account by Wil- Railwar Tj,h a, t Ii uara l- errou againai me Jeiuson- TEingth. tri'tnl Comstock Lumber company. Carroll r.p- P6wer comnanv Ail V , r.iVi-1 reaeniea me Norinwestern Steamship fu'wiTnprobi0 Xirx. 2-,fSP lV. Wr SEE THAT :urve Familiarity breeds efficiency Our experience has brought Us in touch with so many different phases of eye strain that our familiarity with varied conditions enables us to exercise an efficiency in your behalf that those with less experience cannot offer. right thing to do enables us to do the right thing by you. , . THOMPSON OPTICAL WSTrrUTE 209-210-211 Corbett Building fifth and Morrison, Second Floor company could not bring suit in Oregon because It had not paid Its occupation tax and that Carroll, aa agent stood ia the same position as the company.. ATTORNEY GENERAL IES AGAINST ARANT El (Special to Th Journal.) Klamath Falls. Or.. Julv Sl.-i.T deputy United States marshals In Crater Lake park say Arant has left the park 10 corner with attornoya who wera called to Fort Klamath. (Washington Burets of The Joomal.t Washington. Julv 22.Th ninm.. general haa austalned the secretary of m interior in removing F. W. Arant from the excepted civil service bob! tlon of superintendent of the Catr T..u national park. Arant proteated and the civil aervlce commission auonortiu hU contention. The attorney aeneral. how. ever, holds that the term "classified service" Used In the atatuta waa uaeA in the more popular sense of the competi tive service and the - thm nnw.i.... required by the statute is not necessary In removals from the positions not la competitive civil service. . The civil ear. vice commission now concedes this. MRS. MUCH MORE'S $7500 SUIT ON TRIALAT SALEM (Balen Bui-mo of The Jeereal.) ' Balm, Or., July 11. The suit of Re becca ES. Muchmore against the Salem Bank A Truat company for 87600 daro- . Aa tn .u. Lmj - , - ... an-explrfslon In the company's building la being tried In the Marion oounty clr- v. wri, iwi7r. une explosion oc curred October 29, 1913. The boiler of the heating plant blew up and killed W. O. East, an officer of the bank, and aep of president Ahlers of the bank, beeldeg L B. Muchmor. who had a prlntlr.a eatahllahmaai.. i.. v.. .... of the Hiding. Mrs. Muchmore charga " b me pan or the company. RIVAL- CANDIDATES SENT FAR ABROAD f& fMv si i-'- $ VVK . , , 1 1. i.aMA r i I nx 1 1 1 mi "Mm- General Huerta, provisional presi dent of Mexico, who expects to be elected prealdent. 's SIX DRO ED DURING HOLIDAY IN VANCOUV ER North Paclfio Distributors Wil Endeavor to Sell Apple Cro? F. 0. B. Hood River," Or.. July 23. H. F. Dav Idson, prealdent of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors association, returned from Spokane today and in an inter view said: "The meeting of the board of true tees of the Distributors' association Just closed at Spokane was the most suc cessful . and encouraging meeting that the board haa ever held. There was not a district affiliating wltlf the Distrib utors that Was not represented at the meeting and each one of the represen tatlves made a very encouraging re port of the sentiment prevailing in his respective district relative to the plans and purposes of the Distributors thus far perfected, and it Is evident that the districts are very loyal. , 'We had a lot of routine business to dispose of but among other matters, two new sub-central selling' agencies were organised since' the last meeting;' one. at Moscow, Idaho, with Mr. Harris as representative and the other at .We natchee, Wash.r with Mr. Roderick as representative. Each of these gentle men are lars Rrowera and shrewd business men. . The meeting at We- natcaee was aa enthusiastic gathering and great Interest was manifest as was also the case with a meeting neia at Cashmer. : The North Paclfio Fruit Distributors will get a large tonnage of fruit from each of these districts. "I desire to state that the Distribu tors' association now has a number of customers for a very large tonnage of apples from a number of th districts of the special varieties grown in meae districts. However, on account or we very heavy crop of laafyear which re sulted disastrously to a lot of the buy ers, speculators are very ahy this sea son and dealers are looking for con signments, and of course, if thle method Is resorted to, it will mean an other dlaaater ,to both dealer and grower. ' "The trustees of the Distributors are confident that they will have under supervision and control sufficient ton nage of the northwest fruit product to prevent consignment and to dispose of enough of It at picking 1 and packing season at fair prices ana wui o store enough) at convenient points for the later trade we expect to take out only on a sale basis and at prices thst fwlll warrant storage charges ana which has not been the case in many instances -of the past history of stor age. ... We now have t local associations .fflllatlnr with the DlstriDUwr ana the reports submitted at the Spokane meeting clearly Indicates that th jsrop nrihsHt territory.,, now ever, it will not be as large as laat jeit to ft hard to convince the buyers of this fert because they have been so onen deceived in the past by these aaffie re ports, but time will prove mis seaw th. th. eron is shorter this year than i..t m the northwest With the re ports that we now have, we will handle about 6000 cars. However, new .dis tricts are constantly applying lor affil iation with the Distributors which will increase1 our tonnage. I nowJieve two new applications Jying on my desk. t. ,ni t utterly Impossible this year for a large number of scattered . ..i..tiA.i tn make' f.' B. D. SalOS. However, with the larger per cent ofa tiA fruit in the norinwea-; in iat ui of the Distributors. , some assurance can be given buyers that the fruit can be put oa the market and into their handi r . .Sr.tematlc manner and distributed throughout the season as the consump tion of the fruit require. - All of the officers of th Distribu tors are greatly encouraged with the prospects both from the standpoint of the dealers and the growers,- MULHAU ON STAND ; MS FOR H Says . Inquiry i Assuming r .cast.of'ajPoliypalir (Dnlted PfM Leased Wlre.1-' Wahington., July Jl.i-Martln Mv' Jul- hall ,.6? BatUmore, former, lobbyiaf for tne ..National Association of Manufao turers, resumed his testimony today be fore . the senate lobby Investigators. Most of the aesslon was devoted to the Identification of letters covering. Mul hall's "work In Washington knd his ef forts to break the hatters) ' strike ' In mnaaeipnie, urange. now zork city. Hartford and elsewhere In the eaat ui th spring of .1909. ' ' Mulhall this mornin demanded the ngnt 10 nave ; counsel, savin a- the' in quiry into hi acUvitles and those ,of his asMociaus was "assuming ithe Cast of a political battle." 'Mulhall's reauest was crantea. nut Senator Reed objected w otner attorney participating. -In February, 1909, Mulhall declared, he wrote General Manager Bird of the National Association ot Manufacturers that he waa glad to sav. it now waa oecoming- xasnionaDi": for cone-res-. mon 10 aeeK xrienaship with the, organ isation. Instead of avoiding il . ! Later, the' witness declared. Schwedt man Instructed, Mulhall to circulate a report that Senator Hopkins Of Illinois Was having difficulty belna. reelected. Mulhall, declared the National Associa tion or Manufacturers, fought Hopkins because of the Utter s acUviUea with Oompers and nis crowd.-t . ELK Wl N 60.000 IN ONE BIG BUCK BET (Special to Th JourniLl Klugene, Or. Ju Sl.At the Elks' Jinks on the . banks of the McKenzie river, five miles north of Eugene. Sun day, Charles Baker, a hotel man of Cor- vaills, was successful In cornering more Of the "currency" than any other man present, and was awarded the 150 elk's tooth, handsomely mounted, a gift ef the Eugena lodge. The "money" was wagered on the various athletic events held during the day. at old faahloned faro, poker, craps, roulette and - other games where the "currency" might be won or lost. One man won 160.000 of the paper at one throw of the dice In a crap game, and other big winnings were made during the day. At the close of the festivities each man's winnings were counted, and Baker was found to have the most. . The jinks was a success In every par ticular. The. spot, chosen by the local Elks could . not have, very well been Improved upon, and the weather and every other condition was ideal for such an oocaalon, . BARNES RESIDENCE IN ' IRVINGT0N IS SOLD Tb rrink G Berne-residence, on Tillamook street, between feast Twenty, first and 'East Twenty-second streets, was' sold last! week1 to Mrs. Joaejhlne Matt of 8t Joseph. Mo for 917,500, Th holding comprises six lots and a large, olf-faahloned residence built 33 years ago. It l th intention of the new owner of the property to make Port land her home. SOON TO START ON , . TOUR OF COUNTRY () Vr l.'tivy Ok Llndley M. r' Garrlaon, Secretary of " .s . war. " .. v, ' , 'ISwRE ' (8alem Bnreae i "fte loaraal.i ; 8alem. Or.. July S3. A petition from 130 residents of King's Heights, near Portland, was filed today with the state railroad oommisajon asking for a reduc tion in street car fare between Portland and King's Heights from 10 cents to I cents, i The King's Heights line Is an extension from the Twenty-third and Washington street line to Calvary cem etery . it is operated by the Portland jtauway iAgntt .rower uo. The King's Heights carline was built two- years ago by the King's Heights Land company and turned over to the P!. R U ft P. Co. for operation. The line extends from the Intersection . of Washington and Twenty-third streets up King's Heights and on west to Mount Calvary cemetery. On this line the railway company charges a straight 5 cent fare and gives no .transfers. Resi dents bf the district are trying to get 5 cent fare from the downtown dis trict to the top of the hill. A RMY OFFICER GIVES HAYDEN QUITS THE CAWIINETT DIGGS CASE i (United ipi-ee teaed "Wire.' Washington. July 33. Thomas T. Hayden of San Francisco, who was ap pointed special prosecutor in th Dlf Camlnettl white slave cases, pending there, today sanded -In hls resignation to Attorny-0nwrlMoRynolda Opposition to Hayden Acting. (United frees Ltd Wlre) San Franclaeo. July 33. David B. Fulwlder, partner of . Thomas Haydan, declared here today that h had no private information that Hayden had resigned, ss special prosecutor in the Dlggs-Camlnettl cases. M "I hav no doubt, howvr,M said Ful-. wider, "that Mr. Hayden has resigned. I understood ha would do so. He did not desire to embarrass the admlnstra tlon." , '; There has been ' considerable ' entl ment here among friends of the ad ministration to Hayden acting, and It Is generally believed he found the sen timent agalnat htm-too stronc .,..,; MARRIED , BUI TOO EXCITED TO KNOW I IT ' I Dalle Areas' Laaaea Wire.) . Vancouver, B. C July 21.- Surpass ing all previous drowning records- for a week-end, 'last Saturday and Sunday are two days which hold a ghastly rec ord. ' no less than six persons losing their lives In this vicinity. Of this number two were drowned while bath ing, three o were lost from small . boats. while a little girl slipped into the water-' acoiaeaieuy : wnue piaying. Alt - the bodies save one have been ' recovered and all have been Identified. ' The un recovered body will probably be found today, es the place ex the drowning has no swift running current which would) take the body cut to . . . i, f (Special to The Jenraal.) ; Grand Forks, N. D., July 32. Rejoic ing over her marriage but bitterly dis appointed because she did not know the oeremony was being performed. Miss Pearl Fleming of Bowman, North Da kota, found herself the. wife of John Anderson. They came, together to the office of the marriage license clerk for a license, and being informed that It was necessary, to secure a physician's certificate of good health, they were sent to be examined. , ( -Ivm; . On their return they wire so excited that they gave the license clerk the idea that they wanted the ceremony per formed right away. He did so, and later learned that the marriage had been ar ranged for the day following, and that a big wedding had been planned. The couple thought they were going through a formula required in securing a license when, before they realised It, they were declared husband and Wife. UPHOLSTERING . CORRECT F: A. TAYLOR CO. xao Txisrm ST. EXPLOSIVE TO NATION (United Pre LeaaiMl Wire. New Tork. July 83. After three years of work Lieutenant Harold Chase Wood' ward of the Twenty-second engineers, National Guard of New Tork, has dis covered. It is reported, the safest high powder explosive the world has ever known, it is said to ne an explosive equal to the strongest dynamite made. . Trotol 1 .the , name given the new explosive.. Although any of half a doen nation would pay at least $500,000 for the discovery Lieutenant: woodward win five It to the United States government, t is predicted that within a year 'the United States will be using no other ex plosive, and. that xuncotton, the stand ard for 10 years, will be relegated to second place. ' NELSOII OBliM, PARALYZED DIES Pioneer Northwest Railway ouiiaer nose rrom oection Fflrfiman." - . V (Oaitad frpaa Uaa- Wlr.J ' ? 'f J Tacoma. Julv . S3. Neiaotn Tjr..t pioneer railroad 'builder' in th nnrtvi. west, who has iust comnitittji th. pint Defiance tunnel for ; the Northern Pa clfio railroad In .this city, was stricken with .paralysis and died at bis home Bennett began hla railroad tii-n. when II years old. aturtin . foreman. He was later a brakeman un worked in the machine shops. He freighted with mm. t..mi ht.. and Utah apd came to Washington when: trail road construction. began , in . this Stat. Ha built the firaf it. Of Butte, Mont One of his accom plishments . was th construction of the Stampede tunnel through the Cascades for the Northern, Pacific. . , . , , . Bennett fnunrtail th- , A 4k, - - -i - ..... -wwu'Va haven, which, with Whatcom, later be came the oity of Belllngham , , ' Walch Estate to Be Divided. Two of the five alatjkra nf Tk. Waloh, Misses Phoebe . and Christine tv mien, wiu aiviae nis estate. valued at $1711, acoordlng to hie will. . He died July, is leaving three brothers and five sisters. :):...., '..,. . k, ,.,.,, .. Wills Any person whether a customer or not may leave his will in our vault, thus providing against Its being, ohanged, lost er destroyed after death of the maker. No charge hi made for this service. i I JliilifiliT ' I I vui in illy i W. Q. Buffington, President C. P. Sargent Vice President 384 Oak 8U Henry Bldg. a. All Straw Hats Half-Price A great -sale began this morning. Come in and give your head a treat' to a cool, light straw, your size and fehape is here. All the new braids. Men's $2.00 Straw Hats now $1.00 Men's $3.00 Straw Hats now $1.50 Men's $4.00 Straw.xHats now, $2.00 Men's $5.00 Straw Hats now $2.50 ""Main'floor. Boys' $6.00 Panamas now $3.00 Boys' $6.00 Milans now. . .$3.0Q Boys' $5.00 Milans now. . . $2.50 AH Boys' Straw Braids, regularly selling $4, 3, $2.50. $2, $1.50, $1, : . ; . NOW HALF PRICE '"--Second floor. BEN SELLING , LEADING CLOTHIER MorrisonS t rt.t t at V o u r t h . ' "-. "v . j. IBA.rIlKlRIUF'T FUKMTUME STOCM - .r ,. a aaa . kj a .a liMiiiii Great opportunity for thote.tteviting fiouttikeepinff to furnish an elegant home at ft auipminglyjow coat. ilf t.h.!"Stt2!Cor.t Pine Never o much it during the warm :. V weather, does the overworked butinet man need the serr-,. ; ice the well cooked luncheon and, . the perfect chanfe which " . the,,. Imperial Grill';.: offers ; him during ? the noon hour.,. . Luncheon fifty cents AMUSEMENTS lint ays xoaaiRO l-keaes Mala 1, A-llsl HEILIG CONTINUOUS f js; "motiqh ncTuaes James K. Backett In "The Prisoner. of gnda" -, Trftaa Jem and Flea Clreui ; -Bartaln Prloe,' 1S ', "' WIXX rOXT 31tmma Caru varlte Mualota camaay atari Breadarae aad Alia Itnata . reeaaays ra- , jncssia ana tae veaaei SI Ootai atiaee 4Hr, lie. laiaind. Oartala :), Till sad MO, ..LYRICr: WIZZ TWC SI a, alg eeaeay soraaav, "Tla. gaa's Treublea," a tomtit skew, a maaloat bit. Toetdat alfbt, atklsU eeatetti. Itiaajr aigbt, ' aberas glrU' eenteet rrtoas, eight, Us, gSoi matuiees, any seat, It. COLUMBIA THEATRE SIXTH AVO WASHIKOTOir ITRXITS . oAJr a a.,Jt. io. u k. "Tbe seeret rannnia,- imroaacmi ia ptD. atlenal Fes Henti "OuHnt the Htuni-Vv," Btosvapb Draa; "Tb HMdo Baah Roll,' La. ; bie Conadrt "Wh.a Mary Married," Labia Oomeay. Matt Dannia, popular baritone, aail (etttuM, . - ';.VJ r:Z:y ... r v.. ivpaim iu-w. . 1 Big Tree Sill at ertlaad' r -i Amoumant lark v j,Vl v. S.MSS4, fVi'Yvn' tassl'a Serai. Itallaa Baaa, ,M11H BMW ptM. la elastics), eomioaiv and luusictKaoagi.. , 1 ; '-. - Oaraet aI Wae.-? '"", ' : ; Tbe two ebarailnff aoabrettea back agala. "' Charlst Bastv -"Toe HeosUr Boj ' 1 ' ' A veritable riot. ' -, J. V-t 1 s- Batklag '? " " '' 1 Tleket 28 Including edaiUaloa at gate , Oars at rirat ani aider '.. ..:'. . taaaeha Harrlsea Bridg.' -' - rta 1 aa i n, tt bt tt W. I Bi I I l-AT ' in . PJ PJ , W ITFa M l Tl IV JIB Hj HjX : my u u. a M. . m m-m , 'v,,,.v, w warn a .a - a- , .l , if. .'. :. u , rim VS. (HUT- aa. pp. p-i pp. p, - i mum f. aa. aaa J. Oae begin week fays Sill ",. st ititO m, aa. Boys under 12 rea to bleaclv-r ers tweanesaay.