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Sir Lionel Carden Said to Have
' Dictated Hucrta's Disavowal
. : of His; Candidacytf oi Pfes
ident, Favoring ;Gamboa; '.
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WILSON TO INQUIRE INTO
'' CLAIMS. 0F,THE REBELS
fNFollowingl EIoq U.r S. 'Will
. ; iaKe Acuve ran in on
T- uation," Is Belief."-'
J rnfted'PKtt'laaed';.ire.t."'
Washington Oct. 25. On the ; eve. of
the Mexican - elections -administration
official could see no signs of Improve
ment today to conditions In tha sister
. Huerta'a announcement yesterday that
he would, -:' not accept s the presidency
again, ; even If he received a majority,
appeared to have meant nothing: what-
ver.V -All; indications . were ..that he is
pushing his candidacy:, vigorously.
- '-The .impression' here was inat no can;
dldatewouldxTeeeive:; a ?majotftyv over
jfLll the tbers, combined, as tnejMexjcaa
instltttUpiiliriilreg;ro;;.:.'!GoaBUtutt 4
; valid election, and that Huerta ; would
.- continue. In power pending a second one;
which he, probably, would delay, tndef In-
4tely,"t :";, v'-":-' a!
V a.? ' Oarden a 2UgTowev
"Blr Xionel Carden, British frtinlster 1$
Mexico City, from all accounts, ' Is attlte
' openly the dictator's chief adviser, and
It was taken (or granted' that be diet
- teted Huerta's -tllsavowal of his presl
den till .candidacy. It .was understood
that carden aupports Gacnboa.
Until' after election, it was stated, the
Vnitod States will mark time. . The elec-
; tlon! over, . however. It. .was -, preaiciea
events would follow ona another in the
' Quickest nosslble .tlree.-j S a a, " ?
j .it.waapracUcally. cerjaln :nenJ
Clone ," touch r witU v the x dmlnlstratlon
said,- that President Wilson will send
, . personal'; representative' among ithe
rwbtsla t investigate their claims, 'If
: Huerta remains avthe head of the MexH
tan government, , . ; , y,,
i , -At. Bias reared . fat Xtf e. ' t ,
.- 'aiiriidiiMff jr(u,UM...iruiu vitra.i.uua.
' referring to General Felix Dla"Bome
times as, Kueat at tn United 'States
, i consulate ana someilmes as stopping at
- the German hotel,; were explained today
, in news dispatches .Which, . wiuie ney
v may have conveyed no new informatloi
" to hi state - aepartmem, : ciearca
'inlnds fit, those ouUlde official, circle.
Plat ' did not,- technically, seek proteo
tlon under the American nag. lie. aia,
however, go to the, consulate, Jtls rea
son for going" wav though -he 'denied
it, tbate feared for Ala life. Whether
' '' or not fohn Lind, , President rfAVilsOn's
. emissary, and Conenr Canada : met, mm
by accident or, appointment' aa be was
leavtnv: his- brOther-in-laWs . hbuae" to
Vera Cms, th fact remains that they
Continued on Pago Three.
JiCKEF; BLANQUET MATE
if
General Diaz Runs as National
- - Democrat With'ThVeXOther
-r.i' -li t r u . ,
iTnlted Pr teaecJ Wire.)
' Mexico. City, Oct 2B. Deeplto his
v - avowal yesterday ofturther presidential
asplratlona, Provisional Preeldeat Haer
, ta's name appeared today at, the head
his party's of flclal ballot, to-be cast at
' tomorrow's election, with General, Blan.
; nuet as hli running mate,' Other tickets
were; . :.;.;. ? v ;: iij,''.1'
' ' National Democratic General" JTelix
'.: Olag and aos .Xttla .,Xtuenv -,ft: '
1 Clerical Frederlco .Gamboa an4 3u
: genlo -Hascon. - "... y':':::i,
Liberal v Manuel. Calflro and' Jesus
FloreS Manoa; , ."ft.,-:;,; .!,.'.-f.:..w
Liberal iBepubllcan - David de la
" Fuente ' and Andrea Molina Enrique. ,
Huerta's group has no party designa
tion, his followers being desortbed sun
ply aaj'Huertlstae, Vv ; J tSi
. J?.' Dl Want4 to Mexico' Cltjr;;
Were, Crus, ,Oct. a 35 General Felix
Dlas, -vhcee landing on . Mexican soil
wae vigorously opposed a few days tgo,
v - was badly wanted in Mexico City today.
; Colonel Vldaurotaga. who met Dial on
v the steamship Corcovada at "Vera Cms
''t; snd tried to persuade him not to land,
was the person chosen to convey to him
' today a friendly Invitation from Huerta
- j to join '', him at ' the ( capital. Though
:' i politely exprescil' it was practically, a
command,, and 'Vldaura.saga had . a' spe
cial strain - waiting for . the' Journey,
DiiiS declined, however, v He continued
'to alternate between the German hotel
at Vra Crcs and the United States cen-i
sulate adjoining, never getting xar away
,' . from, the American flag's shelter.
' , . f, , ,n, i n m , I, , ;. y:.
; :l)Ia-;to ObUglng, Friends, i x t
i ) Vera' Crus, Mexico. Oct. 88.-General
. Felix Diss Issue the following tto
' ment today: C: J '....'i- 7 , ' :; i
' "I bIibII be a. presidential candldau
tomorrow. Mv friends insisted . that I
' run for the office, and I shall not with.
1 draw-. Iv shall reach Mexico City in
time for the bellotlnjc. It i . Impossl
' ble .to ' .forecast the result." J"
' Despite hia promiBe to go to the cepl
' t(il," lt was imposnlble to learaWhefl
Diss Intended to start. 'He was guarU-
Ing his plans with the- utmost tare. His
friends In Mexico City hava requested
him urgently to Join them;
VVoman Accused" of Murdering
'Retired Admiral Tells Story
on ' Witness - Stand, ' Saying
V He Died by His Own Hand.
INFATUATED. WITH; HER. ;L
DAUGHTER, SHE CLAIMS
"He Stared .at Me 'With Wild
and Unseeing Eyes," She
. vTells the, 'jury; ; J
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,o- '. Vnlted Press LeiMd Wire.) .' ; t
'..Plymouth, Mass, Oct. 25. That' Ad
miral Joseph Giles Eaton not only died
by his own hand, but tooled the life of
their adopted baby aa well, was the tes
timony offered In' her own defense to
day by Mrs. Jerinle May Eaton, accused
of . her husband'a murder. ' Mrs. Eaton
recited t her story in a. calm -and even
voice, beginning; With her. marriage to
her firet husband, who, shg said, also
drank heavily.
"After I left . my first . husband.", she
said, tI studied nursing and finally, se
cured a position to nurse the admiral's
first wife- The admiral drank so heav
ily even, then that he was unable to at
tend, bis wlfes funeral.""-'. i:v,-' ';?;.:'
. "lAter I aoted as the admiral's house
keeper:': 'Then we came to- Massachu
aetu and took ' a cottage at Hull. ' We
married t Hull.' As the . admiral's
drinking Increased I decided to get him
away from club life. The bills poured
in and we decided to go to the country.
, "Tha flrgt time I noticed the admiral's
(Continued on Psge Two.1
Head- of F6reign Relations
Commjttee Declares.: S.
Disregard lufofie.1'
United. Presi LMied iWlre.)
! Philadelphia, Oct ,26. . Warning to
foreign nations that America would pur
sue Us f Mexican., policy regardless of
any r outside disapproval : was sounded
tooay oy senator y Jsacon or , ueorgia.
chairman of thp senate foreign relations
committee., A , r.v. i I -iJ'L:: u. .;,.;.. ;
'"All foreign nations should under
stand 'that America deplres their -ap-provalr
of Its Mexican policy, but where
it differs from that of any other nation,
America - must prevail," , said . Senator
Bacon,, r M)' '".; :- : ;.'. ; ;, '-'':.
Senator Bacon declared' he believed
President Wilson was prepared .' to adopt
measures making his purposes: effec
tive." C He would not say, however.
whether these- measures meant contin
uation of moral suasion, or intervention.
i"It Is a mistake to suppose that the
administration's " policy is ;: a (drifting
one," continued Bacon. ' "President Wil
son's ' purposes are ; well defined. The
fact that America's policy should pre
vail in Mexico ougnt , to , be :; understood
ewerywhere.Mt-' v J .'
Senator Bacon stands unalterably op
posed to any, foreign nation landing ma
rines In .Mexico under any, pretext. .
"The present , situation is Extremely
delicate,!, he aald, "and it is most Im
portant,, to avoid anything- producing
friction between the United States and
other nations. Ordinarily on nation has
as much right aa another: to land ma
rines, but this Is an unusual case and
If protection ' is needed in Mexico " it
should be Zurnlsbed . by American ma
rtnea - . . . , . -
i , ' Si Hi i ill I i I M (I ' - :
(Weshlnctoa Bursas of The JoarI.i v .
' Washington.. . Oct. 26.Tha chief of
englneera wrote Senator Chamberlain
today saying 91.000,000 would be asked
next year for the Columbia bar improve
ments under a continuing contract, and
advocating, more pumps on, the dredge
Chinook. ; yHJiv. J .;vi?-X.f
i Thia appropriation Is half as much as
was asked in the Supplemental report
and is but iiso.ooo more than was asked
In the original recommendation of the
district government engineer. -. Placing
tne work on a continuing contract nasi
is especially desired, and " Is J llkolv td
make the smaller appropriation . more
acceptable. v V-'iv"
' i r-S' iff:..
LOUIS BAKER :F00ND; y?it
BRIDE; HAPPYIAGAIN
Los Angeles, Oct '25. Her determina
tion to die rather than live without the
love of her husband ha won Mra Hattle
Bfeker, '18 her .heart's; desire,, and i sh
is feunlted, today" with rLoula Baker, to
whom-she wae married In, Portland a
month ago. 4--.f.4 -y.f-S'i't''
After she ' had attempted to throw
herself from a' window In the office of
Deputy District Attorney Jons, on the
eleventh floor Of the Hall of Records
late Thursday, Mrs.' Baker promised to
make no further attempt upon her1 lif
until the authorities had tried to un
tangle her domestlo affairs. The hus
band was found late lent night, and the
pair agreed to begin aU over agaln. .
ISON POLICY IS NOT:
lii:ofc;w
u;s;MriATOR BACON
ii f k iV i t t
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MILLION FOR COLUMBIA
; r':', J- 4f;-fe'
Best Interests of the Service
;t Demand That NO Exception
'.'Should Be Made In Regard
to Columbia 'Jetty Engineer.
CHANGE-WILL NOT BE
t. DETRIMENTAL TO WORK
i 1 ' , . ? . "
Century of: Experience Is De
clared to BelBack of the
: , Final Decision, ' 1 '
A-
4
- (WiihlnftoS Baraea et Tbe Jenrasl,)- .
Washington,. Oct. 26.--In his report to
President Wilsott on, the application by
Portland Interest for the extension of
the assignment of Major James F, Me-
Indoe, corps of engineers at that city,
General Dan C. Kingman, chief of en
gineers, concludes, his statement, with
these ' wordai - -' .
' "I -cannot too strongly urge that the
orders In this case stand as Issued, in
the Interest of the service.' f '
In order that the attitude of the war
department' may be better 'understood,
part of the statement hy General King
man - if . summarised herewith '
It is explained In the first place that
there are three majors of the corps of
engineers who: have had nof .foreign
service. . Of these Major Mclndoe- is
second in rank. Two officers are ito
be relieved from -foreign duty in 1914,
one. at . Honolulu and - another, Major
Charlos W.' Kuti, at Manila.. To re
lieve the officer at Honolulu th de
partment contemplates assigning the
senior of the three - -officers, 'Major
Charles S. Bromwell, now at Cleveland,
Ohio. ' . '
: For at least two years past It-, has
been contemplated that Major Kutx at
Manila should be relieved by Major Me
Intfoe, who. Is considered especially well
fitted for important- fortification work
In the Philippines and who, It is ex
plained, has been held at Portland if or
(Continued on Pace Fiv.
PRINCETONXOSESTO
University ': Eleven Outplayed
at every .ngie or ane
A-V-'-'-Game.--'
, Football Final.
Pennsylvania. 7. Carlisle Indians 7.
Yale 0. Washington and Jefferson 0.
Cornell 7,' University Of Pittsburg 20.
;. Harvard ,29, Pennsylvania State . Col
lege' 0.'. . i" j'-vv 'i
Navy 7, Maryland Agricultural, col'
lege o. . ;;.; .S:.:, -:.
''" funlteff Frees LeaaeA Wln.t
Princeton, N. J Oct 21, The Prince
ton, football .eleven went down to de
feat here today before the rugged Dart
mouth eleven squad. , to 0. ' Prince
ton team was outplayed at every angle
of the game, most or the play through
out the game being In Princeton terrl
tory- . w : r- , i-
A .muddy field prevented the players
from playing- at top speed and hampered
forward, passing. . .:r'.
The first period ended - without a
score,, though the ball waa In Princeton
territory most of tha time.. In the sec
ond period 'Dartmouth ' was only - pre
vented from scoring .by the Tigers re
peatedly kicking the ball out of dan'
ger. . Whlttler of Dartmouth failed
twice In this peVlod to score a touch
down. . ' v . . .
. ' In the third period both teams ap
peared In clean suits. - it opened with
Baker of Princeton and Curtis or Dart
mouth exchanging : punts, . Dartmouth
finally securing the ball on Princeton's
SO , yard line. -Whitney, ' Curtis and
Llewellyn alternately advanced tha ball
until It reached Princeton's one yard
line, Llewellyn then' carried the ball
over for a touchdown. . Curtis failed to
kick goal, i r
In the -fourth period the Tigers at
tacked the Dartmouth defense" fiercely,
keeping the ball throughout the quarter
In Dartmouth territory.. Tne Tigers were
unable, however, to score, Once they got
the ball on Dartmouth's 10 yard Una but
lost It on a forward pass, : tha game
ending without further scoring.
Today s defeat practically eliminates
Princeton from the championship.
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EARTH TREMOR ROCKS
&AN rtlAleUdbU
San Francisco.- Oct. 2. The. city was
shaken by a strons earthquake shock a
few minutes before J a. m. today. So
far as known no damaga was done.
Y. ' i ,i ' .:i;
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BallotPrintedin
rv
gSSBT6(Mi6tMali
7 The Journal calls; to the at-
i. tantlori ot all ivotera itg repro
ductlon of the official allot
Z; for the special1 election. No-
f-ieraber'4,i-. which appeara-;;6 n)
page 3, today. " , It i importr
: '.ant that voter know the meas- -,y
rures on which' they are asked '
to ; votev that they ' know ;., how , r
j'ito vptf and;,that;: they doHnot
fail to vote.' Study; the ballot. ;
; It will appoar in The Journal (
; every day frorp . now. until the
election. , -
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INTERSTATE BRIDGE
WIN BY' BIG MAJORITY
Committee Bejieyes Not, One
. jRreclnctto Multnomah. Will
l-r. flrramcT nloooiira . ... . . -i.
'-'vt fe''': 'r''8'' "' ' ' v 'UiinWt -Xit It
V'AstV':.XV:VI' 'V V' :-? '.i'iis.''--i'.l
f Approval of the Interstate bridge has
become so ' general- that' the campaign
committee believes it ' Is no. longer , a
queatfon as to' whether the bonds, will
carry November 4, but how large will
be the vote. ' . N
The vote by precincts will be scruti
nised with, the-hope that support - pro
portionately as strong will be given, as
was. the " case when ' the bridge bonds
for " Clarke ' county ; were .'. toted on In
Vancouver,.':':1..;1;;-., ;' xyy
Vancouver precincts voted: 147. to 0;
tit to 4: 217 to 1; 200 to 1; 194 to 2, and
so forth, x " ' '"';
Otarke County precincts voted: . 235 to
10; 195 to IS; 169) to 7; 88 to 4, and so
forth. !,- '
Will any precinct of Portland orj
Multnomah . county seek to . gain ; 111-.
famed notoriety "j by - registering- the
largest vote' against the bridge'' bonder'
questions the campaign coramlttee. . v,
'Could such a precinct .navepei lace
to ao.to the public Mater and' ask:apt-
proval ' for a project to -.benef itis Itself
exolusivelyT : , -.; ..
"Would It be considered1: common
sens for any precinct or district to. an
nounce, t We want some little -' public
Improvement that wlll benefit our sec
tion particularly, but we don t 'J want
anything that will fteneflt, the commun
tty as a whole. We believe the way. to
build up our own locality is to work
against the Interests of the city as a
whole?". ' n ' ' t -t
The interstate bridge- committee has
made some comparisons between Clarke
(Continued on Page Flva) :
EARLY THIS MORNING
Portland Pioneer Was Promi:
nent in Many Activities
- t of the City. V ?.
, James W. Ceok, a pioneer of this city,
died at his residence, 407 Vista, avenue,
Portland Heights, at S.4S o'clock this
morning. Mr. Cook was over 80 years
of age. He is survived by his Widow,
Mrs.. lanthe J. Cook, and two daughters,
Cornelia Cook and Mrs. Maurice-Crura-packer.
' A sad coincidence in t connec
tion with the death of Mr. Cook was
that It followed Immediately -tha death
ot his wife's mother, Mrs.'J. P. Miller,
near -Satem yesterday morning.- . .j ..
; Mr. Cook' was born In Newark.' J
August U,Wn'WwKvZrj$
.'He came to Portland January Id. 1S6K,
and engaged In the bag and tent making
business, out of which grew the firm of
W. C.Noon Co. I",? ;. f ;
Later Mr. Cook entered into the sal
mon canning business on 'the Columbia
rtvep'-and on Puget.sound..si'.'::i..;:ff
. About five years ago be; retired from
active work. 'He was A prominent Ma-
ion, attaining to tha rank of the thlrty- j
third degree in the Boottisn Kite and a
Knight Templar in the York rite. He
was also a charter member of the local
temple of the Mystio 'Shrlne,jAi';i,t;;'i m
; Funeral services-will be held Monday
at the Unitarian church, at an hour. yet
to be deslgTiBted., Interment will beat
Klverview. oemetery,' under the auspices
of 'Willamette lodge1. No. 2,- At F.. and
A. M. of which he was a past master
MEASURE EXPECTED TO
AMES W
COOK
DIED
J i T. . n s ea a a SF s Mga
JULIUSKRUnSCHNin
,.0F'PE0PLE:TO:C0AST
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i'Dori't Worry -About the' plv E.
' & E.r'VIs Advice Given Bv
?7rrninenTS;;K0f?icIar
- "Don't worry about the Portland; EiT
gene Eastern," was the advice ilven
here today , by Julius Krutbschnltt,
chairman of the board of dlrectora of
the Southern, Pacific ; railways Mr.'
Kruttschnitt ' is here on a general In
spection, trip of the lines, and Is . ac
companied by President William Sproule.
, In hl4 private car "Guadaloupc.'-, Mr.
Kruttschnltt" r'thl morning- dlsoussed
general . business conditions, r declaring
traffic only fair. and offering no indication-
of when condltiona would be bet-:
ter.s v'ft '"t "' - ' ' ' .rfft j-,'
."If it was the tariff that has caused
Investors to fight shy of placing their
money," he said, "they should now be
gin to be more liberal. Two weeks have
elapsed since, the tariff bill became law
and there ' is no tendency toward a
lightening ' of - the money market I
think the financial situation is a psy-
etiological - question., not an economic
one." '! ' ' ' ' -v.'
As far as the P, E. & E. Is Concerned,
Mr. .Knittschnltt,, declared the absorp
tion''' of operating and trafflo depart
ments ,' by the,!-Southern . Paclflo haa
nothing "whatever to do with his visit
' "It la' purely for economic reasons
that .the Southern Pacific Is taking
over the" operation of the P., E. eY E.."
he said. "How long this Is to continue
depends,upon the financial situation.
(Continued on Pago gvo.)
PREDICTS
ax
WORK
COLUMBIA
' ECONOMICAL IS VERDICT OF BUSINESS MEN
y'':cyi-;ir ,' ' - .
Engineering and Construction Is Being .Done by Men of
Superior Ability and Commissary Is . Conducted in
Systematic
That' road making ls( a. distinct sd
ence and that a dollar's worth of value
maybe returned for every dollar spent
through ! a '.business-like , organisation
were .conclusions reached yesterday by
a' party of, business men who made an
inspection of the work being done by
Multnomah t county on the Columbia
Rivet Whway.v:":i'.:VV J fs i
- The party composed of J.-A. Currey,
J. B.' Yeon A. 8. Benson, M. G. Wln'
etock. Samuel Hill and B. Hofer went
to Multnomah Falls on the invltation
ot County Commissioner Rufua C, Hol
man and spent the entire day looking
over the construction camp and the
roadway . between . Gordon .. Falls and
Dobson. ' f '-i- l' ' :'iy vi'-'i :'' -'if '"
" The construction camp la located at
Multnomah Falls 1 and has very com
fortable accommodations for"1 100 labor,
ere. who receive a dally- wage of $2.26.
from which la deducted 25 cents for each
meeljr A similar charge for meals la
meda 'Visitors. ':y vy ,-'',
(;.iponunleaary U Syetematlse4.it i:iy
The eommlssary . department la con.
duated 'on strict business methods With
counter checks In the' purchase of aup
mii.tf hiHi sra obtained by the county
purchasing agent in the oped market
through competitive bids. The materials
Xurntvhed are cnargea to proper ac
counts and Iho coet of each, department
la seen at a glkncai To Insure against,
loss, all tools and instruments, are.
branded With the County brand. .;
Jear by the, construction camp ; la a
camp of some 20 Italian laborers who
!-:-.; .. :-'
STREETCAR
COMPANY
FILES REPOR
SHOWS
HEAVY EXPENDITURES
In Past Three Mouths,' Corpoc-
atloh Paid Our $63,9 19.32
MorrTThan Gross Revenue.
i
- The revenues of , the Portland Pal)
way. Light A Power Co for the months
ef July; August and September increased
$9381.07. ever" th corresponding; period
of a year ago, according to the report
filed today with the City auditor. v While
the revenues increased, there , waa a
much , .' larger - Increase In '- expenses,
amounting to 893.179.97, over the corre
sponding quarter in 1912, -say officials
of the company." 'h11 .-yKA'?
There was also expended; for' capital
investment of a permanent character
3S7.888.5a. mkin the total amount of
money paid out by the company $S,-
919.82 : mora , than i the , gross revenue
received. , . -:--' v. ,-.v.;,-:'V.:, '.;.;.;-
Passengers to the number of 17,492.-
785 were carried upon the cars of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co,
during- the period. t Of t is large num
ber, 8,070,423 were given transfers. For
this aervlce the company received 8949.
898.29. ?' There were - other sources of
revenue from ' the railway operation,
auch as freight express,! mail and from
the ferry; which brought the total rail
way receipts up to . $1.06,600.41. The
receipts from lighting and power were
8604.184.41. making; the grand total of
revenue 81.860,634.82, as compared with
$1,661,923 IS for .- the t corresponding
period a year ago.
On the other hand, the total expend!-
. (Continued on Pag Tbreelv' ,l .
IENT
Manner. , ,
furnish their own accommodations, buy'
Ing some of their surplus from the
commissary department - of the main
camp. These Italians are, employed In
the construction of the rock walls
which will line the roadway Id many
places, an art In which they are skilled,
-; Xailroad. 'Builder In' Charce,
The construction: gang Is under the
immeaiate airection or Kooert Brook,
who has bad a long experience In rail
road construction work and Is a man of
Independent means working- for-the Nve
of employment and interest. In the road.
Working westward from M ul tnomah
Falls nearly one mile of road has been
partially graded. , ' The object In begin
ning; work at this point Is to .open a, way
to the falls eerly next year. This ean
be accomplished by the temporary use
ef the present road' down the bluff at
Latourelle which has , grade of 20 per
cent This trade will be avoided when
the road' is permanently nullt''.A;'-;W
1 The total length of the highway in
Multnomah county from Chanticleer' inn
to the Hood River county line im about
26 'mllSi : pt ;4 thia .distance. 18 miles
will 4be new construction ' and ?' seven
miles a reconstruction Of the aban
doned railway and county grades.,.
. - OeaeultlBf Engineer's Work.
sThe wisdom of t he " county: court In
employing Samuel". C Lancaster aa con
sulting, engineer la moet apparent In the
work already accomplished and the gen
eral plan outlined.. He hai corrected
the' former survey In place and hu
eliminated many deep cute, steep grades
(Continued on page Five.
HIGHVAY EFFIC
AND
Rousing .V Demonstration Next
Saturday " Will Mark , End of
Strenuous Efforts " for Co
lumbia Span. ; !-
OUTSIDE TOWNS WILL -
. ADD THEIR SUPPORT
Business. .Firms - and Private .
. .Individuals Will Be in the 5-;
; : ; V Line of March. - ' WW':;-
;;s'-";;t!'s','
V-J"''.
Hundreds of automobiles, laden, with .
sirens screaming--and' bannera waving." .
will make op the great Industrlsl and "
agricultural parade next Saturday which ''
la to be the final appeal to the voters of
Multnomah county to cast ballots the
following Tuesday In favor of a bridge
across , the Columbia river. A-meeting
of the parade committee waa held this
morning at the -bridge headquarters in . .
the Commercial Club building. From re
ports submitted the parade writ be en
thusiastically Joined by delegations from '
southwestern- 'Washington,? Vancouver, i
Kenton, St. Johns, North Portland, prob- ,
ably Oregon City and moet of the busi
ness interests of Portland. . . i. :-
The committee authorized an appeal
to owners ot private. - automobiles to ;
loin the pageant-that aa large as dam- ".
onstratlon as possible may bo made.
The line of marcj of the parade. waa "
informally dlBCUsited, though final of '
tails were left to W. J.: Clemens, preil,
dent of the Portland Automobile club, ,
who is grand: marshal. Provision will -be
made for a demonstration on-both -sides
of the river, ' though It hss ni -been
ileclded 'definitely on which bridge :
to cronsth Willamette. The parade
will - start at" 2 o'clock next Saturday
"afternoon and the principal streets of
bou east and west sides will be trav
ersed. . -' 1
v Tha committee will call upon: Mayor -U.
R. Albee and .tne city commission at -;
2:30 .o'clock Monday afternoon to eon
suit on th city's official representa
tion In. line. ' 'The executive committee '
of . the liarriman club called a meet-:
Ing for this afternoon to plan Us. share ,,
1n the ipageant. Several ef -th depart
ment at 6 res . will be tu line' with autov
-Continued on Page Three, .:,.
hi
' GIVE : UP RATES FIGHT
Washington. Oct. 25.? The country's :.
big express companies ; this afternoon
advised the interstate. Commerce Com-.
mission ; that - they have decided ' to
abandon - their opposition to the com
mission's recent ? order1' radically s re--
ducing express rales.; it a:to-wa an
nounced by the express companies that
the Commission's block" system of rates
Would be established immediately. .' ' .
AS
:L
' (Wanblncboa Bnreao nf The Journal.)
Washington. Oct- 26. Senator Kern
haa asked Senator Chamberlain to act
as leader of the senate " majority dur
ing his absence for a week 'or two. - 'j
DREADNAUGHT FLEET IS .
OFF TO MEDITERRANEAN
y .j.yi-y-r- ;: -a-j--
Hampton Roads, Vs., Oct. 25.-Nine
dreadnaughta of the Atlantic fleet. with :
Rear , Admiral.' Badger In ,- command,
steamed : out .to - sea today. On. a two
months'., cruise In the - Mediterranean. .
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt sailed out to sea In the dispatch
boat Dolphin to see the fleet off.
The Elevator
And I the Stairs
Yoq .can reach any
'"! floor in an office build
' 1 ing, by riding in the;
v elevator or climbing1 :
the stairs; ,yoit' .can
' v find bargain -4 by" read-'
'."ing Journal Want Ads
J or walking . through
stores, The one who
" ' rides and reads get$
""r there first and saves
needlesF work,
, , By'reacKn.'j under "auto
mobiles" you find this;,
..-'.v..:.: V-...'...-.'v . ,..:. ' - :.
34xt TrRKS. Straight heed, a few
: to. sell at reduced prices. .
. Of course, if
to burn shos i
huniing fiom 1
store, that's ail n
helps the hive .( 'i
Hoesn't hurt the &i !e
If )ll Ilc!" "tt!-,'
. will Use your I - t i
and your ft l !
use tiic Want A :
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