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hi;' The ""Want AJ" cclur.-.r.j - ..." .:. of The Journal should be read as carer , .fully as the news columns. They con tain many a good story, ( v.:: f i ' i I ! J ; k v ; Fair tou!-:ht I v i . '" ; ;y.l and .SaturJav; C humidity V3. x ; - VOL. XII." NO. .215. is . , ' ' PORTLAND, OREGON,' FRIDAY EVENING,' NOVEMBER 14, ' 1913. TWENTY-IfOUR PAGES,",;. ' PRICE TWO CENTS. l?kl?vm (iUERTtTO RETIRE TOMORROW, -SAYS MEXICAN RUMOR Important Conference Heidi at National Palace This Morn irig; Messages Interchanged " With, Washington. DEFIANCE. IS 'CHANGED :i INTO APPEAL FOR HELP Wilson.StiLl Confident Dictator . ; Will Be Eliminated.Withm. .-a Short Time, v v ; J4 '" ." f - ' r 1 '-,1 i J . . ' . ' '. ,nl. hi Thi Hnrns1.l . " ' Mexico -City, Nov. 14.- An Important ' conference la now going on at tne.na- tlonAl v alace . An Important . aispatcn Was aent to the American state depart- ! ment; shortly .. before . noon..., it , is pe V lleved that- Huerta will announce his Hi rtslgnatlon.to , congress : tomorrow n witting. tb HMig.i;.-. I' r (Onlt.d rr twl Wirt.' '. . : ' Mexico Pty." Nor,, l.Rumor that 3o.n Llnd, President Wilson's emissary, ' bad been aaaaaslnated and that Preai , dent Huerta had fled from Mexico City. Vera still circulating here today. ; They were aselesa ; I4nd. at : Vera f " Crus, wa In f reanent telegraphic com- munlcatiod with -tne-eapiul. -HuerU. X after spending. all of, yesterday tn -' elusion at General. Blanquet'a residence, - appeared oa thatreet today. The re- t" orta ' were Indicative.' however. Of ' the crvoiia tension In the ity. S . 1 1 ', : Diplomatically, there was ho : change ; In ' the situation. ; Emissary Mnd's : d parture from the capital waa iot con. aldered a, 'formal' move :. becaue ha. Is not an accreditedenvoy and ! doings ar unoffldaL a The atory that-President Huerta had $ expressed -a willingness to resign when ; 'con grass' meets and that O'Shaughnessy had said there must be no meeting of congress unless guarantees ,wera given ', agalnt legislation of wMch the Vnttad ' States 1 disapproved, -was. unoonflcmcd, but pretty generally believed." There seemed - no doubt that Huerta ' and' his gupporters had exchanged their attitude f defiance toward the' United : states for one of appeal and were dcs ' perately anxious to stave .'off any suun 'Step by the wasmngton aammiairauun ,as recognition o'the-reblsrlelHgor ' t i ' m ' "ii TV - "W Huerta Rcallaes HTositlon. m t Washington. I Nov. 14. President , Wilson and Socsretaiiofc fitatarvBryan were reticent today eonoernin .Mexico but; seemed satisneu ;wiw cno s.siu (Concludrd oa Page .Slitte n. Column Oiw , N egot iatip ns; Said to ; B Look ing Toward Raising Embar 'go bh Arms for Rebels'; 4 Cnlted PreM teiMd W'ln.J -. :. N ,Nogales, Arlx., Nov. M.-r-Cleneral Ven- ustlano: Carranxa, head of the Mexican iHnstilutlonallsta movement, and JVii 11am Bayard Hale, said to be the rep resentatlve of th 'Washington admlnis tratlon, remained ". on the . ; respective 1 sides ot Hie International border today, .awaiting according to accepted report; . further, advices frorh Washington,,, -' Although Hale .refused to discuss "tile negotiations carried on at .his meeting yesterday with Carranta'a official ad , vlaera. It U believed generally that Hale, with authority,' outlined the condition i under which the United States will raise the embargo ort war munitions tor the - lebels. ? 'A--: Vi ' The American government Is said to be ready 'to raise the embargo if. in the " minds of ' the Washington, authorities, the strength : represented by Carranza ' la deemed sufficient to prosecute a sue- ceasful campaign, f - Washington also . require that Carrania, Jn the event of victory over Jluerta, guarantee an imme dlate election f a president.' r 4-;;, ' Carransa la said to have agreed to the .American terms; and it is believed that , his acceptance iaa been wired to Wash ington by Hale- Carransa :: has asked that the United States release several thousand: rifles and 4,000,000 rounds of ammunition, : confiscated r on the Inter national border during the last 'year.- 'Mi It was, admitted on tii. Mexican side of the border by persons Jn touch with ttie 'arranza party that Uarranaar for mer Oovehor Maytorena of Sonora and the constitutionalist ', cabinet expected to confer with Hale again lata today. The Mexicans maintained ; a discreet "1 lence regarding the discussions ; of . the first tUntfy-iJfiM:-iM . a''';v,.l;,;;;ln;df' American Stocks o Vp. ' liondoti, 'Nov;:Vl4.Americant'StocKa opened W to S points higher today and further advances were expected,; 4t was believed this stiffening in the rnarket was due', to President , Wilson's .state ment yesterday, that the' Mexican, out look, ' seemed more : favorable. Mexican - railroad firsts advanced 6 points and the .i seconds Si . , '. ',:, - : i , '''J' ' i.';'''. ' hi ii ii ii:' i t. ft;vJ'S'-& ', Chester Arrives for Llnd. '. i Vera Cru. Mexico., Nov. .11 The scout orulser Chester arrived hers today. Jt was supposed to have been sent , to take ' Emissary Und back to the United States when his mission in Mexico is rinlnhed. Its arrival at this time was interpreted as meaning that some tan gible development either Huerta's sur render or a final break In relations with him waa veryneaft ' , BUDGET HEARING TO , BE HELD fllY. TO COimETEESTIMATES Operi Meeting to "Be at. Coun cil Chamber; To Fix Jax Levy, Next. Week,'1 ', ' The final hearing on the budget tor the ensuing' year will he nsiit , in ti, council chamber at the city hall Monday morning at ,10 O'clocK,. at which time printed estimates for ; the various city departments, a compared with, the ex- penatiures or last year, are to be dls trlbuted, ' ' . . . The members Ih. .It u..ii in. morning decided that the meeting would nave to ba held on that date, as the corapieteo. budget must be filed with the auditor before o'clock in the aft ernoon, hj compliance - with 1 the "char ter : . An ordinance flxinar th.-tir t.'.t 7.7 mills- will ba ; acted upon by the vounou at us regular meeting next week. ; According to the tentative fig urea cnmnilAil hv nn... n tn city will need 2.SJ4,7.g4,v which may be raised by a tax of .7.7 mills For the general purposes, of the. city' for tax of S.tot mills Is needed, 1.03 mills V P"Jrraent or interest on- bonds, . mill for the redemption of bonds, .1 mill for the firemen'n n.nu. .- 'unorand .36S for the maintenance " pa Pying the- Interest on dock bonds, -l i .-.-, 'v; ' When the matter ' W rltoilli.a 4t,l morning' by , the oouncU ; Commissioner crewsier asKea ' it the levy could be made at 7.6 mill ) ' nn..w ba raised to e. "ZuZ'X ZL Albee stated that the members of the council, wouia ne rchumps"-to' take a chance oft a lower levy, while Commis sioner DIeck statoit .that . remain at 7.7 mills Commissioner Blge- 7 "iaiea mat ne would like ,to see It t lower and the city could probably take the rhanca It a j wise, however, by the. other members ES FELLOW : 10 HELD HIM UP Pummeled Victim Tfien Ex plains That is Was 'All a v -Mistake.- '::.",- 7 ' 's f (Bpwial to The Journal.) " " Aberdeen; Wash.. Nov. lf.-Command-ed to hold up .his hands by a supposed highwayman - last ' nighty whllo In an auto with his. -wife rand twd- daughters, P. ' Ooehrend,. a- business man,, stopped his, machine, 'jumped out and beat the man on the head. ' . ' j . ' ' , The man's cries for mercy were final ly effective, and, after his face bad been terribly poinded. . he explained that he thought he had caught his two daugh ters,' who had gone riding against his Will, 'twlthj an evil companion. 4 The fellow proved to h a man. with, whom Goehrend Is well acquainted, but Goeh rerid will not tell,. his name. - . -:, -;C Treaty bf reace Is Signed. Athens,- Nov. 14 Greece and Turkey Signed a peace treaty yesterday. ; . ; IfflASH AMERICAN MERCHANT: MARINE IS DECLARED MPOSSIBLE BECAUS Captain Robert Dollar Asserts '.It Would Spell Ruin to En ter Foreign' Trade.- American '. shipowners would rather sail under, the American flag, than any other, but they: cannot do It ' They are prohibited by the laws of the- .United BtaAes:' -y. Just what that means to the American merchant, merino, which now ha prac tically vanished f rprrt the' sea, : wa s ex plained : yesterday , by ' . Captain Robert Dollar, head of t. the Poller VI steamship lines, in an Interview with-The Journal after his speech at tne Portland cham ber of commerce luncheon. : ; .V t."Congress i not affording ' us s the slightest relief. We do not ask for sub. Bldlea any longer we only ask to have a', fair chance . with our foreign petltors,'f said the capta!fc-ve.,y- I -More than l.oao.000 tons of America owned ship ; re now flying Briutih flags, because the American laws la y such restrictions upon them that they cannot afford to make foreign ports un der thelr'''Own;:Colors.;:.:'.;a';';;rf,tiS. i;. But wherein lies th dlscrlmlnatlonr' h, was asked.!;fy 9lsortmiatioM.;''Ar.'.liaB9. f i) "There are so many, that I could not begin to tell you,", answered the captain, "but the greatest evils are the, laws re lating to measurements of ships and the size .of the crew. VTho American meos nr'ements are 80 pel cent- larger than the British, f That means SO par cent more port charges In the foreign ports. The port collector , asks for our papers and w . show(t him the-official clear anceaVv'V'.i' ii:-: .',:;i.':'',;r "On ;' those . clearances' are 'fixed the charges we - must pay for pilotage, wharfage and drydocklng. When this SO per cent increase Is charged on every on of these items, you can readily see why shipowners ; are; forced to ; fly a foreign flag, which means that tonnage measurements are made under the ship, ping laws of a nation whose require ments are so much less.- "v , : v .."That la what I mean .when I "say that American cargo ships have been legislated off the ocean,; . , U ,, - "Several months have elapsed sli.re oongrers. In a rider to the canal bill, authorized ships of foreign, register to HOR mm TELI5 PLAHS FOR HIS DEPARTE1EHT :t ! ' . ' M ' ' Wm. B. Wilson, During . Brie , ,Stay in Portland, Gives Rea sons for Believing Cause o , Employed Class Advancing L ',- .' . ' ' ' ' ? t y,--'--i OREGON'S WAGE LAW 7 WATCH ED WITH INTEREST Policy.. Must;,Be ; Changed So Immigrants Can Settle Upon Farm's. :. , 'V ,..- . . , ... - . Thmmbera of . President Wilson' cabinet who- have, visited Portland have been plain and simple' men . but much the plainest and simplest of - them William ' B. Wilson,' secreUry of labor, Who anent a few hours m the city yes terday'; afternoon, on ,hls way to Ban Francisco, u , ."'.'' . h. in a, friend of labor, 'He ;is the first cabinet, of fleer to carry ft union card and he' speaks with both pride ana pleasurs of his 21 years 'as a coal miner tn Pennsylvania.' . 1 .- . J - ;-. He IS Optimistic, lor im ucno". w tuM nr 'labor la -making great ad vance and that .through legislation, In creased Influence ana CDIIK1 tude of employers, the. man, who works i. in. a fair wav to enjoy a greater share of the products of his toll, ; iteves In the broadening utility of the tnwncA rio-nnrtmant of which he : TJ la anthllillMTir. . I flCHUBH i 1IB Mr- Is Jiead, and the modem mission of its principal divisions cnuu ioor. tm gratlon, bureau of labor statistics, na urallzatton In an Interview with The journal yes- (Concluded on Pane t'lT. polnins One) LIGHTER THAN HE WAS Ex-P.resident Certainly Does :JVliss Those Sood Old White ; : . -House CMs.' (TTnlted Pre. Leaied Wlre.i Washington, - Nov. . H.i One hundred nounds lighter than when, he left the White House, nut etui no living siceie- ton. ex-President Taft called at the ex ecutlve offices here today to pay his respects to President Wilson. . vThe latter let. every ' other- caller he had and there were some distinguished personages among them wait While he received his predecessor, t The ex-presl-dent did not stay -long, but the visit was a very pleasant one. while it lasted. Taft congratulated .Wilson warmly on his administration's success. , .On leaving the -executive offices, the ex-president left his cards at the White House. He' was In Washington to lec ture before the National Geographical society. ( : . -., ,';' ;''. . Captain Robert Dollar. ,, fly: the American , flag. The commls sloner of Thavlgalion' infornis .me that not a single American i shipowner ' has taken advantage of this. The answer Is found in what I have just said about the, drastic ''American"" law.s,.Av:kw';;iS Amerlean.; Bteamers''Ars',aarred.r;V !'lt would: mean bankruptcy for any one who would attempt to run an Amer ican st earner In i . the ' foreign trade In" competition : with the , ships Of other nations, ' It la true , that six American passenger steamera !now, ply : between America and the orient, but tney are owned by railways, by the l'aclflo Mall company and the Great Northern, and in our efforts to build up an American marine, . our laws prohibit , them . from running through the Panama canal. -' ."Just to show what ' difference 1 It makes In the dally cost of operating a hip. here la a comparisons . Tha Des((o tKillir la ' a ahlp capable- of carrying TAFT IS 00 POUNDS OF OUR DRASTIC LAWS ((.tiocliiUctl on r( bl, Culuuiu Imp) FEDERATION : DEFEATS ' MOVEMENT CHANGING DATE OF THE MEETING Resolution Provided as Well 'That No Convention Be Held Next Year, Called Preae leased TTtre.). Seattle, Wash, Nov 14 By an over- Whelming vote delegates-to the Ameri can Federation of Labor convention here bday. defeated' the. recommends lion of the executive council to change the. date, Qt .holdtagvponvenUona , twm November : to the - second Monday In June. The same provision carried with it the proviso that no convention "be held in m 4 and that the next meeting he In San Francisco In '191 K . r . , - , , ' . , . It. Is now, the opinion of many dele gates that there will be a convention next year. ' - A whole sheaf of telegrams from city officials and union - members in' Fort Worth, urging the convention to select the Texas city ' for , Its ?l14v session were - redd. and Terfas delegites dis tributed host card! advertising' the advantages orFqttovorth The convention adjourned ', at ; 11 o'clock for committee work, to meet again tomorrow morning. , . After a . hot debate the delegates agreed to accept the Invitation of the local committee to visit Bremerton navy yara mis arternoon as guests of Colonel A. J. Blethen, . editor of the Seattle Times. '!' V':-;.,v.,, When the in vi ta Hon was read. Dels- gate uuncan Aiacuonaid opposed it hi a hot speech.- Delegate George Lister man of Seattle asked the . delegates to accept, as the committee ba arrange ments had been put to considerable ex pense in connection with the trip. , . The vote was 153 In favor of accept ing,;. and ,SS' against, y. T :'-; . rying; Infant "Annoys -Visitor; Hi Infant May, Lose an 'H-H;;Ey:;i!,v;-;;'' (Speeial to Ae Joornal.l - Iloulton,, Or., Nov. , 14. Returning' to her home from a brief errand, Mrs. O. U. ' Morgan,- living at Masten's camp near, here, found a' 4-year-old neighbor child beating her two-months-old batry with, a stick. , By the time Mrs. Mor gan arrived the baby's face had beep severely bruised end cut, and it Is feared, that the alght of one of the baby's eyes may be 1 permanently in jured, , t f !(,., 1 When Mrs. Morgan left noma 1 the baby, was on the bed asleep. A little later the little Hoagiung children, liv ing nearby, went Into thr Morgan bouse to play. The youngest of these, so the other children told Mrs,. Morgan, climbed up ton the bed and began clawing and scratching the sleeping Want. When thebaby woke, up and started to cry, the IioaBlund ura.got a stick and used Iti sus : forcefully i as . lie could 1 on t the babe's!' head 'nd" 'face,'; t&& ,-;' The older children, frightened.; ran to get their mother,, and while they were gone Mrs. Morgan returned to find her baby still being MUckM' f tftfityfi? NVESTMENT OFFICIALS HELD FOR CONSPIRACY ,.. y .- . . .. '., . , i .r , y :; '"' ,t. Lds Angeles, Nov. "14, Former Presi dent Charles A. Elder and W other, Jof mer officers of the Los Angeles Invest ment company, one or me largest cor porations In the west, were ludicted to day by the federal grand Jury here on V charge or conspiracy to use the mails i defraud. WOLD BEATS BABE INITS WITH STICK 'Li'i'.-Tt' ft., m ' ix ' K,r ' j .,,.(, '-it ... M !: ' v,' ,. . -. - - -T, "' i f. ; " V ' , ,- ...... , , . .-gm- f, TV it;. J u:" 't . - L - E TAPPERS' TALE INVOLVES N.Y. POLICE Deputy Commissioner : - Got $2500 Month, 20 Per Cent.,. ofPfofits, Is Claim," - ! TJnIted Press LaaMd Wire.) .' , New. York, Nov. ,14 Startling accu satlons of police graft, made by George McHea, ; arrested In Los Angeles '. last month and brought back to New York in connection with a wire tapping swindle which cost S. ft, Jones of Pittsburg 2d,- 000, were given publicity acre .today py TvhtrlUt atfnrn.w WhltraRn. i I s, ' . According1 to McRea, theVGorndorf gang of , wire .Uppers paid , jpttulajyiajl; aries ror proteciion w a uepmy cumuji-- ilnntr. an Innnector and -a' captain Of police' The deputy 'Commissioner - got irIA ' tnnnttl 1 Vfl 4Afl T. .fir n fwire tappCTs' plunder,- ana tne inspect or ana captain 1 smaner, oui ? nau" sums monthly,' tdgether with percent agea ofAthe gang's' -profits.-rfj f The exposures to which. McRea's story UVnlvt tn lend It waa said, prom ised to rfval those which followed the assassl nation or the gamoier, Merman Minthi for whirh ex-Police Lieuten ant Charles F," Becker la under sentence of i death. , t ''). " k " t nnnin !. ih. trTrt inaulrv Police t Captain Dominlck v RUeyv was mmmMMd a. witness before the grand Jury today. Riley retired from the force yesterday on account or- neari trouble, and it was""Tmderstood that he intended to to to . Eurooe. wnicn nas teneil th - lnvstIeatlon.; - - iV.:';i.VT'' . 8, P. Hull, who had a $2S,000 ; high way contract, was chief witness at the lnt.a,f irailnn nf ffr.ft charBreB aaalnst Tammany, officials., He testified behind closed doors, but U was understood ne said he was forced by tnreata into con iriKnilnr I'Rn tn thm Democratia state campaign strong box; that he showed the cancelled check, payaoie to eiaie cnair- man ' Norman Maca, 1 ana mat. outie irminm . Arthur McLnn ' also a wit ness, acgnowieagea me caeca s aumw ticlty. .: .&;. A ": "V An Indictment ctArglng extortion was raturnarl .iminnt Everett P. Fowler, of Kingston, . N. .Y.. alleged to be one of "Boas", Murphy's Tbag men." it was filed 'with Judge Crane in the court of general seeaions.- f .,-- , ; BBLlSWILLMOVEt; ST. PAUL, SAYS SISTER V'f:..-',y; " '' ,'.-.,::, t'-.'S' et Tanl Minn- Nov. . 14. Mendel naiu'a th Russian Jew. acoultted iat Kleff a few days ago on a "ritual mur der" charge, vli! bring his family here shortly to live, according to his sister u.i.ai I Vf rm x flnra Donnovskl. already a resident of ' St-ii Paul.- Bellls Jia been of rered a large sum to lecture in Amer lea, Mrs. Donnovskl added, but she be lieved he. would, refuse. SUFFRAGETTE BEATS I JOHN REDMOND IN FACE v.i.ii)ln 'F.nB-land. Nov Ii. A - nf- fita. anrnhir at John Redmond.' the Irish parliafnerjtary leader as he was stepping lorwara i to aaaress a nome rule meeting here today, and , before nih.r. nnulil coma to his rancun.. beat him soundly with her hand bag on the face ana need. , He was not senousiy hurt. ; ' ' . ' - LAN E.WILL VOTE WITH, - : BUT NOT ENTER, CAUCUS jt ' K'-rm' i n: :'nt-?''f;;;i'. ' (Washington Bureau or xne Joarati.) Washington, P. C, Nov,.: 14. Senator Lane , has declined to enter the demo cratic caucus ; ;but : says ji, that i; while he la opposed to omaing .nimseir o support caucus action; he will support a bill the caucus adopts..;Vt;.V';;i-ii:;v. ARM Yi AVIATOR FALLS IN vf MANILA: BAY; DROWNS n. :-;; ,' .$y. ;''5:'-.f .:;s Manila, PJ. 'Nov. 14. Lieutenant C. Perry Rich, a military aviator attached to the Pbinppine scouts, met aeath here today by falling into the water while hydroplaning about the warships of the Asiatic squadron, at anchor In the bay. , JiMiviljjjw. ,,f,,4.. V CITY IS ITS MEN, NOT . ITS DOLLARS, AVERS El Manufacture ofiSouls Need of Day; "Harbor; Development Urged by Trefz. v ; U ( . ; .M. J! There Js'now inrortUind a man who knows what achannber pf ; commerce should be., fils statemept, of opportunity And obligation is In Itself a ,aolar plexus Jolt to any: chamber of commerce dedl cated by habit to sloth and selfishness rather than servie. ' He is JJdward F. Trsts, field secretary of the National tnamner of Commerce. He cornea ask ing of the Portland Chamber of Com merce -100 sustaining i members of the national chamber from among the Indi viduals and firms that constitute the local organisation, Thirty sustaining members have, been I enlisted; 70 more must oe Derore tomorrow evening. ; Treft believes In the honesty '. and patriotism of 98 per ,cent , of business men.: tie aanrni t net, the other 2 per cent by pernicious activity have colored with odium the nation's business fabrio and created a popular attitude of hostll Ity toward ' business that . the other 9i per cent are Just beginning to correct by lessening 'their absorption In immediate personal ... affairs and giving more time and energy to community interests. At city's first duty is to manufac ture souls a city is its men, not, Its dollars or Its buildings,", " "The cities that have greatest obsta cles to overcome are the cities that get ahead. , , "It is a material gain to business men to be interested In their community through the Chamber of Commerce. , , , "Every successful Chamber of Corn merce In the United States today Is working for every phase of community development, excluding politics. . , . , . "It is more than coincident that every city which, showed a big growth in the last census , reports has a live Chamber of Commerce.; v . ' , . , ,.. ..':':'' These are a. few of the Wpigramniatlfl truths that Trefx brought home to busi nessmen In his address at the Chamber of CouVmerce luncheon In the Commer claicH ; yesterday.-. .v;- iu , ., : ."Foqrjrears . business men neglected (Conr luderf on Pit Two. Column One) T Those Members"' Not 'Expelled , ' by ;vY uan : Permanently . . 'Abandon Meeting , ! ' -- ' V1?' . 1 . (United Praia I.aud Wire.) ' .' Peking China. Nov, ;14. Such mem bers of the 'two houses of parliament as the president had not already ar rested or expelled, met Jointly yester day, and under pressure from the chief executive, Permanently suspended their seaaions, "i , , i -. " ' 1 There ' are :many. signs -, today . thut President Yuan Hhl Kat Is perfect ly r' aware of the bitterness h has created among the southern Chinese bv- the steDS i he has taken toward the establishment of a virtual dictatorship under himself on the ruins of the over- tBrowntnonarcbyyyvrj-fiy, ;'.':; v, . sHe la making strenuous efforts to break up the political party , of . which the exiled r. Sun . Yat Sen was the head. Officials of republican sympathies are being replaced as rapidly as possi ble In the southern provinces by others the. president, presumably thinks be can trust Arrests and summary executions oontlnue frequent. . , . ' , . , , Concerning the activity of the south ern republicans in plpttlng another revolution,-' he ' Is '; undoubtedly well in formed.' , Yuan la everywhere alven credit for tremendoua resolution and Strength--f character, but many here beMav. he will soon confront a situation bf 'which the outcome will be very doubtful., . .. , t , , ., MM LtAUVULAIt iucDv ctdikcdq mm - , i innuni uiiiuu.hu u u il ....... i CHINESE PARLIAMEN SUSPENDS SESSION Billy FOILED TO OPERATE LARGE ' UfiEOFSTEAf.'iERS Gibsop & Co: Combines With ; G. W; McNear & Co: to De ' velop Trade Between Co- lumbia River,and Antipodps. w7jrt i " , - PORTLAND: CHOSEN FOR BASE OF OPERATIONS Plan to Establish Coal Bunk ers Here; To Bring Cattle ' -From .West Coast. .. Official announcement of the organi sation of the Douglas Fir company was made here this afternoon by a. II. Gib son,. head of Gibson & Co., of San Fran- clsco, London," England and Sydney. N. 8.' -W.', and " GV W. McNear, of G, W. McNear A Co., with headquarters at San Francisco. ' Headquarters of the consol idated firm will ,1e in San Francisco and Portland, and possibly on Grays. Harbor. . The company will operate under char ter a large -number, of large freight steamers to carry lumber and lumber products from this port to Australia, thence take on coal there for the west coast of South America and the Pacific coast ports, including Portland, and in.' addition thereto bring cattle on the hoof from the west coast to the Pacific northweat for fattening and slaughter. In conjunction with the establishment of the --various commercial activities, the" company is also planning the es tablishment on the Columbia driver of large coal bunkers for the accommoda tion of, the large fleet of vessels that Will , be operated in the trade. '- . .THE-FRIST TRAIN -THAT. ATTET.lRtS TO PULL OUT ,)'r i r "v Train and Enginmen oh Sun-"''set-Link ofSouthern Pa cific' Walk 'Gut Last' Night? , ' ' ' ' (Cnltad Preis teaied tf Ire. , New Orleansi 1., Nov. 14. Follow-.-; Ing last night's walkout of th tralij and engine men on the Atlantic division of the Southern Pacific's Sunset lines, thet first, attempt, to move a train here today ! brought 'a- shower of stones and brickbats from . a crowd of strike sym- pathlsers gathered In' the railroad yardn. No one wa hurt and the train pulled out, bound for, Texas,' " 1 ' Commercial ' associations here and In Texas are-uniting In an appeal to Presli dent. Wilson to Intervene in the dispute, as the strike has t'ied up government shipments of mules and ammunition to the Texas-Mexican' front lefj-is well as the movement of the cotton and sugur crops. , - . -.The men, to the number of about 2500, quit work at 7 o'clock last pight. Ail trains starting on their runs' after that hour were annulled. On 'those which , started earlier, but did not reach theii destinations until after 7. the men fin ished their runs. - i- The; strikers' . version of the dispute Is that their unions were unable to en force their contracts with, the company, and that they could not effect a satis factory settlement of a list of 67 griev ances. .The. Brotherhoods of - Locomo tive Engineers and. Firemen and the Or- (Concluded oa Page Sixteen, Column Tivo PORTLAND; CLEARINGS .SHOW GOOD INCREASE Portland br.nk clearings for-the week ending- with - today's business . showed a net 'Increase over the same period list year of 4 per cent. The figures In detail follow: . ' - 1813, $15,65,440.41; 19tJ, S14.92;.- 018.07. Clearings so far Indicate that the total for November will exceed the $89,000,000 mark. n Rooms and Apart-. , merits for Rent ' AJPARTMEXTS . TUB ' CHELTENHAM, -lth - and Northrup. modern furniture, private baths end phones, haj'd- X w.mm flMM ' ImW ' V.I.U V.,l(l,1lmr:. K vefined neighborhood t blocks SAVE SIS MONTHLY, , S ' rooms, completely furnished. - S32.60. all Urg. outside rooms private phone and hath, bed ami . table linen, on rarliue. I'lionvs Bj41,JTabor2293. , , , i'-Ji3 AT Li? "Tii TiT isth wlTUow iT Curs i . front housekeeping suite, hent furnished, water In, walMing tlm tance.' J3.7$ per week; &09 John- 'Son.'' ''- f ,'tj J v; ".'h-' COSY housekeeping room, ' heated, IS.S0 . weekly 'Ai-u rooms communicating, ffi AVun inrton. . ' ROOMS I rillVATC v , FAMILIES LAftGh,' "rouui. , 2 riiJBl . li t i furnished, aood location. Tjovtjtlif.' 47f9.- .... SUNNV,.swarnt room in , I ' ' home Love toy, nr Phone Main 87-11. ' ' , Hunt for rooms i. nimt-- In tho cs -Journal Want A ' -..