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1914. EIGHTEEN PAGES. TWO OS TlaEIl AXD VZWI aTASOs rZTX CXTJ VOL. XIII. NO. 97. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAYtEVENING, JUNE 30, i WILSON LEAVES HECKLERS WHO TRY TO AH60E Delegation" of Suffragists Brings President Suffrage Resolutions Passed by Chi cago General Federation. TELLS THEM QUESTION PURELY STATE MATTER Women Are Astonished. When . President Leaves Them in the East Room.. (Tfitted Preiw l.esr1 tvir.l Washington, June 30. President Woodrow Wilson told 700 suffragettes here today that he believed woman suf frage was a question for states and not for the federal government to settle When the delegation attempted to heckle -him upon that opinion he ab ruptly turned 'and walked from the east room, leaving the women gazing 'at him in open mouthed astonishment Most of the -women expected to shake bands with the prestdent but they were not given the opportunity. The women A-nlled at the White House to present President Wilson with resolutions Indors.'mj votes for women, recently pasm-d by a conven tion ofTtub women In Chicago. "All done up" In white gowns, white shoes, white hats and white parasols, they marched to the White House, " nearly a "mile of women." headers of the delegation admitted they had picked their time, because tomorrow the rules committee meets and they hoped that body would pass a suffrage rule along with the scheduled business of considering the prohlbtion rule. Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Mrs. Kills Logan and Mrs. Rhetn Dorr urged President Wilson to favor the consti tutlo.nal suffrage amendment. Mra, Dorr said when she last met the presi dent he refused to indorse the amend rnent because the Baltimore platform failed to deal with the suffraee ques tlon. Ve." Mrs. Dorr told the president "since that time you have indorsed the tolls repeal in opposition to the Bal ttmore platform. I think times have changed and that under present con ditlons you can definitely take u fav orabl stand on tbe suffrage amend merit. President Wilson's replyiin part fol lows: "As f-have stated before,' as leadef of the Democratic party. I am bound t by the declaration of principles adopt ed by it. You now ask my personal tand. Perhaps it would be more serv iceable If I stated that the Baltimore convention did not deal with the ques tion because the delegates believed.it was a matter for the states to act on first. The principle of states rights is involved and the delegates preferred to safeguard it. Personally I believe suffrage is a question for the states to decide and you. have no reason for discouragement In view of the succer-ss already attained. "As president, I am charged with the administration of the law. As party leader, the party itself determines my policy.- Now both as an individual and 'a party leader I believe the question can safely oe left to the states." Miss Dorr then asked whether, in view of the fact that three quarters of the states could Initiate and approve a constitutional amendment, If it was not a. fact that he had erred in claim . Ing' suffrage was a state and not a . federal matter. "I do not consider it proper," re plied President Wilson, "to submit myself to cross examination in view of what I have already said." The president then turned and ac companied by Colonel Harris, his mili tary aide, and several secret service men, left -the room. There were a fev cheers and some hisses as he left. ALASKA STEAMERS TO BRING FIRST OF SEASON SALMON PACK Thomas L Wand and J, B. Stetson fomingto Port- . land With Big Shipments, First shipments of new pack salmon out of AlasKa are to come to Portland in steamers of the Portland Steam- iilp company, according to informa tion'Teceived thta morning from the north. - The steamer Thomas 1. Wand Captain Janson, will have 2000 cases of fish for the Columbia river while the steamer J. B. Stetson, Captain F. I Herrlman, which Is Just behind the wand will have an equally large ship' ment. Securing of the first shipment of salmon for this port is regarded as the first Wg trade victory accomplished sinoe the oDenlne of the new line hv Manager N. F. Titus of the Portland Bteamemp company, uraers now on file, at the office of the company call for tne-carrying or the output of 1 canneries to Portland. ''Back, cargoes are at last available for out , steamers and from now on Portland will have Its share of the flow of products of the far north said Titus this morning. "The Wand will have in addition to the salmon heavy ,hlpment of lime and plaster mithf which she will come direct to Portland. We will have all the south bound freight that we can handle from now on till the end of the canning season and by .that time will -be so . thoroughly established that we can count on steady cargoes both ways Open Season for Birds Not Changed Secretary Houston Tells Chamberlain a Different Sate From September 1 Might Be Plxed for Whole State. (Wblngton Bureau of Tbe Journal.) Washington, June 30. Secretary of Agriculture Houston informs Senator Chamberlain it is impracticable to make the open season in Harney coun ty for migratory birds open September 1 instead of October 1. The rule was fixed on the advice of the fish and game commission. Nothing can be done this year for a single county, but a different date might be fixed for the whole state if the fish and game com mission so recommends. Portland Postal Clerks Protest Washington. June 30.--K. J. Nolan, president of the Portland branch or the T'nited National Association or Postoffice Cler'ts. and other officers, advise Senators Chamberlain and Lane the dismissal of superannuated clerks n the Washington office has aroused a "storm of disapproval in the Portland office. The action is called "unjust.. nhuman, un-American." More Trout Kggs Desired. Washington. June 30. On request of the state department of fisheries. Sen ator Chamberlain has taken up with Klsh Commissioner Smith an applica tion for 2.000.000 or 3.000,000 black spotted trout eggs instead of the 750r- 000 promised Oregon. Man Suspected in the Ballon Mystery Stamford Police Believe Another Be side Mrs. Angle Was tbe Slayer of Alderman ; Heavy Club Found. Stamford. Conn., June 30. The po lice were working today on the theory that Alderman Waldo Ballou. was mur dercd by an unknown man and not by Mrs. Helen Angle,-near whose door 1 the fashionable Ripawan apartment he was found dying a week ago. Chief of Police Brennan said he ex pected the mystery would be cleared up Friday when the inquest will be resumed. He intimated that a man, and possibly a woman, not hitherto connected with the case, would tes tify. A heavy club was found In the room where, the police say, the murder was committed. It bore a number of dark stains, believed ' to be blood. Mrs. Angle is extremely reticent. Her at torney said that if she Is called at Friday's inquest she will refuse to talk. Poured Oil Over Wife She Claims nan. Joint Suicide pact Betorts Hue-1 bsad, Whom She Aoouses of Scheme. " Los Angeles. Cal.. June 80. Fred Schwartzschultz. a waiter, is under ar rest today, v his wife, .Nellie having charged that he poured gasoline 'jn her clothing and threatene-J to set it afire. Schwartzschultz replied! by d clrir.g that he 9ml his wire hal rat- urattd each other's clothing with hus- oline ;.ieparafory to tBe execution of a horrible suicide pact. Mrs. Schwartzschultz, who denied his charge, declared that her husband. after pouring oil on her, threw her on a bed, scratched a match and held the flame within a foot of her face. The match burned out, she said, and he lighted a second one, which set fire to her clothing and she was painfully burned about the face and breast. -l Tolls Repeal Not Forced by England Sir Edward Grey Tells Parliament England Has Had Ho Correspond-, enee With United States on Subject. London, June 30. The statement that England has had no correspond-1 enee with: the United States on the subject of Panama canal tolls since President Wilson was elected was made in the house or commons last night by Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey. , ' "The president's action was not In fluenced bv this government." he de clared. "The mosi satisfactory feature of tolls exemption repeal is that it was not due to a desire to improve rela tions between the two countries alone, but between all countries." Makes Her Second Capture inlO Days Mrs. Xllsklniok Arrests . Second Kan and Takes Elm to Police Station Charred With Insulting1 Her. . Mrst O. Kltsklnick, of 1072 East Twenty-eighth street, north, this noon for the second time in 10 days brought a man into tne ponce station on a charge of having insulted her in a moving picture theatre. Ten days ago she brought in a man who had molest ed her in. a theatre at Second and Morrison streets. The man forfeited 25 batlj Today, Mrs. Kliskinick brought -in W. A. Perkins, who, she said, had attempted to flirt with ber while she was seated m tne circle Theatre. Perkins was held under $60 bail. oK charge of violating the masher's ordinance. Beetles Chewing Westminster Roof Xestobium Tessellatnm Has ;- Been Making a Meal of Celling Beams Steel Used as Bemforoement. , London, June 30. Workmen, today were reinforcing : the timbering of Westminster hall's celling. with steel. Xestobium tessellatum have chewed the timbering so thoroughly that the celling threatened to cave In. Th Xestobium tessellatum Is a small beetle which, eats the Ticart out of wood. Servians for killing due E Mohammedans Who Favor Austrian Claims Over Ser- via Seek Revenge on Coun trymen of Assassins. PROVINCIAL CAPITAL IS BURNING AFTER BATTLE Killed and Wounded Number 200 in Fight in Province of Herzegovina. (United Press Leased Wire.) Rome, Italy, June 30. Desperate fighting in many parts of the Aus trian province of Bosnia was reported in a telegram from Trieste today. The Servians were revolting everywhere, it was stated. It was jaid that the outbreak seemed to have been prearranged and that the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand apparently was the signal for it to start. Budapest, June 30. More than 208 were Killed and wounded today at Mostar, Herzegovina province, in fight ing between Servians and Hohamme dan Croats. The battle was a result of Sunday's assassination by a Servian student at Serajevo of Archduke Francis Ferdln- and of Austria and his wife. It was reported this afternoon that Mostar, which is the provincial capital was ciurning. The croats were the aggressors, ac cording to dispatches to the Budapest- er Hirlap, a mob of them invading the bervian quarter yelling threats of death to its inhabitants. The Servians resisted their advance and a desperate battle ensued, in which tne Servians more than held their own until the Croats were reinforced by an other mob. Outnumbered, the Servians were driven into their homes. The croats broke down the doors, chased the Servians to their roofs and for an hour the fight raged on the housetops. rinally a fire started. It spread rapidly and at last accounts received here was still unextinguished. In a dozen villages In. Bosnia pro vince fighting was reported between Mohammedan pro-Austrians and Ser vians wlio", detesting" Austrian rule'. regarded the assassination of Arch duke Francis Fardinand as a "patriotic act. Russia to Guard Serria. St. Ptersburg, June 30. Austro-Ser- vian relations were being closely watched from here today. j. Partly because of the . racial relationship between the Russians and the Servians, and partly for political reasons, Russia is Ser via's friend. It was stated freely by men in high positions in' the czar's government that Nicholas will not per mit Austria to make Archduke Francis Ferdinand's assassination an excuse for any imposition upon the little Bal kan state. None said outright that he was glad the archduke was killed, but it was openly declared that his assassination was the natural result of which was referred to as the grasping Balkan pol icy - for which he, was declared to be responsible. Nor was the opinion concealed that he was a dangerous man, and that his elimination will make for more peace ful relations between Russian and Aus tria, It was admitted that just at the mo ment, however, an Austrian attempt to punish Servla tor his death would make trouble. Croat Legislature Suspends. Agram, Croatia, June, 30. Passing ftom vituperation to threats, - pro- Austrian delegates in the Croat legis lature on one side and Servians on the 1 other, worked them into such a frenzy today that the speaker was ompelled to suspend the session ab ruptly. The pro-Austiians declared the as sassination of Archduke Francis Fer dinand and his wife was the result of a Servian plot, denounced the Servians Servian plot, denounced the Servians murderers and asked if the deputies as had III UUKIIL II1C1I UU1I1UD IHLtP LIIH I chamber with them. The Servians denounced Austria's rule and said plainly that they thought the arch duke deserved death for his Balkan policy. It was expected a batch of chal lenges would result form the debate. Explosion Follows "Rlanlr TTatirl T.OTTOT AVXUtUXk JUUUUW San Francisco Pisherman Beceives better Demanding S2000 Home Is Damaged by Explosion While Away. San Francisco, June 30. The resi dence of Vincent Mariscalio was shak en by an explosion of dynamite here today following the receipt of a black hand letter in which his life was threatened and in , which bombs and dagger pierced hearts were striking features. A week ago Mariscalio, a fisherman, who operates his own sail boat, received a .letter demanding $2000 on pain of death. He thought the letter a joke but his wife was worried over the communication and turned it over to the poliee... Mariscalio was away from . home on a fishing- cruis when the explosion occurred. Th cartridge did not contain enough ex plosive to do any material damage to the building. Mrs. Mariscalio was alone in the bouse at the time. De tectives Gallagher and Bakulich have been detailed to Investigate the ex plosion and to trace the writer of tha blacK hand letter. LEX THE '",..,. i m' tfilfSJff - S ' 1 e BODIES OF ROYALTY ARE CARRIED DOWN RIVER OM YACHT Rows of .Kneeling Peasants, Burning Candles, .Line the Shores While Vessel Passes (trotted Pms Leased 'VVlr Metkovltch, Dalmatia, June 30. The bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdi nand of Austria pnd his wife arrived here today, were! transferred on board an Austrian warship in the harbor and escortSto sea by a' squadron of fighting vessels. The warship will reach- Trieste Thursday morning. From there the two bodies will be taken by special train to "Vienna, arriving at 10 p. m. Friday they will lie in state in the royal Hofburg capital and at mid night both will he buried in the chapel at the archduke's Armstetten estate. j Archduke Charles, who is now in line for the throne occupied at present by Emperor Francis Joseph, will rep resent' the latter at the funeral. Metkovltch was draped in' mourning whenj the bodies arrived from Sera jevo. The streets were packed and all headtf - were bared and, but for the tolling of many balls, profound silence was observed as the two caskets were borne from the, railroad station to the navy yacht Dalmat, which awaited them. On the yacht Count Attetis viceroy of Dalmatia. laid a wreath on the archduke's casket and banked his wife's with flowers. The yacht's deck also was flower strewn. From Metkovltch the Dalmat de scended the Narenta river, the peas ants in the villages on the shore hold ing burning candles and kneeling in prayer, while priests blessed the bod ies as they passed. At the Narenta s mouth the two caskets were transferred on board the (Concluded on Iage Two, Column Fire.) I "1 . AUieriCan I aCJltS Wffl Be Befitted All Baces for Bemaindsr of the Week Are Cancelled While Vanitle, Defi ance and Resolute Undergo Bepeirs, New York, June 30. All races scheduled for the remainder Of the week between the Vanitie and the I Defiance were cancelled this afternoon nd the work of refitting the two yachts was started immediately. Tbe trial races will be renewed July 7 The Resolute is undergoing repairs at Bristol. Wilson Signs Naval Appropriation Bui Provides lor Three STew Dree Ananghts and Permits Sale of Two Battleships to Greece. ; Washingfton, . June SO. President Wilson, today signed the naval appro priatlon bill. It provides for three ad dittonal dreadnaughts and permits tbe sate of the warships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. , " Wife Sues- Jesse , Grant. , New York. June 30. Answering hta -wife's suit for support. . Jesse Grant son of General U, S. Grant, said to day he had repeatedly- asked her to live with him and invariably met with MURDERED a rafusaL " a . " 1, -- - CORK 3E PULLED! IS OF ENEMY OF EMPEROR Francis Joseph Said to Have jiourv5U,ailu .UJCrttUJLgui 'H..lj.:j Vi h i I lYiuraerea urana uuxe, (fiuted Press Tossed Wire.) I Paris, June 30. Diplomats here were I smiling grimly today at the news of I the flood of expressions of sympathy I pouring in upon Emperor Francis Jo- I seph of Austria in his supposed grief I at Archduke Francis Ferdinand's as-1 sassination. I The truth is, as was pointed out by I more -than one of them, the emperor disliked his nephew through and I through, disapproved of most of his policies and considered that it would UQ i"i Ausuix-nungarf when he came to the throne. Again nd again, when rumors have clrcu- I lated that the aged ruler was about t abdicate, statesmen familiar with I ditlons in Vienna have shrugged their snoulders unbelievingly with some such remark as: "Never, if he lives to D 100, so long as Francis Ferdinand sur vives him. Stories that a claim to the Austrian throne was. likely to be made, when the emperor dies, by the archduke's i-jreax-uiu son. .Maximilian, were not ASSASSIN'S HAND MEANS REMOVING taken very seriously. The boy being I pressure in its power today to pre the offspring of a morganatic union, I vent a final break "between Generals li was eaio, naa no uiie under Austrian law to the succession, and even If the were uuuie. ji was imDroDaDie inai n wouia nave mucn popular sup - port against Archduke Charles, the j quarreling until their cause is com emperor's legal heir. I pletely successful. . Nevertheless It Had Francis Ferdinand become em - peror. it was agreed, he might have attempted to secure legislation valldat- In Such an event. It was predicted ing his marriage, which would perhaps that the powers would demand Amer have complicated matters. In the ex- lean protection of foreigners In Mex- isting circumstances, however, noth - Ing of the sort was anticipated. In Hungary the situation is differ - cnt. There the archduke's marriage was recognized. Should Maximilian assert his right to the Hungarian sue - cession, it was-predicted that he would have strong backing. It was believed. however, that the present emperor will! do an in ms power to settle this cou - troversy before his death. Whether ne win succeed or not was considered doubtful. - Little heed was given to the claim hv the ao-alled Dr. Klvave a rMldcnr i .v, ts ,), V V nerArchTuke'Tdolf.' inTS peror s son, who unquestionably either committed suicide or was assassinat ed years ago in his hunting lodge at Meyerling. $200,000 Won by Heney in His Suit Attorney establishes Sis Claim to Oae- Tnlrd. latere at tin the Three B Mine i Bear Tucson, ; Arte. San Francisco. June 30. Francis J. Heney of San Francisco is richer today by J200.000 as the result of a verdict rendered by a jury' last night at Tucson, Ariz. Kews of Heney'a '- good fortune was contained in a telegram received at Progressiva campaign head- j per cent and treasury agents every quarters here.- 1 I where were ordered to insist upon 1m- Heney went to Tucson a month ago and brought suit to establish his claim to- third interest in the Three R mine, which, recently was sold for $00,000. 1 By a verdict rendered last night a jury decided that Heney was entitled -to a third of the sale price. Heney left Tucson today and will arrive her Thursday. ' IS OVER WITH IF REBELS Carranza , Says He Wants - rr;l!M - iw vsuhicm vvii.ii iiio i j..! r . r Auvisers oeTore Accepting. (Cnlted Press Leased Wire.) Niagara Falls, Ont., June 30. The American-Mexican mediation confer enee here was considered practically ended today. ( -Alter a conference with his col leagues, Argentine Minister Naon made it plain, that the "A., B. C party mean to leave Wednesday. - A final infor- mAi conference was to be held to de- c,a wnetner to taMe an adjournment or only a recess. maVTaweit- I r VBra nnnvts I L il. ling tne carranslstasL I The Huertlstas showed iiena of lm Patience, and it was not thought they wola Blay lor.g- The mediators received a reDlv to day t0 their invitation to General Car- Bent representatives to the J American-Mexican peace negotiations The general asked time to confer with his - advisors, Trying to Prevent Break. Washington. June SO. The admin I lstratlon here wan brlnrtnr all ha I Carransa'Ttnd Villa. I The Mexican constitutional!. i.mti I nere sent cm menus- tn hstn o-. r. 1 erals. begginar them to refrain from 1 was gravely feared Villa would start I a revolution on his own account. 1 ico. I It was considered certain that the 1 Niagara Faiia conference would end I shortly unless Carranza uncondltlon- ally accepts the "A. B. C." mediators' 1 invitation to confer -unofficially with I the Huertista envoy I The rebel Junta confirmed the news of the suspension of Villa's camnalsn 1 but denied it was on account of I shortage of ammunition, his supply, it I was declared, being ample. Villa Tfematula an ' l'ndpnitsnHlnr ... " lorreon, June 30. There was no "J.W Villa was very serious. Villa was known to have telegraphed to Carranza that he was tired of the treatment he and his followers were receiving and would do no more fight (Coacladed on Psge Two, Celumn 8li bines Await Slow Income Tax Payers Treasury Agents Ordered to Insist Upon Immediate Payment of Taxes on Pais of a Pive Per Cent Pine. Washington, June 30. Treasury de partment officials today threatened to fine delinquent income 'tax payers 5 I mediate payment. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo does not expect com plete . returns, however, for several days. The. house has appropriated $500, I 000 to hunt tax dodgers. The receipts so far have been 30.700W0. It was I originally estimated that $54,000,000 I would be derived from the income tax1 I law. MEDIATION NEARLY DO NOT SEND ANSWER Wall Will-Confine New Orleans Rats Concrete Barrier to Barroaad Plague Infected Area, Within Which Kate Are to Be Driven and Poisoned. New Orleans, June 30. Health offi cers here announced today that they were prepared to wage a determined war on bubonic rats. They plan to erect a concrete barrier in the infected area and drive the rats to the center. The animals will then be trapped and poisoned. No new cases of the plague were reported today. Other States Take Precautions. Washington. June 30. Ohio, Missis sippi, South Carolina and Missouri Health officials today wired health of ficials here that they would take every precaution to prevent the spread of the bubonic plague, now reported threaten ins in New Orleans, to their respective states. Surgeon General Blue planned to start tonight for New Orleans to as sume personal? charge of the situation. He will be accompanied by Dr. D. H.I Creel. Dr. Blue this afternoon declared he was not alarmed over the situation, now that a quarantine had been estab lished against all vessels leaving and entering New Orleans. Route of Electric Parade Selected Procession to Be Feature of July Fourth Celebration Under Auspices of the Ad Club, The route of the electric parade, th big feature of the Hose Festival which will be reproduced July 4 under the auspices of the Portland Ad club has just been completed. An effort to git the parade routed over Third street was made, but owing to the fact that it is a center of the heavy street car traffic the officials were unable to act in accordance with, the Third streeters desires. The parade will be preceded by 1000 Redmen and Queen Thelma and her maids will participate. The route of the parade is: From Twenty-third and Washington to Nineteenth, south to Morrison, east on Morrison to Fifth, north on Fifth to Ollsan. west on Gltsan to Broad way, south on Broadway to Washing ton, east on Washington to Fifth, south on Fifth to Jefferson, west on Jefferson to Sixth, south on Sixth to Sherman, east on Sherman to Fifth north on Fifth to Washington and west on Washington to car barns. hildren to Join Market Procession Haw Public Market to Open Saturday Morning; Celebration at Peninsula Park Will Be Held. Ockley Green school children, carry ing in their arms and in wheelbarrow and baskets their school garden vege tables and flowers, will meet at Patton nd Killings worth avenues at S:3 o'clock next Saturday morning and parade to Klllingsworth avenue and Bortnwick street, where the new public market of the North Portland Commer. clal club and its Women's Auxlllar will be optened at 9 a. m. At 10 a. m. the Fourth of July cele bration arranged for Peninsula park by the club and auxiliary and park playground instructors will commence H. 8. Hald is chairman of the commit tee In charge of the market and Fourth of July celebration. The children will present drills and there will be a va ried program of races, etc., with 60 prises presented by business men of the district. Mount Lassen Once More in Eruption Black Cloud of Smoke Arises 3000 Peet and Xs Plainly Visible Prom' Bed ding, 60 Miles Prom the Peak. Redding. Cal., June 30. After nearly two weeks' Inactivity, Mount Lassen burst into violent eruption again at 11:10 a. m. today. Thick, black smoke ascended 3000 feet or more and drifting jaway, ob scured the eastern horizon. Ashes fell in a heavy shower. The slope was Klaotr wftH thfitn The mountain has been smoking for eereral days and the only surprise was that the eruption did not come sooner. It was plainly visible from Redding, 60 miles from the peak's base. Today's eruption was the twelfth since the crater burst into activity about a month ago. General Dam Bill Discussed in House If provides for Xaslnjr Sam Sites Everywhere for BO Tears, After Which Government May Purchase. . Washington, June 30. The house to day considered the Adamaon general dam bill, affecting water power and dam sites everywhere. It is under stood that Secretary Garrison favors the measure. It provides that darn el tea everywhere may be leased for 50 years, after which the government Is given the right to purchase and oper ate them. . Militants Enter Home of Asquith Police Bject Them as One Tries to Chain Herself to Boor Xaos la Down ing street Besidence of Premier. London." June 30. Outwitting the st tendants, two suffragettes succeeded today in getting into Premier Asqulth's official Downing street residence. As soon as their mission wss learned the police were called in and ejected them just as one was trying to cnain ner self to a door knob. Women Hack Madrid Bakeries. Madrid. June 30. A mob of women sscked all the bakeries on account of an increase in the price of bread. COMMON RATE PLEA IS Attorney Fulton Presents Ar gument Showingfh'etls Discrimination invFavt;bL. the Puget Sound -Prs. POINTS IN CONTENTiON BITTERLY CONTESTED Readjustment of Rates Giv ing Mouth of River Chance With Competitors Asked. Astoria's plea to b traced on a - parity with Puget sound ports In the making of railroad rates was began la - ne Limed states court room tiara ttu " day before A. D. Push. examlnr tnr he interstate commerce commission. Former United States Senator Charles w. Kulton. representing the city of Astoria, outlined the situation at the ' opening, showing that Astoria "now is discriminated against In favor of the northern ports In freight rates of com modities originating In the inland em- , plre and on commodities produced at Astoria and designed for delivery iu the empire region. For the defendant railroads.. Include ing all th roads centering in Portland ' ana connecting with the Astoria line of the Spokane, Portland A Seattle, ap peared l A. Hart fo the K.. P. A K, Judge K V. Brown for the Great North. em, Charles Donnelly for the Northern racmc. ii. A. Brand ret t and A. t'. Spencer for the O.-W. R. A N., and J Judge Fenton for the Southern Pacific. The court room was crowded with rail road executives and traffic men. Engineer on Stand. Senator Fulton put O. B. HesardL engineer for the city dock commission,, first on the stand to show the condi tion of the bur at the mouth of the river and how its water denth has increase of late years by construction of tiie Jkitty and dredging. tie was followed by F. J. Walsh, en gineer for the Port of Astoria, wha outlined, the river improvement, dock construction and seawall operation! undertaken by the port to strengthen its position as a port and to care fo v the traffic expected to be- handled there when small cargo ships are en abled to Meruit their full loads al the mouth of - the river. kf - - 7 Mr. WalsirreTerred to the plans tot' establishing great coal bunkers, ca pable of supplying all ships that entel the Columbia river. In a general waj he told of the progress already mad on the various works snd said tht dock now under construction can Cart ? for three ships, with abundant stores ' space in the warehouses. -Small Teasels Stopped. On cross-examination. Mr. fipencet asked how the port expected to' obtain this big Increase In business when the . O.-W. R. & N. docks now are utilised to but a small percentage of their ca pacity. He answered that the condi tion of the bar, now rapidly Improving, has prevented the smaller vessels from stopping at Astoria because they could not get full csrgoes snd the ones of deepest draft from getting In safely at all. With further improvements he said, small vessels need not come up ti Portland, and the larger once can gel In with safety. , Edward Ostrander, rate expert : for -the Oregon railroad commlndlon..-. -called to the stand to tell dt the present rates In forc from ' Inland Empire. points to Puget Round and As toi-ia, showing that, in every Instance the class rstes to Astoria are higher. Referring to. specific commodity rates, he quoted tariffs to show that with out exception these are ' also higher, varying from 10 cents on canned goods, cents on lumber by one rail com bins tlon, and IS cents by another.'. ( Arguments Are Given. On sash and doors. Mr. Ostrandet said, Aberdeen and Seattle enjoy .a rate of 7 ', cents per 100 pounds leas than Astoria m Inland Kmpire points. On grain be quoted rates showing that ' between North Yakima and Pasco. 91 miles, the Northern Pacific Pacific sa acts only V cent per 100 pounds, wltl similar low charges between other ol ral points In the territory referred to.. This h cited as evidence of the rate- making basis on the Northern Pacific's own line In Its own territory. ' In comparison with tbe "blanket rates" in tne north, lie cited a Santa Fe tariff showing rates from southern California points Into San Diego. WJi.i Mr. Donnelly on cross-examination asked If he thought that a fair rate Cowlmle4 on fsgs Two, Colessa Ise.l HERE AND THERE '$25 down, tie month. Includ ing Interest, buys modern bunga low: cement basement. Price $1S00; 50x100 lot." Class. l. . - "For Saln 3 chair barber shop, with complete outfit; good loca tion; cheap for cash." Class. 20. "For Rent Close In. S room modern cottage. 114. Fine neigh borhood, yard." Class. 12. "For Sale 1 ton truck and business, or will trade for pas senger csr." Class. 44. "For Rent - room modern hous with sleeping porch. . fur- j niched complete, including snvr snd linen. Irvlngton, $." Class. ' 4.' . "Launch, It ft., 10 h. p canopy I top. 10 passengers, boa thou se, all I for $:50. This Is ,a good, . safe. 1 boat." . Class. 4. " .7 "Far Sale 1 portable tot loaf, 1 deck oven In good condition; cheap for cash." Oaf a. It. - 1 These Items appear today' In ' . The Journal Want Ads. The um- I ber of the classification in wnicri j it appears follows each Item. T MADE; ii .4.