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' . I wanU 'tow! PORTLAND, OREGON,' TUESDAY : EVENING, , 'JULY . 7,' ? 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES. ; PRICE TWO nfMTP nkrn jrrws VOL. XIII. NO. 103. ' Bin SEE BIG FIGHT American, Willie Ritchie, En tered Ring Smiling in Spite of the 6 to 4 Odds Existing Against Him. MEMBERS OF NOBILITY 1 AND LADIES PRESENT Two Thousand Americans Give Ritchie Ovation; . Welsh Cheered. THE RESULT n RITCHIE WELSH NO. ROUNDS .... . a6 By Ed Ii. Keen. Ringside, Olympia, London, July 7. -"Willis Rltchie, lightweight champion of the world, went Into the ring a short ender! In the betting here tonight to defend his title against Freddie Welsh. This fact, however, worried the Call fornian but little. He entered the ring smiling and confident, although the Englishman was a 6 to 4 favorite. The -arena was packed. As the hoar . for the battle Approached affairs took on the color of; a society event Wo men In evening gowns, members of the nobility and scores' of prominent men were, present. It Was , estimated that at Itast 89ft. women were among ; in spectators. . -,. '.v'Wr 1 Ritchie admitted to the, mrted Pis that he considered the battle the most Important of his career1. : He spent the day quietly and! shaped' up- in magnifi cent form. Welsh appeared nervous and his face wofyo a serious expression, lie said ho wa prepared to carry the fight to the champion. 4 i - Rev. J. II. Boudler arrived at : the arena early and took his place near Referee EugenB Corrt. He acted as master of ceremonies. . It was esti mated that tt least 30 clergymen were present. The Americans in the crowd , numbered '2000. and they gave Ritchie .an ovation a he climbed through the ; ropes. Welsh iwas also given' an en thusiastic reception. ' . C Welsh aripeared at 9:69 o'clock. Welshmen tn- the crowd started slng- Ing "The Land of My Fathers," the V Welsh folk sosg. Freddie's wife and later appeared, in the arena a few min utes later. I Ritchie entered the ring at 10:04 and Referee Corri sent them on their Jour ney at 10:14. - - Pena to Succeed ' Huerta, Is Report rederal General Xeaves for Mexico i City to Succeed Kaerta Xa Bnmox Heard at Ya Cms Behela Willing-. Vera Crux, July 7. At Cordova, be tween here and Mexico City, It was rumored' today ' that,: General Garcia Pena, a federal but ,not bitterly hated by the rebel;, left -there by special train Monday night to 1 receive Presi dent Huerta"s, resignation; and take charge of the government. . Rebels . here isald this would be ac ceptable to them, as they believed Pena would . surrender the government to ihem on demand. .-, - y Huerta organs at the capital adimt- kivu nui a fOl VC"h v ujq uvnim fvote was cast Sunday, in places where -he polls were! opened at all. DREDGER FOR COLUMBIA ' IWanbiuston Bureau of The Journal. . ' Washington, ijuly 7. -Senator Jones lias Introduced! an amendment to the . rivers and harbors bill appropriating $175,000 for construction of a- dredge for thel mprovement of , the Columbia 'between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette t . :v. Wrecked Men Are Marooned' ;Upoii; Island Fifty-two Hours -Are' Spent 'Without Food i Marooned oit an island in the middle j young men worked on their boat get of the Columbia river for 62 hours with- ting her into shape to make the short out a bite to eat was the experience tz foar Portland jyoung men, Rae Jamie- son. Ed Ryan.! Wesley nowe ana uu Gade. who started. out for Astoria la the launch" Dolly Vardon last Tuesday i-ight." :, ,j -v 4--' -s -1 The party left Portland at midnight - Tuesday night - carrying with"-them -only such supplies as were needed "by the launch ant spare clothes. ' At t:3p a. m. they were just off .St. "Helens when a wind V storm , came, up which Hashed .the waves clear over the Jlttla ' launch. In" the-mldat of the , storm; they got out of the main' channel and .' an head on Into the St. Helens break ! k water. Deversihg the propeller,' Jamie- son managed to beach the. boat: on a. nearby Island, before she sank. ; T' From early Wednesday mornlnr 'till ' 'Hday morning at 7 o'clock-the four RESENTS FAILURE TO CONFIRM NOMINATION Paul Warburg of Kuhn, Loeb & I Co who refuses to be quizzed . r.o, mmlftoo n hanlrina i ..A'l-',.mii'of Vrt- I eral Reserve Hoard. TO ACCEPT PLACE ON fE He Resents Request- of Sen ate Committee ; He Submit to Examination by Them, (United Press Leased Wlre.V Washington, July I. The senate committee on banking and currency showed strong signs today" of balking at recommending that "either Thomaa Jones or. Paul Warburg's appointment to the federal reserve; board be con firmed. " . . , Jones' ( open expression of sympa- "irf2?ibA f?.' nf ln,hlAh w ,. i iof .0wiDn0 I vausediaflversa comm?nW,rr; 1 j.ue comnuueg pao wso e s icie- I gram 'to Warburg, asking Jiim ? to ap-1 pear for examination, concerning 4 his J remuuaa ,-wtvn jxvuin,j " .(" I Pany, , - - '-I'; j:-1. Warburg resented. Xhe prospective, lis so much that he, Insisted on with- WARBURG DECLINES R BANK BODY - ...r,-r , 1 iney 1 waniea to surrender and were Z'XT-'mHiU Vera Crux and board. He ; sent . a telegram, to" the president making his position" so defi nite that the : latter had nearly de cided it was useless : to press-further Tew Mm . fftAflpmiiHAn "I v - ,1 ', The Jones and j Warburg . appoint ments were personal with the presi- I ure, the . former ' through. Jones' own presentation of his case ' Before the committee- on banking and -currency and the latter through Warburg's dis- tne railroad are shouting 'Viva Car Inclination to give the committee any ranza!' They wish to join us. 1 can Information at all. not leave the American lines tonigat Warburg .telephoned twice to the but go out with the soldiers tomor Whlte House this afternoon Insisting row.' ' on withdrawal Of W appointment to The rebel agent was also authority the federal reserve board.. for the statement that the federal of- To the senate committee on banking fleers had not enough loyal men left na currency, -replying to a request that he appear for examination con-1 cerning his connection with Kuhn, Loeb & Co., he telegraphed. - I cannot, comply with-your request because, feeling, the committee's - ao- tlon Thursday, withholding action on my name while favorably reporting three other nominees, created a situa- tion which might impair my usefulness as a member of the board, I wrote to tne president Tiaay requesting wun- drawal of my nomination." : "id he would gladly have ap- peared If examination of all the nom inees had been "deemed necessary, but felt he "should not do so when ! other nominee and myself were singled j out for examination.' Even though V Jones v and . Warburg should fall 'df" confirmation; It "t was stated on ' sroOd authority. Charles S. Hamlin. A. . C. . Miller ; and "vtT.; P.- G.. Harding, whose appointments "the1 sen ate has already indorsed, and Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo end Comptroller oM the, Currency ;John Skelton Williams, who are ex-offlclo members of the board, probably, .would meet and organize this week,: as. Secre tary McAdoo wants to have the new system In operatlow-by August '1: Postoffice ; jfor j Blake, r r - Washington, July; 7. : Representa tive Sinnott has been notified a post- ornce win be. established at Blake, Wheeler county, and Mrg. Bertha Blake wlll.be appointed postmistress. i run across . the river. . The island 5 on which - they were stranded' vu nnt nf ! Iff t nne d, what f w pe- t!l"em r?babIythought ft'y were camping out. -for not, a kauI passed, within hailing distance during the two days. At . 7 ' o'clock ! Friday morning the boat was temporarily re paired and a dash ; was made for Co lumbia, City. .,..:,-.. . , nt man x leavei s& worth of gro ceries in the store at Columbia City. so hungry were vef, said Jamleson in aiscussmg .the .trin this i morn In a - "After eating our i fill i wa mad . Kt. Helens, where we dragged the boat out ana repaired her and came back- up here Sunday. Kone of us suffered any serious trouble from our experience, but we' surely , did ; hate: to miss; the regtt";- , ' t - MEXICANS ARE THREATENING IS. OUTPOSTS Funston Telegraphs War De partment Federal Troops About Vera Cruz Are Mu tinous; Would Attack U. S. MAAS. WARNS FUNSTON" ATTACK NOT ORDERED If Trouble Results, He Says, He and Huerta Are Not Responsible. (United Prera Leased Wire.) Washington. July 7. General Funs ton telegraphed to the war department today that the Mexican federals about v era -ru naa mutinied and threatened to attack the American outposts. General Maas, their commander, had notified him, he said, that in case of such an attack,-it must be taken as an outburst of mob violence and not as having been ordered by himself or by resident Huerta. lunston indicated that he was not alarmed. Vera Cruz Julv 7. New reached here this afternoon that 100 Mexican federal mutineers and 200 loyal Huer- tista troops under General Maas were fighting today 14 miles west of Vera Cruz. It was learned that only 100 men revolted, despite the assertion by Senor Campero, constitutionalist agent here, that the mutiny was gen eral. WOULD JOIN REBELS IF MUTINY GROWS, VERA CRUZ REPORT By WiUiam G. Shepherd. Vera Crus, Mexico, July 7. Mutiny among the Mexican federal troops only six miles back from the American lines was " declared today by . Senor Cam pero, General Carransa's agent ' here. taC: rapidly. ,iCamdero predicted that tho revolt would reach the capiUl. His """"l 7 , . tUrV - - r The American military authorities believed the .. constitutionalist agent was xaggerating, They said It was t'a. fM 'Iiavv that !An Bent word tq General Funston . that th..kv ,....,., anA surrenaer .tneir arms. - irunston. re ceiving this, news last night, instruct ed his outposts, to watch for the party and not to fire on It. Should there' be federal surrenders here, it was said the prisoners prob gugg ably would be. Interned as at Fort Shont Viva Carransal. Campero telegraphed to General Car- I ransa last night: -"The federals along I to arrest the mutineers. Senora Mohena. arriving todav from 1 the capital, said her husband, President tHuerta's former foreign minister, waa on his way from Puerto mi( to Vera Crux' by water. Instead of eoine from nere to France with the l est of the Huerta and Maas party, as it had been expected he would do, she stated however, that he was bound for New York. Mohena is TTnpopnlar. . MY,, ,f , "h' .ri - Z faires u Hnaugnnessys bitterest en emy, the latter asserting that the for eign minister had heaped studied in sults upon mm ana nating him so openly that he refused to negotiate with him but transacted diplomatic business with Huerta direct. American newspaper-- men also dis liked him' cordially, describing him a.s fat. greasy and repulsive, a regular participant in Huerta's death councils, the possessor of a record as a killer gecond only to that o ex-Minister of the : Interior Urrutia, a hard drinker and-a bitter enemy .of the correspond' ents, six of whom he had sent to prison during his Incumbency in the foreign office To Rerall Rebel Agents? Washington July 7. That Senores Cabrera and Zubaron? who have been acting as Mexican constitutionalist nmnia hir for"wim t(m wr. hnnt to be' recalled to make way for agentu more distinctly representing General Carranza's views was reported today, This was -.Interpreted as .meaning that Carranza was about to enter into negotiations - with the Huertistas . and wanted to be sure ; that his : envoys would enter into no compact he might not like. ; ', -'-;5 M- ."There was no confirmation of ru mors that Carranza had cashiered Gen eral : Angeles, , his former secretary of war,-from the army. ' If , he had done so.f it ' was agreed his actionV unques- tionably meant further trouble , be iween hlmselt and General Vllla whe is Angeles' close. friend, WINTER RETURNS TO N. Y. ' New York. July 7. Kew . York - was shivering today In - the 'coldest July on record here, the thermometer -touch- , mg t aegrucs, j Body-Majr Be Hanjers. Hardelot, ; France July 7,-c-A corpse, believed to be that of Aviator" Gustave Hamel, lost several weeks ago "whtle attempting a trans-channel flight,- was ) tou,n& on the beach yesterday. . V- ! " ' ' - " ' " ! : TT I - ' i I t - BOSS MATTHEWS' IS SAID TO BE BACK IN POLITICAL SADDLE Former Dictator D eclaredo Control the County Affairs Through Lightner and Hart Is Multnomah . county to be ruled once more by the old. Jack Matthews machine? This la the question that Is buzzing through the corridors of the courthouse, and scores of the "work ers' who were enrolled under Mat thews' leadership in the halcyon days of ring rule are - looking, eagerly for the return of the ex-boss to power. ; For several years Jack! Matthews has been in ' political retirement. So completely had he been discredited that no office holder dared to risk open association with him, and no can didate wanted his known support. From time to time Matthews put over something in the county board or in the city council prior to the adoption of the - commission charter. but his operations were stealthy and the hand of the former boss was carefully hid den from public view. i Recently, - however, he has grown bolder and evidences of a determined scheme to regain control of. county af fairs have been frequent. Through Commissioners Lightner and Hart, Matthews . has now., virtual control- of the county board, and this was demon etrated yesterday in , the summary 'dis charge of M. J. Murnane as superin tendent of bridges, and the restoration of Madison Welch. J Welch used to "play the game" in the good old days, and served with satisfaction to the machine! in the leg (Concluded on Pace Eleven, Column Five) Persons Robbed Are r Asking for Money Ac r-. . ' I ' ' - ', Indications Are . That Claims Will Amount to More Than Was Recov ered Prom the Basalts, j ' . Pendleton. I Or, July 7. With V the 0.-W. R. & K. Ko. 5 train robbers cap tured and the booty recovered, claims from passengers who allege they were. robbed have begun to come in., 'The largest yet received is from William H. : Harper, recently or Boise, Idaho, who sends one "affidavit from Walla Walla that he was' robbed I of $175 in greenbacks and gold. Though he be lieves all of 'the booty was recovered. Sheriff Taylor fears, he is not going to have money enough to meet all claims. Only $281 jn cash was found and over half of this came from the express parcels. , - ' - Loan Sharks Again ; Under Investigation district Attorney Evans Will Prosecute - All Those Pound ' Violating Xaw Qoveralng Their Business. ' "Loan sharks", are to be investigated once more, and those caught violating the' law governing their business will be prosecuted, according to District Attorney Evans. State Bank Examiner Traeey .. conferred. wlth Evans regard' ing failure of the loan companies to comply with the license portion of the law,, and Evans promised to have any habitual borrowers , whose names are learned brought in, that they may be questioned for Traceys purposes.- - VAt the same time Evans will i watch for any other 'Violations of the law. .. SAFE HELMSMAN! i . i r THEORY IS HELD BY SOME AS THE CAUSE OF DOCK FIRES Three- Conflagratlofvs--Startj - FrOm : UnknOWrf CaUSe at! Almost; Same Hour, Three dock fires in four, months, all of mysterious origin, have given rise to a pretty well defined sentiment la many quarters of Portland that the disastrous conflagrations have ' been the work of an Incendiary. Spontaneous combustion or ignition - .t;.a in..ti. v.,itt xrom a ugmeu isr u i are other possible sources, nowever. and in the absence of specif lo clues or Information any ascribed .pause must be Dure speculation. The fact remains that both the --1 lumbia Dock Ko. 1 tire and the uceamo rioi.ic blaze started about 4 o'clock - In the morning the most propitious timet e TfhL to Jet in his work and for a firebug to get in nis worn ana 1 with all the fires confined to a cer- tain Stretch or tne waienroai . uii, are of the opinion ma. u mteuuiar ioir M'IZZC" "; .,. trying to wipe these docks out of ex- lstence. Detectives Investigate. To ascertain. It possible, the causes of Sunday's fire. City Detectives Ma- loney and Tlchenor have been assigned tn tnaka an Investigation. They have nnt coached' anv conclusions as- yet. Inquiry of-the wacenman at ma shows that at o cioc. a n it lantern to clean lx ror xne next R PQnADV IHULMUHUI day one of the steamship Marias crew go aroUnd Weston and on the Uma ran along the edge of the dock ota tilia reservation, it is not quite as good and; gave warning of the. fire, ibe a8jthe bumper of a year ago. Com- watchman rouna a piw Bv.. - Ing arid tried to put them out with a hand extinguished after turning In. an alarm. Arrival of the nreooat - re- vealed"that xno uucn- "." demeath. . Superlntendent umon o docie Biaxea ' Maria used the lower runway In going Tt was possible one of them this reason. ax r iV.J ZC1 had thrown a lightea c.gar uuucr dock. local Insurance men o? .wt. ,nkiv art mi t that they are UlatLWafJ to ascribe any.aeupiw . .... fire Spontaneous combustion from grain dust is believed by some to have originaxeu i" X90C& r mttwmm iVinr .to Fire Marshal Board- ,ti oceanic dock was one of the worst: risks along tne "- " , ... wain Hn waa Ing to tne way 10 a in a cyclone blower the chaff and dust was emptied on an endless belt which ran (Concluded on Page Three. Cohima Three) Harvester Trust 4 Wedding in Paris : w...ii.v Wulmi Ban. linauncey - - V ing ot cucago, - rj"" V Harvester Trust, Are aaarrxeoj "Paris; July 7. Chauncey McCormick 'Tn - ' - AT . " aires, also of Chicago. 'were married WreyereJ. " .a i.: rrhak . vamii mm a atak v , . ttonal -Harvester corporation. Receivers tor Lorimer Banks. Chicaeo. July ? 1 . Receivers ' ' were asked yesterday for-the State Bank of Calumet. Illinois State Bank of Chi - cago and Ashland Twelfth State bank. Lorimer Institutions, which , closed whMi tIk nirsnt nnni ft1rl - v . I UMATILLA S CROP OF CEREALS THIS . EXCEEDS LAST YEAR'S Wheat" Probably Rim-Half al IVlIlLJOnV OUSnelS LeSS DUX Barley Is Very Heavy. By Hyman H. Cohen; Weston,' Or., July 7. Viewing'' the famous Umatilla county wheat fields from a high elevation above the city of Weston, the former normal school (site which has an Inclination tn arairi becom. thts MSL7 at lMrnin, n 1 . - see- ror miles and -miles an almost un- broken stretch of wheat and barley, This . vicinity has ofttlmea been Jaiy called the one treat wnat blt I of hi i rrt 1 f. n. k few sections f the entire United States 1 that has never been known to kava a I , ii-. . i" t ... ,,,. ,... , Tt, . Lll " ,e Wheat BroducInS sectlon 0 Umatilla - county and to. w W asuauj n. - . .. Kether wUh the Athena section has tha count f.mon. o. a wheat 1 producer. umatuja county will this season haifvMt approximately 5.000.000 bushels 0f hwheat. perhaps 600.000 bushels less lhn a year aso Thls ,a aa nUreiy to bnft. j those freaks of nature which hair for years decreed that whenever 1 tnJ Beason is most excellent for wheat I nroductlow in tha lia-ht land aurtlnnt it It. ilaunllv ! favnr.M nr th. SaoJl.. 1 unds or what are. usually called the 1 "better" lands. Whlla tha whaat mm la pared with previous seasons this year s OUput In the east end of the county wiu b excellent but as last' year's crop waa an extraordinary one if is scarcely" fair to compare It with the present production, although the lat- teri is by no means suffering greatly I by comparison. l nere Ig perhap8 one realiy good rea. fVrZtliT.t Cl ( hU end of Umatilla county ia not as heavy as . w aga-, tre DM n the fields, due to the abundance of I moisture early In the season, which 1 I,,, nneloded on Page Three. Colnma Two) bung Minister Is A Confessed Thief I - r. - Angeles Police Say Stoddard Xrr ing, on St of His Ordination,- Kas T " " r" ' Los Angeles, CaL, July : 7.-On the eve of bis ordination to the ministry,'! Stoddard Irving.- zl,- is a confessed thief today. -according- to police detec- ticea Shyrand Crow. ' , f , ' Irving, the officers say, came to Los Angeles after practically complet ing: his course In theology at an Indi ana university. He was .without money, . fof , two montba , lived ; by I small. thievery.' they claimed. He waa 1 caught disposing of stolen goods. YACHT; RACE : POSTPONED l.,4i-v- -j - . - .. . s ; ; t : . ' v t . a & a. - . ..- e . an . I ' wewporx, . 1, juiy .r-TM rirst puci u-uu rw-e m utjwnce, a I R-anluta and Vanltia fnr tha hW defendlna - America's cud aarainat . Sir 1 Thomas Llpton s challenger, was post- I penied today on , account -of Inclement I weather.,; The ; race, probably will . be 1 held tomorrow. Up to date in "the un-j I official contests,' the' Resolute has won I seven races, the Vanltle four and the Drf lanca one. . , . ' Defiance one. Columbia Highway ; v Uauses Surprise Tormer City rnglaeer of Seattle Says There's Votblnr Zdke Beaalo Xoad in World t Big1 Asset for Portland. ' There Is nothing -like "-It In the world," said R.'. H. Thomson, former city engineer of Seattle, yesterday, af ter a trip over the Columbia Highway from Chanticleer Inn to Oneonta Gorge. Mr. Thomson, who Is flow employed In . British Columbia In 'laying out fctrathcona Park on Vancouver Island, made a flying trip from Seattle to in spect the work on the highway. "The most astonishing thing about ' the work," said he. "is the amount that has been done, In such a limited, time; It Is simply, marvelous. It shows what efficient organisation can accomplish, When completed the highway will at tract the attention of the world. .1 do not believe that the people of Portland jet reallserwhat an asset it win be." "I see nothing In the work to criti cise. It has been admirably done. - "I hope, however, no effert will be made to turn travel on - It this year. Let the road "settle during one' rainy season and nature will - do more In compacting it than in any other way. Of course, there will be some washouts and other troubles but the rain Itself will do the Job better $han anything else.V - , - Mr. 'Thomson expressed the opinion that it would be a mistake to use a concrete pavement as the highway re quired something more flexible. He recommended bituminous ,' -macadam. which has been used with great suc cess by Mr. Hill on his roads at Mary hill. - Mr. Thomson left for British Co lumbia late last night. Portland. Man Is Held at Ceritralia Cyclist Strikes Xiad. and Injures Sin Badly When Policeman Tries to Stop , Speeding; Son of Gh A. X. Man. Centralla, Wash., July T. Henry Kurtx, a Portland motorcyclist, is be ing held in the local jail pending the outcome of the injuries of John Hes-1 ford, the 12 year old son of A. T. Hes- ford, commander of the Centralla post G. A. R., who was badly hurt when he was struck by Kurtz's motorcycle as j the latter was racing through Cen tralla Sunday afternoon. Patrolman DeLoche stepped Into the middle of the street to stop . the . cyclist and Kurtx, forced to turn to one side to avoid hitting- the policeman, crashed into the curb and struck young Hes- ford. It is thought the boy has a -chance for recovery. DeLoche asserts Kurta was going 60 miles an hour down the j main street of the city when the ac- - Henry Kurt. Hve. at in Ken street Sabwood company. Accompanied by a brother,. Christ Kurtz, he left Port-1 uuia oaiuroay on a vacation xrip . xo Tacoms, Portland Firms May Now Bid on Lumber I m..v..i.i. rr-4.- I " 1, siTi wuni zau ion u ssmi com. Havy Wants This City to Snter Com petition for OoTermmeat Supplies. Secretary of t. he Kavy Joseph us Daniels wants Portland's lumber men I to sell their wares to the navy depart- I ment According to a letter received I by tn Chamber or Commerce today 1 from, senator George E. Chamnerlain. . . . . . .."I 1 iransmuimg a missive written to the senator by the secretary, there Is no I rnmn. hv rr,m. .Km,M ago have entered competition. - wrv " vuwMav aw e vnaj The chamber has 'been trying to widen the local lumber market throuca government agencies and has asked the senator to help. : This he has don by writing the heads of all the bureaus and departments of government to put Portland on their mailing lists when ever bids for supplies are to- be sought. Already several departments have been aligned and the chamber will get regu larly copies of all specifications for lumber . supplies wanted. Secretary Daniels writes: "Am wide competition Is the prime object of the department we . would - have been plessed to have received bids from Portland. In future, I hope such bids will be received. Resignation Laid. Before the Cabinet J George Pred WlHiamg Teela Xis ol- ttOB X : VOMOtU to y What He Wants to About Albania. Washington, July 7. Secretary ' of State Bryan laid .before the cabinet meeting today George Fred Williams resignation as United States minister to Greece. It was said It would be ac cepted Immediately and thst In con nection with' the matter President Wil son might Issue a statement later. Williams gave as his reason tor re signing the fact that the restriction-. J 01 1 of a diplomatic post make it impossible - lfor him to comment with the freedom he would like upon the Albanian situa- scientiously keep silent In view jf what I he learned by hie recent visit among them of what the powers have done te I the Albanian people. Hduse'Inauirea as . To U. P. Bond Issue Washington,; July ' Tho house 1 tt-! day unanimously requested Secretary ( of : the Treasury McAdoo to disclose ia secxion ox me union racixic railroad in Kansas- The resolution vi. intra. I duced by Representative Burton. Rep- t resents uve .. unaerwood - insisted that I . -t. .1... .. . . the amendment provide that McAdoo need not furnish- the Information "If he considered it Incompatible with, pub lic Interest." The- resolution inquires into what corporation holds" title .to 10 miles of. railroad In a certain sec tion and also whether the government I issued 11,600.000 in bonds to the com I nanv pany. FIRST rail WILL BUILD AT FIFTH, STAHK A. L. Wills, President;; Makes Formal Announcement ; of Plans for Structure to Cost $300,000 to $400,000. , DETAILS OF PROPOSED 1 CONSOLIDATION GIVEN Merger With the Security, Savings & Trust Co. to V Be Effective July 25. Tint Tffatlonel Bank. - A new building, for the First Kational bank will be con structed on the southwest cor ner or Fifth and Stark streets ' at a cost of between 13 00,000 and $400,000. The consolidation of the - First National bank and the Security Savings & Trust com- pany will, become effective July 25. The latter' concern will be continued as a trust company solely. The consoll- dated banks will occupy tern- . porary quarters In the Corbett - building.. - s . r The capitalization of - the First Kational bank will be in-4 creased from 11.500.000 to is.. 4 600,000. ' The capitalization of the Security. Savings & Trust company will be reduced from .ouo,040 to 1250.000. . :The official staff of the First Kational will be strengthened 4 " by the addition of C F. Adams as vice president , and E. A. Wyld and vice president and cashier.. J. w. Newkirk and D. W. Ross, at present cashier ' and assisunt cashier e of . the First Kational. will be retired on pension. The official fm. 4 ily of the SecuHty Savings Trust company will remain the' same. ; , ; - ' All -of the .118 employes of the two banks' will be retained 4 after the' consolidation. ' ;:V . -. , ' '. m lvely by the First Kational bank, wilt be constructed at a, cost: of between 1300.000 and S400.000 on ' the 100x100 site at the, southwest corner of Fifth and Stark streets. ' ; ' ; This alte . Is . now occupied by . the four story brick building housijir the J. G- Mack Furniture company, which will be torn down, -the work'ot demol ishing to be begun within the next two 1 Vl Taam niAtif ha ' 'Mia ' nAkt banking accord ...r 1. ul 'Z.. 7.- """" "u'k "m w uui m ance with - the most approved plans for banking structures, may be ready for occupancy within a ! year, and at any rate by January 1, 1916. ..,', Arrangements- have been completed I for the purchase of .this property, fit 1 1400.000 from the. Corbett estate. The I Security Savings. Trust" com pa nit wm ouy tne property and turn It over to the "lrst KaUonal as part of Its I ...... ... 1 . . . . . 1 nwarctv vw MU hnw avsai svay ma V VVUSWtT tdated.. , - . : . This announcement was made today by A, L. Mills, president of the First KaUonal bank, together with tha de- I tails of the consolidation of the First I Kational bank end the SecurltyaviRgs ' X Trust Co which becomes effective July 25. On that day or within a few (Cottctaded oa Pace toer, Cotama Oe. Honolulu Commis- sion' Agency Desires Oregon Connections "Honolulu Commission - agency desires Oregon connections. Am opening large commission - agency In Honolulu and am -desirous of forming business " connections, with wholesale firms manufactur ing or dealing in following- lines: Wholesale Grocers,' Dry Goods, -Paints and Oils. Leather Goods, . Boots and Shoes. Hay and Grain, Hardware, Crockery, Stationery, Flour, Tobacco, Cigars. Jewelry, etc. Have lived in Honolulu - 20 , years." Class New Today. , f ' - ( - SIX ROOM HOUSE i WALKING DISTANCE v a Hardwood floors. - built. In buf fet, kitchen -in white enamel, 3 : dandy good bedrooms, large front ' pore br cement basement with fur - nace; street improvements , and sewer paid for. Only 13 minutes on streetcar. . This Is a good home ', and steady - people can buy this for 2 a month." Class 61. ; ,, - "10 acre" farm, team, stock, lm--plementa, etc at; Sherwood. ,t9 minute on electric: ;Want small -; place at Garden Home or nearer, and aoroe cash. Class 31.' - '"Modern 13 room house In. tho heart of Sunnyside: can be ar- -. ranged for two families; nice yard. .. . Will rent at $20 per month to de- .. ; slrable tenants.! . Class 12. . Elegantly ;. . fornfshed" flat. 4 -f large outside ; rooms, - with - bath " ' and Dutch kitchen, 10 minutes' : walle from ith and Washington; steam-heat, water and phone; very reasonaWe." Class 60. . '.- , These Items should be 'prof It- ' able to you think them over a lit tle and then see if other Journal Went Ads; offer better preposi- V tions. : . ': -;-':.. ;- ,;'v ' ' Theee Items appear ;' today In " The Journal Want Ads; the classi fication number follows each item. 4;