VOL. XIV NO. 51.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1915 EIGHTEEN PAGES ' .
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S. S. LUSITANIA TORPEDOED
OFF I IRISH
PERSONS AT
Giant Cunard Liner, Carrying
Passengers, Attacked Supposedly- by German Subma
line Off Kinsale Head,
Rep
orted to Have Been
BOATS FILLED WITH SURVIVORS ARE
SIGHTED AND STEAMERS RUSH TO RESCUE
British Destroyers Hurried to
miralty Announces Greek ; Steamer ; Picking
Up Some of the Survivors.
New York, Slay 7. (U. P.)
made public the following: message from ". .Liverpool ;
A majority of the rescue vessels are now apparently making
JAJI IU Wit , ' ; f
- New York. May 7.-r-(U. t P.
Cunard company cave .out the
Old Head tvire rbegins:
taking passengers and boats
ceeding to Queenstow.n.' " ' . ..
This referred to a previous
I cock had rescued passengers! from; fishing boats and was! going
I to Kinsdaie.
' Cork, Ireland,' May 7. (I. N.
from the Lusitania were landed
Cork, according! to dispatches to
London May I 7. (I. -N; S.)
o'clock tonight issued an , official
was torpedoed without warning;
It is kpownthat a large number of large, boats were near the
scene ancj full information of the disaster wfll ' be- published im
mediately on its receipt. j v. , ; S".
As the evening wore on- without any news oi-the number of
passengers attel (sailors saved,! the
of life would-be!
Washintoh,'?
Ufternoon cabled the, state depart
I ;TheXusitaniiawas torpede)dsthTs-nofigf iSheisank; wUhirw
half an; hour.' We .have no p6tt of : the, passengers syet."
Liverpool, May 7 (I. N- 5.)-$ J. Lister, general manager,
of the Cunard line, issued the otiowjrig statement :
We have received miormation
doed at 2 :30, o'clock today. ! Just
I sent this wire: 'Come at once;
heard from her.; The Lusitania
816 were crew and 1251 were
sunk without -wfarning." j
The statement added- that; any
landed and brought here. j
By Herbert Temple, European Manager International News Service.
London, May), 7. (I. Ni S.)
greatest sea blow of the war at Great Britain, -when the giant
Cunard liner Litisitania was torpedoed by a German submarine
off Old Kinsalei Head Ireland.
the Lusitania was beached, this
Ipatches from Gueenstown, which
liner had been aved. j
confirmed, lor
batch received this evening by
I of whether a torpedo or an infernal machine had been used on
the liner! still open. The blow to the Lusitania was delivered
at 2r33 o clock this atternoon,
lantic; eigh miles off the head
of Ireland. K i
Nearly 1251 passengers, among
nent Americans
were aboard I the
At S:S0 o'clock this afternoon LJoyds
Issued a Btatement that the Lusitania
-was believes! to have been blown up by
an infernal machine. The dispatch
elated; .. . : .- ; 1 .
"We have no details of the rate i or
nassenirers and . crew, pui ; mey are
considered to be probably Bafe." ,
Signals for XCelp.
: The first news lof the disaster to
the big . vessel came in a dispatch
I from Queenstown. lit said: -
"Lands End wp-eiess reports ine
following distress icall by the Xiusi-
tania: C6n onca. Big list. Posi
tion 10 miles south! Kinsale.
9 Subsequently word was received
here and i all available boats from
the harbors along the southern coast
of Ireland had been dispatched to aid
the liner. Still later advices from
Queenstown .said: j .
"About 20 boats! belonging to the
Lusitania are In the vicinity of the
disaster. About IS vessels are rush
ing to the, Lusitania' assistance. .
. Owners Are Zrantic. . ..
As soon as news tof the disaster was
received here the Cunard offices were
besieged with anxious Inquiries.
Scores of American residents, of Lon-
I don rushed to the (American embassy
clamoring for news of the Americans
who sailed on the Lusitania.
At first the nubllo Was skeptical Of
ths reports of the disaster, believing
it impossible ' that the : submarines
I could catch ths liner unawares.
The admiralty had been at the great
est pains to guard the Lusitania and
other5 big v liners, ijn the belief, that
they would later be needed as trans
ports. "Not only were warships sent
to protect the Lus&tania, but special
precautions ' taken to guard- the whole
steamer lane.
At 4:20 this afternoon the follbwlnat
dispatch -was received : by the British
admiralty: !
Several boats apnarentlv filled with
survivors of the Lusitania haVe been
sighted nine miles
southeast . of Kin-1
COAST; 300
LEAST SAVED
Many Prominent American
St. George's Channel, and Is
Beached.
the Scene and British Ad
The Cunard; line late todav
At 4 :30 this afternoon the
following cable message
Lanel . last message, btormcock
from motor fishing boat. Pro
; .'. .
message, which said the btorm-
S.)-Three hundred passengers
: at .ClonakiltyV southwest of
a newspaper here.
The Cunard" company at 7 :4G
declaration; that the Lusitania
and sank almost immediately.
impression grew that the loss
merrfci alQllows
that the Lusitania was torpe
previously the : Lusitania . had
heavy list. That was the last
had 2067 souls aboard, Of whom
passengers. '.She was apparently
passengers saved would .be
Germany today delivered her
It was practically certain that
statement being made in dis-
reported that all aboard the
apparently confirmed, by a dis-
Lloyds, but it left the question
when the vessel was in the At
of Kinsale, on the south coast
whom were scores of promi
liner.
sale Heaifc A Greek steamer passing
is Kiving assistance.
British, destroyers .from the south
coast of Ireland at WaterfnM
Cork and. from Liverpool are rushing
tfl flA 1 ll.Wnnl..'. M I.J 1 . v.. - .
.... u.nwuuig - xespxie i-ioyos
report that the passengers and crew
are believed safe, the belief is general
this afternoon that the loss' of life will
be very heavy.
Medford Woman
On the Lusitania
Miss Dorothy Connor Was on Ker Way
to Beeoxne a Knrse la ths Army Hos-
'." Pltal. i i j ; J ,;
Medford, Or.. May 7. Miss Dorothy
Connor of Medford was aboard the
steamer Lusitania. She was going to
Kurope to act as a nurse.
Passengers From Pacific Coast.
Seattle. Wash-. ; May 7. m v
Four residents of Washington are list-
ea as passengers on the Lusitania,
which was torpedoed today. . They are:
J- S. Arter, Mr. and . Mrs. William
Crother, f Tacoma, and J. W. Qull
lian, of Spokane. " .
San Francisco, May 7. (P. N. S.)
San Franciscans known to have bin
passengers on the Lusitania when she
mei aisasner are: . .
Mary Walker. C. 'Jones. William Tjv-
dou A.. R. Starch. C Graham, E. T.
ueoosiere, .oars. Jfi. A, Clay. .
Mann Is in Chicago.
A. E. Mann. Portland resident, who
was reported to havs been a passenger
on the ; British steamer Lusitania, Is
in Chicago and would 'have sailed on
the sailing of May's from New TTork.
He was booked by Dorsey B. Smith,
of this city,: agent for the Cunard line4
No Portland people were on the vessel,
said Mr. Smith, this afternoon. .
CUNARD LINER LUSITANIA SUNK BY THE
, ' . r ; - k , - : ; - -
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mimmmmmmmim
Dot in sea south of Cork, Ireland,
torpedoed. The shaded portion of the map iadicates the "war
zone" proclaimed by the Germans about the British Isles.
AUSTRIA IS REPORTED TO
TO ACCEDE TO TERMS
AS INCOMPATIBLE
Large-Numbers of Italians Are Crossing the Line From
Austria to Their Own Country, and Martial Law Is
Said to Hav& Been Declared in Border Provinces,
By Brixton D. Allaire.
Aomc, May 7. (X. W. 8.) Xing' Tie
tor Emmanuel this evening' summoned
the minister of was to ths palace.' Vhm
Austrian ambassador had just deliv
ered two notes to ' Baron Somilno,
ths Italian forelft-n minister. It Is re
ported that Italy will move on Aus
tria; following the conference f the
war minister and king.
Rome. Itfay 7. (L N. S.) Final re
jection by Austria of Italy's " terms,
with all indications pointing to imme
diate war, were reported here today in
special dispatches - from the frontier.
The newspapers here display ' the dis
patches in their' biggest' type, but de
spite them the optimism of the German
embassy here seems undiminished. ;
Austrian newspapers unitedly de
clare the acceptance of Italy's demands
are Incompatible with Austria's dig
nity.' '.-v-i -'- '
Martial law today was reported de
clared in all -Italian provinces on .the
Austrian frontier. and. Italians in. larjre
numbers are crossing the boundary to
their "home country. . ...
ROYAL DECREE GIVEN -
TO PERMIT CENSORING .
OF TELEGRAPH LINES
Rome, May 7. I. N. S.) A royal
decree . published this morning em
powers the government to suspend all
telephone and " telegraph service -"in
case -of extraordinary circumstances."
In view of ths: cravity of the Inter
national situation.'. this . is. taken - .to
mean : that arrangements . are complete
for an Instantaneous censorship 1 on alt
news if war is declared against Aus
tria. ; '.i V ;
The device of suspending sJl ; com
munication is one -usually -resorted to
only wjien the death of a pope or king
occurs, ana today s decree is regarded
shows where the Liusitania was
HAVE DECLINED
PROPOSED BY ITALY
WITH DIGNITY OF NATION
as the most positive1 indication to date
that momentous events are on the
verge of taking place.
. The cabinet met today to ; consider
and finally dispose of a new note set
ting forth with finality the attitude of
Austria, which has been received by
special courier from Vienna to Baron
von Macchio, the Austrian ambassador,
who. as soon as it was received went
into secret conference with Prince von
Buefow, the kaiser's special plenipo
tentiary, x .
Parliament Postponed.
Reports were current today that the
government- has postponed the opening
of -parliament until May 12, but these
were impossible, of confirmation. Their
circulation, however, set the usual
crop of rumors flying,; the. Interven
tionists seeing In the reported plan a
surs presage of war, while the' Pa
cificist camp, professed to believethat
the resources of .diplomacy are riot yet
exhausted, The. general v impresison,
however, is that a break with Austria
caft hardly be avoided.
All trains toward .Austria and Ger
many today are Crowded with Teutons
fleeing rfrom Italy and so jammed
.were they with refugees that hundreds
of them, denied transportation to the
Teutonic countries, were taking every
possible means 'of conveyance to' reach
Spain.' '.i !,..; . .'.v f
Women jNairqwly
; Escape From Fire
-Marshfield,- - Dr., V May Y-rWonien
members; Of. the' famfly barely" escaped
from ;-he house arly this - morning
whsn the restdehciof J. "CiTwmir at
Northi Bend was totally-vdestfoyed by
fire. CAir thd-oon tents was 3ost ' Ths
loss is about $3000; no 4nsuranej'.Flre
had been , made early ln the,- kitchen
stove- and -a defective Ttue-was prob
ably, the cause of. the blaze Ther women
were nsleep and "wakened to find the
whole, house, in. flames:
GERMANS OFF SOUTH
NO WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND
CHINA, FOR TQKIQ WITHDRAWS
DEMANDS OBNOXIOUS TO PEKING
y ', ' -
Reports From Official Circles SayThat All Other Conces
sions Sought by Japan Will Be Granted and That Task
'of Working Out Details Is All That Remains to Bring
. Peace Negotiations to End; Quiet in Tokio.
if (t
What Oroup rive Provides. .
The principal article in group 0
five of the Japanese demand on
China- upon which an agree- if
ment ; was reached today pro-
vided that 'the Chinese govern-
ment -should employ Japanese t
advisers in all military and po- 1ft
litical affairs. Other demands -
were that . China should pur-
chase a fixed ratio of her war 4
rations from Japan, in the es- 4jt
tabllshment of arsenals; that
the police of certain sections, Jjc
especially iii Manchuria, should "t
be under the joint supervision of
the Japanese and Chinese; rail-
road concessions, Including the
right to" build a line connecting
Hankow and Hanchow; mining, 4t
railway and dock concessions .in
the provinces of Fukien and the
right ' of land ownership for 4ft
Japanese hospitals, schools and
other Institutions. -
Tokio, May 7. (U. P.) Peace be
tween Japan and China was Insured
today when the Tokio government
GREAT NAVAL BATTLE
BETWEEN RUSSIANS,
GERMANS REPORTED
Petrograd Dispatches Assert
Warships of Two Nations
.Clash in Baltic Sea,
Copenhagen, May 7. (I. N. ; S.)
Dispatches here this afternoon froni
Petrograd report an official announce
ment hag ,been given out there .to , the
effect that the German - and Russian
fleets are. locked In a great naval bat'
tie in the Baltic near Libau.
Panic on Wall
Street Follows :
Receipt of News
isew iork, May 7. Wall
street was thrown-Into a panic s
today wnen news of the sinking ? Ht
of the pritieh steamer Lusi-
tania became known. Leadingr
securities recently- sharply, ad- J
vanced Because of war orders f
obtained from the allies were . Hf
dumped overboard by fright
ened holders. Within a few
minutes there was a. loss of 28
points In Westlnghouse 'Elec
tric, which' broke quickly from
100 to 72. . At the same time a
loss of 29 points was forced In
Bethlehem Steel, which broke
from 69' to 30. ' .
The entire stock market was
demoralized by war news and
the ship sinking incident. The
public, which had ibeen forced
into the stock market recently
by the enormous advances In
the securities of the companies
receiving war orders, began to
offer everything It had to sell.
-
,. . f
, Nome B-yely AVet. ' . ' ;
Nome, Alaska May 7. IP. Nfc 8.) -Nome
remains listed in the wet column
today by ; ths narrow j margin of 117
votes. In the wet and dry election
held yesterday saloons were retained
by a vote of 561. to 434. .,-' .. '
COAST OF IRELAND
withdrew from the list 24 demands
made upon Peklne the fifth irouD.
which from the start has been ob
noxious to the Chinese government
and threatened to plunge the two na
tions -into war.
.All other concessions sought by
Japan are to- be granted in effect, it
was understood here today, and only
the working out of the details remains
to close the negotiations which have
threatened the peace of the orient for
weeks. The decision of the cabinet.
wuowmg tne i receipt' of additional
communications rrom Peking evident
ly met with general- approval in Tokio.
i-naspepujaws'wtmely qolet to
day and there 'were ho war demon
strations, despite the fact that an. ul j
timatum bad been placed in the hands
of the Japanese minister In Peking to
asuver to tne Chinese . government
snouid diplomatic negotiations fail.-
Hears Ultimatum Delivered.
Washington, May 7. (TJ.'-P.)- De
spite the receipt of dispatches stating
that Japan and China had reached an
agreement, the Japanese embassy to
day announced that it had received a
cable from Tokio declaring that .th,e
mikado's ultimatum. had been delivered
to the Peking government
PLACED Iff CATEGORY
-'-,... -: '
WITH FALABA'S LOSS
Official Attitude Will Not Dif
, feFromAjbatSReaftling
Sinkingbf Smaller Boat,' '
iWs shl b b'oi1 ifay ' f .-;J",' VQrijUt' the
-, firwini. Tna arternoon it was
asters .fell, lrftgs ms catagory and
undoubtedly jwouldb fcasftfta-sKitAv..
precisely simil.IWs J jn; i?tj as
Anrerioarfioitftee4.aHth jahtf
ter -as oncrned1.rv;;-'.l
rstaryBryaitvwai .stfuncheon
wuc.i-new -torpeaoinj? tf the 41uii
tania reached.hlm. He hurrJetT
to -the, state daparrmerito ; At 2:16, p,
m. no; ofncu information had been e4
- The-departraenitaaV-mitch -ppset.
Every effort was , being-made - tcr s-
tabllsh;jcommunlctlort-fwitLcoflsular
representatives- neareetx jjie-' sceoat 6t
disaster.. : .; .-;- - v;
- rsatdsnCsoaflia'a jusf iihlshea
lunch when Assistant : Secretary JFors
ter told hirS , the Lw$itania. had "Been,
aunk.;3-;:.?i:-vi-;J tlrM
: -XJff ICf at . ? inf oi -in A flam wa et " . . .i,-.-
rtaieat !;T&.fif!ed- the
White House- that it ihud, ohyt'-press
01 iw T -l-'TTl n'' i '-u ) i !
SMf Wreck of CSrs
Score ZBjarsd When Sants, Pe Prelght
Train Kits Pasadena Car; Bodies Are
; Burled TTzULsr . Debris.
Los Angeles, Cal., May1 7. (P. N.
S. Six persons were killed and a
score Injured when a Santa F freight
train ran into a south Pasadena street
car at Aliso street and the , Santa Fe
tracks this afternoon.
Among the dead and Injured " are:
Mary M. Baird. Mrs. W. S. James, Mrs.
II. 8. Hurjburt, C. P. Shrive, Mable
Burt,' Mrs. Lily Smith, Mrs. H. S.
Greenwood, Mrs. P. H. Johnson, Mrs.
Greenwalt, Lily Schmidt, Mrs. H. C
Col Ion. --i
The dead snd injured were buried
beneath the wrecked streetcar and en
gine and freight cars. . .
LUSITANIA
DISASTER
I Danger of Deficit
In Treasury Not
Threatened Now
Government Officials Declare There
Is Xo Necessity for Bond.,'
Issue. ' I: :'.
Washington. May 7ji (I. N. S.) Alt
danger of necessity for a bond issue
to forestall a threatened treasury defi
cit today was believed . by - government
officials to b pant. - The first sub
atanttaj receipts from tlve Income tax
are : beginning to come in. , The net
balance in the general - fund of the
treasury, -which has been Milne off at
the rate of from one half million to
one. million dollars a day - since the
first of the year, has remained, sta
tionary at about 118.000,000 for1 the
last three or four days and even In
creased by 9100,000 one day, this week.
TWENTY-ONE DEAD AS
RESULT; OF CYCLONES
YESTERDAY IN SOUTH
Fifteen Killed 'In -Louisiana
and Six Met Same' Fate in
Mississippi.
New Orleans. Ma 7.f L 1ST. R.V
Twenty-one deaths - and a' list '6f Ini
Jured that may run to a hundred was
estimated; today to be the toll taken by
two cyclones yesterday afternoon. Ths
first broke in the vicinity of Acadia
Parish, southwest Louisiana, and ths
second in the .vicinity of Jonestown,
MISS. . ! ' . '' :
The deaths In Louisiana totaled 15.
and mayj probably run beyond this
figure. In Mississippi six lives are
known to have been lost. The prop
erty damage In: Louisiana Is placed at
tuu,uuo. i -ine figures for Mississippi
are not obtainable, but will be equally
as large. : !..''..
Wires are down through Coahoama
county, where the fury of the storm
was the greatest, and . details of the
havoc wrought by the wind are diffi
cult to obtain. -'- - :
I Fourteen Dead:
Clarksdale.- Miss.. May 7. -(I. N.' S.
-A tornado sweeping this section of
the stats! today killed 14. Injured 25
and caused prpperty loss of more than
half a million! dollars. :
i orrentiai rains following ; the $or-
naao riooaeo ; tnousands of acres of
cotton and drowned hundreds of cattle
and mules. "i .
The mighty wind swept everything
In its, path to the ground... Cotton gins,
plantation buildings, stores and houses
were completely demolished.
-,Wires are,xla w n J the distrf cf . s S d
communication Js demoralized. ' i
Damage.' at Humboldt. ' . ,
v Humboldt. Tenn.; May 7. (I. N. S.)
one person kHied, two seriously In
jured : and heavy property . loss today
were . net "results of 1 the tornado
sweeping through this section late last
highfv '
fe Mahyr orchards were completely up
rooted' and the roofs of 60 houses and
barns were carried away: . . .
BULLETINS
. 'Transylvania' AV1U SaJl.
New York, May 7. (U. P.) Cunard
Line officials i.nnounced this after-
; nopn i that, despite -. the torpedoing or
the "Lusitania, the liner Transylvania
of the Anchor Line, which Is under
charter to the Cunar4 Line, will sail
Tor Liverpool at 6 o ciocK.-tnis after
noon.. ' She will make the trip oyer the
course followed by the Lusitania.
K Lapland Iteachea Port;.
Liverpool, May 7. (U. P.) The
Red Stare liner Lapland, from New
York, arriver here safely at 4 :J5 p. m.
today. , ! .
. Sunk; Other Vessels.
London. May T. (U.-P.) The Ger
man submarine which sunk the Cunard
liner Lusitania Is believed to be the
same which yesterday sunk the : two
6000 freighters Centurlan and Candi
date and on Wednesday sunk the sail
ing ship Earl of. Latham. The admiralty-has
sent a flotilla of fast destroy
ers to Search for the undersea boat.
r. " . i ' i
Woman Guilty on
ICliafge of Pierjury
MarsBfIld Or.i Mar 7. -Mrs. Ruby
Simpson .Nosier was found ruilty of
perjgry, ;jn connection with the old
CaachTreadgld feud. She admitted
shetestifled falsely Irr the, Bandon
cltir6ttrt-i ajtaJnst Jos. Coach, but
cJalmed she did so because instructed
ftrrd threatened by City Attorney Tread -go
X& -at Bandon. Treadgrold denied her
accusations., j.., . . ,
FISHERS mBLOCK CHANNEL
Within the .short time of an hour.
two big.Atlantlc coast liners, the Santa
Cecilia ' and . the - American, were
beached 'while- entering the Columbia
river, rather than, run down the fisher
men at work in ths channel.. The Santa
Cecilia grounded Just before S o'clock
and- the American, just before 4 yes
terday afternoon. Chief Customs In
spector' IL- IV McGrath and a force
of deputies in the customs launch XL
W. Scott are to be rushed to the scene
at once and. the 'channel kept i clear.
This statement was authorized by Col
lector of Customs Burke late, this aft
ernoon. Kegler Estate Sues for Damages.
Suit for $7500 damages for the death
Of Charles M. Kegler was filed today
against Victor Brandt, ; owner of the
Carlton hotel. The suit t was brought
by W. J. Hull, executor of. the state
of Kegler. .... -, iy - :.
Kegler. was , struck - by the Carlton
hotel auto bus. The accident occurred
December 21 at Broadway and Couch
streets. Kegler died a few days later
from his Injuries, .
HILL SIM
IS WEI B"
British Troops Driven From
-possession After Week of
Bloody Struggle, Declares
Dispatch Coming i- From
Berlin by Wireless. !
HEAVY LOSS IN EFFORT
TO REGAIN LOST GROUND
Counter-Attacks Directed at
: Germans Are Said to Have
- Resulted in Great Disaster
to the Soldiers1 of King
; -George
Berlin, via 'wireless to London.
May.- 7.(U. P.)The German
rlijfio.f steel is slowly but surely
closing Jn on Ypr'es. Tho' official
statement from the war oif flee to
day; announced that the j kaiser's
troops are now in cqmplete pos
session of 'Hill '60, about which
bloody .fighting lias been in prog
ress for the past week.
Not only were the British drlvi
from this position, but jcounter
attacks directed against the Ger
mans,; In an effort to re-t;ako the
hill ; were repulsed with! heavy
loBses, the statement declared.
i . ' Gains East of ' Vpres.
Berlin, May 7. (I. N. 8.) Via -wire-le
to v Sayvllle. further Germnn
gains east of Ypres were claimed in
an official statement' issued here to
day by t he war office. Bven nui
chlne KuriK, a mine thrower, thousands
of rifles and a large quantity of am
munition were, captured from the
British.- - - ,.. .'.(..:
L Attempts' of the British to capture
i positions on Kill NO. HO w,r-r,nnl,.l
htitV aVy-,oea&--jrii-h tfittacks at
Stelnbruerk and in the Vosses resioua
ralso have met with defeat. !
'Fifteen hundred Russians." con
tinued the statement, "have ; been cap--,
tured at Rosrinle. . V-1
"The .Russians ere retreating from
Hill Nd. B?0, south of Kalwarja In
the Carpathians."
' Attack'Wlth Heavy Guns.
'Paris. May 7. (I. N. 8.) German
Onslaughts on the allies on the front
near Tpres today slackened so far an
rifle and' bayonet work was concerned
and the giant effort of the Teutons re
solved itself into a general attack with
heavy guns. To these the big guns of
the-British and the 75's of the French
responded, the whole duel making a
terrific roar of giant detonations.
; The final effort of the .Germans
camo at Bagatelle where, the French
offlcal staterJient today declare, the
Teutons were driven back after a
fierce hand to hand battle before the
rival trenches.
In the Vaaqiiols another heavy gun
duel is raging but there have been no
Sertoli attempts on either side to push
advances "by infantry attack.
DEVELOPING OP PORT"
NO HARDSHIP AT ALL,
ITERS
Just as Economical to Clear
at Portland Custom House
as Elsewhere.
"Anything that comes direct t, any '
imcprter in Portland can be Cleared
through the customs house here ?Just
as economically as through Seattle. It
Is the duty of every merchant of port
land to .clear everythinrt in Portland."
A. H. Devers of ClOsset A Vevtrn
made that assertion today in Indorse
ment of the sentiments of Collector of
Customs Tioma C. Burke and the edi
torial stand of Ths Journal in regard
to ths development of this port through
the clearing of imports destined to
Portland merchants.
; Mr. Devers' concern Imports large
quantities of coffees and spices, from
South America, and the orient. Every
pound of these imports is sent either
direct to Portland on vessels touching
here or else Is sent -through In bond -from
ports where vessels do touch. ..
"This matter should be taken up by
the New Chamber of Commerce," con-
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Baker Cuts Down
On Its Saloons
Baker, Or., May 7. Eugene Defreece.
Frank Weir and C. C. Cox, saloon
keepers, were Thursday refused re
newal of licenses, having been guilty
of violation of the liquor law during
the last year. Tbis action by the city
commissioners puts them out of busi
ness June 1. This will leave 20 places
in Baker where liquor can be purchased
during the rest of the year.
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