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VOL. XIV. NO. 309.
SE DELAYS
WARNING VOTE
5
Consideration of McLemore
Resolution to Keep Ameri
cans Off Armed Merchant
men Postponed:
SENATE VOTE BELIEVED
A CONCLUSIVE VICTORY
Rules Committee, Divided on
Question of Limiting De- .
bate in House.
Washington, March 4.-I. N. S.)
The bouse t 5 o'clock this afternoon
adjourned until noon-Sunday.
By John Edwin Kevin
- Washington, March 4. (t N. S.)
'Consideration in the house of the Mc
jlemore resolution, designed to ke:p
Americans off , of armed belligerent
merchantmen, will be an impossibility
.before Tuesday,
, Announcement to this effect was
made here this afternoon by Repre
sentative Kltchln oi North Calolina,
ynho declared that any effort to bring
up the resolution Monday would
meet with parliamentary objections
,which would make its consideration
Impossible.
In a conference tocay. Representa
tives Kitchen, Pou-and Flood agreud
that inasmuch as many congressmen,
believing no Important busiaess would
come up today, left the city yesterday
and last night. It would be unfair to
submit a matter of such magnitude
for debate and decided to" lay it over.
It la evident supporters of President
, V7iIson are much concerned as to the
action on the McLemore '.resolution.
Fear is felt that the bitterness already
shown in the senate will be exceeded
in the house. The expressed opposition
to the president's stand, it is believed,
.'cannot but have a detrimental effect
,upon America's diplomatic efforts in
countries where congressional freedom
;of speech such as obtains here is not
understood.
President Wilson, however, has been
assured that the McLemore resolution
Vwm be taWed 4a .thUj
"Before the meeting of Leaders
Kitchin, Pou and Flood, the house
-rules committee was in session, ex
pectlag to frame a rule to force imme
diate consideration of a tabling mo
tion. The house, which convened at 10
; o'clock, considered routine matters.
When leaders reached the house,
they found that practically all mem-
(Concluded on Pace Eight. Column Two)
SENATE RESUMES IIS
DISCUSSION OF WHAT
v ITS VOTE STOOD FOR
Kern Insists It Proves Con
' gressional Interference Is
: Not to Be Tolerated.
Washington. March 4. (I. N. S.)
Discussion of the international situa
tion was renewed in the senate today,
and much bitterness was in evidence.
Senator Lodge read a statement from
Sir -Cecil Spring-Rice, the British am
bassador, which denied that -Great
'Britain, during the Russian-Japanese
.war, warned its cltisens against trav
eling on armed merchantmen of bel
ligerents. Senator Hitchcock then demanded
'whether Lodge did not know that Swe
den already had warned its subjects
against passage on armed belligerents.
' Lodge did not reply,
; Hitchcock then declared that there
was-' ample precedent for the United
States warning its citizens.
r - McCumber declared that the .n t
bad placed itself on record to the ef
fect that the death of an American on
" an, armed belligerent which had been
'. sunk without warning would not be a
legitimate cause for war.
Kern differed.
t have showa that any resolu
tion presented which involves inter
' ference with diplomatic matters would
t promptly tabled." Hi said, "Me
Cumbr"a resolution will meet with
this fate on Monday.
. I am not afraid of war," said Sena-
: tor McCumber. "The belligerents can't
S; set as, as they cannot loosen their
grips on each other. Congress reflects
V th sentiment of the public and there
: IP An sentiment in thn TTnltAH Rfot.
for war." - t
. iTJo yott i believe that Germany's
rutblesa Invasion, of Belgium was
warranted T asked Senator Colt.
. VI ani nentraV- answered McCum
ber: : "It is not right for an American
senator to ask such a question. We
should b charlvable in discussing the
motives for the war. ; Wa have been
somewhat in the same boat ourselves
aa some of the European nations are
In now.- ; ... ,
. Sweden Warns Travelers; .
y f Stockholm. March 4. (L N. , a)
. "The Swedish foreign office today ls
.. an Ha warning against Swedish na-
1 tlcnxals traveling on armed belligerent
ships. - .
. --" ?, Bourse Hag Panic.
-V Zurich, March 4.UY P.) Follow.
lng publication v of "grave wireless
press .messages.' from America in, the
- German. papers, the Frankfurt Bourse
' Closed yesterday'g ' operations in, a
; panic, according to dispatches todayl :
HU
FRENCH AMBULANCE
Kit j - vn30 1 tai) 4L U s j
Owing to tli large number of recent casualties the French have stablistied ambulance corps on the
immediate front. By this arrangement first aid may be administered to the wounded without de
lay. It is believed tliat this innovation will result in the saving of many lives, especially in cases
where blood vessels are severed and the injured are in need of immediate treatment.
HEAVY FALL OF SNOW
AT EUGENE CRIPPLES
ALL PUBLIC UMIES
Trees in City Have Broken
Under Additional Weight
and Traffic. Is Impeded.
.Eugene ".OiU.-March .4. --.Twelve
inchesVorsnowTell In Eugene ltwaenTcary he, goods, to BussUn Siberia.
S p. m yesterday and 1 If a. w. today.
and In the. mountains surrounding Eu
generlt is fron-. two t- eicht feet deep.
This is the heaviest snowfall in this
part of the state this winter, and was
entirely unexpected. Electric light
and power wires of rhe municipal sys
tem were demoralized from an early
hour this morning until 10 o'clock,
when service was resumed.
Damp, heavy snow has broken wires
in all parts of the city, and a small
army 'of. linemen has been working all
day making repaira
Telephone and telegraph wires suf
fered similarly and all companies have
V. 1 .. A 1. 1 i . . i ,
I uig lurtta ui men wuiking ln.lne Cliy
ana on ton lines leading to the city.
Streetcar service is crippled, but cars
are making trips on all lines today.
The company kept cars in operation all
night on different lines to keep the
tracks clear of snow. Oramental trees
in the city are heavily loaded and
many have broken down
Train service is crippled, and it Is
believed the Willamette-Pacific will
be unable to make the round trip be
tween here and the coast- Snow is
several feet deep on the Oak Ridge
branch, and trains will probably not
be able to make the trip up that way.
The Booth-Kelly sawmill.- at Spring
field, has been forced to suspend oper
ations because oi the storm.
Hood River Is High.
Hood River, Or., March 4. Twenty
four inches of snow fell at the Stan
ley-Smith sawmill at Green Point dur
ing the last 48 hours. The snow is
still over six feet deep at the mill.
The heavy thaw prevailing has caused
Hood river to rise very high. The fish
ladder at the dam of the Pacific Power
& Light company's plant - Is - out of
commission on account of high water
and the steelheads and salmon trout
are gathering by the thousands imme
diately below the dam. where they be
come easy prpy for the astute angler,
Deep-in Umatilla.
Pendleton. . Or., March 4. Snow in
the mountains in Umatilla county is
still between three and a half and five
feet deep, according to the snow stakes
of the Umatilla forestry service, and
is heavily crusted over, a condition
that will retard its melting. For the
past few days it has been snowing in
the mountains and - a foot of fresh
snow is reported on top of the old.
White Salmon White.
White Salmon, Wash., March 4. A
steady downfall of snow has continued
here for two days. It Is wet and
slushy and melts rapidly. At Snowden,
a distance of three miles from town,
two feet of snow baa fallen since yes
terday morning. The thermometer
registers 32 degrees.
. .
Snowing in Polk.
Dallas, Or - March 4- There are
three to is inches of snow in Pou
county and it is still failing heavily.
Farm and logging operations are again
suspenaeo.
Two Inches at Albany.
Albany. Or- March 4. Albany is
covered with two Inches of snow to
day. The snowfall began last night
ana nas continued throughout the
morning.
. Old Timer Not Fearful.
The Dalles, Or., March 4. Sleet and
snow is falling here. " The fall began
dnrlngr the night. Old-timers do not
predict another severe storm.
Buttle, in IMexico Near.' C
v Mexico City, March ( L N. S.) A
strong, force of Constitutionals t to
day wag Hearing Oaxaca. there to rive
battle to Diaristas. entrenched th -
CORPS ON FOREMOST
wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsm
Munitions for
Russia Crowd
Albina Wharf
Railroad Company Unloads Cars at
Own Expense to Obtain Use
of the Empties.
Albina dock Is piled high with muni
tions of war. bound for Vladivostok,
which have been unloaded by the O-VV.
& N. Co. at its expense, in order to
use the cars in which the goods were
loaded. - -,v :;, . .
la "said1 that none of the consignments
can be handles tor at least two months.
In. the meantime the cry for more
cars has become so Insistent, and the
revenue to be derived from these cars
is so attractive that the railroad com
pany has unloaded the stuff, and is
holding it here and using the cars.
The munitions consist of crated ar
ticles, cotton, barbed wire and automo
biles.
FALSE REPORTS THAT
HE MAY RESIGN SI
WRATH OF PRESIDENT
White House Statement Says
Publication Under Present
Conditions Is Dishonorable
Washington. March 4. (U. P.) De
nouncing the action of certain Amer
ican newspapers in printing -a report
that President Wilson had resigned, or
was considering resigning, the White
House today made the following state
ment: "When Secretary Tumulty's atten
tion was called to a story appearing in
certain newspapers that the president
had resigued. or was considering re
signing he said:
"An American newspaper that
would publish a story of that kind in a
situation like the one now confronting
the United States dishonors itself.' "
Fisher May Eeturn
To British Cabinet
Toxmer First Sea ItOrd's Kelp Heeded
' la Planning Defense Against German
Xtaval Plans. Xrfmdon Believes.
Ixmdon, March 4. (I. N. S.) Re
ports circulated here that Firs; Lord
of the Admiralty Balfour is to retire.
were denied in official quarters- today.
It is the consensus of opinion in gov
ernment circles that a place in the
cabinet will be found for Lord Fisher,
former first sea lord, whose experience,
it is said, would be invaluable in plan
ning to meet the tupreme naval effort
Germany is expected to make.
The Daily Chronicle's parliameniiry
correspondent says there is reason to
believe that the government meant to
utilise the services of Lord Fisher in
a new capacity possibly as a member
of the war council. At present. Lord
Fisher is acting aa chairman t the
inventions board. . "
Hawley to Champion
Shippers of Oregon
Searing' oa Car Shortage WUX Be Held
Before ' the Interstate .Commerce
Commission Pint of Vex ."Week.
Washington, March '4. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Representative Hawley win , appear at
the car ' shortage hearing before the
Interstate Commerce commission by
the request of the Oregon public service,-
commission, : to t represent It ana
the' Oregon- shippers.: Thd tearing Is
next . Monday and Tuesday. ; ' - '
LINE OF CONFLICT
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TO
ELECTRIFY ITS LINE TO
CORVALLIS AT ONCE
OrderS TOT BlS OUtfltS Of Ma-
Chinery Placed; bUDSta-
, n p !
tlOnS tO Be BUlIti
worK is now Derinnin tr on rn itM3-i
tmwanoirsrrfBom
West side line irora Whltefln.to cc -
vaUls. The cost of this worfcwllLex
ceed $800,000. - v- ;
Orders for two big outfits of elec
trical machinery have Just b.en placed
with eastern manufacturers for the
generation of electric power. It will
be some months before the machinery
is delivered, but in the meantime the
bonding of rails and erection of over
heard wiring will be pushed
The electric substations will be built
"
ent plans, though this has not been
definitely determined.
All the legal preliminaries have been
cleared away for the commencement of
work.
What had held back the completion
of electrification beyond Whlteson was
a controversy between the railroad and
the city of Corvallis over franchise
rights and the terms of an old bond
which the company wished canceled.
Long discussion finally led to the set
tling of this dispute and the franchise
has been formally accepted by the
company.
The only legal technicality now to
clear away Is the question of franchise
for use of streets in Independence, ne-
goMatlons for which are now under
The $800,000 cost does not include
the terminals at Corvallis, which will
be built on property previously ac-
quired by the company.
Prince von Buelow
Pays Visit to Berne
Pormer Imperial German Chancellor
Confers Wltn political Personages
Peace JTerotJationi Reported.
Paris. March 4. (I. N. S.) The
Berne correspondent of the Temps tel
egraphs: "Prince von -Buelow. former imperial
German chancellor, is here on a short
visit, and has seen several political
personages."
Prince von Buelow has been at Lu
cerne. Switzerland, for some time.
Swiss "reports have stated'that his mis
sion had to do with possible peace
negotiations.
Federal Reserve
Statement
8an FrancUeo, March 4. (D. P.) Statement
of condition of tbe federal reaerve bank of
&ao FranciMO at tne close of bualneea Marca 3;
RESOURCES.
Gold coin and gold certificates
In own vaults A.t S.115.000
In gold settlement rand 1, 354.000
In sold redemption rand il . l&ooa
Legal tender notes. aUrer, etc. ..... 5,000
Total reserves
Commercial paper (redlaeoants);
Bank acceptances
United States bonds
Municipal warrants
Federal reserve notes held
...$ 7.484.000
...$ 481.0)10
. 1. 153.000
... 3.033.000
... 1.4O4.0OU
... &388.000
All other resources .
4.128.000
Total
S23.iS3.ooo
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid
Net depmita of aiember bank. .
Government deposits
Total liabilities ........v....
MXMO RANDOM.
i m
$23,163,000 J
Federal reserve petes received from . . ' '
federal reaerve agent....... ...... $11,070,000
reaenu. reserve, notee is -fianaa or
bank
8.388,000
r Ket federal merv. note,
standing ..i;;.g s. 482,000
Oold deposited wlta-federal reerrre ...
. aseai to reure -s icaeraj ,'; '
.e ; v.1? w..:ii,07,ooo
aotes..-.;-.,.,. ........ .9 isss,bc
SOUTHERN
PACFC
Flaming Bridge
Seen Too Late
to Save Train
Engineer Carries Charge Across
Only to Be Thrown Into
the Ditch.
Watertown. 8. D., March 4. (I. N.
S.) Killing two persons and injuring
15. a South Dakota, Central passenget
train plunged through a burning bridge
near Thomas today, -
Engineer Maxwell saw the flaming
bridge too late to stop, and opened his
throttle in the hope of -averting a
plunge through the weakened struc
ture bv sheer force of momentum, tjis
action undoubtedly saved hundreds of
Jives. AH. but the two rear coaches,
both of which were empty, were aerobe
the bridge before it collapsed.
V Immediately after crossing, however,
the engine,' tender and four remaining
coaches toppled over an embankment,
The passengers were liberated through
the windows, mostly uninjured.
The mall car and one of the coaches
took fire, and the passengers, helpless
to aid. watched F. E. Dooiittie, a ten
ver salesman, burn to death. George
S. LOvejoy. a mail clerk, was the sec
ond man killed.
Twenty minutes after the accident
the entire train', as well as trestle, was
a mass of fiery ashes and twisted
steel.
B.
WILL ACT AS HEAD OF
Offer of Presidency of Or
ganization Declined With
Explanation,
Theodore B. Wilcox will not become
president of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce.
But, in the minds of some, his de
clining of the offer, made by the
U1 in fact result to fully as great
to assume chairmanship of a chamber
committee and, in effect, serve as
fleld marshal for those larger affairs
mat maae ior me commercial expan
sion of Portland, and the. development
t... rrt t , . d .m
df .Pottlana
was '--with .-. th- -belief thai he ; alone
could' harmonlie the warring ideas
that have hampered the effectiveness
of 2 ' ,1 V.lT
Would Develop Projects.
The opinion was freely expressed to-
M Mr' 1U?X ,Wl", a?,e d.
this Just as effectually from his posi
tion as chairman of a strong committee
as from the central executive position.
The Added advantage would be that he
would be freed from the mass of de-
I tall vitlltiCT In imswi tha cr artl ti va f rnm
J """" L,
all the different bureaus, leaving him
free to Initiate and develop the bigger
Projects that no bureau could adequate-
ly bring to a head.
The refusal of Mr. Wilcox to accept
the presidency was conveyed to the
ohamber in a letter addressed to Frank-
Concluded on Page Fire, Column Three.)
Freighter Collides
With Allied Cruiser
Braxilian Steamer Keports Crash With
Btmrt CrlllMr oa Bandy
ooa; weitae amageo.
New York, March 4. (I. N. S.)
Wireless messages received here today
from the Brazilian 'freighter Sergipe
said she had been In a collision with a
British cruiser 50 miles south of Sandy
Hook, but that neither vessel was dam
aged. The sergipe said she was con'
tinuing to San Juan.
Earlier wireless, supposed to be
from the British auxiliary cruiser
Vernonia. Jiad said that vessel bad
heard the Sergipe's calls and would
stand by to aid the Sergipe.
Agriculture Bill Is
-Reported to House
Xeesure Carries Appropriation of
124,501,000, Compared with. $22,971,-
000 Appropriated &ast Tear,
Washington, March 4. (L N. S.)
1 The house agriculture committee today
reported aa agriculture bill carrying-
appropriations of 124,501,000, a
against $22,971,000 last year.
The bill makes provisions for $250,
000 for fighting citrus canker; $1,500,
000 for foot and mouth disease among
cattle; $250,000 for investigation of
the cattle tick, and $220,000 for the
marketing activities of the department
of agriculture. -
Egyptian Campaign
By xurks Expected
Bayer PSsha and Oeaenl Byemal
, Pasha ' Arrive - In Jerusalem; Xattex
Will Probably &ead Expedition.
Berlin. March 4: (U. P. . Enver
Pasha and General Dyemal Pasha have
I arrived at- Jerusalem prepared, it
believed, for the beginning of a Turk
1 ish campaign against Egypt,
1 Dyemal Paaha has frequently been
. mentiOBed as tne probable leader.
Aeroplane In f Long ' Flight,.
; London. March 4. N 8) A ' dis
patch to the Exchange Telegram com-
1 pany from Athens says seven : French
LJlTi
1 Gulf f Smyrna, a f ew.ays sgo? and
1 bombarded Turkish batteries. The air
I cratt re turn ea eareiy. ; tm oorrenpono-
I ent addg that thei Jonrney, lasted . 2
hours, which WQttld raaket it one of. tbs
lbDgest-nirecord4f
THEODORE
WILCOX
CHAMBER COMMEE
STRUGGLE FOR
TIS
II
Germans Announce Capture
of 1000 French Prisoners
in Village and Repulse , of
French Attacks.
CLOSE RANGE BATTLE
IS COSTLY TO FRENCH
French Artillery Active Upon
Both Sides of the Meuse
River, Is Report.
Berlin. March 4. (I. N. S.) Cap
ture of 1000 more French prisoners in
the fighting afc the village of Douau
mont and partial repulse of the French
attacks at Douaumont were announced
today in the official bulletin from the
German general staff.
Fighting southeast of -Tpres has
come to a standstill, the buletin stated,
positions held by the Germans previ
ous to February 14 being once more in
German hands.
Lively fighting in the Champagne
and Argonne districts also was re
corded. "On both sides of the Meuse the
French artillery is displaying in
creased activity," the statement added.
"The fighting- around Douamont is
at short range and French losses ere
enormously heavy.
Our booty since February 22 in
cludes 115 guns and 161 machine
ins."
"Near Obersept, northwest of Pflrt
(Upper Alsace), the enemy attempted
to recapture a position previously cap
tured by us. The first attack was par
tially successful, the enemy succeed-
ng. in taking some of the trenches
They were immediately ejected, how
ever, and prevented by a curtain of fire
from repeating the attack on a broad
scale. In some places there were local
attacks, but each was marked by heavy
losses. At the conclusion of the right
ing the French were compelled to re
treat to their former- position.
"In the eastern theatre a email en
gagement took place at Alszwitschi,
northeast of Baranovitch. the Russiana
tadnsE driven XroaiaArjwiiiona; . w
"In the EaiK&ns tnere is -nocning to
ARTILLERY ATTACKS
NOT FOLLOWED UP BY
GERMANS, SAYS PARIS
Paris. March 4. (I. Nf S.) Heavy
bombardment in different sectors of
the Verdun front continue! last night.
but the Germans failed to follow up
(Concluded on Pace Five. Column Two.)
SENATE COMMITTEE
Provides 178,000 for Peace
Strength, 250,000 War
Force, Federal Volunteers.
Washington, March A. (I. N. S.)
The bitter debate in the senate on the
international situation was interrupted
for sufficient time today to grant
unanimous consent to Senator Cham
berlain, chairman of the senate com
mittee on military affairs, to announce
that his committee had favorably re
ported on the new army bill, providing
for an increase of the peace strength
of the regular army to 178,000 and the
war strength to 250,000.
The bill generally follows the out
lines already made public. It pro
vides:
Sixty-four regiments of infantry, 25
eavr'ry, zi neia artillery ana seven
engineers.
More liberal treatment of the ml-
(Concluded oa Pag Two. Column Six)
Exhibit of Foods
High Testimonial
To Local Industry
Epitomizing the presentation
of Portland's manufacturing-
capabilities especially in rela- Na
tion to pure foods and the Dt
preparation of pure foods that
has been running In the - col-
umns of Tbe Journal for more
than two Tuontha, there Is now,
open an exhibit at the Meier
& Frank company store, sixth
floor, that is a graphic demon-
. stration of the standing asser-..tm
Ht t ion of The Journal that there '
Is "Notning tne Aiatter witn
Portland." This exhibit is well
introduced - in tbe article under
that caption that appears today.
on the editorial page of The
lournal. All who visit and in- if,
spect this exhibit and all who
are for r n expansive Portland ,
should visit it and fail not
will be -unalterably convinced ..-
that - The J ournal has ' known '
whereof it has spoken and has " ft
.testified concerning solid
achievement right here in Port
land by Portland brains and )
Portland bands backed by Port- '- -jr
land capital and the highest v
iir there", is in Portland4 purpoie.''
DOUION
REPORTS FAVORABLY
NEW ARMY MEASURE
Large Order
of Fir to Build
Freight Cars
Chicago Lumbermen Expect to Get
Contract From the Southern
Pacific Company Soon
Chicago, March 4. (I, N. 8.) What
Is considered the largest Douglas fir
ordir in this territory in several years
will be closed within tne next day or
two, according to reports current in
the Chicago lumber market.
The Ralston Steel Car company of
Columbia. Ohio, .la, conducting nego
tiations for approximately - 8,750,000
feet of Douglas fir for use In con
nection with the construction of about
2700 freight cars for the Southern Pa
cific railroad, including box. automo
bile, flat and stock cars.
A number of Chicago lumbermen
have been to Columbus in connection
with the negotiations and it is ex
pected that local representatives of
large lumber firms will be the success
ful bidders. While the contracts have
not yet been placed, it is believed they
will be in a short while. (
40 FOOT CHANNEL
BY FALL PREDICTED
Present Depth Greater Than
Golden Gate Entrance, De
clares Engineer Bailey.
Willlam Bailey, engineer, predicts
that the Columbia river bar will have
a channel depth of 40 feet or more by
the end of the' next summer season
He made the prediction in an address
before the Realty board at the Oregon
hotel yesterday afternoon.
The depth at the mouth of the Co
lumbia la greater now than the en
trance to San Francisco bay, declared
the engineer, and any vessel that en
ters port t San Francisco can enter
the Columbia.
Mr. Bailey has investigated channel
deepening of many ports. He told
how the Mersey bar, port of Liverpool,
has been deepened from 11 to 30 feet
at low tide, through the work of the
Leviathan, a giant dredger, capable of
Bucking up 10,000 tons of silt in 43
minutes, and of digging to a depth of
70 feet, from water, level.
, . - What CBaaf Dredge Could Do.
- "What , would be the result of such
a dredger on the Columbia river bar?"
asked the speaker.
"You could create and maintain
channel of 50 feet at the mouth of
the Columbia and there would yet be
time for the dredger to deepen the
entrances to neighboring harbors of
the coast.
"You should have a giant dredger.
such as the Leviathan. There should
be strong organization and persistent
effort to secure a 60 foot depth on
the Columbia river bar.
"I found that the port of Liverpool
authorities have added efficiency to
their work by putting a civil engineer
in charge of the Leviathan. The port
of New York has taken the hint. The
Chinoolc the tiredger now in use at
the mouth of the river, should be put
In charge cf a civil engineer, and tin
tZant dredger, likewise, when It is put
Into service."
Klgh School Chamber Visits.
Officers of tbe Washington Hlgli
School Chamber of Commerce were
guests of the Realty board yesterday
and were introduced by C. W. Taylor,
chairman of the day.
Dr. Andrew C. Smith, who was In
fluential in the dry dock campaign,
discussed commercial uses to which
the Columbia river should be put.
Dr. Smith urged that Portland inter
ests should take no action which might
prevent the Astoria rate decision or
the interstate commerce commission
from becoming effective, as provided
by the commission. May 1.
Mr. Taylor r-uggested public edu
cational discussion of matters per
taining to rates and commerce de
velopment. J. S. Kelly of The Dalles announced
the organization of a campaign to se
cure appropriat on for state highways,
the counties then to build laterals
connecting with the trunk roads.
Old West Pointer
Dies at "Medford
Medford. Or., March 4. General
William Sooysmlth, aged 86, died to
day of pneumonia, He was ill - a
short time. He has been a resident
here for - seven years. He was a
commander of Union cavalry Curing
Grant's i Shllob and Vicksburg cam
paigns, and had a long and honorable
Civil war record. He was born in
Ohio. He graduated from; West
Point in 1853. Leaving the army at
the close of . the : Civil war he
achieved fame as a civil engineer in
the middle west, "General Sooysmlth
constructed the first bridge acroos
the Missouri river at Omaha, and
solved the foundation problem for
Chicago srgcrapers.i Hl. wltt .a.nH
son here survive, him. ' v - Zsri
Irish WaitlVoiceiini
Peace Negotiationts
" ' ' " - . . " r- ' ' '
New Tor a. March 4 L- K." S.)
Three thousand Irish,: men and women.
representing every state In the union,
gathered at the Hotel Astor today for
the Irish race convention, the -primary
object being to voice a demand that
Ireland .be given a place in peace con
ventions to end the war.
Loyalty to United States was the
convention's keynote. Justice John W.
Goff. cf the New York, stats supreme
court, , presided and .'announced t hat
politics were'tabooed. ' '
The convention thi afternoon went
on .record opposed -to- war bf tween
the United. State and1 tcgTeuton- em'
pirea,' . The keynote;;. America first,'
COLUMBIA
BAR
ruled tne convention.'
ALASKA FLEE!
WILL OPERATE
FAOilSCIt
Company Organized to Share
in Heavy Government Or
ders for Material Used in
Construction oPRailroad.
SOUTHBOUND CARGO r:t
BUSINESS IS ASSURED
Line of Tugs and Barges Will ;
Start as Soon as the :
Ice Breaks. ?
Portland Is to have a chance to shar
n the immense government orders for '
tbe construction of the Alaska railroad. '1:
Articles of Incorporation for the Co .
lambla River-Alaska Barge Service,
Inc. were forwarded to tfhe secretary
of atat lathis morniag, and the service ;
is intended to start early in the sum- . '
mer.
The Incorporators are James W: ".
Crlchtonformer purser and ireneraf;
rreight agent for the old Portland ..
Steamship company; William C. bears V?
end Harrison Allen. The company Is "
incorporated for $25,000, all of which "
stock Is subscribed. '-'SS;
l her plan of the company is to opJ
erate a fleet of barges and tuss be- '
tween here and Alaska ports as far
north as Anchorage, the terminus of
the Alaska railroad. . -(:
Contracts Are Secured. 7f
The northbound cargoes .will be
made up of lumber, cement, steel rails,- -
macntneryt steel goods and other con- s:
structlon material. The southbound
cargoes will be coal to be picked up on '
Vancouver island.
Contracts for northbound cargoes I
sufficient to keep one tug and three
barge busy all summer have been :
secured, declared James W. Crtchton
jtoday.
The southbound cargoes are also ssV
cured for some time ahead. Arrange-' "
mehtg have been perfected to deliver -50,000
tons of coal at 8an Francisco
and 35.000 tons of coal here. A sep
arate new company to handle the coal '.
MtsWeWf!sbtftBg' organised.-1 J.'V5SSfe
' The new service will start ai soon
as hs i Jce breaks up In Anchorage
harbor.' Charters of tugs and barges
r-e held here and will be announced .
early nest week. V
Big Inducement Ahead.
James W. Crlchton, who is the in
stigator of the l,ne, has worked for
the past two years on a new Alaska
line from here. Realising in his "
steamboating in Alaska several years
ago the possibilities and gaining new -experience
in h's connections with the -Portland
Steamship company, he has
kept at work until he is now assured -of
a service which will mean ;
much to Portland manufacturers. , - ,
The contracts opened by this new.
line are worth many thousand dollars .
to Portland according to estimates
presented to the Chamber of Com
merce. Specifications are on file
there f -'er 15,000,000 feet of lum
ber aiyS much other material. y
The new line has secured an east .
era connection, by which a consider
able amount of steel rails is also as-
sured for transshipment here over its
barges.
Formerly National
Bank, Now State
Corranis Xnstltntiea sid to Be rst
to Operate Vnder State Stwa Baths
Than Vatioaai laws; Others la Us, 1
'Jr.
Salem, Or., March 4. Because It be v
llevee that it can serve its customers':
better under state regulations than un -der
national. laws, the Benton County
National Bank, of Corvayis, will here-
arter oe Known as tne emon tountr j
State bank, and will-operate under Ore.
gon laws.--'"'- '
Articles of Incorporation were ap-
proved and filed by State Bank Super
intendent . 8argent - today. He stated, '
that this was the first time ifl the his-,
tory of Oregon that a bank had changed
front a national to stat bank, but
that a number of other small institu
tions are considering making the same
move.
According to Superintendent Bar-.
gent, the small national banks are com "
plaining that they do not receive ben ;
efit from the reserve system, although
they are obliged to take stock. This
results, they assert, in a considerable:
snare of their capital . neing tiea up.
They also assert that tbe state system
Is broader and gives them better op
portunities to do business.
Milch Cows Cheap
Farm for Sale
There is a market for tour old ,,
ctothlnar or your business in Port-.'
. Isnd. Let a Journal Want Ad find
rthat market for you See pages..
11 and It..
; . , . . . .. i i . ..a1-'
ViUtn sale--yerms BT
:$ ACKE8 close to logging camp s
and mill. IS aqres clear, good .
buildings, $1080 ,;ash. - balance, -
-,l,,r-c' r V '-' -
1 " - Xdveetock It- . -
TOR mllcn. cows. pric right Call
" Motorcycles Bicycles 88 -.
WANTED Bargain - la - motor
cycle side car. . I '. -
dPn'a dillr circulation 'of Th
1 -Journal in Portland nd its trad
f -tnte radius exeeeda ... thaC of the
'mornin- paper by several thou
' sands 'and -is- practically SO per. .
cent' greater than its nearest
afternoon contemporary. '