. MAY 27.
DECK WAG
RAISED
Y
FOREIGN COMMERCE FIGURES REPORTED
SAVIOR OF PARIES DIES
AFTER AN OPERATION
VETERAN RECALLS
"SLAVES SLIPPING"
BUT UNION DEMAND
' ILL NOT BE MET
Steamboatmen Meet De-
Collector of Customs Burke reported the following foreign commerce figures.
Including both export and Imports, for the months of January, February, March
and .April, for the Columbia. river and Puget sound. Comparison- with the earn
months of last year is also furnished:
Puget Sound. Columbia River. Puget Sound, t
PLAN A PILGRIMAGE
TO SAGAMORE HILL
SCENE OP EXCELLENT
F
ttOsaBBtasl
FWejsas. . apa.tfsai
Total.
Total.
Columbia River 1
$ 12,786.977 1
14.324.65r,
12,618,75 ;
16.63S.337
18,1 Si!. 898
19.061.312
lu. 758.067
21,242.338
23.625,427
38.687.287 i
1
VAUDEVILLE SUM
1915 July H,04;.73l
August 16,716,551
September 14.144,60
October lg.170.085
November 19,611,817
December 20,393.975
1916 January-..'.. 16,361,720
February 31.929.J9-'
March 24.750,1)33
April 39,861,248
I 1,255.754
1.391,886
l,r,25.!0-.'
1.&31.748
1,478.019
1.332.663
604.653
686,954
1,125.506
973,961
$11,907,046
Arrival of Between 500 and
1500 Prominent N, Y, and
Philadelphians Looked For
Former Whip of House Be
lieves National Convention
Will Reunite Party.-
Alumni-Student Body Does lt-
self Proud; Numbers' "All
Rendered in Fine MannerJ
. mands of $50 and Over-j
time With Counter Offer,
Total
.$214,784,112
$202,877,066
ROOSEVELT ADMIRERS
ROOT
AND
HARMON
WASHINGTON HIGH S
TO BE WATCHWORD 0
. !j
REPUBLICANS OF N
OWNERS ARE UNANIMOUS
Paget Sound and Local Hirer Unas
U OlTen Notice of Impending
Strike Depends on Union.
"Take it Or leave It,1' is Ihe attitude
assumed by Columbia and Willamette
river steamboat operators toward the
unions or deck hands' and firemen.
An Incrt-aae of $5 a month liaH been
- granted by ome companies, who were
paying I:sh than $45, so that all com
Pari!f HOW US that flmire n. a t,nui
for such salaries.
Beyond that figure thrre is no chance
of wages being raised, stated the
steamboat owners today. If aff-r June
1 the men wish to strike they can. but
the present stand of the owners ii
against any further Increase of wages.
coming as it did at a time when the
-.1 v . . Drancn or t"e waterrront la
also facing a labor crisis, yesterday's
announcement of impending trouble
among th fresh water men was a dis-
. tlnrr Klirnrlcji
ii - ,
Puget sound navigators are also af-
fected by the announcement, and It is
understood a conlereiH-e Ih heinK held
among owners and operators there to-
""'veuuon 13 Koen on the sound,
na 11 is Deiieved here that asimllar
action will be taken to the stand taken
locally. J Ke"
.
THREE VESSELS
, ,
Jtreaxwater Macks Into Harge;
Shaver Breaks Khaft.
Two vessels were dumaecd in col-
llsion and a third hv mar-i, in.rv
by machinery
st "4 hours
kwattr. leaving
trouble during the pa
The steamer Ureak
ui oau r rancisro ai 4:uj a. m.,
backed into a sand barge moored
at the rulna of Columbia dock No.
2. Four plates in the stern of the
Breakwater were damaged, while the
barge was also badly raved In. Re
pairs to the Breakwater will be fin
ished on Monday.
The steamer Shaver suffered a
broken shaft while cngajred in lo
.work In the lower river yesterday
afternoon. She Is bound up. the river
today to be repaired.
Japanese Outbid Americans,
San Francisco, Cal., May 21.
P.) Local shipping men believe
-d'.
to-
any inai. uie Toyo Klsen Kalsha pur
chased the old Pacific Mull llnnri
Korea and Siberia by outbidding rep-
resentatlves of Americans anxious t o
7s6'3- 1,t, Is Iso believed
that the Japanese line will not stop
with tliese two purchases, but will
buy other steamers. John H. Rossi-
ter manager for Grace & Company,
for New York last week for the
reported purpose of buying the Korea
fid Siberia
wuuam M. Avery. 10-I
cal -fnanager for the Toyo Kisen Kal
na, roiicwed a few days later. Ship
pers here believe they bid against
. lach other.
Navy Training Cruise Planned.
If sufficient persons manifest an l:i-
terest, the United States nw rtennrt.
ment may detail a vessel to Astoria
for a training cruise which win be open
to civilians who huve nautical experi
ence or technical training which would
be useful In the navy. The expense
would be $30. The cruise would last
from August 15 to September 12. Those
desiring to make the cruise should no
tify the United States navy recruiting
officer. 316 Morgan building.
NEWS OF THE PORT
ArrivsU May 87.
W. T. Herrln. American steamer. Onptaln. F11- 1
fall", hulk oil, from Kan Kramlain. AKoc!'trd
Mi company. ,
Departures May 27. i
Northern TacKIc, American steamer. Captain i
Hunter, panwiiui anil freight, for San Fran- i
.-. v.rmi ioriuern memo SteauifUIn cimi-
py.
Atlaa. American ateamer, TaptHln KlrawonJ
halliiat. fjr San Krancia.o. Standard Oil com
paiiy. IMariiin Almanac.
Weather at Eivtr'a Mouth.
North Head. May 27. Condition of tli
mouth of tbo rlTer at noon, moderate; wind
nurthwcMt, is mlleti: weather clear.
Bun and Tide! May 28.
Bun rle. 4:M a. u5. Sun sets, 7:50 p. in.
Tidea at Aatoria.
HigQ Water: Ixnv Water.
.lt:,l a. m., O.tl feet D:o:i a. m., n t foot
10:40 p. m.. 8.9 feet 4:10 p. tn a.7 fe.-t
The time ball on the U. 8. bydrograulilc of
fice wa dropped at noon.
Dally River Readings.
":1V A- M 120th Meridian Time.
STATIONS
X3
m
U-2
Hrnatcbee
I Iston
t rnatllU ....
M he Pa Ilea ..
K 11 arena
27.4
9.0
14 7
Jt.it
4,r.
4.7
14.0
0.2 0.00
0
-0.3
1 -
"-"
0.2
0.2
0.1
o
O.co i
Albany
Kalem
tlregno City..
Portland
0.00 '
O.0O :
0.00
o
o 3 1 0 .00 1
1 ) Rising. ) F.-illlng.
River Forecast.
Tlie Willamette river st Portland will fall
lightly Sunday and Monday and remain near
ly stationary Tuesday.
Steamers liie to Arrive.
PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT
Nr. me From rte
Northern Pacific. .. . S. F May 30
Peaver S. F.. C. U. A E..Mu'y 30
lUse aty L. A. 4 h. F June 4
hitr .s. F. A L. A June 9
Steamers Dae to Depart.
j
11 U'iS '
Slay -J I
. Name For
Hear ,.,R. F. & U. A.
nortn-raPscinc... 8. F May 31
eer I,, a. & 8. F June S
luwecity J...L. A. AS. F June s
steamers leaving Portland for San Francisco
only connect with the steamer Yale and Har-
'MTln 6n Francisco Monday, Wednes
day. Friday and Saturday, for Loa Angeles
aud San Uieao.
Vessels in Port.
. Berth
A. r. Coat. Am. ach Rainier
Alumna. Am. ach Aatoria
BETTER THAN SPANKING
Spanking- does not ear children of
bedwetting. There U a constitutional
causa for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum
mers. Bo W, Notre Dame. Ind, will
send free to any mother her successful
hotn treatment, with mil Instructions.
Send no mnnir hnt writs he iula 1
your children trouble you In this way.
Don't blam the child, the chances are
it can't heln ft Thi i.tn..i -1-.
- m j mf
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day or night
- .CA4T.)
SOUTHERN
PACFICS
TRAFFIC MEN ARE TO
STUDY NORTHWEST
Party of Five to Arrive To
morrow; To Be Shown the i
Columbia Highway.
For the purpose of becoming ac
quainted with the Pacific northwest, a
party of five Southern Pacific traffic
. men will arrive In Portland tomorrow
' , r ,, ,
, morning f,om San Francisco. They
! w'" ,,e registered at the Portland.
1 t- t . . . . . .
ijpon arrival 01 ine train at ts:zu
t,cv wMi D met bv Citv Ticket Aeent
11 v '' 16 T.k . . f ?
' ' htin'r with a" aul to take
I 1 lCr" J.ori a spln over the Columbia
; ' ... ' f .1 .w i, .1.
I mo .wuuron rauiim vauej
I lo?P trip,' L
j '1 he night train will be taken to
! Seattle, where the party will pass a
it i wcu t!ay' anJ tnence tnev will SO by steam
iMMAbbl) er to Tacoma to see that citv. Thev
I will pass through Portland the latter
i pnrt of the week homeward bound.
, Members of the party are: A. A.
rrc. T- and P. A.. Baltimore: E.
I v - Murdevant, C. F. and P. A.. Buf-
nl"V, a"V c' r- anrt ' A- 1
f;'lo: W- C- Harrls, T. F. and P.
K-'s,on: Fran Kinetrly. purser stt
P. A.,
leam-
sl.ip Creole, s. P. Co.s steamship
lines, .New ork: Henrv Schneider and
wife, assistant tick-i atnt. New York.
Other parties 01 Southern Pacific
traffic men hm e v isited Portland In
the pust uiidor simtlHi- i-ircumotancea.
The toiirs are ail m' tiie -ducatlonai
ci'iii;.ai;,ii siui ud some time azo by th
8-.-uih.crn Pacific
i- hn M. Scoti. geiierai passenger
aent of the St.ul u rn Pacific, is now
01: his way home from Chicago, where
he attended a meeting of ticket men.
Government Asks
Schlatter's Arrest
! "
, Dlvlns Healer and lisv. August Algard
; At. AUag.d Accomplices of August
. .
' Bciuea Cnargad With Praud.
Los Angeles, Cai.. May L1?. (U P )
, Charged with using the United States
mails to defraud. August Schrader, who
advertised himself as a divine healer.
was nlacert unrtr arrut trulIV K tv,-
federal authorities here
Telegraphic warrants were sent to
New York requesting the arrest of
Francis Schlatter and Rev. August Al
gard, Schrader's alleged accomplices.
According to Postoffice Inspector
' Walter W. Cookson, the trio have waxed
rich by blessing
handkerchiefs sent
through the mail.
Bear, Am. aa Ainaworth
Breakwater. Am. aa Columbia
Iialay Oadsliv, Am. as Rainier
IcTeriocle, Br. hi Stream
Santa Monica. Am. as Ralnli-r
W. F. Herrin, Am. as Linntou
At Neighboring Ports.
Aatoria. May 7. Sailed at 1 a. ra., Wi
pauu. fur San Franclaco and San Pedro.
I aioria. .vay i;o. a rnved at ix:4U p. m .,
I Northern Pacific, from 8an Franciieo; at 2:'M
p. m.. U4iy uadaby. from San Pedro. Ar
I rued down at 3 and sailed at t:JO p. in.. Hr!e
! Ish ateamer King Malcolm, for United Kln
di m. Tla Shu Kranci-o. Arrlred at .1 and left
up at 11 p. ni., w. J-. Herrln, from Uarlota.
San Pedro. May 2rt. Sailed Kdgar H.
I Vance, for Aatoria; Bearer, for San Fran
I ciaeo and Portland: F. A. Kllbuin, from San
Mefo for Portland. la way porta.
Point Ileye. May !!. Paaaed Coaster, from
Portland for San Pedro.
Sealtle. May 111. Sailed Japanese (steamer
Mayachl Ma.u. from Portland for VladlTMtok
Iorr. from Portland.
San Francisco, May 27. Arrlred Aret!c,
Mendocino. 6:30 a. m.; Harrard, l.oa Ancelea.
w .so a. m.; schooner W Inalow, Sydney. 0-30
a. in.; .Mayrair, Mexican porta, Tla Los Sa
Kclos. P:4x) a. in.
Sailed -Coronado. Grars Itarhor. midnlzlit:
Ncme City. Seattle. 2:30 . m.; Jota Rica.
Bristol Bay, 7 a. m.
San Francisco,
oidera:
May 27. (P. N. S.) Army
lue retirement from act Ire aerrlee of Col
onel louib urecnemlu, medical corps, li an
nounced as effective May 25.
These first lieutenants of the medical re-
r" -orps are relieved from duty at arnir
luruicai cnii ana lake posts as follorra:
t larence A. Ketcham, to Fort Slocnm. N. I'.;
jcarua w . Klley to Jefferson barracks, and
Kobert P. Williams to Columbus barracka.
1 Second Lieutenant Burtou O. LowK rield
artillery (first lieutenant ordnance depurt-
10 .tiinnru 10 rne 3d neia srtlllery.
- , Mmt I.lPlltainunr Nnrmue L' It.,
,ry ,r,t,, ordnsnce department) assigned to
I th Inrintrr a ffa,.t i n f .... - .
j Captain i'rederick ti. Turner assigned to I3ih
carairr as is second l.leuteuant Dwight K.
Shurtleff. cavalry (first lieutenant ordnance
department I. on June 20.
I eaves -Captain Clarence M. Condon coast
artillery corps. 1 mouth: First Lieutenant
I-rank Thorp Jr., field artillery, an extension
until the sailing of the July transport.
Navy Orders.
Lieutenant Commander Wallace Berthell de
trehed naval training. San Francisco, June
1. to New ork .blue 15, as gunnery offhw
Lieutenant U. W. Fuller detached from tht
Celtic lu Ihe New Hampshire as fl-st Ueu
teraut. Lieutenant (Junior grade) R. ft. M,K,re de.
tached from lxuislsna to six weeks' sick lesve;
. N. Ashiey detached from the Utah to na
val radio station. Sail Diego.
Marine Corps.
Majore H. 1. Bears to marine barracks
I'hiladelnhla. C. S. Hill detached from armv
nHr oolletf at Wl.hlnirtnn tn . 1 ..... i
, lege at Newport, 11. I. Harry Lee detached
from ftrt brigade at Haytl to resume duty
at marine barracks. Philadelphia.
Captain W. H. Parker detached from m.
rine barrack. Charleston, S. C, to recruit
ing station at Boston.
Flrat Lieutenanta W. C. Wlae Jr.. detached
from Louisiana to marine barracks at Norfolk;
C. J. Miller detached from Galveston to
United Statea; A. M. Drum detached from
South Carolina to marine barracks Philadel
phia. Second Lieutenant C. A. King detached from
Michigan to Washington. D. C, for examina
tion for promotion.
Officers ordered to temporary duty with first
brigade, U. 8. marine corps: Major Charlee
B. Hatch, Captains Walter E. Noe, A. Q M
Herbert, J. Hlrshinger, First Lieutenant BenJ.
8. Berry. Second Lieutenant Arthur J. White
Egbert T. Loyd. William C. McCrone Vin
cent B. Stack.
Wavy Votes.
Orders have been Issued to the midshipmen
o- the graduating class detaching them from
the naval academy on June and directing
them to report for duty June 17. as follows:
llie midshipmen who are assigned to the All
sons will report for temporary ditty on the
Maine, Alabama. Illinois, Kearsarge and Vir
ginia on June IT. and will be detached aad
ordered to duty In. eonnectkm with the Art.
anna ra completion of the summer cruise of
lb above mentioned vesaeia,
Army-Navy Orders
Cop Made "Goat" to
Determine "Bitmg"
Traits of Dobbin
A nolicemaii wan offered as a
pa'iifii-e this morn ng by Muni
cipal Judge i.angguth to test
out whether a horse owned by
M. HeTter, Front and Washing
ton streets, is a "biter" or not.
Patrolman U. Leiny. driver of
Chief Clark's automobile, just
recovering from a fractured
flnser, was elected victim. lie
will call on the horse this after
noon, dangle his lingers under
his nose and ee whether or not
they are bitten.
The case came up on the com
plaint of J. S. Benson, who said
he tried to feed the horse an
orange and it snapped his fin
ger, which he showed as Exhib
it A.
"Sure, Iie'll bite you if you
stick your finger in his mouth,"
Mrs. Hefter told Judge Lang
guth. i
Short Change Man
Part of the Circus !
I In his reply Colonel Roosevelt dic
Zilnn County Tanner Plnds Himself tated one of the most important decla
$40 Short on a $50 Chane Transac- ' rations he has made since lie opened
tion; Sheriff Gets Uoiav Back ihis campaign. It follows:
Albany, Or., May 27. Evidently be
lieving that the old time circus man
does not exist and that all in the
craft are honest, two farmers of
Linn county learned the contrary to
be the truth Friday" night when a
circus exhibited here.
A farmer living between Halsev
and Harrisburg had entered the main
tent and wtien he went to prlrchase
reserved seats he asked to get $50
in bills changed into gold. Later
the farmer counted his money and
found that he was $40 short.
Sheriff Bodino was appealed to and
accompanied the man back to the
grounds. After some arg-ument the
seller decided that he was $40
"long" and gave the amount back.
HIj game was worked by shovine a
o gold piece on a pile
quarters.
of gilded
Another farmer put up a five for
a seat and Inter found that he was
$2 short. The ticket seller made
the refund without argument when
appealed to by the sheriff.
Sheriff Bodine phoned Sheriff W.
B. Henderson at McMinnville t6 be
on the lookout today for the short
change men. m
Western Pacific Sale
Price Is $18,000,000
l menselv quickened sense of the close
Majority Bondholders WTio Want to ; relationship, whether friendly or hos
Keorganlze oad Wia Victory In Ped- i tile, that must hereafter obtain In in
eral Judge DooUa-'B Court. j let-national matters.
! ou have done your part by this
San Francisco, May 27. Federal ' letter in trying to develop such a
Judge M. T. Doollng today fixed thepirit As far as in me lies. I will
pale price of the Western Pacific rail
rond at $18,000,000. This gave the vic
tory in the fight to the majority bond
holders. The price was set in a decision on a
motion for a decree of sale and the
fixing of an upset price in the fore
closure proceedings against tho road.
The majQrlty about S5 per tent
of the $50,000,000 bondholders, p'.mning '
to buy the road back, wanted a low ;
price, and suggested $15,000,000. The
minority, not in on the reorganization
plan. Wanted $40,000,000. j
Judge Dooling said, in his opinion,
that the figure lie named was based!
on the only loncret" facts available to
the court, showing that the road had !
an earning capacity of $1,000.0'JO over!
expenses, unproductive property worth '
$1,500,000, and a bonding value, demon-I
strated by an Issue now underwritten.
to produce $1S.000.000
Penn College Fire
Causes Two Deaths
try to place as many Progressive
Business Manager of Oskaloosa Xnsti-1 planks as possible in the regular Re
tution and Member of Preshman i Pirbllcan platform. La Follette, Nor-
Class X.ose ZjTe Loss Is $100,000.
Ottumwa. Iowa,' May n. (U. P.)
Robert Williams, business manaa-er of
the school, and Henry Oakley, a fresh
man, were killed today when Ptnn col
lege at Oskaloosa burned. Two oth
ers were perhaps fatally hurt. The
loss is $100,000. An explosion in a
gasoline tank caused the disastrous
blaze.
Hans Ton llinteleu Indicted.
New York, May L'7. (I. N. s.)
Hans Von Rinteleu. suspected of com
plicity in German bomb plots, Friday
was indicted by the federal grand jury
on charges of fraud in securing a
United States passport. Von Rinteleu
Is being detained in Kngland. but prob
acy will be extradited to the United
Statea.
Head Printer,.
C. C. Carleton
Chicago. May
(.harles C. Carleton has been elected
president of Typographical 1'nion No.
IS by a majority of 20 votes over K.
R. Wright, the incumbent. Wayne M.
Goodwin was chosen vice president.
Michael Colbert secretary-treasurer,
and John C. Harding organizer.
" " " !
Maaonic Lodge to Be Started. j
Donald, Or., May 27. Preliminary
steps toward starting a Masonic lodge
at Donald are being taken, and It :s
probable that within a short time a
dispensation will be secured.
A mem- 1
bershlp of 30 is expected.
Germany Building Merchantmen.
London. May 27. (Iv N. S.) Ger
raany is building merchant vessels
with a total tonnage of 800,000 tons
for use after peace Jias been declared,
according to information received here
today.
Pop Aids lceneza Refugees. tery. The Structural Ironworkers, local
Rome, May 27. (I. N. 6.) The pope No. 29, of which' Ristman was a mem
has given $1000 for the relief of thejber. had charge of .the services. Rlst
refugeea from Vicenesa province who J man was also a member of the Odd
are fleeing before the- . Austrian ad- J Fellows, and this organization will aa
Tinct - ; n Insist in the services. '
- s . - . v. . .
; keynote talk expected
Ex-President Will Tall Visitors That
On Overwhelming Issue at This
Moment Is Americanism.
Oyster Hay, N. T., May 27. (I. N.
S.)-Between 50ft and 1500 prominent
citizens cf New York, Philadelphia and
Newark are expected at Sagamore Hill
tcday't pledge to Colonel Roosevelt
their si ort for the presidency.
I Details of the pilgrimage were laid
. before the colonel by a committee from
: the Roosevelt Non-partisan league and
.requested his approval. A keynote dec
Iclaraiion from the former president in
i at.swer to the greetings of the delega
j tion Is expected.
j Forty representative American au-
thors of wide reputation, in a letter
i made public last night, endorse Roo6e
jvelt for the presidency.
Pray for "A Booserelt."
"In the hope," concludes the letter,
! "that the kind Providence that gave
i to us a Washington at one great crisis
In our history and a Lincoln at anoth
1 er. will vouchsafe to us a Roosevelt
in the portentlous days confronting ua,
we hereby append our names."
The signers of the letter pledge
all of-their efforts to promote the
Roosevelt candidacy in a literary cam
paign that is to be waged throughout
the nation.
Americanism In the Iisne.
; "There Is no American who would
! not feel a genuine pride In receiving
such a letter as yours; and he would
be but a poor American unless he
thought, in receiving it, not of Its
i personal reference to himself. Lut of
the straightforward and fearless man-
' n,er with which you present the Mtua-
tion of this country, and the Tieedg of
this country at the present moment.
"With all that yoid eay I am ,n the
heartiest agreement. The one over
mastering issue at this moment 5s the
issue of Americanism; for preparedness
and international duty are both of them
included in Americanism.
Wax to Change the World.
"You write to me as Americans. Tou
include in vour number men of the oM
( colonial American stock, men who were
born abroad or whose parents were
born abroad. You include men whose
ancestors can be traced back to various
Kuropean countries and men from all
sections of the United States, repre
senting all shades of politics. But you
stand together on the great fssues now
united for settlement in the great
crisis that we confront.
"When the war comes to an end
we shall see the old world nations
changed in many ways, both for good
and for evil. But above all, we shall
see them with an immensely quickened
power, not onJy in things military, but
in tilings inftistrial, and with nr. im-
in my turn try- to justify your confi-
dence and in my turn eeek also to aid
in the development of that spirit."
Taft Avoids Violent Hypothesis.
i Washington, May 27. (U. P.) If
i Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is nomi
! nated, William Howard Taft will sup
i port him, according to reports at Re
, publican headquarters Friday. Taft,
' here on work connected with inter
national peace, only chuckled and shook
, his head when questioned about the
I rumor.
"Why should I comment on such a
'violent hypothesis?" was his Only re
i ply.
I It was reported here that a number
of Progressives will not follow Roose
velt In any paths he may select if he
I does not agree with the Progressives'
course. Should the colonel indorse a
! conservative candidate and sidetrack
I important social justice planks fea
Itured i" the 1912 Bull Moose platform,
I the Progressives intend to name one
candidate and make an Independent
fight.
! Progressive Republican senators will
ris, cummins, Borah and Kenyon all
have pet planks.
Indiana Heat Too
Much for Children
Thirty-four Youngsters Faint at An
derson, Ind., While Participating in
Drills; Thermometer Staads at 95.
i Anderson, Ind., May 27. (I. N. S.)
Thirty-four children, participating in
drills in preparation tor centei
nlal exercises at Athletic park, fainted
from excessive heat and were
removed to their homes in taxlcabs.
With the thermometer at 95 here today
all records for heat at this time of year
hae been broken.
Bombs Are Dropped
Austrian .battery
Italian Dirigible Makes Attack at
Funta Ealvore, 30 Uilea Prom Triest,
and Returns Safely, Says Borne.
Rome, May 27. (I. N. S.) An Ital-
ian dirigible last night dropped 28
bombs on the Austrian battery at
Punta Salvore, 30 miles from Triest.
The result was satisfactory. The dir-
igible returned safely, despite violent
anti-air craft fire-
Murder Victim Is
Laid in Mt. Scott
Funeral services for Fre4 Ristman,
murder victim, were held yester
day from Kenworthy's chapel, Lents.
Tnt.r l.-l . sun n Ifn..-. O . .
General Gallieni.
Paris, May 27. (V. T.) General
Gallieni, aged 67, known as the savior
of Paris, until recently French minis
ter of war, is dead today following an
operation for kidney trouble.
He was a veteran of the Franco
Prussian war and one of the most bril
liant members of the general staff in
the present conflict. When the Ger
mans menaced Paris early In the war,
Gallieni was military governor of
Paris.
General Manoury appealed to Gal
lieni to save the capital. Loading every
possible recruit, including regiments of
recently arrived zouaves from Tunis,
Into taxlcabs, hacks, automobile buses
and every manner of vehicle. Gallieni
rushed them to the front. This taxi
cab army saved the day. The Ger
mans were hurled back at the battle
of the Marne.
Evidence Complete
In Kerchen Hearing
School Board Will Now Consider
Charges Preferred Ag-ainst Head of
Manual Training In City Schools.
Final Arguments in the case of
J. Jj. Kerchen, supervisor of man
ual training in the Portland schools,
whose removal is sought by a few
of his subordinates, were heard by
the school board last night. Decis
ion was reserved and will be an
nounced after the members of the
board have met a3 a Jury and
threshed the evidence over among
themselves in private.
Kerchen has been accused of be
lieving both socialism and anarchism.
Isaac Swett, his attorney, defined
one as "all government" and the
other "no government" and demanded
to know how his client could be
lieve both. He contended that the
charges had not been substantiated
and had been prepared not with a
view to substantiation, but with a
view to their advance publication In
newspapers.
As to Kerehen's competency he re
ferred to considerable testimony that
the manual training department of
the Portland schools is second to
none in the United States.
B. G. Skulason, representing the
other side, told the board that either
Kerchen or the teachers opposed to
him must be fired. He made a
heated argument in which he
charged Kerchen with lack of pa
triotism, unrefinement, lack of
proper religious belief and lack of
executive ability.
Electricity Burns
Are Serious to Two
John P. Srennen and W. B. Xnykendali,
Meter Testers for P. B., t. ft P. Co.,
In Hospital as Besult of Accident.
John F. Drennen of 422 Wasco street
and W. R. Kuykendall of 5311 Seventy
second street southeast, meter testers
for the Portland Railway, Ught and
Power company, were badly burned
late yesterday afternoon at the auxili
ary power station. First and Jefferson
streets, by an electric current.
The meter testers were busy testing
the currents at the substation when
in some way a short circuit was pro
duced, and the resulting flash burned
both about the hands, arms and faces.
They were taken to Good Samaritan
hospital, where the burns were said
to be serious but probably not fatal.
Obregon Sends Gall
To All Ex-Army Men
Circulars Embrace All, Irrespective of
Whether a Federal or Not 100 Im
mediately OfTer Their Services.
Mexico City, Mex., May 25 (via Gal
veston. May 27.) (I. N. S.) (Delayed
by censor). Minister of War Obregjn
today issued a circular calling- upon
all ex-army officers to Join the colors.
The order embraces every military
man who has ever been in the army,
irrespective of whether he has fought
against the constitutionalists or not.
One hundred cx-conventlonalist offi
cers immediately offered their ser
vices In case of a war with any for
eign power.
Falling Log Injures
Man at Marshf ield
Say Penderjrrast Crushed While Unloading-
Lumber Prom Motor Truck;
One of Well Known Ziocal Citizens.
Marshfield, Or., May 27. Ray Pen
dergrast, well known local man, was
badly injured by being crushed by a
log while unloading lumber from a
motor truck today.
Engineers Pay Visit.
Marshfield. Or., May 27. H. P. Hoey
engineer in charge of the Willamette
Pacific and Assistant Engineers W. R.
Fontaine and C. H. BeatUe of Eugene,
made a brief visit here. They would
give no information regarding the
building of a depot at Marshfield.
Von Buelowg Trip Denied.
London, May 27. (I. N. ' S.) Dis
patches from Berlin received here
today state' that the report that Prince
Von Buelow is going to Washington on
a . special mission la officially denied. -
HILLES ON "GUM SHOES"
Chairman of Committee Goes to Kis
Hotel In Chicago and Holds Kim
self Incommunicado.
Chicago, May 27. (I. N. S.) "Ellhu
Root and Harmony," la to be the
watchword not -Battle cry" of the
New York delegation in the Republican
national convention.
John 'W. Dwight, manager of the
Root forces, brought the harmony
message to candidates' row in Michi
gan avenue today. The former whip
of the nationaJ house believes the
June 7 meet will wind up in peace
and a reunited Republican party.
Though the Progressives may not be
entirely satisfied, the Bpirlt of con
ciliation will pi'evail, and a 'concen
trated effort will be made to sub
stitute 'Americanism" for "Humanity"
: in the White House lu the November
''elections,
I Hilles is "Pussyfooting."
Party chiefs, the "lalent" campaign
'managers, of the "favorite sons," and
others w-ere given another mild sur
; prise when it became known that
Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Re
1 publican national committee, had been
, in Chicago for two days, instead of
'tarrying in Pennsylvania, and Ohio, as
had been variously reported. Hilles,
it developed, came in on "gum shots,"
as it were, and has been strictly lncom
imunicado ever since his arrival.
1 The first thing Hilles did, according
to his friends, was to take the freight
, elevator to his suite In the Congress.
hotel, to prevent his presence being
known; next, to lock the door of his
suite and to disconnect the telephone
Ever since l.is presence became known
lie has declined to see those who have
been patiently awaiting his advent and
consistently has refused to see inter
viewers. i Bodges Ticket Seekers.
"He's dodging about 50,000 people
' w-ho have written him thatthey would
j like to see him about tickets for the
convention when he arrived, is tbe
j explanation given by one of the assist
i ants to Secretary Reynolds, ns the
latter waa observed making Ills' way
to Chairman Hilles' suite.
"Mr. Root's name will be presented
to the convention by a majority of the
New York delegation," said Dwight,
by way of answer to Justice Charles
K. Hughes' managers, who have been
insisting tjie latter would have a ma
jority of the New York forces.
"The situation In the east Is very
satisfactory to Mr. Root's friends.
' There is a very conciliatory sentiment
everywhere, and the conditions are fa
; vorable for uniting on him. The blg
j ger these great questions loom up, na-
tional and international, the more peo
j pie are turning to Root.
i Tote Not Complimentary.
I "His name will be presented to the
j convention by a majority of the New
York delegation. There will be noth
ing complimentary about it. Root's
j supporters are not seeking compli
I mentary votes. His candidacy is too
important for that and his standing
before the world is too great to think
or it.
j "Few people understand how strong
i Root Is in his own state. He can carry
it by a larger majority than any other
candidate. Besides the full Republi
can party vote he -will get thousands
, of Democratic votes,
j "About the platform, the feeling In
New York and all over the east Is that
I there will be no difficulty on that
jjtcore. The Progressive Republicans
'are likely to be fully satisfied. Har
! mony is in the air. All the talk I
' have heard Is that the convention will
i take advanced ground in the live issues
' of the day preparedness, foreign poll
! cles, the Industrial situation and the
adjustment of the tariff to meet the
new questions growing out of the
world war.
Root Foresaw Issues.
"Mr. Root, It will be found, h.is an
ticipated all the great issues. Any
i Republican, progressive or regular,
j who reads his address before the New
York Republican convention last Feb-
ruary will pee how far he looked ahead
I and anticipated the great questions of
i the campaign. There is a platform It-
self in hie analysis of what tbe people
I may expect if the Republican party Is
I restored to power. There Is nothing
retrogressive or reactionary in Mr.
Root'b- declarations of Republican prin
ciples. "I have been asked a good many
times about the vote for Mr. Root on
the first ballot. There Is only one re
ply to that question. I have not
guesses to make about that first bal-
' lot. I could only repeat what I havo
. already raid, which is that Mr. Root's
! friends are not seeking complimentary
j votes."
Dwight said that' Job Hedges, Henry
I I... Stimson, former secretary of war;
! Nicholas Murray Butler, Cornelius N.
' Bliss, Otto T. Bannard and other New
I York delegates will arrive next week
to assist in promoting Root's'candl
I dacy.
I Progressives in Defiant Mood.
1 Progressives -who returned today
, from the conference of the executive
j committee In New York were In a d'e
j cidedly defiant mood. They Immedi
ately set about correcting the Idea
. that their party would indorse whom
I Soever, the Republicans should nomi
nate. They dispelled with a rude gust
of denial the Republican theory that,
I if given the platform, they would ac
; cept any probable nominee.
"The candidate," said Harold L.
Ickes, Progressive national commlttee-
man for this state, "means more for
j us than the platform. We mean to have
a candidate who will stand for per-
formance. Mere promises alone will not
I satisfy."
Progressives Demand a Progressive.
Weeks ago it was stated, with high
authority, that Colonel Ko-jsevelt did
not want to run on a Prog -ess ive tick
et. That is still the fact. Bat thu
Progressives intend that the colonel
shall run unless a Republican of pro
gressive ideals shall be nominated.
Hughes doea not meet that demand.
He may be as reactionary as Joe Can
non for all that is known of him.
Weeks. Burton, Sherman, Fairbanks
would all fail of Progressive support,
though the last has some friends in
that party owing to his conciliatory
attitude in the 1912 convention. None
of 'the dark horses, so. far aa can be
Judged, Svould meet the occasion unless i
it might be Borah or McCall. - !
Whether the colonel wants to run or
notion the Progressiva ticket, the Pro-
: "K. .V 1 - v"
j rufflnnriiiiiiiima-nirriivr 1 1 '"" y -
J. I.. Jackson, Civil -war veteran,
shown holding the child of one
of his nieces.
J. L. Jackson, a veteran of the Civil
war, aged 84, Is spending his declin
ing years with relatives in this city.
He served nearly tr.ree years with the
colors of the Seventy-second Ohio Vol
unteer Infantry, and had his arm shat
tered at the siege of Vicksburg, mak
ing him a cripple fir life.
His father, J. Jackson, was a "con
ductor" on the "underground railroad '
in Sandusky, Ohio, starting In 1S38.'
and J. L, Jackson Is telling at gather
ings of veterans some ot his early rec
ollections in connection with the secret
work of slipping slaves from tha soutli
to Canada, In some of which adven
tures he had an active hand.
The Ohio society was recently given
by him some reminiscence of the old
Ohio "underground" railroad.
Argument Made in
Mail Fraud Appeal
Attorneys for Men Convicted In Oregon
Appear Before United States Circuit
Court of Appeals at Baa Pranolsoo.
San FranclBco, May 27. (P. N. S.)
The appeal of the defendants In the so
called "million dollar mall fraud" was
argued in the I'nlted States circuit
court of appeals Friday.
Frank Menefee, F. M. Ie Monn, B. F.
Bonne, Oscar A. Campbell, O. E. Ger
nert and H. M. Todd wer6 convicted In
the United States district court of Ore
gon on a charge of using the mails to
defraud in promoting the United States
Cashier company. Menefee was pres
ident of the company and Le Monn was
general sales agent. Campbell -was
vice president and the others sales
agents.
Gernert In his appeal claims the evi
dence against him was not sufficient.
The others, with the exception of Ie
Monn, declared the evidence was -sufficient,
but the proceedings were Ir
regular. 1. 0. 0. F. Session-at
Eoseburg Is Closed
Assessment of pifty Cents Per Capita
Will Be Made to Build Another
Bull ding at Home Xtodg-e, Portland.
Roseburg, Or., May 27. At Friday
morning's session of the Odd Fellows
grand lodge tho finance committee
reported In favor of a per capttft. as
sessment of 60 cents for the ensuing
year, the money to be used for an
other building at the lodge home In
Portland.
The Grand lodge officers were then
installed for the ensuing year and th
lodge adjourned for the session, to
meet in Eugene next year. A number
of the delegates left for their homes
this morning and the Portland special
train left In the afternoon.
gresslves are very liable to force him
to run if they feel their cause Ignored
in tho Republican convention. And If
he does run the result In 1312 will be
duplicated.
In the last few days, the Roosevelt
sentiment has materially increased.
Today "Dave" Mulvane of Kansas de
luded the newspapers Into prlntlifg a
long attack on the colonel, winding up
with the assertion that he w.ould get
no delegates from the Sunflower state.
The newspapers neglected to point out
that Mulvane, though once Republican
boss of Kansas, is today utterly discredited.
Next Trip East
Try
The Oriental Limited
Via
The Great Northern Railway
Through Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars to Spokane,
St. Paul, MinneapoJU and Chicago.
72 Hours Portland to Chicago 72
leaking Close Connection for All Points East and South!
DINING CAR SERVICE A SPECIAL FEATURE I
COMPARTMENT OBSERVATION CARS
SUMMER EXCURSION FARES JN EFFECT
JUNE 1ST v
Tickets and Sleeping Car Reservations at City Ticket Office,
348 Washington Street -
H. DICKSON,
CP.&T.A.
PjapJir Visit the Portland
VARIETY IS SHOW'S SPICE
"Movie" Acts, intra, Dancia7Flaylts,
Songlets, Tumbling-, aciastrlsy, '
Keep Audience in rine Xomot. -'
As clever a little vaudeville show
as one would care to lmagtna . was
staged last night at Washington High
school auditorium by the Alumni-Student
body of the school. :-r
Th laurels of the evening: went to
Miss Roberta Downing, who did
pantomime sketch, entitled. "A Visit
to the Movies.'' With hardly tha Aid
of a gesture, Miss Downing held her
audience through three imaginary
reels, the first depicting the timely
arrival of the hero at the head Of a
troop of cavalry Just in time to save
1Mb sweetheart; the second a Charlie
Chaplin or Ford Sterling slapsstlck
comedy, and the third a tragic tftla of
the "Curse of an Aching Heart" Mit"
Downing was assisted by Raymond
Ducas at the piano, who played : ex
cellently characteristic "movie" music.
Tumbling Aot Shows.
The audience was put In good humor
by an act billed as "Tumbllns; Kxtra
ordinary," by Floyd Hal lock. Boh Kln
cald and Hamer Bleid. 1. Carroll Day,
baritone soloist,' rendered capably two
selections, and was fallowed by Bob
Cooke, who did a blackface tuna In
good shape. .:v'V
Vocal selections by February,; !.",
minstrel. Wayne Loder, aololst, con
sisted of well sung popular "coon"
melodies.
A humorous skit, entitled, "Playing
With Fire." r,y si simola, Clara
Bcharpf and Irene Reynolds, caused no
end of amusement.
Miriam Hilton, Gilbert Benson, Ly
man Cooley and Ernest Fatland gava a
pretentious comedy sketch, entitled, "A I
Miraculous Cure," and got by with it'
In splendid shape. Mies- Hilton's work.!
don under trying circumstance!, was
especially good.
Zing Cole Banoa Yahiclt). ' ' '
The concluding act, "A Modern Kint
Cole," furnished a vehicle for excal-j
lent dancing and singing. The oriental
costuming of the girls, and tbo girl?
were all extremely pretty ones, wa
one of the features of the act. Kot.
to be outdone by ultra-modern Rleth-i
odB of staging, before the number
opened Incense was- wafted through the
auditorium. I
Holt Ganong as King Cole was the
lone, but by no means lonesome. Indi
vidual of male persuasion in tha act.
The hourlsi were Misses Jeanette Sned
eker, Gretta Moberry, Florence Tenna
son, Mildred Lauderdale, Alma Bcharpf,
Helen GI0S3, Eunice Cowglll, OartTUd
Cowglli. Ruth Delhi, Helen Duck and
Dorothy Kiel.
Plan to Make Park :
Ideal as Play Spot'
The Laurelhurst Playground asso-J
elation is Inaugurating Its summer!
work with a community entertainment;
to be given at Iaurelhurst park the
afternoon and evening of Thursday,!
June 1. - ; I
The program for the mother In the
afternoon will include a f ay pole dance
by the children of the Beaumont,
school, a wand drill by a group from
the Buckman school, and an informal
discussion of plans and alma for. the
coming summer. '"'(
In tha, evening, when both fathers
aad mothers will be present, tbe Buck-i
man school will present a costum
Maypole dance, the East Side library
will put on several scenes from "A
Midsummer Night's Dream," with
cast of 26 children. The main address
will be delivered by George I Baker
or. "What Parks Should Mean to the
Citizens of Portland." The entira pro-
gram will be given in the park and the
association expects a record attend'
ance. -
The I,aurelliurst Playgroifnd asso
ciation Is composed of the Parent-
Teacher associations of BeaumonU
Fernwood, Rose City Park, Kern
Buckman, Hawthorne and Sunnyside
schools. It will hold meetings twice
a month to help make Laurelhurst
park an ideal community center. i J
Phones
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