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i THE OREGON PAILr: JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1916. I FEDERAL GRAND JURY tUKELY TO CONSIDER ... ,..-.. ... , A ALLEGED ALLOTMENT JMap Showing What Is Said - to Be Cement Trust's Ter r ritorial Division Submitted. LETTER IS READ BY MOORE It Company's xarestltfatlac Committee .; Inn Mora Tssttmoajr of Chief v OOl&JlAlMBt. Evidence of the alleged cement trust's division of territory. !n which Western cement manufacturing plant were allowed to make aalea. as sub mitted to the speolal investigating committee of the Oregon Portland Ce . ment company, will probably be con- 1 sldered by the federal grand jury, which is also making; an investigation of cement trust charges, It was said . today. The lines were drawn without regard to railroad rates, which aulc ' matlcally control the selling tones of r cement concerns, declares Aman Moor, chief complainant in the ce ment truat litigation. The committee, consisting of A, King Wilson, George Lawrence Jr., and Chester V. Dolph, has before It yes terday E. James Jones, publisher of , a' paper at Oswego, who testified that he had been told the Oregon Port land company's plant at Oswego did , not close because of car shortage as . bad been alleged by the defense but because it had so much of its product On hand without sales that it could not continue to manufacture. A let ter from Clark M. Moors, sales msn- . , ager of the Oregon Portland company, And at the same time sales manager of three other plants, to 11. O. Warner, assistant sales manager of the Cota radO: Portland Cement company, has been submitted aa evidence to the com mittee as showing that there was an pnderstandlng In respect to prices and territory among the companies. The . letter contains the following expres sions: '"I am returning the Instructions , Which show the new prices and have inserted all of them in my rate book xcept Wyoming. "I presume that you have notified Mc Curdy (sales manager of the South western Portland Cement company) of base we have put on Our factory at Port land. Regarding the prices from Trl- dent Into Washington and Idaho would j Bay that everything went of the Mon . ; tana-Idaho line mint be based on 13.16 Including sacks f. o. b. Tridtnt. regardless of any other base. Roscoe (clerk of the Colorado Portland Ce ment company at Denver) had bettor end such Instructions to the Montana salesmen for all their rate books, ai- v though this Is understood at the Butte ' office, and Invoices are taken care of on that basis." The committee Is continuing Its In ( Teatigatlons without announcement of the personnel of the witnesses it In tends to call, as effort Is being made to have the hearing entirely private. HEARING IS CONCLUDED ( sTidg Gatens Takes Wapinltln , ? Case Under Advisement. ' Judge Oatens yesterday afternoon V took under advisement the questions In controversy Involving the water right -and, other property of the Waplnltls , - Irrigation company, which has a large irrigation project in Wasco county ... Valued from 11,000,000 to $2,000,000. ? The contest over the property Is be - tween Joseph R. Keep and E. E. Miller, an attorney. Keep alleges that Miller, While acting as trustee for him, ma nipulated the affairs of the Eastern Irrigation. Power & Lumber company and the Waptnltla Irrigation company so as to defraud him out of his hold . thga. This Miller denies and reviews the various steps taken, which he de- O Putting' It Over The Line Many a man can think up plays in sport or business who lacks th rugged strength and energy to carry them out Hu rx c)mtt from food, and it is vitally essential that it contain thademnta quired by both body and brain-in good bZce. and in form for prompt digestion. oaiance, Gem . combines all the nutriment of whole wheat and malted barley, including their mineral salts so necessary to thorough nourishment V Grape-Nuts is a winning food ready to eat direct from package, easy to digest ' richly nourishing,and wonderfully delictus. Every table should have its daily ,. ration of Grape-Nuts. CCHere TERRITORIAL ALLOTMENT CHARGED BY M00RE fs. ' 1 . v.Or 'tipin.i - . Vols I ' J I I (o r e g X Wmm& , r f ..J 1 CALir N5VAX" " T" i Map showing division which It clares were with the approval of Keep. Attorneys for both sides read af fidavits and made arguments before Judge Oatens yesterday. MOTHER-IN-LAW IS BLAMED Allegation Made In Divorce Salt Other Actions Filed. Too much mother-in-law is the com plaint of Mildred J. Coffey, who began action yesterday for a divorce from E. H. Coffey. They were married In Idaho In 1918 and at the end of six months Mr. Coffsy brought his mother to live with them. Now her mother-in-law, alleges Mrs. Coffey, rules the house In a dictatorial manner. When she asks her husband to go to places of amusement with her, (.he says he refuses on the ground his mother does not want him to go. Other suits filed were as follows: Alice B. Scudder vs. J. Arnold Scudder, married m Chicago In 1801. desertion; Mary Schneider vs. Jacob Schneider, married in Vancouver In 1913, two chil dren, asks' for $S0 a month alimony. Divorce was granted as follows: Eurmel Bchwarts vs. .Adam Bchwarts, married In Portland In 1913, one child, cruslty, $16 allmdliy. Deaths Believed Due To Poisonous Fumes Lancaster, Ohio, Oct. 4. (U. P.) While; the funeral of the' Smetters sisters, Agnes and Alice, was in prog ress today, an inquest into the death of the two and of Miss Mary Stretton, their guest, was held with officials remaining mysteriously mute as to 'ha theories of the cause of their deaths The three were found dead SunJay without apparent cause. No one has yet been able to ad vance a clue as to the cause of death. Asphyxiation Is generally believed but asphyxiation by what poison fumes is unknown. Coroner Bugh, after a night Inquest, admitted today that he was baffled. Congestion of the lungs points to as phyxiation but no ieftks in gas fixtures or pipings have yet been found to show the source of the poisonous gas. Juarez Fears Attack. El Paso. Oct. 4. (U. 1.) The ar rival early today in Juares of two wounded officers from the Cases Orandes garrison lent color to the reports that the Carrani-.sta garrison at the latter town and a small body of VUlista bandits had clashed near there. Casas Orandes in located on the communication lines of Pershing's expedition. Many residents of Juares stayed on the American side of the border Ust night, fearing an attack on the town. Current rumors had set ths date for an attack by Villlstaa as October 4. Si- - with Cream A r. BJmtis , MONTANA i I I is alleged "cement trust" made. PLAN IS ADVANCED TO PUT MEXICANS TO IRK IN THE MINES Committee Discusses Matter With American-Mexican Peace Commissioners, Headquarters American-Mexican Joint Commission. Hotel Tray more, Atlantic City. N. J., Oct. 4. (U. P.) It may be unwelcome news to certain bandits and Mexicans who have ten living off the fight, rather than the fat pf the land, but there Is a scheme on to put Mex ico to work. The committee of mining men, who conferred with the American-Mexican peace commissioners alike the past two days, saw the Mexican group again to day. These sessions are the basis for the work Idea. The mining men are going over the tax situation of Mexico, the railroad problem and general plans for putting Mexico's working machinery back into order and or substituting use of the pick and shovel for the rifle and sabre as a national pastime. The American commissioners have served notice that the United States cannot guarantee return of Americans to the mining districts' until the safety of lfe and property is as sured which may be Interpreted to mean that while Carransa is com plaining about withdrawal of American troops. It is up to him to get control of the interior districts where Idle mines are located. . Withdrawal Not Demanded. Mexico City, Oct. 4. (U. P.) Re ports, published in American news papers that General Carransa has de manded the immediate withdrawal of American troops from Mexico were de clared "absolutely false" by high of ficials here today. They also denied that General Carransa had threatened to recall the Mexican commissioners at Atlantic City unless the troops are withdrawn at ones. Colonel Juan Barragan, chief of staff to General Carransa, will accompany Ambassador Arredondo back to Wash ington on a 30-day leave of absence. It was officially announced today. It is generally believed that Barragan is making more than a vacation trip and that he will confer with United States military officers over ai arrangement for a military patrol of the border. . ' of Wheat, X. Salt and Yisat 1 "SHnrzrr: r?l TARIFF COMMISSION ACT MEETS GENERAL APPROVAL OF VOTERS Measure Designed to Remove Tariff Question From the Realm qj Politics in Future. ISSUES NARROWED DOWN Conrmlssloa Boom to Be Vamed by Pres ident Will Begin Task of Gather ing Data rrom Xxperts. Oeneral satisfaction and approval is being expressed by the voters in their discussion of current political issues over the enactment of the tariff-commission act by the last congress. This act, which provides for the ap pointment of a commission of men possessed of expert training and knowl edge in tariff matters, Is generally looked upon as a measure which will remove the tariff question from the realm of continual political controversy and manipulation and cause future tar iff schedules to be based upon a scien tific foundation. It has long been pointed out by stu dents of the tariff that schedules have been written into- the tariff laws of the country in a haphazard manner, too often at the behest and upon the rep resentations made to congressional committees by those who were to be the beneficiaries of the law. Tariff Question Solved. These people have argued that the tariff schedules of the nation are as intricate and hard to adjust as the freight tariffs of a railroad system, and that the same expert care and knowledge should be used in formula! ing them as Is used by the railroads in the formulation of their freight schedules. The enactment of the tariff -commis sion act has met this thoughtful con tention, and people everywhere are turning their minds and discussions away from the tariff question as a problem that has been solved. The commission, which is soon to be ap pointed by President Wilson, is em powered to commence work as soon as appointed, and will at once begin the immense task of gathering information and statistics from an expert view point. This, as gathered. Will be pre sented to congress for its use and. in formation in formulating the various schedules and classifying the various commodities which go to make up the tariff law of the country. Issues Harrowed Down. "The enactment of the tariff-commission act has narrowed the issues of the present presidential campajn down to the men and their achieve ments," is the way one well-known man of Portland puts the proposition. "I have alway been a supporter of the Republican party, because of my con victions on the tariff question. It seems to me, now that the tarlff-com mission' act has been passed, and the commission will soon be appointed and commence its Work, that the tariff is no longer an issue In the campaign. As far aa I am concerned and I find many other men who feel the same way with the tariff problem out of the way, it becomes simply a question of men and what they have done or would do. "I have watched Wilson for the past three years, and I know what he has done. I am satisfied with the con structive legislation that has been enacted under his guidance and sugges tion. I do not want to see it changed or repealed, but I do want to see the work carried on farther in the same direction that it baa been started. Therefore I am for Wilson In Novem ber." HUGHES ALLIANCES PLANNED Four Blore National Branches to Be Formed Tonight. Four additional branches of the Na tional Hughes alliance will be organis ed to Portland this evening. The meetings will be held at the following places: Irvlngton club: Former Governor T. T. Geer will deliver the address. Miss Dorothy-Louise Bliss will render two violin solos. Laurelhurst club: Arthur I. Moul ton will speak on "What Charles E. Hughes Will Do As President." Chapman school. Twenty-fifth and Wilson streets: John B. Easter and Mrs. Clara B. French will speak on campaign issues. Mrs. French was prominent in the primary campaign for Sheriff Hurlburt. Fulton: The meeting will -be In the Litle Fulton club, at residence of Dr. D. I. Wadsworth, 164S Fulton boule vard. Speaker, Louie E. Bauvle. At each of the foregoing meetings permanent officers will be elected and by-laws adopted, also Hughes buttons and literature distributed. Four more branches of the alliance will be organised tomorrow evening, as follows: Portland Heights branch, at Ains worth school. Twenty-first and Elm streets. Speaker, John McCourt. Rose City Park club, at East Fifty seventh N. and Sandy , boulevard. Speaker, Roger B. Slnnott. Sunnyside and Mount Ta or. East Thirty-fifth and Tamhill streets. Speaker, former State Senator B. F. Mulkey. Woodlawn branch, at Woodlawn school, corner Union avenue and Bry ant atreet. Speaker, Frank 8. Grant UNIVERSITY PARK LINED UP Large and Enthusiastic Meeting Hem Monday. ; A Woodrow Wilson league was formed Monday night at University Park with a large aiTd enthusiastic membership, at which time th rmu. Ing permanent officers were elected: a. ii. crown, president; Mrs. Lula O Scott. Vlc resident- it Ti,i...' treasurer and Richard Morris, secret lary. , The new organisation will knu ond meeting tomorrow night at 8 O'clock at 694 IximhM .ir..i which time a specially arranged' pro- vi aaaresses wm De given and plans laid for the remainder of the campaign. TO INSTALL WILSON BOOTHS Portland Women to Boost Cam. pajgn at County Fairs. Woodrow Wilson booths will be in stalled at both the Estacada and Me MlnnviUe county fairs by the Woodrow Wilson league. ' Mra. Sarah A. Moore, who was In charge of the booth at the state fair, will opA the booth at McMlnnville, where sho will have on hand a supply of Wilson buttons, pictures and litera friends and supporters of the presi dent. Mrs. Helen I. Tomllnson, secretary of the Women's Democratic league, will be. placed in charge of the Wilson booth at the Estacada fair. The great Interest shown in ths booth at the state fair and the suc cessful work done by It bas convinced the managers of the Woodrow Wilson league that much eff active campaign work can be done by the installation of similar booths at the different county fairs as they are held during the remainder of the month In differ-? ent parts of the state. LENTS GETS WILSON LEAGUE More Than 30 Men and Women to Join Organization. A Woodrow Wilson league will be organised a( Lents in Granger hall this vnlnr at 8 nVlnPlr A nr1lml. nary canvass Among the friends Of President Wilson conducted1 by Thomas Cowan and I. F. Coffman last night resulted in more than 80 men and women Indicating their desire to or ganize a league for active and organ ised work during the remainder of the campaign. Tonizht's TneAttnp la triMit a start off with a charter membership or more -man 10 members. It will be addressed by A. H. Flegel, who, together With O T Harrv nrin-alH In the organization of the league. JUDGE NORTON! IS COMING Noted Missouri Progreggire to Speak Here in Support of Wilson. Judge Albert D. Nortonl, Progres sive candidate for governor of Mis souri in l6l2, will speak in Portland Monday night, October 9, at the Eleventh Street playhouse. Eleventh and Morrison streets, in behalf of the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, fudge Nortonl, who has been one of the lead ers of the progressive movement In Missouri and throughout the middle Te insure Victor quality, always look for the famous trademark. "His Master's Voles." It is oa ererr Yictrola and every Victor Record. It is the Manttfriag label ea all centime Victreias sad Victor Records, m west, since its Inception, is aa elo quent, forceful speaker. Ha refused to 1 follow the leadership of Mr. Hughes or to desert the progressive cause when Roosevelt declined the presiden-i tiai nomination, and since has been n active and outspoken supporter tf President Wilson. Judge Nortonl will be Introduced" by Kmmett Callahan, chairman of thai Progressiva county central committee of Multnomah county. j Word has been received at Wilson headquarters that former United States Senator Charles A. Towne of Minnesota will be in Portland October 17, when he will speak tor President Wilson in the Eleventh Street play house. William Wilson, aeoretary of Labor, will be in Portland October 19 and will make one or more public addresses in behalf of President Wilson and his has also been received that Balnbrldge Colby, the Progressive leader who nominated Theodore Roose velt for president at the Progressive national convention In - Chicago last June, will be in Portland as the prin cipal speaker at a Wilson rally during the latter part of the month. The dat0 of his arrival and the meetings sched uled for him will be announced with in a few days. RALLY RUNS AGAINST SNAG Woman's Party Advocates Hare Trouble on Hands at Meeting. Miss Margaret Whittemore and Miss Mary Gertrude Fendall, who have been sent out from New York by the woman's party to instruct the women voters of the state how to cast their ballots in Wovember, had a difficult time with their rally scheduled to be held last night In room A of the library- In the first place there were very few women gathered to attend the meeting when the time came to call it to order, and in the second It was apparent from the beginning that not more than mem X B 91 I O" my If you love music there should be a Victrola in your home With a Victrola you can hear the greatest artists right in your own home and develop a thorough understanding of the world's best music. HPL U ? . -If .mis -superD instrument nils a great gap in the daily lives of people everywhere and carries its music and art into the homes of all the world. 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Victor Records cannot b saady played oa machines with jeweled or ether reproducing points. New Vleter ftsessss at 1 four of those present were tn sympa thy with the woman's party move ment. , Fireworks were started when the speakers compared Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the venerable leader of the cause of Woman Suffrage with Miss Alice Paul, the leader of the woman's party, saying that while Mrs. Shaw was a woman of wonderful eloquence end ability as a propagandist she pos sessed no political acumen, while Miss Paul besides being wonderful politi cally was a most Christlike leader. This brought several of the audi ence to their feet in opposition to ths comparison, It being contended that Miss Paul was known to be an English militant suffragette, who had poured acid in the mail boxes in London and that she ought not to be compared with Dr, Shaw. Miss Fendall and Miss Whittemore were also asked if Mr. Hughes would be able to force, congress to submit the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend ment to a vote of the states, as he promised, why It was that ths amend ment had not been considered during the 50 years it has been before con gress. Benson to Speak Here. ' Allen L. Benson of Tonkers, N. T., Socialist candidate for president, will speak at the lee Palace, Twenty-first and Marshall streets, on the evening of Tuesday. Octoter 10, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Benson is reported to be a speaker of exceptional ability and force, and is conducting a nation wide canvass in support of his candidacy. ' Political Meeting Tomorrow. A political meeting will be held in the school house in Capitol Hill pre cinct at 8 tomorrow evening. The speakers will be F. S. Myers and oth ers. B. Coffey will be chairman of the meeting. m in ii 0 Jitney Runs Down Boy. Isadore Kessler, 16 years old, a newsboy living at No. eil Meade Victaala KVl $200 Victrola XVI electric, $250 jutonaroh el desists oa the 2tk ef each fiiff 9 r Ml Troop A Will Get Showered With Jam Oretfoa Xorsemea Save Big Tims in Mors for Their Ketura 3rom the aXexloaa Border Idas. Oregon's horsemen in the service of ths nation on the Mexican border nr to be treated to a shower of rocks and Jam. One must not gather from this that the Mexicans are going to bombard them with atones and then drown them with a flood of marmalade. This haw, in fact, no bearing upon the horrors of war. At the meeting of Troop A auxiliary at the Central library last night, the "shower" was decided upon. It may be explained that a "rock," in tins connection, is a peculiar kind of cake with a hard frosting. Jam, in this usage of the word. Is the ordinary Jam that la spread on bread, greatly to the delight of our youth. Barnett Goldstein, president of the auxiliary, explayied this morning that the society is trying to make life sweeter and better for the boys on the border. So the wives and sweet hearts and other relatives and friends will carry to the auxiliary's meeting, next Tuesday night all the "rocks" and Jams-' they can pack. This will be sent to the boys at Calexlco. The auxiliary last night contributed $8.25 to be devoted to a fund to give the boys a welcome when they return home. street, was run down by a Jitney driv en by 11. A. Alexander of No. 821 East Taylor street at Fifth and Mor rison streets last evening. He was taken to the police emergency hospital for treatment and then Hent home. His Injuries are not serious. Traffic Po liceman H. L. Stanton, stationed at Fifth and Morrison, who witnessed the accident, reports that It was unavoid able as the boy ran in front of the machine. a ture ror general attribution . to - the I x--r --