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THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1917,
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MEXICANS
ARE
BILLED WHEN TRAINS
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ARE BLOWN
) ATOMS
four Trains Wrecked Within
j Three Hours by Zapatistas,
?. Say Passengers,
.BANDITS ROB THE DEAD
Zwmi 150 and 800 Sofacto Soldiers
ut ruinfin lose tarw; Bebel
loroes Croat Belgn of Terror.
ri. Laredo, Tex.. Feb. 17. (I. N. S.)
'Between 150 and 200 passengers and
v1j facto soldiers were killed when
four trains were blown to atoms near
v!j0rizaba. half way between Mexico City
iinl Ver Cru. according to passen-;-fsers
arriving from Mexico City today.
The train all were wrecked wlth.n
three hours, the passengers say, Zapa
tlstas placing dynamite under them.
itofnb were placed under one of the
" .'trains while it stood on a bridge and
it was blown to pieces with Its human
freight. After the trains were wrecked
- lhe Zapatistas robbed the dead of
i , their clothing and belongings, accord--i-'iliK
to the reports reaching here.
. Refugees declare) that Zavalstas are
, ' creatine a relKn of terror oeiwen
Mexico City and Vera Crui. Many
i- murders are being committed and the
' inhabitants are in a state or panic
Border Patrol Relnfcrced.
"V 101 ro, Texas. Feb. 17. (U. P.)
' Following reports that Cleneral Joseph
:'Tne Kalazar with 300 vwiista touow
rs is molnj? toward the New Mexican-
border. Colonel II. O. SlckeL com
uiKnder of the" New Mexico military
district, today Is heavily reinforcing
' tjie border patrol to prevent further
fTbaniit raids across the boundary line.
Government agents are trying to ob
tain news of "Buck" Bpencer, Ameri
'ton negro, who left Columbus for
"'OJltos. Mexico, to pay a ransom of
5000 to Palazftr's band for Lis wife's
"liberty. Spencer's wife was held as a
'"'-."hostage by Kalazar while Kpencer came
-'"to the border for the ransom monev.
1 Mexican government forces have re
B captured flanla Itonalia, about 30 miles
7'norlti of Jtminez. from Villlstas under
'XfaTiano Tom'lner.. according to lnfor-'-'niation
reaching the border.
Fundus Subscribed
By School Teachers
Kmbt of "Washington sign Taonltjr
rrovlda Honey WUth WU1 Oar fox
Two rreaca. War Orphans On Tour.
In answer to the appeal of "The
Fatherless Children of France"an
American fund for the support of
French children whose fathers have
fallen in war, members of the faculty
of Washington high school have sub
scribed an amount sufficient to care
for two children for one year.
Response from the teachers came
as the rsult of a recent visit to Port
land of the Misses Kllinor Fell and
Florence Bchofleld, who are touring
the United Statea In the interest of
the fund
It is estimated that 10 cents a day
will care for one " child for a day
added to the amount that Is sub
scribed by the French government.
Subscriptions are asked on a two-year
baste. It being estimated that 3fi.&u
will care for one child for a year.
Inasmuch as there are always changes
in the school faculty each year Wash
ington teachers made their subscrip
tion for one year for two children.
The three student literary societies
of Washington high are also expected
to take steps towards caring for one
or more fatherless children soon.
As yet the teachers of the school
do not know the names of the Frencn
youngsters they have virtually
adopted for a year, but under the plan
employed by the fund, it is expected
that they will not only learn the chil
dren's identity but possibly receive
some word from them.
BOOSTING FOR THE
N. E. A. CONVENTION
IS GIVEN NEW START
Twenty-three State Societies,
Connected With Affair,
Will Be Bidden to Meeting,
HARVESTER TRUSTS
DISSOLUTION IS ASKED
BY I). S. GOVERNMENT
. . , .
Brief Filed by Department of
Justice Seeks Confirmation
of Decree. :
HISTORY OF TRUST GIVEN
Charge Combination Was Tonned
Which Constituted Restraint la
Trade and Admits Control.
1
Cowboys' Itodles Hurled.
6 J lacuna, ai., l-eu. ii u, r. a.)
Iiodles of the three Mormon cowboys
S slain by Mexicans south of the Cornor
5 ranch were burit-d at Campbell's Wells,
J near the border, today, the mutilated
Y condition of the corpses- preventing
2 their removal to Hachlta. A child was
born to Mrs. Andrew Peterson, widow
6 of ono of the cowboys, last night.
ECar Company Has
I Ticket Book Supply
Z When local printers today turned
j over aiti emergency supply of street
cuf ticket books to the Portland Rail
way. Light & Power company, the man
5 behind the counter found relief from
the monotonous answer of "Sorry, not
w a book left." For the past day or two
21 the company has been out of ticket
m books because of the delayed; arrival
5 of a new" supply from the east. This
is expected within a few days, but in
the meantime purchasers of books can
2 obtain them at the general office in
at the Electric building or at First and
Alder streets.
In Portland
mined upon'
ChamberCofi!
and attenotS:
8 Catherine Countiss
Undergoes Operation
rt .
JJ Catherine Countiss, well known in
Portland as a onetime member of the
Baker and Columbia theatre stock
. companies, recently underwent a serl
2 oua operation in Pasadena, according
to word received here. Miss Countiss,
who is now Mrs. George Hanna of Pas
J adena, is well on the road to recovery.
She will he best remembered here as
leading woman for Sidney Ayres. Dr.
m fianford Whiting, former Portland phy-
jj sieian. was the surgeon.
1 Baby Chid
J Are advertised on the poultry page of
JJ today's Journal. as well as eggs for
thatching, laying hens. pullets, cocks.
cockerels and Incubators. If you are
In the market for anything in the
J; poultry line, you owe It to yourself to
To revive Interest and instill activ
ity into a number of state societies
that hjavo dropped Into a quiescent
slate during the last year or two will
be the first work of the more active
state organizations in connectldn with
the boosting of the National Educa
tion association convention to be held
h July. This was deter
t a meeting held at the
Commerce Friday night
by th presidents of six
state societies and representatives of
a number of others.
Friday night's meeting was of, a
preliminary naturo in talcing up the
work of publicity for the convention,
and was presided over by D. B. Menery
of the Michigan State society, as pres
ident pro tern., and C. C. Thompson as
secretary. It was found that there
are 23 state societies at present rath
er inactive, and these will be com
municated with to secure a represen
tation from all societies at a general
meeting to be held March 1. At this
latter meeting permanent organization
of a joint committee representing all
societies will be completed.
Among the tentative plans Is a mem
bership ' campaign for the purpose of
recruiting the different state societies.
It Is the purpose to have the members
of the different societies write per
sonal letters to their home-town
irienas ana acquaintances, urging a
visit to Portland during the time of
the convention. The greater local
membership will mean wider eastern
publicity. It is proposed, too, in the
event that some of the southern states
do not have a strong representation
in the local colony, a consolidated
uixie ciud, wmcn win include a
number of the southern states, will be
formed.
The presidents of state societies
present at Friday night's meeting were:
J. C. Neill of Wisconsin, O. L. Rausch
of Michigan, Isaac Peart of Minnesota,
wiiDur iienaerson of Illinois, Dr.
Byron Miller of Ohio and J. J.
Crossley of Iowa.
Attorney Eankin
Goes to Pendelton
look over these ads.
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NOW PLAYING
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ANITA
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In Robert W. Chambers'
Sensation
The Girl
Philippa
COMING TOMORROW
KITTY GORDON
in
"Vera, the Me&um"
By. Richard Harding Davis
Errand Is to Prepare Government;
Case in Matter of Mrs. Sophie Byers
for Claim in Water Hlffctg.
In order to draw up the govern
ment s case In the suit at Pendleton
of Mrs. Sophia Byers, claimant of
water rights in the Umatilla river,
Assistant United States Attorney Rob
ert R. Ranttin left Portland Friday
night. An appeal is now up before
the state spureme court. One thou
sand feet of water per minute Is
sought as an established right which
congress had originally granted Mrs
Byers; but which was construed by
the state circuit court to be merelv a
license.
Federal authorities had thereuoon
contended that State Circuit Judire
Phelps had exceeded his jurisdiction
when he decreed that the Indians for
wnom tne government claimed exclu
slve rights were limited to the phys
lcai quantity or water actually used.
At tne same time briefs are helnar
drawn up in the case of the United
states against Seufert Bros., salmon
canners at rne Dalles, involving fish
mg ngnis oi tne Indians also. The
united states supreme court itnif
win taKe up the appeal of the defend
ants, as the case iirvolves an old
treaty made between the government
and the Indians.
Washington. Feb. 17. (I. N. S.
The government today asked the su
preme court of the United States to
dissolve the harvester trust.
In its brief filed in the high court by
the department of justice, that tribuni
!s asked to affirm the decree of the
Cnited States district court for the
district of Minnesota, which ordered
the dissolution of the alleged trust on
the ground it constituted a combma
lion in restrain of trade and wa-j
thoroughly repugnant .to the doetrin-5
that "competition, not comb.natlon, bi
the law of trade." From that decision
the harvester trust, promoted chiefly
by George W. Perkins, appealed.
Sow Trust Was rormed.
The government points out in !ts
brief that the trust was formed from
the International Harvester company.
the manufacturer concern, the Inter
national Harvester Company of Amer
ica, the marketing concern, the Inter
national Flax Twine company, the
Wisconsin Flax cormpajiy. and the
Wisconcln Lumber company, indus
tries which make the various essential
nroductions used in reaping and bar
vesting the cereal crops; the Illinois
Northern Railway and the Chicago,
West Pullman and Southern Railway
and the railway facilities of the al
leged trust, Cyrus- H. MeCormick,
Charles H. Deering. Harold F. MeCor
mick, James Derlng. John J. Glessner,
Wm. II . Jones, Richard F. Howe,
George Wr. Perkins, George F. Baker.
Norman B. Ream and several other
organisers.
It declares that this group of men
and companies organised a trust com
posed of several Independent manufac
turers of harvesting machinery and ac
cessories. It Is argued that all these
companies were thriving on a competi
tive basis.
Restrained Kormal Competition.
The government charges that those
lements in the trade, through tne
agency of J. P. Morgan & Co., com
bined their industries and lormed a
omblnatlon, which dominated the
rade and restrained normal competi
tion. The government's brief states
that the defendants admit control of
from 80 to 85 per cent of the trade in
harvesting machinery, a type of labor
saving device on which the farmers of
the country are dependent for sustain
ing prosperity.
The whole history or tne comDina
tlon with its alleged stult'fying effect
on competiton is traced in the govern
merit's argument.
Sought to Crush Competition.
The government claims that the
rust is well within the meaning of
the anti-trust act. It is declared that
he claim of the trust that its units
combine voluntarily and for purposes of
expanding export trade and entering
rtw lines or proauction is irrelevant,
That the combination sought to crush
competition is alleged. The fact that
the harvester trust admittedly -controls
he market is declared to be Incrim-
natlng and to constitute the combina
tion as a trust. The harvester com
blnation is declared to be, not a result
of normal growth, but a conspiracy of
competitors, wrong doing was 'con
scious' on the part of the trust, it is
argued
In addition the government alleged
that the harvester trust, despite its
protestations of innocence, was
formed with specific intent to monop
olize. The government says that the
contention of the alleged trust that it
has not raised prices is beside the
issue and does not affect the real
merit of the question as to whether
or not it is a monopoly.
Absolute XTeed of Check.
With unusual emphasis, the govern
ment's brief declares that unless the
supreme court finds the trust guilty
of monopoly there will be a renewal
of the rush toward "concentration In
big business which marked the prog
ress of industry in the united States
up to the time of the decision of th.i
Complaints Allege
Misuse of Patents
Willametta Iron fc Steel Worka and
Alters Brothers' xmin Company
. Defendants in Infringement Buita.
Complaints of patent infringements
have been filed with the clerk of the
United States district court by the
Columbia, Knglneering company and
by Jerome F. Stafford.
The first plaintiff asks triple dam
ages from the Willamette Iron & Steel
works for alleged infringement of the
patent of a pulley, invented by Otto
R. Beck, formerly of Quilcene, Wash.
The patent was issued in December
of J 916, to run for 17 years, according
to the complaint, and was sold first
to the Columbia Block & Ram com
pany in April, 1910, and later to the
plaintiff.
The other complaint is against the
Albers Brothers' Milling company for
alleged infringement on an improved
process of burning crude petroleum,
said to have been patented in 'July,
1916.
TWO-PLATOON SYSTEM
WANTED BY FIRM
WILL BE VOTED UPON
Initiative Petitions Proposing
Plan to Voters of City Have
Been Put in Circulation.
TWENTY-SIX ALIENS
ARE MADE CITIZENS
IN CIRCUIT COURT
They Represent Many Foreign
Countries; Among Them Is
English-Born Deaf Mute,
REGULATIONS EXPLAINED
Heads of X"lre Bureau Bay Proposition
Would Cost Taxpayers About
$200,000 Mora a Tear.
Twenty-Blx applicants were granted
United States citizenship today by
Presiding Circuit Judge Gantenbein.
Among the number were four natives
of Germany, one Of Turkey, one of
Greece ancr three of Italy. The re
mainder were divided among Russia,
Great Britain and the Scandinavian
countries.
An unusual incident was the ad
mission of Thomas Graham, a deaf
mute 'and a former subject of King
George of England. Through an in
terpreter he said that he was 65 years
of age and had been a resident of the
United States for 60 years. After he
had taken the oath of allegiance to
Uncle Sam. Judge Gantenbein com-'WORK
mented that he would at least be froo
from the wiles of the speech of the
demagogue.
In the examination of the appli
cants juage uantenDem ruled that it
was not necessary to ask the statu
tory Question as to whether the ap
plicant was abellever in polygamy or
not. He Bald ihat the practice was a
crime and that even if the applicant
believed in tho doctrine he would not
admit it anyhow.
Initiative petitions for the firemen's
"two platoon" or double-shift system,
to be voted on oy the people in th
municipal election in June, made their
appearance today and as a result the
heads of the fire bureau immediately
launched their campaign against the
adoption of the measure.
The measure which the firemen ar
seeking to put on the ballot by the
initiative provides that there shall be
a two-platoon system with not more
than 14 hours' night duty nor more
than 10 hours a day dutyrOr the men.
While the measure leaves it up to the
men of the fire bureau themselves to
make the necessary regulations to
carry out the provisions of the pr
posed act, the moasure itself does not
explain wnat the regulations are to d
The measure also provide that two
platoons shall have equal periods of
service on day and night shifts, and
shall change with each other from day
to night service twice a month unless
otherwise ordered by a majority voie
of the members on active duty.
The heads of the fire bureau, con
sisting of Fire Chief Dowell. Assistant
Chief Laudenkloo, Fire Marshal Stev
ens and Battalion Chiefs Young and
Holden, say that the adoption of tn-
measure takes the supervision of the
bureau entirely out of their hands and
places it in the hands of tho firemen,
and that they will be heads of the
bureau in name only.
They declare that the installation
of the proposed system will increata
the cost of operation by approximately
(200,000 a year and means an end to
the fire prevention work.
VniiJj BE COMPIiKTED
RESTItAIOT
IS
NECESSARY
Boy
Who Shot Officer Is Sent to
Training School.
County Judge Tazwell has commit-1
ted to the state training xchool Wil
liam McLeod, the 16-year-old boy who
last Saturday shot and wounded Proba
tion Officer Creed Evans in the thumb.
Professor DeBusk of the University of
Oregon and lr. A. I. Lucas, who made
a psychological examination of the
boy reported to the court that hi
criminal tendencies were over-developed
and that restraint was neces
sary. Ho was shown to have an ac
tive mind.
The boy's widowed mother became
hysterical when sentence was Imposed
and pleaded for leniency tut Judge
Tarwell said that the salutary effect
of a term In the reform, school was, in
hjs Judgment, necessary.
ALIENATION TRIAL BEGINS
Charge Is Made That Wife Wa
Induced to Divorce Husband.
The suit of Charles L. Cadawallader
? gainst James K. Cameron to recover
150,000 damages on the charge of hav
ing alienated his wife's affections,
went to trial today before Circuit
Judge Davis.
wnen court aajournea at noon a
Jury had been impaneled and the open
ing statements or tne attorneys hal
been completed.
In his complaint Cadawallader al
leged that Cameron had by gifts and
in otner ways caused nis wire, wno
was in the employ of Cameron
stenographer and bookkeeper, to
vorce her husband.
Material Men and Sub-Contractors
Agree to Finish Auditorium.
The material men and sub-contrac
tors on the auditorium arc to sign an
agreement to finish their work on the
structure and then look to Hans feoer
son, tho contractor, or his bondsmen
for payment, according to an under
standing reached by the material men
and sub-contractors, meeting Friday
afternoon.
The understanding followed the ac
tion of the majority of the city coun
cil in adding $21,525 to the contract
price of the auditorium. The council,
by the votes of "Mayor Aibee and Com
missioners Batter and Dieck, decided
to add this tfmount rather than at
tempt to hold -the bondsmen and possi
bly delay construction of the building.
The increase is conlngent upon the
material men and sub-contractors fin
ishing their work.
The material men tried to get J. F.
Kelly and N. A. Schanen, two of Peder
6on's bondsmen present at the meeting
yesterday, to sign a new agreement
that they would pay the bills in case
Pederson defaulted, but these, two re
fused to reestablish their liability
They would not say whether they
thought the city could still hold them,
but positively declined to sign any
agreement which would make tbem lia
ble for payment in the future if they
were not liable at present
Deputy City Attorney Latourette is
to draft the proposed agreement of the
material men, and it will be presented
for signatures at a meeting to be held
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Upper Morrison to Be Paved.
Morrison street from Chapman to
Stout street, the only unpaved street
In that section of the city. Is to oe
hardsurfaced if efforts of property
owners are successful. Property own
ers havo filed a petition for the im
provement and Commissioner Dieck
said that proceedings would be Inst!
tufced immediately. The proposed im
provement has long been held up
Stelwer. Vinton. Von dr Hallan 11V.
Against Dimlck, Farrell. Garland,
GUI, Llaenweber, Lewis, Strayer.
Wood t. -:
Absent Bins bam. Handler. Hurler.
Huston, Shank, "Wilbur
Vlarco BUI yawed. -
Wlta only four vote against It the
enate passed 8. B. 1&, by Pierce,
submitting to the voters of tne state
at the next general election the ques
tion of increasing the state highway
mlllage tax from one-fourth of a mill
to one and one-fourth mills.
Senator Pierce said the bill was in
dorsed by th head of the state gran&c
and Farmers' Union, and it was hoped
It would bo approved by the people
as a measure making it unnecessary
to issue bonds for highway purposes.
The four senators who voted against
it were; Dimick. Smith of Josephine,
Btrayor, Wood.
After defeating yesterday afternoon
S. B. 316, which declares it to be the
policy of tho state to ceaae giving
state aid to the support of dependent
or delinquent children, except those
wholly cared for in a state institution,
the senate today reversed Itself and
reconsidered and passed the bill.
For an hour the senate debated the
question, up one side and down anoth
er, all deploring the fact that religion
has been dragged into politics in the
manner manifested In Portland in the
recent elections.
"There is nothing on earth in this
bill except measly little politics." de
clared Senator Strayer, who opposed
it. "It is nothing but an expression
of the opinion of th legislature, and.
in my opinion, is not worth 15 cents."
The bill is a companion to S. B. 317.
passed yesterday, which submits to
the people the question of appropri
ating $200,000 for a state institution
for caring for dependent children as
state wards.
Sow They Toted.
The vote on the bill passed today
was as follows;
Yes Baldwin, Bishop, Dlmick, Eddy.
Gill. Hurley, Huston, Iewls, Olson,
Orton, Pierce, Smith of Coos, Smith of
Josephine, Stelwer, Vinton. Wilbur,
President Moser 17.
No -Barrett, Cuslck, Farrell, Gar.
land, Hanley, Hawley, La Fqllett, Lein.
enweber. Shanks. Strayer, Von der
Hellen. Wood 12." x
Absent Bingham 1.
The senate passed house bill 206,
introduced by Representative Stott oy
request. It authorises any school
board in the state to build and equip
one or more parental schools "for tho
purpose of affording a place where
hildren of compulsory school age anl
omlng within the provisions of thl-
act and of the statutes of the state con
cerning neglected and delinquent chil
dren may be detained for the purposes
of discipline and instruction herein
after provided."
Juvenile Court Given Powers.
Children may be committed to sucli
schools by the Juvenile court. Such
schools will bo under the supervision
mf the school board.
House bill 522, introduced by the
house committee on consolidations,
placing the industrial welfare commis
sion and the child labor commission
under the state labor commissioner.
was Indefinitely postponed by the senate.
Other bills Indefinitely postponed
were as follows:
H. B. 618, by Rttner Submitting to
a vote or tne people the proposal to
build a new penitentiary at a cost of
$400,000.
s. B. 243. by Pierce Relating to the
state printing board.
S. B. 69. by Pierce Requiring life
insurance companies to state on back
of premium receipts the cost of the
insurance.
S. B. 137, by Dlmick Providing that
flro insurance must be written by local
County agents. ,
UNION
PA!
IS
TO JOIN
PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
WILLING
! Boys' Joy Eide Has.
Serious Results
Gerrit Fort Favors Coopera
tive Exploitation of Scenic
Beauty of Northwest.
ADVERTISING WOULD PAY
Xeaver Sad Splendid Xesults From
10,000 Boosting letters Sent Out
Last Tear.
Believing in the efficiency of proper
publicity given to the scenic beauty
as j
di-
awaltlng the settling of the dirt In the
fill between
streets.
BOND GOSSIPPY HOUSEWIVES
court in the Northern Securities case Judge Dayton Places Italians Under
the first great anti-trust decision
The brief asserts that unless the court
dissolves the harvester trust, the path
will be open ror the formation of
trusts monopolizing food, fuel and oth
er vital necessities pf existence. The
Peace Bonds to Curb Tongues.
The gossip of housewives in the
Italian quarter of Kast Sixteenth and
Clinton streets has resulted in four of
the community being placed under a
desire for more power which power a& ot J1000 each to keep the peace
engenders will tend toward monopoly D J-aici duage uayion
unless a decisive check is administered,
it is aeciarea.
The brief is signed by Attorney Gen
eral Gregory, Solicitor Geneial Dvi
Assistant to the Attorney General Todd
and Special Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Gordon.
This judgment was arrived at after
Joe Ferrante and Alberto Bamentllli
had complained that Francesco Scorcia
and Francesco Novielll had threatened
to kill them. After hearing the story
Judge Dayton concluded that the real
source of the trouble was the Idle talk
of their wives. To prevent further
trouble he put them all under a bond.
MARITAL AVOES ON TAPIS
Commemorate Natal
Day of Presidents
A patriotic service, commemorating
the natal days of Washington and Lin
coin, both of which come in February,
will be held by the congregation of the
old Taylor-street Methodist Episcopal
cnurcn ai iu:su o ciock Sunday morn
mg in foresters' hall, 128 Fourth
street.
Judge M. C George, who represent
ed Oreron, in congres from 1881 to
l88o, will make the address on Wash
lngton, ana Judge 11. H. Northup.
weu Known Portland attorney, will
speak on Lincoln. Mrs. Nettle Greer
Taylor will sing "The Star Spangled
wanner. UDservance of national days
through patriotic services has long
oeen a custom or tho Taylor-street
church.
Wants $5000 lor Injury.
J. S. Brown, who was injured last
October by in automobile driven by
W. B. Buell at Third and Stark streets,
has brought suit in the circuit court
to recover damages to the amount of
ISOOtt, . -
Would Remand Steel Trust Case
Washington, Feb. 17. (I. N. 8.)
In its. efforts to grind up the steal
trust Into, separate companies, no one
of whlchVhall be large enough U Three Gain Freedom br Decree nml
uumniaie rv puruun oi me Bieei in-1 Two ftthpra RaaIt Xin-Mat
dustrv. tegWernment this afternoon Ao "triers See Keller.
filed In WK suDreme court it hrlof '"""""'S uivorcea nave Deen
srauieu uy vircun j uuge uamenDem
R. O. Lambert from Ivy F. Lambert.
Augusta K. Scheibe from Albln
Scheme, John Neville from May Ne-
vnie,
Suits for divorce have been filed in
the circuit court as follows. Cather
Ine Whltemore from Chester A. White-
more. J. F. Brothers from Kate Agnes
Bromers.
comoattingtne trust's riant for cor
porate existence. The government does
not ask that the court hand down &
dissolution decree but urges that the
case be remanded to the United States
district court of New Jersey with di
rections that that tribunal work out
a dissolution plan.
Ashley Would Reduce
0IlClals, Salaries
Salem, Or., Feb. 17. Saving' of
about $150,000 for the year Is con
templated in Ashley's house bill 448.
reported favorably by the Joint ways
and means committee, which proposes
to reduce the pay of state officials by
15 per cent,
The bill exempts those salaries less
than $2000 per annum. However, ex
ceptiona to this are made In the case
of the governor, secretary of state,
state treasurer and the heads of the
state Institutions.
The house committee on salaries, to
which the bill. was originally referred.
reported It without recommendation
and It was sent to the ways and means
committee for consideration.
Chapman and Stout
Hood River Project
Not Recommended
Washington, Feb. 17. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
General Black, chief of the army en
gineers, has reported to congress with
his approval the conclusions of the
engineer board on the Hood River Im
provement, to the effect that govern
ment aid cannot be recommended at
this time.
Jerome Rhodes Burled.
Oregon City, Feb. 17. The funeral
services of the late Jerome Rhodes,
who died in Portland several days ago,
were held at the Myers St Brady un
dertaking parlors this afternoon. Rev.
J. A. Speer of Portland officiated. In-
terment was In the Mountain View
cemetery.
and attractions of the Pacific north
west, as being productive of general
good, the Union Pacific system would
undoubtedly Join in any properly
cooperative advertising campaign
throughout the east, according to
Gerrit Fort, passenger traffic manager
of the system.
In this regard Mr. Fort said today:
"I have been very much Interested
in the plans that are bieng worked out
for cooperative advertising in tne earn
of the attractions of the pacific north
west, and hope they are going to oe
thoroughly successful. I have long
believed that tne rauroaas, commer
cial clubs and business interests gen
erally should Join hands in their publicity-work.'
Today the railroads serv
ing this section of the country col
lectively spend a large sum of money
In newspaper and magazine and other
forms of publicity. Because of the
competitive nature of the advertising
It is devoted largely to exploiting the
service of the particular line adver
tised. Stress is laid upon the opera
tion of dining cars, Bteel sleepers and
other luxuries and conveniences of
travel with which the public is pretty
generally acquainted.
Advertising Paid Well.
'If a Joint campaign be undertaken,
the dominant note should be the scenw
beauty and other attraction of U s'
locality advertised, with the railroad
service adequately treated, but no:
made the most important feature. A
Joint campaign, such an 1 have in
dicated, was Buotessf ully conducrd
last year by some of the rail road a and
by the business men of Utnver. A
fund of $50,000, of which the railroad
contributed J 15,000, was raised, and
spent in newspaper advertising and in
the preparation of descriptive and in
formation booklets. In round figures.
10,000 letters of inquiry resulted from
ihls advertising and :t0 pet cent of
the prospects thus created were actual
ly ticketed to Colorado or beyond. Tli
known direct return from the Union
Facific Investment of $5000 was up
ward of $20,000, to say nothing of thu
cumulative value of the general pub
licity. This work lias become perman
ent in Colorado, ur.d it can !c success
fully duplicated In the Pacific north
west, '
Union Pacific Would Help.
"I do not know Hint t lie railroads
have been Invited to join tho other In
terests of the Pacillc northwest in the
plan now under contemplation, nor do
i know how my colleagues of other
lines regard the question, but I have
o very definite feeling Ihat the Union
Pacific system' would like to neip in
any well-planned and properly carried
out Joint publicity campaign." '
Mr. Fort is an ardent admirer of the
Pacifio northwest and particularly
Portland and its vicinity. Today ho
expressed himself as having found
new delights in his present western
visit, and also a surprise or two.
"The last time I was here." Mr. Fort
said, "was when you were having your
campaign for prohibition. At that
time there was a wall going up that
prohibition would spell disaster for
business, and really when I came out
this time I fully expected to see any
number of vacant stores and saloons,
empty and with padlocks on the door.
In this respect, however. I do not see
the slightest difference. All your
stores and rooms In the business dis
trict seem to be occupied by thriving
tradesmen.
."I gather from your retail mer
chants that they especially are now
the moat ardent advocates of anti
ealoons; they say their sales and cred
its alike are vastly better than during
the saloon existence, and I find few
Tares T oaths Pace Xarcey Cnarg
and Pourtn Is Sent to Xttvenlls
Court by Judge tanggnth. y
Three lads who took an automo
bile -juit for a joy ride" were bound
over to the grand Jury on serious lar-
ceny charges by Municipal Judge Lang
guth this morning; a fourth was sent
to the Juvenile court.
The defendants are Bernard J. Cow
ling, 145 Knott street; Herbert Smith,
147 Ivy street; William Thompson.
ZC7H Russell street, and George
Bosch. $90 Brasee street. Herbert
Smith, who Is 17 years old. was sent
to the Juvenile court. The other three
are It and 19 years old. All the boys
confessed that last Monday night they
participated in taking a machine be
longing to James Chlottl from his ga
rage at 81S Patton avenue and driving
it about the city four hour.
Cowling is accused by the others of
being the leader of the project. Cow
ling is said to have admitted to De
tectives Craddock and Smith, who
made the arrests, that he took an inner
tube and a book of gasoline tickets
from the machine.
The automobile was found deserted
at Gantenbein and Graham avenues.
PORTLAND FILES BRIEF
IN TRANSCQNTINENTA
FREEH
L
J RATE CASE
Traffic and Transportation
Assn. Says Conditions Do
Not Warrant Readjustment
Through Joseph N. Teal and William
C. McCulloch, its attorneys, the Port
land Traffic and Transportation asso
ciation has filed Its brief In the trans
continental rate case with tho Inter
state Commerce commission. The brief
argues that conditions do not Justify
the readjustment of transcontinental
ruten, and that terminal points are
entitlei. to lower commodity rates than
lncrmedlato points.
Kmphasis la laid upon the statement
that tho only basis under which cither
stability of rates or permanency will
be obtained In granting fourth-section
relief Is completely to sover a water
compelled rate at a poje-from an In
herently reasonable rate to an Inter
mediate point.
A complete survey of transcontinen
tal rate making since the first through
traffic into Oakland, Cal., in 1S6I, is
given, as well us the facta of the pre
vious all water route for commerce
between the two coasts. It la held
that when normal conditioned are re
stored active and complete water com
petition will bo renewed through tho
Panama canal. First the slide In tho
canal and now the impress of all avail
able vessels Into the Atlantic service
between the eastern seaboard and Ku
rope lias had Its effect on the water
competition, but it is urgd that under
such temporary conditions, the comr
mission should not rompel the ralS
roadn 1o raiKn their irate to the Pa
cific coast. It is Hhflwn that such an
advance in rates would oe of serious
detriment to Pacific Aoast industries.
The brief declares that the commis
sion has the power to grant the relief
asked for, and takes issue with the
Spokane Merchants' association, which
undertakes to say that potential water
competiton cannot be given any con
sideration by the commission.
An early decision in the rate case 4s
anticipated.
Nonagenarian Is Dead.
John W, Miller, a native of New
Tork state, 1 years old. died at his
residence, 166 Kast Twenty-eighth
street north, on February 15. lie had
resided in Oregon for C$ years, and Is
survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nel
lie Ilenahaw of Portland, Mrs. Itett.i
French and Mrs. Tlllle Ileyneman of
8an Francisco. Funeral services were
held this afternoon at the Portland
crematorium, under direction of Miller
& Tracey.
business men who wish to see a return
to a wide-open saloon town."
Photographers to Be Regulated.
An ordinance regulating soliciting
photographers, by requiring them ir
pay a nominal license, is to be intro
duced before the city council Wednes
day. The ordinance is being prepared
by C A. Bigelow, commissioner of
finance. The measure comes as result
of petition by a number of local pho
tographers that an ordinance b-
passed prohibiting soliciting on the
part of some photographers. The pro
posed measure will regulate solicitors.
but not put them but of business, it s
claimed.
Says Bill Is Just.
Robert G. Dieck, commissioner of
public works, recommends to the
city council that George C. Mason, W.
S. Turner and J. P. isewen, engineers
who investigated prices in bids for the
construction of the Tanner Creek
sewer be paid the $1200 sought Me
says that $50 a day for each of the.
three men who worked eight days is
a reasonable amount. '
KUBLI ANTI - PICKET
BILL GOES TO QUICK
DEATH IN THE SENATE
(Continued from Pegs One.)
PROMISE NOT KEPT, CHARGE
Alleging breach of promise Laura
Mcintosh has brought suit in the cir
cuit . court against Walter Rosenfeld,
president of the Rosenfeld-Smith com
pany, to recover $50,000 damages.
It Is alleged in the complaint that
the defendant promised to marry the
plaintiff not later than January, 1917.
but that he failed to keep his promise.
Southern Pacific
Officials Coming
A Southern Paeifio official party
consisting of W. R. Scott, vice-president
and general manager; J. Q. Bar
low, assistant chief engineer of San
.This committee last night passed fa- I Francisco, and 3. D Isaacs, consult-
vorably upon the bill as a whole, with ling engineer of New Tork, is due to
a few suggested amendments. I arrive in Portland this afternoon. The
a n . reuuction in salary would af-1 parJi, watch has been inspecting the
feet every branch and department of 1 lines of the Southern Pacifio. cornea
state, government " ami employes of I to Portland from tho Marshfield dls-
very board and commission.. Itrlct. - -
tive Brownell January 25. it did not
pass the house until yesterdav and was
put through the senate loaay Dy a ma
Jorlty vote.
The amendment is contained In
house Joint resolution 8. It amends the
constitution to provide mac an amend
ments to this constitution shall be so
worded that their adoption by the
people will leave the amended const!
tutlon without any confl.cting provi
sions. And as a vital consideration in
construing any amendment Is the ef
fect of the amedment upon the entire
constitution, if the adootion of the
amendment has the effect of rendering
any part or parts of me constitution
ineffective without expressly and spe-
rificaliv repealing such ether part or
parts, then such amendment shall bo
ineffective.
The proposed amendment will be
submitted to the people at the next
general election.
The vote in the senate was as fol
lows:
For tho resolution Baldwin. Bar
rett. Bishop. Cuslck, Eddy, Hawley, La
lrouect, jaoser, uiwn, wura, mrcc, I ,
Bmttn ot Cooa. Smith, of - Josephine,
rrSrn mill tit mini
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