S 3 " U " . THE WEATHER feS! ,Jsvt 1 Tonight and EDlTlMNv , Thursday fair; -ITS ALL BERK a - . -... O'CLOCK ; I 11 I I II 1 ' I I i i - " ' and ITS ALL V J v N westerly .wl vlnds. mr VlfTTT "Mrt ,111 - Catered lw-Ua Matter PORTLAND, OREGON; WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY . 16, 1919. TWENTY PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ON TWAINS FD STANDS MVS CftNT ODV FOR 1DIII I SELECTED Governor Announces Personnel of Committee VVhfch Will Inves ' tigafe Accident Commission. Employers, Employe's and State Reoresented i Action Is Taken f ' - . to Bring Confidence in Body, , Salem, July 19. The . personnel nf th fnmm)tt u'WiVi fa tn Invn. titrate the Industrial accident com mission was announced by Governor plcott today as follows : Representing Z employers - F. A. "Douty, president of the Multnomah liumber & Box company, Portland ; A. O. , Labbe, vice president, of the Willamette ; Iron Steel company, Portland: A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth-Kelly -Lumber : company, Eugene. . 4 , .- ' ; ' Representing employes Frank Green, -Portland; J. H, 'Brooks, Portland, .and Sandy McLain, Pen dleton. . , Representing the state at large Robert S. Gill of Portland editor of the official organ of the Loyal Le gion .'"of Loggers- end Lumbermen; C E. Apperson of . McMlnnvllIe, president 'of : the McMlnnvllIe Na tional" bank, and H. J.' Overturf, manager.' of the Bend., Commercial -club' - : Three ."of. the, members of the com mission were recommended : by the -. In dustrial Association of Oregon, three by the ?State Federation of Labor and three 'were appointed by Vhe governor as. rep resentative of. the state, at large, ; the apporUottment feetiig hi - line with -the composition of . the Industrial accident commission, which is oomposea. ox mem bers representing the three groups. , The investigation of the f commission , was determined upon by Governor Olcott, i following lhe adoption of resolutions by f various - labor unions r requesting - such action, and upon the request of W. A. "Marshall, s- member of the. commission, for such action. Following the change In the personnel' of , the commission, on July 1. Governor Olcott announced that the change' would have no effect on the pending ? investigation, wwhlch-was necessary in order to restore the confl- ; dence of the publlo in the b"6dy. . . . , The reason for calling this investiga tion is to' allay any fears which ' might exist that the affairs of the commission . are not being conducted on a proper basis, said the governor In announcing the personnel. -It became apparent to me' that in some sources confidence in the commission had been shaken , by- re ports, either-true -or erroneous, -as the result of the inquiry-will determine. "It - is - my belief that - for- the best Interests of the workmen's'compensation act and everyone connected with1 its ad ministration whatsoever, that the com mission whlchr administers the law should i have the most complete , con fidence of the people. To see that that confidence is maintained I have asked for this investigation and I have made the committee large enough and have asked mew of caliber to serve who are big enough, so that when the committee makes its final findings I believe the people of the state will haVe entire con fidence Jn what they say , as. to the situation which has existed In the d- mmistratton o? tne acu , - "There will be no whitewash of ny of the; commission's affairs. The' plan Is i to flrtd ; out exactly what has " been" done and wharfs being done. in the ad ministration of the act - and, if any re sults are discovered. to take steps, to rectify thern." ' . ' NIGHT IN SHELTON Party Leaves for Port Angeles to ; Be Ferried to Victoria by ? . - Special Service. - t 5 Shelton,', Wash. July 1 -Fifty Oregon realty men and their; fami lies registered at trie Shelton hotel W... . . 1 l A . J iucwiaT , nigui tir - tt unve uvci good, bad and Indifferent roads from Portland onvThe Journal's auto tour to the Interstate realty convention at Victoria, B. C, The Journal pilot car was the last to arrive, having loitered along the way to lend assistance to stragglers. There were no accidents to mar the day's outing.' The party- left for Port; Angeles this morning, expecting to arrive fat 6 p. n' and be ferried to Victoria by a special service of the Canadian Pacific railroad. Shelton. business men gave a dance in honor ot ' the visitors. The cool salt breeses from off the oyster, beds. had a stimulating effect cfn the realty -men. P, Wade of Pendleton accompanied by Mrs, Wade, jotned the general dele gation .at; Portland. Mr,. Wade Js going to Victoria with the avowed purpose of carrying back to s Pendleton i the silver trophy cup to be awarded the most elo quent home towq eulogist in af ive min ute speaking contest Thursday" evening. ,W. B. Shlvely will represent Portland in the content,. - - - -? REALTISTS SPEND RATE CASE OF VITAL INTEREST TO EVERY PORTLAND CITIZEN - Transportation affects the price of everything bought or sold by any Individual. , . - T Transportation limits thje territory tributary to the trade. of any city. Transportation determines the. development of the resources of any region. . . - ' ; . . ' " , ' " . ' Far more than any other one ; thing, transportation fixes the share obtained by any city or trade territory in thft commerce of the world. - Every man, woman and child in Port land has a "stake" in the success of the Columbia basin rate case. EVERT FEBSOX AFFECTED It affects .the ? interests of every in dividual in the Columbia basin. The Columbia basin rate case is an action brought! before ' the Interstate commerce commission. ' It asks that a lower' rate be-granted by way of the water grade between the Inland Empire .and ports of the Colum bia than; by way of the mountains be tween .the Inland Empire and Puget Sound. : .-' ? ;. -f .;;' Incredible as It may seem the rail rate over , the mountains is the same as by the-water grade.' Every cost of mountain transportation is greater but the freight rate is the same as by the 'route that cuts through mile high mountains almost at sea level. POWER plFFEBEJfCE HCCE , It takes the most powerful of all loco motives to pull a train of 1260 tons over th " mountains 1 and "any i-old- engine" can pull a train of 4600 tons along the water grade : the. law, not nature, limits the size of trains on the river route. ;iConstrHctlon. j equipment, ioperatlon. maintenance, damage and delay all cost the mountain railroads more than the river -route railroads, but the charge for moving freight either way is the same. ' The development of the Inland Empire ana the growth of the porta of the" Co lumbia are involved In the Columbia basin rate issue, s . The. enjoyment of natural advantages by? Portland, other ports of the Colum bia and by the great interior drainage area of the Columbia is at stake in the Columbia basin, rate. case. HEARING BEGINS SOSDAT ' The hearing of the Columbia basin tate case ' begins . next Monday before Interstate Comerce Commissioners H. C Hall, Wlnthrop M. Daniels and Jo seph .E. Eastman, at the ''courthouse in Portland. It will be transferred to Se attle on Monday. July . 28, and will , be continued .there for : probably .f our days. If there Is anything in . the power of Seattle and Tacoma to defeat the'; peti tion of the Inland Empire and the 'ports PACT SUPPLEMEIIT i -, . " ' - - - .. . France's Fear: "of Another Attack f by Germany Reason for Agree r.i.vment Made at Paris. - , By "Carl Smith - Washington; July 1. .(WASH INGTON BUREAU OF THE JOUR NAL) TheN special agreement t ne gotiated with i France, promising to go to her aid immediately in case of an unprovoked attack by Germany, has been, and still is, the cause of considerable, perplexity .-in connec tion with the discussion, of the Lreague- of Nations. Borne friends of the league can see no reason for it, because they be lieve that France lias ample security in the guarantees of the league.. Some of those who oppose; the league are inclined tor favor the special treaty, on the theory that a definite agreement to go to the help of France in such an emergency is preferable to, a guarantee which Includes all the members of the league.; -; ' y'-M t ; i ' --'; sr- -'r ' 1 .With the return of President Wil son, and in the light of the interpreta tion which he places upon it, the pur pose of this agreement, is a matter of less perplexity,-; It is laid .- before the senate because of the insistence of the statesmen of France, Who have lived in dread ot their neighbors over the Rhine since 1870, and who wish now to-carry to ; the French people a special : assur ance that this dread shall not stay in their Uvea as the new generation la reared.-; :--iH::- -H. sa '- The guarantee of article ! 10 of the lieague of Nations, as to ; protection from external i aggression, .applies to (Coorluded ee Pue Fifteen, Column Six) Father of Murdered V Woman Takes Body Relatives of Mrs. Al Harris, who was murdered Monday morning at 417 Bris tol street by her husband, have removed her body from the county morgue to an undertaking parlor, : but have made no arrangements concerning Harris burial, the coroner announced this morning. The "coroner said he would have to bury the ? body and collect from the estate unless action Is taken soon. . A. ' I Roadarmel of Milwaukie, father of the murdered t woman,- took- charge -of the children and 'the home. Disposition of the children and of property .valued at S7000, will be decided by the courts. - Fisherman;S .:" Revolver, Accident i Jack Blake of 13 East Seventy-second street north was painfully but not seri ously . Injured' this? morning -by a - gun shot wound in . the . left leg just above the, knee.. -. Blake was riding in an auto mobile ? driven i by ; Hv W. Albright - of 1910 East Everett street. The men bad just returned: from a fishing .trip and had placed their revolver under the seat. In rounding a curve the weapon slipped to the pavement and was discharged. FRENCH ALLIACCE ! MARSHALL-WELLS of the Columbia, it will be done. Their only chance to compete on an equal, basis for the business of the Interior is to maintain the present artificial, arbi trary -a.nd unjust discrimination in rail rates. :tV; ' ' -.'' ; . ; . - ' SEATTLE FIAYIKO; "DIRTT" Realising the advantage' to their own interests of splitting sentiment in the Columbia ' basin, Seattle is conducting a , propaganda campaign worthy of the palmiest - days of the kaiser. One ' of the propaganda methods of Seattle has been the attempt to poison -the minds of Inland Empire grain growers by spread ing the report that if the Inland Empire Shippers' league .succeeds in securing differential in favor of the water grade as against the mountain routes, it will not be through a reduction in rates to Portland. Vancouver ; and Astoria, but through an increase - in rates to the Sound ports. . i f: Thus7 it is contended, said former Governor Oswald West, counsel for the shippers' league, "that . If ?the petition of the grain growers' Is granted it will kill the Puget Bound, markets, where, it is claimed, the market is fixed. REPORT FCRK "BTKX" Vv -"This propaganda report is bunk. The market Is not fjxed on Puget Sound, but at Liverpool. The 'price received by the grower for grain is the Liverpool price, less all the costs, including the charge for transportation.' In the face of the showing we are prepared to make, we areN unable to see - how the interstate commerce, commission can refuse' to grant a lower rate by-way of, the Col umbia water grade. If a lower rate is granted to Portland it will simply mean that the grain growers will get that much more for their wheat. ; The sav ings in the freight rates will go Into the pockets of .the growers. SOT FIGHTING SOUND ' "We ; are - not interested v in a fight against Puget Sounds but we are inter ested In securing a lower rate based on the cost of transportation. We are seek ing to get the : growers more for their grain, and that is the entire purpose of the Inland Empire Shippers' league, in iu petition before the .'interstate ' com merce commission." ' -:, . :' . 'i .- IN FOREIGN FIELD Representatives Sent to Far East i and South Seasj'Export De- ' partment Formed Here : With the ' formation -of an ' export department and the sending, out of representatives all over theVFart East and South Seas, the Marshall-Wells Hardware company of Portland, is reaching out for trade on the other side of the Pacific, intendirig eventu ally; to cover the entire territory be tween Siberia and Australia. ; . . The-export business department was tentatively- put,1? in operation about three months ago' when A. H. Metze laar Was ; sent to : China,; He will re main there ? for. several "months , and then go vto-Java and the Strait Settle ments. . y-y. s : ? C r d. Keers. ; another - representative of the, company, will leave San Fran cisco July. 29 for : Sydney, . Australia Mr. Keers will open up a foreign trade department In that city to handle Australia- and .;New Zealand. Other men are f being obtained " to represent "' the company in other sections - of the Far Fast. i ui t; t ;; EXPORT MANAGED. NAKED Reorganl sation of the of f fees . of ; th Company has Just been completed fol lowing the receipt of favorable reports from China and E. H. Parker, former traffic manager for the company, has been assigned as manager of the export department. ;-J . - . Mr. Parker says the export department will - obtain r representatives in various parts of the United States to cooperate through the Portland plant with the Far Eastern representatives. ; fit T. "Establishment of the foreign trade b&stness will take time; but we are al ready making ; quotations i to firms I in China on hardware. Iron, steel and ma chinery. ; We will not confine our trade list to these articles, however,: said Mr. Parker., t-- 1 - . ? , OTHER PORTS TO BE CSED ' The Marshall-Wells company, has an office in Seattle and a representative in San Francisco and some of the bus iness ' win quite naturally Shave ,to go through these ports until further steamship- development : takes, place at Port land. ' ' ' r -4,'-, r-j ';': f r:----'". According to Mrf Parker, the majority of the shipments win be made from the eastern states to the Far East through Portland.. The company will make i use of the Pacific Steamship company serv ice and Mr.j; Parker - promises1- every eo operation in" establishing more steamer and .freighter, services out of this port particularly to Australia, JN'ew Zealand and Siberia. w - We are on a working basis now," ex plains Mr.' Parker. "A" big' business through this .. port by . our .company ia now only a matter ot time. - : . ; , , , ,, . .i Kolchak' Defeated: . Again, Reds Say ' ' ; f ' - I- . : r London, July IS. ( I. N. S- Bol shevik tropa on the Ural .front have captured j Ekaterinburg from-Admiral Kolchak'S forces, according to an of fl cial, stater-nt - issued at Moscow and received f. j that city todays 8 - - - - - - " nil liS APS GOLD w Wl W Iff II IU I Wl Wfcl Francisco to Mrsi Edna Poin dexter of Oregon : Given Out. He Says He Gave Her $100,000 Cash and Will Leave Her 90 Per Cent of His Estate. San Francisco, July 16. (I. N. S.) Love letters alleged to have been written by Charles W. Ward, the 62 year old exponent of contract- mar riages, to young women in San Fran cisco, Portland and Los Angeles to day were in the hands of local police, They were turned : Over to local au thorities : bjr the 'department of jus tice through Operator Walter Tread well, who announced that; he Inves tigated reports of Ward's relations with several' of his private secre taries, but that action agaipst the multi-millionaire could not be taken because of a lack of evidence; Ward. - who . has a wife and three grown children living: at Queens, Long Island, on Monday had Mrs. Alice Wil son of San Francisco arrested on a charge of performing an illegal opera tion, on her daughter, Alice Wilson, Ward's f contract : wife." . . - . WBITEi POBTUlD WOMA5 Following are ; extracts ifrom , letters written ' by- Ward to -Mrs. 'r Edna Potndexter of Portland, Or who" Is said to be the widow of a Bend, Or1., druggist who was -drowned last year. My Darling J Blue Ees -i f I am ad dressing you In another - letter as my darling -wife. Please don't be sngry ss it is desirable that T make my win and recognise you: as my wife that you may i be able to dispose of my bequest in such a manner that it cannot oe attacKCo suc cessfully In any. will contest tha might be brought. . ., 4, Dearest- Little Pearl They', cannot down me as long as you love me ; ; all I want Js your dear, heart's wish that we may 'live long, and happily together.'?. I kiss you again and again in my dreams. I love you so dearly, and. I long for . you to say,-I love you.". ': : . My Beloved Wife: I am leaving you In trust 90 per cent of all the- stock in any corporation of which I may die pos sessed, and ( particularly of the Cottage Gardens -Nurseries,, except, such stock as X bequeath specifically-to any person -or persons. At this date I am owner ; of 90 per s cent of the '' Cottage -Gardens Nur series' company stock, except the 1100, 000 which I have already given, you -out right. ; I leave-you also the Income from my West " Virginia oil lease, r : ;;;i IS WORTH ff 400,000 J ' S Ward said today that he would drop his complaint - against ' Mrs. ' Wilson ' it she will consent; to an-, offer he intends making to her. ; He explained : f ,; ; 'I will ask Mrs. Wilson to permit me to care., for Alice. ? ., If she will let me send the girl to my own doctor I will not only: provide her with everything she needs, but I 'will live up to each of the three contracts I made under the terms of which I ; premised to give $100,000 to each of the three Wilson girls. rts .Ward's fortune acquired in rolC Is said to amount ; to - $2,500,000. '. . - ; i- . ' . The . Portland city directories for sev eral years back do not contain the name of Mrs. Edna Polnde"xter. . ' 9 v n ;:"Ralph vPolndexten . proprietor of 'the Owl Drug store at Bend," was drowned July 7i 191V while fishing with Vernon A; Forbes, speaker of the Oregon house for several terms,- and who also was drowned when their" canvas boat ol lapsed in the - cold mountain lake. : ; Department of Justice officials in Port land said - this; morning that the case war being handled by the department of military, intelligence, on; the. belief that various army - officers , and in listed men were -conspiring to - get Ward's money through the agency . of tjvomenv The department .,: of r Justice cooperated" to a slight extent Help' was given In the'; tracing of Ward .by' local officials who were, aaked to interview him. and found . that- be was at the Manx? hotel In Crescent i City; Cat' -where he .was found by San Francisco representatives of the. department. . ,. .- ; ' "-' " Mrs. Foindexter's ' name ;: was vnot recognized by Vlecal " of f icals as being connected with; the esse and it is be lieved that any connection she may have, presents another- side to . the many angled affair,. ;; : 10,000; Harvester i iPlant; Workers ;Quit Chicago, July 1.(U. P) Ten thou sand ' workers in the International Har vester company plant here were on strike today, according to figures issued by the company, , .The, tractor, twine and reaper" plants are affected.. r According to the statement the strikers made no demands or gave any. reason for going out, -Wages have been , ln creased 114 per cent since 1914. the state ment' added. .-. William Canning Is At Hospital. Injured William Canning 6f -Tigard is at Good Samaritan . hospital today with a broken wrist suffered Tuesday night when his tractor, went Into " the ditch. Jtr appeared ; that . the tractor ; went off the road about 11 o'clock as he was taking - it - along the Pacific highway. The. machine was not damaged." ' UIL HE Dusky rrmcess Is Not Indiab, Say Croker's Children Dark-Eyed Beauty Whom Former r Tammany ? Chieftain Married ' Declared of Hebrew Ongin. .'New York, July 16. (L- N. S.) Charges that Mrs. Richard Croker Sr., beautiful - young, second wife of the former Tammany chieftan. is not a Cherokee princess but was born in Oklahoma . of Hebrew parentage, have' .been made by "Croker's ,two sons, - Richard Jr. and Howard, and his daughter Ethel, it was learned today. I . r ". ,; - 'The darkifred beauty, who was known here , as tMr Princess,. Keetaw Kelan tuchy Sequoah, and was frequently pho tographed in Indian costumes, possesses qo Indian blood at alL and was a cab aret singer and Hippodrome chorus girl when the white-haired Tammany boss fell in love with, her, Croker's children allege. . -,t ''"..- r.,;"' '.;' r : .The sons andvdaughter of Croker .ere suing their fathef for a partition of the estate if their mother, his first - Wif e. which is valued at more than $320,000. They allege that' their beautiful young stepmother has influenced Croker to de cline to fulfill a contract calling for a division of the estate, Croker'S first wife died In September, 1914. - A month later: he married again and. the newspapers were fall of pictures of the5 former chieftain of-Tammany's wigwam and the young "Cherokee prin cess." -The couple spent their honeymoon at Palm Beach, Fla.. and later went to Croker's estate near Dublin, Ireland, where they now reside., 4v; The new Mrs. Croker, the Croker chil dren assert, was in reality Bula Ed- monston. a cabaret singer who made her New Tork : debut at Churchill's restau rant, and later she was In . the chorus at the ; Hippodrome ; where . 'she was known as "Little Bula. They say that the met their-father through a financial acquaintance 1 and that he became , in fatuated with her and married, her with out their-knowledge. - ; . -t. g e ; . 1 ' .-;,- . ' HEARING ON FRUIT RATES IS OPENED XEasUiPoftte39u ! -GrowesandShipper$.,- V. -' With; more than ia ddzen attorneys and examiners assembled to. urge' or to fight' the Jvproposed i. radical In creases '. In ; freight and - incidental rates for the shipment iof, North west erii fruits? td; eastern points, the in terstate commerce.; commission ; tbl morning opened a. hearing in .United States district court chambers here. R. C. Dearborn of the Pacific. Fruit BSrpresswas the first witness called before-Examiner Marshal; who was con ducting the; -hearing.- : Dearborn spent the entire morning en the witness stand under -direct and .cross examination. His chief testimony thus far-has. been cen tered Upon Intricate tariffs covering the shipment of fruit by his company -Many of the prominent fruit growers and shippers f the Northwest; are. at tending the hearing, at which they are represented- In -the- U fight against -the heavy increases ordered by-the railroad administration by J. Curtis Robinson and James., Cr. . Wilson, the former traffic expert , Officially,' the Fruit Growers" Agency, Inc is carrying on - the fight against the 1 proposed Iscreases. The agency Is an organisation of shippers and growers created at the suggestion of the bureau of markets some years ago.: . The railroad administration will base its argument for the increased rates or dered., in many instances being advances of from ,20 to 26 per cent over previous charges, on claims of additional costs. (ofidiU4 Pat Fifteen, Column Two) Ei-Swiss. Minister, . : To U. S. to Be Guest Of Chamber Here s Reception plans for Dr. Hans Sulzer, Swiss; minister to! America during .the years 8 of the war who t will arrive in Portland 1 at J 10 o'clock tonight "from California, have been completed by. the Chamber of Commerce. It is the. intention-of the chamber, with the co operation ot the United Swiss society of Oregon, to show Ambassador Sulzer the appreciation of the people of .Oregon for his services' to America during the war. . . 7 . - 1 , ; At o'clock Wednesday morning Dr. Sulzer -will "be taken on a ; tour" of -Inspection through the Eastern & Western lumber mills and at 10.30 o'clock he. will be taken ; to Vancouver to: see spruce production work of the government. A salute of IS ajuns will be fired In his honor at Vancouver barracks. - Dr. Sulzer will speak, at a luncheon In the jbregon baildtng at noon and a ban quet will be given In his .honor -by the United Swiss societies of .Oregon is the veming., Friday h will taka a trip over the. Columbia river highway and will be the guest of President Corbett ; of the Chamber ot, Commerce In the evening. Choked by . Peanut, k ; Wendling Boy (Dies . . s " 1 J.- - 1 ' ....J - 4' - ' - .... . ., :j .' . - - --' Eugene, "July -16. Choking on a' pea nut that had become lodged in- his wind pipe. Clyde X.. Xewis. f-year-old son of Mrs. Guy Redding of -Wendling, died before sid could be given him on Sun day nfght. It was first. thought that the child had taken poisoo. s - s - . . ; 1 - . . : HlilELF mm "I Was a Murderer Just as Well : as Anyone - Else," Testifies Auto Man on Witness Stand. Attorneys Attempt to Show ' He Was Not in Harmony With Martial Spirit in United States - By Harry Tteut linger ; Mt. Clemens, ,Mlch., July 18. r(I. N. S.) Henry Ford called himself a "murderer .on the . witness stand in the trial of his $1,000,000 libel suit against the Chicago Tribune to day. .'" You .: " characterized ; everybody who . advocated . preparedness -as doing it for the purpose of getting money out of it, didn't you?" Attor ney Stevenson asked him, " "I advocated' preparedness." Ford an swered. ' - . "Over-preparedness, you said." stated Stevenson. . " - "No, 1 ; advocated preparedness after we got ; into the: war,"' Ford declared. "I am talking about ,19 IS and 1916." the lawyer said.. ; .; ; "I , was a murderer Just as well as anybody else."; the witness replied. , . ; "You : were, a murderer?" "I was a party to It. One of Its help- OoDcloded on Pate 8n, Cohnnii Three) PortlandGreatly -Misrepresented ? n -atiqnar Capital," Says M es 1 v.. .. sage From Speier; . : .. "Portland has been greatly : mis represented at the national capital and - since X." have een here great surprise has been evinced by offi cials of .the navy department and Secretary Panniels in particular over my data proving that there is more water at the entrance of the Co lumbia river, than mere is at the entrance of San Francisco -bay." This Is part of a report received by the Chamber of Commerce from Harbor master Jacob Speier, who has; been in Washington, D. C". for-- the past few weeks " as a ""special representative of the city. Captain Speier has plsyed a large part in gaining permission of the navy department to bring the Pacific -fleet-" to; Portland and In obtaining ac ceptance of Portland's invitation to have Secretary Daniels visit the. Columbia river- about the same 'tlme.-" ' Accompanied by Representative Mc Arthur, Captain Spter says he had -a long, conversation -with Admiral McKean, assistant chief of the bureau of op erations, who ,wlll have full charge of the vessels coming to the Pacific coast, Captain Speier says that he succeed, ed in satisfying . Admiral . McKean- that he could turn the- 600 foot -vessels in the channel and. moor them there. . He also says that , the admiral will come , to the coast, after the ships : arrive and will inspect all naval basis sites. Captain Speier says Admiral McKean Is one of the 'large factors In Pacific coast naval base matters. - , The secretsry of ! the navy has . in formed .Captain Speier that the entire fleet ..that goes north will-go to : Port land 'and feels certain after seeing the data sent by Portland that all the ships can be brought here. - The following additional message was received- from .Captain Speier - by the chamber - this .morning concerning this northern fleet i f -;; :; -. - ir. "All battleships of the Vermont class, 13,000 to 18,000 tons, also cruisers and modern - torpedo - boat . destroyers, will come to Portlandt ;; secretary, .of navy Informs that names and number of ships can not be told until .the Pacific fleet reaches San. Francisco.-- '. . : v Benefit' Concert at. Home for Aged, Plan 'r;- -.".': " ' -; -i -:- -r: .- Under the auspices of the Sisters of Mercy, a benefit for the Home of the Aged, .at East Thirtieth and Stark streets, will be held on Thursday eve ning; at the home, starting at 7 :30 o'clock. Features , of an interesting program" that has' been arranged are an open air vaudeville show and a band concert, -The sisters - promise aa eve ning of splendid entertainment' at slight cost. ' The boms is reached by the Sun nyslde car. , , , Police Are on Trail f Of , Two 'Veterans' -Reports have been received by the po lice that two men representing them' selves to be English soldiers are begging about the city. Captain I V. Jenkins, assistants to ' the -chief, is desirous of inteviewing the men. -Any citizen who is asked for further charity by them is asked to call police headquarters at once. HARBOR SURPRISES NAVAL OFFICIALS .'T V-r e 1. , ,. . r,t. x,1 Wireless Phone Proves Value in Test Made Here Forest Supervisor Hears Voice of Friend Eight Miles Away With . Perfect Clearness. .The forest service" wireless tele phone works in - Portland. - C M. AHenr telephone engineer of the forest service, Tuesday conversed with a friend eight miles distant with perfect clearness. ; -i v ; . :in fact,'0 said UlrS Allen, ;."the sound of the voice came through the instrument much plainer and clearer than" over the wire. For several day Mr. Allen has been working upon the dynamo instructions sent to him for use in forest tire fight ing : and which are to be placed upon the summit of Mount. Hood and at the Zigzag ranger station. Mr. Allen wished to try out the telephone before taking it up the mountain. , - Further experiments will be made at Government Camp and Camp Blossom before the summit set is packed up the mountain. ? V' i; ,)' "v-;:;1 The - experiment ': conducted Tuesday was between two points of comparltive 1y equal altitude about eight miles apart. A .- wave length between 1 400 - and 600 meters was , used and : the sounds were caught by several amateurs who later telephoned to Mr. Allen telling of their experiences listening . in. Further ex periments will be conducted this after noon with the same wave lengths. - Mr. -Allen expects to start up "the mountain with the Instruments "Friday. TRAFFiCTilER Charge of ; Bungling in Six-Cent Fare, Case Made by Cousin in, , Pleading Against Action. - Charges that the .cent fare case was lost in the supreme court be cause of incompetent presentatloi of 4he Issue and a, rrfedlctlm, that the telephone appeal,, filed Monday, would go the samel route and for the same reason, were, made on ".the floor of the council chamber this morning by Edward M. Cousin, city '-traffic examiner, in . appealing, to prevent the abolishment-of his office as pro vided : in an ordinance before .the commlssldn. , -." Cousin also insinuated that the coun cil was 'discontinuing his services "be cause of ' powerful - pressure that had been ' brought to bear on the -council," apparently ; referring to the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. . tltllE WORK HEA805 PB.OTESTBD . Mayor Baker had told Couetn his position was to be abolished because there was little work for him .to de now. There is - more ; work then, ever," Cousin, declared, and he mentioned the Columbia, grain rate case and the tele phone appeal , soon :to be' heard.. - - -; "The telephone case wlll go where the 6-cent fare, went." he shouted. ' "It was lost because the Issues were not prop erly' covered. '-; -' r-:.--..-:-:.: "1 1 know t- that powerful pressure has been brought to bear on the council to abolish the position I now hold," he con tinued. 1 Tbe ; Portland J Railway " has been waiting for months for me to get off the Job to Institute a 7-cent fare. They would 'have 'months ago" If 1 had not been here. i. . ,-:'; CLAIMS SAYI50 MADfc V ; M can i show' you that my work al ready has saved enough to pay my sal ary for SO ryeara - The telephone rates were held off-for months by the efforts of myself and Mr, .Tomlinson. And the tax pn the public from that corporation was cut down, from 45,000 : to $11,000 a month. I appeal to you not to abolish the office.. I am willing to resign, but don't abolish the office, The moral ef fect en public utilities of such an office is I worth more thsn 1250 or $500 a month. And 'the' only .case I have conducted- alone - we won completely." - - Tf .you are going to Tmpugn the mo tives of everybody In the city hall we had. better call them," Mayor Baker de clared in asking , al recess until City Attorney La, Roche,4 who handled' the six-cent fare case, and Deputy City At tcrney Tomlinson,; In charge of the tele phone 'case, could be called to the cham ber. . "For two years : you have bun gled everything you have handled, and made the city the laughing stock of . the country . It is' time we woke up,", the mayor shot. . "Judge Pipes and I went over the six cent fare case,". La Roche wpoke in de fending himself. -. -"The .opinion of the bar -Indicates that - the case was very thoroughly presented. ,;i I do not agree with Mr. -.Cousin."- ':;:- .;.; .;;---;-, -f COCSIJI'S -JCDOME5T QTJE8TIO3IE0 .-Attorney Tomlinson declared that the supreme court of the United States re cently held that fhe ; government, had power to fix telephone rates and that therefore,- the public service commission ot Oregon wss powerless to grant an Increase to thecompsny,: -That , Is the contention of the city. Tomlinson as serted that Cousin wanted to try the case, over on fact, rather, than law, which would put the dtjr In the light of admitting that the ' commission had power to- fix . rates. - - "? " ; ' - t r - "What is your impression of the abili ty of the traffic examiner?" Tomlinson was- asked by Mayor Baker. " V "He Is competent in some Ways and In others he is not," :, the attorney ans wered, ' "He has a fund of Information, but cannot apply it or make an im pression on' a Jury." La Roche, under questions from the mayor, agreed with Tomlinson, and de clared that there is not sufficient work to keep Cousin oh the payroll at $250 a month now.:,-,., .. - , . By unanimous vote -of the council the position was abolished, to take effect ou August 6. ' i, k ' JOB S ABOLISHED W LOuJ'-ib SPEAK IL mm President Tells ; Senator Cham berlain He Will Visit Oregon on Forthcoming Western Tour. Congressmen Wjth Grievances Invited to Visit Him at Whits House and Talk Matters Over. .By John Edwin evln WashingtonJuly 16. (I. N. S.) President Wilson in a half hour con ference today told Senator ChanV berlatn that on his forthcoming western trip he would cross Oregon and promised to make an address in Portland and possibly several from the rear Platform of his train. The president did not discuss the peace treaty with the Oregon' senator. President Wilson today took steps to smooth away at least part "of the friction existing between the legis lative and executive branches of the government. He directed that invita tions be sent to the Democratic and Republican- leaders of both the sen ate and the house to visit him at their, convenience at the - White house. i';;.'.. Th president will urge that this in vitation be generally .accepted. It is the object. White House officials said, to have all, senators and representatives get into touch with the president, ex plain their grievances. If they have any, .and, see. whether personal contact not wipe out many - differences whlcn actually hays no apparent reason for existing, ' -: - ; s ... . Alt of the Republican leaders, includ- 4"g. Senators Lodge and Knax, sre ta a . i s . a a. t i t n sriT t- v . f ,e0me orHot"in- he entirely t,;, to them. However, so fsr ss the ira- oerit Is concerned, administration offi cials Said today, he is very snxlou that all causes of friction be remove! s- 1 everything possible be done to get the United States back on a peace footing In all .branches of the government. The first senator Invited under the new rule was George K. Chamberlain of Oregon. Senator Chamberlain has been at odds with the president since the esrly days (Concluded on Pm Tee. Column Two), BLAZE IS CHECKED Flames Raging at Herman Creek ' Reported' Under "Control; Guard Maintained. . ' The Herman creek fire . is prac tically under control, reports re ceived by 'Forest Supervisor T. If. Sherrard of. the Oregon national for est, -up4to noon today,. Indicated. Cooler weather and a west wind is favorable f -the control of the fire, which? has burned over" an approxi mate area; of 1000 acres. f Ten men were sent out this morning to relieve some ofthe men who hsve been on . most; active duty. While the fire has been checked, it will require close watching and patrol fpr some time to prevent It from again breaking away.- The fire at Ames,' which produced such a huge volume of smoke, burned over only about eight acres end Is under control. S'o - other fifes of sny size have been reported. CABELE8A WILL DE FINISHED ; "Careless campers who leave fires burn ing In the forest this summer will be ap prehended and more severely, dealt with than ever before, forest service otflrials declared today. :.-,A Efforts are already being made to de termine the identity of. the campers re sponsible for the Herman creek fire that Is now sweeping over so much territory. The forest service is now working upon two cases of fire trespass In Oregon, two . against sheepherders and one against a careless camper. - . The situation has become so bad upon the Columbia river highway that the forest service has put extra patrolmen on f the Job with motorcycles and if these sre not sufficient, still more will be employed to keep down the campers' fires end to. catch the violators, avers Tom Talbot,, forest examiner, ' ' FAKMF.R FIXED 5 . .Nels Hanson, who resides In the Col vllle forest in Washington, was a few days ago fined ISO and Coots for start ing a - fire on bis farm without s per mit, according to a. -- report received Tuesday at the forest service. Ranger Elliott helped the farmer to extlnguin!i the-flame .and then escorted him to Justice of the Peace Joseph at Republic, who Imposed the fine. Government to-Give' Aid Washington, July 16. (U. P.). . All government aid possible in fighting l '. r..? forest, fires was promised by Secret ry of the Interior Lane, according to Mr resentatlve AT. tSmlth. who conferr ! with him. Lane said, however, that t - help will be limited until the : -y civil bill, Which carries fur.Jj f r f work, is passed. BY FIRE FIGHTERS