76 Pages
Six Sections
PORTLAND,- OKKC.ON. SUNDAY MOKMNG, NQVE3IBEK 11, 1917
HEIR IS KIDNAPED,
CHILD SNATCHED I
ARIVIYY.M.C.A.FUND
DRIVE STARTS TODAY
PICKETS RESUME; 41
WOMEN .ARRESTED
! ESCAPED HONOR
MACHINERY REAnv
III ttfl alt wSmfc slltrtiitsiit:
EMERGENCY FLEET
: BODY SHAKEN OP
Admiral Capps to Give
Way to Chicagoan.
AS! TRAIN STOPS
iVIEN ARE CAPTURED
DECLARES FIANCEE
Mysterious Telegram
' Is- Disbelieved.
FATHER, WAVING REVOLVER,
WOMAN'S PARTY BANNER BEAR
ERS GO BACK 'TO PLACES.
FRANK JOHXSOX AXI JOE VIL
SOX IX PKXDLETOX JAIL.
ESCAPES IX WAITING AUTO.
YOUTH'S. FAMILY IS BLAMED
Tacorria British Vice-Consul's
Daughter Scents Plot.
tVlDENCE IS GATHERED
Gerald Downing Newhouse, Son of
Eastern Millionaire, Disappears
Just Before Wedding After
Telling of Fears.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Myster shrouding the strange dis
appearance Friday of Gerald Downing
Newhouse, heir to millions, iust before
his wedding to Miss Enid Agassiz,
daughter of C. E. Lucian Agassiz, Brit
ish Vice-Consul here, deepened today
with the receipt of a telegram by Mr.
Agassiz signed "Gerald."
The telegram was dated Paradise,
Mont., and both Miss Agassiz and her
father declare that it is fraudulent.
They insist that young Newhouse has
been kidnaped.
Message Snjs All Is Well.
They said today that they were con
vinced that the bridegroom-to-be was
held against his will by his brother,
Edgar Newhouse, Jr., manager of the
American Smelting & Refining Com
pany's smelter at Lake City. .
The wedding was to have taken place
in Tacoma next Monday night. Young
Newhouse and his fiancee obtained
.their license Wednesday afternoon and
he purchased the wedding ring.
The message received by Mr. Agas
siz today purporting to come from the
missing fiance reads:
"I am going East of my own volition.
Am writing to you explaining every
thing. When you get letters you will
Understand matters completely."
Youth Heir to .Million.
Miss Agassiz and her father base
their suspicions of the authenticity of
thft teleermm on th rct IVint fr u-n
eent to Mr. Agassiz' office address and!
wag signed "Gerald," while he usually
placed the signature of '"Get"' on
missives he sent to Miss Agassiz.
Edgar Newhouse, Sr., the boy's fath
er, is vice-president of the American
Smelting & Refining Company and a
multi-millionaire. He made his home
in Salt Lake for many years, but now is
Jiving in Orange County, New Jersey.
Another mystery is thrown in the
case by the appearance of two women
at the exclusive apartment-house
where young Newhouse lived. Mrs. Ida
Brower, the proprietress, believes that
they were men disguised as women at
tempting to effect an entrance into
Newhouse's apartment to obtain love
letters belonging to him. Mr. Agassiz
is of the same opinion.
Actions. Arouse Suspicion.
"The women carried baskets," Mrs.
Brower told the police. They asked
for something to eat and the younger
said that her companion ' was her
mother. I was suspicious and pulled
off her knitted headpiece. She had
ehort black hair. Later they returned
and when I stepped into the hall the
younger intruder explained that they
Jad gotten, into the wrong house. Her
companion was then near Mr. New
house's door. They said that they
were from Seattle and they disappeared
before the police arrived."
Miss Agassiz was baptized into the
Catholic Church last Thursday, as New
house wa3 a Catholic, and she became
a convert to the faith. That was the
day she was ito have been married.
(Concluded on Page 6. Column 2.)
I I !1P 1 f "", i C&US7- u7yjY ' Soxii; HLr 7 e . . GoSw " "H
j ' 17 I
USSO S IVSO ZEJTTXjPJ J AGV Ail TVT TjE Tyy ZT?y gggggl . irV " i2 '
S.S..S.SS..... " fyC j
Jacksonville Couple Not Divorced
and Question of Requisition
From California Is Ticklish.
MEDFORD, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.)
Charles Rosencrans, of Jacksonville,
grabbing his 2-year-old son, Donald,
from his wife's arms, jumped from
the Medford-Jacksonville electric car
at Perrydale this morning, and, holding
his pursuers at "bay with a revolver,
stepped into a waiting automobile and
escaped.
Mrs. Rosencrans and her .father, J.
W. Rock, of Jacksonville, who led the
pursuers, turned back at sight of the
revolver and came to Medford. where
Mrs. Rosencrans swore out a warrant
for her husband's arrest.
As Mr. and Mrs. Rosencrans, in spite
of domestic difficulties, have not yet
obtained a divorce, the warrantwas Is
sued on the ground of carrying con
cealed weapons rathef than kidnaping.
According to Mrs. Rosencrans, her
husband has frequently threatened to
take their only child, and. with her
father, she was en route to Medford
to. consult an attorney regarding the
matter. Her husband unexpectedly ac
companied them: r ,-
Mrs. Rosencrans believes her hus
Dana s brother, who lives in Crescent
City, had driven the car fce Perrydale
by previous arrangement and that
Rosencrans is now safely over the Cal
ifornia line.
According to Prosecuting Attorney
Kooeris, tne -domestic difficulties of
the couple are not proper grounds for
action by his office, and so he has no
evidence to show that the father is
not rightfully entitled to the baby. It
is uouotrul If requisition . nanrrs for
Rosencrans' return will be asked.
12-ACRE PIE IS POSSIBLE
aooo Barrels of Cranberries Har
vested Near Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or.y Nov. 10. (Special.)
The combined cranberry crop of Pa
cific County, Washington, and Clatsop
County, Oregon, totals almost 6000 bar
rels. Harvesting is now entirely com
pleted and shipments are being made
from the various warehouses in the
district.
Were these berries to be made into
pies, there. would be enough to make
960,000, one for each inhabitant of the
state," with a few left over.
Placed in single file, the pies would
extend for a distance of 150 miles
from Astoria through Portland to Sa
lem. ' ,
If the entire crop was to be made
into a single pie, it would be over 800
feet In diameter and would cover an
area of 12 acres. '
miss McCarthy. divorced
Wife or Granville Barker, "Alone in
London," Gets Decree.
LONDON, Nov. 10. Lillian McCarthy,
actress, was granted a decree nisi in
her suit for divorce from her husband.
Granville Barker, by Justice Hill in the
divorce court today.
The plaintiff told the court that Mr.
Barker went to America in 1914 and
that he had not returned to his wife,
despite an order of the court granted
in April last for the restitution of
conjugal .rights.
DENSE FOG BURIES SALEM
Heavy Blanket of Vapor Envelops
Cpper Willamette Valley.
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.)
One of the thickest fogs in many years
enveloped this section of the Willam
ette Valley tonight.
A dense cloud literally burled Salem
and so thick was the fog that objects
but a few yards away could be dis
cerned only with greatest difficulty.
IN THE PAST
Workers Organize for
Speedy Campaign.
$300,000 OREGON'S QUOTA
W. M. Ladd, Head of North
west Forces, Directs Work.
PORTLAND'S PART $200,000
Patriotic Residents Give Services to
Cause, While High Scliool Stu
dents "Do Their Bit"; Civic
Cluhs Give Support.
Today is the day!
The Y. M. C. A. drive for 33. 000,000
to be used in its broad-gauge plan of
alleviating the rigors of war in bivouac
and barracks, at home and on the red
dened plains of Europe. officially
starts this afternoon,, although thou
sands of dollars already have been
poured into the war chest.
The goal for Portland is $200,000; for
Oregon as a whole, including Portland,
$300,000.
Men who have strained their exec
utive prowess in the liberty loan cam
paigns and the Red Cross appeal are
in fine fettle for the fray and a machine-like
organization ror the .state is
primed, awaiting the word "go."
The campaign promises to be quickly
at high speed and co-operation from all
classes in the city not only is promised
in advance but eagerly being offered
at tlie outset.
. Campnlga Well Planned.
No line of active battle was ever
drawn on a more comprehensive scale
than the passive army of workers for
the Y.. M. . C, ."A., .drive, has laid its
plans. . Throughout the Nation today
the. work begins and by next Saturday
night will have moved to a successful
cocnluslon. W. M. Ladd. of Portland,
is at the head of the Northwest forces
in general command, and he has picked
for his aides men of known successful
ability. . - -
Guy W. Talbot is chairman and chief
of the executive committee for the
Portland work, ' Committees on pub-
licity, general Information and allied
activities have been organized and re
hearsed. . General headquarters are es
tablished at the Y. M. C. A. building.
News of gratifying support for the
Nation-wide effort was received yes
terday by Chairman H: W. Stone at the
Northwest district drive headquarters
n a message from National .Chairman
A. H. Whltford, of New York.
The pertinent part of Mr. Whitford'a
message follows:
"You have probably noticed mention
of the United States Steel Corporation
subscription of $500,000. Names of
other large subscribers not available
for announcement, but you can rest as
sured that we will have at least one
$1,000,000, three $500,000 and several
$250,000 subscriptions."
Leaden Expect Blar Results.
State and city drive leaders, though
buried in plans for the crusade, made
It evident that they hold the same ex
pectations of success in 'their fields
that the National chairman expects
from the country as a whole. Intima
tions that some pledges of handsome
size are in sight over this state and
in Portland were not lacking.
Pre-campaign speaking activities
were in full swing the latter part of
the week. Earl G. Hannah, member of
the Canadian army. who has been
"lent" by his government to appear in
Oregon to tell of the work being done
by the American Y. M. C. A. In France,
returned to Portland yesterday after
a short tour which Included Eugene,
(Concluded on Page 5. Column 3.)
WEEK'S NEWS THESE EVENTS STOOD OUT ON THE VISION OF CARTOONIST REYNOLDS
Mrs. Harvey W.' Wiley, Mrs. William
Kent, Miss Lucy Burns Taken
From Wliltc House Stations.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Militants of
the Woman's Party resumed picketing
the White House in force late today
and 41 of the banner-bearers were ar
rested as fast as they took their places.
. Among the number were Mrs. Harvey
W. Wiley, wife of the pure food expert;
Mrs. William Kent, wife of ex-Representative
Kent of California, who is
now a member of the Tariff Commis
sion, and Miss Lucy Burns, vice-chairman
of the Woman's Party.
All of the women were bailed eut by
Mrs. Mary Ingham, of Philadelphia.
They are to appear in Police Court
Monday morning. -
Those arrested today include:'
, Miss Alice Gram and
Gram, of Portland. Or.
Miss Betty
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum ' temperature, 5S
degrees; minimum. 411 degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; moderate south
erly winds.
War.
British suns swing- Into position along Italian
front. Section 1. page 0..
British troops In Palestine capture Askelon.
Section 1, page 2.
British gain another half mile along Pass-
chendaele Itidge. Section 1, page 2.
German troops enter HelslrigVors, capital of
r Inland. Section 1, page 4. , v
Foreign.
Russian fiasco discussed at Lord Mayor's
banquet. Section 1, page 4.
lianas plenty Impresses naval men.
tlon 1, page c.
Sec-
Natlnnal.
United
States onens nntlnrinn. ?n rai-
treatment of Americans held by Germany.
Section 1, page 7.
Machinery ready tor second draft.
1. Page 1. .. .
Section
i. m. c. A. war work carried on Irrespective
. ui creea. section 1. page ID.
Domentir.
Shake-up In Emergency Fleet Corporation
means more contracts for coast, ship
builders. Section 1, page 1.
White House picketing resumed: 41 women
arrested. Section 1. page 1. -
h VI string requiring supplies
.... ""Mam urre. section I. page 3.
Aims of Y. M. C. A. In war work defined on
eve ot financial campaign. Section 1
page .. .,
Plot to rescue I. W. w. prisoners in Chicago
is frustrated. Sertlon 1. page 7.
Pacific North went. '
Two escaped honor melt taken by Pendleton
Sheriff. Section l.j page. 1.
Father grabs cbrtld from mother on train
and escapes, waving revolver. Section 1
'.page 1.
Addison Bennett gives impressions of Lewis
ton Stock Show. Section I, page 8.
Lebanon business men move to end paper
mill strike. Section 1. page .
Three Camp tewis men tried for having
opium. Section 1. page 1.
Labor laws are reviewed. Section 1. page 0.
stats Parole- Board to make changes In
prison honor system. Section . page 10.
Jurjr t Colvllle views scene of double mur
der. Section 1, page 10.
t Portland and Vicinity.
Taxpayers' League members urge economy In
county budget. Section 4. page 10.
Y. M. c. A. war fund campaign starts today
Section 1, page 1. " .
Judge Llttlefield to' resign today as. result of
Colonel Oantenbeln's decision to resume
place. Section 1, page v.
Judge Ostein -directs. Jury to return verdict
.- of not guilty in Gong Woo case. Section
1, page 11.
Battle scenes at Orpheum show to be de
scribed by Salem veteran. Section 1
page 12. . '
Livestock entries pour In. Section 1, page 12.
Oregon makes another record for loyalty In
war library donation. Section 1, page la.
City budget reduced by 115S.3DO net. Section
1. page 14.
Eighty paintings at sixth annual Northwest
artists' exhibition. Section 1, page 13.
Nation-wide church meeting at Kansas City
Is patriotic. Section 1, page 13.
Y. M. C. A. shipbuilding school opens to
day. Section 1, page 10.
Tags to be sold Thursday to provide funds
for soldiers' Christmas gifts. Section 1.
' page 10.
Governor and Highway Commission asked
. to. modify road-building campaign. Sec
tion 1, page 17.
Oregon Social Hygiene Society launches
drive against vice. 'Section 1. .uage 17.
Low Sick Kwong buys liberty bonds, sub
scribes to Red Cross fund. Section 1
. .page 17.
rood conservation suggestions feature
Land Show. Section 1. Dun is.
of
Vlnjalmsr Stefansson must remain in North
for Winter. Section 1, page 19.
Portland phone strikers' views telegraphed
Secretary Wilson. Section 1, page 20.
Madom Alexandra Kollontr. one of leaders
of Russian revolution, visited Portland
recently. Section " 1, page 21.
i
105.5v
FOR SECiiirT
Foreword Written to
Law by President.
SELECTION CARRIED FURTHER
Completion in 60 Days From
December 15 Expected.
5 CLASSES PROVIDED FOR
nation s Executive Thanks Those
Wno Assisted at First Call and
Urges Patriotic Self-Sacrifice
of All for Next Reglstrat ion.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. President
Wilson formally started the new ma
chinery for carrying- out .the selective
draft bill Into operation tonight with
the publication of the foreword he has
written to the regulations under which
the second call will be made.
xne regulations themselves and the
questionnaires which more than 9,000,
uuv registrants will be required to fill
out are being- forwarded to local boards.
but have not. yet been made public
ar. Department officials estimate
that the whole process can be completed
witnin to days. This means that no
second caH will be made on the draft
forces before the middle of next Febru
ary, as the period for classification will
not Degln until December 15.
Five Classes Made.
The President describes the new plan
of dividing all registered men not al
ready mobilized into Hve classes, sub
ject to military service by classes, as
being intended to produce "a more per
fect organization of our man power."
: "The selective principle rrfust be car
ried to its logical conclusion." the
President said, and he added that' there
must be made a complete inventory of
the qualifications of each registrant in
order to determine "the' place in the
military. industrial or agricultural
ranks of the Nation in which his ex
perience and training can best be made
to serve the common good."
Loral Aid la Requested.
The Inquiry -projected - in ' the ques
tionnaire will go deep Into the quail,
ncatlons of each of nearly ' 10.000,000
men. The success of the plan and Us
completion within the estimated time
rests -on the whole-hearted support
given by the people, especially by the
doctors and lawyers of each commun
ity, and the President calls upon them
for that unstinted aid."
The President's foreword follows:
"The task of selecting and mobilizing
the first contingent of the National
Army is nearing completion. The ex
pedition and accuracy of its accom
plishment were a most gratifying dem
onstration of the efficiency of our
democratic institutions.
Improvements Are Provided. .
"The swiftness with which the ma
chinery for Its execution had to be
assembled, however, left room for ad
justment and improvement. New regu
lations putting these improvements
into effect are, therefore, being pub
lished today. There is no change In
the essential obligation of men subject
to selection. The nrst draft must stand
unaffecetd by the provisions of the new
regulations. They can be given no
retroactive effect.
"The time has come ror a more per
fect organization of our man power.
The selective principle must be carried
to its logical conclusion. We must
make a complete inventory of the quali
fications of all registrants, in order to
determine as to each man not already
(Concluded on Page 4, Column 2.)
Convicts Found in Brushy Canyon
and Two Shots by Sheriff Lead
to Their Surrender.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 10. (Special.) In
formation reached the State Peniten
tiary this afternoon that Frank John
son and Joe Wilson, two of the six con
victs who escaped from an honor gang
last Tuesday, had been captured
Pendleton. Umatilla County, by Sheriff
Til Taylor.
Johnson is an Indian and Pendleton
is his home town. He was sent up for
an indeterminate term of from one to
ten years. Wilson was sentenced frbm
Douglas County for larceny for from
one to seven years. Both men are previ
ous parole violators.
The message received here does not
indicate that the men resisted arrest.
It was thought they had gone in the
direction of California. The three
negroes who escaped at the same time
and who yesterday were believed to be
in Clackamas County have so far elud
ed the posses.
There is no clew to the whereabouts
of Earl Higley. the sixth man who es
caped.
PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 10. (Special.)
Joe Wilson and Frank Johnson, two
of the men who escaped from the State
Penitentiary November 6, were captured
here this morning by Sheriff Taylor and
Deputy Marin.
Johnson, an Indian, was sent to prison
from this county and had been expected
to return here. Accordingly, a watch
has been kept for him, and Sheriff Tai
lor this morning learned that he' had
been seen on the reservation. -
The men were found sitting on the
ground in a brushy canyon. Both men
started to run. but when a shot was
fired over their heads, they surrendered.
DARING PLUNGE REWARDED
Spokane Man Rescues Baby Buggy
Which Fell Into Stream.
, SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. lb. Seeing a
baby carriage drop from an S. P. & S.
passenger train and disappear in the
river, Harley O. McCall. bridge fore
man, leaped to the rescue from the top
of the piling this afternoon.
The carriage, belonging to a passen
ger bound for Salem, Or., contained no
child, as McCall believed when he took
his dive Into the awirl(ng current. Mc
Call is now a hero just the same, for
he came back with the buggy and most
of the baby clothing that went into the
water with it. -
HERMIST0N WOMAN SUICIDE
Mrs. J. A. Reeves, in Fit of Insanity,
- Fatally Burns Herself. -
PENDLETON. Or.. Nov. 10. (Spe,
ciaL) According to word received here
today, Mrs. J. A. Reeves, wife of the
Hermiston rural mail carrier, while
temporarily insane yesterday, poured
oil over her body and touched a match.
She died from the injuries.
She was alone at the time, except for
the youngest of her two children, a 2-year-old,
and, when neighbors eaw her
rush from the house in flames it was
too late to save her life. She had been
in poor health lately.
DESERTERS RESIST ARREST
One 3fan Killed and Two Wounded
In Fight With Sheriff..
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Nov. 10. One
man was killed and two were wounded
at Huntington today when a Sheriff's
posse went to the home of Charles
Whittaker to arrest one of his sons
and Joseph Baker, charged with being
deserters from the H4th Field Artil
lery. One of the Whittaker boys, the al
leged deserter, was wounded and the
Sheriff was shot in the hand. The
other alleged deserter escaped. Cleave
Whittaker was killed.
CHARLES PIEZ IS SUCCESSOR
Coast Wood Shipbuilders Now
to Get More Contracts.
MUCH DOUGLAS FIR NEEDED
Timbers to Be Shipped East to Com
plete Contracts Jnmes lleyworth
Xamcd to Take Charge of
Wood Ship Construction.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Nov. 10. The Emergency Fleet
Corporation, the shipbuilding agency of
the Shipping Board, after being care
fully mined by Chairman Hurley, was
blown sky-high tonight and when the
debris settled Admiral Capps, its gen
eral manager, and successor to General
Goethals. will find himself sprawling
In No-Man's-Land. while new officera
will be in command of the forces he has
heretofore been trying to direct.
uut or this organization will come
distinct benefits to th. Panii ro
if the new heads measure up to plana
ana specifications. First off, it is an
nounced that James Hevworth. an emi
nent engineer of Chicago, with a Na- '
nuii-wiae reputation as a builder, will
be Assigned to take sole charire of all
wooden ship construction. This is an
innovation.
' Kir Timbers to Be Rushed Knst.
The first thing Mr. Hevworth IntAnri.
to do is to order and exnedltn shinnt
from Oregon and Washington to Atlan
tic Coast shipyards of enough big tim
bers and other shin lumber to enahl.
those yards to make a start on wooden
ship contracts that have been delavori
some of them for seven months, because
southern lumber yards have not filled
oroera- placed with them In April and
-.ma-.
Today' shake-un do, nnt k..i
remove Admiral Capps from office, but
It is carefully: desisrned tn -r,- .
him a hint that his resignation would
be most acceptable. Being an ap-
polntee of the Presid
can be removed only by the President.
vnen Admiral Capps goes back to his
desk Monday. If he does rtr v..
will find that he holds the title of
general manager, but that his duties
have been taken over by others.
Plea to Direct Steel Ship Work.
Charles Pies, president nr th. ti.i.
Belt Company, of - Chicago, today was
elected vice-president of th tr.. '
gency Fleet Corporation, of which
Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping
Board, is president. This places him
over Capps, and it is explained that
Plez will assume direction of all steel
ship construction. James Hewnrtt.
as stated, will assume full direction
of all wooden ship construction, and
A. J. Mason, another consulting engi
neer of Chicago, will be the active '
field representative of Hurley, Plea and
Heyworth.
Chairman Hurley, according- tr. ir.rn.-
matlon which leaked out tonight, sev
eral weeks ago became convinced that
something was vronr with ih, v. t
building programme: that ships were
not Dcing turned out as last aa the
Government needed or u nrnmLoH
Swamped with complaints of shipbuild
ers, ana impressed with .some of their
criticism of the way in which business
was being done by the Fleet Corpora
tion, he called on Messrs. Plez, Hey
worth and Mason to investigate anri
find out what was wrong.
These gentlemen reported that there ,
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 3.)