THE 3IORXING OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER .. 1914. ASQUITH SPEECH IS MESSAGE TO FRANCE Nation Bidden to Stand Firm, Though Paris Falls, Trust i ing to Britain. NATIONS' HONOR AROUSED Russia Eager to Play Creditable Hole In Eyes of Allies Recruit ing Finds People Calm, Pa tient and Determined. LONDON. Sept. 4. (Special.) The Guild Hall demonstration today was more than a can to the military man hood of the United Kingdom to take its place In the Held. Premier As quith's speech was a message to France, bidding that nation stand firm even if Paris falls, trusting Britain to preserve it and break the power of Germany. international i;uiuiuwa.ji is one of the most vital forces in this conflict. Nations are on their mettle. Russia Is eager to play a creditable role in the eyes of Britain and France and these nations are moved by impulses of honor and pride. They long to gratify each other and show Russia that while their numbers are smaller, they are capable of looking after the western end of European equilibrium. British Steadiness Is Factor. German writers dilate on the disin clination ot Britons to enlist, but in this respect they can mislead them selves. The Briton does not respond automatically. His perception is not quick and things must soak into him. He acts after he has pondered. When the fact strikes home, as it is striking home to the national consciousness, that England is face to face with an historical crisis of the first order, the Briton will assume the post of duty and when he takes his place he will not relinquish it readily. He is perhaps the best defensive soldier in the world. It is his quality of steadiness that makes him a big factor in this war. For this is a war in which the oppo nents of Germany must win in the first stages at least, if they win at all, by skill and doggedness in defense. Kitchener Unmoved by Fancy. Put Tommy Atkins in a trench or behind a rock or knoil and tell him to shoot and keep on shooting and he will do it with persistence until he Is or dered to retreat or is killed. ICveryone who talks with the Secre tary of War. Lord Kitchener, is Im pressed by the humdrum nature of his military thinking. He indulges in no dramatic fancies. Visionary ideas of brilliant offensive movements leave blna cold-eyed, stolid and mute. Talk of the extreme exhaustion of the German army and of German sol diers, dead beat from the night-and-day advance since the siege of Liege, asleep In their tracks and holding their guns like wax figures, elicits from him only a grunt. He keeps steadily in view the fact that Ger many's army is the greatest military organization ever produced and that it will require the most dogged efforts of the compieratively non-military nations for months, if not years, to destroy its menace to the freedoni of other coun tries. Picked Men Are Enlisting:. Eagerness to join the colors is man ifesting itself increasingly from day to day and the recruiting stations are jammed. The quality of the appli cants for enrollment is such that they suggest crowds of picked men. It is clear that the nation is responding to Lord Kitchener's slogan, "Your King and country need you." Bands are playing continually in the streets of towns and villages and behind the mu sicians march recruits in ranks four deep, bound for the training grounds. Tens of thousands of men are ar ranging their private affairs prepara tory to enlistment and young men of all rlasses are becoming more warlike daily. Chauffeurs, footmen, grooms and valets mingle with their employers In the palpitating air of the recruit ing roomy. As the day advances the would-be warriors overflow the streets and the police are kept busy to pre vent blockades. The patience of the crowds is in credible. Used now to the .inade quacy of the recruiting machinery, the men bring sandwiches in their pockets and take lunch and tea standing. The spaces about the recruiting stations are littered with crumbs, scrapB of meat and grease-stained paper. .Sometimes as an antidote for bore dom the men break into such songs as "The Farmer's Boy" and "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," the hoarse cho ruses ending in shouts of laughter. The work on the training grounds is tamped with the thoroughness and se verity of Lord Kitchener. It is no part of this somber soldier's plan to tiing Immature troops into the vortex of war. Life in camp consists in trench ii-cing. ' construct. on . --ji arduous marchins. rifle and (fun pr tjee and long guard duty while sleep weighs heavily on unaccustomed eyelids. Japanese alliance did not obligate Japan to send troops to protect Brit ish Interests in India or Persia, yet. it was said, Japan is being guided some what by the broad spirit of the agree ment and by the feeling that as her ally's interests In Asia are at stake, she must aid wherever It may be de sired. Veiled statements in press dispatches from Tokio that thousands of Japan ese troops bad been embarked on transports led many observers to think they were going to France and aroused much speculation here. Some thought it not unlikely that, shrouded in the mystery of strict censorship, Japan may even now be preparing for extensive movements in Western Asia. Attack on Persia Discussed. The possibility of an attack by Tur key on Persia as a blow at both Rus sia and England, who have spread their Drotection over that state, was dis cussed amonK diplomats as a likely re sult of a declaration of war by the Porte. Incidentally the landing of Japanese troops on Chinese territory has awakened no diplomatic apprehen sions among Administration officials, who are confident that no hostile act toward China is intended. At the Japanese legation it is said that the Japanese have as much right to march through Chinese territory as the Germans had to march through BelKium. though China has removed complications by deciding not to op pose them. WILSON URGES WAR TAX WITHOUT DELAY Only Suggestion President Makes Is That Source Be Instantly Responsive. TREASURY TO BE GUARDED ULSTERMEN GOING TO WAR In First Hour or Recruiting 700 I Moil for Foreign Service. BELFAST. Ireland. Sept. 4 (via Lon don.) Within an hour after the open ing today of the recruiting office for Ulster Volunteers. 700 men of the North Belfast regiment had enrolled for foreign service. Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionists, addressed a battalion of volunteers, assuring the men that "sjjfficient volunteers will remain in Ulster to protect It from Invasion. It will keep as a province for you until you return." PERSIA. EGYPT, IN PERIL (Continued From First Ps.) possible in British and Russian pos sessions, lie thought it not unlikely la such event that Egypt might be In vaded. He felt certain that German? would stand by Turkey, but referred to Koumanla as an unknown quantity. Ureece. it Is known, has her army mobilized ready to strike at Turkey on land and sea. While Turkey is delaying action the allies are surveying the field, it is be lieved, looking forward to Joint opera tions with Japan in the Persian Gulf while the Mediterranean fleets of the allies direct their attention to Turkish ports on the western coast of Asia Minor. Japan Views Agreement Broadly. The situation, it is believed, already lias caused Japan to consult Great Britain as to possible assistance in quarters other than the Chinese seas. At the Japanese embassy it was said tuday that strictly speaking the Anglo- AID TO BRITONS CHARGE GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS TOW YORK IS SUPPLY DEPOT. Intercepted Wireless Messages Show Orders for Fuel and Provisions Were Seat From Cruiser. NEW YORK, Sept. 4. Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, said today he had positive Information British cruisers had received supplies of fuel, provisions and ammunition from New York while lying off the harbor. Count von Bernstorff said he made an official complaint to Secretary of State Bryan at Washington about the provisioning and coaling of the British ships. "I have positive information," he con tinued, "that the cruisers sent wire less messages to the British consulate in New York. Soon afterward a vessel flying the American flag, accompanied by several coal barges, put out of New York harbor to the cruisers and, at a point 10 mile's outside the three-mile limit, supplied them with ammunition, coal and provisions. According to my information, this has been going on for some time." Intercepted wireless messages seem to explain Count von Bernstorff's charges. One such message was re ceived by H. B. Hunt, 128 West Sev entieth street, New York, from the British cruiser Suffolk through the Marconi station at Siasconsett, Mass. Hunt was directed to bring provisions and newspapers to a point two miles south or" Ambrose lightship at 11 o'clock the following morning. Among' the provisions asked for was fresh beef. The following day, as the White Star liner Olympic passed quarantine, bound out, she sent from her wireless the call letters of the Suffolk, and after receiv ing an acknowledgment, transmitted a dispatch signed "Hunt." In this "Hunt" Informed the commander of the British cruiser that he had been at a ppint two miles south of the lightship at 11 o'clock that morning, but as the Suf folk failed to put in an appearance he would be there again at 3 that after noon. Whether any provisions were actually delivered could not be deter mined. SORORITY GIRLS ARE FREE German Authorities Release Trio, Now on Way Home. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Sept. 4. After detention by German officials at Heidelberg, three Stanford sorority girls. Miss Carolina Squires, Miss Ruth Squires and Miss Katherine Sheldon, of Palo Alto, have cabled their relatives that they have secured passage to America. The young women were al lowed to proceed from Heidelberg to Rotterdam and thence to London. Ac cording to the cable message the vessei on which the party crossed the Eng lish Channel narrowly missed hitting a floating mine. Nation's Peace of Mind Threatened If Circumstances Permit Doubt of Financial Strength Bor rowing Not Advised. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. "We shall pay the bill, though we did not deliber ately Incur it," said President Wilson today, presenting before a Joint session of Congress his appeal for an emerg ency internal revenue measure to raise $100,000,000, the Government's probable loss in customs receipts because of the war in Europe. Prompt action was necessary, the President said, "in order to keep the Treasury strong." His only suggestion as to the method for levying the tax was that sources be chosen that would "begin to yield at once and yield with a certain and constant flow." Action Taken Promptly. The appeal met with quick action. As soon as the President had left the House chamber amidst an outburst of applause Speaker Clark referred the message to the ways and means com mittee. Democratic members of the committee met tonight at the call of the chairman. Representative Under wood, and began consideration of plans to raise the additional revenue. Various members suggested sources which they believed could be properly subjected to additional taxation. On the list sug gested were: Gasoline, a tax of 1 or 2 cents a gal lon; railroad and amusement tickets, a tax of 5 to 10 per cent; beer, an in crease of 50 cents a barrel; domestic wines, whisky, an increase of 15 cents a gallon; proprietary articles, tobacco and tobacco products; chewing gum, soft drinks, playing cards. Ticket Tax Stirs No Enthusiasm. The proposal to tax railroad tickets was not received with enthusiasm by the members of the committee, al though it was estimated that a 5 per cent tax would raise $40,000,000. Mr. Underwood said the articles sug gested would be gone over by the Democrats of the committee and a list of taxable articles would be agreed on by eliminations. This list will be sub mitted to the Treasury Department, probably early next week, for esti mates as to the amounts to be raised on each, and the rate of taxation. When the bill is completed in committee, it probably will be brought into the House under a special rule and hurried through. The President said: "Gentlemen of the Congress, 1 come to you today to discharge a duty which I wish with all my heart I might have been spared; but it is a duty which Is very clear and therefore I perform it without hesitation or apology. 1 come to ask very earnestly that addi tional revenue be provided for the Gov ernment. Vailing Oft In August Is 10,820,538. "During trie month of August there was, as compared with the corre sponding month of last year, a falling off of $10,629,538 in the revenues col lected from customs. A continuation of this decrease in the same proportion throughout the current fiscal year would probably mean a loss of customs revenues of from $60,000,000 to $100, 000,000. I need not tell you to what this falling off is due. It is due, in ch(ef part, not to the reductions re cently made in the customs duties, but to the great decrease in Importations; and that is due to the extraordinary extent of the. Industrial area affected by the present war in Europe. Condi tions have arisen which no man fore saw; they affect the whole world of commerce and economic production; and they must be faced and dealt with. "It would be very unwise to postpone dealing with them. Delay in such a matter and In the particular circum stances in which we now find ourselves as a Nation might involve consequences of the most embarrassing and deplorable sort, for which 1. for one. would not care to be responsible. It would be very dangerous in the present circum stances to create a moment's doubt as to the strength and sufficiency of the Treasury of the United States; its abil ity to assist, to steady and sustain the financial operations of the country's finances. If the Treasury is known, or even thought, to be weak, where will be our peace of mind? The whole in dustrial activity of the country would be chilled and demoralized. Just now the peculiarly difficult financial prob lems of the moment are being success fully dealt with, with great self-possession and good sense and very sound judgment; but they are only in process of being worked out. If the process of solution is to be completed no one must be given reason to doubt the so lidity and adequacy of the Treasury of the Government, which stands behind the whole method by which our diffi culties are being met and handled. Treasury Needs Present Funds. "The Treasury itself could get along for a considerable period, no doubt, without immediate resort to new sources of taxation. But at what cost to the business of the community? Ap proximately $75,000,000, a large part of the present Treasury balance, is now on deposit with National banks distributed throughout the country. It is deposited, of course, on call. I need not point out to you what the prob able consequences of inconvenience and distress and confusion would be If the diminishing income of the Treasury should make It necessary rapidly to withdraw these deposits. And yet without additional revenue that plain ly might become necessary and the time when it became necessary could not be controlled or determined by the convenience of the business of the country. It would have to be determined ay the operations and necessities of :he Treasury itself. Such risks are not necessary and ought not to be run. We cannot too scrupulously or carefully tafeguard a financial situation which Is at best, while war continues in Eu rope, difficult and abnormal. Hesita tion and delay are the worst forms of jad policy under such conditions. Borrowing Is Deprecated. "And we ought not to borrow. We ought to resort to taxation, however we may regard the necessity of put ting additional temporary burdens on our people. To sell bonds would be to make a most untimely and unjusti fiable demand on the money market, untimely because this is manifestly not the time to withdraw working capital from other uses to pay the Govern ment's bills; unjustifiable because un necessary. The country Is aDie to pay any just and reasonable taxes without distress. And to every other form of borrowing, whether for long periods or for short, there is the same objec tion. These are not the circumstances, this is at this particular moment and in this particular exigency not the market to borrow large sums of money. What we are seeking is to ease and as sist every financial transaction, not to add a single additional embarrass ment to the situation. The people of this country are both intelligent and profoundly patriotic. They are ready to meet tlie present conditions in tne right way and to support the Govern ment with generous self denial. They know and understand and will be in tolerant only of those who dodge re sponsibility or are not frank with them. Bill MUSt He iniil. 'The occasion is not of our own mak ing. We had no part in minus n. nut it is here. It affects us as directly and palpably almost as if we were partici pants in the circumstances which gave rise to it. We must accept the Inevit able with calm judgment and unruffled spirits, like men accustomed to deal ing with the unexpected, habituated to take care of themselves, masters of their own . affairs and their own for tunes. We shall pay the bill though we did not deliberately incur It. "In order to meet every demand upon the Treasury without delay or perad venture and in order' to keep the Treas ury strong, unquestionably strong, and strong throughout the present anxie ties, I respectfully urge that an addi tional revenue of $100,000,000 be raised through internal taxes devised in your wisdom to meet the emergency. The only suggestion I take the liberty of making is that such sources of revenue be chosen as will begin to yield at once and yield with a certain and con stant flow. "I cannot close without expressing the confidence with which I approach a Congress, with regard to this or any other matter, which has shown so un tiring a devotion to public duty, which has responded to the needs of the Na- EXTRA SPECIAL FALL OPENING TAILORING DEPARTMENT Saturday, September 5 (Goods now on display, but no measures taken at this price until Saturday.) To thoroughly advertise our new establishment so that every man -wall know the name of J. L. Bowman & Co., wholesale and retail tailors, with agencies in every well-dressed community in the West, we will for one day only make to measure the pick and choice, without reserve, any imported or domestic suiting in our house for only 25 : Our regular prices are $25, $30, $35, $37.50, $40, $45 and $50. On many suits which will be measured Saturday the $25 will not get the cost back, but we will charge the difference to our advertising account. You will be both surprised and pleased to see the splendid collection of suitings to choose from, hundreds of beautiful fabrics in the latest shades and weaves are here for your choice, many of them having been made for us by the best mills in both this country and Europe. Remember, Saturday of this week, our cutters will all be busy measuring suits. We expect to book at least 200 suits on this dav at the special price of $25, and they will all be made up during the following week or 10 days right here in Portland in our electrically-equipped tailor shops, which are the finest and most modern in the West. J.LB0WMAN&C0. WHOLESALE TAILORS PORTLAND, OREGON. Salesrooms, Offices and Shops, THIRD AND STARK STREETS tion throughout a long session despite inevitable fatigue and personal sacri fice and so large a proportion of whose members have devoted their whole time anS energy to the business of the coun try." AUSTRIAN STEAMER SUNK H-m-h Uriiiser Takes Off Crew, Then Sends Vessel to Bottom. LONDON. Sept. 4. The sinking of the Austrian steamer Bathori by a British cruiser in the Bay of Biscay was re tried today. The Austrian steamer re fused to heave to until the cruiser put a shot across her bow. The warship i,n ,n.,lc ,.ff the crew of 26 and sent .h. trr,er tn the bottom. The pris oners taken included a German perlal staff officer. The Bathori was a steamer ot - sth niied between Flume French ports and was last reported in Havre roads August 5. 31 ARE INDICTED 1385 and MAP SHOWING FORMIDABLE DEFENSES OF PARIS. , ... ..--n. it, ... i ... . , tmmsmmm 1 : 1 A, B, C Intrenched camps No. I, t and . resoectively . 1 Fort Crin titles. : Fort Cotillon. .. Fort Franconvllle. 4 Doable Coronne du Nord. Fort Stains. 6 Fort de I'Est. 7 Fort Oudervtllers. 8 Fort I -lory. 0 Fort Blanc Mesnil. 10 Fort Vaojours. No. No. No. No. No No. No. No. No. No No. 23 Fort de Montrone. No. 26 Fort de LaiDail. No. 27 Fort de Villeneuve St. Georges. No. 28 New works. No. t Fort d'Athis. No. SO Fort de Lonjouraeau. No. 31 Fort Palaiseau. No. 32 Fort d'lusy. No. 33 Fort de Chstillon. Nos. 34, 35 ami 38 Batteries. No. 37 Fort VUIeras. No. 38 Fort da Haut Buc. No. 12 Fort do Noisy. No. IS Fort de Vllliers. No. 11 Fort de Cnsmplcny. No. 15 Fort do Seey. No. 16 Fort de Mainville. No. 17 Fort do Noisy (inner). No. 18 Fort de Bosny. No. 19 Fort do F ontenay. No. 20 Fort de Nog-ent. No. 21 Fort de Jolnville. No. 22 Fort de CUarenton. No. 23 Fort d'lvry. . . - . , m i "4 1 nn ue lii.nrc. ' Because of the SB-mile spread of the intrenched camps the investing army will have ittal will necessitate the presence ot not t-ww tnan :. T-.-rT. .. Vrh ., hav- ,heir b,.e ot hUPoly rt that Paris can be successiuny oeieno.ee, oy. , . " "7. - -" -"" mv teue to their rear. of necessity, araw tneir am mumnuu -u x.. . . No. 39 Batteries Bouviers. No. 40 Fort de St. Cyr. , Nos. 41, 42 and 43 Fort de Marly and batteries. No. 44 Fort Valerlen. No. 45 Fort Airremont. No. 46 Fort de l'Hautle. No, 47 Fort de Vadvres. No. is Fort Redout de St. Cyr. V, 49 I-'ort do DomnDl. No. .-,(1 Fort de Montlignon. No. 51 Fort de Montmorency. Washington Food Dealers Ac cused of Price-Fixing. Whether or not the two Centralis girls are with her Is not known. If 1 hey are not. It Is not believed that Ihsy my leave Germany until thu end of hne-tlllttes. CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED Federal Grand Jury Acts and De partment of Justice Says Inves tigations in OUicr States Will Sooy Bcur Fruit. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Thirty-one food dealers were indicted here today bv a Federal arand jury undsr the Sherman law on counts charging price fixing. It was the first big develop ment in the investigation the Depart ment of Justice is conducting, at the direction of the President, against food dealers who are alleged to have seized on the war as a pretext to lncreaso the cost of living. All the indicted men are local pro duce dealers or commission merchants. No Nationally known firm was indicted. Agents Working Elsewhere. At the Department of Justice It was said Government agents, working in many states for evidence of price-fixing, were expected to make reports soon, which officials believed would be the basis of other indictments. Concerning further prosecutions, At torney-General Gregory today said: "Under conditions now existing throughout tbe world capitalization of misfortune and oppression of our own people by the arbitrary increase of the prices of foodstuffs are so peculiarly reprehensible that whenever convic tions can be oDtaineu tne asisa aswwss will Insist upon sentences of imprison ment; no fine or no civil remedy will be deemed. Prison Sentences to Be Asked For. "United States Attorneys are being Instructed promptly to ask for Indict ments whenever the facts will permit. to push these to early trial, and on convictions to insist upon prison sen tences. "It must, of course, be remembered that without the District of Columbia, only those agreements and combina tions which affect directly interstate or foreign commerce can be readied. As to other matters state statutes must be relied upon." The men Indicted here today are charged with having fixed prices every day and having circulated price liats which completely eliminated a com netltlve market for. food. The penalty on conviction is a year's imprisonment or a 1000 fine, or both. Bench warrants were Issued for all the Indicted men and ball was given for their appearance in court. front of substantially 100 miles, and this sieae Dracticable. Competent authorities : declare in Paris Itself. while the besiegers must. TWO DAUGHTERS MISSING Ceutruliit Music Teacher Hear Xo Word From Glrle in Germany. CENTRALIA. Wash., Sept. 4 (Spe cial.) Karl Pltaer. supervisor of music in the Centralia schools. Is worried over the fate of his daughters. Luna and Leonora, who have been studying music at Wlodbach, Germany, for the past year and a half. Herr Pltzer recently received a card from thorn that was written the day before war was declared. The PlUer girls were with Nellie Collins, a Pe Ell girl, wnoSC mowier umm t dloi ,u wuiu that sue is in London oa her way home. Foreign Student to licl liulleiin WASHINGTON. Sept. 4. Commie- ! loner Claxton. of the Federal Bureau f of Education, authorized today the immedfete publication of a special bul letin describing facilities for profes sional and collegiate study in the United States for distribution amotia foreign students, who. he asserted, now would have to look elsewhere than Europe for higher education. The bul letin will be printed In several lan- t U.'IKCS I doubt if any caller nere ever even Imagined that new and tine pianos and player pianos wuuld ever be obtainable for such little prices. It has never been possible heretofore because there was never such a necessity for Immedi ate closing out a high-class stock of a quality piano house. Aelde from selling moat of the Instruments for what they cost us and some for even less, we are willing to sell on little payments. 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