VOL. L.V. NO. 17,073. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AMERICA DECLINES TO ALTERWAR LAWS Strict Neutrality De dared Policy. REPLY IS SENT TO AUSTRIA Neutrals Not to Sit in Judg ment on Belligerents. PERPLEXITIES ARE NOTED Teuton Declared to Hate Supplied lunltlons in Other War Amer ican Rfne Right to Bnjr for Themsehre. roitts hadis 11 reply of vsitf.d statm to ais-tbia-hisgarv. Surprise xpr"ssed that trtct observance of principles of exist ing International law la deemed Insufficient. Obligation to chang or modify rulea dented. Neutral, nnder rnla proposed by Autrta-IIuBgary. would ba compelled to alt In Judgment on J progress of war and restrict trade vim KIICffiail w.iw cesaful on Thla would in volve neutrals In milt of per pUxltle. Action of Germany and Austria Hungary In supplying munitions to belligerents la other wars cited aa precedent. Germany and Aus tria declared to have sold muni tions to Britain In Boer war. though Boers were Isolated, aa Germany and Austria-Hungary are now. Other Instancea are cited. United States desires to retain principle of trade In nunltiona because of own need In event of war. Adoption of theory set forth by Austria held to Involve fore In militarism on world and to work against Ideal of universal peace. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1$. The reply of the United States to the protest of Austria-Hungary against the sale of munitions or war to the allies) was made public today. It Is a refusal to accept the Austro-Hungartan view. Tfi American note saya that to re fuse to sMp munitions to a belligerent whose enemy controlled the meana of access would require the neutrals to sit In Judgment on the progress of the war. It says the rxht of trade In munition Is well established In inter national law. which cannot be changed while thla war continues. Germany and Austria-Hungary are declared to have supplied munitions to Belligerents In other wars. Fall Test la f.lrrm Oat. Following I tha full text of the re ply: "Department of State. Washington. D. C-. Aug. 15. 1!S. The Secretary of State to Ambassador Prnfleld: Please present a note to the Royal For eman Office, in reply to its note of June 5. In the following sense: "The Government of the United States r.as given careful consideration to the atatement of the Imperial and royal government In regard to the exporta tion of arms and ammunition frora the United States to the countries at war with Austria-Hungary and Germany. The Government of the United States Botes with satisfaction the recognition by the Imperial and royal government cf the undoubted fact that Its attitude with regard to the exportation of arms and ammunition from the United States Is prompted by Its Intention to 'main tain the strictest neutrality and to con form to the letter of the prlvlslons of International treaties. but Is surprised to find the Imperial and roral govern ment implying that the observance of the strtrt prlncipW of the law under the conditions which have developed In the present war Is Insufficient, and as sertlrg l?at tKl Government should go heroftd the long-recognised rules gov erning such traffic by neutrals and adopt measures to "maintain art am tude of strict parity with respect to both belligerent parties.' V lew la Xet AeeepteeTL "To this assertion of an obligatloa o change or modify the rules of Inter national usage on account of special conditions, the Government of the Unit ed Stat cannot accede. Tha recog nition of an obligation of thla sort, unknown to the International practice of the past, would Impose on every neu tral nation a duty to sit in Judgment on the progress of war and to restrict Its commercial Intercourse with a bel ligerent whoso naval successes pre vented the neutral from trade with the anemy. Tha contention of tha Imper ial and royal government appears to bo that the advantages gained to a bel ligerent by tta superiority on the sea, should be equalised by the neutral pow er by the establishment of a system of non-Intercourse with tha victor. The Imperial and royal government con fine tta comments to arm and ammu nition, but. If tha principle for which 4CoaUstie4 ea ' e 2, Cesa . COLLEGE WOMEN FAIL AS MOTHERS BIOLOGIST SAYS RACE MUST " PUT HOrE ELSEWHERE. Statistics Said to Show Average of Only Four-Fifths of Child Apiece. Honor Students Still Less. PITTSBURG. Aug. IS. (Special.) That there la little hope of continuing the race If the country la to depend on college women, la apparently shown In an- Investigation conducted by Roe well If. Johnson, professor of biology of the University of Pittsburg. Professor Johnson, after an ex tensive Investigation, finds that by all; college girls there Is contributed to the rsce only four-fifths of a child per capita, while among honor students the per capita rate Is only one-fifth, of a child. The Investigation conducted by Pro fessor Johnson Includes the marriage records of the alumnae of Wellesley Bryn Mawr. Smith. Vaasar. Mount Ilolyoke and Wilson. The number of marriages among graduates of these Institutions reaches an average of only It percent. "The number of children. says Professor Johnson, "necessary to main tain a stationary population from these groups should be about 3.7 per woman student. Among honor students only about 33 per cent marry, and from those only two-tenths of a child la con' tributed for duplication of their kind. -There are three causes for this ab normally low birth rate: First, lack or co-eduration: second, failure of their education to make them desirous of having homes of their own: third, the excessive limitation of students' op portunltles for social life." FRENCH SINK SUBMARINE Austrian Ietroed In Adriatic After rnrtnit by Squadron. PARIS. Aug. IS. The Austrian sub marine U-. which wa unk In the Adriatic on August II. waa sent to the bottom by tne accurate Or of tha gun of the rrench torpedo-boat detroyer Blsson. The Austrian submersible attacked an Italian auxiliary cruiser in the lower Adriatic on August II. but the larger craft, by clever maneuvering, escaped two torpedoes aimed at her. She then rammed the aubmarine. but failed to ink It. A squadron of destroyer Im mediately et out to chase the sub marine, which evidently bad been dam aged In the encounter. The Austrian vessel waa sighted the following morning by the Blsson and sunk. UNIDENTIFIED MAN DROWNS Clothes on Hank Indicate Death Came While Swimming. A bundle of clothing on the bank of the river near tha foot of Curry street yesterday led to the recovery of tha body of an unidentified man. who evi dently had been drowned while swim mlng. Tha clothing waa found by W. F. Rohrbacher. a watchman lor tne Columbia Contract dredge. Municipal Orappler Brady recovered the body. which was taken to the morgue. The man wsa about S3 years old. five feet, eight inches tall, and weighed about 14S pounds. He was of medium comt.lexlon. The man' left wrist was -rinnlxt and his left hand smsller then the right. Two specks of gold msrked fillings on his two upper front teeth. FRANCE FEEDS 3,C00,p00 Families of Soldier and Idle Cost $391,000,000 During War. Paris Am. 15. France has ex tended I2S4.0"O.POO during the first year of the war In feeding tW wives and families of mobilized soldiers and workers thrown out of employment There are at present J.000.000 receiving allowances from the state. la the beginning a great many peo ple entitled to the allowances pre ferred not to claim them, considering It n easy patriotic sacrifice for them to make, but as the war dragged on and their resources diminished, they were finally obliged to avail themselves of state aid. SENATORS ON WAY SOUTH Mer. Laaie and chamberlain to Meet Harbor Committee. GRANTS TASS. Or. Aug. IS. Sen ators Lane and cnamoenain arrives her today en route to Crescent City. CaL. wher they will meet the appro priations committee on rivers and har bors from Congress. The committee will Investigate and report on the Crescent City harbor project. Escorted by the Oregon Congression al delegation and a large delegation from here, the committee will arrive la u rants Pass Tuesday. SOIL STUDIED IN PRISON Convict Qualifies for Position as Kxprrt While Serving Term. MARTINEZ. CaU Aug. IS. Henry Kucacl returned to bis horn here to day on parol from Sao Quentln peni tentiary, where he served on and a half years of a seven-year sentence) for forgery, to accept a position aa soli expert la California for aa agricul tural Implement concern. Kuckel occupied hi time In prison by taking a correspondence course In giicnltur from the University of Cali fornia, In which he won three degree. I STANDARD OIL WAGE T30 LOW Investigator Blames Company for Strike. SETTLED FOLICY CRITICISED Pay Declared Below Cost of Comfortable Living. MEN ARE LITTLE REGARDED General Manager Said "ot to Be' lleve In Child-Labor Legisla tion Sheriff and Company' Armed Gnards Accused. CHICAGO. HL. Aug. 15. The report of George P. West and C. T. Chenery. who Investigated the July. 1915. strike of the Standard Oil Company employes at Bayonne. X. J, tor the United States Commission on Industrial Relations. was made public tonight by Frank P. m alsh. chairman of the commission. The report said, in part, after stating that the strike was against the Stan dard Oil Company of New Jersey: "The company 1 the most Important of the Stanard OH group and this group I tha principal contributor to tho wealth prestige and power of the lars est estate in the country, if not In the world, that of John D. Rockefeller. Sr., and hi Immediate family. The facu regarding the company's labor policlti must, therefore, be regarded a of spe cial significance because of the tre mendous power wielded by the group of men who control this industry and because of their announced intention to enter the field of industrial rela tione with a view to widening their Influence and activity, propagating wnat they deem to be the proper theories and principles that should govern the relation between employer and employ." Wages Deemed Too Low. The following findings of fact are to be considered In the light of the foregoing: "The Standard OH Company, of New Jersey, although conducting an enor mously profitable enterprise, pays wages too low to maintain a family on a comfortable, healthf'il basis. "It fixes wages, not with relation to the earninga of the company, but by taking Into consideration wages paid by other companies in the same locality and then fixing the wage as low as or lower than the prevailing wage In that locality. In Bayonne it paid common laborers less than those of two companies whose plants adjoin Ita refineries. Thla 1 In direct con tradiction to the claim of the com pany In a statement issued at 26 Broad way that it has always paid the pre vailing wage or better. - The state ment of the general manager of the DECLARED u'onrludfd on Pas 2. Column 1.) work tomorrow. . I (Concluded on page 2, Column 2.) I r - - i i WILL HE TAKE HIS MEDICINE? : I x:V I I' l'lMi TfSsa-zTS s 'VS50 OrlcS-l I I sMssssssse-ss 1 1 is aaki. ukss.M. islw' V '!( f ruts. V t III PLACE I - - .-. ) Ira 109.0 INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT8 Maximum temperature. DO degrees: minimum. OS degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. Uar Psrls to present unsheathed Jeweled sword to King or Belgium. Page Baltic shore laid waste by sea and land. Pass 3- Russlsn sortie from Kovno repulsed. Page 2. Belgrade bombarded again. Page 1. American reply to Austria-Hungary declines to change laws ox war wnue war is in progress. Page 1. National. Federal ' Investlpator reports on Standard Oil strike at Bayonne. Page 1. Domestic. Grain traders deeply puzzled by new market developments. Page z. Sports. Pacific Cosst League results: Vernon S. Portland 4 (10 Innings) ; San Francisco 7-7. Salt Lake 5-4: Oakland 6-8. Los Anceles 4-5. Page 6. Riots mark National League., games at St. Louis. Page 5. Spokane chillengs Beavers for gams 8ep tember 20. Page 6. Chicago I'nlversity baseball team arrives ready to play Beavers, page e. Pacific Northwest. Salem lawyers say T. R. Kelly, who quit Wheeler recall contest, must stay. Page . R. B. Kelt, rancher at Lakeport. Is murdered. Page !. Finance and Industry. Trade acceptances advocated by Reserve Board favored. Page . Expense of operating Federal reserve banks almost equal to earnings, i-oge v. Menrv Clews says war Is aid to trade. rage . Portland and Vicinity. H. G. Hanson, modern Raffles, accused of IS robberies. Page 1. Prayer kev to divine oower and Is answered by God when there Is special need, says Bishop Lambuth. rage 8. Yoong college woman advises girls to slap or neat manners. -age v. Lecturer outlines precepts of Christian Science. Page 8, Circus ts here today. Page 13. -Cornerstone of Emanuel Hospital Is laid. Page T. John A. Hooper, notea outlaw, escapes from jail at urants rsss. page l. Lents Grange goes on record in defense of public market. Page 12. Convict ship, nearlng end of visit, attracts large Sunday crowd. Page 12. Union musicians out of all theaters In city and non-union orchestras hired. Page 13. BENSON PARTY ARRIVES Enthusiastic Reception Given Vis itors to San Francisco. OREGON BUILDING. EXPOSITION GROUNDS, San Francisco, Aug. 15. The Simon Benson official party, in cluding Governor Wlthyeombe, ex-Scna- tor Simon. Amos Benson, John B. Teon and others from Oregon were met on their arrival today by Commissioner and Mrs. Logan and a large party of Oreconians at Oakland and escorted to the San Francisco ferry. There they were taken by automobiles to the St. Francis Hotel, where an enthusiastic reception was accorded them. Every one is most enthusiastic over tha trip and the plana for Benson day. ST. LOUIS STRIKE ENDED Wage Issue Compromised; Working Conditions Improved. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 15. The strike of 1500 transfer company teamsters and chauffeurs, which began here last Fri day, was settled tonight. A general wage increase of 50 cents a week, a re duction of about one hour in the work ing day and better working conditions are granted the men. The wage increases, according to the team-owners, will aggregate 160,000 a year, whereas the original demands of the men called for Increases totaling J160.0UO. The strikers will return to work tomorrow, OUTLAW LOCKS OP SHERIFF ESCAPES John A. Hooper, Noted Highwayman, Flees. PEACE OFFICER OVERPOWERED Fellow-Prisoner1'1' c0tl...iig Dash atVfrass. COMPANION IS RECAPTURED Passing Buggy Taken and Used to Speed to Liberty Fugitive Is Known as Desperate and Dangerous Criminal. GRANTS PASS, Or., Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) John Austin Hooper, college graduate and king of highwaymen, aided by a fellow prisoner, who say that Hooper forced his assistance, made a daring escape from the Josephine County Jail this morning. The highwayman, who was in jail heie awaiting trial since his capture at Tho Dalles July 19, for the robbery of the Southern Pacific station here three months ago, overpowered Sheriff Smith, disarmed him, locked him in a cell and fled with Joe Colinge, tho fellow pris oner who aided him. Colinge has been recaptured, but nothing has been seen of Hooper since he left the outskirts of Grants Pass this morning. Sheriffs Outcry Cut Off. As Sheriff Smith entered tho cell with tho two prisoners' breakfast this morning at 8:30 o'clock, Colinge seized him, pinioning his arms to his side. At the same time Hooper grasped the sheriff by the throat, preventing an outcry, and then tied a rag around the officer's mouth. Colinge. at Hoopers order, then took the Sheriffs automatic DlstoL They then forced Sheriff Smith into an open cell and slammed the door, locking It. Hooper then took the automatic pistol and cartridge belt from Colinge and, picking up a small valise, left tne Jail, accompanied by Colinge. Hooper Commandeers Buggy. The two prisoners separated as soon as they left the Jail. Hooper starting for the hills north of Grants Pass and Colinge going toward the railroad tracks. Within two blocks of the Jail Hooper overtook Sam Ellis, driving along in a buggy, and stopped him with the information that there had been a serious accident a few blocks up the street. Mr. Ellis drove north with Hooper st top speed toward the scene of the supposed accident when Hooper drew i his revolver and commanded Ellis to keep going, threatening to kill him at the first show of trickery. At the out skirts of the town Hooper got out of the buggy and told Ellis to drive back. Nothing has been seen of Hooper since. In the meantime Sheriff Smith's out- FIGHTING RESUMED ON SERBIAN BORDER TEUTONS BOMBARD BELGRADE AND EXEMY RETALIATES. Reports That Germans and Ans trians Are Preparing to Cut Way to Turkey Are Renewed. LONDON. Aug. 15. The following statement was issued 'at Nish. Serbia, Friday: "The enemy yesterday bombarded Belgrade with large-caliber howitzers. There was no lose of life. The bom hardment ceased after we shelled Zem lin and Panscova." Zemlin Is In Austria, on the tongue of land formed by the junction of the Danube and the Save, opposite Bel grade, with which it is connected by a railway bridge. Panscova is across the Danube from Belgrade in Austria. The statement adds that fires were caused in Zemlin and "panic in Panscova. Report that the Germans and Aus trians had mobilized forces estimated at from 300.000 to 400,000 men along the Serbian frontier, .preparatory to a campaign to crush the Serbians and open a way for the shipment of muni tions to Turkey, have been received from various sources in the past week. There have been several clashes be tween the Serbs and Austrians on the frontier in the past few days. Belgrade waa occupied by the Aus trian after a siege on December 2, 1914, but was reoccupled by tho Ser bians 12 days later, following a fierce battle. The recapture of their capital by the Serbians was followed by a cam paign which cleared their country of invaders. 2 HEROES SAVE BATHERS Boy, 1 6, and Man Who Disappears Rescue Policeman and Sister. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. 15. (Spe cial.) In an attempt to rescue his sister, who had dropped into a hole near Columbia Beach today, L. E. Me Curdy. night police sergeant, and the girl were caught in the undertow and drifted 260 feet down the river, where he was rescued, exhausted, by a Port land man. who disappeared in the crowd, and the girl was dragged uncon scious from the river by Chester M1I llngton, 16, of Portland. Nearly 100 bathers on the beach watched the pair struggling In the water "and saw them drifting helplessly in the current. The girl. Miss Mildred B. McCurdy, was resuscitated and her brother recovered soon after his rescue. The accident happened on Upper Hayden Island, where the usual Sunday crowds were in bathing. BIPLANE OUTRUNS AUTO Five-Mile Race Staged at El ma Fair Grounds Before 20 0 Persons. ELM A, Wash., Aug. 15 (Special.) In the five-mile race at the Fair Grounds here today between James Parsons, in his automobile, and Herbert Munter, in his biplane, Munter won. tho time be ing 5:11. Parsons also tried for the mile record on a half-mile dirt track, which he made in 1:14. He also made the three-mile run, the time being 3:41. About 2000 persons saw the exhibition. Sunday's War Moves HAVING recovered from the check inflicted on him early in the ween by the Russians, General von Beclosv, commanding that portion of the army of Field Marshal von Hlndenburg op erating to the west of the River Dvinsk, again has taken the offensive and, according to the official report published by Berlin today, has beaten the Russians in a battle in the vicinity of Kubisko and pushed them back in tt northeasterly direction, taking more than 2000 prisoners. To the south before Kovno, the Rus sians, according to the same source of information, made an unsuccessful sortie from Kovno, which the Germans now are approaching. In the Polish sector, the various German armies are slowly drawing in their line and advancing from the northwest and south of Brest-Litovsk. While they continue to take groups of prisoners, they make no claim to the capture of . artillery or booty, which is considered by military observers aj a fair indication that Grand Duke Nicho las" armies continue their orderly re treat and for a long time to come will be able to prevent the Germans from detaching any party of their army for large ventures elsewhere. The only evidence of activity out side of Poland and the Baltic provinces, is on the Serbian frontier, where a bombardment of Belgrade by the Aus trians and a counter-bombardment of Zemlin and Panscova by the Serbians has been resumed. According to Nisn, Austrian attempts to cross the Danube near the Serbian and Roumanian bord ers have been repulsed, but it Is be lieved by military experts of the allies that this region will be the scene of the next Austro-German offensive. There is some speculation In military circles as to whether Roumania. as well as Serbia, will be attacked be cause of Roumanians refusal to allow munitions of war to pass through to Turkey, which Is being presyd on her Caucasus and Dardanelles fronts. There Is no late news from the Dar danelles, but information is hourly ex pected of a new movement of which the landings by the allies last week were the preliminaries. - Artois, the forest of the Argonne and the Vosges Mountains continue to be the scenes of activity on the western front, but no serious battles are In progress in any. of the region. I MODERN RAFFLES IS TAKEN WITH LOOT H.G. Hanson Accused of 15 Clever Robberies. ADVENTURE LURES, NOT COIN Woman Believed Accomplice in Work Still Missing. THIEF IN EX-MAYOR'S SUIT Reported Loss of Foodstuffs and Discovery of Some Goods Near River Clews That Lead to HouseboatsConfession Made. BURGLARIES TRACED TO H. G. HANSON. (Part of the loot taken from each of the following residences was found among the goods re covered yesterday.) Home of R. S. Bean. Federal Judge, 665 Elliott street, robbed January 10, 1915. Home of A. G. Rushlight. ex- ! Maj Nov i H Mayor, 400 Karl street, robbed J November 9. 1914. I Home of R. D. Inman, of In- man-Foulsen Lumber Company, J 653 East Sixth street, robbed J January 1. 1915. I Home of George J. Kelly, land J t agent Portland Railway. Light & t i Power Company, 670 Grand ave- nue. robbed December 28. 1914. J Home ofi George H. Crawford, I vice-president and general man- ager Golden Rod Milling Com- I J pany. 1433 East Seventeenth J ! street, robbed August 5, 1915. Home of Anton Heltkemper. ! cigar manufacturer, 823 East Twelfth, robbed January 29. 1915. I !' Home of George E. Boos, car penter, 972 Milwaukie, robbed . March 12, 1915. I Home of George W. Holcomb, J president Holcomb Realty Com pany and F. B. Holbrook Cora- pany. 573 East Madison, robbed t January 10, 1915. I Home of Peter Livingston, pro- f prietor Beaver Pharmacy, 1250 s East Seventeenth street, robbed April 1. 1915. Home of William Wolff. 147 f East Sixteenth, robbed March 28. 1915. t Home of F. A.. Anderson, 1301 I East Seventeenth street, robbed February 16. 1915. t Home of Mrs. L. Merton, 1355 t East Eighteenth, robbed May 22. 1915. Home of Miss Pearl Wilson, i 283 Thirteenth, robbed March 21, 1915. Home of J. B. Welst. 821 East f Eleventh, robbed B'ebruary 6, i 1915. I Home of D. Bradshaw, Ewahwe Station, robbed January 28, 1915. Wearing a suit of clothes that he had stolen nine months before from the residence of A. G. Rushlight. ex-Mayor, H. G. Hanson, a "laboring Raffles," premier burglar of Portland, was ar rested at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by City Detectives La Salle, Leonard, Rofle and Moloney at his houseboat at the foot of Crampton street. His apprehension, and subsequent confession, clear up the biggest hauls of the past Spring and Winter in this city, 15 burglaries being traced to him yesterday, and goods from at least that many more remaining unidentified. Woman Suspect Missing. Though no trace could be found of Mrs. Inga Malmin, who Hanson says is his sister, she is suspected of being the mysterious female accomplice, of whom the police found trace In the imprint of a feminine boot beneath windows of houses robbed. Hanson said she left him in May to go to her home in Nor way. The detectives say she took with her some of the most valuable jewelry,, costly furs and women's ap parel that had been stolen in Port land this year. Hanson was a type that was baffling to the police. During the day he was, to all appearances, an honest laboring man. He worked for a long while for the Nickum & Kelly Company. Search Began Last March. In tne early evening he would fare forth, robbing the houses where the residents had left for the evening. Every house he robbed was entered, usually, with a jimmy, through a win dow, between the hours of 6:30 and 11 P. M. The capture of Hanson yesterday follows a search begun in March, when the first clew to his whereabouts was found. On March 28, Detectives La Salle and Leonard, who had been in vestigating numerous burglaries, found a child's bank, empty, at Milwaukie and Center streets, near the river. This was Identified as having been stolen the night before from the home of William Wolff. 147 East Sixtenth street. This led the trail toward the river. At numerous robberies butter, eggs, lvacludd on la-(e ;, Column 2.) io9.o