; 1 'x 1 Jlf VOL. LV NO. 17.082. MR. TAFT VOICES PLANS FOR PEACE EnforcementWhenWar Ends Is Aim. COURT OF NATIONS URGED Humorous Reference Made to Western "Freak" Laws. JOINT BARS ARE PRESENT After BrW Addreia of Welcosne E-Jmiil-nl Explains Keeenti? F tabllahrd League. Winning ledoraerornt of IIerer. TODltl PBH.RAIi : A. M Prosecuting t torya meet. Tyrolean room. Etntsi HotL K a. M. General HWloat of joint bar aao- letlor.a. Library HaH. Cntrl Library. j j x. Noon adjournment. 3 P. M. Slou raumd ln Library Halt T.J P. M. Staaraer Joseph K al lege lav foot of Washington trert for Waverly Country Club. whr a lawn fete and special entertainment ha bn arranged- 1:1 P. II. 8lemr leave on vrond trip to Wavsrly Club. To mas peac btws nation com pulsory by making war Impracticable writ dihonorabl U th plan of trio Leagu to Knforco Peae aa -plained by s-PrsWnt Taft befor th Joint session of tho Washlna-ton and Onion Bar Assoclatlona at the Malltg TbMi'r yesterday. A this plea for world pae waa triad befor a body of lawy.ra. It waa prwwnttd la n tck th urn fashion that an attorney conduct bla argu anant of a bofor a court. . Ka. president Taft'a court waa mad p of all tb delegat to tba bar con vention, tbelr famltlea and an audience f lay peopl that tilled the big tbeatr building to capacity. ptaa Vila Fever. Ilia caa waa built up tp by tep; It we upported by argument upon araument. and backed up by precedent after precedent that when be con cluded, bl hrarere. without mental or spoken reservation, almoet unanlmoue y approved the plan of the leacu. whl-a substantially, la aa follows: pint To ttblla following the close of th pr.eent war In Kurope. an International court composed of all th nations thst wish to enter, to be given Jurisdiction to hear and decide all juesllona rapaM of Judicial solution. Second To refer all non-Judlclal juration to a court of conciliation, stk'h should hav powr to hear oid-nc. Investigate the cause of dlf ferenre. mecllat between th parties and make recommendation for a ettle Bient. ll Ptedced Art. Third If any member of th acrse tnent attack any other member without pr.Tloag submission of th question at issue to the International court, all th other member not a party to tho dis pute must come to th d'fense of the station attacked. Pourth An International congress koutd meet from time to time to aaree pom prlmlplr of International law sot previously established andtoestend tne principles vf International law by mutual agreement. This." explained Mr. Taft. "1 th p!aa of th Leagu to Enforce Peace Mr. Tafl Is rrtWst W hav had numeroti resolution tn th past year and bae beard a lot of :otunce on peac. Now afl that Is all right, but It doesn't get ua very far. -Th purpose of this league I to prer.nt tho probability of war. and to ugrst to the eongres of th people of all nations that eom measure uch as these be put Into practice." Mr. Tsft throuah modesty, perhaps -did not mention that b ha ben rhoern preetdent of th Leacu to En force fenca. He pUlnd. however, th way In which th orsaaliation cam lo b form.!, bow a company of rp rssentauv ctttsena met In Independ vnc Hall In Philadelphia a few months ago and how the developed the plan that he presented. Pveaewt Wir'i ted Awaited. He made It emphatic thst th leagu do not propose to mtngl In th pres. (Dt war. but ventured th cheerful prediction that aa soon a th war Is over, the people of all Kurope will g'.ad'.y sett upon a Man such a thl r any other that wilt guarantee thst -famtll will rot b destroyed. anJ trt wtll relieve the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of the frightful nauny that Is born of the knowledge that the worst elem.nt of the human sMrlt Is made most prominent. II mad It plain thst th Leagu to t.nforc rac doss not pretend to at with authority or with any orricial sn.-tioi from any country, but smiled as be eald the orcsntsatlon merey snaintain Its constitutloo-glvn right f fre thouaht and free speech and promised that a affair of th nation proereee It will exerct it "right to bo beard." sudieac wae attentive sied ea Fag X. Caiuatn . HOLD BELGIUM IS NOW GERMAN PLAN MILLIONS BKIXG SPENT OX VAST FORTIFICATIONS. Work on Natnur JHorta llcllcvctl to Be IndlcaUve of Kalarr'g bland on Future of Kingdom. Bt JAMM aDONNELL BESStTT. (Coprrlsfct. 1". br the rblr... Trlbuna ' K.pstiisaed by Arrantem.ot. COPiaSHAOEX. July Si. Germany baa expended In leas than eight months more than U.Oee.OO on th strengtb enlng of th fortification of Namur. Belgium. Tb statement 1 of th first Impor tance because It Indicate bow exten sive must be any movement on tb part of tb aide which baa for It purpose th ousting of th German from Bel glum. Thl bug outlay on the fortln cattons guarding only on of th -ral Belgian dtlea occupied by th German army may also afford som indication regarding Germany- altitude when questions shall arise concerning Bel alum's future. Nemur I on of tb premier fortifi cations of Belgium. It command tb fambr and It waa a keypolnt In tb Important system of defenses designed for tb protection of th kingdom by th patrlotlo and farsoelng General Brlalmont. Owing; to tba unwillingness of th government to make adequate appro priations this system, which Ml to have comprehended enormous defenses In Antwerp on tb north. Liege on tb east, and Namur on the south, was only partially worked out. Knough waa don at Namur. however, to make the town capable of a superb resistance If properly commanded. It was not so commanded wba th German cap tured It. In addition to th work they have don on th fortresses, th German military authorities hav established bureaus In Namur for the assistance of tb Belgian peasants In farming. Th duty of on of the bureau Is to supply horse to the paasanls. Th Inhabitants of the town proper seem prosperous and reasonably con tented. RASH MOTORIST IS KILLED Youth rrrsiftta In IrtTln; Pa m aged Car; Brother Escape. WOODLAND. Cat. Aug. . Refusing lo heed th warning of hi friends. Howard Hugbson. 1. attempted to drive bis automobile with a broken steering gar over teep mountain grades yesterdsy and waa killed when tb machln plunged off th road. His neck was broken. Carroll Hughson. hi brother, escaped with minor In juries. Mis Flora Reich and Miss Hester Cobb, both of Woodland, who went to a picnic with tb brothers, had refused to return with them because the steer ing gesr had been damaged. LOG AIR LINE RECORD MADE Timber Carried In One Day's Ran Amount lo 155,000 Fret. KLAMATH PALLS. Or.. Aug. XJ. (Special.) A record run of 15S.000 feet of timber vu mad last Wednesday over tho Algoma Lumber Company's lift recently constructed over th mountain north of It plant a few miles, according to Manager Grant. The lift Is double-tracked. MOO feet in length nd extends ovr a mountain 80 feet high. Th mill 1 now cutting J.sOO.000 feet of lumber each month and Is employing nearly tJ men. PESTS BOOM EGG OUTPUT Old -Tinier Predicts Krcord Because of Grasshopper Food Delicacy. BAKKR. Or, Aug. t J- (Special.) Grasshoppers, a pest In th John Day country for years, thl season have be come a blessing. Ira U. Boyc. an oldtlm merchant at John Day. say itg are more plen tiful than In year because of th abundanc of this delicacy for th chicken to feed on. and that the August record of production will beat any In It history. The grasshopper ere more numerous than ever at this time of year. OREGON FOLIAGE PLEASES E. T. MlM-he Tell of Park Superin tendents Convention. A thoroughly successful convention was that of th American Association of park Superintendent, held In San Pranclaco last week, according to E. T. Mtsche. of Portland, who returned yes terday, after having been elected the association president Many momber present were highly pleased with what they saw when passing through Oregon. Poms of th greatest men In their lln In th coun try did not real!! th variety of fol iage w hav In Oregon. They wer very much surprised and Impressed. GERMANY TO APOLOGIZE Attack on Brltli-h Submarine In Neu tral Water to Be Admitted. LONDON. Aug. . Germany' eply to Ienmarh' protest against th firing on th British submarine E-1J by a German torpedo-boat while the E-1J lay grounded on the Danish Island of fcaltholm. wilt b unreserved apology, according to Information received by the xchang Telegraph Company's correspondent In Copenhagen. Fourteen British sailors are said to have ima hUled, la U attavk. . PORTLAND, JAPAN DETERMINES 10 More Concerted Action Against Enemies Set AMMUNITION TO BE RUSHED Tragic Position of Russia Brings About New Move. GUNS AND SHELLS BIG NEED Japanese Government Even Strip large Coast Guns From Own Fortifications; Milps Them to Vladivostok. TOKIO. Aur. J J. Premier Okuma to day was authority for th statement that Japan has decided to give greater assistance to Russia to prosecute the war In th Far East, according to to day's iaau of th Kokumln Shlmbun. Th Premier would not discuss details, but allowed It to be understood that this assistance would be In the form of the forwarding of greater supplies of munition. Count Okuma emphasise th imprac ticability and Impossibility of dispatch ing troops to Europe, but point out that the great advance In the capacity of the Japanese to m.mnfeclure muni tions will prove of great help to the allies. The Premier said Japan plans to send delegates to the peace conference, al though It Is not expected to extend her sphere of Influence to Europe. Recognition Japan' Alsa. "Japan wants Europe to recognise Japan' supremacy In the Orient," he said. Th Associated Press learn that Japan has decided to employ all avail able governmental and private re sources for Increasing the output of munition for the allies, particularly Russia. The Japanese government believes th tlm lias arrived for more con certed action against th enemies of Japan and her allies. Rosala's Position Difficult. Th position of Russia In regard to obtaining war supplies has been one of unusual difficulty. Th Russians as a people are not given to Industrial pursuits, and their manufacturing plants utilised for. or adaptable to. the production of guns and ammunition were manned and di rected largely by German at the time the war began. The dispossession of the powerful German element . In Russia, which occurred In the early period of the war. left the nation un prepared to operate effectively even the limited number of establishments at her disposal. Russia obtained a considerable amount of supplies from Japan by rail road, but this course was cut off sud denly for some time In the gprlng. The ii'oiiclisU.t on Peg 1. I'rtliimn 1.) GIVE RUSSIA AID COME on: THE WATERS FINE.' OREGON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 24, 1915. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YEKTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 8T decrees; minimum. 64 degrres. TODAT'S Fair, cooler; westerly winds. War. Treaty with Turkey declared to have sesured Bulgarian neutrality. Pag . . Germany ipendlnc millions to keep Belgium In grasp. Page 1. Japan rushes lo further aid of allies, particu larly Russia. Pass 1. National. President drops bomb Into Wsshlnston De mocracy eamp when he announces col lect orahlp appointment. Pas ft. Secretary atcAdoo ready : to deposit 30. Ouo.OOQ to protect cotton producers, l'sge 1. . . Prime object of army training camp Is furmatloa of reserve. Psg 2. Ambassador Oersrd Instructed not to ask Oerxnany for report on Arabic. Psae 3. Oregon's prosress in home economics edu cstlon excites sdmlraUon. Page S. Arkansss floods msroon thousands, wtth lives reported loeu Psge 1. ftDerts. Naps will take back Bates, Is report. Page 12. Championship tournament opena on Oear- . 1 1 -1. l. . 1 '2 Boston Nationals capture third straight game xrom .m i ut . - . r.mf.rUI mod Marts. Oraee a Company charter pacific Mall steamrr Altec lor Australian wuc.i Page 14. War Influences csuse further drop and i- - i k.. . rk t far. 15. Heavy trading In U. 8. Steel features day to K.l-.kiv.l ' - - 1 J .. Vlefrnltv- Judxes snd Iswvers from msny Northwest n . l.l.I m t . cities I loc K mio rwiiiMm In. Page . Forecaster declares westhsr Is normal. Page J. , Admiral Wilson appoints regatta staff and .t - Pa.ii S. East Side business men hear plan to show sisie in in i... " Regulation of automatic elevators to g before Council. Psge 1C Plans of Peace Enforcement League ex plained by Mr. Taft. Page i. Thirty Judges, here for convention, are guests st reception, l'sge Insl.tsnt euffrssists wslt on Mr. Tsft in vslo. page . Attorneys, locked In Jail, have adventure with "madman." Pag . Fifty Scots Portlsnd guests. Page 11. BERLIN EXPRESSES REGRET Py Offered for Danish Steamer Sunk by Mistake. , LONDON. Aug. 23 A dispatch to Router's Telegram Company from Copenhagen say-: -The German government ha ex pressed regret for the torpedoing and Inking In the North Eea on May 26 of the Danish steamer Betty, and an nounced Its willingness to pay for the steamer. "It 1 said by Germany that the sub marine commander failed to se the mark denoting Danish nationality on th steamer and assumed from the route 'the Teasel was taking that It waa going to Join the British fleet as an auxiliary cruiser." URGE VACATION CONSCRIPT Physician Would Have All Able Men Take Military Course. PLATTSBWRG, N. T.. Aug. 23. A plan to have all able-bodied men spend their vacation In military training, such as 1 being conducted here, was advocated by Dr. J. H. Flnley, State Commissioner of Education, in a state ment tonight: "I should like to see the entire able bodied male population conscripted for their vacation time, not for military preparedness, necessary as that may be for the time, but for physical, com munity and economic preparedness, that we might the better meet to gether on problems of democracy." Dr. Finley said. SOME SPLASH! s TAKE ' yfV T HOUSANDS CUT OFF BY FLOOD ITERS Newport, Ark., Ipco dated; Liv. RESCUE BOATS WITHDRAW Flood the Most Disastrous in Community's History. SITUATION IS MOST GRAVE White lUver Continues to Rise and Populuce in Desperate Straits. Passenger Trains Stalled. Wire Alone Uolds. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Aug. 23. Ffve thousand people in the town of New port. Ark., tonight are marooned by the flood waters of White River. According to a telephone message re ceived here, the populace is In desper ate straits. Eight persons are report ed to have lost their lives. The town Is inundated to a depth ranging from 5 to 12 feet and most of the population has sought refuge In the upper floors of the hotels and the courthouse. All Levees Give Way. Because of lecent heavy rains, the river rose to such an extent that all the levees protecting the town gave way early today, letting loose one of the most disastrous floods In the his tory of the community. Two steamboats continued making trips up and down the river in the vicinity of Newport and succeeded In rescuing a number of families from the roofs of houses, whither they had gone to escape the flood. Finally the flood became too great, and the boats had to withdraw. AU means of communication with the town, save the telephone wires, has been destroyed, and it was feared to night that even before morning the telephone wire would be gone. Passenger Trains Stalled. Several passenger trains are stalled at Newport. With food and water supplies almost exhausted and with many refugees In the town from other points along the river, the situation was one which au thorities here considered grave. The river, although rising slowly to night, was expected to begin falling tomorrow morning. MISSOURI FLOOD IS RECEDING Thousands Made Homeless and the Shortage of Water Great. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 23. The receding of the flood of the Meramec River today failed to substantiate reports to the Coroner of St. Louis County that 12 persons were drowned Sunday when the river rose to the highest mark (Concluded on Paga g. Column .1.) Mondays War Moves THE German naval reverses In the Gulf of Rigs, and the Baltic Sea, the German success in occupying the fortress of Ossowetz and a British n ' battle off the Gorman naval base ihrusrn vafArria.v furnished a f new features which tempor diverted attention from the grav S of the issues growing out of the sinking of the White Star line steam ship Arabic by a German submarine. Aside from the loss of the German ships, the naval engagement is regard ed chiefly Important for the strategic effect on the land operations in the German sweep eastward toward Petro grad, which military observers now consider as having been checked and possibly irreparably defeated. The German center has pressed for ward steadily until Prince Leopold of Bavaria is near the Russian new line of defense, but the military observers say that the entire campaign hinged on the vast enveloping movement of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's forces in the north, tfhey had succeeded in pushing far beyond Riga, to Jacob stadt, on the Dvina; but the Russians' hold on the Gulf of Riga and of th great naval base of Riga was a con tinual menace in Von Hindenburg's rear. This, the military observers say, led to the shifting of a number of German capital ships, including the Moltke, from the North Sea to the Baltic with the purpose of controlling Riga and thus protecting the German land ad vance on Fetrograd. The result of the naval battle as gleaned from the offi cial report appears definitely to have defeated the German objective. The capture by the Germans of the fortress of Ossowetz gives them an other stronghold, only Grodno and Brest-Lltovsk remaining in the central section. Only meager details have been re ceived concerning the British bom bardment of the German naval base at Zeebrugge and neighboring points on the Belgian coast. Berlin reports that 40 British ships are engaged in It. The Paris official communication an nounces the sinking of a German tor pedo boat destroyer off Ostend by two French torpedo boats. In the West there have been no notable changes in the battle line. August 24, 1014. Russians reported victorious in im portant six-day battle In Eastern Prussia. .Japan formally declares war on Ger many. Serbians report victory over 'Aus trians. Industries in the United States threatened by famine In chemicals. Ostend frightened over prospective capture. ' OFFICIALS TO SEE TORPEDO Battleships and Destroyers to Go Through Battle Maneuvers. BOSTON, Aug. 23. An unusual ex perience awaits the Governors and former state executives who are to at tend the annual sessions of the con ference of Governors of the United States, which opens tomorrow. They are to be the objects of a supposed torpedo attack In connection with a review of the North Atlantic fleet off Boston light next Wednesday. The Governors are to board the bat tleship Wyoming, together with Secre tary of the Navy Daniels. As the fleet passes before them, one of the de stroyers will launch a torpedo, the course of which is to be arranged so that the Governors may watch it from its start until its power Is exhausted before It reaches Its mark. In the meantime, battleships and destroyers will go through a series of battle maneuvers. PORTLAND LOSES MINISTER Rev. Charles T. Hurd Called to Pas torate of Klamath Church. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.) At a congregational meet ing held by the First Presbyterian Church of this city last Sunday even ing, It was voted unanimously to call to this pastorate Rev. Charles T. Hurd, of Portland. Mr. Hurd is now assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there. He has Just advised the church officials here that he will be ready to take up his duties here beginning the first Sunday in September. At present there is but one regular pastor located in this city and he presides over the Grace Methodist Epis copal Church. The Baptist and Chris tian Church ministers have removed within the last month. 90 TAKE MILITARY COURSE Minister and Capitalists Are in Camp Jfear Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 23. Ninety business and professional men, includ ing one minister and a half dozen cap italists, reported for the camp of in struction for business men in command of Colonel R. H. Wilson, Fourteenth Infantry. United States Army, at Cos grove. American Lake, today. They will spend three weeks re ceiving military Instruction from Regu lar Army officers in a camp like that at Plattsburg, N. Y. MOTHER OF 13 IS BURNED Mrs. J. R. Wyant Dies in Flames When Clothing Catches Fire. SUMPTER, Or.. Aug. 23. (Special.) Mrs. J. R. Wyant, 75, and mother of 13 children, died today from injuries received when her clothing was caught In the flames while she was at work over her kitchen Btove. All but two of the children are liv ing. Mrs. Wyant had been a resident of Sumpter for many years. Prompt work of the fire department saved, the home. . . PRICE FIVE CENTS. FEDERAL CASH TO T M'Adoo Ready to Lend $30,000,000 to South. CONTRABAND ORDER IS CAUSE Secretary of Treasury Says Credit Basis Is Object. ADVANTAGEOUS SALE AIM Deposits May Be Made In Xationnl and State Banks in Reserve Sys tem, With Interest From Pro ducer Limited to 6 Per Cent. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 Treasury officials tonight made public an an nouncement by Secretary McAdoo, that in view of the action of the allies In putting cotton on the contraband list, he would, if it became necessary, de posit $30,000,000 or more in gold in the Federal Reserve Banks at Atlanta, Dallas and Richmond for the purpose of enabling the reserve banks to re-discount loans on cotton secured by ware house receipts, made by National banks and state banks belonging to the Fed eral reserve system. The gold would be deposited tempo rarily, at least, without interest charge. National Banks May Get Cash. It was explained that if it appeared that the object could be accomplished with greater efficiency thereby the de posits would be made directly with Na tional banks agreeing to lend the money on cotton at a rate not to ex ceed six per cent. Secretary McAdoo authorized the an nouncement from his Summer home at North Haven. Maine. It came at the closo of a day's speculation in official circles as to the nature of the steps which the entente powers have indicated they will take to uphold the cotton market In the face of their contraband order. Interest Charges Deferred. "The exercise of discretion given to him by law." read the treasury state ment. "Secretary McAdoo said that the Gov. ernment would for the time being charge no Interest on these deposits in Federal reserve banks; that such action is Justified by the unusual situation respecting cotton caused by the Euro pean war; that he considers it his duty to use every available means in his power to help the cotton producer of the South in the circumstances; that It is a matter of economio importance to the entire nation that those who have produced the cotton crop shall have a fair opportunity to dispose of it gradually and in orderly manner so that they may not be forced, through inability to market their cotton gradu ally, to sell it at sacrifice prices. Object Is Explained. The secretary said that one of his chief objects was to create a basis for such enlarged credit in the South that the banks will have ample resources to extend to producers such accommoda tions that they will be able to carry cotton in warehouses for a reasonable length of time until it can be marketed advantageously. In order to accomplish this, he said that the National and state banks which are members of the Federal reserve system should make loans on ware house receipts for insured cotton at low rates of Interest; that the banks can well afford to carry cotton for pro ducers at 6 per cent, especially if they are able to re-discount cotton paper at the Federal reserve banks at a much lower rate than 6 per cent; that the credit resources of the banks of the country are greater than ever before in history, and that there Is no rea son why the banks should not, In co operation with the merchants of the South, help the cotton producers with loans at low rates in the present peculiar situation. Rate tn Board's Hands. The Federal Reserve Board, the Sec retary said, had a right to determine the rate of interest which the Federal reserve banks can charge member banks on notes or loans secured by in sured and warehoused cotton re-discounted with Federal reserve banks. He has been unable to consult his col leagues of the Federal board on ac count of his absence from Washington, but feels confident of their co-operation in every reasonable way. XOTE MAY UXDERGO CHANGE Xew Contraband Order Give For mer Claims Xew Status. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. The new American note to England on Inter ference with neutral trade probably will be redrafted because or tne tsriusn order making cotton contraband. The note, which had been virtually completed, now will be altered and probably will treat at length the ques tion of the validity, under International law, of Great Britain's latest action. While there is no Intention to aban don the claims for payment for cotton seized prior to the British order, those cases now have a different status, and a complete record of this phase of th dispute can be prepared and presented. Cases under the contraband order must all go before British prize courts, and tv.rm will bs no informal negotiations as there have been In connection With previous seizures. TEC T i rn i no n