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VOL,. L.V. NO. 17,102. PORTLAND. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTK3IBER 16. 1915. PRICK FIVE CENTS. i HUGE CREDIT LOAN THOUGHT ASSURED Bankers Predict Bil lion Will Be Found. FINAL DETAILS DISCUSSED Wade Pleads for Cotton, as J. , J. Hill Did for Wheat. SOME RESENTMENT FELT jSo-Called "Pro-German'' Group, Constituting Formidable Finan cial Power, Resents Being- Ig nored in Vital Transaction. ST ATI'S AD T tell MS OF PRO POSED Blti (HED1T I.OA. TO ALLIES. Pledges have already been se cured for a considerable frac tion of the big loan. Other pledges are in prospect. So-called pro-German banking houses of New Yorlc will be in vited to participate in the loan if the commission can be per suaded that they are sincere in their expressions of willingness to do so. The billion-dollar loan prob ably will be divided into two and possibly four separate series of equal amounts. Bonds on which the loan will be granted will bear not less than 5 per cent interest and will be payable in dollars, free from British income tax requirements. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. America's billion-dollar loan to Great Britain and, France seemed to be well on the way to actual accomplishment tonight, ac cording; to bankers familiar with the pledges secured by members of the Anglo-French financial commission during their five days' stay in this country. Announcement at this time that the success of the loan was assured would be, these bankers thought, decidedly premature; but there was every indi cation, in their opinion, that the com mission's work thus far had met with a degree of success that had fully equaled their expectations. Opponent Hare Different View. This view did not coincide with the sentiments of those opposing the big loan, nor of the so-called pro-German financiers here who have not been in vited to attend the commission's con ferences or meet the commissioners. An effort will be made to sell the bonds at par, in case the interest rate should be 5 per cent. Members of the commission fully believe that such bonds could be disposed of at par, but American bankers have their doubts on this score. Opposition to the flotation of the loan is country-wide among Americans of German sympathies or parentage, but has strengthened other bankers in their determination to aid in floating the loan, in the opinion of the commis sion's friends, and has not seriously Impeded the task. Maturity Sot Fully Decided. The bonds are to be payable in either five or ten years. Possibly one series will mature in five and the other in ten years. This has not been decided. Into the hands of the commission, it became known today, many American hankers have placed their pledges to take part of the loan. Not a hint as to the amount of these pledges was given, but there were indications th.it the sum totaled many millions. These promisee, it was assumed, were con tingent on conditions of the loan. In nearing the intimate details of the transaction, the members of .the commission narrowed their conference today to a smaller circle of financiers, which included only the most influen tial of the country's financial and in dustrial factors. Among the men who are known to have consulted with the commissioners are J. P. Morgan, George F. Baker. James J. Hill, and Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis. Plea Made for Cotton Credit. In much the same vein as Mr. Hiil had spoken for the great wheat grow ers of the Northwest, Mr. Wade, it be came known, called the commission'!: attention to the necessity of covering shipments of cotton with any credit luan that might he negotiated here. The prosperity of the American cotton grower, Mr. Wade thought, vwas wrapped up in the success of the com mission. With the allies eliminated as extensive purchasers of cotton by the commission's possible failure to estab lish the desired credit, Mr. Wade was inclined to take a gloomy view of the situation in the Southern States dur ing the year to come. The commission is reported as having made it clear to Mr. Wade that th proposed credit loan, if obtained, would provide funds to care for exports of cotton as well as every other article imported by Great Britain and France from this country. "Pro-German" Group Kearntful. Overnight a feeling of resentment in certain financial groups in Wall street seemed to increase on participation by the so-called pro-German financiers of lCon-ludci oa Fage Column 5.). DANIELS TO ASK FOR BATTLESHIPS SECIi'ETA II Y SAYS SUBMARINES AliE SOT SUBSTITUTES. Otlier Craft That Recent Develop ments Have Proved Advantagc eous Also to Be Ilecommended. WASHINGTON". Sept. 15. (Special.) Although no date has been fixed for a conference with the President on the National defense, it became known to day that Secretary Daniels' building programme will contain recommenda tions for more battleships. The Secre tary does not believe that the demon strated efficiency of the submarine warrants a reduction in the numJer of capital ships. Asked if battleships were not still considered a necessity in the Navy, the Secretary replied: "If I did not 'think so, I would not have recommended those now building. We secured a pretty good programme at the last Congress five battleships and 26 submarines. We must keep up a programme that the experts say. best, looking to the steady strengthening of the fleet. "Of course, the only thing I can say is that we are studying what makes the strongest Navy, and I shall recom mend the strongest units. I prefer not to say now what I will recommend. I will recommend more submarines, but I will also recommend other craft tha?. recent experience shows will make the Navy most efficient." While the Secretary believes the new Naval Board will will be of great service in working out technical de tails, he does not look to it for aid in framing the building programme. Secretary Daniels' statement today is considered significant in naval cir cles as exploding the theories an nounced by certain members of Con gress, who believe the Navy should cease building anything but subma rines. FOREST FIRES NOW OVER Supervisor Says Danger Eliminated in Mount Hood District. That the forest fire season is new practically over and no further damage to forests is anticipated this year, is the statement of T. L. Sherrard. For est Supervisor. He says rains have been heavy in the mountains and bad fires south of Mount Hood have been put out in practically all sections, put ting an end to danger to standing tim ber in the districts where it was theatened. No new outbreaks are ex pected. Because of the unusually wet early Summer, fires have been fewer than is usual and the cost of fighting fires has been but one-third of that of average seasons. JOHN D. AIDS DRUG ADDICTS Eighteen Thousand Dollars Given for New Hospital. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., through the Rocke feller Bureau of Social Hygiene, sent an J1S.000 check today to Miss Kath erine D. Davis, Commissioner of Cor rections, toward the cost of erecting a hospital for drug habitues on Hiker's Island. This sum. added to a donation of $10.- 000 bv Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. and other contributions, will enable the con struction to begin at once. ALL HAITIEN PORTS HELD United States Will Collect Customs. More Marines Land. WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. All open customs ports in Haiti now are under United States control. Rear-Admiral Caperton telegraphed today that this was accomplished when the cruiser Sacramento, with the ourth and Sev enteenth companies of marines, occu pied Jacmel and Le Cayes yesterday. Paymasters Rogers and Van Patten accompanied the expedition to act as collector of customs and captain of the port respectively. FIRING AT EA IS HEARD Dutch Say Gun Keports In North Sea Are Heavy. LONDON, Sept. 15. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Maasluis, Holland, says: "Heavy firing can be- heard in a westerly direction. It began at 9.30 o'clock tonight and by 10 o'clock be came so violent that windows, both here and at Hook of Holland, were set rattling." Maasluis and the Hook of Holland are on the North Sea to the west of Rot terdam. COAL IS COSTLY IN PARIS American Product Sells for $2 0 and $25 Per Ton. PARIS, Sept. 15. American coal com panies are marketing considerable amounts of their wares in France, where It may be delivered at fai profits. One company has just placed an order for 2,000,000 tons of coal at prices which will ultimately land it in Paris, including all carrying charges, at about u francs ($15) a ton. Retail prices now range from 100 to 120 francs. ' F-4 Dead Due September 2 0. VALLEJO, Cal., Sept. 15. The United States steamer Supply, which is bring ing the dead from the F-4, the United States submarine wrecked off Honolulu Harbor March 25. is due in San Fran cisco harbor September 20. BE1ST0RFF1HIIS CLOUD IS PASSING Early Settlement With Germany Predicted. END EXPECTED IN FORTNIGHT Diplomat Says Nations Will Be Better Friends. EXCHANGES ARE TEDIOUS Time Allowed for Adjustment Based on Delays In Communication Be tween Governments of Wash ington and Berlin. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. That the dif ficulties between the United States and Germany will be settled within a fort night, was the opinion voiced by Count von Bcrnstorff, the German Ambassa dor, at his hotel here today shortly after his return from Washington. Ap proached by a newspaper man Count von Bernstorff said: "Ordinarily, I give only prepared in terviews over my signature. Today I shall make an exception. You may say for me that I am sure that within a fortnight all supposed difficulties be tween the United States and Germany will have been settled and permanent ly settled, and the nations will be more friendly than they ever have been." Outcome of Conference Gratifying. Count von Bernstorff added that he felt gratified over the outcome of his conference with Secretary Lansing. Later the Ambassador amplified the statement, saying: "In my opinion everything as regards the situation between the United States and Germany will be settled within a fortnight. I do not expect to have any thing more to say with reference to this matter in the next two weeks." Heperian Case Discussed. Count von Bernstorff discussed tlie sinking of the British steamer Hes perian, insisting in .an informal way that his first contention as to what caused the ship to go down had now been verified, despite what he called "the suspicion of the American people about the ship." The Ambassador emphasized the fact that under present conditions ex changes of communications with his government were necessarily a tedious proceeding, and he added that it was due to this fact that he fixed the time for a settlement at two weeks. In conclusion the Ambassador said that he would probably spend the week-end at Cedarhurst, Long Island, his Summer home. ATt.VBIO EVIDENCE ASSEMBLED Gerard Directed to Present Sum mary of Proof to Berlin. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Ambassa dor Gerard has been instructed to pre sent to the German Foreign Office a summary of the evidence gathered by (Continued on 1'age 14, Colum 1.) t I . INDEX OF ICIMY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, tfU degrees; minimum, 0l degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. Mar. Bankers believe billion-dollar credit loan to allies assured. Page X. Ambassador von Bernstorff predicts final ad . Just merit of all differences with Ger many within two weeks. Page 1. Kitchener says allies have strengthened po sitions effectively. Page II. Mexico. Fourteen of Urbina's staff executed b Villa. Page a. American Consuls authorized to leave Villa territory. rage -. . National. Washington awaits explanation by Archiba Pago 3. Domfulir. Cast suffers extremes of heat and cold. Page 1. Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Vernon 4, Portland J; tan, ' " tS, Oakland o, Salt Lake 3, Los Angeles 0. Page 12. Coast League faces raid by majors. Page 12. Boston-Chicago National game marked by fist fight. Page 11. Directum I breaks world's pacing record w ithout wind shield. Page 13. Pacific North west. Registrations at University of Oregon greater than at aamc time last year, rage 6. Delegates gather at Salem for Oregon A: California Hallway land-grant confer erence. Page L Commercial and Marine. Fall -shorn Southern Oregon wool reaches market Page 17. Wheat breaks at Chicago on lower cables and hedging sales. Page 17. War stocks touch new record prices in Wall street. Page 17. Three Portland grain cargoes escape sub marines and reach Kngland. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Hoadmaster Yeon notifies three highway contractors penalty for delay will bo col lected. Page 17. Thirteen Western states will send delegates to Portia nd -.vater power conference next week Pago o. Schtappi waifs find home with aunt and uncle. Page 8. Dollar dav creates interest all over state. Page 11. Pupils at Shattuck and Couch splash in first school pools in city. Page 1 1. Maurice Meyerfeld, president of circuit, is visitor at Orpheum. Page 5. West is revelation to Eastern Congressman. Page 7. Robbery of woman of $6000 revealed in ar rest of steamship steward. I'age 7. Sun dav schools have gay time at Gresham ; Portland to send crowd to fair today. I'age C. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. JUDGE WOULD PAY MORE G. B. Dimick Asks Increase in Own Levy and Cut for Neighbor. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) Judge Grant B. Dimick, Presi dent of the Willamette Valley Southern and a prominent attorney, went before the County Board of Equalization to day with the request t"f the assess ment on his property at central Point, about four miles from Oregon City, be raised and that the appraised valua tion of property belonging to Edward R. Gregory, his neighbor, be reduced. Mr. Gregory's 96 acres is assessed at $2900, while Judge Dimlck's farm of 116 acres is appraised for-$3430. It is probable that the reduction in the ap praisement of the Gregory place will equal the increase in the Dimick tract. FLOOD DAMAGES MISSOURI Streams in Southeastern Kansas Arc Out of Banks, Also. KANSAS CITY. Sept. 15. Flood con ditions were reported at Carthage, Mo.; Joplin, Mo.; Iola, Kan., and other points in Western Missouri and Southeastern Kansas today as a result of heavy rains during the last 24 hours. Indi cations were for continued rains. A seven-inch rainfall near Joplin sent the streams out of their banks and flooded farmhouses. WHEN "WILL HE BE ABLE TO GET IN ? EAST SWELTERS AND IS GOLD BY TURNS Middle West Is Chilled by Sudden Drop. WAVE IS SPREADING RAPIDLY Heavy Rain Falls in Nearly All of Central States. CORN CROP IS MADE SAFE Kast Vtill Suffers From Intense Torridity, but Wind Traveling Twenty Miles an Hour Prom ises Heller Late Today. CHICAGO. Sept. 15. (Special.) With snow in Kansas and freezing weather along the Canadian boundary, schools closing in Boston and other Eastern cities because of the intense heat and a drop of approximately 35 degrees in tem peratures in the Great Lakes region and the Middle Western states, there is enough variety in the weather now being experienced to suit all tastes. Chicago and contiguous territory, which has been sweltering and smother ing under 90 degrees, a record for the season, for the last three days, ob tained sudden relief early today when the wind shifted to the northeast and the mercury raced down to 68 as the maximum today and has slumped to 63 tonight. Cold Wave "ow Spreading:. The cold wave is spreading rapidly to the southwest and southeast. The change is more marked in the south west, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa show ing a drop of about 40 degrees. The Ohio Valley and eastern end of the lakes region continued hot up in the'SJs today, but both districts show a decline tonight of 12 degrees. It 13 expected the cool wave will reach the Eastern states late tomorrow, as the wind shows a velocity of about 20 miles. It will be especially wel come in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New York, where the maximum temperature today ranged from 90 to 96. The heat has diminished tonight about 8 degrees. Death Result From Heat. One death resulted from the heat wave in Chicago. A woman who was stricken yesterday died today Just as the cold wave brought relief to thou sands of sufferers. That part of the public which con siders the effect of hot weathe.- on crops at a critical stage endured the heat willingly, as it meant a million dollars daily in the five principal states in the great corn belt. Thousands of acres in the lowlands have been matured and. hardened against frost by the four days of bak ing heat. Kaln FnlU Over Wide Area. Heavy rain fell today in practically all the East Central and West Central states, excepting Minnesota. Arkansas and North Dakota. Especially heavy (Continued on Page 14, Column 3H0PH0USES BURN; I. W. W. SUSPECTED LOSS IX F1BK NEAR. tJOSIIEX IS ESTIMATK1) AT $.1000. .Blaze Follows Shooting at Night Prowler in Another Yard n0",u estroyed Buildings. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 13. (Special.) The theory that the burning last night of three hophouses, owned by John M. Edmunson. located east of Goshen, is a part of I. W. W. activity on the Pacific Coast has been advanced and was strengthened today by Ray Scog gin. in charge of the hop dryer at Palmer brothers' yard near Spring field, who said that on Sunday night ho observed a man on hands and knees crawling toward the Palmer brothers' sheds in the darkness, with lighted match or small flashlight. The fellow was close tp some shin gles and shavings near the building. Mr. Scoggin ran to his tent, obtained his gun and fired several shots at the man as he fled in the darkness. Mrs. Scoggin also saw the man running. The loss on the Edmunson hop houses is estimated at $5000, partially covered by insurance. In addition to the sheds a cooler and baler were destroyed, together with probably 50 bales of hops. Fifteen cords of wood piled near the dryer were also burned, together with tools. DOUBLE WEDDING SURPRISE One of Bridegrooms Vnaware Brother's Intentions. of VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) A double wedding took place here today and it was a complete sur prise to one of the bridegrooms. Guy M. Roberts. 25, of Portland, came here and made arrangements with Rev. R. H. Sawyer to perform the ceremony for himself and Miss Gladys L. Doeg. of Taroma. Elmer A. Roberts, automo bile man of 490 Burnside street. Port land, promised to act as witness. The bridal party arrived at the Court house and when the first license had been issued, Elmer Roberts almost floored his brother when he asked the Auditor to issue a license for himself and Minnie Broock. -Mr. Sawyer performed the double ceremony. ANIMAL FIGHT ACT PASSES Training or Birds for Exhibition Contests Also Prohibited. Bull fights, dog fights, cock fights or exhibition fights by any other kind of animals are now under the ban in Portland. The City Council yesterday passed Mayor Albee's ordinance against fighting. The measure makes it unlawful for any person for the amusement of him self or others, or for gain, to cause any bull, bear, cock, dog or other animal to fight, chase, worry or injure any other animal or to be worried, fought or chased. Exhibition fights are pro hibited and persons are prohibited from attending such. It is made unlawful to train any fighting animals. TOT'S FOOT TO LOSE CAST Bf feet of Osteopathic Convention Operation Is in Balance. UOiEBLTvG, Or.. Sept. 15. (Special.) The effect of one of the most impor tant operations performed at the re cent National convention of Osteo paths, at Portland, will be examined this week, when Dr. D. E. Snell. Rose burg physician, will remove the cast from the limb of little Mildred Hum phries, of Myrtle Creek, who was suf fering from infantile paralysis. Paralysis left the tot's foot in a twisted condition and the outside mus cles had stretched to such an extent that they were useless. The foot has been in the cast for six weeks. VIOLENCE IS REPUDIATED Berlin lenies Sponsorship for Advice to Cripple Munition Plants. BERLIN, Sept Sayvllle, N. Y.I 15. (Uy Wireless to -The Overseas News Agency says: "German newspapers which arrived recently in the United States contained pamphlets advising the destruction of American munitions factories. Such a practice is designated officially as stu pid and dangerous, evidently and obvi ously the work of hot-headed, mis guided citizens." APPLE CROP NEAR NORMAL Yield in Northwest Ntt Materially Smaller Than Last Year. OREGONI AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington. Sept. 15. The Depart ment of Agriculture estimates that this year's apple crop in the Pacific North west will be only slightly below that of last year. A total of 12,385.000 bushels is predicted for three states, as follows: Oregon. 3,403,000; Washington, 7,303, 000; Idaho, 1.677,000. The condition of apples in Oregon is .73, in Washington .74 and in Idaho .77. BERLIN HOTELS PICKING UP Foreign Patronage for August Shows Increase Over 19 11. BERLIN. Sept. 15. (By wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) The Overseas News Agency gives out the following: "Hotels and boarding-houses in Ber lin had 100.3S6 foreigners as patrons during Aigust last, as compared with S9.0S9 in August. 1914. The total for the current year included 156 Americans.'' DELEGATES GATHER FOR BUSY MEETING Salem Abuzz on Eve of Land Grant Session. TRAINS CARRY IN HUNDREDS Organizations Not in Original List Claim Recognition. CONFERENCE OPENS TODAY Noted Speakers to Be Heard at (.alli cring Which Will Formulate licc ommciidations to Congress as to Bisposal of Hallway Lands. SALEM. Or., Sept. 15. (Special.) On the eve of the opening or the Oregon &. California railroad land grant confer ence, to meet to agree on a plan to dispose of the lands in the grant and recommend to Congress a policy for sale and settlement of the lands, the advance guard of the 300 delegates ar rived in Salem tonight and hotel cor ridors and lobbies presented scenes reminiscent of past legislative sessions. Every train from Portland and those from the South brought delegates and the remainder are expected to be here by the time W. I. Vawtcr. temporary chairman, calls the conference to order at 10 A. M. in the Hall of Representa tives. With the approach of the conference it develops that three organizations not Included in the original list of these entitled to representation will claim recognition under the general clause of the Governor's call for the confer ence. t'lnima to Be Heard. These are the Oregon & California Land Grant Improvement Association, of which A. A. Muck is president, and A. W. Lafferty, secretary; the Oicgon Society of Engineers and the Oregon Forest Fire Association. Claims of these organizations for representation will be presented to morrow morning to the committee on procedure, which will meet at 9 o'clock. At this time the committee will also consider the applications of any other organizations which may wish to be represented. According to present plans, three ses sions will be held tomorrow and daily until adjournment is taken. It is believed by delegates here to night that the conference can com plete its business by Friday night. The afternoon session will begin at 2 o'clock and the night session at 8 o'clock. Rules to Be Acted On. When the conference meets a report will be made by the committee on pro cedure, submitting the proposed rules. While the rules have been designed to facilitate the business of the con ference, with the especial aim of keep ing the formal speaking programme within as short a time as possible, so as to leave opportunity for the dis cussion of the subject in general, and the report of the committee on resolu tions in particular, it may prove that the rules which have been prepared, will not meet the wishes of the dele gates. Members of the sub-committee on rules, which arrived tonight will report their rules to the committee on pro cedure tomorrow for approval, altera tion or rejection. When the conference meets, the rules finally chosen by the procedure committee will be submitted to the delegates for action. C. C. Chapman, of Portland, who will act as temporary secretary of the con ference, arrived tonight and established headquarters in the Speaker's room, adjoining the Hall of Representatives. All Have Chance to Speak. As far as is now known the order of business for the conference will bo as follow?: Election of permanent chairman and secretary of conference; consideration of motion for adoption of order of business and rules; appointment of chairman of five delegates as commit tee on resolutions; introduction of resolutions and reading of same by title only, with name of author: con tinuation of skeaking programme; rec ognition to be accorded only to in vited speakers: report of committee on resolutions. In the event the com mittee on resolutions is not ready to report, the general subject of the land grant will be open for aiscussion by delegates, but no motion or resolution pertaining to the subject will be con sidered prior to the report of the com mittee on resolutions. Appointment of a committee to present the resolutions or platform of the conference and re port of the proceedings of the con ference to Governor Withycombe will conclude the programme. Speakers on the set programme are: Governor Withycombe. "Purpose of the Conference"; Attorney-General Brown. "Legal Aspects of the Land Grant Question": R. A. Booth, of Eugene, and A. R. Norton, of Grants Pass, "Point of View of Counties"; C. W. Fulton. ex-United States Senator, "Constitu tional Questions Involved"; P. F. Dunne, of San Francisco, representing the Southern Pacific, and George 11. Cecil. District Forester, will speak in place of 11. S. Graves, Chief Forester. Senator Not to Attend. Oswald ' West, ex-Governor ot Ore gon, wllj speak of the land grant ques tion frp.n nls viewpoint. Although Senators Chamberlain and (Cuaciudcd ua t'aec , Column 2-) X 1 10.2