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Newspaper Page TextVOL. LV.-XO. 17,104. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Q a o o v CONGRESS ASKED TO IE COVENANT Committee Named to Consult Railroad ENFORC CONFERENCE COMES TO END o . Opposition to Increases in Re serves Is Expressed. VARIED VIEWS HARMONIZED Another Conference Possible Under , Terms of Resolution After Meet ing With Railroad Held So lution Xow Seems Xear. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. snt 7. (Special.) Representatives of the opie or Oregon and the Southern 'acific Railroad will meet and try to reach an amicable adjustment of the Oregon & California land-grant situ ation. After adopting resolutions calling upn Congress to enforce the terms of the original grant that is. ,to enforce the sale of land to actual settlers at $2.50 an acre, regardless of its real value the Oregon land-grant confer ence closed its sessions here late to night by adopting another resolution providing for a committee consisting of the Governor. Secretary of State, State Treasurer, the chairman of the conference and three members to be appointed by the chair, to confer with officials of the Southern Pacific in an effort to secure their co-operation In the opening and early settlement of the property. Dok Win by Bir Majority. The two resolutions were supported respectively by conflicting elements in the conference, but both were carried by decisive majorities, as neither one seems to conflict with the other. The resolution calling upon Congress for action regarding the enforcement of the original terms also carries with it a forceful expression of oppositi6n to further increases in the forest re serves of the state. This measure was adopted by the conference precisely as it came from the resSlutions commit- ee late this afternoon. It was sup- orted by an active majority of the committee and. by those delegates who have been frank and free in voicing thein disapproval of the railroad. Conference With Road Proposed. The other resolution was offered by the more conservative element in ' tho conference those who had expressed a desire to treat with the railroad on friendly terms. While the conference tonight devoted a lot of time to a debate on these two measures and on various substitutes and amendments that were proposed, the minds of the delegates seemed to be set on passing only those two resolu tions and on going home. There was little opposition to the resolution committee's report, beeause It had been tacitly arranged among the delegates that the measure would go tl. rough. 'While the resolution provid- ngfor a conference with the Southern piujuc people was not introduced un il the other measure had been passed. everyone on the floor knew that it was coming up, knew what it contained, and was reasonably sure that . would be adopted. Divergent View Expressed. Tonight after the two-day convention over, every delegate and every lis tener seems to be pleased and happy. And this doesn't mean that the meet ing -went through a cut-and-dried . ro gramme, either. Seldom has been there a convention with more conflicting views and more general expression of those views. But it Is apparent now that the sessions are over, that various opposing elements have been harmonized and that the his toric land grant problem is nearer to an ultimate solution than it was before the convention opened. Under the terms of the second reso lution, providing for the meeting with the railroad, it may be necessary to re convene the conference. Another Session Possible. It was the intention of the delegates here tonight to hold another soon, in the event that the committee and rail road agree upon a plan unon which ey can go to Concrress mid inlntiv sk for action, providing for the ulti mate disposition of the lands. In that case it is understood it will be necessary for the state-wide con ference to meet again and ratify or re ject the plan agreed upon by the state's committee and the railroad. Ex-Senator L. E. Bean, of Lane Coun ty, was the author of the resolution providing for the conference with the railroad. Committee la Prepared. He offered the measure in the fol lowing language: "I wish to move at this time, that the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, chairman of this con ference and three members of this conference selected by the chairman, be r.nd they are hereby authorized to con fer with the representatives of the Southern Pacific Company, to the end that a plan be evolved whereby the co-operation of the Southern Pacific Railroad can be secured in opening the Oregon & California grant lands to early settlement without further liti gation: and that when this conference adjourns it adjourns to meet again at .(Concluded on Pag , Column 4.1 IRON CENTER ON COAST IS FORECAST ALTj necessities fob steel , lliAXI'ACTURE PLEXTITTjL. Ore in Pacific States Equal in Qual ity to Swedish Product, Elec trical Men Are Told. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 17. The fu ture of the Pacific Coast as an Iron and steel-producing center was pictured as not far distaat today by J. W. Beck man, of San Francisco, in a paper read before the American Institute of Elec trical Engineers. "There is no reason why the Pacific Coast, with plenty of high-grade Iron ores, cheap fuel, natural gas, oil and charcoal, and Immense hydro-electrical power potentialities, should not be a great iron-producing center of the world." Mr. Beckman said, "All the necessities for extensive steel manufacturing and allied Indus tries are to be found on the Pacific Coast in ores suitable for alloys. Un usual Iron ore deposits are held here, and the quality of some of the ore can compete with some of the best Swed ish ores. "The alme is not far distant when the products of the section will figure largely on the world's markets." TURKISH ABUSE CONFIRMED lreign Mission Board Says Chris tians Are Persecuted. NEW YORK. Sept. 17. The Ameri can Board of Commissioners of For eign Missions has announced that it "has at hand abundant and undeniable evidence" confirmatory of news of per secution of Christians in Turkey. This evidence comes not from missionaries, but from other sources. Conditions are appalling and indi cate a "systematic and desperate ef fort on the part of the rulers of Tur key to wipe out the Armenians." The uprising in Van, prior to the occupation of tht city by the Rus sians, has given the Turks a pretext for attacks on Armenians. These at tacks, which take the form of mas sacres, torture and exile, have been going on for some time in both Eastern and Central Turkey. PRETTY WOMAN ACCUSED Lillian G. Osborne Charged With Improper Conduct and Blackmail. Lillian G. Osborne, young, pretty, fascinatirftr. who recently came .into notoriety through her suit for divorce from Charles Willett Osborne, will te in the limelight Monday afternoon in a Municipal Court case of improper conduct. She was arrested Thursday night by Detectives Hellyer and Tacka berry in company with L. w. Beard in an East Side rooming-house. Detective Hellyer declared yesterday that he was prepared to prove, that this woman had attempted to olacki.iail several prominent lawyers in Portland, and that several would appear in court to expose her schemes. MR. BAKER FINDS TROUBLE Letter Writers Complain of City's Extravagances and Economy. "Fine job, this!" exclaimed Commis sioner Baker yesterday, poking his nose out from behind a stack of letters on his desk and drawing heavily on his calabash. "Here's a bunch of letters from people insisting that we buy a lot of land for parks. Nothing else will do. "In one mail we get a flock of letters hammering us for not providing more parks and playgrounds. In the next we get batted for spending money. We pick up the papers and And our names mixed with an assortment of rabid ad jectives and expletives if we spend, and with an equal number if we do not spend." DRIVE TO BE TERWILLIGER Conflict in Names for South Port land Boulevard Will Be Ended. Terwilliger boulevard is to be the official name of the driveway in South Portland. Commissioner Baker has prepared a Council resolution fixing the name officially as Terwilliger bou levard. , In the past some people have called it Terwilliger boulevard. . others Hill side parkway and still .others South Portland boulevard. No ' attempt has been made heretofore to give it an of ficial name. PAPER MONEY INCREASED Bigger Demand Means Better Busi ness, Says Secretary McAdoo. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. Improved business conditions are indicated by the increase in demands for paper money, according to Treasury Department of ficials. To meet the demand Secretary Mc Adoo today authorized the director of the bureau of engrAving and printing to increase the daily output of paper money by 250,000 sheets. 600 TAKE ARMY TRAINING Fort Sheridau Military Camp Is to Begin Today. CHICAGO, Sept. 17. The civilian military training camp will open at Fort Sheridan with approximately 600 recruits. Army officers announced to day. This number became assured yester day when the list contained 585 ap proved enlistments and between 25 and 30 ftppilcaUoneji .... - . . MUNITIONS BLOCK LOAN NEGOTIATIONS Allies' Envoys Would Include Everything. AMERICAN BANKERS DIVIDED Many Believe Credit Should Cover Only Commodities. DEBATES ARE PROLONGED Militant Opponents of Transaction Carry Campaign Into Wall Street With Flaming Placards De nouncing "Money Trust." NEW YORK, Sept. 17. The Anglo French financial commissioners who are seeking to establish a mammoth credit loan here and American finan ciers who expect to supply the money were reported to be at odds tonight over the burning question of Includ ing munitions of war "among exports to be paid for by the proceeds of the loan. On several details of, the loan the commission and the "tankers have agreed, but on this major question, it was said, their views are diametrically opposed. Further, it developed tonight, there is an apparent split on the ques tion in the ranks of the American financiers. Envoys Would Include Munitions. The commissioners' attitude, so far as it can be Interpreted from a canvass of such bankers conferring with it to day as would- talk. Is that the big credit, whether a billion dollars or less, should provide funds for all ex ports and that munitions of war cer tainly should be Included. Some American bankers think so, too; but a great many are said to be of the opinion that the loan should cover only commodity exports, such as wheat, cotton and manufactured products and that another method must be found to pay for munitions of war, even if this method involves the shipment of Huge stocks of gold across the Atlantic to the United States. Issue Is Sharply Drawn. The situation has not reached the acute stases of a deadlock, nor any thing approached it, but the line of de marcation is clear and well define.l. Many hours, it became known tonight, have been passed in discussing this single issue, and many more. It was thought, would follcw in similar dis cussions before it is decided. A minor point of variance between the commission and some American bankers is the role that Russia is to play in the participation of the loan. The commission, although acting offi cially only for Great Britain and France, is popularly believed to con template including Russia in its plans, too. Authority for-such inclusion. It is thought, would follow the forth coming conference at London, among the Russian and French financiers and Concluded on Page o. Column 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 77 degrees; minimum. 06 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, northwest winds. War. Winston Spencer Churchill says allies are disappointed In hopes of last tew months. PJ 2. ; Arabic case may be reopened with "con versations" between Washington and Berlin. Page v Bulgaria and Greece reported to favor neutrality. fact a. Mexico. American troops in two skirmishes with Mexicans. Page 5. Domestic. I Stefansson, safe, pushing forward into re gion 01 mystery or far Iortn. fates i. Big iron and steel center on Pacific Coast is forecast. Page 1. Star develops new dance of poses of base- uau piaers. Page 3. California apple-growers take lesson from Oregon. Page 3. Inclusion of munitions blocks credit loan negotiations. Page 1.. . Pacific Northwest. Grant conference opposes withdrawal and favors land grant sale at f2.50 an acre to settlers. Page i. New attempt to oust delegates-at-largs on grant land resolutions committee, fails. Page 5. Walla Walla Frontier Days bis success. Page 2. Resolutions offer various means of solving grant lands problem. Pago 6. oport. Coast League results: Portland 7. Vernon 0; Oakland 4, San Francisco 2: Salt l.aki 3, Los Angeles 3 called, darkness, at end of sixteenth). Page 12. St. Louis puts crimp In Boston's bops for National League pennant. Page 13. No Beavers drafts announced and none ex pected now. Page 12. Red Sox defeat Tigers. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Estimates of Northwestern apple crop are sharply reduced. Page 17. Wheat lower at Chicago on freer selling by farmers. Page 17. Enormous tradir.fr In war stocks In Wall Street. Page 17. Barley shipments start for Great Britain. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. City will heprin sale of land bearing liens on September 30. Page 11. Mrs. u. Thorne-Thomsen speaks on child literature at Public Library. Page . Waterpower conference delegates begin to arrive. Ex-lieutenant of fire department arrested on arson charge. . Page IS. German who says he is seafight survivor arrives in Portland. Page 11. A. L. Miller believes allies will spend their money in United States. Page 14. Prizes for livestock show announced. Page 14. Weather report, data and forecast." Page 17. BRYAN MAY TRY END WAR Mission to European Nations Is Planned by Editors. WASHINGTON, Sept 17. Plans to send William J. Bryan on a mission of peace to the warring nations of Eu rope were the subject of a conference here today between the ex-Cabinet off icer" and tr.' William Forgo, repre senting editors of American news papers published In foreign, languages. Before visiting Mr. Bryan Dr. Forgo set forth the plans developed, which contemplate a personal visit by Mr. Bryan to the belligerent nations to argue for peace. In his statement. Dr. Forgo said that Mr. Bryan already had given him the Impression that if the- trip were under taken Mr. Bryan himself "will, for the love of the cause, not only sacrifice his time, but will also pay his own ex penses.". I Austrian Sinks British TransjKrt. VIENNA, Sept. 17. via Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton. X. J. An Aus trian submarine commanded by Lieu tenant von Trapp torpedoed and sank a large British transport a few days ago in the Southern Adriatic, according to an announcement made here today. Hair Million in Gold Comes. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 17 Half a million dollars in gold bullion was re ceived from Nome today on the steam ship Victoria. THIS WILL BE EASY FOR MR. BRYAN. j lISTEFANSSOH, SAFE, SEEKIISFSHDS Polar Region of Mys tery Is Goal. 13 OF MEN HAVE PERISHED Continental Shelf in North to Be Explored. MANY HARDSHIPS ENDURED Party, Now Equipped Willi Two Ad ditional Vessels, Will Establish New Base and Press Forward Into Geographical Night. NOME. Alaska, Sept, 17. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. chief of the Canadian gov ernment exploring and surveying expe dition that left Victoria in June, 1913. and who set out afoot over the Ice with two companiens from the shore of Northeastern Alaska in March, 1914, to seek new land in uncharted seas, did not go to his death, as the world had begun to fear, but found the new land. The only hardships endured were those of short rations, he says. Explorations to Be Continued. Stefansson is wintering at Banks Land, where he has a large power schooner and a small one. He plans to explore his new territory during the Winter and next Summer pene trate farther into the region of mys. tery between Alaska and the North Pole, where no ship, has ever gone. The power schooner Ruby arrived from Herschel Island yesterday with dispatches from Stefansson to his gov ernment. In which he omits references to the rerils of the Journeys on the Ice and gives space to the scientific re sults achieved. He seems to have been quite unaware of tfie anxiety his long absence aroused. Knsrlneer Thirteenth . to rile. The southern or Anderson ving of the expedition is pursuing lis .scien tific work in ihe Mackenzie delta, and reports no mishap except the death of Engineer Dan Blue, of the powerboat Alaska. This is the thirteenth death among members of the expedition. Eight men perished on the ice while trying to reach Wrangell Island, after the Karluck was crushed. Two died of scurvy on Wrangell Island. An other accidentally shot and killed r.lm sellf there. Another in the Mackenzie country went insane while lost and c mmitted tuicide hy shooting. Purpose of Journey Accompll.iheiL Captain Cottle, of the Ruby, scid that Stefansson had accomplished the purpose for which his hazardous jour ney was undertaken. He discovered a continuance of the continental snelf several degrees west of Banks' Land, and his purpose In the near future is to ascertain the extent of new land ho discovered southwest of Patrtclt's Land. This required two perilous trips northward on the ice.' Stefansson spent some time explor ing his new find, but at length, ow ing to scarcity of provisions, was com- ( Concluded on Pt;a 2. Column 3. Friday's War Moves FIELD Marshal von Hindenburg's army is now well astride the Dvlnsk- Vilna railway, his advance guards hav ing reached ar-1 occupied the town of Vidzy. which is a good 20 miles east of the line. This wedge which the Ger man commander has driven into Rus sia's defense seriously endangers both Dvinsk and Vilna-t The latter town, which the Russians once before evac uated, again has beeii left to an army which will attempt only to delay the I German advance. All government institutions and most of the factories already have been re moved to places of safety, and the civil population left long ago. Probably a more determined effort will be made Ij hold Dvinsk. which, situated as it Is on the broad and fast-flowing river Dvlna, can offer a stronger resistance. Along the rest of the. eastern front there has been little change In tne situation. The German center has made a further slight advance and must be nearlng the railway east of Pinsk. possession of which would separate the northern and southern wings of the Russian armies operating on either side of the Pripet marshes. The Rus sians always have affected to disregard such a contingency, however, contend ing the t'o"armies are able to operate Independently of each other and conse quently continue their offensive from a point east of Kovel through Galicia to the Roumanian frontier. The -great effort to hold the present line In Galicia doubtless is dictated by near-eastern politics, which grow more complicated as the days pass. Rou mania alone appears to be definitely on the side of the quadruple entente. Greece apparently has decided to main tain her neutrality, for the time being at any rate. Meanwhile the allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula are taking a long rest, which is only occasionally dis turbed by Turkish artillery. In the west there has been only a repetition of artillery engagements with the novelty of a German grenade at tack near Perthes, which the German report says gave them possession of a portion of a French trench. England is absorbed In the rumored cabinet crisis over the question of con scription, to which it is reported David Lloyd George and Winston Spencer Churchill had been converted. Lords Curzon and Lansdowne, Andrew Bonar Law, Walter Humo Long, J. Austen Chamberlain the Earl of Selborne and Sir Edward Carson, the conscriptionist members, are said to be threatening to resign unless Premier Asciuith. First Lord of the Admiraly Balfour. Sir Ed ward Grey. Lord Kitchener and other Cabinet members- adopt their chosen policy. Lacking . positive statements from Premier Asquith and Lord Kitchener that compulsory service is necessary for the safety of the country, the sys tem is likely to find little support in the present parliament with the radi cals, laborites and nationalists opposed to it. Many members opposed to con scription are prepared to accept how ever, the verdict of the Premier and War Secretary on the question which is now a subject of serious consideration in the Cabinet. . SrplrHilirr II, 13t4. Fighting between Germans and al lies fierce and general along the whole line. Austrian Ambassador to L'nitcd States says that Russian victories are myths. Russians report successes over Aus trians. Adventurers from America organiz ing field force to aid Britons. NEW CANAL RECORD MADE July Traffic Largely Increased, Much Trade Iteing lVoni Inland. WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. New traf fic records were set In the Panama Canal during July, ' 170 ocean-going vessels making the passage of the waterway. That was 65 per cent great er than the averaco traffic of the pre ceding months. The cargoes amounted to 705,469 tons, a new record. Reports that much of the trade orig inated in inland cities was interpreted by Government' officials us showing that the cost of transportation by ocean and through the waterway was so low as to enable steamship lines to absorb in their rates all or part of the rail charges to and from the seaboard. STATION AGENTS GET RISE Wabash System Also Cuts Working Hou-rs, Increasing Overtime. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 17. All station agents and telegraphers throughout the Wabash Railroad system will receive salary increases of 9 per cent, begin ning with November 1, it was an nounced at he executive offices of the road here tonight. In addition the working day of sta tion agents 'will be reduced from 12 to 10 hours and telegraphers will work eight hours a day. Overtime pay will be Increased from 25 cents to 35 cents an hour. The new schedule will in crease the payroll by $40,000 annually. CHURCH ASKS CLEMENCY Methodists to Plead for Life or Min ister's Dmnicd Son. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. A reso lution to present a petition to Governor Johnson to spare the life of Clurlea E. T. Oxnam. the Los Ansele3 toy under sentence of death for murder, was adopted by the annual conference of tfie Methodist Episcopal Jb'Jrch of California here today. Oxnam is the son of a minijUr. His execution was delayed yesterday until November It, PEACE IS PUT UP 10 GERMAN-AMERICANS They Can End War.Says Ex-Senator Young. NOTES TO KAISER SUGGESTED Assurance of Loyalty to United States Advised. FALSE IMPRESSION F0LWJD Teutons Thought Millions Here Would Have Aided l'atherland, Says Iowan Kepublican Victory Is Predicted. "If 1.000,000 German - Americans would write the following letter to the German Emperor." said Lafayette Young. ex-United States Senator from Iowa, but even more widely known as the vigorous editor of the "Des Moines Capital, last night, "the Euro pean war would end in six months." And here is the letter: "My Deur Emperor I am an Ameri can of German birth. I have taken the oath of allegiance to the Ameri can Government, I love the Father land and all the dear places of my childhood, but I am an American by adoption, my children were born here, and in case of war between the United States and Germany I shall fight for the United States. "Affectionately yours. "Etc.. etr Hattleflrld Recently Visited. "Such letters," added Mr. Young, who is plain "Lafe" "Young, newspaperman and glad of it. to several hundred thousands of his fellow citizens in this country, "would give the German gov ernment a clearer perception of Amer ican public thought than it could ever get from diplomatic notes." Just back from Europe, where he visited each of the warring countries, except Russia, he went into the trenches and wrote vivid accounts of political, economic and fighting condi tions for the readers of his papers. He is In Portland for a few days with his son, Harold Young, and his daughter. Mrs. John R. Hcrrick. of New York. He quoted the letter in the course of a characteristically vigorous inter view on the political situation in th United States and the effect on it of the war. i Republican Victory Forecast. "The Presidential campaign this year will be peculiar." he said. "Eu rope, will be watching it. and not un derstanding our style of government and our freedom of speech, will not understand It. They will think Government is going to pieces. "The country naturally will go publican. The tariff policy has the Re not been developed as to results because of the war. but thoughtful men can see that the Underwood tariff will not be a success. However, the country has not been punished with sufficient se verity to be converted to a protective tariff. "President Wilson U stronger than his party or his Cabinet. He gets lit tle strength in any way from his Cabi net, with the exception of Secretary Lansing," who has the public confi dence fn a great degree, and deservedly so. He is quite on the John Hay pat tern. Foreign Problems ;rcat. "Secretary Lane is popular and knows his job, but the other members of the Cabinet had better be omitted from the debate. I think in the present condi tion of affairs the country would be better pleased with a Republican Con-1 gress. backed by a strong Republican 1'resident. The country has always felt safer under these conditions. "The next President will have to deai with the great problems pertaining to our foreign nffairs, and there are few Amerlcuns who understand our foreign affairs. Senator Root probably is the best-informed man in public life, but he is thought to be too old for Presi dent and is supposed to be handicapped by a conservative record. "With a ticket which commends it self to the good sense and judgment of ' the American people in regard to char acter and ability. Republican success is not a matter of doubt. "President Wilson has done well. I rejoice that he has kept the peace, of course, every sane American knows that our country will have to invade Mexico ultimately, and that being the case the country would rather leave the job to a Republican Administration. German Orlstl Thought Passed. "The danger in regard to a war vith . Germany seems to have passed. It is evident that Germany has wanted a war with the United States in order to have Ihe more emphatic support of what they call 'their people In America." Of course, they would be disappointed in results, but they have had the impres sion that millions of American Ger mans would take up arms for the Ger man Emperor. It is evident that the German authorities have received more reliable information from America." Mr. Young then spoke of the letter to the German Emperor from 1,000.000 German-Americans, already quoted, which he declared would end the war in six months. Continuing, he said: "Ex-Secretary Bryan is prolonging the war by what he says and what he fails to say and the society he seeks. The friends, of the United States Govern- v,onuluded on Faga b. coluAn 2,).