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3 iTIOfl'SPEBILOEEP SAYS LLOYD GEORGE British Statesman Declares Consumption Is Issue of . Fact, Not Principle. APPEAL MADE TO PEOPLE Controversy Xot to Be Provoked TTiv less Kijrures Iemonstrate War Cannot Be Won by Vol untary System. LONDON", Sept. 19. David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, in a letter to one of his constituents, is sued by the official press bureau to night, makes an appeal to the public to give the government a fair chance to decide the question of compulsory service and reiterates his views that the question is a serious one, which demands that the country, if victory is to fall to the allies, must exert its whole strength. Mr. Lloyd George says: "You say, and say rightly, that the government ought to give the nation a lead on the question whether the moral obligation of every able-bodied man to defend his country should be converted during this war into a legal obligation. Issue Is One of Fact. "The government, I can assure you, is fully alive to the necessity for giv ing a definite lead. They are examin ing the subject with a view to coming to the right decision. Undue delay might be disastrous, but undue precip itation might be equally disastrous. Let us avoid both. The issue is one of fact, not of principle. "If the figures demonstrate that we can win through, and with, the volun tary system, it would be folly to pro voke a controversy in the middle of a world war by attempts to substitute a totally different method. On the other hand, if these figures demonstrate to every urtprejudiced person that the vol untary system has exhausted its utility and nothing but legal pressure can give us the armies necessary to defend the honor of Great Britain and save Kurope from the triumph of military despotism, I have not yet heard of the man who would resist compulsion. Angrer Declared I'rematorc. "Under these circumstances, the men who say they would offer resistance to this expedient, even if it proved to he necessary to save their country and the freedom of the world, have not yet appeared in the arena, and if they do, 1 predict that their protectors will not be found among the working classes. "It is all a question of ascertainable facts. Why. then, all this premature anger? The facts have not yet been published. When they have been sifted and made known, the advocates of one view or the other will surely find that the whole cylinders of .fervor and ferocity have been wasted in attacking positions which they will then discover they ought to defend. Let the govern ment have a fair chance to decide. "The opinions I have formed aa to the essential action are prompted by the sincere persuasion . that nothing but the exertion of our whole strength will enable us to obtain victory, upon which so much depends. Danger Muxt Not Be Ignored. "Having come to that conclusion, I am bound to do my best to secure that effort without the least regard to the effect my appeals may have upon my own political feelings. The issue is the gravest any country has been called on to decide. Let it be settled in a spirit worthy of its gravity. "I withdraw nothing 1 have said as to the seriousness of the position. Nat urally, I take a hopeful view of the prospects of the cause I am concerned in, but I know too well that to ignore the dangers which you can see with the naked eye, if you look around, is the most fruitful source of disaster in all affairs. I have for months called attention to the dangers in the present war. Events alone will prove whether I have been unduly alarmed. So far, I regret, they have Justified my ap prehensions. ; Note of Alarm Sounded. "' "I should, indeed, be a traitor if I did not hope fervently that the course of the war would prove I have over estimated the worst evils, but I have not written without warrant facts known to us facts which I should have thought would already have sobered the most fatuous optimist. "I have, therefore, felt driven by the Jeopardy of my native land to sound a note of alarm. I have done so In the confident belief that, if it succeeds in rousing us in time to put forth all our strength, we shall win. If for any rea son I fall, it will be a sorry comfort to be able later on to taunt with their mistakes those who now abuse for dar ing to call attention to the coming atorm before it overwhelms the land, and because I strive to induce my fellow-countrymen to prepare in time for its onslaught." CANAL SERIOUSLY BLOCKED Channel Almost Filled antl Long Iely May Ensue. - PANAMA, Sept. 19. A serious slide In the canal occurred yesterday north of Gold Hill on the east bank. There had been a previous slide at this point, but the new movement is. much greater. The mass almost entirely fills the channel. It has not been possible as yet to estimate the yardage involved, but it amounts to more than 100,000 cubic yards. - The dredglnsr division has hopes of cutting the channel through in four Or five days, but the general opinion Is that it will be a week at least be fore vessels, even of light draught, 'ill be able to pass through. PRUNE DRYER IS BURNED Canyonville Plant Destroyed Just as Season's Hun Is Knding. , t CANYONVILLE. Or.. Sept. 19. (Spe cial.) The 365-bushel capacity prune 3ryer together with 300 bushels of prunes belonging to Louis Hanks burned to the ground at 6 o'clock to night. The fire started from over heating. The loss is covered by insur ance. - Mr. Hanks had two days more of irying to do to finish the season's run. ; The rains last week in every direc tion from here did not reach this vi cinity. Consequently there are several new forest fires in the canyon today. 0B REG ON WILSON'S CHOICE Continued From First Page.) tration as the da facto President of Mexico, according to the present plans. After the adjournment of the con ference, Obregon was informed by his friends in New Tork that the situa tion favored his contemplate'' move. At the same time Villa agents telegraphed f TWO EARLY ARRIVALS WHO WILL BE PROMINENT FIGURES AT , - " Mexicans Show Increasing Tendency to Fire on Americans. BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Sent 19. There was apprehension today along the Rio Grande of more fighting across the river as the aftermath of Sunday celebrations following the two days of disorders along the border since Mexi can Independence day. One serious development in the river situation is the growing tendency to fire on American soldiers and offi cers if they appear upon the American side of the river bank. Instructions are strict that the men shall not be seen at the river, but some of the pa trols are stationed at places where it is impossible to get water for their horses except by taking them to the river. Several new military telegraph lines have increased the effectiveness of the Army patrols. A new feature of the patrol work has been devlopd at in terior points, where the bandits have been worst. Sufficient troops have been sent to towns by Colonel Robert Bul lard, in command of the infantry at Harlingen, and by Colonel A. P. Block som. of the Cavalry at Brownsville, to permit of footloose detachments work ing in rural districts. - Heretofore the bandits have had to contend with troops mainly along the river or in the immediate neighborhood of the towns. This left thousands of square miles of sparsely settled country unprotected. IVAR FASHIONS MODIFIED UNIFORMS CUT RAKISHLY SOW DE NIED TO BRITISH. Turned-up Trousera Barred and Caps Must Not Be Tilted Plain Sock and Gloves Preacrlbcd. LONDON. Sept. 3. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Piccadilly fashions among army recruits are frowned down on by the War Office. Turned-up trousers with low shoes, raklshly cut uniforms and other affec tations must go. A new set of dress regulations has been Issued which puts these reforms into effect Low shoes are forbidden, except to the Highland regiments. Dismounted officers must wear hightop shoes of brown leather and plain toecapa. The jockey style of army caps, with a shapeless crown and an exaggerated brim, are forbidden. No deviations are allowed from the standard cap, which is shaped like one used in the Ameri can Army. It must be worn straight on the head and not tilted. In the trenches only it is permissible to re move the wire, frame. Turned-up trousers have always been distinctively against regulations, but the practice is so widespread that the War Office can only put the order in force against trousers to be made here after. Breeches with puttees or leg gings are prescribed for the streets and public places and trousers only for un dress purposes. Socks must be of khaki color and the gloves of brown leather and either carried in the hand or worn with a stick or cane, which must be perfectly plain. Collars are required to match the khaki uniform in color. The jauntiness in dress now preva lent is due to the thousands of college boys who received commissions and to the informalities of trench life. WOMAN TURNS PATRIOT "MADAME TROUBLE" NOW PLEADS FOR END OP STRIKES. British Workmen Told by Former Asrl tatrena They Should First Fight War Through to End. LONDON, Sept. 3. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Mme. Sorgrue. a Socialist leader who only a year and a half ago was referred to by an Eng lish police official as "the most dan gerous woman in Europe." was an hon ored1 visitor at the Ministry of Muni tions recently. She has been doing Kid Cross work in Franca since the early days of the war. but has now returned to England to address Socialist meet ings throughout the country. "I shall urge the British Socialist to follow the example of his Prencn brother In determining to see this thing through to the end at any cost." dhe eaid of her lecture plans, "and I shall emphasize especially that we must ly aside agitations and strikes until this more important business of the war is finished." The advocacy of strikes has ben Mme. Sorgue's chief reason for clashing with the authorities in times past. "Madame Trouble" she was generally called in Europe, for it is said that she adopted her name because it resembled the German word sorge for "trouoie." She has been imprisoned several umes for her part in disputes, and her face is known to the police of neiily all European industrial storm centers. Mme. Sorgue is the daughter of tUrand de Gros, a French philosopher. Her grandfather was a Russian treneral, Cripkoff. ! --' - .pvfs" 7 .-, -. : SKSw, ft : - . 3 F - - - 'Z I 1 v ' 4 ? Ok ' ?2' f ' " ' " 1 asagaa i i bbt L.KFT CLAY TALI.MAJf. RIGHT IRWIX E. ROCKWELL, 5fS:I3 BILL'S PtlEiCE SEEN TITE -MORXIXG ' OF ENS" TOMORROW. . F. H. Short Points Out Hidden Shoals in Ferris Bill. DEVELOPMENT REAL ISSUE Authority on Subject Declares Pass age, of Measure Would Result in Long Period of Stagna tion and Litigation. (Continued From First Page.) velop our Industries, we cannot for a moment afford to consider yielding a cent to such an unequal, unfair and dangerous policy." Mr. Short was one of the first men in the United States to oppose the Pin chot theory of Federal control of state resources, and probably the first man to fight this theory, of which the pro visions objected to in the Ferris bill are regarded as an off-shoot. Mr. Short was accompanied north by Warren Gregory, an attorney of San Francisco, who inough not a delegate, will remain here for the conference. Though Governor Hiram Johnson, of California, appointed three delegates to the conference, it is probable tnat only one will attend. The Governor named the members of the State Water Com mission as delegates, but J. A. Chand ler, of San Francisco, is the only one expected. Among other delegates who have made reservations are Adjutant Wedge wood and Senator George E. West, of Utah, who will arrive at 7 o'clock to night over the 0.-W. R, &. N.; ex-Senator S. H. Piles, of Wasninston; lrvin W. Ziegans. secretary to Governor Lis ter, and M. C. Harris, of lioquiam. Wash. Governor George E. Carlson, of Colo rado, had made reservations, but can celed them yesterday by telegraph. John H. Koemer, ex-chairman of the Wisconsin Railroad Commission, one of the speakers on the programme, also Is expected today. Some Favor Ferria Bill. Although the Ferris bill will find any number of opponents, in the confer ence It .is known it will have three strong supporters in the persons of Clay Tallman, Commissioner of the General Land Office, and fight-hand man of Secretary Lane, of the Interior .Department; H. S. Graves, chief for ester, and O. C. .Merrill, chief engineer of the forest service. It is declared these three reflect the wishes of the Administration and that President Wilson'a name will be used freely by friends of the measure. The Ferrld bill passed the House of Representatives, but was amended ex tensively when it reached the public lands committee of the Senate. Ene mies of the measure admit that the bill is now more acceptable to them than when it passed the House. Clay Tallman said yesterday he was not at all sure that the Ferris bill would be the moot question at the con ference, although this is generally ex pected. Administration Favors Bill. "I believe there will be a number of reasonable men present wno will lis ten to our side of the case." he said. "The Ferris bill, before it was consid ered seriously, was gone over carefully at a meeting of President Wilson and of members of his Cabinet, while com mittee members of both the House and Senate were present." Clyde C. Dawson, a prominent attor ney .of Denver, who has arrived for the conference, is' outspoken in his opposition to the Ferris bill. He will make the opening address against it. "We do not need any more laws on this subject." said Mr. Dawson. "We have good enough laws now in this re gard, were it not for the restrictive policies of Government agents and bureaus. "Because the Government owns the lands desired for power sites, it should iaw no claim to the waters as well. There are adequate laws now for fil ing on power sites, if the Government officials will allow them to be used." Franklin T. Griffith, president of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany: Guy W. Talbot, president of the Pacific Power 4c Light Company, and S. B. Houston, one of the Oregon delegates, have gone on record as de cidedly opposing the Ferris bill. They regard it as hampering water power development In the West in that it of fers only a lease instead of titles to power sites, besides giving arbitrary powers to the Department of the In terior and tending to bring about con fusion between state and Federal gov ernments in administering water power. Two of the Idaho delegation row here are ex-Governor James H. Hawley and lrvin E. Rockwell. State Senator. They are at the Portland Hotel. Both are unalterably opposed to the Ferris bill and will light it in the conference. Old Statute Is Obeyed. ROSEBURG. Or Sept. 19. (Special.) -Acting under the provisions of a OREGOXIAy. MONDAY, WATER - POWER CONFERENCE THAT "sleeping" statute passed by the State Legislature in the year 1862, District Attorney George Neuner today prepared a detailed statement showing the num ber of prosecutions, results and sen tences Imposed by the court from the time he was appointed District Attor ney, on January 4, 1916, until Septem ber 1. The report will be filed with the Secretary of State. EUGENE PAYROLL GROWS Southern Vacific lload Double Amount Within Year. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 19. (Special.) The Southern Pacific payroll in Eugene has increased 100 per cent within the past year, according to the report of A. J. Gillette, Southern Pacific agent in Eugene. Yesterday, payday, the em ployes here were paid $11,304.19. According to Mr. Gillette, the number of employes stationed at Eugene is con stantly growing. The headquarters of a bridge crew was recently transferred here. The railroad employes in Eugene have organised a club, with headquar ters in the Portland, Eugene & East ern building. The membership is 123 men at present. Move Against Serbia Rumored. THE HAGUE, Sept. 19. No newspa pers, mails or direct telegrams from Austria-Hungary have been received In Holland for more than a week. It is believed here that Austria-Hungary is concentrating against Serbia, but the Balkan Ministers at The Hague say they have no information on the sub ject . Why Not Brand Coffee Properly? 'a Philadelphia restaurant keeper was arrested under the pure food laws for serving adulterated coffee. His lawyer claimed coffee was not a food. Leading food experts uphold this contention tliat Coffee is NOT a Food, but a Drug Beverage Under its true colors most every pound of coffee sold should carry the truthful warning: "This can contains about 100 grains of caffeine." Caffeine is a powerful habit-forming drug. Its daily use hinders digestion, irritates the nerves, causes headache, heart flutter and many other ailments. ( The way to play safe with health i3 to quit coffee and use It is made of choice whola wheat and a bit of wholesome mo lasses. Postum has a delicious Java-like flavor, yet contains no caffeine or harmful element. There are two forms of Postum. The original Postum Cereal, requires thorough boiling, 15c and 25c packages; Instant Postum the soluble form is made in the cup at the table with boiling water. Both kinds are equally delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same. Ten days off coffee and on Postum shows clearly There's SEPTEMBER 20, 1915. BELGIANS LARGELY HELP THEMSELVES Half of Amount Expended for Relief Furnished by Coun trymen . Abroad. EMPLOYMENT IS PROBLEM Americans Have Sent Only $6,000, 0 00, but Early Efforts Were Timely and Ef fectlveWcTk Must Xot Be Stopped. LONDON, Sept. 19. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The first complete report of the Commission for the Relief in Belgium. . covering the first eight months of its existence, re veals that in income and expenditure the organization forma the greatest re lief movement of history. The Com mission has collected and disbursed $50,000,000. $15,000,000 of which has been contributed in the form of money or gift food by the people of the United States and the British empire and Bel gium itself. The bulk-of the income has come from other than purely philanthropic sources, but the raising of this enor mous sum has been exclusively the work of the Commission. A. remarkable feature of the report which has hitherto received little no tice is the effort being made by the Belgians to help themselves. More than 50 per cent of the money expended by the Commission in benevolence is being furnished by Belgians abroad, and a large amount also is being sup plied by Belgians in Belgium. Americana Contribute Only $8,000,000 In discussing the report Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the Commission, said: "It may cause more surprise among Americans, who believe that the United States is provisioning the Bel gian and French people in the track of war. that only something over 6.000.000 in food, clothes and money have come from the United States. However, the American public should realize that the Commission in its or ganization, working personnel and po litical aspects is distinctly American. The American charitable support, so early and promptly given, came at the inception of the movement when such backing was vital, to the success of the organization in gl'ving it time to build. "The problem becomes more difficult every day, for the number of destitute has increased from 1,000,000 last Octo ber to 2,750,000 in June, and now grows at the rate of 200,000 a month. Our resources, large as they are, cannot keep pace with the need if the chari table public loses interest In our work." 7,000,000 People Are Fed. The relief operations are divided into three classes, one to provision the en tire population, another to conduct financial relief and exchange opera tions, and a third to care for the desti tute. "The provisioning department," says t"he report. "Is charged with the duty of revictualllng the whole 7,000,000 peo ple with necessary Imports, and, up to June 30, had either delivered or had in stock more than 600,000 tons of food- a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere. Crowded to the Street! Hundreds Turned A.iv ay WHY? Because WAL w HITESI In Israel Zangwill's "We MELTING POT Is One of the Best Pictures Ever Shown in Portland. Our advice to you: Come in the afternoon, if possible, at any rate, come anyway, even if you have to stand. It's worth it. Washington at Park. stuffs for the Belgian section to the gross value of more than $45,500,000. The whole of these foodstuffs are re sold to the population through a broad system of reticulation, and the profit Is devoted to the support of the desti tute." After referring to the work of the financial relief and benevolent depart ments, the committee says that 500,000 people who might otherwise have fallen into destitution have been provided for through the remittances made avail able by this department, which to June 30 totaled about $20,000,000. "Through the benevolent department," the report continues, "the charity of the world and of the Belgian people themselves is mobilized to the support of the destitute, and through It over 2,750,000 persons are now being assisted in some measure with food and cloth ing. Problem of Employment Ulfflrnlt. "The growing and gloomy problem Is one of unemployment, for month by month a larger proportion of the in dustrial mass of 3.500,000 people falls further and further into destitution. 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PHONE YOUR WANT ADS TO THE OREGON1AN Main 7070 DE TODAY AND ALL WEEK Increasing frequency. It will appear from this report that the Commission is transmitting $5,000,000 a month from the outside world for the destitute, yet this sum divided among those now un employed and destitute would average less than 5 cents per day." In addition to the Belgian people, the Commission also supplies the French population within the German occupied territory, which numbers about 2.300, 000. The cost of supporting these peo ple amounts to about $4,000,000 a month, and is accomplished entirely without recourse to charity by financing ar rangements which the Commission has instituted whereby the towns in the occupied rone secure loans from the banks of Paris. Timber Tax Keductlon Asked. ROSEBURG. Or., Sept. 19. (Special.') Claiming that the assessment levied against their timber holdings in north ern Douglas County is excessive, the-Sparrow-K.roll Lumber Company today petitioned the Board of Kqualization for a general reduction of their valua tions. They cite cases where neigh borlnjr properties are assessed much lower. Norway buys apples and prunes from the 0NLY6M0REDAYS Come Knrlv and Avoid the Crowds the I.at of the Week. REDl'CED TRICKS. Iaily Matinee at 2 P. M. ENTIRE HOUSE 2Sc ft Evnry Kvening at 8 F. M. KNTIKE HAIX-ONV, Sc KNTIICK LOWER tlXKIR, SOc Phone Mum 1. A A 6095 T