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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.
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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
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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.
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5fS:I3 BILL'S PtlEiCE SEEN
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' 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?
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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.
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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.
"Generous as the resources placed at
the Commission's disposal are, they are
pitifully small when spread over the
number who are now wholly dependent
or who are becoming dependent with
Eighty Years Ago In 1835, When the
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
was young, there was but one kind of policy. Now this company
writes almost as many kinds as there are years in its existence
a policy for every class, condition or income.
Horace Mecklem, Gen. Agt.
Northwestern Bank Bldg.
f'1' "
Be nest door to every customer
Your customers three thousand miles off
think of you as nearly a week's journey
away. By the sun you are only three
hours apart. By Western Union you are
just around the corner.
You can accustom distant trade to think
of you in terms of minutes instead of miles
by frequent use of Western Union Day and
Night Letters.
Talk tvith your local Western Union Manager
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
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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
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