VOL. LV-XO. 17,133.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POLICY IN NEAR EAST
CAUSE OF DIVISION
Sir Edward Carson Ex
plains Resignation.
DECISIVE ACTION DEMANDED
Operations Held to Involve
, Prestige of Nation.
PARTY MOTIVES DENIED
Kx-Attorney-Gcncral Says Britain Js
United on Main Issue ot Con-
Y tlnuing 'War to Knd Dif-
r fereiic-o Is on Details.
LONDON". Oct. 20. Coming direct
from Buckingham Palace, where he
handed to King George the seals of
his office on his resignation from the
Cabinet, Sir Edward Carson appeared
in the House of Commons today and aet
at rest, all conjecture regarding the
reasons for his retirement.
Klsing from his old seat on the front
opposition bench, the ex-Attorney-General,
in a few words, made the house
conversant with the cause of the min
isterial crisis, which he said was due
entirely to the fact that he found him
self in complete variance with the Cab
inet on questions of Near Eastern pol
icy, lie felt, therefore, that his pres
ence in the Cabinet would be a source
of weakness, and not of strength.
All Agree on Main Issue.
Sir Edward added that he never had
had the slightest personal differences
with any of his colleagues.
After expressing regret at the ab
sence of Premier Asquith and saying
that for this reason he would give a.
briefer explanation than he had intend
ed. Sir Edward Carson said:
"1 am well aware of the difficulties
tinder the existing circumstances of
making any full statement or of saying
anything that might be taken hold of
as showing any signs of weakness or
divergence in the main object we have
in view of carrying the war at all
sacrifices to a final and conclusive issue.
I need hardly say that upon that Issue
there is not and never has been in
the Cabinet or in this house, or in
the country, any disagreement or
divergence of opinion.
Party QurHtions Xever Raised
"The real unity which the country
wants is that steadfast unity of pur
pose to defeat our enemies and to save
our country, and I entirely deny that
the fact of holding a divergent view
as to the best methods to adopt to"
bring it to a successful conclusion is
an element ot disunion.
"I have seen criticism of myself and
reasons for my resignation of a petty
find malicious character, attributing the
motive to a party and party of poli
tical nature.
"I do not desire to deal with these
ridiculous assertions except to say that
since I entered the Cabinet I never
heard a word of discussion or dispute
on those party questions which divided
us before the war.
Difficulties Arise In Eaxt.
'I also desire to say that during the
whole time I have been in the Cabinet
I never have had any personal difr
ference either with the Trime Minister,
whose unvarying courtesy I desire to
acknowledge, or with aiy one of my
late colleagues.
"Difficulties which have arisen In
the eastern war theaters have created
a situation which, to my mind, must
necessarily lead to far - reaching re
sults. "At the time I entered the Cabinet
we already were committed to what
may be called the operations in Galli
poli. Jt must be plain to any observ
rr that the new war theater in the
Balkans created a situation which
could not be divorced, from our post
lions on the Gallipoli 'Peninsula; and
the statement made in this House by
the Foreign Minister, with the sanc
tion of the Cabinet, appeared to me to
be an announcement of a policy of the
highest importance with regard to ob
ligations in the Balkans involving our
.. IT,,.,. J V.
Decisive roller Demanded.
"That situation, with all its compli
cations, necessitated, in my opinion, i
decisive policy on the part of the gov
ernment, and. finding myself unable
to agree in any respect with what 1
understood to be a policy approved by
the government. 1 felt that my pres
ence in the Cabinet could not be of any
use in the critical situation in which
m e were involved.
"I need hardly say I am not suggest
ing that my views could possibly be
om pared with those who have much
more experience and greater wisdom in
icaling with such situations, but at the
i-ame time I held and hold the views I
have expressed very strongly and. I
hope the House trill believe, conscien
tiously nd practically. I did not think
that in the circumstances I could be
anything but a source of weakness at a
time requiring great strength and con
tistency. "I ask the House to believe that in
the course I have taken I have been
actuated by no personal party motive,
but that I have acted to the best of my
ability solely in the interest of my
cou-itry."
Sir Edward Carson's speech was
punctuated with cheers and was con
cluded amid loud cheers.
CYPRUS IS OFFERED
FOR GREEK HELP
BRITAIN WOULD GIVE ISLAND
IN' MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
Ultimatum, Insisting? That Athens
Define Its Position, Also Re
ported Impending.
, LONDON, Oct., 21. Great Britain has
made a formal offer of the Island of
Cyprus to Greece as soon as Greece
undertakes to intervene in the war on
the side of the allies. The Daily Tele
graph makes this announcement.
"Thus far," ays the Daily Telegraph,
"Greece has not replied to the offer of
Cyprus. Our Athens correspondent in-J
forms us that it is believed the offer
will create an excellent impression in
Greece, since it is an actual present
concession and not a mere promise,
which Germany, might suggest and
would never be carried out."
The Daily telegraph asserts that its
report is based on good authority.
. "The sooner we all recognize that
purely chivalrous motives are not
prominent in the Balkan policies of
today, "the better," the Daily Tele
graph adds. "The cession of Cyprus
to the state, to which most of its in
habitants related by race and his
tory clearly involves no departure
from the principles upon which we
have taken our stand."
A Rome dispatch to the Daily Ma'
gives the report that the entente a'.es
will send an ultimatum to Gr.ce, in
sisting that she define her position.
Cyprus is the third largest island
in the Mediterranean, 60 miles from the
coast of Asia Minor. It was adminis
tered until November 5, 1914, by Great
Britain under a convention concluded
with the Sultan of Turkey at Constan
tinople in 187$, but on the outbreak
of hostilities with Turkey on the for
mer date the island was annexed. The
high commissioner. Major Sir J. E.
Clauson, is assisted by an executive
council.
Cyprus has an area of 35S4 square
miles and a population of nearly
soo.ooa.
TAX ON MARRIAGE FAVORED
New
York Educator Would
I vies on Bachelors.
Cut
NEW TORK, Oct. 20. --rimony
should be discouraged by compelling
married men to pay a heavier tax than
bachelors. Professor Joseph French
Johnson, of New York. University, de
clared before a state legislative tax in
vestigation committee today.
Discussion of a proposed income tax
caused Professor Johnson to assert his
disapproval of showing favoritism to
married men.
"I would not exers'pt married men,"
he said. "I would not give any pref
erence to a man who is married over
a bachelor, because I do not believe It
is a good thing to encourage matri
mony by lower taxation."
HISTORY CAUSES PROTEST
Reference to Progressive Party
Jjcads to Party Complaint.
BOSTON", Oct. 20. The Progressive
State Committee today filed, a written
protest with the Municipal Schools
Commission against an American his
tory used in the grammar schools. Com
plaint was made that the book was un
fair in designating the party as "Pro
gressive Republican," and in a state
ment that it "was organized chiefly by
dissatisfied Republicans."
The complainants ask that the fur
ther use of the book in the schools be
forbid. James A. AVoodburn, of Indiana
University, and Professor T. F. Moran,
of Purdue University, are the authors
of the history.
JUDGE UPHOLDS HAZING
Illinois Law Held Invalid Because
"Class" Legislation.
MONMOUTH, 111., Oct. 20. Judge U
E. Murphy, of the Warren County
Court, in a decision today held that the
state law of 1901 making hazing a mis
demeanor, was unconstitutional on the
ground that it was class legislation.
The decision was given in the case
of ten Monmouth high school boys who,
it is charged, on May 25 last forced
Miles King to swim in a cold lake and
perform other acts. The boys were
discharged, but still are defendants In
a civil suit for damages brought by
King.
FRANCE FIGHTS IN TUNIS
Vast Kobber Bands Keep Small Army
Busily Kngagcd in Africa.
PARIS. Oct. 20. One of the small
wars France is carrying on, but of
which little is heard, is being waged
in Tunis. It consists chiefly ot en
gagements with vast robber bands
crossing the rrontier from Tripoli.
Important fighting- took place in the
Dehibat region from September 25 to
October 9, during which time the
French garrison of 200 men kept a
large number of robbers at bay until
relief arrived.
MAN, 70f WEDS WOMAN, 60
John B. Paris, of Albany, Takes
His Third Wife.
ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
Though he has lived the allotted three
score years and ten. John B. Paris,
of Albany, became a bridegroom to
day. He wedded Mrs. I. E. Fox, also
of this city, aged 60. The ceremony
was performed at the courthouse by
County Judge McKnight.
This is Mr. Paris' third marriage
and the second for .the bride.
GERMAN PREDICTS
PEACE IN SPR
Big Indemnity Likely to
Be Chief Demand. '
BRITISH OVERTURES AWAITED
Business Sense Will Rule Lon
don Government, Is View
SECRET ACTIONS HINTED
Negotiations Behind Curtains Sus
pected With Utterances From
Kach Side Regarding Ira
possible Conditions.
BERLIN. Oct. 8. (Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) "But by Spring
we shall probably have peace." This
remark of one of the most highly
placed, and prominent state officials, in
conference with the Associated Press
correspondent, may be taken as indica
tive of the view of the war held in
German government quarters, or, at any
rate, in certain influential circles of
the government.
The person quoted occupies a posi
tion .which lends much weight to his
opinion on this subject, and the remark
was made incidentally in the course of
a' discussion of certain future possi
bilities in the Balkan situation.
UriUoh Expected to Move First.'
Pressed to give a reason for his opin
ion as to the time when the wtr would
end, the official replied that he based
his expectations largely on "the sound
business sense of the British," which
would lead them to move for peace as
soon as they saw nothing was to be
gained by continuing the war.
"Wj now hold in the west." he con
tinued, "a strong fortified line enclos
ing the great enclave of French and
Belgian territory. We shall soon have
a similar line fortified in the east.' Be
hind these two lines we can sit tight
and defy all efforts of oar enemies to
break through.
"I have much confidence in the busi
ness sense of the British and think
that when once tr y . have found the
Dardanelles cannot be forced, this will
lead them to. take steps in the direc
tion of peace." '
Overtures Are Awaited.
The correspondent suggested that
business men usually are unwilling to
make a contract . wherein all the ad
vantages' of conditions are on the side
of the other parties to it, and that it
was customary in business circles to
have some definite idea of the terms
on which an agreement would be pos
sible before sitting down to draw up
a contract. The official said that for
Germany to make's, statement at this
time on the conditions of peace might
possibly be interpreted as a confes
sion of weakness, and, for the present,
he preferred to await overtures from
the other side.
Since this conversation the corre
spondent of the Associated Press has
Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.)
EVEN
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The- Weather:
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65
. degrees; minimum, 47 degree.
TODAY'S Probably fair; southerly wind.
War. .
Serbiajis sending wounded men to re-lint
' new invasion- Paga 3.
High German officer predict peace next
Spring. Page 1.
British policy in Near Eaat cause of Sir
rEdward Carson's resignation. Page 1
Britain offer Cyprus to Orcece in exchange
' for participation in war. Pago 1.
National.
Government" plans to make munitions as
means ' of curtailing private profit.
Page 2.
Employers promise co-operation in plan to
create Continental army. Page 2.
Domestic.
Oregon to participate In important expo
sition days. . Page 4.
Charted S. Mellon Is Government witness In
case ' against New Haven directors.
Page 3.
Girls testify to pathetic conditions in cheap
'garment shops. Page 1.
Sports.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 2.
Vernon 0; L,os Angeles 10. Salt Lake 8;
San Francisco 0, Oakland -4. Page 13.
Jefferson de-feats Lincoln High School. 3
to o. Page 12.'
Seals win first pennant since 1009. Page Vi
AH Pullman gles rousing welcome to con
querors of Aggies. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Kelso, Wash., is rapidly forging ahead.
Page 7.
W. B. Hall, superintendent of Blind School
at Vancouver, drops dead playing tennis.
Page 6.
Men at Baptist convention perfect state
wide organization. Page 4,
Mothers convene at Corvallts. Pago 6.
Commercial atnd Marine.
Charter of Dollar vessel for United King
dom grain cargo at 120s is reported.
Paga 14.
Wheat weaker in Northwest, owing to East
ern declines. Page IT.
Placing of duty on imports by France breaks
wheat prices at Chicago. Page 17.
War shares and copprs advance In Wall
street market. . I'age 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mrs. W. S. Ktoncr. mother of child wonder.
Is in Portland, tell in of methods.
Page 11.
Traveler, posing as son of millionaire, d
mits forgery, declare detectives. Page JH.
Judge Robert Lovett here. Inspecting O.-W.
R. & X. system. Page 14.
Oregon paper mills resume exports to Aus
tralia after decade. Page 4.
City Council budget committee decides to
cut park estimates $118,000. Page 1.
WIT. HOOD SEEN TO SMOKE
Peculiar Phenomenon Observed by
Residents of The Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or.. Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Groups of citizens here this
afternoon, about 5 o'clock, watched for
many minutes a circle of smoke which
appeared to be issuing: from the vicin
ity of the crater of Mount Hood, 1000
feet below the summit.
' It was smoke from the crater or a
most peculiar atmospheric condition
never before seen at that point on tho
mountain. --Before nightfall all the
town was Interested, as the stories of
the various groups of witnesses be
came noised about- Many old. resi
dents were among the watchers.
JEWS BRAVE IN BATTLE
286 Promoted in Germany Army
and 4000 W in Iron Crosses.
BERLIN, Oct. 20. by wireless to Say
ville,. N. J. Two hundred and eighty
six Jews in the German army have
been promoted to be officers.
Four thousand Jewish soldiers in the
army have been decorated with Iron
crosses, 16 of them with Iron crosses
of the first class, according to an
Overseas' News Agency announcement
today.
Sheridan Postmaster Named.
.OREGON IAN NEWS BL'KEAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 20. President Wilson to
day appointed Andrew W. Flynn post
master at Sheridan, Or.
WOODKOW FAILED TO STOP THE
T
TRADE IS DISCLOSED
Girl Workers in Cheap
er Shops Testify.
TENo-nlsVEYADED
Normal Earnings $5 a Week,
Say Witnesses.
FOREMEN OFTEN ABUSIVE
Young Striker Admits She and Asso
ciates "Beat Up Scabs, and Says
She Knew Enough to IV So
Without Being Told.
CHICAGO. Oct. 20. Pathetic stories
of the lives of girls who dwell In tene
ments and gain a precarious livelihood
in the garment trade were unfolded to
day before the Aldermanic committee
investigating thg garment workers'
strike and its cause. Manufacturers ig
nored Invitations to be present.
The normal earnings of the girls,
testimony' showed, were $5 a week, and
only supreme efforts, working fiom
daylight to dark, without lunch, would
bring in $S.
"Better Shop." Pay More.
Sidney Hillman, president of the
Garment Workers' Union, explained to
the committee' that "in the better Bhops"
girls received $12 a. week for the work
with which today's testimony was con
cerned. Today's witnesses came from
the cheaper shops.
Anna Smlsky said that for three
years she had worked from 5:30 .A. M.
to 7 P. M- without the usual noonday
rest for lunch, and made $8 a week.
Pearl Kruhnik said that in dull times
she had earned as low as 78 cents a
week. Fannie Berg testified that the
girls have to buy their own needles,
Three hundred, girls, she said, had to
use the same roller towel. Alderman
Mealy called the attention of the
naalUi department to this. .
Foremen Declared Abusive.
All of the witnesses complained in
greater or lees degree of harsh treat
ment from foremen, mostly in the way
of abusive language.
Alderman Geiger, of the committee,
was curious to learn how the girls
managed to live on their incomes. Miss
Berg explained:
"X pay S3 a month for my room and
my sister charges me 15 cents & meal
for what I eat. I am often hungry, but
I can't afford to spend more."
Emily Javorowsky as a witness
proved a surprise to the committee,
which was appointed originally to in
vestigate charges of police brutality
in dealing with strikers.
Olrl "Beat l Scabs.
"What have you and others been
doing since you went on strike?' she
was asked. ,
Going around beating up scabs."
calmly replied the witness.
"Did you ever beat up one yourself?"
"Yes: I beat up one."
(Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.)
FALL.
PATHOS IN GARMEN
Wednesday's War Moves
BATTLES' south of Riga, where tho
Germans have made some progress
in the new thrust at the Baltic province
poVt, and in Volhynia and Galicia.
where the Russians have gained rather
important victories, are now competing
in Interest with the operations in the
Balkans.
The Germans have concentrated large
forces with a great amount of artillery
south ot Riga, and as a result a stub
born battle has been in progress for
several days... Field Marshal von Hin
denburg, who is in command In this
region, reported two days ago that his
forces had reached the River Dvina,
but, as on previous occasions, this
broad and fast running waterway ap
pears to have hId him up for the time
being.
The situation, however, is considered
by the Russians to be more serious than
it has been for a long time, and there
is again talk of the evacuation of Riga
by the military, whj have been in sole
occupation of the city since the civilian
population left a month ago.
At the other end of the Eastern front
the position is Just the reverse. Gen
eral ivanoff. who is said to be the most
aggressive of the Russian commanders,
has been striking hard at the Austro
Gerinan forces on the middle Styr and
all along the fringe of Galicia that is
still in Russian hands. At several
places he has driven his opponents
back, and there la a report that the
Austrians have evacuated Czernowltz,
a report which finds some confirmation
in an Odessa dispatch declaring that
the Russians have abandoned their con
templated evacuation of the northern
districts of JJessarabia.
The progress of events in Serbia ts
surrounded by considerable mystery.
The , Austro-Germans and Bulgarians
are advancing all along the various
fronts, but not with the speed ex
pected. -The Austro-Germans appar
ently have spread their armies over a
wider front, as Berlin repots that they
are advancing on Shabats, which is a
long distance west of Belgrade; while
for the Bulgarians, it is asserted that
they have captured Sultan Tepe. south
west of Egri Palanka, and that in ad'
Vancing toward Kumanovo they took
2000 prisoners. "
Both of these places are cast of
Uskub. '
There is still some doubt as to
whether t'liey have cut the railway near
Vranya. the Serbian government deny
ing the report that they have done so,
while other accounts say that the Bul
garians reached the city, but were
driven back.
The general opinion is that the Ger
mans in the first place aim at the Ser
bian grain country, of which Pozarevae,
already reached by them, ia the venter,
while the Bulgarians are making
straight across the country for Mace
donia, where they will find part of the
population friendly to them.
The Anglo-French forces have been
in action near the Greco - Bulgarian
frontier, but, seemingly, the battle was
not an important one, as no official
reports have been issued with regard
to it.
The Germans. according to the
British and French statements, at
tempted offensive movements near
Hulluch and Hhelms. but again suf
fered severe reverses. On the other
hand, the Germans tell of success near
Prunay. in the Champagne district.
Mining operations have occupied the
attention of the Anglo-French troops
and the Turks in Gallipoli, while from
Mesopotamia it is unofficially reported
that the British are within a few miles
of Bagdad.
Considerable importance is attached
to the arrival at Odessa of a military
mission en route from Roumania to
Paris. Its object is not known, but it
is thought here that such a mission
would hardly be undertaken unless
Roumania contemplated . action on the
side of the allies.
The Germans are now employing
their Zeppelins against the British and
Russian submarines . in the Baltic,
where German ships have been suf
fering heavily during the past fort
night, October S!. 1BH.
British warships start bombardment
of Ostend.
British seize second ' American oil
steamer; United States Government
protests.
German army on way to Warsaw
routed, according to Russian report.
SWISS PROTEST TO BERLIN
Pay and Punishment of Bomb
Dropper Are Demanded.
BERNE. Switzerland, via Paris. Oct.
20 .The Swiss government has in
structed its embassy at Berlin to lodge
an energetic protest against the new
violation of Swiss territory by German
aviators.
The protest is occasioned by the act
of an aviator in dropping eight bombs
over Chaux de Fonds Sunday, causing
the injury of four persons and consid
erable damage to property. Switzer
land demands compensation and the
punishment of the aviator.
FLAMES SPARE CHILDREN
Two Playing With Matches Set Homo
Afire bnt Are Saved.
The two children, aged 2 and S
years, respectively, of Mr. and Mrs. E,
V. Sefton. 1872 Fiske street, narrow
ly escaped being burned to death yes
terday morning when they set the
house afire while playing with matches.
The house, which was a one-story
dwelling, valued at about $400. was
burned to tho ground.
The little girl, aged 5, attempted to
put out the names, but. finding It im
possible, ran to call her mother, leav
ing the baby in the burning house.
PARK BUDGET IS III
FOR GUT DF S118,DDD
Appropriation of $20
785 Made by Council.
IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FEW
Mr. Daly Moves to Eliminate
Entire Estimate.
SESSION IS HARMONIOUS
Band Concerts Is Biggest Item Al
lowed Sell wood Buth-IIou.se to
Be Repaired Vina I Action
on Slash Is Deferred.
WORK OK CITY Bl'DGET COM
MITTEE AT YESTERDAY'S
SESSION.
Appropriation allowed for
wading pool at Colum-
. bia Park $ 810
Appropriation allowed for
fencing Columbia Park 223
Appropriation allowed for
lighting system in Hol
laday Park 1,000
Appropriation allowed for
lawn sprinkling system
in Holladay Park 400
Appropriation allowed for
60 band concerts next
Summer 10,000
Appropriation allowed for
comfort station at Mt
I Tabor Park 1,000
Appropriation allowed for
I grading playgrounds in
! Mt. Tabor Park 1.000
Appropriation allowed for
lighting system in Sell-
wood Park 1.C0O
J Appropriation allowed, for
I new zoo buildings at
J Washington Park 3.000
fencing Columbia Park 225
t Appropriation allowed for J
I water supply In Terwll- f
T liger Park ISO T
! Total cut of park budget 10,037
Total questioned and apt J
to be cut out 118.000
Although special appropriations ag
gregating $118,000 for park improve
ments were not definitely cut out of
the park budget for 1916 by the Coun
cil sitting as budget committee yes
terday, they were as good as cut out.
The items were allowed to struggle
along for a day or so before being
finely rejected. A total of $10,057 in
supplies an. ..mrnt was lopped
off. outside this $118,000 sum. Special
park appropriations amounting to $20.
785 were allowed to stand.
Peace and harmony dominated the
session yesterday and proved Quite a
novelty in face of the rows and squab
bles which have characterized perform
ances of the last few days. The ses
sion got by with only one or two near
fusses and with a minimum of per
sonalities being hurled back and forth
across the Council table. It was the
most docile session so far held since
budget estimates were first taken up.
At the outset the plan was to lop
off without leniency every item in, the
supplementary budget of Commission
er Baker for permanent park improve
ments. This is a budget of needed park
improvements which Mr. Baker sub
mitted without recommendation for
consideration of the Council. While it
was decided that all of it will come
out, but sufficient to provide work for
the unemployed next Winter breaking
rock for macadamizing park roads, the
knife was not sunk into the heart at
the balance.
Sellwod Item Cat.
Of special appropriations whuOA Mr.
Baker asked for to make park im
provements which he deems absolutely
necessary, the Council allowed all but
$5000. This amount was pruned off
the proposed $6000 for a new bathhouse
at Scllwood Park. The Council decided
to fix up the present building at a
cost of $1000 and then build the new
place after next year.
Ex-Commissioner Brewster, who, dur
ing his term as Commissioner, had
charge of the parks, appeared on the
scene to divulge whatever information
he might be able to give. He bobbed
up when this cut was proposed with
a declaration that it was poor economy
to spend $1000 to keep from spending
$5000 more for a period of one yevji-.
"Pretty high rate of interest." he said.
But the item was cut, just the same.
Otherwise the special appropriations
went through undisturbed. They in
clude the following: Band concerts in.
parks next Summer. $10,000; construc
tion of wading pool at Columbia Park,
$810; fencing the east side of Colum
bia Park, $225; Installing a lighting
system in Holladay Park. $1000; put
ting In a lawn sprinkling system In
Holladay Park. $400; construction of
a playground comfort station at Mt.
Tabor Park. $2000; grading a play
ground at Mt. Tabor Park. $100-3; in
stalling a lighting system in Sellwood
Park. $1200; construction of first unit
of Washington Park zoo. $3000; In
stalling drinking fountains at Ter
williger Park. $150.
Messenger boys in the city service
seem to be the principal ones who are
lucky during; tho present budget con-
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