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VOL. L.V. NO. 17,134. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DOOM BRAVELY MET BY BRITISH NURSE Miss Cavell "Glad to Die for Country." NO BITTERNESS IS SHOWN "Patriotism Not Enough,' Says Woman Near to Death. STORY TOLD BY CHAPLAIN British Clergyman Describes Last Visit to Prison and German Says She 'Died Like Heroine Body Interred Near Prison. LONDON. Oct. 22. The British For eign Office made public today the re port of Rev. H. S. T. Gahan. the Brit ish chaplain in Brussels, who visited Miss Edith Cavell just before her exe cution, and a letter, from Brand Whit lock, the American Minister to Bel gium, to Walter Hines Page, the Amer ican Ambassador in' London. In his letter. Mr. Whitlock says he requested that the body of Miss Cavell be deliv ered to the School for Nurses, of which she . was the directeress, his request being referred to the Ministry of War in Berlin. Rev. Mr. Gahan in his re port fays: "On Monday evening, October 11. I was admitted by a special passport from the German authorities to the Prison of St. Gilles, .where Miss Cavell had been confined for 10 weeks. The final sentence had been given early that afternoon. Woman Calm and Resigned. "To my astonishment and relief I found my friend perfectly calm and re eisned. but this could not lessen the tendemes and intensity of feeling on cither part during that last interview of almost an hour. "She said that she wished all her friends to know that she willingly gave her life for her country, and said: " 'I have no fear nor shrinking. I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.' "She further said: 'I thank God for this ten weeks of quiet before the end. My life has always been hurried and full of difficulties; this time the rest has beer, a great mercy. They have all been very kind to me here. "Patriotism In Not Enougt." " "But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity: I realise that patriotism is not enough. I have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.' "We partook of holy communion to gether, and she received the gospel message of consolation with all her heart. At the close of the little serv ice I began to repeat the words 'Abide With Me,' and she joined softly in the end. "We sat quietly talking until it was time for me to go. She gave me part ing messages for relations and friends. She spoke of her soul's needs at the . moment and she received the assur ance of God's words as only a Christian can do. "Heroine," Says German Chaplain. "Then I said good-bye, and she smiled and said: 'We shall meet again.' "A German military chaplain was with her at the end and afterward gave her a Christian burial. He told me: " 'She was brave and bright to the last. She professed her Christian faith and said she was glad to die for her country. She died like a heroine.'" Mr. Whitlock encloses the letter he wrote to Baron von ler Lancken, the German Governor, at the request of President Faider, of the Court of Ap peals in Brussels, and president of the Belgian School for Nurses, asking that Miss Cavell's body be delivered to the School for Nurses, of which she was the directress. Body Interred Near Prison. "I have not received a written re Ply to my note to Baron Lancken on the subject." says Mr. Whitlock, "but he came to see me yesterday afternoon, and said that "the body had been in terred near the prison of St. Gilles, where the execution took place, and that under the regulations governing such cases it was Impossible to exhume the body without written permission from the Minister of War at Berlin. "lie added that he had no authority to ask for permission to exhume th-j bixly. but that immediately on the re turn of the Governor-General he would request hira to take the mat ter up. ' I shall hope to be able to tell you that xv e have at least been able to accomplish Ihls small service." The Daily Telegraph, with a dona tion of 1000 shillings ($250) has start ed a shilling fund to provide a me morial statue to Miss Kdith Cavell. Sir George J. Framplon, the sculptor, has promised to execute the statue as a "labor of love." ENGLISH DUKE BANKRUPT -Manchester, Son-in-Law of Ameri can, in Receiver's Hands. t-OXDON. Oct. 22. It was announced r-.ere tonight that an order for a re- river l.ad been issued against the Iuke of Manchester on the petition of a creditor. Tha Puk.; of Manchester married Helen Zimmerman, daughter ol ihe lat Eugejit Zi rag errata, of Ciationati, DR. AKED OFFERS WAY TO END WAR PASTOR SAYS AMERICA SHOULD WITHDRAW SUPPORT. Toast, 'My Country, Right or Wrons' J Denounced as Mistaken Inter pretation of Patriotism. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Rev. Charles F. ' Aked. of San Francisco, in an address tonight on "An International Conscience," before the National Council of Congregational Churches, denounced as base and disas trous. Immoral through and through, the sentiment contafned in the toast, "Our Country, Right or Wrong." He urged that an international con science, backed by a league of the neu tral nations, with the United States at its head, could put an end to "this devil's work" in two short months by refusing all intercourse with every one of the warring nations. "Before the masses of Europe can shake from their limbs the chains of military despotism," said Dr. Aked, "they must first emancipate themselves from the impalpable and monstrous tyranny of a superstition which mas querades as patriotism. We, ourselves, in this land of the free, are not leas superstitious slaves. "To this day we drink the shameful toast, 'Our country in her Intercourse with foreign nations may she be al ways in Jthe right, but our country, right or wrong.' "Such sentiment is base in Its con ception and disastrous in its results. It is immoral through and through." LOAFING BOYS SENT HOME Berkeley Police Begin Drastic En forcement of Sew State Law. BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 22. (Special.) In a drastic enforcement of the new delinquency law passed by the last Leg islature the police today rounded up more than 100 high school boys loiter ing about billiard rooms during the noon hour and sent them home with a warning of prosecution if they repeatf.d the practice. f Patrolmen visited every billiard room and tobacco store in the city looking for boys under 21 years old, who might be making the place a rendezvous. At the same time Chief Vollmer announced that every boy under 21 years old caught smoking cigarettes would find himself liable under the new law. ' School Superintendent James and members of the various mothers' clubs joined in the crusade. WOMAN IN KIDNAPING NET Divorced Wife Wanted in North . Yakima Arrested in Montana. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Oct. 22. (Special.) Telegrams from Great Falls, Mont., today announced the ar rest there of Mrs. Bessie Carmichael Wilcox, divorced wife of R. H. Wilcox, night marshal of Sunnyside. She will be brought here to answer an indict ment for kidnaping her 6-year-old daughter from the home of Wilcox last April, j Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox were divorced in Oregon in 1910. the husband taking the daughter and accusing the mother of abandoning the child. Mrs. Wilcox motored from this city to Sunnyside to visit her daughter and fled with the child in Wilcox's absence. Information here is that Mrs. Wilcox will fight ex tradition. PROHIBITION CASE DELAYED Olympia Hearing Set for Monday Due to Death of Justice. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Oct. 22. Chief Justice Morris, of the Suprem Court, announced today that the prohibition case brought by M. and K. Gottstein in an effort to nullify the state-wide prohibition law that becomes effective January 1, 1916, would be heard Mon day on account of the death of Supreme Justice Crow. The Monday calendar of the Supreme Court is continued until Friday. The postponement was. made with the consent of attorneys for both sides. The Crow funeral will be held Sunday afternoon, and the court adjourned until after the services. CORDOBA MADE NEW COIN Nicaragua Adopts Money of Stand ard of American tiold Dollar. SAX JUAX DEL SUR. Nicaragua. Oct. 22. The final conversion of the cur rency of Nicaragua will be concluded October SO, after which the Cordoba will be the only legal tender of the republic. The cordoba, the new monetary unit of Nicaragua, is of the same weight and fineness as the gold dollar Z the United States. It was announced re cently that the final rate of exchange agreed on was 12 j pesos of the old currency for one cordoba. BRITISH LOSSES INCREASE Casualties Since October 1 Average Nearly 2 5 00 a Day. LONDON. Oct. 23. British casual ties published since October 1 total 22SS officers and S0.0T2 non-commissioned officers and men. These figures show an average loss to the British army of nearly 2504 men a day. This Is "considerably In. excess of the casualties earlier in the wsr. and reflects the heavy lotsscs of ti:e Eritish In th recent sever, flg'.itlug In Belgium. During the Summer the Josses ..erased, about 119. 4aJJ PRESIDENT BEGINS DAY WITH COURTING Early Walks Lead to Home of Fiancee. BREAKFAST HOUR IS GUARDED Secret Service Men Keep In quisitive Folk Away. WEDDING PLANS MATURING Mrs. Gait Gives Attention to Pros pective Changes in Management of Jewelry Business Hud Other Pressing Affairs, WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. (Special.) President Wilson and Mrs. Norman Oalt are courting during the. breakfast hour. The President has taken to early morning walks, which lead to" Mrs. Gait's home, at 8:30 o'clock every morn ing, where the President is a breakfast guest. ' While the President is enjoying breakfast, the secret service are seen patroling the sidewalk, where they may intercept ' possible - inquisitive sight seers or reporters. The morning meal terminates short ly after 9:30, when the White House automobile takes Mr. Wilson back to the White House to begin the day's routine. Mrs. Gait Guest at Dinner. At the close of the day Mrs. Gait is the President's guest at dinner at the White House. With Miss Margaret Wilson at the White House after an absence of four months, arrangements for the marriage of the President and Mrs. Gait -. will soon be completed. It is understood that the formal announcement will be made in a few days. Since leaving here last June for Cornish, the President's eldest daugh ter has entertained several visitors at Harlakenden House, where Mrs. Gait was a guest for the month of August, and kept up her study of music, with frequent visits to teachers n New York City. . Couple Play. Golf Together. President Wilson and Mrs. Gait de voted this afternoon to playing golf at the Washington Club. They, made the rounds of the links unattended. Mrs. Gait is much engrossed with her correspondence, to which she devotes her personal attention. Plans for her trouEseau occupy each day s.id she still finds time to walk, r- ,tor, play golf and go to the theate.. whenever it is possible for the President to join in these pursuits. - Mrs. Gait also is devoting time and attention to arranging several business matters of importance, which are said to be connected with some changes in management of the jewelry , business in which she . is interested. l'l-ond Parents Not Subsidized. Proud parents of twins or triplets need not apply to the White House for a subsidy based on promises to name the babies after the President, his Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.) i THE MARTYR, t I 1 " hi i - i i -TT- irr II 11 II ! II i. mi II , iiiiniqj I j j. ijun j j nt jx j.jtrfcfcf jt Jasjn a.t miASM.t m.iM.tnu. -ar. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, CO decrees; minimum. 60 decree. TODAY'S Occasional rain; auutherkr winds. War. British nurse brave when executed by Ger mans in Belgiurr Pace 1. Dr. Aked says America could end war by withdrawing; support,, Pagu 1. . National. . Final army plans await outcome of Wilson's conference with leaders. Paso 1 . Domestic. Mellen explains early plans for securing con - trol of New England traffic. F&e Four hop ranch fires charred to X. W. W. rage e. Farmers cling- to old-time methods, dec'' i college nrofessor. Pa en ? f O Sports. , Salt Lake 8, Lo Angeles 3; San Francisco 8, Oakland 0; Vernon 2, Portland 1. Page 13. Big- Eastern elevens plan critical sames to day, page 1 . Ore con doped to defeat Whitman at foot ball today. Page 1U. Oregon University faculty '- slashes indoor game from list of sports. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Campmeetinjr pastor at '.Oregon. City ar rested. Page 2. Funeral services for late Professor W. B. Hall are held at Vancouver. Page 7. Mothers defend Dickens as proper for child. Page 7. - ; . Justice Crow, of Washington Supreme Court, dies. Page 7. Liquor law elections affecting druggist In terpreted by Attorney-General. Page 0. Young The Dalles wife commits suicide after . quarrel with husband. . Page 2. Salem chosen for . next Baptist convention. Page d. Commercial and Marine. Export inquiry for oats is reported. Page IT. Wheat' lower-at Chicago on free selling 'by farmer j. Page 17. . Broader demand for war and investment stocks In Wall street. Page 17. Australia out of grain market. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Committee cuts 107, 4S7 from : Mr. Dieck's estimates. Page 1. Crusade against - poolballs ; harboring juve niles arises from schoolboy, burglaries. Page 14. Mrs. s toner explains proper care of chil dren. Page 6, Colonel Callahan declares Moose will 1 have Presidential candidate. Page 13. Three important realty deals closed in single day. Page 14. Pell of high school militia recruits to start Monday, page 10. ' Mr. Baker and Fire Marshal seek new law for school fire exits.' Page 10. City property listed for improvement de linquency sale. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. EX-GOVERNOR UNDER BAIL Probable Cause for Criminal Libel Action Found Against Mr. Voss. BOSTON, Oct. 22. Probable ' cause was found today against ex-Governor Foss in an action for criminal libel brought against him in the Municipal Court by Dennis . D. Driscoll, . a labor leader.. Foss was held for the Brand Jury -on ilOO bail. - - ; lyiseoll. who is secretary' of the Trates Union Liberal League, -alleged that .Foss asserted in . a recent cam paign speech that while he was Gov ernor Lriscoll sought to be appointed Prison Commissioner " and promised in return to call off a strike - then in progress in factories owned or con trolled by Foss. ' RUSSIAN GENERAL RETIRED Honors Won in V ar With Japan Lost Agains' Germans. PETROGRAD, via London. Oct." 22. General Rennenkampff has been placed on the retired list. General Ftennenkampff was regarded as one of the ablest of. the Russian commanders in the ' Russo-Japanese War. Early in the present war he led the Russian invasion of East TTussia. It was reported, in December ihat he had been superceded because he was two days late in taking up r position through which the German ."mles ad vancing on Warsaw were to have been hemmed in. ARMY PLANS WAIT Ofl CONFERENCES Wilson Still Consulting Congressmen. irtAST. GUNS WILL BE HUGE 16-Inch Weapon Not Regard , ed as Final Word. CRUISERS TO BE SWIFT Speed of Scout Craft In Excess) of 35 Knots an Hour Desired, With Oil -Supply Sufficient to ' Outdo - Great ' Itinera. WASHINGTON, Oct 22 Formal an nouncement of - Army plans in the Na tional defense programme to be held before Congress by the Administration this Winter aval's word from Presi dent Wilson that he has concluded, his conference with Congressional leaders on the subject. While the President has approved the plan which calls for building up an Army of more than 1,200,000 in six years, he has not yet had an opror tunity to discuss it with all those mem bers of the House and Senate whose views he wishes to obtain. 19-Inch Cioaa Not Last Word. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate military affairs committee, is en route to Washington from Oregon. It was learned tonight that, although it has been determined to recommend establishment of several new harbor defenses on both the Atlantic and Pa cific, armed with 16-inch guns, final designs for these giant weapons have not been completed. Army ordnance experts say the 16-inch gun in no sense represents the biggest weapon that can be designed. If ships are built that can withstand - the blow of . a 16-inch projectile, it merely is. a question of building a bigger gun. - - For that reason the new coast-defense 'guns will be designed only as they are authorized, so as to include latest ideas. . Scout Cruisers te Be Vast. The 10 scout cruisers contemplated in the five-year building programme to be recommended to Congress will be the swiftest vessels of this-class ever built, if tentative clans now under consideration by the general board are approved. They will be of greater dis placement than the cruisers . Salem, Chester and Birmingham, the only craft of the kind now :a service, but will have a sustained speed "of 30 knots cr more an hour and a maximum speed probably in excess of the 35-knot gait, at which gait the giant battle cruisers to be built will be able to travel in an emergency. - The Navy now has many destroyers which can make 30 knots in a calm sea and many more will be added within the five-year pericd. They are so low in the water and so light in weight, however, that they cannot maintain this speed in rough weather or for any considerable disiance. The new scouts will be big enough and' carry enough (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) Friday's War Moves GBEECB has declined, for the pres ent, the allies offer to her of Cyprus and other concessions, territorial and financial. In return for military aid to assist In meeting the Bulgarian and Austro-German attack against her former ally. The reply of Greece to- the offer, which reached the British Foreign Of fice at London last night, is a lengthy one, and, while it has not been made public, there is reason to believe that the Hellenic kingdom bases Its decision not to Join the allies on the ground that the Anglo-French force landed at Saloniki is not, in the Greek govern ment's opinion, strong enough for the task allotted It. The refusal to accept the allies' offer was not unexpected, as it has been often declared in British official circles that both Roumania and Greece were with holding their assistance until the allies either won a decisive victory or proved to the Greeks and Roumanians their ability to do so, or until operations had reached a stage which would assure them that their countries would not be overrun by the forces of the central powers or their Turkish and Balkan allies. There is no Inclination in London or in the capitals of other members of the quadruple entente powers to mini mize the seriousness of the situation of Serbia. The Austro-German and Bulgarian campaign is developing slowly, but the plans are now fairly clear. The Austro-German center is advancing down the Morava Valley from Semendria, while the Bulgarians have got across this valley to the south and command the Belgrade-Nish-Salonikl railway. The Austro-Germans have three other forces engaged, one in the northwest near Shabatz, one at Belgrade and the third, which has not yet crossed the' Danube, about. Ossova. The Bulgarians also have other armies moving across the frontier, near Zaitar, Pirot and Nish and farther south near Egri Palanka and Kohane, and say they are already in Veleze, on the Vardar River. It is this latter force the Anglo-French tropps landed at Sa loniki probably will encounter first. On the other fronts the operations are considered to be more favorable for the allies. The Russians, taking ad vantage of the removal of German troops on other fronts to reinforce t Field Marshal von Hlndenburg for his drive at Riga, have been delivering some fierce strokes at the German cen ter on the Styr and in Gallcia. In all these they have had at least initial suc cess. The latest offensive by the Russians was assumed north of TarnopoL where the carrying of Austro-German po sitions gave the Russian soldiers nearly 8000 prisoners, two howitzers and sev eral machine guns. These prisoners, added to those taken near the Barona vlchl the day. before, make a .total of more than 11.000 Austrians and Ger mans captured in two days. The Germans, on the other hanl. declare that their counter-attacks, both on the Styr and at Baronovlchl. were successful, and, acording to tne Berlin official communication, the Rus sians taken prisoner totaled upward of 4000. The Germans admit, however, the loss of six guns on the Styr. In the west another German attach, acocrding to French acoucts, has been repulsed in Artois. while a contem plated attack In Champagne was pre- j vented by the French artillery. The Italians continue their offensive in Tyrol and ; Trentino, where it is progressing, and along the Isonzo. No advance is reported in the latter region. During the : week ended. October SO only one British steamer, the Salerno, was sunk by a German submarine. This is the lowest record in British ships sunk for months. Unofficial re ports say that the British submarines have added three more ships to their bag in the Baltic during the last 24 hours. Some mystery surrounds the sinking at Hamburg by the Germans of three British steamers, which have been In terned there since the beginning of tho war. They were all small vessels. October 23, 1814. German cruiser Karlsrhue sinks 13 British merchantmen. I Great Britain establishes monopoly on sugar. . America ready to pay debts to Brit ish in gold. YALE BARS CLUB DRINKING Faculty to Prohibit Serving? of Liquor After November 1. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 22. (Spe cial.) Notices have been sent out by the Yale faculty to all clubs, secret so cieties and "frat" organizations to which Yale undergraduates belong, in forming them that after November 1 they will not be allowed to serve liquor, in their club, society or "frat" house. The faculty order is expected to put an end. to social drinking of under graduates, which has been at times ex cessive. Action is taken in connection with a new state law. which provides that all clubs and similar organizations which wish to serve liquor must secure a special license. ' MILK TRUS"MSSUSPECTED Federal Agent Investigates Alleged Control of Western Markets. LOS ANGELES. Oct- 22. Leon Bone, special agent of the Department of Justice, stationed at Salt Lake City, ar rived here tcday to pursue investiga tion of an alleged creamery trust which Is said to be in control of markets in Utah, Wyoming. Nevada, Washington. Oregon, Arizona and parts of California. Three or four big creamery com panies, it is charged, dominate the dairy market and fix the prices of milk. ; cream and butter, i IThe investigator on reticent con- j corning the progress of the tnauiry, . I $107,487 GUT FROM MR. DIECK'S BUDGE! Amounts Lopped Off on Percentage Basis. ACT IS ACCEPTED GRACEFULLY Only Right Asked Is Free Hand In Expenditures. NO SALARIES TO BE RAISED After First Wliack Commissioner Votes With Majority and Pros- , pect Is That Other Depart ments Will Suffer Alao. Commissioner . Dieck failed to com ply wjth the Council's request to trim his 1916 budget 3100,000. so the Coun cil yesterday did it for him, and more. They hooked on about 7 '.4 per cent for good measure and made a total cut of 3107,487 in Just about the length ' of time it takes to relate the fact. His department was taken as it stood and the payroll was whacked off lj per cent of the total, or 342.000. This action automatically cut off 32S.64S in addition which amount was asked for in the budget in excess of the esti mated expenditure for . the present year. Then Mr. Dieck was given 386. 621 with which to take care of all items of supplies, materials and equipment. This is a reduction of 336.839 from his budget. His request for 3432.008 was $324,521 when they finished. Cut Is Deepest Made. The cut was the biggest of the kind made in any department of the city service during the whole two and a half years1 of Commission government in Portland and means that Mr. Dieck will have to reorganize his department so as to do all the next year's en gineering and maintenance, at 15 per cent less cost than the total estimated for the present year. And this on top of the fact that maintenance co&ts will be greatly increased next year by rea son of Increased paved 'area coming under municipal maintenance. At tne outset Commissioner Dieck put up a hard fight, but when he saw the inevitable landslide he surrendered and not only said he would do his best, but actually voted for the motion to trim 336.839 out of bis budget of sup pile's. He did not, however, vote for the motion to cut down the payroll 342,000. Payroll Not Asaigaed. At Mr. Dieck's request the Council gave m a free hand to distribute his total remaining payroll of 32CS,i00 as he deems best. The only string placed on the lump sum appropriation for salaries was that no salaries be in creased. Otherwise he can reorganize his department and place his men as seems best to him. The' same holds true in the supply items. At the outset the Council started in to trim out item by item in ilia bud get. This plan was hindered by Mr. Dieck calling in the heads of bureaus, who gave explanations as to why In creases were necessary in appropria tions. There seemed to be good reason for everything. Halt Is Called. jThe Council had Just finished hearing jBuildlng Inspector Plummer explain why it is necessary now to have a building inspection department cost uO per cent more than In 1910 with 100 per cent less building going on, wkn Commissioner Baker- stepped to the front. "We are not getting anywhere with this sort of business," said He. "Mr. Dieck, what are the estimated ex penditures for salaries in your depart ment for the present year?" rAbout 33S0.000,' replied Mr. Dieck. "I move, then," said Mr. Baker, "that we allow the Department of Puoiic Works for next year fc5 per cent of 3-80,000 for salaries. In other words, a cut of 15 per cet under the payroll as existing at present." "Oh, now," said Mr. Dieck. "be rea sonable. That is too much of a cut. it is a matter of public safety." "1 second the motion," said Mr. Bige low. Mayor Albee put the question and it carried, with Mayor Albee and Com missioner Dieck, voting against it and Commissioners Baker, - Bigelow and Daly Voting for it. "Now," said Mr. Bigelow, "I nioe that we cut the total for supplies, ma terials, equipment, etc.. so that It will not exceed the estimated expenditures for the present year, or 3S6.521," "I second the motion," said Commis sioner Baker. Mayor Albee put the question and it carried. "How did you vote, Mr. Dieck?" asked the Mayor. "I voted 'yes,' " replied Mr. Dieck. "I'll show you I'm a good loser and a good sport. I'll do my best." "There is no use of us trying to go through and cut out things item by item." said Mr. Baker. 'you're right." replied ' Mr. Dieck. "The lump sum cut was the only way out of It. Now remember you are pledged to let me. have a free hand to reorganize and distribute as I see fit." "Pass It Around," They Say.. "Yes," said Mr. Daly, "provided you don't try to give it all to one man." "Nothing like that," said Mr. D'ei-k. "There will lie no snlery Increases." iCouoludcd i Pk u. Columa i.J. . : l J.