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VOL,. LV-XO. 17,138. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROTEST TO BRITAIN GOES 8Y MESSENGER Note of 10,000 Words on Way.to London. DETAILS ARE KEPT SECRET Entire Issue of Neutral Com . merce Is Reviewed. ARGUMENT IS EXHAUSTIVE Iocumcnt Committed to Third Sec retary of Berlin Embassy, Who Will Deliver It on Way Back to Germany. "WASHINGTON, Oct. if. America's long-considered protest against British interference with commerce between the United States and Europe has been dispatched to London by special mes senger and will be presented by Am bassador rage at the British Foreign Office next week. It became known today that the note, which in about 10.000 words Ions an.l covers exhaustively the argument of the American Government on all phases of interference with neutral trade, was approved by the President last Saturday and started on it way to London Sunday. Alexander W. Kirk, third secretary of the American Kinbassy at Berlin, who had returned to Washington, carrying documents from Ambassador Gerard, was In trusted with the mission on his return journey to Berlin, rinarh Is Kept Secret. Until today the fact that the com munication had been sent was kept Fecret.. instructions having been given to officials that no announcement of fny kind was to be made about IfcP That it contains a repetition of argu ments made in the note of March 30, which recorded the "Washington Gov ernment's first protest against the or der in council, or so-called blockade, -is .admitted, but no intimation was given by officials today an to what measures are proposed in the event that there Is no modification of British practices. Not only does the latest communica tion cover the various notes and mem oranda sent by the British government since March 30. but It also acknowl edes and discusses the lengthy notes that came from Great Britain in Janu ary in response to the first protests by the United States against interfer ence with neutral trade. Note Considered Three Weeks. It was the note now on its way which ex-Secretary Bryan advocated sending at the same time that the sec ond Liisitania note was dispatched to Berlin last June. President Wilson de clined to send it at that time because of the fear that the United States might be placed in a position of bar paining for its rights with Germany on the basis of its attitude toward Great Britain. With the clearing up of the sub marine Controversy through the satis factory settlement of the Arabic case, it was announced at the State Depart ment that the note to Great Britain would go forward. After three weeks of consideration at the White House it finally was dispatched. As prepared originally at the State department the document was under stood to be vigorous in tone and re plete with objections to Great Brit ain's policy. No intimation as to whether tho document since has been modified was available tonight. NAMPA CHEWS MUCH GUM 10,000 Micks of Sweetened "Cud' j Used Each Week. NAMPA, Idaho. Oct. 27. (Special.) Is this a city of slaves to the chewing sum habit, or docs every town of 5000 inhabitants wpend $1 a year for every man, woman and child within its limits on the sweetened "cud"? This ia a question that is being wide ly asked since figures were obtained to show the total consumption of chewing-gum. The startling amount of 2000 packages, or 10,000 individual sticks, is sold over the counters of cigar stores, drugstores, grocery stores and confectioneries every seven days. It represents an expenditure of an even $100. Men purchase and chew by far more gum than women, according to dealers. QUAKE STOPS HOT SPRING In Ion County Water ' Sources Changed After Shock. Are LA GRANDK. Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) That the recent earthquake in Baker County Jarred subterranean channels in Uriion County, causing a brisk flow of water from the middle of a county road near North Powder, is one of the theories advanced for the .sudden ap- rearance of the spring. Other natural arrangements were dis organized in the North Powder region. for the famous hot and cold wells on eertain North Towder ranch have lost their reputation. The hot well has ceased to flow hot water, and the cold well adjoining produces about ten times its former flow. AMERICAN NAVY TO HAVE GIANT PLANE GOVERNMENT TO BOLD CRAFT TO FLY 30 MILES. Aerial Machine Can Be L'scd to Make Torpedo Attack on Hidden Warships. WASHINGTON". Oct. 27. Secretary Daniels signed an order today tor the construction at the Navy-yard of a giant biplane for the Navy, the first aircraft to be built at any Government establishment. Flans for the machine were prepared by Navy engineers. The craft will have a carrying ca pacity of 2200 pounds and will make from 60 to 80 miles an hour for a. period of teven hours without stop. It will be driven by two 160-horsepower motora When completed it will almost equal- in- area the great -Frnoh battle airships recently constructed, and it is understood the Navy Ordnance Bureau is at work on the design 'of a three inch gun with which it can be equipped if desired. . In a statement describing the aero plane. Secretary Daniels said its carry ing capacity could be used for trans porting fuel, weapons or high explo sives, and it would be of great value for long-range -scouting. It has been suggested, too, that an aeroplane of this character might be used to carry a torpedo and swoop down over the barriers of a land-locked harbor to at tack a fleet sheltered there behind the mines and shore defenses. MINORITY ASKED TO HELP Wilson to Summon Republicans to Defense Conference. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Speaker Clark has been invited by President Wilson to confer with him some time before Congress convenes on the gen eral legislative programme for the next session, particularly the Administra tion's plans for National defense. After the President has discussed the National defense plans with the Demo cratic leaders, it is expected he will also call into conference Minority Leader Mann, of the House, and Minor ity Leader Gallinger, of the Senate, as the Administration desires to press the Army and Navy appropriation bills on a strictly nonpartisan basis. WATCH FROM GALT'S FIXED Timepiece Bought 20 Years Ago by General Bacon Is at Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 27. (Spe cial.) A Swiss watch which was bought from the Gait jewelry store in Washington, D. C, for 350 by General Bacon, when a young man, but now the property of Forsyth Bacon, a son of Amboy, was. brought to this city to day to be repaired. When General Bacon was carrying the watch it was cleaned and repaired at the store of Coovert & Carter. When the son ffas the watch repaired, he takes it to this same firm. At regular intervals for tho past 20 years the timepieca has been taken to the local store. ARTIST WINS DAMAGE SUIT Verdict of $900 Awarded for Paint ing Hadley Portrait. CHICAGO. Oct. 27. Nine hundred dol lars damages were awarded to Mrs. Samantha L. Huntley for painting a portrait of ex-Governor Hadley, of Missouri. Mrs. Huntley sued the com mittee which passed judgment on the picture , for $2000. The portrait was painted in August, 1911. After the inspection - the com mittee decided it was unsatisfactory and refused to accept it. NOTED FRESCO DESTROYED Masterpiece in Venetian Church Suffers From Airmen's Raid. ROME, via Paris. Oct. 27. An exam ination of the famous Scalzi Church in Venice, which suffered in the recent bombardment of the city by air craft, shows that the first bomb fell in the left nave. It demolished two beams and pierced the ceiling, which was en tirely destroyed by the second bomb. Not a foot of Tiepolo's magnificent fresco remains intact and it is con sidered virtually impossible to restore even a small part of the masterpiece. APPLE PACK MARK BROKEN C. M. .Fcnlon Sets Kecord of 160 Boxes in Day for Hood Klver. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 27. (Spe cial.) Apple-packing records for the Hood River Valley were broken by C. M. Fenton yesterday when he wrapped and packed 160 boxes on the East Side ranch of J. L.. Carter. Mr. Feji ton's packing- mate, Luhr Jenson. packed 131 boxes. The nen were packing" from a table, making to a large extent their own assortment. They worked a ten hour day. Mr. Kenton's day's wage was $G.40. CZAR BUYS WOOLEN CLOTH Record Heavy Order for Uniform Goods Placed in llosion. BOSTON, Oct. 27. Contracts have been signed by William M. Wood, presi dent of the American Woolen Company, for the delivery of 5.000.000 yards of uniform cloth to the Russian govern ment, it was announced here today. The order is eaid to be the largest ever placed at one time in the history of the trade. GOVERNOR ACCEPTS MEDFQRD ARMORY Great Throng Sees Big Military Display. W. H. GORE GIVES WELCOME Orators Urge Strengthening of National Defenses. BALL FOLLOWS CEREMONY Mr. "Withycombe Says Preparation Is Necessary, but Hopes Country ' "Will Practice Christian Prln- ciples and Avoid War. i MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) Before the largest crowd ever gathered in Medford, with a display of military that has never been equaled in South ern Oregon, Governor Withycombe this afternoon dedicated the new armory of the Oregon National Guard in this city. "I am for peace." said theGovernor, and because I am for peace I am for preparation against war as the best means of insuring peace. Here we are, with. 3000 miles of unprotected coast line, easy prey for any well-armed na tion that might wish to seize it. We must prepare ourselves so that we will not offer'a temptation for aggression Christian Dealing Urge. "Equally important, to my mind, is to hold to ideals of right dealing and justice among nations, which will tend to cultivate principles of amity and friendship among the peoples of the earth. In other words, I would like to see this a real Christian Nation, put ting into' every-dy practice principles of the Christian faith, so that, through the brotherhood of man and the father' hood of. God, we may gradually develop toward the plane where force' will be abandoned as a settlement of differ ences among the nations." . . . The- Governor was met at the station by a full company of the Oregon Na tional Guard in full-dress" uniform headed by the Medford band, while in the procession that proceeded to the Armory were hundreds of school chil dren, members of the Grand Army and Women's Relief Corps and prominent citizens of Medford and Jac-tson Coun ty. Captain A. J. Vance presided at the dedication ceremonies, and the ad dress of welcome was delivered by W. H. Gore, former member of the State Legislature and president of the Med ford National Bank. MUKla Captain Complimented. Mr. Gore complimented Captain Vance upon the fine showing made by his company, and declared the time had come when every reasonable American realized that the National peace and security depended upon the proper preparations for defense on the land and on the sea. The response to the Governor's ad drees was given by B. F. Mulkey, who (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3. ) i. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather . TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature. t7 degree; minimum. 60 degrees. -TODAY'S Cloudy and occasionally threat ening weatber; southeasterly- winoi. War. Albanians begin attack on Serbians. Page 3. Mexico. Villa troops to b treated as outlaws If they cross into united States. iase o. National. Protest to Britain dispatched ' to London by messenger. Pace 1.- Wilson deckles on legislation designed to aid foreign trade after war. Page 5. Navy to have giant hi plane. - Pae 1." Senator Chamberlain - talks against new coast defenses on eve of meeting Presi dent." Page 2. . Official report on F-4 disaster shows vic tims made determined - fight for life. Page 8. Twenty ' per cent of Portland t" wage-earners unempioyeo. . page s. .. . . . ...... Domestic. More persons believed Implicated in plot to acstroy. munition snips, page l-'. t Sport. Lincoln Hih School defeats Washington, to 3. Page 14. . . . .. Idaho grooms to battle Washington . College Saturday. Page li. Federal -and National Leagues may unite. thereby ending baseball war. Page 13. Deal said to be on to take Federal League into organized baseball. . Page 15. raclTic North went. Colonel Tucker. fc2, announces Intention to re-enlist. Page 3, Great crowd attends dedication of Med ford Armory by - Governor Withycombe. -Page 1. Oregon Federation of Women's clubs holds up resolution for self-rule by prisoners. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Northwester- farmers refuse to sell wheal at declir ng prices, page 19. Chicago wheat market weakened by pros pect of free Canadian grain. Page 19. War stocks decline under selling pressure In nm street, page 17. Damaged schooner Judith ts towed to pore oy tug wauuia. page ltt. Bahkoku Mam clears for Shanghai with . Gd,000car(jo. page 10. . Portland and Vicinity. Marine forces will rule at Land Show to night. Page 6. . Work on Interstate bridge ahead of schedule. paga iz. Lumber tracie Ic improving steadily, page 13. Fight on Governor Strong of Alaska ex plained, by Juneau man. Page Dismissed patrolman reinstated for test in courts. Pace 11. Court holds Oregon has Sunday-closing law ana lines aan Jveuaner. page x. Arbitrary slash likely tn city budget In order " to bring down levy. Page 20. Seven-mttl school levy Is biggest Board Is conEiderlng. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page ID. MOTHER PUT ABOVE HURTS Boy, 14, Pleads Parent Net Be Told of Auto' Accident. "Don't ' tell mother," said Kenneth Wilson. 14 years old, after he had col lided with a motor truck, driven by Anderson, 1887 Morris street, early last nlglU at Bast Sixtieth street " and Sandy boulevard. According to eye witnesses," the ru-ck dragged' the boy 60 feet. . The boy also demanded the reason why Anderson had not stopped The lad was taken to the Emer gency Hospital, where Assistant City Physician Harding attended him. The boy's face and head were - cut and bruised. His mother visited him in the hospital later. Young Wilson was riding a bicycle. Anderson, with a ton of coal, collided with the boy as the truck rounded two streetcars. FOUR MORE GERMANS SUNK British Submarines Add to Victims , . in Baltic Sea. PETROGRAD, Oct- 27, via London. Oct. 28. British submarines have sunk four more German steamers in the Baltic. This announcement is made in the Russian official statement issued tonight. HIRAM'S BALLOON FAILED TO 1 " - - - - rV i . . - . - . AUTO IS MADE KING AT PRODUCTS SHOW Great Crowd Follows Parade to Arrest MOTORISTS SEE FINE DISPLAY Ford Car Assembled in 9 Min utes, 31 Seconds, Record. SCENIC PICTURES CHEERED Band " Music and Songs. Funny Clowns, Land Products Kxhibits and All Sorts of Cars on Dis- . play Combine; to Please. Three thousand . Portlanders paid homage to the motor carriage las1! night by participating in automobile night at the Manufacturers' and Land prod ucts Show in the Armory and its sup plementary buildings' . The crowd was more than double the attendance on the former night, and the officials of the show declare that C. M. Menzics, chairman for the night, and his able corps of assistants have set a mark that will bo hard for any other organization to better. The automobile dealer, the automo bile owner and the automobile fancier bumped elbows in the jolly throng that surged from one booth to another, and each one contributed his voice to the general babble of tongues and laughter. Procession Sth Block Long. 'The big programme started promptly at 7:30 o'clock with a monster parade emanating from the corner in front of the Commercial Club building. Fifth and Oak streets. By the time the pro cession reached Third and Washington streets and had wound its way up Washington to Twelfth street, seven blocks of -automobiles were lined up behind the grand marshal of the parade. u. ri. Williams. Two clowns that were really com ical and two. bands that played real music, the Ford band of 40 pieces and McElroy's band, dispensed amusement for the great throngs that bordered the line of march back down Morrison street and then across to Washington again and up to Tenth street, where a tangent was taken to the Armory. All the while the big searchlight on tne roor or the Pittock block played peek-a-boo with the motorists in line and with the spectators along the curblines. Auto Display Admired. The automobile folk visited every booth in the great pavilion and tasted every sample offered but, naturally, tho center of attraction was the au tomobile division, where the products marketed in this territory by the Covey Motor Car Company, and the Northwest Auto Company, were dis played. The little Dodge roadster and touring car, the slick Cole "Eight" roaster, and the new Reo touring car, were inspected and admired by all and (Concluded on Page 6. Column 1.) GO UP. i Wednesday's War Moves THE German army which crossed the Danube at Ossova has Joined hands with the Bulgarians, who inyaded Serbia near Prahovo, and the central powers now have an open road through Northeastern Serbia and Bulgaria to tho -ean Sea and Constantinople. TJo . thus in a position to send V" and munitions by river and rail way to their Bulgarian and Turkish allies, who will be greatly strengthened thereby. . ' The invasion of the northern portions of Serbia by the Austro-Germans con tinues, while Bulgaria is putting forth a strong effort to secure' control of additional sections of the Belgrade- syoniki railway. So far as the north is concerned, Serbia, it is feared, by her allies, is doomed, but in the south, reinforced by the Brtish and French, who are now fighting by her side. Serbia is using ell of her strength to throw the Bul garians back. After the French vic tory at Krlvolak the Serbians, ac cording to the Athens report, were able to reoccupy Veles, an Important rail way and road Junction Just south of Uskup, where a big battle is still in progress. It is argued here that if the Bul garians can be held in the south until Anglo-French reinforcements, which are now on the way, arrive, Bulgaria may yet be robbed of Macedonia, on which she has set her heart. The al lies will also have to attempt to block the German road to Turkey and their big attack may be directed elsewhere. The internal situation of Bulgaria, which is reported serious, may have some effect on the campaign. A mil itary conspiracy against King Ferdi nand, Athens dispatches say, has been unearthed and the leaders have been shot. Many of the inhabitants of Bul garia are said to be still loyal to Rus sia and arc showing disinclination to Join the colors. The Roumanians, too, are displaying some uneasiness as to the activity of their government, and an agitation In favor of the allies is being carried on, according to an official report, by the influential leaders. The allies, however, ar depending on their own resources and arranging to throw into the Balkans as many men as can be spared. At the present time they cannot weaken the other fronts; as the Germans are showing considerable activity. The latter have made still another counter attack in the attempt to recapture La Courtlne, in Champagne, which the French re cently took, from them. Strong Ger man patrols, heralding an attack, were observed In the Loos region, but were dispersed. The Germans continue their attacks against the 'Russians in the Riga and Dvinsky. regions, and say they have penetrated the Russian position near the railway line north of Dvinsk. They could not hold the ground gained, as the Russians launched counter-attacks immediately. While the position in this region re mains seriou3 for the Russians, theyi appear, on the whole, to be holding their own. In the south, on the other hand along the Styr' River and Galician frontier, the Russians repqrt successes, repulsing German attacks and carrying through their own attacks. The Italians are persisting in their offensive, and, although their progress is slow, they seemingly are making ad vances. BELGIANS WIN IN AFRICA Germans Reported to Have Been Defeated Decisively. HAVRE, Oct. 27. That there has been heavy fighting between the Belgians and the Germans along the boundary line of the Congo" Free State and German East Africa is indicated by advices just received by the Belgian Minister of the Colonies. .- These dis patches ' say that the German troops were beaten with heavy loss and put to flight by the Belgians on September 11, near the ROsisi delta and on Sep tember 19, near the frontier station of Lavingi. The Belgians are reported to have captured machine guns, rifles and a quantity of munitions. COLONEL YOUNG LEAVES Former Vancouver Commander Is ' En Itoute to Philippines. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. Oct. 27. (Special.) Colonel George S. Young left the post today to Join his wife and daughter. Miss Polly Young, at the Presidio of San Francisco, where the family will remain until Novem ber 5, when they will sail for Manila, Colonel Youi.j being assigned to com mand the Eighth Infantry. Colonel Young arrived here May. 1912. from the Philippines, and he has been in command of the post nearly all of the time -'nee. until October. Mrs. Young and daughter went to San Francisco last Saturday. MISSIONARY HELD AS SPY Lutheran Clergyman 1 teaches Amer ica Three Months Late. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 37. (Special.) Suspected of being a German spy in clerical . robes. Rev. R. H. Freche. a Lutheran missionary, who has spent 24 years In Madras presidency, India, and who arrived here today on the steamship Mongolia, was detained for three months in a British concentration ramp in Hong Kong. Rev. Mr. Freche said he received a British permit when he left India for San Francisco, but the Crown authori ties in Hong Kong refused to recog nize, it. and he was aetafned until the authorities of the Lutheran Church in the United States Drought pressure to bear and secured his release. ....... -.. STATE HAS SUNDAY LAW, COURT HOLDS Dan Kellaher Is Found Guilty,r Fined $25. - CASE FOUGHT AT MANY POINTS. Grocer Pleads He Operated in Capacity of Butcher. CLASS LEGISLATION ARGUED Court Wishes to Impose Minimum Kine, Declaring; Complainants Actuated by No Good Motives. ' Fine Increased for Appeal. There is Sunday-closing law in Oregon. Deputy District Attorney Mowry proved this to the satisfaction of Dis trict Judge Dayton yesterday after noon. Dan Kellaher. up on a charge of keeping his grocery store open on Sunday, was thereafter found guilty and fined $25. Judge Dayton wanted to make it $5. the minimum, but Mr. Kellaher wants to appeal aa far as the Supreme Court of the United States. he announced, so the larger fine was imposed to permit of an appeal being taken. Overruled on his contention aa to tho non-existence of the closing law. Mr. Kellaher fought on, interposing every possible obstacle to conviction. The Judge had actually imposed the fine and thought it was all over, when the Fast Side grocer broke In. with "Just a minute, your honor." Exemption aa Bulrhrr Asked. Then began a fight which kept the court In session fully two hours longer. Mr. Kellaher contended that he wha entitled to the exemption given butcher shops under the law for : the reason that he carries fresh and all kinds of canned meals in stock. In this con nection he urged that conditions have so changed 'that the butcher shop and. bakery of 1854. when Sunday-closing legislation was first adopted in Ore gon, are the grocery of today, all meat and bread products being furnished to retainers by big packing-houses and baking establishments.' In answer Mr. Mowry brought out that Mr. Kellaher is a member of the Portland Retail Grocers' Association, and introduced in evidence the city and telephone directories in which he is classified as & grocer. While the argu ment over this was going on Mr. Kel laher read an article from- the organ of the Retail Grocers" Association in which "Common-User Dan" was ar raigned sarcastically because of his ar rest, the burden of the article being that the common people had so failed to patronize their champion that it wari necessary for him to remain open Sun days to make a living. Necessity for Opening Argued. "There's your answer to the question of whether I am a member of the asso ciation in good standing." ho concluded with an expansive gesture. "I will say, however, that they collect ray dues with great regularity." Witnesses, including J. W. Caldwell. vice-president of the grocers' associa tion, were put on the stand to testify that the meat articles carried in stock by Mr. Kellaher are carried by all first class grocers. Again 'overruled. Mr. Kellaher next urged that keeping grocery stores open on Sundays is a matter of necessity in that portion of the city (his store is at 133 H Grand avenue). He submitted a list of 72 apartment-houses in that lo cality to the Judge, declaring that the tenants of these are mostly people who do not have ice boxes and who pur chase from meal to meal. Class Learlalatlon Point Raised. Lastly he read, a statement in which he contended that tho Sunday closing law is repugnant to the Constitution of the United States in that it amounts to class legislation, some businesses being allowed to run while others are not. "That point was raised in the case recently passed upon by our Supreme Court, in which the law was held valid," interposed Judge Dayton, "but was not passed upon, the court ignor ing it and holding the law good on the ground of police power of the state." "Yes," snorted Mr. Kellaher, "and I'll tell you why your Supreme Court re fuses to pass on constitutional ques tions. It is because the constitution of Oregon provides three Supreme Judges at $2500 each and there are seven on the bench drawing $4500 each. None of their decisions are any geod." Court Sees lnconni.ten7 In Law. Ia summing up. Judge Dayton said: "It is not for the courts, especially an inferior court, when dealing with a piece of legislation held good by the highest court of tho state, to say whether a law should be enforced. -The duty of the court is plain as long a. the law in question is on the statute books. Therefore. 1 must find Mr. Kel laher technically guilty. I will say. however, that it docs not seem fair that drug stores, for instance, should be allowed to sell such things as ica cream, tobacco and confectionery on Sunday when cigar dealers and confec tioners must close. This inconsistency was raised in the Eugene case as an issue, but was not passed upon. "Personally. I believe that the law intends drug stores to sell only drags on Sundays, restaurants to Serve only CJoncluiitd s& fase U. Colujnu l.