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VOL. L,V NO. 17.1 .It. 6 ALL 6ERHANY POT ON SHORT RATIONS New Food Regulations Reveal Shortage. MEET CONSUMPTION REDUCED Conditions Graver Than at Any Time in War. CROP IS DISAPPOINTMENT Drouth Counteracts Expected Itcne fits of Extensive Acreage Na tion Not Starving: but Has Serious Outlook. fSneclal (iablf dispatch to the New York w orlri. fopvrlKlit, 1015, by the I'ress Pub lishing Company.) LONDOiN, Nov. 4. Entirely upon the evidence of their own latest official publications, it is manifest that the Germans' food situation on the threshold of the second Winter of the war is much more serious than in November, 1914. The iron grip of the British fleet, snd particularly the activities of Ad miral Jellicoe's submarines In the Bal tic, are making themselves felt, say the British, as never before. A year ago it was unnecessary for the Kaiser's . government to resort to any more stringent regulations than the introduction of bread cards and restriction or. breadstuflfs in general on the ration basis. Such steps were found advisable even at the end of the more than average good 1914 harvest, and while Germany was In possession of a vast reserve of American cereals imported as long before the war as April and May. Imnirnu Crops Hoped For, This year it was hoped the extra ordinary extensive seeding and planting-, and the conversion of every avail able acre into agricultural land, would produce crops which would provide the country with as generous a. supply of farm products as Germany had on hand In November a year ago. The government tigured that the Fatherland would thus be able to tide over another Winter and Spring as suc cessfully as before. But the 1915 Ger man crops fell little short of failure. Despite the unprecedentedly large acreage, only the potato harvest was above normal. Two months of relentless drought on the threshold of the harvest time com pletely obliterated the prospects of the expected bumper yield. The result is, avcordlng to the best information avail able here, that while it would be ex aggerating to assert that the Germans are face to face with starvation, they confront by far the gravest food con ditions wherewith they have had to deal during the entire period of the war. Germans Put on Rations. The newfood laws decreed by the Imperial government, which are com ing into force this week, certainly eein to tell their own story. They provide for putting the Germans on rations in practically all the great necessaries of life. The regulations for restricting the consumption of meat in the restaur nnts and the sale of it in butcher shops are the most drastic in the his tory of the empire, if not in the his tory of any country. Potatoes have practically been converted into a state monopoly. The maximum price is fixed for but ter at an unheard-of high figure, 64 cents a pound, and soon will be for margarine, cheese, eggs, lard and simi lar commodities. The introduction of official butter cards, on the bread ra tion system, is imminent. Milk com mands prices which, the Socialist press declares, practically put it beyond the reach of the poorer classes. The municipality of Berlin has al ready taken steps to insure that suffi cient quantities at normal cost shall at least be available for nursing mothers, infants, invalids and others to whom milk is a vital necessity. I se of Kat Curtailed. The following are the new meat and fat regulations: On Mondays no restaurants or re freshment establishments of any sort may offer or sell anything except boiled meats. Fried, baked or roaeted meats are prohibited. The object is to save fat. On Tuesdays neither butchers nor restaurants may sell or serve meat or victuals made of meat of any kind whatsoever. Fish is not forbidden. On Wednesdays there are no restrictions. On Thursdays the regulations are the same as for Mondays, on Fridays the tame as Tuesdays. On Saturdays the i restaurants may not serve pork in any form. On Sundays there are no re strictions. The law explains that wherever meat is referred to. the pub lic is to undertand beef, veal, mutton, pork, poultry and game. The only exception permitted on the so-called no-fat days is that baked meats may be served In cold slices as sandwiches. Ham sandwiches will also be legal on Saturday, the no-pork day. Appeal Made to Housewives. The Government particularly expecto that housewives will not attempt to circumvent the law by buying unusu ally large quantities of meats on Mon days and Thursdays in anticipation of' ivuuuuuou vu rsbe column 1.) ELECTIONS VITAL IN WILSON MOVE ADMIXISTRATIOX'S NEW YORK ORGAN PLEADS. Ex-Senator From Oregon Thinks President Will Adhere to Single-Term Plank. OREGONIAN XEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 11. "The Democratic par ty must nominate a candidate In 1916 who is stronger than his party," says the New York Times, a leading Ad ministration oreran. anrt imnn ht premises, the Times says that Presi- aent wnson must be renominated; that there is no other Democrat todav who is stronger than his party. . When the President thnrnno-hiv Tia studied the election returns, I shall not be surprised to find Mm iisrino his adherence to the slne-iA form nunk of the Baltimore platform," declares ex-Senator Bourne of Oroo-nn dent of the Republican Publicity As sociation. These are the two onnnxito nnnciii- sions drawn from a study of the re- suits Of the elections in, Itfn uuai.hu- setts. New York, Pennsylvania, Mary land ana Kentucky. . There is difference of nnininn a to whether the late elortinnx chrvwcH the President to be stronger Than his party, or at least as much stronger as was popularly believed. In spite Of the attitude of SerretnT-v Garrison toward the militia pay bill. Senator Chamberlain has declared his intention to reintroduce the bill, and to press it for favorable considera tion in the Senate. Moreover, Repre sentative Hay. of Virginia, heretofore opposed to the bill, has promised to introduce the Chamberlain bill in the House, and he already has voiced his enthusiastic endorsement of the meas ure. But the most that can be ex pected from Secretary Garrison is that he "will not oppose the bill" while It is before Congress. BAR UP FOR LAD TO WED Woman Notifies County Clerk Son Is Too Youii and Pay Too Small. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 11. (Special.) No tice was received by County Clerk Gehlhar today from Mrs. E. B. Hus bards, of 412 Dover street, Portland, not to issue a marriage license to her son. Samuel C. Husbards, and Miss Feida Barker. Mrs. Husbards says her son is 19 years of age. and the young woman 15. The mother writes that her son is working for J40 a month. She says this is too small an amount with which to support two persons. Clerk Gehlhar so far has received no application for the issuance of a mar riage license to ' the couple to which the letter refers. CAR SHORTAGE IS SERIOUS Heavy Grain ami Munition .Ship ments Swamp Roads. CHICAGO, Nov. 11. American rail roads are confronted with one of the most serious car shortages of recent years, owing to the huge grain crop of this country and Canada, and the heavy tonnage from steel and muni tions plants, coupled with the inability of the railroads to get new cars fast enough. This announcement . today by w. E. Mereham, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Patil, who, as secretary of the Central and Western Association of Car Service Officers, addressed the body today. NATIVE CHILD DIES FIRST Foreigners Under o Have Best Chance lor Life In New York. NEW YORK. Nov. 11. (Special.) Children under 5 years old who are born in this city of native parents die more, numerously than children whose parents are foreigners, according to figures for 1911. made public today by the health department The compilation shows that out of every 1000 children of native white parentage 4 1 boys and 35 girls do not reach the fifth year, whereas, on ths same basis, only 39 boys and 32 girls, offspring of foreigners, die in earlv childhood. BIG RABBIT DRIVE IS ON Mesa Folk Are Attempting to Kid Country of Pests. PASCO. Wash., Nov. 11. (Special.) Tho first big rabbit drive of the season is now on at Mesa, a- small station about 20 miles north of Pasco to rid the country of the pests. The rabbits are sold to the Seattle and Spokane markets. There are about 100 people in the drive. Several six horse teams follow behind the drive and gather in the game. The drive is being captained by Ben Hailey and Frank Stech. both of Mesa, and is un der the management-of V. Schlatter, president of the Mesa Gun Club. TREE FOSSIL IS UNEARTHED Workmen Find Trunk Buried Up right Near Cut on Hill Crest. A petrified tree, probably 15 or 20 feet in length and eight inches in diam eter, and standing upright 15 feet be low the surface" of the crest of a hill, was uncovered yesterday by city labor ers making a cut on Upper Drive, near Montgomery Drive. The trie was found on the edge of the cut and was left standing. Its length is uncertain, part of it being far below the level of the mart Th. .- tior. of the tree is in a knoll consider- ably higher than the surrounding I ground. REFORMS IN AfO OF DEFENSE DEIV1ANDED Muntions Plants on Coast Are Menace. - $30,000,000 A YEAR WASTED Soldiers Used as Laborers In stead of Drilling. NAVY YARDS SCATTERED Nation Now Dependent for War Mu nition on Limited Area, Which in Turn Gets Ore From Two Vulnerable Sources. BY JOHN" CALLAN O'LOl'GHUN. - WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. (Special.) In connection with the response by the Administration and Congress to the de mand of the country for adequate pre paredness, steps are to be taken which it is hoped will lead to these important Army and Navy reforms: 1. Survey of the situation of the United States with a view to the better concentration strategically of our mil itary and naval resources. i. Lopping off - of incumbrances which make for extravagance and in efficiency in both services. 3. More active administration, which will lead to economy. Grave, Dangers Pointed Out. - The grave danger to the'Nation of the existence of the greater part of the munitions factories within a radius of 150 miles of New York has been pointed out, and also the profligate waste which Congress has Imposed on both Army and Navy as a result of the struggle for "pork" and the haphazard methods employed in making appropri ations. The Government of the United States now spends J250.000.000 annually foe preparedness. This sum is to be Jumped to 1400,000,000. The Adminis tration desires that for every dollar spent there shall be received by the people a dollar of defense. It realizes, however, that members of the Senate and House, who place their districts above their country, will struggle for local appropriations, and that this is certain to precipitate a bitter con flict. .Already men who desire to ob tain, rivers and harbors appropriations and appropriations for public build ings are on the ground seeking recom mendations for their localities. Improvement Bills In Disfavor. The Administration will not favor either river -or harbor or a public buildings bill. It will urge that Na tional defense is paramount at this time, and that Congress shall limit itself with reference to rivers and har bors and public buildings only to those projects which are essential. It Is a conservative estimate that (Concluded on Page 3. Column :l. I NOBODY LOVES A NEUTRAL. j in . . ij ( SOAK HIM i ' POKE HIM f Jari CHOHB HIM f I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Tho Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 48 degrees; minimum. 43 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southwest winds. War. Germany put on short rations. Page 1. Britons frankly pessimistic over war de velopments. Page 3. More than 60.000 Irish are at front. Page 3. Lansing silent on Ancona Incent. Page 3. ' - Mexico. Suppression of Villa in Sonora to be left to General Calles. Page 1. t ' National. l. Postmaster-General trying to distribute un sought postmastertshipa. Page 3. -" " Oomestic. Prosecution In dynamite case offers to prove plot to destroy Los Angeles. Page 2. Statue of "The Buckeroo" unveiled at ex position. ; Page 5. Reforms demanded to make National defense ... more effiicent. Page 1. National Guard Association refuses to in dorse continental army. Page 2. Roosevelt's promise to New Haven Is cited. Pago 1. Fire on oil ship Livietta is laid to bomb. . Pago 1. . . . Sports. All-stars playing to big crowds. Pago 14. Moose to put on first boxing smoker at old Baker Theater, November 24. Page 14. Oregon, football men return from CalifoY- ula tired, but happy. Page 14. San Franciscans vigorous in crltislcm of Coach Schaeffer. Page 15. : Pacific Northwest. Oregon state highway funds apportioned to counties. - Page 6. B.- F. Dorris. pioneer of 1848, dies at Eu gene, aged s. Page 7. Retiring Washington State College chief is expected to enter Senatorial race. Page 7. Northwest shippers launch campaign to ex- tend apple inarkec Page ts. Commercial and Marine. Foreign and Eastern wool markets, have upward tendency. Page 19. JhleM.iio wheat weakened by reports of large stocks In Canada. Page 10. Specialties and coppers are strong features cf stock market. Page '19. S. M. Mears, president of Port Commission, announees retirement December 10. Page 16. Flames sweep Santa Clara wreck and halt salving. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Heilig stage hands strike when audience Is . seated. Page 1. Chamber of Commerce is asked -to support Astoria rate case by Realty Board men. Page . Mrs. M. L. Stevens, president, reuuunces Political Science Club. Pase 8. Towns of county to be represented at Land Show today. Paen ft Public budget hearing today expected to be lively. Page 13. Dog -day' will close Land Show tomorrow. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. CLACKAMAS HOME BURNS School Empties at Alarm Mistaken for Fire Drill. CbACKAHAS, Or., Nov. 11. (Spe cial.) A fire destroyed the home of Alex Robinson, located just north of town, Tuesday noon. The origin is not known. When discovered the fire had made such headway that little effort was made to extinguish It, the water being a long distance away. The loss is partly covered by Insurance. Some one entered the schoolhouse and rang the school bell by way of alarm. The pupils and teachers thought it was the signal for a fire drill. The schoolrooms were emptied of their occupants in about 40 seconds. PRINTER TO GET FORTUNE James Murray, Salem, to Leave for Isle of Man to Claim Estate. SALEM, Or., Nov. 11. (Special.) James Murray, a linotype operator of Salem, today received word that by ttie death of an -.uncle on the Isle of Man he had fallen heir to a share in the estate, va'ued at $50,000. Mr. Murray plans to leave for the e or. jvian within the next few weeks. STRIKE HITS SHOW WDED HEILIG Stagemen Wjt Till i "dive Word. ot OPENING PERFORMANCE IS ON Issue Is Declared to Be Over Needless Engineer. MUSICAL COMEDY STAGED Broadway Playhouse Show . Sto-s When Unusual Procedure by Stage Hands Comes, Owing to Little Question of Heat. With a nearly capacity audience, and a number still standing in line to buy tickets, the Heilig Theater manage ment was forced to abandon the per 1;",", f Yearns Come True last night at 8:15 o'clock, when the stagehands and allied workers in the theater called a strike. - iie issue was over an was not filled yesterday -..c nouse Degan warming up for ."s nigm performance, period it has been "dark' -During, "the ' the theater ,UBen connected with an outside heating service, and, according to W T. Pangle. manager of the theater, there was no need of the engineer.. The issue was not bmuirht ,7..i the eleventh hour... according to Mr Pangle, and, standing on a principle which he believed was right, he called off the show. Most of the audience was seated wheu the issue broke. We had practically a capacity au dience." said Mr. Pangle, "and it was the first show we have had in a num ber of days. Under the circumstances, with an elaborate production which needed the regular complement of stagehands and crew, we could not go on with the show. I am taking up the issue right away and hope to have mat- ciictnuy straightened out to gie me pertormances Friday Saturday." "S and Members of the union who could speak for the stagehands were not ac cessible early lest night. PRESBYTERY FOR DEFENSE Emergency Message to Be Sent to President and Churchmen. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Nov. 11. The executive committee of the Presbyter ian general, assembly today outlined an emergency message on "preparedness for extraordinary conditions expected to follow the close of the European war, which is to be sent to 10,000 pastors. President Wilson and 49,000 other eld ers of the denomination. Presidentwtlson's defense programme was declared to have the moral sup port of members of the executive committee. ceo FIRE ON OIL SHIP IS LAID TO BOMB LI VI ETTA'S CREW DAZED SHOCK OF EXPLOSION. BY .Vessel Is Beached, but Still Is Burn ingCrew Reaches Port Ar thur, Tex., in Tug. FORT ARTHUR, Tex.. Nov. 11. The Are on the Italian ship Livietta. which sailed from here Tuesday with a cargo of oil for Buenos Aires, was caused by n explosion believed to have been a bomb, according to a report, from Cap tain Rico, of the Livietta. to the Italian Consul here. One member of the crew. I. p. Picasso, engineer, was injured serious ly by the explosion, but physicians here tonight said he would recover. Captain Rico and the entire crew of the Livietta, 26 men in all, arrived here today on the tug Russell, after beach ing the Livietta in 30 feet of water off Sabine Shoajs. The fire on the steamer still was burning tonight. "I am positive a bomb started the fire on my ship." said Captain Rico, an opinion which was concurred in by every man of the crew. "The explosion was terrific, every lamp on board the Llevetta -was smashed by it. Members of the crew were dazed by the shock, but quickly recovered themselves and put out the lifeboats. We were picked up by the Russell after nightfall. MONARCHY TO BE DELAYED Europe and Japan Arc Asked vQtieJJ Rebels in Concessions. to PKKIN, Nov. 1.. Summoned to the Chinese Foreign Office today the Rus sian, French and British ministers and the Japanese Charge d'Affairs. were assured by Lu Cheng Hsiang. the Min ister of Foreign Affairs, that China. after learning of the people's will con cerning the change in the government from a republic to a monarchy, must find suitable time for the. enthrone ment arrangements. Consequently some delay, he said, was necessary. The foreign minister did not men tion the probable date of the enthrone ment ceremony, but gave the diplo mats the impression that it would be further distant than January 5. Lu Cheng Hsiang again asked the representatives of the powers to check the rebels operating in the foreign con cessions which are beyond Chinese jurisdiction. Thursday's War Moves rTiHtKL has been no material change JL .In .the last 24 hours In the situa- cuner in Serbia or on the bther fronts. The Atistro-Germans assert they are advancing along the line west of Ni.-'h. but beyond the report of the the capture of another 4000 prisoners, which the Serbians say, like those re ported captured previously, were large ly civilians or Albanians or Macedonian troops, who surrendered easily, the" offi cial reports of the invaders do not re cord the capture of any town. In fact, the Serbians are now facing the invaders in the mountains, which have proved a protection to them in their previous wars, and they may be expected to make the advance of the Austro-Germans and Bulgarians a mat ter of difficulty. It also is probable that the opposition the Austrians are meeting in their efforts to drive back the Montenegrins is delaying Field Marshal von Mackensen'a army, for the right wing must be free' from this menace before they proceed with their drive. News from the southern part of the country is conflicting. It is now known that the French did not reoo cupy, but simply made a cavalry raid into the town of Veles, destroying the Bulgarian ammunition stores. The French, however, are advancing on the west side cf the Vardar River and at the same time are repelling Bulgarian attacks on Krlvolak and endeavoring to form a junction with- the Serbians, who are fighting in the Babuna pass. A new British division having land ed, the force which ts to be under com mand of General Sir Charles Carml chael Monro is spreading out toward Strumitsa, where encounters with Bul garian patrols are reported. With tho arrival of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, who ahould soon be on the scene, a further development in the campaign is expected, and it is possl, ble that the Gallipoli army will be come more active. . ; So thus far, is is the feeling of mill tary men in London that there is : chance to turn the tables on the .Ger mans and tneir allies. The Teutons, tne military observers say, can hardlv send further reinforcements, their line against Russia already having grown aangerousiy thin, as is evidenced by the Russian successes, both in the north and in the south. The Germans admit that they with drew troops from ground west of Riga, which they -gained only a few weeks ago at considerable sacrifice and that tne Kussian fleet in the Gulf of Riga is supporting the Russian army. By their recent gains, the Russians have established a connection between their forces on the Gulf of Riga by way of, Kemmern and Lake Babii to Olai, which is half way between Riga and Mitaii- As the result of the activity of hos tile submarines, freight rates between Cardiff and Mediterranean Sea con taines to jump. A fresh record was trraae yesteraay when a rate of hillings was quoted for Port Said. S3 " ' November 13, 1014, Dixmude. city held by Germans, sur rounded by water and is likened to trap. Belgians contribute t3.0P0.000 to re lief of countrymen. i Ecuador and Colombia warned by allies against neutrality violators. 1 rillCE FIVE CENTS. T. R'S ISE TO EN CUED Immunity Offered if Boats Were Kept. COLONEL AIMING AT MORSE Mellen Relates Pledge. Made From White House. COAST CONTROL FEARED New Haven directors, Hoveer. Said to Have Declined Opportunity to Sell Lines Witness Hos tile Uj Prosecution. NKW YORK, Nov. 11. Ex-President Roosevelt was brought into the testi mony today at tho trLal of the 11 for mer New York. New Haven & Hartford directors charged with violating the Sherman law, as having given assur ance to Charles S. Mellen that the New Haven need have no fear of Federal ac tion during Roosevelt's Administra tion if it rejected a proposition to dis pose cf its steamship properties to Charles W. Morse. Tho testimony, which was given by Mr. Mellen, was adduced by the Gov ernment to show i that Mr Mellen nevertheless recommended the sale of the properties and that the New Haven directors, in pursuance of their alleged purpose to obtain a monopoly of the transportation traffic of New England, declined to consider the President's recommendation. ICooscveltM Position Kxpluined. While it was tl twice-told tale, as Mr. Mellen gave his testimony at the Interstate Commerce Commission in quiry into New Haven affairs. Mr. Mel len added to it today by saying that Mr. Roosevelt felt that it would be in imical to public interest for Morse to complete his purpose of getting control of the Atlantic coastwise steamship lines through acquisition of the New Haven properties, and that Commis sioners Knupp and Prouty and Herbert Knox Smith, Commissioner of Corpora" lions, held the same opinion. The Gov ernment, however, placed emphasl on the portion of the witness" testimony in which he quoted Colonel Roosevelt as saying: "I am no lawyer and 1 can promise you no immunity if you violate the law." Morse in January. 19u5, according to Melen, had offered to buy the New Haven's steamship lines for ?20, 000.000, which would have been a profit of 14.00C,000 on their cost. Mellen thought the New Haven ought to take advantage of the opportunity, inasmuch ' as the question was being agitated in Congress of requiring railroad lines to divorce themselves from ownership ot steamship lines. Snle Meant for Protection. He said lie went to Washington and explained the situation to the Presi dent in the presence of Messrs. Knapp. Prouty and Smith. "I was fearful," he said, "that if thi legislation should be passed it might come at a time when there would be no purchaser for our properties and we wouid have them on our hands. 1 wanted to prott myself." The President, after declining to promise immunity, said, according to Mellen: "But if you don't sell, you'll have no trouble during my Administra tion." "1 did not see then, and I do not see now," continued Mr. Mellen, "that he did not act from the highest dictates of public duty. He said that Morse's proposition was in the highest way prejudical to public interest if he should get a monopoly of the whole coastwise trade, as he was aiming to do. He said- he was fearful of the success of the Morse combination, and Herbert Knox Smitli was especially so." Knapp and Prouty .Assent. "And Messrs. Knapp and . Prouty agreed with him?" interposed R. V. Lindabury. of the defense. "They did," said the witness, adding that in his opinion the assurance given by the President was one reason why the New Haven steamship lines were not included in the bill in equity brought against the New Haven in 190!). The Government maintains, howevec, that the assurance given by President Roosevelt was meant to apply solely to the proposed legislation and not to acts of the New Haven amenable to the Sherman law. "May I ask," interrupted re Lacy Nicoll. of the defense, "that when tb Government again eomes to amend the bill of particulars they make Theodore Roosevelt a co-conspirator?" This remark caused laughter in the courtroom. Mellen la Hostile nltiifui). . Mr. Mellen again today proved ahes- " tile witness, in the opinion of ths Gov ernment counsel. Attorney Ba'.ts com plained that he was unable to elicit sufficient testimony from the witness except in instances where proof could be obtained through other sources. The " case in point had to do with the Jo Steamship Company, which the Govern ment charges was secretly operated by the New Haven for the purpose of driv ing the Enterprise line out of business. Mr. Melier. denied that a semblance; of competition, was kept up bet e n the Joy line and tho New Haven arte' its acquisition, but adn.-i: t I thar the 1 "nit-d States 'i'mnr-port.-l io.i Com- i CuncluUtU oit 1'at- Cul-.t.! '. , ' PROM 11 El