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VOL.. L.VI. SO. 17,380. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WILSON'S POLICIES FLAYED BY ORATOR GERMAN EAGER TO BUYING OF ISLANDS SHACKLET0N FAILS TO RESCUE HIS MEN FRENCH RECONQUER VERDUN POSITIONS TUNNEL ACCIDENT WHEAT ADVAIiGES 10 CENTS IN TWO DAYS I I ENLIST IN OREGON IS ALMOST FATAL MEETS OPPOSITION FIRST CITIZENSHIP PAPERS STORMS AND ICE - KEEP SHIP C. It- BROUGHT, SOUTHERN PA TAKEN TO MEET LAWS. FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND. CIFIC CHIEF, IA)SS LEG. K V James E. Watson Hits Mexican Stand. CHEERS FOR HUGHES RING Brilliant Speech Opens Repub lican Campaign. BAKER THEATER CROWDED Indiana n Warns Auditors That In , (lustrlal Chaos Will Follow War if Democratic Tariff Is Allowed to Stand. The 'Hushes campaign in Oregon was opened at .a spirited raliy held last night in the old Baker theater. James E. Watson, candidate for Unit ed States Senator from . Indiana, and for many years a Republican leader in the National House of Representatives, was the speaker. He was heard by an audience of men and women who filled the playhouse from pit to gallery. And It was an audience thoroughly responsive. Time and again in the course of Mr. Watson's eloquent ad dress the theater was in an uproar of cheers. Demonstration Starts Early.' The cheering began when Mr. Watson was first introduced by Judge Charles I-. McNary, of Salem, Republican state chairman, who presided. Somebody on the platform Jumped up from his chair and waved an American flag. Then a most unusual thing happened. With the same impulsive Inspiration,. a whole theaterful of people rose to their feet and cheered and applauded and shouted for a man most of them' had never seen before all because he was there as a Republican to deliver the opening Republican address of the cam paign. - The theater was draped with the American flag and innumerable Hughes pennants, while every person sitting on the stage carried a' miniature Nal tlonal emblem. Those in other parts of the building also carried or wore small- American flags. '; ' If straws show how the wind is blow ing, last night's rally indicated that In Oregon, at least, this is a Republi can year, and a strong Republican, year, at that. - Issues Clearly Stated. When Mr. Watson,, early in his ad dress, said: "The next President of .the United States will be Charles Evans Hughes," the roof nearly lifted then and there. And as he proceeded in a clear and stirring exposition of the Is sues of the campaign, the audience re peatedly voiced approval. "Out of the past we should gather wisdom for the present, and for the solution of the great problems that confront us," began Mr. Watson. "His tory will attest the fact that the Re publican party has sanely and success fully solved all the problems In front of It. as it will In future. "The next President cf the United States will be Charles Evans Hughes. Like Lincoln, In 1860, like McKinley, in 1896, he, too, will be confronted with his problem of war and his prob lem of peace. ' "What is his problem of peace? The Underwood tariff law of three years ago bringing in Its wake industrial disaster like the preceding Democratic tariffs of 1847, which Lincoln had to meet as his peace problem, and that of 1S93, which McKinley had to solve. County Safe With- Hushes. "How will Mr. Hughes solve it? As Lincoln and McKinley solved the prob lem with a protective tariff that will restore confidence to the people. "And what will be his problem of war?" continued Mr. Watson. "T do not know. It might be a war with Mexico let us hope to God that it will not. It might be a war with some for eign power. "But whatever It may be, we know this, that the country will be safe with Charles Evans Hughes." He went on to discuss the Insepar able connection between a protective tarif and high wages for American labor. "There is no , problem of capital." he said. "Capital never wraps Its cloak around it and goes over the hill to the poorhouse. The man who has nothing, to sell but. the brawn of his arm, be is the one who needs the pro tection of a tariff that will bar out the products of cheap foreign labor, free to enter this country under the Underwood tariff and compete with his labor. High Tariff Protects Workers. "The comforts of home enter Into this problem. To have these comforts our worklngmen must get high wages. And that can only be possible under a high protective tariff. "The surest barometer of any na tion's prosperity is the wages paid to its working people. Mr. Watson then took up a discus sion of the present industrial condition In this country, pointing out that the prosperity now enjoyed Is due solely to the artificial Impulse of war orders. "A nation," he said, "is like a man. If It sells more than it buys It ought to be pretty well off. When we sell more than we buy the balance in our favor is called the balance of trade. Now, at the beginning of the Wilson (Conoludod ob Fag 4. Column Ernst Koppen, Whose Father Is Fighting at Verdun, Is to Be American Soldier. . - CAMP "WITHTCOMBE, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) The father of Ernst Koppen. who appeared for enlistment today. Is fighting for his country, Germany, at Verdun, and Koppen. took out his first naturalization papers at Albany only today, so he might enlist. Koppen went from Lebanon two days ago, but found he was ineligible because he had not secured his first papers. He promptly returned and secured them. Koppen Is only 20 years old, and came . to this country four years ago. At a recruiting meeting at Lebanon several days ago he attended, and, stirred by the eloquence of an old soldier of the Civil War, he decided, with a number of his companions, "to harken to the call of the President of his adopted country. Incidentally, the little town of Leb anon has done itself proud. It has sent eight within the last few days, while there are many cities that have not sent any. It is particularly notice able that it is the small towns that have been sending the recruits. Two recruits were enlisted today. They are Linus J. Judd and Charles O. Ayers, of Heppner. The total num ber of recruits now is 168. CONVICTS MAY BE FLEEING Escaped Prisoners Believed to Have Stolen Automobile. SALEM, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Six convicts who escaped Wednesday from the f Iax-pulllng camp, nine miles northeast of Salem, are believed to night to be traveling toward California In an automobile stolen from a farmer near Sllverton. Word was received "here' today 'by penitentiary officials that a store at Coburg was robbed last night. An automobile bearing the number of the stolen car was seen to pass through Coburg. An investigation of the re port is being made. No trace of Richard Thomason, the trusty teamster, who fled last night. leaving his team tied to a fence near the State Fair Grounds, has been ob tained. FISHING PACT MAY PASS . Senator Lane Shows Signs of AVIth- drawing Opposition." OEEGOSIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 4. Senator Lane, who has been stoutly opposing the bill here tofore passed by the House ratifying the compact between the states of Ore gon and Washington, under which they propose to exercise Joint Jurisdiction over fisheries in the Columbia River, is showing signs of relenting. If he does this the bill will pass the Senate whenever called up, as Senator Lane alone has prevented its passage on several occasions. -The failure of the opposing fishermen to file initia tive petitions in both Oregon and Washington robbed Senator Lane of his chief ground of opposition. SOLDIERS DISCOVER CAVES American Officers With Pftjshlns Come on Cliff Dwellers Homes. FIELD HEADQUARTERS AMERI CAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION, Aug. 3, via Radio to Columbus. N. M.. Aug. 4. Caves of ancient cliff dwellers were discovered today by Captains George F. Fatten and Hugh S. Johnson, while on a hunting trip in the Escondidos mountains. The caves were smoke-grimed. Frag ments of pottery were strewn on the floor. There was no sign of writing or other characters. The dwellings were said to be somewhat similar to those near Flagstaff, Ariz. WILSON WORKS ON SPEECH Stenographer Taken Along In Cruise Down Potomac. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. President Wilson left Washington tonight on the naval yacht Mayflower for a week-end cruise down the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. It. was expected that the Mayflower would go as far as Old Point, returning to Washington Mon day morning. " The President took with him Mrs. Wilson -and his stenographer. During the cruise he will work on .his speech accepting the ' Democratic nomination. He has almost completed It- FAIRBANKS PLANNING TOUR Hughes' Running: Mate to Follow Route Later in Campaign. NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Republcan na tional campaign leaders announced to day that Charles W. Fairbanks, of In diana. vice-presidential nominee on the Republican tltcket, will make a cam paign tour of the country similar to that now planned for Charles E. Hughes. It was said at headquarters that Mr. Fairbanks will follow Mr. Hughes over virtually the same ground later in th campaign. Tammany Slate Is Chosen. ' NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Robert F. Wagner, of New York, for Governor, and Calvin J. Huston, of Yates Coun ty. for Lieutenant Governor., was the ticket agreed on at a conference here tonight of li prominent New York City Democrats. Some Senators Oppose ' "Colonial Policy." $25,000,000 HELD EXCESSIVE Land Desired for Naval Base Is Owned by Germans. ANSWER BEING PREPARED Administration Will Show Strategic Importance of - Location ' and Value to Nation " Attack ing United States. BY JOHN C ALLAN CLAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. The . treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States was signed in New York this morning. It will be opposed In the Senate by several Democrats on the following grounds: First That the waterfront of St. Thomas, the important port which the Navy desires as a base for the defense of the continental United States and the Panama Canal, is owned by Ger man shipping corporations. Second That the price of $25,000,000 s excessive in view of the fact that the Danish government, though not the Danish parliament, was willing to ac cept $5,000,000 a decade ago. Colonial Policy Opposed. Third That, the islands are inhab ited mostly by negroes, and that it is not desirable for this reason to incor porate them as a part of the United States. Four That the Democratic party cannot continue the policy of seeking colonies when it is earnestly endeavor ing to withdraw from the Philippines. President Wilson and Secretary Lan sing have considered carefully the ob jections, and are prepared to show that none of them is sound. So far as the ownership of land by German cor poratiens- is concerned, the right of eminent domain applies, and this Gov ernment can acquire whatever harbor property it needs for whatever purpose it has in mind. Strategic Value High. As to the price, the islands are of the utmost strategic value, both with respect to the Atlantic Coast and Gulf states and the Panama Canal, and. in these circumstances, the sum of $25, 000,000 is not considered excessive by proponents of the plan. It is true that most of the population is of negro blood, but there are fewer than 30.000 persons on the islands, and their trans fer to the American flag would not constitute any menace to the United States. So far as the apparent inconsistency in the Democratic policy in the West Indies, which are needed for defensive purposes, and islands in the far Pacific, which, it Is asserted, make for the military weakness of the Nation, Is concerned, the general board of the Navy (Concluded on Pare 2. Column 2. ) i w- "i i i m list uvi n .a w i Ft i iv . v yv ,- ii i n i li t i 11 i iiiir jn sy;u i n i 11 i i . i-v -55 'Vr ittH .7? A iTi-UJ 1 Vessel and Her Engines Badly Dam aged and Arrival of Help From England Will Be Awaited. LONDON. Aug. 4 Sir Ernest Shftck- leton has again failed to rescu.1j main body or his Antarctic expedition left on Elephant Island, says the Dally Chronicle, and has returned to the Falkland Islands. Sir Ernest returned on board the steamer Emma, says a Reuter dispatch from Port Stanley. The ship was forced back by heavy gales and lea and It was found Impossible to get near Elephant Island through the pack tee. The ship was badly damaged, the engines were damaged, and the Emma was obliged to proceed under salt. Sir Ernest, the correspondent adds. recognizes that it is useless to force a passage with a light ship and he is waiting for the steamer Discovery to come from England. CAR SHORTAGE IS WORSE -v One Mill Closes and Same Alterna tive Is Faced by Others. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 4.- (Special.) The car shortage on the Southern Pacific in the Willamette Valley continues to Increase dally, according to reports re ceived by the Oregon Public Service Commission, and the closing of lumber mills is foreseen unless speedy relief Is afforded. The Commission was notified today that the Summit Mill Company had been forced to close. The situation was called to the attention of the Southern Pacific officials. - who ordered three cars sent to Summit. The total shortage today was 425 cars, there being 804 orders on. file and 379 empties. DYNAMITE CAP HURTS BOY Falls City Youngster TJsses Hammer " and Condition Is Critical. FALLS CITY, Or., Aug. 4. (Special.) Herschell, the 12-year-old son of El mer Lewis, of this city , was seriously injured yesterday by the explosion of a dynamite cap. . A tan of .dynamite caps left on a shelf for Mr. Lewis were found by. the boy. who placed one on a vise and. struck It. with a hammer. The explosion broke a piece off the vise and cin d the - hammer to re bound, striking the boy in the fore head, causing a dangerous wound.-The force of the explosion struck btin in the face and breast. It is feared that he will lose the sight of one eye. IRISH MAIL IS DELIVERED Britain Denies Allegation Originat ing In United States. LONDON, Aug. 4. The British For eign Office .today . published a. denial of the allegation said to have origi nated in the United States that postal transmission of money to Ireland from America ' had' been refused on the ground that such letters were de tained by the British authorities. The Foreign Office said that any American letters addressed to Ireland and passing the censors were delivered. UNCLE INVESTS IN A LITTLE WEST INDIES REAL ESTATE. YES J NOTICE they're T' "" "'I' r 3& I H U Mi . ; Battle of Unexampled Fury Fought. IDOUNTER ATTACKS CONTINUE Fleury and Thiaumont Change Hands Three Times in Day. TERRIFIC LOSS SUSTAINED Joffre's Men at Nightfall Are Mas ters, After Three Days Fight ing, of Ground the Germans Were 4 Weeks Winning. BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER, War Correspondent of the New York Tribune. By Special Cable. LONDON, Aug. 4. Joffre's men are masters tonight of a bloodstained strip of ground three miles long and about a mile deep just north of Verdun, which they have won from the Germans In one of the most hotly fought and bloody battles of the long struggle on the Meuse. At the close of three days of their offensive they have conquered ground which it took the Crown Prince's army more than four weeks to wrest from them. The chief points In the ground won are, the ruins of .the town of Fleury, the fort of Thlamont and the ridge in the Wood of Vacherauvllle. Place Chaagea Haads Three Tunes. ' Today's fighting has centered around Thlamont and Fleury. the point where the Germans had pushed their lines nearest to the shell-battered ruins which were once the great fortress of Verdun. Both places have changed hands three times in the last 24 hours, but tonight the French hold the whole of the fort and most of the town. ' Desperate' counter attacks are still being made, as they have been ever since the places were lost. Again and again the Crown Prince has thrown forward masses of his best troops to regain the ground - for which Germany has paid such a staggering price. Often they succeeded, for a time. -The French were driven from Fleury, and those who bad occupied Thiaumont also had to retreat or risk being cut off. Germans Repeat CTearsre . FU11 the German regiments charged, hoping In the confusion of the French retreat to regain the trenches lost In the previous two Oays fighting. But the new assaults were in vain, and lata today the French sprang from their trenches and again drove the enemy from the town and the fort. Since then the most desperate assault have failed, but the Germans have not ye,t given up the attempt to win back their losses. The losses on both sides have been terrific, but the French Insist that the Germans have suffered more severely than themselves. While they were the ones who took the offensive, the Gar (Concluded on Par S. Column 1.) THAT ALL , " YOU WILL Fl MO THEM VERY WELL. A A BEHAVED, I SIR Jt JL m t s.s. i Companion Kscapes When Engineer Is Thrown Under Car as Train Smashes Into Gas Speeder. NORTH BEND. Or, Aug. 4. (Spe cial.) C R. Broughton, assistant chief engineer of the Southern Pacific, nar rowly escaped death today when he was thrown under a car in a collision In tunnel No. T. His right ' leg was so badly mangled that it had to be am putated. His companion on a gasoline speeder. Frank Lane, was not danger ously injured. .The tunnel, a mile long, was densely clouded with amoke when the accident happened. This hampered the work of the rescuers, and it was some time be fore the Injured men were rushed here, where Dr. L B. Bartle. Southern Paclno surgeon, and Dr. George 12. Dlx. ot Marahneld. performed the amputation. Passenger and freight trains had just cleared the tunnel, leaving a great quantity of emoke :n tnelr wake, before the colision. The work train, which smashed into the speeder, was backing out. Mr. Broughton thought it would continue in the opposite direction. Tun nel No. 7 is this side of the Cmpqua River, about 25 miles from North Bend. The Injured engineer supervised the construction of some of the most Im portant bridges on the Southern Pa cific system. Including those over Coos Bay and the Sluslaw and Umpqua rivers in Oregon. FIVE-CENT LOAF DECRIED Chicago Bakers Start Propaganda Before National Convention. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. The 6-cent loaf of bread must go. This Is the cry with which 400 Chicago bakers departed to night for Salt Lake City, Utah, to at tend the annual convention of the Na tional Association of Master Bakers, and to attempt to persuade that body that '10 cents Is the lowest price at which a fair-sized .loaf . of bread can be sold with profit. In the party were scores of bakers from Eastern cities. MAN HIRED TOJJE OBLIGING Oakland Streetcar Company Adds Conductor to Entertain .Public. OAKLAND. CaU. Aug. 4. An Oakland street car company today Installed a second conductor on one of Its cars. His duties will be. not to ring fares and call streets, but to answer ques tions. . help women on and off, amuse crying babies and make himself as useful and obliging to the traveling publie as possible. CITY RESTRICTS JITNEYS San Francisco to Keep Busses Off Busy Streets In Middle of Day. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 4. Mayor Rolph signed an ordinance here today which will force the Jitney business off th downtown section of Market street between 10 A. M. and 4 P. M. The law becomes effective In 10 days. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The- Wemther. IESTBRDAT'8 Maximum temperatura, Tf decrees; minimum. s aasreea. TODAY'S Fslr; northwesterly winds. War. Air rml3 br both sides numerous. Pn - London hold enthusiastic celebration of second anniversary of mar. rasa - Official reports. Page 3. French reconquer positions near Verdun. Fas 1. MesJeo. Carranza'vnote not specific as to broadening of Inquiry. Paso 2. Troopers to play push bell St Esa Diego ex position, face 2. Foreura. Shackleton falls to rescu men on Elephant Island. Pas 1. Wheat advances In Chicago, on mtdesprea reports of crop damage. Pass 7u National. Purchase of Danish West Indies to meat op position In Senate. Pass 1. Federal mediation In railroad strike not to be offered tor present. Fata o. Domestic Mr. Hughee to begin Western tour tonight. Page 3. . Daylight robbery In Detroit nets $33,000. Page . New York streetcar employes vote to strike. Page 2. Sports. Coast Leag-ue results: Portland t, Oskland 0: Salt Lake 2, San Francisco 0; Los Angeles . Vernon z. rage i-c. Cleveland allows $11,000 for First Baseman Gulsto. Fag 12. Plank allows two hits and Browns beat Boston. Page 1Z. East sweeps West In tennis plsy. Page 13. Billy Maseott loaea title to Joe Gorman. Page 13. Fsiclfle Northwest. Txi-state Editorial Aasoclation for North wast proposed. Page 6. Germun takes out citizenship papers so be can enlist In Oregon. Page 1. Southern Pacific engineer loses leg In tun nel accident near Coos Bay. Page 1. Commercial sum! Marine. Swift Company cloaca motorshlp deal. Page It. Knights of n-tblse. Pythlane to convene at Detroit tn ISIS. Fags 7. Pythtmn Bisters Install supreme officers. page a. Besch to be roecca for visiting Pythlans to day, page 7. Portland aad Vk-lnlty. Erring hotel clerk Is freed wban employer intercedes, fag 1 1. Divorced figure tn court tragedy. Page 18. Edward Auger criticises Portland censor ship. Page 11. Plea made for American matin by James i. watson m tntmov aaarems. Face 14. Women prisoners willing to work. Paga lo. Ex-saloonkeeper arrested for complicity la tniDK iniiHunw rag 1 1. Children's Shskespeareaa pageant vividly realistic page 7. Vast crowd cheers Hughes nam at opnlng rsuiy. race a. Dealer say city w'll get food supplies, in event ot striae. rage o. Blind Eskimo child brought to states for treatment. Page 14. Wcaiasr resort, data and, goracaj; Pt II. Crop Damage Reports Widely Credited; SPRING CROP IS AFFECTED Hail, Black Rust and Blight Cause Heavy Losses. TRADERS PROFIT LIGHTLY CI ilea go Insiders Mostly Fall to Get on Right Side of Market. Vleld May Be Reduced by 85,000,000 Bushels. CHICAGO. Aug. 4. (Special.) Hail. black rust and blight damage to the Spring wheat crop of the Northwest caused an advance of 4 cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade today. A (-cent advance was scored Thursday. At the high record today prices were 33 cents higher than the low point la June. September closed at $1.34 H. De cember at 1.38U and May at Si.43. Reports reached the trade today that In some sections of North Dakota and Southern Manitoba the crop had been ruined by hall Wednesday night and Thursday. Several large insurance companies with headquarters in Chi cago received messages today saying that the crop was a total loss. ICertr Dakota Danaajce Sever. Most of the hail damage was In the northern pait of North Dakota. The crop In Bottineau County is ruined. Mercantile companies In that section have cancelled all orders for goods bought for future delivery. Even or ders for sucn necessities as shoes and stoves have been cancelled. . Ordinarily a 33-cent advance In the price of wheat in a little more than a month brings fortunes to many of th bis; operators on the Board of Trade. That has not been true during the pres ent rise Nearly all of the big local traders have been fighting the mar ket, o.- rather fighting the damage re ports, snd prices have gone up without tjielr aid. Vertiiwest Bearlak V'atll Last. Even the Northwest, where the dam age was taking p'ace. was a seller of wheat In this market until a few days ago. That caused the belief that the damage reports were exaggerated by the market bulls. James A. Patten started buying a fortnight ago. and Is credited with profits of more than 1100.000 on the rise. Some of the board's exporters have made large winnings, and a coterla of Wall-street grain men. who . are said to have large holdings of wheat under 11.20 a bushel, are credited with profits of around i:.t00.000. The disaster In the Northwest has proved a blessing to the Winter wheat growers. Thirty days ago they were) able to get only $1 a bushel for their grain. Now the price Is a third higher. Millloms ef naahels LmI. Black rust and bllpht have knocked from 6S.000.000 to 85.000.000 bushels off the Spring wheat prospect in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Together they have distorted an excellent crop promise Into a practical calamity in some parts of South Dakota, where yields of only one ami a half to five bushels an acre are being obtained. Figuring the wheat shrinkage from the prospect at the beginning of July to the blight-stricken condition of that present, the loss to the farmers of the Northwest based on current prices for the grain Is well in excess of $100,000. 000. That Is one result of temperatures around 100 degrees that caught the wheat In the milk and the dough stages and shriveled It up. Canadian wheat has been damaged also, but not so seriously. JITNEUSE IS TOO YOUNG Bertha A. Wolfman, Only .19, to Iose Her License. Bertha A- Wolfman, of 155 Glover street, wishes that she was two years older, or at least looked it. For four days Miss Wolfman operated a South Portland Jitney, under chauffeur's li cense 3340. Testerday sho was told to visit the Police Station by Traffic Pa trolman Bender, at Third and Morrison streets. "I couldn't get work- anywhere, though I tried hard." Miss Wolfman told Harry P. Coffin, - of the Public Safety Commission. "So I swore falsely and got a license to run the Jitney. I am only It years old. The law requires that chauffeurs shall be 18 years of age. Mr. Coffin will . ask for the revocation of Miss Wolfman's license. BOLT. KILLS MAN ON PEAK Highway Contractor Killed by Light ning on Mountain Top. COLORADO SPRrNGS. Colo.. Aug. 4. Charles Linville, of Pueblo, sub contractor on the Pike's Peak auto mobile highway, was struck by light ning on the summit ot the peak at 2 o'clock today and instantly killed. Several men working with a con struction gang on the crest of the mountain were Injured bj the bolt,.