VOL. "VXI. NO. 17,390. .
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 191G.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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17,000 PERSOHS
HEAR i. HUGHES
12,000 Crowd Ice Palace;
5000 Listen Outside.
OVERFLOW MEETING IS HELD
Nominee Tells Vast Portland
Audience "We Are Citizens
V of Common Country."
UNDERWOOD TARIFF HIT
Jne of Greatest Ovations That
Nominee Has Received on
Trip Greets Him Here.
Charles Evans Hughes, Republican
Presidential ' nominee, before an au
dience of 12,000 people at the Ice Pal-j
ace last night, assailed the Democratic
tariff principles and appealed for the
tariff prlpciples of the Republican
party as a protection to the American
working man.
It was the largest crowd but one I
that the candidate has addressed on his
transcontinental trip. The larger
crowd was at the Coliseum in Chi
cago a week ago.
Tariff Is Attacked.
Mr. Hughes charged that the Un
derwood tariff enacted by the present
Democratic Administration was directly
responsible for the size of the army of
the unemployed that sought work
through the whole country in the
Winter of 1913-14.
The only cause of present seeming
prosperity, he said, is the European
war. And he sounded a stern warning
that with the close of the war.-, this
country will faca the greatest Indus-
trial competition it has ever known. !
"It you want to "know what will
happen after this extraordinary con
flict." said Mr. Hughes, "see what hap
pened before this conflict began.
Idle Are Tariff Experts.
"Is there anybody who does not re
member what happened after the Dem
ocrats passed the Underwood tariff
bill in October, 1913?
"The thousands of unemployed .walk
ing the streets that "Winter knew
they were tariff experts." And there
were 300.000 tariff . experts in New
Y irli alone."
He referred . again to Democratic
claims that prosperity is due to other
causes than the war.
"I noticed the other day," said Mr.
Hughes, "that the export of mules had
increased 2500 per cent. "Was this in
crease of 2500 per cent in the exporta
tion of mules due to the Democratic
party, or was it due to the war?"
He appealed for a look into the fu
ture, for an administration that will
' provide for the men and women of
years to come.
Child Labor Answer Made.
, "What may be interpreted as a direct
answer to the child labor law recently
enacted by the present Democratic
Congress, was his urgent plea for "a
policy that will conserve the future of
the race."
"The future of our race," he said,
"depends upon the rmount of protec
tion that we provide, for our children.
We must have better educational fa
cilities. "We must have more voca
tional training."
He decried the spirit of class hatred
that agitators sometimes try to instill
into the American people.
"There is no concern of labor," he
said, "that is not also the concern of
capital. And there Is no concern of
capital that is not also the concern of
labor.
"We must get over the idea that it
is impossible to adjust real grievances.
Any grievance can be adjusted if we
will make a calm, careful study of the
facts. We must use facts."
With these words he plunged into
a vigorous discussion of the tariff
question. He read the tariff plank in
the Democratic platform of 1912, which
plank declared it the fundamental prin
ciple of the Democratic party to levy
a tariff for revenue only and that the
constitution of the United States pro
hibited a tariff for any other purpose.
Applause Greets Remark.
He stoutly denied such an interpre
tation of the constitution and added,
to the applause of the crowd:
"If I were a member of that party
and I looked over the platforms of
the past I would feel that I were
assing through' a cemetery richly em-
Wished with mortuary monuments." -"If
you want the principle of pro-
ction fairly and honestly applied,"'
mtlnued the nominee, "it has eot to be
Vplied by those who believe in it and
t by those who do not believe in it.
I believe in a tariff commission, we
mt to have the facts faithfully jotted
wn and fairly considered and patient-
y studied. It is no time for legislation
o the beat of drums. We have got
to study the facts and square our con
duct according to the facts.
Fair Tariff Promised.
"I promise no man," he went on, with
fervor, "any chance to get the best of
his fellow men through a protective
tariff. But I do propose that, believing
in the protective principle and Intend-
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BULLETS BURST AS
HOSPITAL BURNS
OLD VANCOUVER GOVERNMENT
BUILDING DAMAGED $8000..
James Hansen, Private in United
States Coast Artillery, Sustains
Severe Cuts on Hands.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 17. (Spe
cial.) James Hansen, private in Third
Company. United States Coast Artil
lery, suffered severe cuts on his hands,
and the Government's . old . hospital
building sustained $8000 damage by a
fire which partly destroyed the build
ing at the United States Barracks early
this morning.
A spectacular feature of the blaze
was the explosion of a hundred or
more rounds of small arms ammuni
tion which had been left by former
troops that had occupied the struc
ture before proceeding to. the Mexican
border. The explosions resembled the
popping of "a pack of fire crackers set
off at once. Nobody was injured by
the detonations., .
The Vancouver fire apparatus started
to the blaze, but broke . down and "was
put out of commission. The Barracks
fire apparatus and soldiers put the
flames out. No insurance is carried on
its buildings by the Government. The
building was valued at (25,000.
SEATTLE PfER DYNAMITED
Timbers Blown Down and - Shack
Destroyed in : "Vight Attack.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Aug. 17. The tim
bers in the southeast corner of Pier
D, at the foot of King street. ' were
blown down and a shack built along
side the pier ; was entirely destroyed
early this morning, when a bomb placed
near the street end of .the pier - ex
ploded. - -
Thomas McLoughlin, a night watch
man, asw the sparks from, the ' fuse,
and thinking it was a fire, routed from
the shack three dock " workers' who
Jwere sleeping there. None were injured.
WOMEN WIN IN , GEORGIA
Bill to Abolish Sex Line In Practice
of Law Is Passed.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Aug. - 15. The
Georgia Senate today' passed a House
bill granting to women the right to
practice law. The measure now goes
to the Governor. '
Similar bills have been defeated for
several years.
Six-Cent Loaf- Proposed.'
CHICAGO. Auer. 16. Because of an
advance in flour bakers ' throughout
the cojntry-are preparing to act con-
certedly in advancing the price of a
5-cent loaf of bread to 6 cents, accord
ing to Paul Schultz. head of one of
Chicago's largest baking concerns, today.
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THROUGH BUSY DAY
Three Receptions Held
Within an Hour.
STRENUOUS GREETINGS LIKED
Mrs. Hughes Joins Husband in
Receiving Crowds.
HIGHWAY TRIP IS MADE
Candidate Is . Kept on . Go Prom
' vTlnie. ot PJrst .Appearance at '
Train' Until -Delivery of
Speech at NIglit.
Governor Hughes - had a busy and
strenuous -day in- Portland. Apparently,
though, that is Just w: it the Governor
likes best." ' He seemed to enjoy him
self most when things were happening
fastest. - '
' For instance, all within one hour, he
spoke at- the . Ad Club luncheon at' the
Benson ' shortly . before noon; stepped
from-there over-the way to the Press
Club -rooms, where he gave an 'im
promptu .address that took - everybody
by storm; shook hands -.11 around, then
rode down to Third and Madison streets,
where the Redmen were holding a con
vention. Attentions Are Continuous.
All this, as remarked, within an hour;
committees and subcommittees mean
while, buzzing about him; celebrities
and such trying to buttonhole him and
pry in a word or two; the public yelling
for him r.nd intent on shaklrg hands
And through all this hubbub Mr.
Hughes, his eyes a-twinkle - and his
smile revealing a fine mouthful of
Rooseveltian teeth, was Laving . the
time .of his life. , At any rate, that was
the impression he emanated all over.
Arriving at 6:35 o'clock from Seattle
on the Great Northern Railway, Mr. and
Mrs. Hughes did not mako their formal
bow to the-city until " 9 o'clock.
In the intervening t:ro hours and a
half their car was switched from the
North Bank to the Union depdt and
they had breakfast. At o'clock exact
ly Mr. and Mrs. Hughes appeared on the
rear platform of their car.
That was the signal for the crowd
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 60
. degrees;, minimum, 5S degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Mr. Hushes In Portland.
Seventeen thousand bear Mr. Hughes.
I'i8e 1. '
Mr. Hughes smiles through busy day. . Page 1.
Correspondent say crowds enthusiastic for
Hushes all along tour. Page .
Mr. Hughes makes brief address be tore Red
. Men's convention. Page 6. .
Mr. Hughes warmly shakes hands with 2000
persons at reception. Page 6.
Press Club likes Mr. Hughes. Page 6.
Columbia River Highway proves great revela
tion to Mr. Hughes. . Page 1.
Women find Mrs. Hughes charming and In
teresting. Page !.
Hundreds welcome Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and
parijr at train. Page 7.
Hughes promises business succor. Page T.
Mr. Hughes talks to crowd that- bids fare
well at depot. Page 8-
Uushes crowd Is Portland record.- Page 8.
Eastern manufacturer, Mr. Hughes' double.
Is much greeted. Page t. -War.
Condition of French civilians deported . by
Germans investigated. . Page 4. .
German line on Sommo resisting all attacks.
Page 4..
Allies make more gains by powerful attacks
in France. Page 4. -
Official war i reports. page 5.'
... Mexico. '
Formal Inspection of Oregon troops begun.
. Page 2.
Mexico's greatest srlei of courtmartlals
about to begin. Page 2. .
Foreign. . .
Los Angeles woman reporter becomes
countess. Page 1.
Danish upper house to demand election be
fore sale of Inlands Is ratified. Page 1.
National.
Senate legislative situation tied, in hard knot.
Page 2.
Wilson prepares plan for settUng strike.
Page 1.
OomentTr.
Raymond Belmont reported engaged to
Southern beauty. Page S.
New York surface car strike threatened
again. Puge 20.
Bryan to move b 'North Carolina and run
for Senator. Page 8.
School plana watt on epidemic Page S.
Pacific Northwest.
Representatives of lard grant counties In
sist upon taxation rights. Page 13.
Hoqulam ready for Elks. Page 11.
Man and wife shot down by Seattle hos
pital patient. Page S.
Old Government hospital burns, with SSUOO
loss. Page 1.
EporC
Red Sox beat White Sox twice." Page 38.
Napoleon Direct paces mile In less than two
minutes. Page Id.
Eight players remain In Casino tenia tour
ney. Page 17.
Russell Smith's score best at Gearhart.
Page 17. '
Pacific Coast League results: Los Angeles 2.
Portland 1; Vernon 8, Salt Lake 2; Oak
land 3. San Francisco 2. . Page. 16.
Nick Williams denies charge of tampering
with oppocirtg player. Page 10.
Commercial and Marino.
Scramble to buy barley results In higher
prices in Northwest. Page 21.
Chicago wheat declines under profit-taking
sales. Page 21.
Stock market unusually broad, active and
strong. Page 21.
Steam schooner Fort Bragg '..has aarrow
escape from destruction by fire. Page 20.
StandlCer-Clarkson shipbuilding plant under
way. Pago 20. ...
Portland and Vicinity.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21.
Union dry committee effects organization.
Page 22.
Ex-Governor "West advises grant lands be
left off tax rolls. Page 13.
Fire in Gordon Hotel building causes 113. (KM)
loss. Page 20.
DANISH SENATORS
HPT READY TO SELL
Election, on Island Is
sue -Demanded.
COUNTER PROPOSAL IS MADE
Premier. Suggests Formation
- of Coalition Cabinet.
PLEBISCITE .TO y FOLLOW
Meanwhile Senators at Washington
- Arc to Question" Secretary Lan
sing About Concessions In.
.' eluded In Treaty.
r. THOMAS. Danish "West ladles.
A a nr. 18. Apparently the Inhabltamts af
the Island f St. Croix are la favor of
the. sale of the Danish West Indira to
the United State. Inofficial balloting;
aeld there yesterday and of the
vote cast 5O0O were In favor of the
proposition and only' 11 against It.
COPENHAGEN. Aug:. 16. The Lands-thing-,
the upper house of the Danish
Parliament, met today as a committee
of the whole to consider the treaty providing-
for the sale of the Danish u-..t
Indies to the United States, and 47 of
the - 1 members present Dlaced them
selves in favor of the order of the day
declaring- that the sale cannot be set
tled before elections for both houses
of Parliament have been held. Five
members of the Landsthing were absent
from the meeting:.
, The situation has-been further com
plicated by . a proposal from -Premie
Zahle that the government -resign and
help in the formation of a Cabine
representing: the various parties. Thi
proposal. . if carried out. would avoid
tne Holding of elections as advocated
by tne Conservatives and the Left.
Socialists May Block Plana.
Th--Premier . put- forward -bhr pft
posal at a conference with - the presY
dents of . the political parties in the
Landsthing:, but It Is uncertain if it can
be carried out, as the Socialists have
hitherto declined to be represented in a
Cabinet with members of- the other
party.
Nothing can be settled at present, as
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WOMAN REPORTER
WEDDED TO EARL
DREAM OF PATRICIA lit RKE'S
Ot"XG LIFE COMES TRIE.
Former Los Angeles Girl Becomes
Countess as Result of Her Work
as , Red Cross Nunc.
LONDON. Aug. 16. The Earl of Cot-
tenham married in St. George's Church.
Hanover Square, today Miss Patricia
Burke, daughter of the late J. II.
Burke, of California. Walter Winans
gave the bride away. Viscount Crow-.
hurst, eldest eon of the Karl, acted as
best man.
The Earl of Cottenhain'a first wife
was Lady Hose Neville. She died in
1913.
'LOS ANGELES. Aug. 16. Miss Fatri
cia Burke, whose marriage to the Earl
of Cottenham at London was reported
today, formerly was a newpsaper re
porter here. She is the daughter of
John Humphrey Burke, a land valua
tion expert here, whom she visited a
year ago. .
- Her father said today his daughter,
when" a child, let her heart on some
day marrying into the nobility. He
said her engagement to a Spanish no
bleman was announced several years
ago while she was abroad, the wedding
date was set, but a tragedy caused
postponement and .later the engage
ment was broken.
, His daughter, he said, met the Earl
of Cottenham while she was serving as
a Red Cross nurse. '
BEACH RESORT HAS FIRE!
Three . Buildings Are Burned, but
Coast Guard Kuves Others.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 16. (Special.)
Ocean Park, a Summer resort on North
Beach, Wash., was visited by a fire
about ,3 o'clock, this morning that
caused a loss of approximately $3000.
The buildings destroyed were Trond
son & Brown's general store. William
Shagren's meat market and the Moore
bead photograph gallery. Most of the
contents of the structures were saved.
The , flames . started in the - butcher
shop. and only the work of the Coast
Guard crew and citizens prevented a
conflagration.
WOMEN UP AT REVEILLE
Real Military Camp "Work Hog ins
for Navy League' Auxiliary.
"LAKE GENEVA. Wis Aug. 16. The
first reveille some of the women ever
heard announced this, morning the
opening of the second day's service
school camp of the woman's division of
the Navy League of the United States.
. It marked the beginning of real mili
tary camp work for the 150 women who
are seeking to be ready for their coun
try! call In the event of war.
WILSON HAS PLAN
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Concession of 8-Hour
Day Proposed.
FEDERAL INQUIRY TO FOLLOW
President to Meet Committee
of 640 Today.
STATEMENT TO BE MADE
Appeal Will Be Made for Comproniie
in Interests of Peoplo of Coun
try Public Opinion Is Kc
licd On to Aid.
WASHINGTON. Aus. 16. Prcbident
Wilson tonight completed a definite
plan for settlement of the threatened
nation-wide railroad strike, and will
submit it to representatives of the
managers and employes tomorrow. Al
though Administration officials said
negotiations would be continued until
a peaceful solution was found, the out
come of the President's mediation Is
expected to depend largely on the at
titude of the two sides toward the plan
he has drawn up.
The proposition framed by th
President following conferences with
the managers and employes since Mon
day proposes that the railways should
concede the eight-hour workday.
lAtcr lavestlR-atlOD Indicated.
Later it probably will be proposed
that a Federal commission appointed
by the President or created by Con
gress investigate all problems which
have arisen during the present discus
sion. The chief obstacles in the fay
of acceptance of the plan lie in the in
sistence of the railroad managers on
arbitration and their opposition to the
elght-hgur. day and the demand for
tirne an a half for overtime. Whether
the two sides will give in on these
points constituted the chief uncertainty .
in the situation tonight.
The general committee of the em
ployes, including private representa
tives of the trainmen and englnemeu
on the iia rauroaa systems ot ma
country, arrived here tonight In re
sponse to a summons by their sub
committee, which has been meeting with
the President. The general commit
tee has plenary powers to accept or
reject any suggestion.
Men Say Outlook Is Good.
The men, although refraining from
discussing the plan of the President,
said they thought the outlook encour
aging for a settlement.
The President will meet tlje entire
committee of 640 in the east room of
the White House at 3 o'clock tomor
row and lay before them his plans. He
will acompany this with a statement.
appealing to their patriotism and re
questing a compromise In the interests
of the people of the nation.
While no time has been set for the
conference between the managers com
mittee and the President. It is thought
probable it wilf take place tomorrow
morning.
When Mr. Wilson sees the managers
he will make practically the same
statement he will deliver to the em
ployes, paying particular attention,
however, to the points he feels the man
agers should concede.
Statistic e,f Cewt Ceasldered.
The President completed his plan
during a conference today with Judge
William L. Chambers, of the Federal
Board of Mediation and Conciliation.
who took the White House statistics
compiled by experts showing the prob
able cost to the railroads of the grant
ing of a basic eight-hour day. Imme
diately afterward Judge Chambers
talked briefly with the managers' com
mittee. He did not confer with the
employes' representatives.
The conference between the President
and Judge Chambers was the only for
mal meeting of the day in connection .
Ith the situation. There were no
White House conferences with the man
agers and employes, pending the ar
rival of the brotherhoods general com
mittee from New York and the drawing
up of a definite plan by Mr. Wilson.
The managers spent the day in infor
mal meetings and conferences at their
hotel. The employes' representatives
rested at their hotel, saying they had
nothing to confer about among them
selves. The President is depending largely on
public opinion to force a settlement.
Should the present method of pro
cedure seem about to fall, it was
thought probable today he would take
the public into his confidence.
Federal Commission Discussed.
Discussion of the creation ot a Fed
eral Commission to investigate the rail
road situation centered largely today
around the contention of railroad of
ficials that such a commission would
be able to get at all the facts and be
able to prevent a recurrence of the
present crisis. The President has taken
up with both sides suggestions as to
the best way to make up a commission
which would be satisfactory.
The principal reasons advanced by
the managers in insisting on arbitra
tion were their belief that the prin
ciple of arbltraton Is at stake, and
points made during the consideration
of their recent petitions for a 5 per
cent increase in freight rates. The In
terstate Commerce Commission inti
mated at that time that when railroad
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