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VOL.. YL-I. XO. 17,393. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 191 G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANS TORPEDO BULGARIANS SEIZE TWO GREEK FORTS PWtlf PRANK OF 3 BOYS TIES UP CAR LINE MR. HUGHES' DAY OF REST IS STRENUOUS CREW HOME WITH TALE OF HARDSHIP ARBITRATION PUT UP TO PRESIDENT 2 BRITISH CRUISERS ARMIES BEGIN ADVANCE ON SEAPORT OF KAVALA. HISTORIC TROLLEY AT VANCOU VER IS SET ABLAZE. TALE OF LOSS OF PORITiAND CARGO OF FLOCK TOLD. I DEAD, 2 INJURED IN AUTO'S PLUNGE Car Backs Off Colum bia Highway Span. Vessels Lost Search ing for Enemy. 38 OF GREW ARE MISSING One Submarine Is Sunk, An other Ramed. HIGH SEAS FLEET ACTIVE Txvndon Says Germans Came Oat in Force, but Retired on Learning From Their Scouts That Foe Was Ready for Them. I03TD07T, Aig. 20 A German squad ron of Mme IS warships. Including large ernUen, la reported In the North Sea by trawler arriving: at 1"malden Holland, a Renter dispatch says. The squadron vraa sighted early yn terday In the region of Whltebank, and was accompanied by two Zeppelins, It was announced, on a northerly crnlsc. ; LONDON. Aug. 21. Two British light cruisers, the Nottingham and Fal mouth, were sunk Saturday In the North Sea by German submarines, while the vessels were searching for the Cerman high seas fleet, according to an official announcement Issued by the Admiralty shortly' before midr night. One Qeiman submarine was struck, while another was rammed and possibly sunk. The statement says: "Reports from our lookout squadrons and other units showed that there was considerable activity on the part of the enemy In the North Sea Saturday, the 19 th. Fleet Avoids Engagement. "The German high seas fleet came out. but. learning from their scouts that the British forces were In consid erable strength, the enemy avoided an engagement and returned to port. "In searching for the enemy we lost two cruisers by submarine attacks H. M. 8. Nottingham. Captain C. B. Miller, and H. M. S. Falmouth, Captain John Edwards. "All the officers of the former were saved, but 38 of the crew are. missing. All the officers and men of the Fal mouth were saved, but one stoker. Nor man Fry. died of Injuries. Submarine Is Destroyed. "An enemy submarine was destroyed end another was rammed and possibly sunk. "There Is no truth In the German ptatement that a British destroyer was punk and a British battleship dam aged." The Nottingham was a vessel of 5400 tons and was built In Pembroke In 1913. Jler complement was 380 men. She was 430 feet long and carried nine six-inch puns, four 3-pounders and two torpedo tubes. She was designed to make about 25 knots an hour. The Falmouth was of 6250 tons. She was built In 1910 and caried eight six Inch guns, four three-pounders and two torpedo tubes. In her trial trips she made slightly over 27 knots an hour. BERLIN. Aug. 20. (Via wireless to Sayville. N. Y.) The Admiralty an nounced today that a German subma rine sank a small cruiser and a de stroyer near the British east coast and damaged another small cruiser and bat tleship. OLD SETTLERS IN BATTLE Three Dead, Eight Wounded, Result j of Moonshine at Reunion. SPRING FIELD, Mo.. Aug. 20. Three men are dead and eight wounded, tbree seriously, as a result of series of fia-t. which marked the recent old settlers' reunion at Rocky Comfort In Mc Donald County, Missouri. Belated aews of the tragedies was brought here to night by William L. Crow, a local edi tor. The dead are: Lewis Larrimore, S5; Thomas Vanslack. 84, and J L. West, 24. Larrimore. Crow related, was slain in a brawl by Vanslack, who killed him self with a shotgun following Lai-1-more's death. West's throat was cut in a fight with an unidentified man. The fighting continued two days and was said to have been started In too liberal libations o "moonshine." 500 GO FROM VANCOUVER North Bank Band of 35 Pieces Plays Prominent Part. VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) More than 600 employes of the North Bank Railway joined with an equally large crowd from Portland In the annual North Bank picnio at Cas cades today. There were 17 cars In the , special- train, which left shortly after S oclock-this morning. Each car was loaded to the '.'guards." and the crowd was so great that extra cars had to be added here. The North Bank Band of Vancouver of 35 pieces was one of the attractions of the day. A big programme of field sports, races and other events was ar ranged by the committee.- - The picnick ers returned here early thls-evenlng. British Also Reported Advancing on Salonikl Front; Berlin Says Foe Thrown From Heights. PARIS, Aug. 20. Bulgarian troops are advancing toward the Greek sea port of Kavala, It was announced to day. They have seized two Greek forts. At several points along the front new engagements have been fought. LONDON. Aug. 20. The British troops on the Salonikl front have advanced and repulsed Bulgarian counter -attacks. British cavalry has been in touch with the enemy. BERLIN, via London, Aug. 20. The German official statement as to the fighting in the Balkans says: "Bikllsta, south of Presba Lake, and Banica have been taken. North of Ostrovo Lake the Serbian Drina divi sion has been thrown from the dom inating heights of Draiemaat Jerl and Metrio TepesL Counter-attacks were repulsed." ' BORDER SHOTS EXCHANGED Negro Militia Wound Mexican and Take Rim Prisoner. NACO. Ariz.. Aug. 20. More than. 100 shots were exchanged across the in ternational line about a mile west of here last night between patrols belong ing to the colored militia troops from the District of Columbia and a party on the Mexican side. The militiamen say that they had halted some Mexicans who attempted to cross the line. In answer to the challenge the Mexicans fired. In the fusillade that followed the only casualty was the wounding of one of the Mexi cans who had tried to cross. He Is now a prisoner in the camp of the colored troops. SHARK BREAKS UP RACE Boston Contestant Circled by Fish and Forced From Water. BOSTON. Aug. 20. Henry F. Sulli van, of Lowell, vas declared the win ner over Charles Toth, of Boston, to night in a swimming race between Race Point, Provincetown, and Nantasket Beach. Toth was taken from the water by his trainers when a shark circled about him after he had covered 1TV4 miles In a little more than 14 hours. Sullivan covered 25 miles. His follow ers said he was in the water 20 hours and 20 minutes. Officials said Sullivan had established a new American endurance record. TROOPS' CONDITION GOOD Illinois Governor Commends Treat ment of Men on Border. HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 20. Governor Dunne, of Illinois. who arrived In Houston after an inspection of the mil itary conditions along the border, said: "I came to Texas to satisfy myself as to the conditions of the soldiers on the border because of some of the news paper accounts which we received. I found that the most scrupulous care was being taken of the soldiers, that their physical condition was excellent and that their surroundings were good. Everything that possibly can be done for their comfort is being done." BOY CRUSHED UNDER AUTO Wind Blows Cap Over His Eyes and Lad Falls From Bicycle. BANDON, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Physicians hold little hope of . saving the leg of Gus Hooten, the 13-year-old son of Mrs. J. Barkdoll, of this city, who collided with an automobile while riding a bicycle on First street yester day morning. When almost upon the car the wind blew the boy's cap over his eyes and he swerved his bicycle Immediately In front of the automobile. As he fell the automobile passed over him. HEAT CAUSES 11 DEATHS Chicago Has Maximum of 91, but Cooler Weather Predicted. CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Four drownings, seven deaths and a number of heat prostrations were reported tonight as a result of the heat here today, the sec ond day of the present heat wave. The maximum temperature, reached In the afternoon, was 91. Cooler weather is In prospect tomor row, the weather bureau said. SOCIALIST CLUBS RAIDED Berlin Police Make Arrests and Seize Peace Manifestoes. LONDON. Aug. 20. The premises of all Berlin Socialist clubs were i aided by the -police on Wednesday last, ac cording to an Exchange Telegraph Company dispatch from Geneva today. Many persons were arrested, the ad vices say, and It Is reported that large quantities of peace manifestos and pamphlets were seized. Rockefeller Sends Books to Border. SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug; 20. D. L. Rodgers, field secretary of the T. M. C. A was advised today that the Rockefeller Foundation had appropri ated 115.000 for books for the troops along the border. A committee. It is said, is now engaged In New Tork in lectlng the literature, MACHINE DROPS 30 FEET Passengers Pinned Beneath Blazing Wreck. PASSERBY GOES TO RESCUE Miss Olive Erickson Is Killed and Her Sister. Miss Agnes, and J. H. Shields Gravely Injured and Latter May Die. Miss Olive Erickson, SOOVi Borthwick street, was killed instantly: her sister. Miss Agnes, of 440 Jefferson street, was injured seriously, and J. H. Shields, of the Milton Hotel, 126 Madison street. was possibly fatally Injured in an au tomobile accident on the Columbia Highway a mile west of Troutdalc, at 9:30 o'clock last night. The machine ran off a 3Q-foot bridge. pinned the occupants underneath and took Are. The accident was occasioned by a slight collision with another machine at the Troutdale end of the wooden bridge a mile on the Portland side of that city. Machine Goes Over Bridge. Mr. Shields, who was driving, backed the machine to the section of the bridge above the deepest part of the gully and then lost control of it. The car ran oft the bridge, turned over twice In midair and then landed on the passengers. The fire started Immediately after the car landed, and only the presence of mind of an autolst who had stopped on the bridge saved the injured from burning to death. The autolst. whose name was not learned, seized a fire ex tinguisher from, his own machine, ran to the wrecked car and sprayed the flames with chemicals. Miss Agnes Erickson was removed from under the wreck first. She had been thrown from the rear seat while the machine was whirling downward, but fell where she was pinned by the left mudguard. The guard fell across her back and her spine is Injured, al tbovgh Just how seriously could not be determined last night. Mr. Shields Ribs Broken. Mr. Shields and Miss Olive were on the front seat. Miss Olive was caught under the seat, with Mr. Shields across her shoulder. She was dead when taken from under the car. Mr. Shields sustained three fractured ribs, one of which punctured his lung, and cuts about the face. Chester R. Shields, son of the injured driver, was one of the party, but had descended from the automobile after the collision. He suggested to his father that the latter give him the steering wheel while the machine was backed off the bridge after the colli sion, and it was while the elder Shields was preparing to relinquish his posi tion that the car began to run back- (Concluded on Page 4, Column 6.) Lads Try to Run Old Piece of Roll ing Stock and Fall Other Half of Supply in Shops. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) The prank of three boys today tied up traffic here on the depot street car line, and almost caused the destruc tion of "Molly." the historical car which has been in service on the depot run since the Vancouver street railway system was built in 1907. Prior to 1907 the car had a record of more than 30 years' service in Seattle. While the car's "crew," the motorman and conductor in Vancouver being the same person, was at his dinner, "Molly" was left on a sidetrack. The boys, pre paring for a Joy ride, let 'the trolley back on the power line, and opened the controller. The expected movement did not result. Instead a flare of electric ity burst forth, narrowly missing scorching one of the venturesome youths and setting fire to the front end of the car. "Molly," with many an ac cident, smashup. Are and breakdown in her history, was not yet to succumb. The Are was extinguished and company officials say she will be back on the run in a couple of days. " As tne only extra car on the Vancou ver system is being overhauled, passen gers arriving at the depot or wishing tS catch a train will walk or call a taxi for a few days. THREAT SENT PRESIDENT Postal Authorities Make Arrest Fol lowing Receipt of Missive. BALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. 20. On the charge of sending a threatening post card to President Wilson. Theodore E. Jones. 65 years old. a tobacco sales man, who also sty a he is a marine draughtsman, was arrested at his home here today by postal authorities. The postal In question never reached the President, and read: "If you do not answer my letter you will regret It" It is alleged that Jones wrote to Sec retary of the Navy Daniels and to the President frequently. claiming the credit for naval inventions. WIDOW ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Mrs. Davis Tries to Jump From Window of Mission House. " ' " - A CHICAGO. Aug. 20 Mrs. Mouse Davis. widow of the Vancouver. B, C. mining man. who died of poisoning at a Chi cago hotel ten days ago. tonight tried to Jump from a window In St. Marys' mission house. She was restrained ana taken to the hospital. Mrs. Davis was made severely ill by poison at the time her husband died. The mystery surrounding Davis death has not been cleared. BISHOP IS CONSECRATED Archimandrite Philip Becomes Head of Russian Church in Alaska. NEW TORK, Aug. 20. Archiman drite Philip, rector of the Orthodox Theological Academy at Tenafly, N. J., was consecrated bishop of Alaska at the Russian Cathedral In this city today. The occasion was the eccle siastical celebration of the Feaet of the Transfiguration. The new bishop will reside at Sitka and at San Fran cisco. DOWN IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA. Governor in Same Hotel as Nominee. FORMER REMAINS IN ROOM Mr. Johnson Unaware ex-Justice Is Present. OVERFLOW CROWD THERE Call Is Made on Widow of President Garfield Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Photographed Beside Masto don 30,000 Years Old. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 20. Charles E. Hughes spent a strenuous day of rest In Los Angeles today. He reached the city shortly before 10 o'clock from San Francisco, went to church, held a pub lic reception at his hotel, took a 10J mlle motor drive, visiting Pasadena and Long Beach, stopped at the Los Angeles Museum on the way back and did not reach his hotel tonight until more than an hour after he had ex pected to do so. At Long Beach Mr. Hughes spent half an hour in the same hotel as Governor Johnson, but did not meet him. Gover nor Johnson reached the hotel an hour before Mr. Hughes did. but did not learn of Mr. Hughes' expected presence until some time after the letter's de parture. Governor Remains In Room. Governor Johnson remained in his room while Mr. Hughes was at the hotel. The nominee held an informal reception for half an hour there, shak ing hands with a crowd that choked the hotel lobby and overflowed into the street. William H. Crocker, of San Francis co. Republican National committeeman from California, accompanied Mr. Hughes to Long Beach, and was with him at the reception there. Mr. Hughes told callers today that he did not care to inject himself Into the situation arising from tho differ ences between Republican and Progres sive leaders in California, because he felt that the issues between them were local and should be decided, locally. On his long motor trip, Mr. Hughes made several short stops. The first of these, at Pasadena, was to greet a group of boys and girls. Call Made en Mrs. Garfield. The nominee and his wife made a short call on the widow of President Garfield, and later Mr. Hughes stopped for a moment to leave his bent wishes at the home of ex-Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, who Is 11L Mr. and Mrs. Hughes were luncheon guests of the Republican city com mittee of Pasadena, where they held a reception. The nominee then motored to a suburb, where there is a big moving-picture establishment, of which he made a brief inspection. On the way back from Long Beach to this city, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes went through (Concluded on f.K 4. Column 2.) r y a --rl m v Langdale, Loaded Hercin February, Has Misfortune Almost From Beginning of Voyage. BOSTON. Aug. 20. (Special.) Six young Americans, in today on the White Star liner Canaplc, brought a tale of hardship, starvation, wreck and sickness. They sailed from Portland, Or, In February on the British bark Lang dale, laden with flour for Liverpool. They encountered terrific stornls be fore they rounded Cape Horn. They were on short rations after they had been out four months and were blown out of their course. For two months they subsisted on biscuits made from flour and salt water. The little re maining water In their tanks was muddy. They ran out of coal and cut up the royal yards and spars for fuel. Toward the end some of the men grew desperate and when the mate gave orders he was cursed Instead of obeyed. The bark went on the rocks In the night when it was entering the har bor of Ponta Delgada In the Azores August 9. Twenty-nine of the crew were saved. They were taken to St. Michaels and those who had no cloth ing were outfitted by the British Consul and sent home. The Langdale carried a cargo of flour loaded in Portland by the Port land Flouring Mills last February. The ship, an iron craft of 1889 tons net register, left the Columbia River February 17 for the United Kingdom ports and carried a crew of 29 men. The cargo was valued at 16 2.000. The Portland Flouring Mills re chartered the vessel from H'id. Rolph & Co. Her cargo was sold when shipped and the Portland firm was not affected by the wreck. She was the third ship loaded by the Portland Flouring Mills, however, to be lost since the opening of the European war. PASTOR ENLISTS FOR CAMP Tacoma Minister Believes In Pre paredness to Protect Country. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.) Rev. McLaine Milne, pastor of the Bap tist Church at Puyailup, has enlisted for the business men's camp which will be held at American Lake August 28 to September 23. In enrolling. Rev. Mr. Milne said he believed it was the duty of every citi zen to be prepared, not to make war but to. protect the country. He as serted that he believed it to be the place of pastors to lead the way and show that the spirit of the militant Christ was not dead. Trunk Bank Is Robbed. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) Mrs. J. E. Steen. of this city, laid 110 in gold by for a rainy day last Wednes day. She placed it in the pocket of an old overcoat which she burled in the bottom of a trunk. Saturday she had need of some money and went to the trunk. The trunk was there, but the overcoat and gold were missing. The police are working on the case today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, TS degrees: minimum, 48 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and warmer, northerly winds. Mexico. Private Dunn recovers consciousness. Paz . War. German submarines sink two (British cruis ers. Page 1. Bulgarians seize two Greek forts. Pace 1. British and French make gains in west. Page Politics Mr. Hushes has strenuous day In San Diego. Pa. 1. Wilson cot to make tour of country. Pace 2. foreign. Chinese protest to President against Insults encouraged by Secretary Wilson. Page 4. National. President says there Is no way to embrace arbitration. Paga X. Domestlc. Cruiser New Orleans with civilian volun teers aboard reaches San Ilego. Page 2. San Francisco longshoremen accept em ployers compromise offer. Page 4. Hurricane sweeps, over great area. Page 4. Portland cargo of flour lost on way to Europe. Page X. Noteworthy gathering of Catholic prelates present at opening ot convention in New York. P-age C. (Sports. Pacific Oast League results: Portland 2-7. Los Angeles 3-3; Vernon 3. Salt Lake 1; ban Francisco 3-1, Oukland 2-U. Paga lo. Brooklyn shuts out Cubs, Coombs giving only one tilt. Page lo. Baby Beavers win Inter-City League cham pionship. Page lo. Any one ot nine major league clubs still has chance tor world's title. Page 11. Gulsto returning to Portland to await How ard's arrival. Page 11. San Francisco booaters arrive at Eugene. Page 3. Marine. Steamer Republic to carry big lumber cargo from Columbia River. Page t. Pacific Northwest. Mazamas enjoy romp In snow. Page 3. Famous Chicago Jurist tells why Hughes should be elected. Page 8. Mrs. Cora Caples. of Forest Grove, disap pears. Page V. Tillamook County celebrates Paclflo High way opening. Page 8. Boys prank disrupts Vancouver car serv ice. Page 1. Farm loan bank fraud nipped In Idaho. Page 6. Madame Sohumann-Hetnk amazed at rich farm landa near Dallas. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Trial of Bennett Thompson for double mur der to open September 5. Page 14. Price of clothes to soar, says R. M. Gray. Page 14. Thrift campaign planned for Northwest by Y. M. C. A. Page 7. Arms display at new recruiting office at tracts Portlanders. Paga 14. Fourteen hundred railway employes and families picnio at Cascades. Page 6. Weather report, data and forecast. Face 11. Portland boys home from 4800-mile auto trip. Page 14. One killed, two Injured. In auto accident . near Troutdale. Page 1. Manufacturers Make Issue of Principle. TELEGRAM SENT TO WILSON Reply Made That Means Does Not Now Exist. EMERGENCY IS DECLARED Sitnation. Says President, Mnst Xever Be Allowed to Arise Again. Railway Presidents Confer and Men Mark Time. WASHIXQTON', Aug. 20. President Wilson's week of conferences with ranking officials of the railroads and leaders of their employes threatening a Nation-wide strike are believed by all parties to the controversy to have brought the situation to a point where decisive developments may be expected within a few days. While the negotiations took no ac tual step today, the President replied Indirectly to contentions of the road officials that the principle of arbitra tion would be endangered by his plan for putting the eight-hour basic day Into effect while a commission In vestigates its practicability and passes upon other points at issue. In a tele gram made public at the White House the President declared he held firmly to arbitration as a principle, and that his plan strengthened rather than weakened it. He also said that some means must be found to prevent the existing situation from ever arising again. Railroads Continue Confereaeea. Meantlme the railroad officials who have tentatively refused to accept Wil son's proposal continued conferences among themselves. The labor leaders, who already have approved the pro posal, marked time awaiting a definite decision from the employers. The President's telegram defending his plan was in reply to an appeal from George Pope, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, urging that the principle of arbitration be pre served. Mr. Pope's telegram follows: "Hartford. Conn.. Aug. 18. 1916 The President, the White House: On behalf of 3700 manufacturing organizations employing 3.000,000 persons and utterly dependent upon -uninterrupted railroad service for their continued operation. I beg at once to express our deep ap preciation of your efforts to prevent the threatened destructive stoppage of National railroad service and to urge respectfully that you will, with all the power of your great office, personally assert and maintain the principle of arbitration affecting National Interests. No Just demand can fear such a test; no unfair demand can or should survive It. I sincerely believe no man In our his tory has possessed such an opportunity to fortify this essential principle of public security against future attack by employer or employe. "GEORGE POPE." President Sends Reply. The President replied: "Allow me to acknowledge the re ceipt of your telegram of August 18 and to say in reply that I hold to the principle of arbitration with as clear a conviction and as firm a purpose as anyone, but that iinfortunately there is no means now in existence by which arbitration can be secured. The ex isting means have been tried and have failed. This situation must never be allowed to arise again, but It has arisen. Some means must be found to prevent its recurrence, but no means can be found off-hand or in a hurry or in season to meet the present National emergency." Arbitration Not Discredited. "What I am proposing does not weaken or discredit the principle of arbitration. It strengthens it. rather. It proposes that nothing be conceded except the eight-hour-day. to which the whole economio movement of the time seems to point, and the Immediate creation of an agency for determining all the arbitrable elements in this case In the light, not of predictions or fore casts, but of established and ascer tained facts. This Is the first stage on the direct road to the discovery of the best permanent basis for arbitration when other means than those now available are supplied." Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern and several other Western railroad presidents, will arrive tomor row morning and others are expected at night. Presldeat Wilson made no engage ments for tomorrow In order to be ready to continue negotiations with the railroad presidents, but It was thought probable that there would be no further general White House conference until Tuesday. It was understood tonight that a counter proposal was under con sideration by the railroad executives, but that It had not yet reached a defi nite stage. It was said to Include arbi tration of at least some of the points at issue. In the meantime telegrams urging the President to Insist on arbitration arrive In large numbers at the White House. Most of them were sent by business men. firms and organizations. Copies of many were sent to the rail road executives. Administration offi cials said the telegrams would have no effect on the President, since he had tried to bring about arbitration and failed and had no way of forcing it.