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VOL. VL.I XO. 17,400. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 191C. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. A ROUi! LIS FATE WITH ALLIES War Declared on Austria; Germany Retaliates. ARMY ENTERS TRANSYLVANIA Large Russian Force Ready to March Down Danube to Bulgaria. HUNGARY TO BE INVADED Belief Now Prevails That Greece Cannot Much Long er Remain Neutral. ROUMAZS'IA, UEH STRENGTH A.D HER AMBITIO.S. Eoumania is 14th nation to join war and tenjh on side of entente allies. - Her military strength is estl-. mated at 900,000 men, with 480 75-milllmeter guns, 160 field guns and some heavy suns. Population of Rouraania Is 6,800,000. Achievement of her "national ambition" to unite the lands In which Roumanian population is predominant, would give her a population of about 13,000.000. Reconstructed Roumanla would then Include, in addition to pres ent territory, Czernowitz, Bessa rabia and a large portion of Transylvania, and in area would be as large as England. Scotland and Wales. . MRTHUR S. DRAPER. ' War correspondent of the New York Tribune-NBy special cable.) LONDON, Ang. 28. (Special.) Boumania is at war with Germany and .i , Austria. ' Roumania declared war on Austria last night. Less than 12 hours later Berlin declared war on Roumaniav Turkey and Bulgaria are expected to follow Germany without delay. A' Roumanian army has crossed al ready into ; Transylvania and is en gaged in battle with the Austrians in the mountain passes on the southeast ern frontier of Hungary. Russia Ready to Move. On the Pruth and the Danube a large Russian force is concentrated, ready to move down the Danube and march through Roumania into Bul garia. Thus a Russian sledge soon will be battering . the Bulgarians against Sarrail's anvil." Roumania's decision to join the al lies was reached at a meeting of the Crown Council held at Bucharest yes terday morning. It follows closely on Italy's declaration of war against Ger many a proof that the Balkan drive was to be a great push of all the en tente powers. To the allied forces have been added an army of perhaps 900,000 men and the way is open for a body blow at Bulgaria and an invasion of Hungary from the east. . Greece Expected to Join Soon. Greece undoubtedly will be .influ enced by Roumania's "decision .and some observers here predict her en try into the war within a fortnight. Greece cannot long remain neutral. With the Bulgars intent on holding Eastern Macedonia and the Italians pushing into Northern Epirus, she must take some action. Germany became suspicious of Rou mania several months ago. The pres ence of General Mackensen in the Bal kans is the best proof that Berlin feared the worst. The campaign is bound to develop rapidly and on a big scale. Bulgaria Doubly Menaced. Bulgaria is immediately menaced oif two fronts one of which is especially vulnerable, the Dobrudja while Rou mania can assist the Russians in at tacking Hungary from the south and around Czernowitz. The Russians can now join the Roumanians in driving a wedge to meet the Saloniki forces. On the other hand Mackensen is not likely to remain idle long. He has bees preparing a long time for a drive in the Balkans.' The new commander of the Roumanian army, Averescu, is rec ognized as a very able cavalry leader and a personal friend of Lord French. As Minister of War ho reorganized the army nine years ago. London believes that Bucharest can strike a powerful blotv. The Roumanians have begun the i Concluded oa fago 3. Coijima ' WHEAT TUMBLES 11 CENTS ON WAR NEWS DROP DUE TO BELIEF PEACE IS .JJKOUGHT NEARER. - Theory That Dardanelles Will . Be Opened, However, Is Rejected. Trading Is on Enormous Scale. - CHICAGO, Aug. 28. Widening of the Buropean war zone today sent wheat prices tumbling almost as if the mar ket had.no bottom. The extreme fall In prices' was 11 cents, an amount vir tually a' parallel to the extraordinary rise witnessed two years " ago on the day that .hostilities began. Transac tions were on a huge scale. - It was the view that the end of the war had perhaps been greatly hastened that in the main brought about today's big drop In quotations. Even the most conservative traders seriously discussed the chance that by a speedy opening of the Dardanelles vast stores of Rus sian grain would soon reach western Europe as a result of Roumania's hav ing at last joined fortunes with the Anglo-French allies. Word late in the session, that actual, fighting had begun on - the Roumanian frontier -set the wheat pit here nearly frantic and was followed by a wild close at the lowest prices of the day. $1.40 to 41.40 for September and $1.43m, to 81.44 for December, as against Saturday's finish of respectively 11.51 and $1.53 to 81.54. ' . Throughout the day the increased chances of a general railway strike In the United States added to the excite ment of wheat traders and formed a perceptible factor in bringing about the collapse of the market. EDUCATOR HURT IN AUTO Chicago Superintendent Is Uncon scious, Wttli Many lirokcn Bones. DANVILLE. 111., Aug. 28. John D. Shoop, superintendent - of Chicago schools, 'who' was injured in an auto mobile accident last night near Chris man, 111., is in a hospital here today with eight broken ribs, a crushed .chest and a broken collarbone. He was still unconscious today. Farren Davis, editor of "the Paris, III., Beacon, suffered a fractured skull and may die.' F. F. Hagen, of Paris, was internally injured and his right shoulder was broken, but he will re cover. The other men in the automo bile were slightly, injured. CAPT. JOHN ASTOR MARRIES Bride. Is Widow of Peer Who Fell Early In War In France. LONDON. Aug.: . 28. Captain John Astor. of the First Life Guards, today married Laf Charles Mercer Nairne at Christ Church .... Captain Astor is ' the ' youngest son of. Baron William Waldorf Astor, for merly of New "York.- The bride is the widow of Lord Nairne. ' second son of the Marquis of Lansdowne, who was killed early in the war in France. She is a daughter- of the late Lord Minto, former viceroy of India and Is 27. years old. i- RECEIVERS CUJ OWN PAY Western Pacific Stockholders ' Save $30,000 by Deal. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. Warren Olney. Jr., and Frank G. Drum, former receivers for the Western Pacific Railroad Company, saved ' the stock holders $30,000 today: On the witness stand Olney. said: "We were expecting $35,000 each for our duties as receivers." That's all right. Your Honor, we were going to concede $60,000 each," spoke up Attorney John F. Bowie for the company. Judge William C. Van Fleet allowed the $35,000 each. KING C0NSTANTINE IS ILL Ruler of Greece Undergoes Opera -. tion of 3Ilnor Nature. LONDON, Aug. 28. King Constantlne of Greece underwent a slight opera tion Sunday, according to Reuter's Athens correspondent. The correspon dent adds that the King recently has been indisposed, suffering from inflam mation of a wound caused by the last operation on him. King Constantlne, in June, 1315, suf fered a relapse from an attack of pleurisy, which necessitated the remov al of part of his vtenth rib. LABOR DAY MEANS 2f DAYS City Employes Quit at Noon . Satur day and Stay Away Till Tuesday. Labor day will bring city employes a two-and-a-half day vacation this year. They will report off work at 12 o'clock noon Saturday and will be gone until 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. This applies everywhere except in the. police, fire, park and &. few other branches of the service. Labor day is one of the six regular holidays, for the city service so the Council will no have to declare a holi day. . - - FRENCH EMPLOY CHINESE Asiatics Being Im-eorted for Work In . . , Munitions Factories. PARIS. Aug. 28 One thousand Chinese laborers, arrived at Lyons to day. They constitute the first contingent of Chinese who are. to be brought to Franc, tax. .work la munition r&ctpriey IMMIGRATION BILL BURIED IN SENATE Big Majority Is Power less to Act. CAUCUS GAG IS EFFECTIVE At Least 85 Members in Favor , of Passing Measure. PARTISAN ISSUE IS MADE Democratic Organization Is Con. cerned With ' Saving President From Embarrassment of . Threatened Veto. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 28. Notwithstanding that 85 or more members of the United States Senate favor tlfe passage of the immigration bill, and no more than six Senators are known positively to be opposed . to the measure, the Senate, under Democratic caucus control. Is unable to bring this measure to a vote. The Senate has been strangled by the caucus gag and this overwhelming ma jority has been rendered powerless. Today a majority of the Senate is not able to' legislate. Legislation is by caucus decree only. In the days of Aldrich, the Senate was held up to' the gaze of the coun try as & body dominated by a few men, but In Aldrich's' prime no such situa tion ever developed as exists today. Majority Almost Unprecedented. If the immigration bill could be brought to a vote in the Senate It would pass with practically no oppo sition. The tremendous majority in favor of it is almost unprecedented. Two years a,go. when an identical bill was voted on in the Senate, only six Senators voted against it and some of the six have been replaced by Senators who want . the immigration bill en. acted. Now the bill hs been .sidetracked, not because of opposition 'among Sena tors, but because the President has let it be known he does not want the bill voted upon, for-if it is passed he will veto it again. The Senate leaders, act ing at the suggestion of the President, laid the matter, before . the caucuts, not withstanding it is not a partisan ques tion, and the caucus decided to lay aside the immigration bill until after the election. On a test vote that was taken only a few daya ago 10 Democratic. Sena tors, disregarding caucus instructions, voted to proceed with the immigration bill. At once Senator Stone, of Mis souri; Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, and Senator Kern, of Indi ana, applied the lash, with the result that five of the ten. Including the two Senators from Oregon, changed their position and acknowledged the supreme acy of King Caucus, and the bill was laid aeide for the remainder of the ses sion. Every Republican Senator present had voted for taking up the bill. Because the Democrats of the Senate Concluded on Page 3, Column 4.) x VAt-jtjLi'i.i --r '- j - , ,-'-"-', ni-T-nii -!- - ij.T.t-x.t.ULtu.Liii A INDEX OF TODArS NEWS The Weather.' TESTER DAY'S Maximum ' temperature. 'sO degrees; minimum. 59 decree. TODAY'S Showers; cooler; southwesterly winds. - War. Roumanla. bitter alnt her form. Pare French bold, lead in war. aviation. Pase a. Paris rejoices over Roumania's entry Into war. Page 2. Roumania enters war on side of entente allies. Pte L' Berlin trade not much affected by new .declaration .of war. Page X. Ronmanla expected to join Russian offen sive. Paso 8. - . . National. . ... -Greifc.maiorify of Senators favor immigra tion bill, but cannot oblaln vote. Page 1. President decides to put strike situation be . tor Congress. . Page 1. Canada doubles exports to United States in year. Page 4. . - . , Domestic ' Veterans gathering at Kansas City. Page . Wheat tumbles 11 cents on war Sews. . Pge 1. t 1 . - , Mexican. Troop A In blvouao ready to move. Page S. Politics. Deservinr Oregon Democrats are aided. . Page lft. x Sport. . Nine Coast League, stars are sold to majors. Page 13. Beavenrf'to open 30-game series with Angels . today. Page 12. Only four matches' 'played in opening of National tennis championships. Page 13. Brooklyn's onward march, is checked by Cardinals. Page 12. -four Ccast League mansgers lament loss 'of tos who become stars. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Southwest Washington Fair Is opened. Pag 4. Asterla dons best frock for company at Ke- ga.tta. Page 0. Training camp at American Lak to open activity. Pas 6. Glockner death now Is considered suicide over love. Page T. Klamath Falls takes step towards - bond election for Strahom road. - Page ?.-Attorney-General Brown thinks back taxes on grant lands may be limited. Page o. " Commercial and Marine. Wheat trading In Korthmest brought to sLanosiiii by t-nicago slump. age it. Furl-us rushes to sell grain in Chicago mar. ket. Page 17. Strike situation leaas to further professional selling of stocks. Page 17. Advance In hog prices at North Portland stockyards.- Page 17. Chicago slump stops all Northwest wheat trading. Pag 16. Standlfer-Clarkson North Portland shipyard to build two schooners together. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. City fireman Is discharged after he has quit. . paga u Weather report, data and forecast. Page Wounded British officer her on visit tells or Dattieiieia norrors. page 11. City of Portland financial system is crltl- cisoa. rafio iu. Federal Court here to hear rate Injunction case Thursday.. Pag 11. "Lawyers" us ot epithets not mild. Pag 7. Judge Jones to decide whether trunk liquor Jitney franchise to b considered by City Council today. Page ft. Oswego plant official sues alleged cement trust xor si.duu.uvu. Pag 1. Anne Shannon Monro declares i-Tea ' of woman s -party is xoousn. Pag. IS. Prelate of Philippine Is her on visit. fag . BOLT KILLS MAN AND DOG. Forest Hanger Finds Bodies Lying; Side by Side on Mountain. WILUTS. Cel., Aug. 28. A bolt of lightning during yesterday's thunder storm In this section killed H. M. Coke, a farmer, who was hunting deer on Hayshed Mountain. His dog was beside him dead, too. when a forest ranger found the body today. Loaves Made Smaller. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28. Two and one-half ounces were taken from each loaf of bread baked today by San Francisco bakers to be sold for S cents. and doughnuts were raised from 12 to 15 cents a dozen, as also were snails, rolls and buns. Heretofore .the 5-ccnt loaves have weighed 15 ounces. ROUMANIA THROWS OPEN WIDE THE IRON BIG CEMENT SUIT IS FILED IN CITY Conspiracy Charged to Throttle Oregon. $1,500,000 DAMAGES ASKED Oswego Plant's Attorney Says Output Held to One-sixth. PRICE TO CONSUMERS HIGH Aman Moore Brings Action Against Several Individuals and 1 4 Cor porations Under "Sherman and Clayton Laws. 'Suit for $1,500,000 against an alleged cement combine seeking absolute con trol or the ruin of the Oregon Portland Cement Company, of Oswego, was filed in the Federal Court yesterday by Aman Moore, largest individual stockholder, vice-president and treasurer. In the name of the company. "According to the normal consump tion of cement in the Coast states, the difference ' between what consumers pay and. what would be a reasonable price, amounts to $1,200,000 a year." asserted Coy' Burnett, wrfo with Attor ney Logan and Smith,, is filing the ac tlon for the Oswego Company. "Be cause Aman Moore is opposed to his company exacting from the .public this excess charge, this suit is made neces sarv. Output Held One-"Sixth. "In addition to the public question. the direct result ot the trust arrange ment Is that Oregon Portland Cement Company Is allowed to sell only in' a part of Oregon, and even in that terri tory it is required t6 divide with four California companies, thus rendering it Impossible to sell more than one-sixth the capacity of the company.? A tale of high finance reading like lurid fiction is set forth. In the pages of the complaint, which portrays a pur ported deliberate effort to throttle an Industry which is not amenable to tb,e demands , of a. trust. Mismanagement and sabotage will result in the closing down of the Oswego plant Friday, it is charged, for at least two months, possl bly indefinitely. Antl-Trmst Acta IsTekea. For damages to the plant, alleged to. be. a part of a widespread con spiracy, balm of $1,500,000 is sought, and the instruments by which the suing litigants hope to gain their de mand are the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust acts. Under the terms of these laws damages treble the ' actual loss of $500,000 to the company are de manded. Named as chief manipulators In the alleged conspiracy are Charles Boett- cher, of Denver, president of the Mof fat Railroad and president of the Ce ment Securities Company, of Denver, and R. P. Butchart, president of the Oregon Portland Cement Company and Incidentally controller of the Vancou ver. B. C, Portland Cement Company. (Concluded on Pag 7. Column 1.) DOOR. FIREMAN IS "FIRED" AFTER HE HAS QUIT FAILURE TO RESIGN IX PROPER FORM IS ClfAKGE. ' Man Just Packs "Duds" and Leaves. .Discharge. Xot So Vunny as It Seems; It Goes on Record., When a man wants to leave the flre flghting forces of the city he must re sign in due form; otherwise he will summarily be Just plain ."fired." This is the moral drawn from the case of O. Jemtegard, a hoseman of the Are bureau, who was discharged yes terday by order of Mayor Albee. upon recommendation of Fire Chief Dowell. Failure to feslgn properly was the charge brought against the fireman. Mr. Jemtegard had a new position he was Intent upon taking, and this may account for the fact that he was dere lict in the courtesies Insisted upon In the fire bureau. In any event he did not resign prop erly. He just packed his "duds" and told his captain lie was resigning to take another job. But this was in direct violation of the rules of the nre bureau, which re quire that resignations must be in writing and must be given into the hands of the fireman's superior officer Ave days before they go into effect. However, being "fired" after he had resigned. Is not quite as funny as it seems at first glance. It does not leave Mr. Jemtegard In as good standing as he would be had he complied with the civil service regulations to which he had subscribed. Had he resigned prop erly, as obligated, his standing would be good. As It Is, his civil service record will terminate with the order for his dis charge. SENTENCES ARE HELD UP Kaiser Makes Order Ieferrlns Pun ishment ot French Prisoners. BERLIN. Aug. 28. (By wireless to Sayville. N. T.) An official statement issued here yesterday says: "The German Kmperor has ordered postponement until after the war of the execution of all sentences imposed for the punishment of French prisoners, both civilian and military, on account of acts committed up to September 1 of this year. " BERLIN, via London. Aug. 2S". The Imperial Cabinet order providing for postponement of sentences on French prisoners also provides for their im mediate release from confinement and their return to the prison camp at Cott bus. Breaches of discipline In prison camps, however, exempt the offenders from, the provisions of the order. PACIFIC MAIL PROFITS BIG Company Earns More Than 21 Per Cent on All Its Stock. NEW YORK,- Aug. 28. The annual statement of the Pacific Mall Steam ship Company, made public here to night, showed that the year's profits amounted to. more than 21 per cent on both preferred and common stock. The total net revenue for the half year ending June 30, last, excluding the trans-Pacific line, was $479,288. an increase of $376,351. For the full year the total net revenue was $635,125, a gain" of $-116,997. The gross revenue for the year was $1,530,531. a decrease of $161,318. and for the half year $803. 654. an increase of $20,214. NUN DIES INAUT0 WRECK Another Is Seriously Injured and . Driver Is Badly Hurt. LEWISTON. Idaho. Aug. 28. Sister Rose, of the Benedictine Order, was In stantly killed, another Sister was seriously injured and two others were badly bruised in an automobile acci ent today near Lake Waha. William Hoordsman, a retired farmer, of Gene see, driver of the car, sustained injur ies that may prove fatal. Hoordsman. who was conveying the Sisters from the St. Gertrude Convent. at Cottonwood, to Lewlston, lost con trol of his machine on a steep grade. The car left the read and turned over. Sister Rose's neck was broken. FOREST FIRE SPREADING. Blaze 'enr Summit of Cascades Is Again Defjins Firefighters. SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 28. A fire In tho Snoqualmle Forest Reserve on the Whitechuck River,, near the sum mit of the Cascades, is" again beyond control, after being reported under control Sunday night. Fifty additional firefighters will be sent out tomorrow morning to aid the score of men dis patched there from Darrington last Friday. Other fires In the reserve are under control. BLIND TAUGHT TO DANCE Irish Jig Declared Easiest for Sight less Children to Learn. CHICAGO. Aug. 28. Methods of teaching blind children to dance were demonstrated before the American As sociation of Dancing Masters, here to day by M. F. Conway, of Hartford, Conn. Conway declared the Irish jig Is the easiest dance for the blind to lfp rn. The association today determined to present its neet dances to the'public tlixouili jnoviaj; picture, CONGRESS TO ACT III STRIKE ISSUE President to Ask Joint Session for Legislation. MESSAGE IS BEING WRITTEN Eight-Hour Day and Federal Operation of Trains in Crisis Considered. MEN PREPARED TO QUIT Leaders Flatly Refuse Presi dent's Request to With draw Tentative Order. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S. Presi dent Wilson tonight definitely de cided to go before Congress in person tomorrow or Wednesday to recom mend legislation aimed to avert the threatened Nation-wide railroad strike, or to stop it if it comes before Con gress can act. He worked until late tonight on hi3 message, in which he will tell mem bers of the Senate, and House of the negotiations to date and lay before them a definite legislative programme. Both Sides See President. The President reached this decision after conferences at the White House with the committee of eight railroad presidents and the four brotherhood heads on a new proposal for settle ment of differences suggested by the executives and after a prolonged dis cussion of the situation at the Capitol with the members of the Democratic steering committee of the Senate. The proposition of the railroad executives was that an investigation of all issues be conducted by a com mission to be named by the President, the investigation to last three or four months, no action to be taken by either side in the meantime, and at the conclusion of the inquiry the situ ation to be what it now is, the em ployes having the choice of arbitrating or striking. The brotherhood heads promised a reply tomorrow morning and there was every indication it would be unfavorable. President's Request Refused. When the railroad brotherhood heads went to the White House. to night the President strongly urged the withdrawal of a tentative striko order sent out yesterday subject to release calling for a walkout of the 400,000 brotherhood members at 7 A. M., Labor day, September 4. This request was flatly refused, the leaders saying that only the commit tee of 640, which left Washingtpn yes terday, had power to recall the order. Copies of the strike order were brought to the President's attention after they had gotten into the posses sion of the railroad executives. It had been known that the members of the committee of 640 carried home with them a tentative order, but no one outside the brotherhood councils had suspected that a date had been set, and the President is said to have been greatly perturbed by the in formation. President Said to Be Hopeful. After the refusal to withdraw ths order, he communicated with the rail road presidents, who held a meeting that lasted until late in the night. . In spite of the apparent final failure of his efforts to bring the two sides together, the President was repre sented tonight as being still hopeful of averting a strike- The legislative programme prepared for Congress includes the following measures: An eight-hour law for railroad em ployes so framed as to give the rail roads time to prepare for it. A law patterned after the Canadian industrial disputes act providing for investigation of industrial disputes on railroads by a commission and pro hibiting strikes or lockouts pending the outcome of the investigation. Revenue Increase Considered. . In addition to these measures there are under consideration a resolution to increase the revenues of the rail roads in case the expenses are in creased and a law creating authority for the operation of the railroads un der the Federal Government in event of a strike. The plan tonight was to have the first two measures intro- iCoi'tijluded on s 6. Column, V N -1
