Morning Oregonian., September 01, 1916, Image 1

VOL.. VI.I NO. 17,403.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1916.
PRICK FIVE CENTS.
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VILLA LEADS MEN
IN ALL-DAY FIGHT
THIRD OREGON WILL
START HOI TODAY
MAYOR AND POLICE
RAID LIQUOR SHIP
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ABKIIDKEX EXECUTIVE FIRES
AT FLEEIXG STEWARD. .
0REG0NC0NFEREES
ON STRIKE RETURN
IS REACHED
u 01
ERTED
STRIKE HEARING
CARRAXZA FORCES AT SATEVO
COMPEILEO TO KETIUE.
J. C. HUGHES REPORTS DETAILS
TO BROTHERHOOD.
It IS
GROWS
SHERIFFS CHILD IS
DEAD FROM SHOCK
Mob's Violence Is Fatal
to Little One.
CLIMAX
r ess Expected to Pass
8-Hour Law.
13 ACCEPTED BY KEN
it 10-Hour Wage Rate
Pro Rata for Over
me Are Decided On.
TiH HOUSES MAKE HASTE
t :lv ! nnn Snp.p.rhp.s Han Pre-
J a -i
V vent Passage in Time
to Forestall Tie-Up.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Belief
f- ,Tew in all quarters here tonight that
l he great railroad strike called for
I.iert Monday morning would be avert
ed. Congress apparently was pre
f oared to. pass tomorrow or Saturday
,,ie eight-hour day legislation which
r lea Is of the employes' brotherhoods
iad declared will cause them to tele-
jraph the code message necessary to
evoke the strike order.
Although President Wilson still de
' Ires strongly to see his whole legis
'ative programme accepted, Adminis
ration spokesmen virtually conceded
onight that the bill finally passed
.vould provide only for an eight-hour
day for trainmen in interstate com
merce, effective December 1 or July 1,
Jvith the present 10-hour rate of pay
nd pro rata overtime.
Investigation Will Be Made.
A small commission appointed by
;he President will investigate the
k 'orking of the law and report to Con
V irtss.
1 This, with the date December 1. is
substance the Adamson bill, re
vised by Representative Adamson and
Democratic Leader Kitchin after con
ferring with President Wilson, and
men A. Jo. Garretson, spokesman
or the brotherhoods, said formally
ite today would be considered a "sat
isfactory settlement" and prevent
the walkout. Tonight the Senate in
terstate commerce committee agreed
o report out a similar bill, with the
is te January 1 and' roads under 100
nlles in length and electric street rail-
ay and interurban lines exempted.
J House Agrees on Special Rule.
The House will meet at 11 o'clock
morrow morning to take up the
Vdamson measure, and the majority
eaders have agreed upon a special
-ule providing for a vote by 4:30
i'clock in the afternoon. The Sen-
..te meets at 10 o'clock to begin con
t. idering its committee bill. Admin-
stration leaders . are determined to
eep the body in continuous session
in til it is passed.
Only long speeches in the Senate
can prevent prompt action, and the
Administration is confident, that-, mi.
f :iority Senators will not carry their
opposition so far as to make it im
W possible to get the necessary legisla
r tion through both houses by midnight
Saturday.
President Going to Summer Home.
President Wilson will be in his
F room at the Capitol when the Senate
"fleets, and has arranged to spend all
t the forenoon there aiding in putting
he legislation through. At 3 o'clock
i the afternoon he leaves for Shadow
.awn, his Summer home in New Jer
ey, where on Saturday he is to be
lOtified officially of his nomination
.for re-election. A special messeneer
vi'Il be started for Shadow Lawn with
he eight-hour bill as soon as it is
assed, and the President will sign
t there.
While the Senate committee was
lolding a nine-hour hearing at which
epresentatives of the railroads, the
mployes and the shippers gave their
iews on the situation, the President
leld frequent conferences with mem-
ers of Congress, and sent for brother-
lood leaders, urging them to rescind
!ie strike order.
When the trainmen left, the White
"..use authorized the statement that"
ey had given no assurances. It was
Jicated that the President intended
s a last resort to address a public
ppeal to the men of the brotherhoods,
rging them on patriotic grounds to
ave the strike called off.
It was not until late today that a
ef inite idea of what the Senate would
ve before it tomorrow was obtain-
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Casualtics on Both Sides Said to
Have Been Heavy, Bandits Alone
Having Lost 150 Men.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Aug. 31.
Francisco Villa, commanding a band
of between 300 and 400 men, engaged
Government troops under General Eli
zondo in a sanguinary battle yesterday
in the hills east of Satevo which
lasted from daylight until darkness.
The casualties on both sides were
heavy, those of the bandits being esti
mated by General Elizondo, in a re
port to General Jacinto Trevino today,
at about 150 in killed, wounded and
captured. No estimate of the Car-
ranza loss was made, but it is said
they are almost as heavy, the com
mand engaged numbering about 500
men.
The Carranza forces withdrew at
darkness to Santa Ysabel. after. Villa
had retired to a well-fortified posi
tion.
Revolutionists under Chavez
brothers made an unsuccessful attempt
today to induce the garrison at Villa
Ahumada, the field base in Northern
Chihuahua, to mutiny, dispatches to
General Trevino said. Seven of the
alleged leaders in the plot have been
arrested and are to be brought here
for trial.
PIONEER DIES THRESHING
C. O. Parker Works All Day at Wil
Jamijpa, Then Collapses.
SHERIDAN. Or., Aug. 31. (Special.)
C. O. Parker, commonly known as
"Uncle Charloy," and a pioneer of Wil-
lamina, dropped dead last night from
heart trouble. He was nearly 70 years
of age.
He was serving this season as a
threshing hand, and was feeding in
vetch at th. close of the work last
night on the J. Booth place above
Willamina. He was resting between
loads, and as the last load came in
he 'got up to feed and fell over dead.
He was buried this afternoon In the
old pioneer burying ground, at the
Buck Hollow schoolhouse, in the hills
above Willamina.
MR. P0INDEXTER CALLED
Senate Expects All Members to Re
turn to Washington.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Aug. 31. If Senator Poindex
ter, of Washington, heeds the call of
the Senate sent out Wednesday night,
he will be obliged to abandon his
stumping tour and return to Washing
ton. The Senate, by resolution, called
all absent Senators back to Washing
ton "in the present emergency."
While the resolution did not author
ize the arrest and forcible return to
Washington of all absentees not ex
cused or ill, it served notice that tho
Senate expected all its members to re
turn. GERMANS ARE SUBSCRIBING
Big Amounts Sent In for Iioan
Which Is to Open Soon.
BERLIN. A-ug. 31. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) Subscriptions for the
new German war loan, the fifth war
loan, already are coming: in. The Ag
ricultural Central Loan Bank has sub
scribed 60.000,000 marks and the Elber
feld Savings Bank 10,000.000 marks.
The date for the official opening of
subscription lists is September 4. It Is
understood that the loan, which, like
the previous Issues, will pay 6 per cent,
is to be issued at 98.
CHINESE BLAME JAPANESE
Premier at Pekln Discusses Clash
of Armed Forces.
PEKIN, Aug. 31. At a secret session
of Parliament today. Premier Tuan Chi
Jul, replying to inquiries about the
recent clash between Chinese and Jap
anese troops at Cheng Chiatun, in
Eastern Mongolia, said the Japanese
were the aggressors and fired the first
shots.
The Premier added he was doing- his
best to maintain the dignity of China
in settling the difficulty.
PLATINUM PRICE RISES $20
Metal Is Now Quoted at From $80
to $96 an Ounce.
NEW YORK. Aug. 31. The price of
platinum, it became known today, has
Jumped $20 an ounce in two days, the
quotations now running from $80 to
86 an ounce.
Scarcity of the metal because of the
war embargo set two years ago on
platinum from. Russia, together with
the beginning of the Christmas holiday
demand from Jewelers, was attributed
as reasons.
SHIPS HIT OFF CALIFORNIA
Stea mer Hardy Damaged; Fate of
Other Vessel- Not Learned.
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steam -r
FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. The
Hardy, formerly the Grace
Dollar, which left here yesterday for
Coos Bay, Or., put back to port today
leaking as a result of a collision with
an unidentified vessel off Point Reyes,
Cal., last night. The other vessel, laden
with lumber, struck the Hardy on the
port bow and ripped open her planking.
Caotain Bendergard did not know
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ui oetdmo or me other vessel.
One Battalion Leaves
Camp at Noon.
CHEERS GREET MOVE ORDER
Regiment Is Coming Fully
Equipped for Service.
FOUR TRAINS TO CARRY MEN
Troops Go to Clackamas Camp, but
Will Not Be Mustered Out Fu
ture Movements and Cause
of the Shift Puzzle.
THIRD OREGON IS ORDERED
HOME.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 31.
(Special.) A telegram received
here this afternoon orders the
Third Oregon Infantry to return
home and to be ready to move
as soon as the railroad is ready.
Tent age, 15 days' rations, ma
chine guns and ammunition
wagons are to be taken. Teams
and combat trains will follow
later. This affects all troops at
Imperial Beach, Sweetwater and
Morena Dam, and also the Fifth
California.
No orders were received as yet
for Troop A, Oregon Cavalry,
to return.
Southern Pacific representa
tives are arranging to dispatch
the troops. They propose to fur
nish eight boxcars, three kitchen
cars, as many baggage cars as
needed and probably 25 or 30
Pullmans. Quartermaster and
commissary departments began
immediate preparation on receipt
of the order.
IMPERIAL BEACH. Cal., Aug. 31.
(Special.) The Ways of the War De
partment are strange and sudden. The
Third Oregon was comfortably plan
ning to put In months here, when tnis
morning came an order from Western
headquarters ta proceed at once to the
state mobilization camp at Clackamas.
One battalion of the regiment is ex
pected to entrain for the north early
tomorrow, and the remainder of Hie
regiment is expected to start within 36
hours from the time of the receipt of
the order for departure.
First Enthusiasm Cools,
At first there was a bedlam of cheer
ing when the boys learned they were
"going home." The camp was the
scene of wild excitement and delight.
Then came the announcement that the
regiment would not be mustered out.
and enthusiasm cooled a bit.
This evening everyone is working.
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Early Morning Capture Occurs as
Boatman Hands Over Money
for Cargo of Drinks.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) Fred Lundln. steward of the
steamer Avalon, was caught in the act
of transferring liquor from that ship
to a rowboat this morning by a coterie
of policemen headed by Major J. M.
Phillips, who led the officers aboard
the ship in making the arrest.
Two shots were fired by the Mayor
during the exciting moments that fol
lowed, his command to the Avalon stew
ard and a waiter to stand still. The
Mayor says both men started to run
and that he ordered them to halt and
fired a shot high above the head of
each man. Both stopped the minute
the bullets were fired and pffered no
resistance.
The raid occurred at 3 o'clock this
morning when a rowboat pulled up
alongside the steamer Avalon as she
lay berthed at the American mill and
the steward Is said to have lowered a
gunny sack of full bottles of liquor
into the rowboat and to have been in
the act of taking money from the boat
man when Mayor Phillips ordered the
policemen to appear and make the ar
rest. SUBMARINE STICKS IN MUD
Vessel Hits Bank When Launched
at Long Beach.
LONG BEACH. Cal.. Aug. 31. Several
unsuccessful attempts were made today
to pull the United States submarine
L-6 from the mud bank in which It
stuck after it was launched early today
at the plant' of the California Ship
building Company.
Workmen abandoned their efforts
early tonight to free the submarine.
but another attempt with tugs was to
be made at high tide. The vessel has
not been damaged thus far, it was said.
It rested at an angle of about 45 de
grees.
MACKENSEN IS IN COMMAND
German General Reported In
preme Charge in Balkans.
Su-
LONDON. Aug. 31. The Wireless
Press quotes the Berne, Sw'tzerland,
Bund and the Geneva Journal to the
effect that the famous German com
mander. Field Marshal von Mackensen.
will take charge of the campaign in
the Balkans.
He has been appointed Commander
in-Chief of all the Balkan armies of the
Germanic League.
PROFIT IS MILLION WEEKLY
Ford Motor Company's Business in
Year $206,867,347.
DETROIT, Aug 31. A profit of more
than 11,000.000 a week was made by the
Ford Motor Company during the year
which ended July 31. according to a
financial statement made public today.
The year's business totaled 1206.867,
347; the year's profit was 859,934,118.
Henry Ford announced that most of
the profit will be used In expanding
the company's business.
WATCH CONGRESS GET A MOVE
WOMAN IN GRAVE CONDITION
Official's Sister-in-Law Mal
treated by Lawless Crowd.
NEGRO IS SAFE IN JAIL
Prosecuting Attorney Appeals to
Governor for Militia to Prevent
Race Riots, but Situation
Is Quiet Again.
LIMA, O.. Aug. 31. Sheriff Sherman
Eley. victim of an enraged mob, today
had added to his tortures the pangs of
an aching heart, when on his return
home today he learned that his little
daughter had died from shock, caused
last night when the mob forced its way
into the Jail seeking the life of Charles
Daniels, a negro.
Mrs. Cecil Keppart. Mrs. Eley's sister,
is in a critical condition. She was
struck and .abused by the mob which
had beefi enraged by the assault the
negro is alleged to have made upon
Mrs. John Barber, wife of a prominent
Allen County farmer.
Request for Troops Not Acted On.
Prosecuting Attorney Ortha Barr, of
Allen County, tonight informally ap
pealed to the secretaryof Governor
Willis to send state troops to this city
In an effort to keep down a revival of
the mob spirit. State authorities took
no action on Mr. Barr's request, as only
the Sheriff, Mayor or County Judge is
authorized to make a formal request
for troops.
A large crowd gathered In front of
the County Jail late tonight, but there
were no demonstrations. For a time.
however, some officials feared a race
riot might follow last night's violence
and every precaution was taken.
Nrarro la Jail at Napoleon.
The negro tonight was in the Henry
County Jail at Napoleon, where he was
rushed late last night while the mob
was en route from Lima to Ottawa to
get him.
Colonel E. S. Bryant.' assistant Ad
Jutant-General of Ohio, who came to
Lima today. Informed state officials
that the situation was quiet and there
were no immediate prospects for dis
order.
DEMOCRATS SWITCH JOBS
lAe utcnant-Governor Named for
Governor and Chief Made Second
SANTA FE. N. M., Aug. SI. E. C.
Debaca, Lieutenant-Governor, was to
night nominated for Governor and W.
C. McDonald, present Governor, nomt
nated for the office of Lieutenant-Gov
ernor by the Democratic state conven
tion.
ON.
President Is Declared to Have Done
His Best to Prevent Trnnsjsor- .
tatlon Trouble, and May Win.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Aug. 31. (Special.)
Grievance committee chairmen who
represented the La Grande brotherhoods
in the strike negotiations at Washing
ton, are returning home. J. C. Hughes,
representing the trainmen ot the O.-W.
R. & N. system, returned today and '
John Clifford, also of La Grande, rep
resenting the englnemen, is returning
tomorrow. Engineer Barnhart returns
to Spokane this week direct.
Mr. Hughes was one of the 640 who
negotiated with the employers and
President Wilson. While unwilling to
say what the opinion of the general
committee regarding strike prospect."
is, it is intimated unofficially from
other sources that they anticipate a
settlement. President Wilson knew on
August 12. two weeks ahead of the
public at large, what the walkout dates
would be, Mr. Hughes says. He credits
President Wilson with having made a
consciei. iOus effort to bring peace. He
also declares that every Representative
and Senator was called into dozens of
consultations and he predicts that the
elsht-hour law will pass with a big
majority.
Mr. Hughes is tonight reporting back
to the brotherhoods many of the details
of the meetings in New York and
Washington which have been print
ed. He credits the O.-W. R. & N. offi
cials with having done more for the
employes than nearly any other system,
and says the feeling between officials
and men Is better on that line than on
any other.
JOHN P. ST. JOHN IS DEAD
Noted Temperance Advocate l ulls to
Recover From Heat Prostration.
OLATHE, Kan.. Aug. 31. John P. St.
John, a candidate for the Presidency
on the Prohibition ticket in 1S84. twice
Governor of Kansas, and one of the
most widely known temperance advo
cates in the United States, died here
tonight.
3 oo years oia ana naa been
In falling health since a heat prostra
tion two months ago while on a speak
ing tour.
Americans' Death I'rged.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Consular
dispatches today report a German
newspaper, the Rheinische Westfalische
Zeitung, as saying:
"We are not conducting a war wltn
the United States and therefore citizens
of that country taken prisoner in battle
and found with arms In their hands
should be considered as marauders and
executed."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 82
decrees; minimum, os aeg-rees.
TODAY'S Probably fair; cooler; westerly
winas.
Strike.
Railroads hold Consress cannot fix wag-ea.
i w
Pacific Coa t cltlea accumulating food sup
plied. Pass
Portland Labor Council forwards protest
asalnst any measure preventing- strike.
Tags 2.
Oregon railroads will attempt to break
unions, fago s.
Belief growi that atrlks will ba averted.
Paga 1.
Climax reached In strlks hearing. Page 1.
War.
Official war reports. Page S,
Mexico.
Villa, leads men tn all-day battle at Satero.
Page 1.
National.
Germany blames Owego's csptaln. but dla
avows hostlla intent toward American
vesaeL Page S.
Policy of retaliation against allies decided
by America. Page
Politics.
Text of Mr. Fairbanks' address accepting
nomination. Page 4.
Mr. Fairbanks formally notified of nomina
tion, pags 4.
Domestic
Senator Borah urges lawers to take greater
interest in public's side of framing of
laws, page .
Diplomat's wife Involved In embarrassing
Incident. Page 3.
Third Oregon starts home today. Pags 3.
Child of Ohio Sheriff dead as result of
mob violence. Page 1.
Sport.
Red Sox lose again to Browns. Page 1-4.
Pacific Coact Lea?u results: Los Angeles
&. Portland -ft: ait A-aK 11, ban fr'ran
clsco 3; Vernon 2, Oakland 1 (ten in
nlngs.) Pace 14.
Rev. I K. Richardson bas hard time dis
posing of herd bmith In city tennis play,
Page 14.
Sixteen players remain In competition for
national tennis title, fage Jo.
1'arifle Northwest.
Captain Schumacher says Third Oregon poll
l&vors taking new o&tn. Page 6.
Rev. Joseph lioberg, S3, Initiated by Re-
bekahs at McMlnnvllle. Page T.
Labor heads returning from Washington.
Page X.
Aberdeen Mayor leads police in capture of
liquor snip, rage I.
Hughes alliance has Polk County lined up.
Pags 18.
Commercial and Marine.
Wbeat fluctuations do not Increase volume
or business in ortnwest. Pags 19.
Sharp advanca In Chicago wheat on im
proved strike outlook. Pags 19.
All-around a-lvance in stocks In Wall street.
Pigs 1U.
Shipbuilding is brisk. Pags IS.
Portland and Vicinity.
Louis Wiley, manager of New York Times,
becomes enthusiastic over highway.
Page -'0. s
Weather report, data and forecast. Pags 1.
Multnomah Hotel Is sold to Eastern capital
ists and will reopen. Pags IS.
Mrs. Montgomery again Is sentenced for
liquor law violation. Paga 6.
Flower show at Meier c Frank store big
success. Pags 8.
Seven hundred quarts of whisky shipped as
"soap," Charles J. Helt arrested. Page 8.
General Pratt, friend of Indians, visits.
Page 13.
Judge McGinn refuses to hear bootlegging
evidence and frees accused men. Pags 11.
County payroll held up. Page 0.
Oregon plans warm elcoms for troop.
Pag b.
Flagship T. J. Potter leaves for Astoria
. regatta. Pag 6.
Spokesman for Broth
erhood in Tears.
FIRST OBLIGATION IS TO MEN
Question Whether Issue Can
Be Postponed Is Up.
BOTH SIDES ARE EXAMINED
AH Believe That Only Congress Can
Prevent Strike and That Pub
lic Eventually Will Be
Called On to Pay.
rnovisiioNs of the adamson
llll.l.. WHICH MAY AVKRT
STRIKE.
The Adamson bill, passage of
which by Congress is relied on
to a-ert the railroad strike,
would provide for an 8-hour day
at the present 10-hour day pay.
effective next December 1. Em
ployes would receive the pro
rata rate for o-ertime.
A commission of three to be
appointed by the President would
report to him and to Congress
in not less than six nor more
than nine months the effect of
the S-hour day.
Expenses would be paid by a
Federal appropriation of 1:3.000.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Representa
tives of the railroads, of the train
men's brotherhoods, and of shippers
organizations urged for nine hours to
day before the Senate Intersfate Com
merce committee on legislation pro
posed to avert the threatened strike,
recompense for the roads for any added
financial burden, and to make impossi
ble In the future another crisis like the
present. Tonight the committee worked
until late on a bill to be presented to
the Senate tomorrow.
In the estimation of all affected In
terests, Congress alone can prevent a
strike, and the public eventually will
have to foot the bill for an eight-hour
day with 10 hours' pay which the train
men demand. Kailroad executives and
shippers insisted that the strike order
should be postponed, but the four
brotherhood chiefs insisted it could
not be.
Dramatic Scene- Enacted.
A dramatic scene In which A. B. Gar
retson. spokesman for the trainmen and
president of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, was the central f Inure, brought
the hearing to a climax tonight.
Members of the committee at differ
ent .times had asked the brotherhoood
heads if they were powerless to stop
the strike save by reporting a satis
factory settlement to the men. The
question invariably was evaded, tho
replies being that Mr. Garretson would
explain the situation before the heartnj
closed.
When Mr. Garretson had only three
minutes left in which to speak his
brother presidents urged him to answer
the question how to postpone a strike.
"We have been asked." he said slowly,
"if we have the power to defer thla
strike. It has been called for next
Monday. I have the power to defer that
date in my organization, but in the
other organizations the situation is dif
ferent. The heads of the other brother
hoods cannot call back the strike or
der. Itrotherhood Spokesman In Tears.
"But here I stand. For years my
men have trusted me. When I stood
before the President the other night
and he asked me if this could be done,
I found my Gethsemane. The men who
have made me the recipient of all these
things I owe my first obligation. I can
put it off. but if I did without gaining
a satisfactory settlement there would
linger in the minds of those who have
trusted me thoughts of treachery. If
I put it off. across, a fair record of SO
years would be written the word
"traitor."
For a moment the witness paused and
seemed to peer far out over the heads
of the crowd. The tears came into his
eyes and rolled down his cheeks. He
started to speak, but choked. Appar
ently summoning all his strength, he
threw out his arms, lowered his eyes
to the crowd and In a low voice asked:
"Can I face it?" and dropped into his
chair.
Not a person in the room moved tor
several seconds.
Mr. Garretson relieved the situation
by leaving the chamber.
"Age-Old Tradition" Waived.
Mr. Garretson had said in opening
that it was the belief of labor organi
zations that differences between em
ployers and their men should be settled
not by legislation, but between them
selves. Tho success of any labor organiza
tion lies, to an extent, in its militancy."
he said. "We ere in a grip of a power
greater than we. and it Is unfortunate
that this situation has arisen, but I
believe if a settlement can be effected
by Congress, even though we are op
posed to legislative settlements, we are
willing to waive tho age-old tradition
against It."
Mr. Garretson argued that the effect
of an increased wage or dividends
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