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Newspaper Page TextiV OT,. VI.I NO. 17,428. PORTLAND, OREGON, . SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1SJ1B. PRiqE FIVE CENTS. LIFEBELT HAIRCUT PRICES WILL NOT RISE HUGHES' TRIP WEST LENTS PUPILS EARN PRESIDENT SPURNS SLAYER ESCAPES m niiir in mi iu nMt $2697 IN VACATION OREGON'S PRISON Marked btti 'BREMEN IS FOUND New England Coast De velops Mystery. "DISLOYAL" VOTES HO PEACE PROPOSAL BARBERS ALSO DECLINE TO DE MAND EARLIER CLOSING. AVERAGE IS NEARLY $10 FOR w ILLARD TANNER, CONVICTED WITH HAZEL ERWIN, FLEES. EACH OF 275 JCYEXILES. IMPROVES CHANGES V LETTERS STENCILED PLAINLY Canvas Covering Bears !m . print of Small Crown. VOYAGE LONG RUMORED Berlin Had Received Report Subma rine Had Arrived In America. Fisherman Reports Seeing f , Vessel Off Sound. PORTLAND, Me.. Sept. 29. A life pre erver marked "Bremen." the name of the German submarine freighter which has been generally expected to arrive at some Atlantic Coast port for the past week or more, was picked up on the ocean side of Cape Elizabeth today. The name. "Bremen" was stenciled in black letters two Inches high on both sides of the buoy. On one side of the canvas covering was printed a small crown. Preserver Not Long: In Water. Over this were the words "Shutz Marke," meaning patented, or trade mark. Beneath are the words "V Ep-ping-Hoven, vVilhelmshaven. This indicated apparently the name of the maker. The -preserver eeemed to be new and apparently had not been In the water a great length of time. It was stained with oil. An officer of the coastguard cutter service who examined the buoy said . that if the preserver had been thrown overboard by ome one who thought to play a practical joke, he had done a very good Job. The preserver was well made, and the lettering and the ink were of the best quality. Object Picked "Up by Boy. The buoy was picked up at a small place kxiown , as Maiden Cove, by a 10-year-old lad, Frederic I. Lake man, ef Westbrook. Several other persons were nearby at the time and saw the boy pick up the object from the beach near the water's edge. The buoy later was taken to a newspaper office, where It was photographed and examined by many seafaring men. WESTERLY, R. I., Sept. 39. A fish erman at Pleasant View, near Watch Hill, overlooking Long Island Sound, reported tonight that he had seen with bis marine glasses a large submarine proceeding In the direction of New Lon don, where the German submarine Bre men has been expected for more than a week. She was then 25 miles east of New London and showed on her mast a bridge.white light above a green light. These lights, according to the ob server, were the ones he had been told by Captain Robinson, of the tug West eriy. would be carried by the German submarine, for which the tug some days ago had been ordered to look. Submarine Has 'o Convoy. The submarine was unaccompanied and displayed no flag. The observer, who professed to be familiar with the appearance of American submarines, which have their base at New London, eaid that she was of a different type from any he had seen. The boat was about two miles off shore and was going at a moderate rate of speed. The cea was choppy. NEW LONDON. Conn., Sept. 29. No submarine had been seen in the waters adjacent to New London at a late hour tonight. Officials of the Eastern For - warding Company, and the T. A. Scott Wrecking Company, agents in this coun try of the German line of undersea mer chantmen, claimed they had no knowl edge of the early approach of a Ger man submarine. Officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company, American agents for the Ger man line of submarine merchantmen, were undisturbed tonight over the re port that a life preserver marked "Bremen" had been picked up off the Maine coast. When asked if the pre server might have belonged to the long-expected submarine. Captain F. Hinsch said: "Impossible." He added that it 'was unlikely that the Bremen's preservers would be marked in the manner of the one found. The Bremen has been reported cap tured or destroyed repeatedly, one of the most significent reports coming from Columbus, Ohio, on August 8, when Lieutenant J. C. McElroy, of the United States Army, gave it out that he had a letter from relatives in Folkestone, telling of the Bremen's capture on Its outward trip. Lieutenant McElroy said his informa tion was that the Bremen had been taken on its outward trip. About the same time representatives of the company engaging in the trans Atlantic submarine traffic had con stant lookouts for the Bremen. One of these appeared to be watching the Boston harbor diligently and with some alarm. At that time It had been re ported also that a submarine had been sighted, partially submerged, off Cross Zsland, on the Maine coast. Since then the Bremen has been looked for in almost every port from Florida north. Only two days ago a report that the Bremen had arrived in America was received in Germany, ap parently as authentic and caused a general celebration. From this it is Concluded on fage Si Column 2.2. Union Officials Fear Loss of Many Members if Stand for Higher Schedule Is Taken. (Haircuts still can be obtained at 26 and 35 cents. And they may be pro cured until 8 P. M. Portland youths who delight In being well- barbered -may draw a sigh of re lief, for union barbers, in executive ses sion last night, decided not to raise the price to 35 cents, as had been proposed, and not to adopt a resolution favoring 7 o'clock closing. The Issues were decide only after a sharply contested fight that lasted for three hours. Union barbers work ing in shops in office buildings were pitted against those working In shops in hotels and in the suburbs. A two-thirds majority was required to adopt either measure. . The resolu tion favoring 7 o'clock closing was lost by five votes, the vote' standing 80 to E5. A majority voted against raising the price. Officials of the Barbers' Union were greatly -pleased at the result, declar ing that if the issue bad been decided differently there would have been no union Inside a month. C H. Kelly, fi nancial secretary of the barbers' local, asserted that he had received commu nications from a score of union shop- owners Intimating they would witn- draw in case the resolutions were adopted. It was conceded that some considera tion was due the shopowners, whether union or not, and that the ends desired might be gained at some other time in a less drastic manner. ANOTHER SPAN ON BRIDGE Fust Time Is Made and Men Are After Record Today. . VANCOUVER. Wash, Sept 29. (Spe cial.) Another span was floated to position in the Columbia River Inter state Bridge this morning at 9:30, no accident of any kind interfering. The best time of any span yet was madv, and It is hoped to break this record tomorrow, about 10 or 10:30, when an other span will be floated out. This will leave one span yet to bn placed. but this will not be done for about a month, or until the draw span is in operation. Workmen are building the forms to hold the concrete weights, S00 tons eachJZto counterbalance the draw span. MEAT AND POULTRY HIGHER Government Report Shows 4.4 Per Cent Increase in Past Month. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Prices of meat animals, hogs, cattle, sheep and chickens, increased 4.1 per cent from August 15 to September 15, compared with an average increase of nine tenths of 1 per cent in the same period the last six years. The Department of Agriculture an nounced today that the index figure price paid to producers for those meat animals was about 23.7 per cent higher than last year. 10.6 per cent higher than two years ago, and 22.6 per cent higher than the average of the Jast six years on September 15. INTERNED MEN TO STUDY Swiss to Permit Entry to Vniverst' ties Neutral Aid May Be Asked. BERNE. Switzerland, via Paris. Sept. 29. Dr. Hoffmann, Foreign Minister and head of the Swiss political depart ment, announced today in Parliament that preparations had been made for all students who are interned prison ers of war to attend the Swiss univer sities. He stated also that owing to the further increase in the number of sick and convalescent, the work of Intern I t . a . l at 1 , " A , ' " ' .7. DwiL2?nanu in latte care I L. aiq of neutrals. Including America, may be asked. BRITAIN TO CHANGE TIME Daylight Saving System Is to First of October. End NEW YORK, Sept. 29. Legal time in Great Britain will be put back one hour, beginning at 3 A- M. October 1, it .was announced today by the Com mercial Cable Company. This means that British time from October 1 will be the same as before the daylight saving system was in augurated on the morning of May 2L MEXICANS EXPEL AMERICAN President of Foreign Citizens' Com mittee Compelled to Leave. WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Burton Wil son, an American citizen, president of the foreign citizens' committee and the American Club, Mexico City, who re cently was Imprisoned on charges of "pernicious activity" by Mexican gov ernment officials, has been released and ordered to leave the country. CATHOLIC IS LORD MAYOR Sir William Henry Dunn Elected to Preside Over London. LONDON. Sept. 29. Sir William Henry Dunn was elected today Lord Mayor of London. The new Lord Mayor, who will take office in November, will be the third Roman Catholic Lord Mayor of London in recent years. 'eople Won by Candor of Nominee. ALL ISSUES FULLY TREATED Outline of What He Will Do if Elected Makes Support. CROWDS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC Illinois Made Safely RenubUcan. Doubt Lessened in Indiana and Wisconsin People Want American Rights Upheld. The "Washington eorreiinondent of The Oregonlan. who furnishes the accompany ing special correspondence, was a member of the body of newspaper correspondent wno accompanied Mr. Hugnej through. Illi nois. Wisconsin and Indiana. BT HARRY J. BROWN. CHICAGO. Sept. ' -29. Charles E Hughes, by his. swing through the Middle West, made many votes for the Republican ticket and materially in creased his own chance of election In November. His second trip West was a distinct success arad his audiences. especially those In the larger cities visited, were record-breakers, both for size and for enthusiasm. Before Mr. Hughes came West there was apprehension among Republican leaders because of numerous reports of apathy. Political leaders reported that the people were showing little inter est in the campaign and refused to be come concerned. If that wu the true condition prior to the visit of the Re publican nominee. It was not the con dition where" and when he spoke. No where was there indication of Repub lican apathy in the important states of the Mid-West. Future) Coarse Outlined. On his second tour Mr. Hughes, in his speeches, adopted a different pol icy from that which characterised eo many '6 f his speeches on his trip to the Pacific Coast. While he criticised the Administration of President Wilson. he dwelt more particularly on what he intends to do If elected, and he soon found that this was what the people wanted to know. He found, also, that they were asking not so much, "What would you have done?" but rather. What do you Intend to' do?" What has been done by the present Admin istration Is past; it cannot be undone,- and the voters of this section desired to know what Mr. Hughes planned to do to untangle the mess made by the incumbent Administration. With a keen, analytical mind Mr. Hughes dealt in his recent speeches with all the issues of the campaign; Concluded on Page- 2, Column 2.) HE WILL. Vj I LLW Lji VfcS. VSHOUID (JIkS JoCsJZ t BOD. WA V 5-1 Picking Hops and - Berries, Selling Papers and Washing Dishes Are Among Profitable Pursuits. Here's thrift for you! The 27S pupils of Lents School en gaged in vacation pursuits during the Summer earned (2697. an average of nearly $ 10 each. This has been learned by Principal A. F. Hershner, who asked for a report from each pupil, having earlier in the year asked them to keep account of their Summer work. The pupils are all back in school. They did hop picking, berry picking, sold papers, milked and herded cows, did gardening and other outdoor healthful work. One of the first-grade girls amassed a tidy sum by washing dishes at s cents a Job. One girl made f45 picking berries and hops. Garden produce worth $700 raised at home was not included In the 12697 made by individual work. The children obtained their jobs by their own effort largely, and the poul try club, 'to .which they gave much time, showed returns of several hun dred dollars not Included in the $2697, AID IS UNDERESTIMATED Many American Contributions War Sufferers Not Reported. to WASHINGTON. Sept. 29. So many contributions ' for " relief of European war sufferers have become known since the Carnegie Peace Foundation last week reported the total American con tributions at nearly 129.000,000 that the Red Cross has ordered a new compila tion which will be made immediately. It would create no surprise here if the total should be found to be double that reported by the Carnegie Founda tion, which . Included no funds con tributed since March 1. REGISTRATION IS BRISKER WITH OM.T OJfB WEEK LEFT. More registrations than any day since the closing of the books April 18, a month before the pri maries, was shown at the Court house yesterday, when 663 citi zens signed up. The total registration was . brought, to (1,937, which is mora than 14,000 short of the total at the closing of the books before the final election In the Fall of 1914. The final shortage will be around 10,000. It is estimated. There are seven more days in which to register. Sunday don't count, remember, and the books close next Saturday. Women are taking a real in terest in affairs - now. Of the 653 citizens who registered yes terday 332 were women and 31l were men. The books at the Courthouse are open from 8 A. M. until 5 P. M. AND HE WONT; THEN AGAIN, a- ... t , .. ill -u - . 1 VVM"-- , n THE- 1 1 r"- r-.nFNr I A NO rinn- r ... j NLSOlA tV f Urr 1 J lneRveuiX Sharp Telegram Sent to Critic. MORTIFICATION IS EXPRESSED Charge of Failure to Uphold American Rights Resented. 2 MESSAGES MADE PUBLIC President of American Truth Soci ety Draws Mr. Wilson's Fire With Accusations and Deductions From Recent Primaries. LONG BRANCH. Sept. 29. President Wilson made it. plain tonight that he wants no "disloyal" American to vote for him. He expressed indignation over a telegram from Jeremiah A O'Leary. of New York, president of the Ameri can Truth Society, accusing him of be Inz nro-British and saying ho had failed to obtain compliance with Amer ican rights. The President sent Mr. O'Leary a short telegram which offi cials indicated Mr. Wilson had desired to put in stronger language. His mes sage follows: "Your telegram received. I would feel deeply mortified to have you or anybody like you vote for me. Since you have access to many disloyal Amer leans and I have not. I will ask you to convey this message to them. O'Leary Telesjram Given Oat. Mr. O'Leary'a telegram, given out by the President, follows: "Again we greet you with a popular disapproval of your pro-British poli cies. Last year from the Twenty-third New York Congressional District and now from your own state and from the voters of your party. Senator Martina won because the voters of the state of New Jersey do not want any truckling to the British Empire nor do they ap prove of dictatorship over Congress. "Your foreign policies, your failure to secure compliance with all Amer ican rights, your leniency with the British Empire, your approval of war loans, the ammunition traffic are is sues in this campaign. Do you know that William S. Bennet, a Republican Congressman, ran in the Democratic primaries in the Twenty-third New York Congressional District and polled 36 per cent of the total Democratic vote against his regular Democratic opponent? . Anglo-maniacs and British interest may control newspapers, but they don't control votes. The people may be readers, but they are not fol lowers of the newspapers. "When, sir. will you respond to these evidences of popular disapproval of C7onciuded on Page 3. Column 2.) HE WILL. LV PAPFR Lsors ILl Ma isr r 1 vjvvvi' CT I'll ' Guards Fail to Notice Flight 'Sill at Meal Time. When Cook Is Re ported to Be Missing. Willard Tanner, alias W. O. Thonges, who with his accomplice. Hazel Erwln, farm girl from near Albany, was con victed of manslaughter In the murder of Ray Wallace in PorUand in 1912. escaped from the State Penitentiary at salem yesterday. The Portland police were requested to look for him last night. Warden Minto says he believes the convict is hiding within the prison walls. The murder of Wallace occurred June 19. 1912, In a lodging-house at 603 H Alder .street. Wallace had been lured to the house by the Erwln girl and Tanner was concealed behind a door. When Wallace embraced the girl. Tanner, the confessions and evi dence brought out. hit him with a large bolt wrapped in paper. The mo tive was, apparently, robbery. The Erwln girl was deserted by Tan ner after the crime and she was picked up half starved and dazed near Salem a few days afterwards. She confessed. Later, about July 8, Tanner, under the nams of Thonges. was found In the guardhouse at the Vancouver Barracks, and he said that what the girl con fessed went as his confession. Tanner was sentenced to one to IS years. His accomplice also is serving a sentence in the penitentiary. Tanner's escape yesterday was de liberate. He was In the cooking squad at the penitentiary and was not In prison garb. It is understood that his work at the penitentiary allowed him considerable freedom of the corridors. His escape was not noticed until meal time last night. F. WILDER LEFT $20,000 Letters Taken Out in Portland bj Brother of Dead Soldier. When Frank Wilder, of the British expeditionary force, died "somewhere in France" on March 31. 1916. he left property in Multnomah County to the value of about $20,000, from which an annual rental of $1600 was being re ceived. His wife was a resident, of England and not qualified to act as administratrix of property in thlscoun try, so Richard Wilder, a brother, of Portland, filed a petition In the County Court yesterday for appointment as special administrator of the estate here. The will was probated in London. MAN WOULD WED ACCUSER Offer Believed First of Kind Ever Filed in New York County Court. NEW TORIC. Sept. 29. A formal of fer by Jacob Henkel to marry Miss Anna Kuhnel. who has brought a J50.- 000 breach of promise suit against him is believed to be the first document of its kind ever recorded in New York County. Henkel is a consulting engineer for a publishing concern and Miss Kuhnel was his housekeeper. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The 'Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 74 degrees; minimum, ju aegrees. TODAY'S Fair; north esteriy winds. War. Lord Robert Cecil says German Cbanellor'a speech Is remarkable lor lta omissions. Pace . German press eharse Americana are un neutral. Pace 4. Official reports. Page 4. Von Eethmann-Holwes' says Germany mill tUtu to victorious eud. Pago i. Politics. Mr. Hughes rains many vote by trip through uiiai-vve. rasa i. Charles K. Hughes declares for eight-hour day. Page President telegraphs critic that ha wants no "disloyal" votes. Pase 1. lometie. Life belt marked "Bremen" found oft Cape .Kllzabeth. Page 1. Laymen at conference open campaign for girls dormitory at Willamette. Page a. Oklahoma mob lynches two negroes after once relenting. Page 3. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 6, Vernon 7; Los Angeles S, Salt Lake V San Francisco 13, Oakland S. Page 12. Season for shooting china pheasanta may end October lo. Page 1Z. Bed 8 ox" defense holds Tanks back. Face 12. Thirty drivers to vie In Astor cup race at Sheopshead nay today, page u. Regatta scheduled for today. Page 12. Pacific "ortbwet. Founder of Mount Angel College honored at Jubilee ctlebration. page t. Three Governors speak at Oregon fair. Page 7. Four thousand persons attend Crook County Fair at Prinevllle. Page .. Jason Moore gets last extension on Summer and Albert Lake lease, page 1J. Commercial and Marine. Local butter market strengthened by export salea. Page it. Heavy profit-taking causes slump In Chicago wheat. page i. Industrial stocks feature of big trading In Wall street. Page 17. Ship carpenters atrlke when one la dla charged. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. G. R. Mokel loses $30,000 damage suit for libel. Page S. Registration for Coos Bar trade trip Is urged. Page li. Jury disagrees In case of Miss Elizabeth Frary. page i iL Ship bulldlnir declared to be permanent in dustry. Page 14. Faulty apeedometer falls to save Highway speeders. Paw 11. Pupils of Lents School earn 42097 In va cation, page x. Grocery store plans to open In Irvington. Page Q. T. M. C. A. boys noisily argue merits of Hughes and llson. Page a. Governor praises Oregon fatr. Page 7. Hughes Alliance membership in Oregon reaches J.wu. page s. Portland hair-cut prices will not rise. Page 1. Portland company to export wheat to Chile. Page 3. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IT, Chancellor Says. Foes Lust for Conquest. ENGLAND HELD CHIEF ENEMY British Declared Bleeding Al lies for Own Good. LINES IN WEST TO HOLD German States-man Wlio AVonld Ke- fraln From Using Every Proper Means of Warfare, He Avers, Deserves Hanging. BERLIN. Sept. 28. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y, Sept. 29.) The follow ing semi-official account of today's session of the Reichstag was given out by the Overseas News Agency: The Reichstag opened this after noon. The galleries were crowded and the foreign diplomats who are now la Berllr were present, virtually without exception. President Kaempf in his ntroductory- speech stated that the war. in its economic and political as well as military aspects, had now reached a climax. On all fronts there was a violent struggle for a decision. Gersnaa Poaltloa Satisfactory. Germany's position, the president said, was satisfactory in every respect. He mentioned the arrival of the mer chant submarines Deutscbland and Bremen In the United States. (A news dispatch to Berlin to the effect that a tug had gone out from New London. Conn., presumably to meet the Bremen gave rise to the erroneous report, gen erally accepted in Germany, that the Bremen had reached the United States.) The president read telegrams ex changed with the Emperor on the occa sion of the beginning of the second year of the war and with the president of the Hungarian Parliament at the time of the fall of the Roumanian fort ress of TurtukaL The president's speech was most applauded. After the . transaction of routine business. Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg arose. Amid a general silence he begsn his speech, to which all lis tened with undivided attention. Roumanian Inlrlgaea Described. The Chancellor alluded to the in trigues of Roumania and that country's declaration of war. saying: "Our relations with Rouraanla be fore the war were based on the treaty of alliance first concluded between Austria-Hungary and Roumanla. and then enlarged by the accession of Ger many and Italy. The contracting par ties engaged under the treaty to assist each other in case of unprovoked at tack by a third party. "When the war broke out. King Carlos with all his energy stood up for the idea that Roumanla owed to the Central powers 30 years of political se curity and wonderful economic devel opment, and that therefore Roumanla must support the central powers, not only on account of provisions of the treaty, but also for the sake of the country's honor. The late King re garded as sophistry the objection that Roumanla had not been informed In regard to the Austro-Hungarian de marche in regard to Serbia and had not been consulted about it. Premier Bratlane Attacked. "But when the deciding session of the Crown Council was held, the aged King did not succeed as against the government, whose Prima Minister, not withstanding treaty obligations, sym pathized with the entente powers. A short time later the King died in con sequence of the emotions caused by realization that Roumania was a trai tor to her allies. "The Roumanian policy was now guided by Premier Bratlano. who at tempted to gain riches without mak ing great sacrifices atthe expense of the party suffering defeat in the war. The main point was to discover in time which party was about to win final victory. In order not to bo too late. Nevertheless, during the first year of the war, rrobably after the fall of Lemberg. Premier Bratiano. -leaving his sovereign In ignorance, con cluded a treaty of neutrality with Rus sia. After the fall of Przemysl he thought the time had come to reach an understanding in regard to pay for Judaslike treason, but the negotiations failed. Russia desired to increase her own vast territory by taking Buko wina. while Roumanla not only wished this same Bukowina. but all Hunga- ' rian territory as far as Thetis." Teuton Victories Bring; Hesitation. The Chancellor added (hat. in spit of this failure, Roumanla's policy of neutrality favored the entente more and more. He said Roumanla attempt ed to collaborate with the British ef forts to establish a blockade of Ger many by withholding grain purchased by Germany until the grain was ob tained by means of energetic pressure. The Premier again hesitated when the central powers, taking the offensive in Galicia in the Spring of last year, broke through the Russian line at Gorlicc. anvl was In doubt whether he had placed his wage' on the right horse. Negotia tions with the entente were almost sus pended. . "The Russian offensive this Spring." the Chancellor contlnned. "made Pre mier Bratlano believe he saw the breaking down of the central powers. tCtfluUei oa Paga a. Cwlumu -4.