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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;
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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.
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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
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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.
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