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VOL. LVI.NO. 17,443. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OPTION IS TAKEN ON MILLUOH IN REALTY CROPS RAISED ON MARS BY HUMANS 7 BURNED TO DEATH IN DYE-PLANT FIRE ALL HOOD RIVER TO PICK APPLES ATHENS SEEMS CAPTAIN ON BRIDGE NEARLY FOUR DAYS ES WOULD PUT ISSUE UPTO PEOPLE SO-CALLED CAXALS ARE VEGE STORES AND HIGH SCHOOL TO CLOSE FOR HARVEST. ONE MATE ILL, ANOTHER LOST, MASTER NAVIGATES ALONE. TATION, SAYS DR. LOWELL. i HUGH SITUATION DANGEROUS V Eastern Money Put in Westover Terraces. SALE IS VIRTUALLY ASSURED Buyers Among Shrewdest In vestors in Country. 308 VIEW SITES INVOLVED Experts Examine Property and Ara Delighted, Classing It as Equal of Any in America Great Future for City Predicted. r . BT CHESTER A. MOORES. - What will perhaps bo recognized as the most significant realty transaction ever negotiated in Portland was un veiled yesterday when N. J. Upham, of Duluth, Minn., president of the Inter national Jtealty Associates, announced that his association had obtained an option which is certain to culminate In the outright purchase of the entire un sold portion of high-class residential property known as Westover Terraces. The sale involves the transfer of 308 choice residence lots. which were carved recently from the rugged hill sides along the western slopes of Port land. The consideration of the transac tion, though conceded to be monetary, is withheld, but it is known to aggre gate nearly $1,000,000. ConkDminutlon Kxpected In 30 Djirs. The property has been owned by the Lewis-Wiley Hydraulic Company, for which the Ladd Estate Company has been acting as selling agents. Mr. Up ham is expected to return to Portland about 30 day3 hence to conclude ne gotiations. The International Realty Associates Is the financial corporation of the Na tional Association of Ileal Estate Ex changes, organized for the profit of the stockholders and of the National Association. Its capital is $300,000 and its shareholders include 1000 of the most successful realty men among the 9000 who belong to the National Asso ciation. By investing in the best real estate offered by its members the association has, during the two years of its ex istence, paid 45 per cent in dividends and also paid considerable sums into the treasury of the National Associa tion. Portland Deal Largest. It has bought property in Duluth, Kansas City, Omaha, Pittsburg and Toledo and is at the present time ne gotiating for the purchase of property in Chicago and Columbus, but the in vestment deal decided upon in Port land is by far larger than any other deal thus far accepted. Mr. Upham said last night that the largest previous deal was a $180,000 investment in Pittsburg. Ordinarily the executive committee of the association has full power to make purchases, and that procedure has already been followed in the In stance of the Portland transaction, but Mr. Upham said last night that on ac count of the magnitude of the trans action he thought it best to inform the 17 directors before announcing the final conclusion of the purchase. Directors to Be Consulted. Two of the three members of the executive committee, C. F. Harrison, of Omaha, and C. L. Simpson, of Kansas City, came to Portland last Friday with President Upham and all three of the executives have indorsed the Port land investment .enthusiastically. Samuel Thorpe, of Minneapolis, the other member of the executive com mittee, was unable to come to Port land on this errand, but he has been here several times and is a great be liever in the future of Portland. Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Simpson left for their respective homes Monday night and Mr. Upham departed last night, with the purpose of calling upon the 17 directors as individuals and re turning to Portland in about 30 days. New Blood Welcomed. t The fact that the International Realty Associates will invest substan tially $1,000,000 in Westover Terraces means that 1000 of the most expert realty authorities of America will be come stockholders in the future of Portland. There are only two members of the association in Portland: F. E. Taylor, president of the Portland Realty Board, and Dean Vincent, for merly president of the same body. Uuder the ownership of the associ ates, Westover Terraces property is to be handled exclusively by the Port land Realty Board through a com mittee that is to have the support and co-operation of the entire board. F. IV. Clark Responsible. The matter of making the Westover Terrace investment was first broached to the officers of the National asso ciation by F. N. Clark, while in attend ance at the recent gathering of the members of the executive com mittee of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges at Minneapo lis. Mr. Clark, who had been acting as selling agent for the Ladd Estate Company, is vice-president of the Na tional association. The deal was put through by him in the name of the Portland Realty Board. "We have several reasons for buying Westover Terraces." said Mr. Upham (Concluded ou Page 7. Column 3.) Planet Has Eour Seasons Much Like Those of Earth, but Longer, Says. Astronomer. BERKELEY. Cal., Oct 17. Dr. Per- cival Lowell, for 22 years head of the Harvard observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz.. in an address at the University of California last night announced as his most recent deduction from his study of the planet Mars that the so-called canals 'were not water channels, but strips of vegetation under human cul tivation, and undoubtedly watered by artificial canals. In support of this decision. Dr. Low 11 said he had determined that the smallest observable spot on Mars would be at least 10 miles in diame ter. Canals, therefore, could not be seen from earth. Mars, he added, has four seasons much like ours, but longer. It is absurd to assume. Dr. Lowell said, that our planet is the only one having intelligent inhabitants. TRADE SECRETS ARE OUT German Prisoners Unknowing Let Methods Become Known. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. How some of Germany's closely guarded trade secrets are being unwittingly disclosed by prisoners of war is told in official dispatches reaching here. In one instance German prisoners, all expert makers of thermometers, have been put to work where their operations could be observed by skilled workmen, and as a result several methods of filling bulbs with mercury, hitherto a secret in Germany, were discovered. WOMAN OVERTAKES BEAR Agate Beach School Teacher De cides Company Undesirable. NEWPORT.' Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.) Miss Dorothy Lowe, a school teacher at Agate Beach, started recently to walk to Cotter Creek to visit friends. In the gathering darkness she saw what she thought was a woman a few feet, ahead of her. Wishing company, she quickened her step. Catching up with the stroller. Miss Lowe discovered she bad overtaken a black bear. She permitted the bear -to pToeeed without announcing her presence. IRISH DRAFTING DELAYED Earl Derby Will Make Appeal for Irish ' Volunteers. LONDON. Oct. 17. An Indication that the government does not Intend to have recourse immediately to conscrip tion in Ireland, was given in the House of Lords today by Earl Derby, Under Secretary of War. In reply to a question he said that, pending a decision on the whole ques tion, he would make an appeal for voluntary recruiting in Irerand. to which he hoped there would be a worthy response. LONDON TO j)ARKEN EARLY Shops to Close at 7 P. M. During Winter Months. ' LONDON. Oct. 17. Herbert L. Samuel. the Home Secretary, announced today that, in view of the restrictions on lighting on account of raids and in order to economize on coal, the gov ernment purposes ordering all shops to close at 7 o'clock in the evening In Winter, except Saturdays, when the time for closing will be 8 o'clock. The order goes into effect October SO, and does not apply to the sale of in toxicants. BLACKMAIL PROBE STOPS Government Finds Girls Had Real Claim Against Rich Man. CHICAGO, Oct. 17. It was learned today that Federal investigation of the so-called "Iowa blackmail case" has been dropped. An Iowa man. whose name was never made public in this case, was said to have been victimized out of $10,000 by two girls. Harold W. Jirka, attorney for the girls involved, said that investigation has shown that the girls had a just claim on "a wealthy druggist from Cedar Rapids." WHEAT LAND VALUES RISE Athena Farmer Pays $150 an Acre for Quarter-Section. PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.) A new record for wheat land was set today when J. N. Scott, well-known Athena farmer, paid $150 an acre for a quarter section of land three miles west of Athena. The land is part of the Jerry Stone estate and was pur chased by Mr. Scott from Mrs. Josephine Stone, the widow. The price paid for the land was $24,000. PORTUGUESE TRADEGAINED America's Business in Republic Largely Increased. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. Increasing business is being done in Portugal by American concerns, according to con sular advices. Twenty American ves sels have discharged cargoes at Lis bon since the first, of the year. Such a number never has been ap proached before. Office Force Is Trapped on Upper Floor. LADDER STARTS HOLOCAUST Jar of Chemicals Bursts Into Flames at Touch. CHARRED BODIES FOUND Four "Vouug Women Are Among Known Victims and Two Others, Missing, Probably Are Dead. Property Loss $250,000. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. Seven persons were burned to death and two others who are missing are feared to have lost their lives in a fire which de stroyed two factories in the manufac turing section of Queens Borough late today with a material loss estimated at S250.000. The charred bodies were not found until the flames had been extinguished and firemen were pouring water into the ruins of the buildings. Search is being made tonight for two persons still missing, but it is believed they perished. All those burned were em ployed In the plant of the Oakes Dye Manufacturing Company, where the flames started. Four Women Among Dead. The known dead include four women. They are: Harry C. Cook, 42 years old. married, treasurer of the Oakes Company. " Frederick Crisman, 35, married, head bookkeeper of the company. Robert Vogel, 30, married, assistant bookkeeper. Miss Emily Kiensel, 22, bookkeeper. Miss Dauphemann, 20, bookkeeper. Miss L. Faurmann. stenographer. Miss Gears. 20. stenographer. Klre Start Among Chemicals. . The fire started among chemicals on the first floor of the Oakes building and spread with such rapidity that the office force, was trapped on the sec ond floor. The police have learned that an elec trician at work on the first floor of the dye-making plant, making repairs to the electric light fixtures, dropped a ladder, which struck a Jar of chemi cals that burst into flames. There wero six young women and the three men on the second toor when the fire began. Not one of them has been seen since. Loggers Report Robbery. Charles Nelson and Gust Dahlstrom, loggers, reported to the police last night that they had been robbed of $110 and a watch at 363 'A First street. Detective Hyde, Sergeant Sherwood and Patrolman Hewsten arrested Sadie Brown, proprietress of the lodgings at 363 First street, and Walter Wey mour, a lodger in the resort, and held them pending investigation of the theft. Concerted Efforts Being Made to Gather Record Crop Hurried to Maturity by Weather. HOOD RIVER, Or.. ' Oct. 17. (Spe cial.) "Closed; everybody gone to pick apples." Such will be the placarded notifica tion on the front doors of all Hood River business houses tomorrow after noon, when every store and every shop will close its doors eo that proprietors, clerks, bookkeepers and professional men to the number of 150 may Join the army of laborers who are hurry ing to get the apples of the Hood River Valley under cover before bad weather sets in. All business houses will be closed after 12 o'clock on Thursday and Fri day, as well as tomorrow. The same programme will be followed next week if necessary. Beginning in the morning and con tinuing as long as the need for harvest labor lasts, the local high school will be closed, in order that its ISO students may assist in saving the apple crop. The Hood River apple crop will ex ceed pre-harvest estimates by 100,000 boxes, and for the first time in the his tory of the valley the tonnage this year will exceed the 1.000,000 box figure. The brilliant sunshine and cold frosty nights of the past 10 days have caused all varieties of apples to ma ture simultaneously, and never in the valley's history has the need for pick ers been so acute. WOMEN REGISTER 9 TO 1 Spokane Iteords Are Broken 150 0 When Books Close. by SPOKANE, Oct. 17. Registration of voters in Spokane, which ended to night, showed a total of 38,421, break-, lng the previous record made in the state election of 1914 by 1500 votes. The city registration in the last Presi dential election was 32.765. Nine out of every ten registered in the last two days were women. City Clerk Killam said tonight. He esti mated that more than 3000 women had registered in the last four davg. SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 17. Registra tion for the Presidential election closed at midnight with 97,773 names on the poll books, the largest number in the history of Seattle. The registration for the Presidential election in 1912 was 83,875. AUTO CATCHES ANTELOPE South Dakotan Chases Animal Miles Before Capture. Six SLIM BUTTES, S. D.. Oct. 17. With a high-powered automobile John Ralney, of Rapid City, ran down and captured a mature antelope alive. The animal was grazing at the roadside when Rainey chanced upon it. Ralney put on the power and the animal, too frightened to think about leaving the. road, sped on for six miles, with the machine in close pursuit. Unable longer to endure the 50-miles-an-hour clip, the antelope sank ex hausted in the road. Ralney stepped from the car and bound its legs se curely with a rope he chanced to have in the machine. SPEAKING OF INVISIBLE GOVERNMENT. Hostile Crowd . Drives French Sailors Back. ENTENTE ADMIRAL IS HISSED Royalists Make Demonstra tion, Malcontents Parade. ALLIES SEIZE WARSHIPS Possession Taken of Remainder or Fleet and Allied Crews Put on Board People Demand American Protection. LONDON. Oct. 17 A Reuter's dis patch from Athens says the situation appears to be dangerous.' There have been Royalist demonstrations in the streets. Admiral du Fournet, com mander of the entente allied fleet In the Mediterranean, was hissed and a detachment of French sailors was driven back by a hostile crowd. A procession of some 4000 malcon tents, headed by the Greek and Ameri can flags, stopped outside the Ameri can Legation, protested against the landing of foreign marines and de manded the protection of the American Minister, who was absent. rple Farade Streets la Pretest. "The demonstrators then paraded the streets singing the Greek national an them." The entente allies have taken over the Greek battleships Kilkls and Lem nos. formerly the United States war ships Idaho and Mississippi, which were sold to Greece several years ago. The Greek battleship Averoff also has been seized by the allies, eays Reuter's Athens correspondent. Allied crews were put on board the battleships, the correspondent says, and the Greek crews were landed and. sent to Athens. . Measure Takes for Safety. On October 11 the allies took over the entire Greek fleet except the Kil kls, Lemnos and Averoff. This measure, it was explained unofficially, was in tended to insure the safety of the al lied fleet, as fears had been aroused of a disturbance at points where the war vessels, of the allies were anch ored. ATHENS, Oct. 16. via London. Oct. 17. (Delayed in transmission.) The British legation explains that the land ing of marines at Athens and Piraeus was merely intended to reinforce the police. It is generally thought, how ever, that this action waa taken to pre. vent demonstrations like those of this morning (Monday). Marines from the ships of the entente powers to the number of about 1000 have been landed at Piraeus and have occupied the railway station at Piraeus and several buildings in Athena. Immediately this became known the iConcluded on Pain 4. Column 8.) Strike of Crew Is Quelled When Ship Prepares for Sea. and Men Decide to Return, SEATTLE. Wash, Oct. 17. (Special.) Captain P. H. Sannaes. single-handed. navigated the Slnaloa from San Fran cisco to Puget Sound. His first mate was dangerously 111 in bed. He had no second mate. Dense fogs pre vailed. He stood all watches on the bridge. For three days and 16 hours he never had his clothes off and in all that time his aggregate of sleep was hardly four hours. He took an oc casional 40 winks in a chair on the bridge when the fog thinned. When the Slnaloa was about to steam from the pier in San Francisco on her way to Seattle, the crew approached the master In mass and demanded an Increase in wages. Captain Sannaes refused. Ail right," said the crew, which then went singing over the side. The pilot was aboard and the pilot's tug was alongside. Captain Sanneas invoked the aid of the pilot and the tug's master. Together, the three man aged to cast off the lines, preparing to take the vessel to sea. No sooner was the Slnaloa ready to swing out from the pier than back came the crew. ELECTION BETTING BRISK Odds of 10 to 6 That Hughes Will Carry New York Not Taken. NEW YORK. Oct. 17. (Special.) Election betting was brisk today on me euro and in the Stock Exchange. Odds of ten to six that Hughes would carry New York State found no takers. Some bets were placed at even money that Wilson will carry New Jersey. One commissioner announced consider able money to place at 10 to 8 on Hughes and to 10 on Wilson. Perhaps the most significant nature is the unwillingness of Democrats to place any money on Wilson to carry New York. JOHN BARRETT REGISTERS Director-General Hurriedly Takes Liner From French Port. CHICAGO. Oct. 17. (Special.) John Barrett, director-'general of the Pan American Union, was "somewhere in France" when he remembered he must register for the Presidential election. By driving all night he reached Paris in time to make a fast express to Bordeaux, where he caught the French lkner La Fayette by a matter of sec onds. German submarines had to be dodged and the liner barely arrived in time for htm to take a train to Chicago and register today on time. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. i EPTERDArS Maximum temperature, 65 utsrees; minimum, &o aegreei. TODAY'S Fair. cooler; northwesterly winas. War. Situation In Greece near dangerous stage. ( 1. Battles rage continuously alone Brusslloffs entire front. Page 4. British tanks are sensation of Paris. Page S. Politics. Gus Moner says Lincoln County Is strong or nuinri face 13. Ex-Senator Towns ertolls President Wilson at enthusiastic Democratic meeting. Ke - Mr. Hughes answers questions as to attitude towarc Adamson bill. Page 1. Hughes apeclal greeted cordially In Call fornla. Page 4. Glfford Plnchot speaks for Hughes Mm day In Portland. Page 0. Republican women voters have big lead over lemocrats. Page 9. Prediction mad that Hughes will carry two cuuiucrn oiair. rage o. Perkins tells why Progressives are support ing xiugnes. i'age z. Foreign. Britain expects American probe of TJ-boat raia. page z. National. President to tour doubtful states today. Fage -2. Domestic. Episcopalian deputies vote to omit prayer ror president, substituting one for ta- tion. Page 7. Crops cultivated on Mara by humans, aays Dr. Lowell. Pass 1. Million and half railway employes protest oeing ignored by Adamson law. Fags 5. Seven killed In dye plant fire. Page 1. reports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3, Los Angeles 2; Oakland 6. Vernon 6; ban Francisco S. Palt Lake o. Page 15. Jefferson defeats James John High School. 47 to u. page 14. Nebraska team en route to play Oregon Aggies. Page 14. Oregon coaches learn that Berkeley eleven is to a feared. Page Is. Pacific Northwest. Hood River stores and schools to close so apple crop can be picked. Page 1. Captain navigates ship four days alone. Page 1. Women have Just cause, says Mrs. William Kent at McMlnnvllle. page 7. Commercial and Marine Wheat selling In Northwest heavy at big advance In prices. Page 10. Selling movement wipes' out early gala n stuck market. Page 19. Sailors to be registered for employment. Page IS. , . Portland and Vicinity. Budget committee trims $65,0oo more off estimates. Page 6. Jitney commltteo can't agree on ordinance. Page 13. Boy farmers foom California visit. Page i. Famous Ladd art collection is sold for SlMi.ooo. Page 8. Sentiment for chango of name of Mount Rainier said to be gaining. Page lo. Arena nearly ready for Horse Show. Page li Realty deal Involving (1,000.000 pending. Page 1. Almost every Item on grocers' shelves has Joined advance. Page Federal grand Jury returns 23- Indictments. Page 13. New Zealander predicts trade development. Page 11. Friends assert dying chauffeur was flung into Ctll. Page 8. Old Taylor-8.reet Methodist Church congre gation to make final try to reopen house of worship. Page u. C. It. Jones fined for wild auto ride. Page 15. Weather nport, data and forecast. Page 19. Position on Adamson Law Made Clear. FULL INQUIRY IS DEMANDED Surrender Cannot Be Repealed, Says Nominee. REPLY MADE TO HECKLER Iowa Audience Roars Approval When Speaker Says Ho Will Represent 'o One Group but All of American People. SIOUX C1TT. la.. Oct. 17. "A sur render cannot bo repealed," Charles E. Hughes replied tonight to a question from his audience as to whether he would repeal the Adamson law if elected President. "If arbitration had been refused." Mr. Hughes replied. "I should have gone right to the American people, stated the facts and put the responsi bility where it belonged. "I should, at the same time, have secured a commission of inquiry so im partial, so fair, as to command the re spect of the entire counny nd. direct- lng public opinion to that end. tbeve Is no group of men in the United States that would have dared, hold up the Instrumentalities of commerce if that were done." Plenty e( Time for Inquiry. The heckler still had another ques tion to ask. "Mr. Hughes." he said, "any question that is asked here is asked with no enmity toward the candidate of the Republican party. Toil would have done all that within 2 hours?" "Why, sir." the nominee replied, fthe business- men of the United States, through the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, on July 29. sent a . telegram to the President asking for" an inquiry. A resolution was introduced in the Senate for an Inquiry, and was laid on the table. For months the business men of the United State asked for an Inquiry as to this very matter, and the crisis was allowed to be developed, when It was unneces sary that It should have been developed and there, was adequate time to ascer tain what the facts were." Interruptions Incense Aadlenee. The heckling was attended by the utmost confusion. The audience, which had cheered and applauded loudly in the earlier parts of Mr. Hughes' ad dress, apparently was incensed at the Interruptions and there were many cries of "Put him out!" "Sit down" and "ShiiT up." As the nominee replied to each ques tion the audience cheered its approval! It was necessary after each interrup tion for Mr. Hughes to step forward and request that the heckler be allowed to proceed. In the first part of his speech Mr. Hughes was interrupted by a member of the audience. Heckler Carries Bis; Stick. A man with a big stick in the gallery sought to heckle the nominee on labor affairs. He asked a question that ap parently was misunderstood in the con fusion, and Mr. Hughes, amid a roar of applause, read what the Legislative News, the official organ of organixed labor, had to say in praise of his rec ord aa Governor. When the applause died, the man arose again. The crowd would have put him out, and for more than a minutes the audience was a tumult of confusion. Mr. Hughes, with outstretched hands, sought to quiet the crowd. "Evidently, according to what you have said." the man began, waving his stick, "the labor field has taken you from the bench and put you up as their standard-bearer. Is that right?" There were cries of "No! No!" and "Put him out." It was some time before Mr. Hughes could make himself heard. "One moment." the nominee shouted to the crowd; "one moment, please." When some sort of order was restored the nominee went on: "I am not here. sir. as the standard-bearer of any one group or set, but desirous to serve the whole of the American people." Audience Hoars, Approval. The house roared, the heckler sat down and the nominee went on with his speech. "Now that I am on this personal note." Mr. Hughes said, "let me recall some of the unusual circumstances under which I entered public life. You may recall that there were some very important investigations in the city of New York. The first of these had re lation to the charge to be made for gas. I was Instructed by a legislative committee to undertake this investiga tion. I had no desire to undertake any Inquiries which could have possibly any political relation or any other pur pose to ascertain exactly what was fair and just. "The assurance was given, me that I should have a free hand for that purpose. We went ahead on that line, and. as the result, the city of New York had legislation in its favor by which the consumers of gas paid a rate as fixed by law, and sustained by the courts, of 80 cents. "Then there followed an Investiga tion of much wider concern. It re lated to the security of the homes of America. It related to the security of tCuncluded on Page a. Column 5.)