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K UNIOf TH (7 VOL.. XVI. NO. 17,469. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 191G. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BELGIUM APPEALS TO UNITED STATES WOMAN ATTACKED BY TWO BURGLARS DEUTSCHLAND OFF ON RETURN VOYAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE SECRET OF BRAVERY LOGGING MANAGER NEWBERG VICTIM JITNEY" REGULATION SUSTAINED IN COURT MRS. MATTIE IIARMAX SUR PRISES PAIR IX HOME. COURAGE OF BIRDS OX BATTLE FIELD EXPLAINED. LOG STRIKES GLEX O. DASSETT, BREAKING BACK. mi is V A ,A'A . A .A A . Az CHICAGO CANVASS V, Intervention Against Deportations Asked. FORMAL PROTEST IS. ENTERED Forced Labor Held Violation of Laws of War. ' FOE IS DiSECTLY HELPED German Workmen Declared Released for Service at . Front by Compul- Bion of Belgians to Take Their Places in 1 Industries.- "WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. An appeal for active intervention by the United States to, stop the deportation of Bel gian workmen into Germany was pre sented to the State Department today by E. Havenith.- the Belgian Minister. The Belgians. Mr. Havenith said, prae tically aro being compelled te light against then own country, contrary to the laws of nations and humanity. The American government already has interested Itself Id this situation, and Charge Grew, of the embassy at Berlin, has . been Instructed to discuss it personally with Chancellor von Beth-mann-HoIlweg. No formal representa tions are authorized, but the charge is .directed to point out to the Chancellor that Germany's course cannot but have an unfortunate effect upon neutral opinion, particularly in the United States, where great interest is felt in the Belgians. ... ." Formal Appeal Is Made Minister Havenith submitted the fol ' lowing communication to the State De partment: "The German Governor-General in Belgium is forcing thousands of Bel gian workmei who are unemployed or without work, .to go to Germany to work in the quarries, in manufactur ing concrete, and in the lime kilns, under pretext that they are a charge upon public charity. , "The Belgian government protests energetically against this coercion, which is contrary to the law of nations and the laws of humanity. "The government of the King' asks the active intervention of the Govern ment of the United States to obtain the cessation of this deportation of Belgian workmen into Germany, and to obtain the liberation of those who have been already deported. German Workmen Released. "The Germans claim that these work men are not employed in war indus tries. It has been remarked, however, that they are employed in industries directly connected with the war and that the' employment of this Belgian labor releases a great number of Ger man workmen who are sent to the f roriV Thus these Belgian workmen are compelled practically to fight against their own country. In making public the communication the Minister Issued the following state ment: "The Belgian Minister calls the at tention to the fact that the unemploy ment of Belgian workmen is due en tirely to the action of the German gov ernment, which, has requisitioned all the supplies of raw materials and de stroyed the industrial plants by remov ing the machinery. Belgian BuHlneMs Paralyzed. "The German government has abso lutely paralyzed all business in Belgium; furthermore, the German government. hioh claims to try to encourage Bel gian industry, has imposed a war tax of 40,000,000 francs a month (about 20 times the normal amount of Belgian taxation), for tne past two years, upon a country which is without business ' and which Germany herself has impov erished by war and devastation. "At the beginning of the war, the German Chancellor.' Bethmann-Holl-weg, acknowledged that Germany was doing a great- wrong in invading Bel gium, but in spite of this confession of guilt, Germany is every day adding to her crimes against this innocent and email nation." BEGINXIXG OF .REVOLT SEES French. Newspapers Comment on In quiry Made by Washington. PARIS, Nov. 16. Secretary" of State Lansing's instructions to Joseph C. Grew, the American charge d'affaires at Berlin, sent on behalf of the Belgian government, to discuss with Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg. the German Im perial Chancellor, the question of the deportation ' by 'Germany of Belgians i from their native land, is regarded here as an action of great importance. The newspapers discuss it apprecia tively. ' -The Temps, alluding to the incident, says President Wilson is resolutely de termined, to .hold to his principles un deterred by Mexican " complications, adding that he "intervenes without fear of contingencies." - . - The Paris Midi sees in the instruc tlons. of Secretary "T-ansing the begin ning of a revolt of neutral nations against what it calls "the barbarous and Illegal measures of the central powers.'' Air. llson, says the Midi, "con scious that he is the head of the largest neutral nation, which is renowned the world for Its wide humanitarian feelings, has taken an initiative which may possibiy awaken all the sleeping consciences of other peoples still In different Young Wife Found Unconscious by Husband After Fright From Her' Buttle With Invaders. '. Mrs. 3attie Harman, young wife of Ervin E. Harman, 702 Gantenbein street, was. attacked and robbed in her home at 6. P. M. last night by two men who were in the house when she re turned from downtown. Mrs. Harman fainted, and was found unconsefcus by her husband, but did not revive until several hours later, when Dr. V. B. Hamilton restored her to consciousness. The men were burglars, and had ransacked the house before Mrs. Har man arrived. One of them pointed at her an empty revolver stolen1 Iron her husband's room. The other rushed at her with some canvas and threw it over her head. Mrs. Harman. who has just recovered from a severe illness, fainted immediately,) and was unable to describe her assailants. Mr. . Harman returtfed - home from work about 7 o'clock, and called Dr.. Hamilton. Mrs. Harman lapsed into semi-consciousness, twice after the physician had revived her. Although the house had been ran sacked, nothing was taken, apparently, except $7, whiub. the robbers found 'in a purse on Mrs. Herman's arm. The men evidently had been in the house for hours, as they had eaten a lunch, and had emptied several trunks and bureaus, even hunting through the flour bin. The police were not notified until a late hour, when Patrolmen Reek and Stillwell investigated. - ' ' $60,000 WILLED TO FRIEND Late Mi Iwuukee .Merchant Rewards . Unwavering Devotion of Years. MILWAUKEE, Wla., Nov. .16. Be cause of "intimate friendship through prosperity and adversity," as outlined in the will, John P. Miley, Milwaukee, will receive approximately t60,DoO rom the estate of the late George M. Bar rett, founder of the Barrett store here, who died recently in Los .An geles. The will, which was filed for probata today, discloses how Barrett with the aid of Miley, first as a clerk and later as partner, built from a humble begin ning one of the largest department stores in Milwaukee. When Barrett waa in failing health Miley accom panied him west as personal attendant. TOT HAS PARALYSIS TWICE First Attack Cured, but Second Re sults Fatally. BALTIMORE, Nov. - 16. Henry Tuerke, 20 months old, who was pro nounced cured ' in . New York after receiving the serum treatment for in fantile paralysis last Summer, is dying here .from a ' second attack. Health Commissioner Blake says it is the first time in his knowledge that a child has been stricken twice. From a story of the case Dr. Blake has found that the child was stricken last Summer in the left leg, while this time the right leg and arm are paralyzed. CARVER TRAINS HAVE QUIT Poor Fuel Knocks Out Schedule and Motor Bus Is Used. ' CLACKAMAS, Or, Nov. 16. Traffic on the Oregon City & Portland' "kail way Company, commonly known as the Carver line, ceased yesterday indefi nitely. Trains have been running be hind schedule time for a week. Trouble was experienced in firing the engine on account of the poor. quality of fuel used. . . ' A special auto stage Is being" Nsent out by the company to some of the stations on the line, dally; to carry students of the Milwaukie High School, who had purchased ticket books. KANSANS ELECT 151 WOMEN Candidates Number 255 and 120 Are In Office Now. TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. . 16. Of 255 women candidates for county offices in 92 of. the 105 counties in Kansas at the recent election, 151 were efected, according to reports received today. Kansas now has 126 'women holding county offices. . Fifty-eight : women were elected superintendents of instruction; 36 Registrars of Deeds. 25 Clerks of Dis trict Courts, 15 County Treasurers, five County Clerks and two Probate Judges. ' , GERMANS TO SELL 'RELICS Deutschland. Ballast to Be Made Up Into Souvenirs. NEW LONDON, Nov. 16. Iron bal last weighing 120 tons brought over on the" German submarine merchant man Deutschland is tq be"' converted into "Deutschlancr Iro'n men," to be sold as souvenirs for the'benefit of German widows and orphans of the war, it was said today. The souvenirs will be a little smaller than an American silver dollar and they will bear, impressions in' relief showing the Deutschland-and Captain Koenis's signature. "' 1 Seized Steamer Is Freed. 1 LONDON. Nov. 16. The Dutch steam er Koningin Re"?ntes has. left Zee brugge and is proceeding westward, according to a Reuter dispatch from The Hague. Submarine Leaves in "Early'HoUrs. $2,000,000 CARGO CARRIED r Tugs Tow German Craft Out " of New London Harbor. NEWSPAPER MEN FOLLOW American Warship Said to Be Guard lng Neutrality--Report That Man - With Dynamite . Entered . Stockade Is 'Heard. . NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 1. The Deutschland, toe -German submarine which arrived here on November 1. slipped out of the harbSvr at an early hour today,. bound for Bremen. Sne left her pocket at the state pier at 1:30 o'clock and was towed down the harbor by two tugs. Captain F. Hlnsch and other offi cials of the Eastern Forwarding Com pany were on ope of the tugs. A launc'i filled with newspaper men followed the submersible down the Thames River to the modth of toe harbor. ' Two tugs, owned by the T. A. Scott Wrecking Company', steamed up the harbor to the pier at'l A. M. The Scott Company is a sub-agent of the Eastern Forwarding Company and one of its 'tugs met the Deutsc'jland when she arrived here. Pannlnar Steamers Salute. The Deutschland passed the United States cruiser Columbia in the lower harbor at 1:45 o'clock. Several pass ing steamers and the Columbia turned their searchlights on the boat and blew. "their .whistles. Tidal conditions were trood and the f submarine made rapid progress.- At times her decks were awash. At 2 o'clock she was nearly at the entrance of 1 the harbor. One tug was leading th'way and -the other followed at a close distance. Shore observers lost 'sight of the Deutschland half an hour later. It was impossible to determine her exact course. She had the choice of going thnouch Fisher's Island -Sound or she could) sail through the Islands in the Race, where United States forts are lo cated. If she chose the latter route she would pass between Block Island and Montauk Point. Presence of Britons Unverified. There have been rumors from time to time of the presence of British war ships outside toe three-mile limit, but these have not been verified. Captain Koenig also said soon after his arrival that the'German submarine U-57 would convoy the underwater boat back to German waters. There has been no indication of such a vessel off the coast. It was generally believed here that the Deutschland would submerge after she passed the three-mile limit. Shortly before midnight the great (Conc'.uued on Pace 10. Column 2.) OLD MAN t T ' f Mu.iwjiii! uliji. ii am i i . J)i si-a. i i l i iiiiji nii-i n 1 1 . l i.r i i i m m. i i mi i i, - Cornell Professor Gives Theory on Why Feathered Gentry Build ' Xcsts in War Zone. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 16. Birds built nests in European forests while the trees are being shelled during en gagements, according to Dr. Arthur A AUen, head of the department devoted to bird study at Cornell University, who spoke on "Bird Study and Life" at the 34th meeting of the American Ornithol ogist's Union here todays Dr. Allen said a dcxrtor with an am bulance corps in. France counted 35 species of birds that had built nests in ruins of buildings and trenches aban doned by inhabitants and soldiers. : Dr. Allen said he thought the fear lessness of the birds is ' cfuo to- the higher - temperature of their bodies. Courage," he . declared. . "is simply a matter "of temperature." HUGHES GAINS IN CLARKE Five Votes Are Added to Plurality In ! Official Count. ; VANCOUER. Wash.. Nov. 16. (Spe cial.) The official count of the vote cast in Clarke County at the general election, completed today, shows that a total of 9034 votes were -xast for President, put of a total registration of 10,565. Hughes had a plurality of 692, or five more votes than the unoffi cial returns gave him. The votes of the leading electors on the respective ticket were as follows: Republican. 4419; Democrat. 3737; Prohibition, 201; Socialist. 677; Socialist Labor, 10. - No. changes on the result was noted as a result of the official count, all candidates on the Republican ticket having been given majorities of from 651 to more than .3000..- . RAIN FALLS IN ALASKA Warm Weather Causes Washout at Government Hallway Bridge' SEWARD, Alaska. Nov. 16. The warm ' weather continues. Rain has fallen -continuously since November 10. Ice which had formed in Twenty-Mile River, on the United States Railroad. 65 miles north of Seward, went out be cause '.of high water, taking 160 feet of th-jr railroad bridge at Mile 63 Vi. There is now no snow below an alti tude of 1000 feet above the track, but a heavy fall on the mountain top re sulted In a slide a long distance down the canyon, blocking the line at this point. Repair-gangs with a piledrlver were rushed out. and they will have the, railroad open In a. few days. STRIKE OF STUDENTS ENDS Citizens Promise to Take Up Ques tion of Privileges. ' FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.. Nov. 16. Striking students of the Fayetteville High. School returned to their desks today on the promise of influential citi zens to take up with school authorities the question of privileges desired, by rthe .pupils. The strike had its beginning In a prolonged demonstration over the re election of President Wilson, which caused the principal to suspend some of the school privileges. v BACCHUS GETS THE SURPRISE ATTENDED EST RIQT Judge Threatens to Ex clude Republicans. ARMED SIEGE IN PROSPECT Democratic Election Board Precipitates Trouble. WOMAN OFFICIALS SCORED Assistant .Corporation Counsel Says They Remember That Other Judges Were Dressed, but For got How Vote Was Recorded. CHICAGO. Nov. 16. (Special.) Trouble of many varieties loomed ahead for County Judge Scully today as a result of his declaration that he may hold up the proclamation of the results of last week's election and thus keep a small army of Republicans out of office. The County Judge, wbo Is the head of the election machinery, de clared evidences of frauds uncovered In hundreds. of precincts in the official canvass Justify him In either throwing out these precincts entirely or ordering the ballot boxes" opened and the ballots recounted. - t Most .of the precincts which the Democratic election board is eying with suspicion are In- the "Republican Second Ward, largely populated by colored voters. Seaaaatloaa Are Premised. .Sensational scenes. rivaling the armed siege of defense of the Clty'Hall in the famous Lorlmer-Durborow con test of years ago, were promised by the. Republicans if Judge Scully adheres to his plan. Tension in the office of the board of election commissioners where the of ficial canvass is progressing is already strained 'to the breaking point. Several times riots in the big camvasslng-room. covering nearly a quarter of a city block, have been stopped only by the ejection of battling watchers and coun ters. Keeling ran even higher today and the Republicans, led by Joseph F. Han. county Recorder-elect on the face of the returns, with a large array of attorneys, redoubled their charges of efforts to trifle with the canvass. ; Retaliation Is Threatented. " Impeachment and expulsion from his Judicial office, ' arrest on criminal charges and plain legal proceedings by means of mandamus and other writs were some of the retaliatory measures proposod against Judge Scully. Frank D. Ayers. an assistant corporation coun sel and attorney for the election com missioners In former years, in addition to telling what retaliatory measure would be started against Judge Scully if necessary, also criticised women In politics In a way no other public offi cial dared since suffrage was granted them in Illinois. "The plan to show" consideration to . Cenrluded on Fin a. Column .) OP HIS. LIFE. II cad of Spalding Operations Leaves Widow and Nine. Children; Act ive in Civic Affairs. NEWBERG, Or.. Nov. 16. (Special.) Glen O. Dassett. manager of the Spaulding Logging Company, was killed tonight when a log slipped from a car. near which he was standing, struck him and broke his back. He died within a few minutes. Mr. Dassett was superintending the unloading of several cars of logs at tho Spauldlng mill about 5 o'clock and was .standing near one of the cars when a log came down the runway sooner than he expected andho was unable to dodge it. His back was broken In two places and one ankle fractured. Raising his head a moment, he said. "I'm killed." and died. Mr. Dassett was about 50 years old and had managed, the properties of the Spaulding company here for the past five years. He is survived by his wid ow and nine children. He was active during his entire residence here In all civic affairs and was a member of the board of trade of the Newberg Com mercial Club. He took a prominent part in the meetings of the club and was also an active member of the Christian Church. He was a Mason, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and of the Woodmen of tho World, all of which orders probably will participate in the funeral services. An inquest was held tonight by Coro ner Tilbury, of MeMinnvllle. DEAD, MAN SITS SENTINEL Hundreds Fail for Hours to Notice Occupant of Car Is Lifeless. CHICAGO. Nov. 16. While hundreds of persons passed in a crowded street today. Charles Lichtenberger. 61 years old. sat bolt upright for four hours dead in'his automobile. A lelteVcarrier finally noticed the peculiar position of the body and in vestigation showed Mr. Lichtenberger had been dead four hours. He ap parently had driven up to the curb and bad .Just stopped his machine when overcome by heart disease. SHOE -PRICES AKE STEADY Tanners' Expect No Iliae Unless For eign Demand Grows. CHICAGO. NoVj 16 Five hundred membefs of the National Association of Tanners, in annual conventioa here to day, said there would be no advance in the price of shoe leather unless the nations at war make too big a demand on the surplus stock now m the hands of tanners and shoe manufacturers. Hides and skins, however, were de clared to be scarce. INDEX OF. TODAY'S NEWS The WViihfr. TESTER DAY'S Maximum Temperature, &1 drgrfi-A; minimum, 37 deftreea. TODAVS Fair: alight temperature chances, easterly winda. War. British chaplain with fewr men captures 400 Germans, .page 4. Serbians near Monastlr. Page 4, National. Arrsnxements mrtde. to hasten test of Adam son law. Face 10. American dMmtn to reslum as Wilson's present t-tu expires. Page 2. Belgium asks active Intervention of United State asalnst deportations. Pace X. Ioui r.tlc. Hlt-th temperaiure makes birds brave Pace 1. Roosevelt raps "cubist patriots. Pace 2. Democrat admits defeat for Congress from West. Virginia. Page 2. Chicago bankers lend $5,000,000 to China. Page 5. Canvass of votes In Chicago develop riot. Pag 1. Deutsc aland pmnm return voyage. Page 1. Educator Weolares buslm-ss men expect too much of universities. Pag X Navy Department opens fight for oil sup plies In California. Pa ft Sport. Dirio Rt-.ua a Ins Vanderbllt Cup race. Page Iti. Cal Ktvlnic'a fight srnlnst National Commis sion timely. Page 17. James John and Frank lln Hlirh elevens to play today in Franklin bowl. Pag It. Multnomah and Seattle Cluba patch up Clf ferences. Page lu. Pacific North went. Tiom; bikers deny that bread trust exists. Page 1. Glen O. Dassett, manager of Spalding; Log ging Comuatiy, killed. Page 1. Southern Pacific denlea favoritism. Page . Jury frees lads accused of murder. Page 8. Roads Co Hirers meets at Centralis, page 6. Fuirewell receptlrn tendered to Kev II. S. Templcton and wife. Page 11. Coraraerrlal and Marine, Oats rtrongest cereal in Northwestern mar ket. Page VI. Denial of em harico report comes too lat to affect Chlraifu wheat pricey Page 21. Atlantic frlht rts going; up Instead of Oov n. PetgU 1 8. . IVrtlund and Vicinity. Judge uphoW- Jitney regulation In test case -a hen r7 drivers are arrested. Page 1. Orphan tota sing at meeting of ChristI Horn fund workers. Page 2'2. Question of death raised In administration of estste of Mrs. Km ma lorentxen. Page 8. Plan for tunne. to rich Tualatin Valley is N review d. Page 13. Unions rrfue to work Sc hpo I. Pa ge. is. on Benson Trad Jitneys are regulated . in several PaclHo Const cities. Page 11. Horrors of var and plaga described by Dr. Sargen'.lch. tage Tilts are frequent In Alexander hearing Pke 4. Transcontinental freight rate rise to be ab aorbed by shippers. Page 8. Statewide auto association launched by elec tion of directorate. Pago 15, Liquor imports heavy since "bone dry" law passed. Page 15. C T. Hawley a up ire a to presidency of State . Senate. Pago If. Dr. Ptansfleld flls progressive Club mem . bers to rv member higher things of life. Page 8. Burglirs attack woman. Pag 1. "Hobson's Choice" at Heiltg brims with comedy. Page 4. New County Horpltal. prohabv will be pro vided fur In budget. I'age 3. Mrs. M. M. To Mas says she tried to atop grandmother from favoring her In a ill. Page 10. Baseball . Players Fraternity expect open . waifare. Page 17. Weather it port, data and forecast. Pase SI. 57. Drivers Arrested in Test of Law. ONE FINED; CASE APPEALED All Others Are Continued and Truce With City Arranged. TAXI RATE WAR TO BEGIN XewOrdinance Requiring I'raiichiso Attacked as Illegal, and Conten tion Made That Permits to "December 31 Are Valid. The Tight of the City Council to regnlate Jitueys by franchise was sustained yesterday afternoon by Mu nicipal Judge Arthur Lanpguth at the conclusion of a test case In which Wil hert R. Funk. Jitney driver on the Broadway route, was found guilty of operating without a franchise." The charges against 56 other defendants ar rested by tho police yesterday morn ing were continued Indefinitely, pend ing the Inal settlement of the Funk appeal, which was taken at once. According to President A. A. Thielke. of the Jitney Drivers' Union, a truce is now on thaf will assure the observ ance of the franchise ordinance by the Jltneurs. but will be enlivened by a rut-rato attack upon the taxicab com panies. Arrests In Steady Stream. True to their determination to fight tho mandate of tho Council, the Jlt neurs began operations upon their routes as usual yesterday morning, and tho police acted without delay. - From 7 till 10 o'clock In the morning a con stant procession of Jitney drivers ar rived at the police station and were booked by the arresting officers on the charge of operating without a fran chise. As the Jitneys rolled down their routes they were halted by patrolmen, the passengers disembarked, and the drivers were placed under arrest. By 10 o'clockthe arrests totalled 57. and the stream ceased. - Tho first arrest was that of Louis Loveton. at First and Sheridan streets, ahd the second that of Wllbert It. Funk, defendant in the test 'case, who was arrested at Broadway and Burnsido street by Patrolman Schulpius. Crowd Gather, mt Court. The corridors and courtroom were soon crowded by Jltneurs. their sym pathizers and large numbers of curious onlookers. A conference between At torneys Arthur I. Moulton and J. Alli son Moulton. attorneys for the Jitney union, and Deputy City Attorneys Stad ter and Myers developed an agreement to postpone the trial of the cases until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, with the understanding that one defendant waa to appear In a test case, temporarily answering for all. President Thielke. of the Jitney Driv ers' TL'nlon. accepted the proffer of the prosecution, and a truce was arranged wherein the Jltneurs were pledged to refrain from violating the franchise or dinance until the case is finally deter mined. It was mutually agreed that the case should be expedited on appeal, and. if adverse Judgment to the Jitney drivers Is rendered by the Circuit Court, that the controversy be carried to the Supreme Court. In the meantime the executive board of the union went Into session and ratified this arrangement. Tret Cane la Brcoa. In opening for the defense, at -2 o'clock in the afternoon, with every seat and standing place of the Muni cipal Court occupied by Interested spec tators. Attorney Arthur Moulton en tered a plea of not guilty in the test case against Wllbert It. Funk. The complaint against Funk, charg ing that he had "transported passen gers, for hire, over a definite and fixed route, to wit. the Broadway route." in violation of the ffanchlse . ordinance which set the time limit of November 13. waa recited by Attorney Moulton. who confined his defense to two main points: j First, that tho license granted to Funk In October, to operate until 'De cember 31. has never been specifically revoked, and that the passage of the franchise ordinance does in noe way invalidate the license then issued. Second, that the charter does not give the City Council authority to pro hibit the use of the public streets by the Jitneys, but merely confers tho right to regulate and, prevent obstruc tions of traffic " " "The license issued to Mr. Funk about the first of October, good until January 1. was Issued under an ordi nance which has never been repealed." declared Attorney Moulton. maintain ing that nothing in the franchise ordi nance could be construed as revoking the license. License Held Still Valid. While granting that the City Council possessed power to revoke the licens ing ordinance, known as the "motor bus ordinance." Attorney-Moulton reit erated his contention that such action had not been taken and that the pass age of the franchise ordinance "re pealed It only by Implication." "An ordinance revoking his license must be passed and, the balance of li cense money returned." declared At torney Moulton. "Until such time the license Is good and in effect. 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