VOL,. I.VI. NO. 17,471.
PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JUDGE W.N. GATENS
DROPS FROM SIGHT
NATIONAL LUMBER
MOVE STARTS HERE
SALEM MAN WEDS
BY QUAKER RITES
MONASTIR IS TAKEN
BY FRENCH FORCES
LAUNCH HITS LOG
AND THREE DROWN
STRANGER CALLS FOR JTJKIST
IX YELLOW AUTO.
WOMAX, CHILD AND MAX DIE AT
TWO WOMEN ANI MAN DIE AT
CASTLE ROCK, WASH.
CASTLE KOCK, WASH.
NATION IS FACING
GRAVE PROBLEMS
AMMAN
BREAKS
AMERICAN
RECORD
International Issues Be
come Acute.
SUBMARINE QUESTION FIRST
Five Critical Cases Pending
and Wilson Must Decide
on Policy for Future.
TRADE BLOCKADE LOOMING
All but Most Pressing Domes
tic Affairs to Take Back
ground for Present.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, A por
tentous and complicated international
situation now faces President Wilson
and for the next few weeks will en
gage his attention and that of his ad
risers to the 'exclusion of all but the
most urgent of domestic subjects.
From now on the President expects
to deal with all foreign questions
without embarassment. While it is
not evident there will not be any fun
damental change in policy, fear that
any move at all would be misinter
preted as inspired by an internal po
litical struggle has been removed.
Weighty Issues Await Decision.
The President must 'decide how the
United States shall meet the German
submarine question on the one hand
and the entente allies' trade restric
tions ion the other; whether the re
taliatory legislation shall be enforced;
whether the traditional theory of iso
lation shall be abandoned for con
certed neutral action; whether the
country shall have an aggressive or
a passive policy toward the peace con
ference after the war; the permanent
league to enforce peace and, during
the rest of the war, the question
whether America's attitude be gov
erned by benevolent interpretation of
international law according to its own
best interests, or shall it be strictly
legalistic, regardless of whom it af
fects. The most disquieting problem is the
German submarine-' situation. Five
critical cases are pending, one involv
ing a loss of six American lives, the
others involving American ships.
Complications Hard to Avoid.
Increasingly serious is the fast
growing conviction that any kind of a
general submarine warfare is intol
erable. Germany is known to be
building submarines rapidly and there
is the possibility of a starvation cam
paign against England. The United
States may find it difficult to avoid
complications.
The American attitude is flat and
final. Np technicalities will be ad
mitted. Ships must not be sunk with
out warning or without provision for
the safety of the passengers. The
armed ship issue will not be accepted.
Secretary Lansing foresaw it last
March, when, without announcing his
reason, he decreed that merchant ves
sels could carry a small defensive gun.
Future Rests With Germany.
The future of the submarine situa
tion is felt to rest entirely witti Ger
many. Two possibilities are feared:
Either that Germany will decide she
can starve England by an undersea
campaign or that she may endeavor to
involve this country, and thus insure
the participation in peace conferences
of a generous enemy. Beyond this,
the Lusitania case remains unsettled.
Germany has admitted liability and
offered indemnity: But the delicate
matter of its amount has not been set
tled. Attempts made to close the is
sue have been repeatedly blocked by
unexpected new U-boat complications.
The ravages of the U-53 off New
England were displeasing to the Gov
ernment. It was said that continuance
of the practice would not be permit
ted, as it would constitute a practical
blockade of American harbors.
Neutrality Held "Intolerable.
Relations with the entente allies
are less clear-cut. Sea power has en
abled them, through the blockade and
the imposition of the blacklist, vir
tually to destroy all foreign trade hos
tile to them and divert all commerce
to their own uses. Constant bellig
erent encroachments on neutral rights
have led President Wilson to say that
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Wife Asks Police to Aid Search When
He Falls to Return After
Many Hoars.
Circuit Judge William X. Gatens left
his home at 510 East Twenty-fifth
street north at 3:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon to perform a wedding cere
mony for a stranger who came for him
In an automobile, and at 2 o'clock this
morning- the police were asked by Mrs.
Gatens to Institute a search for Judge
Gatens. as he had not returned nor
been heard from.
Mrs. Gatens said a man had called by
telephone and had asked Judge Gatens
if he would perform a ceremony and
soon after had appeared In a yellow
automobile. Mrs. Gatens said that she
had asked Judge Gatens where he was
going as he was donning his coat and
hat and that he had replied:
"I don't knpw where or with whom
I'm going."
Mrs. Gatens described the mysterious
stranger as being a short man with a
derby hat. She was worried by recent
threats which had been made against
Judge Gatens, but these threats were
apparently political in nature and In
dicated a purpose to injure Judge
Gatens politically rather than to do
bodily harm. Possibility of an acci
dent seemed more plausible to the po
lice.
Judge Gatens was re-elected to the
Circuit bench this month.
FAIR AND WARMER NEXT
Weather Man Gives Oat More Favor
able Prognostication.
Fair and warmer!
Such is the "Blue Monday" predic
tion for today at the hands of the
Weather Bureau man, who adds that
It ought to be an Ideal "wash day."
The chilly wave that has swept over
the Pacific slope has about spent Its
force, and rising temperature should
be the order for the next two or three
days, according to the signs.
For Portland the winds are now In
the north, but they give Indications of
twisting around to the southeast,
which will be the sign to resurrect
raincoats and rubbers.
Early yesterday morning the tem
perature was down to SI degrees, and
rose only 10 degrees at the warracBt
time yesterday. However, Bhortly
after dark last night the moderation
set In. and it should be reasonably
warm today.
PIPE SETS WOMAN AFIRE
Mrs. E. Delameter, 80, Succumbs to
Injuries From Barns.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash., Nov. 19.
(Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Delameter,
a West Side woman, more than SO
years old, passed away Friday night, the
victim of burns. Her companion. Miss
Little, heard her screaming about 10
o'clock Friday morning, and found her
completely enveloped in flames.
There was not an inch of her body
which was not' burned. The doctor
was summoned and her sufferings re
lieved as much as possible. She was
apparently quietly sleeping when she
died, about 11 o'clock last evening. Her
clothing had evidently caught fire from
her pipe.
ARKANSAS MAYOR FREED
Young: Wife Rushes Into Arms of
Husband on Murder Trial Verdict.
BATESV1LLE, Ark.. Nov. 19. Gilbert
Richardson. Mayor of Batesville, was
acquitted of murder by a Jury In Circuit
Court here late Saturday. The Jurors
deliberated three hours.
As the verdict was read, Richardson's
17-year-old wife, the alleged cause of
the killing for which he was tried,
rushed Into his arms and they wept to
gether.
The trial ended exactly two weeks
from the day on which Mayor Richard
son killed young Farrell Padgett. The
shooting occurred at a dance.
MACHINE GUN IS STOLEN
Michigan Guard Organization Asks
for Help of Police.
EL, PASO, Tex., Nov. 19. The offi
cers of the machine gun company of
the Thirty-third Michigan Infantry re
quested the police tonight to assist in
their search for a stolen machine gun
automobile belonging to the company.
The automobile is the only one of Its
type in the Army. It has a searchlight
forward, another on top and two ma
chine guns mounted to the rear. It
was taken from In front of a cafe to
night. POSTAL SAVINGS ENORMOUS
Increase for October $4,700,000
Over Same Month Year Ago.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Deposits In
postal savings banks continue to show
record-breaking gains. The increase of
October was $4,700,000, or twice that
for October, 1915. In the four months
since July 1 the deposits have increased
more than $17,000,000, almost as much
as for the entire year ended June 30,
1918.
On-October 31 postal savings deposl
tors numbered 650,000, and had $104.
200,000 to their credit.
Adamson Law Attacked in Montana.
HELENA. Mont.. Nov. 19. The Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
filed the stereotyped suit against the
Adamson act, in the Federal Court here
late Saturday, it was learned today.
Captains of Industry
Portland Visitors.
POWER TO COMBINE SOUGHT
United Effort Urged for Pas
sage of Webb Bill.
AFTER-WAR TRADE OBJECT
Meetings With Local Men Will He
Held Today at Chamber of Com
merceGreat Development
Flans Are Discussed.
The Eastern and Southern captains of
the lumber Industry, representing an
annual output of billions of feet '. of
milled lumber, have chosen Portland
as the place to start the movement to
get thoroughly behind the United States
Chambers of Commerce In thier efforts
to have enacted a law which will dif
ferentiate between monopoly In re
straint of trade and trade combination
In the interest of the development of
natural resources such as lumber or
cooj,
Kannnn Starts Move.
Charles S. Keith, of Kansas City, a
director of the United States Chamber
of Commerce, who, with a dozen or
more Nationally prominent lumbermen,
is In Portland, communicated with the
United States. Chamber of Commerce
officials yesterday, and it is under
stood, received the sanction of that
body to take up the problem of legal
izing industrial' combinations in the
interest of large National resources.
His talk today at the members' council
of the Chamber of Commerce, in the
Oregon building, is expected to lead
up to this movement, and solicit the aid
of the Portland business men.
President Offers Support.
The bill now proposed by the Cham
bers of Commerce of the Unit J States'
would tend to make more flexible the
so-called anti-trust laws of the United
States, which now make no practicable
distinction between combinations in re
straint of trade and of industrial development-President
Wilson favors the plan of
the lumbermen, and has said that he
will urge Congress to enact the neces
sary laws.
Mr. Keith also will explain a move
ment undertaken to have American Red
Cross representatives placed in all mills
of the country with complete Jurisdic
tion over safety-first devices and other
agencies for the conservation of human
energy and human life. The Red Cross
representative would have absolute
sway under the proposed arrangement
and would not be identified in any way
with the mill companies. He would be
strictly a Federal agent or Inspector.
The lumbermen who now are in Port-
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Couple Rise From Seats TTnheralded
' and Recite Services Minister's
Part In Ceremony Small.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 19. (Special.)
The congregation In the Memorial
Friends Church, at Twenty-third ave
nue and East Spruce street, was sur
prised Sunday when Mrs. Mary R-
Hornaday, of Seattle, and Enos Faes
nall, of Salem, Or., who had been sit
ting on the front bench, arose and went
through the ancient 'Quaker wedding
ceremony.
All that the minister. Rev. Robert E.
Pretlow, did in the ceremony, was to
offer a prayer and fulfill the legal re
quirement of pronouncing the couple
man and wife.
The wedding. Rev. Mr. Pretlow said,
was the first Quaker ceremony, accord
ing to the old English rites, wjucb. has
taken place in Seattle.
The church service had Just been fin
ished when the couple arose from their
seats, entirely unheralded and unknown
to the congregation, and t-ie man start
ed to fipeak. The couple Joined hands
during the service, the bridegroom first
reciting his part of the service, and
then the bride repeating her share of
the rites without assistance from the
minister.
CALIFORNIA VOTE STANDS
Xo Change Found as 4 2 Out of 5 8
Counties Are Canvassed.
SACRAMENTO. Nov. 19. Returns
from 42 of California's 5S counties had
been officially canvassed tonight by
Secretary of Stato Jordan without de
parture from the semi-official tabula
tion of the same districts.
As the statutes require the completion
of the canvass by November 27, and as
the missing counties include the larg
est centers of population, the statisti
cians face the probability of working
night and day the latter part of this
week.
GREEKS' ARMS DEMANDED
Anglo-French Commander Calls for
Surrender of All Munitions.
ATHENS, Saturday, Nov. 18, via Lon
don, Nov. 19. Vice-Admiral Fournet,
commander of the Anglo-French fleet
in the Mediterranean, last night pre
sented to the Greek government a note
demanding the surrender to the entente
allies of all arms, munitions and artil
lery of the Greek army.
Exception la made of some 50,000
rifles now in actual use by the forces
remaining after the last step of de
mobilization. RACE VICTIMS RECOVERING
Three Injured at Santa Monica Sat
urday Are Improved.
SANTA MONICA. Cal.. Nov. 19. The
three persons injured yesterday by the
racing automobile driven by Lewis
Jackson, one of the entrants in the
seventh International Grand Prix road
race, when it swerved from the course,
causing the death of himself and three
others, were reported recovering to
night. No date for the Inquest has been set.
ACTIVE VOLCANO RIGHT IN OUR
Serbian City Evacuated
by Defenders.
LOSS ADMITTED BY BERLIN
Decision Not to Make Sacri
fice Reached by Staff.
POSITION IS NOT TENABLE
Serbian Government Again Gets Hab
itation on Own Territory, but
Germans Insist Victory Is
Only of Local Scope.
PARIS, Nov. 19. French troops to
day captured from the German and Bul
garian forces the chief southern Serbian
town of Monastir. according to an of
ficial announcement made by the
French War Department.
News of the occupation was received
In Paris as one of the most Important
of the late developments In the war.
News came too late for general com
ment In the French papers.
Tne Temps points out the success Is
likely to have a great Influence on
subsequent developments n tho Bal
kan campaign, as the place commands
all the practical routes between the
Aegean sea and the Adriatic sea.
War New Open to Italians.
The fall of Monastir. the newspapers
say. involves the early fall of Ochrida,
25 miles northwest, and the region of
the Macedonian lakes and assures an
effective Junction of the army at Sa
lonikl and the Italian troops operating
in Albania.
BERLIN. Nov. 19. (By wireless to
the Associated Press via Sayvllle, N. Y.)
The Macedonian town of Monastir
was evacuated In the night by the Ger
man and Bulgarian troops, who retired
ncr'h to prepared positions.
Xews la Not Surprise
T' e news of the evacuation of Mon
astir docs not come as a surprise, the
Asuocif led Press having been informed
some days ago that the question
whether Monastir's political Importance
was great enough to Justify the mili
tary sacrifices necessary to defend te
town was being weighed by the gen
eral staff.
Monastir Is situated at the bottom oi
a bowl surrounded on all sides by
dominatiTig heights. It was. therefore,
tactically untenable, as the enemy
forces gained a footing on the rim of
the bowl.
Heavy Sarrlfl.ee TVot Justified.
Since the opening of the campaign ia
the Roumanian theater, which Is re
prarricu here as the decisive theater of
the wl.cle war front, it was considered
a collect decision strategically and
tactically not to rail upon the defend
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MIDST.
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Mrs. Bort Ilcljcerson, Daughter and
Brolher-ln-Law Lost One
In Party Is Saved.
CASTLE BOCK. Wash. Nov. 19.
(Special.) Three persons were
drowned in Silver Lake, six miles east
of here, today, . when their launch
struck a submerged log and capsized.
The dead:
Mrs. Bert Helgerson, formerly Miss
Bertha Cross, daughter of Mrs. Maggie
Cross, of Oregon City. Or.; Mrs. Helger
son's 17-mon t hs'-old daughter and
Riley Helgerson, brother-in-law of the
dead woman.
Mrs. Annie Helgerson. mother of
Riley and Bert Helgerson. and the only
other occupant of the boat, saved her
self by clinging to the overturned craft
until rescued.
The party had been out for a pleas
ure cruise, and had also taken aboard
supplies at Barnes' store, at tSilver
Lake for their home on the opposite
side of the lake, wjtn the disaster
occurred.
Riley Helgerson. who was 21 years
old. was entangled In the ropes and
held beneath the overturned vessel.
The bodies were recovered and the
bodies of Mrs. Helgerson and her child
will be sent to Oregon City tomorrow
for burial.
SHIPS FOUNDER IN GALE
Groat Tidal Wave Sweeps Itegton of
Marseille.
PARIS?. Nov. 19. Kxtraordinary
weather conditions prevailing in France
in the last 4s hours culminated yester
day In a tidal wave in the ro-jlon of
Marseilles, on the Mediterranean ciast,
in which many vessels foundered, and
disastrous gales on the southwest coast,
on the Atlantic Ocean.
According to M. Angot. director or
the weather bureau, the fluctuations of
the barometer yesterday beat ail the
records of 60 yers for quick cs."ng!.
From 721 miiimeters, which already
was 39 below normal. It dropped 44
mllimeters In 36 hours.
Snow fell heavily along the Brills l
battle front, and there were heavy rains
and high winds In Paris and other parts
of France.
At Marseilles all the cabins on Cat
alan Beach were carried away, and tie
high waves inundated Corinc i Road,
stopping the street cars.
The storm btfct all records for 20
years on the Mediterranean coast.
HOME BECOMES HOSPITAL
Historic Mclvinloy Residence Util
ized by Sisters of Mercy.
CANTON. O.. Nov. 19. The old rest
dence or v miam McKinley. now the
property of St. Peter's Cuthollc Church
and used as a residence far nurses of
Mercy Hospital, will be jjnverted Into
an annex of that hospital this week.
Eventually the building is to be dls
placed by a modern structure as an
annex to the hospital, it Is announced
by Father Stuber. who has supervision
over Mercy Hospital.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
The Weather.
YZSTKR DAY Maximum temperature. 41
aegre.-a; minimum. 21 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, with rising temperature;
varlabla winds.
National.
Vatlon faring inv International problem.
Pate 1.
General cioethala says canal slides will be
absolutely conquered. Fas a.
War.
Serbian town of Monastir occupied ky
r rencn. rssv J.
British and Canadians win trenches In diiv.
Inr iimwfclorm. Pace 4.
British scldiers trust Herman privates, but
not oiiictra. rif ,
British welcome measures of food control
Pans 4.
Korelgn.
Vienna receptive to ta!k of peace. Pare 6.
Mexico.
Americana to Insist that Mexican conference
rrsch conclusion. Page -.
American kl'led by Villa bandits at Jlmlnes;
tour omers prisoners at farral. Pare 2,
Doment lc.
YVomn breaks American record for aua
tained fllKht of aeroplane. rage 1.
Ltor Federation may ask that was pact
be Included Ir peace settlement. Pace S.
Period of wild speculation dawning- Pare 5.
Sports.
Football form Is thrown to winds on Eastern
gridirons. Page 14.
Oregon expects to be Invited to p'ay East's
best tam at Pasadena, page 14.
Frank Chance stteka by salary demands on
Cubs. Page 13.
Amateur Athletic t'nlon to decide on allow
ing n-w records today. Page 15.
Multnomah Club expects to defeat Oregon on
Thanksgiving day. Page 14.
Pacific NortbweM.
Lister Democrats war on State Chairman
Fogarty. Pago 7.
New head for State Prison may be chosen
today. Page 7.
Seattle woman woundi her sister and kills
herself. Page 6.
Salem man weds Seattle woman by old
tjuakrr rites. Page 1.
Three drowned In launching party near
Castle Rock. YVah. Page 1.
Marine'.
City of Portland tl-d up In Austral'a on
maiden trip. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chevrolet Company expected to build as
sembling plant In Portland. Pago 11.
Judga Gatens mysteriously missing. Page 1.
Heavy Increase In auto license fee ia pro
posed. Page lO.
New conception of religion urged by Rev.
Thomas Jenkins. Pago 11.
Cover design wanted for factory loan fund
booklet. Page 10.
Congressional committee to make study of
railroad situation. Page 12.
Senator Chamberlain will Introduce bill for
direct eU-cuon of President. Paga 18.
Reed Col;ege student definea National Hu
mor. Page
Fortieth anniversary of St. Francis church
commemorated. Page 11. -
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 1.
Man thought recovering from accident dies
suddenly. Page 10.
National lumber trade development move
starts in Portland. - Page 1.
Religious education keynote of Episcopal
masa meeting. Page IN
Classic "Alt Hcldtlbcrg'' ia ably resented.
Sustained Flight of
680 Miles Made.
ANTIQUATED BIPLANE IS USED
'Joke" Is Turned Against Pro
fessional Aviators.
START OBSERVED BY FEW
Miss Tiuth Law Covers Distance
From Clilcugo to Horncll, X. V..
at 113 Mile an Hour I'ndrr
Exceptional Difficulties.
CHICAGO. Nov. 19, (Special.) In a
decrepit old Curtis biplane of a type
Ions since considered obsolete. Mts.3
Kuth Law today captured the Ions-
distance sustained airplane fiisht rec
ord of America.
In the presence of only a few casual
spectators Misa Law took to tho air
in Grant Park at 7 : - a A. M.. and landed
at Horncll. N. V.. at 1:33 P. M. Tho
distance of approximately 6&0 milcn
she traversed at an average speed of
113 miles an hour, the total elapsed
time beins fix hours and seven minutes.
The I'luchy aviatrix was compelled to
land to secure a new fuel supply.
Dij'n Kllcht 750 Miles.
Arising again at 3:24 P. M. t-hc con
tinued on her way until a sain com
pelled to descend at Binshamlon. X. Y,
on account of darkness, covering a
total distance of T.'iO miles. Had it not
been for the long delay at Uurnell. oc
casioned by difficulty In securing gaso
line, and defective spark plugs. the
would have succeeded in reaching New
York, her objective. Miss Law ex
ceeded the distance of Victor Cnrl
strom. who attempted a similar feat
November 2, by S08 miles. The latter
landed at Erie. Fa., 452 miles from Chi
cago, which he covered at a speed ut
103 miles an liour. " "
The young; woman expects to con
tinue her Journey tomorrow, and will
attempt to land on Governor's Island.
Extraordinary Ulfnrultlea Overcome
Miss Law's flight, which waa officially
observed by James S. Stevens, of the
Aero Club of America, under ordinary
circumstances would have been un
usual, he said; under the handicaps
with which she contended it Is remark
able, "Her machine, which Is of the Cur
tis: type, was built for exhibition pur
poses." Mr. Stevens said. "It is a model
used several years ao with a steering
device which is particularly tJid to
handle, us it must be kept under con
trol every second, and the physical
and nervous strain Is territic The seat
of tho machine is well out In front
of the planes, and la exposed to tha
weather.
"When Miss Law announced her In
tention to attempt the. Chicago-New
York tlisht In her old-time Curtisa. the
feat waa conidercSl next to impossible.
That she went ahead and did It provri
that sho Is one of America's boldest
and most skillful aviators."
Project Treated mn Joke.
Chicago newspapers, the public gen
erally and professional aviator in par
ticular treated Miss Law and her plans
as a Joke, and gave her no attention.
So the simply started without any ad
vertising or demonstration, and turned
the launh on all the wise ones who
had made fun of her and her archaic
machine.
Miss Law's alrplaine la comparatively
small, with a 2!-foot wing spread and
a 54-gallon tank. She had dirllculty
in overcoming tho erratic air currents
when she started, and her average alti
tude as she disappeared was less than
200 feet. Had an accident occurred to
her motor death would have been cer
tain, as the height was not sufficient
to permit her to volplane to earth.
Miss Law governed her Ilisht by a
compass and a map tied to her knee.
As a result It Is almost a true "air
line."
Miss Law's experience has been
gained wholly In short exhibition
flights. Her flight today was held
under the auspices of the Aero Club of
America. Previously. Miss Law had
never made a single flight longer than
25 miles.
world's ki;coi:d woman's aim
Miss I .aw Says tlie More She
the More She Wanls to Fly.
B1NGHAMTOX, X. Y.. Nov. IS.
Special.) Miss Kuth Bancroft Law. a
plump, smiling, fair-haired 'woman of
25. is now the champion non-stop,
cross-country flyer of the United
States. She is also. It Is perhaps ac
curate to fay, the champion woman
flyer of thu world. Outside of being a
little tired, she was all right when sho
reached this city. So was her machine.
"The next time I'm going to do it,"
she said to the correspondent of The
Oregonian tonight, "I'm contented to
have broken the American record this
time, but the next Might I'm going to
get a world's record.
"The weather man in Chicago had
promised me a breeze of 36 miles an
hour and I fisure with that to he'.p
me I could have had plenty of gaso
lino to got to Binghainton and per
haps farther. The wind was blowing
like sin when ' I rose above Chicago,
but soon it swun? around from thj
iCuueluUed toa P mi. Culuuui 1.4