K VOL.. LVI NO. 17,496, PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NATION'S TEACHERS TO CONVENE HERE RUN FROM LAKEVIEW MADE IN 25 HOURS PREMIER " TO REPLY BRITISH CUT TO 3-C0URSE DINNERS SOUTHERN PACIFIC SEES LITTLE HOPE CONVICTS SAW TO TO GERMANY TODAY VERGE OF LIBERTY W. IiAIK THOMPSON MOTORS TO LIMIT SET ON SERVICE IN HO TELS AND RESTAURANTS. COMMISSION LEARNS ORDERS BEND . THROUGH SNOW. FOR CARS YET UNFILLED. ARMY HEADS WANT 3,000,000 SOLDIERS England and Japan Could Crush U. S. N. E. A. Convention Awarded Portland. RATE CONDITION IS MADE Little Doubt That Railroads Will Act Favorably. 15,000 TEACHERS MAY COME Imitation Just Accepted Extended Iast Summer by Portland'School Officials In Attendance at 'Convention In New York. Portland will house the annual Son' Ventioa of the National Education As oclatlon, the world's largest organiza tion of teachers, next July. The executive committee of the as cociatlpn. which .met in Albany. N. T.. yesterday, decided in favor of this city after having had the matter under ad visement -since last Summer. At that time. Asbury Park. N. J., was favored. with Portland second choice, and the Middle West runner-up for the honor. In deciding to bring the 1917 con vention to Portland It was stipulated that this will be the convention city in the event the Transcontinental Passen ger Association makes a satisfactory transportation rate. .It is believed here that the railroads will not hesitate to grant rates such as are desired, as this Is Invariably done forthls convention. Portland Educators Active. A strong Invitation for the educators to meet in Portland was given to the 1916 convention in New York last Sum mer by L. H. Alderman, Superintendent of Schools, and O. M. Plummer, School Director, who attended from this city. The offer was given favorable consid eration, but at that time It was thought .Asbury Park was likely to be selected. The matter was left in the hands of the executive committee and It was decided to delay the final choice until Fall. - .Director Plummer and Superintendent Alderman were Jubilant last night that the convention has been' captured for Portland. They declare It will be the largest thing In the convention line Portland has ever seen. Membership in the National educa tion Association numbers 15.000 from all parts of the United States. As the coming convention will be the first time the association has ever met in the Pacific Northwest, a 'large attend ance Is looked for, probably close to 16,000. These visitors will come from every section of the country. " Warm Welcome .Planned. A large reception and entertainment committee will be named to give a warm welcome to the teachers upon their arrival here and It is the in tention to make the visit to the Rose City one long to be remembered by tfje educators. Sessions of the convention will be held In the new Portland Auditorium now under way. Assurances are given that It will be completed before that . time.- The exact dates are yet to be set, but It is expected a week near the middle of July will be fixed upon within a short time. The programme will be made up by tne executive committee and will in elude speakers from the Summer schools of the colleges of the West. It is felt here that the gathering will be an Inspiration to teachers of the West and that the cause of education on the VPaciftc Coast will be stimulated greatly. Co-operation In Auurcd. "Institutional memberships promised tne National Education Association proved to be one of the biggest at tractions to bring the convention to Portland." said O. M. Plummer, of the bchool Board. "In the Pacific Coast (States and Idaho there are probably 15,000 schools. With these schools added to the association, a big fund will be available for research work in matters educational. "Every State Superintendent west of the Rocky Mountains, and city superin tendents of the bigger cities have prom ised their full co-operation to Portland for the coming convention. The con vention for Portland means a big recog nition for the Pacific Northwest and for this city. A big organization of busi ness men will be needed to put the con vention over in proper shape." Mr. Plummer will greet the conven tion in a triple role. He will act as president of the school administration department of the National Education Association, as a director for the state of Oregon for the National Education Association, and as chairman of the School Board, a position he will hold at the time the convention comes nex July. West Attracts Notice. "We have found the educators very much alive as to the attractions of the West," said Superintendent Alderman. "Asbury Park was the only competitor. In moving among the delegates we found them very willing listeners. We found that, the teachers want a vaca tion as well as a convention. "I told them the National parks, the Columbia River Highway and other at tractions of the Pacific 'Northwest are all on one trip. The great Northwest haa never had a- meeting of the Na tional Education Association and this is & good time for it. . It will mean that the Northwest will have a visit from (Concluded -on Page 8. Column 4.J Unusual Trip Accomplished Despite . Four-Hour Wait for Train Bound for Portland. ' After, riding in his automobile through and over mile after mile of snow from his home In Lakeview to Bend, W. Lair Thompson, president of the last Oregon State Senate, arrived in Portland yesterday morning within 25 hours from the time he left Lake- view, a feat seldom accomplished at this time of year, when most of the residents are compelled to approach Portland by way of California, a three day trip. "It would cost less to make that en tire Central Oregon Highway an all year road than any road I know of." said Mr. Thompson yesterday. "We made the run from Lakeview .to Bend in seven and one-half hours, which would be good time for the 185 miles in the Summer season, and even though we had to wait four' hours at Bend for our train we arrived In Portland at 8 o'clock this morning, exactly 25 hours after departing from Lakeview. "This experience Illustrates to me how quickly we will be able to come to Portland to trade after the new Strahorn railroad Is built, which, by the way. Is to be erected according to present indications. Ordinarily between October 1 and June we must travel to Portland by way of California. We drove to Bend without trouble and could have come on to The Dalles and ap proached Portland via the Columbia River Highway, as machines have been traveling that route right along." With Mr. Thompson on the trip were Mre. Thompson, their two children, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Nordin. POPE TO KEEP HANPS OFF Italian Chamber Against Acceptance) of Provisional Peace. ROME, Dec. 17, via Paris, Dec. 18. Pope Benedict has no Intention of at tempting to mediate among the bel llgerents at present, according to i statement issued today by the Vatican. The net result of several resolutions ntroduced in the Chamber of Deputies regarding the German peace offer and a prolonged discussion among the Sena tors and Deputies was the decision by the legislators that no peace would be accepted unless In accordance with na tional aspirations and the rights of peo ples based on the principle of nation ality. If such a peace is impossible to obtain diplomatically it was declared that it must be obtained by victory of arms. v FOOD COST PROBE PRESSED Wilson Puts No Faith in Federal Laws to Meet Local Conditions. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. At Presi dent Wilson's direction, the Nation wide Investigation into the increased cost of living will be continued with all possible vigor. It was stated at the White House today that the Presl dent considers that the Investigation already has accomplished much good. He has not given his approval to any of the many bills introduced in Con gress to meet the situation. The President believes jt Is difficult to solve the question through Federal legislation for the reason that it is practically impossible for Federal stat utes to meet local conditions. ESTATE IS $20,000,000 Only Few Minor Bequests Made Out side J. D. Archbold's Family. NEW YORK, Dec. 18. The will of John- D. ' Archbold, president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, filed for probate here today, divides an estate roughly estimated at about ?20,- 000,000 among his widow and children,, with the exception of a, few minor be quests. The widow receives Mr. ' Archbold's Tarrytown home and a one-third share of the estate. The children, Mrs. Marie A. Van Beuren, Mrs. Annie M. Saunders and John F. Archbold, receive the re mainder In equal portions. WET HANDS CAUSE SHOCK 7 Miss Grace Gibson, Bandon, Nearly Killed by Light Wire. . NORTH BEND, Or., Dec. 18. (Spe cial.) Miss Grace Gibson, of Bandon, had a narrow escape from electrocu tion at the Archie Philip home In this city, when she attempted to .operate the electric light with wet hands. The heavy current made the young woman's hands cleave to the wires, and only by the greatest, efforts was she able to tear down the flxture( and break the current. Miss Gibson suffered for several hours from the shock. $100,000 MILL IS BURNED Two Steamers at Gardiner Dock Are Endangered by Fire. GARDINER, Or.. Dec. 18. (Special.) The Gardiner Company's sawmill at this place caught fire at 7:45 P. M. and in ten minutes was a mass of flames. The total loss is more than $100,000. No insurance was carried. The steam schooner San Gabriel and the tug Gleanor were at the wharf, but both were saved. A light rain and very little wind prevented the fire from spreading. This mill was built about 1880. . Lloyd George's Address of Utmost Import. WHOLE POLICY TO BE KNOWN Head of New Government Is Fully Recovered. NO COMMENT IS GIVEN Premier Lloyd George's Speech In House of Commons Today Expect ed to Show General Attitude of British Government. LONDON, Dec 18. The speech of Premier Lloyd George in the House of Commons tomorrow is looked forward to by the press and House as the most important utterance of the kind since the memorable speeches in which Vis count Grey discussed whether Great Britain would come into the war. Mr. Lloyd George has recovered from his Indisposition and was at work today. He will rise to address the Commons tomorrow at about 4 o'clock and probably will speak for an hour and a half. The Prime Minister's speech not only ill be a reply to the German peace note, but also will outline the whole policy of the new national government, the trend of which may be roughlyi anticipated from the fact that the new ministry is avowedly in power for the definite object "of carrying on the war with all the vigor the nation can com mand to a successful end." Balfour Goes on Vacation. Today's news from government cir cles included the announcement of the departure of Mr. Balfour, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, for a three weeks' vacation. , Although his vacation comes at an Important Juncture, the organiza tion of the Foreign Office permits af fairs to proced uninterruptedly under the direction of Lord Robert Cecil and Baron Hardlnge, the under-secretary ; while the larger questions of general policy doubtless will receive the atten tion of the War Cabinet, over which the Prime llnister presides, Lords Curzon and Milner also being members with wide diplomatic experience. It is recalled that Mr, Balfour's designation as Foreign Minister met with eevere criticism from the North cliffe press, and Lord Northcliffe him self urged Mr. Lloyd George to follow the precedent of Lord Salisbury In directing foreign affairs as well as assuming the Premiership. While Mr. Balfour's absence Is said to be due to indisposition following illness, and there is no suggestion of its being prolonged beyond three weeks, yet it has the effect of leaving the shaping of the larger policies re garding the German note and other (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) "OH, WHY T X Only Two Courses - Permitted for Breakfast and Luncheon Meat less Day Is Feared Most. LONDON, Dec. 18. The first food re striction went into force In England today. Hotels and restaurants are now forbidden to serve more than two courses for breakfast or luncheon and three courses for dinner. Little Inconvenience was experienced In connection with the first two meals. The Englishman's usual breakfast con sists of & cereal and bacon, eggs or fish, and except in. the mora expensive places, a luncheon of two courses la the rule. It was in arranging for a dinner of three courses that the caterers experi enced the greatest difficulties, but even In this case few are likely to gp hun gry, as hors d'deuvres and soup count only half a course, and for the two other courses diners have the choice of fish, entrees or roasts, with vegeta bles and desserts. Cheese with bread and butter or crackers is not counted as a course. The meatless day which is expected to follow shortly will prove a more difficult problem for restaurants which make a specialty of roasts. INTERSTATE DRAW LIFTED Gasoline Engine as - Substitute for Electricity Tried Out on Bridge. VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec 18. (Spe cial.) The drawspan of the Columbia River Interstate bridge today was oper ated up and down about 10 feet for the first time, although the power has been on the bridge for the operation of con structing machinery. The gasoline en gine was also put in operation. This substitutes for electrical power in an emergency. Apparently the machinery, ' is all right and before long the draw is to be raised to its full height and left there while the last span is floated into position. ALIMONY BAR IMPORTANT California Woman Cant Sue on Judgment Rendered Elsewhere. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 18. Superior Judge George E. Crothers ruled today that a wife in California cannot sue for alimony on a Judgment rendered In another state Lawyers say this decision will have a far-reaching effect on the status of divorced couples. It was handed down in the suit of Mrs. Lillian F. Hamlin against her former husband, Edward C Garrat. COLLEGE GIRLS ADOPT DIET Oakland Domestic Economics Stu dents Find 30 Cents Daily Enough. OAKLAND, Cal., Dec 18. Chicago's diet squad has a rival lp one organ ized by Mills College girls here. The girls in the domestic economics section are living on 30 cents a day and are happy. Dinner last night cost 12 cents, and included roast lamb, potatoes, string beans, chocolate pudding and bread and butter. SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL GUARD IS COMPLETE FAILURE European War Shatters Gen eral Staff's Calculations. UNIVERSAL TRAINING URGED General Wood Has Plan for 6 Months Instruction and One Tear's Serv iceImmediate Start Is De clared Vital Matter. WASHINGTON. Dec 18. The mobll lzatlon of the National Guard for bor der service was described as a mlTVary failure, emphasising the urgent neces sity or abandoning the volunteer system as the Nation's reliance for de fense. In statements today by Major- General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the Army, and Major-General Leon ard Wood, commanding the Eastern De partment, before the Senate sub-committee considering the Chamberlain universal military training bill. Both of the Generals advocated uni versal training. General Wood declared that the country now was utterly de fenseless against a well-organised foe; that the mobilization was a tragedy, and that If the guardsmen had met good troops they "would never have known what hit them." General Scott told the committee that lessons drawn from the present war proved that In case of war with a first-class power the United States would need immediately a trained force of 1.600,000 men, with an other 1,600,000 available within 90 days. Ex-Cabinet Member Opposed. On the other side of the Question the committee heard "Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, former Secretary of the In terior, who opposed universal service. though he stod for adequate defense measures and suggested a regular Army of 600,000. He thought if the pay of privates were raised to $30 a month the service, would be more attractive to re cruit, i - General Wood, from whose depart ment went 85,000 of the Guardsmen sent to the border, said of the men enrolled when the call came that an average of 30 per cent of each company had to be dropped for physical defects, and the organizations went to the border filled up with green men. ' Mobilisation Called Tragedy. "It's been a tragedy," he said, "but worth all It cost If we only profit by it. It was not the fault of the officers or men. but of a defective system. If we had been compelled to meet good troops down there, it would have been a scene of carnage. The Guardsmen would never have known what hit them. "There Is practically no military de- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) BE PROUD?' Eastera Potato Buyer Comes West to Investigate Reason for IH-la y in Shipments. SALEM. Or, Dec IS. (Special.) After Inquiry from the Public Service Commission today aa to what oppor tunity there is for alleviating the car shortage in specific instances, the car service department of the Eouthern Paclfio Company gave a pessimistic answer. It waa declared that orders filed as far back aa October for 25 or 10 cars still remain unfilled: that it is Impossible to obtain refrigerator cars from the south, and the company is unable to say when such cars can be had. An order for a ear In which to ship potatoes from Eugene to El Paso was filed November 1, and still is unfilled It waa this order that called forth the Inquiry, as a representative of a Min neapolis house haa come to the Coast to Investigate. in addition. It was discovered that there seems to be no immediate relief for the Coats Lumber Company, of Tillamook, which has telegraphed the Commlssloi. that It suspended opera tions Saturday night, due to lack of cars. 17 AMERICANS ARE KILLED Britain Reports Loss of Muleteers on Torpedoed Ship. LONDON. Dec. 18. Seventeen American muleteers and 11 of the crew of the British horse transport ship Russian, which waa sunk by a sub marine In the Mediterranean on De cemboc 14, have been killed, the British Admiralty announces. The Admiralty announcement fol lows: "The empty westbound British horse transport ship Russian was eunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on the 14th. Eleven of the crew were killed including the chief officer, the first officer, and the second officer. Also 17 American muleteers were killed. Their names have been communicated to the American Consul.' The transport Rueslan referred to probably Is the British steamer of that name which sailed from Newport News November 16 f4r Alexandria. Egypt, which would be about due to return. Her net tonnage was 5753. . 4000 GET 10 PER CENT RISE Coal & Coke Subsidiary to Steel Company Makes Christmas Gift. GARY, W. Va., Dec 18 The United States Coal & Coke Company, a sub sidiary of the United States Steel Com pany. announced today that It would give its 4000 employes a Christmas present In the form of a 10 per cen increase in wages. The increase will become effective at once. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YKSTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 45 degrees; minimum. S3 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. Mar. Premier Lloyd George replies to German peace note today. Page 1. French report big successes In two days along Verdun front. Page 4. Canada to tear up looo miles of railway to give rails for wax. Page 6. Flit-it by dead aviator told in late Chieftain Uoelke's report. Page 4. French editor outlines peace terms. Page 5. . Mexico. Carranza's reply delays protocol. Page 3. Sixteen thousand six hundred and ferty-sevea more militiamen ordered home. Page 4. x National. National prohibition now is Issue In Con gress. Page 2. Army heads say 8.000.O00 men are needed, 1. 500.000 at once. Page 1. Domestic Paper conference calls on all publishers for figures. Page 2. Franx Bopp acctrhed of signing cheeks In payment of plotters. Page 3. Chicago murder trial Is tale out of Boccaclo Page 2. Importation waits on Baron's appeal. Page 6. Sport. Beavers may play Chicago Cubs In Port land. Page Itl. Hunt Club plans membership campaign. Page 16. Pennsylvania eleven haa varied and power ful attack. Page 16. Cravaih may lead Vernon In 1917. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Southern Pacific sees little hope In car shortage. Page 1. Sheriffs son Is witness against Friar's Club Page 10. Excess of grants or of economyeared under new amendment. Page 17. Two convlcta at Penitentiary saw way al most to freedom. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Large part of Government order for oats for border will be filled here. Page 21. Chicago market higher on unfavorable peace outlook. Pago -1. Stock market affected by varying peace minora. Page 21. Scandinavian-American Shipbuilding Com pany Incorporates here, page 20. Portland and Vicinity. Stephen Carver to extend Jitney service. Page B. Plana laid for butldlne; up linen Industry in Oregon. Page 20. Women to report on prices tonight. Page 9. Scheme to Import whisky Illicitly revealed by arrest of two men. Page 11. Bill proposes snore pay for Multnomah Com missioners. Page 15. A. I.. Mills unintentionally makes canvass for tuberculosis. Page 10. Portland gets next session of National Edu cation Association. Page 1. Higher bounty proposed on coyotes. Page 11. W. Lair Thompson makes run from Lake view In 23 hours. Page 1. Street sales for Bank of Sympathy S1195 Pago 5- f Bar scores red tape lit ' legal procedure. Page St. Mrs. Alexander lauded in letters. Page 17. Two and a half yarda Is ideal width for new skirt. Page a. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. Guard Blocks Break of Two Desperadoes. PLOT TO FIRE FLAX NIPPED Baldwin and Curtis, Ones "Hosed," Active Again. DISORDER FOLLOWS EXPOSE Pandcmonlnm Follows News Thai Plot Is Thwarted Warden Saja Demonstration by Prisoner Is One of Delljht. SALEM, Or.. Dee. 13. .Special.) Despite every precaution to guard the facts from becoming public It became known today that Jeff Baldwin and. James Curtis, convicts at the State Penitentiary, sawed their way through their cells in the isolation pen of the prison, and were scraping their way through the brick wall Into the prison library when they were overheard, by the guard and were apprehended. This occurred last Thursday night about 7:30 o'clock. Baldwin and Curtis are the two prisoners who became notorious re cently as victims of "hosing." prior to the rupture between the State Board of -Control and Warden Minto. Guard Detects Convicts. Baldwin and Curtis had plotted to cut their way into the library, pass through into the prison auditorium, saw through a window in the audi torium, drop, out into the prison yard and there bide their time. At an op portune moment, it was their plan to set fire to the flax houses, and In the excitement ensuing from the flax fire to make their escapo over the outer walla , The plan of their plot was revealed by Baldwin following their capture. While he did not tell It to an attache of the prison, he told It to a fellow convict while confined in the prison dungeon, and the conversation was overheard by a guard. Flax Plant in Danger. In addition. Information has come to the penitentiary authorities that a pos sible plot is brewing to set fire to tha flax houses some time this week, with the extra possibility that it may be a plan leading to an attempt at a general break. A strict guard is kept against carrying out this plan. Curtis and Baldwin, following tha "hosing" by Warden Minto. have been kept confined in different cells in th Isolation pen. This pen is constructed at the south end of the prison by a wall 6tretched from the library and auditorium wing over to the old prison proper. Saw Left by Fugitives. It is the theory of prison officials that the hacksaw, which was found after the attempt to escape was frustrated, was left there by Frank: Smith and James O'Brien, who sawed their way out of the Isolation cells about three months ago and by meana of rope made from bed clothing' with hooks attached went over the wall and eluded the vigilance of the guard. O'Brien and Smith are still at large. Evidently fearing it Impossible to stake their escape in the same manner as Smith and O'Brien. Curtis and Bald win took the alternative of Coins through the library wall, a much mora difficult route, but apparently safer. Bolts Are Cat ThroaKh. The guard, who overheard the two convicts at work on the brick wall, was on the outer wall of the prison. He Immediately notified Warden Murphy and Deputy Warden Sherwood that something unusual was occurring and the warden and deputy warden discovered Baldwin and Curtis at work and placed the men in the prison dun geons. When news of their capture leaked through the prison corridors and into the cells a short time afterward, the convicts are reported to have broken out Into a loud pandemonium, hurling curses at the prison management. Warden Murphy said that there was a demonstration, apparently, of delight. as at first, it is said, the news circu lated through the prison that Baldwin had escaped. Desperate Plan Revealed. Curtis and Baldwin were in different cells, but had only one saw.. It is tha belief of the officials that each day when they were allowed an airing In the yards of the isolation pen the men worked at odd moments and waited un til each of the cells. was prepared for the break. , " The bars of the cells themselves were not sawed, but the men cut through the bolts on the inner side and by reaching through the bars were ablo to unscrew the nuts on the outside with their fingers and the sawed bolts snapped 'off. "I kept this quiet, and hoped it would continue, generally unknown, because the prison, during the past few months haa been the subject of much unpleas ant notoriety, ajid It was my hope to avoid possibilities like this in the fu ture." said Warden Murphy, in com menting upon the attempted escape, after he had been questioned concern ing it. "When I took charge It was my plan, an far as Baldwin and iCurtis were (Concluded oa Page it, Column 2