PORTLAND. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JU 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Co"' Innvc tudhat niT SENATORS ARGUE 4 COUNTESS BLINDED BY LOVE AWAKENS rmmnp WILLAMETTE RISE! ADMV Tfl DC VOL. LVII- XO. 17,653. nnnMnnn RED GROSS DIAL IS AT HALF-PAST MARK First Report of Gifts . Totals $93,144. iiiuiiD rfwuno j. u. iiinm iu ul 0. BUT OTHERS FALL IN AUTO ACCIDENT mi VOTES FOR WOMEN FINEST IN WORLD !S FEET REACHED HERE, BUT SNOW MAY BE NEARLY GONE. MARRIAGE "WITH RTTSSIAX XO BLEJIAX PROVES FAILURE. SOX OF H. C MFXBY THROWS THROUGH WINDSHIELD. U U III HODRSWITH HOOVER Recess Follows Later Brief Discussion. FOOD CONTROL IS OUTLINED Administrator Insists Act Is Needed to Protect Public. LOW BRITISH COST CITED Flour Is Twice as Expensive In America Quizzing by Opponents to Be Renewed Friday Foes In House Lose Strength. WASHINGTON', June 19. While both branches of Congress continued desultory debate on the Government's food control bill today. Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, spent four hours at the Capitol emphasizing- to a score of Senators gathered informally to hear him, the vital Importance of the legislation to success in the war. Under sharp and argumentlve ques tioning by a group headed by Senators Gore, Reed and Vardaman, opposing the legislation, Mr. Hoover outlined his plans for conserving the Nation's food supply, increasing production and cut ting off the excessive profits of specu lators. He did not conclude and will return to the capital Friday for further examination in an effort to clear up Congressional and public misconcep tions and hasten action. Senate Takes Recess. The Senate had only a brief discus sion of the bill and took a recess until tomorrow. With but a handful of mem bers attending. House debate continued until late tonight. Opposition there appeared to be waning and leaders hoped to conclude general debate to morrow, planning then to consider amendments and pass the bill by Fri day or Saturday. Food conditions which face the allies and this country were explained by Mr. Hoover. Without Government food control, he Bald, success in the war may be Imperilled. Such control, to a great degree in actual administration, he explained, will be voluntary and not enforced a "mobilization of the spirit of self-denial and self-sacrifice" in preventing waste of foodstuffs. Rationing "ot Contemplated. That the rationing or other enforced regulations of the American dinner table is proposed was denied by Mr. Hoover. Also he said requisitioning of factories or regulation of wages is not contemplated and that distribution of food largely by voluntary co-operation of business interests involved is the prime object of the bill. Four basic measures of food control planned, Mr. Hoover said, are export regulation, control of distribution, in cluding speculation, mobilization of America's women and men in a cam paign for economy, and participation of the states In administration work. Economy Is Need Here. Asserting that the allies' food supply will be 40 per cent deficient even with America's food surplus assisting, Mr. Hoover said the deficiency must be made up by sacrifice abroad and econ omy here. Saving of 6 cents a day per capita in this country, he declared, would save 2,000,000,000, while a 20 per cent saving in flour would give 100,000.000 bushels more to the allies. In this connection he told the Sena tors that speculators In flour alone have taken J50.000.000 a month from the American public during the last five months. Opposition dropped perceptibly in the House as the debate dragged along today and tonight Representative Jlaugen. of Iowa, the only member of the agriculture committee to file a mi nority report against the bill, said there would not be 50 negative votes on final passage. EnBllsh Prices Lower. He said he would vote for It himself, although he would make an effort to restore to the list of necessaries, shoes and clothing, as originally proposed by the Administration. Representative Graham, of Illinois, speaking in favor of the measure today, submitted a comparative list of Ameri can and British prices on staples re ceived by him from Ampassador Spring-Rice on last May 19. Some of the English prices were lower than the American prices, despite the fact, as Mr. Graham said, "that England is sur rounded by submarines." The prices follow: English Beef, 44 cents a pound; butter, 40 to 56 cents a pound: potatoes, $2.10 a bushel; bacon. 48 cents a pound, and flour, IS. 20 a barrel. The American prices on the same day were: Beef, 42 cents a pound; butter, 42Vi cents a pound; potatoes. $3.75 a bushel: bacon, 45 cents a pound, and flour, $ 17.60 a barrel. Protection of Own People Is Aim. Chairman Gore, of the Senate agri culture committee, and Senator Reed, of Missouri, leading the opposition to the bill, took a leading part in ques tioning Mr- Hoover. "The resort to these extraordinary powers Is only because of the war?" asked Senator Gore. "To provide not only more food for (Concluded on Page 2, Column 1.) Former Eleanor Medill Patterson, of Chicago, Seeking Divorce, Gives Sensational Testimony. CHICAGO, June 19. The Countess Eleanor Patterson Gizycka, formerly Miss Eleanor Medill Patterson, of Chi cago, was an all-day witness In her suit for divorce today, telling a story of neglect and unhapplness on the lonesome Russian estate of her hus band, Count Josef Gizycka, that finally won from Judge Charles M. Thompson the announcement that he was satisfied that she should receive her decree. The ancestral estate of the Russian nobleman, which he had described vividly before their marriage In Wash ington in 190?, proved to be a tumble down, ramshackle castle, surrounded by peasants' huts and five miles from a railroad, Countess Gizycka testified. The Imposing array of 10 servants promised proved to be a horde of Rus sian peasant boys and girls, who re ceived no pay but their food and a trifling present at Christmas. She declared that her husband's life was "Centered on hunting, drinking and women, that his father died insane, that the servants lived In constant terror of him and that he had married her solely for her money. All her in come of $20,000 a year had been used to maintain her titled husband, she tes tified. The Countess stated that she wished to be known as Mrs. Gizycka, and wanted to lose her title forever. FOOD HELD IN STORAGE New York Investigator Charges High Prices to Retailers. NEW YORK, June 19. A statement saying every available cold storage place in this city is full to capacity and charging that retailers are main taining high prices in spite of afflu ence of food was issued here tonight by Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures. The British government has ceased buying food supplies here, the public is living more economically, the stor age space is at a premium, Mr. Harti gan asserted, yet wholesalers complain that retailers are charging exorbitant prices. DRY NATION IS FAVORED Washington Health Officers Ask Protection of Soldiers In Camp. SPOKANE, Wash., June 19. The Washington state convention of county health officers, which has been in ses sion here, adjourned today, after pass ing resolutions favoring National pro hibition and asking for special pro tection of soldiers from diseases aris ing from camp life. The 1918 meeting of the convention will be held in Seattle, in accordance with custom. The association has no officers, the conventions being called by the State Health Commissioner under a state law. 120,923 ENLISTED IN NAVY 56,248 Enrolled Since War; Army Adds More Than 120,000. WASHINGTON, June 19 Since the beginning of the war 56.248 men have enlisted in the Navy. The total now is 120.923. Recruiting today and yesterday brought 1203. WASHINGTON, June 19. War re cruiting for the regular Army reached a total of 120,185 yesterday, when 1551 men were enlisted throughout the country. HASTY WORDS REGRETTED Man Who Cursed Red Cross Makes Public Apology. GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 19. Gorden H. Jensen, who Sunday night in terrupted a Red Cross Bpeech at a local theater, cursing the order and the speaker, this morning in court begged an opportunity to apologize for his ac tion publicly and tonight at the Federal building saluted the American flag and made public apology. He thereby escaped a EO-day sen tence imposed by Police Court this morning. CAR SHORTAGE CUT THIRD Improvement Under Railroad War Board Is Noted. NEW YORK, June 19. The country's shortage of freight cars has been re duced about one-third since the rail road war board took the situation in hand on May 1. It was announced here tonight by the AmeVican Railway As sociation. On that date the shortage was 188,627 cars. On June 1 it was 105.127. INTERNED GERMAN FLEES Escape Made From Guard on Way to Dentist in New York. NEW YORK. June 19. George Bege man. formerly second officer on the German steamship George Washington and Interned at Ellis Island after the United States entered the war, made his escape today. He was on his way to a dentist is company of a guard. Large Majority Retains Clause in Bill, RESULT IS NOT UNEXPECTED Franchise Qualifications Will Probably Be Same as Men's. DECISIVE VOTE WEDNESDAY Government Takes No Part In Dis cussion Proposal Will Be Made to Limit Vote to Women of SO Years and More. LONDON, June 19. The House of Commons tonight, by a large majority, passed the final reading of the clause in the electoral rgf orm bill dealing with the question of women's suffrage. It Is expected that a proposal now will be made that the franchise be con ferred on women on the same basis as men. The majority by which the House of Commons reaffirmed Its adhesion to the principle of woman suffrage as tonished the warmest supporters of the measure. They anticipated a victory, but none seemed to imagine that there would be such a sweeping triumph. The members evidently felt that the subject long ago had been exhausted and that nothing further could be said than had been uttered in the debates on the woman suffrage bills, which al ready had passed the House at various dates on second reading. The government left the question to the unfettered Judgment of the House, not attempting to influence opinion on it in the least degree. The front benches on both sides lacked most of their leading figures and the air of foregone conclusion hung over the whole of the discussion. The opponents of the measure, among other arguments, made the best they could of the reports received here o the attitude of Miss Jeanette Rankin, the only woman representative in the American Congress, on the question of the entry of the United States into the war. Sir Frederick G., Banbury, Unionist, for instance, described Miss Rankin as having been hysterical and unable to vote, but this and other pleas against the ability of women to exercise the franchise fell on dedf ears, and when the division was called the members trooped Into the House with the aim of putting an end once for all to- a question which they had made up their minds no longer was an academic one by'voting upon it as a live Issue. So assured were the supporters of the measure of the outcome of the di vision that even the magnitude of the Conrluded on Page 3, Column.:;.) i. Warm Weather of Next Day or So Will Determine Whether There ' Is to Be High Water. 4 "Nothing but warm weather in sight," was the Weather Bureau report last night in connection with the freshet situation. While the 23-foot stage was attained in the Willamette River here at 7 o'clock, gaining three-tenths from the same hour In the morning, yester day's fall of six-tenths of a foot at Kamiah, on the Clearwater, and three tenths' at Lewiston, on the Snake, may mean much of the foothill snow has melted. "As the gauge registers 23 feet here tonight, I look for 23.5 feet tomorrow and 24 feet Thursday, the Willamette remaining nearly stationary Friday and Saturday," said Assistant District Fore caster Drake. "The maximum temper atures were from 74 to 82 degrees In the eastern part of the district today, which Is about four degrees above nor mal, and that should mean more water. "I don't know whether the fall at Kamiah indicates that snow in the foothills has run off, but if that stream continues to drop with present tem peratures prevailing, I will feel sure the snow on the lower levels Is gone. Should the snow be out of the Snake district to the same extent, we might have a fair chance of not getting much higher water." The Upper Columbia is expected to be stationary at Umatilla today. The official readings at various points yes terday were as follows: 3 aj q O Jq - 5 Stations. m a 2 o-.S 5 c c . w a Wenatchee .. 40 40.2 0.2 Kamiah '17, 14.4 0.6 Lew in ton 17.0 0.3 Umitllla l.-, 23. T 0.8 The Dalles 40 3. 2.1 Ki-ne la B.9 0 Albany L'O 6.8 0.4 Salem 20 8.5 n.H Oreson City . . . ; 12 6.1 0.2 Portland 5 22.7 0.8 BANK ROBBERS CAPTURED Iowa Motorcycle Bandits Caught Three Hours After Crime. PERRY, la., 'June 19. Within three hours after they had held up the cashier ot the bank at Arcadia, a small town near here, and obtained $7000. two men were captured by a Sheriffs posse near Manila late today, when one of their motorcycles broke down. The money was recovered. The men said they lived at Eotna, la., and gave their names as M. P. Easier and Tom Eckler. FRENCH AVIATORS ARRIVE Twelve Men Direct From Front to Instruct Americans. NEW YORK. June 19. Twelve French aviators, all commissioned of ficers of the flying corps and the ma jority wearing one or more war deco rations for distinguished service, ar rived here today to serve as Instruc tors in American flying corps now training for duty in France. All of the men are direct from the front, having received only four days notice to sail for this country. HELP THE CAUSE THAT SERVES ALL HUMANITY. Physical Perfection Is Requirement of Draft. COMMUNITIES TO NAME MEN Federal Government to Let States Raise Quotas. SIX FEET IS HEIGHT LIMIT War Department Expects to Exam ine 1,250,000 to Obtain Three quarters of Million Who Will Meet Standard. BY JOHN CALLAN O LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON. June 19. (Special.) The finest army, physically, the world has ever seen. This will be the result of the policy determined upon by the President and the Secretary of War in connection with the operation of the draft. Moreover, and this Is important, the army will not be conscripted by the Federal Government in the sense gen erally given to that term. It will be raised by the states themselves and of fered to the Government for the prose cution of the war. t ' Commualtlea to Select Men. In other words, the Government is not going into a home in Oregon, pick out a member of the family and haul him to the colors. It prefers the different and essentially patriotic procedure of having each community itself select the men for military serv ice and hand them over to the Federal authorities for training and battle duty. Here Is recognition of self-government. Here also is appeal to local pride. The Iron hand of Washington does not appear in the picture. It, of course, is there and It will be em ployed against slackers. But as a re sult of the course determined upon, officials here do not believe there will be disorders or dissatisfaction through the directions to the men selected to report Tor service. Governors to Sua act Boards. The procedure to be pursued will be strikingly different from that observed during the Civil War. Then It was Federal agents who enforced the draft. Men not known In a community sought out those designated for duty. It made no difference who they were, how val uable they might be for war purposes at home. They were called and they had to respond. In connection with the enforcement of the existing law, exemption boards must be created. These boards will consist of local men, recommended for appointment by the Governors of the states. The President and Secretary of War will make no appointments with out state designation. If any men (Concluded on paRe S. Column 1.) Baby Also Is Catapulted to Pavement and Injured When Car Hits and Others Are Hurt. John Melby, ( years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Melby. 1051 Alameda Drive, was badly injured last night at 8:30 o'clock when he was thrown through the windshield of an automo bile driven by bis father, which col lided with an automobile driven by O. J. Gregorle, 371 East Fiftieth street North, at East Forty-eighth and Han cock streets. Young Melby's throat was cut from the windpipe to behind the ear, narrowly missing the Jugular vein. Others In the Melby car at the time and who were more or less Injured were Everett Melby, 4 years old. and Mrs. Melby, and their baby daughter In arms. The baby was thrown to the pavement and suffered a bruised head, and possible internal Injuries. dir. and Mrs. A. C. Longshore. 700 East Fifty-eighth street, and their son were also thrown out but not seriously hurt. Mr. Melby Is business secretary at the Y. M. C. A. and Mr. Longshore is credit man at the Northwestern Na tional Bank. Dr. S. B. Dickinson. 1309 Sandy boulevard, treated the injured boy. Patrolman Crane hurried to the scene of the accident and lent first aid. Mr. Gregorie was not seriously hurt. RAIDS TO HELP RED CROSS Liquor Trunks Are to Be Sold at Auction by Police Bureau. Twenty-seven trunks, confiscated by police In liquor raids, are to be sold at auction and the profits turned over to the Red Cross. Many trunks, of all sizes and values, have been Intercepted at the depots. The liquor found In them has all been destroyed, but the trunks have been accumulating in the police station until there is little room left for Etorage. Arrangements for the auction are In the hands of Public Defender Robin son and Deputy District Attorney Ryan. Sailors With Bombs Held. NEW ORLEANS, June 19. Helnrlch Jahn and Emlle Bepolein, members of the crew of a merchant ship now in port, were arrested today after Fed eral authorities had found six bombs and other explosives at their lodging. INDEX OF JTODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Max. mum temperature., 79 degrees: minimum, 04 decrees. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds. War. Admiral Rims, of America, commands allied fleet in Irish waters. Pas 3. Commons quizzes Balfour on mission to United States. Pave 4. Armed American tanker John D. Arch bold sunk by submarine. Pace 4. United States Army to be finest, physically, in world. Pag 1. British food controller sure America will do Its share. Pace 8. King1 Albert's thanks given In letter to Presi dent Wilson. Paso 3. orelKD House of Commons passes woman's suffrage clause of electoral bill. Page 1. National. Senators opposing food control argue four hours with Herbert C. Hoover. Page 1. Washington opens arms to Russian mission. Page 2. More than $35,000,000 already donated to Red Cross. Page 9. Ship crew insurance law effective Juno 26. Page 9. Domestic Army officer arrested when student's body is found four months after disappear ance. Page 3. Countess Eleanor Medtll "Patterson Gizycka gives sensational testimony in divorce suit. Page L Sports. Los Angeles fans want Eddie Maler to return to baseball aa head of Vernon club. Page 14. Billy Sullivan is groomed for management of Seals. Page 14. Pacific Coast league results Portland 2. Oakland 1; Salt Lake 3, San Francisco 2. Page 14. Baseball is war game and Its activities should be encouraged, says Garry Herr mann. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. ! Western carriers file rate brief with Oregon Service Commission. Page 7. ! Hood River canneries shut down because of lack of pickers. Page 4. At Pilot Rock 30O.OO0 pounds of wool is sold at 50. to 61 cents. Pag 7. Blowing of povtofflce safe laid to suspects at Roseburg. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. Local flour price reduced 60 cents a barrel. Page 19. Increased selling of new crop weakens wheat at Chicago. Page 19. Resumption of gold imports from England. Psge 19. New shipyard at Marsh field planned. Page 16. f Portland and Vicinity. Willamette rises but other rivers fall. Page 1. First day's gifts to Red Cross $03,144. Page 1. Rose show profits this year go to Red Cross fund. Page 12. Lutheran synod elects Rev. F. W. Bussard. Page --13. State In day gives $100,000 to Red Cross. Page 5. Mayor Harley scores political moves of act ing Mayor Curtis, of Astoria. Pago 13. Columbia Highway speeders to be fined $30. Page 20. England seeks recruits in Portland. Page 13. I Day of wh Ispered con f erences ra Council sessions s over. Page 20. j Weather report, data and forecast. Page 16. I Paul Morgsn. ex -convict, on way to make ( good, falla Page 6. Brother and sister arrested as members of gang of youthful thieves in Lenta Psge 13. Company F. Engineers, leaves tomorrow for American Lake. Page 13. Boy's throat cut when he is catapulted through windshield of auto. Page L House-to-house canvass of Red Cross begins today. Page 3, Portland lada West in Marine Corps re cruits. Page 8. Warning Issued against grant land locators. Page 6. First Regiment's benefit drive starts at Baker Theater. Page 8. Oregon war census total checks un 62,022. Page 8. RESPONSE IS MADE READILY Contributions Many Times Are Larger Than Expected. EVERYONE TO BE ASKED IIouse-to-House Canvass of City to Begin Today and Continue Rest ' of "Week Citizens Crged to Be Ready for Solicitors. KKD CROSS CLOCK GOES AL. J MOST HALF AHOIMD DIAL, . Previously announced. .f30.S00.00 t 4 Team reports yesterday: T y ................ n.ooi.uu , Ainsworth 3.861.00 Burns 950.00 I Colt 2.302.50 J Cookingham 1.059.00 t Iievers 1.054.00 I Honeyman 6,600.00 I Kerr 840.00 4 t Langr 2.315.00 t J Lewis 2.145.00 I Meier 1.056.00 , Newbegln 2.536.00 J 4 Smith 1,935.00 i Selling: 845.00 , Thompson 1.603.50 I Talbot 2.145.00 . Woodward 3.320.00 Wheelwright '. 2.406.00 J 4 Wilcox 2.654.00 I Yeon 2.586.00 4 I Team total $46,444.00 J Willamette Iron &. Steel 4 Works . 2,000.00 i Kerr. Glfford & Co..... 2.500.00 t Peter Autzen 3,000.00 J Grant Smith & Co 2.000.00 J Rodney U Ulisan 2.000.00 4 Anonymous 2.000.00 t 4 J.T.Barron 1.500.00 ! Walter Slackay 1.000.00 . Rotary Club 200.00 4- I 4 J Individual gifts total $16,200.00 Grand total yesterday. . $93,144.00 .... A 1 General Chairman W. B. Ayer. com mander of the personal canvass forces, poked with a Ions pole at the hand on the hug-e clock face. It was high nocn by the sun and high noon by the clock, but this clock has nothing: to do with mere time, save that It must race against it. It Is the Red Cross clock at Sixth and Alder streets. At the first poke the worthy chair man missed. Tha crowd held its collec tive breath. At the second tilt he caught the hand and released It. Slowly It swung around the circle. At $50,000 it hesitated. "Wow!" shouted the spontaneous gazers. Yet It moved on again, to halt at $93,000. Half Day's Wrk Recorded. And thus, yesterday noon, was the result of the first day's endeavor in the local Red Cross drive made known. The 20 committees, under leadciship of Chairman Ayer, who were commis sioned to call upon 3200 picked pros pects in Portland, had worked a half day. To the amount pledged the pre vious day, the field workers added $46,444. making a grand total of $93, 144. The reports of the teams were made at luncheon at the Portland Hotel. Team seven, captained by T. D. Honey man, led In the day's work with a total of $6500. of which $5000 was the in dividual subscription of R. D. Inman, one of the team members. Canvassers Circle Cloelc. They made a hurried luncheon, those captains and their cohorts, in their impatience to march away to the Red Cross clock and make the hand per form. With a volunteer quartet war bling recklessly at "It's a Long Way to Tlpperary," the 200 workers marched to Sixth and Alder streets, and joy fully wound up the clock by circling about it In ever-deepening formation. Then the hand was moved to its rest ing place for the day. and the crowded streets gave it great acclaim. It is estimated that the personal canvass workers saw less than 25 per cent of the 3200 prospects on their lists. But one of their working days has been expended. The remaining men and days must yield to the causa with equal alacrity. Portland's quota of $200,000 Is almost half subscribed. "Something? From Everyone Slojgan. 'Something from everyone!" became the officially adopted slogan for the week by unanimous vote yesterday. The oddest things happen In this campaign for the Red Cross, things that are as tonic to renewed endeavor, as a burst of sweet, clean air from the high hills. Nobody seems to be satis fied with the amount required of them. They insist, dear Gaston, on giving more. Here Is & covey of storiettes that have winged into headquarters: First Check Tao Small He wrote a check for $1000. did Rod ney I Glisan. gloomed at It and tore it up. Attitude of deep thought business of seeing the light. In the second act he wrote another check for twice the original amount, smiled, and did not tear it up. Peter Autzen. who gave $3000 yester day for the local drive, had already given $2000 to the Washington Red Cross drive. He has timber and saw mill interests in Washington. There was Just $200 in the service (Concluded on Fag. 4. Column !. "mTmTmTmTmTmTmTssTmTsTmTaTmTsmmmm IrFTl 105.0