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VOL,. L.VII- ISO. 17,667. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SUFFRAGISTS TO SERVE JAIL TERM FLETCHER RUSHES DRAFT NEXT WEEK SEEMS PROBABLE BIG TIMBER DEAL NEAR CONCLUSION DR. WILSON IS HOT GUILTY OF CHARGES NATION'S TEACHERS TO MEET LANSING TO CONVENE TODAY OPTION OF $2 5 FINE IS FIRM IX REJECTED. JOHN DUBOIS AND D. C. ECCLES HERE FOR TRANSACTION. AMBASSADOR. TO MEXICO ON HURRIED TRIP HERE. T.R.AHD GOMPERS CLASH OVER RIOTS 4 Labor Leader Denies Union Complicity. DISORDER CONSIDERED BLOT America Cannot Do Justice to Others and Murder Helpless v. at Home, Says Colonel, APOLOGY IS MADE RUSSIA Treat as Treason to Humanity Every Incitement to Civil War, Advises Speaker. ' NEW YOKE, July 6. Denial by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, that trade unions had had any share in the East St. Louis riots, which was met by a vehement denunciation by Theodore Roosevelt of the murder of helpless negroes, precipitated a tu multuous demonstration at a mass meeting held in Carnegie Hall here tonight in honor of the Russian mis sion to the United States.- Mr. Roosevelt was interrupted by Mr. Gompers, who rose from his seat and approached the ex-President. "Why don't you accuse after an in vestigation?" the labor leader de manded. With these words he returned to his seat. Roosevelt strode over to his chair and exclaimed: Roosevelt Strikes Gompers. "Mr. Gompers, why don't I accuse afterwards? 111 answer now when murder is to be answered." With that the Colonel brought down on Mr. Gompers' shoulder his open left hand, which he had raised above his head. At this juncture many of the men on the platform leaped to their feet, and there was a storm of hisses, cheers and "boos1 from all parts of the house. When Mr. Roosevelt could make himself heard above the din he went on: "I will go to any extreme to bring justice to the laboring-man, but when there is murder I will put him down Rejoinder Not Permitted. When the ex-President had finished, Mr. Gompers, evidently deeply stirred, started to rise to make rejoinder, but was pushed back into his seat by those who sat near him, while Mayor Mitchel, who presided, pounded vigor ously with his gavel in an effort to restore order. Several minutes elapsed before it was possible to in troduce Boris Bakhmetieff, the RuS' sian Ambassador, and continue the meeting. As the excitement subsided Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Gompers found themselves sitting side by side. Employers Are Blamed. It was at the close of an address by Mr. Gompers that the Colonel was recognized by Mayor Mitchel. Mr. Gompers had declared that many la boring men are in much the same position as Russians under the old regime, read a telegram he said he had received tonight from the presi dent of the Federation of Labor of Illinois. This message purported to explain the origin of the East St. Louis riots. It asserted that instead of labor unions being responsible for them, they resulted from employers enticing negroes from the South to the city to "break the back of labor." "There should be no apology for the infamous brutalities committed on the colored people of East St. Louis,' declared Mr. Roosevelt in beginning his vigorous denunciation of the riots. "Justice is not a mere phrase. It has to be translated into action. How can we praise Russia for doing justice to all people when we must apologize for doing murder to the helpless? Telegram Not Credited. "In the past we have listened to the came excuse from those in authority in old Russia for the fearful pogroms on the Jews. I will do anything for the laboring man except that which is wrong, and that I won't do for him cr for anyone else. I care not a snap of my finger for a telegram from the head of the labor unions of Illinois. Let there be the fullest investigation into these murders." - - It was at this point that the inter ruption came from Mr. Gompers. Mr. Roosevelt already had departed a lit- .(Concluded on Page 8, Column 1.) Court Begs PIcketers to Keep Away From White House and Not Bother President. "WASHINGTON. July 6. Eleven of the 13 suffragists arrested at tbeir Fourth of July demonstration in front f the White House were tried today and riven the alternative of a 2S fine or three days in Jail. They chose to serve the three days. Police Judge Mullowny showed great reluctance to sentence the women to Jail. He pleaded vainly that they ac cept $25 fines each and offered to ad vance them the money. 'I don't ask you to stop marching entirely," he said, "I only ask you to keep away from the White House. Tou know the times are abnormal. We are t war and you should not bother the President." The police Judge who tried them of fered to take their personal bonds on promise to stay away from the White House, but they refused and were taken to Jail. The suffragists are: Gladys H. Griner, Margaret F. Whlttemore, Vlda Milholland. Mrs. Helena. Hill Weed. ris K. Calderhead. Mrs. Frances B. Green, Elisabeth Stuyvesant. Mrs. Lu cille Shields, Joy Young, Lucy Burns and Dora Lewis. The women will be released from Jail Sunday morning. Friends tonight sent them flowers and baskets of fruit and dainties to ease the rigors of impris onment. GENERAL SCOTT AT JASSY American Mission Hears Needs of Roumanian Army. JASST, Eoumanla, July V. Major- General Hugh L. Scott. Chief of the Staff of the United States Army, with other military members of the Ameri can mission to Russia, has arrived here from the Russian front. The Ameri cans were welcomed formally at the House of Parliament, where addresses of welcome were delivered by Premier Bratiago and other ministers. In reply. General Scott said he bad received from the Roumanian ministers and the Roumanian General Staff a report concerning the needs of the Rou manlan army, and that his mission would use all possible energy in order to ace that these needs were satisfied. STREETCAR STRIKE OVER Union Gains Contentions at Bloom. ington After Night of Riots. BLOOM1NGTON. 111.. July 6. With several companies of National Guards men patrolling the streets, this city was quiet today, after a night of rlot- ng by streetcar strike sympathizers. During the disturbances many street cars were burned and several persons were injured. The strike of streetcar men. which today assumed -such threatening pro portions as to necessitate the presence of state troops, was settled late this afternoon. The demands of the union were substantially granted and a com mittee appointed to adjust any out standing differences. STORK STOPS OUTSIDE ZOO Japanese Deer Escapes to Brush to Rear Her Brood. Apparently not satisfied with the fa cilities offered? by the city for rearing young at the Washington Park zoo, Japanese deer has escaped from the zoo paddock and gone into the brush In the upper end of the pvk to rear her baby. For several days efforts have been made to catch the formerly tame moth er and to find the hiding place of her baby or babies, but without success. Zoo officials also are at a loss to know how she escaped from the zoo. She has been seen several times since her es- J cape, wandering aDout tne para. PINNACLE IS WEDDING SITE Denver Girl Married to Oregon Man on Baker Mountain. BAKER. Or., July 6. (Special.) On a point 7000 feet high, overlooking Pine Valley on one side and Eagle valley on the other, Kenneth Chute, of North Powder, son of John Chute, and1 Miss Bessie May Blevins. of Denver, Colo, were married by a Justice of the Peace with a few witnesses. The party climbed, to the highest peak in the vicinity and the ceremony was brief. A wedding dinner followed In Cornucopia, the home of the bride groom. Mr. and Mrs. Chute will reside in Cornucopia. MONEY LENT TO FRANCE American Credits to Allies Now To tal 91,303,000,000. WASHINGTON, July 6. Additional war loan of $100,000,000 was made to France today, bringing the total of credits to that country to J310.000.000, and the grand total of American loans to the allies to $1,303,000,000. STILL IS FOUND ON PEAK Picnic Party Finds Whisky on Top of Lewis Mountain. WALLA WALLA. Wash- July 6. Pic nickers who spent the Fourth on Lewis Peak, near Dixie, found., a. little whisky in a barrel and other evidences of a moonshiner's outfit. It had not been used for some time. Method Is Still Secret of Officials. SINGLE WHEEL TO BE USED Same Numbers May Apply to All Districts. TOTAL OF DRAFT UNCERTAIN Rough Estimate Allows for at Least 50 Per Cent of Exemptions. Men. May Be Drawn to Fill Regular Army. "WASHINGTON, July 6. Selection day for the new National Army Is approach ing rapidly as the local exemption boards in the various states complete their organization. Indications are that the drawing will be held next week. but no official statement has been made as to the "War Department's plans.. Administration officials still maintain strict silence as to the method to be followed. It is understood, however. that it Is proposed to place in a single jury wheel in Washington one com plete set of numbers. When a number is taken from the wheel the man In each exemption district whose card 1 bears that serial number will be drafted. SO.OOO to Be Drawn at Time. Thus, as each number is drawn, ap proximately 30,000 men will be drafted. or one in each exemption district. If 1,200,000 men are to be called before the exemption bdards in the first selec tion, which seems highly probable, only 40 numbers would be needed to be drawn. There are numerous complications which must arise, however, and the method of solving them can be known only when the Administration makes known its plans In detail. For in stance, the number of registered indi viduals in each district who are liable for military service will certainly not be- the same. Aliens are registered but not liable for duty. President Considers Details. Provision must be made also .to bal ance so far as possible the chances of military duty between the men in each district, so that disqualification of a large number in any particular district for any reason will not put upon those not disqualified additional likelihood of being sent to the front. Various ways of making the draft as fair as possible have been suggested. The matter has had President Wilson's personal consideration, in line with his pledge that the method employed would be Just in every respect. Extra Names to Be Drawn. While the first contingent of the new Army, under the bill, is limited to 500.000 men, an additional 125,000 or (Concluded on Pag R, rolumn 5.) THINGS 1 THEYVE GOT : ' ........... Signatures Expected to Be Affixed I ' Today for Transfer of Iand Valued at $4,000,000. In all probability the $4,000,000 tim ber land deal that has been under way for several months "between the Dubois Lumber Company and the Oregon American Lumber Company will be finally concluded In Portland either to day or Monday. John Dubois, head of the company which is selling the 27.000-acre hold ings In Clatsop. Columbia. Tillamook and Washington counties, arrived fn Portland yesterday from Atlantic City, N. J., and last night David C. Eccles, of Salt Lake, head of the company making the purchase, arrived. ' Charles T. Early, manager of the Oregon American Lumber Company, re cently notified J. K. Gamble, secretary of the Dubois Lumber Company, that Mr. Eccles had decided to close the option by purchase and that the money to conclude the deal was ready to be paid over. Since that official notification, the final termination of the transaction has awaited only the arrival of Mr. Dubois and Mr. Eccles and their signa tures to the papers which have already been prepared. It is understood that the principals In the transaction hope to conclude the deal and pass the deeds to the property today, but in any event it will be fin ished not later than Monday. "FIRST LADY" IS WORKER Pajamas and Other Luxuries Go to Allies' Red Cross Organizations. WASHINGTON. July 6 Four dozen suits of pajamas and an equal num ber of sheets and pillow cases, made by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and donated to the Red Cross, have been divided equal ly among Red Cross organizations of England, France, Italy and Canada. Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall has organ ized weekly Red Cross sewing meet ings of Senators' wives and Mrs. Frank. lin K. Lane has organized women of the Interior Department for similar work. GUARDING OF GRAIN ASKED H. ' C. Hoover Requests Stockades About Storage Reservoirs.. CHICAGO, July 6. A request that stockades be built around all elevators in grain-growing districts as protection against enemy plots was contained in a letter from Herbert C. Hoover, Fed eral Food Administrator, received by John J. Griffin, president of the Chi cago Board of Trade, today. complete: iv. i:. a. pro gramme. The Oregonian tomorrow will print the complete detailed pro gramme for the National Educa tion Association. This will In clude the general meetings and the numerous sectional meetings that will be held in Portland this week. The programme has been revised throughout by Durand W. Springer, secretary of the N. E. A. ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM THESE DAYS. Committee of 9 Unani mous for Acquittal. ACCUSER STALKS FROM ROOM Harry McCain Asserts Presid ing Officer Not Fair. TRIBUNAL'S VIEWS DIFFER Ministers Who Hear Case Adopt Res olution Commending Dr. Young son for Impartiality Integ rity of Accused Is Proved. By unanimous vote of nine ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Rev. Clarence True Wilson was found not guilty yesterday of each and every charge, including allegations of lying. defamation of character and violation of law, brought against him by Harry McCain, of Salem, for investigation by the . ecclesiastical tribunal of the church. The acquittal followed the dramatic withdrawal of Mr. McCain from the case. "Steam Roller' Tactics Charred. In withdrawing Mr. McCain made the assertion that the Rev. William Wal lace Toungson, district superintendent, who presided at the nearlng, was not fair in his rulings and was using "steam roller" methods. He followed this statement by pick ing up his papers and walking from the room in the Masonic Temple where the Investigation was being held. The nine ministers composing the tribunal took a very different view than Mr. McCain of the fairness of Dr. Youngson's rulings, as they demon strated by bringing in a. resolution in which they commended his fairness and impartiality as presiding officer. Committee Expresses Confidence. "The committee of nine of investi gation In the case of McCain vs. Wil son, read this resolution, "place. them selves, unanimously on record as con sidering, the rulings of District Super intendent William Wallace Toungson as chairman, presiding at said Investi gation, as fair and impartal to all par tes concerned. "Further, the committee express their unshaken confidence, collectively and individually, in the Integrity of Dr. Ciarence True Wilson, and author ize the secretary. Rev. C. C. Rarlck, to communicate tne tacts to the press and to the Temperance Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church." Dr. Wilson Temperance Worker. Dr. Wilson, who formerly was pas tor of Grace and of Centenary Metho dist Episcopal Churches in . Portland. for some years past has been National executive secretary of the Temperance (Concluded on Page 16. Column l. Washington Officials Frofess Igno-1 ranee of Nature of Mission Wliich Brings Diplomat Home. WASHINGTON. July 6. Enough Im portance was attached to the mission of Henry P. Fletcher, Ambassador to Mex ico, to arrange for a conference today with Secretary Lansing on. board the train which Is carrying the Secretary to Henderson Harbor, N. Y., for a three weeks" vacation. State Department officials have pro fessed Ignorance as to the nature of the mission of Ambassador Fletcher. He requested permission to come to Wash ington three weeks ago and left as soon as authorized. Ambassador wished to explain to the Secretary the extent to which German activities have been carried on in Mex ico. Reports that Mexico would enter I the war as an ally of the entente pow ers is not regarded by most officials here as probable. They also believe it improbable that Mexico will become active in her support of Germany. PHILADELPHIA. July 6. Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Fletcher met at a railroad station in this city and held their conference while en route to New York. The Ambassador came here on a train from the West. ONE KILLED IN FOOD RIOTh Munitions Workers and Strikers Are! Fired On by Soldiers. AMSTERDAM, July 6. Workers from government munitions works at Hem- berg, a short distance from Amster dam, and soldiers clashed last night in continuation of the food riots, ac cording to the Handelsblad. The mu- itions workers were Joined by strikers and were fired on repeatedly by the soldiers. One man was killed and 11 wounded. WASHOUT IMPERILS CANAL Volunteers Called to Repair Leak Between Boise and Barber. BOISE, Idaho, July 6. An appeal was ent broadcast throughout the Boise Valley tonight by the United States I reclamation officials asking for 100 I volunteers to be on hand Saturday to help fix a washout In the $1,300,000 New York Canal, midway between Boise and Barber, which occurred early today- Epidemic Takes Eight More. BENTON, Mo.. July 6. Eight more deaths have resulted in the southern part of Scott County from enterocolitis. the disease which has killed more than 100 persons In Southeast Missouri. Seven of the deaths are in Sickeston and one in Crowder. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 75 degrees; minimum, oo aegreca. TODAY'S Fair. War. Hollweg's speech to Reichstag; expected to form basis for peace negotiations. Fage Artillery firing renewed on eastern front. Page 6. Seizing of German spies la begun. Page 2. French withstand, heavy attack at Chemln National. Ambassador Fletcher rushes home to confer with Secretary Lansing, rage i. Mall censorship proposed to ' hamper spies. Page -- Bone dry" clause in food hill Is beaten, but Senate may forbid consumption or dis tilled spirits. Page 14. Suffragists go to Jell for three days. Page 1. National draft is expected next week. Page 1. Lord Northcllffe describes activities of Ger man spies. Page 12. Foreign. Spanish Senators demand autonomy for provinces, rage o. Fifty thousand troops are moving on Pekln. and battle is in progress, rage . Domestic. Butte unions may merge. Page 8. Few Jerome miners strike at I. W. W. order. , Page o. Mrs. Matlack determined to punish bus- band's "soul mate. page 14. Roosevelt and Gompers clash over EU Louis riots. Page 1. Sports. Portland piny era are weak at hat. Page 15. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 7, Salt Lake o: vernon a. mq rrancisco a; Los Angeles 9. Oakland 8. Page 15. Ty Cobb's streak of hitting safely in con secutive games enus. Pacific Northwest. Six persona Injured In auto accident at Canyonville. Page . Oregon Industry threatened by X. TV. W. invasion. Page Jtt. Astoria court holds fishing law -void. Page . Commercial and Marine. Inaulry from East for Oregon hops Is re sumed. Page 10. Wheat higher at Chicago on crop damage reports, page J. Short covering leads to advance In stocks. Page 1. Collector Burke will make example of fistr- erman who moor to nuoya. rage in. Portland and Vicinity. Home economics instructors open conference. Page 7. v Son of Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher to preach in White -Temple July is. Page 11. Edward G. Andrews forgiven by wife and trial is stopped. Page 7. Portland ready to welcome convention vis itors. Page o. $4,000,000 timber deal may be concluded tiere ioay. x-jb x. Nations teachers convene in Portland today. Page 1. programme for entertainment of Belgian mission is announced. rage 15. Justice McCamant briefs objections to Muzxey's American History. aga o. Draft drawing rumor trail leads out of Port- Ell Flagg Young, prominent figure In edu cational world, is in rorxiana. rage 0. r,r- Clarence True Wilson held not guilty of charges preferred by Harry 11 cC lain. page 1. Judges Gantenbeln and Davis at training camp not to resign, rage u. rT- r. R. Van Hlse. president of University of Wisconsin, says food conservation is big problem. Page 12. Second concert of Music Festival makes hit. Page 14. Weather report, data a&d oiccaatt Fax 19, Incoming Trains Bear Throng of Educators. COUNCIL WILL MEET FIRST Opportunities of Schools in War Will Be Considered. SERMONS TO BE TOPICAL Question of Banishing Instruction in German From Schools "Will Be Considered by Committee Bcforo Session Closes. GEXERAL FKATl'RES OF COX VE.NTIOSi'S OrfcM.NG. Today. 3 P. M. Convention opens with annual meeting of National Coun cil of Education at Hotel Multno mah. Topic, "The Obligations and Opportunities of the Schools Dur ing the War." Open discussion. 8 P. M. General programme. National Council. Partial pro gramme: "Agricultural Prepared ness and Food Conservation," Arthur H. Chamberlain, secretary California Council of Education: "Waste of Food From the Pro ducer to the Household," J. A. Bexell, dean school of commerce, Oregon Agricultural College; "Thrift, a Patriotic Necessity." S. W. Strauss. New York City. . 5 6 P. M. Ella Flagg Young re ceptlon, Multnomah Hotel, by Or egon Civic League. Sanday. "Educational Sunday" Special services in - Portland churches. Special musical service, 3 P. M., Public Auditorium, with ad dresses by William - M. Ladd. President "Aley, of the asso ciation, and Right Rev. Walter T. Sumner, bishop- of Oregon. Music by Festival Chorus and Auditorium Orchestra. Varying-numbers of years ago cer-" tain small girl3 and boys, seated at more or less whittled desks In widely I scattered parts of America and else where, were watching with round eyes thB process of teacher chalking the board marks of merit. Today ajid for the next two or three that follow the grown-ups of those 8chooltlme embryos, principals and professors, learned men and women - from all the land, educators of note In ths country and in the lands that are beyond, are arriving at Portland, the common goa as delegates to the Na- ' tional Education Association Conven-, tion, the eclipsing event in American educational circles. Convention Opens Today. The convention opens today, alert and ready to hew and orate and dis cuss Its way through a programme that lasts until July 14 and which Is a labyrinth to the layman. Although delegates already are here in number. the real recruits of the great assem bly are to arrive today and tonight, and on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Preliminary to the regular sessions of the convention, as always, come the greetings of the National Council of Kducation. of which William B. Owen. principal of Chicago Normal College, is president, and whose roster Is the roll of high educational standing. School Opportunities to De Discussed. The National Council will hold Its first meeting in the ballroom of the Hotel Multnomah at 2 o'clock today, confronting the general topic, "The Obligations and Opportunities of the Schools During the War." It Is this topic In various guises, say those who are familiar with the prophecies, that will recur most often la the discus sions of the convention. At the Na tional Council assembly It will be dis cussed In open meeting by the mem bers. At 8 o'clock tonight the National Council will resume Its session and several speakers of wide note will be heard on ramifications of the parent topic The evening programme is as follows: , Music Topic. "Agricultural Preparedness and Pood Conservation A. Study In Thrift Intro duction," Arthur H. Chamberlain, secretary California Council of Education. San Fran cisco, chairman committee on thrift educa tion. "Possibilities of Increased Food Produc tion." R. H. Wilson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Oklahoma City. Okla. . Food Problem Considered. "The Relation of the City School to the Arrlcultural Problem." John IX Shoop. Su perintendent of Schools. Chicago. 111. "Waate of Food From the Producer to th. Household." J. A. Bexell. dean school of commerce, Oregon Agricultural College. Cor- - I vallts. Or. Patrlotle Extravagance or Thrift Which?" Kate Devereaux Blake, principal Public School No. 6. New York. N. V. Food Storage and Preservation." Henry R. Daniel, secretary American Society for Thrift. Chicago, 111. -Adaptation of Courses In Domestic Econ omy and Industrial Arts to Meet Existing Demands." C H. Dempsey, Superintendent of Schools. Haverhill, Mas.; Mllo H. Stew . jlCuucIuuuU uu Paso 4. Coiuiuu 2.)