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7 V INSURANCE RATE IS LOWERED BY STATE couver Barracks, and ordered to Amer ALLIES TO CONFER ON PEACE REPLIES ican Lake for duty with the Three Hun dred and Sixteenth Engineers: Major Albert D. Akin. Major William S. Post. Captains John S. Griffin. Willis Peas lee. Burt Harmon, Goerge H. Canfield, Edward Z. Collins, Orman N. Powell. VENT MOT AIR DUCTS JUST Ralph E. Robson, Jules E. Hanque, John THE MORNING OREGONIAK, TTTKSDAT. AUGUST 21, 1917. Fire Eliminated From Build ers' Risk in Shipping Indus try as Patriotic Step. OREGON OFFICIAL ANSWERS Action Taken After Controversy With AY. II. Ialioj tcuux, Chairman of Insurance Department Emer gency Shipping Board. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) As the culmination of spirited commonl cations between Insurance Commls sloner Wells and W. H. La Boyteaux, of New York, chairman of the insur ance committee of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, as to Mr. La Boyteaux's plan to sell builders' risks on ship building directly to home offices by deducting th agents' commissions, .In surance Commissioner Wells announced today that as a patriotic move he has annulled all fire rates upon builders' risks, giving the companies the privi lege of writing business at the lowest rate possible. He telegraphed Mr. La Eoyteaux as follows: "Telegram you received was sent at request of shipbuilders of this state. They are satisfied with the rate they had before you took charge. Letters received today from 12 authorized com panies transacting marine business in this state say that you have made no proposition regarding a lower rate for builders' risks. Telegram Sent La Borttanx. Your telegram plainly shows that you resent this office communicating with our Congressional representatives and Insurance companies. Your tele gram is not clearly understood. If in tended for publication as a personal play I am not interested. You state that as far as Oregon is concerned negotiations have been discontinued, but can be continued if I will not en force the law. May I inquire what authority you have to order negotia tions discontinued? I am also advised that you are having the same contro W versy in other states. As Oregon is first in all patriotic moves, we have this day annulled all fire rates upon jf builders' risks, giving the companies the privilege of writing this business at the lowest rate possible. Will you kindly co-operate by advising the un derwriters' committee of your city that they are at liberty to quote any rea sonable rate? If the rate they quote is in excess of that of other states I expect your co-operation In securing a like rate." Mr! Wells said today it was under stood the marine rates are made by the Hull Underwriters, of New York, all matters of importance being placed before a committee, action of which generally is accepted as final through out the United States. Controversy Has Been Long:. The controversy over the marine rates has been raging for some time. Insurance Commissioner Wells protest ing against a plan suggested by Mr. La Boyteaux to go direct to the com panies for insurance on this class of risk and deprive me agents 01 commis sions. Mr. La Boyteaux sent a strong tele gram to the Insurance Commissioner the latter part of the week in which he Intimated that the Commissioner was making a political play and also de clared that the insurance companies had shown a disposition to grant a con siderable reduction in rates before Mr. Wells interfered. Mr. Wells had circularized the insur ance companies and received replies from 12 of them in which they said they had never been approached as to the matter by the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the great majority of them declared that they intended to see that their insurance was written 4- through the regular resident agents. BLACKBERRY PRICE RAISED Appeal Made for Fruit to Make Jam for Soldiers. BHEHIDAN, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) Canners throughout the valley are making an appeal for evergreen black berries, which will go into the manu facture of jams for the soldiers. The appeal has been made locally by Roy Graves, Sheridan manufacturer, for four tons. He has raised the price to 4 cents a pound for all berries f. o. b. Sheridan Fruitgrowers' Cannery. Failure to get all the berries he wanted has caused him to turn down $100,000 in orders, he declares. The evergreen blackberry is little cultivat ed in the valley, but attains a luxuriant growth In the wilds of the hills. It is a native berry. The demand for it is far beyond the supply. CHILD MOTORCYCLE VICTIM Eight-Year-Old Isabella Gray Has Skull Fractured. Isabella Gray, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gray, of 787 Hol gate street, suffered a fracture of the skull when she was knocked to the ravement by a motorcycle ridden by L. 13. Axtel, at East Twenty-sixth and Division streets yesterday. According to several witnesses who appeared before Harry P. Coffin, chair man of the Safety-First Commission, a short time after the accident, the little girl had been playing on the running- board of an automobile and jumped di rectly in front of the motorcycle. She is at St. Vincents Hospital. WHALE MEAT TO GO EAST Cold-Storage Plant at Aberdeen Station Will Conserve Product. ABERDEEN. Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe clal.) With Its new cold storage plant completed the Bay City whaling station la now in a position to vend whale meat to the people of the Atlantic Coast. Every whale produces approximately seven tons of pure meat, in which there is neither bone nor gristle, or an amount of meat equal to that gained from 3o steers. Orders for. many tons of whale meat for use in hotels and meat markets east of Chicago have been received here. ENGINEERS SENT TO LAKE Officers at Vancouver Barracks As signed to Camp Lewis. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 20. The following officers of the Engineer Reserve Corps are re lieved from duty at training camp, van H. Leavell, P ieldon vv. waggoner, Charles H. Willison, Francis J. Fitz patrick. First Lieutenants Chester R. Hunt, Harmon S. Bonte, Ernest L. Norberg, Leslie W. Nims, Edgar F. Pearson, Ste phens Malatest, Franklin W. Bush, Jr., Lynn A. SchJoss. Merrill Butler, Carol D. Cogswell, Harry H. Burhans, Earl W. Fassett, Ross L. Mahon, Lewis C. Karrick, Delprat Keen. Second Lieutenants Bertram K. Dun shee, Chester H. Prouty, John E. Nor berg, Gordon C. Hess, Walter M. Tomp kins, Blake R. Vanleer, Emmett E. Carruthers, Wallace Campbell, George E. Sperbeck. Egbert W. Beach, Lester B. Pickering, Ray J. Cook, Malcolm L. Hunt, Israel Weinstein, Edgar R. Perry, Ernest D. Clabaugh, Ernest M. Wright. Lieutenant-Colonel Peter C. Field to day was appointed division surgeon at American Lake. DEIGH MAJOR OF GUARD OFFICERS OF BATTALION, SOW FORMING, TTJTAJflMOTJS 1ST CHOICE. Veterans of Spanish-American War Are Rapidly Perfecting Military Organi zation for Home Service. Officers of the Oregon Home Guard, of which three companies were recent ly organized In Portland, met yester day and unanimously elected Richard Deich Major of the battalion now being formed. As his staff Major Deich, has appoint ed Dr. H. M. Patton to be Captain and examining surgeon; R. H. Sawyer, Cap tain and Quartermaster; W. C. North, Captain and Adjutant. At the time of his election the new commander was - Captain of Company B. He is temporarily succeeded by First Lieutenant R. M. Dobey. Captain L. E. Beach commands Company A, and Captain M. H. Dukes Company C. Members of the Oregon Home Guard are veterans of the Spanish-American war, and their extensive service will result in a perfect military organiza tion almost from the beginning of drill. Rifles have been issued by the War Department. The blue uniform has been adopted. Major Deich served in the United States regular Army in Alaska, and was with the Second Oregon Infantry In the Philippines campaign, where he re ceived mention for conspicuous brav ery. At the close of the war he was for 10 years an officer of the Oregon National Guard.. LEABURG FIRE IS FOUGHT FORCE OF 50 BUSY IN BOOTH KELLY HOLDINGS. No Damage Done So Far and Unless Wind Rises Control Is Expected by Today. EUGENE, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.) A forest fire which had swept over 200 acres of old cuttings and burns at a point about three-fourths of a mile above Leaburg on the south side of the McKenzie River tonight was being vig orously combatted by a force of 60 men in the employ of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company. M. J. Skinner, fire warden for the Booth-Kelly Company, announced that a few trees had been destroyed, but that the men so far had succeeded in keeping the fire away from the green timber. Unless the wind comes up, the chances are good to have the fire un der control by tomorrow, he reported. Ten fires in the Upper McKenzie re gion have been discovered within the last three days. The Leaburg fire is the only one of these to cause serious concern. It borders on an immense acreage of timber. R. S. LOVETT IS APPOINTED Head of Union Pacific to Settle Priority of Shipments. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Appoint ment of Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the Union Pacific, to administer the new priority transportation law, was announced late today at the White House. Judge Lovett's first official act was to order that railroads to Lake Erie ports, serving bituminous mines and lake-shipping companies, give prefer ence to shipments of coaL FIGHTING MEN RELEASED England Trains Women and Old Men for "Indispensable" Places. SAN FRANCISCO. Ane-. 20 mm... tion of men too old for mlHtarv a. and the training of women to be effi cient nave enabled the British gov ernment to release for enlistment In the ranics vast numbers of men formerly thought industrially Indispensable, ac cruing w cngaaier-ueneral William A. White, head of the British recruiting mission to the United States, who spoke toaay ai a commercial Club luncheon here. LONDON STRIKE DELAYED Trainmen, for Most Part, Continue With Their Duties. LONDON, Aug. 20. The strike of the Associated oclety of Locomotive En gineers and Firemen, which was to have been called today and which In volves about 40,000 men, had not be gun at noon, although some of the men may have quit at midnight. The exe cutive-committee of the union remains in London discussing the situation. The opposition of the press may have a disheartening effect on the men. EXPLOSIONS KILL FOUR Blasting Powder "Lets Go" In Plant Near Cincinnati. CINCINNATI. Aug. 20. Three explo sions along what is called the "powder line," a series of small detached build ings at a powder plant f.t King Mills today caused four deaths and injured two workmen. The main buildings of the plant were not harmed. A large amount of blasting powder let go. New York Infantry Goes to Camp. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. The 69th New York Infantry, now the 165th United States National Guard, left today for Mineola, L. I. It will comprise part of the "Rainbow Division" that soon will join the Pershing forces in France. Entente Governments to Dis cuss Proposals From Pope Benedict. MEETING HELD UNLIKELY State Department Believes Decision Will Be Arrived at Without Conference Forecast of IT. S. Reply Is Protested. LONDON, Aug. 20. Lord Robert Ce cil. Minister of Blockade and Under Secretary for foreign affairs, an nounced in the House of Commons this afternoon that the entente allied Gov ernments would confer before replying to the Pope's peace proposals. WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Lord Ce cil's statement in the British parlia ment today that the entente govern ment would hold a conference before replying to Pope Benedict's peace pro posals is understood at the State De partment as meaning that the govern ments will exchange views, not that there is to be a gathering of premiers or foreign ministers for a formal con ference. So far there has been no occasion for the State Department to join in any of the several conferences which have been held in the capitals of the en tente nations during the war. This at titude is understood to have been due to the conviction that so far these con ferences have had to do with strictly European issues. No such limitation applies to the Pope's peace proposals, of course, as these touch interests vital to the Unit ed States. It is believed, however, that the necessary measure of co-operation between the nations at war with Ger many can be secured through cabled ex changes and conference? jetween the diplomatic representatives and the for eign secretaries at the different capi tals. It was said today that these ex changes would begin very soon. Strong objection is made at present by officials of the Administration to attempts on the part of the press to forecast the nature of reply that will be made by President Wilson. But it is not denied that nothing has been presented to the Pope to warrant the expectation' that there will be any change in the atti tude taken by the President in his previous utterances on the subject of peace and. the conditions that must be met to secure it. POPE'S PEACE NOTE BACKED German Roman Catholics Urged to Get Behind Pontiff. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20. Support of Ger man Roman Catholics for the peace ef forts of Pope Benedict was urged at the meeting of the German Catholic Central Verein today by Bishop Joseph Busch, of St. Cloud, Minn. Mgr. Bonzano, apostolie delegate to the United States, told the delegates that, though their patriotism had been assailed, he knew the members of the Central Verein were thoroughly loyal to the United. States. He said that after the war the organization and sim ilar bodies would have the duty of combatting the "wrong doctrines" of Socialism. EXPLAINS GROENER'S FALL Socialist Paper Declares Big Indus trialists Dictate Changes. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 20. Commenting on the retirement from the Prussian War Department of General Groener, who, it is reported, will take command at the front, the Leipziger Volks Zei tung, an organ of the minority Social ists, says; "According to rumors. General Groe ner's fall was compassed by a powerful group of big industrialists for whom the auxiliary service law is too liberal. It is not the will of the people or the vote in Parliament that decides the possession of power. The decision still depends on the striggle between the interested groups behind the scenes. "Such a struggle seems to have de cided General Greener's fate. He has gone one day after the denial that he would retire. Such a system is the opposite of democracy." Ban Asked on German Insurance. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Richard M. 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Bis Feature of Daj Is Banquet at Hotel Marlon Hearts ot Salemites Are Captured by Yell. SALEM, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) About 75 members of the Motor Dealers' Association of Portland took Salem by storm today and Salem enjoyed every minute of the time as much as did the visitors, who left at 4 o'clock this- after noon to receive another royal greeting at Albany tonight. The big feature of the day was . a banquet at the Hotel Marion, at which F. G. Deckeback, of Salem, was toast master. G. E. Halvorson, of Burns & Halvor son, Salem, welcomed the visitors, and A. H Averill, of Portland, responded. Addresses were made briefly by Howard Covey and Dr. Alan Welch Smith, of Portland. Mrs. W. Carlton Smith, of Salem, and Albert S. Brown, of the Royal Rosarlan quartet, sang, each responding to a number of encores. Visits to the State Capitol and state institutions were part of the day's pro gramme. The visitors captured the hearts of Salemites with the following improvised yell: Do we like Salem? You bet we do. Did she show us a good time? You bet she did. Do we like Marlon County dust? No! No! No! Will motor dealers help - her out? You bet they will. Why? Because we like Salem. THREE ESCAPE AT KALAMA Look of Jail Door Is Filed and Way to Freedom Opened. KELSO, Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.) Emmit Erway, of LaDu ; John Hudson, of Carrolis. and Dean Stock, who were confined in tne county Jail at Kalama, broke out some time early this morning and are still at large. The men obtained -a caseknife and M gp- -p ill YOU SHOULD VISIT Yellowstone National Park Low round-trip fares to and through the park daily via Gardiner, the original and northern entrance, reached only via Northern Pacific Ry . Make the park a side trip on your way east. Low Fares East i Each Friday and Saturday to September 29. 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Trial will start Wednesday. The Eskimos will be charged Jointly with the murder of Father Laroeux, It was announced. Sinnislak was acquitted last week of the murder of Father Rouviere, companion of Father La roeux. IDLERS TO BE PUT TO WORK Maryland Begins Registration of Un employed Between 18 and 50. BALTIMORE, Aug. 20. Enrolling of the state's unemployed began today by circuit clerks of counties and this city. Every man without a definite Job must register, if he Is between 18 and 50 years. The Job will follow through the medium of a Federal employment agent. The enrollment Is mandatory under the compulsory work law. Its pur pose is to gather idlers so that they can be assigned to work necessary for the Nation's fighting forces. Harvard to Continue Soccer. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Aug. 11. The Harvard Athletic Association has de cided not to eliminate cross-country running and soccer football from the list of Fall sports this year. No regu lar schedules have been made up for either of these teams, but games will be arranged Informally. Hrpfrnn , , THE COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE Made Possible by the Use of CITY GAS FO HEATING HOMES Newly Invented GASCO, JR., HOUSE HEATING FURNACE Designed by Us Especially for the Average Portland Home. FIRST COST WITHIN REACH OF ALU EASY TERMS GIVEN WHEN DESIRED AUTOMATIC STARTER Ashes and Smoke Gone Fuel Paid For as Used 8-HOUR DAY IS URGED WASHINGTON DEFENSE COUNCIL PETITIONS CONGRESS. General Law Asked on Ground That Industry Would Suffer If One State Took Stand. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 20. The State Council of Defense, at a meeting here today presided over by Dr. Henry Suz zallo, adopted a resolution calling upon Congress to establish a national eight hour day in the lumber industry. The resolution follows: "Whereas. The lumber Industry of the state of Washington is tied up, strikes of - labor demanding an eight hour day as the standard of labor in this industry; and "Whereas, The lumber operators maintain and at a recent hearing have offered strong evidence to the council to prove that it would be impossible for this state to go upon this basis while other parts of the country, par ticularly the Southern pine industry, with which the lumber of this district has to compete, is working upon a 10 or 11-hour standard, without the per manent paralysis of this most impor tant industry in our state. "Resolved, That this council urges upon Congress of the United States that it enact a law providing for a uni versal eight-hour standard of labor in f 1 For That Lonely Feeling Music is a stimulant without reaction, a nerve solace without after-consequences, a comforter that never wearies and never fails. 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