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VOL. LVII. XO. 17,719. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHINA WILL SEND lmuriT 11111 1 DRIIIR KAISER PLOTS TO MEXICAN TROOPS ON BARGE DROWN 2 00 SWEPT' 1XTO' SEA WHEN TRANSPORT CAPSIZES. W. VV. SUBJECT OF NATION-WIDE RAID BISHOP SUMNER TO WED MICHIGAN GIRL GOVERNMENT WILL ACT TO STOP STRIKE ARMY TO EUROPE 1 ' u,m,u 2.20 IN PORTLAND EPISCOPAL PRELATE WHISPERS OF ENGAGEMENT TO FEW. 15,0 00 PICKED TROOPS ARE TO EXTRAIX FOR WAR. VIOLATE DENMARK Telegrams Reveal Plan to Occupy Neutral. CLOSED BALTIC ATTEMPTED Czar and Emperor Confer at Night at Sea, After Which Kaiser Visits Danes. MISTRUST IS DISCOVERED People Are Found to Be Re signed to' Fate and Briton Exposes Reason of Call.. BT HERMAN BERNSTEIN. (Copyright. 1917, by the New York Her ald Company. All Rights Reserved. Published by Arrangement. Second Installment.) - STOCKHOLM, via Paris, Sept. 5. (Special.) Telegrams which passed between Czar Nicholas, of Russia, and Kaiser Wilhelm in 1905 reveal that after a meeting of Emperors . off Bjoerke, the Kaiser, in agreement with Nicholas, undertook the realiza tion of his scheme to declare the Bal tic Sea closed. But, encountering resistance from Denmark and because of the threaten ing attitude of England, the Kaiser decided, in 1905, in the event of war with England, to do to Denmark what he did . later to Belgium. Violation of Denmark Plotted. He resolved to occupy neutral Den mark with his armies, to gain ad vantages which Denmark had refused by declining to join the secret Russo Qerman combination. The Kaiser telegraphed about the plot to the Czar, who consented to the violation of Den mark. On July 29, 1905, the Kaiser sent this telegram to the Czar: "Reuter telegrams this morning an nounced cruise of British Channel fleet to Baltic and looking in at bur ports without paying calls of cere mony. Either England is 'anxious on account of our meeting or they want to frighten me. This will lend more weight to my conversation at Copen hagen." Russo-German Pact Denied. On the night of July 23, 1905, the Kaiser and the Czar met at 10 o'clock at night off the Island of Bjoerke, on the Swedish coast. The Kaiser ap proached the rendezvous on the fm perial yacht Hohenzollern, the Czar on board the Russian imperial yacht I Polar Star. Deep political significance was attached to the meeting through out Europe, but both Russia and Ger many officially denied that a Russian German alliance was in the makincr. Pv The Czar's reply to the" Kaiser, sent almost immediately, stated: "Have also heard about British Channel fleet's projected appearance in Baltic Your trip to Copenhagen comes in very good time. Shall im patiently await short notice from you about your trip. Best love. Victoria wishes you success." Issue Not Brought Up. This telegram was signed "Nicky." The Kaiser reported his trip to Copen hagen in a telegram sent at 1 o'clock in the morning of August 2, 1905. This telegram is as follows: "Trip passed off well under extreme kindness shown me by whole family, especially by your dear old grand father. After my arrival I soon found out, through reading press reports, Danish and foreign, that very strong current of mistrust and misapprehen sion was engendered against my call, especially from England. King had been so intimidated and public opin ion so worked upon that I was unable to touch question which we agreed I was to mention to him. British Minister Attacks. -"British Minister, dining with one of my gentlemen, used very violent language against me, accusing me of vilest plans nd intrigues, declaring that every Englishman knew and was convinced T wan workino- for im'H - - n , W and destruction of England. "You may imagine what stuff a man like this may have been putting into the minds of the Danish family, the court and the people. I did all in my power to dispel cloud of distrust by behaving quite unconcernedly and iConluded on Page 6, Column l.j Sudden Squall Turns Boat Over and Tus Is Unable to Go to Assistance of Victims. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5. A report that 200 Mexicans were drowned to night in the sinking of a Mexican gov ernment vessel in the Gulf of Cali fornia, was received here late tonight In a private telegram from San Diego, Cal. According- to the meager private ad vices received here 200 members of the Guaymas garrison were being transported by barge, with a number, of horses and a quantity of military equipment, from Point Isabella to La Bolsa. Son or a. The barge was in tow of a government lug. A sudden squall is said to have cap sized the barge, which was reported to be one of a number originally con structed for river work, and turned turtle in a running tea. Carranza officials at the border points tonight disclaimed any definite information of the disa3ter, but stated it was probably a correct report. They said the barges ' have frequently-been used for transport ' Work, and their J known crankiness in a high sea made the report bear weight. They also stated that a troop movement of the character described was known to have been ordered. The report said the squall which caused the capsizing of the barge pre vented the tug from rendering as sistance to the struggling men. RADIO REPORTS RESCUE Captain and Crew, 2, Said to Wrecked August Be Safe. SEWARD. Alaska. Sept. 5. Radio re ports picked up to westward say that Captain Haruhiko Shiouga and 16 men from the wrecked' Japanese steamer Kotohira Maru havo been picked up off the Alaska coast. The Kotohira Maru was wrecked in a. fog off the Alaska coast July 27. The officers and crew took to three small boats and started for an Alaskan port. Durnig a storm August 2 the captain's boat became separated from the other two, which reached safety August 20. Hope for the safety of the captain and the 16 seamen with him had been gjven up for several days. JAPANESE READY TO MOVE Munich Paper Says Large Torce on Mancliurian Frontier Now. BERNE, Sept. 5. in Russian circles in Berne and Geneva the fall of Riga was predicted-a week ago, when the archives and treasures were removed to Pskoff, while most of the ships left Riga for RevaL Riga was known as a hotbed of Le nine pacifists and also of German agents. The Munich Neuste Nachrichten says that a large Japanese force is concen trated on the Manchurian frontier ready to come to the assistance of the Russians. FLOATING ROCK FOUND Labor Commissioner Hoff Returns With Stone From Jackson. SALEM, Or., Sept. 5. (Special.) State Labor Commissioner Hoff re- turned from Southern Oregon today wlth a natural curiosity in the shape . i ci a rocK mat win noai. ne states he discovered it in a fish pond on the property of Landlord Grieves, of the Prospect Hotel, Prospect, Jackson County, and there are quantities of the rock there. It is in the nature of a pumice stone formation, and he was amazed to see the large stones floating around on the surface of the fish pond. 2-PLAT00N FIGHT IS WON Tacoma Council Authorizes Few Sys tem to Avert Strike. TACOMA, Sept. 5. (Special.) A two platoon system for the Tacoma fire de partment was authorized by the City Council today. The present force of 105 men in the fire department will be divided into two shifts. Although the efficiency of the fire department will be seriously impaired, all Councilmen agreed, the division of shifts was decided as the only present solution of a threatened strike of all fire nen. BRITISH RAID ADRIANOPLE Naval Airships Penetrate to and Bom bard Turkish City. LONDON, Sept. 5. British naval air ships penetrated far inland in Turkish territory Sunday night, dropping bombs on the city of Adrlanople, about 137 miles northwest of Constantinople, says an official statement today. The main line of the Belgrade-Constantinople Railway, part of the "Ber-lin-to-Bagdad" route, passed through Adrlanople. AMERICAN STUDENTS TRAIN Large Party Preparing in England for Aerial Service. CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 6. A large party of American college men has begun a cour In training here for the aviaiiou sttvii.e. . Records Are Seized in Many Cities. MARSHALS ACT IN CONCERT Spreaders of. Seditious Liter ature Imprisoned. CHARGES KEPT SECRET Move Against Agitators Comes on Eve of Report of President's .. Personal Investigator of Western Troubles. WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. The Govern ment today took drastic measures to end the anti-war propaganda conducted in the name of the Industrial Workers of the World, the Socialist party and organizations throughout the United States. On orders from Attorney-General Gregory, United States Marshals in many towns and cities descended at 2 P. M., central time, upon local head quarters of the Industrial Workers of the World, seized books, checks, corre spondence and otner documents, and In some instances arrested officials of the organizations. Raid Made on Eve of Report. In Chicago Federal agents took pos session of the. national headquarters of the Socialist party, and a warrant au thorizing the seizure of its documents was served upon its counsel. A statement issued by the Depart ment' of Justice announced that the seizure of the papers was made in con nection with a Federal grand jury in vestigation of the I. W. W., now pro ceeding at Chicago. The department's action was taken on the eve of a report to President Wilson by Chief Justice Covington, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who was designated recently by the President -to investigate th labor situation in the... West. - V- Charge Kept Secret. , " Judge Covlngtdtf has completed- hip investigation, which lasted several weeks, and took" him ' to the Pacific Coast, and probably will report person ally -to President Wilson tomorrow. Whether the concerted action of Marshals throughout the country was in any way related to Judge Coving ton's investigation was not disclosed. It is known, however, that Judge Cov ington made a special study of the ac tivities of the I. W. W. It was shortly after he reached the Northwest that 27 leaders of the organization were ar rested in Spokane by Idaho National Guardsmen, the day before the time set for a general strike in Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho'. The charges against leaders of the organization under arrest or whose ar- Concluded on Pag. 4. Column PRMEfZ TELL. THE -xff vf! OJ.O A-q, W for' fon fc- Yfi Vm " -I y 5t)f?E i'M Ik ( . 1 11 HP I S WVffO WINTEd. T -.fk -- t U Li . 1 nriL-5Mt; Mystery of Frequent Trips East Is Solved When Friends Hear of Approaclifns Marriage. The Rt. Rev. Walter Taylor Sumner, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese Of Ore gon, one of the most popular bachelor in the West, is engaged. His" fiancee is Miss Myrtle Mitchell, of Negaunee, Mich. The bishop whispered the secret to a few personal friends yesterday just after his return from the East. He gave the news to a select few in the "strictest confidence" and does not in tend the formal public announcement to be made until plans for the wedding are completed. Bishop Sumner came to Portland in January, 1915, to take ' charge of the diocese here. Since his arrival he has made several trips East and many of his friends here wondered' if there could be any other reason than church duties that took him "to Chicago." The news given out by the bishop to his friends yesterday offered an explana tion. The bishop came to Oregon from Chicago, where he was dean of the Ca thedral and where he was known as one of the foremost workers in social service, and as a member of the Chi cago School Board he was a leader in educational work. He is 42 years of age, a graduate of Dartmouth and a member of the University Club. Miss Mitchell, his fiancee, lives at Negaunee. about 12 miles from Mar quette." the residence of Bishop Le Mott Williams, a distinguished friend of Bishop Sumner. RATTLESNAKE KILLS CHILD Heroic Fight by Girl, 5, Fails to Save Sister, 2 Years Old. DAVENPORT, Wash., Sept. 5. (Spe cial.) Esther, 2-year-old daughter of Jacob Woitt, while playing in a shed near the house was bitten by a. rattle snake, which refused to let go of the little tot's finger until beaten off by a sister 5 years old. The little girl was rushed to a doc tor, but soon died from the poisonous bite. AUSTRIANS DIE OF HUNGER Letters 'Found on . Prisoners Tell Stories of Starvation. HOME, SOTt 5. Letters- found on Austrian .prisoners depict a shocking state of affairs In Austria, particularly Trieste, where it is said to be impos sible to purchase at any price oils, rice, potatoes, sugar or coffee. . The people of Trieste arc dying from lack of nutrition, says one letter. FORMER PASTOR IS TAKEN Rev. William Krauleidis, of German Lutheran Denomination, Enemy. LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 5. United States Marshals today took the Rev. William Krauleidis, former pastor of a German Lutheran Church at River dale, Neb., to Fort Riley, Kan., where he will be interned as an alien enemy for the duration of the war. 11 SIZING THINGS UP FOR WINTER. Both Sides Are to Be Called to Capital.. WAGE RISE IS NOT PROMISED Admiral Tells Senator McNary Issues Will Be Considered. PEACE ; SEEMS POSSIBLE Owners and Workers Would Be Represented on Board of Five to Work Out Some Agreement on Question of Pay. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Sept. 5. With a desire to avert the threatened strike in Oregon ship yards, eet for Friday, Admiral Capps, of the Shipping Board, after a confer ence tonight with Senator McNary, promised to invite to Washington a representative of Portland labor and a representative of the shipyards in the hope of reaching a satisfactory agreement on the wage question. Admiral Capps said-the Government would defray the expenses of these two representatives, who Will be familiar with all the points in controversy. Shipping; Board to Get Report. On arrival in Washington the repre sentatives of labor and of the ship yards will be asked to sit with the three members of the recently appoint ed labor adjustment board. The five will go over the wage situation and any other points in controversy and, after sifting the facts, submit & rec ommendation to the Shipping Board of five. Senator McNary presented to Ad miral Capps a telegram from Governor Withycombe and several shipyards urging him to intervene with the Ship ping Board to have the strike averted. Wage Rise Not Promised. Admiral Capps said lie could not grant an increase in wages without investigation, as the question is too large to solve by an arbitrary order increasing the wage, and such an or der might disturb the shipbuilding in dustry generally. He said, however, that the labor ad justment board had recently been formed to deal with just such ques tions as that presented In Portland and in other Oregon yards, and thus far its efforts have been successful and satisfactory alike to labor and to em ployers. The representative of labor and the representative of shipyards sitting with the board will have the same voice and vote in its deliberations as the three regular members. The adjustment board was formed on this theory. Senator McNary's telegram today in dicated that the strike in Portland could be averted if the Government (Concluded on Page .". Column 1.) Twenty-Fourth Corps Being Mobi lized to Fill Gaps in Russian Lines Japs May Go, Too. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. The 24th Chinese army corps, composed of 15,000 picked troops from the northern prov inces, is being mobilized in a Chinese city for immediate departure to Eu rope, according to a cablegram received here tonight by the Chinese Daily World, vernacular newspaper, from its correspondent in Shanghai. The dispatch, censored and deleted, indicated that the troops will be taken through Siberia to. the eastern front, where the Russians are being pushed back towards Petrograd. The message hinted that gaps in the Russian armies will be filled by these troops, and pos sibly by Japanese. The 24th corps was said to include several companies of engineers, com manded by Chinese graduates from American colleges, notably Stanford University and the University of Cali fornia. An aviation corps, trained by Americans and French, will accompany the corps, it was indicated. Editors of the Daily World said that these would be the tirst Mongolian sol diers to fight in Europe since the time of Genghiz Khan. IDAHO GOVERNOR WlNS Alexander's Selection Appointed State Food Administrator. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 5. Governor Alexander, of Idaho, today won his fight with Kood Administrator Hoover when the Presi dent appointed R. F. Bicknell, of Boise, as Federal food administrator for Idaho. When the Governor recommended Bicknell, many farmers' associations protested that the appointment was a political one. and objected to the Gov ernor's selection, but the Governor so licited the co-operation of the Demo cratic Senators with the result stated. Child Born to Crown Prince. AMSTERDAM, Sept. C. The German Crown Princess today gave birth to a daughter, according to Berlin advices. This is the sixth child born to Crown Prince Frederick William and the Crown Princesa. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 73 degrees; minimum, 52 degrees. TODAY'S Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening; gentle winds, mostly westerly. Blame for war Is put on Czar's agents, Page 2. Italians hold all heights dominating Gorlzia. Fttfre 3. England bombarded from air and sea. Page 3. Russians abandon defeneo on coast. Page 4, Ir'orel g n. Gerard tells of aid to Germans at opening of war. Page 'J. Two hundred Mexican troops drown when transport sinks. Page 1. "Willy-Nicky" telegrams reveal Kaiser's plot to violate Denmark. Page 1. China to send troops to Europe. Page 1. National. Nation-wide raid made on I. W. W. ; Secre tary Haywood held. Pago 1. Prosecutions may result from prob of peace societies and foreign language papers. Page 4. Government will act to stop shipyards strike. Page 1. Futile Republican attacks delay bond bill, Page 8. Viscount Ishii warns of acts of traitors. Page 7. War profits tax stands at committee com promise figures. Page 5. .Dome tie. Nebraska Council of Defense oppose Ger man education and advocate property confiscation. Page 4. Bar AFsociation denounces German war methods. Page 10. Student' officers at Presidio are put to test. Page 7. Labor alliance pledges loyalty to Nation. Page 8. Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Salt Lake 8, Portland 6; Vernon 3. San Prancisco 2; Los Angeles Oakland u. Page 18. Plans for world series to be worked out at Cincinnati on September 20. Page 18. Rudolph Wilhelm loses to Dr. C. H. Walter in Del Monte golf play. Page IS. Six-heat race is won by Peter Chenault at Hartford. Page IS. Commercial and Marine. Willamette Valley Fall grain crops nearly normal. Page 23. Eastern flour demand increases now that wheat price Is fixed. Page 23. Decline in money rates leads to Improve ment In Wall-street stocks. Page 23. Port authorities see gateway to Inland Em pire and discuss transportation. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Court ponders whether to send Oregon soldier-burglar to war or to jail. Page 17. Columbia Highway to follow River; $.rO0.0OO state road bonds to be issued within 20 days. Page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Wheat temporarily will bring $2.20 in Port land. Page 1. Federal raid made on I. W. W. quarters. Page 4. Marion and Clackamas asked to name county agents. Page 9. Editor of Swedish newspaper denies charge of disloyalty. Page 20. School attendance second day shows decided increase. Page 24. Fire Bureau reorganization to save $18,000 and give men one day off in four. Page 19. Ordinance permitting mill construction In downtown buildings introduced. Page 15. Frederick Vllllers. famous war correspond ent, to lecture Wednesday night. Page 13. Bishop Sumner to wed Michigan girl. Page 1. O.-W. R. & N. Company will demand re turn of property if Terwilllger boulevard is opened for commercial vehicle traffic. Page 19. Aims of Y. W. C. A. war work council out lined to Portland citizens. Page 1L Mayor's Investigation shows prices at Pub lic Market on par with stores. Page 10. Filing of new rate tariffs within time or dered is made doubtfvl by new law. Page 11. Marriage license Is Issued to Mrs. Sarah Dod eon. aged 70, and A. Broadback, aged 47. Page 6. Professional injury faking by woman suing city suspected by attorney. Page 16. Mrs. Rdna Gregory, in Jail charged with vending poisoned candy, says she is rela !'ve of Henry Kord. Pa ice 19. Weather report data, and forecast. Pago 17. Chicago Basis Will be Used Temporarily. MR. HOUSER INFORMS TRADE Decision on Making City Pri mary Market Is Awaited. FLOUR EXPORT ADVISED Ship Space Can Be Saved by Home Milling, It Is Argued, and Ton uage Is Available to Han dle Trade to Europe. Pending . final determination of a basic grain price for Portland and other North Pacific Coast terminals, buyers were authorized yesterday to do business on the basis of the re cently established Chicago market, or J2.20 a bushel for first-grade hard Win ter wheat. M. H. Houser, agent for the Federal Grain Corporation in Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho, promulgated a schedule of prices for the various grades and species of wheat grown in the North west and advised the trade that it is at liberty to buy on this schedule with the restriction, however, that grain cannot be held for more than 30 days, as pro vided by the newly enacted Federal food laws. Portland Urged mm Baalc Point. Meanwhile the Chamber of Commerce and various farmers' organizations in the Northwest are active in their ef forts to have Portland established as a primary wheat market on a veritable parity with Chicago. It ia pointed out that if all the Gov ernment vessels now being built here, are. loaded with Government grain, destined for the allied countries, the bulk oC- the season's crop not required for local consumption can be handled by water. Thus the expensive rail haul, which would reduce the price of grain in the interior to 11.90. would be eliminated. Home Slllllng- Save Space. Moreover, the Federal authorities, through Theodore B. Wilcox, milling commissioner for the Pacific Coast, have ordered that as much of the Northwestern crop as is possible be milled at home and the flour alone ex ported, so that the by-products, such as bran, shorts and middlings, may be sa.ved for stock food. Thus, it is argued, additional space will be saved. While no complete estimate of the tonnage of all the vessels now being built on the Pacific Coast is avail able, it is believed that it is ample to carry nearly all the flour that will be sent across the Atlantic this year. Vr.sela Would Carry Floor Only. The plan Is to have these vessels go out of Portland on- their maiden voy age loaded with Government flour. Inasmuch as the Government has taken over the vessels, anyway, and can han dle the entire shipment ai a minimum of cost, business men, millers and graingrowers unite In expressing the opinion that the Federal Grain Corpo ration would be justified in granting the Northwestern growers the benefit of the Chicago market. Indicative of the probability that the authorities at Washington are giving this plan full consideration is the fact that they have delayed for several days the establishment of an arbitrary price at Portland. Their original Intention, as expressed in telegrams to Mr. Houser, was to (Concluded on Page 3. Column .t WHO'S NEXT WITH A QUAR TER f Quarters for The Oregonlan's cigarette and tobacco fund for American soldiers in France are pouring in. Contributions to the fund yes terday, mostly in 25-cent pieces but with a few larger donations, totaled $124.25. The grand total of the contributions to the fund since it was opened Sunday is $189.50. For 25 cents sent to The Ore gonian's fund, tobacco and cigar ettes that would retail at 45 cents will be sent to some American soldier in France. With every package will be sent the name of the persons giving the quarter, and a stamped postal card, which the soldier re cipient will be asked to mail back to the donor with a few words of thanks. Could you want a better souvenir than that? Cigarettes mean comfort for the men in the trenches endur ing fearful hardships that you may bo free. Doesn't one little quarter seem a small donation to give to make a soldier happy? The Federal Government, which realizes how much smokes mean to the soldiers at the. front, has indorsed the plan to send them cigarettes and tobacco. Send or bring In your quarter or quarters today to The Orego nian. Soldiers' Tobacco Fund, Portland, Or. U 107.2
