THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATUEDAT. SEPTEMBER 8, 1917. V PRESIDENT DAMS STREAIV1 OF GOLD Embargo Placed on Exports of Bullion Because of Steady Flow- to Orient. 8AN IS NOT ABSOLUTE Ijicenscsaiay Be Granted by Fed eral Reserve , Board if Export of Metal Will Not Endan ger Public Interests. TVASHINGTOX, Sept. 7. President Wilson tonight placed an embargo, ef fective September 10, on the exporta tion of coin, bullion and currency. At the same time, he authorized the Sec retary of the Treasury to license such exportation) where. In the opinion of the Federal Reserve Board, they are not harmful to the public Interest. The embargo, which applies to all nations, places absolute control over crold exports In the hands of Secretary McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board. Officials believe that the measure will go far toward conserving the huge store of gold accumulated in this coun try since the beginning of the war, a store which recently , has been drawn upon rather beavily by Japan, Mexico and Spain. Curtailment Only Object. Strict adhesion to the embargo Is re garded as unlikely and undesirable. Curtailment, however, of the free move ment of gold to the Orient appears probable. For some time treasury and reserve board officials have viewed with some concern the tendency of gold to flow away from the United States, a movement which started with the financing here of the allies. Recently the Federal Reserve Board requested the bankers of the country to aid, so far as possible. In checking the grow ing exports. -The President's proclamation amend and supplements his general export embargo proclamation of August 27. Appended to It is an Executive order providing that applications for the ex portation of coin, bullion or currency shall be made to Federal reserve banks, and passed upon finally by the Federal Reserve Board. Exports Far Exceed Imports. Within the five-week period, ending August 17, exports totaling $73,000,000 were more than four times as great as imports The movement has been too recent, however, to affect substantially the great volume of gold in this coun try. The stock is $3,000,000,000, of which approximately 40 per cent has been imported since January. 1915. Imports of gold for the current year have totaled more than J33S. 000,000. Exports were recently estimated to have approximated $300,000,000, or more than twice as much as the vol ume exported altogether In 1916. Much of this gold has gone to Japan, which has a balance of trade against the United States, and recently exporta tions to Spain have assumed large pro portions. CARMEN NEEDM0RE PAY CContinued From First Pase.l only one platform man Instead of two. Mr. Griffith declared this could not be done if the safety of the public is to be considered. On some of the stub lines, which he descriptively termed "sore thumb" routes, one man is now used on each car, and it is possible that this kind of service will be extended. But it could not be generally used on the congested lines, said Mr. Griffith, with out making over the cars, and then only at great inconvenience and possible danger to the public. "Owl I Pay Expenses. A suggestion to cut out the "owl" ear service gave little promise of fi nancial saving. Mr. Griffith said that the "owls" now pay operating expenses. A great many people are served by them and would have to walk borne long distances if they were eliminated. An item that did offer a chance to save a little money was the free tick ets to policemen. The city franchise requires the company not only to haul policemen and firemen in uniform without charge, but requires the dis tribution of free tickets to policemen to take them to and from their work in citizens' clothes. Last year an ag gregate of 325,000 free tickets was fur nished to the policemen. By requiring policemen, excepting when on duty, to pay their fares the same as other working-people, a saving of $16,250 an nually could be affected. Food Costs Are Cited. Th commission heard much testi mony to demonstrate how the cost of living has advanced in the last six months, necessitating an increase in employes' salaries. Mrs. Evelyn Spencer, an . experienced ' housewife, was called by W. S. U'Ren, attorney for the em ployes, to cite some examples, as fol lows: Bacon now is 45 cents per pound, it was 28 cents a few years ago; cheap cuts of - meat that formerly were 10 cents a pound now are 20 cents; pot roasts' were 14 cents, now 22 cents; mutton was 8 cents, now it is 18 cents. Flour, sugar and all . other items of rood have increased proportionately. Clothing almost has doubled in cost. Any man earning less than $75 a month, said Mrs. Spencer, must depend upon more fortunate friends or neigh bors for cast-off clothing, as $75 a month will not even buy food for an average family. "What about shoes?" suggested Com missioner Miller. At this point Chris Helm, an em ploye of the city, jumped up. He had . pair of new (shoes under his arm, naving bought them for a son going to school. The pair cost $3.50. A year ago the same shoes cost $1.75. But the Commission pursued the in quiry along this line no farther. Com missioner Corey explained that he Is the proud father of six children, and knows all about the high cost of sup porting them. "Yes. the Commission will take offi cial cognizance of the high cost situa tion," agreed Chairman Miller. Electric Lights Not Advanced. "But how about electric lights?" In quired R. A. Loiter, attorney for the company. The testimony showed that the charges for electricity have not in creased. "We can offer plenty of testimony to show that these men no longer can keep their families in decency on their present wages," interposed Mr. U'Ren in agreeing to allow the Commission to take "official cognizance" of the high living cost. Employes of the company testified at length during the afternoon regarding their wages and working conditions. R. Walker, president of the brother hood, explained that men now starting into the service are paid 28 cents an hour. Their hourly pay is graduated upward with the years until the fifth year, when they receive 35 cents an hour, thS maximum wage. While 10 hours is the basic day, the men are paid pro rata for overtime and get allowance for only the actual time at work for service under 10 hours. The men's working time frequently Is distributed through the day, explained Mr. Walker, so that fully 18 hours elapse, while 10 hours of actual work is accomplished. On the more favored runs, of course, little time elapses, but it varies all the way from 10 hours up to 18 hours. 36 Cents Minlmuas Asked. The men have asked for a new wage scale, graduated from 36 cents per hour for the first year to 45 cents an hour for the third and succeeding years, and a basic day of eight hours. Mr. Walker explained that more than 200 employes, to his actual knowledge, are continuing at work only In the hope of gaining their advance. If the ad vance is not granted they will quit. The company will have difficulty in getting men, he thought. The safety of the public is better protected, he asserted, when the cars are operated by older men. O. P. Sidler, member of the brother hood's executive committee, gave testi mony regarding the schedules -under which the men now work. He operates out of the East Ankeny barns, where there are 93 separate runs and on only 10 of these is the daily work accom plished In less than 10 hours. There are two "three-piece" runs di vided as follows: From 6:34 to 9:08 A. M.; from 12:29 to 6:09 P. M.: from 7:05 p; M. to 12:48 A. M. The men actually put in 18 hours and 14 minutes and work 14 hours and 33 minutes. While this is an extreme case, said Mr. Sidler. it is necessary to maintain this sched ule to satisfy the public demand. He cited numerous other typical runs, showing that from 11 to 16 hours must elapse in working an ordinary 10-hour day. "Do you think these schedules which work such a hardship on the men are due to any carelessness or incompe tence on the part of the company offi cials?" inquired Mr. U'Ren. Company Welcomes Suggestions. "By no means," replied Mr. Sidler. "The company always is ready to re ceive suggestions from us and always has tried to change . the schedules to accommodate us. But the first thing to be considered is the service de manded by the public It is necessary to have these burdensome shifts to satisfy the public demand." Mr. Sidler then submitted as evi dence the schedules of,- working time as proposed under the eight-hour sys tem. Most of the runs will be ar ranged in straight eight-hour shifts. There will be little lapsed time, the men will suffer no inconvenience and the standard of service will be main tained. The new eight-hour schedules have been worked out, Mr. Sidler said, by Mr. Griffith and the employes' commit tee. The employes were paid for the time they devoted to this work. Mr. Griffith wants the employes to main tain a standing committee on sched ules, he said, the company to pay lor the time. If the eight-hour day is adopted about 200 motormen and conductors will be added to the force on the city lines, which now numbers approxim ately 1100 men. But at frequent intervals yesterday members of the Commission suggested the advisability of curtailing some of the service. Whether the public would rather suffer a few inconveniences in travel or pay a higher fare was the question that constantly presented it self. Mileage Unusually Large. Charts and diagrams presented by E. W. Moreland, statistical engineer for the company, showed that the track mileage for the streetcar system of Portland per unit of population is greater than that in any of the larger cities of the country with the excep tion of Los Angeles and Denver; Port land has more cars In city service in proportion to its population than any other city in the United States. Mr Iloreland also showed that Port land has - less population per square mile than any other city in the United States excepting only Seattle, Los An geles and Denver and the difference between these four is slight. The logical assumption from these calculations therefore was that the average distance that each passenger is carried is greater in Portland than in any other city. Commissioner Miller maintained that a reduction of service can be accom plished without great inconvenience to the public. Mr. Griffith contended the company would be handicapped in handling its traffic "It seems to me," continued the Com missioner, "that Portland is better served than any other large city of the country." "That is our aim and ambition, sir." responded Mr. Griffith, smiling broadly. More Pay for Clerks Planned. "It is' a very laudable ambition," agreed Mr. Miller, "but I wonder whether we could not eliminate some service, although I believe the people can and should be served efficiently." "Isn't some of this service the result of orders of the Commission itself?" interrupted Mr. U'Ren. "Not-very much," replied Mr. Miller. C. N. Hugglns, ' treasurer and as sistant secretary of the company, tes tified at the afternoon session that the company plans to increase the wages of clerks and other unorganized em-' ployes approximately 20 per cent, which will add further to the future costs of operation. Mr. Huggins also explained the dis tribution of costs between the main tenance account and depreciation ac count over which there had been much dispute at previous sessions. The hearing will be resumed at 9:30 this morning. RAILWAY WORK MAY STOP Alaska' Commission Paces Increase of 22 Per Cent In Cost. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Rapidly ris ing costs of labor and material have faced the Government with a possible curtailment of the work on the Alaskan railway or an ultimate increase in the cost of the road, first estimated at $35,000,000. Secretary Lane has . informed the House appropriations committee that a special commission is now Investigat ing and will prepare a report for Con gress. The work now is costing 22 per cent over the estimate. Sprnce Mills Told to Hurry Ontpnt. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash irgton, Sept. 7. Senator McNary today was furnished a copy of a telegram sent by the Secretary of War to all sprues mills In Oregon and Washington having Government contracts urging them to speed up on Government or ders. The . Secretary also advised the mills they must put Government orders ahead of all other business. Mormons Will Not Return to Mexico. SALT LAKE CITT. Sept. 7. Of the 5000 colonists of the Mormon Church who have located in Mexico, only to be forced by revolutionary troubles back across the border, not more than 500 will return to Mexico, according to Joseph C. Bentley, who has charge of the colonv and who has just arrived here. GRAND JURIES TO INVESTIGATE PLOT I. W. W. Plans to Thwart Draft Are Found in Almost Every Part of Country. GERMAN MONEY EMPLOYED Chicago Seems to 3e Headquarters of Conspirators Who Plan to Cripple Industry, Destroy Crops and Cause Riots. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Numerous indictments for conspiracy to thwart the Government's war plans appear to be In prospect as a result of Wednes day's Nation-wide raid of Industrial Workers of the World offices by De partment of Justice agents. Evidence Is said to be fast accumu lating to support the belief that a gr gantlc conspiracy has existed for some time to cripple the Government in car rying on the war, that Its ramifica tions have extended into virtually every state and that numerous anti war activities which appeared to eman ate from many sources in reality had their fountainhead in a single group of conspirators. Anti-draft demonstrations, crippling of war Industries by so-called labor disturbances, burning of crops and con tinuous preachment of anti-ally senti ment, intended to embarrass the Gov ernment and retard the exercise of Its full strength In prosecuting the war, appear from recent disclosures to have been included within the scope of the alleged conspiracy. German Money Employed. In the formation and this workings of this alleged conspiracy the Department of Justice has begun an inquiry more comprehensive, it is said, than any launched since this country's entry into the war. How closely the anti-war activities and propaganda have been inter-related is to be determined largely by the Fed eral grand jury now sitting at Chicago, investigating documents seized in raids Wednesday of Industrial Workers of the World and Socialist offices of that city. Indications are that the alleged conspiracy had its origin in Chicago and for some time was actively directed from that city. There are also indications that Ger man money financed. In part, this prop aganda; that German funds were spent freely to further the ends of the con spirators and that of the many per sons believed to be actively identified in carrying on the work, few knew of this source of financial support. Many Investigations Probable. The grand jury inquiry will not be confined, from present indications, to Chicago. United States Attorneys who have not accumulated documentary evi dence which apparently supports the theory of a great conspiracy are said to be few in number. It is probable that much of this evidence will be pre sented to other grand juries. So vast Is the accumulation of papers of all descriptions seized by the Gov ernment agents that the great bulk till lies unsifted and the exact deter mination of their contents and signifi cance probably will not be reached for several days. William C. Fitts, the Assistant Attorney-General who conceived and di rected execution of the idea of a Nation-wide seizure of I. W. W. papers at a prearranged hour, devoted virtu ally his entire time today to considera tion of reports from all sections of the country as to the results obtained. West Is Affected. "The results are very satisfying," was all that Mr. Fitts would say. The Government's hands have been greatly strengthened by the seizure of papers in contemplated proceedings against persons identified with the I. W. W. and others whose activities have been for some time under surveillance of the department's bureau of investi gation. Many of these documents are said to relate to labor disturbances in the West and the Pacific Northwest, which re cently resulted in determination by the Government to use all forces at its command, if necessary, even to the ex tent of dispatching troops to the scene TA The House of Hits R LAST DAY FLORENCE LA BADIE in When Love Was Blind TOMORROW 'The Argonauts of the West, 1849 The Giant of All Picture Plays No Advance in Price of trouble, to prevent the tie-up of war Industries or their serious curtailment. OREGOXIANS HELD AS I. W. W. Portland and Astoria Men Caught In. Raid by Soldiers. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 Nearly a ton of alleged seditious literature was seized and three men, who the police said, were Industrial Workers of the World, were arrested here last night in a raid by- city police and seven members of the provost guard of the Presidio on an office said to be con ducted by the organization. The men arrested were Luigl Pa rent!, who the police said, was sen tenced to six months in Jail for al leged anarchistic street utterances soon after the preparedness parade bomb ex plosion here last Summer; Nicholas Poventi, of Portland. Or., and Paul Petl, of Astoria, Or. The charge was dis turbing the peace, but the police said the men would be turned over to Fed eral authorities. OREGON SOLDIER SHOT OFFICERS THISK LOTUS BOfCHOK IS VICTIM OF HIGHWAYMAN. Private In Company B, Third Oregon, Is With Unit at Kortbt Yakima. Hope for Recovery Held Out. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Sept. 7. (Special.) Louis Bouchor, of Portland, Or., a member of the detachment of Company B, Third Oregon Infantry, stationed here, was shot last night by an unidentified assailant and is in a critical condition at a hospital, but was somewhat improved tonight with a fighting chance to recover. He has not been able to make any statement re garding the shooting. No arrests have been made. Lieutenant Stevens and Sergeant Welch, of Bouchor's company, said to night that they believed Bouchor either was shot by a highwayman who held him up or by some enemy. Shortly after the shooting, Bouchor is said to have declared: "I'll get the wobblles if they'll give me a chance," but the officials attach little significance to this statement, as Bouchor appeared partly delirious. Bouchor had spent part of the night, up to about an hour before the shoot ing, in company with police officers on their nightly rounds. He left them with a cheerful good night, but did not Indicate where he was going. He did not, however, go in the direction of camp. . Louis Bouchor, the Third Oregon soldier shot at North Yakima, Wash., yesterday, where his company was on guard duty, is a son of Mrs. Oliver Bouchor, of Linnton, records at the Adjutant-General's office show. Ha is 34 years old, and enlisted in Com pany B on April 7, this year. He is an engineer by occupation. HOSPITAL IS BOMBARDED ONE AMERICAN DOCTOR. IS KILLED BY GERMANS. Sixteen Persona, Five ef Them Amer icana, Are Wounded' Ten of In jured Hoapltal Patients, By the Associated Press. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Sept. 7. Following their policy of attacking military hospitals both near the front and in the rear, German airmen on Tuesday night dropped a number of bombs on a group of British-American hospitals on the coast. One bomb fell in a hospital occupied by a St. Louis unit, wounding one man. Other bombs fell on a Harvard, hos pital, killing one and severely wound ing three other officers of the medical corps of the American Army. Sixteen other persons, five of them Americans, were wounded. Ten of these 16 were hospital patients. Lone Robber Holds Up Bank. ELDORADO, Ark., Sept. 7. A lone robber, masked, entered the bank at Huttig, a village near here, at noon today and, after binding Assistant Cashier Reason, escaped with more than $6000. AMERICA 111 WAR IS HELD AS GOOD Oltl Lloyd George Says United States, Never Defeated, Will .Win With Allies. GERMANYS HOPES WANE Armed Invasion of Russia Under taken Only When Intrigue Falls, Declares Premier Suprem acy Depends Upon Sea. BIRKENHEAD, England, Sept. 7 Premier Lloyd George in a speech here today on receiving the freedom of the city declared that the whole allied cause and the freedom of the world de pended on supremacy at sea, and that he was certain it would be main tained. German statesmen, he said, had been at great pains to impress upon their people that the submarine figures given out by him in the House of Commons recently were inaccurate. He declared these figures were abso lutely correct and that they put an end to all hopes of the enemy to win. The Premier said that the news from Russia in the last few days had not been good. He thought when the rev olution came that it would have the effect of postponing victory, but he had expected an earlier recovery. "However, through all we must ex ercise patience," he added. . German Intrigue Falls. "What I am concerned about most," the Premier went on, "is not the ef fect which the failure of Russia would have on the war, but the harmful ef fect It would have on the cause of democracy in the world." "One thing gives me satisfaction," he continued. "German attempts to sow dissension between the allies east and the allies west failed. Germany only decided to Invade Russia with the sword because all her other methods and machinations failed." The Premier said he repudiated with scorn the calumny that England was responsible for the war. "England drew the sword In honor of her pledged word," he declared. America Is Undefeated. "America, who has now come into the conflict, has never known defeat, and on this occasion, too, she with her allies will triumph over her foe." "With the whole united strength of our people we will win," the Premier added, "but we shall only Just win. It will need all our strength, so don't let us throw it away. It is a mighty force that has set Itself to destroy this empire and it will take all our strength to beat it." LONDON. Sept. 7. Coincldentally with the announcement that Premier Lloyd George would deliver an im portant speech on the war aims of the allies at Birkenhead today, prominence is given by the newspapers to a state ment by Sir Edward Carson to a cor respondent, in which Sir Edward de clares: "There Is a great deal of very loose and mischievous talk about peace. Some people seem to imagine we have only to conclude a treaty with Ger many and all will be well. But I should like to ask what Is to happen then? Are the nations of the world to proceed with preparations for the next conflict? "The truth Is, a treaty of peace does not necessarily secure peace in the only sense wherein it can be of any real use to progress and humanity." Sir Edward then quotes the German Emperor as saying there is no inter national law, that treaties are scraps of paper, and so forth, and adds: "President Wilson Is right when he declares no terms signed by the pres ent rulers of Germany would afford the slightest security for the peace of the world, and nothing Is more certain than that just in proportion as the mil itary defeat of Germany Is incomplete the duration of peace will be short." Phone your want ads to The Orego gonlan. Main 7070, A 6095. If" jr NEW DAILY TRAIN SERVICE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY between Portland and American Lake Lv. Portland 10:00 A. M. Ar. American Lake 2:50 P. M. returning Lv. American Lake 12:40 Noon. Ar. Portland 5:55 P. M. Lv. American Lake 5:00 P. M. Ar. Portland 10:00 P. M. Trains Leave NORTH BANK STATION, 10th and Hoyt Streets. For tickets and additional information call CITY TICKET OFFICE, 348 Washington St, or at Depot. H. DICKSON, C. P. &T. A. Telephones: Marshall 3071, A 2286. oUpm cfel CO J? 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