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V Y VOL. LVII. v0. 17,131. '.PORTLAND,. OREGON, THUKSUAI. SEPTEMBER 20, 1917. PRICE : : FIVE1 CENTS. BIG MOVEMENT. OF TROOPS UNDER WAY DEUTSCHE ZEITUNG ABGEIITIIIE.SEI1 FRENCH, GENERAL WEDS CALIF0RNIAN STARVATION TO Will MITCHEL LEADING RACE FOR MAYOR IPEAGE DOVE POISES APPEARS NO MORE VOTES FOR OVER YARDS HERE LOCAL GER5IAX PAPER SVS. PEXDS PUBLICATION. ROBERT DE BUYER WINS DAISY POLK, OF SAN FRANCISCO. W. SI. BENNETT SURPRISES BY HEAVY VOTE IN GOTHAM. BREAK WAR, SAYS HOOVER Food"; Is Vital Subject Nation's' Fighters Are Mobilizing.'; ,-. . MILITARY SPIRIT REIGNS Vanguard of Western States' First Quota Here. ALL. FREIGHT SIDETRACKED Southern Pacific Brings 18 Special .. Trains From South and No Hitch in Movement of Men Is Expected. , DRAFTED ME Wit, I. PASS THHOIGH PORTLASD. More than 13,000 potential sol diers will pass through Portland . on their way to Camp Lewis within the next six days. They represent 40 per cent of the draft quota the second call of Oregon, California, Idaho and Utah. Eighteen specials will bear -the California's 9224 men North. Utah and Idaho men, number ing 4500, began arriving here last night. 'Twenty-two of Oregon's 36 - counties will contribute from one to - 24 men each. All come to Portland to entrain for Camp Lewis. Oregon's second contribution is 287 men. Wheeler County's quota Is one, the lowest; Malheur's. 24. the highest. - All the available Southern Pa cific and O.-W. R. & IS', passen ger equipment Is being used to bring the men from California and - Utah and Idaho points to Portland. From here to Ameri can Lae the traffic will be di vided between the Northern Pa cific. Great Northern and O.-W, It. & N. Each county seat from where the draft soldiers started gave Its-quota, a memorable farewell. ................ 4 The biggest movement of men for military purposes that Portland ever saw-is under way. The vanguard of 49 per cent of the draft quota of several Western states, numbering 14,000 men. reached. the city last night, and until next Tuesday train after train will bring men called by the draft to Camp. Lewis at American Lake. The Southern Pacific will bring 18 special trains through Portland during the next six days, bringing California's quota to the number of 9224 men. The 0.-W.-R.1& N. brings men from Utah. Idaho and Oregon, to the number of 4500. the first arriving last night. Ore gon's quota of 2S7 men will travel mostly In .small groups on regular trains. Freight Trains Sidetracked. All available passenger coaches of the Southern Pacific will - be used to bring the men north. Regular passen ger trains will move over the Southern Paclfio on schedule, but freight trains will be shunted into sidings whenever necessary to clear the main line for h . train. MrrvfBff th flmTt.n Yn.n T t Is believed the schedules worked out by the railroads will be carried through without a hitch. The movement of the trains north from Portland, after they are deliv ered here by the Southern Pacific Com pany, will be divided between the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific and the O.-W. R. & N. Stops of not more than an hour are scheduled here. Meal Service Provided. Arrangements call for meals along the way where stops wil be made. The Multnomah Hotel will be . the rendez vous for soldiers on Saturday and Sun day. The Girls' Honor Guard will help serve. "At the Union Depot the Army and Navy Auxiliary will provide lunches for men on the trains. This is the second troop movement In connection with the draft mobiliza tion, but the previous movement was a small one. It took place between September 6 and 9. when the first 5 per cent of each state's quota wss called. With the 40 per cent in the present movement, 45 per cent of the draft quotas have been called. OREGON'S CONTINGENT READY Most . Counties M ill (IIave Men on Way to Camp Today. Mobilization of the 287 men Oregon is to send to American Lake within the next four days s the second contin gent of Its quota' on the first draft Is progressing rapidly and smoothly, Adjutant-General White learned last night through telegrams from the various counties. i Most of the counties will have their contingents on the way to American Lake this morning, or by tonight, at the latest. The machinery of the draft, organised weeks beforehand through the Adjutant-General's office, is work ing on. schedule to a dot. With the departure of these men 45 (Cneiudad oa Pas 4, Coluroa 1.) In " "Its Place Publisher Issues "Portland American In Eng- Ilsn Exclusively. The Oregon Deutsche Zeltung, Ger man language newspaper. Is no more, at least under that name. In Its place is. being published the Portland Ameri- can,which-wlU be printed In the Eng lish language exclusively. This announcement la made editor! ally.n the' first issue of the". Portland American, which appeared on the streets yesterday as . the successor to the Zeitung. - A. E. Kern, publisher of the Zeltung. is publisher of the' Amer ican. And it is understood that' Max Lucke, .the German-born editor of the Zeitung. who has been under lnvestiga tlon . by the Government, and other German employes of the paper, have been dismissed. . "The last issue of. the Deutsche Zel tung was distributed yesterday to Its readers," says an editorial in the Amer ican. "The attorney of the German Publishing Company in an Interview with the United States Attorney, was Informed by this official of his inten tion to suppress the paper unless It dis continued publication of matter in the German language. The directors of the German Pub lishing ' Company wish to make it known to its thousands of readers. whose right to read a two-language paper has been thus taken away, that the representatives of the National Government have forced this paper to suspend publication and that the Fort land American, all English, is the best, and for the present the only, substitute which can be offered to the subscrib ers for the Deutsche Zeitung." Some of the advertisements of the American are printed in German, and a serial story begun in that language, it Is announced, will be completed, but all news is in English. "TIPPERARY" CAUSES SUIT Music of "I'm on Iy Way to Yak ima" Stolen Is Allegation. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. Authorship of the music of the now-famous war song "Tipperary" was brought Into question today when Miss Alice Smyth Burton Jay began suit here against Chapell & Co.. publishers of the song, for $100, 000 damages. . Miss Jay alleges that the original music was written at Green River. Wasfc; in 1908, as a scng to boost the apple Industry in that state, and that the words Of the chorus began: Tm on my way to Yakima." It first was played at the Alaska Yukon Fair, she alleges, and later she was surprised to - hear it - played in Honolulu as "Tipperary." OFFICERS TO VISIT FRONT Division Commanders Will Have First-Hand Information on War. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Regular and National Guard general officers commanding divisional training camps are to be sent to Europe on an obser vation tour of the battle fronts, return ing to carry on their duties at the close of the tour. Formal announce ment of this plan by the War Depart, ment is expected shortly. Because of the voluntary censorship names - of divisional commanders se lected to make the tour will not be available until the department's an nouncement is made. SPAIN HARBORS NO HUNS Ambassador Says Ports Are Barred to German Submarines. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The Span ish Ambassador, Juan Rlane. issued an official statement today denouncing published reports that the Mediter ranean coast of Spain Is serving as a base for German submarines. "The Spanish government," said the Ambassador, "has prohibited the use of its ports and the entry Into its jurisdictional waters to submarines of the belligerent powers, and any bel ligerent submarine that enters a Span ish port is interned until the end of the war." EARLY PEACE TO BE URGED Hungarian Count Will Attend Berne Conference. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19. Count Michaeli Karolyi, president of the Hun garian independence party, according to a Budapest .dispatch, declared at a meeting yesterday that he would agi tate for an early peace between the warring countries. He said he had been invited fo par ticipate in the peace conference ae Berne on October 15 and would leave for Switzerland, notwithstanding the violent attacks that probably would be directed against him. GOLD EXPORT LICENSED. Million Dollars in Bars M ill Be Sent to South America. NEW YORK. Sept. 19. The first ex ports of gold from New York under the licensing system controlled by the Federal Reserve Board were announced today. There was withdrawn from the sub-treasury $1,000,000 in bars for con signment to South America and an ad ditional $250,000 in coin, the destina tion of which was not revealed.' The system became effective on Sep tember 1 Lone Voice' Opposes : Warlike' Move; : MEASURE TO GOTO DEPUTIES Popular Sentiment Believed Antagonistic to Germany. WASHINGTON IS SURPRISED Officials Say They Had Expected Handing of Passports to Lux burg Closed Incident Until Berlin Made Explanations. BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 19. The Argentine Senate, by a vote of 28 to 1. today declared for the breaking off of relations with Germany. The resolution now goes to the Chamber of Deputies. There Is strong public feeling in favor of its final pass age. .'WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. News that the Argentine Senate had voted over whelmingly to sever diplomatic rela tions with Germany was received in Washington tonight with gratification and no little surprise. Allies WiU Welcome Argentina. Officials had recognized that recent disclosures concerning cablegrams sent to Berlin by the German minister at Buenos Aires through the Swedish For eign Office had aggravated the situa tion caused by Germany's sinking of Argentine ships, but it had been as sumed that, with the German minister handed his passports, no further offi cial action would be taken pending re ceipt of Berlin's explanation of the message. Although it is understood the State Department's purpose in making public copies of. the cablegrams was only te expose the German government's world wide system of duplicity and intrigue, it is no secret that Argentine's par ticipation in the war would be wel comed. V Effect Strong In South America. Even the -breaking off of relations. it is pointed- out, would have a power ful effect on 'public opinion in all South American countries where Ger man influences are known to be strong. That action also probably would re sult In considerable material benefit to the allies by restricting. Argentine grain and meat exported -to neutral countries through which they might find their way to Germany. . Argentina Is now the only great neutral food producing country. , Sweden's official reticence concerning the exposures made by Secretary Lan sing of the part her diplomatic agents have taken in transmitting German mes sages is regarded here largely as a cloak to cover what must necessarily be an embarrassing internal reform. Officials of the Stat Department to- (Concluded od Page 7. Column 1.) THE KAISER ! " . ' - " " l Marriage Takes. Place at Vitremont, " Where Bride Has Been Doing " ' I ' Reconstruction -Work. - PARIS, ' Sept.- - is'. The - marriage - of Miss Daisy Polk., of San Francisco, to General Marie Joseph Louis Robert De puyer. ' of the, French .army, is an nounced, by' La "Llberte. Thewedding was witnessed, by General Fetain, the French commander-in-chief, and a dis-. tinguished Company of French military leaders Miss . Polk. 'who .Is' a relation of Frank Polk, Counsellor- of the American State Department. ,and Gen eral -5e Buyer.-, who -Is a cavalry offi cer, were married - in the village . of Vitrlmont, near Luneville, in Lorraine. Since early this year Miss Daisy Polk, nfw the wife . of General De Buyer, has ' been in charge of the reconstruction- of the village of Vitrl mont. The village was selected by Mrs. W. H.Crocker, of San Francisco, to be rebuilt entirely by her. Before taking .up -her work at Vitrlmont and in other villages of the evacuated dis tricts of France. .Miss Polk was en gaged . In war relief work of various kinds. - She is prominent socially in San Francisco and is a sister of Willis Polk, ian architect. RICH. MAN'S. SON EVADES y -1 - . ...... ...... Heir of Copper Miner Fails to Re port for Military Duty. " BISBEE, Ariz, . Sept. 19. Warner A. Shattuck. son: of L. C Shattuck, mil lionaire copper mine owner and banker of Blsbee. has been reported to De partment of -.Justice officials as one of 49 men who failed to appear for transportation to Camp Funston to en ter training for the National Army. The crime is 'punishable by death. According to . the boy's father, be is somewhere in the state of Sonora," pre sumably at Guaymaa where he waa last heard from. . . L. C. Shattuck' Is reputed one of the Southwest's richest men. DEWEY'S COLLIER SOLD Zafiro to Be Converted Into Twin Screw Motorshlp In Canada. SEATTLE. ' Wat h.. Sept. 19. (Spe cial.) The sale of Admiral Dewey's former collier, the Zafiro, now the Brit ish auxlllarled power ship Bowler, was confirmed here today by the receipt of a telegram from New York announcing that the French Interests purchasing the craft had ratified the deal and pal over the purchase price. The Bowler Is now being reconstruct ed into a twin" screw motorshlp at a British Columbia yard and will be ready for commission soon. TWO SONS EXEMPT OTHERS Recommendation Made That if Two Serve Others Be Not Called. NEW YORK, Sept. 19. Recommen dation was made to the military au thorities at Washington today by the district board that where two sons from one family are in the military service of the Un.ted States, ctber sons of draft age be exempted. ACH, THAT DOG, NOW HE WANTS , in Air Nations. PROBLEM'S PHASES ARE MANY Production, Prices, Wages, All Have Their Bearing. LORD NORTHCLIFFE SPEAKS Nation's Business Men Urge Central : Purchasing Agency as Means of Stabilizing Prices Shortage of Tonnage Is Predicted. ATLANTIC . CITY, JN. J.. Sept. 19. Herbert Hoover, the food administra tor, speaking on the world food situa tion at the war , convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States . tonight declared that starva tion would win the ' war and the side best able, to organize its resources for food production and conservation would come out victor. ' -"The food situation of America and the allies Is such," said Mr. Hoover, "that the neutral countries of North ern Europe- cannot - hope to get food from the , United . States unless they expect to furnish equivalent service in other directions -to the common pool against -Germany." War Makes Vast Chances. Lord Northcliffe, head of British missions in this country, told of his work as- purchasing agent for Great Britain and how 'be is spending be tween $50,000,000 . and $60,000,000 i week. He also described some funda mental changes in industry that the war has caused in Great Britain and said that some of these changes would take place also in the United States. "Food," said Mr. Hoover, "has since the war began gradually assuming a larger place in the economics, the statesmanship and the strategy of war. fare. The allies are blockading the food from Germany, and the surround ing neutrals are under great pressure to export their supplies both ways.. Orsranlsatloa tm wis War. "The Germans are trying' to starve the allies by sinking the food ships and all governments are faced with reduction of consumption, stimulation of production, control of prices and readjustment of wages. The winning of the war is largely a problem of who can organize this weapon. "If the extremely high prices thun dering at every door were not a suffi cient demonstration, it is possible by actual figures to prove that we have been exporting in many commodities actually beyond our capacity to pro duce. Danger of Famine Passes. "During the last year we have ex ported every last ounce of which the (Concluded on Page 6, Column 3.) THE MOON! Millionaire Lumber Dealer Wins Nomination In Pittsburg Over Utilities Commissioner. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. With 80 elec tion districts nilassng oat of a total of 3060, Mayor. John Puri-oy Mitehel, tnalon candidate for re-election, ana a plnraltty of only 574 votes over Wil liam M. Bennett in the Republican Mayoralty primaries held yesterday. The ralaslng districts are said to be about evenly divided between Mayar Mitehel and Bennett. ' NEW YORK. Sept. 19. Supporters of Mayor John P. Mitehel, fusion candi date for re-electton. late tonight de clared that he had won the Republican Mayoralty nomination In primaries held today., but only after a close contest with William M. Bennett, who entered the field without organized support. The unexpectedly heavy vote given Bennett, who is an ex-State . Senator, was a fea ture of the primaries. With returns received from 1810 dis tricts out of 2060 in the greater city, the vote was: Mitehel 31,042, Bennett 29.733. There .were -no contests in the Demo cratic primaries. PITTSBURG. Pa.. Sept. . 19.-,-Ofricial and unofficial returns at midnight indi cated the nomination for Mayor in the non-partisan, primary election here to day of E. V. Babcock. a millionaire lumber dealer. W. A. Magee. ex-Mayor and -until recently a member of the Pennsylvania .Public Service Commis sion, was rmning second in the race and will oppose Mr. Babcock in the No vember election. . All the candidates are Republicans. KORNILOFF TO HAVE JURY Trial of Rebel Leader -Will Be at Front Instead of at Capital. PETROGRAD. Sept. 19. General XCorniloff. leader of the recent revolt. It has been decided definitely, will be tried by court martial with a jury. At the Instance of the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates the 'government - has agreed that the trial shall . be. held .at. the . front , Instead of in Petrograd. AMERICAN EXPLORER DIES Message Declared Doctor Murdered . , . in Dutch New Guinea. I y -., BATAVIA. Dutch East Indies. Sept. 19. Dr. Soltes, an American' scientific explorer, has been murdered in the Dutch territory of New Guinea, accord ing to advices received here today. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The . Weather. - YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 79 . degrees; minimum, 53 degrees. TODAY'S Fair and cooler; moderate south westerly winds. War. Argentine Senate votes to break relations with Germany. Pae 1. Berlin reports entente air raids to South German cities. Page 3. . Foreign. Miss Daisy Polk, of San Francisco, bride of French general. Page 1. Gerard says when history is written world will stand aghast at Poland's woes. Page 6. Radical demands of Maxlmillsts cause offi cers of Council to resign. Page 3. National. War Department asks funds for second Na tional Army as first Army mobilizes. Page 2. Portland troubles wait on settlement of San Francisco strike. Page 7. ' Domestic. Government seems to have found solution to strike in shipyards. Page -7. New York newspaper publishers protest against special war tax. Page 5. Trial of Frank Oxman begins at San Fran cisco. Page 12. John P. Mitehel leading In race for Mayor . of New York, but opposition, is keen. Page 1. Ishil bows to American heroes. Page 15. Starvation will win war. Hoover tells busi ness men's war council. - Page 1. -Sport. Pacific Coast' League results: Portland 6, Oakland 1: San Francisco 3, Salt Lake 2; Los -Angeles 5. Vernon 3. Page 14. Interscholastic coach meet to name officials vtoday. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Public Service Commission - has power to fix street railway lares, rules Attorney-General. Page 6. Supreme Court . decides adversely on Med- lord paving indebtedness plan as amend ment to city chapter. Page 6. Yamhill aroused by Highway Commission's statement that west side -road must wait. Page 13. Commercial and Marine. Eastern oats and corn traded In on local . exchange. Page 19. Corn higher at Chicago on frost danger. fage i. Hog 'prices wearing record mark at local yards. Page 19. New York stocks strong and list higher. rags -xtf. Turbine rs rushed into war service as soon - aa cargoes discharged at FlaveL. Pago 16. Portland and Vicinity. S. W. Williams, of Department of Justice, here to conduct suit against O. & C. KaUroad. Page 11. War library campaign starts with enthus iasm. Page 8. , City Attorney instructed to resist new gas standard and to Investigate franchise. Page 20. Oregon's business representative at Wash in gton is Robert Dougan, named by Chamber of Commerce, at 17500 salary. Page 8. Writer of poison pen Ietteers committed to state hospital. . Page 18. Mysterious woman conducts . pro-German propaganda in St. Johns. Page 12. Peace dove poises over Portland ship yu-da. Page i- Blgsest movement- of troops ever seen In Portland now under way. Page 1. Oregon Deutsch Zeitung, local German lan guage paper, suspends publication. Page 1. W. H. Savage promises greatest fair yet. Page 13. University to give military training. Page 15. Girl, 8. causes Investigation in which deputy coroner la involved. Page 16. Weather report, data-and forecast. Page 13. Strike Expected to ,Be Called Off Soon MEDIATOR FEELS CONFIDENT Operators Say They Must Re sume Work on Monday- LABOR ASSERTS TIE-UP Each Side Sure of Its Own Strength, hut Agreement. Seems Nearer and Government Is Iookcd To to End Troubles. After holding conferences with both sides to the controversy. G. Y. Harry. Federal conciliator, yesterday expressed the belief that the strike in the wooden shipbuilding plants In this vicinity "will be ended within a few days." Operators of plants in Portland and the nearby sections, wishing to avoid the precipitation of further difficulties and to end the strike as soon as pos sible, have made no move to avail them selves of the surplus of workmen, and have declined to attempt resumption of construction work in their establish ments. Plants Declared Tied Up. TTnion labor representatives con cerned in the strike last ni?nt declared that their situation has been steadily strengthened since the order was is sued to cease work until they have tied up practically every plant so thoroughly that it is impossible for operators to work their yards, . even should they wish to do so. That there is a general understand ing among the operators to resume work at their plants next Monday morning Is known, but it is-hoped that It will not be necessary to attempt to conduct the yards with new crews. Mediator Is Confident. "I am of the opinion -hat it will be possible to bring the strike to a ter mination in a few days," said Mr. Harry, who Is the represent -tive of the Fed-, eral Government in conciliation work here. "Immediately upon my return to Portland 1 got into touch with the situ ation and have today held conferences with both sides. Without entering into details, I may say that my hopes for an earlj adjust ment are high. It Is greatly to be hoped that it will not long continue, for the Government is sorely in need of the tonnage represented in the wooden vessels under construction here and which have been tied up since last Saturday. Everything which can be done to bring about speedy conclusion of the troubles is under way, with hope ful signe." Work to Be Started Monday. -' Joseph Supple, of the firm of Supple & Ballln, said yest-rday that he and other operators along the river have not thus far been attempting to reopen their plants, as they wish to give the strikers time in which to decide upon a definite course or for some satisfac tory arrangement to be made. It will, however, be necessary, he said, for operations to be resumed next Monday, in any event. "We have been, like others, putting our yards into condition for increased activity," said Mr. Supple, "and intend to resume business at our plant next Monday morning. It is the general feeling of operators that it Is impera tive for. us to go ahead with ship con struction. Ships Are Needed Badly. "The Government needs the ships under - contract, and we must proceed with the work. There are plenty of men to be had and, while It Is the hope that we will not be forced to start with new crews, wo will do so If necessary. We have been turning men away every day since the strike began and will have no difficulty filling all places if it comes to that." E. W. Wright, manager of the McEachern' shipyards at Astoria, was in Portland yesterday, and declared that there was no real lockout there, as has been charged by the union men and taken by them as an excuse for their action in ordering the strike. No Lockout Intended. "I was informed Thursday by some of the employes of our plant that at 10 o'clock Saturday morning there would be a. strike," said Mr. Wright, t "and. as it .would be of no use for us to start our plant Saturday morning merely for two hours' work, I decided not to run. I presume the same was true of the Wilson, yard. No lockout was Intended and there - will be none - as againsl union or non-union workmen who may wish employment at our plant." Numerous conferences were held yes terday and last night by the union of ficers and executive committees, in a general effort at adjustment of diffi culties. TROOPS ON GUARD AT ASTORIA More Men Report for Work and In crease Is Kxpected Today. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.) The presence of a company of Federal troops, under the command of Major Bowman, Captain Hulse and Lieutenant Lauritsen has materially relieved the strike situation at the mills and ship yards. The system of picketing is prac tically at an end and protection 'is guaranteed all workmen wU desire to return to their position. The Hammond mill, which cuts-about (Concluded on Faff, 2. Column 1.')