Morning Oregonian., September 25, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

niE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1917.
STEEL PRICES GUT
ID ALL CONSUMERS
Industries Board and Pro
- ducers Reach Agreement
- After Investigation.
FAIR PROFIT IS POSSIBLE
ISalldinff Construction to Be Ham
pered, for Steel Is to Be ITsed,
First ol All, In All War
Industries.
' WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. Steel prices
In the United States were cut in half
today when President Wilson approved
m. scale of quotations fixed in a. volun
tary agreement made by producers with
the wr Industries Board. The general
public, as well as the American and
allied governments, will share in the
reductions, which mo Into Immediate er
iect. and the agreement provides that
producers shall not reduce 'wages.
The prices will obtain until January
a, ISIS, to be revised then if lnvestiga
tion shows they are inequitable.
The entire output of American steel
plants will be distributed under super
vision of the war board.
Typical new prices and the reduction
they represent in present quotations
loilow:
Steel bars at Plttsbursr and Chicasro
$2.90 per hundredweight. The recent
price was o.50.
Iron ore basis, lower lake ports, price
agreed upon $5.05 gross ton. No change.
Steel Platea Cat Greatly.
Steel plates, basis Chicago and Pitts-
nurc, price agreed upon 13.25 per nun
iredweight; recent price til per hun
dredweight, a reduction of 70.5 per
cent.
Pig Iron, price agreed 133 gross ton:
recent price $58 gross ton, a reduction
of 43.1 per cent.
The price agreement was reached
after months of negotiations between
teel producers and Government offi
cials. The prices were based on cost of
production estimates made by the Fed
ral Trade Commission after an In
vestigation conducted at the President's
direction.
The chief point of difference that
developed in the prolonged conferences
was over the question of whether the
Pudiic ana tne allied governments should
"hare in the prices to be fixed. Presi
dent Wilson has insisted that they
should and the Administration has sun-
ported the Pomerene bill now pending
In Congress giving the Government
power to fix iron and steel prices gen
erally.
Profit Good at vr Prices.
Officials in close touch with the
situation said tonight the prices ap
proved by the President were liberal
and would allow fair profits to all
steel plants. Some of the larger con
cerns. they said, would make handsome
profits -at the prices named and pro
duction, they declared, should be stimu
lated accordingly.
It is the Intention of the Govern
ment to use to the utmost .its powers
to control steel distribution." This may
mean, in some instances, it was said
tonight, the shutting down of entire
Industries, where it appears the steel
these industries are using can be used
more advantageously elsewhere. Build
ing construction and other industries
that use steel, which already have
felt the pinch of the steel shortage,
will feel it still more sharply as the
.war progresses.
The reductions will not affect Navy
purcnases tor a time, as Secretary
aniels already has contracts for 600,
000 tons of steel at prices lower than
those named today. This steel will
be sufficient to carry through the
1916-1917 building programme. The
Navy prices are $30 a short ton for
shapes and o8 a short ton for elates.
Future Navy contracts will be made
at the higher prices.
BIG SWINDLE CONFESSED
SPOKANE HOLDS MAN SAID TO
, COCXT VICTIMS IN PORTLAND.
Bobble of Financial Success Bursts
i Win "W. M. Melvln" Is Caught.
I K- A. Cna Slay Have Subscribed. "
' SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 84 (Spe
cial.) A "good roads" swindle, clever
In its operation all along the coast
from California to Washington, gigan
tic in Its cost to scores of victims and
almost romantic in Its expose, was un
earthed here todsy.
Also "W. M. Melvin." mind reader,
hypnotist, master of the human mind
and other things, who in reality is W.
at. Dousing, former Spokane man, has
burst his bubbie of financial success
bcre.
Melvin now is being detained for his
admittedly illegitimate collections of
hundreds of dollars from innocent good
roads boosters throughout the states
FCOD SOURUG IN
STOMACH CAUSES
INGESTION, GAS
Tape's Diapepsin" Relieves
Stomach Distress in
a Five Minutes.
Wonder what upset your stomach
which portion of the food did the dam
agedo you? Well, don't bother. If
your stomach is in a revolt: if sick,
jcassy and upset, and what you Just ate
has fermented and turned sour; head
diny and aches: belch gases and acids
and eructate undigested food: breath
foul, tongue coated Just take a little
Pape'i Lnapepsln to help neutralise
acidity and in five minutes you wonder
what became of the Indigestion and
distress.
Millions of men and women today
know that It Is needless 'o have dys
pepsia. A little Diapepsin occasionally
lceeps the stomach sweetened and they
at their favorite foods without fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care of
your liberal limit without rebelll-n: if
your food is a damage instead of a help.
Remember the quickest, surest, must
harmless relief i Pape'a Diapepsin.
which costs only fifty cents for a large
ase at drug stores. It s truly wonder
ful It stops fermentation and acidity
and sets things straight, so gently and
easily that It is really astonishing.
AJv.
of Washington and Oregon and also
from victims who "fell" all along the
line irom Loa iLngeles to this city.
Using the name "Auto Club of Amer
cia." Dousing, or Melvin, visited ga
rages and hotels and busin a men and
boosters. - gathering $25 here and $15
there, of which one-half was to go
to the head offices of the organization.
The victims were told of the great pos
sibilities of a two million and a half
corporation owning a large clubhouse
in Los Angeles and of the wonderful
benefits to be obtained by being a
member and a subscriber to the fund.
Among the victims in Portland are
a number of business and professional
men. including Attorney R- A- Coan.
Frank W. Guilbert, secretary of the
Spokane County Good Roads Asso Na
tion, "wised" to .lelvin's activities over
the state, caused the litter's arrest
when he approached Guilbert for information.
FIRE DANGER IS ENDED
PATROLS IX EASTEB5 OREGON RE
SERVES RECALLED.
Raim Pintail ea Blase Season and Aim
Revive Grass em the
Ramses
BAKER, Or, Sept. 24. (Special.)
With a heavy rainfall Saturday and
yesterday, all danger from fires in the
Whitman and Mlnara reserves Is con
sidered past and Supervisors Barnes
and Evans have recalled all of the pa
trols with the exception of a tew en
gaged in improvement work.
louring the season there were 60 fires
In the Whitman reserve, the largest
covering- 500 acres. They were extin
guished at an aggregate cost of $1176.
In the Mi nam reserve there were 34
fires, two of which covered nearly 1000
acres each. The cost of extinguishing
these was $1200. About two-thirds of
the fires are said to have been due to
carelessness on the part of campers and
hunters.
The rain not only ended the fire sea
son, but It is said to have been of great
benefit to the ranges. There was
enough to revive the grass so that
stock may be kept on the ranges much
later than was expected, stockmen say.
The total precipitation at Baker was
nearly two inches.
T. R. RAPS SENATOR
AS FOE OF
La FoIIette Excoriated as the
Most Sinister Enemy of
Democracy.
PREPARATION IS DEMANDED
GERNEHAS NOT GUILTY
GRAND JURY DISMISSES S1700 THEFT
CHARGE.
Money Said to Have Been Stolen Re
coveredFive Secret Indict
mentis Returned.
Louise Cerneha and her husband, Jack
Cerneha, charged with the theft of
$1700 in gold from Mary and Ralph
Pernich, August 23, last, were yester
day exonerated when the grand jury
reported a not true blH against them.
The detectives succeeded in recovering:
the money, which was restored to the
owners.
In addition to five secret Indict
ments, the grand Jury yesterday re
ported six true bills, as follows: H. E.
Kissinger, forgery; V. M. Edwards, ob
taining money under false pretenses;
E. W. Olsen, same offense: M. C. Par
sons, larceny; George Warren, larceny,
ana victor v. vernon, larceny In a
store.
Not true bills were reported against
the following: Daniel R. Emerson, ac
cepting the earnings of a prostitute;
waiter Moore, rape; J. B. Gilliam, vio
lation or tne corporation law, and Rob
ert Johnson, alias John Gordon, lar
ceny 01 an automobile.
TOLL LINE J3EING REBUILT
Sew Route Through Jackson County
Eliminates Curves.
GOLD HILL. Or.. Sept. 24. (Soe
cial.) Men and materials have beei
assembled for the rebuilding of the
t-acinc states toll line through the
county to the state line. Construction
crews are at work both north and
south of Gold Hill closing the gap lit
tne line, wnicn will be completed be
fore the first of the year.
xne new line passes on the south
side of the Rogue River, opposite Gold
Mill, leading up Kanes Creek via the
old stage route up the valley. It
eliminates all curves and angles, and
will be eafely away from the high
power line which parallels the old
route over Blackwell hill and through
Tolo.
WATER RIGHTS AT ISSUE
State Board Will Pass on Series of
Contests.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 24. (Special.)
The State Water Board today decided
to start adjudication of water rights
on White River, Klfteen-Mile and Eight-
Mile creeks in Wasco County. Some of
the rights involved on these streams
are considered of great importance.
At the board meeting today Division
Superintendent Cochran filed the testi
mony and map in the proceedings in
the adjudication of rights on Silvles
Hiver. The testimony in these pro
ceedings fill over 20 large volumes
and the map alone was made at a
cost of $6000. A decree is expected
November 21.
TURNER SLAYER ACQUITTED
A. E. Bradley Freed on Charge of
Murdering Neighbor Farmer.
SALEM. Or., Sept. 24. (Special.) A.
E. Bradley, a rancher of Turner, was
acquitted today of a charge of murder
in the second degree.
Bradley shot and killed Fred Moore, ia
neighbor, one night last month. Moore
had come to Bradley's house and stolen
a load of wheat, Bradley alleged, and
had returned for another load when the
altercation ensued which resulted in
the firing of the fatal shot.
Testimony developed the fact that
Moore had a reputation as a gunman
and had on a number of occasions
hreatened to take Bradley's life.
Yoni Kippur Observed Tonight.
Day of Atonement services will be
held by congregation Talmud Torah,
Sixth and Hall streets, tonight. Rev.
A. Rosencrants officiating. A choir of
10 boys will sing. David N. Mossesohn
will deliver the sermon tonight at 8
o clock. The service begins at :30
P. M., and there will be services to
morrow mornlna- at 7. o'clock. This is
tne holiest day In the calendar of
Jewish holidays.
Supervisor Made Principal.
EUGENE. Or, Sept. 24. (Special.)
A. I. O'Reilly, formerly county school
supervisor in Lane County, has been
elected principal or the Hih School at
Junction City. Sumner Bryant, who
resigned as principal of the Junction
City High School, will succeed Mr.
O'Reilly as Superintendent of Schools
at Marcola.
In Patriotic Address, ex-President
Sums Vp Atrocities Committed
by Germany on Helpless
Non-combatants.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 24. "If I
were this minute a member of the
United States Senate I would be
ashamed to sit in that body until I
found some method of depriving Sena
tor La. Follette of his seat in that
chamber which he now disgraces by his
presence there," Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt declared in a talk today at
a luncheon given for Major-General
Leonard Wood and himself as a part of
the Middle Western patriotic celebra
tion of this city.
Continuing his remarks concerning
congress, colonel Roosevelt asserted
that if Congress had taken the action
three years ago that it has since the
declaration of war the war would have
been over.
Austria and Turkey Fori.
"If we take heed of any peace utter
ances Germany prepares we will show
that we are not prepared yet to go
out into the world without a guar
dian," the Colonel said. "America must
make good the words of President Wll
son, 'make the world safe for democ
racy"; for this reason we should de
clare war against Austria and Turkey.
At the conclusion of his talk Colonel
Roosevelt was presented with a gold
quill with the reminder that the pen
is mightier than the sword.
Sword Is Preferred.
"But I would rather have a sword."
the Colonel said; "this Is a very exclu
sive war as far as I am concerned. I
waa blackballed ttf the committee on
admission.
Major General Leonard Wood, In a
speech following the ex-President,
said:
"It is utter foolishness to say that
America can win the war in the air or
with chemical devices; it can only be
won with men and by sacrifice."
After praising Major-General Wood,
Colonel Roosevelt said:
LaFoettt Is Excoriated.
"Now that I havi spoken to you of
Americans who stand for and are rep
resentatives of America, I now wish
for a minute to speak to you of an
American who represents the worst of
American characteristics Senator La
toilette.
"Senator LaFoIIette Is at this mo
ment loyally and efficiently serving
one' country Germany. He is acting
in such fashion as to make him one of
the most potent enemies of this coun
try and a most sinister enemy of
democracy. He claims, and it is the
emptiest of all claims, to stand for
democracy. He is doing everything in
his power to enthrone autocracy under
the German flag throughout the
world."
In his address here tonight Colonel
Roosevelt said:
Coward Held Basest of All.
"Not for over a century has any war
ring nation behaved with Germany's
cynical bad faith and brutality; and
never before has any nation shown
such calculated, ruthless, scientific,
carefully organized cruelty.
"Yet, horrible although her conduct
is, it is a degree less base than the
conduct of the Americans who actually
do show themselves to be both cowards
and traitors by advocating that we
yield to her, that we kiss the hands
that are red with the blood of our mur
dered women and children and take the
position of whipped slaves before the
scientific butchers of the liohenzol
lerns. .
Innocents Made to Saffer.
"We are in this war for two reasons.
First, we are fighting for America, and
second, we are fighting for the welfare
of mankind.
"We are fighting for America. We
are fighting abroad, in conjunction
with our allies, in order that we our
selves or our children may not have
to fight in this country beside our
ruined homes. Germany's brutal wrong
doing to us has rendered it Incumbent
on every American with a spark of
manhood In him to demand that she
be punished by war.
"She has perpetrated against inno
cent non-combatants on the sea murder
by the wholesale. Among those thus
murdered were some hundreds of
Americans all of them unarmed, all of
them going about their lawful business
and many of them women and children.
"The innocent non-combatants. In
cluding women and children, thus slain
on the sea by the direct orders of the
German government during the last
three years surpass In number all the
fighting men killed in both the Union
and Confederate navies in the entire
Civil War.
Lnsltanla Case Most Infamous.
"The sinking of the Lusltania was
the blackest infamy any civilized na
tion has committed in war since the
end of the 17th century. After it scores
of American women. American mothers,
lay dead with their dead babies in
their arms, in tho Queenstown morgue.
Not a fighting man had been killed.
"Now we are In the war; and Ger
many has already Included us in her
official campaign of ruthless brutality,
waged in defiance of all the rules of
civilized warfare. Her airmen have
singled out American hospitals for at
tack: her airmen bomb these hospitals
exactly as has long been the custom
with the allied hospitals, killing or
wounding doctors, nurses, patients with
tndiscriminating ferocity. This has
been her ruglar system. It does not
represent sporadic and unauthorized
outrages.
"It represents the methodically and
scientifically organized campaign of
horror and ferocity schreckllchkeit
which Germany has used In order to
terrorize her foes.
"She has revived from the dark ages
the poisoning of wells and the use of
poison gas and fire in order to put her
foes to death by torture.
Americas Surgeons Murdered.
"She has habitually assailed and de
stroyed hospitals and hospital ships,
murdering surgeons. nurses and
wounded men.
"She has habitually bombarded un
fortified places, killing great numbers
of women and children when there was
no shadow of pretense that any mili
tary purpose was to be served.
"She has habitually destroyed
churches and schools. Her soldiers have
behaved as the Emperor had them be
have, like Huns; that is. they have
showed the inhuman cruelty of the
Sioux and the Apache.
"They have destroyed hundreds of
villages ar.d ruined scores of cities.
They have shot civilians by the thou
sand for purposes of terrorization.
"They have, as in Lille, taken many
hundreds of women into a captivity
that was worse than death.
"Read the recent articles by our late
Ambassador to Germany, Mr. Gerard.
It is Impossible to do so and not to real
ize that all the Germans In power and
the German people dreamed of world
wide dominion. One item of this do
minion was "to be a smashing of the
United States.
Plan of Conquest Open One. a
"Some years ago I saw an openly
published pamphlet in Germany writ
ten by a member of the German gen
eral staff, containing a well-worked-out
plan for the conquest of the United
States, which'" the German staff re
garded as easy, and for the levying of
enormous contributions at our expense.
i v. cbuuui. mis war De
ilngr a rich man's war. wae-ed fm- r.m
mercial reasons, it is as dishonest non
sense as ever was uttered. I know the
Inside of the whole preparedness
movement, the movement for National
defense and for National honor during
the past three years. A vast majority
of the leaders and organizers are men
of moderate means or downright poor
men.
"Eight months have passed since
Germany's declaration of war upon us
by her note of January $1, last. We
broke diplomatic relations immediately
afterwards, and, although even then
we desperately tried to wriggle out of
the war, we were finally obliged to
admit that we were in it.
"Congress Did ot Declare War."
"Congress did not declare war. It
declared that Germany was already at
war with us, wnich was true and had
been true in name as well as in fact
from January 31. During these eight
months while we have been at war we
have expended a great deal of energy,
some of it well directed and some of it
lll-dirccted. We are now doing some
of the work of preparation 'well. But
what I most wish to impress upon
you Is that even these things we are
dclng well are things which we ought
to have done three years ago.
"At this moment, eight months after
the war between us and Germany be
gan, if Germany could land a single
small army of 50,000 men In this coun
try we would be wholly unable to
match it. for we have neither artillery
nor airplanes that could be put against
them, and our men are not only un
trained, but have barely begun train
ing, and have barely begun to get the
necessary arms and equipment. If at
this moment our allies suddenly made
peace we would be a helpless prey to
Germany or any other first-class Eu
ropean or Asiatic military power.
"If this great Nation remains as dur
ing the last three years in spite of
every warning, it remained, until its
very helplessness made Germany kick
it into war. then we shall become the
China of the west, and we might as
well ail of us wear pigtails."
HIGHER CARFARE OPPOSED
Dr. D. R. Lincoln Files Protest With
State Commission.
SALEM, Or.. Sept. 24. (Special.)
Dr. D, R. Lincoln, of Portland, has
filed a protest with the Public Service
Commission against the proposed in
crease in fare on the street railway
lines of the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company, declaring that the
increase will be expensive to more than
90 per cent of the people of Portland
and beneficial to less than 1 per cent
of them.
He also asserts that If the matter
were put up to a vote of the people
of Portland it would be overwhelming
ly defeated.
PULLMAN COMPANY SUED
Alleged Insolence of Porter Is Base
of Woman's Complaint.
The Pullman Company was yester
day made defendant in a suit for $3000
damages for alleged insolence of a por
ter in its employ. The complainant
is L. Galbraith, who says that when
traveling as a passenger over the O.-W.
It. & N. Railroad May 28. last, from The
Dalles to Spokane, she was repeatedly
disturbed by the porter, who. she al
leges, several times during the early
morning hours came to the berth she
occupied, withdrew the curtains and
addressed tnsultlnsc questions to her.
III
DRUG SALE ENDS THIS WEEK
This is the last week of our closing-out sale and Saturday night, Sept
29th, our doors close for good.
This is a great chance to lay in a supply of your drugstore wants and
save from 10 to 50.
50c Java Rice Powder. :. .-. . .29
50c Pierce's Anuric . .34
50c Syrup Figs 33
All our Fountain Syringes and Hot
Water Bottles on sale at '1-3 off.
$1.25 Scott's Emulsion -. . . .79
65c Scott's Emulsion 46
$1.00 Nuxated Iron. ..... ... . . .67
25c .Tiz... 16
All our Thermos stock at 20
discount.
25c Beecham's Pills ....... ..17
40c Orchard White .29
$1.00 Pierce's Discovery .67
$1.50 and $1.25 Umbrellas for 9S
$1.00 Pierce's Prescription. .... .67c
$1.00 Wine Cardui. 67
75c Mellin's Food .59
25c Bromo Seltzer 16
$1.00 Squibb's Russian Oil 79
50c Mentholatum 34
25c Mentholatum . ... 17 '
50c Q'Ban Hair Restorer... 37
25c Pear's Scented Soap. . : 16
20c Pear's Unscented Soap... . . .13
KODAKS We still have a fine as
sortment, 15 discount.
35c Freezone 23
25c Pape's Cold Remedy 175
25c Wool Puffs .... .-.... . . . 9
25cLavoris - .17
75c Jad Salts ...... 54
HUNTLEY DRUG CO
Fourth and Washington Streets
KAISER'S PUN OLD
German Naval Officer Predicts
War to Admiral Dewey.
TALE IS TOLD IN SENATE
Subjugation of England to Be Fol
lowed by Capture of Kew York
and Washington and Over
throw of Monroe Doctrine.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Prediction
that Germany would wage a war for
world conquest in about 15 years was
made to the late Admiral Dewey at
Manila In 1898 by Captain von Ooetz.
of tne German imperial navy. Senator
Lewis today told the Senate.
Quoting a report from Admiral Dew
ey to the Navy Department, the Illi
nois Senator said that Von Goeta told
the American naval officer that Ger
many would capture Paris as the first
step to subjugating England. The tak
ing of New York and Washington was
to follow. In order that Germany mia-ht
secure enormous cash indemnity. The
wiping out of the Monroe Doctrine and
the control of South America by Ger
many also were predicted by the Ger
man officer, declared Senator Lewis,
who was discussing peace negotiations.
For eome reason the Government had
not given tho report lot circulation.
Senator Lewis continued, but in the
face of it now, "any Senator who speaks
here or elsewhere against any measure
of his country lends himself to the
enemy."
Senator Lewis scored what he termed
"laggards in patriotism" and those who
argue against the war.
"The country guarantees free speech
to every American," the. Senator said,
"but that man who uses free speech
against America Is not the American
to whom free speech is guaranteed.
There can never be liberty of speech
to an American citizen to destroy the
liberty of the American Nation."
Galls Creek Flacer Grounds Change.
GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 24. (Special.)
The American Exploration Company,
of Grants Pass, Or., a Twohy Bros con
cern, has taken an option on the Galls
Creek B. & D. Company's placer grounds
on Galls Creek, three miles south of
Gold HilL The ground is being ex
ploited by a small crew of men, with
J. Mattison, of Grants Pass, superin
tendent. The premises consist of 200
acres, with valuable water rights, and
has been mined successfully since 1851.
Nebraska Wins Farm Prize.
PEORIA, I1L, Sept. 24 Nebraska won
the first prize at the International Soil
Products Exposition today. Out of a
possible 1500 points Nebraska led with
1236 points; Kansas was second with
1148 points; Arizona third with 1084
points; Minnesota fourth with 100S
points.
When you
teeth twice
brush your
daily with
TOOTH PASTE
you somehow feel that
you are giving your teeth
a square decal.
You can see that Pebeco is making
your teeth cleaner and whiter.
You can feel that it leaves your mouth
pleasantly and wholesomely clean.
And you know that Pebeco is counter
acting "Acid-Mouth" that powerful
producer of tooth-decay.
Pebeco Tooth Paste was made to do
these three definite things thafs what
gives it that business-like taste.
Pebeco is sold by druggists everywhere
I
n one hour and twenty min
utes you can decide the Hayer riano
question.
All three of the recognized
Standard Makes of Player Pianos are
sold in this city.
In one hour and twenty min
utes you can decide the Player Piano
cruestion. Spend twenty minutes with
the Apollo, then divide the hour up
between the other two, and we will
rest cur case.
Yes, we can show you why
this is. Easy when you see the instrument.
HORRISOV STREET AT BROADWAY
Stores Also In San Franrlaco, Oakland, Sacramento,
oan itoici xos anseiea ana san IJlego.
I Oregon
Slate Fair
Salem Special Train
Thursday
Portland Day
Elks' Day
fva,ces
$4000 in Prizes
Every Day
Tuesday to Saturday
Sept. 25 to 29
Lv. Portland ......8:20 A.M.
Lv. E. Morrison . . .8:27 A. M.
Ar. Fair Grounds . 10 :20 A. M.
Lv. Fair Grounds . .5:35 P. M.
Lv. E. Morrison... 7:35 P. M.
Ar. Portland 7:45 P.M.
All trains direct to Fair
Grounds.
$2.00 Round Trip
From Portland
Corresponding low fares from
all stations in Oregon.
Qty Ticket Office 131 Fourth Street.
Phones: Main 8800, A 6704.
Joka M. Scott, General Paaaena-er Aa-ent
Southern Pacific Lines