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PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER . 6, ldl7. VOL. L.VII. 0. 17;74o. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SOLDIERS TO HELP PICK: CRANBERRIES CITIZENS REQUIRED CIGARETTE: PRICES GO UP 50 PER CENT RUSSIA'S HOUR OF HOPE NEGLECTED SHIPS HIT IN FOG; 1 DEAD, 3V MISSING WOMEN AND " CHILDREN LEAP - FROM SINKING BOAT. LA FOLLETTE'S TALK TO BE INVESTIGATED TO REPORT FOR TAX FCRLOCGHS .WILL BE GRANTED - MEN AT FORT CAN BY. PORTLAND RETAILERS PUT IX NEAV SCALE TODAY. STREETCAR FARE TO REMAIN 5 CENTS Men and Official Confer on Wage Rise. DECISION BIG DISAPPOINTMENT Failure! to Name Real Reme dies Is Charged. UNION MEN MEET TONIGHT Suggestions - for Increasing Com pany's Already Seriously Im paired Revenues Would Bo ' Only 5,75,000 Saving.. ' DEVELOPMENTS IN . 6-CEXT FARE CASE. Public - Service 'Commission, with Commissioner Corey dis senting, denies application of Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company for increase in streetcar fares to 6 cents, so it' could meet demands of carmen for eight-hour day and wage in crease. Commission admits, however, that company's revenues are inadequate- and that its financial condition is serious. . .. It .recommends elimination of 4 ',2 -cent tickets, increase in price of sehool- tickets to 4 cents, re duction of service, and that city eliminate paving 'charges and bridge tolls against company. This c'ould only be done by char ter amendment by the people .at an election. -Commission retains jurisdiction over case and requires, monthly reports on the situation from the company.' - ' Committee from Carmen's Union discuss situation with President Griffith, of the' company, at con ference yesterday. Conference to continue today. Meeting -of Carmen's .Union called for 8 o'clock , tonight in Oddfellows' Hall. . ---.'. Announcement was made yesterday of the decision of the Public Service Commission denying application of the Portland ' Railway, Light & Power Company for a 6-cent fare to enable the -company to grant demands of its platform men for an eight-hour ; day and increased wages. Following news of the Commission's action a long conference was held in the afternoon between President Franklin T. Griffith and the executive committee of the streetcar men's union. At this conference the decision was discussed at considerable length. No definite proposals were made by the company, in view of the adverse de cision ,of the Commission. Decision Disappoint Men. The conference is to be continued this morning in the office of President Griffith. The union men taking part in the conference are Robert Walk sr. president; W. C. Elford. secretary, and A. H. Stein. A. R. Sidler. J. E. Haines Gus Anderson and R. T. Patton, com prising the executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of Amer ica. Local Division 757. No statement relative to the confer ence yesterday would be made by either President Griffith or by-repre sentatives of the men. The carmen have called a meeting: to be held .in the Oddfellows' "Hall ' at 8 o'clock to night. It was very apparent, however, that both the company and the- men were keenly disappointed at ' the, attitude taken by the Public Service Commis sion. ' They had all been counting con fidently that the company would be awarded such increase, in its revenues as to permit' it to" meet the demands of the men , "Watered ' Stock." Not Involved. - This disappointment was all the more pronounced in view of the fact that the Commission expressly found that the company's, revenues ..are "in adequate and that even without fur ther increase in, its. expenditures its condition is critical.- . . ' - The Commission further expressly held that the light and power depart ment of the .company, entirely exclu sive of the street railway department is making no surplus earnings that would enable it to help out the street railway. Figures cited in the decision show the light and power department Is earning only 4.8 per cent, on its value as fixed by the Commission itself. - Attention also is called by the Com mission to the fact that all the figures . cited by it are fixed upon the actual value of the -utilities proper, and that no attention whatsoever has been paid to capitalization and stocks and bonds, so that the question of "watered stocks" is in no wise involved. Tickets Held Too Chens. This feeling of disappointment is further added to by the fact that. while recognizing the straitened finan cial condition of the company, the Inadequacy of its revenue under present rates and the steady in crease in operating costs of all (Concluded on- Pago 4. Column L) Fifteen Men "in Each Company Will Be Excused at One Time to Assist GrowersT ' . , . FORT STEVEXS; Or., Oct. 5. (Spe- lal.) To relieve the cranberry prob- erri in the vicinity of Ilwaco, Wash.. caused -. by a - shojtage of labor '- to harvest . the crop, soldiers from . the companies of'troops stationed at Fort Canby, . will . be. granted four-day fur loughs with due regard to interference with, military duties, . that . they may be able to- help harvest the cranber- ies In that vicinity. Not -more-than -15 -men from each company will be allowed furloughs at one time and . furloughs will be four days in length.. The soldiers will re ceive their regular pay from the Gov ernment and in addition the wages paid for picking cranberries. Approxi mately 40 to 60 men will thus be added to the force harvesting, the cran berry crop in the vicinity of Ilwaco, which.- it is believed will help ma terially to lessen the shortage of labor there and to facilitate the harvesting of the crop. 50,000 HOUSES DESTROYED Belgian "Gray-Book"' Answers Ger- . man Story of Attacks. HAVRE, Thursday, "Oct.- 4. The Bel gian government has issued a Gray book' refuting allegations against Belgian civilians contained in the Ger man White book of May, 1915, in which it was said Belgian civilians savagely attacked .German troops in the early days of the war and that the measures adopted by the Germans were neces sary in the interest of preservation of the Germany' army. '" - According to the Gray- book between 40,000 and 50,000 houses were de stroyed by the Germans. It gives the approximate number by provinces as follows: Antwerp, 3533; Brabant, 6833; :West Flanders, . 16,000; East Flanders, 2500; Hainaut, 3500; Liege, 3444; Libourg, 125;- Luxembourg. 3000; Namur, 5243. In the city, of Ypres 3700 houses, were destroyed and in Louvain 1120, the book;says. -. 17-BILLIONS APPROPRIATED Huge Sums Provided by Congress for Carrying on War. . . . . .. ... WASHINGTON, ' Oct. 5. Since Con gress convened in its extraordinary war session last April and up to today, it has placed-at the disposal of -the Ad ministration $17,000,000,000 and has au thorlzed ' contracts for almost $2,600.- 000,000 more. . Most of the money was for war purposes. Including $7,000,000,- 000 for loans to the allies. The ' appropriations committees, through their chairmen. Senator Martin and Representative Fitzgerald, made the. figures public today, coupling with them the declaration that Congress had done its work in furnishing the money for ; the war very effectively. Mr. Fitzgerald announced that he could not estimate the appropriations of the"next session of Congress for war expenditures until the various Govern ment departments submit their esti mates. MCKINLEY MEMORIAL 0PEN Ex-President Taft Speaks at Dedi- ,, cation at Niles, O. NIUES, O.. Oct. 5. A memorial to William McKinley. was. dedicated here today. .The memorial Is a. building of Georgia marble situated near the spot where -McKinley was born, containing a statue of the. former President and busts of many of his associates. Ex-Presidenf Taft in a speech de clared that if McKinley were alive to day he would support the Government war programme. . '..-."" WOMEN ARTISTS AID WAR Services to Be 'Offered Government for Camouflage Work. MARSHFTELD, Mass.. Oct. 5. Mrs. Clara Lathrop ' Strong, of Marshfield Hills,, announced today the preliminary organization ' of an ' association of woman artists for the purpose of offer ing their services to th Government in "camouflage" work. - Mrs. Strong said the plan had the unofficial approval of the War Depart ment. . , . . " . MORE CHAPLAINS PROVIDED Senate and House Pass Measure Which President Will Sign. WASHINGTON. Oct. 5. Representa tive Siegel's bill for 20 additional Army chaplains designed to make places fo faith not now represented, includ ing 1 Jews, was passed today by the Senate and went to President Wilson. The President already has said he would sign' It. HOMESTEAD RIGHTS HELD Absence in-Military Service Excused by, Land Office.- (. . WASHINGTON, Oct. . 5." Senator King's- bill, which would prevent men absent on account of" military service from having their entries in public lands forfeited while away, was passed today by the - Senate and was sent to the House., . Prompf Returns M ust Be M-." SEVuit PENALTIES PROVIDED Government Will Not Seek In dividual for Information. APPEAL MADE TO LOYALTY Internal - Revenue Commissioner Roper Issues ' Interpretative Statement of New War Tax Enactment. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Notice to the public to make its tax returns to the Government under the new war' revenue law was issued tonight by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper, in an interpretative statement, of the law's operation. Warning was given that in no case would the Government take the initia tive in getting in returns, although all returns would be verified, and that everybody concerned should communi cate promptly with the nearest revenue officer. Iletarnfi Must Be Made. Persons failing' to make returns, Mr. Roper announced, will be regarded as tax slackers and penalties will be en forced against them. As outlined in the statement the following "persons are affected and must make returns to the Government: , "All individuals receiving incomes of more-than $1000 a year. 'All- corporations, . joint stock ,' com panies and associations. Common Carriers Liable. "All distillers, rectifiers, wholesalers and retailers, holders of distilled spirits intended for sale or to be used for manufacturing purposes. ,' . 'All dealers in fermented liquors or malt liquors, wines, - cordials, liquors, domestic and imported. .. . .... " ... "All dealers in soft drinks, table waters and carbonic acid gas. "All manufacturers of and dealers in cigars, cigarettes, tobacco, snuff aird cigarette papers.. - "All carriers of freight, express or passengers and all operators of pipe lines. Inanrnn Agrenta Tucd. . "All dealers in life, marine, inland. fire and casualty insurance. "All manufacturers and wholesale dealers in motor vehicles of every kind. musical instruments, motion picture films. Jewelry, boats, sporting- goods, perfumes, cosmetics, medicinal prepara tions, chewing gum and cameras. - "All proprietors of amusement places, including cabarets. "All persons executing legal docu ments of any type. (Concluded on Page 2 Column 2 Cigars and Tobaccos Will Take Pro portionate Jump Soon, Due to New War Tax. Even the- cost of helping thefellow in the trench has gone up! It had to come, they say, but-it's cer tainly hard for the boys who are try ing to' keep from '"rolling their own," and it may be that the gentler devo tees of the wicked weed will have to do with a! little less perfume or a cork in place of a gold tip. When you slide up-to the counter this morning your dime, nickel, bit or two bits will have shrunk by half, for the Oregon Retail Cigar Dealers decided last. night that they .must get on the popular bandwagon. They ruled that a straight 50 per -. Cent ' increase in the price of cigarettes -was In order and so it is. - Ten-cent types, nowlj, or two for a quarter; 15-centers-, two . for 35, or 20 cents singly; 5-cent brands, 8 cents, two for' 15 cents. ' . ' , Even the Bull Durham brigade is in cluded. The papers will cost 8 cents instead of 6. You -can buy two . pack ages for 15 cents.. . '. The retailers .charge the increase to the new tobacco tax and the general rise in. prices of everything. , . ' , The prices will go into effect this morning and it is predicted by the deal ers that it will only be a matter of two or three weeks before the prices on all cigars ami other tobaccos will be in creased in proportion. NAVY SERVICE SHORTENED Men Who Enlist Now May Quit at End of War If -They Desire. United States Navy recruiting officers here have received new forms from the Navy Department, making possible re lease of enlisted fnen during June and December"" in' times of peace', if they have served one year at sea. It Is be lieved that this will result in a large Increase -of enlistments. Heretofore the enlistments in the Navy have been for four years. Any eligible now ' wishing to join the Navy may do so. and if peace comes be fore the fourryar term is concluded, may,' if he elects, receive an honorable discharge . ..without cost during-'" the months stated. MERCHANTS ASKED TO GIVE , LIBERTY . LOAN "3POSTERS ' -' SPACE. - To Portland Merchants Colonel Dentler, department commander, United States Army, has tendered the services of 12 soldiers In uni form to assist in placing liberty loan color posters in display windows of Portland stores. . Merchants are requested to af ford every assistance they can to the soldiers or clvlllaji committee members who will' call at stores. prepared to place posters in win dow. LIBERTY LOAN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. : . Ira L. Powers, Chairman, Sub committee on Window Dis play. T !- TAKING THE WRONG ROAD. Story of Korniloff Rev olution Told. COSSACKS' BURIAL IMPRESSIVE Premier Kerensky, Dictator, Received With Enthusiasm. KORNILOFF IS TRUE PATRIOT Drastic Dealing With Deserters Only Way by Which - Morale of Army Could Be Maintained -Kerensky Feared to Take Step. BY RHETA CHILD E DORR. . (Copyright, 1917, by the New York Evening Mail. Published by arrangement.) There was an hour when the sunrise of hope seemed to be dawning for the Russian people, when the madness of the extreme socialists seemed to be curbed, the army situation in hand, and a real government established. This happened in late July, and was symbolized In the great public funeral given eight Cossack soldiers slain-by the Bolshevik! in the July days of riot and bloodshed in Petrograd. I do not know how many Cossacks were killed. Only eight were publicly burled. It is entirely possible that the government did not wish the Bolshevik! ' to know the full result of their murder ' feast. and for-that reason gave private burial to som of the dead. The public funeral served as a tribute to the loyal soldiers, a warning to the extremists, that the country stood back of the war, . and a 'notice to all con cerned that the days of revolution were over and, that henceforth the govern ment meant to govern without the help or interference of the Tavarishi, , or comrades -in the socialist ranks. .'Time Ripe for Government. The moment was propitious for' the government.. . The council of soldiers' and workmen's delegates was in a cttastened frame -of mind,- caused first by the running amuck of the Bolshevik! element, and the unmasking and flight of Lenine, and next by a lost, battle on the Galacian front, and the disgrace ful desertion of troops under fire. The best elements in the council sup ported the new 'coalition ministry, al though it did not have"a socialist ma jority, and it claimed the right to work independently of the council. The Cos sack funeral was really a government demonstration, and those of- us who saw It believed for the' moment.-that it marked the beginning of a new era in Russia's troubled progress toward de mocracy and freedom. Solemn Service Chanted. The services were held in St. Isaac's Cathedral, the largest church in Petro grad, and one of the most magnificent in the country of magnificent churches. The bodies, in coffins covered with sil- (Concluded on Page 2, Column 3.) Crew of ' Lost Steamer Tolo Shows Great Coolness and Heroism in . t - Puget Sound Disaster. SEATTLE, Oct. 5. The steamer Tolo and tug Magic, bound from Seattle to Bremerton, on Puget Sound, collided in a dense fog off Restoration Point. Bain- bridge Island, at 5:50 P. M. today, the Tolo being sunk. The steamer H. B. Kennedy, also bound for Bremerton, picked up the Tolo's passengers and crew. ' A man' named Panchot, not yet oth erwise identified, lost his life, and two women, a Mrs. Marshall and her mother, of Fletcher Bay, are reported, missing. The Portuguese cook of the Tolo is still unaccounted for. The Tolo sank 10 minutes after the crash. The H... B. -.Kennedy took the survivors into Bremerton. The Magic was not seriously damaged. The Tolo carried a -crew of eight and 30 passen gers. ." - The- Tolo was proceeding at .half speed through the dense fog when the Magic, also at half speed, crashed into Oie little Sound steamer, ripping a great hole in her hull. - A raft loaded with women and chil dren was put off from the sinking Tolo by the crew, which displayed great coolness and heroism, and other passen gers, including many children and sev eral women, leaped overboard into the water, being picked .up by the steamer H. B. Kennedy, which was near at hand at the time" of the collision. Captain George Benson, of the Tolo, rescued a woman and two children by kicking a window from the cabin and pulling them through it to safety. DRAFTED MEN ON PARADE Demonstration Held at San Fran cisco, With 15 00 Participating. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5. The cit today participated in a demonstration for 1500 . members of the new National Army, who "are scheduled to leave to morrow and-Sunday for Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash.' . The Presidio and other near-by mil itary Reservations were, emptied of troopers in order that these fighters might participate in the big parade today. : ' ... MICHAELIS TO MAKE REPLY Chancellor Will Explain Authorities' - . Part In -Propaganda. LONDON, Oct. 5. The German Vice Chancellor. Dr. Karl Helfferlch, is quoted in an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Copenhagen to the effect that Chancellor Michaelis will reply Saturday to the Socialist interpellation regarding assistance said to have been glveh-by the German authorities in the dissemination of Pan-German propa ganda.. PAPERS GIVE ADVERTISING Minnesota Press Will Aid Liberty Bond Issue. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5. More than 600 country newspapers have offered free space during the second liberty loan campaign in the Ninth Federal Reserve District, according to an an nouncement by the district executive loan committee here tonight. . The list includes many German-language papers, jthe announcement said. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ' YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 75 degrees: minimum. 57 degree:. TODAY'S Cloudy ; moderate westerly winds. War. English hold gains at Ypres. Page 2. Bernstorff asks fund to obtain peace. Page 4. Entente warships seek raiders. Page 16. Foreign. Mrs." Dorr t,ells story of Korniloff rebellion. Page 1. Malvy defends his course. Page 5. National. Burden of reporting war tax put on Individ- ual. Page 1. L.a Follette will answer critics. .Page 1. Domestic. Roosevelt demands dissolution of Turkey. Page ft. . Second and third Japanese missions arrive in in America, Page3. Sports. Pacific ' Coast 'league 'results Portland 1, tfalt Lake 3; San Francisco 11, Vernon 0; Los Angeles 7, Oakland 0. Page 10. - Cicotte and Schupp picked to battle in open ing -of baseball classic at Chicago today. Page 10. Franklin eleven defeats .11111 46 to 0. ' Page 11. Multnomah - Athletic Club and Vancouver Field Hospital teams to clash on grid iron. Page J 1. Giants confident of victory. Page 10. - ' Pacific Northwest. Soldiers will help harvest cranberries at Il waco. Page 1. Oner dead, ' three missing in Puget Sound ; collision. Page 1. Six cent fare application denied by Pub lic Service Commission. ' Page 6. Commercial nod Mavrine. Delay in unloading wheat causes congestion at local yards. Page 10. . Corn higher at Chicago in view of light re ceipts in near future. Page 10. Stock market rallies from recent depression , with rails strongest feature. Page 10. ' Portland nnd Vicinity. William M. Russell, well-known Coast theat rical man. is dead. Page 13. Shipyard strikers blame employers for dead lock.' Page 14.- Oregon's share of liberty loan Is raised from tlcj.500.000 to $1'4. 600.000. Page 4. Oregon bankers eager to talk over liberty loan with Mr. McAdoo. Page 7. Mrs. Grace Everson says charge that she kidnaped daughter is groundless. Page 9. Weather-report, data and forecast. Page 16. Cigar dealers order 50 pet- cent Increase in price of cigarettes. Page 1. Failure- of ' Public Service Commission to grant .six-cent fare petition disappoints etreej-car men. Page 1. Sealed verdict returned - in poison candy case. . Page S. . . Robert Dougan. new Chamber of Commerce representative arrives in Portland. Page 16. . . . First prosecution under illegitimate child act - - begun in Circuit Court. Page 7. Senate AuthbrizesLim. ited Probe. . CRITICS WILL BE ANSWERED Closing Hours of Session Set for. Speeches. STONE IS EXONERATED Committee Finds Nothing in Mis souri Senator's Actions to Give Occasion for Investiga- ,. , tion by Congress. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Five hours discussion in the Senate tomorrow of disloyalty charges against Senator La Follette will furnish a dramatic finale for the war session of Congress. The arrangements were made today after a. Senate committee had been directed to investigate the Wisconsin member's re cent speech before the non-partisan league at St. Paul. With adjournment sine die set for 3 P. M., the last day of the session promises to be devoted, almost exclu sively to this finale, the last of the im portant pieces of legislation having been sent to the White House today. La Follette to Answer Critical. At. 10. o'clock, under an informal agreement. Senator La Follette will be gin a three-hour speech In defense of his public utterances and in answer to his critics, with two hours' time re maining before the adjournment hour for replies to be made by Senator Kel-log-g. of Minnesota,' and possibly others. Until the agreement was reached ad journment plans were suspended, but leaders tonight believed there would be no hitch in tomorrow's programme. . Inquiry la Limited. In executive . session late today the Senate adopted without debate a formal resolution empowering a privileges and elections -.. sub-committee .to proceed with investigation of the La Follette speech at St. Paul. The inquiry is limited solely . to th? accuracy of the speech and to sub stantiation of Senator La Follette's statements of fact therein. The. report will be made when Congress convenes in December. Stone la Exonerated." A report from the committee against investigation of like disloyalty reflec tions upon Senator Stone, of Missouri,, chairman of the Senate foreign rela tions committee, also was similarly adopted. The report declared . that communications filed imputing disloy alty to the Missouri Senator were not sufficient base for an inquiry. Upon' receipt of an accurate copy promised today by Senator La Follette, of his St. Paul speech, the Investigating committee of five members, headed by Stnator Pomerene, plans to begin its v ork next week. The privileges and elections committee, considering vari ous petitions filed with the Senate, de cided to order investigation and submit its decision to the Senate. Action In Inanlmona. The committee's action is said to have been unanimous, although Senator King opposed an inquiry as superfluous on the ground that there was nothing in the speech, which he deplores, sedi tious or warranting expulsion. The in quiry into the speech promises to be brief and probably without necessity for the sub-committee's going to St. Paul. Arrangements were made. today for beginning the first phase of the . in quiry into the accuracy of copies of the St. Paul speeches. Senator Pomerene wrote Senator La Follette inclosing what purported to be a copy of the speech La Follette made in St. .Paul. September 20. and asking La Follette If it was a true copy,, and if not to state wherein it was not correct. . Correct Version Promised. Two hours later Senator La Follett replied that the copy was not a correct copy, but that he could not just now state wherein it was not correct. He said two correct copies had been mailed him from St. Paul and that as soon as one was received he would turn it over to the committee. Senator Pomerene said tonight he ex pected the speech would be received by Tuesday, when the sub - committee would be ready to proceed with- the second phase of the inquiry the ac curacy of Mr.. La Follette's statements. The committee is said to have taken the position that some sort of official action as to the' St. Paul speech was es sential in view of the widespread criti cism 1t aroused. Senator Fall made the motion in committee for its investi gation and Senator Reed, "of Missouri, who believes that neither the speech nor other statements or actions of Sen ator La Follette warrant any drastic action, proposed the formal resolution empowering the sub-committee to pro ceed, take sworn testimony and incur any necessary expense. . - HEFLIN INQUIRY COMPLETED Committee Will Report There la Nothing to Investigate. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Inquiry by a special House committee Into the re marks, of Representative Heflin,- of Alabama, in connection with reports (Concluded -on-Page 5, Column .1.). t
