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VOL. I, VII NO. IT, 747. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NATIONAL UNITY IS BOY THOUGHT DEAD IS LOCATED IN OHIO ORATORS WILL FIRE PRICES OF BREAD SHOW WIDE RANGE GIANTS GRIMLY SET TO STOP SOX' RUSH U. S. PATROL FIRES ON ITALIAN DIVER ARBITRATION HOPE IN TROLLEY TANGLE NEW LEAGUE'S ZEAL FHP uiu L HAROLD DUNN, OF PEXDLETOX, MAY JOIX HIS PARENTS. 16-OTJXCE LOAF SELLS FOR SIX TO FIFTEEN CENTS. OFFICER AND ENLISTED MAN KILLED, CABLES SIMS. Aim MAN President Wilson Gives His Indorsement. PUBLIC OPINION NEEDS GUIDE War Should End Only When Germany Is Beaten. PEACE TALK NOW SEDITIOUS .Reminder Given That Teuton Suc cess Means Prevention . of De mocracy's Spread, If Not Sup pression or That Existing. WASHINGTON. Oct. S. A movement to lead and express public opinion on the war was inaugurated here today by formation of the League of National Unity, representing church, political, labor, agricultural and industrial or ganizations, to which President Wilson gave his indorsement in an address emphasizing the need for team play by the forces of American thought and opinion." Welcoming the leaders of the move ment at the White House in "a brief speech, the President expressed the be lief that American public opinion, al though understanding the war's causes and principles, needs guidance to re member that the war should end only when Germany is beaten and Ger many's rule of autocracy and might are superseded by the- ideals of democracy. Prrnldeit Ciiven WarotiiK. This is the issue which the American people should always keep in mind, the President said. Jn order to avoid being misled into byways of thought and the resultant, scattering of force of public opinion. Talk of early peace before Germany is defeated is one of the evi dences of misdirected thought, he sug gested, and should not cloud the vision of those who understand that the United States is fighting now for the Fame ideals of democracy and freedom that have always actuated the Nation. The President gave, warning that '. it should not be forgotten that German success would mean not only, prevention- of ' the spread of democracy, but possibly the suppression of that al ready existing. League Chooaea Chairmen. ' The league,, which will have head quarters in New Tork, chose as honor ary chairmen Cardinal Gibbons and Dr. Frank Mason North, president of the Federal Council of Churches; Theo dore N. Vail, president of the Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph Company, as active chairman, with Samuel Gompers, president of "the American Federation of Labor; Charles Barrett, president of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union, and George Pope, president of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, as vice-chair- men. The object was stated as follows: "To create a medium through which the loyal Americans of all classes, sec tions, creeds and parties can give ex pression to trie fundamental purpose of the United States to carry on to a suc cessful conclusion this new war for the independence of America and the pres ervation 6f democratic institutions and' the vindication of the basic principles of humanity." Active Campaign Planned. The league plans an active campaign to educate Americans to the idea that unity of thought and purpose is as es sential to successful prosecution of the war as co-operation in material prep arations. Conferences of leaders in the numerous organizations represent ed will be held frequently, statements of principle formulated and attempt will be made to direct public thought through the medium of the pulpit, press, public platform and many kinds of public, semi-public and private or ganizations. The league will seek suggestions of the individual and small units of forces united jn the organization in the form ulation of statements of principles. Thus it is designed to serve the double purpose, of being a definite means of expressing public thought, and of dis seminating this thought through the component organizations. Body "Widely Inclusive. The inclusive character of the body is indicated by the officers chosen. In addition to those named, the director is Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the National Civic Federation; the secre tary is D. L. Cease, editor of the Rail way Trainmen's Journal, and the treas urer is Otto II. Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. James M. Beck. New York lawyer, is chairman of the executive committee, which includes: Warren S. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers; Oliver Wilson, grand master of the Grange; Walter George Smith, president of the American Bar Asso ciation; Vance McCormick and William R. Willcox, Democratic and Republican National chairmen, respectively; Robert E. Speer, chairman of the Federal Council of Churches' War Commission; P. IL Callahan, chairman of the Knights of Columbus war activities committee; Alfred E. Marling, chairman Y. M. C. A. international committee: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, of the Free Synagogue; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association; George Wharton Pepper, (Concluded on Page 4, Column 3.) Lad Was Thought to Have Been . Killed in Railroad Wreck Last April' Near Cleveland, O. PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 8. (Special.) After mourning their son, Harold, as dead since last April, Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn, of this city, today re ceived a card from him. He is alive and well and anxious for news of home. Two years ago the boy left home, and is supposed to have been working on a railroad. Little was heard from him except an occasional card. Last April word came that a man had been killed in a Tailroad wreck near Cleve land, O. The only identification pos sible, through cards found in his cloth ing, .made it . apparently certain, that he was young Dunn. - The mother hastened East, and, al though further identification was im possible, decided It was her boy, and buried him there. The day after she left for the East Mr. Dunn received a. card in the boy's handwriting from Youngstown. O. The date was il legible. .- A month or so later came another from Duluth. Minn. Thoroughly mys tified, Mr. Dunn was afraid to tell his wife of the cards lest they raise false hopes. Saturday came the one which dispelled all doubt, and when the young man reaches New York he will find the long-delayed word from his people. GIRLS EAGER TO WRITE Mayor Sends for fcist of lonesome Soldiers at Camp Greene. So anxious are Portland girls to cor respond with Oregon soldiers that Mayor Baker has resolved to ask com manding officers at Camp Greene. N. C. to furnish a list of all "lonesome" boys who would like to get letters. .The Mayor received letters from two of the soldiers Saturday asking if he wouldn't try to find a girl or two will ing to write to them. The Mayor told the newspapers. Yesterday the Mayor's telephones were busy all day. He got the' names of dozens of girls wanting to correspond with the soldier boys, so he resolved to ask for additional sol dier names. "PEACE" MEETING BANNED South Dakota Will. Have No Trouble Breeders in Its Borders. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Oct. 8. Plans for the holding of a -state conference of the People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace here Wednesday next were suddenly changed today with the announcement by Governor Nor beck that the ctate would prevent the proposed meeting. William C. Rempfer, secretary of the state organization, this afternoon an nounced that the delegates had aban doned the idea of holding a public meeting, but that a private meeting would prove entirely satisfactory in all sections of the country. CLEARINGS MAKE RECORD Portland Bank Exchanges for Day Total $6,505,838.75. Portland bank clearings yesterday established a new record. . The total exchanges were $6,605,838.75, the larg est in the history of the clearing-house. The highest clearings heretofore were $4,842,911, recorded on April 16 of this year. According to clearing-house officials a large part of the increase yesterday was due to the banking of checks for tax payments for the last half of the year. The increase in the wheat move ment and the healthy gain in general business are also swelling Portland clearings. CUBAN SUGAR CROP BIG Planters Will Appeal to Washington for "Just Price." NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Leading Cuban sugar planters held a conference here today and will go to Washington soon to appeal to the food administration for "a Just price" for their crop. Hannibal J. de Mesa, spokesman for the planters, said that Cuba next year will produce her largest cane sugar crop, about 3.300,000 tons, of which, he declared, the United States and her allies would need every ounce. MERCURY AT HIGH MARK New Record for October Reported by Bend Weather Man. BEND, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) The highest point ever reached by the mer cury at the local weather station at this time of the year was recorded to day, the thermometer registering 81 degrees. Unusually warm weather for October has characterized the whole month to date. PRICE ON KAISER'S HEAD Poolville, Tex!, Raises $1246-50 to Reward Emperor's Capture. FORT WORTH, Tex, Oct. 8. Pool ville. Parker County, has raised a $1246.50 reward to be paid for the de livery of the German Kaiser into the. hands of the American authorities. Practically every male resident of the town contributed to the fund. 41 Speakers to Start Out Monday. 'LIBERTY WEEK' IS DEDICATED Personal Convenience Sacri ficed for National Need. FLOWER OF TALENT READY Enthusiastic Campaign Will Be . Waged All Over State to Put Oregon at Top or List When Subscriptions Are Tallied. Forty-one speakers, the oratorical chivalry of Oregon, will enter the lists for the second liberty loan next Mon day, October 15, in a simultaneous state-wide campaign of patriotic in formation. Decision to this effect was reached yesterday at a conference of the ex ecutive members of the speakers' com mittee, ' of which Edgar B. Piper is chairman. Milton A. Miller is chair man of the subcommittee on arrange ments. The men who will carry the mes sage of the liberty loan to every cor ner of the state have been carefully selected for their knowledge of the issue confronting America and their ability to present the facts in logi cal and conclusive manner. "Liberty Week" to Be Proclaimed. Governor Withycorabe will issue a proclamation .declaring the week be ginning Monday, October 15, to be "Lib erty week," and to be consecrated to the purpose of mobilizing Oregon dol lars for the defense, of democracy and the upholding of the best traditions of the . commonwealth. "Our boys have gone to risk their lives in the trenches," said Milton A. Miller last night, discussing the pur pose of the speaking campaign. "We who remain at home should be will ing, yes, glad, to make any sacrifice of money and time that will aid in bringing the war to a successful con clusion, that liberty and democracy may live." Mr. Haaser to Drive Speakers. The committee has received and ac cepted the volunteer offer of Eric V. Hauser, who will drive his own car, with four chosen speakers as passen gers, through the Central Oregon coun try in an oratorical drive for Oregon's quota. The schedule of Mr. Hauser's trip will be announced by the commit tee today or tomorrow. Forty-one speakers were named by the committee yesterday. All over Oregon, in the two-score cities and towns designated by the committee, the evening hour of 7:30 will mark the launching of the message. And from that time until the close of the week (Concluuded oh Page 5. Column 1.) IF .cOAMr)M. -v - i - m l V -N "l. la" rJsSa 11 Piw Pleasantville, X. J., Is Cheapest City and Fashionable Newport ' Pays Price Among Highest. WASHINGTON, pet. 8. Consumers' reports to the food administration from 32 cities and towns in . all parts of the country show wide differences in bread prices. The lowest price re ported was from Pleasantville, N. J., where a 16-ounce loaf sells for 6 cents. The same size loaf sells for 15 cents in Rock Falls, 111.; Eastport, Me.; Red Bank, N. J.; Miami, Okla.; Nashville. Tenn.; Laramie, Wyo., . and . Newport, R. L A 16-ounce loaf is sold for 8 cents in many cities throughout the" West and in some cities in the East. ' The 5 cent loaf of 12 ounces is sold in a few cities. Portland Or., now is paying 10 cents for the 16-ounce loaf. BERNHARDT IS GODMOTHER Great Actress Addresses Children's t Patriotic League. CHICAGO. Oct. S. Madame Sarah Bernhardt today accepted the title of godmother to the children of America offered her at the meeting of the Chil dren's Patriotic League, which she ad dressed. "Today a big family comes to the unhappy children of France and Bel gium with hands full of gifts," she said. "Those gifts will put the light of Joy into eyes which too early knew the bitterness of tears. It is the beginning of an admirable fraternity." MENNONITES OPPOSE WAR Appeal Made to Get Drafted Members- of Sect Out of Service. CAMP FUNSTON, Kan., Oct. 8. A delegation of Mennonites from South Dakota today conferred with Major General Leonard Wood, commander of Camp Funston, National Army can tonment, in an effort to get drafted members of their sect out of the serv ice. General Wood, it was said, has taken the matter up with the Government. MEXICAN RESISTS DRAFT Vice-Consul in New York Arrested by Federal Agents. ' NEW YORK. Oct. 8. Jesus Martinez, a Mexican, who has refused to comply with the selective draft law on the ground that he is Mexican Vice-Consul here, was today arrested by Federal agents. Martinez has been supported in his action by Juan T. Burns, Mexican Con sul. .'A. F. Thane to Buy for .Britain. NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Arthur F. Thane, of the firm of A. F. Thane & Co., of San Francisco, has been named by the British war mission in the United States as purchasing agent for the British government on the Pacific Coast of all lumber, aeronautical mate rials and supplies, it was announced here tonight. Mr. Thane also will have supervision of all shipping from Pacific Coast ports for the British government. YOU CAN'T FIGHT, YOU MUST PAY. wSi& ! Chicago Confident of Taking 4 Straight. BETS 2 TO 1 ON AMERICANS Cicotte May Oppose Sallee in Struggle Today. 38,000 EXPECTED AT GAME In Excess of 25,000 Tickets for Lower Grandstand and Bleach ers Will Be Placed on Sale Shortly Before Contest. NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Notwithstand ing the reverse suffered by the New York Giants, champions of the National League, in their two encounters with the Chicago White Sox, pennant win ners of the American organization, fol lowers of the National game in Greater New York eagerly await the third con test, which will be played on the Polo grounds tomorrow. Still hopeful that John McGraw's- men have the punch that will bring the world's baseball championship to this city after 12 years of effort, many thousands of de voted fans will pack the spacious stands to root for the home club. The two teams arrived in New York tonight. The Giants were greeted by hundreds of friends as they dropped off their special train in Harlem. Those who expected to see a dejected lot of balltossers missed their guess. On the contrary, the men greeted friends as cheerily as if it were the White Sox that had suffered the bitterness of de feat. Each player felt hopeful that to morrow's game will tell . a different story. White Sox Are Happy. Victory was written all over the faces of the Chicago players. A large crowd and band were on hand to greet Rowland's men, and they received a cheer as they left their train. It was a happy lot of athletes,- brim full of confidence that the world's champion ship would be theirs. To the victorious American Leaguers It Is not a question of winning the series, but whether they can do It in four straight games. .Weather conditions for tomorrow's game promise to be all that is desired. A light rain fell early tonight, but the weatherman soon eased the fears of fans when he announced that tomor row would be fair and cooler. The playing field is expected to be in ex cellent condition. ... A crowd that will tax the capacity of the stands is predicted for the fray. The upper grandstand of 9000 reserved seats had been sold in advance and the distribution of the tickets was com pleted today. A force of clerks under the supervision of Harry Hempstead, president of the New York club, worked (Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.) Shots Fired When Submarine Fails to Answer Signals Regrets Are Sent to Italian Official. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Vice-Admiral Sims cabled the Navy Department to day that an American patrol vessel, on duty at night in the war zone, had fired on an Italian submarine which failed to answer recognition signals, killing one officer and one enlisted man. Secretary Daniels at once sent a mes sage to the Italian ministry of marine, expressing the deepest regret over the unfortunate occurrence and tendering his and the American Navy's sympathy for the loss of life. While details of the incident still are unknown here, the fact that an officer and an enlisted man were killed indicates that the American gunners landed a shot in the submarine's con ning tower, the victims being an of ficer at the periscope and the blue jacket at the wheel. In his message of regret to the Ital ian Minister of Marine, Secretary Dan iels advised that the Navy Department was making an investigation of the occurrence. " 'Due to the recent unusual acti-ity of enemy submarines in this region, which have resulted In the loss of sev eral vessels," explained Mr. Daniels, 'the patrol has been strictly main tained and the unfortunate fact that the patrol vessel did not obtain the recognition signals resulted in her opening fire." STRIKE CAUSES BLOCKADE Sinister Influences Against Govern ment Believed at Work. NEW YORK. Oct. 8. Intimations that a strike of 1000 longshoremen employed on the piers of the Clyde and Mallory steamship lines, which began today, is the result of sinister influ ences were contained in a statement is sued tonight by H. H. Raymond, presi dent of both lines. He declared the men had presented no demands and had no apparent grievances. The walkout has resulted in a blockade of large quantities of Government freight. Paul A. VaccarelH. general organizer and vice-president of the International Longshoremen's Association, said to night that the proper officers had not been consulted in regard to the strike and that he did not approve it because he believed "whatever matters of dis content there were could have been settled amicably without a strike." McADOO TRIP ENDS OCT. 26 Secretary of Treasury "May Make Tour of South Also. WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. Secretary McAdoo's itinerary from Portland. Or., to Dallas. Tex., was announced tonight as follows: October 10, Portland; Oc tober 11. San Francisco; October 13 to 15 inclusive, San Diego; October 16. Los Angeles; October 18, Salt Lake City; October 19. Colorado Springs; Oc tober 20. Wichita. Kan.; Oetober 21. Muskogee. Ok. (morning). Mr. McAdoo will remain away from Washington until about October 2fi and probably will make a tour of the South before returning to the capital. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 84 degrees; minimum. 52 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northerly winds. War. Rain hampers British drive. Page 5. American patrol fires on Italian submarine killing- officer and man. Page 1. Premier of New South Wales declares Australia in war to secure abidlnB peace. Page 5. Foreign. " Rheta Child Dorr tells of problems faced in Russia when exiles return. Page 2. National. President Wilson declares complete victory omy way to ena war. age 1. Coast strikers may send new ship contracts East. Page 4. Development of American mineral deposits needed to win war. Page 14. Greece will put large and effective army into iieia against uermaoy. rage 3. Domestic. Price of 16-ounce loaf varies In United States from 6 to 15 cents. Page 1. Sanitary and moral conditions at . Camp Greene, are bad, correspondent says. Page 2. Associated Press asks Supreme Court to make decision against News pirates final. Page 3. First Liberty motor truck assembled with great secrecy. Page 6. Sports. Giants grimly determined to defeat White Sox. Page 1. Mitr.hie trains for bout with Trambitas. - Page 8. Carson Blgbce says Hollocher will be star in major league. - Page 8. Washington and Columbia meet today on Multnomah Field. Page 8. Pacific Northwest. Boy thought dead located in Ohio after long search. Page 1. Federal Wage Board begins Investigating Se attle shipyards strike. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern oats and barley crops are re duced. Page 17. Record corn crop shown by Federal report. Page 17. Hogs again advance at North Portland stock yards. Page 17. Portland plant builds marine boilers for Japanese ships. Page 14. Senators asked to make plea for wooden shipyards. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Liberty loan committees begin canvass to day. Page 8. Arbitration hope of settlement in streetcar tangle. Page 1. Bell from Taylor-Street Church will be kept by Historical Society. Page 11. Fire Prevention haa boards today. Page 18. German citizens buy Liberty bonds. Page 9. Man wanted in Portland set free by Idaho Sheriff on eve of arrival of Portland deputy. Page 7. Government will train men for submarine chaser service. Page IS, Boy Scouts arrange to sell Liberty bondB. Page IS. Orators will fire zeal for liberty loan next week. Page 1. Shipyards' peace conference ends without agreement being readied. Page 4. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. Strike Danger Is Not Imminent. . CONFERENCES ARE KEPT UP Men Remain Firm in Demand for Eight-Hour Day. WAGE STATUS IS DEFINED All-Night Session of Union Called for Tonight, So All Members Can Hear Explanation, but Vote on Action Would Be Void. The best hope of averting a streetcar strike in Portland appeared last night to rest in arbitration of the differences between the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company and its employes. Far from being hopeless, the situa tion seemed one particularly favorable for settlement by arbitration on a basis that should be satisfactory all around. There is no ill-feeling and just one big issue between the company and its men. That is the demand of the car men for a straight eight-hour day. Right-Hour Day Only Hitch. No question of the right of the men to organize, of recognition of their union, or even of higher wages is In volved. The sole point on which com pany and carmen have been unable to agree is that of the eight-hour day. So far as recognition of the union is concerned, it does not enter into the question at all. President Griffith did not attempt to discourage the carmen from forming their union some months ago. and he recognized it promptly. In the present situation he has been con ferring daily with a -committee from the union. Wage Increase Granted. The daily wage Increase of 20 cents over their present wage scale, asked by the men, has been conceded by Pres ident Griffith, with this point of dif ference: That the men asked the in crease on a basis of an eight-hour day. while the proposal made by the. company is on the basis of a ten-hour day, as at present. The total increase per diem, how ever, would make the daily wage the same in either case. President Griffith's proposal to pay this wage increase out of whatever savings the company can effect through curtailment of service as rec ommended by the Public Service Com mission and by elimination of the 4 cent ticket and increase in the price of the school ticket from 3 to 4 cents has been rejected by the men as un satisfactory because the proposal calls for. 10 hours' work instead of for eight as demanded. Further Conference Held. Another conference held yesterday between President Grif? and the ex ecutive committee of the carmen's union left matters much as they were. No agreement was reached relative to adjustment of the eight-hour demand. President Griffith has declared frankly that the company cannot grant the eight-hour-day demand be cause, in its present straitened finan cial condition, it has not the money to pay the additional cost, equivalent to a 25 per cent wage increase, that re duction of the dally working hours of each man by two would involve, and cannot obtain the money. Savings Ottered Men. On the .other hand, says President Griffith, the company will give the men the total of whatever revenues it is able to save through curtailment of service under the Commission's recom mendation, with a guarantee that this will at least total 2 cents an hour, or 20 cents for ten hours, which is the amount of daily wage increase asked by the men. When the company asked the Public Service Commission for . authority to raise Its fares to 6 cents, this was done to raise revenue with which not only to grant the wage increases asked by the men, but to give them an eight hour day as well. Commission Is Blamed. But to the disappointment of both company and men, the Commission, though admitting every contention of the company as to the Inadequacy of its revenues, its serious financial condi tion and the urgent need that it obtain more revenue, refused to authorize the fare increase. In the meantime, the personal rela- -tions between the company and its men are most amicable. Another . confer ence is to be held today between Presi dent Griffith and the committee of the union, and the results of this and yes terday's conference will be reported and discussed at a regular meeting of the carmen's union tonight in Arion Hall. It will continue until early Wednesday morning. Strike Vote Not In Order. This meeting, it was explained by Robert Walker, president of the union, could not take action calling a strike. Such Ration could only be taken at a special meeting called for the purpose of voting on whether or not to strike. "No action looking to a strike has been taken, and we are not expecting any strike action." said President Walker. "Tonight's meeting has been made an all-night one so the men on (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.)