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Newspaper Page TextTHE 3IORXIXO OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1917. PRO-GERMAN PLOT IS TO FL000 MAILS Insidious Propaganda in Pos session of-Secret Service Starts in Boston. LA FOLLETTE SPEECH BASIS "Endless Clialn" Letters Urged to Be Written "to Friends of Im mediate Peace" "Prayer for Peace" Sent to Catholics. N"E.'W YORK. Nov. 4. (Special.) Evi dence of a plot to 8 warn p the postal system of the United States and carry on insidious German propaganda is now In the possession of Chief William J. Flynn. of the United States secret serv ice. The headquarters of the German conspirators is believed to be in the Rack Bay section of Boston. Proof pointing to Boston's fashionable section tu found in the latest letter these German agents have sent out. It is' be lieved that many thousands of printed copies of this letter have been sent broadcast over the country in the last few days. The recipient is asked to copy the printed form and to mail at least one copy to "friends of immediate peace." The letter reads: Contents Are Pro-German. "In his war message. April 2, Wilson spoke of Germany's promise to end the U-boat warfare. At Madison Barracks Lansing said: 'The immediate cause of war was the announced purpose of Ger many to break its promise as to sub marine warfare.' "Germany never made any such prom ise. In the note of May 4, 1916, contain ing the so-called promise, Germany carefully stated that as to the future he must 'reserve itself complete lib erty of decision." "For brief but adequate statement of diplomatic notes that led to war send to your Congressman for Sen ator La toilette's speech of April 4, 1917. which was suppressed. See pages 11. 25. 30. "Endless chain. Please write at least one copy and send this and that to friends of immediate peace." Secret Service at Work. Secret service agents working under Chief Flynn are now in Boston to locate the Germans issuing this letter and the printer. The speech of Senator La Fol- lette referred to in the German end less-chain letter was the one in which he defended his vote against declaring war on Germany. In this speech ha said: "In principle Germany has the right to blindly destroy ships by submarines and mines," and added that this coun try had helped England to "starve women, children and old men In Ger many." Prayer Letter Sn Catholics. Another German, endless-chain let ter which has been going through the mails for nearly a month Is known as the "prayer-for-peace- letter. The re cipients of this letter have been asked to write nine copies and mail them to friends. Federal officials lay to these German agents the several "prayer" endless-chain letters which have made their appearance since the United States entered the war. Within the last month this Identical "prayer" has been In circulation among Catholics, who are told that this waa a prayer said by Catholics of old. -There is no doubt in my mind that all these letters were first sent out bv German propagandists with the Idea of clutter ing up the malls." said a Federal offi cial today. TEN CANDIDATES IN RACE Primary Election at Iloquiam to Be Held Xovember 1. IIOQUIAM. Wash.. Nov. 4. (Special.) -Tea men are candidates for the City Commission of Hoquiam. The three year terms of the present incumbents xpire early In December. The pri mary election, when two men will be nominated for Mayor and four for Com missionerships. will be held Novem ber 19. The candidates are: For Mayor' Mayor J. S. McKee. who seeks re-election: Ralph L. Fhilbrick. former post master, and W. B. Ogden. Commissioner of finance in the first Hoquiam Com mission. For Commissioner Charles F. Hill and John H. Neef, present Com missioners: L. H. Beaudrie, John Heer mans. W. A. Jacks. A. H. Blood and N. P. Willis, member of the first Commission. MILLIONAIRE'S SONS IN NATIONAL ARMY. Phone your want ads to The Ore ponian. Main 7070. A 6095. Your Closest Friend is your underwear, and we can be of real service in helping you select that friend. To be efficient you must not be conscious of your undergarments. We believe our under wear department ap proaches perfection, for the reason that our stock embraces the productions of the four best makers in this country. Ninety per cent of the male portion of the com' munity wear union suits, and our assortment is eu perb. In selling you under wear we never guess at your size you are meas ured just as carefully as if' you were having a spe cial garment made for you, You will be pleased both with our splendid assort ment and with our reason, able prices. Why not today? Biiffum & Pendleton Co. Clothiers, Hatters and Haberdashers 137 SIXTH STREET 3 Steps From Washington Street. F. N. PENDLETON, W1.NIHROP HAJ4iI(?ND. .;?!: ; v.- - - I 3 1 MIIK... JKiB ii v f i rr' . ' '' A if"-: mil i I ''.J pit- I'LL "S" iW ? ' ' ' it -S- :'hirVi.7-. :."l ' ' 1 . -J . : 1? ?.w:-z.y - :::'"'V :N r'"" ':..-'. - '-.:t5;' 'i'-- , . "5 ivjf. v The Efficient Man is the one whose mind is not distracted by bodily pain or anxiety. The person with a hernia (rupture) wearing an imperfectly or improperly fitted truss cannot perform the tasks of life efficiently, there's lost motion and effort every moment of the day. We Fit Trusses Tis a part of our calling, to which we have given intelligent care and skill for over a half century. No Guesswork Trained men and women attend in person every patron. The Largest Stock in number and variety on this Coast. We can meet any and every need. Fitting Rooms ample and properly equipped with every con venience. Residence calls made on request. ' LBX WRCTTAT K " MABSHA1X 4-700 - H OME A 6171 Always, S. & H." Stamps first Tnrt floor. vate homes and the theatrical enter tainments. The activities of each city near a training- camp will be in chargre of a man of wide experience in such mat ter". The drive for the fund will start to morrow and closo Saturday night. For weeks the committee has been making preparations. Plans of organization have been perfected. In each city com mercial associations, rotary clubs and similar bodies have taken hold. Local committees have been formed and the solicitations of funds been divided up among teams of canvassers. Reports will be made from day to day and no effort will be spared to raise the en tire fund. LEFT TO RIGHT C A IT A IX JOHX WAXAMAKFR, JR. V. S. R ATTACHED TO CAMP DIX. A CANTONMENT OP THE NATIONAL ARMY, AND CORPORAL KI.NODOX UOILU, ALSO OF CAM H DIX. Captain Wanamaker and Corporal Oould are both newlyweds. Captain Wanamaker married Miss Pauline Dlsston, of Philadelphia and New York, at Newport, and Kingdon Gould surprised the society world by marrying Miss An nunciata Camilla Marie Luccl on July 2. Gould is attached to the officer of the camp, but that does not hamper his training as a soldier. Ila takes his work of learning- to be an efficient soldier seriously and he Is developing into a first-class flRhtiner man. The various branches of Uncle Sam's service have many representatives of the wealthiest families in America, and the men who were thought to be pampered rich are proving to be excellent material for fighters. LOfIG WAR IS SEEN Fred B. Smith Says Conflict Will Not End Before 1919. AMERICA TO REMAIN FIRM Y. M. C. A. Worker Talks Before Audience of More Than 2 00 0 Men In White Temple Sunday After noon Morality Essential. "In its last analysis the present world war means me rise or me common man. the coronation of democracy, " Fred B. Smith, of New York, an inter national figure in T. M. C A. circles, yesterday afternoon told an audience of 2000 men at the White Temple. The distinguished speaker showed himself ouite at home in Portland, and delivered his message with a power and frankness that brought cheers and tears from the listeners. Handsome tribute was paid to General Secretary Harry W. Stone, of the Portland T. M. C. A-, when the visitor said that if he were owner of the city and faced a choice between obtaining a new trans continental railway line and maintain ing the benefits attributable to the sec retary's work, he would unhesitatingly ignore the industrial opportunity. Democracy Is Nearlna;. Secretary Stone presided at the meet ing. The Y. M. C. A. Quartet sang. The meeting closed with Mr. Smith's in variable plea to those not Christians to enlist in Christ's . service. Seven re sponded. In arriving at the conclusion that the age of world democracy is at hand, Mr. Smith pointed to the beginning made by Martin Luther. Inside history of political movements in the United States during the past 20 years was related to show that "all the reactionary and standpat" forces of the Nation could not stem the rising tide of respect for the human unit. From the old selfish age when "prosperity" was the in vincible slogan to the recent events when human welfare has been plainly in the ascendency, h traced the move ment. "I am no prophet," Mr. Smith said, "hut on October 28, 1916, I made the statement that within 10 years after this war the name of the Russian Czar would be a byword in the streets. The King of England dares not for a mo ment to raise his finger to oppose a thing the people wish. ' IOBia- War Seen. "Autocratic political systems had their origin in hell, and wo are going to send them back to their headquar ters." Despite his high iioP;s for universal liberty, the speaker said he can see no possibility for the war to end before 1919. Will Russia and Italy and France "stick" in the combat? He asked the question and answered with unbounded optimism that they will. "Will tba United States continue in tha war? I but need to point out to you that the President has 25.000,000 men of military age behind him and that tha same dogged, bull-headed Scotch temperament which made him hesitate to enter the conflict will make him stay since he is in. Morality la Essential. "Nations do not succumb and go to pieces because of attacks from the outside, from the battering of guns or the onslaught of armed foes. Nations go to pieces when they get 'soft' in side: when they yield to ease and lux ury and immorality. If this Nation dis integrates it will be because we let the fires of Christianity burn low." Near the close of his address Mr. Smith urged the necessity of not only keeping Christian activities at home more alive than ever before, but showed as well the duty of the man loving, patriotic citizen of giving the Y. M. C. A. every dollar it needa for the carrying on of its work in Army camps at home and overseas. He said: "I want the people of the United States to give the last cent the Y. M. C. A. needs to go over there and stand by the side of that boy, that he may write frank, wholesome letters to the home folks and that in due time he may re turn unashamed to look his father and mother In the face." FLAY FUND IS SOUGHT Campaign to Raise $37,250, 000 for Soldiers. OW lone will this wonderful Autumnal fuel-saving weather last?" "Is fuel cheaper than it will be later in the season, or will Government control, or possible municipal activity, give the late buyer the edge over his more timid friend T" These two question are divid ing honors these days with such queries as: "How much farther are the Italians going to re treat?" and "Will the Russians ever 'come back'?" C. J, Johnson, of 313 Henry building, gave the fuel situation a test recently. He didn't do it from mere curiosity, for Mr. Johnson had something to sell six cords of hardwood at $7 a cord, delivered. This unconscious investigator did not conduct a campaign of investigation as to the best sales method of disposing of his wood. He contributed a nine word "want ad" to the great clearing - house department of The Oregonian. The result? Why, he sold his wood on the day he advertised and assert that he might have sold it 40 times more. From which result the science of deduction, a la Sherlock Holmes, produces the fact that many Portlanders are taking no chances on a possible lower fuel cost in the sweet bye and bye, and furthermore that Mr, John son hired a particularly efficient salesman an Oregonian Want Ad. STATE QUOTAS ALLOTTED Vnder Plan Adopted $3 Will Be or Sufficient Amount to Provide Kaeli Soldier With Recrea. tlon Durlns Training. imiHiiiiininiinriiiiwiuml.-MilliliniMiriiiiMiiiiiiiiiHiiuMiiiiiuiiuKiiiiu4i WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Throughout the Nation this week an appeal for funds for tha war camp community rec reation service will be made. "Three dollars for each soldier and sailor, or a total of 137.250,000," Is the goal for which the committee headed by John W. Willeys, of Toledo, Is striv ing. Last Sunday from the pulpits of the land was sounded a plea for food pledge week. Tomorrow tha ministers will speak for the community service fund. Quotas have been allotted to tha vari ous states and to each city of more than 25,000 population. The Illinois quota is J649.480. Michi gan is expected to raise J2S0.72O, Indi ana $138,660, Wisconsin 126,473 and Iowa $116,400. Cost Is lVot Lar. "We are asking very littls for this work," said Mr. Willys today. "For one year it calls for $3 per man for America's soldiers and sailors in training. Less than one cent a day to keep our fighting men happy, healthy and Inspired to service. "Three dollars a year will keep an American fit to fight for America. It is a wonderful return on a small Invest ment, and I am confident what the public's verdict will be." The war camp community service was organized at the direct instance of the War and Navy Departments with the hearty approval of President Wilson, who voiced his view of the work, thus: "The spirit with which our soldiers leave America and their efficiency on the battlefields of Europe will be vital ly affected by the character of the en. vironment surrounding our military training camps." Co-operation Is Arranipced. The Government turned over the work Inside the camps to tha Y. M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus and simi lar organisations. To tha work outside the camps in adjacent cities, where the men spend many of their idle hours, the war camp community recreation service has been assigned. The two groups of workers are in perfect ac- aicord and are under the general direc tion of the War and Navy Department committee, on training camp activities headed by Raymond B. Fosdick. The fund to ba raised this week will provide clean sport and religious life for soldiers in adjacent communities. There will be clubhouses, swimming pools, billiards and pool, libraries, writ ing rooms, dances, invitations from prl- PICTURES ARE CRITICISED Superintendents of 3 State Institu tions Protest. SALEM, Or., Nov. 4 (Special.) That the moving pictures which havs been furnished to the state 'institutions during the past few weeks are "vul gar, dirty and low-down," and that In two Institutions they were aisconiinuea before half shown, developed at a meeting of the State Board of Control this morning. Superintendent Hale, of the Stata Training School, offered .the first pro test against the pictures. Superin tendent Tilllnghast. of the School for the Deaf, made the same kind of a re port. Members of the board discussed the possibility of establishing a censorship in Portland for pictures going to the state institutions and Secretary Goodin, of the board, was instructed to make some such arrangement. "They are giving to us the stuff they can't sell to the public," was the com ment made by Superintendent Steiner, of the State Hospital. LIQUOR SAVING PLAN LAGS No Movement at Coos Ray to Give Confiscated Stock to Hospitals. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) A canvass of tha municipal and county officials here determined there was no movement toward appropriating liquor to hospital uses, as has been suggesetd several times by local people to the state authorities and was re ported to be an expected order in the customs office in Portland. A close estimate places the amount of liquor that has been spilled here since prohibition became effective at 2000 quarts. Sheriff Gage still has several hundred quarts stored In the county Jail. It is probable, however, stocks confiscated In tha futura will be conserved until It U apparent tha order is not coming from Washington. The largest single raid produced 473 quarts from the steam schooner Hardy, several months ago. HUNS BACK BERNE MEETING Notorious Dernberjr to Represent Germany at Pacifist Session. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Germany and Austria are making strenuous ef forts to further the pacifist conference at Berne November 12 to discuss a basis for an honorable peace, according to an official cablegram received here from Zurich, Switserland. Dr. Bernhard Dernberg, expelled from the United States for spreading German propaganda, will be one of the representatives from Germany. SHOE STANDARD PROPOSED World Shortage of Leather Spurs Russia to Action. 9 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Russia Is preparing to adopt a standard shoe for its civilian government workers in an effort to meet the situation created by the world shortage of leather. American manufacturers have been called upon to supply the demand and bids will be opened November 12 by an auxiliary committee of the Council of National Defense. PORTLAND DO TOU believe that George Meredith, Du Msurier, Kdna Lyall, Sir Kd ward Burne Jones and Sir Henry Irving lacked senumenir All of them were cremated ic cording to their last testament and will. Men who formerly believed that their dead should be sealed in chambers of stone, now favor cremation. A visit to the Portland home, with Its many wonderful fea tures, will help you understand. If you cannot visit, write, phone or call for booklet. 'Fourteenths, By b?e Sfs. .m i.'-VliKl-'V - ' Open to visitors Daily from 9 to 5 Sellwood car to Crematorium 3 RATE RISE IS SOUGHT Opinion Is Railways' Efforts Will Meet Success. WAR TAX WILL AID PLEA MRS. LA FOLLETTE DIES Wife of State Senator Succnmba to Paralysis in Salem at Age of 70. SALEM, Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) Mrs. A. M. La Follette, wife of Stata Sena tor La Follette, of Marlon County, died last night at the Salem Hospital. She Buffered a stroke of paralysis last Fri day. She was 70 years old. Traffic Offenders Under Arrest. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 4. (Spe cial.) Thirty residents of Vancouver and vicinity are scheduled to appear befors Justice of the Peace E. J. O'Con nell tomorrow to answer charges of violation of the traffic laws. H. W. Myers, deputy secretary of state, has been here for several days taking li cense numbers of machines with glaring headlights, open mufflers, and running faster than the law allows. Music liecture Tonight. Mordaunt A. Goodnough will lecture tonight at the East Side Library on "How to Recognise a Musical Idea." This Is tha fourth lecture in the music appreciation series which has been con ducted on Tuesdays, but hereafter will occur Monday evenings. Eastern Roads to Get More Con sideration Than Western or Southern, W'rtter Says. Roads Xot Prosperous. BY FRANK M. HUSTON. CHICAGO. Nov. 4 (Special.) Opin ion in transportation, banking and business circles generally Is gradually' being shaped to tha conviction that the railroads of the United States will meet with success In their efforts to gain higher freight rates at their next at tempt, soon to be staged. Some promi nent men declare that this development is almost Inevitable if tha railroads are to live and liva they must or all business will suffer. It is the concensus of opinion that the Eastern roads will be given greater consideration than the Southern or Western systems, based on tha attitude of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion at the time the carriers made their last appeal. Then, It will ba re called, the members of the Commission granted the Kastern roads some meas ure of relief, far smaller than had been hoped for, and the lines in other sec tions of tha country were given little or no consideration. All were told, however, that they could return at any time they felt their caae waa stronger. Operating Expenses Jump. Tha chief reason for the deduction that increased freight rates will be al lowed Is close at hand. It is learned from official sources that the railroads will draw the attention of the Commis sion to tha situation wrought by the operation of the war revenues act ef fective November 1. and this should go a long way to strengthen their plea. With one or two exceptions all large Western or Southern carriers in the country for the last two months, and in some cases longer, have shown a substantial decrease in the net reve nues In face of a considerable increase in gross earnings. The answer is, op erating expenses. Operating costs are growing by leaps and bounds and at a pace far too swift for earnings. Comparison Ir made with last yer. of course, when the roads were doing a peak load business. Yet, this year's traffic is far in excess of that in 1916, and despite this, the margin of profits left for the stockholders and the sur plus account is all out of proportion to the business being hauled. Itoads In I'oor Condition. Another factor to be considered is maintenance. Inspection of the large majority of railroads In the United States will reveal a decidedly poor physical condition. Maintenance has been neglected because of unfavorable conditions. Labor has been so scarce as to demand an unparalleled premium; materials have been at unprecedented levels and expenses have been so great as to discourage rehabilitation on any considerable scale. The result is that the railroads have badly run down. But despite these enforced economies the financial statements of the rail roads do not reveal any prosperity, such as some quarters would have it be lieved they are enjoying. On the con trary, they are showing a return on investment of only about 7 per cent or slightly more. Tha outlook is anything but of a roseate hue. Just what the war tax programme will mean to the railroads Is not generally known, but it will hit hard. Not only will the carriers have to pay excess profits taxes, and munic ipal and state taxes, which are gradu ally on the upgrade, but they will feel the effect in a score of other quarters. TROOPS FILL 14 TRAINS Federalized Militia From Northwest Arrives at Camp Greene. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4 Fourteen trains of Federalized militia from Ore gon, Washington and Montana arriv ing at Camp Greene, N. C, have com pleted the units in the mobilisation of the 41st IMvision. according to advices received by the Western Department of the Army here. There were 27 com panies from these three states. The troops were scheduled to mobilise at Camp Freemont, but later ordered Kast. Major-General Hunter Liggett, for mer commander of the Western De partment and who has been in France, is commander of the division. Brigade commanders are Brigadier-Generals K, A. Wedgewood, R. Coulter and H T. Volrath. infantry, and liervey, artillery. Eufaula Farmer Dead. KELFO, Wash., Nov. 4. (Special.) G. V. Peterson, a farmer of the Eu faula district, west of Kelso, passed away at his home Friday following a three months' illness. Mr. Peterson had lived at Eufaula for the past 16 years and is survived by his wife and one son. He had been a member of the School Board there for a number of years. Funeral services were con ducted Saturday from the Eufaula School. Interment was in the ctella f'fmfterv. CSTHE BANK VmP&fl CLOSE BY" IT . .K '.4 'V.i-rtia w m J .iH K1 HI I LT-; V m .fl a. V i HHB::asiSiEB 63 G NrtritTHJJs TT&ANKING JTj). ments for busi ness, household, shopping and pleasure are quickly fulfilled at the conveniently located Northwestern National. We invite your Checking or Sav ing's Account. orthwesterxi' Til nvii Portland Oreort