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ORATORS TO GARRY
WAR HEWS AFAR
portions.- and it is not unlikely that.
Field Marshal Haig has in preparation
another dash forward from the region
of Passchendaele toward the town of
Koulers and the important railway line
serving the German front from the
North Sea southward. The Germans,
anticipating another of the irresistible
operations of the British commander-in-chief,
are directing their heavy sun-
FAIR WAGE SCALE
IS INSISTED UPON
fire on the positions in the neighbor
hood of Passchaendale and Lange
marck and south of the Polygon wood.
To the south the big- guns of the
French and the Germans also are act
ive along the Chemin des Dames, and
the present week doubtless will wit
ness another attempt by General Pe
tain's army here to press forward
toward Laon.
Picked Men Will Be Sent to Eu
rope for Actual Facts Re
garding Cause of Strife.
Arsenal Commanders and Mu
nition Manufacturers Receive
Orders to Safeguard Labor.
The British troops in Palestine are
giving the Turks no rest. Jaffa has
been captured by them, the Ottoman
forces offering no resistance. It is
stated that the Turks are in retirement
northward.
lri:i!i::";
NO HAMLET TO BE MISSED
SOCIAL BETTERMENT AIM
Koto 1 Speakers Will Carry Message
to Principal Cities and From
Tlicre It Will He Relayed
to Smaller Towns.
BY ARTHUR W. CRAWFORD.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (Special.)
First-hand information from the battle
fronts of Kurope is to be given to
American citizens in a Nation-wide
speaking campaign. Half a dozen or
more orators will make a special trip
abroad within the next month to ob
serve conditions. Upon their return
they will play a conspicuous part in
the movement recently launched at the
suggestion of President Wilson to bring
to the people of America the meaning
of the war.
After several weeks of preliminary
work the plans for the speaking cam
paign are about complete. It is the
programme to issue an introductory
message to the people of the country
on Thanksgiving day and follow it up
by starting a flying squadron of speak
ers over the length and breadth of the
Nation early in December.
Within six months from the inaugu
ration of the campaign, it is the ex
pectation that one or more meetings
will be held in every city, village and
hamlet ill the United States.
Hundreds of speakers will partici
pate. The six or eight who will be
sent to Kurope will furnish t'.ie nucleus
for the battery of orators. The Con
gressmen and others who already have
been in Kurope or are now there, will
be pressed into service. Men and
women throughout the country who
can aid in discussing war events and is
sues will be asked to assist.
Arthur K. HeMor in Charee.
The speaking campaign is under the
supervision of the committee on public
information. Arthur 13. Bestor, presi
dent of the Chautauqua Institution, :
in direct charge. Associated with him
on an advisory committee are repre
sentatives of a number cf organizations,
including George F. Porter, Chicago, of
the sub-committee on state co-operation
of the Council of National De
fense; Mrs. Antoinette Funk, Chicago,
of the Woman's committee of the Coun
cil of National Defense; Robert M. Mc
Klroy, of the National Security League;
I... E. Burchard, of the Community Cen
ter Association; Lathrop Brown, of the
Department of the Interior; Raymond
K. Christ, of the Department of Labor;
Colonel P. H. Callahan, of the Knights
of Columbus, war activities committee:
Montaville Flowers, of the International
Lyceum Association: Herbert S. Hous
ton, of the Associated Advertising
Clubs; Hamilton Holt, of the League to
i-ntorce Peace; William Mather Lewis
of the National committee of patriotic
and defense societies; O. C. Lester, of
the American Red Cross; Mrs. 11. B.
Jlorgan, of the Associated Collegiate
Alumnae; J. H. Pardee, of the Food
Administration; D. A. Skinner, of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States; A. C. True, of the Department
of Agriculture, and Richard Watrous,
ol me American uivic Association.
Publicity Plan Outlined.
The plan outlined contemplates
war conference in each state in the
near future. This conference is to be
called by the governor of the state
council of defense and will continue for
iwo days. It will be attended by dele
.gates from each school district.
Speakers of National reputation will
take part in these state conferences i
order to give the movement an auspi
cious start. One or more of those who
have first-hand information from the
trenches will be assigned to each state
conference.
It will be a part of the work of each
uuaie cunierence to divide the state up
Into sections. Mass meetings will be
arranged for strategic points in each
etate. Two or three men and women
or national prominence will be as
signed to each state to make the rounds
of these gathering's. Local campaigns
will be arranged at these meetings to
cover the smaller towns in the sur
rounding territory.
Speakers recruited locally in the va
rious states will be utilized in this
class of meetings.
Speakers to Be Catalogued.
Campaign committees will be organ
ized in each state. These committees
will collect, catalogue and grade pa
triotic citizens of the state who have
the ability to speak and are willing to
take part in a state-wide speaking
campaign. The committees will col
lect information concerning all impor
tant organized audiences and corre
spond with the organizers of these
meetings with a view to getting per
mission to place speakers before them
It will also be their duty to obtain the
co-operation of the newspapers in car
rying on a state-wide campaign and
giving the arguments presented by the
speakers the widest possible publicity
Not only will the men and women
who have no part in the war be reached
but the campaign will be extended to
the military training camps. Giving
American soiaiers a true conception or
the meaning of the war will be one of
the most important phases of the work
The German naval forces encountered
by British light warcraft in the North
Sea Saturday were forced to seek a
haven of safety under the protection of
their battle fleets and behind the mine
fields of Heligoland. The British war
ships chased the fleeing enemy as far
as was compatible with safety and
when last seen one of the Germans was
on fire and another apparently had been
damaged. A German mine sweeper was
sunk. The British naval unit suffered
slight material damage and there were
few casualties among the crews.
The latest unofficial advices from
Russia indicate that Petrograd and
Moscow are still in the hands of the
Bolsheviki and that Sebastopol, the big
naval base and arsenal in the Black
Sea, has gone over to the workmen and
soldiers' delegates, the sailors of the
fleets having sworn allegiance to them.
COOS HAS FENE SHOW
coqvii.uk scene: of tons and po
tato KA'IIIBITIOX.
Many Excellent Productn Are Exhibited
and Judged by Profeamor of
Corvallin.
COQCILLE. Or., Nov. IS. (Special.)
Coquille and adjoining districts turned
out en masse today and yesterday to
see the big corn and spud show.
Business houses in town had beauti
fully arranged booths and all stores
were closed.
More than 100 entries of corn and po
tatoes were on display and the best of
each will be taken to the Oregon Corn
and Potato Show at the Oregon Agri
cultural College during Farmers' week.
Hardy Mash, of Lee, won first in 100
ears of yellow corn with Minnesota 13,
and J. Everenden, of Bridge, took first
on the 10-ear display witn the same
ariety. L. E. Jennings, of Remote.
brought his Iowa Silvermine, which h
is improving, 30 miles to the show h.; I
on first in the 100 and in the lii-wi
display. He has placed more than L--.
tons of this corn, grown on 10 acre., . i
his two silop.
The Cornfield Canaries, a local qmr-
tet, blacked up for the occasion, s:i;i.-;
before 500 persons and, in several well
directed hits, praised County Agent .1.
L. Smith, who organized the show and
ho also took first money at the State
'air with Coos County's prize exhibit.
Carman No. 3 potatoes, grown by
Aasom brothers, were the only ones in
the show selected small enough to suit
Professor Hyslop, of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, who judged the show.
He declared the winning spuds and corn
equal to anything seen this year. Spuds
weighing from six ounces to five and
one-half pounds were there.
Today was a big one, with a spud lec
ture and athletic carnival and celebra
tion. At night there was an old-fash
ioned corn-husking contest.
Progress of the War.
ALL along the Piave River the
Italians are holding the German
and Austro-Hungarian armies in check.
Xowhere have the invaders been able
to cross the stream, and .at several
places where they previously had
gained access to the western bank they
have heen brilliantly counter attacked
and forced to withdraw to the river
edge.
The Italians have captured consid
erably more than 200 prisoners and
taken 27 machine guns. In the Fagara
zone the enemy has been completely
vanquished and forced to give up his
position. On the northern front from
.Lake Garda to the region south of
Feltre violent Austro-German attacks
have been repelled, according to the
Rome War Office, although Berlin as
serts that northeast of Asiago and be
tween the Brenta and the Piave river
the Italians have been driven from
strong mountain positions.
No advices have come through
show that the British and French rein
l'orcements have reached the Italian
line in any considerable numbers, but
the "few days" which it was announced
last week must intervene before they
could stiffen the front now are at an
end. Therefore, it is presumed that
with the Italians having borne the
brunt of the Teutonic allied attack dur
ing the last week unaided, the present
week, with the aid of the allies in their
line, will turn the balance of the scale
in their favor.
Again the artillery duel on the Flan
dcrs front has reached tremendous pro
TUALATIN LAD ENLISTS
FEBMAX McADOO, AGE 14, TO SERVE
IX BRITISH ARMY.
Youth Is Xow Speeding; to New York)
From Where He Will Sail Soon
for London, England.
SHERWOOD, Or., Nov. IS. (Special.)
Ferman McAdoo. 14-year-old son of
I. V. McAdoo, editor of the Tualatin
Valley News, has enlisted in the cause
of humanity, and is r.o-v speeding
across the continent to embark for Lon-
Definite Rules Xot Laid Down, but
Federal Laws Regarding Women
and Children's Work Must
Be Strictly Observed.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Fair wage
scales, reasonable hours and good
working conditions are suggested to
arsenal commanders and manufacturers
executing orders for the bureau of
ordnance and Quartermaster's depart
ment of the Army in general orders
made public tonight by those depart
ments. Attention is called to that fact
that in the haste to deliver needed war
materials care must be exercised "lest
the safeguards which the people of
this country have sought to protect
labor should be unwisely and unneces
sarily broken down."
"Industrial history proves that rea
sonable hours, fair working conditions
and a proper wage scale are essential
to high production." said the state
ment, "louring the war every attempt
should be made to conserve in every
way possible all of our achievements in
tlte way of social betterment.
I'nfalrneKM to He Reported.
The department wishes to be as
sured that schedules of hours obvi
ously excessive, or wage scales dis
tinctly unfair, or working conditions
such as should not be tolerated, will
be brought to its attention.
The statement says circumstances
are not such as to render appropriate
the Issuance of definite orders on this
subject at this time, and that "no ef
fort is made to establish or even to
suggest definite rules of conduct."
It is recommended that standards of
wages already established in the in
dustry and the locality should not be
lowered and that the minimum wage
rates should be made in proper rela
tion fo the cost of living.
liourM to Conform to Cnntora.
Ttie length of the day's work, it is
pointed out, should not exceed the cus
tomary hours in the particular estab-
ii.O TCiit or the standard already at
. ii.it i in the industry and in the com
i,,:iy. Ten hours is suggested as the
.x . :n ' tor an adult workman, and
t I. ours per shift in continuous 24
,il ; wori;.
'. . tiuf acturers are asked to guard
. linst over time, to give half holi
... j-s on Saturday, to allow all em
p.oyes a day of rest in seven, and to give
them all National holidays. As to nego
tiations between employer and em
ploye the department suggests that ex
isting channels should be preserved
and new ones opened if required, as
their need is especially great, "in the
light of critical points of controversy
which may arise in a time like the
present."
Women's Work to Re Restricted.
Efforts should be made to restrict
the work of women to eight hours, th
statement continues, and employment of
women on night work should be pro
hibited "as a necessary protection
morally and physically."
Where women are employed to do the
work heretofore performed by men it
is suggested that the standard of wages
not be lowered and that the hours b
no longer than were those of the men
replaced.
In the case of children, the order
says the Federal child labor law must
be strictly observed and that both boys
and girls under 18 years of age should
have the same restrictions on their
hours as outlined for women employes.
Existing legal standards to prevent
danger from fire, accident or other
hazards and to provide good light, yen
tilation, sufficient heat and proper
sanitation, the statement continues,
should be observed as minimum requirements.
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l-'ermnn McAdoo, 14- Year -Old
Sherwood Lad, Who Goes Into
Service Without Parental Consent.
HOTEL CROOKS PLY TRADE
Men Disguised as Soldiers Defraud
San Francisco Ilostelries.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Nov. 18.
(Special.) The professional hotel crook
is now plying his trade in the disguise
of the American soldier.
The Clift Hotel was recently de
frauded by a man of this type, who,
posing as a Lieutenant, got a. check
for $25 cashed, took lunch and van
ished. The Hotel Sutter had a more
sensational experience with a Presidio
soldier, who was caught stealing from
rooms and was found to be a convict
who had been sentenced to five years
for robbery in a Los Angeles hotel and
had escaped.
The Northern California Hotel Asso
ciation is receiving numerous reports
of similar occurrences, the uniformed
miscreants wearing khaki merely as
an "open sesame" to the riclv field
thai is presented by too trustful hotels.
APPLE CROP TO BE BIG
ESTIMATES ARE THAT NORTHWEST
WILL PRODUCE 21,000 CARS.
don, England, where he will go into
training as a musician in the British
service. His patriotism has been at
fever heat for more than a year, and
the pleadings of his parents for him to
remain at home until he reached the
age of 16 Were in vain.
Last Tuesday the young man came to
Portland and enlisted. He said he was
18
Spokane Valley Walla Walla ai
. Southern Idaho Districts Ilr-
port Excellent Prospect
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 18. (Spe
cial.) Running far ahead of earlier
estimates, indications are that the
Northwestern Apple crop this year will
total 21.000 cars, according to L. J. Blot,
salesmanager of the Spokane Fruit
growers Company, who has just re-
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REAL LUXHRY. IN
OVERCOATS
THE caressing warmth of rich overcoat fabrics
woven from selected fleece the inimitable
drapery and style of garments cut over the new
field coat models, belted a la militaire .... the en
during shapeliness and sturdy serviceability which
only good tailoring, working upon good materials, can
achieve . . . Those qualities, comprising real over
coat luxury, we offer in these Kirschbaum garments
priced so moderately as - $20, $25, $30, $35, $40
PHEGLEY Sl C AVENDER
CORNER FOURTH AND ALDER STREETS
CORN TRADE PUZZLE
Chicago Dealers Declare New
Condition Is Serious.
MAXIMUM PRICE EXCEEDED
years of age, and his size helped turned from a trip through the pro-
to
him to "put one over" on his parents
and the Canadian recruiting otficers.
He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, well built, and
weighs in the neighborhood of 150
pounds.
He left Portland Wednesday morning
for New York. His parents are heart
broken because of his tender age, but
are proud that he has the courage of his
convictions, and has gone to help down
ICaiserism for all time.
American Percentage Large.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. IS. (Spe
cial.) Of 1914 men registered in ex
emption District No. 2, of this county,
which comprises all the territiory out
side of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, 1220
are native-born Americans; 47 natural
ized Americans; 140 have filed declara
tion of citizenship, and only 507 have
yet to take out citizenship papers.
The fur-bearing animals of the Pa
cific Coast are estimated to bring a
return of Jl. 000.000 each year. This is
interest at 5 per cent on $20, 000,000.
ducing districts. Before picking started
the most optimistic estimated the crop
at not more than 16,000 cars.
"In every district, apart from the
Spokane Valley, the actual yield is far
in excess of the first estimates," says
Mr. Blot. "Some orchards are running
two and three times heavier than was
expected. The Jonathan crop in South
ern Idaho is far in excess of early re
ports. "In the Walla Walla district one big
orchard tract that was expected to
yield about 75 cars has turned out
nearly 400. Individual trees of Wine
saps are yielding 18 or 20 boxes in some
sections which is something never be
fore heard of.
"We estimated about 00 cars in the
Spokane district from Meyer's Falls on
the nor-li to the Palouse. This part of
our tonnage, because of a comparative
ly light yield, has shrunk to about 400
cars. However, our branches at Ken
newick. White Bluff, Hanford and Pros
ser are running far ahead of estimates
and our total tonnage will exceed our
earlier figures materially."
Situation Said to Be Worst Ever Ex
perienced, as Mucli .of Crop
North of Ohio River Is
Soft From Immaturity.
CHICAGO, Nov. 18. (Special.) An
unusual condition exists in the corn
trade. Cash' nandlers and speculators
are having a new experience. Corn is
being brought here from Florida, New
Orleans, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas
and the Northwest.
Never before has the trade heard of
corn coming from Flprlda and selling
at S2.25, neither has it been profitable
to bring corn from New Orleans. A few
cars were bought in the latter market
the last few days and will be here
shortly. It shows what can happen
under abnormal conditions.
The price is higher even than the
maximum fixed by the Government, and
in some cases ran as high as J2.40.
The situation in corn is probably the
worst ever experienced, as a large part
of the crop north of the Ohio River is
more or less soft from immaturity.
That left on the stalks in the fields is
drying out slowly, and it is said its
condition has improved within the last
two weeks. New corn husked and put
into crib is reported to be heating
badly.
A liberal percentage of the corn re
ceived here and in other markets ar
rived in a heated condition, and sold
from 40 cents to S5 cents, depending
upon quality and condition. Sample
grade corn sold the last week at a
range of 30 cents to $1.50, the widest
range known, and new number 4 corn
from the Southwest sold Saturday at
$2.25. Old number 2 yellow touched a
new high record at $2.40.
General of Oregon, yesterday married
Miss Helene Ogsbury, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. C. Ogsbury. The wedding
took place at 2:20 o'clock at the home
of the bride's parents at 12S9 East Sixth
street North.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Williams left
Portland last night for Kort Stevens,
where Lieutenant Williams is Second
Lieutenant of the Second Company.
United States Coast Artillery. Lieu
tenant Williams won his commission
at the first officers' training camp, and
was assigned to duty with the regular
Army. His brother. Captain William
G. Williams, who also was married re
cently, is also at Fort Stevens, with
the Oregon Coast Artillery.
Adjutant-General Williams has three
sons in the Army. The third is Vernon
A. Williams, who is in the hospital serv
ice in the regular Army.
Lieutenant Ben H. Williams will be
remembered by all followers of
athletics as the University of Oregon"?
most famous pole vaulter. He held the
Northwest pole vaulting record as a
member of Bill Hayward's track team
there a few years ago. At the out
break of the war he was secretary
of the extension department at the
university. ,
OREGON ATHLETE MARRIES
Mr. and Mrs. Ben It W illiams Will
Reside at Fort Stevens.
Lieutenant Ben H. Williams.' son of
John W, Williams, acting Adjutant-
IRRIGATION MEN ARRIVE
Officials of Service Investigate
Klamath Situation.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Nov. 18
(Special.) The Klamath irrigation
project is being inspected by several
officials of the service. F. E. Wey
mouth, chief of construction, is here
investigating the various problems con
nected with the several pumping units
that are proposed here. E. E. Roddis,
district counsel in charge, is investi
gating the various legal phases of the
proposed change of the Klamath Water
Users' Association to the Klamath irri
gation district. F. L. Clavis. chief ac
countant of the Reclamation Service, is
installing a new ledger system.
D. XV. Murphy is looking after the
drainage work, which, it is understood,
will be pushed as fast as Winter wea
ther will permit.
GEORGE W. WILSON DIES
CHAXD ARMY MAX AXD Etl'KHT
UOItM-.SIIOKIt SICCIMHS AT 7S.
Thirty-ftreonil Degree Msnoi, W ho Came
to I'ortlnnd Three YeurM A no. Sur
vived by Widow And Two Son.
George W. Wilson, a Grand Army
veteran and horseshoeing expert, whose
skill had been in demand from owners
of the best racing blood of the coun
try, died yesterday at his late resi
dence. 6X9 Northrup street, at the age
of 73. . He had been ill for almost a
year with heart disease. The funeral
will be. held Tuesday at 2 o'clock at
the Portland Crematorium, the Knights
Templar being in charge. The body in
the meantime is at the Knapp funeral
parlors. Vancouver. Wash.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the
Eighth Iowa Cavalry during the Civil
War and fought at Shlloh and Lookout
Mountain. He was a member of Phil
Harvey Post. . A. It., a thirty-second
degree Mason, having been a member
of eight branches of the order and high
official in the order in two states. The
Knights Templar have taken complete
charge of the funeral.
Mr. Wilson came to Portland about
three years ago. having lived for about
50 years in the Middle Western stales.
He was an expert horeshoer and was
always in demand as the master work
man to shoe race horses in all parts
of the country. His technical skill is
credited with adding much to the glory
of a number of blooded horses who de
veloped speed records in the light
harness world.
Beside his widow, two sons, R. G. Wil
son, of Albuquerque. N. M., and Charles
D. Wilson, of Portland, railroad men,
survive him.
Farm Loan Bond Sales Large.
WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. During the
last year $21,500,000 worth of farm
loan bonds were sold, the Federal Farm
Loan Board announced tonight, and ad
ditional bonds are being issued at the
rate of approximately $3,000,000 week
ly. They bear l',: per cent interest,
are entirely free from taxes and are
secured by first mortgages on farms
for which loans are made.
I. W. W. Convicted in Jig Time.
ABERDEEN. S. D.. Nov. IS. Martin
Gunderson and Stanley Brown, alleged
members of the I. W. W. organization,
were convicted here Saturday in the
Federal Court upon an indictment
charging conspiracy against the Gov
ernment. The Jury was out only 30
minutes. 1
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main TnTO. A 0r.
Holland Will Not Cede Territory.
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao. Dutch West
Indies, Nov. 18. In the official Ga
zette the Governor of Curacao states
that The Netherlands Minister of the
Colonies has informed him that the
government refused to consider the
idea of ceding any part of Holland's
colonial territory.
More than a quarter of the active
volcanoes of the world are on United i
States soil. There are about 60 vol- i
canoes in Alaska and in the Aleutian
Irlands, just off the coast. In the
Western United States, in the Philip
pines and in the Hawaiian Islands
there are nearly as many more. There
are but 417 throughout the globe.
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